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THE BROAD AX Echoes of the Big Republican Love Feast or Harmony Dinner Given by the Members of the Grand Old Party Residing in the Second Ward The Affair, Which Was Held at the Royal Gardens, Cost Two Thousand Dollars, and Hon. George F.Harding, City Comptroller of Chicago, and Hon. Samuel A. Ettelson, Corporation Counsel of Chicago, Each Contributed Their Checks for One Thousand Dollars, In Order to Make the Affair a Huge Success VOL. XXV 72 HON. WILLIAM HALE THOMPSON ighting mayor of Chicago; member of the R mittee from Illinois who made several hom the National Committee at Washington or Thompson exclaimed while addressing country should at once get out of Europe this country should not send or ship its acts to Europe and at the same time star n America." The fighting mayor of Chicago; member of the Republican National Committee from Illinois who made several home runs at the meeting of the National Committee at Washington, D. C., this week. Mayor Thompson exclaimed while addressing its members that "this country should at once get out of Europe and stay out of it—that this country should not send or ship its coal, sugar or other products to Europe and at the same time starve and freeze the people in America." M. H. HON. GEORGE F. HARDING, JR. honorable and straightforward City Comptroller, prominent Leaders of the Republican party, up one thousand dollars to make the Seco- terny banquet a grand success and one of publican National Convention from the 1st Illinois. The honorable and straightforward City Comptroller of Chicago one of the prominent Leaders of the Republican party in this city who gave up one thousand dollars to make the Second Ward Republican Harmony banquet a grand success and one of the delegates to the Republican National Convention from the 1st Congressional District of Illinois. CHICAGO, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1919 Never in the history of Chicago nor within the history of any other city in this country have the waring or fighting factions of any political party, buried their past bitter differences turned their backs to the bitter past and closed their eyes tight and sealed up their ears against everything which savored of the past and which tended to drive or pull them apart like unto maddened and snorting race horses. Like the members of the Grand Old Republican party residing in the second ward, for the Republican Love Feast or the Harmony Banquet which was held at the beautiful Royal Gardens at 459 East 31st street was by far the greatest harmonizing function ever held among politicians in the United States. Without any question about it the final results which flowed from the results of the Love Feast or Harmony Dinner will be far reaching in its effect; for the big ring leaders of the fighting factions who had in the past spent thousands and thousands of dollars like so much water in a vain effort to down this that or the other leader or political boss or iron masters were all seated around a common festive board and figuratively speaking they embraced each other and hundreds of real smiles passed back and forth between them like so many lovers. The Harmony banquet presented a pleasant or an enchanting scene long to be remembered. Between eight hundred and a thousand persons were seated at the various banquet tables, many of them being the most prominent white and colored men and women in this great city. They all freely mingled together like real or true brothers and sisters and not the slightest evidence of any color line could be observed anywhere. Mr. Virgil Williams, the head owner of the beautiful Royal Gardens saw to it that everything in connection with the Harmony Banquet was all that it could be. The decorations for the pleasant occasion and the arranging of the long banquet tables were very striking. One or two little colored girls were engaged all evening in distributing great armfuls of American Beauty roses free of charge to all the ladies and gentlemen present and not less than three to five hundred dollars were expended for flowers alone. Each guest was served with a half of real spring chicken and the other trimmings composing the menu were all worth eating and while the diners were getting away with the rich eating they were highly entertained by the Royal Gardens Orchestra and its entertainers; but before anyone could start, to enjoy the feasting blessing was asked by Rev. Jennings instead of Rev. A. J. Carey. Hon. Edward H. Wright, Assistant Corporation Counsel of Chicago, served as toastmaster and some claim that Alderman Louis B. Anderson who is one of the most smiling and smoothest politicians in this country furnished Col. Wright with several large sized bottles of Omega oil and every time that Col. Wright introduced the various speakers, wit and eloquence would spring forth from his mouth like an ever flowing well or river and all the time Alderman Anderson who sat near unto him beheld him with the greatest amazement or open eyed wondersm and we are free to confess that Col. Wright raised himself much higher in our estimation on the pleasant way which he conducted himself on that delightful occasion for all of the evening he was all smiles for everybody and freely extended the right hand of good fellowship to all those whom he came in contact with. The following were among the most prominent and distinguished personages who occupied seats at the speak- ers table: Mayor William Hale Thompson, Hon. George F. Hading, Jr., Hon. Samuel A Ettelson, Alderman Louis B. Anderson, Hon. Oscar De Priest, Alderman Robert R. Jackson, Major General Morris Lewis, Hon. Edward H. Wright, Col. F. A. Denison, Hon. James E. White, State Senator F. P. Brady, Judge George F. Barrett, Hon. James A. Scott, Hon. James W. Breen, Judge Howard W. Hayes, Hon. Hugh Norris, Hon. A. H. Roberts, Hon. Edward H. Morris, Judge John Richardson, Judge Samuel H. Trude, Hon. S. B. Turner, Hon. Edward D. Green, former Judge Elbridge Haney, Hon. Warren B. Douglas, Hon. William M. Brinkman Benjamin Newmark, J. N. Blackshear, Judge Hugo Pam, Col. August W. Miller, Col. Charles Morrison, Major John R. Lynch, Lieut. R. A. J. Shaw Capt. James S. Nelson, Col. James H. Johnson, Dr. W. H. Davis, Hon. Charles W. Weinfeld, Col. John R. Marshall, Mr. George W. Holt, Hon. R. Thomas, Col. W. E. Mollison and Wm. J. Latham. The following ladies were seated at a table especially arranged for them: Mrs. B. B. Joslin, Mrs. Oscar De Priest, Misa Jennie E. Lawrence, Mrs. Morris Lewis, Mrs. Eliza Johnson, Mrs. Geo W. Holt, Mrs. Louis B. Ander son, Mrs. E. H. Wright, Mrs. Edw. H. Morris, Mrs. Irene Goins, Mrs. R. S. Abbott, Mrs. Hattie Meredith, Mrs. Elizabeth Lindsay Davis, Mrs. Cordelia M. West, Miss Nell D. Cailaway, Mrs. Gertrude Balay, Mrs. Mary Harsh, Miss Essie Arnold and Mrs. James A. Scott were among the many hundreds of ladies present. Before the speaking began Hon. Edward D. Green as secretary of the second ward Republican organization read a telegram of regret from Hon. Martin B. Madden in which he stated that "he was very sorry that he was unable to be present at the Harmony banquet—that he wished it much success—that he was willing to do everything in his power to win a great Republican victory throughout the nation in 1920." He read letters from Hon. Charles Kruteckoff expressing his inability to be present owing to sickness in his family and the third and last letter was from Rev. A. J. Carey, in which he mentioned Mayor Thompson for President of the United States which set the Royal Gardens on fire for more than one thousand persons jumped to their feet, standing for fully ten minutes and sent up cheer after cheer for "Big Bill" for President of the United States and Rev. Carey and his letter made the hit of the evening. Set toasts or speeches were delivered by the following big leaders of the Grand Oid Party and they were all well received. Program: Hon. Edward H. Wright, Toastmaster; "What Republican Harmony means to the Second Ward," Alderman Louis B. Anderson; "Republican Harmony a help to the Republican City Administration," Hon. Samuel A. Ettelson; "Let Us Get Together," Hon. Geo. F. Harding; "What Republican Harmony Means to the Nation," Mayor William Hale Thompson, Republican National Committee for Illinois; "Republican Women in the Harmony Movement," Mrs. Elizabeth Lindsay Davis; "The Duty of the Republican National Convention," Hon. Oscar DePriest; "One United Organization," Mrs. Ella G. Berry; "The