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EXTRA THE BROAD AX EXTRA Hon. Harry M. Daugherty, Republican Attorney General of the United States, While Appearing Before the Honorable Judges of the United States Supreme Court at Washington, D. C., Recently Declared That "This Is a White Man's Country or Government." The Twelve Million Colored People in This Country Should Rise Up in Their Might and Demand President Harding to Remove Him From His Present Position. FOR IT MUST BE ADMITTED THAT THE HONORABLE ATTORNEYGENERAL MUST BE CLASSED AS BEING UNFRIENDLY TO THE COLORED RACE. HIS ACTIONS AND PUBLIC UTTERENCES ARE MORE THAN ENOUGH TO CAUSE COL. ROBERT S. ABBOTT AND THE OTHER MEMBERS OF HIS STAFF OF THE GREATEST WEEKLY NEWSPAPER IN THE WORLD TO HAVE ONE THOUSAND FITS EACH DAY. COL. ROSCOE C. SIMMONS, WHO IS FULL OF WIND AND BLUSTER WHO WAS BRANDED BY COL. ABBOTT IN THE PAST AS BEING A GRAND RASCAL, CLAIMING THAT COL. WINDBAG SIMMONS HELD OUT SOME SUBSCRIPTION MONEY FROM HIM, CANNOT BECOME A TRUE LEADER OF THE COLORED RACE IN THIS CITY NOR IN THE STATE OF ILLINOIS. FOR, IF WE MISTAKE NOT. COL. SIMMONS HAS NEVER PAID ONE DOLLAR'S WORTH OF TAXES ON ANY KIND OF PROPERTY IN THIS CITY OR STATE AND IF THE HON. MEDILL McCORMICK DESIRES TO BE RE-ELECTED TO THE UNITED STATES SENATE HE WANTS TO LAY FAR AWAY FROM COL. SIMMONS AND HIS CROWD OF WINDJAMMERS. VoL XXVIII Hon. Hail of the Unable Judgement, Man's Colored Might a From His FOR IT MUST BE A THE HONOR OF GENERAL MUSIC BEING UNFRIEND ORED RACE. HIS ACTIONS AND ENCES ARE MORE TO CAUSE COBOTT AND THE OF HIS STAFF ON WEEKLY NEW WORLD TO HAVE FITS EACH DAY. COL. ROSCOE C. S. FULL OF WIND A WAS BRANDED IN THE PAST AT RASCAL, CLAI WINDBAG SIMM SOME SUBSCRIBE FROM HIM, CAN TRUE LEADER RACE IN THIS STATE OF ILLINOIS. FOR, IF WE MISTAKE MONS HAS NEVER LAR'S WORTH OF KIND OF PROPERTY OR STATE AND DILL McCORMIC RE-ELECTED STATES SENATE LAY FAR AWAY MONS AND HIS JAMMERS. Our highly esteemed Brother, Col. Robert S. Abbott, the grand head boss of the greatest weekly, newspaper in the world and his able staff, had ten thousand fits in 1920, because former United States Senator from Illinois the Hon. James Hamilton Lewis, happened to state in some speech which he delivered somewhere when he was a candidate for governor of this state, in alluding to the proportion of employees in the City Hall of the whites and the colored, referred to the city as "a white man's government." Now we see from the public press that a Republican Attorney General, standing before the Supreme Court of the United States, in asking the Court "if he could speak freely" and receiving the response that "it was the desire of the Court that he should speak freely,"—touching his insistence on legislation affecting the yellow races, said—"Well, our policy is to announce to you our doctrine, that this United States is a white man's country." It is interesting to note what Brother Abbott and his staff will have to say, as it was a Republican who asked that the whole country be declared only for white men,—when Senator Lewis, the Democrat, in the rush of [Portrait of a man in a suit with a tie, facing left, in profile. The background is a plain, light color. The portrait is oval-shaped.] The Trickiest and the Smoothest Political Bishop of the A. M. E. Church, Who Is Able to Ride Two Political Horses in Opposite Directions at the Same Time. a political campaign alluded to the city as a white man's government, meaning a proportion of those governing in official office in the City Hall,—or in the control of the ballot boxes from certain wards of the South Side. Never did we expect to live to see the day in this country that a Republican United States Attorney-General would become so bold as to stand up before the august members of the Supreme Court of the United States and lay down or propound such a damnable doctrine and that it is the solemn duty of this government to shape its legislation or policies so as to place all of its burdens upon any color except white, on the ground "that is a white man's country." Without the least delay the twelve million colored people all over this country should rise up in their might and demand President Harding to at once remove his Attorney-General from office for he is narrow minded, full of race prejudice and he cannot be regarded as a well wisher or as a true friend of the colored race. At this time we wish to remind President Harding not to go fast asleep in that direction, to remember the fate of the Dyer Anil-Lynching Bill which was defeated by a Republican United States Senate, and if he THE BROAD AX, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, SATURDAY, MAY 19, 1923 fails to give these matters his serious consideration we will warn him right here and now to beware of the idees of November in 1924. Only a few weeks ago, Col. Simmons, in company with the Hon. Medill McCormick, called on President Harding at the White House and Col. Simmons, like a brazen-faced brat, had the nerve to assure President Harding that he was the leading and the most prominent colored man in this city and throughout the state of Illinois, and as such the colored people in this city were well pleased with the treatment which they have so far received from his hands; that it made no difference to them if the Dyer Anti-Lynching Bill was knocked out by the Republican United States Senate; that the colored people of Chicago and Illinois would vote for him and march on to victory with him in 1924 just the same. The brass and the down right gall of some people is appalling and Col. Simmons is badly affected with a bad case of the big or the swelled head when he sets himself up as the head or the boss spokesman of the colored people residing in this city or within the state of Illinois, for at no time in the past that we can recall have they, the colored people in this city, called any public meeting and selected or united upon Col. Simmons to wend his way to Washington, D. C., and voice their sentiments to President Harding. In the first place, Col. Simmons does not claim that Chicago is his home and in the second place we have never found any one who would positively state that Col. Simmons owns one dollar's worth of property in this city which he pays taxes on. So it would appear that there is no logical reason on earth why Col. Simmons should desire to pose as the leading colored man residing in Chicago; unless it is that he is laying his plans to rake in a whole barrel of easy money from Senator McCormick and President Harding. It will be recalled that only a few years ago that Col. Abbott heardalred to it all the world that Col. Simmons was a grand rascal; that he had beat him out of a whole bunch of money which was due him as subscriptions to his greatest weekly newspaper in the world and that Col. Simmons was dead and was burried in a very deep grave at Memphis, Tenn. These are some of the further reasons why Col. Simmons cannot be regarded as a true leader of the colored people residing in Chicago. COLORED SCHOOLS MAKE PROGRESS-STATE AGENTS, MARYLAND TO TEXAS, HOLD CONFERENCE AT HAMPTON INSTITUTE PUBLIC SCHOOLS NEED PUBLIC SUPPORT-DR. J. H. DILLARD DECLARES GOOD CITIZENSHIP MUST BE PUT IN REACH OF ALL. Hampton, Va.