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The Following Affidavit Executed By Attorney Augustus L. Williams, in Twenty-one Cases, Growing Out of the Race Riots, in This City in 1919, in Which Many Colored People Lost Their Lives. At the Regular Meeting of The City Council, Wednesday Afternoon, It Was Referred to The Finance Committee For Immediate Action. ALDERMAN HENRY FICK INTRODUCED THE RESOLUTION SENDING IT TO THE FINANCE COMMITTEE AND ALDERMAN JOHN H. LYLE DELIVERED A SANE AND SOUND ORATION IN FAVOR OF ITS PASSAGE AND DECLARED THAT THE CITY SHOULD WITHOUT DELAY RECOMPENSE THE COLORED WOMEN AND CHILDREN WHOSE HUSBANDS AND FATHERS LOST THEIR LIVES IN THIS CITY DURING THE RACE RIOTS IN 1919. ALDERMAN E. I. FRANKHAUSER AND ALDERMAN CHARLES G. HENDRICKS ALSO SPOKE ON THE SIDE OF THE COLORED PEOPLE. 5 CENTS per copy VOL. XXVIL The F Augu ing O Which At the Re It Was ALDERMAN HEN DUCED THE R ING IT TO THE TEE AND ALLE LYLE DELIVER SOUND ORATI ITS PASSAGE THAT THE CIT OUT DELAY H COLORED WOM WHOSE HUSBA ERS LOST THE CITY DURING IN 1919. ALDERMAN E. AND ALDERM HENDRICKS AL SIDE OF THE A. L. Williams, being first duly sworn, says that he is the attorney of record for twenty-one (21) cases in the Circuit and Superior Courts of Cook County for death and serious personal injury sustained from the within named causes; that on to-wit: the 22nd day of June and the 27th, 28th, 29th and 30th days of July, 1919, the within causes grew out of the riots of said dates by persons being injured or killed as hereinafter shown; that suits were filed in the amount of five thousand dollars ($5,000) in each case under a statute of Illinois and known as "The Suppression of Mob Violence," which statute is under the Criminal Code of Illinois beginning at Section 256 S to 256 W; that subsequent to the filing of suit, this affiant tried three (3) of the said cases in the said Circuit and Superior Courts and obtained verdicts in each case tried, to-wit: Ada Dozier, widow, vs. City of Chicago, before Superior Court Judge Samuel C. Stough, verdict twenty-three hundred dollars ($2,300) from the jury; Carrie Lovings, widow, vs. City of Chicago in the Circuit Court of Cook County before Judge Thomas G. Windes, verdice thirty-five hundred dollars ($3,500) from the jury, and in the case of James G. Grimes vs. City of Chicago, who was permanently blinded in said riot, verdict five thousand dollars This affiant avers that there is now pending under his supervision, eighteen (18) cases as follows: Circuit Court ```markdown ``` of Chicago, $5,000. 354049, Ollie Harris (widow and one child) vs. City of Chicago, $5,000. 354050, Celia Robinson (widow and six children) vs. City of Chicago, $5,000. All of the above causes are for deaths of persons killed by mob violence as aforesaid. The following for personal injury were: B-655519, William Stewart vs. City of Chicago (was shot through his body and leg broken). B-65520, Lewis Phillips vs. City of Chicago (eye shot out, shot through head and permanently disabled). This affiant further avers that all of the above cases are now pending and ready for trial in the Circuit and Superior Courts of Cook County, as aforesaid, and waiting for the disposition of the Council, so as to avoid duplicity in the trial of same; that ninety-five per cent (95%) of the plaintiffs are penniless and without means to obtain their witnesses at the hearing of the said causes, in order to make out their cases, and will be further handicapped to a great extent; that the City of Chicago, in the above cases already tried, has made absolutely no defense by producing witnesses at the hearing of either of the said causes and this affiant verily believes that they cannot produce any at the future hearings; that this affiant has persistently implored and pleaded with the city's representatives to dispose of the said cause without compelling the said several plaintiffs to go to any further expense of paying out witness fees, and also to save the time it will take to try said cases for all parties concerned, thus reducing the cost to a minimum for the said plaintiffs so said and prays that the said matter go before the common council of the City of Chicago, there to be determined as was done in similar cases in East St. Louis, Ill, on or about the 15th day of April, 1921, when the said common council passed an ordinance appropriating the sum of four hundred and fifty-five thousand dollars to $455,000) to pay for suits and claims pending in the courts of East St. Louis as a result of the mob violence there in 1917, and in the City of Frankfort, in Franklin County, where in the suits brought in the United States Court of the Eastern District Court of Illinois, and there the same was determined by a confession of Judgment in said court and the said plaintiffs were put to the least expense in said cause. This affaint further avers that he personally knows of the destitute and CHICAGO, ILL., SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1921. 1 personal need of all of the plaintiffs in the said causes; that he has been personally responsible and compelled to pay rent, witness fees, railroad fare and all, even to the extent of paying for food to feed some of the little ones left destitute as a result of the said mob violence and prays that he be relieved by the honorable City Council from further financial responsi- bility, etc. Further affiant sayeth not. A. L. WILLIAMS, Affiant. Subscribed and sworn to before me this 16th day of November, A. D. 1921. WILL N. JOHNSON. Notary Public. NATIONAL URBAN LEAGUE EXECUTIVE ADDRESSES IN- TER-RACIAL MEETINGS IN WEST. Eugene Kinckle Jones, executive secretary of the National Urban League has just returned to New York City after a flying western trip to Kansas City, St. Joseph and St. Louis, Mo., Richmond, Indiana and Pittsburgh, Pa. In Kansas City, Mr. Jones addressed a banquet meeting of the Social Workers' Round Table, led by F. T. Lane of the Community Service Urban League on the subject Social Service and Its Importance in Racial Adjustments. On Sunday, November 13th Mr. Jones addressed a large gathering of white and colored citizens of White Temple, the occasion being the opening session of the Missouri State Conference of Social Work. This was the first time in the history of St. Joseph and of the State Conference that an inter-racial meeting of such a nature had been held. The opening ceremonies consisted of a sermon by the noted divine, the Reverend Robert Nelson Spencer, rector Grace and Holy Trinity church, followed by addresses by Mr. Jones and O. J. Hill. millionaire leader in social movements in Kansas City, Mo Mr. Jones among other remarks said: "The chief difficulties in the way of better understanding between the races have been first, the lack of knowledge of each other, the failure of members of one race to realize that the members of the other race are human beings with exactly the same understandings, loyes, yearnings, hopes and patriotism possessed by others. Second, the fear of competition—especially industrial competition—those possessed of such fears do not realize that the greater amount of work done by all and the higher the character of this work, the more work and wealth are available for all participants in this work. Third, the developed sense of superiority by members of one group over those of another group, growing out of exploitation of the so-called weaker group by unjust and dishonest leaders in the so-called superior group. These men have sought not only to stir up trouble between the races and to keep them as far apart as possible, but they have in many instances used colored men of weak minds and little vision as their agents in disseminating among Negroes the idea that they should remain subservient and without ambition. "We have good examples of this situation in the efforts of many employers of labor who have sought to instill in the minds of the white workers that Negroes are chronic strike breakers and in the, minds of colored men that for them to associate themselves in any way with organized labor is to sound their death knell in industry. The result has been a larger and larger rift in the relationship between white and black bread-winners to the detriment of the whole course of sured spirit of good will between these sons of toil." These remarks were well received labor and the loss of an otherwise asby the 500 white and an equal number of Negro auditors. The meeting was the result of efforts to secure more consideration of the social problems of Negroes by the Conference Committee on Negro work, George W. Buckner, chairman. On Tuesday afternoon, the 15th of November, Mr Jones addressed 100 members of the Polity Club of Earlham College, a white co-educational institution of Dichmond, Ind. and in the evening he spoke before a group of white and colored citizens in a joint meeting in the same city. These meetings were arranged by Josiah P. Marvel, a member of the Society of Friends, and son of Dr. Marvel, the great surgeon of Southern Indiana. An Urban League is in contemplation in Richmond, Indiana and this meeting was preliminary to the final launchng of the work there. THE AVENUE THEATRE CONTINUES TO RUN IN FULL BLAST Its New Manager, Mr. Tom, Norman, Is the Right