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The Colored People, Contrary to the Contentions of the Members of the Hyde Park and Kenwood Property Owners Associations, Are Not Responsible for the Depreciation of Real Estate Values in That Section of the City COL. ROBERT S. ABBOTT, ONE OF THE RACE COMMISSIONERS OF ILLINOIS, ACCORDING TO AN EDITORIAL IN HIS GREATEST NEWSPAPER IN THE WORLD, IS NOT IN FAVOR OF PERMITTING COLORED PEOPLE TO RESIDE ON GRAND BOULEVARD. JESSE BINGA, THE BANKER, OFFERS A REWARD OF ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR THE ARREST AND CONVICTION OF THE PARTY OR PARTIES WHO BOMBED HIS HOME DECEMBER 22, 1919. Many of the silly or shallow brained members of the Hyde Park and Grand Boulevard Property Owners' Associations loudly contend that one highly respectable law abiding Colored family has in the past and will continue to greatly depreciate the value of all real estate in Hyde Park or on Grand Boulevard, if they, the Colored people, happen to reside within one hundred miles of that section of the city. Such wild cat statements are as far from the absolute truth as the bright, shining sun is from the earth. It is not an uncommon thing to see on the porch of a Grand boulevard mansion a half-clad, unkempt man or woman, perhaps barefoot, talking in a voice that can be heard for blocks. MORTGAGE BURNING AT THE BREW CHURCH—HON. THOMAS J. HEATHER CHARLES SCRIBNER EATON, J. FRED RUSH, REPRESENTING THE WEST; REV. W. S. BRADDAN TAYLOR WERE THE LEADING SENIORS OF THE WORLD. Last Friday evening was a history making event at the Berean Baptist Church, 52nd and Dearborn streets. The burning of the mortgage on the church was the cause of the celebration and great rejoicing on the part of its seven hundred members and friends. The following highly interesting program was rendered on that happy occasion: Invocation, Deacon William Robinson. Chorus, "Over the Meadows Fair" (Geibel), Berean Choir. History of Berean Church 1900-19 (compiled by Mrs. E. G. Davis), Mr. Carl Shelley. Berean Church. 1919-1920, Miss Esther Henderson. Solo (a), "The Seam of a Seal" (Bright). On the contrary, it is the cheaper class of whites oaf 1 breeds or nationalities, who have in the past and are at the present time assisting to cheapen real estate values in that section of the city, more than all the other agencies combined. To illustrate, for some years past or ever since the Irish-Americans, the Jewish-Americans, the Italian-Americans, and other Americans, not of the wealthy class, began to invade Michigan avenue, Grand boulevard and other exclusive streets or avenues east of State street, the real wealthy Americans have gradually continued to ease or fade away, many of them being unable to sell their fine mansions which cost them more than one hundred thousand dollars, for a song. Just moved out and locked and boarded them up; others rented their beautiful homes to the cheaper class of whites who followed them, and in order for this cheap class of whites to pay the rent they have been forced to fill up their so-called homes with roomers. Just like many Colored people who attempt to flap their wings and soar too high. No sane person will seriously contend that the cheaper class of whites are in a position to maintain those great mansions like their former wealthy owners, who employed an army of servants to keep them and everything in connection with them in first class order and the result is that many of those former elegant mansions are rushing on to decay right over the heads of the cheaper class of whites who attempt to conduct themselves like bloated millionaires but who are not by a long shot and the old time millionaires will not associate with this new brood of whites who have gotten rich over night and to make a long story short they move to Lake Forest like the Armours and to Oak Park like the Dixons and many of them are willing to sell their old homes on Michigan avenue and Grand boulevard for 25 to 50 cents on the dollar and that is the underlying cause of the great decline in the values of real estate on those streets and it is not caused by the presence of a few highly respectable colored families. It may not be out of place at this time to state that shortly after Col. or Bro. Robert S. Abbott was selected one of the race commissioners of Illinois, that in the following editorial which appeared in the columns of the world's greatest—save the mark in which he upraised the colored people for desiring to want to reside on Grand boulevard. LIVING ON THE BOULEVARDS. Up to the present it has never been safe to turn a bull loose in a china shop, likewise it is a hard matter to turn a riff-raff class of people into a ladies and gentlemen over night. There is no excuse for dense ignorance in this enlightened age, and especially is there no excuse for those living in sections of the country where learning is as free as the air. Unfortunately, with the thousands who migrated from the South, came many whose habits of life were lit- THE BROAD AX the better than hottentots. They struck Chicago and other large northern cities a blow that will take them many moons to recover from. Instead of adopting the customs of their new homes they endeavored to retain their obnoxious customs, with the result that the better element have had to hang their heads in shame. It is not an uncommon thing to see on the porch of a Grand boulevard mansion a half-clad, unkempt man or woman, perhaps barefoot, talking in a voice that can be heard for blocks to an equally boisterous person. Through the open windows can be seen both sexes arranging their toilets, while now and then an overthirsty individual jogs along with a can of "suds." Not the least objectionable, too, are the signs plastered in conspicuous places, informing the public that some particular system of hair culture is taught there. There may be a place for everything, but surely these things should not find place in our exclusive residence sections; in fact they should be no part of any section. Common decency is lacking in people who so embarrass the other residents of the community in which they live. Why live beyond one's means? Why be strainers? It is no secret that only a limited few can actually afford to live in mansions that cost thousands of dollars; then what of the others, roomers—good, bad and indifferent—that must be catered to in order to the rent man, and a home that starts out to be respectable may soon become questionable. After all, there is something in the eternal fitness of things. This class of people are out of place, and if they do not realize it they should be told by notices from neighborhood clubs, and the slightest infringement of the law should be reported to the police authorities in order that a miniature red-light district may not spring up among respectable residents. There is no desire on the part of the better element to shun their duty in teaching these offensive newcomers that the methods of the South will not be tolerated in the North, but most people dislike to be placed in the category of fault-finders, and many evils slip by on that account. However, the neighborhood clubs that are being formed in all sections will take the matter in hand and undesirables will find their lot a hard one, for not only will they have these uplift organizations to contend with, but the real estate men promise their support in keeping this class of people in the background until such time as their education warrants them living in the heart of culture and refinement. Brother or Col. Abbott should not find fault with his colored brothers and sisters who have blown into this city from the South for he has encouraged them to do so and to use white and black ointment in order to bleach them out white and all kinds of dope to straighten out their hair, more than any other human being in the world. Hon. S. A. T. Watkins will leave Sunday evening for Hot Springs, Ark., where he will attend the sessions of the meeting of the Pythian Commission. He will be absent about eight or ten days. Mrs. Eliza Johnson, 3650 Prairie avenue, has been confined to her home for the past week from the effects of a very severe cold. She is getting somewhat the best of it at this writing. CHICAGO, SATURDAY, JANUARY 31, 1920 M. The popular and honorable chairman of the License Committee of the City Council, who will be re-elected to that body from the Fourteenth Ward. INTENSIVE TRAINING HELPED. One of the lessons taught by the great war was the value of intensive training for fitting people in a comparatively short time for work for which years of study and preparation are required. In almost every branch of the service there was the imperative need for large numbers of trained workers, but with little or no supply to meet the demand. The government met this demand by short courses of intensive training by experts. And so far as the records show, these short term, intensively trained workers rendered excellent service, displaying a skill and efficiency, highly creditable to them and to those who had given the training. While such courses should, not and will not mean the doing away with old and long established methods of education and training along professional or highly specialized lines, yet the short, intensive system has fully developed its use and value in time of emergency. Also it has served to show how the resourcefulness of a nation can be made to achieve great results when necessity so demands. The value of the short course of intensive training for specialized workers in a time of emergency is being