The Broad Ax

The Grand Boulevard Branch of The Kenwood and Hyde Park Property Owners Association Boasts of the Fact that Within the Past Sixty Days It's Narrow Minded, Race Preiudiced Officials and Members Have Prevented Fifty-seven Colorea Families from Occupying Homes South of 39th Street The Beautiful Home of Mrs. Ernest Clark (nee Byron), 4404 Grand Boulevard, for the Second or Third Time Bombed. Several Times Unsuccessful Attempts Have Been Made to Destroy the Home of Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Binga, 5922 South Park Avenue. According to the old Chicago Tribune, the Chicago Real Estate Board joins hands with the officials of the Grand boulevard branch of the Kenwood and Hyde Park property owners' associations, and it is greatly rejoicing over the fact that within the last sixty days that it has prevented fifty-seven Colored families from moving into homes south of 39th street; and it is maintained that the members of the Chicago Real Estate Board urged that every rental agent solicit his clients to become members of organizations like that of the Grand boulevard branch of the Kenwood and Hyde Park Property Owners' Associations. people, but as he did not look good to us at that time we could not help him out through the columns of this paper and turn our back on Hon. Martin B. Madden. But at that time some of the Colored newspapers in this city ran his cut in their columns and contended that he was a tried and true friend of the Colored race, and that he was by far much better in every way to represent them in the lower halls of Congress than Hon. Martin B. Madden. In passing it might not be out of place to state that Alderman U. S. Schwartz of the 3rd Ward trains with the members of the Grand Boulevard branch of the Kenwood Predict Better Conditions. "All owners and agents may look forward," the resolutions assert, "to constantly better conditions in real estate. Under present and future prospects there is no justifications for either selling or renting to undesirables. Every available flat and house, if put in living condition, is now in demand by good, responsible tenants. "Certain improvement and owners' associations, like the Kenwood and Hyde Park associations, are doing splendid work to maintain values in their respective districts. Will Guard Investment. "A small membership fee, paid to a local organization, where every neighbor is doing his share, is the best assurance of realizing a retura of profit and value on investment." The Grand boulevard committee comprises George J. Williams, chairman; George Mayer, Frank H. Morgan, J. W. Dowd, William J. Carney, and L. Seaman. In reading over the list of the officers of the Grand boulevard branch of the Kenwood and Hyde Park Property Owners' Associations we behold the name of Col. George Mayer, who is one of the head bosses in the County Treasurer's office; he is the same Col. Mayer, if we mistake not, who thought that he was running against Hon. Martin B. Madden for Congressman from the 1st Congressional District in 1918. At that time Col. Mayer informed the writer that he was born and raised in New Orleans, La., that his father and the other members of his family owned slaves; that he had nursed at the breast of his old black mammy; that he had always liked Colored THIRTY THOUSAND NEW NEGROES WILL BE ADDED TO THE REGISTERATION LISTS OF CHICAGO VOTERS. The ballot is the most powerful weapon against wrong, injustice and oppression. The new Negro has begun to realize this fact and we are informed that the poll lists of Chicago will contain the names of 30,000 new Negro voters on February 3rd, registration day. In many Southern states the Negro is disfranchised. But in the election of Southern Congressmen his vote is counted as if cast in open violation of the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States. The new Negro resents this form of oppression by leaving the land of Egypt for other sections of the country, where his vote may be cast and counted as cast. To this end, a large number of Negroes will come to Chicago and other Northern cities and vote in the Presidential election, the most momentous election since the days of Abraham Lincoln. THE BROAD AX people, but as he did not look good to us at that time we could not help him out through the columns of this paper and turn our back on Hon. Martin B. Madden. But at that time some of the Colored newspapers in this city ran his cut in their columns and contended that he was a tried and true friend of the Colored race, and that he was by far much better in every way to represent them in the lower halls of Congress than Hon. Martin B. Madden. In passing it might not be out of place to state that Alderman U. S. Schwartz of the 3rd Ward trains with the members of the Grand Boulevard branch of the Kenwood and Hyde Park Property Owners' Associations, and it will be recalled that not so many years ago that Alderman Schwartz and his brother conducted a little cheap grocery store right in among the Colored people at 35th and Dearborn streets, and they always had their basement filled with real live chickens which they sold to the Colored people at the highest prices, and after they had made the bulk of their money in dealing with Colored people they decided to move away from them, east of State street, and now Alderman Schwartz does not want any Colored people to reside within one thousand miles of him; it makes not the slightest difference how wealthy and highly respectable the Colored people may be. In our humble opinion the Colored people, like all other people, have the undisputed right as American citizens to buy and reside in homes in affy and all parts of this city, and after they lay out their money for a home they should hold the fort against all comers or intruders. Several times within the past year some fixtures of the lower regions who hate to see Colored people live like civilized human beings attempted to bomb the home of Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Binga, 5922 South Park avenue, and the first part of this week a second or third attempt was made to blow up the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Clark, 4404 Grand boulevard. Aside from breaking several windows and wrecking the front porch, no one was injured. It is an outrage and a burning disgrace to our present-day civilization when decent and law abiding Colored people are subjected to such unspeakable crimes by cut-throats and red handed murderers. Democratic and Southern newspapers we anticipate, may claim that this is colonization of Negroes for political purposes. We answer by saying that it is not colonization but emancipation, and we are willing to plead guilty to any charge of conspiracy to deliver our people from the bonds of peonage and disfranchisement and social degradation under which they have been held in the Southland since the days of the Hayes-Tilden compromise. The political dictum of the new Negro is that the ballot and not the sword is the proper instrument for the preservation of political rights, and he new calls upon the Republican party to include a plank in the new party platform in favor of equal political rights and equal protection under the law for all the citizens of the United States of America irrespective of race, color or previous condition of servitude. If the Republican party fail or refuse to take a stand upon these important questions, it is hard to say what the fate of the party will be after 1020.* It is our most earnest hope that the ```markdown ``` our group to sit in with the platform committee and assist in the preparation of the most important political document since the days of reconstruc tion. PROF. WILLIAM PICKENS COM-ING TO CHICAGC. Guest of Clio School of Mental Sciences. On Thursday evening, January 15, the Clio School of Mental Sciences, 3543 State street, will hold its annual commencement and anniversary exercises in the auditorium of Wendell Phillips High School, 39th street and Prairie avenue. the inauguration of President Grant and has been present at every inauguration since, until, perhaps, Wilson's he having been blind for several years. He was 82 years old and unmarried. One of the great writers of the present day insists that every man should have some hobby. We'll say that Stovall had his. HE EASILY RANKS WITH THE BEST LAWYERS IN CHICAGO. Attorney Harris F. Williams, who occupies an extensive suite of law offices on the twentieth floor of the Harris Trust and Savings Bank Building; easily ranks with the best and the BLACK MAN SU- FOR STEALIN- AFFEG New York Ci sequel to the suit; ler (colored) aga jamin (white), 34 street, for alleged affections of Mrs. began two month preme Court, cam in the shape of an by Justice Joseph Justice Newbery, that, in as much filed no answer of step to defend Mil- is entitled to col Prof. William Pickens, famous orator of the race, will deliver the principal address, subject, "Inter-racial Co-operation." A program of splendid, artistic and literary worth has been arranged. Prof. Adena C, E. Minotn, principal of the school, assisted by members and friends, are sparing themselves no pains to make the affair a brilliant and record-making event. Mrs. Irene McCoy-Gaines is chairman of the program committee. Members of the Girls Patriotic Service League will act as ushers. The general public is invited. Admission free. Reserve seat tickets are being distributed