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THE BROAD AX Many Politicians, Democratic and Republican or would Be Statesmen In The Various Senatorial Districts Throuout Chicago Filed Their Petitions for Delagates To The Constitutional Convention. ON. SAMUEL A. ETTELSON CORPORATION COUNSEL OF CHICAGO AND STATE SENATOR; MAY BE INDUCED TO BUCK UP AGAINST HON. EDWARD H. MORRIS AND REV. ARCHIBALD J. CAREY IN THE FIGHT IN THE THIRD SENATORIAL DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS. ITORNEY CHESTER W. DE AMOND AND W. E. MOLLISON WILL ENTER THE RACE FOR DELEGATES TO THE CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION FROM THAT SAME DISTRICT AND A RED HOT FIGHT WILL BE STAGED IN IT ALL ALONG THE LINE FROM NOW UNTIL THE PRIMARIES IN SEPTEMBER. EV. W. B. FLEMING, FIELD SECRETARY OF THE FOREIGN MISSION BOARD OF THE NATIONAL BAPTIST CONVENTION; WITH HEADQUARTERS AT CINCINNATTI, OHIO HELD FORTH AT MT. ZION BAPTIST CHURCH ,EVANSTON, ILL., SUNDAY EVENING AND PREACHED A POWERFUL SERMON. EV. E. P. JONES, PASTOR OF MT. ZION AND EIGH- TEEN OF ITS MEMBERS PLEDGED THEIR REAL ESTATE TO THE EXTENT OF FORTY-FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS TO OBTAIN OR SECURE A LOAN OF TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS FROM THE STATE BANK OF EVANSTON IN ORDER TO GO AHEAD AND COMPLETE THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE CHURCH, WHICH WILL COST SEVENTY THOUSAND DOLLARS. D. XXIV. Many Polic Statesn out ION. SAMUEL A. ETTELS, SEL OF CHICAGO AND BE INDUCED TO BUG WARD H. MORRIS A CAREY IN THE FIGHT ORIAL DISTRICT OF ATTORNEY CHESTER W. MOLLISON WILL ENT GATES TO THE CO TION FROM THAT SAI HOT FIGHT WILL BE THE LINE FROM NO IN SEPTEMBER. EV. W. B. FLEMING, FI FOREIGN MISSION B BAPTIST CONVENTI ERS AT CINCINNATI MT. ZION BAPTIST O SUNDAY EVENING A FUL SERMON. EV. E. P. JONES, PASTO TEEN OF ITS MEMBER ESTATE TO THE B THOUSAND DOLLAR A LOAN OF TEN TH THE STATE BANK OF GO AHEAD AND CO TION OF THE CHU SEVENTY THOUSAN The head bosses of the Republican and Democratic party are just beginning to get a rapid move on themmes in an effort to select delegates from the various senatorial districts in this city, and throughout the state Illinois to the Constitutional Condition; the primaries of which will hold the first Tuesday in Septem- In some of the senatorial districts indications are that there will be considerable scraping among the var- candidates in order to walk away from the nomination, and this is more likely to turn out to be true in second ward or in the Third Sen- tial District where Hon. Edward Morris, Rev. Archibald J. Carey, W. W. De Amond and Col. W. Mollison have already entered the HEW TO THE LINE; LET THE CHIPS FALL WHERE THEY MAY ers that he should have a hand in assisting to frame the new constitution for the state of Illinois. The following are some of the many Democratic and Republican candidates who are dead anxious to have their fingers in the pie in the constitutional convention: Republicans. The republican filings from Chicago and nearby districts are: First district—Walter H. Wilson, Max Pam, Frank A. Denison, and George W. Blackwell. CHICAGO, ILL., SATURDAY, JULY 19, 1919 Frank E. Trefil, and O. W. Christopher. Eleventh district—William H. Cruden, Percival G. Baldwin, Chester W. Church, and George M. Tobey. Thirteenth district—Douglas Southern and Almon W. Bulkley. Fourteenth district—Lee Migsell. Fifteenth district—Ernest Kunde. Sixteenth district—S. E. Torrance and Charles H. Ireland. Seventeenth district—Chas. Heesler. Eighteenth district—Charles Sumner Stubbles. Twentieth district—Edward C. Curtis. Twenty-first district—George F. Lohman, Helmer C. Patterson, and Edward I. Williams. Twenty-second district—John S. Harrison, Wm. M. Acton, and E. B. Cooley. Twenty-third district — William Ganscow, Frank Peska, Myer J. Stein, Otto Kasch, and Telfer MacArthur. Twenty-fourth district—Henry M. Dunlap, and Henry I. Green. Twenty-fifth district—M. A. Michaelson and William M. McEwen. Twenty-eighth district—Edwin C. Perkins. Twenty-ninth district—Emil C. Wetten and William F. Peters. Thrity-first district—Eugene S. Dupee, Wm. S. Beckman, and Edward S. Day. Thirty-second district—David E. Mack, Philip E. Elting, and John B. Brown. Thirty-third district—Cyrus E. Dietz, Mansfield M. Sturgeon and Chas. A. Beers. Fifteenth district—Otto F. Ring, 1420 W. 18th st., Chicago. Twenty-ninth district—Charles H. Hamill, 199 Lake Shore drive, Chicago. Democrats. The filings of the Democrats are: First district—Levy Mayer and Norman S. MacPherson. Second district—Francis A. Hurley, George W. Stauffer, Martin Walsh, Frank Comerford, and Michael F. Sullivan. Third district—Matthew D. Hartigan, Henry M. Ashton, and James A. Gorman. Fourth district—John E. Traeger, George P. Latchford, and Frank Ragen. Fifth district—Martin J. Isaacs, William J. Lindsay, and William P. Casey. Sixth district—Joseph E. Flanagan and Joseph S. Stanger. Ninth district—Charles J. Michael, Robert E. Cauley, Joseph T. Winicky, Samuel Burt, Leo J. Slaski, Thomas Guerin, George A. Basta, and Michael J. Donkin. Eleventh district—Frank J. Walah, and Michael K. Sheridan. Thirteenth district—John J. Poulton and Emery M. Shaw. [Name] The familiar horse drawn busses of the Frank Parmelee company, which have been familiar sights on the streets of Chicago since 1852, are soon to disappear. This change is to be one result of the reorganization of the company, which has been effected. Hereafter the name of the organization is to be The Parmelee company. Its capital has been increased from $500,000 to $1,000,000, and it is to become a co-operative institution, for all superintendents and heads of departments in the employ Fifteenth district—S. E. Pineus, Joseph A. Mendall, L. F. Dankowski, and Dennis A. Horan. Seventeenth district—Thomas F. Frole and Michael Iarussi. the John R. Thompson Company. of the company are to be given opportunities to purchase stock on favorable terms. Armour Interested. John C. Shaffer has retired as president and John J. Mitchell is no longer mour and John R. Thompson. Charles A. McCullough has been elected president to succeed Mr. Shaffer. Mr. McCullough has been vice president of Cullouch has been vice president of the John R. Thomson company. He has been with the Parmelee organization for eighteen years. Directors of the reorganized company have not been selected. The company is to continue its old business of handling baggage and of carrying passengers to and from hochairman of the board of directors. Nineteenth district—Michael Rosenberg, Martin J. O'Brien, James J. Powers, and John J. Brady. Twenty-first district—James F. Fardy and John F. Higgins. Among those interested in the reorganized company are J. Ogden Artels and railroad stations, but is to adopt up to date methods. The 125 horse drawn busses now in use are to be replaced by 100 motor cars of the latest pattern. The company now has 700 horses, and 500 of these are to be disposed of. Some of the remaining horses will be used in handling baggage, in which work they are to be aided by 49 three ton motor trucks Doing Business for 67 Years. The company was organized by Frank Parmelee and has been doing business for 67 years, during which time Parmelee agents have been on almost every through passenger train that has entered Chicago, giving out baggage checks and attending to the needs of travelers. Twenty-third district—Thomas D. Garry and Richard F. Shay. Twenty-fifth district—William E. Nichols, Charles Glennon, and Frank T. Huening. PAGE TWO THE BROAD AX Published Every Saturday In this city since July 15th, 1899, without missing one single issue. Republicans, Democrats, Catholics, Protestans, 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 @206 So. Elizabeth St., Chicago, Ill. Phone Wentworth 2597. JULIUS F. TAYLOR Editor and Publisher DR. M. A. MAJORS Associate Editor 4700 South State Street Phone Drexel 1416 Entered as Second-Class Matter, Aug. 19, 1902, at the Post Office at Chicago, Ill., Under Act of March 3, 1879 Taking a Plebiscite. Plebiscite is a political term borrowed, from the French, meaning a vote of all the electors in a country taken on some specific question. It is from the Latin plebiscitum, a decree of the plebs, or law made by the common people, and is somewhat similar to the referendum. A notable example of the use of the plebiscite in French history was in 1852, when the memorable coup d'etat of 1851 was confirmed and the title of emperor was given to Napoleon III. Instructing Grandpa "I was talking to my little grand-daughter over the telephone the other day," said an old man recently to a few of his friends at a hotel, "and when I ended I said, 'Here, Dorothy, is a kiss for you.' She replied, 'Oh, pshaw, grandpa! Don't you know that a kiss over the telephone is like a straw hat?' I said, 'Why, no, sweet-heart, how's that?' 'It's not felt, grandpa,' she said."—Blighty (London). Good Rules for Life's Conduct Those that are perfect men do not easily give credit to everything one tells them; for they know that human frailty is prone to evil, and very subject to fall inwards. It is great wisdom not to be rash in thy proceedings, not to stand stiffly in thine own conceits; as also not to be believe everything which thou hearest, nor presently to relate again to others what thou hast heard or dost believe. Exercised Discretion Richard, on his first visit to the country, climbed the fence into the field where a Jersey cow was grazing. The cow, being somewhat of a pet, greeted him with a loud and joyous moo, whereupon Richard beat a hasty and disorderly retreat. "No, I wasn't edzacky afraid." he explained; "but when she kept saying, 'Move, move!' I thought I'd better keep a-movin'!" The Biggest Mummy. The largest mummy in the world is that of an animal, the Beresovka mammoth, in the Petrograd museum. The species has been extinct for thousands of years, and the Beresovka mammoth—which was found embedded in the frozen earth near the Beresovka river, in northeast Siberia—probably lived fifty thousand years ago. First Chief Justice John Jay was the first to hold the office of chief justice of the United States and received his appointment in 1789. He was born in New York, December 12, 1745. John Rutledge was nominated by the president and was the second chief justice of the United States. He was born in South Carolina in 1789. Unmistakable Signals Charles was looking through the hedge at the new neighbors who had just moved into the house next door. Suddenly he turned and ran in to his mother and said: "I bet the kid that's moved next door is a good sport, all right. He has freckles and has his big toe done up in a rag. Wax Figures of Ancestors Many ancient families in England have stored away life sized figures in wax of their ancestors, made at the time of the original's death. The Duke of Norfolk has the figures of three wives of one of his ancestors, which are kept in a glass case at one of his country cents. --- Eoilish Old Customs Survive. St. Olav's Grammar school, once worth $150, is now valued at $25,000, but the rent is still a bunch of roses. The ancient city of Chlchester must provide a string for the king's "cross bow," while the lord of Bryanston, in Dorset, must provide a boy with a stringless bow and unfeathered arrow, whenever the king makes war on Wales. The tenant at Bradley, Great Wood, near Grimsby, must pay the mayor of Grimsby a wild boar, or its equivalent in cash, yearly.—London Times. Whiskera Explained. The early Jews were literally long on whiskers and made good use of them. The Jew's beard was a sort of standing notice to the world concerning his state of mind. If everything was propitious—wife and children well and business good—his beard was combed out and perhaps oiled. But if death had entered his family, his beard was a mere tangled mass of hair. The condition of the whiskers also indicated the existence of other emotions. The Braganza Diamond. The Braganza diamond is a great mystery. Very few people have ever been allowed the privilege of looking at it, and of these few some are of the opinion it is not a diamond at all, but merely a wonderful specimen of white topaz. At any rate, it is generally conceded to be a diamond and is considered the jewel supreme of the crown jewels of the late reigning house of Portugal, the ancestral family of the duke of Braganza. Figures of Speech. An old lady, after returning from a visit to "the zoo" announced that she "always did enjoy a visit to the Theological Gardens." A servant girl, describing her master's illness, explained that the "doctors held a consolation and found that it was something eternal." and a lady recently remarked that when she was in Italy she "saw many people in the garbage of monks with tongels on the heads." Clever Willie. Glancing hastily over the pages of Willie Johnson's examination papers, the teacher was delighted to see that not one of the questions remained unanswered. But upon a more careful scrutiny her pride took a tumble. After nine of the twelve questions Willie had written politely, "I am sorry that this is a subject on which I have no information." Price of Happiness No man can be happy when he despises his own acts, when he has any consciousness of wrong, whether of motive or act. No man can be happy when he harbors thoughts of revenge, jealousy, envy or hatred. He must have a clean heart and a clean conscience, or no amount of money or excitement can make him happy.—Exchange. Another Editor in Bad. According to the Wichita Eagle, an editor in a near-by town has moved his press over against the door and is having his meals sent in at the window since he let this get by in a society item: "Mrs. Catt's popularity is evidenced by her mangy friends in this vicinity."—Kansas City Star. Almost Forgotten. The bride and bridegroom were just about to say "I will," when the bride's mother dashed madly from the room, and returned, running up the aisle to the bride, and pushed the bridal bouquet into the bride's hands. In the excitement of the occasion the flowers had been forgotten. Cleana Bronze Genuine bronzes may be washed with good soapsuds and a sponge or rag and wiped dry with a soft flannel cloth or chamois. Dirt and stains may first be removed with a flannel cloth moistened in sweet oil. Afterward polish the bronzes with flannel or chamois. Powerful "Fourth Estate." The "fourth estate" is the newspaper press. It is so designated humorously as a distinct power in the state. Formerly the phrase designated the persons constituting the lowest and unrepresented classes of society, as distinguished from the commons. Change Wrought by Time. The old-fashioned boy who used to be tickled to death when his dsddy gave him a nickel to spend now has a small boy who doesn't know that there are any coins below the half dollar. Must Take a Present The woman who used to look upon a wedding invitation as a social victory now has a daughter who includes such things in the list of monthly bills. Dallas News. Outclassed. Wife—"That Mrs. Brown must be an awful gossip. I never can tell her anything but what she's heard it before."—Blighty (London). Optimistic Thought There is naught in this wide world like symmetry. THE BROAD AX, CHICAGO, JULY 19, 1919 Wise John. John was able to persuade Ruth to do most things he desired. One day the children, with their little cousin, Edward, decided to draw pictures. Edward and John each found a pencil, but Ruth was still without one until her mother came to her aid with a big new pencil. John, whose pencil was a blue stub, looked longingly at the new one and then, in a coxing voice, said: "Ruthie, don't you want this nice pretty blue one? It just matches your eyes." Needless to say, John secured the long pencil. Right Definition of a Classic A classic is properly a book which maintains itself by virtue of that happy maelescence of matter and style, that innate and exquisite sympathy between the thought that gives life and the form that consents to every mood and of grace and dignity, which can be simple without being vulgar, elevated without being distant, and which is something neither ancient nor modern, always new and incapable of growing old.—Lowell. A Great Advantage. The principal of a college was lecturing has staff of teachers upon efficiency. "What," he demanded, "would be thought of a glovemaker who at the close of the season found 10 per cent of his stock returned because it fell below standard requirements? Why should we require a 100 per cent efficiency of the glove-maker and only 90 per cent of a teacher?" "Because," responded a teacher, "he can select his kids!" Tempera and Tight Collars. Dr. Leonard Williams, lecturing on "Common Sense," at a nursing conference and exhibition in London, said that people with tight collars did not drain their brains properly, and often suffered from bad tempers. He had noticed that since women had given up high collars and were wearing garments which gave complete freedom to the neck they had become sweeter tempered. Not Meant for Household Pets If taken young the grizzly is easy enough to handle, for at birth he weighs only from 10 to 20 ounces and is about the size of a full-grown chipmunk. Later the bears run between 350 and 600 pounds in weight, although they have been known to reach 1,500 pounds. This, of course, makes the domestication of grizzlies by apartment house dwellers difficult. Busy Week for Charles. Charles was being buttoned into a clean white suit one Sunday morning after a giddy week. "Well," he mused, "this has been some exciting week. Monday we went to the zoo; Wednesday I lost a tooth; Thursday was Gladys' birthday; Friday I was sick; yesterday I had my hair cut, and now here I am rushing off to Sunday school." These Blundering Authors! We referred recently to one of John Galsworthy's American characters calling for "a flash of beer," now here's another writer, Arthur J. Rees, saying. "He is, to use an American colloquialism, "quick on the uptake." Tut! This, as Barrie lovers know, is Scotch.