Force of Organization," Alderman Robert R. Jackson; "All for One and One for All," Mr. Morris Lewis. At the end of the set speeches Mr. Harvey A. Watkins was called on for a few remarks and he declared that he was in favor of harmony in the second ward; that he wanted to see the Republican party meet with success at the polls in this county, state and nation in 1920. At the conclusion of his talk the Toastmaster with his bottle of Omega Oil proposed three cheers for Harvey Hattkins which was no sooner said than it was done. Mayor Thompson sprang to his feet and warmly grasped Mr. Watkins by the hand and Col. Wright requested him to take a seat at the speakers table. Hon. Charles B. Travis was the next to walk up to the mourner's bench and he declared that he would not "fight Hon. Edward H. Wright for vard commitment that he was for harmony and Republican victory, then Col. Wright with his bottle of Omega Oil proposed three cheers for Mr. Travis and Mayor Thompson extended to him a hearty shake of the hand. Mrs. Joslin was the last speaker and she brought down the house when she eloquently mentioned Mayor Thompson for President of the United States, Hon. Samuel A. Ettelson for state's Attorney in 1920, and Hon. George F. Harding, Jr., as the next mayor of Chicago. As stated before the Big Republican or Harmony Banquet cost two thousand dollars and Hon. George F. Harding, Jr. and Hon. Samuel A. Ettelson each gave one thousand dollars which sums paid all bills and made the affair a grand success THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION COMES TO CHICAGO. JUNE 8. 1920. Hon. Frank O. Lowden, the Favorite Son of Illinois, Looms Up As a Strong Presidential Candidate. The members of the Republican National Committee met in Washington, D. C., the first of this week and right off the reel they decided to hold the next National Republican Convention in this city, June 8, 1920, only four members of the committee voted against Chicago and in favor of St. Louis, Mo. It is now freely admitted by the wisest and the biggest Republican politicians that Hon. Frank O. Lowden loops up as the strongest and the most prominent Presidential candidate and that he is far in the lead for the nomination for that high and honored position at the hands of the delegates who will attend the Chicago Convention. TAKING INVOICE. By Dr. M. A. Majors The G, O, P. is beginning to take an invoice of its presidential stock. It is searching every nook and corner of the map for the man that won't four flush with a lot of buncomb by telling us he "kept us out of war." The American people are aroused as never before over the momentous question of "who shall he be?" We know who he will be and for the present are jollyly ourselves that it is a secret. Anyhow, whoever he is, the party of iLneoln and Douglass will make no very grave mistake in choosing. He has a record, is true and tried, can interpret the fundamental principles of government and will bring order out of the present chaos. A number of very excellent men have been brought to the surface and public opinion and sentiment make reading very interesting. At the recent nominating convention in South Dakota, Major General Wood got the nomination for president with Gov. Lowden of Illinois running as second choice. PETER H. HON SAMUEL A. ETTLESON. brilliant, popular and hard working Co- who has been named by Mayor Thor- traction commission to secure five this city and to establish the "Peop- les,' who contributed one thousand Republican Harmony banquet, which The able, brilliant, popular and hard working Corporation Counsel of Chicago, who has been named by Mayor Thompson one of the members of the traction commission to secure five cent car fare for the people of this city and to establish the "People's Ownership of the traction lines," who contributed one thousand dollars for the Second Ward Republican Harmony banquet, which was held at the Royal Gardens. HON. MARTIN B. MADDEN. Congress from the 1st Congress will be returned to the lower house he slightest opposition to his re-elected Member of Congress from the 1st Congressional District of Illinois, who will be returned to the lower house of Congress in 1920, without the slightest opposition to his re-election. THE BROAD AX Published Every Saturday In this city since July 15th, 1899 without missing one single issue. Republicans, Democrats, Catholics, Protestants, Single Taxers, Priests, infidels or anyone else can have their say as long as their language is proper and responsibility is fixed. The Broad Ax is a newspaper whose platform is broad enough for all, ever claiming the editorial right to speak its own mind. Local communications will receive attention. Write only on one side of the paper. Subscriptions must be paid in advance. Advertising rates made known on ap- plication. Address all communications to THE BROAD AX 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. December 13, 1919. No. 13 Entered as Second-Class Matter, Aug. 19, 1902, at the Post Office at Chicago, Ill. Under Act of March 3, 1879. CHILDREN'S BUREAU, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR, Washington. How hundreds of communities throughout the country have organized against child labor and illiteracy is told in a bulletin "Every Child in School" just issued by the Children's Bureau of the U. S. Department of Labor. This bulletin describes the methods and results of the "Back-to-School" and "Stay-in-School" campaigns carried on last year by 44 states and the District of Columbia under the auspices of the Children's Bureau and the Council of National Defense. A large proportion of these States have continued their efforts to stamp out child labor because they have become "aware of the waste of early employment and are recognizing the fact that many children begin their working lives with only a scant educational equipment and before they have a chance to develop physically." As a result school time has been prolonged in many communities for boys and girls who might otherwise have had their education cut short. The Back-to-School and Stay-in School campaigns have shown that in many places school attendance and child labor laws are not enforced. Many children were found to be working in violation of the statutes of their States, and many children of school age were in factories because there was not a sufficient number of attendance officers and factory inspectors to keep them in school and out of industry. In one state it was found that 10,895 children did not go to school, at all last year. In a single district an inspector reported 1,700 children as not having had a day of schooling. In many rural districts the children attend school only about half the time, and the hours for rural schools are very short. It is conditions such has these, the bulletin points out, that make the United States eighth instead of first on the list of civilized countries with regard to the proportion of literacy among its citizens. One out of every ten adults living in cities in the United States can not read or write; one out of every five country adults is illiterate—and the States in which there is a high percentage of illiteracy are the States in which there is a high percentage of rural child labor. There are no laws that prohibit the employment of children in agriculture, and three-fourths of all working children work on farms The million or more children who leave school each year to go to work are not all forced into work by poverty. Many of them go to work because they do not realize the advantages of education or because the schools are not interesting enough to hold them or sometimes because there are not any schools to go to. In one state the committee in charge of the Back-to-School campaign found that there was a serious shortage of schools in towns and cities. It was estimated that if all the children who should be in school were there, forty per cent of them would have to stand. Some localities have reported schools closed for lack of teachers, and it is reported from all over the country that teachers are leaving school for better paid work. Several States have met this situation during the past year by securing legislation establishing a minimum of $1,000 to $1,200 for teachers, but school teachers in many parts of the country are still receiving as little as $40 a month. But legislation for compulsory school attendance or for higher salaries is not a complete remedy, says the bulletin. Schools must be made "so plainly