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THE BROAD AX HEW TO THE LINE; LET THE CHIPS FALL WHERE THEY MAY Reception To Be Tendered To Col. Franklin A. Denison, In Honor and in Recognition of the Splendid Over Seas Service which He So Recently Rendered His Country as Commander of the "Old 8th Regiment" of Illinois or the 370th U.S. Infantry AFFAIR WILL BE HELD THE LAATER PART OF SEPTEMBER, EITHER IN THE ORCHESTRA HALL, OR IN THE AUDITORIUM THEATRE AT WHICH TIME COL. DENISON WILL BE PRESENTED WITH A FINE OR BEAUTIFUL CHEST OR CASKET OF SILVER AS A TESTIMONIAL FROM THE CITIZENS OF CHICAGO. HON. THOMAS F. SCULLY, JUDGE OF THE COUNTY COURT, ELECTED CHAIRMAN OF THE CITIZENS COMMITTEE WHICH WILL CONSIST OF ONE HUNDRED PROMINENT WHITE AND COLORED CITIZENS. HON. GEORGE F. HARDING, JR., CITY COMPTROLLER OF CHICAGO, ELECTED CHAIRMAN OF THE COMMITTEE ON ARRANGEMENTS WHICH WILL HAVE ENTIRE CHARGE OF ALL THE DETAILS IN CONNECTION WITH THE AFFAIR. HON. HENRY HORNER, JUDGE OF THE PROBATE COURT OF COOK COUNTY, CHOSEN CHAIRMAN OF THE FINANCE COMMITTEE. MR. DAVID M. MANSON, SELECTED AS SECRETARY FOR BOTH COMMITTEES, JULIUS F. TAYLOR ACTIVE MEMBER OF THE CITIZENS COMMITTEE AND THE COMMITTEE ON ARRANGEMENTS. GEN. LEONARD WOOD, GOV. FRANK O. LOWDEN, MAYOR WILLIAM HALE THOMPSON WILL BE AMONG THE SPEAKERS; ONE OR TWO PROMINENT OUTSIDE COLORED SPEAKERS WILL BE PRESENT AND ORATE ON THAT AUSPICIOUS OCCASION. Some of the many warm friends of Col. Franklin A. Denison who greatly admire him for his many manly qualities have felt right along that in all fairness that he was justly entitled to receive some consideration and recognition from the citizens of Chicago in the way of a public reception and a testimonial for the plendid overseas services which he so unselfishly rendered to his country as commander of the "Old Eighth Regiment of Illinois" or the 370th U. S. Infantry, on the battlefields of France, for it will be recalled that the commanders of the French army were so well pleased with the military achievements of Col. Denison that they changed the name of St. Mihiel sector to Denison sector in honor of him; that he had his men trained so well in all of the latest military tactics that they were able and ready to rush into battle on the firing line or to serve in the trenches 3 to 4 months ahead of the other American soldiers in France, it was for being able to accomplish some of these things before he was stricken down with illness on the French battlefields and ordered home that many of his white and Colored fellow citizens feel deep down in their hearts of hearts that at least a little honor is due him. With this object in view and no politics in it the following friends of Col. Denison who know his worth as a loyal and patriotic American citizen, met Monday afternoon in the chambers of Hon. Thomas F. Scully, the ever popular and liberal minded Judge of the County Court; and after short talks all around it was decided to tender a public reception to Col. Denison and at the same time present him with a fine or a beautiful chest or casket of silver as an evidence of the high esteem he is held in by the citizens of Chicagore, regardless of race, color or politics. The affair will be held the latter part of September, at either Orchestra Hall, or the Auditorium Theatre, everything in connection with it will be free, which will enable the very best class of white citizens-both men and women to be hold at close range the very best class of Colored men and women of Chicago. The following gentlemen were present at the meeting: Hon. Thomas F. Scully, Hon. Harry Olson, Chief Justice of the Municipal Courtz, Major Allen A. Wesley, Hon. John G. Drennan, District Attorney for the Illinois Central Railroad, Hon. S. A. T. Watkins, Hon. Robert McMurdy, Hon. Dennis J. Egan, Chief Baillif of the Municipal Court; Mr. Robert L. Taylor, Hon. Henry Horner, Judge of the Probate Court; Dr. Charles E. Bentley, Hon. George F. Harding, Jr.; City Comptroller of Chicago; Mr. David M. Manson, Hon. Howard W.Hayes, Associate Justice of the Municipal Court; Mr. Julius F. Taylor and Dr. J. Frank Armstrong. Hon. Thomas F. Scully was elected chairman of the citizens committee which will consist of one hundred prominent white and Colored citizens, chairman Scully selected the following who will compose the committee on arrangements who will have entire charge of working out all of the details in connection with the history-making event: Hon. Robert McMurdy, Hon. John G. Drennan, Robert L. Taylor, Hon. Henry Horner, David M. Manson, Hon. George F. Harding and Julius F. Taylor. Mr. Harding was elected chairman of the committee on arrangements and Mr. Manson was chosen secretary of both committees and Hon. Henry Horner was elected chairman of the Finance Committee, and without any question about it he is the right gentleman in the right place. General Leonard Wood, Governor Frank O. Lowden and Mayor William Hale Thompson will be among the BIG EMANCIPATION CELEBRATION AT THE EIGTH REGIMENT ARMORY, THURSDAY, JULY 31, AND FRIDAY, AUGUST 1, BY THE LEADING COLORED BUSINESS MEN ON THE SOUTH SIDE. MR. R. W. HUNTER, HEAD OF THE HUNTER BANKING INSTITUTIONS WILL BE ONE OF THE SPEAKERS AND ELABORATE ON HIS PLAN OF ORGANIZING A NATIONAL BANK WITH TWO-HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLAR CAPITAL. EX-JUDGE WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON AND MAYOR WILLIAM HALE THOMPSON WILL BE AMONG THE OTHER SPEAKERS. Thursday, July 31 and Friday, August 1 promise to be two of the greatest days among the Colored people in Chicago, for on those two days the leading Colored business men and woman on south State Street or on the South Side, will hold a big Emancipation Celebration at the Eighth Regiment Armory, 3517 Forest Ave. Ex-Judge William Henry Harrison will be the leading speaker the first day of the celebration and Mr. R. W. Hunter, President of R. W. Hunter & Company, bankers, will talk on the P. Judge of the County Court, and Chairman of the Citizens Committee of one hundred, which will tender a public reception and testimonial to Col. Franklin A. Denison. plan of organizing the First National Bank among Colored people with a capital stock of two hundred thousand dollars, and the R. W. Hunter banking houses will be the leading participants in the big celebration. On Friday, August 1, Mayor Wm. Hale Thompson will be the head speakers and City, County and State officials, including many other prominent persons white and Colored, will occupy front seats on the platform. Prof. J. Wealey Jones, will conduct the great chorus, consisting of four hundred voices which will be augmented with an orchestra of fifty pieces and the whole affair will long be pleasantly remembered by the Colored citizens of Chicago. Mr. and Mrs. William Bartes, 3511 Federal St., are successfully conducting a neat little notion store and ice cream parlor at that number and they are making good. They sell ice cold bottled root beer; coca-cola; soda-water and near beer and other cooling drinks. GALLOWAY—McDONALD WEDDING. The wedding of Miss Grace L. Galloway and Lieut. John McDonald was solemnized at the residence of the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Galloway, 4816 St. Lawrence Avenue by the Rev. E. T. Martin Pastor of Bethesda Baptist Church on Wednesday evening last in the presence of about one hundred friends of the young couple. The bride was very beautifully gowned in white chiffon over charmeuse trimmed in pearls, the bridal veil being caught with a bandeau of pearls. The bride's sister Miss Violette Galloway, acting as maid of honor was sweetly attired in blue charmeuse while the bridesmaid, the sister of the groom, Miss Mattie McDonald wore pink charmeuse very effectively. The young couple were married in a bower of palms and roses, under a marriage bell of white rose petals, which after the ceremony released a shower of petals over the newly united bride and groom. The beautiful gowns were relieved by the khaki of our army for the groom of the remaining members of the unfortunate Company A. of the 370th U. S. Infantry, had as his attendants his Captain Devere J. Warner and Lieut. Robert Ward. The happy, couple after receiving the congratulations of scores of friends were driven amid a shower of rice to their residence at 6717 Champlain Avenue where they will be at home after August 1st. The wedding gifts were numerous and costly, the most prominent perhaps, being a chest of silverware, the gift of the lawyers of Chicago, all of whom have for the bride the highest regard and esteem and for whom she has worked conscientiously and faithfully for the past four years as a stenographer. Officers were installed last Friday evening. Officers past up were Inmate Mary Hunter, P. M. N. G.; Inmate Sarah Blaney, M. N. G.; Inmate Bettie Perkins, N. G. THE BROAD AX Me tee ae? DP ee In this city since July 15th, 1899, without missing one single issue. Re- poblicans, Democrats, Catholies, Pro- testans, Single Taxers, Priests, inf- dels or anyone else can have their ‘say as long as their language is prop- a and responsibility is fixed. ‘The Broad Ax is a newspaper @hose platform is bread enough fer ll, ever claiming the editorial right te speak its own mind. ‘Local communications will receive ‘attention. Write only on one side of the paper. ‘Subscriptions must be paid in ad- vance. ‘One Year_______________-$2.00 Six Months______. 1.00 ‘Advertising rates made known on eppheation. ‘Address all communications to THE BROAD AX €06 So. Elizabeth St, Chicago, Il Phone Wentworth 2597. PLIUS F. TAYLOR Editor and Publisher SSS masons a Associate Editor 4700 South State Street Phone Drexel 1416 ——————— Vol XXIV. July 26,1919 No. 45 Batered as Second Clams Matter, Aus- 48, 1902, at the: Post Office at Chi ‘ago, IIL, Under Act of March 3, 1879 " Fletion Concerning Sargossa Sea. ‘The Sargossa sea in the north At Jantic is an area through which no ocean currents pass. It is compara- tively still water, forming # sort of eddy into which seaweed tends to rift. Writers of fiction have held that the dead ships of the ages have found resting places in this eddy and have peopled them with the spirits of lost mariners. The idea is pure fic tion. ‘The Sargossa sea may be navi gated without experiencing any diff culty with seaweed and without seeing ‘8 derelict. Cicada a Dainty Feeder. ‘The real locust is an indiscriminate ‘eater, grain fields, cornfields, meadows, pastures, weed _patches—everything falls before him. The periodical cicada 1s dainty almost beyond belief. It was Jong believed that in the adult stage tt teck he nourishment at all. But ‘the “‘peventeen-year locust” does eat while tm the adult age, its diet being confined to the juices of plants, sucked out tn very small quantities and without causing injury. i Cleth Fram Pineasoles, Aside from its edible qualities the pineapple is little known in this coun- try, says Popular Mechanics Magazine. In China, however, it is especialiy cul- tivated fer the use of the leaves in making cloth. The fiber is extracted from the leaves by 2 simple process and made into thread. It is then run ‘en bobbins and spools and is ready for weaving, the old native looms being employed. Javelle Water. ‘This water is fine for removing stains. Take one pound of sal sods and five cents’ worth of chloride of Mime. Put them in an earthen bowl, adé two quarts of water and stir. Let it settle, then pour off the water and Dottie it. It will remove fruit stains ‘snd even indelible ink. Soak till stain isappears; then quickly wash in warm water. Gricin of tha Mandhorehict. ‘The tracing of the term “pocket handkerchief” reveals some peculiar facts. At first it was described as Kerchief (couvre-chef), 2 covering for the head; then it became handker- chief, s covering for the head carried tm the hand, and at-length pocket handkerchief, covering for the bead eld in the hand or kept in the pocket. e “Peter's Pence” Peterspence or Peter's pence was the annual contribution for the support ef the papacy. It consisted of the pay- ment of 2 silver penny by every fam- fly that possessed land or cattle whose value was 30 pence. In England this payment was abolished under Beary ‘VEIL, and im other countries ¢i¢ not eurvive the Reformation. - | Attagether Teo Much Haste. “What's your grudge against Judge ‘Wombat? “Too hasty, too hasty. ‘Gives 8 man no time to prepere his cases. Case of mine bas been on the ‘docket only ten years and he insists on my going to trisl"—Memphis Ap- peal = soe a A floor wanted for dancing should be swept and scrubbed, and when horoughly dry well sprinkled. with powdered boracie acid, which should be rubbed in thoroughly. The children of the houke may with advantage be allowed to dance on it. Noted for Its Tebacce. ‘Much of the wealth of Virginia and of her capital bas always deen based om the lure of the Virginia weed. In November, 1918, 2 tobacco warehouse covering €0,000 square feet of space, and said to be the largest in the South, wes completed in the prosper ous little country town of South Bos- ten, Va, in ope of the principal to bacce-growing sections of the old state. At an suction held at this house on epening day 350,000 pounds of leat tobacco, arranged in 8,500 piles, brought $125,000. —_——_ Birds and Flowers. Tt has been estimated that there are 2,000 varieties of wild flowers growing im the Rocky Mountain National part, and more than 1,000 species of birds building thetr homes in the ‘firs, as- pena, spruces and willows of that sec tion. Even the tiny humming bird and the forget-me-nots find life easy on the summit of Pike's peak. Some of the other flowers are the fringed