Man in the Right Place, and He Is a Live Wire. The Avenue Treate,* Thirty-first Street and Indiana Avenue, has been beautifully re-decorated from pit to dome and otherwise improved. A dozen loud lunged boys, who have always sold cracker-jacks, soft drinks and so on, during intermission and kept up a continual noise, have disappeared, thanks to the new management. The vast crowds attending the Avenue Treate nightly are more reserved and orderly than in times past. Mr. Tom Norman, the jovial and big hearted manager of the Avenue Theatre, is seeking for new attractions all the time. Among the numbers the past week have been the famous Byron Brothers and Billy King, with his new Musical Comedy Revue. BOOK CHAT--BY MARY WHITE OVINGTON—CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF COL-ORED PEOPLE. AUTHOR OF "HALF A MAN," "HAZEL," "THE SHADOW," ETC. "BIRTHRIGHT" By T. S. Stribling, drawings by F. Louis Mora. Appearing as a serial in the Century Magazine beginning with the October number. For sale or can be ordered at newstands. Price per copy, fifty cents. "I declare" satirizes old Caroline (Peter's mother) "dis heah Niggah Town is a white man's pocket. Evuh time he misplace' somp'n, he feel in his pocket to see if it ain't thaiah." And she continues to scold as the constable continues to search unavail-ingly. Petty thievery, ignorance, shabbiness, all this one sees in I am leaving my line of books, to note, before the novel progresses too far, the serial "Birthright," which is appearing in the Century magazine. Every colored reader ought to get this serial for it represents a turning point in Negro literature in America. T. S. Stribling, as the biographical note in the magazine tells us, is a young southern man, born in a small village on the Tennessee river, who studied law, turned from that to literature, and has known many privations in his wanderings over four continents. His story is laid in a little town like that of his birth, but as one reads one finds the detached view of the traveller who has known many places and can turn back to his own divorceed of prejudice. The hero of "Birthright" is a young Negro, Peter Steiner, born in "Hooker's Bend" who on graduating from Harvard returns to the shabby little town where he spent his boyhood bent upon constructive work. On his way home he meets Tump Pack, whom he grew up with, a rough, uneducated youth who yet wears the congressional military medal upon his coat. The two land from the boat at Hooker's Bend where the colored people come in great numbers to meet their hero, Tump Pack. But Tump has walked only a little way up the street when the constable steps up arrests him on a three year old charge of shooting and puts him in handcuffs to the immense mirth of the white beholders. They explode with delight over it. "Just as Tump was a coming down the street at the head of the coons" out steps Bobbs—"here the little man who tells the story is overcome with laughter. Peter finds the reception the whites give him equally cheering. He gets a deed for a piece of land for his school only to learn that it has what is collouquely known as a "Nigger stopper" and that he has been cheated out of his money. And against this we have the picture of the white constable going through every home of the colored quarter because Miss Lou Arkwright has lost her turkey roaster. December 7, 8 and 9, Madam Leo Hardin, the fashionable modiste of New York City, who is well known in this city, will give a fashion show at the Avenue Theatre, and it promises to be the most attractive and artistic display of gowns and hats so far gazed upon in Chicago. RETURNS TO CITY. Rev. Daniel P. Jones, assistant pastor of the Ebenezer-Baptist Church, has returned to the city from an extensive trip through the South since the close of the session of the National Baptist Convention, unin, held at New Orleans, La., in interest of the Association. Rev. Jones reports a favorable outlook of the work being done in the South by the Baptist Church, and will leave at an early date for an extensive trip through the West in the interest of the Association. The Fort Dearborn Hospital is Still in the Public Eye. Attorney , Grow- 1919, in Lives. Afternoon, te Action. BY MARY WHITE HAIRMAN OF THE RECTORS OF THE ASSOCIATION FOR ATTENTION OF COL- LE. AUTHOR OF ," "HAZEL," "THE "I declare" satirizes old Caroline (Peter's mother) "dis heah Niggah Town is a white man's pocket. Evuh time he misplace' somp' n, he feel in his pocket to see ef it ain't thaiah." And she continues to scold as the constable continues to search unavailingly. Petty thievery, ignorance, shabbiness, all this one sees in Hooker's Bend, but the author makes us feel the desire of the Negroes, through Peter, to get away from their ignorance and low estate and the intention of the whites to keep them, by every and any means, where they are. There is a vivid description of jim crow traveling on poor trains, stopping in an obscure place over night. "This unremitting insistence upon color, this continual shunting him into obscure and filthy ways, gradually gave Peter a loath feeling. The impression grew upon him that he was being handled with tongs, along back-alley routes; that he and his race were something to be kept out of sight as much as possible, as careful housekeepers maneuver their slops." But the text is only half the story. The illustrations by Mora, one of our great mural painters, again mark a new departure in the Negro magazine story. Here are no caricatures, but works of art showing the colored man at his best. There are four full page illustrations in the two numbers, any of them worthy of being kept and framed. When one thinks of the rotten pictures in our cheap magazines, one is reconciled to the price one has to pay for the Century. Fifty cents is a good deal for a single copy of a magazine. But I, for my part, would rather follow Peter Steiner this year through his struggles to educate the children at Hookers Bend, through his love story with Cissie Dildine, than to watch Douglass Fairbanks or any other movie hero flash through a myriad of films. The movie hero always does exactly what he is expected to do. He has nothing fresh or new to show us. If he meets a Negro it will be a threadbare, utterly unconventional type that does not exist now, and probably never existed. But Stribling is traveling through fresh fields, he is showing us the actual life of colored and white in a small southern town. And his interest is so compelling that if we once start out with him we shall find that we are compelled to follow him eagerly to the end. BOOKER T. WASHINGTON MEMORIAL PROGRAM. Bethel A. M. E. Church, 30th and Dearborn Streets. The regular 4th Sunday afternoon meeting of the Tuskegee Club will be held at Bethel A. M. E. Church, Sunday afternoon, November 27th at 3 o'clock. A Memorial Program for the late Booker T Washington will be rendered. Rev. W. A. Blackwell, pastor of Walter A. M. E. Zion Church will be our principal speaker, also some of the best talent in Chicago will appear on the program. You and your friends are cordially invited to be present. MRS. TENA PECK THOMAS, Chairman Program Committee. E. A. JOHNSON, Corresponding Secretary. HERMAN V. BLANDON, President. [Name] In this city since July 15th, 1899, without missing one single issue. Republicans, Democrats, Catholics, Protestants, Single Taxers, Priests, infidels or anyone else can have their say as long as their language is proper and responsibility is fixed. The Broad AX is a newspaper whose platform is broad enough for all, ever claiming the editorial right to speak its own mind. Local communications will receive attention. Write only on one side of the paper. Subscriptions must be paid in advance. One Year .....$2.00 Eight Months .....$1.00 Advertising rates made known on application. *address all communication to THE BROAD AX e206 So. Elizabeth St., Chicago, Ill. Phone Wenworth 2597 JULIUS F. TAYLOR Editor and Publisher Associate Editor DR. M. A. MAJORS 4700 South State Street Phone Drexel 1416 NOVEMBER 26, 1921. Vol. XXVII No. 10 Entered as Second-Class Matter, Aug 19, 1902, at the Post Office at Chicago 111, Under Act of March 8, 1879 FLORIDA STATE FAIR NEGRO EXHIBIT Jacksonville, Fla.