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One of the Race Commissioners of Illinois, Who is One of the High Priests of The Grand Boulevard Branch of The Kenwood and Hyde Park Property Owner's Association, Is Bitterly Opposed to Permitting Any Highly Respectable Colored People to Reside Within Ten Thousand Miles of That Section of the City DR. GEORGE CLEVELAND HALL, HON. ADELBERT H. ROBERTS, REV. L. K. WILLIAMS, HON. GEO. H. JACKSON, HON. EDWARD H. MORRIS AND COL. ROBERT S. ABBOTT, SHOULD NOT PERMIT THEMSELVES TO FURTHER SERVE ON THE RACE COMMISSION OF ILLINOIS WITH MR. BOND, FOR HE IS A RANK NEGRO HATER AND AN UNREGENERATED OR UNRECONSTRUCTED ENEMY OF THE COLORED RACE. Many stupid colored people who only poorly attempt to read one weekly newspaper which is generally very unreliable when it comes down to setting forth anything in connection with the Race Commission of Illinois, for one big Colored editor has the great honor and the high distinction of being one of the Race Commissioners himself, and the past week dozens of so-called smart Colored people who entertain the idea that a one horse Colored editor never will learn nor know anything have come to us and exclaimed, Editor Taylor, are you real sure that Attorney P. B. Flanagan was at one time one of the Judges of the Municipal Court of Chicago? That they did not know that Hon. William Scott Bond, one of the Race Commissioners of Illinois, was one of the most rabid members of the Kenwood and Hyde Park Property Owners' Associations? If the Colored people were up to snuff or to date and read each week, or day, as the case might be, both sides of the various newspapers they would not be found to stop us on the streets and at other places and ask us such questions and then doubt our word when we give them the desired information. If the thoughtless Colored people—those who think themselves allwise, will only stop and read, they will learn that the Hon. Patrick B. Flanagan, attorney-at-law in the Ashland block, was up to within a few years ago one of the Judges of the Municipal Court, that deep down in his heart he never did entertain one spark of love for Colored people, that as an active member of the Hyde Park and Kenwood Property Owners' Associations the Hon.-P. B. Flanagan no doubt would rather see innocent and law abiding Colored men, women and children shot down in the streets all around him rather than permit one decent Colored person to reside near unto him or to come in contact with him in Hyde Park or Kenwood. The very wise Colored people, if they will only stop and read will learn that the Hon. William Scott Bond is engaged in the real estate business at 25 North Dearborn street, that he is the same Hon. William Scott Bond who is a member of the Race Commission of Illinois; that as one of its members he is unworthy of the slightest consideration from the hands of honest men, for, as one of the Race Commissioners, he is using what little talent he possesses to stir up strife and bitterness between the white and the Colored race in this city which, if continued, is bound to end in the spilling of much human blood on the streets of Chicago. If there is any one paper published by our people that makes money out of special editions, it is the Chicago Broad-Ax, the veteran editor, Julius Taylor's paper. Once, and sometimes twice a year the editor springs a special edition on his readers. His latest was the Christmas holiday edition, which came to our office this week, handsomely and plentifully illustrated with cuts and write-ups of some of the leaders and foremost thinkers, both white and colored, of the great Windy City. The stock upon which the edition was printed was the finest, and the make-up could not be excelled. In fact the whole lay-out of the paper showed the work of a skilled artist in the sour- THE BROAD AX Hon. William Scott Bond If the Hon. William Scott Bond was only a full-blooded, liberty-loving American and completely civilized and had the future welfare of this great city at heart, as one of the Race Commissioners of Illinois, he would in a sane and sober manner expend his time in talking to the people residing in Kenwood and Hyde Park and appeal unto them in the name of right and justice to refrain in their wild beast like, or savage, or murderous onslaughts on the Colored people; that all races have in the past and must continue to dwell together in peace and harmony in this city; that by reason of that fact Chicago has become the greatest and the most wonderful city in the wide world. The fact that the Hon. William Scott Bond is an active member of the executive committee of the Kenwood and Hyde Park Property Owners' Associations, places him in the class of the most bitter enemies of the Colored people, for the rattle-brained members of his associations are amply prepared, for the commission of any crime or crimes in order to prevent one Colored person to reside in that section of the city. Right now and here we call upon Dr. George Cleveland Hall, Hon. Adelbert H. Roberts, Rev. L. K. Williams, Hon. George H. Jackson, Hon. Edward H. Morris, and Col. Robert S. Abbott, to use their great power and influence with the powers that be and have the Hon. William Scott Bond removed as 'one of the Race Commissioners and at all times shun him as they would anyone who was real mad or crazy, for he is a rank enemy of the Colored race. It is really amusing in the extreme, when we take into consideration the fact that many of the so-called white citizens of Hyde Park and Kenwood, who claim to be so bitterly opposed to decent and respectable Colored people, many of them blowing into this country from Russia and other parts of the old world, and any number of them still being unable to speak ten words of the English language correctly, and when we remember the further fact, that some of their ancestors were serfs or slaves in the old county; that they were forced to wear big brass rings in their nose and ears in order to distinguish them from the nobility; that they were bought and sold for fifty dollars; while the Negro slaves in this country were never sold for less than three hundred dollars and on up to three thousand dollars. Yet this foreign breed of cattle set themselves up as possessing the undisputed right to dictate to the Colored people, where they can or cannot reside, in the great City of Chicago! BUSINESS. On this coming Monday evening, January 26, Col. W. E. Mellison whose law offices are located at 184 W. Washington street, will leave for Mississippi, he will visit his old home, Vicksburg, Miss, where he will spend several days in visiting with his many white and colored friends, from there he will journey to Jackson, Miss, where he will argue an important case before the Supreme Court of that state. M. Eminent lawyer, popular citizen, former trustee of the Sanitary District of Chicago, who may be induced by his friends to enter the race for Judge of the Municipal Court this coming fall. MARCUS GARVEY AGAIN IN THE LIMELIGHT. The many friends of Hon. Marcus Garvey, President of the Black Star Line, were greatly exercised over the fact that some weeks ago his name was included in the list of the so-called "black reds" lined up by State's Attorney Hoyne. The report grew out of the fact that the literature of the Negro Protective Association was seized, and Mr. Garvey's name appeared as President, but all have been highly gratified to learn that Mr. Garvey was not disturbed in the raid in New York, and he is walking the decks of the good ship Yarmouth, the flagship of the Black Star Line, every inch a Commodore. tractors have been saying. He informs the public that tso far as his Black Star Line is concerned, when its ship sails down upon Chicago there will be no Blue Sky limitations to hamper and no gun-boat Brundage to sink her as she sails. In the mean time the damage suits of the Black Star Line are still pending and Mr. Garvey is flourishing. THE MOVIES DETRIMENTAL TO THE NEGRO CHILD. At the present moment distinguished ministers of the sacred-gospel are declaring that the movie pictures are dangerous to the proper understanding of the public; it must not be counted amiss that the race adds a word or two to the general discussion. All pictures are not dangerous as some of the ministers assert. Occasionally one sees a picture that is worth going miles to see, and such good pictures add rather than take away from the good one knows and treasures. But the vampire, the hold-up, the robber, should be excluded by the censor board at any rate. Frequently pictures are shown that capitalize the Negro as a janitor, or some kind of monkey; this is merely a fill in, and should not be regarded seriously, but it is generally observed that when such pictures are shown a lot of vapory and ignorant Negroes laugh themselves shamefully at their own people. Some attention should be given to pictures of this character and especially in houses patronized chiefly by the race, the managers should be given to understand that we regard such pictures as a reflection upon the intelligence of the patrons, and they must cut all such pictures out if they wish the patronage and support we seem to be giving them. We do not condemn the movie picture houses. Of course they give work to musicians, ushers, ticket sellers and property man, but we need not barter principle to laugh at ourselves, or be laughed at. Then there are the pictures that are coarse and appeal to the low nature of the brute that is in the most of human kind. Nude pictures should never be tolerated. It is not a matter of art that pictures of such a character are shown. It is because thousands of the coarse and vulgar rush to such shows to satisfy the ugly spirit in them. Woman should be held sacred, and not be made a show for vulgar and ignorant low brows. SIMMONS