The Broad Ax

THE BROAD AX The United States Supreme Court, the Majority of Its Members Being Dyed in the Wool Democrats, Has Handed Down a Decision to the Effect That the Segregation Laws or Ordinances of Baltimore, Maryland; Richmond, Virginia; St. Louis, Missouri; Louisville, Kentucky, and Many Other Southern Cities Are Unconstitutional THE SUPREME COURT WAS UNANIMOUS IN ITS OPINION ON THAT PROPOSITION AND ITS DECISION TO SAY THE LEAST WILL BE FAR-REACHING G IN ITS EFFECT. IT SIMPLY PROVES OVER AND OVER AGAIN THAT WHICH HAS BEEN STATED IN THESE COLUMNS IN THE PAST, NAMELY: THAT THE TEN MILLION COLORED PEOPLE IN THIS COUNTRY HAVE PERMITTED THEMSELVES TO SOUNDLY SLEEP ON THEIR CIVIL AND POLITICAL RIGHTS—THAT IF THEY WOULD LUMP A SMALL PORTION OF THEIR MONEY TOGETHER, THEY WOULD FINALLY SUCCEED IN KNOCKING OUT ALL "JIM CROW" LEGISLATION WHICH HAS BEEN ENACTED BY THE VARIOUS SOUTHERN STATES TO RETARD THEIR PROGRESS. THE JUDICIAL FUSION DEMOCRATIC AND REPUBLICAN TICKET WON OUT AT THE POLLS IN COOK COUNTY ON TUESDAY FROM TOP TO BOTTOM. MR. A. H. ROBERTS WILL SADLY LEARN BEFORE HE GETS TO THE END OF HIS ROPE THAT MESSRS. WRIGHT, ANDERSON & CO. ARE FEEDING HIM COLD SOUP WITH A LONG, SLIPPERY HANDLED SPOON AND THEY WILL NEVER PERMIT HIM TO BE ELECTED TO THE LEGISLATURE FROM THE THIRD SENATORIAL DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS. Vol. XXIII. The United bers H Down or Or ginia; Other THE SUPREME COURT WAS CISION TO SAY THE LEAST WILL OVER AGAIN THAT WHICH HAS THAT THE TEN MILLION O TO SOUNDLY SLEEP ON THEIR O PORTION OF THEIR MONEY TOGRE CROW" LEGISLATION WHICH HAS THEIR PROGRESS. THE JUDICIAL FUSION DEM COOK COUNTY ON TUESDAY FRI MR. A. H. ROBERTS WILL S MESSRS. WRIGHT, ANDERSON & C SPOON AND THEY WILL NEVER THIRD SENATORIAL DISTRICT OF The members of the United States Supreme Court, the majority of whom are dyeed-in-the-wool Democrats, opened the eyes of the people residing in all parts of the cilivized world the first of this week, at which time that august court handed down an unanimous opinion to the effect that the Louisville, Ky., segregation law or ordinance is invalid—that the segregation laws or ordinances of Baltimore, Md., Richmond, Va., St. Louis, Mo.,—similar laws or ordinances of many of the other Southern cities are null and void and unconstitutional. The Supreme Court went on to state in its far-reaching opinion that the drawing of "the color line must be barred," that the measure which prohibited persons of either race moving into blocks in which a majority of residents were of the opposite color, is similar to ordinances now in effect in St. Louis, Baltimore, Richmond and many other southern cities. Such laws, the court decided, would not prevent the amalgamation of the races, as was claimed by the Louisville authorities, or prevent race conflicts. Desirable as this is and important as is the preservation of the public peace, said the opinion, this aim cannot be accomplished by laws or ordinances which deny rights created or protected by the federal constitution. The members of the Supreme Court in its latest decision has dealt all kinds of "Jim Crow" legislation a staggering blow and the narrow minded race prejudice ridden whites residing throughout the southland will never be able to completely recover from its effect. Right WOMEN IN WAR A woman war worker submits the following editorial: "A few weeks ago one of our finest women died suddenly. The family physician told the household that the beloved lady had died of overwork. She was full of love for humankind and she had labored too well for the poor, the sick, the orphans, and the brave men in France. Why was the sacrifice necessary? "Because for 100 devoted women tolling without recompense day and night there are 1,000 slackers who live but for themselves and the moment's pleasure. Because for a dozen women making surgical dressings there are 300 in the next room playing bridge for silken cushions and gewgaws of silver. Because for two who knit day in and day out on the sweaters for our boys 'over there' we see twenty who have knitted for Sister Sue and grandmother and the baby and themselves. "A girl, not so very young either, went with a party of friends to see a certain camp where the boys were shivering in the bitter lake wind. The guide delegated to show them about was so --- here it can be truthfully stated namely, that for more than twenty years in season and out of season, through the columns of this paper, we have manfully and courageously urged the ten million Colored people in this country to wake up from their long sleeping or smoring spell and lump a very small portion of their money together and expend it for legal services of several of the best and most eminent White and Colored lawyers in this country that money can obtain and fight and contend in all the higher courts in the land against the constitutionality of all the "Jim Crow" legislation which has been from time to time enacted by the various southern states for the sole purpose of retarding the progress or the onward march of the Colored race. One step further, the Colored people of Louisville, Ky., have covered themselves all over with everlasting honor and undying glory in leading off in the long legal fight or battle against segregation and "Jim Crowism" and the members of the Supreme Court have far beyond a reasonable doubt amply proven that they are true blue, red blooded Americans—that no state, city or town within the sisterhood of states has the moral right to enact any legislation affecting the civil or the political status of its citizens which come in conflict with the broad laws of the United States. To the end of time the Colored people throughout this broad land should never tire in singing the very highest praise of the Supreme Court for possessing the courage to deal "Jim Crow" legislation a far-reaching sledge-hammer chilled he could not keep his teeth from chattering, yet she knitted cheerfully every moment on a lemon yellow sweater with a purple stripe. It is a common sight on the cars, this knitting of disloyalty, but we had thought it would not daunt itself at the camps. "In one of our best tearooms the waitress asked how many lumps we liked in our tea. The request for such information was so strange there that we asked the reason. The answer was that the sugar bowls were no longer allowed on the tables, because, since the grocers limited the amount of sugar purchased, the women had been dumping the contents of the bowl into their purses while awaiting their order. "Our grocer tells us that more women order meat on Tuesdays than on any other day, and that bread orders on Wednesdays are unusually heavy. He is cynical about it and says the only way to manage the matter is by bread and meat cards. "In one room alone in this city, a room in a large department store, women play bridge week after week from 2 in the afternoon till half past 8 at night for silly prizes. The man in charge of the department never reaches his home before 10 those nights, because CHICAGO, NOVEMBER 10, 1917 Supreme Court in the W n to the Eff of Baltimore Missouri; I Cities Are THAT PROPOSITION AND ITS DE- CT. IT SIMPLY PROVES OVER AND INS IN THE PAST, NAMELY: ERY HAVE PERMITTED THEMSELVES THAT IF THEY WOULD LUMP A SMALL RECEED IN KNOCKING OUT ALL "JIM US SOUTHERN STATES TO RETARD ET WON OUT AT THE POLLS IN TO THE END OF HIS ROPE THAT WITH A LONG, SLIPPERY HANDLED O THE LEGISLATURE FROM THE blow, which has caused it to reel and stagger like unto a drunken southern clay-eater or erracker Jack. The fusion Democratic and Republican judicial ticket was more than successful and each and every man on it was elected with handsome majorities to their credit. The following gentlemen were re-elected and elected judges of the Superior and the Circuit Courts. Superior Court judges follow: M. L. McKinley, D.; Denis E. Sullivan, D.; Joseph B. David, D.; Joseph