demonstrated in Chicago right now. Since August last the Chicago Training School for Home and public Health Nursing has graduated over 2,000 women, many of whom are rendering splendid services in hundreds of stricken homes throughout the city. The only difficulty is there is a most urgent need for at least three times as many nurses as are available. The present class of 700 or more will not be graduated until late in February; but should the present outbreak of influenza continue, many of the members of this class will be equipped and ready to do practical home nursing. Just at this time it is comforting to know that, in spite of the lack of nurses for home care of the sick, there is, however, no such lamentable situation as the people of Chicago were compelled to face during the closing months of 1918. Mild Cases a Menace. It is characteristic of scarlet fever that it varies more in intensity than almost any other eruptive fever. And it is the exceedingly mile cases, so often unrecognized and, therefore, not reported, that are so dangerous to community health and safety. The child, "not sick enough to go to bed," is permitted to mingle with well children and with the result that from one such mild case, a dozen or more children may be infected with the disease in a very malignant form. On the other hand, the well recognized case, which has been promptly reported and properly quarantined, is no menace. But so handled means that effective measures have been taken to prevent the spread of the disease. Under the state law the quarantine period for scarlet fever is now four weeks; and even this period may be prolonged until the patient is thoroughly well with no sore throat or discharge from the nose or ears. Both physicians and parents are urged to report promptly all cases of a suspicious nature and to have them isolated until a definite diagnosis can be made. Strict quarantine maintained for four weeks or longer is a 'hardship that often might be avoided, if only people would be as careful in helping to protect their neighbors' children as they would ask their neighbors to be under the same circumstances. So, don't neglect the slight sore throat and by all means call your doctor early. 8TH REGIMENT NOTES. After a very successful visit, Colonel Otis B. Duncan returned to Springfield last Thursday taking with him a letter requesting authority for the muster-in of Headquarters Company, Captain James C. Hall, Commanding; the Supply Company, Captain Lloyd G. Wheeler, Commanding, and Company B, Captain Stuart Alexander, Commanding. These companies have succeeded in filling their quota and the muster-in will take place at the Armory, on Wednesday night, February 11th. Colonel Duncan has also made the following recommendations for promotion and appointment: To be Captain and Chaplain, William S. Braddan to be Captain and Dental Surgeon, Park Tancil; to be Captain, 1st Lieutenant Harry L. Allen; to be First Lieutenants, Michael H Browning and Anderson F. Pitts; to be Second Lieutenant, Armour Henderson. The annual Military Ball, which will take place on Thursday night, February 12th (Lincoln's Birthday) promises to be one of the most successful affairs of the season. All soldiers and former soldiers have been invited to attend in uniform. Several Ladies' Committees will be appointed within the next few days. Announcements are out for the wedding of Miss Hattie Holliday and Captain James C. Hall, our genial Adjutant. The wedding reception will be Wednesday, February 11, 1920, at the residence of Mrs. Mary M. Holliday, 4407 Wabash avenue. Captain Hall has seen many years of service in the regiment and during the late war was decorated with the French Croix de Guerre for gallant conduct in action with the enemy. Captain Robert L. Chavis, who has been on a visit to Kentucky for the past two months, will arrive in the city on February 1st and take active command of Company F. Lieutenant-Colonel John H. Patton, Captains James F. Lawson, Lloyd G. Wheeler, and Park Tancil, our Dental Surgeon, and Lieutenant Louis C. Washington, all of whom have been on the sick list, have recovered and are "back on the job." The members of the regiment are proud of the progressiveness of our Dental Surgeon, Park Tancil, who has opened the most modern and up-to-date dental parlor in the city. The authorized strength of the Chicago units of the regiment is being gradually attained. A new recruiting campaign is being inaugurated and it is hoped that the 200 men needed will be recruited from among those men who have seen service. Clerks, machine gunners, automatic riflemen, buglers, cooks and mounted orderlies are needed for the various companies, and men desiring these positions must enlist at once. Mr. Byron Webster, 3210 Federal street, has for the past two weeks, been confined to his home with the la gripe. He will soon be able to be out again. MORTGAGE BURNING AT THE BEREAN BAPTIST CHURCH—HON.THOMAS J.HEALY, ALDERMAN CHARLES SCRIBNER EATON,, JUDGE GEORGE FRED RUSH, REPRESENTING HON. ROY O. WEST; REV. W. S. BRADDAN AND JULIUS F. TAYLOR WERE THE LEADING SPEAKERS. Last Friday evening was a history making event at the Berean Baptist Church, 52nd and Dearborn streets. The burning of the mortgage on the church was the cause of the celebration and great rejoicing on the part of its seven hundred members and friends. The following highly interesting program was rendered on that happy occasion: bers of the white race were never contented, that they were always either seeking or borrowing troubles that being restless and discontented with themselves it was impossible for them to remain in a passive state or frame of mind for any reasonable length of time. There is a whole lot of truth in his statements in that respect. In winding up, Judge Rush among other things said in behalf of Invocation, Deacon William Robinson. Chorus, "Over the Meadows Fair" (Geibel), Berean Choir. History of Berean Church 1900-19 (compiled by Mrs. E. G. Davis), Mr. Carl Shelley. Berean Church, 1919-1920, Miss Esther Henderson. Solo (a), "The Song of a Soul" (Brieh); (b) "Rose in the Bud" (Forster), Mrs. J. A. Weathers. Berean of the Future, Mr. Luroy B. Hayes. Burning of the Mortgage, Mrs. Laura M. Bradshaw, assisted by Misses Vivian Davis and Helen Bonds. Selection, Berean Choir. Remarks, W. S. Braddan, D. D. Stewart Jefferson, Master of Ceremonies. Our Friends and Special Guests. Julius, E. Taylor, Editor, The Broad Ax; T. J. Healy, candidate for re-election, Committeeman 30th Ward; R. O. West, candidate for re-election, Committeeman 6th Ward; Chas. Scribner Eaton, candidate for re-election Alderman 6th Ward. Chairman Committee of Arrangements, Mrs. Dora Smith; Sec'y Committee on Arrangements, Miss Clara Anderson; Treas. Committee on Arrangements, Mrs. Pearl Randolph; Chairman Program Committee, Miss Estella C. Bonds; Chairman Refreshment Committee, Mrs. Harrison. Reception Committee—Mrs. Henderson, Chairman, Rice Morton, Thelma Rice, Ella Goffre, Helen Watts, Myrtle Bostic, Minnie Jones, Ada Clay, Louise Bradshaw, Anna Lee, Clara Anderson, Evlyn Anderson, Armell Pelkey, Lillie Bradbury, Myrtle Davis, Vivian Davis, Helen Bonds, Esther Henedrson, Zellena Henderson, Julia Molsby, Laura Brown, Florence Towles, Ada Ferrell, Florida Thomas, Estelle Nightingale, Venus Jefferson, Lolita Jefferson. Serving Committee—Mr. Watts, Chairman, Mr. Clemens, Norman Henry, Nelson Morton, Hugh Brooks, Luro Hayes, James Bell, Arthur Peterson, Robet Peterson, Norman Peterson, Walter Marshall Leroy Moss, Finnis Moore, Winston Turner, Arnold Houston, Bernard Thomas, Peter Thomas, George Smith. Decorations, Craig Morton. Indra Rush during the course of Judge. Rush during the course of his remarks set forth some very plain truths. He declared that the mem- PHYLLIES WHEATLEY WOM. AN'S CLUB NOTES. The members and friends of the Phyllis Wheatley Woman's Club were delightedly entertained by Mrs. Ella Johnson, 3722 Forest avenue, and Mrs. Celia Webb Hill, 3435 Indiana avenue at the two recent social meetings. Mrs. Martha McAdoo, General Secretary, Ind. branch N. W. C. A., and Dr. Mary F. Waring were the speakers. The business meeting Jan. 21 was well attended at the home of the President, Wednesday, Jan. 21. Reports were read and plans made for celebrating the Club's 24th birthday. The Club will meet Wednesday, Feb. 4, at 3710 Indiana avenue, 3rd Apt. Visitors are welcome. Elizabeth Lindsay Davis, Pres. Willa Webb, Rec. Sec. A NEW COMMUNITY CENTER Rev. Griffin of Hyde Park A. M. E. Church, has opened its doors to the War Camp Community-Service bers of the white race were never contented, that they were always either seeking or borrowing trouble; that being restless and discontented with themselves it was impossible for them to remain in a passive state or frame of mind for any reasonable length of time. There is a whole lot of truth in his statements in that respect. In winding up, Judge Rush, among other things said in behalf of Hon. Roy O. West, who was unable to be present, that at all times Mr. West could be counted on as being one of the true and sincere friends of the Colored people; that although he had never loaned Rev. W. S. Braddan or them any money to build a church, like his friend, Hon. Thomas J. Healy, but Mr. West had aided or assisted them in many other ways even to the extent of sharing his money with them; that in the past he had contributed one or two hundred dollars to Berean Baptist Church, and in the future he felt sure that Mr. West would be willing to dig up some more money for it. Alderman Charles Scribner Eaton proved himself to be