The Broad Ax

Saturday, April 29, 1922

Chicago, Illinois

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Col. Robert Lincoln Taylor Utterly Failed to Induce Col. Robert S. Abbott and His Chicago Defender to Fall in Line for Hon. Peter M. Hoffman for the Nomination for Sheriff of Cook County. SATURDAY, APRIL 1, TWO OR THREE LINES APPEARED ON THE EDITORIAL PAGE OF THE DEFENDER IN FAVOR OF THE NOMINATION OF MR. HOFFMAN IN A WEAK WAY, AND IT IS CLAIMED THAT ON ITS ADVERTISING PAGES IT SHOOK HIM DOWN FOR SEVENTY-FIVE TO ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS FOR AN ADVERTISEMENT WHICH WAS ARRANGED IN SUCH A WAY IN THE PAPER THAT ITS TEN MILLION READERS WOULD BE COMPELLED TO READ ALL ABOUT H. C. W. LAUBENHEIMER FIRST BEFORE THEIR EYES WOULD FALL UPON THE ADVERTISEMENT OR THE PICTURE OF MR. HOFFMAN. Read The Broad Ax and be happy VOL. XXVII. Col. Ro Col. Ro to Fall Nomina SATURDAY, APRIL LINES APPEAR TORIAL PAGE IN FAVOR OF OF MR. HOFF WAY, AND IT ON ITS ADVER SHOOK HIM DO FIVE TO ONE H FOR AN ADVER WAS ARRANG IN THE PAPER LION READERS PELLED TO RE C. W. LAUBEN FORE THEIR E UPON THE AD THE PICTURE Two or three weeks prior to the late primaries Col. Bob. Lincoln Taylor, who lives on the outskirts of Desplaines, Ill., where it is said that he does not have to pay any house rent and live in among the common colored people in this city, headed a delegation of prominent colored citizens who called on Hon. Peter M. Hoffman and assured him, that they toted all the votes of the colored people around in thier hip pockets. The leading members of the delegation were as follows: Col. Bob. Lincoln Taylor, telephone operator in the rooms of the Board of election commissioners; Col. Julius N. Auendorph, Col. Robert S. Abbott, the head editor of the greatest weekly newspaper in the world; Col. F. A. Denison, Col. Wm. R. Cowan, Col. F. S. Delaney, Col. Geo. H. Walker, who has always been practically unknown in the game of politics and broadly speaking, this is true of all of the above mentioned Colonels; and Col. John R. Auter, who some way or other got mixed up with twelve thousand dollars belonging to the Knights of Pythias. It is claimed that Col. Bob. Lincoln Taylor as the main dog in the meat house who cannot or does not vote in this city informed Mr. Hoffman that he and the other members of his high class delegation proposed to send out a general letter or an address to all the colored people residing in this city and county through the columns of the colored press urging them to loyally support Mr. Hoffman at the primaries for the nomination for sheriff of Cook county, that the great Chicago defender would turn over heaven and Hades in its effort to induce its five thousand readers in this city to record their votes in favor of the nomination of Mr. Hoffman for sheriff, for only last year when R. W. Hunter, the fly-by-night banker, got into all kinds of trouble, and had his day in the United States courts, Col. Abbott, under oath before Judge K. M. Landis, testified that his Chicago defender had five thousand circulation in Chicago; that its ten million readers did not reside nor belong in this city, and so on. The writer just naturally labored under the impression that after that THE BROAD AX delegation of' prominent colored citizens had called on Mr. Hoffman and each one of its members had done so much loud talking, that the picture of Mr. Hoffman would appear on the front page of the Chicago defender and that each week after the delegation had called on him that two or three columns of editorial matter advocating his nomination for sheriff and setting forth his friendship for the colored race would be flashed up to its readers but we regret to say that such was not the case. It is true that on Saturday, April 1, two or three lines in favor of his nomination did appear on its editorial page but they were mixed up or in with so many other names that no one could tell whether they were praising or cursing Mr. Hoffman. On that same date, April 1, almost two weeks before the primaries, one of its advertising pages contained a small cut of Mr. Hoffman and some reading matter plainly marked advertisement, which was run on the fifth or sixth column on an inside page—it being placed behind the cut and reading matter belonging to H. C. W. Laubenheimer, whatever his name might be and the readers of the defender were forced to read all about Mr. Laubenheimer before they could come in contact with the picture and reading matter pertaining to Mr. Hoffman as Mr. Laubenheimer had the place of honor on that advertising page. Some claim, but it may not be true, that some of the gentlemen connected with the Chicago defender shook Mr. Hoffman down for seventy-five or one hundred dollars for its failure to weakly support him to the end for the defender Saturday, April 8, at the very time that he needed newspaper support did not contain one line nor word in any manner, shape or form, in relation to his nomination for sheriff of Cook county. In conclusion it must be distinctly understood that The Broad Ax was the only newspaper in this city published in the interest of the colored race which loyally stood by Mr. Hoffman to the end and marched on to victory with him. [Picture of a man in a suit with a tie and glasses. He is facing the camera, looking directly at the viewer. The background is a solid black color. The man's hair is neatly styled, and he has a serious expression on his face. The image is in black and white.] [Picture of a man in a suit with a tie and glasses. He is facing the camera, looking directly at the viewer. The background is a solid black color. The man's hair is neatly styled, and he has a serious expression on his face. The image is in black and white.] The Businessalike President of the Board of Education of Chicago Who Has Been Re-Elected Member of the Republican State Central Committee from the Second Congressional District of Illinois. --- RECEPTION AT THE APPOMATTOX CLUB IN HONOR OF HON. MEDILL McCORMICK, UNITED STATES SENATOR FROM ILINOIS. Monday evening, April 24, the members of the Appomattox Club, 3632 Grand boulevard, held a reception in honor of Hon. Medill McCormick, United States Senator from Illinois, who at considerable length, delivered an instructive talk on the "American Occupation of Haiti." Prior to his final introduction by Mr. N. B. Brascher, extended and short remarks were delivered by: President S. A. T. Watkins; Col. John R. Marshall, vice-president; D. B. Hawley, Mr. A. L. Bates, Assistant State's Attorney of Cook country; and Prof. Harrison Emanuel, rendered several violin solos and Mr. Hugh Buchanan, executed in the most pleasing manner several vocal solos. Senator McCormick being selected by President Harding, as the chairman of the Senate committee to investigate into the affairs of the American Occupation of Haiti, and he has devoted a great deal of time and attention in that direction. He has made frequent trips to Haiti, which is considered the garden spot of the world, in order to familiarize himself and the other members of his Investigation committee with its internal affairs or mode of government. Senator McCormick clearly indicated that although this government had fallen far short in carrying out all of the provisions set up in the last Treaty, which it entered into with the public officials of Haiti about six years ago, nevertheless, under the American Occupation a stable form of government is being gradually firmly established in all parts of Haiti which in time will be beneficial to all of its inhabitants. $5,000,000 LOAN URGED FOR LIBRERIA BY HUGHES Washington.—The United States is morally obligated to keep its promise of extending $5,000,000 credit to Liberia and must make the loan or "suffer a lamentable loss of respect before the world." Secretary of State Hughes told the House Ways and Measures Committee. Hughes urged im- SATURDAY APRIL 29, 1922. aylor U tt and on. Pete ff of Co or Utt and H Peter of Coo HON. EDWIN S. DAVIS The President of the Board of Ed has Been Re-Elected Member of Committee from the Second Co osis. The President of the Board of Education has Been Re-Elected Member of the Rep l Committee from the Second Congressi on. ATTACK ON GIRL SENDS 11 THE S BOYS TO PRISON OF L Eleven youths, ranging in age from 17 to 22, declared by Assistant State's Attorney Charles S. Wharton to constitute "one of the worst gangs of ruffians in Chicago," received sentences of one year in the Illinois state penitentiary as the result of an attack on a 23-year old girl last November. Those sentenced were Rocco Marchesi, Robert Anselone, Michael Summati, Michael Tuscano, Rocco Grippo, Nick Antonetti, Rocca Marino, Michael Favia, Michael Maggio, James Valenti and Joseph Bandresi. The girl was attacked as she was returning home from a dance early on the evening of Sunday, November 13. Two men rushed up to her as she stood on the corner waiting for a street car and snatched her purse. Two others came up and on pretext of assisting her to find the thief, lured her to the deserted Erie Inn, W. Erie st. and N. Racine av. There they attacked her. Later the victim was attacked by four others, to whom she was taken on pretext of obtaining medical treatment. They will be tried later. Each and every one of these white gentlemen should be hung up by their necks until they are dead, without trial or jury as a warning to others not to commit such crimes upon a self-respecting and decent young woman-Editor. RECITAL AT THE BEREAN BAP- TIST CHURCH WAS A VERY PLEASANT AFFAIR. Tuesday evening, April 25, Prof. Isaac T. Yarbrough conductor of the splendid choir at Berean Baptist Church, 52nd and Dearborn streets, presented Jamesanna Weathers, its leading soprano songstress in recital. Cordelia Yarbrough, accompanist and Mary Perryman secretary. Madam Weathers possesses one of the most charming soprano voices of any of the noted singers in Chicago and the recital in her honor was in every way a highly delightful affair. --- THE SO-CALLED COMMITTEE OF LEADING COLORED CITIZENS WHO CALLED ON HON. PETER M. HOFFMAN FAILED TO NOTIFY MRS. BERTHA MONTGOMERY TO ACCOMPANY IT. To show how small some of the leading colored gentlemen are who composed the delegation which called on Hon. Peter M. Hoffman the latter part of March and falsely promised him that they would do everything in their power to further his nomination for sheriff of Cook County, and then failed to do anything for him without some of the long green or some of the real money, ran clear over Mrs. Bertha Montgomery, who made it possible for the delegation to meet Mr. Hoffman, utterly failed to notify her when they were ready to call on him. Not withstanding the fact that she and hundreds of her lady friends in all parts of this city and county as members of the Woman's Cook County Permanent Republican Club, worked very hard for the success of Mr. Hoffman at the primaries. NEW ATTRACTIONS AT THE AVENUE THEATRE, INDIANA AVENUE NEAR THIRTY-FIRST STREET, MR. TOM