attractive that boys and girls will want [Name] ALDERMAN ROBERT R. JACKSON. One of the high priests of the Republican party on the South Side who has always been in favor of harmony who will be re-elected to the City Council from the Second Ward in 1920, without the slightest opposition. to attend. The results of the Back-to-School drive indicate that the majority of children leave school because they are not interested and that the school fails to provide the training which meets their needs. If we are to keep children from going to work too early in life we must provide a schooling which holds their interest, satisfies their need, and gives them a sound foundation on which to build their industrial life when the proper time comes for them to enter industry." FOURTEENTH DECENNIAL CENSUS OF THE UNITED STATES. By the President of the United States of America. A PROCLAMATION. Whereas, by Act of Congress approved March 3, 1919, the Fourteenth Deneennial Census of the United States is to be taken beginning on the second day of January, 1920; and 8th REGIMENT NOTES There has been a general shake up in the commissioned personnel of the regiment during the past week. Captains James H. Smith and Lilburn Jackson have been relieved from command of Company C and the Machine Gun Company, respectively, and eighteen fromer Lieutenants have been dropped from the rolls of the regiment, all on account of not being able to actively assist in the recruiting and reorganization. This process of elimination will continue until the roster of the regiment contains only those who have the spare time and will devote that spare time to the work at hand and the future work scheduled. On account of these eliminations, it is expected that within the next week, there will be several vacancies to be filled. These vacancies will be filled from among the enlisted personnel of the regiment after due examination embracing their mental, moral and physical fitness. Examinations will be held in January and any member of the regiment is eligible regardless of his length of service or whether or not he is acquainted with anyone in the regiment The regimental Basket Ball Team was swamped by the Y. M. C. A. Team on Thanksgiving Day to the tune of 40 to 13. This defeat instead of discouraging the team, has caused them to work harder in an effort to develop "team work." The individual players are all stars and with a little more practice will be able to cope with any team in the city. It is expected that the Indoor Baseball Team League will begin their schedule in the near future. The Indoor Tennis Court is ready for use, and with the Basket Ball Games or Indoor Baseball Games going on at the armory, each Tuesday and Wednesday night, the public is beginning to take an interest in these games. There is no admission fee charged and all lovers of these games are cordially invited to drop in and see them. The First Annual Ball of the George L. Giles Post of the American Legion was given at the Armory last Monday night and it was very pleasing to see so many society belles in attendance. This affair promises to be an annual society "fixure." The Annual Military Ball given by the 8th Regiment on New Year's night, will be postponed on account of drastic orders having been received concerning the consumption of coal. A copy of the Policy of the 8th Regiment has been sent out to various organizations and they have, with few exceptions, declared themselves 8th Regiment Auxiliaries. The regiment needs athletes of all descriptions, as it is contemplated putting the Old Eighth "on the map" in the athletic world. We expect to contest in every big Athletic Meet held anywhere in the country, either professional or amateur. Our instructors in our various athletic sports will be specialists. Efforts are being made to enlist Sam Langford, to take charge of regimental boxing instruction. JOHN H. PATTON, Lt. Col. the Republican party on the South r of harmony who will be re-elected second Ward in 1920, without the FOURTEENTH DECENNIAL CENSUS OF THE UNITED STATES By the President of the United States of America A PROCLAMATION Whereas, by Act of Congress approved March 3, 1919, the Fourteenth Dencential Census of the United States is to be taken beginning on the second day of January, 1920; and Whereas, a correct enumeration of the population every ten years is required by the Constitution of the United States for the purpose of determining the representation of the several States in the House of Representatives; and Whereas, it is of the utmost importance to the interests of all the people of the United States that this Census should be a complete and accurate report of the population and resources of the Nation: Now, therefore, I, Woodrow Wilson, President of the United States of America, do hereby declare and make known that, under the law aforesaid, it is the duty of every person to answer all questions on the census schedules applying to him and the family to which he belongs, and to the farm occupied by him or his family, and that any person refusing to do so is subject to penalty. The sole purpose of the census is to secure general statistical information regarding the population and resources of the country and replies are required from individuals only to permit the compilation of such general statistics. No person can be harmed in any way by furnishing the information required. The Census has nothing to do with taxation, with military or jury service, with the compulsion of school attendance, with the regulation of immigration or with the enforcement of any national, state or local law or ordinance. There need be no fear that any disclosure will be made regarding any individual person or his affairs. For the due protection of the rights and interests of the persons furnishing information every employee of the Census Bureau is prohibited, under heavy penalty, from disclosing any information which may thus come to his knowledge. I therefore earnestly urge upon all pensions to answer promptly, completely and accurately all inquiries addressed to them by the enumerators or other employees of the Census Bureau and thereby contribute their share toward making this great and necessary public undertaking a success. In Witness Whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed. Done in the District of Columbia this tenth day of November, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and nineteen, and of the independence of the United States the one hundred and forty-forth. MAKES GOOD OFFICER. Mrs. Sarah Stratton, who has been a very well known person in the circles of the S. M. T. Society, was re-elected the Worthy Princess of the Gates Ajar Temple No. 33, S. M. T. at Bailey's Hall, 3638 So. State street, last Wednesday evening. Mrs. Anna Vinson who for some time had been a resident at 3846 So. Dearborn street, has moved to 4856 Langley avenue. THE BROAD AX, CHICAGO, DECEMBER 13, 1919 WOODROW WILSON THE SOCIAL DOINGS AMONG THE AFRO-AMERICANS IN NEW YORK CITY. News Letter Furnished by the Newspaper Service Bureau, 305 Broadway, New York. The sensation of the week among New York's colored population was the $50,000.00 suit brouft by Counsellor Louis A. Leavelle against Judge Joseph E. Schwab of the City Magistrates' Bench. On Sunday mornings December the 1st, attorney Leavelle was counsel in the Harlem Court for Louis Spencer, also colored, who was charged with disorderly conduct by Jacob Robin, white, of 79 East 130th street. During the trial Leavelle objected to the presence of several witnesses inside the courtroom and according to reports asked them to step outside. This did not meet with the approval of Judge Schwab and an argument between the court and the attorney ensued. Spencer, Leavelle's client, was discharged with a suspended sentence but the magistrate ordered Counsellor Leavelle arreste. After a hearing Judge Schwab adjudged the lawyer guilty of contempt of court and fined him five dollars with the alternative of spending three days in jail. The fine was paid under protest and a few days later Leavelle served both Judge Schwab and court attendant McCoy who made the actual arrest with papers in a suit for $50,000.00 damages for alleged malicious prosecution. Judge Schwab has recently been criticised in the New York News for the alleged using the obnoxious word "Darkey" in court, Mr. Leavelle is a lawyer of prominence in New York having been a member of the Equity Congress and up to recently a partner in the firm of Leavelle, Wheaton