The Broad Ax

THE BROAD AX HEW TO THE LINE; LET THE CHIPS FALL WHERE THEY MAY Mayor William Hale Thompson and The Members of The City Council are Locked Tight in a Deadly Combat, The Indications are That Impeaching Proceedings will be Instituted Against Him Before Their Bitter Fighting Comes To An End. SOME OF THE ALDERMEN HAVE CONDUCTED THEMSELVES WORSE THAN THE MOST IGNORANT COLORED POLITICIANS FROM THE BACK WOODS OF MISSISSIPPI OR LIKE UNTO WILD SAVAGES WHILE ATTEMPTING TO CONDUCT THE AFFAIRS OF THE GREAT CITY OF CHICAGO—YET THEY CLAIM TO REFLECT ALL OF THE INTELLIGENCE OF THE SUPERIOR RACE. THEIR CONDUCT HAS BEEN MORE LIKE BIG TOM BOYS WHO HAVE NO CONTROL OF THEMSELVES AND FLY OFF UNPREPARED IN MANY DIRECTIONS AT THE SAME TIME. ALDERMAN THOMAS O. WALLACE TO SHOW THAT HE IS NOT IN FAVOR OF THE ORDERLY CONDUCT OF THE AFFAIRS OF THE CITY COUNCIL AND TO FURTHER DISPLAY HIS UTTER CONTEMPT FOR MAYOR THOMPSON HURLED A BOOK AT HIM AND IN ORDER TO PRESERVE HIS DIGNITY IN THE FUTURE, MAYOR THOMPSON SHOULD OF HAD HIM ARRESTED AND FINED FOR DISORDERLY CONDUCT. AT THE MEETING OF THAT BODY MONDAY AFTERNOON, HERMAN P. SCHUETTLER, CHIEF OF POLICE, WITH A NUMBER OF ASSISTANTS AND HON. JOHN E. TRAEGER, SHERIFF OF COOK COUNTY, WITH THREE OR FOUR DEPUTY SHERIFFS AT HIS BACK WERE ON HAND READY TO SNATCH AND GRAB THE FIRST ALDERMAN WHO ATTEMPTED TO START OR PULL OFF ANY MORE BOUGH HOUSE STUFF. MAYOR THOMPSON SEEMS TO BE WITHIN THE LAW IN HIS SELECTION AND CONFIRMING OF THE NINE NEW MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION. HIS ADDRESS TO THE CITIZENS OF CHICAGO ON THE SCHOOL BOARD MUDDLE IS REPRODUCED IN FULL IN THESE COLUMNS. HON. VICTOR LAWSON, OWNER OF THE DAILY NEWS, BITTERLY HATES MAYOR THOMPSON, FOR IN 1912 WHEN HE WAS A CANDIDATE FOR THE NOMINATION FOR THE BOARD OF REVIEW, HE PLAINLY SHOWED THAT MR. LAWSON WAS ONLY PAYING $38.00 PER YEAR IN TAXES ON HIS MILLION DOLLAR MANSION ON LAKE SHORE DRIVE. THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE HAS NO LOVE FOR MAYOR THOMPSON BECAUSE HE HAS LET THE WORLD KNOW THAT IT AND THE DAILY NEWS ARE NOT PAYING ONE-HALF THE RENT THEY SHOULD PAY FOR THE SCHOOL LANDS. WHICH THEIR BUILDINGS OCCUPY. YET THE OWNERS OF THESE TWO NEWSPAPERS HAVE THE BRASS AND THE GALL TO DICTATE TO MAYOR THOMPSON WHOM HE MUST OR MUST NOT SELECT AS MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION. Vol. XXII. Mayor W Counti cation ted A To A SOME OF THE ALDERMEN HAVE THAN THE MOST IGNORANT BACK WOODS OF MISSISSIPPI WHILE ATTEMPTING TO CON CITY OF CHICAGO—YET THEY INTELLIGENCE OF THE SUPER THEIR CONDUCT HAS BEEN MORE NO CONTROL OF THEMSELVIV MANY DIRECTIONS AT THE S ALDERMAN THOMAS O. WALLAG FAVOR OF THE ORDERLY CO CITY COUNCIL AND TO FURTHER FOR MAYOR THOMPSON HURD TO PRESERVE HIS DIGNITY IN SHOULD OF HAD HIM ARREST CONDUCT. AT THE MEETING OF THAT BOL F. SCHUETTLER, CHIEF OF PO ANTS AND HON. JOHN E. TRA WITH THREE OR FOUR DEPU ON HAND READY TO SNATCH WHO ATTEMPTED TO START HOUSE STUFF. MAYOR THOMPSON SEEMS TO BE TION AND CONFIRMING OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION. HIS CAGO ON THE SCHOOL BOARD IN THESE COLUMNS. HON. VICTOR LAWSON, OWNER HATES MAYOR THOMPSON, FO DATE FOR THE NOMINATION PLAINLY SHOWED THAT MR. PER YEAR IN TAXES ON HI LAKE SHORE DRIVE. THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE HAS NO CAUSE HE HAS LET THE W DAILY NEWS ARE NOT PAY SHOULD PAY FOR THE SCHOO OCCUPY. YET THE OWNERS OF THESE TW AND THE GALL TO DICTATE MUST OR MUST NOT SELECT EDUCATION. It is evident from the more than disgraceful conduct on the part of some of the members of the City Council within the past two weeks in fact for almost two years that there is no difference between the common run of men that after all that is said and done and with all of his education and so-called refinement or civilization man is still at heart half devil and half savage, it makes not the slightest difference what the color of his skin may be or what race he may be identified with for under certain conditions he is a brute and a savage just the same. It must be admitted by all fair minded men that there was not the slightest occasion for any of the members of the City Council to transform themselves into hideous monsters and to become the laughing stock of the sane and sober men and women residing in this city. Like they did at the meeting of the Council last Friday afternoon for their actions or conduct was more than reprehensible and it has brought all the citizens of this city into disrepute in the estimation of the people residing in all parts of the world. It seems that at a prior meeting of that body that a healthy majority of its members after much investigation on their part had voted to confirm the appointments of the nine new members of the Board of Education whose names had been submitted to them for consideration in good faith by Mayor Thompson and after the new members had been confirmed and had been sworn in and the school board had been reorganized in accordance with the new school law and after the newly appointed and confirmed school trustees had already started in to discharge their duties, then it was discovered by some of the aldermen that their actions in voting to confirm the appointments of the school trustees was very displeasing to the wild dreaming Hon. State's Attorney and after he had caused many of the aldermen to shake and tremble in their boots or shoes as though they were nothing more than his White slaves. They regardless of the law wanted to reassemble the Council and unvote or undo what they had done at the prior meeting of that body which was absolute and final and simply because they were prevented from doing so, some of them conducted themselves a hundred times worse than the most ignorant Colored politicians residing in the back woods of Mississippi. In short some of them seemingly were willing to transform themselves into wild savages while attempting to conduct the affairs of this great city, yet each and every one of them claim that they are ten thousand times better than the most highly educated and refined or cultured Colored person that ever lived; that they reflect the highest intelligence of the superior race, which may be true in their own estimation. To say the least their unlawful conduct has been the limit and one would naturally think that they were nothing more than big tom boys, for they went off half cocked or flew off the handle in many directions at the same time. To his everlasting shame Alderman Thomas O. Wallace during the excitement and rioting on Friday afternoon hurled a book at Mayor Thompson simply to show his utter contempt for him and right there and then Mayor Thompson, for the good of law and order, should of had Alderman Wallace arrested for disorderly conduct for that would have been the proper thing to do in order to force him to entertain, outwardly at least, the respect which is due to the Mayor of Chicago, it makes not the slightest difference whether that Mayor be William Hale Thompson or some one else. Alderman Wallace and his henchmen should remember that each one of them only represent about sixty to eighty thousand people residing in their respective wards while the Mayor of Chicago represents two and a half million people and Mayor Thompson was elevated to his present position with a majority of one hundred and fifty thousand votes at his back; which fact alone entitles him to a reasonable degree of respect from all the aldermen, whether they personally like him or not as the case may be. Monday afternoon the council held its regular session and almost the first order of business was the reading of a long message from Mayor Thompson, touching upon the disgraceful conduct of some of the aldermen at the meeting Friday afternoon and those members of the council who had led off in the rioting and in the disorder were roasted to a dead stand still. Herman F. Schuettler, Chief of police with a number of his aids and Hon. John E. Traeger, Sheriff of Cook county with two or three deputy sheriffs were also in evidence and the whole shooting match looked as though they were good and ready to grab and snatch the very first alderman who attempted to start or pull off any more rough house stuff and strange to say that they were all as meek as they possibly could be and nothing occurred during the meeting to cause the least bit of excitement, except that Alderman Eugene H. Block walked up to the Mourner's bench and freely confessed his sins. It does seem that Mayor Thompson is within the law in his selection and confirming of the nine new members of the board of education and his address to the citizens of this city on the school board muddle follows: By William Hale Thompson. I feel it my duty to issue a solemn warning to the people of Chicago who did me the honor to elect me mayor that they must awaken to a very great danger which threatens them. For about a quarter of a century the business affairs of their board of education have been directed and handled by a coterie of men representing a few rich and powerful interests of this city. In the last few years this close corporation has been spending from $20,000,000 to $25,000,000 per year of tax payers' funds without being required to account to anybody for their official acts. Places on this board, although paying no compensation, have been eagerly sought by the representatives of "big" business. Why? In April of this year a law was passed by the general assembly of Illinois and approved by the governor providing for the appointment of an entire new board of education of eleven M. Mayor of Chicago, who was censured and reprimanded by the judiciary committee of the city council Thursday afternoon, because he exercised his undisputed right and adjourned that body in the midst of much disorder and rioting. members in place of the old board of twenty-one. The ink had not dried on the bill before the interests which have been in control of our public schools for so long began to bring great pressure on me to put them back in charge under the new law. This sinister and suspicious influence was wielded in the name of benevolence through the voluntary and unofficial organization which calls itself the Public School league. When the council unexpectedly acted on my recommendation to put a new set of men on guard and confirm the men and women selected by me as being free from unworthy influence and temptation hell broke loose. The old interests, which have held unbroken control of school board affairs for decades, fomented a riot in the city council and caused a number of aldermen to make a vicious assault upon the mayor. Now, instead of prosecuting these law breakers for their conspiracy to create a riot, an excuse is looked for in vain to prosecute the mayor, who was obeying the law himself and trying to lead others to respect it. This furor and turmoil has been raised deliberately to throw dust in the eyes of the people. It has been created by the interests which have controlled the school business for so many years, and they have been and are being aided and abetted in their nefarious work by certain Chicago newspapers. I have now enough specific information in hand to charge that a gigantic system of looting and grafting has been in operation in the board of education for years. I also charge that some of the newspapers which are now aiding and abetting the culprits and trying to help them cover their tracks have been themselves beneficiaries of hundreds of thousands of dollars of loot out of funds which should have gone to educate the children. Taxpayers and people of Chicago, I appeal to you to aid me and cooperate with me. Wake up! Turn on the light! Your house is being looted while you sleep! Join with me in my demand that the business affairs of the old school board be thoroughly exposed. I pledge you that no innocent man will suffer, but, on the other hand, if I can help it, no guilty man will escape. Don't be fooled or misled or have your hot desire for justice cooled because I may be assailed personally. The thieves, when cornered, will call Thompson hard names, just as they have been doing. But the people must realize that these interests would not even stop at falsely accusing me of crime to accomplish their desired ends. I am attacked because I am intensely pro-American rather than pro-foreign because I believe that the greatest duty of our government is to our own people, because I refuse to be a tool of a pro-foreign propaganda and to their paid newspaper mouthpieces here, or because as umpire of the great traction strike I awarded the employees the living wage they asked for and thereby gained the eminity of the traction magnates. But all such characteristic news- paper twaddle is aside from the issue. The question is, have certain favored interests been allowed to loot the school funds? Who are they? How much did they get? How did they get it? The hour has struck in this community when every man and woman will take a position—either for an open, honest investigation or for the thieves and looters. There is no middle ground. Those who are complacent or indifferent at this time will by their indifference encourage those who are endeavoring to prevent the truth from coming out. I call upon every honest citizen and every upright, sincere public official to aid in this war upon insolent, entrenched graft. As we go into this fight I want it understood clearly by those who honored me that they need have no fear that the thieves, crooks, and looters of school funds and their allies, in office or out of office, will compel the mayor to resign. The newspapers which are again publishing impeachment yarns, know they are deliberately trying to mislead the public. Why do they do it? No matter what the clamor, I shall continue to do my duty in the future as in the past, in accordance with my oath of office, as God gives me light to see my duty. It is my intention to arrange in due time for a series of public massmeetings at which time I will expose the system of graft practiced in the board of education and name the men and the interests that have benefitted Dan M. Jackson Geo. T. Kersey David A. McGowan Ahmed A. Rayner The Emanuel Jackson Undertaking Co., Inc. 2959-61 Soy Reliable Service Reasonal Reliable Service Courteous Treatment Reasonable Prices FREE CHAPEL IN CONNECTION Complete line of Funeral Goods. Automobiles for hire FREE STYLE BOOK To Colored Women We are the largest manufacturers of Colored Women's Hair. Our latest book covers styles in hair dressing sent free. Every colored wom- man should have a HAIR. We sell them sands our hair and toilet articles. Satis- faction guaranteed or money back. 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Mrs. Anderson is one of the richest women in Washington, her grandfather having left her a fortune of $17,000,000. An only daughter of the famous commodore, G. H. Perkins, who was with P MRS. LARZ ANDERSON. Farragut in the great fight of Mobile bay, Mrs. Anderson comes of distinguished ancestry. Her marriage united her to another distinguished family, Larz Anderson being the nephew of General Anderson of Fort Sumter fame. The Anderson estate at Brookline, Mass., with its magnificent vistas, its spacious halls and brilliant Italian gardens, forms one of the most imposing homes to be found anywhere. Two million dollars were spent on the buildings and grounds, and the Cupid fountain standing on the site of the original Anderson homestead is world famous for its artistic beauty. The house and garden, with the bowling green between, crown a high hill which on all sides falls away sharply. Not only has Mrs. Anderson become famous for her charitable work and her interest in the welfare of the poor, but she has made her mark in the literary world. She is devoted to children and takes more pleasure in providing pleasure for them than in planning splendid fetes for the famous. Her most ambitious literary effort, a book of fair tales and other stories, published several years ago and dedicated "with much love" to her husband, is the result of her careful study of how to amuse children and at the same time to instruct them. Mr. Anderson, who was a captain of volunteers in the Spanish war, has served as secretary to the American embassies at London and Rome. He was appointed minister to Belgium in August 1911. --- PAGE TWO Phones Calumet 6164 Automatic 71-629 OPEN DAY AND NIGHT North State St. Courteous Treatment Le Prices IN CONNECTION Automobles for hire MILITARY STYLES. How Blue Serge and Khaki Are In the Front Row. The shops have blossomed forth with military fashions. Just where they got all the red, white and blue beddecked garments nobody knows. Of course it was a comparatively easy matter for some energetic manufacturer to have strips of the three nations' colors stitched to a lot of silk gloves or for another to have red, white and blue pipings added to an almost finished batch of organdle neckwear. But where did all the military frocks and capes come from? They are here, anyway, and they are very attractive. There are khaki shirts that would be admirable for the woman who intends to do her part in the farming world this summer. They are decorated with shields and other insignia in the national colors on the pockets. There are all sorts of capes with a military look. Some of them are braided; some are trimmed generously with brass buttons. There are blue serge frocks that almost set one cheering, they so suggest a military parade. And so it goes. We all remember that when the world war began Paris launched a few military styles. They were accepted at first with enthusiasm, but later on other styles superseded them. Perhaps with all the world at war Paris can find permanent use for military inspiration in women's fashions. Next August, when the openings that Paris has so punctiliously kept up ever since that fateful August of 1914 occur again, we may know. UTILITY COAT. For Real Service Buy a Coat Something Like This. Built of gingersnap brown is this topcoat of serge, so nattly trimmed with Scotch plaids, collar, cuffs and THE COAT kangaroo pocket lids. Please note the fan of brown feathers that gives the front piece of the smart knockabout hat. Frocks of Colored Linen. Frocks of colored handkerchief linen, elaborately run with hand tuckings and plats with panels of fillet lace, at times dyed in self coloring, are being worn by smart women at Palm Beach. White batiste is elaborately ornamented with soutache embroidery, with medallions of ecru lace forming the deep border on skirt or sectional panels. White and colored organdle dresses are trimmed with bandings of organdle embroidered—the same introduced in the Russian blouse or surplice draped waist. In chemise dresses of oyster white linen crash the full length panel of applique embroidery, deep sailor collars and cuffs are the distinguishing features. Broad belts of white, tan or gray suede usually confine the waist. ```markdown ``` GOOD LINES. THE BROAD AX. CHICAGO. JUNE 30, 1917. PARIS CUES. Small Details That Really Make or Mar. Some of the smart foulards are in very large designs and must be made up very cautiously, but there are plenty of designs less striking, and even where the design is very large the coloring may perhaps be neutral enough to save it from being spectacular. On the other hand, there are strikingly brilliant colorings as well as striking designs in some of the new foulards and other figured silks, and certain of the French houses, notably Bulloz and Premet, have not hesitated to employ these bold materials, sometimes successfully from a pictorial viewpoint. Belts, girdles and sashes are ommi present and often are the most individual features of the models. Some of them are very wide and very elaborate, others quite narrow and simple, and their position varies from high directoire to dropped medieval, though the latter line has less favor than it has had, and normal or high waist lines are the rule. Sleeves on day frocks are more often long than not, but many three-quarter sleeves are shown, too, on afternoon models. For the evening bodice there is often a tiny sleeve, if only an elongation of the shoulder, but the sleeveless shoulder strap corsage has not disappeared. Square and second empire decolletage are most in evidence. Paquin and several others show a liking for the collar effects standing away from the neck on day frocks, and there are quantities of collarless arrangements cut straight across or in a shallow oval or little square, often with some collar adjunct across the back. Here and there a polonaise of unbroken front line appears, and the flat, comparatively plain front is the generally accepted thing, even where the rest of the skirt is draped or very full. Skirts of tailored costumes are plaited in part or all around or are cut to fall straight and comparatively narrow, though not yet too narrow for comfort. The shirring of the slight fullness at the waistband in