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MORE THAN TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND PEOPLE WITNESSED THE FUNERAL CORTEGE OF THE LATE ROGER C. SULLIVAN As It Wended Its Way from His Home on Wellington Street on to Holy Name Cathedral, Superior and State Streets, Where High Mass Was Said Over His Remains; Thence South on State Street to Washington and West on That Street and Boulevard to Mount Carmel Cemetery, His Final Resting Place Many Thousands of People in All Walks of Life Surrounded the Church and Were Unable to Gain Admittance Into It and With Great Difficulty the Police Finally Succeeded in Clearing a Narrow Path Through the Vast Throngs to Permit Hon. William L. O'Connell, Hon. Emmett Whealan, County Commissioner and Julius F. Taylor to Enter the Church. In November, 1906, Mr. Sullivan, Who Firmly Believed in Right and Justice for All Men, Refused to Attend the Lecture of United States Senator Benjamin R. Tillman, at Orchestra Hall, for the Benefit of Union Hospital, and He Cancelled His Order for a Box, for Which He Had Agreed to Pay Twenty-five Dollars, for He Did Not Approve of Senator Tillman Coming Here and Stirring Up Strife and Hatred Among the White and Colored Race. At the Baltimore Convention in 1912, Mr. Sullivan and the Illinois Delegation Brought About the Nomination of Hon. Woodrow Wilson for President of the United States, and the First Clatter Out of the Box Mr. Sullivan Contributed Ten Thousand Dollars to His Campaign Fund, But President Wilson Never Conferred Any Political Honors on Mr. Sullivan Nor Upon Any of His Close Friends. In 1914 President Wilson Even Failed or Refused to Raise His Little Finger to Aid or Assist Mr. Sullivan in His Fight for United States Senator from Illinois. The funeral of the late Roger C. Sullian was one of the largest, the most Democratic or plain or simple and the most impressive ever held within the confines of the great city of Chicago. Some of the most notable men in this state and throughout this great nation, dozens of them being able to count their wealth by millions felt highly honored in being permitted to solemnly walk in his funeral procession by the side of the poor, the lowly, the precinct worker or captain, the small ward politician and colored men for Robert I. Taylor, William H. Clark and other colored men proudly marched in his funeral procession. There is no way of estimating the vast number of people who had gathered around his late home prior to the services at the church after his mortal remains had been viewed for the last time by the members of his sorrowing family and by thousands of his friends and associates the funeral cortege started on its way to the Holy Name Cathedral, State and Superior streets, it was headed by Chief of Police John J. Garrity and staff who were followed by five hundred policemen and five hundred firemen who never looked finer nor handsomer at any time in the past. The sidewalks and the streets from his late home to the church were one seething mass of humanity and it was hard work for Chief Garrity and his well mounted staff to plow their way through the people who were anxious to get one glimpse at the hearse containing his remains as it passed by. All around the church was one sea of humanity and if the church would have been ten times larger it would have fell far short of holding all those who attempted to follow the remains into it. Hon. William L. O'Connell, former Commissioner of Public Works of Chicago, and President of the Illinois Motor Truck Company; Hon. Emmett Whealan, County Commissioner and the writer got caught in the crowd on the outside of the church and were unable to move towards it until the police rushed to their aid and landed them on the inside of it. The services in the Cathedral over his remains were very end and impressive, the singing by the choir of the Quigley Memorial Seminary, led by Father Philip Mahoney, with their voices blended the majesty of the organ, at whose steps sat Father J. Edward Bourget, director of music for the archdiocese. The chanting of the column and impressive processional brought tears into the eyes of many persons sent in all parts of the dimly illuminated Cathedral. The casket on which rested the only two floral offerings which found their way into the church one was from Mrs. Sullivan and the other from President THE BROAD AX Wilson, was placed on a catafalque, which had been waiting at the main entrance of the church with Father Michael Sullivan, deacon of the service and cousin of Mr. Sullivan, surrounded by aecolytes and candle-bearers. Father Sullivan preceded the casket to the altar rail. On the altar throne sat Archbishop George W. Munderlein, in purple. Monsigniori Edward A. Kelly, M. J. Fitzsimmons, W. A. Foley and Edward Hoban sat near him, also in purple. Twenty priests were celebrants and more than 100 of them were seated at either side. The first twenty pews on the left were occupied by nuns of various orders. The processional still was chanted as Mrs. Sullivan, escorted by her son, Boctius Sullivan, and his wife, followed the casket. Father James F. Callahan of St. Malachy's directed the ceremony. Father Joseph Casey of Mt. Carmel parish was sub-deacon. The master of ceremonies was Father McGuire. The Rt. Rev. Peter J. Muldoon, the noted Bishop of Rockford, TLL, preached the funeral sermon from the white marble pulpit of Holy Name Cathedral while many of the great men of this country bowed their heads in the silent prayer, the writer was able to hear every word that fell from the eloquent lips of Bishop Muldoon and he spoke in part as follows: "You have known him and you have loved him," said Bishop Muldoon. "Come stand beside him and hear the lesson that you are only the stewards of what the earth holds." Dust thou art and unto dust thou shalt return. It is a chilling sentence for the man who knows not God. "In a few short years, Mr. Sullivan gained great power, accumulated the things of earth, that now lie at his feet. We of the world think it a miscarriage that this power, this wisdom should be cut off and not be used longer. God thinks differently, and we say 'God's Will Be Done.'" "Where outside the United States could a poor country boy have reached this pinnacle of power and race? Where outside the United States could the lad come of his own strength to the position that the President of the United States wired 'I shall never forget he was my friend.'" "There is no height the young man cannot reach if, like Mr. Sullivan, he is true to himself and the God that made him." "Every step of his ascent, Mr. Sullivan made by hard work. He never forgot those that helped him." "He never forget a friend, nor persecuted an enemy." CHICAGO, ILL., SATURDAY, APRIL 24, 1920. "For our dear friend, Mr. Sullivan, the faithful son of the church; the true and loyal citizen; the constructive agent for good government; ever faithful to every friend; for him, whose word was like his bond; for him, the faithful husband and loving father—we pray—peace be to his soul; peace be to him." Bishop Muldoon, closed his soul stirring and impressive remarks by asking the prayers of all for the dead. At the close of the mass, and following the sermon, Archbishop Mundelein with his attendants, moved to the casket and rend the benediction. The casket was then borne from the church and the funeral procession was reformed, and with two bands of music it slowly wended its way south on State street to Washington on its way to the final resting place of Mr. Sullivan. Out of respect to his memory the people all along the way removed their hats as the funeral procession passed by and it is safe to say that from start to finish that it was witnessed by more than two hundred thousand people. The active pall-bearers were Mr. Stephen D. Griffin, Hon. William C. Legner, Hon. Patrick A. Nash, Hon. P. J. Lacey, former State Senator John F. O'Malley, Hon. F. S. Peabody, Hon. Frank J. Quinn of Pecoria, IL., and Hon. Robert M. Sweitzer. The following were the honorary pall-bearers: Hon. Joseph P. Tumulty, representing President Woodrow Wilson; Gov. Frank O. Lowden, Lt. Gov. Oglesby, Sen. Medill Moccernick, Samuel Insull, J. Ogden Armour, John A. Spoor, David E. Shanahan, Fred W. Upham, Levy Mayer, Charles H. Wacker, Dr. Frank Billings, John H. Walker, Springfield, Victor A. Olander, B. P. Harris, Champaign, John H. Harrison, Danville, Victor P. Lawson, James Simpson, George M. Reynolds, C. K. G. Billings, B. E. Sunny, W. G. Beale, Julius Rosenwald, Walter H. Wilson, Henry A. Blair, B. E. Ackhart, John A. Lynch, E. S. Bean, C. H. Markham, James E. Gorman, Edward Chambers, William Wrigley, Jr., Edw. M. Hurley, John M. Glen, William H. Rehm, Richard J. Collins, D. F. Kelly, Judge O. N. Carter, Judge Wm. M. Farmer, Judge Floyd E. Thompson Chas. Bosecheinstein, Edwardsville, Ill. Fred B. Stuart, St. Paul, Minn. Congressman Henry T. Rainey, Urey Woodson, Owensburg, Ky, Col. L. Smith, Dwight, Ill, Ernest G. Hoover, Taylorville, Ill, James M. Shean, Alfred S. Austrian, George A. Cooke, Jesse J. Bicks, Arthur W. Charles, Carmi, Ill, Charles S. Deneen Thomas J. Healy, Thomas J. Webb Harry R. Gibbona, James M. Dailley Henry Stucke, Gearon E. Brennan Peter Reinberg, Thomas A. Smyth Emil W. Strouse, Bernard J. Mullaney John T. Connery, P. J. Ryan, Joseph P. Connery, Dennis J. Egan, William Kells, John J. Mahoney, John McGillen R. J. Kinseilla, springfield. Ushers at Cathedral: Usheres at the Cathedral were: Joseph W. Cremin, Dr. R. J. Tivnen, Roy Carney, W. Francis Corby, James J. Guhain, John Muldson, W. J. Lawler H. J. Kearns, Dr. J. P. Golden, J. Corbey, John Sackley, J. Henry Smith J. M. Whelan, Edward Hughes, Edw THE FILM "THE LOVE OF THE WORLD" BY JOHN H. HARRIS, WITH A FILM BY JOHN H. HARRIS, AND A FILM BY JOHN H. HARRIS. The late