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The Christmas or the Holiday Edition of The Broad Ax Merry Christmas to All the People Residing in Chicago L. ```markdown ``` ```markdown ``` HON. PATRICK J. CARR Ex-alderman of the fifth ward, ex Chicago, treasurer of Cook C $1,000,000 to Hon. George financial straits. Mr. Carr st among all classes of his fellow as county treasurer in 1922. check for $50 for the Fort De on of the fifth ward, ex-Trustee of the Sar- t, treasurer of Cook County, who this w 000 to Hon. George F. Harding to aie al straits. Mr. Carr stands on the top wa all classes of his fellow citizens and he will ty treasurer in 1922. He has already for $50 for the Fort Dearborn Hospital. Ex-alderman of the fifth ward, ex-Trustee of the Sanitary District of Chicago, treasurer of Cook County, who this week turned over $1,000,000 to Hon. George F. Harding to aid the city in its financial straits. Mr. Carr stands on the top wave of popularity among all classes of his fellow citizens and he will succeed himself as county treasurer in 1922. He has already written out his check for $50 for the Fort Dearborn Hospital. Hon. Patrick I. Carr was born in September 4, 1880. He was the late awake son of James and Bridget (Bolger) Carr, who were well known to the old time citizens of Chicago. As he advanced towards ripe boyhood he sold newspapers for nine years, at the same time saving his money, which was expended to assist to educate him, and after completing his education in the grammar school in this city he entered the De La Salle Institute, finally graduating from it with high honors. On August 9, 1905, Mr. Carr was united in marriage to Miss Agnes McAuley, and they are the proud and happy parents of one highly accomplished daughter, Miss Margaret Carr. They reside in a pleasant home at 3508 South Western avenue. Seemingly it was just as natural for Mr. Carr to take to politics as it is for ducks to take to water, and for more than six years he was one of the honest sidewalk inspectors for the city of Chicago, and moving forward or on up in political affairs he was elected alderman from the Fifth Ward in 1911, shortly after becoming one of the faithful, hard-working city fathers he was presented with the finest and largest diamond star that any alderman has ever received. He was reelected to the City Council in 1913 without the slightest opposition, showing that he occupied a warm spot in the hearts of all the people residing in the Fifth Ward. In 1914 Mr. Carr was the only Democrat to be elected one of the Trustees of the Sanitary District of Chicago, and being very popular and well liked by people in all walks of life, many Republicans, both white and colored, voted for him. He is president of Patrick J. Carr & Co., real estate dealers. He and his ```markdown ``` [Name] [Name] HON. WILLIAM L. O'CONNELLE Ex-Commissioner of Public Works of Chicago; ex-treet County; ex-chairman of the Public Utilities Commi- president of the O'Connell Motor Truck Co., "Sell livers the Goods"; one of the directors of the So- Bank, who is in the public eye for mayor of Chic toner of Public Works of Chicago; ex-tres- ex-chairman of the Public Utilities Commi- nent of the O'Connell Motor Truck Co., "Se- se Goods"; one of the directore of the So- who is in the public eye for mayor of Chicago Ex-Commissioner of Public Works of Chicago; ex-treasurer of Cook County; ex-chairman of the Public Utilities Commission of Illinois; president of the O'Connell Motor Truck Co., "Super Truck Delivers the Goods"; one of the directors of the South Side State Bank, who is in the public eye for mayor of Chicago in 1923. VOL. XXVII. THE BROAD AX - Trustee of the Sanitary District of county, who this week turned over F. Harding to aid the city in its hands on the top wave of popularity citizens and he will succeed himself. He has already written out his arborn Hospital. than six years he was one of the honest sidewalk inspectors for the city of Chicago, and moving forward or on up in political affairs he was elected alderman from the Fifth Ward in 1911, and shortly after becoming one of the faithful, hard-working city fathers he was presented with the finest and largest diamond star that any alderman has ever received. He was reelected to the City Council in 1913 without the slightest opposition, showing that he occupied a warm spot in the hearts of all the people residing in the Fifth Ward. In 1914 Mr. Carr was the only Democrat to be elected one of the Trustees of the Sanitary District of Chicago, and being very popular and well liked by people in all walks of life, many Republicans, both white and colored, voted for him. He is president of Patrick J. Carr & Co., real estate dealers. He and his ```markdown ``` of Chicago; ex-treasurer of Cook lic Utilities Commission of Illinois; tor Truck Co., "Super Truck De- directors of the South Side State for mayor of Chicago in 1923. CHICAGO, ILL., SATURDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1921. HON. WILLIAM L. O'CONNELL One of the most successful business men in Chicago family are honored members of the Roman Catholic Church. He is a member of the Royal Arcanum, Knights of Columbus, Hibernians, and he belongs to the Illinois Athletic Club, and he greatly delights to spend his extra time in playing hand-ball. Mr. Carr, who is one of the very THE AWAKENING OF THE NEGRO The business spirit appears to be taking deep root in the hitherto stolid heart of the race and the Black Sampson seems to be coming out of his slumbering drowse. Everyday it is becoming more apparent that the Negro is tired of pouring his hard earned money in the lap of those who have for years industriously opposed him at every step forward. It as it seems to be the case that prescription and hindrance stimulates him to urge it cannot be regarded as the worse thing in the world. We do know that a tight rein on the driving horse causes him to quicken his step, the effort to hold the race back has only incurred to its rapid strides in the line of progress. Every where the fact is self evident. We are building up a life of commerce among ourselves and although it is in its infancy yet it is inspiring and reassuring. We must commence at the beginning, and our beginning looms large out of our dark long night of inactivity in business. At present we realize only a small share of the trade among us, which will eventually develop into a greater portion as the days and years go by. We have the best era of the world's progress to study diligently the great Hon. William L. O'Connell who has worked his way to the front single handed and alone said he has become one of the most successful and straightforward business men within the confines of this great and wonderful city, in which he first beheld the light of day in 1871, receiving his early education in the public schools of his native city and as he approached manhood he entered St. John's Academy from which educational institution he later on graduated from with high honors, and as time rolled on he took a three-year law course at the North Western University and at the end of that time emerging from it with more high honors. Being full of ambition, Mr. O'Connell mastered the law in the evenings and hustled in the day time as a city salesman for Franklin McVeagh & Company, wholesale grocers and all in all at that time Mr. O'Connell was amply prepared on all sides to either enter the commercial life or field or the world of politics and being farsighted he has successfully combined the two into one and for some years he was engaged in manufacturing and an extensive jobber in Union Made cigars at 64 Wahash Ave., and he was ever ready to sell anyone from one hundred to two or three million cigars in the twinkling of an eye. In 1904 he made his first whirl in politics becoming superintendent of the city gas inspection bureaus being appointed by Mayor Carter H. Harrison, and from that time to the present he has been prominently in the public eye. While honestly and faithfully serving in that position he was selected as Deputy Commissioner of Public Works by Mayor Harrison, serving in that capacity until 1906, then he was appointed Commissioner of Public Works by Mayor Edward F. Dunne, and conducted all of the affairs of that responsible and most important office with great ability and in a business like manner. He had the backbone and the honesty to compel all the contractors doing work for the city and those selling it goods of every description to live up to their contracts and if they failed to do so, he reminded them of that fact, and reductions were made, in accordance with the goods sold to the city. In the summer of 1906, Mr. O'Connell was elected chairman of the Democratic county central committee of Cook County and he served his party in that capacity until the latter part of 1910. The first part of November, 1910, with the aid of this newspaper, he was elected Treasurer of Cook County after a hard fought battle with Thomas J. Healy, who is one of the strongest followers of Hon. Charles S. Deneen, who was at that time Governor of Illinois and threw all his mighty power and strength behind best friends of the writer, is the present Treasurer of Cook County has rapidly forged to the front as one of the keenest business men in this city and it is almost useless to state that Mr. Carr feels very proud to be able to extend Christmas greetings to his whole army of friends scattered throughout this city and county. lessons of barter and trade, and being apt scholars in the field of trade and commerce we will learn the simple plans first, which will lay for us the foundation for greater future developments until finally we will reach the goal of our ambition and hope. THE PRESENT CIVILIZATION The World War gave us the League of Nations and almost put Germany in the discard. The meeting at Washington to organize a society of Nations is going a few steps further and it proposes to put all possibilities of future wars in the discard. Most of the world chaos was brought by the aggravated nature of rulers to satisfy their thirst for fame by bleeding the nations white. Conquest and subjugation follows in the live of infamous greed and ambition which led to the death of Caesar, Napoleon, and a great host of hostile spirits. It would seem that our civilization had made some progress, yet when we think of the elements of destruction fostered by the nature of man to control empires it is cause for great alarm. Statesmen have concluded that war is more costly than peace with honor and so they have begun to reason together to peradventure find a way to frustrate the hostile greed of Mr. Healy. It was one of the bitterest and most exciting political battles ever fought out in this city and county and in the final end Mr. O'Connell ran in under the wire far ahead of the Hon. Thomas J. Healy. Mr. O'Connell stood on the following platform in his successful race for County Treasurer: "I will return the interest on public funds to the people. "I will install a system for payment of taxes that will save time and trouble. "I will abolish the plans that require the taxpayer to stand in line for hours in order to pay his taxes. "I will require a standard of merit for appointment to office based on the fundamental requisites of honesty and efficiency." To the undying credit of Mr. O'Connell he carried out every promise which he made prior to his election as county treasurer and no honest person can never say anything to the contrary in that respect. Mr. O'Connell failed to land Hon Edward F. Dunne in the mayor's chair in 1907 and in 1911, but at the presidential election in 1912 he did succeed in landing him in the governor's chair at Springfield, Illinois, and from that time on Mr. O'Connell became a prominent or a national figure in Democratic politics and for eight years he made frequent trips to Washington, D. C., to consult President Woodrow Wilson in relation to Federal appointments in Illinois. At the expiration of his term as County Treasurer in December, 1914, he was selected by Governor Edward F. Dunne as chairman of the Public Utilities Commission of Illinois and as a state-wide public official, he at all times displayed rare judgment and great executive ability in conducting all the affairs in connection with that important position. Mr. O'Connell has always been classed as a good mixer in politics for at all times he wears a pleasant smile and he greets all comers with a warm hand shake. Possessing a far insight into public affairs and understanding how to govern men thousands of the friends of Mr. O'Connell are constantly urging him to enter the race for mayor of Chicago in 1923. For some years past Mr. O'Connell has been the President of the Illinois Auto Truck Co, main factory at Waukean, Ill., and with a branch factory and general offices at 1452 S. Michigan Ave. He is also one of the Directors of the South Side State Bank and without any question about it he is one of the best, most popular and straightforward business men residing in the great city of Chicago. Mr. O'Connell and his adorable wife, Mrs. O'Connell and the other members of their family reside in a lovely home at 4418 Drexel Blvd., and for many years The Broad Ax, once each week finds its way into their pleasant home. kings and rulers. We call the aeroplane, submarine, blimps, baloons and great battleships with vast tonnage, with six ten-inch guns vital evidences of the world's progress. It is perhaps proof of man's inventive genius, yet when we think of them as destructive forces, we are compelled to mark their very existence as a positive sign of human degeneracy. The society of Nations call for a limitation of armaments and it appears that the human impulses of man are at last drifting toward a better day. MR. CHARLES WEINFIELD RANKS WITH THE BEST LAW- YERS IN THIS CITY. There are many able lawyers in Chicago, but few of them are better equipped along that line or possess more legal ability, than Mr. Charles Weinfield, who was born in this city, educated in its public schools, attended the Northwestern University from 1899 to 1902, being admitted to the Illinois Bar in 1903. Mr. Weinfield, has met with great success in the practice of his chosen profession. He is an honored member of the American, Illinois, State and Chicago Bar Associations. He is also an honored member of the Chicago Art Institute, Young Men's Associated Jewish Charities, etc. He also has the honor of being a high mason. The past June, Mr. Weinfield, was happily united in marriage to Miss Jessie Golden Howell, who is just as beautiful and as charming as she possibly can be. Mr. and Mrs. Weinfield and his mother, Mrs. Weinfield reside in a beautiful home at 6746 Bennett avenue, and they will be at home to their host of friends during the festive Holiday season. The writer has no better friend in this city than Mr. Weinfield. HON. MATT A. MUELLER Republican candidate for re-election as Trustee of the Sanitary District of Chicago. Hon. Matt. A. Mueller, Republican Candidate for re-nomination and re-election as one of the Trustees of the Sanitary District of Chicago, needs no long introduction to the many readers of The Broad Ax. He was born on the 12th day of December, 1865, in Germany, arriving in this country in the spring of 1881, located at Chester, Randolph County, Illinois, where he worked on a farm for two years; removing to Chicago on May 1, 1883, he located in the same district where he now resides at 4917 S. Loomis street. For some years he worked for the Jones and Stiles Packing Co., the Boyd and Lunham Packing Co., and Swift and Co., until 1902. At that time he was appointed Real Estate Deputy, in the Board of Review, serving in that capacity until April 1, 1909. Then he plunged into politics in dead earnest, for at the April election in 1909, he was elected to the City Council from the old fighting 29th ward. He was re-elected Alderman from the same ward in 1911, winning out by only twenty votes; but he was deprived of his seat by a strong parisan vote of the City Council. Being undaunted, he was still a strong factor and a prominent leader of the Republican party on the southwest side, and he successfully organized the Lake Building Material Co. of which he was President for three years; disposing of his interest in that company, he successfully engaged in the Real Estate business under the firm Name of Matt. A. Mueller and Company, located at 5047 S. Ashland avenue. At the present time Mr. Mueller, is president of the Greune-Mueller Coal Company. Mr. and Mrs. Mueller are the proud and happy parents of two bright and lovely children. He is one of the highest Masons in this country, being connected with all the high Masonic bodies in Chicago. He is also an honored member of the Modern Woodmen, National Union and the Plattduetschen Gilden, of which he has been Grand Treasurer for years. At this time, Mr. Mueller desires to heartily thank his thousands and thousands of friends throughout this city and Cook county for their past loyal support, desiring a continuance of the same in the future and wishing one and all of them the joyous compliments of the Holiday season. HON. JAMES H. LAWLEY Ex-Alderman of the City O chairman of its Finance Comm Sanitary District of Chicago; chair such, he recently signed a check which was one of the largest chee one of the tried and true friends donated one hundred dollars to t Ex-Alderman of the City Council from the 14th Ward; chairman of its Finance Committee; one of the Trustees of the Sanitary District of Chicago; chairman of its Finance Committee; as such, he recently signed a check calling for seven million dollars, which was one of the largest checks ever drawn in this city. He is one of the tried and true friends of the Colored race, and lately he donated one hundred dollars to the Fort Dearborn Hospital. Hon. James A. Lawley was ushered into this grand old world right here in the great city of Chicago in 1876, and in every sense of the word he is a genuine Chicagoan, receiving his education in its public schools, later on graduating with high honors from the Illinois College of Law. For five terms, or for ten years, he was one of the very valuable members of the City Council from the Fourteenth Ward, and as a member of that body his wise counsel was constantly sought by the other members of the city legislative body. He was for a long time one of the very strong and influential members of the finance, gas, oil and electric light committees of the City Council. He always stood for honesty and efficiency in the administration of municipal affairs. handling big problems as a result of his vast experience on the various important committees of the City Council, and in that work he was often brought in close contact with his present position as one of the trustees of the Sanitary District of Chicago. As the election in November, 1916, he was chosen one of the trustees of that district and in that position he is more than making good at every inch of the road. He is chairman of its finance committee which is the most important committee in connection with the Sanitary District of Chicago. Mr. Lawley is one of the most popular public officials in Cook county for he always greets everyone with an extremely pleasant smile and with a grasp of the hand and at all times he It was through Alderman Lawley's efforts that modern up-to-date business methods were introduced into city affairs in the preparations of the budget. He also caused to be introduced modern bookkeeping and accounting methods. He has always received the unqualified endorsement of civic bodies and has been praised by the press for securing budget reform. He has always been accustomed to HON. MATT A. MUELLER One of the fair or liberal r the Sanitary District of Chicago; posed toward the Colored people hundred dollars to the Fort Dearbe One of the fair or liberal minded and popular Trustees of the Sanitary District of Chicago; he has always been friendly disposed toward the Colored people and recently he contributed one hundred dollars to the Fort Dearborn Hospital. 5 CENTS per copy No. 13 Council from the 14th Ward; committee; one of the Trustees of the firm of its Finance Committee; as calling for seven million dollars,cks ever drawn in this city. He is of the Colored race, and lately he the Fort Dearborn Hospital. handling big problems as a result of his vast experience on the various important committees of the City Council, and in that work he was often brought in close contact with his present position as one of the trustees of the Sanitary District of Chicago. At the election in November, 1916, he was chosen one of the trustees of that district and in that position he is more than making good at every inch of the road. He is chairman of its finance committee which is the most important committee in connection with the Sanitary District of Chicago. Mr. Lawley is one of the most popular public officials in Cook county for he always greets everyone with an extremely pleasant smile and with a grasp of the hand and at all times he conducts himself like a high class gentleman and the voters in this city and county will make no mistake in reelecting Mr. Lawley to his present position in 1922, for at all times in the past he has proved himself to be an honest and faithful public servant. With great pleasure Mr. Lawley extends holiday greetings to his vast army of friends residing within the walls of Cook county. 1930 minded and popular Trustees of he has always been friendly dis and recently he contributed one born Hospital. No.13 a ae a = - oe e Sy 5 al at DR. ULYSSES GRANT DAILEY Dr. Dailey, the author of the interesting article on “ well-known surgical practitioner and teacher, a gradu western University, and former instructor in anatom mater. He has done post graduate work in Londc Berlin, as well as in the most important clinics of In 1915, he was honored with the presidency of Medical Association of colored physicians, dentists cists. He is attending surgeon to the Provident « Dearborn Hospitals, and visiting lecturer in surgery Medical College, Nashville, Tenn. Dr. Dailey, the author of the interesting article on “Goiter,” is a well-known surgical practitioner and teacher, a graduate of North- ‘western University, and former instructor in anatomy in his alma mater. He has done post graduate work in London, Paris and Berlin, as well as in the most important clinics of this country. In 1915, he was honored with the presidency of the National Medical Association of colored physicians, dentists and pharma- cists. He is attending surgeon to the Provident and the Fort Dearborn Hospitals, and visiting lecturer in surgery to Meharry Medical College, Nashville, Tenn. BAPTISTS TO MEET IN NASH- | Hall of Atlanta, Ga. and at 8 P. M. VILLE JANUARY 25th. | the Rev. Dr. R. H. Bolling of Norfolk, — |Va, will speak at the First Baptist SEMINARY DEMANDS IMMEDI- | Church of Nashville of which Dr. G. ATE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE. |B. Taylor is pastor. The musical part Evanston, Ill. The Executive Board of the Nation- al Baptist Convention of the U. S. A. has been called to meet at Nashville, Tenn. Wednesday, January 25th at 10 A. M. in the chapel of the Seminary. At New. Orleans. La..many pledges ‘were made under the eloquent appeal “of the late Dr. C. J. W. Boyd and it is understood that this session of the Board will take steps to meet press- ing obligations that cannot be longer delayed. Dr. G. A. Long of Helena, Ark, the successor to Dr. Boyd, is already located at Nashville and is striving to stem the tide, but finds conditions such that he is making an earnest appeal for relief. The respons- ¢s from those making the pledges he reports have been few. Dr. Edward P. Jones, the president, in speaking Of the call said “Our school is the only institution of its kind operated by Baptists in the world it deserves the unstinuted support of Baptists everywhere. I believe they will give it. Our facilities are limited and stu- dents must necessarily be refused ad- mission. Our entire indebtedness is less than twelve thousand dollars. I am of the opinion that when the Board convenes in January each mem- ber will bring a donation of twenty- five dollars which will make a total of twenty-five hundred dollars and this would relieve us of a very embar- rassing situation.” The program at Nashville provides for an Educational Sermon at 11 A. M. by Dr. Ernest 2 i we . co .ie ee a ee. os 7 ee 5 se DR. M. J. BROWN Seiten tthe Fest Dossbarn Hospital Apsociation, fon, who was the first one to lay down one ee ae oops ot ining Se nen ateaeol ‘the pleasures of the Holiday Season. EHS USEH isa School “We must learn oriperish. The ciiorts made by the Fateito live respectively is suf cient’ proof that he has the spirit to live well. Building homes, school houses, churches, clubs, and various kinds of institutions is but the out- ward manifestation of what the Negro has in his heart and mind. He has had to battle against the hardships of three centuries, and altho his progress appears to have been slow, he has struggled harder for the mark. He has assumed all of the phases of the civilization he has so recently become a part, and he is determined that this development shall mark the cra in which he lives. We find the young men and women matriculating at the best universities and winning laurel crowns. Wherever a door swings lightly on its hinges they have the courage to enter and make the most out of their environment. Un- daunted by the tricks and chacinery of his oppressor he struggles mightily 1o make of them the confessor. The press, the school room, the busy hum of trade, the pulpit, the lodge, the church, and other forces, all seem con-_ sentrated against the common foe. | ‘THE BROAD AX, CHICAGO, ILL. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1921 pa SOME. INTERESTING FACTS CON-|23s 00S. CERNING GOITER THAT THE PUB. |... < prevented « LIC SHOULD KNOW. eae ie By DR. ULYSSES GRANT DAILEY,};"": nae Chicago, Illinois en cepting the temporary fullness at the neck which occurs periodically in so™e females, and during pregnancy. Broad- ly used, it includes also the rather rare cancerous tunors of this gland; but this usage is incorrect. The thyroid gland is a fleshy stru~- ture which lies saddle-like across the windp'pe, and consists of two parts or lobes, connected by a middle portion or isthmus. The weight of the whole ‘organ normally is about one and one- half ounces. Briefly, here is what we know about the functions of the thyroid. It is es- sential to life. More blood goes to it than to any other gland in the body. Complete removal in animals is fol- lowed by slow death. If, however. ‘one-sixth of it (estimated) is left, its function will be maintained. If trans- planted to another part of the body, ‘or if throid substance is fed, the re- sults of removal will be more or less obviated. Human beings born with- out a thyroid, or with too small a thyroid, become dwarfed idiots who seldom live to maturity; they are known as cretins, and one or more of them are to be found in most state asylums. They exemplify the conse- quences of deficiency of thyroid sub- stance in the immature individual Remarkable benefits follow feeding them with thyroid glands. Thyroid deficiency in adults causes the peculiar disease known as myxedema. Evi- dently the gland has a profound in- fiuence over mental and physical de- velopment. It is estimated that the child needs one-third of the total thyroid found in normal persons, while adults may keep perfect health with one-sixth (Mayo). When the cland is overactive, symptoms of poisoning ensue. The individual has periods of nervousness and trembling, loss of weight, bulging of the eyes. and rapid heart beat. This group of symptoms may be of slight or severe degree. In its normal capacity, it <eems to be the “pep” station of the system, to use the phraseology of one of the popular medical writers. It appears to have certain regulatory functions in connection with other glands which have ther purposes, but which act in 2 similar manner: namely, the pitui- tary gland in the head, the suprarenal. near the kidneys, the thymus, in the chest, the sex glands, ete. This group including the thyroid and certain others, is known as the Endocrines They perform their very vital duties silently and mysteriously, and it must be confessed that medical science has much yet to learn about them. Now as to goiter itself. The ob- servant layman has doubtless noted | that this abnormality may affect men, women and children, but that women in the active period of life are the most frequent subjects. There are many varieties, but it is convenient to consider them all under two forms, which we speak of as (a) toxic and (b) nontoxic—or in plain English, (a) the poisonous and (b) those that are not poisonous. This distinction in no way depends upon the size. Thus a very large growth may be perfectly simple as far as constitutional effects are concerned, whereas an_insignifi- cant enlargement may be accompanied by very serious symptoms of thyroid poisoning. We call the nonpoisonous type the simple goiter. A fair pro- portion of these simple goiters be- come toxic later in life. This point |: will be recurred to further on. A}: rather serious form is toxic from the|| beginning. Often the manifestations | of poisoning occur before the thyroid |: nlargement itself is conspicuous, | using confusion on the part of the | satient, and sometimes even of the |: lortor. as to the nature of the trouble. | Many a person has been treated for |t jeart disease when the real condition | ras goiter. : What is the cause of this maladv?