the back is still used on the plain models. FOR THE FETE Doll Saleslady Always Popular at Charity Bazaars. Almost every device for raising relief funds is being used these days. There is so much profit in dolls that A QUEEN OF THEM ALL. this flaxen maiden is offered as a model saleslady. Her gown is blue satin banded with black velvet ribbon. A scrap of silver cloth gives her mantle, and please note how ingeniously a bit of black lace is used for her mits. PAY FOR GOOD WORK. Don't Try to Remunerate Your Wash Lady With Castoff Clothes. Women have sometimes made a reputation for generosity by giving away various things useless to themselves, things they have grown tired of, things always undesired bestowed upon them by one or another of their well meaning friends and relatives. Whatever may be said of this procedure, it at least puts to shame the person who offers to pay wages with discarded things. For instance, there is the woman who tried to pay part of the $1.50 and car fare of the washerwoman with a half worn winter coat and the one who gave the young schoolgirl who tended her mischievous four-year-old an entire Saturday afternoon a last month's magazine and a soiled ribbon for her services. To a very great many people money is the most urgent need of their lives. Only money will pay rent, only money will buy food, only money will provide against want in old age. Payment for service of any kind should be in money. Payment for service should be prompt. Payment for service should be maintained at the prevailing standard. Women should stand by the women who work for them. Homemade Kitchen Cabinet For those who cannot afford the luxury of a real kitchen cabinet a very good substitute can be constructed from the top of an old fashioned buffet. If it has shelves so much the better; it will then hold all kinds of spices and small cans containing articles in daily use. Small books about the size used for hanging up tin cups may be driven into the flat surface and will hold many utensils, such as the egg beater, can opener, tea strainer. A CABINET LADY Wife of the Secretary of the Navy Comrade of Husband. Mrs. Daniels Comes of a Distinguished Family and Makes a Point of Chumming With Her Four Big Sons—The "Folksy" Type of Woman. An interviewer recently wrote: "At the hotel table next mine I had noticed a woman of genial plumpness, prepossessing manner and jolly laugh. The serious young man with her seemed a youngish sort of husband, but interested and attentive withal, and my sophisticated mind dismissed the slight disparity of ages as a common enough phenomenon. "Then somebody told me the pleasant comradish lady was Mrs. Dan- Mary Photo by American Press Association. MRS. JOSEPHUS DANIELS. iels, wife of the secretary of the navy, and the young man her eldest son, Josephus junior. I told Mrs. Daniels later of my mistake. "‘Josephus, my poor boy, did you hear that?’ cried his mother in tragic tones while her eyes laughed. And right away we were acquainted. “The navy secretary’s wife is what they call in the south ‘folksy,’ and I love the word. Folksy people are the innately kind of heart. They assume you are all right to know and erect no formal barriers while they investigate and catalogue you. They open their minds to you in the same hospitable way they do their houses and, like the American law, hold you innocent until proved guilty. "I'm glad you want me to talk about my boys,' went on this broad chested, mother hearted parent of four, 'for I'm just a domestic woman whose business in life is to see after her loved ones. If, as you say, I have managed to be pals with my lads it is because they have not been brought up. I've just loved 'em up. "We never suppressed them—told them to hush up, that children should be seen and not heard. We have encouraged them to think and speak their thoughts. From Josephus, who is twenty-two, to Frank, who is only twelve, all the boys have their careers fully mapped out." Mrs. Daniels comes from a family of soldiers, statesmen and writers. Her grandfather was one of North Carolina's governors. Her uncles, her father, her mother's people, all were eminent in various professional lines, and the beloved O. Henry was her second cousin. Aprons Made of Shirts A wonderfully neat kitchen apron can be quickly made by using a man's discarded shirt. Turn it so that the opening will be in the back; cut off the cuffs, making the sleeves as short as you wish, and trim out the neck in a round or square yoke effect. If preferred, the garment can be put on as originally worn by sewing up the front opening and making a new one down the back. This can be fastened with one or two buttons. The shirt is already hemmed, and the side openings can be left as they are. Square Deal For the Shops. "If women had only the courage to stop shopping when they are tired." said a young woman the other day. "They buy things then that they do not and never will like, and it is a bother to the women and a needless expense to the shops. The goods are inevitably returned and credited. When shops are so decent about accepting goods and crediting them it is only fair to such establishments to give them a square deal." Sugar Sirup. Many prefer homemade sugar sirup for cakes and waffles, but its tendency to "go back to sugar" is annoying. If you will boll a little corn sirup with it, two tablespoonfuls to a pint, it will not recrystallize. The corn sirup cannot be tasted. FOR YOUNG FOLKS FOR YOUNG FOLKS Sleepy Time Story About a Mighty Battle of Long Ago. HOW VICTOR WAS REWARDED Wonderful Feats That a Lady of Ancient Greece Accomplished—Possessed Remarkable Strength and Cleverness—Hated by Wicked King. Tonight, said Uncle Ben to little Ned and Polly Ann, I am going to tell you about the LION IN THE SKY. I told you before that every month the sun rolls through a group of stars that has an odd name. In July it is in the group of stars known as the Lion. Once there grew up in Greece a lad of great strength and cleverness named Hercules. One of the wonderful things he did was to choke to death with his infant hands two serpents that tried to kill him in his cradle. As he grew older he became stronger, and he was so good natured that he was always trying to help those about him. But after awhile Hercules came into the power of a wicked king, who set him all sorts of hard tasks. The first of these was to kill a fierce lion which had been frightening and killing the people in a valley called Nemea. Hercules took the big club, which was so heavy that no one else could handle it, and his big bow that no one else could bend. When he came to the wild, lonely valley of Nemea the lion, which happened to be very hungry, came out to meet Hercules. All the people had moved out of that part of the country because they were so afraid of the lion, so it was hard for the animal to get a meal. Hercules stepped briskly up and, fitting an arrow to his bow, sent it straight at the lion's head, but the brute's skin was so thick that the sharp point could not pierce it. Hercules tried arrow after arrow, hoping that at last he might find a tender spot. When the last arrow was gone he picked up his club and as the lion drew near let it fall with a heavy stroke on the creature's head. The club slid off the lion's thick mane and fell to the ground. Hercules had then only his own strong hands with which to fight. He grasped the snarling lion by the throat and, using all his strength, soon strung the brute. Hercules started home with the lion's skin thrown over his shoulder. When he entered the town where he lived the people and the wicked king were frightened. They thought the Nemean lion itself had come to attack them. Instead of praising Hercules for what he had done the king ordered him after that not to enter the city until he had permission. But the people were so pleased with this wonderful service which Hercules had done them that they named a group of stars the Lion, and so it has been called ever since, and in July the sun enters the space in the sky where the Lion group is found. Learn to Swim. A person who cannot swim misses all the fun of a fine exercise and sport. He may at any time be caught in a water accident, and other persons may have to rescue him at the risk of their own lives. He may have to see his mother or sister drown before his very eyes and not be able to help her. Helping Her Country. This year everybody is trying to do something to help Uncle Sam get enough food for his people. So that is A young child holding two buckets in her hands. Photo by American Press Association. the reason the little miss in this picture has taken to farm work. She was just setting out for her garden when the camera man snapped her. Is This Style Merely Military or Purely Puritan? Over a belted jacket of rose jersey cloth falls this long coat of navy Poiret tweed, hobbled in slightly at the bottom, just enough to give a touneau silhouette. Truly a chic modification of the army poncho! BEGIN TO TRAIN. With Your Country at War, Get In Lines For Special Work. The importance of training women in home economics, nursing and the general conservation of food, clothing and health is emphasized in a bulletin issued by the department of the interior. "Now, as never before," says the bulletin, "every woman needs a working knowledge of home economics; hence food classes should be opened for all women desiring them. Special attention should be given to diet requirements for maintenance of health and efficiency, methods of eliminating all waste from the household and intelligent use of the more abundant foods for those which are either scarce or of better keeping qualities. Inevitably there will be need during all of the next few years of soup kitchens, free school lunches and other forms of community feeding. A few weeks or months of intensive study of the special problems connected with handling larger quantities of food will prepare a number of women already trained in dietetics for this work. Summer schools may well offer such courses and grant advanced credits if this seems desirable. "Extension service for women living in cities is as much needed as is the work now being done by the agricultural department for the wives of farmers. Workers for this service should be prepared by the institutions for higher education. These women need to be well trained in economics and sociology, as well as in home economics, and should be urged to volunteer for this extension type of work. Extra classes giving several hours daily to practical instruction in the home care of the sick should be organized for all women students, and the most recent knowledge concerning the care of infants and children should be available to them. This is of especial importance for various reasons. If war comes upon American territory the well trained graduate nurse will be called to war hospitals, and the ordinary nursing of home sickness will devolve upon home women. In addition to this duty will be the care of returned convalescent wounded. "Normal schools, colleges and universities can during their summer schools train women to instruct in Red Cross sewing in order that the public school sewing of next year may be most effectively executed. In addition to this, courses designed to prepare teachers to instruct in the remodeling of garments will be timely. One of the great services women can render is in the saving of the nation's supply of food and clothing. Special short courses in the study of the condition of national supply of household materials, needed economies and the sociologic and economic effect of women's activities should be offered." Garden Aprons as Gifts Apropos of gifts, a farseeing little woman has made up several fascinating garden aprons to give to friends who work in their garden plots. Some are of washable awning stripe, others of a heavy smocked chambray. The most serviceable of the lot are those of rubberized drill in a charming corn color. This material is not at all heavy and may be washed off with a sponge. She also has made several small aprons of the same material to be used as play aprons for children. JUVENILE PARTY FROCK. What Daughter Needs For This Summer's Gayety. JUST SIXTEEN. White net provides this charming raiment for youth. A shirred skirt is deeply hemmed and triple tucked with a yoke trimmed in soutache braid to match the bolero and cuffs. The hat is also white net and braid set off, with four pink roses. NURSERY NOTES. Small Points About Proper Care of the Baby. Try laying the baby on a bed or table while you wash him. It is easier for you and better for the baby, too, as he feels the unsteadiness of your lap and wriggles accordingly. Did you know that all white walls and woodwork are bad for the nursery? It is declared by scientists that white reflects too much light for the baby's eyes. Try gray or light tan. A baby basket can be made from a medium sized laundry basket. Give it two coats of enamel on the outside and wad it inside with cotton batting. Cover with a blue or white satin and dotted swiss or point d'esprit. A pretty way to quilt the baby's wee comforter is to tie it with baby ribbons through the points to be tacked, using the bow of the ribbon for the center of an embroidered wild rose or forget me not. It is a good plan to remember that when making any of the small garments out of white flannel future shrinking can be avoided by pressing the flannel with a wet cloth before making it up and lining it. Laundering of wee clothes is an important detail of nursery regime. Nothing but pure white soaps should be used. Everything pertaining to a baby's clothes should be thoroughly rinsed, especially diapers. Bolling, sunshine and fresh air are all sterilizers. A Call to Can. In sending out instructions to the conservation chairman of each state in the Union Mrs. J. D. Sherman, chairman of the conservation department of the General Federation of Women's Clubs, in her call to organize said: "It is inexcusable negligence at this time for women not to inform themselves concerning the various phases of food conservation as it affects the individual, the community, the nation and our allies. "One of the greatest present needs is scientific direction in food nutrition and food economy. Thousands of women are eager to be thrifty, to use their resources wisely, but they do not know how. Sane, practical home economics instruction is greatly needed." —National Emergency Food Garden Commission. Feather Pudding. One cupful sugar, two tablespoonfuls butter, one egg, one teaspoonful salt. one cupful milk, two cupfuls flour, three teaspoonfuls baking powder, canned or fresh fruit. Cream together butter and sugar, add beaten egg and salt, then add alternately milk and flour sifted with baking powder. Put two tablespoonfuls fruit in each buttered cup, cover with batter and steam one hour. Serve with foamy or cream sauce. Recipe For French Artichokes Pick off from the solid green globes the outer tough petals. Scoop out with a sharp pointed knife the fuzzy centers, leaving the soft base, which is the juscious morsel. Cut each artichoke in halves, wash, drain and fry brown on each side in olive oil. Make a tomato sauce and cook thirty minutes. Then serve hot. THE GARBAGE PAIL Its Contents May Stand Between Us and Liberty. EARN YOUR APPETITES NOW! If You Save but Two Ounces of Food a Day, Stop to Compute What This Means In a Country of a Hundred Million People. [Prepared by the National Emergency Food Garden Commission.] The women of the country must be made to realize as never before that it is their part in this war to stop the waste that goes into the garbage pail, a waste that has been estimated at $700,000,000 annually. The figure is staggering in its immensity. Think what two ounces saved a day by a hundred million people means! The men folks will tell us that the money would take up many liberty bond issues and buy many battleships. In fact, they tell us such an amount would win the war. Yet it goes into the garbage pail. Women of the contry, earn your appetite! Do something now for your country by conducting your table economically. You will never know until you try it what a fascination there is in work, what a reward it brings. Pass the summer's usual rest and earn your appetite. Much meat, bread and edible fats are wasted in garbage, and tons of valuable foodstuff for animals are lost to the food supply of the nation by usual garbage reduction or disposal methods. There should be careful analysis of city garbage and enforcement of garbage collection ordinances, requiring that no glass, tin, wood, burnt matches, paper, string or inorganic trash be mixed with the vegetable material, meat scraps or bones which can be used for feed. These laws are rigidly enforced by Germany in all cities of 40,000 people. Garbage so collected from a population of 17,000,000 people in Germany, although the German garbage pail always has been far leaner than the American one and is especially light at this period, furnish briequettes rich in protein, which, when fed to dairy cattle, produced 1,500,000 to 2,000,000 quarts of milk daily. On the other hand, with us garbage is sent to reduction plants, where all the fat and oil it contains are recovered for use in making soap or greases. It is simply a question of service and proper direction. If the women of the country take up the problem one of our greatest war troubles is solved, for who knows but the garbage pail may stand between us and liberty? FORMAL GOWN. For Receptions Is This Beautiful Model In Satin. Black satin and black net are here combined to give a handsome reception frock, made with a barrel skirt THE FASHION OF THE TIME THE REAL THING. accentuated by hip drapes. The lace and net bodice are strapped with beaded trimming set with squares of turquose. Fitting Candles to Candlesticks. Those of us who use candles have found often they are too large for the candlesticks. Instead of shaving off the surplus wax, plunge them for a moment in boiling water. The candle is then in condition to be pressed into the stick, it fits, and there is no waste of precious material. Making Use of All Space In the Oven. If when baking layer cake there is space left too small for another pan place a can with both ends melted off in the small space and set a pan on it. The heat will reach the baking article just the same. THE BROAD AX. CHICAGO, JUNE 30, 1917 Eye and Temper Severe "Those who do fine needlework of any kind," says a writer in the Woman's Home Companion, "will find it advantageous to observe these rules closely: "Do not sit too long at the task. If you wish to spend a day or a half day at it, keep at it steadily for fifty minutes and drop the work for the next ten minutes, occupying your time with something else through which the mind may be relaxed. At the end of ten minutes go back to the needlework, again applying yourself to it for fifty minutes, and so continue throughout the entire day. "Always observe closely the rule regarding light direction. Sit with your back almost facing the light, with the latter coming over your left shoulder. "When working with net or fine laces that are white or light colored wear a black apron that is without gloss, and never wear a dress or apron that has a figure or stripe of any sort in it. Use plain colors as a background for your work and use colors that are receding, like blue dark brown or green." Celebrated Bachelors Handel, Reynolds, Turner, Sir Isaac Newton and Cavendish were among the men illustrious in art or science who remained bachelors. Among authors we have Pope, Goldsmith, Lamb and Macaulay. The feeble health of "the wasp of Twickenham" stood no doubt in the way of his marrying. Goldsmith had not the same excuse, but in his case it was quite as well that he passed through life as a bachelor. A single man who habitually spends twice as much as he has is never likely to make a wise and prudent husband. Lamb, "that frail, good man," as Wordsworth calls him, was a bachelor not from choice, but from affection. The singular loyalty with which he devoted himself to his sister in circumstances of melancholy interest prevented his marrying a girl whom, it appears, he truly loved. Lord Macaulay rested content with the loving sympathy of his sister, Hannah, the wife of Sir Charles Trevelyan, whose children were to him as his own. Mental Twilight. Mental health passes into mental disease most commonly in a gradual way, as light passes into darkness. There is a mental twilight, a borderland in which it is impossible to say whether the patient is mentally ill or not. It is always well for a man who undergoes such changes mentally to consult his doctor, and it is always well for the doctor not to make too light of such a change, because treatment is usually far more effectual in that borderland stage than it is when the symptoms have been fully developed. The best test of mental health is when a man feels a conscious sense of organic well being, although many persons go through life with more or less of a sense of ill being all the time and are not on that account to be regarded as insane. Our Old Paper Currency. Fractional currency was the name given to government issues of paper money of small denominations during the war between the states. Owing to the suspension of specie payments in 1861 silver coins of small denominations disappeared from circulation, causing great inconvenience to retail trade and people generally. In March, 1863, congress authorized the issue of paper notes of small denominations, 5, 10, 25 and 50 cents, and they afforded great relief. The total volume of it was limited to $50,000,000, and much of it became so worn out by circulation that it was never redeemed. Cracked Eggs. When an eggshell is cracked, even so slightly that the eye cannot see it, germs and molds find ready entrance into the egg and spoil its contents. Nature has provided the egg with a delicate protective, gelatinous coating, which, as long as it is intact, tends to keep out air and germs. Once this coating is pierced the keeping quality of the egg is lessened immediately. Three Naval Victories. It is said that the three white lines which appear on the collars of sailors' blouses in the United kingdom, the lines being straight for men of the regular navy and wavy for men of the naval volunteer force, represent the three naval victories of Nelson—the battles of the Nile, Copenhagen and Trafalgar. The Idea. "Good gracious, John, why did you allow the agent to persuade you to take a cottage with no more ground than this?" "Because, my dear, I did not go into this deal with any selfish idea of territorial expansion."