NORMAN, MANAGER. Wednesday evening, May 3, opening night the Avenue Theatre will present the great sensational drama, "Scandal," with a good high class capable company of players. Also high class vaudeville between the acts of the play and orchestra concert, to enliven the whole show, with highly interesting Photo Plays interwoven. It will be known as a combination show and it goes without saying, that it will greatly please the many patrons of the Avenue Theatre. Its manager, Mr. Tom Norman, leaves no stones unturned in an effort to secure the best moving pictures and the best vaudeville acts in existence. The past week Jack Johnson and his far-famed All Star Vaudeville Company have been playing to crowded houses. --- "IS AMERICA SAFE FOR DEMOCRACY?" By William McDougall (Published by Charles Scribner's Sons. Price $1.75. Postage 10 cents.) This book preaches the gospel of the eugneists, improve the stock of the race. Let the strong, the mentality and morally efficient have many children. If birth control is to be practiced let it be at the bottom of society, not at the top. "There is no good reason for the belief that civilized man is in any way superior to his savage ancestors. In fact the probability seems to be that he is (statistically) inferior." Under civilization qualities tend to deteriorate rather than to improve, and it has been the deterioration of racial stock that has caused the eclipse of each civilization in the past. These are some of the things that Prof. McDougall of Harvard University says in his six lectures given at the Lowell Institute in Boston. They are provocative of much thought and as I read them also of both amusement and indignation. My indignation is at the writer's attitude toward the Negro. His use of figures regarding psychological tests of colored children is of course entirely proper, but when he gives as his chief authority on Negro traits that antiquated last century, kindly Kentucky professor, N. S. Shaler, and when he quotes a servant girl anecdote as conclusive evidence of the submissiveness of the black people, he is ridiculous. He would not dream of writing that way regarding any other group of people, not even the Germans who since the war have become distinctly inferior to the French, and whose scholarship may be sneered at. But one's amusement becomes indignation at the trick played in the appendix. We have here three pictures introduced by the caption. "Commentary on the proposition that all men are born with equal capacities for moral and mental development." And below that in much larger letters. "Portraits of three men all of whom in their youths were denied the advantage of schooling and the refinements of civilization." The first portrait is Abraham Lincoln. The second Tama Bulan, a Bornee chief, who did very much for his people. Before turning the page to see who the third would be, I stopped to guess. I felt sure it would be a Negro and thought first of Washington, then I believed he would be too light in color and decided on Dr. Moton or some very able African, turned and found the picture of "an inferior type of a very low order of savage." And this is part of the caption under it. "We are told nothing of his moral and intellectual qualities; but the most resolutely optimistic humanarians will hardly claim him as a "mute inglorious Milton" or even a "village Hampden." Nor is it easy to suppose that they could contemplate with equanimity the substitution of the Anglo-American stock by persons of this type." Now this is just the sort of trick that was played upon the Negro fifteen or even ten years ago, but that I had believed today impossible. Let us be glad it is unusual. But it starts one, (if as like myself, one begins with the pictures at the end of the book) with a fear lest the author will be prejudiced in favor of his own race and the fear is immediately realized. And this is the second count against Prof. McDougall, he places his own race at the top. Because of her superior mental and moral qualities, England has conquered the world. He compares the Nordic with the Medi- 5 CENTS per copy No. 32 Induce efender for the CHAT white Ovington terranean races, and finds that the Nordic, his own race, is the better qualified of the two. Especially he emphasizes her tenacity and her assertiveness. These qualities make her the great conqueror, and he speaks with enthusiasm of her rule in India. One is reminded in reading the book of Lothrop Stoddard's, "Rising Tide of Color." Both writers show the same fear at the threatened downfall of the white man's present civilization. How to strengthen it, is McDougall's question, and his answer is by adding mere assertive and tenacious people to the population by the careful breeding of selected types. This can be done by subsidizing selected families as they bring forth children. I was in London when an International Committee on Eugenics was meeting at Dublin and I remember reading a witty account of their proceedings. They were described as spending their days in endeavoring to find out how best to reproduce a race that should be indistinguishable a Committee of their Own Committee. This is Prof. McDougall's attitude and it greatly impairs, "Is America safe for Democracy?" But putting this self-admiration aside and looking at the people of America quite apart from race, we find that our civilization tends to a deterioration in stock. The city is one cause, that whirlpool into which the best youth comes, enjoys itself, does good work, but does not bring up large families, and often brings up no families at all. Feminism has kept many able women from marrying who formerly would have married merely to have a home. Modern warfare, that most terrible of all non-eugenic forces, keeps the unfit at home and sends the keen-eyed and quick-witted into danger, prevents their marriage, often returns them diseased or leaves them on the battle field. And all the while we are inventing new processes, adding new things to our already complex life so that we need an ever increasing keenness of intelligence to keep up with the life about us. While the demands go up the stock goes down. This is the somewhat gloomy view that our writer gives us. I should enjoy discoursing on it, but it is he who is writing on eugenics, not I. I would, however, make one suggestion. It is that the psychological tests, he often quotes that are given so commonly now to children, and that are used in rating ability, be arranged by very divergent types of people. Let us have the North American Indian, for instance, whom Prof. McDougall of course finds stupid, devise tests for the sons and daughters of Harvard professors, tests such as the Indian would want his child to pass; let the Negro with his extraordinary musical ability and deep artistic spirit, set the tests for the child of the Nordic race. Tests like this would be interesting for they would show the great diversity in our civilization, not simply the attainments along certain specified lines. Past civilizations and present civilizations are based upon force and upon an enslaved or near-enslaved working-class population. The best blood rules for a while and then is ruled by the blood of those who have been despised. Former aristocrats are governed by Cooks and Bakers; Tailors, Drapers and Glovers; Gardners, Shepards, Fishers and Seamen; Tanners, Potters, Carpenters and Plummers; Wrights and multitudinous Smiths. What a comedown! And yet you will find all these names not only in the telephone book but in a college catalogue. If our civilization is to endure does not it need not so much the continuation of the stock that is ruling at any given time, as the bringing into play all that is best in all the stock. If we had that we should certainly have a civilization unlike anything in the past. But its basis could be neither force nor exploitation, and perhaps it is too much to expect Prof. McDougall even to imagine it. 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 as 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 ... THE BROAD AX 6206 So. Elizabeth St., Chicago, Ill. Phone Wentworth 2597 JULIUS F. TAYLOR Editor and Publisher Associate Editor DR. M. A. MAJORS 4700 South State Street Phone Drexel 1416 April 29, 1922 Vol. XXVII. No. 32 Entered as Second-Class Matter, Aug. 19, 1902, at the Post Office at Chicago, III. Under Act of March 8, 1879. N. A. A. C. P. SPRING DRIVE OPENED MONDAY, APRIL 24 Culminates in Anti-Lynching Confer- ence in Newark, June 18-23— "Lynch Law Must Go" Is Slogan "Lynch Law Must Go" is the slogan of the Spring Drive of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, which opened Monday, April 24, and culminated in an anti-lynching conference in Newark, N. J., from June 18 to 23. The entire weight of the Association's forces throughout the United States is to be applied in an organized pressure toward the enactment by the Senate of the Dyer Anti-Lynching Bill, H. R. 13, already passed by the House of Representatives. There is no doubt felt in the National Office of the N. A. A. C. P. that President Harding will sign the measure if and when the Senate enacts it. In fact, the President's signature is looked upon as a foregone conclusion. The N. A. A. C. P. campaign on the Dyer Bill has already been begun in two states, Michigan and New Jersey, where local elections are made to hinge on that issue. Colored voters and the press throughout the country are being asked to make it clear that the Republican party will be held responsible for non-performance of its duty and its pledge to pass some such legislation as the Dyer Bill. Secretary Johnson's Statement In opening the N. A. A. C. P. Spring Drive, James Weldon Johnson, secretary of the association, said: "The Dyer Bill was passed in the House of Representatives because colored people in the United States worked together for that end. It will be passed in the Senate for the same reason. "The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People believes that the Dyer Bill is an excellent object lesson in the value of working together. If we can accomplish so much in one direction, we can in others as well. Therefore, we want active, enthusiastic members. If half a million colored Americans join the N. A. A. C. P., each individual will be part of an immense power working through organized machinery, which will make the Negro's just claims felt in the Nation. For the Negro, as for all humanity, 'In Union There Is Strength.' Join the N. A. A. C. P.' Southern Branches Active Southern branches are especially active in the N. A. A. C. P. drive this year, among them being the branches in Houston. El Paso, Corpus Christi and Dallas, Texas: Houston has undertaken to reorganize the branches in Texas that became dormant at the time of the assault on John R. Shillady. New Orleans, La., branch is in the midst of a canvass for 5,000 members and Shreveport has also vigorously entered the drive. Most of the branches in Florida and many Arkansas branches have made their preparations to start at the word "Go." No timidity is being shown by southern branches in the method of their campaign. Houston placing window cards in the homes of their members, inscribed with the words: "This Family 100 Per Cent Members N. A. A. C. P." The branch in the national capital, Washington, D. C., has set itself the largest quota, seeking to obtain 25,000 members, and Chicago and New York follow with quotas of 10,000 each. # [Picture of a man in a suit with a bow tie]. HON. DANIEL RYAN One of the Most Sturdy Irish Chicago Who Will Be Re-El of Cook County. One of the Most Sturdy Irish-American Citizens Residing in Chicago Who Will Be Re-Elected One of the Commissioners of Cook County. Great interest is being shown among 7—Frederick B. Roos..... 225 California branches, Los Angeles preparing itself to reach its quota of 5,000 members. Wilbur L. Castleman..... 