—The State agents for colored schools in 14 Southern States, who recently met for a three-day conference at Hampton Institute, were introduced by Principal J. E. Gregg as "the group of men who are doing the most important work that is being done in the South for the improvement of colored public schools." Leo M. Favrot, Baton Rouge, La., referred to Hampton's service to the South through its graduates. He stated that in Louisiana the colored school population had increased 3 per cent in 9 years, while the number of colored teachers had doubled and the salaries paid to colored teachers had quadrupled. In 1913 two-thirds of the white school children were enrolled, while only one-third of the colored children were enrolled. In 1922 three-fourths of the white school children and two-thirds of the colored children were enrolled. "There is a growing sentiment," he said, "that we must do more for our colored children. N. C. Newbold, Raleigh, N. C., stated that North Carolina is now spending between $3,500,000 and $4,000,000 annually on its colored schools. "We have built," he said "287 Rosenwald schools at a cost of over $1,000,000. Forty more Rosenwald schools must be completed by June 1. These schools will cost $120,000. Three years ago North Carolina had 1000 colored teachers with State certificates. Today the State has 2250, North Carolina is making an earnest, sincere, and faithful effort to do its duty by its colored people. Some of us have a hope and an ambition that we may live to see in our State—not only there, but all over this country—such conditions obtain as will make of the races friends and helpers and cooperators for the upbuilding of our country." W. T. B. Williams, Tuskegee Institute, Ala, field secretary of the Jeanes and Slater Boards, said: "American Negroes have had stimulated within them the sense of re- Last week at the regular meeting of the officials of the Red Cap's Club, 3441 S. Wabash avenue; Julius F. Taylor, was chosen as one of its honorary members for the current year. Many thanks, to the president, Sandy W. Trice, and its other officials for the pleasant honors conferred upon us. sponsibility for those who have been less fortunate than they are. That impulse has sent hundreds into the work for the uplife of others." Taxes Must Support Schools Dr. James Hardy Dillard, Charlottesville, Va., president of the Jeanes and Slater Boards, declared that he discovered many years ago that all the millionaires in America could not educate the people. "There is only one way to do the job," he said "and that is by public taxation. That is the way it must be and ought to be." Doctor Dillard said that the Hampton Institute students are chosen ones who must through service give their less fortunate brothers and sisters a fair chance. "These State agents," he said, "are making it possible to bring the school out to the little child in the country, and, please God, we are going to keep at this work until every child shall have a good school to go to, where he may get the light of knowledge and good-will and good training to be a good citizen." Other members of the conference included Dr. Wallace Buttrick, Trevor Arnett, and H. J. Thorkelson, New York; B. C. Caldwell, New Orleans; O. H. Bernard, Nashville; J. H. Brinson, Tallahassee; F. C. Button, Frankfort, Ky.; W. F. Credle, Raleigh; E. A. Duke, Oklahoma City; J. B. Felton, Columbia, S. C.; G. H. Ferguson, Raleigh; Wm. D. Gresham, Richmond, Bura Hilbun, Jackson, Miss.; W. B. Hill, Atlanta; J. W. Huffington, Baltimore; J. S. Lambert, Montgomery, Ala.; J. A. Presson, Little Rock; L. W. Rogers, Austin, Tex.; and S. L. Smith, Nashville. Addresses were also made by Lawrence H. Parker, Amherst, Mass. editor of "World Agriculture," who stated that no permanent society of nations could be organized without the proper adjustment of those economic difficulties which center about the world's food supply; by Jackson Davis, Richmond, Va., field agent of the Education Board; and by Dr. Francis W. Shepardson, Chicago, secretary and acting director of "The Julius Rosenwald Fund." MADAM M. CALLAWAY BYRON, WILL PEARRE IN RECITAL AT OLIVET BAPTIST CHURCH Tuesday evening, May 22, Madam M. Callaway Byron, the far famed International songstress who has sweetly sang in all of the leading cities of Europe, will appear in recital, at Olivet Baptist Church, 31st street and South Park avenue. There is a rich treat in store for all those who will be present on that delightful occasion. THE BROAD AX 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 F. TAYLOR Editor and Publisher Associate Editor DR. M. A. MAJORS. Chicago, Ill., MAY 19, 1923 Vol. XXVIII No. 35 Entered as Second-Class Matter, Aug 19, 1902, at the Post Office at Chikago 11M. Under Act of March 8, 1879. PRIMITIVE NEGRO SCULPTURE ON VIEW IN BROOKLYN, N. Y., ART MUSEUM Congo Work, First Publicly Shown In 1914, Inspired Modern Artists (A Review by Herbert J. Seligmann of the N. A. A. C. P.) Primitive Negro wood carving from Africa, together with cloth woven by the Bashongo tribe, is on view at the Brooklyn, N. Y., Museum of Art, together with ivory carvings, utensils, spears and knives and other African handicraft work. The sculpture comprises wooden figures used as fetiches, to ward off evil, and wooden masks used in ceremonial dances, together with staves and scepters. Early African Negro sculpture, of the sort now being shown, not only in the Brooklyn Museum, but in the studio of Mrs. H. P. Whitney of New York, is held by competent critics to constitute an achievement unique in the history of the world's art, from which modern artists derived inspiration. Among these modern artists may be mentioned especially the sculptor, Prancusi, and the painters, Henri Matisse and Pablo Picasso. Primitive Negro statuary was first introduced to the world as art in an exhibition held in New York, in November 1914, at the Galleries of the Photo-Secession, 291 Fifth Avenue, At that time Matius De Zayas, who brought the collection to New York from Paris, credited the painter, Picasso, with being the discoverer of Negro art, and with introducing its principles into European art. Mr. De Zayas claimed that the Negro art had shown new possibilities for finding forms to express the inner life, beneath the knowledge imposed by education. According to the art critic, Charles H. Caffin, (Camera Work, 1916, Number 48, page 13) nothing was known of the date of the earliest and finest productions of Negro statuary, as they had passed from the races of the primitive-sculptors into the hands of natives having contract with white civilization, who had lost the traditions of the art. Many, of the finest carvings are religious, an expression of the faith of the people who produced them. Some, it is thought, date back to the 17th century and originated in the regions about the Ivory Coast. According to Stewart Culin, ethnologist of the Brooklyn Museum, the varieties of masks include: "War masks, dance masks, and the masks of the feticheur, that curious personage who combines the attributes of high priest, magistrate and physician. Whatever may be their use they all are more or less directly connected with the medicine man and are religious rather than festal." Mr. Culin regards Negro art as the most vital of all the strange arts from which the world is seeking stimulation. Most of the fine primitive Negro sculpture is no longer to be had, as it has been bought by private collectors or is housed in large European museums. Use of simple and bold forms is characteristic of the African carving, pegs being used to represent eyes in the masks, and features accentuated to communicate the veneration or terror experienced by minds living in the jungles of the "Land of HON. JOHN E. TREAGER Vice-President of the Stockmen's Trust and Savings Bank, One of the Many Strong Supporters of Mayor William E. Dever. Mr. Treaeger Is One of the Best and Most