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EXTRA THE BROAD AX EXTRA Mayor William E. Dever, and the Members of His Official Family, or Cabinet, Have Re-established the Wide Open Door Policy in the City Hall. The Chief Executive of the City Has Set the Example Himself In That Direction and During Business Hours the Humblest Citizen, White Or Colored, Can Walk Right Into Their Offices and Transact Their Business Without Any Red Tape. THE PAST WEEK THREE COLORED LAWYERS HAVE BEEN APPOINTED BY MAYOR DEVER TO GOOD POSITIONS. ONE IN THE OFFICE OF THE LOCAL BOARD OF IMPROVEMENTS AND TWO AS ASSISTANT CORPORATION COUNSELS; ONE DRAWING DOWN $6,000 PER YEAR, WHICH IS THE LARGEST SALARY SO FAR PAID TO ANY COLORED MAN IN CHICAGO HON. GEORGE E. BRENNAN, THE GRAND HIGH CHIEF OR GRAND MAJOR GENERAL OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY IN THIS CITY AND ILLINOIS, MUST HAVE RECEIVED SOME LIGHT OR WISDOM FROM ON HIGH WHEN HE URGED HON. WILLIAM E. DEVER TO RUN FOR MAYOR OF CHICAGO, FOR IT IS FREELY PREDICTED THAT HE WILL BECOME THE NEW MOSES OF THE AFRO-AMERICAN RACE IN THIS CITY Not since the days of Mayor Edward F. Dunne and Mayor Carter H. Harrison has the open door policy prevailed throughout the City Hall, for the past eight years the following were the only colored men who were permitted to break into the private quarters or the inner rooms occupied by Mayor William Hale Thompson, nor to be caught near the offices of the other City Hall officials, namely, Rev Archibald James Carey, the political bishop, Hon. Edward H. Wright Hon. Louis B. Anderson, Hon. Robert R. Jackson, Col. "White Jack" Tippier. Even for some time, Col. Oscar DePrigst, who bitterly fought Mayor Thompson at one time, was barred out of his rooms and come to think of it Col. DePriest will fight anyone at least one time if they fail to dance to his music; but under the wise and liberal reign of Mayor William E. Dever there has been a complete change in the City Hall, along that line. For no sooner than Mayor Dever was inducted into office His Honor set the example himself in the way of re-establishing the open door policy by ordering all the doors leading into his rooms to be thrown wide open and to remain open during business hours, so that the humblest citizen of Chicago, white or colored, can come in contact with him, relate their troubles to him, grasp him by the hand and either exclaim "Howdy do, Mr. Mayor," or "Thank you, Mr. Mayor." Just as soon as the members of Mayor Dever's cabinet observed which way the wind was blowing, without the loss of any time they followed in the footsteps of Mayor Dever and now the most critical and ordinary citizen is forced to believe or feel that the City Hall really belongs to all the people of Chicago and that it is not owned by a few pompious politicians who would not be ace high without the votes of the great mass of the people who are deeply interested in the future welfare of this marvelous city, which will for ages to come continue to stand on the beautiful shores of Lake Michigan. Mayor Dever, who firmly believes in the plain and simple life, who is an alround-(real good fellow), cannot be excelled as a good mixer. He is far superior to the late Mayor Fred A. Busse in that respect. Mayor Dever is right at home when he is able to walk up in front of his whole regiment of friends and slap them on the back and exclaim: "Hellow Charley, John, Mike, Julius, Denney, Martin," and so on; and whenever he beholds any colored men or women standing around in the large outer-room leading into the mayor's quarters he will invariably M. B. City. Comptroller of the City of Chicago, Who Is One of the Most Affable and Popular Public Officials in this City or Cook County. He reflects Much Credit on Mayor William E. Dever and His Administration. He Has a Whole Army of Warm and Steadfast Friends Among all Classes of His Fellow Citizens. approach them and inquire of them if they wished to see him on any kind of business. As an evidence of his Democratic simplicity, when lunch time arrives he, in company with his popular and proficient private secretary, Mr. "Artie" O'Brien, will rush cross to Thompson's eating house right in front of the City Hall on the La Salle street side, rush up to the counter and grab off a ham sandwich and a cup of coffee and so on and in less than forty minutes he is right back in his quarters ready for business. He will stride right in through the main door and if the rooms are full of big politicians and other visitors he will stop, shake hands and smile at every person whom he comes in contact with. That act on his part largely accounts for his wonderful popularity and his strong hold upon his fellow citizens. The past week Mayor Dever selected two colored lawyers as assistant corporation counsels of Chicago; Attorney Earl B. Dickerson, Commander of the Robert L. Giles Post of the American Legion, salary twenty-four hundred dollars per year, and the other HON. MARTIN J. O'BRIEN Ofer of the City of Chicago, Whe ble and Popular Public Officials ity. He reflects Much Credit on and His Administration. He Has and Steadfast Friends Among all citizens. colored lawyer will receive six thou- sand dollars per year, which is the largest salary that has ever been paid to any colored man in Chicago. The colored people in this city thought it was a wonderful thing when Mayor William Hale Thompson decided to pay Hon. Edward H. Wright five thousand dollars per year but Mayor Dever, Democrat will pay his leading colored lawyer six thousand dollars per year, which is one thousand dollars per year more than Mayor Thompson paid the Hon. Edward H. Wright. It is evident from the above actions of Mayor Dever that he is fully determined to give the colored people a square deal for the loyal and splendid support which they rendered him at the very time that he needed their votes. * * * Hon. Martin J. O'Brien, City Comptroller of Chicago is fast proving himself to be one of the best public officials in this city or Cook county and he is a very valuable asset to Mayor Dever and greatly relieves him of much of his hard labor. Mr. O'Brien was the campaign manager for Mayor Dever and as such he was the smoothest proposition that has ever come down the pike. During the late city election it was no uncommon sight to observe three or four colored men sitting on one side of his desk; buzzing into his ear and three or four white men sitting on the other side doing the same thing and 10 or 12 men standing around the door waiting to get a chance to talk with him, and with all of the excitement and commotion around him he never lost his poise nor attempted to flare up and jump up in the air and do a whole lot of loud cussing like many politicians or political managers do but on the contrary he would continue to smile and smile and shake hands all around proving far beyond a doubt that he was the right man in the right place. As City Comptroller Mr. O'Brien occupies the most prominent and responsible position in Mayor Dever's cabinet and the doors on his inner office always stand wide open. He has no private office for any funny business; his rooms are always crowded down with politicians and with the BOOK CHAT BY MARY WHITE OVINGTON, CHAIRMAN OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF COL-ORED PEOPLE. "WHERE THE TWAIN MEET" By Mary Gaunt. Published by F. P. Dutton & Co. Price $6.00. Postage 10c Extra This is a history of the Island of Jamaica and the author ends her tale as follows: ing left of white superiority when the author has finished with the slave ship. And if the torture on sea was terrible, the torture in the new land was little better. Mrs. Gaunt has made a study of various plantations and shows the Jamaican as cruel as any Georgia lyncher today. One realizes, reading her story, and comparing conditions in "I hope that if a dark man reads this book he will not think unkindly of me for writing as if there were a difference between black and white. There is, it would be foolish to ignore it, but