176 Elwood Myers..... 105 9—Aldras J. Fournier..... 4598 G. O. P. VOTE AT PRIMARY Chief Clerk George Lohman Announces Results of Congress and Senate Races Figures on the votes cast for the Republican candidates in the congressional and senatorial districts at the primary April 11 have been made public by George F. Lohman, chief clerk of the election commissioners' office, who is directing the canvass. This completes the canvass of the Republican ticket. The votes cast for the Democratic candidates on the general ticket will be issued within the next few days. It is Mr. Lohman's hope to have the official proclamation ready by the middle of next week. Republican Congressmen Dist. 1—Martin B. Madden ... 14193 Richard E. Parker ... 2842 2—James R. Mann ... 29874 3—Elliott W. Sproul ... 12029 Frank P. Sadler ... 7432 Daniel Anderson ... 2956 Frank E. Christian ... 2563 4—Frank W. Hornburg ... 2504 Hyman Levine ... 1417 Henry G. Dobler ... 4558 5—Jacob Gartenstein ... 3998 Albert Goldberg ... 2933 Julian J. Sykes ... 1329 6—John J. Gorman ... 15505 Louis S. Gibson ... 7145 7—M. A. Michaelson ... 22499 Albert O. Anderson ... 14860 Otto B. Brettmann ... 4781 Congressmen—Republican 8—Fred S. DeCola ... 4862 Dan Parillo ... 2118 9—Fred A. Briten ... 14375 10—Carl R. Chindblom ... 13598 Daniel J. Blaul ... 9492 Ralph W. Nordlie ... 1648 James W. Burke ... 2168 State Central Committeeman—Republican 1—Francis P. Brady ... 12449 2—George W. Reinecke ... 9965 Edwin S. Davis ... 15152 Charles S. Eaton ... 9196 3—Charles A. Williams ... 9068 James Rea ... 15455 State Central Committeeman—Republican --- 7—Frederick B. Roos..... 225 Wilbur L. Castleman..... 176 Elwood Myers..... 105 9—Aldras J. Fournier..... 4598 11—William H. Cruden..... 12562 Fred L. Steers..... 5201 Percival G. Baldwin..... 2824 13—Albert C. Clark..... 7670 George Johnson..... 7337 William C. Henry..... 1239 **State Senator—Republican** 17—James B. Leonardo..... 1806 Robert Orlando..... 1694 19—Frank Fountain..... 7736 Albert B. Holecke..... 8155 21—Frederick J. Bippus..... 7044 Charles L. Nelligan, Jr..... 2684 23—Leslie F. Bushville... 5022 Lowell B. Mason..... 3596 Frederick A. Aowe..... 1358 25—Daniel Webster..... 17717 Robert E. Pendarvis..... 6962 27—Frank A. Uczciwek..... 1487 Edward I. Hughes..... 276 Max Derengowski..... 430 Arnt Julius Johnson..... 1087 29—John T. Joyce..... 3740 William F. Peters..... 532 William Schmidt..... 820 **State Senator—Republican** 31—Willett H. Cornwell..... 5202 Herman J. Haenisch..... 8712 Roy Juul..... 6002 **State Representative—Republican** 1—William M. Brinkman..... 7029 Sheadrick B. Turner..... 5928 George H. Fischer..... 111% Harris B. Gaines..... 2474% 2—Peter S. Krump..... 9003 Roger J. Marcy..... 6376 Frank A. Holmgren..... 880% John J. Reddick..... 1176% The above figures seem to indicate that Col. Richard E. Parker, who is always running for some office, made a mighty poor showing in his so-called race against Hon. Martin B. Madden for Congress in the 1st Congressional District of Illinois—Editor. GIRLS MEN MARRY (By Laura Gray) Men marry diffident girls; girls who are genuinely quiet, bashful, shy. If you cherish an idea that modern society's pace-demands sensational girls, chatter-boxes, hoydens, jazz-jiggers and such, you are away off. Men never change in their instincts. If hoopskirts and cork screw girls of our grandmother's day came back into style tomorrow, the modern male would plunge into love making down to the last man. Men believe in most old-fashioned things. American men particularly cherish every tradition that goes to afford the fair sex respect and idealization. The girls of a generation ago were shy and diffident and retiring. Esgo modern man finds these qualities still charming. Diffident girls attract sweethearts by the very fact of their spiritual aloofness. Even the vamps are doing it now! Sometimes men marry them, sometimes they don't. It all depends. Down, way down in his soul, man generally hopes to get a quiet, easy-going maiden for a life mate, so that when old age with its storms comes creeping along he may have a home and a comforter. But, alas, in the days of joy, he sometimes goes just a little bit too far. In his search for "wine, women and song," he may run across one of those smooth, good-time girls who jolles him into believing that she never really loved until she met him, and that without him, she would be lost forever. He marries to save her soul, and so loses his own. CHICAGO, ILL. SATURDAY APRIL 29, 1922 TUSKEGEE'S TRUSTEE CHAIR MAN DISAGREES WITH "BIRTHRIGHT" AUTHOR Tuskegee Institute, Alabama—"Few Negroes in real life have blundered as Peter Siner did," said William G. Willcox, Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute, in a recent letter to T. S. Stribling, the author of the novel, "Birthright," which ran serially in the Century Magazine and now appears in book form. Mr. Willcox's letter to Mr. Stribling is as follows: "I have just read 'Birthright' with much interest and I am tempted to ask if you had any definite object in writing it? "The description of conditions at 'Niggertown' is a vivid picture of the aftermath of slavery. It is, as I suppose you intended, a description of conditions which existed in the worst sections of the South and which confronted anyone who sought to educate or improve the Negro people. Unfortunately such conditions are not confined to any race or section and it would not be difficult to find similar pictures among the white immigrants and factory operators in the North. Such pictures do not indicate the character of capacity of the race as a whole but rather the morbid conditions resulting from the environment of a particular group. "Peter Siner represents a weak man who has been given a college course without any solid foundation either in education or in moral character. His dismal failure furnishes a strong endorsement of Booker Washington's theory that Negro education must begin with fundamental training of the hand, the mind and the character, and build from the ground up. Few Negroes in real life have blundered as Peter did while thousands trained at Tuskegee and other schools are today making good in all sections of the country. "The general effect of the book seems to me to discourage the effort to educate and elevate the Negro race. I cannot believe this to be your intention and I am sure that the facts do not at all warrant any such disheartening picture." ARE THEY WHITE OR ARE THEY COLORED? Jacksonville, Fla.—Mr. Lewis R. Salis has just succeeded in getting a mandamus against Dr. Hathaway, Superintendent of Public Instruction, and the Board of Instruction, compelling them to re-admit his children to Arlington school or answer the reason why. His three children—Clara, 11 years old; Gladis, 9 years old, and Lewis R. Jr., 6 years—were attending the Arlington school until parents of other children made complaint that these three were not white. According to Florida law if an individual has more than one-eighth of blood other than white he cannot be classified as white. Mr. Salis' argument was that he himself was of Minorcan descent but seven-eighths white, his wife was a full blooded white person, and that therefore his children had less than one-eighth of blood other than white and had a right to attend the school. (The Minorcans are the inhabitants of Minorca, one of the Balearic Islands located in the Mediterranean, north of Africa and east of Spain. The Minorcans have a considerable infusion of African blood.) The officials insisted that the children were "not considered white" and should not attend Arlington school. MRS. KELLOGG FAIRBANK TO OPEN URBAN LEAGUE DRIVE The announcement that Mrs. Kellogg Fairbank, prominent society and club woman, who has been active in financial drives, is to deliver the keynote address at the opening of the Urban League drive on Wednesday at a dinner meeting of all who are to work in the campaign, adds another feature to the well prepared plans Professor J. R. E. Lee, director of the campaign, has commensulated to bring the drive to a successful issue. Two hundred people are expected to be present to launch the campaign immediately after the dinner meeting in the most vigorous solicitation the South Side has yet seen. Professor Lee, for 35 years in public service, has left no detail unattended to, as the engagement of Mrs. Fairbanks indicates. Charles W. Folds has signified his willingness to attend if he can reach the city in time from an engagement out of town. Under the leadership of prominent men in various walks of life, the whole city is being organized and captains are whipping their teams into shape preparatory to the opening of the drive next Thursday morning. For further information apply at the office of the League, 3032 Wahash Avenue. PASSED AWAY On Monday afternoon at six o'clock at her late residence, 3558 State street, Mrs. Jennie Martin, a member of The Trustee Board of The Sisters of Bethany, passed away very suddenly. BIG DRIVE IN CHICAGO BY THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE COLORED PEOPLE. The 1922 Membership Drive of the Chicago Branch, N. A. A. C. P., started on April 21st for a ten day run to May 1st. Morris Lewis again has charge of the work and has appointed ten captains, each of whom has ten workers, making a corps of 275 solicitors who will go after 5,000 members. The outstanding accomplishment of the Association for the past period has been the passage of the Dyer Anti-Lynching Bill in the House of Representatives. The Bill is now in the Senate, being referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Much more work is still to be done by the Association and the larger the membership the greater will be the influence of the organization. Mr. Harold L. Ickes has been elected President of the local branch. The following Captains are at work: Mrs. Georgia DeBaptiste Ashburn, Edward Washington, Mrs. Beatrice Blackwell, Enoch Oddrick, Alexander Tillery, Mrs. Alice Hampton, Mrs. Mable Mason Green, Julius N. Avendorph, A. L. Weaver, Robert Fisher, George R. Arthur, Mrs. Olivia Bush Banks. The office of the Chicago Branch is at 3423 Indiana avenue, Telephone Douglas 5400, Miss Williams in charge. Two Million Dollar Structure to Begin Early in May to Care for the War Veterans OBJECTION TO LOCATION Complaint Being Made on Account of Jim Crow Car Law in the South Washington.