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The Ex-Heavy Weight Prize Fighter of the World Will Arrive in Chicago Sunday Morning from Los Angeles, California HE WILL BE IN CHARGE OF A UNITED STATES DEPUTY MARSHAL AND SEVERAL HUSKY SHERIFFS AND POLICEMEN; ON HIS ARRIVAL HE WILL BE SECURELY LOCKED UP UNTIL HE IS PRODUCED IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT TO RECEIVE HIS MEDICINE OR SENTENCE, OF ONE YEAR IN THE BRIDEWELL AND ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS FINE, WHICH WAS IMPOSED ON HIM BY JUDGE GEORGE A. CARPENTER, BEFORE HE BECAME A FUGITIVE FROM JUSTICE IN 1913. JACK JOHNSON IS WILLING TO DO TIME IN THE BRIDEWELL, SO THAT LATER ON, HE MAY BE ABLE TO BUST UP AND DOWN OLD STATE STREET, IN HIS FAST RACING MACHINE, RUNNING OVER POLICEMEN AND ANYONE ELSE WHO WILL FAIL TO GET OUT OF HIS WAY. IT IS THE EARNEST WISH OF THE SOBER MINDED AND SUBSTANCIAL COLORED CITIZENS OF CHICAGO; THAT ON HIS HOME COMING; THAT MR. JOHNSON WILL REFRAIN FROM BRINGING SHAME AND DISGRACE, UPON THEM, BY HIS WILD AND RECKLESS CONDUCT, LIKE HE DID IN THE PAST. It seems that the end of the world is almost upon us for Col. Arthur or Jack Johnson, who had the high honor and the great distinction of being the heavy weight champion prize fighter of the world, has at last voluntarily surrendered to the United States authorities on the boundary line of this country and Mexico at Tia Juana, for he had been a fugitive from justice for more than seven years and during that time he successfully cut a wide swath in many parts of South America and in other parts of the old world, always scattering barrels of red paint in his pathway—having a high old time all the time. racing machine, completely running clear over policemen, and men, women and children in the humber walks of life and if some policeman did have the courage to arrest him for violating the speeding laws and for running over people simply to furnish excitement and amusement for himself, Mrs. Johnson and for his other white sporting friends who would happen to be in the machine with him he had the nerve and the brass to exclaim that the policemen and the people in general must keep or get out of his way and then they would not run the risk of being crushed to the earth and injured for life by his fast racing and Mr. Johnson for some time made his home in France and become a citizen of that free Republic, at that time or while the world war for democracy was in full swing the greatest weekly newspaper in the world in order to prove that he was a great big man and an honored citizen of that country and in order to sell some extra copies of that yellow journal to its short sighted and thoughtless readers, front paged, headlined the fact that Mr. Johnson had become one of the high Cols, in the French Army and as Col. he was at the head of a French regiment and that he would ride at the head of his regiment on the battle fields of France, which story was nothing but a mass of down right bare faced lies and they were simply hatched up to enable the greatest weekly newspaper in the world to humbug the guillible public and to sell some extra copies of the paper. Mr. and Mrs. Johnson will arrive in Chicago this coming Sunday morning from Los Angeles, Calif., a deputy United States Marshal and two or three husky policemen and several deputy sheriffs will also tag along by his side. Mrs. Johnson with her eighteen trunks loaded with fine and costly gowns and with high priced diamonds and other things so dear and sweet to the hearts of the fair ladies, will arrive at the same time with her ex-prize fighting husband but she will not be under the watchful care of any of the officers of the law and she will remain with some of her friends in this city until after Mr. Johnson finishes his time in the bridewell, of one year and one day and coughs up his fine of $1,000. Then after he begins his freedom in one way or the other his old sporting friends assisted by Mrs. Johnson and possibly by his warm friend, Col. Robert S. Abbott, will spread a great feast for him and welcome the prodigal son home or back to old State street. Seven years ago or before Mr. Johnson jumped his fifteen thousand dollar bond he was one of the most dangerous men that had ever breached into Chicago from any part of Texas, shortly after arriving in this city which is the fairest and the best on the face of the earth for colored people to thrive in and make something of themselves and to become highly respected in the estimation of their fellow men, Mr. Johnson placed himself high above all the laws of this fair city, he would bust through its streets and public parks at break-neck speed in his fast THE BROAD AX JOHN ARTHUR, OR JACK JOHNSON racing machine, completely running clear over policemen, and men, women and children in the humber walks of life and if some policeman did have the courage to arrest him for violating the speeding laws and for running over people simply to furnish excitement and amusement for himself, Mrs. Johnson and for his other white sporting friends who would happen to be in the machine with him he had the nerve and the brass to exclaim that the policemen and the people in general must keep or get out of his way and then they would not run the risk of being crushed to the earth and injured for life by his fast racing and high powered machine. Once in a while some very brave policeman would stop Mr. Johnson in racing through the streets in his machine like unto a wild maniae or mad man and cite him to court and nine times out of every ten when he was brought into court the Judges of the Municipal Court would laugh and joke with him and simply fine him $ or $10 and cost and then he would proudly march right out of the court room with a big crowd of tin-horn sports tagging after him, jump in his machine and start another wild career of running over policemen and other helpless citizens who were unfortunate enough to get in the way of his puffing and panting fast racing machine on the public streets of Chicago. On returning to old Chicago Mr. Johnson will have a splendid chance to redeem himself after he gets through with his court troubles and those who know him the best should urge him to refrain from conducting himself in the future like he did in the past thereby bringing disgrace and shame upon himself and the whole colored race resid in Chicago. HONOR TO WHOM HONOR IS DUE Several weeks ago Col. Bernard W Fitts, the hustling and wide-awake editor of the Chicago Searchlight, started a telling and an effective fight against the rotten and terrible vice conditions in the Second Ward and just as he had his fight under good headway, the greatest weekly newspaper in the world, rushed in and wanted to claim the first honors of starting the fight, but as Col. Fitts was far in the lead before the head gentlemen connected with the greatest weekly newspaper in the world had really woke up, Col. Fitts must be given the full credit of being the first among the newspaper gang to fire red-hot shots at the vice conditions and the vice lords in the Second Ward. Mrs. Alexander Tillery 4319 Langley avenue, delightfully entertained Miss May Pegg, of Topeka, Kans, Miss Caro Elizabeth Lewis, Miss Marion Harrison, Miss T. Hawkins, Miss Mary Gea and a number of other guests last Saturday evening. Mrs. Beatrice Lee Cooper, 5259 S. Dearborn street, is spending her summer vacation in New York City and before coming home she may go to London, England to join her husband Mr. Oblah Cooper. P. A. Extremely popular with All Classes of His Fellow Citizens Candidate for Re-Nomination for Trustee of the Sanitary District of Chicago. COLORED BOY IS GREATEST SCHOLAR. Harry Spencer Blackiston Becomes Greatest Scholar Ever Turned Out By University of Pennsylvania.—Has No Equal in History of the School—Wins All Scholarships Offered During His Attendance There.—Becomes Doctor of Philosophy at Abe of 23. Philadelphia, Pa. (Special to The Road Ax.)