gentians, columbine, buttercups and daisies and delicate pinks. Sew eres Rubies Known. Unlike the diamond snd emerals, rublex of Inrge size are exceedingly rare, but mention hax been made of a few in the works of Marco Polo, Man- deville and other ‘travelers in the Orient, which may be believed or not by present-day renders as the great gems to which they refer have -all deen lost to sight for centuries, un- lem: they are stored away among the necret treasures of Persia, Burma or China. Where He Got the Name. ‘The first bulldog appears to have been bred from the English mastiff, and by process of systematic selection in breeding a smaller and more active dog than the mastiff was evolved. The smaller dog was found to be better suited for sport than tle heavier and slower mastiff. The bull-baiting dog, without a doubt, required an inordinate amount of gameness. Plants That Feed on Animals. ‘That such plants as “Venus’ fiytrap” actually catch and squeeze to death files and other insects alighting on their leaves has long been known, but the discovery 1s comparatively recent that the plants digest the softer parts of their prey by means of peptic fer ment secreted by the leaves. These are real instances of plants feeding upon animals. Stavery. ‘The Portuguese were the first to hunt negroes in the interior of Africa for use as slaves in the colonies. The first shipment of negroes te the New World took piace in 1808, when the Portuguese landed some in Santo Do- mingo. From that time to the nine teenth century traffic in negroes across the Atlantic was carried on. Made Attractive Scene, Formerly a fa‘Srite Mecca of the tourist in Virginia tobacco towes was the tobacco factory, where the indus try in progress made « picturesque scene, ad the singing by negro hands, as they worked, of the quaint and melodious icIk and spiritual songs of thelr race, provided unique entertain- ment. z ‘Me-Balt Exhauctien. ‘Feel eventually will be exhausted, as also will many other necessities, but not so with salt. Drillers for oil in ‘Texas and Louisiane recently found great salt deposits a few hundred feet below the surface. Some of these beds were 2,000 feet thick. uti Bate et Beins Dane. ‘Much has been done for the child, much is now being done, but the best is not being done. It is toward the best that all social endeavor should aim, and short of the best neither the state nor the individual should rest satisfied —W. Clark Hall. Ruby's Significrnce. Marbodens, bishop of Rennes, whe wrote early in the twelfth century, said that a ruby signifies divine power and love, dignity and royalty. It has always been considered one of the most beautiful gems and the rarest. Carries Many Seapianes. An Italian seaplane ship carries a large number of planes suspended from the sides of.the vessel, where they may be readily and quickly dropped into the sea when occasion: eccurs te make s flight. ‘Beck Wise Counset. ‘Consult with him that is wise and conscientions, and seek to be in structed by a better than thyself, reth- er than to follow thine own inventions, —Thomes a Kempis. : ‘Great men toe often have greater faults than little men can find room for.—Lander. Such te Life. “Rich man, twin-siz. Poor man, stx twins,” te the way the Bverett Herald pats it. ebinidaieeiaincecl ge? Leads in Shoe Manufacture. Leen, Stee. <1 coer MO Seetecten 1s the leading shoe city in the world. ‘THE BROAD AX, CHICAGO, JULY 26, 190° Sn The Gypays Rever MOT MERELY FISH STORIES ) Ww. & Campbett had his — tast week by one of the Showers of Sea Food From Sky Are | bave been in this neighbor ‘Authenticated, According te | While he was getting some Magazine Writer. the Halsey garage, prepa! | Next time some one tells you of its ruining fich and frogs, don't laugh; the ‘story may be true. There ts, for in- ‘stance. record.of o fish rain Ie 1606 that showered smetts all over Stan- ‘stead parish in merry Bngland, says Popular Science Magazine. Tn Baton Rouge, tn 1896, tt rained ducks, eatbirds and woodpeckers. ‘We pause right here to say that sci- cuties explain these showers by the ‘fring power of the wind and the an- cient principle that what goes up must-come down: and you never can he sure what is up. Getting down to 1917, John Lewis of Aberdale, Wales, reports: “I was startled by something falling all over me. . . . Onputting my hand down my neck I was surprised to find they were little fish.” ‘No less 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 volcane, The natives said they rath- ex counted on fish showers to reduce the H.C. L., usually having several « senso. Singapore, as might be expected, holds the shower record, with a rain of fiveinch catfich, which the Chinese gathered by the basketful. Nine nitive witnesses urged by & 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 fiom the heavens. Boston, in the days of the “plug” hat, hed what is called (being Boston) “a piscatorial deluge.” But in Connecti- cut the same year it rained fish and fce together, which we call thoughtful. GOES BACK TO ANCIENT DAYS Expression Concerning Fires of Faith and the Torch of Religion Traced te Fire Worshipers. “My faith is like « burning flame.” many 2 martyr has said when be was being sorely tried. “I may carry the torch of the true religion forward” is ar expression so often used that {t seems almost trite. Is ft an accident that many of the most fervent religious Phrases are connected in one way or another with the fireimage? ‘One of the curious customs of Lithu- ania gives a clew to the answer to this question. Religion and faith are expressed in flery terms because most of our ancestors were fire worshipers. ‘The tradition has outlived pagnn- tem, 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 impor- tant gatherings are counected with the fireplace. The fire is never allowed to die out. It is the duty of the old- ‘est 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 Gays the attendants of the sacred fire were always women, the vestal vir gins, 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 barking 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 nations! pastime of Engiand 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, natural- ly became deeply inherited. Owing to the dog’s occupation and surroundings he acquired a savageness of disposi- tion which prompted ove authority, as recently as fifty years ago, when bail- dalting, which had long. been made {legal, 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 Livina. Byron, sfter a misspent youth, de- stred “a soldier's grave” in “the land of honorable death.” Far better would it have been if he had, like ‘Tolstol, re- solved to live down the errors of his early life, and to bulld up « future which would have redeemed the follies ef 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 sou! of man something greater ‘than nature that will outlive her tran- altory laws, we shall welcome old age as the portal through which we must pass to live the life everlasting —Lv- an im Rochester Post Express. Theught Grandpa Mas “Snap.” Grandpa, whe was visiting us, was mate much of by every member of the family. Harry noticed that every- body tried to make him comfortable, and that grandpa’s wishes seemed to be the law of the household. One day the teacher was csking her class what they would all like to be when they grew up. Wheo it came Harry's turn be answered without any besite- don: “When I grow up I'd like to be ‘a grendpa.”"—Chicago Tribune ‘The Gypay’s Revenge. -W, HL Campbell had his fortune told fast week by one of the gypsies who bave been in this neighborhood lately. ‘While he was getting some gasoline at the Halsey garage, preparatory te & trip to Albany. he was approached by ‘one of the fortune tellers, who asked for money. On his refusal to “come erent hn St bae-Be weet Tare ‘Dad Tuck all the rest of the day. And ‘sure enough, he had gone only a short distance when the rear axle of his car broke Oregonian. Literature for the Blind. The first book in Engiish printed tm raised or embossed letters for the use of the blind was issued at Edinburgh 92 years ago by James Galt. The frst ‘attempt to provide literature for the sightless was made in 1786 by Hany, at Paris, who Invented a system of printing raised letters. Hauy used the Tyrian or Slavonian alphabet in the few brief works he published, and his project ended in failure. Werthieses Without Meral Senee. Men must learn to discriminate, and that implies a moral sense and an en- lightened and disciplined will. Without ‘them failure in the business of life is certain. Masterful natures without moral sense, or, if they have it, dis obedient to it, are always weak na- tures. History gives the record of many such. They are profitable for “instrac- tion in righteousness.” Somewhat Elderly “Bey.” “What's the matter with Flossie to- night?” somebody asked Tessie Tabas- co in the dressing room, indicating one of the giris who was showing unmis- takable signs of temper. “Her ‘boy’ promised to take her out to dinner to- night, and then didn’t turn up." “How was that?” “According to what she said his favorite grandchild is very im Massage for Lumbage. Lumbago, according to Doctor Po- metta, head of the medical department of the Swiss Accident Insurance insti- tute, may be purely rheumatic, or re- ult from strain to a muscle, or be produced by # chill when overheated. He says massage is the best treatment, and that recovery should take place in from six to eight days at the outside. Locusts Used as Food. Locusts are eaten in many countries where they age roasted or fried in ‘butter. They’are ulso preserved in brine and often dried in the sun. They thus appear in the markets of Arabia, Syria, Egypt and Madaguscar, and are even exported as an article of com- ‘merce. They are also candied and eaten as delicacy in China. . Use for Luminous Paint Various kinds of luminous paints, covered with transparent varnish, are ‘used for the purp« > of making watch ‘Hands visible at night. The chemicals ‘that give this property of phosphores- cence to the paint are chiefly the sul- .phides of strontium, barium and cal- tur. New Oil Substitute. A factory has been started tm Sweden for extracting oll from schist, thus adding one more to the number of substitutes already on the market. Large quantities of alum schist are found in the district, yielding benzine and crude oils. icine Mile Ail ll. ‘The honors are about even. whether your job wears out your shoes or your trousers. It sets you back about $15 for replacements in either event— Kansas City Star. Napoleon's Faith in Diamond. Napoleon had a large diamond set im the hilt of the sword he wore at his wedding with the famous Josephine, for he believed that the gem would bring him good fortune. Efficient Refrigeration. Refrigeration cars for transporting ‘meat with which an English railroad is experimenting are said to maintain as even a temperature as elaborate re- frigeration plants on steamships. Kiné-Hearted Farmers. One day a little city girl came to the farm, and when she saw 2 wind- mill she said: “Oh, see how good the farmers are to the pigs; they have Glectric tans to keep them cool.” All the Difference. “A heap depends on location,” sald ‘Uncle Eden. “What same foiks calls @ flower sin’ nuffin’ but « weed when it grows up in de wrong place.” Buttonheleless Collar. Inetead of buttoaholes, a new collar for men has slots to slip over the but- tons, those im front Interlocking te held the collar securely. Absolute Limit, “A man ain't reached de full buman capacity foh laziness,” said Uncle ‘den, “until he gits too lay even to imvent excuses foh it.” Deity Thought. As turning the logs will make a dull fire burn, so changes of studies a dull brain —Loagieliow. WAS ONE GOLD WATCH AHEAD Incident in Lord Macaulay's Life ‘Which Probably He Was Quite ‘Willing te Forget. Here is an amusing story of Macaw lay, as told by Lady Logan in her ‘reminiscences : “Lord Macaulay was in Rome the winter we were there with the ma- harajeh, They bad one very good story about him going the round of the English colony, which was told tw by an attache of the British em- bessy. Like all strangers, he went by moonlight to see the Coliseum and, as was proper in 2 historian and a poet, that the spirit of the centuries might have full sway with- tm 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 whore 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 re- turned to his hotel, to find, to his sur- prise, his own watch ticking comfort- ably on his dressing table and a strange gold watch in his waistcoat pocket. Horrified at his first success- ful 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 de- scribing the outrage of which he had teen « victim.” “OLD DUFFER” WAS ADMITTED Distinguished Citizen, Wanting to See Horace Greeley, Irreverently An- nounced by Office Boy. A citizen of Waterbury wrote a let- tet to the Republican of that city « day or two ago asking for information about Horace Greeley, who he was, ete. That he wished to learn more about the great journalist does, him eredit, but we are surprised there is a mar 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 Inte Charles A. Dana. One day while Mr. Greeley was reigning as edi- tor of the Tribune, he was particu- Istly busy, and gave explicit orders to his office bey not to admit anybody to his room. Later on the office boy announced te 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 be wore a solled linen dus- ter, 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. Gree- ley, “if he is so insistent you had bet- ter 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—Hart- ford Courant. Golf Will Survive. It has been held