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EXTRA THE BROAD AX EXTRA More Than Two Hundred Thousand People, Many of Them the Most Eminent Personages in This or in Any Other Country, Attended the Funeral Services Held Over the Remains of President Warren G. Harding Last Friday Afternoon at His Old Home, Marion, Ohio. MANY COLORED PEOPLE IN ALL PARTS OF THIS COUNTRY NEVER FORGAVE PRESIDENT HARDING, WHEN HE URGED THE COLORED PEOPLE IN HIS BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA, SPEECH IN HIS SOUTHERN SWING AROUND THE CIRCLE IN 1921 TO DIVIDE UP THEIR VOTES, TO BREAK AWAY FROM THE REPUBLICAN PARTY AND TO REFRAIN FROM VOTING FOR ITS CANDIDATES FROM THE HIGHEST TO THE LOWEST, SIMPLY BECAUSE THEY WEAR THE REPUBLICAN LABEL. THE SOUND POLITICAL ADVICE WHICH PRESIDENT HARDING IMPARTED TO THE COLORED PEOPLE AT THAT TIME, ALTHOUGH DISTASTEFUL TO THEM, HAS AND WILL CONTINUE TO BE THEIR POLITICAL SALVATION IN THE UNITED STATES. VoL XXVIII. More T of Then Any Ot Held O Harding Marion MANY COLORED PARTS OF THIS FORGAVE PRE WHEN HE URG PEOPLE IN HI ALABAMA, SPE ERN SWING ARC IN 1921 TO DIV VOTES, TO BR THE REPUBLIC TO REFRAIN F ITS CANDIDA HIGHEST TO T PLY BECAUSE REPUBLICAN L THE SOUND PO WHICH PRESID PARTED TO THE PLE AT THAT DISTASTEFUL T WILL CONTINU POLITICAL SAF UNITED STATE As stated in the last issue of this newspaper that the people throughout the whole world in the days of Alexander the Great came within an ace of weeping themselves blind over his death, that more honor and homage had been paid to his everlasting memory than to any other human being who had walked upon the face of the earth prior to or since his day and generation. It seems that the whole world worshiped at the military feet of Alexander the Great, hence the universal weeping on the part of the people at the time of his death. This holds true on the part of the late President Harding, for it will be recalled that only a short time ago many of his fellow countrymen had already lost unbounded faith in him and at the Congressional election in 1922, less than one year before he closed his eyes in death, the vast majority of the American people being very fickle minded and changeable, rejected or repudiated his governmental policies at that election and at the time of his death in the far west there was a strong undercurrent against his re-election in 1924, and many of the leading daily republican newspapers had already and were joining in the movement to assist to bring about his defeat at the next presidential election. All of this tends to prove that President Harding was not the true or perfect idol of the American people. Notwithstanding that fact, when he very peacefully wound up his earthly career in the far west, while his faithful wife, Mrs. Harding, was sitting by his bedside reading to him for the last time on this earth, the people in all parts of the world wept and mourned for nine days and greater homage was paid to him than had ever been paid to any other human being on the face of the earth. On last Friday, the day of his funeral, at Marion, Ohio, more than two hundred thousand people were present to witness the last sad rites performed over his mortal remains, and hundreds of millions of people in every part of the globe joined in the memorial services held in honor of his everlasting memory, which will for many ages to come continue to linger in the hearts of his fellow countrymen. Here in this city it seemed that all of its citizens were bowed down with great grief and untold sorrow over his death and at three o'clock on that afternoon hundreds of thousands of people stood around on the streets with uncovered heads with their faces turned towards the east and the street cars, autos and every line of business came to a dead stand still for fully five minutes and the same respect was shown for his memory not only in the other parts of the United States but also throughout the whole civilized world. No other person since the days of Alexander the Great has ever had such high honors bestowed upon them on the occasion of their funeral. Sometimes we are forced to believe that the American people wanted to impress this one idea on the minds of the people in other parts of the world that it was their solemn duty to display their true patriotism and to show to the reds and to other enemies to society, law and order that the government at Washington still lives and that it will continue to live regardless of the death of the president of the United States. That was one reason why so many people honestly felt that they were proving their true Americanism by paying a greater or a higher tribute M. to the memory of President Harding than they have ever paid to the memory of any other chief executive of this great and wonderful country. President Harding was an eminent statesman but in our humble opinion he was not in the same class with Thomas Jefferson, James Monroe, James Madison, Andrew Jackson, Abraham Lincoln, U. S. Grant, Grover Cleveland and Theodore Roosevelt, nor