to those who apply for them at the school before Jan. 15. The program will commence promptly at 8:15. HORBIES. That, "it takes many different sorts of people to make up this old world," was brought to our mind by the death in Winona, Minn., this week, of James Wesley Stovall, a former slave. Stovall was a cook in the Union Army during the Civil War after which he lived in Chicago. Later he moved to Winona and made a small fortune in the restaurant business. In his palmy days he bought a lot in Woodlawn cemetery and erected a monument over his grave site costing $1,000. Stovall, like some others, had another hobby, which was attending presiden CHICAGO, SATURDAY, JANUARY 10, 1920. MRS. FLETCHER DOBYNS. Social leader on the North Side, ociation of the Republican National he will be in the public eye from presidential election, in November. the inauguration of President Grant and has been present at every inauguration since, until, perhaps, Wilson's he having been blind for several years. He was 82 years old and unmarried. One of the great writers of the present day insists that every man should have some hobby. We'll say that Stovall had his. THE EASILY RANKS WITH THE BEST LAWYERS IN CHICAGO. Attorney Harris F. Williams, who occupies an extensive suite of law offices on the twentieth floor of the Harris Trust and Savings Bank Building; easily ranks with the best and the most prominent lawyers in this city, Mr. Williams, blew into Chicago many years ago from the "show me state, Missouri" and on arriving in this city, he connected up with one of the leading daily newspapers. He made a great success in gathering in the news; meeting with greater success in the field of law. For eighteen years, Mr. Williams has been a constant supporter of this paper and his private secretary and stenographer, Miss A. Seips, contends; that she never feels right until after she has read the interesting contents of The Brond Ax, each week; that she is thoroughly convinced; that its editor is fair minded in relation to the attitude which the white and colored race should sustain towards each other. COUNTRY NEGORES ADOPT CITY WAYS PASTOR SAYS. "The adjustment of the new Negro resident to the life of Chicago is one of the marvels of the city's history," Rev. Frank Orman Beck, director of the Chicago survey of the interchurch world movement, told a conference of white and colored clergymen the first of this week. "The rural, dependent group adopted 'city ways' with a rapidity that surprised even the most optimistic of their own group," he said. The meeting was held in connection with a world-wide survey which is being made. BLACK MAN SUES WHITE MAN FOR STEALING HIS WIFE'S AFFECTIONS. New York City—(Special)—The sequel to the suit of Samuel A. Miller (colored) against Jacob A. Benjamin (white), 342 East Eighty-first street, for alleged alienation of the affections of Mrs. Miller (colored), began two months ago in the Supreme Court, came up last Monday in the shape of an 4n order handed down by Justice Joseph E. Newberger. Justice Newberger's order recited that, in as much as Benjamin has filed no answer or taken any other step to defend Miller's suit, the latter is entitled to collect damages from him. The court therefore directed Sheriff David H. Knott to emplain a jury to hear Miller's evidence and decide how much he has been injured. Then a report is to be made to Justice Newburger, who will pass on it finally. Miller demanded $10,000 damages in his complaint drawn by his counsel, John William Smith, 26 Courtlandt street. WOMAN, 99, BORN A SLAVE, Mrs. Nancy Greenley, colored, one of the oldest residents of Illinois, died last eWndnesday in Kankakee, Ill., at the age of 99 years and 1 month. She was born in slavery at Raleigh, N. C., in 1820. She was a great-granddaughter of Chief Maypox, famous leader of the, Pottawatomie Indian tribe. She is survived by four daughters and one son. Mrs. Alvina Bland, a daughter, resides in Chicago. Miss Nellie Callaway, 3300 Rhoades avenue, who is the leading and the most prominent Colored woman Republican politician in the Second Ward, attended the great Republican banquet at the Congress Hotel Monday evening and the Harmony Love Feast at the Hotel Sherman Tuesday afternoon, and after highly enjoying herself at both functions left Tuesday evening for West Baden, where she will spend ten days' vacation. Hon. J. Frank Wheaton, Colored Democrat, Has Been Appointed Assistant District Attorney of New York County and Will Receive Five Thousand Dollars Per Year Salary. Other Comments and Interesting News Items Dished Up by the Newspaper Service Bureau, 305 Broadway, New York. Hon. J. Frank Wheaton, the colored lawyer of 28 West 137th street, has been appointed assistant district attorney of New York County at an annual salary of $3,500. This makes two Negroes as assistants in the district attorney's office, the other being Hon. Ferdinand Q. Morton, a Howard man, at $5,000. It is the first time in the city's history that two colored men at a time have held this important position. Both are Democrats and were appointed by Judge Swan the Democratic office holder as district attorney. Mr. Wheaton is Past Grand Exalted Ruler of the I. B. P. O. E., and is a lawyer of national reputation. He is a graduate of Storer College, W. Va., and a post graduate of the University of Minnesota. He served in the Minnesota legislature from 1899 to 1901 being twice elected in an overwhelmingly white district against a white opponent. Mr. Wheaton was in the last election Democratic nominee for assemblyman in the 21st A. D., but lost to John Clifford Hawkins, also colored, by three thousand votes. Mr. Hawkins was the candidate supported by the United Civic League. It is anticipated that Mr. Wheaton will be assigned as the assistant district attorney in the Heights Court, which court embraces all the Negro district of upper New York. Martin Weeks, aged 31 years, of 2 West 137th street, fell from the second floor of the building at 141st st. and Walnut ave., and is now in Lincoln Hospital, suffering from injuries of the back. An all-star team has been picked from among the white and colored clubs of the Harlem Athletic League by Frederick'Rubien, the official handicapper of the A. A. U. for the metropolitan district. Of the colored clubs seceded two places. The St. Christopher Club has Clifton Mitchell and Sid. Jackson, the Alpha P. C. C. has William Powell and Wm. N. Cummings the latter now running for the University of Pennsylvania, and, the Salem-Crescents are represented by Peter White, the famous spinter and Charles Crippen formerly of Cornell University. According to reliable reports, Mr. J. W. Thompson, colored, of Albany, is attempting to organize Negroes into a separate political party. Much adverse comment pertaining to the scheme has been heard in Harlem, New York colored people are opposed to jimrow parties whether they be started by white or colored men. The Comus Club, Inc., named after the Grecian god of mirth and joy, held their second annual dance at St Mark's Hall, last Wednesday evening. Clinton Holloway was in charge of the festivities and a nice time was had by all. Prof. L. Adam's Jazz Band furnished the music. Mr. George R. Jordan of the Newspaper Service Bureau was in Atlantic City and Philadelphia this week. He has just returned from an extended trip to the Pacific Coast. The Young People's Progressive Union will hold a meeting next Sunday, the 11th, at Randall Memorial Church, 358 W. 133rd street. Mr. Harold E. Simmelkaer will be the principal speaker and Mr. J. Lamar Whitener will reside. The annual New Year's afternoon basketball game this year ended in a disgrace riot that needed the assistance of the police reserves to quell. The game was between the St Christopher Club of St. Philip's P. E. Church and Spartan A. C. Before the first half had been completed with the score of 14 to 11 in favor of St. Christopher two of the players got into an altercation. Some of the 3,000 spectators took a hand when the melee was over George McDonald, one of the Spartan players was lying in the dust on the Manhattan Casino floor, with a knife wound in his back. Two or three other people had also suffered less serious hurts. Reverend Bishop of St. Philip's vainly had tried to quell the disturbance but to no avail. It was the first time in many, many years that such a scene had happened at this most select of the New York social functions and hundreds of people left the hall in disgust. They had paid to see a basketball game and had witnessed a crime instead. The game was never finished. In the evening games the Incorporated played a white team billed as the Cornell Five and the Manhattan A. C. composed of former Alpha players played another white team billed as the Columbia, Jrs. There was no disturbance at these games. The New York Urban League is holding its second annual conference at the Colored Women's Y. W. C. A. January 13th. Mrs. Katherine Bennett Davis will speak on "The Problems of the City Girl." In the afternoon Miss Nellie Swartz will speak on "The Negro in Industry." In the evening Drs. Charles H. Roberts and Lewis Harris will speak on "Health and Sanitation." Wednesday the speaker will be Miss Sophie Irene Loeb of the New York World, Adolph Lewis and Dr. Richard Roberts. It is peculiar to note that among this array of notable speakes the Urban League should include Mrs. Katherine