NOT LIKED IN TEXAS. It appears from an editorial in our esteemed contemporary, "The Texas Freeman," that Roscoe Conkling Simmons did not state the whole truth in his address in the City Auditorium at Houston recently. The Freeman calls much of Simmons' talk "rot." Here is a part of the Freeman's criticism: "The Freeman has no grievance against Col. Simmons, but it says openly and above board that the rot he handed out in Houston, especially at the City Auditorium, was not helpful or inspiring at all, but on the other hand, was what the white people who segregate and humiliate the Negro every time he turns around want to hear when the apologists and trimmers of the race come among them with their taffy." Mrs. Matrha B. Anderson, 6450 Champlain avenue, was confined to her home the first of this week with a severe cold; she is able to be out again and conduct her classes in music in her studio at 5 E. 36th place. SOCIAL DOINGS AMONG THE AFRO-AMERICANS IN NEW YORK CITY. News Letter Furnished by the Newspaper Service Bureau, 305 Broadway. A monster mass meeting was held Sunday afternoon, January 18, at Mother Zion A. M. E. Church, by and in the interest of the National League of Urban Conditions Among Negroes. The president of the League, Mr. L. Hollingsworth Wood, was chairman. There were two main speakers for the occasion. The first was Miss Sophie Irene Loeb, white, the famous writer on social topics attached to the staff of the New York World. Miss Loeb spoke at length on the social problems and the remedies therefor confronting the Negro. She was well received. The other mai nspeaker was Dean William Pickens, colored, of Morgan College, Baltimore, Md. His topic was "The Negro In the Present World Crisis." The great audience cheered the dean again and again. Remarks were also made by the chairman, by James H. Hubert, Rev. J. C. Brown and E. K. Jones. The object of the meeting was to stimulate among colored people a greater sympathy for the worthy works in which the Urban-League is engaged. The play at the Lafayette Theatre last week was the former Broadway success, "The Blindness of Youth," by Williard Mack and Lou Tellegen. This time, however, its name was cut to "Blind Youth." The play itself while interesting, is built up on a highly improbable theme. Most of the characters are highly overdrawn and resemble melodrama heroes of a vast age rather than real human beings. Miss Cleo Desmond played the vampire and Miss Ola May Taylor the sweetheart and ultimate wife of the hero, Maurice Monnier. Monnier was portrayed by Andrew Bishop and his brother was performed by Lionel Monagas. Arthur Ray and C. L. Criner as the old cronies, furnished some clever acting, as did Mr. Bishop in some of the scenes. The others seemed a bit tired and gave a somewhat listless performance. Next week's play at the Lafayette is "The Madonna of the Future," by the famous dramatic, Alan Dale. It deals with the problems of the woman who loves but does not care to marry. The employes of Lincoln Hospital gave an entertainment and dance at the hospital Monday evening, Jan. 19. A heavy snow fall in the early afternoon prevented a large number being present, but those who were there had a very enjoyable evening. The Victory A. C. basketball team, led by Walter Cooper, the former Incorporator player, played Lincoln University at Manhattan Casino, Monday, January 19. Owing to the bad weather only a small crowd was out. The S. S. Yarmouth of the Black Star Line, it was reported Monday afternoon, had sent an S. O. S. call for assistance while at sea about thirty miles off Cape May, N. J. It was said she was leaking badly and feared she would founder. The cargo carried was about 2,000,000 gallons of whiskey intended for Havana, Cuba. It was not possible to verify these reports at a late hour Monday. The Alpha P. C. C. has announced that it will play the great Baltimore Y. M. C. A. basketball team at Manhattan Casino, New York City, on January 26. The Ladies' Club of Emmanuel Church gave a well attended concert at St Mark's Hall, Friday, January 16. The feature number was the vocal solo by Lulu Robinson Jones, "May Morning," by Danza. The Cinderella dances by the little children were also a delight to the audience, especially so, those entitled "The Shower' and "The Lost Slipper." * * * The two Negro aldermen from Harlem have been appointed to the following important committees in the Board of Aldermen: Dr. Charles H. Hoberts, the Committee on Privileges and Elections; the Committee on General Welfare; the Committee on State Legislation, and, the Committee on Salaries and Officers. Mr. Charles H. Harris has been appointed to the Committee on Labor and Industry and the Committee on Privileges and Letting. Marian Phillips, 36, colored, of 57 West 133rd street, was the defendant Monday in the West Side Court in one of the most famous jewelry robberies of recent years. Miss Phillips was charged by her employer, Mrs. Alphens Riker, of 340 West 86th street, with the larceny from a jewel case of about $15,000.00 worth of jewelry and personal property. It was a case of what the police call "exclusive opportunity," that is, no one is supposed to have had access to the jewelry but the Phillips woman who was employed at the 86th street address as a maid to do days' work. Miss Phillips pleaded not guilty to the charge and the formal hearing of the complain before Judge Marsh brought out the fact that a locksmith had been much closer to the jewels than the defendant and that there was no absolute proof that Miss Phillips knew of the gems at all. The magistrate thereupon discharged the colored woman and dismissed the complaint. Under the direction of Mr. D. O. Howe a series of six Sunday afternoon sacred concerts is being given at the White Rose Home for Working Girls. The proceeds go toward the upkeep of the home. Mr. E. H. Margetson, the distinguished pianist, has been engaged to render the musical numbers throughout the entire series. The first recital was given Sunday, January 18. * * * Miss Margaret Smith, assemblywoman from the 19th A. D., has introduced a bill in the N. Y. legislature giving all ex-service men a bonus of $10.00 for each month served in the war. The boys in Harlam are doing much expecting. * * * The former Miss Georgelee Leftwich and Mr. Horace Worrell were married at St. Philip's Church Wednesday afternoon, January 14. Both are popular members of the younger set. The wedding was a quiet affair, only intimate friends being present. Rev. Bishop officiated. Miss Gladys Fanning was maid of honor and Mr. Thomas Langford was best man. The Baptist Temple Church, Rev. M. B. Huccles, pastor, is moving soon to larger quarters in West 132nd street. The congregation has just purchased a plot of land for, it is said, $50,000.00. They intend building immediately. Mr. Purenza Rico, the famous Negro basso from South America, arrived in New York City this week. Mr. Rico is to give just one recital on February 5th at Mother Zion Church before leaving for foreign places. A cute little coming out party was given Friday evening by Miss Edith McAllister, of 230 W. 142nd street. Miss McAllister is the bookkeeper of the P. A. Payton Real Estate Corp., but decided not to have her coming out until she had reached THE BROAD AX In this city since July 15th, 1899, without missing one single issue. Republican, Democrat, Catholics, Protestants, Single Taxers, Priests, infidels or anyone else can have their say as long as their language is proper and responsibility is fixed. The Broad Ax is a newspaper whose platform is broad enough for all, ever claiming the editorial right to speak its own mind. Local communications will receive attention. Write only on one side of the paper. Subscriptions must be paid in advance. One Year ..... $2.00 Six Months ..... $1.00 Advertising rates made known on application. THE BROAD AX $206 So. Elizabeth St., Chicago, Ill Phone Wentworth 2597 Vol. XXV. January 24, 1920. No. 19 Entered as Second-Class Matter, Aug. 19, 1920, at the Post Office at Chicago, III. Under Act of March 3, 1879. NEW YORK NEWS LETTER. (Concluded from page 1.) the age of eighteen. Many of the younger set were present and an enjoyable time was had by all. Among those present were Mrs. Nathan McAllister, elocutionist, Mr. Percy Clark of Newport, R. L., and Paul Razakateriefo, composer of the Winter Garden successes sung by the famous Art Mellinger. * * * The St. Christopher Club is the only colored organization to enter a basketball team in the 145 lb. A. A. U. Metropolitan Championship now being decided in the gymnasium of the College of the City of New York. --- The well known Music School Settlement building at 4 West 131st street has been taken over by the Boys' Welfare Association, of which Mr. George H. Johnson and George Ralston are the moving spirits. The Music School closed its doors some time ago due to lack of patronage. It was one of the places where the colored elite were wont to gather for the finest of the social functions. The Boys' Welfare Association has not as yet announced just what will be the course it will pursue in regard to the future activities at the famous hall. A piano and organ recital will be given at Mt. Olivet Baptist Church on Thursday, February 28th. Prof. Lorenzo F. Dyer will be the attraction at the organ. He will be assisted by Cleota J. Collins, soprano, J. Arthur Gaines, tenor, and Gertrude M. Hill, reader. * * * * The Central M. E. Church has bought for its first church the former Hebrew Tabernacle at 218 West 130th street, now occupied by the Seventh Day Adventist Church, Rev. A. C. Humphreys, pastor. The Seventh Day Adventists have purchased elsewhere. The price paid for the tabernacle was $48,000.00. It will be renamed the Williams Institutional Church in honor of Bishop Williams of Augusta, Ga., the