| \ direct answer to the query cannot |! ¢ given. There are. however. many |! nteresting facts which bear upon the | westion, the more important of which |' re herewith related: : A few eminent phvsicians are of the | clief that some unknown germ is re-|¢ nonsible for the tronble, but this heory has not met with general ac- |? entanre. Certain localities seem to wor the occurrence of disease. In| arts of the Swiss Alos. nearly every |f ne has a goiter. The trouble is re- rarkably freavent in the North Pa-|‘ fic states and in the Great Lakes re-| jon of this country. I have just|' xamined a table prepared bv the draft | * firials in the late war. Of the first | © 000.000 recruits, over 16 of every|} 000 from the state of Washincton |‘ resented some form of goiter. Tdaho| NL CP ee ae eee ae | although we cannot assert that fey are causal independent of other more essential factors. There is a wide- spread belief anong physicians that the cause is in sone way related to drinking water. While it is not our puropse to go into details as to treatment, perhaps it may be profitable to present a few suggestive facts about the approved methods of handling the disease. From what has been said, it will be easily understood that there is no one method suitable for all types of goiter. I wish to emphasize this point above all others. In the way of medica’ treatment iodine, or some preparation of it, properly given under the direc- tion of the physician, is of immense value in the prevention and cure of goiter in carly life. Other drugs are beneficial in relieving symptoms. A goiter should not be “painted” with any drug or chemical whatsoever. There is no successful serum or vac- cine, although several dozen kinds of them have been tried. Many goiters are reduced, and some yield completely to X-ray therapy. That wonderful substance, radium, about which we are hearing so much at the present time, has to its credit many good results. To the uninformed it should be stated that while both these latter agencies have great powers for good in appropriate cases, and administered by experienced hands, they also have possibilities for harm, and the physician should de- cide the best method for the particular case. In not a few instances, there is nO apparent urgent reason for inter- ference of any kind. There may be no pressure symptoms, such as difficulty in breathing, or in swallowing, nor evident effects of poisoning. But Dr. Plummer, chief medical doctor of the Mayo clinic has demonstrated by sta- tictics of thousands of cases carefully studied, that a patient having a simple goiter starting at about 23, has a very definite chance of that goiter becoming toxic at about 36. In other words, every simple goiter untreated tends in about fourteen years, to become a serious disease. Upon these facts, we base the plea that all goiters should have competent medical advice even Mough whey appear oymprouless. It is fairly agreed by medical as we'!l as surgical doctors that the large nodular or cystic goiter can only be removed by surgical means. Our peo- ple have an altogether unwarranted fear of operation in the simple goiter, 2 fear perhaps encouraged by some physicians. I am free to say that with he exception of very long-standing oxic and complicated cases, there are few major surgical procedures that -an be done with less risk and greater satisfaction both to patient and phy- sician; this, of course, on the condi- ion that the work is done by those who have acquired the special experi- nce and skill to do it. Most cases can now be done under local anesthesia; hat it, a painless operation can be jone without putting the patient asleep with ether. The scar following a prop- rly done goiter operation is as a rule rractically invisible. Of course, as has een stated, many cases do not re- wuire operation; and there are some thers that though they need it, have hrough ignorance and fear permitted he golden moment to pass when op- ration could have been done with afety. Especially is this true of the ind occurring in young and middle- ged women (and occasionally in nen), with the staring eyes, which we ave referred to as “exophthalmic citer.” This disease although prim- rily of the thyroid gland, affects all ne tissues of the body, particularly ne heart and the nerve tissues. It is pt to come on in waves, or spells; nat is to say, there are periods when ¢ patient for several weeks or months ls so much better that she thinks ne is well, only to be followed by nother period of serious nervousness, aipitation, loss of weight, etc. This] eriod of improvement may occur re-| ardless of what is or is not done in 1e way of treatment, $0 it is easy to} ¢ that whatever medicine was given | yr if the patient went into “Science” | | about that time), such got credit | the apparent cure. Rest and quiet | eof the greatest importance for || jese patients; in many instances of |! jore importarice than drugs. They |' jould be handled sympathetically by | mily and friends, and protected from | rery thing that would tend to worry |' "irritate; for many cases are known have become fatally worse following | severe emotional shock. The high- } t type of training, experience and dgement are demanded of the medi] a. Mel eee en | classes of goiter, viz.: (a) the simple, nonpoisonous type, many of which may be prevented or reduced by ap- propriate medical treatment, but in which operative removal where ad- visable may be accomplished with com partive safety; and (a) the more serious,poisonous types. Second, That every case whether simple or serious should have proper medical advice. Third, That cach case is a law unto itself. Fourth, That any physican or insti- tute which calims to cure al! cases by some one method of treatment inte pendent of all others, is likely to be a fake. | LIGHT AND AIR FOR CITY DWELLINGS. It will hardly be questioned by any right thinking person that facili- ties for the proper natural lighting and ventilating of our homes are of first importance as affecting health and comfort. This being true, it should be worth while to note the almost universal lack of window efficiency in the con- tested areas of the large cities of the country. Out of thirty cities having a population exceeding 240,000, it would be safe to say that at least twenty-five of them have considerable areas in which the dwellings are bad- ly congested. In such districts the houses would be found crowded close- ly together with practically no side yards and with little open space at the rear. In a general way the win- dows which are supposed to afford light and air to the rooms in these dwellings may be classified as fol- lows: First, windows which front on streets. Second, windows opening toward the rear. Third, woindows which depend on side yards or courts for their supply of light and air. The first class, those windows which front on the street, constitute about one-quarter of the whole number. Where cross streets are frequent, this proportion will be slightly increased by windows on the cross streets; but in case store fronts are common, the front windows available for living rooms would be cut off. In general this class of windows provide fairly adequate lighting and ventilation to the front room, but it should be noticed that these rooms are the least used of any rooms in the house. The second class, constituting also. a quarter of the whole number open-| ing ~n an alley or rear yard, belong to rooms generally used as Kitchens] and constantly occupicd during the day. It may be safely affirmed that a very large proportion of these win- dows afford a limited and quite in- adequate supply of light and air, be- cause of the cramped space between them and adjoining buildings and be-| cause of the presence, in most cases, of rear porches and stairways which materially decorate their efficiency. It| often happens that the erection of] clatively tall buildings, such as ware-| houses and factories, also shuts in hese windows to a marked degree. The third class of windows which omprise about one-half of the total Jepend on narrow side yards, often only a foot or two in width and on arrow courts, always inadequate for he lower stories of tae dwelling for ighting and ventilation of the room within, This analysis forces the conclusion, | ready too well known from actual | bservation, that not over half the! ooms in dwellings in congested quar-| ers of large cities are really fit for) juman beings to inhabit. It is also to be noted that in only | few of the twenty-five cities under onsideration, perhaps six in all, is here an effective up-t»-date building rdinance which secures marked im- rovement in the construction of new uildings. Note further that existing rdinances, such as they are, are uni- orm in their application to all sec- ions of the city, so that no certain elie. from congested conditions is ossible under established methods of ontrol. Zoning affords relief for such con- itions by the application of its essen- al principle of graded regulations, hich require more open space, larget ack yards, wider courts and side ards where land is cheap, than in the uilt up congested sections where ind is dear. Five cities of the twen- five under study have adopted zon- i and are fast outdistancing the ties which are still holding the mat-| r under advisement | J. B. CLITHERO AND CO. ARE RELIABLE REAL ESTATE AGENTS For the past six or seven years J. B. Clithero and Co. have been suc- cessfully engaged in the Real Estate business at 7 West Sist street, and Mr. Clithero has the unquestionable reputation of being thoroughly honest in his dealings with his patrons and his bookkeeper and clerk, Mr. Van Meter is always on the job ready to receive the rent money as it falls due from the numerous renters. 7 - azz, Oe, | HON. HENRY STUCKART Member of the Advisory Board of the Fort Dearbo | of the successful or leading south side m2rchant to enter the race for Mayor of Chicago in 1923 Member of the Advisory Board of the Fort Dearborn Hospital, on of the successful or leading south sid= merchants, who is wilin to enter the race for Mayor of Chicago in 1923. BAPTISTS AT EVANSTON jhe goes to London to represent th CLOSE GREAT YEAR. | apis of the National Baptist Cos panna | vention at the World’. conierene Dr. Edward P. Jones, Pastor | the Baptist. ‘Wins Laurels. | eheee The Broad Ax commends only that which it observes as worthy and out ‘of the ordinary. The citizens of Ev- anston, irrespective of their affiliation, delight to talk and tell of the wonder- ful progress made by the great Mt Zion Baptist Church, under the pas- torate of the Rev. Dr. Edward P. Jones, formerly of Mississippi. | Commencing with the fourth year lof service one observes a spirit of ‘unanimity and fellowship that is met seldom in that denomination. Truly here you will find one spirit and one accord, and the membership, working zealously to put over a program of construction. Dr. Jones and this won- derful congregation have made for themselves a name honored, respected and beloved as far as the influence of the great National Baptist Convermusr over which he presides, extends. During his services the congrega- tion has increased from a membership of One hundred to Eight hundred and ‘Seventy-six and has raised fally Sew- enty-five thousand dollars during the three years for all phases of denom- inational cost. The Editor visited this wonderful structure during the recent session of the Masonic Grand Lodge and was struck with the wonderful building and its beautiful surround- ings. It was built at a cost of One hundred Thousand dollars, and we are informed that they owe just Twenty- five thousand dollars, and the mem- bership is daily on the increase. There is not a nook or corner in the entire community but what the influ- ence of this wonderful congregation elbows and makes itself felt. The needy are a member: the poor assist- ed and the sick visited. One would think that Dr. Jones with the many heavy responsibilities upon him would not be able to observe the details of this great congregation, but the mem- bership is unanimous in its opinion that he is a pastor, broad, kind and sympathetic. Out of the many inter- views not one expressed other than the greatest regard and esteem for heir pastor. . ‘A new honor awaits him, for in '22' eee Ci DR. FRED C. CADE Secretary of the Fort Dearborn Hospital Association, who enjoys * 1 fine practice among the best people in this city, and Dr. Cad¢ wishes all his friends a fine time as long as the holiday seaso® lasts. This Department realizes the in portance of service rendered to suffer ing humanity through a well orzanized Social Axency, in order to educate public sentiment favorably towari broadening the scope of work and developing the activities of the hos pital, through the Woman's Auxiliary Board and Junior Service League The Woman's Auxiliary Board is comporsd of the folowing committees Child Welfare, Mile Station, S=-e Home, Hospital Linens, and Cor oom ity Visits. The Jnsor Service Leagor ig-eommesed of niels in nen [= to 20, who have pledged tierselees to work for the baby ward of the np tal They are jlommng one house Social at 3331 Gro! ‘Thursday, Dee. 29th to raise isuls wo buy material to make garments for the babies. Throngh this Department a success- ful Tax Day was planned and carried ‘out on November 7. Several articles of clothing have been distributed to needy persons. A number of mag zines have been given to the patients in the hospital. This Department cooperates with the Central Council of Social Agencies The Social Service Department of Ab- raham Lincoln Center, St. Mark's M- E. Church and the Woman's City Club. We cordially invite all women and girls who are interested in the Service to become members. Meetings are held Thursday at 2 P. M. for Women and on Saturdays at 1:30 for girls in room 10 Roosevelt State Bank Bldg., 3507 Grand Blvd. Elizabeth Lindsay Davis, Director, Ethel L Cade, Secretary. Mrs. Alva Bates, 440 Vincennes avenue and Mrs. Wm. T. Jefferson. 4437 Indiana avenue will leave Sater: day December, 17th, for an extended trip through the South. HON. JAMES A. SCOTT Assistant State's Attorney of Cook County, who has entire charge of the Habeas Corpus and Extradition Department of the State's Attorney's Office. Mr. Scott is so well known to the people of Chicago that it is hardly necessary to devote a great deal of space to his legal ability. Mr. Scott formerly served as an Assistant State's Attorney under the late John E. W. Wayman. His record in the office at that time stood well above par. Mr. Scott is the author of a valuable Law Book on Habeas Corpus and Extradition and it has had a large sale in all parts of the United States. At the present time he is writing a new volume more elaborate and more exhaustive in all its details along the similar lines. Hon. Robert E. Crowe appointed Mr. Scott to his present position the latter part of December, 1920, in fact it was one of his first appointments; and he was placed in complete charge the Habeas Corpus and Extradition department and from that time to the present has never questioned his legal ability or any of his actions in connection with it. In fact Mr. [Name] BROTHER J. I. HARPER The honest and efficient deputy clerk of the Criminal Court of Cook County. Member of Royal Eagle Lodge, No. 96, Masons; member of its finance committee, who is full of race pride and reflects great credit on the colored race. Bro. J. I. Harper, who is an active member of Royal Eagle Lodge No. 96 Free and Accepted Masons, was born... at Windsor, Ontario, in 1862, but completed his education in Detroit, Michigan, where his father, Rev. H. Harper, who was a pastor of A. M. E. Church, Detroit, Michigan, and property owner. He was the organizer of the Indiana Conference A. M. E. Church. Brother Harper came to Chicago in 1890 and was connected with Quinn Chapel Church, at the present time he is a member of the Institutional Church and staged the first Negro drama, "Tallaboo," in this city in November, 1911, at the Pekin theater, where thousands of people were turned away nightly. Three years ago Brother Harper was appointed as Deputy Clerk of the Criminal Court of Cook County and C. MR. MORRIS LEWIS Prominent Member of Grand Order of Odd Fellows Who for Over 22 Years Has Faithfully Served as Private Secretary to Commodore Ferdinand W. Peck. Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Will Celebrate Their Twenty-Fifth Wedding Anniversary Wednesday Evening, December 21. Crowe has never visited his department to ascertain why he had failed to do thus and so. Mr. Scott was one of the Republican candidates in the Primaries, 1920 for one of the Judges of the Municipal Court and he made a splendid race in all parts of the city. The fact that Mr. Scott received in the Primaries of September 15, 1920, 131,420 votes which was a remarkable recognition of the fact of his popularity with the people in all parts of this city. Mr. and Mrs. Scott reside in a beautiful home at 3710 Prairie avenue, and it is filled with many of the most valuable books written by great classical writers. Mr. and Mrs. Scott take great pleasure in extending a most pleasant greeting to their host of friends at the present holiday season. under the present administration of the Hon. William R. Parker. His efficiency is par excellent. Hon. William R. Parker is considered one of the most fair minded persons of the opposite race and Brother Harper with his 30 years experience in coming in contact with prominent persons of the white race is thoroughly convinced that Mr. Parker is absolutely without race prejudice and he is perfectly willing to give every man a chance in order to let him make good. Brother Harper is married and has four children, namely James D., Leroy J., Van Alfred, and Revel H. Mr. and Mrs. Harper and the four children reside in a lovely home at 3560 Prairie avenue. Mr. and Mrs. Harper will be at home to their many friends during the holiday season. THE BROAD AX, CHICAGO, ILL., SATURDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1921. BOOK CHAT--BY MARY WHITE OVINGTON-CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF COLORED PEOPLE. AUTHOR OF "HALF A MAN," "HAZEL," "THE SHADOW." ETC. "THE SHADOW" By Mary White Ovington. Published by Harcourt, Brace and Howe. New York City. Price $2.00. Postage 10 cents. It is a little over a year since my novel, The Shadow, was published, and I have had a number of persons ask me the question, "How did you come to write it?" Now, as one is always flattered by being questioned regarding one's literary work, I have thought that my friends might be glad to have the reason why my fancy took the form it did. For my plot is unusual. We have had many white heroines turn out to be black, but as far as I know not until I wrote The Shadow has a black heroine turned out to be white. I chose this plot for a particular reason. It has been my good fortune to know with some intimacy the world of the better class of colored folk. I have seen their attractive homes, I have noted their charm of manner, I have admired beyond expression their ambition for their children. I wanted to show this to the reading world when I wrote. But how? I feared that the public would not yet stand for a heroine who was colored, at least not the kind that I would want to draw. They might be prejudiced against a serious story dealing with the ambitions and loves of the colored folk. How then could I depict these characteristics and make my novel acceptable to the general reading public? Back, far back in my mind was a story that I had heard of an illigitimate child, a white girl, who was hidden among colored people that all trace might be lost of her birth. This story, as told to me, described a sordid childhood. But why, I argued, could not the child have been reared by intelligent, high-minded Negroes? There was no reason why it might not be this way as well as any other, so I dropped Hertha into the Williams' cabin. [Name] DR. JAMES M. HALL Graduate of the Meharry Medical College, Nashville, Tenn., member of North Star Lodge No. 1, Masons, wishes to thank his many patients for their patronage for the past year and that they will enjoy a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. Dr. Hall graduated at New Orleans University, New Orleans, La., May, 1909, from college department, graduated from McCarry Medical College, Nashville, Tenn., April, 1913. Passed Illinois State Board December, 1920. Began practicing April, 1921. His office is located at 4545 S. Wa bash avenue. He is a member of the Medical Society of Chicago and is popular with its members. At this time he wishes his patients and friends a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. [Name] DR. BENJAMIN R. BLUITT One of the very popular physicians of Chicago, who wishes to thank his patients for their support of the past year, and for the new year to come. fine practice among the best people in this city, and Dr. Cade I have had many nice things said to me about my novel, but I have also frequently met with comment, "Why didn't you make your heroine more interesting. Why didn't you depict a stronger character?" Well, I didn't because I wanted to put her in contrast with her sister, Ellen, the colored teacher, who was working night and day for the uplift of the community in which she lived. It was perfectly natural that the slender, high-bred white girl, of a pretty but weak mother should not be aroused to any effort for the betterment of conditions about her, while the stronger more virile colored girl, trained to the ideal of service, should be a power for good in her community. It was the girl of white blood who was about to enter into illicit relations with a white man, when a turn of fortune saved her; and it was the same girl, who when she came North end entered the labor world, failed again to grasp the need of con-readers do not feel that she proved a poverty. She did not have the breadth of vision, the larger outlook upon life, of the colored school teacher or the Irish labor leader. If, however, my readers do not feel that she proved a true-hearted woman in the end, then my book is a failure indeed. Mr. Walter F. White returns from London bringing me a huge poster to be carried on newstands from the England magazine, Outward Bound. It runs like this: New Serial THE SHADOW By Mary White Ovington Begins in the September Outward Bound Editor Basil Mathews The Most Thrilling Color-Life Story since Uncle Tom's Cabin One Shilling. For sale everywhere The English people are keenly interested in our race problem and are eager to read the latest word concerning it. This is surely a good sign, for what we need is a study of race in its broadest aspect by the people of the world. College, Nashville, Tenn., member Masons, wishes to thank his many or the past year and that they will Happy New Year. His office is located at 4545 S. Wabash avenue. He is a member of the Medical Society of Chicago and is popular with its members. At this time he wishes his patients and friends a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. s of Chicago, who wishes to thank of the past year, and for the new people in this city, and Dr. Cade MRS. STOKES APPOINTED: Mrs. Ora Brown Stokes of Richmond, Va., a graduate of the V. N. & C. I., of Petersburg, Va., class of 1900 has been appointed by the president of the school, Prof John M. Gandy, as non-resident lecturer and a member of the faculty. Mrs. Stokes has always worked untiringly in the upbuilding of the Race, along this line she has worked in conjunction with Hartshorn Memorial College and Union University of Richmond, Va., since leaving school. She served as corresponding secretary of the Alumni Association of the V. N. & I. I. for six years during which time she not only attracted the attention of the faculty, state board, members and students, but she attracted the attention Stokes has seen the Alumni Association grow from a membership of twenty-five to more than fifteen hundred and its collections from twenty-five dollars to twenty-eight hundred dollars, the amount raised in its last bi-annual meeting. Because of her efficient work and activities, the president of the association, M. T. Bailey, has invited Mrs. Stokes to deliver the principal address before the association in June, 1922 at Petersburg. This is the second time in the history of the association that a woman has delivered the principal address. The School, the Association, the faculty and in fact all connected with the school will be greatly benefited by the appointment of Mrs. Stokes. The V. N. & I. L., under the present administration with Prof. John M. Gandy as president, the efficient faculty composed of teachers, who have been graduated from almost every leading college and University in the United States, is doing a great good along educational progress. RETURN TO THE EAST Mr. and Mrs. B. S. Smith of Buffalo, N. Y., after spending several weeks in the city as the guest of their brother and sister, Mr. and Mrs. John C. Coffey, 3340 South Park Ave., left during the week by the way of Cleveland, Ohio, for their home. The Smiths were delightfully entertained with dinners and parties by friends MRS. WALKER SOME BETTER Mrs. S. B. Walker, sister of Mrs. Nettie Anderson, 3234 Vernon Ave. who underwent a serious operation at St. Luke's Hospital a few weeks ago is some better since being removed to her residence. HOLDS ELECTION. The Building Association of U. B. F. & S. M. T. meet at headquarters, 3638 S. State St, Sunday afternoon and elected J. B. Street as president together with other officers and directors. The Association is making rapid progress along its line of work. SLIGHTLY IMPROVED At this writing, Samuel Foster, 124 E. 41st St., a member of The Sisters and Brothers of Bethany, who has been very ill for several weeks, is slightly improved. HOLDS METING The General Annual Session Committee of A. U. K. & D. of A. of which Rev. T. L. Scott is chairman, met at Grant's A M. E. Chapel, 4600 Evans Ave., Saturday evening and reorganized for the purpose of making preparations for the meeting of the next annual session to be held at Columbus, Ohio, 1922. COL. MRASHALL ELECTED. Col. John R. Marshall, 3630 Calumet Ave., widely known for his activities displayed in the 8th Regiment National Guard, was elected as exalted ruler of Fort Dearborn Lodge No. 44, J. B. P. O. E. W. DR. BENJAMIN R. BLUITT Dr. B. R. Bluitt came to Chicago four years ago from Dallas, Tex., where he had been actively engaged in the practice of medicine and surgery for thirty years. He immediately connected himself with the most representative men of the profession and with them organized an association which purchased the Fort Dearborn Hospital, 3831 Vernon avenue and he was elected president, serving in that position until very recently. When the hospital was reorganized and turned over to the general public, Judge Holmes being his successor. Dr. Bluitt is regarded as one of the best surgeons in the city and has done many rare and difficult operations successfully. He is a member of the Board of Trustees of the Fort Dearborn Hospital and surgical staff. He has given freely of his time and money to that institution, and will do all he can to assist in making the Fort Dearborn Hospital one of the best in the city. [Name] A. B. Stiefel, Pres. Edwin Stiefel, Secy. State Street Furniture Co. Home Outfitters PLAYER PIANOS PHONOGRAPHS 3131-33-35 STATE ST. Cash or Credit Attorney A. L. Williams, 184 W. Washington street, who has the distinction of being a Director and associate Counsel of the Public Life Insurance Company, a $500,000.00 corporation. An executive officer of the Fort Dearborn Hospital, a corporation. Chief Rhabban-elect of Arabic Temple No. 44, of the Ancient Egyptian Order of the Mystic Shrine, the largest Temple in the world of ONE OF THE LEADING MASONS IN THE UNITED STATES Hon. James E. Bish of 4820 Wabash avenue is actively engaged in securing authentic information of the membership, worth and origin of the Negro grand lodges of the United States (of the Prince Hall leianage) which he expects when complete will show the total membership, the value of property and the financial standing of the fraternity. He has secured this information from several of the states already and hopes to complete his work early in the spring. Mr. Bish is an ex-member of the Illinois Legislature, past master of his lodge, past Deputy Grand master of the state, past Eminent Commander of his Commandry of Knights Templar, and Past Commander in Chief of Western Consistory A. A. S. R. Masons of Chicago. He is the bookkeeper for Williamson's Undertaking Establishment. NEW COLORED Y. M. C. A. Atlanta, Ga.