an old-time Baptist, and his father before him, or his grandfather, had been a Baptist minister, and Alderman Eaton who has made a very fine record in the City Council, went big with all those who were present, and a vast majority of the voters residing in the 6th Ward, regardless of their politics, will roll up a solid vote for his re-election to the City Council this spring. Mr. Healy and Rev. Braddan made many home runs during their talks which were highly enjoyed by all, and Rev. Braddan stated that early this spring work would commence to complete Bercan, and when it is finished it would seat between twelve and fifteen hundred people, and that it will be one of the most up-to-date churches in Chicago. The officers of Berean Baptist Church are as follows: Deacons—Wm. Robinson, R. H. Nelson, M. C. Adkins, John Blue, C. D. L. Bradshaw, Boyd Chaney, Duke McEwen, Deacon; P. R. Thomas Sr., Ass't Deacon. Trustees—D. C. Childress, Dr. W. N. Thomas, A. G. Wooldridge, H. M. Morgan, N. K. Hairston, J. Stovall, Stewart Jefferson. T. W. Stevens, Church Treasurer, 5650 Lafayette Ave., Phone Normal 6981. John H. Whitfield, Church Clerk, Phone Douglas 6184. Luroy B. Hayes, Ass't Church Clerk. Rev. W. S. Braddan, Pastor. A large woman's committee has been appointed. A splendid group of Patrionic Service League girls has been organized. Story telling, games, social hygiene, Negro history and community singing are among the features introduced. Mrs. Fannie Barrier Williams and Mrs. Elizabeth Linndsay Davis are in charge of the Thursday meetings at 4 p. m. MOB BEATS JUROR-TO MAKE HIM FIND NEGRO GUILTY. Monroe, La., Jan. 29.—Because a juryman failed to agree to a verdict of guilty in the case of Alvin Calhoun, Negro, alleged confessed slayer of N. E. Arnold, a young white farmer, a mob publicly whipped the recalcitrant juror, and then dipped him in a mud hole, said reports reaching here tonight from Tallulah, where the trial was held. The mud covered juror then returned to the juicy room and agreed to a verdict in the first degree. He then was ordered to leave town by a delegation of citizenship. [Image of a man seated in an ornate chair, dressed in dark clothing with a mustache.] In this city since July 15th, 1899, without missing one single issue, Republicans, Democrats, Catholics, Protestants, Single Taxors, Priests, infidels or anyone else can have their say 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. Address all communications to · THE BROAD-AX 6206 So. Elizabeth St., Chicago, Ill. Phone Wentworth 2597 JULIUS F. TAYLOR Editor and Publisher DR. M. A. MAJORS Associate Editor 4700 South State Street Phone Dréxel 1416 Vol. XXV. January 31, 1920. No. 19 Entered as Second-Class Matter, Aug. 19, 1902, at the Post Office at Chicago, Dl. Under Act of March 3, 1879. THE FUTURE BEREAN CHURCH. Luroy Benjamin Hayes Sr., Assst Church Clerk. Blessed are they that hear the words of this prophecy and heed the things which are written therein. For verily the time has come when these things shall come to pass. I heard a voice as a mighty trumpet, saying unto me, "What thou seest write and deliver it unto the Berean members. It shall not be of the past nor the present but of that which shall be hereafter." And it came to pass that as I slept I felt myself being transported to an exceedingly high mountain overlooking a great valley. Down in this valley I saw four angels advancing toward me. A trumpet sounded and the first angel drew nigh and bade me follow her. She led me only a short distance when before my eyes I saw the New Berean. Its doors opened and the hand of the angel stretched forth and I saw the Sunday School with all its splendor a thousand strong. The Missionary Circle was holding session, and to my surprise they had greatly increased in number. Turning around I saw the Willing Workers busily engaged, as their name implies. The Social Flower Club was next to catch my eye and each one wore a rose of white. Still one we went and there was the Progressive and Friendly Fellows' Clubs, all busily carrying on respectively. The second angel came forth and led me up the stairs and I stood gazing at the spacious auditorium with its stained glass windows, all of which were gifts of the various clubs or persons; its beautifully decorated walls, then down the velvet carpeted aisles to the rostrum. There a third angel bade me look and the rear wall had vanished and in its stead was a golden pipe organ surrounded by a robed choir singing melodiously. I listened and recognized the familiar strain that I had so often heard, "If Jesus go with me, I'll go anywhere." Every pew was occupied, two thousand or more, --- DR. DANIEL HALE WILLIAMS. One of the most eminent and advanced physicians and surgeons in this country; who is kept extremely busy these critical times in administering to his many patients. many faces I had never seen before. An instant and this, too, was gone. As the fourth angel approached me, a halo of light descended and rested on her brow, illuminating her pathway. Down this pathway came a man who carried a sword in his right hand which bore the word "Truth." Following him came twenty others, all of which I knew to be Berean's noble officers. After they had passed came eight little girls all robed in white. Each one carried a golden letter. As they passed I read the word "Finished." tary; Dr. P. James Bryant, Atlanta, Ga., treasurer, and Dr. E. C. Morris, Helena, Ark. At the same time a Board of Promotion, consisting of five members, was named. This board was given plenary powers by the executive committee to prepare the membership, through the medium of publicity, for the campaign. Associated with the National Baptist Convention in the campaign will be the Lott Carey Foreign Missions Convention and the New England Baptist Convention. Both of these It was then that I heard a loud voice say: "Fear not, but be of good cheer for verily I say unto you, this church has borne a good record during its many years of life, yea even from the very beginning and it shall accomplish much good on earth." INTERCHURCH WORLD MOVEMENT. Two of the largest colored communions in the land, which recently allied themselves with other Christian denominations participating in the great Interchurch World Movement, have set $11,000,000 as their minimum in the united-simultaneous financial campaign to be conducted this spring in the interest of the Movement. They already have underwritten 5 per cent of their askings as Interchurch Movement expenses. The National Baptist Convention and the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church are the denominations which have put themselves on record, the former agreeing to raise $10,000,000 and the latter $1,000,000. The Baptists represent 3,000,000 members, or approximately 65 per cent of all colored Christians in the United States. The A. M. E. Zion Church has a membership of about 600,000. The Baptist Commission, which met in St. Louis in December to outline co-operation with the Interchurch World Movement, provided for a campaign body which will have headquarters in Chicago and branch offices in Philadelphia and Atlanta. The executive personnel is as follows" Dr. I. A. Thomas, Evanston, Ill., director-general; Dr. George E. Stevens, St. Louis, chairman; Dr. T. O. Fuller, Memphis, Tenn., secre nt and advanced physicians and no is kept extremely busy these to his many patients. tary; Dr. P. James Bryant, Atlanta, Ga., treasurer, and Dr. E. C. Morris, Helena, Ark. At the same time a Board of Promotion, consisting of five members, was named. This board was given plenary powers by the executive committee to prepare the membership, through the medium of publicity, for the campaign. Associated with the National Baptist Convention in the campaign will be the Lott Carey Foreign Missions Convention and the New England Baptist Convention. Both of these organizations had representatives at St. Louis with full power to act for the organizations in the alignment with the National Baptist Convention. The delegation of the A. M. E. Zion Church which arranged for the Interchurch underwriting included Bishop George W. Clinton, Bishop W. L. Lee, Bishop J. C. Caldwell, Bishop George L. Blackwell, Dr. J. W. Martin, Dr. J. W. Wood, Dr. S. L. Carrothers and Prof. S. N. Dudley. The A. M. E. Zion Church has its membership largely throughout the South, being second in Methodism only to the African Methodist Episcopal Church. It also has a scattered membership in the North and is growing in strength spiritually as well as in the acquirement of valuable church property. QUINN CHAPEL A. M. E. CHURCH. 