The Broad Ax

Mr. Justice James H. Cartwright Who Has Served for Twenty-Five Years As One of the Most Honorable Members of the Supreme Court of This State Calls Upon the People to March to the Ballot Box on Tuesday, December 12, and Defeat the Infamous Proposed New Constitution of Illinois HE CLEARLY POINTS OUT ITS GLARING "DEFECTS" IN THE NEW BASIC LAW; HE CONTENDS THAT IT WILL BOOST THE TAXES OF THE POOR PEOPLE WHILE THE RICH WILL ALMOST GO SCOT FREE, AT THE SAME TIME TRANSFORMING THE MEMBERS OF THE SUPREME COURT INTO SLICK AND TRICKY POLITICIANS, WHO WILL BECOME THE HEAD BOSSES OF THE GREATEST POLITICAL MACHINE IN ILLINOIS. THE SIGNS OF THE TIMES SEEMS TO INDICATE THAT THE HONORABLE JUSTICE ORRIN N. CARTER AND HIS FAITHFUL BAND OF FOLLOWERS ARE ON THE DEAD RUN. Read The Broad Ax and be happy Mr. Just for Two able M State Ballot the Inf HE CLEARLY REGLARING "DEFIN BASIC LAW; HE IT WILL BOOST THE POOR PE RICH WILL A FREE, AT THE TRANSFORMING OF THE SUPR SLICK AND TR WHO WILL BE BOSSES OF THE LITICAL MACH THE SIGNS OF THE INDICATE THA ABLE JUSTICE AND HIS FAITH LOWERS ARE O Mr. Justice Cartwright, who has always remained true to the common people and has been ever-watchful of their best interests, is firmly convinced that the proposed new constitution should never be adopted; that in case the majority of the people vote in favor of it, that they will regret it the longest day that they live. In the following open letter or statement to the people he very plainly sets forth his main logical objections to it. Mr. Justice Cartwright goes on to state: "There has been practically no objection to the present constitution except in relation to revenue, and to some extent a feeling that the privilege of amendment ought to be more liberal. "It is important to note that the provisions of the present constitution have been interpreted and settled in a long course of judicial decisions, and that any changes made will necessitate new constructions, and this is so in the proposed constitution from changes made in the language of various sections where it is claimed no change was made in meaning. "Considering the settled construction of the present constitution and the apparent satisfaction of the people, it will be conceded by every intelligent person that there ought to be some substantial advantage to be secured by the adoption of the new instrument. Power of Taxation Increased "The reason for calling and assembling the convention was mainly to improve the revenue article, and it may be conceded that in some respects that has been done, but it has greatly increased the power of taxation to the manifest detriment of the taxpayer. "The instrument contains the present compulsory provision for taxation of property according to value and permits the substitution of tax on income from intangibles, but, having accomplished that so as to produce an equitable distribution of the burden, the instrument authorizes an income tax covering the income from the same property. The farmer and business man may not only be required to pay a tax on his property but an income tax, not as a substitute, but an addition based on the income from the same property. "In addition, while the present constitution authorizes the legislature to tax a long list of persons or privileges, --- THE BROAD AX this instrument authorizes a general tax on all occupations, so that the farmer, mechanic, and practically every other person will be liable to a tax on his occupation. The present condition in respect to taxes is that the burden is already unreasonable, and it affects every social and economic condition and what is required is restriction and not expansion. "No one ought to be deceived into approving an instrument because it makes a more equitable provision for taxation while the result will be that he himself will have to pay more taxes. **Adds to Farmers' Burden** "It would be but poor satisfaction for the farmer to know that moneys and credits are taxed if he also is to bear increased burdens, and that would be the inevitable result, because the instrument itself provides for additional offices and expenses. "It is idle to say that the people can restrain the legislature in that regard, for it is universal in human experience that expenditure always goes with income. I can not elaborate this subject in this letter, but there is no question but what taxes will certainly be increased." Takes Up Judiciary "There are other questions of the very greatest importance which are receiving no attention from the advocates of the proposed new constitution, and these especially relate to the judiciary. The new constitution changes the time for the election of judges from June, when no other officials were elected, to November, when the president, governor, congressmen, and county officials are elected on political platforms — and the issue is between political parties. "The Supreme court is the final arbiter of the rights of the citizens and frequently where political questions are involved it is absolutely essential that, like every other arbitrator, even in the smallest matter, it must be absolutely impartial, free from political bias, prejudice, or entanglements of any sort. "That has been accomplished by the election in June, when the single office did not attract the attention and was not worth the bother of any political party. Under that system, the Supreme court is the only branch of the state government untouched and unaffected by politics or political parties. One of the Most Prominent and Hard Working Members of the City Council, He More Than Ably Represents the People of the Second Ward in That Body, and He Is Strongly in Favor of Re-electing Hon. William Hale Thompson Mayor of Chicago in 1923. "To change the present system will involve the candidates in politics, create obligations, compel contributions to the political campaign, and make the office a political one with disastrous results. Rules of Practice Provision "It is argued for the adoption of the instrument that the provisions for making rules of practice and the procedure with the power of the legislature to set aside the rules, is a wise one. If the people favor such a proposition, the legislature may give the authority at any time without any new constitution if it is judicial in its nature. "Another provision respecting the judicial system is not only uncalled for but unwise, mischievous, confusing and productive of expense and additional taxes. It is a requirement that circuit courts shall always be open for business. The offices of the clerk and the sheriff are and always have been open and the provisions mean that court shall be in session all the time. "The legislature will have the right to fix terms when the grand jury shall appear and petit jurors attend. A court is not a court without a judge; and the provision means that the judge shall be in every county all the year round." "Then the ridiculous thing about it is that the constitution provides for three judges in five or more counties, constituting a circuit and to be om- HON. LOUIS B. ANDERSON Host Prominent and Hard Working Council, He More Than Ably R the Second Ward in That Body Favor of Re-electing Hon. William of Chicago in 1923. nipresent in all the counties is beyond human capacity. How the convention came to adopt such a provision is