B. Davis. Mrs. Davis while superintendent of the Bedford Reformatory for Women introduced the rankest segregation there although it is expressly prohibited by law and she was also noted for her segregation ideas when she was commissioner of the Dept. of Correction, New York City. The N. A. A. C. P. held a monter mass meeting at historic Cooper Union last Monday, January the 5th. The principal speaker was Dudley Field Malone prominent radical and former collector of the Port of New York. Dr. DuBois spoke on "The American Congo," Rev. John Haynes Holmes and M. H. Gassaway were also heard on topics pertaining to the advancement of the Negro. The play at the Lafayette this week is the former Broadway success, "Branded." It deals with the social evil. Miss Abbie Mitchell was the star performer and gave a very creditable interpretation of the leading role. The play will probably be a success. On the evening of Jan. 2nd a joint conference was held at the Colored Y. M. C. A., by the members or representatives of the prominent Negroic, literary and religious organizations of New York for the purpose of laying plans to the securing of Madison Square Garden for the holding of a big meeting to urge the proper enforcement of the 13th and 14th amendments. William Preston Moore was in charge of the meeting. In the New Year's Day race of the South Street Business Association of Philadelphia in the City of Brotherly Love the colored athletes of the St. Christopher Club, New York, cap (Continued on page 2) ‘THE BROAD AX ‘Published Every ‘Saturday SO eee ee a — rd a [otens: Docicnin, tated: Pr ast, Gingle- Taxers, -Prinste, taf - Ss npn Taser Po, “at ing thir Insgongs prove ‘end responeility, 6 fred pate ed seach ora ae ee oo me Po Write ‘only on out ads meee : “Bobseriptions mst be paid in sd- ‘ 3 = ‘Advertising rates made known on ip plication. = Address all compranieations to ‘THE BROAD AX (e006. So. Elisabeth’ St, Chicago, Tl Phone Wentworth 2607 JULIUS'F. TAYLOR ~_ » Eéitor and Publisher DRM. A. MAJORS ‘Associate Editor Z £700 South State Street ‘Phone Drexel 1416 ~ Vel. XXV. Janvary 10, 1920. No. 1% Botared 28 Second-Ciase Matter, Aug. 1, 1908, at the Post Office at Chiengo, TL, Under Act of March 5, 1879. —— eS (Concluded from page 1) - NEW YORK NEWS LETTER tured third prize with 76 points in coinpetition with the best “clubs, white: and colored, of the East The ‘Meadowbrooke A. C. of Philadelphia was first with 43 and the Glencoe A. C. of New, York second with Si. The frst colored runnet to finish was G. Williams, St- Christopher, whe ‘eov- ered the five miles in the actual time of 31 minutes, 53 seconds. sf ‘Mr. Charles Williams presented at “Harlem Casino on January Ist t Kastesice entitled-“A Trip to Japan’! wed 7A Pekin to: Pekin.” The. sét-| tings af both were very pretty and; the big’ ¢cowd ont were: not slow: in| ‘voicing theic approval. It was 4] fraly artistic effort for one -wno i} not a professional ‘producer; © 2“: = Ape ae ee eat Mr. Hubert ison at the} “ahi and the Sones ine of | ‘triotism” Mr. Harrigan has vetkatly| ¢ cassette Marcos Garvey Sager: ae eee ete eee ae ee | == See en ee =3 . z Wo - : es i S | — = e) : 55 jz ‘5 SE HON. JOHN J. BRADLEY: United States Marshal for the Northern District of Hlinois, who is constantly discharging his sworn duty to his country promptly arresting all the Reds and others who are plotting against the government. 2 Marcus Garvey, president~ of the | Philip Randolph delivered 2 schola: Black Star Line and head of the Uni- | ty address before the Bethel Lite versal Improvement Association; was | ary Society, Washington, D. C., o married Christmas evening to his for- | “The Young Negro in the Recor mer secretary, Miss.Amie Ashwood. | struction.” Chandler Owen, in Bos te tori; on-December 27th, January 1s ‘The Utopia Neighborhood Club |"and January 3rd respectively, spok presented a playlet called “Happi- | before the Boston School of Socia ness” at the Lafayette Theatre Mon- | Science on “Economic Aspects of th day evening; January 5tb. This play- | Negro Problem.” let was given in place of the regular tee ae I a ae eae a Mr. _G. H. Alston, -assistant secre- Hary of the Y. M. C. A. has been do- ing wonderful work among the boys recently. He staged on January Ist very interesting billiard and bow!- jing tourney. The bowling match was between two six-men teams headed by Mr. Walker amd Mr. Ross. Mr, ‘Walker's team won by 661 to 660. ‘Dr. Gastavus Henderson made the individual high run of 185. The pocket billiard match was between ‘Mr. Clarke ‘and Mr.A.C Gary. It was also decided by one point, Mr. Clarke winning by 148 to 147. The high run of ten was made by Mr. Clarke. eo = > ‘The programme at Salem Lyceum January Ist was headed by Rev. J: A. Rogers of Selma, Als. A delegation from the Abbyssinian Minister to the U.S. was-present. Mr. Harold E. Simmelkjaer also assisted with a dra- matic rendition. | The Empire Friendly Shelter at H6 West 133rd street, a home for fallen. colored girls run ‘by ~ Miss Grace Campbell, the colored Temale Frobation efficer, is in dire need of funds. Anybody desiring particalars should communicate with Miss Campbell, and any contributions would be cheerfully accepted. ee The two Socialist editors of the Messenger have been engaged in a fruitful campaign of public speaking im the East. * December 30th A. 2 es ees ae Bears ne ae aN ee Vi ee eee ——: - ae ‘ a et ee ee ee a ae eee . 3 | ae = eee eo 5 z aoe ae 12) 7 aw Bose) O07 eee Va es q 3 4 ail * oe ae : ee ee y, aac a. et ee eS | -- HON. THOMAS CAREY. ‘President of the Carey Brick Co., owner « Bop sabia coast on mye bap 7 Ses ie aaa iene ee President.of the Carey Brick Co., owner of extensivev oil wells in California, which are producing a rich flow of oil every day tithe week. = 9 - New York—Theodore Roosevelt's memory/was honored by more than 2,000 persons im Carnegia Hall on the eve-of the first anniversary of his “death. The meeting was arranged under the joint auspices of the Wo- man's Roosevelt ‘Memorial -associa- tion. Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Hamilton, of Decatur, Mich, have forthe gast several weeks been visiting at the “home of Dr. and Mrs. W. W. Brad- ley, 349 S. State street. Mrs. Ham- ilton is a sister of Dr Bradley, ant later on she and her husband may decide to make Chicago their home. oe 0 Miss Nellie Byron, 3300 Rhoades avenue, who is very bright and 1sp-to- date in all of ‘her studies will: for ‘some time in the future attend one of the best business colleges in this city, and her mother, Madam M. ‘Callaway Byron, feels very proud of her for the remarkable progress she| THE BROAD AX, CHICAGO, peuesy ‘10, 1920. EMANCIPATION DAY CELEBRA-| pices of TION-AT BAMPTON IN- [pation As: STPYUTE. _ Hi. Harris rene. 28. 2 d flivered jm © ‘Hall, Hampton In stitute, hefore an audience of near) 2,000 colored citizens of the Lowe Hamat dnt iy ‘ered to celebrate the fifty-seventh an niversary of Lincoln's epoch-makin Emancipation Proclamation. “There are some fessons,” said Dr Bowling, “which stand out boldly anc ‘which’ it woutd pay us to. hold clos to our hearts, keeping them alway: before us as ideals and guiding prin ciples. * “Without preparation for holding privileges, privileges will: gradually b: ost... , With the aid of the armie ‘of occupation after the Civil War and Some of the agents of the Freedmen’s Bureau, the Negroes got controi ‘o! the political machines in most of th Southern States and became very powerful. They had-every right that even the most radical Negro demand: today, There was no law requiring separaté schools. Negroes. attende¢ and took degrees from the leading Southern colleges and universities There were no laws segregating one race from another. There were no laws of disfranchisement, mo laws of jimerowism, Negroes held positions in Sogthera states from governors dows to the lowest position in the state. “What was the result? Fifteen or twenty years after the Civil War Ne- ‘groes had been stripped of every ves- tige of power and privilege. Why? The reason was this: the Negro had privileges given to him that he was not prepared to-hold,” Dr. Bowling added: Preparation the Keynote. “Wtihout preparation for measuring up to opportunities, opportunities will be withheld by friends and foc alike. We must prepafe ourselves to mea- sure up to other men, so that when |we go to meetings and conventions people will beg us to speak, instead of our begging to get on the program. “We must not cease to agitate, but we must likewise get down to work. We must do some actual work of preparation. The only way to pre- pare for bearing large tasks is to get down and begin to educate. This is the idea that has been enunciated by Hampton, by Tuskegee, and by count- less other schools. We must educate, not only the select few, but we must also educate every last man, woman and child. . “We must have an educated comsti- tueney behind an educated and spec- ialized leadership, We must insist that every single child born among us, shall have just as good a chance to get a real education as the child born of the most favored parents. / Business Opportunities, “Business: must come before pleas-_ ure. Colored men are just as well fitted for business as anybody else. The reason some colored men_have failed in business is because they have not re-invested their profits in their business or paid cash for their goods. We must be honest, sagacious, co- operative in