The Broad Ax

How the South is Treating the Colored People Gross Injustice Practiced Upon the Colored People of the South as Shown in Timely Editorial from the "Southwestern Christian Advocate", Published in New Orleans, La., Rev. Robert E. Jones, Editor The High Crime of Lynching How Gross Inju in Tir Pub There is not much chance for stamp- ping out lynching until we get the press of the country to deal with the faeces as they are. The Arkansas Methodist in a recent issue has a long editorial on Race Relations. It starts out with the following paragraph: "It is not always possible on the first press reports to obtain sufficient evidence from which to draw correct conclusions concerning complicated public events, such as the race revolution attempted last week in Phillips County; but there seems to be good ground for believing that the Negroes who, without apparent provocation, attacked and killed a number of white men and resisted the efforts to restore order, had been led by revolutionary propagandists to organize for the purpose of murdering their landlords and taking possession of property with the idea that this was a patriotic duty and they could enjoy the fruits of their lawless action. "We are surprised and exceedingly regret that any Negroes in Arkansas could be so foolish and so criminal, because race relations in our State have been more than ordinarily harmonious and we regard our Negroes as unusually intelligent, honorable and law-abiding." Lay this paragraph alongside the facts that have come to light concerning this Arkansas "revolution." The Negroes were being robbed of their cotton. They had employed a reputable white lawyer to go in the courts before a white judge and a white jury to see to it that they got their equity in the cotton—their equity and nothing more. Because they refused to be robbed the planters got mad. The Negroes were murdered upon the slightest pretext. In the search for high-powered rifles the Negroes were reputed to have had, the best that the soldiers and civilians could do was to find among the Negroes a few rusty pistols. They said Negroes must have hid their high-powered rifles, and that is what is called a "revolution." Race relations are usually good when Negroes submit to everything, and are very bad when they protest against high-handed wrong. Later on in its article, the Arkansas Methodist says: "Negroes ought not to be lynched. As long as we are able to write or speak we shall denounce mobs; but knowing human nature, we are compelled to say that as long as Negroes violate white women there shall be mobs in spite of our denunciation." This is just about fine a defense for lynching as a member of the mob would want. It is easy to infer that lynching is for rape, and that all rapists are among Negroes. There are as many rapists among white men to the population as there are among Negroes, and when it comes to Negro women who are raped by white men we hang our heads. And yet, when any member of the Negro race stands up and brings forward these nasty facts, certain "Negro religious papers" are considered "not prudent nor calculated to promote right relations." Permit us to give two first-class examples of lynching. Down in Macon, Georgia, the other day a ten-year-old Negro boy had been sentenced for an attempt upon the life of a foreigner, Charles Tingle. Tingle was not seriously wounded, but his friends had made the repeated threats that they would get Hamilton, the ten-year-old Negro boy, whose lawyers had made a motion for a new trial. A mob of sixty men met the sheriff who had the young Negro boy in custody, and took the boy and shot him to death in broad daylight. The boy was bound, hand and foot, and stood up by the creek bridge railing and shot to death. The verdict of the Negro's death was "death of gunshot wounds at the hands of parties unknown to the jury." It was not a very serious charge against this Negro who was lynched. Certainly womanhood was not involved. Here is another case: The four Johnston brothers were outrageously murdered near Elaine, Arkansas. The four brothers, one of whom, Dr. L. H. Johnston, of Coweta, Oklahoma, who was there visiting his other brothers, had been hunting and were peacefully --- THE BROAD AX returning home with their game when they were intercepted by a white man, supposed to be a friend to the Johnston boys, and told that arace riot was in progress in Elaeine and advised them not to go in that direction, but to return to a point below Elaine, leave their guns to avoid suspicion and take the train for Helena. After considerable his advice trying to avoid trouble that they knew nothing of. When the train on which they were驶入 route to Helena reached Elaine their good white "friend" led a mob aboard the Jim Cunco coach and with guns drawn commanded the Johnston boys to throw up their hands, according to eye witnesses, and in a few seconds had handeuffed three of the boys, evidently not recognizing Dr. L. H. Johnston as one of the brothers, and were marching them out of the train when Dr. Johnston spoke to the men: saying: "Gentlemen, these men are my brothers, and I want to know why you are taking them from the train." In reply one of the men said: "If you're their brother you'd better come along with them." To this Dr. Johnston retorted: "Well, I will certainly go," whereupon he was also handeffed and the four forced at the points of guns to get into a waiting auto and hurriedly driven off. That night about 11 o'clock the bodies of the four brothers, riddled with bullets and mutilated with knives or other sharp instruments, were found by the roadside. They had been murdered in cold blood! The perpetrators of this grewsome crime then issued a statement to the effect that one of the Johnstons took a gun from a deputy sheriff and killed him, causing the posse to fire on the four brothers, killing all of them instantly. Now to add to this awful crime, the mother who was at that time in Arkansas, went to claim the bodies of her four murdered sons, but she had to pay a ransom for the bodies of her sons before she could get them. She paid the price, however, and followed the remains to their last resting place in Little Rock. One of the boys, Leroy had seen two years' service in the war for democracy while serving as bugler for the 15th New York regiment. Dr. Elibue, the dentist, was a very successful man and owned nearly half of his home town. All of the Johnstons were highly respected wherever they were known. There is no rape here or any insult to womanhood. For our part, we would not cover the crime of a rapist with the end of a needle. We would expose him, we would turn him over to the law, we would help to run him down. But we solemnly protest against blackmailing an entire race for the crime of a few brutes who are to be found in the rank and file, not only of the Negro race but every race. Much of the unrest in America is due to the fact that we have not curbed lynching. The lawless element knows that they will not be punished. There is no jury to convict them. 68 LYNCHED IN U. S. IN 10 MONTHS. 11 Burned, 20 Shot, 19 Hanged. The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People—70 Fifth Avenue, New York, makes public a statement showing that 68 persons were murdered by mobs in the United States in the first 10 months of 1919. Of the victims 61 were American citizens and two were Mexicans. Fifty-nine of the Americans done to death were Negroes, of whom 11 were burned at stake. "Among the causes for lynching were 'circulating incendiary literature' and 'talking of Chicago,'" says the statement of the Advancement Association. "Four Negroes were lynched for 'intimacy with white women, one for not turning out of the road for a white boy in an automobile, one for an alteration with a white man and CHICAGO, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1919. [Name] Republican candidate for committeeman of the Second Ward, who has been endorsed by all the leading colored preachers in this city. HARVEY A. WATKINS ENDORSED FOR WARD COMMITTEEMAN. The public is advised that the candidacy of Harvey A. Watkins for Committeeman of the Second Ward has the unqualified endorsement of the following leading ministers: Rev. A. J. Carey, P. E. one for being a leader of his race. Georgia led the states with 17 lynchings, Mississippi followed with 10, Alabama and Louisiana dividing the honors of third place with 8 lynchings each. The tabulations follow: Lynchings in the United States in the Alabama, 8 (1 white); Arkansas, 5; Colorado, 2 (Mexicans); Florida, 4; Georgia, 17; Louisiana, 8; Mississippi, 10; Missouri, 1 (white); Nebraska, 1; North Carolina, 2; South Carolina, 1; Tennessee, 1; Texas, 3. Total 63. The manner of lynching was as follows: Burned, 11; shot to death, 20; hanged, 19; beaten to death, 2; cut to pieces, 1; drowned, 1; manner unknown. 9. Total 63. The alleged causes are as follows: Insulting white women, 5; altercation with white man, 1; attempting to pull white woman from horse, 1; trouble between white and colored cotton mill workers, 1; assault on white woman, 12; murder, 18; insulting white man, 1; shooting white man, 6; attempted assault on white woman, 4; result of race riot, 1; talking of Chicago riot, 1; not turning out of road for white boy in auto, 1; leader among Negroes, 1; circulating incendiary literature, 1; misleading mob, 1; boastful remarks re killing of sheriff, 1; intimacy with white woman, 4; found under bed in white man's house, 1; expressing himself too freely re lynching of Negro, 1; causes unknown, 1. Total, 63. With the above splendid or brilliant lynching record for the past ten months; there still are many fools roaming around in this country who contend that it is highly civilized and full of Christians.