The Broad Ax

REASONS WHY THE NEGRO SHOULD SUPPORT THE MUNICIPAL OWNERSHIP OF PUBLIC UTILITIES By Charles C. Roe, President Second Ward, Thomas Carey for Mayor Club. Public Utilities are such public service as water, gas, electric lights, telephones, street cars, elevated cars, subways, etc. These, when operated in the interest of the people, should be monopolies and within the confines of the municipality, there should be no opposition. For insatence, suppose we had five telephone companies privately owned in the city of Chicago. Each with one-fifth of the total inhabitants as subscribers. Then we would be compelled to have in our residences and our offices, five separate telephone systems in order to reach all the people of the city. Chicago has just gone through an example of competition in Public Utilities and it is only recently that the City Council permitted the Chicago Telephone Co. to acquire the old Automatic system, thus eliminating the advantages of competing lines, and the high cost to the user. There are many cities in which the water companies are owned by private corporations and sold to the individual. In Chicago we own our own water system and there is no competition. It is municipally operated and its employees are under the control of Civil Service and the doors to employment are open to all people of all races who are qualified and competent, and the result is that the Negro occupies positions in the water service. Thomas Carey, the Democratic Candidate for Mayor, has announced in his platform that he favors the condemnation of the Gas Company and its operation as a Municipally owned Public Utility. Every Negro in the City of Chicago should advocate this plan, because it will open the doors of the Gas Company to the employment of the Negro for positions from Manager on down to Labor and there is no reason why there should not be many Negroes employed in the Municipally Owned Washington.—The grand total cost of the world war has been estimated by government experts to have been $179,000,000,000. The total cost to the United States and the entente, excluding loans, is estimated at $119,-581,000,000, while the Germanic allies expended $59,000,000,000. Great Britain bears the biggest share of financial burden, having expended $37,100,000,000 and loaned to allies $6,500,000,000. France spent $27,000,000,000 and loaned $2,000,-400,000 and the United States, during the eighteen months we were in the war, expended $18,481,000,000 and loaned to the allies $7,875,000,-000. Russia spent $18,000,000,000 before it withdrew its support to the allies, and Italy's total expenditures are approximately $10,000,000,000. Japan and Greece between them expended about a billion dollars and Belgium, Serbia, Portugal and Romania totaled about $8,000,000,000. The War Department in this war spent almost six times as much money as the total disbursements in all the Gas Company, operated under Civil Service. Look at our street car system. There are no Negro conductors nor motormen employed and yet I dare say, there is not a better qualified class of people anywhere in the City of Chicago than the Negro, to act as motormen and conductors. And in the employment of the office force of the Street Railway System, many Negroes are amply qualified to fill any position from President of the Railway System down. Yet, because of the private ownership of the Railway Company, the door is barred to the Black Man. Take the Elevated Railway system of Chicago, which is privately owned. Out of thousands of employees in charge and operating the trains, there is not one Negro conductor or motorman. This would all be changed if it was Munisipally Owned and operated and under the control of Civil Service, properly administered. Thomas Carey is the first man who ever ran for the position of Mayor of the City of Chicago who had the courage, independence and backbone to oppose the private ownership of Public Utility Corporations. The Telephone system of this city should undoubtedly be under Municipal control, if the Federal control of telephones and telegraphs is postponed. As an example of what Government ownership and operation of Public Utilities will do for the Negro, I refer to the Post Office Department of the United States which at one time was a privately owned service. When private contracts were let by the Government to distribute its mail, it cost 25 cents to send a letter from Chicago to St. Louis, but after the Government took over the Post Office System we had no competition, no graft, no contracts, but instead, the Post Office is under the control and operation of Civil Service and all other wars in the history of the United States. The naval expenditures are in a way even more striking, this department having spent almost six times as much in the war just ended as in previous wars, viz.: $3,355,519,000, as against a total disbursement in all other wars of $611,328,000. Before the war it was estimated that each year the total investment capital of the whole world averaged $4,000,000,000. On that basis, the war cost almost as much as the total saved, investment capital of the entire world for forty-five years. If the various governments in the old world who united their forces with the United States in the late world war for democracy stand for the next thousand years, the toiling millions residing in all parts of the civilized world will still be paying on the above war debts—Editor. THE STORK LIMITED ARRIVES. His Excellency, the Stork, visited the home of Mr. and Mrs. Elijah H. Johnson, 3026 Vernon ave., and left a fine 9-pound boy, Elijah H. Johnson, Jr., Sunday morning, Feb. 16. Mother and baby are doing nicely. D SUPPORT THE BLIC UTILITIES Carey for Mayor Club. over the United States in almost every city we see the Negro occupying positions in the Post Office Department. There is no race of people within the confines of the United States, which is more deserving of the opportunities afforded by the Public Utilies Municipally operated, than is the Negro. The Negro is a native American, tracing his lineage back hundreds of years. This cannot be said for many of the white races who are only recent arrivals. The Negro is as pure an American as are the original Puritans who came to this country in 1620. There can be no prophesy for the Municipal Ownership of the Gas Plant, the Elevated Railways and the Street Railway from any Republican Mayor. To prove the assertion, I refer to the fact that "Big Bill" has been Mayor for the past four years and has never made an effort to establish the Municipal Ownership of these plants and I also refer to the fact that Mayor Harrison and Mayor Dunne, Democrats, have been identified with the movement for the Public Ownership of the Traction Companies and their every effort, has been opposed by the Republicans in the General Assembly. It is to the interest of the Negro to support Thomas Carey for Mayor and to throw off the shackle of party in preference to personal duty. The Good Book says, "He that provideth not for his own household, is worse than an infidel," and the Negro should provide for his own household by voting for the party and the man, that will help his advancement. Every Negro who votes for "Big Bill," votes against his household, votes against his personal interest, against the advancement of the Negro race, against the opportunity that is afforded the Negro by the Municipal Ownership of Public Utilities. CAPTAIN MARY F. WARING AND HER ASSISTANTS of the AMERICAN RED CROSS SERVED HOT COFFEE AND SANDWICHES TO THE MEMBERS OF THE "OLD EIGHTH REGIMENT." Monday, at the Coliseum, the Canteen women from the American Red Cross served steaming hot coffe and sandwiches to all the members of the "Old Eighth Regiment" who desired to be served. Captain Mary F. Waring, whose face was wreathed in smiles all the time, who had charge of the Canteen women, was ably assisted by the following ladies: Mrs. Joe Haddox; Lieut.; Mrs. Hattie Oldham, Lieut.; Mrs. Virginia Simpson; Mrs. Hellen Thorne; Mrs. Hellen Nesbitt; Miss Ernestine Oldham; Miss Ruth Pollard; Mrs. Hellen Pollard; Mrs. Juanita Hawkins; Mrs. Eva Jenifer; Mrs. Mary Wickliffe; Mrs. Louise Jackson; Miss Vivian Harsh; Miss Beema Burns; Miss Eugenia Anderson; and Mrs. De Witt Smith. All of the above mentioned ladies deserve to be highly praised for assisting to add to the comfort of the members of the "Fighting Eighth" Successful business popular with and women in banner for M 101 A LARGE RECEPTION IN HONOR OF HON. THOMAS CAREY, AT THE IDLEWILD HOTEL LAST SUNDAY AFTERNOON. Despite the fact, that the attractions were many and numerous among the Colored people in all parts of the south side, last Sunday afternoon, well on to two hundred Colored ladies and gentlemen attended a reception given in honor of Hon. Thomas Carey, the people's candidate for Mayor of Chicago, at the Idlewild Hotel. Mr. S. A. T. Watkins, President of the Appomattox Club, ably and eloquently presided. David J. Alexander, late Assistant Corporation Counsel under Mayor Thompson, who was, in 1915, chairman of the committee on halls and speakers and who Regiment on their return home from the trenches and the battlefileds of France. 1,174,545 YANKS DISCHARGED TO DATE Washington.—A total of 1,174,545 officers and men have been actually discharged from the army of the United States, Gen. March, chief of staff has announced in his weekly conference with representatives of the press. The total number of officers and men ordered for discharge is 1,900,000, the general continued, leaving a total, therefore, of only 326,455 officers and men to be discharged under the orders for demobilization already issued. Of the total number ordered discharged, 71,235 have been officers Successful business man; extensive real estate owner; who is extremely popular with all classes of his fellow citizens and many Colored men. and women in all parts of this city are already marching under his banner for Mayor of Chicago. man; extensive real estate owner; all classes of his fellow citizens and not all parts of this city are already mayor of Chicago. freely predicted Mr. Thompson's election, who has always been a life-long Republican and who is at the present time chairman on halls and speakers for Hon. Thomas Carey, and freely predicts his nomination and election, was the first speaker. Attorney Charles C. Roe, President of the Second Ward Club, or organization for Thomas Carey, for Mayor of Chicago, followed Mr. Alexander and Mr. Charles H. Mitchell who has always been a strong follower of Mayor Carter H. Marrison, held the fort until the arrival of Hon. Thomas Carey who was loudly and warmly received by the men and women present. Mr. Carey, in his short talk, went on to state, that the first boss he worked for was a Colored man, that he was the best boss he ever had; The War Department has commissioned 15,419 of the discharged men in the officers' reserve corps and has received applications for commissions in the regular army from 9,026 of the demobilized forces. Gen. March stated. The future demobilization of the American army overseas will depend on the shipping situation, the general said. The process of demobilization in the United States is "rapidly reaching the point where only the overhead remains," he said. Lieut. R. A. J. Shaw, of the 307th U. S. Infantry, did not return home with the regiment, as he is detained in France as a witness in some military trials. No.23 that he was not ashamed of that fact; that two or three of his brothers also had worked for Colored bosses; that some years ago, long before he ever thought of running for mayor, his late lovable wife, Mrs. Carey, sent out invitations to some of her friends to attend a party at their home, that when the neighbors arrived, they found eight or ten Colored ladies and gentlemen present; that his daugthers and their associates all joined in with the young Colored girls and had one joyous time. Mr. Carey concluded, that he knew, that he had many true friends among the Colored men and women in this city, who would assist to put him over the plate on Tuesday, February 25, Primary day. LINCOLN-DOUGLASS CELEBRATION AT QUINN CHAPEL. Sunday afternoon, February 23, the Birthdays of Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass, will be celebrated at Quinn Chapel; Hon. A. H. Roberts will be master of ceremonies State Senator John Daily, of Peoria, Ill., will speak on Mr. Lincoln and Col. W. E. Mollison, will orate on Mr. Douglass. AN OVERSIGHT ON THE PART OF EDITOR TAYLOR. It should have been stated in the last issue of this paper, that the three pictures portraying the landing of the "Old Eighth Regiment" in New York City were re-produced by the courtesy of the Chicago Evening American. M. E. H. MRS. BERTHA MONTGOMERY President of the Colored Women's Permanent Republican Club of the Second Ward; who presided with much grace and skill over the meeting at the time that Mrs. Harry Olson, delivered her first political speech in the present Mayoralty contest. HON. AND MRS. HARRY OLSON ADDRESSED A LARGELY ATTENDED MEETING AT THE HEADQUARTERS OF THE WOMEN'S PERMANENT REPUBLICAN CLUB, OF THE SECOND WARD. MRS. OLSON DELIVERED HER FIRST POLITICAL SPEECH; SHE FREELY MINGLED WITH THE COLORED LADIES PRESENT AND MADE A GREAT HIT WITH THEM. MRS. BERTHA MONTGOMERY, PRESIDENT OF THE CLUB. ABLY PRESIDED OVER THE MEETING. Last Friday evening a largely attended Republican-Harmony meeting was held at the Headquarters of the Women's Permanent Republican Club of the Second Ward 3031 South State street; in the most graceful and pleasing manner. Mrs. Bertha Montgomery President of the Club, very gracefully and in her most pleasing manner presided over the meeting and introduced the various speakers of the evening, among them being Mrs. E. L. Davis, Mrs. Nannie Reed, Hon. Ben. M. Thomas, assistant Attorney-General of Illinois, Walter G. Davis, candidate for City Clerk, William Ganschow, Republican candidate for City Treasurer. Hon. George B. Holmes, the next speaker to follow Mr. Holmes was Mrs. Harry Olson, and Mrs. Bertha Montgomery brought down the house when she presented Mrs. Olson to the audience as the wife of the next Mayor of Chicago. Mrs. Olson, who was just as lovely and as 'pleasant as anyone possibly could be and felt right at home while coming in contact with the Colored ladies and men present, stated as she arose to speak that it was the first time in her life that she had attempted to deliver a political speech, she caused every one present to heartily laugh for she started right off to talking like an old tim epolitical orator, on the whole her remarks were timely and right to the point; she let it be known that "after all there is not much difference between the average run of civilized human beings: and that it is very foolish for anyone to hate any person simply on account of their religion, nationality or the color of their skin," and there is no question about it she made many votes and friends for her husband, Hon. Harry Olson. Mrs. Olson sprang from one of the oldest families in this Country, her ancestors were among the earliest settlers in America and some of her relatives have bravely fought on the side of right and Justice in every war in this country, from the Revolutionary war down to the present time and she has the great distinction of having one son and 18 cousins, nephews and uncles in the late war for a worldwide democracy. Judge Olson was the last speaker of the evening and after discussing at considerable length the vital or the live issues, of the present Mayoralty contest, he declared; that he had always been friendly to Colored people; that when he was a boy, his father employed Colored men, in his contracting business; that the Colored men and the older members of his family, would all enjoy their meals together, around the family table, while he and the rest of the smaller children, would have to wait for their meals until the rest had finished eating. In winding up his talk for the evening, Judge Olson declared, that as a true-blue Republican; that he was justly entitled to receive his share of the votes, of the Colored men and women at the primaries, Tuesday, February 25, and if they would assist to nominate him for Mayor of Chicago; that he would see to it; that they received a square deal from his hands and would be treated as fairly by him; even better than they have been treated by Mayor William Hale Thompson. It will be recalled that four years ago that Mrs. William Hale Thompson promsied the ladies of this same Colored Republican Club four times, that she would gladly wend her way to the Second Ward and address them, in the mean time four years have passed away and so far Mrs. Thompson has failed to show up among the Colored people on the south side and as the meeting drew to a close a number of the Colored ladies present remarked that "they would work hard for the nomination of Judge Olson; that with him as Mayor of Chicago that they felt sure that the Colored women would have a good friend at court in the person of Mrs. Harry Olson. HON. THOMAS CAREY, STANDS SQUARELY ON THE FOLLOWING PLATFORM, IN HIS RACE FOR THE NOMINATION FOR MAYOR OF CHICAGO. BOTH MEN AND WOMEN CAN VOTE FOR HIM AT THE CITY WIDE PRIMARIES TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 25. PLATFORM THOMAS CAREY, DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE FOR MAYOR. CONDEMNATION OF THE GAS PLANT, and taking over of same by the City, to be operated as a Municipal Plant, (as in the case of the Water Works System). Gas to be furnished the consumers at greatly reduced cost. This can be done under the Act passed by the Illinois Legislature in force July 1st., 1913, Entitled "AN ACT to authorize Cities to acquire, construct, own, and to lease and operate Public Utilities, and to provide and the means therefore." (Session Laws of 48th. General Assembly page 445: Hurd's Revised Statutes 1915, P. 2049). This Act names Gas Utilities, Telephone and other plants, and gives the Cities of Illinois power to condemn and Construct same, "in the same manner provided by law for the taking and Condemning of Private property for Public use." The money with which to purchase the Gas Plant at the end of such condemnation suit can be raised by a simple process as follows; and it is to be remembered that the value would be fixed by a Court and Jury. The municipal bond total is now limited to 5 per cent on one third of the actual value of property within the city. The Constitution allows an indebtedness to be incurred up to five per cent of the actual value. Make the assessed value the real value for the purpose of purchasing any Public Utility and there would be approximately $100,000,000, issuable in bonds devoted to the purchase only of Public Utilities. Amend the State Revenue Law so as to authorize Chicago, or any other city, desireous of condemning any Public Utility, to pay for same by the issuance of bonds, upward of one-third valuation and up to the actual valuation. These bonds can be only issued by a vote of the people so there could be no abuse of the power. These bonds should be made payable first, however, out of a sinking fund to be obtained by setting apart the profits derived from the manufacture and sale of gas. In case such sinking fund should not accumulate sufficiently within twenty (20) years to pay off the purchase price, the two-thirds of the actual value of property now not assessed could be taxed to pay the bonds. HOWEVER, no doubt exists that, 2. IMMEDIATE START on the Construction of a thirty-five mile, double track Municipally owned, operated and controlled SUB-WAY TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM, to be paid for EXCLUSIVELY out of the City's Traction Fund now on hand of Twenty Five Million Dollars and accretions during the next four years term of Mayor; to serve all divisions of the City at a fare of not to exceed FIVE CENTS. TRANSFERS to be exchanged between said SUB-WAY lines and the Surface lines at all intersecting points. Acquisition by the City of the SAMTARY DISTRICT WATER POWER; and the creation of addiafter cutting out the dividends on watered stock, enormous salaries paid to the Insull magnates, and other wasteages, enough profits would be derived to pay off the purchase money bonds, without recourse to taxation, and gas could be furnished to the consumer at Sixty (60) cents per thousand cubic feet. tional WATER POWER at Brandon Roads, and the utilization of this vast power for the MUNICIPAL SUBWAY TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM, and other Municipal activities. bodies (some nineteen in number) as unnecessary; and in the interests of economy, eliminating gross overhead operative expense. Substantial recognition for the WOMEN in the Mayor's Cabinet. Repeal of the State Utilitie's Law and the Restoration of HOME RULE FOR CHICAGO. 6. The largest measure of individual personal liberty Consistent with the rights of all-CLEAN SPORTS. 7. CONDEMNATION under the above quoted law, of the property and plant of ANY privately owned public Utility corporation, such as the Gas Corporation, whenever it abuses its franchise right, and oppresses the people. THE MERE FACT that a MAN was in office who intimated such proceedings, would make such corporations more regardful of the rights of our citizens. 8. A good living wage for all City employees. 9. BELIEVING THAT CRIMINALS ARE INHERENTLY COWARDS I pledge myself, when elected Mayor, to put the fear of the Law in the hearts of all Outlaws; to suppress throughout the city, Haunts of felons, and places where crime is begotten; and to drive out of Chicago the Criminal classes. 10. REPEAL OF THE PAROLE LAW, under which murderers, Hold-up man and maudraiders are turned loose upon the community to shoot the brave policemen who arrested them. Treatment of habitual criminals with sternest Justice. Psychopaths and Sentimetalitsts are making a farce out of our Criminal Laws. 11. SPPEDY EXECUTION of the programme of PUBLIC WORKS AND IMPROVEMENTS of the CHICAGO PLAN COMMISSION, so that while the work progresses, employment will be given to our returning soldiers and at the same time Chicago will be building up to the levels and standards of the GREATEST AND FINEST CITY IN THE WORLD. The greatest possible official and civic support of the Movement to inaugurate a large constructive programme to meet the employment situation of the hour, and the upbuiding of Chicago at the same time. 13. THE GREAT LAKES AND STA LAWRENCE RIVER NAVIGATION PROJECT, together with CHICAGO TO THE GULF AND PANAMA CANAL PROJECT should make Chicago an INTER-OCEANIC CITY with unbroken-Cargo shipments to every Ocean on earth. 14. A BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION, in every detail and branch of the City Government, from the Mayor down through every Subordinate. In-angulation of the same standards for the Municipality's business that I have always maintained in my own private business. I promise that I will not devote my time to building up a political machine; but my aim shall be to serve all the people. 16. AN OPEN DOOR to the Mayor's office, with the Mayor ON THE JOB, at all working hours; of all working days during my entire term. 17. If elected I will run for no other office during my term of four years; nor will I permit the power, patronage, or influence of the Mayor's Office to become a political asset for any Faction, Contractors' Ring, aspiring politicians, or Public Utility Corporation. 18. As Mayor I will follow the same policy of CONCILIATION between LABOR AND CAPITAL which I have pursued successfully in my private activities. With Two Million Five Hundred Thousand people behind me I shall be completely able to execute the foregoing pledges. Chicago Man Gassed. Capt. Charles L. Hunt, during the fighting in St. Mihiel and in the Argonne woods of France, where the 370th covered itself with glory, was a major, but was reduced in rank with the signing of the armistice and ordered home. He wanted to stay in France, however, until he was certain that the war was over. He was permitted to do so, although all of the others in the regiment returned weeks ago. He was gassed on April 6. Capt. Hunt the first of this week returned to the United States from France on the Rotterdam steamship and it is expected that he will soon arrive in Chicago, his old home town. CHIPS Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Hensley, 3528 Vernon avenue; celebrated one of their wedding anniversaries Wednesday. Mrs. Bertha Montgomery, Mrs. Mrs. Nannie S. Reed and Mrs. Margaret O. Gainer, were delegates to the recent congress of the League of Nations, at the Congress Hotel in this city. W. H. Smith, the first business manager of the old Pekin Theater; left for Detroit, Mich., the first part of this week, where on Tuesday he attended the funeral of his aged mother, Mrs. Katherine Smith, who was far advanced in years. Mr. Smith has the sympathy of a large number of friends over the departure of his honored mother from this life. Corporal James A. Wheeler of 3560 Vernon Avenue a member of Company H, was killed in action September 28th, while lying wounded in a shell hole at Soissons. He leaves a wife. Chicagoans have very pleasant recollections of many pleasant hours spent at the home of Mr. and Mrs. "Jimmie" Wheeler and his death, is mourned by many. Many Colored women in the 30th ward; held a big meeting Wednesday evening; at 24 W. 51st Street, in the interest of Hon. Harry Olson, for Mayor of Chicago. Every day, the Colored men and women in all parts of Chicago are coming out stronger and stronger in favor of his nomination for Mayor of Chicago. Hard to Break Out of This. One of the oddest of jails is at Clifton, Ariz., which lies in an important copper region. This jail comprises four large apartments hewn in the side of a hill of solid quartz. The entrance is in a boxlike vestibule built of heavy masonry and the gates have three sets of steel bars. Hia Tribute Hans was on a visit to his grandfather's farm, and for the first time saw a lot of bees making honey. After looking at them with deep interest for a few moments he said: "Well, I must say they is certainly a wonderful lot of little animals." The highest spire in the world is that of Ulm cathedral, which is 530 feet in height; it was completed in 1890. Thirteen was the sacred number of the Mexicans and the ancient people of Yucatan. Their week had 12 days and they had 13 snake gods. Daily Thought. Earth changes, but thy soul and God stand sure.—Robert Browning. THE BROAD AX Published Every Saturday In this city since July 15th, 1899, without missing one single issue. Republicans, Democrats, Catholics, Protestants, Single Taxers, Priests, infidels or anyone else can have their say as long as their language is proper and responsibility is fixed. The Broad Ax is a newspaper whose platform is broad enough for all, ever claiming the editorial right to speak its own mind. Local communications will receive attention. Write only on one side of the paper. Subscriptions must be paid in advance. Advertising rates made known on application. Address all communications to THE BROAD AX 6206 So. Elizabeth St. Chicago JULIUS F. TAYLOR Editor and Publisher DR. M. A. MAJORS Associate Editor 4700 South State Street Phone Drexel 1416 Vol. XXIV February 8, 1919 No. 21 Entered as Second-Class Matter, August 19, 1902, at the Post Office at Chicago, Ill., under Act of March 3, 1879 Barometric Violin Abram Moses, a violinist of Baltimore, is the possessor of what might be called a barometric violin. Some time after Mr. Moses bought it, he noticed that at certain times it exhaled a strange and subtle fragrance like an aroma of Oriental incense Later, he observed that this fragrance was noticeable only when the weather was about to become damp. He obtained the violin in Paris some years ago when he was studying there Inconstancy Ever Unpopular Inconstancy Ever Unpopular. Nothing that is not a real crime makes a man appear so contemptible and little in the eyes of the world as inconstancy, especially when it regards religion or party. In either of these cases, though a man perhaps does but his duty in changing his side, he not only makes himself hated by those he left, but is seldom heartily esteemed by those he comes over to.—Addison. More or Less? Hickop had decided to turn over a new leaf, and he couldn't help letting everybody know. "I have helped for the New Year." he said, feeling if his halo was on straight. "that I shall not drink any more." "But, my dear fellow," protested a Doubting Thomas, "you couldn't drink any more. The point is have you resolved to drink any less?"—London Answers. Understanding Each Other. Those who fancy themselves not understood by the people with whom they have to associate-might find some consolation in the fact that they themselves are not taking any great trouble to understand others. We are really not so complex or peculiar as we often imagine, and perhaps we are not worth so much study as we demand.—Exchange. Reptiles That Shed Their Skin. Among the reptiles many, like the lizards and snakes, shed the whole skin at once, which they contrive to cast in a single piece, wriggling out of the old skin and leaving it behind them in the form of a hollow sheath, a mere ghost of the wearer. The frogs and toads contrive to make some profit on the transaction, since they eat their own castoff garments. Billion. In the United States a billion is 1 thousand millions. In Great Britain and European countries, the progress runs regularly, tens of millions, hundreds of millions, thousands of millions; tens of thousands of millions, hundreds of thousands of millions, thousands of thousands of millions, billions (that is a million of millions) Willie's Excuse The slang expression "hard-boiled egg" to denote a disagreeable person reminds us of a youngster who could not eat an egg without feeling distressed. Chided one day for speaking rudely to his aunt, he said: "I can't help it mother; she affects me just like an egg."-Boston Transcript. Troubles of an Expert "Another member of the staff wants a raise—says he can't live on his salary of $40 a week." "Who is it?" "Bullem, the bachelor editor of our woman's page. He writes those interesting articles on how to support a family of four to $15 a week."—Birmingham Age-Herald. ggp001ED THE GERMAN IDEA ‘of the Great oe pee Described as Typical . Well Be One eosteaa” | protably the only marble bust: of "'s mother was one of the ob- jos tat the Potsdam palace counted spot interesting relle. For beside pebest the visitor came upon s smal Geary every title of which relates be Bossparte family. This collection Prervely accounted for as the trait @Biocber's capture of the emperor's fens! Inesage, beside the selsare of pest of the Bonaparte family when the Spire fell in 1814 Prussian agents Paris during the various Tevolution- outbreaks are credited with “as ing” anything identified with fpeaperte or his family. One volume, ge alleced “Memoirs of Madame yee” (che mother of Bonaparte) jw: specially cherished by the Hoheb- Tiems, for old Kiser Wilhelm ‘qosed the chapters to be read to him ‘fies too ill to share the soldier drills {usrmy maneuvers. ‘The kaiser's to- jee io the Madame Mere reminis- fos was that Laetitia Ramonint, ecw’ by herself, was an exact rect the Teuton “hausfrau.” It was yerer-ending embarrassment to the igiren of Madame Mere that the old gy couldn't be induced to assume an jyerial state; that she remained to last the sagacious, economical ife, upon whom rested the re- -pasbillty of bringing up a brood of aot SUGAR GROWN UNDER PAPER New Method Introducéd Into the Ha- vwaiian Islands Said to Have Prov. ‘ed Highly Successful. Anew and very odd method of grow- ‘ing sugar cane is proving highly suc- cesful in the Hawaiian islands. When fhe cane is beginning to sprout, yard- ‘wide strips of 2 heavy kind of paper age Inid lengthwise over the rows of little plants and held im place with cmefeld trash. ‘The paper is strong exough to keep Gown and smother the starting weeds, but not to kill \ the stout and hardy young cane. In five or six weeks the Weed seeds beneath the peper have all germinated and been smothered to death, but the cane shoots have elther forced their way ttrough or erected themselves suffi- ‘dently to make Uttle tent-ike eleva- tm Laborers then pass along the mvs ind with long knives make slits in ‘he sheets, permitting the shoots to ‘tmethrough. ‘The liberated shoots at fusre blanched white, but quickly tmspeen and lusty. Weeding there tes almost wholly needless, be- wwthere are very few weeds. There increase of ten tons (about 28 per in'the yield of cane per acre, the ‘Sun says. Half the labor ts wed and the production of actual sa- pr per acre is augmented by more ana ton. The paper used is made it of “bagasse,” which ts the residue the cane after the sugary sap has een squeezed out of tt. When Spidere Molt. ‘When a spider is preparing to molt kt stops eating for several days and fastens itself by a short line: of web one of the main lines of its snare. ‘hich holds it firmly while it proceeds to undress. The skin cracks all around the thorax, and is held only by the front edge. Next the abdomen is un- rered. Now cumes the stragzie to thee the legs, It works and Ricks vig- croasis, and seems to have very hard work. But continued perseverance of stout 15 minutes brings it out of the ‘ad dress; it 1 ems almost lifeless, and ‘limp and helpless for several min- ue, bot gradually it comes back to We and looks brighter and prettier tun before. To young people this is ‘a operation of extreme interest. A ttle boy watehed the molting of a iy full-grown pet spider, and ran ‘his mother, saying: “Mamma, my ‘Wier undressed and bung his dress @a line” Sareea: ss Goat ts Regiment’s Pet. 4s 2 rule, regimental pets are ani- Sais which afe more easily domesti- Sted, such as the goat of the Royal Wesh fusiliers, who have long en- ered the privilege of leading thelr ¥et, with a shield on its horns, at the head of the drums. - On St. David's day, after dinner, ‘he drum major, accompanied by Billy, ‘ters the messroom with.e dish of leeks. He solemnly makes the round the table, followed by the goat, and Sry national vegetable to each Tren in the case of such a pet ac ‘ents, however, sometimes have hap- Peed. Once 2 drummer's boy, a light- Netht. was on the goat's back, when ‘Be incident annoyed the animal and ‘© youngster was summarily thrown ‘the mess table and killed outright. SSS in a Girt’s Pocket. “, Seat deal has been written, in ‘eth poetry and prose, about the relics ‘Ge boss carry in their pockets, writes & Ligh school reporter for the Te i? Republican, but for some reason ‘Sey missed the girls. Recently our in- Sstigstion committee held an inquest ‘Den 2 girl's pockets and found. the (Mowing: One scented. pocket hapé- Archiet, one vanity ease containing Pewter, mirror and some small change, ej omer rag, one crochet hook; one tal crochet thread and work, one tat tes shutte, one button hook, one nail coe wire Raley, owen be Rick chewing gum, «20h ‘er last beat, and! taree sensaeta, be sides numerous -ofds and Serer eer oe REMEDY. FOR NUMEROUS ILLS As You May Remember, an Old Song Gays “It’s a Very Good Plan te Forget it” “When a piece of American slang ‘shows vitality. end elective use for four or five years, it is safe to say ‘that fairly universal human