—Baltimore American. How They Work In an argument against fanaticism General Funston once said to a newspaper correspondent: "Even the looking glass and the wine glass have their uses. The looking glass reveals our defects to ourselves; the wine glass reveals them to others." No Great Damage "She says I made a toy of her heart." "Don't let that girl bluff you. She has been engaged seventeen times. Her heart is one of these indestructible toms." "Louisville Courier-Journal." After the Ceremony: "This was given to me for a wedding present by my aunt, and I don't like it. I wonder if I could get her money back."—Life. The road to success is as easy as the road to ruin.—Benjamin Franklin. The Motion Picture Interpreter. The katsuban is a native and unique product of Japanese life and is called both a nuisance and a necessity. The name is an abridgement of katsubenshi and means moving picture speaker. The katsuban follows every action shown in motion picture plays and interprets it to the audience. He must not only have a fluent tongue, but have the ability to imitate professional actors of both old and new schools as well as being able to speak several degrees of falsetto to portray the various characters in the plays. The profession is by no means an easy one, and the skilled members are almost as popular as the actors themselves. The katsuban cannot be dispensed with because of the introduction of foreign films in Japan. It is necessary to explain the action; otherwise the picture would be unintelligible to most of the audience. Even in the case of native pictures it is said that as yet many of the actors are not sufficiently clever to enable the management to dispense with the services of the katsuban.—Pittsburgh Chronicle Telegraph. Horseshoes and Luck The luck of the horseshoe comes from three lucky things always connected with horseshoes. These consist of the following facts: It is the shape of a crescent; it is a portion of a horse; it is made from iron. Each of these has from time immemorial been considered lucky. Anything in the shape of a crescent was always considered a thing to bring luck. From the earliest times, too, at least since the world knew something of the qualities of iron, iron has been regarded as a thing to give protection and, incidentally, that would involve good luck. And, lastly, the horse since the days of English mythology has been regarded as a lucky animal. When, then, we had a combination of the three—the crescent, the iron and the horse—in one object, it became a true lucky sign in the eyes of the people—Book of Wonders. Just Like Babel. The difficulties which the ancient builders of the Tower of Babel experienced with the language difficulty may be easily understood by any one who has spent a little time in Basrah, in Mesopotamia. The dialects in common use at Basrah are said to be more than forty in number. The most popular is Arabic, but it is not the Arabic of Egypt or Morocco. It is a distinct tongue, with which the Egyptian or Moroccan experiences the greatest difficulty. Then there is Persian, with variations known as Bagdad-Persian, Neld-Persian and Basdad-Persian. Turkish is frequently heard, while Armenian and Chaldean are the languages of the native Christian population. Kurdish is used by another section of the inhabitants, while Hindustani is the language of the Indian troops. Holy Lands. The Holy Land is a term used, especially by Christians, to designate Palestine as being the scene of the birth, ministry and death of Christ, but also employed by other religious sects to describe the places sacred to them from association. Thus the Mohammedans speak of Mecca as the Holy Land, it being the birthplace of Mohammed. The Chinese Buddhists call India the Holy Land because the founder of their religion was born there, while the Greeks bestow this same title on Elis, where was situated the temple of Olympian Zeus. Cuba's Fine Tobacco. Cuba produces the highest preceded tobacco grown in the world. The fine aromatic tobacco is not grown in all parts of the island, but on a little spot near the western coast, the size of which is no more than twenty-five square miles. Such tobacco as is produced in this limited area can be produced nowhere else. Different. "Why, a year ago you told me this place was easily worth $15,000. Now you estimate its value at less than $10,000." "You must remember that I was trying to sell it to you then. Now you want me to sell it for you." Economical Elopements Elopements, with the consent of the parents on both sides, are frequent in Bulgaria, the expense of the wedding ceremony and festivities being thus avoided by the thrifty peasants. ```markdown ``` PRACTICAL HEALTH HINT. Rest Before Eating: The importance of resting after eating as a necessary condition for perfect digestion has been emphasized, but it is equally important to rest, physically and mentally, before eating. Dogs that had run an hour before eating and others that had been resting were fed the same ration, and it was found that those dogs that had been rested before eating digested the meal much better than those fed while tired. Usually a dog will refuse to eat if very tired, and a man who has a natural appetite will feel little inclination to eat until after he has rested, following physical exercise. The practice of hurrying from the office or shop to the dining room and eating without resting and then hurrying back to work is one of the means by which the digestive and nervous systems are gradually though imperceptibly broken down. ```markdown ``` MARINE AVIATORS Unusual Opportunities Are Offered For Advancement. Those Assigned to Flying Corps, Whether Trained as Pilots or Not, Receive 50 Per Cent Increase In Their Pay and 50 Cents Per Day For Extra Duty. By FIRST LIEUTENANT ALFRED A. CUNNINGHAM, U. S. M. C. Washington--The last congress established a navy flying corps, which consists of officers and men detailed from the navy and marine corps in the proportion of four of the navy to one of the marine corps. Civilians will be taken in as acting ensigns and second leutenants. Numbers of men do not win promotion readily as soldiers because they lack that military bearing and manner so essential to good soldiers, but who are intelligent and have mechanical ability and can be readily trained as good aviation mechanics. For such men the flying corps is their best chance for promotion. Discipline in aviation is as important as in any other branch of the service, but a man's military smartness can be subordinated to AIRCRAFT AVIATOR LEUTENANT A. A. CUNNINGHAM, UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS AVIATOR. some extent to his technical ability. The man, whether he has marked mechanical ability or not, who has an intelligent mind, is willing to work without having tasks assigned him and is above all so thoroughly careful and reliable that an aviator can feel perfectly confident while flying an aeroplane he has been working on is desirable for the flying corps. On account of the nature of the work it becomes imperative to remove a man who shows the slightest signs of carelessness. Qualifications for an enlisted pilot are mainly physical and psychological, and men for this position will be chosen for their suitable qualities. In general the man should be absolutely perfect as regards heart, eyesight, digestion, sense of equilibrium and nervous system. He should not be over thirty years old. There should be no question as to the quality of his "nerve." This does not mean recklessness. The man who has undermined his constitution with dissipation will not be chosen. Marines assigned to the flying corps, whether trained as pilots or not, receive 50 per cent increase on their pay and 50 cents per day for extra duty as aviation mechanics. The crew of each aeroplane consists of the chief mechanic, with rank of gunnery sergeant or sergeant; one noncommissioned officer as motor man, one noncommissioned officer as plane and wire man and two privates as helpers. From this it can be seen that the flying corps needs comparatively few men who are not suitable for noncommissioned officers. Enlisted men in the navy flying corps have unusual opportunities not only for advancement in rank, but they receive an excellent mechanical course of training which will fit them for a good position in civil life. Enlisted men assigned to aviation, regardless of their rank, are treated as students until they have been given a thorough course of training in handling, cleaning and repairing aeroplanes and motors on the ground. They are then trained in assembling aeroplanes and lining them up properly. Next they are given a thorough course in disassembling, cleaning, assembling and making all adjustments to each type of aeroplane motor used at the station. CALLED "THE WAR OF 1917." Present Struggle So Designated In Documents on Pension Claims. Washington.—In the annals of the pension bureau, which already has on file two applications for pensions on account of deaths since the declaration of war, the present struggle will go down to posterity in America as "the war of 1917." Announcing the official designation the bureau said that it was decided on for use in the records because no other suitable name could be found. The applications came from Ruth Thomas of Annapolis, widow of Lieutenant Clarence C. Thomas, killed on the Vacuum, and Mrs. Hannah Hallberg of Jamestown, N. Y., whose son, Frankle Hallberg, a member of the national guard, was killed by a train when guarding a bridge. PAGE THIRD Within the last 500 years one thousand million pounds' worth of gold has vanished. Where have the missing millions gone? About one-third lies at the bottom of the sea. The treasure of lost vessels which strews the route from England to India alone has been estimated at eighty million sterling. In 1798 the British frigate De Brook, wrecked off the American coast, took with her into the depths of the ocean gold worth £2,400,000, the spoils of an intercepted Spanish treasure fleet. Another British warship, the Hussar, went down with over a million sterling in gold in 1780, and another million was lost in the Lutine in 1799. Much gold, too, is lost through wear and tear. It is a soft metal in its natural state, and despite the alloys used to make it harder it wears away comparatively quickly when coined into money. It is the same with jewelry. In these ways and a hundred others the gold gained by men through sweat and blood finds its way back to the earth whence it came.—London Opinton. Royal Names. Nicholas Romanoff is the name by which the late czar is mentioned in the Russian papers. But it may be doubted whether this is a correct use of the word Romanoff, for monarchs, who sign by their Christian names only, are not supposed to have surnames. In the early days, when both surnames and customs were in the making, they did not need them, and (except in case of dethronement, and not always then) they have never needed them since. Contrary to popular belief, Plantagenet was not a surname. Tudor may have been one, and Stuart certainly was. But Guelph was not, and so good an authority as Mr. Fox-Davies holds that the present king of England has no surname at all. Less learned authorities have been perplexed to know whether the descendants of Queen Victoria did not inherit the surname of their father, the prince consort. A Queen Off Duty. The neatness of her figure was accentuated by a dress of the vogue, and she bore herself with the graceful freedom of an unspoiled queen of the period when royalty did not wear corsets. She was half a block ahead of me when I first noted her unaffected statelliness, continues a writer in the New York Sun. Perhaps my attention was drawn to her by the admiration of everybody within periscopic range, the concentrated worship of the hypnotized multitude impelling me to follow its example. I walked faster and, as the sailors say, was soon abeam of her. I passed her, and as I did so I fear I violated polite precedents by viewing her askance. I recognized her instantly. She is my married sister's cook, and, as my brother-in-law has remarked, "She is some cook!"—Detroit Free Press. The Jerusalem Chamber. One of the rooms in Westminster abbey that are of peculiar interest is the Jerusalem chamber, which was built more than 500 years ago and was probably at one time the abbot's withdrawing room. It was in this chamber that Henry IV. died, in curious fulfillment of a prophecy that he should die in Jerusalem: It hath been prophesied me many a year I shall not die but in Jerusalem. Which vainly I suppose the Holy Land, but bear me to that chamber. There I'll lie. In that Jerusalem shall Harry die. And in the same chamber Addison, Congreve and Prior lay in state before their splendid interment in the abbey. Had a Good Excuse. Dorothy, aged 4, was present at dinner the other evening when a number of guests were being entertained by her parents, and during the lull in the conversation she began to talk very earnestly: "Why do you talk so much, Dorothy?" asked her father. "Tause I's dot suffin' to say," was the reply.—Kansas City Star. Modern Travel. The brakeman doesn't carry a lantern any more, the train "butch" tries to sell the passengers De Morgan instead of Bertha M. Clay, the conductor refuses to carry babies for fear the auditor may object, and the coaches are so light that spooning couples fall to amuse.—Sallina Journal. Bonehead. "G'wan, nigger, you all ain't got no sense nohow." "Ain't got no sense? What's dis yere hald for?" "Dat thing? Dat ain't no hald, nigger; dat's jes er button on top er yo' body ter keep yer backbone from unravelin'"—Lamb. Not the Result Expected. Cashier—I cannot possibly live on the salary you are paying me. Employer—Him! Just as I thought. You'll have to give us a bond tomorrow for $5,000.—Boston Transcript. The Artist's Touch. Mistress—How do you manage to make such a noise here in the kitchen? Cook—Well, just you to break four plates without making a noise. Ideas. Already Informed Mrs. Grammercy. Why don't you tell that neighbor of yours? Mrs. Park. It isn't necessary, my dear. We're on the same party wire. Puck. Partinent Question: Convict—I'm in here for having five wives. Visitor—How are you enjoying your liberty?—Exchange. The richest mine in the world is the one within yourself. 72 .72 ALDERMAN JOSEPH HIGGINS SMITH The popular city father of the 14th Ward who would make a for Chief Bailiff of the Municipal Court in 19 The popular city father of the 14th Ward who would make a tip-top candidate for Chief Bailiff of the Municipal Court in 1918. MAYOR WILLIAM HALE THOMPSON CONTINUES TO RIDE THE POLITICAL WAVES. (Concluded from page 1.) through plundering the funds collected for educating the children of Chicago. If it is true as Mayor Thompson states that certain big interests in connection with some of the members of the board of education have for many years been engaged in robbing the school children out of hundreds of thousands of dollars then it is the duty of every honest citizen to stand by him to the last ditch and assist him to right that great wrong. One of the main reasons why the Hon. Victor Lawson the head owner of the Daily News bitterly hates Mayor Thompson is the fact that in 1912 Mr. Thompson was a candidate for the nomination for member of the Board of Review and at that time it was plainly proven by Mr. Thompson that Mr. Lawson was only paying thirty-eight dollars per year in taxes on his one million dollar mansion which is located on the Lake Shore Drive. On the other hand the small poor taxpayer was forced to pay his taxes right up to the limit or his little home which he was struggling to pay for would be sold in order to make up the full amount of taxes which Mr. Lawson should pay on his one million dollar home. The Chicago Tribune has no real love for Mayor Thompson, first because he is very friendly to Colored people and second because he let all the world know that the Tribune and the Daily News are not paying one half of the rent their owners should pay for the school lands which their buildings occupy. Notwithstanding these apparent facts, the owners of these two newspapers have the brass and gall to want to dictate to Mayor Thompson whom he must or must not select as members of the board of education. Council Judiciary Committee's Resolution Directed Against Mayor on School Issue. Following is the resolution of censure adopted by the judiciary committee and recommended to the city council for adoption: Whereas, William Hale Thompson, by arbitrarily and tyrannically seeking to thwart the city council in the expression of its will, has flagrantly disregarded the safeguards of popular government for whose preservation the American people stand, and. Whereas, His attempt to dissolve a session of the city council in violation of the wishes of a clear majority of that body and his denial of an orderly expression of the council's will by call of the roll, as duly requested and as guaranteed by the laws of this state, constitute a plain violation of the solemn oaths which he took when he entered upon the duties of mayor of Chicago and president of the city council; therefore be it Resolved, That the city council deplores and hereby censures the action of William Hale Thompson in attempting to adjourn the city council on June 22, 1917, without permitting a roll call of the members of the city council, and calls upon the mayor and city council to see that hereafter the rules of the council, the rights of the --- PAGE FOUR CENSURE members of the council, and the statutes of the state of Illinois are observed at all times. NATIONAL NEWS NOTES. Brief Bits of News and Comments On Men and Measures. NEGRO EXODUS IS INCREASING Desire to Earn Higher Wages and for Better Conditions Socially, Presents New Problems to Both South and North. Chicago, Ill.—The exodus of Negroes from the South to northern manufacturing points, stronger within the last month or so, is regarded as likely to increase considerably as the season advances, and to continue throughout the summer. Not more than a quarter of those leaving the South, it is expected will return. The condition is totally without precedent since reconstruction days. As to the situation in Chicago, A. L Jackson, executive secretary of the Wabash Avenue branch of the Y. M. C. A., says: "The Negroes are coming into Chicago pretty regularly, and in larger numbers now. I had a man watch the railroad stations recently for 10 days, and the Police Department also had a man take a careful census. In one week they found 500 arrivals and in another week from 1200 to 1500. All, of course, do not stop in Chicago. Many go on, to Waukegan, Indiana Harbor and Gary, Detroit, Moline, and various other manufacturing centers. In two days my agent found two parties of from 50 to 75 Negroes using Chicago as a transfer point. The flow has been very steady through good weather." "The real reason for the migration," continued Mr. Jackson, himself a Negro, and an authority locally, "is the desire of the Negroes to better their school, housing, social and sanitary conditions. The exodus is coming for the most part from Mississippi Georgia, and Louisiana, with Mississippi leading and also from South Carolina. Mississippi is leading because of two conditions—lynch law and peonage. In Alabama and Virginia, so-called 'good' States, they are not feeling the Negro migration, but in the states with lynch law and poor schooling, they are leaving in large numbers. The readjustment of the Negro population and higher wages will help them all around, thinks Mr. Jackson. In the North better wages will raise the standard of the Negroes; and in the South, the shortage of them will make their labor more valuable and increase their bargaining power, assuring them more consideration in those questions of law enforcement, schools, housing and conditions of cleanliness. PROHIBITION IN WAR TIME New York, N. Y.