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Sunday Afternoon a Great Meeting Was Held at South Park M. E. Church, Thirty-third and South Park Avenue, in the Interest of Dr. LeRoy N. Bundy. Former Alderman Oscar De Priest, Who Has Been Actively Interested in the Legal Troubles of Dr. Bundy and Who Has Been Instrumental Through His Friends in Raising Almost Two Thousand Dollars for Dr. Bundy, Was Chairman of the Meeting. Julius F. Taylor, Dr. J. W. McDowell, William C. Linton and Col. Otis B. Duncan, Aside From Dr. Bundy, Were the Speakers for the Occasion. The Church Was Filled From End to End and Everybody Heartily Applauded the Speakers and Pronounced the Meeting a Wonderful Success. The Collection Amounted to Three Hundred and Twenty-one Dollars and Forty Cents. So Far, the Court Cost, Attorney's Fees and Other Expenses in the Trial of Dr. Bundy and Getting the Case Up to the Supreme Court in the State of Illinois Amounts to Between Twelve and Fifteen Thousand Dollars, and by June First, Dr. Bundy Expects To Be Able to Furnish a Report for Every Dollars That Has Been Expended. VOL. XXV Sunday Afternoon a Great M. E. Church, Thirty-third Interest of Dr. LeRoy N. Former Alderman Oscar De N. Interested in the Legal T Has Been Instrumental T Almost Two Thousand Chairman of the Meeting Julius F. Taylor, Dr. J. W. Me Col. Otis B. Duncan, A the Speakers for the Occ The Church Was Filled From Heartily Applauded the Meeting a Wonderful Success to Three Hundred and T Cents. So Far, the Court Cost, Attorneys in the Trial of Dr. Bundy Supreme Court in the St tween Twelve and Fifteen First, Dr. Bundy Expects for Every Dollars That Ha One of the largest audiences that has ever sat within the walls of South Park M. E. Church, 33rd & S. Park avenue, crowded into it Sunday afternoon; it seemed that most all the people residing on the south side were anxious to attend the meeting which was held in the interest of Dr. Le Roy N. Bundy who secured his freedom a few weeks ago from prison by furnishing a bond for $50,000. George W. Holt and William Randolph Cowan were among those residing in this city who freely signed his bond. The great meeting was called to order by former Alderman Oscar De Priest who aly served as its chairman, who has manfully stood by Dr. Bundy from the very first day that his almost unsurmountable troubles began shortly after the "race riots" in East St. Louis in May and July, 1917, and who has left no stone unturned in his determined effort to raise him some money and up to the present time he has been largely instrumental in raising for him almost two thousand dollars to assist him in his legal battles in the courts of this state, had stated the object of the meeting Alderman De Priest introduced Julius F. Taylor as the first speaker, who was followed by Dr. J. W. MeDowell, William C. Linton, Col. Otis B. Dunean and by Dr. Bundy, the talks of all the speakers were well received and heartily applauded, nevertheless the people wanted to drink in every word that fell from the lips of Dr. Bundy and retain every word that he uttered in connection with his trial and in relation to his case which is pending in the Supreme Court of Illinois on a superseded and be it remembered that he is the first colored person who had been charged and found guilty of committing a horrible crime to be admitted to bail by the Supreme Court of this State. Dr. Bundy declared that his lawyers had warned or admonished him not to discuss his case, one way or the other for the reason that it would display poor judgment on his part and it might be the means of causing further trouble to fall down upon him, as an evidence of the unfairness of his trial at Waterloo this state where race prejudice was running high at the time, and after the trial it was proven that one of the jurors was hopelessly insane, that one of the associate justices of the Supreme Court strongly intimated after carefully looking over the most important testimony that it would have been far better and more honorable to all the people of the great State of Illinois to have lead him off to jail handcuffed and confined him in prison at hard labor the rest of his remaining years on earth rather than to have convicted him on the evidence or the testimony which had been presented to him to read, and for our part we honestly feel that he did not have a fair trial, for whenever, anyone, white or black, is charged with committing a crime it makes not the slightest difference how low down in the scale of humanity that they may have fallen, still they are entitled to a fair trial by a jury of their peers and for that reason alone in our humble weak way we shall do everything that we honestly can to assist Dr. Bundy to secure a new and a fair trial. During his talk Dr. Bundy who made a most favorable impression upon the minds of the great number of people who had crowded into the church that his case would arrest the attention of the members of the Supreme Court at its June term but that court would not wholly review the evidence in his case until the October term of that August court; this his lawyers as well as his faithful wife, Mrs. Bundy, as well as himself and thousands of friends are hoping and praying that the Supreme THE BROAD AX Court will reverse his case and discharge him or reverse it and remand it back for another trial that so far it has cost between twenty-five hundred or three thousand dollars to get his case on all fours in the Supreme Court; that when his troubles had swept him off of his feet he secured three thousand dollars from his father, Charles Bundy, and four thousand dollars from his father-in-law, Mr. Crawford, which sums of money are still unpaid; that at the breaking out of the race riots in East St. Louis in July, 1917, that he controlled and was interested in thirty-five thousand dollars worth of property, that he has been deprived of all of it except one small house, that he will be forced to resort to the law in order to regain possession of it; that at that time he owned the best auto service station in East St. Louis; that he was doing well as a dentist, that that drew to a stand still when he was crushed down to the earth with his troubles. Dr. Bundy further stated that while he was confined in prison at hard labor for the rest of his life that he was only permitted to write one letter a month, that no one was allowed to call on him nor converse with him except Mrs. Bundy who has been dragged through hades in an effort to comfort and administer to her husband under those trying and hard conditions; that well on to fifteen thousand dollars has been expended for court cost and lawyers fees and so on; that towards the first of this coming June he would be able to furnish a complete report showing just how every dollar that the public has contributed to his defense fund has been expended. On the strength of all the foregoing plain statements, three hundred and twenty-one dollars and forty cents was collected for the Bundy defense fund which sum of money will aid him considerable in his troubles with the collection on Sunday afternoon the colored people of Chicago within 18 months raised for him over two thousand dollars, and have proven their loyalty to their race and to the cause of justice for all men. In winding up his talk Dr. Bundy also stated that while in prison that his license had been taken away from him, that he will be unable to pull teeth or to do any dental work in any state in the union until he is freed of his court trials and troubles, and as he must do something until his case is reached in the Supreme Court in October, therefore he has decided to travel and lecture on "The New Negro." Not in connection with the Bundy defense but on his own hook. There are thousands of fair minded white people in this state, as well as thousands of colored people who honestly feel that if even handed justice prevails that Dr. Bundy will at least be granted a new trial by the Honorable Supreme Court of the grand old State of Illinois. GENERAL LEONARD WOOD CAP TUBES THE 24 DELEGATES FROM INDIANA. Tuesday the Presidential primaries were held in Indiana and General Wood licked his opponents to a dead stand still as the following figures show: Wood ..... 80,478 Johnson ..... 72,062 Lowden ..... 36,341 Harding ..... 18,777 Wood's lead ..... 8,416 Everything strongly indicates that General Wood will be the next President of the United States. 72 The high chief of the Republican party of this city and Illinois, who will without any question about it succeed himself as the Illinois member of the National Committee and control the Republican State Convention at Springfield, Monday. Many of the friends of Mayor Thompson are urging him to enter the race for President of the United States, and his name will be presented to the convention as a compromise candidate if Hon. Frank O. Lowden fails to walk away with the bacon. THOMPSON FOR PRESIDENT Mayor William Hale Thompson of Chicago triumphed over his many political enemies and has carried 34 out of 35 wards in that city thus putting him in complete political control of the second city of the country. By combining with a down-state leader he will be able to control the great State of Illinois and will name the delegates-at-large to the Republican National Convention. The imbecile Republicans who endeavored to read Thompson out TAFT DECLARED "NEW SOUTH" IS INTERESTED IN NEGRO PROPRESS—52ND ANNIVERSARY OF HAMPTON INSTITUTE BRINGS TOGETHER DISTINGUISHED WHITE AND COLORED LEADERS HOMER L. FERGUSON HAS GREATEST CONFIDENCE IN NEGRO RACE. Hampton, Va., William Howard Taft, former President of the United States and President of the Hampton Institute Board of Trustees, in his address delivered before twenty-five hundred white and colored citizens, assembled for the fifty-second anniversary exercises of this pioneer industrial school, whose present Principal is Dr. James E. Gregg, declared that "with clearer vision and greater hope, men of the South have come to take a very different view of the race problem." Mr. Taft added: "What a relief it is, how soothing, how helpful to visit Tuskegee and Hampton and to meet there those who are drawn together to create opportunity for a race that has had a hard time and that is manifesting a determination and courageous purpose to overcome the obstacles that have confronted