and Marshall. He has been active in many of the movements for the uplift of colored people. G. W. Allen, the prominent literary man, of 258 West 131st street, had as his guests last Thursday Reverend H. A. Rogers of Richmond, Va., a former chaplain in the U. S. Army, Leonard Wallace of New York University, and, Prof, and Mrs. D. W. Edmonds of Howard University. The N. A. A. C. P. held a monster mass meeting at Salem Lyecem last Thursday evening. Reverend George Frazier-Miller of Brooklyn was the principal speaker. He spoke to a crowded house on the status of the men condemned in Arkansas and was well received. A melodrama "The Last Loaf" was given at Mt. Olivet Baptist Church Thursday, December the 11th, under the auspices of Club No. 2. It dealt with the theme of the working girl who attempts to help her family. Other numbers were a vocal solo by Miss Mary McGruder, a reading by Miss Elsie Horse, and a piano solo by Miss Romaine Strickland. Reverend Robert E. Jones of New Orleans, editor of the Southwestern Christian Advocate, was the guest of and addressed St. Mark's Church last Sunday morning. He spoke on "Love." Joseph Hayes, colored, of 8 West 137th street, was sentenced to an indefinite period in the penitentiary by the Court of Special Sessions. Hayes was charged with the larcency of five silk camisoles from the N. Y. Waist Co., Inc., of 122 West 125th street. He had been a porter in their store. He pleaded not guilty and termed the charges a "frame up." He did not succeed in convincing the court however and was found guilty and sentenced. ```markdown ``` [Name] HON. EDWARD D. GREEN. One of the shining lights among the Republic Ward, who read the letters of regret from Hon. B Hon. Charles Krutckoff and from Rev. A. J. Care inability to attend the Harmony banquet at the One of the shining lights among the Republicans of the Second Ward, who read the letters of regret from Hon. Martin B. Madden, Hon. Charles Krutckoff and from Rev. A. J. Carey regretting their inability to attend the Harmony banquet at the Royal Gardens. The St. Christopher A. C. opened its basketball season on December the 4th at Manhattan Casino before a crowd of at least two thousand people. The St. C's had as their opponents the former Carlton Y. M. C. A. boys now known as the Brooklyn A. C. The St C red and black "machine" was the victor by the score of 45 to 23. The St. C's on December the 10th play their second game against the Brooklyn Fan Tans at St. Mark's Hall. Sunday, December the 7th was Boys Day at the Y. M. C. A. Dr. E. P. Roberts who had just returned from Detroit spoke of his success there in behalf of the association. Dr. Gustavus P. Henderson however was the orator of the day. His topic was "The Boys." Both speakers were well received. Dr. Henderson is an active member of the Y. M. C. A. and holds the "Y" bowling record of 1919 in a single game. The F. B. S. Whist Club (Few But Select) commenced its winter tournament last Wednesday evening at the home of Clinton Holloway, 196 West 134th street. The club is made up of the select set of more or less newly-weds and it appears as if they are destined to have quite a successful season. The three prizes to be awarded contestants have an aggregate value of over $125.00. Mme. Lula Robinson Jones, the contralto, gave a successful recital before the colored students of Princeton University on December 3rd in the village of Princeton, N. J. Many of the white students were present and commented favorably on the ability of the colored singer. The Calvary M. E. Church at 129th street and Seventh avenue which has been reported several times as sold to the colored congregation at St. Mark's M. E. Church has issued a statement denying that it intends to sell to the colored people although the spread of the Negro district had made heavy inroads into the Calvary congregation. The Carnation Pleasure Circle, Inc. has announced that its annual Christmas Dance will be held this year at the Harlem Casino. Colonel Charles Young, the highest ranking officer in the U. S. Army will address St. Mark's Lyceum Sunday December the 14th at 4:00 p. m. It will be his last New York appearance before leaving for his mission in Liberia. The Misses Ruby Jones and Ruth Demery have returned from Philadelphia. They went there to study methods of teaching as both expect to teach here soon. During their stay there they witnessed the Thanksgiving tie game between Lincoln and Howard Universities at Shibe Park. The Cef Club gave at Carnegie Hall last Thursday a testimonial and memorial concert for the late Lt. James Reese Europe, the founder of the organization and world famous jazz artist. Many beautiful tributes were given and some of the favorite selections of the departed leader were played. Standing room in the hall was at a premium. Julius Green, A. Duncan and Richard Warner have been chosen the committee for raising of the funds to estab- ```markdown ``` ing the Republicans of the Second pet from Hon. Martin B. Madderi, Rev. A. J. Carey regretting their banquet at the Royal Gardens. . . . [Name] COL. EDWARD H. WRIGHT. Assistant Corporation Counsel of Chicago and the next Republican Committeeman from the Second Ward. lish the colored bank in Harlem. Hubert Harrison the well known speaker and lecturer has been placed in charge of publicity. the last election for the office of assem blyman, 21st A. D. He failed to be elected. Leo Johnson and Eddie Dorsey, the colored light-weightes, have agreed to entertain the boys of the Y. M. C. A. on one night during Christmas week. Dorsey lives at the Y. M. C. A. and is an exceedingly popular member thereof. He is a clean liver and a decidedly moral young man. He has trained at the “Y” exclusively of late and pronounces the facilities for the development of the body that the “Y” has installed in the gym as second to none in the country. Dorsey fights Battling Carter at Cumberland, Md., on December 14 and engages the famous white boxer, Frankie Callahan, in Canada four days later. The program at Mt. Olivet B. Y. P. U. on Sunday, December 7, were in charge of the State Department of Labor. Hon. F. Q. Morton, the Negro assistant district attorney of New York was the principal speaker. In the rally just closed Mother Zion A. M. E. Church raised the sum of $10,217. Last Sunday at St. Mark's Lyceum the speaker of the day was Miss Margaret L. Smith the first woman ever elected to the New York Assembly or the Republican ticket. Her district has in it a large number of colored people and she renewed her pre-election promises to serve them well Other numbers were Harold E. Simmelkjaer, elocutionist, Stanley Harding, violin, and Mrs. Adams, vocal solo A. Philip Randolph and Chandler Owen, editors of the "Messenger" and the only colored instructors on Scott Nearing's staff at the Rand School of Social Science, have announced that they will speak at People's Baptist Church, Boston, December 15, on "The New Emancipation." * * * George Maackey of 6 W. 99th street, a colored man who had seen World War service with the British forces, was held in $1,000 bail on a charge of robbery before Judge Marsh in the Heights Court. The complainant was Harold Harrison who claimed that Mackey had robbed two dollars out of Harrison's wallet in the courtyard of 2164 Seventh avenue. Rev. Newell Dwight Hillis, Porter Emerson Browne, Edwin Markham and others will address the Circle for Negro Relief at famous Plymouth Church, Brooklyn, Sunday evening, December 14. Plymouth is the former charge of the late Henry Ward Beecher. Mrs. Douglas Robinson will preside. The 15th Infantry Band, Lt. Fred. Simpson, leader, gave a concert and dance last Thursday evening at Labor Lyeum, Brooklyn. Mme. Marie Barrier Houston was the soloist of the occasion. A large number of people was present. Another large apartment house in Harlem has been taken over by colored interests. The Roach Realty Co., colored, has purchased the Smithsonian at the southeast corner of Lenox avenue and 129th street. J. Frank Wheaton, Past Grand Ruler of the Colored Elks, and a prominent attorney of New York, is confined to his home suffering from an attack of appendicitis. Mr. Wheaton was the nominee on the Democratic ticket in . . . the last election for the office of assemblyman, 21st A. D. He failed to be elected. Miss Jeannette Triplett, special student secretary of the nation. C. A. organization, and, Miss Ellen Eisenmore of the Blue Triangle Center, Fort Worth, Texas, were the speakers at the Colored Women's Y. W. C. A. last