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EXTRA THE BROAD AX EXTRA The Fifth Annual Convention of the National Association of Negro Musicians Under the Direction or Management of Prof. J. Wesley Jones. Promises to be the Greatest Gathering of Its Kind that Has Ever Assembled, in the United States. HON. WILLIAM E. DEVER, MAYOR OF CHICAGO, AND HON. J. GRAY LUCAS, ASSISTANT CORPORATION COUNSEL OF CHICAGO, ARE EXPECTED TO DELIVER THE OPENING ORATIONS AT THE FIFTH ANNUAL CONVENTION OF THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF NEGRO MUSICIANS, WHICH CONVENES IN THIS CITY, TUESDAY MORNING, JULY 24, AT THE METROPOLITAN COMMUNITY CENTER. Tuesday morning, July 24, the National Association of Negro Musicians will begin its four days' session or its fifth annual convention at the Metropolitan Community Center, 5120 Giles avenue. The opening session is staged for 9 a.m. and Hon. J. Gray Lucas, Assistant Corporation Counsel of Chicago, and Mayor William E. Dever will be the leading orators on that occasion. It is almost useless to state that all the business will be held at the Center. The first musical Festival will be given at the Wendell Phillips High School, Tuesday evening, July 24, 8:30 p.m. The public is cordially invited to attend all of these highly interesting sessions and Festivals. Admission free. Rev. W. D. Cook, through the largeness of his heart has freely donated the use of the Metropolitan Community Center to the members of the National Association of Negro Musicians and most of the preachers, including Rev. Cook, Dr. Charles H. Clark, Dr. Joseph A. Winters, Dr. L. Draine, and Dr. John B. Redmond, are doing everything that they possibly can to help the association, and Prof. Jones, director of Music, Metropolitan Community Center, president of the Chicago local and vice president of the National Association of Negro Musicians, has the loyal or the united support of all the musicians and the convention promises to be a wonderful success, and the greatest in its history. The following programs will be rendered during the various sessions: All-Artist Program Tuesday, July 24—Festival. Wendell Phillips High School. Wednesday, July 25, 2 p.m.—Children Matinee. Wednesday, July 25, 8 p.m.—Festival. Grace Church. Thursday, July 26, 8 p.m.-Musical Festival. Aryan Grotts Temple. Harold B. Maryott, public school music, Chicago Musical College. Chas. E. Fouser, Northwestern University Prominent Musicians to Appear The following are some of the most prominent musicians who will appear on the program: Florence Cole Talbert, soprano, Calif; Maude Roberts George, Chicago; Lucretia Mitchell, Indiana; R. Nathaniel Dett, composer; Wesley Howard, violinist; J. Harold Brown, composer; Cleo Ma Dickerson, pianist; Clarence Cameron White, Carl Diton, and John W. Work. The national officers are arriving in the city. They are; Clarence Cameron White, Oberlin O.; Alice C. Simmons, Tuskegee; Henry L. Grant, Washington; Lillian Lemon, Indianapolis; R. Nathaniel Dett, Hampton Carl Diton, Philadelphia; and Kemper Herreld, Atlanta. J. Wesley Jones, the president of the local, is also national vice president. The local chairmen of committees of the convention are: Miss Estella Bonds, Housing and Reception; Mrs. Martha Mitchell, program; Mrs. Martha B. Anderson, hospitality; Miss Marie Burton, badges; Mrs. Winona Mason Brown, finance; Dr. I. H. Holloway, reception; Mrs. Maude R. George, publicity; Chas. Reese, sight seeing tour. The opening program of the convention will be Tuesday, the 24th, at Wendell Phillips High School. This will be Loca night and the following well known artists will appear: Mme Bertha D. Tyrese, Clara Hutchison, Miss Mary Jones, sopranos; Miss Goldie Guy, pianist; Lawrence Lomax, tenor; Theodore P. Bryant, baritone; Harrison Emanuel, violinist, and Irene Howard, cornetist. Chicago is expected to turn out in full at the concert and those who expect to attend must be in their seats early in order to get a seat. Mrs. Maude Roberts George, soprano, and Cleo Mae Dickerson, pianist, have been selected to represent Chicago upon the National program Thursday, which is arranged by the National Committee. The following out-of-town artists will also appear: Florence Cole Talbert, Detroit, coloratura soprano; R. Nathaniel Dett and J. Harold Brown, Nashville, Tenn. pianists; Wesley Howard, violinist, Washington, D.C. James A. Mundy, eminent conductor, will direct the great National Chorus of two hundred voices. Tickets will be on sale for this concert Monday at the box office. Many boxes have already been taken and early reservations are advised. As stated before, all morning sessions will be held at headquarters, Metropolitan Community Center, 3118-20 Giles avenue. Location of delegates and general information may be obtained there. An interesting social program has been arranged for the pleasure of the delegates. Following the Tuesday evening concert the national delegates will be entertained at the Chicago University of Music, 3672 South Michigan avenue. Monday the national officers will be the highly honored guests of the president, Prof. J. Wesley Jones. Wednesday follow- M. H. Director of the far famed Metropolitan Choir, president of the Chicago Music Association, vice-president of the National Association a grand success, which opens its sessions Tues- very hard to make the Fifth Annual Convention of that Association a grand success, which opens its session Tuesday, July 24, at the Metropolitan Community Center, 3118 Giles Avenue. ing the concert at Grace Presbyterian Church, a reception will be held at the Vincennes Hotel; Thursday afternoon, following the morning session, a sight seeing trip has been arranged, covering the boulevards of the city and most important places. Any friends wishing to take some of the delegates in their cars may notify headquarters and the courtesy will be highly appreciated. Attend the concerts and make this the greatest convention in the history of the organization. The local, with its two hundred members, is enthusiastic in their efforts for success. At the present time there are more than one thousand members belonging to the National Association and with two hundred members belonging to it in this city simply proves that the colored musicians are becoming a strong power in the land. The following are the various officials connected with the National Association of Negro Musicians: Officers and board of directors; Clarence Cameron White, president; 113 Groveland street, Oberlin, Ohio; J. Wesley Jones, vice-president; 3118 Giles avenue, Chicago, Ill; Alice Carter Simmons, secretary-treasurer, Tuskegee Institute, Ala; Henry L. Grant, executive secretary, 323 T street, N. W., Washington, D. C; Lillian M. Lemeon, assistant secretary, 1128 Senate street, Indianapolis, Ind; R. Augustus Lawson, 111 Adelaide street, Hartford, Conn; J. W. Work, Fisk University, Nashville, Tennessee; fred J. Work, 58 W. 134th street, New York City; Mabel Storey, 4206 W. Belle Place, St. Louis, Mo; David J. Martin, 139 W. 136th street, New York City. Advisory R. Nathaniel Dett, chairman, Hampton Institute, Va; Melville Charleton, G. Lake Imes, Carl Diton, Harriet Gibbs Marshall, THE BROAD AX, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, SATURDAY, JULY 21, 1923 PROF. H. J. WESLEY JONES of far famed Metropolitan Choir, p music Association, vice-president in a grand success, which opens it to make the Fifth Annual Con in a grand success, which opens it 24, at the Metropolitan Commu nue. Walter, H. Loving, Leroy H. Good- man, attorney. Committees, Carl Diton, composition; Kemper Harreld, employment; Clara E. Hutchinson, statistician; Fred J. Work, historian; Mildred Bryant Jones, public school music; J. Wesley Jones, scholarship. The officers of the Chicago local of the National Association of Negro Musicians are as follows: Officers and Board of Directors, J. Wesley Jones, president; Harrison H. Ferrell, Jr., vice president; Thelma O. Simon, secretary, 3118-20 Giles ave- nue; Magnolia N. Lewis, corresponding secretary; George H. Hutchison, treasurer; Martina B. Anderson, Clara J. Hutchison, T. Theo Taylor, Harrison Emmanuel, Maude Roberts TUSKEGEE HOSPITAL ROW TEST OF HARDING ADMINISTRATION SAYS N. A. A. C. P. James Weldon Johnson, Secretary of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, 69 Fifth Avenue, New York City, has issued a statement calling the contest over the Tuskegee Hospital for Colored War Veterans a test of the Harding Administration's attitude toward Negroes. The statement is as follows: "Despite the government's