24th St. Wabash Ave The pastor, Dr. H. E. Stewart, has returned from his western trip and will preach the first of his series of sermons Sunday morning at 10:45 Subject Sunday morning, "Present Crisis and How to Meet Them." Sunday night will be given an illustrated sermon. These sermons will be continued every Sunday night in the month of February. The one special feature of these illustrated sermons will be the inspiring and soul uplifting songs. The Sunday morning subject will deal with one feature of the Negro problem. The Allen Christian Endeavor will render a special program Sunday at 6 o'clock. Mrs. Jessie McHenry, 39th street and Prairie avenue, Past Princess of Anchor Hope Temple 84, S. M. T., is visiting relatives and friends in Louisiana and is enjoying the summer climate. TO HOLD JOINT MEETING. The real estate brokers and civic committee of the Appomattox Club will hold a joint meeting Saturday evening, Jan. 31, at the Appomattox Club, 3441-Wabash avenue, at which time they will organize to better conditions and uplift work among members of the Race. Every real estate dealer is urged to be present. EUREKA HOLDS MEETING Eureka Fine Art Club met at the residence of the president, Mrs. Stella Franklin, 5703 LaFayette avenue, Thursday afternoon, Jan. 22, at which time an interesting meeting was held. The spring drive will open at an early date. CARD OF THANKS The Goodwin and Bonds families wish to thank the clergy, postoffice clerks, International Harvester Company and the many friends who were so kind during the illness and death of Dudly E. Goodwin. Signed, Victoria Bonds Goodwin. THE BROAD AX. CHICAGO. JANUARY 31, 1920 HON. WILLIAM T. VERNON, EX-REGISTER OF THE UNITED STATES TREASURY, WILL SPEAK AT BETHEL CHURCH ON WEDNESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 4. On this coming Wednesday evening, February 4, Hon. William T. Vernon, former Register of the United States Treasury, ex-President of the Western University, Quindura, Kan., an old-time, all-around newspaper editor and writer and one of the most prominent men in the A. M. E. Church, who will be a strong candidate for Bishop at the General A. M. E. Conference, which will be held at St. Louis, Mo., this coming May, will deliver an address at Bethel Church, under the auspices of the Bethel Literary Society, at 8 o'clock on that evening. His subject will be "Democracy and the Negro." Mr. Vernon will be introduced by Rev. W. D. Cook, the eloquent and honest pastor of Bethel Church. Hon. Patrick H. O'Donnell, EXPECTED IN CITY. Mrs. Ora Brown Stokes, Pres. Richmond, Va., Neighborhood Association, is expected to stop in the city en route on a western trip in the interest of the membership drive of the association. While here, she will be the guest of Mrs. Lou Ella Young, 3556 Forest avenue. ASSESSMENT TOO MUCH. The various temples of S. M. T.'s met Saturday evening at Od Fellows Hall and declared the heavy extra assessment imposed upon them and the juveniles by the grand officers of the state grand lodge of U. B. F. was too much and they refuse to pay same. The Sisters declared they would pull out and become independen- den before they would pay. VISITS CLIENTS M. T. Bailey, Pres., Bailey Realty Co., and mgr., Milton Mercantile Agency, 3638 State street, was forced to make a flying trip along the North Shore to see clients who were sick and unable to visit the offices. VIRGINIANS HOLD MMETING The Virginia Society held an interesting meeting Wednesday evening, Jan. 21, at Bailey's Hall, 3638 State street. The regular meetings of the Society are held every third Wednesday evening at the above address, at which time all Virginians are invited to be present. CHIPS Hosie Mathis, Seminole, Okla., is among the new subscribers to The Broad Ax. * * * Mrs. Nina Keeble, who has been very sick for several weeks at the home of her mother-in-law, Mrs. Ida H. Keeble, 4415 Dearborn street, is improving slowly under medical care. --- Dr. and Mrs. Edward S. Miller, 4418 Champlain ave., are just as happy as they possible can be for lately Dr. stork presented them with a bouncing baby boy and Mrs. Miller, Dr. Miller and their new son are all doing fine. * * * * Dr. George C. Hall, our popular townsman, has been spending the st week at Tuskegee Institute Alabama, where he was royally entertained by Dr. Robert R. Morton. * * * * Miss Irma B. Cheatham, stenographer in the office of the Faulkner & Cook Real Estate Co., 3605 State street, has been confined to her home several days on account of illness. Miss Cheatham is improving and ex- pects to be on the job in a few days. Mrs. Victoria Bond Goodwin, whose husband passed away last week, left Monday morning for Galveston, Texas, where she will spend two months in visiting with her friend, Mrs. Wallace. Mrs. Goodwin is one of the teachers in the Skinner School on the West Side. She was granted a leave of absence for two months. Mrs. Daisy, Anderson, 6026 S. Aberdeen street, has for the past ten or twelve days, been suffering with a most stubborn cold, and with complications of other ailments. With good meidical attention she expects to be able to discharge her household duties within the next ten days. Lawrence N. Jones, 3519 Calumet ave., who had resided in this city for many years and worked for Uncle Sam at the Armour station passed away at his home the latter part of last week. He and his good wife, Mrs. Jones, have many friends in all parts of the country who deeply regret his passing on out into the next world. FOR SALE 3624 Ellis Park (near Vincennes Avenue), 3 Story Flat-Building, in good condition. Bargain for quick sale. See Mr. Anderson, 3354 Ver- who is one of the greatest champions of the civil and political rights of the Corored race in America, will respond and Judge John G. Drennan of the I. C. R. R., will preside. Mr. J. E. Mitchem offers a Reading and a special musical program will be presented by Prof. Jas. A. Mundy. Admission 25 cents. Tickets on sale at Young Men's Christian Association, 3763 Wabash avenue; Geo. M. Porter's drug store, 3510 S. State street; J. W. Ward's barber shop, 3335 S. State street; Kersey, McGowan & Morsell, undertakers, 3515 Indiana avenue. Sandy W. Trice, President; J. W. Bell, Secretary; Geo. T. Kersey, Chairman Program Committee; Rev. W. D. Cook, D. D., Pastor, Bethel Church, 30th, at Dearborn streets.-Adv. Besa Do Not Sting Skunks That skunks will eat bees is the testimony of E. L. Denslow of Conneaut township. He came upon one in the act of moving his hives enough to bring out the bees, and when they came out the skunk ate them. Denslow fired at the animal but missed. Later the skunk came back and repeated the performance, again getting away. Hare's Ears Better Than Its Eyes. Although the hare has beautifully large and prominent eyes, devoid of eyelashes, and adjusted so that it can see backward and forward, they are not good eyes. Perhaps for this reason it sleeps a great part of the time and always with its eyes open. There is some compensation for poor eyes, however, in the fact that its hearing is extremely keen. Post Office Nerves According to the testimony of some hospital authorities, "post office nerves" are due partly to the frequent changes from day to night duty, with consequent irregularities of meals and sleep, partly to the changes of work whereby the same clerk may be standing all day for another, with diverse occupations, each needing special knowledge. Hence, in the opinion of some medical men, mechanical routine is less wearing than frequent change. Is it so? Conditions That Make for Success. Conditions That Make for Success. The poet said that only those who had eaten their bread in tears could know the veritable presence of the heavenly powers. There is a discipline in struggle, a drill in hardship, that is essential to the making of a man of truly virile fiber—the man qualified to take command, whose attributes of leadership are felt as soon as he appears.—Exchange Educate Hotel Employees Arithmetic, bookkeeping, geography, hotel legislation, commercial correspondence, stenography, typewriting, troning, cooking, linen mending, sewing and washing are some of the subjects taken at the school for women hotel employees in Besancon, France, which is releasing each week 10 women ready to fill positions in hotels ranging from cashier to chambermaid. Excess of Food Blamed Dr. Pritchard, an English practitioner, believes that most of the digestive troubles of infants and young children are due to excess of food. And, besides the direct derangements of the stomach and intestines, these have an effect upon the whole system and may in the long run make it more susceptible to catching other diseases. Wasn't Going to Touch Any. It was tea time and Billy came to the table with soiled hands. Mother immediately told him to leave the table. "Why," said she, "you must be washed. I wouldn't think of letting you touch a piece of bread with such hands." The child made no attempt to leave. He evidently concluded he could remain just as he was, for he said: "O, that's all right, mamma; that's all right. I didn't want bread anyway." Hawks Not All Enemies The department of agriculture says that of the 50 principal varieties of hawks 47 are of benefit to the farmer since they catch great numbers of rodents that injure crops. It is even said that a hawk on the farm is as valuable as a cow. There are three varieties of hawks that are deadly to chickens and should be shot on sight. "Paradise Regained" on Cabbage. It is said that John Milton often used to have nothing but a few olives for dinner, and we do not wonder so much since learning this that we soeldm wrote anything cheerful. We do not tibk we could write anything cheerful ourselves after dining on a few olives, though we have done it not infrequently on bolled cabbage and prune whip—Oh! State Journal. Composition of Pennies. Composition of Pennies. Pennies are made of 95 per cent copper and 5 per cent nickel and zinc. The material which goes into them costs about 22 cents a pound and this pound makes up into 120 one-cent pieces. They are distributed to banks at their face value, so the profit is $1 a pound, less the cost of manufacture, which is not great. GodFish Had Swallowed Watch [Picture of a man in a suit and bow tie]. HON. PATRICK H. O'DONNELL One of the leading exponents of the civil and rights of the colored people in this country, who to the address of Hon. William T. Vernon at B Wednesday evening, February 4. One of the leading exponents of the civil and the political rights of the colored people in this country, who will respond to the address of Hon. William T. Vernon at Bethel Church Wednesday evening, February 4. Imitation of Precious Stones The opal is more difficult to imitate than is the diamond. But from artificial corundum, stained with chrome alum, real rubles can be made, and very cheaply. If the coloring agent is titanium oxide, the product becomes a genuine artificial sapphire. Paper Resists Fire. Wrap up a very smooth piece of lead in a piece of paper, then hold it over the flame of a taper; the lead will be melted without burning the paper, providing there are no wrinkles in the paper and that it is in contact with the lead everywhere.