—Bids for construction of the new hospital for Negro veterans at Tuskegee, Ala., will be opened on May 1, it was announced here by Assistant Secretary of the Treasury Clifford. The hospital, which is to cost $2,250,000, will have a capacity of 500 beds, of which 230 will be for tubercular patients and 270 for shell-shock cases. Actual work on the new Negro hospital, officials said, should be under way by the middle of May, as the contracts for the mechanical equipment and building work on the institution should be left by May 10. Colored ex-service men protested against erecting the hospital in the South to no avail. They claimed they preferred having it in a state where they would not be forced to ride in "jim crow" cars in order to get there. WOULD YOU LIKE TO KNOW? The names of the latest books by and about Negroes? The names of Negroes distinguished for various accomplishments? How and where white and colored people are cooperating to create better feelings and better conditions? Where you could find clippings and articles and books and pamphlets concerning Negro life from all over the country? The answers to these questions, and many others can be found through the Research Department of the Chicago Urban League, 3032 S. Wabash Ave. If you are in school, or a lyceum—if you have to make a speech or write an article—if you want to get any information concerning Negroes or Negro life, a visit to the League office might be worth more to you than your annual membership fee. This information feature is only one part of the League's service, and it is free to the public. The League program as a whole is financed by its members and contributors. This year the goal set for the campaign is $10,000. Mr. J. R. E. Lee, Extension Secretary of the National Urban League is in the city and among others the Tuskegee Club, which has already made a subscription. People are responding loyally to the request for campaign service, many having met and pledged their service as well as their membership. More workers are needed, however, and Mr. Lee wants the help, either in campaign work or memberships or both, of all Chicago people. Serve on committees; talk to your friends about the League. This will help the League to raise its $10,000 between May 1st and 10th. In the meantime, the regular League program is going on. Visit the League and see for yourself what is done. A visit will convince you that the League is worth your membership fee. If it is inconvenient to come, call Calumet 0710 and tell us how you are willing to help in the $10,000 drive. BACK IN CITY Rev. T. L. Scott, pastor of Grant's A. M. T. E. Chapel, 4600 Evans avenue, is back in the city after conducting a revival for three weeks at Nashville, Tenn. Rev. Scott is in great demand in and out of the city and as an evangelist, he is in a class by himself. PETER H. HARRIS HON. EDWARD J. HUGHES Re-Nominated to Make the Ra 21st Senatorial District of L Re-Nominated to Make the Race for the State Senate from the 21st Senatorial District of Illinois. COLOR IS NOTHING By Dr. M. A. Majors You can't tell us colored races When you look into our faces And it ain't because we're using all the colors on our skin; If you want to know the reason And of course it looks like treason, Its attributed to the sin And the hell of lighter men. We don't call it any caper And we see things in the paper That will bleach a dark complexion almost white Some may think it's very funny To be paying out their money For the stuff that makes them look a horrid sight. And they may down in their hearts it isn't right. There's a day coming, maybe When the crib will hold a baby That will grow up without thought of how he looks. He will go away to college, Where he takes a whirl at knowledge, And show the world some very punching hooks What it takes to master all the books. Now my friends it doesn't matter How a skin looks does not flatter Being black or white or red or brown or yellow A complexion cannot make you Any more than it can break you If you're clever enough to act a real fellow. Now I often sit and study Till my skin gets very ruddy On the questions that are puzzling many folks It is taxing my resources Of both body and mental forces But what's the use the truth so often chokes. FIVE SITTING DEMOCRATIC SUPERIOR COURT JUDGES AND ALDERMAN WALTER P STEFFEN FORM THE JU DICIAL COALITION TICKET. Monday, the regular leaders of the Democrats in this city and county and high chiefs of the Republican Party met in two separate conventions at the Sherman House and the Republicans selected Alderman Walter P. Steffen as their candidate for one of the Judges of the superior court and the Democrats resisted the following sitting Democratic Judges for re-election at the Judicial election in June: William E. Dever, Charles A. McDonald, John J. Sullivan, Martin M. Gridley, Joseph Sabath. All the big Republicans belonging to the Brundage-Crowe and Deneen combination and the head Democrats under the leadership of Mr. George E. Brennan have united their forces and have joined hands towether in an effort to head off Mayor William Hale Thompson and his City Hall followers from placing a judicial ticket in the field at the June election. That old saying comes true every day in the week namely that politics always makes very strange bed-fellows. pace for the State Senate from the Illinois. But to the entire country, white and black alike, he left these brave words: "There is nothing I want for me and my family I am not willing to accord to the Negro and his family." There is the solution of the Negro question in a nutshell. HAVE CORNERSTONE LAYING Cornerstone laying of Arnett Chapel was held on Sunday afternoon in Morgan Park, the beautiful and rapidly growing suburb of the city at which exercises, Bishop A. J. Carey delivered the principal address. People from the city, Blue Island, Chicago Heights and Robbins, Ill., were present and among them were Heard Ray of Harvey; Gentlemen A. D. Brown, M. T. Bailey of the Bailey Realty Co., of Chicago. ARRIVES IN CITY Hon. William H. Fri- Louis, Mo., national gran- dest of A. U. K. & D. of A., who has on an extended trip in interest of the organization, arrived in the city of New York where he was delivered on important matters, but too late to witness the great military display given on Monday evening at Eighth Regiment Armory under the auspices of the First Regiment of Illinois of A. U. K. & D. of A., of which J. Wesley Hall is colonel. SPEAKS IN INDIANA Charles Satchell Morris, Jr., the brilliant young University of Chicago student, well known on the platform, spoke on Tuesday night at Campbell Auditorium, Muncie, Ind. Young Morris is a native of Norfolk, Va., and since coming to the city, has connected himself with the Virginia Society of Chicago, of which M. T. Bailey is president. The General Committee of U. B. F. & S. M. T. meet Sunday afternoon at 2974 State street, at which time final arrangements were made for the annual sermon on the fourth Sunday in May at Pilgrim Temple, 33rd street and Indiana avenue. The meeting was addressed by Prof. Lee and T. Arnold Hill of the Urban League. SERVANTS REMEMBERED Louisville, Ky.—Col. Henry Watterson, great journalist, left an estate of $228,000, according to his will, which was probated recently. Little was given outside of the family, but he did remember the colored help in this wise: $2,000 to James Wilson, $1,000 to Henry Watterson Wilson, and $500 to Victor Wilson. BUILD HOME Mr. and Mrs. William Kearney, who purchased lots last summer through the Bailey Realty Co., have built a comfortable cottage into which they have moved on 112th place and Racine avenue. MUCH PLEASED Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Sulinger are very much pleased in their newly erected cottage at 11265 South May street, Morgan Park. VISITS CITY During the week, Mrs. Cora Franke of Lake Forest, Ill., visited the city a few days on business. With her was her son, Theodore. MEET 4 ee : , © . = ‘ te y 5 Ps : | fy DR. WALTER N. THOMAS Prominent Mason, One of the Trustees of the Berean Baptist Church and One of the Most Progressive M. D.s in Chicago. RECENT DEATHS AMONG THE COLORED PEOPLE RESIDING IN CHICAGO August Reynolds, 26, 424 E. 37th St Marie Slaughter, 27, 3702 State St. Minnie Schultz, 44, 650 W. 13th St Della Boone, 44, 2217 Dearborn St Joseph Gist, 53, 1646 S. Spaulding Ave. : Walter Jones, 48, 4458 Cottage Grove Ave. Fred Lipe, 56, 3543 Dearborn St. Rosa Foster, 39, $618 Grove Ave. Jessie Woodard, 27, 4418 Cottage Grove Ave. Catherine Elder, 1, 2502 Falton St Marcel Webb, 28, 9033 Commercial Ave. Jessie Hamilton, 21, 4722 Federal St Nancy Carlisle, 63, 3260 Ellis Ave. Rosie Simpson, 69, 3540 Prairie Ave Jean Packard, 1, 555 E. 37th St. Steve Ellis, 41, 909 Halden St. Moses Watkins, 66, 2947 Prairie Ave. Ida M. Gross, 45, 3106 Rhodes Ave Mary Moore, 36, 2031 Federal St. Caroline Dotson, 100, 436 Bowen a thornton, 67, 314 N. Leavitt Yon Smits 43, 4736 Evans Ave. scott, 49, 144 W. Sist St. Beowa, 31, 4520 Champlain cory Pecemam, 76, 5622 LaFayette Destrustive Veicanic Quthurst. Rising to a height of 13,000 feet. only tfew miles from Kilauea, is the great ‘Wicano of Mauna Loa, which bas inter- mitent eruptions, the last one of great Yidence beginning in October, 1919, md continuing for five months, the fow coming from a split in the moun- tain far down upon its flank. The black Tolls of treacle lava flowed for miles through the saind fiats, forests und bare rock slopes, finally emptying into the sea, where giant clouds of steam rose day and night. Myriads of sea fish were killed by the boiling water. “George, you should get married,” Advised the married man. “It is won- derful to have « home waiting for you when you return at night. There is ecstacy in caring for » garden and a lawn; you can raise a dog from a Pop, children are adorable and no trouble at all, a wife is am inspira- tion, and even If she doex get suspti- us you can always talk her out of it” “T could if T could le like you en.” said the bachelor, thoughtfully. —Wasside Tales. Mean Much te Nature Lover. The bird upon the tree utters the Meaning of the wind—a voice of the fuss and the wild flower, words of the green leaf; they speak through a - . . Nor is it becennary it should be a song; few short sotes in the sharp spring Borning are sufficient’ to stir the Meart—Jefiries, Dalty in the “Faucet.” Mildred hed lived all her five event- ‘ful years in the city, and so on her fret visit to the country everything ‘as strange and iateresting to her, Py oy os | water from the open a oe ene top of the cur inte the.water: As It TE eee comes to her mother: “Oh, mamma, mamma; ‘Ry dolly failed im the—im the fgucet.” Really Serious