Roger C. Sullivan and his family. Reading from left to right above: Mrs. Virginia Brennan, Miss Helen Sullivan (deceased), Mr. Boetius Sullivan, and Mrs. Leo Cummings. Below: Mr. and Mrs. Roger C. Sullivan and Mrs. Mary Wolf. A. Kennedy, Ambrose Plamondon and David F. Bremner. The following Judges of the various courts attended the funeral: Judges William E. Dever, John P. McGoorty, Denis E. Sullivan, Charles M. Foell, Charles A. McDonald, Theodore Brentano, Michael L. McKinley, Joseph B. David, Jocob H. Hopkins, Joseph H. Fitch, John J. Sullivan, Kickham Scanlan, Thomas Taylor, Jr., Charles M. Thomson, George Fred Rush, Frank Johnson, Jr., Henry Horner, and Bernard P. Barnes. All the members of the City Council joined the procession and Mayor William Hale Thompson being absent from the city was represented by Hon. Samuel A. Ektelson, almost seven hundred automobiles containing people in all walks of life followed his remains to Mount Carmel Cemetery. Hon. John E. Treager, Hon. James Hamilton Lewis, Hon. Maclay Hoyne, Hon. Peter M. Hoffman, Hon. Patrick J. Carr, Col. August W. Miller, Hon. John Kjellander, Hon. Charles W. Peters, William J. Healy, Hon. Carter H. Harrison, Hon. Joseph F. Haas, Hon. Michael Zimmer, Hon. A. J. Sabath and William P. Harrah, Sergeant-at-Arms of the City Council were among those whom the writer observed as the long to be remembered funeral of Mr. Sullivan. Mr. Sullivan leaves his constant and devoted wife, Mrs. Sullivan, three daughters, Mrs. Robert M. Wolf, Mrs. Lee P. Cummings, Mrs. Thomas Brivenna and one son, Mr. Boostin Sullivan and two nephews, Mr. Tollin Sullivan and thousands of warm and stealthfast friends to sadly mourn his death. As it has been stated in these columns many times before that Mr. Sullivan was always friendly inferred to This picture is reproduced by the courtesy of Mr. Hector W. Elwell, City Editor, Chicago Evening American. warns the colored race, he was elected Clerk of the Probate Court in 1890 and one of his very first official acts was to select William G. Anderson as his private secretary and when the friends and associates of Mr. Sullivan would upbraid him for placing a colored man in such an important position in his office Mr. Sullivan would bristle up and retort that he didn't care one thing about the color of the skin of Mr. Anderson nor the kinks in his hair but just as long as he discharged his duties properly that he would continue to employ him in that capacity and Mr. Anderson retained his position until Mr. Sullivan's term of office expired in December 1894. It will be recalled that at the Democratic National Convention held at St Louis, Mo., in 1904, that James K. Vardaman and John Sharp Williams of Mississippi and several other Democrats from their section of the country appeared before the Committee on Resolutions and endeavored to persuade it to pass their resolutions repealing the 14th and 15th amendments to the Constitution of the United States. Mr. Sullivan and the late John P. Hopkins, boiling over with rage and indignation, rushed before the Committee on Resolutions and urged it not to take such a rash step to even consider, the resolution which had been introduced by the above mentioned gentlemen; that they both had many good friends among the colored people in Chicago and throughout the State of Illinois, that many colored men had voted for Mr. Hopkins, when he was for mayor of Chicago in 1894, and Mr. Hopkins and Mr. Sullivan after much more earnest talk on their part, finally succeeded in prevailing on the Com mittee on Resolutions to pigeon-hole the resolutions which had been introduced by Messrs. Williams and Vardaman; that one act alone, was sufficient proof of their friendship for the colored race. As further proof of his love of fair play and justice and his friendship for the colored race in November, 1906, at a time when he was not a candidate for any office and no election of any kind was to be held in this city or county for almost six months, he flatly refused to attend the so-called lecture delivered at Orchestra Hall, by Benjamin R. Tillman for the benefit of the Union Hospital, although Mr. Sullivan had engaged a box for his family for which he was to pay twenty-five dollars but when it was understood that Senator Tillman would during his lecture advocate mob and lynch law and his shot gun policy in dealing with the colored people and treat all of them like wild savages or baboons, Mr. Sullivan promptly returned the tickets without his ticket for twenty-five dollars and stated through the columns of the public press that he was not in accord with the views as expressed by Senator Tillman in relation to dealing with his colored fellow citizens in this country. At the time of the race riots in East St. Louis in 1917, Mr. Sullivan through the columns of this paper let it be known that he wanted to be publicly recorded on the side of law and order, that there was plenty of room in Illinois for both whites and the colored people and that their troubles could be settled between them without resorting to mob and lynch law and blood shed. Mr. Sullivan was on a pleasure trip to Columbia when the terrible race riots swept down upon this fair city in 1919, and a few days after his home coming we called on him early one morning at his office in the People's Gas Building and caught him just as he was alighting from his machine, he warmly greeted us and as we walked into the building close up to him he threw his right arm over our shoulders, which he always delighted to do when he was conversing with his friends; he asked us all about the race riots and after we had explained to him just how the race riots started and the various causes leading on up to them, then we said to him Mr. Sullivan the colored people feel that if you would have been in the city that you would have bled come out on the side of law and order; he promptly responded that he wished to be counted as one of the true friends of the colored people and quote him as saying that "Chicago is plenty large enough for the white and colored people to dwell together without resorting to race riots and at all times that he was in favor of law and order." The Broad Ax of September 6, 1919, contains that interview which we had with Mr. Sullivan. In conclusion how Mr. Sullivan as the chairman of the Illinois delegation at the Baltimore Convention nominated Hon. Woodrow Wilson for President of the United States, contributing ten thousand dollars to his campaign fund, how that President Wilson absolutely refused to confer any political honors upon Mr. Sullivan or upon any of his friends, how that President Wilson utterly failed so aid or raise his little finger in behalf of Mr. Sullivan in his fight for United States Senator in 1914, has become a part of the history of this court and murder nation. In this city since July 15th, 1899 without missing one single issue. Republicans, Democrats, Catholic, Protestants, Single Taxes, Priests, infidule or anyone else can have their say as long as their language is proper and responsibility is fixed. 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 Drexel 1416 Vol. XXV. April 24, 1920. No. 31. Entered as Second-Class Matter, Aug. 19, 1902, at the Post Office at Chicago, Ill., Under Act of March 8, 1879. INTERCHURCH WORLD MOVE MENT. 503, 85 R. Dearborn St., Chicago. Telephone, Majestic 8991. Further cementing of the friendship between France and the United States is indicated in the announcement yesterday by Dr. Robert Linecoln Kelley Director of the American Education Department of the Interchurch World Movement, that the French government has authorized the selection of twenty American girls for scholarships in leading lyces of France, and six more American girls for scholarship in the graduated departments of French Universities during the academic year of 1920 and 1921. Notice of this generous offer of the French government has been sent to all members of the Association of American Colleges of which Dr. Kelley is executive secretary, as well as to the 400 denominational colleges which are participating in the Interchurch World Movement. Request is made by the French educational authorities in connection with their offer, that applicants for scholarships be from 18 to 20 years old, but it is announced that applicants who are somewhat older will be considered, since candidates for the lycee scholarships must present Junior College standing at least. An exceptional record in French is fundamental in the qualifications offered by applicants. Candidates for graduates scholarships must satisfy the same requirements that are imposed by graduate departments of American Universities. It is announced that all of these prefereed scholarships carry a stipend which covers fees and actual living expenses. The process of selection of those who are to go to France in acceptance of this offer, will be begin soon after Dr Kelley is released from his activity in connection with the united simultaneous financial campaign of the Interchurch World Movement, which aims to obtain subscriptions of $636,777,572 during the week beginning April 25; and of which total almost 80,000,000 is sought for the development of American Education, so that the colleges and universities of the United States may produce adequate suply of leaders to follow the 100,000 of needs revealed by the world survey of the Interchurch. All inquiries with regard to these scholarships in the middle-west may be addressed to the Interchurch Headquarters, Boom 503, 35 S. Dearborn street, Chicago, Ill, when they will be forwarded to Dr. Kelley in New York. An army of 5,000,000 workers, which is a million more than the United States had under arms at the end of the World War, will be engaged during the week of April 25 to May 2 in putting across the great United