business.” If Negroes gaywhere will get together and trust each other and be wise in business, they will succeed, Religion a Solvent. “We must secure and bold our al-| lies. We must utilize every friend we can possibly get. We must appeal for ike aid and moral support, not only of our friends in the North, but also’ of our white friends in the South. “The Negro must remember this lesson, from an ancient day, that his strength Kes largely im religion. The| season he won out was because re- igion had brought out of him and in-| silted in him the qualities of patience, ong-sufferng, lack. of revengeful| pirit. ie “We miust stop fighting and fuss- ng, and agitate in a calm and sound nd Christ-like way. We must 're-|. member that our greatest strength! must come, not from these feeble) rms of ours, as. the Getmans thought, | ut_from the God of the universe,| cho guides and governs. and reigns) a the affairs of all men and every) ace.” ts ~~ / ‘Dr. Gregg Speaks. Dr. Jamits E. Gregg, principal. of Dr. Bowling’s constructive address. |; It is the way of human mature,” said} he members of this large audience; 0 use the ‘privileges that you have,}: Sc ot a aay | Bien dle wees | i are a a : ry geop good faith in god, of the Elizabeth City” Emanci- Assocution, of whch Charles Riera ‘Hampton is the ‘presi- = WAR. ; + U.S. Department of Labor, ) Children's Burean, Washington. : | Héw the barriers against chil labor. were let down daring the. wa jis among the subjects dealt_with is ithe Seventh Anaual Report ‘of th (Chief of the Children’s Bureau of th U.S. Department of Labor. Even before the entry of thie. Unit ‘States into” the war Americar [children went to work in inereasing jntimbers to help fill contracts place with American manufacturers by th belligerent nations. After we wer at war, “a mistaken sense of patriot ism and the many opportunities. fo jemployment at an abnormally high wage combined to draw permanently into industry large numbers of boy jand girls, many of whom under nor maf conditions would have continued Jin school for several years.” The Federal Child Labor law whict hhad.gone into effect on Sept. 1, 1917 prohibited the employment of chil ‘dren under 16 in mines and quarries and of children under 14 in factories limited the working: day to 8 hour: for children under 16 employed it factories, and prohibited work for them between 6 p.m. and 7a, m But ths law was declared unconsti- tutional by the Supreme Court on June 3, 1918. The immediate effect of the Su: Court decision in states where the state child labor standards were flower than those imposed by the ‘Fed- jeral law was the prompt restoration jof the longer working day for chil- dren under 16 and-an increase in the gumber of working children. In a ‘number of states there was an appre- ciable increase in the violation of state laws. For example, in one state, the inspectors of the Children’s Bureau found that 47 out of 53 fac- tories visited after the Federal law had been declared unconstitutional ‘were violating the state law by em- ploying children under 12. Four hundred and thirty such children were employed, while in 49 factories visited when the Federal law was in force, only 95 such children under 14 had been found at work. In one state where the minimum age for employment in canneries was four- teen years, 721 children under that age, including $0 who were not. yet 10 years old, were found at wark in canneries in the summer of 1918 It was in recognition of the seri- ousness of ‘this increasing employ- ment of young children that the War Labor Policies Board voted that compliance with the standards of the former Federal child labor law should be required of establishments en- gaged on Government war contracts made after the date of the decision. In consequence of a number of complaints received by the Bureau regarding illegal employment of chif- dren in shipbuilding plants, a special investigation of this ndustry was made by the Bureau in co-operation with the Emergency Fleet Corpora- tion in the winter and early spring of 1919. Practically all the important shipbuilding plants om the Atlantic Coast, Gulf of Mexico, and the Great Lakes. were inspected, and there were found to be numerous viola- tions of state and Federal laws. Even more serious, however, was-the em- ployment of children~in hazardous occupations which im prewar times had been confined to older boys and: men. In order to counteract the effects of the wartime employment of chil- dren and to discourage such employ-_ ment in the future, many communi- ies undertook Back-to-School and Stay-in-School campaigns during 1918 ind 1919 under the impetus of Chil iren's Year. Some work to keep hildren-in school and out of indus- ry has been undertaken in the ma- ority of the states. This work has neluded agitation for better enforce nent of school attendance. laws; pote attendance officers; . more chool-houises; more and better teach- rs with higher salaries; a tonger| chool term; better child labor laws; nd provision’ for advising children n choice of occupation and asssting hem in finding suitable employment. By these and similar means many tates — ‘to reduce the men vhich, is ‘so alarmingly ‘prevalent, ned in ee of the Unit-| Sstates and which ig so. great = sai at eee Beenie noe speberenk of EP Siestarig: eee WEST VIRGINIA MAN DUES aT ‘THE AGE OF 123. Parkersbarg, W.Va, — William Reyten,” one of the oldest men in the, United States, died at Little Hock. ing: O, ‘near Pazksbarg, at the ape of 193 yours. Peyton was a slave of & Virginia. family named Creed, which Inter moved into Went Virginia. -As a-slave dnd as 0 freed man he served this family through six-generations, it fe de eS en Be See ®t ees ey Walter M. Farmer, 84 i ifped to his howe’ fn sts of a severe col oe eae * \ ; \ \ ao = SESS ARS. ELIZA JOHNSON. Onis nent and hard workers for th the Republican party in the Second Ward, member ple’s Movement in that ward, who attended the g Tican love feast at the Congress Hotel Monday eve eid seetenlientesithesth osiethsietsieemate animeigeiioss : ‘One of the prominent and hard workers for the success of the Republican party in the Second Ward, member of the Peo. ple’s Movement in that ward, who attended the great Repub. Tican love feast at the Congress Hotel Monday evening. a VACCINATION PRoTECTS. {| The children im the Tilden «1... “Conditions are fairly favorable in ‘Chieago for an outbreak of smallpox this winter. Should we have a visitation of this jeasily preventable disease during the next few months, it will be due en- {tively to the fact that there still are too gnany people who neglect or refuse to be vaecinated. ‘, Tt hasbeen shown repeatedly. that from one undiscovered or unrecognized ease of smallpox, hundreds of other eases have developed with serious loss jof life and disturbance to business. Of jeourse, is is well understood that only {those who fail to have themselves pro- tected by vaccination get the discase. And Chieago Mas enough unvaccinated people walking the streets today to make even one unrecognized case of smallpox a menace to many. | Here is & story which is of interest, as it shows the value of vaccination. It is also quite © common oceurrence in the experience of health officers who have had much to do with smallpox. A boy im the Tilden High Sehool contracted smallpox and is now in the Isolation Hospital. The history is as follows: ‘The boy’s parents refused to allow the boy to be vaccinated when he was in the grammar school and again when he entered high school. Three other children in the Sunil were not aljowed to be vaccinated. The father, mother and two children were vaccinated. ‘Two weeks after the unvaccinated boy came down with smallpox, the three other unvaccinated children in the family came down with smallpox. The four that were vaccinated eseaped the disease. The four unvaccinated are now in the smallpox hospital. The four free from the disease were vacei- nated two, five, eight and nineteen yenre of age respectively. Here is a father and mother pro- jected by vaccination against small- pox, refusing to give their children the ame protection given them by their! NS eee ee ie at ee a ee e : s eek . i \W ie SS ean OS Base: + a ? ee ad “ a < F- a Pe { ea Rese 2 a ; ene as : 4 ( ieee e, . Bec 2, Se: Sees ee \ | - Soot ae | peace p | BAe ied | aa | a ; as Ss) SS eee ee «MICHAEL G. WALSH, _Deputy Coroner of Cook County; strong cian of the Thirtieth Ward, who may mal erman in that ward this coming spring. pes ed Deputy Coroner of Cook County; strong Republican poli- tician Tae ‘Thirtieth ‘Ward, who may make the rece for 2!- derman in that ward this coming spring. ‘The children im the Tilden School who are protected by successful \ avei. nation, it is needless to say, iit sor take smallpox and are in no dancer of having this dread disease even though they are exposed to it. At is easy to go back to Holy Writ for good, sound adviee on health a well as on morals or ight conduet, Read what Ecelesiasticns in the Apocrypha had to say about cating. ‘Tt is good advice and well worth fo __“Eat,’” he writes, “as becometh a ‘man, those things that are set befor thee, and devour-not lest thou be hated. Leave off first, for manners’ sake, and be not unsatiable, lest thou offend. When thou sitteth among many, reach not thing hand out first of all A very little is sufficient for a man well nourished, and he fetcheth not hia wind upon his bed. Sound sleep cometh of moderate eating; he riseth early, and his wits are with him. But the pangs of watching and choles, and the pangs of the belly are with an in satiable man. And, if thou hast been foreed to eat, arise, get forth ant vomit, and thou shalt have rest.’’ Overheated homes are not conducive to good heatlh. Don’t waste coal. A temperature of 68 degrees is better thas 70 deerese af hicher Mrs. Elizabeth Lindsay Davis, Mrs. Eliza Johnson and Miss Violet Anier json were among the colored ladies who fattended the banquet at the Congress Hotel Monday evening and come in jeontact with all the prominent leailers jof the Republican party in this section lof the country both men and womes. eee Mrs. Maggie French, M07 Forest Javenue, hada very beautiful Christ- ‘mas and New Year's tree: which con- tained lovely presents for all the grown-ups connected. with her iam- ily. Scene Miss Bruce, stenographer for At- torney W.>E. Mollison, was unable to discharge her duties as such ow- ‘ing to suffering from a severe cold which confined her to her home the past week. CHIPS. 1. Successful lawyer, who stands well with all of the judges of the Circuit, the Superior and the Municipal Courts in this city and who will be able to be re-elected to the Legislature from the First Senatorial District of Illinois this coming fall with both hands down. LIFE IS REAL AND A GRIN IS What has the great week of festivity called the Yuletide presented to your mind. Well, yes, you had a good time and you contributed in your meagre way toward the happiness of others, well and good. The chief aim of life is not the (frail idea of enjoying one's self, and making others happy). The chief end and aim of life is to contribute to the good of humanity and to make the world a better place to live in. But we can not very soon get away from the thought of being happy and making others happy. Possibly we are too full of smiles and grins and know too little about real enjoyment. The thrill of triumph when one of our kind has made himself a hero. The news that some decision has been rendered by the Supreme Court favorable to the race; that is real enjoyment and pleasure. The news that a university has been bequeathed a large sum of money or that a Negro Life Insurance Company has written fifteen million dollars of stock, or that the N. A. A. C. P. has won a great victory for the race; or that some Negro church or lodge is erecting a ten-story club house, or that a string of Negro mercantile houses is being operated in a large city, or that some prominent man or woman has been recognized and duly authorized to operate a creditable enterprise with Negro capital. This is real joy, real happiness. The good time fellow may wear a big diamond, represent the best tailor could do in fitting him, listen to a string of blues, and grin himself to death surrounded by a lot of giddy grasshoppers and grass widows, clogged with the pleasure of cabarets and syncapation and dissipation, while nature equanimity complains that all to him or such as he, is vanity, and life one continuous nightmare. The solid pomp of prosperous days call for the sober and the serious, the earnest and the truthful. What need then for garnish and tinsel, and gaudy gloss which only strikes the vulgar eye. The praise that's worth ambition is attained by many sense and dignity of mind. In this year 1920 we must get away from the frolicsome notion that laughing and grinning and a good time has anything in it but despair for those who are so constituted that they can not see beyond it and above it. Life is real, life is earnest and it requires a sober, sensible, material understanding of its manifold depths. The collossal industrial organizations that are made up of co-operated, and co-ordinated, and correlated elements of human force commend themselves to any sane mind. The huge business-concerns invite study HON. JOHN H. PASSMORE One of the best and most popular aldermen that has ever represented the Third Ward in the city council, who may be induced by his hosts of friends to make the race for one of the judges of the Municipal Court this coming fall. and serious sober sense. Then after you have put into operation a hundred giant monopolies, huge of dimensions, laugh and grin as much as you damn please. THE CHANGING ORDER The Broad Ax proposes running a Who Is Who column during the year 1920. In our race consciousness we must not lose sight of its very prerequisite elements and the chief force of any kind of consciousness is truth, barricaded by sincerity. Who is who, regarded with an earnestness and a sincerity may determine whether one is broad enough and large enough of heart and head to give full and even handed justice wherever it is due, no matter if it be one's bitterest enemy, or staunchest friend. Selfishness should not eliminate one's foe, nor arrogance include one's friend when considering the high levels of racial promotion, aggressiveness, and progress. The new order calls for advanced positions that the race must take, leaving no factor of race strength out of the equation, but that a better generalization of our racial invoice shall ever stand out above the mutterings and discontent of those who are left behind in the shuffle, and who cling to the yesterdays and the other days that are to be forgotten. Who is our present leader? Who is our ablest scholar? Who ranks highest in music? Who is our leading financier? Questions such as these belong to our armamentarium. People who stand out above the crowd, and who represent in their respective fields our noblest criterion, fo.emost in this or that thing. Making a race consciousness determines growth. We must not go to sleep, the little plant is to be nourished and cultivated, and not left to stagnate, or die. The eminent Negro of a decade ago, if he has not kept pace with the tide, is a has-been, and he must not blame the changing order that he is no more looked upon and honored. The woman who a dozen years ago was looked upon as a Joan of Are of her race, if she has not kept her lamp filled and burning bright for the new and changing racial conditions is classed as a foolish virgin, that even ordinary folks of today forget. Onward and upward are the watchwords. Aggressiveness is the spirit and the happy culmination of a well ordered life is the crown to every life of usefulness. Who is who ought to stimulate the stecker after truth and invite a sincerity and earnestness of spirit that will bless him that gives vigor to worthiness as well as he who is worthy. 1920 is here. THE BROAD AX. CHICAGO. JANUARY 10. 1970 MEMBERS OF THE CHICAGO BUSINESS LEAGUE At a meeting of the Board of Directors of the Chicago Business League, which met Sunday at the Appomattox Club, the President, Mr. David A. Mecowan, appointed the following standing committees: Committee on Publicity—Nahum D. Brascher, Claude A. Barnett, Phil A. Jones. Membership Committee—Bindley C. Cyrus, F. W. Harsh, Jr., Geo. M. Porter. Financial Committee—Geo. H. Walker, Chas. J. Myers, Geo. Holt. Committee on Entertainment—Dr. W. A. Attaway, S. A. Brusseaux, Robert A. Harper, Macon Huggins. Committee on Welfare—Geo. W. Paulkner, Wm. Stoball, W. A. Wallace, Spencer Russell. Committee on Arbitration—Alexander Tillery, Chas. Travis, J. Cozier, Legal Committee—Atty, L. E. Johnson, Atty, J. Gray Lucas, Atty, Henry M. Porter, Atty, J. B. Cashin, Educational Committee—Henry S. Daniels, Henry S. Goin, Edmund W. Ware, Committee on Race Adjustment—Robert S. Abbott, T. Arnold Hill, Chas, S. Duke, Dr. Roscoe C. Giles, H. A. Watkins. CHIPS. CHIPS. Mrs. Julia Doctor, 3834 Federal street, is improving slowly after being seriously hurt in a street car accident, Dec. 30th, at 31st street and Racine avenue. Mrs. Doctor is the sister-in-law of Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Watson. The second anniversary of Silver Shower Council 127, A. U. K. D. of A. was observed, at which time Rev. L. L. Woods, pastor, St. Mathew's A. M. E. Church, delivered the sermon and spoke in high praise of the organization. After spending the holidays with parents, Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Kinney, 3142 Calmet avenue, Johnnie Kinney has returned to Milwaukee where he will take up his work for the year at school. The officers of Ruth Temple 72, S. M. T., were installed for the year last Monday evening by Past Princess, Bettie A. Givens. The aim of the Temple will be to increase its membership and do greater work. Mrs. Dorothy L. Delaware, 4219 Prairie avenue, entertained a few friends at whist and luncheon New Year's eve, at which time a pleasant evening was spent by all. A beautiful birthday party was given in the honor of the 24th birthday of Miss Dorothy Kaigler, 551 E. 36th place, Tuesday, Jan. 6. Many useful presents were received. J. D. Cooke, editor of the National Defender and Sun of Gary, Ind, spent a busy day in the city during the week. The Milton Mercantile Agency will handle outstanding claims of the paper. Miss Amelia M. Keeble, stenographer and bookkeeper in the office of the Milton Mercantile Agency, 3638 State street, is on duty again after an absence of two months. Densely Populated Countries Density-Populated Countries. Egypt proper is the most densely populated country of the world, with 1,067 persons to the square mile. Saxony is next with 830, Belgium third with 632, England and Wales next with 618 and Holland next with 535. For the whole Germany