—Editor. En route from Ohio to her home in Lake Forest, Ill., Mrs. Hallie Lenior stopped in the city last week and visited friends. --- HARVEY A. WATKINS an candidate for committeeman has been endorsed by all the is city. Rev. H. E. Stewart Rev. R. E. Wilson. Rev. W. D. Cook. Rev. J. M. Henderson. Rev. L. G. Snelson. Rev. B. U. Taylor. Rev. T. L. Scott. Rev. L. N. Daniels. Rev. W. H. Griffin. Rev. R. E. Walden. Rev. J. D. Coston. FRANK O. LOWDEN FOR PRESI DENT 120. Goal of Illinois Republicans By Beauregard F. Moseley. History oftimes repeats itself, and those familiar with the history of Illinois will find that Illinois has furnished the nation with its best type of men for stemming the tide of unrest and placed the business and affairs of the nation and the people in a normal condition after every great unheaven in its affairs since its admission to the Union, one hundred years ago, and this, too, is so patented until it is a by-word now, that the history of this union cannot be written without the wondrous story of Illinois and the men she has furnished to the nations glory. To repeat that story here would require much space and consume sometime without doing more than what already has been done, for the mere mention of Illinois brings to one's memory the names of Lovejoy, Lincoln, Grant, Logan, Yates and the Dred Scott decision, the fugitive slave law and many other names of men and measures of great moment. Let us then be at ease and conclude with the assurance that whoever Illinois presents as a worthy successor to Linecoln, can be relied upon to serve the nation and the people in the same unselfish way. This, brings one to consider the choice of Illinois; a choice or a selection made after a most careful canvass of both the nation's needs and the character and calibre of the man selected. In this conference sat the brainiest men of the state, and some of the leaders of public thought the country over. Here are some of them: Honorables Lawrence Y. Sherman and Medill McCormick, United States Senators who are daily striving to fur- Rev. T. C. Lowry. Rev. E. A. Johnson. Rev. Jas. Gaskins. Rev. C. A. Fisher. Mr. Watkins appreciates the confi dence expressed by these gentlemen and assures all that his race will be on its merits alone Get acquainted with the next Committeeman, H. A. Watkins. Your interests are his inter- ests. nish the nation with its most urgent needs. Ex-Governors, Hon. Chas, S. Deneen Richard Yates and Richard Oglesby men whom the citizens of Illinois love to honor and respect. Congressmen Wm. McKinley, Roden- berg, Smith, Mason, Madden and all of their colleagues in the present Congress, Republican in faith from Illin- inois. Hon. E. J. Brundage, the most conservative, as well as constructive Attorney General the state has ever had. Hon. Fred Sterling, the people's most favorite State Treasurer. Hon. Chas W. Vail, everybody's friend, and most excellent Clerk of the State Supreme Court. Judge Orrin N. Carter, the astute, careful and associate Justice of the Supreme Court. Hon. Harold Iekes, one of Chicago's leading public citizens of the Roosevelt type. Hon. David Shannahan, speaker of the Illinois House of Representatives, and member of the next Constitutional Convention. Hon. Wm. Hale Thompson, Chicago's best Mayor. Hon. Louis L. Emmerson, the Secretary of State that commands more influence and respect than any predecessor. Hon. John R. Marshall, late Colonel of the 8th Illinois Regiment. Co. Otis B. Duncan, of the 370th U. S. A. Infantry and a host of others, too numerous to mention. All are agreed that Governor Frank O. Lowden is the man best fitted to make the sacrifice and serve his countrymen as President of the United States. Do you know some of these men? Don't you agree with us that their judgment is worthy of the most favorable consideration? If so, tell your neighbor that he can only serve himself by serving his country in this, its gravest crisis, by furnishing it with a real man for President; one that has demonstrated his ability to manage the affairs of the nation economically, expediously and honorably, to the interest of all the people, and that man is the Hon. Frank O. Lowden. Masque of Colored America at Orchestra Hall. Orchestra Hall was packed from pit-to-dome Wednesday evening with an enthusiastic audience of our representative people to witness "The Maque of Colored America" as interpreted by James A. Mundy and his famous chorus of five hundred voices assisted by well known musical and dramatic artists of our race. With one exception the choruses were compositions of Negro composers, the opening number the Viking Song by S. Coleridge Taylor was very effective and like all of this composers' music was typical of its name. Mrs. Blanche P. Dorsy in a clear high soprano full of sweetness and pathos led "By and Bye," and was ably supported by the well shaded chorus. To my mind the next spiritual "Wade in the Water" was the most effective chorus rendered. Miss Helen Townley Contralto led this verily you could hear the swish of the waters, here too the bass with their surging, swelling tide made the waves more real and the mournful minor key added to the realism. This half of the program was further enhanced by the reading of "The Land of Beginning Again" by Miss Elsie von Dickerson and three Songs by George Johnson, Lyric Tenor, a favorite of Chicago lovers, and The Bell Song from "Lakme" sung by Miss Mary E. Jones who will be gold medalist, Class 1919 of The Chicago Musical College. Her rendition of the Bell Song left nothing to be desired and she was enclosed to the echo and finally responded with the known Lil'Gal, here the plaintive sweetness of her voice made manifest and the beautiful rhythm of this little gem of a song was exquisitely brought out by both singer and accompanist. The chorus rendered the Halleujah Chorus from The Messiah as a grand finale to their part of the program and were forced to repeat the entire chorus so great was the applause. In the Interim, Mr. H. A. Crawford director of Athletics of the Y. M. C. A. Wabash Ave. Branch demonstrated with his team of young boys that we are not neglecting the physical training of our youths. Exercise for strength, agility, grace, symmetry were shown and we cannot doubt that we will continue as in the past to send Binga Desmonds, Sam Ransons, etc. to make a name for us in the athletic fields, as in all other fields and these boys have the advantage of early and systematic training. The Masque of Colored America was as its name implies in pageant form and was admirably planned to portray four episodes in the history of the Negro, covering the periods 1619-1812, 1812-1865, 1865-1919 and the fourth episode the War for Democracy. I should like to see this pageant presented under better conditions. The costumes were very pretty and well suited to the characters Queen Candace was an Oriental dream and her retinue, a fantasy of occidental splendor, the tableaux were very good, especially one presented by the Girl's Patriotic Service League, but the long waits between appearances of the characters was tiresome to the audience and Mrs. Fannie Hall Clint who noted as an announcer was finally forced to ask the indulgence of the audience on account of the crowded conditions behind the stage. But unfortunately an audience is not inclined to be over indulgent after ten thirty p. m. and is wont to say "To do or not to do that is the question." The musical numbers of the Diffendaff Trio in "On the Plantation rivaled their former hit in "A Night with the Negro" and the quartet, "We'll Keep Old Glory Flying" by four little boys, Nathaniel and Edward Collier, Theodore Green and Wm. Schackleford was a distinct surprise to most of the audience. The Collier boys responded to two encores and certainly give promise of a great future. Little Carol Chilton in Terpsichorean Fantasies also gives promises of a great future and with the proper training will some day make a name for herself and race. No.10 The audience joined in singing The Star Spangled Banner and another spoke was added in the wheel of race loyalty and race unity. A SNAP SHOT OF NEGBO PRO- GRESS By Dr. M. A. Majors. The streets are full of people at 53th and State. Most any hour of day or night the great outdoor crowds are to be seen busy, doing much to make life cheerful for the other fellow. Here also may be seen the blind and the cripple who know how to capitalize their misfortunes. Chiefly many of the railroad men gather to meet old friends and while away the joyful hour of rest from busy grind. But they all seem happy and full of talk. Could this malestrom of humanity be made into a race drama, or movie picture, it would present indeed a grand scene. In the vinacity are three fine drug stores, two run by our people, two theatres, a number of billiard parors, two Greek fruit and candy stores, one Negro candy store, one leading cafe, owned by a colored gentleman, two photograph galleries, a number of Negro doctors and dentists, a few lawyers, one employment bureau and a number of very fine barber shops, several saloons still open, and selling soft drinke, a Turkish bath, and here and there a tailor shop. This is indeed the busiest district on the South Side, if we except possibly Halsted and 63rd streets. Fortunes are being made, as people hereabout, night and day, have money to spend. Rent is very high, and it is some wonder that our people occupy some of the very choice business places, all of which shows that we are making progress. Four of these excellent buildings are owned by Negroes. A block south is one bank and real estate office that does big business, while a little nearer is a building and loan association operated by colored men, a music studio, a leading hospital where Negro surgeons operate, and nurses are being trained, a news stand, book store and haberdashery, and one colored bakery. And just north of 35th street are real estate, hair stores, furniture, drug stores, tailors, undertakers, in fact every line of mercantile business and a colored bakery. We looked upon this busy mart of trade and bustle with deep contemplation. Here is evidence, we said, of sober, serious, earnest, worth while activity. We thought, too, of our newspapers, our magazines, and our art galleries, and music stores, our millinery stores, and it made us proud. Proud to see all this earnest endeavor, and it caused us to reflect deeply Philosophy crept into our sober reflection. Some day we will have homes, well kept, daughters soothed and sustained by business success; sons whose fathers taught them in the devious ways of mercantile life, and business. Some day much of this rented property will belong to Negroes, and more business and larger business will be done by Negroes and for Negroes. Yes, we are gising, and who can guess what the result of all this will be? One thing is certain, we are sure to enjoy a larger life, a surer life, and a nobler one. We must make our own cash registers jingle. We are to live, and not to die. Gladder to live and flourish in the active world, and not to die just for the sake of going to heaven. The new Negro is at the helm. The store, the office and the shop, and trade, and making life sweet, and Sunday for church, the spiritual life and rest. But we must work, we must make, we must sell, and we must buy of our own business people. Then will come that joy of having only those who have can understand. Then will come to the race that respect and serious regard of sober humanity. People will know that we are no different in the far reaches of nobility even with a black complexion. We are doing things now for sure, and we will continue to do things. THE BROAD AX Published Every Saturday In this city since July 15th, 1899 without missing one single issue. Republicans, Democrats, Catholics, Protestants, Single Taxers, Priests, infidels or anyone else can have their say as long as their language is proper and responsibility is fixed. The Broad Ax is a newspaper whose platform is broad enough for all, ever claiming the editorial right to speak its own mind. Local communications will receive attention. Write only on one side of the paper. Subscriptions must be paid in advance. One Year ..... $2.00 Six Months ..... $1.00 Advertising rates made known on application. 