The Broad Ax

The Non-Partisan Aldermanic Election Proved A Great Success at the First Tryout Twenty-Six Aldermen Being Elected Outright At Tuesdays Election, Leaving Nine To Be Elected at the Election April 6. It Means A Saving of One-Hundred and Fourteen-Thousand Dollars to the Small Taxpayers of Chicago THE BROAD AX CUT A WIDE SWATH IN THE ALDERMANIC CONTEST; SEVEN THOUSAND EXTRA COPIES WERE PRINTED SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 21, FOUR THOUSAND COPIES DISTRIBUTED IN THE FOURTEENTH WARD IN THE INTEREST OF ALDERMAN JOSEPH HIGGINS SMITH, WHICH ENABLED HIM TO PUT CHARLES E. GRAYDON FAST ASLEEP AND TO MAKE ANOTHER HOME RUN BACK INTO THE CITY COUNCIL. FIVE HUNDRED COPIES WERE DISTRIBUTED AMONG THE COLORED PEOPLE IN THE EIGHTEENTH WARD IN THE INTEREST OF ALDERMAN M. F. KAVANAUGH, ENABLING HIM TO KNOCK OUT COL. OR HON. BARNEY J. GROGAN STIFF AND COLD. ONE THOUSAND COPIES WERE DISTRIBUTED IN THE THIRTIETH WARD IN THE INTEREST OF ALDERMAN WILLIAM R. O'TOOLE, WHO RAN CLEAR OVER THOMAS J. O'GRADY, AND TRAMPLED FOR THE FOURTH TIME THE MUNICIPAL VOTERS' LEAGUE UNDER HIS ALDERMANIC FEET. Tuesday was a great day for many of the politicians, would-be politicians and statesmen in this big town. Many of them were foolish or weakened to believe that they were just the cards—that they were fully capable in every way to occupy prominent seats in the City Council, but such was not to be. The most notable fights or contests in the late aldermanic election which were extremely exciting were between Col. or the Hon. Barney J. Grogan and Alderman Maurice F. Kavanagh of the 18th ward, but with the assistance of five hundred copies of The Broad Ax freely distributed among the Colored voters throughout that ward in the interests of Alderman Kavanagh Col. or the Hon. Barney J. Grogan was put to flight and Alderman Kavanagh was relected to the City Council with almost eight hundred majority to his credit. The old 14th ward was the royal battle ground, for it was in that ward-that a desperate effort was made to defeat Alderman Joseph Higgins Smith, and Charles E. Graydon, the head leader or the high priest of the City Hall forces in that ward, felt cock sure that he had Alderman Smith on the dead run, and on the surface of things it looked as though he was right in his deductions or conclusions, but late on Saturday afternoon and early on Sunday morning four thousand extra copies of The Broad Ax were distributed free among the Colored people throughout that ward in the interest of Alderman Smith, containing an appeal from Mrs. A. C. Cone, enjoining the Colored voters to stand by Alderman Smith, and an article from our pen setting forth some of the many good deeds which he had performed for the Colored people in the past, and The Broad Ax and the Colored men and women voters saved the day for him, for he was only re-clocted to the City Council with 243 majority at his back, plainly showing that Col. Graydon was right after him. It is high time for Col. Graydon to fully realize this one great truth, namely, that it is mighty hard work for him to be elected to the City Council from the 14th ward without the aid of The Broad Ax, for it is all powerful in that political fighting ward. Alderman William R. O'Toole was up against the real thing in the 30th ward, for Thomas J. O'Grady backed up by the Municipal Voters' League, were hot after his aldermanic scalp, but on Saturday afternoon more than one thousand extra copies of The Broad Ax were scattered among the Colored people residing in that ward and the result was that Alderman O'Toole was reelected to the City Council for the fourth time, with 1,290 votes to the good, many Colored men and women THE BROAD AX re-election Alderman Robert J. Muleahy had a hard fight on his hands in the old bloody 5th ward, for on Monday morning the head political bosses of the Municipal Voters' League issued a special bulletin against Alderman Muleahy enjoining the voters residing in his ward to defeat him at any cost, but in spite of that fact and in spite of all of the dirty or underhanded work resorted to in order to defeat Alderman Mulcahy he ran ahead of his strongest rival, Thomas Doyle, and without any question about it Alderman Muleahy will be re-elected to the City Council April 6th. David I. Swanson was the only aldermanic candidate which this paper loyally supported, to march to defeat, and we are inclined to believe that his head supporters or managers failed to do all that was passible for them to do to bring about his election, for to us it seems mighty strange how an Irish-American with very little ability, in our humble opinion, can defeat an active and wide-awake Swedish-American like Mr. Swanson, who is an able lawyer, to represent the 31st ward in the City Council, which is composed largely of Swedish-Americans. T MRS. MARTHA BROADUS ANDERSON. Graduate of the Chicago Musical College; the golden throated soprano songstress whose sweet voice and charming presence has completely captivated thousands of people in many parts of this broad land. supplementary election will be held on April 6 to decide between the two high men in each of these nine wards: Ward— Vote 5-Ald. Robert J. Mulchay...4,987 and Thomas A. Boyle...4,633 8-Ald. Martin S. Furman...4,366 and Thomas A. Green...2,148 9-Ald. S. W. Gowier...4,275 and Chas. V. Johnson...2,932 12-Joseph Cepak...1,803 and Ald. J. I. Novak...1,475 21-Charles J. Agnew...4,477 and Ald. Earl Walker...3,880 22-Leo C. Klein...2,684 and Ald. J. H. Bauer...1,999 24-Ald. John Handerlein...3,971 and Joseph A. Weber...2,707 26-Ald. George Pretzel...4,193 and Thos! A. Caspers...3,945 27-Newton Jenkins...5,088 and Christ A. Jensen...3,359 To the great delight of the citizens of Chicago the South Park Bond issues were all carried or voted through with healthy majorities and in time the South Side will become one of the most beautiful sections of any city in the world. others of lesser prominence, in the musical world. The first article from the pen of Mrs. Anderson, was to appear in the Christmas issue of The Broad Ax, December 21, 1919, but sorrow and sadness entered her home at that time, which for the time being completely unqualified her for the task of writing. Mrs. Anderson is a thorough instructor in music and she is one of the founders and secretary of the Coleridge Taylor Conservatory of Music. For four or five years she was conductor of the choir at Quinn Chapel and for the past nine years she has been the director of the WHITE FATHER SEDUCES DAUGHTER. White Man 60 Years of Age and Father of 5 Children Found Guilty of the Charge of Having Spoiled Him Own 14-Year-old Daughter. Judge Sentenced Him to Prison for 10 Years; Plea for Clemency Unheeded. The Oregonian of Portland, Oregon, gives the following account of the case". Except for a trait of degeneracy which led him to cause the downfall of a daughter when she was only 14 years old, A. R. Wright, aged 60, father of five, sole support of his family and a widowed sister 70 years old, had been a good husband. This was the statement of Deputy District Attorney Hammersley in presenting the indictment to the court, and corroborated by Attorney Frank Hilton. Against the fact that he had worked industriously for 20 years in support of his family, without a vacation, there was his own daughter whose life he had ruined. choir of Bethesda Baptist Church, which she has transformed into one the best choirs, in Chicago. She has appeared with brilliant success in musical recitals in many of the leading cities throughout the country. She is prominently connected with many secret societies and we feel confident that the many readers of this paper will familiarize themselves each week with her musical contributions with a large degree of pleasure. Social items and anything in connection with musical events, forwarded to Mrs. Anderson, will find their way into the columns of The Broad Ax. Welfare of Girl Paramount. "Arguments urging leniency have some weight—there is no question but that the family is in dire need," commented Judge McCourt in passing sentence. "But the safety of this girl is another consideration. It will require at least five years' separation from her father to rehabilitate her. It is unfortunate, but he has forfeited all right to leniency from this court. His family will be infinitely better off without him. The judgment of the court is that he be confined in the State penitentiary for a period of ten years." The only comment to the above is that it is well to remember that Mr. Wright is a white gentleman—Editor. Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Johnson, 4420 Prairie avenue sends an elaborate dinner party Sunday in honor of their house guest, Mrs. L. Lapley, Portland, Oregon. In the evening a box party at the Avenue Theatre. The Lafayette Players rounded out an enjoyable event. THE FREDERICK DOUGLASS CELEBRATION AT QUINN CHAPEL. HON. PATRICK H. O'DONNELL WAS THE LEADING AND ELOQUENT ORATOR OF THE OCCASION. REV. JOHN W. ROBINSON, PRESIDENT OF THE PROTECTIVE CIRCLE, LOUDLY SOUNDED THE PRAISES OF THE BROAD AX FOR THE GREAT FIGHT IT IS WAGING AGAINST THE HYDE PARK JOURNAL AND ITS ALLIES. HON. A. H. ROBERTS HAS SET ON FOOT A MOVEMENT TO ERECT A MONUMENT TO THE MEMORY OF THE IMMORTAL FREDERICK DOUGLASS. Sunday afternoon the annual celebration of the life and bright shining deeds of Frederick Douglass was celebrated at Quinn Chapel. It was his one hundred and third birthday anniversary. The main floor was well filled but on the whole the attendance was not as large as on similar occasions. Around the pulpit and the platform were very beautifully decorated with the American flag and other colors which were very attractive and pleasing to the eye. An orchestra rendered selections prior to the speaking on the parts of Hon. A. H. Roberts, Rev. John W. Robinson and Hon. Patrick H. O'Donnell and Rev. H. E. Stewart, pastor of Quinn Chapel offered up the opening and closing prayer. Mr. O'Donnell, who is one of the most eloquent orators in this country was warmly applauded when he arose to speak. Hon. A. H. Roberts, master of ceremonies, in the most polished and pleasing manner introduced Mr. O'Donnell and in his masterful citation of Frederick Douglass, Mr. O'Donnell unbosomed himself of many solid and highly interesting truths or facts in connection with the career or life of Frederick Douglass. He decried that he was one of the sublimest characters that has ever been cast upon the shores of time; that he was the warm friend of President Abraham Lincoln, that President Lincoln always referred to him CONGRESSMAN DYER'S INDORSEMENT OF GOV. LOWDEN FAILS. It was quite embarrassing for the Negro delegates who attended the Twelfth Congressional Convention ow a discord into the very harmonious session that prevailed during the election of the delegates to the National Convention a few days ago in this city. In offering a resolution to indorse Governor F. O. Lowden, we assume that Mr. Dyer acted in good faith and was ignorant of the fact that Lowden was objectionable to the Negroes because of the position he took during the East St. Louis masacre. But he is guilty of the sin of omission because he could have so easily found out how the large group of his constituency felt toward the Illinois Governor. The same thing is likely to happen on any occasion when the party leaders attempt to force upon the Negro men who may be objectionable to them for very good reasons. However, such embarrassment should never happen and the safest way to prevent it is for the party leaders to take some representative Negroes into the party councils. Men whose hearts beat Negro thoughts and whose sympathies are in accord with Negro suffering. That is the one great reason why the Citizens' Liberty League is contending for representation in the party councils. The thoughtful among our race have foreseen the danger, and as "my friend, Frederick Douglass," that Mr. Douglass was a matchless orator that for many years he was the head and front of the anti-slavery movement in this country and in the old world; that his keen or long vision enabled him to penetrate much further into the future, than Wendell Phillips, William Lloyd Garrison, Harriet Beecher Stowe and all the other noted Abolitionists, who contended that the constitution of the United States was firmly and strongly linked with slavery and hell—that the constitution would have to be shot to pieces before slavery could be abolished; that Frederick Douglass in breaking with the prominent leaders of the Anti-Slavery movement assumed the bold position that slavery could be wiped out and at the same time save the constitution and time proved that he was right—and that the other great leaders of the Anti-Slavery movement were in error on that proposition. It was further related by Mr. O'Donnell that when Frederick Douglass visited the old world that the immortal Daniel O'Connell waded out in the sea to greet him and to welcome him to old Ireland. In short that among the millions of human beings who have been scattered over the face of the earth in the past and at the present time, none of them have been born more nobler nor greater than Frederick Douglass! they are daily trying to help to keep harmony in the Republican ranks. The party leaders think that the Negro will support any man whom they may select and call him a good fellow. But the time has come when the Negro shall refuse to support such men as Governor Lowden, regardless of who brings him out.—From the Argus, St. Louis, Mo., Feb. 21, 1920. CONGRESSMAN WILLIAM B. McKINLEY INVADES CHILCAGO WITH HIS BOOM FOR UNITED STATES SENATOR. The first of this week campaign headquarters for Hon. William B. McKinley Republican candidate for United States Senator from Illinois were opened up on the 6th floor of the Great Northern Hotel and for the next few weeks Col. William G. Edens, the head manager of the state campaign will be in active charge of the headquarters and be on hand early and late to extend the glad hand to all commers. Report comes of the death of David Dooley, a Negro blacksmith of Anderson, S. C., who "in forty years of labor accumulated a fortune conservatively estimated at $100,000." The career of this "highly respected and esteemed citizen" of color in a southern town is worth the consideration of the Bolshevist. Published Every Saturday In this city since July 15th, 1899, without missing one single issue. Republicans, Democrats, Catholics, Protestants, Single Taxes, Priests, indulges 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 ..... $3.00 Six Months ..... $1.00 Advertising rates made known on application. Address all communications to THE BROAD AX $206 So. Elizabeth St., Chicago, Ill. Phone Wentworth 2507 JULIUS F. TAYLOR Editor and Publisher DR. M. A. MAJORS Associate Editor 4700 South State Street Phone Drexel 1416 Vol. XXV. February 27, 1920. No. 22 Entared as Second-Class Mutter, Aug. 18, 1902, at the Post Office at Chicago. III, Under Act of March 3, 1879. The graduates and undergraduates of Wilberforce University will have a permanent meeting place at this church, Sunday, March 7th, at 4:30 p.m. The revival service at Quinn will begin the second week in March, continuing until Easter. On Easter Monday a membership reception will be given at the church at which time all members and friends will be present. The pastor is conducting a Bible class at the church every Wednesday night. All who are interested in Bible study should avail themselves of the opportunity to study the Bible. BETHEL