a mystery. "The instrument provides for holding courts in cities which provide and maintain suitable facilities for holding court so that the records of the Circ cuit court are to be scattered around or carted from place to place instead of having an abiding place at the county seat where a person interested can find the records and where they are properly preserved. "The instrument gives original jurid iction to the Supreme court to try cases in the first instance in quo war ranto and cases of general public im portance, which is needless and against the public interest. "There are other provisions which are objectionable, but those I have mentioned ought to be conclusive against the adoption of the instrument by the people." Mr. Justice Cartwright has rendered the people residing in all parts of this state a great and everlasting service by taking a bold stand against the adoption of the new proposed constitution and we feel dead sure that it will be defeated by the vast majority of the voters of this state Tuesday, December 12th. HONORABLE MR. JUSTICE ORRIN N. CARTER AND HIS ASSOCIATES SEEM TO BE SPENDING A WHOLE BARREL OF MONEY IN THEIR MAD EFFORT TO RAM THE NEW CONSTITUTION DOWN THE THROATS OF THE PEOPLE OF ILLINOIS. Hon. Harold L. Ickes, who is honestly attempting to rescue the people from falling into the outstretched hands of the money lords of this state, has called on the Honorable Mr. Justice Carter to take the people into his confidence and tell them where he is getting the money from that is being blown in right and left in his mad effort to put the new proposed constitution over the plate next Tuesday. But so far the Honorable Mr. Justice Carter continues to preserve that valuable and most important information under his wise judicial hat. BISHOP VERNON HOME ON LINER MAJESTIC New York, N. Y.—Among the passengers aboard the White Star Line steamer Majestic, which docked here last Tuesday, was Bishop W. T. Vernon, of the A. M. E. Church, who returned from his diocese in South Africa. 5 CENTS per copy THE HOLIDAY ISSUE, OR THE TWENTY - SEVENTH ANNIVERSARY EDITION OF THE BROAD AX WILL APPEAR SATURDAY, DECEMBER 23rd. IT WILL REACH THE HIGHEST WATER MARK IN ARTISTIC AFRO- AMERICAN JOURNALISM IN THIS COUNTRY. IT WILL CONTAIN MANY BEAUTIFUL HALFTONE CUTS OF THE LEADING AND MOST SUCCESSFUL BUSINESS MEN RESIDING IN THE GREAT CITY OF CHICAGO. IT WILL BE PRINTED ON AMERICAN HALFTONE ABERDEEN BOOK PAPER, THE PAPER ALONE COSTING MORE THAN THREE HUNDRED DOLLARS SPOT CASH. 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Write only on one side of ‘the paper. ‘Subscriptions must be paid in ad- vance. ‘Six Months .......--+.+------$L00; Advertising rates made known on application. ‘Address all communication to... THE BROAD AX 62% vo. Elizabeth St, Chicago, It Phone Wentworth 2597 JULIUS F. TAYLOR Eéiter and Publisher Associate Editor DR M. A. MAJORS December 9, 1922 Vol. XXVIII No. 12 Seen SSS Ratered as Second-Class Matter, Aug. 19, 1802, at the Post Office at Chicago, TH Under Act of March & 1879. Seen i FRIENDS HOLD INTER-RACIAL CONFERENCE By Wm. Anthony Aery Philadelphia, Pa—The Friends have always stood fearlessly and faithfully by men, women and children whe were disadvantaged but who were making a brave struggle to find a way ‘out of their troubles. This spirit stil prevails, as was shown in the recen conference which was held, in the Friends’ Meeting House, Fifteenth and Race streets, under the auspices of the Philadelphia Yearly Meeting ‘Committe on the Interests of the Col- ored Race and of the Philadelphia Inter-racial Committee. Dr. Elbert Russell, director of the ‘Woolman School, Swarthmore, Pa, preseried a resolution calling for an ‘open inter-recial conference to dis- exss metiods of promoting inter-racial ‘unanimously adopted. ‘A well-known Philadelphia Friend, J. Heary Scattergood, presided at this ‘conference, which was called to con- sider “The Importance of Teaching Modern Sociology Squarely;” “The Preparation of Up-to-Date Text-books for Civic Classes;” “How to Teach Inter-racial Understanding and Co- operation;” “Qualities Needed in Civ- ics Teachers;” and “The Problem of Segregation.” Anne Biddle Stirling, chairman of the Philadelphia Inter-racial Commit- tee, referred to the fear and prejudice im the minds of white people which keep them from thinking clearly on problems of race relations. Mrs. Stir- ling stated that altogether too many, white children are given the idea that the Negro as a class is dirty, ignorant and lazy. She pointed out clearly the need of teaching white children—and colored children, too—about Negroes who have made important achieve- ‘ments. Principal Leslie P. Hill of the Cheyney State Normal School spoke ‘on “The Negro’s Contribution to American Life.” “We must have stated,” he said, “those important features of the lives of colored peo- ple about which we have heard too Tittle. Newspapers and magazines are quick to exploit the negative aspects of the race problem. Seldom do we get any hearing for the uplifting fea- tures of the-Negro problem. There is the deep-fixed conviction in the ‘minds of many white people that the colored people of the United States are a worry, 2 problem, and an em- barrassment.” Nelson of the Philadelphia-Wilming- ton Advocate, said: “Many children receive their picture of the black race through 2 picture of some Hottentot which they have seen in an elemen- tary geography. Every locality has its history tinged by prejudices. There is a prevailing need of giving children ‘the needed facts concerning Negroes. ‘We do not teach literature. We are ‘taught literature. Very often a good poem has a high value in shaping bu- ‘man’ lives. Very often the wall of pipe permicrien, San net pred truth. We need to begin with Tittle children by giving them correct pictures of the contributions which all “groups have made to civilization.” __ "the New South and the Negro “Dr, James Hardy Dillard, president ‘of the Jeanes and Sliter Boards and rector of William and Mary College spoke, on. ‘1 ‘to Promote Inter- racal Unders wg and Co-opers- on.” - Dr. Diller the fol A pala t Tin Fobasl re ae are sae “Gon through State organizations. (2) “The: Oe aod aoe Sea ee es ees aot nat get sathe i Ee Ne , i ~ HON. M. K. SHEARIDAN He Was Finally Elected as One of the Members of the Board of Assessors of Cook County, to the Great Delight of His Hosts of Friends, After a Hard-Fought Battle. wae qe esent heging to cngsove Ge public schools, received from public tax funds $3,402, In 1921-1922 the Jeanes teachers received from public tax funds $114,521. In 1912 four county training schools were estab- lished. The counties all together gave for these county training schools (there were three that finally ran through the year) $3,334. In 1921- 1922 156 county training schools re- ceived from public tax funds $657,911. Doctor Dillard pointed out that “the great body of Southern people hair lynching and want it blotted out.” He said that there are hoodlums every- where, North and South. He stated that “education, religion, and public sentiment are extremely important factors in the adjustment of race problems.” He expressed his admira- tion for educated, refined, cultivated colored men and women who live in good houses and have good surround- ‘ings but who are rudely handled by public-service