Horrors. Nothing thet in admittedly en¢ => ‘mistakably horrible matters very mack, because it frightens people into seek- lng a remedy; the serious horrors are those which seem entirely respectable {24 normal to respectable and normal men. —Bernaré Show. ~ ‘The name Maphistephaies, 6 the Greek, and it means “He whe lovet et light.” ‘The mame was given to 8 Uatanic personage of the Middle ages, Who in the Fuust legend is appointed. te obey Fansi's commands, according ‘% the terms.on which the latter hes ‘tld his soul to Satan. ‘ay. HELD SECRET OF HAPPINESS John Wesley's Nearly Ninety Years Passed With Remarkably Few Periods of Depression. ‘There was John Wesley. His “Jour. nal,” with Its record of indefatigable lubor, 1s one of the cheerlest books in the language. What a rare good time he had! When he was eighty-seven he could say, “I do not remember to have felt lowness of spirits for a: quarter of an hour since I was born.” For more than sixty years this indefatig- able pleasure-seeker had been doing a8 he plensed. Up every day in time to preach at five o’élock in the morn- ing; then over the hills or through the pleasant lanes to preach aguin at the time lazy citizens were ready for breakfast ; off again, on norseback, or by chaise or in a lumbering stage coach, for more preaching... . Now and then facing « mob, or being wet through in a thunder storm, or stop- ping to get information in rega~ to some old ruin. Between sermons he refreshed his mind with all sorts and conditions of books. On the pleasant road to Chatham he reads Tasso’s “Jerusalem Delivered.” On the road to Aberdeen he loses himself delight- edly in the misty sublimities of Os- sian. “Orlando Farioso” is good Satur- day reading. The eager octogenarian confesses that “Astolpho’s shield and horn and voyage to the moon, the lance that unhorses everyone, the all- penetrating sword, .and I know not how many impenetrable helmets and shields” are rather too much for his sober English imagination. Still, they afford an’ agreeable interlude in his missionary journeys. —- Samuel Mc- Ghent ‘Costhem: tm “hmene Butentn” YOUTH NOT GOLDEN SEASON Modern Writer Takes lasue With Oth. ‘ere Who Have Dubbed It the Best Period of Life, Following is from “The Way of All Flesh,” by Samuel Butler—not the Seventeenth century poet, but the ‘Nineteenth century novelist: “To me it seems that youth Is like spring, an overpraised season—delight- ful if it happen to be favored one, but in practice very rarely favored and more remarkable, as a general rule, for biting east winds than genl- al breezes, Autumn is the mellower season, and’ what we lose in flowers we more than gain in fruits, Fontelie. at the age of ninety, being asked what was the happiest time of his life, suid he did not know that he had ever been much happier than be then was, but that perhaps his best years had been those when he was between fifty-five and seventy-five, and Dr. Johnson placed the pleasures of old age far higher than those of youth. True, in old age we live under the shadow of death, which, like a sword of Damocies, may descend at any moment, but we have so long found life to be an affair of being rather frightened than burt. that we have become like the people who live under Vesuvius, and chance it without much misgiving.” aihieiatin tn Olhehnens ‘The business of making “reworks and the business of setting off elabo- rate displays are sometimes called “the art of pyrotechny,” the word “p3- rotechny” being compoinded of two Greek words meaning “fre art.” There is an extensive literature on the sub- ject. ‘References may be found in the writings of Manilius and Vespicus to the fact that fireworks were set off ip connection with the circus in ancient Rome, and Clandianus, who wrote in the Fourth century, mentions “whisl- ing wheels and fountains of fre” in connection with the celebration of cer- tain festivals. Fireworks, and which should not be confounded with mere bonfires, were set off as spectaciex and ceremonies during the reign of Henry Vil Henry Vill, Elisabeth and other English monarchs In those early English days dragons spouting fire were a popular form of fireworks. In @ book written on the subject in 1648 there is a reference to “tress and fountains of fre sent high up ims? the air.” ‘Less Costly Dealing “The portrait painter charged me $1,000 wo do me in oll,” sald the man ‘who had just cleaned up in the stock market. “You get off cheap.” replied the man who bad been on the josing side, “In the future I think J. have my dealings with a painter instead of ‘a broker.” CHICAGO, ILL_SATURDAY APRIL 29, 1922. CHARLES E. BETTER STUMP, ae REGULAR TRAVELING CORRE-| SPONDENT FOR THE BROAD AX, WHO HAS BEEN ENJOYING HIM- SELF WHILE LIVING ON THE FAT OF THE LAND IN PHILADELPHIA AND WASHINGTON, D. C. Philadelphia, Pa—You will find me away from sunshine, and now I am in the chilly Philadelphia, and believe me, honey, it is some change up here; but I am going to fight it dut for a few days and then get back down yonder, s0 if you desire to get me a letter, just send it to 822 Jefierson Street, Mont- gomery, Ala. i 1 am of the opinion that there is not @ country in the civilized world with so many different kinds of civilizations as we have right here in America; but then we must just study it, for that gives us more to think about and keeps ‘us busy trying to solve problems and human problems at that. Here I am in Philadelphia. 1 ride where I please on the street cars, and do not see a sign, “This end for white.” I just go in, pay the price, and take my choice. When I go to the stable where you go to get on the iron horse and carriage, I do not see any signs, but go in with the rest of the passengers, and we all hustle for posi- tion in line, and each takes his turn. If IT am hungry I don’t have to look for a lunch place in that same stable marked “Colored,” but, like a man, I go in and eat, pay the price and come out; and my color has not faded or rubbed on any other human being. but just as soon as I leave Washington, and even in Washington, the capital of the na- tion, I meet “Colored this and colored that, and colored kill a yallar cat and colored.” I am made to remember that I was born on the dark of the ‘moon and must go way back and sit down. "Lam the same man in every section of the country, and why do I become fo sion when I cross the line? Just civilization conception differs, that's all. Some day the time will come when I will be regarded a man all over ‘this country and will be accorded the privileges of a man. You want to know what is going to do all this? Education and Jesus in the hearts of men. This world must yet learn the one- ness of the human race, especially this part of the world. You may expect’ anything as long as manhood is meas- ured by the color of skin and not by. brain. Brains rule the world and not color. If you see a white fool and a black fool, you only see two fools. There are thousands of white men in this country who cannot measure up to thousands of black men in the coun- try in brain, in cash, in culture and refinement, but on their color they can go where that black man would meet sudden death if he would attempt to go. Bat I am advocating brains, brains. I am telling my people to think, and as long as the school room is open and you hear of hundreds of graduates, you put it down that a beiter day is just over the fence. I want to pay my respects at this time to Prof. G. W. Trenholm, presi- dent of the State Normal School, Montgomery, Ala, an__ institution which is taking on new life under his administration, and will in a short time rank with, the best in the country. This school is as old as the hills, so to speak. For many years’ at its head was a white man, Prof. Patterson, and he was considered a good white man. He remained at the head until death claimed him, and then followed @ man of our race, Prof. John W. Beverly, who was the pioneer. He had been connected with the school from the days when man's memory goes back. He knew it, and had the respect and love of the people. He started the ball to rolling, and now steps in a younger man, a man with a vision, and he is just going on and on, making friends and doing the work. Prof. G. W. Trenholm is a school man. I have known him for several days myself, and I know he is am ag: i ‘as progressive, gressive as well as progressive, ane Oldest American Newspaper. ‘Taé New York Globe was founded ‘ox December 9, 1798, by Noah Webster, ‘as the “American Minerva.” It was renamed “The Commercial Advertiser” on October 7, 1707 and was again changed to “The Globe and Com mercial Advertiser” on February 1, 1904 This Is the oldest dally news paper still in existence in America. A weekly paper, the New Hampshire Ganette, was established in 1756 and fs still publisbed. ‘The Hartford Courant was established as 2 weekly, the Connecticut Courant, in 1764, and te now a dally. Scemed to Be Something Wrong. ‘Kenneth’s mother bad been to the a a a ot roe oy for her return. ‘The day of ber homecoming be took « chair up to the window and watched every aute pees with his ttle nose flattened ‘against the window pane Suddenly ‘an auto pulled up, bis mother looked out and waved, and Kenneth dashed Se oe Oe OS tapes ee was overjoyed at seeing him, to ery, and Kenneth looked ‘and sald: “Ooh, mother dear, you all well yet?” will just take time to name those asso- ciate with him and you will see for yourself. G. A. Payne, director of senior high school and department of science; John W. Beverly, department of history; H. C. Trenholm, depart- ment of education and English; S. R. W. Smith, mathematics; K. Elizabeth Smith, Latin; Venus H. Lewis, house- hold hygiene, study room supervisor; J. F. Drake, director of junior high school, and mathematics; Mary F. Terrell, English; Dora D. Beverly, so- cial science; Bertha L. Smith, director of training school and education; Olive L. Brown, supervising critic teacher; Sarah B. Lyons, supervising critic teacher; Murilla T. Garner, supervis- ing critic teacher; Agnes J. Lewis, su- pervising critic teacher; Rosa L. Shaw, art teacher; F. D. Adait, music; Lucile Goodgame, home economics; Josie ‘A. Murry, home economics, domestic arts; Camilla Hightower, physical cae: cation; I. H. Caffey, special prepara- tory school; Annie M. Doak, registrar and librarian; T. H. Williams, manual training; Ethel Hatcher, stenographer; Willesse Simpson, secretary to presi- dent and commercial teacher; Susie J. Govan, English teacher. I have been dealing in education and educational matters. I have been te so many schools and associated with so many college presidents and profes- sors until I am just feeling like my head is larger than my body, and I believe it is, but I do not want to get that big head disease, for there is no cure for it. If a horse gets the big head they kill him, and if a man gets the big head he dies at his own hands. God help me to keep my head down. Now you take last week. I spent a few days at Kittrell, North Carolina, at Kittrell