with Woodrow Wilson, who turned the whole world upside down. All of the above mentioned presidents blazed out new pathways for the people who followed in them with unbounded confidence in their leaders who led them on and on until they reached the highest goal in American statesmanship, thereby formulating governmental policies which will continue to shine forth as bright as the noonday sun and which will be of lasting benefit to the American people as long as the universe stands. President Harding was a man of peace. He did not believe in long drawn out bloody wars. That fact alone greatly end hearts of his fellow a general rule it is of any country with their greatest lead the people are ever at their military foe. It is that class of whom the people and they and their grow dim in the h while they soon personages like Harding. Resolutions Introduced By W. E. Mollison and Adopted By Cook County Bar Association August 15th, 1923 I. Six times in its brief history has our nation been called to mourn the taking off of its chosen head. Three times within the memory of men now in middle life the "pallid messenger with the inverted torch" has beckoned when all its hopes of peace and joy were high, the "nation wept and swelled the funeral cry above great Garfield's grave;" and then just as his gentle hands had bound the nations of the Western World in blessed concord, the gentle heart of the beloved McKinley ceased to beat for all the human race. Again the million voices are hushed and even the murmuring streams run still as we stand at the open grave of the nation's fallen chief. On the crest of the topmost wave HON. WILLIAM L. O'CONNELL Directors of the South Side Savings the Directors of the Washington Park High-Class and Successful Business M Leaders of the Democratic Party of L United Upon as Its Candidate for U From This State in 1924. blazed out new pathways for the people who followed in them with unbounded confidence in their leaders who led them on and on until they reached the highest goal in American statesmanship, thereby formulating governmental policies which will continue to shine forth as bright as the noonday sun and which will be of lasting benefit to the American people as long as the universe stands. President Harding was a man of peace. He did not believe in long drawn out bloody wars. That fact heers a g of the th at wh an gre wh pe He of the people's loud acclaim and when his hold upon the hearts of his countrymen were seemingly secure just as the hush voice of criticism had slunk to its lowest, and the paeans of the nation's praise swelled loudest, Warren G. Harding, wise statesman, lofty patriot, faithful friend and loving husband, worn with the cares of state, bravely answered the last great call. He died as he had lived: the conscious smile of duty done upon his lips. He passed into the shadow just when the morning of his usefulness touched the noon of his ambition. He passed onward into the great beyond just as he stood upon the mountain tops of power and caught glimpses of the dawn of that long expected day whose coming he had so greatly helped to speed, the time when there should "be no more war." His ears attuned had caught the murmuring music of the spheres, the faint ringing of the anvils of destiny where upon the bloody swords were being beaten into peaceful plowshares and the warriors' spears were fashioned into pruning hooks. He knew that the nations --- alone greatly endeared him into the hearts of his fellow creatures but as a general rule it is the great warriors of any country it is the held up as their greatest leaders and rulers and the people are ever ready to worship at their military feet. It is that class of fighting presidents whom the people will always follow and they and their exploits will never grow dim in the hearts of the people while they soon wander away from personages like the late President Harding. of the earth need saving from their own lust for blood and love of conflict. He had dedicated the life which he laid down to save the lives of millions yet to be. Never in all the history of the country which he loved so well and served so faithfully could it, he said with equal truth that any man had grown so rapidly in the quality of statesmanship and more securely in the love and affection of all classes and conditions of men than this most wondrous kind man, whose heart beat in unison with all who serve or suffer. The world had pinned its fondest hopes upon his policy of peace. The millions beyond the seas worshipped him living, and now deeply mourn him dead. His countrymen with heads bowed down weep with those who loved him most. In breadth of vision, in sympathy with the down trodden everywhere in courage to do the right his countrymen will look long, and perhaps in vain for the equal of this man of the people who was never "unduly elated by success nor cast down by adversity." We tender to his widow the deepest sympathy in her bereavement which is the common loss of the human race. PARADING THE RACE'S