—Amidst the halo of glory surrounding the one-hundred and sixty-fourth annual commencement of the University of Pennsylvania last Wednesday the outstanding and most glorious feature of it all was the fact that Harry Spencer Blackiston, a colored boy, was proclaimed the greatest of all scholars who have ever graduated from that institution since its foundation. On Blackiston was conferred the highest literary degree of the University, that of Doctor of Philosophy, and with it goes the honor of being the youngest man upon whom this honor has ever been conferred since the opening of that institution, Blackiston having just passed out of his 22nd year. Has No Equal as Winner of Scholarships and Degrees. Harry S. Blackiston, after graduating from the Central High School in February, 1913, matriculated in the course of arts and sciences at the University of Pennsylvania in the following September, at the age of 16 years. At that time he became the recipient of the William P. Henry scholarship 1913-17; and the Mayor's scholarships 1913-17. As an undergraduate, he specialized in German and Latin. During the course of the academic year, 1916-17, he was awarded the George Schleicher prize for German conversation, by virtue of which he received a silver medal along with 415 in gold; and he was also given honorable mention in a prose Latin essay contest. In June, 1917, the degree of Bachelor of Arts was conferred upon him. About the same time he received a university scholarship in German for the ensuing academic year, 1917-18. In September, 1918, he was enrolled in the graduate school at the aforementioned institution, delving intensively into the study of German and Latin, and receiving the degree of Master of Arts in June of the following year. At this time he won a Harrison scholarship in German, together with an additional stipend of 4100. He continued his research CHICAGO, ILL., SATURDAY, JULY.24, 1980 HON. PATRICK J. CARR. work for the next two years at the same institution, winning a university scholarship in the year 1919; and now at the age of only 23 years he becomes the recipient of the degree of Doctor of Philosophy thereby being the youngest in the history of the university to receive such a degree. Blackiston is the son of Mr. and Mrs. James H. Blackiston of 1830 Fitzwater street. SIX GOVERNORS MOURN DEATH OF AGED MESSENGER. Samuel Gordon, Well-Known Trenton Resident, Dies at Age of 75. Estate Valued at $100,000. Trenton, N. J.—Samuel W. Gordon, 75 years old, of this city, messenger to the Governors of New Jersey for 46 years, died on last Sunday at his home here. He was messenger to the United States Supreme Court before coming to New Jersey and, while in that capacity, frequently shaved President Lincoln and accompanied the President upon the occasion of his address at Gettysburg. He was born in Philadelphia and was known to all of the men in New Jersey's State affairs for the period he has served as messenger to its Governors. He was an authority on antiques and did a thriving business of this character. He was identified with many State and national organizations. Gordon served under Governors Bedle, McClellan, Ludlow, Abbott, Green, Werts, Griggs, Voorhoe, Murphy, Stokes, Fort, Wilson, Fielder, Edge, Runyon and Edwards. Six former Governors and two former United States Senators were selected to act as honorary pall-bearers at the funeral which was held in this city on Wednesday. The former executives were: Walter E. Edge, William N. Runyon, James F. Fields, Foster M. Voorhees, John Franklin Fort and Edward C. Stokes. The other two honorary pall-bearers were former Senator David Baird and former Senator James Smith, JL. The deceased might have gone back to Washington with President Wilson in 1913 when the latter left the Governor's chair to enter the White House. He invited "Sam" as he was familiarly known to go along, but the aged man thought he had better remain in his place as messenger to the Governors of New Jersey and attend to his private business, which consisted in dealing in antique furniture in which he was an expert. It was esti- mated that he leaves property of this character valued at $100,000. For a long time the aged man had been troubled with chronic hiccups. He began to fail in health about a year ago, although he persisted in attending the door of Governor Elwards' inner office up until within a few days of his demise. The deceased is survived by several children, one of whom is Mrs. Walter Comer, wife of the Atlantic City attorney and a member of the public school teaching staff. The funeral was held at 2 o'clock on Wednesday from the Gordon residence, on Front street. Trenton. NEGRO MASONS PAY HONOR TO MEMORY OF JOHN G. JONES. A monument to the memory of the late John G. Jones was unveiled Wednesday at Oakwoods Cemetery by the colored Masons and affiliated bodies of the Chicago district. Addresses were made by C. I. Mitchell, sovereign grand commander of Sen Antonio, Texas; John H. Smith, deputy sovereign grand commander of Brooklyn; G. C. Williams, lieutenant sovereign commander of Louisiana; James R. Small of Massachusetts. Vivion Vasin, grand master of the Negro Masons of Illinois, was master of ceremonies. POPULAR HEAD OF CLIO SCHOOL VISITS EAST. Prof. Adena C. E. Minott, founder and head of the Ohio School of Mental Sciences, Inc., 3543 State street, is en route East. She will visit Boston and Salem, Mass, New York city, and Buffalo, New York and Philadelphia, Pa. for the next four weeks delivering a series of lectures on Character, Analysis and Self-Improvement. Prof. Minott recently returned from New York City where she conducted a six weeks' class course of training on the above subjects. MORRIS BROWN PRESIDENT ELECTED. Atlanta, Ga.—Rev. J. H. Lewis of California, was elected president of Morris Brown College. He takes the place of Rev. J. A. Gregg, now president of Wilberforce. The Twelfth Biennial Convention of the National Association of Colored Women at the Tuskegee Institute Alabama. Miss Hallie Quinn Brown of Wilkerforce, Ohio Elected President by Acclamation. Most All of the Old Officers were Re-Elected. Last Monday more than seven hundred of the best and most representative Colored women met at Tuskegee, Alabama. Those seven hundred and some odd delegates formed the backbone of the National Association of Colored Women who celebrated the 25th Anniversary at Tuskegee Institute. Seventy-five delegates from all parts of this state attended the meeting and Illinois furnished the largest delegation of all the states. Mrs. A. C. Richardson of Los Angeles, Calif., who has been visiting with friends in this city for the past month accompanied the delegates from this city and state to Tuskegee, and she greatly enjoyed the trip. The delegations to and from the convention rode in Pullman Palace cars all the way, which made it very pleasant for them. Dr. Robert R. Moton, Principal of Tuskegee Institute, delivered the address of welcome to the delegates and visiting friends. Mrs. Robert R. Moton, vice-president of the Tuskegee Woman's Club, welcomed the visitors in behalf of the Tuskegee Woman's Club. Dr. Moton's Welcome Address. Dr. Moton spoke in part as follows: "We are glad to have you ladies here. You know this is the fortieth year of Tuskegee's history, and I do not think anything is more encouraging or more fitting than that you should on your twenty-fifth anniversary meet here on the fortieth anniversary of the founding of this Institute. "And this is particularly true because this school was founded as you know by a man who had nothing of ancestry of which to boast. But in spite of all the difficulties he faced he was able to establish this school here among people, many of whom were prejudiced against him and his work. "I realize now as never before that the Negro race—no race—can rise higher than the womanhood of that race and the truth of the matter is, I never knew any race to rise as high as its womanhood. That is what we are struggling for. That is what I am struggling for—that we men of the race rise as high as the womanhood of our race." Mrs. Mary Church Terrell responded to the address of welcome by Dr. Moton, and Miss Hallie Q. Brown, of Wilberforce, Ohio, responded to Mrs. Moton's address. Mrs. Talbert's Address. On Tuesday evening the address of the president, Mrs. Mary B. Talbert, was delivered in the Institute Chapel to one of the largest audiences assembled during the session. Mrs. Talbert recounted in detail her activities during the war period, and the work she did for the Liberty Loan campaigns, and other war movements. She also referred to the work the Association has done in the restoration of the Frederick Douglass Home at Ahacostia, Maryland. The purpose being to make this one of the historical spots of America, which colored people, visiting the Nation's capital, may go and feel the inspiration of being in the home of one who meant so much to the Negro. Among the things that Mrs. Talbert stressed as a part of the program for the Association were the following: "First: For the United States Government to protect the rights of all its citizens at home and to put an end to mob violence, lynching and to the burning of human beings alive. "Second: That righteousness shall go forth as brightness and justice as a lamp that burneth." "Third: For a white ministry that will heed the command: 'Lift thy voice like a trumpet and show my people their transgressions and the house of Jacob their sine.' "Fourth: For a press that will mould healthy sentiment in favor of absolute justice. "Fifth: For the Negro race to live up to every requirement of an American citizen." Senator Harding's Telegram. In the midst of the session on Wednesday morning the following telegram from Senator Warren G. Harding, Republican nominee for President, was received: "Dr. R. R. Moton, Tuskegee Institute, Alabama. "Please extend to the members of the National Federation of Colored Women's Clubs now gathered at Tuskegee, my cordial greetings and the best wishes for a most successful