LITERARY SOCIETY. A grand debate, subject, Resolved That the U. S. should become a member of the League of Nations with reservations, was held in Bethel Literary last Monday evening. Attorney Lawrence A. Newby and J. T. H. Woods, affirmative. Each made stirring speeches but could not head off Attorney G. E. Adams and Congressman Geo. W. Murray, negative, who were declared winners by a popular vote. Rev. C. F. Augustus delighted his hearers with several beautiful songs. President Sandy W. Trice announces Attorney Willis E. Mollison, one of our leading attorneys, as speaker next Monday evening, March 1st, at 8 o'clock. Mr. Mollison's subject is: "Does the World Want Peace?" Musical program by Rev. C. F. Augustus. Free admission. Everybody invited. Sandy W. Trice, President; J. W. Bell, Secretary; Rev. W. D. Cook, Pastor; Geo. T. Kersey, Chairman, Program Committee. DYER APPOINTS SUMNER HIGH GRADUATE AS CANDIDATE TO WEST POINT. Richard A. Jackson, colored, 19 years old, of 321 South Lefflingwalt avenue, has received, notification from Congressman L. C. Dyer that he has been appointed principal candidate for West Point from St. Louis, Mo., the examination to be held at Jefferson Barracks in March. Jackson graduated from the Summer High School last June, and was a member there of the Dramatic Club, debating team and basketball team. He is the son of Mrs. William Jackson, who was a slave at the time of the civil war near Bradenburg, Ky. Jackson has a brother, Wendell, 24, an instructor at Payne's University, Selma, Ala. Richard was in the service with the Tenth Carvaly on the border during the war. There have only been two Negro graduates from West Point, an officer by the name of Alexander, of North Carolina, who graduated in 1895, and Col. Charles Young, of Ohio, a graduate in 1899. Col. Young now is military attache for this country in Liberia, Africa. Jackson, he said, is the first Negro appointer from Missouri. 107 HON. HARRY OLSON. The Honorable Chief Justi Chicago, who is firmly and st worthy colored people a square existence. The Honorable Chief Justice of the Municipal Court of Chicago, who is firmly and steadfastly in favor of giving all worthy colored people a square deal in the great struggle for existence HON. HARRY CLSON, CHIEF JUSTICE OF THE MUNICIPAL COURT, IS STRONGLY IN FAVOR OF LAW AND ORDER. The following letter is worth anyone's time to read it: The Municipal Court of Chicago, Feb. 17, 1920. Mr. Walter M. Farmer, 4753 Champlain Ave., Chicago, Ill. My dear Mr. Farmer:— I have read with interest your letter to Martin J. Isaacs, Master in Chancery of the Superior Court of Cook County, which appeared in The Broad Ax Feb. 14, 1920, and I wish to congratulate you on the substance, temper, and good judgment it displays. It is leaders such as you who count for people if they will only avail themselves of your leadership. Yours very truly, Harry Olson. THOUGHT HE WAS INDIAN UUTIL SHE SAW KINKY HAIR. New York — (Special).—Supreme Court Justice Morschaer at White Plains granted a decree to Mrs Sybil P. Neale of Yonkers from Theodore B. Neale of Manhattan on the ground he deceived her when he said his family and ancestors hailed from an Indian tribe. The couple were married in March, 1917. Mrs. Neale, who is good looking, testified that she had been married some time when one day she noticed her mother-in-law was wearing a wig over a head of kinky hair. This startled her and she went immediately to her lawyer, Burton C. Meighan of Mamaroneck, who made a secret investigation. A Supreme Court commission in Boston unearthed the birth certificate of the defendant's brother showing his color to be black. FIND COLORED DOCTOR DEAD IN GAS FILLED ROOM Dr. H. L. Fitzgerald, a colored physician, was found dead in his apartment at 3815 South State street on Sunday morning by Policeman Michael O'Hara. Gas was escaping from an open burner in a store. The police believe death was accidental, although it was rumored Fitzgerald was despondent over an unhappy love affair. "ME MIGGER, TOO!" One thing, among many, that the Chicago and Washington riots, taught is that the Negro when attacked by white hoodlums is going to fight and not run. This has created such respect for him among hoodlums that, in several instances, they have wisely let him alone and refrained from making insulting remarks. This lesson has not been lost either upon the part of some of the other races whom unworthy representatives of the "superior race" seem to take delight in taunting and insulting. As illustrating this the following story is quite to the point: Recently in Chicago, two colored youths were passing down the street and a Chinaman came along behind them. They passed some white tongues. The colored boys were not molested, as has been the rule since August, 1919, but the Chinaman was greeted by the tongs with such re- ```markdown ``` marks as these: "Hello, Chink—Rat Eater—Slant-Eyes," etc. Whereupon the Chinaman conceived an inspiration and said passionately as he shook his dist: "Me Nigger," too! We fight like Nigger at Thirty-ninth street."—Pickens. PROF. TIBBS WILL MAKE MUSICAL TOUR.OF THE WEST. Washington, D. C.—(Special to The Broad Ax)—Of unusual interest to students and patrons of music throughout the country is the projected tour during June and July of Roy Wilfred Tibbs, head of the piano department, Howard University Conservatory of Music. The itinerary now being worked out includes most of the cities of the eastern, central and mid-western states, and extends as far west as Denver, Colo. Prof. Tibbs was graduated from the music department of Fisk University in 1907, received his bachelor's degree from Oberlin a few years later, and was studying in Paris, France, when the near approach of the Germans in 1914 caused him to return to America. In 1918 he reentered Oberlin, and last June received the master's degree, with the unusual distinction of being the first person to receive this degree from Oberlin for work in music. PLEASANT RECEPTION IN HON- OR OF MRS. LAURA LAPSLEY OF PORTLAND, OREGON. One of the most elaborate receptions of the season was given by Mrs. Hattie King-Hill at her beautiful new home, 4807 Champlain ave., recently in honor of Mrs. L. Lapsley of Portland, and Mrs. Cartar of New York. The home was beautifully decorated with shaded lamps and cut flowers, the elegant dining room with its gleaming silver and cut glass and roses, where a delicious four course luncheon was served and reception hall in Palms behind which an orchestra discoursed sweet music and many elegantly gowned ladies formed the receptive line. Mrs. Hill in blue violet; Mrs. Lapsley in pink satin silver lace; Mrs. Cartar in harue velvet and gold; Mrs. Harding in white satin and tulle; Mrs. Mer black velvet; Mrs. Irwin in gray tulle and silver; over a hundred and fifty guests called between the hours of eight and twelve-thirty p. m. A Negro, a Frenchman, an Austrian, a Russian and an Irishman were taken into custody at the saloon of Louis Casso, an Italian at 2001 South State street Wednesday night when the place was raided by Detective Sergeant Hoffman and a squad from the chief's office. The men were taken to the S. Clark street station where all were booked as inmates of a disorderly resort, except Casso, who was booked as keeper. WILL DELIVER ADDRESS Attorney J. Thomas Newsome, one of the leading attorneys of the state of Virginia, will deliver the principal address before the meeting of the Alumni Association of the V. N. and L. I. Petersburg, Va., of which M. T. Bailey is president, Thursday evening, May 27th. THE BROAD AX, CHICAGO, FEBRUARY 28, 1920. ATTORNEY WALTER M. FARMER CONTINUES HIS LOGICAL AND MASTERFUL ATTACK ON THE HYDE PARK JOURNAL AND ITS FOLLOWERS. ALDERMAN WILLIAM R. O'TOOLE. Re-elected