in some expert cir- cles that golf never could become the game baseball is, because golf incks ® pleturesque language. This view overlooks the fact that baseball ac- quired its language by slow degrees, and only reached its present perfec tion through the long labors of de- voted philologists and etymologists. ‘The language grew; like love, by what ft fed on. : Give golf and the sport writers time and they will produce 2 language for that game as copious, refulgent, ‘and learned as now distinguishes the ‘more popular game. Already we de- tect the beginnings. We read of Mr. Bockenkamp's play Thursday that by “sinking « horripillating putt of 45 feet” he finished 6 up. We have heard of 46-foot putts be- fore, but it must be admitted it adds to the wonderment of ose to know that ft was horripiliating. This is an en- couraging beginning and convinces us that golf ts going to survive—Kansas City Star. Queer Coincidence. One of 2 party whereof Charies Darwin was a member was speaking of the éarthquake of Tacahuano, in nerthera Chile, on which occasion the father had lost all-his property and the narrator himself had barely es eaped with his life. Then, writes Dar- win, there ensued a curious coinci- @ence. 4 German, one of the party, get up, saying he would never sit in a Foom in those countries with the door shut, as, owing to his having done 20, he once nearly lost his life at Sopiapo. Accordingly, he opened the door. No pooner had he doe so than he cried out “Here it comes again!” and an other shock ensued. The whole party encaped. In 1990. “and what is this peculiar ttle spiral instrument of steel?” “That is a very odd device people ‘ured many years ago to remove corks from bottles.” “Ob, I see.” “any other question?” “Yes, would you mind explaining to me what botties were and what were Qe ot oe ‘ Fiiipine Provern< ee penn entty ia may at the proverbs native to the Pung Pine Islands. “A hero is braver forty wounds.” the Filipinos my. =n. quality of gold ts known by ratty? Against @ stone.” “He who dons counsel is'on the way to mistorimet “Whoever believes everything thar's said has no mind of bis ow,” some there is gentle humor. “A ue ing shrimp ts carried away by the oe fent.” “A fish is caught by mouth.” “If you sleep, brother, ie crocodile will eat you up.” Funnel Made From Milk Rotts, A funnel that has a wide rings y application about the household, as especially In food-canning season, xy be made by cutting the body og] ordinary milk bottle. The bottes trimmed at the desired point by try am alcohol-saturated cont aromd | and applying a match. The glass wy Dreak evenly at that point. ane breaking, the edge is smoothed of a aan emery wheel and the funnel is reg for use. Sentiten of en tae: A well-known surgeon was perfor, ing an operation on « patient when, fire started at a warehouse across the Toad, illuminating the whole operatisy theater. Having finished, the surges turned to the nurse and said dryiy: 4 say, nurse, I notice the patient is com ing to. I think you had better dre the blinds. I don’t want him to thisk the operation hasn't been « success? Carnegie “Hero Fund.” Im April, 1904, Andrew Carnegie e» tablished a here fund of $5,000,000 fer the benefit of the dependents of those losing their lives in heroic efforts to save others, or for the heroes then- selves, surviving though injured. The endowment is known as the Carnegie hero fund and is placed in the hands of & committee composed of 21 per sons, residents of Pittsburgh. Something Just as Good. Americans demand poetry that & “red-blooded, human and vital,” s cording to one who calls himself as authority. ‘The supply of this kind of poetry will always be limited, it is to be-feared, but there is plenty of fe tion that would serve as a substitute to say nothing of the movies—Rocb ester Democrat and Chronicle. ‘The Coconut. Over eighty distinct methods are ia ‘vogue for the utilization of the coco aut. Every year about 8,000,000 nuts are cultivated; of this quantity, 50 per cent are consumed in the East and elsewhere as food, 20 per ceat are transformed into ofl, and caiy abet 80 per cent find thelr way to the mar kets Guides for Airman. ‘The airman’s guldeposts are tt natural landmarks, rivers, mountains lakes, forests. The artificial guide posts are citier, bridges, roada Ust form signs for particular classes of landing fields and signs showing whether the terrain is good or bet have been adopted by the governmest Getting Over the Difficulty. Two little boys, James, 5 snd Alex, 4, went to their aunt's howe and she had always given them some thing to eat. This time, however, she had forgotten and as they were lear ing Alex said to James: “Ask ne it! am bungry?” Revolutionary Congress. ‘There was no United States for ernment until after the adoption of the federal Constitution in 1789, an¢ the congress in existence during the Revolutionary war was the continer tal congress of the colonies. Hog Island. Hog island was a swamp of wasit land when the great war came. To name has been attached to it sinct early days when it was occupied 7 Indians, but the exact reason for i naming is obscure. Most Valuable Building. The Equitable Life I daliding of New York city has sn © sessed value of $25,000,000, which the largest tax value placed 02 duilding. , A Need of the Times. | ‘There are self-raising ladders, chict ens and pancake flours, but whet ‘| times need more is the self-raising | ‘ary—Boston Herald. | ——_ Murt by Autes In New York eT ln aaa ee Approximately 25,000 persons wert injured by automobiles and motor trucks in the streets of Greater New York during 1917. a Father's Way of Economizing. ‘As a general thing, father's favorit® ‘way of economizing is to stop the chi Gren from spending—Dalias News —— A Georgia Philosopher. Artemus Simms says the worst thing ‘about being a foo! is that others find !t ‘out before you do.—Dalton Citizen ——— |. Optimistic Thought, ‘Temperance is the moderating & eve’s desires in obedience to reason. When parliament of the commonwealth of Australia enacted a law nine years ago prohibiting the employment of Asiatic and native island laborers in that country, the crew, divers and other workers in the pearl industry at Broome were Malays and Japanese. More than 1,500 Japanese were employed in the pearl-fishing fleet. For a time it was feared that the new law would destroy the industry, but no attempt was made to enforce the law. World's Greatest Cateract What is set down as the greatest estuarine in the world is on the Iguazu river, which partly separates Brazil and Argentina. The preclicep over which the river plunges is 210 feet high, that of Niagara being 167 feet. The cataract is 18,123 feet wide, or about two and a half times as wide as Niagara. It is estimated that 100,000,000 tons of water pass over Niagara is an hour. A like estimate gives the depth of Iguazu 140,000,000 tons. Definition of Kindness The teacher of the intermediate room had been trying to teach her pupils the value of many virtues—such as truthfulness, honesty, kindness, etc. To test their knowledge she gave them an examination, asking for definitions for these virtues. One pupil defined kindness in this way: "Kindness is being kind to every human creature from a ant on up." First Piano Ad in New York. New York's first piano advertisement was printed on Jan. 10, 1789. John Jacob Astor, whose store was at 11 Queen street, "next door but one to the Friends' meeting house," was the advertiser. He announced the sale of "an assortment of pianofortes of the newest construction, made by the best makers of London." Franklin Still Popular Books printed by Benjamin Franklin, or on the composition of which he worked, command high prices. At a sale in Philadelphia of a library containing books that had belonged to a signer of the Declaration of Independence, no less than thirty of these rarities, many of them bearing Franklin's harvest, were disposed of. Really Important Point Relatively important point. Beland had found a pencil eraser, and, offering it to his little cousin, he said: "You can it, he Hazel. Do you know how to write?" Then, evidently he happened to think that she would have no use for an eraser unless she made mistakes, for he added: Do you know how to write wrong?" Te Keen Books Fresh. To prevent mold on books, place a few drops of lavender and Canadian balm in a back corner of each shelf. This will not injure the bindings of leather books as sulphur compounds do, but helps to preserve the bindings. The two substances are easily obtained. To Mend Humbrellas Umbrella handles sometimes become loosened from the steel rods. Put some resh in an iron spoon and hold it over the gas or on a hot stove until thoroughly melted; then pour it into the cavity in the handle and put the steel rod into it. Hold it firm until the resin in cold. Beginning the Quarrel. Mr. Styles—"So you have changed your mind?" Mrs. Styles—"Yes, I have." Mr. Styles—"When did you change it?" Mrs. Styles—"While I was changing my dress." Mr. Styles—"But it doesn't usually take as long as that dear."-Yonkers Star. Curio Insomnia: On the theory that insignis can be cured by lessening the moisture in the lungs, an Englishman has invented apparatus supplying warm, dry and sterilized air to be breathed. Putting the Clock Ahead. Putting the Clock Ahead. How times have changed. The old-fashioned girl who used never to sit later than nine o'clock has a daughter now who just starts out at nine o'clock for the evening. Talented Young Graduate Talented Young Graduate. "Ten," said Farmer Wiggins, "my father's goin' to granulate and get a diploket. Then when she has it we're goin' to send her to a musical mesogamy to be finished!" ^ How to Get On. Practice yourself, for heaven's sake, to little things; and thence proceed to greater. This is the advice of Epictean. Truly Great Heart. His heart was as great as the world, but there was no room in it to hold the memory of a wrong—Emerson. First Woman's College. The first woman's college incorpo- rated as such, was Elmira college funded in 1852. Optimistic Thought. Men should be temperate in eating weal as in drinking. 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 coaxing 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 property a book which maintains itself by virtue of that happy adolescence 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 80 per cent of a teacher?" "Because," responded a teacher, "he can select his kids!" Tempers 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. Net 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 then 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. 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 mood of sentiment— Discussion THE BROAD AX, CHICAGO, JULY 26, 1919 Every state in the union has some part of the swamp and wet lands that for the entire country have an aggregate area of 102,800,000 acres—larger than Iowa, Illinois and Indiana combined and three-fourths as large as France. The agricultural value of these lands varies considerably, but specialists of the United States department of agriculture believe that large areas, if properly drained and cleared by public or private co-operation, could be transformed into productive farms. TOMMY MAKES AN ART His Work of Art Was Not elated and He Endeavored Set Matters Right. The New York Times is able for the following: Dear Teacher: My mother haffto appollize for drow pickchure on the bored as if an oiled made with curls an wisker on your chin witch y not help or me neither. Worth More Than That Now On June 20, in 1632, the patent of Maryland, granted to George Calvert, Lord Baltimore, was after his death made over to his son, Cecilius Calvert. King Charles signed the new patent and gave to the grant of land the name of Maryland, in honor of his queen, Henrietta Maria. While Lord Baltimore held the grant he paid for it yearly to the crown of England two Indian arrows, which are still on exhibition at Windsor castle, England. Women Senators of Old. Rome, as early as the year 218 A.D. recognized a senate of women. This senate, though, differed from most others by confining its considerations and its discussions to matters of etiquette and dress. The assembly had the approbation of Elagabalus and held its meetings in the Quirinal. Cruelty, extravagance and vice were the outstanding characteristics of the reign of Elagabalus. Hence, the necessity of having 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 nature.—Chicago Daily News. Famous Name In Boston. Three Josiah Quincys have filled the office of mayor of Boston. The first Josiah Quincy to become mayor served six years, from 1823 to 1828, later becoming president of Harvard college. His son, Josiah Quincy, Jr., was mayor for three years, from 1846 to 1818, and he was the grandfather of the Josiah Quincy who was mayor for four years, from 1896 to 1899. Effect of the Circus After all, civilization is sometimes a bore. The circus carries us 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 like the rest of us, responsive to the wild blood of their remote progenitors.—Baltimore Sun. The Hindus and the Lotus The Hindus compare India to the lotus, the petals representing Central India and the surrounding leaves the divisions of the country. The design is much used in eastern temples and architecture generally, and the plant is cultivated in public gardens. A pond in the Taj gardens at Agra holds pure lotus blossoms. Powerful Nitroalgyrin The greater part of the world's output of glycerin is used for nitrolycerin, prepared by the action of a mixture of nitric and sulphuric acids on glycerin, which forms the chief ingredient of many modern high explosives and smokeless powders, used for military, mining and agricultural purposes. 