Sunday afternoon. The Tri-City Social Club of Brooklyn gave a well attended dance and moonlight carnival at Saengerbund Hall last Tuesday. Robert E. Carrington of the State Dept. of Elections and Chester A. Gardeen the popular colored employee of J. P. Morgan & Co. were the ones who contributed most to the success of the affair. For the benefit of the Junior Red Cross the little boys and girls of P. S. 5, 140th street and Edgecomb avenue last Wednesday rendered the cute little playlet "Jack and the Beanstalk." It was a big day for the little ones and their proud parents and all who saw the little loved ones in their histrionic effort. All were stars that are destined to twinkle some day. MARVELOUS MESSAGES FROM THE OLD TESTAMENT IN THE LIGHT OF MODERN DAY EVENTS. Big Illustrated Sermon Sunday Night At Quinn Chapel. By Dr. H. E. Stewart These views are from a painting of an English Artist who painted them on the ground where the incident took place. This is much better than a movie, for you will be taken to Palestine the land of Sacred memory. The Church is warm. The welcome cordial. The Pastor has had years experience as a preacher and will give you something worth while. Sunday Dec. 21, Baptismal services at 10:45 a.m. and at night the second Illustrated sermon. The Choir is preparing a sacred cantata entitled "The Message from the Star" to be rendered Sunday night Dec. 28th. 50 voices will be heat in this wonderful message for the Christ's tide. Dr. H. E. Stewart will deliver the second annual message to the people of Chicago Christmas morning at the o'clock, the church doors will be open at 4 a. m. and the services will not later than 7 a. m. at which the breakfast will be served in the lecture room. The choir and all officers will be their places at the early morning room. NEW CHURCHES FOR COLORED CATHOLICS IN WASHINGTON Plans have been adopted by the sephite Fathers, one of the most widely-known missionary bodies of the Catholic Church, to establish a branch of their organization, and will at once arrange for the erection of two new churches for Colored Catholics, who have been growing more and more numerous in recent years, and more and more restive under certain restrictions that have been placed upon them in the reserved quarters provided for them in the churches of their faith conducted by the white people. One of the churches is to be erected near New Jersey and Florida avenues northwest. --- . . . [Name] HON. OSCAR DE PRIEST. President of the People's Movement of the Second Ward, who is in favor of Republican harmony with a big H, and who will be elected one of the delegates to the Republican National Convention from the 1st Congressional District of Illinois. BY LIEUT. J. WILLIAMS CLIFFORD Special Representative, COLORED SOLDIERS' AND SAIL ORS' INSURANCE. War Risk Bureau, Washington, D. C. Yesterday when the destructive forces of civilization were more intensely active than the constructive, we logically thought in terms of war. But, to day, as the smoke of battle fades and the constructive forces again come into their own, we find the Nation giving birth to institutions and ideas in keeping with the reconstructive tendencies of the hour. The fact that our ship of state is drifting back to the shores of normality so well and rapidly, indicates that we are pursuing a better course than nations usually follow, after they have been tossed about by the angry waves of war. Uncle Sam realizes the need of some permanent institution to protect the interests of the men who protected him, and today, the Bureau of War Risk Insurance stands out conscientiously as that institution. It is safe to say the Bureau has not only justified its establishment, but it is justifying its continued existence. During the time when the flower of our nation was called to the colors, it was Government Insurance that gave to every commissioned officer and enlisted man greater protection for themselves and their dependents, and strengthened their courage as they went forth to battle. Thus, it is seen that war put the Government into the life insurance business. It rightly assumed the war risk to which its soldiers exposed themselves in defense of the country. In proper discharge of that obligation it decided not to cancel the special relationship that the war set up. The machinery of Government Insurance now is running smoothly, and, as a means of rewarding valient service rendered, Uncle Sam is allowing his war veterans to continue their Government insurance. This insurance is offered at less than it cests the Government to run the business. All deficiencies are met out of the funds in the Treasury of the United States. Nearly $40,000,000,000 worth of War Risk Insurance was carried by the 4,539,048 service men during the war. This is a greater amount than the combined insurance written by all insurance companies in this country. Approximately $2,500,000,000 worth of this insurance was carried by the 402,387 colored service men who answered the Nation's call to arms. Thousands of colored soldiers who little dreamed of being protected by insurance before the war, proudly made application for $10,000 of War Risk Insurance. That same protection is as necessary in time of peace, as it was in time of war. Life is always uncertain, and we should always be prepared to protect our dependents as best we can. Regrettable as it may seem, a large per cent of our colored soldiers and sailors who again are in civilian life are allowing their War Risk Insurance policies to lape. Since practically all of the beneficiaries are within the race, think what it will mean to our economic development, if a considerable amount of this insurance is saved. Government Insurance should be especially attractive to colored soldiers and sailors. It is a known fact, that ordinarily life insurance companies contend that the mortality rate among Negroes is higher than among white people; and for this reason, many refuse to insure colored persons, and those who do insure us charge higher rates than they do for whites. This fact should en courage former service men to hold on to their Government Insurance. When we speak of the advantages of Government Insurance we are not criticising the private companies, especially those of the race. They are offering the best policies they can, under the law, at as reasonable rates as possible. Here are some facts concerning Government Insurance which every former service man should know and consider. By virtue of a recent ruling made by Secretary Glass of the U. S. Treasury, lapsed policies may be reinstated without paying back premiums covering the period of lapsation. It is only necessary to pay the premiums for the first month in which the policy lapsed and for the month in which application is made for reinstatement. If the policy-holder is unable to keep the full amount of the War Risk Insurance he carried while in the service, he may reinstate any part of it from $1,000 up to $10,000 in multiples of $500. Reductions may be made in multiples of $500 to any amount, but not less than $1,000. The ordinary "term" insurance, that was carried by our service men during the war, may be carried at the same rate five years after the signing of Peace. At any time before the expiration of five years, this war term insurance may be converted into one of the following: (1.) Ordinary Life, (2.) Twenty-payment Life, (3.) Thirty-payment Life, (4.) Twenty-year Endowment, (5.) Thirty-year Endowment, (6.) Endowment maturing at age 62. The converted policies are from $10,000 to $12,000 cheaper a year on each $1,000 worth of insurance than policies offered by private companies, and no physical or medical examination is necessary for the conversion of policies. This is an important thing, because many of the ex-service men could not pass a rigid physical examination today. Government Insurance Policies contain a liberal disability clause. When the insured becomes totally and permanently disabled, either by accident or by natural illness, he does not have to pay any more permiums, and the Government pays him the full monthly sum called for by his policy every month, no matter how long he may live. Furthermore, on enclosed by the Government may engage in any occupation, no mater how hazardous, or may travel anywhere without affecting his insurance, providing he continues the payment of his premiums. Government insurance is non-taxable and non-assignable. It is protected from the claims of creditors. Moreover, neither the insured nor the beneficiary can ever pawn a Government Insurance policy and thereby lose the fruits of honest and noblo secriffice. The Government has incorporated into every insurance policy issued, guaranteed values which are full reserves without any deductions, the same to take effect after the policy has been in force one year. Cash surrender values and cash loan values, which have been provided, together with other usual features contained in the policies issued by life insurance companies, help to make these Government policies of the highest value to the insured. Another feature of Government life insurance is the provisions for monthly installments to the beneficiaries, instead of the payment in a lump sum. This has been criticised by those who have not given it the porper consideration, but it is really one of the most important advantages of Government Insurance. Statistics show that of the proceeds of all insurance policies, more THE BROAD AX. CHICAGO. DECEMBER 13. 