Popular Business Men in This City. HON. JOHN E. TREAGER CONTINUES TO STAND BY THE BROAD AX October 1, 1899, Hon. John E. Treager, who has for all those years been one of the warmest friends of its editor, started as one of its subscribers and from that time to the present he has loyally stood by this newspaper, it has never made the slightest difference to him whether he was holding an office or whether he was out of office his subscription to it has never stopped, and every week for all those years The Broad Ax, can be found laying on the library table in the front parlor of the lovely home of Mr. and Mrs. Treager, 921 West 54th Place and his good wife, Mrs. Treager is not ashamed to let her many lady friends observe it occupying its place of honor in their home for our part we feel proud of honest John Treager for he is a hale fellow well met. Fright." So-called "cubism," the employment of simple geometrical forms as the basis of drawings and paintings is held to be related to these African carvings. Many of the carvings are beautifully sensitive in the treatment of surfaces, and suggest the work of the sculptor Brancusi. The present vogue for African carving in New York, coinciding with the success of Negroes in the theatre, is lending new interest to the cultural background of the race. A PARK FOR THE SECOND AND THIRD WARD CITIZENS Now for the first time in years, there seems to be a real chance to get a park for the congested sections comprising the second and third wards of the City of Chicago. A number of prominent citizens and representatives of clubs and organizations, met at the office of the Chicago Urban League, Monday of this week to discuss the type of park which would best serve the needs of the community. This meeting was addressed by Miss Mary McDowell, the new Commissioner of Public Welfare, and one of the experts on recreation parks and centers of the City of Chicago. This expert outlined the scheme of several different types of parks which had been tried out, so that those present were able to come to a conclusion as to the most desirable sort of a center to be put in at this time. Accordingly, those gathered stated their conclusions in the form of a resolution and petition which is to be presented to the Chairman of the South Park Commissioners. The petition reads as follows: Whereas the South Park Commissioners propose to build and equip a park accessible to the residents of the second and third wards, and Whereas it is the unanimous opinion of those interested in the proposition that the people to be served by such a park have long needed one, therefore, be it Resolved: That we, representatives of various groups and organizations both commercial and social, declare ourselves in favor of the establishment of such a park and that we request the South Park Commissioners that a park adequate in size and standard in equipment with bath house, library, gymnasium, baseball diamond, tennis courts, and in fact standard in every respect and under the personal supervision of a trained director be at once put under way for the citizens of the community. Be it further resolved that it is the sense of this body that there shall be one institution centrally located and that a copy of these resolutions be sent to Mr. B. E. Sunny, Chairman of the South Park Commissioners and that we pledge to use our influence on behalf of the establishment of the said park. out of office his subscription to it has never stopped, and every week for all those years The Broad Ax, can be found laying on the library table in the front parlor of the lovely home of Mr. and Mrs. Treager, 921 West 54th Place and his good wife, Mrs. Treager is not ashamed to let her many lady friends observe it occupying its place of honor in their home for our part we feel proud of honest John Treager for he is a hale fellow well met. Among those present at the meeting were: Mrs. Eva Wells, Mrs. Rene Goins, Mrs. M. O. Gaynor of the Second Ward Branch of the Women's Cook County Permanent Republican Club, also Mrs. Ada McKinley and Mrs. Nora Lee. Mr. Morris Lewis, of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Mrs. Helen Sayre, Messrs. Holloman and Pulliam of the Pyramid Mutual Casualty Insurance Company, Dr. O. B. Williams and H. Isaacs of the Prairie Tennis Club, Mr. Claude Barnett, of the Associated Negro Press, Mr. J. E. Mitchem, the Underwriters Insurance Co., Mrs. Adah Waters, the Friendship Home for Girls, Mr. Robert L. Mays, the Railroad Men's International Benevolent Protective Association, Dr. George C. Hall, Provident Hospital, Mrs. A. H. Richey, Mrs. Clanton, Mr. Nathan Caldwell, Mr. R. L. Jackson, Mrs. E. C. Alexander, Mrs. Jackson, Attorney H. E. Moore, Dr. V. C. Dudley, Mrs. Clanton, Dr. H. A. Callis and Mr. Jake Tippier of the Chicago Enterprise. N. A. A. C. P. MASS MEETING MONDAY, MAY 28TH AT 8 P. M The Citizens' Membership Committee, under direction of Chairman R. L. Mays met last Thursday night at the Community House to complete plans for the N. A. A. C. P. Mass Meeting, Monday, May 28th, at 8 P. M. at Pilgrim Baptist Church, East 33rd St. and Indiana Ave. Interest in this event is increasing daily and the committee is bending every effort towards getting out a monster crowd. One hundred precinct workers will be on a special solicitation for memberships a few days prior to the meeting. Mrs. Blanche Wright Paige and Miss Charlotte Tervalon have organized a flying squadron of women who will canvass the merchants in the immediate neighborhood, seeking their memberships in the Association and the display of official membership certificates and window cards. The Ministers Association has endorsed the meeting and many of the ministers have, selected committees of ten each to represent the churches in this special effort. Fulton Street M. E. Church Choir, under direction of Mr. Cornelius W. Pierce, will furnish the music; Madam Camille Cohen-Jones will sing two selections. Reports from the Pacific Coast indicate great interest in Congressman Dyer's tour, and it is for Chicago to top them all with its biggest demonstration. Join the N. A. A. C. P. now and support the worth-while work of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Mr. and Mrs. Henry (Teenan) Jones, have removed from 3336 S. Park avenue, to 6529 S. Aberdeen St. THE BROAD AX, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, SATURDAY, MAY 19, 1923 A few days ago the writer dropped in to pay respect to Mr. Anthony Overton and incidently to talk finance and other matters. You know Mr. Overton is president of the Douglass National bank. During our conversation Mr. Overton suggested the thought that the race needed more Daniels, you know Daniel was not only right in the sight of God but he was courageous, brave, and daring when faced by danger, or called upon to make personal sacrifice. This caused us to think of Mr. Julius F. Taylor, editor of The Broad Ax. Our mind ran back over many years in retrospect and although reminiscences did not bristle or flash in gaudy show yet there was enough of splendor crystalized around his name to arouse our spirit to bestow a little praise where it was justified. Mr. Taylor has been a citizen of Chicago for near 25 years, during which time he has published The Broad Ax. Reader run your mind back 25 years and trace if you will the history of this paper and if you are liberal in your views you will not fail to pay a tribute to the editor for one colossal song anyhow. Every week covering the 25 years he has successfully launched his great weekly without missing a single issue. This