Simultaneous Financial Campaign in which thirty distinct Evangelical denominations are joining in the Interchurch World Movement to raise the sum of $436,777,572. This is the sum, based on a careful survey of the needs of the United States, and of the various missionary fields, required to enable these thirty co-operating denominations to perform their fair share of the religious work of the world. In no single task, aside from a great National enterprise like the War, has any such array of workers ever been employed; and the interesting fact is to be added that it will be in an overwhelming proportion, a voluntary army. At its head comes the National Campaign Observer made up of representatives of each denomination with the Campaign Director General. Then comes the Elegious United Directors, again working in co-operation with the Denominational Directors. From them the organization spread out fan-like to the State United Campaign Directors and 86 PEU HON. ROBERT M. SWEITZER. The extremely popular and straight forward Clerk of Cook County, long the bosom friend of the late Roger C. Sullivan, who now becomes one of the most prominent leaders of the Democratic Party of Illinois. the Denominational Directors for the State. Under these come the County United Campaign Directors, and the County Denominational Directors, who in turn head up the Directors of the United and denominational campaign in the community. regard problems arising out of agricultural and 'home-economics work among Negroes as important. "Those who are in charge of extension work," he said, "not only desire to improve the agricultural output of the Nation by helping colored people, but they also And so the organization extends down to the local church teams, and the teams of friendly citizens who will canvass the individual. In all cases the campaign directors will be assisted by committees varying in size according to local requirements. It is easy to see how now the army of 5,000,000 is recruited. Multiply the state representatives by 48, the county representatives by 3,000, the community representatives by tens of thousands, and the local church and citizen teams by, say, 100,000, and the result will be somewhat in the neighborhood of 5,000,000 all working together to put across the biggest financial campaign ever undertaken on the basis of voluntary giving. NEGRO EXTENSION WORK- Will Be Promoted and Developed Because of Its Success—White and Negro Extension Workers, Both Federal and State, Hold Frank, Helpful Conference at Hampton and Agree on Working Program. Hampton, Va.—That the force of Negro county agents at work in the South has been making substantial progress and that the Federal and State officers responsible for the agricultural and home-economics extension work wish to promote and develop Negro extension work, were made clear by Dr. A. C. True, Director of States Relations Service, Washington, D. C., in his final address delivered to the members of the Inter-State Conference of white and Negro extension workers, who have been holding a two-day session at Hampton Institute to consider the problems of Negro extension work Dr. True said: "The co-operative education extension movement is gaining strength throughout the country and is securing the backing of the intelligent farming people. The immediate problem in extension work is that of securing efficient service with the Government funds in sight. This conference has been a revelation to me. "The employment of Negro agents has been so well established that I feel the work will be developed further. Frank talk has brought out actual conditions. Extension workers ought to go away from this conference hopeful of the development o extension work as a whole. "There has been a tendency to reduce the number of agents. While the extension work has held and won friends, we cannot afford to relax our efforts. Campaigns of education and organization must be carried forward. We need to secure competent workers and give them better pay. Farmers are becoming more critical. They want better agents than they have ever had. We must work patiently and progressively. The spirit of service that has animated extension work, especially in the South, is remarkable. "In the Negro work we have a body of agents who are doing good service and should be encouraged. Larger development and more useful results will come. With this conference at Hampton and with others like it, we shall be in a better position to judge of the merits, needs, and prospects of the Negro work, which Federal and State offices engaged in agricultural and home-economics extension work wish to promote and develop." Dr. True, in a brief public address delivered in Ogden Hall, Hampton Institute, declared that the Inter-state Conference was an evidence that the National Government and the State authorities in charge of extension work regard problems arising out of agricultural and 'home-economics work among Negroes as important. "Those who are in charge of extension work," he said, "not only desire to improve the agricultural output of the Nation by helping colored people, but they also desire to help all people to a higher plane of living. There are now many Negro county agents who reach millions of people on the farm. These agents not only give agricultural instruction, but also show people how they can unite for many useful purposes." In telligent Bural Leadership Needed. J. A. Evans, Chief of the Office of Extension Work South, who presided over the meetings of the conference, declared that the best way to secure racial understanding is for white agents and Negro agents to do good, definite work. Mr. Evans, in opening the conference presented statistics showing the extent and necessity of helping Negroes engaged in agriculture and allied industries. "The improvement of agriculture in the South," he said, "involves the problem of reaching Negro as well as white farmers. At present there are 220 Negro agents (163 men, 57 women) distributed as follows: (a) county agents—Washington Office; 4; Alabama 24; Arkansas, 10; Florida, 8; Georgia 13; Kentucky, 3; Louisiana, 12; Mary land, 2; Mississippi, 14; North Carolina 15; Oklahoma, 9; South Carolina, 7; Tennessee, 6; Texas, 11; Virginia, 24; West Virginia, 1; (b) homemakers—Alabama, 7; Arkansas, 13; Florida, 8; Georgia, 2; Louisiana, 2; Maryland, 1; Mississippi, 11; Oklahoma, 4; Tennessee, 3; Texas, 6. This work has been done at a cost of approximately $300,000." (J. R. Rutcheson of Blacksburg Va., Virginia State Director of Extension Work, stated that 10 Negro home makers had been engaged for service beginning on April 1.) Mr. Evans, in his address to the Hampton workers and students, said that at present 50 per cent of the rural population of ten Southern States is composed of colored 'people'. He made a strong plea that students should devote time and strength to preparing themselves for agriculture, which offers the best and broadest field of service and leadership. Mr. Evans congratulated Hampton Institute on offering a specific course which aims to train home and farm-demonstration agents. "This is a step in advance of all other colleges," he said. Negro Farmers of Virginia. NEGRO FARMERS of VIRGINIA. John B. Pierce of Hampton Institute, special agent for Negro extension work in Virginia, West Virginia, North Carolina, Maryland, stated that "the Negro agents at work last year in twenty-three counties reached 14,000 Negro farmers; conducted demonstrations in leading crops and livestock; organized advisory boards, farmers' community clubs, annual county farmers' conferences, and county fairs; secured the cooperation of members of both races on questions of interest to both races; helped people start bank accounts; organized co-operative buying and selling organizations; secured on demonstration plots ageneral average corn yield of 35 bushels per acre; and organized extensive club work for boys." J. A. Evans appointed a committee, consisting of I. W. Hill, J. B. Pierce, J. W. Davis, Henry S. Johnson, and C. R. Hudson, to report on the results of the meeting. The committee report follows: "It is the sense of this meeting—" "That the present Conference of White and Negro Extension Workers on Negro Extension Work has been very valuable in bringing out the value, status, and needs of Negro extension work;" "That extension work for Negroes should be conducted in co-operation with the Negro land-grant colleges of the states, by arrangement perfected by the white land-grant colleges, where- ever practicable; "That the work should be extended and developed as rapidly as funds and local conditions will permit; "That boys and girls club work is regarded as an integral part of county- agent work; "That all reports on Negro girls and boys club work should be sent to the Washington office through the state agents in charge of club-work in the state; "That Negro district agents co-operate with white county agents in counties where there are no Negro agents to make contact points with Negro farmers; "That a program of education be conducted for the purpose of informing both whites and Negroes as to the real value and needs of Negro extension work; "That the Negro special agents, appointed during the war emergency, be continued in their present capacity; "That county and local agents be urged to show specifically in their weekly reports all work done with whites and Negroes; and "That we depreciate the spirit of unrest existing among whites and Negroes, and we pledge the efforts of all extension workers in bringing about satisfactory conditions which will adjust such unrest. Conference Personnel From Washington Office: Dr. A. C. True, Director, States Relations Service; J. A. E'vans, Chief, Office of Extension Work South; I. O. Schauh, Field Agent, Virginia and other States; L. W. Hill, in