men. “These educated colored people show great temperance without servility and are indeed Chris- tians who exert unusual self-control. If Jesus Christ is right, then the Ne- groes have taken the right line in be- ing temperate and patient. I repeat- edly say to colored people, ‘Don't quit being Christians’” Negro Education in Delaware Dr. Joseph H. Odell, director of Srrvice Citizens of Delaware, in his address on “Equal Educational Op- portunities for Negroes” said: “Pierre S. duPont and I visited Negro schools in Delaware week after week in 1919. We found the Negro schools in de- plorable condition. A photograph was made of every Negro school and every Negro school was carefully measured. We secured a complete picture of the Delaware school system for Negroes. We found that not a single Negro schoolhouse was worth saving. The Negro school houses were insanitary, foul, and inadequate. During the past eighteen months Delaware has built fifty-one Negro schools with ninety-three rooms. There has al- ready been completed $706,000 worth of Negro schools. Under contract now there are Negro schools which will cost $215,000 in addition. There are still mine Negro schools to be built.” Dr. James E. Gregg, principal of Hampton Institute, declared that men and women are looking to Deleware as a model State im careful educa- that the problem of raising the level of education is that of working hardest where the problems are worst. He pointed out that Negro education must be undertaken for the interest of both white and colored people. ‘Negro Education in Pennsylvania Dr. Thomas E. Finegan, State super- intendent of public instruction for Pennsylvania, who spoke on “The Re- sponsibility of the State for the Edu- cation of the Colored Race,” traced im some detail the Negro background through 250 years of bondage. He discussed the conflict of two import- ant idenr—democracy and slavery. He stated that the Negro problem has al- ways been treated in the spirit of com- promise. “The principle of charity has been eliminated from State public~ school systems,” he said. “There are ‘now constitutional provisions for the securing of educational facilities for the free public-school education of all citizens. We should-open to colored ‘people the door of opportunity through the public schools, The Na- Negecs saeadont fiat. Hack Negroes } facilities, Each state has 2 similar obligation for the eer ‘Col. Franklin A. Denison, 4223 Vin- cennes avenue, Assistant Attorney General of Illinais, has for the past week been confined to his home with illness. | NEW YORK NEGRO PAINTER- ARTIST WINS FAME IN PARIS Albert Alexander Smith Wins High Distinction at the Salon de Beauxil- let, the Suydam Bronze Medal and the John Armstrong Challoner ‘Prize. Again our attention is called to a member of our group who bas aspired to the uppermost realms of success in the pursuit of higher learning. Albert Alexander Smith, a lad in his early twenties, born and reared in-the San Juan Hill section of New York City, who began his career when a child drawing pigs and cows to amuse his playmates, now has the eyes of the artists of the world upon him. He was graduated from the DeWitt Clinton High School and was awarded a schol- arship in ethical culture and by the artistic guidance of Miss Irene Weir, a niece of the late J. Alden Weir, the academician, he has succeeded in at- taining. honorable mention all over Europe. He has been abroad: since June, 1920, and his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Smith, are looking for- ward to his visit home with great anx- iety. His proud parents are over- joyed in learning of his wonderful success and are receiving a host of congratulations from their many friends. | DON'T THINK OF HELL AND YOU'RE SAFE, SAYS COOK Washington—If you don’t think about hell there will be none, George Shaw Cook, Chicago lecturer, de- clared at the Fourth Church of Christ, Scientist, here. “Christian Science shows that the only hell is belief in the reality of evil, matter, disease and death,” Mr. Cook said. “This hell, obviously, is not in one ‘place more than another and the only way to keep out of hell is to keep hell out of him—out of his thinking.” This new kind of hell may be all right —Editor. THE BROAD AX, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1922 The Best City Oil inspector That Chicago Has Ever Had and He Is Ready to March On to Victory With Mayor William . Hale Thompson in 1923. CHARLES E. STUMP, THE REGULAR TRAVELING CORRESPONDENT FOR THE BROAD AX, HAS COME TOLIFE AGAIN AFTER BEING LOST AWAY DOWN IN TEXAS. Hillsboro, Texas—I am _ getting ready to have an Old Aunt Dolly time Christmas, for I have been invited by Mrs. Elvie L. Stewart and her bus- band to come and spend Christmas with them, and I have accepted the invitation, and they are going to have turkey, o'possum, sweet potatoes, hominy, bread and butter, and I am told that the butter is to come from Tuskegee, and I expect to reach there December 24, from California, and what a time we are going to have. But here I am in Texas, and this week Iam the zuest of Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Jordan, and believe me, my friends, I am stopping in one first- class home this time. Mr. Jordan is a man of great experience, for he was at one time a wild cowboy, way out West, and can place an apple on your head and Shoot it off with his re- volver without hitting you, and when he desires he can hit you in the kill- ing spot every time. He is an expert with a revolver, He is now the lead- ing butcher in this part of the world, and he won the heart and hand of Miss Martha J, Thurman, an accom- plished and educated woman who was engaged in the school room until 12 years ago, when she resigned to be- come the wife of the prosperous butcher, and now they are happy, with two sons. He threw open his home to entertain those who attended the Central Texas conference of the Afri- can Methodist Episcopal church, pre- sided over by Bishop William Decker Johnson of Plains, Ga, and who is without a doubt the Bishop of the common people as I have told you be- fore, and who is doing big things down here in Texas. Another con- ference is to be organized just as soon as the bishops meet in Colum- bia, S. C., next February. We are all planning to be there. It has been a pleasure for me to be in this place and mingle with good people. When I took my pen in hand 10 write to you last week I was way out in the country, eating chickens, urkeys, “possums,” potatoes and all the other good things to be found in the home of a big wealthy farmer, and that is whefe I was. I left there, 1s you can see, and Bishop and Mrs. Johnson accompanied me to Italy, where I was invited by the Rev. Dr. Prince, pastor of the Baptist church, ieee eae nee ree nd you will believe me when I tell ou they turned out in large numbers o hear me. I do not know as I have told you bout Rev. Prince before, for this was ny first time in Italy. He is an ag- rressive young minister who is des- ined to make the world know that he 1as been this way. He is a fine reacher, a good pastor, and is putting p a church there that will be a credit o any city or any people. He has ad flattering offers from Dallas, larg- r churches, more pay, but he desires o do something among the people vho need him, and when this has been