quality Bet within \t, the Rutland (Vt) Her. observes, Such-fs the terse and mr = Wheb annoyed to the point of ex. ‘Ssperation by trivial people—peopie ‘Who gnaw the nerves and scarify the ‘Gisposition—what.a balm and healing Sere nr Me Shleneghy Pterget ‘When it seems berne in upon us like ‘& heaven-directed mission to go atilt- ing windmills, what @ solid, common- ‘sense ring there is to the inward men- tor which whispers, “forget it!” When bored by a stupid editorial, incensed by an intolerant sermon or swindled by a silly play, how much better to stifle the seething wrath and “forget it!" When victimized by a petty rascal, the loss not adequate to the necessary energy for redress, “forget it!” When abused by a drunkard, fool ‘or silly ‘child, “forget it!" When betrayed by 2 friend so deep ly that the heart changes and the Pleasant faces takes on falsity, “for get it.” When Old Man Bile poisons the dis- Position and life is saffron instead of blue and fair, take a pill and—“for get it.” How many wrongs are worth re membering? How many annoyances kre worth noticing? How many ¢riv- lalities are worth attention? The pit of oblivion swallows them, once we can take our philosophy ia both hands to “forget it” And if the reader takes life so ser jously that this convenient nullity offends, the remedy lies close at hand —“forget it.” USED BY OLD GREEK SURGEON Instruments Employed Two Thousand Years Ago Much Like Those of Modern Day. American surgeons realize now how much a rubbish heap may teach a man. A complete set of surgical in- struments yas found recently by men digging in 2 scrap pile in Colopon, ap ancient Greek city. In spite of the fact that they were used 2,000 years ‘ago there is not much difference be tween them and the implements that are poked into the anatomy of a mod- rn man. In the set are small knives with handles of decorated bronze, @ metal which the Greeks thought was especially healing. ‘There are also ‘several pairs of forceps, one of them used to extract the heads of arrows and lances from wounded warriors. Another instrament 1s for drilling holes in the bones of the skull, an- other for cauterizing the flesh. | Be- sides these are vessels for cupping ‘and bleeding, a small covered bronze box for delicate instruments, a slab of stone for mixing certain drugs, and & pair of scales which, still balance perfectly. In addition to these there 4s the handsome purple giass beaker, probably the drinking cup of the un- known surgeon who made use of all ‘these instruments. Packing House By-Products. The by-products in the packing house industry may be divided into two classes—the edible and the inedible. ‘Tuc imedible constitute the exfernal covering (hair, horns, hoofs and hides), some of the offal, and the bones. From these are prepared a great variety of substances, some of which have de- veloped into enormous industries in themselves, such as leather, soap, glue and fertilizer. The last mentioned rep- resents the ultimate utilization of Packing house waste. For example, in the manufacture of buttons, combs, knife handles and spatulas from the horns and hoofs of cattle and sheep ‘ang the hoofs of hogs the waste re- sulting from the prepardtion of these articles was at one time thrown away, but it has been found that by treating uch material with sulphuric acid the nitrogen which it contains becomes available as a fertilizer. Sean Gn Wine - State No other writers speak to us with the authority of those whose ordinary ‘gpeech was that of our translation of the Scriptures; to no modern is that frank unconscipusness possible which was natural to a period when as yet ‘Feviews were not; and no later style ‘breathes that country charm character. istic of the days ere the metropolis had drawn all literary activity to it- self, and the tramping feet of the mul- titude had banished the lark and the Gaisy from the fresh privacies of lan- guage. Truly, as compared with the present, these old voices seem to come from the morning fields and not the paved thoroughfares- of thought — jLoweil. * Fine Compliment. A great bishop not long ago paid a tribute to the work of the fra- ‘ternal society. In fact, he paid fra- ternals 2 compliment that we ought ‘to appreciate: - “| plead for the time when the tie of. the Christian church shall be as Binding on men as the tie of the lodge. Ail honor to.the fraternity that grips its men and makes them potent in good works for bumanity's uplift. The fraternities are putting shame to our heeke an cheech: on, sine: > OER ot widely Giverging lines of so- le ag tang Bom aati min HE BROAD AX, CHICAGO, FEBRUARY 22, 1919 SS eee TAKE ADVANTAGE OF SENTRY A pretty cofupiiment was that ee TV of Spain, himself a painte How South African Farmers’ Repel ti | Geced toa greater arcise, Vela vasion of Their Corn Fields by When Velasquez had finished Bands of Baboons. a titans ninae Apropos of @ statement tn the news- Papers that the baboons in South Africa were easy victims of the Spax- ish “fu,” very few people realize bow human these animals are. They are very like men in some respects, ob- serves @ writer in London Answers. For instance, a troop of baboons— for it has been proved that they pear- ly always go about in large companies —always post a sentry. He is placed im some prominent position, so that he can give immediate warning in the event of any hostile attack. ‘The baboon's cry somewhat resem bles a German “Hoch!” shouted through a megaphone, and it is pos ‘Sible to talk to'them by means of it. ‘A baboon Is.said to be able to count up to two, and not beyond that; and as they come in large numbers and carry off the ripe mealies, steps have to be taken to repel them, And 60, when the mealies get ripe, three men walk into the field with thelr guns and le down. After a time one of them gets up and goes out and the baboon sentry counts—one. Later on another goes out, and as the sentry only counted two men coming in, he concludes that there is nobody left in the field and accordingly gives the signal, where- upon the whole troop swarms over the fence and begins to gather the ‘corn. As soon as they are near enough the third man shoots them down with a repeating rifle, and if he isa fairly good shot thelr numbers are greatly diminished. 3 . SUCCESSFUL WAR ON WEEVIL ‘Australian Grain Growers Used Poison Gas to Combat Deadly Enemy of Their Crops. The weevil is a well-known curse to the graimgrowing farmer. He Is a member of a very large group, Tejole ing in the family name of curcuhon- idae. There are some other members which live to spol! nuts, some which ravage apple ofchards, while others make war upon clover and legumes generally. One variety 1s threatening the very existence of the cotton plai- tations of the southern states, an other lives to make difficult—at times impossible—Egyptian agriculture. The weevil’s eggs are laid in immature grains and the creature develops 1t- self through the larva stage at their expense. Wherever grain is taken, the weevil goes along and so discovers new countries for its habitation. Everywhere it ts at home, and grows with the growing grain. Australia has suffered, and its unsold grain accum- ulated through the war years, during which the length of the voyage made it impossible to obtain transportation to Europe, was found to deteriorate through {ts ravages. But our fellow citizens on the other side of the world are notoriously hard to beat, and set to work vigorously to war against these restless grubs. A leaf was taken from the German book, and the Use of poison gas was resorted to with apparently deadly effect. ‘Tae Mathes Cite The city of Hyderabad, on the great Sind desert of India, has the reputa- tion of being the hottest place in the world, having a shade temperature of 127 degrees durmg the summer months! Even the natives find it hot —and that is saying something. In order to cool their houses as much as possible, the people make use of curious ventilators very much like those on shipboard, “setting” them so as to convey # breeze to the dwellers in the hot rooms below. Every resi- dential building has several of these queer sirshafts leading down to the principal living rooms, and especially to the bedrooms. Even so, it is prac tically impossible, during the terrible heat of summer, to get to sleep until two or three o'clock in the morning, and then one only gets a couple of hours’ rest, as the rays of the Indian ‘sun are specially strong early in the morning, and soon raise the tempera- ture again to an unbearable extent. Papal Guard a Picked Body. ‘Service in the papal guard has be come an ‘hereditary honor in many prominent families in the cantons of Zurich and Lucerne, handed down from father to son through genera- tions. Its requirements are of the bait Ti. oeseann ene tions have as discipline. Every candidate for the corps. must be a ‘Swiss citizen, at least 5 feet 8 inches tall, unmarried, in good health and free from all bodily disfigurements. He must present his baptismal certificate, & certificate or pass from his home and a testimonial ef good character from his parish authorities. After one year of good conduct the cost of his Journey from Switzerland to Rome is Fefunded. Mow Flying-Fich Fis. ‘The popular notion that Sying-Gsd beat their “wings” is a mistake, if one seman be a Capt, these by an seuthority, ‘It appears that the wings sre not true organs of flight, but mither play the part of a parachute or an air plane. The whole motive power Is supplied by the tall, which acts as a So Se ae ‘of the wings in the alr currents abd. their occasional shift of inciina- tien are not phenomens connected with the propulsion of the fish in Its aerial fights Pafee. Fe A pretty ‘was that Phi; TV of Spain, himself a painter, tex- dered to a greater artist, Velasquez When Velasquez bad finished his fa- mous picture “Las Meninas,” which includes not only Philip and his queen. but the artist himself, brush in hand. be asked of the King, “Ie anything wanting?” “One thing only,” answer ed Phillp; and taking the palette from Velasquez’s bands, he painted on the dreast of the artist's figure in the pic- ture the Cross of the Order of Santl- ago, the most-distinguished in Spain. * — Animai’s Strong Instinct. Some animals are remarkable, in- eed, for the wonderful development of love and devotion they possess and show toward men. They are so acate ‘in the sense of their affections that ‘they seem to perceive the feelings of their master in advance of his expres- sions, Masters of dumb animals have often been heard to declare that their animals were quicker to detect in them & spirit of anger than were their fel- low men. ‘Trinidad Lizard Farm. On the island of Trinidad there ts today a veritable lizard farm which has all the equipment for the success- ful breeding of these none too numer- ous members of the reptile family which are now known to be indispens- able to the sugar planters. In nddi- tion to this enterprise a wider search is being made for toads to help in- crease the world’s sugar output. Custom Hard to Down! Pens made of feathers were common in the seventh century, but so inveter- ate was the old habit of writing with reeds on parchment and paper that it continued a-long time after the first use of quills. The custom of carry- ing @ pen behind the ear is ancient, as may pe seen in the life of St. Odo: “He saw a pen sticking in his ear in the manner of a writer.” Poor Relative’s Figure. She said with a sigh, “My, how giad I ew that I have a poor ‘relative’s fig- ure! I can wear anything from the frocks made for Cousin Anne, who Is nearly six feet and looks like a clothes- Pin, to the suits built for Cousin Jane, who Is five feet and welghs one hun- dred and eighty." Black Marble. Black marble may be cleaned with a mixture of equal parts of pearlash and soft soap. Apply this with a flannel and let it remain on for some min- utes. Then rinse, first with warm and then with cold water. When dry pol- ish with a paraffin cloth until it shines. New Word. One of our exchanges tells about a man who “unthoughtedly” left his pocketbook, containing $5, on a counter in a railway station. As an addition to the English language we maintain that unthoughtedly is unthinkable— St. Louis Republic. Now You'll Take Better. Because flashlight powders are not ‘swift enough for the most rapid pho- tography an electrical device has been invented which lights the powder and then snaps the camera shutter when the burning powder is at its greatest brillianey. aulida tulinnaemen Perhaps the best definition of classic is that given by Lowell: “Something that can be simple without being vul- gar, elevated without being distant, that is neither ancient nor modern, al- ways new and incapable of growing ola” Seeing as Well. By a Frenchman's invention as a lan- guage student hears » word spoken by & phonograph he also sees it appear on a printed roll in conjunction with its translation in his own tongue. fine Keep Children Erect. To make a child maintain an erect position while writing at a school desk @ German has {nvented a rod to be at- tached to a desk, terminating in a cup ‘against the child's chin. Keeps Hands and Feet Out. 4 Greek inventor has produced machine which automatically cleans and packs more than 150 cases of cur rants an hour withost contact of bu- ‘man hand or foot. ay ae ee | ‘The Savoyards rub a crashed clove ‘of garlic upon a spot that ‘has been stung by © wasp or bee. This maker the swelling go down and drives away the pain. =” Long-Fett Want. A species of cactus gtowing prolif cally tn Algeria has been made by French scientists to yield 14 per cent of sugar and about 60 per cent alcohol. Imternationality. Make this our conviction: “I am: not born for one corner of the earth; ‘my gountry is this world”—Seneca. Sree Neighbor Women Note. Among the senses that of overhear ing some to be the most ecute.—Te edo * a Early American Newspapers. ‘The. Set “soungipe pees te Sets sgn le ae ton:on September 25, 1600, was called Publick Occurrencts. It was {ntended as a monthly, but had only one issue, as It was immediately sup- pressed by the government for political ‘reasons. The Boston News-Letter was the first permanent newspaper in this country, and usually receives credit for being the pioneer, as it wes the first that survived. This initial num- ‘ber appeared on April 20, 1704, and its publication was continued for 72 years. Doctors’ Fees Regulated. ‘The fees of doctors were prescribed by law in Babylan in the days of Neb- uchadreszar. The code.of Hammarapl, the great lawgiversprovided: “If a doc- tor has operated with a bronze lancet on & man for a severe wound, and has cured him, or has removed a cataract with @ bronze lancet for a gentleman and cured the eye of the gentleman, he shall receive ten shekels of silver. If the patient be the son of a freed- man, the doctor shall’ receive five shekels.” AROSE SERN Sy Aboot Roller Skates. Roller skates were patented and used in France as early as 1819. A few years later an Englishman named Sy- ers patented them and manufactured them in London. Syers’ skate consist- ed of a sandal mounted on five narrow wheels in s single row, so arranged, however, that only two of them could touch the floor at the same time. Sev- eral other similar skates were patent- ed in England during the next 40 years. ; Not Up to Jane has often envied small playmate who has a baby brother and she frequently expressed a wish for a wee brother, too. When her wish came true she was happily excited un- til she had een him. Auntie noticed her disappointment and asked Jane if she was proud of the new baby. Wistfully the child answered: “I guess I ts, but I think he Is a size or ‘80 too small.” ews In the “Ade.” A well-written advertisement’ is al- ways also a news item. It tells what, where and for how much. It is the ad- vertiser who speaks and it is the read- er who gets the message. It is glad news for both. There is pleasure in knowing that you can part with some- thing to supply another's need, just as it is a pleasure to know where you can get something that is much de- sired.—Columbus Dispatch. Removing Old Putty. A great deal of scraping can be saved, when putty Is to be removed, by brushing over it some nitric or hydrochloric acid and leaving it for an houn or two. A brush that Is ‘of no further use should be employed. ‘as the acid ruins it. The putty at the end of the time will be found softened to such an extent that little more than a wipe is needed. ‘Sunny Dispositions. 