Charge of Boys' Club Work; E. A. Miller, Field Agent, Maryland, West Virginia, Kentucky, Oklahoma, and Texas. Directors States Extension Work: (a) Virginia—J. R. Hutech, Director; and W. P. Moore, Assistant Director; (b) West Virginia—Nat. T. Frame; (c) North Carolina—C. R. Hudson, Assistant Director, and H. H. B' Mask, State Boys Club Leader; (d) South Carolina—Henry S. Johnson, District Agent, representing W. W. Long, Director; (e) Maryland—Dr. T. B. Symons. Presidents of Negro Colleges: Warren K. Bloedt, Director of Agricultural School, and J. L. Blair Buck Director of Extension Work, representing James E. Gregg, Principal of Hampton Institute; John M. Candy, Virginia Collegiate Institute; Carlos C. Valle Acting Director of Agricultural Department, representing James B. Dudley North Carolina Agricultural and Mechanical College. Special Agents: John B. Pierce Hampton Institute, and T. M. Campbell Tuskegee Institute. District Agents: L. E. Hall and J D. Wray, North Carolina; H. E. Daniels South Carolina; J. E. Banks, West Virginia; L. H. Martin and J. F. Armstrong, Maryland; and A. C. Burnett Kentacky. Need of Trained Workers. J. A. Evans, in an address to the Hampton Institute agricultural students, said: "The strongest students are found in agricultural classes. Adopt farming as a business or a profession and you will find that in ten or fifteen years farming will pay you better than any other business or profession. "Well-trained men are needed for all forms of extension work, which was begun in 1904 in Texas with a few men as a temporary project to show men how they could get cotton in spite of the bollweevil. Today in fifteen Southern States there are some 1500 men and between 700 and 800 women employed in extension work. There is still a demand for well-trained workers. We look to the colleges for future agents. "Extension work affords reasonable compensation. It is, above all, a great [Image of a man with a mustache and a bow tie]. M. H. HON. HENRY STUCKART. The popular and straightforward City Treas who would make a dandy candidate for State nois this coming fall. The popular and straightforward City Treasurer of Chicago, who would make a dandy candidate for State Treasurer of Illinois this coming fall. training school. Opportunities of many kinds are open to those who make good as agents. If a man has good training but lacks the spirit of service, he is not wanted in extension work. Men and women must see possibilities in the people they serve. No community is so prosperous and satisfactory that a good county agent cannot do that community a great deal of good."—Wm. Anthony Avery. GIVE THE BABY ITS RIGHTS When you had the birth of your baby properly recorded with the legal registrar, you did that by which can be established the following important matter affecting its rights and duties as a citizen: Proof of age and citizenship. Proof of age entry to the schools. Proof of the right to seek employment. Proof of heirship in case of bequest or legacy. Proof of the right to vote. Proof of legal age to marry. Proof of identity for passports to foreign lands. Proof of mother's or wife's right to a pension. It is easy to see that sometime in almost everyone's life any one or more of the questions above named may be of vital importance. As the life of the country grows older and more complex, matters involving age, heirship, citizenship, employment, etc., are constantly coming up for proof and determination. And these can only be determined by furnishing proper and indisputable proofs of birth. So, when the new baby comes into the home, see to it that the attending physician makes out the proper birth certificate and that it is filed with the Bureau of Vital Statistics in the Department of Health, Room 708 City Hall. Health Control. It formerly was a common idea that good health was wholly a gift of Providence and that we, as human beings, had little or no control over it. We know better now. We know that in order to have good health we must observe certain fundamental laws relating to cleanliness of body and surroundings, proper diet, sleep, exercise, work and recreation, fresh air and sunshine. We have learned that to have good health, it is important that we cultivate health habits. For example, any one who has carefully formed the fresh air habit could not be either happy or comfortable in a stuffy, poorly ventilated home or work place. We know that right habits of living as to eating and drinking have a very direct and important relation to the maintenance of bodily health and vigor. We have learned, too, that community conditions have much to do with individual health and comfort. And that as individuals we can and do contribute to make these conditions good or bad. It all depends upon how much knowledge we have on health matters and how willing we are to use that knowledge for our own and the common good. We have learned that to be healthy we must desire health, talk health and believe in it as an indispensable factor in everything that we do. We have learned that we must read and learn practice and preach health laws and their observance without fail. We have learned that good health is very largely a matter within our control that by wise, sanitary administration death rates from many of the diseases can be materially reduced; also that by shameful ignorance or indifference, or both they can be made criminally high. Dr. L. O. Howard, United States Department of Entomology, says, "5,598,720,000,000 is the normal number of flies a single fly will produce from April 15th to September 10th." JOHN ard City Treasurer of Chicago, date for State Treasurer of Illi- Health Control MR. JOHN J. McGILLEN. Successful business man and politician, who has for many years in the past been one of the close friends and reliable lieutenants of the late Roger C. Sullivan. HOWARD UNIVERSITY NEWS NOTES. in charge of the 317th Ammunition Train, 92nd Division, during the war Washington, D. C.—E. H. Sothern the great dramatist, who with his wife Julia Marlowe, has been playing to capacity audiences in Washington for two weeks, paid an unusual compliment to the officers, teachers, and students of Howard University by reading to them from Shakespearean dramas and from other selections on Friday, April 16th in Andrew Rankin Memorial Chapel Because of conditions in Washington, the colored people have not been permitted to see or hear Sothern and Marlowe at the local theatres, and Mr. Sothern and Miss Marlowe paid the colored people the compliment of reading to them at Howard University and at the Dunbar High School during their visit to Washington. Miss Marlowe read the Battle Hymn of the Republic at the Dunbar High School, but was prevented by the many demands upon her from appearing at Howard University. Mr. Sothern was most generous in his rendition of selections. For more than an hour he read one selection after another, giving the students and teachers of the University full opportunity to appreciate his finished art. His introductory addresses at both places on the valor of the colored troops he met in France, and on the pleasure and satisfaction it gave him to meet the colored people of Washington during his stay here, were warmly applauded. Seldom has he received so generous a welcome anywhere as given him by the representative colored people of Washington who gathered at both Howard University and the Dunbar High School with officers, teachers, and students of those institutions to greet him and his distinguished wife. THE PRESIDENT OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY SPEAKS AT HOWARD UNIVERSITY Washington, D. C.—President Nicholas Murray Butler of Columbia University addressed the students of Howard University, last Monday morning, in Andrew Rankin Memorial Chapel Dr. Butler spoke with very great clearness and definiteness of the responsibility resting upon students privileged to attend an institution such as Howard University. He traced in chaste language the steps one must take to reach the station of "educated men and women," and then devoted himself to a discussion of the value and importance of the judgments which such men and women must make in their contact with the problems of life. Dr. Butler was warmly received by the whole student body when he arose to speak and was tremendously applauded at the conclusion of his eloquent remarks. Another distinguished visitor who has spoken at the University during the month is Dr. William Pickens, Associate Secretary of the N. A. A. C. P. Dr. Pickens spoke under the auspices of the University Y. M. C. A., which is privileged each year to hold a special meeting to be addressed by some speaker of outstanding reputation. Andrew Rankin Memorial Chapel was crowded to the doors, seats being at a premium, many standing, and many being unable to secure admission upon the occasion of Dr. Pickens' visit. He spoke upon the general subject of "Bacial Self-Respect." His address was one of the red letter events of the year. OF DISTRICT COLORED CADETA Washington, D. C.—Major M. T. Dean, Professor of Military Science and Tactics, Howard University, who was in charge of the 317th Ammunition Train, 92nd Division, during the pro drive of that military organization the Argonne Forest two years ago also been designated by the War partment as Military Instructor of the Cadet Organizations of the College Schools of the District of Columbia The Howard University Professor Military Science and Tactics is the charge of the training of four young men who compose the Free University R. O. T. C. Unit No. 311 the battalion of cadets made up of students of Armstrong Manual Training School and Dunbar Ligh School GREAT DEMAND FOR TRAINE TEACHERS. Washington, D. C.