complished then he may consider ther calls. He stepped over into Paris, IIL, and von the heart and hand of Miss Cecil Thomas, who was at one time secre- ary of the Wood River Sunday schoo! | onvention, and:she is one more good | horthand writer. She is at the head | f the class. I had a fine time with hese young people and was sorry rhen I had to leave them. They) reated me like a father. I have been | nvited to return. Although Texas at! HON. HUGH NORRIS il inepector That Chicago Has March With | os err times may appear near the hot place, yet they are doing things down here. Producing men and women. It takes a man to live down here. From Italy, I made my way to this town, and reaching town I was sent to my stopping place, and then 1 found that the Rev. S. J. Johnson, D. D., who is to be the next secretary of Church Extension, had been_ here ahead of me, or he had reached fown, left his regards for me and half dozen very large apples, and believe me they were just particularly fine. Rev. John- son had made a trip in Arkansas and Oklahoma and reported that great things were being done by the two bishops, Ross and Parks. Now, I was soon in company with Bishop and Mrs. Johnson, and I want to tell you that Mrs. Johnson is bring- ing things to pass. She is wonderful. I spent Thanksgiving with them and ate some real turkey down here in Texas. In the same place where I stopped were Revs. G. B. Young of Houston, Texas; J. B. Butler, the evangelist for the whole A. M. E. connection, a wonderful man, and Rev. H. S. Simms, pastor of Allen Chapel A. M. E. Church, Ft. Worth, Texas, and the man who has announced that he is going to give Prof. John R. Hawkins a chase for the financial sec- retaryship. That will be settled at the general conference. He is a man of ability and worth. He has been assigned to Fort Worth for the third time, and I wish you could have seen them people give him a banquet and welcome reception, for they are proud of the wonderful work he is doing here. He is a man who just makes friends, and I recall when he was assigned here, or before, the people got in wind of it, and they protested against his coming to Allen Chapel, because people declared that he was ignorant, illiterate, and many other things, but when he preached his first sermon all this cloud was dis- pelled, and the people took hold of the new pastor with love. It looked like all Fort Worth want- ed to do him honor, and he is to be jound in everything that looks like work or racial uplift, and his money s into anything that means racial bet- erment. This reception and banquet were to the pastor and his wife, hence Mrs. Simms had a hand in it also, for she is working to make things happen nere with her husband. Some of the people who figured in his were Mrs. Josie L. Moore, Mrs. |. H. Stephenson, Mrs. J. W. Tildon, Mrs. P. V. Walker, Mrs. R. E. Jor- lan, Mrs. J. N. Seals, J. H. Jones, W. D. Donifer, J. N. Seals, J. H. Jones, Mrs. M. E. Jones, and the steward ind stewardess boards No. 1 and the Missionary board all took part in mak- ng this a wonderful success. They had a program, and I would ike to tell you something about it. Anthem by Music and Literary Club; wrayer, J. MI. Jones; chorus, M. and .. Club; welcome, on behalf of the hurch, C.C. Marion; welcome on be- lf C. M. E. Church, Rev. I. E. Rob- nson; solo and chorus, Club; wel- ‘ome on behalf St. James Baptist hurch, Rev. J. H. Winn; Response, y Dr. H. S. Simms, and then followed parch to the banquet hall. Toast to he pastor's wife by J. N. Seals, and he presentation of bouquet of honor y Mrs. Sallie Bowens. I will not ive you the menu, but it was up to ate, believe me. Eres aa 5 734 =e COL. AUGUST W. MILLER The Present Honorable and Up-to-Date Clerk of the Circuit Court of Cook County Who Could Make a Winning Race for Mayor of Chicago in 1923. People who have been attending banquets for years, declare that they have never seen anything like it in ‘Allen Chapel. Mrs. J. W. Tildon de- livered an address on this occasion. expression of love for the people and for the pastor and his wife. She spoke on the spirit of co-operation which brought forth many applauses Now the new year has started, and Dr. Simms has told them his plans for this year. Big doings at the church until next annual conference. Texas people are getting ready to go to the meeting of the bishops in Columbia, S. C., in February, and it is going to be some meeting, for the candidates are going to be there and make slates as far as possible, but no slate will be made without the con- sideration of the Rev. Dr. Mance, president of Allen University, Colum- bia, John A. Gregg, president of Wil- berforce University and S. J. Johnson for the position I have spoken of be- fore in this letter. Texas is full of men and then it is full of candidates. Some will be left, and some will be elected. I don't know just what is what, but I have ‘seen great possibilities in the Rev. E. J. Howard, who is a presiding elder, and one of the best-known men in Texas. He is known the country over, and is a man of ability. But I am not talking for men now, yet it is my duty to let you know how things are mov- ing along. 2 ‘We are all glad to know that Dr. Robert R. Moton has returned from Europe and is once more ready to give us information. He has done some great things for us over there, and he is doing greater things over here. He is a man of great worth to the whole race. He is going to have something to say to the public in a short time. I would advise that you get to the Farmers’ conference if pos- sible. Secretary Holsey is doing some real work for the National Negro Business League. God bless all of you now. I will have to bring this letter to a stop. I am in St. Louis as you read this letter, and you may address me in the future 5922 Aberdeen street, Chicago, CHARLES E. STUMP. LEADING WHITE WOMEN PLEDGE RACIAL GOODWILL ‘North Carolina Group Joins Southern ‘Movement for Christian Race Relations STRONG STATEMENT OF PRINCIPLES Special Emphasis on Protection of ‘Women, Children and Home; Mob ‘Violence Condemned Atlanta, Ga. (Special to The Broad Ax)—Another important step in the South-wide movement for better race relations was taken when 18 repre- sentative North Carolina women met in Raleigh in October, accepted mem- betship in the State Committee on Race Relations, and gave out a vig- orous declaration of their principles and purposes. The personnel of the group was most notable, including outstanding leaders of the State Federation of Clubs, the State Welfare Board, and the big church organizations. It is doubtful if there could be found in the State another group of equal num- ber having as wide connections and able to wield as great an influence. ‘After a day given to earnest study of the interracial situation, the group drafted and gave to the public the fol- lowing statement: “We are conscious of a world con- dition of restlessness in which race friction plays a conspicuous part. We cannot ignore the fact that this pre- sents 2 problem in which the South is 20 acutely involved that we are con- scious that the eyes of the world are upon us, questioning our course. We cannot shirk the responsibility of tak. ing up the challepge, grasping the op- portunity presented, seeking’ a solu. tion to this problem and demonstrat ing it on our Southern soil. "We