it is only the difference of education and training. We must remember that in past ages the Anglo-Saxon stood in the market place of Rome chained and in slavery, that blue eyes and daxon hair marked the savage and dark complexion and black eyes the civilized man. The time of servitude of the dark man is a little closer. He has come up to the same stony path that the white man trod, and he will do it more easily and more quickly—he is doing it—because the white man has prepared the way." The history of Jamaica is full of tragedy. This beautiful island, as lovely as any in the whole world, fell first into the hands of Spaniards. They went as adventurers, and left death behind them, killing it, is believed, all the native Indian inhabitants. One can take satisfaction that the climate, coupled with too much alcohol, killed the Spaniard as well. Then came the English, and by the aid of the African slave the land was cultivated and great estates grew up. Mrs. Gaunt is most interesting when she tells of the African slave trade. She has herself visited the West Coast, has travelled for three hundred miles by the Atlantic and has seen the most important of the "Castles," those fortresses about which the Europeans had their settlements. One obtains a vivid picture, both in words and in the admirable illustrations, of the thick grey walls, the terrible dungeons, the waiting ships with their new, strange torture of suffocation in foul holes. There is not leading business men in this city and everybody, white and colored alike, take their turn in walking up to his desk and conversing with him. All in all, Mr. O'Brien, who is the acting Mayor whenever Mayor Dever is absent from the city, reflects great credit on Mayor Dever and his administration. It seems to a blind man sitting away up in the top of the tree that Hon. ing left of white superiority when the author has finished with the slave ship. And if the torture on sea was terrible, the torture in the new land was little better. Mrs. Gaunt has made a study of various plantations and shows the Jamaican as cruel as any Georgia lynchery today. One realizes, reading her story, and comparing conditions in the West Indies with those in our southern states, that man cannot be trusted to remain kindly and humane if he is isolated and be given the power of life and death over other men. Indeed, one does not need to confine one's comparison to the southern states and slavery. Wardens of prisons, superintendents of orphanages, again and again, have been found to practice cruelty toward those in their power. It would seem that it is merely the desire to hold the good opinion of his fellow that makes most men decent toward those over whom they have control. Thus slavery was more humane in Virginia, near the center of population, than in remote Mississippi. In the West Indian plantations, aloof from all European influence, the planter could do as he willed, and often he willed horror. If the planters were cruel the slaves were in insurrectionary. Brawley in his "History of the Negro in the United States," brought out clearly the gravity of slave insurrections in this country and the constant fear under which the planter lived. It is this lingering sense of danger that accounts today for much southern lawlessness. In Jamaica there were several uprisings and the story of the Maroons, who for one hundred and forty years defied the British government is a chapter in romance, though, as are almost all these chapters, a bloody one. In the mountain fastnesses the blacks lived as free men and again and again conquered the British soldiers sent out to reduce them to slavery. It is an amazing story. Mrs. Gaunt's book should be in our libraries. Its almost prohibitive price makes it likely that it will only be in our public ones. It is beautifully printed, a pleasure to hold and to read. George E. Brennan, the Grand High Chief or the Grand Major-General of the Democratic party in this city, county and throughout the State of Illinois, must have been endowed with a large amount of wisdom from on high when he induced and urged Hon. William E. Dever, to enter the race for mayor of this city, for we honestly feel that he will make one of the very best and most popular chief executives that Chicago has ever had. In this city since July 15th, 1899, without missing one single issue. Republicans, Democrats, Catholics, Protestants, Single Taxers, Priests, infidels or anyone else can have their say as long as their language is proper and responsibility is fixed. The Broad Ax is a newspaper whose platform is broad enough for all, ever claiming the editorial right to speak its own mind. It is neither Democratic nor Republican. It is strictly or absolutely independent in politics. Local communications will receive attention. Write only on one side of the paper. Subscriptions must be paid in advance. One Year .....$2.00 Six Months .....$1.00 Advertising rates made known on application. Address all communications to THE BROAD AX 6206 So. Elizabeth St., Chicago, II: Phone Wentworth 2597 JULIUS P. TAYLOR Editor and Publisher Associate Editor DR. M. A. MAJORS Chicago, Ill., May 12, 1923 Vol. XXVIII No. 34 entered as Second-Class Matter, Aug 19, 1902, at the Post Office at Chicago 11. Under Act of March 8, 1879. HAMPTON'S ANNIVERSARY IS MARKED BY RICH MUSICAL PROGRAM By Wm. Anthony Aery Hampton, Va.—The musical programs of the fifty-fifth Hampton Institute anniversary season, which has just closed, brought together from the Lower Peninsula of Virginia and from distant cities large companies of appreciative citizens. The dedication in Ogden Hall of the "Frissell Memorial Organ," built from the Falmer Fund and presented by George Foster Peabody of New York, senior member of the Hampton Institute board of trustees, was opened with the singing of "My Lord, What a Morning," a famous Negro "spiritual," by the Institute mixed chorus of over 800 voices. Chandler Goldthwaite, formerly of Boston, who for the past two years has been the municipal organist of St. Paul, Minn., served as recital organist. He played before capacity audiences. His program, during the Hampton anniversary season, included Gullmant's "Finale" to the "First Sonata"; Nevin's "Will o' the Wisp" and "The Rosary"; Meyerbeer's "Coronation March"; Bach's "In Sweetest Joy." Vierne's "Scherzetto;" "March of the Wooden Soldiers"; Wagner's "Finale" to "Tristan and Isolde," and his own "Scherzo in F," "Cradle Song," and "Toccata." "The Frissell Memorial Organ," designed and built by the Skinner Organ Company of Boston, is a three-manual recital, and semi-automatic organ, with 2,000 pipes, which includes the modern 1910 [Name] Member of the City Council from the 28th Ward its Finance Committee; Chairman of its Tr Committee; Strong Supporter of Mayor Will and His Policies. Member of the City Council from the 28th Ward; Member of its Finance Committee; Chairman of its Track Elevation Committee; Strong Supporter of Mayor William E. Dever and His Policies. 