-The School Education of Howard University not been able during the past year supply more than one fourth of the quests made upon it for teachers secondary schools and colleges. It means an average of four positions every graduate which we tamed during the past year. Graduates of the school are scattered unevenly throughout the country as deans of leges, principals and teachers in normal schools, elementary schools and kindergartens. 8TH REGIMENT NOTES Colonel Otis B. Duncan, who was in the city the first of the week, left Wednesday morning for an extended speaking tour in the State of Indiana. The Colonel will make one of the principal addresses at the Le Roy N. Buss meeting at the South Park M. Church on Sunday, May 2. Colonel Duncan exressed regret that his injury prevented his making an address before the Young Men's Christian Peaceward Movement mass meeting at Bethel Church on April 25. Last week it was reported that the recruiting in the Machine Gun Company was at a standstill, but it has been learned that Captain Lilian Jackson has under cover a large number of Machine Gunners and is ready to spring a surprise on the Commanding Officer with the announcement that his company has filled its quotes. Dr. and Mrs. Le Roy N. Bundy, William (Billy) King, and Attorney Houston and Scott of Kansas, were recent visitors at the Army. Captain Harry L. Allen, who is ployed by one of the largest hardwired lumber concerns in the country, has been advanced to the position of trai- cing salesman and has engineered an real large deals for his company with customers in Indiana and Michigan. Lieutenant Stanley K. Norell has entered the selling game and when he seen everything from insurance and real estate to tinkering were on his list. Company A, Chicago, Police Reserve (now disbanded) will give a Smoker at the Armory Annex on Thursday even- ing, April 22. In connection with the Smoker, a meeting of the company will be held, at which matters of much in- tance to the future of the company will be discussed. JIM CROW LAW IS UPHELD BY S. HIGH COURT. Washington, D. C.—The power of a state to enact and enforce a Jim Crow law that applies to street railway inflict between that state and another state that does not have a Jim Crow law was upheld by a majority decision of the United States Supreme Court Mendon in Kentucky case. Monday in a Kentucky The Supreme Court in two decision handed down by Justice McKenna affirmed the lower court in the case in which the South Covington and Cincinnati Street Railway Company and the Cincinnati, Covington and Erlanger Railway Company were the appellate 1 MISS HELEN HAGAN Prize student of the Yale b sic) appeared in piano recital evening under the direction of end of each number Miss Haga appreciative audience. Prize student of the Yale University (Department of Music) appeared in piano recital at Kimball Hall last Thursday evening under the direction of F. Wight Neumann. At the end of each number Miss Hagan was heartily applauded by the appreciative audience. HELAN HAGAN IN RECITAL Miss Helen Hagan, pianist, appeared in recital in Kimball Hall Thursday evening, April 15. The audience which greeted her was not large in point of numbers, owing, we suppose to the downpour of rain which happened at the time when most people were just preparing to start out for an evening's entertainment. However, the rain in no way dampened the order of those who came to hear the message which Miss Hagan had to deliver. The leading critics of the Chicago dailies were present, as well as the OFFICIALS TO BE ELECTED 1920 Commissioners of Small Park Districts. *Town Officers in Cicero and Towns Lying Partly Within the City of Chicago. Precinct Committeeman in Cicero. *Presidential Electors. United States Senator. Governor. Lieutenant Governor. Secretary of State. Auditor of Public Accounts. State Treasurer. Attorney General. Clerk Supreme Court. *University Trustees. Representatives in Congress—State at Large. *Clerk Appellate Court. Representatives in Congress from each District. State Senator from each even num- bered District. Representatives in General Assembly from each District. State's Attorney. Recorder. Clerk of the Circuit Court. Clerk of the Superior Court. Coroner. *Members Board of Assessors. *Members of Board of Review. *County Surveyor. *Trustees Sanitary District of Chicago. Associate Judges Municipal Court. *Women can vote for these offices. THE COLORED POPULATION IN THE WEST. The following figures plainly indicate that the colored people are rapidly locating in all parts of the West and that they are not all attempting to reside in Chicago and in other large cities in the east. Colored Population: California 143,827 Colorado 19,227 Arizona 34,969 Montana 14,324 Idaho 5,712 Nevada 8,088 New Mexico 28,258 Oregon 16,742 Utah 8,580 Washington 40,967 ON TO KNOXVILLE Every effort is being put forth by members of the Michigan conference to have a large delegation to leave Illinois in May to the general conference of the A. M. E. Zion Church which will convene at Knoxville, Teen. This delegation will be headed by Rev. W. A. Blackwell, Pastor of Walter's Zion Church, 3800 Dearborn street. Business pertaining to the Milton Mercantile Agency, 3638 State street, will take its manager through southern Illinois and Missouri during the month of May. Mr. Bailey will attend the general conference in session at St. Louis, Mo., while away. OPENS OFFICE Mr. James I. Banton, well known in the business world has opened up a Real Estate office in Suite 703, 184 W. Washington street, where he will be able to give his full time to the real estate business. University (Department of Musi at Kimball Hall last Thursday of F. Wight Neumann. At the man was heartily applauded by the more prominent of the colored mu sicians and other citizens. Those who came were not disap pointed in their expectations, for in playing her program, Miss Hagan dis played skilful musicianship, and caref ful technical training, as well as tem perament and feeling to express the changing of the compositions. Such delightful piano playing is not heard every day, and we predict for Miss Hagan a larger measure of suc cess even than she has enjoyed in the past. Critics were unanimous in their praise of Miss Hagan's work at the instrument. GOING AHEAD. After selling newspapers for many years on the corner of 28th and State street, where he was well known, Mr William Gans is now manager of the concern of Johnson, Gans & Searcy habadassahers at 3607 State street, where he is building up a splendid trade. WILL CONVENE The general conference of the A. M. E. Church will convene in St. Louis Mo. May 5, at which time a large delegation of Chicagoans will be present Rev. A. J. Carey, presiding elder of the Chicago district and candidate for bishop at this conference will head the delegation. MR. RICE IN CITY Mr. William Rice of Lake Forest spent considerable time in the city during the week enroute from Davenport Iowa, to his home. GREAT MEETING TO BE HELD. Under the auspices of the Chicago branch of the National Equal Right League, Hon. William Monroe Trotter of Boston, Mass., a delegate of the National Equal Right League to Paris, France, to the Peace Conference will speak on Monday evening, April 26, at Walter's Zion Church, 3800 Dearborn street. TO MOVE Attorney and Mrs. Walter M. Farmer are moving into their new home at 4753 Champlain-avenue, on or about May 1. ELK'S BANQUET The Daughters of Elks, Heliotropi Temple, No. 26, with their many Brother Elks and friends, will hold a banquet in the main dining room of the new Vincennes Hotel, 36th and Vincennes avenue, Friday evening, April 30. WEEKLY SERVICES Rev. J. P. Augustus, Pastor of the Schaffer Mission, holds services every Sunday afternoon from 3 to 6 p. m. at Ballue's Hall, 3638 State street, 2nd floor. The public is cordially invited. SERIES OPEN A new series will be opened on May 3 by the Pyramid Building & Loan Association, 3539 State street. This organization has done a great deal of good since its organization in 1919. IN SURBURBAN HOME After May 1 Mr. Ike Rhymes, 544 E. 37th street, together with his family will occupy their recently purchased home in Morgan Park. Expert Savage Fishermen. The Sandwich islanders and the people of the Ladrones are exceptional as savage fishermen, having no fear of fairly deep water. The latter think nothing of going fishing in 13 fathoms in light canoes called proa, rigged with one sail, in the construction of which their ancestors most likely coped the Malay pirates. ```markdown ``` Charles E. Stump, Who Is a Kansas Farmer and Would-Be Traveling Correspondent for This Paper, Still Continues to Waste Much Valuable Time in Running Up Against the Big Colored Men Throughout the Southland. West Palm Beach, Fla.