the race! "No one can give even casual attention to the changes that have come over the South in the last ten years, without realizing that we have today a New South—new in its material progress, new in the spirit of progress of those who are responsible for its growth and development, and therefore new in its attitude toward many of the problems that have confronted them in the past. Men are changing their attitude in a racial way toward the questions in respect to which their attitude in the past seemed rigid and immovable. "General Armstrong, Booker Washington and Hollis Frissell taught the Negro race that the only method by which they could get on was in the dignity of labor, of industry, of thrift, of self-sacrifice. They taught that the way to overcome prejudice was for the race to appeal to the enlightened selfishness of those with whom they were to live in the South and prove to the people of the South that it was to their interest to accord to the colored people rights civic, rights political, rights business, and equality of opportunity. South Condemna Lynching. "The lynching lust is only an evidence that among individuals of any race are those who are near the brute. Instances of lynching, distressing as HON. WILLIAM HALE THOMPSON. of the party, charging him with being pro-German during the war, have been licked to a fruzzle. It is very gratifying to the Appeal to note that Thompson has been able to win in spite of the opposition of the Chicago Tribune, the Chicago Daily News and other biopolitical newspapers, which for political reasons questioned his loyalty. Mayor Thompson is a great American, absolutely devoid of racial prejudice, the representative of all classes of Americans. He is headed for the they are, should not discourage us. The growth of publia opinion against them goes on apace. You find as strong voices raised against them in the South as you do in the North. I would preach to you a doctrine of well-founded hope—not a dream, but what the present is now producing. "We can turn to the progress of the Negro and to the opportunities that are now offered him to better his condition, with a satisfaction and a joy that helps us in our discouragement over world conditions. I bid (you go on with the spirit that you have gained at Hampton." Confidence in Negro Race. Homer L. Ferguson, President of the Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company, who is also a trustee of Hampton Institute, declared that colored labor is remarkably like any other kind of labor. "It is intelligent. It is loyal. It responds entirely to sympathetic and honest treatment. It saves its money in about the same proportion as other people. The difference in habits between the races as to thrift is not nearly so great as you are sometimes told. The great advantage of the colored men is their desire to own a piece of ground. Those who own ground make for the safety of our institutions and our Republic. "Leaders you should be. Leaders you will be. Hampton has turned out many fine leaders. Remember you must lead, because you have acquired and pursued the art of thinking. It is important to lead in the art of working and in the art of doing, in industry and promptness, and in standing by the job and being steadfast—not being put aside by little difficulties. "I have the gerastest confidence in the future of the colored race. I believe that, through the simple process of education, of steady work, of staying in the South—because I believe that the great field for the colored man is South—the colored race is headed for better and higher things and that the race will get these things in the old-fashioned way of being patient and working steadily for them." Loss of World Opportunity. John Farwell Moors of Boston, who came to the Hampton Anniversary from a visit to the Penn School on St. Helena Island, S. C., testified to the usefulness of Hampton graduates who are already seeing the results of their constructive work. Mr. Moors said: "By failing to accept the shining sword of moral leadership which was offered to them. White House. The Appeal nominates William Hale Thompson of Illinois for President of the United States. The conditions may be such as to prevent his nomination by the convention of 1920, but he may be elected Governor of Illinois, and then U. S. Senator and then in 1928, the Appeal predicts he will be the candidate of the united Republican party for President and will be triumphantly elected —From the Appeal, St. Paul, Minn, May 1, 1920. the people of the United States have forced the world back into the old idea that, after all, the negatives of war and mustard gas are a mightier fortress than our God." Leadership Through Service. Dr. Robert R. Moton, principal of Tuskegee Institute, in his remarks which were addressed specifically to the Hampton students, said: "In these days of unrest, of suspicion, of misunderstanding, of hatred, and of bitterness, I do not attempt to give advice to colored people. Sometimes I give advice to white people on the race problem." Dr. Moton then described some of the visits which are made regularly on Sunday afternoons by Tuskegee workers to neighboring communities with a view to helping the people improve their schools and churches. This work is done "to keep workers in close sympathetic touch with the humble, simple, striving, uneducated, yearning, struggling people." He said: "I cannot serve my race or the white race, if I lose my head. How easy it is for a colored person with such training as Hampton gives to turn his back on his race, go North or somewhere else, and disconnect himself from his own people! If he does this, he loses the chance of his life. Do not separate yourselves from your race anywhere, under any circumstances. I do not care how humble or how black or how ugly or poverty-striken they are; tie up yourselves to them. These people need you to help get for them the privileges and opportunities and chances that they can get and are getting because of the service of thousands of men and women who have caught the spirit of General Armstrong." Co-operation of Hampton and Tuskegee. Co-operation of Hampton and Tuskegee William G. Willecox of New York President of the Tuskegee Institute Board of Trustees, returning from the Founder's Day celebration at Tuskegee with his party of invited guests, att tended the Hampton Anniversary. Mr. Willecox, referring to the co-operation of Hampton and Tuskegee, said: "Tuskegee represents the realization of the hope and confidence of Hampton. Hampton represent the sacrifice and consolation of white people for the benefit of the colored race. "Tuskegee represents the self- reliance, responsibility, and achievement of the colored people themselves. Tuskegee is a great school conducted by the colored people themselves, and the achievement of the members of the colored race at Tuskegee is a justifica The Grand United Order of Odd Fellows Issues the Following Public Statement After Completely Unhorsing Col. Edward H. Morris As Its Grand Master and His Click or Flock of Office Holders, Who Have for Many Years Dominated Over the Affairs of the Order. Statement of the Subcommittee of Mangement Elect of G. U. O. of O. F. After Victory in the Courts--The New Officers Address the Praternity and the Country. To All Lodges and Members of the Order, Households, Patriarchies, P. G. M. Councils and Juveniles--Greeting: No man is fit to be a Grand Officer of the Grand United Order of Odd Pellows in America unless he regards himself as the servant of the Order and not as its master. It is in this spirit that we are prepared to face the great responsibilities which rest upon us as your Grand Officers Elect. After a full and fair trial in Court of Common Pleas No. 3 in the City of Philadelphia, before an impartial judge and jury, a unanimous verdict was rendered on April 23, 1920, that we are the officers and members of the Subcommittee of Management duly elected at the Nineteenth B. M. C. An effort will, of course, be made to have the verdict set aside by the court in which the case was tried. Whatever the result of this effort may be, the case will be carried to the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, and we are confident that by that tribunal the finding of the jury will be approved. We are accordingly preparing to take over the duties of the Subcommittee of Management as soon as the Supreme Court directs that judgment be entered upon the verdict. Till this happens no decision is final and therefore you must not allow yourselves to be disturbed by any reports or rumors of any intermediate proceeding. Meanwhile we ask you to note the following important point: 1. It results from the verdict that the next regular and constitutional B. M. C. is the B. M. C. which will assemble in Wilmington, Delaware, on September 13, 1920. 2. As many lodges as possible should choose delegates to the Wilmington B. M. C. and should forward their credentials to Brother Robert J. Nelson, Grand Secretary Elect, at the Armstrong Building, 1434 Lombard street. tion for the hope and confidence of the founders of Hampton. "Both institutions represent the same ideals of service to the Negro race, and the same confidence in the capacity of the Negro race to rise and take advantage of opportunity and of education. Both represent the belief that education means the development of the power to use all the faculties of body, and spirit to the best advantage. "Dr. Robert R. Moton is making good as principal of Tuskegee. He is winning at Tuskegee the confidence of both races. He is building up that great institution and carrying forward the work which Booker Washington did for thirty-five years." THE UNITED STATES FIDELITY AND GUARANTY COMPANY HAS HAD FOR MANY YEARS A CAP- ABLE AND PROGRESSIVE MAN- AGER, IN THE PERSON OF MR GEORGE E. BRENNAN. The United States Fidelity and Guaranty Company, which invaded this city some years ago, is one of the most solid and substantial bouding companies in existence. Mr. John R. Bland is its president, and its paid in capital amounts to more than four million and five hundred thousand dollars. Some years ago Mr. George E. Brennan, was secured as manager of the United States Fidelity and Guaranty Company and under his active management the business of the company has increased more than a thousand fold. Col. John V. Chinnin, on his return home from participating in the world war for democracy on the battlefields of France, became associate manager of the company and owing to his popularity and brilliant military record a large increase of business has continued to roll into the company. Mr. Brennan and his force of clerks including both ladies and men, which number more than one hundred, occupy very extensive quarters on the sixth floor of the Corn Exchange Bank Building. Aside from business Mr. Brennan spends his spare time in playing at the game of politics, although he never seeks office to himself, but is always looking out of fot his friends. For many years he was first lieutenant of the late Roger C Sullivan and Mr. Brennan, is more than likely to be selected, to head No. 33 Philadelphia, Pa. We have opened a temporary office at this address until possession of the permanent offices of the Subcommittee of Management has been delivered to us by the court. 