1920 The Plain and Simple Democrat Appointed a Colored Lawyer of Chicago, and He Will Re Year for His Services. The Plain and Simple Democratic Mayor of Chicago, Who Has Appointed a Colored Lawyer Assistant Corporation Counsel of Chicago, and He Will Receive Six Thousand Dollars Per Year for His Services. stops that make it possible for a skilled musician to play colorful orchestra scores and bring his audience the finest symphonic effects of the English and French horns, the string instruments, clarinet, oboe and flute. Cloudy," "Couldn't Hear Nobody Pray," and "Go Down, Moses." No less attention was attracted by the singing of the student glee clubs and the Institute choir. The girls, under the direction of Wilhelmina B. Negro "Spirituals" Sung The Hampton Institute Quintet, which recently made a successful tour of the white schools and colleges of Virginia and North Carolina and demonstrated the artistic value of Negro folk songs that express the aspirations of a racial group which is struggling upward toward a better light, won new friends for Negro music by their singing of the following Negro folk melodies: "Mary and Martha's Just Gone Along;" "Little David, Play on Your Harp;" "My Brethren, Don't Get Weary;" "Ain't That Good News;" Poor Mourner;" "Down by the River;" "Massa Dear;" and "Join the Union." A corresponding service to Negro music was rendered by a double quintet, composed of Hampton Institute graduates, who sang to the members of the National Hampton Association and other visiting friends a number of old, quaint plantation melodies, including "Wheel in a Wheel," "I Know I Would Like to Read," "My Lord Delivered Daniel," "Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child," "Old Ship of Zion," and "I'm going to Talk and Walk with Jesus." At all the public meetings the Hampton Institute chorus, led by Paige I. Lancaster of Hampton Institute, sang favorite "spirituals," including "There's a Meeting Here tonight," "Ride On, Jesus," "Look Away in the Heaven," "Swing Low, Sweet Charit," "Going to Lay Down This Heavy Load," "Roll, Jordan, Roll," "Study War No More," "Every Time I Feel the Spirit Moving," "My Way's 1 from the 28th Ward; Member of chairman of its Track Elevation arter of Mayor William E. Dyer HON. WILLIAM E. DEVER Cloudy," "Couldn't Hear Nobody Pray," and "Go Down, Moses." No less attention was attracted by the singing of the student glee clubs and the Institute choir. The girls, under the direction of Wilhelmina B. Patterson of Hampton Institute, sang Dyvorak's "Goin' Home," Page's arrangement of Nageli's "The Violet," and Johnson's "Since You Went Away." The boys, under the direction of R. Nathaniel Dett, sang Coleridge-Taylor's "Viking Song," Combs "Her Rose," Schubert's "Sanctus," and Detts "Father Abraham." The choir, under the same director, sang Tschikowsky's "On, On! O Thou Soul!" and Dett's motet, dedicated to George Foster Peabody, "Don't Be Weary, Traveler, Come Along Home to Jesus." R. Nathaniel Dett played on the piano three of his own compositions—"Beyond the Dream" from "Enchantment" suite, "Juba Dance" from "In the Bottoms" suite, and "Mammy" from "Magnolia" suite. COL. CHAS. YOUNG'S BODY WILL ARRIVE ON MAY 20 According to recent advices from the War Department, the Graves Registrator, Q. M. C., at Brooklyn, has notified the Col. Chas. Young Post, American Legion of New York City, that the remains of the late Col. Chas. Young will arrive in this country about May 20, 1923. The Committee on Memorial Ceremonies is busy prosecuting its plans for the ceremonies, which the post through the courtesy of the United States War Department, will be permitted to hold over the remains. The committee will invite all of New York and as many from all parts of the country as can attend, to join them in paying tribute to this valiant soldier for whom the post is named A committee of the American Legion consisting of representatives from the two local posts—the James Reese Europe and the Jams E. Walker, are making arrangements for an imposing and impressive function upon the arrival in this city of the body at Arlington, Washington, D. C. This committee consisting of Comrades H. O. Atwood, Alexander Mann, John R. Anderson, Elisha Almond, Arthur C. Newman, Benjamin D. Boyd, Frank Coleman, Campbell C. Johnson, with West A. Hamilton as chairman, is seeking the cooperation of every single veteran organization, particularly of color in America together with a race loving patriotic response from the people at large. It is expected that the Grand Army, United Spanish American War Veterans, the Army and Navy Union, the Veterans of Foreign Wars, and the American Legion will back the committee and have out their full strength on the day of the funeral. Request for the required military escort has been made. Efforts to secure the use of the great amphitheatre at Arlington are being made. Request is being made of the President of the United States through a committee to have all veterans excused from their duties on the day in question in order to attend the funeral. WORKING FOR COMING SESSION Mrs. Lou Ella Young, D. G. M. N. G., and Mrs. Ella G. Berry, D. G. M. W. R. of Eden Grand District Household of Ruth of Illinois, and jurisdiction, are working hard in order that the coming meeting, at St. Louis in August will be a success. THE BROAD AX, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, SATURDAY, MAY 12, 1923 DEATH OF CONGRESSMAN JOHN W. RAINEY He Voted in Favor of the Passage of the Dyer Anti-Lynching Bill Funeral Services were held over the remains of the late Congressman John W. Rainey, member of Congress from the 4th Congressional District of Illinois, at St. Agnes Roman Catholic Church and at his late home, 3341 S. Western boulevard. Tuesday, his mortal remains were laid to rest in Calvary cemetery. Mayor William E. Dever and his cabinet, Mayor Frank Doremus and Judge Vincent Brennan of Detroit, and seventeen congressmen from Illinois and other states were among those who attended the services in the church. Troops from Fort Sheridan, an American Legion post, and two platoons of mounted police led the cortege as it moved from the Rainey home to the church. It was estimated that more than 5,000 persons gathered about the Rainey home and the crowd at the church overflowed into the streets. Several trucks were piled high with floral offerings bearing the cards of lifelong friends and associates in all parts of the country as well as those of city, state, and national officials. Congress was represented by Herbert G. Rosboro, assistant chief clerk of the house of representatives. The following congressmen attended: James M. Mead and John R. Johnson, New York; Charles L. Mooney, Ohio; Royal C. Johnson, South Dakota; Stanley H. Kunz James Buckley, M. A. Michaelson, Frank R. Reed, Charles E. Fuller, Carl R. Chindbloom, John C. McKenzie, Morton D. Hull, Allen F. Moore Henry R. Rainey, Thomas S. Williams, Edward Miller, and Henry Rathbone, Illinois. The Criminal court was represented by Judges George E. Kersten and Philip L. Sullivan. Congressman Rainey was once clerk of the Circuit court and served as judge of the Probaite court. Congressman Rainey had the moral courage to vote in favor of passing the Dyer Anti-Lynching Bill and for that one act alone he endeared himself into the hearts of the colored people all over this country for all time to come. May his soul find favor in the sight of the Gods for billions and billions of years to come. COLORED PEOPLE CONTINUE TO LEAVE THE SOUTHERN STATES Newspapers are full of news concerning the migration of colored people from the South, but are overlooking another movement of almost as great significance. Negroes, it is true are leaving the South in large numbers. Figures at the Urban League office indicate that the rate is almost half as great as during the war period. The only thing unusual about this migration has been its size. But one of its effects, the disorganization of rural community life has brought into the limelight a movement of large numbers from country to city communities. The magnitude of this last may be shown by a comparison of census figures of 1910 and 1920. In that period of ten years, the rural Negro population decreased 3.4 per cent while the city population increased 32.7 per cent. In the rural districts the proportion of Negro children in 1910 was 7 per cent greater, and in 1920 5 per cent less than the proportion of white children. The movement has not been entirely to northern cities, for among the ten cities with large increases in population in that decade are to be found New Orleans, Birmingham, Atlanta Memphis, none of which had less than 58,000 Negroes at the 1920 census. So far as the South is concerned, the effect on agriculture is as bad whether the Negro farm laborer goes to Northern or Southern cities. The lesson is that Negroes, North and South, in country or city, are looking for better things, and are on the move to get them. CHARLES E. MORRISON WILL CONTINUE TO SERVE AS THE HONEST AND FAITHFUL SPECIAL MESSENGER TO MAYOR WILLIAM E. DEVER In 1911, shortly after Mayor Carter H. Harrison was inducted into office, for his fifth or last term, he selected Charles E. Morrison, as his special messenger and for four years, he served him in that capacity and Mayor William Hale Thompson, who succeeded Mayor Harrison, retained the services of Mr. Morrison, who served those two mayors as their special messenger, for twelve years. And Mayor William E. Dever has informed Mr. Morrison that he is one of the most prominent members of his official family and that he must continue during the future, as he has in the past, to faithfully discharge his duties and honestly transact his business, for the citizens of Chicago, at the same old stand. There is one thing that can be truthfully said, in favor of Mr. Morrison; namely, that he is very polite to everybody; that he is accommodating and attends strictly to his own business. CHAMPIONSHIP TRACK MEET AT HAMPTON, MAY 19 Gourdin, World Record-Holder for Running Broad Jump and Other Athletes Coming Hampton, Va.