1919 than 65 per cent is lost within six years after payment. Income insurance undoubtedly is the best kind for the beneficiaries of our Colored service men, who, for the most part, are unacustomed to handling large sums of money. Many would lose them money altogether by spending it foolishly, by unwise investments, or in other ways. However, this feature will in all probability, be changed very soon, in order to give the insured a chance to choose between the lump sum and the installment plan of payment. The opportunity which is now offered service men to continue their Government insurance, is one that no soldier can afford to overlook. It is a rare opportunity and any good insurance man will admit it. Should you meet courageingly concerning Government In an insurance agent who speaks dissurrence, you may be sure that he is either uninformed, or has a personal or selfish interest which he is hoping to serve. There are more than 50,000 insurance agents enrolled as boosters of Uncle Sam's Insurance. It is indeed interesting to note the number of inquiries that are pouring into this office from women and children of the race who have been reached by our campaign of contact and who have some relative or loved one whose Government insurance policy they are anxious to save. In the far Southland, whence a very considerable number of our colored troops came, we know of a family that gave their bread-earners to Uncle Sam, all of whom went upon that journey from no mortal returns and are now closed in behind those gates from which no mortal ever escaped. Two of those three sons died in battle; they each carried $10,000 of Government Insurance which now pays their beneficiaries $115.00 every month. The third son returned from war unscarred and healthy. He returned to civil life and allowed his Government insurance to lapse and, in all probability, would have lost his claim to this valuable protection had it not been for the women folk of the family who learned, by reading the papers that Uncle Sam was allowing his service men to reclaim their Government Insurance policies. Immediately, the mother and sisters began to urge the returned soldier of the family to have his war policy reinstated. The young man had only been reinstated two months when he was thrown from a horse and killed. Sad as it may be that all three erstwhile bread earners of this family are gone, under present conditions their dependents are receiving $172.50 each month by virtue of the Government insurance that they prudently carried. This is a concrete illustration of the material advantage that Government insurance offers. Let this become a lesson to all wives, sweethearts and other loved ones of our ex-service men. Get busy at once and urge HIM to save his Government Insurance. Finally, it is hoped that in years to come, the War Risk Policy will be a safeguard to the home of every colored war veteran in America, just as it was a means of sustaining the civic fabric and morale of our colored citizens while their representatives helped safeguard the honor and the integrity of the nation, and just as it is a safeguard to the home of the family spoken of above, which would otherwise be in destitute circumstances. WHITE PEOPLE ARE STRANGE HUMAN BEINGS We cannot hope to settle all our difficulties in matters of proper housing just by finding faults with the white people whose resident district has been invaded so recently by hundreds of our race who have children to raise and who wish nice homes and agreeable surroundings. White people are indeed strange human beings. They will tolerate a white saloon neighbor and almost respect his family. They will even allow prostitutes to flock all over their residential district, gambling clubs, cabarets, even the hold up man, the porch climber, the auto thieves, anything and everything it seems if their face is white. Of course they do not know that the average colored man and woman or colored family is superior to them in education, refinement and incidentally the last word in culture, occasionally very wealthy. They do not know our boys and girls are sent to the very best colleges and universities and that some go to Europe for the study of music, art, and medicine. They have that low contemptable idea of colored people because they see only the crude individuals of the race, and do not come into social relation with our really fit men and women. Foolish indeed it is for them to think us all alike. We do not think they are all alike. This is what makes a situation anomalous. This is what causes us to feel that white folks are strange human beings. CREATING INTEREST. The City Federation of Clubs, of which Mrs. Irene Goins is President, are putting forth their best efforts and pushing matters so that they may during their term of office do something tangible and some one thing well. Mr. A. Verden of Lake Forest, Ill, spent some little time in our city last week. GOOD AIR IN THE HOME In order to have good living conditions in your home some way must be devised to let bad air out and good air in. And, of course, this should be done without producing discomfort in the way of chilling draughts or a temperature below 68° Fahrenheit. The maintenance of a comfortable indoor temperature is inseparably neglected with the problem of obtaining a continuous supply of good air. During the farm season of the year there is no lack of fresh air in our homes, for ooth as a matter of comfort and health doors and windows are almost constantly open and the supply of good, fresh air is always present in abundance. But when the weather turns cold, it sets up conditions which cause us to close windows and doors and thus we shut out or eut off our supply of this life giving and health promoting agency. The problem then is to devise some simple, practical way by which our indoor supply of fresh, outside air can be easily obtained and without causing discomfort and without increasing our fuel bills. This can be done in the average home by the intelligent manipulation and use of the windows. * * * In the first place it should be kept in mind that it is not necessary to have a torrent of cold, outside air rushing into your rooms in order that you may have adequate ventilation. In other words, by a proper use of the windows the air in your living rooms can be kept fresh and yet admitted in a small but constant flow. Also when either the upper or lower sash in a window is raised or lowered, it serves to provide an additional inlet for fresh air at or near the center of the window. Take for example, a window three feet in width and located on the windward side or end of the room. If there is little wind, the outdoor temperature say halfway between freezing and zero, the lower sash may be raised one inch. This will mean 36 square inches of an opening for the admission of a steady flow of fresh air. If the wind velocity is high, raise the lower sash one-half an inch and you will have an aperture of 18 square inches. Now you have provided a way for the fresh air to get in. The next thing is to get the bad air out. This is easily accomplished by lowering the top sash of a window on the opposite or leeward side of the room, which at once sets up a circulation of air. Heated or expired air at the top of the room will pass out. If you smoke in your home, step into the center of the room and blow a few puffs from your cigar upwards and watch the results. You will soon dis cover that the air is in motion and is carrying the smoke from your cigar along with