1 think it was Carlyle who said: “The man who can laugh way down deep in his diaphragm can never com- mit murder.” And he should have added that the man with a whistling disposition can nevér be mean, abuse SSA tela = Sioed amcetane Se pay his rent—Fern Howard, in Mil- waukee Sentinel. Bad for Discipline. “I understand there's a tendency to rop ‘Aye, aye, sir. in the navy.” “That would never, do.” “Of .course not. It's one of the traditions of the service. If that sort of thing were encouraged it wouldn't be long before & ‘gob’ would be saying ‘Yep’ to an admirai”"—Birmingham Age-Herald. - Coral Beads. Coral beads are apt to lose thelr fresh appearance. To clean them put piece of soda about the size of a pea into @ bowl of water hot enough to dissolve the soda. Rub some ordinary ‘soap on the fingers, then rub on to the beads between the hands. Rinse them in clean cold water. . Grease on Leather. Rob the stain lightly with ether and then If there are any marks left sponge away with a weak solution of oxalic acid. If you are afraid to trust your ‘own ability to remove the stain take ‘the grip to a leather store where bags are sold. a _ Af we knew half as much at forty as we thought we knew at twenty, we could be drawing princely salaries as prophets, instead of grubbing along at plain work—Exchange. ‘The Head of the Family. Ap inquisitive scientist states that the average American family is com- pored of 46 people. . Who is the 6? ‘Why, the old man, of course. Depressing Reflection. Right always wins, but one can't always wait 600 years to see it do it. —St. Louis Globe Democrat. acai BEDE Sie ‘men —Tesenes 7 | Ancient Bee Industry. Bome time back in the prehistoric ‘era and probably antedating the time when mankind had tamed the wild bens and organized them in the busi- ‘Bess of producing “strictly fresh Inid eggs.” buman kind hed annexed the bee, or, anyhow, had made a business of robbing the wild bees, Bee farm- {ng is 00 new thing under the sun, but the bees were never before so care- fully bred and cross-bred nor so in- telligently assisted in the boney-mak- ing game es at present. Not a Summer Resort. ‘Very few Europeans are able to live in Hyderabad, India, during the sum- mer, and the stalwarts who manage to endue the awful heat do not venture ‘out of doors during the middle of the day at all. The white troops stationed there are not allowed out of barracks from nine o'clock in the morning till five o'clock, or later, in the evening, as the scorching sun and desert heat have claimed many victims from sun- stroke and heat apoplexy. ‘Senate Ottawa Cale ‘The Chinese, horse is really a pony somewhat after the type of the west- ern broucho. It.comes from Mongolia and ts known as the Mongolian pony. It is an exceedingly hardy animal, thrives om food on which a western animal would starve, is able to carry heavy loads long distances, and is very ‘useful in many ways. As a racing an- imal it is characterized by speed and stamina. China exports between 1,500 and 2,000 of these ponies each year. Putting It Plainly. A Judge, whose personal appearance 4was as unprepossessing as his legal knowledge was profound, Interrupted a female witness. “Humbugged you, mY good woman!” said he. “What do you mean by that?” “Well, my lord.” sald the witness, “I can't explain it exactly, but If a girl called your lord- ship a handsome man she would be bumbugging you!” Satie O88 ic: cts Cement Bobert had been arriving home late from ‘school. At noontime his mother told him If he repeated the offense she would punish him. -When he came home that evening it.was five o'clock and supper was ready. Upon seeing his mother he thought he might coerce her into forgetting, and said, “Mamma, I is nearly starved—let's eat first and talk business later.” Probably Astonished Pussy. A cat has been in the habit of sleep- ing on a rubber mat under a dynamo in Cleveland's power house. Somebody removed the mat and the cat slept on an iron plate. It didn't seem to hurt the cat, but her fur became so charged with electricity that ever since it bas stood stiff on end like the bristles of hairbrush. Evidently Hers. Alice is interested in the sayings prébted each day. A few days ago she read one that was signed with initials the same as her own. The small miss was excited and, bringing the paper so her mother might see also, she joyful- ly explained: “Mamma, here's say- ing that must be mine, ‘cause It’s got my Mnitials "broidered right on the pa- oor Strange Plant. A little plant called the adoxa or meschatel is often found in Welsh Bedgerows, and is (writes a natural- fst) the only species of its genera in that country. The leaves have this pe- culiarity that whilst they emit a de- lightful musk-like odor, when handled er crushed they become absolutely @centless. Learn to Use Both Hands. You have noticed perhaps that left- Banded people seem to have an ad vantage over right-handed people in betig able to use the right hand with greater ease than right-handed people can use their untrained hand. It Is a good thing to practice writing and drawing with the left hand. Seek Truth Even in Error. ‘There is no error so crooked but it hath In It-some lines of truth. nor 1s any poison se deadly that it serveth Bot some wholesome use. Spurn not 2 seeufng error, but dig below Its surface for the truth—Tupper. @eod in Discontent. 4 lot is said about contentment, but iscontent has its value, too. It is the wainspring of progress. A man must be discontented with what be has be- fore he will try to better bis circum- stances. World's Best Climber. ‘The world knows no better climber} than the Rocky mountain sheep. —Cht-| ago Daily Journal. Big Dye Factories, Japan has 80 dye factories, with an ‘annust capacity in excess of 10,000,000 pounds. ‘And They Come High. ‘Tt sounds fuany,” said the face tious feller, “but most deep thinkers have lofty thoughts.” ‘Optimistic Theuchkt. I regret often that | have spoken, ‘Bever that I-have Been silent. 2 THE BROADWAY [Name not visible] ALDERMAN LOUIS B. ANDERSON Republican candidate for re-nomination Ward. HIs thousands of loyal a claiming his re-nomination and one of its best and leading me NEW ISSUES IN ALDERMANIC CAMPAIGN. Republican candidate for re-nomination, for Alderman from the Second Ward. Hh thousands of loyal and steadfast friends are loud in proclaiming his re-nomination and re-election to the City Council, who is one of its best and leading members. From the Second Ward Republican Headquarters, Alderman Louis B. Anderson issues the following vigorous statement for the consideration of the voters. Among other things he said: "Mr. De Priest and myself have each served two years in the City Council. While there we both made a record. He says that he is running upon his and I know I shall stand on mine. I have published for the information of the voters the main facts in my record. Thus far De Priest has never published the high marks in his Council record. I ask the voters why? Can a man run for office upon a record which he refuses to disclose? An examination into that record will show why De Priest has never attempted to give his record in the City Council. During his two years, nineteen (19) places were given to the Second Ward. De Priest did not secure one of them for our race, although he went into office when the Thompson administrtation began with all the city patronage. De Priest was satisfied to let Alderman Norris have all the patronage. In doing this De Priest sacrificed his race in office for his own personal gain and selfish interest. Anderson Record vs. De Priest Record "Although De Priest secured no offices for the race out of the nineteen (19) to the Ward while two years in the Council, during my two years with all the Thompson patronage distributed and places filled, I have secured twenty-one places for the Ward and seventeen of the positions for my race, as against none for De Priest while in office. The places which I secured in many instances had never before been held by members of my race, such as truant officer, policewoman, assistant play ground instructors and instructor in white industrial school, besides numerous temporary appointments in various branches of the public service. Since Alderman Jackson's election, together we have obtained thirty-five (35) places for the race as against none under Mr. De Priest as Alderman. As to our official records this ought to be conclusive as to which record is for or against the race. "When you tell a De Priest follower of these two official records he answers, See what De Priest has done since he has been out of office. They PAGE FOUR 1 admit that De Priest did nothing for his race while in office by refusing to tell what he did. If he had done anything in office. De Priest would not fail to have it published. For since he has been out of office he has not only published what he has done and magnified it many times, but he has claimed everything possible which anybody else has done. For example, he claims credit for the six (6) places in the Recorder's Office which were secured by Attorney A. L. Williams long before De Priest allied himself with the Deneen faction. But suppose that it were true that he has done many of the things which he announces in his unofficial record, then he has done more out of office than in. The most ordinary sense, therefore, would dictate that it is better for the race to keep him out of office where his published record shows he at least tried to do something for his race, a thing of which he never thought while he was Alderman as shown by his record. The De Priest Circular. "Although De Priest gives us no circular of his official record, he was good enough to publish what he calls his unofficial record. In fact he has given us a second and revised edition of this unofficial record. In both of these editions he tells us that he distinguished himself in the City Council, yet he failed to disclose in what he became distinguished. I must confess that when he left the City Council, he was certainly distinguished. This is one time when he used the proper word in the right place. His name was sent around the world under more indictments than any other Alderman in the history of Chicago. The records of the Criminal Courts show that De Priest was indicted nine (9) times and strutted about under more than $45,000.00 bonds. He was charged with various forms of disorderly conduct and indecency tending to debauch the public morals. Without passing upon his guilt or innocence, it is contended that our race cannot afford to select as our official representative a man under such public indictment. I prosecuted Police Captain Max Noothbaar, and had him transferred from the Second Ward for race discrimination. What did De Priest ever do in behalf of his race which more than this tended to provoke and arouse personal hostility? If De Priest was indicted because he stood for his race, I have stood for the race more than he. Why have they not indicted me? You must conclude that De Priest was indicted for something else than standing for his race. De Priest Confesses Charges. "In the first edition of the De Priest circular he confesses that he is still under charges while running for public office, to wit.: "Being now practically freed of the accusations made against him, he submits his candidacy to the people, making his fight on his record." ALDERMAN JOHN J. TOUHY MADE A SPLENDID RECORD THE CITY COUNCIL. Two years ago, Alderman J. Touhy broke into the City Council as an independent candidate the 18th ward, and he has such a splendid record in that and has become so popular with classes of his fellow citizens this he may be popular. "In the second edition this confession is left out, it would appear as if he had repented for confessing the truth and tried to take it back. However, the first edition still stands and is preferred because true, and when taken in connection with the Criminal Court record, it is too plain how De Priest would deceive and impose himself upon the race to the great injury of us all. "De Priest says indictments are nothing and walks about under them as though they were so many diamonds or foreign decorations. I do not believe that any people can afford to elect any man to office under these circumstances and of all peoples our race can least afford it. And as the chosen representative of the people, however painful, I must call to public attention the full record of De Priest, that the people may know to what dangers and disgrace he still insists upon forcing upon our people and our city. HON. GEORGE B. HOLMES, REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE FOR THE NOMINATION FOR JUDGE OF THE MUNICIPAL COURT. Hon. George B. Holmes, regular Republican candidate for associate Justice of the municipal court, is so well and favorably known throughout this city and county that he needs no long introduction to the many readers of this paper; he has very successfully practiced law in this city for more than twenty-nine years; he is an honored member of the Chicago Bar Association and the Chicago Law Institute. "His integrity and ability qualify him for the office" are the words of the Board of Managers of the Chicago Bar Association with regard to his candidacy. The Bar Association Primary placed him 8th in a list of 33 Republican candidates at the last Primary. He served with the 1st Ill. Vol. Infantry in the Siege and Capture of Santiago de Cuba in 1898. In the Mexican trouble he served in the Mobilization Camp on the Staff of the Adjutant General. He is a member of the Society of Foreign Wars; of the Santiago Society; Sons of American Revolution; Sons of Veterans; 320 Mason; Fernwood Lodge I. O. O. F.; Council 313 National Union; South End Business Men's Association and other organizations. He is also a member of the Hamilton Club; the Chicago Motor Club HON. GEORGE B. HOLMES Republican candidate for the nomination for Associate Judge of the Municipal Court, (to fill vacancy); he is a first class lawyer, a highly cultured gentleman and a warm friend of the Colored race and every Colored man in Chicago should vote for his nomination at the primaries, on Tuesday, February 25. ALDERMAN JOHN J. TOUHY HAS MADE A SPLENDID RECORD IN THE CITY COUNCIL. Two years ago, Alderman John J. Touhy broke into the City Council as an independent candidate from the 18th ward, and he has made such a splendid record in that body and has become so popular with all classes of his fellow citizens, that this year he is the regular Democratic candidate for Alderman of that ward. Both men and women can vote for him. The Municipal Voters' League sounds his praise in the following manner: "Mr. Touhy is serving his first term with a good record. Has been conscientious and painstaking in his Council work and enjoys the good opinion of his colleagues. By long odds he is the best democratic alderman his ward has produced for a generation." H. Franklin Bray, D.D., Supt. Servece Every Night in the Year. Services continue to be attended with the presence of the Holy Spirit and men are being saved daily. The Supt preached at Grant Chapel Sunday morning, assisted in concluding the Quarterly Meeting at Hyde Park in the afternoon and preached at Chicago Heights at night. Monday night he preached at South Park M. E. Church in the city-wide revival being conducted there. The SUNSHINE RESCUE MISSINON is the only place in Chicago where services are held every night in the year for colored people. A hearty welcome awaits you there. The Mission will be glad to have any cast off clothing, shoes, etc., you may have for the unfortunate of our city. We have many deserving needy to minister daily.—"C" and the Old Colony Club. He is highly indorsed for the municipal Judgeship by hundreds of the most eminent lawyers in this city. Mr. Holmes was born at Fairlee, Vermont, December 12, 1867; was married September 30, 1897, to Miss Mary Amy Myrick, and they are the very proud parents of one son, a member of R. O. T. C. and of the Black Horse Troop at Culver Military Academy. He came to Chicago in 1885 and has resided in this city ever since in the 32nd Ward continuously. His residence: 441 West 102nd Place. Mr. Holmes' father and grandfather, were both conductors on the underground railroad back in Vermont. Their home was one of the underground railroad stations and they assisted many runaway slaves to make their escape, over into Canada where they became freeman. Mr. Holmes himself, has always been friendly disposed to the Colored race; he spent all day last Monday, in assisting to welcome home the "Old Fighting Eighth Regiment" and beat the writer, in arriving at the La Salle Street station, to see them arrive; therefore, every Colored man, in this city, should feel; that they are highly honoring themselves, by recording their votes, in favor of his nomination for judge of the municipal court. 107 PEEL HON. HARRY OLSON Regular Republican Candidate for mayor of Chicago, whose thousands of warm friends feel sure of his calling and election. GAS USERS VICTIMIZED. Many Complaints of High Gas Bills Are Due to Operators of a Petty Swindle. PERSONALS. Mrs. Elizabeth Lindsay Davis, 3710 Indiana Ave., addressed a large an Petty swindlers are taking advantage of political attacks on the gas company to market a gas burner that breeds trouble for consumer and gas company. The gas company's investigators find that thousands of these wasteful burners have been sold in Chicago this winter and are the cause of a large part of the complaints about high gas bills. "Here's the way to get ahead of the gas company," the smooth talking salesman tells the housewife, as he goes from door to door in the older residence districts, where gas is still used for lighting. Then he shows her the big burner that looks like the ordinary tip but is much larger, puts it on a gas jet in place of the ordinary tip and shows her the big flame it makes. "You see," he adds, "it takes the place of that small tip and doesn't burn any more gas, but gives you a lot more light." Then he collects fifteen cents—a quarter—half dollar—anything he can talk the housewife out of—for showing her "how to get ahead of the gas company." When the purchaser of the "jumbo" burner gets her next gas bill and finds it has jumped up a dollar or so, she blames the gas company, and not the smooth salesman. As a matter of fact, the "jumbo" burner uses up more than three times as much gas as the ordinary open flame tip. It burns six times as much gas as the "junior" incandescent mantle light (which the gas company sells for only fifteen cents), and gives much less light than the "junior." A "jumbo" burner in operation for 150 hours (about one month in the winter) will burn $2.30 worth of gas. A "junior" mantle in the same length of time will burn only thirty-nine cents worth of gas and give much more light. To get rid of the kicks on bills caused by these "jumbo" burners, the gas company is offering to give a "junior" mantle burner free, in exchange for every "jumbo" brought to its office or to a branch store. This "jumbo" case is a good example of the way the gas company gets many a kick for things it is not to blame for. Bridging Suez. Three bridges have been built across the Suez canal at Kantara, thus linking Egypt and Palestine by railroad and road. Daily Thought. Chance is a word void of sense; nothing can exist without a cause.