—The Wall Street Journal, the most influential publication among bankers, brokers, corporations, and financial organizations of New York, says: Given time enough, even when talking too much, as it customarily does, the United States Senate is a deliberative body which will correct the foolishness of the lower house, most of the time, but unfortunately, not all of the time. It is sometimes foolish itself. But at least it killed the amendment tacked on, without rhyme or reason, to the espionage bill by Senator Cummins, prohibiting the use of grain in the manufacture of alcohol. This amendment was calculated to kill some hundred millions of tax-paying capital in the brewing industry, without attaining any of the objects which are supposedly at the heart of the prohibition party. The manufacture of whiskey, and of all spirituous liquors, is based on age; and the longer stock can be accumulated in bond, the better the investment of the manufacture of spirits becomes. But the manufacturer of beer does not profess to sell old ale in any quantity to be worth taxing. The logical consequence of prohibiting the use of grain on the Cummins' amendment would be to set people who drink a comparatively harmless beverage, to drinking whiskey and other hard spirits. up the children representing the land, Belgium, Bohemia, a JE public in Palestine, Free Russi man Republic, Republic of Fr such other liberty loving people the local committees desire to. "Groups to conduct celebr other parks besides those not being organized by the Cent mittee. The South Park, W and Lincoln Park Board of sioners have expressed their pathy with the movement a agreed to permit the comm utilize every park in the city cides to hold celebrations in them. "At all of the celebrations of world democracy as express WEDNESDAY, JULY 4, WILL BE EXTENSIVELY CELEBRATED IN ALL PARTS OF THIS CITY. There will be parades, tableaux, songs of Liberty, military maneuvers by High School Cadets and Lodges, folk dances, exhibitions by Turner Societies and flag raisings will be features of the Fourth of July Celebration to be held in Chicago's parks throughout the city in accordance with the plans of the Americanization Celebration Committee, representing the Association of Commerce, the Union Lengue Club and fifteen other city wide organizations. Government officials, the City Council, the Association of Commerce and other public bodies have indorsed the plan and are actively co-operating to make the celebrations successful. All the nations at war in Europe will be represented in these community celebrations. Plans have already been developed to hold celebrations in the following parks: Garfield Park at Madison street; Calumet, One hundred and First street and the Lake; Dvorak, May and Twentieth streets; Eckhart, Chicago Ave. and Noble street; Hamilton, Seventy-second street and Normal Ave.; Holstein, Oakley and Ems street; Pulaski, Blackhawk and Noble streets; Stanford, Barber and Union streets; Stanton, Valder street near Larrabe street; West Pullman, One hundred and Twenty-third street and Stewart Ave.; Vernon Park, Polk St. and Racine Ave. Local committees made up of the leading business men and women, representatives of fraternal and social organizations, and professional men, have been organized to manage each community celebration. The Americanization Celebration Committee, whose offices are located at 503 Lumber Exchange, with W. F. MacNeill, the Executive Secretary in charge, is co-operating with all of the local committees. Each local group, however has full charge of the management of their community celebration. It is expected that more than 100,000 persons will be in the various community parades. In the one preceding the celebration in Dvorak Park about 500 girls ranging in age from six to fourteen years and graded according to their size will form a living American flag, so that in their approach to the spectators all parts of the flag, which will be about one block long, will be visible from the ground. Three men representing the "Spirit of 1776" will also be a feature of this parade. Fifteen floats will be placed in the parade connected with the Holstein Park celebration by the Milwaukee Avenue and Armitage Avenue Business Men's Association. Floats will also be entered by the various lodges and churches of that community. The speech on patriotism will be limited to ten minutes. Newly naturalized citizens are so numerous in the South Chicago District that a special section of the parade will be reserved for them, in connection with the celebration to be held at Calumet Park. It is expected that 30,000 persons will be in the line of march. The Pulaski Park Celebration is expected to be one of the biggest of the day according to the Northwest Side Leaders. Details of the plans to be put into operation by the other groups have not been all worked out as yet according to the reports received by the Americanization Celebration Committee. "One of the suggestions that has been made for the parades is to have a woman represent Madam Liberty and children to represent the wars for liberty in which this country has been engaged," said Mr. MacNeill, the Executive Secretary of the Americanization Celebration Committee. "A young man dressed in colonial costume can represent the Revolutionary War, carrying a banner on which may be inscribed the words 'Give me Liberty or Give me death.' A girl can represent the War of 1812, while a young man dressed as a Texan can represent the fight for the liberty of Texas which resulted in the Mexican War of 1847. Topsy can represent the Emancipation of Slaves, which was the result of the Civil War, while a boy representing Cuba can represent the Spanish American War, which was fought to liberate Cuba from Spanish oppression. Then in single file, dressed in their native European costumes can be lined up the children representing Free Poland, Belgium, Bohemia, a Jewish Republic in Palestine, Free Russia, a German Republic, Republic of France, and such other liberty loving peoples which the local committees desire to visualize. "Groups to conduct celebrations in other parks besides those named are being organized by the Central Committee. The South Park, West Park and Lincoln Park Board of Commissioners have expressed their full sympathy with the movement and have agreed to permit the committee to utilize every park in the city if it decides to hold celebrations in all of them. "At all of the celebrations the idea of world democracy as expressed in the various utterances of President Wilson and the Declaration of American Independence will be read. This is for the purpose of emphasizing the ideals of this country to the newly naturalized citizens and their families. VACATION HINTS. It is not enough, by any means, that the place you select for your summer vacation should have attractive scenery, fine bathing, good fishing and an excellent daily bill of fare. While it is true that many keepers of summer resorts have learned that their places must be made safe as well as attractive, there are those who have not learned the importance of sanitation as a factor in making their resorts popular and profitable. So then, the place you select for your vacation time should, first of all, be a safe place. If it belongs in this class the water supply will be of proven purity; from a deep driven well, remote from any possible source of pollution and thoroughly protected from surface drainage. The toilet facilities will be safe by having the out houses and vaults completely screened so that flies cannot have access to them. And, of course, there will be no flies in the dining room and sleeping chambers will be protected against both flies and mosquitoes. There will also be daily removal and sanitary disposition of all waste and refuse, either by ininerator or by burying and no sewerage will be drained into the places used for bathing. The above are the things you should note, and unless you find them satisfactory, don't tarry, but find a place that meets these important requirements. Better be safe than sorry. DRINK SAFE WATER. Typhoid is frequently a water-borne disease. By this it is meant that people contract typhoid by drinking water that contained typhoid germs. And because of this danger the Department of Health has for years issued its warning and advice as to the danger of drinking suspected water. Since motoring is now one of the most popular of Summer pastimes, the same dangers threaten tourists of this class that are so often a serious menace to sojourners at the many summer resorts which thousands of Chicago people visit every year. For the benefit then of Chicago's army of motor tourists and summer resort dwellers and to insure the certainty of their having always at hand the means for making a suspected water safe and wholesome, the Health Department Laboratory has prepared in convenient form calcium hypochlorite tablets, and which may be had for the asking on application at Room 707 City Hall. These tablets contain 20 to 30 milligrams of available chlorine per tablet; are put up in glass vials and if kept tightly stoppered in a cool, dark place will retain their potency for about four weeks. Directions for use: Dissolve one tablet by crushing between the fingers in one quart of water in an ordinary Mason jar, which should be sealed with an air tight cap. The jar is then shaken, contents allowed to settle, and should be stored in a cool, dark place. This is the stock solution and under average conditions will last about one week, after which it should be renewed To prepare water for drinking, take one teaspoonful of the clear stock solution, avoiding the sediment, to one eight-ounce glass of drinking water; allow it to stand for 15 minutes, when it is ready for drinking and will be safe. If it is suspected that the water is heavily polluted, two teaspoonfuls of the stock solution should be used to each eight-ounce glass of water. If it is desired to make up a daily supply, ready for use, it can be done by adding four teaspoonfuls of the stock solution to each quart of water. THREE FROM YALE UNIVERSITY Williams, Norris and Peters Get Degree from Connecticut University. New Haven, Conn. June, Special.—Three Colored men graduated this week from Yale University. They are: John Francis Williams, Ph. B. of New Haven, Conn., James Austin Norris, B. A. Lincoln, Neb., 1912, LL. B., Yale 1917, Pittsburg, Pa., Aaron Theophilus Peters, B. D., Lincoln, Neb., 1916, Yale B. D., 1917. 83 HON. JULIUS JOHNSON. The successful manufacturer of Moline, Ill., who would make a dandy Republic can candidate for State Treasurer in 1918. The successful manufacturer of Moline, Ill., who would make a dandy Republic can candidate for State Treasurer in 1918. ST. MARY'S A. M. E. CHURCH MORTGAGE DEBTS PAID. Rev. Dr. F. F. G. Snelson F. R. G. S. Accomplishes a Heroic Task Splendidly. Grand Reunion Banquet and Thanksgiving Feast July the Fourth, Night. The Public Is Cordially Welcome—Every Invited. One of the grandest rallies in the history of Chicago Churches was held at St. Mary's A. M. E. Church, 5251 Dearborn street, the Rev. Dr. Floyd Grant Snelson F. R. G. S., Pastor, Sunday June 24th instant, to clear the church from all trustee debts. The latest financial reports are as follows: 1. Special interest mortgage fund, $37.50; 2. By S. S. & A. C. League, $28.50; 3. Special paid by Dr Snelson on "Church-Bell," $48; 4. Paid by Mrs. B. W. Snelson on "Renovation Work," $12.50; 5. Coppin's Busy-Bees, $39.06; 6. Lily White Club, $47.27; 7. Palm of Victory Club, $56.05; 8. Silver Star Club, $87.52; 9. Alabama Club, $117.50; 10. The Heroes, $117.20; 11. Golden Star Club, $118.95; 12. Kansas Club No. 3, $227.08; 13. Indiana Club, $332.23; 14. Dr. and Mrs. Snelson Club, $341.57 Grand total, $1,598.3 to date. It is confidently expected that considerable more will be added in the gleanings this week. The Debt-Paying Committee composed of Dr. Snelson, Trustee A. D. Cecil and Steward J. W. Clarks on Tuesday June 26th, 1917, paid the following: 1. The entire principal sum of the First Mortgage, with accruing interest and Release Fees amounting to $1,255.75 and got the Deeds for the property of St. Mary's A. M. E. Church, 5251-3 Dearborn street. 2. Paid other sundry bills, and sets St. Mary's Church on the high road to a new era of great development. A Grand Reunion Banquet and Thanksgiving Feast will be given Wednesday night, July the 4th, to which the publie is cordially invited. On Monday night, July 16th, Bishop L. J. Coppin of Philadelphia will preside at the "Grand Mortgage Burning" celebration, when steps will be taken for a new church edifice that shall be the pride of Chicago. Great sermons last Sunday were preached by Dr. Snelson at 11:00 A. M., by Dr. W. A. Blackwell of Zion at 3:00 P. M. and by Bishop H. B. Parks of the 5th Episcopal District at night, to throngs all day. MEETING OF THE SUPREME LODGE, KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS AT ST. LOUIS, MO. Hon. S. W. Green, Supreme Grand Chancellor of the Knights of Pythias throughout the world, has sent forth his official proclamation calling attention to the fact that the 19th biennial session of that great order will be held in the Pythian Temple, 3137 Pine street, St. Louis, Mo., beginning Tuesday, August 21st. It is fully expected that it will be the most largely attended session in the history of the order. More than five thousand members of the Uniform Rank Knights of Pythias, Major Robert R. Jackson, commanding, will be the leading and the most brilliant feature in the memorable street parade which will be held during its sessions. Ill., who would make a dandy Republi- cate Treasurer in 1918. COLORED ROMAN CATHOLIC CHAPLAIN KILLED AT THE FRONT. The first black Roman Catholic chapplain, with the Colonial troops in France has laid down his life for his men. The Abbe Gabriel Sane was born in 1869 and was converted to Christianity. He made his studies in Senegal, his native country, and was ordained priest in 1902. When he saw his compatriots leaving in great numbers for the war he asked his Bishop the favor of going with them, if only as infirmer or interpreter, for he spoke six different languages. Mons. Le Roy, chief military chaplain, who received him in France in 1916, appointed him chaplain to the Senegalese Tirailleurs, who received him with enthusiasm. All Christians and Mussulsmans, were equally devoted to him. He has just been killed in Champagne by a bursting shell. His body was brought in by another missionary, Dr. Letavin, of the Holy Ghost order, who had come from the furthest wilds of the Amazon, Brazil, to serve the armies of France. HON. ALBERT H. PUTNEY HAS MADE A SPLENDID RECORD IN THE STATE DEPARTMENT AT WASHINGTON, D. C. Hon. Albert H. Putney, who was for some years Dean of the Illinois College of Law, in this city and later on the founder and Dean of the Webster School of Law, has for the past three years been chief of the near Eastern Division of the Department of State, Washington, D. C. He continues to make a splendid record in that direction. In 1901, Prof. Putney was engaged by the United States government, to visit the Phillipine Islands and to write an official history for the government pertaining to its people, its resources and productiveness. His work is the most authentic and reliable so far evolved, in relation to those far away islands. Prof. Putney is a warm admirer of President Woodrow Wilson and the Hon. James Hamilton Lewis. THE NEGRO FELLOWSHIP LEAGUE Hon. W. A. Mollison will again address The Negro Fellowship League at the Reading Room, 3005 State street, Sunday, July 1st, at 4 P. M. Hon. Mr. Mollison appeared before the League last Sunday but owing to the number of speakers will continue next Sunday. All are cordially invited. E. H. Morris is no longer Manager of The Negro Fellowship Employment Bureau. Burglar broke in last week and stole the typewriter, No. 302621, any information leading to same will be thankfully rewarded. NEGRO CONVERT TO JUDAISM MEMBER FRENCH ACADEMY. New York, June, Special.—Rufus L. Perry, the brilliant Negro lawyer who was converted to Judaism in 1912, has recently been elected to membership in the French Academy of Paris for a treatise in French on 'Man in the Light of Science and the Talmud.' FRATERNAL HOTEL 100 NILE 20092 100 W RENTING OISE FRATERNAL HOTEL CHICAGO 6155 WENTWORTH AVE. PHONE 3465 ENGLEWOOD BOOMS 25c PER NIGHT AND UP BOOMS $1.00 PER WEEK AND UP FOUR NEGROES TAKEN FOR IGNORING DRAFT REGISTER. The police of Hammond, Ind., on last Monday pulled in four Colored men for failing to register for the draft army. CHIPS The Walden-Meharry Club meets Thursday evenings at 3611 State St. All former students are invited to attend. The Children's Aid will entertain their friends at 3324 Vernon Ave. the evening of July 4th. Misses Clark, Smith, Jones and Branham hostesses. Mr. and Mrs. M. S. Jordan and Son of Mound Bayou, Miss., is visiting in the city and they are the house guests of Mrs. Charles Stewart, 5922 S. Aberdeen street. Louis Wimberly, proprietor of the White Front, cigar store, news stand and laundry office, 2946 S. State street, continues to do quite a nice business and The Broad Ax can be found on sale at his news stand. Mrs. Richard Hill, Jr. who was formerly Miss Frances Overton and her young baby boy, Richard Hill the Third, accompanied by her mother-in-law, Mrs. Richard Hill, Sr., arrived home last Thursday morning from Louisville, Ky., and they are residing at 5834 S. Wabash avenue. --- Mrs. Robert A. Williams, 3544 S. Deanborn street, left last Friday for Youngstown, Ohio, where on Monday she attended the funeral services of Wesley Williams, her brother-in-law. Before leaving for that city Mrs. Williams had the casket shipped to it by her friend Mrs. Hattie King Hill, 3604 S. State street. Dr. W. H. Marshall, 3509 S. State street, who is the Medical Examiner for the Robert Elliot Lodge of Ancient Order of Foresters and who is ever ready to look after the interests of his many patients, must be making lots of money these war times, for he can be seen rushing around town wearing a big diamond ring. Miss Bertha Vera Marlow was recently reunited in marriage to Mr. James C. Ferguson, who is connected with the Illinois Central Hospital department. Immediately after their wedding Mrs. Ferguson left for a pleasant visit with friends at Lincoln, Neb., returning home last Saturday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Ferguson are now at home to their many friends at 3241 Calumet avenue. A two days convention of the Woman's Committee of the Council of National Defense was held at the Fine Arts Building last Tuesday and Wednesday. They planned various ways in which women may do effective co-operative work and avoid duplication. Mrs. W. H. Davis and Dr. Mary P. Waring were the city and state representatives. --- Success as a Singer To captivate the world as a singer of songs is as simple as—well, as Yvette Guilbert says it is, for Yvette, whose art is supreme, has just been explaining its secrets. Here is her recipe: "You must have in your one voice all voices, all colors; in your one face all expressions; in your one soul all the souls of all people. And you must work, work, work! When you have worked for ten years, twenty years, you will find yourself only at the beginning." There is a little more. You must have a long and stern course of vocal gymnastics for the voice, of plastique for the harmonious and expressive use of the body, of history, literature, painting, sculpture—all forms of art and beauty must bring their influence to bear on the creative imagination of the singer, "or you are nothing, nothing!" And that is how it is done—London Globe. Rosebushes. Quite frequently we find rosebushes not producing as fine large roses as they did during other seasons. Something is lacking, and if fertilizers have been applied and these do not seem to bring out the good qualities something else is needed. Perhaps the roses need iron. One thing is certain—a little iron will not hurt them. Try burying a few cans beneath the rosebushes. Mash them flat and bury them a few inches beneath the surface of the soil, near enough to the roots of the roses that the roots can secure some of the iron and carry it to the foliage and the flowers. From three to a half dozen cans to a bush is enough. The tin soon rusts off, and the thin sheet of iron will be rapidly gathered up by the action of the elements, and it is surprising how soon a can will wholly disappear.