other impurities over the top sash of your open window and into the big outdoors where nature's chemical forces will soon make it fit for breathing purposes. It also should be noted that in connection with properly handled window ventilation, a deflecting board placed on the window sill adds greatly to its efficient and satisfactory operation. A board of this kind can be made of % inch material and, if desired, stained to match the window trim. It should be about eight inches in height or width, the width of the window in length, and held in place by cleated grooves at each end. A device of this kind, which is easily made and installed, will prevent direct drafts by deflecting the air as it flows in upward and outward into the room and at about the breathing level. Fresh air and sunshine are better for your health than bottled tonics bought at the corner drug stores. ```markdown ``` [Name] HON. S. A. T. WATKINS. ...Re-elected President of the Appomattox Club who has proven himself to be the most popular, and progressive President that the Club has ever ...Re-elected President of the Appomattox Club for the third time, who has proven himself to be the most popular, the most up-to-date and progressive President that the Club has ever had. . . . . . . SUNSHINE RESCUE MISSION 2830 S. State Street, H Franklin Bray, D. D. Supt. SERVICES EVERY NIGHT IN THE YEAR. After more than five weeks of revival campaign in Springfield the Superintendent returned to the city Wednesday reporting a great victory in soul winning. Three hundred and sixty-one persons accepted Jesus Christ as their personal savior and more than TWO THOUSAND dollars was contributed to pay the expense of the revival. Dr. Bray will conduct a children's meeting at the Mission at 2 o'clock Sunday and preach at 8 o'clock. Elaborate preparations are being made to see that all the children and aged have a deal of Christmas cheer in presents and dinners who otherwise would be neglected. Any persons desiring to have a part in making some lonely and sad heart glad this Christmas can send money or presents to the Rescue Mission or callphones Oakland 1597 or Coliseum 8748 and the workers will call for whatever you may have to give. Brother C. C. Briscoe, Assistant Supt is on the sick list and because of his rugged usefulness and faithfulness we are called upon the righteous to pray for his speedy recovery. Mrs. Milton, formerly Mrs. Scott is still in charge of the library reading rooms where the best books and magazines can be found and a warm fire provided while you read; all free of any charge. The Mission is GOD'S LIGHT HOUSE on State street. CONFERENCE SCHOOL OF COMMUNITY WORKERS A conference of Community Service Workers was held in this city December 8th, 9th and 10th. There were over one hundred workers in the Conference, over thirty of whom were colored. Many of the delegates came from as far east as Philadelphia and as far west as Omaha. The Community Service, which has come to be an outgrowth of War Camp Community Service activities. This school was conducted by Mr. J. E. Rogers, who held joint sessions of both white and colored workers at the Morrison Hotel. Special sessions for the colored workers were held at the South Side Soldiers and Sailors Club, and these sessions were conducted by the National Field Representatives in Colored Work in Community Service, Mr. E. T. Attwell. Reports from the several workers as were presented in the round table discussions proved to be very encouraging, and the fact that Community Service in various localities will include an active program affecting the colored people, seems to be assured. A similar conference school was held the first of the month at Atlanta covering the south-eastern states, and this school included the states of: Illinois, Michigan, Nebraska, Kansas, Missouri, Kentucky, and Ohio. Delegates were accommodated at Hotel Vineennes, and the noon luncheon on Monday and Tuesday was served at Hotel Idlewild. INVITED GUEST PRESENT The Waitress' Club, of which Mrs. E. C. Cooper is president, met at her residence, 5214 So. State street, Friday, Dec. 5th, 1919. Mrs. Irene Goins, President of the City Federation of Clubs was present, also M. T. Bailey, Mgr. Bailey Press Bureau. Officers were elected and installed by Mrs. Irene Goins. The new officers elected are: Mrs. E. C. Cooper, President; Mrs. E. Parks, Vice Pres.; Mrs. S. Turner, Rec. See'y.; Mrs. C Johnson, Corresp. See'y; and Mrs. L. Gibons, Treas. A number of new members were made, and all are pleased with the wonderful progress the club is making. ```markdown ``` opomattox Club for the third time, most popular, the most up-to-date Club has ever had. [Name not visible] HON. LOUIS B. ANDERSON. One of the best, most valu City Council. He has in the p serving on many of the most imp he is the greatest harmonizer in One of the best, most valuable and popular members of the City Council. He has in the past and at the present time been serving on many of the most important committees of that body and he is the greatest harmonizer in the Second Ward. ST MARKS LYCEUM. Recently the St. Marks Lyceum has been addressed by two very able gentlemen. Atty. E. J. Marshall and Dr. Spencer C. Dickerson, one about the "determining forces within ourselves and the silver lining," by the versatile attorney. The other a recapitulation of the great war coming down to the war in France in which American Negro soldiers played a noble and heroic part by the learned scholar and physician. These addresses to our group were indeed timely and to say the very least very forcible and eloquent. The Lyceum was crowded, and most respectful attention was given the speakers. Both delivered their addresses to the point and without notes. Those who failed to come or came late missed a rare treat. Recently the musical program has been replete with interesting numbers. Mr. T. Theodore Taylor gave the Lyceum his interpretation of Deep River, and other soul reviving melcdy, and, Mrs. Martha B. Anderson, and Miss Estella C. Bonds favored us with several numbers both in song and music. St. Marks Lyceum alternates with Grace Lyceum and if you wish to be apprised of the progress the younger people are making don't fail to go to St. Marks Lyceum. A WORD FOR THE DEAD. By Dr. M. A. Majors Chicago has recently been shocked by the death of Hon. Geo. W. Ellis, who was Asst. Corporation Counsel of the present administration, and Mr. Beaureguard Moseley an attorney and politician, more recently the owner of Idlewild Hotel, and frequently spoken of as Mayor of Idlewild, Michigan, where he had considerable property. Mr. Ellis was a writer and author of two or three books, and a member of the World's Geographical Society and noted as a traveler and for being one of the very few Negroes written up in "Who is Who?" The two lawyers died less than a week a part. The writer has heard the two men speak from the same platform on the same occasion. Both of these leaders were ambitious along separate lines. Mr. Ellis was distinguished for eloquence and scholarship. He loved history and strange peoples and it was his delight to study them in their native haunts. Mr. Moseley was a business spirit. He was frugal, earnest and acquisitive. Had he lived no doubt he would have become a rich man for he was aiming in that direction. THE ODD FELLOWS CHRISTMAS BALL. Christmas Reception and Dance, Thursday night, Dec. 25. Unity Club, 3140 Indiana avenue. Elgar and Elgar's Orchestra, tickets including wardrobe 50e, given by Chicago Patriarchy, Odd Fellows. Adv. table and popular members of the east and at the present time been ortant committees of that body and the Second Ward. BETHEL LITERARY SOCIETY Bethel Literary was largely attended last Monday evening and an excellent program was presented. The subject debated was Resolved: That The U. S. Should Become a Member of the League of Nations with the Covenant, was ably discussed pro and con and the speakers were loudly applauded. Hon. Geo. H. Jackson and J. T. Woods represented the affirmatives and Hon. R. J. Lucas and Hon. Warren Douglas the negative. Judges: Atty. Alva L. Bates, Hon. S. B. Turner and Mrs. Helen Mayo, of Benton Harbor. The Judges decided in favor of the negative and the audience showed their approval by applause. Mrs. Mae E. Motley read an interesting paper and Mrs. R. A. Jackson gave an intelligent review of the meeting. On next Monday evening at 8 o'clock Atty. Albert George will speak, subject: "Unrest and Progress" and Dr. Chas. E. Bentley