promise made by President Harding to staff the Tuskegee Hospital for Colored War Veterans, with colored doctors and nurses, the Ku Klux Klan, with the apparent connivance of Colonel Stanley, have already driven away Dr. Kenney, a colored physician of high standing, who had to flee with his family from Tuskegee. This whole situation is one which again tests the Administration's attitude towards colored people, as well as the govern- ```markdown ``` George, Estella Bonds, and Martha B. Mitchell. Advisory Board, Geo. R. Arthur, H. A. Watkins, Antoinette Garnes, James A. Mundy, Mildred Bryant-Jones, Winona Mason Brown, Chas. Reeese, Samuel Hilliard, I. H. Holloway, M. D., Walter E. Gosette, Cleo M. Dickerson, A. V. Turner, Viola E. Hill, Jerene Howard, Maudelle Bousfield, Marie Burton, Mary E. Jones, Thomas B. Chapman, David Mitchell, Camille Cohen-Jones, Hattie Hargrove, Lo. D. Bond, Goldie Guy, Hortense Hall, J. Gray Lucas, attorney. The Fifth Annual Convention of the National Association of Negro Musicians will hold forth in this city from Tuesday morning, July 24, to Friday evening, July 27. ment's integrity in the face of the Ku Klux Klan mob. The government could settle this whole matter in an hour by taking a firm stand. The Ku Kluxers around Tuskegee are bluffing, and will carry that bluff as far as they can. If President Harding has a backbone the size of a toothpick, he will call that bluff, and that will be the end of the present disgraceful situation. "The contentions of the Alabama white people are untrue and absurd. They pretend to fear the menace of a colored personnel in charge of the hospital whereas, the Tuskegee Institute, entirely manned and attended by Negroes with several hundred teachers and fifteen hundred students, has never given them, although in their midst, grounds for the slightest apprehensions. Colored people throughout the United States are awaiting to see how the United States government will meet this challenge of the Ku Klux mobhists." THE POPULARITY TESTIMONIAL TENDERED TO ATTORNEY AGUSTUS L. WILLIAMS SATURDAY EVENING AT THE JOYLAND AMUSEMENT PARK, WILL LONG BE REMEMBERED AS ONE OF THE MOST PLEASANT AFFAIRS OF ITS KIND EVER HELD IN CHICAGO. FORMER JUDGE JOSEPH R. W. COOPER, SPECIAL ASSISTANT CORPORATION COUNSEL OF CHICAGO, REPRESENTED MAYOR WILLIAM E. DEVER, AND HON. LEONARD J. GROSSMAN, ASSISTANT CORPORATION COUNSEL OF CHICAGO, REPRESENTED HON. FRANCIS X. BUSCH. MR. WILLIAMS WAS PRESENTED WITH A BEAUTIFUL DIAMOND RING BY MR. ALFRED CLOVER. HE ALSO RECEIVED A LOVELY AUTOMOBILE. MORE THAN SEVEN THOUSAND PEOPLE VISITED THE PARK DURING THAT EVENING AND THE BEST OF ORDER PREVAILED. Within the past two or three months Col. Oscar DePriest, Alderman Robert R. Jackson and Mr. A. H. Roberts have greatly enjoyed testimonials which have been given in their honor, and about one thousand to fifteen hundred people attended the blow-out of Col. DePriest at the Eighth Regiment Armory, and not far from that same number were present at the same place in honor of Alderman Jackson, and between seven and eight hundred people were present several Sunday evenings ago at the Wendell Phillips High School to do honor to Mr. A. H. Roberts. On last Saturday evening more than seven thousand people assembled at Joyland Amusement Park to do honor to Mr. Williams, which was at least ten or twelve times more people than attended the three popularity testimonials which had been accorded to the three above-mentioned distinguished citizens combined. In other words, the people in all walks of life turned out by the thousands in order to convince Mr. Williams that his friends are unnumbered and that they wanted to prove that fact with their presence there on that more than delightful occasion. Some claim that ten thousand of his friends crowded into the Park at that time, but being conservative in our estimate, we think that there were not much over seven thousand people in evidence at that time and, we cannot recall the name of any other single person in this city who could or can draw so many people around him at one time like unto Mr. Williams, Mr. James T. Copper served as chairman of the committee on presentation, also as master of ceremonies, and former Judge Joseph R. W. Cooper, special assistant corporation counsel of Chicago, was the first speaker introduced by Mr. Copper, who spoke in behalf of Hon. William E. Dever, mayor of Chicago. Among the many good things uttered by Judge Cooper was that his honor, Mayor Dever wished to heartily thank the colored people residing in the Second Ward for the loyal support which they rendered him at the April election, and that he was speaking the truth when he declared that Mayor Dever stood ready to aid them in any way that he possibly could in their strivings upward and onward. Hon. Leonard J. Grossman, assistant corporation counsel of Chicago, was the next speaker, and he went on to state that within the past few years (like his friend Judge Cooper) that he had addressed great gatherings of people in all parts of this city, and out of it, but in all of his past experience in that direction, he had never attempted before to stand up and talk to such a vast concourse of people, where the people were so orderly and well-mannered that while he was engaged in speaking he was almost able to hear a pin drop to the ground—which spoke volumes for the colored people—and that he felt proud to be present and mingle with his fellow-citizens on such a pleasant occasion, which will linger in his heart and memory for many years to come. Hon. W. E. Mollison, president of the Cook County Bar Association; Rev. W. M. Bennett, who is one of the most eloquent Baptist preachers in (Continued on Page 2) THE BROAD AX Pubiished Every Saturday / In this city since” July 15th, 1899 without missing one single issue, Re publicans, Democrats, Catholics, Pro- testants, Single Taxers, Priests; inf ‘els 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 Demo- cratic nor Republican. It is strictly or absolutely independent in politics Local communications will receive ‘attention. Write only on one side of the paper. i Subscriptions must be paid in ad- vance. Six Months ...-..++++++s000+s$1.00 ‘Advertising rates made known on application. ‘Address all communications to THE BROAD AX 2 So. Elizabeth St, Chicago, It Phone Wentworth 2597 JULIUS F. TAYLOR Editer and Publisher Associate Editor DR. M. A. MAJORS ——_ Vol. XXVIL. No. 44 Chicago, Ill, July 21, 1923 See ee Metered as Second-Ciass Matter. Aug. 1@, 1902, at the Post Office at Chicago, Ii, Under Act of March 8, 1879. ET WEEK DAY SERMONETTES By Dr. H. T. S. Johnson, Interracial Secretary for Oklahoma. CHRIST'S LAW AND HOW TO 7: KEEP IT “Always carry one another's bur- dens, and so obey the whole of Christ's law.’—Gal, 6:2—The Jews, when Jesus was on earth, were very strict observers of the law of Moses. In fact, they gave so much attention to the obsérvance of the letter of the law that they often lost sight of its significance. Jesus came and made it unnecessary for them to bother about memorizing so much of the law. To Jove God supremely and one’s neigh- ors as one’s self, according to Jesus’ teaching, is to keep every requirement of the law and the prophets.” Christ, therefore, has only one law and that law is love. His law consisting of only one word constitutes a rule of conduct that would make useless all aw, all courts and all places of pun- ishment. The weak would have no occasion for complaint against the strong; the ignorant against the wise; the poor against the rich; the honest against ‘the dishonest; nor the black may against the white man. The Apostle Paul in the text, shows how the love of Christ, 2 panacea for all ils, may be obtained. “Always carry one another's burdens, and so obey the whole of Christ's law.” ‘Obeying the command to “always ‘carry one another's burdens” is. the ‘only way to build love, Christ's lav into our lives. We value things in proportion as they cost us. The same rule applies with reference to “one another.” If mothers love children more than fathers do, it is ,not_be- cause they have greater capacity for loving, but bgcause the children cos them more pain, patience, anxiety and toil. A man never ceases to love'th family to which he is giving whole hearted support. It is only when he does not carry that burden that his affections lodge somewhere else anc desertion becomes. possible. Woman’ independence of man’s support ha: more to do with the prevalence o divorce in this day than anythjng else ‘Opportunities for “carrying one an other's burdens” are so abundant tha no one needs to look for them. Every day, everywhere we can find: 1. The burdened individual... Th problem of adjusting one’s self to hi environment is fraught with mam; burdens... Sometimes they result i tragedy and sometimes in heroic liv ing. Many a suicide would have bee: averted if someone by kind word o deed had’ lifted the burden which bor ‘50 heavily upon the victim. Youn; ‘women, burdened with sins committe: ~ while conscience slept; young mer ‘burdened with the embarrassment 0 “financial toss. or social disgrace; me and women of all ages und races _ wrestling with religious doubt, furnist ern Ax day to hel epttes i ae Aeieeted Ser 2. The burdened family. No hom _ regardless . alth or station, is fre _ afflict 4 ae ‘rich and so Urcipsionio! allygeiysyl seateanis ee ar ge eae bases AEST ore. The fons Pr ate ee cs i tS og 27 al Se ae — pg “ae [oe i i ie — ms ce — . Pe Se : “—. — | e* df ab | i a § | es e ibe | HON. J. GRAY LUCAS Assistant Corporation Counsel of Chicago, One of the Most Prominent Members of the Chicago Bar, Who Will Deliver the Main Oration Before the Convention of the National Association of Negro Musicians Which Convenes in This Cite cn Taceduy, Jaly 24. 