-Boston Transcript. Prize Mixer. "A good mixer, isn't he?" "You betcha!" replied a citizen of Grudge. "He can tell more funny stories, borrow more money, pay less of it back, get more signers to petitions, be elected to more lodge offices and do less honest work than any other three men in town."—Judge. Her Last Social Function. My small son on coming home from school one noon said to me: "Mother, I'm going over to Bundy's home this afternoon." On my asking what he was going for he replied: "Why, don't you know his grandma is having her funeral this afternoon?"—Chicago Tribune. Ring Recovered From Gull. Gulls are attracted by any small shining object, which accounts for a valuable engagement ring, which was accidentally dropped overboard in mid-Atlantic, being found in the gizzard of one of these birds, shot months afterward off the coast of Maine. Sweet Is Sympathy. Sympathy is one of the great secrets of life. It overcomes evil and strengthens good. It disarms resistance, melts the hardened heart, and develops the better part of human nature. Complete Recovery. An Eldorado young man may be said to have completely recovered from his recent illness. He says he has forgotten how his nurse looked.—Kansas City Star. Happy, and Rare Happy is the man who renounces everything which may bring a stain or burden upon his conscience. Daily Thought The formation of culture, as of character, is at last the moral sentiment. Emerson Matter of Adaptability. Adaptability works toward contentment; to fit ourselves willingly and cheerfully into the changed conditions that exist today in countless homes throughout this broad land means the lifting of another heavy burden from the heads of the households. Many things in our way of living which we would have once called essentials we now regard as useless, taxing our time and resources. And yet we can live fully, pleasantly, even more smoothly than in other days.—Exchange Calendar Facts The month of January always begins on the same day of the week as October and the same is true of April and July, September and December. February, March and November also begin on the same day of the week. This, however, is only true in normal years of 365 days. A century can never begin on Wednesday, Friday or Saturday. Furthermore, the ordinary year ends on the same day of the week as that on which it begins. Velocity of Stars. From the spectroscopic measurements made at Mt. Wilson observatory stars (i.e. the speed with which they are approaching or receding from our solar system). it appears that the star A. G. Berlin has a radial velocity of 339 kilometers a second, the highest constant velocity so far observed for any star. Next to this comes Lelande, with a velocity of 325 kilometers a second, in the opposite direction. Chinese Dietary. Chinese cooking has for its general basis chicken broth or poultry jelly and red sauce. The latter accompanies nearly all the dishes; it is a kind of dissolved meat jelly flavored with pimento and coriander. Pork and mutton are almost exclusively eaten; horse and camel meat, however, may be bought. The number of edible dogs eaten annually in China is estimated at 5,000,000. Edinburgh Landmark Gone. An interesting bit of old Edinburgh, dating back about 1600, has been burned. The destroyed building, which consisted of a single story and attic, was one of the landmarks of the Holyrood area. It was the old Yew Tree tavern, and stood inside the bounds of the Holyrood sanctuary for debtors, within which, in days of yore, the fugitive was free from the attentions of his creditors. Gruesome Binding There is a copy of Milton's poems in the public library at Exeter (Eng.) bound in part of the skin of George Cudmore, who, with Sarah Dunn, was committed to the Devon county jail on October 30, 1829, for murdering his wife by poisoning her, was tried at the Lent assizes in the following year, and executed on March 25, 1830. Colored Rains The rain can and does wash down anything that happens to be in the air at the time, including dust, pollen, small insects, but we have no record of tadpoles being washed down out of the air. The phenomena of colored rains, so-called rain of blood, etc., can be readily explained by the presence of dust in the atmosphere. "Knocked Into a Cocked Hat." The meaning of this expression is not generally known. "Cocked hat" was a variety of the game of tenpins, in which only three were used, set up at angles of a triangle. When, in bowling at tenpins, all were knocked down except the three at the corners, the set was said to be "knocked into a cocked hat." Memory Must Be Cultivated. In any system of mental development, the memory must be cultivated at the outset, and that cultivation must continue unceasingly. It is fortunate indeed that every average person has a mind capable of excellent memory. It is only necessary that the native powers should be properly employed. New Burglar Alarm A burglar should have a hard time to "get by" the new alarm which is recommended as simple and inexpensive. It makes a noise, turns on a light, and registers the time of the burglar's attempt, as well as delaying and preventing its success. Make the Best of Today. Anticipating tomorrow's opportunities and regretting yesterday's failures is scarcely a fair way to spend today. It is dividing the present and bestowing it upon two periods that have no right to it. Hears Only the Voice "A lack of understandin' kin be mighty comfortin'." said Uncle Eben. "De worse you talk to a mule de more he feels complimented by de attention he's receivin'." Chlorine One of the most important commercial uses of chlorine is in the bleaching of paper and various cloth fabrics. Optimistic Thought We put too much faith in systems and look too little to men. As to Shaving. When it comes to shaving, we have the word of Pliny for it that Selpio Africanus was the first man who ever shaved everyday. Whether Mr. Africanus shaved himself or was shaved by a barber. Pliny does not say, but it may be gathered from certain remarks of Talleyrand that this is an important point in any man's habits. Asked if Napoleon cut his own whiskers, the great French statesman replied: "Yes. One born to be a king has someone to shave him, but they who acquire kingdoms shave themselves. Man's Wonderful Makeup. No difference how sour a man looks, he contains about 60 lumps of sugar of the ordinary cubical dimensions, and to make the seasoning complete, there are 20 spoonfuls of salt. If a man were distilled into water he would make about 38 quarts, or more than half his entire weight. He also contains a great deal of starch, chloride of potash, magnesium, sulphur and hydrochloric acid in his wonderful system. "Age Cannot Wither." A tradesman was brought before the magistrate charged with having sold unwholesome articles for consumption as food. The charge was fully proved. "I wish to point out to the court," said counsel for the defense in a dignified tone, "that the house of business that have the honor to defend was founded in 1802." "Has it renewed its stock since that date?" asked the magistrate. Explaining "Yankee." Yankee "was a cant, favorite word with farmer Jonathan Hastings of Cambridge about 1713. . . A Yankee good horse, or Yankee clder and the like. . . . The students (of Harvard) used to hire horses of him; their intercourse with him, and his use of the term on all occasions, led them to adopt it."—Will Gordon, "Independence of United States," volume 1, letter 12, page 482. One Good Point About Him. Robert did not seem to think the new baby's looks were all they might be. It was his first view of a real new baby and he stood looking down at the little mite with wonder in his eyes. Suddenly it began to cry most lustily and he looked up quickly with a pleased expression in his eyes and said: "Well, mother, he has lots of pep in his cry anyway." Only Thing He Could Do. Mother wanted to go to the store, so she told Jack to take care of Ramona, the cat, and not let her out of his sight. When mother returned, she found Ramona tied to the fernery with a rope around her neck. Mother asked Jack why he did this and he said: "Well, mother, that is the only way I could keep Ramona in my sight." Study in Strength. The muscles have their periods of development and decline. The lifting power of a youth of seventeen is 280 pounds; in his twentieth year this increases to 320 pounds, and in the thirtieth year it reaches 365 pounds. By the fortieth year it has decreased eight pounds; at fifty the figure is 360 pounds. Chinese Love Horses China is one of the last of the nations of the world to adopt and enjoy the motorcar. Indeed, the conservative Chinese shrink from anything that seems to cast any aspersions upon horses, for equines have played a big part in tradition, history and the life of that mysterious land in the far East. Advantage of Travel. Travel is a great educator and we noticed in the conversation at luncheon yesterday that a little dab of warmed-over codfish, placed out with one egg to make it somewhere near enough, had become casserolelette of Newfoundland cod aux oeufs—Ohio State Journal. Use for Electric Fan in Closet An electric fan has not fulfilled all its obligations when it has cooled your house. Set it revolving in a dark, airless closet; it will bring in its wake ventilation, if the door is left open during the process. In addition it will dispossess the moths. So It Goes. The Lowry City Independent has an idea that the old fellow who became rich by burning the midnight oil doubtless now has a son who is prodigal with the midnight gas.—Kansas City Times. Strong Family Resemblance "Contentment." remarked Shinbone, "am a mighty fine thing; de only trouble 'bout it is it's kin' o hahd to 'stinguish from Jes' plain laziness."—Boston Transcript. Truly a Big Mistake. "A man dat's allus in trouble," said Uncle Ehen. "it mightly be able to make de tremenjus mistake of bein' proud of de fact." Daily Thought All things are in fate. yet all things are not decreed by fate.—Plato. Every state in the union has some part of the swamp and wet lands that for the entire country have an access gate area of 102,800,000 acres—higher than town, Illinois and Indiana combined and three-fourths as large France. The agricultural value of these lands varies considerably, the specialists of the United States do part of agriculture believe that large areas, if properly drained and cleared by public or private co-operation, could be transformed into productive farms. Worth More Than That On June 20, in 1632, the patent Maryland, granted to George Catherine Lord Baltimore, was after his death made over to his son, Cecilius King Charles signed the new name and gave to the grant of land the name of Maryland, in honor of the queen, Henrietta Maria. While White Baltimore held the grant he paid it yearly to the crown of England of Indian arrows, which are still on hibition at Windsor castle, England. Women Senators of Old Rome, as early as the year 210 A.D. recognized a senate of women. This senate, though, differed from most others by confining its consideration and its discussions to matters of quête and dress. The assembly had the approbation of Elagabalus and held its meetings in the Quirinal. Creativity extravagance and vice were the most standing characteristics of the reiis of Elagabalus. Hence, the necessity has conferences of the sort Koreans Well Advanced The Koreans are much superior to both Japanese and Chinese in culture of heart and in mentality. They are progressive on constructive lines in economics they equal America, and their spiritual side is well balanced both men and women being eager for knowledge on ethical lines. They are reticent and refined in their moral and nature.-Chicago Daily News. Famous Name in Boston Three Josiah Quincy's have filled the office of mayor of Boston. The first Josiah Quincy to become mayor served six years, from 1823 to 1828, after coming president of Harvard college His son, Josiah Quincy, Jr., was made for three years, from 1846 to 1851 and he was the grandfather of the Josiah Quincy who was mayor four years, from 1806 to 1896. Effect of the Circus After all, civilization is sometimes bore. The circus carries as back to the freedom of the great beginning. Wherefore, even psychologists forget their trades in such days and became for the moment grown-up children the rest of us, responsive to the wilt blood of their remote progenitors, Baltimore Sun. The Hindus and the Lotus. The Hindus compare India to lotus, the petals representing Central India and the surrounding leaves divisions of the country. The design is much used in eastern temples in architecture generally, and the plant is cultivated in public gardens. A pond in the Taj gardens at Agra holds pure lotus blossoms. Powerful Nitroglycerin The greater part of the world's put of glycerin is used for nitrocyrin, prepared by the action of a mixture of nitric and sulphuric acids of glycerin, which forms the chief ingredient of many modern high explosives and smokeless powders, used in military, mining and agricultural poses. Must Have Been Moving Rapidly. One day I sent Ralph to a store several blocks away. In the meantime it rained, and immediately at the end of the shower he returned and I asked him anxiously: "Why. Ralph were you when it rained?" He replied: "I wasn't anywhere—I was running."—Chicago American. Birdse With Brains. Naturalists have arrived at the conclusion that the brain in birds is laying in proportion to the body. If it is a mitted that intelligence depends upon the weight of brain, then the goldfish must be placed at the top of the list of birds; the brain weighs one-tenth of its whole body. Napoleon's Temper. Defeat was so distasteful to poleon that, so it is recorded, when found an opponent at chess game the better of him he would with quick movement sweep board in pieces off the table to the ground. Electric Shotgun A patent has been granted for electric shotgun in which sparks of charge cartridges that may be filled with an explosive gas or liquid as as powder. Lighter Than Cork. Lighter than Cork Sunflower stalk stitk, which is the ten times lighter than cork, is used a life saving apparatus invented by Russian. Optimistic Thought Optimistic Thought He deservedly loses his own Perty who covets that of another. sour thek larger corp be be be the an opera Ample Proof That They Antedate Western Civilization by Many Hundreds of Years. The origin of door-knockers is almost lost in obscurity, and their development from mere articles of utility to objects of art has been a long, slow process of evolution, covering centuries and antedating western civilization by many hundreds of years. The first general use of knockers that is positively known was among the ancient Greeks, who probably adopted them from the Egyptians. We are told that the Greeks considered it a breach of good manners to enter a house without warning the inmates, and that the Spartans gave this notice by shouting their arrival, while the athenians announced themselves by using the knocker. Its introduction doubtless came at the time when doors superseded hangings, for the purpose of insuring greater safety or privacy. In the Greek houses of the better class a porter was in constant attendance at the door to admit visitors. Saves were usually employed in this capacity, and were chained to the door-pets to prevent their wandering and thinking the monotony of the duty, and in order to awaken them a short bar of iron was fastened to the door by a chain, to be used as a raper by those desiring entrance to the house. nt iver dea iver auet t t f b L o d f t n e nd It is said that this strictly utilitarian rapper, as it was first called, was often wrenched from the door to be used as a weapon of offense by visitors who were not friendly disposed toward the householder. A later development was a direct consequence of this misuse, the next type being in the form of a heavy ring fastened by a strong camp or plate to the door, thus serving the double purpose of knocker and handle. From Greece the custom was transferred to the Romans, and with the western trend of early civilization to nearly every country of Europe. The introduction of knockers to England, where together with Italy and Germany they have attained the greatest artistic development, was no doubt due to the Roman conquest of western Europe and Britain.