the number is 316, while the United States has only about 35 persons to the square mile, Canada two persons and Australia 1.6. The Old Roman Household The Old Roman Household. In the days of old Rome the culinary department of an elegant establishment boasted pans lined with silver and palls of various descriptions richly inlaid. There were egg frames that would cook twenty eggs at once, and pastry molds shaped like shells, and an infinite assortment of gridirons, frying pans, cheese graters and tart dishes. Bound by the Bonnetta. She was a refined old lady and her friend sat near her in the church on Sunday morning. She leaned over to speak to her friend. The ornaments in her bonnets became fastened together and they couldn't get them apart until a nearby woman came to the rescue. By this time the congregation was all smiling, and it is needless to say how embarrassed the old ladies were. Apea Fear Fire. Explorer Stanley has given an account of apes that carry torches at night. He was doubtless mistaken, for all the monkey tribes are afraid of fire. Nevertheless, gorillas will gather about a deserted campfire for the sake of warmth—though it never occurs to them to keep the embers alight by adding fresh fuel. A Crawling Fish. A Brazilian fish called the maltha cannot swim. It can only crawl or walk or hop. It has a long upturned outset and resembles a toad. The anterior fine of the maltha are quite small and are not able to act on the water. They only move backward and forward and are in reality thin paws, which are of no service for swimming. STATE OF MICHIGAN WESTERN MICHIGAN State Parks and Recreation Habits well formed are alike commendable and profitable. Why not start the New Year with a "habit of thrift"? The value of a Savings Account is far greater than the book balance shows. It develops frugality, character, financial standing and gives you the then-provision for the future, when you may enjoy $1.00 interest, while we safeguard your savings by our Capital and Surplus of $1,000,000. Come in and open an account with us today. $1.00 will start you. Mondays 10 a. m. to 8 p. m. Saturdays 9 a. m. to 8 p. m. ILLINOIS TRUST & SAVINGS BAN La Salle & Jackson...Chicago We Have Paid Our Depositors Over $43,000,000 in Interest. Solomon Predicted It. In the book of Tobit, chapter 5 verse 16, there is this statement—and the young man's dog went along with them." In one of the published accounts of the Tuesday election in New York city there is this statement—"the women went to the voting booths and, in many instances, their dog went along with them." As King Solomon remarked, there isn't any thing now under the sun—Baltimore American. "Cures" for Rheumatism. "Cures" for Rheumatism. Rheumatism is perhaps a disease which affects more people on this earth than any other complaint, and the writer agrees that a sample is ample! But the number of recommended "cures" embracing the common Glauber's salts and the costliest drug, still seem to leave some sufferers to the annoying ache, a writer in London Answers states. Walk In Faith. Have faith, then, oh you who suffer for the noble cause; apotheses of a truth which the world of today comprehends not; warriors in the sacred fight whom it yet stigmatizes with the name of rebels. Tomorrow, perhaps, this world, now incredulous or indifferent, will bow down before you in holy enthusiasm. Tomorrow victory will bless the banner of your crusade. Walk in faith and fear not—Mazzini. Irish Mothers' Superstition. Among the people of the south isle of Aran, off the coast of Ireland, there is an odd belief that ill luck is sure to follow if a mother sees the first garments for her offspring. The garments for the little one must come from a distance, and are the closest make-shift possible. The oldest rags are considered to be the safest as a preventive against any sort of evil. When a Man's Sick It is when we are sick that we make the hardest call on our philosophy of life. It is the most difficult of mental feats to be resigned to physical suffering and incapacity. There have been cheerful sick men in history, like Alexander Pope, it is true, but they were and are few and far between. Julius Caesar, for instance, proved to be a very querulous man when he was sick. Acorns as Human Food. The Indians of the Pacific coast region, from northern California to Mexico, eat acorns in considerable quantities. Dried and pounded they are made into a sort of mush, and also into bread. Acorn meal is usually bleached to free it from tannin and whatever other bitter principles it contains. In certain parts of Italy acorn meal, with the addition of two-thirds ground grain, is made into bread. The Worm Turned. Clifford was not feeling engratec and persuaded Elmer to do his chores for him, and afterward kept the little fellow running errands for him until he became exasperated and exploded thus: "Good gracious, what's the mister with you, Cliff? Maybe you've an engine inside of you that would do its own running, if you'd crank it up and give it a chance." Chilean Traffic Rules. There are no road rules nor speed limits in Chile outside of the cities, but the speed limit in the cities is 25 kilometres (15½ miles) an hour. In the traffic rules of the various Chilean cities there is a lack of uniformity, the Valparaiso regulations requiring an automobile to pass to the right of a coming car, while in Santiago it must pass to the left. Seven Edwards, Kings of England. Seven English kings have borne the name Edward. The first three belonged to the Plantagenet family; the fourth belonged to the house of York, and so did the fifth, the boy murdered in the Tower by his uncle, Richard II.; the sixth was a Tudor, and the seventh was Edward VII. Pines in Argentina. In one region of government forest land in Argentina it is estimated that there are at least 1,000,000 pine trees large enough for profitable lumbering. Cutting Glass Circles. It is possible to break out circles of glass, such as lenses for headlights by making a number of straight cuts from the edge of the glass and breaking these sections out one at a time. Be careful not to cut inside the line of the circle to be cut. Wores Than Egg Profiteers. Client—"This bill of yours is exorbitant. There are several items in it that I don't understand at all." Lawyer—"I am perfectly willing to explain it; the explanation will cost you $10."—Boston Transcript. Marriage at Sea MARRIAGE at Sea. If the master of a Bridish ship considers that the circumstances warrant it, he can solemnize a marriage on board, and the ceremony will be considered quite legal and binding. "Water Chestnut" the Latest. From China has been obtained the "water chestnut," the tubers of which, eaten raw or in stews, are a source of much gratification to the palates of pig-tailed epicures. They are also sliced and shredded for soups. Hoda as Pets! Hogs as Peter Before the advent of Christianity, hogs were household pets among the Hawaiians. Trueat Sympathy Trust Sympathy. The noblest and the most powerful form of sympathy is not merely the responsive tear, the echoed sigh, the answering look; it is the embodiment of the sentiment in actual help.-Exchange. We Fancy They'd Like It. Lawn Tennis Report-"Because the play was not spectacular, the brilliant skill was not appreciated by the majority of the spectators—it was 'as cavail before awine.'"—Boston Transcript. Duty Toward Children Men of today have a duty to childhood because they themselves have once been children. Each generation is a recipient in its turn of the accumulated wisdom and plenty of previous ages, and is in duty bound to pass that on, "plus a certain increment due to its own exertion." Exchange. Ancient Hygienic Rules The Hindus had rules of hygiene, but public health appears always to have been unconsidered in China as it is today. They knew in antiquity the inoculation against smallpox and the importance of good water, some of their wells being 1,500 feet deep and very old. Carivie's Prophecy. America, too, will have to strain its energies, crack its shines and all but break its heart, as all the rest of us had to do, in thousand-fold wrestle with the pythons and mud demons, before it can become a habitation for the gods—Carlyle. Earthquake of 1755. In 1755, on the 18 h of November, an earthquake shook the North American coast, damaging houses all along the shore from New England to the West Indies. In the harbor of St. Martin's the sea withdrew entirely, leaving vessels and fish on the dry harbor bottom. When the waters returned they overflowed the lowlands for miles. Last Great Yellow Fever Epidemic. In 1897, on November 22, statistics were published concerning an epidemic of yellow fever that was sweeping the United States. The South reported 4,288 cases in southern Mississippi, 446 of which were fatal. This was the last great epidemic of yellow fever in this country. Music's Great Power. "Those who think that music is one of the trifles of existence," said Gladstone, "are in grievous error, since from the earliest times it has been one of the most potent factors for molding and forming character." The Hornbook The hornbook, invented in 1450 and used up to the close of the eighteenth century, was the usual text book of the elementary schools. A thin slab of hardwood was covered with parchment, on which was the printing. A thin sheet of transparent cow's horn kept out moisture. Thousand-Year-Old Mammals Thousand-Year-Old Mammals. Scientists say that an ordinary whale lives to the age of five hundred years, while some whales have been caught whose appearance indicates they have lived as many as a thousand years. Lemon Tree Produces Oranges. According to the "Journal of Heredity," a lemon tree, supposedly of the ordinary Italian lemon variety, was transplanted in Egypt. When it bore fruit it was noticed that the lemons were more spherical than lemons usually are and bore an orange-colored stripe. One branch bore a large fruit which was unmistakably an orange. Few Women Misanthropes. Pew Wheaton misanthrope. We grant that one often sees a woman with a dog in her lap and that one would suppose by her action that she prefers a poodle to a man animal. But, if you gumshoe after her and run her down, you will find that there is a man somewhere that she will shake the dog for, every time. It is very seldom that you will find a woman misanthrope.