—Edward O. Gourdin, world's record-holder of the running broad jump—25 feet and 3 inches—will take part in the second annual championship track and field meet which will be held on Armstrong Field, Hampton Institute, on Saturday, May 19, beginning promptly at one o'clock in the afternoon. Arrangements are also being made to bring other prominent athletic stars to Hampton on May 19. Last year the following schools took part: Howard University, Virginia Union University, Virginia Normal and Industrial Institute, St. Paul Normal and Industrial School, Bordentown Manual Training School of New Jersey; Princess Anne Academy of Maryland; Dunbar High School, Junior High School, and Armstrong High School, all of Washington, D. C.; Huntington High School of Newport News, Va.; Booker T. Washington High School of Norfolk, Va.; and Norcum High School of Portsmouth, Va. All of these institutions are expected to be represented this year. The following schools have stated their willingness to enter teams for this second meet: Lincoln University of Pennsylvania; Livingstone College, of Salisbury, N. C.; Wilberforce University of Wilberforce, O.; Knoxville College of Knoxville, Tenn.; St. Augustine School of Raleigh, N. C.; and Harrison High School of Roanoke, Va. Lincoln, with her relay team fresh from its victory in the Pennsylvania relays, will be a strong contender for the relay cup trophy. The Howard relay team that made such a great showing in the Pennsylvania relays will be on hand to try to duplicate its feat of last year. Reuben F. Jones of Hampton, captain of the 1923 Hampton track team, is confident of leading his team to victory. The competition will be keener this year and all teams must fight hard on May 19 to win on Armstrong Field. FREDERICK DOUGLASS COM MUNITY CENTER In February of 1920 there was incorporated in Toledo, Ohio, the Frederick Douglass Recreation Center whose purpose was "to establish a recreation center for colored boys and young men, and to provide a place for the moral, mental, and physical development of colored youth." At the outset some $1200 was raised among the colored citizens to initiate the work of the Center. Toledo's philanthropies are combined in the Toledo Community Chest, which raises funds in a central drive once each year and which aims to pay the actual running expenses of the thirty-six angiencies that it recognizes. In April 1920 the Chest investigated the Frederick Douglass Recreation Center and allotted $2400 for its years' work. In 1921 the Center received $3000 as its share. In 1922, convinced that the organization was putting over a worth-while program, the officials of the Chest raised the allotment to $7000. The Frederick Douglass Community Center in its three years of actual work has accomplished something. It has given the boys and girls a place for supervised play and organized work with groups and individuals; and it has developed a community consciousness among men and women of color. This institution is seeking to pave the way for a new type of social work among colored groups. Already the Center has outgrown its present quarters and is planning to ask the citizens of Toledo in the near future to give it the means with which to build a fully equipped community center building. NOMINATIONS FOR SPINGARN CLOSES JUNE 1, 1923 Nominations for persons worthy to receive the Spingarn Medal must be in the hands of the Secretary of the Committee on Award, Walter F. White, at 70 Fifth Avenue, New York City, on or before June 1, 1923. The Medal is awarded annually to an American Negro for the highest achievement during the preceding year or years in any honorable field of human endeavor. All nominations of candidates for the Medal must state in detail the achievement for which the Medal is to be awarded, and give as full a biographical account as possible of the nominee. The Committee of Award, whose decision is final, is composer of Bishop John Hurst, Chairman; John Hope, President of Morehouse College; Oswald Garrison Villard, Editor of the Nation; Dorothy Canfield Fisher, distinguished novelist; Dr. James H. Dillard, Director of the Slater and Jeanes Fund; Theodore Roosevelt, Assistant Secretary of the Navy, and Dr. W. F. B. Du Bois, Editor of The Crisis. The Medal will be presented at the Kansas City conference of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, at the evening session of Monday, September 3rd. Ex-Governor Henry J. Allen of Kansas, will present the Medal. A. ATTORNEY JAMES H. RANDLE Recently Appointed One of the Attorneys for the of Improvements. So Far He is the First Att to Be Selected to Serve in That Legal Capa William E. Dever Appointed Him Through mendations of Hon. P. A. Nash, Member of the Review of Cook County and Hon. George M. derman of the 28th Ward. Mr. Randle W $4,200 Per Year. Appointed One of the Attorneys for the Provements. So Far He is the First Af- Selected to Serve in That Legal Capa in E. Dever Appointed Him Through ations of Hon. P. A. Nash, Member of of Cook County and Hon. George M. of the 28th Ward. Mr. Randle W Per Year. Recently Appointed One of the Attorneys for the Local Board of Improvements. So Far He is the First Afro-American to Be Selected to Serve in That Legal Capacity, Mayor William E. Dever Appointed Him Through the Recommendations of Hon. P. A. Nash, Member of the Board of Review of Cook County and Hon. George M. Maypole, Alderman of the 28th Ward. Mr. Randle Will Receive $4,200 Per Year. Attorney James H. Randle who has the honor and the great distinction of being the first colored lawyer in this city to serve as one of the attorneys of the Local Board of Improvements who was one among the first appointments made by Mayor William E. Dever, was born in the state of Texas or the Lone Star state, coming to this great city to make his future home and to carve out an honorable name for himself in 1898. out-spoken Democrat, for some time being chairman of the 28th Ward Democratic Auxiliary organization, and at each and every election in the past he has always worked hard for the success at the polls of Alderman George M. Maypole, Alderman Joseph Higgins Smith and Hon. P. A. Nash, and that is one reason why that Alderman Maypole and Mr. Nash, went to the front for him and induced Mayor William E. Dever to appoint him to Prior to that time he attended school at Washington, Texas, and also at Vistula, Texas. After landing in this city he completed his high school work under Prof. Charles W. French, who was at that time highly connected with the Hyde Park high school. Later on in life he entered the John Marshall Law School and in 1916 he very successfully graduated from it with high honors. Not long after that time he was admitted to the bar by the supreme court of Illinois and right from the start he began to pick up considerable law business, more than enough to keep the hugry wolf from the door. On March 3rd, 1923, he was admitted to practice law in the United States courts. For