6206 So. Elizabeth St., Chicago, Ill Phone Wentworth 2597 JULIUS F. TAYLOR Editor and Publisher DR. M. A. MAJORS Associate Editor 4700 South State Street Phone Drexel 1416 Vol. XXV. November 22, 1919 No. 10 Entered as Second-Class Matter, Aug. 19, 1902, at the Post Office at Chiego, Ill. Under Act of March 3, 1879. A WHANGDOODLE SNORTER Recently we attended services at a mammoth colored church, and it was glorious to feel the warmth and good feeling of Christian fellowship. The choir was large and sang gloriously. After a while a big chuckled head ignorantous, ordained, unfortunately, to preach, took his text, "Lay not up for yourself riches on earth," and he waded into his subject eloquently, and bellicose. He advocated to the unwilling believers "You don't need nothing but Christ." And he tried very hard to convince the congregation that all you have to do is to trust God, and He will administer to your every wish. He heard Daniel in the Lion's Den, and if you pray for a Thanksgiving turkey you'll get a Turkey If the race was not industrious and believed all this rot about leaning and depending on a mysterious power, we might at this writing be worse than a lot of jungle savages. It is noteworthy that this whang doodle snorter drives a high power automobile, lives in a mansion, has servants for his wife, and is in the market for a six or eight flat building. We knew a bishop who used to try to get the Negro to go back to Africa, but kept a hired white man to buy up the property for him from all those he could induce to go back to the jungles. We think it is poor business for ministers to preach such nonsense to our people. We need wealth as other people, only we need it a great deal worse. Give us industrial gospel; give us property ownership gospel; give us big department store gospel; give us getting a job, and tell us how to keep i-gospel, sober, debt paying, money [Image of a man in a suit, facing the camera, with a serious expression. The background is plain and dark. There are no visible texts or distinguishing features.]] COL. W. E. MOLLISON Able lawyer, brilliant writer and orator of Hon. Charles S. Deneen for United State Illinois, who may be induced to enter the rai the Republican National Convention from the national District of Illinois. Able lawyer, brilliant writer and orator, strong supporter of Hon. Charles S. Deneen for United States Senator from Illinois, who may be induced to enter the race for delegate to the Republican National Convention from the First Congressional District of Illinois. J. Member of Congress from trict of Illinois, who has for a cause of the colored people; truest friends of the race in that when he ran for re-election other newspaper published in in this city aside from The Br favor of his election in their is they contended vote "for you den and his kind into Lake M Member of Congress from the First Congressional District of Illinois, who has for years manfully championed the cause of the colored people; and he is one of the best and truest friends of the race in the world; and be it remembered that when he ran for re-election to Congress in 1918, not one other newspaper published in the interest of the colored race in this city aside from The Broad Ax had one word to say in favor of his election in their issues. Just prior to election day they contended vote "for your own and run Martin B. Madden and his kind into Lake Michigan." Northern Republicans Joined Hands with the Southern Democrats to Balk Abolition of "Jim Crow" Car Law. modations furnished Negro passengers cost the railroads $20,000,000 a year. He condemned alleged discrimination against the Negro, and said the services given by the race during the war entitled it to equality of treatment in Hon. Martin B. Madden Continues His Manly Fight for the Colored People. Washington, D. C.—Abolition by federal action of the "Jim Crow" laws of southern states, by which Negroes are prevented from traveling in passenger coaches occupied by whites, proposed in an amendment to the Esch railroad bill by Representative Martin B. Madden of Illinois today, brought on a stormy debate in the house. The amendment was defeated, 142 to 12, but not until after southern members had arraigned Congressman Madden for political demagoguery and Chicago had been condemned for allowing race riots. Speaking for the amendment, Mr. Madden declared the separate necom-saving gospel, and we will be with you until hell freezes over. Wouldn't it be nice if we only could think of the beautiful? Treasuring in our hearts really, glorious truths, and without veneer or tinsel be the real genuine man or woman we pretend to those who know us? Thinking only ```markdown ``` er and orator, strong supporter er United States Senator from to enter the race for delegate to ention from the First Congres- HON. MARTIN B. MADDEN WOULDN'T IT? from the First Congressional Dis- trict years manfully championed the and he is one of the best and the world; and be it remembered on to Congress in 1918, not one of the interest of the colored race road Ax had one word to say in issues. Just prior to election day our own and run Martin B. Made Michigan." modulations furnished Negro passengers cost the railroads $20,000,000 a year. He condemned alleged discrimination against the Negro, and said the ser- vices given by the race during the war entitled it to equality of treatment in this country. Loud Shout from South. The charges of discrimination by the southern states aroused Stevenson of South Carolina, who hotly demanded: "What has Illinois done for the colored soldiers? There were race riots in Chicago in which they were shot down whether they were guilty or not, simply because their faces were black. "While South Carolinans sometimes take the law into their own hands and hang some guilty Negro when an unspeakable crime has been committed, we don't shoot down all Negroes when one has violated the law." Joining with the southern Democrats in opposing the amendment were several northern Republicans. Representative Spyder of New York said the legislation is not sough by the Negroes. of the present, the truest and the noblest? Well, it would be so much like heaven many old hypocrites we know who make believe they are saints, would become disgruntled. Certainly it would greatly interfere with their dubious life and living would prove to them a bore. And the gossiping club of every fashionable religious body would find their occupation lost, and the joy of backbiting their neighbors or their neighbor's daughter would make life loathesome if that pleasure had to be dispensed with, so we reason God was all wise when He constructed hell. Of course you don't need to die to go there if by some hook or crook you have failed to escape the gossiper. THE COLORED CHILD BOOK "First Steps For Children's Feet," by Dr. M. A. Majors, on the press. It is a veritable solution to the riddle of bringing up children. It is the child's compass on life's sen. It is the hand of truth and right pointing to destiny and duty. We must train our children to love the true, the pure and the beautiful. This book is actually the first Colored Child book, and is but the first of a series of eight which the author has all ready to make up a library for Colored children. Inspiring, full of rich incentive, becoming, indeed, a determining factor in the lives of children. The matter of child development is one of the important subjects of the human race which we cannot overlook if we would steer our offspring away from saylums, jails and institutions of vice. The author has covered a rich but hitherto neglected field of child study, and garnished and tinselled it all with a rich experience in the field of medicine covering thirty-five years. We are forming a list of agents that already runs up into the thousands, and we would be glad to enlist all of those desirous of handling a book which is of so vast importance and which promises a good market. Already we have orders from all over the United States and hundreds of letters asking about the Colored Child book. Send us your address, and the ad- THE BROAD AX, CHICAGO, NOVEMBER 22, 1919 Dress of ten families, and receive a discount on the book. Address: Dr. M. A. Majors, 4700 State St., Chicago, Ill. FROM ACTU P. 716 Gd CHILDREN'S BUREAU. U. S. Department of Labor Washington. Remarkable progress has been made in legislation providing mothers' pensions since the first mothers' pension laws were passed in 1911 by Missouri and Illinois. According to a bulletin entitled "Laws Relating to Mothers' Pensions," just issued by the Children's Bureau of the U. S. Department of Labor, 39 states, Alaska, and Hawaii now have some public provision for mothers left with young children to support, and in at least 5 of the remaining states mothers' pension laws have been under consideration. Canada, Denmark, and New Zealand also have passed legislation providing aid for mothers. This rapid spread of legislation in so brief a period is indicative, says the Children's Bureau bulletin, of a widespread and deep rooted conviction that no child should be deprived of home life and a mother's care because of poverty alone. Generally speaking, all mother's pension laws provide for the payment of a stated weekly or monthly sum for each child under a certain age to mothers who are dependent upon their own efforts to support their children and are morally and physically fit persons to bring up their children. There is considerable variation in the laws in force in the different states. Some states provide pensions only for widowed mothers; others include women who are divorced or who may have been deserted by their husbands, or those whose husbands are in prison, in state asylums, or who are otherwise incapacitated. In three states, expectant mothers may receive mothers' pensions; and in a number of instances the mothers of children born out of wedlock come within the scope of the law. The age up to which an allowance may be made for a child varies from 13 