2 lems that you can help to lift. Be- cause every family has an cconomic, social, moral or spiritual burden to lift, opportunities for service in’ that regard await every one of us. = 3 The burdened race. And we would have you know that the Negro is not the only burdened race. The Anglo-Saxon carries greater burdens than the Negro or anybody else. That is due to his prominence. Leadership is always burdened with responsibili- ties. But, the heaviest load on the Angio-Saxon's mind and heart is not constrictive leadership. It is the problem of recognizing and main- taining “white supremacy,” and at the same time being “a big brother to all other races.” Deep down in the heart of the average white man is the disposition to de@l more kindly than he does with other races, even. the Negro. Because he fears that an ab- solutely square deal towards these peoples will be mistaken for an ad- mission of their equality with him, he maintains an attitude towards them that, in his heart of hearts, he con- demns. This of necessity gives the average white man a burdened con science. So, Ivrepeat, the Negro is not the ‘only burdened race, Hard as the op- pression of race prejudice may be, it is a burden put on us by others and weighs much less than the burden an accusing conscience puts on the op- pressor. Let me plead with men and women of my race, not to add to the ‘opression others put on us the bur- den of an offended conscience. What- ever else may be our handicap, le us not be guilty of hating. Thoughts of hatred distort our minds, embitte ‘our spirits and destroy the image o' God within us. Burdens borne tnselfishly remin¢ so much of the “Man .of Galilee” tha we should not only accept them, bu count it'a signal honor and high privi lege to be tike Him, . BOLITICs By Dr. M. A. Majors. Just what is the best thing for the Negro to do at this stage of the game is mot to be determined by any set of Negroes who align themselves with white men accepting ‘teagerly granted status a3 a kitchen cabinet It is not a good idea for the Negro Politically to trail at the heels of any- body. Unfortunately for us we have been the prey to the whims and no- tions of skull duggers, who with pats and pretty words mixed in with some maruma have been enabled to climb the: heights undreamed of in the arts of political legerdemain. If Hon: Geo. F. Harding, Hon ‘Medill McCotmick, Hon. Martin -B, Madden, Hon. E. J. Brindage are in the spirit to form a new Republican Party, they must have borrowed their inspiration from hell, and it does not harmonize any forees for those of us who are competent to see the light to find any man of the race én juxte to anything: that attracts the admira- tion to Hon. Mr. Brundage or Sena- tor MeCormick. If it is true’ that Hoh. Oscar DePriest or anybody else ioe Mcmaen: See ce ra burniig and would burn his fingers to it is time for the rest of us to get together and free ourselves from the bo ee and skull- WORMS Sp Be eS ee 8 CHURCH LEADERS RISE TO TUSKEGEE'S DEFENSE ~ Threatened “Interference With Insti- tution Would Be Lasting Dis- grace; Say Methodists South. Lake Junaluska, N. C, July 19. (Special to The Broad Ax.)—The So- ial Service Commission of the Metho- ist Episcopal Church South, in an- ‘nual session here last week, gave out ‘a statement expressing appreciation of ‘Tuskegee Institute and declaring that ‘any interference with the institution would be a “lasting disgrace to South- ern civilization.” The statement which was given wide publicity by the As- sociated Press, was as follows: “Inasmuch as there has come to us through reliable newspaper report: and private sources of undoubted re liability information that the interest: of the great institution for coloreé people at Tuskegee, Ala., are seriously menaced by threats of organized in terference, “Resolved, that thi Commissios put on record our appreciation of the incalculable value of that institutior for the training of our colored fellow citizens, and declare our unalterabl conviction that any invasion of it rights or interference with the order! purusit of its lawful and benevolen labors would be a ealamity to the in stitution and a Jasting disgrace to ou Southern civilization.” The action of the Commission o which’ Bishop James Cannon, Jr., i chairman, was called forth by the re cent parade of the Ku Klux Klan a Tuskegee and by other efforts to in timidate the Institute, because of it supposed attitude in the controvers: relative to the new government hos pital for colored veterans. The statement is considered ver significant as representing the leader ship of one of the greatest Souther denominations, with a mgnbership o 2,300,000, It indicates. the prevailin attitude of the best people of th South toward Tuskegee and othe ‘Negro institutions, ROMAN OATHOLICS DEDICATE CHURCH FOR COLORED > FOLKS Edifice Erected at a Cost of $40,000; Rockefeller, Prominent Baptist - and Oil Magnate Donates Organ. ~ Cleveland, Ohio—On last Sunday, Bishop Joseph Schrembs dedicated ‘the Church of Our Lady of the Bless- ‘ed Sacrament, a beautiful edifice. erected at a cost of $40,000, and the first ifi the history of the city for col- ‘ored adherénts of the Roman Catholic faith. ‘The parish was organized abbut a year ago. Msgr. Joseph E. Smith, vwicar general of. the diocese and his three sisters, contributed $25,000 to- wards the building, which is a me- morial to their brother. Donations ‘were giver by others, among Them the otgan by John D. Rockefeller, a Prominent Baptist layman and the well known oil magnate, The dedi- ‘satory service marked the first anni- versary of the organization of. the parish. Rev. Thomas E. McKenny, a white priest, is the pastor. x THE BROAD AX, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, SATURDAY, JULY 21, 1923 ———————————————— Hag 8 ge OF THE AMERICAN | WOODMEN AT COLUMBUS, OHIO. | IT IS THE GREATEST CONVEN- |. TIONSOFAR HELD BY THAT PRO- GRESSIVE ORDER. | Bird’seye View by Mrs. Nora E. Lee ‘The District Convention. of the American Woodmen held its annual session in Columbus, Ohio, July /18 to 20. having their opening session on Monday evening in the Auditorium of the Chamber of Commerce. The ‘Auditorium was packed with mem- bers of the various camps from ati over the United States. The largest delegation came from Pittsburgh, Pa. The program was exceedingly inter- esting. The mayor of the city, James J, Thomas, gave the welcome address and gaye us, indeed, a hearty wel- come to everything the beautiful city offered, Our Supreme Commander, Dr, E. W. D, Abner, responded. Others on the program were Dr. W. C, Anderson, Dr. A, F. McCoy, Rev. R. Doyle Phillips, Major John L. Jones of the uniform rank, and Mrs, ‘M. I. Smith, National Worthy Guard- es of the Juvenile Department. After the close of this program the dele- ates were taken over to Odd Fellows Hall, where camp No: 6 of Columbus hhad arranged a reception which was a wonderful affair, for the purpose of all strangers getting together and becom- ing better acquainted. All present en- joyed it, for many distinguished guests and neighbors met for their first time. Tuesday f The morning sessions opened at Union Grove Baptist Tharch, Cham- pion and Clifton streets, with 133 dele- gates enrolled. All officers were in their places. Opening hymn by the American Woodmen Choit, directed by Band Master Blue of St. Louis, was sung, and prayer was