—Architecture. VIOLIN ALWAYS THE SAME For Centuries Shape and Substance of That Tuneful Instrument Have Not Been Altered. Even in this age of bustle and change, some few of the old standys remain unchanged, but at that it is rather startling to realize that the violin, probably the best loved of all musical instruments, has remained virtually unchanged in shape or substance for three centuries. In that time the harpsichord, lute and spinet have passed away, the harp has been improved, the piano has been invented and developed, but the violin, which took a hundred years to assume its present form, since the days of the great Stradivari, the world's most famous violin maker, has remained unchanged. The violin is popularly supposed to date from the days of the ancient Indians, but the present instrument had its beginning back in the days of the troubadours, who used musical boxes called viole or guital fiddles. And as the years went by the little violes were improved. The shape was altered; bit by bit the instrument changed. Now a bridge was added; now a waist; openings on either side of the bridge were added. And from 1560 to 1760 the violin industry rose to its greatest achievements in the developments of Amati, Guarneri, and Stradivari, Italian violin makers living in the town of Cremona. Since their time there has been no change, and the finest and most priceless musical instrument of today is a Stradivarius violin, made three centuries ago by the master craftsman Stradivari in Cremona. Poetry and Plagiarism. After Longfellow's poem "Excelsior," first appeared it was copied all over the country in the various journals. It was not long in reaching England, where it met with the same enthusiastic reception. Longfellow, in his diary of September 1, 1871, notes: "I received from Mr. Henry Gersoni today a Hebrew translation of 'Excelsior.'" In the writing of "Excelsior," Longfellow was charged by a number of critics with plagiarism. One of these claimed that the poet had adopted lines from Brainard's poem, "The Mocking Erd," but to this the poet replied: "Now, when in 'Excelsior' I said 'a voice fell like a falling star' Brainard's poem was not in my mind nor had I ever read it. Of a truth, one cannot strike a spade into the soil of Parnassus without disturbing the bones of some dead poet."—Detroit Free Press. Had a Wide Use. Unlike the diamond and the ruby, the emerald appeared to have been widely used, according to ancient and medieval writers, for useful as well as for ornamental receptacles. Drinking cups cut from the gem appeared to be the popular forms. Of some of these receptacles it was claimed that they possessed the magic quality of turning water poured into them into a pleasing drink with an exhilarating kick, perhaps a mint julep, that would doubles, if they could be found, give them priceless value in the Land of the Free and the Home of the Brave, and instead of being a June jewel, the emerald would be the peeperess gem of every month in the year. Incident in Lord Macaulay's Life Which Probably He Was Quite Willing to Forget. Here is an amusing story of Macaulay, as told by Lady Logan in her reminiscences: "Lord Macaulay was in Rome the winter we were there with the maharajah. They had one very good story about him going the round of the English colony, which was told us by an attaché of the British embassy. Like all strangers, he went by moonlight to see the Coliseum and, as was proper in a historian and a poet, that the spirit of the centuries might have full sway within his soul, he went alone. As he stood rapt and gazing in the shadow of the arches a man brushed rudely by jostling him roughly. With great presence of mind. Mr. Macaulay—as he then was—felt at once for his watch. It was gone. The thief was still in view. Promptly the historian gave chase, and, taking the law into his own hands as might one of the heroes of ancient Rome whose deeds he set forth, he promptly knocked him down and repossessed himself of his property. "Fearing that other criminals might be about, the Englishman at once returned to his hotel, to find, to his surprise, his own watch ticking comfortably on his dressing table and a strange gold watch in his waistcoat pocket. Horrified at his first successful coup as a footpad, he hurried off to the bureau de police to give up his booty, where he was confronted by an excited foreigner, vehemently describing the outrage of which he had teen a victim." "OLD DUFFER" WAS ADMITTED Distinguished Citizen, Wanting to See Horace Greeley, Irreverently Announced by Office Boy. A citizen of Waterbury wrote a letter to the Republican of that city a day or two ago asking for information about Horace Greeley, who he was, etc. That he wished to learn more about the great journalist does him credit, but we are surprised there is a man in Waterbury capable of writing letters to newspapers who didn't know about Mr. Greeley already. This reminds me of a story told by the late Charles A. Dana. One day while Mr. Greeley was reigning as editor of the Tribune, he was particularly busy, and gave explicit orders to his office boy not to admit anybody to his room. Later on the office boy announced to Mr. Greeley there was an "old duffer" outside clamoring for an interview with the editor. Mr. Greeley asked the boy who it was, to which the boy replied he didn't know, but that he wore a soiled linen duster, carried a carpet-bag of the early seventies type, and made a big fuss because he couldn't see the editor of the Tribune. "Well," replied Mr. Greeley, "if he is so insistent you had better ask the fellow his name, and then I will decide whether he can come in." The boy went back and returned in a few minutes bringing the information that the "old duffer" was Henry Wilson of Boston who happened at that time to be the vice president of the United States. He saw Mr. Greeley—Hartford Courant. Golf Will Survive It has been held in some expert circles that golf never could become the game baseball is, because golf lacks a picturesque language. This view overlooks the fact that baseball acquired its language by slow degrees, and only reached its present perfection through the long labors of devoted philologists and etymologists. The language grew, like love, by what it fed on. Give golf and the sport writers time and they will produce a language for that game as copious, refugient, and learned as now distinguishes the more popular game. Already we detect the beginnings. We read of Mr. Bockenkamp's play Thursday that by "sinking a horrillipillating putt of 45 feet" he finished 6 up. We have heard of 45-foot putts before, but it must be admitted it adds to the wonderment of one to know that it was horrriplifting. This is an encouraging beginning and convinces us that golf is going to survive.—Kansas City Star. Quer Coincidence. One of a party whereof Charles Darwin was a member was speaking of the earthquake of Tacahuano, in northern Chile, on which occasion the father had lost all his property and the narrator himself had barely escaped with his life. Then, writes Darwin, there ensued a curious coincidence. A German, one of the party, got up, saying he would never sit in a room in those countries with the door shut, as, owing to his having done so, he once nearly lost his life at Sopiapo. Accordingly, he opened the door. No sooner had he done so than he cried out. "Here it comes again!" and another shock ensued. The whole party escaped. In 1990. "And what is this peculiar little spiral instrument of steel?" "That is a very odd device people used many years ago to remove corks from bottles." "Oh, I see." "Any other question?" "Yes, would you mind explaining to me what bottles were and what were they used for?" CRATER IMMENSE IN SIZE Extinct Volcano of Haleakala, in Hawaiian Islands, is One of the World's Wonders. The Hawaiian islands possess an extinct volcano so immense that a large city could be set down inside the crater. It is ninety-seven miles around the face of Haleakala, twenty miles around the crater walls, and 10,000 feet to the top. The crest was ages ago blasted out to a depth of 3,000 feet, and flung aside in a series of eruptions, strewing the mountain with bowlers lays and ash. NOT MERELY FISH STORIES Showers of Sea Food From Sky Authenticated, According Magazine Writer. Next time some one tells you ruining fish and frogs, don't laugh story may be true. There is, for instance, record of a fish rain in that showered smelts all over stead parish in merry England, Popular Science Magazine. In Baton Rouge, in 1896, it rucks, catbirds and woodpeckers. We pause right here to say the entists explain these showers h Within the crater thus formed, a great cone and a number of smaller ones can be seen. It is so far down to the floor of the crater that a bowler pushed in seems to fall in empty space. The crash of its landing is never heard. The view from the crater of Mt. Haleakala is accounted one of the most wonderful in the world. The green fields of the island and the blue Pacific are spread out before the observer like a mighty map. At 10,000 feet above sea level natural phenomena seem strangely different. The stars look larger and brighter; the moon's path is more clearly defined, and its rays give a stronger light than they do at a low altitude. At dawn a procession of clouds rolls swiftly past like a foaming river torrent thousands of feet below. Then the rising sun tints clouds and crater with steadily deepening colors until it is broad daylight and the clouds fade into mist. Standing by the crater of Haleakala at sunrise you perhaps recall the old Hawaiian myth which goes back to the beginning of things. At that time, says the story, the god Mauli imprisoned the sun in the hollow of the volcano and made him promise to give light and heat to the islands. From this ancient myth comes the name of the volcano, Haleakala, house of the sun. ANSWER TO OLD CONUNDRUM At Last Is Explanation Made as to "Why Does a Hen Cross the Road?" Now that a savant has given serious thought to the behavior and motive of a hen crossing a road, an ancient conundrum, one of the best known in the world, receives plausible solution. Whoever has closely observed a hen must have noticed that her eyes are so placed that she looks on both sides but does not look straight ahead. Her left eye, for example, sees an approaching automobile, and her quick decision is to run away from it. But she cannot take her eye off the dangerous object. Instead of fleeing to the right, which would take her off the road, she runs to the left, constantly watching the automobile, and so crosses the road directly in front of it. The savant approaches the conundrum from a point of view different from that of the wag Jo Miller, who is said to have invented it, but the conclusion seems to be much the same. The hen wishes to cross the road, although it might be added that her desire depends very much on her way of looking at things.—Christian Science Monitor. Castle Carriga-Hooley On the west coast of Ireland stands a castle bearing the euphonious name of Carrig-a-Hooley. Several centuries ago this was the favorite castle of Grace O'Malley, an Irishamazon, who took unto herself the title of queen, and ruled over several counties in a fashion not at all in accordance with sixteenth century ideals of femininity. Home rule in Ireland was demanded even in those days. When Queen Elizabeth offered to make the Irish maid a countess, history reports that she answered proudly, "I consider myself as great a queen as your majesty." On her voyage from the English court to her mountain domain, Queen Grace stopped at Howth castle, and being but coldly received by the lord, she proceeded to teach him hospitality by abducting his son and heir, returning the child only on the promise that the gates of Howth castle were to swing open always at the dining hour. "D'ye Ken John Peei?" "Some songs are immortal, and Dye Ken John Peel" is one of them. The litting tune of it was infectious on the fields of France, and many a British soldier learned the words, too, for the first time. The history of the song, about which there have been many excited arguments, can now be definitely settled, for at Sotheby's, recently, the original manuscripts of John Woodcock Graves' words, and of William Metcalfe, the Carlisle cathedral singer's music, were offered for sale," says the London Telegraph. "I declare that I never thought myself more than a hedgerow rhymer till I was called out as the author of "John Peel." Graves said. Franklin's Discovery. On June 15, 1732, Benjamin Franklin "discovered" electricity by demonstrating his theory that lightning and electricity were identical. Choosing a sultry day, when menacing clouds showed that a thunder storm was imminent, Franklin sent up a kite of silk on a framework of iron wire. The cord was of hemp with a piece of silk at the hand end, and above the silk was attached an iron key. When the storm broke the string stiffened and sparks darted from the key. Again and again Franklin drew the spark from the iron, and thus demonstrated his theory. NOT MERELY FISH STORIES Showers of Sea Food From Sky Are Authenticated, According to Magazine Writer. Next time some one tells you of its raining fish and frogs, don't laugh; the story may be true. There is, for instance, record of a fish rain in 1606 that showered smelts all over Stanstead parish in merry England, says Popular Science Magazine. In Baton Rouge, in 1896, it rained ducks, eathirds and woodpeckers. We pause right here to say that scientists explain these showers by the lifting power of the wind and the ancient principle that what goes up must come down; and you never can be sure what is up. Getting down to 1917, John Lewis of Aberdale, Wales, reports: "I was startled by something falling all over me. . . . On putting my hand down my neck I was surprised to find they were little fish." No less a person than Alexander von Humboldt writes of a downpour of fishes in the-Andes which seemed to be aided and abetted by a very active volcano. The natives said they rather counted on fish showers to reduce the H. C. L., usually having several a season. Singapore, as might be expected, holds the shower record, with a rain of five-inch catfish, which the Chinese gathered by the basketful. Nine native witnesses urged by a canny Scot, made depositions before a magistrate attesting the truth of their tales of a shower in Bengal during which at least five kinds of fish fell from the heavens. Boston, in the days of the "plug" hat, had what is called (being Boston) "a piscatorial deluge." But in Connecticut the same year it rained fish and ice together, which we call thoughtful. GOES BACK TO ANCIENT DAYS Expression Concerning Fires of Faith and the Torch of Religion Traced to Fire Worshipers. "My faith is like a burning flame," many a martyr has said when he was being sorely tried. "I may carry the torch of the true religion forward" is ar expression so often used that it seems almost trite. Is it an accident that many of the most fervent religious phrases are connected in one way or another with the fire-image? One of the curious customs of Lithuania gives a clew to the answer to this question. Religion and faith are expressed in fiery terms because most of our ancestors were fire worshipers. The tradition has outlived paganism, has come into Christianity itself, and remains most plainly evident in the language we use when talking of religion. In Lithuania family councils are held only in front of the hearth. All important gatherings are connected with the fireplace. The fire is never allowed to die out. It is the duty of the oldest woman in the family to tend to the fire, to cover it with ashes at night and to revive it in the morning. Why the oldest woman rather than the oldest man? Because in pagan days the attendants of the sacred fires were always women, the vestal virgins, whose lives were devoted to that one task. When we speak of the fires of faith, therefore, or of the torch of religion, we are harboring back to the ancient days, the days when fire was faith and religion a torch. Bulldogs Made Ferocious Bull-baiting at times ranked as the national pastime of England and countless scores of dogs met their death to provide a diversion for the British public. Even royalty favored the "sport," although during the last 100 years of its existence patrons of the bullring comprised exclusively the "lower classes." The bravery of the bulldog, cultivated during centuries of active service in the bullring, naturally became deeply inherited. Owing to the dog's occupation and surroundings he acquired a savageness of disposition which prompted one authority, as recently as fifty years ago, when bull-baiting, which had long been made illegal, was long since over, to state that the bulldog had an intractable temper and that he would turn on his master, if offended, as readily as on a stranger. Right Standard of Living. Byron, after a missent youth, desired "a soldier's grave" in "the land of honorable death." Far better would it have been if he had, like Tolstoi, resolved to live down the errors of his early life, and to build up a future which would have redeemed the follies of the past. When our own evil deeds have not soured our existence and when we have faith in that eternal justice which sees in the soul of man something greater than nature that will outlive her transitory laws, we small welcome old age as the portal through which we must pass to live the life everlasting.