and interesting convention. Let me express the hope that the Association will be guided by that broad and uplifting spirit which characterized the Founder of Tuskegee Institute. Booker Washington was one of the really useful men of the country, devoting his life to the service of his people, teaching them the true way to live and pointing out the paths which they must follow for the uplifting of their race. His example is the great heritage which your people should guard most zealously." When the telegram was read, motion was offered that the Association go on record as endorsing the Republican Party, but the motion did not carry. The following telegram was sent in reply to Senator Harding: "The National Association of Colored Women's Clubs acknowledges cordial greetings extended to us through Dr. R. R. Moton, and thank you for sentiment so warmly expressed. We can assure you that during this session which marks the 25th anniversary of the Association, as in past sessions, we will be guided by that broad uplifting spirit which characterized the life and works of Booker T. Washington, Founder of Tuskegee Institute. For 25 years the Association has dedicated itself to promoting the true Americanism, peace and good will. We regard this message, coming at this momentous period of our Nation's history, and from so distinguished a citizen, as most inspiring and encouraging. With best wishes. Mary B. Talbert, President National Association of Colored Women's Clubs." Colored Women's Clubs. The following officers were elected for the coming year: President, Miss Hallie Q. Brown, Wilberforce, Ohio; first vice president-at-large, Mrs. Marion Wilkerson, Orangeburg, S. C.; chairman executive board, Miss Georgia Nugent, Louisville, Ky.; first recording secretary, Mrs. Janie Porter Barrett, Peake, Va.; second recording secretary, Mrs. W. T. B. Williams, Tuskegee Institute, Ala; third recording secretary, Mrs. C. L. Hamilton, Indianola III; national organizer, Mrs. Ruth Bennett, Chester, Pa.; treasurer Mrs. C. R. McDowell, Hannibal, Mo; chairman of ways and means, Mrs. Charlotte Dott, Niagara Falls, N. Y.; parliamentarian, Mrs. Minnie Scott, Cincinnati Ohio; auditor, Addie W. Dickerson, Philadelphia, Pa.; statistician, Mrs. Alice Carey, Atlanta, Ga.; chaplain, Mrs. E. J. N. Sims, Swapstone Washington; chairman publicity committee, Mrs. R. R Moton Tuskegee, Institute, Ala; chairman printing, Mrs. Manie E. Stewart, Louisville, Ky.; honorary president, Mrs. Mary B. Talbert, Buffalo, N. Y.; custodian Douglass home, Mrs. J. C. Napier, Nashville, Tenn.; manager Douglass fund and trustee for life, Mrs. Mary B. Talbert, Buffalo, N. Y. Mrs. Mary B. Talbert, Buffalo, N. Y., retiring president and Mrs. Mary Waring Chicago, Ill., were named as delegates to the International Congress of Women to be held in Norway in September. Tuskegee Remembered. The sum of $1,000 was appropriated by the Association to be applied to the Scholarship Fund of Tuskegee Institute as a token of love and respect for Tuskegee, and as an evidence of the appreciation of the courses extended to them while here. The interest from this money will go (Continued on next page) HON. ADAM WOLF The honest and popular member of the Board of Assessors of Cook County and the peoples candidate for re-nomination and re-election to his present position. Entered as Second-Class Matter, Aug. 19, 1902, at the Post Office at Chicago Ill., Under Act of March 8, 1879. THE MANTLE OF CHARITY. By Dr. M. A. Majors. For several weeks the writer has been trying to reason out the justification of some very bold "strokes of genius" somewhere located in the big heads of somy even little men. The Tribune of a few weeks past exercised its great powers through its amateur reporters to wring from the immature intelligence of an editor of a Negro newspaper some of that anticipated and much expected lack of ripe thought appertaining to the Negro and where he is demanding as a man and for which he is protesting as a citizen. In the interview to which much costly space was given, a great deal of pedantic literary jargon leaked from the cranium of this half-baked writer, which was the subject of no little comment by real men of intelligence. As pitiable and as weak as the interview itself was, the writer stood upon consistent ground and urged that a mantle of charity might be given to cover all of its incongruities and lack of proper color. Anugly thrust at Prof. Dubois of course was the answer of the old time spirit of the old time darky to curry favor "wid de white folks" by giving here and there a smear and a daub of having at heart the uncharitable and ugly spirit to belittle our foremost scholar, and peradventurer cover him over with the pale caste of doubt, as to his great potency as a promoter of peace and good will among the races. To write in an interview such specimens of skulldugery and colorings, so that a reading world might conclude that Mr. Dubois was not to be taken seriously, or to attempt to nave him charged up with everything imaginable against the civilized races, and the peace of mankind, could have but one interpretation, and that was to aid the Tribune to disfigure and to weaken the races greatest advocate for justice and right. We do want social equality, and we want it to be so very social that a white miscreant shall be compelled by law to give his mullato baby a name. The social hogy if it ever could be properly interpreted should involve the colored girls' honor and virtue to the same extent that it sanctifies the white girls' honor and virtue. [Name] One of the high class honest and best judges of the Municipal Court of Chicago; who will without any question about it, be re-nominated and re-elected, to his present position, at the November election. We want our social equality to extend into the court room, the jury and up into the judges sanctuary. This social equality should extend to the county clerk's office, and it should be written into the marriage certificate of the white man and the black woman wherever and whenever the social law is violated. camouflage an existing, damnable situation from which the Negro suffers, but has the courage to expose as hypocritical and diabolical insincerity. MEETING OF THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF COLORED WOMEN'S CLUBS. Of course all men should not be interviewed and it was unfortunate that any such tommyrot ever saw the light of day. If the white man conceives social equality in the dark through the tempting money bag which he uses to facilitate his duplicity, why in God's name may we not insist on that social equality being given the indelible stamp of the state? And this personal selection with the rights and the principles that almost suggest privilege should be no less a guarantee to Negroes than it is and always has been to white men. Further, and to include everything that any race of men regard as cardinal the Negro wants and needs, contends protests will light for and by the eternal, will die for. It would be the humble submission of racial inferiority if the Negro ambition and aspiration did not look to the full and free exercise of his God given rights to the same degree and with an equal manifestation of every human trait, either of saint or sinner. We would suggest that the Chicago Tribune use greater care in its interviews, lest it unintentionally commit grave errors at the expense of a helpless people. Such interviews would go further, and serve better all concerned when men of ripe scholarship mature years and capable of social and biological discernment might meet as equals and expend their philosophy and fine phrases until worn to a frazzle. Then publish the interview, such an interview as does no camouflage an existing, damnable situation from which the Negro suffers, but has the courage to expose as hypocritical and diabolical insincerity. MEETING OF THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF COLORED WOMEN'S CLUBS. (Concluded from page I.) to pay the tuition of one student each year. Mrs. Booker T. Washington being sick and unable to leave her beautiful home, "The Oaks," most of the important executive meetings were held in her home. All of the delegates and visiting ladies were entertained absolutely free by Prof. Moton and the other officials of Tuskegee Institute, and they spared no pains nor money or time in endeavoring to make the event long to be remembered by all the ladies who attended the meeting which was the best and most important in the history of the Association. DEATH AND FUNERAL OP MES BIRDIE DOYLE. Last Thursday morning Mrs. Birdie Doyle, the highly accomplished and brilliant wife of Mr. Jack Doyle, 6250 S. Sangamon street, passed away at St. Luke's Hospital, where she had undergone an operation, immediately thereafter her remains were conveyed to her late home, where hundreds of her friends, called to extend their sympathy to her husband, Mr. Doyle and to her mother, Mrs. Williams and to the mother of Mr. Doyle of Cincinnati, O., and