—In a little eating house one day, my attention was attracted by a sign up over the door. "Since man to man is so unjust, we hardly know which man to trust." I did not understand the meaning of that saying then, but I have had it driven into my thick head since I have been in Florida this time as I have never had it before, and I think that Joseph S. McLain headwaiter at the Hotel Royal Poinciana, one of the largest hotels in America and at which more wealthy people stop than perhaps any other one hotel in the country. not accepted, and that he was still headwaiter, but said that he was willing to sacrifice himself which should not be. "Not for self, but for others," said this gentlemanly headwaiter, "and it is better that the guests be fed and the season go unmarred." Under the contract, Dr. Pannell worked, but believe me honey just as soon as that contract was up, he was handed his walking papers, and he was out on the street singing. "No one to welcome me home. I thought I was fixed in heaven, but perhaps I got on the wrong road." He won but lost in But I must not take up Mr. McLain just now, for I have a greater man to talk about, and one I want you to know, for in my opinion he is one of the greatest in this world of ours, and I am proud that I have not met him, but some day it may fall my lot to look upon his stately form and view his statesmanship agile boob of a biped, and if you are not particular you will call him a great man, for this is what I have classified him, and you perhaps have heard that I am none too bright, and there was an effort made to have my head examined to see if I did not have rooms for rent upstairs, but it is none of their business, and I have met that leader of downward men, the man who would say to his brother I love you, and like a fellow I once heard of in Shakespeare, who said “I can smile and I can earn trouble while I smile.” Dr. S. D. Pannell, who was second waiter at that Hotel Royal Poineians working side by side with the modest Christian gentleman Joseph S. McLain, his being his boss companion in business and at the same time so anxious to ascend to the throne that he would willingly join any scheme which would mean the downfall of his brother. There are some men in this world who are as void of gratitude as an egg is of hair. I know a man in the connection with which I am writing who had been led to the Promised Land permitted to view it, and was told next year you may possess it, but he could not wait. He was told that next year the head man would retire and he being second would step right in his place, but this strutting, preening, pupinjay of a peacock second officer could not wait, but this "Darling" microcephalous error of creation, doubtless a mental miscarriage, with his midgidel mentality functioning southward of his collar in his equatorial regions, was ready to hide his hand and yet direct an unwonton attack on his brother, shove him into his grave that he might get his place. Then comes to the front Charles S. Alexander of Baltimore, Charles H. Daniels of Baltimore, William H. Tyler of Washington, James M. Huntley of New York, and Thomas C. Anderson of Asbury Park, N. J., in shape of a committee demanding an increase for the waiters of the hotel from $40 a month to $55 and railroad fare both ways. He took it up with Headwaiter McLain, and he had a conference with the management of the hotel, but they could not see their way clear for the sudden change, and so informed the headwaiter, and he in turn informed the men. I am told that back of the men was that headwaiter I have been talking about who had a friend and they were posting the men what to do. The hour came for a strike. It was planned for the hour when the guests were ready to enter the eating room for dinner. Fifteen hundred men and women were in the hotel to be fed, and there were about 300 waiters. Just before the door to the big eating room was thrown open, those men demanded the raise, and at the same time that their new Moses be made the leader. A demand was made that Mr. McLain's head be brought in on a charger so to speak. You recall I told you that Mr. McLain was a gentleman, polished and refined, and when the second told him what was going on, and the demand that was being made, Mr. McLain at once sought the manager, handed in his resignation. It was a surprise, and the proprietor, the manager and all the other officials insisted that the headwaiter remain, but he insisted that he should go because he was only one man and under no considerations would he embarass the management of the hotel. The guests many of them said they would be willing to wait on themselves, but this hero, this man with the spirit of Christ retired, and the good work of feeding went on. When Mr. McLain stepped out, Dr. Pannell stepped in, and made his great speech. You see he had won for him a place of a great general, a generalship like that of Benedict Arnold, whose name will live as long as time. He was the leader in his class, and now this age has produced his equal. He delivered that address like a general in this style: "Men you now have a headwaiter, one who will stand for you, one who will see that you get your rights. You have a headwaiter who has a backbone, and will see that you get justices. I am your friend. Behold me." I should say Behold your Grand Leader, your great Benedict Arnold. But I am not going to say this although I think it. The man who goes up by tricks can't stay up long, for when the Manager, who is a man every inch of him, heard of the trick which had been played, he called Mr. McLain back for a conference, told him that his resignation was not accepted, and that he was still head- ward, but said that he was willing to sacrifice himself which should not be. "Not for self, but for others," said this gentlemanly headwinner, "and it is better that the guests be fed and the season go unmarried." Under the contract, Dr. Pannell worked, but believe me honey just as soon as that contract was up, he was handed his walking papers, and he was out on the street singing, "No one to welcome me home. I thought I was fixed in heaven, but perhaps I got on the wrong road." He won, but lost in a few days so to speak, and Mr. Mc Lain returned and finished up the season and closed the house with love and respect for his fellowmen as well as from some of the leading men and women in America. He is the hero, and all will have to give it to him. It is sunshine down here, and I wish you could drop down and take a smell of the lovely orange blossoms and if you are single it will make you feel like you want to get married. It will put pep in you, and I am not surprised that Dr. Pannell, Bob Young or any one else should have jumped the track. I feel like it myself, but I am the guest of a big man, and it makes me feel like I am some pumpkins myself, and I have been mingling with some big Baptists down here in this man's town. They are here old and young, high and low, rich and poor, learned and unlearned, and they are here to do good. I don't know as I ever want to return to the farm. I told you that I was the guest of a big man, but believe me in physical size he is not so large, but in brain, in his profession he is at the top of the ladder, Dr. T. R. Vickers, who is a physician and surgeon, and is as busy as a man can be because he took time to prepare himself before he entered the profession, and who is just a man among men. This young man was not born with a silver spoon in his mouth, and in his youth he was as wild as a buck, until one day he decided to come to himself, and he started right. He had gone through public school, and later he entered Howard University. He was about as cheeky as men get to be, for he was without money, and often he had to sit up late at night putting a half sole in the bosom of his pants in order to appear in school the next day. He tried waiting on tables on the Falls River line steamers, and by the skin of his teeth he got through, but when he did get through the world had another real man, and as such he has made the world know he is here. Dr. Vickers takes his place as one of the leading physicians in Florida, and I say nothing about race or color. Now I am in his home, and when a fellow gets in a home like this, it gives him the big head, and it is hard to tell where I will stop. Dr. Terrell is the leading tooth dentist doctor, and he is just kept busy all the time putting half soles on teeth. He is an expert in this business, and I have met Dr. Thompson. You want to know some of them men with whom I have shaken hands? I will have to hold all his back for another letter. I must not take up the whole paper, but I feel like doing so. I have so much on my constitution. God bless you. Write when you can do so. —Charles E. Stump. CHIPS Col. W. E. Mollison, returned home Wednesday morning from a flying business trip, to Vicksburg, Miss. Mrs. Carrie Blakmore, of Detroit, Mich., who has bought a three flat building at 3553 Grand boulevard, left for her home in that city, Wednesday evening, to get ready to move to this city, by May 1. Mrs. Geneva Smith, 5363 S. Dearborn street, and the other members of her family, are getting ready to move into their new home shortly after May 1. Mr. and Mrs. R. G. Bell, 5727 Lafayette avenue, celebrated their twenty-fifth wedding anniversary last Saturday evening. The home was crowded to overflowing with friends who came to offer congratulations. A large number of beautiful and costly presents were received. Transparent Soap. Transparent soap is prepared by drying ordinary soap, dissolving it in alcohol, allowing the solution to remain at rest so long as any impurities settle to the bottom, and then pouring off the alcoholic liquid and evaporating it until it is of such consistency as to become solid when cooled in molds. Helgoland Legends Helgoland's great staircase that mounted to the rocky heights had fabrics lurking above it, according to legend. In the eighteenth century, when a baby was born, its feet were buttered promptly so the child would slip through the fingers of a fairy who might try to exchange it for the fairy's babe. Fatal Wolves of Russia. The wolves of Russia are the crenne of death to hundreds of children and travelers every winter. Few Escape Censure. It is harder to avoid censure than to gain applause. But to escape censure a man must pass his whole life without saying or doing a foolish thing—Hume. Leather-Stocking. Leather-Stocking is the nickname of Natty Bumppo, one of the favorite characters drawn by the American writer of Indian and sea tales, James Fenmore Cooper. The bearer of the nickname is a half-savage, half-Christian chevalier of American wild life of almost a century and a quarter ago. Leather-Stocking reappears and closes his career in Cooper's story, "The Prairie." Firms and Families. A firm is like a family—it isOUND together by mutual interests. Just as families quarrel and ruin their homes, so the members