—The colored Y. M. C. A. here has been under construction for sometime, and now is about ready for occupancy. A campaign for $10,000 for completion and furnishings has been launched. Appeals have been made in the churches by teams from each of the colleges of Atlanta. The campaign was put over in great shape. The teams participating were as follows: Morris Brown University, highest amount to its credit, next in order of collections of pledges, Spelman Seminary, Clark University, Morehouse College and Atlanta University. 11 colored Masons. Ement lawyer at the bar who has attained national fame as the result of his magnificent success in his winning fight for the people in twenty-one (21) suits brought against the City of Chicago. Being the only lawyer of the Race who has succeeded in compelling a city to respond in money, damages for the loss of life and injury to persons as a result of lynching and mob violence.—"D." THE BROAD AX Published Every Saturday 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 ad- One Year ..$2.00 Six Months ..$1.00 Advertising rates made known on application. Address all communication to .. 1206 So. Elizabeth St., Chicago, Ill. THE BROAD AX Phone Wentworth 2597 JULIUS F. TAYLOR Editor and Publisher Associate Editor DR. M. A. MAJORS 4700 South State Street Phone Drexel 1416 Entered as Second-Class Matter, Aug. 9, 1902, at the Post Office at Chicago, II. Under Act of March 8, 1879. "What Shall.I-Give the . Children? - Give a Christmas Bank! ‘(Chwistmas is the logical time a carey eat a ee Er Sroowil start an account and get « bank. ILLINOIS TRUST: & SAVINGS BANK La Selle ant Jackson Streets Caicage TELEPHONE DOUGLAS 1 GEORGE F. HARDING, JR. REAL ESTATE oe" or Modern Fiouses, Apartments - bs and Stores to Rent 3101 COTTAGE GROVE AVE. Corner 3ist Street, Chicago Phone Yards 27 FURNITURE Brass and Wood Beds, Electric Washers, Refrigerators, Stoves, Paint, Oil, Hardware, Linoleum HENRY STUCKART 2515-19 ARCHER AVE. JAS. B. McCAHEY, Presidest PHILIP J. DUNN, Secretary FRANK J, DUNN, Vice-President HH. X. COMERFORD, Treasurer ADD ter - JOHN J. 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Williamson UNDERTAKER | th proaaepaag armen reiiaraaynp arora aa immaterial, consult me—I save you wor y, time and money. 5121 & 6123 SOUTH STATE STREET CHICAGO, ILLINOIS | PHONE KENWOOD 455 West Englewood | Trust & Savings CHICAGO 8 Capital, Surplus and Undivided Profits, $500,000.00 : B OFFICERS John Bain, President Arthur C. Utesch, Asst. Cashier Michael Maisel, Vice-Pres. W. Merle Fisher, Asst. Cashier Edw. C. Barry, Cashier and Trust Ofice a ee — ~ oar oe Chae if “1 e ie ae : ERS aoe teas ee FF ee ae = - re = ain eens. : ee td | The Cranford Apartment Bidg, o| 3600 WABASH AVENUE ©| The fines: buildin s ever op. .ed to Colored tenants in Chicags 3 Steam heat, electric lights, tile beths, marble entrance {== J. W. Casey, Agt. 133 W. Washington OUR NEW HOME Morrison Photo HON. EDWARD J. GLACKIN State senator from the seventeenth influential member of the folle propriations, Charitable, Pe Community Welfare, Education Stock and Dairying, Municipal Service, Reapportionment, R ways and Bridges. He is a senate, and at this time he de greetings to all his constituent State senator from the seventeenth senatorial district; strong and influential member of the following important committees: Appropriations, Charitable, Penal and Reformatory Institutions; Community Welfare, Education, Industrial Affairs, Judiciary, Live Stock and Dairying, Municipalities, Public Efficiency and Civil Service, Reapportionment, Revenue and Finance, Roads, Highways and Bridges. He is a candidate for re-election to the state senate, and at this time he desires to extend the holiday season's greetings to all his constituents and to his many friends. FIFTH ANNUAL MEETING OF CHICAGO URBAN LEAGUE The Human Race Problem was the topic of Charles Zueblin at Lincoln Carter last Friday evening at the Fifth Annal Meeting of the Chicago Urban League. Mr. Zueblin proceeded to show by maps which he brought along with him that all the present European peoples were once slaves on savages, and that acquaintance with the sea and the possession of ample harbor facilities have been indispensable to the ruling of the World. He illustrated his point by ancient Phoenicia's two cities of prodigious wealth. Their wealth and their position of strength were due to the miraids of people who paid ten so their goods could reach the Mediterranean and thence, the markets of the world. The same conditions made the Roman Empire possible. He showed that imperialistic policies had been the ruin of these nations. The discovery of the New World gave impetus to another shifting of th seat of power; this time, to London where it still remains. The trouble between Ireland and England, Haiti, Santo Domingo and the United States serve to emphasize the pitfalls of imperialism. The United States, being the most favored of the nations of the earth in climate, natural resources, coast line, has also responsibilities beyond the average. These responsibilities demand that America assume the moral leadership of the world, keeping her own skirts clean, and making friends rather than enemies of the other nations of the earth. A most startling assertion he uttered in this connection: America, by her natural advantages, will always hold a dominating position in world affairs. 1930 [Name] HON. THOMAS B. CONROY President of the Conroy Boiler & Tank Co., 22133 Mr. and Mrs. Conroy and their beautiful little Katherine Conroy, reside in an elegant home a field Boulevard. They are all warm friends of the paper. Mr. Conroy would make a tip-top candle the Trustees of the Sanitary District of Chicago. President of the Conroy Boiler & Tank Co., 2213 W. 47th Street. Mr. and Mrs. Conroy and their beautiful little daughter, Miss Katherine Conroy, reside in an elegant home at 2311 W. Garfield Boulevard. They are all warm friends of the editor of this paper. Mr. Conroy would make a tip-top candidate for one of the Trustees of the Sanitary District of Chicago. enth senatorial district; strong and following important committees: Appeal and Reformatory Institutions, Industrial Affairs, Judiciary, Livealities, Public Efficiency and Civil Revenue and Finance, Roads, High candidate for re-election to the state resires to extend the holiday season' and to his many friends. but that does not mean that the same white race which now inhabits America will always dominate the World. There is nothing to prevent their overthrow by other races. America's salvation, and leadership depend upon her development of the highest grade of democracy. A short business session preceded the program. Mr. Donald Haywood, a promising young musician, played one of his own latest compositions, and Mrs. Bert Evans-Tyree, charmed her hearers with an operatic aria. Reports were given by various officers. THE NEGRO IN THE BIG CITIES The conditions of the Negro in the big cities is quite a study. Progress on a colossal scale on the one hand and degradation likewise on the other hand. Here a host of the people foster great churches, lodges, Y. W. C. A. and Y. M. C. A. clubs, and a hundred varieties of forces showing and trend upward Also a host of low brows who carry on in every conceivable orgy to counteract it seems the good that is being done. The midnight brothel, cabarres, gambling hells, quiet houses of all repute and the moonshine brigade and the bootlegging drunken set, all to tell the sad disgusting story of the degenerate. And yet with this weight of the criminal hanging about the races neck we are making progress that astonishes the whole of mankind. VICTIM OF RACE RIOT GETS $1,500 AWARD AGAINST CITY Fred Speer, 3642 Indiana avenue, a victim of a mob during the 1919 race riots on the south side, was awarded damages of $1,500 against the city by a jury in Superior Judge Joseph B. David's court Monday. THE NEW YORK TIMES Tank Co., 2213 W. 47th Street. Air beautiful little daughter, Miss elegant home at 2311 W. Gar- warm friends of the editor of this use a tip-top candidate for one of district of Chicago. SOME IMPORTANT AND BENEFICIAL LEGISLATION WHICH SHOULD BE ENACTED INTO LAW BY THE NEXT LEGISLATURE OF ILLINOIS. the faculty and stalthough staggering discouraging and taken to immediate care of the situate Brown spoke touch of Shorter Hall, w in the hopes and HON. EDWARD J. GLACKIN, STATE SENATOR FROM THE SEVENTEENTH SENATORIAL DISTRICT, CHAMPIONS THE CAUSE OF THE WOMEN AND CHILDREN IN THIS STATE, REGARDLESS OF THEIR RACE OR NATIONALITY IN THE FOLLOWING COMMUNICATION TO THE EDITOR OF THIS PAPER. Mr. Julius F. Taylor, Editor, The Broad Ax, Chicago. My dear Mr. Taylor: In compliance with your request, the following are a few facts that have prompted me to introduce a bill in the State Legislature providing for the care in the State of Illinois of a mother while child-bearing, and for the medical care of the mother and child for one year afterwards: In Chicago, out of every 1,000 babies born, 106 die in the first year. The birth estimates for 1920 show 66,290 children born. In Illinois the death rate of women on account of childbirth and of children in the first year, exceeds 14,000 a year. With proper hygiene during pregnancy and skilled care, at least fifty per cent of these lives could have been saved. During the last war the death rate of children in the United States exceeded the mortality of soldiers in the trenches. The deaths of these children, due to poverty and ignorance were for the most part preventable. A large number of children who are not born blind become blind through lack of proper attention at birth. It is stated with good authority that one-fifth of all blindness is due to ophthalmia neonatorum, and that one-fourth of the people in blind asylums are blind because of this infection. Next to atrophy of the optic nerve it is the most frequent cause of blindness, and can in most instances be prevented by proper attention to the child at birth. Worthy people, through no fault of their own, frequently find that the earning capacity of the family only permits a bare existence, so when a child is born into such a family they must go hopelessly into debt, or else declare themselves paupers in order to get proper medical care for the mother and child. In 1917 and again in 1919 the writer introduced a bill providing for the care in the State of Illinois of a mother while child-bearing, and for the medical care of the mother and child for one year afterwards. In each instance the bill passed the Senate, but failed in the House. In 1921 the bill was amended so as to provide only for the City of Chicago, with a referendum attached. The tax to take care of mothers and children as aforesaid, in Chicago was to be 4/10 of a mill amounting to about half a million dollars a year, an average of $10 for the care of DISASTROUS FIRE AT WILBER FORCE Special to The Broad Ax Shorter Hall at WilberforceUniversity, around which center the beginnings of the Negro race in its strivings for educational advantages; and hopes of the race for better things, and out from whose walls have gone so many of the men and women who have done and are doing so much in a worthwhile way for the establishment of the Negro as a very vital force in the affairs of the Nation, was completely destroyed by fire, Wednesday night. From an investigation on the part of the authorities at the University and also on the part of the State Fire Marshal's Office, it appears that the fire must have started from defective wiring in the attic of the north wing of the building. The fire was discovered by students who were returning to the building from the weekly prayer service which was conducted at Galloway Hall, at the other side of the campus. President J. A. Gregg, who conducted the prayer meeting, and Secretary Jenkins who lives directly across from the building, were the first officials in the building after the alarm was sounded. They directed the few boys who were already striving to put out the fire. They were soon joined by Superintendent Berry, Bishop J. H. Jones, Dean Jones, W. A. Anderson and other members of the faculty and friends from the neighborhood. Had there been adequate fire fighting apparatus at hand the building might have been saved. Appeals for help each mother and child. This last bill also failed to pass the House. These bills were endorsed by the Illinois Woman's Legislative Congress, the Chicago Real Estate Board, and a great many societies of the various religious denominations. In the United States during 1919 about 200,000 babies died before reaching the age of one year, and about 20,000 mothers died from childbirth. The death rate from the complications of childbirth in this country is greater than from any other disease except tuberculosis, and higher than in any one of the other principal civilized countries in the world. In the care of mothers the United States is the seventeenth on the list of the civilized countries. New Zealand has the lowest death rate of children in any country of the world. New Zealand has laws providing for maternal care. Every dollar spent for the care of a mother and child will be returned back! a thousand fold to the State, and would not add to the taxes, because there would be less crime, less insanity, less immorality, less blindness and less disease. Many criminals of today are punished for crimes committed as the result of some physical neglect at the beginning of life. Give the children a healthy start in life, and they will in turn help to give other infants the same opportunity. I hope to have a law passed at the next session of the Legislature that will provide a fund to be used to prevent the needless sacrifice of women at the time of their greatest usefulness, and the children for whom they go down into "the valley of the shadow of death." Senator Glackin was first elected to the State Senate from the 17th Senatorial District in 1906, and has been one of the most wide awake and valuable members of that law making body for all the people from that time to the present, and the vast majority of the men and women voters residing in his senatorial district will vote in favor of continuing his services at Springfield for many years to come. Senator Glackin is a prominent member of the Knights of Pythias, Knights of Columbus. Senator and his good wife, Mrs. Glackin and the other members of their household reside in a lovely home at 745 Lytle Street and they are deeply interested in everything pertaining to the welfare of all the citizens residing within the borders of this city and throughout the state of Illinois. were sent to nearby towns but none would respond, and the authorities at Xenia, the nearest town, when called upon, refused to come. Everything possible was done to save the building, and when it finally became certain that it was doomed, the boys were directed to save whatever they could. Very little was salvaged, however, which left a total loss of several thousand dollars, and two hundred boys without homes, and many of them without clothing. Superintendent Berry and Dean Woodson very generously threw open the doors of their departments, and a committee called by President Gregg, including Bishop Jones and the heads of departments, was able to plan on the housing of students and the care of the College Department, whose class rooms were on the first floor of Shorter. Mr. H. E. Schmidt of Xenia was instrumental in getting Governor Davis to send one hundred cots and two hundred blankets to President Gregg, to be distributed to the young men whose bedding was lost in the conflagration. The local Red Cross unit under Miss Schaeffer has offered aid, and the people generally are doing all possible to care for the wants of the young men. President Gregg and Dean Jones, together with the office forces of both the University and C. N. & I. Departments have been busy in placing the boys in comfortable homes. At the Chapel exercises the next morning, President Gregg spoke feelingly of the great loss, and called upon the faculty and students to show fortitude and bravery in the face of the fearful disaster. Bishop Jones assured the faculty and students that the loss although staggering, wa not altogether discouraging and that steps would be taken to immediately rebuild and take care of the situation. Miss Hallie M. Brown spoke touchingly of the passing of Shorter Hall, which meant so much in the hopes and aspirations of men and women scattered throughout the world. Chaplain Stewart offered the first one hundred dollars toward the rebuilding of the edifice, and he was quickly followed by a promise of five hundred dollars from Bishop Jones, a hundred dollars each from President Gregg and Dean Jones, and Miss Hallie Q. Brown who went to England and secured over fifteen thousand dollars on Emery Hall, promised to raise one thousand dollars toward the fund. All members of the faculty have pledged their support toward the fund. A very vigorous campaign for funds will be started, and although a goal has not been determined. President Gregg estimates that at least two hundred thousand dollars will have to be raised at once. The friends of the community have very kindly helped in housing the boys, but this gives only temporary relief, and President Gregg calls upon the Alumni and friends of Wilberforce and those who are interested in the development of Negro youth, to send in gifts for the purpose of raising the funds required. Now is the time, if ever, that the public has the opportunity to give aid to a worthy cause. Contributions in any amount will be gladly accepted and received by Secretary C. C. Jenkins, and the money set aside or this special fund. The building must be started at once in order to be ready for occupancy by the opening of school for the next scholastic year in October. How strange that just a little over a week before the bell which had been calling students for over fifty years should have tolled the requiem of Dr Thomas Jackson, the last of the first three graduates of Wilberforce, and then, as Miss Brown puts it, to trolled the knell of the building where it had hung since the completion of the building, following the destruction by fire of the original building on the night of the assassination of President Lincoln, during the Presidency of Bishop D. A. Payne. And as Bishop Payne said, while looking upon the ashes of the old structure, "It went down wood, but it shall go up brick and stone," may we not say that out of the ashes of the old shall rise Phoenix-like a structure that shall exemplify the hopes and aspirations of the race in its ceaseless struggle for the very best in the new age that is now upon us. T. H. W. 38 Lynched While Congress Debates Anti-Lynch Bill The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, 70 Fifth Avenue, New York, has made public a statement to the effect that since the introduction of Dyer Anti-Lynching Bill in Congree on April 11, 1921, there had been 38 persons murdered by mobs in the United States, of whom two were burned, four bodies being publicly burned after lynching. One of those lynchmed was a colored woman. Three were white men. Since the Dyer bill was favorably reported by the Committee on the Judiciary, on October 31, 1921, there have been seven lynchings, one body being publicly burned, in Helena, Arkansas. Among the causes assigned for these lynchings are the following: 1. A colored man called to inquire of a white girl why she had not replied to a note he had written to her. He was lynched for this offense. 2. An old man was accused of assisting a man to escape. 3. Two colored men were lynched for aiding a third to escape. 4. One colored woman was thrown from a bridge and drowned for assisting a colored man to escape. Georgia leads in the list of lynchings since the Dyer bill was introduced, having had 10. Mississippi is second with 7. South Carolina third, with 5. Louisiana fourth with 4, and Arkansas and Texas each have 3. WHAT ENGLISH BISHOP SAID ABOUT GIRLS The Bishop of Norwich, opening a new diocesan maternity home at Norwich, said that noisy girls thought that by loudness or coarseness they attracted the attention of young men. Probably they did, but not the attention of young men whose love was worth winning. There was many a young man ready to use his own phrase, to "fool about for a bit" with a flashy girl, while all the time he regards her as the very last person he would choose to make his wife. Few girls had the least idea of their power for good over boys and men. Perhaps they would be self-conscious if they knew this gift of theirs, and that would take some of the bloom off the charm of the best of them. Girls cannot be too careful. In these days of fast living, our colored girls are so apt to be led astray by newspaper reports of doings among wealthy white women, and by the flashy sensational social life as pictured in the "movies." We should remember that "Fine feathers do not make fine birds;" that, "Rags are royal raiment when worn for virtues sake;" that "A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches." [Name] ALDERMAN ROBERT R. JACKSON Member of the City Council from the old second ward. Grand Major-General of the Uniform Rank, Knights of Pythias, through out the world. President of the Fraternal Printing Company, also president of the Co-Operative Club which conducts several well stocked grocery stores on the South Side. He is also one of the directors of the Douglass National Bank. Alderman Jackson at this time wishes to convey the holiday greetings to his vast army of friends. ALDERMAN ROBERT R. JACKSON LOUDLY PRAISED BY THE REPUBLICANS OF THE NEW THIRD WARD and all our efforts toward maintain- ing harmony among our people and to promote and encourage a spirit of Americanism, good fellowship, and The following Resolution was passed and signed by the Colored Captains of the new 3rd Ward at a Dinner served at the Appomattox Club last Friday night. Harmony was the keynote of the evening. Resolution Whereas, the adoption of the 50 Ward law by the people of the city of Chicago has changed the lines of the 3rd Ward to include a portion of the 2nd Ward and. Whereas, Alderman Robert R. Jackson was successful in his fight to secure new Ward lines that protects the Political Rights and interest of the Race and the People of the Ward. Be It Resolved, that we, the Precinct Captains of the new 3rd Ward, heartily endorse his manly and courageous fight for justice, we congratulate and commend him and welcome him as a resident and Candidate in our new Ward in which territory he has resided with his family and enjoyed the respect, esteem and confidence of his neighbors and friends for more than thirty (30) years. Be It Further Resolved, that we deeply deplore the raising of the Race issue in our midst and pledge ourselves 1930 1920 HON. JOHN TOMAN Member of the City Council from the thirty-fourth committee on Streets and Alleys and he many other important committees of that body big guns of the City Council. Many of his would make an ideal candidate for one of Sanitary District of Chicago in 1922. Alo pleasure in wishing his constituents and n fashioned holiday season. Member of the City Council from the thirty-fourth ward, chairman of the committee on Streets and Alleys and he is also a member of many other important committees of that body. He is one of the big guns of the City Council. Many of his friends feel that he would make an ideal candidate for one of the Trustees of the Sanitary District of Chicago in 1922. Alderman Toman takes pleasure in wishing his constituents and many friends an old-fashioned holiday season. Member of the City Council from the thirty-fourth ward, chairman of the committee on Streets and Alleys and he is also a member of many other important committees of that body. He is one of the big guns of the City Council. Many of his friends feel that he would make an ideal candidate for one of the Trustees of the Sanitary District of Chicago in 1922. Alderman Toman takes pleasure in wishing his constituents and many friends an old-fashioned holiday season. Resolution and all our efforts toward maintaining harmony among our people and to promote and encourage a spirit of Americanism, good fellowship and neighborly contact among all the people and Races of our Ward and District. Be It Further Resolved, that we hereby pledge our undivided support to the principles and Policies of our Mayor, Honorable Wm. Hale Thompson and the regular 3rd Ward Wm. Hale Thompson Republican Club Organization. Be It Further Resolved, that a copy of these Resolutions be forwarded to the Wm. Hale Thompson Organization Committee, Honorable Geo. F. Harding, Chairman, his Honor the Mayor, Hon. Wm. A. Bither and the press of our City. Clarence H. Robinson, C. H. Green Chas E. Giles, Louis A. Jones, Robert L. Potts, Mabel A. Barrett, Jesse Bolin, Wm. E. King, Howard Jones, Gertrude Fowler, Newton Henry, Eddie Moreau, John H. Zedricks, Mary E. Braxton, F. F. Speakes, A. J. Taylor, Harry J. Barnee, Alva L. Bates, Elmer Taylor, Ben Johnson, Alonzo J. Bowling, Mrs. Ben Graves Smith Wm. L. Sims, L. A. Simpson, A. D. F. Sims, O. C. Thomas, Samuel B. Porter, Lillian Taylor, Joseph S. Davis, John R. Winston, Chester C. Horn, W. N. Huggins, R. E. Huggins, C. C. Ferrill, Carroll Nelson, Samuel Elliott, Cordella Berry, J. H. Harper, Cordella Burke, O. P. Farmer. ```markdown ``` he thirty-fourth ward, chairman of alleys and he is also a member of es of that body. He is one of the Many of his friends feel that he e for one of the Trustees of the 1922. Alderman Toman takes ents and many friends an old- Signed. I, ie HON. GEORGE B. HOLMES One of the Best and Most Popular Judges of the Mu Chicago, President of the Trustee Board of the __ Greatly Enjoy Themselves During the Holiday Se One of the Best and Most Popular Judges of the Municipal Court of Chicago, President of the Trustee Board of the Fort Dearborn Hospital, Who Sincerely Hopes That His Numerous Friends Will Greatly Enjoy Themselves During the Holiday Season. N.A.A.C. P. ASKS CLOTHES | the Chicago Association of Commerce FOR TULSA SUFFERERS. __ Investigating Subscription Committee The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, 70 Fiith Avenue, New York, has asked that donations of clothes be sent to the Tulsa Relief Committee, for riot victims who have to face the rigors of winter with inadequate housing and wscficien! clothes to protect them The Assvciation’s statement is as re SEEPS BREE Fe Sho To ten hag to in Tulsa, to help the riot softerers face the cold of winter. 2m Association has been made a center 2 New York for relief funds, having ised $3,500, which is being expended for physical relief and legal defense in Tulsa, but cannot undertake the distribution of clothing. “We are therefore asking that those who have clothes to give to the Tulsz sufferers, send them to, Mr. S. D Hooker, Chairman Tulsa Relief Com- nite, 124 North Greenwood street Tulsa, Oklahoma. Needless to say only clothes it x00d condition should be sent, prefer- ably warm garments, “For the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. James Weldon Johnson, Secretary.” THE PHYLLIS WHEATLEY HOME The Board of Directors meeting was well attended last Tuesday. Import- ant business was transacted and plans Were arranged for the annual Christ- mas dinner for the girls in the Home. Mrs. Clara Johnson, Pres., announced that the letter of Endorsement from | > A , fp HON. JOHN McGILLEN "Any soo worm iciend of the Inte Reger C- SSeS 9s this Some = 2 P. Hopkins, ex-Mayor of Chicago, who desires st this time wish all of his friends the compliments of the Holiday Season. GRAND MILITARY BALL AT THE EIGHTH REGIMENT ARMORY Monday evening January 2, 1922, the Eighth Regiment Illinois National Guards will give their annual grand military ball at their armory at 3517 Giles avenue. a It will be the most brilliant affair ever held by the regiment. Col. Otis B. Duncan, commanding and Miss Essie Arnold will lead the grand march. THE BROAD AX, CHICAGO, ILL, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1921 TOI Diere ta TOURISTS IN “GAY PARIS” (FRANCE) | Pe ~~ —BIRD’S-EYE VIEW OF THAT AR- |", "2°72! 22 TISTIC AND ENCHANTING CITY. |: "=, ™=!