offered by MORE THAN SEVEN THOUSAND PEOPLE ATTENDED THE POPULARITY TESTI- MONIAL TO MR. WILLIAMS AT JOY- Nee PARK LAST .SATURDAY EVE- NING. . (Concluded fram Page 1) this, city, spoke in behalf of the pas- tors of Chicago; Mrs. L. M. Coving- ton raised her voice in the interest of the colored business women in this ‘city. Mr, James Hale Porter presented the auto to Mr, Williams and Mr. Alfred Clover, general manager of the Public Life Insurance Company be- stowed a large, lovely diamond ring upon Mr, Williarhs when he arose to respond to all the many kind words which had been spoken about him. He freely confessed that he was al- most at a loss to find words to heart- ily thank his thousands of friends for the lasting honors which they had showered down upon his head, and that in the future, as in the’ past, he would always endeavor to serve them in any way that it is within his power to do so. Just before Mr. Williams started to speak the Knights of Pythias Band played the Star Spangled Banner, Long May It Wave Over-the “Home ofthe Brave and the Land of the Free” which caused: the thousands’ of %: | Cae + : es ee ‘S Fe oe So he po pes eg So ad a so aes te ‘o , bat < — oa i | 4 | . eae ATTORNEY AUGUSTUS L. WILLIAMS To His Great Delight He Was on Last Evening Pre sessd With k Fin Acts eta Tete cee Mr. Alfred Clover, and to the Longest Day That He Live: Mr. Williams Will Always Feel Grateful to His Hosts o! Friends for Their Lasting Tokens of Friendship. the district prelate. The district chair- man then appointed the. Committee on Credentials, The election of officers was the next business transacted, after which the discussion of the various subjects on program were intelligently taken up one by one until all had been thoroughly gone into for the benefit Of all woodmen present, representing the hundreds of camps from which they were sent. :The principle subjects be- ing, Ist, The handling of tocal camp funds; 2nd, How to collect fines; 3rd, The new form of receipt book and its use; 4th, How-to keep the official camp record book; Sth, How to or- ‘ganize a uniform rank company. These being thoroughly discussed, our su- preme commander suggested that al ‘sessions begin from this time om at 8:30 am. and close at 2:00 p.m., giv- ing the delegates an opportunity to visit with the uniform rank which is ‘encamped out in the beautiful. fair grounds, of Columbus, which has so many historical points of interest, among which is the little log cabin of the once famous general and president, Ulysses S. Grant, The evening ses- sion was the memorial exercises in honor of our late supreme commander, J. R. White. The continuation of important sub ieow tor. thetbenctt of ie comps: ‘Thursday N ‘The Juvenile Department was very interestingly discussed by the dele- gates from the various states, (To be Continued) People to feel that it was good to be there. Mr. Alired Clover, Dr, Joseph Blair Mr. J. E. McDonnell, Miss M. B. Bog- gess, Miss Grace Fueschwanger, Hon. J. H. Randle, Mrs. Shelton, Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Montgomery, Mrs. L ‘M. Covington, Hon. H. M. Por. ter, assistant. state's attorney, Cook County; Col. M. T. Bailey, pres- ident of the Bailey Press Bureau: Hon. W. E, Mollison, Mrs, A. D. Mus grove, Mrs. Ida McKinley, Mr. An- thony Overton, president of the Doug: lass National Bank; Hon. F. L..Bar- nett, lawyer, and Mrs, J, T. Terry, edi- tor; J. J. Tipper, Rev. W. M. Bennett ‘Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Copper, Sr; Mr N. B. Brasher, manager of the Asso ciated Negro Press; Mrs. A. L. Wil liams and her littie daughters, Mr. A L. Williams, Mr. Julius F. Taylot and others already mentioned . occupied seats on the platiorm. Mr. Anthony Overton, president o the Douglass National Bank, was alsc ‘ike 6k ten, auedioets.. ‘Wednesday Aa aa Lo — fe 3 j ¢ i oo gee | ie if 2 | * ae: lg le ‘—_ “I ' _ 4 , Ss : y SS evens dd era” HON. WILLIAM E, HELANDER As one of the Judges of the Municipal Court of Chicago, who is just well started on his first term as such, continues to make a splendid record in that Court. Judge Helander * has always been popular with the members of the Chicago Bar, and at all times they would be in favor of conferring greater judicial honors upon him. ————E———————— MR. GEORGE T. KERSEY [Ee LATE JULIUS N. AVEN- By Dr. M. A. Majors. DORPH Fortunately for the race we have in Springfield as representatives in the state legislature Mr, Adelbert Rob- erts, Mr. S. B. Turner, and Mr. Geo. T. Kersey, Legislation far-fetched. and favorable from every angle is add- ‘ed to the history of Ilinois, measures which for the most part contribute to the happiness and well being of its citizens. The race can very well take pardonable pride “in this galaxy of men who are well trained and with ripe experience who feel the great need of their people and who are capable and all of the far reaching abilities to align themselves with the law making body. Recently a meas- ure was adopted by the Illinois Jegis- lature and sponsored by Mr. George ‘T. Kersey appropriating fifteen thou- sand dollars for the efettion ofa monument to perpetuate the memory of the honored dead who gave their jall in the cause of democracy upon the battlefields of France. The gal- lant 8th Illinois Infantry has come into its own by the enactment of this measure giving to it recognition as brave, daring, valiant fighting force of which all America is proud. Mr, George T. Kersey by his ear- nestness and stalwart effort in behalf of the martyred dead of the 8th Illi nois Infantry has placed himself upon the immortal list of courageous men who should have the gratitude, re- spect, and the confidence of his peo- ple who will ever be under a lasting obligation. Long may Mr. Kersey live. Long may he serve the people of Illinois in its legislative body. Mr. Adelbert Roberts and Mr. S. B. Turner for their faithfulness and able service are no less entitled to the gratitude and respect of our people. Each of them has shown a loyalty, and fidelity to the people of Illinois in its legislative body that character- izes shrewd statesmanship and gives them rank along by the side of the noblest of their peers. At no time of the history of our people in this great state has there ever been so_much protection to the interest and well being of her colored citizens. FAMOUS SLAVE STATION IN INDIANA DESTROYED Fire Consumes Residence Used In “Underground” Railroad For Aiding Slaves to Escape. Petersburg, Ind.—Another station of one of the most famous institutions that ever reached into Indiana—the underground railroad for alding slaves safely into the northern states—has passed. The famous old landmark ‘was recently déstroyed by fire. The house, located in: this vicinity, caught fire because of a defective flue Tt was originally owned by John Posey, father of Frank B. Posey, for- mer representative in congress, and was the home of the Poseys in the days preceding the Civil War. Thou- sands of escaped slaves were hidden in the secret cellar and tunnel and assisted in getting into Canada, ac- cording to old-time residents. The residence stood on a high bluf along White river, commanding 2 view of the surrounding country for ‘many miles, It contained secret clos- ets, secret cellars and during the war ‘period a secret tunnele to ‘the river. THE LATE JULIUS N. AVEN. DORPH By Dr. M. A. Majors. Tt is never too late to do good. A man who has lived a usetul life is entitled to encomiums from his most intimate friends and praise from the multitude. Mr. Julius N. Avendorph was not theatrical in his nature and cared less for applauses trom the grandstand, he had initiative and un- dertook to do many things which pos- sibly more eapable hands might have done. He was not a poet but he undertook to perpetuate in a masterly manner the name of our greatest poct. He was not a critic and yet he under- took to give us forms by. which so- ciety is governed. He was not a, soldier and yet he took no little in- terest in the boy scouts, His genial nature brought him in touch with peo- ple invevery walk of life, and it was something to be proud of when you could boast of his friendship. He was deepl, human and with a heart full of compassion reflected a kindliness that made him beloved and respected. His personality was marked as well 2s singular and his presence in any crowd gave prestige to, the occasion. He did not boast overmuch, he had much to say in praise of others, The literary training at Fisk University, Nashville, Tenn,, in the 90's opened the door for him wherever he chose to go. His cultivation and