WRONGS It does occur to us that while we are complaining so much about the treatment we receive at the hands of the white people who are inimical and prejudiced to us, if we would take a hand in doing more to improve the vice conditions among our own group we might make better headway. We do not believe in advertising the short-comings of the Negro, but parade his improvements, because the daily and weekly press of the white people particularly feature the crimes of the Negro, while refusing to give publicity to his virtues. Nearly all of the Negro newspapers with any considerable number of readers seem to make a special effort to secure and publish nauseating, sensational happenings of the race. We wonder what the owners and editors of Negro newspapers hope to accomplish by the front-page publication of the revolting news of murders and all sorts of crimes committed by members of the race? Such charges are not only given front-page space, but have large top-line headings, which call especial attention to the race's discredit. Despite all the glaring attempts to expose the criminal practices of the race, we rarely ever read, in the same journals, anything said about the disgrace to the race, and what should be done to curb such tendencies. You oft hear it said that if you want to catch a thief, employ another, and it occurs to us that these newspapers, instead of making strenuous efforts to decrease crime among us, strive to make more criminals, by the way in which they put before the people the meanness, dirt, and filth of those who neither respect themselves nor anybody else. The person who steals will tell you that everybody will steal. The person who will barter her virtue will not admit that there are any virtuous women; in fact, such people are only too pleased to give publicity to the failures of others to lead an exemplary life. There are hordes of both men and women who are not content to debauch themselves, but are happiest when they can drag somebody else down in the mire with them. There are even societies organized and functioning in communities for the suppression of cruelty to animals, which pay but little attention to the deprivacy of certain classes of people. Of all the people in the world who need the help and succor of good people, it is our group, who are trying to live down the habits fastened upon us by the teachings of slavery, and if men and women who are in position to do most for the race fail in this particular, we are in a most deplorable and helpless condition. It is the tendency of human nature to gravitate toward wrong-doing rather than right-doing, and the less informed people are the more they are inclined to want to do things which reflect adversely upon them rather than things which, while they will not bring them into the limelight, will add to and strengthen their future standing in the world. In fact, many of the crimes committed are the result of people reading of how such deeds were successfully perpetrated by others. While we are trying to work our way up into the good graces and respect of others, it does seem to us that we would let the other fellow publish our vices, while we publish and praise our virtues—The Star, Newport News, Va. Will Col. Abbott and his staff please stand up and lead us in prayer?—Editor. CHALLENGE HINES TO KEEP HARDING PROMISE ABOUT TUSKEGEE HOSPITAL STAFF Upon receipt of the report that Director General Hines of the Veterans' Bureau had "compromised" with a white committee from Alabama, offering to appoint a white doctor as head of Tuskegee Hospital for Colored Veterans, and two white assistants, the remainder of the staff to be colored, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People at once wrote a sharp letter of protest. The letter, which is signed by James Weldon Johnson, Secretary of the N. A. A. C. P., inquires whether it is the intention of the Veterans' Bureau to fulfill President Harding's promise that the hospital would be manned entirely by a colored staff. The letter reads as follows: "Hon. Frank T. Hines, "Veterans' Bureau, "Washington, D. C. "My dear General Hines: "In the New York Tribune of August 10 appears a dispatch from Montgomery, Ala., dated August 9 purporting to be an account of a meeting held by the citizens of Tuskegee. At this meeting, after hearing the report of State Senator R. H. Powell, Dr. L. W. Johnson, and W. W. Kimball, members of the committee which conferred with you in Washington last Friday and Saturday, it is stated that the citizens of Tuskegee 'accepted a compromise plan for the personnel of the government Negro hospital suggested to this committee by the head of the Veterans' Bureau.' The report goes on to state that by the compromise, the chief physician and two others of the hospital staff will be white and the remainder of the medical staff is to be composed of colored persons. "On behalf of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People I am writing to ascertain if this report is correct. We are especially anxious to