H. Fitch, D.; Henry Guerin, D.; Jacob H. Hopkins, D.; Albert C. Barnes, R.; Charles M. Foell, R.; Oscar Hebel, R.; M. A. Kavanagh, R.; W. H. McSurely, R.; Hugo Pam, R. Frank Johnston, Jr., and Anton T. Zeman were elected to fill the two vacancies in the Circuit court. Mr. A. H. Roberts, who is foolish enough to believe that his political aspirations or ambition to become a great statesman at Springfield are perfectly safe in the hands of Edward H. Wright, the boss stud poker player, who was recently arrested, convicted and fined in an open court of record for gambling, and Louis B. Anderson and Co., but when Mr. Roberts wakes up from his long false dream he will learn long before he arrives at the end of his rope those false political leaders are and will continue to feed him cold soup with a long, tricky or slippery handled spoon, and at no stage of the political game will permit him to be elected to the Legislature from the Third senatorial district of Illinois. his employer sees fit to let them stay. Our men are on the firing line, we cannot get enough bandages made to save them when they are wounded, we cannot knit fast enough to keep them warm when the snow comes—or before—yet they play bridge to win a bonbon dish or a pickle fork! Would they listen if you spoke to them? Ah, no, it's time to begin the game. Between plays they can finish these sweaters for Jane and Mamie in time for Christmas, and anyway the game must not be interrupted. PLAY!'' THE CARTER-DORSEY WEDDING. The middle of last week Miss Maude E. Carter, was united in marriage to Dr. J. S. Dorsey, the druggist, 2701 S. Dearborn street. Rev. Williams, pastor of Olivet Baptist Church, tied the wedding knot good and tight. Dr. and Mrs. Dorsey will, for the present, reside in the rear of his drug store and settle right down to business. The happy couple are receiving the congratulations of their many friends: Dr. Dorsey is one of the head officials of Olivet Baptist Church and he stands high in the estimation of its pastor and its members. court, the M Wool Dem ect That t re, Maryland Louisville, N Unconstit Re-elected Judge of Evident on Elect His Fellow Men NOTES ON RACIAL PROGRESS. Reported by the National Negro Business League. The Local Negro Business League of New Orleans was reorganized recently and put on a more solid foundation. Hon. Walter L. Cohen was elected president to fill the place of the late Mr. Dejoie. A number of committees were appointed, including one to co-operate with the National Farm and Live Stock Show, which will be held in New Orleans in November. A permanent meeting place was established and campaign inaugurated to increase membership. During the recent meeting of the American Bankers' Association, which was held in Atlantic City, N. J., Mr. John Mitchell, Jr., the only Negro member of the Association, presented a very fine paper on "Thrift Among the Negro Race." His paper contains some very valuable information on the economic progress of the race. The Baptist Vanguard, published at Little Rock, Ark., recently published an editorial urging the organization of Local Negro Business Leagues throughout the country to "Increase the prestige and progress of the race." Negroes of Houlka, Miss., have organized a banking union, which has for its purpose the encouragement of larger production and conservation on Negro farms. Each member in good Mafik Re-elected Judge of the Superior Court for Another Term of Six Years, and It Was Evident on Election Day That He Still Occupied a Warm Spot in the Hearts of His Fellow Men Residing in Cook County. HON. HUGO PAM the Superior Court for Another Term of Si- on Day That He Still Occupied a Warm S Residing in Cook County. standing must increase his bank balance every year. Prizes are offered for rai- ing and selling products and saving money. Wallace A. Battle is president. A thought for the week: "Advertis- ing for good will works in one of two ways—it makes men come to you to buy instead of your going to them to sell; or it makes selling easier if you go to them to sell. In either case, it is very much worth while. It is like soap; it isn't there when the blanket is washed, but it has done it's work."—Printers Ink. Houghton Mifflin Company, publ- ers, of Boston, Mass., have recently issued a school edition of "Up From Slavery," and are instituting a campa- aign to place this book in both white and colored schools throughout the country. The Christian Recorder, published at Philadelphia, has invited Negro organizations throughout the country to observe the second Negro Literature Week the third week in December. For information concerning the National Negro Business League and its purposes, write Emmett J. Scott, secretary, Tuskegee Institute, Alabama. Charles E. Morrison, special messenger to His Honor, Mayor William Hale Thompson, is laying mighty low and sawing wood in these days of so much political strife and the war and all he is doing is to look wise, hold his breath and attend to his official duties. No.8 COMPLETE PLANS FOR NEGEO DIVISION IN U. S. Washington—Special.—Following the announcement of the selection of Brigadier General C. C. Ballou as commanding officer of the Colored division of the national army which is to be organized, the War Department today announced the appointment of regimental commanders for four infantry, three artillery and one engineer units to comprise the division. Colonels of the regular army have been selected for regiment commanders. The formation of the regiments and their commands are as follows: Infantry Regiments, from Rockford, Ill.; Des Moines, Iowa; Yaphank, N. Y., and Annapolis Junction—Colonels Vernon A. Caldwell, Ross L. Bush, James A. Moss and W. P. Jackson. Three Field Artillery Regiments, Wrightstown, N. J., and Annapolis Junction—Colonels Dan T. Moore, Fred T. Auston and William E. Cole. Engineers, Chillicothe, O.—Colonel E. I. Brown. The War Department will furnish white officers above the rank of captain to officer the division. NEGRO KILLS HIS WIPE, THEN SHOOTS HIMSELF. Steven Verriet, fifty-five years old, shot and killed his wife, Maude, thirty-eight, then committed suicide by shooting himself in the right temple, early last Saturday in their room at 3145 Calumet avenue. Both are colored. Verriet is a laborer. [Image of a man's face with a white shirt and a black tie]. THE WORLD'S FIRST FOREIGN POLITician HON CLARENCE S. DARROW The Able Lawyer and Brilliant Orator, Who Will Be the Leading Speaker at the Big Meeting at Bethel Church on Sunday Evening. BIG MEETING TO BE HELD UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD COMMITTEE OF THE STATE COUNCIL OF DEFENSE AT BETHEL CHURCH, SUNDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 11—HON. CLARENCE S. DARROW, THE RE-NOWNED ORATOR, WILL BE THE LEADING SPEAKER. This reversal of the process of segregation was decided upon by Archbishop Mundelein, whose order barring all white folks from St. Monica's Mission at Thirty-sixth and Dearborn streets went into effect Monday. The fathers of the Society of the Divine Word, who have an institution at Techny, took charge of the parish This coming Sunday evening, November 11th, a big patriotic meeting will be held at Bethel Church, 30th and Dearborn streets, under the auspices of the Neighborhood Committee of the State Council of Defense. Hon. Clarence S. Darrow, one of the most eminent lawyers and eloquent orators in this section of the country, will be the leading speaker. Major Robert R. Jackson will follow Mr. Darrow. Mr. A. H. Roberts will preside. The following program will be rendered: America; invocation, W. D. Cook, D.R.; introductory remarks, Adelbert H. Roberts; address, Hon. Robert R. Jackson; music, Bethel choir; address, Clarence S. Darrow; "Battle Hymn of Republic"; benediction. BAR WHITES AT NEGEO CHURCH Dedicating a church to the exclusive use of Negroes by the simple process of barring all other races from it was one of the many activities of Archbishop Mundelein this week. He also put the responsibility for the support and management of the church flatly and wholly up to the Colored people, who, he declared, have as great a duty and as good a chance to build up their own institutions as any other race or nationality. in stray and out of control 1920 One of the Newly Elected Judges of the Superior Court of Cook County, Who Is Bound to Make Good as One of the Honorable Judges of This Community. PAGE TWO This reversal of the process of segregation was decided upon by Archbishop Mundelein, whose order barring all white folks from St. Monica's Mission at Thirty-sixth and Dearborn streets went into effect Monday. The fathers of the Society of the Divine Word, who have an institution at Techny, IN., took charge of the parish. In his order directing the Fathers from Techny to assume charge of the parish, the Archbishop said: "I desire St. Monica's to be reserved entirely for the Colored Catholies of Chicago and particularly of the South Side; all other Catholies of whatever race or color are to be requested not to intrude." [The above information is freely published without comment.