—Negroes have an exhibit at the Florida State Fair this year three times as large as in any former year. It consists of work done in the several schools, such as fancy art work, domestic science and manual training products as well as the usual agricultural products. The exhibit is in charge of Dr. Porter, a Negro, who has had charge all five years that there have been Negro exhibits. Mrs. I. I. L. Purcell, "the wife of I. I. Purcell," as the Jacksonville Metropolis puts it, has won a number of ribbons at previous fairs and this year she has a unique offering which has attracted much attention—two pillows which were made out of the ribbons previously won. IN BI-MONTHLY MEETING The Carter Charity and Benevolent Club, of which Miss E. J. M. Nelson is president and Miss A. Naomi Nelson is corresponding secretary, met in its bi-monthly meeting at the residence of Mrs. Dowell, 3928½ Prairie Ave. A fine program was rendered and many regrets were expressed at the absence of Mme. E. M. Carter, founder of the club, who is now in Alabama in the hope of gaining her strength after an illness of several weeks. On Thanksgiving Day the club planned a surprise for the Old Folks' Home at 4430 Prairie Ave. AT PILGRIM BAPTIST A pleasant and profitable evening was spent at Pilgrim Baptist Church, 33d St. and Indiana Ave., when Rev. S. E. J. Watson, pastor of the church, spoke and then introduced David McGowan, president, the Business Men's Association, who made many encouraging remarks. M. T. Bailey, president, the Bailey Realty Co., 3638 S. State St., was then introduced and talked of the great good being done by the Pyramid Building and Loan --- 1930 BROTHER J. HAROLD WHITE Past Grand Worshipful Secretary of the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons of I Jurisdiction. Past Grand Worshipful Secretary of the Most Worshipful Prince Hall Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons of Illinois and Its Jurisdiction. Association and the Binga State Bank for the Race and why it should be patronized by the Race. $157,000 OF $1,000,000 FOR SISTERS OF MERCY RAISED. REV. SCOTT BACK After attending the conferences of Bishop A. J. Carey and spending some time with friends at Nashville and Chattanooga, Tenn., Rev. T. L. Scott, pastor of the Grant's Memorial Chapel, 4600 Evans Ave., is back in the city, having cut his visit short to be present and participate in the great mass meeting held at the Ebenezer Baptist Church Sunday afternoon, under the auspices of the Joint Building Association of U. B. F. & S. M. T. NEW NEGRO AUTHORESS Atlanta, Ga.,—Announcement has been made of a forthcoming book on the Negro Problem by a Negro woman whose work has been endorsed by former President Taft and Vice-President Fairbanks. The title is "Is Washington alive in the life of the Negro," and the name of the writer is Estelle A. Henderson. From the announcement which originally appa- impossible to tell whether "Miss" or "Mrs." should preface her name. MATRICULATED AT CHICAGO. Miss Mary E. Branch, a graduate and for some time a teacher at the V. N. & I. I., Petersburg, Va., is matriculated at the Chicago University where she hopes to obtain several degrees in 1922. Miss Branch is very much pleased with the work of the regular course as mapped out by the University. BUSY WITH CLIENTS M. T. Bailey, president, The Bailey Realty Co., 3638 S. State St., spent a busy week during the past week adjusting matters for clients in and out of the city as well as cleaning up his files for the year. ROBERT LEVY IS NAMED U. S. MARSHAL BY HARDING. Robert R. Levy., 331 E. Forty-seventh street, has been nominated United States marshal for northern Illinois by President Harding. Mr. Levy is at present chief deputy Criminal Court clerk and a druggist by trade. He is a Mason and member of the Hamilton and Illinois Athletic Clubs. $157,000 OF $1,000,000 FOR SISTERS OF MERCY RAISED. More than $157,000 of the $1,000,000 Sisters of Meroy Diamond Jubilee campaign fund has been raised it has been announced by D. F. Kelly at a meeting of the campaign workers in the Morrison hotel. Of this $42,000 was collected in the recent tag day. Phyllis Wheatley Club met at the home on last Wednesday. A very interesting and practical talk was given by Mrs. Lyda Stewart. Lunchon was served. We meet the first and third Wednesdays. Friends are invited. E. L. DAVIS, President Attorney Anatole Lemarte of Paris a corporation lawyer, speaking seven languages, is spending a few days in this city en route to New York, where he will spend the Christmas holidays RETURN TO GOD IS THROUGH OUR WORK And the work or righteousness shall be peace; and the effect of right eouness quietness and assurance forever.-Isaiah xxii:17. Let us return to God Let us do this in our daily work, by making that work and our attitude toward it a work of righteousness. This is the plea of thinking Chicagoans, who see in the present selfishness and self-interest and disregard of the rights of the other fellow a decline in our spiritual life—a decline in the old-fashioned habits of life that made men neeighbors. They are making this plea through The Chicago Evening American to its million readers, in the hope that they may heed it and carry the message to others, and set others an example of right living. Right living, they assert, is the greatest antidote to the poison of discontent and unrest and hate and aggression against the week by the strong which is keeping our social life in turmoil, and even threatening in its wider aspects our civilization and freedom itself. That man can live right and follow God, and still be red-blooded, two-fisted, real men is their assurance, for in the crucial test of war and peace it is the men who love God that make the best showing. The ideal is always a greater inspiration than the real. Idealism is a greater force for good and greatness than materialism. Charity exalts, selfishness debases, love strengthens, hate weakens the heart and hand. Love in our work and in our lives is the reality of getting back to God. God, as a workman, who wrought well, is the picture presented in today's article by Rev. Allen Van Nuys of the Fourth Presbyterian Church. Christ as a carpenter who did his work as he believed it should be done and with the idea of service rather than reward is the model he holds up to all workers either of hand or brain. IGO OPPOSED TO COALITION TICKET City Clerk James T. Igoe came to the side of the many ward leaders who are opposing the Demo-Republican coalition plan. Mr. Igoe, who is a candidate for mayor, declared himself as unalterably opposed to any coalition deal. "It is to the interest of Democracy that we nominate a complete Democratic ticket in April," he said. "If we do that we will elect the entire ticket." Mr. Igoe, in addition to being city clerk, is the head of a big printing business, and is receiving considerable support among business men for mayor, it is reported. The city clerk predicts that a move will be made to test the question of whether or not ward committeemen are to be elected in April. He is convinced that committeemen should be elected then. The Chicago election board has ruled to the contrary. THE BROAD AX, CHICAGO, ILL., SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1921 CHIPS. CENTRAL LODGE NO. 3 OF SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS, IS ONE OF THE OLDEST LODGES OF FREE AND ACCEPTED MASONS IN THE SUCKER STATE. IT IS MORE THAN LIKELY THAT BROTHER J. HAROLD WHITE WILL BECOME ITS WORSHIPFUL MASTER THIS COMING DECEMBER. Central Lodge No. 3, F. & A. M., of Springfield, Ill., is next to the oldest lodge in the jurisdiction of the Most Worshipful Prince Hall Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons of Illinois, was originally warranted by the Grand Lodge of Ohio some time after the year of 1851, returning its warrant to the Ohio jurisdiction in 1867 with North Star Lodge No. 1 of Chicago, and G. T. Watson Lodge No. 16 of Alton, the 'three lodges in that year having formed the Grand Lodge of Illinois in the city of Springfield in the hall of Central Lodge No. 3, the original agreement being that Springfield should be the permanent headquarters of the Masonic Grand Lodge of Illinois. Central Lodge No. 3 was always a good host, and made rapid progress, building up a goodly membership and performing its Masonic work year after year during the good old days of Illinois following the Civil War and the nineteenth century. Many brethren prominent in this state during these years were among the membership of this lodge, while it has been honored with a number of Grand Lodge officers within its ranks, among whom were the following: Bro. B. F. Rogers, Grand Master, 1687-8; Bro. L. A. Coleman, Grand Junior Warden, 1867; Bro. J. S. D. Lee, Grand, Junior Warden, 1869; Bro. J. S. D. Lee, Grand Senior Warden, 1882; Bro. G. C. Hinton, Senior Grand Warden, 1889; Bro. J. E. C. Jackson, Senior Grand Warden, 1885; Bro. R. B. Franklin, Senior Grand Warden, 1890; Bro. S. L. Willis, Junior Warden, 1904; Bro. J. C. Adams, Grand Secretary, 1916; Bro. J. C. Adams, R. W. Grand Secretary, 1919-21; Bro. J. Harold White, R. W. Grand Secretary, 1921. About fifteen years ago, the wise and far-seeing brethren of this lodge set about to have a real Masonic Temple for their work, and after selling some vacant property then owned, proceeded to build a three-story brick building at a cost of about ten thousand dollars. This temple has served the lodge and the Colored people of Springfield as a social, civic and political gathering place throughout its period since construction, and still remains as a monument to the progress, thrift and fraternity of the members of this lodge. The building has enhanced greatly in value since its construction, and now is worth at least twenty thousand dollars. Like most lodges, Central No. 3 has had its times of rapid growth and activity, as well as its times of stagnation. One of its recent periods of activity began about the year of 1915, when a number of younger men were raised and entered upon its membership roll, among whom was Brother J. Harold White, who was raised March 25, 1915, being at that time Keeper of Records and Seal of Capital City Lodge No. 12, K. of P., of Springfield,—in which position he served eighteen