—Voitalre. mayor of Chicagó, whose thousands of of his calling and election. Mrs. Elizabeth Lindsay Davis, 3710 Indiana Ave., addressed a large audience at the Baptist Church Braidwood, Ill., Sunday, Feb. 16, under the auspices of the Sojourner Truth Club So pleased were they that Mrs Davis has been invited to return in the near future to talk to a larger audience of all the citizens, both black and white of that pretty little city. PHYLLIS WHEATLEY CLUB. The Phyllis Wheatley Club held its second monthly meeting at the Home 3256 Rhodes Ave.Wed Feb.19, and completed arrangements for the dinner which the Club is to serve the City Federation, Monday, March 3rd, at the People's Movement Club, 3140 Indiana Ave. Reports were read and other business transacted. TWO CHICAGOANS WIN D. S. C Washington, D. C.—The commander in chief of the American expeditionary forces in the name of the president, has awarded the Distinguished Service cross to the following named officers and soldiers for the acts of extraordinary heroism described after their names: First Lieutenant William J. Warfield, Company L, Three Hundred and Seventieth infantry—For extraordinary heroism in action near Ferme de la Riviere, France, Sept. 28, 1918. Although 'separated with his platoon from the company, Lieut. Warfield continued to lead a stubborn resistance against enemy machine gun nests, successfully capturing a gun and killing the crew. After having been seriously wounded he still continued in command, refusing relief until his objective was reached, Home address, 3517 Prairie avenue, Chicago. Sergt. Norman Henry, machine gun company, Three Hundred and Seventieth infantry—For extraordinary heroism in action near Ferme de la Riviere, France, Sept. 30, 1918. While leading his squad under heavy fire, Sergt. Henry displayed great bravery and coolness by repairing a damaged gun under direct enemy observation. He proved of valuable assistance to the one remaining officer of his company in assembling the scattered units of his company after they had reached their objective. Home address, 5127 Dearborn street, Chicago. --- PERSONALS Mrs. Nancy Johnson, Pres Mrs. Josephine Lockett, Rec. See' E. L. Davis, Pres. Juanita Hawkins, Rec. Sery. THE BATTLE SCARED HEROES of the "Old Fighting Eighth Regiment" Now the 370th U.S. Infantry, arrived in their Old Home Town, Chicago Early Monday Morning, amidst the applaudits of a vast multitude of people. The greatest honors and demonstration was showered upon them, during their march from the La Salle Street Station to the Coliseum, which has so far been accorded to any of the Soldiers returning Home from France. Monday morning, shortly after seven o'clock, the officers and members of the "Old Fighting Eighth Regiment," comprising almost thirteen hundred men, arrived at the La Salle Street Station, right from breaking the Hindenburg line in the greatest and the bloodiest war that the world has ever witnessed, and from the very minute that they arrived in this great city in the morning until they left it in the evening for Camp Grant, where they will be mustered out of the war service, they were welcomed home and warmly received like unto royal potentates, kings or the most popular rulers of the world. The President of the United States at no time has ever been more loyally and heartily received in any part of this broad land or even in the old world, than were the returning "Black Devil" or fighting heroes of the "Old Eighth Regiment." Numberless thousands of people were standing all along the streets from the La Salle Street Station to the Coliseum as they passed by. Many of them were waving flags, shouting, singing and crying, so overjoyed were they over their safe arrival home, the whole downtown district was in a constant uproar, for their homecoming acted like an electric spark which seemingly ignited and illuminated the whole city. If anyone would attempt to write a story which would extend from Chicago to New York City in relation to the arrival of the regiment at the Coliseum, they would still be incapable of painting a true pen picture of that long to be remembered, most remarkable scene or demonstration in honor of the homecoming of the Eighth Regiment, whose members had covered themselves over with the highest honors and with undying glory on the bloody battlefields of France, who had put the Kaiser and his crack German army to flight and brought the war for a world-wide democracy to a speedy close. By the time that the men had rested their arms, in the Coliseum fully thirty thousand people had crowded into it and about that same number of people were on the outside unable to get into it they stood around in the cold and snow from eight o'clock in the morning until 2 o'clock or a little after that time, when the regiment started on its march through the down-town district, near ten o'clock Col. William Nelson Pelouze, chairman of the city welcoming committee delivered a short ringing address welcome to the officers and men of the regiment in behalf of all of the people of Chicago and the people of Illinois, at the same time introducing of Hon. A. H. Roberts, chairman of the citizens committee, who spoke in part as follows; at the conclusion of his remarks he presented Rev. A. J. Carey who was the head orator of the day which also follow; Col. T. A. Roberts, at present commanding the regiment made a few side remarks in introducing LieutCol. Otis B. Duncan, who really delivered the most memorable speech of the occasion. Hon. Adelbert H. Robert, Chairman of the Citizens' Committee, spoke in part as follows: I don't wonder that the boys and men, representing as you represent today a race of fighters, should have been among the first to carry the flag across the Hindenburg line. I am not surprised that the black boys here present were called by the Hun "The Black Devils," and that you came back to America with your breasts covered with medals indicating that you have performed distinguished service. I am not surprised that you brought back from across the Atlantic the bacon and had not the Kaiser quit so soon you would have brought the Kaiser back with you. The only thing the black soldier needs is the same thing the black civilian needs—a chance, and he will make good (applause). Everlasting honor and glory goes to the boys of the 370th from Col. T. A. Roberts down to the humblest private in the ranks. One regiment like the 370th Infantry would be able to drive every enemy of this nation into oblivion." Dr. A. J. Carey said: Members of the 370th U. S. Inf. All hail! In the name of the great State of Illinois and in the name of our martyred President Abraham Lincoln, in the name of our General Ulysses S. Grant, in the name of the 12 million black men and women of all America, I bid you the heartiest welcome home. In the years gone by we have talked of what our soldiers did in the past—in the Revolutionary War, in the War of 1812; we have read with pardonable pride of General Jackson's commendation of the black soldiers when fighting at New Orleans. We have been thrilled time and again as we have been told of the noble fighting of the black boys at San Juan Hill, but from this day on the story will have another chapter—we will take, our place in the world's history, in that history the boys of the 370th will stand out. In the revolutionary war we fought as slaves; in the Mexican War we were still slaves; in the Civil War we were fighting for our freedom and in this war the black boys fought for the freedom of the world. Not only Chicago, not only Illinois, but the whole world dofs its hat to the heroism, bravery and courage of the black boys of the 370th. THE BROAD AX, CHICAGO, FEBRUARY 22, 1919 army—and now I plead with America to give these boys and members of their race—give them fair play. All these years I have contended that the blood of Chrispus Attucks the martyr who sacrificed his life for American Independence, that the sacrifice made by our fathers at Bunker Hill; through all the Civil War; at San Juan Hill give us a claim on America, but I stand here today to tell you that the 950 men of the 8th Illionis who died on French soil gives us a claim upon the friendship and gratitude of the entire world. And when I think how the black soldiers poured out their life's blood with that of the white brothers, fighting for world freedom, I cannot conceive how any man or any race can be so little, so narrow, so mean as to bar the door of opportunity in the face of a single man because his skin is black or he belongs to a race called Negro. Hear me and then you can write another story. In the name of 1,000 boys of the 370th we call upon you Col. Pelouze, Senator Harding, Col. Roberts, and every other white man who loves truth and honor, and justice, to stand by these black boys and the race to which they belong. So that this great United States of America gives them fair and square play and they will do their part." Lieut-Col. Otis B. Duncan really delivered the best oration of them all. "This is a joyous moment for us. We are glad to be here and it is almost impossible that we show to you by word or action how glad we are to be with you and how we appreciate this welcome you have prepared for us and are extending. We do not wish to appear to you as phenomenal heroes or extraordinary patriots but just true and tried human soldiers who have performed every duty placed upon them as the citizen [Image of a man with a long, curly white beard and a dark suit with a bow tie. He is facing slightly to the right, and his face is partially obscured by a shadow.] THE LATE IMMORTAL FREDERICK DOUGLASS. His memory is still fresh in the minds of twelve million Afro-Americans. He reached the highest pinnicle of fame and statesmanship, in America. His one-hundred and second birthday anniversary has been celebrated this week by the Colored people in all parts of the United States. soldiery of Illinois have ever done. "We left you a few months ago at the moment of our country's battle, knowing that if the last drop of blood should be spilled the world would be safe for democracy. Col. Denison out before a multitude on your Lake Front declared when he returned we would return to you in honor or we woul not return to you at all. We have kept the faith. The grand and noble story of Illinois and of Chicago which inspired us to enroll our names in this human cause has inspired us in every effort on the devastated battlefields of France. "People of Chicago, allow me to say that to your boys who constitute the greater part of this regiment, you owe much—the they have suffered every blow without complaint; no fire was ever too heavy for them, no weather ever too rough; there was no complaint on any of the conditions of the war—the only thought was, "I am here to perform my solemn duty. If I survive it when I get back to State Street in Chicago the demonstration given me will heal every sore, will be a blessing for every hardship and for every endurance, every wound, the reception I receive will be a star in my crown." All of this is glorious—but we must pause, we must bow our heads in sorrow for the memory of the departed dead. The saddest of it all is to return to you without them. We bow our heads in grief—but not long, for they died for a glorious cause; they died that the world might be free for democracy. Those men are not here. To the mothers, fathers, sisters, sweet-hearts and friends we can only say, they are not here, they are left on the battlefields of France—the they are dead but not forgotten. Their memory will forever live. There are no monuments covering their last resting place; some of them lie in name- less graves, but their names will go down in history. "It has been a fight for a free world-wide democracy. It is a fight of government of the world for the people, by the people and of the people. If it is not exemplified in all the corners of the globe, the 8th Regiment stands at attention, resting in place, ready for the next call to arms. We appreciate this welcome and will never forget it." The interior of the Coliseum was wonderful to behold; its floor space was one seething mass of humanity and we never expect to gaze upon another scene like it, the longest day that we remain on this earth, every few moments during the reception, handshaking, laughing, embracing and crying on the part of some old mother who had just discovered that she had lost her son or some one else who was near and dear to her, the strains of sweet dancing music would float through the air from Capt. William Berry's one hundred piece band and 20 to 25 thousand men, women and children "caught the spirit" at one time who would start in and wiggle and dance to beat the band. Hon. Charles S. Deneen, Hon. William Hale Thompson, Hon. George W. Dixon, Hon. F. W. Peck, were among the prominent citizens who witnessed that long to be remembered panorama from the speakers stand, and when Col. Franklin A. Denison, entered it, who had trained the members of his regiment almost to perfection, he was loudly greeted with a mighty whoop on the part of those whom he had lately commanded planly indicating that they still hold him in high esetem and entertain the greatest amount of respect for him. The North end of the Coliseum was provided with long tables and more than 500 soldiers could be seated at one sitting they were allowed two hours time in which to enjoy their dinner; one hundred of the best and most prominent Colored ladies in this city felt highly honored in being permitted to wait on them. Not long after 2 o'clock the soldiers were ready for the parade, the soldiers wore their full fighting outfits including their steel oiled helmets, their Lee-Enfield rifles, with which they can shoot from three to five miles or as far as they can clearly see an object; self-determination and a fighting bull-dog spirit was still stamped all over their bronzed faces and in every way they were fully capable of striking terror into the hearts of the Germans and it was no wonder that the Germans called them the "Black Devils." The formation of the parade was Capt William Berry's Band of one hundred pices, 1. Spanish War Veterans 2. K..Templars, West. Consistory 3. K. P.'s 4. Kit and Comfort Club PAGE FIVE ROES the 370th early Monday est honors and La Salle Street diers returning 5. Gold Star Mothers 6. Ladies G. A. R. 7. Patriarchs 8. Foresters 9. Elks 10. Lady Elliotts (Foresters) 11. First Aid 12. Blue Stars Club 13. A. M. E. Ministers 14. Hostess' Committee 15. Woman's Service League 16. City Federation 17. Colored Doctors and Dentists 18. Y. M. C. A. 19. R. M. 20. Chicago Guards Police Reserves, Home guards MAJOR R. R. JACKSON, Gen'l Chr. HON. A.H. ROBERTS, Chr. Cit. Com. M. LEWIS, Sec'y ARTHUR BORNER Grand Marshal. It was headed by the Chicago Guards and their officers, members of the Central Training Department United States Army. The parade was reviewed at the Art Institute by Mayor Thompson, Col. H. O. S. Heistand, adjutant of the Central Department in the absence of Major-General Leonard Wood and by many other distinguished citizens. Col. and Mrs. F. A. Denison rode in it in an auto right at the end of the soldiers. The people lined the streets all along the line of march from 16th street and Michigan avenue to the Grand Central Station, where at 5 o'clock they entrained for Camp Grant, it was estimated that five hundred thousand people viewed the memorable and history making parade or homecoming demonstration in honor of the "Old Eighth Regiment." Many of the large buildings in the loop were decorated with American flags in honor of the occasion. For many hours business of every kind was at a stand still and La Salle street one of the greatest business streets in the world and all of the down town district was transferred over to the Colored people. The complete list of the officers and other members of the regiment who received honor medals and other decorations for distinguished service in France appeared in the last issue of this paper. "BLACK DEVIL." DIAMOND Danville, Ill., Feb. 20.