3. To prevent complication of accounts, we advise lodges for the present to continue to make remittances to Brother James F. Needham, at 12th and Spruce streets, Philadelphia. In due time he will be required to account to Grand Secretary Elect Nelson, so that lodges remitting to him will get the credits to which they are entitled. 4. With so many forces tending to pull the people of this country apart, this is no time for holding rival conventions within the limits of a patriotic Order like ours. If Brother Morris attempts to hold a convention in New York City he will be taking a wholly unnecessary step. We say this because all properly qualified delegates attending the B. M. C. in Wilmington will be assured of a square deal and a fair chance to vote. 5. We have no means of knowing what statements will be made to you by Brother Morris and the other Grand Officers whom we have been elected to succeed. If, however, you desire correct and impartial information you can get it by communicating with Brother Nelson at the above address, or by writing direct to our counsel, Hon. George Wharton Pepper, 2231 Land Title Building, Philadelphia, Pa. 6. There is no truth in the report that we propose to move the headquarters of the Order away from Philadelphia or to make any change in its policy except to give the lodges more influence in the decision of important questions and to substitute strict economy in management for what we believe has been a lavish expenditure of your money. We propose to conserve and build up the Order. If statements are made to the contrary, they will be wilfully and maliciously false. We beg to remain, fraithfully and fraaernally yours (Signed) John S. Noel, Grand Master Elect; W. T. Francis, Deputy Grand Master Elect; R. J. Nelson, Grand Secretary Elect; Chas H. Colburn, Grand Treasurer Elect; W. T. Andrews, W. P. Kemp, J. Anthony Josey, J. G. Robinson, Wm. A. Cornelius, Grand Directors Elect. the Illinois delegation to the San Francisco Convention. Since October 1, 1899, down to the present time, Mr. Brennan has been a constant supporter of this paper and we are proud to number him among our best and warmest friends. NEW JERSEY PASSED CIVIL RIGHT BILL 17 TO 0 Trenton, N. J., The Senate passed the measure by Senator White of Burlington, known as the Civil Rights Bill, by a vote of 17 to 0. The bill provides that when discrimination is shown to people of the Negro race in hotels and theatres an action may be brought and the complainant recover a minimum of $150 and a maximum of $500 in the event of a conviction being found. COL. JOE DAVIS WILL ATTEND THE REPUBLICAN STATE CONVENTION. Mr. Joseph S. Davis, one of Chicago's most schrewedest politicians and street and alley inspectors, left the city Friday night, for St. Louis, Mo., to attend the A. M. E. Conference, and will return to Springfield, Ill., Monday morning to attend the Republican State Convention. Mr. Davis is a great supporter of State Auditor Hon. Andrew Russel, of Jacksonville, Ill., and Hon. William Halq Thompson of Chicago. BETHEL, LITERARY SOCIETY On next Monday evening, May 10, at 8 o'clock, the query, "Do We Want the League of Nations?" will be debated in Bethel Literary. Messrs. J. T. H. Woods and R. B. Glover, affirmative, and Messrs. Geo. T. Kersey and Chas. Griffin, negative. Good music and a reading by Mrs. Mae E. Motley will assist the program. Everybody invited. Sandy W. Trice, President; J. W. Bell, Secretary; Dr. W. D. Cook, Pastor. Julius F. Taylor will leave Sunday evening over the Illinois Central Railroad for Springfield, Ill., where on Monday he will attend the Republican and the Democratic State Conventions and rub up against all the leading politicians in this state. In this city since July 15th, 1899, without missing one single issue. Republicans, Democrates, Catholic, Protestants, Single Taxers, Priests, infidels or anyone else can have their say as long as their language is proper and responsibility is fixed. The Broad Ax is a newspaper whose platform is broad enough for all, ever claiming the editorial right to speak its own mind. Local communications will receive attention. Write only on one side of the paper. Subscriptions must be paid in advance. One Year $2.00 Six Months $1.00 Advertising rates made known on application. Address all communications to 8006 So. Elizabeth St., Chicago, Ill Phone Wentworth 2587 JULIUS F. TAYLOR Editor and Publisher DR. M. A. MAJORS Associate Editor 4700 South State Street Phone Drexel 1416 Vol. XXV. May 8, 1920. No. 33. Entered as Second-Class Matter, Aug. 19, 1902, at the Post Office at Chicago, Dr. Under Act of March 3, 1879. SAFEGUARDS AGAINST DIPH THERIA Call a doctor when the first symptoms of sore throat appear. Ask him to take a throat culture, if he has not. Have the doctor use diphtheria antitoxin while awaiting the report on the culture from the laboratory. If the culture shows it was not diphtheria, ask the doctor to give the children in the family the safeguard of diphtheria vaccination to protect them, as the next sore throat may be diphtheria. Do not let any child with a sore throat go to school. Keep away from all houses that have signs of contagious diseases on them or where you know someone is sick. In your own family keep the sick from the well until the doctor has found out what is the matter. . . . If you know your neighbor has a contagious disease, notify the Department of Health; protect your neighbors by observing quarantine, if you have a contagious disease in your home. Keep away from the child who has his throat tied up, complains of a sore throat, or is coughing frequently. Wash your hands before handling food or eating your meal. Do not use anything in common with anyone else, such as cups, pencils, etc., that come in contact with the nose or mouth. Nothing worth having can be had without care and culture. Children are worth having; and, therefore, they must be taught and trained. And first in importance is training in habits of health as to air, food, exercise and personal cleanliness. Without these there is little or no foundation on which to build up a sturdy and useful citizenship. Teach your children to eat and to like the foods they should have rather than those they want. And above all do not allow them to eat almost exclusively one kind of food. See that they have a variety of the vegetables, with fruit and little meat. Plan for a garden this year and begin now. Besides helping to cut down the cost of family food supplies, it will raise the standard of the family's health. The outdoor habit is a health habit and should be encouraged. Especially does it mean much for children in promoting physical growth and vigor. Brush your teeth carefully night and morning and notice how clean and nice your mouth will feel. It also sweetens the breath, whitens the teeth and prevents their decay. Col. James Touch Me Not Brewington, Jr., and his plain double dealer have both been dead to the world since Saturday, April 10 or ever since he and his plain double dealer utterly failed to defeat Hon. James W. Breen and Hon. William A. Bither for committee men in their respectice wards, the 3rd and the 30th wards. KING HON. SAMUEL A. ETTELSON. Corporation Counsel of Chicago, the eloquent orator of the Thompson administration, who w tip-top candidate for Attorney General of Illinois n Counsel of Chicago, the eloquent Thompson administration, who w rate for Attorney General of Illinois Corporation Counsel of Chicago, the eloquent and the official orator of the Thompson administration, who would make a tip-top candidate for Attorney General of Illinois. GETTING MORE LIKE THE WHITE FOLKS EVERY DAY. Tacoma, Wash., Hannibal Spencer, colored, was sentenced to serve from one to fifteen years in the State Penitentiary by Judge J. D. Fletcher, when he pleaded guilty to robbing four passengers on a Northern Pacific train between Vancouver and Tacoma. Lake street, southeast corner of Robey and Lake streets, where he has a modern and well equipped office. Dr. J. C. Stanley, dentist, will be associated with Dr. Armstrong. LEAVES FOR OHIO. Mrs. Adelia Terrell, clerk in Wallace BICH WHITE WOMAN LEFT WEALTH. Savannah, Ga., Mrs. C. Denmark of this city died, at her home a few days ago. Besides a number of bequests, Mrs. Denmarks Rrr $6,000 and a Rockard automobile to her colored chauffeur who had been in her services several years. This is a true test of appreciation for past services who had spent his life in her services. We would rejoice to see more of this friendship and appreciation. LEAVES FOR ST. LOUIS. Rev. T. L. Scott, pastor of Grant's Memorial Chapel, together with a large delegation of Chicagoans, left the city Sunday evening for St. Louis, Mo. where he will attend the General conference in session. WILL GIVE PROGRAM The Virginia Society will give a literary program on its next regular meeting, May 19, at Bailey's Hall, 3638 State street. Every Virginian and friends are invited. Dr. J. Frank Armstrong, one of the best known and leading physciians on the west side, has moved to 1959 W. P XIV. 10 [Image of a man in a suit with a tie, facing slightly to the right.] The new chairman of the Republican Cent Cook County, successful business man, who Thompson candidate for Clerk of the Sup all. man of the Republican Central Co successful business man, who may candidate for Clerk of the Superior The new chairman of the Republican Central Committee