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ECHOES AND RE-ECHOES OF THE RECENT PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION The Leaders of the Democratic Party Endeavored to Revive the Race Issue or Question and Ride Into Power on the Back of the Negro IT WILL BE RECALLED THAT THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY, IN 1904, WHICH WAS DOMINATED BY THE SOUTHERN WING OF THAT PARTY, LIKE IN 1920, CONTENDED THAT "THIS IS A WHITE MAN'S GOVERNMENT OR COUNTRY." THE LATE UNITED STATES SENATOR, BENJAMIN R. TILLMAN OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COL. JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES OF GEORGIA, JOHN SHARP WILLIAMS AND JAMES K. VARDAMAN OF MISSISSIPPI, HOKE SMITH OF GEORGIA AND REV. THOMAS DIXON, JR., TRAVELED FROM ONE END OF THIS COUNTRY TO THE OTHER PREACHING OR SPEWING OUT THAT MOST DAMNABLE DOCTRINE, WHICH OVERWHELMINGLY DEFEATED THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY AT THAT PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION. SOME EVIL CHRISTIAN SPIRIT OR MYSTERIOUS PERSONAGE BROKE IN SOME WAY OR OTHER INTO THE PARSONAGE OF BETHEL CHURCH, 3155 CALUMET AVENUE. AND BY SOME UNKNOWN METHOD OR MANNER ALL THE DISHES AND LACE CURTAINS SWIFTLY DISAPPEARED FROM IT—EVEN THE TELEPHONE NUMBER, DOUGLAS 456, TOOK WINGS AND DISAPPEARED. EVERYTHING IN CONNECTION WITH OLD BETHEL CHURCH IS STILL ON THE BOOM, AND ITS HUSTLING PASTOR, REV. S. L. BIRT, STATES THAT HE HAS A MOVEMENT ON FOOT TO SECURE A MUCH LARGER AND MORE MODERN It seems that the leaders of the Democratic party North and South never will learn any wisdom, for seemingly they labor under the impression that they can always make a great deal of capital out of their hellish plan on scheme by holding the Negro up before the eyes of the American people as a great black scare crow, that by appealing to the narrow racial prejudice of the white Americans by making them believe that all colored men are rapists of white women and that no colored man has any higher ambition than to want to marry the beautiful daughters of all white gentlemen and do you want your golden haired daughter to make love to a big burly black "Nigger" and so on and by further attempting to rouse the prejudice of the whites against the colored people at each and every National election and sometimes at local elections the whites are reminded "that this is a white man's country or government" and that the Negro had no part what-ever in its formation as assertion or statement is as far from the truth as the bright shining sun is from the earth. At this time we will not attempt to elaborate on the contribution of the Negro to the stable establishment of this government and what the Negro has accomplished in the way of assisting to support or maintain it on a solid foundation since its formation to the present time. The Hon. James M. Cox, Democratic candidate for President of the United States and several prominent Democrats seeking offices within the gift of the people in this section of the country played up the "Negro Question" good and strong during the recent presidential election and like Hon. HON. MARTIN B. MADDEN DELIVERED AN INTERESTING LECTURE UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE MEROPOLATAN CENTER LYCEUM, AT THE WENDEL PHILLIPS HIGH SCHOOL SUNDAY AFTERNOON. Last Sunday afternoon Congressman Martin B. Madden delivered a splendid or a soul inspiring lecture at the Wendel Phillips High School Building under the auspices of the Metropolitan Center Lyceum. Hon. John G. Drennan presided over the meeting and in doing so he advised those present to save their money and start a bank account with one dollar, and then add to it each and every week; that in the end they would find that their money or bank book with something behind it to back it up would turn out to be their very best friend; he also urged them to buy and own their own homes as that is one of the best means of causing both white and colored people to become more law abiding and respectable. Congressman Madden said many good things during his talk, he declared that at all times in Congress he had contended for the civil and the political rights of the colored people to the best of his ability and so on. Alderman Robert B. Jackson followed Mr. Madden with a short fury speech. The following program was rendered: Song by Choir; Invocation, Rev. R. P. Washington, Born in (assistant pastor); Song; Remarks by President Sandy W. Tice, introducing Judge John G. Drennan, as Master of Ceremonies; Duette; Introduction of Congressman Madden, by Dr. W. D. Cook; Address, by Congressman Martin B. Madden; Offering; Benediction, by R. F. Washington; THE BROAD AX James M. Cox they thought by rehashing it over and over again to the whites, namely, "that this is a white man's country or government" that that would enable them to successfully ride into political power on the bleeding back of the Negro but the fates and justice which always moves with leaders feet and finally strikes with an iron hand had decreed otherwise. During the presidential election of 1904, the leaders of the Democratic party felt cock sure that they would be able to put the leaders of the Republican party to flight by raising and harping on the "Negro or the Race Question," and Col. Hoke Smith who took a shot at a colored man some years ago for walking on the streets of Atlanta, Ga., with a colored woman the Honorables James K. Vardaman and John Sharp Williams of Mississippi, Col. John Temple Graves of Georgia, Rev. Thomas Dixon Jr, from nowhere and the late Benjamin R. Tillman of South Carolina, whose main stock in trade was "Do you want your beautiful daughter to marry a Big Black Burly Nigger" and that the only way to handle a "Nigger is to keep him in front of a gun and that you must always be ready to shoot him and bury his head in the sand." At that time all of those distinguished gentlemen from the South traveled from one end of the North to the other and they expended all of their time in riding around on the back of the Negro and the final result was that they lead the Democratic party on to an inglorious defeat in 1904 and Hon. James M. Cox and his unwise associates followed in the Negro having footsteps of Messrs. Tillman, Smith, Dixon, Williams, Vardaman, Graves and company in 1920. [Image of a man in a suit with a tie]. Hon. James W. Breen, promoted to be first assistant corporation counsel to fill the place left vacant by the election of Hon. Frank S. Righeimer as Courts Judge, is in line for another promotion. City Hall insiders say Mr. Breen will be one of the Republican nominees for the Circuit Court bench next June. If Mr. Breen is elected COLORED LEADERSHIP TRAINED BY THE Y. W. C. A. JERSEY CITY, N. J. Special to The Broad Ax. By Irene M. Gaines. The Young Women's Christian Association can be of vital service in helping girls and women to understand the issues of the day, to grasp the significance of trends of thought, to visualize their future in the midst of present confusion. But to successfully bring this life more abundant into realization, leadership must be secured and trained. On October 30 twenty young women of our group were called from various parts of the country to attend the third Extension Training Course for colored Y. W. C. A. secretaries. This course is being given in Jersey City, N. J., for a period of three weeks. Enthusiasm, and inspiration have marked each session of the work so far. The faculty is composed of National workers located in New York City. Lectures are the chief features of the course. Among some of the noted women to present the aims, ideals and methods of Y. W. C. A. work are: Miss Eva Bowles, leader, Miss Mary Scott, Dean of School, Dr. Rucker, lecturer on health, Miss Holmes in charge of Bible Methods and Religious Education, Miss Mary E. Jackson, Industrial Work, Miss Crystal Byrd, Girl's Work, Mrs. Stokes and Mrs. Phinney on Room Registry; Miss Mabel Brady is the hostess for the group in attendance in co-operation with Mrs. Hannah C. Smith, the Executive Secretary, and Miss Adelaide E. Sears, Girl's Worker of the Jersey City Y. W. C. A. Among the young women taking the Informal Training Course are: Miss Frances Banks, Des Moines, Iowa; Miss Olive Williams, Detroit, Mich.; Miss E. May Harper, Pittburg, Pa.; Mrs. Louise S. Love, Houston, Tex.; Miss Fredrica Brown, Indianapolis, Ind.; Miss Ruth Mearn, Dayton, Ohio; Miss Ruth M. Gilbert, Detroit, Mich.; Miss Anna Hope, Washington, D. C.; Miss Kate Savery, Killindon, N. Y.; Mrs. Ella S. Mossell, Baltimore, Md.; Miss Beulah Carmell, Mt. Holley, N. J.; Miss Miram Garrott, Louisville, Ky.; Miss Carrie Belle Hawkins, Lexington, Ky.; Miss Scriona Johnson, E. St. Louis, Ill.; Mrs Mary Grodes, Brooklyn, N. Y.; Miss Harriet E. King, Washington, he will have climbed from comparative obscurity to a $12,000 judgeship in six years. In 1915 Mr. Breen was given a $4,000 a year job as Assistant Corporation Counsel as a reward for his work in the 30th Ward during Mayor Thompson's campaign for Mayor. Two years later he was raised to $6,000. D. C.; Mrs. Irene M. G. Maines, Chicago, Ill.; Mrs. Carrie Conde, New York City, N. Y.; Miss Willie Long, Little Rock, Ark.; Miss Anna E. Jackson, Kansas City, Mo. PILGRIM PATHERS AS CREATORS OF GOVERNMENT. Dr. Gregg of Hampton Praises Their Resoluteness and Reverence. Hampton, Va.