many years Mr. Randle has resided on the West Side in the old 14th ward, now the new 28th ward and for many years he has been a strong and ... M. M. HON. P. A. NASH Member of the Firm of Nash I Contractors; Member of County. Who Stands High People on the West Side; Back Up Mayor William I to the Last Ditch. the Firm of Naah Brothers, the Big and Factors; Member of the Board of Revie Who Stands High in the Estimation of on the West Side; Who Is Ready and p Mayor William E. Dever and His Ad Last Ditch. Member of the Firm of Nash Brothers, the Big and Successful Contractors; Member of the Board of Review of Cook County, Who Stands High in the Estimation of the Colored People on the West Side; Who Is Ready and Willing to Back Up Mayor William E. Dever and His Administration to the Last Ditch. Member of the Firm of Nash Brothers, the Big and Successful Contractors; Member of the Board of Review of Cook County, Who Stands High in the Estimation of the Colored People on the West Side; Who Is Ready and Willing to Back Up Mayor William E. Dever and His Administration to the Last Ditch. He Attorneys for the Local Board of He is the First Afro-American Man That Legal Capacity, Mayorated Him Through the Recom. Nash, Member of the Board of and Hon. George M. Maypole, Alrd. Mr. Randle Will Receive out-spoken Democrat, for some time being chairman of the 28th Ward Democratic Auxiliary organization, and at each and every election in the past he has always worked hard for the success at the polls of Alderman George M. Maypole, Alderman Joseph Higgins Smith and Hon. P. A. Nash, and that is one reason why that Alderman Maypole and Mr. Nash, went to the front for him and induced Mayor William E. Dever to appoint him to an honored position in the Local Board of Improvements which has never been held by any other colored lawyer in this city. Mr. Randle stands well in the estimation of the colored people residing in his section of the city, and for some years he has resided at 254 N. Talman Ave. and his law offices are located at 2031 West Lake street and Mr. Randle feels very grateful indeed to Alderman Maypole, Mr. Nash and to his other good friends for landing him in a first class legal position in the city hall. Mr. Randle states that each and every person connected with the law department of the Local Board of Improvements treats him fine and that all of them stand ready and willing to impart any information to him which will aid him in his important duties in that department of the city government. 1930 Brothers, the Big and Successful the Board of Review of Cook in the Estimation of the Colored Who Is Ready and Willing to E. Dever and His Administration THE EDITOR HON. LOUIS E. GOSSELIN The Efficient and Painstaking I of the City of Chicago, W City in Various Responsible Years. Recently He Sign the City, Growing Out of the ments Amounting to $50,000 The Efficient and Paintstaking Deputy Comptroller and Auditor of the City of Chicago, Who Has Faithfully Served the City in Various Responsible Positions for the Past Thirty Years. Recently He Signed the Last Judgments Against the City, Growing Out of the Race Riots of 1919, the Judgments Amounting to $50,000. Hon. Louis E. Gosselin, the honestler's office; and for fifteen years, he and popular Deputy Comptroller and Auditor of the city of Chicago, is a thoroughbred Chicagoan through and through, and for a little over thirty years, he has been one of its honest name to hundreds of millions of dol-and faithful public servants. For lars worth of bonds and judgments, so eleven years, he was connected with far without the loss of one penny to the department of public works, and the citizens of Chicago. for five years, he faithfully served as At all times he deports himself like the Chief Clerk in the City Comptrol—a highly polished gentleman. LIST FURNISHED BY ALDER MAN R. R. JACKSON Civil Service Commission City of Chicago May 9, 1923. The Civil Service Commission of the City of Chicago will hold the following examinations, Class U, (Labor Service), beginning on the dates given below and continuing from day to day until completed. Laborer, (Streets), Branch V, Class U, All Wards, Prevailing rate May 14, 1923. Laborer (Street Repairs), Branch V, Class U, All Wards, Prevailing rate, May 14, 1923. Laborer (Dumps), Branch V, Class U, All Wards, Prevailing rate, May 14, 1923. Laborer (Bureau of Engineering), Branch V, Class U, All Wards, Prevailing rate, May 14, 1923. Garbage Handler, Branch V, Class U, Prevailing rate, May 28, 1923. Laborer (Parks), Branch V, Class U, Prevailing rate, May 30, 1923. Tree Laborer, Branch V, Class U, Prvailing rate, May 31, 1923. Farm Hand, Brahue V, Class U, orvaling date, June 2, 1923. prevailing rate, June 2, Tuber. San.) Laborer (Munic. Tuber. San.) Branch V, Class U, Prevailing rate, June 4, 1923. Scrubwoman (Munic. Tuber. San.) Branch V, Class U, Prevailing rate, June 4, 1923. Construction Laborer, Class I, II and III, Branch V, Class U, Prevailing rate, June 6, 1923. Scope of above examinations: Applicants will be called upon to undergo such physical tests as the Commission may prescribe. Those desiring to take the above original entrance examinations must file applications with the Civil Service Commission. 1006 City Hall, not later than 5 o'clock P. M. of the day preceding the examination. By order of the Commission: J. V. BORLING. Acting Secretary. DEATH OF JULIUS N. AVENDORPH The past Monday afternoon Julius N. Avendorph who was one of the most highly respected and one of the best known colored men in this great city passed away at St. Luke's hospital after a long spell of sickness, funeral services were held over his remains Thursday afternoon at St. Thomas Church, of which he was a member of many years' standing. The church was filled to over-flowing by those who knew him best in this life; his remains were laid to rest in Oakwoods cemetery. For many years Mr. Avendorph held a responsible position in the offices of the Pullman Palace Car Company and he was held in the highest esteem by its head officials. Mr. Avendorph is survived by his very esteemable wife, Mrs. Avendorph; two sons, Julius N. Avendorph Jr. and Frederick Avendorph, ages 19 and 14 years old and by many relatives and hosts of warm friends to mourn his death. For some years the Avendorph's have lived at 5344 S. Wabash ave. Deputy Comptroller and Auditor Who Has Faithfully Served the职位 Positions for the Past Thirty led the Last Judgments Against the Race Riots of 1919, the Judg-00. ler's office; and for fifteen years, he has been Deputy Comptroller and Auditor of the great city of Chicago. His long business record shines forth, without one blemish or black spot on it, and each year he signs his name to hundreds of millions of dollars worth of bonds and judgments, so far without the loss of one penny to the citizens of Chicago. At all times he deports himself like a highly polished gentleman. ETHIOPIANS NO LONGER NEGROES, SAYS HARVARD PROFESSOR Professor George Reisner, who has been conducting researches in the Soudan, now states that the Ethiopians are not and were not African Negroes, and describes them as "dark colored races in which brown prevails," adding, however, that many individuals show a mixture of black blood. His researches have established that the culture of the Ethiopians stood as an outpost of Egyptian civilization in Middle Africa and that in the art of the Ethiopians, a Greek influence obtained and that invention of a script of their own was evidence that the Ethiopians were a people of genius. The Portland Times, in which the account was published, has its own opinion about the matter and appends a comment which speaks for itself: "In the face of Harvard's recent attitude on the Negro, it would seem to indicate that this contradiction of existing Biblical and historical records on Egyptian civilization is but a continuation of the white man's propaganda to deprive the Negro of any connection whatsoever of any form of ancient civilization." LOTS FOR CULTIVATION