to express their sorrow of her silent passing on. Funeral services were held over her remains at 1 o'clock, Monday at Shiloh Baptist Church, 62nd and May streets. Its pastor, Rev. D. H. Harris, officiating. The floral offerings were very numerous and extremely beautiful. Her remains were laid to rest in Mt. Glenwood Cemetery. For five or six years past Mr. and Mrs. Doyle, have owned a beautiful six flat building at 53rd and Calumet avenue, which has always been occupied by first-class white tenants. Mrs. Doyle was assistant secretary of the Illinois Commission to celebrate the fifty years of freedom in 1915. She was an expert stenographer and for some years she was private secretary to Judge Jesse D. Baldwin of the Circuit Court of Cook County. She was a musician of considerable ability and possessed many other accomplishments. BETHEL LITERARY SOCIETY. On next Monday evening, July 26, at 8:30 o'clock, a grand debate will be held in Bethel Literary. Subject, Resolved, That Industry Is Supreme to Capital, J. T. H. Woods and L. W. Washington, affirmative and Attorneys S. B. Turner and Hale G. Parker, negative. Good music. Admission free. Bethel Church, 30th and Dearborn streets. Sandy W. Trice, President; Dr. W. D. Cook, Pastor, and J. W. Bell, Secretary. THE BROAD AX, CHICAGO, JULY 24, 1920 HON. JULIUS ROSENWALD DESIRES TO CONTINUE TO AID COLORED PEOPLE TO CONSTRUCT Y. M. C. A BUILDINGS IN THE VARIOUS SECTIONS OF THE COUNTRY. The following is a copy of a highly interesting letter which has been written to Mr. L. Wilbor Messer, general secretary of the Y. M. C. A. in this city by Hon. Julius Rosenwald, president of Sears-Robuck & Co., and it speaks for itself: July 17, 1920. The Young Men's Christian Association of Chicago. Gentlemen—Ten years ago it was my privilege to offer through your organization to aid colored people in securing facilities for education, recreation and service such as are afforded white people through Y. M. C. A. Buildings in Chicago and other cities. It seemed to me that, both in the interest of the country, it was essential that there should be in every community, in which there are large numbers of Negroes, a building, primarily for men and boys, devoted to their use. They had not in their own ranks a sufficient number whose means enabled them to provide such institutions. It, therefore, seemed the duty of white people to show interest in the welfare of these their neighbors by helping to supply this need. It was important that the best and most permanent local organization, such as the Y. M. C. A., take the matter in hand so that the institutions might be successfully managed. So I made the offer through it. Since 1910 thirteen buildings have been provided. Your recent survey of the eleven long enough in active service to be judged fairly disclosed reasonably satisfactory results and gave promise that they will be successful permanently. Since the original offer, new and unexpected conditions have developed, especially in the industrial centers of the North. The Negro migration has added large numbers to the colored population in many cities. Race relations show an increasing strain; but to help counteract this there is increased interest in the welfare of Negroes. This increased interest is promoted by the Y. M. C. A. Buildings. Convassing campaigns to provide these institutions bring white and colored people together in wholesome cooperation. They are united by a mutual interest. The buildings themselves not only afford good service for those otherwise denied this because of unreasonable discrimination, but are helpful in improving racial understanding; and these are the foundation of better relations. The new and unexpected conditions referred to and the fact that eleven cities now desire aid, as I am informed, in erecting these institutions convince me that another building program is necessary. I am ready to help. As the time limit in my original offer has expired, I am glad to authorize you to continue the work for another period of two (2) years under terms somewhat modified by changed circumstances. My new offer, then, is to contribute twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) toward the cost of a building in any city of the United States, which by popular subscription, participated in by by white and colored people, shall raise not less than one hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars ($125,000) to be devoted to the purchase of the land for each such institution, the erection of the building, and its equipment and furnishing. You may determine in what communities you will endeavor to raise funds, but no building is to be erected under this offer, until you are satisfied of the desire and ability of the local organization, which will own and manage the institution, properly to finance and administer the work. Each building is to include the following features: (1) Separate quarters for men and boys; (2) Standard gymnasium; (3) Swimming pool; (4) Class and club rooms; (5) Restaurant; and (6) not fewer than fifty (50) dormitory rooms. The General Secretary and the Business Manager of the Y. M. C. A. of Chicago are to be consulted and their approval secured on all building plans before contracts are let. Upon the statement by you, at any time or times within the next two (2) years, through L. Wilbur Messer, your General Secretary, and William J. Parker, your Business Manager, or their successors, that bona fide subscriptions of at least the amount of one hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars ($125,000) have been raised in any community in the United States for the foregoing purpose and that in your judgment the local organization desiers and is able properly to finance and administer the work, my obligation in respect to the proposed institution in that community becomes fixed. Payment of my contribution will be made through you as soon as not less than seventy-five thousand dollars ($75,000) of the amount subscribed locally has been collected and actually expended for land and building; and provided assurance can be given me that the building will be completed within six months thereafter. Thanking you for your aid in continuing this work and expressing the hope that the new offer made by me will be instrumental in encouraging many communities to secure buildings I am Sincerely yours, JULIUS ROSENWAID on his merits; he upset all the dope." Joseph Crum: "It was a frame-up, and no one can tell me different; that guy Foster had no right to win—why saw McBride and Dr. L. W. Lewis hand him a couple of games, and I believe he must have slipped them something." Capt. Ben Pinkney: "Foster just lucked out; I would have won had I been in condition, but my wife has kept me busy since we moved into our new home and I was all tired out." Col. John Marshall: "I really should have won, for I have been practicing for a month with the madame, and she plays a great game; I beat her every time." Col. Jim Miller: "This guy Foster, is a rank outsider, and had no right to win; if some guy will slug him, and take it away, I will bail him out." Director Henry Daniels: "The best man won—our whist experts talk too much and play too little." Big Bill Cowan: (We withold his comment). ON TO NEW YORK CITY BY THE THE MUSICIANS OF CHICAGO Chicago musicians will be well represented at the Association of Negro Musicians which meets in New York City, July 27, 28th and 29th in its second annual meeting. Some of the well known Chicagoans who will attend are Mrs. Nora D. Holt, President of the Chicago Music Association and Vice President of the National Ass'n; Mr. T. Theo. Taylor, Vice President of the Chicago Ass'n, and Chairman of Committee on Publicity of the National body; Prof. J. Wesley Jones, Mme. Martha B. Anderson, M. Moore Willa Sloan, Mme. Antoinette Garnes, Mrs. Mildred Bryant Jones, and Miss Estella C. Bonds, Mrs. Maudelle Bonsfield, Secretary of the Chicago Ass'n. Among the many matters of importance to be introduced will be the advisability of launching a National Magazine devoted exclusively to music and musicians. MR. JOHN F. WEEDON, ADVERTIS ING MANAGER FOR THE PEOP LE'S GAS LIGHT & COOKE CO. IS UP TO SNUFF AT ALL TIMES AND FULL OF BUSINESS. There are thousands of publications of various kinds in this city; good bad and indifferent and any one who assumes the position, of advertising manager, for large commercial houses and so on, has got to be able and far sighted enough; to pick out the good advertising mediums from the poor ones and for almost eight years, Mr. John F. Weedon, has stood at the head of the advertising department of the Peoples Gas Light & Coke Co., and he does not hesitate in letting all the newspaper men know; that The Broad Ax is one of the best advertising mediums in Chicago; that just as long as there is anything stirring in the way of advertising by the Peoples Gas Light & Coke Co.; that it will get its share of it. It must be said to the credit of Mr. Weedon; that there is no foolishness