believe that anrest existing be tween two different races dwelling side by side under the same economic sys. tem and the same government can be lessened, and eventually dispelled by a course of justice and fair play. When fone race exceeds the other in num. bers, in possessions and in opportuni- ty, there is but one solution. As a Christian people we hold the clements of that solution. It lies in the culti- vation of an attitude of faimess, of good will and a conscious determina- tion to establish an understanding sympathy. “We believe that every human being should be treated not as a means to another's ends, but as a person whose aspirations toward self-realization must be recognized; that we must cherish racial integrity and racial self respect, as well as such mutual re- spect as will lead each to higher moral levels, to mutual trust and mutual helpfullness. We believe that in this Process certain values must be devel- oped and maintained. “No family and no race rises higher than its womanhood. Hence, the in- telligence of women must be cultivat- ‘ed and the purity and dignity of wom- anhood must be protected by the maintenance of a single standard of morals for both races. “The right of childhood » and safety, to the training — and mind in right habits an¢ *!:> ~ in right purposes, is uncs The childhood of every racr safeguarded, for ‘races mov) i» ‘on the feet of little children “As a foundation for socis! = for all races the family ideal must be made possible by economic justice, by religious sanction, by legal safeguards and a single standard of morals. “We believe that violence has no place where people lend their support in every possible way to the agencies constituted by the people for the ap- prehension, trial and punishment of offenders against society. We resent the assertion that criminality can be controlled by lawless outbreaks, and woman's honor protected by savage acts of revenge. “We believe it our highest duty to pursue these methods toward harmon- jous racial adjustment. “We believe that bitterness, resent- ment and strife will yield to mutual trust only as we steadfastly cultivate in both races these attitudes and this faith in our common humanity. “To these ends we pledge our, elves.” Similar organizations of women have been effected during the last_year in Georgia, Alabama, South Carolina, Virginia, Tennessee and Texas. This enlistment of the women is generally regarded as one of the most significant shases of the good-will work that is yeing done throughout the South by he Commission on Interracial Cooper- tion, which came into existence in 919 and now has branches in every jouthern state and in 800 counties. HON. ANTON J. CERMAK SE- LECTS MR. HENRY A. SON- NENSCHEIN AS HIS PRIVATE SECRETARY. Monday afternoon Hon. Anton J. Cermak was sworn in as one of the County Commissioners and president of the County Board in the midst of many of his close and warm friends and with a great profusion of rare and beautiful flowers all around him. Hon. Robert M. Sweitzer adminis- tered the oath of office to him, and the first official act performed by him was to select Mr. Henry A. Sonnenschein as his private secretary, who served ia that same capacity while Mr. Cermak was Chief Bailiff of the Municipal Court of Chicago. ‘Mr. Sonnenschein was also secre- tary to Mr. Cermak while he was at the head of many of the important committees of the City Council. ‘Mr. Sonnenschein is very popular with all of the big politicians in the City Hall and in the County Building and is the right man in the right place. THE MAN ABOUT TOWN Takes Up the Black Man's Burden from Various Standpoints Presents a Few Facts That Can't Be Disputed by Anybody They tell me that Virgil Williams who has got the "Aldermanic bee buzzing in his head" appeared before the City Federation of Women's Clubs on last Monday (one of our select organizations among women of the race) and with hands uplifted high towards the heavens, and with a trembling voice, promised them that he would close every buffet flat, gambling dive, moonshine joint, and run every woman who "solicits" off the streets in the second ward, if they will vote for him, for alderman at the coming primaries. He also promised them that he would close all of the cabarets and dance halls that are run in a loose way; he even promised to put off the police force all crooked policemen. I expect he will see to it that the police "run all men and women in" who are seen on the street after dark. H! Ha! Ha! Poor "Virgil." I wonder who told him that he was aldermanic timber or, in short, that he could be elected alderman? I wonder what he will do to remove the Royal Gardens, his former dance hall, from the confines of the second ward? They tell me that the old Royal Gardens, which was formerly run by him, was one of the worst joints this side of Hades. I have seen young girls in there myself, who were under 18 years of age, "shaking the shimmy" to their hearts' content, while my good friend Virgil Williams sat by supinely and smiled to his heart's content. It is enough to make a "mule laugh" to see him now parading around against his former bosom friend, Alderman Anderson, who thought so much of him a few years ago that he (Alderman Anderson) carried him as his guest to the Pacific Coast when Mayor Thompson made that memorable trip with a committee from the city council. Ohl isn't it a shame how quickly the "brethren" forget a good deed done for them at the time when they need it most? No wonder Hon. E. H. Morris (who is one of the greatest Masters the race has ever produced) used to say that "the brethren and sisters think more of you when you make them pay you for your services." He evidently has been "stung" and had made up his mind not to "let the same bee sting him twice." You may win at that, "Verg," but I "can't" see it. Do you get me? Well then! * * * I went into a business place the other day, operated and owned by the "brethren," and as I entered I spied the "big mogul" as the head of the concern. As I have done with him for many years, I started into talk of current G. O. P. WHIPPED BY FILL BUSTER KILLS DYER BILL White Flag Raised by Senate Caucus Washington, D. C.—Success crowned the filibuster of senate Democrats against the Dyer anti-lynching bill when Republican senators in party caucus voted to abandon the measure completely. The Republican majority acted after the Democrats, by what is generally conceded to have been one of the most efficiently conducted filibusters in the history of the senate, had prevented the transaction of any business for the fourth consecutive legislative day. The obstructionist tactics of the Democrats, moreover, were threatening more than a thousand presidential nominations, which had to be confirmed by Monday noon, when the special session ended. Lets Majority Decide The Republican caucus was preceded by a conference attended by Senator Lodge of Massachusetts, the Republican leader; Senator Curtis of Kansas, the Republican whip, and Senator Shortridge of California, in charge of the Dyer bill. Senator Shortridge, who has been unmovable throughout the filibuster, was understood to have agreed at this conference to allow the fate of the bill to be decided by a majority caucus. The final decision, however, was to direct Senator Lodge to inform the Democratic