of a firm may quarrel and ruin their wages and profits. But a normal family does not quarrel. It develops a family feeling, and all combine to protect each other. Doing Away With Fear. The cure of fear will have begun when realization comes that worry is economically and otherwise unprofitable. Many a neurasthenic has been cured by learning to drive an automobile, to ride a horse, to swim, or by accustoming himself to great heights, in such ways sustaining courage for fear. Value of Failure I pity the man who has no failures to his credit, whose way has been smooth and prosperous from beginning to end, because such a man is likely to be riding to the only tragic failure there is—that of life itself. The thing that most often tends to poverty is the thing we call success. If one's failures have been honestly achieved by hard and long-continued effort, they become highly useful and convincing—Irving Baccheller. Very Old Superstition. It surprised me to find on investigation that "touching wood" as a supposed safeguard from the consequences of e station or heating is a superstition of ancient origin. Authorities on these mythological matters tell us that "it dates from the time when the oak, the ash, the rowan (or mountain ash) were held sacred to the gods of the heathen." Panama Canal Zone The United States did not acquire, by the Indian canal convention of November 18, 1903, any title to territory in the Republic of Panama, but merely a perpetual right of occupation, use, and control over a zone of land ten miles in width, and covering an area of 4'36 square miles. For this privilege id to Panama the sum of $10,000,00, and undertook to pay the sum of $25,000 annually so long as such occupancy continued. These payments began February 26, 1913. Need a Little Color Still, we must not get rid of too much red. It would be horrible living in an atmosphere of unbroken, pale gray conventionality.—Chicago News. STRENGTH ACCESS The Sign of Service Deposit Your Surplus Funds With Us in a Savings Account Earning 3% Interest Many of the most successful men of our community began their business careers with Savings Accounts in this bank. 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SPECIAL NOTICE:—Ladies wishing to increase bust development should from their drugstri and apply once or twice daily. This is a most effective used in connection with arpo-phate. It will round out your form and increase your weight like magic; unintended weight do not use arpo-phate. --- ATTORNEY PATRICK H. O'DONNELL. One of the most prominent and eloquent Irish-American lawyers in the Middle West, who may in the future enter the race for State's Attorney of Cook County. Josephine's Horoscope. In there such a thing as seeing into the future? Yes. Here is one of the many testimonials to the solemn gift: When the Empress Josephine of France was a girl in Martinique, an old colored woman, named Euphemia, "told her fortune." "You will marry a fair man. Your star promise+ two alliances. With your first husband you will have a tragical lawsuit. Your second husband, a dark man of slander means, will fill the world with his fame and glory. You will be greater than queen." You will die unhappy." The entire prediction came true. Just Where Is the to be A businesslike A THIRTY denomination church World Mov needs. No business could cally. They have united to preve tion or waste. At least a by the fact that thirty ind in one united effort. Each-denomination has a main heads: Where and Is the Money to be Spent? businesslike Answer to a businesslike Q TY denominations cooperating in March World Movement have bu so business could have done it m we united to prevent the possibil taste. At least a million dollars w hat that thirty individual campa ted effort. nomination has arranged its budg is: Just Where and How Is the Money to be Spent? V THIRTY denominations cooperating in the Inter-church World Movement have budgeted their needs. No business could have done it more scientifically. They have united to prevent the possibility of duplication or waste. At least a million dollars will be saved by the fact that thirty individual campaigns are joined in one united effort. Each-denomination has arranged its budget under six main heads: 1. FOR THE CHURCH'S WORK AT HOME. A score of some fifteen to twenty individual campaigns are joined in one united effort. 2. FOR HOSPITALS AND HOMES. Every year thousands of men and women from Church hospitals because of lack of room. The children's homes children than they can need. 3. FOR RELIGIOUS TRAINING. At least 12,000,000 children and young adults from all regions of the United States cannot even read and write the English language. Who is responsible for the Americanization if the church does not? 4. FOR HOSPITALS AND HOMES. Every year thousands of men and women from Church hospitals because of lack of room. The children's homes children than they can need. 5. FOR THE CHURCH'S WORK ABROAD. In Innersea came first from the Orient thirty years ago. In all regions of the United States, plagues. So long as China has only one physician to every 400,000 people 2 FOR HIGHER EDUCATION. Of the 450,000 American students in institutions of higher education half are in institutions founded and supported by the Churches. Many of the faculty members endowment campaigns, but their needs are just as pressing as the needs of a college have only to read their list of alumni and alumnae to measure the value of their contribution to America. Each denomination has it will administer its own fund of the budget: examine them April 25th-May 2nd you want to help. You can do it with ing that every dollar of you to it in advance. Every dollar for better A. When your church calls on your heart as well as your nomination has its own detailed register its own funds. Your pastor get; examine them for yourself. In May 2nd you will be given your you can do it with the full satisfaction every dollar of your gift has its pos- vance. dollar for better America and a be- lief church calls on you give—and as well as your pocket-book. Each denomination has its own detailed budget, and will administer its own funds. Your pastor has copies of the budget; examine them for yourself. In the week of April 25th-May 2nd you will be given your opportunity to help. You can do it with the full satisfaction of knowing that every dollar of your gift has its post assigned to it in advance. Every dollar for better America and a better world. When your church calls on you give—and give with your heart as well as your pocket-book. United Financial Campaign April 25th to May 2nd The INTER World M of North The publication of this advertisement of thirty INTERCHUR World Movement of North America of this advertisement is made possible through of thirty demonstrations. The INTERCHURCH World Movement of North America The publication of this advertisement is made possible through the cooperation of thirty demonstrations. Citing to Savage Customs. Throughout the islands of the New Hebrides many of the primitive ceremonies are still performed. The "sing sing" ground is still kept in readiness for the periodical outbursts of feeling, when the islander anances his wild and sacred dances to the ghastly music of the drums. Watching one of these weird revels followed by an orgy of eating, or more correctly stuffing, it seems to the observer that the New Hebrides race is destined to continue until it dies out a savage, or, at best, semi-civilized people. e and How Money Spent? answer to businesslike Question the cooperating in the Inter- ment have budgeted their have done it more scientifi- nt the possibility of duplica- million dollars will be saved individual campaigns are joined arranged its budget under six # FOR RELIGIOUS TRAINING. A # least 13,000,000 children and young # men with disabilities are # entering American life without a # religious training at all. Remember- ing the faith of Washington and # Indiana, the will continue to produce Washington and Lincoln if faith die out of the hearts of its youth? # FOR THE CHURCH'S WORK # ABROAD, Indiana came first from the Orient thirty years ago; nearly all plagues are Oriental plagues; the Orient will continue to be one physician to every 400,000 people the Orient will continue to be a mance. No long as one-third of the people in the Orient year our own babies are not safe. A Christian doctor or teacher sent abroad is working for America as though he worked at home. # PREACHERS SALARIES. The # preacher is called the 'forgotten man, he may be he. Right of ten men are paid less than $80 a week! own detailed budget, and da. Your pastor has copies for yourself. In the week of will be given your opportunity the full satisfaction of know- our gift has its post assigned america and a better world. you give—and give with pocket-book. CHURCH Movement America is made possible through the cooperation communications. FIRST REAL ESTATE MORTGAGES NEGOTIATED AND FOR SALE Houses, Apartments, Buildings and Stores' For Rent and For Sale If there is anything you need in the Real Estate line on the South Side, call or consult Mr. Binga for Real Bargains. Southeast Corner 86th Place and State Street, Chicago Origin of the "Horn Book." The horn book, invented in 1450 and used considerably up to the close of the eighteenth century, was the usual text book of the elementary schools. A thin slab of hard wood was covered with parchment on which were printed the capital and small letters, numerals, and some elementary syllables and words. Over this a thin sheet of transparent cow's horn was placed and firmly bound so that no moisture could penetrate. Rejecting a Compliment. Rejecting a Compliment. A well-known member of the stock exchange, who is now giving up the close of a strenuous life to philanthropic efforts, was in his heyday a tremendous gambler in stocks, and, incidentally, he and his partner were rather expert in the gentle art of making enemies. One of these accosted him with the pleasant remark: "Look here, you are the biggest thief on the stock exchange." "Ah," was the answer, "it is evident you do not know my partner."