dean of the C. M. E. bishops. Miss Helen Holman, the colored lecturer, spoke Sunday to the white Socialists of the 19th A. D. on "Poetry and Pathos of Negro Literature." In the recent rally at St. Mark's M. E. Church the sum of $12,026.69 was realized. Colonel Theodore Roosevelt, now an assemblyman in the New York legislature, is to address his first colored audience at Metropolitan Baptist Church at 8:00 p.m. Sunday, January 25th. He is to be the guest of the Negro Circle for War Relief. James Weldon Johnson of the N. A. A. C. P., will also speak. The musical numbers will be rendered by Paul Robeson, former Rutgers college football star, and Prof. F. J. Work, formerly of Fukue University. Col. Roosevelt voted for the expulsion of the Socialist assemblymen. John Clifford Hawkins, the only colored man in the New York legislature, changed his vote last week in regard to expelling the five duly elected Socialist assemblymen. He had voted to expel them but changed and advocated their retention. Hon. Edward D. Green, one of the most prominent Knights of Pythias in this part of the country, will leave Monday evening for Hot Springs, Ark, where he will spend two or three days and enjoy the hot M. COL. NOBLE B. JUDAH. One of the best and well known lawyers in this city, who bravely fought for his country on the battlefields of France, who would make a splendid Republican candidate for Judge of the County Court. THE "ENEMY IN OUR MIDST." Influenza within the past week is looming up with threatening force on the health horizon of Chicago. It is yet too early to forecast what proportions the threatened outbreak may assume; but there is every good reason for not getting alarmed. So, too, there are good reasons why the people of Chicago should begin now to put up their defences against what seems to be an impending attack of this dreaded disease. In other words, influenza is an enemy, "now in our midst," as the country editors sometimes put it, and every citizen should prepare to meet it. Influenza is a communicable disease. The infectious material comes from the mouth, nose and throat, being contained in the discharges from these parts of the body. The infection is spread mainly by careless coughing, sneezing and spitting; and by human hands contaminated with infectious matter, due to the habit most every one has of bringing the hands in almost constant contact with the nose and mouth. To lessen the chances of "catching influenza," please observe the following: Safety Suggestions. Don't shake hands—salute. Keep your handkerchief handy and use it to cover your mouth and nose when you have to sneeze or cough. Spend your evenings at home, rather than at an overcrowded or overheated place of public assembly. Keep yourself warmly clad; avoid violent exercise, chills and cold drafts. Get all the fresh air and sunlight you can, both in your work place and in your home. Keep your feet dry and warm. Walk to your work, if not too cold. The air in the street is better than you'll get in the overcrowded, ill-smelling street cars. Finally, if in spite of observing all these precautions, you begin to feel "rocky," call your doctor and stay at home until he says you are all right and ready for work again. If you have the hibernating habit, quit it. Try sleeping in a room with the windows open enough to admit plenty of fresh air. You will feel so much better that you will not go back to sleeping in an air tight box. * * * * * If your child tells you its throat is sore and hurts, don't send it to school. Keep it at home and call your doctor. This is a safety first suggestion. The unreported case of consumption, like the unreported case of scarlet fever or diphtheria, is a real manace to the community, for both mean the spread of disease. Too much eating and too little exercise in the open air are responsible for many ills and ailments. Cleanliness of person and surroundings, strictly observed, will help a lot in keeping the "flu" away. DR GARFIELD TO SPEAK AT HAMPTON. Hampton, Va., Jan.-Dr. Harry A. Garfield, President of Williams College, Williamstown, Mass., and former National Fuel Administrator, will be at Hampton Institute on Sunday, February 1, and will deliver the annual Founder's Day address in the school's Memorial Church. Among those prominent in national life who have spoken at Hampton on the life and influence of its founder, Gen. Sampel Chapman Armstrong (1839-1893), are President Wilson, Lyman Abbott, Talcott Williams, Robert R. Matton, President Taft, and Sur- MAYOR THOMPSON WINS EVERY TIME. By Dr. M. A. Majors. Chicago should be congratulated that it has a mayor who is looking out for every interest dear to the public. The big daily papers have but feeble praise for Mayor Thompson because they are tied hand and foot by the interests, of large concerns, who would exploit the people. In the case of the Chicago City Railways car fare he has virtually saved the public millions of dollars by having the street car fare reduced to six cents, when it was seven. He is still fighting the people's battle, contending it be further reduced to five cents, where it was before the street car strike. He is also after the Elevated lines and he will win because the mayor is always protesting for the welfare of the public. He won out in the School Board, because he was on the side of right. Why should Chicago go out of the state to employ a Superintendent of her schools, giving a direct slap at our own great teachers? Why pay $18,000 annually for a superintendent when we have a better one for less than half of that great sum? When Mayor Thompson took office he declared that no corporation, no big interest, and no newspaper could expect him to do their bidding and he has kept his word with the people, and they have kept their word with him. He wished for team work in the city council, but he found that such was impossible. Many of the Aldermen were owned by corporate interests, and legislation that might have made Chicago the greatest city on the western hemisphere was defeated or allowed to drag. The mayor found himself of times helps sto carry forward his huge undertakings because the elected aldermen who, on taking office, swore to pledge themselves to the upbuilding of Chicago, were found wanting in the qualities of independent liberty loving men. Today things are getting better in spite of the hindrance, and the blocking of decent legislation. Today Chicago has the best paid policemen in America. Indeed Mayor Thompson has done a marvelous work in spite of his handicap and the newspapers. We have more people of our race employed in high places than ever was known before. Chemists, clerks, sanitary officers, aldermen, corporation counsels, and more white wings than ever could have been expected; colored women and colored men in day and night shifts cleaning the City Hall. More policemen of color have been appointed than any mayor before him, and numerous excellent things the mayor has done for our race. When we think of it seriously we cannot help feeling proud of our Mayor. BREAK IN 2ND WARD REPUB LICAN POLITICS. Former Assistant Attorney General James G. Cotter has sent in his resignation as captain of the 33rd Precinct. This means a break in the Regular Organization. It is rumored that Attorney Cotter will be a candidate for Ward Committee-man against Hon. Edward H. Wright. Mrs. Sadie Hart, 4841 Federal street, has been confined to her home for the past week with serious illness. She is under the medical care of Dr. Walter N. Thomas, 24th and State streets, who feels confident that he will pull Mrs. Hart through all right. THE BROAD AX, CHICAGO, JANUARY 24, 1920 The greatest financial drive in the history of the world for any charitable, philanthropic or religious program will be staged in America from April 21 to May 2, when $1,320,000,000 will be sought to carry the message of evangelical Christianity around the world, this amount being the budget for five years. Forty-two of the leading Protestant denominations of the nation, representing many millions of members, in convention at Atlantic City during the first week of the new year, voted for a united movement that is expected to mark a new epoch for Christian civilization. The campaign for raising the funds that will send thousands of college-bred young men and women to the farthest points of the globe to serve as teachers, medical missionaries, nurses, preachers and social workers, and place other thousands at work in institutional churches, social settlements, churches, colleges and other fields of service in the cities and country of America, will be organized on so vast a scale that it will be comparable to one of the war-time Liberty loan drives. The money will be raised to cover all of the home and foreign missionary activities of the various denominations included for a period of five years. The seventeen hundred delegates to the Atlantic City convention have returned to their homes, on fire with the contagion of success and inspiration that swept the convention. They began immediately a campaign to carry to the members of their home churches and cities the news of this new program which many thousands of churches are embarking on under the name of the Interchurch World Movement. The Interchurch Movement already has accomplished a vast organization, and is making preparations to acquaint the 110,000,000 people of America, through newspaper articles and advertising, moving pictures, bill board posters, minute men, and other methods of publicity, with the meaning of the movement. Conventions of pastors and laymen are to be held in every state. College men are being enlisted, and every agency possible will be secured to help put across the great financial drive and the missionary effort to follow. The Interchurch Movement means the Protestant churches