—Although his comrades are back in Illinois and ready for the mustering out at Camp Grant, news of the death of Charles Bradley, member of Company L of the "Black Devils" the old Eighth Illinois National Guard regiment, was not reported as killed in action until today, when his parents received the War Department's official notification. Bradley was third baseman for the Danville Colored Unions and had played with Chicago, Indianapolis and St. Louis Colored teams, and was regarded as good enough for the big leagues had he been white. --- PAGE SIX Why does the farmer no longer dig up his fields with a spade? Why does Why does the tie up his fields with the builder no longer make his own bricks of straw? Why don't we walk from New York to Washington? A Why? Because we have improved. Men are too clever to waste their time and energy making pins by hand or splitting rails with an ax the way Abraham Lincoln did. Labor saving machinery has been devised to release men's energies for better things. The men who used to pound out nails with a hammer, and turn out one nail in five minutes, are tending machines that produce thousands of nails in the time they could make one nail by hand. So it is with everything in industry. That is why the modern farmer can cultivate thousands of acres of land in the time he used to spend on his tiny back yard; why the builder can construct skyscrapers instead of little houses, and why we travel from New York to Washington in speeding express trains. That is why the women of today are learning, and thinking. Labor-saving machinery has crept into the home to make possible for every woman leisure hours in which to read and study. Any woman who does not avail herself of the new devices is as foolish as the carpenter would be to cut down trees and saw them by hand into boards before he set to work to build a cottage. Put a fireless cooker into your kitchen. Make use of electricity the way men do in industry, and see how much more you will be able to accomplish with less effort. Get vacuum cleaners to save your backs. Get an electric washing machine to save your hands for piano playing. Stop kneading dough and get a bread mixer. Electric irons, power sewing machines, were not invented as a luxury. They are here to help women. Use them. Be as progressive as the blacksmiths and the pin makers. FINISHING OFF THE EDGES Machine Zigzag Stitching, Battlement Effect, Ruffling or Plaiting, Add to the Decoration. The edges of things, or rather the way those edges are finished, make such a difference. This is particularly true of bundles. And yet, when you stop to consider how little real time and trouble it takes to add a row of broken stitches in groups of three, as compared with the charming effectiveness of the finished garment, the wonder of it is that more attention isn't given to the "edges." Here are but a few of the lovely things that can do duty as decoration, as well as finish: Machine hemstitching worked zigzag, hemstitching in battement effect, ruffling or plaiting of net in white or color, easy stitches, and tinted laces. It is an easy matter to pencil off an irregular line for the hemstitcher to follow; and that is perhaps the very easiest finish of all. But the tinted lace and net idea is quite the newest and most effective. Both are seen usually done in tiny, tiny plaits. Among the easy stitches which are always effective and pretty nearly always within the vogue, come French knots worked in groups of three, alternating short and long blanket stitch, long horizontal stitches interspersed with squares or dots worked solid, and the aforementioned straight stitches worked in threes. These are especially decorative done on the slant, the stitches graduating or alternating in length. ADVANCED SPRING STRAW HAT 8 This model, a winsome design, is of navy blue pineapple straw, and is cherry trimmed. New Touches in Embroidery. The newest thing in children's dresses are those trimmed in hand embroidery, often in some figure or picture such as a flower pot or the popular Nenette and Bintintto. for success in buying blouses. A woman must have, or must acquire, a true knowledge of the juxtaposition of fabrics. She must know what material in a blouse goes best with the material of her suit or her separate skirt and top coat. For instance, georgette, beaded in a bold design, does not go with a homespun or a cheviot suit. That is merely one example out of a dozen or two others that could easily be enumerated. The truth about georgette—which is worth repeating because the fabric plays so dominant a role in separate blouses this year—is that it looks far better as part of a costume than as an addition to a coat suit. As a peplum blouse worn with a skirt of its own color, or in harmonious contrast to it, it is very good; not as good as satin or silk jersey, but commendable. It may be ornamental, if one can adopt that type of blouse, and even trimmed with beads, which is a debatable form of ornamentation on a separate garment, but not impossible for certain types of women. Because of the adoption of uniforms through the war there is a strong recrudescence of the tallored linen shirtwalt for women, especially in horizon blue, shrimp pink and dead white edged with color. These have tucked fronts, long plain sleeves, regulation armholes, turnover cuffs with link buttons, and the collar of a French student of the Second Empire. Women have found that a rolling collar with a slight bit of starch, worn with a cravat, is an attractive neckline. Only the very young woman with a slim, smooth neck can attempt the high turnover collar, either starched or soft. Below a face that shows the marks of time this collar is impossible. Blouses as Part of Costumes When the French designers made the peplum blouse and then sat back in watchful waiting for its success, which took long to come, they created something that was very worth while. American women see the light today, and they grasp with eagerness the possibilities of this outside tunic blouse. It is difficult to persuade a certain set of women that there are other types of blouses. Nothing could induce them to return to the kind that tucks in under the skirt belt. They feel they have eliminated this awkward line around the middle of the body, and they choose all their blouses after the tunic pattern, whether for railroad suits or for service with a separate skirt under a fur coat. It is sometimes permitted to tuck the back of the blouse under the skirt, provided there is a front panel that drops, apron-wise, below the waist, and an ornamental belt which runs from each side of it to the back. This is the most ingenious compromise between the new and the old blouses. Blouse Inspired by American Indian. Fabrics are now chosen for these tunic-like garments that have never been considered in the making of short shirtwaists. Kid. for instance. That is a material unheard of among the weavers as part and parcel of women's apparel. Yet the new kid tunic blouses, sent from France and copied in this country, are excessively smart and better liked by certain well-dressed women than the hip blouses of caracul cloth worn during the midwinter. These kid tunics make a woman look THE FASHION OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY Peplum blouse of heavy black satin, with wide flat collar of fine cream lace. The hem is turned under to form a puff. It is tied at the waist with a narrow dull-silver cord. amazingly like her Indian predecessors in this country. Colored skins are chosen, and on dark surfaces there is an ornamentation such as the Indians put on their pottery. Take a dark-blue kid tunic worn with a black velvet skirt, have it ornamented in a pottery design in yellow and black and a thread of dull red, and you get an exceedingly ingenious costume. The milliners are quite willing to match up these kid tunics with turbans and the woman who likes to look like an Indian chooses a turban, not in kid, but in taffeta, with upstanding quills painted at the tips. (Copyright 1918, by the McCormick Company.) THE BROAD AX. CHICAGO, FEBRUARY 22, 1919 Discarded Evening Gowns Also Offer Excellent Materials for the Fashioning of Such Garments. When a few yards of material picked up at a very low figure on a remnant counter can be turned into a charming gown for home wear there seems to be no excuse for a woman disregarding the feelings of her own family by wearing something that is unbecoming, half worn or soiled. It is so easy for a woman to express her real individuality in these items of in-time apparel that the temptation to possess a number of them is strong with the average really feminine type of woman. A couple of widths of rich brocade may be transformed into a lovely gown by the simple process of cutting an opening in the center so that the head may be slipped through, finishing this neatly, of course; catching the material together underneath the arms and allowing the front and back panels thus formed to flare as they will over a slip of soft chiffon or lace. Or two or three widths of chiffon in contrasting colors may be laid one over the other, the underneath section being full-figure length, the next one a trifle shorter, and so on, and 1 Negligee of Satin and Lace. possibly a lace scarf topping the whole. A charming robe d'interior is the result. The sketch shows a simple and graceful negligee made of lavender satin, with front and back panels laid in large tucks. An old-fashioned lace shawl draped about the shoulders completes the garment. Of course it is not essential that a shawl be used, and, instead of lace, a brocade or a figured silk volle may be used for the coatee. Discarded evening dresses often offer excellent materials for the fashioning of negligee garments and, regardless of the fact that we are no longer at war, fabric saving is advisable. There is no prospect of an immediate reduction in prices, and until France and Belgium are again able to produce textiles it is not likely that either prices or supply will return to normal. FASHIONS IN BRIEF Cord belts or gold are being worn. Evening wraps still blouse at the back. The oval necks appear on tiny girls' party frocks. A graceful negligee of peach blossom satin has an odd silk-tasseled hood. A gown of mauve tulle is ornamented by a large orange rose at the girdle. A perfect gown for a woman in the thirties is of gold cloth, velled with black net. Black tulle is often worn over gold lace, making a simple but excellent evening gown. The long-waisted bodice of black jet starts many a frock of black velvet on its happy way. A most beautiful cape is of sapphire-blue satin banded deeply with old-blue braidcloth. Handkerchief linen frocks for morning wear in the South have nothing but hemstitching for decoration. A traveling costume of green velours has a shawl collar of monkey fur and a silver-buckled leather belt. A Little Advice From a Buyer. Here is what experience has taught one buyer of coats and suits and dresses: First, get that which is becoming, for the really becoming frock is never out of style. At least, there are always occasions when the becoming garment can be worn, whether or not it is this season's or last year's. Seek the color that is most favorable to you, and avoid the one that is not especially so, no matter how smart you may think it appears. Then, in general, if you really must, get the odd and unusual garment. The first vertebrate creatures to succeed in producing vocal sounds were the amphibians, and, although there has been little variety in their individual repertories through the ages, they have diligently cultivated their powers. Dr. Frank Overton, in an account of the frogs and the toads of Long Island, describes their distinctive calls and songs. The common toad of Long Island has "a combination of a low whistle and a moan"; the common toad of the mainland utters "a sweet, thrilling whistle"; the spadefoot makes a squawk "like the groan of a deep-voiced man who is having his tooth pulled"; the chorus of the cricket frog "heard at a distance sounds like jingling of small sleigh bells", and close by "like the rattle of small pebbles poured upon a cement pavement." The common tree frog utters a loud, musical trill, and now and then a note "exactly like the sound make by a hen turkey that is calling to her mates." The spring "peeper" whistles shrilly; the leopard frog says "croak" very slowly, "in an extremely low-pitched bass voice"; the pickerel frog makes a soft sound like "a gentle musical snore"; the wood frogs heard at a distance "sound like a flock of barnyard ducks clucking, not quacking"; the note of the green frog "resembles that made by plucking a string on a harp or a bass violin." The bullfrog has a voice that in volume corresponds to the size of his body, which is more than eight inches long. "The sound resembles the bellowing of a bull." Doctor Overton can pick out the species by their voices and the notes.—Youth's Companion. CARPET WEAVERS OF INDIA Hard to Imagine Work More Monotenuous Than That in Which They Pass Their Lives. Carpet weavers of India work in a long, narrow shed, straw-thatched, without any walls, open to sunshine and the fitful breeze that stirs the swaying plumelike leaves of the slender palm and coconut trees rearing their tall, proud heads above it. Four or five or even more boys sit on wooden boards on the mud floor in front of the old-fashioned loom, their feet resting in a shallow pit underneath it, dug especially to receive them. In one corner squats a man, his back probably turned to the weavers, his eyes dreamily gazing into space or quite shut, droning: "Three magent, two green, five blue, one orange," and so on. His sleepy sing-song sounds, to one unfamiliar with his language, like the babbling of one talking in his sleep, or like muttered prayers. But he is neither dreaming nor performing his devotions. He is dictating to the boys at the loom the colors of the thread that each respective worker is to twist about the particular strand on which he is working. The lads obey his commands as mechanically as if they were automats. None of them knows aught of the scheme of the carpet, nor is any of them conscious of the progress that is being worked out on the other side of the carpet from that on which the weavers gaze. Why Navy Blue. The blue color so prominent in the uniforms of almost all marines is of hoary origin. Vegetins, in his fifth book on the military affairs of the Romans, traces the origin of this color to the Veneti, an ancient people dwelling near the coast of Biscay and well versed in seamanship. It was customary among them to paint their outgoing ships as well as the masts and sails with a blue color; also their soldiers and sailors wore blue uniforms. According to our author, the Latin word "Venetus," which was both the name of the color and that of the people, points to its origin. From the Veneti the custom was adopted by the Romans. Thus the son of Pompelus, after defeating Caesar's fleet in a naval battle, wore the navy blue, although entitled to the purple. The Veneti were subdued by Caesar after a severe maritime war in 56 B. C. Keeping a Diary. Every once in a while we read of men who have kept diaries for years and years—since babyhood or longer. What a welded idea to be locked up in that relentless manner with the past! Only of course they don't really. They say they did, but they lie about it. We saw one of these diaries once. Six months of it were filled with two entries repeated over and over: "Saw May;" "Did not see May." The last entry was, "Married May." That was the only sensible diary we ever saw, and we haven't a doubt in the world that it was all faked up afterward to jolly along May.—Los Angeles Times. "Gude Tidins o' muckie Joy." The Scottish American reprints the story of the first Christmas in dialect from "The New Testament in Braid Scota," a translation by the Rev. William Wye Smith. Here are sample verses (Luke ii: 10-12): And the angel said, "Be na gliff'd: for I bring ye gude tidins o' muckie joy to the hall warld! For thar is born t'ye this day, in Dauvid's toun, a Savlour, who is the Anolmit Lord. And here is the token for ye; ye'e sin' the balm row't in a barrecoat, lyn' in a manger."—The Outlook. If Man Ever Really Learns How to Manage a Wife He Selfishly Keeps Is to Himself. It has come to be almost a tradition that men give advice, not take it. A pleasant novelty appears in Good Housekeeping in the shape of pungent philosophy on the marriage question, written by Dorothy Dix. "De papers is full of heart-to-heart talks to wives 'bout how to keep young an' willowy, so as to retain deir husbands' affection, but deren't a word in 'em, from kiver to kiver, to men 'bout how to keep de hair on dair hails an' from gittin' to look lak beer kegs on skids in order to preserve deir wives' love. "An' when a gal is gwine to git married, her ma, an' her married sisters, an' her cousins, an' her aunts takes her off to one side an' des fills her up wid useful hints 'bout gittin' off on de right foot, and' strikin' her husban' for his pay envelop befo' he gits well enough acquainted wid her to dast to refuse her, an' drawin' de line at mo' dan one evenin' out a week, an' de odder matters dat helps a woman be de fust finger in her house. "But you never heah of a father, nor a brother, nor a friend whut's passed through de tribulations of matrimony hangin' up any red lanterns as danger signals for any odder man dat's about to start on de maternalm' scursion. Nawm, ef a man ever finds out how to manage a wife he keeps de snap to hisseid an' leaves evy odder man to work out his own salvation de best he can." GROW FAR ABOVE SEA LEVEL Cedarte Flourish In Full Vigor at Altitudes Surpassing Height of Most Mountain Peaks. Eleven thousand one hundred feet altitude above sea level is some distance above the clouds for the habitat of a species of a great tree which attains a circumference of 16 and even 18 feet. The tree is the western mountain cedar, and it is found growing in full vigor at elevations of from 8,000 to over 11,000 feet in the southern portion of the Sierra Nevada and where this huge mountain chain merges over into the Sierra Madre, running down into Mexico. In most of the mountain regions of the United States 11,000 feet is at or above timber line, but in these southern Sierrares are many genial high valleys and pockets where huge trees are found at altitudes which surpass the height-of most mountain peaks. The snow covers the peaks and slopes for a great portion of the year, but with the earliest melting the trees start growing and in the case of the mountain cedars make an even greater annual growth than many of the lowland trees where the want of water compels a short growing season. These huge mountain cedars are close cousins to the great cedars of Lebanon from the timbers of which the temple at Jerusalem was built. The American cedars, however, are more upright. In growth than the cedars of the Old World. Educational Problems in India The Girls' school at Katra, Allahabad, can accommodate but few Hindu girls in the boarding department because of the difficulty of caste. One Brahman girl who was very anxious to enter the school had to be refused because she could not do her own cooking and take the full course, and she could not because of caste regulations eat at the clubs with the Christian girls. A woman was found who would cook for her, but this woman refused to wash the dishes, because to do so, would make her ceremonially unclean. A second woman said she would wash the dishes, but she couldn't cook for the Brahman girl because she was of such a low caste that the girl would not eat her cooking. As it was impossible to take in two extra women besides the girl she had to be refused.