College, and was the direct guest of President G. A. Edwards. I slept in his house, ate at his table with his family, was treated like I was some college president myself, and the stu- dents were so kind to me until I could hardly walk. Selieve me when I tell you I am going back there for some ‘more treatment. I have been getting my name in the paper, and they tell me I am spelling better, I am writing better, and I am getting better looking until Tam about to call myself “Bet- ter.” Is that a good name?. I believe I will be just Charles E. “Better” Stump. How would that sound? But I am not ashamed of the name my parents gave me, so I will just cling to it. Up to Washington, where I had the pleasure of meeting one of the reat. est business men and financial men in the race—yes, in this country—saying nothing about race or color, Prof. John R. Hawkins, financial secretary of the A. M. E. Church, and who has guarded well the treasury of his church, and who is doing things in great shape. Then I called to see Hon. Emmett Jay Scott and will talk about him and Howard University in my next letter. I am going back to that big school and will be some pumpkins there. We are all getting ready now for the meeting of the Bishops’ Council in New York in June. At the same time the National Negro Business League! will meet next August in Norfolk, Va.; the National B. Y. P. J. and Sunday School Congress will meet in New Or- leans, La., in June; the A.M. E. Allen Christian Endeavor League will hold a national convention in Chicago next August; the National Baptist conven- tion will meet in September in Los Angeles, and the people are getting ready to send their preachers out there for a few days’ outing. I will have more to say to you later. Will you kindly let me have a line from you? I will have more to say to you next week. CHARLES E. STUMP. ‘Solitaire is a game played on s board invented with 88 or 37 hemi sphere hollows, with the same num Der of balls or marbles, Am unoceu- pled hollow is left by removing one Dall, and the balla, or pieces, are then captured as in checkers No moves are allowed tn @iagona! directioas or over more thas ope apace at a time ‘The trick is te leave a solitary ball is the center hale, ‘Unethiest ‘Bicbbe—"I was pretty well down in the world when am idea suddenly struck me” Slobbe—“It's « cowardly Mee thet would strike a man when he is down” And Most Husbands. Brery milliner knows how muck @ woman's vanity goes to her head— Boston Transcript. Other Than Material Things, ‘Our own experience bes taught ws that even is thie world of reality here exists dreams snd desires, Ghoughts and feelings of beauty, of Sustien, and love, thet asp of the ‘Beblest and lcftiest.—Mectatiod: EQUAL TO ALL EMERGENCIES Little Thing Like the Running Out of Oil for His Engine Easily Over. ‘qoute by Travelon, How we all enjoy stories with a re- sourceful hero! No corpered hero of ounce ever showed more ingenuity than Mr. Roy Chapman “Andrews showed when he ran out of motor oil on the Gobi desert. We quote Mr. Andrews’ exploit as he narrates it in Natural History : We were returning to Kalgan from Urgu, the capital of Mongolia, when we made our discovery. Since the oll had all leaked out of the cans, and we could not go much farther, we were debating what to do. Then as our car swung over the summit of a rise we saw the white tent and the graz- ing camels of an enormous caravan. Of course Mongols would have mutton fat; why not use that for oll? ‘The caravan leader assured us that he bad plenty, and in ten minutes a great pot of fat was warming over the fire. We poured it into the motor ‘and proceeded merrily on our way, but there was one serious obstacle to our enjoying that ride. We had had little food for some time and were very hungry, and when the engine begun to Warm a most tantalizing odor of roast lamb rose from the car. Short- ly I imagined that 1 could even smell mint sauce. On another occasion when we were without cup grease for the cars Mrs. Andrews sacrificed all the cold cream ‘and vaseline that she had prepared for a summer in the field. We also substituted Mongol cheese with good results —Youth'’s Companion. FIRST AMERICAN GOLD COINS What Are Known as Eagles Placed in Circulation in the Year 1792— Bird as a Symbol. ‘The first American gold coinage of eagies, half-eagles und quarter-eagies, of the value of $10, $5 and $2.50, re spectively, was placed in circulation im 1702. ‘Since that date the United States mints have turned out 117,620, 365 double engles, or $20 gold pieces; 49,611,289 eagles, 74,360,570 hulf-eagles and 15,580,208 quarter-eagies. One and three-dollar gold pleces were for- merly coined, but they were discon- tinued in 1800. The first coin called an eagle was used in Ireland in the Thirteenth cen- tury, and was so called from the fig- ure of an eagie impressed upon It, but it was made of base metal. The stand- ard of the eagle was borne by the an- clent Persians, and the Romuns also carried gold and silver eagles as en- signs and sometimes represented them with a thunderbolt in thelr talqns. Charlemague adopted the double- headed eagle as the standard of the holy Roman empire. The eagle was the standard of Napoleon I and .Na- poleon III, as well as Austria, Prussia and Russia. An Gas Cutie “May She Invite Him Into the House?” asks an advertisement for the Book of Etiquette; and explains tie Mlustration thus: “They have Just re- turned from a dance. It is rather late, but the folks are still up. Should she invite him into the house or say good night to him at the door? Should bé ‘ask permission to go into the house with her? Should she ask him to call At some other timer” One answer crowds upon another's heels, so fast they follow. First, we shouldn't take seriously the laws of etiquette laid down by anybody who, speaking of the not-yet-retired parents, says “the folks aré still up.” What sort of girl has “folks”? Dear, dear! not to say Fie, fie! Second, if it's the kind of dance now current’ the folks wouldn't be still up; thes’d be up al ready. And as to what sbe should do, no book ever published can help her. The questions are all local issues, de- pending on her and him. Our solution is that she should ask him in to break- fast—New York World. ‘Starboard and Port. ‘The ancient rule of the road was to keep to the right and drive from the left, because the first animals Griven in civilized countries were cat- tle and the driver, walking beside bis oxen, plied his gad with the right hand. Italian sallors made starboard the right side of a ship in their earliest voyages. The term was evolved by the rt from “sata borde.” mesn- ing this aide, while larboard came from the belmaman, first probably with gestures of the hand accompanying the call. In heavy weather, and under other adverse conditions, the two terms be- came confounded frequently in speech. Larboard was dropped and in Its place port was employed, for port meant port wine, which is red, and red is the color of the light on that side of the abip. Mystery Explained. In Lake Manitoba there is « little Island from which Issues a mysterious sound. The Indians supposed this is land to be the home of Manitoba, the speaking god, and from this is dertved the name of the lake and the province. The real cause of the sound is the beating of the waves upon the huge pebbles lining the shore. On the north- em coast of the island is a long low cil t, composed of Snegrained itme- stone, which, beneath the stroke of a hammer, rings like steele The waves breaking at the foot of the cilif cause the Umestone fragments to Gash ‘one Against the ether, and the sound thus produced resembles the chiming of distant bella. Piet ‘arrer. ‘esos tak a le erie wwe delleve we could do better in seme ways, avoiding the mistake, for iy stance, of trying to make our witee Pongyentaag eg Sareg lie ag came to visit us—Ohio Stele Journal. HON. S. B. TURNER Re-Nominated to Make the Successful Race for the Legislature from the First Senatorial District of Ilinois. SMALL BIRDS FALCON’S PREY | FLOWERS FOR ALL PURPOSES Peregrine, Like the Pirate He I8,| Some Simple Rules, the Observance of Takes Toll From Weaker Crea- Wine may or may Not Lead te ‘tures of the Air. ‘Peoulante, ‘It was reported recently that in the eyrie of a peregrine, a vicious bind, the rings of 22 racing pigeons were found. ‘The peregrine fulen often kills birds which are unfortunate enough to cross its path. Peewits and other binds that frequent the coust ure relentlessly pur- sued by this hawk, smd unother prey is the golden plover, but this bind af- fords the hawk x good chase before It is caught. ‘The peregrine catches its prey by protruding its strong legs and talons to thelr fullest extent when within a few feet of the quarry. ‘Then for a moment {ts wings are almost closed, and the vext the prize Is seized and carried off. If, however, the object Is too heavy to be lifted from the ground It is forced along wnnetines » hundred yards on the ground, and killed and devoured on the spot. ‘The nest of the peregrine is usually placed on the face of some precipitous cliff, resting on a shelf of rock oF tuft of vegetation, and consists of u mass of ticks aud course stems of grass and ferns. “Blood Money” was the name ap- plied in the Middle axes and well ints the more moderu period to the money Duid for bloodshed. It might be either the compensation pald by « manslayer to the neurest relatives of the victim, to secure hiwself and his ib frpm Vengeance, or the money pald as # reward for bringing about the death of another, directly or through evi- dence. It was once common among the Scandinavian and Teutonic peo- ples, who culled this money payment wergild. The price varied with the nature of the crime and the rank of the vietim. Certain crimes, such as the slaying of « sleeping person, could not be compensated by a money pay- ment; such criminals were declared outlaws and could be slain with im- punity. The term is now often applied to the reward or bribe paid for giving up & criminal to Justice. Original Piayine Cards. ‘The original pack. of curds was a quiver of arrows. Playing cards. ure regarded as derived from the divina- tory use of the arrow away back in the cradle of civilization—Chinu or India, says Stewart Culln, the archae- ologist. ‘The ancients played games with marked arrows, and the Museum uf Archeology, University of Pennsyivania, bax several spectmens ‘of these priultive playing cards. Ancient Chinese and Corean cards are long and narrow, and by thelr dexign and name show unmistakably that they re conventionalized shaft- mewix of arrows, retaining tn thelr «iit warks the mume symbolism as that “the quiver of arrows from which they ere derived. The old Corean and Ainese name for playing cards is “fighting tablets.” ‘Wes Just “Checking Un” Une morning « vegro sauntered in- to the office of a white friend. “Good- mawnin’, Mr, Withrow. Kin I use zo’ phone a minute?” he asked. “Why. certainly, Sam.” Sam called bis num. bér, and after = few minutes’ wait, said: “Is this Mra. Whiteside? Weil I seen in de papeh where youall want- ed good cullud man. is you still wantio’ one? Then the man youse got lg puflectly satisfactory, and you doesn’t conpempiate makin’ no change soon? All right, ma'am. Good-by.” Mr. Withrow called to Sam as he jeft the phone, “Now that's too bad, Sam, that the place is filled.” “Ob, dat’s all right, Mr. Withrow, I'se de nigger what's got de job, but Ise jest a-want- tn’ to check up.”