will deliver a short address. Everybody welcome, good music, admission free. Sandy W. Trice, Press, J. W. Bell, See'y, and Rev. W. D. Cook, D. D. Pastor. WILL TURN OVER CHEAP M. T. Bailey, Pres. the Bailey Realty Co., 3638 So. State street, has on sale an estate which he is closing out at a sairife, which is a two flat brick house, stove heated, consisting of 5 and 6 rooms to an apartment. You must see him at once if you desire to get this property or else loose may a chance of your life time. Members of the Race are buying almost daily lots in Morgan Park and making arrangements for the building of their homes with the beginning of spring. Have you started yet? If not, get in line. WATCH JAW OPENING During the holidays, the United Civil League of which Hon. Warren B. Douglas is Chairman, will discontinue their meetings until the later part of Jan. 1920, at which time they will open again and hold their meetings at Johnson's Hall, 3518 So. State street. ANNUAL EXERCISES Sunday Evening, Nov. 30th, 1919 at Grant's Memorial A. M. E. Church, the Pastor, Rev. T. L. Scott delivered a wonderful anniversary sermon to Leona Council No. 109 Ancient United Knights and Daughters of Africa, of which Mrs. Leona Dixon is the M. E. ALL INVITED. All Virginians and members of the Virginia Society are invited to attend a meeting of the installation of officers of the Virginia Society, Wednesday evening Dec. 17th, 1919 at Bailey's Hall, 3638 So. State street. Each one is invited to attend and make this one of the largest meetings of the season. R. W. Hunter & Company, Bankers CHICAGO With whom do you do your Banking? Colored American Citizens, there is a great difference between doing your banking business with a bank that employees 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 R. W. HUNTER & COMPANY, BANKERS 4757 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. This Is the "JUNIOR MANTLE" --- TELEPHONE DOUGLAS 1 GEORGE F. HARDING, JR. REAL ESTATE 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. 50 E. 33rd St., Chicago, Ill. 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. 408 West North Ave. 1709 West 12th St. 1641 Milwaukee Ave. South Side 3221 Oyster Ave. 731 West 63rd St. 4033 West Madison St. 3478 Archer Ave. North Side 103-5 East 35th St. 3071 Lincoln Ave. 9051 Commercial St. 11025 Michigan Ave. The Peoples Gas Light & Coke Co. Michigan Avenue at Adams Street Telephone Wabash 6000 . HARDING, JR. This Is the "Jumbo" Gas Burner THE BROAD AX. CHICAGO. DECEMBER 13, 1919 Franklin A. Denison, S. A. T. Watkins, James E. White Telephone Central 3142 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 COAL Fifty-First and Federal Streets CHICAGO Residence, 1262 Macalister Place Tel. Monroe 2714 MILES J. DEVINE ATTORNEY AT LAW SUITE 318-320 REAPER BLE. 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 Bullding 84 W. Washington Street CHICAGO Telephone Oakland 246 E. K. CALDWELL Successor to C. E. KREYSSLER DRUGGIST 5057 South State Street Near 51st St. Not On the Corner CHICAGO "Exelento Will Make Your Hair Long, Long" EXELENTO FOR KINKY HAIR "Every woman can have kinky hair, long hair says May Gilbert. 'My hair has grown 28 inches long by using your wonderful' EXELENTO POMADE Don't be fooled by fake Kink Removal. You can make your hair kinky long. Our pomade remover sofft, fooths the hair and makes it grow long and silky. We make Exelento Skin Beautifier, as a solution for dry skin. Used in treatment of skin trouble. PRICE OF EACH 2c. IN STAMPS OR COIN AGENTS WANTED EVERYWHERE EXELENTO MEDICINE CO., Atlanta, Ga. --- HOPE TO BE OUT SOON. Mr. J. B. Street, 3736 So. Wabash avenue, Worthy Master of North Star Lodge No. 57, U. B. F. who has been ill for quite some time is much improved and will soon be able to be out again and pursuing his regular duties. CREATING IN EAST. Mrs. Nora F. Taylor, Evangelist, is carrying on Revival services at the Big Union A. M. E. Church, Washington D. C. Rev. H. J. Callis is pastor. Mrs Taylor resides in our city at 3337 Vernon avenue Politics, religion, industry education, and business are the things that interest all of mankind. It is not well for any race to depend upon any one of these forces. We as colored people must embrace each of them with a given determination that each of them will make us a powerful race just as they have done for the white race, heretofore we have given attention only to education and religion. The cold wave has struck our city this year before the holidays and with the coal restrictions touching the street car system, and the big department stores Christmas shopping will be a hardship to many which we will not very soon forget. If sugar gets any higher we will not waste our sweeting on the desert air. But the skirts are going higher and many a fool will waste his eyes upon the fair. Eggs have gone up to a dollar. Perhaps the hens will have to follow. The Arkansas Governor has been given an opportunity to learn that the Negro is very much the rest of the humanity of the world. Like Old Ben Tillman he is cognizant of a few good Negroes, but he did not know that there were hundreds of thousands of intelligent aggressive educated Negroes. Strange that Sambo class has so impressed the Southern white man that it is the only kind worthy of his admiration. We need not worry at the cost of things we have to eat if wages are such that we can afford to pay the price. Of course no one is compelled to have on their table the most expensive food products. The sensible idea is to follow the line of moderation, and have to eat a nutritious but a sane diet. Deadly Arabian Sirocco Deadly Arabian Sirocco. The sirocco or sand storm of the Arabian desert is exceedingly treacherous. It often dips 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 CHICAGO'S REP KERSEY, McGOWAN AND MORSELL CHICAGO'S REPRESENTATIVE UNDERTAKERS Finest Establishment in the U. S. GEO. T. KERSEY D. A. McGOWAN WM. J. MO Proprietors 3515 INDIANA AVENUE CHICAGO GEO. T. KERSEY D. A. McGOWAN WM. J. MORSELL Proprietors ARNEST H. WILLIAMSON UNDERTAKER PHONE - KENWOOD 455 Office 5028-5030 S. State Street. Five Directors of a Newly Established Lawn as Pimp in New New York where Exhibits Industries Credit of New York State BEN MARTY E. WILLIAMSON CHIPS 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 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 Garden of Eden in Mexico? A prehistoric race that lived in Mexico centuries before Cortez ever arrived there to crush the power of the Aztec 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 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. N AND MORSELL PRESENTATIVE NEST H. WILLI UNDERT PHONE - KENWOOD Office - 5028-5030 S. S. --- CHICAGO, ILL. The Cunningham Car Bananas. 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-relief 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 delicious days that I have passed entirely by myself, with my beloved dog, my old cat, with the birds of the field, the hinds of the forest, with all nature and her inconceivable Author—Rousseau. 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 while to be—James Martineau. Chicago Title and Chicago Title and Trust Company OUR BUSINESS SINCE that of showing the co titles. The millions upon build and rebuild Chicago nished relying on the STRACTS AND TITLES. No man has lost a c This is our past. Wise men judge fur behavior. CHICAGO TITLE AND 69 W. Washin Assets exceed $100 No deposits or den The Cranford A 3600 WABAS The finest building ever opened Steam heat, electric lights, t Phone Main 263 J. W. Casey 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. 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. --- Lavender Smokers STATED BRIEFLY: Have Wrong Idea. Solitude. 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 illiteracy is almost unknown. 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 world wide 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. A company has been formed in Denmark for the manufacture of linen from the fibre of nettles. At a recent exhibition every one was struck by the whiteness and suppleness of the table cloths and napkins made of this nettle fibre. If mirrors be very dull and speckled the following method is excellent: 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 on the mirror and polish dry with tissue paper. 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 parcel post?" Finland. World's Finest Olive Oil Linen From Nettle Fibre For Dull Mirrors Bobby's Suggestion