—Dr. James E Gregg, principal of Hampton Institute, in an address "Resoluteness and Reverence," read the famous "Mayflower Compact" and paid tribute to the early God-fearing, English settlers, both in Virginia and Massachusetts, who laid the foundations of civil government in America Dr. Gregg said: "When we think of the Pilgrim Fathers and their fellow-settlers in Virginia and when we think what has grown out of their efforts, we must again bow our heds in reverence, in thankfulness, and in recognition that their work has indeed God's work also. "It is not so common a custom now to speak of our need of God's help before we can do anything, I suppose because it is the fashion of our times to glorify resoluteness rather than reverence, and to imagine that resoluteness can do it all. "We have been great admirers of power. The kinds of painting and of sculpture that have been most in vogue in recent years, a young artist told me not long ago, are those that express force. 'If a picture knocks you down, intellectually and emotionally,' as he said, 'you can be pretty sure it is great. "In our politics and commerce we have also been too apt to glorify the men who have gained control, by fair means or foul, over large numbers of their fellow-men. "But the war among other things has taught us that power is not in all in all; that the mighty man cannot afford to ignore either his fellow-men or his God; that violence and brutality cannot conquer the world, but peace and good-will can, and some day will. "As we remember the Pilgrims in these coming weeks let us, therefore, take notice and remember this lesson which their brave struggle teaches so plainly; namely, that resoluteness and reverence—the strength of men joined to the strength of Gods will humblyvet fearlessly carry out his will— On Wednesday he was made first assistant at a salary of $8,000 a year. Mr. Breen has conducted many investigations assigned to the law department by Mayor Thompson, including the inquiry into liquor selling which ended in the revocation of the licenses of Ike Bloom's Midnite Follies and Colosimo's cafe. this it is that founds and established a nation, and this it is that carries the individual human soul on from victory to victory." MR. NOAH D. THOMPSON OF LOS ANGELES, CAL, AN OLD-TIME CHICAGOAN, STILL STANDS BY THE BROAD AX. All the old-time society leaders in this city and the people in general who had any business dealings with the old United States Express Co., which was located on Washington street, near Dearborn, still remember Mr. Noah D. Thompson, who held a responsible position with that company for many years. For the past eight or ten years Mr. Thompson has been connected with the editorial department of the Los Angeles Evening Express, which is the oldest daily newspaper published in that city and Mr. Thompson has become quite prominent in all the affairs among the white and colored people residing in it. Ever since he has resided in Los Angeles The Broad Ax has once each week found its way into the home of Mr. and Mrs. Thompson, 1711 E. 55th street, and only a few days ago he forwarded his check to continue his subscription to it, at the same time Mr. Thompson, in his letter, wished to be remembered to his old-time friends residing in Chicago. Mrs. Bertha Montgomery and her husband, Mr. W. H. Montgomery, who have for a long time resided at 3412 S. State street, have removed to 223 E. 31st street, where they will be pleased to meet their many friends. Mr. and Mrs. David M. Manson, Vincennes Hotel, are enjoying a short vacation trip to Grand Rapids and Idlewild, Mich., and Mr. Manson is regaining his health in good shape. Hundreds of members and friends of the Grant Chapel, 4000 Evans avenue, attended a banquet which welcomed Rev. and Mrs. T. L. Scott back for another year. Watch for the many beautiful presents presented. Charles Jackson, who has been sick at 4332 S. Wabash avenue, has recovered and is able to be about his duty again. SOME EVIL CHRISTIAN SPIRIT OR MYSTERIOUS PERSONAGE BROKE IN SOME WAY OR OTHER INTO THE PARSONAGE OF BETHEL CHURCH, 3155 CALUMET AVENUE. AND BY SOME UNKNOWN METHOD OR MANNER ALL THE DISHES AND LACE CURTAINS SWIFTLY DISAPPEARED FROM IT—EVEN THE TELEPHONE NUMBER, DOUGLAS 456, TOOK WINGS AND DISAPPEARED. EVERYTHING IN CONNECTION WITH OLD BETHEL CHURCH IS STILL ON THE BOOM, AND ITS HUSTLING PASTOR, REV. S. L. BIRT, STATES THAT HE HAS A MOVEMENT ON FOOT TO SECURE A MUCH LARGER AND MORE MODERN CHURCH FOR ITS EVER INCREASING MEMBERSHIP. SUNDAY, OCTOBER 31, BISHOP FOUNTAIN HELD FORTH AT BETHEL, AND FIFTY NEW MEMBERS WERE ADDED TO IT. SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 7, BISHOP H. B. PARKS HELD FORTH THERE AND AFTER DELIVERING AN ELOQUENT DISCOURSE, FORTY-FOUR NEW MEMBERS WERE TAKEN INTO THE FOLD—HEAVY COLLECTIONS ARE GATHERED IN AT ALL THE SERVICES. Millions of colored people all over this fair land two or three times a week join in singing that good old familiar song, namely, that "God or the Lord moves in a mysterious way His wonders to perform. He plants His footsteps on the sea and rides upon the storm," that song causes them to become real happy at all times and one would naturally feel that no evil spirit could ever cause them to fall from grace on the slightest occasion, and to become dishonest in their dealings with their fellowmen. For saints or true Christians, especially those who spend so much time in shouting and praying, should always resemble purity, good-nas or the salt of the earth. longing to Bethel Church, and some one who always claims that they are ready and willing to become a shouting saint in glory at a moments notice endeavored to kite a check through the banks and grab off two thousand dollars belonging to Bethel Church. It would seem that ever since Rev. S. L. Birt, succeeded Rev. W. D. Cook as the new pastor of Bethel Church that some of its former members who judge from their actions are not above stealing pennies from the eyes of the dead, have joined) hands or united with the very devil himself in a fruitless effort to destroy Bethel Church. Evidently it must be true that God or the Lord does move in a mysterious way His wonders to perform, for it seems that at or near the time some ten or fifteen days that Dr. W. D. Cook and his family vacated the parsonage belonging to Bethel Church, located at 3155 Calumet avenue, that some evil Christian spirit or someone entered it in some mysterious way or manner and deliberately or in a cold-blooded manner toed off all of the lace curtains which adorned the large French plate glass windows, at the same time all of the beautiful real thin china dishes faded away and as the Boss devil has failed to keep track of them (so they say) then in that case the shouting A. M. E. Lord must know where they are located in their new home or resting place, that some evil Christian spirit at or near that same time caused the old telephone number to disappear. Phone Douglas 456, which had been in use at the parsonage for the past five or six years and that evil Christian spirit some way or other inbued into Old Bethel Church and in a shame-faced manner like a thief on red-handed murderer in the dark hours of the night stole or lagged away all the ushers' badbe- ANOTHER BAD CASE OF SOCIAL EQUALITY ON THE PART OF A WHITE GENTLEMAN WHO LEFT HIS BEAUTIFUL WIFE AND CHILDREN IN ORDER TO MAKE LOVE TO HIS COLORED SWEET HEART. Many white ladies and gentlemen are always contending that colored men and women