—Lucian in Rochester Post Express. Thought Grandpa Has "Snap." Grandpa, who was visiting us, was made much of by every member of the family. Harry noticed that everybody tried to make him comfortable, and that grandpa's wishes seemed to be the law of the household. One day the teacher was asking her class what they would all like to be when they grew up. When it came Harry's turn he answered without any hesitation: "When I grow up I'd like to be a grandpa." -Chicago Tribune. FEW OWE FAILURE TO FATE Man Who Has "Lost Out" Generally Unjust in Blaming the Fact on Circumstances. "He who is bitter is beaten. This is distilled 'from a life,' said a wise observer of his kind, a writer in Philadelphia Ledger remarks. Often one meets the man who has become soured by his own life through his own fault—though he blames it all on the chances and circumstances of destiny. He will not admit that the hand of a bad habit dragged him down or kept him from rising; that he made a misstep or took the wrong turn of the road. He prefers to charge impersonal fate with his personal failure. But he had the same right to struggle and win that we all have. The man whom he regards with envy had to prove that the stuff was in him, against odds. The old proverb says that fortune favors the brave—but that saying really means that fortune plays no favorites and confers her gifts only upon those who fight, and fight hard. Success is not hereditary. We must qualify on our own merit. Any fool can inherit money and be parted from it quickly. The respect of the community, which is life's chief reward, goes to him who earns it on his own account. In that continuing effort the fragrant memory of a noble family tradition and a plius and honest parentage is a valuable asset and a great inspiration. CAME DIRECT FROM HEAVEN Pretty Belief Existing in India Concerning the Origin of the Beautiful Emerald. Scientists say that the emerald's lovely grass-green color is derived from a compound of silica, alumina, beryllia, magnesia, soda, water and some organic matter unknown; others say that it is simply a compound of carbon and hydrogen resulting from organic matter; but the ancient inhabitants of India knew better than the modern scientists. They believed the emerald came from heaven. Says Forbes in his "Oriental Memoirs:" "A person was watching a swarm of fireflies in an Indian grove one moonlight night. After hovering a time in the moonbeams, one particular firefly, more brilliant than the rest, alighted on the grass and there remained. A spectator, struck by its fixity and approaching to ascertain the cause, found not an insect, but an emerald, which he appropriated and wore in a ring, and ever after the Indians believed that the fireflies were sacred insects which upon dying on the grass turned to emeralds for the adornment of man and the glorification of Buddha." That is perhaps the reason why the priests of Buddha regard the emerald with such veneration. Of course no firefly can now make an emerald, but emeralds certainly do make the money fly. When the Sun Was Blue A blue sun has been recorded only once. That was in August, 1883, in Java, says the Kansas City Star. A day or two before there was a very violent eruption of a large volcano about a hundred miles from Batavia. The eruption ended with an explosion in which a range of mountains was destroyed, a vast cavity being left in its place, more than a thousand feet deep at one point. Billions of tons of rocks, mud and dust were thrown high in the air and the sun was obscured over a large area. At Batavia the darkness became so deep that street lamps had to be lighted in the middle of the afternoon. That condition prevailed until toward sunset. Then the volcanic cloud began to clear away, leaving the sun visible. Instead, however, of it being red, as it usually is when viewed through a smoke cloud, it appeared as a magnificent deep blue disk, remaining that color until it sank below the horizon. The phenomenon was seen by everyone within 30 or 40 degrees of the equator. Birds Hold Dances Many of the birds of South America have the regularly formed habit of meeting periodically in the same place for the purpose of dancing. Some sing as they dance, others accompany the refrain by something very like instrumental music. The rupicola dances alone, says the Detroit Free Press. Birds of this species range themselves in a circle round level, mossy or soft ground, and one of them, bright with orange and scarlet plumage, leaves the circle and advances to the center of the space with the dignity of a courter dancing a minuet, his wings spread and tail like a fan. He begins slowly, gradually increasing the speed of his gyrations until he terminates his performance by leaping and whirling. Humanity in Art Pictures must not be too picturesque. Nothing astonishes men so much as corsion sense and plain dealing. All great actions have been simple and all great pictures are. The Transfiguration by Raphael is an eminent example of this peculiar merit. A calm, benigniant beauty shines over all this picture, and goes directly to the heart. It seems also to call you by name. The sweet, sublime face of Jesus is beyond praise; yet how it disappoints all fond expectations. This familiar, simple, home-speaking countenance is as if one should meet a friend—Emerson. BACK TO 它 TOMMY MAKES AN ARBOLOGY His Work of Art Was Not Appreciated and He Endeavors to Set Matters Right. The New York Times is responsible for the following: Dear Teacher: My mother says I haffto appologize for dorren your pickchure on the bored as if you was an oilled made with curls and a long wisaker on your chin witch you could not help or me neether. It was a meen thing to doo and I am sorry I didd it but I could not help it bzecaws you stood there looking so nacherl with the curls and the wisker and all and Jenny Ames dared me to doo it at recess. I doo not blame you for wipen me becawks it looked so mutch like you had a purpeck rite to be mad. If I was you I would be mad too. My mother says nobody is so sensitive about her looks as a lady teacher esphesully if she is a little oilled but this was not to go in the letter. If you only understood what is inside of boys heads maken them be mischefuss you would be sorry for them for it is not exackly their fault. I know you feel worse about it then I do becawns my wippin does not hurt now but a plickchure does on forever. Teachers have a hard enrufft time goodness knows without beln shode how they look with a whoal school to laft. Sometimes if you do not care I will dorre you on the bored looken swete and yung and put your name under so everybody will know who it is and so no more for the present froum your troo friend and skoller. TOMMY. THINK HIGHLY OF LANTERNS Chinese Make Them in Many Attractive Forms, and Pay Big Prices for Them. The shops of the lantern vendors in the Chinese cities are usually very gay and attractive. All varieties of lanterns are to be seen—the large silken ones 3 and 4 feet high, gorgeously painted with variegated colors, embroidered in gold and silver or decorated with deep fringe of the same material, and common small horn and paper lanterns used by the coolies, according to the Philadelphia Inquirer. The mode of making horn lanterns is very ingenious; the horns are cut into remarkably thin slices, which, by means of heat and pressure, are joined together and formed into various shapes—round, square, hexagon, octagon and some shaped to resemble an hour glass. It is usual for servants after sunset to carry before their masters large lanterns made either of horn or highly varnished paper, with the name, title and dignities painted in large letters thereon. At the Feast of Lanterns, which takes place in the early part of the Chinese New Year, these lantern shop proprietors reap a rich harvest, as it is customary for parents to make presents of lanterns to their children, brother to sister, friend to friend, inferior to superior, and vice versa. Via Iceland. The desire that centuries ago made men look to the North for closer connection between the eastern and western hemispheres may soon be realized by the shipment of Canadian grain from Port Nelson, in Hudson bay, to Rekjavic, Iceland, there to be stored in warehouses for trans-shipment to Europe. The ancient Icelandic capital, dating back to the coming of the Northmen in the ninth century, will thus become an important link in the international commerce. Hudson bay is unfrozen during about five months, and the grain, once stored at Rekjavic, where navigation is practically always open with Europe, can be forwarded as needed. The plan shortens the railway haul of grain moving from the new to the old world by about a thousand miles; and the grain ships crossing the bay will travel a twententh century version of the new route for commerce which the old navigator, Henry Hudson, was seeking in the early seventeenth. Suction Plates on Bats Certain bats appear to have found their hooklike thumbs and hind feet insufficient for suspension and have made use of the suction principle for this purpose. This mode of suspension has been developed independently in two distinct bats, one a native of Brazil and the other of Madagascar. In the Brazilian species the suckers take the form of stalked discs attached to the palms of the thumbs and the soles of the feet. The suckers of the Malagasy species are horseshoe like. By means of the suckers these bats are able to ascend vertical surfaces. Very curious it is to note the similarity between the suckers of these bats and those on the arms of the cuttle-fishes. First Fake Beards The Jews were responsible for the first false beards that were ever worn, so far as known. They did not wear them themselves, but they caused the Egyptians to do so. The Egyptians had long gone with smooth faces, but when the Jews came over to stay with them, the people of the Nile quickly absorbed the idea that a bearded man was associated with strength, nobility of character and perhaps prowess. So it quickly came about that whenever the Egyptians wanted to hold a celebration in which certain persons were to be exalted, the objects of popular acclaim wore false beards. es why: = : a ey a : es 7 co ia Be cnet See bomme a * Bas “3 ‘ Eee : i a t a | r | HON. SHERIDAN E. FRY Acting Chief Justice of the Municipal Court; who is one of the best and most popular judges of that court and who is amply qualified te become Associate Justice, of the Supreme Court of Illincis. THE SPLENDID RECORD OF HON. SHERIDAN E. FRY AS ONE OF THE JUDGES OF THE MUNI- CIPAL COURT. The first of December, 1918, Hon. Sheridan E. Fry, Completed his first ten years as one of the judges of the Municipal Court and as such, his record cannot be excelled by any of the judges of that court. Up to the first of December past, he had tried seventy-five thousand cases and he was so fair and careful in his de- cisions, that very few of the cases tried by him have ever been appealed and the majority of those appealed; the Appelate court, has sustained or upheld the decisions of Judge Fry. Some five or six weeks ago, all of the judges of the Municipal Court met and elected Judge Fry, as acting, Chief Justice of that court, which shows the confidence reposed in him MANY DEMOCRATS AND REPUB- LICANS ARE CANDIDATES FOR THE CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION. Conelutied from Page 1 Twenty-seventh district—Phil. E. Weyna, Edward J. Corcoran, Edward M. Barlow, Bruno S. Mindak, and Ernest D. Potts. : \ Twenty-ninth district — Edward Stenson and Edmond L. Mulcahy. ‘Thirty-first district—William Cul- Jen Burns and Robert Emmett Burke. Second district—Abtaham Satits- ky, 808 S. Marshfield av., and An- thony D. Andrea, 902 Ashland blvd., Chicago. It is estimated that more than one hundred more candidates will enter the race for delegutes to the constitu tional -convention from the various senatorig! districts between now and August the first, the last day for fil- ling petitions. Last Sunday evening Rev. W. B. Fleming, Field Secretary for the For- eign Mission Board of the National Baptist convention held forth at Mt} Zion Baptist Church at Evanston, D-), nei, and presched « powerful sel] stirring sermon, the church was! crowded to its fullest capacity prior to the evening services, a business |' meeting was held and its Pastor Rev. | E. P. Jones and eighteen other mem- | bers of Mt. Zion freely signed « note | or contract pledging forty-five thou-|' sand dollars worth of real estate | which is owned by them to enshle | ‘the church to borrow ten thousand | dollars from the State Bank of Ey-| anston, which sum of money will place! them ina position to move forwardand < construct the church, the money must be paid back to the bank at the rate ¢ of two thousand dollars per year and| @AGE FOUR by his associate judges and he wil continue to act in the capacity of Chief Justice for several weeks to come. . Judge Fry, has served in every branch of the Municipal Court and at all of the Police Stations he is one of the best known municipal judges in the city. For some time he has presided over the court of Domestic Relations and in every way he is am- ply fortified to discharge all of the perplexing and difficult situations, which he is confronted with every minute of the time, that his court is in session. Judge Fry, always conducts him- self in a quiet and unassuming man- ner and never flies off the handle, half cocked. When off the bench, he could easily pass for a sedate Presbyterian minister and for our part we would fell highly delighted, to see Judge Pry selected as Associate Justice of he Supreme Court of Illinois. when the church is completed it will cost seventy five thousand dollars and it will be one of the best and finest churches owned by Colored people in Cook County. COOK COUNTY BAR ASSOCIA- TION HOLDS MEETING. Last Tuesday evening, there was 2 meeting and banquet of the Cook County Bar Association at the Royal Gardens, 459 E. Sist Street. The magnificent dinner was served under the personal direction of Mr. Virgil Williams, the genial proprietor. The meeting as well as the dinner was a distinct success. The members of the Association were accompanied by charming lady guests whose presence added zest and flavor to the occasion. Various members of the Association discussed the different courts of Cook County in their relation to the public interest. .The speeches were highly interesting, brief and instructive. Every one was deeply impressed with the ability displayed by the var- ious speakers in the handling of their subjects. ‘Those who addressed the meeting follow: Messrs, E..H. Wright, Rich- ard E. Westbrooks, C. W. De Ar- mond, J. M. Brumfield, James G. Cot- ter, B. G. Pollard, W. E: Mollison, H. B. Gaines, B. G. Gianton, James A. Terry, and H. M. Porter President. Short addresses were also delivered by Misses Sadie De Armind and Vio- lette N. Anderson. a for good and the public will hear more of the activities of this institution. The regular meetings are held the irst Friday night in each. Month. ‘ a a co” ____ THE BROAD AX, CHICAGO, JULY 19, 1919, CHARLES E. STUMP, AFTER VISITING IN CHICAGO, JUMPS TO DANVILLE, ILL.; INDIANAPOLIS, IND.; ST. LOUIS, MO.; FRANKFORT, KY.; RICHMOND, VA.; RALEIGH, N. CAROLINA AND OTHER POINTS IN THE SOUTH at me will you. When I wrote to yot the last time before this time, I wa Tight in Chicago, just returning from Denver, and now you see where I am when I put my pen down to write tc you this week, and it is hard to tel where I will be when I put my hands into pen or ink to write you the next letter. I had a fine time getting around in Chicago. As I told you I spoke at Bethel A. M_£. church Sunday morn- ing and Sunday evening I was at Pro- vidence Baptist church, where I had been invited by the Rev. Dr. J. Bos- ton Prince to speak Sunday night, but it seems that he had forgotten the invitation and the plans, and forgot to let the officers know, hence I was not expected. Another minister had been selected, but he looked at me and said “since you come from so far, I will give away to you, for preaching is not an easy job.” After the services, I went down to see the wonderful work being done by Mrs. Prince, and I got to see what a benefit she is to the race and how she is making it possible for our girls to become independent. She is a wonder, and has ben doing wonderful things. She has a factory, in which she has a number of machines that run by electricity, and they are used to make dresses. Our girls are taught the latest methods in dress making, and they make them for who shall last the longest. It was to me a pleas- ure to see how it is done, and I can forgive the preacher for forgetting me. In company with Mrs. Elvie L. Stewart, her mother, Mrs. M. F. C. Washington, and her son, Charles! Stewart, Jr., I went back to the south side and found my way to Sleepy- ville. It was a good place to visit. I got around a little bit in Chicago. I had the pleasure of spending a few minutes with a great preacher, the Rev. J. F. Thomas D. D., and all will have to give it to him. He is a great praecher, one of the best in the coun- try. His ability and experience have untied in making him what he is. He has been a benefit to the city of Chicago, and right by his side has| been his wife, “Sallie.” It was to me a source of pleasure to have spent one service in his church and with his people. They are putting forth an ef- fort to get into » fine church and it will not be long before this will be accomplished. When he told me what he wantei to do, of course planked down my name for $25, and paid a part