—Electrical Experimenter. Mourned His Insulted Country It is related of Thiers, celebrated French statesman who died about 40 years ago, that so long as there was a German soldier on French soil he always used notepaper with a op black border. Work With Enthusiasm. To be enthusiastic about one's job, always—that is the indispensable to doing one's job well. And those who refuse to take this truth to heart will ever find themselves in the ranks of the obscure, the mediocre and the poverty stricken. Conditions That Bar Happiness. Conditions That Bar Happiness. No man can be happy when he despises his own acis, when he has any consciousness of wrong, whether of motive or act. No man can be happy when he harbors thoughts of revenge, jealousy, envy or hatred. He must have a clean heart and a clean conscience, or no amount of money or excitement can make him happy.—Exchange. Accepted Incident aa Mandate A remarkable case of ring finding is related of St. Atilian, bishop of Zamora, who lived in the tenth century. He wanted to surrender his bishopric and threw his episcopal ring into the Douro. But a fish brought it back to him, and he concluded that he should continue to bear his burden. NURSE NURSE Superintendent of the Lake Park Hospital date in every respect and fills her responsible credit to herself and to the institution. Superintendent of the Lake Park Hospital, who is up-to-date in every respect and fills her responsible position with credit to herself and to the institution. events of the civil and the political this country, who will respond from T. Vernon at Bethel Church y 4. When the Railroad Was New. Among the oldest forms of decorate ed glass bottles or flasks known to have been made in the United States is one which bears a relief design repre- senting the first railway. The device shows a horse drawing a four- wheeled car along a rail. The vehicle is plied full of bales, lumps of coal or packages of freight. Around the margin is "Success to the railroad." Holds Picture Nail Solid When a wall is so soft that it will not hold a picture nail, mix a little plaster of paris in a teacup; enlarge the hole to a fair size and insert the plaster—and, a minute after, the nail—and let it dry. The nail will be perfectly secure after it has dried. Balzac left in manuscript a chapter which he called "Theorie de la Demarche," in which he says, "The look, the voice, the respiration and the attitude or walk are identical. But, as it has not been given to man the power to stand guard at once over these four different simultaneous expressions of his thought, watch that one which speaks out the truth, and you will know the whole man."—Life of Balzac. Lincoln's Little Joke. Once in his law days while Lincoln was in Chicago trying a suit, his wife had the roof taken off their house to make the house higher. On Lincoln's return he manifested great surprise, and asked a passerbly, "Stranger, can you tell me where Lincoln lives?" Receiving the desired information, he then gravely entered the domicile. The Hangar Many people think that the airplane word "hangar" is an affection and is the late adaption of a French word. A look into the Standard dictionary will reveal the fact that Thackeray uses the word and that it means a shed, not primarily a place to hang a dirigible—Hartford Courant. ```markdown ``` Park Hospital, who is up-to- her responsible position with solution. The Man. CHARLES E. STUMP, WHO CONSIDERS HIMSELF A HIGH TONED NEWSPAPER WRITER, ATTENDED THE ANNUAL CONFERENCE AT THE TUSKEGEE INSTITUTE AND HE WAS HIGHLY PLEASED WITH WHAT HE BEHELD WITH HIS BIG FARMER EYES. Tuskegee Institute, Ala. — The world is no longer one-sided, but it is taking its place where it should have taken a long time ago, and men are talking to men, and are speaking right out in church. This is the way it should be, and when men go to talk about me and mine now they invite me to come in and hear what they have to say, and then permit me to speak right out and say what I have to say. go around making speeches that they cannot back up with their lives. Booker T. Washington passed out, only to live again, but the people thought that Tuskegee Institute was done for, and it would from that day go down, but they forgot that it is not God's style of doing business. When He permits a great institution to be brought into life, an institution of service, for the betterment of mankind, He not only gives the man to bring it into existence, but at the same time He prepares a man who This has been brought to life more than one time and so many things have been the result. I have told you about the talk or the conference held in Little Rock called by Governor Brough, and the committee continues to meet and discuss the matter between the races, and a few days ago the Southern Governors had a big meeting in New Orleans, and invited Dr. Robert R. Moton to come to them and tell about his people and their needs and what they were thinking about. If you could have heard the plain practical talk that Dr. Moton made for us, you would be willing to carry him around over the country on a silver platter, and since that is not possible give him a place in your heart, for he truly is a representative of this race of ours and is speaking right out in church for us in places where we cannot get an opportunity to speak. Dr. Booker T. Washington left us, and we shall never miss him, because he will ever be with us in thought. He was succeeded by a real man about whom I shall speak just a little later. Since I wrote that other letter, I have been going some, and kept on going until I landed right here. I have been through Mississippi, and since I am out of the state I shall not say any "cuss" words but save them until I go back to that part of the world and you need not be surprised at anything I may say or think. I am thinking now and unless I put them thoughts on paper you will never know, and I don't intend for you to know this week. I have met one of the most remarkable men in the race, and right by his side is his wife, and both of them doctors, and both are kept busy all the time looking after the sick. Drs. S. A. Miller, husband and wife. It strikes me that Drs. Miller are getting ready to remain in Jackson, Miss, until the Lord tells them to leave for the other world, for they have recently put over $50,000 in property, erected a half block of buildings, with stores, and every one of them rented. There will be in the new building now being finished his private hospital for the treatment of their patients, and they will also have in another part of that half block living quarters. I shall have something to say about them later up in life. We have been able to do great things in this world, and I am the most shotingest man in the world. I am on shouting grounds and as you look upon this wonderful monument of the late Dr. Booker T. Washington, you are forced to fall upon your knees and thank God for his life. Tuskegee Institute with its many buildings is the monument to Booker T. Washington, and the world will ever recognize it. He lived in the hearts of his people. His life was a life of service. I walked over to his grave. I just had to stop and drop a tear, a tear of joy, because such a man ever lived. America has given to the world some real men who will live on and on, and I would just name four of them now—George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, Frederick Douglass and Booker T. Washington, and if permitted I would name, the fifth one, Crispus Attucks, but will not do so now. He has not had a fair chance in history. He was a Negro, and a slave, yet the first to shed his blood for America. He died for his country at a time when dying meant so much. We did not have many Americans to spare. What do you think of one school with nearly two thousand students? But I am not going to talk about the student body, but about the Negro Conference which was started by Dr. Washington and which brings together more brainy men and women in a year than any other one thing. This is one place where white men and black men with a vision, men with thoughts, come together for two days together with the common people, the farmers, then men who are playing an important part in the world, men who are making it possible for us to live. You do not read of them in the paper, but they are doing their part just the same, and often are worth more to civilization than some of the peanut leaders who 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 east of Halsted St. (Feb. 14, 1920) Adv. Booker T. Washington passed out, only to live again, but the people thought that Tuskegee Institute was done for, and it would from that day go down, but they forgot that it is not God's style of doing business. When He permits a great institution to be brought into life, an institution of service, for the betterment of mankind, He not only gives the man to bring it into existence, but at the same