—From the Argonast. ‘Womes im Chine never kiss, and when 2 Chinese woman wishes to show her affection she gently touches the hand of her beloved. “Some folks,” said Uncle Eben, “kts oo Gams os See promos 8 weg "em te de treutle of explainte’.” “Blood Money.” FLOWERS FOR ALL PURPOSES Some Simple Rules, the Observance of Wine may or may Not Lead te Popularity. “What you tiguring on?” asked the Horist of lus advertising awriter, “Un an elaboration inte details of our pln to say it with flowers. I have urranged to state that the man who wants tw sulle at bis wife should use swuilux, that the man that wants te growl al her ocgst two say It with Uger lilies or dog-tsch violets, that the bird who wants to sweeten ber up without the expeuse of a box of choco- lates may use cundytuft, that instead of giving ber a wrist wateh you can preseut her with u bunch of four S'clocks, thut he who wants to serve notice on his spouse that be is out uf funds needs only bund her « cluster of touch-me-uots, that when the larder is low and the grub money gone he can slip her some butter-and-eggs plucked from the roadside, that if be is be- wildered by his love for the sweet young thing he cun express his feel- ings by sending around a nosegay of love-to-a-mist, that if he thinks his girt Js a cat and is afraid to say so otber- wise he can endow her with a vase of ‘pusay-willows, thut if she bas & low- down opinion of him she can have « cormge bouquet of skunk cabbage de- livered at his house—that's about as fur us I have it worked out now."— Retail Ledger, Philadelphia. ‘NOT FOR PUBLIC PERUSAL New York Girl Who Kept a Diary Found Moana te Hide Home. Comings From Mamma. Ruth was approaching ber nineteenth yeur and she considered herself old envugh to remain at social affairs as lung as she pleased. Her tolerant ‘mother contended that a girl ber age should be howe at. 11:20. Ruth kept « diary, When shecame home ove night after mother had gone to bed mother took the liberty of read- ing ber daughter's diary. “To bed at 12:25 «. mw.” she said, the New York fon wave, When Ruth retarned from the office that evening mother and daughter had 4 quarrel. It was not long afterward that Huth again came home from a dance after every one bad gone to bed. Faithfully she sat down and wrote in ber diary. Mother arose vext morn- ing earlier than the remainder of the famfly and rushed to the closet which held the diary. Quickly she turned the Page until she came to the last cen- (tribution. “Arose at 7:30." she read “and went to the office. To lunch with Al, my country Romeo. Home to dinner at 6. To dance at the Center with Flos- sie at 8:30. Fine time. Home——” And then mother could read no more. What followed wan written in short: hand, Drama Democratic. It ts the good fortune of the drama that it is the most democratic of the arts, since it wust direct itself to the people as a whole. Yet thls appeal to ‘the multitude has never debased the drama. “Hamlet” and “Tartuffe” are most popular plays; and they are also” masterpieces of dramatic art. Shake- ‘speare and Moliere did not condeseend to the public; they gave that public the best they had in them, but with the utmost care to give it also what they knew it relished. Of course, very few pleces have ever had the breadth of appeal of “Hamlet” and “Tartuffe"; and the modern dramatist, when he is building bis play, is Mkety to have in mind some subdivision of the throng— either the larger segment that craves: the Gerce joys of melodrama or the to dlaces the protien pay Denner to discuss the Matthews, t And Few Really Enjoy it. “Bren de dictionary can't tell everything.” said Uncle Eben. “Cop. Sor pet cae nobody I ever saw news echchy ehet ana = r ee K Haney. so Neon) sacs Se took es . eases ty ot mont omy ‘Keaping Heney. - Sicily Greer Praises EXELENTO QUININE Saye her hair was short, coarse and Before using this ; wonderful hair grower. “YOU can have soft, silky hair that an be easily dressed. EXELENTO has made happy thousands of women who had Sy ee eee g etal aking brittle ord ru scalp, try a bor of EXELENTO QUININE POMADE. Foren cl cancers en Em epics oo EXELENTO MEDICINE COMPANY, Atlanta, Georgia eee rec men a eaten oe oS Beatririss. an ciment for dar. TELEPHONE DOUGLAS 1 | : GEORGE F. HARDING, JR. REAL ESTATE Up-to-Date or Modern Houses, Apartments and Stores to Rent 3101 COTTAGE GROVE AVE. Corner 31st 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, President PHILIP J. DUNN, Secretary , FRANK J. DUNN, Vice-President HH. X. COMERFORD, Treasurer ESTABLISHED 1877 ; JOHN J. DUNN’ Telephone Oaldand 1550 5100 Federal Street « CHICAGO : : 9 Pano What TLLisa good substantial citizen B who, like many of us, had, Ralph up to a short time ago, never saved his money systematically. E He never really thought seriously wrote of investing in bonds until he was 6 * married a few years ago. Being in- to Bill experienced in financial matters, he wrote several leters to Ralph, an attorney friend. of his, who" an- swered all his questions in avery simple and clear manner. E $ ‘We have just published a booklet called “‘An Investor's Letters” . 5 which contains all of Ralph’s and Bill's correspondence. You will ‘ “find it very interesting and it may clear up some of the questions you a \ have in your own mind about in Beas sy sc Fs We shail be glad te send “‘hn Investor's Be iG PO] Letters" free af charge or thligation : Seige i te anyone cwhe requests it. . ees Se ae ee ae : eae Ree een Reem ieee w: £E Sk State Gow ; Supervision ES amg. sid Ginetths State onsiee’ od eee fe eandiakieriihaies ieee cs eh Se Sa rr ere RR oh ee eae coed | Phone Main 2017 A. L. WILLIAMS ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW Suite 706 Firmenich Building 184 W. Washington St. CHICAGO Residence 3655 Prairie Ave. Phone Douglas 9133 Residence, 1262 Macalister Place Telephone Monroe 2714 MILES J. DEVINE . ATTORNEY AT LAW ‘Suite 318-320 Reaper Block Clark and Washington Sts. CHICAGO Telephone Central 1239 Why Save for a “Rainy D Day”? # ‘There'll be no rainy day, %, only sunshine and smiles, for those who have acquired the a habit of saving and laid by 2 sufficient sum to tide over the Fajares adversity that some poor folk [i term “rainy days.” Open a savings account in this strong Roe bank today. ee | ILLINOIS TRUST & SAVINGS BANK La Satle ont Jackson Streets Chicago cree fiz A . E> SEA ae ce ¥ \ Who Is This? Notary Publei Phones: Office Main 4153; Residence, cl 4751 Champlain “eed Walter M. Farmer ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW 708—1 Ww. Wi Ss. Suite 184 ee ALMOST WORSHIP THE MANGO Natives of india Have Good Reason to Thtok Wishly of Test Realty tote rae Mango trees line the roads on the Bot Indian plains which stretch out level “like the palm of a hand,” a far as the eye can see. These trees about 40 feet in height, clothed tn thick, heavy foliage, not only affor¢ & welcome cool shade in the hottest day, but a variety of fruit which is said to have no rival in sweetness flavor, deliciousness and food value Under these trees the village schoo! 4s kept in the forenoon, and the vi lage children learn to love them from thelr childhood. Nature is very prolific in the tropics, for one mango tree may yield almost half a ton of fruit in one season. ‘The ‘mango fs a fruit varying in size from small pear to a large coconut. The thick skin protects the fluvor, and ex- cept for the stone, the.entire fruit ts used in many ways. It 18 eaten raw, oF rather sucked, cut in slices, made In- to jam, pickles and mango cakes, and is used as a flavor for both sour anil sweet foods. ‘Mango ice cream is a very delicious food, but, perhaps. of all the tree's Products, ‘mango chutney is the most famous. Mango is also used as a med!- cine, and 1s a specific for sunstroke, which tt cures almost instantly. The poor Indian peasant loves this tree to almost adoration because of Its won- derful qualities. @arier Basle of Welant. | During the reign of Henry VIII standards of length and weight were ‘established with actual grains of wheat and barley as a basis. Three Darley corns were an inch, and from ‘that ‘was bailt up our table of inches, ‘feet, ells (yards), perch and acre. One restriction wus that the burley corn must be dry and tuken from thie middie of the cur-and tuid end to end. Under this same system 30 grains «/ wheat made a pennyweight, und frow ‘that as. basis they worked out Uv ‘Troy pound in which 12 ounces x4) make a pound. Originally the si« Of slices were based upon grains « berley, and it is sald that! these un the same today as in the early days ‘There were 13 grains of bariey to euch size. “Furlong” is un old English word meaning “furrow long” and is based ‘upon the length 2 furrow Would be tm @ square ten-acre field cag locspnt ar Protein Foods. ‘When we eat proteti we io reality 18 or 20 cubstances, Mnown as amino acids, each une of which may have quite special functions in nutri- tion. Some proteins are deficient in wit tage Sep eo ow ns of corn and grain, | for that: reason peututs are at eat st to a cereal diet,” Sn ee a corn and cereal feeds to animals or as = to wheat protein when used with wheat fiour in bread making CHICAGO, ILL, SATURDAY APRIL 29, 1922 Office Phones: Main 1612, 1854 | W. G. Andere Attorney-At-Law | Notary Public | 184 W. Washington St., Cor. Wells Sutin: 600: Paseastehs Ste: cet ee i | (CHICAGO Se eves There Was a Reason. Jimmy was visiting hix aunt, whe ‘was a good cook, and he enjoyed every i Pe ed a ae water aol cousins, who were fat and Tosy, and sald: “I know now why you got such fat kids” The End. i “Tl never ask another girl to marry me as long as I live.” groaned the un- happy fellow. “What! Refused again?” asked his sympathetic friend. “No, ae cepted. you fool!” A *T ain't got no use fo" a whining man,” said Charcoal Eph, in a rumina- tive mood. “De Lawd made man fo’ t fight an’ cuss, an’ woman fo’ weepin an’ lamentin’. Eat a prune, Mistat Jackson.”—Richmond ‘Times-Dispatch. Leok Uoward. ‘If we look down. then our shoulders stoop. If our thoughts look down, our character bends. It ix only when we hold our heads up that the body be comes erect. It fx only when our thoughts zo up that oar life becomes erect.