of it right there and then and will fork up the other when wanted) if I can get hold of it. | Some of them folks have been try-! ing to put one over on Dr. Thomas in | Calceas. Bat bef some Slay creat | pa himself and it will never he done! and you may put it down that I told | you so. He is going to remain at | Ebenezer until God tells him that he! has served out his alloted time, and! then there will be some one to take! his place, and you may put it down! that it will not be some one who has |, been told if he would take = smaller place he could become pastor of Eb-|, enezer some day. I am going to block | that game and you may tell him that , [ told you so. Tam a member there and not a dead member. Not by any ; means. is But I am not talking church poli- ies but I have seen a few of the ; politicians of the church, and they | re wire pulling. They are now get- y ing their ducks in the row, for the ( lection of Dr. A. J. Carey, of Chi- ago, W. Sampson Brooks of Balti-| nore, J. C, Caldwell, of Nashville, ¢ fenn., J. R Ransom, of Wichita, R. h . Ransom, of New York, 8. A. Wil- » 1} of some point in Georgia. Now there 5] are others, but all are not going to be 1} elected. The general conference may \| decide on two or three, or perhaps | four. Some disposition will have to || be made of Bishop I. N. Ross, Bishop |W. W. Beckett, both for Africa. I | think the church would do a wise thing to send Dr. John A. Gregg to | South Africa, for he is fitted for the | job. I will leave it to you though. | I remained around Chicago just few days, and pulled out for Dan- ville, TIL, after a short conference with Editor Taylor, of The Broad Ax, who shook my lily black hand and told me not to get tired of well doing. He issued my monthly check, saying that if I continue he would raise my sal- ary. I had me a regular Gold Dust Twin smile all over my face. He is pushing the paper as never before is getting great results. I went to Danville to be there at the Wood River Baptist Sunday school convention. It was a great big ses- sion, and I was real glad to have been there and enjoyed it to the highest. I met many young people there, and they met me and some of them seem- ed glad to meet me. I met a bright little girl, Roger Williams. She was ‘one of the youngest and brightest I have ever met in a convention. She was just 14 years old, second year high school, and ready to speak on any question. I tell you it is man- ners to see how our young people are coming. From Danville, I made it to India- napolis, Ind., where I met a few) friends. Rev. Charles Johnson, who was known the world over as the boy Preacher, but he could not remain the) boy all of his life. He has been doing a great work in this country as a real| preacher. Has returned to Indiana-| polis where he is still doing good. I] had the pleasure of calling at his home, also called on Miss Sayde Mays. She had been to the meeting in |’ Cleveland hence had a new vision. | She was determined as never before|' to do something for her people and|' was ready to strike down any one who|| could not see the new world as she|| saw it. We must all now join the|' National Association for the Advance-|' ment of Colored People, and if I have the name wrong excuse me. I mean) well. / From Indianapolis, to St. Louis,_|' where I met the Editor of the East‘ Tennessee News, W. L. Porter, who|' was there to help to show the im-|' portance of making a member of our race a member of the Kentucky Le- gislature. Billy for that, then took|! a day in Frankfort, and on to Rich- mond, Va., and then whefe I am to- day. I was a little shaky in Richmond, |! for they had organized the Klu Klux|| Kan, and I don’t know much about it,| but they tell me it is an organiza-|¢ tion of what they call white folks to take a way from me all that I have|* which causes me to look up like a|* man. This may be possible, but I}* doubt it very much. They tell me/* ome mysterious process the little| 4 chick gets in the shell, he picks and picks after receiving life, until he]? gets out, and I would like to see the| power put him back in there. So it|¢ s with the Negro. You had him under|® leet one time, and he picked and jicked until he got out and there is|d ot a power on earth to put him back. We have tasted liberty and liberty is| p rhat we are going to enjoy or tell n jod why we did not enjoy it Hear|h hat I say and then put it down. | I must be careful about what I ss7,/g or fear Col. Charles H. Young & ear it, and then he will tell the yhite folks about fi. You see he ix ania Ey — z —-— « ae ss Ss te HON. JOHN E. TRAEGER Ex-Sheriff of Cook County and Democratic Condidate for Delegate to the Constitutional Convention, from the Fourth Senatorial District near white himself until he believe: that he must tell Moss John all about it, I do not mean to say harsh and mean things about a man when he is getting ripe for the kingdom. But that man, Col. Young is the biggest news totter I have known since I have been colored. Just a few weeks ago, one of our men made a sermon, and said some- thing about the men of our race, and what they should do. He pointed out the road to recognition and respect, the ballot, and that wise saint came to the front with a newspaper story in one of the morning papers saying ‘that the speaker was trying stir up race strife, and to reflect on the white folks. He put it in the daily paper, and I suppose he wanted to get that preacher killed. He is one of the has beens, but is a down and out, and belongs to that gang, ani he is catching at everything to make him popular. I am not prepared to say all I have in my heart to say, and will not sar it, for it may result in a law sait. Ged forgive him, for he knews not what he is doing, and is not ripe for the kingdom, therefore spare him so that he may get his soul right. I don't! want him to go to hell. Forgive and save him, Amen. Iam here and I have had the pleas- ure of meeting Rev. and Mrs. C. E. Asked. He is pastor of the first Bap- tist church one of the largest in the country. His wife is one of the best scholars in the race. I shall stop right here. CHARLES E. STUMP. BAZAAR AT BETHESDA BAPTIST CHURCH. The bazaar held at Bethesda Bap- list Church last week was considered by those who attended one of the most attractive ever held in that church. Aside from the financial considera- tion, the bazaar was beneficial in a social way, for many friends came and visited and several acquaintances were renewed by friends of former days. ‘The booths (twelve of them) were beeutifully decorated and many use- ful articles were displayed for the choice of the public; these were sold at market prices. A neat sum of about eighty-five dollars was realized. ‘The affair was held under the aus- pices of Alpha Circle, and the chair- man, Mrs. Martha B. Anderson, and her corps of workers did themselves credit by the business like and yet genteel manner im which the be- taar was managed. ‘The pastor, Dr. E. T. Martin, wore a brozd smile of approval. Mrs. Margaret Bonds and her granddaughter, little Margaret lef Wednesday morning for a two week’ stay in Benton Harbor. Rev. and Mrs. Reverdy C. Ranson of New York are expected to arrive im the city Monday, to attend the Jubilee at Quinn Chapel. They will be the guests of Hon. and Mrs. Eé- ward H. Wright, on Calumet Ave. Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Eaves are the Proud possessors of a new electric ‘car, which was purchased this week. Major W. A. Plummer of Cairo TIL, stopped over in the city a fer days this week enroute to Rockfort. ML. where the Phytian Grand Loért of Diinois is being held. Eastern Star circles are busy pre anng for the Grand Chapter, 0. E.S meet to be held int Peoria, Ill, Augus Rew * As we go to press, the North Wood River Sunday School association is being held at St. John’s Baptist Church, 35th and Wabash Ave. Hon J. E. White is the very capable pres: dent and we understand that th meetings are interesting and educs tional and the programs are enter taining. Rev. F. A. McCoo is the able pastor of St. John Church and Pres of the District B. ¥. P. U. . —— Opal D. Cooper, one of our “boys from over there” blew into the city from the East a few days ago, look- ing the picture of health. Rumors art afloat of a prospective wedding with ® fair damsel of the South Side Whether or not there is any founds tion to the rumor, we do know thit our Opal was sitting close to the doll and wearing the “smile that won' come off.” Sergeant Hilbert Earl Stewart i expected to arrive in town next wet! from “over there.” MERRY MACK. SUNSHINE RESCUE MISSION 2830 S. State Street, H. Franklin Bray, D. D. Supt. Service Every Night in the Year. The first Annual Sunday Schoo Pienic of the Mission was held 0” last Monday at Lincoln Park. A ver) large group of children who had neve! known the joy of such a gathering was in attendance and the Super intendent assisted by the officers and teachers made the day one long to b¢ remembered by both children 20d parents. ‘The Milwaukee Branch sent in tw? tons of coal and St. Mark A.M. E Church and Dr. J. 0. Morley of Mi- ```markdown ``` HON. MICHAEL K. SHERIDAN Member of the Board of Assessors of Cook Country and Democratic Candi Senatorial District of Illjnois. waukee one ton each. The Mission needs forty tons to keep warm the men and boys who will otherwise be exposed to cold and disease this winter, and help along this line is solicited from individuals and clubs generally. The services last week including the Sabbath were of great interest and profit. Dr. Bray will preach tomorrow. In addition to the regular program at the Soldiers and Sailors Club great enthusiasm is being evinced in preparation for the home-coming of the beloved 803rd. The club house is being freshened and beautified and all the assisting organization are planning some interesting and unique stunt of welcome. The Patriotic Service League girls are planning a novel program and other features of entertainment to leave no doubt in the minds of the homecomers as the sincerity of their welcome. Prof. Jas. Mundy who is now in charge of the community singing conducted a lively chorus on Tuesday evening assisted by the Morris Glee Club an aggregation of energetic young men who made the block ring with their melodies. These sings are conducted in the open air on the Club lawn and the entire community is urged to drop over and join in the songs every Tuesday evening at 8 o'clock. On Friday evenings there will be plays and pageants free to all the Soldiers and their friends on the lawn or in the Auditorium upstairs these plays will be given by the P. S. L. girls under the direction of Miss Burgette. Any organization desiring to help in this way to entertain the boys may do so by getting in touch with this department and arranging dates for their programs. The Girls' Grand Council will meet Friday evening to plan for the reception of the boys. Irene B. Hudlin, President. Mrs. Irene Gaines is arranging to take 20 P. S. L. girls and mothers to a summer camp for ten days. Any such persons who are in need of this ten day outing may communicate with Mrs. Gaines at the Club House. Thru the influence of Mrs. Gaines the "End of the Road" was shown free to P. S. L. girls at Wendell Phillips high school on Monday evening. Mrs. Cinthia B. Lindsay-Yocum has returned from a pleasant visit among relatives in Peoria. Dr. and Mrs. W. H. Davis will leave Sunday morning for a two week's visit with friends and relatives at Edelstein and Peoria, Ill. [6L Monsieur/loyh ahrdeltau uonu WAR CAMP COMMUNTY PERSONALS Cook Country and Democratic Candid tional Convention from the Eleventh PHYLLIS WHEATLEY CLUB. NOTES. The Phyllis Wheatley Woman's Club held their Annual Picnic meet- ing at the Municipal Pier, Wednesday afternoon, July 16. An enjoyable time was spent. State dues were voted out and delegates arranged for the State meeting at Jacksonville in August. The members and visitors enjoyed a delightful lunch and the program of the Children's hour under the auspieces of the Dramatic League. Several girls of the Wendell Phillips and 7th Ward Patriotic Service League Units were present. Miss Ella Barrier Washington, D.C. Mrs. Jordan, Mt. Mayou, Miss and Miss Barnett Jackson, Tenn., were among the visitors present. A GREAT BOOK FOR COLORED CHILDREN Perhaps the book of most far reaching good to the Colored race in America will be issued within the next five or six weeks. The title is "First Steps." Making a race, and child glimpses of Negro progress and history, and nursery rhymes. There have been thousands of books written by the Negro and of the Negro. Up to the present time there has not been written a half dozen Colored Child books. We cannot hope to do much in moulding the character of grown ups, but the child can be greatly benefitted by the heritage of rich lessons extolled in such a book, having a great purpose as the one mentioned. Dr. M. A. Majors is the author. He has spent a number of years in its production and the public can be assured that the safety and security of our children can be largely determined by the thousand rich truths it contains. It will be full of pictures, and golden truths. BETHEL LITERARY SOCIETY Hon. Sheaderick B. Turner will address Bethel Literary next Monday evening, July 21st, at 8:30 o'clock Subject: The Basic Laws of the State of Illinois. Bethel Literary is assured a large audience to hear Mr. Turner and Pres. Sandy W. Trice, announces that Mrs. Mae E. Motley Authoress, will favor us with a Reading. Free admission, good music. Rev. W. D. Cook, D.D. Pastor. Sandy W. Trice, Pres. J. W. Bell, Sec'y. Elizabeth L. Davis, President Juanita Hawkins, Rec. Sec. THE BROAD AX, CHICAGO, JULY 19, 1919 TO EMPLOY ALL COLORED York, Pa.—Through the efforts of Dr. George W. Bowees, a large New York firm will soon open a shirt factory in this city to employ Colored girls. CHIPS James G. Cotter, 145 N. Clark St., assistant attorney-general of Illinois; spent Thursday and Friday of this week in Detroit, Mich., on legal business. Miss Ella Johnson, Centralia, Ill., spent several pleasant weeks in the city as the guest of Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Kinney, 3142 Calumet Ave. Rev. G. W. Register, recently transferred to the Missouri Conference, was in the city during the week on business. The meeting of the Baptist Women's Congress of which Mrs. Eva Hooper is president at Sycamore during the week was largely attended by Chicagoans. Reports of a good meeting were received. Mrs. Nora F. Taylor, evangelist, will not go east until after the 72nd Anniversary of Quinn Chapel of which she is an earnest worker. Miss Elestine Blaney, 4745 State Str., is spending a pleasant vacation at Fox Lake, Wisconsin. Much praise is given Rev. W. A. Blackwell, pastor of Walters, A. M. E. Zion church, by the entire connection for the splendid work he has done and is still doing since he taken charge of the said church. William H. Clark, one of the able assistants of Hon. F. L. Barnett, 184 W. Washington street, is a strong supporter of Col. Franklin A. Denison, for delegate to the Constitutional Convention from the First Senatorial district of Illinois. Judge and Madam Rosalee Tyler, have bought a fine three flat building at 4847 Calumet ave., and they will reside in the first flat and rent out the two upper flats. Madam Clara McAdams, 4806 So. Dearborn Street, who has completely recovered from her severe nervousbreakdown, celebrated her thirty-eighth birthday on Wednesday and she received several lovely presents from some of her many friends. Mrs. Bertha Moseley Lewis, ieft Tuesday, for Idlewild, Mich., where she will spend the remainder of the summer with her mother, Mrs. B. F. Moseley. Lieut. O. Cooper, who is well known in this city as one of the popular songsters, who has been over seas for Uncle Sam, for the past two years in the Military Service of his country; spent the latter part of last week and the first part of this week in Chicago. He will return the latter part of September. Shortly after that date, he will be united in marriage to Miss Beatrice Lee, the highly accomplished daughter of Prof. and Mrs. Samuel I. Lee, 5259 So. Dearborn Street. Mrs. Lou Ella Young, 3556 Forest Ave., together with Mrs. G. E. Matheson, has returned to the city after spending several days in Metropolis, Ill., where they attended the funeral of Mr. Mitchell. R. W. Weels, 3710 Indiana Ave., of the Wells Fraternal System, is making a success of the Wells Book System of receipt, due and record books for lodges and societies. Every state in the union is now using these books. The Chicago Commercial Club of which Chas. H. Turger is president, held an interesting program at their meeting Sunday afternoon at the Soldiers and Sailors Club. Many prominent and focible speakers appeared on the program. W. A. Wallace, president, Wallace Bakery Co., presided. The Juvenile department of Mt. Miriah No. 44, Grand United Order of Odd Fellows, was beautifully entertained last Saturday evening at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Woods, 5539 LaFayette Ave. The large number of children as well as Mrs. Lou Ella Young, Miss M. Handy and several parents of the children were present and enjoyed the evening. Miss Ruth B. Johnson, one of the up-to-date school teachers of Cincinnati, Ohio; will until September 1, serve as assistant manager for R. W. Hunter and Company, bankers; 