to the City Council from the Thirtieth Ward. In the last issue of the Property Owners' Journal, representing the Grand Boulevard District, the Hyde Park and Kenwood Property Associations there is an appeal to the white property owners to join this association if they desire to have white street cars, white parks, etc. Now while this appeal is low and vicious in itself, it is shockingly surprising that such a narrow and prejudiced an appeal should come from a paper published in the city of Chicago. It imitates a new doctrine and exposes to view the cloven 'hoof of the editor of the Journal. This discloses the real vicious purpose of this paper. It has heretofore appealed to the property owners in these districts to join the association, primarily to preserve, protect and improve the property of its members within the territorial bounds of this district; to prevent the use of property for undesirable or immoral purposes, to prevent all undesirable persons, places of business and factories, from locating within the territory, and to secure public improvements, play grounds, parks and boulevards." The colored people within this district are in favor of these safeguards, and will gladly make any honorable effort to meet these ends. But surely no well disposed, fair minded person would consent to the 'use of his name as a member of this organization, if he knew its base and unfair purposes; or if he knew that he was laying himself liable for not only violating the Federal Laws, but the laws of Illinois, passed in 1919. If these persons knew that what the journal contends for is unlawful if they knew that being connected with this association that is held responsible for the methods and things advocated by the journal and that it advocates, acts and practices that violate the law, the writer does not believe that the names would appear as members of this association. It has been the chief complaint heretofore that colored people moving into certain districts, depreciated the value of real estate in that district. While the writer has always known this statement was specious and untrue, the amazement is, that it has been repeated so often and with such gusto that many unscrupulous persons have accepted it as true. Fortunately for us, Mr. John E. McEldowny, editor of the Real Estate News, has shown up the fallacy of such contention in an article in the Real Estate News of the February issue, by an array of facts and figures and logic that are irrefutable. Speaking of the arguments used to unite white men in an effort to keep the colored people out of any district, in that the colored tenancy destroys values, he says, "that fact is not borne out by facts . . . . . the record of the taxing office in Cook county shows that, year for year, property for property values in the so-called 'black belt' have held as high and advanced as steadily as in other old Chicago sections of like character. Investigation discloses that, as a general proposition Negro tenants pay at least as high a rental for a given apartment or house as the white tenant before him paid. Also that the Negro buyer of property pays prices as high as whites pay for similar property. If this were not so, of course, the Negro could not displace the whites." The truth of the matter is, and every real estate agent knows that colored tenants pay from 15 to 25 per cent more rent for broken down property than the former white tenant paid or any other white tenant would pay. The colored purchaser of old worn out real estate pays from $1,000 to $1,500 for a piece of property than the white purchaser would pay. It happened last Spring that the writer noticed in the Sunday Tribune an advertisement for the sale of an 8-room stone front house, hardwood floors, electric lights throughout, steam heated, for $3,850, on 44th street near Grand boulevard. The writer called on the agent, and made inquiry of the terms for purchase of said property. He was informed by the agent that he was limited as to purchasers, and could not sell to a colored person. He, however, ventured the remark that if he were permitted to sell to colored people he could easily get $5,000 for the property. And this is not exaggeration. It is clear, therefore, that this argument of colored people depreciating values has been sufficiently exploded. What lawful or laudable purpose can this organization subserve in attacking colored people, resident in these districts in such a vicious and unfair manner as it is doing? To the law abiding, progressive and intelligent colored man or woman, these unwarranted attacks are somewhat bewildering. When we consider the colored man's record as a citizen, his achievements in times of peace, his deeds of valor and sacrifice in war, he wonders what it can all be about. At present the country is menaced by a peculiar spirit of unrest. This disturbed condition of the public mind has given rise to such organizations as the I. W. W., the Communist, Socialist and others whose principal teachings it is claimed are inimical to the stability of our Government and dangerous in their tendency. The colored man is not numbered among the members of these dangerous elements. He believes in the form of government to which the American people have subscribed and only complains when by unjust exactness and unfair treatment, the spirit f our form of government as to him becomes a mere mockery. The amazing progress made by the colored people since their emancipation, in spite of hostile conditions, is enough alone to commend them to the favorable consideration of every fair-minded white man or woman. In a country where thrift and worth are supposed to be the basis of individual fitness, it seems a shocking paradox that the colored man should H HON. JOSEPH F. HAAS. The ever popular and painstaking Recorder of Cook County, who will be re-nominated and re-elected to his present responsible position this fall. be condemned because through economy and thrift and intellectual culture, he seeks to buy himself a home move into more wholesome quarters rent larger and better apartments and seek to become a more useful and valuable citizen to this community. It is strange that such efforts on his part, commended in all other persons, is condemned by a coterie of white persons who claim to be looking after the best interests of the city. The principle is wrong and the spirit actuating it unfair. It is no credit to those who are encouraging it and is working harm to our great city. No community can reach its desires in development, either in population or industry that is infested by a sheet such as the Property Owners' Journal that seeks to array races against each other and to bring about a clash between the whites and blacks. This is what the Journal attempts to do, or at least the tendency of all its attacks are in that direction. No great business interest desires to locate in a community where such attempts at race conflicts are continually encouraged by a newspaper or news sheets. Very few people wish to move into a city or community where property is insecure and where life is in danger from lawless outbreaks encouraged by such sheets as the journal. If Chicago does not reach the 3,000,000 mark in population in 1920, it can attribute its failure so to do in a large measure to the influence of the Journal and other papers that have encouraged race prejudice and to make white people despise colored people. We know the sources of such propaganda. As a race we are fighting against it. It is our earnest effort, to prove ourselves worthy of better treatment. But there is danger in assuming an air of supine indifference to such a propaganda and every fair minded, progressive white person and colored person owes it to himself and the community to do all