to the writer's mind is a great thing. Some of the chief elements in a man's life that entitle him to the respect and lasting gratitude of his friends and acquaintances are sacrifice, fortitude and a noble purpose. But in writing of Mr. Julius F. Taylor we may enshrine his name with all of the other prerequisite great forces of character. There is courage, valor, constancy, truth, and honesty of purpose—all of these strengthened by dogged will and determination. Some men achieve greatness for having the courage of their convictions. That perhaps more than anything else of manly qualities made Theodore Roosevelt beloved and respected by the world. This element is emphasized by Mr. Taylor in no small degree. Honesty of purpose, is another emphasized element in the character of Mr. Taylor. Every body who knows him will tell you that he performs what he promises and that he has always been singled out as one man who will keep his word if he must sacrifice time and money to do it. The value of an article like this while beneficial in some degree to the man of whom we write, yet is of insestimable value to the race to which Mr. Taylor belongs by having set up before the young people of the race such an exemplary spirit in our race life. The potential force of the fitting example is the idea, and the beneficiary merely incidental. Praise of men count for very little when the object is unworthy. It was Iowell who wrote: It was Lowell who wrote: In life's small things be resolute and great To keep thy muscles trained and knowest thou when fate Thy measure takes, or when she'll say "I find thee worthy. Do this thing for me." And so a man of persistence and constancy true in all things to his race has been on the job dyspensing alike to all much that is rich in character and nobility of soul to all the people black and white. Unostentationed, proud but not austere yet plain and as gentle as a woman but possessed of some of the elements that made Daniel noble in the sight of God. Upwards of 25 years Mr. Taylor has been in the spot light and he has borne himself as a gentleman, winning the confidence of friend and foot alike. He has made himself favorably known and respected by a large host of all classes and races. His paper has had a steady growth and is read by people in every state in the union. By people in all walks of life and especially eagerly sought by the learned elements of both races. Much of Mr. Taylor's success he attributes to his very affable and amiable wife, Mrs. Taylor, who believes in team work, spending a good portion of her time helping her husband mould sentiment that is to give The Broad Ax a lasting place in the welfare and progress of the colored people of America. The above article has been laying on our desk for the past two months, and we have been loth to publish it for, the fear that some of the people might arrive at a hasty conclusion that we had requested Dr. Majors to write the article for us, with the view of receiving some money for sounding our praises. We want it distinctly understood that such is not the case. From the bottom of our heart we desire to heartily thank Dr. Majors, for so favorably touching upon our business career in Chicago for the past twenty-five years. -Editor. Dr. A. W. Bibb, has removed his offices, from 358 E. 35th street corner Grand Boulevard, to 3754 Cottage Grove avenue, where he will be highly delighted to have his patients and friends to call on him. WEEK DAY SERMONETTES (By Dr. H. T. S. Johnson) Interracial Secretary for Oklahoma THE CASTING OUT OF FEAR Luke 12:32: "Dismiss your fears, little flocks, your Father finds a pleasure in giving you the kingdom." If I were asked to name one emotion which every man feels I would unhesitatingly name "fear." You are acquainted with fear, no matter who you are. Christian or heathen, white or black, you are afraid of something. It is so now, it was so when Christ delivered the message from which we quote today. For the benefit of his hearers and for the benefit of all mankind, Jesus said: "Dismiss your fears, little flock: your Father finds a pleasure in giving you the kingdom." I. Dismiss your fears of sickness. The average man is in daily fear of sickness. Many people bring on disease by using all sorts of patent medicines to prevent disease. Men have become multi-millionaires as manufacturers of patent nostrums, because the public feared sickness. Many people think themselves into the sick-bed and, in many cases to the grave. Most people who are sick are sick mentally. If men 'generally would "dismiss their fears" of sickness, the human family would be as healthy as brute families. Coueism is a fact, because the health suggestions which it recommends dismiss the fear of disease. 11. "Dismiss your fears" of death. Some people get very little joy out of life because of the fear of death. Constantly they are thinking of death as a monster lurking at their heels. This takes the joy out of life for too many people. "Dismiss your fears" of death by seeing death as something other than "the black camel which kneels at every man's gate," "a leap in the dark," "a cruel monster." Think of it rather as "the gate to endless joy," "the friend who relieves us of all care, sorrow, sickness, pain and death," the guide who leads to a home blessed with so many advantages that "eye hath not seen, ear hath not heard, nor hath it entered into the heart of man the things which God hath in store for them that love Him." Become reconciled with God, continue that relation, and there will be no need to fear death. III. "Dismiss your fears" of poverty. O, how we dread being poor. So great is our fear of poverty that we focalize thought and energy upon the accumulation of wealth. Thus one may succeed in the getting of things but he often sacrifices that which is far better. The average person cannot get wealth and keep an abiding interest in things eternal. Instead of getting wealth, wealth gets him. The fear of poverty makes many men resort to corrupt practices which cost them character, the association of good people, helpful example before their children, and a home in heaven. The price is too great. Better far to take comfort in the fact that the God who feeds the birds of the air and clothes the lilies of the field beyond the magnificence of Solomon, will surely care for His human children for whose redemption He gave His "only begotten son." IV. "Dismiss your fears" of the success of others. This fear makes for individual strife and race conflict. It has its ground in envy. It made the first murderer and has been the cause of multitudinous murders ever since. The strife between man and man, the fight between capital and labor, the ever-present conflict between race and race, would not exist except for the fear men have of the success of others. The penacea for all these fears lies in the practice of brotherhood. Brotherhood cannot be practiced without interracial cooperation. In proportion as this is done will mutual respect and good will obtain. Frequent association will ripen into love and "love casteth out fear." DR. CARL G. ROBERTS TO AD- DRESS ST. MARK LYCEUM On Sunday afternoon, May 26, at 5:15 P. M., Dr. Carl G. Roberts, one of our most prominent physicians, public speakers and race men will address St. Mark Lyceum, 50th Street and Wabash avenue on "DEMO-CRACY and RACE RELATIONS." Dr. Roberts who is Senior Gynecologist at the Chicago General Hospital is actively identified with every movement of any consequence in the City. His services as a public speaker are much sought after both in and out of the City. You will miss a great address of you fail to hear him. The musical program for the Lyceum will be furnished by Mr. Walter E. Gosset, one of the Race's best known organists, Mr. Leon Smith, talented violinist, Mrs. Carrie Simmons, charming soprano and a male quartette from the Young Men's Council. The program will begin promptly at 5:15 P. M.