of Cook County, successful business man, who may become the Thompson candidate for Clerk of the Superior Court this fall. MOVES tago, the eloquent and the official ministration, who would make a General of Illinois. Lake street, southeast corner of Robey and Lake streets, where he has a mod ern and well equipped office. Dr. J. C. Stanley, dentist, will be associated with Dr. Armstrong. LEAVES FOR OHIO Mrs. Adelia Torrell, clerk in Wallace Bakery Co. leaves the first of the week for Canton, Ohio, to be at the sick bed of her sister. ORGANIZED The first council of Knights and Daughters of Honor was organized May 1 at Elks' Rest, by Attorney A. Morris Williams, Imperial Regent of Spring field, Ill.; J. B. Street, Regent; Mrs Ellen G. Barry, Worthy Mistress, and Edw. F. Berry, Imperial Past Regent GONE TO TENNESSEE Rev. W. A. Blackwell, pastor of Walter's A. M. E. Zion Church, left at the head of a large delegation during the week for Knoxville, Tenn., where he will attend the general conference AT WAUKEGAN Attorney Walter M. Farner, 184 W Washington street, and M. T. Bailey, 3638 State stree, spent most of the week at Waukegan, Ill., on business. Judge William Harrison, widely known lecturer, Charles Satchel Morris Jr., of Norfolk, Va., and M. T. Bailey of the Bailey Press Bureau will meet at the V. N. & I. I. at Petersburg, Va., May 27 and 28. publican Central Committee of us man, who may become the of the Superior Court this TO MEET. THE BROAD AX, CHICAGO, MAY 8, 1920 THE MUSIC CABINET By Martha Broadus Anderson. Articles pertaining to music and musicians will be found in this column each week. Matter intended for publication must be in not later than Tuesday. Address all communications to the Music Cabinet, 6450 Champlain avenue, Chicago, Illinois. ORIGIN OF THE MODERN MUSIC STAFF. Music is as old as creation itself and we might go even farther and say that it is as old as Divinity and hence without beginning. We can have no very definite idea of the time when music began, for ever since the creation, humanity has been striving in some way to express its feelings, sentiments, to picture episodes and events both great and small through the medium of music. Music has always been and always will remain. Vocal music is the oldest and when man realized that he could not give sufficient vent to his emotions vocally, he cast about him for other means of expression and so began to fashion instruments of various kinds as a supplement to the wonderful organ given him by his Creator—the voice. In the early or dark days, tunes were handed down from father to son or from one generation to the other verbally, there being no means or system of notation whereby a person who had not previously learned a tune might learn it from the printed pages as we do now. As time passed and the church at Rome became united under Constantine, there arose a desire to preserve to posterity the beautiful melodies then in use and so men began to work out some plan or system of musical notation. The earliest attempts at notation resulted in a system "neumes" or musical shorthand consisting of dots, dashes or compound marks placed over or under a syllable to indicate the rising and falling of the voice. These signs representing tone served as an aid to the memory rather than a definite representation of sound. The exact date of their origin is not quite clear, but they are attributed to the eighth century. By the tenth century they had begun to have a relative height and position to represent pitch, and soon there followed the use of lines and clefs out of which developed the modern music staff. The musical staff as we now have it began with one vertical line (about 900) to indicate the pitch of one tone and all signs placed directly on this line were understood to represent f, while those immediately above and below represented e and g respectively. Later a yellow line was added signifying c, the pitches of d and b being designated by their relative positions to c. Then two black lines were added, one above the yellow and one between the red and yellow to indicate a and e, thus giving us a four lined staff. To Amando Huebaldus (840-930) is given the credit of having first used parallel lines to indicate the rise and fall of tones, although some attribute this to Pope Gregory and still others the Boethius. When at a later period f and g were placed on their respective lines, the use of the red and yellow lines was discontinued. A fifth line was added to the staff during the time of Guido d'Arrezzo (990-1050) who did much to simplify musical notation. For a time the number of lines on the staff increased and varied so that there were as many as eleven lines in the staff, but so many lines retarded the facility of note-reading and so eventually the middle line was erased, thus dividing the great staff into two smaller ones of five lines each. It might be of interest to students of music to note that the clef signs now in use are a corruption of the letters C, F, G, and that in the early history of musical notation, in plain song all written notes were of the same length but in the twelfth century they were given different forms to indicate a difference in their time value. Estella C. Bond, scored a success in a piano recital at Frederick Douglass Center last Friday evening. She played her entire program with out notes and with the intelligence and understanding of a musician. She was assisted by Olva Jordan, vocal pupil of Mme. Martha B. Anderson. Miss Jordan displayed a voice of rare timbre and sings with a good tone and distinct enunciation. Altogether the program was enjoyable and would have done credit to performers of maturer years. Although young in years, in fact as yet mere children, we predict that the future holds much in store for them and with persistent effort on their part, they may be counted upon to render good account of themselves in the years to come. Mrs. Maria Miller-Drake in Recital. Mrs. Maria Miller-Drake was presented in song recital last Friday evening at the Wabash Ave. Y. M. C. A. by her teacher, Mr. C. A. Huttre. A large audience was present and gave enthusiastic applause each of Mrs. Drake's numbers. Mr. I. T. Yarbrough, of Borean Bept. Choir, was one of the members of a quartet which assisted. From Headquarters, Local. 208 W. E. Berry is still confined to his bed in Provident Hospital where he has successfully undergone two minor operations. He is improving and Dr. McConnell, the attending physician, hopes to have the patient upon his feet soon. The enterprising and energetic president of Local 208 has opened a cigar and notion store at 4010 Indiana avenue. He will carry all the Negro Newspapers including The Broad Ax. He will be ably assisted by his wife. Danny Parker, former drummer of the States Theatre, died Sunday at his residence, Lake and Robey streets. Local musicians are all astir preparing to attend the National Association of Musicians which convenes May 10-15 at Pittsburgh, Pa. The Chicago delegates including Mr Hugh Swift, Edward Smith and alterate, Charles Elgar, will leave Sunday night for the "smoky city." ATTORNEY JACKSON EXPECTED Attorney Giles B. Jackson, one of the leading attorneys of Richmond, Va. and widely known, will be in the city in June to attend the National Republican Convention. ITEMS OF INTEREST Two tales were told about the Negro lynched in Kansas about the white girl The white fellow with him was said to have committed the crime, but the girl selected the black man for slaughter. The white woman arrested in Grand Rapids for bigamy when she married a colored man, stated she had had two white husbands neither of them was any good so she thought that she would try the colored man, hoping for better treatment. DAVIS HOME SADDENED The death of their sister, Mrs. Mary Pickett, formerly of Virginia, a few weeks ago and the severe illness of a brother, H. R. Jackson of Boulder, Colo., has greatly saddened the home of Mrs. Emma Davis, 1940 Walnut street, and family. Mrs. Davis will leave in a few days for Colorado to be at the bed side of her brother. TO ATTEND CONVENTION Hon. John T. Oatneal of Washington Courthouse, Ohio, will be in the city in June to attend the National Republican Convention. Hon. Oatneal is a leading attorney of his city and was elected to the bench last November. CHIPS Dr. and Mrs. L. E. Logan of 4632 Evana avenue, moved to Gary, Ind., last week, where the doctor will take up the practice of dentistry. Mrs. Ada Bell Griffen, dramatie reader, stopped in the city a few days en route west on her recital tour. She was the guest of Mrs. Alpha Maxwell, 4207 Prairie avenue. Mrs. Edward Washington, 4910 Indiana avenue, is convalescent in Provident Hospital. Dr. A. W./Williams is the attending physician. Mrs. Minnie Wright of Bethesda Choir, is also reported as improving. She expects to return home in a few days. Alderman and Mrs. Robert R. Jackson, 3368 South Park avenue, are spending ten or fifteen days at West Baden for the benefit of the health of Mrs. Jackson. Dr. Edward S. Miller, who spent the past three weeks in visiting his aged mother at Winchester, Ky., has removed his office from 3101 S. State street to 3036 S. State street, Columbia Hotel. Dr. Walter N. Thomas, 2359 S. State street, has gone on a pleasure trip through the East and he will spend several weeks in sight seeing in that section of the country. Mrs. Cary B. Lewis, 437 E. 46th street, and her mother, Mrs. B. F. Moseley, have bought a fine electric car, which will enable them to visit among their friends without using the street cars. E. H. Williamson who has been in the undertaking business for some years at 5028 S. State street, is constructing a fine undertaking establishment on State street, south of 51st street and when completed it will be one of the most modern places of its kind on the south side. Why "Leap Year." The name "leap year" is supposed to have grown out of King Henry's proclamation making February 28 and 29 legally one day. Father Time being conceived of as leaping the gap from the 28th day of February to the first of March. [Image of a man in a suit with a tie and glasses. The background is plain black. The man's face is centered, and he appears to be looking slightly to the right. The image is cropped to just the face and shoulders.] HON. JAMES W. BREEN Assistant Corporation Court Committeeman of the Thirtie Mayor William Hale Thompson and Mr. Breen would make a the Municipal Court. Assistant Corporation Counsel of Chicago, newly elected Committeeman of the Thirtieth Ward, strong supporter of Mayor William Hale Thompson at every stage of the game and Mr. Breen would make a splendid candidate for Judge of the Municipal Court. Do Kindly Act Gracefully. Do Kindly Act Gracerely. Manners are the ornament of action; and there is a way of speaking a kind word, or of doing a kind thing, which greatly enhances their value. What seems to be done with a grudge, or as an act of condescension, is scarcely accepted as a favor. Yet there are men who pride themselves upon their grumfness; and though they may possess virtue and capacity, their manner is often such as to render them almost insupportable.