in his power to put an end to such flagrant teachings. This journal is using the United States mail for the purpose of arousing hatred against the colored citizen. The paper is published in the city of Chicago. It has been pointed out heretofore that it advocates the establishment of boycott; that it advocates discrimination against colored people who desire to purchase property; and in so doing, it is encouraging commission of a criminal offense; and is violating the laws of the state of Illinois passed by the Legislature of 1919. It openly advocates boycott and in the issue of January, 1920, "The Lawyer" is trying to advise how to establish a boycott without violating the law. Now, then, in the face of these glaring violations of the Federal and State laws; in the face of these unjust attacks upon an unoffending and law abiding citizenry of this community, is it not time for the well disposed men and women of both races to get together and see what can be done to correct these abuses and right these wrongs? We again insist that we are for law and order—that we contend for nothing more than our rights as citizens, and we insist with becoming bainstaking Recorder of Cook inated and re-elected to his pres- sall. modesty that it is folly to expect u to be satisfied with less. Walter M. Farmer. 708-184 West Washington Street Chicago, Illinois. A COLORED MAN IS APPOINTED ED ON JURY. Frederick (Md.) Judges Appointed First Colored Man on Jury in 25 Years. Frederick, Md.—(Special.)—In the list of jurors drawn by Judges Urmert and Glenn H. Worthington for the March term of the Frederick county court appears the name of Richard T. Bruce, a colored farmer, and at one time a teacher in the public schools. This is the first time in 25 years that a colored man has been selected for jury service in this county. U. B. F.'S MEET Under the auspices of the Building Committee, the U. B. F. and S. M. T. met at U. B. F Hall, Sunday afternoon and held a fine meeting Among those who spoke were Hon. Louis B. Anderson, alderman Se cond ward; Hon. Oscar De Priest candidate for the National Republ can Convention; Hon. Edw. H Wright, traction attorney; Geo. T Kersey and Mrs. Lou Ella Young. LAKE FOREST CELEBRATES The congregation of the First Baptist Church of Lake Forest celebrated the third anniversary of its pastor, Rev. B. H. Hunter, D. D., last Sunday. Among those who took active part on the program were Rev J. S. Jordan, H. E. McWilliams, A. Moore, J. W. McDowell and H E. Johnson. Mr. Charles Gray acted as master of ceremony. MR. LANDRY EXPECTED. Mr. Achille Landry, St. Joseph Mich., a representative of the Milton Mercantile Agency, is expected in the city during the week to confer with the management of the agency concerning an extensive trip to be made by one of its representatives. Mr. Landry is an AI tracer. MODERN STONE FRONT FLAT BUILDING FOR SALE AT A BARGAIN. A dandy three-flat building, consisting of seven and eight rooms, hardwood floors throughout and otherwise modern in every respect, right up to the minute; located on Calumet avenue near Garfield boulevard, near the 55th St. "L" station, which will be sold at a great bargain. Flats will rent from $65 to $70 per month. For further particulars address Julius F. Taylor, 6206 S. Elizabeth street. Phone Wentworth 2597-Adv. DIRECTORS ELECTED. In the meeting of the Pyramid Building and Loan Association held Saturday evening at Johnson's Hall directors for the next three years were elected. Among those re-elected were M. T. Bailey, Hon Adelbert H. Roberts and Samuel J. Evans. Others made directors were Geo. W. Wilson and Edw. Cabe. 1910 HON. JOSEPH HIGGINS SMITH. Re-elected to the City Council from the Fourteenth Ward. MISS WILLIAMS RETURNS. Miss Ethel Williams, daughter of Major Arthur Williams, who was called to Metropolis, Ill., a few days ago on account of death of relatives has returned to the city. HON. W. H. FIELDS LEAVES. After attending the Lincoln League and visiting the local councils in the city, Hon. Wm. H. Fields, national grand master of A. U. K. D. of A., left the city Sunday for St. Louis by the way of Indianapolis, Ind. SUSTAINS INJURIES Johnnie Kinney, who sustained severe injuries in a fall at Milwaukee is at home with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Kinney, 3142 Calumet avenue, for a few weeks. CALLED TO ST. LOUIS Mrs. Irene Lucky, 3638 State street, was called to St. Louis suddenly on account of the death of her aunt. It was only four months ago since Mrs. Lucky buried her uncle in the same city. Tuesday afternoon, Mrs. Carrie Warner, who has been in business for many years at 120 S State street and her friend, Mrs. Stella Dobbins, who conducts a dry goods store at 5717 S. State street, attended the movies at a nearby theatre and while they were greatly interested in beholding a lov scene in which there was much hugging and kissing, some one made their "get away" with Mrs. Dobbins' elegant fud cape and up to the present time she has failed to lay her eyes on it. Mrs. Carrie Blakemore of Detroit, Mich., is still in the city visiting with some of her friends. She is stopping at 4811 Indiana avenue. Mrs. T. Price of 432 E. 33rd Blvd., entertained at luncheon Tuesday in compliment to Mrs. L. Lapsley. Eight ladies the party later attending Sinbad at the Auditorium. Dresses in Spanish Style. Dresses in Spanish Style. In his distinguishing black on the forehead and yellow on the throat, the Maryland yellow-thrush 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-a-pity, what-a-pity;" or "Which-way-sir which-way-sir?" or "I-besech you, I-besech you;" or "Witchery, witchery, witchery." The bird is particularly fond of thickets by the side of running water. First Examine Good Qualities. We are firm believers in the maxim that for all right judgment for any man or thing it is useful, nay essential, to see his good qualities before pronouncing judgment on his bad.—O'Arley. Turkish Antiques. There is a law in the Turkish empire prohibiting the exportation of relics and antiques more than a hundred years old. Real objects of art of sufficient age to be of value are rarely to be purchased. 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-plies and putting away at big cigars with equal enthusiasm. Putting His Luck to the Test. In old Japan, when a man wanted to get a wife, he went to the house of the girl whom he fancied and threw one of his shoes into the yard. If the shoe was picked up and taken inside by her, he looked for a favorable issue; but if it were cast out again, he went away disconsolate. Walking Snakes. It is supposed that the early ancestors of modern snakes walked on four legs. Some big serpents, such as the boas, even now have rudimentary hindlegs. But the "feet" on which all snakes do their walking today are the cartilaginous extremities of their ribs. To preserve these is the greatest difficulty in the preparation of an ophidian skeleton. "Horse and Horse." "Horse and horse" is a term that describes the state of equality of two persons in throwing dice. It is applied specifically to dice throwing and where the contestants have each one winning cast their credit. - Casta No Light Ahead. Human experience, like the stern lights of a ship at sea, illumines the path which we have passed over.—Coleridge. How the News Was Learned. It is not known just how the historians learned that Cortez discovered Mexico—whether some one told it on him or whether he broke down and confessed.—Nashville Tennessee. Women Pharmacists Increase. Women Pharmacists Increase. A recent canvass by a pharmaceutical journal has disclosed the fact that the number of women pharmacists in the United States has more than doubled within the last five years. Irony. "It sounds like irony to call a boat she,'" remarked the Observer of Events and Things, "when one considers how easy it is for a man to manage one"—Konkers Stutesman. 