who are uncouth, who have not sense enough to walk into some ones house or barn when it rains are always striving to place themselves on social equality with them which statement or contention on their part falls ten million miles short of the absolute truth. The following short highly interesting story should cause a deep blush of shame to creeper over the faces of that class of whites who contend that the colored people are horsing to seek social equality with them: New York—Frank T. Beber, head of the Scully-Walken Private Ambulance Company of New York, has be- longing to Bethel Church, and some one who always claims that they are ready and willing to become a shouting saint in glory at a moments notice endeavored to kite a check through the banks and grab off two thousand dollars belonging to Bethel Church. It would seem that ever since Rev. S. L. Birt, succeeded Rev. W. D. Cook as the new pastor of Bethel Church that some of its former members who judging from their actions are not above stealing pennies from the eyes of the dead, have joined) hands or united with the very devil himself in a fruitless effort to destroy Bethel Church. But it is contended on the part of Rev. Birt, that Satan and all of his evil forces this side of the cold silent grave cannot destroy Old Bethel Church as long as its tried and true members continue to pray for the best that there is in this short life and walk close by the side of their Lord who suffered upon the cross for the advancement of humanity. Rev. Birt is pleased to inform the old-time members of Bethel Church that he has started a real solid movement to secure a vastly larger or more modern church for its ever increasing membership that on Sunday, October 31, that Bishop Fountain held, forth there, at which time fifty new members were added to it, that on Sunday, November 7, Bishop H. B. Parks delivered an eloquent discourse at the conclusion of which everybody was feeling mighty happy and forty-four new members were taken into the fold and the right hand of fellowship was extended to them by Bishop Park. Rev. Birt also states that the collections are very heavy at all the services and that he feels confident that his A. M. E. Lord is still on the side of the true friends and the faithful members of Bethel Church. a young colored woman whom he met in the West Indies that he refuses to permit any one to see her and maintains her in an apartment, the shades of which are always drawn, according to the charge made by his wife, Mrs. Helen A. Berber, who is suing for a divorce. Mrs. Berber obtained from Justice Callaghan in the Brooklyn Supreme Court, an order which directs her husband to show causes why he shouldn't pay $200 a week alimony pending trial of the suit. Mrs. Berber, who lives with her daughter, Miss Helen Berber, in Bay Ridge, alleges that Mr. Berber left New York on July 12, 1918, to make a business trip through the West Indies. He was gone two months. While in Jamies, it is charged, he met in a Mrs. Blanco Wilka, a Crool, 25 years old. Mr. Berber says the colored woman followed him to New York and was met at the pier and taken to a house in W. 717th street. There, says the wife, Berber and the woman were surprised by a raid. According to Mrs. Berber, her h In this city since July 15th, 1890, without missing one single issue, Republicans, Democrats, Catholics, Protestants, Single Taxes, Priests, indigents or anyone else can have their any on long as their language is proper and responsibility is fixed. The Broad Ax is a newspaper whose platform is broad enough for all, ever claiming the editorial right to speak its own mind. Local communications will receive attention. Write only on one side of the paper. Subscriptions must be paid in advance. One Year ..... $3.00 Mix Months ..... $1.00 Advertising rules made known on application. Address all communications to THE BROAD AX 6200 St. Elizabeth St. Chicago, Ill. Phone Wentworth 2507 JULIUS P. TAYLOR Editor and Publisher DR. M. A. MAJORS Associate Editor 4700 South State Street Phone Druzel 1416 Vol. XXVI. No. 8. NOVEMBER 13, 1920. Entered as Second-Class Matter, Aug. 19, 1922, at the Post Office at Chicago, Ill., Under Act of March 8, 1878. THE BROAD AX HALL OF FAME. By. Dr. M. A. Majors. The greatness of a race depends upon high principles, noble aspirations, stalwart dignified men and good women whose hearts glow with a mellow warmth for all that is beautiful and grand. Given to no baubles and cheap notions of life, but having a spirit of self determination in the worth-while affairs among mankind. Mr. George Woodson for years has been a stanchion citizen of the 2nd Ward. A genial fellow, a credit to his kind in matters of efficiency, and a loyal leader in the things that attract his devotion. We like to think of the qualities of his head and heart, and it is not saying enough to pay him merely a passing tribute. Mr. Jas. Hale Porter is an orator and writer. Full of zeal and ambition, a veritable enthusiast in race matters, and a politician that must be reconed with. He has held many positions of responsibility and performed duties assigned to him in the face of obstacles that would have puzzled others of great agility. Mr. Pedro Tinsley has for years been at the head of the annual song festivals, a choir leader an author of musical technique, and a great-conductor of great choral enterprises. Modest, dignified and a worthy citizen. All who know him have the greatest respect for him. Mr. Albert B. George is a lawyer by profession, but is almost distinguished in Sunday School work. He possesses a quiet manner, a kindly disposition, and everybody likes him. He is a man who discerns closely, feels deeply and plans carefully. Has convictions and can speak them eloquently. Mr. Alfred Anderson writes poetry that resembles the verse of Jas. Whitcomb Riley. He also writes prose, and for years has done excellent editorial ```markdown ``` O DR. MARY F. WARING One of the leading or most prominent a Chicago, who lately returned from attending international Conference at Christiana, Sweden months' tour through the most interesting p Tuesday evening, Madam Antointeine Garnes, appeared in one of the most artistic and long to be remembered concerts on recitals, so far held in this city. St. Paul C. M. E. Church where she hold it 4644 S. Dearborn street, was well filled by the best or the most representative men and women in this city. She was warmly greeted when she made her first appearance and she was heartily applauded at the conclusion of each number. Madam Garnes is queenly in her bearings and her poise is one hundred percent perfect, which adds to her beauty and gracefulness. Aside from work on the Chicago Defender. He has written a song or two, and a few verses that reflect the very heart of the race. Nature has touched this child and set his heart to vibrating in happy melody. Mr. W. Allison Sweeney a grand fellow of books and manuscripts. He wields a pen almost as eloquent as his tongue. A man blessed with a brilliant mind, forcible spirit of determination, and you need only to look upon his outer bearing to make up your mind. Fearless, sincere, devoted, but tender in the splendid fibers of his soul. Progressive, aggressive and domestic, but his dignity runs to softness of manner and geniality. John B. French, a friend of every body, he wears a smile that fits his spirit, and you only have to meet him once to know him, and be known by him. A nobleman, with a love for his race that is intense. He possesses all this rich graces, and qualifications that hit a man for leadership, and we have hopes that he will yet achieve the rich ripe fruits of a persistent yet patient endeavor. CHICAGO SETS WORLD STYLE IN MILLINERY. Americans no longer emulate the Mohammedans and turn to the Holy East to worship the creators of style in women's hats. The prestige of being the center of design has shifted from New York and Paris to Chicago, and in future, the Eastern states must look to the Western metropolis to learn what's proper in feminine fashions. This admission made by none other than the New York Times is substantiated by C. J. McBoy of Edson Keith & Co., who will direct the Style Show to be held in the Gold Room of the ```markdown ``` prominent school teachers in om attending the Women's Indiana, Sweden, and from a two interesting part of Europe. THE BROAD AX. NOVEMBER 13, 1920. MADAM ANTOINETTE GARNES. this, she is charming in