to 17 years. Only one state has a 13-year maximum, but this state allows an extension to 16 years if the child is ill or incapacitated for work. Sixteen years is the maximum in the greatest number of states. One state and Alaska give 17 as a maximum and one other state with a 16-year limit for boys makes 17 a maximum in the case of girls. The amounts of the allowances vary greatly in the different states; they range from $2 per week per child, to $25 a month for one child and $15 for each additional child. In many states the amount is far too low to maintain a decent standard of family life particularly in view of the greatly increased cost of living. It is encouraging to note, however, that the newer laws and more recent amendments, with a few exceptions, are in the direction of making more liberal allowances and of raising the age limits of the children who may be aided to keep pace with advances made in child labor and compulsory education laws. The bulletin contains the complete text of the laws concerning mothers' pensions in force in the United States Canada, Denmark, and New Zealand together with rules and regulations issued in connection with their administration and forms of application used in various localities. It also contains a list of references on the subject of mothers' pensions. An introductory discussion gives a succinct history of mothers' pension legislation and briefly summarizes the provisions of the laws in force in the United States. THERE ARE 246 BONES AND 527 MUSCLES FROM TIP TO TOES OF THE HUMAN BODY. Do you know how many bones you have? Probably not; for we have such little curiosity about ourselves and our composition that we generally know very little beyond what we see, remarks a writer in London Answers. You possess 246 bones from the tip to toe. They are distributed about you as follows: Your cars have 6 (3) each. Your head has 8. Your face has 14 and your teeth comprise 32. Your backbone, with its base, has 26 bones and so has the area of your expansive chest. Your legs and feet have 62, your arms and hands 64. The grand total is reached by the addition of 8 small movable bones. There are more muscles in your body than bones. They number 527. If you are curious for further knowledge regarding your bones you will be interested to know their composition They include phosphate of lime, carbate of lime, phosphate of magnesium fluoride of lime, chloride of sodium, cartilage and blood vessels The next time you say "feel it in your bones," you might remember this! Madam M. Callaway-Bryon, who with a fine soprano voice, has charmed thousands of people in this country and in the old world, called on Mrs. Julius F. Taylor last Sunday afternoon and presented Mrs. Taylor with a lovely bouquet of white carnations which were highly enjoyed. FROM ACTORS FUND OF AMERICA PRESS BUREAU 716 Garrick Bldg. Chicago. In every theatre throughout the state on the afternoon of December 5th, special theatrical performance will be given, with its tickets sold not by professional people but by business men of the community. The proceeds of the day will go to the Actors Fund of America which cares for the destitute, the sick, the disabled, the aged and the infirm of the profession. The day itself will be called Actors' Memorial Day, for the churches of the state, the schools and commercial associations will utilize the moment to commemorate the great service given to the nation during the war by the player-folk who upheld the national morale both at home and at the front. The formal means of raising the funds which will go to the relief endowments of the profession will be the sales of tickets to the matinees on December 5th. No scale of prices is to be made for these performances and the amount paid for a seat will depend upon the heart of the purchaser. George M. Cohen has already paid $100,000 for one ticket. Others have paid $10,000 while some contributions have been as low as $10.00. The services of professional people and theatre managers during the war is of course familiar to everyone and the day set apart is the first real opportunity for the public to show its gratitude for the hours of time spent in the theatres by speakers, and solicitors for all the war work drives, a service gladly and freely rendered by the stage without expectation of or desire for reward. The thousands of business men over the country who have taken the Memorial Day in hand have done so because the theatre proved itself 100 per cent American and served valiantly in common danger. BUSINESS The business idea is growing at a very rapid rate. Co-operation is in the air, and everywhere one turns he finds the race getting together. This spirit is growing like wildfire. Putting small means in enterprises which give employment to our young men and women is sufficient proof that we are building along the right lines. Everywhere you see the small store operated by our people, after a while they will be large stores and as we spend our money and continue to unite our means to develop others in that proportion we will take on larger forms of citizenship, and exercise greater interest in the commercial life of Chicago. This in turn means that we will be come wealthy, and receive a greater share in government. A progressive commercial spirit in any people is sure to force greater recognition from the powers that be. Let the good work go on. We will not have enough stores at best. We must be alert to the needs of our large colored population and open a variety of stores, small at first, but neat and tidy. The business man who knows how to be polite to his customers, and who looks after their wants, and studies how to supply them has solved the race problem already. Learning to operate on a small capital is elementary, but the trying periods must be tided over. Buying and selling will soon become a real art, and quick sales, many of them on a margin of small profits will warrant the closest scrutiny and attention to business. This is the school that is productive of shrewd buying. Shrewd buying is the chief asset of the business man. For years and years we have been making others cash registers ring with our coin it now becomes us to spend our money with our race. WHO, FOR THE LORD'S SAKE? Who makes the laws? Who fixes the prices? Who twists and squirms to violate law that he has made? Who markets the products of the farm, the soil, and the mines? Who grows dissatisfied at the prices he makes? Who goes to war to tear down, destroy and kill his fellow man with every horrible instrument of destruction? Who claims to be better than anybody else because of his white skin? Who threatens, fumes and sweats because he becomes displeased and tears up the Bible, disputes the Golden Rule and by force of numbers enjoins the rest of mankind to satisfy his greed and insolence? Who wants to hold all the offices? Who wants to raise all the hell and still pretend that his white skin makes him virtuous and clean? Who would deny the rest of mankind rights, privileges and immunities that belong to all of human kind? Who strikes and conspires to freeze and starve innocent women and children? Who makes the greatest pretenses toward goodness, and falls short in every attempt he would justify his contention by duplicity, trickery and every unholy disregard of right and justice! [Image of a man in a suit with a tie]. HON. SHERIDAN E. FRY The honorable and stra of Demostic Relations, who ing re-elected to the municipa The honorable and straightforward judge of the Court of Demostic Relations, who will have no opposition in being-elected to the municipal bench in 1920. JOINING WOMEN'S CLUBS? WATCH YOUR STEP. There are in this city some very brazen men and women who project an organization of some kind, pretending that it is for sweet charity's sake, when in real truth they are the sweet charity's sake. These people who receive, or take money from members of these infamous clubs should be arrested and sentenced for highway robbery. handing out change for, too often since you may be the subject of an impost. Watch the clubs and where the money goes. Don't be a fool and let take your money and be satisfied in a grin or a smile from some woman who ought to have been born a man. The Broad Ax believes this matter of getting funds for this and that should be given the light of day. Too much promiseen giving, and too much stealing. We pity the ignorant women who allow themselves to be misled by masculine women, and join these devilish, pernicious organizations. They do more than merely steal your money; they are nasty, immoral and polluted in many instances and appeal only to the animal nature of the brute. If you have thoughtlessly joined one of these 25e. clubs, and later you are called on to pay $1.00 for sweet charity's sake, give your notice to the police department and ask that the club in your neighborhood be investigated by the city authorities or the postal authorities. These women in church officer capes should be driven from the streets. We are not a race of beggars, and we do not deny support to creditable club organizations, churches, or charitable institutions. Many of these old women in church officers capes, they say, robit for transient houses in the second ward and make literal commission. Do not give your money to strong healthy people anyway. If you wish to perform real acts of kindness that will please God, stop when you see a blind man or woman, or a cripple, or some one helpless, and try, as you are able to comfort them. They are the ones who need, because they are disabled from some unfortunate cause, and being deprived of sight or limb, cannot get always what they need. It is never a good idea to practice 9 [Name] HON. AUGUSTUS L. WILLIAMS One of the most hustling and successful law cago, who transacts the legal business for mem opposite race, and who was this week elected one of the Public Life Insurance Company, which at 108 South La Salle Street. One of the most hustling and successful lawyers of Chicago, who transacts the legal business for members of the opposite race, and who was this week elected one of the directors of the Public Life Insurance Company, which has offices at 108 South La Salle Street. rightforward judge of the Court will have no opposition in best bench in 1920. handing out change for, too often said you may be the subject of an impost. Watch the clubs and where the money goes. Don't be a fool and let this take your money and be satisfied with a grin or a smile from some woman who ought to have been born a man. The Broad Ax believes this matter of getting funds for this and that should be given the light of day. Too much promiscuous giving, and too much