about him; that he is full of business from the word go and that he is the right man in the right place. ATTENDS GRAND LODGE Licent. Roscoe G. Keeble, first lieutenant of Uniform Ranks of K. of P., attended the grand lodge in session at Springfield, Ill., during the week and was recommended for a degree given at that session. PASSES AWAY Mrs. Harriet Pharim, well known resident of Evanston, Ill., passed away on Saturday and was buried from Ebenezer A. M. E. Church of which Rev. R. E. Wilson is pastor, on Tuesday. Funeral arrangements were in charge of J. M. Poston, undertaker. HON. MARTIN B. MADDEN Member of Congress from of Illinois, who is one of the colored race in the world who elected to Congress this comi Congress from the First Congress so is one of the best and truest f in the world who will be re-nominegress this coming fall. QUINN CHAPEL NOTES. Sunday morning, July 25, Rev. P. E. Womack, A. B. of Waco, Tex., will preach. Rev. Womack is one of the younger generation of preachers who are pushing their way to the fore by dint of hard study and persistent application. Although a comparatively young man, he is known as a profound and logical soul-stirring preacher of the Gospel. He is a scholar and pulpit orator. At the Sunday evening services the choir will render a special musical program and Rev. C. F. Stewart will fill the pulpit.—"C. C." GREAT MUSICAL A great musical program was rendered at Fulton Street M. E. Church last Sunday afternoon and was one of the most pleasant Sunday afternoons ever spent on the west side. Dr. J. Frank Armstrong, acting as master of ceremonies, introduced the principal speaker, Hon. Warren B. Douglas who made an interesting talk of interest to the race. Some of the best talents in the city were present and each did well to their chosen art. BACK FROM MICHIGAN. Mrs. Katie E. Digg, 615 E. 39th street, deputy and supervisor for the Royal Circle of Friends of the World for the State of Indiana, has returned from Michigan City where she organized a circle for that jurisdiction. As usual, M. T. Bailey of the Bailey Realty Company, 3638 State street, will be in Morgan Park Saturday afternoon and Sunday to sell lots to members of the race who are anxious to purchase 1910 1910 T. H. HON. RICHARD J. BARR State Senator from Joliet, Ill. who has always friend of the Colored race; and Republican of nomination for Attorney General of Illinois from Joliet, Ill. who has always be colored race; and Republican candidate Attorney General of Illinois. State Senator from Joliet, Ill. who has always been a warm friend of the Colored race; and Republican candidate for the nomination for Attorney General of Illinois. ON GROUND the First Conressional District be best and truest friends of the so will be re-nominated and reing fall. homes in that beautiful suburb. Much time will be spent at 112th place and Racine avenue, and at 11346 S. Throop street, residence of Mr. and Mrs. H. Settle. JONES IN CITY Mrs. Ike Jones and her daughter Miss Jessie of Atlanta, Ga., are in the city to spend some time as the guest of Mr. and Mrs. J. Blunt, 3726 Federal street, Miss Jones is assistant principal of Morris Brown College. Many Chiegoans visited Morgan Park last Sunday looking over the lots for sale and viewing the beautiful bungalows already built. Among them were the following gentlemen: C. H. Green, George W. Faulkner, John T Cook, Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Poindexter, Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Johnson and Mr. and Mrs. John Shafer. Mrs. James Wheeler, in her beautiful home at 4225 Prairie avenue gold star wife of the late Sergeant James Wheeler of the Battle of Soissons, entertained in honor of Violette N. Anderson on last Friday the 10th in honor of the umpthete birthday of the new attorney at law. There were sixteen ladies present and from four until 11 o'clock a most enjoyable time was had by all present. The table and repast were most elaborate—special care having been displayed in the preparation of the delicacies by the hostess who is an expert caterer. Out of town guests were Mrs. A. Eail of New York, the house guest of Sergeant and Mrs. John Scott of 640 Evans avenue, and Mrs. Danghery, o Augusta, Georgii, who is the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Smith of Evanston, Illinois. 1442223 who has always been a warm Republican candidate for the General of Illinois. ```markdown ``` Republican candidate for re the Legislature from the First who feels dead sure of his call AT EVANSTON. Attorney Walter M. Farmer, 184 W. Washington street, spent considerable time during the week in Evanston, Ill., looking after legal matters. Miss Albertine Price, 4805 Champlain avenue entertained on Thursday evening in honor of Miss Eunice Hamilton, of Atlanta, Ga. Mrs. Samuel A. McGowan, 4743 St. Lawrence avenue, entertained Wednesday evening in honor of Mrs. H. S. English and Miss Lillian E. Otis. Mrs. Frank Anderson, 525 Bryant avenue, will entertain this evening in honor of Mr. Daniel Fairfax of Cleevland, Ohio. Mrs. David M. Manson, who resides with her husband Mr. David Manson, at the Vincennes Hotel, after attending the funeral of her sister at Pomeroy, Ohio has returned to the city and in the near future she will depart for Idlewild, Mich. Mrs. Nora E. Lee, 5259 S. Dearborn street has returned home from Kansas City, Mo., where she spent a lovely time in visiting with relatives and old friends in her old home town. Mrs. Hester Barnett, 3310 Federal street, expeces to spend her vacation right at home this summer and do nothing but eat and rest and enjoy herself to her heart's content. Mrs. Evelyn Casey, Mr. Harry Boger and Atty. Violette N. Anderson left the city Thursday night the 22nd for Idlewild, Michigan. Mrs. Casey was well laden with choice morsels to stock up the larder of her charming summer home on the beautiful lake, and her house guests, V. N. Anderson and Mrs. Anna George Smith of Kansas City, Missouri, are to be envied. From all reports the beautiful resort will be well filled by August 1st, as many of the prominent Chicagoans have already made arrangements to leave on the last of July. Mrs. Carie Warner and Mrs. Betts are among those who expect to enjoy their own cottages this summer. Artificial irrigation in Armenia. The richest part of Caucasian Armenia is the valley of Arax, which, with artificial irrigation, produces excellent grapes and other fruit and vegetables as well as rice, cotton and corn ```markdown ``` Valuable and honorable member of the City the Sixth Ward; who would make an ideal Re- late for one of the judges of the Municipal Co B. TURNER re-nomination and re-election to st Senatorial District of Illinois lining and election. Scandinavia. Scandinavia is the classic name of the great peninsula of north Europe which comprises the kingdoms of Nor- way and Sweden. In a historical sense the term includes Denmark and Iceland, and in a literary sense the writings of all these countries and those of the Swedish race in Finland. A Scandinavian may, therefore, be either a Norwegian or a Swede. Middle of Old Testament. In the King James version of the Bible, the middle book of the Old Testament is Proverbs, while the middle chapter would be the twenty-ninth chapter of Job. Nothing but Emptiness. A little girl, a neighbor of mine, went to the country with me last summer. When we were out of doors looking around the first day, the imminence of the sky seemed to amuse her. "Do-on!" she cried, stretching her little arms wide and looking as if to embrace all nature. "Where's everywhere gone to?"—Exchange. He was known as the stingiest man in town. The Sunday school were planning a picnic and every one wondered what he would bring. The leader read off the mean and the different members offered to bring this or that. Then one young man said as he didn't have anyone to cook for him, he would bring the coffee. Then the stingy man spoke up and said: "I will bring the water for the coffee." Enemies of the Olive Tree Besides the birds, there are numerous insects which attack the fruit, the wood and the leaves of the olive tree. The most dreaded of these is a small fly called Dacus eleae, which is about half the size of a common house fly. The female has a sting like a wasp, with which she punctures the fruit where she deposits her eggs. It is calculated that a single fly will thus destroy three hundred or four hundred olives. True. Friendship. True Friendship. It is a noble and great thing to cover the blemishes and to excuse the fallings of a friend; to draw a curtain before his stains, and to display his perfections, to bury his weaknesses in silence, but to proclaim his virtues upon the housetop—Robert Southey. Control the Thoughts. Let your life have one splendid, des- ignant thought. Great thought makes for great life. It is not so much achievement as purpose that matters. The power of a great idea is almost limitless, and has all the marks of immortality. 