refinement was manifest and he became a shin- ing light among the better element ‘of Nébro: file. . NEGRO COMPOSERS ON RADIO PROGRAM ‘An interesting-musical program was broadcasted for the Daily News radio service from the Hotel ‘La Salle last Wednesday, when the new station, WMAQ, resumed its regular after- noon concerts at 4:30. ‘The composers represented were Harry T, Burleigh of New York, and Mrs. Elnora Manson of Chicago. Mrs. Manson, who had three num- bers upon the program, ts the wife of Mr. David M, Manson, 4422 Vin- cennes avenue. ‘Mrs. Manson ranks among the best musicians in this city and her com- positions are always worth listening to—Editor. ‘ SYCOPHANTS By Dr. M. A. Majors. A host of friends of the writer have shown a kindly interest in some mat- ters that recently have been flaunted ‘before the public, published in both the Whip and Defender. The writer though, persecuted by a bunch of contemptible conspirators satisfied himself with the edicts of the law and whipped the pimps and puppies in the courts. Many are greatly inter- ested to know if there is still further prosecution, Yes, for conspiracy, per- jury, subordination of perjury, collu- sion and criminal libel. Yes, there will be some exciting moménts in the CriminalCourt of Cook County yet to folloy. When these marplots will be made to feel ten times the miseries they have given. GROWING Morgan Park is becoming one of the most beautiful suburbs around the city and many.modern homies are be- ling erected by members of the Race. COL. FRANKLIN A. DENISON Assistant Attorney-General of Illinois is come own again, for he is enjoying much better hea he has for a long time in the past, but it w time yet before he completely recovers from the shell shock which he received on the B France. Assistant Attorney-General of Illinois is coming into his own again, for he is enjoying much better health now than he has for a long time in the past, but it will be a long time yet before he completely recovers from the effects of the shell shock which he received on the Battlefields of France. LINCOLN STATE BANK OF CHICAGO IS STILL IN THE LEAD AMONG THE BANKS ON THE SOUTH SIDE As an evidence that the Lincoln State Bank of Chicago, 3105 South State street and 9-11 East 31st street, still ranks among the most solid and substantial banking institutions on the south side and by reason of that fact its increase in deposits, from April 30, 1923, to the close of business, June 30, 1923, amounted to $84,385.23. SPECIAL MEETING OF THE STOCKHOLDERS OF THE BINGA STATE BANK OF CHICAGO Binga State Bank, 3633 State Street, Chicago. Chicago, Ill., July 14, 1923. You are hereby notified that a Special Meeting of the Shareholders of the BINGA STATE BANK will be held at the Bank Building at 3633 South State Street, on Tuesday, Au- This shows, that under the wise management of its president, Hon. George F. Leibrandt, the Lincoln State Bank will continue to move forward along safe financial lines. N. A. A. AC. P. NOTES The regular monthly meeting of Chicago Branch was held Friday, July 20th, at 8:30 p.m. at the Wabash Avenue "Y," 3763 So. Wabash avenue. The Glencoe, Illinois Branch was organized last Thursday night with the following officers: president, L. P. Baker; vice president, Mrs. Fletcher Pegues; secretary, Thomas Brown; treasurer, Charles Humphries, Executive Committee met last Friday. The Executive Secretary and one delegate were selected to attend the N. A. A/ C. P. convention in Kansas City, Kansas, August 26. DEATH OF MRS. CORDELIA BURKE The mother of Mr. Clarence Burke, and wife of Wm. T. Burke, after attending the funeral of Mrs. Herrin. Friday was stricken with heart disease and died the same night. Her funeral was held at Berean Baptist Church, Tuesday, July 17. Interment was in Lincoln cemetery. Ernest H. Williamson was in charge of the funeral as undertaker. She was a member of the Royal Circle, Easter Lilly Club, the A. U. K. D. of A. and Prince Hall Court H of J. Her residence was at 713 E. 45th street. TO STOP EN ROUTE Dr. John M. Gandy, president, The Virginia Normal and Industrial Institute, Petersburgh, Va., is expected to stop in the city a day as the guest of M. T. Bailey, president, The Alumni Association of the Institute, while he is en route to Virginia from California, where he attended the International Educational Congress. RETURNS Mrs. Lou Ella Young, 4114 Calumet Avenue, has just returned from East St. Louis, Ill., where she attended the annual session of The Knights and Daughters of Tabor and was reelected secretary of the endowment department. EXPECTED IN THE CITY Hon. Wm. H. Fields of St. Louis Mo., national grand master of A. U. K. & D. of A., will be in the city during the week on final official visit prior to the annual session of the national council in August at St. Louis, Mo. FEMALE HELP MAKE: $20 weekly at home, furnishing colored names and addresses. Experience unnecessary. Particulars Free. United Mailing Co., Dept. N St. Louis. Illinois is coming into his big much better health now than the past, but it will be a longely recovers from the effects of received on the Battlefields of SPECIAL MEETING OF THE STOCKHOLDERS OF THE BINGA STATE BANK OF CHICAGO Chicago, Ill., July 14, 1923. You are hereby notified that a Special Meeting of the Shireholders of the BINGA STATE BANK will be held at the Bank Building at 3633 South State Street, on Tuesday, August 14, 1923, at 10 o'clock a.m., to increase the capital stock and for the transaction of such other business as may come before the meeting. ATTENDS FUNERAL Achille Landry of St. Joseph, Mich., was in the city during the week on account of the death of his uncle, August Levy. Funeral services were conducted on Thursday from the parlors-of McGowan, Kersey, & Morsell. BACK FROM VACATION J. H. Simons, real estate broker, of Morgan Park, with offices at 1648 Monterey Avenue, is back from his vacation psent with his family in Benton Harbor, Mich. They returned much pleased with their trip. Mrs. Lucy Edmonson of Indianapolis, Ind., is in the city on a visit of several weeks with relatives and friends and is the guest of Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Young, 4114 Calumet Avenue. TO HAVE FIELD DAY Saturday, July 21, will be field day for the Military Department of A. U. K. & D. of A. of this city at The American Giants aBll Park, 39th Street and Shields Avenue. THE BASS-MORRELL WEDDING Tuesday evening, July 24, Miss Frederica Laura Bass, daughter of Mr. Charles Bass, 6218 S. Elizabeth street, will be united in marriage to Mr. Ralph Morrell. Mrs. J. Gray Lucas and her bright little daughter, Miss Louise Lucas, 3646 Grand Boulevard, returned home Saturday morning from a sifort visit to Indianapolis, Ind. Mr. W. M. B. Wadley, 3644 Federal Street, still stands by The Broad Ax, and its editor wishes to thank him for forwarding his subscription to it for one year. Mr. David M. Manson, 4422 Vincentnes Avenue, has after a long seige of illness arrived at the point where he will soon be able to devote his time to his business and to enjoy himself among his many friends. Mr. Isaac Allen, father of Mrs. A. E. Patterson, recently from Muskogee, Okla., died at Provident Hospital Saturday evening at 4:30 o'clock. Mr. Allen was reared in Chattanooga, Tenn., and lived in Oklahoma during the past 10 or 12 years. He was buried Tuesday in Lincoln cemetery. C./N. LANGSTON, Secretary:—Adv ON VISIT CHIPS THE BROAD AX, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, SATURDAY, JULY 21, 1923 CHARLES E. STUMP, THE REGULAR TRAVELING CORRESPONDENT FOR THE BROAD AX, HAS HAD A HARD TIME OF IT AWAY DOWN EAST BUT HE IS NOW ON THE MEND AND HE WILL SOON START IN TO WORK HIS WAY ON WEST. Joyland Amusement Park This is the finest furnished complete Amusement Park in the entire U. S. A., owned and operated exclusively by colored people. Everything new, you cannot imagine what this Park is unless you visit for yourself. The Park is protected by a host of young men of the race who are instructed by the management to give to every one the best protection available. The management invites the citizens to visit the Park. They have arranged to accommodate Picnics given by Churches, Sunday Schools, Clubs of every kind and Fraternal Societies during the season, they invite them to call at the Office to make arrangements. We want to help you; we want you to help us make this the greatest place of amusement in the entire City. Richmond, Virginia—I have been too sick to start for Georgia this week, but the world continues to move, and I find myself while at the time