—Philadelphia, North American. Moving an Army. Some idea of the adequacy of the equipment of the railroads of the United States for the movement of troops may be obtained from a statement prepared by an official of the quartermaster corps, United States army. To move one field army of 80,000 men, consisting of three infantry divisions, one cavalry division and a brigade, technically known as a brigade of field army troops—troops auxiliary to the infantry and cavalry divisions—requires a total of 6,229 cars, made up into 366 trains with as many locomotives. These 6,229 cars would be made up of 2,115 passenger, 385 baggage, 1,055 box, 1,899 stock and 775 flat cars. This quantity of equipment represents 0.7 of 1 per cent of the locomotives owned by American railroads, 4.2 per cent of their passenger cars and 0.2 of 1 per cent of their freight equipment—American Industries. Teeth of the Whale Although the whale is a warm blooded, air breathing animal, it can stay under water half an hour. Usually it comes to the surface every eight or ten minutes to blow, spouting a stream of water from its nostrils and remaining up about two minutes. The rorqual or finback whale is sometimes more than 100 feet long. The teeth of the sperm or oil whale often weigh thirty pounds apiece. They are used for ivory, but are not as fine as elephant tusks. Whalebone, which comes from the right or whalebone whale, is not really bone at all, but resembles the horns of cattle. It grows in plates from the roof of the whale's mouth and serves the purpose of teeth, which are lacking in this variety. Washed Dishes at the Table In former centuries a clistern for the washing of dishes at the table was part of the furniture of a well appointed dining room in England. The plates were rinsed in it when necessary during the meal. Pepys in his diary tells of purchasing a pewter clistern as part of his preparations for a dinner of state. A magnificent silver clistern is still preserved in the dining room at Burghley House, the seat of the Marquis of Exeter. As She Saw It. Exe—Resign from the club, sell my automobile and move into a cheaper house just because I've been losing a little money in stocks? I can't do that. It would make talk. Mrs. Exe—It would, William. People would say you had done a sensible thing for once in your life.—Boston Transcript. Pernicious Literature "Did you see that stout woman push that little man off the sidewalk?" "Yes." "What did she do it for?" "Why, she's been reading somewhere that women are displacing men in all the walks of life." Went the Limit. "I used to try my hand at writing when I was in college." "Ever write for money?" "As often as I thought the old man would send me any."-Buffalo Express. "Why do they say that honesty is the best policy?" "Because it never lapses, and you don't have to pay premiums on it."—Detroit Free Press. Reading. If you like to read and have many books, be careful lest you read too much and think too little. The feeble tremble before opinion, the foolish defy it, the wise judge it, the skillful direct it—Mme. Roland. THE BROAD AX. CHICAGO. JUNE 30. 1917. Some Negro Preachers Not all of them. What an Atlanta Paper Has to Say Regarding the Moral Christian Standing of Some of Our Colored Ministers of today. We are not talking about all the preachers, but some of them, and if you are not guilty, do not wear the cap. If it fits you, wear it in silence and in prayer. If you are not hit, don't yelp. We are talking about the guilty, not the innocent. We have the highest regard for some preachers and absolutely no respect or patience with some. We are talking about the curses in the pulpit, who disgrace the race, the church and the country. The very nature of the preacher's calling suggests peace and good will among men. The preacher's natural vocation is one of forbearance, patience and peace, not war with the sword or with the tongue. The only weapon the messenger of Christ should fight with should be faith and prayer. But too many Negro preachers are the direct reverse of these fundamentals of Christianity. Too many of them come more nearly exemplifying the life and character of the devil than they do of the lowly Nazarene. They seem impelled by an inward nature to tear down rather than to build up, to destroy rather than to construct. There is no devilment, no confusion, no chaos, no destruction in the race, but what the preacher is not a potent factor. In church the same element of preachers lead in the division of associations and the splitting of churches. In politics they lead in demoralizing and corrupting the morals of the community; they are looking for graft. In society they are plotting every intrigue imaginable to tear down and to disrupt rather than to build up a community. They prefer to enlist under the banner of a crap shooter, liquor-head, or common liar, than to line up with the Miss S. Maurice Williams daughter of Prof. Frank Williams, principal of the Sumner High School, St. Louis, Mo., is in the city stopping at the home of Mr. and Mrs. L. W. Cummins, 6554 Champlain avenue. Miss Williams who is the niece of Dr. Edward S. Miller, and who has for some time taught school in Cincinnati, O., is attending the Summer school at the Chicago University. Attorney William E. Mollison, of Vicksburg, Miss., who was quite prominent in State and National Republican politics in that section of the country, for he has served as a delegate to every Republican National convention, except one, since 1880, has come to Chicago to reside. He has opened up law offices in suite 815 Hartford Building and he has bought a nice eight room house for his family at 3353 South Park Boulevard showing that Mr. Mollison is a substantial citizen and that he is willing to take a chance with the property owners or tax payers in this city. Worse Than U Boats, Says Legislator, but Senate Says No. Springfield, Ill.—Women's high heels are safe. Brutal death was administered to James H. Kirby's bill by the senate. It sought to limit the height of heels on women's shoes to $1\%$ inches. The enacting clause was stricken out, and, to make the assassination all the more indicous, the senate resolved itself into committee of the whole and gave five minutes to the Menard county farmer to talk for the measure. He declared high heels are causing "more damation than the German submarine." ASKS $837.50 FOR SHAVE. Contractor Sues Accident Company Over a Skin Infection. Kansas City, Mo.—Eight hundred and thirty-seven dollars and fifty cents for a shave is asked by William Kenefick, a contractor, in a suit brought in the circuit court recently. The suit, directed against an accident insurance company, is the result of an infection of the skin which Mr. Kenefick says he accidentally contracted in New York city while a barber was shaving him. He is therefore trying to collect on his accident policy, and the company refuses to pay. Leaves Pulpit For Vaudeville Zanesville, O.-The Rev. F. W. Gorman, pastor of the Congregational church, told his congregation the other night that he had signed a contract for a seven weeks' vaudeville tour. He was granted a leave of absence. The Rev. Mr. Gorman's specialty is singing. He was on the stage before entering the ministry. righteous and the best thought of our social fabric. We know of no society that ever split or had trouble, but what the Negro preacher was an important accomplice, and everywhere there is any graft, his mitts are out and his maw gaping for the filthy luere he can pick up. If you want a dirty job put over or a scandal covered or a lie told or liquor drunk, hunt up this element of preachers and you have the man capable of turning the trick. They will denounce liquor drinking from the pulpit Sunday night and Monday morning he is the first man at the blind tiger. He makes it a point to visit the home when the husband is at work. In fact, he is a meddler, a destroyer, a fuss maker and a peace breaker. He grafts all his life, dies poor and leaves his family in a destitute condition. He converts the church, associations, conferences into personal vehicles to promote his personal ends. He will offer to buy a church, a pulpit, a secretaryship, moderatorship, the bishopric as quick as the most corrupt politician in Tammany Hall would offer a bribe to a voter. With this element of preachers a dollar and a little whisky will accomplish everything, and the grace of God, faith and the efficacy of His plan of salvation, nothing. This character of a Negro preacher does not understand his calling is to a life of service, but a license to run rough shod over everybody, commit all kinds of sin, violate the sanctity of the home, lie and break the peace, fail to pay debts and in every way that sin can suggest, prostitute the high calling of a Christian minister.—Ex. Cause For Worry "You must take exercise," said the physician, "and by all means worry less. Play golf." "Doctor," replied the patient, "you mean well, but a man who plays my kind of golf game can't help worrying." Too Bad. Jinks—Couldn't you borrow a thousand at the bank on your character? Binks—Impossible! I keep hens, and the banker lives next door to me!—St. Louis Republic. Constituents of Soot Soot consists chiefly of carbon, tar and mineral matter, with smaller proportions of sulphur and nitrogenous compounds, and frequently has an acid reaction. The proportion of the various constituents varies greatly with different factors, such as the nature of the coal, the completeness of combustion and the distance from the fire at which the soot was deposited. Identification. "I shall try to leave footprints on the sands of time," said the man who is earnest, but not original. "Very good," replied the absent-minded criminologist, "but thumb prints are now considered more reliable."—Exchange. An Obstructed Order Bright's Disease. Diet, according to a prominent physician, is the most important factor in the care or control of Bright's disease. "Of all diseases," the doctor says, "Bright's disease is most influenced by habits of eating and of life generally. This holds true to every form of the disease. If a man is necessarily fatal form of the disease, if he will live according to the rules he can add a few months or a few years to his life. If he has a chronic but slowly progressive downward form he can almost live out the expectancy of a man of his years by playing the game fair. If he has a mild form of the disease he can live the law and he will find that his symptoms will entirely disappear. The diet of a person with chronic nephritis should be simple in quality and limited in quantity. He should especially refrain from eating heavy meals. While 'neither a feast nor a famine' is advisable, the former is the more harmful." ```markdown ``` Talks on HEALTH, CLEANLINESS, PROPER LIVING, SANITATION, ETC. By Dr. W. A. Driver 3300 So. State Street Phone Douglas 3617 CHILDBIRTH. The expectant mother should be under the constant care and supervision of the family physician as soon as she has reason to believe that there will be an increase in the family. No woman should fail to follow the advice embodied in the statement above written. While some women never have any trouble of serious import, it is by no means certain that serious conditions and even fatalities may not develop after any number of easy confinements. One or many easy confinements should not cause any woman to feel free from the possibilities of unfortunate developments or the accidents of labor. In all eases of pregnancy the woman should know that it is her duty to consult her physician early and often in order to prevent pernicious vomiting, toxemia of pregnancy and other disturbances too numerous to mention. During the earl months of pregnancy an examination of the urine should be made every month but in the last weeks of pregnancy, an examination of the urine should be made every seven days. The urinary examination should be made by the doctor so that he will be able to properly advise the expectant mother. Our Wisdom Teeth The wisdom teeth are the four last molar teeth to grow. They come one on each side of each jaw and arrive somewhere between the ages of twenty and twenty-five years. The name is given them because it is supposed that when a person has developed physically and mentally to the point where he has secured these last four teeth he has also arrived at the age of discretion. It does not necessarily mean that one who has cut his wisdom teeth is wise, but that, having lived long enough to grow these, which complete the full set of teeth, the person has passed sufficient actual years that, if he has done what he should to fit himself for life, he should have come by that time at the age of discretion or wisdom. As a matter of fact, these teeth grow at about the same age in people whether they are wise or not.—Exchange. Snake Bites In India India's annual loss of over 30,000 lives from snake bite has forced the production of an antidote serum. The Parel laboratory, Bombay, keeps a supply of cobras from which venom is extracted every ten days. The snakes are forcibly fed with egg flip through a tube. The venom is dried over lime and then dissolved in a salt solution. Increasing doses are injected in a horse until at the end of two years the animal can stand a dose 200 times the original one and is quite immune from the cobra poison. The serum from the blood of this particular horse is an antidote and is absolutely effective if injected in time. Many lives have been saved by its use. However, each bite requires an antidote made from the venom of the same sort of snake that inflicted the bite. Walking Exeroise. In a brisk walk of twenty minutes' duration a person brings into play all the muscles of the body, the abdominal organs are shaken into activity, the lungs are filled with fresh air and are thus assisted in their natural function of purifying the blood, the action of the heart is quickened and strengthened, so that the blood, well aerated in the lungs, flows abundantly to the brain and washes out all the poison with which work and worry clog it. Every business man with a sedentary occupation ought to walk to and from his office if it is possible, as he would derive great benefit from the practice. Curious Beehives. In the village of Hoeefel, Silesta, there are a number of beehives in the shape of life size figures cleverly carved in wood and painted in colors. The figures were carved more than a century ago by monks of the Naumburg monastery, who were at that time in possession of a large farm in the district. The beehives represent different characters, ranging from Moses to a military officer, a country girl and a night watchman with a spear. Chance Visitors: "Is there such a thing as a new thought?" "Maybe there is and maybe there isn't," replied the cynical man. "Some people entertain a thought so seldom that whenever one strikes them they get the idea that it's new."—Birmingham Ago-Herald. PAGE FIVE A. E. Almost all women have early in pregnancy a disturbance ranging from a slight nausea to a serious or dangerous vomiting. That is usually the first symptom that causes the family to seek the aid of the doctor. Sometimes the vomiting is so severe that life itself is threatened. It has often happened that all drug treatment had to be abandoned and operative treatment instituted. If the woman registers early with the family physician and follows his advice there is almost always freedom from the multitude of petty irritations and serious consequences are conspicuous by their absence. Urge then, expectant mothers to register with the family physician at least three months before erm and also to submit a sample of urine for examination every two weeks at least until the last three weeks, when a weekly sample should be submitted. By such watchfulness failure of the kidneys to properly do their share of the system cleaning for the two (the mother and the prospective child) will be known and proper remedies prescribed or suitable advice given and proper action taken. Convulsions just before childbirth during or after may thus be avoided. Dispelling an flusion. When you think you can see a ghost, how can you tell whether it really is a ghost or not? A writer gives the following scientific method: "We assume that a person sees an apparition. It may be objective—i. e., having existence outside the observer's mind—or merely a creature of a disordered brain, subjective. The seeer, while looking at the vision with both his eyes, gently depresses one eyeball with his forefinger outside the top eyelid, so causing a squint. If objective, whether bogus or not, two outlines of the 'ghost' will be seen, but one, of course, if it be subjective. One may prove this by trial any time with any object, near or far. I mention this because of the many nervous and brain weared people who see spooks and to whom it would be better that they should know that the trouble is within themselves and so seek a capable doctor than continue to be haunted, as they believe, by the supernatural." A Pat of Butter. One pat or serving of butter is a little thing. There are about sixty-four of them in a pound, says the department of agriculture. In many households the butter left on the plates probably would equal one pat, or one-quarter of an ounce daily, scraped off into the garbage pail. But if every one of our 20,000,000 households should waste one-quarter of an ounce of butter daily on the average it would mean 312,500 pounds a day—114,062,500 pounds a year. To make this butter would take 285,261,560 gallons of milk, or the product of over half a million cows. The United States department of agriculture, Washington, or your state agriculture college will tell you how to use every bit of butter in cookery.—St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Died For His Mates There is a tablet in the sailors' home at Melbourne to James Marr. He was a sailor before the mast on the Rip. On July 15, 1873, the Rip was caught in a squall. Marr sat astride of the gaff when a great wave broke over the boat and brought down the mastmast. There was only one chance to save the Rip. That was to cut away the litter. But Marr clung to the broken spar, and to cut away meant to send him overboard to his death. So, looking at him doubtfully, the men hesitated, their axes in their hands. Marr, helpless, pondered. He saw that his death would be the boat's salvation, and he shouted: "Cut away, mates! Goodby!" Then he let himself fall into the cold, wild sea. A. Divided City; Lying on either side of the Danube, just at that point where it definitely sets south, Pest spreads itself out over the flat sandy plain on the left bank, while Buda rambles over the series of small and steep hills which characterize the land on the right bank. Pest is modern in aspect. It is regularly laid out and presents a splendid frontage to the river. Buda, ancient and capricious, wanders in and out among the hills, finally shouldering its way up to the Blocksberg, nearly 400 feet above the river. Behind it all are the mountains, rising in great terraces, one behind the other. SARN ALZ THE BROAD AX Published Weekly In this city since July 15th, 1899, without missing one single issue, Republicans, Democrats, Catholics, Protestants, single Taxes, Priests, infidels or anyone else can have their say as long as their language is proper and responsibility is fixed. The Broad Ax is a newspaper whose platform is broad enough for all, ever claiming the editorial right to speak its own mind. Local communications will receive attention. Write only on one side of the paper. Subscriptions must be paid in advance. One Year.....$2.00 Six Months.....1.00 Advertising rates made known on application. Address all communications to THE BROAD AX 6418 Champlain Ave., Chicago, Ill. PHONE WENTWORTH 2597. JULIUS F. 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. WIRELESS PHONES FOR USE OF THE NAVY System Already Successfully Tested by Secretary of Navy Daniels. Washington.—Wireless telephony as well as wireless telegraphy will be used by the United States navy in its war operations. A year ago, by order of Secretary Daniels, navy officers and officials of the Bell system planned and successfully carried out a three day mobilization of communication forces during which war conditions were simulated. Instantaneous communication was provided over the wires by both telephone and telegraph from the office of Secretary Daniels in Washington to all the naval stations in the United States, and wireless communication was maintained between the secretary's office and an American battleship in the Atlantic ocean. Since then engineers of the telephone company have worked with officials of the navy department and have further developed the wireless telephone for use in the naval service. HOW RECRUIT GAINED ONE INCH A MYSTERY Feeding and Gymnastic Exercises Aided This Private In Reaching Minimum Weight. Milwaukee, Wis.