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 close of the shower he returned and I asked him anxiously: "Why, Ralph, where were you when it rained?" He replied: "I wasn't anywhere—I was running."—Chicago American. Birds With Brains Naturalists have arrived at the conclusion that the brain in birds is large in proportion to the body. If it is admitted that intelligence depends upon the weight of brain, then the goldinch must be placed at the top of the list of birds; the brain weighs one-fourteenth of its whole body. Napoleon's Temper. Defeat was so distasteful to Napoleon that, so it is recorded, when he found an opponent at chess getting the better of him he would with a quick movement sweep board and pieces off the table to the ground. Electric Shotgun A patent has been granted for an electric shotgun in which sparks discharge cartridges that may be filled with an explosive gas or liquid as well as powder. Lighter Than Cork Lighter Than Cork. Sunflower stalk pitch, which is about ten times lighter than cork, is used in a life saving apparatus invented by a Russian. Optimistic Thought. He deservedly loses his own property who covets that of another. TOMMY MAKES AN APOLOGY 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 droren your pickchure on the bored as if you was an oiled made with curls and a long wissker on your chin witch you could not hell or me neither. It was a meen thing to doo and I am sorry I didd it but I could not help it bzecaws you stood thare looking so nachelir with the curls and the wissker and all and Jenny Amés dared me to doo it at recess. I doo not blame you for wipen me becawas it looked so mutch like you you had a purfeck 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 esphesulhy if she is a lettle oilled but this was not to go in the letter. If you only understood what is inside of boys heads make 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 becauses my wippin does not hurt now but a nickchure does on forever. Teachers have a hard erruff time goodness knows without beln shode how they look with a whoal school to laff at. Sometimes if you do not care I will drore 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 LANTERN$ Chinese Make Them In Many Attractive Forms, and Pay Big Prices for Them. The shops of the lantern venders 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 Bekjavic, 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 Bekjavic, 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 twentieth century version of the new route for commerce which the old navigator, Henry Hudson, was seeking in the early seventeenth. Suction Plates on Bata 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 cuttlefishes. 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 were false beards. ORIGIN OF DOOR-KNOCKERS 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 purpose. In the Greek houses of the better class a porter was in constant attendance at the door to admit visitors. Slaves were usually employed in this capacity, and were chained to the door-posts to prevent their wandering and shirking 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 rapper by those desiring entrance to the house. 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 clamp 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 standbys 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 Indiana, but the present instrument had its beginning back in the days of the troubadours, who used musical boxes called violes or guitar daddies. 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 1580 to 1780 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 Bird," but to this the poet replied: "Now, when in 'Excelsior' I said 'A voice fell like a filling 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 Um 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 doubtless, 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 peerless gum of every month in the year. PAGE THs. EI 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 Star From the spectroscopic measurements made at Mt. Wilson observatory stars (1. 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. Grussome 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 10, 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 Raina. 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 tempins, in which only three were used, set up at angles of a triangle. When, in bowling at tempins, 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'." 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 andook too little to men. PE 301 PE 301 HON. HENRY HORNER Judge of the Probate Court of Cooke Committee of the Citizens Comm a public reception in honor of C Judge of the Probate Court of Cook County and Chairman of the Finance Committee of the Citizens Committee of one hundred, which will give a public reception in honor of Col. Franklin A. Denison. Judge of the Probate Court of Cook County and Chairman of the Finance Committee of the Citizens Committee of one hundred, which will give a public reception in honor of Col. Franklin A. Denison. ATTORNEY AUGUSTUS L. WILLIAMS SCORES A BIG VICTORY BEFORE THE CORONER'S JURY. A strong verdict was handed down by the Coroner's Jury at the Mob Case hearing in which one Joseph Robinson, residing at 514 West Fifty-fourth place was murdered. The prosecution was amply assisted by Attorney A. L. Williams, for the heirs of the deceased. The Jury consisted of four white men and two colored men, although most of the colored people had apparently forgotten the untimely and outrageous death of Joseph Robinson at the hands of a white mob whose only excuse was in killing Robinson, that they wantonly and maliciously decided to take the life of a human-being who happened to belong to the African race. Mobs are the handiwork of the demented brain on the part of whosoever participates in it, and whenever it attempts to do injury, the actors or participants never respects the victims of its fiendish purpose. In this case it appeared that Mr. Robinson was a peaceful and law-abiding citizen, who had had no trouble with any one in his community, but as the mob was determined to do violence to some man or woman of the African race, it had no respective person in view. At the hearing, when the witnesses were produced it was found that the police who appeared at the scene during the mob, was unable to secure one eye-witness to this mob consisting of more than one hundred persons, taking the word of policeman Peter Paulburn, who upon oath stated that during the occurrence he was called on by one Mr. William Morden, a white man who saw the crowd beating and shooting the victim. This policeman's story is one that should be investigated by the police department and if what he says is true, he is an unfit subject for the police force, for it would rather appear that he was in sympathy with the mob. He said that he could not get any information at the time and that he could not get any names except Mr. Morden's. When Mr. Morden was called he contradicted the statement of the officer and said that he did not see him until about ten minutes after the mob had subsided. Mr. Morden's statement is one which seems to have come from an honest, prudent and law-abiding citizen and he should be commended for his version of the actions of this hideous mob. It is noteworthy that a mob consisting of one hundred people, in the words of officer Paulhure, could con- PAGE FOUR tinue on its blood-thirsty tirade to a point more than a quarter of a mile and then again shoot and kill another Colored man by the name of Sandy Harris and could not have been intercepted by the police. The death of Mr. Robinson was not in a secret place but was on one of the prominent boulevards of the City of Chicago, namely Garfield Boulevard at the corner of Princeton Avenue, where thousands of people pass two and fro. The Verdict of the Jury to wit: "Joseph Robinson came to his death on the 22nd day of June A. D., 1919, en route to Hospital from shock and hemorrhage due to incised (stab) wounds of back and left leg." "We find the deceased, a peaceable citizen, was assaulted, beaten and stabbed by men comprising a mob of sixteen or more white men at about 55th street and Princeton Avenue, about twelve o'clock June 22, 1919. We find that said assault was murderous and unprovoked; that the identity of the men comprising said mob are unknown. We recommend that the said men be apprehend and held to the Grand Jury, upon a charge of murder, until discharged by due Course of Law. "Signed: Joseph Frestit, John Curton, Thomas F. Vaughn, Williams M. McMeanagle, Williams Lynch, David Trotter, C. F. Kennedy, Deputy Coroner. This verdict of the four white men and two colored men shows that the people of Chicago as a whole are not in sympathy with mobs, and if the police department, which is paid by the taxes of the people, were as conscientious as this Jury was, there would be no mobs in the City of Chicago. Mr. Williams said that he intends to proceed against the City on behalf of the representatives of both of the murdered men, Robinson and Harris, under the mob law of Illinois, which law provides: "That the Surviving spouse, lenial hiers or adopted children or any such person or persons, who before the loss of life were dependent for support upon any other person who shall hereafter suffer death by lynching at the hands of a mob in any County or City damages for injuries sustained by reason of the loss of life of such person to a sum of, not exceeding $5,000.00." By doing this, he says, that the people of the City will become interested in seeing to it that mobs are costly bodies and when such gatherings in violation of the law are not suppressed by the proper authorities, they as taxpeyers who are compelled to pay for the damages of these mobs will see to it that the police do their full duty to suppress such unlawful bodies. CHILDREN'S MIND SHATTERED France View With Alarm Her Mentally Wrecked, Maimed and Illnourished Heritage of War Children. to remain in France with its kin. free booklet of letters from grateful little French children having American foster parents, will be sent anyone interested, by addressing Mr. New York (Special)—John Kendrick Bangs, novelist and humorist—returned from France on Wednesday and in an interview to the press makes a plea for help from America for the children of France, along the lines of the campaign now carried on from coast to coast by The Fatherless Children of France's national committee, for the American adoption of 60,000 of these destitute, ill-nourished and mentally wrecked children. "One of the things that impressed me most in France," said Mr. Bangs, "was American solicitude for the welfare of the little children whose homes have been destroyed, whose fathers have either been killed, wounded, or made victims of German prisons, and whose mothers have been so impoverished by the war as to be unable to care for them. It is beautiful to see the spirit in which American agencies have hastened to their succor, but it is the sad fact, that generous as has been our response to the needs of these little ones overseas their necessities are still far and away beyond any measures yet taken to relieve and hold them safe. Their condition is pitiable. Not a few have been maimed forever by destruction in the hands of the cruel enemy. I have seen little boys with their hands and legs blown away either by shells, or by innocent-looking objects they have picked up in the streets." Their Condition Pitiful "I have seen them by the dozens peaked little faces betokening a long period of starvation, many of them in a condition of general health that only the most careful nursing and tender loving care can transform into anything even remotely resembling strength. Their little minds are filled with a background of tragedy that has well nigh obliterated the pictures of happier days, and their outlook is one that, in the very nature of things is filled with uncertainty." Their Minds Shattered. "Schools are being equipped and we are trying to bring back to normal conditions the minds of the children. I mean by that we are trying to help children from 10 to 12 years to recover their state of mind which is at present that of a child of from 4 to 5 years old. To a business man the situation is perplexing, to a layman appalling. "By coming to the aid of the Children of France now, we can lift these little children up out of hell and enable them to look God in the face once more. We can place them once more in the land of the living and lead them out of the valley of Despair to the heights of renewed courage and faith in the right." It is for the purpose of aiding these little war victims that The Fatherless Children of France is making its appeal for foster parents, the adoption to be made through the contribution of 10 cents a day for a specified time, thus repeating the pension allowed by the French government—still in the stress of its war cost—the child [Name] HON. HOWARD W. HAYES Associate Justice of the Municipal Court; member of the Citizens Committee, which will tender a public reception to Col. Franklin A. Denison, who will in the near future, be united in marriage, to Miss Harriet Barton Haney the beautiful and highly accomplished daughter of former Judge Elbridge Haney, 3116 Michigan Avenue. to remain in France with its kin. A free booklet of letters from grateful little French children having American foster parents, will be sent to anyone interested, by addressing Mrs. Walter S. Brewster, vice-chairman