secure this information, in view of the fact that the late President Harding stated through his secretary in a letter to this Association dated April 8th: "It is the plan of the Director of the Veterans' Bureau, with the approval of the President, to man this institution completely with a colored personnel." "We would like to know what is to be the action of the Veterans' Bureau in view of the definite promise made by Mr. Harding that we may inform those interested in this question whether or not the promise of the late President Harding is to be carried out." SMITH-MORMAN WEDDING Last Saturday evening our extremely popular fellow townsman, Dr. H. Reginald Smith, one of the directors of the Binga State Bank, was happily united in marriage to Miss Marian Virginia Morman who is one of the most highly accomplished school teachers of Baltimore, Md. The new bride is very popular and prominent in social and educational circles in her home town. Rev. Lewis tied the wedding knot. The happy bride and groom are spending their honeymoon at Benton Harbor, Michigan. The newly wedded couple received many beautiful presents, Dr. Smith presenting his lovely and very charming bride with a check calling for one thousand dollars. HONORABLE SERVICE BADGES FOR EIGHTH ILLINOIS INFANTRY Rockford, Ill.-Honorable service badges will be presented this week to 235 veterans of the Eighth infantry (colored) Illinois National Guard, now in training at Camp Grant. 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. One Year .....$2.00 Six Months .....$1.00 Advertising rates made known on application. JULIUS F. TAYLOR Editor and Publisher Vol. XXVIII. No. 48 Chicago, Ill., August 18, 1923 Entered as Second-Class Matter, Aug 19, 1902, at the Post Office at Chicago III. Under Act of March 8, 1879. THE PROFESSIONS By Dr. M. A. Majors And there abideth Medicine, Ministry, and Law, but the greatest of these is Medicine. Here are the three graces that exercise the office of pre-eminent domain and standardize the very conditions and circumstances of the life of humanity. It was supposed that all of the virtues should be co-existent and co-equal so that in Medicine the spirit of Christ and the great Doctors of remotest time should correlate the forces potentially. In like manner Justinian should be manifest, in the premises of Law. The righteousness of Savanarolla, Luther and Wesley should emphasize the Christian graces. Unfortunately the narrow and perverse nature of the little bigots of this age is screaming out of the despair of his miserable surroundings for mitigating and extinguish circumstances, and consequently the people living now will not live to see the day when either of the professions will properly fit the skulls of its noblest representatives. The poet writes, "To be living is sublime." It is sublime to be living in spite of the cheat in Medicine, the lying in Law, and the hypocrisy in the ministry. Some doctors avail and regale the rascality of the devil to experiment both by nauseating, and cutting to make some fools money when there never was a need of a dose of medicine, or the use of a knife. When a doctor makes a mistake the consequence is fearful to contemplate. When he takes the blood pressure because he wants to make five dollars, when there was no need to take it, he is a thief, and he has stolen five dollars from the person who has faith in him. About a month ago a young lady came to consult the writer about a skin disease; she had been to a doctor of the race who had told her she had to go down in the city and consult a white specialist who would give her a Wassermann test. When she was told that it would cost her fifty dollars, and that she would have to undergo sixteen treatments of 606 it greatly impressed her with the dignity of Medicine. After several weeks we saw the young lady and found that she had been eating strawberries, her system being saturated with too much acid ferment, the skin was requisitioned by the heat centers to help in the process of elimination. In these awful times the doctor is forgotten and the quack celebrated. Martin Luther is laughed at and the wolf in a minister's robe is nearly worshiped. Webster, Kent and Edmond Burke become the merest objects of scorn and pity, while the sneakish lawyer of this sad epoch revels in platitudes of scamp to astound the court with his wonderful nerve. Wisdom and knowledge and learning are never fit for swine. In these piping times sophistry sends a taller, shaft for the eager gaze skyward than bedrock truth. In these times wrought up to fever pitch with duplicity, misrepresentation, crookedness, skulduggery and the rest of it, Shakespeare is pitied for his great wisdom, and Babe Ruth is decorated because he knows nothing. He is a hero to the brainless multitude who would not understand a line of the great master in the classics and the drama. Fortunately there are a few men and women true to the cause they represent. We happen to know a few lawyers of our race variety who will not prosecute a disbarment