HERE M. T. Bailey, president, The Bailey Realty Co., 3638 S. State St., is offering many spots in Morgan Park free to be used as gardens. Mr. Bailey has sold more than sixteen blocks of property in this part of the city which is being built up rapidly. ATTENDING U. OF C. Miss T. P. Whiting, teacher and girls matron at the V. N. & I. I. Petersburg, Va., for some time, is now attending the University of Chieago. While here, she is stopping with the Baxter Sisters, 420 E. 48th Place. VISIT SUBURBS Many people visited Morgan Park during the week and among those seen were Mesdames Lucille Burnes and Ella M. Glanton; Messrs. Alex Woolridge and Walter Ferris. BACK IN CITY Mrs. I. V. Sheppard, 4436 S. Wabash Ave., is bank from Detroit, Mich., where she attended the funeral of her nephew, Thomas E. Tlbsert, who was buried in Detroit on April 26th. Mrs. Nora McKinzie, 6218 S. Ada St. is much improved following illness of several weeks and able to be out again. MOVE TO SUBURBS Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Johnson who have resided at 6 Langley Place for some time, are now residing at 112th Place and Racine Ave., Morgan Park. OUT AGAIN THE BROAD AX, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, SATURDAY, MAY 12, 1923 COL. CHARLES E. STUMP, WHO STYLES HIMSELF THE REGULAR OLD-TIME TRAVELING CORRESPONDENT FOR THE BROAD AX, HAS BEEN FOR THE PAST TWO WEEKS MINGLING WITH THE WAY UP HIGHLY EDUCATED MEN AND WOMEN RESIDING IN THE CAPITOL OF THE UNITED STATES. [Picture of a man in a suit with a tie and a badge on his lapel. He is looking directly at the camera with a serious expression.] Chief Bailiff of the Municipal Court of Chicago, One of the Big Chiefs of the Democratic Party on the West Side, Who Is a Strong Supporter of Mayor William E. Dever and His Abolitionist Chief Bailiff of the Municipal Court of Chicago, One of the Big Chiefs of the Democratic Party on the West Side, Who Is a Strong Supporter of Mayor William E. Dever and His Abolitionist Washington, D. C.-I am in the town where President Warren G. Harding is administering the affairs of the United States, and I am just as happy as a Junebug, because I feel that here where I can get protection on a minute's notice, and here where I feel I can speak right out in church and no one to tell me to stop. I have just spoke as I thought and thought as I spoke in the National Race Congress, and it is all over now and I must get right out of town. I have been telling you about this Race Congress for a long time and it is over now. I told you that I was going to be here and have my say about this race business, and honey you may just bet your bottom dollar that I have spoken right out in church and none have attempted to tell me to stop. I thought I was going to hear Bishop I. N. Ross strut. Miss Lizzie on a sermon, but instead the Rev. Dr. C. H. Stephan stepped on the gas and his gospel car pulled right out, and he did not have to stop once to crank it. He preached a good sermon, but after he had heard himself preach he did not return to the Congress to hear any of the other dignitaries speak. We have some men in this world who only like to hear themselves speak. I am here to tell you that he was not the only pebble on the beachnuts, for there were some great speakers there, and I just could not keep from shouting. I believe in my soul that I out shouted the Rev. Dr. W. J. Howard, pastor of the Zion Baptist church right here in Washington. We were the shouting buddies there in the meeting and attracted much attention. I tell you it is a great big thine to associate with big men in this country and that is just exactly what happened to me. I was thrown with some of the big men of the country and heard them speak. I know you know Robert E. Clay, of Bristol Tenn-Va. He was there, and I am here to tell you that man is doing some real good, and made such a good impression on the National Race Congress until it decided by unanimous vote to make the next session an inter-racial session. That was a wonderful address and report which Mr Clay made. He showed how the two races in Tennessee were talking to each other and not about each other. The white man was looking the Negro right in the face speaking out in church and the Negro was looking the white man in the face and speaking out in church, hence no room for misunderstandings. After all that is the way this thing is to be worked out. We must look at each other as men made in the image of God. We must put God as our Father and Jesus Christ as our Brother, and when we appreciate what that fellow Paul said on Mars mountain, or some other place, named in the Bible, "And hath made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell upon all the face of the earth." That sounds good to me. Brother Clay is doing some real good and he is a business man, yet he is business away from God, but he is a good worker in the Baptist church and connected up with the Sunday school work also. In this he has the love and respect of the people of his state, and is a personal friend of Prof. W. J. Hale, president of the state school, Nashville, Tennessee. He is also an official in the National Negro Business League, and is to be found there every year. I want to take advantage of this opportunity to congratulate the members of both races on being able to secure the services of this wonderful young man as secretary of the Interracial commission. He is the right man in the right place—in the right church and the right pew. In the right neighborhood, right floor and the right door. I saw and heard Dr. Emmett J. Scott, Hon. Phil H. Brown, Commissioner of Conciliation, Department of Labor in the United States detailed in the Secretary's office. I wish you could have heard this wonderful address. He paid a high tribute to Secretary of Labor, Hon. James J. Davis, the man who believed in doing big things, and see big things. It was fortunate that we had such a man as Mr. Davis to take the place at the head of labor, and he knows his bus-biz and is doing it well. Phil Brown is doing his part and doing it well. He was in company with that other great speaker, who made his speech just ahead of Brown, Dr. Emmett J. Scott, the philosopher, the man with a vision, the man who has done so much for us and is still doing it. Mr. Scott represents the young men of thought, the men with a vision. He made a great big speech. I had the pleasure of hearing Dr. Ernest Lyons, who was one time representative of our country in Liberia. He made one more speech. It would take me a whole day and then some more to tell about all the big speeches I heard. Well they are all over, and I am now looking at Dr. W. H. Hernagin. He is a great man and a man of thought. I admire him. He is doing things. This is the place where you can certainly come in touch with men of worth, and I have met one I had never met before, yet he has a following of 40,000 people and the number is fast swelling, and by this time next year they will number over 200,000, and that man is Joseph A. Munnerlyn, Grand Master of the Ancient Independent Order of Moses, and I am delighted to take off my hat to this man because of who he is and what he is doing, and how the people are just following his lead. The grand lodge has its own building, located right here in the City of Washington, on T street, and they have about outgrown it, and are going to make $25,000 worth of improvements, and still the good work must go on. This order is teaching the lesson of self-help as well as thrift. It is encouraging all of its members to own their homes, to have bank accounts, and to do just a little more than buy coffins on the installment plan. They are teaching them how to plan a living instead of dying, and instead of talking about what they expect to be after while if they live and nothing happens, to be that something every day. They hold as the model the life of Christ, the life of purity, the spot- PETER H. HARRIS HON. DENNIS J. EGAN the Municipal Court of Chicago the Democratic Party on the W