—Editor.] NEGRO DOCTOR CONVICTED OF KILLING WHITE WOMAN. Parrone, Kana.-Robert Smith, young Negro physician, charged with killing Mrs. Ass Smith, a white woman, by pouring acid down her throat, was found guilty of first-degree murder late last night by a jury in the District Court, here. The maximum sentence is life imprisonment. According to testimony, Mrs. Smith, a few hours before her death, told the County Attorney the Negro accused her of coming between him and her husband. The Negro had been befriended by Ass Smith, the woman's husband, who is wealthy, and who provided money for his education. Rev. G. H. McDaniel, president of the Enterprise Institute, 3800 Vineennes avenue, returned home Tuesday morning from a successful lecture tour through Iowa, and, as the old saying goes, he brought back some bacon with him. THE BROAD AX. CHICAGO, NOVEMBER 10, 1917 Death of Justin M. Holland, of New Orleans, La., Who Was One of the Best Known Colored Men in That Section of the Country. Special to the Broad Ax By V. P. Thomas, Staff Correspondent. The greatest loss by the race in recent years in this part of the country was the loss it suffered in the recent death of Justin M. Holland. The loss was the greatest by reason of the fact that Mr. Holland had for sixteen years held the most important position in the customs district of New Orleans. It was the position around which all customs matters passed in review, whether inward or outward bound, whether of vast importance or of minor importance. It was the position from which or to which every first step in custom affairs was taken and it was the one to which the last step in customs transactions found itself. Customs collectors came and customs collectors left under changes of national administrations, but Justin M. Holland remained always in his position in actual charge of the affairs, directing things just the same as if there was no change in the personnel of the customs service. Mr. Holland first entered the customs service in 1871, when he was 23 years old. He was born in Cleveland, Ohio, where he graduated in the high school course of that city and went to the West Indies Islands, coming to New Orleans to live in 1868. He became a clerk of a committee in the legislature of Louisiana during the earlier days of the Reconstruction period, where his duties brought him in contact with the leading lights of the state and where he remained until he entered the customs service. He rose from one position to another until he became deputy collector of customs in charge of the main desk in the service. He possessed great capacity for mastering details and a most remarkable ability for executive business. In fact, the collectors or heads of the departments had little more than to put their signatures to the papers to do as their parts in the main DON'T NEGLECT YOUR HEALTH Tuberculosis, "the great white plague," kills and wounds more people than any other one disease. Most of the deaths from tuberculosis occur between the ages of 25 to 45. Tuberculosis is contagious. One person who is sick with it may give it to all the other members of the family. It can be cured, if taken in time, but that time is very early. Don't wait until you are sick in bed, or spit blood—if will be too late then. If you always feel tired, if you are under weight for your height, if you have a cough all the time, or get colds one right after the other, go to the nearest tuberculosis dispensary and get examined. It will cost you nothing and it may save your life. The City of Chicago Municipal Tuberculosis Sanitarium and its dispensaries are free to everyone who lives in Chicago. There are eight dispensaries, located at— Sedgwick street, 1367 Sedgwick street; Ashland avenue, 10 South Ashland avenue; Racine avenue, 1215 South Bacine avenue; Stock Yards, 738 West Forty-seventh street; Grand Crossing, 942 East Seventy-fifth street; Northwest, 1360 North Ashland avenue; Wabash avenue, 4746 Wabash avenue; South Side, 2950 Calumet avenue. They are open every week day from 9:00 to 4:00 p. m. to admit patients, except Saturday, when they close at noon. Dispensaries are also open Tuesday and Friday evenings for workers, from 7:00 to 9:00 o'clock. SKIM MILK AS POOD. Although skim milk is recognized as having great value in feeding animals, the United States Department of Agriculture points out that its value as human food should be kept in mind. By substituting grain, green feed, buttermilk, and whey in animal feeding, much skim milk may be left for human use as a beverage, in cooking, condensing, or for making cottage cheese. Only the surplus of this valuable human food should be fed to stock. While skim milk is good for stock, the fact remains that its highest efficiency cannot be had through turning it into meat. Skim milk is used most economically in animal production when fed to hogs, yet it takes twenty pounds when fed alone to produce one pound of pork. The same quantity will make three pounds of cottage cheese. In addition, cottage cheese contains one and one-half times as much protein and one-third as much energy as pork, so that the skim milk in the cheese form gives quite as much energy and four and one-half times as much protein as if would if converted into ham or bacon. Even at the highest prices recently paid for hogs, skim milk fed to them is worth not more than one cent a pound. Yet one cent a pound, or approximately one cent a pint, is very cheap for any human food, and particularly for a food so high in nutritive value as skim milk. office of the customs work, Mr. Holland being depended on to get everything in shape for execution. His versatility in customs affairs was so evident that every one with a doubt as to procedure went to Mr. Holland for advice, feeling it the safest course to take. Mr. Holland thus in every way deserved the respect paid him by the high and the low during the 16 years he filled the main position in the service here. And as secretary of the local board of U. S. Civil Service Examiners, which Mr. Holland filled for 23 years, he proved to be just the man for the work. When the duties of deputy collector became heavier and required all the attention one efficient man could give to it, Mr. Holland let the Civil Service Commission know that it was not possible for him longer to fill the position and urged the appointment of some one else. The commission was reluctant, but the fact that Mr. Holland would stand ready to give the board advice, his request to be relieved of secretary work was finally complied with. Mr. Holland declined to accept President Roosevelt's offer to him of the position of naval officer of this port, preferring to remain deputy collector where changes of administration at Washington