of The Fatherless Children of France, Room 635, 410 South Michigan Ave., Chicago, Ill. RACE DISINTEGRATION RACE DISINTEGRATION Foul Spots and Rotten Conditions In The Second Ward. By An Observing Citizen. To the Editor of The Broad Ax:— Your paper having made its reputation as the Champion of clean homes, better manhood and good citizenship, as its slogan so long that as an observant citizen I feel at liberty to address you upon the subject of present conditions now prevalent in our city, and especially in the 2nd Ward. No people can hope to live and act one way and secure the reputation that belong to others who act in a different way, it therefore follows that what we do or permit to be done in our midst, will in the end give us all the reputation that some of us do not deserve. In the 2nd Ward there according to reports in the Daily Press and otherwise that there is gambling of all kinds along State St. and nightly cappers for dice, monte, and card games are on the streets of the 2nd Ward. This has a tendency to give the good people the same reputation with the bad, that, they do not deserve, but, by permitting such gives us all the sobriquet of "Gamblers"; while in the 2nd ward there is a large class of good, clean citizens who have nothing in common with the immoralists or gambler. Recently my attention was called in passing on the street car to some kind of Carnival or Street Fair on a small lot corner 37th and State St. Leaving the car and forcing myself through the crowded street and reaching the interior of the lot, I found from 1500 to 2000 Negroes, men and women and children, some women with babies in their arms clamoring for an opportunity to play all sorts of gambling devices or games. All of the gambling joints was operated by white men or women and Negroes was seen to pay as high as $3.80 for a chicken that could be bought any place for 60 cents. The method was simple there was 38 tickets at 10 cents each and the winner being the one holding the ticket which corresponds with the number at the end of an indicator of a numbered wheel after being turned. It was collective swindling; and through hopes which springs in the breast of many ignorant people they were satisfied to play again with a hope that better luck would be theirs next time. Hams, Flour, Dolls, Knives and worthless trinkets were gambled in this way, and at one or two places the old Shell game was being played, every man of unsavory reputation from the first ward was on hand as sappers or getting theirs from those too timid to play. Other than being present as an onlooker or a victim M. HON. GEORGE FRANKLIN HARDING, JR. City Comptroller of Chicago and chairman of the committee on arrangements, which will tender a public reception to Col. Franklin A. Denison and present him a testimonial, in behalf of the citizens of Chicago. (with one exception) no Colored man or woman was given opportunity to earn one dime of the thousands of dollars spent by Negroes on this 100 ft. lot. Mrs. Lena Holt, the President is to be commended for the energy and enthusiasm which she is injecting into the work. Mrs. M. O. Bousfield is the patient This of itself should have deterred the players in view of the fact that there was within 6 or 7 blocks a well regulated clean, operated city licensed park where gambling of no kind was permitted, where all the employees are Negroes including the owner. As the Champion of the newly arrived migrants you should ascertain from what source the power comes that gives a bunch of alien white men and women a license to swoop down upon an unsuspecting group of Colored people as a hawk would a bunch of chickens and give as much in return. Do not permit yourself to be missed of camouflaged by rumors that this Society or that Hospital is giving the affair for they have nothing to do with it, except to farm out the right to use their names, and thereby license for a few dollars the real beneficiaries or promoters whose names are not known and a bunch of plug uglies to plunder the race to the disgrace of us all.—An Observant Observer. A NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF NEGRO MUSICIANS. The President and members of the Chicago Music Association are putting forth strenuous efforts to make the National meeting of Negro Musicians which convenes next Tuesday morning in the Wabash Ave. Y. M. C. A. a success. Musicians from all sections of the country will be in attendance to perfect the National organization. The day sessions will be open to the public. A number of social functions have been planned for the entertainment of the visitors. Business sessions will be held daily beginning Tuesday July 29th at ten o'clock a. m. and extending over Thursday. On Wednesday evening will be an Artist Concert at Grace Pres. Church in which visiting and local Artists will participate. On Thursday evening there will be a banquet served in the Y. M. C. A. Local musicians are evincing a keen interest in this movement and it was truly gratifying to look in upon the Local Association last Monday evening and to note the enthusiasm with which plans were being carried forward for the coming meeting. It was good to see most of the prominent musicians which included singers, pianists, violinists, etc. of Chicago sitting around a common board, as it were, and trying to push forward a movement from which it is expected much good will develop in a musical way. chairman of the committee on arrange- sic reception to Col. Franklin A. Denison in behalf of the citizens of Chicago. Mrs. Lena Holt, the President is to be commended for the energy and enthusiasm which she is injecting in to the work. Mrs. M. O. Bousfield is the patient, painstaking and efficient Secretary. An appreciative audience listened to an interesting program which was rendered last Monday evening at Olivet Baptist Church by the Invincible Trio, which is made up of the following personel, Messrs. Theo. Bryant barytone, Sevier, tenor, and W. E. Gossette, accompanist. Mrs. Martha Mitchell gave a piano Recital at the Chicago Piano College assisted by David Mitchell, tenor. Friday evening. Mrs. Walter B. Anderson, pianist left this week accompanied by her mother Mrs. Harrison, for a vacation at Idlewood, Mich. Friday evening Aug. 1st, there will be a reception held at the Wabash Ave. Dept. Y. M. C. A. in honor of the Students and Teachers who are taking summer university courses in the city. Delegates to the National Music Association are included in the invitation to be guests of honor. Merry Mack. TUSKEGEE INSTITUTE NOTES The tenth annual Summer School at Tuskegee Institute comes to a close this week with regular Commencement exercises on Friday night, in the Institute Chapel, when thirty-one teachers will be awarded certificates. Six hundred and twenty-seven teachers were enrolled this year representing fifteen states. * * * Clarence Cameron White, celebrated violinist from Boston, gave a recital Tuesday night, in the Institute Chapel. He was accompanied by Miss Alice C. Simmons, director of Instrumental Music at Tuskegee Institute. Dr. James H. Dillard, President of the Jeanes and Slater Board spoke to the Summer School teachers at their regular morning meeting Tuesday. Dr. W. H. Casselle, President of Liberia College, Liberia, who is making an extended tour of this country, inspecting various educational institutions, spent several days here this week. He spoke in the Institute Chapel at public exercises Wednesday evening. Dr. Emmett J, Scott, former Secretary of Tuskegee Institute, and now Secretary-Treasurer of Howard University, is at the Institute this week enjoying a few days rest with the members of his family and his many friends here < HON. CHARLES ALEXANDER McCULLOUCH The new President of the Parmelee Transfer Company, and Treasurer of the John R. Thompson Company. 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 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 chairman of the board of directors. Among those interested in the reorganized company are J. Ogden Armour and John R. Thompson. Charles Principal Robert R. Morton will deliver an address on August first in connection with the Association of teachers in Negro Schools, which is to be held at Orangeburg, South Carolina. The late Miss Harriet Blanchard of Philadelphia, who during her life time was such a good friend of Dr. Frissell and Dr. Washington left nearly half a million dollars to Negro education. Tuskegee Institute received $100,000. BATHING BEACHES AND VIA-DUCTS SECURED BY ALDERMAN JACKSON AND ANDERSON. Race People Benefited The Illinois Central Electrification, Terminal and South Shore Development Ordinance known as the L. C. Development of the Lake Front plan was passed by the City Council Monday afternoon. The Ordinance provides for Viasucts at 26th, 31st, 35th and 39th streets. In the location of Bathing Beaches, Alderman Jackson and Anderson played a leading part. They appeared before the Committee in the interest of the people of their Ward and secured the allotment of two Bathing Beaches as follows. One from 26th to 31st streets and the other from 35th to 39th streets The people of the Ward are benefited to the extent of securing three quarters of a mile of Beach pleasure A. McCullouch has been elected president to succeed Mr. Shaffer. Mr. McCullough has been vice president of Company and is also treasurer of the 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 hotels 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. so long denied them and our Aldermen are to be congratulated upon their splendid work in securing this splendid addition to the life and enjoyment of our people.—"C" COLORED IN NORTH CAROLINA ARE HELPING TO EDUCATE THEMSELVES Statesville, N. C. (Special)—Chas. H. Moore, state inspector of colored schools, finds that in thirty-eight counties of the state, colored people have contributed for building new school houses for their children the sum of $82,453.75, public school officials in the thirty-eight counties appropriating $43,000 for the same purpose. It means that the colored people of thirty-eight counties have voluntarily contributed, in addition to their regular taxes, an amount almost equal to that appropriated from the public funds to build school houses for their race. Sunday evening, the Du Bois Club gave an evening at the Ogden Park Pavilion, 65th street and Racine ave. in honor of the visiting school teachers to this city an interesting program was rendered at 8 o'clock and several hundred persons, home folks and visitors attended the reception from 7 to 10:30. Mr. A. L. Weaver, President of the Du Bois Club, and Mr. C. M. White, its secretary; were both untiring in their efforts to make it pleasant for the visiting school teachers. THE BROAD AX, CHICAGO, JULY 26, 1919 CHARLES E. STUMP TOURING THROUGH OLD NORTE CAROLINA. HE DISCOVERED PROF. A. D. REED, WHO ENCOURAGED THE WHITE SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS AT WILSON, N. C., TO SLAP THE FACE OF THE COLORED WOMEN TEACHERS TOURING NORTH CAROLINA There is a something in this world, I have never seen it myself, but I have heard a deal talk about it. I think they call it "Retrobution" or something like that. I don't know whether it walks, or flies, but they are talking about it here in North Carolina, and I will stay here if I can long enough to see it, and if I don't, I am going to see Prof. A. D. Reed to let me see it, for I am told that he saw it a few days ago or it was handed to him on a silver tray. People have strange expressions and if you keep up with them you will just have to live in a dictionary. What I understand I understand and what I don't understand I just let alone. It is a small man who would strike a woman, but they have it down fine in Wilson, N.C., and if it is kept up much longer there will be some going home, but which home I am not prepared to say myself, but I do know heaven is my home although I am not home sick. I never want to see a white man strike one of our best women in this world, for I would just then send word to the angels to dust my wings for I will be on my way for them, and then send word to the devil to heat the furnace just a little hotter, for I have started some one to take quarters therein. I am sure you are not acquainted with Miss Mary Euell, of Washington, D. C. She is a refined cultured christian woman. She took time to get her education, hence you would call her all I have said, and then she is an upright woman. Not a soul to touch her character, for she has lived that life which would call for love and protection. She was educated, and did not want her education to go to seed, hence she decided to impart it to the youth. Her work was in Wilson, North Carolina, where they had the greatest educated man in the world as principal. He had bottled up in his little thimble head all the education in the world—so much of it that he should have been at the head of the National University, or a big school like that one in Oxford, England, or the University of Chicago, or Yale or Harvard, or Brown or some of the other big schools. He has no business in a school like the graded school of Wilson for he is too big for that, even too big for his britches, as the old folks use to say. On the occasion when Mr. Wilson moved the sun forward or something like that, this vender of education, found fault with Miss Euell. He demanded of her to go before the superintendent—in fact he invited her to go with hi mto this human viper to be reprimanded like she was a child. She went with him, and after a few words this high - up - to - date - white-gentleman superintendent boxed her jaws, and called what we use to call it slapped her face for her, and Brother Reed—just looked on and smiled, the smile of a coward. The lady got out of the office, reported to the school next day, like an obedient child after a thrashing by its mother. She taught on until after pay day, or until on pay day. She had told some of her immediate friends about it. Well at the time to pay off, the Principal-Prof. Reed, had the checks. He had the usual meeting of teachers, handed them their checks, and when he was about to close, with the dignity of a queen, Miss Euell arose and asked permission to say a word. This was granted her. She wanted to know of Prof. Reed why he sat still and allowed that white man to slap her. His reply was "Because you would not close your mouth when you were ordered by the white man to do so. Now that settled it. He did not know what question was going to be put to him, and before he realized it, in the presence of others he admitted that he had witnessed it. It was then that almost every teacher offered her resignation, and walked out. That broke up the school for the next day—in fact for that year. This human snake in the grass went down to the bank and had the payment of the checks stopped I am told for a little while, but it would not last long. The teacher quit, some of them have work at other places, some have married, and still others are staying at home. As to Miss Euell, I don't know where she is I am saying all this, in order to say that just a few days ago, a white man treated the professor's daughter the same way either on the streets of Wilson or in the post office. Here is what I got out of the daily paper about it: "Wilson, N. C., July 22.