Supporter of Mayor William E. ation. less life. The life that will stand the test of time. I went to 1421 T street N. W. to see the building and was impressed with it. Grand Master Munnerlyn, is not sitting down and waiting for the order to take care of him, but he is industrious, well educated and has held an important position with the Government for 23 years. He is in the treasury department, and a bookkeeper. Proud of him and the good he is doing. Then he is teaching our people to be industrious, and at the same time to exercise the Franchise. Like the Masons and Knights of Pythias and Odd Fellows, and Knights of Pythias, it is soon to be in every state in this Union and will cross the waters. It is bound to spread. I shall have more to say about it later. Death has been at work, and I regret to say that it has taken away some of our strong men. Just about time we are about to get over mourning over the death of one, then comes the word another has gone. I have in mind now, Dr. Aaron McDuffie Moore, president of the North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance Company, located at Durham, but doing business all over the country. Dr. Moore passed from us, Sunday, April 29. He was founder of the Lincoln Hospital, and Durham (N. C.) colored library, and was one of the men who were with John Merrick in the establishment of the North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance Company, the largest and wealthiest Old Line Company operated by the race. He was identified with many enterprises which meant the development of our race in this country. For over a quarter of a century Dr. Moore was superintendent of the White Rock Baptist Sunday school, one of the largest Sunday schools in America, and I am saying nothing about race or color or denination. He was just a worker among young people and a Sunday School expert. He was one of the leading Baptist laymen in American. Surviving him are a widow and two daughters, Mrs. Lydia Moore-Merrick, and Mrs. Mattei Moore McDougald, and a host of friends. The white folks up yonder in Virginia stuck John Mitchell, Jr., by rendering a verdict of guilty and fixing his punishment at three years in the penitentiary. That is an awful slam at once, and we have no time to rejoice. You see John Mitchell was among the best in the race. He was a great man, and tried to resent an insult to us in 1920, by allowing his name to be voted for for Governor of Virginia. He made them take notice, and the white man has been trying to get him ever since. Look out for others who dare to be manly. Now I am getting ready for the National Baptist Sunday School Congress in Hot Springs, June 19. John L. Webb, has informed me that they are ready for us. He is another prominent layman in the Sunday school work. I will have to bring this letter to a stop. Look out for my other letters. CHARLES E. STUMP Quinn Chapel A. M. E. Church Notes 24th Street and Wabash Ave. Mother's Day will be observed at this church in special service at 10:45 a. m. Sermon by the Pastor, Dr. H. E. Stewart, a special program under the auspices of the Woman's Mite Missionary society at 3:30 p. m., and a program at night at 8 p. m. The night program will be Illustrated in songs and inspiring scenes. Bishop L. J. Coppin will be the special guest of the church Sunday, May 20th, reception Monday night, May 21st—"C." C. W. HON. SCOTT M. HOGAN Former Alderman of the Old 31st Ward Was a Week Selected as One of the Assistant S of Cook County, Which Is Very Gratifyi Numerous Friends. Former Alderman of the Old 31st Ward Was the First of This Week Selected as One of the Assistant State's Attorneys of Cook County, Which Is Very Gratifying News to His Numerous Friends. N. A. A. C. P. RED LETTER DAY MAY 28TH On Monday May 28th, all roads will lead to Pilgrim Baptist Church, 33rd Street and Indiana Avenue, which Dr. S. E. J. Watson has kindly placed at the disposal of the N. A. A. C. P. Chicago, with its great colored population of 125,000 is called upon to enroll 5,000 members. Divisional organizations have been formed in sections of the city as follows: North Side—Mrs. Ashburn, Major and Chairman, 103 N. Wells St. West Side—Dr. L. H. Holloway West Side—Dr. I. H. Holloway 2532 W. Washington Street. Hyde Park—Mrs. McCrary, 5608 Harper Avenue. Woodlawn—Mrs. Emma Lewis, 6529 St. Lawrence Avenue. Ogden Park—Dr. Frank V. Plummer, 6250 S. Sangamon Street. South Side — (Central) division, 3201 S. Wabash Avenue. Through these divisional leaders and at these places, memberships may be enrolled. Join the N. A. A. C. P. Now! Congressman Dyer is appearing in Chicago for the purpose of stimulating the work of the N. A. A. C. P., increasing its membership and creating strong sentiment in support of the Ant-Ynching Bill he will introduce in the next U. S. Congress. The part the colored and white people interested in the advancement of the race can play is to attend this meeting and enroll his or her membership. Remember the devotion to the cause of the black man by Garrison, Summer, Phillips, Lovejoy, Foraker, Crumpacker and others of their kind. Among the speakers will be Harold L. Ickes, President of the Branch, Raymond Robins, Dr. S. E. J. Watson and Rev. Lucas; Music by the Fulton Street M. E. Church Choir under direction of Mr. Cornelius W. Pierce; Mrs. Cohen Jones, soloist. N. A. A. A. C. P. NOTES West Side will hold a meeting Friday night at the residence of its chairman. Dr. I. H. Holloway, 2532 W. Washington Street. A special program is being prepared and refreshments will be served. North Side Division under direction of Mrs. Georgia* deBaptist Ashburn, is planning another meeting in that section at which time Mr. Lewis will present a stereopicon lecture on the N. A. A. C. P., showing interesting pictures and scenes from the East St. Louis riots. Hyde Park and Woodlawn Districts are planning their regular divisional meetings preceding the Dyer meeting at Pilgrim Baptist Church, Monday May 28th. Among recent memberships coming into the branch were Arnett Lodge and John C. Buckner Lodge, Odd Fellows. VISITING AT KANSAS Mrs. Lovey Molsby, in company with her mother, Mrs. Annie L. Cannady, left on Friday for Kansas Citq, Mo., to spend several weeks visiting with relatives. NICE OFFICE TO RENT IN THE ROOSEVELT BANK BLDG. Any one seeking a desirable office can find one on the second floor of the Roosevelt Bank Building, Thirty-fifth street and Grand Boulevard. For terms of rental apply to Dr. Fannie Emanuel, 4358 S. State street, Phone Atlantic 2093.—Adv. First Ward Was the First of This the Assistant State's Attorneys Very Gratifying News to His Paper Making in China. The only modern type paper mill in China failed. Four special papers made by old methods are: Bark paper, from the paper mulberry; so-called rice paper, sliced from a pith; coarse paper from rice st. and bamboo paper. On a number of occasions nuggets were found in California by men who were not looking for them. A man sitting on a bowler at Pilot Hill, El Dorado county, was idly chipping it with a small hammer when his eye caught the glint of gold. The bowler yielded $8,000. Making Bad Diamonds Good. Until recently yellow diamonds were difficult to sell. Now the stone is placed over a small hole in a block of lead. Radium rays are directed into this hole, and slowly a change takes place. In the South Pacific ocean, west of Patagonia, is a sea-desert which contains so few forms of marine life that, it is claimed, whales and sharks frequently die of hunger before they find their way out. Reproof Not to Be Avoided Reproof Not to Be Avoided. Aversion from reproof is not wise. It is a mark of a little mind. A great man can afford to lose; a little, insignificant fellow is afraid of being unmuffed out. - Cecil. First Example of Rickets. The bones of an ape which had been confined in a Theban temple some 2- 000 B. C. have furnished the first known example of rickets. Masterpiece Oddly Written. "Songs to David," the lyrical poem of 86 stanzas, was written by Christopher Smart during lucid intervals of his wild madness. Smart Small Girl. Small Girl (as sister's flame slips on banana skin)—Look mamma, he's worshiping the ground she treads on!