of America in co-operative action to carry the benefit of Christianity to the whole world. INSTALLATION OF OFFICERS Of Olustee Circle No. 37, The Ladies of G. A. R. Last Thursday Evening. The officers were installed at an open meeting at Masonic Hall. Mrs. Millie Heiser, President; Mrs. Laura Smith 1st vice president; Mrs. Lizzie Clark, 2nd vice president; Mrs. Rosie Foucha, Circle secretary; Mrs. Minnie Quarrels, treasurer; Mrs. Helen Lattimore, patriotic instructor; Mrs. Emma A. Brown, chaplain; Mrs. Emroe Jones, conductress; Mrs. Clara Ford, asst. conductress; Mrs. Jane Rowlins, guard; Mrs. Edith Malone, asst. guard; Bertha Hensley, secretary sinking fund; Mrs. Eliza Holliday, treasurer sinking fund. Mrs. Bertha Casser was the installing officer, assisted by President, Mrs. Ida E. Wright, National Secretary, and Mrs. Ida Siebert, Past State President. After the ceremony the retiring President, Mrs. Bertha L. Hensley, presented her officers with tokens. The Circle presented her with a beautiful pin of the Order. The installing officers presented tokens and were given remembrances by the Circle. Mrs. Daisy Carthell, Past President of Olustee Circle, made a beautiful address in behalf of the Circle, telling of the esteem and appreciation in which Mrs. Hensley is held by the Circle, also stating that she had brought more money into the Circle than any one else. The remarks by visiting sisters and friends were interspersed with a program: Solo Instro, Miss V. Thrikeld. Beautifully rendered reading, A Church Scene from Evangeline, b Miss Marie Burgette. MIR ATHA G. E. MURRAY MHR. ADENA C. E. MINOTH A vocal solo, by Miss Violet Anderson. Refreshments were then served by the Circle. PLEASANT Celebration BY CLIC SCHOOL OF MENTAL SCIENCES The third anniversary celebration and annual commencement exercises of the Clio School of Mental Sciences, held in the auditorium of Wendell Phillips High School last Thursday evening was a grand success. Despite the inclement weather the auditorium was well filled with an enthusiastic and representative audience. The following program was rendered in masterly style: Invocation, Rev. Father Henry Simmons; Saxophone Solo, "Carmena," Mrs. Hattie May Hargary; Introduction of Chairman, Hon. Richard T. Greener, Maj. John R. Lynch; Solo, Sedeted, Mr. Claud Evans; Salutatory, Mrs. Inez Collins; Paper, "Benefits the Subject Has Been to Me," Mme. Ezella Mathis Carter; Solo, Seekted, Mrs. Ophelia Pulley; Valediction, Miss Audrey Irving; Principal's Annual Address, "Mind," Prof. Adena C. E. Minitt; Vocal Solo, Mr. W. C. Mason; Address, "Inter-racial Co-operation," Prof. William Pickens; Violin Solo, (a) 2nd Pupils' Concerto in G, Feitz; (b) Motto Perpetua, Carl Bohm; Master William King; accompanied by Master Edward King; Presentation of Certificates, E. K. H. Holloway; Piano Solo, "Caprice-Burnesque." Gabrilowitsch, Miss Nannie Strayhorn. There were three graduates. After the program at Wendell Phillips the graduates and friends returned to the school parliars where a reception was tendered in honor of the graduates and the speaker of the evening, Prof. William Pickens, whose birthday anniversary it was also. The following ladies greatly assisted to make the celebration a success: Program Committee—Mrs. Irene McCoy-Gaines, Chairman; Mrs. W. D. Hargray, Mr. Jas. A. Mundy, Mrs. Emma McDougal, Mr. Geo R. Garner and Prof. A. C. E. Minott. Montgomery, Chairman; Miss Emma J. Henderson, Mrs. Mary E. Thurman, Information Committee—Mrs. Mary Mr. Ford S. Black, Rev. Wilson S. Carey, Mrs. Elizabeth Moore and Mrs. Emma McDougal. Ushers—Patriotic Service League Girls: Miss Odessa Brooks, Miss Alma Howell, Miss Irene Wilson, Miss Lee Anna Jennings, Miss Jenette Bass, Miss Annelabel Lee, Miss Lillian Graham, Miss Bessie Owens, Miss Helen Wright, Miss Mildred Smith, Miss Grace Johnson and Louise Smith. The following are some of the most prominent persons who are interested in the Clio School of Mental Sciences: Western Advisory Board of the Clio School of Mental Sciences—Hon. Richard T. Greener, Chairman; Prof. Adena C. E. Minott, Secretary; Mr. Anthony Overton, Mrs. Elizabeth Lindsay Davis; Dr. George C. Hall, Rev. Father John Henry Simmons; Tony Langston, Publicity Manager. Eastern Advisory Board—Hon. Fred R. Moore, Chairman; Mrs. Frances R. Keyser, Vice Chairman; Prof. Adena C. E. Minott, Secretary-Treasurer; Mr. Menko H. Wolfe, Rev. Father Hutchins C. Bishop, Mrs. Addie W. Hunton and Rev. Dr. Wm. H. Brooks. The school has offered a mid-winter course at a special price which course will begin immediately. Next Monday evening, January 26 Prof. Adena C. E. Minott will entertain the artists and ushers who assisted at the anniversary celebration. The reception will be held at the Soldiers' and Sailors' Club, 3201 Wabash avenue. Afeature of the evening will be a stereocopticon demonstration on How to Analyze the Characters of People. HON. WILLIAM T. VERNON Will Address Bethel Literary, Wed nesday, February 4th. On Wednesday evening, February 4th, Hon. William T. Vernon, who ranks with the greatest orators' in this county, will address the Bethel Literary Society at Bethel Church; on "Democracy and the Negro." Hon. Patrick H. O'Donnell will also orate. Hon. John G. Drennan will preside [Name] HON. HUGH NORRIS. The best City Oil Inspector that Chicago has ever had; President of the Norris-Ward Coal Company, warm supporter of Mayor William Hale Thompson at every stage of the game, who may become the Thompson candidate for Recorder of Cook County this fall. MISSISSIPPI BENEFICIAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY A GREAT INSURANCE CHIPS. Down in Mississippi at a town called Indianola which was made noted by the fact that it suffered to have its postoffice abolished rather than take mail from a colored person, there exists a Life Insurance Company of the old line which ranks at least second in size and importance of those managed by colored people in the United States, if not in the world. This is the Mississippi Beneficial Life Insurance Company, which has six million dollars of old line insurance in force and which received last year a half million dollars in premiums on its business. It has one hundred thousand dollars paid in, fifty thousand dollars of which is deposited in the State Treasury of Mississippi for the guarantee of its policies. Its Secretary and Treasurer is Mrs. Minnie Cox, the very postmistress against whose services Indianola once rebelled. She is now not only honored by all its citizens white and black, but occupied the position of importance in the Insurance Company as well as Vice President of the Delta Penny Savings Bank, founded by her husband, Wayne W. Cox, and which is one of the solid institutions in the country. Under the law, the deposits in that bank, now aggregating more than Two Hundred Thousand Dollars, are guaranteed by the State of Mississippi. On Monday of this week the Mississippi Beneficial Insurance Company through its Attorney, W. E. Mollison, Esq., paid to Mrs. Katie Crockett $500.00 for a policy on the life of her late husband, Harry Crockett, who died on Dearborn street very recently. The President of the Company is Dr. F. E. Walker, a man of high rank professionally, but is a man of substance and has the highest respect of all·Mississippians. Mr. C. B. King, the general agent, is one of the most competent insurance agents in America. He has been with the company and has not only watched it grow but has nurtured it with his energy and ability. Mr. King is soon to occupy the division headquarters of the Company at Memphis. The company plans to qualify in Illinois as soon as it can find sufficient members of competent helpers to run this end of its great business—Adv. DEATH AND FUNERAL OF DUF LEY E. GOODWIN. Wednesday funeral services were held over the remains of Dudley E. Goodwin at the home of Mrs. Bond, 6652 S. Wabash avenue, Revs. W. S. Braddan and E. T. Martin officiating. Mr. Goodwin and Miss Victoria Bond was united in marriage in September, 1915, and they were one of the happiest married couples in this city, until the hand of death separated them. Mr. Goodwin was very popular and by merrying into one of the oldest and most highly respected families in this city he became well known as the floral offerings from friends everywhere which were very rare and beautiful attested to that fact, he was employed by the International Harvester Machine Company and its head officials out of respect to his memory contributed the finest of all of the floral offerings. Many of the old-timers attended the funeral services. Entertainer was in Oakhill Company. that Chicago has ever had; Presi- lal Company, warm supporter of son at every stage of the game, son candidate for Recorder of CHIPS. Mrs. Thomas Bell, 5229 Wabash avenue, is on the sick list. Mrs. Francis Hill, daughter of Mr. Anthony Overton, is quite ill with the "flu." Mrs. Ella Thompson Harris, of Morgan Park, was in the city during the week on business. Prof. Jackson's Music School will have their annual review next Wednesday evening at Odd Fellows Hall, 3335 S. State street. * * * * * Rev. Snelson, pastor of St. Mary's A. M. E. Church, reports more than twenty-five sick members. * * * * * Mrs. Carolyne Brewer, 5335 Wabash avenue, expects to visit her son, Mr. Roscoe Brewer, in the near future. His home is in Los Angeles. * * * * * After a serious illness of several weeks, Mrs. Leona Dixon, 3752 Rhodes avenue, Most Excellent Queen, Leona Council 109, A. U. K. D. of A., is much better. M. T. Bailey, president, Bailey Realty Co., 3638 State street, spent the past week in Evanston, Glencoe and Harvey, Ill., arranging negotiations for clients. Mr. and Mrs. Al. Whittaker of Colorado Springs, Colo., are visiting here. They are stopping with Mrs. Bertha L. Hensley, 3528 Vernon