—Alexunder MeKenzie, NEW YORK HINT OF VENICE Reservoir Ie Beautiful Spot, With Stately Homes That Seem to Arteo From the Water. What the Brooklyn bridge is to the resident of Brooklyn the reservoir is to the middle uptown New Yorker—a refreshing and beautiful place for a brisk walk, says the New York Sun. ‘The reservoir, particularly the up- per one, with a path on the brink, is « place-of romance. Across the water rise stately houses; they seem almost on the edge of the water, like the houses of Venice, Sometimes the water is a sheet of lee. One day it seemed like a stretch of gray taffeta, with inserts of blue crepe where the wind rippled the patches of water that remalved. Close to the shore broken bits of ice tinkled continually against & stretch of solid ice, with the sound of sleigh bells, ‘But in summer there is another aspect to the reservotr, Horseback Fiders gallop around in fetching cos- tumes, while the water-sparkles in the san. But there is one point at a certain hour that lifts you out of New York, out of America, out of the world. The point is the western stretch of the southern side. ‘The hour is sunset. The act Se seodnend. by Go tountatn. 0 high sweep of spray painted with rainbow shades by the setting sun. Up goes the stream, swirling into & gigantic feather in the gentle hands of the, breeze. Suddenly the rainbow appears, to vanish as the wind swings the spray in another direction, to re- appear again for a few breath-catch- ing seconds. The spray sweeps here and there, covering you for an instant. The sun leaves. it for a moment and the fountain becomes a bridal Out comes the wun and ashes into glory. || Ca “ - m C * G = DT eo 5 4 eee NE its a hey Pa rae So oe eee Ok | ne Le acs - Pe LY 1 = e r ae Foy re a. oe eee | eee i ees ee eae ap icr an aia re is mae 0S CORO NM ENT Sritn Cys i E bo os oem Fie mets fe pe Ne = - a | | pe SLD _ i. ES . Ea | E | SS Sy = sistscelill iiaedleallaiaaa, hua ST eanameatneneenat Beene. = Po Se EE eae me Come g ee ae a a Ernest H. 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Telephone Oakland 1550 5100 Federal Street CHICAGO A. L. WILLIAMS ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW Suite 706 Firmenich Building 184 W. Washington St. CHICAGO What BILL is a good substan who, like many up to a short time ago, his money systematically. What Ralph wrote to Bill BILL is a good substantial citizen who, like many of us, had, up to a short time ago, never saved his money systematically. He never really thought seriously of investing in bonds until he was married a few years ago. Being in-experienced in financial matters, he wrote several letters to Ralph, an attorney friend of his, who answered all his questions in a very simple and clear manner. We have just published a booklet called "An Investor's Letters" which contains all of Ralph's and Bill's correspondence. You will find it very interesting and it may clear up some of the questions you have in your own mind about investment matters. We shall be glad to send "An Investor's Letters" free of charge or obligation to anyone who requests it. LINCOLN STATE BANK OF CHICAGO Under State Government Supervision 31st and South State Streets Telephone Victory 4500 5100 Federal Street Phone Main 2017 Residence 3655 Prairie Ave. Phone Douglas 9133 Sicily Greer Praises EXELENTO QUININE POMADE Says her hair was short, coarse and nappy before using this wonderful hair grower. Is silky hair that can be easily dressed. made happy thousands of women who had It will do the same for you. If your less or if you have dandruff and itching EXELENTO QUININE POMADE. Price by mail 25c can receipt of stamps or coin. WANTED—Write for Particulars. CINE COMPANY, Atlanta, Georgia INN BEAUTIFIER, an institution for dark, sallow skins, in treatment of skin troubles. EPHONE DOUGLAS 1 F. HARDING, JR. Modern Houses, Apartments d Stores to Rent STAGE GROVE AVE. 31st Street, Chicago Phone Yards 27 NITURE Bed Beds, Electric Washers, ors, Stoves, Paint, Oil, ware, Linoleum STUCKART 19 ARCHER AVE. St ident PHILIP J. DUNN, Secretary ident H. X. COMERFORD, Treasurer STABLISHED 1877 CHICAGO Residence, 1262 Macalister Place Telephone Monroe 2714 MILES J. DEVINE ATTORNEY AT LAW Suite 318-320 Reaper Block Clark and Washington Sts. CHICAGO Telephone Central 1239 BILL is a good substantial citizen who, like many of us, had, up to a short time ago, never saved his money systematically. CHICAGO Why Save for a "Rainy Day"? There'll be no rainy day, only sunshine and smiles, for those who have acquired the habit of saving and laid by a sufficient sum to tide over the adversity that some poor folk term "rainy days." Open a savings account in this strong bank today. ILLINOIS TRUST La Salle and Jack ILLINOIS TRUST & SAVINGS BANK La Salle and Jackson Streets Chicago [Picture of a man in a suit with a tie]. Who Is This? Notary Publici Phones: Office Main 4153; Residence, 4751 Champlain Avenue Phone Kenwood 5611 Walter M. Farmer ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW Suite 708—184 W. Washington St. CHICAGO ALMOST WORSHIP THE MANGO Natives of India Have Good Reason to Think Highly of That Really Wonderful Tree. Mango trees line the roads on the hot Indian plains which stretch out level "like the palm of a hand," as far as the eye can see. These trees, about 40 feet in height, clothed in thick, heavy foliage, not only afford a welcome cool shade in the hottest day, but a variety of fruit which is said to have no rival in sweetness, favor, delicousness and food value. Under these trees the village school is kept in the foreroom, and the village children learn to love them from their childhood. Nature is very prolific in the tropics, for one mango tree may yield almost half a ton of fruit in one season. The mango is a fruit varying in size from a small pear to a large coconut. The thick skin protects the flavor, and except for the stone, the entire fruit is used in many ways. It is eaten raw, or rather sucked, cut in slices, made into jam, pickles and mango cakes, and is used as a flavor for both sour and sweet foods. Mango ice cream is a very delicious food, but, perhaps, of all the tree's products, mango chutney is the most famous. Mango is also used as a medicine, and is a specific for stunstroke, which it cures almost instantly. The poor Indian peasant loves this tree to almost adoration because of its wonderful qualities. Barley Basis of Weight During the reign of Henry VIII standards of length and weight were established with actual grains of wheat and barley as a basis. Three barley corns were an inch, and from that was built up our table of inches, feet, ells (yards), perch and acre. One restriction was that the barley corn must be dry and taken from the middle of the car and laid end to end. Under this same system 30 grains of wheat made a pennyweight, and from that as a basis they worked out the Troy pound in which 12 ounces still make a pound. Originally the size of shoes were based upon grains of barley, and it is said that these are the same today as in the early days. There were 13 grains of barley to each size. "Furlong" is an old English word meaning "murrow long" and is based upon the length a furrow would be in a square ten-acre field. Protein Foods When we eat protein we consume in reality 18 or 20 substances, known as amino acids, each one of which may have quite special functions in nutrition. Some proteins are deficient in certain of these acids which are lacking in the proteins of corn and grain, and for that reason peanuts are an excellent supplement to a cereal diet, whether in the form of a meal or press cake fed with corn and cereal feeds to animals or as a supplement to wheat protein when used with wheat flour in bread making. CHICAGO, ILL. SATURDAY APRIL 29, 1922. T & SAVINGS BANK Jackson Streets Chicago Office Phones: Main 1612, 1854 W. G. Anderson Attorney-At-Law Notary Public 184 W. Washington St., Cor. Wells Suite 603, Firmenich Bldg. Residence: 3384 Vernon Avenue Phone Douglas 6045 CHICAGO Jimmy was visiting his aunt, who was a good cook, and he enjoyed every meal. One day after an unusually good dinner he glanced at his three cousins, who were fat and rosy, and said: "I know now why you got such fat kids." The End. "Till never ask another girl to marry me as long as I live," groaned the unhappy fellow. "What! Refused again? asked his sympathetic friend. "No, accepted, you fool!" Charcoal Eph's Philosophy "I aln't got no use for" whirling man," said Charcoal Eph, in a ruminative mood. "De Lawd made man fo" fight an cuss, an "woman fo" weepin an lamentin." Eat a prune, Mistat Jackson."-Richmond Times-Dispatch Look Upward. If we look down, then our shoulders stoop. If our thoughts look down, our character bends. It is only when we hold our heads up that the body becomes erect. It is only when our thoughts go up that our life becomes erect.—Alexander McKenzie Reservoir Is Beautiful Spot, With Stately Homes That Seem to Arise From the Water. What the Brooklyn bridge is to the resident of Brooklyn the reservoir is to the middle uptown New Yorker—a refreshing and beautiful place for a brisk walk, says the New York Sun. The reservoir, particularly the upper one, with a path on the brink, is a place of romance. Across the water rise stately houses; they seem almost on the edge of the water, like the houses of Venice. Sometimes the water is a sheet of ice. One day it seemed like a stretch of gray taffeta, with inserts of blue crepe where the wind rippled the patches of water that remained. Close to the shore broken bits of ice tinkled continually against a stretch of solid ice, with the sound of sleigh bells. But in summer there is another aspect to the reservoir. Horseback riders gallop around in fetching costumes, while the water sparkles in the sun. But there is one point at a certain hour that lifts you out of New York, out of America, out of the world. The point is the western stretch of the southern side. The hour is sunset. The magic is produced by the fountain, a thin, high sweep of spray painted with rainbow shades by the setting sun. Up goes the stream, swirling into a gigantic feather in the gentle hands of the breeze. Suddenly the rainbow appears, to vanish as the wind swings the spray in another direction, to reappear again for a few breath-catching seconds. The spray sweeps here and there, covering you for an instant. The sun leaves, it for a moment and the fountain becomes a bridal veil. Out comes the sun and the fountain flashes into glory. UNIVERSIDAD MADRID UNIVERSIDAD MADRID The End. FUNERAL DIRECTORS ERNEST H. WILLIAMSON UNDERTAKER PRIVATE ANCILLANCE AUTOS AT ALL HOURS ALL KENWOOD ASE 5121 ERNEST H. WILLIAMSON UNDERTAKER GARAGE GASOLINE OIL OPEN DAYS NIGHT Day Light Chapel, capacity 200, Outside Ventilation—Organ and Organist Free—I am as near as your Telephone—I give service at a reasonable price—Distance immaterial, consult me—I save you wor y, time and money. PHONE MAIN 2314 A. D. GASH ATTORNEY AT LAW 118 N. La Salle Street CHICAGO Residence 3342 Calumet Ave. Telephone Douglas 1278 Residence Telephone 3342 Calumet Ave. Douglas 1278 JAMES G. COTTER ATTORNEY AT LAW 145 NORTH CLARK STREET SUITE 407 Telephone Central 8384 CHICAGO Formerly Assistant Attorney General State of Illinois Res. 3646 Grand Boul. Doug. 4397 J. 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