consecutive terms, and Assistant Grand Keeper of Records and Seal of the K. of P. Grand Lodge of Illinois, which position he has held continuously since 1913, being now also District Deputy Grand Chancellor of his district. Owing to the fact that Brother White was a graduate of Springfield High School, had served several years as Assistant Cashier and later Cashier of the Enterprise Savings Bank of Springfield, and was thoroughly experienced in business and fraternities as well, his rise in Central Lodge was rapid and attended with many lasting reforms to the Lodge. In 1916 he was appointed Junior Deacon, serving in that station to the credit of himself and the brethren. In 1917 he was appointed Assistant Secretary, and for the first time came in contact with the books of record of the lodge, or rather the lack of books of proper record. He at once installed a cash book with treasurer's receipt form on each page, a membership ledger for the permanent record of finances of all members of the lodge, and added the voucher system of paying accounts, thus giving to the lodge a modern up to date business system in the office of its secretary. In 1917 he was elected treasurer, starting the term by banking the funds of the lodge in the lodge's name, which had not been required before, thus completing the other half of a modern, safe business system for the lodge. He also secured the passage and levying a special assessment for the purpose of making a large payment on the building of the lodge. nearly a thousand dollars being thus collected, and the balance due on the property was decreased and has steadily decreased since that time, till it is now nearly all finished. In 1918 he was elected Junior Warden, in which station he served a year, and at the time became assistant to the late Bro. James C. Adams, Grand Secretary of M. W. Prince Hall Grand Lodge of Illinois, in the Grand Lodge, bringing to the place his experience and ability which was demonstrated by his writing the minutes of the three succeeding Grand Lodge sessions, single handed, when this work had always required the services of at least six of the brethren during each Grand session. The office of Assistant Grand Secretary was created by the Grand Lodge for him in 1919, and he continued in this office during the tenure of the late Grand Secretary, Bro. J. C. Adams, in the meantime making up for the Grand Lodge and Grand Secretary a modern set of loose leaf financial record books which have since been the pride of the entire Grand Lodge. Upon the death of Grand Secretary J. C. Adams, in June, 1921, Brother White was appointed by the Most Worshipful Grand Master Brother Thomas H. Samuels of Chicago, to the office of Right Worshipful Grand Secretary, serving during the succeeding four months with such evident zeal, progressiveness and efficiency that the Most Worshipful Grand Master pronounced him the most proficient Grand Secretary in the entire history of the Most Worshipful Prince Hall Grand Lodge of nearly fifty-five years. At the recent Grand Session in Evanston, Illinois, the extraordinary accomplishments of Brother J. Harold White as Grand Secretary were so marked that the Grand Lodge almost as a unit showed its desire to retain him in the office, but owing to the fact that Brother White had not served as master of his lodge, he could not legally be elected as Grand Secretary of the Grand Lodge, so that the Grand Session closed with many regrets on the loss of his services in the office during the year ahead, and with the hope that Central Lodge would return him to the Grand Lodge at its session in East St. Louis as Worshipful Master, so that the Grand Lodge may again have his service at the Grand Session following, and Central Lodge may again have the honor of claiming as one of its members the Right Worshipful Grand Secretary of the Most Worshipful Prince Hall Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons of Illinois. Brother J. Harold White has been employed at the Capitol Building for the past seven years, being warrant clerk in the State Treasurer's office at Springfield, a position never before held by a Colored man, and he is rated as being one of the very best in the Treasurer's office, and the most responsible Colored employee of the State of Illinois. His work includes the handling of thousands of dollars' worth of funds, bonds, warrants and other securities of the State Treasurer's office each day, in which he is not be said that the Negro cannot be but for the entire Colored population of the State of Illinois. His honesty, efficiency and reliability in this important position rebounds to the credit of each Colored boy and girl each day he continues in it, for it cannot be said that the Negro cannot be trusted, is not reliable nor does not come up to the standard of efficiency in office work, since he is an everyday reminder to the whole state to the contrary. Central Lodge No. 3 is extremely fortunate in being able to secure as its Worshipful Master a brother of these attainments and will take upon itself another period of advancement under his leadership that will place her far in the front of lodges of the Grand Jurisdiction of Illinois, of which Central Lodge No. 3 is one of the original organizers, only two of the constituent lodges of this Grand Lodge being now in existence. During the four months that Brother White honorably served as Grand Secretary he collected $9,000.00 for the Grand Lodge and prior to his short term of office the record for the past years was not more than $6,000.00 per year and each and every member of Central Lodge No. 3 will be honoring themselves by electing Brother White Worshipful Master of their lodge, so that he can continue to reflect honor and great credit upon it and upon his race and upon all of the members of the Most Worshipful Prince Hall, Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons, throughout the state of Illinois. A. DR. BENJAMIN L. BLUITT One of the Well-Known M. D.'s and Who Will Continue to the Success of the Fort Des One of the Well-Known M. D.'s in This City, Who Has in the Past and Who Will Continue to be One of the Hard Workers for the Success of the Fort Dearborn Hospital. DR. BENJAMIN L. BLUITT SOUNDS THE PRAISES OF THE BROAD AX The following letter speaks for itself. Mr. Julius F. Taylor, Editor of The Broad Ax, My dear Mr. Taylor; I want to extend to you and your valuable paper our thanks for the recent success of the drive for a greater Fort Dearborn Hospital and Nur- ses Training School. We all feel that it was largely through you that our cause was presented to the citizens of our great city and words are not at our command to express our appreciation. In sending you this letter, I represent the sentiments, not only of the executive committee but the entire board of directors. I am sincerely yours, Dr. B. L. Bluitt, Pres. Dearborn Hospital Association of First Dearborn Hospital SAYS BUILDING BOOM IS DUE IN CHICAGO The greatest real estate and building boom the city has ever experienced is due, said Joseph R. Noel, president of the Association of Commerce, after a meeting of the citizens' committee Wednesday. "This boom will be reflected in every avenue of business. Every workingman and business man will benefit," continued Mr. Noel. "Its permanency and extent will depend upon the co-operation of all citizens in enforcing the Landis wage and building decision. "There is an erroneous impression that the sole object of the citizens' committee is to force certain craftsmen to work for the wage specified by Judge Landis. That is only a minor part of the judge's decision. "The big thing is his decision on 'uniform agreements' and against working conditions in the building trades, which has restrained investors from putting their money into building projects and which have resulted in graft and crookedness. "Millions are available for investment here as soon as investors are assured they can get work done at a reasonable cost. This will increase the yearly wages of men in the building and other trades." The Association of Commerce working with the citizens' committee, has arranged a meeting of chairmen and vice-presidents of the fifty-five subdivisions of the association Tuesday at the Morrison Hotel. The purpose is to obtain the co-operation of all of the groups of the association in the enforcement of the Landis award. Miss Beatrice E. Lee, daughter of Prof. and Mrs. Samuel I. Lee, has been the recipient of many social courtesies since her return from Europe. ```markdown ``` DR. F. C. CADE The Newly-Elected Secretary of the Fort Association in This City, Who Has in the Past be One of the Hard Workers for arborn Hospital. ses Training School. We all feel that it was largely through you that our cause was presented to the citizens of our great city and words are not at our command to express our appreciation. In sending you this letter, I represent the sentiments, not only of the executive committee but the entire board of directors. I am sincerely yours, Dr. B. L. Bluitt, Pres. Dearborn Hospital Association, of First Dearborn Hospital. HOLDS COUNCIL CAN REGULATE BUS LINES. Unquestioned authority of the city council to supervise motor bus lines in Chicago is given in an opinion preprepared