leaders that the bill would be pushed no further, either at the special session or at the regular session. This means the death of the legislation, which the Democrats have attacked as "a force bill" and as unconstitutional. Lodge Makes Statement Senator Lodge made the following statement on the Republican decision: "The conference was in session nearly three hours and discussed the question very thoroughly. Of course, the Republicans feel very strongly, as I do, that the bill ought to become law. The situation before us was this: Under the rules of the senate, the Democrats who are filibustering could keep up the filibuster indefinitely and topics of the day. Every time I would say something, I noticed that he would answer me in a low tone; a somewhat of a "grunt" like hogs would give you when you disturb them in their slumbers at 4 A. M. during "hog killing time." I looked at the "brother" and wondered what caused such a great change in his treatment of me, and it occurred to me that he is at the head of a great, big million dollar corporation and I at once excused him; because that is usually the custom of some members of the race. When they are up against it they will "eat out of your hand"; but, good Lord, don't let them "get on their feet" or even start to get up, not saying nothing about walking, and they won't speak to you. The more money and the more success the "other fellow" has the more polite and courteous he gets. Nothing "swells his head." He can stand prosperity and enjoy it without mistreating his friends. Remember, dear "brother," that you must and are depending upon the general public for your success in business. To get their patronage you can't act "stiff." You must "loosen" up a little. Cut that society stuff out in business; that making a fuss over Mr. A. and when Mr. B. comes along, because he has on overalls you try to snub him or treat him discountre. You can't succeed at that. Do you get me? All money looks alike and so should all people when it comes to business. Hear me, brother, if you want your business to prosper. This is some plain truths. *** Did it ever occur to you, when thinking of the young womanhood of the race, what limited opportunities are placed in the reach of young colored girls who are graduating every day from our schools and colleges? There is hardly a door in the commercial world open to them among the white business men, unless it is scrubbing or some cheap job that requires little or no intelligence to hold. And among the "brethren," unless the Almighty God has blessed them with a fair complexion and "flowing hair," their road with him is rough, and they won't remain very long. Their days with him are numbered. Oh, what a shame! Ability is the thing that should count, and the day is not far distant when it will have to count if we as a race ever expect to attain that high mark in civilization that rightfully belongs to us. Awake, folks, from your slumber; you are still fast asleep. Am I right? You know it. Some more plain truths. Hear me. THE MAN ABOUT TOWN. there is no doubt that they would do so. "An attempt to change the rules would only shift the filibuster to another subject. We cannot pass the bill in this congress and therefore we had to choose between giving up the whole session to a protracted filibuster or going ahead with the regular business, which includes farm legislation, the shipping and appropriation bills." Senator Lodge and his milk and water Republican associates should forever hang their cowardly heads in shame and humiliation for permitting Senator Pat Harrison from the backwoods (Mississippi) and Senator Underwood of Alabama and several other loud-mouthed, so-called southern senators to outgather them. For our part we have never entertained a very high opinion of Senator Lodge, for he lacks the backbone of a jellyfish when it comes down to standing up for right and justice. For he places farm products, shipping and appropriation bills far ahead of human lives.—Editor. URBAN LEAGUE NOTES The annual meeting of the Chicago Urban League was held in Room 414, 163 West Washington street, yesterday, at 3:00 P. M. The meeting this year was strictly a business meeting. A report of the year's work was rendered and nominations for membership on the Executive Board were acted upon. The Coleridge Taylor Concert Orchestra made its first public appearance Sunday, December 3rd, at Walter's A. M. E. Zion Church. The orchestra has been practicing steadily for six months; and showed it by a well-rendered program, which included selections from Pryor, Grieg, Haydn and Rossini. The audience in the Rossini number was so taken off its feet by the rousing climaxes that they broke into applause several times in the middle of the number. Mr. Harrison Emanuel was the soloist of the occasion. As usual he was enjoyed by an audience that packed the house to the doors. THE BROAD AX, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1922 U. S. POWERLESS TO MOLEST KLAN, DAUGHERTY SAYS THE STORY OF "THE ILLINOIS FEDERATION OF WOM- CLOTHES Jurisdiction Is State's, Not Federal Washington, D. C.—Although the department of justice is keeping close watch on the activities of the Ku Klux Klan, it finds itself powerless under existing law to proceed against the organization. This was the substance of a letter received by Senator Walsh (Dem. Mass.) from Attorney General Daugherty, in response to his demand that the federal government take steps to prosecute the Klan. "I have not been able to find a single set of facts which come within the four corners of section 19 of the penal code as interpreted by the courts," Mr. Daugherty's letter said. "The rights and privileges referred to in section 19, according to the court's interpretation of it, are substantially those denominated in the fourteenth amendment. Your correspondent who thinks that the activity of the Ku Klux Klan falls within the policy of the prosecution of the I. W. W. is far afield, in that the defendants in the I. W. W. cases were prosecuted for a conspiracy under section 37 of the penal code, which denounces a conspiracy to do some act, which act is in violation of some statute of the United States other than section 37. "The so-called law legislation created certain offenses. Section 37 was invoked to prosecute a conspiracy to violate these war acts. The tar and feather parties, assaults, homicides, etc., which you describe in your letter, fall within the police power of the several states." JACKSONVILLE. FLORIDA The Circuit Court Grand Jury recently issued a report of the County Jail. In this report it criticized the administration of the sheriff, particularly with regard to the section occupied by Negro men. It declared that toilet provisions were inadequate, there being one such for 25 men. It is the same with shower and sanitary basin. "When the men are locked in their individual cells after 6 o'clock in the evening they are denied the use of these accommodations until the cells are opened in the morning. This portion of the jail is filthy and the equipment should be moved and replaced with modern equipment." The sheriff is allowed 55 cents for the food in inmate but the report reads, "It would appear to this jury from the food inspected and from the information gained in conversation with prisoners that less than half