—"C." Dr. and Mrs. George A. Lewis, have removed from 6544 St. Lawrence avenue, to 6411 S. Morgan street, where they will be pleased to meet their many friends. 79 HON. CHARLES KRUTCKOFF The Popular and Straightforward Member of the Board of Assessors of Cook County, Who Will Be Renominated and Re-elected to His Present Position in 1924, and Republican Candidate for Committeeman of the Fourth Ward. NEGRO ATTORNEYS FIGHT VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE In a suit for $50,000 for damages to his reputation, Professor Robert Kerlin, formerly of Virginia Military Institute, lost by technical court rulings. According to this ruling the Board of Visitors of the Institute were held to be a part of the Executive Staff of the State, accountable only to the Governor and consequently not subject to suit. Sometime ago, Professor Kerlin wrote an open letter to the Governor of Arkansas protesting against the railroading of the so-called "rioters" into the electric chair without a fair trial. As soon as this letter became public, Professor Kerlin was called before the Board of Visitors for writing it. He maintained his right to defend the Negroes, to express his opinions freely, and called attention to a long record of effort on his part to bring about the spiritual and economic improvement of colored people. Professor Kerlin furnished the Board with a copy of his letter and with other documentary evidence showing his innocence of any wrongdoing. The envelope in which this material was contained was returned to him unopened. He was dismissed from the Board meeting without learning what his fate would be and a few hours later he was notified by letter of his summary dismissal, and was advised to vacate his home of which he was personally the owner, and that the school officials damaged his reputation by publishing articles about him which caused him great inconvenience and made it impossible for him to secure a position as a teacher in any other southern institution of learning. He also charged that this action was an invasion of his rights of freedom of speech. He decided not to appeal the case, since he was satisfied that the law was against him. Professor Kerlin will be recalled as being very friendly to the Negro, being the author of a widely read book, "The Voice of the Negro," and of several newspaper and magazine articles on the same subject. For many years he was a member of the inter-racial committee of the State of Virginia. Probably the greatest stir was caused by the fact that he engaged two Negro attorneys, William F. Denny of Richmond, Virginia, and Frank Harris of Petersburg, Virginia, as his counsel. MR. EDWARD TIDRINGTON, IS ONE OF THE OLD TIME SUBSCRIBERS TO THE BROAD AX Since the first of August, 1899, up to the present time, Mr. Edward Tidrington, 3221 Prairie avenue, has been a constant subscriber to The Broad Ax, and during all those years, he has been a faithful attache of the Police Department of the City of Chicago. Mr. Tidrington, is the permanent secretary, of Englewood Lodge No. 4230, Grand United Order of Odd Fellows. He is also a prominent member of Great Lakes Lodge No. 43, Order of Elks, and for some years, he has been president of the Men's Sunday Club, of St. Thomas church, 38th street and S. Wabash avenue. A card from Dr. Adena C. E. Minott, who was the founder of the Cilo School, of Mental Science, in this city, which she conducted for five years, states that she is now well located at 246* W. 129th street, New York City, and she wishes to be remembered to her many friends in this city. THE SPHINX AND PYAMID CLUBS GIVE UNIQUE AFFAIR AT BEACON GYMNASIUM MONDAY EVENING. Wilberforce, Ohio The Libyan Desert, with Sphinx and Pyramid was one of the greatest affairs ever given at Wilberforce of its nature. The Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity and Delta Sigma Theta Sorrority were the honored guests. A choice background and center decoration were very outstanding, together with the soft tender music from Scott's Orchestra. After a few marches the master of ceremonies, Mr. Alexander Stout, presented the program. Welcome address Miss Alberta Mayo, President of the Pyramid Club, Mrs. John Clark, President of the Sphinx Club. The President of the Alpha Kappa Alpha, Miss Anna Mae Gates, Mr. M. C. Henderson of the Kappa Alpha Psi, Mr. A. P. Byrd, President of the Scrollers Club. Responses, Mr. Richard I. McGee, President Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity and Miss Eunice Singleton, President of the Delta Sigma Theta Sorority. The feature of the evening, being an Egyptian Dance by Miss Julia Kirk, and the old Virginia Reef by the club. After a delightful menu the last grand march was held. All marched home happily—the Z. W. W. news service. THE FORTY-SECOND ANNIVERSARY EXERCISES OF TUSKEGEE INSTITUTE ALABAMA. Sunday, May 20, the Forty-Second Anniversary exercises of Tuskegee Institute, Alabama, Robert R. Moton, principal, will open and will continue until Thursday, May 24, at which time the following program will be rendered: Sunday, May 20th, 2:00 P. M. "The Commencement Sermon," Dr. William Russell Owens, pastor, First Baptist Church, Macon, Georgia. Monday, May 21st, 7:30 P. M. Annual Exercises of the Phelps Hall, Bible Training School. Tuesday, May 22nd, 7:30 P. M. Trinity Church, Boston, prize contest. Wednesday, May 23rd, 7:30 P. M. Senior Class Day Exercises. The Annual Commencement Exercises and the Annual Demonstration of the Industrial Departments will be held in the Institute Chapel at 10:00 A. M. and 2:00 P. M., Thursday, May 24. Dr. L. K. Williams, President of the National Baptist Convention, Chicago, Illinois, will deliver the Annual Commencement Address. DEMAND FOR. HOUSE WORK ERS AT THE URBAN LEAGUE The demand for house maids at the Urban League cannot be met. In one day 21 orders were received for women to do this kind of work. The wages offered for this, are from $12.00 to $18.00 including room and board, and the places are both in the city and in the suburbs. For the most part, the jobs are for general house work not including laundry. Interested persons should apply to the Employment Department of the Chicago Urban League, 3032 South Wabash Avenue. Rev. and Mrs. G. R. Bryant have removed from 3314 S. Park avenue, to 3160 Indiana avenue, where they are now at home to their many friends. DR. MONROE A. MAJORS One of the Leading and Most This Country, Whose Cont This Newspaper Attract W One of the Leading and Most Forcible Editorial Writers in This Country, Whose Contributions From Time to Time to This Newspaper Attract Wide Attention. SOME HISTORICAL ERRORS OF JAMES FORD RHODES, RELATIVE TO RECONSTRUCTION swer and reply, were also published in the same Journal. They attracted such a wide range of attention that I The above entitled book, brought forth from the masterful brain of major John R. Lynch, is highly interesting and it is worth anyone's time to read it. The book is bound in beautiful rich blue cloth and gold letters. Large print which makes it easy to read is from the press of the Cornhill Publishing Company, of Boston, Mass., and New York City; the author sets forth his reasons as follows for bringing "Some Historical