time He prepares a man who will take up the work and carry it right on. Often side by side, you would see Dr. Washington and Dr. Robert R. Morton. They were good friends, they got their foundation at Hampton, they unedrstood each other. Dr. Moton, like Dr. Washington, was not born with a silver spoon in his mouth, but had to work his way through school; he hed to earn everything he got, but believe me, when I tell you he became a man of the hour, and as I have said, he is indeed a representative of our people, and is doing all in his power to get for us every item of right and justice enjoyed by others. In these days he is speaking right out in church. Here and there bobs up some little two by cipher fellow, who wants to get a hearing, and he tries to do it by an attack on Dr. Moton. When I see that I think of them little fellows who made an attack on Guliver. I think they are-called the "Little Putians," or something like that. I think of an old dog that formed a part of our home. Her name was Juno. Every night that the moon came out Juno would spend the time barking at the moon. She had a place where she would just sit all night long if the moon was out and bark, but one night when we came out, Old Juno had her head turned up toward the moon in her accustomed barking attitude, dead, but the moon continues to shine, and so astronomers have been saying that there were spots on the sun, and the sun has never stopped for a minute to say wehither it was true or false, but has gone on sending forth his rays to bless humanity. They barked at Dr. Washington, and he went on erecting his monument and helping the race, and now they take a lick at Dr. Moton, an dhe is going right on just the same doing things. The conference this year took up the real live question, "Race Relation," and, believe me, honey, when I tell you it was handled, and handled by Southern men, handled by brainy men, by thinking men, by men who knew what to say, how to say it without hurting the feelings of others. They spoke out from their hearts. They were Governor T. W. Bickett, of North Carolina; Superintendent T. H. Harris, of Louisiana; Bishop G. W. Clinton, of North Carolina, and Harry Pace, of Georgia Of course there were other great men who had something to say, such as Robert E. Clay, of Bristol, Tennessee-Virginia: John Hope, of Moorehouse College, Atlanta, Ga, and others whose names I will not mention, because I will not have the space. Superintendent Harris, of Louisiana, who has charge of the educational work for the state, told the race to stay out of politics, leaving it in the hands of the white people of the South, and Governor Bickett said practically the same things. Mr. Harris declared that as long as the time lasts there would be separation of the races, in hotels, schools, railroads, churches and everywhere else. Harry Pace spoke right out, and he spoke with perfect freedom. He is secretary of the Standard Life Insurance Company. He wanted the ballot in the hands of his people with which to protect their rights. He declared that a voteless people was a helpless people and for their own protection could do no more than a child. Bishop Clinton made a conservative demand for his people. He is a logician, a philosopher, and a deep man, intensely interested in his race. I think I will have to bring this letter to a stop. I want to express my thanks to Dr. Moton, his secretary, Albon L. Holsey, and all the other good people around Tuskegee. I shall have a few things to say about a remarkable character of the race, Melvin Chisum. He is doing things in the South. He is helping his people. Then I will give credit to that young man, Albon L. Holsey, in another letter. Optimistic Thought. Good temper is like a sunny day. It sheds its brightness on everything. Getting Gold Out of Australia. Australia forbids the export of gold without authority, but the Chinese who go back to their own land on a visit show considerable ingenuity in taking away the coveted sovereign. Recently customs inspectors made a rich hunt in a raisin jar, the back of a shaving mirror, an alarm clock and the leather band of a hat. The Chinese cheerfully paid the fines imposed on them and were delighted when the confiscated gold was returned to them. --- THE BROAD AX, CHICAGO, JANUARY 31, 1920 SIDE FLARE FROCK Garment Is Regarded as Dominant Note of Spring Styles. The frock shown in the sketch, while designed for present season wear, really is an intimation of the silhouette that is now regarded as the dominant note of spring styles. In other words, says a fashion authority, frocks showing a side flare, extreme or moderate, with distinctly flat front and back effects, will hold the center of the sartorial stage. The tendency is to feature a fullness rather than a flare, as there is a generous use of material without wiring or other artificial re-enforcement. The result is the fullness described, in many cases a sort of bunching of the fabric by means of plaits and gathers. The frock sketched may be made to combine satin or infanta, or even velvet and a sheer material, such as georgette, chiffon or net, and it would be quite smart for afternoon wear. Present season frocks worn by Americans generally show long sleeves—that is, except the frocks designed for evening or dressy afternoon wear. According to all indications, however, the prejudice that has existed in the minds of American women against the display of a long expanse of bare arm, except in the evening or in the privacy of the home, has at last been dispelled, and next spring will see women wearing wool frocks of the tailored or semi-tailored type, equipped with sleeves that are well above the elbow. It is also announced that plaids will have a very strong run of favor in tailored street apparel in the spring. Many very smart and also very striking plaid wool fabrics are being brought out to meet this demand. Or perhaps the demand has been created FASHION Frock Featuring Moderate Side Flare. to take care of the handsome plaids that have already been woven. In any event plaids are to be worn, and they will not at all, as is usually the case, be confined to garments for the members of the younger set. JEWELRY OF CHINESE JADE Season's Vogue for Green Tints Brings Costly Decorative Articles Into the Limelight. One of the things which the season's vogue for green tints in women's garments has done is to bring into unprecedented popularity various articles of jewelry made of real Chinese jade. The articles in demand range from tiny cardrops to necklaces so high in price as to surprise even persons who think they know a good deal about costly gems. It is a matter of record that small necklaces of jade beads, every one measuring less than a quarter of an inch in diameter, have been sold in China at from $1,000 to $3,000 each. Naturally, the values of these necklaces are enhanced when they are brought to this country and resold. A smart vell shown in one of the exclusive hat shop windows was made of heavy black mesh with a ribbon of leather fastened at a point that would come right below the chin in the front. This ribbon extended on either side and was provided with a snapper so that when it was down around the neck it would fasten securely in the back collarwise, leaving the vell itself sungly gathered in about the lower part of the face. CITIZENS TRUST & SAVINGS BANK 55 2ND & STATE 5TS CHICAGO THE WAY TO SAVE JOIN OUR WEEKLY THRIFT CLUB Cut This Out and Send In for Particulars Save Money Save $100 this year. Begin the year right and finish with credit to yourself and a good balance in our Savings De- partment. You can be sure that your business with us will be trans- acted to your greatest satis- faction and profit. By depositing your money with us you place yourself under the protection of The Federal Reserve Bank System as a safeguard to your funds while they earn for you 3% per annum interest in our Savings Department. 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 et Jackson - Chicago Becoming, indeed, is this straw hat in sennet braid which soon will be added to the wardrobe. Turn Gloves Before Washing. Turn a silk glove wrong side out before washing. FIND MANY USES FOR SATIN Fabric Affords Most Fetching Costumes That Make Strong Appeal to Milady's Heart. Satin is quite the most fetching thing imaginable. That 'collar is undeniably striking; the sleeve treatment is most unusual, and there's a delightful ripple to the skirt. The collar is nothing more than an inoffensive roll at back, but it crosses and then lengthens considerably in front. Why, it extends all the way down to the hip line. A rounded snip of the scissors in an otherwise proselytically tight-fitting sleeve will achieve this sleeve novelty. The charming ripple of the skirt is secured by being more generous with the gathering at the sides than at front or back and then curtailing the length to either side slightly. In black and white the model would be compelling Trinket for the Workbasket. A qualt and useful little novelty for a workbasket 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 workbasket. 