does not affect the appointee and where he could continue to serve his country and his race. Mr. Holland was never married, leaving at his death two devoted sisters and a brother. He was always either at home or at the office, his office hours being from 10 o'clock in the morning to 11 o'clock at night every day of the year. He seemed to be the most necessary man in the service. Every branch of the service sent floral offerings to his home on learning of his death. Mr. Holland had been away from the office only 10 days when he died. His body was taken to Milwankee, Wis., for cremation. INCIDENT IN BOND DRIVE PATRIOTIC AND PATHETIC, TOO. One of the most patriotic incidents today in connection with the Liberty Bond drive was the appearance of a Colored woman 79 years old, who came to the Liberty Bond headquarters and asked how she could help the country. "I am old, as you see," she said. "My hands are hard and unable to knit," she continued, displaying hands that had worked hard through the years. "And my eyesight is not as good as it used to be. I am too feeble to be a nurse. But I sure would like to help Uncle Sam in this war." Then one of the committee explained to her that she could buy a Liberty Bond by making a small payment and the remainder in installments. It was explained to her that the bonds were a good investment and that they would pay her a liberal interest. 'Honey, I ain't interested in that. I just want to help the soldier boys in some way,' was her comment. Then from a deep pocket she drew out a large envelope. In this was a smaller one and within the latter a check book. Handing the book to one of the clerks of the bank the old woman asked that he write a cheek for $3,500 worth of Liberty Bonds. At first the men at headquarters gasped. Then they cheered and praised the practical kind of patriotism that is the backbone of the nation. "Later I want to buy another $3,500," concluded the woman who asked that her name be withheld, as she wanted no publicity.—From the Evening Express, Los Angeles, Cal., Oct. 29, 1917. [Our old friend, Noah D. Thompson, induced the old Colored lady to invest some of her money in Liberty Bonds.—Editor.] SPLENDID CHANCE FOR TWO HUNDRED COLORED WOMEN TO LEARN DRESSMAKING FREE Call at the Enterprise Institute, 3800 Vincenes avenue, if you want a position as dressmaker or practical seamstress. We will give you very easy terms and you can pay most of the tuition after you get to work. We can place two hundred women. Be sure to cal and investigate. Phone Douglas 9034. Rev. G. H. McDaniel, President. UNIVERSITY CLUB If you wish to enjoy a pleasant Sunday afternoon program come out to the University Club parlors at 5300 Wabash avenue, Sunday, November 11th, 4:30 p.m. The study of Negro authors and Bounds and Races of Men (the latter conducted by Mrs. Edwin B. Beckwith) have proved intensely interesting. Visitors always welcome. [Picture of a man in a suit with a tie]. HON. CHARLES M. FOELL Re-elected Judge of the Superior Court for Ranks with the Best and the Superior Court for Another Term the Best and the Brainiest Judges in Re-elected Judge of the Superior Court for Another Term of Six Years, Who Easily Ranks with the Best and the Brainiest Judges in Cook County. Re-elected Judge of the Superior Court for Another Term of Six Years, Who Easily Ranks with the Best and the Brainiest Judges in Cook County. SIX COLORED NURSES GRADUATED FROM PROVIDENT HOSPITAL Sunshine Rescue Mission. Phone Calumet 5915. 2830 S. State St. H. Franklin Bray. Sumt. Madam M. Callaway-Byron the Celebrated International Golden Throated Song Bird Sang Two Selections. Monday evening graduating exercises were held at Bethel Church, 30th and Dearborn streets, and six young Colored nurses received their diplomas, after undergoing a thorough training at Provident Hospital. It can be said to the great credit of that institution that since its foundation, well on to seventy-five trained nurses have gone forth from it, to administer to the sick and the afflicted in all parts of the world. The following were the graduates who received their diplomas on Monday evening: Grace Margaret Martin, Wisconsin; Willa O. Evans, Missouri; Garnet McGhee, Illinois; Frances M. Foulker, Indiana; Evangeline O. Pruett, Michigan; Katherine S. Harrison, Canada. It will be noted that only one of the graduates is a resident of the great state of Illinois. Madam M. Calaway-Byron, who has sung before the crowned heads of Europe, rendered two selections for the occasion and received the hearty applause of those who attended the graduating exercises. Mrs. Irene Lewis, 3633 Forest avenue, is again working day and night and she is some hustler for Oscar De Priest for alderman of the Second Ward. The New York Times THE NEW YORK TIMES SALVATORE HON. JAMES H. LAWLEY One of the most valuable trustees of the Sanitary Dis greater political honors in store for him, for he is an the trustees of the Sanitary District is in store for him, for he is an u One of the most valuable trustees of the Sanitary District of Chicago, who has greater political honors in store for him, for he is an un-to-date business man or Another Term of Six Years, Who Easily rainiest Judges in Cook County. Sunshine Rescue Mission. Phone Calumet 5915. 2830 S. State St. H. Franklin Bray, Supt. Rev. H. P. Jackson of Birmingham, Ala., preached a very splendid sermon Sunday evening. Two stalwart men whose lives had enhanced the cause of unrighteousness very vitally, were happily converted and added to the ever increasing number of the Rescue Home's redeemed. Mrs. Hattie Jones, Viola Johnson and M. D. Early officiated during the illness of Dr. Bray. After being absent from his post of duty for more than a week because of the la gripte, all are glad to see Dr. Bray out again. The Mission needs clothing, shoes, furniture, bedding and money, won't you help? Services every night at 8 o'clock and Sundays at 3 and 8 p. m.—'C.' THE THEOSOPHICAL SOCIETY. Those who feel they would like to better understand life and truth itself, as well as the study of philosophy, religion and science, are cordially invited to attend the public lectures of the Theosophical Society held at the home of Attorney and Mrs. H. B. Gaines, 5827 Wentworth avenue, every first and third Sunday, 7 o'clock p. m. H. A. Watkins continues to meet with success in the real estate business at 3510 Indiana avenue and as he is a warm admirer of former Alderman Oscar De Priest, he feels dead sure of his calling and re-election. MASS IN MASSW Sanitary District of Chicago, who has in, for he is an up-to-date business man. — ne iP ee Pi ca a — a a ee b> a gah Sa tak? Sheree _ i ee ea = oa Bae Ne ce ad . of a ee og a f s oes: : : - BS fee gee oo : ens og - ba 23 pee cae aes bia Ses SS : f ’ - = THE LATE BOOKER T. WASHINGTON , —— ‘The Father and the Founder of the Far Famed Tuskegee Institute, Alabama, Whe Was Ushered Into This World in Virginia in 1888 and Who Departed from I at His Beautiful Home, The “Oaks,” November 14, 1915. HE RED CAP MEN AT THE 12TH STREET STATION—ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD. (By Juan Wyatte Bell.) Mr. W. H. Jones, who has for sever months been ill and also underwent a2 optic operation, has returned to work, Many patrons of the Big Foor frequently inquired of him while he = ore Mr. Chester Wilkins and his mother fave an entertainment at their rex dence, 3349 Forest avenue, last Wednés- ‘ay evening for the benefit ef the Im- provement Club of Quinn Chapel. An daborate dinner and) Mt. Wilkins? catertaining pleased the guests, Mz, td Mra. J. O. Davis were among those Present and report am exceptionally tajoyable evening. cee Mr. Benjamin Ferguson returned from California last Saturday. He spent three weeks sight seeing through the state. cee Mr. and Mrs. Edward Fry sttended the hallowe'en entertainment given by Mr. Daniels, 6420 Champlain avenue, for the benefit of Bethesda Baptist