4757 S. State Street. Miss Johnson, is full of business and as she does not indulge in foolishness, there is no time for any flys to light on her. Rev. A. J. Carey, for years connected with the Corporation Counsel Office and presiding elder of the Chicago District, A. M. E. churches, has been selected by the second ward regular Republican organization as a delegate to the constitutional convention which is to draft a new constitution for the state of Illinois. Col. O. B. Duncan has resumed employment at the state house, at Springfield, Ill., in the office of State Supt. of Public Instruction, Blair. Many modern buildings and valuable lots have been secured by the Milton Mercantile Agency, 3638 S. State St., of which M. T. Bailey is manager. The arrangements as to the terms have been made so easy until any one can take this opportunity of purchasing now. View From High Points At mountain stations, where one is above the greater part of the lower, dust-laden layers of the atmosphere, more stars are visible at than at sea level. Some recent observations at Mt. Wilson by Van der Blit show that the limit of unaired vision there, without even the aid of screens to shut off the light of the sky, is at about the seventh magnitude—that is, the faintest stars that can be seen on the mountain are two and one-half times brighter than can be seen at sea level. Origin of Blackguards. The original "blackguard," or more properly "black guard," consisted of the whole body of the camp followers of an army in the field during the wars of the middle ages. Many of them had to do with food and cooking, and so they traveled with their pans, pots and other kitchen utensils, and as moreover, to wash while on the march was a difficult matter, it is easy to see how applicable the term became to these. They were a dirty lot and most of them thorough ruffians. Usea for Tea Leaves Tea leaves are often used to dampen carpets, but they should not be too wet or left lying about long, or the color may come out of the carpet. Tea leaves, however, are valuable for various other purposes. Store them for three or four days, soak them in a pail for about an hour, then strain off the water, which is an excellent wash for all varnished paints and makes them look equal to new. Floor and Walls. The choice of floor covering is affected by so many conditions that it is not easy to lay down any definite rules as guides. Rugs and carpets should always be as inconspicuous as possible. They must blend with the walls and furnishings or an otherwise beautiful room will prove unpleasant to live in. The less pronounced the floor of the room, the better and more restful the combined effect. Ups and Downs of Life. Mildred had been watching the paperhanger with so much interest that he did little that escaped her eye. When he left the first night he left all his tools, including several ladders, behind him, a fact that excited Mildred very much. As he waved good night to her she called frantically to him: "Oh, Mister Paperhanger, you're forgetting all your ups and downs." Testing Tea. If you wish to test the purity of tea take a table knife and a sheet of white paper, upon which rub the tea with the knife. When the leaves are powdered the paper is dusted clean and its surface examined. If the tea is artificially colored, streaks of vivid Prussian blue will appear. Interviewing the Minister My brother was married young and felt embarrassed. He went to interview the minister relative to the ceremony, and after much stammering and many blushes, managed th's surprising request: "Will you come up to the house and marry me and another girl?"—Chicago Tribune. B. GEORGE W. BLACKWELL Lawyer, ex-soldier, and Republican candidate for De tional Convention from the First Senatorial D Lawyer, ex-soldier, and Republican candidate for Delegate to the Constitu tional Convention from the First Senatorial District of Illinois. Leonard was walking with his nurse and met a friend of his mother, who proceeded to engage him in conversation in a most effusive and enlivened manner. On parting with her, Leonard was silent for a long time, and then said with a gentle sigh of thankfulness: "I am so glad, Sarah, that I've got a nice, gloomy mother." Japanese Hairdressers - The professional coiffeur for men is a much older occupation in Japan than that for women. There are records as far back as the thirteenth century of male hairdressers for men; for the samurai especially were very particular as to how the hair was done up, though as a profession the coiffeur was of somewhat later growth. Good Law, for Germany The Delbrueck law, which became effective in Germany early in 1914, provides for Germans retaining their allegiance to Germany while becoming citizens of the United States or any other country. In assuming the new citizenship a German subject, if it suits him, continues his German citizenship and allegiance in Germany according to this law. Little Paul, age seven, and his aunt were playing with the cat when it ran under the buffet. Stooping down his aunt said: "I can see only his hind quarters." Paul ran to the other end of the buffet and looking under exclaimed: "Oh. I can see its head quarters." On June 7, 1769, Daniel Boone, with five other hunters from North Carolina, reached Red river, Kentucky. They were the first white men to explore the territory, forbiddingly called by the Indians "The Dark and Bloody Ground." Use of India Rubber India rubber was used for the first time as an eraser in 1770, when a very small piece was sold for three marks. It was, however, many years later before it was put into general use. Prior to this the crumb of bread was used for erasing purposes. Disagreed With Him Bert could not eat porridge without feeling distressed. Scolded one day by his sister for speaking rudely to her girl friend, he said: "I just can't help it, sis; she affects me 'zactly like porridge." In some parts of Cape Provinces, South Africa, chicory gives a yield of $250 to $300 per acre, Johannesburg being the chief market. "Nell talks incessantly." "Oh, that's only to keep people from finding out how little she has to say."—Boston Transcript. Silly Season Now Opened. Auctioneers have a nod way of receiving bids.—Boston Post. Innocence in genius and candor in power are both noble qualities.—Madame de Stael. Cause for Rejoicing. Looking for Cat Daring Pioneers Chicory. Camouflage. THE FIVE Candidate for Delegate to the Constitu- tion Senatorial District of Illinois. Natural Question. Esther is an inquisitive little girl. One day I took her for a walk and every time we met anyone she would ask who it was. We were just pass- ing a large apartment when a man drove up in a car. Esther immediately asked: "Who is that, Aunt Cather- line? Is that the doctor?" I told her that it was. Then she said: "Who is he going to fix?"—Chicago Tribune. What He Really Wanted. Little Lowell had been wanting a goat. His father had promised to get one for him. When the new baby came and the doctor showed the little bundle to Lowell and said: "This is your new sister, my son; what do you think of her?" Lowell looked at the baby seriously, then replied: "Well, I'd like her better if she wuz a goat." With the coming of winter the life of the wasp ceases, but until that time they are most exemplary creatures. There are no lazy folk in waspland. Labor and effort are evenly divided in a nest of wasps. Some assume the duty of plundering, going out in search of food, while others act as policemen. Worst Enemy of Birds The great horned owl is the worst of the owl family as a destroyer of game and poultry. He even extends his depredations to rabbits and other fur-bearing animals, and if he discovers the sleeping place of a covey of quail he will clean them up to the last bird. Rainy Seasons in Cycles According to Eduard Brueckner, the great Austrian meteorologist, cold, rainy seasons come in cycles about every thirty-five years, the years nearest to these partaking of their nature and those furthest distant being dry and hot. The year 1915 was the height of one of these cold, wet cycles. It is a well-known fact among nerve specialists that by an examination of the thumb they can tell if the patient is affected, or likely to be affected, by paralysis or not, as the thumb will indicate this a long time before there is any trace of the disease in any other part of the system. Reasoning From Kittens. Little Edward's twin sisters were being christened. All went well until Edward saw the water in the font. Then he anxiously turned to his mother and exclaimed: "Ma, which one are you going to keep?"—Blighty (London). Norway Must Import Sweetstuffs. Norway Must Import Sweetstuff. Norway produces no sugar within its own borders and the sweet sirups produced from vegetable sources are of slight importance, so that country is in a position of almost absolute dependence on imports for its sweetening materials. Wise men say that if we could see ourselves as others see us, we wouldn't believe it—Tit-Bits. Spread the table and contention will ease. PAGE FIVE Natural Question. Life of the Wasp. The Telltale Thumb. Incredible. PAGE SIX GEORGETTE IS IN FAVOR WITH ALL Material Has Long Been Valued for the Joy and Comfort It Affords. MODELS FOR ALL OCCASIONS Many Shades of Light Blue Heretofore Seidon Seen Are Coming Into Use—Lace Is Used Extensively. What did we wear before georgette crope was invented? Experiment as we will with every other material, we come back to this with joy and comfort, recognizing the service and beauty few other fabrics offer, notes a prominent fashion correspondent. Of more than usual loveliness are the gorgeous frocks being displayed for more or less elaborate occasions. While many seem to have tired somewhat of the heavily beaded dresses so long esteemed, others seek them out assiduously, seeming to prefer the chemise type with its beading to all other gowns of thin material. Now that the blue dyes are of such uncertain quality, and few of the manufacturers will sell them with a guarantee of their lasting attributes, the dark blues are harder to find, and therefore we notice many variations of the blue shades which have not been often seen. For instance, the exquisite horizon blue of the French uniforms developed in georgette makes ideal dresses for country club wear. One just from France has an apron effect across the front made by placing row after row of blond footing one above the other from the hem of the skirt almost to the waist. This skirt, by the way, deviates somewhat from the straight up and down effect of the majority and seems to be cut after the circular fashion of several seasons ago. The rows of the footing which form the apron, line on the front end at the sides of the skirt just as an apron would do. The extra fullness of the skirt is gathered at the back, where a handsome sash of blue satin of the exact shade of the georgette is tied in a large bow with long loops and ends. The waist has a plastron in front bordered at each side with a bit of the narrow footing. The collar falls away from the throat at the front in a becoming depth and is a shallow bit of the blue bordered with the footing at the back of the neck. The sleeves are longer than the French, which persistently reveal the elbow at just the most awkward Ellen R. A printed navy georgette in slender, graceful lines. It is a cool costume, appropriate for house, street and semiformal wear. length. The footing also trims these in a straight around band at the cuff over the elbow. Footing Used Extensively. Footing is extensively used this season. There are many varieties. The finest is called French blond, and has a narrow edge like French seaming braid as a finish. The texture of this is extremely fine, like the threads in real lace. All footing is narrow, seldom over two inches wide. The point desprit, the plain white or the black, is introduced on every part of the frock. Some of the prettiest collars one can find are made of bands of footing gathered into a puff and placed between rows of fine valenciennes lace. But to return to our geogettes, a companion dress to the blue beauty I have been describing repeats the skirt except for the blue of footing. The waist is of the plainest shirtwalt type, relieved by bands of the fashionable Margot lace placed in perpendicular manner so as to form an entire jacket effect, the ends of which appear below the wide sash of blue satin. The printed georgettes are greatly in demand. A lovely Dresden flower design with a white background and little blossoms of blue and pink thickly scattered all over its surface has wee ruffles of white organdie at intervals across the front in the popular apron effect noticed upon almost every other gown. These tiny ruffles are scarcely half an inch wide, but because they are fluted and so stiff they stand out effectively and make a delightful trimming. The drapery of this skirt is graceful in the extreme, hardly possible to describe, however, except to say LILY This "town blouse" is of white georgette flowered in daffodil yellow and soft green, decorated with wooden beads in green and blue. that it falls in long loops from under the sash of rose pink satin. The bodice has a fold of the flowered georgette draped across the front in a monk's collar fashion, seemingly one of the most popular ways of finishing this sort of frock at the neck. The organdie frills border this, too, and the short sleeves are likewise edged with the frills. The blue and white printed georgettes are among the most successful gowns of the summer. They are made in almost every fashion, with straight slips of dark blue satin or silk underneath as a foundation, while the printed fabric is draped in straight tunic with unbroken lines from shoulders almost to hem. A wide sash of dark blue satin is tied loosely about the waist and left to hang somewhat lower in the back to give the sort of overhanging lines and long waist effect so much sought. This way of making the printed georgettes is excellent for the dark blues or black and white, and is the sort of afternoon dress one is always needing during the summer. Chemise Dress a Boon. The chemise dress is a boon to almost every woman, for it requires a sash, and sashes, wide or narrow belts and the drooping waistline cover a multitude of faulty figures which are revealed with unsparing frankness in separate waist and skirt. The thick waist appears almost slim when the wide sash and belt are cleverly arranged so as not to accentuate, while a waist and skirt seem to point only to the added girth. Few women who have attained this undesirable thickness through the waist realize apparently what a top-heavy look they have with a light shirtwaist above a dark skirt—if they did all would abandon this fashion and if least have skirt and waist of the same color, all white, for instance, or all blue. It is not safe always to follow one's neighbor's choice in the matter of clothes, however lovely they appear on that neighbor. We can all, the thick and the thin, hall happily the summer sash and cling to it as long as the designers of women's clothes will let us, for it is our friend and we ought to reverence it. Dainty for Summer Wear. Contrasting with these rather awkward dresses are the charming things of pale georgette and tinted lace. They are as delicate and dalty as summer clouds, refined and "ledylike," an old fashioned word which has been lost in a maze of uniforms and tight skirts and other sartorial diversities until we seldom see this sort of dress. The tinted lace is really enchanting. A silvery gray chiffon frock made over a tight slip of gray taffeta lets this slip show below the upper draperies or the soft chiffon and the pale gray lace tinted to match the exact shade. Along the edge of the silken petticoat there is a quilted ruffle of the taffeta which holds the petticoat in in a slightly hobbled effect about the ankles. The lace used for this is the all-over shadow lace with its cobweb fineness. It is wide enough to drape one side entirely and falls over the georgette in soft, graceful lines. The gray lace appears also almost entirely covering the waist, draping in front in the sort of monk's collar I mentioned above. A sash of soft, silvery gray satin confines the waist and hangs at just the right angle at one side. Lavender chiffon with entire deux of the softly tinted lace is not only lovely but has an added charm in being different from ordinary things. The frock as to line follows the draped designs of this type of dress; the charm, however, lies in the beauty and the novelty of the tinted lace combined so cleverly. THE BROAD AX. CHICAGO. JULY 19. 