by the corporation counsel's office. The opinion was submitted at Wednesday's meeting of the council, as the result of an ordinance introduced some time ago by Alderman Thomas F. Byrne of the Twenty-ninth Ward, following demands of rival bus lines for the right to operate over the city streets. Quote Supreme Court. "The Supreme Court of Illinois," says the opinion in effect, "ruled that the Lincoln Park Board could regulate the use of the roads in the park and charge compensation for. The city undoubtedly has the same rights, as the court predicts over the city's Illinois Commerce Commission has authority of the matter of the regulation of fares, but the council may designate the use of streets." The matter came to the attention of the council as the result of the tearing up of State street for repairs, and the consequent traffic jams, which resulted in the busses using Dearborn street on their loop for return trips north. Bus Applications Pending There are applications before the commerce commission for bus lines from the West Side railway depots to Michigan avenue and to the north end of the Michigan boulevard link bridge. Fireworks were also displayed in the council over the Crowe-Fitzmorris row. An order before the finance committee, instructing the chief to detail men to the state's attorney was the cause of the pyrotechnics, as supporters of State's Attorney Crowe in the council declared they would insist upon a report from the committee, and partisans of both men were ready to enter an oratorical battle in behalf of their friends. of the Fort Dearborn Hospital iation The Christmas or the Holiday Edition of The Broad Ax Will Appear Saturday, December 17. It Will Contain Some Highly Interesting Articles by Eminent Writers. It Will Also Contain Beautiful Half Tone Cuts of Some of the Prominent Citizens of Chicago. Now Is the Time to Advertise in It, to Secure Special Write-Ups in It, and to Subscribe for It. CHARLES E. STUMP, THE OLD TIME TRAVELING CORRESPONDENT FOR THE BROAD AX, IS SPENDING MUCH TIME IN WENDING HIS WAY THROUGH TEXAS AND THE SOUTHWEST. her would apply to her for a position, and she has lived to see this prediction true. Instead of trying to get hold of fine clothes, instead of becoming discouraged, she registered in heaven a solemn vow to God that she was going to make her place, and she has made it. She studied chemistry, she took beauty culture under the best in the country, and now she has eleven Cause of Hot Winds. An intensely dry, hot wind called the "zonda," which blows down from the Andes on the plains of Argentina, was formerly thought to owe its heat to volcanoes. It is really a "foehn," such as occurs in Switzerland and many other mountain countries, where winds, robbed of their moisture in crossing the mountains, are heated by compression during their descent. CREPE AND VELVET Favorite Fabrics Beautified by the Use of Lace. Afternoon Frocks Are Showm Plain and Sometimes With Beads—Side Drapes Used. Getting License in Spain. Each applicant for an automobile driver's license in Spain must get a certificate of good conduct from his mayor. He must be able to read and write. His hearing, eyesight and general health must be good, and he must show the government inspector that he can drive. St. Swithin Myth Dispreved. A record was kept from 1840 for Ancient Roman Empires. The Roman empire during the reign of Augustus is supposed to have contained 100,000,000 inhabitants, half of whom were slaves. It included the modern countries of Portugal, Spain, France, Belgium, western Holland, Rhenish Prussia, parts of Baden, Wurtemberg and Bavaria, Switzerland, Italy, the Tyrol, the former Austrian empire proper, western Hungary, Croatia, Slavonia, Turkey in Europe, Greece, Asia Minor, Syria, Palestine. Houston, Texas.—You see I am where the Ku Klux Klan performed a surgical operation on Dr. J. L. Cockrell, the tooth dentist doctor of this place, and told him that in the future it would never do him any good to look at a white woman, for that was about the end of it. There was no attempt to take his life, but just what they did do, I did not see it, hence I am not in position to tell you, but what they did do, I am told was a plenty. He is not in the state just now, but I think he is basking in the snowsnow in Illinois. I am going to spend my time in praying, and I am not going to say anything that looks like a cuss word. now getting ripe for the king- ship heaven, and for the past week and all of this week I am with Ralph William Decker Johnson of E. church, and when I have him I am going to the prom- sion land. I mean by that that I am among His springs to mingle with the baptists. It is a nice thing to be able to mingle with Baptists one week, Methodist one week, what notes another week, and on and on. To be able to mingle with all classes of people and at the same time keep your own identity? Bishop Johnson has just returned from over the ocean wide, and he made some impression over there, and that is not a surprise, for he makes it everywhere he goes. He is on the order of them great men who were on the bench ahead of him, such as William B. Derrick, B. W. Arnett, Abram Grant—men who made the world know that they lived. He is not making much fuss, but I want to congratulate the last general conference on placing him on the bench for he is making good, and is holding up the good name of his church. I had the pleasure of being in the opening of the conference, and stopped with Prof. A.E. Kemp principal of the high school in Bryan, and one of the leading educators. It would not be called bachelor's quarters, for there, were married men—that is to say I had me a companion, and Prof. Kemp wife had died last July. He enjoyed the love and respect of the people in that section of the country. He is making things go in Texas, and it is all because he is a man. I had the pleasure of being with him in his conferences and enjoyed it so very much in Bryan. You see Bishop Johnson invited me to come, and his invitation was backed by every man in Texas, who told me to be at home with them. I find that there are many aspiring young men in this part of the country, and you know Texas is full of strong ministers if you know anything about Texas; in fact, you can find all kinds of business people here in this state, and I would mention from time a few of them and try to get you acquainted. Since you are not getting around, then it falls my lot to do the riding for you, see what I see, and meet who I meet and tell you about it. I did not know that I could last so long writing for newspapers, but I am still in the ring, and they tell me that I am improving, for which I desire to thank God and the editor for allowing me to practice on his readers. If you never get any practice then you will never be able to realize just what you can do, and why the Lord placed you in this sin-cursed world. Some of the people down home are still having aches about President Harding's speech, and if he can't advise the people and make a manly talk without having certain people to write his speech and make him a parrot then he is unfit to be president of the United States, and I don't mind telling you all about this, and I would tell the other people. If he had gone down south and abused the Negro saying he had no rights to be respected by the white man, that he should not vote, but leave it all to the good white people, then he would have been praised by the men who are now abusing him. It is becoming a heluva howdy-doo that the President of the United States cannot express his opinion, and speak for the nation. We all elected him, and we are all his subjects. He had just as well realize that he cannot be manly and break the solid South, but if the United States will just place in our hands the franchise and permit us to use it unmolested, we will break the solid South and the angels in heaven will record that it was honestly done. Only a vote and an honest count and we will do the rest. Do not turn us away just now. We are going to remain in the south and be manly. No longer hat under arm "Yassa, boss," leader will be tolerated, and we are going to say a few things to the Negro leader who seeks to have the white people call him smart and designate him the leader of his race, by saying "Give us separate and equal accommodation and we will be satisfied." It is just the opposite to the truth, and if you know what that is name it. No man wants prescription. God made me just like he made any other man, and with training I want what any other trained man wants. But now to the men. There is Rev. E. J. Howard, a strong minister, and a man of ability. He is in line for elevation to the episcopacy, and I would say the same thing about Rev H. A. Carr, a refined polished Christian gentleman, who is mentioned for the episcopacy, and others are Revs. G. B. Young, a graduate from Paul Quinn, Dr. P. C. Hunt, Rev J. S. Butler, of Austin. Dr. W. D. Miller, is going off on a wild goose chase for the Southern Christian Recorder, but he will not be able to make it as long as Dr. G. W. Allen continues to give the people that good paper. I have before me my friend and brother, Dr. S. J. Johnson, who was made presiding elder this year, and who is one of the best trained