°' By BEATRICE E. LEE, Ph.B. Mor, Valevin cy Se een eee ee ee languages of the countries through which one passes; and this fact ap- plies in a certain degree to a trip to Paris. Even utter ignorance of French need, however, form no serious ob- stacle to a visit. Whether the popular epithets “Gay Paris, or “City of II- lumination” are altogether warranted may be open questions; but certain it is that a livelier trip, or one more fu'l of amusement and variety, than a visit to Paris, be it ever so brief, can scarcely be taken. As soon as the American tourist has left the Atlantic between himself and his native land, he finds himself amid entirely new surroundings. The mo- ment he lands in Europe and especially in France, he becomes initiated into the third dgree rites of the “Associa- tion to Distribute Moncy where Least Earned.” It doesn’t take the foreigner Jong to learn that practically every service and privilege can be purchased For France to exist without the “pourboies” (meaning “tip” but which now means the repayment of anyone for work previously paid for) would be like running a musical comedy with- out pretty chorus girls. In France, the dress, the manners and customs, the names inscribed above the shops and warehouses, all have the impression of novelty. the Htourist feels inclined to express his as tonishment at hearing the little French children speak French with such facili ty, and to marvel how they could hav« acquired the “foreign” language sé early. The sightseer finds himself surround ‘ed with objects of historical antiquar ian, and artistic interest. There are the Louvre, Hotel de Clung, Luxem bourg (the Petib-Luxembourg bein, the official residence of the Presiden and Senate) the churches, such a Notre Dame Cathedral, and a dozer other attractions appealing to him a the same time. Old and new Paris ar to be explored, the quays, and boule vards with their manifold attractions places of amusement. Paris, the most interesting of Con tinental cities is a vast metropolis fourth in population in the world. I is traversed by the Seine River mact [as the Thames flows through London and is often described as the row ‘built in the midst of the river, upon 4 fein te ‘ eeamciesioimes ites mainland on each side The chinat is soft and genial, perhaps from bein mear the sea. In olden days, the cit! carried on 2 considerable comunere || with foreign countries by means of th Seine, for the trading ships of thos | days required little depth of water an could come easily up to Paris. I |modern days, by the way, the sam feat is accomplished by the little scres steamers which may be seen loadin ‘Jor unloading on the quays near th Louvre and placarded “pour Londres | for London.) The influence of the renaissanc which spread from the south of Eu rope in 17th century was quickly fel in Paris, which became more and mor the city upon which others wer modelled in Germany and elsewher The French style of architecturs -| French painting and sculpture, Frenc || fashions and literature and even i |dress, habits, and customs of ordinar /|life became paramount in Europe; s that the boast of the Frenchmen wh declared their capital to be the centr ‘| of civilization was not unwarranted. ||" After the French Revolution (1791 || the Monarchy was overturned, and th | First Republic set up, narrow street were replaced by broad thoroughfare |with brilliant and handsome shop ‘| stored with “articles de Paris” in th production of which the French capits has as yet found no rival. In 1871, the Third Republic was tablished with infinite difficulty, bu has proved more stable and lastin than the first and second, both ¢ ‘which came to a sudden and disastrov close. Various imporevments co7 menced under the second empire hav ‘been completed for instance the Av nue de Opera connecting the Oper House with the Palais Royal an forming one of the handsome fares of Paris. enews exhibition of 1878-188 and 1900 attracted hundreds of thor sands of visitors. Each exhibition he eft Paris a souvenir of its existenc The Trocadero with its collection « sculpture and ethnography was erec ‘ed for the exhibition of 1878; the Eiff Tower was the great attarction 1889; and the Pout Alexander 1 (bridge), the Grant Palais (Palace and Petib Palais remain from the © hibition of 1900. The Grand Pala ‘now serves for tenporary fine art © hibition, and the Petib Palais hous ‘the art treasures of the city, inclu agninst the evemmg hotuon, the huge) toy looks more Bie diceantic cob-_ web than the round Teneriffe lace that it used to resemble. Speaking generally, the West ind ‘of Paris, as in London, is the aristo- cratic residential quarter; but the dis- tinction is not so marked as in the English capital. The magnificant avenues in Paris are not like those of Hyde Park, London, England, closed against the democratic omnibus, but are open to the enjoyment of all ranks and classes. The beautiful and world- famed avenue des Champes Elyees with its continuation, the Avenue du Bois de Boulogne forms the approach to the Bois de Boulogne. the exclusive residental district. It has been said that good Ameri- cans when they die. go to Paris, and if so be that this event falls in spring with the World's capital emerging from its winter drabness into that sea- son the charm of which has made Paris the Mecca of pleasure and beauty ‘overs for generations, these fortunate spirits will be sure to rise early, wan- der in the Avenue of the Elysian Fields (Champs )lysees) and on past the Corican’s arch for a canter along the redolent bridle paths of the Bois ||de Boulogne. |] With the passing of Easter, the | Bois comes into its own. The trees ‘|and bushes bud out. and the hosre- }| chestnut trees give their first intima- | tion of snowy blossoms, and the grass ‘|is hidden beneath a coverlet of mag- >| nolia petals. Along the marges of the lakes and -| ponds cat-tails nod lazily in the gentle -| puffs that ripple the glassy surfaces; *| thickets of pussy-willows and bull- -| rushes hide myriads of buslting chirp- :|ing insects. There is that indefineable t| smell of the earth awakening mingled s| with the perfume of new flowers; and 1}the grass, newly vardant half hides. t half reveals the purple of violets. t| For the Bois de Boulogne is nature. | pare nature in the heart of civilization | There is nothing artificial about it Unlike Hyde Park in London, Centra -|Park in New York, and Lakeshore *| Drive in Chicago, it was never “laid t/ out.” As it is in its natural aspects sc h | is always has been since the beginning |. | of time. n| With the expansion of the city o! 2) Paris from a small fortified town 2 | scape snes olay ¢|is now the Ile de la Cite, to its presen x | metropolitan extent, the municipal au y|thorities have ever been careful t ¢|leave the Bois untounched, whateve ¢ | other improvements they ceffcted. c| True, there are delightiul restaurant i| and cafe's, “dancing” even, splendi a} tennis courts where the Rocest of th e | poloi may play for an insignificant fee «|and since the war. the prohibitio g against playing football on the law: €|has been lifted. The crowning glor; ” | of the Bois is its bridle paths, crossing criss-crossing and interlacing through «| out the entire 2,300 acre domain, care -| fully reserved to the equestrian only it | and so arranged as to be far remove: ¢| from the maddening toot of the moto ¢ | horn. -.| But, all these signs of man's activi -.| ties have been so fitted into their sur h| roundings that they serve to accent n|uate by contrast, rather than mar, th y| natural beauties. o| The Bois de Boulogae was origi o| nally part of the vast forest of Rouv ¢ | ay, extending down to what is now th place de T'Etocile, and taking i )| Auteuil, Sevres, and St. Cloud. Th ¢| first authentic mention of the Bois i s|history was at the end of the fit s|century. It became a haunt of per s.| sons of rank and wealth, and the in cj evitable followed. It became also thi 1 haunt, the refuge, and the scene o operations of bands of butlaws an -|brigands of the type which, in thi t| Middle Ages, made travel so hazard g| ous. f| In 1852, the Bois was taken over b} s|the municipality of Paris. and sinc -|then it has been the playground an €| pleasure haunt of Parisian democrac; | and aristocracy alike. | ‘A ride through the Bois offers in 4] finite variety. There is the famou t! Chateu de Madrid which is well wort! 1a visit, and beside which are the fines | tennis courts in France. “| Over at one edge of the Bois, ther Sis the renowed race track of Long s;|champs, where Paris fashions mak v|their debut; and beside the ancien ‘| windmill which is all that remains 0 [the Abbey of Longchamps. founded i 1 | 1250 by Saint Elizabeth. sister of Kim }| Louis IX. At still another corner ie the race course of Autenil, whic | specializes in hurdle racing and steeple = | chasing. "| All the way across the Bois. nea {| the porte de Maillot, one of the tw * | hie Zoological gardens of Paris. On des Fleurs (Flower Carnival) is held every year. At the end of the Allee is the wateriall famous as “La Cascade.” and from the path above it, a glorious view may be had of St Cloud and the Seine Valley, and on clear days, of Mont Valerien where the beaten French army, made their last stand be- fore Paris, during the Franco-Prus- sian war in 1870. The outskirts of the Bois are dotte with stables and “academies.” where mounts of any description or d’'s~osi tion may be had for the rentin. the usual charge being 25 france ($225) for two hours It is odd how easy it is to hit upon the nationality of the equestr'ennes Most of the fashionable American an English women prefer to ride astrite. wearing cither divided skirts o- ridine breeches. The ma‘ority of the Fren-h women, however, still cling to the site saddle. The vast number of vis'tors who ar- rive from over sea are site to take advantage of the chiens of the Bo's as one of the most delightful fextures of their Paris visit (To he continued next week) HAS THE NEGRO WON A PLACE IN HISTORY? a ee In this brief article it is our purpose to show beyond any shadow of a doubt that the Negro has won a place in history. A place so high that even his adversaries are compelled to admit it. In the early years of social progress color distinctions were not known, nor differences in races were given but slight significance. A man to be distinguished had only to portray the greatness of his intellect, his rare tact, courage, forcible character, and the great human graces. We need not traverse these early years of civilization to find the foot- prints of some remarkable Negro, nor scan the dusty pages of ancient his- ‘tory in quest of information. Within the last three hundred years we find indellible marks and impressions which the Negro has made upon all of huamnity. Out of the revolution of Hayti emerges Tou Saint L’Ouverture, the black Napoleon. When the Rus- sian spirit had been charmed by the great literary talents of Shakespeare in England, Russia regretted that she could not hoast of a poct-laureate, when the great Negro Pushkin ap- peared upon the intellectual horizon & Russia. Later came Dumas of France, Phyllis Wheatley of America. Crispus Attuck of Revolutionary fame who) was indeed a hero inthe frst falc OF The FevoTation. Ta the battle of Lake Erie several hundred brave Negro soldiers fought with Admiral Peary and laid down their lives while helping mightily to wrest from Eng- land the liberties of a free people. In the field of mathematics perhaps the most remarkable man of his time was Benjamin Banneker, regarded as the gifted methematician. In the reliziow: tife of the race perhaps Richard Aiier who established the A. M. E. Cherch in America takes first place, while for dogged determination against tyranny and oppression Nathaniel Turner and Frederick Douglass, Sojourner Truth, Harriet. Tubman and William Still carved out a niche ior themselves in the great temple of fame. In the bat. thes of New Orleans as early as 1812 thousands of Negro soldiers bore the brunt of war and made the presses of every nation proclaim their daring. In the civil war, the Spanish war and the world war they were no less splendid soldiers fighting for human- jity’s cause. In the Spanish war they led the charge upon San Juan and F! Caney. In Mexico where only a hand- ful of seasoned Nezro troops of the tenth cavalry were attacked by the Mexican army they more than held ‘their own against great numbers and saved the life of Gen. Pershing It was done in the same manner that they had saved Col. Theodore Roos- levelt in the war with Spain. Possibly Maceo the great Cuban General is by far the most illustrious soldier of the modern age. Thomas Bethune Greene known #s Blind Tom was for fifty years the great musical prodigy of the world. Paul Laurence Dunbar won fame as a poet, and Dr. Booker T. Washinz- ton achieved distinction in the field of Industrial education. The West Indie: and Brazil have brought above the surface a few very able statesmen and generals. When the black Napoleon was arrested and taken in chains to France to suffer the perfidy of the French to rot and die in a dungeon i fell to the lot of the great Dessal'n~ land Christophe to throw a protector: Jate over the wealth of the Haytians | There are a great many politicians congressmen and senators, teachers preachers, editors, writers, authors lawyers and doctors, inventors, sing- Jers, musicians, artists, comedians, but |they were merely satelites, shootins '| sparks, etc. These we have mentione: | will grow greater as the years go by They belong to humanity having '|bursted the bounds and overcome th | limitations of racial environment. : eae Madame _Antionette Smythe Garnes, the noted songstress will depart short- ly after January 1, 1922, for Wichita, Kansas where she will sing at the [meeting of the Civic Federation of Colored Woman's Clubs. Te . ; Ky A a2 See ae HON. FRANK S. RIGHEIMER The popular and able Judge of the County Court, who will succeed himself in 1922. DR. HIRSCH ON GOOD BOOKS A REASON FOR NEGRO RACE aoe | PRIDE By Dr. Emil G. Hirsch — 1 speak out of my own experience. b found books to be my best and staunchest friends. They came to visit me whenever 1 asked for their company. In days of my happiness they were at my. side and their speech never jailed to add new joy to my heart. When clouds of sorrow dimmed my vision these dear friends of mine helped to carry the burden. They pointed out stars behind the mist They took me to distant lands and helped me to know that the earth was my home and made me ject at home in every land under the sun. With books as my guides 1 visited the Alps and the Appenines I rested under palm and pine. They showed me the steppes of Asia; they uncur tained the mysteries of Africa's darkest corners Frey revealed to me the Deautics of Norway's fiords and of 1 sane with Goethe and thougis with Touerson 1 studied fife unde Thsen, ant Vietor Hugo spoke tom of the ternal confliets of the Inemat soul. Much I owe to the teachers unde irom I sat face to face with them But infinitely greater in my debt the great I never beheld in the flesh whose appeal and advice came to m in the printed page. The Arabs claim that every wor between the lids of their Koran i divine. This claim holds good fo every word in a good book, whateve may be the religion of the nationalit ‘of its author. Hon. Oscar De Priest, 3813 Vernon avenue, was in Washington, D. C. re- cently where he called on Congress- man Martin B. Madden, who was overjoyed to meet him, before depart- ing for home he had the pleasure of dining with Congressman Madden, to the utter disgust of the Southern Democrats who were hanging around. Fe: HON. ARTHUR C. LUEDER proficient Postmaster of Chicago, | Sm tone Sete ok i he ce Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. The and proficient Postmaster of Chicago, who is a 32nd rien ne detec t0 wih oh tao chtomas of Chiang 0 Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. 4 REASON FOR NEGRO RACE PRIDE Our African ancestry is not to be despised. On the contrary, from in- terviews with missionaries, with na- tive men and women, through study of recent archeological discoveries and of scientific treatises, one finds much to awaken and stimulate race pride. I was constrained to get at the truth as fully as T could lately when meeting groups of colored girls and women, because there was such ready response to the little informa- tion I had in rezard to the worth- while characteristics, intellectual, noral, and physical that were the Af ican’s own. ‘The accounts of the Yoruba country, the history of the people, their industries, the govern- ment and customs, 27° xy. ratiiy ing. A large number of American Negroes are accredited! to the Yoruba country. ie, the Matabele,. the Hottentots, am! mainerous omers jare credited with having a very hight standard of | sex-morality—adultery tise bastardy beiny almost unknown betore the natives were contaminated by outsiders. We have long known that Airicans gathered their girls and boys at the age of adolescence into separate groups in the bush schools for secret instruction pertaining to in- dividual and racial health, Professor Aggrey, of Livingstone College, N. C., a native African who was a member of the African Educational Commission under the Phelps-Stokes Fund, gave me when I was at Livingstone College last year some most illuminating in- formation in regard to the mysteries ‘oi the bush schools. He took great pride in pointing out how in sex-edu- cation his people had been in advance of some modern nations for a thou- sand years, I was made to feel that eugenics had originated with them. A scientist lately returned from Af- rica stated that if safety of life and of property are a measure of civili- | zation, then Africa and China are in the Southern Workman. 3 M. J. HON. MARTIN B. MADDEN The uncompromising champion the Colored race, who will First Congressional District HON. JAMES The uncompromising champion of the civil and the political rights of the Colored race, who will be re-elected to Congress from the First Congressional District of Illinois in 1922. HON. JAMES G. COTTER Attorney James G. Cotter, the subject of this sketch, was recently appointed assistant United States district attorney by Attorney General Harry M. Daughtery. While Mr. Cotter's appointment comes as a surprise to the rank and file, yet it is said that Major Robert R. Jackson, Alderman of the 2nd ward, was well acquainted with the fact a long time before it happened, and had much to do with the influences that brought about the appointment. Congressman Martin B. Madden was the 'power behind the throne' in Washington in securing the position. It was he who lead the fight and represented to the 'powers that be' that the colored people of his district were entitled to a first class position in the Department of Justice—a position that would be outstanding and representative—as a recognition of our right to representation in a Republican administration. Congressman Madden is chairman of the House Committee on Appropriations, said to be the most powerful position held by any member of Congress. He has always fought for fair play and justice for all the people, regardless of race, creed or color. Mr. Cotter has been assigned to duty in the Federal building prosecuting violations of the National Prohibition Act. He was formerly a special assistant corporation counsel of Chicago, and from 1917 to 1919, inclusive, was an assistant Attorney General of Illinois under Mr. Brundage. While in this position he was assigned to prosecute violations of ```markdown ``` [Name] The Newly Appointed United States District A Northern District of Illinois, Who Will Continue Credit to the Colored Race in His Present Hon The Newly Appointed United States District Attorney, for the Northern District of Illinois, Who Will Continue to be a Great Credit to the Colored Race in His Present Honored Position. The Newly Appointed United States District Attorney, for the Northern District of Illinois, Who Will Continue to be a Great Credit to the Colored Race in His Present Honored Position. of the civil and the political rights of be re-elected to Congress from the of Illinois in 1922. S G. COTTER the Medical Practice Act and other civil cases for the State and made many friends throughout the city among both white and black. Attorney General Daughtery has demonstrated in the appointment of Mr. Cotter that he recognizes ability, worth and character in the man, and not creed, religion, race or color. Mr. James G. Cotter was born 35 years ago in the State of Tennessee but very soon thereafter his parents moved to the State of Kentucky where he received his early school training He afterwards attended Fisk University and took a post course in the University of Chicago. Some ten years ago he graduated from the Webster College of Law, was admitted to the bar of this State and has been active ever since in the practice of his profession. Politics became a very attractive field for him, and he soon identified himself with the powers in Republican politics, and has been active in such matters for the past twelve years. His father was the Reverend Shadrach R. Cotter, one of the best known ministers in the State of Kentucky. Mr. Cotter is married and resides in his own home with his family. He is a member of several fraternal orders and clubs in the city, and is very active in all matters relating to the welfare of his race. He made a fight in the celebrated Delbridge case which gave him national prominence some four years ago, and was very active in handling cases during the recent race riots involving justice and fair play for our people. States District Attorney, for the Who Will Continue to be a Great His Present Honored Position. THE BROAD AX, CHICAGO, ILL. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1921 BOLD AND COURAGEOUS SPEECH OF HON. MARTIN B. MADDEN DELIVERED IN THE HALLS OF CONGRESS THE FIRST PART OF APRIL, 1916, "FOR THE PROTECTION OF NEGRO WOMANHOOD." The latter part of April, 1916, the Hon. Martin B. Madden delivered the following address in the halls of Congress, which is worth any one's time to carefully read. For the Protection of Negro Womanhood. Mr. Madden: Mr. Speaker, I am opposed to intermarriage of the races. The Negroes themselves are opposed to such marriages. But I am opposed to legislation making such marriages a crime. If a white man and a black woman want to marry, it should be a matter for them to decide. I think they would both be foolish to thus ostracize themselves from association with their own people, and that is what they do when they marry. But if they want to ostracize themselves, that is a personal matter between them, and should be. To make such marriages criminal and void would leave the children or such marriages without the protection which they need and should have Instead of bettering the moral conditions such a law would make them worse. It would leave many young girls at the mercy of brutes willing to take advantage of their virtue and then desert them to a life of shame I cannot conceive of a condition under which a white man should be allowed to cohabit with a black woman not his wife without being compelled by law to marry her or provide for the care of their children. Why should innocent women of the Negro race not have the same protection of the law which is accorded to women of any other race? It will not do to say there is no such condition as that to which I have alluded. Everyone knows better, else how does it happen that we have so many people of mixed blood in the United States. The Negroes are willing to confine their marriages to their own race indeed they would prefer that, but they have a right to demand that the women of their race shall not be considered the legitimate prey of the men of other races. (Applause.) If marriage between the Negro and Caucasian is so abhorrent as to some it seems to be, why do so many of the Caucasian men insist on taking undue liberties with the defenseless Negro women? Why do they insist on mixing the blood of the races? If the blood of both races can be kept pure by law, all right; but who can assure it? By all means, if we are to have a law against mixed marriages, that law should provide for arrest and prosecution for bastardy, so that it will be possible to expose those who boast of the purity of their blood while they continue clandestinely and illegally to cohabit with those against whom this law is directed. Let the law of marriage stand as it is, and trust to the pride of race both among the Negroes and Caucasians to contract their marriages with their own people. The purpose of this law is to further degrade the Negro, to make him feel the iron hand of tyranny so long practiced against his race. We should do all we can to combat the spirit of persecution and prejudice which confronts the Negroes of this country and to assure to them every right, privilege and opportunity to which every citizen of the United States is entitled. The Negroes ask no favors, no privileges, no special advantages. They ask no indulgence for their shortcomings, or any unusual economic and educational on- HON. GEORGE E. BRENNAN IS IN FAVOR OF THE DEMOCRATS AND ONE WING OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY GETTING TOGETHER Some of the big leaders of the Democratic party are in favor of joining hands with the Charles S. Deneen Republicans in order to rout Mayor William Hale Thompson and his forces out of the City Hall. Hon. George E. Brennan, who led the Democratic hosts from this state on to the San Francisco Convention in 1920, is not adverse to a Coalition providing Hon. Patrick J. Carr, and Hon. Robert M. Sweitzer are slated for their present position. HON. JOHN M. ROACH, ONE OF THE HIGH CITY RAILWAY OFFICIALS, STANDS HIGH IN THE BUSINESS WORLD. At all times, Mr. Roach, as one of the high officials of the Chicago City Railway Company, is willing to do his part, in order to furnish better portunities. They ask only equal opportunity—equality in the courts of the land. We should bestir ourselves to aid the Negroes, not embarrass them or shame them. We should make them feel that they are a useful and desirable part of our people. No other people has ever made greater progress under like conditions. They have increased in numbers from 1863 to 1915 from 4,500,000 to 10,000,000. They have advanced from almost total illiteracy since emancipation until today 70 per cent can read and write. They have among them musicians, artists, doctors, lawyers, mechanics, artisans, agriculturists, bankers, educators, preachers, merchants, and are engaged in every useful occupation. They have accumulated property valued at $700,000,000—$70 per capita—a marvelous showing, a greater showing, indeed, than has ever been made before anywhere during all civilization. No other emancipated people have ever made so great a progress in so short a time. We should remember that the Negroes constitute one-tenth of our population, that they are a God-loving and law-abiding people who should be encouraged in their efforts to reach a higher moral standard. We should help the Negro to help himself. We should not continue to put the stamp of our disapproval upon him and cast him adrift and discourage him in an effort to reach that moral standard for which we all hope and continue to pray. The enactment of this law will do that, and will be one more step backward, which should never be taken by a Congress representing the people of America. (Applause.) Congressman Martin B. Madden has a great deal of faith in our ability to do things and the following letter reveals that fact. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES WASHINGTON, D. C. March 6, 1914. Mr. Julius F. Taylor, 5027 Federal Street The enclosed bills are before the Committee on Reform in the Civil Service, of which I am a member. We had a very interesting hearing on them this morning and when the hearings are printed I will send you a copy. I intend to fight every inch of the way to prevent them from reporting the bills, but of course the Committee is Democratic and the majority of the Democrats are from the South, and it is not likely that I can win in the fight; but if I lose I expect to make a minority report. I don't know how much time I will have in which to do that. I want to ask you to write me immediately after reading the bills what you would say if you were going to make a minority report on them. I may not be able to use all you say, but I shall be glad to have your views, in fact I want them and must have them. I want you to co-operate with me in this work. Right at this point we must pause for a few moments to state that Congressman Martin B. Madden and former Congressman William Sulzer of New York City have never felt that they were disgracing themselves by seeking our advice or opinion on certain measures which were at that time pending before Congress. service, for its millions of patrons each day. Mr. Roach, who has successfully worked his way on up from a street car conductor in 1872, is a very pleasant gentleman to meet, and he wants the world to know that he is a friend of the Colored race. Joseph O. Lane, the Up-to-Date And Practical Jeweler, is still doing business at the same old stand. It is a pleasure to state that Mr. Joseph O. Lane, who is one of our oldest friends, is still doing business at his same old stand, 76 E. 31st street, near Michigan avenue, phone Calumet 6364. Mr. Lane has been established in business on the South side in this city since 1876. He makes a speciality of fine watch and jewelry repairing. He has on display a fine line of all kinds of jewelry and so on suitable for holiday presents. Mr. Lane desires to wish his many friends and patrons a Merry Christmas—Adv. HIGHER STANDARDS AT HAMPTON INSTITUTE HAMPTON, Va. -The trend at Hampton. Institute toward higher standards was recently described to colored leaders who had assembled in Danville for the annual meeting of the Negro Organization Society (Allen Washington, president) and the Negro Teachers' Association of Virginia (D. G. Jacox, president). Dr. J. E. Gregg, principal of Hampton Institute, said: "At Hampton Institute we have been raising our standards and extending our courses. In 1917, at the suggestion of Dr. H. B. Frissell, a survey of the work of the Institute was made by Prof. Paul H. Hans, of Harvard University, for the General Education Board. In accordance with the recommendations of this survey—and in some cases going beyond them, because conditions have changed so much since 1917—our courses have all been strengthened. The old academic-normal, agricultural, business, and home economics courses of secondary grade are now graduating their last classes—1923 will see the end of them. The new courses in these fields of training will carry those who pursue them two years—and in the case of the agricultural course, three years—beyond the Academy, which covers four years and twenty units of high-school grade, beginning after the completion of the eighth grade. The Trade School it has seemed wise to keep on the secondary level. The seventh-grade preparatory class was cut off at the end of the last school year. "With all this advance—this raising of secondary work to semi-collegiate and even collegiate levels—we at Hampton feel obliged to remind ourselves that we must redouble our exertions to make all that we do thorough. "We are making men and women as well as scholars, whether we will or no. God created them; we are shaping and fashioning them and making them ready, more or less successfully, for the world. Whatever they are later, their teachers must bear a large part of the responsibility." The Remainder of the December Calendar of the Festivities at the Appomattox Club. The following are among the big social doings at the Appomattox Club, during the remainder of December and the first part of January, 1922: CHILDREN'S CHRISTMAS PARTY Tues., Dec. 27, 1921; 2:30 to 6:30 p. m. Mrs. Hazel Thompson Davis, Directing MUSIC GAMES DANCING For Children of the Families of Members ANNUAL NEW YEAR'S EVE CABARET Saturday, December 31, 1921 MUSIC ENTERTAINING LUNCHEON Tables Must be Reserved in Advance, $1.00 Per Person (Because of Our Large Membership the Number of Reservation Permitted Each Member Will be Limited NEW YEAR RECEPTION AND DANCE 7:00 to 12:00 P. M. Reception Committee:—Mrs. S. C. Dickerson, Mrs. S. A. T. Watkins Mrs. Fred L. Barnett, Mrs. D. B. Hawley Mrs. D. A. McGowan, Mrs. Chas F. Johnson, Mrs. R. S. Abbott, Mrs. Chas A. Wilson, Mrs. Carl G Roberts, Mrs. Mont Ferguson, Mrs. H. A. Turner, Mrs Benj. F. Mitchel. Tuesday, January 3, 1922; 2:30 P. M. Committee—Mrs. J. Gray Lucas, Mrs. Wm. Eaves, Mrs. Ralph Davenport, Mrs. A. L. Bates, Mrs. L. J. Connors, Mrs. W. T. Jefferson, Mrs. G. P. Goode, Mrs. J. W. Woodlee, Mrs. F. H. Mattix, Mrs. C. S. Washington, Ladies of the Families of Members Invited. MOB AND LYNCH LAW IN TENNESSEE Dyersburg, Tenn.—Sheriff H. B. Bryant prevented a lynching here of five Negroes alleged to be concerned in the murder of R. L. Burkett, a farmer. About 500 people comprised the mob. One of the Negroes, Will Wiggins, was reported to have confessed the killing, but the sheriff in addressing the mob said he had evidence that Wiggins was eight miles from the scene of the crime the night it occurred. The sheriff also took five of the apparent leaders of the mob in an automobile to the home of relatives of the murdered man. The relatives assured the mobbists that the murdered man's family did not approve of mob action. The sheriff's action was effective in preventing the lynching, but it is noticeable that he did not arrest the five men whom he had in his automobile. If the Dyer Anti-Lynching bill were law, this sheriff would be subject to imprisonment for not more than 5 years, and fined not more than $5,000 or both, for failing to prosecute persons' participating in a mob of riotous assemblage. [Name] HON. OSCAR DE PRIEST Former member of the Cit who has become a powerful poli He is in favor of re-electing Hon Senate from the Third Senator Depriest wants the world to kno to assist to re-elect Hon. Martin First Congressional District of l death can defeat his re-election. Former member of the City Council, from the Second Ward, who has become a powerful political factor in the new Third Ward. He is in favor of re-electing Hon. Samuel A. Ettelson to the State Senate from the Third Senatorial District; at the same time, Mr. Depriest wants the world to know that he stands ready and willing to assist to re-elect Hon. Martin B. Madden to Congress from the First Congressional District of Illinois; that no power on earth but death can defeat his re-election. A SUNDAY IN GEORGIA Watkinsville, Georgia. By J. M. S. The Southern sun was shedding its warmth upon fields which ever and anon are dotted with the cotton balls. Women and children strolled leisurely along the quiet streets or flashed past in their automobiles on their way to the churches, where under softened light, the preachers from many pulpits held faith on the God of Mercy and justice, the Prince of Peace, who made eternal life possible for those who walk blamelessly before men. But some were missing from their accustomed places, and as friends inquired about them there were only whispered answers. Somehow the truth seemed a little out of place in church, not that it appeared shameful to them, but rather embarrassing, as when in a debate one's partner inadvertently makes a noticeable blunder, one does not wish to admit the shortcoming, and yet it cannot well be entirely avoided. Such was the case in Oocone Georgia, Sunday, while some worshipped others were listening for the soft tread, the fleeing shadow of the favorite game of the Georgian aristocracy. The Georgians are famed for their skill in bagging this kind of game, and as they closed in gradually, "Bang"—sudden bark of a rifle, followed so quickly by another and then by still another that one could not tell which was which. Another Negro, Aaron Birdsong, was dead—his body riddled by Christian bullets 1930 80 HON. MICHAEL ROSENBERG President of the International Lamp Manufacturing Co. Employs More Than Two Hundred Colored Worous Departments, Member of the Constitutional Illinois, Prospective Candidate for One of the Sanitary District of Chicago. Mr. Rosenberg Wrote the Pleasures of the Holiday Season to His Many President of the International Lamp Manufacturing Company, Which Employs More Than Two Hundred Colored Women in Its Various Departments, Member of the Constitutional Convention of Illinois, Prospective Candidate for One of the Trustees of the Sanitary District of Chicago. Mr. Rosenberg Wishes to Extend the Pleasures of the Holiday Season to His Many Friends. President of the International Lamp Manufacturing Company, Which Employs More Than Two Hundred Colored Women in Its Various Departments, Member of the Constitutional Convention of Illinois, Prospective Candidate for One of the Trustees of the Sanitary District of Chicago. Mr. Rosenberg Wishes to Extend the Pleasures of the Holiday Season to His Many Friends. City Council, from the Second Ward, the political factor in the new Third Ward. Samuel A. Ettelson to the State District; at the same time. Mr. now that he stands ready and willing to B. Madden to Congress from the Illinois; that no power on earth bu on Sunday morning. But this time the Negro had shot one of his pursuers. To do this, he had to have ammunition. Someone must have fined him. One of the Christian gentlemen said, "George Lowe, and West Hale air' the "Neggers" that give it to 'im." "Let's get 'em' wieder another and off they go again in search of more game. But this time the game was a bit harder to find, for it was late Sunday evening when Lowe and Hale were finally surrounded. The hunters were in high spirits. Why not? Was not this a Sunday to cherish in the memory? And the part was yet to come. Many took their quarry back to the place where their song had died, and pumped baken bullets into two more writings swarthy bodies. It was too good to be true, three in one day, and Sunday too, when a body who wanted to could come along. Other Georgia citizens, however, did not regret this sport with favor; they have asked a Federal investigation and have offered affidavits as to the deaths of these three Negroes. It remains to be seen what will be done "President Harding's message to Congress did not mention the Dyer Anti-Lynching Bill." Mr. John Dohney, the officer in charge of the Council Committee rooms always deports himself like a real first class gentleman. He never attempts to assert or show off his authority on the slightest occasion. He is held in the highest respect by all the City Fathers, and by all the big politicians who frequent the Council Committee rooms. 89 12345 Manufacturing Company, Which dred Colored Women in Its Vari- the Constitutional Convention of for One of the Trustees of the Mr. Rosenberg Wishes to Extend ason to His Many Friends. ```markdown ``` HON. DANIEL RYAN President Board of Commissioners Board of Forest Preserve Con Ryan, with great pleasure, ha the Fort Dearborn Hospital. of Commissioners of Cook County Great Preserve Commissioners of Great pleasure, has forwarded a newborn Hospital. President Board of Commissioners of Cook County and also of the Board of Forest Preserve Commissioners of Cook County. Mr. Ryan, with great pleasure, has forwarded a nice little check for the Fort Dearborn Hospital. Hon. Daniel Ryan, President of the Board of Commissioners of Cook County, who resides with his family at 6447 Stewart avenue, succeeded the late Peter Reinberg at his death the first part of 1921, and Mr. Ryan has honorably served as county commissioner for the past eight years and he has amply proven himself to be one of the best public officials in Cook county. He has always been classed as a sturdy friend to the colored race and he employs many in his contract work. finance committee before becoming president of the board which is the MR. JAMES MR. JAMES B. McCAH MR. JAMES B. McCAHEY Mr. McCahey has been connected with this firm for the past sixteen years. He is a director of the Chicago Coal Merchants Association, and was an active member of the various Federal and State Fuel Committees during the recent World War. He is considered one of the best retail coal men in Chicago. The John J. Dunn Coal Company, always handles the best and the ```markdown ``` [Name] [Name] President of the John J. Dunn Coal Company, the pany on the south side, located at 5100 Fed established in 1877 by the late John J. Dunn. John J. Dunn Coal Company, the south side, located at 5100 Fede in 1877 by the late John J. Dunn. President of the John J. Dunn Coal Company, the largest coal company on the south side, located at 5100 Federal Street. It was established in 1877 by the late John J. Dunn. President of the John J. Dunn Coal Company, the largest coal company on the south side, located at 5100 Federal Street. It was established in 1877 by the late John J. Dunn. s of Cook County and also of the commissioners of Cook County. Mr. is forwarded a nice little check for most important position of that committee and he has made a splendid record. He is thoroughly capable of grasping matters of importance to the public's benefit. There is no question about his renomination and re-election in 1922, for he is always on the job. In the winter time he is ever ready to aid the poor and the fortunate of what ever race with coal, provisions and so on, his steadfast friends in this city and county will rally to his support at the primaries in April and assist to put him over the plate. Mr. Ryan sends his best wishes to all of his friends throughout this city and Cook county. B. McCAHEY cleanest coal in Chicago for twenty-one years the writer has secured coal from the above mentioned company and all of those years our business dealings have been very pleasant. For years the founder of the company, the late John J. Dunn, was one of our good friends. At the present time the John J. Dunn Coal Company are furnishing coal to the Fort Dearborn Hospital. ```markdown ``` al Company, the largest coal comd at 5100 Federal Street. It was John J. Dunn. THE BROAD AX, CHICAGO, ILL, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1921 good old custom of the Christmas tree. Yes, in actual dollars and cents valuation of our natural resources the United States probably would be more wealthy for the continued growth of the evergreens. However, we believe no better return ever came from trees than the true joy which all mankind gets from Christmas trees at this the greatest of all holiday seasons. Hon. John E. Treager, who came into this world in Chicago in 1857, has always been prominent in public affairs in this city and he has always been considered an able representative of the German-Americans among whom he is held in the highest regard. His early life was spent on a farm. Later on he successfully engaged in the grocery and meat business, and he is now vice-president of the Stockmen's Trust & Savings Bank. Mr. Traeger was three times elected collector of the town of Lake, and in 1900 was elected coroner of Cook county, being the only Democrat surviving the Republican landslide in that year. In 1905 he was appointed city collector by Mayor Edward F. Dunne, and in 1907 was the successful candidate for city treasurer. In 1911 Mayor Harrison placed him in the cabinet as city comptroller. As city treasurer, Mr. Traeger turned over to the city without hesitation every dollar earned as interest. This action called forth much favor. YULETIDE IN THE COUNTRY Christmas Day in the Old Farm Home Recalls Fond and Pleasant Recollections. HRISTMAS in the country. Christmas day in the old farm home. What pleasant memories it recalls to some HRISTMAS in the country, Christmas day in the old farm home. What pleasant memories it recalls to some of us, and what good times it will mean for many of us this year. There is really no place like the farm home for Christmas good times and jollity and good cheer. Here, if anywhere, prosperity and plenty abound, and in family gatherings and in neighborhood reunions, with an abundance of the fruits of our labor with which to spread our bountiful boards, old friendships may be renewed, new ones made, and even the stranger within our gates may be added to the list. At Christmas time we may put into practice the real principles of邻boring. Living close together does not always make neighbors. Speaking acquaintances are not always neighbors. To be real neighbors we must have the spirit of邻boriness in our hearts which prompts us to get together once in awhile, to gather around a well-laden table and feast, and visit, and laugh and joke and have a rousing good time. To love our neighbor as we do ourselves, we have to know him pretty well, and there is nothing like these neighborly reunions as a means of getting acquainted. It may be that some of us will have to do a little mental and spiritual housecleaning before Christmas day dawns. We shall have to rid ourselves of all the old rubbish of grudges, dislikes, jealousies and ill feelings which we will find pigeon-holed away when we begin to overhaul the accumulation of the years. You will have to throw all this into the discard before you can get into the real Christmas spirit, because the two will not mix. If you have wronged your neighbor in any way, Christmas is a good time to make preparation. And if you feel that you have been wronged, why, just forget it, and the Christmas spirit and the Christmas "get-together" will do the rest. Christmas should be a time of peace and good will to all mankind, and not to a few favored friends. It should be a time of reviving old associations, of renewing old friendships, and of making new friends, and the peace and good will, the neighboriness and good fellowship thus revived should not be allowed to die out as the yule fires cease to burn, but should flow out in a plenteous stream to enrich our lives through all the days of the coming year. --- A Christmas Sermon TO BE honest, to be kind—to earn a little and spend a little less, to make upon the whole a family happier for the presence to resonate when that shall be necessary and not be enbattered, to keep a few friends but those without capitulation—above all, on the same grim condition, to keep friends with himself—here is a task for all that a man has of fortitude and delicacy. He has an ambitious soul who would ask more; he has a hopeful spirit who should look on such an enterprise to be successful. There is indeed one element in human destiny that not blindness itself can controvert; whatever else we are intended to do, we are not intended to succeed; failure is the fate allotted. It is so in every art and study, it is so above all the continent art of living well. Here is a pleasant thought for the year's end or for the end of life. Only self-deception will be satisfied, and there need be no despair for the despairer—Robert Louis Stevenson. --- Honey Drop Cakes. One cupful of sugar, two cupfuls of honey, one-half cupful of shortening, four eggs, two cupfuls of milk, two teaspoonfuls of vanilla, one-half teaspoonful of salt, four cupfuls of flour, four teaspoonfuls of baking powder. Cream the honey, sugar and shortening together; add well-beaten eggs and vanilla; sift dry ingredients and add alternating with the milk. Mix well; bake in greased muffin tins. These are good if flavored with chocolate, using four squares of baking chocolate or ten tablespoonfuls of coco for this large recipe. They are good unifeed. Christmas in the Shetlands **Christmas** In the Shetland islands they celebrate an old Christmas Eve, January 5, and on that occasion the young men and children go "a-guising." The children disguise themselves in strange dresses, parade the streets and invade the houses and shops begging for offerings. At one o'clock the young men, coarsely clad, drag blazing tar barrels through the town, blowing horns and cheering. At six o'clock in the morning they put off their grimy clothes and dressed in fantastic costumes go in groups to wish their friends the season's compliments. Torn Made in Sweden Toys are manufactured to a considerable extent in Sweden and are almost entirely the finer kinds of painted wooden toys. Their making was formerly a house industry, but of later years the great bulk of the output comes from a few factories. Truth Will Prevail. Whatever instances can be quoted of unpunished thefts, or of a lie which somebody credited to the harm of another, justice must prevail at last, for it is the privilege of truth to make itself believed. HON. JOHN E. TRAEGER --- OLD AND NEW CHRISTMAS DAY Nobody Has Been Able to Decide Whether January 6 or December 25 Is Correct Date. C HRISTMAS day seems wedded to December 25. A summer or a springtime Christmas, with no holly, no mistletoe, no frost, no snow, would not be the real thing at all, observes London Answers. The majority of our beautiful Christmas carols, too, redolent as they are of the winter—"Sung Amid the Winter's Snow"—would be hopelessly incongruous. Emigrants to Australia from the mother country have confessed that it has taken them many years before they could get in any way used to what is practically a midsummer Christmas. Yet December 25 is merely an accommodation date for the birthday of Christ—Christmas day. The year, too, is wrong. Most people would take it for granted that Christ was born in A. D. 1—literally, of course, the year of our Lord. No. 1. But our chronology is four years out. This should be 1925 and not 1921, because Christmas day could not, on indisputable historical testimony, have been later than February B. C. 4! That settles the year of the first Christmas, but all attempts to fix the actual day and month of Christmas have failed. And, as regards the present date Christmas, like Easter, took some centuries before a settlement was arrived at. In the first centuries of Christianity several important Eastern churches observed January 6 as Christmas day. The Armenian Christians do so still. Gradually, however, uniformity was attained, but not before the Fifth century. In that connection it must be remembered that for quite a long period this country was divided on the question of Christmas. Some people persisted in observing "old" Christmas day. But all will agree that December 25, even if it is not the date of Christ's birth, is a happy choice. Our present-day Christmas, festival and holiday, breaks the long winter, and what better time could there be for family reunions? The cold and unpleasantness outside make it all the more agreeable to keep warm and snug inside. It keeps us together in every sense. THE CHRISTMAS TREE CUSTOM Use of the Young Evergreens is Regarded More as a Matter of Sentiment, Not of Economics. VERY year some mathematical calculator figures out that this country would be several billions richer if, as a nation we abolished the E Nearly 5,000,000 young evergreens go upon the Christmas-tree market each year, 1,500,000 in New York and the New England states alone, and it is an easy matter for an enthusiast who is quick with the pencil to figure up the waste in our natural resources by the annual loss of this embryo timber. The economic consideration is not entirely indefensible, for in the Northeastern states particularly a big proportion of the trees come from pasture land or that which would be cleared in the ordinary course of improvement. Later, these trees would be cut anyway. Of course, wholesale destruction over watershed areas should be discouraged as in any forestry activity, but it must be remembered that the Christmas-tree custom is one of sentiment, not of economics. American Agriculturist. Caesar Coins Discovered. Two Roman coins, bearing the effigy of Julius Caesar, have been found at the height of 9,000 feet on a Swiss mountain. WHEN HEARTS ARE TRUMPS Tragedy if Child Should Have Christ mas Come and Go Without an Ecstasy. F YOU have no child of your own, you must borrow or beg one for Christmas eve; for it is the time when the world lights its happi- IF YOU have no child of your own, you must borrow or beg one for Christmas eve; for it is the time when the world lights its happiness with a child's joy, writes Dr. James I. Vance, in the Illinois State Journal. Only a child may have the right of way on Christmas eve. If you do not stand in with the children, you must stand aside. It is the hour when the world makes a cradle its shrine; when not only wise men from the East, but grown-ups from all points of the compass slip down over the hills of memory toward childhood's dawn, saying under their breath: "We have seen his star in the East and are come to worship him." What a wonderful thing is this yearning of the old world for the happiness of children that climaxes at Christmas! The better side of human nature comes to the front. We throw off our cynism. Meanness is shamed into generosity, and for a little while on Christmas eve the tightwinds of earth have a look in on paradise. Was there ever a sweet eagerness, a holier joy, a more heavenly anticipation, than that which all through the house is felt on Christmas eve? Every one is thinking of making somebody happy. The delicious secretiveness of it intensifies the thrill. Care is forgotten. Expectation is ringing the bells. Peace is over all the world. And the hero is a child. Thank God for children! "Of such is the kingdom of heaven." It is a sin to disappoint a child. Then it must please God when we make the children happy. If there is no child in your home, maybe there is one on your doorstep, waiting for you to be its salent on Christmas eve. There are certainly some there in the street. They are looking at the toys in the window with wistful faces, and wondering what the lover of children will bring them. It is your time to play, and hearts are trumps! What a tragedy if a single child in your town should have Christmas come and go without an ecstasy! Ancient Custom Which Is Now Believed to Be Observed Only at Oxford University. RINGING in the boar's head at Yuletide is not celebrated widely in Great Britain today, and probably the only place where RINGING in the boar's head at Yuletide is not celebrated widely in Great Britain today, and probably the only place where it survives with something of its old-time glory is Queen's college, Oxford university. The custom is believed to antate Christianity; in fact, is said to have come down to Englishmen from the Drulds, the Detroit News recalls, Freya, goddess of peace and plenty, was always represented as riding a boar, and the Druld priests are believed to have made yearly sacrifices of boars to this divinity in order to win her good will. At Queen's the procession of the boar's head forms in the buttery. A solst, who usually is a former student of the college, heads the line. Behind him march two or three broad-shouldered youths who bear the boar's head, mounted on a silver salver. In the old days the head welghed as much as eighty pounds. Flags and pennants of the college flutter about the head, which is crowned with glided sprays of rosemary, bay, laurel and other evergreens. A lemon or an orange, the old Norse symbol of plenty, is placed between the tusks. Behind the bearers of the salver march the surplaced men and boys of the choir and the organist in a robe of an Oxford doctor of music. On a dais at the end of the dining hall the provost and the principal guests stand. The provost says grace in Latin; the call to dinner is sounded with trumpets through the cloisters and the procession starts through the cloisters. able comment from the press and from civic societies at that time. As city comptroller, Mr. Traeger inaugurated many reforms, especially the practice of selling bonds of the city $1,000,000 in bonds were thus sold at par, making a saving to the city of about $60,000, giving the citizens a desirable investment and demonstrating what may be done when smaller denominations can be offered. Mr. and Mrs. Traeger, with their three children, reside in a beautiful home of their own at 921 West Fifty-fourth place and from October 1, 1899, down to the present The BROAD AX has been a constant fixture in their home. Honest John Traeger, as he is rightly known, occupies a warm spot in the hearts of the people in all walks of life, and in a straightforward manner he has always discharged the duties and the honored trust which they the people have placed upon his broad manly shoulders, and without the least doubt about it he is big enough and brainy enough to become mayor of Chicago in 1923. [Name] The best and most popular clerk of the Probate Court that Cook County has ever had who will succeed himself at the election in 1922. Few business men or real live politicians are better known in this city or county than Hon. John F. Devine, the popular and honorable clerk of the Probate Court. He is still, comparatively speaking, a young man, being on the bright side of fifty-four. He was educated in the public schools of Chicago. In his earlier years he was employed by the North Chicago steel mills or from 1882 to 1895 and it has always been natural for him to dive into politics. He was appointed Chief Clerk of the County Clerk's office from 1895 to 1898, where he made a splendid record which will cling to him the end of time. He was nominated and elected County Commissioner, 1898 to 1900. He faithfully served as Chief Deputy Probate Clerk, 1901 to 1903; he was appointed Chief Clerk of the Recorder's office from 1904 to 1907. He served with distinction as Public Administrator of Cook county, from 1907 to 1914. He served as Chairman of the Republican County Committee from 1912 to 1914, and he was its campaign man- [Name] [Image of a man with a mustache and a suit and bow tie]. HON. JOHN E. TRAEGER Ex-Collector for the Town of L ex-City Collector of Chicago ex-City Comptroller, Chicago President of the Stockmen' nently mentioned for Mayor of the Town of Lake; ex-Coroner and Collector of Chicago; ex-City