stealing. Find out where your money goes. MEN'S MASS MEETING At Bethel's A. M. E. Church, 30th and Dearborn Street. Monday night, Nov. 24, Spon Under the auspices of Bethel Litera Society. Speakers: "The Purpose of the Men's Meet ings," Dr. W. D. Cook. "The Needs of Better Coopera tion," Atty, W. E. Mollison. "The Negro as a Citizen," Hon. F. wward R. Litsinger, H. A. WATKINS, Chairman SANDY W. TRICE, CILAS A. GRIFFINS, DR. W. D. COOK, Pastor Prof. and Mrs. Samuel L. Lev, N.J. Denton street, spent last Sandy evening at the house of Mr. and Mr. Julius F. Taylor and we are very good to number Prof. and Mrs. Lee make our very best and warmest friends. VISITS CITY Rev, R. E. Wilson, of Evanston, R. Pastor of the Ebenezer A. M. I. Church, was in the city during the week on business. The Rev. is done fine work among his people in Evanston. TOMMY and successful lawyers of Chibusiness for members of the week elected one of the direcce Company, which has offices HON. MICHAEL ZIMMER Warden of the Cook County Hospital, who is popular with all factions of the Deocratic party, who would make a tip-top candidate for Treasurer of Illinois in 1920. SPRINGFIELD CAMPAIGN GREAT SUCCESS. ones. More than two hundred persons have been added to the church in these Dr. H. Franklin Bray, the Rocky Mountain Evangelist, Doing Wonderful Work The past week of the great civilisation campaign in Springfield, Ill., has by far exceeded, both in interest and accessions, and of the previous weeks Ideal weather conditions have prevailed and as a consequence the taber nacle where the meetings are being held is crowded every night with Christians as well as unsaved men and women. The sermons by Evangelist Bray are by far the most elifying and instructive arguments ever presented to a Springfield audience of this kind. They have had the ring of sincerity and they strike home with such force that many of the unsaved yield and come forward to accept the Savior without further persuasion. Large delegations from the various secret societies and civic organizations visit the meetings from time to time as the "guests" of the ministerial alliance under whose auspices these meetings are being held. The appearance of these organizations is always a signal for the greatest enthusiasm on the part of the audience many of the demonstrations lasting for several minutes. Dr. Bray has gathered together all of the school children in his Children's Meetings and he is as popular with the little ones as he is with the older CLIO SCHOOL BOARD DINNER UNIQUE AFFAIR Members of the Advisory Board of the Clio School of Mental Sciences and several invited guests were dined by the school in their parlorists at 3541 State Street on Saturday afternoon November 15. Covers were laid for ten, and promptly at six o'clock the guests sat down and partook of a sumptuously prepared meal, served by a popular Chicago caterer. A. B. C. D. E. F. G. H. I. J. K. L. M. N. O. P. Q. R. S. T. U. V. W. X. Y. Z. MME. ADENA C. E. MINOTE. The object of the dinner was for a conference of the Advisory Board on matters pertaining to the progress of the school. The principal, Prof. Adena C. E. Minott, gave a very interesting report of what the school has accomplished during the past year. She also exhibited many proofs in the form of press reports and general literature showing a wide-spread propaganda for the teachings of sciences such as are taught at the Clio School among white institutions extending the length and breadth of the United States as well as abroad. Many of these institutions in this country are chartered by the laws of the state in which they are placed. The burden of Prof. Minott's ones. More than two hundred persons have been added to the church in these meetings as a result of the great efforts put forth by this man of God. These meetings will continue until November 30th when it is expected that a larger number of souls will be added to the cause of Christ. The Sunday audiences are always the largest, taxing to capacity the tabernacle. The work of the one hundred voice chorus under the direction of Prof. E. C. Deas, is a big feature at each service. MADE JUDGE AT WASHINGTON COURT HOUSE, OHIO. Attorney John T. Oatneal, Washington Court House, was elected one of two justices November 4th under our new code. They have the duties of the Municipal Judges. This is the first time in the history of the estate that a member of the Race has been elected to a similar position. Mr. Oatneal is late examiner U. S. Pension Of-Se, a graduate of the Virginia Normal and Collegiate Institute, Petersburg, Va., class '93. On invitation of M. T. Bailey, President of the Alumni Association he journeyed from Ohio in 1918 to deliver the principal address before the said association, after being absent for 18 years. It was that trip and his other work here in connection with the November Red Cross, etc., that contributed greatly to his political career in this State. well was to emphasize the fact that since the subjects of Character Analysis and Applied Psychology which produces trained and capable minds are so widely patronized by institutions among the other race, the time seems ripe for at least one such institution to be established on a large scale among our people, chartered if necessary and known all over this land. The Board members and friends made many timely responses and pledged themselves as being willing to give their aid and support to further the publicity of the work. Dr. A. Wilberforce Williams, one of the invited guests, gave an interesting narration of his recent experience abroad. Those present were, the Advisory Board members consisting of the Hon. Richard T. Greener, chairman; Major John R. Lynch, vice chairman; Prof. Adena C. E. Minott, Secretary; Mrs. Elizabeth Lindsay Davis, Mr. Anthony Overton, and Rev. Father John Henry Simons. The invited guests were: Dr. A. Wilberforce Williams, Mr. W. D. Neighbors, Dr. Wm. H. Davis and Hon. R. S. Abbott who was represented by Mrs. Ethel Minor-Gavin. THE BROAD AX, CHICAGO, NOVEMBER 22, 1919. SPENDS DAY ON STATE Last Sunday afternoon and evening was busy times at Bailey's Hall, 3638 S. State street. The National State and Grand Officers of the A. U. K. and D. of A. organized a juvenile and a Council Juvenile No. 2 of Egypt Council and Pilgrim Council No. 161. Work was done by Dora Common, Ella L. Holmes and Eliza Jackson, assisted by Dts. Henreta Deneon, Hudson and others. CHURCH BOUGHT FOR $4,000 For $1 and other valuable consideration, the Calvary Baptist Church (white) 3047 S. Michigan avenue, has been purchased by the trustees and members of the A. M. E. Zion Church, and the same has been named the Michigan Avenue A. M. E. Zion Church. The general connection assisted them in buying the church. All of the negotiations were made during the pastorate of Rev. G. W. Register, who is now Presiding Elder of the Indianapolis District, which is in the Missouri Conference. Much credit is due Rev. Register. The trustees were assisted by the members and the general connection have paid $4,000 which put the full possession by purchase. The real estate end was handled by M. T. Bailey, President Bailey reality Co., 3638 S. State street, and the legal end by Attorneys Walter M. Farmer and Eugene J. Mahsrall. This is the only church bought by the race on the boulevard. Rev. J. M. Branch is pastor; J. W. Green, Chairman of Trustee Board; Rev. Taylor, Presiding Elder and Bishop; G. L. Black, Presiding Bishop. BAILEY TO INSTRUCT ENGLISH MAN 54 "A" Hambalt Rd., Clapham Pack S. W. 4. London, England, Oct. 25, 1919 The Milton Mercantile Agency, Would I be asking too much of you as a new member of the Amerianen Collection Service for a few tips on how to push the Mercentile Business. I have not received my instructions from the A. C. S., but hope to in a few days. Anyhow if there is any tips you can give me I should appreciate same very much. Thanking you in advance and hoping for co-operation. I am. Yours very sincere. T. D. YOMENT. ARRIVALS AT BEAUTIFUL IDLE WILD 50 E, 33rd Street, Chicago. H. J. Hunter, Chicago, Ill. R. W. Stewart, Cleveland, O. A. W. Lewis, Omaha, Nebr. Jack Ray and wife, Ogden, Utah. R. O. Morris, Rockford, Ill. R. V. Floyd, Hodges, S. C Jos. Thompson, Omaha, Nebr. Edw. S. Lowe, Indianapolis, Ind. Jos. Clements and wife, Philadelphia Pa. Geo. H. Bateeman and wife, Chicago Ill. Jos. L. Hill, New York, N. Y. H. Johnson, New Orleans, La. M. Perry, Detroit, Mich. Harry L. Johnson and wife, Chicago Lee Hammond, La Porte, Ind. Robert Nexels, Chicago. E. A. Lowe, Washington, D. C. Charlie Neal, Indianapolis, Ind. H. F. Kimball, Beaton Harbor, Mich. R. W. Kimball, Beaton Harbor, Mich. W. L. Johnson, Montreal, One, Can Geo. W. Moody, Philadelphia, Pa. Jos. Townsend, Chicago. Bruce Jones, Chicago. James Powell and wife, Milwaukee. Wis. R. H. R. Woodard, Gary, Ind. Geo. H. States, Jr. Clinton, Iowa. IDLEWILD NOTES President of the Board of Directors. A. A. Wells, of the Pullman National Organization, entertained a party of railroad men, headed by General Forest, at breakfast at the Idlewild, Monday, last, the occasion being the annual session of the Association. They expect to do big things at this year's convention. . . . Mrs. J. W. Dickenson has opened her ladies modiste shop in suite 104 at the Idlewild, where she is daily entering to the wants of tasteful and exquisite dressers. Mr. Houser, who has been in the hospital for the past six weeks, sufficiently recovered and regained his health to return to his room at the Idlewild during the past week. He has rapidly improved and will soon be himself again. The Chicago Chess and Cheeker Club is negotiating for quarters in the Idlewild, where they purpose to install attractive headquarters and put on a winter campaign to meet and conquer all competitors. Mr. Geo. W. Slater of Clinton, Iowa was in town last week to see his son play Right Tackle against the Chicago University's FootBall Club in their contest with the Iowa college team last Saturday. Did you cat your dinner at the Idlewild last Sunday? If so, you remember the splendid roast, goose, fine stuffed turkey and cranberries you had. Well, it will be dplicated next Sunday from 1 to 7 p.m. REPORT ON HARRISON FERRELI TESTIMONIAL Receipts Tickets sold at door....$ 50.00 Tickets sold elsewhere. 275.75 Parter School 172.25 Englewood High School. 51.00 Subscriptions Mr. Jessie Binga ..... 10.00 Mrs. J. B. Brown ..... 1.00 Mrs. L. Royal ..... 1.00 Mrs. S. B. Turner ..... 2.00 Mr. R. S. Abbot ..... 5.00 Mrs. Cecelia Mozee ..... 5.00 Mrs. Anice Hackley ..... 5.00 Mr. Geo. Garner ..... 2.00 Junior Violin Class Mrs. W. L. Jackson's School of Music ..... 3.00 Mrs. Nora D. Holt ..... 