her manner; she possesses a clear soft or mellow soprano voice, which sounds ever so sweet to the ear and possessing absolute control over her voice, she can run up to high E or the entire musical scale, with the greatest of case. She can thrill and thrill, like unto the Nightingale or wauble like the Mocking bird, in short, she is undoubtedly a brilliant star, of the first magnitude and she has few equals as an artistic operatic songstress in the musical world. Miss Cleo Dickerson was her accompanist on the piano and each and every number on the highly interesting Congress Hotel on the afternoon and evening of December 6. wearing of December. "Chicago will point the way to the winter resort styles at this show which is being arranged by the Wholesale Millinery Association of Chicago in conjunction with the Fashion Art League of America," stated Mr. McRoy. "In designing hats, this city has come into its own. At the Autumn Show, while many models from Paris and New York were exhibited, the marked leaning was toward the Chicago creations. It is the Chicago millinery which one sees throughout the nation now and the acknowledgment of our supremacy is a distinct triumph in which every Chicagoan should be proud." Chicago has been called the musical capital of America by Henry Kitchall Webster and the literary capital by H. L. Mencken. Now to have the claim of the capital of fashion supported by the country's leading style critics is to complete the trinity of greatness. The show at the Congress in December will allow the people of Chicago and the middle west to learn what this really means. Admission will be by invitation only. THE NATIONAL THRIFT WEEK National Thrift Week, which will be observed annually January 17,23, 1921, is a program of economic education to help the people of our country think straight about their money matters. It is a conservative estimate that it will be observed next January in more than 1,000 communities, instead of the $33 of the last Thrift Week. Each day of this week is set aside to emphasize a special phase of thrift, as follows: Monday, January 17, Benjamin Franklin's birthday, National Thrift Day or a Bake Day. program which follows was the best: Part I.—My Mother Bids Me M_bind My Hair, Haydn; The Violet, Mozart; Canzonetta, Haydn; Lo Hear the Gentle Lark, Bishop; Mad Scene, Hamlet Thomas; The Ships, Saar; Nocturne, Saar; The Voyager, Saar; Caro Nome, Rigoleto, Verdi. Part II.—My Love He Comes on the Skee, Leigher; When I Am Dead My Dearest, Barowski; of Love Divine, Cowan; The Robin Sings in the Apple Tree, MacDowell; Le Primavera, Strause. Without the least question about it, a bright future awaits Madam Garnes in her musical profession. Boston, Mass.-The Nat'l and local officers of the National Equal Rights League gave out a resolution of eulogy of Juli Perry and his five comrades, one a colored woman, who lost their lives on election day at Oceooe, Fla., and a telegram to attorney General Palmer, asking federal investigation. The resolution declared Perry and his associate "heroes in the cause of freedom," victims of an election massacre prepared by the Ku Klux Klan for every colored citizen who insisted on casting his or her ballot. The demand upon the U. S. Department of Justice was based on the claim that the federal government should defend the citizen's right to vote at a federal election, and asked an investigation of the lynching of Juli Perry and the burning of five others "growing out of the refusal to permit Perry to vote at Ocooe, Fla., on November 2, 1820," an organization espousing "white supremacy having held a public uniformed parade three days previous. The telegram was signed by M. A. N. Shaw, National President, E. T. Morris, Local President and W. Monroe Trotter, local secretary of the League. New Officers. The officers elected at the 13th annual meeting in Baltimore, October 20, 28 are: President, Rev. M. A. N. Shaw, Boston, Mass.; Vice-Presidents, Rev. T. J. Moppin, St. Louis; Rev. J. R. L. Diggs, Baltimore, Md.; Mr. M. M. Griffin, Philadelphia, Pa.; Recording Secretary, J. L. Neill, D. of C.; National Organizer, Rev. H. B. May, Evansville, Ind.; Treasurer, M. W. Spencer, D. of C.; Corresponding Secretary, W. Monroe Trotter, Mass.; Financial Secretary, Rev. C. T. Tanner, Washington, D. C.; Chairman Executive Board, N. S. Taylor, Esq. Chicago, Ill.; Publicity Chairman, Franklin F. Johnson, Baltimore, Md. The League feels vindicated by the Anti-Wilson election landslide. sent the following telegram to Senator Harding. Boston, Mass., Nov. 2, 1920. Hon. Warren G. Harding, President-Elect of U. S. A., Marion, O. Dear Sir: On behalf of the National Equal Rights League I desire to extend my congratulations on the unprecedented victory of the Republican Party under your leadership. I admire exceedingly the spirit expressed in your statement on hearing of the result of the election. Yours is the spirit of a transgured life due to contact with the Christ who in all his dealings was square and fair with 'every man. The power, therefore, of your influence from the White House cannot fail to make for World betterment and the consequent happiness of mankind. May his spirit continue to guide you in all the acts of your administration is the wish of the National Equal Rights League of America. On behalf of the League. M. A. N. SHAW, Presidnt, 689 Shawmut Ave. Sincere congratulations on your unsurpassed electoral majority, now that practically all returns are in, and your unprecedented popular plurality. The only one of the many racial elements of ngative sort and unquestioned loyalty attacked in the campaign, their demand for rights used to create prejudice and make votes against them, confident you will observe your own declarations against lynchings and segregation, the slaughter of colored citizens in Florida for asserting the right to vote and for you. May the scheme to defeat you by merely charging admixture of Negro blood but increase your firmness for identical civic rights with no race distinction in the public walks of life, E. T. Morris, President, Boston Branch, National Equal Bights League. CHICAGO LOCALS During the last 10 days scores of men and women from every profession have been seen going and from the Provident Hospital, 36th and Dearborn streets, where they went to see M. T. Bailey, President of the Bailey Realty Company and Manager of the Milton Mercantile Agency, of 3638 S. State street, who was operated on by Dr. G. C. Hall, Wednesday, November 3. He is rapidly improving and may be able to leave the hospital by the 15th or 16th of the month, if not before. M. T. Bailey is a member of Quinn Chapel A. M. E. Chureh and one of the most prominent leaders in Fraternal and business organizations in the country. . . . Geo. H. Jackson, President, the Pyramid Building & Loan Association, left for Ohio during the week on important business. The Ancient United Knights and Daughters of Africa of which W. H. Fields of St. Louis, Mo., is National Grand Master, will hold its annual meeting in this city next August. Preparations have already begun for the same. They have several thousand members here. Bishop G. L. Blackwell, of Philadelphia, Pa., is expected to visit the city soon on important matters. Distinctly Up to Date. "man negotiating for the services of a hired man," said Mr. Cobbles. "How are you getting along?" "First rate. He seems to like my motorcar pretty well, and the table board and the jazz records we bought for our phonograph. All we've got to do now is to decide on the wages and the number of hours a day he thinks he can work without injuring his health."