Treasurer, Amptroller, Chicago; ex-Sheriff of Co of the Stockmen's Trust and Savings Association for Mayor of Chicago in 1921 Ex-Collector for the Town of Lake; ex-Coroner of Cook County; ex-City Collector of Chicago; ex-City Treasurer of Chicago; ex-City Comptroller, Chicago; ex-Sheriff of Cook County; Vice-President of the Stockmen's Trust and Savings Bank; prominently mentioned for Mayor of Chicago in 1923. ager from 1914 to 1916. In 1917 Hon. Joseph F. Haas appointed him Chief Deptyu Recorder of Cook county which important and responsible position he filled with great credit to himself, to Mr. Haas and to his party. In 1918, Mr. Devine after a spirited contest, was elected Clerk of the Probate Court and shortly after his election his hosts of friends gave a banquet in his honor at one of the big hotels in the loop and all the colored men and women in the Recorder's office attended. A fronting shows that Mr. Devine and his bosom friend. Hon. Joseph F. Haas, are both big hearted, liberal minded public officials. Mr. Devine only has about twenty employees in his office and five or six of that number are colored men and women, showing that he is absolutely free from race prejudice. Mr. Devine, owing to his splendid record as Clerk of the Probate Court, will be re-nominated and re-elected to his present honored position in 1922. Mr. Devine wishes his hosts of warm friends a happy time during the holiday season. ```markdown ``` anke; ex-Coroner of Cook County; Chicago; ex-City Treasurer of Chicago; Chicago; ex-Sheriff of Cook County; Vice Trust and Savings Bank; promise of Chicago in 1923. HON. JOHN J. MITCHELL Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Hlinois Trust & Savings Bank, one of the directors of the Corn Exchange National Bank; also one of the directors of the Merchants Loan & Trust Com- pany, member of the Advisory Board of the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago; also one of the directors of the Chase National Bank of New York. His remarkable rise, from a bank messenger to one of the most prominent and successful bankers or finan- ciers im the world, reads like a fairy story. Hon. George Franklin Harding, Jr. Se heeehedecbeechelechecdecdechecheetendenbesbecbecntenhebebetenhesbecfentenbeiehenhenfechefenbntenfnfnhndenfectnfnintel Hon. George Franklin Harding Jr. president of the Chicago Real Estate Loan and Trust Company since 1908, was born in this city August 16, 1868, at the old beautiful homestead of his foreparents, George Franklin and his mother, Mrs. A. M. Harding, 2623 ‘Tndiana avenue. He received his early ‘edutation in the same city where he first beheld the light of day. Later on attended A ating from it with all the high honors in 1887 he entered Harvard, einerg- ing. from it im 1891 with hie-A. B and with polished mannir. hich have never forsaken him unto this day. December 29, 1896, Senator Harding was united in marriage to Miss Ellen Orborn Davis of Neenah, Wis. (now deceased). After recovering from the effect of the loss of his first wife and after paying the proper amount of respect to her memory, he was married to Miss Katherine Fay of Peoria, Illinois. Not long after re- turning home from college he started in to assist his father in conducting or managing his very extensive real estate business or holdings, and today Senator Harding is one of the largest real estate owners in Chicago. He is president of the Chicago Real Estate Loan and Trust Company; he is one of the directors of the Frederick H. Bartlett syndicate, the largest real estate dealers in the world, Senator Harding is a prominent member of the Unitarian Church. He Be ue | HON. GEORGE FRANKLIN HARDING, JR. ‘President of the Chicago Loan and Trust Company, millionaire real Sea cree Somes ot Shey te tayo be is also an honored member of the Chicago Athletic, Hamilton, Illinois Athletic, South Shore Country and the Chicago Yacht clubs. In 1905 Senator Harding was after a hard battle elected to the city coun- cil from the Second ward and for ten years thereafter he was one of its most valuable members; in that length of time he faithfully served on all of Wid ie sae lected to the see Beet ate from the First Senatorial District of Ilinois, and he succeeded in mak- ing his presence felt in th< upper house of the Legislature of Tiinois, His army of warm friends icel that there are greater political honors in store for him, and they are urging him to enter the race for Mayor of Chicago in 1923. It must be said to the great credit of Senator Harding that he never con- ducts himself in a swaggering manner, for at all times he will bestow the proper amount of consideration upon all those who approach him, and it makes not the slightest difference to him whether they are of high or low degree, rich or poor, white or black, and that is one reason why he is so extremely popular with all classes of his fellow citizens. As stated before Senator Harding is one of the largest real estate hold- ‘rs in this city for he owns more han four thousand houses, flats and tores on the south side and in other arts of Chicago. | THE BROAD AX, CHICAGO, ILL, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1921. Hon. John J. Mitchell Hon. Joseph F. Haas Hon. John J. Mitchell, who has sradually worked his way on up until he has become one of the greatest bankers in the world, was not born with a silver or with a golden spoon in his month, but on the contrary his parents were not of the very wealth- est class of true American citizens but they were highly respected by all the citizens of Alton, Illinois where Mr, Mitchell was born on November 3, 1853. Being the dutiful son of Mr. Wil- liam H. and Mrs. Mary A. Mitchell, Mr. Mitchell received his early educa- tion in the publ’c schoo!s of his home town, finishing it up at Union Wes- leyan Seminary at Kent's Hill, Maine, and finally winding it up at the Wat- erville Classical Institute. In 1873 Mr. Mitchell arrived in Chicago to re side, highly resolved to work out his future destiny here on the beautiful shores of Lake Michigan; and the first seven years of his career in this city, which was nothing then to what it is at the present time, he faithfully served as one of the honest bank messengers for the Illinois Trust and Savings Bank. Seven years from that time or the first part of 1880, by hard work and faithful service on his part, Mr. Mit- chell was elevated to the presidency of the IMlinois Trust and Savings Bank and he ably served in that ca- pacity up until a few years ago at which time he was selected as chair- man of its Board of Directors under his wise and conservative manage- ment the Illinois Trust and Savings Bank, has become one of the largest and one of the strongest banks in the United States. February 11, 1890, Mr. Mitchell was delightfully united in marriage to Miss Mary Louise Jewett, who was HARDING HAPPY AS U. S. CHEERS “4-PLY” TREATY Jap Calls It a “Chaser” to Anglo- Tokio Hootch Washington, D. C—President Har- ding and Secretary Hughes have been cabinet meeting on the success of their leadership in the international conference, which already has pro- duced the four party treaty to stabil- ize peace in the the Pacific and the agreement on the reduction and limi- tation of naval armaments. The President beamed his satisfac- tion with the fruition of his plans, but modestly accorded the credit therefor to Mr. Hughes and the heads of the foreign delegations, who have co-operated so wholeheartedly in the momentous negotiations. Glad Nation Approves It Mr. Harding is particularly pleased with the favorable reception of the four power treaty by evidently an overwhelming majority of the Ameri- can people. He is amustd by the ef- forts of a factional minority to show that the four power pact binds the United States to go to war in the same way as Article X of the league of nations covenant. There is nothing in the four party ‘reaty requiring the United States to enter into any armed activity in re- sponse to a decision of the other hree powers, the President points mut. That is not the spirit or the murpose of the agreement. That the four power treaty is re- arded by Japan as an alliance or as | substitute for the Anglo-Japanese lliance was denied by Masanao Han- hara, one of the Japanese delegates. | Hon. Joseph F. Haas, whose fair and honorable name is a household word throughout this city, Cook County, and throughout the State of Illinois, was born in Chicago, No- vember 13, 1857, and was educated in the public schools of this city. He was employed by Jameson & Morse Printing Co. in 1873-1874, he entered the employ of J. S. Barnes & Co, hatters and furriers, as errand boy and became a partner in 1890. He continued in business until elected clerk of the Sanitary District of Chi- cago in 1898 He resigned on June 11, 1900, on account of the illness of his partner. Mr. Haas was elected State Senator from the twenty-fifth senatorial dis- trict im 1902-1906. As state senator he introduced and was instrumental im passing many important measures. He was chairman of the Chicago char-| ter committee of the forty-fourth gen- eral assembly. jat the time the reigning belle of Bris- tol, Rhode Island, and Mr. and Mrs. Mitchell are the highly honored par- ents of five childen namely, Gwendo- lyn (Mrs, Robert E. Hunter), Mr. William H., Mr. John J. Jr, Mr. Clarence B. and Miss Louise B. Mit- chell. Mr. and Mrs. Mitchell are very proud of all of their children, for they all are making their marks in this busy and short life, and bustling old world, and they are doubly proud ‘of Mr. John J. Mitchell Jr, who will follow in the footsteps of his father and in time become one of the lead- ing bankers in this country. | Mr, Mitchell has for some years served as one ‘of the directors of the following vast business enterprises, being a heavy stockholder in all of them, namely, chairman of the Board of Directors of the Illinois Trust and Savings Bank, one of the directors of the Corn Exchange National Bank, one of the directors of the Mer- chants Loan and Trust Company, member of the Advisory Board of the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, one of the difectors of the Pullman Palace Car Company, one of the di- rectors of the International Harvester Co, He is also one of the directors of the Chicago Telephone Co., The American Telephone and Telegraph Co, Commonwealth Edison Co., the Trust and Safe Deposit Co, Kansas City, Kansas City Southern Railway Co., Chicago and Alton Railroad Co, Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne and Chicago Railroad Co., trustee and member of the advisory committee, American Surety Co., New York; the Chase Na- tional Bank, New York; New York Trust Co. the Audit Co. of New York; trustee of the Mutual Life In- surance Co. of New York: one of the Girectors of the Art Institute, Chi- “T do not know where such an im- pression could have been obtained,” he said, “for it is obvious that if any Japanese diplomatist should make 2 statement of that character the text of the two documents would be sufficient to display the absurdity yof the con- tention. f, the Other Rum. “In accepting the four power treaty Japan is affected in more ways than ‘one by American prohibition. We have accepted water in place of whis- ky, but we have done so because our primary object was accord.” Asked what he meant by comparing the Anglo-Japanese alliance to whisky and the four power pact to water, Mr. Hanihara replied: “Well, whisky is stronger than water.” The treaty, in the opinion of the American delegation, does not include the Asiatic mainland, does not concern China, but is distinctly insular in its provisions, Arthur Balfour, head of the British delegation, declared in an interview to-day that the great scheme for the limitation of naval armament initiated by the United States is going to bene- fit all the countries concerned and, of course, he said, will benefit most those countries which have the largest fleets. The arrangement, he continued, has the great merit of leaving all three countries, Great Britain, Japan and the United States safe from attack of vreventing cut throat competition in he cost of armaments, and absolutely, loes everything that any patriot reed request if he considers only the afety, the securty and the honor of jis country. Among the important bills which he introduced which are now laws were the bills creating the Municipal Courts of Chicago which abolished the old police justice system; the bill creating forest preserve which is making possi- ble the conservation of the woodlands in the county for public park systems, and several other bills giving to the park boards the power to maintain and govern the parks and boulevards under their control; a bill fixing the date limit on time which persons could sue a municipality for personal injuries, a law which has saved Chi- cago and other ‘cities hundreds of thousands of dollars. Mr. Haas also, voted for amend- ments to the Tofrens system, which has broadened its) scope. He was elected county clerk in 1906 and conducted the business of that office in an efficient manner. The recorder ig the official custo- dian of all the rgcords affecting the title of every piece of property in this county. He big business, ousting the ctecelen of a man of considerable busisess experience. ‘cago; member of the Chicago Histor- ieal Society: he is also one of the directors of the Ilinois Trust and ‘Safe Deposit Company; Manhattan Trust Company of New York, West- ‘ern Union Telegraph Company; and ‘last but not the least, he is one of the directors of the First National Bank of New York and the Chicago Rock Island and Pacific Railway, It can be truly said that the rise of Mr. Mit- ‘chell in the business world from a bank messenger reads like a fairy story. Mr. Mitchell is a prominent mem- ber. of the following clubs: Chicago Union League, Chicago Automobile University, Mid-Day, Lake Geneva County, Lake Shore Country, Metro- polian and Bankers (New York), Mid-Wick, (Los Angeles, Cal.) "Mr, Mitchell, who always conducts himself like a highly cultivated gen- tleman is a high grade farmer for he owns a two hundred and ten acre farm near Geneva, Wis.. which is = dream to behold. Mr. and Mrs. Mitchell, and the ‘other members of their household, re- side in one of the finest homes in Chicago at 1550 Parkway; they also have a lovely winter home at Santa Barbara, Cal. More than two years ago, when the writer first had the extreme pleas- ture of meeting Mr. Mitchell, he left a standing order with his efficient sec- retary, Miss Holling; that any time we wished to obtain any information pertaining to the doings of the big banks in this city, just permit us to walk in and see him. It is estimated that the Colored people of Chicago, have more than two million dollars stored away in the strong steel vauits of the Illinois Trust and Savings Bank. In conclusion we feel proud to be able to number Mr. Mitchell among our many good friends residing in the marvelous city of Chicago. AID POOR MOTHERS BY AID. | ING CHARITIES, IS PLEA OF ARNOLD ‘ By Victor P. Arnold, Judge of Juve. nile Court Tt may interest the people of Chi- cago who have contributed or expect to contribute to the United Charities $1,000,000 fund for the city's needy families to know that the records of the Juvenile court show that fourteen and nine-tenths per cent of the de- linquent children come from homes where the father has died. In these homes the mother has tried to be both wage earner and caretaker, and, through no fault of her own, has failed. The United Charities of Chicago is doing great things to keep such children out of the Juvenile Court by giving the mothers adequate relief so that they can stay at home and do their work as mothers; and, in addition, by rais- ing the standard of family life so that the children do not become delin- quent or neglected. Mr. William F. Harrah, Sergeant- at-Arms of the City Council is one of the most genial gentlemen around the City Hall and all the Aldermen think that he is just the card. Mr. F. D. Conner, manager of the Publicity Department for the Illinois Trust & Savings Bank, stands well with all the newspaper men and he wishes them all a happy time during the holiday season. | Mr. Haas is a member of many fra ternal societies and other organiza- tions. Chief among them are Maple wood Council No. 1024, Royal Arca- num; Enterprise Council No. 50, Royal League, Kilwinning Lodge No. 411, A. F&A M. Mr. Haas has the great distinction of employing more colored men and women in his office than any other Public official in Illinois, He has well onto twenty-five or thirty men and women constantly employed as clerks and stenographers and he does not keep them hid away in the dark or out of sight but it is no trouble for any- one to see them working during busi- ness hours. For more than thirty years the peo- ple residing in this city have kiown Mr. Haas as a high class business man. With extreme pleasure Mr. Haas states that he wishes his legions of friends all the pleasure that the hol- day season can bestow upon them. | q SS Yr NO “4. Na COMMODORE FERDINAND W. PECK The first citizen of Chicago, father of grand opera in this city, who constructed the Auditorium and was chairman of the Finance Committee of the Columbian Exposition in 1893. Commodore Ferdinand W. Peck who has the high honor and the great distinction of being the first native born citizen of Chicago living today Being born in this city more than seventy-three years ago. At the time of his birth this city was only a small wooden town and he has watched it expand into a great city with more than three million population. His father who passed away shortly after the great Chicago fire in 1871, who with 39 others in 1830 repulsed 400 Indians near where the new double deck Michigan avenue bridge now stands could also relate ‘a wonderful story of Chicago in its infancy if he was on this earth at the present time. Rode With Abraham Lincoln. Commodore Peck opened his career in the public eye at the age of seven- teen when he rode in the carriage with President Abraham Lincoln on his second inaugural. Most important of ail his accom- plishments Mr. Peck counts his work ing the cakionaae: aioe roe ie Chicago opera. This was done large- ly unaided. He had President Cleve- land to lay the cornerstone and Presi- dent Harrison to dedicate the fivished building, all the officials of Canada and governors of fourteen States at- tending. Mr. Peck’s latest pride is the Chi- cago Woman's Band, of 160, of which he is honorary president and to which he devotes half his time. Pioneer of Six Clubs. Firty-four years ago Mr. Peck: aided in founding the Chicago Press Club, and since then helped found five others of the city's most promi- nent clubs. For seven terms he was president of the Chicago Board of | Education. He caused the erection of | the first Confederate monument north of the Mason and Dixon Line, and in 1896 took the first Illinois regiment of 1,000 men South and marched them through the streets of all the promi- nent Southern cities, | He was United States commission- -r-general of the World's fair in Paris, neaded the finance committee of the | World’s Fair in this city, and when! he fair went to St. Louis his iter ession with Speaker Cannon in Con- ress, his friends say, is generally ac- | HON. JOSEPH F. HAAS he honorable and ever smiling Recorder of Dee: who is being boomed by the Joseph F. Haas E twenty-eighth ward for mayor of Chicago in 1 The honorable and ever smiling Recorder of Deeds of Cook County who is being boomed by the Joseph F. Haas Booster Club of the twenty-eighth ward for mayor of Chicago in 1923. Counted as the Cetermining factor a gaining St. Louis a $5,000,000 appro- Priation. A decoration was conferred on him by Emperor Wilhelm of Germany, and he has the distinction as the only civilian American to rank as grand officer of the Legion d’ Honncur of France, the rank which was lately conferred on General Pershing. His work as vice president and chairman of the finance committe, World's Columbian Exposition, the result of the genius there displayed not being surpassed by any expos tion in any part of the world: his service as United States commissioner general to the Paris Exposition of 1900, wherein the American partici pation took such an important part and United States exhibitors received more awards and decorations thar those of any other nation and the commissioner general brought back to his country the “grand pris’) resenting the supremacy of the Lox States over forty-five nations if wwas appointed by ™ ain Europe in 1891, to explo’ the (ols bian Exposition abroxi Commodore Peck has grow” with the itfe of Chicago from i bi, July 15, 1848, on the site where the Grand Pacific Hotel building stood, when he ran barefooted in his early childhood on the narrow pathway that has grown into one of the city’s main arteries, Jackson boulevard. He was born on that street, spent his early boyhood on that street, was married more than fifty years ago in a church on that street, founded the great Union League Club now on that street, and has his offices at the pres ent time and for many years on that street in the Monadnock building. ‘Those who are acquainted with the Commodore know him to be a most joyal Chicagoan and friend and one who puts sentiment, poctry and flow- ers far beyond possession of dollars. This he has exemplified during his whole lifetime by his active interest in those things that meant for 2 greater Chicago, civic harmony and the advancement of art and humanity. As long as this great city stands on the enchanting shores of Lake Michi- gan the name of Commodore Ferdin- and W. Peck will never grow dim it the memories of men. M. HON. SAMUEL A. ETTELSON Corporation Counsel of Chicago. Mayor William H made no mistake when he selected Mr. Ettelson to position, for he has fiathfully served longer in the any of his predecessors. Corporation Counsel of Chicago. Mayor William Hale Thompson made no mistake when he selected Mr. Ettelson to that important position, for he has fiathfully served longer in that capacity than any of his predecessors. Hon. Samuel A. Ettelson, who is by far the very best and the brainiest Corporation Counsel that Chicago has ever had and he has served in that capacity longer than any of those who have discharged its duties in the past, for he was selected Corporation Counsel by Mayor William Hale Thompson in November 1915. ish orphans. He is a member of the Metropolitan, Hamilton, I. A. C. players director. He might be considered one of the fathers of the Eighth Regiment, Illinois National Guard, for he is ever ready to raise his voice in the State Senate at Springfield to aid it to secure appropriation for its armory and As Corporation Counsel Mr. Ettelson always greets his friends with a pleasant smile and it makes not the slightest difference if they are rich or poor, high or low, white or black. Senator Ettelson was born in this city in 1874. He is the highly Benjamin and Flora (Phillipson) Ettelson. He received his early education in the public schools of his native city, including West Division High School. Later on in life graduating with high honors from the Harvard University Law School. For a long time Senator Ettelson was a member of the eminent law firm of Schuyler, Ettelson & Weinfield, the firm consisting of Daniel J. Schuyler, Jr., Samuel A. Ettelson and Charles Weinfield, occupying a very extensive suite of law offices on the twelfth floor of the New York Life building. Senator Ettelson is one of the directors of the Chicago home for Jew- 86 PE 86 PEU HON. ROBERT M. SWEITZER The people's candidate for renomination and County Clerk; his honest and brilliant record as such 1, 1910, to the present time shines forth without on Mr. Sweitzer wishes to extend the holiday greeting than one hundred thousand friends in this city and The people's candidate for renomination and re-election as County Clerk; his honest and brilliant record as such from December 1, 1910, to the present time shines forth without one blemish on it. Mr. Sweitzer wishes to extend the holiday greetings to his more than one hundred thousand friends in this city and in Cook County. Mayor William Hale Thompson stated Mr. Ettelson to that important served longer in that capacity than ish orphans. He is a member of the Metropolitan, Hamilton, I. A. C., players director. He might be considered one of the fathers of the Eighth Regiment, Il- inois National Guard, for he is ever ready to raise his voice in the State Senate at Springfield to aid it to se- cure appropriation for its armory and so on. It was Senator Ettelson who secured the one hundred and seventy-five thousand dollars from the Legislature to construct its new armory at Thirty-fifth street and Forest avenue. As a member of the State Senate from the Third Senatorial District, Senator Ettelson has directly caused to be placed on the statute books of this state many measures which will be of lasting benefit to all the people residing throughout the state of Illinois. In Feb., 1921, Senator Ettelson had the great honor of becoming united in marriage to Mrs. Amy Strauss, who is one of the most beautiful ladies in the United States. Mrs. Ettelson possesses a great deal of musical talent for she can sing, warbe like the morning lark or the golden throated nightingale. Mrs. Ettelson was born in Louisville, Ky., and she comes from a family which has always been noted for its friendship for the colored race. A a renomination and re-election as villiant record as such from December es forth without one blemish on it. the holiday greetings to his more ids in this city and in Cook County. THE BROAD AX, CHICAGO, ILL., SATURDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1921 Hon. Albert Nowak Hon. Robert M. Sweitzer JUDGE HOPES TO DECIDE IN SMALL CASE THIS WEEK Wilkerson Closes State Agrument on Bills. Waukegan Illinois—Governor Len Small will know before Christmas whether he will have to go to trial on any indictments voted against him by the Sangamon county grand jury last July. When the state finished its reply to the attack of the defense on the indictments it became certain that Gov. Small's counsel would occupy only a few hours. Judge Claire E. Edwards told newspaper men the decision might be expected this week. "If it is physically possible," he said, after commenting on the vast amount of reading the lawyers have given him to do, "I shall have the decision ready by Saturday, Christmas Eve." No Thrills for Audience Edward Free, assistant state's attorney of Sangamon county, continued his answer to the attacks on the embezzlement counts of the indictments. He was followed by James H. Wilkerson, assistant attorney general, who kept firing at the defense's criticism of the conspiracy indictment and the enactment of the treasurers' law of 1908. As they kept strictly within ethical lines and avoided all comment on the case itself, the two sessions were, for the spectators, about as dry as a law library would be to a man looking for south sea fiction. The single tiny thrill came when Wilkerson, after making the point that the purpose of the law of 1908 was to compel state treasurers to deposit state funds promptly in banks and to compel the banks to pay the interest directly to the state, hinted that if the evidence shows that any banks have paid interest on state funds to anybody but the state they may be forced to make the payments agagin to comply with the law. Banks May Have to Pay Again. "That's what some banks probably will have to do," he said, but there he ended his digression from the legal argument. In summing up Mr. Wilkerson asserted that he and his asso- Hon. Albert Nowak, who is serving his third term as one of the best commissioners of this county, was born in Poland in 1860, and he made his way to Chicago in 1874, and he has met with great success in life and in business. He started his career as a hard working man at that time, being a member of the Knights of Labor. He later engaged in business for himself, and has been very successful. He is a man of family, residing at 2128 N. Leavitt street. He belongs to the Catholic Order of Foresters, the Polish National Alliance and several other societies. He is a member of the National Union. He has been treasurer of the Polish Building and Hon. Robert M. Sweitzer, the honorable and most proficient clerk of the County Court of Cook county, who will be re-nominated and re-elected to his same responsible position in 1922, is a native of this great and wonderful city, first seeing the light of day on May 10, 1868. His parents were John Martin and Mrs. Sarah (Lanning) Sweitzer, who were among the oldest and most highly respected citizens of Chicago. Mr. Sweitzer received his early education in the city of his birth, graduating from its higher branches with the usual honors. As he approached manhood he entered St. Patrick's Commercial Academy and after diligently applying himself to his studies or some years he emerged from it in 1884 well fortified or equipped to follow a commercial pursuit, and shortly after doing so he became connected with James H. Walker and Company, wholesale dry goods merchants, and he held a responsible position with that firm for seven years, or until it failed in 1893. Then he became connected with the wholesale dry goods house of John V. Farwell and Co., November 15, 1893, and remained with the old established and well known house until December 1, 1910, and if it had not been for the fact that he was elected Cook County Clerk in the last mentioned year he would still be holding down a high position with that firm. ciates had shown beyond any doubt the soundness of all the indictments the soundness of all the indictments. He said that in assailing the special grand jury report returned with the indictments the defense had attacked Judge Smith, who received it and ordered it included in the record, and that the action could in no way affect the action of the grand jury. He said that the Supreme court cases he and Mr. Pree cited had answered all technical objections of the defense concerning the text and form of the indictments and that the courts have held that the alleged flaw in the enactment of the law of 1908 had no effect on its validity. Indictments Taken from Decisions. But the biggest surprise to the defense in Mr. Wilkerson's argument was his showing that count after count in the conspiracy indictment was taken almost verbatim from counts already upheld by the Illinois Supreme court. When court adjourned Attorney C. C. Leforgee, chief counsel for Gov. Small, announced that he and his two associates, Alexander Beaubien and Werner W. Schroeder would speak briefly. Gov. Small arrived in court at 3:30 and remained until adjournment, but he is spending most of his time at his hotel. MISS JANE ADDAMS ON THE WOMAN'S LEAGUE MASS-MEETING. Chicago, Ill.