—Samuel Smiles. Found Out What Ailed Him. Billy's mother had bought some apple tarts for company, and when Billy spled them he said to his mother: "I have such a funny feeling in my stomach. I don't know whether I am thirsty or hungry." His mother said, "Take a drink of water," after which he said, "No, that isn't it. I still feel that way." Whereupon his mother gave him one of the tarts, and after eating it he said, "That was it, mother, I was hungry." Batteries Well Loaded Ralph enjoyed riding in the machine and heard his father often complain of the batteries and thought they made it squeak. When baby sister kept up her continual crying one evening he said: "I bet her batteries will never run down." Skillful Navigators The world has never produced greater navigators than the early Polynesians, who in their big ourrigger canoes traversed the Pacific north and south, east and west. Without map or compass, they pushed north to the equator and south to the ice pack. The white explorer came in the tracks of their canoes. Ape Fur Very Useful. The black apes of Guinea have long alky hair, and their fur is used for muffs and capes. 1 The efficient and popular Coroner of Cook City made himself solid with all the colored people coming to his fair dealing and skillful handling of the in Chicago in 1919, and insisting upon a fair in the crimes and outrages perpetrated upon both colored citizens alike, without any doubt will be colored citizens alike, without any doubt will be all. The efficient and popular Coroner of Cook County, who has made himself solid with all the colored people of this city, owing to his fair dealing and skillful handling of the riot situation in Chicago in 1919, and insisting upon a fair investigation of the crmes and outrages perpetrated upon both the white and colored citiens alike, without any doubt will be renominated colored citizens alike, without any doubt will be renominated fall. insel of Chicago, newly elected Beth Ward, strong supporter on at every stage of the game splendid candidate for Judge Danger in Overweight Overweight, within ten pounds under thirty years of age is consider- able a favorable sign and indicates resi- ance against tuberculosis. After the years it is an unfavorable sign, nifying over-eating, auto intracranial and danger of hardening of the teries, apoplexy, heart failure, and Bright's disease. Sugar and Crime. The observation has been made in the English courts that 90 per of the children brought up for were accused of stealing sweets. The corroborates the assertion of John Henry Neil that whenever there is increase in juvenile crime it is due a scarcity of sugar. The children must have sugar and they will not it if they must. Dip the ink spot in pure melted low, says a correspondent, then out the tallow and the ink will out with it. Milk will remove from linen or colored muslins the acids would be ruinous, by soaking the goods until the spot is very flat and then rubbing and rinsing in cold water. Town With No Streets The smallest dependence of France is Isle d'Hoelie, situated at the end of Bella Isle. Its population is 22. They do not speak French, but Celtic Fishing is the principal industry, and they are provided with food at an island managed by the women. The town has no streets. Man-speed. The speed of the runner and skier are about the same, contrary to the general belief that the skier is the faster. The record is about 32 feet a second. By running on skis a speed of 72 feet a second has been made and in leaping on skis a rate of 32 feet per second has been recorded. [Image of a man in a suit with a tie]. oner of Cook County, who has colored people of this city, owed handling of the riot situation, g upon a fair investigation of stated upon both the white and my doubt will be renominated my doubt will be renominated Sugar and Crime Ink Stains. Man-speed. [Name not visible] HON. OSCAR DE PRIEST. Delegate to the Republican First Congressional District of the Dr. Bundy meeting at the day afternoon, who is ready Mayor William Hale Thompson States. in the Republican National Convention National District of Illinois, who ab- bey meeting at the South Park M. E. , who is ready and willing to fa- m Hale Thompson for President Delegate to the Republican National Convention from the First Congressional District of Illinois, who ably presided at the Dr. Bundy meeting at the South Park M. E. Church Sunday afternoon, who is ready and willing to fall in line for Mayor William Hale Thompson for President of the United States. The soy bean, almost since its introduction into America, has been exploited at different times as "coffee berry," "coffee bean," "new coffee plant," "domestic coffee berry," and "new domestic coffee berry." For many years the soy bean has been used to a slight extent in Europe, especially Switzerland, as a substitute for coffee, in Japan and southern Russia the soy bean is prepared as a coffee substitute and placed on the market. This product is ground very fine and has much the same appearance as coffee. Jud Tunkins says a man is known sometimes by the company he keeps and other times by the company he cuts loose from. THE FOLLOWING LETTER SPEAKS FOR ITSELF. County Clerk, Cook County, Illinois. Chicago, Ill., May 4, 1920. Mr. Julius Taylor. Editor of The Broad Ax. May I express to you a sense of great personal appreciation of your fine tribute on the occasion of the death of our lamented friend, Roger C. Sullivan. Your article in The Broad Ax evidenced your close acquaintance with Mr. Sullivan, and your knowledge of those unusual qualities of sympathy and consideration which so distinguished him. As one of Mr. Sullivan's close friends I thank you heartily. Your friend, ROBERT M. SWEITZER, County Clerk. 86 86 PEL 86 PEI The best and the most popular Clerk of the that Cook County ever had, who may be select Illinois delegation to the San Francisco conventi and the most popular Clerk of the county ever had, who may be selection to the San Francisco convention The best and the most popular Clerk of the County Court that Cook County ever had, who may be selected to head the Illinois delegation to the San Francisco convention. The Soy Bean. Jud Tunking My Dear Mr. Tavlor: Your friend. National Convention from the Illinois, who ably presided at South Park M. E. Church Sun- and willing to fall in line for on for President of the United Decisive in Refusal. When you do not intend to pay a bill there is nothing like being deciased in your refusal. The other day a book-seller had an "account rendered" returned to him with the following reply scrawled across the billhead: "Dear Sir: I never ordered this beastly book. If I did, you didn't send it. If you sent it, I never got it. If I got it. I paid for it. If I didn't I won't. Now go and hang yourself, you fat head. Yours very respectfully, John Jones." What Is a Peddler? The word peddler is derived from an old English word, "ped," as in Spencer's "Shepheards' Calendar." "A bask is a wicker weder wherein they use to carry fish." It has no connection with the Latin pedis, a foot, as often reported. A peddler is, therefore, one with a ped. basket, or pack, and it has been held in law, one who has the identical article he sells in his "ped." It is, simply speaking, incorrect, therefore, to call an itinerant merchant who simply takes orders for goods bought from seeing samples he carries, a peddler. Want Stronger Windmills Windmills are not used in any great extent in Mexico, because the "norners" blow them over. It is thought that a windmill of low construction with a wide base would overcome this and might prove very popular. 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 M ular Clerk of the County Court who may be selected to head the francisco convention. The Young Spurn Advice. One peculiar thing of life is that when we grow old we cannot make the younger generation take our advice on matters of life. They say: "That may have been all right when you were young, but that was many years ago. Times have changed since then." It would be fine if we could have the younger generation start where we leave off instead of committing the same foolish mistakes that we ourselves have made, and yet it seems that this cannot be.—Dean Shaller Mathews. Peculiar Will Upheld. An elderly Frenchman was dead in his house at Doumely Ardennes. A search among pers failed to reveal any will under his bed, a piece of sheett discovered, with these words on it in white chalk: "I beque my property to the borough dennes on condition that the gives £12 to the local fire bring a beaenfest. (Signed) —" I attests disputed this queer an brief will, but the local court that it was valid. Presidential Powers The president of the United States is by Article II, Section II of the Constitution, commander-in-chief of the army and navy and of the militia of the several states when called into the actual service of the United States. Under his general power as commander-in-chief he can order the army and navy anywhere he will, when necessary, to protect the rights of American citizens and their property, or to see that the laws are executed faithfully. Defectives in the Orient There are 1,000,000 blind and at least 400,000 deaf in China. India has 500,000 blind. Nearly 5 per cent of the population of Cairo is said to be physically defective, usually blind or half blind. The natives of the African jungle, instead of being the lusty savages of imagination, are for the most part physically below par. The majority of them are malnourished and diseased and marked physical defects are common. Traveling To any person who has all his senses about him, a quiet walk along not more than ten or twelve miles of road a day is the most amusing of all traveling; and all traveling becomes dull in exact proportion to its rapidity. Going by railroad I do not consider as traveling at all; it is merely "being sent" to a place, and very little different from becoming a parcel.