—Los Angeles Times. Good Times. I suppose no one has looked more industriously or in more places, for a good time than I have. Results have been so meager that I have concluded that a good time is more or less of a phantom—E. W. Howe's Monthly. Origin of "The Fourth Estate." Burke, Bridah statesman, gave to the press, the designation "the fourth estate." Proper View of Peace. Peace is our proper relation to all men. There is no reason why, as far as we are concerned, we should not be at peace with everybody. If even they are not at peace with us, we may be at peace with them. Let*them look to their own hearts, we have only to do with our own—J. B. Mosley. Profile Country. Frequently three crops a year are raised in Abyssinia. He's Beyond Convincing. He's Beyond Convincing. It doesn't always follow that because a girl is good looking she will make a good wife, but you can't convince an infatuated youth of that fact. —Detroit Free Press. 12 and 14 hands singing. To prevent the "singing" of telephone or telegraph wires passing over houses, these are muted by putting on them smalt olive-shaped pieces of lead, or fitting corks on to them. Bananas. 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. 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 widewide 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 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. "Good Night" Is Too Long The 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. Solitude. 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 exclusion, 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 birds 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. Proof of Biblical Truth 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. "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. For Dull Mirrors. If mirrors be very dull and speckled, the following method is excellent: Take a small portion of whitening 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. 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 parcel post?" Bad Taste Citadel "Chromolocation office" is a description used by the great novelist, Charles Dickens, in his book, "Little Dearth," 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. Deadly Ambien Slice The strocco or sand storm of the Arabian desert is exceedingly treacherous. It often digs pits two hundred feet deep, scattering the sand for miles around. New Meter Records Steam. A recording meter has been invented to measure the amount of steam used in an industrial plant and check waste. 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 illiteracy is almost unknown. 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." Have Wrong Idea. 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. "Half-Mast High." Everyone knows when he sees a flag flown at half-mast that it is a sign of mourning, but few have any idea how the custom originated. It arises from the old naval rule that the sign of submission was the lowering of the flag by the vanquished. A Basket of Eggs Pataluma, center of the largest poultry district in the world, sent to the California industries and land show a basket holding 72,528 eggs. The basket was 15 feet long, 5 feet high and 8 feet wide. Wedding Superstitions The superstition that it is bad luck to get married on a rainy day comes from the old saying, "Happy is the bridge that the sun shines on." There is another old superstition that a "snowy wedding prophesies wealth." Some Evidence of Crime Where victim of a homicide was shot both through the head and body, his ears severed, one eye gouged out, his head and face frightfully mangled, his body dragged 40 yards down a bank, leaving a trail of blood, and there abandoned in the night, court's remark as to importance of case to commonwealth, and to defendant, and that it would certainly appear that some one was guilty of a most heinous crime, was not improper—Commonwealth vs. Bednorzka, Pa. 107 Att. 066. Witty in Time of Misfortune. When the conflagration that destroyed Drury Lane theater, in 1800, broke out, Sheridan, the principal shareholder, was in the house of commons. Declining the adjournment offered out of sympathy, he hurried to the theater, only to be pushed back by a soldier, with the curt warning: "Stand back, sir!" "My friend," replied the witty dramatist, "surely a man may warm himself by his own fire." The Newspaper in North Africa. "Extra!" shouted in the streets of Algiers or any other North African town would not bring the people of the streets crowding around the newsboy, but would send them hurrying, as much as it lies in an Arab to hurry, to the "office" of the public reader. He holds an important position, his duty being to pass on the news of the day to illuminate citizens.—The Christ'ian Herald. Shrapnel Cartridge Doses. The material used for shrapnel cartridge cases generally consists of a composition of two parts copper and one part zinc. This alloy has been found to possess the best physical qualities—that is, high tenelle strength and a large percentage of elongation when properly annealed. Tantalum, owing to its hardness, makes good material for writing pens, which are less expensive than iridium-tipped gold nibs. Pens from this metal, treated with a special hardening process, prove superior to all others because they are uncorroded by any inks. Accommodating Lightning. Sometimes lightning performs rather comical freaks. It has been recorded that a certain mansion in Wales had been struck by lightning, which saved the servants the trouble of lighting a fire! The chimney was struck and the fuel laid in one of the grates was ignited. The City vs. the Country. The city is a place where people must dwell—the country a place where people may live.—Exchange. --- JAMES H. RYAN & CO. Real Estate, Renting Loans, Insurance 8244 SO. ASHLAND AVENUE CHICAGO, ILL. Phone Douglas 8629 The Mission Billiard Hall GEO. W. HOLT, Propr. 3504 SOUTH STATE STREET CHICAGO, ILL. Stop T THE "Jumbo" gas burner the right, (actual size any gas lighting fixture in have one, get rid of it! J bills and causes a great m plaints that come to us. Claius that a "Jumbo" light without using more Use mantle burners to go Burning five hours a day consumes $2.30 worth of gas in the same time, consumes $1.91 less, and gives much Top Thief! Jumbo" gas burner shown here at out, (actual size) is a robber on setting fixture in Chicago. If you get rid of it! It makes high gas uses a great many of the com- come to us. at a "Jumbo" will give more out using more gas are false. burners to get more light with less gas. 2 hours a day for a month, the "Jumbo" 2.30 worth of gas; a "Junior" mantle burner, time, consumes only 39 cents worth, or and gives much more light. 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. Claius 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" The Planet Carnegie. Mr. Carnegie shared an almost unique honor with the Empress Eugenie in having a planet named after him during his lifetime. Two of the remarkable family of minor planets situated between the orbits of Jupiter and Mars were named Carnegie and Eugenia—Westminster Gazette. Phone Douglas 2928 Laundry Office Edward Felix Notions and Grocery Dellcatessen—Bread, Cakes and Pies Ice Cream—Brick and Bulk 3002 Dearborn St. CHICAGO, ILL. Telephone Central 5832 Residence Douglas 2616 Mrs. Warner Painless Chiropody 15 Years' Experience Opposite Palmer House 120 So. State Street CHICAGO TELEPHONE GEORGE F. H REAL E TELEPHONE DOUGLAS 1 GE F. HARDING, JR. REAL ESTATE or Modern Houses, Apartments 3101 COTTAGE GROVE AVE. Corner 31st Street, Chicago This is the "Jumbo" Gas Burner 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 2142 West Madison St. 1709 West 12th St. 1691 Milwaukee Ave. 3221 Oyden Ave. 4033 West Madison St. North Side 3071 Lincoln Ave. 3643 Irving Park Blvd. 408 West North Ave. South Side 731 West 63rd St. 3478 Archer Ave. 103-5 East 53th St. 9051 Commercial St. 11025 Michigan Ave. West Side 3643 Irving Park Blvd. 2142 West Madison St. 408 West North Ava. 1709 West 12th St. South Side 1641 Milwaukee Ave. 731 West 63rd St. 3221 Ogden Ave. 3478 Archer Ave. 4033 West Madison St. 103-5 East 35th St. North Side 9051 Commercial St. 3071 Lincoln Ave. 11025 Michigan Ave. The People's Gas Light & Coke Co. Michigan Avenue at Adame Street Telephone Wabash 6000 A little girl had a twin brother and sister. Now, she was used to the cat having kittens and only one of the kitten family being kept. So when her father brought the twins down to show her she gazed at them earnestly for a small space of time, then said, "Daddy, I think we'd better keep that one!" Pointing, as she thought, to the prettier one! Colorado's Wonderland. Colorado Wonderland. The Garden of the Gods is a tract of land, about 500 acres in extent, near Colorado Springs, Colo. It abounds in weed and fantastic plannacles of red and white sandstone, some of them more than 800 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. 