—Roman Jagodzinski recently tendered his services to this country as a private in Company K, First Wisconsin infantry. He weighed 115 pounds. One hundred and twenty pounds is the minimum weight under the regulations. But they passed him on to the man with the tape measure and he registered exactly five feet three and three-quarter inches. Here he was shy again, three-quarters of an inch. One week was allowed him in which to make good, and—there's no use in withholding the story any longer—he made good. Private Jagodzinski was accepted a week after his application. He weighed 120 pounds, and he measured five feet four and a quarter inches. During the week he put on five pounds in weight, and he stretched exactly an inch. "How was it done?" Corporal J. Beshog of Company K was asked. "Feeding and gymnastic exercises," was the reply. No further inquiry was made with regard to the feeding, because there isn't anything herole about gastronomic endurance contests, but some information was earnestly solicited about the stretching process. All the corporal would vouchsafe in that regard was that "Roman was rolled around on the armory floor until the additional inch was teased out of him." GIRL HARD TO TABULATE. GIRL HARD TO TABULATE. Says Her Business Is That of Distributing Religious Tracts. Albany, N. Y.-The state military census takers here are puzzled as to just how they will tabulate an unmarried nineteen-year-old Albany girl who gave these answers on her census blank: "What is your business?" "Colporteur" (one who sells or distributes religious tracts). "Are you in business for yourself?" "No." "If not what is the name of your employer?" "The Lord." "What is your employer's business?" "Forgiving sina." "What is your employer's address?" "The heavenly sanctuary." --- RECRUITS IN WEST Prairie Boys Eagerly Seek Enlistment In the Navy. MANY NEVER SAW THE SEA. Station at Great Lakes, Ill., Crowded With Sturdy Young Ranchers and Farmers Drilling For Nation's Service—Taught Sea Lore on the Shores of Lake Michigan. Chicago.—That many sons of the prairie will man our battleships is indicated by the success of the naval recruiting plans in the middle west. From revelle to colors at the United States naval training station at Great Lakes, Ill., ranch owners' sons, farmers' sons, bankers' sons from Chicago and Springfield, newsbys, dairymen and college students drill and work to fit themselves for service with the "first line of defense." Although few of them have ever viewed the ocean or sailed the sea, the rolling prairies of Illinois and Wisconsin have filled them with a love of ROBERT M. BURKE Photo by American Press Association. CAPTAIN WILLIAM A. MOFFETT. the rolling deep. the openness of their native country has imbued them with a clear eyed vision and a realization of duty which has awakened in them real patriotism and a desire to be of national service. Their eagerness to place themselves at the service of the navy has overflowed the barracks of the Great Lakes naval station, which normally accommodates over 2,000 men. It has been found necessary to erect a tented city for the thousands of overplus recruits on the banks of Lake Michigan. Captain William A. Moffett, commandant of the station, speaking of the work of the station, said: "The end in view is to make a man-o-war's man out of a raw recruit. To accomplish this end a thorough training in academic work, physical exercises, military drills and lessons in seamanship is given each man under instruction, and in turn each one of them is required to show in his bearing, actions and words a sincere amenability to discipline, to demonstrate aptitude for his work and to maintain a conduct standard of the highest order. If he falls short of either or any of these cardinal requisites of the naval service he is discharged as an undesirable." ROOKIE TWINS FOOL DOCTOR. Physician Thinks He Is Examining Same Youth Twice. London.—Twin brothers, who had just reached eighteen, appeared before a medical recruiting board recently for examination preliminary to enlistment. One of them stripped, was ushered before a doctor and, having passed his examination, retired. Then the other brother appeared, but the doctor refused to examine him, declaring he could not give his attention to the same candidate twice. Not until the two went in together would he be convinced. "If one of them is killed he'll never be sure of it," commented the doctor. "He'll be uncertain whether he's himself or his brother." The twins are so nearly alike that even their parents have never been able to distinguish them positively. They have the same initials and their penmanship is identical. BUREAU RESCUES FISH. Takes Them From Overflowed Lands For Anglers' Benefit. Washington.—Every year the bureau of fisheries has agents out in the overflowed lands in the Mississippi basin to rescue fish from their new temporary homes, returning them to their original streams for the benefit of the angler. The spring floods this year carried from their original streams the following species: Spotted, blue, channel and yellow cat, horned cat, bullhead; small, common and black buffalo fish; carp, pike and pickerel, crappie, rock bass, red eye, google eye, warmth (also known as google eye), large mouth and small mouth black bass, bluegill bream or bluegill sunfish, yellow perch or ring perch and white bass. THE BROAD AX. CHICAGO. JUNE 30. 1917 THIS BOY ENLISTED THIS BOY ENLISTED Fourteen, Convinced Army Officers He Was Twenty-one. LONG PANTS DID THE TRICK In Spite of His Five Feet Six Inches and 160 Pounds, Mother Dressed Him In Waists and Knickers and Even In Public Called Him Freddie, Which He Resented. Washington.—That long trousers can add seven years to life in the time it takes to put them on stands written on the army records here under the date May 2. It was then that Frederick Miller of Baltimore broke the bonds of childhood, and he broke them with a vengeance. Up to that day there was no doubt in the minds of the neighbors that, in spite of his five feet six inches and his 160 pounds, the boy was not a day over fourteen. His mother dressed him in waists and knickers and even in public called him Freddie. But there was more to be blamed on the knickers than the accusation of youth. They left visible the lower portion of Frederick's body, and as a considerable portion of 100 pounds was not above his waist, Frederick yearned with all his soul for a real pair of long trousers in which to hide his legs. On May 2 Frederick came home from school to find his mother out. A negro chore man was scrubbing the windows—a real man, wearing man's clothes. When Mrs. Miller returned she found nobody in the house, and Freddie was not seen for a week. She did not know of course that the negro had gone out dressed in a waist and knickers. Finally came a letter from Freddie saying that he was happy and was wearing army pants and leggings. The postmark was New Rochelle, so Mrs. Miller got busy. Soon Police Lieutenant Frank Cody was at Fort Slocum and Freddie was found—called Frederick—and the recruiting officers sword that if Frederick wasn't twenty-one they had never seen a man of that age. Freddie had announced he was twenty-one when he enlisted. Lieutenant Colonel Maudlin, commandant at Fort Slocum, says Frederick should stay and help win the war. But Freddie was told he must return home, and his mother said that if she couldn't call him twenty-one she could at least call him seventeen and give him a new pair of long trousers. WILD MUSTANG FLESH. Strange Meats Can Now Be Bought In Portland, Ore. Portland, Ore—Jackass, mule, donkey, burro and horse meat may now be sold in Portland meat markets. The city council has adopted an ordinance providing for the regulation of their sale. The meat must be plainly labeled with letters at least one inch high and must be inspected by the regular meat inspectors of the city. As adopted the ordinance says Dobbin and Billy and Maud before being sold to the housewife must undergo thorough inspection and be labeled "horse," "mule," "goat" or "jackass," as the case may be. The first horse meat market has been opened, and the first shipment of twenty-two wild range mustangs, rounded up by Indians in eastern Oregon, has been received, with more to follow if the demand is sufficient. The butcher says he is able to cut meat prices in two, and his quotations for horse flesh range from 4 cents a pound for soup cuts to 12½ cents for T bone steaks. MOVE TO AID INJURED. Connecticut is First State to Standardize Its Disinfectants. Hartford, Conn.-Governor Holcomb has signed the Austin bill providing for the standardization of disinfectants. Thus Connecticut is the first state to standardize disinfectants, a step regarded by physicians as of great importance at this time because of the war and the flood of worthless disinfectants on the market. Members of the medical profession have long insisted on such a law. The measure was introduced and pushed to passage by Dr. A. E. Austin, a member of the state house of representatives from Greenwich. It provides that the receptacle in which disinfectants are sold shall bear a label stating the quality of the contents on the application of the proper test. $50 IN A BIBLE. Woman Hides It There, but Burglar Finds It. Pittsburgh.—Mrs. David* Lyle of Homestead thought the Bible was one place a burglar would never look for money. She placed a fifty dollar bill in the family Bible, and it stood on the table in the parlor undisturbed for several months. Recently one night thieves entered and ransacked the house. The next morning the Bible was found on the floor with several pages and the fifty dollar bill missing. The thieves apparently had been so anxious to seize the money they tore the book. Back Streets For Gardens Onalaska. Wis.-Use of the city's back streets for raising potatoes was authorized recently by the town council. High school boys, under direction of the county farm school, will cultivate the highways. PREACHERS ON FARMS. An Organization Proposes That They Work in Rush Season. Topeka, Kan.—If the plan adopted by the Clay county Ministers' union is put into action in the counties throughout the state of Kansas it will put 8,000 skilled laborers into the fields during the rush season. The plan outlined in Clay county is set out in a letter to Governor Capper by the Rev. J. Ashton Davies of Clay Center. Mr. Davies says: "During the month of July and August the ministers are to work on farms, going out to that work Monday mornings and returning Saturday evenings, just as our boys are doing at the officers' camp at Fort Riley. "We may arrange to leave one minister in town, a different one each week, who shall devote his time to the interest of all the churches. The churches will, of course, continue to pay the ministers' salaries, and the wage received from the farmers will be turned over to the benevolent boards of the churches or to the Red Cross society. "If this plan could be adopted throughout the state it would send 8,000 skilled laborers into the fields." MAKE BEARS FEEL AT HOME Reproduction of Cliffs and Bowlders In City Park Pits. Denver.—Not satisfied with having mountain scenery within a few miles of the city, Denver has sent out into the Rockies and brought it into the city limits by the cartload. The scenery is not paintings or photographs, but actual reproductions of rugged cliffs and majestic bowlders selected for bear pits at City park. Agents of the city spread a gelatinous material over the most striking cliffs during the day and removed it in the cool of the morning, thus retaining an accurate impression. This was converted into plaster of paris casts, in which form the reproductions have been brought to Denver. The molds will be constructed in concrete and shot, with cement guns, in colors and tints to simulate the original rocks from which they were taken. FARMERS CAN INSURE CROPS Massachusetts Plan Guarantees 10 Per Cent Profit Worcester, Mass.—The first general farm crop insurance ever afforded the farmers of the United States was put into effect by the Worcester county farm bureau. Farmers who take out policies will be assured of a clean profit of 10 per cent over and above the cost of production on all of their 1917 crop which exceeds in volume the crop of 1916. Business men have subscribed a fund of $100,000 to guarantee the insurance. The farmer must maintain certain standards. The insurance applies to all winter staples. The crop must be marketed in Worcester county. SHAVING FUND BUYS BOND Travelers' Joke Sixteen Years Ago Results In Saving $3,000. Waterloo, Ia.—At the grand council of the Iowa United Commercial Travelers sixteen years ago, F. W. Houck of Sheldon lost his wallet. His friends as a practical joke, instructed all the banks not to cash a draft for him. He was in need of a shave. A fund was raised for this purpose, but meanwhile Houck succeeded in cashing his draft. The fund was turned into the treasury and maintained by annual contributions of a penny from each member. It now has passed the $3,000 mark. The council voted to invest the fund in the liberty loan. DOG CATCHES DESERTER. Holds Man by Trouser's Leg Until Officers Arrive. Leavenworth, Kan.-James Thompson, special officer here, owns a police dog whose abilities as an apprehender of criminals frequently has been scoffed at by Thompson's friends. The dog has vindicated himself. William Payne, a deserter last summer from the Missouri national guard, while stationed on the Mexican border, had escaped from the disciplinary barracks at the army post here. The dog captured the fleeing trusty, holding to the man's trousers leg and impeding his flight until officers subdued him. LYNN JUDGE FINES MAYOR. School Board Also Punished For Violating Labor Law. Lynn, Mass.—Mayor George H. Newhall, Dr. Nathaniel P. Breed, Elmer E Boyer, Mial W. Chase and S. Walter McDonough, members of the Lynn school board, were fined $5 each by Judge Henry T. Lummus. The members were charged with a violation of the eight hour law in allowing janitors of schoolhouses to work more than that time daily. Assistant City Solicitor Jacobs appealed in their behalf, and they were held in their own recognition by Judge O'Brien for the superior court. Many Blossoms on Twig. Topeka, Kan.—If all the twigs on an apple tree on the farm of George H. Kreider, near Lyndon, had as many blossoms as one twig had, and, if every blossom became an apple, the tree would have supplied an apple a day for several thousand persons. The "freek twig" has put forth half a dozen blossoms instead of the customary one. Kreider declares it a "freek of nature" and states that in all his experience as a fruit raiser he never before saw so many blossoms on a twig. SAW A BULLFIGHT Sergeant of Marines Describes Spectacle Graphically. AS EXCITING AS CHESS. Not Even the Innocent Victim of the Stevedores—er, Matadores—Could Get Up Any Emotion at Panama's Popular Pastime—Never Again For Mack of U. S. M. C. By SERGEANT WILLIAM L. MACK, U. S. M. C. (Pittsburgh, Pa., R. S.) Drawings By SERGEANT C. J. LOHMILLER, U. S. M. C. (Marine Barracks, Philadelphia, Pa.) Pittsburgh—I had always wanted to see a bullfight, and when the opportunity came at Colon, Panama, I was quick to seize it. I had gone ashore on liberty, looking for excitement, and if you can call bullfighting excitement I had it. I picked up a handbill in the street. It was printed in Spanish, but I finally made out that Senor Don Porando, primer toorel from Barcelona, would that very afternoon, with skill and neatness, dispatch the fierce and fiery toro for two 'dobe dollars per admission. Oh, que grandioso! There enters the arena now a troupe of picadors wear- THE BULL'S ENTRANCE WAS A FLIVER. ing scarlet cloaks and carrying lances and darts. They open the gates at one side of the arena and let loose the fierce and fiery toro. The entrance of said toro was pretty much of a flyver. The vast crowd evidently had him buffaloed. He nervously looked around, pawed the dirt under his feet, jumped up into the air, cracked his heels to together and then rolled over on the ground, kittenish like. From my seat in the arena I could see the marks of the yoke about his neck. Now very cautiously the picadors approach within thirty yards of el toro and let fly their darts, the entire lot striking the bull's side in the region of the flank. El toro switches his tail nervously. "Those blamed canal zone mosquitoes again," he is doubtless thinking. Soon the picadors make way for the stevedores—or—I mean the matadors, who succeed in worrying the bull a great deal by their mere presence and appearance. But now comes the real thing. There is a fanfare of trumpets, a shout from the multitude, and Senor Don Porando, primer tooreador from Barcelona, has the entree. Don Porando looks the part all right, and when the now thoroughly worried DON PORANDO GIVES THE BULL THE GATE bull gets a slant at Don he bellows forth something that sounds strangely like a frightened laugh. Don Porando stalls around for a few minutes in the hope that the movie people are on the job and then rides straight at the bull. El toro perceives the maneuver, sticks his tail between his legs and beats it around the arena. But the bull is a sucker for setting the pace, it appears. Soon Don wears him down, there is a flash of Toledo steel, the bull sinks slowly to his haunches, casts his dying eyes about in wondering pain, sticks out his tongue as if to lick the hand that slew him, then—caramba! all is over. Never again for my money! When I want to see a first class bulldight I'll go to one given under the auspices of the Humane society, out in the Chicago stockyards. Old Man to Graduate Huntington, W. Va.-James William Samples, seventy-three, is about to complete the dream of a lifetime in his graduation from Marshal college. One of a family of ten children, Samples had a hard time completing the education he always coveted, but he managed four years ago to get the funds that would enable him to go through the college. THIS ROOKIE HAD BANK ROLL OF MERE $68,000 Denver.—At Fort Logan, Colo., the United States army obtained a tall, rawboned recruit. "Does Uncle Sam keep a soldier's money?" he asked. "Sure," said the officer. "Well, please keep this for me." The rookie handled over a slip of paper. It was a certificate of deposit for $68,000. "I just sold some sheep," he explained. City Youngsters Are Making a Splendid Showing In the Fields. Washington.—According to reports reaching the department of labor, the city boy is making good on the farm. More than 20,000 boys already have gone into the country to do their bit. These boys are enrolled in the United States boys' working reserve. To join the reserve a boy must be sixteen and prove himself physically fit. They have enlisted for a minimum period of two months, and most of them are planning to remain on the farms until Oct. 1. Next to agriculture the canning industry is making the heaviest demand for boys. Maryland canners have asked for 6,500 those in Michigan want 1,000, and those in New York and other states have indicated that they will send in similar calls. Assistant Secretary Vrooman of the agriculture department has written officials of the Boy Scouts of America, suggesting that the work being done by the scouts to aid the gardening campaign might be rendered even more valuable by organization of a boy patrol to prevent petty garden thieving. "Few people realize that this evil is perhaps the greatest single factor tend ing to discourage home gardening in and about cities," Mr. Vroman wrote. SHELL HITS TRUE AT RANGE OF TEN MILES London.—This story of modern warfare is related by an official authority who has been on the front in Champagne: "On May 20 the French prepared to rush the impregnable positions on Mount Cornillet and Mount Teton. Photographs taken by their aviators showed an immense system of tunnels which apparently concealed German reserves. A single entrance was located, and the operator of a French fifteen inch gun ten miles away was told to put a shell in the entrance "The gun started firing thousands pound shells, and the infantry was ordered to advance at a certain minute. Two hours before the time set for the advance a half ton shell planted itself squarely in the mouth of the tunnel killing half of the men inside, blocking the exit and wrecking the transverse corridors. The French advanced and took several hundred prisoners without suffering loss. "Two months ago a French attack on Moronvillers failed because this impregnable tunnel could not be captured." BROTHERS RACE TO ENROLL Albert Thornton of Roselle, N. J., Losses When Bicycle Tire Bursts. Newark, N. J.