—In response to various inquiries as to the resolutions actually passed at the massmeeting held last Sunday in Washington under the auspices of the national section of the Women's International league, it might be said in relation to the resolutions passed: Six resolutions were passed, only one of which related even remotely to the four powers pact; it read as follows: "We recognize the peace of the world rests upon the cooperation of all races and we urge that in all conferences or agreements in regard to keeping the peace of the Pacific, China be included on a basis of complete equality." Loan Association for nineteen years, which he resigned on account of illness. He was subsequently elected treasurer and is now the treasurer of that institution for an indefinite term. Commissioner Nowak is a man of good sound or hard business sense, of the strictest integrity. For twenty years he has been handling other people's money in amounts which at the present time averages more than three hundred thousand dollars yearly, and has properly accounted for every penny of it. This shows that among his friends and business associates he is considered trustworthy, reliable, and a man in whom all confidence can be placed with the assurance that that trust will never be betrayed. Mr. Nowak is one Mr. Sweitzer is extremely popular among the large circle of loyal and steadfast friends, for he thoroughly understands in his quiet and soft manner how to draw men or friends to him and not to drive them away from him. As an evidence of this fact, for years he has been the head director of the Illinois Commercial Men's Association and Illinois Traveling Men's Health Association, and for more than twenty-five years he has been chairman of the executive committee of the Alumni Association of St. Patrick's Commercial Association; he is also a prominent member of the Illinois Athletic Club, the Iroquoia Club, Knights of Columbus, Royal League, Elks, Edgebrook Country Club and of several other clubs and societies. In 1904 Mr. Sweitzer was happily united in marriage to Miss Alice Kevil. They are the proud parents of three children two daughters and one son, Robert M., Jr., and reside at 2958 W Jackson Boulevard, in the 13th ward. For many years Mr. Sweitzer has been a power in the Democratic party o. the west side and he has assisted to make and unmake city, county and state officials. Even assisting to make Presidents of the United States for as one of the delegates to the Democratic National Convention held in San Francisco, Cal., in 1920 he led off in the fight to prevent the re-nomination of President This resolution had been considered in our conference on Saturday before the evening papers had brought out the terms of the four powers pact. The Sunday massmeeting amended it by inserting the word "all nations" after the words "all races," but nothing was "condemned." One heard naturally much interesting discussion in Washington concerning the new pact. Among our own membership as among other citizens there were two points of view. On the one hand, those people who viewed the pact as a treaty of the new regional type regarded it as a great advance that an open agreement of four powers should supplant the more or less secret agreement between Japan and Great Britain. On the other hand, people who interprete the pact as in the nature of an alliance were quite sure that it would in time provoke a counter alliance composed of China, Russia, and other powers, and that the Pacific ocean would thus become subjected to the same balance of power theory which had previously dominated Europe. In either case, our group was naturally much pleased that the four power pact contained no military sanctions and stressed the use of conferences The parade following the meeting had been arranged by a local committee and was described by one of the Washington papers as "led by a group of girls from the Western high school bearing banners and torches alternately." The fifty banners had been carried by the New York Peace Society Nov. 11, 1921, in one of those protests against war which characterized the entire country at that moment of high enthusiasm. The local committee assured us that in a city so accustomed to demonstrations as Washington, their use in a parade after a mass meeting would be understood as such a general protest. The banners bore no reference to the current work of the conference on the limitation of armaments which our organization uniting with the majority of our fellow citizens, very much admires; we too believe this historic gathering to be an earnest of the time when friendly conference and joint responsibility will supersede the secrecy and suspicion leading to war. of those many foreign born residents of Chicago who have done so much to give it the high standing which it now holds among the municipalities of the world. Since becoming one of the county commissioners Mr. Nowak has amply proven himself to be the right man in the right place; at all times he has been ever ready as a county official, to aid those of all races who were in distress, and it goes without saying that the voters residing in this city have made no mistake in the past in selecting honest Albert Nowak as one of their public servants. Commissioner Nowak and his good wife Mrs. Nowak wish their many friends a happy time during the Holiday saeson. Woodrow Wilson, and any of his henchmen from walking away with the crown of glory. For a long time he was a member of the Democratic State Committee of Illinois. He was a delegate at large to Baltimore convention in 1912 and assisted the late Roger C. Sullivan to swing the forty-eight delegates in that convention from this state from the late Champ Clark to Hon. Woodrow Wilson thereby securing his nomination to the presidency of the United States. The doors on Mr. Sweitzer's inner office always swing both ways, and the humblest citizens, both Black and White, experienced no trouble in approaching him in order to state or transact their business with him. There is one thing can be said to the everlasting credit of Mr. Sweitzer, namely, that he is absolutely free from race prejudice and in October, 1914, he made the speech of his life at the laying of the corner stone of the New Eighth Regiment Armory, where he freely mingled with the Colored people. Shortly after that event he presented Col. Franklin A. Denison with a fine and very expensive mahogany writing desk which still remains in the room used by Col. Denison in the armory. I. conclusion Mr. Sweitzer wishes everyone within the confines of Cook county a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. [Name] HON. JAMES W. BREEN The able and brilliant First Assistant Corporation cago, member of the Advisory Board of the Fipital and one of the most popular public offici The able and brilliant First Assistant Corporation Counsel of Chicago, member of the Advisory Board of the Fort Dearborn Hospital and one of the most popular public officials in the city hall. Hon. James W. Breen, the able and brilliant First Assistant Corporation Counsel of Chicago was born in this great city, August 31, 1873, receiving his early education in its public schools from which he in time graduated with all the honors due him. At the end of that period he attended the Bryant & Stratton Business College and the old Chicago Athenaeum where he completed his commercial education. honor to himself and to the citizens of Chicago as Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, under the late Mayor Fred A. Busse. In 1915 Mayor Wm. Hale Thompson selected Mr. Breen as Assistant Corporation Counsel of Chicago, and near the first of the present year he was chosen First Assistant Corporation Counsel and he is more than making good in that responsible and important position and continues to re Later on in life he graduated with the highest honors from the Law Department of the Lake Forest University, and he was admitted to the Chicago Bar and the Illinois Bar in 1897, and a short time after that date he received his commission to practice in the United States Supreme Court at Washington, D.C. It must be said to the everlasting credit of Mr. Breen that right from the very start he met with great success in the practice of his chosen profession and for many years he has been one of the popular members of the Chicago Bar Association, Knights of Columbus, Catholic Order of Foresters, Irish Fellowship club, Royal Arcanum, the Modern Woodmen of America, the Illinois State Bar Association, Lawyers' Association of Illinois, Hamilton Club, the William Hale Thompson Republican Club, and the Thomas David Branch of the American Association for the Recognition of the Irish Republic and the Irish Republic has been successfully established. From 1907 to 1911 he served with Mrs. William Jones. Mrs. William Jones, wife of the grocer, 3636 S. State street, returned home last Saturday from a long visit with friends and relatives in Decatur, Alabama, Louisville, Kentucky, Pulaski, Tenn., Nashville, Tenn., and other points in the South. She was visiting her brother-in-law and sister, 1910 M. HON. ALBERT NOWAK One of the best and most honest to be is the most popular Poli bound to be re-elected as e 1922. One of the best and most honest commissioners of Cook County, and he is the most popular Polish-American in this great city; he is bound to be re-elected as one of the county commissioners, in 1922. One of the best and most honest commissioners of Cook County, and he is the most popular Polish-American in this great city; he is bound to be re-elected as one of the county commissioners, in 1922. tant Corporation Counsel of Chi-Board of the Fort Dearborn Hoslar public officials in the city hall. honor to himself and to the citizens of Chicago as Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, under the late Mayor Fred A. Busse. In 1915 Mayor Wm. Hale Thompson selected Mr. Breen as Assistant Corporation Counsel of Chicago, and near the first of the present year he was chosen First Assistant Corporation Counsel and he is more than making good in that responsible and important position and continues to reflect great credit upon himself and upon the administration of Mayor Thompson. Less than two years ago Mr. Breen who was always considered one of the most handsome bachelors in this city was happily united in marriage to Miss May Lewis who is ever so loving and beautiful and Mr. and Mrs. Breen reside in a lovely home at 947 W. 54th place, and once each week The Broad Ax finds its way into their home as Mr. Breen who is one of the brainy and most popular public officials in the City Hall has for years been a strong supporter of this paper. In 1920, after a great and hard fight with the aid of ten thousand extra copies of The Broad Ax distributed throughout the 30th Ward, Mr. Breen defeated the Hon. Thomas J. Healy as the Republican Committeeman of that Ward, who had been its absolute political boss for many years. It is the ardent wish of Mr. and Mrs. Breen that their many friends will greatly enjoy the forthcoming holidays. Mr. Bedford Carter and Mrs. Carter, half brother to Mr. William Jones, Mrs. Morrell, Mrs. Agnes Turner and her husband, Mrs. Branch, Mrs. Rilla Sykes. At Pulaski, Teenn, Rev. and Mrs. Johnson, presiding elder, Mrs. Malone, and many other friends. Mrs. Jones enjoyed her trip with her many friends in the above mentioned cities. ```markdown ``` commissioners of Cook County, and British-American in this great city; he is one of the county commissioners, in [Name] MR. ARCHIBALD N. FIELDS An old time newspaper writer, structured articles to all the lea the United States. At the pr of the State's Attorney's office Hon. Robert E. Crowe, State An old time newspaper writer, who has contributed logically constructed articles to all the leading newspapers and magazines in the United States. At the present time Mr. Fields is an attachee of the State's Attorney's office and he commands the respect of Hon. Robert E. Crowe, State's Attorney of Cook County. CONGRESSMAN BRITTEN, THE ILLINOIS LAWMAKER, HAS HAD IT RUBBED IN ON HIM which are effecting the Germans on the Rhine, but merely to ask that you be just a bit generous with the suffer- By A. N. Fields. I have observed from press dispatches that you are much disturbed over the alleged atrocities of the French Black Troops on the Rhine, and being so disturbed you contemplate a set of resolutions to present to the Congress of the United States, calling upon France to withdraw them from military occupation of the area herein designated. I also learn from the same source that Mrs. Britten has left this country for France for the purpose of using her influence with the French Government, that their removal may be speedily effected. I must commend you and your esteemable wife for your manifest interest in foreign affairs; but may I courteously inquire if you have been fully advised concerning existing conditions in your own country, and if you are not, may I not be permitted to call your attention to the recent expose of rapine, murder, peonage and slavery in the State of Georgia, the accuracy of which was verified and vouched for a very few days ago by the distinguished Governor of that State. I take it, Congressman, that in your manifold duties you have not read in the public press that Negro citizens of your country have been, and are being burned at stake for the most trivial causes and their bones taken for sovenirs by the young men and women of your race. It is not my hope to detract the whole of your attention from the evils TREND PEDRO HON. WILLIAM J. LYNCH Member of the City Council from the Old Thir Stands Very High in the Estimation of All the in His Neck of the Woods. Alderman Lynch stituents and Friends the Compliments of the He Member of the City Council from the Old Thirtieth Ward Who Stands Very High in the Estimation of All the Colored People in His Neck of the Woods. Alderman Lynch Wishes His Constituents and Friends the Compliments of the Holiday Season. who has contributed logically con- during newspapers and magazines in resent time Mr. Fields is an attachee and he commands the respect of 's Attorney of Cook County. which are effecting the Germans on the Rhine, but merely to ask that you be just a bit generous with the suffer- ing humanity in your own country. I assume, Mr. Congressman, that you were born upon American soil and that you are acquainted with the history of this country, especially that portion of it having to do with our recent war, but for fear that your interest in Foreign affairs may have precented you from properly acquaint-ing yourself with the history of America, may I not, with becoming modesty, apprise you of the fact that over four hundred thousand of America's black soldiers braved the dangers of sea, pestilence, disease and war in their effort to make possible upon foreign shears the real spirit of American Democracy. Thousands of these brave heroes are sleeping in unmarked graves on the battlefields upon which they fought, while thousands of others returned to their homes afflicted with every disease known to the scourge of war. These black soldiers gave their all that the capitol at Washington, where you reign, might not become a German Territory. I regard with admiration your interest in devastating Germany, and in the alleged conduct of the French Black Troops on the Rhine; I simply hope to interest you in some of the cruel and savage devastations in your own country, to the end that through your broad and magnanimous spirit, you may some day find time to address a memorial to the American people, showing your disapproval of the inhuman manner in which the black citizens of America are being treated by the white citizens of their own country. ```markdown ``` in the Old Thirtieth Ward Who ation of All the Colored People alderman Lynch Wishes His Con- iments of the Holiday Season. THE BROAD AX, CHICAGO, ILL. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1921 WITH THE CHRISTMAS PLANTS Trees and Flowers Are Believed to Owe Peculiarities to Connection With Jesus. HE legend of the Glaston- bury Thorn is that after the death of Jesus, Joseph of Armathea came over to England. Shortly before HE legend of the Glastonbury Thorn is that after the death of Jesus, Joseph of Arlmatahe came over to England. Shortly before Christmas, he rested on the summit of Weary-all hill, Glastonbury. There he thrust into the ground his staff, and on Christmas eve it was found to be covered with white blossoms. The bush is said to have continued blooming thus each Christmas eve until during the civil wars, when it was cut down. Cuttings from the original thorn are said to bloom in this shame wonderful way even yet. The Sillian children put pennyroyal in their cots on Christmas eve, believing that at the exact hour and minute when Jesus was born it will blossom. There is a cherished legend in the East that the Rose of Jericho first blossomed at the birth of Jesus, closed at the crucifixion, and opened again at Easter, from which comes its name of Resurrection flower. Many plants, trees and flowers are believed to owe their peculiarities to their connection with the birth or the childhood of Jesus. "The Star of Bethlehem" is so called because its white starlike flowers resemble the pictures of the Star of the East. "Our Lady's Bedstraw" received its name because it was believed that the manger in which the Babe lay was filled with this plant. An old account tells the story in this manner: "The broom and the chick-peas began to rustle and crackle, and by this noise betrayed the furtives. The flax bristled up. Happily for her, Mary was near a juniper; the hospitable tree opened its branches as arms and inclosed the Virgin and the Child within their folds, affording them a secure hiding place. Then the Virgin uttered a malediction against the brooms and the chick-peas, and ever since that day they have always rustled and crackled. But later the Virgin pardoned the flax its weakness and gave the juniper her blessing" which is said to account for the use of the juniper as Christmas decorations in some countries. --- Adeste Fideles THIS well-known and greatly loved Christmas hymn was used at Benediction at Christmastide in France and England since the close of the Eighteenth century. It was sung at the Portuguese legation in London as early as 1797. The most popular musical setting was ascribed by Vincent Novelio, organist there, to John Meeding, who was organist at Winschester cathedral from 1675-81, and later at Winchester college. The hymn itself has been attributed to St. Bonaventure, but is not found among his works. It is probably of French or German authorship. It invites all the faithful to come to Bethlehem to worship the new-born Savior.—Catholic Encyclopedia. Roast Pig. Have your butcher prepare the pig for roasting and lay him in cold water for fifteen minutes. Dry him inside and out with a soft cloth. Make a stuffing of bread crumbs, seasoned to taste with salt, pepper, parsley, sweet marjoram and thyme; molsten with butter, and work into the dressing two beaten eggs. Stuff the pig so that he will hold his original size and shape, and after sewing him up bend his fore legs backward and his hind legs forward under him. Skewer or tie him in this attitude and after dredging him well with flour put him, with a little water, in a covered roaster. Rosst for an hour and a half before removing the cover, then rub him well with butter, baste him with the gravity in the pan and roast half an hour longer, basting twice during that time. Apple sauce should be served with him, a lemon should be in his mouth, cranberries in his eye sockets.—The Delineator. Who invented the Friction Match? A German chemist has made an exhaustive study of this question and concludes that no one person can be considered to be the inventor of the friction match—Scientific American. Ostrich Can Move Fast At full speed an ostrich is said to make sixty miles an hour and for a limited time can outrun a horse. Ostriches can be run down by men on horseback, because the ostrich runs in more or less of a circle and the horseman can take advantage of the fact. Island Has Remarkable Properties. The Island of Crete has undergone a remarkable tilting since classical times, rising at its western end and sinking at its eastern. A harbor at the west end of the island is now high and dry, so that one can walk about its floor, while the ancient quays and harbors works at the eastern end are now under water. Uses of "Atomized" Coal. "Atomized" coal-different from merely "powdered" coal because very minutely divided—is a new product that is finding important uses. It is used for making a high-grade paint and also a substitute for lampblack in the manufacture of ink. Another valuable employment for it is in "facing" foundry molds, to give the surfaces a smooth finish in preparation for castings. BELIEFS OF THE PEASANTS Odd Christmas Superstitions Handed Down From Past Ages to the Ignorant Europeans. HE peasantry of Europe have had certain Christmas superstitions handed down to them from past ages. Just how far these simple HE peasantry of Europe have had certain Christmas superstitions handed down to them from past ages. Just how far these simple folk can be fooled is to be wondered. If the light is let go out on Christmas morning, you will see spirits. If you are born at sermon time Christmas eve, some one in the house will die within the year. If you steal hay the night before Christmas, and give the cattle some, they will thrive and you will not be caught in any future thefts. If you eat a raw egg, fasting on Christmas morn, you can carry heavy weights. It is unlucky to carry anything from the house on Christmas morning until something has been brought in. It is unlucky to give a neighbor a live coal to kindle a fire with on Christmas morning. If the fire burns brightly on Christmas morning, it betokens prosperity during the year; if it smolders, adversity. If a dog howls the night before Christmas, it will go mad within the year. If you steal anything at Christmas without being caught, you can steal safely for a year. On Christmas eve thrash the garden with a fall, with only your shirt on, and the grass will grow well next year. Tie wet strawbands around the orchard trees on Christmas eve and it will make them fruitful. On Christmas eve put a stone on every tree, and they will bear the more. Beat the trees on Christmas night, and they will bear the more. If after a Christmas dinner you shake out the tablecloth over the bare ground under the open sky, crumbwort will grow on the spot. If on Christmas day or eve, you hang a washcloth out on the hedge, and then groom the horses with it, they will grow fat. As often as the cock crows on Christmas eve, the quarter of corn will be as dear. If you burn elder on Christmas eve, you will have revealed to you all the witches and sorcerers of the neighborhood. SHOULD MAKE OTHERS HAPPY Best Way to Celebrate Christmas is to Do Something in Memory of Childhood Days. T SEEMS that when one has grown a little old, the best and the happiest way to celebrate Christmas is to do something for someone. T SEEMS that when one has grown a little old, the best and the happiest way to celebrate Christmas is to do something for remembrance—in remembrance of one's own childhood, for Christmas is really for the children, after all. It is for children more than for others because it is a day that commemorates the birth of a child—that wondrous Christ child that was born in a manger of a stable in the little town of Bethlehem 2,000 years ago. Now, there will be scarcely a child in all the world who will not await the dawn of Christmas morning with a wondering soul. It is the dawn of that day when the morning stars sang together, and when peace on earth and good will toward men were proclaimed from the high heavens. But, there will be many a child to whom Christmas will not bring its dearly longed-for happiness. The children of the rich will not be disappointed, nor will the children of the very poor be disappointed. It is the child who has not rich or well-to-do folks, but who, at the same time, is not subject for charity, who will be unhappy when Christmas comes. And it is this child that you should seek out and make happy—for remembrances. You see, it is a fact that we can make a happy Christmas for ourselves only by making some one else happy. Do not think that you can make a happy Christmas for yourself any other way, because you cannot do so. Try the way here pointed out. The child is easily found, and when you have found that one and have made it happy, the very angels of God will envy you the gladness that you will feel. Devil's Food Cake. Beat to a cream five level tablespoonfuls of butter and one cupful and a quarter of sugar. Add 3½ squares of unmelted chocolate, three unbeaten eggs and one teaspoonful of vanilla and beat together until smooth. Sift 3½ level teaspoonfuls of baking powder with one-half cupful of flour and stir in with the butter, sugar and eggs mixture. Then add alternately milk and flour until you have used three quarters of a cupful of milk and one cupful of sifted pastry flour. Beat smooth and bake in a loaf in a moderate oven. Pastry flour is always better for cake than bread flour. —the stockings of each girl and boy, with trumpets and horns made for blowing, and every known kind of a toy—I wish that he'd buy me a present, a gift that no other could match, that would make me feel jolly and pleasant—some woolens that never would scratch. MRS. JESSE BINGA Monday evening, December 26th, at half past five o'clock, Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Binga will give their annual Twilight Party at the Vincennes Hotel. Formal dancing. CHRISTMAS BAN IN 1643 Yuletide Observance Was Not Permitted by Edict of "Roundhead Parliament" in England. IN THE northern part of Europe the ancient people kindled great fires to their gods, Odin and Thor, and sacrifices of men and cattle were made. The ancient Goths and Saxons termed this festival or feast "Tule," and we still use the word "Yuletide" in our day. Among the Teutons this holiday season was celebrated by decorating giant fir trees. The decorations consisted of lights, nuts, balls, golden apples and animals. These were to symbolize flashes of lightning, moon, stars and sun, while the animals represented sacrifices. Christmas was not among the early festivals of the church. We find the first evidence of the feast from Egypt, according to the historians of the church, and December 25 was not the day on which it was universally celebrated. It was not until the Fourth or Fifth centuries that the celebration of the festival on this day spread to the East. The Nativity was celebrated December 25 at Rome before 354, and at Constantinople, not prior to 379. As paganism began to be supplanted by Christianity, many of the old customs were taken and handed down through the generations. In the Anglo-Saxon days of King Alfred the holiday season began December 16 and closed January 6. When Puritanism arose in England the fate of Christmas was threatened for a time, and even extended to this country, since the Puritans brought along with them to New England a feeling against the celebration of Christmas. In 1643 the "Roundhead parliament" in England put a ban on the observance of Christmas. The court of Massachusetts in 1659 followed England's example and Christmas was put under a ban there. With the restoration of the English royalty the restoration of Christmas was brought about, and Massachusetts again followed England's example and in 1663 the ban was lifted. From this time on Christmas has remained, and is now celebrated throughout the entire civilized world. WE would not change the children's Christmas. But suppose all the grown-up people were to say to one another: "This year, instead of my giving you a present and your giving me a present, let us club together and give our present to some poor child who will not have any Christmas. There are hundreds of them. Do not know of such a child, let us give our present to a hospital for children, a home for crippled children, for incurables, for the aged, the blind, the feeble-minded." This to be, of course, in addition to what we usually give to charities at this season. Why could we not try this as an experiment, and see what the result would be? - Christian Register. ```markdown ``` Russia's Christmas Comes Late. In Russia Christmas occurs 13 days after our own. Pethaps one of the most interesting customs of the season is the Russian Christmas feast, for old and young alike, for which they dress themselves in various masquerading costumes and visit house after house, accepting the hospitality of their neighbors. The Christmas season is also notable for the fact that the young girls try to find out whether they will be married during the ensuing year or not. Some of them at twelve o'clock on Christmas Eve, secretly go out into the street and ask the first man they meet what his name is. Whatever name he gives will be that borne by their future husbands—such is the belief. Some of the girls are very much disappointed when the name is not a ullie one, or when the man, as he will sometimes, calls himself Satan or something similar. Origin of the Word Yule. Many explanations are given of the origin of the world Yule. One of the most probable is that it is derived from the ancient Gothic word, giul or hul, the origin of our word wheel. The Yule festival is said to have received its name from being the turning-point of the year—when the sun apparently turns back from the south and begins to set each evening farther and farther to the north until in June it goes down almost in the northwest. In the old clog almanacs of the Middle Ages a wheel is the device used for marking Yule-tide or Christmas. Chocolate Sea-Foam Fudge Put over the fire in a clean saucepan one cupful of light brown sugar, a hali-cupful of water and a third of a cupful of grated chocolate and boll without stirring until it spins a thread from the point of a spoon. Have beaten stiff the white of an egg; pour the boiling mixture upon it and stir until it begins to stiffen. Drop from a spoon on waxed paper in little bombs, or pour into a greased pan before it begins to stiffen and mark into squares with a buttered knife.