—Ruskin. Dog's Life. A dog attains its full growth at the age of two, is old at ten, and seldom lives more than 20 years. Mahogany Sir William Raleigh introduced mahogany into England in 1597. He had used the timber to repair one of his ships. While the wood found many admirers at that time, it did not become of commercial value until 150 years later. Different varieties of mahogany are found in Africa, Japan, United States, Philippine islands, India and Australia. Keeping the Birds Away. The roof ridge of a Chinese house is usually decorated with an elaborate plaster ornament in the form of a design embodying the character "fu", signifying happiness. To prevent the ornament being damaged by birds the owner of the house sticks numerous ordinary sewing needles point outwards into the soft plaster. Unlucky Day for Spain. April 5 is the anniversary of the compromise of Breda, in 1568, when the nobles of Holland presented a petition against the Inquisition and the Spanish outrages perpetuated in its name. The revolt of the Netherlands, following Philip's determination to wipe out Protestantism, ruined Spanish prosperity. Break the Matches. The woodsman always breaks in two a match after use. The habit prompts the thought "Be careful," requires handling the hot end, takes up little time, and if the match is not extinguished, the half which burns on the ground is not so likely to generate heat enough to ignite the litter. Get the habit. Dangers to Be Avoided. Wrong eating brings disease and premature aging. This is obvious to all unprejudiced minds. And there are two principal styles of eating which must be avoided to secure dependable health—namely, eating badly prepared food and eating too much of food properly prepared.—J. M. Tilden, M. D. And He Had Only One Way to Go! There is at the entrance of the church of San Salvador in the Spanish city of Oveido a remarkable tomb, erected by a prince named Silo, with a curious Latin inscription which may be read 270 ways by beginning with the capital "E" in the center. Beginning of Spring. Spring begins when the sun enters the sign of Aries of the sodiac, or the constellation of Pisces, and the exact time of this event varies a little from year to year. The dates of the commencement of the seasons may be stated as about March 21, June 21, September 22 and December 22. Cost of Carelessness In some of the cities of this country the fire loss amounts to eight or ten dollars per capita while in other cities, where proper precautions are taken, the loss on this account has been reduced to 32 cents per capita. -Detroit Free Press. Bull Enough There. Too. When a bull gored a man the other day the first telephoned report set down that the victim was "bored by a fool" and died. The police theory at the time was that he had perished at a political meeting—London Opinion. Odora of Plants. The odors of plants reside in different parts of them—sometimes in the roots, as in the iris and vittvert; the leaves in mint and thyme, the stem or wood in cedar and sandal, the flower in the roses and violets, the seeds in the tonquin bean and caraway, the bark in cinnamon, etc.—Brooklyn Earle. Land of Beulah. In the Pilgrim's Progress, the greatest allegory in English literature, written by John Bunyan from 1000 to 1678, Beatah is the name given to a land of rest and quiet, represented as lying on the hither side of the river of Death in which the pilgrims tarry till their summons comes to cross the stream and enter the Celestial city. Peculiar Will Uphold. An elderly Frenchman was found dead in his house at Dounely in the Ardennes. A search among his papers failed to reveal any will, until, under his bed, a piece of shectron was discovered, with these words written on it in white chalk: "I bequeath all my property to the borough of Ardennes on condition that the mayor gives £12 to the local fire brigade for a beafnest. (Signed) ———." The relatives disputed this queer and very brief will, but the local court decided that it was valid. African Bird Sweet Singer The Cape canary is the only native bird of Africa that is well known for his sweet and continuous song. He is to be found even in the Orange River colony, which is otherwise devoid of song birds. Modern Gold. Great reservoirs in the mountains to store the winter rain and snow would be veritable pots of gold at the end of the California rainbow. San Francisco Chronicle. Preciciousness of Rarity We not infrequently hear the first kiss of love very highly spoken of, but a great deal may be said also for the good-by kiss of a wife's relative. Ohio State Journal. When Birds Return When birds begin to come back in early spring, they may be attracted to trees near the home by placing near the trees a shelled cocoanut, with some snut. 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. At every attempt his claws slipped; he was losing his head; he was growing weak. The older dog pushed him downstream to a safe landing. then went on about his business, as if it were a mere detail.—American Magazine. On a Curve. An Australian inventor has given a piano a slightly curved keyboard so a player can reach all parts of it with equal effort. Playing Safe Percy Noodles says that when he asked the capitalist's daughter if she thought it would kill her to give him a word of encouragement, she said she didn't, but there was no use taking a foolish risk.—Dallas News. Lines to Be Remembered A man who does not know how to learn from his mistakes turns one of the best schoolmasters out of his life. —Henry Ward Beecher. Sound Waves 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. Emergen and Argument I do not know what arguments mean in reference to any expression of any thought. I delight in telling what I think; but if you ask me how I dare say so, or why it is so, I am the most helpless of mortal men.—Emerson. Look in the Sewing Bag. Inasmuch as nobody has ever answered the old question, "What becomes of all the plins?" we submit one that may be easier: What becomes of all the safety razor blades?—Albany Journal. Your Savings Are Safe Here Our bank is one of the oldest and strongest banks of Chicago. Under Government and State inspection — Member Federal Reserve System. Start an account here today. Don't hide your money around the house or carry it on your person. Put it in the bank. Start an account here today Capital and Surplus $15,000,000 NEW BANKING HOURS FOR SAVINGS Daily 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturdays 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. STRENGTH BROOKS ILLINOIS TRUST & SAVINGS BAN La Salle at Jackson...Chicago J. P. STRONG Prominent Real Estate Broker of Massachusetts. Boston, Aug. 25th—says, "I have been in the real estate brokerage business for many years. I have offered with less of money, indulgence and nervousness, but since taking Argo-Phosphate, I sleep better and eat with less of money, and can feel great change of my system." There is nothing in medical science that equals Argo-Phosphate in the treatment of indigestion, dermatum, nervousness, kidney and liver ilis. Sold by all reliable druggists. Japanese Woman and Literature. It is to the Japanese women that the Japanese language owes much of the progress it has made during the last century. She was of old forbidden to study the Chinese language, which was considered the exclusive monopoly of men. The Japanese women took hold of their native tongue and were soon at the head of the literary movement of their country. India Rubber Strangely Named. Few articles seem more strangely named than india rubber. It gets its name from the first use to which it was put—that of erasing pencil marks by rubbing. Nor should it be associated with India. The tree was first mentioned by an explorer among the Mexican Indians three centuries ago. Touch Iron Instead of Wood. Investigation discloses the fact that in many districts of England the custom of touching wood still prevails just as sold 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. Spontaneous Combustion. Because the hollow fibers of cotton are loaded with oxygen they burn with a quick flash. When you add to cotton, which is already loaded with oxygen, oil, which is also loaded with oxygen, the excess of oxygen is likely sooner or later to make the cotton burst into flame. That is how spontaneous combustion occurs among oily rags—Youth's Companion. Tempora Mutantur. First century A. D.: "And now abdelt faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity." Twentieth century A. D.: "And now abdelt muscle, brains, money, these three; but the greatest of these is——" Strong Light Killie Lobsters Lobsters are very sensitive to cold and light, being accustomed to the comparatively steady temperature and the obscure light of the ocean bottom. Exposure to strong sunlight is soon fatal to them. Cornstarch in Turkish Delight. The only corn product used to an appreciable extent in Greece is cornstarch. This is employed to make loucoumia or Turkish delight, a clear, jellylike confection popular in the pear East. New Airplane Engine. Tests have been completed on a new type of airplane engine, which will be silent, and from which the danger of fire in the air has been removed. A Word for the Dogs. Jud Tunkia says the affection of a dog for a man is beautiful and it's a shame the way many a person fools the dog. Teney Turvy Bird. The famingo, because of the shape of its bill, is obliged, in feeding, to turn its head upside down, in order to take in a fish. Soul Vision. There's no monopoly of soul vision. It's not particular about the residence of its beneficiary. 