avenue. Mr. Robert Harris, an old and highly respected citizen on the West Side, was buried from St. Stephen's A. M. E. Church by the Odd Fellows Tuesday. Mr. Harris was better known as "Dad Harris." Mrs. Lou Ella Young, D. G. R. N. G., 3556' Forest avenue, together with other officers, organized Household 5525 at Joliet, Ill., Jan. 12 Members received, 42. The committee was served with a dainty lunch. Mrs. Effie Terrell, 41st street and Cottage Grove avenue, has gone to Alabama with the remains of her deceased husband, M. Terrell, for interment. Mrs. Terrell will remain south for some time with relatives. Dr. D. J. Williams, supreme medical director, Royal Circle of Friends of the World, will install the officers of Excelsior Circle No. 1028, at Bailey's Hall, 3638 State street, Friday evening, Feb. 6. The Phyllis Wheatley Woman's Club met at the home, Wednesday afternoon, of Mrs. Elizabeth Londay Davis, 37th street and Indiana avenue, as she was unable to attend the meeting at the Phyllis Wheatley, 3250 Rhodes avenue. * * * The members of the American Syncopated Orchestra spent a few days in Chicago with their friends and relatives. The boys were all looking well and are enjoying the best of health. They are having a very successful tour. They left Saturday for Minnesota for a ten days' engagement. The Pyramid Building & Loan Association, controlled by members of the Race, with offices at 3539 State street, will hold a meeting Saturday evening, Feb. 6, at Johnson's Hall, 3518 State street, at which time the directors will be elected and the officers and others will speak on the CHIPS. . . . *** 福 These youngsters had the time of their lives at a party given recently by Community Service in the Thomas Garret Settlement House in Wilmington, Delaware. There were grownups at the party, too. But, they were there just to help the young folks enjoy themselves. Community Service includes colored men, women and children in its work throughout the United States. The work for them is carried on by colored workers trained by Community Service. future prospects of the Association. The year was a successful one and every stockholder is urged to attend this meeting. LINES SUIT FAC The Baptist Women's Congress held a very successful meeting Thursday, Jan. 15, at Pleasant Green Baptist Church, 46th and Dearborn streets. Rev. Boston J. Prince made an interesting address. Many good reports were read. The next meeting of the Congress will be held Thursday, Feb. 19, at Mt. Carmel Baptist Church, Oak Park, of which Rev. Harry W. Knight is pastor. *** The Coleridge Taylor School of Music, 5 E. 36th place, is one of the busiest studios in the city. Not less than three hundred pupils receive musical instruction there each week. The teachers of voice and piano are Professor T. Thomas Taylor and Mrs. Martha Broadus Anderson; piano, Prof. Samuel I. Lee, Misses Nannie Strayhone and Stella Bonds; violin and brass, Prof. Chas. Edgar. All of these teachers are well known in and around Chicago. *** Mrs. Elizabeth Lindsay Davis, 3710 Indiana avenue, is still confined to her home from the effects of the shaking up which she received. when she was run down last Tuesday by an auto at State and Monroe streets. At the time of the accident, she was carried into the Palmer House, and later on was conveyed to her home. One of Mrs. Davis's ankles was severely sprained and she will be forced to use crutches around the house for several weeks. Mrs. Davis is very much pleased that her many warm friends are calling to see her almost every hour in the day. Eyes. Eyes are bold as lions—roving, running, leaping, here and there, far and near. They speak all languages. They wait for no introduction: they are no Englishmen; ask no leave of age or rank; they respect neither poverty nor riches, neither learning nor power, nor virtue, nor sex, but intrude, and come again, and go through and through you, in a moment of time. What foundation of life and thought is discharged from one soul into another, through them! The glance is natural magic. The mysterious communication established across a house between two entire strangers moves all the springs of wonder. The communication by the glance is in the greatest part not subject to the control of the will.—William Ware. Importance of Good Health. Good health of itself, to be sure, does not sum up the whole secret of personality. But it is a most important element, as you will presently appreciate when you adopt rules of living that result in a distinct bettering of your health. You will begin to feel more self-confident. You will attack business problems more masterfully. You will find it far easier to sway others by your personal influence—H. Addington Bruce, in Chicago News. Earth's Life Zones Biologists have divided the entire surface of the earth into life zones, each zone having much the same flora and fauna where found. The life zone in a given locality depends upon both latitude and elevation. Thus the Canadian life zone, which has everywhere plants and animals similar to those of Canada, is found in the high Rocky mountains as far south as southern Colorado and northern New Mexico. A Well-Shod Voice. Pearson's Magazine—"Hold on, William," commands, a voice in patent-leather shoes, running down the stalars all pink with haste—Boston Transcript. STEADY WORK FOR FIFTY WOMEN. Wanted—Fifty women in various departments for light work, such as sorting and trimming washed rags, sorting waste paper stock, etc. GOOD PAY. Gumbinsky Bros. Co., 2261 South Union Avenue—one block cast of Halsted St. (Feb. 14, 1920) LINES SUIT FACE Late French Hats Are Modeled to Adorn the Wearer. Feathers, Velvet and Ribbons Are Definitely Arranged to Afford Most Becoming Headgear. The late French hats for winter are practically a collection of lines—lines elusive and obscure, lines impossible and strange, lines pure and girlish, but always the lines that suit the face they are built to accompany. This may sound easy, but it isn't. It takes an artist to construct a hat of the proper lines which will look smart and trim. But the French, when it comes to hats, are the leaders of the world. A French milliner takes a small piece of velvet, and before your very eyes she has produced a hat which is the joy of all beholders. The prettiest French hats one can take into her hand and crush into a round ball. There seems to be no frame and no foundation, and yet they are perfect frames for the faces they adorn. Ostrich feathers of all sorts have a fascinating way of curling over the ears and necks of their-wearers. The hats are black or of very dark colors and the feathers are bright. Many variations of the Tam o' Shanter are shown by the French modistes. They are large or small, trimmed or untrimmed, for sport or for dress, but at any rate the Tam o' Shanter in one form or another seems to be an indispensable part of the hat equipment of 1820. They are made of velvet or of hatter's plush or of tiny ribbons shirred and sewed round and round, and they are in solid colors when they are smartest. Feather and coque turbans are distinctly good and these come in many daring colors, worn usually with no trimming but with an exquisite lace veil. The veil is more an ornament for the hat than a protection for the face. Picture hats, wide and spreading for wear with the old-fashioned French costumes and with those that follow the Spanish influence. These are made of hatter's plush or of velvet, beautifully sewn; and their rather high crowns are made soft enough to fit over the head. Sometimes there is a suggestion of trimming about them, but more often they have on inconspicuous band of ribbon. There is a popular turban of maline made over a sparkling metal brocaded band. It is simply a puff of the tulle with the color of the band showing through around the headsize, and then a puff of the tulle droops over the right ear. WORK SYSTEMS TO BLAME Manufacturers Feel That Increased Cost Is Due to the Week-Work Scheme. There is now a feeling among women's garment manufacturers that the factor of increased cost, due to the establishment of the week-work in place of the piece-work system, may play a more important part in high prices than it was realized. This point has occurred to some of the leaders in the trade who have not been entirely satisfied that the cost of raw material and other items was alone at the basis of values. Accustomed to piece-work prices, which enabled them to know with the best accuracy just what production cost them, some of the manufacturers, it is explained, may have added unconsciously to their profits when dealing with the new system that does not show costs so easily and correctly. CRETONNE HAT FOR SPRING A facing of turquoise blue silk and field flowers encircle the crown of this charming broad brimmed cretonne hat designed for spring wear. THE BROAD AX. CHICAGO, JANUARY 24, 1920. OLD ROSE SHANTUNG COS- TUME © Western Newspaper Union Of delicately colored, beautiful old rose Shantung silk is this charming "Palm Beach" outfit. The blouse is plum-colored satin brocaded with silver, while cords of silver emphasize the waistline of both the blouse and the coat. HOW TO CLEAN YOUR SILKS Remove Grease Spots by Holding Over Fire; French Chalk and Pressing Recommended. A good way to get grease spots from silk, writes a correspondent, is to hold the spotted part over a warm fire, not hot enough to burn the silk, but hot enough to melt the grease; but a piece of blotting paper over the spot and then put a warm iron on the blotter. A good method for cleaning black silk is this: Mix strong coffee and ammonia. Brush the silk thoroughly and then rub the liquid on with a soft cloth. Wind around a board to dry. French chalk will remove some spots from silk. Rub the chalk thoroughly in the garment and let it stay there for a day or