right at the stepping off place, yet I am moving along with the world, and some day while on a hike I am going to step right into heaven. Then the people will say "It is a pity that he died so early, and he was one more good man." I have often wondered why people put it off until you are dead to discover goodness in you, but while you live you are everything else but pea and ice cream. Please let me get just a whiff at the flowers while I can smell just a little, and while I am without a bad cold. I have been to Hot Springs as you know, and I am getting ready to go back again next month, because the National Negro Business League is going to meet there August 15, 16, 17, and on Monday just before this the Arkansas Negro Business League is going to be in session, and they are going to do a few strange things, I am here to tell you, honey, and you may put it in your pipe and smoke it. John L. Webb, that wonderful man, who is doing things down in Arkansas will preside over the state league, and that tells you that there is something going to be doing there. Mr. Webb is a man of vision and a man who knows how to do things and he does not hesitate when it comes to do something for his people. I would that we had a few more like him in this country. Now, then, when it comes to the National League, Mr. Webb will be there to call it to order, and after the preliminary opening in keeping with the old established rule, will present the presiding officer, President Robert R. Moton, the man who is doing so much for his people just now and who is perhaps very much misunderstood. Believe me, they have prepared one more interesting program, and they are going to pull off some stunts this time. The Business League is going to take on new life, and something tangible will be accomplished. It will pay you to be there. I am going to be there myself, and already, I have been assigned to stop with Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Falconer. The people of Hot Springs are going to entertain their visitors, and there will be two of the finest bath houses in the country wide open to all. They are the Pythian Bath House and the Bath House of the Woodmen of Union. I shall have something to say about them and the advantages of the waters. But if you have any pains, I would suggest that you go in time to take some of that healing water into your system. It is the water of perpetual youth and now is your time to get hold of it. I will go from the Business League direct to the Supreme Lodge of Knights of Pythias, New York City, and you may consider that jumping, but honey, I am going to jump just a little wider, for I will go from there to Los Angeles, and that is going from the Atlantic to the Pacific. The National Baptist convention is going to meet in Los Angeles, and they are now getting in good line for the trip. They are going there in large numbers and I am proud to say that I am going to be in the number. Will you be there? Will you join me in this trip? Well, I have been telling you about these meetings, but I have not been telling you much about myself. Well, I am still here and if I were not here I would be in some other place, country or clime. I have been bumping around like the bump on a log, and I am not tired yet. It strikes me that I was getting around in Washington when I wrote you that other letter, and when I got through there, I found myself on the go, headed for Philadelphia, and had the pleasure of meeting Miss Barbara C. Ford, from way down in Hot Springs. I was glad to see her, for she is going to help to entertain me next month, and I think I owe it to her to try to make her happy. So I directed her to the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Gaines, 30 North 57th street, and these people received her just like they were receiving a sister. They made her feel at home. They had one more fine time, and I just took in the churches. Sunday morning I spoke at Union A. M. E. church and when I was through the preacher said that they enjoyed my sermon in fine shape and shook the big sum of three dollars in my hands. Union A. M. E. church is one of the best in the city, and the Rev. Campbell Beckett is the pastor. They do not pay big prices for little semons, and I was paid according to sermon. Mrs. Emily Caines was to sing a solo, but she did not reach there on time. Mrs. Caines is a graduate from Normal, the A. & M. College, of Alabama, under the late William H. Council. She is indeed an intellectual young woman, and a fine housewife. Side by side she is working with her husband. They have a fine house. With this crowd, Mrs. Galnes, Miss Ford, Mrs. Adams, I made a trip to Atlantic City, N. J., the city by the sea, and had one more time, that the three women went to the board walk and I just looked at the town. I returned, I mean to Philadelphia, and met some friends there, for a few minutes, and then off the next day for Washington, returning the young lady to her people and then I called to see Miss Enola Perche, a teacher from New Orleans, who is here getting her intellectual ax sharpened at Howard University. I thought that when a fellow was a graduate, he was just a graduate and when you get to teaching it was childish to go to school, but that is just where I showed z weak spot in my think tank, for they tell me the more education you get the more you should get, and the more you should get the more you want. I tell you, I have known men and women to teach from now hence forth and foremore and never look in a book to study. They just seemingly had all knowledge in their heads, and they didn't have to study, but it strikes me that I never hear of such people getting any promotions. They just know it all, and that little all they know just remains, and the other fellow who gets so much and digs for more, just goes right on up and up. There is no middle ground in education, but it is progressive and aggressive, you either must keep up or you get in the class of damphules and just remain there. I think that some of the days I am just going to buy me a hundred dollars' worth of dictionary, and spelling books, and grammars, and diction books, and believe me, honey, you will not be able to get close enough to me to hand me a red apple. I am just going to outdiction the dictionary, and outspell the spellinary, and outgrammar the grammary. When you see me you will just ask "Who in the hen feathers is that big functionation with all that education in his head?" I was delighted to see the progress being made by Miss Perche and I just said thank God and continued on my journey. I had the pleasure of being the first man to ride with Dr. W. W. Jernagin in his fine new automobile car carriage which was presented him by his church. The people of Mt. Carmel Baptist church, Washington, D. C., just love their pastor and he is a deserving man. I did not get to ride much, because I had to leave for this place. I am in Richmond, and have had the pleasure of shaking hands with Hon. John Mitchell, Jr., the man who has fought many battles for his face, and is now regarded a great man. He has been hit at by some of the politicians and others. He will come out all right. Many friends are sending in contributions for his fight for life. It is a worthy cause. I think I will have to bring this letter to a stop. Please let me hear from you. God bless you and all the world. I am here with Mr. and Mrs. Lucian Miller. You will recall I told you about this brilliant young man, who is well fixed in the goods of the world, yet the Lord has laid his hands on him and told him to go to the word. Rev. Miller believes that God at the same time He called him to preach also called him to prepare. "It is time to get rid of ignorance in the pulpit," he said, "stand by the help of God I am not going to be in that class of hangers on." He is getting ready for his life's work. Right by his side is to be found his companion, his wife. She is a daughter of Arkansas. She came into the world via Demondson, Arkansas, a little one-horse town, near Memphis. She came from a good family, for her father was the late B. T. Wofford. He was one of the founders of the town, and was the postmaster,—in fact he was the leading spirit in the town. A man of wealth and influence. For sixteen years he held the position of postmaster and was the man to do things. Mrs. Wofford was a refined and cultured woman, a wife and mother. Now this place is composed of our people only. Six children come into the family. Six children came into the family. THE NEW YORK TIMES MR. JAMES HALE PORTER One of the old-time