Errors of James Ford Rhodes," to the light, of day. "When I decided to write the chapters contained in this book I did not contemplate having them published in book form. The intention was to have the first part of the work brought before the public in the form of a magazine article. "A part of it was published in the Journal of Negro History. When this was brought to the attention of Mr. Rhodes, he submitted the same to a gentleman claimed by him to be an expert, but whose name was not given, with the request that he answer it, which was done. A copy of the answer was sent to me to which I wrote a reply. Portions of the an- ATTORNEY FARMER GETS JUDGMENT AFFIRMED The Appellate Court affirmed a judgment in an interesting case last week in the suit entitled Nelson Brothers et al against Edward F. Jones. The decision established a new principle governing the financing companies in the purchase of automobiles on time. The defendant purchased an automobile from the Ford Agency in Evanston making his down payment. The deal was financed by Nelson Brothers of Evanston who agreed to carry fire and theft insurance for one year on the machine, premiums paid in advance. The machine was stolen and the Insurance Company and Nelson Brothers sought to avoid payment by claiming that the machine was stolen while being used for taxi cab purposes and that such use of the machine voided the policy. Attorney Walter M. Farmer, representing the defendant, contended that the financing company in such circumstances acted as insurers against fire and theft and that the knowledge of the provision voiding the policy were not brought to the defendant's knowledge they were liable to the defendant for the loss of his machine in $90% of its list price. The Appellate Court took the same view of the case and affirmed the finding of the lower Court which gave the defendant judgment of $715.50 being $90% of the list price. SPLENDID SERVICES AT ALLEN'S CHURCH All day Sunday, Mother's Day, splendid services were conducted at Allen's Temple 'A. M. E. Church, 30th and Dearborn Sts., of which Rev. T. Leslie Scott is pastor. Fifteen new members were added to the church. Mr. Stringfellow, the well-known gospel singer, rendered several selections. The choir sold flowers amounting to $32.00. Mr. and Mrs. William H. Montgomery, have removed from 4810 Indiana avenue to 4735 Indiana avenue. at Forcible Editorial Writers in distributions From Time to Time to Wide Attention. swer and reply, were also published in the same Journal. They attracted such a wide range of attention that I decided to act favorably upon a large number of friendly requests to have all of the articles published in extenso and in book form. "The work is not elaborate. My intention was to point out and refute some of the most flagrant and glaring misrepresentations contained in the chapters of Rhodes' History covering the reconstruction period, thus showing that so far as that period is concerned, this particular History is very unreliable and grossly untrue, and that the said author was either not well informed upon the subject matters about which he wrote, or else he was so partial, biased and prejudiced as to seriously impair, if not wholly destroy for historical purposes, the value of what he wrote covering that period. "I flatter myself with the belief that those who will read this brief work will get a better and more accurate impression of the important historical events growing out of, and connected with, that eventful period of our country's history. The price of the book is $1.50 net. $1.60 by mail. Address, Major John R. Lynch, 4352 Forestville Avenue, Chicago, Ill. THE HOME AND PLACE YOU HAVE BEEN LOOKING FOR 35 tax exempt, 6 room houses in Jamaica, N. Y. Jamaica is part of New York City, just 30 minutes ride from City Hall. Trains every 5 minutes. Fare 5 cents. Price, $5,600. Cash $1,000. Balance terms to suit. These houses are new, never been occupied and are remarkably well built. Finished in hardwood throughout. All improvements such as steam heat, hot water, electricity. Laundry and tubs in basement. Driveway for cars for each house. All we.ask is a chance to show you. If interested, write us at once. HAMILTON & CO., Inc., New York, Chas. J. H. Hamilton, President, 115 W. 135th St., New York, N. Y. MRS. WILLIAMS BURIED Funeral services were held on Monday morning at ten o'clock for the late Mrs. Beulah Williams, a member of Bride of Morgan Park Council, A. U. K. & D. of A, and a faithful member of Arnett Chapel of Morgan Park. The funeral oration was delivered by the pastor, Rev. H. E. Walden, who paid a tribute to the splendid life of the deceased. IN THE EAST Mrs. Dora Hawley is in New York and will also visit other cities in the east spending much time with relatives and friends. Mrs. Hawley is the mother of Mesdames Crenshaw and Anderson, milliners, 3408 State street MRS. GARRISON PLEASED Mrs.' Sarah E. Garrison, daughter ruler of Pride of Chicago Temple No. 74 I. B. P. O. E. W. is proud of the success which has been made by the Temple under her administration. Wm. Crudup, an old resident of the city, officer and member of Ebeneezer Baptist Church, is much improved at Provident Hospital where he has been quite ill for several weeks. IMPROVED THE BROAD AX, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, SATURDAY, MAY 19, 1923 MISSISSIPPI NEGROES ISSUE STATEMENT EXPLAINING EXODUS FROM SOUTH. "NEGRO'S LIFE MAY BE TAKEN WITH IMPUNITY IN MISSISSIPPI" ONE CAUSE OF MIGRATION. Ex-Paymaster of the United States Army, Magazine Writer, and Author of Considerable Note, Whose Latest Contribution to the Literary World Is Well Worth Reading. Ex-Paymaster of the United States Army, Magazine Writer, and Author of Considerable Note, Whose Latest Contribution to the Literary World Is Well Worth Reading. A statement drawn up in a mass meeting of prominent Negroes of Jackson, Mississippi, recently, explaining to the white citizens of the State the reasons for its exodus of colored labor from the South, has been received by the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, 70 Fifth Avenue, New York City. "The Negro feels that life is not safe in Mississippi," says the statement, "and his life may be taken with impunity at any time upon the slightest pretext or provocation by a white man." The statement which is signed by S. D. Redmond, colored lawyer and chairman of the Jackson mass meeting, continues: "The record libbuster, vote and defeat By the Southern representatives in Congress against the Dyer Anti-Lynching Bill, in the last Congress, has caused the Negro to believe that the South is irrevocably determined to perpetuate therein lynch law and mob violence in the South. "The Negro has generally despaired of obtaining his rights as a citizen in this section. He has lost faith and a few of the following facts all tend to force him to this conclusion." Among the outstanding grievances recited in the list are the following: That twenty dollars is spent on the education of every white child in Mississippi against one dollar for every Negro child. That while there are 1000 high schools for white children in the State there is but one such institution maintained for colored children. 