—Birmingham Age-Herald. New York's Early Days New York's first fire chief was Anthony Lamb, a mathematical instrument maker, who received $60 a year for his services. Fire engines worked by hand came into use in 1731 and were kept in the city hall. Invention of Electric Light. The credit for the basic discovery of the electric light is probably due to Sir Humphry Davy, who in 1810 observed the electric are and produced incandescence of a fine platinum wire in connection with his experiments with a 2,000-cell battery. In 1882 an lamp was installed in the lighthouse at Dungeness, in 1870 the Edison incandescent lamp was exhibited, and in 1882 the Pearl street Edison station in New York was put in service. Clung to Coats of Arms. George Washington used, on his seal and bookplate, the English arms that had been in his family for generations. Even the Quakers among the early settlers, although they advocated simple, ansteel living, and abandoned plumes for their hats and lace for coat sleeves, would have considered it a republication of an inherited right, like relinquishing their family names, to give up the coats of arms granted to their ancestors. Preamble of the Constitution. Here is the preamble to the Constitution of the United States: "We, the people of the United States, in order to form a more perfect union, establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity, do ordnance and establish this Constitution for the United States of America." HON. HENRY M. WALKER. One of the newly elected Ju Chicago, who was loyally sup friends residing in all parts of t One of the newly elected Judges of the Municipal Court of Chicago, who was loyally supported by his hosts of colored friends residing in all parts of this city. ARS LONGA VITA BREVIS. Memorial services in honor of the late George W. Ellis and Hiram Holland, Grace Presbyterian Church, Sunday evening, at 4 o'clock, November 14, 1920: Invocation—Rev. Moses Jackson. Organ Voluntary—Hilbert Stewart. Introductory Remarks—Dr. M. A. Majors. Tenor Solo—Hugh Buchannan. Resolutions—Mrs. Corinne Wilson The Late George W. Ellis—Hon. Richard T. Greener. Soprano Solo—Mrs. Gloster. The Late Hiram Holland—Wn K. A. Moore. Tenor Solo—Hugh Buchanan. Memorial Committee—Joel A. Bowers, Hon. John R. Lynch, W. Allison Sweeney, Mrs. Corinne Wilson, Leroy Holmes, Baleigh Johnson, Irene McCoy Gaines, Dr. Monroe A. Majors, Chairman. BETTER EDUCATION FOR TERS—NEGROES OF S PROVING THEIR CHURCHES—"INCREA KNOWLEDGE IS THE SACRIFICES MADE FOR BETTER EDUCATION FOR RURAL NEGRO MINISTERS—NEGROES OF SOUTH CAROLINA ARE IMPROVING THEIR HOMES, SCHOOLS, AND CHURCHES—"INCREASE AND SPREAD OF KNOWLEDGE IS THE BASIS OF PROGRESS"—SACRIFICES MADE FOR COLORED YOUTH BY WM. ANTHONY AEBY Hampton, Va.—Community day at the Bettis Academy Ministers' Institute proved to be "chicken day" in the sand-hill country six or eight miles from Trenton, S. C., which is not far from the late Senator Tillman's home. Fifty upstanding, prosperous-looking devoted colored women from the Mt. Canaan Baptist Church, which is a rural church with a membership of fifteen hundred, brought their long, low, wooden baskets, richly laden with fried chicken and ham, pies, cakes, biscuits, freshly-cooked vegetables—tomatoes, cabbages, lima beans, and corn—and hominy, to say nothing of watermelons and good old-fashioned musk-melons (not small, modern cantaloupes). They fed at home-made tables the one hundred Negro rural preachers and forty-odd church workers who had assembled to receive valuable instruction from white and colored teachers—from Southerners and Northerners—from friends of struggling men and women. Dr. James Hardy Dillard of Charlotteville, Va., former dean of Tulane University in New Orleans and present president of the Jeanes and Slater Boards, which aim to improve Negro rural elementary and secondary schools, offered the blessing at this preachers' community-day feast. Meanwhile the faithful, generous colored women, dressed neatly and listening attentively, formed a hollow human square about the delighted, hungry, expectant ministers who had traveled miles and miles over the rough, muddy, red-cray roads to get new ideas and fresh inspiration. Some ministers had come one hundred and fifty miles, others two hundred miles, and one almost three hundred miles. Dr. Dillard and a number of associates came to Bettis Academy for their second ministers' institute. The summer experience in 1919 had proved the usefulness and feasibility of bringing together for study those Negro rural preachers who were ambitious to give their congregations a fuller measure of social and religious service. Dr. Dillard and his party received on both occasions the cordial support of Negroes for miles and miles about this pioneer school, which has spread unfailingly the gospel of racial goodwill. Negro neighbors for days and A. MRS. BERTHA MONTGOMERY. President of the permanent Cook County W Republican Club, who worked exceedingly hard to which sum she turned over to the Republican N committee to assist to elect Messrs. Harding and Co.ident and Vice President of the United States. President of the permanent Cook County Women's Republican Club, who worked exceedingly hard to raise $1,000, which sum she turned over to the Republican National Committee to assist to elect Messrs. Harding and Coolidge, President and Vice President of the United States. judges of the Municipal Court of supported by his hosts of colored this city. The Late George W. Ellis—Hon Bichard T. Greener. Soprano Solo—Mrs. Gloster. The Late Hiram Holland—Wm K. A. Moore. Tenor Solo—Hugh Buchanan. Memorial Committee—Joel A. B ers, Hon. John R. Lynch. W. Allison Sweeney, Mrs. Corinne Wilson, Levy Holmes, Raleigh Johnson, Irene McGoy Gaines, Dr. Monroe A. Majors, Chair- man. FOR RURAL NEGRO MINIS SOUTH CAROLINA ARE IM HOMES, SCHOOLS, AND CASE AND SPREAD OF THE BASIS OF PROGRESS" FOR COLORED YOUTH. days kept sending to Alfred W. Nicholson, principal of Bettis Academy, dozens of chickens of fryer size, bushels upon bushels of potatoes and beans, and small wagon loads of cabbages and corn, as well as generous supplies of beef, lamb, and veal. Even a kid was presented as a gift to the visiting instructors! These thrifty, ambitious, isolated Negroes of South Carolina, in spite of poor schools and a deficient social life, have been steadily making money and slowly improving their homes, schools and churches. They show signs of a life and hope as the result of the caring of Dr. Dillard and his party. New Educational Life Principal Nicholson also conducts a summer school for ambitions colored teachers, many of whom are struggling bravely, not only to teach boys and girls the rudiments of education, but also to extend the school terms to five and six months. These South Carolina Negro teachers were greatly encouraged by the recent visit of the State superintendent of education, Hon. J. E. Swearingen of Columbia, S. C., and J. B. Felton, State agent for colored schools in South Carolina. Both of these white educational officers expressed deep interest in the work of Negro teachers and ministers. Both men spoke sympathetically and encouragingly, on the value and need of sound public education, to the Negro ministers and the one hundred and twenty teachers who were attending the 1920 summer session at Bettis Academy. Superintendent Sweringen, who is a nephew of the late Senateor Tillman of South Carolina and himself a plantation owner, declared his faith in teaching people “to wash themselves clean to work hard, and tell the truth.” He gave facts which to prove the economic improvement which has come to the South including the Negroes of the South “Cotton, which sold for $25 a bale in 1914, brought $250 a bale last season.” said Superintendent Sweringen. “Last year South Carolina spent $42,000,000 for automobiles, assessors, and gas line; but only $4,500,000 on education. Last year the people of South Carolina sold crops worth $500,000,000—half of which went to Negroes; but only one per cent was put into education.” Cook County Women's Receedingly hard to raise $1,000, the Republican National Com Harding and Coolidge, Press United States. Cyril D. Riggs Has withdrawn as one of the prominent members of Mayor Thompson's cabinet and has been succeeded as General Suerintendent of Police by Mr. Charles C. Fitzmorris. Clothes and Cleanliness. It is true that clothes were more picturesque in past ages and that men as well as women gloried in gorgeous apparel. The nobleman was as fond as his "ladye love" of rich fabrics and ruffles, and the clasp that held the floating plume to his velvet hat flashed with real gems. But here is where civilization takes a hand. Compare the cleanliness of the men of the past with those of the present. In the Sixteenth century French gentlemen changed their linen once in two weeks, and even at that were deemed recklessly extravagant by the English for so doing. Drum With Harmonica. Musicians find the drum an unsatisfactory instrument for lack of harmonic overtones. From India comes the description of a drum the parchment head of which is loaded with an atherent composition containing finely divided iron. Such composition lies in a central circle. Around the edge a second ring-shaped membrane is secured and the effect of the loading is to produce good harmonic overtones. Coral Islands. A coral island has a shape of its At 125 Degrees in Death Valley. At Greenland ranch, in Death valley, California, the air temperature, as recorded by a tested maximum thermometer exposed in a standard instrument shelter, rose to 100 degrees or higher on 23 days during June, and on every day during July, 1920. The extreme maximum was 125 degrees, recorded on the last day of July. On July 10, 1913, the temperature there reached 144 degrees Fahrenheit, the highest officially recorded air temperature in the world.