—Tuesday afternoon while being waited on at the stamp window in the Wilson post-office, 'Mr.' W. D. Ruffin, a merchant, slapped Thelma Reed, the ten year old daughter of Prof. J. D. Reed, and this morning was fined $25 by Mayor D. M. Hill, Mr. Ruffin gave notice of appeal and gave bond for his appearance at the September term of Wilson Superior court." I believe in law and order, and I want the law to take its course in this case and that will not be of any worry to heaven or the other place either to receive new occupants. These things are unfortunate any time they occur. Now while we are treated in this manner, there are Negro men who would say that the Negro must not take a manly stand. Of course manhood is not in a big revolver in your pocket, or the "Johny get your gun" style, for I have never carried one myself, and there are thousands of gentlemen the same way, but just to take a place of a real man. Tell the white man what you expect of him and in return you expect to give your community a law-abiding citizen. That you are going to help to build up your country, and will give your life for the protection of the flag of your country. That you believe in the protection of womanhood, whether the woman be black or white. I will join hand with him and go right into hell if need be to protect a worthy woman. Now mark you I said worthy woman and nothing about color. Do not think me off this week, but I have been thinking. I want to continue to think. Lynching going on, and there are men who would help to have some of their best killed or chased out of town by trying to stand in with white folks. I have seen some of these I don't know what to call them. I have met them in the school room. Some of these little cheap two-by cipher "fessors" who will do anything and suffer anything in order to hold a cheap "fessing" job. Now I am not making a direct charge unless I am called upon to do so. I have heard of men wearing the stripes and then being put at the head of Negro schools in the south. Whether this is true or not I am not altogether prepared to say, but just as soon as I can get in the state I am going to look it up. God forbid. It is an unfortunate thing that any man should be clothed in stripes, but when it happens he must not expect to be the leader in society, the leader in thought as before. If this kind of thing is done then men would be encouraged to go to the "pen." I am in North Carolina this week, and I have had the pleasure of seeing some of our big men. I shall have something to say about them and some of the places I have been in my next letter. CHARLES E. STUMP. M. J. HON. DENNIS J. EGAN Chief Bailiff of the Municipal Court which will tender a public receipt one of Mr. Egan's warmest friend Chief Bailiff of the Municipal Court; member of the Citizens Committee, which will tender a public reception to Col. Franklin A. Denison, who is one of Mr. Egan's warmest friends. Chief Bailiff of the Municipal Court; member of the Citizens Committee, which will tender a public reception to Col. Franklin A. Denison, who is one of Mr. Egan's warmest friends. An interesting and appreciative audience attended Bethel Literary last, Monday evening to hear Hon. S. E. Turner. His subject was, The Basic Law of the State of Illinois. Mr. Turner most ably discussed his subject and a rising vote of thanks was given him. An original poem read by Mrs. Mae E. Motley was highly appreciated by the Audience as was two beautiful songs led by Mr. J. E. Robinson. Next Monday evening July 28th at 8:30 o'clock the society will be addressed by Mr. Geo. T. Kersey, subject, some things that the Literary stands for. After which the Society will hold its annual election of officers. Rev. W. D. Cook, D. D., Pastor; Sandy W. Trice, Pres.; J. W. Bell, Secy. RACE MAN GOING TO FRANCE IN INTEREST OF GEORGIA'S COLORED SOLDIERS Washington, D. C.,—Prof. R. R. Wright, of Savannah, prominent among colored educators of the South is en route to Belgium, England and France, where he will gather together first-hand accounts of the deeds and achievements of Georgia Negroes in the world war. Prof. Wright has been assigned to this work by Gov. Hugh M. Dorsey, of Georgia. It is intended to compile a history which will fittingly set forth what the colored men from the state have accomplished. STORE CLOSES DOORS FOR AGED EMPLOYE'S FUNERAL Savannah, Ga. (Special) — The doors of the Dekel Furniture Company, Brought street, were closed last Friday for an hour in honor of Benjamin S. Reed, a colored employee of the concern, whose funeral was being conducted, with scores of white people in attendance. He was 72 years old and had been employed by this firm for nearly thirty years. Enroute to New York from Denver Colo., where she had visited relatives and friends for some time, Mrs. H. J. Foster passed through the city and was the guest of Mr. and Mrs. John C. Davis, 1940 Walnut St. Misses Branch and Johnson were delighted to meet so many furmer students of the Virginia Normal and Industrial Institute, Petersburg, Va., while visiting on the west Side last Sunday in company with M. T. Bailey, president, Alumni Association, V. N. & L. I. After seeing active service with the Canadian Army overseas, Left Lieut. P. E. Herron, returned to the United States last week and will make his home with his sister, Mrs. Dorothy L. Delaware, 1950 W. Austin Ave. BETHEL LITERARY Ireland member of the Citizens Committee, ion to Col. Franklin A. Denison, who is ads. Mrs. Bettie A. Givens, Worthy Princess of Ruth Temple 72, S. M. T. returned to the city after attending the grand session of the Court of Calantha, K. of P. which convened at Rockford, Ill., during the past week. The Pyramid Building and Loan Association is putting on a drive to sell 3000 shares of stock. This association is the first one of its kind organized and controlled by members of the Race in the State. The general public is invited to attend its meetings every Monday evening from 7:30 to 9:30 at 3539 State St. Mrs. Bertha Whitefield, 4550 Champlain Avenue; ranks among the most progressive and intelligent women in Chicago. She is well posted on all the doings of the day or of these critical times. Her word is her bond in business transactions and such women as Mrs. Whitefield are indeed a great honor to women kind in general. M. T. Bailey, Mgr., Milton Mercantile Agency, 363C State St., J. B. Street, worthy master, North Star Lodge and R. W. Wells have been elected as delegates to the grand lodge at Mound City the middle of August. Mr. Bailey is also a delegate of the A. U. K. and D. of A. to Indianapolis, Ind., Sept. 1st. Prominent men and women from Cincinnati, Cleveland, Ohio, Memphis and Nashville, Tenn., Petersburg, Va., Charleston, W. Va., parts of Kentucky, Oklahoma and other cities and states were in the city and attended the musical given by the choir of the Original Provident church. Dr. I. H. Holloway introduced the visitor. A delightful luncheon was served Sunday afternoon at the home of Mr. and Mrs. John C. Davis, 1940 Walnut St., in honor of Misses Mary E. Branch and Harriet Johnson, teachers at the Normal and Industrial Institute, Petersburg, Va., who are attending the University of Chicago. P. C. Copelain, one of the prominent business men of Vicksburg, Miss., spent last week in this city, visiting with his old friend, Attorney W. E. Mollison, 184 W. Washington Street. Mr. Copelain, is firmly convinced that Chicago is the greatest City in the United States. Mme. Ezella Mathias Carter, founder of the Carter System of Chicago received her diploma from Tuskegee where she attended the summer school for teachers. Mme. Carter will receive a diploma from La Salle University, Chicago, from Business Leadership in 1920. PAGE FIVE Chame Considered Sufficiently Elaborate for Daytime Functions, If Embroidered or Otherwise Embellished, Are Passing Out. Desauville, Aix-le-Bains and Monte Carlo are principal points of interest on the fashion program. Paris, which is to say all of fashionable Paris, has betaken itself to the smart resorts in France, so it is necessary to follow closely, asserts a prominent New York fashion writer, if one is to keep in touch with the latest developments in dress. Always on the alert, Paris traveled to the races, but many of the best people were absent and the midinettes faded the dressmakers at the last moment, so that there were fewer new frocks than had been expected. Happily most of the troubles are over and the best houses have promised interesting and important changes. However, we are left to guess what the changes are to be, though a few of the models give some important clews and the assurance that whatever the changes may be one may be certain that they will be interesting. The elegance of the pre-war toiletten is repeatedly mentioned and there is every indication that eventually the more elaborate manner of dressing will return. Lace, which has long since been discarded, is considered one of the most important materials for afternoon wear. Many and conflicting were the comments on its use at the races, but in spite of adverse opinion it was noted that as the days passed, by and the makers had an opportunity of showing new models the lace dresses increased in numbers. An all-lace frock was contemptuously referred to as a lace curtain, but nevertheless the dress was repeated later by other women. The widely diverging views in regard to the use of lace are to be expected, for there is no more difficult 1901 MUSEUM This creation is a combination of rich all-over cream face and gold and blue-flowered chiffon. Hat is of black, glazed Milan, with great yellow organza rose. material to handle, and if used the frock is sure to be either a decided success or a miserable failure. Paris is surely correct when following its usual rule of never doing things by half-way measures. It selects the widest faces possible and draps them over something dark to give the pattern the best advantage. Other models illustrate the use of black and white Chantilly, used in the same dress with a most refreshing effect. New Models Favoring Lace. Callot, Cheruilt and Pierre Bullos are all making use of quantities of lace in the summer models, which they always show in muldeason for the benefit of their resident Paris clientele. French women have always been partial to lace for afternoon wear and know how to wear it to the best advantage. Where the American woman is prone to place with it a hat that carries the same tame note as the lace, the French woman will wear something that will provide a contrast and tone up the entire costume. The contrasting note will be found usually in the hat or the material combined with the lace. As black and white is at present the most popular combination in Paris the hat is frequently of black tulle, either with crosse or paradise. Two of the smartest dresses of face at Monte Carlo were in black, as were the hats which were worn with them. In both of these dresses the lace figured in the skirt principally and the waist was of taffeta with a touch of lace. Tunics are as prominent as ever in the scheme of the lace dress, but the lace reaches almost to the bottom of the foundation skirt. The dark silk dresses considered sufficiently elaborate for any afternoon affair if embroidered or otherwise embellished seem to be passing out, at least for the summertime. Jenny uses Chantilly lace in a large way, that is to say, in quantities and in big spaces. A black satin and © Western Newspaper Union An organdie embroidered summer skirt with a flesh georgette blouse with Val lace. The hat is maline with a robin's egg blue raffia crown—a fine summer outfit. black lace frock by her is typical of the prevailing mode in more ways than one. It carries the harem hem, the almost sleeveless bodice and the nipped-in waistline with the fullness bulging both below and above. To all intents and purposes the dress is of lace, with the pattern in the sweeping curves common to Chantilly. Below the waist there is a full