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. He Locks Umbrella. A London cafe attendant is the inventor of a combination lock to encircle an umbrella and prevent it being opened by a person ignorant of the combination. Post Office Nerves. 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 man, mechanical routine is less wearing than frequent change. Is it so? Rights Conferred by Freedom. In a free country every man thinks he has a concern in all public matters—that he has a right to form and a right to deliver an opinion on them.—Burke. 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 vile fiber—the man qualified to take command, whose attributes of leadership are felt as soon as he appears.—Exchange. On Doing Right. I think it is better to do right, even if we suffer in so doing, than to incure the reproach of our consciences and posterity.—Robert E. Lee. Bees 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 setting away. Irony. UNUSUAL DRESS FOR MILADY © Western Newspaper Union Navy blue serge 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 "sequare," 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. Rasher a weird way to make a suit, but somehow or other it is smart and graceful. Bullos 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. A Negligee Easily Made. Here is quite the easiest made negligible 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 rushed waist line. The sides are seamed well up to the waist, then onward they are left open to provide the garment with a modiably comfortable sleeve. Really it is the simplest thing imaginable, and the most fetching when completed. Flows in Diamonds Flaws in the diamond consist largely of black or carbon spots. These are formed of uncrystallized carbon. Nature in the case of the spotted diamond stayed her hand before she had completed the process of perfect crystallization. Dogs in Warfare. Alredaees are accounted one of the best breeds of war dogs. When the Alredaeed detects the foe he makes no fuss; he merely makes a low growl and stiffens his body—hits sufficient for the human sentinel, who immediately puts his dumb friend's advice to good account. "Many a mickle." If every home we have 20,000,000 of them—should waste on the average one-half cup of milk daily, it would mean a waste of 2,500,000 quarts daily—602,500,000 quarts a year—the total product of more than 400,000 cows. Where Rain Never Falls. It is believed that the driest place in the world is that part of Egypt between the two lower falls of the Nile. Rain has never been known to fall there. THE BROAD AX, CHICAGO, FEBRUARY 28, 1920 FROCKS FOR GIRLS FROCKS FOR GIRLS Suggestion for Two-Fabric Dress for Spring Wear. The sketch offers a suggestion for making a two-fabric trock for a little girl of six or eight years, or the panel idea may be employed in making over a last season trock. 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 braiding as an extra trimming touch 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 dignified by a scarf of self fabric attached to the back of the collarless neck and drawn to the front, sweter 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. Pouches of black braiding 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 1 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 pieces 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 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 earth, broadcloth and velours, and the effect is not half as bad as it pounds. Conditions That Bar Happiness. No man can be happy when he deplores his own acts, 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.—Erchange. Ancient Honduran City. Copan is an ancient ruined city of northwestern Honduran, 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 1580. History Repeats Itself. Tuesday repeats their. 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?" No Safety In Seclusion A good old lady is a town not far from here plausibly thinned Providence each day of her life that she was not exposed to the perils that missionaries in savage countries incurred. As she was taking her pheid morning walk one day a branch broke from an elm tree and fell upon her injuring her so badly that her death resulted not long afterward. Yet none could have lived a more sheltered and secluded life than she. Maryland In History. The city of Baltimore was founded in 1728, Frederick in 1745 and Georgetown in 1751. Maryland played an honorable part in the Revolutionary war and in 1783 congress met at Annapolis, where, on December 23, after the conclusion of peace, Washington resigned his commission as commander in chief. In the war of 1812 the state suffered severely. Fort McHenry was bombarded by the English fleet in September, 1814, this battle being the occasion for the writing of "The Star-Spangled Banner" by Francis Scott Key. Fisherman's Lucky Day A 14-carat gold band ring was found by John Moore, one of the crew of the fishing schooner Gertrude De Costa, inside a big halibut caught on George bank recently. The ring is a man's size and is believed to have been dropped overboard from some tran .antic liner. Judging from its condition when recovered from the hallibut's stomach by Moore, the ring had been lost recently. Moore will wear it, as there is no way of determining the ownership. The Hangar. Many people think that the airplane word "hangar" is an affectation and is the late adapation 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. 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. Mattheson, 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. 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 robs to the rescue in a hurry. "Tm sure she never did it, mamma," he exclaimed indignantly. "She'd never think of acting in such a manner. She is a very manly cat." When Death Cools His Sting. There is in the West Indies a very curious superstition regarding death. When a death occurs in a house all the water in it should be regarded as poisoned and at once thrown away. The idea is that death after claiming his victim will cool his "sting" in the first water he reaches, which thereby becomes a deadly poison. No one can tell what water has been touched, so the safe thing to do is to get rid of all that is within his reach and do it at once. Money Talks Money in the bank is a decided advantage. It is not only a buying power, but a power of influence in business and a stimulant to confidence. 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. Other days 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. ILLINOIS TRUST & SAVINGS BANK La Salle at Jackson - Chicago --- The Mission 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. "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. Date of Christ's Birth The Christian era, first used by a monk, Dionysius Exigus, in the year 533 A. D. and adopted by Christian nations at a later period, was intended to begin with the birth of Christ. Dionysius is believed, however, to have made an error in fixing that event in the year of Rome 754 instead of 750. Christ's birth is now considered to have taken place in or before the year 4 B. C. Largest Pine Organ. What is undoubtedly the largest and probably the greatest pipe organ ever made was that which was played in Festival hall in St. Louis, during the exposition in 1904. It was originally made for Convention hall, in Kansas City, but was never accepted. It remained in storage for years and was then bought by John Wanamaker and installed in his Philadelphia store, where it is played every working day. The organ weighs 375,000 pounds. A Way to Fame. Fame is very easily acquired. All you have to do is to be in the right place at the right time and do the right thing in the right way—and then advertise it widely—Kansas City Star. 