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. About the Swingknife. A swingknife is a wooden wedge, 18 to 24 inches long and 8 to 10 inches broad, used to scrape the woody portion from flax, a handful of which hangs over a groove in the standing board known as the swingstock. Swingknives are still used in the manufacture of flax in parts of the Old World, but modern machinery has pretty generally displaced them. The new social order demands that those who have the highest talents, the greatest mental endowment, devote them to those who are less fortunate, in service that will elevate and ennoble those with whom we live. © Western Newspaper Union This strikingly original outfit has a mole collar, large and beautiful, that forms the sleeves, and which is one of the novel features of this exquisite winter evening wrap of navy and silver brocade. WHAT ABOUT SKIRT LENGTHS? Manufacturers Advise That They Are Making Garment Slightly Wider and Shorter. In spite of the fact that spring lines are pretty well completed at the present date, says a writer in Women's Wear, there is much interest evinced in the matter of skirts, for there are still certain authorities who claim unwerving allegiance to the long, narrow skirt. There are others who have returned from abroad, who profess to believe that there is nothing for us to do but soon or later to adopt the French extreme. Finally, there are those who believe in a compromise; that French skirts will come down and ours will go up and that we will gaily arbitrate the question. Perhaps the greater-number are of this opinion, but that there is a degree of uncertainty is shown in the fact that anyone who is supposed to know anything about style or who is an courant of what is being done by the French and American couture is continually accosted with the question, "What about the skirts?" However, the average response to this question given by the manufacturer is: "I am making them slightly wider and slightly shorter." Some are making them decidedly wider as compared with the width of the last few seasons, but few are making them short in any exaggeration or extreme because they are frankly afraid of it. One dress house varies the length of the skirt according to the size of the frock, skirts being 32, 34, 36 and 37 inches. A 38 frock has a 37-inch skirt, and so on down to the 16 and 14 sizes, which have 34 and 32-inch skirt lengths. MUST CARE FOR COAT WRAPS Fur as Well as Cloth Garments Are Called Upon for Both Long and Severe Wear. There is scarcely any other garment in the galaxy of feminine apparel that suffers such demands upon it or is more adaptable to the months from October to April than the coat wrap. And now, as never before in the history of dress, the all-fur wrap provoking the deadly rival of the old coat of cloth. Perhaps one reason for the universal popularity of the fur coat—for once upon a time, and not so very long ago, either, only the woman with a fat pocketbook could afford to indulge her love for peltry with anything so luxurious as a whole coat of skins—is because now the cloth wrap costs almost as much. Unfortunately for the average woman, however, this is not a case of the fur coat becoming less expensive, but rather the one of cloth is hourly mounting in price. Character and distinction are two of the attributes that the fashionable woman demands in her costumes, and this she achieves invariably when she dons the fur wrap, be it long or short. The contee, by the way, is quite as much of a favorite this year as it was last, and when such a garment is developed in moleskin it leaves little to be desired in the way of chic. Laces and Embroideries Interesting collar and cuff sets are produced by combining different kinds of lace with bits of old batiste embroideries in an intricate sort of patchwork of which the connecting medium is narrow valenciennes and the edging of the same perpetually useful lace. Glets in which hand-made lace play an important part are perhaps even more numerous than collars and there is a particular sort of glet with voluminous plaited frills of net edged with valenciennes which appears to be coming into vogue. Myself and family were out for our usual Sunday ride. We were driving along a fairly smooth road, which gradually became more rough. Finally little Rose, who had become tired of being bumped about, exclaimed: "Oh, mamma, has the car lost its temper?" —Exchange FROCKS FOR GIRLS Suggestion for Two-Fabric Dress for Spring Wear. Outfit May Be of Silk or Wool With Panel of Plain Velvet; Embroidery Optional. The sketch offers a suggestion for making a two-fabric frock for a little girl of six or eight years, or the panel idea may be employed in making over a last season frock. The dress may be of silk or wool fabric with panel of plain velvet, or the dress proper may be of plaid with plain panel. The use of embroidery or bradding as an extra trimming to a son is of course, optional. Spring dresses for little girls are now being bought up by all the shops in anticipation of the early demand for them, as the average mother attends in advance to the wardrobe of her small daughters, buying or making nearly all the clothes that will be needed during the coming spring and summer. In the first showing of little checked gingham frocks an exceptionally smart model shows a straight line dress with elbow sleeves digressed by a scarf of self fabric attached to the back of the collarless neck and drawn to the front, sweater scarf fashion, the whole being held in to the figure by a little black patent leather belt. The material used for the dress was red and black checked gingham. Touches of black bralding were used as trimming. Cotton materials, such as gingham and rep, that are used in generous quantity in the development of children's dresses are very high in price it present, so that any dress, whether made at home or purchased ready to wear 'In the shops, will cost three or four times as much as it would a few seasons ago. Short sleeves are shown in nearly full spring and summer dresses, whatever the material. A very attractive trimming touch is the use of tailored 1920s Panel Frock for Little Girl. points or scallops on the many ruffles used, both on skirts and sleeves of the frocks. The popularity of velvet is the real feature of midwinter apparel for young girls and children. Another feature is the tendency to follow in general line the styles developed for grown-ups. HINTS TO HOUSEWIVES. Keep piece of charcoal in refrigerator. Everything will keep sweet. Soaking potatoes 15 minutes in cold water before boiling makes them mealy. Straight hanging dresses are the most satisfactory for working about the house. If alum is added to the paste used in covering boxes with paper for scrapbooks, moths or mice will not invade them. To remove marks made by placing hot dishes on a polished table, rub well with turpentine. Leave this on for some time, say half an hour, then polish and the marks should have quite disappeared. When the wall paper happens to need a patch and the new paper is conspicuously bright compared with the old, hang the new piece in the sunshine, watch closely, and you will find that it will soon sun-tone to match the old paper. You may then patch your wall and the patch will be hardly noticeable. Oil Cloth as Trimming. Oilcloth is the latest addition to dress trimming in Paris. The gloss of waxed ribbon proved so alluring that fashion, has gone one better than waxed ribbon and provided oilcloth. Strappings and motifs of it are incorporated with embroidery and silk stitching on costumes of satin, broadcloth and velours, and the effect is not half as bad as it sounds. Burmese All Fond of Tobacco. It is commonly asserted that the Burmese all smoke, and that Burmese babies cry for a cigar instead of crying for the moon. This is not so. But it is quite,common to see a lot of little boys and girls in the street making mud-pies and puffing away at big cigars with equal enthusiasm. FROM THIS DATE ONWARD THE BROAD AX CAN ALWAYS BE FOUND ON SALE AT THE FOLLOWING 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. THE UTILITY GOWN Black Velvet Draws Palm of Popularity, Writer Says. Fabric Suitable for All Purposes From Breakfast Robe to Ball and Theater Attire. In these days of the high cost of everything few women can afford to make a distinction between dinner gowns and evening dress. They both signify formal wear, but to persons of meticulous care in dress there is a difference. With housekeeping such a tremendous problem and the domestic question a shoal on which many households founder, the custom of dining out is becoming more and more prevalent. At the more exclusive restaurants one is not properly dressed unless in evening clothes, yet if the evening's entertainment includes the theater one's costume needs to be more reserved than if a dancing party or the opera is contemplated. Of all the materials we have seen this season, observes a fashion writer, the palm of popularity goes to black velvet—unquestionably the fabric suitable for all purposes from breakfast to ball gown, and in the restaurants and theaters it predominates. A clever woman whom we see at every important function is not noted for her wealth nor her lavish expenditures on dress, but she is always tastefully if rather unobtrusively gowned. At the opera one evening she appeared in a stunning gown of black silk velvet made severely plain with a round of decolletage and the skirt ankle length with a long, straight panel falling from one hip to form a side train. We remarked the costume for its extreme elegance of line and lack of adornment. A few nights later this woman came into the dining room of our most fashionable and exclusive hotel again gowned in black velvet. We noticed that the bodice was cut rather low and filled in with a shirred gilet of embroidered black net, short slaves edged with tiny ruffles were of net and chiffon, and on one hip several flat loops of the velvet simulated the bouffant effect. It was not until afterward that we realized that this costume was in fact the opera