—The Continent. The "Evil Eve." The evil eye was the power supposed to be possessed by certain envious persons to bring woe and misfortune upon the prosperous and happy by means of a malevolent glance. It was a belief that spread itself pretty well over a place even in minds of the highest caliber. It is odd that Bacon, who conceived and explained a new system of philosophy, could seriously consider a piece of nonsense like that of the evil eye, yet he emerges a moment from the charmed realm of knowledge to say: "Envy, which is called an evil eye, seems to emit some malignant and poisonous spirits that take hold of the spirits of another; and is said likewise to be of greatest force when the cast of the eye is oblique." Fishing for Dyes It is not generally known that there exists in the Mexican gulf a half-brother to the cuttlefish of the Indian ocean, from which formerly the world's supply of India ink was obtained. The Indian cuttle, when pursued by sharks or other birds of prey, exudes a black, pastelike substance, which discolors the water in its wake, blinding its pursuer, and, screening itself from view, makes its escape. This exudence gradually comes to the surface in a foam and is eagerly gathered by the natives, who kned it, dry it, press it into cakes, ready for the market—always commanding a good price. Draughtsmen have for two or three centuries used India ink because of its deep copy and indelibility. Quotations With Which All Are Fa- miliar Acquire Popularity Only Because of Their Merita The quotation worthy of the high title of "familiar" must have stood the test of time and passed unhurt through the shifting tastes and fashions of centuries. In its lofty or in its humble way it must show that, like Shakespeare, it "was not for an age, but for all time." I used the word "humble" because the rhymes of childhood, of the nursery, fulfill the requirement of age in a quo- worthy to be called familiar. Twem intrinsic, their abstract merits may appear slight, they may even seem to be sheer nonsense, but they are passed on by mothers and nurses and by the children themselves from generation to generation. We may be assured that they would not thus have lived and prospered if they had not possessed some quality, however slender, of genuine worth, of real humor or imagination, which gave them permanence. Then there are the popular sayings the folk tales and ballads and the songs of the people with an ancestry lost in the mists of antiquity, which stored in human memory and kept alive only by human lips, have come down across the centuries with their endless variants until at last they have been gathered up by the collector and the antiquarian and made safe from oblivion by print and paper. These tales and ballads are often rude in form and expression, but no curious inquiry is needed to explain their long life and lasting familiarity. In then you find wit and wisdom, sparkes struck from the hard flints of experience by men and women struggling unknown through what we call life—Henry Cabot Lodge in Scribner's. FORTUNATE IS HOMELY MAN If Unduly Attractive, the Unhappy Male Seems Doomed to Misfortune All His Life. I have no objection whatsoever to children being beautiful, or to young girls being beautiful, or to a woman of whatever age being beautiful. But I do insist that for a man not to be homely is his misfortune, Irvin S. Cobb writes in American Magazine. The handsome male starts with a handicap at the very cradle. Women of all ages insist on cooling over him and talking baby talk to him and chucking him under the chin and kissing him—especially kissing him—and since he is not of an age to appreciate these attentions the whole procedure must annoy him fearfully. Should his beauty last into his boy hood the chances are that he has the sort of mother who will make him wear his hair long and force him to go about publicly in a broad lace collar and a black velvet suit with a sash about his waist, and that means other boys will call him by offensively apt nicknames and generally make him young life a burden to him. Most woeful of it all, if still his beauty sticks to him after he has arrived at man's estate, only a determined and persistent struggle against the odds of destiny and of circumstances can save him from drifting into the ranks of the matinee idols, the moving picture stars and the floorwalkers in the department stores. Concrete Oil Tanks Storing oil in concrete tanks is the invention of an Englishman. A tank with a capacity of about ten gallons was recently made with a chemically treated concrete aggregate, and after being allowed to "weather" for seven days molding was filled with paraffin oil. Thus filled, it was placed in a shed, where it remained for 15 weeks; at the end of this period it was carefully examined. With the exception of evaporation, no loss had taken place; there was no sign of leakage, and the outside walls of the tank were free from the smell of its contents. Upon removal from the spot on which it had been standing no trace of paraffin could be detected, nor had the under side of the tank acquired any smell. This is probably the most severe test that could be applied to any container. Wonderful Island. White island, 30 miles from New Zealand, is probably the most extraordinary island in the world. It consists of an enormous mass of rock nearly three miles in circumference, rising 900 feet above the sea, and is perpetually enveloped in dark clouds, which are visible for almost a hundred miles. The island is rich in sulphur, which for some reason has not yet been adequately utilized. In the interior is a lake full fifty acres in extent, the water of which has a temperature of 110 degrees Fahrenheit, and is strongly impregnated with acids. Great quantities of steam escaping from craters on one side of the lake form the cloud that continually envelops the place. Children's Fancies Children live in a world of fancy. Whatever may be the real nature of the things they see those things to them are real. Remember that the child has had no experience by which to judge the importance of practical relations of what they see or imagine. Even men and women sixty years old misjudge events, misunderstand relationships of things, attach absurd importance to their imaginings. How must it be with a child who has not been here long enough to test his visions by the standards of observation and experience?-Exchange. ) ] i f! Stop Thief! @ TE 7 = here at the right, (actual size) is a robber on any gas lighting fixture in Chicagb. _ if you have one, get rid of it! It makes high gas bills and causes a great many of the com- plaints that come to us, Claims that a “Jumbo” will more This le the - light without using more gas are false, Catnee mantle burners to get more light with less ee five fhours a day for a month, the “Jumbo” consumes $2.30 worth of gas; a “Junior” mantle burner, in the same time, consumes only 39 cents worth, or $1.91 less, and gives much more light. cmon We sell “Junior Mantle” lights ai .. complete for only fifteen cents, JSS. (which is less than “Jumbos” usu- 4 & T . ally cost) or give one free, in ex- | q change for a “Jumbo,” at our i 4 ; main office orany of these stores: q oft ? Wet Side 360 rng Pak id 4 cps) : 2142 West Madison St. 408 West Ave. i : 1709 West 12th Se. South Side AS } Met Mivaiee Aen Woe x 3} ~~ 4033 West Madina St. 303" tan Sou Be. 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Write plainly, only on one side of the paper. Address all communications to THE BROAD AX 6206 South Elizabeth Street, Chicago, Ill. Phone Wentworth 2597. JULIUS F. TAYLOR Editor and Publisher DR. M. A. MAJORS Associate Editor 4700 South State Street, Phone Drexel 1416 IMPORTANT NOTICE For resolutions, obituary notices, cards of thanks, write-ups, special announcements of events to happen, when a charge of admission is made, and the opening of new business enterprises, etc., 15 cents per line; 6 words or fraction makes one line. Personal or social items such as marriages, births, deaths and everything of a general interest, published free of charge. Entered as Second-Class Matter, August 19, 1902, at the Post Office at Chicago, Ill. Under Act of March 3, 1879. JULIUS F. TAYLOR Editor and Publisher DR. M. A. MAJORS Associate Editor IMPORTANT NOTICE Personal or social items such as marriages, births, deaths and everything of a general interest, published free of charge. Entered as Second-Class Matter, August 19, 1902, at the Post Office at Chicago, Ill., Under Act of March 3, 1879. THE GALLANT EIGHTH The Eighth Regiment or Three Hundreth and Seventieth as they are now known in military parlance was given an ovation last Monday, Feb. 17th, 1919, that ought to make every Negro in America proud. They have done something. The entire reading world has been interested in the work which so nobly and patriotically engaged them, and it is a matter of very great concern to the Negroes of America. Suffering the cruel usage of tyranny that attention has been called to the part the Negro soldier has played in the great world war across the sea. The great metropolitan press of every large city of the U. S. A. has sounded their praises, lauded their valor, and given them a sun or spot light position amoong the pertinent and worth while happenings among mankind. It is likely we may not fully realize or appreciate the splendor and the merit of their military achievements at the present time. We may be too near the event to view it with a history loving fondness. What they have done is so unusual and we are so unaccustomed to applaud the races great heroes, and sing of their prewess. The time is coming swiftly and is almost here when all the world will give credit more to solid work and achievement and less notice to the color of the race, since it is of the human race. Chicago did itself great honor in the huge greetings made, at the depot, at the Coliseum, along the crowded boulevard, bedlam of noise, all to pay homage due these bronzed men of a purposeful race, who know things, do things, and keenly feel the sting of ugly oppression that stalks with gaunt head and leering eyes ever and anon. Medal bedecked with every synonym of valor, or badge of distinction from all the fighting nations that chanced to meet them with the clash of resounding arms proudly they strode with helmet, gun, and pack down Chicago's greatest boulevard, with that proud spirit of men who have proved to the world that they can take care of themselves where other and bolder, and more daring, but no less intrepid soldiers of another race failed, and fell. In other years, and grander, brighter years made so for all of us, because of these fearless fighters in France, sober, suncrowned men and women of every race are going to know kinder and gentler truths, and --- PAGE EIGHT 4 1899, without missing one single issue. lices, Protestants, Single Taxers, Priests, their say as long as their language is ed. other whose platform is broad enough for right to speak its own mind. receive attention. Write plainly, only in advance. .....$2.00 1.00 own on application. RY 22, 1919 No. 23 EDITOR and Publisher Associate Editor State Street, Drexel 1416 ANT NOTICE notices, cards of thanks, write-ups, to happen, when a charge of admis- of new business enterprises, etc., 15 mon makes one line. such as marriages, births, deaths and published free of charge. 19, 1902, at the Post Office at Chicago, Ill. of March 3, 1879. have better and nobler heart feelings for the black boys of America, who broke the Hindenburg line through shot and shell, with bayonets shining with fresh blood shed of an enemy they put to rout for the need of saving the rest of civilization. There were not raw recruits they fought and battled back when the fifth French brigade were paying heavily the cost of war with their bodies against the German steel. They were the flower of the German army poorly matched against the black soldiers of America who knew no fear to face the galling fire of sharp shooters long trained to soldiers highest strategy. The spirit and the dash of men long schooled to war could only furnish fun for these "black devils" who now through manly might went forth where ugly death licked laughing tongue and with mocking fiendish overconfidence were put to route. The world had read of Santiago and had been given a dainty touch of the black soldiers valor, and had the notion that history might repeat itself. America breathes that same glorious spirit through lung, and heart, and brain of Negroes, and triumphant America shouts with lusty hearts for what America does. She is proud of her black soldiers, and because she is proud, the black American catches a gleam of a glorious, nobler future that tells a true, holier story of her awakening. Fortunate, indeed, are we to answer the call of arms. Greater and sweeter will be the victory of our race when men will have taken a deeper and stronger hold upon the sterling principles of a nobler humanity. When color distinctions will have been stricken down by the bleeding bayonets of fundamental truths. Then the race will have fought their noblest battles, and truth will triumph. DISCIPLINE. Men do not like to be bossed, but military discipline has taught them that, arrangement, order and system compel that a certain form of exactness must reach a degree of perfection. Governments rely upon their military forces to keep the social order of the world, and discipline is the first training a man gets in order that he may know the true value of service. Out of this learning how to bow to discipline and military training have come the greatest generals the world has produced. Service is the great human mainstay, no matter of what kind if it is useful. This is what promotes the worlds progress and our social and economic well-being. --- Vote for HON. Thomas Carey The Peoples Candidate for MAYOR of Chicago Both Men and Women Can Vote for Him At the Primaries TUESDAY February 25th THE BROAD AX, CHICAGO, FEBRUARY 22, 1919 EDITORIAL PAGE Opposite County Bldg. Tel. Majestic 7999. Hours: 8 to 5:30 The Library. Consider what you have in the smallest chosen library. A company of the wisest and wittiest men that could be picked out of all civilized countries, in 1,000 years, have set in best order the results of their learning and wisdom. The men themselves were hid and inaccessible, solitary, impatient of interruption, fenced by etiquette; but the thought which they did not uncover to their bosom friend is here written out in transparent words to us, the strangers of another age.—Emerson. Purpose in Life. Have a purpose in living. Alm to be somebody and to do something, and to know just what it is you mean to be and do. Some people pity those who fall short of their ideals—the inventor who falls, the statesman who is so far in advance of his constituents that he receives censure instead of praise. But these are not the ones who need your sympathy. Save your pity for those who are drifting through life without a goal, who are living without a purpose. Best Work at Seventy Rosa Bonheur finished at seventy her "Horses Threshing Corn," the largest animal picture ever painted, and which was sold for $60,000. In 1896, on her seventy-fourth birthday, she finished a painting representing the historical combat between two stallions to which Lord Godolphin invited his friends in 1734. For Mending China Mix a teaspoonful of alum and a tablespoonful of water and place in a hot oven until it is quite transparent. Wash the broken pieces in hot water and, while warm, coat the broken edges thinly and quickly, as it sticks instantly. Your china thus mended will bear hot water and ordinary usage. Ink Stains on Furniture To remove ink stains from mahogany, rosewood or black walnut furniture, put half a dozen drops of spirits of niter in a spoonful of water and touch the stain with a feather wet with the mixture. As soon as the stain disappears, rub with a cloth dampened with cold water. Cold Water as a Purifier Fresh cold water is a powerful absorbent of gases, therefore it should be greatly used in a slick room or in one which cannot be frequently ventilated. A bowl of cold water kept in such a room and changed daily is of great assistance in purifying the air. Two Discredited Prophets Among other nineteenth-century false prophets might be mentioned the ex-naval officer, Richard Brothers, who predicted that he would be king of Jerusalem, and Private James White, who founded a religious sect known as the Jezreelites. What Hurts Sometimes a man doesn't mind being hempacked a little, just so the chickens don't laugh at him.