25.00 Original Providence Bapt. Church Sunday Afternoon Choir Program ..... 7.50 Court Gen'l. Robt. Eliot Ancient Order of Foresters ..... 10.00 Total Receipts $625.50 Disbursements Grace Presbyterian Church ..... 10.00 Cartage (Piano) ..... 11.00 Printing ..... 10.23 Janitor ..... 1.50 Total Disbursements $ 32.73 On hand $592.77 Respectfully. ESTELLA C. BONDS, Chairman Com. on Arrangements. ITEMS OF INTEREST Buries Aunt. Mrs. Lottie A. Callaway, 3734 S. State street, left Thursday noon for Indianapolis, Ind., her former home, to bury her aunt. She was joined Saturday morning by her husband, Henry Callaway. They returned to Chicago Sunday night. Give Social Mary Magdalene Temple, No. 53, S. M. T., gave a Spider Web Social Saturday night at the home of Mrs. A. Hewitt, 4015 S. Dearborn street. Games, refreshments and social stunts were interesting features of the affair. Correspondent Moves Miss Genevieve M. Reuben, press correspondent, business stimulator, literature broker and notary public has changed her business address from 7801 to 3754 S. State street, Phone Blvd. 4412. Miss Reuben is one of the rising business women of this city and active in club, fraternal and religious circles. Welcomes Royal Crowned Prince. Capitalia Court No. 1, Royal Order of Menelik and Princesses of Abyssinin has sent a letter of welcome to the Royal Crown Priene of Abyssinin who is to visit this country soon. The letter was sent to Rev. H. H. Thomas. 108 Lineoln place, Long Branch, N. J., signed by Mrs. Lottie A. Callaway, E. R. S. Genevieve M. Reuben, Royal Princess and Myrle Fischer, Exalted Royal Seribe. To Leave for New York. Miss Lelia Anna Mae Mitchell, 3736 S. Wabash avenue, who starred at the Avenue Theatre in "THIS AND THAT" and who recently became the bride of John S. Crowder of Montgomery, Ala., will leave with her company next week, for New oYk where they will play on an indefinite contract. Mrs. Mitchell-Crowder is doing exceptional work, with her company. Dr. Hall Pays a Visit. Dr. Henry W. Hall, Fayetteville, N.C., was the guest of Dr. O. B. Williams, 203 E. 39th street, en route to Kansas City, Mo., to begin practice in general surgery. Dr. Hall graduated from Meharry Medical School in 1918, and later was interne at the General Hospital in Kansas City. He has recently spent a number of months in post graduate work in surgery in a number of the leading schools in New York. Entertains Officers The officers of Capitolia Court, No. 1, Royal Order of Menelik and Princesses of Abyssinia were surprised Thursday evening when they were served with a Conventional Club Lunchroom in the carlo's of Mmr. Anna E. Walker, 8827 S. State street. A special officers meeting had been called by the Exiled Sovereign Mrs. Lottie A. Calkavay, who was called out of the city. CHIPS Rev. E. P. Jones, of Evanston, Ill. Pastor of M. T. Zion Church, was in the city during the week on business. M. T. Bailey, spent last Sunday in Lake Forest, Ill., Mr. Bailey is President of the Bailey Realty Co. Mrs. Cora Franks, of Lake Forest, Ill., has been ill for more than three weeks, but is rapidly improving. Mrs. Lucy E. Rankins left this week for her home in Indianapolis, Ind. Mrs. Rankin spent some little time in our city and was much pleased. Members of the race are building homes in Morgan Park, Ill., a number of which have already been completed and are now occupied by the new owners. Hazel Harrison, Well-known pianist, will be in a recital at Kimball Hall, on Sunday afternoon, November 23, 1919, at 3:30 p. m. Do not miss this rare treat. Attorney Walter M. Farmer was called to Evanston on legal matters last week. Mrs. S. Blaney, who has been confined to her home at 4745 S. State street, with the "Flu" is out again. The National State and Grand Officers of the A. U. K. and D. of A. organized a juvenile and a Council Juvenile No. 2 of Egypt Council and Pilgrim Council No. 161. The work was conducted by Dts. Dora Cannon, Ella L. Holmes and Eliza Juekson, assisted by Dts. H. Dean, Hudson and others. The celeration took place at M. T. Bailey's Hall, 3638 S. State street, and there were extremely busy times. IN PRINCESS GOWN IN PRINCESS GOWN Favored Frock Not Affected by Downfall of Royalty. Women Cling to Some Version of This Type of Dress—New Eve- ning Style. The general downfall of royalty seems to have affected not one whit the princess frock. Always there are women of fashion who cling to some version of this type of dress. This year there are quite a few New York A White Taffeta Evening Gown. designers who are adopting the princess frock, states a fashion writer. cess frock, states a fashion writer. Of course, the princess of this year is a very different affair from that tightly molded dress which polished the figure some years ago. Very often the distinctive touch is conified to one side and drapping is arranged so skillfully that the line is becoming to both slim and not so. A new evening frock is of white tafeta embroidered in silver and combined with silver lace, which gives an echo of the princess mode on one side only. Like so many of the evening frocks at present, an ostrich plume is employed as the climax of trimming. Both are as familiar in dress scenery as they are in desert scenery. Root of Generosity He who gives what he would as readily throw away gives without generosity; for the essence of generosity is in self-sacrifice—Henry Taylor. Some Pitchers Do Swear "They learned by watching Uble whether he was going to throw a curse or a fast one."—Cleveland Plain Dealer. Delaware a (tribet) state. John Randolph once described Delaware as "a state having four counties at low tide and three at high tide." To Take Baby's Picture Anyone who has tried it knows it is a difficult task to take an indoor picture of an active child. By placing the subject near a sunny window, but not in the direct sunlight, and with a sheet fixed at one side, high enough so that it reaches above the subject's head, good results may be obtained. If the child sits on the floor, the sheet will be high enough thrown over two chairs. SATIN GOWN, BEADED BODICE CORRECTION REFERRED & NEGATIVE This is a charming creation in black satin with black-beaded chiffon bodice over jade blue silk. REVIVAL OF SEPARATE SKIRT Garment for Dressy Wear Promises to Hold Favor According to Fashion Correspondent. The season is marked by the revival of the separate skirt for dressy wear. Some novel forms of drapery and looped panels promise to play a prominent part in the autumn skirts, observes a prominent fashion writer. Lines of distinction characterize the models of recent importation, and the soft silks and satins lend themselves gracefully to the voluminous drapery. The newest skirts are long enough to cover the boot tops and quite wide enough for comfort. The widths at the bottom will vary from a yard and a quarter to a yard and three-quarters, with all widths between. Silk and satin models are inclined to be a bit wider. One smart skirt interpreting the autumn vogue was shown in supple black satin and pale gray crepe. It was draped low about the hips, but in great cascades at the sides. These drapes were turned inside out and faced with the gray crepe. A wide crushed girdle of the material wrapped itself snugly about the waist. To complete this skirt, one wears a lovely blouse of pale gray geogette embroidered with sparkling jet beads. For a pleasing change one might also choose a bodice of black satin with gray trimmings, to harmonize with the skirt. FASHION CALL FOR PAJAMAS Garment Gaining Favor for House Wear Instead of Room Robes; Got Over Footlights. The French fashion for wearing ornate and brilliantly-colored pajamas in the house instead of room robes has been taken up in America. The fashion was exploited by the stage and got over the footlights to the public. American women, however, are adopting the Chinese costume, which they call by the name of pajamas. The loose trousers are laced in to fit the ankles, and the feet are slipped into gay Chinese slippers. There is a short tunic, in the Chinese manner, worn over the full trousers and often there is a sash in brilliantly-colored Chinese creme. There's not a gulf of difference fixed between the modern skirt, with its wide hips and tight hem, and the palazins with their fullness at the hips and their lace ankles. These costumes are made in taffeta, crepe georgette, and heavy white Chinese silk. FASHION NOTES Many little children are ear charming in pure yellow frocks. An oilcloth motor coat in white and red has three buckled belts. Long-haired frogs, like monkey and gray hare, are preferred for trimming. This trimming is usually applied to wide-brimmed frogs and no other ornament is employed. Bead frogs are a novelty that forms an interesting trimming for chiffon and other sheer fabrics. They are frogs of the regulation shape, formed of beads strung and sewed into place. More and more use of lace, both as trimming and in combination as a fabric, is noted. The all-lace dress, bluse and hat are here, but the biggest acceptance is of models of lace and geogette, or of lace and net or lace and voile. Evening Blooses Blouses specially designed for evening wear are in pastel colorings of georgette and chiffon, and hair net lace is an effect form of trimming. Jade Favorite Gem In China Light green jade is the favorite gem of China, and it is difficult to get the stone in uncut form even in that country. Sometimes a rich Chinaman's estate will consist in part of a lump of jade. Sometimes it can be obtained in pounds. But even the leading jewelers of Hongkong usually obtain it in cut form. 8 THAT NEW SUIT FOR WINTER Advantages and Disadvantages in Having It Ready-Made or Made to Order. There are possible advantages in going to a tailor and having your suit made to order and just as many possible advantages in buying it ready made. With the ready-made suit there is always this: You can see the finished garment. There is never the possibility that you won't like it after it is finished, for it is finished to begin with. Moreover, if you are a person whose time is precious, the ready-made suit has advantages in that way. Even if it needs rather elaborate alterations you will need far less fitting than if you are having it made entirely to order. And of course, the ready-made suit, if you buy a good one from a smart shop, has probably been made according to the design of a very skilled and highly paid person, whereas your tailor may or may not have the eye of a real designer and he may or may not follow skillfully the lines of the design you select for him. However, if you are blessed with a good figure the tailor will reveal the fact as the ready-made suit cannot possibly do, even