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. Time Is Money "Charley, dear," said young Mrs. Tomkins, "I'm going to read poetry after this." "What for?" "It saves so much time. There are so many open spaces in poetry that the time required to read a page is materially shortened!" Difficult Course. There are golfers so engrossed in the game that they can think and talk of nothing else. Such a one was taken by an astronomer to look at the moon through a telescope. Asked what he thought of that satellite, the golfer replied: "It's a 'right', but it's aufu' fu' g bankers"—Boston Transcript. Robbed of His Support With reference to the road mender who fell down last week and injured himself an explanation has now been given. It appears that the colleague next to him must have moved.—London Punch. In Preferred Position. Jud Tunkins says one reason why his life is a comparatively happy one is that he can quit work and go to the movies without bothering to write a letter of resignation. Control That Is Important It is easy to forget a kindness and to remember a kick. Yet controlling our recollections is almost as important as controlling our temper.—Eilot How They Work It. Jud Tunkins says a few people seem able to have a pretty easy time in life simply by getting the reputation of being hard to please. Upon Reflection Upon arrival it is better to have loved and lost than to pick out a go-cart with your wife—Arkansaw Thomas Cat. Unexplored Arabia. In Arabia there is a tract of unexplored territory nearly five times the size of Great Britain. Boiling Tin Can After trying many other processes of recovering tin from old cans, there is now, according to La Nature, a return to the old-fashioned method of boiling the scraps (well cleaned) in a solution containing an excess of free alkali and saltpeter. The tin is recovered as crystals of stannate of sods, and the alkali and saltpeter can be used over and over again. AR. AD HON. GEORGE FRANKLIN HARDING, JR. City Comptroller of Chicago, millionaire real estate owner, who would make a cracker-Jack Thompson candidate for Governor of Illinois. Hair Net Construction Human hair goes through many processes before reaching the user in the shape of a hair net, and the best are claimed to be made from hair prepared in England. The hair is bleached, chemically treated to reduce its thickness, and then dyed and combed into lengths ready for netting. After being thus treated it is sent to China to be distributed through properly appointed agencies and made into nets by hand by natives. 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. Marketa in China. China is a land of markets. They are held in every city and town, and even in the small villages. Where there is no regular market place, much of the buying and selling is done out of doors. But there is hardly a village that hasn't its regular market plot. In the larger towns and cities there are several. Gray Hair Comes Sooner to Men. A man's hair is estimated to turn gray five years younger than a woman's on the average, so authorities declare. Genuine Nutmeg. Nutmegs are kernels of the fruit of a tree cultivated in Sumatran, Java, and the West Indies. The shape and size of this fruit resembles a peach and, when ripe, it easily splits in two parts, showing the kernel (or nutmeg) and mace, which surrounds it. Coldest Moments During the Day. The few minutes after sunrise is usually the coldest period of the day. Removes Red Ink Stains To remove red ink stains from table linen spread freshly made mustard over the stain and leave about one-half hour. Then sponge off and all trace of ink will have gone. 1 A. B. J. HON. WILLIAM A. BITHER. The free or liberal minded a tion, the newly elected Comm who would make an ideal cand S. Tuthill as Judge of the Circu The free or liberal minded attorney for the Board of Education, the newly elected Committeeman of the Third Ward, who would make an ideal candidate to succeed the late Richard S. Tuthill as Judge of the Circuit Court of Cook County. Genuine Nutmea The Old Way Was Cheaper. The good old days of the rheumatic are gone. He no longer totes a raw potato in his pocket. He goes to his doctor, his doctor sends him to the tonsil expert, the tonsil expert sends him to the X-ray expert, the X-ray expert sends him to the dentist, and the dentist returns him to the doctor, and the doctor sends him to the drug store. It's the life, boys. -Houston Post. Largest Organ. It is just about impossible to say where the largest organ in the world, because 'eve 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. Sparing Grandma A little miss was claving around in a forbidden box one day in the absence of her mother when her grandmother, who saw what was going on, accosted her rather sharply: "Gussie, what are you rummaging around in that box for?" And little Miss Gussie answered: "Now, grandma, it will probably be just as well if you don't know what I am after." The Muggletonians. This peculiar sect, founded by an English tailor named Muggelion in the seventeenth century, is not extinct. Muggelionians, 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. Body Temperature The average body temperature is 98.6 degrees, but it varies within a few degrees with the time of day and various other factors. It is normally 97.5 degrees in the morning and 98.5 in the afternoon. Eating and exercise may raise it from one to several degrees. Nervousness may cause sudden changes either higher or lower. Remarkable Flight of Pigeon A homing pigeon bearing the name of Ben Bolt was announced as having established a new long-distance flight record of 2,200 miles in the summer of 1915, 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. 1910 attorney for the Board of Educanitteeman of the Third Ward, date to succeed the late Richard suit Court of Cook County. 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 36th Place and State Street, Chicago Up-to-Date or Modern Houses, Apartments and Stores to Rent 3101 COTTAGE GROVE AVE. Corner 31st Street, Chicago SPRING is a vexatious time for house-heating. One day it is hot and the fire is allowed to go out, the next day it is freezing and you have to clean out the dead ashes and start a new fire. Then the weather turns warm again and the house gets over-heated. The only way to adjust this "see-saw" of Spring temperature and save all the discomfort, annoyance and expense is by having gas ROOM HEATERS. New designs, scientific and satisfactory. THE THERMOPHORE ROOM HEATER An ideal heater for General purposes. DOT PROOF. An ideal gas combustor room heater. Sizes and prices to meet requirements. ECLIPSE - Handy little portable heater. RADIATIRE - A very handy, hygienic gas heater that harmonizes with all styles of interior decorations. GAS STEAM RADIATORS - Steam Heat room heater. Every Radiator has a virtual heating plant. Nojanitor needed. There are many other interesting modern designs in "ROOM HEATERS." Look at the illustration, call a Customer Rest Room, "People Gas Building, or any of our Neighborhood Stores: North Side 3071 West Third Avenue 3624 Irving Park Blvd. 406 West North Avenue South Side West Side 271 West Sixth-third Street 2142 W. Madison St. 371 West Arthur Armena 1789 W. Rocoville Rd. 380-S West Thirty- fifth Street 1641 Milwaukee Ave. 1852 West Armena 4033 W. Madison St. The Peoples Gas Light & Coke Company Telephone Wabash 6000 Michigan Avenue at Adams Street Telephone Central 5832 Residence Douglas 2616 Mrs. Warner Painless Chiropody 15 Years' Experience Opposite Palmer House 120 So. State Street CHICAGO Warblers of All Kinds Not taking into account the human beings who are sometimes referred to as warblers, you will find that there are many kinds of warblers. If you had a collection of them all together they would take in about all the colors of the rainbow, yellow, orange, chestnut, black, white, green, gray, brown and other colors, with numerous shades entering into their beautiful plumage. Beliefs Concerning Sapphire. To the saphire has been ascribed wicked thoughts; that it is such an enemy to poison that if put in a glass with a spider or venomous reptile it will kill it. St. Jerome in his exposition of the nineteenth chapter of Isaiah says that the saphire procures favor from princes, pacifies enemies, frees from enchantment and obtains release from captivity. This gem was sacred to Apollo and was worn when inquiring of the oracle at his shrine. It was esteemed a remedy against free. TELEPHONE GEORGE F. H. REAL Up-to-Date or Modern and Store 3101 COTTAGEN Corner 31st S FROM THIS DATE ONWARD THE BROAD AX CAN ALWAYS BE FOUND ON SALE AT THE FOLLOWING NEWS STANDS: Edward Felix, Notions, Cigars and News Stand, 3002 S. Dearborn street. George W. Boyd, News Stand, Laundry Office and Shoe Shining Parlors, 3620 S. State street. Mrs. L. Myers, Notion Store, Laundry Office and News Stand, 5012 S. State street. Thomas Bell, News Stand, Ice Cream Parlors and Laundry Office, 17 W. 33rd street, near State. Mrs. Moses Ratcliff, President of the Willing Workers' Club, of St. Catherine A. M. E. Zion Church, 3729 Elmwood avenue. Insist on Recognition. Insist on Recognition. The best ideas in the world will not work themselves. Usually the best things have to be impressed upon folks. There's something in human nature that seems willing to fall for the nonsense of life much more readily than it takes on life's responsibilities. Call it what you will. The name you give it won't alter the facts. So the only thing left is to get under the load and carry it to success. You must not get tired. Let others grow weary and quit. The leader and reformer you must trudge on and by your dogged zeal compel recognition for yourself and what you stand for.-Grit. The Movies of 1713. On another page of this paper was printed recently an alleged newly discovered manuscript by Aristotle philosophizing on the movies. Mr. Walkley was joking, of course; but there is no joke about this extract from Swift's "Journal to Stella," dated March 27, 1713: "I went afterward to see a famous moving-picture, and I never saw anything so pretty. You see a sea ten miles wide, a town on 'other end and ships sailing in the sea and discharging their cannon," etc.