—From the Bulletin, American Meteorological Society. United States' Bad Land. "This is the translation of 'Mauvaise Terres.' the term used by the French-Canadian trappers to describe these regions of unconsolidated rocks that have been extensively eroded. Bad kinds occur on arid plateau formed by horizontal strata of loosely cemented sands and gravels. The best examples of such regions are found in the upper portion of the Missouri drainage basin, in the vicinity of the Black hills. Some are to be found also in Colorado, Arizona, New Mexico and Texas. Bermuda Islands Very English. Although a Spankerd's name distinguishes the group of islands, England speaks from most of the units composing the Bermudas; the Main Island, St. George, Paget, Smith, St. David, Cooper, Nonsuch, Wattford, Island and Somerset being typical. The population shows steady growth. Its people wear with pride the distinction of being the oldest self-governing colony in the empire. Beetles' Blood for Warts Dr. E. Escomel describes in Annala de la Facultad de Medicina (Lima, Peru) certain pseudo beetles the blood of which has from time innumerial been used by the natives for curing warts. Under it these growths turn white, as if canterized by an acid. "Millions of people," we quote from the motion-picture advertising, "can write stories and photoplayers and don't know it." We have no wish to quarrel with the assertion. We merely suggest that those responsible for the motion pictures get hold of some of them, our contention being that those now writing for the motion-picture drama cannot do it—Philadelphia, Public Ledger. 1920 Millions Trying. Drum With Harmonica. Musicians find the drum an unstable instrument for lack of harmonic overtones. From India comes the description of a drum the parchment head of which is loaded with an adherent composition containing finely divided iron. Such composition lies in a central circle. Around the edge a second ring-shaped membrane is secured and the effect of the loading is to produce good harmonic overtones. A coral island has a shape of its own, and pleasant-sounding names are used to describe it. The island itself is called an atoll (pronounced at-oll with an equal stress on each syllable). An atoll is a ring-shaped island, with usually one or more breaks in the ring, called boat channels, and the water surrounded by the ring is called the lagoon. This is a vow which is to be kept regardless of consequences, and is commonly supposed to be derived from the Bible story of Jephthah, the leader of a band of brigands. Before going to battle against the Ammonites he vowed. If successful, he would offer as a sacrifice whatever was the first thing to cross the threshold of his own door when he returned triumphant. His daughter was the first one to advance to meet him. It is recorded that he sacrificed her according to his vow. Ever Catch a Microorganism? Ever Catch a Microtoperus? The black bass are of two species—the small-mouth black bass and the large-mouth black bass, writes Dr. R. W. Shufeldt in the American Forestry Magazine. Both belong to the genus Microtoperus, and are readily distinguished through the fact that in the last-named form the angle of the gape of the mouth is back of the imaginary vertical line from the center of the pupil of the eye upon either side. So gamy are these fish that they are known as the "gamefish of the North," and anglers prefer to fish for them above all other kinds. Long thumbs, Strong Wits. At the top of your thumb is long, it shows that you have good will power. Well-developed, reasoning faculties are possessed by those people who have thumbs, the second joints of which are long. Thumbs that work easily are owned by careless, happy-go-lucky, spendthrift individuals. A stiff, firm-jointed thumb, however, shows that the person is keen, tactful, self-possessed, and cautious—the sort of man who would get on in the world. Save Telegraph Poles Of 1,558 telegraph poles in the Montgomery-New Orleans line, which were pressure-treated with a light creosote oil, 1,040 poles were still sound after 30 years, says the American Forestry Magazine. In 91 per cent of the cases of decay, the fungi had entered the wood through checks and shakes. Coral Islands. "Jepthah Vow." CHARLES E. STUMP, THE TRAVELING WRITER FOR THE BROAD AX, VISITED ST. LOUIS, MO., WHERE HE HAD THE PLEASURE OF SPENDING SOME TIME AT PORO COLLEGE, AND HE FREELY PREDICTS THAT PROF. AARON E. MALONE WILL BE ELECTED TO CONGRESS FROM THAT CITY. St. Louis, Mo.—When you read this letter it will all be over, even the shouting, and perhaps I will have almost shouted my fool brains out in this country, talking about the result. I am sure as I sit down on this eve of election that Senator Warren G. Harding will take charge of the white house next year, and is going there with the intention of being president of all the people. He is the right man for the place. The Lord hath done great things for us, and we are glad, and I believe He is getting ready to do greater things if we will only permit him to do so. Just wait and work and murmur not. I can now see a brighter day ahead. I can see lynching consigned to the realms of hell where it belongs, and life and property will be safe. Men have been lynched, shot down like dogs right under the nose, eyes and ears of the white house, and President Wilson has been too busy looking after the League of Nations, and other big things to think of the taking of human life unless it be in some foreign field. I know Bishop Walters of the A. M. E. Zion Church has turned over several times in his grave and mourned for the support he had given to our president to land him in the White House eight years ago. I am sure that God has forgiven him and he is now around the throne of God looking down upon the human failure. There was something wrong either with heart or head and I am not going to try to say which For eight years this country has been in a helvuna fix, and it was due to that misunderstanding which we had eight years ago. I have had a hard time, and have been sometimes up and sometimes down and almost down by the side of the ground. By the help of God I am still on the mountain top trying to serve my Jesus. I have felt at times like that. I am just placing my hands in Jesus and telling Him where he leads me I will follow Him. I have certainly been in some good company, and I want to tell you that I have been with the next man of my race to break into Congress, and he is Prof. Aaron E. Maalne, of Poro College, St. Louis, a refined polished Christian gentleman, who is making good and who is serving his people in every direction. A man who in his youth took time to get him some real education, and now he is putting it to some use. Side by Prof. and Mrs. Malone are working. I am sure that you are well acquainted with Mrs. Annie M. Malone, because she has been a factor in our racial uplift and she is still working to that end. God had something to do with putting these two young people together. They are serving Him. When the campaign opened up, the Republicans of Missouri placed Mr. Malone on the *Executive Committee a thing unknown in the history of Missouri. You are seeing many new strange things taking place in this country today. Let us praise God for them all. When I think of what these two people have accomplished, what they have done to improve this race of ours, I just have to shout right out, "Praise the Lord." They entered into the campaign side by side, not for the purpose of making money, but to help out. Neither of them would accept a cent from the State Committee, but to the contrary, as American Republicans, they made a liberal contribution to the convention or the committee to help with the work, and then came their time. Mr. Malone worked nights and day, and now since