1910 member of the City Council from take an ideal Republican candidat Municipal Court. The Stingy Man CHARLES E. STUMP, THE REGULAR TRAVELING NEWSPAPER CORRESPONDENT FOR THE BROAD AX, HAS BEEN SPENDING SOME TIME IN ATLANTA, GA., HOBNOBING WITH THE CLAY EATERS OF THAT CRACKER STATE. Atlanta, Ga.—As I take my pen in hand to write you a few lines this week, I feel like decorating a hat with crepe or something emblem which would indicate trouble, but then the people would be asking what the trouble was and I would not be prepared to answer the question hence I must just go right on and say nothing, but believe me when I tell you as I write the devil is in me as big as the White House where the President makes his headquarters, but I will just let him remain until he gets ready to leave. If it were not that I am a praying man, and got religion it is hard to tell just what I would say, but I will just get down on my knees and say, "Lord I will leave it all in my hands." Nothing else is more appropriate to get rid of this mean feeling I have and turn my attention to referring to some of the places where I have been and some of the people I have seen, leaving all the meanness behind. "Get behind me devil." When I wrote to you the last time I was in Institute, W. Va., the guest of Prof. John W. Davis, the man who has accomplished so much in less than one year, and who has put education for my people in the map in West Virginia. He is a young man but did not leave school until he was fully ripe enough to pluck, and that is why he is making such progress. Not too fast, but just fast enough. When I shook the Institute dust from my little feet, I made my way to Charleston, W. Vr., where I had the pleasure of coming in touch with Miss Rebecca Bullard, one of the most remarkable women of our race, and a woman who is doing something for our betterment and uplift. You remember I told you about this remarkable woman when I was in Charleston last winter. I told you about how she was at the head of the home for girls and the people were rallying to her. They had just raised a remarkable sum of money for this home. It was a drive worth while, and now the people are paying in their pledges, and this keeps Miss Bullard as busy as can be writing receipts, and banking the money with which they are going to build the Martie V. Lee Industrial Home for Colored Girls. I pray God that the home will be a success. It is doing a great work now under Miss Bullard. I had the pleasure of meeting her sister, Miss Sarah Bullard. From there I beat it to Cineinnati, made connection with the Big Four for Indianapolis, Ind., and there I spent Sunday. Found them as busy as could be getting ready for the National Baptist Convention, and believe me, honey, they are going to have some time there. The strong men are getting in shape. In the morning I went to the church of which the Rev. C. H. Johnson is pastor, and they had a fine congregation and are enrolling the names for the delegates, and the people are getting ready to take them in their homes and give them two or three meals, if desired. In the afternoon I was with the Rev. Dr. Westbrooks, and in the evening I was with the Rev. Dr. Ward, and they are all in line. I was so pleased to see how well they are getting things in shape. They have secured the largest available hall in town for the meeting. Miss Alice P. Kelly, of the C. J. Walker Manufacturing Company is getting ready to see to it that her pastor is provided. He has organized a committee for that purpose and the persons who are fortunate enough to stop with Dr. Westbrooks, will be well provided for, and the same is true with Dr. Ward and Dr. Johnson. I had the pleasure of calling on Dr. Harper, and others, and while in the city I was the guest of Mrs. Louis Lewis, of 1920 Boulevard place. I am to be her guest during the session of the National Baptist Convention, and she is one of the finest cooks in Indianapolis, and the sister of Charles Stewart. He arranged for me to stay with his sister, and I want to thank him for that much if nothing more. Sunday night, I went down and got me a bed car, and beat it to Chicago, where I spent Monday, and left Monday night for Springfield, IL, where Hon. E. H. Morris, is battling away for the rights of his people. He is a busy man in the Constitutional Convention. Dr. A. J. Carey, was elected to the same convention, but it was to help him to the episcopacy, and he has been elected bishop, he must look after the Lord's business. I pray that he will get in touch with the Lord, for like many politicians, he made many promises that he has not redeemed and some he will never redeem. He wanted to be elected, and for that and was willing to pledge or promise his whole kingdom. I had the pleasure of attending the Wood River Sunday School Convention and touching some of the big men of that organization and meeting some of the people of Illinois. I spent one night in the town and two days, beating it back to Chicago, for a day, leaning at night for Cincinnati, and then to the places where I am now stopping a few hours with Prof. F. M. Wood, of Paris, Ky. He is a Kentuckian of the Simmons type, and I mean the W. J. Simmons. He is a graduate of the Paris High School Just at this time he is conducting a summer school and they have allarge number of teachers there brushing up. I am pleased to see some of them and I am going back to get to see the rest. I am now in Atlanta, Ga., the guest of Rev. C. H. Robinson, pastor of one of the largest churches in the south, and a graduate from Morehouse College. I have found pleasure in looking at him whether he has found any pleasure in looking at me. Reaching the city, I called on Hon. Henry Bucker, and met his interesting family of girls. Prof. John W. Davis, got his wife in this family, and Mru. D. Davis, is at home for the summer visiting her people, with her two daughter. I talked with them for a while, I called on Rev. P. James Bryant, and from there to the office of the Atlanta Independent, and met Miss Ola Walker, the business manager. She is a young woman, but I am told one of the best newspaper men in the country. She has been business manager of the paper for a long time. Modest, educated, and strictly a business woman. I was indeed glad to have a business chat with her and to find that she is doing things. I have many things on my mind, but will not let them all off this week, but you may keep your eyes on me. This is the gateway, and believe me, when I tell you women are going through here in large numbers headed for Tuskegee Institute, Alabama, where they are holding their meeting, and it will be over before you can read this letter. Mrs. Janie Porter Barrett is down here and I think there will be others. The effort is on to elect M- Hallie Quinn Brown, president. I hope it will be done. It will all be over when this letter is read, and the people will have returned to their homes. I shall here bring this letter to a stop until the next time. Hope you are well and doing well. Write when you want to do so. I will be in Ashville, N.C, attending the Grand Lodge of Knights of Pythias next week, and from there I go to Hutchinson, Kansas, accepting the invitation of Mrs. Norene Davis and Dr. Thompson, to come and see them at work. Then to other places. CHARLES E. STUMP. For Dyspeptics For dyspeptics there is nothing better than sour milk. It should be made palatable by adding salt or sugar, according to taste. Sprinkling a little cinnamon on it makes it quite good. Daily Thought. "There are no estragrances so fissive, and yet so insuperable, as those which arise from subtle discords is temperament."—W. H. Malloch, in Han pera. Instinct. Possibly. Belle—"They say that mice have very poor eyesight." Beulak—"Well, how is it that when they want to frighten anyone they always pick out a woman?"