1919 IN WHITE CLOTHES IN WHITE CLOTHES Color That Every Woman Can Wear to Splendid Advantage. Wholesomeness of Snowy Gown Af- fords Most Pleasing Effect and It Is Decidedly Fashionable. Every woman can wear white. Every woman can wear white. To some women it is more becoming than others, to be sure. But there is something about the immaculately white frock, the white suit or the white coat or hat that is so wondrously attractive, that the white get-up is a joy even when worn by the woman who might possibly appear more robust or more youthful or more distinguished or more something else in some other color scheme. Every woman ought to wear white some time just for the joyous effect it has on those with whom she comes in contact. But now white has suddenly become amazingly fashionable. It was not one of those fashions that was predicted very generally, but suddenly at the resorts where women of wealth usually contrive to set the fashions that the rest of the world shall follow, these women began wearing white and then more whites. Not only white frocks and white hat were ordered from dressmakers and milliners, but there were hurry orders for white coats and wraps, white woolen suits, and white everything else. Now wearing white is not easy, especially for the woman who dresses on a moderate allowance. But there is this much about it: even the woman who is free to send her white things to the cleaners after every wearing, and who has ten frocks to the average woman's one, and who has a maid whose only duty is to aid her in matters of dress—even this woman does not always wear white as it should be Sapphire Ordinand & Decorand White rajah embroidered in white silk with much tucked vest of net and val lace. Great tassels of silk make a simple finish. worn and there are other women not so blessed by fate who wear white irreproachably. It is all a matter of daintiness, is it not? You know the woman who can go through the entire day in the city in a white suit and look as fresh at the end of the day as at the outset; and then there are other women who seem doomed to be besmirched by soft coal or wagon grease the first thing. SAILOR COLLARS IN VOGUE Once Favorites Decoration Back Again as Trimming for the Thin Summer Frocks. Some years ago everybody wore deep sailor collars reaching almost to the waist in the back and down into a deep point like a fuchi in front. These collars are in vogue again as a trimming for thin summer frocks, only this year they are turned exactly around, as the deep part of the collar is placed in front in a yoke effect and the long points formerly in front now go around the neck to fasten in a shallow square at the back. This is an excellent way to use up the lace and fine embroidery one has been saving for years in the hope of finding some manner of using again. Nothing is smarter than this sort of deep square yoke of lace or finest batiste embroidery, serving not only as yoke but collar as well. The front is open and comfortably low, so that even the dresses of moire and tafeta and satin which are serving for morning wear along with the fashionable little challis are not uncomfortably warm by means of these low-cut necka. Cuffs of the same shape and material as the yoke collars add further embellishment for a dark dress. Moire is having a vogue it has not had in years. EXQUISITE HAT FOR SUMMER © Western Newspaper Union A lovely floppy, black peanut straw with blue ribbon wound in and out; a wreath of cornflowers of brilliant hue add to the decoration. FOR THE VERY SMALL CHILD Creepers of Tan Cotton; Special China; Pretty Little Felt Slippers for the Tots. For every little girl or boy there are creepers made of tan cotton, and on them are fastened little cut-outs of Mother Goose characters—the Queen and Knave of Hearts, on one, the sheep and Little Bo-Peep on another. China for little children just out of the baby class is specialized in nowadays. It comes in many patterns, and with all sorts of decorations, from animals to alphabets. There really is some that is especially attractive made with the letters of the alphabet. In the course of a meal the child could have each letter before him. Pretty little felt slippers may be made like kittens' heads of soft wool of some sort—perhaps felt would be best. After the slipper is made eyes are painted on just over the toe line. A nose and mouth complete this part of the picture. Then there are porky little felt ears perched in just the right position. Other animals could be made. Mother Goose scrim is a delight in the nursery for warm weather curtains. It is simply an ordinary cream scrim, with Mother Goose characters cut from chintz and applied on the scrim. The Mother Goose chintz might be used as side curtains, with the scrim over the glass, to produce an unusually harmonious effect. LACE ON FROCKS AND HATS Soft Colored Decorations One of the Season's Favorites; Chiffon Draperies Not Hemmed. A really lovely summer hat of lavender organdle which could be successfully worn with any sort of dress has row after row of narrow valenciennes lace placed around crown and along the brim and tinted of the exact shade as the organdle which makes the hat. The lace is put on with sufficient fullness to make it frilly and therefore to produce a very soft, puffed effect. We shall see many of these tinted, lace-trimmed frocks and hats as summer advances; therefore, if one likes to be a bit ahead of the procession, by all means procure the soft-colored laces now. Undeniably this is a lace season anyway. The beautiful Margot laces are combined with georgettes delightfully. This lace is very fine and rich, and comes in various widths from narrow bandings to flouncings wide enough for skirts. A lavender chiffon frock which has been greatly admired has panels of this creamy lace placed at both sides of the back, and the sleeves reveal it falling from the elbow to the hem of the skirt in a deep loop. The front of the waist is a jacket effect made by placing the lace over the chiffon and letting the bottom edge appear below the soft satin sash in the front. The back of the waist repeats the lace also, and the two side panels of the lace join the waist line under the sash at the back. One does not hem the chiffon draperies this summer, as the selvage is esteemed as a trimming. WHAT THEY WEAR IN PARIS Detachable Waistcoat Is a Precious Possession; Plays a Most Important Part in Dress. A special correspondent writes: The detachable waistcoat is a precious possession. In Paris it is made to play a most important role in the world of dress. We have long directore waistcoats made of satin, brocade or silk finished linen and smart little plastron waistcoats embroidered in silks and wools, the latter showing subtle combinations of unexpected colors. Now that materials are so expensive it is impossible to have more than one or two outdoor costumes in the year, but of decorative plastrons we can have many; and if we think out effective color schemes, in which waistcoat and hat are happily wedded, the result will be more than agreeable. One sees many fine embroideries cleverly mingled with braidings on these straight plastrons, and sometimes the material used for the background is suede cloth in some pale neutral tint, with the brightest silks and wools to supply in the embroideries the necessary splash of color. BLOUSE IN VOGUE Popular Garment Back in Favor and in Many Colors. Large Black Knotted Cravat Adds Parisian Effect and Embroideries Are Attractive. It is not a very long time since a woman was never without a dozen chemise blouses, whether she was traveling or living in the city. These articles were indispensable to the tailored costume, says Vogue. There was infinite variety in their many forms, and, besides those of thin white materials, there were also a few blouses all inlait with lace and embroidery, very like soft veils of lace. Then the mode changed. The lingerie blouse was replaced by the corsage of the chemise frock showing beneath the long coats matching the costume. But now the tailored suit is no longer in disrepute; it is returning with victory. Unimpeachably correct, it gives a woman that alluring trimness which is joyfully received after the caprices of elaborate elegance. And it is even whispered in the air that it will be the man's tailor who will be given preference in the execution of this new costume; it is possible. How could blouses fall to take on new life with this occurrence? They come in dozens, hastening into our wardrobes. Prepared to accompany our summer costumes, they have a charming modernism, and they brighten the somber blue of serge or the monotony of khaki shantung like bouquets of different flowers. There will be white blouses, too, but they will be such as are inspired by the blouses of Van Dyck or by those of the peasants in the country districts of France. And with almost all these blouses is worn a large black knotted cravat. At Paquin's the hues and embroideries of these blouses are of sensational originality—a series that makes one wonder what this new order will lead to. Veritable tone-scales, delicate or vivid according to the type of the wearer, will achieve effects not hitherto seen in sharp contrast to the white blouse that was of an invariant monotony. The braid that borders this colored linen is always of cotton, fearing neither soap nor water, even though it be black. One of the refinements of the season is to repeat in the lining of the jacket the same design or colors of the blouse. BE PRETTY IN YOUR KITCHEN Copyright Midwife & Bakerware This morning dress of blue chambray piped in white linen is simply made and very inexpensive. But, isn't it a big improvement over the old gingham apron? THE MANY SHADES OF BROWN Color Is a Prime Favorite in Paris Stencil Embroidery Touched Up With Fless Silks. In Paris le dernier cri is brown in all shades—red brown, nut brown, pale golden brown, that is a strong light seems almost yellow. A very uncommon dress, the creation of a famous Paris "Matson," was made of mouse brown crepon, with a plaited skirt and a long straight tunic which was cut up at the sides and which showed on the hem a most effective stencil design done in black and invisible blue paint. There was a narrow ribbon ceinture in invisible blue and thin blue silk tassels finished off the under seams of the short sleeves. Thia dress could easily be achieved in cotton crepon, for instance, for a comparatively small sum of money. Stencil embroidery—for the stamped designs are nearly always touched up here and there with floss silks—is easily done and it is immensely attractive; any color may be stamped on, and, of course, any silks and even tiny beads may be introduced. AIRY GUOWN OF PEACHBLOOM © Western Newspaper Union An adorable little frock of peachy bloom shade in taffeta and chiffon, with alry ruffles. Hat is a lovely creation of horsehair braid, tulle crown and brim edge, spray of glycerinized ostrich and a bright blue velvet ribbon. CLOTHING FOR THE KIDDIES Cotton Wash Dresses Are Favored in Preference to Linen, Which Is Expensive This Year. For children's wash dresses cotton ramie, chambray, gingham, cross-bar batiste, voile, dotted swiss and organde are all to be found, and there are some linens, but linens are expensive this year. At the best they are an expensive fabric for a child, because the little frocks and smocks and suits "muss up" so quickly. Ribbons play a peculiarly interesting part in a child's wardrobe at all times, for there is never anything more distinctive in her costume than the hair ribbon she wears. This season ribbons are used as an embellishment for dresses, as a trimming, as an accessory of dress and not only are little hats trimmed exclusively with ribbons, but many swagger hats are made entirely of ribbons. Very tailored effects in little dresses are trumped only with pipings and cuffs, and an exclusively made-to-order appearance is produced in certain simple ready-to-wear dresses by good taste touches of smocking, hemstitching and embroidery. Wool embroidery on silk is a very effective trimming, both for dresses and hats. Valenciennes lace is, of course, just coming into popular favor again and so is much in evidence on little girls' clothes. Filet lace is also seen, and here and there one finds baby Irish crochet that, like valenciennes, is, like the clock pendulum, swinging the other way, coming back from obscurity and disuse. USE FOR DISCARDED BLOUSES Crepe de Chine and Georgette Garments May Easily Be Converted Into Camisoles. When the crepe de chine and georgette blouses have outlived their original usefulness they are not always ready for the refuse heap, says one practical girl who always finds other purposes to which they are adapted. Quite often she converts them into camisoles, sometimes so skillfully that she can make two out of a single blouse. By opening the sleeves and using broad insertion of shadow lace or ribbon, ribbon shoulder straps and a row of beading at the top, she so completely transforms the material that one would never realize that it had been of previous service. Odd scraps can be utilized as linings for dainty hats, as coverings for dress shields which are to be worn under other sheer blouses, or to mend or strengthen a part of the blouse which shows wear, as often occurs in the back at the belt line. MODES OF THE MOMENT Many little children appear charming in pure yellow frocks. Sweaters have adopted the flet openwork design in silk or wool. A knitted sweater dress with a knitted hat is correct for tennis. The more elaborate evening gown is often deeply fringed with jet. Narrow patent leather belts hold in the front fullness of the cape. All enveloping aprons made of flowered cretonne are shown for girls of six to ten years for garden or play wear. They are very well worth while, protecting the dress and giving it a longer lease of life. These are often accompanied by matching sunbonnets or hats, and occasionally by bags as well, although the bag is rather unnecessary. 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Entered as Second-Class Matter, August 19, 1932, at the Post Office at Chicago, Ill., Under Act of March 8, 1879 THE COLORED CHILD Making the colored child see that it is an important part of the race scheme of development and progress. Making the colored child see that it is in fact a determining factor of our future grandeur and usefulness in the nobler analysis of a staunch humanity. Leaving nothing to chance in its early career and by painstaking induction into a realm of sober sense, we so train the pliant flexibility of the child, that it becomes staid in the high principles of the decent order. We do not bring goodness and decency back to him, but we nurture and kindle the spark and keep it aglow by the warmth and tenderness of sweet reason until it sees and knows what prouder days are, and knows what prouder days are in store and lives upon pride. We must stimulate the gentle urge to noble character before it is fearfully accountable for mistakes of childhood. Mistakes and disillusionment will naturally come to all but much good can only result by untiring effort and our unremitting care. It is not what the child is, but what the environment is that envelops its tender life. To arouse its sleeping child conscience and to open the barred windows of its flexible mentality is indeed a work of gentle spirits touched with the love of a righteous occupation as grand as duty ever is. To dissect with keen penetrating science the most delegate fibres of the infant composition, and analyze the mystery with which it is puzzled, leading it up the way towards destiny embraces the enjoying work which the writer has attempted with diligence and without regard to difficulty and disadvantages. The child is the human conundrum. Interrogation points bristle with conspicious regularity, always the question mark of our humanity, baffling oftimes the shrewdest psychologist, yet the soft clay of human material with which we must work to mold it into happy form. Love arouses introspection, and the golden promise of sweet character invites us ever as the lure of brilliant stars. The changes, and growth in the gradual development of children are indeed interesting and the most scrutiny of the child spirit is engrossing even to the most stolid heart. In the formative stage there is the unfolding of all that is beautiful, and evolution marks the process of each stage, never delinquent but ever at its past, while the vibrant elements of the child, conduct to gayety and growth, frolic and frivolity. What else is there in the world more wonderful than the noise and happy shouts of children, romping over the playground in gladsome song or merry glee? We are the guardians of this, of all earth's riches, the heritage and legacy of childhood are trusted to PACE FIGHT 1899, without missing one single issue. rica, Protestants, Single Taxers, Priests, their say as long as their language is d. 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. Y 19, 1919 No. 44 communications to BROAD AX with Street, Chicago, Ill. entworth 2597. Editor and Publisher Associate Editor notices, cards of thanks, write-ups, to happen, when a charge of admis- f of new business enterprises, etc., 15 on makes one line. such as marriages, births, deaths and published free of charge. 