business preachers in Texas. He has been mentioned for the Church Extension Plum in case Dr. B. F. Watson should retire. He is just the man to succeed Dr. Watson, and I don't mind telling you so. But enough of that. Have you heard of the Madame Franklin School of Beauty Culture and Manufacturing Company? I hope you have, for it is one of the institutions that is keeping our girls from the street by giving them something to do. This institution comes from the trained mind of Mme. N. A. Frankley-McCoy, who knows the struggle of a poor girl of cur race as well as the temptations. She had to earn her own way through school, and was often made fun of by the more fortunate girls, but she told them, that some day she would be in position to give them something to do. That some of them who laughed at THE BROAD AX, CHICAGO, ILL., SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1921 her would apply to her for a position, and she has lived to see this prediction true. Instead of trying to get hold of fine clothes, instead of becoming discouraged, she registered in heaven a solemn vow to God that she was going to make her place, and she has made it. She studied chemistry, she took beauty culture under the best in the country, and now she has eleven preparations on the market, and has a large institution in Houston, Texas, as well as a palace, and is now getting ready to buy in Chicago. I am delighted to know her. Prof. W. L. McCoy, who was at one time a little ragged boy in the swamps of Mississippi, went to school. He graduated with honors, took a business course, as well as printing, and now he is one of the best printers in the country, and one of the best trained business men. He linked his ability with that of Madame Franklin, and he is the business manager of the company, and believe me, he is pushing things They are liberal, and ever ready to help a worthy, needy girl. They contribute to the uplift work, to the Y. M. C. A., the Y. W. C. A., the churches, and orphans homes, and every other enterprise needing them. We are proud of such people. I will have to bring this letter to a stop, and say that a woman like Madame Franklin McCoy, and a man like Prof. W. L. McCoy will be made welcome anywhere. I may have more to say about them another time. CHARLES E. STUMP. 12TH ANNUAL ESSAY CONTEST DECEMBER 18 Chicago is looking forward with pleasure to the coming of the great 12th annual essay contest, to be held Sunday afternoon, December 18, at 2:30 o'clock, in the beautiful auditorium of Pilgrim Baptist church, 33rd street and Indiana avenue. Eight of the leading literary clubs of the city will participate. Subject: "The Darker Races and the Impending Crisis". Prizes, two diamond rings, known as first and second prizes, donated by the popular jeweler, Dr. Louis Usselmann, 3150 S. State street. B. W. Fitts, founder and manager; Frank W. Henry, Alonzo J. Bowling and Willis N. Huggins, assistants. Note in Immense Quantities Nuts in immense quantities. On the north coast of Guatemala $0,000 tons of cobune nuts are said to be available for exportation annually, and with an expenditure of $10,000 for highway improvement this quantity could probably be increased to 100,000 tons per annum. On the Pacific or south coast the yield of corozo nuts. It is estimated, could easily be increased to 300,000 tons per annum. There is a supply of cheap labor in this southern region. Forest Fire Spread Dynamics Forest Fires Spread Darnes During the occurrence of great forest fires in Idaho, in August, 1910, the smoke was carried over the whole of the northern United States and southern Canada and far over the oceans. It was observed 500 miles from land. These fires caused "dark days" over a greater area than in any other case as recorded in this country. Limited Rule "Believe yourself happy and you are happy," says a writer. Unfortunately this rule doesn't work when a man rhinks he is wise, for then he is otherwise—Boston Transcript. When Lord Randolph Churchill visited the diamond fields of South Africa he is said to have exclaimed after looking at some diamonds: "And all for the vanity of women." A lady who heard the remark added: "And the depravity of men." Greenland Tenth Century Find. Greenland was discovered and named about the end of the Tenth century by a Norseman, who established a colony there. Cause of Hot Winds. An intensely dry, hot wind called the "zoona," which blows down from the Andes on the plains of Argentina, was formerly thought to owe its heat to volcanoes. It is really a "toehn," such as occurs in Switzerland and many other mountain countries, where winds, robbed of their moisture in crossing the mountains, are heated by compression during their descent. Unique Frieze. A remarkable example of the use of sculpture to illustrate scientific facts is the frieze on the exterior of the New Institute of Human Palaeontology, in Paris, carved by Constant Roux. It depicts scenes from the life of primitive humanity, some of the subjects being reconstructions of prehistoric periods, while others represent contemporary life among uncivilized people. Japanese "Animal Holidays." As we left Matsue, Japan, by steamer, an agriculturist on board the vessel told me of the custom of giving holidays to oxen and horses. The villagers carefully brush their animals, decorate them, and lead them to pasture where, tethered to rings attached to a long rope, "they may graze together pleasantly."—J. W. Robertson Scott in the London Daily Telegraph. Valuable People. The value of a single man or woman of open mind, independent judgment, and moral courage, who requires to be convinced and refuses to be cailed, is only concerned to be right and not afraid to be singular, deferring to reason but not to rank, true to their own self, and therefore not false to any man—the value of such a man or woman, I say, is priceless; a nation of such would leaven and regenerate the world.—Professor James Ward. Diplomatic Reb. Bob and I were out sailing when the boat was capized by a sudden shifting breeze, writes a correspondent of the Chicago Journal. While we were in the water, clinging to the boat, Bob proposed. I remember I said "yes" for fear he would let me drown if I refused. As soon as he had his answer he said "The water is shallow here, so let's not bother righting the boat. We can just walk to shore." Offended Hia Dignity Jim Blue, colored, has resigned as a Pullman porter on the Central branch. He resigned in a huff. It came about this way: One night Jim was standing on the platform at Concordia. Suddenly he slipped and fell, and as he fell he threw his 'lantern high into the air. The engineer thought the lantern was giving the highball sign and pulled out of the station, leaving Jim on the platform. That peeved Jim and he decided to quit.—Archison Globe. Evolution of Writing. The earliest Greek inscriptions were written from right to left. Next came the method called "bosthophedon," in which the written lines run alternately from left to right, or vice versa. Lastly, writing from left to right became universal. Christopher Columbus' Big Crop. The American sugar crop, which now goes all over the world, was planted by Christopher Columbus. On his second trip to this country he planted the sugar cane at Santo Domingo. It was the first crop to be grown in the new world and one which has grown each year. Perelan Ferrie Wheel The Ferris wheel of Bagdad is built of long poles attached to a heavy long crosspiece; on the ends of the pole rude wooden chairs are placed, in which the lovers of excitement are strapped, while by man power the revolution is made, the rider getting a tabloid thrill of the real Ferris wheel. Finger Nails Vary in Growth. No two finger-nails on our hands grow at the same rate. The nail on the middle finger grows faster than any other, while the thumb nail is of slowest growth. CREPE AND VELVET Favorite Fabrics Beautified by the Use of Lace. Afternoon Frocks Are Shown Plain and Sometimes With Beads—Side Drapes Used. Crepe, velvets and brocades are specialties of one manufacturer. Several of their black evening gowns are made up with lace, while afternoon frocks are shown plain and sometimes with beads. Side drapes of lace, which extend from the shoulder to the hem and form tiny sleeves, characterize a black costume of canton crepe which has inserts of the same lace in straight lines down the front. A navy canton crepe has side drapes formed of squares of double crepe heavily beaded in red. Lines of the same beads outline the collar, cuffs and shoulders. Three tiers of white crystal beads in long loops cover the entire skirt of a canton crepe gown built on straight lines. One tier of loops covers the waist, supplemented with bands of designs in the beads. A black chiffon velvet with long bodice straight in front and gathered at the sides, features a curved hem, longer at the sides than in the back and front. In brocaded chiffon, two deep turquoise frocks are shown, one with a scalloped tunic over an underskirt of the same color in charmeuse, and the other with the flower design of the brocade on the lower part of the skirt emphasized by blue beads. A dress with a separate cape is shown in brown canton crepe. The bodice is long waisted and plain with a corded belt