so. Then brush it out with a velvet brush. Water spots can sometimes be removed by pressing the silk on the wrong side, with a piece of thin muslin between the iron and the silk. If silk has lost its body and stiffness follow the method of a renovator: Boll arr old, clean kid glove in water and sponge the silk with the somewhat sticky liquid resulting. Whenever silk is pressed a sheet of tissue paper or a piece of thin muslin should be spread over the silk to prevent glazing. The silk should be placed with its right side toward the board, ironed on the wrong side. SCARF MAY SUPPLANT CAPE New Dress Accessory Promises to Gain Popularity as Sporting Garment for Spring. Although the sweater manufacturers have not as yet given much publicity to the garment, the success which has attended the launching of the scarf cape is regarded as an anem that this new dress accessory will become very popular. As a rule, the scarf is made of brushed wool. Light tans and greens are considered the leading colors. By arranging the scarf properly, it becomes practically a garment in place of a cape. A wide sale is promised the novelty as a sporting garment for skating and other winter sports. It is also being ordered for retail sale in the early spring. Trinket for the Workbasket. A quaint and useful little novelty for a workshasket can be made with a tiny doll, half of a colored birthday candle and a quarter of a yard of baby ribbon. It represents a dressed doll, whose skirt of wax is meant to serve a familiar purpose in the work-basket. Melt the candle in a small tin and pour it while hot into a thimble. When the wax is almost hard, press the tiny doll into it, feet first, and hold it there until the wax hardens. Next, place the thimble in hot water for an instant, and pull until the molded wax comes out wrapped round the doll in the form of a skirt. To finish the trinket, cross the ribbon over the doll's waist and tie it at the back. CITIZENS TRUST & SAVINGS BANK 55TH & STATE STS CHICAGO STRENGTH FOUNDATION National Special Services Watch Your It's the dollar you do not spend that puts you ahead. The man who "spends as he carms" will never have pro- perty other than personal effects. The way to Success is to start a Savings Account with us. Save regularly until you have enough to invest in a live enterprise or good securities. It's a distinct asset to be a depositor in a strong bank such as ours, with a Capital and Surplus of $15,000,000. $1.00 or more will start you on the road to prosperity. Come in today. NEW BANKING HOURS FOR SAVINGS Mondays 10 a. m. to 8 p. m. Saturdays 9 a. m. to 8 p. m. ILLINOIS TRUST & SAVINGS BAN™ La Salle & Jackson···Chicago COMBINATIONS ARE IN FAVOR Scarf and Skirt and Coat Arrangements Are to Be Among the Spring Novelties. The lines being shown to skirt buyers for next spring feature new materials rather than marked changes in design. Plaited and shirred effects still predominate in the new offerings, some of which feature novel pocket arrangements. Panel patterns are still considered good, although the alm of the skirt designers appeared to be that of producing garments along simple lines. Among the novelties are skirt and scarf and skirt and coat combinations, principally in the sport clothes department. These combinations are made of the same material. Specialists in summer and resort wear designs put gabardine in first place. New Parisian Fad. There is a new fad over in Paris—that of the carrying of charming French dolls instead of dogs. At the Claridge recently was a very attractive doll, dressed exactly like the girl who was carrying it. All the women were in ectasies over it. There is also a new bracelet quite popular in Paris, of tortoise, inlaid with pearl, and really quite beautiful. Ankle bracelets are seen now and then, and one also sees a watch in the same place once in awhile. Gema Liven Black Gowns. Emeralds are used as a foliar for a black lace gown when emerald silk lines the folded bow ends on the soft crushed girdle and sash, and for one notable costume an emerald facing is used on the black lace hat. Colored gems are favored for use with the all-black costumes generally, but jewels of pearl and diamond-set platinum make a most effective accompaniment for a black tulle gown, having an underdress of creamy white. With such a costume a long diamond chain finished with pearl-mounted pendant and used with pearl earrings lines out the long, graceful lines of one of the new soft hanging tunics. Dignity is added to an all-black costume by the use of a diamond and onyx collarette. The New Coat The newest French coats are cut on the simplest possible lines, without belts, and hanging straight, the silhouette narrowing slightly at the bottom. If You Want a Straw Hat. So used have we become to seeing straw hats in midwinter and furs in summer that we think nothing of it when the smart hat shops offer straw and sports things in midwinter as the only things entirely new. A new hat is of rose colored hemp, faced with rose georgette, and attractively embroidered in wool and silk. Pietists. This religious sect was also called "Separists." It was a sect of the Lutheran church which preferred private to public worship. The founder was Spencer of Lelipsic and his home was called "Collegia Pietas," because his disciples met there. Ordained clergymen had no marked precedence and anyone was permitted to address the assembly, as among Quakers. Miner's Inch. A miner's inch is a unit of measurement of water used in irrigation, and varies considerably in different states. In Arizona the miner's inch is equal to one-fortieth of a cubic foot per second. Pietista SIMPLE DESIGNS FOR NEW FROCKS SIMPLE DESIGNS FOR NEW FROCKS Following After-the-War Extravagance in Clothes Reverse Reaction Prevails. Fabric Bids Fair to Be Popular for Spring Wear — Summery-Looking Hats for Southern As a violent reaction, clothes became widely extravagant almost as soon as the war was over. There were a few months of readjustment, while dressmakers were getting their establishments back into normal working condition; but this period was surprisingly brief. No sooner was this done, even in a limited way, than the market became flooded with an avalanche of clothes, as extravagant as any that the world has ever seen. Now we are experiencing a reverse reaction, observes a prominent fashion correspondent. While it cannot be claimed that our frocks are any less expensive than they were six months ago, they are a great deal simpler in design. There is no mistaking the indication that women want all of their dresses built on the simplest and most youthful lines, and that they will pay more for a dress of this character than one elaborated with applied trimmings. Season Calls for Pretty Clothes. We tire, in time, of all our clothes, and now is the time when we especially feel the need of something fresh and different. Then, at this season, we have so many more social engagements that we like to have a great variety of pretty clothes in which to appear. In both the early and late autumn this need was filled by one-piece cloth dresses and beautiful furs. Later, these frocks were topped by coats of either cloth or fur. Now, we feel the need of a suit that is completed by some sort of an attractive blouse, unusual enough to make the costume something quite different from the old-fashioned coat and skirt. A suit, by Doeuillet, was created to fill this need. Its arrival may be heralded as the most popular suit that this famous house has launched for the winter. The strong one-side movement and the long coat are its features. The portion which laps across the front, buttoning under the left arm, to give a semi-belted appearance, is cut in one piece with the right front of the jacket. The color combination THE FASHION OF THE TWENTIES Tailored Suit of Brown Duvetyn, With Jacket Showing Yoke Effect and Skirt Having an Overhanging Panel at Front. worked out in this is remarkably pleasing. Copper brown velours de laine is the material selected for it. The tendency in tailored suits is toward the use of pronounced colors. The erstwhile popular dark blue is, for the moment, neglected. Much of this is doubtless due to the fact that in rough wool pile fabrics dark blue is the least attractive of all shades. There must be some changing depth to the color tone to bring out the beauty of the fabric; hence, browns and greens are chosen in preference to blue or black. The vest and collar are of broadtail fur, although it has been made with these trimmings of the heavy plush which is often substituted for fur this season. While the broadtail is decidedly more luxurious, the plush is most economical, and has the advantage of being equally fashionable. Doculet completes his costume with a smart bodice of black satin, embroidered in copper color. This makes the suit beautiful and practical. Taffeta Dresses Midwinter Feverites. It is surprising, to find taffeta dresses meeting with continued success in the midwinter season. Those who look ahead in fashions will see in this indications of a considerable use of this fabric for spring. We have come to think of it as such a practical material that it never has had the attention that it deserved from the artistic standpoint. It was always featured in evening gowns for members 1 Suit of Copper Velours de Laine, Affords an Outfit Quite Different From Old-Fashioned Coat and Skirt Suit. of the younger set, but we rarely saw it in handsome daytime frocks, as for some reason or other is has come to be considered a somewhat informal material. Now our greatest designers have taken it up and are exploiting it in a way that makes everybody wonder why we did not realize its possibilities before. Taffeta Popular With Designers Lanvin especially has had great success with her taffeta dresses. She makes them with