—London Answers. Odd Birth Records In Fiji and Samoa it is common practice to tattoo on the hand of a mother the dates of her children's birth. Musk-Ox Old American Resident. The remains of musk-ox have been found in Kentucky and the remains of walruses in New Jersey. Women Professional Chemists. There are about 20,000 professional chemists in the United States and about a thousand of these are women. Friendship throws a brighter luster on prosperity, while it lightens adversity by sharing its griefs and anxieties—Cicero. Odd Cause for Rejoicing. Nothing tickles us as much as having Opportunity at a woman's door when she is away somewhere playing bridge.—Buffalo Evening Times. Baskets. From Sardinia. Baskets, made of leaves of a dwarf palm in Sardinia, are sold in this country. Thought for the Day. No matter how fall you grow, you can't grow above criticism. ```markdown ``` His Lucky Day. A Sea Desert. Friendship. 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Some historians say that the Atlantic between Norway and Greenland was crossed by Norwegian sailors before the year 1000. Thought for the Day. Christianity is larger than any definition of it, and is social rather than theoretical. A Thought It is not only difficult to say the right thing in the right place, but, the more difficult still, to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment.—Anonymous. Chas. Krutekoff, Pres. J. H. Ward, Vice-Pres THE BROAD AX, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, SATURDAY, MAY 12, 1923 WARNER Chiropodist Experience CHICAGO Editorial Wops. The Osborn Enterprise says that "If a country editor published all the things his subscribers did not like, together with what he liked, someone would be patting him in the face with an old No. 2 shovel before the sun set." Kansas City Star. Thought for the Day The man who can't do a good turn without intending to make it pay is as contemptible as the man who can't receive a favor without suspecting a wrong motive. Cannot Prey on Small Fish. The big whalebone whale has so small a throat that it cannot swallow fish of ordinary size. Its food consists of little life forms found in the sea. The toothed whales eat any living thing they can catch. Immense Loss Caused by Rust. Sir Robert Hattfield says the world loses about $2,500,000,000 a year by the rusting and decaying of iron and steel. French Have Discarded Word. Encore, while a French word meaning again, and used by English and American audiences, is not employed by the French in the same sense, they say bing, which means twice. Hard Coal Co. BEDS AT R. & Q. R. R. P. R. R. Racine Aves., C. M. & St. P. R. R. LOVE AVE., CHICAGO TON BLANK AND MAIL IT TO $1.00 FOR 6 MONTHS $2.00 PER YEAR my name as a subscriber to THE BROAD the annual subscriptions to same, or One 19. State Pompey's Pillar. Pompey's Pillar is a beautiful red granite Corinthian column in Alexandria. The inscriptions show it was erected in 302 A. D., in honor of the Emperor Diocletian. No one knows how it came to be called Pompey's, except that he was assassinated in Alexandria 350 years before the date of the column. Thackeray. He blew on his pipe, and words came tripping round him like children, like pretty little children who are perfectly drilled for the dance; or came, did he will it, treading in their precedence, like kings, gloomily.—Max Beerbohm. Effects of Warm Rain. When a warm rain occurs over a snow-covered region it is not the rain so much as the warm wind that melts the snow. An inch of rain at 50 degrees Fahrenheit could melt only three inches of light new snow or one inch of old snow. Work Dollar the Better Kind. Work Dollar the Better King. "Work is better dan luck," said Uncle Eben. "De luck dollar is all by itself, but de work dollar tells you dar's plenty more where he come from."—Washington Evening Star. Lawyers the Greatest Readers. 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CHICAGO Telephone Central 1239 Notary Public 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 BINGA STATE BANK Under State Supervision Capital $100,000.00 Surplus 20,000.00 Offers Equal Service to All 3% INTEREST ON SAVINGS SAFE DEPOSIT VAULTS State Street and 36th Place Wanted Advertising Solicitor A live or wide awake newspaper man or solicitor can earn some easy money by calling on or addressing the undersigned. Julius F. Taylor, 6206 S. Elizabeth street. Phone Wentworth 2597. PHONE KENWOOD 455 West Englewood Trust & Savings Bank and Surplus, $500,000 OFFICERS Agent Arthur C. Utesch Vice-Pres. W. Merle Fisher Cashier and Carl O. Seberg, Asst. Cashier monwealth Edison C 172 W. ADAMS STREET PHONE RANDOLPH 1280 Electric Shops carry a full line the Federal Washer on Easy Ter Capital and Surplus, $500,000.00 John Bain, President Arthur C. Utesch, Asst. Cashier Michael Maisel, Vice-Pres. W. Merle Fisher, Asst. Cashier Edw. C. Barry, Cashier and Trust Officer Carl O. Seberg, Asst. Cashier The following Electric Shops carry a full line of Electrical Appliances and sell the Federal Washer on Easy Terms: 0.00 GS ace NORTH SIDE Atlas Electric Co., 2622 N. Clark St. Richmond Hill Ave. 6215 Broadway. J. E. Collin & Son. W. M. Mackenzie & John I. Elliott & Co. John A. Elliott & Co. Fulterian Electric Shop, 2423 N. Haledst. Ave. Manner Electric Co. Lakeview Electric Co., 4214 Lincoln Ave. 3188 N. Clark St. North Shore Electric Co., 1504 W. North Ave. Davis Electric Shop, 3406 Fulterant Ave. Davis Electric Co., 2501 Kediz Ave. Kalynn Park Electric Shop, 2501 Kediz Ave. Logan Lighting Sho. Manner Electric Co. Lawrence Ave. Milwaukee Service Co. Patterson Brothers, 1959 Irving Park Biv. Sacramento Electric Co., 6717 Olimated Ave. Earl Electric Shop, 5521 W. North Ave. WEST SIDE Balzak & Rana, 3314 W. 20th St. Bridgeport Electric Co., 3380 Southeast Ave. Rockaway Ave. 3006 Lincoln Ave. 6712 Sheridan Rd. Top Tip Electric Appliances, Top Tip Electric Appliances, Top Tip Electric Park Blvd. M. Western, 4865 Broadway. Davidson Electric Shop, 3406 Fulterant Ave. Davidson Electric Co., 2501 Kediz Ave. Kalynn Park Electric Shop, 2501 Kediz Ave. Logan Lighting Sho. Manner Electric Co. Lawrence Ave. Milwaukee Service Co. Patterson Brothers, 1959 Irving Park Biv. Sacramento Electric Co., 6717 Olimated Ave. Earl Electric Shop, 5521 W. North Ave. WEST SIDE OUR NEW HOME DIRECTORS 72 W. Adam St. 448 L. Browne 449 P. Parkside Ave. 27 Logan Blvd. 442 W. Roeveld Rd. 452 W. Roeveld Rd. NORTHWEST Art Lama, Nestle & Gift Company. 1600 Milwaukee Ave. CHICAGO * 3039 Lincoln Ave. Bldd. 82nd St. E. 62nd St. 8245 Normal Bldd. 2550 E. 92nd St. 2550 E. 92nd St. Marka Electric Co., Marka Ave. Meade Electric Co. 2253 W. Madison St. W. Madison St. 1811 W. 90th St. Ogden Electric Shop, Bern O'Gardner B. Bern O'Gardner B. Radiant Electric Co. 3314 W. Chicago Ave. 1137 W. Taylor St. Richland Electric Co. Richland Electric Co. Riaka Electric Co. Sapling Electric Co. 2248 W. North Ave. 1018 Milwaukee Ave. SOUTH SIDE 8350 S. Haited St. 8350 Kidle Ave. 8350 Kidle Ave. 4007 Udgen Ave. 4007 Udgen Ave. 4176 Cottage Grove Ave. Electrical Washing Machine, 618 Cd. Grown Av., 638 Cd. Grown Av., 2612 W. Stet St. Gane Electric Shop, Gane Electric Shop, Good Housekeeping Elec. 451 E. Stet St. 145 E. Stet St. Harper Electric Shop, Harper Electric Shop, Ideal Electric & Fixiture Works, 638 Haited St. L. & H. Electric Co. L. & H. Electric Co. Aron Leedy, 1233 Brennan Ave. L. & H. Electric Co. 638 Haited St. Neighborhood Shop, Neighborhood Shop, New City Electric Co. New City Electric Co. Ogell Electric Shop, Ogell Electric Shop, 723 Haited St. 723 Haited St. 547 W. Stet St. 547 W. Stet St. Quality Electric Shop, Quality Electric Shop, Steege Electric Shop, 3017 W. Srd St. 3017 W. Srd St. Vincenna Electric Shop, Vincenna Ave. A. Wagner, 1227 E. W尔德 West Pulman Electric 611 W. Stet St. Winchester Store Elec. 6706 Stoney Island Ave.