Ctareh. Mr. Fry left Tuesday after- toon for Detroit, Mich. Mr. Eugene Bowsian and Wiiliaés Ferguson returned Monday froti Rathéas City, Kan, and St. Louis, Me. oes Tee LC. ushers’ private ear, train- ‘et and Pullman porters are making & tencerted effort for the benefit of Prov- ‘dest Hospital. Sandy W. Trieé, chief ther, is working like a ‘Frojan for this tnd. eee Mr. W. L. Clark and Mr. Jesse Waters Teturned to the city last Tuesday. They hate spent the past two, weeks im the larger cities of the Southland. Mr. Glark does not feel so well, but thinks that the cool weather will greatly tend ‘round him to normal health. Mr. George Brown was unable to re- Port for duty last Tuesday because of & “eFere sore throat. He is improving and will be in line soon. At. E.G. Jordan returned from Bt. louis last Tuesday. He was a delegate "presenting St. Paul C. M. E. Chureh, this city, to the annual conference “tich convened there. Rev. W. ¥. Bell, ef Evanston, and Dr. J. A. Winters, of St. Paul, were returmed to their - charzes. They report = grémd Go8- ference. Mr. Sandy W. Trice, presideat of Bethel Literary, postponed last Sun- day's mecting on account of funeral ind other services whieh were quite Kagthy. Ie explained that the-apeak= ra Mr James Hale Porter and Mes. a4 Suowden Porter, would mot have hme to do justice to thelr subjects as the literary closes Promptly at six woth but was glad to andouses that Speakers wil Z ort) a eae eee = Nannie Mitchem will futhist good ie. = ee oe . a {+ D. Brown spent several @xys —— last week. She returned need Map ‘Williams, from Wildwood, | N. J, is visit ca ber 3, ing her sister and brother-|| “ar, Mr. and ‘Mea Sea Bree : Oost eae 3422 Wabash avenue. Mrs. Williams is considering leasing her New Jersey Property to the United States Govern. ment. ‘Mr. Thomas Wagner, of Webstet Grove, Mo., was in the ¢ity last Wed- nesday. He is a former resident of this eity. To the surprise of his many friends of Bie 568; Br. Allen Thomas brought 4 gloom over the left glim. ‘Mx. Jos Taylér will leave for New York City next Saturday where he wil féeide in the future. GUARDS AVERT ARMY RACE BIOT. ‘Negro Soldiers Aroused by Rumor of Comrade Being Lynched. Montgomery, Ala., Nov. 8.—Quicl work by the military police early to night, coupled with the determination of Maj. John C. Fulton, commander of the Tenth training battalion, prevented probably serious trouble when some Negro soldiers beeame excited over the report that one of their comrades had been eaptured by a mob and was being taken away in an automobile. ‘For a time it appeared there was dan- ger of a race riot, but the military polied esas ev Se re Te he ting. ‘Neg chanteur, was arrested after run: ning into a white woman. Long wad takéit 16 thd pblice station and released on bond, but the Negro soldiers heard that ‘‘a soldier is being taken out to bé lynched,’ and started obt to the rescue. Arrest 76 Mégro Soldiers. ‘Military police went to the center of ‘the distarbamee and sent about seventy of the soldiers to headquarters for inter- rogstion. - They. were later sent to camp undef gid. C, Ramage reported to the police that Negro troops hed sexretred hts gutomo- ile while he was driving near the city with his wife and son, and that the ‘‘sol- diers roundly cursed’? him. “It is deplorable that this thing hap- pened,’? Maj. Fulton said tonight, ‘‘and the trouble will be thrashed to the bot- ee ‘Weave Wet tH Houston Trial San Antonio, Tex., Nov.8—A wituess who received fifty-sivetl wounds at the hands of Negro ridtéts and theaped, dn- other who picked up a canteen cup which may lead to. identification of 4 ‘Beter, and « thitd who positively iden tified Sergt. Henry, éfterward killed, a8 ‘one of the leaders of the Negro soldiers of the Twenty-fourth infantry in their march toward Houston the night of Aug. 23, testified this afternoon at the court martial of sitty-thtee Negroes éharged with murder, mutiny and rioting. _ Corporal Foreman, s 21-year-old ‘Texas youth, sat upon a cot and told of his almost miraculous escape from death at the haride of-the risters. He drove the ear in which rode Oapt. J. W. Mattes of Chicago, who was slain. 5 500 DRAFTED NEGROES MISSING A? SHERMAN. Chillicothe, ©., Special—A search will be started st once for about 500 Sylvania, Ohio aiid Oklahoma who failed to present themsélves, Camp Sherman officials said: Most of these THE BROAD AX, CHICAGO, NOVEMBER 10, 1917 The Political Situation ‘ By Beaurecarp F. Mosezey. The Election See Samy press cf Varenge, Sac we might say of the country, have put to some disadvantage the common, ordi- nary, every-day American. The ery by the press that the eleetion for judges im this city and mayor in New York was a fight between loyal and disloyal Americans was not’ warranted by the facts, and since the election these pa- pers must feel blush of shame, for if their statements are true, this city has a surprisingly large disloyal vote in it. So large that it would have beaten either the Republicans or Democrats, had these two parties not combined, for the Socialist vote, branded ‘disloyal’? by the press, was 82,643 and the Inde- pendent vote about 4,384, making a total ‘<disloyal’’ vote of 86,996, and conced- ing that the Democrats and Republicans would have split even on their 154,918 votes, it would have left a plurality in favor of the Socialists, or ‘‘disloyal- ists’? of 9,537 votes over cither of them. The writer canot bring himself to be- lieve loyalty or disloyalty had anything to do with the election of the judges in Chicago or with the mayor in New York. It was a cheap attempt to com- ‘mercialize patriotism, and make of it ‘a political asset, which the press sold ‘to every gullible party leader, and in doing 80 injured the cause of the Re- publicans and Democrats and of the American people in branding those who ‘oposed their program as ‘‘disloyal.”” Such men as A. D. Gash, Will B. Mosk, Wm. Friedman, Seymour Sted- man, Leopold Saltiel and Wm. A. Cun- nea should not be branded as ‘‘dis- loyal’? citizens solely because they had ambition and sought to become judges. A splendid ticket has been elected. Good men have won retention on the bench. But their defeat would not have bedn disastrous by any means, for op- posing them were men who could have and would have made good. As to the election in New York, Tam- many swept stakes with Judge John F. Hylan of Kings county, by plurality of 145,000 over the "loyal candidate, Mitehel,’” as the newspapers have termed him. ‘P. is, I think, is what beat him. Had they pat ep a fight between Tammany and the decent people, the de- cent people would have won, but when they, branded every man who voted for Hylan as ‘‘disloyal’’ and a ‘traitor to the country,”? the people who would have voted for Mitchel, voted against him to resent the insult; hence, Hylan, by 146000 and thé Socialists polling an unheard of vote and electing ten city aldérnen aad about five members of the legislature. The press will have itself to blame if these Socialists elected throughout the country prove disastrous to the gov- ernmental scheme, for their lection would have been impossible had the press kept silent as to them, instead of boosting them and having it appear that a vote for them was A protest against the war conditions. In this city the Socialists accepted the gaunt- fet as thud thrown down and polled a greater vote than the Democrats or Republicans. The press should now be- come sane and present men and meas- tres to the couhtty upoh their nierit and ot upon the theory of loyalty or dis- loyalty. Thete ate 16 disloyal Amer- jeans. There eannot be, but men may differ as how best to serve their coun- ry, and this difference should not be pratided a8 disloyal, if the purpose is to sa a4 ‘a 7 GDAS1 J : ak ae loool = iim Se4 —.., See i p bd tas oes Tan ee : ieee on ees ae 5 alee eG ree 2 OR et! 2 ee a 5 pee ee eg “4 , “a | ; CAPTAIN ADAM E. PATTERSON Yue of