-London Tit-Bits. TELEPHONE DOUGLAS 1 PRIMITIVE FIRE PREVENTION. In the early days of the fire insurance business each company in London maintained its own fire brigade. In those days a citizen might go out into the street and shout "Fire!" as loudly as he liked, but unless he had paid his insur. a premium no man would lift his finger or a bucket to save his possessions from burning. Wanted Blame Properly Placed. Rosemary, aged four, and her twin sisters, aged two, were left in the care of a friend who also had three children of about the same ages. During the afternoon the friend heard one of the children in her pantry and, thinking to frighten the child out of the pantry without going in, said: "I hear some one in my pantry." Rosemary quickly walked over to her and said: "It's not any of ours; it's one of your own." A California man is the patentee of a baggage check made in two parts, which must be placed together to form its number, preventing mistakes caused by checks with similar numbers. Scottish Center of Industry. Scotland Center of Industry. Dundee ranks as one of the leading industrial and commercial centers in northeastern and central Scotland. The district of Dundee is the center of the jute industry in the United Kingdom and practically all the raw jute imported into the country, which averages 1,200,000 bales annually, is consumed there. It is the staple industry of Dundee and employs normally about 35,000 workers. It is just about impossible to say where the largest organ in the world is, because t ere is always one being built that is bigger than the last. There are many large organs in England, and in the United States. Sydney, Australia, claimed, some years ago, to have the largest organ in the world, but, like ships, they are always increasing in size. This peculiar sect, founded by an English tailor named Muggleton in the seventeenth century, is not extinct. Muggletonians, one of whose chief beliefs is that the "place of hell will be this earth when sun, moon, and stars are extinguished" still meet in London and Derbyshire. Remarkable Flight of Pigeon. A homing pigeon bearing the name of Ben Bolt was announced as having established a new long-distance flight rec r' of 2200 miles in the summer of 1815 from Norwalk, Ohio, to Los Angeles, Cal. The bird made the trip in five days nine hours and thirty-one minutes, arriving at Los Angeles August 30. The Babv Giraffe. At the time of its birth the giraffe measures six feet from its hoofs to the top of its head. No-Mistake Check. Largest Organ. The Muggletonians. A. D. GASH ATTORNEY AT LAW 118 N. La Salle Street CHICAGO Residence 8829 Wabash Ave. Telephone Boulevard 100 JAMES G. COTTER ATTORNEY-AT-LAW 145 NORTH CLARK STREET SUITE 107 Telephone Central 8824 CHICAGO Formerly Assistant Attorney General State of Illinois Tel. Central 6883 Residence 8646 Grand Boulevard Phone Douglas 4397 J. GRAY LUCAS ATTORNEY AT LAW 86 W. Randolph Street Corner Dearborn St. Suits 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 Macallister Place Tel. Monroe 2714 MILES J. DEVINE ATTORNEY AT LAW SUITE 818-320 REAPER BLE. Clark and Washington Streets Phone Central 1220 CHICAGO Notary Public Phones: Office Main 4153; Residence, 4753 Champplain Ave. Phone Drexel 8178. Walter M. Farmer ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR 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 875 2 BAST THIRTY-FIRST ST. Suite 7 CHICAGO Accidence 3885 Prairie Ave. Phone Dongina 9128 Phones: Main 2017 Auto 83-395 A. L. WILLIAMS ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW Suite 706 Firmenich Building 84 W. Washington Street CHICAGO Telephone Oakland 346 E. K. CALDWELL Successor to C. E. KREYSSLER DEUGGIST 6467 South State Street Near Sixth St. Not On the Corner CHICAGO EXELENTO FOR KINKY HAIR "Every woman can have nice, long hair! May Gilbert. My hair is so beautiful! Ichsen long by using your wonderful! EXELENTO POMADE Must be foiled by John Kirk Remymer. You can have nice, long hair by using your wonderful! Ichsen long by using your wonderful! We make Exelento Skin Dianathea, an anti-aging cream. It gives long and silky hair and makes it grow long and silky. POICE OF EACH 25 IN STAINS OR COM INSTAINS EVERYWHERE! EXELENTO MEDICINE CO., Attainy, Co. --- THE BROAD AX, CHICAGO, APRIL 24, 1920 Chameleons' Food. The proper diet of chameleons and snakes consists of flies 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 animals 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. West En Ashland S CAPITAL AND SU 1610 West 63rd Street COMPARATIVE STATEMENT LAST SEVEN West Englewood Ashland State Bank CAPITAL AND SURPLUS $300,000.00 West 63rd Street RATIVE STATEMENT OF DEPOSIT LAST SEVEN YEARS November 18, 1912.....$ 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..... 1,384,084.24 November 17, 1919..... 2,359,636.62 OFFICI JOHN BAIN, President MICHAEL MAISEL, Vic EDW. C. BARRY, W. MERLE F. ARTHUER Largest Labor of Negroes in Every Craft of Railroa OVER 20,000 OVER 150 OVER SIX Y This association has done more than all other labor agencies com ASK THE MEN Now housed in the magnif the Appomattox Club—recently ters. Railway Men’s Benevolent Indust General Headquarters, Appomattox Club OFFICERS BAIN, President HAEL MAISEL, Vice President EDW. C. BARRY, Cashier W. MERLE FISHER, Assistant C ARTHUR C. UTESCH, Asst West Labor Organiz Negroes in the Wor by Craft of Railroad Work Represent OVER 20,000 MEMBERS OVER 150 LOCALS OVER SIX YEARS OLD Association has done more for the railroad man- her labor agencies combined. ASK THE MEN WHO KNOW housed in the magnificent home formerly mattox Club—recently purchased as our H Galway Men's International Solent Industrial Associ General Headquarters, 3441 Wabash Ave Club CHICAGO Every Craft of Railroad Work Represented 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 CHICAGO'S REPRESENT UNDER TA Finest Establishment GEO. T. KERSEY D. A. McGO Proprietor 3515 INDIANA AVENUE MERSEY, McGOWAN AND MORSELL CHICAGO'S REPRESENTATIVE UNDERTAKERS Finest Establishment in the U. S. MERSEY D. A. McGOWAN WM. J. MC Propristors ANA AVENUE CHICAGO KERSEY, McGOWAN AND MORSELL CHICAGO'S REPRESENTATIVE ARNEST H. WILLIAMSON UNDERTAKER PHONE: 209-3020 K. WOOD 435 THE CUNNINGHAM CAR 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 free 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 way down a logging road, he would get stuck between the trees and probably stay there until he starved.—Detroit News. aglewood state Bank RPLUS $300,000.00 Chicago ENT OF DEPOSITS FOR EN YEARS CERS The President Cashier SHER, Assistant Cashier C. UTESCH, Asst. Cashier. Organization in the World and Work Represented MEMBERS LOCALS YEARS OLD for the railroad man of color combined. WHO KNOW cent home formerly used by purchased as our headquar- International Trial Association 3441 Wabash Ave. CHICAGO, ILL. AND MORSELL PRESENTATIVE TAKERS at in the U. S. WAN WM. J. MORSELL ors CHICAGO, ILL. GEO. W. HOLT, Propr. 3504 SOUTH STATE STREET CHICAGO, ILL. Phone Prospect 487 JAMES H. RYAN Real Estate, Rent Loans, Insurance JAMES H. RYAN & CO. Real Estate, Renting Loans, Insurance 6944 SO. ASHLAND AVENUE CHICAGO. There's no monopoly of soul vision. It's not particular about the residence of its beneficial. It finds the simple Maid of Orleans and makes her a great factor in history. It takes the youth, Luther, and makes him the reformer of religion. It has taken men from the plow, the garret, the sculery and raised them to eminence. It has also used the son of the mansion. It knows men as fit expressions of its purpose and not as individuals. It is limited only by the power of the soul to match itself with the great need.—Exchange. The term "sound" is often mistakenly restricted to the sensation involved in hearing. The term sound is actually applied to those aerial or other vibrations which, were they to reach the ear, would be audible. Sound is made of waves in material things of earth, like air, metal, water, or wood. A falling tree produces sound waves which vibrate symmetrically about it in much the same way as the ripples on a lake caused by throwing a pebble on its surface. Cut out this Subscription THE BROAD AX 6206 S. Elizabeth St., Chicago, III. Cut out this Subscription Blank and Mail it to 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. 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. Soul Vision. Sound Wavea. RYAN & CO. te, Renting Insurance Touch iron instead of Wood. Investigation discloses the fact that in many districts of England the custom of touching wood still prevails just as it did among past generations. In Scotland the superstition of the touch is not unknown, although in their case it is iron that is believed to possess the charm of averting evil. For instance, the fisher people of Scotland who regard the sight or mention of a pig as a bad omen, are accustomed to touch iron. Canine Altruism The dog is not only a social animal but has the rudiments, at least, of altruism. I once saw a dog jump into a river and swim down to another and younger dog, which had been swiped along by the current and who was trying in vain to make a landing where the bank was steep and slippery. All every attempt his claws slipped; he was losing his head; he was growing weak. The older dog pushed his downstream to a safe landing, then went on about his business, as if it were a mere detail.—American Magzine. e enter my name as a subscriber herewith Two Dollars, the annual car for six months. CHICAGO, ILL $1.00 FOR 6 MONTHS $2.00 PER YEAR