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. Mr. and Mrs. Grant Gardner, of Muskegon, Mich., who are old and warm friends of Mrs. Taylor and the writer forwarded us a lovely card, stating that both of them are enjoying the best of health; we are always glad to hear from them, and to learn that the world is treating them fine. WALLACE SPEAKS W. A. Wallace, president of The Wallace Bakery Co., 3600 State St., spent Sunday in Milwaukee, Wis., where he delivered an address on "The Duty of The American Negro." Laughter Killed Love Laughter Killed Love. I thought quite a lot of a little neighbor boy. "One day while over there visiting, I was standing in the dining room watching his mother scrub and talking to both of them. All at once his mother said. "Watch out." I thought I was in her way, so stepped back quickly. Alas! a tub of water was directly behind me and I sat down in it. My little friend laughed at me till he couldn't laugh any longer. My love for him died then and there—Chicago Journal. Easily Explained. The vaudeville performer had done that old trick of striking a match on his partner's beard. "Now, how did he do that?" said a girl in the audience to her escort. "Oh, that's dead easy," he answered lightly; "you see the other fellow's whiskers are sandy." "It appears that almost innumerable Negro tenant farmers charge their landlords with either no settlement, or an unfair settlement, and many Negroes after appealing to both State and Federal authorities in vain, have given up in despair, and sought other climes, some of them charging that a state of peonage exists in certain sections of the State. "The Negro charges that one white man's word may outweigh that of a hundred Negroes; that no public improvement as a rule is made in those sections of towns and cities occupied by Negroes." In addition the statement claims that Negroes in Mississippi, although they contributed more soldiers to the U. S. Army during the war than the whites, are completely excluded from all share in jury service, the ballot and from any participation in government. "This he holds responsible for all of his many inequalities and injustices under the law, and feels that notwithstanding the kindly feelings of many to the contrary, that such a state and condition must ever remain just as long as he is denied the ballot; since history affords no example of mutual cooperation, contentment and mutual welfare, where one group assumes guardianship of another and attempts to govern them without the consent of the government." The report asserts that those Negroes who have left Mississippi cannot be brought back but that the exodus can be checked if conditions are remedied. to Re-Shape the Ankle The low shoe is the enemy of the trim ankle. And these days the ankle has its share of attention when summing up a woman's charms, sheer hosiery, embroidered patterns and lace insets call attention to it undoubtedly. On every side women are saying, "How my ankles have spread since wearing low shoes several seasons." Now the remedy. The heroic wear a hard and fast binding of two-inch adhesive tape, around the ankle; the less heroic wear the rubber stocking, footless, to be sure, but a mild support. And the determined woman goes in for the ankle corset. That's it, an ankle corset. About shoe-top length, made of corset material, lightly boned and laces right up the front, flesh colored and clips tightly over the heel to hold it in place. Many women wear the ankle corset when hiking or golfing. Others put it on when they rise in the morning; a few wear it at night, laced tightly enough to reshape the ankle. Spring Colors Are in the Delicate Shades The spring colors are in general delicate, although many new reds appear. Reds include coral, shrimp, souille, the brightest vermilion. Chinese lacquer red, crimson and brique tones. Blues are few—royal blue and cigarette smoke blue. Greens are delicate, apple green, almond green, verdigris. Yellows are greenish or grayish. Dellicate maues, illacs and plinks are shown in frocks for young girls. Gold cloth is bright yellow and very shiny, often cured. Silver cloth is very white and shiny. It, too, frequently is cured. Gold, silver and steel cloth appear in rough crepe textures and duller tones for, evening capes, and are often lined with velvet and collared with fur. Smart Spring Hate Very smart and decidedly springlike are hats of black or dark blue straw trimmed with mimosa yellow. THE LEGEND OF THE MUSICIAN MAJOR JOHN R. LYNCH of the United States Army, Maj. of Considerable Note, Whose L. Literary World Is Well Worth It [Portrait of a man in a suit with a bow tie]. The Leading Or the Most Prominent Demo-Republican Colored Man in Chicago, Who Will Be Tendered a Grand Testimonial at the Eighth Regiment Armory Monday Evening, May 21. Bishop A. J. Carey Will Be the Leading Speaker. Dismal Prospect A young couple with two young children once had both their mothers at their home. One day the mother and father went out, taking one child with them and leaving a little boy of three at home. He watched them through a window. As he turned from it he sighed and said, "Well, they're all gone and I have to stay home with a whole bunch of grandmas."—Chicago Tribune. Fallacy of "Schools." Let, realists, if they desire, still insist that all is prose, and the idealists that all is poetry. To the latter will come a rainy day, and the former will have their days of sunshine. In each of the arts the privileged few are the victors, and those follow their own paths; like old fashions, this talk about "schools" will vanish in time.—George Sand. Hanny Prospect for Hubby! That one of the latest theories put forward by doctors is that new clothes are better than medicine to restore health. One can imagine how carefully a man would look after his wife's health, with the prospect of prescriptions of new jumpers, fur coats and strings of pearls in front of him every time she is suffering from a tiny allment!—Exchange. Reading Poetry Aloud. They shall read with dignity, slowly with realization of the beauty of each word, and of how in verse each word has its value, not only of sense, but of sound and association; they shall pause at the end of the lines and mark the metre subly and not grossly; and all this may be taught to the wise—James Eloy Flecker. Much Depends on Thought. Strong, pure and happy thoughts build up the body in vigor and grace. The body is a delicate and plastic instrument which responds readily to the thoughts by which it is impressed, and habits of thought—good or bad—will produce their own effect upon it—James Allen. COL. OSCAR DE PRIEST for the Most Prominent Demo-Repu- icago, Who Will Be Tendered the Eighth Regiment Armory Mo- bishop A. J. Carey Will Be the Le Had the Wrong Idea. The story described its heroine as a dumpling sort of woman. The teacher paused and asked for a description of a dumpling sort of woman. "She would be rather tall and thin," sug- gested a pupil. The teacher, suspect- ing spoiling, hurriedly brought the inquiry to a close. "No," she snapped, "the lady would be short and plump— like a dumpling." "Oh, yes," said the youngster with relief, "I was thinking of a noodle." Wisdom From the Arab This is given as an Arabian proverb in "Life of Sir Richard Burton" and runs: "Men are four: he who knows not and knows not he knows not, he is a fool—shun him; he who knows not and knows he knows not, he is simple—teach him; he who knows and knows not he knows, he is asleep—wake him; he who knows and knows he knows, he is wise—follow him." Staten Island New York Staten island, an island of New York, constituting the borough of Richmond, New York city, is a little more than five miles from the southern extremity of Manhattan island, and is separated from Long Island on the east by the Narrows, which connect the upper New York bay with the lower bay. The area of Staten island is about 70 square miles. Hair Fringed in England Hair Fringed in England. Years ago British fashion dictated that every woman should wear a fringe of short hair on the forehead. The vogue became so general that mistresses advertising for servants stipulated: "No fringe." Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon has revived the practice, wearing a fringe about an inch above the eyebrows, says the Daily Express. The Library Many persons go to the Detroit Public library to see the new building, according to an assistant librarian. Many go to meet friends. Others go to kill time. And still others go to discover from available geneological tables if they are or are not descended from ancient- kings and queens.-Detroit News. Soul Development. Every trouble is an opportunity to win the grace of strength. A trouble is a moral and spiritual task. It is something which is hard to do. Strength is increased by encounter with the difficult. Every day we are blessed with new opportunities for the development of strength of soul. Rule for Courtesy. If a man accosts you and talks to you ever so duly or frivolously, it is worse than rudeness, it is brutality to show him, by a manifest inattention to what he says, that you think him a fool or a blockhead and not worth hearing.—Chesterfield. Charcoal Eph's Daily Thought. "Hit ain' no use 'splaining nothin' at all," said Charcoal Eph. in a mood. "When a man staht thinkin' up 'scuses she kin hear he conscience stutterin' Jes' lak hit runnin' on five cylinders." — Richmond, Times-Dispatch. Odd London Names. The square mile of the city of London is divided into 27 wards, with such quant names as the Portsoken, Vintry, Cordwalner and Candlewick wards. Stray Bits of Wisdom. Stray Bits or Wisdom. Fear, like spare diet, starves the fevers of lust and quenches the flames of hell.—O. W. Holmes. Ribbon combines artistically with almost any kind of material. This season net with narrow ribbon trimming is popular in gowns. Especially attractive collars, fuchsia and scarfs are made of net with several rows of narrow ribbon of contrasting colors sewn around the edge. There are wonderful ribbons. One just wants to buy a lot of them and make them up into garters, bracelets, girdles, bandeaux, and so on. Soiled collars and cuffs can be replaced by ribbon edged net and the gown brought up to the very latest thing in fashion. Ribbons mark the flapper of today even as they did the flapper of many years ago when the term was applied to the adolescent girl because of her fancied resemblance to a young goose—neither fledgling nor grown-up—but dashing about with a good deal of noise, giggling and chatter. Today, instead of adorning the hair of Miss Flapper, the ribbon adorns the sensible blouses and waistls affected by her. She does not feel completely dressed unless she has a bow with streamers caught at the V of the waist. What ribbon to use with what? This question comes up again and again in the minds of millions of women who wish to use ribbons to the very best advantage. The question is difficult to answer. All ribbons seem to blend and combine well with all kinds of materials. The colors and widths are more important than the weave. Many prefer cire ribbon for heavy materials such as serge. Cire gives a decidedly smart tailored touch. Others prefer soft satins or moires or fancy novelties for the serge or wool dress. When tied and properly placed it seems almost impossible to decide which is the most effective. The strictly tailored woman will most likely select the stiffer ribbons, but the woman who loves soft, clinging materials will find her choice in soft ribbons. Ruffles and Straw THE FASHIONIST For the well-dressed woman who loves variety without too great an expense, the use of embroidered voles and organdles, as well as all-over, will prove satisfactory. This korbief and hat for late spring and summer have been designed to show the effective use of embroideries. Correspondent's Odd Thought. T. P. writes: "A man on seeing jellyfish is apt to think of evolution, a woman to wonder how it was ever got to jell so nicely."—Boston Evening Transcript. This young lady gives all the credit for her beautiful hair and complication to EXELENTO preparations Be More Beautiful A wonderful preparation has been discover- ed, lovely tweeds. It gives the hair a beautiful glossy sheen. It puts glowing health into the hair. This marvelous preparation is fishing. This marvelous preparation is It has given thousands the beautiful long, soft, silky, lovely hair which is one of their own, you yourself, to obtain made it possible for you, yourself, to obtain another marvelous, beauty help is EXELENTO SKIN BEAUTIFIER, a delightful cream that quickly removes skin blemishes and scars, and gives the skin a smooth complexion. 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Its wood is hard and resinous, and is valued for posts, poles, ties and the like. The Euro-land narch tree is a close relative of the tamarkan, and is more frequently painted because it is ornamental. Immortal Volumes When another thousand years have gone by, the only things men will trouble to reprint will be the world's two oldest books—Homer and the Bible.—Ernest Renan. Electric Eel Dangerous. The electric eel is a great eel of South American swamps. It attains a length of six to seven feet, and can discharge at will electricity sufficient to kill a bullock, let alone a man. Whales Travel Far. Some whales travel twice a year more than a quarter of the circumference of the globe, being in the Arctic in summer and on the other side of the equator in winter. Worst Predicament "Talk about having inflammatory rheumatism and St. Vitus dance," said the thoughtful man, "but what about having lockjaw and seasickness?"—Farm Life. 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Another Conference Advised. "In a family," said Uncle Ebene, where de old folks thinks young folks is too far ahead of de times an' where de young folks thinks de old folks is too fur behind de times, it looks to me like dar dought to be some kind of a conference wif a view to compromise." —Washington Evening Star. And the 'Last is the Greatest. Five great intellectual professions have hitherto existed in every civilized nation; the soldier's, to defend it; the pastor's, to teach it; the physician's, to keep it in health; the lawyer's, to enforce justice, and the merchant's to provide, and all these men, on due occasion, to die for it.—John Ruskin. Wail Heard in All Ages. Wail Heard in All Ages. How great a pity that we should not feel for what end we are born into this world, till just as we are leaving it—Walsingham. Chas. Krutekoff, Pres. J. B. Ward, Vice-Pres. Telephone Norris-Ward YARD 26th St. and South Park, I. C. R. 18th and Canal Sts., C. B. Root St., C. R. I. B. 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As early as the beginning of the Christian era the people there built stone structures of excellent masonry, true angles and smooth, vertical faces. They had astronomical observatories, an accurate calendar and a better system of numerals than the Romans. First Voyage Across Atlantic. In 1492, the Santa Maria, a Spanish vessel under the command of Christopher Columbus, traversed the ocean in 70 days. 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. 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. A Thought THE BROAD AX, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, SATURDAY, MAY 19, 1923 Street (Seventh Floor) Palmer House ' Experience CHICAGO Editorial Woes. 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