—Yonkers Statesman. Money Doubling itself. Money will double itself at 6 per cent simple interest in 16.67 years. Money will double itself at 6 per cent compound interest in 11.90 years. Continuous Performances. The home of the gorilla is never more than four days old. After this time, th emily moves to another tree and the mother builds the new home. A Natural Polisher. * According to the pearl fishers of Ceylon nothing so enhances the luster and sheen of a valuable pearl as lying for a few weeks within the crop of a fowl—Asia Magazine. Scents Act as Tonion SCENT AIR IS FEMININE According to the latest medical dictum the man or woman who delights in perfumes is well-advised to indulge this taste, providing they don't use heavy odora. It seems that eau de Cologne, and any fresh flower scent, has a slightly stimulating effect upon people, and in the early spring the use of perfume helps one to throw off the feeling of lattitude that is so often a characteristic of the season. In the summer, too, or whenever one is tired, the rejuvenating effect of a bath pleasantly perfumed is marked. Harnessing the Rivers. According to a group of British engineers, electric power can be produced by harnessing the tides of two rivers in Scotland at two-thirds the cost of that generated by steam. Electric Bulb Burst inwardly. When an electric bulb is burst, either by design or accident, the force of the explosion is inwardly. This has been proved by painting the bulb with a harquage effect, half one color and half another. After the explosion, which may be accomplished by a well-aligned bullet from a pistol, the colored pieces will be found scattered on the floor on the opposite side from which they were originally placed. Luscioum, just the Same. The average watermelon contains about 98 per cent water and 2 per cent sugar. Extracting Hellum. Natural raw gas is frozen to 318 degrees below zero to extract hellum, a noninflammable gas lighter than hydrogen. Nuns Make Jockey Tights. Nearly all the striped tights worn by jockeys on European race courses are woven by the nuns of Sieena. Biologists say that man is the only land animal that can sing. And most of him can't. Andrew Jackson's Nickname. The nickname "Old Hickory" was given to Andrew Jackson for the toughness and sturdiness of his character. Hurrying the Ginseng. Murrying the Ginseng. Experiments are being made in Japan with ginseng with a view to maturing the plant in less time than the six years generally required. Bengalese Flattery. Bengalese Prattery. The Babu stands unsurpassed as a writer of really unconscious fattery when he is soliciting a favor. Few complements could exceed that of the Bengalese who concluded a petition with the plious hope that it might be granted "by the grace of God, a gentleman your highness much resembles."—North China Herald. Home cannot be given us. We may be given a house, a place to eat and sleep. This is not a home. A home in a place of love and rest and peace. Love and rest and peace must be deserved, must be earned. Nobody can hand them to you as so many packages. They are matters of reciprocity. If you have none to give there will be but little for you to receive—Western Methodist. Good Word for the Parrot Good word for the Parrot. Testy people consider the parrot a nuisance and the laquacious bird has often engendered legal strife, but to the facetious person he is an endless source of amusement. He has an inherent weakness for profanity, which is apt to be embarrassing, but a man who has not tasted spiritual liquors never craves them, and a parrot who has not heard profanity will not long for it as the best medium of expressing his sentiments. In this respect he promotes culture and refinement in the home. "Walking Fish." This name is given to an eel-like fish of the snake-head family, on account of the fact that it spends some time on land. It is common in the fresh waters of the East Indies and China, and has a double respiratory apparatus, enabling it to breathe in or out of water. Banish Doubt and Fear. Maman Doubt and Fear. Thoughts of doubt and fear never accomplish anything and never can. They always lead to failure. Purpose, energy, power to do, and all strong thoughts cease when doubt and fear creep in. The will to do springs from the knowledge that we can do.—Allen. Keen Analysis of Mankind. What a chimera is man! What a confused chance! What a subject of contradictions! A professed judge of all things, and yet a feeble worm of earth; the great depository and guardian of truth and yet a mere bundle of uncertainties; the glory and the shame of the universe.—Pascal. CHARLES A. WILSON. ATTORNEY has moved his LAW OFFICES to 3451 MICHIGAN AVENUE Room 6 Tel. Douglas 4177 Thrift Is Not Self Denial Saving money for a good purpose is not sacrifice; it's common sense. Open a Savings Account here today. You'll find it easy to accumulate a surplus if you deposit regularly a portion of your salary each pay day. If you spend all your money, some other person is banking it. BANKING HOURS FOR SAVINGS DEPOSITE. 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturdays 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. ILLINOIS TRUST & SAVINGS BANK La Salle Jackson--Chicago M. H. HON. MICHAEL K. SHERIDAN The Peoples Candidate for the nomination for the Board of Review. The Peoples Candidate for the nomination for member of the Board of Review. Monarch Showed Gratitude. In Plutarch's "Life of Alexander" he tells of the great battle this distinguished Macedonian fought with Darius at Gaugamela, which signifies "the camel's house," and says that one of the ancient Persian kings, having escaped the pursuit of his enemies on a swift camel, in gratitude to his beast settled him at this place with an allowance of certain villages and rents for his maintenance so long as he should live. Miles of Perforations. Measured in terms of miles according to a calculation of Director James L. Willmeth, of the government printing office, the daily output of holes perforated from stamps, when placed side by side and edge to edge, would extend in single file a distance of 863 miles. Bruises in Furniture. Here is a method which has been of great use in protecting bruises from It All Depends "Smith must have bought a car," remarked Jones. "What makes you think that?" asked Brown. "He used to talk about the blank-blank automobiles," replied Jones, "but now he is talking about blank-blank jaywalkers."—Cincinnati Enquirer. Average Life, Thirty-Three Years. Good authorities give the average duration of human life as about thirty-three years. One quarter of the people on the earth die before the age of six, one-half before the age of sixteen, and only about one person of each one hundred born lives to the age of sixty-five. The deaths are calculated at sixty-seven a minute, 97,790 a day and 35,398,835 a year. Births are calculated at about seventy a minute, 180,800 a day and 38,792,000 a year. Beauty In Bella. There is a beauty in bells which is fast being lost to the modern world. Since we cannot keep them in use as they were hundreds of years ago, we must try to keep up an interest in those which remain, and learn what we can about one of the chief beauties of the Middle ages. See how many references to bells can be found in great literature. There is one poem which stands out and which we all should know, "The Bells," by Edgar Allan Poe,—Brooklyn Eagle. J. A. M. Miles of Perforations. Measured in terms of miles according to a calculation of Director James L. Willmith, of the government printing office, the daily output of holes perforated from stamps, when placed side by side and edge to edge, would extend in single file a distance of 963% miles. Bruises in Furniture Here is a method which has been of great use in removing bruises from furniture. Wet the part with warm water; double a piece of brown paper five or six times, then soak it in warm water and lay it on the deut. Apply a warm (not hot) flatten until the moisture has evaporated. If the bruises are not gone, repeat the process. You will find this very good, and if the surface of the furniture is not broken the dent will disappear and leave no trace. Coopolitanian Switzerland. Before the Romans conquered the territory now known as Switzerland, it was inhabited by a conglomeration of hostile tribes, for the most part of Celtic origin. But the district of the eastern Alps in which the present canton of the Grisons is situated was in possession of the Raetii, of mixed Latin and Eustruscan stock. At the time of the Teutonic Invasion of the Roman empire, Rhaetia received a certain number of German-speaking immigrants, and in the tenth century was used for a while as a basis of operations by the Saracen brigands, who made Europe unsafe. Easy to Get Rid of Enemy. Long before bullets were ever thought of as an ideal messenger of death, the idea of working evil on an enemy was extensively practiced by the Ojibwa Indian. He would make a small wooden image of the one whose destruction he sought, and then pierce its head or heart with a needle. He was positive in his belief that the object of his hate would be similarly affected. However, to make certain, he would burn the puppet to the accompaniment of magical words. IG at ee ee Ne ee Bie et Ee Ag rast ee Lee = FOR SALE Ss * ~Houses, Apartments, Buildings and Stores’ For Rent and For Sale 3 aS If there is anything you sced-in-the Real Estate fine on the South Side, call or consult Mr. Binga for Real Bargains. ‘Southeast Corner 36th Place and State Street, Chicago Pein: “eee ee. | Agricutture First. Why is it that after a map has care “G8 oot his future be begins to cut his (pest friends?