and long side panels. The cape is of the same color and also plain, except for the corded border of the wide collar and the bottom. COLLAR AND POCKETS OF FUR [Image of a woman wearing a coat with a fur collar, belt, and gloves, standing in a formal pose. The coat is light-colored with a dark fur collar, and the belt is black. She is wearing a hat with a wide brim.] Phone Drexel 7345 J Office Hours 10 a.m. to 12 Sundays By 2 p.m. to 4 Appointment 6 p.m. to 8 Dr. Jas. M. Hall Office and Residence 4545 So. Wabash Ave., Chicago Residence, 1363 Macalister Place Tue. mon., 4:724 MILES J. DEVINE ATTORNEY AT LAW SUITE 818-809 REAPER BK. Clark and Washington Streets Phone Central 1899 CHICAGO Notary Public Phones: Office Main 4153; Residence, 4751 Champlain Avenue Phone Kenwood 3011 Walter M. Farmer ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW Suite 708—184 W. Washington St. CHICAGO BINGA STATE BANK Under State Supervision Capital $100,000.00 Surplus 20,000.00 Offers Equal Service to All 3% INTEREST ON SAVINGS SAFE DEPOSIT VAULTS State Street and 36th Place Interest Is the Surest Road to Wealth Perhaps there is not enough money in your pocket right now to buy something to wear—but THERE IS ENOUGH TO START YOUR FOR- TUNE! Your account is welcome here and you may start as low as $1 today. ILLINOIS TRUST & SAVINGS BANK Le Salle and Jackson Streets Chicago Getting License in Spain. Each applicant for an automobile driver's license in Spain must get a certificate of good conduct from his mayor. He must be able to read and write. His hearing, eyesight and general health must be good, and he must show the government inspector that he can drive. St. Swithin Myth Disproved. A record was kept from 1840 for twenty years for the purpose of testing the truth of the popular belief that it rain fell on St. Swinith's day it would rain for forty days after. The result of this test shows that the greatest number of rainy days had occurred in these two decades in years when St. Swinith's day was dry. Softest Known Wood. Trees belonging to the genus Jacaranda, growing in tropical America, are remarkable for their soft wood. After part of the bark is cut away a machete can be shoved to the center of the trunk with ease. The wood, when fresh, can be cut into blocks with a knife, as one would cut up parsnips or turnips. As the wood dries, it shrinks to a small fraction of its original bulk. That Sunday School Class! That Sunday School Class! Wishing to become acquainted with the methods of her predecessor, a young woman who taught a Sunday school class for the first time asked the group of bright-faced six-year-olds what the lesson had been the previous Sunday. Silence prevailed for a moment. Then a nub-snout urchin waved has hand frantically and when granted permission to speak answered: "It was about burning the bugs in the church." Conversation with the former teacher afterwards revealed that the lesson had been "Burning Incense in the Temple." Study the Golden Rule. Man is his own worst enemy largely because he does not do by others as he would be done by himself. He may not realize it, but the more he studies the Golden Rule the more he will find therein relating to correct conduct.—Grit. The Roman empire during the reign of Augustus is supposed to have contained 100,000,000 inhabitants, half of whom were slaves. It included the modern countries of Portugal, Spain, France, Belgium, western Holland, Rhenish Prussia, parts of Baden, Wurtemberg and Bavaria, Switzerland, Italy, the Tyrol, the former Austrian empire proper, western Hungary, Croatia, Slavonia, Turkey in Europe, Greece, Asia Minor, Syria, Palestine, Egypt, Tripoli, Tunis, Algaria, and most of Morocco. Jackrabbit Something of a Puzzle. The jackrabbit thrives in the semiarid regions of the West, frequently found in places remote from any visible water supply and scant growth of green vegetation. But that the rabbits are fond of succulent herbs is evident by the raids they make on grain and alfalfa fields, and vegetable gardens. Superstition Protects Spider Superior There are traditions that hold the spider snare. The French have a mother meaning bad luck for him who kills a spider in the morning; and there are old rhymes and warnings that those who wish to live and prosper will spare the life of this animal—it is not an insect, as most of us used to believe until entomologists informed us to, the contrary. Apt Illustration. Freddie had come into possession of a dog—something he had always wanted. He and the dog were inseparable. Courad asked him to his birthday party. He hesitated, but finally said: "Td like to go first rate, if I can take my dog along. Where I go he goes. It's just like we were twina." Old Theaters in London London still contains two buildings that witnessed the performance of Shakespeare's plays during Shakespeare's life—the Middle Temple hall and the hall of Gray's Inn. Sun Groves Five Miles in 100 Years. The diameter of the sun increases five miles in a century. Its present distance across is 800,000 miles. Metary Public Phones: Office Main 4133; Residence, 4731 Champlina Avenue. Phone Kenwood 9611 Walter M. Farmer Says her hair was short, coarse and nappy before using this wonderful hair grower. happy thousands of women who had will do the same for you. If your or if you have dandruff and itching LENTO QUININE POMADE. NTEED—Write for Particulars. DON'T WENDY ALL This very day I promise to offer date of Myself Dollar May Signature Much can you yourself to every week? Bank of Chicago 9 and 11 East 31st Street Government Supervision Resources over $2,800,000.00 HARDING, JR. ESTATE Modern Houses, Apartments stores to Rent GE GROVE AVE. Street, Chicago YOU can have soft, silky hair that can be easily dressed. EXELENTO has made happy thousands of women who had coarse, nappy hair. It will do the same for you. If your hair is brittle and lifeless or if you have dandruff and itching scalp, try a box of EXELENTO QUININE POMADE. For sale at all damp stores. Price by mail. No receipt of stamps or coin. AGENTS WANTED - Write for Participants. DON'T RESPECT ALL This every day 19 every week after date I promise to pay to the order of Myself Dollars My signature How much can you obligate yourself to save every week? Lincoln State Bank of Chicago 3105 South State Street-9 and 11 East 31st Street Under State Government Supervision 3 Per Cent on Savings Resources over $2,800,000.00 Up-to-Date or Modern Houses, Apartments and Stores to Rent 3101 COTTAGE GROVE AVE. Corner 31st Street, Chicago Indian Cotton Cloth. Indian cotton cloth is mentioned by Herodotus, and was known in Arabia in the Seventh century. In Spain cotton was quite extensively grown and manufactured in the Tenth century, but its manufacture was not introduced into other countries until some centuries later. Proper Criticism. Actions speak louder than words; therefore criticize by creating new standards, not by finding fault with old ones. Dodson's shoe shining perior and asws stand, southwest corner 35th and State St. Mrs. Moses Batecliff, president of the Willing Worker' Club of St Goth. THE BROAD AX, CHICAGO, ILL, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1921 HOWARD UNIVERSITY WASHINGTON, D.C. Founded by GENERAL O. O. HOWARD J. STANLEY DURKEE, A. M., Ph.D., D. D., President EMMETY J. SCOTT, A. M., LL.D., Secretary-Treasurer COLLEGIATE AND PROFESSIONAL SCHOOLS Junior College, covering the Freshman and Sophomore years and leading to the Senior Schools. Senior Schools, consisting of the Schools of Liberal Arts, Education, Journalism, and Commerce and Finance, granting respectively the degrees, A. B. or B.S., A.B. or B.S. in Education; B.S. in Journalism; B.S. in Commerce and Finance. School of Applied Science, four year course, granting the degree, B.S. in Civil Engineering, B.S. in Electrical Engineering, B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, B.S. in Architecture, B.S. in Agriculture, and B.S. in Household Economics. Evening Classes. The work of the Junior College and the Senior Schools may be taken in evening classes with full credit. School of Music, four year course, granting the degree of Mus. B. School of Religion, three year course, granting the degrees of B.D. and Th. B. Courses are offered also by correspondence. School of Law, three year course, granting the degree of LL.B. School of Medicine, including Medical, Dental, Pharmaceutical College. Four year courses for Medical and Dental students; three year courses for Pharmaceutical students. Following degrees granted: M.D., D.D.S., Phar. C. Students may enter for collegiate work at the beginning of any course. MEMBERATION September 29, 29, 2021 Winter学期 January 14, 2022 Spring学期 March 18, 2022 FOR CATALOG AND INFORMATION WRITE F. D. WILKINSON, Registrar HOWARD UNIVERSITY WASHINGTON, D.C. MANDBAGS MUST BE USEFUL Compartments as important as Style —Duvetyn Faille, Silk and Canton Crepe, Materials. Smart compact bags are the keynote of the novelties featured this season. Paris has set the pace for bulkless appearing handbags, and American manufacturers have adopted this idea with variations to suit the needs of American women. Bags are carried more for utility than for decoration by American women, it was pointed out, and therefore