gown worn with a guimpe of net, and with the train looped up. Not one woman in a hundred, unless she were in the habit of scruzifying and analyzing feminine wearing apparel, would have discovered the metamorphosed frocks. Very convincing transformations may be accomplished by a woman who is clever with his needle or who has a good dressmaker, IN MORE TEMPERATE SHADES Season's Colors Good and Comprise the Soft but Rich and Warm in Tone. Absent are the glaring colors of yesterday, supplanted as they are by more temperate shades, deep and warm in tone. This season the colors are exceedingly good. They are soft, but rich in tone. There are colors of varying shades to set off every complexion, and yellow has its butter-colored series, its old gold with a hint of green, lemon, primrose, sulphur and canary—all yellow but with that slight difference that permits the fair woman to humor her taste without sacrificing her complexion. Gray hair is always beautiful with gray clothes. White-gray hair needs careful choice of colors between the blue-gray and yellow-gray, according to its requirements. Evening dresses show many pastel shades and the colors of Louis Quinze brocades are in evidence. A dance dress of dull green shows many tiny frills edged with dull, brass-colored gold braid. A bouquet of gold flowers adds the finishing touch to the costume. Gold and silver, especially for dresses, are becoming more and more popular. JAMES H. RYAN & CO. Real Estate, Renting Loans, Insurance 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 Heaters are shown at our Main Branch South Side 731 West Gerry-Bird Street 3478 Angler Avenue 1015 East Thirty-fifth Street 9051 Greenwood Avenue 11025 Michigan Avenue North 3071 Line 3643 Irvine 408 West Save time and carfare nearest you, where all the of the Company is at you This Opportunity Is Not Take Advantage Gas Ranges sold by us are tions, expressly for burning antee satisfactory results The Peoples Gas Light Telephone Wahun 6000. First Time in History The Peoples Gas Light & Coke Company offers its customers a January Clearance Sale. Ranges Room Heaters Water Heaters Machines $200 Do 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 put the price on these ranges and put them on sale on terms of payment that will quickly clear them out. 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. Branch Stores: South Side West Suffield Street 8 Archer Avenue East Third-fifth Street 15 Memorial Avenue 25 Michigan Avenue North Side 3071 Lincoln Avenue 3643 Living Park Road 408 West North Avenue West Side 2142 West Madison Street 1769 West Boonville Road 1641 Milwaukee Avenue 3734 West Twenty-sixth Street 4033 West Madison Street We time and carfare by using our Branch Stores. Please 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 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. Peoples Gas Light & Coke Company Johnsh 6000 Michigan Avenue at Ada The Peoples Gas Light & Coke Company offers its customers a January Clearance Sale. Gas Ranges Room Heaters Water Heaters Wash Machines $200 Down Manufacturers prices on 1920 gas appliances have advanced considerably, but we still have some ranges on hand, purchased at 1919 prices. 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*. 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 Wohnh 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 ESTATE Up-to-Date or Modern and Store 3101 COTTAGE Corner 31st St TELEPHONE DOUGLAS 1 RGE F. HARDING, REAL ESTATE Date or Modern Houses, Apartment and Stores to Rent COTTAGE GROVE A Corner 31st Street, Chicago Good Word for Puny. Brave Little Bob has received many injunctions to be "cannily," the word being used to mean to go about his business bravely and quietly and in a respectful 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 Ball. Experience has shown in the making of billiard balls that, as it dries, very 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 ``` ```markdown ``` made in History Gas Light & Coke mers its customers Clearance Sale. $2.00 Down In 1920 gas appliances have but we still have some used at 1919 prices. Our stock and prices we have Ranges and put them on sale on will quickly clear them out. Range or Gas Appliance this reference between the reduced hard 1920 prices will be large e. Samples of these Ranges, Maters and Washing Machines Office and all Branch Stores. In Stores: North Side West Side 2142 West Madison Street 1709 West Booneville Road Ana Avenue 1641 Milwaukee Avenue North Avenue 3734 West Twenty-sixth Street 4033 West Madison Street By using our Branch Store we courtesy and full service our command. Not Likely to Occur Again Storage of It Now Built on our own specifica- tion Chicago Gas. We guar- 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 Turn Houses, Apartments 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. Matheson, the great musical critic, wrote a book on the subject, in which, after reflecting 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 port where the word is placed. Luoid. Little Roy had just returned from a week's visit to his aunt, and was trying to describe the holding; he had been sleeping in. "It lays down at night, mamma, and stands on its hind legs in the daytime."—Boston Transcript. THE BROAD AX, CHICAGO, JANUARY 31, 1920 DENISON, WATKINS AND WHITE ATTORNEYS AT LAW 36 West Eandolph 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 Douglass 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 CQAL 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 4153 CHICAGO Residence 3419 South Park Ava. Phone Douglas 9354 WM. J. LATHAM ATTORNEY AT LAW Office Phone: Calumet 875 2 EAST THIRTY-FIRST ST. Suite 7 CHICAGO Aesidence 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. KREYSLER DEUGGIST 5057 South State Street Near 51st St. Not On the Corner CHICAGO EXELENTO FOR KINKY HAIR "Every woman can have nice long hair, and any woman can have hair grown 28 inches long by using your wonderful EXELENTO POWDER POMADE Don't be fooled by fake Kinky Remover. You can't straighten your hair it it's soft and smooth. Root of the hair and makeup it grows long and thick. We make Exelento Skin Beautiful co-ordination for dark, sallow skin. Used in treatment of skin trouble. PICK UP ON LABEL FOR RICHER OR Coin AGGRETS WANTED EVERYTHING Write for Particulars EXELENTO MEDICINE CO., Atlanta, Ga. --- 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..... 2,359,636.62 OFF JOHN BAIN, President MICHAEL MAISEL, W EDW. C. BARRY W. MFRLE . ARTHU Largest Labo of Negroes Every Craft of Railr OFFICERS AIN, President HAEL MAISEL, Vice President EDW. C. BARRY, Cashier W. MERLE FISHER, Assistant Ca . ARTHUR C. UTESCH, Asst. OFFICERS 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 co. ASK THE MEN Now housed in the magazine 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 the mattox Club—recently purchased as our h Alway 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. 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 REI Office Phone: Douglas 8285 MSEY, McGOWAN AND MORSELL CHICAGO'S REPRESENTATIVE KERSEY, McGOWAN AND MORSELL CHICAGO'S REPRESENTATIVE UNDERTAKERS Finest Establishment in the U. S. GEO. T. KERSEY D. A. McGOWAN WM. J. MOR Proprietors 3515 INDIANA AVENUE CHICAGO ERSEY D. A. McGOWAN WM. J. MO Proprietors ANA AVENUE CHICAGO GEO. T. KERSEY D. A. McGOWAN WM. J. MORSELL Proprietors ERNEST H. WILLIAMSON UNDERTAKER DELON - KENWOOD 455 Office-5018-Solo S. State Street Kings Divided in reasonable price Farmers May 15 You By the New York City Exhibition Commission Cared The Times Some Saturday Time More The Cunningham Car SERVICEERS Service President F. Cashier FISHER, Assistant Cashier R. C. UTESCH, Asst. Cashier. Organization in the World Load Work Represented more for the railroad man of color combined. IN WHO KNOW sificent home formerly used by ply purchased as our headquar- s International Industrial Association , 3441 Wabash Ave. CHICAGO, ILL. Ancient 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 600 feet long, with many sculptured figures. The Copan rulers 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 Spaniarda 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 OWAN WM. J. MORSELL etors CHICAGO, ILL. 3131-33-35 STATE STREET The 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. History Repeats Itself Briggs and Fowler 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 1600, has been burned. The destroyed building, which consisted of a single story and attic, was one of the landmarks of the Holyrood area. It was the old Yew Tree tavern, and stood inside the bounds of the Holyrood sanctuary for debtors, within which, in days of yore, the fugitive was free from the attentions of his creditors E:chen 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 BROADWAY 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. "Kitchen Middens." Cash or Credit Possible Origin of "Loafer." An old Dutchman in New York had the misfortune to have a shiftless 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. Airplane motor revolution meters have been invented by an 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. Bronson 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-plety, what-a-pity;" or "Which-way-sir which-way-sir?" or "I-besechyou, besech-you;" or "Witchery, witchery, witchery." The bird is particularly fond of thickets by the side of running water. JAMES G. COTTER ATTORNEY-AT-LAW 145 NORTH CLARK STREET SUITE 407 Telephone Central 8354 CHICAGO Formerly Assistant Attorney General State of Illinois Telephone Boulevard 10307