and without embroidery. Black and navy blue are the colors most in demand in taffeta. This winter hats have reflected the uncertainty of the silhouette. There has been a war between the dress with the puffy hips and the one of slender lines and the question of a choice between the two has had an important bearing on all fashions. As both these types were worn, it was natural that there should be both large and small hats as well as those that were plain and those greatly trimmed. We always see the full skirt accompanied by a rather large hat of picturesque shape, which is topped by trimming of a fussy character; while the straight-line dress has in its wake the small hat. Fur toques are fashionable bits of headwear for this midwinter. Please Southern Visitors. Those going South are beginning to think more of springlike things, and for them quite summery-looking hats are already making their appearance. Glazed chinz and cretonnes are featured in some of them. We have had chinz and cretonne hats for the country in other summers, but the glazed, or shellacked chinz, has not been used before. It is indefinitely more practical than the ordinary chinz, as it sheds the dust easily and may be wiped off with a damp cloth. Then, if one is caught in the rain with one of these summery-looking hats on, there is no fear of its turning into a bedraggled mass of cloth, for even a rubber rain hat could shed a downpour no better. Quite a remarkable trimming appears on the glazed chints hats. It is a fringe of straw. Although you may not be going South it is a very good idea to get some of these hats, for they are most attractive and in the hurry of getting ready for an exodus from town in the spring it is not always easy to find just what one wants in country hats. A Negligee Easily Made Here is quite the easiest made negigee imaginable. It goes something like this: One length of material over each shoulder tacked back and front to form a V-neck. Just at the termination of the V there appears an inverted tuck gathered to secure fit at a slightly raised waist line. The sides are seamed well up to the waist, then onward they are left open to provide the garment with a modishly comfortable sleeve. Really it is the simplest thing imaginable, and the most fetching when completed. Abbreviated/Sleeves. Both dinner and evening gowns have sleeves which are hardly more than caps. FROM THIS DATE ONWARD THE BROAD AX CAN ALWAYS BE FOUND ON SALE AT THE POLLOWING NEWS STANDS: Edward Felix, Notions, Cigars and News Stand, 3002 S. Dearborn street. George W. Boyd, News Stand, Laundry Office and Shoe Shining Parlors, 3620 S. State street. Mrs. L. Myers, Notion Store, Laundry Office and News Stand, 5012 S. State street. Thomas Bell, News Stand, Ice Cream Parlors and Laundry Office, 17 W. 53rd street, near State. Mrs. Moses Ratcliff, President of the Willing Workers' Club, of St. Catherine A. M. E. Zion Church, 3739 Elmwood avenue. R. T. Kirby, Shoe Shining, Hat Cleaning Parlor and News Stand, 20 E. 35th street, near L Station. F. Bishop, Cigars, Tobacco and News Stand, 8 W. 27th street, near State. A. D. Hayes, Cigars, Tobacco, Notion, Stationery and News Stand, 3640 S. State street. Dodson's Shoe Shining Parlors and News Stand, Southwest corner 35th and State streets. News items left with any of the above news agents prior to Wednesday mornings of each week, will find their way into the columns of The Broad Ax. UNUSUAL DRESS FOR MILADY © Western Newspaper Union Navy blue serege with braid trimming and double ruffle of plaited georgette with short length sleeves destined to become so popular. SOME NEW NECK DECORATIONS Single Great Stone, Usually an Emerald or Diamond, Swings From Slender Chain. Many young women are wearing, instead of pearls, a single great stone—usually an emerald or a diamond—swinging from a slender chain about the throat, says Harper's Bazar. Very striking is this great jewel, which is often oblong in shape and cut "square," instead of in innumerable facets. The fashion of wearing brooches, revived since the armistice, has resulted in much work for the jewelers, who are busy resetting precious stones. The new brooch is designed obviously for the sole purpose of supplying the needed point of light to a dark frock, and is especially effective on frocks of black velvet or tulle. In fact, it would almost seem that the diamonds had fallen out of the tira and attached themselves to the frock—at which we all rejoice. After all, what was ever more rigid and senseless in the way of an ornament than the old tira with its stiff arrangement of gems? TWO UNUSUAL SUIT MODELS Toward-the-Front Effect is Featured In Outfits Which Are Smart and Graceful. Bernard has made some odd suits, perfectly flat from neck to ankle at the back, while the front of the skirt flares and ripples from gathering at the beltline, and the front of the box coat flares forward like the skirt. Rather a weird way to make a suit, but somehow or other it is smart and graceful. Bullion has also put out a model with this toward-the-front effect, a blue serge model with rabbit fur trimming. Both coat and fur-bordered tunic slope downward in an oblique line from front to back. Perhaps most interesting of all French models are the georgette frocks with flounced skirts made of rather stiff silk. There are flounced frocks of metal lace also, and all these georgette creations are so graceful and coquettish and feminine that they will surely "take" with womankind. The Mission Billiard Hall GEO. W. HOLT, Propr. 3504 SOUTH STATE STREET CHICAGO, ILL. First Time The Peoples Gas Company offers a January Gas Ranges Room Heaters Water Heaters Wash Machines Manufacturers prices are advanced considerably, ranges on hand, purchase in order to standardize cut the price on these terms of payment that If you are going to need a year buy it now; the difference 1919 prices and the standard enough to interest anyone Water Heaters, Room Heats are shown at our Main Branch South Side 731 West Sixty-third Street 3478 Archer Avenue 1025 East Thirty-fifth Street 9051 Commercial Avenue 11025 Michigan Avenue North 3071 Lincoln 3643 Iverson 408 West Save time and carfare nearest you, where all the of the Company is at you This Opportunity Is Now Take Advantage Gas Ranges sold by us are actions, expressly for burning antee satisfactory results The Peoples Gas Lift Telephone Wabash 6000. First Time in History The Peoples Gas Light & Coke Company offers its customers a January Clearance Sale. The Peoples Gas Light & Coke Company offers its customers a January Clearance Sale. Manufacturers prices on 1920 gas appliances have advanced considerably, but we still have some ranges on hand, purchased at 1919 prices. In order to standardize our stock and prices we have set the price on these ranges and put them on sale or terms of payment that will quickly clear them our way. If you are going to need a Range or Gas Appliance this year buy it now; the difference between the reduced 1919 prices and the standard 1920 prices will be large enough to interest anyone. Samples of these Range Water Heaters, Room Heaters and Washing Machines are shown at our Main Office and all Branch Stores: Branch Stores: South Side West Side 8 West Sety-third Street 18 Arch Avenue 15 East Thirty-fifth Street 11 Commercial Avenue 25 Michigan Avenue North Side 2142 West Madison Street 3071 Lincoln Avenue 3643 Irving Park Blvd. 408 West North Avenue 2142 West Madison Street 1709 West Kirkwood Road 1641 Milwaukee Avenue 3734 West Twenty-sixth Street 4033 West Madison Avenue We time and carfare by using our Branch Stores. Rest you, where all the courtesy and full service the Company is at your command. This Opportunity is Not Likely to Occur Again. Take Advantage of It Now Us Ranges sold by us are built on our own specifications, expressly for burning Chicago Gas. We guarantee tree satisfactory results from any range sold by us. Peoples Gas Light & Coke Company Bashah 0000. Michigan Avenue at Ada If you are going to need a Range or Gas Appliance this year *buy it now*; the difference between the *reduced* 1919 prices and the standard 1920 prices will be large enough to interest anyone. Samples of these Ranges, Water Heaters, Room Heaters and Washing Machines are shown at our Main Office and all Branch Stores. Save time and carfare by using our Branch Store nearest you, where all the courtesy and full service of the Company is at your command. Gas Ranges sold by us are built on our own specifications, expressly for burning Chicago Gas. We guarantee satisfactory results from any range sold by us. The Peoples Gas Light & Coke Company Telephone Wabash 6000. Michigan Avenue at Adams Street 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 Up-to-Date or Modern and Store 3101 COTTAGE Corner 31st S TELEPHONE DOUGLAS 1 RGE F. HARDING, REAL ESTATE Date or Modern Houses, Apartm and Stores to Rent COTTAGE GROVE A Corner 31st Street, Chicago Good Word for Pussy. Brave Little Bob has received many injunctions to be "manly," the word being used to mean to go about his business bravely and quietly and in a self-respecting manner. The other day Bob's pet cat was suspected of some weakling misdemeanor and Bob rose to the rescue in a hurry. "I'm sure she never did it, mamma," he excused indignantly. "She'd never think of acting in such a manner. She is a very manly cat." Making Billiard Balls. Experience has shown in the making of billiard balls that, as it dries, shrinks; so they are turned in the rough and kept in a warm room for a long time—sometimes two years. Then after shrinking they are turned again. ```markdown ``` me in History Gas Light & Coke offers its customers Clearance Sale. $200 Down on 1920 gas appliances have but we still have some based at 1919 prices. our stock and prices we have ranges and put them on sale on