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. THE BROAD AX, CHICAGO, JANUARY 10, 1920. DENISON, WATKINS AND WHITE ATTORNEYS AT LAW 36 West Randolph Street Franklin A. Denison, S. A. T. Watkins, James E. White Telephone Central $142 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 38 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 Macalister Place Tel. Monroe 2714 MILES J. DEVINE ATTORNEY AT LAW 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 NOTABY PUBLIC Suite 708 Office Telephone: Main 4153 CHICAGO Residence 8419 South Park Ave. Phone Douglas 9354 WM. J. LATHAM ATTORNEY AT LAW Office Phone: Calumet 878 2 EAST THIRTY-FIRST ST. Suite 7 CHICAGO Acidence 3855 Prairie Ave. Phone Douglas 9133 Phones: Main 2017 Auto 82-395 A. L. WILLIAMS ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW Suite 706 Firmenich Building 84 W. Washington Street CHICAGO Telephone Oakland 246 E. K. CALDWELL Successor to C. E. KREYSSLER DEUGGIST 5057 South State Street Near 51st St. Nor On the Corner CHICAGO "Exelento Will Make Your Hair Long, Too" EXELENTO November 18, 1912..... $ 836,605.23 November 17, 1913..... 988,386.38 November 17, 1914..... 912,005.69 November 17, 1915..... 1,059,400.64 November 17, 1916..... 1,132,750.71 November 17, 1917..... 979,377.47 November 18, 1919..... 1,284,084.24 November 17, 1919..... 2,359,686.62 OFF JOHN BAIN, President MICHAEL MAISEL, EDW. C. BARK W. MERLE ARTH Largest Labor of Negroes Every Craft of Rail OFFICERS AIN, President HAEL MAISEL, Vice President EDW. C. BARRY, Cashier W. MERLE FISHER, Assistant C ARTHUR C. UTESCH, Asst West Labor Organiza Negroes in the Wor by Craft of Railroad Work Represen JOHN BAIN, President MICHAEL MAISEL, Vice President EDW. C. BARRY, Cashier W. MERLE FISHER, Assistant Cashier ARTHUR C. UTESCH, Asst. Cashier. Largest Labor Organization of Negroes in the World Every Craft of Railroad Work Represented OVER 20,000 MEMBERS OVER 150 LOCALS OVER SIX YEARS OLD This association has done more than all other labor agencies of ASK THE MEN Now housed in the magazine the Appomattox Club—recenters. Railway Men Benevolent Indu General Headquarter Appomattox Club association has done more for the railroad man her labor agencies combined. ASK THE MEN WHO KNOW housed in the magnificent home formerly nattox Club—recently purchased as our L Railway Men's International Solent Industrial Association General Headquarters, 3441 Wabash Ave. Club CHICAGO This association has done more for the railroad man of color than all other labor agencies combined. Now housed in the magnificent home formerly used by the Appomattox Club—recently purchased as our headquarters. Railway Men's International Benevolent Industrial Association General Headquarters, 3441 Wabash Ave. Appomattox Club CHICAGO, ILL. Garden of Eden in Mexico? A prehistoric race that lived in Mexico centuries before Cortes 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. No Mere Fit of Anger No Mere Fit of Anger. Anna, becoming very angry, bit her smaller sister. Her mother, hearing the little child cry, went to see what was the trouble. When she found out she reproached Anna and asked her over what she had become angry. Anna replied; "I wasn't angry, that was righteous indignation."—Chicago American. Office Phone: Douglas 8285 KERSEY, McGOWAY CHICAGO'S REAL UNDER Finest Establishm GEO. T. KERSEY D. A. Mc Propr 3515 INDIANA AVENUE SEY, McGOWAN AND MORSELL CHICAGO'S REPRESENTATIVE UNDERTAKERS Finest Establishment in the U. S. SEY D. A. McGOWAN WM. J. MO Proprietors ANA AVENUE CHICAGO KERSEY, McGOWAN AND MORSELL CHICAGO'S REPRESENTATIVE GEO. T. KERSEY D. A. McGOWAN WM. J. MORSELL Proprietors ARNEST H. WILLIAMSON UNDERTAKER PHONE: KENWOOD 455 Officer: 5020-5020 S. State Street The Cunningham Car VICE PRESIDENT LY, Cashier FISHER, Assistant Cashier UR C. UTESCH, Asst. Cashier. Our Organization in the World Load-Work Represented OFFICERS more for the railroad man of color combined. IN WHO KNOW Sufficient home formerly used by ply purchased as our headquar- s International Industrial Association rs, 3441 Wabash Ave. CHICAGO, ILL. Accidental Fortune. Blotting paper was discovered by accident. Silver sand was originally used, but in a paper factory a woman once accidentally forgot to put on the sizing. The proprietor picked up a piece of the paper, but was annoyed to find that it was soaking up the ink. He at once entertained the idea that the paper would be useful for "drying." India Progressing. The first auto mail service in the Orient has been introduced in Madras, India. Scientific Research. Philip, who had received as a birthday present a beautiful new microscope, presently astounded the cook with the exclamation: "Hey, cook, lend me a flea, will you? I'll give it back to you in three minutes!" N AND MORSELL PRESENTATIVE WAKERS resent in the U. S. GOWAN WM. J. MORSELL metors CHICAGO, ILL. 3131-38-35 STATE STREET Home Outfitters Residence 3829 Wabash Ave. Telephone Boulevard 10307 JAMES G. COTTER ATTORNEY-AT-LAW 145 NORTH CLARK STREET SUITE 407 Telephone Central 8354 CHICAGO Formerly, Assistant Attorney General State of Illinois Heart Disease. I hear of a man who fussed 30 years about having heart disease. Lately he said: "After all, I'll be cursed if I don't believe I will finally die of some- thing else."—E. W. Howe's Monthly. Live Like Cliff Dwellers. LIVE IN THE CITY A characteristic bit of the old world may be seen near Roundup, Mont., where Austrian and Italian miners have built their homes in ancient fashion, under a projecting rm rock. By simply erecting a stone wall they have a shelter that cannot be bettered for warmth in winter and coolness in summer. Mr. Growcher Speaks. "Some of these problems they keep putting up to us," said Mr. Growcher, "make me think of old-fashioned conundrums. You're supposed to keep guessing. What's the difference?" when it doesn't make much real difference whether there's any difference or not." Hawaiian Impartiality. The old algaroba tree in the Catholic mission grounds on Fort street is no more. Parent of all algaroba trees in the Hawaiian islands, it has been cut down to make room for a Knights of Columbus club house. The word "parent" is used advisedly, for one newspaper, in reporting the removal of the historic tree, referred to it as the "father" of algarobus in Hawaii, and another speaks of it as the "mother."—Pacific Commercial Advertiser. The words of the hymn "I Hear Thy Welcome Voice" were written by Lewis Hartsough, and for that matter the music, too, was written by that composer. Both words and music were first published in a monthly, a Guide to Hollness, a copy of which was sent to Ira D. Sankey while he was in England in 1873. He immediately adopted it and had it published in "Sacred Songs and Solos." THE HOTEL 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. Heart Disease. Famous Hymn. EDWIN STIEFEL, Sec'y. You Money Furniture Co. Cash or Credit They Suffer for Other's Sake. "Locking up an anarchist," said Bill the Burg, "is good for him. But it's kind o' tough on the other fellers that have to live in the same fail." Beliefs That Center About Pearls. Many superstitious beliefs prevail in the East concerning pearls, those gems of the ocean deeps. For instance, it is a common practice (only among the rich, needless to say) to powder a pearl and swallow it either as a tonic for falling vigor or to ward off impending disease or ill luck; or a malden may rub her eyes with a pearl and thereafter, by merely gazing at a man, she may make him her slave! Australian Foresight A band of youngsters with a pack of mongrels ran a rabbit into a log on a local reserve the other day. An argument ensued as to what was to be done with the rabbit. The genius of the party reasoned thus: "Let 'im go. The more rabbits the more fun for us." That *settled it* and the rabbit was spared - Freeman's Journal. Taking Baby's Picture For either the amateur home "snap-shots" or when you take baby to a "real" photographer to have her picture taken, do not "dress her up" in her best clothes, or let her know that she is to pose for her portrait. Let her wear one of her "second best" white dresses, or even a play costume, and she will be more herself than if "all decked up" in her best finery, which is almost certain to give her a self-conscious look—Exchange Necd More Native Rice While the rice milling industry has been steadily growing in the United States, it has treated domestic rice almost exclusively, very little of the foreign product being handled. The growth of this industry, seems, therefore, to depend upon the development of the rice-growing industry in the United States. Test of College Life. Frank A. Vanderlip, the famous financier, would not engage for a high position any man who failed to make his impress felt when at college. "A man who won recognition from his classmates at college is likely to win recognition in after life," he once remarked.—Boston Post.