the amount allowed for each man is expended for food." The jury found the white men's and women's and colored women's departments in satisfactory condition. FEW COLORED PEOPLE KNOW IT Few colored people know it, yet it is true. The colored people in this country have a railroad superintendent. Mr. Grant H. Williams, of St. Louis and Toledo, has the honor of being in charge of the dining car service on the Toledo, St. Louis and Western between Toledo and St. Louis and also on the Ann Arbor railroad, between Toledo and Frankford, Mich. LEAVES FOR NEW YORK Mrs. Nora F. Taylor, well known the country over for her evangelistic work, a faithful member and an ardent worker of Quinn Chapel, A. M. E. Church, left on Saturday afternoon for New York and other eastern points. From New York she will sail on Dec. 12th for Monrovia, Liberia, to assist in the missionary work started by Bishop Brooks and to assist in the building of a church. Mrs. Taylor will be away indefinitely. HOLDS ANNUAL SERMON Warden Temple No. 16, Daughters of Elks, assembled at Quinn Chapel Church, Nov. 26th, and listened to the 16th annual sermon which was delivered by Mrs. Nora F. Taylor, past daughter ruler. In appreciation of the good work accomplished by Mrs. Ella G. Berry, daughter ruler, she was presented with a purse of gold, a basket of beautiful chrysanthemums and a past daughter ruler collar. COUNCIL ENTERTAINS Egypt Council, 112, A. U. K. & D. of A., met at its fifth anniversary at the Southside Community House, 3201 Wabash avenue, and rendered a splendid program followed by a repast in the dining hall. Dt. Eliza Jackson, state grand queen and most excellent queen of Egypt Council; Morris Lewis, Miss Irene Smith, M. T. Bailey, Dean William Pickens, field secretary of the N. A. A. C. P., were among the speakers. Mr. George Chapman, 6142 South Elizabeth street, returned home Thanksgiving morning from Waugh, Ala, where he went to accompany his mother to her home at that point, where she has resided for many years. THE STORY OF "THE ILLINOIS FEDERATION OF WOMEN'S CLUBS" By Mrs. Elizabeth Lindsay Davis The first of this week the writer was favored with a copy of a very beautiful and artistically gotten up book, consisting of almost one hundred and forty pages, exclusively devoted to the progress or the advancement of the women composing the Illinois Federation of Colored Women's Clubs. It covers a period from 1900 to 1922. Mrs. Elizabeth Lindsay Davis, who is one of the most prominent club women in the United States, is its author. It carries the motto of the Illinois Federation of Colored Women's Clubs: "Loyalty to women and justice to children." The book is numerously illustrated with pictures of many of the most prominent club women in this city and throughout the state of Illinois. The book is handsomely bound in white cloth and embellished with gold letters. It sells for $1.50 and it is well worth it, for it contains much valuable information which should be highly interesting to women of any race of people. THE THIRTEENTH ANNUAL ESSAY CONTEST Sunday afternoon, December 17, at 2:30 o'clock the Thirteenth Annual Essay Contest will be held at the Institutional Church, 3825 S. Dearborn street. Mr. B. W. Fitts, founder and manager, Mr. Frank W. Henry, Mr. C. Francis Stradford and Mr. Charles J. Jenkins, assistant. A great literary treat is in store for all those who will attend the contest. HUNDREDS GO TO ST. LOUIS A large delegation of Chicagoans left the city during the week for St Louis, Mo., to attend the National Baptist Convention, Inc., which will be in session Dec. 6th to 13th. The main issues of the convention will be the election of the president. Rev L. K. Williams, of the great Olivet Baptist Church, seems to be a strong candidate for the chair. MEETS WITH ACCIDENT Mrs. Elnora Taylor of Robins, Ill., mother of Mrs. Josie Coburn, 3600 Wabash avenue, met with a painful accident on Tuesday afternoon at 63rd and Halsted streets when her right arm was injured by an automobile. Mrs. Taylor is improving at her home. She is a member of Gates Ajar Temple, S. M. T. HAS DINNER FOR FRIENDS Mr. and Mrs. Clark Pickens, 4829 St. Lawrence avenue, newly married couple, served dinner on Thanksgiving day at their residence in honor of a few friends, among whom were Messrs. Robert Porter and Payne Bazell, Mrs. Eugenia Johnson, Mr. and Mrs. William Claybrook. LEAVES $75,000 ESTATE Washington, D. C.—The will of the late Dr. Phil Brooks disposes of an estate estimated at $75,000, including $18,000 in life insurance policies. The major portion goes to his five-year-old granddaughter, Grace Brooks, who is left $10,000, together with all the diamonds and household furniture BUSY IN SUBURBS M. T. Bailey of 3638 South State street, well known in the suburbs, is still busily engaged helping members of the race who are taking the opportunity to purchase homes in the suburbs away from the congested city and in a location where there are good schools and churches and other facilities. GUESTS AT HOME Mr. and Mrs. William Claybrook, 4820 Langley avenue, served an after Thanksgiving dinner on Dec. 3rd at their home. The guests present were Miss Mayme Rich, Mrs. Mary Seams, Messrs. Horace Caldwell and M. T. Bailey. STOPS ENROUTE Hon. William H. Fields of St. Louis, Mo., national grand master of A. U. K. & D. of A., stopped in the city a few days enroute from Detroit, Mich., where he had spent some time on fraternal business. NEW COUNCIL SET UP Nubia Council No. 268, A. U. K. & D. of A., was set to work on Nov. 28th by Dt. Eliza Jackson, state grand queen, assisted by Dt. Ida Simmons and others. Officers were elected and installed. Dr. Mary F. Waring, 6425 Eberhart avenue, spent Thanksgiving day, Thursday, November 30th, at Woodland, Mich., the new summer resort near Idlewild, Mich., and this coming summer Dr. Waring will have her new summer home, at the first named place, ready for occupancy. CLOTHES TO BE MADE AT HOME Simple and Inexpensive Frocks for Summer Wear Help Hold Expenses Down. DOTTED SWISS AND ORGANDIE Materials Are Popular With Women in All Sections; Make Comfortable and Practical Dresses—Gingham Holds Important Place. Simple and inexpensive clothes made at home by the amateur dressmaker, not only reduce the cost of milady's wardrobe, but afford a satisfaction known to every woman—having something made the way it is wanted. The problem of limiting expense and at the same time having charming clothes is one which almost every woman faces at one time or another. This problem may be solved successfully by adopting the plan of the thrifty housekeeper and working on a budget. Hit-or-miss spending is as disastrous in dress as it is in any branch of household expenditure or in business. One way of being well dressed at all times, observes a fashion writer in the New York Tribune, is that of supplementing the expensive models which one must buy with a few simple clothes made at home. It is well to take a lesson from the French women, and if one cannot have a great many beautiful clothes get a few that are good, wear them constantly and then get new ones. In this way it is possible to be much more fashionably dressed than by having a large number of nondescript suits, frocks and hats. Organicle Frock of Slender Outline. Dotted swiss was selected for one model because it is