—Cincinnati Enquirer. Socrates II. A lot of us think that freedom of speech is all right until the other fellow starts taking advantage of it. Do not expect the ship to return loaded with precious treasures without being exposed to dangers. Explaind. Said the facetious feller: "A cynic is merely a philosopher with chronic indigestion." Height of Clouds. Clouds are very, variable in height—from 500 to 2,000 feet. The clouds in thunderstorms may be very deep—from two to five miles and more—bence the appearance as to distance is very deceptive. Cumulus clouds are intermediate. No Separation in Sight. Mrs. Mark—"Mrs. Skanner tells me that her husband is an ardent lover of books." Mr. Mark—"I wish he'd prove fickle to two volumes of mine which he enticed away more than five years ago."—Buffalo Express. profits by Experience Of course others may do as they please, but, personally, we never expect to invest in another oil well until it proves able to grease its own machinery.-Dallas News. Cat's Value Regulated There are many legends concerning the Manx cat. One of them tells that, long ago, when the isle was ruled by the-Cambrian princes, the value of a cat was set by law. One of these old laws reads as follows: "The price of a kitten before it can see is a pennant; after it can see, before it catches a mouse, two pence; and after it catches a moose, four pence." Be Your Boy's Comrade All little fellows are ambitious to be comrades of the "big boys." Be a big boy yourself and get some fun out of life. And at the same time you will be building a future for your son that will be a more glorious memorial, a more effective monument to yourself than could be raised by all the marble and granite in the hills of the whole world. First, United States Currency Immediately after the battle of Bunker Hill $2,000,000 in American currency was issued, and by 1779 the amount had grown to $241,000,000, and the various states had issued nearly as much. In 1792 the mint at Philadelphia was established. Thus the use of American money gradually supplanted the foreign. Apt Description: Jimmy's father is a tailor, so he has his own ideas about outline and design. A man came along the other day when Jimmy was out on the front porch and inquired where a certain man lived. "Just in the next block," said Jimmy, "in that real tailored-looking stucco house." Best of Stimulants There is only one stimulant that never falls, and yet never intoxicates—duty. Duty puts a blue sky over every man—up in his heart magge—into which the skylark. Happiness always goes singing.—George D. Prestice. Necessity Makes Prosperity A people never fairly begins to prosper till necessity is treading on its heels. The growing want of room is one of the sources of civilization. Population is power, but it must be a population that, in growing, is made daily apprehensive of the morrow.—Simms. FROM THIS DATE ONWARD THE BROAD AX CAN ALWAYS BE FOUND ON SALE AT THE FOLLOWING NEWS STANDS: Mrs. L. Graves, The Provident Candy Shop, Notion Store and News Stand, 15 W. 36th Street, near State. George I. Martin, Cigar, Notion Store and News Stand, 18 W. 31st St., near State. Edward Felix, Notions, Cigars and News Stand, 3002 S. Dearborn St. F. Bishop, Cigars, Tobacco and News Stand, 8 W. 27th Street, near State. A. D. Hayes, Cigars, Tobacco, Notion, Stationery and News Stand, 3640 S. State Street. Dodson's Shoe Shining Parlors and News Stand, So. West Corner 35th and State Streets. Lawrence M. Heard, Traveling News Agent, with news stands at 3129 S. State St. and So. East Cor. 35th and State Streets. Charles F. Mallory's Barber Shop and News Stand, 313 E. 35th Street. W. D. Scott's Lunch Room and Restaurant, 248 E. 35th Street. Louis Wimbley's Shoe Shining Parlors and News Stand, 2946 South State Street. Mrs. F. A. Peyton, News Stand, Confectionary Store, 5012 S. State Street. Samuel Taylor, 1728 Fulton St. News item left with any of the above news agents prior to Wednesday mornings of each week, will find their way into the columns of The Broad Ax THE BRO THE BROAD AX PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY In this city since July 15th, 189 Republicans, Democrats, Catholics, infidels or anyone else can have the proper and responsibility is fixed. The Broad Ax is a newspaper of all, ever claiming the editorial rig Local communications will rec on one side of the paper. Subscriptions must be paid in One Year Six Months Advertising rates made known vol. XXIV FEBRUARY Address all com THE BR 6206 South Elizabeth Phone Went JULIUS F. TAYLOR DR. M. A. MAJORS In this city since July 15th, 1899, without missing one single issue. Republicans, Democrats, Catholics, Protestants, Single Taxers, Priests, infidels or anyone else can have their say as long as their language is proper and responsibility is fixed. The Broad Ax is a newspaper whose platform is broad enough for all, ever claiming the editorial right to speak its own mind. Local communications will receive attention. Write plainly, only vol. XXIV FEBRUARY 22, 1919 No. 23 JULIUS F. TAYLOR.....Editor and Publisher DR. M. A. MAJORS.....Associate Editor 4700 South State Street, Phone Drexel 1416 IMPORTANT NOTICE For resolutions, obituary not special announcements of events to sion is made, and the opening of cents per line; 6 words or fraction. Personal or social items such everything of a general interest, p Entered as Second-Class Matter, August 1 Under Act of For resolutions, obituary notices, cards of thanks, write-ups, special announcements of events to happen, when a charge of admission is made, and the opening of new business enterprises, etc., 15 cents per line; 6 words or fraction makes one line. cents per line, 6 worths per line. Personal or social items such as marriages, births, deaths and everything of a general interest, published free of charge. Entered as Second-Class Matter, August 19, 1902, at the Post Office at Chicago, Ill., Under Act of March 3, 1879. THE GALLANT EIGHTH The Eighth Regiment or Three Hundreth and Seventieth as they are now known in military parlance was given an ovation last Monday, Feb. 17th, 1919, that ought to make every Negro in America proud. They have done something. The entire reading world has been interested in the work which so nobly and patriotically engaged them, and it is a matter of very great concern to the Negroes of America. Suffering the cruel usage of tyranny that attention has been called to the part the Negro soldier has played in the great world war across the sea. The great metropolitan press of every large city of the U. S. A. has sounded their praises, lauded their valor, and given them a sun or spot light position amoong the pertinent and worth while happenings among mankind. It is likely we may not fully realize or appreciate the splendor and the merit of their military achievements at the present time. We may be too near the event to view it with a history loving fondness. What they have done is so unusual and we are so unaccustomed to applaud the races great heroes, and sing of their prowess. The time is coming swiftly and is almost here when all the world will give credit more to solid work and achievement and less notice to the color of the race, since it is of the human race. Chicago did itself great honor in the huge greetings made, at the depot, at the Coliseum, along the crowded boulevard, bedlam of noise, all to pay homage due these bronzed men of a purposeful race, who know things, do things, and keenly feel the sting of ugly oppression that stalks with gaunt head and leering eyes ever and anon. Medal bedecked with every synonym of valor, or badge of distinction from all the fighting nations that chanced to meet them with the clash of resounding arms proudly they strode with helmet, gun, and pack down Chicago's greatest boulevard, with that proud spirit of men who have proved to the world that they can take care of themselves where other and bolder, and more daring, but no less intrepid soldiers of another race failed, and fell. In other years, and grander, brighter years made so for all of us, because of these fearless fighters in France, sober, suncrowned men and women of every race are going to knew kinder and gentler truths, and --- PAGE EIGHT whose platform is broad enough for right to speak its own mind. receive attention. Write plainly, only advance. $2.00 1.00 on application. 22, 1919 No. 23 communications to LOAD AX Street, Chicago, Ill. worth 2597. Editor and Publisher Associate Editor oices, cards of thanks, write-ups, o happen, when a charge of admis- new business enterprises, etc., 15 makes one line. as marriages, births, deaths and published free of charge. 9, 1902, at the Post Office at Chicago, Ill. March 3, 1879. have better and nobler heart feelings for the black boys of America, who broke the Hindenburg line through shot and shell, with bayonets shining with fresh blood shed of an enemy they put to rout for the need of saving the rest of civilization. There were not raw recruits they fought and battled back when the fifth French brigade were paying heavily the cost of war with their bodies against the German steel. They were the flower of the German army poorly matched against the black soldiers of America who knew no fear to face the galling fire of sharp shooters long trained to soldiers highest strategy. The spirit and the dash of men long schooled to war could only furnish fun for these "black devils" who now through manly might went forth where ugly death licked laughing tongue and with mocking fiendish overconfidence were put to route. The world had read of Santiago and had been given a dainty touch of the black soldiers valor, and had the notion that history might repeat itself. America breathes that same glorious spirit through lung, and heart, and brain of Negroes, and triumphant America shouts with lusty hearts for what America does. She is proud of her black soldiers, and because she is proud, the black American catches a gleam of a glorious, nobler future that tells a true, holier story of her awakening. Fortunate, indeed, are we to answer the call of arms. Greater and sweeter will be the victory of our race when men will have taken a deeper and stronger hold upon the sterling principles of a nobler humanity. When color distinctions will have been stricken down by the bleeding bayonets of fundamental truths. Then the race will have fought their noblest battles, and truth will triumph. Men do not like to be bossed, but military discipline has taught them that, arrangement, order and system compel that a certain form of exactness must reach a degree of perfection. Governments rely upon their military forces to keep the social order of the world, and discipline is the first training a man gets in order that he may know the true value of service. Out of this learning how to bow to discipline and military training have come the greatest generals the world has produced. Service is the great human mainstay, no matter of what kind if it is useful. This is what promotes the worlds progress and our social and economic well-being. --- THE BROAD AX. CHICAGO, FEBRUARY 22, 1919 Vote for HON. Thomas Carey The Peoples Candidate for MAYOR of Chicago Both Men and Women Can Vote for Him At the Primaries TUESDAY February 25th DISCIPLINE. EDITORIAL PAGE Opposite County Blog: Tel. Majestic 7999. Hours: 8 to 5:30 The Library. Consider what you have in the smallest chosen library. A company of the wisest and wittiest men that could be picked out of all civilized countries, in 1,000 years, have set in best order the results of their learning and wisdom. The men themselves were hid and inaccessible, solitary, impatient of interruption, fenced by etiquette; but the thought which they did not uncover to their bosom friend is here written out in transparent words to us, the strangers of another age—Emerson. Purpose in Life. Have a purpose in living. Alm to be somebody and to do something, and to know just what it is you mean to be and do. Some people pity those who fall short of their ideals—the inventor who fails, the statesman who is so far in advance of his constituents that he receives censure instead of praise. But these are not the ones who need your sympathy. Save your pity for those who are drifting through life without a goal, who are living without a purpose. Best Work at Seventy. Rosa Bonheur finished at seventy her "Horses Threshing Corn," the largest animal picture ever painted, and which was sold for $60,000. In 1896, on her seventy-fourth birthday, she finished a painting representing the historical combat between two stallions to which Lord Godolphin invited his friends in 1734. For Mending China. Mix a teaspoonful of alum and a tablespoonful of water and place in a hot oven until it is quite transparent. Wash the broken pieces in hot water, and, while warm, coat the broken edges thinly and quickly, as it sticks instantly. Your china thus mended will bear hot water and ordinary usage. Ink Stains on Furniture To remove ink stains from mahogany, rosewood or black walnut furniture, put half a dozen drops of spirits of niter in a spoonful of water and touch the stain with a feather wet with the mixture. As soon as the stain disappears, rub with a cloth dampened with cold water. Cold Water as a Purifier Fresh cold water is a powerful absorbent of gases, therefore it should be greatly used in a sick room or in one which cannot be frequently ventilated. A bowl of cold water kept in such a room and changed daily is of great assistance in purifying the air. Two Discredited Prophets. Among other nineteenth-century false prophets might be mentioned the ex-naval officer, Richard Brothers, who predicted that he would be king of Jerusalem, and Private James White, who founded a religious sect known as the Jezreelites. What Hurts. Sometimes a man doesn't mind being hepencked a little, just so the chickens don't laugh at him.—Cincinnati Enquirer. Socrates II. A lot of us think that freedom of speech is all right until the other fellow starts taking advantage of it. Must Take the Risk Do not expect the ship to return loaded with precious treasures without being exposed to dangers. Explaind. Said the facetious feller: "A cynic is merely a philosopher with chronic indigestion." Height of Clouds. Clouds are very variable in height—from 500 to 2,000 feet. The clouds in thunderstorms may be very deep—from two to five miles and more—hence the appearance as to distance is very deceptive. Cumulus clouds are intermediate. No Separation In Slight. No Separation in Sight. Mrs. Mark—"Mrs. Skanner tells me that her husband is an ardent lover of books." Mr. Mark—"I wish he'd prove fickle to two volumes of mine which he enticed away more than five years ago."—Buffalo Express. profits by Experience. Of course others may do as they please, but personally, we never expect to invest in another oil well until it proves able to grease its own unchinery.—Dallas News. There are many legends concerning the Manx cat. One of them tells that, long ago, when the isle was ruled by the 'Cambrian princes, the value of a cat was set by law. One of these old laws reads as follows: "The price of a kitten before it can see is a penny; after it can see, before it catches a mouse, two pence; and after it catches a mouse, four pence." Be Your Boy's Comrade All little fellows are ambitious to be comrades of the "big boys." Be a big boy yourself and get some fun out of life. And at the same time you will be building a future for your son that will be a more glorious memorial, a more effective monument to yourself than could be raised by all the marble and granite in the hills of the whole world. First United States Currency First, United States Currency. Immediately after the battle of Bunker Hill $2,000,000 in American currency was issued, and by 1779 the amount had grown to $241,000,000, and the various states had issued nearly as much. In 1792 the mint at Philadelphia was established. Thus the use of American money gradually suplanted the foreign. Apt Description. Jimmy's father is a tailor, so he has his own ideas about outline and design. A man came along the other day when Jimmy was out on the front porch and inquired where a certain man lived. "Just in the next block," said Jimmy, "in that real tailored-looking stucco house." Best of Stimulants. There is only one stimulant that never fails, and yet never intoxicates—duty. Duty puts a blue sky over every man—up in his heart maybe into which the skylark, Happiness, always goes singing.—George D. Prestice. Necessity Makes Prosperity A people never fairly begins to prosper till necessity is treading on its heels. The growing want of room is one of the sources of civilization. Population is power, but it must be a population that, in growing, is made daily apprehensive of the morrow.—Simms. FROM THIS DATE ONWARD THE BROAD AX CAN ALWAYS BE FOUND ON SALE AT THE FOLLOWING NEWS STANDS: Mrs. L. Graves, The Provident Candy Shop, Notion Store and News Stand, 15 W. 36th Street, near State. George I. Martin, Cigar, Notion Store and News Stand, 18 W. 31st St., near State. Edward Felix, Notions, Cigars and News Stand, 3002 S. Dearborn St. F. Bishop, Cigars, Tobacco and News Stand, 8 W. 27th Street, near State. A. D. Hayes, Cigars, Tobacco, Notion, Stationery and News Stand, 3640 S. State Street. Dodson's Shoe Shining Parlors and News Stand, So. West Corner 35th and State Streets. Lawrence M. Heard, Traveling News Agent, with news stands at 3129 S. State St. and So. East Cor. 35th and State Streets. Charles F. Mallory's Barber Shop and News Stand, 313 E. 35th Street. W. D. Scott's Lunch Room and Restaurant, 248 E. 35th Street. Louis Wimbley's Shoe Shining Parlors and News Stand, 2946 South State Street. Mrs. F. A. Peyton, News Stand, Confectionary Store, 5012 S. State Street. Samuel Taylor, 1728 Fulton St. News item left with any of the above news agents prior to Wednesday mornings of each week, will find their way into the columns of The Broad Ax.