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. Value of Training The value of systematic physical training for executives is being recognized by industrial concerns throughout the country. It is well known that exercise for those whose work does not normally provide it makes for efficiency and little loss of time through illness. Hare an "Old Settler." With a known lineage trailing through 3,000 dusty years the hare may well be called one of the ancient inhabitants of the earth. Among the oldest Jews the hare and its near relative, the coney of the rocks, were excluded from the ranks of edible animals; but as the flesh of the hare was found to be both nutritious and wholesome the prejudice against it gradually disappeared and it began to be grown and domesticated for food. Ring Strangely Recovered. A wedding ring was found in the stomach of a cod caught on the Grand banks. The ring belonged to Mrs. Pauline Burnham, an English woman, who had lost it when the steamship Anglo-Saxon went down in 1861. The fisherman traced the ownership of the ring and sent it back to the son of Mrs. Burnham, who is said to have rewarded him with a present of $250. "Kitchen Middana" Kirchen 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 diners. Tree Like Bone. The yacal, a Philippine tree, is a really wonderful wood. It is as hard as bone. Lignum vitae is credited with being the hardest known wood; but it is doubtful if it will stand any more test than yacal. Making Billiard Balls Experience has shown in the making of billiard balls that, as it dries, ivory 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. 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." Use Butterflies as Food. Butterflies, which are very prolific in Australia, are suffocated in millions by the aborigines and, separated from their wings, pressed into cakes and eaten. The Second Load. It takes two trucks to move the average household—one to carry the furniture, and the other to convey the old clothes the housewife gives away as soon as she moves into the new place. —Kansas City Star. Woman's Reserve Power Nobody else can leave the impression of holding in reserve so much detailed knowledge of the utmost importance as a neighbor woman when she tells you that some other neighbor woman concerning whose health you inquire is doing as well as could be expected.—Ohio State Journal. 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 hind legs in the daytime."—Boston Transcript. 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. Sterilize Nose with Minthol Vapo-Cream. During Epidemic in London in 1891 Menthol and Oil Eucalyptus Proved Most Effective. Mintol is a salve containing both Menthol and Oil Eucalyptus, together with other Antiseptic and Healing Oils which prevent the germs from spreading. Boston, Mass., October 1918. Physicians here have found the most effective treatment for the Spanish Inducesa is to apply hot clothes to the chest and abdomen, and to apply hot neck and between the shoulders for 50 or 10 minutes. Then rub a mild cream on the chest and gradients as are found in Mintol Vagacream. Cover the parts with hot dry cream. Cover the chest so that the vapors arising may be inhaled and the healing oils aid in relieving the patient quickly the chest so that the vapors arising may be inhaled and the healing oils aid in relieving the patient quickly the throat and nostrils. Its action is to sterilize the throat and nostrils, and their deadly work. Rub a little Mintel on the back of your tongue and this will aid in the sterilizing treatment. Special Notices...MINTOFT VAPOCREAM, no extensively used and recogisiters throughout the country, is a remedy of exceptional merit and contains Camphor, Eucalypt, and other beneficial solvents, everywhere use for indamination and concoction of every remedy has met with such remarkable sales is due to its exceptional merit and it maintains the ingredients which soerved so successful in combating the epidemic of Spanish influenza in England and France. It is the best antiseptic forasterizing the thrents of children and grown-ups. It is as necessary for your protection as insurance on your home. A little jet in inexpensive and can be given from your grouped—Advertisement. JAMES H. RYAN & CO. Real Estate, Renting Loans, Insurance 3504 SOUTH STATE STREET CHICAGO, ILL. $200 Down Gas Range Gas Water He Radiantfir A Big Purchase of a Manufacturer's Entire Stock of Gas Appliances Enables Us to Offer Attractive Bargains to Customers. THESE appliances can specifyations, and sell appliances, so we be sand units, at a bargain chase enables us to place Special "Special" on Gas "Special" on Water "Special" on Raon Delivered and connected F up to 25 feet of fuel pipe. Also a few remaining appliance be had at 1919 prices. Our "Composite Gas Range further commendation. The We aim to avoid any future for ourselves. Gas Heated Laundry Equipment home" problem. Gas-Electr Home Cabinet Dryers (dry and easy payments. Water Heaters. No modern of getting hot water any time Styles and prices to suit all m. If you do not have a "Radiating yourself the enjoyment of inventions, one that is easily w Neighbor South Side 731 West Sixty-third St. North 3478 Archer Avenue 3071 Lin 103-5 East Thirty-fifth St. 3643 Irv 9651 Commercial Ave. 408 West 11025 Michigan Avenue Exhibition Hall The People's Gas L Telephone Webash 6000 THESE appliances came up to our standards and specifications, and stood the rigid test we give to appliances, so we bought them all; about a thousand units, at a bargain price. This fortunate purchase enables us to place a sale at Special Prices Special" on Gas Ranges $2.00 Special" on Water Heaters Special" on Radiantfires Down Delivered and connected Free. Includes up to 25 feet of fuel pipes, if necessary. A few remaining appliances from our 1919 stock can still be had at 1919 prices. "Composite Gas Ranges" are too well known to need other commendation. They are built to burn Chicago Gas to avoid any future troubles for our customers and ourselves. At Hearth Laundry Equipment. Solves the "servant in the fire" problem. Gas Electric Washing and Ironing machine. One Cabinet Dryers (dry as fast as you wash). All long time payments. Hearters. No modern home need be without the measure hot water any time, all the time, in any quantities and prices to suit all needs. You do not have a "Radiantfires" in your home you are deriving yourself the enjoyment of one of the greatest of modern designs, one that is easily within your reach. Only $2.00 down. Neighborhood Stores South Side West Sixty-third St. Archer Avenue East Thirty-fifth St. 6343 Irving Park Blvd. Commercial Ave. 5 Michigan Avenue North Side 3071 Lincoln Avenue 3643 Irving Park Blvd. 408 West North Ave. West Side 2142 West Madison St. 1789 West Roosevelt Rd. 1641 Milwaukee Avenue 3754 West sixth-fifth 4033 West Madison St. Exhibition Hall and Rest Room The Peoples Gas Light & Coke Company Telephone Webnash 6000 Michigan Avenue at Adams S THESE appliances came up to our standards and specifications, and stood the rigid test we give all appliances, so we bought them all; about a thousand units, at a bargain price. This fortunate purchase enables us to place a sale at 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 TELEPHONE DOUGLAS 1 RGE F. HARDING, J TELEPHONE DOUGLAS 1 GEORGE F. HARDING, JR. REAL ESTATE Up-to-Date or Modern Houses, Apartments and Stores to Rent 3101 COTTAGE GROVE AVE. Corner 31st Street, Chicago Gas Ranges Gas Water Heaters Radiantfires come up to our standards and good the rigid test we give all ought them all; about a thou- service. This fortunate pur- sale at Real Prices Ranges $2.00 Heaters Diantfires Down free. Includes if necessary prices from our 1919 stock can still "s" are too well known to need they are built to burn Chicago Gas. e troubles for our customers and ment. Solves the "servant in the Ec Washing and Ironing machines, fast as you wash). All long time home need be without the means one, all the time, in any quantity. needs. fire" in your home you are deny- one of the greatest of modern within your reach. Only $2.00 down. Good Stores West Side North Side 2142 West Madison Street John Avenue 1789 West Roosevelt Road Park Blvd. 1641 Milwaukee Avenue North Ave. 3754 West Twenty-sixth St. 4033 West Madison Street All and Rest Room Right & Coke Company Michigan Avenue at Adams St. 