the Head Captaine of the 365th U. 8. Infantry» Stat Sertlert tees Bie be Bey «De Sonne ‘Treoches in Praace. nh naan One of the Head Captains of the 365th U. S. Infantry; Stationsd s: Camp Grant, Seshderd, Bites, Wie Je Beniy 0 Bo Sons: ZAMS an fer We Queer i ‘Treaches iu Preace. oe 2 . Bay of Hope for Whiskey and the ‘Republicans. |, The wets win in Ohio. That means that the pendulum is swinging whiskey- ward. ‘The Republicans carried New York state and elected Merten E. Lewis at- ‘torney general by over 80,000. One of the surprises was the landslide of the 6. ©. P. in Louisville, Kentucky, where Geo, W. Smith, Republican, was elected over Mr. Chas. H. Cronan. This sur- prise, however, was equalled by the tri- ‘umph of Wm. 0. Atwood over his Demo- eratie opponent as mayor of Baltimore, Ma.; Chas. W. Jewett, Republican, won the mayoralty honors in Indianapolis, Ind., over Miller, Democrat, and Shanks, Home-Rule-Republiean. East St. Louis, of riot fame, went on record for a com- mission form of government. There will be no more mayors and chief of po- lice and other creatures to wink at the law and charge it to the mayor, for there will be none in East St. Louis for the next two years. ‘The Woman. Colored women are registering throughout the city with their sisters, for war service. Suffrage won in New York. Aldermanic Election. The aldermanic eleetion was running so strong in the 2nd ward, until but few of the citizens could stem the tide and make it to the polls on election day. Hence a very light vote. Our letter last week concerning the Hon. Geo. W. Dixon for congressman seems to have stirred up a hornet’s nest im some quarters. It is now conceded that 8. B. Turner will try on the gloves with Representative Lueas for legis- lative honors in 1918, and the wise ones say Turner has a cinch. Betting is two to one that DePriest will carry more preeinets west of In- diana avenue than any other candidate ‘aspiring for alderman. Major B. R. Jackson is doing some tall hustling, cor- ralling the ladies’ votes. The major was always a favorite with the fair sex. Edw. H..Wright and the County Bar Association held a very interesting ses- sion at the Hotel Idlewild, Monday night, Inst, and besides endorsing the regular -aitting judges for re-clettion, devised plans for furnishing legal taleat to defend Dr: Bundy, now tu jail at Belleville for rioting. Wer shall deal wext Week with the Constitutiondl Cotveation; the pros peets of a Colotéd ééhgressmidn and the possible primary winnefs if the alder- manie contest. Don’t fail to get this paper if you wish to keep in téach with current politi évente. THE ANNUAL ESSAY CONTEST WILL BE HELD THIS YEAR AT ST. MARK’S CHURCH, PIFTIETH STEEET AND WABASH AVENUE. Dr. Louie Usselmann Will Donate Two Diamond Rings to the Lacky Contestants. Sunday afternoon, December 16th, the annual eteay contest will be held at St. Mark’s Church, Fiftieth street and Wabasi avéntic, dnd as it has been its custom for many years in the past, Dr. Louie Usselmann, the popolat and up-to-date jeweler at 3150 8. State street, will donate two diaidid ringd, one gent’s and one lady's, to the sue- cessful winnéts in the contest. ‘The rings ate now on exhibition at his establishment, 3150 8. State street. Talks on Health Cleanliness Proper Living Sanitation, Etc. Dr. W. A. Driver [Rese sams * PAINLESS CHILDBIRTH. Any woman can be given the benefit of the painless method by her family physician in her own home. There is no risk about it. It is safe and sane and efficacious. Painless childbirth can be given with- out the aid of any instrument. Not even a hypodermic needle is required. It is 80 simple that women who have said they could not believe it have, after ex. periencing it, called it marvelously easy. Recently a young mother of five chil: aren, who had always been delivered by a midwife, was given the painless method. After the child was born she had to be told of it, the she had been awake and conselous duritig the ent Proceedings. The only way she could be convinced that the event had acte- ally happened was to be shown the child. She sctually thot that labor had just begun. After pains, whieh had always trov- died her exeept whem the first child was dorn, were almost of trifling importanee. ‘The lady had always had distressing an- ‘MEN SHOULD SKIP THIS. A little girl wrote thé following com position on men: - “Men are what women marry. They drink and smoke and swear, but don’t go to church. Perhaps if they wor ‘bonnets they woald. They are more logical than women, also more toclog ieal. Both men and women sprang ftom secedye, ban che was further tan the en."—Ladie” Hone Jour | ‘THE NEGRO FELLOWSHIP LEAGUE. Attorney N. G. MeGill will address the Negro Fellowship League, Sunday, Novembet 1i, 1917, at 4 p.m. His sub- ject will be ‘‘Negto Emigration from the South and What We Should Do to Help It.’ Come early and get & good seat. Ida B. Wells-Barnett, Pres. New YoRE ELBbTS rs riest EGEO TO THE LEGI&LATURE. New York.—Special.—The distinetion of being the first Negro assemblyman in this state falls to Edward A. Johnson, Jawyer, real estate broker, and former edueator. He was elected in the Nine- teenth assembly district out the Republi- ¢as-Fusion ticket, defeating his Tamt- many opponent by 323 votes. CHIPS. Dr. W. H. Marshall; 8509 South State street, the head Médied? exiiminer fér the Foresters; wants the world to know it, that he is for fotihér Alderman Osear De Priest for alderman of the Second Ward. Maj. Robert R. Jackson and former Alderman Osear De Priest, are busily engaged it rounding up the lady voters of the second ward into théir respective camps and Miss Nellie Callaway, 3300 Rhodes avenue, who is working day and night for the succes of Maj. Jackson, states that ‘‘he is prince; that he is so nice to the ladies, he is bound to be the next alderman from the second ward.”? Arabée Eat Cucumber Rind. ‘The cutumber is grown in great @uantities {0 Palestine. A traveler visiting an Arab school fn Jerusalem writes that the dinner the children brought with them fo school “consist- of ok 0 Ee eae ame ont 2 oe ae ate, rind a Explorers Simply Groped. ‘Tt used to be told of the early ex- Plorers of the Mississippi that, after entering the delta, they never knew how they got inside, and that, after passing through it to the gulf, they Bever knew how they got outside. - It ‘was many years before the navigators fixed upon landmarks which enabled them fo sttef if @nything Mke 4 ‘straight course, Sanitary individual Spoon. Among the latest “sanitary — = te pie eines spoon pressed from paper that can x ‘thrown away after. using. PAGE THREE = eT ES. f 4 7¥ Ales = r ae ext an noyance when the milk arrived in the breasts, and it usually arrived on the third day or later. After the fifth child was born, her first by the painless method, the milk secretion arrived pain- lessly and so soon as the second day. She was the happiest and most grateful recipient of the benefits of the modern and most humane painless childbirth it has been mine to see. Painless childbirth is for the poor as ‘well as the rich. The cost of the drags ‘is very little. Any doctor ean admin- ister the necessary drugs without an ‘instrument of any kind in a few sec- ‘onds. He may secure a greater degree ‘of ease in a whiff or so of a well known ‘anesthetic as an adjunet to the drugs ‘referred to in the preceding statement. ‘Early in labor just one tablet is put un- der the tongue and allowed to be ab- sorbed without any effort on the part of the lying-in woman. So great is the ‘power of painiessness that the woman sleeps without any nervousness between the uterine contractions, which have hitherto been known as pains. We must not call them pains when this method is used. Near the end of labor another tablet may be required. Your doctor knows 1. Ack him. Oasis Made to Order. In the desert stretch between El Centro and Yuma, down in the south- east corner