peplum and the satin is draped as a scarf over the shoulders, forming the only sleeves there are and falling straight to the hem at the front, leaving an open space showing the lace, about eight inches wide, in the center. Several striped dresses in taffeta have been noted that show the same arrangement of drapery over the shoulder and one a bit on that order is marvelously constructed of fine plaiting. Variation is found in the way the plaiting is looped up at the sides is a modified pannier effect. Across the front of the upper part the plaits are held in closely, like a girdle, and at each side allowed to fall loosely in a large loop. Drecoll shows a Chartreuse colored frock with the skirt draped in Chantilly and the girdle forming wing-like loops at the side, giving the desired width. On the whole new models are rather scarce, suggesting that the best known makers are not averse to holding back as many of their creations as they may for later in the season. Whether by accident or following the lead of Paris, a well-known American designer turned out lately a charming afternoon dress of organdle and black net, bearing out the assertion that silks are no longer absolutely necessary in the construction of the reception and dinner frock. The entire gown was of French blue organdle draped with the net in tunic fashion and edged with black lace. If either this frock or the lace frocks noted at the races are any indication, the chemise dress is on the wane, for each one is marked by a decided waistline and both show sashes tied in huge bows at the back. All the late models by Beer point to the fact that the flaring tunic over a tighter foundation will continue in favor. Redingotes Are Coming Back. Cloth dresses in redingote style continue to appear and are quite the accepted thing when wool dresses are worn. From this the indications are that the redingote will be among the autumn models when they make their appearance on this side. Redingotes were introduced two or three seasons ago. At the time they did not make any deep impression, but are now rather surer of success, as any suggestion of being extreme will be out of the question, and they are undoubtedly smart. As the longer jacket is rather sure of being the proper thing this fall, one may have the same trouble as formerly in trying to tell a dress from a coat or the reverse. All authorities agree so far on the wider hip line and the accentuated fullness about the hips, and this is to be found in the coats and suit jackets, as well as in the frocks, where it has been seen principally so far. Jenny is very active in turning out suits, as it appears that the dolman and even the cupe are slightly less in demand and it is anticipated that the suit will take the place to a certain extent. THE BROAD AX, CHICAGO, JULY 26, 1919 SUITS AND COATS Return to Strictly Straight Line Is Predicted. Variety of Styles and Contradictions Between Paris and New York Expected to Continue. Differing from the general opinion abroad is an American authority who is emphatic on the subject of width in suits and coats and makes the statement that a return to the strictly straight line tailored coat is certain. As this comes from one of the houses which are not at all extreme and very well known it carries weight. It is possible, notes a leading fashion correspondent, that the next season will see the same variety of styles and absolute contradictions between Paris and New York that have prevailed for the last twelve months. Paris, quite as much as China, is a place where they do things by opposites. Having discarded as much clothing from the knee downward as possible, in the warmest of weather they are wearing velvet berets and velvet hats. It is fortunate that there is a vogue for hats of black tulle and Chantilly or the smart Parisian would be doomed to wear nothing but velvet on the warmest of days unless she resorts to the glycerined paper hat—a late innovation. The white velvet is, of course, very much smarter than black, if one must wear velvet on a summer day. Lewis put forth some charming models in leghorn and milan, but they proved too commonplace for the Parisian, who refused to wear them. One of Lewis' best liked models is of white velvet in a rolling brimmed sailor shape with a huge "pouf" of marabou in white also. It had the merit of looking summery, at least in color, and does not look as out of place as did some of the velvet tam-o'-shanters, which sound in description a great deal like our own Greenwich village headgear. PRAISE FOR THE BLUE SERGE Material May Be Made Up Into Coat and Skirt, or Into One-Piece Street Dress. There is no material which so perfectly displays restraint as a very dark blue serge. The color and the texture in themselves suggest a world of tempting opportunities ignored. Thus there is implied an experience with, and knowledge of, infinite varieties of other hues, other clothes. According to the need of the wearer, the blue serge may be made up into coat and skirt, or into a one-piece street dress. With an exacting eye for the narrow shoulder, the close-fitting tapering sleeve, and the utmost precision of finish and cut, coupled with a resolute determination not to concede an inch to the skirt hem, one may give free scope to other lines. Once these details are observed, the most fantastic sweeps of the tailor's shears may be allowed. Blue serge is the most efficacious background for accessories of the toilette and for little finenesses. Let it be a starting point for pearl gray or sand-colored spats, for matching mousquetaire snede gloves rolling loosely over the tight wrist, for a dark hat of concentrated lines and for a fur neckpiece of reduced proportions. Then, as a signature to the work of art, as well as an insinuation of what one might have done, let the vell etch a mad design in one bold, detached pattern upon the cheek. This is a dashing touch in a costume otherwise reserved. Blue serge is unassailable, impeccable. It is clever, and it is wise. Marianne Kernsman, Ungar A novelty flappy summer hat, lined in rose with a band of that shade. The bag (to match) is soft, with a lining of rose, strings and Chinese beads. This water is fine for removing stains. Take one pound of sal soda and 5 cents' worth of chloride of lime. Put them in an earthen bowl, pour two quartes of soft boiling water over them (rain water is best). Let it settle, then pour off the water and bottle it. It will remove fruit stains and even indelible ink. Soak till stain disappears; then quickly wash in warm water. CORRIENT DELFORD SHERWIN Paris designed this dress of navy georgette with lines of silk fringe and bright blue ribbons with a soft, lacy collar. Suggestions of Suitable Materials and Decorations for Playtime and Dress Occasions. The baby who is brought up without an intimate acquaintance with rompers is to be sympathetic with. Never was there so comfortable a style, and now that decorative handwork has taken these wee garments under its wing, never has there been a more attractive style for the playtime of the littlest member of the family. Materials for the rompers vary from dimity to wash silk and include seersucker, chambray, cotton crepe, linen and unbleached muslin. All admit the decorative touch. It may be smocking, which in the case of soft materials, is always lovely. The smocking can be used to excellent advantage on the wash silks built on the regulation romper pattern. It gathers in the fullness at the front of the neck and at the bottom of the sleeves and is done, of course, in a contrasting color. Flesh color smocked in light blue is a fetching color scheme. One model that is differently attractive has a kimono sleeve instead of the set-in variety. Another has bloomer legs instead of the opening right across the bottom, which, by the way, is better for very young children. The former kimono top uses, besides the blue daisies and outlined bluebird in the front, rows of feather-stitching to hold the fullness in the proper places and thus give the kimono cut a semblance of shape. A contrasting belt of white with bunny and outlining in yellow gives the appearance of separate trousers to a bloomered model in tan chambray. Just contrasting frills of white and pearl buttons make another chambray model as dainty a little garment as one could wish. But the prize really must go to a little dimity affair in white silk with real Irish lace picot edging around the collar and sleeve, then blue French knots to match the blue cross-stitched geeze on its belt. KEYNOTE OF DRESS Some of the new mushroom hats have bandeaux inside. Little belts of bright-colored ribbon are popular for the white costume. Black satin ribbon is arranged in spiral fashion on a black satin gown. Individuality is unquestionably the keynote of present season dressing. Hatpins with flower heads of brilliantly varnished kid are a Paris novelty. Few of them are now permitting themselves to be bound by ironical style rulings, either as to color or fabric, skirt length or width. Crepe de chine has had so many songs sung in its favor that little needs to be said. It is the fabric that for centuries has been found by the Chinese to serve mankind well. New silhouettes come and go, but a careful study of the sartorial scenery in any fashionable gathering-place will convince the observer that the best dressed women are wearing what is becoming. Pongee Popularity. As sure as the coming of summer, pongge in some form appears. This year there are lovely pongge parasols. Some are mounted on brown frames and sticks, with no other trimming than brown cords on the handles and brown tassels on the ends. Another shows lovely blue butterflies embroidered all over the inside of the parasol, with blue cord and blue ends to the sticks. FUR MEANS STYLE Velvet Hats Also a Feature of the Paris Fashions. French Women Are Not Setting a Pace For Milady of America by Wearing Warm Clothes. From velvet Paris next turns her attention to furs, and it is said that anything with fur on it is considered up to the minute. Furs and even velvet hats in plenty have been seen on the torrid streets of American cities in summers past, so it is best not to feel too self-righteous or to make too much comment when Paris chooses to suffer in the cause of fashion. The scarcer the fur the more in vogue it is bound to be, but one does not have to depend on the quantity of fur that is available, for the main point is that one's clothes be shaggy and the means that are employed are far less important. Earlier in the season fringe of any and all sorts was the concern, but besides the monkey fur and the dripping effects obtained by the use of feathers the novelties in wool materials are much in demand. There is an inexhaustible variety of knitted novelties in Angora and other materials, anything that can be made to hang and dangle in the manner of a long-haired fur. Many of these are shown in bands, particularly when the texture is suitable for use as a trimming. Wool is often combined with silk and metal and interwoven in stripes. Following closely the ideas of the designers, plaids, checks and stripes are plentiful and colors are a shade or two more vivid than the materials of late. Stripes are produced by open mesh material alternating with bands of the wool, the mesh being of metal thread loosely woven. Any of these knitted novelties provides the way for trimming either a frock or a coat without the aid of fur at somewhat less expense. For sports clothes this form of trimming is ideal, for the shades afford a dash of color usually associated with such clothes. Among other colors are dahila, citron, jade, king's blue and rust brown, which are used separately or in combinations. Gray furs are the preference of Paris, but brown furs are said to be decided upon by the majority of Ameri- LONDON LONDON LONDON A Cape of Kellinsky, Beautifully Combined, Affords a Fitting Wrap for Cool Summer Evenings and Crisp Breezes. cans, as brown continues to be spoken of for suits, and the fur will be used in a color as near as possible matching. Here is another instance of the difference of opinion that is likely to result in making both brown and gray good and leaving the individual plenty of room for choice. FABRIC FOR SUMMER FROCKS Printed Georgettes and Silk Velies Are Popular; No Trimming Is Required. Printed georgettes and silk volles are being extensively used this summer, and as frocks made of these materials require no trimming they are a boon to the home dressmaker. Sometimes the frocks have foundations of crepe meteor or lightweight satin or taffeta, but perhaps the most popular arrangement is to use the same material in a plain color as the foundation, skillfully draping the printed fabric over it. This makes a very lightweight frock that is charming for dressy wear for summer. Loosely tied sashes of self material or of satin are frequently used. These are tied either at the back or side. Wide, flowing sleeves, elbow or three-quarter length, are the favorite ones. Organdie dresses are also great favorites this summer, the most popular style showing a plain skirt and bodice finished with a wide surplice bertha edged with tiny frills. The bertha or surplice is drawn around the figure and tied in a smart bow at the back. A dress of this type is, of course, not for the stout figure. Of Handkerchief Linen. One of the smartest of the handkerchief linen waists has a collar which rolls sufficiently at the back to fit successfully over the collars of tailored coats and sweaters. Its tucked jabot and collar are embroidered with blue mercerized cotton in a long and short sampler stitch. © Western Newspaper Union This is