politicians of Chicago, who delivered the presentation speech at the Joyland Amusement Park Saturday evening at which time Attorney A. L. Williams was presented with a beautiful automobile. and they were all girls. This one I have in mind was the one with angel qualities, for she could sing, and I believe she will belong to, the choir in heaven. She went through school, graduating from Howe Institute, and then took on some additional at Fisk, and honey, she went way up yonder in Boston and took on some of that high up singing business in the conservatory of music. But she is now making her contribution to the world, and will soon be out helping people to enjoy heavenly music while on earth. God bless you. I will tell more next time. Sumptuous Gowns for Evening Wear Simple Frock Not as Fashionable as in Past Seasons, Writer Says. There is a definite return to gorgeousness for evening. The simple frock has ceased to be as fashionable as in former seasons. Materials that are marvels of richness, gold and silver lame, colored lame, sumptuous Potenian embroidery and lace dotted with CHARLES E. STUMP. This year the animal dresses are the sensation of the season, according to a fashion writer in the New York Tribune. An artist has been called in who has designed all kinds of intriguing and amusing little beasts that are applied onto simple chemise dresses with the finest sewing imagable. Elephants, tigers, panthers and other denizens of the jungles come into being in crepe de chine to bring a new note into fashion. All Paris is talking about these wonderful dresses, and the smartest women are ordering them quickly, for here at last is something new that does not in any way interfere with the slim lines that they really cannot bear to part with. An exquisite variation of this type of dress might almost be called "A Midsummer Night's Dream." It is in pale gray-blue crepe de chine, with waved yoke and deep knee hem of palest silver gray that is almost white, looking like the billowy white clouds that float across a summer sky. The waist-line is applied with uneven scallops of tender pale green, representing willow trees, and above and below are tall, slender, dark green poplar trees. The dress looks like an artist's conception of a tree-bordered lake with a reflection in the water. The top of the dress is continued into long six-inch-wide ends that tie in loose bows over the arms to take the place of sleeves. Printed materials form a very large proportion of the day dresses. There are odd pointillist designs and old-fashioned flower patterns, Colonial inspirations and the quaint conventional small flower-blurred designs that our mothers loved. Most of these dresses are made either with a long drooping bow on one shoulder and another at one side of the waist or else with a small bow at the back of the neck and a second on the hips. The back bow, leaning toward the bustle effect, is very much favored in this collection. Cut of Blouse Makes or Mars One's Looks For those who wear blouses and siltrawaists, the most important point to remember is that the cut of the neckline makes or mars the contour of the face—just the right cut forms a setting for the head. The same old waist, if it is well cut and kept fresh, will remain attractive until it literally drops into nothing. Ribbon ties, bows, medallions, jabots of different colors add greatly to the fresh look of the waist; also add variety and make one blouse seem many. Ribbons worn at the neck line should be carefully chosen to color. Color worn near the face affects the shade of the eyes. The right colors brighten, intensify and beautify the eyes; wrong colors dull, fade or spoil the coloring of the eye. Bridal Gown of Today Can Have Color Touch Once upon a time, the idea of having the bridal gown anything but all white would have been nothing short of a shocking departure. But the bride of today gives a more alive note to her wedding frock by introducing a clever touch of pastel color along with the white. It may be a lining of pale blue chiffon, it may be a touch of ecru or flesh, or it may be a panel lined with pale green. But whatever the mode of introduction, the color is there, and while brides have been "beautiful" from time immemorial, this pastel touch of the bride's favorite color makes her even more so. There is a definite return to gorgeousness for evening. The simple frock has ceased to be as fashionable as in former seasons. Materials that are marvels of richness, gold and silver lame, colored lame, sumptuous Persian embroidery and lace dotted with brilliants all are seen in the grande malsons, notes a Paris fashion writer in the New York Tribune. Perhaps the most featured of all are the white satin and crepe gowns embroidered all over with pearls, crystals and brilliants. These gowns are very simple in cut, but the effect is magnificent. Usually they are ankle length, with trailing panels or sashes to give an effect of dignity. There is hardly a notable house which has not several such models and their prices are exorbitant, from 12,000 francs unward. Myrbor makes strikingly original evening gowns of white satin or taffeta with very buoyant skirts or trailing panels and bodices entirely covered with brilliant futuristic flowers embroidered in wool. She has gowned the duchess of Marlborough, the marchonchasse of Ourson and other notables. Dresses for evening are longer than those for daytime, many of them touching the floor. Hemlines vary, as do necklines. Renee makes some of her hemlines uneven by pear-edged scallops while Paquin places a skirt of trailing panels over a short-draped slip. Drecoll uses a six-inch tulle ruffle to outline a hem that is two semi-circles. Chanel edges a similar hemline with three folds of crepe. Evening gowns are, above all, picturesque, borrowing charm from the tradition of the Moyen Age, from THE FASHION WEEK Sleeveless Evening Dress of White Crepe de Chine With a Bright Appliqued Trimming as a Decoration on the Skirt. Egypt and from the Second empire. One of the most interesting models is a simple straightline sleeveless gown of pale gray brocade, the bodice of which has only one side cut surplice. The other side is filled in with strands of pearls. The Difficulties of Simplicity. Do not forget that to furnish an elegant house elegantly is one of the easiest matters in the whole wide world. But that to furnish a simple house artistically requires much good sense. If you succeed in doing this latter you have all the earmarks of genius and your world is a wide one though your home is narrow. Some people with plenty of money know this and refuse to live sumptuously. A Beauty Secret LONG FINE HAIR Thousands are successfully using the wonderful preparation that changes short, coarse hair into long, lowly, silky tresses. Gives the hair a beautiful, glossy sheen, stops dandruff and itching scalp, and puts glowing health into brittle, lifeless hair. This truly marvelous preparation is called EXELENTO You can quickly obtain straight, silky, beautiful hair if you use Exelento. Another great beauty help is EXELEENTO SKIN BEAUTIFIER, a delightful cream that removes skin blemishes and clears up dark, salow complexions. 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The first name given to the Azores was Acores, and while the date and name of the discoverer of these islands are uncertain, it is conceded the name was given because of the great number of hawks flying about, acore signifying hawk in Portuguese. Queen Is a Busy Bee One hundred thousand eggs are produced by a queen bee in one season. ELEPHONE DOUGLAS 6351 RAY LUCAS attorney-at-Law East 35th Street Chicago Indiana Ave., Second Floor and Boul. Tel. Douglas 4397 Phone Yards 27 FINITURE Beds, Electric Washers, Stoves, Paint, Oil, ware, Linoleum STUCKART 19 ARCHER AVE. PHONE DOUGLAS 1 . HARDING, JR. Modern Houses, Apartments Stores to Rent AGE GROVE AVE. 1st Street, Chicago RESOURCES Loans and Discounts. $1,689,999.41 (Unspecified and approved by our Board of Directors) Bonds and Securities. 972,154.22 Stocks. 11,000.00 (Lincoln State Safety Vaults Co.) 