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. DOUGLAS 1 HARDING, JR. THE BROAD AX, CHICAGO, FEBRUARY 28, 1920. PHONE MAIN 2214 A. D. GASH ATTORNEY AT LAW 118 N. La Salle Street CHICAGO Residence 3829 Webash Ave. Telephone Boulevard 1030 JAMES G. COTTER ATTORNEY-AT LAW 145 NORTH CLARK STREET SUITE 407 Telephone Central 6354 CHICAGO Formerly Assistant Attorney General State of Illinois 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 Notary Public Phones: Office Main 4153; Residence, 4753 Champlain Ave. Phone Drexel 8178. Walter M. Farmer ATTORNEY AND COUN- SELOR AT LAW Suite 708—184 W. Washington St. CHICAGO Residence 3419 South Park Ave. Phone Douglas 9854 WM. J. LATHAM ATTORNEY AT LAW Office Phone: Calumet 878 2 EAST THIRTY-FIRST ST. Suite 7 CHICAGO Acidence 3885 Prairie Ave. Phone Douglas 9188 Phones: Main 2017 Auto 32-388 A. L. WILLIAMS ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW Suite 706 Firmench Building 84 W. Washington Street CHICAGO Telephone Oakland 246 E. K. CALDWELL Successor to C. E. KREYSSLER DRUGGIST 5007 South State Street Near East St. Not On the Corner CHICAGO EXELENTO FOR KINKY HAIR "Every woman can have silk, your hair." Mary Queen of the World has grown 25 inches long by using your wonderful EXELENTO QUINNING PORCH Don't be fooled by fake Kinky Hair. You can't strained your hair guilt! It's soft and smooth. The removable dorsal foils, foils the roots of the best haircuts, keep the silky. We make Exelento Skin Beautifiers, an customer for dark, skin tones. Used in treatment of skin troubles. PRICE OF EACH 25 IN STAMES OR COIN AMOUNT OF EVERYWHERE White for sale EXELENTO MEDICINE CO., Atlanta, Ga. --- West Englewood Ashland State Bank OFFICERS JOHN BAIN, President MICHAEL MAISEL, Vice President EDW. C. BARKY, Cashier W. MERLE FISHER, Assistant Cashier ARTHUR C. UTESCH, Asst. Cashier. 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. Office Phone: Douglas 8285 KERSEY, McGOWAN AND MORSELL CHICAGO'S REPRESENTATIVE UNDERTAKERS Finest Establishment in the U. S. GEO. T. KERSEY D. A. McGOWAN WM. J. MORSELL Proprietors 3515 INDIANA AVENUE CHICAGO, ILL. ERNEST H. WILLIAMSON UNDERTAKER PHONE: KENWOOD 465 CALL: 502-5020 S. STATE STREET The Cunningham Car Chameleons' Food. The proper diet of chameleons and kitties consists of files and other insects; also meal worms, and the common idea that sugar and water will serve in winter is incorrect. A good many of these minnals refuse food in the winter months and all of them need warmth and sunshine, as well as water. They are difficult to keep in health, and if not given their natural food will starve to death in time, though their ability to fast for long periods is well known. Solitudes of the Earth. The Bushmanland desert, in south-west Africa, is but little known. A few nomads—some of European and some of mixed descent—hang on its fringe. Here and there mat-house villages, whose dwellers depend on the sparse bounty of the sky, will perhaps be found for a season. "Otherwise it is a barren desert of 50,000 square miles. World's Tea Consumption. The world's consumption of tea, exclusive of the countries in which tea is grown, is about 800,000,000 pounds a year. Lines to Be Remembered. When a man has no longer any conception of excellence above his own, his voyage is done, he is dead.—Beecher. Lumberjack's Appetite. We heard some time ago that the managers of the lumber camps had decided to refuse feed feeds to the vagrant lumberjacks, drifting from camp to camp, but not till we saw a lumberjack eat did we understand the fine impulse that led to the decision. After eating his fill, if one of the fellows should try to push his fellow down a logging road, he would get stuck between the trees and probably stay there until he starved.—Detroit News. JULIUS F. TAYLOR, Please enter my name as a subscriber to THE BROAD AX. I enclose herewith Two Dollars, the annual subscription to same, or One Dollar for six months. REPUBLICAN WARD COMMITTEEMAN OF THE 14th WARD THE MASTER'S HOUSE The Cranford Apartment Bldg. 3600 WABASH AVENUE 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. Ancient Perfume. It seems strange to read of saffron as a perfume, but such it was almost universally, and an element of "romance" about it lies in the story told by Hakluyt of a pilgrim smuggling, at the risk of his life, from the Levant, a head of saffron in a hollow made in his staff. A True Sport. Women have been accused of lack of sportsmanship; yet was a woman ever known to beat a carpet when it was down? Wanted Smell to Materialize. John had been taken by his mother for a long ride to see an old aunt who was slow in getting the dinner on the table. John was hungry and could smell the dinner. Finally, in order to hurry things a little, he edged up to the aunt and said: "Till be so glad when I can taste that smell, won't you?" Theodore's Bright Idea. Theodore was fond of olives, but his father had forbidden him to eat them. At dinner one day, during his father's absence, a large dish of olives had been placed near Theodore's plate. He looked at it longingly and said: "Mamma, let's play a joke on daddy and eat some olives." The Uses of Cheek. A man depends largely upon "cheek" for his success in the business world. Likewise a girl in the matrimonial.—Blighty, London. Quite Welcome. "I went up to the front door of the lodging house and rang, and when the landlady came I asked. 'Can I stay here?' She answered. 'Yes,' you can stay there as long as you like, and slammed the door." THE MOTIVE. All who have meant good work with their whole hearts have done good work. . . . Every heart that has beat strong and cheerful has left a hopeful impulse behind it in the world, and bettered the tradition of mankind. —Robert Louis Stevenson. $1.00 FOR 6 MONTHS. $2.00 PER YEAR Please enter my name as a subscriber here with Two Dollars, the annual dollar for six months. State TUESDAY, APRIL 13, 1920 TIME FOR DELLENBACK NUT STREET FOR BARD COMMITTEEMAN 14th WARD Interest Unchanged in 200 Years. The highest interest that can be charged for a loan in the Isle of Man is 6 per cent, and that has been the lawful rate for more than 200 years. 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. Distinction Worth Noting. Receive your thoughts as guest, but treat your desires as children. 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 han' 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. Bone Stronger Than Oak. A piece of human bone will support half as much weight again as a piece of the best oak of the same thickness. Mr. Growcher's Idea. Mr. Growcher admits that all men are born equal, but thinks most of them get over it in the course of time. Want to Be a General? The large number of "generals" in Haiti is due to the fact that this rank is awarded for almost any sort of service to the state or politics. Daily Thought. Pity and need make all flesh kin.—Edwin Arnold. Worst Form of Unbelief. The fearfullest unbelief is unbelief in yourself.—Carlyle.