of California, engineers made new oasis the other day. They fust bored = hole in the ground, amd ‘Up came the revivitying waters. Then @ few date seeds were dropped tuto the sot, and u few vegetables planted, and they will have an cass made to order. Practice Economy. ‘The sane standard, “Bat enough food and no more,” rigidly followed, would reduce greatly food bills in many homes aud at the same time tend to improve the physical eohdition of al? members of the household. Would Make Daddy Sorry. Richard was proud of his newly ae ditred pompadour. Ofte day while standing Ii front of the glass admit ing it, he suddenly turned to his mioth- er and said: “Say, mamma, when dad comes hame and sees my pompadoar, won't he be sorry he had his hair cut bald.” Meanina of Biblical Phrase. ‘The “lodge in a garden of cecum» bers,” mentioned im Isaish 1:8, ts & rude temporary shelter erected In the ‘open grounds in which a boy or man fa set to watch to scare away robbers or the forés and jackéld from the Vhies. — ear — “I Gow’t know,” mvuttered Rivers, picking htmsetf up from the paverhent and moving on with « pereeptibie limp, “whether there i¢ any such thing as a bieycle face or not, but I ant thorougti- ly convinced of the existence of: the phenomeion known as the batmat am” ; cotati ats Not Called “Dead Sea” in Btite. The name of “Deud sex” occurs no- where in the Bible. ‘This pamie does fot appear to have existed until the second century after Christ. In the Old Testament this body of water is Galled the Salt sea and the Sea of the Plain. Lucid Explanation. ‘Theodore had learned from his plas- ed Ot fo Rapa tay baa 2 children, éach bettg two years older Get Ee aie Mees, “Toe. heey, * they Hatl tidy feo seas Side that other: they go by ages.” ~ For Fever Patient. Here ts 2 cooling drink for fever Patients: . Put a little sage, two sprigs @f balm and a: Kittle sorrel into a ‘stone jug; having first washed and ried it. Peel thin a email lemon, lice it and put a small plese of. the peel in; then pour im three pints of bdolling water. Sweeten end cover it closely. ton Happy Is Lover of Books” Without thie love of books the Heh- est man 18 poor; but emtowed with this treasure of treasures the man is rich. He has wealth When no ower can diminish, riches which are always increasing. a Might Try It, Anyhow. A worn-out typewriter ribbon throwr Into = quart of distilled or rain water will yield a Gne writing fuid. . PAGE FOUR THE BROAD AX In this city since Joly 15th, 1899, without missing one single issue, Repub- Heans, Democrats, Catholics, Protestants Single Taxers, Priests, infidels or any- one else can have their say as long as their language is proper and responsi- bility is fixed. _ ‘The Broad Ax is a newspaper whose platform is broad enough for all, ever ‘claiming the editorial right to speak its own mind. Local communications will receive ‘attention. Write only on one side of the paper, ‘Subscriptions must be paid in ad- vanee. One Year ......c2cceeceeeeee+ + 162.00 Advertising rates made known on application. - ‘Address all communications to THE BROAD AX 6418 Champlain Ave, Chicago. IIL PHONE WENTWORTH 2597. JULIUS F. TAYLOR, Editor and “ ‘Publisher. ——_—_—_——————— Enteredes Second-Class Matter Aug. 19, 1902, at the Post Office at Chicago, ‘Tinois, under Act of March 3, 1879. Dally Thought. Netther let mistakes nor wrong ét- rections, of which every man, in his studles and elscxt.cre, falls into many, discourage you. There is precious in- struction to be got by finding we were wrong. Let a man try faithfully, man- fully to be right; he will grow daily more and more right—Cariyle, Old Form of Investment. ‘The oldest investment the world knows is the real estate mortgage. ‘Twenty-one hundred years before Christ, in ancient Babylon, money was loaned on mortgages. These mortgages were recorded on bricks and preserved im great earthenware jars that were sunk in the earth. They were dug up after they had reposed there 3,30 years, mute evidence of this most an- cient form of investment. 2 RAGS TL OR Accuracy is one of the most neces- ‘wary qualifications of the present-day Dusiness girl—or so it would appear from the following conversation over heard the other day in the park: “So ‘I answered the phone, and he said, ‘Is Mr. X—— there?’ and I said, ‘Yes, do you want to see him?’ and then what €o you think he said? He said, “My dear girl, this is not a telescope; this ‘is @ telephone.’"—Manchester Guard- fan. i Few Real Blue Flowers. Biue is @ searce color im our gar- dens, but_ageratum, cornflower, baby biue-eyes, Swan river daisy and Salpl- giossis sinusta, anemone blanda, for- get-me-not, some larkspurs, some col- ‘umbines and one or two iris are very good biues. é ‘Soy Beans as Fook Soy beans, introduced into the Unit- ‘ed States more than one hundred years ago primarily for use as a forage crop, are in reality one of the most nutri- tious of the bean family when used as ‘human food, according to specialists of the department of agriculture. Sheds Steet If this world affords true happiness, tt is to be found in a home where love and confidence increase with years where the necessities of life come without severe strain, where luxuries eater only after their cost bas been carefully considered. We are told that wealth is a test of character—tew of us have to submit to it. Poverty 4s the more usual test. It is difficult to be very poor and maintain one’s self-respect—A. Edward Newton in the Atlantic. Kingbird 2 Hard Fighter. ‘Some country folk call the kingbird the bee martin, because he occasional- dy tm his insect-catching life snaps up Qdee. The Kingbird loves the orchard. ‘There, while his mate is covering the eggs, he takes to a tree top to look over the landscape and the skyscape. ‘When 2 hawk or a crow comes in sight the Kingbird is off for a battle in which he does all the fighting. Occa- sionally, he takes a ride on the ene my's back for a yard or so, pecking his hardest to make his victim exceed the speed limit. Famous Family of Preachers. ‘Rev. Lyman Beecher, sometimes re ferred to as “founder of the Beecher family,” had seven sons who were Preachers. Beginning with the oldest, ‘they were: William Henry Beecher, born in 1802; Edward Beecher, born 4m 1808; George Beecher, born in 1809; Beary Ward Beecher, born ip 1818; Charles Beecher, born in 1815; Thom- es K. Beecher, born in 1824, and James C. Beecher, born in 1828, Deor Comparatively Modern. ‘Who invented the door no one Knows. It is, however, an invention of comparatively modern times. All the ‘ancient houses, even the houses con- taining doorways, had no doors. Fab- ries or skins of animals were hung ‘scross the doorways to keep out the Philosopher Dooley. “Tis a strange thing whin we come to think iv it that th’ Jess money a men gets fr his wurruk th’ more nic- issary it is to th’ wurruld that he shud go on wurrukin’. Ye'er boss can go to Paris on a combination wedding an’ @ivorce trip an’ no wan bothers his head about him. But if ye shud go to Paris—excuse me fr laughin’ me- silf black in th’ face—th’ industhrees tv th’ counthry pines away."