19, 1932, at the Post Office at Chicago, Ill. March 8, 1879 our zeal and unerring care and protection The child today are long will be the ones to take your place, my place, his or her place in the ranks of the fittest. It is enjoined upon all alike to add his or her quota to make the world better to live in, and the least of the human spices cannot be neglected if we would promote the general welfare. The colored child is the most unfortunate child in America. And why so? It certainly is not the fault of the child, but regretfully and sadly it is its misfortune. Is there not enough of that wholesome Americanism anywhere to be found to lift it from this sad state, to nurture it and provide for it a nobler sentiment, and a more generous spirit whereby it may enjoy equally the choicest blessings vouched safe to others? Cannot its future promise full citizenship, can it not be made rosiate, rather than gloomy and foreboding? Favorable environment, good parents whose cultivation and refining qualities, fit them in every manner and from to rear and educate children are not always the rule. The potentialities are not ever present. Alas too frequently the colored child has but a poor chance in the game of life because of the hardships and struggle of its parents to meet the daily wants of a cheerless home. Poverty then it must be remembered has played sad_havoc in the colored child's homes. Incentive is an alluring bribe to ambition in other children not so in the life and environment of the colored child. It has but very poor inducement to look forward to position of usefulness and place. Doomed it seems to a life of servitude like its colored father and mother it is not given to hope for what lies outside of its environment. The Colored father and mother love quite as strong, as love is strong, with all the ardent spirit of mortals, and while their desire and aspirations for the proper bringing up their children are no less than that of others, yet that anxiety is modified because of the conditions and circumstances of poverty. Much has been done by religious societies who have appropriated thousands and thousands of dollars with which schools and colleges have been endowed. And remarkable has been the result of the religious organizations among the Colored people themselves to help themselves in fostering schools and colleges throughout the south. E're long we hope that a propaganda will raise the Colored child from out of its spirit which seems to make it a negative and minor factor. It must be instructed to think seriously and sincerely that it is not inferior because its parents are poor, colored and have to work. That because of color it dare not hope, and the rest of it. Perhaps the noblest thing parents could do would be to give their child a good book to read, THE BROAD AX, CHICAGO, JULY 19, 1919 EDITORIAL PAGE a book that makes character; a joy book and a child soul book revealing to it the rich race heritage, and a thousand golden truths which give incentive, aspiration, and the hope of chance to do, to be and to have a place in the race scheme of our social and economic development and progress. There are no volumes especially published, having chiefly in mind to uplift and strengthen our children in all the human graces, showing them how to grow up into usefulness, as they unfold the tender elements of their being. No, not any as yet. How would you make your children see that they are a part of our race scheme of development and progress. How would you awake the sleeping consciousness of its child mind and open the windows of its soul? Would you like to have your child believe in its own race and grow up imbued with the thought that character is the enabling force, and that the color of ones skin should not determine inferiority or superiority? Dr. M. A. Majors. THAT CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION By DR. M. A. MAJORS The ablest lawyer, the wisest statesmen, and the most farseeing practical business man whose heart is set in getting rights, privileges, and immunities for his race are what our people of Illinois need. If it was possible to combine all the best qualities in the one or two individuals of the race who doubtless will represent us it would indeed be well; and we know what we want and we want it sincerely. First—Redistricting is a political trick. Where we are in large numbers and can vote power in or out of things there are pretended generous souls in those parts like Ben Tillman and Vardaman, who would like to weaken our political strength. Second—The rights we wish made secure, are the same kind of rights that the people of Illinois have that by birth accident or kind nature bequeathed a while or transparent complexion. We do not ask for more and there'll be hell in camp if we get anything less. No other race of people would be satisfied with less than the rights and privileges of a free American citizen. What else do races fight for, and die for? The color of ones skin has nothing to do with being easily pleased. Being white does not imply that rights and privileges should be greater than people of a black skin. Such a foolish idea might sustain the crazy theory that a white horse should receive kinder treatment than a black horse, a white dog or cat, than a black dog or cat. In this age of fought for, and won democracy and safety of nations, every race is entitled to the full measure of rights guaranteed by the new order. We've got to write some things for the new constitution just as the other people and what we will write will be for the privilege and freedom of all the people. Will what the white people writes into the new constitution be predicated upon the Golden Rule? Therefore we beareth you brethren to settle upon the men capable of doing the most gracious things in a whole hearted manner and that will bring home to us all the citizen protection of free people. Not because he is a friend, he may not be capable, and certainly not some self-centered egotist that lacks many qualities of noblemen. We contend for more than we are getting, and we do not propose to relinquish one iota of what is the prevailing custom. Candidates are anxious to serve their constitencies and go to Springfield with exhultant hearts and minds pregnant with new and novel theories in government. The Negroes of Illinois should rally around the ablest legal talent we have, for we will need them, the best constrictive forces, the keenest to analyze ab- struse doctrines and most potent as well as influential factors whose axes need no grinding. Men whom the lust of office can not buy, men who place personal honor, or on par with their pride of race; and scholars worthy to sit in council with the ablest minds of the white race. If we can get them the rights of our people will be conserved. Select your best and ablest, and, fully qualified lawyers, scholars, or practical business men. CAMPING IN OLD MOROCCO Travel by Caravan, the Chief Means of Transportation, Has Many Pleasant Features. The Moroccan encampment, whether it is military or that of some traveling band, is always picturesque, Elsie F. Well writes in Asla Magazine. The tents of persons of distinction are often surmounted with copper balls and decorated with arabesques of cloth. Camping is a fine art in Morocco, where the roads are almost impassable, and the chief means of transportation is by caravan. All day one rides across the great plains, prodigally covered with iris, daffodils, daisies, buttercups and wild lavender. Perhaps a wild band of horsemen will gallop by, their robes, sea green, salmon colored and blue, streaming in the wind, their horses richly caparisoned like those of some crusading king. Occasionally one skirts a little village built of mud and wattle and surrounded by fields of wheat and burley. Here and there the white-domed shrine of some saint rises serenely above the plain. And at sundown the shepherds playing on their reed flutes drive their flocks of sheep and goats home from pasture. Then it is time to pitch the tents near a grove of orange trees or on a fairy carpet of red anemones. One dines on roasted sheep and cous-cous and is hulled to sleep by the songs of the guard under the intense blue of the African sky. SIGHT WELL WORTH SEEING Canyons of Southern California at Times Furnish Spectacles Nothing Short of Remarkable. The spectacle of rain, fire, and flood all occurring at the same time, is not an unusual sight in some of the canyons near Los Angeles, says the Scientific American. The most notable example is near Santa Monica, which is on the southern coast of California. The precipitous sides of the canyons debauching into the Pacific ocean in that vicinity are composed of clay and shale. Whenever rain falls on these rocks, great clouds of steam rise from the canyons. The canyon crests and faces are crowned by vitrified rock burned a dull red. It is reported by the early historians that when the Mission fathers visited this region 150 years ago the natives avoided these places. They claimed that these mysterious canyons were the abode of evil spirits and the Indians could not be induced to guide the priests to their vicinity. Actual flame has also been reported in one of these canyons. Hence the occasional newspaper accounts of active "volcanoes" near the coast of California. The phenomena are evidently due to fires in the petroleum-bearing shales which crop out in these regions. The cause of the fires is uncertain. They may be started by lightning or they may be a case of spontaneous combustion. Bamboo Grass The giant bamboo grass of Japan and China grows at the rate of two feet a day in some instances, and sometimes to the height of 150 feet and a diameter of two feet. A clump is planted and it widens over the landscape with remarkable rapidity. The bamboo takes the place of steel and iron to a great extent in China and Japan. The farmer uses it to build his house and fence it; his household furniture is manufactured from it, and the tender shoots furnish him with a delicious vegetable for his table. It supplies framework for awnings, ribs of salts and handles of rakes, material for the chicken coops and bird cages, stuffing for pillows and mattresses, chopsticks for eating, pipes for smoking, brooms for sweeping, chairs to sit upon, skewers to pin the hair, hats to screen the head, paper to write on, the pencil to write with, the crab net and the fishpole. Must Be One of the Crowd You can't crawl into yourself and maintain wholesome social relations. maintain wholesome social relations. It is a mistaken notion that teaches a fellow to think he is the only one of his kind in the community. He may be a genius in some lines, but he will have equals in others. And what folly to begin such introspection that you are perpetually busy with your own thoughts. The effect is the very opposite of what you would have on the public. Men know that the really big man is able to leave his burdens at the desk where they belong. He works when he works and then begins storing up energy for the next day. And here again what you really are animals. There's something of telepathy that flashes from mind to mind and warns the wary of self-centered individuals. Social Icicles. Some men are social leccles. There seems to be no reason why they should be, but they are. They are good looking, dress well, have education, come of good family, and have money. Yet in spite of these advantages they fail to be the center of attraction among men. There is something about them that chills you as soon as you begin a conversation with them. They are the wall flowers at parties, the last picked at games, and the drones at every function that seeks to promote fellowship. Sometimes it's hard to see just what is the matter with them, but you have no difficulty in getting proof that they are no help in the social world. They just chill everybody and everything that they touch. FAMOUS LAKE OF MENTEITH Historic Spot in Scotland Which Is Inseparably Connected With Unfortunate Queen Mary. The Lake of Mentelth is one of Scotland's most beautiful bits of scenery. Bordered by far-stretching marshes and shadowy slopes, with heather-covered hills rising beyond and trees bending over its curving shores, it is a picture to enchant even the tourist weared by "doing" many Scottish lakes. Out in the blue water shaded islands stand. About one of these—Inchmahome—the interest of the lake centers. A boat hired at the village port at the head of the lake reaches the island quickly. Here one forgets the beauty of the surroundings as the guide tells the story of the visit of Mary, hapless queen of Scots. As a tiny five-year-old maid she was taken to the island to escape an undesirable suitor, and here for five months she and her four Marys, her playmates, lived in childlike happiness. Queen Mary's bower, a little, highwalled garden cared for by the five children, stands just as she left it. Various trees are pointed out as especially beloved by the little queen. Some of the giant trees that shaded the island so pleasantly were old when Queen Mary and her mails of honor played beneath their branches. There is the nuns' walk arched by lofty chestnuts and sturdy oaks. The ruins of an old Augustine priory add another touch of beauty to the picturesque island. Inside the church is the grave of the founder and the quaint figure of a knight leaning on his shield graven with the emblem of the Stuart clan. DATE FROM SOLOMON'S TIME Theory of Archeologists Concerning Ruins in Rhodesia—Baboons Said to Be Working Havoc. Despite the watchmen who nowadays guard the remarkable ruins of Rhodesia, where may perhaps once have been the mines of King Solomon, the latest traveler in that part of Africa reports that the baboons are dealing with the ancient masonry after a very baboonish fashion. Century after century the clearness of the atmosphere and the absence of moisture have preserved the walls of buildings whose original use will probably never be known. It may be reasonably argued, however, that some of them were fortifications built for protection against native tribes, and that this part of Africa was a center for the mining and distribution of gold, the very spot, in fact, where Ophir obtained the precious metal that it forwarded to the court of Solomon. So far as can be determined, Solomon and the structures were contemporaries, and it is likely enough that the new mysterious relics of a remote past were later in the possession of the Phoenicians. In the end the mines were exhausted, the civilizations went their way and the spot was forgotten until Portuguese traders found it in the sixteenth century. An effort to work the mines was made but abandoned as profitless, and the spot was again forgotten till found by Livingstone. Now it is chiefly interesting to archeologists, who are responsible for the watchmen. But the baboons apparently are too lively for the local police. Leadership Qualities The challenge of leadership must be the inner spontaneous response to an outer opportunity or it will never last over night. Success artists are gooding the world with ready-made recipes for how to win. They forget that you can't put vision where there is no inclination to vision. And where there is no vision failure is bound to result. That's why it is that so many people never get beyond the point of working for the other man. They are just slaves of today. They fear responsibility. Loads that bring joy to the heart of the real man crush them. But where men see the possibilities there is no limit to what they may accomplish. At bottom a man must have in him something of the soul that appeals and feel the self-mastery that urges him to attempt what others have failed in. It may seem a common thing, but it's one of the assets of success. C. y R. e Riche There is no wealth but life; life, including all its powers of love, joy and of adoration. That country is the richest which nourishes the greatest number of noble and happy human beings; that man is richest who, having perfected the functions of his own life to the utmost, has also the widest helpful influence, both personal and by means of his possessions, over the lives of others—Ruskin. Milton and Italy How delightful was Italy to Milton! His Allegro and Penseroso show that he could fully appreciate both its mirth and its majesty. He returns not the less to live out a career of illustrious service in his own country, where his brave heart and philosophic mind were of more avail to his time than even his sacred song to ours. Julia Ward Howe. Cruelty in Training Birds Performing birds are often taught by starvation. How many are aware that the pretty doves that fly when released to the bestsung artists and form themselves into geometrical patterns on her head and outstretched arms, are often the sole survivors of hundreds which have been starved and then only fed when they perched upon an exact spot on the owner's arms. Cicada Does Not Travel The real locust is a sort of nomadic militant. Its hordes, like those of Atilla the Hun, sweep hither and yon, always on the move, destroying as they go. The cicada is a home body. The tree from which any individual cicada dropped as a newly hatched larva 17 years ago is the exact tree under which he will emerge on his next appearance, up which he will crawl to cast his pupal skin, and in which he will meet his mate and sing his love song, in which he will pass his days of decrepitude, and from which, in a few weeks his dead body will fall, almost upon the spot where he—as a larva—fell 17 years before and burrowed into the ground. Baby Was Poor Company While Ted was standing in front of the grocery store a woman friend came along wheeling her five-month-old son. She asked Ted if he would watch the baby until she came out of the store. Ted replied with "sure." About five minutes later, on coming out of the store, she asked: "Did you find my son good company, Ted?" "No, ma am," answered. Ted. "Who, I had to do all the talking and we would not even say one word." FROM THIS DATE ONWARD THE BROAD AX CAN ALWAYS BE FOUND ON SALE AT THE FOLLOWING NEWS STANDS: Mrs. L. 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