he would not accept money, and since he helped to bring about some of the surprises in this country, the party and his own people are going to unite and see that he goes to Congress where he can render a still greater thing for his people. This is what I am saying and this is what is going to happen, and all my people in 6t. Louis will unite. Looking forward to greater things, the voters of my race in St. Louis will be called together, and unite for action—it will extend throughout the state, and this is indeed the proper step. I will let you know about this. Well the work has been done, and I am about to predict that Congressman Dyer has been elected, and they are now getting ready to send Mr. Dyer to the United States Senate, and Mr. Aaron R. Malone to the House of Representatives. Look out for it, for it is going to happen. In Mr. Malone they will have an able man, and a good man. I had the pleasure of meeting some of the spell binders. The flying squandron and others. Among those who spoke at St. Louis were: Hon. Henry Lincoln Johnson, a member of the Republican National Committee; Hon. Chan A. Coitrill, of Ohio; Miss Hallie Quinn Brown, of Wilborforce, Ohio; Mrs. Thomas W. Flaming, of Cleveland, Ohio; Mrs. Victoria Clay Haley, of St. Louis, Mo.; Charles Stewart, A. M. of Chicago, III.; Mrs. C. E. McDowell, Hannibal Mo.; Attorney Campbell, of Gary, Ind.; Prof. Iman B. Page, the noted educator; J. Silan Harris another educator. This was a great team and their team work was well done. I was glad to see the good work go on. I had the pleasure of vining the real practical night school at Poro College. They are teaching our young people in the latest business methods. They learn bookkeeping, shorthand, typewriting, filing, looking up complaints, or searching them down to the lowest term—in fact you are prepared for any business house when you graduate from this school. Men important and otherwise take part in this. I looked around and enjoyed that looking around there. Then comes to other matters which had my attention. I wish I could tell you about all these things, but it is impossible and you will have to excuse me from doing so. I would like to pay my respects to the North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance Company, of Durham, which is the strongest in our race, and was established by the late John Merrick. I note that they had a great exhibit in Raleigh, N. C. The income for the company during 1819 was over four thousand dollars a day, and the business for this year up to now has doubled that. That's going some. I wish that I had time to tell you other things, but I am not able to do so. Let me hear from you. If you want to know more about this great company, I would suggest that you write to C. C. Spaulding, or J. M. Avery, Durham, N. C. I shall have something to say about Kittrell College CHARLES E. STUMP. Where We Get Pineapples Singapore was formerly the chief source of the world's supply of pineapples, but our fresh fruits now commonly from the West Indies—especially from Cuba, Porto Rico and the Bahamas—and our supply of canned fruit from Hawaii. The first attempt to grow the pineapple in the United States was made at St. Augustine in 1850. Florida, however, can never hope to compete with her more favored rivals in this industry. Almost Paradise on Earth. In the fortunate Bermudas there are no reptiles to alarm; the indigenous small lizard is not even dangerous in appearance, and the green turtle is translatable into delicious soup. Of birds and fish the islands have a splendid store; Bermudians would not starve to death even should the importation of meat from this country cease. Antique Cradle. A cradle that rests from its labors though it is a fine cradle still, is one of the treasures carefully guarded in Plymouth, Mass. This was the cradle of Peregrine White, the first white child born in New England. Little Peregrine narrowly won this honor, for on the way over "Oceanus" Hopkins was born on the Mayflower. The Earliest Machine. The earliest known machine, which existed in Egypt centuries before the Christian era, was a contrivance to drill out stone vessels. It consisted of a vertical shaft with a crank at the top, forked at the base to receive a cutting edge sharp stone. Not Merely American. An English writer comments upon our custom here of betting a hat on election and other contests. What's strange about it? We often read of some Englishman whining a Derby. —Boston Transcript. Deagly War Weapon Among the latest war terrors is a submarine tank, perfected by the French. It is able to crawl along river and lake beds and suddenly appear in the midst of an enemy to open fire with powerful guns. No Sextant Required "A runner does not need to study navigation to get the bearings of his fruit trees," remarks a funny paper. No, and his neighbors' boys don't, either. That's the Way It Is. Uncle Hill Bottletop says that too few people lay by anything for a rainy day and too many lay by something for a dry spell—Washington Star. Boon of Forgetfulness. To make people laugh is to make them forget. What a benefactor to humanity is he who can bestow forgetfulness—Victor Hugo. One Penalty of Wealth. "After a man accumulates a big fortune," said Jud Tunkina, "he has to hire a lot of people to show him what to do with it." IN COLOR SCHEME Choice of Pleasing Shades Affect Mental and Physical Health and Happiness; Avoid Discord. Much that is beautiful in art, nature, and in costume makes its appeal to us through color, asserts a fashion writer. We see a rare picture, we are attracted by a pretty gown, or we look upon a bed of poppies nodding in the wind, and exclaim, "How beautiful!" If we but stopped to analyze that remark, we should realize that the common quality that appeals to us in these different cases is color. The choice of a harmonious color scheme in clothing and in the decorating of our homes affects our mental and physical health and so our general happiness. Color has virtually the same effect on us as music. It makes us sad or it makes us happy; it invigorates or depresses us. It is a language without words. And just as we are annoyed by discord in music, so are we disturbed by discord in color. All music is based on the octave. All color music is based on the color of the rainbow, which is the best color chart. A particular "color" is like a particular note in music. It may be pleasing even by itself; but it is much more pleasing when it is combined with discordant colors. Every note on the violin or piano, as every color of the rainbow, is pure in itself; but when combined with notes that are not related to it and to one another, it produces a discordant effect. So, to produce harmonious results, one color must be related in some way to the other color or colors, with which it is combined. For a brown dress, for instance, following the correct color chart, one combination would be violet blue, which is the complement of brown; another combination would be orange-yellow, for brown is its tertiary shade. Brown also may be combined with cream or lavender, for the tertiary tints. There are three primary colors, red, yellow and blue, the pure hues of which are called the intense, or spectral colors. There are six of these, as you know: red-orange (a mixture of yellow and red) blue-violet (a mixture of red and blue), yellow-green (a mixture of yellow and blue). The spectral colors are divided into two classes: warm and cold. Red, orange and yellow are warm; green, blue and violet are cold. As a rule warm color combinations are to be preferred; but when complementary colors are used, warm and cold are nicely balanced, and the effect is always pleasing. For example, in a room furnished in brown tones with hangings and upholsteries of blue, a judicious use of orange-yellow or gold for the bright color note produces a harmonious effect. Knowing, then, the basic rules of color combination, and looking to nature as the best teacher in color harmony, we should apply those rules to our clothes, our homes and our handicrafts. HENNA CLOTH AND CARACUL © 1920 With the unappy cool days this suit of harina cloth trimmed with caracul around the coat cap promises to be one of the season's favorite modes. Necklines Not So Low. As for the neckline, that most important consideration in the matter of gowns for evening wear, they are not so startlingly low as they were a year ago. Indeed, some of the couturiers have made quite a concession in this direction and are showing necklines that are conservative, while other dressmakers have made them as low as they dared to suit their particular type of clientele. After all, this point is largely a matter of taste. On Solid Foundation. Certain world-old principles are the basis of every form of representative government, and each succeeding era but proves the soundness of these fundamentals. The clock may strike thirteen, but this is no proof of anything other than that it is in need of repair.