popular with women all over the country and makes a comfortable and practical dress. This dress is worked out in black, dotted with white. Interest is added by white linen ribbon embroidered with black dots, which is used for a sash and to bind the neck of the frock. The scallops are embroidered in white. An organdie dress robbed of its fluffiness may not appeal to the flapper, but it does appeal to almost every woman who has passed the flapper stage. Dresses of the crisper muslins would have a much greater appeal were they more clinging in outline. A fluffy organdie dress carries no appeal except to those who are exceedingly slender. A straightline frock of dark red organdie has sleeves and saak of white organdie ornamented with crisp little flowers made of red and white muslins. Patchwork Pockets From Vivid Silka. Ways of embellishing clothes and adding to simple frocks touches that bring them into an entirely new realm are as important as are the clothes themselves; oftentimes they are more so. A great many women like little or no trimming on their clothes; others enjoy touches of color, ribbons and laces. This is more or less a matter of taste, and it would be making rather a strong statement to say that one is good taste and the other bad. Things of this sort depend largely on individual temperament. There is no reason why a woman should not have any kind of trimming she likes, especially in these days when so many 10 Dress of Beige Kasha, Having Pockets and Collar of Old-Faithioned Patchwork, Outlined With Embroidery Stitch. First London Bridge The first stone bridge over the Thames at London was completed in 1209 and built with rows of houses forming a street. On it stood the chapel of St. Thomas of Canterbury. The present bridge, about one hundred feet farther up the river, was designed by John Rennie and built by his sons in 1825-31; length 928 feet, width 65 feet, 56 feet above the river. School Behind the Times Robert's father has an office with all equipments a modern office has. Robert has been told their different uses. When he came home from school after being in the second class, he said: "Daddy, I think our school must be an old-fashioned one. It makes you do your adding by hand." BOOK CHAT BY MARY WHITE OVERINGTON, CHAIRMAN OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF COLORED PEOPLE. Christmas SAVINGS CLUB The Club will continue for 50 weeks, when checks will be mailed to all members for the amount of their deposits with 3% interest added where payments have been made according to schedule. Join our Christmas Savings Club and solve the Christmas financial problem for next year. Payments may be made in varying sums according to the accompanying schedule: Roosevelt State Bank Capital and Surplus $130,000.00 GRAND BOULEVARD AT THIRTY-FIFTH STREET Telephone Douglas 2260 CHICAGO "MY KALULU" By Henry M. Stanley; Published By Charles Scribners' Sons, New York City; Price $1.75; Postage 10 Cents Extra Some books are so old that they become new. This story of African adventure was written by Stanley in 1873 and it has delighted boys and girls of England and America ever since. As Christmas time approaches and the question of Christmas gifts for the youngsters looms up before us, it is worth while reviewing this oldtime tale. Stanley wrote the story shortly after his famous expedition in search of Livingstone. The scene is laid at Utata, near Lake Tnaganika, and concerns two boys, one Selim, a Mohammed, native of Zanzibar, the other Kalulu, a prince among the Utatas. Selim has been gently reared but is taken by his father when a boy of 14 on a trip to the mainland of Africa to forage for gold and ivory. There his father and all but four boys and two black slaves are killed in an attack by the native Africans. Selim, among the others, is taken captive and endures such torture that he runs in the forest to die. Here he is found by Kalulu and the two black slaves of his father. Kalulu promises to aid Selim and the two boys, attracted to one another from the start, go through the ceremonial of blood brotherhood. After this, we have most distracting adventures with hippopotamus, croco- Mrs. Carrie Warner, 3822 Calumet avenue, enjoyed her Thanksgiving Turkey Thursday, November 30th, at her summer home at Idlewild, Mich., where she superintended some improvements on it. To Outward Seeming Some people with great merit are very disgusting, others with great faults are very pleasing.-La Roche-foucauld. Emotions Act on the Stomach. Emotions, such as sudden fright, act on the human stomach, causing it to alter in shape. Thought for the Day. There is more religion in some men's science than there is science in some men's religion. With Masculine Headings. Life to the firt is a romance containing one chap after another.—Boston Transcript. Speech and Knowledge. Day unto day uttereth speech, and night unto night showeth knowledge. Jova of Mountaineering Mountaineering, for its own sake, is compa tively recent. Mont Blanc, 15,781 feet high, was first ascended in 1786, and at that time writers had only expressions of horror for the attempt. Selfishness Never Brought Joy. Those who think selfishness the short cut to joy, find when they have gone as far as it will take them, that joy is as far as off ever—Exchange. Christ SAVING Open Your Christmas Regular Payments 11th, 1922. The Club will continue for r mailed to all members for the 3% interest added where paym to schedule. 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The style seems very flowery and the story drawn out as I re-read it. But children are less critical of style than adults and more ready. I have often found, to read long paragraphs of description than are their elders. Stanley tells us that every thing in the story might have happened and that much of it did happen, just as he tells it. It was written partly to invoke men's indignation against the slave trade as carried on by the Mohammedans, and it should have succeeded, for Kalulu falls into the hands of the slavers and the reader is filled with indignation and excitement for his final escape to freedom. Colored boys and girls should care especially for this book. Kalulu is a hero whom Stanley evidently loves and draws with fidelity. With his head dress of three tall ostrich plumes, his bright, eager eyes, his lithe body, his bounding step, like the antelope; what child can ever forget him? He gives one a sense of happiness at the wild, free life of the black boy amid surroundings of unparalleled beauty. This is Africa before the white man has touched it, and though it is a trifle savage, it is full of beauty and of heroic deeds. Chinch Bugs Cause Big Loss Fully $46,000,000 worth of wheat, corn, oats, grain, sorghums and broom corn is destroyed annually by chinch bugs, which can withstand most climatic conditions, fungous diseases and parasitic enemies. Purpose. He is a weak man who cannot twist and weave the threads of his feeling—however fine, however tangled, however strained, or however strong—into the great cable of purpose, by which he lies moored to his life of action. Donald G. Mitchell. There's the Trouble. "Sedentary workers need a hearty breakfast." "They do. But poor as they are, they are too proud to accept charity."-Hartford Times. 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