a dress of yellow volle beaded in blue and white, with a sash of blue; an exquisite creation so summery and beautiful. FAD FOR STRIPED CRETONNES Pleasing Effects Are Considered Smarter for Hall, Living Room and the Porch. There is a fad for striped upholsterings this year and just now these striped effects are considered smarter, for hall, living room and porch than the flowered patterns that are reserved for sleeping rooms. Some of the broadly striped designs have great dignity and character and they dey give a room a certain distinction-probably because of their newness-that is fanned at the moment more than the savety of flowered chinz. A specially smart pattern has a tan colored ground with very wide stripes of deep blue, and down the center of each blue stripe runs a narrow, definite stripe of black. A country house living room is going to have curtains and chair covers of this blue, black and tan-striped cretonne, used with a deep blue rug, some pieces of old, beautifully polished mahogany, and lamp shades of deep blue printed silk. These shades are merely squares of silk, bordered with narrow black braid, and a black silk tassel swings from each corner of the square, when it is thrown over the foundation shade which is of orange-colored chiffon. The orange does not show by day, but gives a soft glow through the thin blue silk cover when the lamp is lighted. OVERBLOUSE HERE TO STAY Fashion Forecasts Show the Garment Is to Be One of the Popular Fall Adjuncts. One type of garment that it seems perfectly safe to advise the average woman to purchase now with the comfortable assurance that it may be worn when fall comes around is the long or over-the-skirt blouse. These blouses unfortunately are rather expensive just now, and Mrs. Average Woman will hesitate a little before purchasing a garment about which there has been so much discussion and which has so long struggled for general recognition. Blouse makers have announced that they have confidence in the continued vogue of this type of blouse, now that American women have finally agreed to give it a real tryout, and because of this confidence they are bringing out, or planning to bring out in the fall lines, long blouses that will be sold at reasonable figures. 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March 3, 1879 Personal or social items such as marriages, births, deaths and everything of a general interest, published free of charge. Entered as Second-Class Matter, August 19, 1902, at the Post Office at Chicago, Ill. Under Act of March 8, 1879 A POEM ON A HAS BEEN fellow who drank all the time as broke all the time. you needn't mind the rhyme. excelled by the most loathing irritant. But as long as people can talk, we suppose there will be gossipers, just as there will be scorpious lizzards and rodents. A POEM ON A HAS BEEN A fellow who drank all the time Was broke all the time. You needn't mind the rhyme. Now a fellow can't drink any time And his money gets home all the time. Of course occasionally a dime Gets loose, and only a dime But what is a dime when it use to all Or half a week's wages that didn't get home Now he's got money to answer her call John Barleycorn must have affected his dome. The truth is—no one knows anybody's business any more than anybody knows theirs. Another truth. Few people are as bad as their friends say they are. The fact is nobody with red blood of humanity running in their veins are as mean and as low as the gossiper says they are. Well, what about the gossiper? There are not ripe words yet fit to describe the infamy, and the low-dead-rottenness of such adebased human being. The nation has spoken and it is a token Just take it from one that knows There'll be no more whiskey or beer for sale There'll be less people to be put in jail The Negro is far better off and his foes Are diminished by half, we've spoken. Mr. C. C. Briscoe is in charge of the services this week and there is evident that revival fire in which he was converted a quarter of a century ago at the Pacific Garden Mission. Bible School Sunday at 2 P. M. — Preaching at 8 P. M. The coal drive is on and the general public is asked to contribute that this Life Saving Station may be kept warm this winter. A LYING TONGUE IS AN ABOMI NATION UNTO THE LORD. Chicago is not quite as bad as several little cities we know of for the specimen known as the "lying gossiper." The writer is not certain if this is the one weak link in the chain of feniumnity that determines for her a minor force when we try to decide the question of superiority or imperiority of the sexes. Rev. Mrs. I. N. Daniels and her daughter Mrs. Phoebe Gardiner a teacher in the public schools of Phoenix, Arizona, were dinner-guests of Mother Bray and family at their residence 446 Bowen Ave., last Thursday. Dr. H. Franklin Bray the Rocky Mountain Evangelist delivered the Quarterly Meeting sermon at Wayman chapel Sunday morning and there were several additions to the church. Woman is eternally important and because she is a woman long haired men are forever attempting to uproot logic, by throwing down the gauntlet in her defense, struggling ever at catch phrases like a drowning man in deep water would catch at a straw to make them angels and sweet things all the time. Now when we say long-haired men that does not apply to the pompadour gentlemen. FEW OWE FAILURE TO FATE Man Who Has "Lost Out" Generally Unjust in Blaming the Fast 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. Woman nor man has ever yet comprehended the malediction of gossip. The consequence is thetheing fearful. People go on gossiping just as the religion was inturded only for Sunday and that knowing all about other folks and what happens or does not happen to them as if this was their chief concern. 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. The writer believes that conseience beats a tattoo on most of the female gossipers, and condemns them to certain forms of hypocrisy, but they are helpless, they have become degraded and degenerate when they just must gossip, and most often when they have not heard anything than when they have. 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. Marriage and divorce, calls very strong upon this gossip microbe and the devil can't tell what he is going to do with the germ when it cannot lie anymore. 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 plaus and honest parentage is a valuable asset and a great inspiration. Already lost to self respect, cute in the folly of appearing wise, loaded down with a selfishness and a conceit rank with a putrid poison, only ```markdown ``` --- PAGE EIGHT VOX POPULI SUNSHINE RESCUE MISSION 2830 S. State Street THE BROAD AX. CHICAGO, JULY 26, 1919 EDITORIAL PAGE HERE'S THE KICK HERE'S THE KICK OUT-DOOR AMUSEMENT, EVENT EXTRAORDINARY BIG JUBILEE AND CARNIVAL DICKERSON'S COMBINED SHOWS 10 BIG ATTRACTIONS 10 WILL EXHIBIT AT MOSELEY'S DIXIELAND PARK 33rd ST. AND WABASH AVE. BEGINNING SATURDAY, JULY 26th AND CON- TINUING TO AUGUST 10th INCLUSIVE Foolish 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 Chichester 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 toaz. 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 tongs 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 Forgetten 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. Cleanse Bronze. Genuine bronzes may be washed with good soapsuds and a sponge or rag and wiped dry with a soft flannel cloth or chamols. Dirt and stains may first be removed with a flannel cloth moistened in sweet oil. Afterward polish the bronzes with flannel or chamols. 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. As to Shaving. When it comes to shaving, we have the word of Pliny for it that Scipio 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. Explainin g "Yankee." Yankee "was a cant, favorite word with farmer Jonathan Hastings of Cambridge about 1713. . . . A Yankee good horse, or Yankee cider 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."—Wilt 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 Horse 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. Curious! Some birds are awfully curious and want to know what is going on. So if they see a human being in their neighborhood they will come close to investigate and perhaps to scold, and one of these birds is the Kentucky warbler. This bird has a preference for woods which are low and damp and ordinarily keeps well within the depth of tangled thickets. This bird, which ranges throughout the eastern United States, spends its winter in northern South America. Only a Shepherd Dog A shepherd dog owned by a man in Leominster. Mass., says a writer in Our Dumb Animals, roused the family by his barking one January night. The husband, wife and two children barely escaped. Once in safety the dog's master tried to locate his brave rescuer, but the smoke was too dense. The body was found near the kitchen door leading into the front hall. Only a dog! Peach Tree Grown in Pet Recent importations of the United States bureau of plant industry include a pot-grown peach tree from Rev. George Campbell, a South China missionary. A tree only 15 inches tall ripened five good-sized edible clingstone peaches. The plant is said to come true to seed, and it is predicted that fruit growers will develop a remarkable new race of dwarf peaches. Nature's Method of Storage. In lower animals and in savage races nature stores up food for time of famine by converting it into fat. This provision of nature still operates, despite the lack of the necessity for it, among civilized peoples, and the result is corpulence. By substituting fasts for the famines of old, the flesh can be brought to normal with no bad effects. Lisbon's Gambling Clubs The Portuguese are born gamblers and the most brilliant side of their night life is found in the exclusive clubs of the city of Lisbon. Wonderfully appointed, with added attractions of excellent dining rooms, music, dancing, reading rooms and libraries, they are kept alive by one thing—the Portuguese love of play. Just a Hint. Gerald lives downstairs and comes up whenever he smells something good being made. One day was doughnut day and Gerald, being cautioned by his mother never to ask for anything, said: "I mustn't ask for anything, but —um —them doughnuts smell dwell!" Probably He Did. As Mary came running in from play the other day she met her grandfather, whom she had never seen before and who had very long whiskers "Oh," she exclaimed when she saw him, "do you keep those whiskers on all the time, even when you go to bed?" "Some" Talker Jimmy had been over playing with the little boy who had just moved in across the street. When he cam home I asked him how he liked the new neighbor. He replied, "I like him fine for games, but he is the talkingest kid you ever heard."—Chicago Tribune. First to Cultivate Tobacco. John Rolfe was the first white man who cultivated tobacco systematically—making it the principal crop of the plantation, "Varina," on the James to which he took his bride, the Indian king's daughter. He began his operations in 1619. Much Truth in Her Remark In a Western court a certain man was defending himself in a suit for divorce. "She's unreasonable," he contended, adding, "why the other day she called me the laziest man in the world because I threw a kiss at her." A Brazilian engineer has invented a process for casting iron pipe by centrifugal force, which distributes the molten metal within revolving cylindrical molds that are water cooled. Enormous Gas Waste Poor construction of pipe lines is the cause assigned for the loss in one year of natural gas valued at $9,000,000 in the states of Missouri and Kansas alone. So It Goes. The Lowry City Independent has an idea that the old fellow who became rich by burning the midnight oil doubles 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 'stingish from Jes' plain laziness."—Boston Transcript. CRIME DIRECT FROM HEAVEN Pretty Belief Evoking in India Concerning the Origin of the Beautiful Emerald. Scientists say that the emeralds lovely grassgreen color is derived from a compound of silicon, 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 emeralds come 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 moonheams, 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 adorment 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 the 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 sang below the horizon. The phenomenon was seen by everyone within 20 or 40 degrees of the equator. FROM THIS DATE ONWARD THE BROAD AX CAN ALWAYS BE FOUND ON SALE AT THE FOLLOWING NEWS STANDS: Mrs. L. Graves, The Provident Candy Shop, Notion Store and News Stand, 15 W. 36th Street, near State. George I. Martin, Cigar, Notion Store and News Stand, 18 W. 31st St., near State. Edward Felix, Notions, Cigars and News Stand, 3002 S. Dearborn St. F. Bishop, Cigars, Tobacco and News Stand, 8 W. 27th Street, near State. A. D. Hayes, Cigars, Tobacco, Notion, Stationery and News Stand, 3640 S. State Street. Dodson's Shoe Shining Parlors and News Stand, So. West Corner 35th and State Streets. Lawrence M. Heard, Traveling News Agent, with news stands at 3129 S. State St. and So. East Cor. 35th and State Streets. Charles F. Mallory's Barber Shop and News Stand, 313 E. 35th Street. W. D. Scott's Lunch Room and Restaurant, 248 E. 35th Street. Louis Wimbley's Shoe Shining Parlors and News Stand, 2946 South State Street. Mrs. S. F. Peyton, News Stand, Confectionary Store, 5012 S. State Street. News item left worn any of the above news agents prior to Wednesday mornings of each week, will find their way into the columns of The Broad Ax.