—Er- change. Interruptod Solemnity. Buddy, aged three, was flower car- rier at his aunt's wedding. When all was very quiet and the minister was reading the marriage ceremony, Bud- @y called ont in a loud, clear voice, “Mamma, is he reading a story about the bears?” ‘Trees in Shakespeare Gardens. “Shakespeare” gardens should con- tain only such plants as are mentioned 1m Shakespeare's works, These range from apricot trees (apricock) down to the lowly pansy, with columbine, cro- cus and rue. It should be nearly square, formal in design, with a sun- dial and a place in center with rough stone flagging. —Los Angeles Times. Virsinia’s View, ‘Virginia, aged four, is extremely fond of peanuts. She has an ambl- tion to eat 2 sackful of them. Her mother told her it would kill her to eat so many. The other day Virginia's grandfather asked her what she would do if he should die. Virginia was very thoughtful for a moment and then sald tearfully, “I'd eat a sack of pea- nuts and die, too.” ° Replaces Human Sacrifice. ‘The meaning of the rite of “break- ing the bottle” at the Iaunching of ships was originally nothing short of sacrifice. Building a town or launch- ing a ship were solemn matters to our forefathers, not to be done with- out devoting a life to propitiate the gods. Onur timid civilization no long- er dares to sacrifice a slave or a pris- ‘oner on such occasions, and therefore we break the bottle, signifying the taking of « man's life. Common Sense Legal Decision. A recent English decision holds that in view of the known propensity of young, unbroken colts when startled to rush about and to kick, It 1s negligence to conduct such a colt along the high- way at night by leading a mare which it was accustomed to follow, without ‘securing it in any way, so as to render ite owner Mable where the colt, being startled by the light on a bicycle com- ing from the opposite direction, sud- Genly ran across the road and collided with and injured the cyclist. ‘Tunnels of the Ancients. §— Although tunneling is among the most ancient of enterprises, more progress has been made in it the last century than in the twenty centuries which preceded It. It is now known that back in the semi-mythical days of the Theben kings the long tunnel into the mountain rock, expanding at a dis- tance of 400 feet or 80, into some lofty chamber, was a common work. The rock temples of Nubia and India, too, show that tm certain matters at any rate moderns may still learn from the enclents, Slanificant Shake, As the thumbs of a dying person fold beneath the fingers, so the hand- writing begins to disintegrate when the intellectual faculties and physical ‘vigor are on the wane. Observations of this Kind are possible for there is an outward sign for each separate nerve degeneration. ‘The user of drugs and stimulants can be easily discov- ered, for each of these positions has its particular quiver or irregularity—In- ustrial Management. ‘Sign Languages. Tt is said that Gen. Hugh 8. Scott 1s one of the world's greatest experts {n sign language, and that without any fighting he has settled more dis- putes with Indians than any other man in history. Most of them were set- tled, too, without a spoken word, just by signs and gestures. General Scott speaks practically every North Amer- fean Indian dialect, besides being familiar with the primitive languages of other lands, Unusual Celebration. Billy was six months old, and im honor of the event his father pur chased a fine new high chair for him. Little Sarah, who lived next door, was much excited over the pew possession and brought her mother in to see it, saying: “Oh, mother, look at the new high chair Billy's father bought him for his half a birthday.” Death to Moths. If moths get into the closet, satur ate a cloth ten or twelve inches square ‘with formaldehyde; hang cloth in the closet and close up tightly for twelve hours. The same plan may be used in chests, trunks or boxes, where cloth- ing is stored. ‘The fumes will kill moths as well as their eggs; also germs of any kind. No odor is left tn the clothing. ‘Newspaper Advertising —_Solicitor Wanted, A live newspaper advertising solici- tor; one who knows how to hustle for business wanted. For further infor- mation, address the editor of this paper or phone, Wentworth 2597. _ THE BROAD AX, CHICAGO, NOVEMBER 10, 1917 as ct athe a tea STYLE Boon | | *es!dence, 1262 Macalister Pl ere HAIR --- ors ‘a . are the largest oe ewesl| MILES J. DEVIN ogy ge Attorney at Law ook showing nee drisg wat ie || Suite 313-329 Reaper Bloc! Eis’ ssould sre} Clark and Washington Sts = ane ~ Phones, Central 28; Auto. 41-16 5 sages ee _ CHICAGO ewe Cee I eee soba brew STRAIGHT: FG ee cach comb oe Fire nny ap Fe etne sre nee weet PHONE MAIN 2214 ERGK if NOP STGP ACTORY. She poetpala. Gliere=.||A. D. GASI ‘Agents Wanted. Address as follows: Attorney at Law aaa POA nowt Sow tfork City. Address Dept. 4 118 Nacth Ta Galle Ser: To Gas Consumers Still Using Flat Flame Lights — ‘The candle power of all gas in reagent by City Ordinance, ‘This has cut down the volume of Hight Soni tiatifiowe barners Saeces company continues to offer— i Two Junior Mantle Lights —burner, mantle and chimney com- plete, and installed without charge. One JUNIOR light will deliver pearly three times as much light as you ever got from a fiat flame barner and use less than half as much gas Write os immediately—or fill out this coupon and turn it in where Zoi sean retalee prompe octet The Peoples Gas Light & Coke Company Peoples Gas Bids. 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HARDING, JR. ‘Branch Office 3101 Cottage Grove Ave. FOR RENT Beastifal 4reom modera fats; steam heat; Bet water; electric light; wall beds; marble entrances. 3112-20 Rhedes Avenue. From $3.00 to 9250 per month. Apply GEORGE F. HARDING, Branch office 3101 Cottage Grove Ave. ee AVE. A. L. WILLAMS Attorney and Counselor at Law Phone Main 2017 Automatic 32-395 Suite 706 Firmenick Building 184 W. Washington St. CHICAGO RESIDENCE: 508 E. 36th STREET PHONE DOUGLAS 4397 J. Gray Lucas _ Attorney at Law Suite 815 Hartford Bldg. 8S. Dearborn St. CHICAGO PHONES: OFFICE, CENTRAL 6583 AUTOMATIC 42-590 | 184 W. Washington St. RESIDENCE: 3353 South Park Ave. PHONE DOUGLAS 2773 W. E. MOLLISON ATTORNEY and COUNSELOR Suite 815 Hartford Bldg. PHONE: CENTRAL 6563 | CHICAGO ‘Suite 198 Delaware Building ‘Telephone Central 3142 Franklin A. Denison ATTORNEY AT LAW 36 West Randolph Street CHICAGO RESIDENCE 19 Seuth _— Avenue WM. J. LATHAM ATTORNEY AT LAW OFFICE PHONE: CALUMET ©75_ 2 East 3ist Street Suite 7 CHICAGO cae Senn REE Dr. Theo. R. Mozee DENTIST Hears: eee 4709 SOUTH STATE STREET CHICAGO | Pilepbowers” Gullend Tose iss se JOHN J. DUNN ESTABLISHED 1577 Wholesale and Retail COAL ond Pifty-Piest Federal Streets ! As Near As Your Telephone DISTANCE IMMATERIAL | JN Metopotian City ofthis ize, death Knocks every | etd thitty minutes at some door. Too often that death del caly brings equow, but widens an well. Lt he Se emeeeam ore it in service, loans v ieee oe & Bele lati raci con cE. al aageiN aed) cet eguckccas oe eatablahments in the woud. ° Aviat wil ceavioce pox l Consah me, Ian save you Worry, Time and Mcoey. 4g ' Shipping to all parts of the Country and Automobile Eo Funenls a Specaly. Central Display Rooms and ——iy Chapel. Call promptly answered day or night. ew Ernest H. Williamson, A eats \UTOMATIC ( Sen “js” Undertaker “73-267 Se 5028 and 5030S. StateSt, - - - - Chicago, Ill DR. LOUIE USSELMANN Watchmaker, Jeweler and Optometrist OWNERS AND DIRECTORS to. Kensey. Phones Calumet 6164 Be a Rate Automatic 71-629 OPEN DAY AND NIGHT The Emanuel Jackson Undertaking Co., Inc. 2959-61 South State Street Reliable Service Courteous Treatment Reasoanble Prices FREE CHAPEL IN CONNECTION Complete Line of Funeral Goods Automobiles for Hire TEENAN JONES’ PLACE 3445 SOUTH STATE STREET ‘TELEPHONE DOUGLAS 4591 | The finest and most UP-TO-DATE BUFFET and CAFE on the South Side.. First-Class Entertainers. HENRY “TEENAN” JONES, Proprietor The Elite Cafe AND BUFFET Famous Cherokee Halfbreed. Sequoyah, inventor of the Cherokee alphabet, was one of the great men of the Indian race. He was a halfbreed whose English name was George Guess. His father was 2 white man and his mother a fullblood Indian woman. Learning and Forgetting. ‘The sad defect about the progress of the human race is that while we are occupied in learning one thing we are almost always engaged in forget- ting another. Poe a od ‘Avenue. $500 per month. Apply GEORGE F. HARDING, IR. Branch office 3101 Cottage Grove Are Er eae ase FOR RENT 4 and Sr0cm fists; hardwood feors: # smodera ghambing. 01-9 Viacennes Avcsm eens oe. ae From sto # per month. Apply GEORGE F. HARDING, JR Branch office 3101 Cottage Grove Av