will quickly clear them out. a Range or Gas Appliance this difference between the reduced standard 1920 prices will be large one. Samples of these Ranges, Heaters and Washing Machines Office and all Branch Stores. Church Stores: North Side West Side 2142 West Madison Street 1709 West Kensington Road Riving Park Bird. 1641 Milwaukee Avenue St. North Arenau 3734 West Twenty-sixth Street 4033 West Madison Street by using our Branch Store the courtesy and full service your command. Not Likely to Occur Again Vintage of It Now are built on our own specifica- ing Chicago Gas. We guar- s us from any range sold by us. Light & Coke Company Michigan Avenue at Adams Street Phone Douglas 2928 Laundry Office Edward Felix Notions and Grocery Delicatessen—Bread, Cakes and Pies Ice Cream—Brick and Bulk 3002 Dearborn St. CHICAGO, ILL. HARDING, JR. ESTATE ern Houses, Apartments res to Rent E GROVE AVE. Street, Chicago Meaning of "Selah." The word Selah, which occurs so frequently in the Psalms, is usually believed to be a direction to the musicians who chanted the Psalms in the temple. Matthew, the great musical critic, wrote a book on the subject, in which, after rejecting a number of theories, he came to the conclusion that it is equivalent to the modern "da capo," and is a direction that the air or song is to be repeated from the commencement to the part where the word is placed. Lucid. Little Roy had just returned from a week's visit to his aunt, and was trying to describe the folding bed he had been sleeping in. "It lays down at night, mamma, and stands on its bind legs in the daytime."—Boston Transcript. ```markdown ``` THE BROAD AX, CHICAGO, JANUARY 24, 1920. DENISON, WATKINS AND WHITE ATTORNEYS AT LAW 36 West Randolph Street 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 BLK. Clark and Washington Streets Phone Central 1239 CHICAGO Residence, 4533 Prairie Avenue Phone Kenwood 8520 WALTER M. FARMER ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW NOTARY PUBLIC Suite 708 Office Telephone: Main 4158 CHICAGO Residence 3419 South Park Ava. Phone Douglas 9354 WM. J. LATHAM ATTORNEY AT LAW Office Phone: Calumet 878 2 EAST THIRTY-FIRST ST. Suite 7 CHICAGO Residence 3855 Prairie Ave. Phone Douglas 9138 Phones: Main 2017 Auto 32-395 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. Not On the Corner CHICAGO EXELENTO FOR KINKY HAIR "Every woman can have nice, long hair," says May Gillen, hair last, grown 24 inches long by using your wonderful EXELENTO QUININE Dont be fooled by fake Skin Remover. You can't straighten your hair until it soft and smooth of the hair and makes it grow long and silky. We make EXELENTO Skin Remover, an adjunct for dark, yellow skin. Used in treatment of skin troubles. PLEASE BE WELCOME IN WINDSOR OR CON JACSIE WANTED EVERYWHERE Write for Particulars EXELENTO MEDICINE CO. Atlanta, Ga. OFFICIER --- West Englewood Ashland State Bank 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..... 1,884,084.24 November 17, 1919..... 2,359,636.62 OFF JOHN BAIN, President MICHAEL MAISEL, V EDW. C. BARRY W. MFRLE ARTHU Largest Labor of Negroes Every Craft of Railr AIN, President HAEL MAISEL, Vice President EDW. C. BARRY, Cashier W. MERLE FISHER, Assistant Ca 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. MFRLE 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 SIX YEARS OLD This association has done more than all other labor agencies co. ASK THE MEN Now housed in the magistrate the Appomattox Club—recenters. Railway Men's Benevolent Industry 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 mattox Club—recently purchased as our h 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. "Bosker Time" Is Cheerful. The term a "bosker time," which the Australians use to describe a cheerful leave, comes home to its birthplace, little altered. "Bosky," with a similar meaning, was an English colloquialism in the eighteenth century. And "bosky" is still current slang with us, but implying too generous use of the wine cup. There is one phrase in the book of slang which is decidedly pleasing, "Australian grip." It stands for that best of greetings, the honest, hearty hand shake—London Chronicle. History of the Melon. History of the Melon. Melons were first extensively cultivated in France early in the seventeenth century, but were known to the ancients from the commencement of our era. The Egyptians grew them. They are said to have been carried to America by the Portuguese. Office Phone: KERSEY, McGOWA CHICAGO'S REP UNDER Finest Establishment GEO. T. KERSEY D. A. Mc Office Phone: Douglas 8285 MORSEY, McGOWAN AND MORSELL CHICAGO'S REPRESENTATIVE UNDERTAKERS Finest Establishment in the U. S. MORSEY D. A. McGOWAN WM. J. MC ARNEST H. WILLIAMSON UNDERTAKER PHONE: KENWOOD 455 Office: 5028-5030 S. State Street The Cunningham Car SERVICEERS Service President Cashier FISHER, Assistant Cashier R C. UTESCH, Asst. Cashier. Organization in the World Load Work Represented OFFICERS more for the railroad man of color combined. IN WHO KNOW sificent home formerly used by only purchased as our headquar- s International Machinery Association is, 3441 Wabash Ave. CHICAGO, ILL. Aneil Honduran City. Copan is an ancient ruined city of northwestern Honduras, on the Copan river. The remains are of unknown antiquity and very extensive, stretching for about two miles along the river. The buildings are of stone, embracing a temple over 000 feet long, with many sculptured figures. The Copan rulns take their name from a modern town to the east of them. This was an Indian stronghold, and was taken after a fierce struggle by the Spanards under Hermando de Chaves in 1530. The Other Way Round. Merrington—"Many a wise word is spoken in jest." Stingsby—"Yes, but they can't compare with the number of foolish ones that are spoken in earnest." Douglas 8285 N AND MORSELL PRESENTATIVE LAKERS sent in the U. S. 3131-33-35 STATE STREET 132 Buddhist Hymnal. Yamanaka was a strong Buddhist and a leader in the movement to revive and reform Buddhism and establish it as a bulwark against the rapid encroachment of Christianity. He decided an excellent way to do this was to found a high school for girls which would be more attractive than the Christian women's. So he erected fine buildings and installed modern methods. He hired good teachers. All the paraphernalia of the best western schools was taken over. In fact, the curriculum was about as close as it could be to that of the Christian school not far away. All except as to religion. Buddhism was a prominent feature of the institution—not the old fashioned Buddhism, but the new form which has borrowed freely from Christianity, even down to the Sunday school hymns. The girls were taught to sing the famous old Christian hymns with only the word Buddha substituted for that of Christ.—The Christian Herald. Briggs and Jowler were talking of the great wars fought in the days when the world was considerably younger. "You know," said Briggs "it always seems to me that those old warriors were very much like our modern financiers." "What do you mean?" asked Fowler. "Well they were always investing some one else's capital, weren't they?" Edinburgh Landmark Gone. An interesting bit of old Edinburgh, dating back about 1000, has been burned. The destroyed building, which consisted of a single story and attic, was one of the landmarks of the Holyrood area. It was the old Yew Tree tavern, and stood inside the bounds of the Holyrood sanctuary for debtors, within which, in days of yore, the fugitive was free from the attentions of his creditors. Kitchen middens are great mounds, some 100 feet long and 250 feet wide, found in Denmark, England, Scotland, France and in parts of Europe, North and South America and Australia. They are supposed to be the refuse heaps of prehistoric periods, and are composed chiefly of oyster, periwinkle, cockle and mussel shells. In them are found implements of wood, stone, bones of animals and clinders. THE FORTY-FOURTH STREET History Repeats Itself. Edinburgh Landmark Gone. "Kitchen Middena." Cash or Credit Possible Origin of "Loafer." An old Dutchman in New York had the misfortune to have a shittless young American fall in love with his daughter. He disapproved of this and used to say to her. "Here comes that lofer' of yours, the idle good for nothing." How the "a" got into the word is not known, but an idle man hanging around came to be called a "loafer." To Measurc Airplane Mileage **MEAUREA** **AIRPIANE** Mileage. Airplanes must measure meters have been invented by the Englishman to enable an aviator to estimate his speed and distances traveled. These Balance Men I profess no special partiality for any critic, who, holding balance in hand, weighs eagerly whatsoever of learning comes to his counter. I question whether he is not taking less of the quality of the wares, than of the fashion of his scales, never questioning their accuracy nor his own levity. Still it must be admitted that these balance men are not without their usefulness, being convenient for appraising market values—A. Brouson Alcott. Dresses in Spanish Style In his distinguishing black on the forehead and yellow on the throat the Maryland yellow-threat is one of the most beautifully marked of any member of his tribe and gives an appearance of Spanish grandeur, says the American Forestry association of Washington. There is no mistaking the song of this bird, and it is rendered in a variety of ways which make it sound like any one of the following: "Which-is-it? which-is-it?" or "What-pity, what-a-pity;" or "Which-way-sir? which-way-sir?" or "I-beseech-you, Beseech-you;" or "Witchery, witchery, witchery." The bird is particularly fond of thickets by the side of running water. Residence 3829 Wabash Ave. Telephone 10307 Boulevard Residence 829 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