—"I've won! I go to war!" panted Victor Thornton of Roselle, N. J., as he burst into the army recruiting station at 250 Market street. Fifteen minutes later his brother, Albert, perspiring and out of breath, sank into a chair. The boys explained that they had asked permission of their father, Alfred Thornton, to go to war and that he had told them only one might enlist. He told them he would decide the matter by a bicycle race and started them off on a three mile trip to the recruiting station. The winner was to enlist. One of Albert's tires was punctured. He threw the wheel into a clump of bushes and ran the rest of the way to the station, hoping that a similar accident might overtake his brother. He returned home to tell his father that Victor had enlisted. FREAK OF LIGHTNING. Mark Size of Dime on Man's Back Where He Was Hit. Sharon, Pa. — D. P. Reimold of Charleston, near here, had a singular experience during a storm, which will keep him bed fast for several days. When the thunderstorm came up Reimold was in a wagon shed. Lightning struck the shed, burned a hole through his clothing at the back, went down his right leg and out of his right shoe, tearing a hole in the leather. He was rendered unconscious, but quickly recovered. An examination showed a mark the size of a dime on his back, where the bolt hit, and a red streak was fixed on his skin, the path it traveled until it left his foot. Neighbors extinguished the fire which followed before serious damage resulted. ```markdown ``` HOPES IT WILL ALL COME OUT IN THE WASH Pleasantville, N. J.—"Collar, collar, who's got my collar?" is the cry these days all because Charles Sing, a Chinese laundry- man, left town and turned over his unwashed linen to another Chinaman to do up. Bundles be- come mixed, and the shirts, col- lars and cuffs have been handed over to Chief of Police Krewson, who is expected to find their owners. FRESH CHICKENS How to ensie tee Among Embalmed Poultry. puT WHOLESOMENESS FIRST. tips About Dry Picked, Air Cooled Birds and the Great Danger of Bac- teria Entering a Dressed One, Thus Causing Ptomaine Poisoning. We should place wholesomeness ahead of plumpness and youth. In other words, the points of greatest importance focousider are: “Is the bird untainted or reasonably fresh? Is there danger of tts giving ptomaine polsoning to some one Who eats ft because the bacteria of decay have begun their deadly work?” ‘The time was when ft was considered ssfer to purchase poultry which had heen drawn, it being argued that the eatrails were likely to contaminate the meat. Heads and feet were removed, ani the purchaser felt she was getting pet weight and not paying for that which must be discarded. ‘As a matter of fact, it is now believ- ei by the majority that it is safer to toy poultry undrawn and with the peads and feet where nature placed them. Once an opening has been made fato the body cavity of a bird or the bead and feet cut off, the moist, deli- ate tissues are laid open to the air, fairly inviting the invasion of bacteria. These bacteria soon impair the flavor of the meat, even if actual decomposi- tion does not set in. ‘The feet and head tell a good deal about the age of the bird. Young birds have clean, smooth legs and feet while old ones show a rough, scaly condition With the development of spurs. Some poultry specialists also daim that a fowl with yellow legs is of better favor than one having black legs. The head of a bird which has been killed some time will tell the fact phinly to any one who can read the symptoms. Sunken eyes, darkened neck and a greenish blue color near the bill, all show that the bird is no longer fresh. ‘To order a bird over the telephone is to trust entirely to one’s marketman. It is much better to make the selection fn person end to have the chicken or duck or whatever it may be drawn in one’s presence. Sometimes chickens are dry picked immediately after they are killed, and to hasten the cooling process they are allowed to stand for a time in very cold water in order to remove the ani- mal heat. ‘This 1s objectionable also, for a chicken cooled in water absorbs more oF less of it, which is paid for at food prices. The skin of such a bird has a white look, which has been described 3 “powdery.” It has a thick look nd is inclined to be rather shiny. A properly dry picked, air cooled chicken has a loose, clear looking skin. There are sure to be short hairs, which t is necessary to remove by singeing, snd the papillae, or quill sockets, show plainly, It 1s not at all dificult to learn to iress poultry at home. Ten or fifteen minutes at the most fs all that is need- sd to prepare a good sized bird for| ooking, and there is a great deal of| atisfaction in knowing exactly what rou have got. In these days of the high price of iving and the still higher price of be- ng sick the more we pay others for do- ng the less money we have for our- elves, SUMMER BEAUTY. Could Youth Be Garbed More Charm- ingly Than This? White tussore handsomely figured and cat with a smart little vest in a shade to harmonize with the predominant col- ee ee ae Ree a eee ta ot ete I eee ee Ce he el ee aii a a 4 < @ BERR ay Ze . Ul a Se ee) = er ST AY . “ S : a fod A ee ‘THE LATEST MODE. ®t the figure gives us this beach suit. Te feature is the double belt, one tretied inside the coat revers and one *rckied outside, confining them slightly. YOUTH STOPS PLOWING ~ WHEN HE HEARS OF WAR Makes His Way to City to Enlist In the Navy. Little Rock, Ark—When knowledge that the United States wanted men to Join the army and navy for defense of the country against a foreign power reached Harvey Ethridge, eighteen years old, of Conway county, he stop- ed his plow in the midst of a furrow ‘and made his way to this city to enlist in the navy. He arrived on the very day that a preparedness meeting had been arrang- ed to take place under the auspices of the chamber of commerce and attend- ed that meeting. When enthusiasm was at its height the chairman of the patri- otic gathering summoned Harvey to the Platform. ‘The distinction almost took the breath of the country youth, and he hesitated. Finally he was induced to stand be fore the audience, and when invited to state his reasons for promptly offering his services to the country could do so only in halting language that could be heard only by those nearest him, Nevertheless the crowd cheered him long and loud as one who, although clearly not a fluent orator, had shown himself ready to do his bit in a way that counts more strongly than a mas- tery of public speaking. DR. FARRAND TO FIGHT PLAGUE IN FRANGE Gets Year’s Leave of Absence to Conduct Campaign of Education There. New York.—The Rockefeller founda- tion announced that Dr. Livingston Farrand, presidext of the University of Colorado, had Leen granted a year's leave of absence to undertake a cam- Paign against tuberculvsis in France under the auspices of the international health board of the foundation. Dr. Farrand, formerly for many years secretary of the National Association For the Study and Prevention of Tu- berculosis, with cne or two assistants, expects to sail for France within the next few weeks. The plans outlined by the foundation include: ‘The maintenance of a central organ- ization which will have general super- vision of the work under the French government and which will undertake the preparation of literature and ex- ‘hibit material and will carry out a comprehensive plan of education for the control of tuberculosis, ‘The organization of four mobile units, which, moving from place to place, will carry on a campaign of education and publicity. ‘Demonstration of dispensary methods and organization of local committees under whose auspices permanent dis- pensaries will be established, ‘The establishment of at least four centers for the training of nurses and others who will have charge of the dis. pensary work, SQUIRRELS HIDE POTATOES. Oregon Man Will Increase His Plant- ings of Tubers by Three Pecks. Hood River, Ore—Luhr Jensen will increase his plantings of potatoes by three pecks. Recently Mr. Jensen scattered polson- ed wheat around the burrows and run- ways of a colony of troublesome dig- ger squirrels near his barn. ‘The poison was apparently fatal, for all of the squirrels disappeared. Mr. Jensen out of curiosity decided to investigate the underground tunnels of the rodents. As his excavations progressed he un- earthed seven dead diggers and three pecks of fine seed potatoes that the squirrels, forewarned perhaps of the impending food shortage, had stolen from the rancher's granary and had hoarded in the storage retreats of their underground home. BOY, PLAYING SPY, DIES. Bedpost. New York.—Joseph Heissner, ten, a Meutenant in the cadet corps of Public school 4, Long Island City, indulged in many games while alone in his home at 90 Sunswick street, Long Island City. His favorite pastime of late has been to capture spies and deal with them as all spies and traitors deserve to be treated. In the absence of his mother recently the boy was practicing with rope and noose and slipped the loop about his neck, with the other end made fast to the bedpost. The game was more re- alistic than little Joseph intended it to be, for when his mother returned she found her son strangled to death and fast to the bedpost. iii iia ania - we % GERMAN NAME PREVENTS $¥ e HIM FROM BEING HERO. 3 st —_— * Syracuse, N. ¥.—Christopher % % Schachter, gridiron hero of Syra- % % cuse university, has learned # a “what's in a name.” Merely the ® #€ Teutonic flavor of his appellation s# was enougb to keep Schlachter % out of the university ambulance % # unit soon to go to France, al # though the All American player # % put in an application. ” “ w MAKING SOLDIERS Daily Life at Plattabery Camp Interestingly Told. CAPTAIN GETS ATTENTION. Under His Spell Slack Minded, Care- Jess Habited Men From Every Con- ceivable Corner of Civil Life Are Get- ting on Toward the Beginning of « Regeneration. Plattsburg, N. Y.—My captain is a worker of magic—all colors, There are 167 of us upon whom his necromancy has descended and upon whom it is Working its changes, says John M. Os ‘ison of the Vigilantes, In our day to day life, before we stepped into this atmosphere of bugle call and policing of cantonments, we not merely wanted what we wanted when we wanted it, but did what we had to do when we wanted to. Darn independent Americans we were—with that sign over our desks which remind- ed us that if we didn’t care for a man our privilege was to tell him to go to—. However, I started out to tell about our captain. At our first formation he came before us, a slender man, in smooth strides, stopped abruptly and said very distinctly, “At ease.” Where- upon he looked us over, running his alive black eyes slowly along our ranks. We were not at ease under that scru- tiny—believe me. Then: “'Tenshun!” We made ourselves more rigid—if such an achievement were possible. “Rest!” We relaxed then, for we had not altozether neglected our drill books in the days of hurry and planning for this training camp. Again: “"Te:.shun!” We simulated in our several stranze fashions the well known ramrod. Then from our captain: “When you come to the position of ‘attention’ you snap into it, heels to- xether or as near together as the con- formation of the body will permit.” There was a pause, a slight twitching of our captain's face muscles. I knew we would like him as soon as I saw that fragment of a grin and reflected that his eyes were caught by the bandy legged little Irishman, whom I will call Casey. We'd known Casey nearly ten hours—and were convinced. The army needs him, even though his heels are three inches apart as he takes the posi- tlon of the soldier. Again, I am getting away from the text of this little piece and the man who furnishes the illustration. ‘Think- ing of our captain and his immediate appreciation of Casey probably ac- counts for my diversion. “This is the way it is done,” said our captain, facing first right and then left and coming to “attention.” “It is not a position of strain. It is one of alert- ness—of readiness, “Now, 'tenshun! At ease! Next time snap into it. "Tenshun! That's better.” And so on. Snapping into it was es- tablished as the company ideal. A quality of crisp decision marks our captain as of the younger generation of American army men. He isn't the kind that “eats his young”—flerce and terri- fying. We say in cantonment comment that our captain knows. If he ever had a period of fumbling adolescence it must have been long, long ago. Now he knows and can tell what he knows. Under his magic spell we slack mind- ed, careless habited men from every conceivable corner of civil life are get- ting on toward the beginning of a re- generation. We are cutting off our cor- ners sharply at “Column right!” and “Column left!” As the fellow next me parodies the Billy Sunday hymn, “Cut off the Corners! Cut off the Corners! Cut off the Corners as You Turn!” ‘We are learning to stand at a balance —weight equally distributed between he balls and heels of the feet. The amrod effect is passing. We are be- sinning to sense the real meaning of ‘Attention !” It is 100 per cent alert- ess, from toe to the last convolution if gray matter in the headpiece. As I said, we are victims of our cap- ain’s magic. Need I add, willing vic- ims? You just naturally snap into it ea en aerator AVIATOR BALL IS DEAD. British Announce Missing Flier Was Fatally Hurt May 7. London.—The war office has received information that Captain Albert Ball, who had made a brilliant record in the aviation corps and who had been miss- ing since May 7, is dead. He was twenty-one years old. Captain Ball was engaged in a fight with three German planes on the eve- ning of May 7 near Lens. When he did not return to his base it was reported that he had been captured by the enemy. At the time of his death Captain Ball had a record of bringing down forty German machines. He had received the medal for distinguished service and the military cross. He lived in Nottingham. OLD WOUND REMAINS. Civil War Veteran's Pierced Leg Gives Way In Half Century. Greensburg, Pa. — More than fifty years after he was injured by a bullet in the civil war, a bone in the left leg of Louis Osterwise gave way, and the old soldier fell helpless in his chair. ‘When he was taken to the Westmore- land hospital physicians found that the bone had broken off at the point where the bullet had struck. Mr. Osterwise is seventy-three years old. His condition {s critical. RECLUSE HAD FORTUNE. Gold Coin and Certificates of Deposit Found After His Death. Pendleton, Ore—In an investigation of the death of Johnson W. Willard, an aged recluse of the farming district southeast of Milton, Coroner Brown discovered gold coin and certificates of deposit amounting to more than $16, 000. ‘They were tucked away in every concelvable place. An old vest hang- ing in a closet yielded several hundred dollars in gold. Three or four purses were found packed with coin. In addition to this, Mr. Willard owned the ranch where he lived, valued at $50,000. One daughter, Mrs. Hill, survives. Her home is in Montana, Mr, Willard lived entirely to himself since the death of his wife three years ago, and the room she used to occupy had been locked. It was there, in the bottom of a trunk, that several of the certificates of deposit were found. During the past few years Mr. Wil- lard leased his ranch, retaining only the house and a bit of ground, where he raised a small garden. He settled on a homestead in 1869, just after the war, and in the typhoid epidemic of 1878 lost all his children but the one daughter. Mr, Willard was eighty-six. CARNEGIE IN NEW MANSION. Estate at Lenox Said to Be Equaled Cale bv Simses, Se meet ee Lenox, Mass.—Into Shadow Brook entered its new owner, Andrew Came- gie. It is said that for size, elezance and beauty of natural surroundings no private residence in the United States, with the exception of Mrs, Vanderbilt's Biltmore, bears comparison with Shad- ow Brook. ‘With Mrs, Carnegie and Miss Mar. garet Carnegie he arrived at Lenox in Charles M, Schwab's private car. With the Party were Mr. Carnegie’s physt- cian, his valet and other attendants. He was assisted from the car to an au- tomobile and was driven immediately to Shadow Brook, three miles from the station, His apartments are on the second floor of the great house and have a beautiful outlook on Lake Mahkeenac. The house was elaborately decorated in spring flowers from the gardens of the estate. Mrs, Carnezie and Miss Carne- gie have rooms on the same floor, There are twenty large rooms with fireplaces on this floor and many other rooms, ‘Mr, Camegie expects to pass seven months at his new American home, WILSON ON JOB EARLY. President Adopts Early Rising Perma- nently to Keep In Touch With War. Washington.—While a majority of the 50,000 government clerks were still asleep the president was working in his office early. He reached his desk at 6 o'clock, and it became known he is determined to adopt this hour as the daily beginning of his work. Govern- ment clerks go to work at 9 o'clock and finish at 4:30. The president fre- quently fs in his office at night. ‘The president's determination to get up early is not prompted wholly by a desire to avoid the hot hours of the day. The fact is that he is keeping in the closest touch with the details of the war making activities of the ad- ministration, and longer working hours are necessary if he {s to have time for the recreation prescribed by Rear Ad- miral Cary T. Grayson, his physician. SEES ALL AMERICAS IN WAR. John Barrett Predicts Western Hemi- sphere Will Be United. Baltimore.—Within a year all Amer. feas will be fighting together against Germany was the prediction made here before a liberty loan mass meeting by John Barrett. “If Brazil enters the conflict, as to day seems imminent,” he said, “two thirds of the entire population and five. eightlis of the total area of the western hemisphere will be at war with the common enemy. Can the remaining one-third of the population and three- eighths of area stand against the psy- chological, sympathetic and economic appeal of their sister peoples and coun. tries having similar interests, similar institutions, similar governments and similar destiny?” LIONS KILL BURROS. and Sharp Claws. Mentone, Cal.—Hunger has driven mountain lions and wildcats closer to the settlements than in many years, say old timers. One night recently two big ‘ons made their appearance at the Edi- son power house at the mouth of Mill Creek canyon and killed two burros kept in a corral there. One burro was killed outright by the Vons. The other burro fought and at- tracted the men at the plant, but it was so badly torn by teeth and claws of the lions that it had to be shot. ‘The tracks showed the mountain Mons to be of great size, and the men Kept a close watch in the hope that hunger would drive them out again. Calf Grazes With Wooden Leg. Kansas City, Mo.