if it altered, for it is necessary to make ready-mades according to designs that do not as a rule play up the figure. They must be built for the average figure and built according to lines that require the least possible fitting. If you do go to the tailor bear this in mind: That for this winter suits made of heavy men's suit fabrics are going to be extremely smart. Select such a fabric that shows a decided stripe—one that would probably not be the one you would choose for your husband or son, because the stripes should be quite far apart and quite noticeable. A suiting of dark slate gray with a lighter gray stripe is a splendid selection. Now have the bodice pieces of the pattern cut lengthwise of the stripe with a tunic on the jacket cut the other way of the material. Or in some such way as this make use of the striping to give the suit its only trimming. TO MAKE NEWSPAPER HOLDER Remnant of Narrow Stair Carpet May Be Easily Made Into Decorative Article. The sketch shows a good use to which a remnant of narrow stair-carpet may be put, in the way of making a newspaper holder with it for hanging upon the wall. If possible, the carpet should be selected of a color to match or harmonize with the wall-paper upon which it is to hang. The edges where the carpet has been cut are bound with colored braid. An Easily-Made Newspaper Holder, and at each corner a ring is sewn on in the manner shown in sketch B. Then nails are driven into the wall at a distance apart corresponding with the width of the carpet, and they should slant slightly upwards in the way illustrated in diagram A. The rings are placed upon the nails so that the carpet hangs downwards and forms a large loop, into which the papers may be slipped from either side. All tidy housewives like a place to keep papers in, so that they do not litter the room, and this is just the thing needed, as it is strong and practical. DRESSES NOW MADE OF KID Wt.Je Sport Outfits Made of the Material and Some Have Leather Material The increase use of kid and other soft leathers for the making and trimming of women's garments is bringing up the question here as to what effect it will have on other lines. Latest fashion reports from Deauville say that whole sport dresses made of colored kid were worn at the recent races there, and the Paris cables tell of leather dewdaws on many of the new frocks, says the New York Times. In view of the reported general scarcity of kid, which there is no reason to doubt, the question has arisen as to just what effect this vogue will have on the supply available for the glove and shoe trades. It is also asked if the use of colored outer garments of kid will bring about a revival of the vari-colored kid shoes that were so much in vogue here a few years ago, and also serve to increase the color ranges of kid glove offerings in the near future. Coats for Fall. Some Paris-designed models of fall and winter coats for 1919 and 1920 are in the showrooms of American manufacturers and tailors. The indications are that plaids will be very much featured. Double-faced fabrics, plain on one side and plaid on the other, like golf cloth of several seasons ago, are used to develop some very modish coats. Fear in the Child. "There is a world of truth in Prof. Angelo Moso's emphatic declaration: "Every ugly thing told to the child, every shock, every fright given him, will remain like minute splinters in the flesh, to torture him all his life long." — "Psychology and Parenthood," by H. Addington Bruce. R. W. Hunter & Company, Bankers CHICAGO Ask the Colored American Citizens This Great Question With whom do you do your Banking? Colored American Citizens, there is a great difference between doing your banking business with a bank that employs young Colored American Citizens as Clerks, Tellers, Cashiers and Investors, and one that does not. Do you know that there is some prejudice shown by white banks and bankers in Chicago that employ every other nationality in their banks but Colored American Citizens? We have young Colored men and women who have graduated from some of the best schools and colleges in this country, and are as efficient as any other nationality? R. W. Hunter & Company, Bankers, employ sixty-two of the most efficient employees of any bank in the world. We do general banking the same as any other bank in America, and have Savings Accounts and Checking Accounts. Checks drawn on our banks are honored all over the United States and our drafts are honored in all parts of Europe. Every Colored American Citizen in the United States should be a booster for such a business enterprise as the R. W. Hunter & Company, Bankers, Chicago. THE RIOT HAS TAUGHT THE RACE A LESSON Never before in the history of the Race has an incident displayed our business faults as did the recent riot in Chicago. Ninety per cent of the business houses in the Black Belt are owned by white people, and when they closed their doors the entire Colored population was nearly on the verge of hunger and had these conditions prevailed just one week longer, some of our people would have suffered from starvation, regardless of whether they had funds to purchase food or not. The most of our people had their money in white banks in the Loop District and other sections of the city, where our people could not get to the money. Let us get wise in this country like the white races and bank our money with our Colored banks and do business with one another, the same as the white races do. Let us boost our own business enterprises. R. W. Hunter & Co., Bankers, have handled over three million dollars of the people's money without a complaint or a lawsuit from a single depositor or investor. R. W. Hunter-& Co., Bankers, have leases on property in Chicago that are worth over two million dollars, located in some of the best sections of Chicago, and these leases are netting the firm good profits. ATTORNEY J. P. HARDEN, General Manager State St. 1801 W. Lake St. 3003 S. State St Out-of-Town Banks: 1828 BROADWAY, GARY, IND. 801 WILEY AVENUE, PITTSBURGH, PA. Stop Thief! THE "Jumbo" gas burner shown here at the right, (actual size) is a robber on any gas lighting fixture in Chicago. If you have one, get rid of it! It makes high gas bills and causes a great many of the complaints that come to us. Claims that a "Jumbo" will give more light without using more gas are false. Use mantle burners to get more light with less gas. Burning five hours a day for a month, the "Jumbo" consumes $2.30 worth of gas; a "Junior" mantle burner, in the same time, consumes only 39 cents worth, or $1.91 less, and gives much more light. ```markdown ``` TELEPHONE DOUGLAS 1 GE F. HARDIN GEORGE F. HARDING, JR. REAL ESTATE or Modern Houses, and Stores to Rent Up-to-Date or Modern Houses, Apartments and Stores to Rent 3101 COTTAGE GROVE AVE. Corner 31st Street, Chicago Black's Blue Book Out Again The colored people's business and professional directory of Chicago and vicinity is just out. It is full of valuable information and is being distributed at 25 cents at newsstands and book stores. By mail 35 cents. This Is the "JUNIOR MANTLE" We sell "Junior Mantle" lights complete for only fifteen cents, (which is less than "Jumbos" usually cost) or give one free, in exchange for a "Jumbo," at our main office or any of these stores: West Side 3643 Irving Park Blvd. 2142 West Madison St. 1709 West 12th St. 1641 Milwaukee Ave. 1621 Ogden Ave. 4033 West Madison St. North Side 731 West 63rd St. 3478 Archer Ave. 103-5 East 35th St. 9051 Commercial St. 3071 Lincoln Ave. The Peoples Gas Light & Coke Co. Michigan Avenue at Adams Street Telephone Wabash 6000 . HARDING, JR. Modern Houses, Apartments Stores to Rent AGE GROVE AVE. 1st Street, Chicago Book Out Again business and professional directory of out out. It is full of valuable informa d at 25 cents at newsstands and book D S. BLACK --- This Is the "Jumbo" Gas Burner it with less gas. in, the "Jumbo" mantle burner, ents worth, or NG, JR. Apartments VE AVE. Chicago But Again national directory of valuable informa- wsstands and book Chicago, Ill. THE BROAD AX. CHICAGO. NOVEMBER 22, 1919 DENISON, WATKINS AND WHITE Franklin A. Denison, S. A. T. Watkins, James E. White Telephone Central 3142 CHICAGO CHICAGO PHONE MAIN 2214 A. D. GASH ATTORNEY AT LAW 118 N. La Salle Street CHICAGO Tel. Central 6583 Residence 3646 Grand Boulevard Phone Douglas 4397 J. GRAY LUCAS ATTORNEY AT LAW 36 W. Randolph Street Corner Dearborn St. Suite 402 Delaware Building F. Dunn, J. B. McCahey, Trustees Tel: Oakland 1552, 1551, 1550 JOHN J. DUNN Established 1877 WHOLESALE AND RETAIL Fifty-First and Federal Streets CHICAGO Residence, 1262 Malacistir Place Tel. Monroe 2714 SUITE 318-320 REAPER BLK. Clark and Washington Streets Phone Central 1239 CHICAGO Residence, 4533 Prairie Avenue Phone Kenwood 8520 WALTER M. FARMER ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW NOTARY PUBLIC Suite 708 Office Telephone: Main 4153 CHICAGO Residence 3419 South Park Ave. Phone Douglas 9354 WM. J. LATHAM ATTORNEY AT LAW Office Phone: Calumet 875 2 EAST THIRTY-FIRST ST. Suite 7 CHICAGO Residence 3855 Prairie Ave. Phone Douglas 9133 Phones: Main 2017 Auto 32-395 A. L. WILLIAMS ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW Suite 706 Firmenich Buliding 84 W. Washington Street CHICAGO Telephone Oakland 246 E. K. CALDWELL Successor to C. E. KREYSLER DRUGGIST 5057 South State Street Near 51st St. Not On the Corner CHICAGO "Exelento Will Make Your Hair Long, Too" EXELENTO FOR KINKY HAIR "Every woman can have nice, long hair," says Mary Gilbert. "My hair has grown 28 inches long, using your wonderful EXELENTO QUININE POMADE Don't be fooled by fake Kink Removers. You can't straighten your hair until it's soft and long. Our pomade makes hair look like roots of the hair and makes it grow long and silky. We make Exelento Skin Beautifier, an ointment for dark, saline skin. Used in treatment of skin troubles. PRICE OF LACE 25c IN STAMPS OR COIN AGENTS WANTED WHERE Write for Particulars EXELENTO MEDICINE CO., Atlanta, Ga. --- Telephonic Periscope "Sunn" corner outside suite, five rooms. Can be seen by phone after 7 p. m. Bay 1616-1-L" -Vancouver (B. C.) Province. Measure of Greatness Great men, great events, great epochs, it has been said, grow as we recede from them; and the rate at which they grow in the estimation of men is in some sort a measure of their greatness.—Principal Shairp. Our Different Worlds I once stood in a dome with different colored glass in each window. Thus four men touching each other might each see a different scene; a red ocean, a green city, blue fields, and yellow mountains. A rare man might climb to the top of the dome and see the whole circle of the landscape under the white light of a pure atmosphere. But most of us look through one window, each upon a different world, each world colored by our own individuality.