—The Delielator. Sleeps 6,000 Dava. A French statistician estimates that at the age of fifty years the average man has slept 6,000 days, worked 6,500, walked 800, amused himself 4,000, spent 1,500 eating, and has been ill 500 days. [Name] MR. HARVEY A. WATKINS Prominent real estate broker, mancieties, and he is deeply inthe advancement of the colo Prominent real estate broker, member of many lodges or secret societies, and he is deeply interested in everything pertaining to the advancement of the colored race. Mr. H. A. Watkins blew into the city of Chicago seven years ago and has made wonderful progress. He is now engaged in the real estate business at 3510 Indiana avenue, and is one of the largest real estate men in Chicago. He is known for his honesty, veracity and square dealing with all. He has accumulated a large amount of property which is located in the second and third Wards. He has recently purchased a beautiful $20,000 residence at 3667 Michigan avenue and has the distinction of owning the finest residence in this city owned by people of color. is responsible for many progressive steps taken by it under the leadership of Dr. W. D. Cook. He is a Third-second degree Mason, a member of the Mystic Shrine, Knights of Pythias, Odd Fellows, Moshe Temple of America, the Improved Protective Order of Elks of the World and many other secret fraternal organizations. He is also a member of the Appomattox Club and a member of the Board of Management of the Wabash Branch of the Y. M. C. A. and is interested and active in all community and civic affairs pertaining to the advancement of our race. Mr. Watkins is trustee and treasurer of the Metropolitan Community Center, the Peoples Church, and has taken an important part in furthering the interests of that institution and N. A. A. C. P. FIGHTS THEATRE SEGREGATION The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, 70 Fifth Avenue, has announced the result of letters sent to Loew's, Incorporated, against whose theatres in Harlem complaint of discrimination had been made by colored patrons. The first letter sent by James Weldon Johnson, secretary of the N. A. A. C. P. to Loew's, Incorporated, stated: "A number of complaints have come to me regarding the attitude of certain employees at Loew's Theatres, especially those located in Harlem. In certain of these theatres, notably the Victoria Theatre in 125th Street, when colored people—it matters not how respectable they may be—attempt to purchase orchestra seats they are told that none are vacant but they will be seated in the balcony. In some cases when they have pur- A. M. Mr. ALEXANDER FLOWER President of the Roosevelt State Bank, 35th Street and vard, and Mr. Flower wishes all of its patrons and Christmas and a Happy New Year. President of the Roosevelt State Bank, 35th Street and Grand Boulevard, and Mr. Flower wishes all of its patrons and friends a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. member of many lodges or secret so interested in everything pertaining to oared race. is responsible for many progressive steps taken by it under the leadership of Dr. W. D. Cook. He is a Thirty-second degree Mason, a member of the Mystic Shrine, Knights of Pythias, Odd Fellows, Mosica Temple of America, the Improved Protective Order of Elks of the World and many other secret fraternal organizations. He is also a member of the Appomattox Club and a member of the Board of Management of the Wabash Branch of the Y. M. C. A. and is interested and active in all community and civic affairs pertaining to the advancement of our racial group. Mr. Watkins is prominently mentioned for Ward Commiteeeman in the Second Ward in the event that Hon. E. H. Wright does not succeed himself. chased seats in the orchestra they have been refused admission by user keepers and told that they can sit only in the balcony." Mr. Johnson's letter further pointed out that this constituted a violation of the New York State Civil Rights Law. In reply, finally, the following letter was received at the national office of the N. A. A. C. P.: "I have before me your letter of November 30th, addressed to Mr. Marcus Loew. "We are thoroughly aware of the existence of the Civil Rights Law Employees of the theatres, in which we are interested, are instructed by their respective managements to afford equal accommodation to all persons, irrespective of race, creed, or color. "Yours very truly, "Loew's Incorporated. "Leopold Friedman, "Secretary." nk, 35th Street and Grand Boule of its patrons and friends a Merry Year. "Secretary. 1914 HON. WILLIAM R. O'TOOLE Member of the City Council from the old Thirtieth stands ace high with all of his constituents, and m his numerous friends in other parts of the city, are limit with him in his race for one of the Trustee District of Chicago. Alderman O'Toole takes pl all his friends a Merry Christmas and a Happy M City Council from the old Thirtieth high with all of his constituents, and mrs friends in other parts of the city, are in his race for one of the Trustees Chicago. Alderman O'Toole takes place a Merry Christmas and a Happy N Member of the City Council from the old Thirtieth Ward, where he stands ace high with all of his constituents, and many of them and his numerous friends in other parts of the city, are willing to go the limit with him in his race for one of the Trustees of the Sanitary District of Chicago. Alderman O'Toole takes pleasure in wishing all his friends a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. ONE OF THE MOST PROGRES TO CELEBRATE THE TWENTY- SIVE PUNERAL DIRECTORS FIFTH WEDDING ANNI- VERSARY IN CHICAGO Mr. Ernest H. Williamson, the Progressive South side Undertaker, located at 5121 and 5123 South State Street, park Rockwood 0439, has added much credit to the Negro business world of Chicago. His place has become the up-to-date undertaking establishment of Chicago, with his commodious chapel for funerals, and his excellent garage in the rear is the finest equipped in the city. His Livery is up-to-date in every respect, his employees are courteous, and trustworthy. Every thing is done to serve the public, and save the worry and soften the sorrows of friends of deceased people. The display rooms contain everything needed for first class funerals. He maintains a Gasoline and oil station for the accomodation of his patrons, and the place is open day and night. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph H. Hudlun. 4503 S. Wabash avenue, will be at home to their many friends during the Holiday season. For a number of years Mr. Hudlun has had charge of the Board of Trade Building and its head officials think the world of him. ```markdown ``` ```markdown ``` HON. WILLIAM SULZER Ex-Member of Congress from the Tenth Congress New York, where he faithfully served his con years and left a brilliant congressional record can never be surpassed; ex-Governor of the one of the very warmest friends of long star of this paper. Congress from the Tenth Congress where he faithfully served his constituents a brilliant congressional record before surpassed; ex-Governor of the Emery warmest friends of long standing Ex-Member of Congress from the Tenth Congressional District of New York, where he faithfully served his constituents for twenty years and left a brilliant congressional record behind him, which can never be surpassed; ex-Governor of the Empire State and one of the very warmest friends of long standing of the editor of this paper. Ex-Member of Congress from the Tenth Congressional District of New York, where he faithfully served his constituents for twenty years and left a brilliant congressional record behind him, which can never be surpassed; ex-Governor of the Empire State and one of the very warmest friends of long standing of the editor of this paper. in the old Thirtieth Ward, where he constituents, and many of them and parts of the city, are willing to go to the one of the Trustees of the Sanitary in O'Toole takes pleasure in wishing mas and a Happy New Year. TO CELEBRATE THE TWENTY-FIFTH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY Mr. Bernard B. Lewis, Miss Caro F. Lewis, Morris Lewis Jr. and Dorothy Lewis, request your presence at a reception in celebration of the Twenty-Fifth Wedding Anniversary of their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Morris Lewis, 3633 Giles avenue, Wednesday, December Twenty-first, EFFORT TO RAISE MONEY FOR THE BLIND New Orleans, La.—Negroes are cooperating here in a campaign for 10,000 memberships for the Louisiana Commission for the Blind. A number of other persons responding to appeals in the theaters are Negroes, and the Negro churches are adding their quota. Separate facilities for the care of blind Negroes will be included in the plans for workshops. The white people of the Commission speak of the Negroes' response as an evidence of increasing disposition on the part of Negroes toward self-help. 1 A Tenth Congressional District of reserved his constituents for twenty professional record behind him, which governor of the Empire State and heads of long standing of the editor THE BROAD AX, CHICAGO, ILL, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1922 ALPHA PHI ALPHA FRATERNITY WILL HOLD EPOCH-MAKING CONVENTION. HON. WM. H. LEWIS, PRINCIPAL SPEAKER AT PUBLIC SESSION. "LEADERSHIP," GENERAL THEME OF OPEN SESSION. BALTIMORE Baltimore, Md.——What promises to be one of the most important meetings in the history of Negro College life will be held at Baltimore, Maryland, by the Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity when it meets in Annual Convention during the days, December 27th to 31st, 1921, inclusive. With something over 2,500 graduate and undergraduate members of the leading American colleges and universities, over 500 of whom will come as representatives from the thirty-six chapters located throughout the United States, every indication assures a meeting which will mark an epoch both in Negro college fraternity life and in the history of the Negro youth in the American colleges. PILGRIMAGE T DOUGLASS HOME SIGNIFICATE EVENT One of the unique steps forward to be made by the Alpha Phi Alpha will be the pilgrimage to the home of Frederick Douglass, in Anacostia, D. C., on December 28th the second day of the convention. Unusual interest has been evinced in the pilgrimage as it is the first time in history that an event of this kind has been held with a Negro as the historical character to be honored. Upon this occasion, Dear George W. Cook, of Howard University, a personal friend of Mr. Douglass, will make an address. Mrs. Mary B. Talbert, President of the Frederick Douglass Memorial and Historical Association; Miss Nannie H. Burroughs; Mrs. Lelia Pendleton, and others of the Association will act as hostesses. "The pilgrimage." National President, Simeon S. Booker, of Baltimore, says "marles an speech in the history of Negro life in America and it indicates a new day. It is an unusual event for it it the first time that a group of college men have ever paid honor to one of our statesmen. This one event will inspire hundreds of boys and girls to read the life of this distinguished Marylander, and it will also call to the attention and focus the interest of fourteen million American citizens upon the Seer, Orator, and Statesman, Frederick Douglass." Reduced Rate Assure Record Attendance According to the National Secretary, Norman L. McGhee, of Washington, D. C., assurances have come not only from the 700 or more members of the Alpha Phi Alfraternity residing in the nearby cities, Boston, Providence, New Haven, New York, Philadelphia, Atlantic City, Pittsburgh Cleveland, Wilmington, Norfolk, Richmond, and Washington, but from the nearly 2,000 other members throughout the United States, giving evidence that they will be present at the 14th Annual Convention of the Fraternity. This is especially to be expected in view of the fact that the Chairmen of the Railroad Passenger Associations of the country have granted a reduction of one and one-half fare on the certificate plan to the members of the Fraternity and their families attending the convention at Baltimore. Many of the Fraternity men plan to bring members of their families with them as the period over which the reduced rate extends allows ample time for a visit both to Baltimore and to Washington, the National Capital. Numerous Social Events Planned Of the various social events to be held during the period the convention is in session at Baltimore, the official program of the Fraternity includes a smoker and symposium to be held at the Y. M. C. A., the evening of the opening day; Tuesday, when the delegates go to Washington for the pilgrimage, the Beta Chapter will give an informal dance at the Dunbar High School; and on Friday evening the annual formal dance will be given at St. Mary's Hall, Baltimore; and on Saturday evening, December 31st, 1921, the closing event of the convention will be the annual Fraternity banquet to be given at the Druid Hill Avenue, Branch Y. M. C. A. HON. WILLAIM H. LEWIS TO .ADDRESS PUBLIC SESSION A most important feature of the convention will be the Public Session to be held in Baltimore in the Sharon Baptist Church, Thursday evening. CHARLES E. STUMP, THE REGULAR OLD-TIME TRAVELING CORRESPONDENT FOR THE BROAD AX, VISITED TEMPLE, TEXAS, THE PAST WEEK, WHERE HE WAS FORCED TO DRAW IN HIS NORTHERN HORNS. Temple Texas.—People as just planning to live, and that is as it should be. This time one year ago there were people looking into Christmas, saw it, and then passed on to never return again, and there are others now looking forward to that day and will never see it, and just who they are I do not know. I may be in that number myself, but if I should I will say that I have tried to do the best I can and whether that was best or much it was the best I could do. I have tried to live close to the throne, although at times things have transacted which have brought into my religious life cuss words, and if I have thought them I have asked God to forgive me and have tried to avoid them the next time. But who has not thought hades, damn and all them other kindred words when they have picked up a newspaper and read where men have been barbacued, but not eaten, when men have been hanged without a trial by judge or jury, been executed by a lawless mob before given a chance for life. Law has been tramped under feet by a race claiming to be superior race, a race that makes he laws, who construes the laws, keeps the jails and other places of confinement, yet they will batter down the jail doors, take out a helpless man, who has no chance to defend himself, and riddle his body with bullets, and then burn the lifeless form. What do you call this? I would like for some scholar of the first order to tell me. A man who declares that he must rule, because he is white, but believe me with sin, with lawless practice, he must some day go down, for justice and injustice cannot rule on the same thorne without a clash, and in that clash, I fear my white brother will find his star going down. He must either obey law or destroy his institutions—I should have said our institution, ror while I am at times helpless before the bar of justice, while my rights as a man are tarmpled under feet, yet I am unwilling to give up. No prescription, no discrimination no segregation, shall wreck my manhood. It matters not where I may be, where I may ride on the prescribed trains, what kind of box car they may force me to ride, in a box car, but still there will be a man in a box car. I think the time is now that we should step as much of this race foolishness and get down to business. Merit alone should win. But there are people who do not care for merit, they are dwarf in manhood, for they depend on their color to carry them thru, and if they fall down on color, then there is nothing left. "I should be the Lord of creation because I am a white man." It may go today and he may get by with it, but tomorrow genuine merit and manhood will demand the toll, and he will be blank. The time is coming when brains will rule America, and the man with brains will not be asked about his color or his ancestors. We are going to have in authority in this country some day more men and less pigmies. You need not believe me unless you want to do so, but you will find that I am about right. The year is drawing to an end, and you will find it out. I have been looking around and here and there some of my friends have dropped out, yet I am still here, but how much longer I do not know. I have been almost to the crossing over place, but decided to remain right here just a little longer. I may have been wrong in some of my actions, and some of the things that I said and done, I am sure the Lord will forgive me. If you had seen some of the actions I have seen I think you would have been the most December 29th, at eight o'clock, at which time Honorable William H. Lewis, of Boston, Mass., formerly Assistant Attorney General of the United States, will speak on the subject "Leadership and Life." The general theme of the public session will be "Leadership," and its relation to Alpha Phi Alpha will be discussed under the subjects "Ideals of Alpha Phi Alpha" by a member of the local chapter, and "Alpha Phi Alpha's Task" by the National President, Simeou S. Booker. cussingest man in the world,—in fact you would have cutcussed the cusser, and thought nothing of it. When I wrote to you last I was in a city in Texas called Athens, and there I was enjoying myself to the highest. I was present when Bishop William Decker Johnson and his wife celebrated their thirtieth wedding anniversary, and it was just all right honey. I was glad to be present at that great event. I tell you, it is a good man and a good woman who can live together as husband and wife for thirty years and still remain as loving as before they got married. This is the case with Bishop Johnson and his wife. They are both doing some real good work in Texas. Mrs. Johnson is a woman whose life inspires women of her race. I am so proud of Mrs. William Decker Johnson, and her ability as a leader of women and an inspiration to the young girls who are doing things, and who are making it to the front and top. She covers all the conference with Bishop Johnson, and talks to the women and girls. Now this is as it should be, take interest in the young womanhood. This world is a world and there will be another. The men here are getting ready for the big show or in other words for the general conference which meets in Louisville, Ky., I think. Of course this has not been settled, but that is a good place, and a place where such a meeting can be held and the men will have all the freedom they desire, and all they would need. I think it will be a great thing to meet there, and when they get there do a few things. Dr. B. F. Watson, has rendered a great service to his church, and they should retire him now on a pension, for he is at the age where he should not have any worry about anything. Then bring to that place Dr. S. J. Johnson, of Texas, a well trained business minister, one who believes in the extension of the church and would fill the position well. Dr. Johnson, is modest, yet he is cultured, well educated. The same is true with others in the world, but there is a young man who has won his place upward, and merit should count. I have been with some of the men in Texas who feel that the Lord could make good use of them in the episcopacy, and they are not ashamed to let the wishes of the Lord be known. In this number there is that great preacher—in fact all are great preachers and could fill the place. I will then mention, Rev. S. B. Butler, of Austin, the man who has passed through hades itself for his church, and who is still fighting to maintain the dignity of the Metropolitan A. M. E. church in Austin, and when he has won out, then he will want to be a real bishop. These are facts that must be fought out, and will be brought to the front from time to time. Well I have had the pleasure of meeting that ripe scholar, the commissioner of education for the African Methodist Episcopal church, Prof. A. S. Jackson, of Waco, Texas, who has been over in Europe and there he held up the good name of our people there. He is doing a great big work, and then he is a man of wealth, a man of means. I am real proud of Prof. Jackson, and I am sure you will be. I have about said enough for this time. I shall have more to say in my next letter. I have not mentioned Rev. H. A. Carr. I am going to receive my Christmas presents at 5922 Aberdeen street, Chicago. I am headed that way now, but my next letter will be from Jefferson City, Mo. CHARLES E. STUMP. Baltimore Will Entertain Royally Dr. J. H. Hilburn, President of the Delta-Lambda Chapter which will be the host of the convention, has assured the National officers of the Fraternity that the City of Baltimore is ready to extend a most cordial welcome to the members of the Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity upon their arrival and will spare no effort in seeing to their comfort during their stay. The headquarters of the 14th Annual Convention will be at 1619 Druid Hill Avenue, Baltimore, Md. [Name] HON. ROBERT J. ROULSTON Vice-President of the Wholesale Grocers Corp. 315 E. Grand Avenue, being a merger of the Duo Co., McNeil & Higgins Co., and Henry Horner & largest concern of that kind in the world, being capita than seven million dollars and transacting more than dollars' worth of business each year. President of the Wholesale Grocers Corp. Avenue, being a merger of the Duet Higgins Co., and Henry Horner & of that kind in the world, being capita lion dollars and transacting more than of business each year. Vice-President of the Wholesale Grocers Corporation, 251 to 315 E. Grand Avenue, being a merger of the Durand & Casper Co., McNeil & Higgins Co., and Henry Horner & Co., being the largest concern of that kind in the world, being capitalized for more than seven million dollars and transacting more than thirty million dollars' worth of business each year. As a high class business man Mr. Roulston ranks with the best in this city. In the past he has served, as a member of the Public Library Board, it was through his efforts that the new Kelly Public Library Building, which is one of the finest in the city was constructed in the Englewood district. Mr. Roulston has for many years been active in Democratic politics. He supported Hon. Woodrow Wilson for president of the United States in 1912, and President Wilson offered to appoint him postmaster at Chicago, but SINGING THE BLUES Recently we have become imbred with the thought that the singing of the blues and the howling of the dog are in the same class. We have some feelings of gravity on the situation. No one is quite so down cast, or pitiful as the gruesome moan would portray. People do not have much sympathy for a howling dog and you may be assured they have less for a woman or man howling the condemned ignorance they should be alert in hiding from the public. The howling dog gives one to feel that he is greatly distressed and he howls because he cannot cry. It is unfortunate for us that we have an element among us that treasure up the ignorance which must pacify the soul by gyrations of the shimmy and the blues and jazz rags of music which all harks back to the jungle. ```markdown ``` 1920 ```markdown ``` Ex-City Attorney of Chicago, one of the most ex in this city, who stands in the highest estimation in this city and county. He has no superior as And Mr. Devine would make an ideal candid ay of Chicago, one of the most eminent who stands in the highest estimation of and county. He has no superior as an elvine would make an ideal candidate for Ex-City Attorney of Chicago, one of the most eminent trial lawyers in this city, who stands in the highest estimation of all the people in this city and county. He has no superior as an eloquent orator. And Mr. Devine would make an ideal candidate for judge of the Resale Grocers Corporation, 251 to merger of the Durand & Casper and Henry Horner & Co., being the world, being capitalized for more transacting more than thirty million ear. he firmly waved it aside. Many of the loyal and influential friends of Mr. Roulston, are urging him, to enter the field or race for Mayor of Chicago, in 1923. Mr. and Mrs. Roulston and the other members of their family, reside in a cozy home at 436 W. 61st Place next door to Hon. and Mrs. Charles S. Deneen, who are all warm friends. Since the first day of October 1899, down to the present time, The Broad Ax, once each week, wends its way into their home. Ended His Life at Forth Worth, Texas. Port Worth, Texas—Fred Rouse, Negro strikebreaker was taken hastily from the County Hospital, where he was under treatment for wounds received in a local stockyards brawl, placed in an automobile and hanged to a tree. Rouse had infuriated the Texans because he is alleged to have shot and wounded two union picketers. The mob did swift work, for within fifteen minutes after binding the attending nurse, and taking their victim away, the police found his body. "No traces were left by which the lynchers could be identified." But if the Dyer Anti-Lynching Bill were law, at least the man's family or dependent parents would receive $10,000. It is reported that the Bill will be rushed to a vote before Christmas though there was no inkling of it in President Harding's message to Congress. 1930 of the most eminent trial lawyers highest estimation of all the people is no superior as an eloquent orator. an ideal candidate for judge of the 9