—Probably the only Missouri calf’ with a wooden leg is browsing on the farm of W. D, Brown in Ray county. The calf belonged to a neighbor and last winter stuck a nail in its hoof, sustaining injuries promis- ing to be fatal. Craig Brown saw the calf and had an idea. He bought the animal and sent for a veterinary, who amputated the calf's leg. Later a wooden leg was substituted, and the calf is now only a little slower than the other cattle in the oasture. Sleepy Time Story About a Most Vain and Silly Beast. HAD VERY BIG NOTIONS. Although His Home Was In the Barn- yard, He Imagined That Place Was ‘Too Humble For His Talents—Goes on a Journey and Is Punished. ‘Well, said Uncle Ben to Little Ned, tonight I am going to tell you about ‘THE ARTFUL DONKEY. | Once upon a time there lived in a field near a fine jungle where many Mons made their home a Uttle gray donkey. Now, this donkey was not satisfied with being just a donkey and drawing his master's little cart of vegetables to market and enjoying a comfortable home and nice meals. Neddy wanted to be a lion, and he tried to imitate the air and walk of a lion he had once seen. He fancied that his bray sounded like a Lion's roar. All the farmyard animals laughed at him, which made him very cross. One day a hunter who had shot a Hon stopped at his master’s house with the Aion skin. While the stranger was at dinner Neddy stole out to where the skin lay and slipped into it. Then he ran off toward the forest, frightening foolish hens and geese and amazing the more sensible animals. ‘When he reached the edge of the fields he met the old black sheep who led his master's flocks. “G-r-rr-u-u!” brayed the donkey. ‘The sheep laughed. * Near the woods he met Mr. Fox. “Why, it’s that stupid old donkey that brays whenever I come about the farmhouse at night. What's he doing Funning around in the skin of old Leo?” Mr. Fox said to himself. Leo was the old lion which had been shot by the hunter. His relatives in the forest were very angry about his death. “G-r-rru-u!” brayed the donkey. “Ah, good evening, Mr. Leo!” the fox said slyly. ‘The donkey was greatly pleased. “Glad to meet you, sir,” replied the donkey. “There are some of your relations over there looking for you,” the fox went on, thinking that the donkey would turn and run home. But the foolish donkey was so sure that the lions would gladly welcome him and never suspect that he was not one of themselves that he went trot- ting off toward a brook where some of the animals were drinking. “There he comes, the monster, dress- ed in my poor, dear husband’s skin!” roared Mrs. Leo, and she made a leap that landed her on the donkey’s neck. That was all. The next day the farmer, who went out to hunt for Ned- dy, found the lon’s skin behind the donkey’s skin in the woods. Why Water Puts Out Fire. ‘Water puts out fire for two good rea- sons. First, if a thing is covered with water, the oxygen of the air cannot get atit to burn it. But that is not nearly the most important reason why water puts out fire. It is that water has a great capacity for heat and can hold a great deal of it. It takes so much heat into itself, and so quickly, that it low- ers the temperature of the burning thing that it can no longer burn. Summer Sport. Children who live near the Atlantic seacoast know what fun it is to play in the sand on the beach. They think about it all winter, and as soon as a —<—y eee ag penne ny pea : os \\ . zm i Photo by American Press Association. ae school is out away they go to Atlantic City or some other place on the Jersey coast, where they spend hours building cathedrals and cities, grottoes and pal- aces in the fine white sand. There will be thousands of them, like the pretty little girl here pictured, doing that all this summer. Baby Birdie. ‘Does the little birdie sleep? ‘Does he shut his eyes? ‘Does his mamma rock him ‘Every time he cries? : PAGE SEVEW —————— WOMEN OF THE SENATE — WILL AID THE RED CROSS Will Mest Weekly at Apartment of Mrs. Thomas R. Marshall. Washington.—Mrs. Thomas R. Mar. shall, wife of the vice president, and a number of senatorial matrons have es- tablished a new social organization, to be known as the Ladies of the Senate, to meet weekly at the apartment of ‘Mrs. Marshall, who bas been elected president. Membership is limited strict- ly to women of the senatorial circles, with only one member of each house- hold to be included in the society. In this it will differ from the Congres- sional club, after which it is patterned, as in that body wife, daughter or sister of a cabinet officer, judge or congress- man may join on payment of modest annual dues and an initiation fee. ‘The new organization is to be both patriotic and social, with dues suflicient to make it an important factor in Red Cross or other relief work, to which it will devote much time. In addition to Mrs, Marshall the officers are Mrs. Al- bert Cummins of Iowa, Mrs. Francis Newlands of Nevada, Mrs. John W. Weeks of Massachusetts, Mrs. James Reed of Missourl, Mrs. Thomas P. Gore of Oklahoma and Mrs. Claude Swanson of Virginia. ‘The women will meet with members of the Congressional club every Mon- day to continue the Red Cross work al- ready begun under the older organiza- tien. AVIATION SERVICE NOT THE MOST DANGEROUS Records of Allies Show It Is Fourth In the Percentage of Casualties. Washington.—Contrary to popular ‘pinion, the air service of the army, al- though perhaps the most thrilling branch, is not the most dangerous. Captain Aubrey Lippincott, in charge of the personnel of the signal corps of the army, says the records of our ak Ues put air service fourth in the per- centage of losses. The heaviest losses have been in the medical corps, next in infantry and third in artillery. Although applications have been nu- merous for enrollment in the six cadet schools for flyers recently opened, Cap- tain Lippincott says many more men will be needed before the end of the year. One hundred and fifty men are trained weekly. Enough men have been accepted to keep the schools supplied with recruits for more than two months, but several thousand will be Tequired later on, as the supply of men must be constantly augmented. Only a small percentage of the men who apply for enrollment in cadet aviation schools at the universities of California, Texas, Illinois and Ohio, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Cornell can be accepted. The re- quirements are stricter than in any ther branch of the service. The im- pression that only college graduates are admitted 1s incorrect, but a sub- stantial foundation for intensive tech- nical training 1s necessary. It has oft- en been found that three years at col- lege or its equivalent gives a man the knowledge which makes the training come with reasonable rapidity. SAT ON CHURCH CORNICE. Woman Keeps Crowd on Edge For Two Hours by Threatening to Jump. Boston.—A crowd of several hundred people watched for two hours from be- hind ropes that barred the street in front of St. James’ Roman Catholic church while a woman sat on the cor- nice threatening to jump. Firemen spread nets to break her fall, police reserves attempted to reach her, and three priests pleaded with her from the skylight, Finally the Rev, Philip J. O'Donnell reached her before she fulfilled her threat and escorted her back through the skylight. 2 At the Psychopathic hospital she gave her name as Mrs. Cella Vennard, a parishioner of St. James’ church, and said relatives were trying to commit her to an insane asylum. She would rather kill herself than submit, she said, CHINA GETS TWO HOSPITALS. Rockefeller Foundation Will Spend $3,000,000 There. | Baltimore.—B. Frank Bennett, a builder, will leave here for China, where he has been commissioned by the Rock- efeller foundation to build two hospi- tals at a cost of $3,000,000. The first hospital will be constructed in Peking and is to be modeled after Johns Hop- kins hospital. The plans were drawn after suggestions of Dr, Winford H. Smith, superintendent of Johns Hop- ‘Kins. The other hospital will be built in Shanghal, Tt ts said the project of the two American hospitals is the outcome of a tour of investigation made last year by Dr, William H. Welch for the Rocke- feller foundation. Dog Hero Home From War, Port Washington, N. ¥.—Wounded tn action, Jupiter, Hubert Ralston's war dog, returned here from France after “doing his bit” to spend his declining years in comfort. A bit of shrapnel gouged out one eye and another caved in his chest. Jupiter trained with his regiment at Salisbury Plain in the first year of the war. A TEENAN JO TEENAN JONES' PLACE The finest and most UP-TO BUFFET and CAFE on the Side. First-Class Entertainer HENRY "TEENAN" JONES, Prop the finest and most UP-TO-DATE JET and CAFE on the South First-Class Entertainers. RY "TEENAN" JONES, Proprietor. The finest and most UP-TO-DATE BUFFET and CAFE on the South Side. First-Class Entertainers. HENRY "TEENAN" JONES, Proprietor. Residence 1262 Macalister Place Telephone Monroe 2714 MILES J. DEVINE ATTORNEY AT LAW Suite 313-329 Reaper Block Clark & Washington Sts. PHONES: OFFICE, MAIN 4188 AUTOMATIC 33-736 RESIDENCE, DREXEL 7090 Walter M. Farmer ATTORNEY AT LAW SUITE 708, 184 WASHINGTON ST. NOTARYPUBLIC CHICAGO Franklin A. Denison ATTORNEY AT LAW 36 West Randolph St., Chicago Suite 708 Delaware Building Tel. Central 3142 FRANK DUNN J. B. McCAHEY Trustees Established 1877 TEL. OAKLAND 1880, 1881, 1882 JOHN J. DUNN SHOPLESALE COAL RETAIL Fifty-First and Armour Avenue RAILYARDS Stet St. and L. S. & M. S. Stet St. and Armour Ave. CHICAGO Last Gas Rail Before War WE bought several extra above, before the first price, because it has proved it Hence, the bargain price which Manufacturers' prices are going now on hand are sold, our price it's intelligent economy to our NOW and save both range of not advanced. At $31.00 (it shown above is $4.00 under $1200 or $1500 Less Than Central 3142 Trustees Established 1877 AND 1850, 1851, 1852 J. DUNN GOAL RETAIL A. D. GASH ATTORNEY AT LAW NOW $3100 REDUCED FROM $3500 ONLY $300 DOWN AND $200 A MONTH FOR 14 MONTHS East Gas Range Bargain before War Prices Come WE bought several extra carloads of the range shown above, before the first advance in manufacturers' because it has proved itself to be highly satisfactory. price, the bargain price while they last. Manufacturers' prices are going still higher. When ranges on hand are sold, our prices will have to go up. So intelligent economy to oust the old range (coal or gas) GW and save both range cost and fuel; for GAS has advanced. At $31.00 (in easy payments) the range above is $4.00 under the regular price and is— $1200 or $1500 Less Than You Will Probably NOW $3100 REDUCED FROM $3500 ONLY $300 DOWN AND $200 A MONTH FOR 14 MONTHS WE bought several extra carloads of the range shown above, before the first advance in manufacturers' price, because it has proved itself to be highly satisfactory. Hence, the bargain price while they last. Manufacturers' prices are going still higher. When ranges on now hand are sold, our prices will have to go up. So it's intelligent economy to oust the old range (coal or gas) NOW and save both range cost and fuel; for GAS has not advanced. At $31.00 (in easy payments) the range shown above is $4.00 under the regular price and is— Have to Pay for This Range in a Few Months For, mark you: This is the Standard Eclipse Compa- No. 477, in white porcelain enamel, as pictured, with full standard equipment, including self-lighter, stalled, connected and adjusted without charge—of co- See it today—down town or at branch stores. Phone, call or write for "The Low Cost of Cooking", by M. Helen Ruggles, domestic science expert. It helps cut the cost of living. THE PEOPLES GAS LIGHT & COKE COMPAN- PEOPLES GAS BUILDING TELEPHONE WABA mark you: This is the Standard Eclipse Composite, 477, in white porcelain enamel, as pictured, and full standard equipment, including self-lighter. 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WILLIAMS ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW Suite 706 Firmenich Bldg. 184 W. Washington St. Residence 5548 Jefferson Av. Phone Midway 5515 Chicago. 118 North La Salle St., Chicago Suite 615 to 616 PHONE MAIN 2214 Montezuma's Castle. In the Verde valley, twenty-six miles southeast of Clarkdale, Ariz., is a remarkable ruin known as Montezuma's castle. It is one of the finest and best preserved monuments left by a people known as the ancient cliff dwellers. The castle is on the right bank of the beautiful tree fringed Beaver creek, three miles from the inland town of Camp Verde, and occupies a natural depression in the vertical limestone cliff 340 feet from the stream and eighty feet above it. The castle proper is five stories, each story receding by several feet, and is substantially built. The masonry is admirable when it is considered the rude stone implements with which the builders had to work. The stones are squared and faced and laid in cement that has stood the wear of centuries. The lintels over the doors are of hown cedar. Seen from a distance, it is very striking. In the perpendicular front of the white and gray and yellow limestone cliff, about halfway up, is a huge circular natural cavity, and therein stands the noble pile of Montezuma's castle—Exchange. Courtesy to the Flag. Civilians have all kinds of trouble when visiting a military camp, because they invariably attempt to pass the flag waving at regimental or brigade headquarters without paying it any more recognition than they would an ice wagon or a garbage can. But in such places they are compelled to extend proper courtesy to the flag of their country. There is always a hawk faced colonel roosting in the black depths of his tent just behind the colors, and woe to the soldier on guard if he lets a civilian go past without saluting. When a civilian starts to pass the colors without removing his hat the sentry, knowing that the regimental hawk is glaring balefully at him, swoops down on the surprised civilian and sternly says, "Take off your hat." Eye of the Submarine. Without the periscope the sub would be a blinded fighter. deadly work is done when it submerged that only a foot of the periscope's tip can be seen periscope is a long vertical small diameter with prisms end and the necessary lenses. eighteen feet above the deck, low, where the other end piles hull, is the eyepiece for the It can be turned in any direct when a merchantman trying to blockade or an enemy ship con in its field the submarine is transformed into a formide stealthy sea tiger. The peris comes its eyes and the dia passes and other instruments are control its brain. The eng carry it to effective range are Women, of course, cannot take off their hats to the colors, but as they pass the colors or the colors are carried by them, they can at least stop talking and keep their eyes fastened on Old Glory.—Chicago Herald. Fortress, Silence, Gloom! Fortress, Silence, Gloom The fortress of St. Peter and St. Paul is the gloomiest of bastles. It stands on the bank of the Neva in Petrograd, opposite what was the Winter palace of Russia's masters. It is a veritable temple of silence, such as Carlyle signed for in vain. Prince Krapotkin, who spent many weary months within its walls, tells how the officers moved about with silent tread. The floor of his cell was covered with felt, and he found that though the walls had the appearance of being paper the paper was only pasted on canvas, behind which, was a wire grating packed with layers of felt. Krapotkin measured his cell and felt that ten steps from one corner to the other repeated 150 times was two-thirds of a mile. He desired to walk five miles a day and accomplished his task walking rapidly to the corners, but turning slowly to avoid dizziness. The Latchstring Is Out: The saying "The latchstring is out" signifies hospitality. It is a standing invitation to visit the party who uses it. In early times throughout New England and other parts of the country the houses were built of logs, and the door fastenings were simply a wooden latch on the inside of the door, which fell into a notched stick in the doorpost. The simple contrivance was owing to the fact that nails and iron were hard to get. On the inside the latch was lifted by the hand easily, but to lift it from the outside a hole was bored in the door, which was made of slabs, and a string passed through, which was fastened to the latch. By pulling the string the latch was lifted and the door opened. To lock the door the string was drawn inside so that a person on the outside could not use it. He Had To. If all men were like a colored porter in Frankfort, newspaper men would find the game an extremely easy one. The porter, who is known to every man and boy in the city, recently was divorced from his first wife and within a few days was married again. A reporter happened in the clerk's office just as he was about taking out his license. "When are you to be married. Frank?" asked the reporter. The porter told him, and the questioning was continued until his wife to be grabbed hold of his arm and whispered. "Don't tell that man all about this." "I've got to," the porter whispered back. "He's a reporter."—Indianapolis News. There's Profit In Growing Herbs. "Particularly pleasant to grow are herbs," says Grace Tabor in the Woman's Home Companion. "and by a little study of their very special market they may be easily turned into pin money. Every butcher who makes his own sausage is a potential customer, and the large packing houses, of course, use large quantities. Chemists, perfumers and pickle factories also require them. Solicit trade if this line is what you think you would like, offering a sample of your wares, just as any manufacturer shows samples of his goods." Manila's Name Widely Used. Manila has given its name probably to more articles of commerce than any other city in the world. "Manila" tobacco, cheroots, hemp, hats, paper, matting, bracelets and rings are just a few of the things which remind people in different countries of the capital of the Philippines—London Chronicle. His Experience. "That young electrician got an answer from the girl he proposed to that was opposed to all his scientific principles." "What was it?" "A decided negative which was also quite positive."—Baltimore American. A Wise Boy's Reply. Willie's Mamma — Come now. Willie, I am ready to hear you repeat your history lesson. Willie—Aw, let history repeat itself.—Philadelphia Record. Something Wagnerian. Mrs. A.—What did your husband say when he saw the bill for your new gown? Mrs. B.—I didn't hear. I started to play on the piano. Worse Luck. Fatigued Philip—Did the lady 'trow bollin' water on youse? Wandering Walter—Worse'n dat. Phil; worse'n dat. It was soapsuds! A man should be upright, not have to be kept straight.—Marcus Aurellus. Eye of the Submarine. Without the periscope the submarine would be a blinded fighter. Its most deadly work is done when it is so far submerged that only a foot or two of the periscope's tip can be seen. The periscope is a long vertical tube of small diameter with prisms at either end and the necessary lenses. It rises eighteen feet above the deck, and below, where the other end pierces the hull, is the eyepiece for the observer. It can be turned in any direction, and when a merchantman trying to run the blockade or an enemy ship comes within its field the submarine is suddenly transformed into a formidable and stealthy sea tiger. The periscope becomes its eyes and the dials, compasses and other instruments of the fire control its brain. The engines that carry it to effective range are its swift, tireless legs, and the destructive charge of 250 pounds of guncotton in the unleashed torpedo is the death dealing jaws and rending claws of the great cat that has seen its prey and steals up on it with the skill of a tiger stalking a buffalo. No tiger is more merciless—Frank E. Evans in St. Nicholas. A Lost Trade Secret. It has frequently happened that valuable trade secrets have been lost beyond recovery. For instance, the best watch oil, it appears, cannot be obtained today because the secret process of mixing it perished with the inventor. It is said that the last quart of this famous fluid was sold for $200, and that was thirty-five years ago. Since then every effort has been made to analyze the product in an attempt to reproduce the oil, but without success. The man who made it and who alone knew its composition died, and, it further appears, not even his name or the place of his burial is known. He never revealed to any one the details of his process, and it was not until after his death that the real value of the oil was appreciated.—Los Angeles Times. The Eskimo Skin Canoe. The kayak, or skin canoe, of the Eskimo was in use on the coast of northern Russia two or three centuries ago, according to Dr. MacRitchie, F. S. A. (Scot). Evidence of this is obtained from statements made by Burrough in 1556 and from the chronicles of a Danish expedition to Valgats in 1653. It was further shown that three kayaks were captured off the northern shores of Scotland about the end of the seventeenth century. One of these is still preserved in the museum of Marshalcollege, Aberdeen. An important fact is the occasional presence of a kayayusing race of Finns or Finnmen in the Orkney islands during the last twenty years of the seventeenth century, as testified to by three writers of that period—Toronto Mall and Empire. To-kyo. It is remarkable how many persons, some of whom may lay claim to education and familiarity with Japan, persist in misspelling the name of Japan's capital. Of course if government officials and western diplomats in Japan insist on spelling it To-ki-o, western people, ignorant of the Japanese language, cannot be blamed for pronouncing it in three syllables (To-kee-yo), much to the amused disgust of the Japanese. The Japanese ideographs are only two and are best represented by the two romaji syllables To-kyo, pronounced with a very slight emphasis on the first syllable—Japan Magazine. Her Dear Husband "Why," exclaimed a newly married woman to a bunch of friends, "for three months after our marriage my dear husband made me bake hot biscuits for him every meal." "And yet your husband is a strong, healthy lookout fellow," answered her friend in astonishment. "Doctors say that such a diet is terrible, and"— "Oh, yes, this husband is healthy! I was referring to my first husband."—Cleveland-Flplain Dealer. His Loyalty to Alma Mater. "You say Dibling's allegiance to his alma mater has never wavered?" "Never. Dibling has been out of college more than twenty years, and he still borrows money from his college chums exclusively."—Birmingham Age-Herald. Useless Advice. Mrs. Batz—You ought to brace up and show your wife who is running things at your house. Cralle (sadly) —It isn't necessary. 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