—Boston Transcript. The Alban Calendar. In the ancient Alban calendar, in which a year was represented as consisting of ten months of irregular length, April stood first with 36 days to its credit. In the calendar of Romulus it had 30 days, while Numa's twelve-month calendar assigned it to fourth place, with 29 days; and so it remained until the reformation of the calendar by Julius Caesar, when it recovered its former 30 days, which it has since retained. His Drawing Powers. "Can you draw?" an applicant for a private tutorship was asked. "Certainly," replied the candidate; "at ten years of age I could draw elder; at twelve, a picture; at fifteen, a hand-cart loaded with cabbage; at sixteen, an inference; at twenty, a bill of exchange. If I were an actor I believe I could draw the largest house; but, being a teacher, I am content to draw a small salary!" Beautiful Birds. There are about fifty different kinds of birds of paradise, which are among the most beautiful of the world's feathered creatures, and their home is in the South seas, on the continent of Australia and islands and countries nearby. These birds live in forest treetops and are very lively and active, jumping about and hanging from the limbs of the trees. Cost of Producing a Diamond. To produce a diamond in the rough costs approximately $7 a karat, according to estimates of various students of the diamond industry. If this diamond properly cut were sold at $30, it would net a good profit. In the South African mines it is said the diamonds are distributed so evenly that 100 tons of the blush clay yields about 100 karats of diamonds. The production cost of a five-karat diamond is $35. If it is flawless and of good water it will easily net $3,500. The supply of diamonds is unlimited. Almost all of the world's supply comes from South Africa and complete control of it is in the hands of one British concern. DOUGLAS 1 HARDING, JR. ESTATE] Corn Houses, Apartments to Rent E GROVE AVE. Street, Chicago R. T. Kirby, Shoe Shining, Hat Cleaning, Parlor and News Stand, 20 E. 35th street, near L Station. F. Bishop, Cigara, Tobacco and News Stand, 8 W. 27th street, near State. A. D. Hayes, Cigara, Tobacco, Notion, Stationery and News Stand, 3640 S. State street. Dodson's Shoe Shining Parlors and News Stand, Southwest corner 35th and State streets. News items left with any of the above news agents prior to Wednesday mornings of each week, will find their way into the columns of The Broad Ax. --- A. D. GASH ATTORNEY AT LAW 118] N. La Salle Street CHICAGO Residence 3829 Wabash Ave. Telephone Boulevard 1888 JAMES G. COTTER ATTORNEY-AT-LAW 145 NORTH CLARK STREET SUITE 407 Telephone Central 8364 CHICAGO Formerly Assistant Attorney General State of Illinois Res. 3646 Grand Boul. Doug. 4397 J. GRAY LUCAS ATTORNEY-AT-LAW 129 E. 31ST STREET Suite 16-17 Phone: Douglas 6351 CHICAGO F. Dunn, J. B. McCahoy, Trustees Tel: Oakland 1552, 1551, 1550 JOHN J. DUNN Established 1877 WHOLESALE AND RETAIL COAL Fifty-First and Federal Streets CHICAGO Residence, 1262 MacNaster Place Tel. Monroe 3714 MILES J. DEVINE ATTORNEY AT LAW SUITE 318-320 REAPER BLK. Clark and Washington Streets Phone Central 1230 CHICAGO Notary Public Phone: Office 0001 Residence, 4753 Champaign Ave. Phone: Droid 8778, 312-755-8000 ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW Suite 708—184 W. Washington St. CHICAGO Residence 8419 South Park Ave. Phone Douglas 9354 WM. J. LATHAM ATTORNEY AT LAW Office Phone: Calumet 875 2 EAST THIRTY-FIRST ST. Suite 7 CHICAGO Acidence 3855 Prairie Ave. Phone Douglas 0133 Phones: Main 3017 Auto 832-305 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. KREYSLER DRUGGIST 5057 South State Street Near 51st St. Net On the Corner CHICAGO "Exelento Will Make Your Hair Long, Too" EXELENTO FOR KINKY HAIR "Every woman can have a shiny long, long hair says May Gilbert. My hair has grown 38 inches long by using your wonderful" EXELENTO QUININE POMADE Don't be fed by fake Kinky Hair Remover. You can grow your hair long. Our pomade women deodorize, feeds the hair and makes it grow long and silky. We make Exelento Skin Beautifier, an ointment for hair and skin. Used in treatment of skin troubles. PRICE OF EACH 2g. IN STAMPS OR COIN AGENTE HAUNTED EVERYWHERE EXELENTO MEDICINE CO., Attica, Ga. --- THE BROAD AX, CHICAGO, MAY 8, 1920. Sensations of Heat and Cold. The feeling of cold or warmth is caused by sensations in the skin and has little significance as to the body temperature. On a hot day one may feel very hot when the body temperature is quite normal. Again at the beginning of a fever one may feel cold as in the case of a chill. This chilly feeling is caused by the contrast between the higher temperature of the internal organs and still normal temperature of the skin. A Terrifier. An artist was sketching from the river bank near two friends who were fishing. The artist was at one time surrounded by cows which interfered with his view, and he tried to drive them away by throwing things at them, but they would not budge. At length one of the anglers cried: "Show them your sketch, old man!" He did so, and the offenders fled. West En Ashland S CAPITAL AND SU West Englewood Hishland State B CAPITAL AND SURPLUS $300,00 West Englewood Ashland State Bank CAPITAL AND SURPLUS $300,000.00 1610 West 63rd Street COMPARATIVE STATEMENT LAST SEVEN November 18, 1912. November 17, 1913. November 17, 1914. November 17, 1915. November 17, 1916. November 17, 1917. November 18, 1919. November 17, 1919. OFFICI JOHN BAIN, President MICHAEL MAISEL, Vic EDW. C. BARRY, W. MERLE F. ARTHUR Largest Labor of Negroes in Every Craft of Railroad ATIVE STATEMENT OF DEP LAST SEVEN YEARS November 18, 1912.....$ 836,60 November 17, 1913.....988,38 November 17, 1914.....912,00 November 17, 1915.....1,059,40 November 17, 1916.....1,132,75 November 17, 1917.....979,37 November 18, 1919.....1,284,08 November 17, 1919.....2,359,63 COMPARATIVE STATEMENT OF DEPOSITS FOR 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..... 1,284,084.24 November 17, 1919..... 2,359,636.62 OFFICERS AIN, President HAEL MAISEL, Vice President EDW. C. BARRY, Cashier W. MERLE FISHER, Assista ARTHUR. C. UTESCH, Best Labor Organ Negroes in the W by Craft of Railroad Work Repr JOHN BAIN, President MICHAEL MAISEL, Vice President EDW. C. BARRY, Cashier W. MERLE FISHER, Assistant Cashier ARTHUR C. UTESCH, Asst. Cashier. Largest Labor Organization of Negroes in the World Every Craft of Railroad Work Represented OVER 20,000 MEMBERS OVER 150 LOCALS OVER SIX YEARS OLD This association has done more for the railroad man of o than all other labor agencies combined. ociation has done more for the railroad over labor agencies combined. This association has done more for the railroad man of color than all other labor agencies combined. ASK THE MEN WHO KNOW Now housed in the magnif the Appomattox Club—recently ters. Railway Men's Benevolent Indust General Headquarters, Appomattox Club housed in the magnificent home form attox Club—recently purchased as o Halway Men's Internat ivalent Industrial Assoc General Headquarters, 3441 Wabash Club CL 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. CINEMA Cinema Gourmet a Possibilite pour L'amusement D'ici Mars 2014 ARNEST UND BRONDS OCEAN 500 RNEST H. WILLIAMSON UNDERTAKER PHONE: KENWOOD 4 55 OCT. 5098 - 5040 X STATE STREET Trail Pointer. You can't make your face. Perhaps, if you could, you would make it different; perhaps not. But you can make your voice. You can make it gentle or harsh, you can make it pleasant or quarrelsome, you can make it common or refined, you can make it appealing or repelling. Many a job has been refused because of an unpleasant voice, many a friendship rebuffled because of tones that grate harshly on the ear. A "common" voice slams tight the shut of many social and business opportunities—Indianapolis Star. Devices on Old Playing Cards. In the seventeenth century English cards were embellished with heraldic designs. The king of clubs bore the coat of arms of the pope of Rome, Spades, diamonds and hearts were adorned respectively with the armorial devices of the kings of France, Spain and England.—Cleveland Plain Dealer, Eaglewood State Bank ERPLUS $300,000.00 Chicago RENT OF DEPOSITS FOR BEN YEARS $ 836,605.23 988,386.38 912,005.69 1,059,400.64 1,132,750.71 979,377.47 1,284,084.24 2,359,636.62 ERS e President c Cashier SHER, Assistant Cashier C. C. UTESCH, Asst. Cashier. Organization in the World Work Represented e for the railroad man of color combined. cent home formerly used by purchased as our headquar- International Trial Association 3441 Wabash Ave. CHICAGO, ILL. WEST H.WILLIAMS INDERT BROADWAY KENWOOD Office: 5098-5090 S. SY Chicago Phone Douglas 8629 The Missi Billiard Ha The Mission Billiard Hall The Mission Billiard Hall GEO. W. HOLT, Propr. 3504 SOUTH STATE STREET CHICAGO, ILL. Phone Prospect 487 JAMES H. 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She complained that her husband during the sugar famine kept his supply in a separate bowl, in which he imprisoned a fly. If the fly was still there when he returned home nobody had tampered with his hoard; if it was not, a lump or two had been taken. Cut out this Subscription at this Subscription Blank and Mail Cut out this Subscription Blank and Mail it to THE BROAD AX 6206 S. Elizabeth St., Chicago, IL. JULIUS F. TAYLOR, Please e to THE BROAD AX. I enclose her subscription to same, or One Dollar Name ... Town ..... TAYLOR, Please enter my name. MAX. I enclose herewith Two Do time, or One Dollar for six months. Town ..... JULIUS F. TAYLOR, Please enter my name as a subscri to THE BROAD AX. I enclose herewith Two Dollars, the subscription to same, or One Dollar for six months. THE HOTEL Mission rd Hall RYAN & CO. Estate, Renting Insurance An Apt Illustration The teacher was quoting wise ways to the class and getting their opinions about them. She said: "A discursive silence is better than the truth spoken en without charity. Can any boy be a practical interpretation of that im?" Somewhat to her consternation a freckle-faced lad made this home application: "If you see a cocktail on the table, don't say anything about it."—From the Outlook. Sickening Discovery The teacher had read a chapter from "The History of the American Revolution" and Raymond had then heard the word "breastworks" for the first time. Telling his mother the story when he got home, he said: "When the British got up in the morning and saw the Americans on the opposite side of the hill, they threw up their breakfasts—Boston Transcript. Odd. A British firm bears the name of "English & Irish." The funny thing about it is, however, that Mr. Irish is English and Mr. English is Irish. Boston Transcript. on Blank and Mail it to $1.00 FOR 6 MONTHS $2.00 PER YEAR e enter my name as a subscriber herewith Two Dollars, the sum dar for six months. CHICAGO, IL Odd.