—Robert S. Barrett. Find Date Valuable Food Dates form the staple food of the Arabs in a large part of Arabia and are served in some form at every meal. Sirup and vinegar are made from old dates, and by those who disregard the teachings of the Koran a kind of brandy is distilled from them. The date pit is ground and fed to the cows and sheep, so that nothing of the precious fruit may be lost. Whole pits are used as beads and counters for the Arab children in their games on the desert sand. Experiments have shown that bees distinguish different colors, but different colors acquire significance for bees when the insects have learned that certain colors are associated with certain nutritive advantages. The bees are not "reflex-machines"—they are not compelled by any organic chromatopromt to prefer certain colors to others. They accumulate experience and remember that certain colors are associated with certain nutritive benefits. Evil Always to Be Fought Evil Always to Be Fought. There can be no compromise with evil. It never is right to license wrong, whatever golden returns it may offer or however difficult it may be to get rid of it. In our social life and in our personal life, wherever evil shows its hand there must be battle, not compromise.—Exchange. To Prevent Fire. Paint paper lamp shades with solution of alum. They will not catch fire so easily. Four Into One. "A monthly holiday, closed all day every Wednesday is also to be observed from April to September."—Glasgow Evening Times. Two Fatalities. The freight train caused the explosion by hitting a truck loaded with acetylene tanks. The truck and driver was killed.—Buffalo News. Deadly Arabian Sirocco Deadly Arabian Sirocco. The sirocco or sand storm of the Arabian desert is exceedingly treacherous. It often digs pits two hundred feet deep, scattering the sand for miles around. Proof of Biblical Truth Perhaps the most impressive fact of record concerning disease in ancient times is found in the Bible, in the First Book of Samuel, where we are told that the land where the Philistines were was overrun with a plague of rats or mice and that thereupon the people were smitten with bubonic plague to punish them for their seizure of the Ark of the Covenant. Thousands of years later our modern science discovered that rats are the chief disseminators of that pestilence.—New York Herald. Office Phone: Douglas 8285 KERSEY, McGOWAN AND MORSELL CHICAGO'S REPRESENTATIVE UNDERTAKERS Finest Establishment in the U. S. GEO. T. KERSEY D. A. McGOWAN WM. J. MORSELL Proprietors 3515 INDIANA AVENUE CHICAGO, ILL. RIDE WILLIAM L. HARRIS To the Rev. A. B. HARRIS Responsible for you Toward you ARNEST H. WILLIAMSON UNDERTAKER PHONE - KENWOOD 455. Office - 5028-5020 S. State Street. I've served a reasonable price law as your to you. By law, the more distance inward contact the loan save your money time & money! New Meter Records Steam. A recording meter has been invented to measure the amount of steam used in an industrial plant and check waste. Optimistic Thought. What a glorious creature was he who first discovered tobacco.—Fielding. Few May See Her Face. The Mohammedan woman may show her face only to men whom she may not marry. This means that a man may see the face of his mother, wife, sisters, daughters, aunts, and none other of the women of his class. New Way of Tinting. Glass may be tinted permanently by immersion in the medicinal water of Bath, England, and this recent discovery is to be made use of in the establishment of a stained glass industry. "Good Night" Is Too Long. "Good Night" is Too Long. The countryman's "How do?" or "How be?" is outclassed by the London printing trade's "Good" or "Good, George"—omitting the "night" and the "morning."—London Chronicle. The banana is a perennial herbaceous plant, growing from year to year from an underground root stock with a stem or stalk from 10 to 15 feet high above the ground. The plant has drooping leaves, but no branches like fruit trees of the north countries. Each stalk produces one large cluster of fruit. After fruiting, the stalk is cut down to the surface of the ground and grows up again from the root. Colorado's Wonderland The Garden of the Gods is a tract of land, about 500 acres in extent, near Colorado Springs, Colo. It abounds in weird and fantastic pinnacles of red and white sandstone, some of them more than 300 feet high. Among the chief features are the Cathedral spires, the Balanced rock, etc. The gateway of the garden consists of two enormous masses of red sandstone, 830 feet high, sufficiently far apart for the roadway to pass between them. Garden of Eden in Mexico? A prehistoric race that lived in Mexico centuries before Cortez ever arrived there to crush the power of the Astec kingdom, was a civilized people who were flooded out of existence by a deluge that swept the valley of Mexico, as relics picked up near the capital city prove, and some writers assert that Mexico was the site of the beginning of man and that it was in this valley that Noah set forth for his 40-day tour of the flooded world. Red Tape Citadel "Circumlocution office" is a description used by the great novelist, Charles Dickens, in his book, "Little Dorrit," to ridicule official delays and indirectness. It is described as the chief of "public departments in the art of perceiving how not to do it." The name has come into popular use as a synonym for governmental routine, "red tape," procrastination and delay in transacting public business. When Holland Banned Orange There was a time when Holland forbade the sale of oranges and carrots. Orange was the color of the stadtholder's family, and when the democratic feeling against this family was at its height the fruit or orange color was taboo. "Stay in School." Does it pay to continue your studies? Education means a successful and useful life; it pays the individual. Education means efficient workers; it pays the nation. Show this to your parents and ask them what they think about it. Stay in school—Colorado Agricultural College News Notes. NEST H. WILLI UNDERT PHONE - KENWOOD Office: 5028-5030 S. ST. --- Optimistic Thought Bananas. me when Holland for oranges and carrots. color of thestadt and when the demo- insist this family was fruit or orange color 185 MORSELL ATIVE U. S. WM. J. MORSELL CHICAGO, ILL. The Cra 3 The finest build Steam heat H. WILLIAM DERTAK -KENWOOD 4 28-5030 S. STATE STREET The Cunningham Car Lavender Smokers. Long before tobacco was known or smoked, sweet lavender was a favorite smoking mixture. Pipes have been dug up in Roman settlements, adorned with base-reliefs picturing the lavender plant. From which it is surmised that the Romans smoked lavender, which, according to writers of the time, is said to produce a feeling "active, ardent, and vigorous." People are often more concerned about creating a favorable impression than about the kind of person they wish to be considered. It is like demanding a beautiful photograph without regard to the features of the original. What period do you think I recall most frequently and most willingly in my dreams? Not the pleasures of my youth; they are too rare, too much mingled with bitterness and now too distant. I recall the period of my seclusion, of my solitary walks, of the fleeting but delicous days that I have passed entirely by myself, with my beloved dog, my old cat, with the birds of the field, the binds of the forest, with all nature and her inconceivable Author—Rousseau. Life Not Merely Lapse of Life Not Merely Lapse of Years. The mere lapse of years is not life. To eat and drink and sleep; to be exposed to the darkness and the light; to pass round in the mill of habit; and turn the wheel of wealth; to make reason our bookkeeper and turn thought into an implement of trade—this is not life. In all this, but a poor fraction of the consciousness of humanity is awakened; and the sanctities still slumber which make it most worth to be—James Martinleau. Chicago Title and STATED BY OUR BUSINESS SIMILAR that of showing the com- titles. The millions upon a build and rebuild Chicago nished relying on the a STRACTS AND TITLE No man has lost a c This is our past. Wise men judge fut- behavior. CHICAGO TITLE AND 69 W. Washington Assets exceed $10 No deposits or dem The Cranford Ap 3600 WABASE The finest building ever opened to Steam heat, electric lights, til Phone Main 263 J. W. Casey, Chicago Title and Trust Company The finest building ever opened to Colored tenants in Chicago. Steam heat, electric lights, tile baths, marble entrance Phone Main 263 J. W. Casey, Agt. 133 W. Washington St. --- OUR BUSINESS SINCE 1847 has been that of showing the condition of real estate titles. The millions upon millions required to build and rebuild Chicago have been furnished relying on the accuracy of our ABSTRACTS AND TITLE POLICIES. No man has lost a dollar by so relying. This is our past. Wise men judge future action by past behavior. CHICAGO TITLE AND TRUST COMPANY 69 W. Washington Street Assets exceed $12,000,000.00 No deposits or demand liabilities. Lavender Smokers. Have Wrong Idea. Solitude Finland. Finland occupies about 144,000 square miles of territory, of which 125,680 square miles are land. This territory, which is slightly larger than Norway, has a population of only 3,084,000 people. It is said that literacy is almost unknown. World's Finest Olive Oil The olive oil produced in the region of Bordeaux, France, has a lightness, a perfume, and a particularly delicate savor which have given it a worldwide reputation and made it an important article of export and a source of wealth for its producers. Most popular is the oil from Nice imported under the Bordeaux trade-mark. Linen From Nettle Fibre A company has been formed in benchmark for the manufacture of fibres from one fibre of nettles. At a recent exhibition every one was struck by the whiteness, and suppleness of the table cloths and napkins made of the nettle fibre. For Dull Mirrors If mirrors be very dull and speckled the following method is excavating: Take a small portion of whiting and add sufficient cold tea to make a paste: rub the glass with warm tea, dry with a soft cloth; rub a little of the paste well or, the mirror and polish dry with tissue paper. Bobby's Suggestion Bob was out visiting his aunt at a lake with his grandma. One evening he suddenly decided that he wanted to go home to mother. His grandma told him there were no trains and he couldn't possibly go that night. He said: "Well, grandma, can't you put me in a box and send me相伴 post?"