—Dalles News, ‘Weeds That Resist Decay. ‘The use of woods in airplanes bas ‘eaused experiments to be made regard- tug the resistance to decay of various ‘woods. gegen ee ‘tensively ‘im alrplane construc ‘Gon, is not particularly durable. Port ‘Oxford cedar, Southern cypress and California redwood are very resistant ‘Sn Geen. . ‘DIAGRAM SHOWING RELATIVE INCREASE IN THE COST OF LABOR & ‘MATERIAL USED IN GAS PRODUCTION => = - — : oe ' | | | Ee A ive inquiry recently held tris ea mre Se Shera s eb geet es tte tered aaa For some years past manufacturing costs have tye pony arcana bt tng Seeder i, ee mates Sees eens eengeg ees ae SSocpeacrae. TP os moe ar moe After a most careful survey of all the ahet henreg te testimony of numerous oan te Sere terme at rca gh’ a pens Sean maniacas Saree In order this necessary increase fall as cia as ae on alll we ibn A See ope ss owen oes Feseecen soreness fa pieseaeemes = : New Gas Rates: hice aecaceuteae act ete Sisters ose fates See eianee | Seen Sa pees ee ae Primary Ra i 3=—"2 SesaSs: fe==s==2 2SaE= SS ee == — 2 Eas The Peoples Gas Light & Cok ‘Telephone Wabeah 6000. “Michigan Avenve at Ads pers Fo pas oa The Peoples Gas Light & Coke Co. PROM THIS DATE ONWARD, THE BROAD AX CAN ALWAYS) BZ FOUND ON SALE AT FOLLOWING NEWS STANDS:| Edward Felix, Notions, Cigars and) News Stand, 3012 S. Dearborn street} George W. Boyd, News Laundry Office and Shoe Shining Parlors, 3620 S. State street. ‘ Mex L_ Myer, Notion , Lanadry Office and News Stand, S012; S, State street. ™ Ses Thome: Bell, News Stand; tee}, 2S gt a ep NSS OOS 3 Wa = ; te ee ; ' a i. ramet. 2. as , | ii Tees abt pi Ea 5 a ae ae a ge Rae es goes . Agriculture First, “At the head of all science and arts, ‘at the head of civilization and prog- ‘Tess, -stands—not militarism, the ‘selence which kills; not ¢ommerce, the art which accumulates wealth; ‘Dut agriculture, the mother of all im @ubtry snd the maintainer of human lite—James A: Garfield. _ The Age of Death. ‘One quarter of the people on the earth die before the age of six, one- half before the age of sixteen and only about one person of each 100 born Lives to the age of sixty-five, SOE Ss ESnauaeS* ses neuneasres eesreaee wacereraee PEE fichigas nee at — oa Bi Stes E Bh street, near L Station. oso S A. D. Hayes, Cigars, Tobacco, No-| tion, Stationery and News 3640 S. State street. Datsoa’s Shoe Shining Parkics snd News Stand, Southwest corner SSth' sad Stas eee. : ‘News items left with any of the} a sews agents 3 Bed Am 2 Sales Ae oa, ee Stee Se a Se se gr ae he : Sr a ae oe een eer ae and semiprecious stones by sing them to the action of radium ‘Frenchman who bas devoted him ‘to this wtady bes obtained re ‘warkable results. He “bought sap- ‘of different kinds and put them fae @ box with s email quantity of jwedium. At the end of « month the transformations were as follows! [White sapphires had become yellow: (blue, green ; violet, bive; wine-colored red; dark bive, violet. 3 PHONE MAIN 2516 | es . A. D. GASH ATTORNEY aT LAW 118° N. La Salle Street CHICAGO Resisence Tetepnene ‘2009 Wabash Ave. Boulevard 587 JAMES G. COTTER ATTORNEY-AT-LAW ‘6 NORTH CLARK STREET * wire a ‘Telephone Central Sait ‘CHICAGO Fermerty Assistant Attorney General ‘State of Iittnole es pene ge Se “jes, 9646 Grand Boul. Doug. 4397 J. GRAY LUCAS ATTORNEY-AT-LAW 129 E. 31ST STREET Suite 16-97 Phone: Douglas 6361 CHICAGO F. Duns, J. B. McCabey, ‘Trustess ‘Tel: Onklond 1552, 1551, 1550 JOHN J. DUNN Established 1877 WHOLESALE AND RETAIL COAL Fifty-First and Federal Strests CHICAGO | Residence, 1262 Macalister Place ‘Tel. Meuree 3714 | MILES J. DEVINE ATTORNEY AT LAW ‘SUITE 318-399 REAPER BLE.” ‘Clark and Washington Streets Phone Central 1238 cmicaco BP Se ss Notary Public Phones: Office Main 4153; Residence, ‘4751 Champlain Avenue- Phone Kenwood S611 Walter M. Farmer ATTORNEY AND COUN- SELOR AT LAW Suite 708—184 W. Washington St. CHICAGO Residence $855 Prairie Ave. Phone Douglas 9183 Phones: Main 2017 Auto $2-506 A. L. WILLIAMS ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW Suite 706 Firmenich Bullding 04 W. Washington Street cHICAGO ‘Telephone Oakland 266 E. K. CALDWELL Bucceasor to C. E. KREYSSLER ‘DRveaIsT | Bet Routh State Strest Moar Sist Bt ‘et On ths Corner ‘CHICAGO Ear TOLL THE BROAD AX, CHICAGO, JULY 26, 1920. Bie Ns een aes Sige A ne ss: <a ae PB a OR et ‘ 1610 West 63rd Street Chicago a COMPARATIVE STATEMENT OF DEPOSITS FOR LAST SEVEN YEARS November 18, 1912.......9 836,605.23 November 17, 1913....... 988,386.38 + November 17, 1914....... - 929,005.69 November 17, 1915....... 1,059,400.64 ‘November -17, 1916....... 1,182,750.71 November 17, 1917....... 979,377.47 November 18, 1919....... 1,284,084.24 November 17, 1919....... 2,358,636.62 eS ee ee ee OFFICERS JOHN BAIN, President MICHAEL MAISEL, Vice President EDW. C. BARRY, Cashier ‘W. MERLE FISHER, Assistant Cashier ARTHUR C. UTESCH, Asst. Cashier. * TRLEPHONE DOUGLAS 1 GEORGE F. HARDING, JR. REAL ESTATE Up-to-Date or Modern Houses, Apartments’ 2 and Stores to Rent 3101 COTTAGE GROVE AVE. Corner 31st Street, Chicago Office Phone: Dougias 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 3515-4INDIANA AVENUE CHICAGO, ILL. es Bie S| In England“no legal formalities are fmecesmry for a change of name. A person may call himseif-by any name Ibe pleases, and may change his name as often as be likes, provided such ‘changes are not made from fraudulent @ improper motives. Why He Coulda Jones dismaliy: “I simply can't meet my creditors” His friend: ‘Why should you? Waat in the world @& you employ a secretary for?” ‘Through Difficulty to Triumph, ‘Many men owe the grandeur of thet: care oe pete tee Bpurgeon. Rowing In Top Hats. | ‘Oaremen in the early days of the Oxford-Cambridge boat races wore tap bate, Enter the Collapsible Drum. A folding drum for orchestra must Gans has been invented that is extend ed to full size by "ed ibs between the heads. . Potting Plants, . In repotting a plant put a layer of inders in the bottom for drainage. Risk son Ss Mrs. Warner _ Painless Chiropody 15 Years’ Experience Opposite Palmer House 120 So. State Street | CHICAGO Hotel for Dogs and Caté. ‘A botel for dogs and cats was opened [a short time ago in Londoa to care for [the pets of persons leaving the city tem porarily. Felony and Citizenship, If a person who has lost his citizen ship as a result of conviction for @ felony receives a pardon from the gow exnor of the state or the president of the United States, his citizenship may ‘be restored and he is again eligible ee ere ee Getting Set. ‘The way some men arrange thelr Bapkins when they sit down at a table, you would think they were going to get & shave instead of a meal—Arkansas Thomas Cat. Jud Tunkins ‘Jod Tunkins says it might be better for the world if tombstones were more reliable. No matter what kind of « Iife = man leads, he's almost sure of & complimentary epitaph. Prone iach Docgas ne J. S. DORSEY Reliable Druggist Full Line of Fresh Drugs and Toilet 6 ee 494 East Sist Street Chicago, Hl. ‘The Mission Billiard hall ‘GEO. W. HOLT, Propr. ~ "Phone Prospect 487 (JAMES H. RYAN & CO. \Reab Estate, Renting ‘ Loans, Insurance 044 80, ASHLAND AVENUE CHICAGO, ILL, Cut out this Subscription Blank and Mail it to THE BROAD Ax. $1.00 FOR 6 MONTHS 6206 S. Elizabeth St., Chicago, I. $20) PER YEAR JULIUS F. TAYLOR, Please enter my name as a subscribe to THE BROAD AX. I enclose herewith Two Dollars, the anowl subscription to same, or One Dollar for six months. | . Pt Bi st The Cranford Apartment Bldg. “ P (3600 WABASH AVENUE The fmes« building ever opened to Colored tenants in Chicas* Steam heat, electric lights, tile beths, marble entrance Phone Main 263° J. W. Casey, Agt. 133 W. Washingtos How Mint Buys Gold. ‘The mint buys gold in any form, ‘whether cqined or not, when presented tm sums to the value of $50 or more, ‘The face value of coins is not com ‘sidered, only their weight and purity. An equivalent amount of Inwiful money 6 given im exchange. Theoretically, ‘the gold 18 coined and handed back to [the owner without charge. In practice, a3 & matter of convenience and to save time, the mint simply buys the gold and pays its full coinage value— ‘that is, what it will be when coined. Japan Taught by China. ‘The arts of printing and writing were introduced into Japan from Chiria in the year 284. In 673 the Emperor Temmu directed the publication of the first Japanese books, “Kojjiki,” or An ecient Legends. ; ‘They Guessed It, ‘When the band played “How Dry I dm” at the league ball park at Port. land, Ore, three Japanese fans stood in their box with hats raised, thinking it the national anthem. Wortd’s Largest Opal. / Prociaimed as the largest uncut py. Gous stone in the world, an enormoy, Absolutely flawless black opal. reeme J discovered in the United Stutea sow in the office of a government o ‘eial in Washington. The gem contaiag approximately 21 cuble inches ma Welghs 2,572,332 carats. It is valaa fat $125,000 by the owners. ‘The » ‘mous Viennese opal, which ~as wi ‘Out an equal until this specimen my, found, welghs 1,658,927 carats. Can Always Find a Kicker, * Jud Tunkins says the oldest man by Jever met couldn't remember a ting when everybody agreed that busines ‘was fine and things were as cheap ould rensonably be expected, Franklin’e Queer Vision. When Benjamin Franklin became te first American postmaster ceners! the wheelbarrow was prominent in mall transportation. That Frankiin expe ed something better was shown by his active interest in the first balloons ang in electricity. He was not for one aga but for all ages.