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DUNN, Secretary FRANK J. DUNN, Vice-President H. X. COMERFORD, Treasurer ESTABLISHED 1877 JOHN J. DUNN COAL CO. Telephone Oakland 1550 5100 Federal Street CHICAGO 120 South State Street (Seventh Floor) Opposite Palmer House Phone Dearborn 5871 MRS. W Painless C 18 Years MRS. WARNER Residence Phone Douglas 2616 Telephone Calumet 805 Norris-Ward YARD 26th St. and South Park, I. C. R. I. 18th and Canal Sts., C. B. Root St., C. R. I. F. Roscoe and I. 2556 COTTAGE GRO CUT OUT THIS SUBSCRIPT 26th St. and South Park, I. C. R. R. 18th and Canal Sts., C. B. & Q. R. R. Root St., C. R. I. P. R. R. Roscoe and Racine Aves., C. M. & St. P. R. R. 2556 COTTAGE GROVE AVE., CHICAGO CUT OUT THIS SUBSCRIPTION BLANK AND MAIL IT TO THE BROAD AX 6206 S. Elizabeth Street, Chicago, Ill. JULIUS F. TAYLOR, Please enter n AX. I enclose herewith Two Dollars, Dollar for six months. Name_____ Town_____ Date_____ JULIUS F. TAYLOR, Please enter my name as a subscriber to THE BROAD AX. I enclose herewith Two Dollars, the annual subscriptions to same, or One Dollar for six months. Co-Operation Imperative. He who thinks he can find in himself the means of doing without others is much mistaken; but he who thinks that others cannot do without him is still more mistaken.-La Rochefoucauld. Overdoing It. A German paper contains the following unique advertisement: "Any person who can prove that my tiploca contains anything injurious to health will have three boxes of it sent to him free of charge."—Tit-Bits. Some Ground for Belief. A belief met with through all the south of France is that the position of a drowned body may be discovered by a floating loaf of bread. Possibly the only scientific basis is that the loaf is apt to be carried by a current of water just as a body is. Qualint Chinese Custom. A little silver dog, which a bridegroom wears as a pledge of fidelity, and a pair of silver ducks which the bride wears to insure prosperity and a large family, is a qualit custom of Chinese wedding ceremonies. Roosevelt on Training Children. No parents should simply be gentle and merciful to their children. Justice must be meted out first, if the children are at fault; mercy must come afterwards.—Theodore Roosevelt. Avoid Impatience. Impatience turns an ague into a fever, a fever to the plague, fear into despair, anger into rage, loss into madness and sorrow to amazement.—Jeremy Taylor. Extremes That Age Wrong. Some are so very sturdy of learning what was done by the ancients that they know not how to live with the moderns.—William Penn. Boastful Cat. Fable—Once upon a time there was an autolist who, when pinched by a motorcycle cop, bragged that he was going faster than the officer claimed.—Aesop's Film Fables. When Adam's Fall Came. It is well to remember that Adam's fall came before and not after he learned to sweat for a living.—Rochester Times-Union. Words From a Great Heart. I like the laughter that opens the lips and the heart, that shows at the same time pearls and the soul.—Victor Hugo. Fleeting Fame. Fame is but the breath of the pas ple, and that often unwholesome. Rousseau. Chas. Krutckoff, Pres. J. E. Ward, Vice-Pres. THE BROAD AX, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, SATURDAY, JULY 21, 1923 WARNER Chiropodist Experience CHICAGO rd Coal Co. DOS AT R. & Q. R. R. T. R. R. Racine Aves., C. M. & St. P. R. R. LOVE AVE., CHICAGO my name as a subscriber to THE BROAD the annual subscriptions to same, or One 19 State Surprised at Gallantry. Elinor came rushing in very much excited because one of her grown-up boy friends had met her and lifted his hat in greeting. "Just think, mother," she exclaimed, "Ralph un- hatted himself when he saw me."— Chicago Tribune. The Desire for Good. By desiring what is perfectly good, even when we didn't quite know what it is and cannot do what we would, we are part of the Divine power against evil—widening the skirts of light, and making the struggle with darkness narrower.—George Eliot. Tigers Unknown in Africa. The tiger is not a native of Africa but is confined entirely to the continent of Asia, particularly India, Siberia, Persia, Java and Sumatra. There is no record of wild tigers ever having roamed the African jungles. Beautiful Picture of Death Death, to a good man, is but passing through a dark entry, out of one little dusky room of his father's house, into another that is fair and large, lightsome and glorious, and divinely entertaining. - Clarke. May Become President. A Council Bluffs baby was born in a woodshad. If he is takeh back to his birthplace once in a while he may become President some day.-Cedar Rapids Gazette. Red Gum Wood Popular. One of the most diversified woods in the world is the increasingly popular red gum wood, which is being extensively used for furniture, church finish and hospitals. Dispelling Fog by Electricity. A scheme for eliminating London smoke and fog by placing high-tension electrical apparatus on every lamp-post has been suggested by Prof. R. Wilson an English scientist. Parsimony Condemned. The ways to enrich are many, and most of them foul. Parsimony is one of the best, and yet is not innocent; for it withholdeth men from works of liberality and charity—Bacon. Factories Poorly Lighted. Lighting experts state that only 20 per cent of the factories of the United States are adequately lighted—in other words 80 per cent are illuminated be low normal. Education's Value Education keeps the key of life; and a liberal education insures the first conditions of freedom—namely, adequate knowledge and accustomed thought.—Julia Ward Howe. CHICAGO CHICAGO Hugh Norris, Tresa. Kirby Ward, Secy. $1.00 FOR 6 MONTHS $2.00 PER YEAR FUNERAL DIRECTORS ERNEST H. WILLIAMSON UNDERTAKER GARAGE GASOLINE OIL OPEN BAY & NIGHT Day Light Chapel, capacity 200, Outside Ventilation—Organ and Organist Free—I am as near as your Telephone—I give service at a reasonable price—Distance immaterial, consult me—I save you wor y, time and money. A. D. GASH ATTORNEY AT LAW 118 N. La Salle Street CHICAGO Phone Main 2017 A. L. WILLIAMS ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW Suite 706 Firmenich Building 184 W. Washington St. CHICAGO Residence 3655 Prairie Ave. Phone Douglas 9133 Residence, 1262 Macalister Place Telephone Monroe 2714 MILES J. DEVINE ATTORNEY AT LAW Suite 318-320 Reaper Block Clark and Washington Sts. CHICAGO Telephone Central 1239 Notary Public Phones: Office Main 4153; Residence, 4751 Champlain Avenue Phone Kenwood 5611 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 O West Englewood Trust & Savings Bank CHICAGO 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: Davies Electric Shop, 2501 N. Kedie Ave. De Laure Electric Shop, 2501 N. Kedie Ave. 401 Fulleton Ave. Legs Sg. Lighting Shop. Manor Electric Co. Manor Electric Co. Mid-West Electric Service Co. Patterson Brothers, Patterson Brothers, Sear Electric Blvd. 6171 Olimated Ave. 6172 W. South Ward. Sear Electric Blvd. WEST SIDE Galvez & Baza St. Baza St. Bridgeport Co. Electric Co. City Electric Co. 4215 W. 28th St. 4215 W. 28th St. 4615 W. Madison St. 4615 W. Madison St. 7475 W. Madison St. Dt. Tambleys Eloc. Shop. Eloc. Shop. Fitzhall机械 Madison St. Madison St. Roper G. St. Home Electric Appliance Company. Home Electric Appliance Company. Ave. Lexington Electric Co. OUR NEW HOME 78 W. Adams St. 428 W. Adams St. 448 K. Parks Ave. 827 Logan Blvd. 827 Rowe Rd. 827 Logan Blvd. 827 Rowe Rd. NORTHWEST 4039 Lincoln Ave. 4179 Irving Park Blvd. 6245 Normal Bld. 8250 E. 92nd ST. Marke Electric Shop, Ave. Ave. Ave. Ave. Meadie Electric Shop, 2823 W. Madison St 1811 W. 50th St Ogden Electric Shop, 2823 W. Madison St Bernard O'Hara, W. 50th St Radiant Electric Shop, 3134 W. Chicago Ave 1137 W. Taylor St Richmond Electric Co. Ricka Electric Shop, Ricka Electric Co. Sprualing Electric Co. 3248 W. North Ave W. 50th St 1015 Milwaukee Ave SOUTH SIDE Berry & Co. Berry Ave. S. Beverly Electric Shop. Bifflen Laundry Fixture Laundry Ave. Brookline Electric Shop. Brookline Ave. Calentet Electric Shop. 11115 Michigan Ave. Chicagoland Electric Shop. 721. E 758 st. Collisum Electric Co. Collisum St. O. S. Dawson 103. E 471 st. E 471 st. 6350 S. Halted St. 851 S. Kedzie Ave. 851 H. Kedzie Ave. 4007 Ogden Ave. 1818 Irwin Park Blvd. 47111 Cottage Grove Ave Electric Washing Ma- chine 6318 Cott Grove Ave. T. Gage Park Electric Co. 6318 Gage Grove Ave. Gano Electric Shop 6318 Gano Electric Shop Good Housekeeping Elec- tric Co. 6318 Gano Electric Shop Harner Electric Shop. 6460 3rd St. 1040 3rd St. Gano Electric Shop 6318 Gano Electric Shop Good Housekeeping Elec- tric Co. L. & H. Archer Ave. 2509 Archer Ave. 13235 Brandon Ave. Linden Electric Shop. 13235 Neighborhood Shop. New City Electric Co. 2418 W. 47th St. 7021 S. Halted St. Parnell Electric Co. 7021 S. Halted St. Quality Electric Shop. 7922 S. Halted St. 7922 S. Halted St. 3017 W. 63rd St. Vincentanes Electric Shop. 7808 Vincentanes Ave. A. Sager, 1222 W. 56th St. R. W. Pulliam Electric Shop. 611 W. 12th St. Winchester Store Electra 6786 Stone Island Ave.