—Exchange. 1930 MR. JAMES HALE PORTER MR. JAMES HALE PORTER WILL ADDRESS THE ERABY SOCIETY OF OLIVET BAPISTIST CHURCH Sunday afternoon, November 21, Mr. James Hale Porter, who knows as many big men throughout the State of Illinois as anyone else residing in it, will on Sunday afternoon, November 21, at 4 p. m., address the Standard Literary Society of Olivet Baptist Church, 31st street avenue. His subject will Investments. 'Mr. eloquent speaker as about him being a his subject in an in THE SMART TRICOLINE FROCK cause at the presen Copyright Broadway & Midway With the addition of a fur one can wear this smart tricoline frock well into the season. STYLES IN EVENING GOWNS Long and Slim Dresses Chief Note at Paris Openings-"Bouffant" Draperies Disappear. The chief characteristic about the latest among the evening gowns shown at the Paris openings is the fact that they are all long and slim. The "bouffant" draperies of last season have all disappeared and there remain only those lines which follow the grace of the natural figure. All of the materials which were used in those beauteous gowns of last season are still seen, only this year they never protrude in any way. The thicker fabrics are being used for the formal evening gowns of the winter, velvets, thick satins with heavily woven backgrounds that make them drappable, and metal cloths, which are more apt to be plain than broached. The new metal materials look like thick and lustrous taffetas, with, of course, much more quality and body about them and always with that sumptuous glitter woven into their meshes. Lanvin remains faithful to the full dress, and she has created one famous model called the "Empress Eugenie," for which is promised a wave of popularity. It is made of white net with flutings for trimmings and with youthfully drooping shoulders that cannot help but charm. Lace grows and grows in feminine favor, especially for gowns for wear at night. After all it is the handsomest of all materials, and there is always that very feminine charm connected with it which cannot be duplicated by any other fabric. And be- California Opportunity ADDRESS THE STANDARD LIT- BAPIST CHURCH. Church, 31st street and South Park avenue. His subject will be the "Power of Investments." Mr. Porter is a fine and eloquent speaker and there i. no doubt about him being amply able to handle his subject in an interesting manner. cause at the present time time is more scarce than it has ever been, therefore it is more popular for those who lead in fashion. It cannot possibly be imitated. It must be its own handsome self or nothing at all. Many gowns are seen made partly of lace and partly of some other material, the two being draped together in an original manner. Lace caps are noticeably present, and lace flowing sleeves or lace overdresses are all in the limelight. BLOUSES FOR COLD WEATHER Chiffon Velvet Comes in for Popular Favor for Late Fall and Winter Wear. For cold weather wear a good deal of confidence is expressed in the popularity of chiffon velvet blouses. Just at present this blouse is being used more as a window decoration than anything else, but the fabric certainly makes up into an effective garment, and when worn with a satin or lace separate skirt a decidedly becoming afternoon frock is usually the result. Crepe de chine, crepe meteor, and other soft silks, usually with a crepe weave, but with definite "body," are being extensively used for blouses for the fall and winter season. One of the distinctly new trimnings noted is patent leather in vividly contrasting colors. Appliqued motifs of patent leather are used as well as straight bandings, plipings and belts. One navy crepe meteor blouse recently seen, made on the surplice tie-back line, was trimmed strikingly with collar and cuffs of bright red patent leather. The sleeves were full length and close fitting. The surplice "tie-back," made with a straight hanging panel back, is one of the new styles. The fronts cross at the waistline and the ends are drawn to and across the back panel, where they are tied in a bow or fastened with an ornamental buckle. Eyes or Teeth May Be Cause Do not take drugs to cure the headache, says the United States public health service. Consult a doctor, a dentist or an oculist to see if the cause can be located. Often the eyes or teeth may be at fault. The Electric Fish Certain fishes exhibit peculiar electrical phenomena of muscles, nerves and heart which have given them the name of electric fishes. These have the power of giving electrical shocks from specially constructed and living electrical batteries. "Look at that fellow in there with a loaded revolver," said our waggish friend at the beach yesterday—and when, somewhat startled we gazed in through the doorway what we saw was merely a big merry-go-round full of young folks and in the center the proprietor thereof. — Boston Transcript. Why Buffaloes Wallow. The water buffalo of China has few sweat glands in its skin, and for this reason cannot endure hard work in the sun for a long period unless its body is wet with water. This accounts for the desire of the buffalo to wallow in mud or water. The animals are easily overcome by heat if worked hard in the sun, and sometimes they go crazy and become very dangerous. Within the Law Binga State Bank OF CHICAGO (A STATE BANK) This Bank will be remodeled and ready for the Grand Opening the first week of December—throwing open its doors to the public for business the first day of December, 1990. The major portion of the stock has been subscribed by representative people, many of whom are owners of Real Estate, knowing that their interests will be served by this Bank. For the purpose of offering an opportunity to others and providing a broad distribution of stock the Board of Directors has set aside a block of shares to be sold in lots of from one to five shares at $120.00 per share. Address all correspondence to BINGA STATE BANK, 3633 So. State Street C. N. LANGSTON, Cashier Cut out this Subcription Blank and Mail it to JULIUS F. TAYLOR, Please enter my name as a subscriber to THE BROAD AX. I enclose herewith Two Dollars, the annual subscription to same, or One Dollar for six months. J. STANLEY DURKEE, A. M., Ph. D., President EMMETT J. SCOTT, A. M., LL. D., Secretary-Treasure Junior College, covering the Freshman and Sophomore years, and leading to the Senior Colleges. Senior College, consisting of the Schools of Liberal Arts, Education, Journalism, and Commerce and Finance, granting respectively the degree, A. B. or B. S.; A. B. or B. S. in Education; B. S. in Journalism; B. S. in Commerce. School of Applied Science, four year course, giving degree, B. S. In C. E.; B. S. in E. E. B. S. in M. E., B. S. in Architecture; B. S. in Agriculture, and B. S. in Household Economics. School of Law, three year evening course, giving degree of LL.B. School of Medicine, including Medical, Dental, Pharmaceutical Colleges. Four year course for Medical and Dental Students; three years for Pharmaceutical students. Following degrees given: M. D, D. D. S, Phar. C. REGISTRATION: Autumn Quarter.....September 27 to 30, 1920 Winter Quarter.....January 5, 1921 Spring Quarter.....March 10 and 21, 1921 JESSIE BINGA CHAS S. JACKSON, Undershaker, Vice-President, R. S. ABOTZ, Defender, W. A. BOBINSON, Attorney-at-Law. Porpose a Fast Swimmer. There is another mammal that is so fast no one has ever been able to find out how fast he is. This is the porpose. The porpose can do stunts in front of the fastest boat that travels the bounding wave and when he is through after several hours of clowning he lirks his tall and nonchalantly speeds beyond the horizon. The porpose will do his tricks under the bow of a nine-knot cargo hound or a 22-knot ocean greyhound. He is like the antelope in that he sets his pace according to the speed of the pursuer. 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