compartments are as important an element as the style. To give the flat effect and at the same time make it roomy has taxed the ingenuity of manufacturers, but they have succeeded admirably in combining the two. Bags are being made so small and at the same time spacious enough for toilet articles, that the term "vanity" is liberally applied. The envelope bag, square and oblong shape, is the most stressed style, but bags on frames and draw strings developed in new materials are also conspicuously featured. Duvetyn faille, silk and canton crepe are three of the most popular materials used this season and are combined in many cases with steel beads. There is a strong tendency toward fur bags. Some manufacturers are bringing them out in American broadtail and the cheaper makers are approximating this by using fur fabrics or imitations. FABRIC GLOVE IS APPROVED Even Those Accustomed to Wear Kid Have Declared Preference for Newer Handcovering. The fabric glove has found favor with the most fastidious; even those accustomed to wear the kid glove exclusively have declared preference for the fabric glove for general wear. Led by the fancy kid glove, which has had its quota of success, the fabric glove has begun to be decorated in various ways. One of the weaves gnding favor comes from France, and, strange to say, it has been developed with all thought for an American clientele. It is an armure of fine cotton which has been passed through an emery process, leaving it with a velvety finish like a dull suede. It is said to be lighter in quality than the chamois, which is the one liked best in the heavier grades. Among the shades preferred, gray and belze are now in the first rank with such differences in tones as shades in each color with white and black and, not infrequently, combinations of the two. INDIAN DESIGNS ARE LATEST Indications Are That Sport Clothes Will Copy Navajo Tribe and the Scandinavians. If the sweaters which have been seen are an indication of what the coming season fashions are to be, the feminine world of sport clothes lovers will resemble the Navajo tribe and Scandinavian sportsmen. Light backgrounds with Norwegian and Swedish designs in all the primary colors and darker backgrounds with Navajo patterns are the latest things in sweaters. As to colors, the fuchsia shades are in the lead, but every color the rainbow has ever displayed or suggested vies in popularity. Mending the Blouse Sometimes, when a favorite suit blouse goes to pieces under the arms, a new piece of material may be hemstitched to the worn place most satisfactorily. Spread of Bathing in Europe. Bathing came to Europe as one of the good results of the Crusades. The Knights of the Cross found baths in general use among the Saracens, and seeing what good things they were, on returning from these wars took the initiative for their introduction. In this they were highly successful first in England and from that to other countries. So popular did the bath become that it became customary to have one before ceremonies such as marriage or knighthood, and the people have been ever since learning the values of keeping their skins clean. Longest Shakespeare Play. "Hamlet" is in the longest of Shakespeare's plays, with 3,980 lines, and the "Comedy of Errors" the shortest with 1,777 lines. The Last Piece of Cake. It is considered bad luck to take the last piece of cake or other food on the plate. This superstition may be traced as far back as the Bible, where the injunction to "leave some for manners" is found in Ecclesiasticus 31:17. Olive Oil in Babies' Diet. Dr. E. E. Graham of Philadelphia recommends the addition of olive oil to the diet of babies in their first two years. It is digested well by most infants and supplies them with additional fat. Arrow Deadly as Bullet. Arrow Deadly as Bullet. A mounted Indian or white man with bow and arrows sometimes could kill more buffaloes than a man could kill with a rifle, says the American Forestry Magazine. At close range the arrow was as deadly as the bullet, it made less noise, and arrows could be discharged three or four times as rapidly as bullets from muzzle-loading guns. Indian Name of Quaint Old City. The Indians called a strait "Kebec," and the name was given to the site of the present city of Quebec from the peculiar configuration of the St. Lawrence river at that point, for the river there grows narrow and from its deep waters rises the bold height on which the ancient city stands. The French-Canadian still pronounces the name Kebec. Old Biggy His Court. A judge of Livingston, N. J., is on record as holding court from the seat of an ad buggy. The case was that of a tenant who had disregarded notice to vacate property, so the buggy was drawn up within a short distance of the house in question and the trial proceeded. English Poetry and Prose. If there is anything in literature as wonderful as English poetry it is English prose. Like the twin pillars of a mighty temple stand those two great books, the Bible of 1611, the Shakespeare of 1622, and no other country can show their equal—George Sampson. Regiment Proud of Long Service. The Third infantry, the oldest regiment of our army, which dates from 1784, has developed its arms to show its early service in Mexico. One interesting device used by this regiment is a baton crossed with an oldtime bayonet back of the shield. The baton which figures prominently in the regiment's history was made from the flagstaff of the capitol of the City of Mexico and was taken when the city was captured. It is still one of the most highly prized possessions of the regiment. Electricity and Chinese Demons. Word has come from Shanghai that employees of the China Electric company recently called in a native priest to drive away the demon in an electric buzz saw which had cut off two of the operator's fingers. After the ceremony the workmen returned to their tasks contentedly. The manager of the plant felt that, despite the superstition displayed, these Chinese workmen were accepting electricity in their own way—North American. THE NEWEST NOTES IN HATS Lace Still Much Used and Sometimes Seen in Streamers That Hang to the Waistline. Lace is a becoming and decorative note which is still much used. It is sometimes seen in long streamers that fall from the brim across the back and hang to the waistline, or, again, it is draped on one side. There are some shadow design, but the Spanish laces are particularly interesting and quite different from anything used during the summer, because of their definitely heavy pattern and silky weave. Metallic laces in gold and silver are decorative for evening hats. Soft willow ostrich with long flues, natural or glycerinized ostrich feathers, lacquered quills, and narrow ribbons are used for trimming. Very often, black feathers are tipped with silver. - Vogue. Clean Velour Hat If the velours hat is shabby, put some finely powdered salt in the oven. When it is quite hot, rub it into the hat with soft paper. Discard the soft paper for new occasionally. Brush with a stiff brush. FUNERAL DIRECTORS 5121 ERNEST IL WILLIAMSON UNDERTAKER Ernest H. Williamson UNDERTAKER Day Light Chapel, capacity 200, Outside Ventilation—Organ and Organist Free— I am as near as your Telephone—I give service at a reasonable price—Distance immaterial, consult me—I save you worry, time and money. 5121 & 5123 SOUTH STATE STREET CHICAGO, ILLINOIS J. GRAY LUCAS ATTORNEY-AT-LAW 129 E. 31ST STREET Suite 18-17 CHICAGO F. Dunn, J. B. McCahey, Trustees Tel: Oakland 1552, 1551, 1550 JOHN J. DUNN Established 1877 WHOLESALE AND RETAIL COAL Fifty-First and Federal Streets CHICAGO Academice 3065 Prudence Ave. Phone Douglas 2188 Phones: Main 2017 Auto 38-305 A. L. WILLIAMS ATTORNEY, AND COUNSELOR AT LAW Suite 706 Pirmann Building 84 W. Washington Street CHICAGO PHONE KENWOOD 455 Comparative Statement of Deposits November 18, 1912, $836,605.23 November 17, 1914, $912,005.69 November 17, 1916, $1,132,750.72 November 18, 1918, $1,284,084.24 November 17, 1919, $2,359,636.62 November 15, 1920, $3,224,633.09 OFF JOHN BAIN. President MICHAEL MAISEL, V EDW. C. BARRY W. MERLE ARTHU JOHN BAIN, President MICHAEL MAISEL, Vice President EDW. C. BARRY, Cashier W. MERLE FISHER, Assistant Cashier ARTHUR C. UTESCH, Asst. Cashier Something in This. If a man has the raw material for being a blamed fool, he cannot blame the fakir for taking advantage of opportunities—Exchange. It Always Costs Him a Stroke. Nothing is more disconcerting to a middle-aged golfer than to be asked by the young lady who is watching him drive off whether he intends to enter the grandfather's tournament. THE BROADWAY The Cranford Apartment Bldg 3600 WABASH AVENUE The finest building ever opened to Colored tenants in Chicago Steam heat, electric lights, tile beeths, marble entrance Phone Main 263 J. W. Casey, Agt. 133 W. Washington S NCERS Buce President , Cashier FISHER, Assistant Cashier R C. UTESCH, Asst. Cashier OFFICERS In rooms where the floor is in shed with a soft carpet the mover chairs is often the cause of a great of noise. The trouble may be mute died in this way: From thick small rounds to glue on to the chairs. These can be secured an old hat or cut from an old paint covering. The chairs can be moved about quietly even on hardest floors.