proceeding against another lawyer no matter of whatever race. There are a few lawyers who will return your retainer's fee before they will undertake a crooked deal which has its mitigating clause in legality. There are many champions of a risen Christ who they would be crucified for the truths they hold up to a lost world rather than appease a sated appetite. In the ranks of Hypocrates there is quite a showing from remotest time of glorious sacrifices personally made to bring out the marvelous revelations of truth. Extolling the cardinal truths and sustaining the noblest principles in our civilization each of the professions have won the confidence of mankind. In grades along the social ladder, rung after rung, the manifestation of ignorance is appalling, and this ignorance is not always more greatly emphasized at the lower rungs of this social ladder. The public itself is not to be wholly trusted, although much of what may be construed as the laity possibly outranks anything we have to set up as a criteria in either of the professions. Lbs of people won't be persuaded by the preacher to get religion and join the church, but will on the other hand allow some indifferent person to persuade them to let some physician cut them to death looking for a tumor, for which the doctor gets a hundred dollars whether the poor fool lives or dies, as the surgeons, like the lawyers, don't take any chances but require the money down. We are such creatures, constituted with a variableness in our nature that almost makes us afraid of ourselves. Medicine, Ministry and Law, these three intellectual graces, rule the world or ruin it. They rule over the destinies of nations, principalities and kingdoms. The Intellect is monitor for the human social order. Each of these Intellectual forces are the strongest attributes of world peace and progress. They make us fit, true and free. They supply your understanding with positive truth, and make assurance impelling, and the hope in our hearts eternal. Christ was the Great Physician, Healer of both mind and body, therefore the greatest of these three Intellectual graces is Medicine when at its best. DELAWARE N. A. A. C. P. OP POSES KU KLUX MEETING IN WILMINGTON Representatives of Delaware branches of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, recently appeared before the Wilmington City Council to protest against any permission being given to the Ku Klux Klan to hold meetings in that city. Louis A. Redding, President of the Wilmington N. A. A. C. P., read a statement before the City Council asking that the Klan be forbidden to hold a proposed meeting on the steps of the Municipal Building, and warning that riotous acts might be provoked by such a meeting. On the committee assisting Mr. Reddine were: Blanche W. Stubbs Vice-president Wilmington N. A. A. C. P.; Alice G. Baldwin, Secretary Alice Dunbar-Nelson, Chairman Executive Committee; and Robert J. Nelson, Chairman Grievance Committee. KLAN WARNS SQUIRE FOR MIXED MARRIAGE Magistrate "Marked Man" After Uniting White Woman and Her Dark-Skinned Lover Lebanon, Pa.—Robert L. Miller, city magistrate and alderman in the Fourth Ward, last week received a Ku Klux Klan warning in the form of a visit by two strangers. They told him they were from Harrisburg and questioned him about his performance of a marriage ceremony on June 28, in which the principals were James R. Johnson, colored, and Miss Mary C. Patterson, white, both of Harrisburg. The couple got a marriage license here after Clerk Strauss was confronted with the fact that there is nothing in the Pennsylvania statutes forbidding the marriage of whites and colored people. First the couple asked a Presbyterian minister to perform the ceremony, but he refused. They next tried Alderman Miller, who consented after satisfying himself that it was legal. Declaring that Alderman Miller would be "marked" when he comes up for re-election, the strangers left a card bearing the inscription "The Ku Klux Klan are here, there and everywhere. If you are interested address Postoffice Box 120, Harrisburg." WOMAN WORTH $40,000 Chattanooga, Tenn.-The total assessment on the personal property of Mrs. Jennie G. Higgins was something more than $42,000, according to the figures given out by the local Board of Assessors recently; $39,000 of this amount represented Mrs. Higgins' bank account, who conducts a beauty parlor for whites. Mary E. Assistant Paying Teller of the Douglass National Bank and Secretary of the Williamson Royal Circle of the Friends of the World, Which Meets at the Williamson Hall, 5121 South State Street. M. B. Ex-First Assistant Corporation Counsel of Chieago, Who is Being Strongly Urged to Enter the Race for One of the New Judges of the Superior Court of Cook County This Fall. Ex-First Assistant Corporation Counsel of Chieago, Who is Being Strongly Urged to Enter the Race for One of the New Judges of the Superior Court of Cook County This Fall. GREATEST ANNUAL SESSION IN HISTORY OF THE NATIONAL GRAND COUNCIL OF A. U. K. & D. OF A. CLOSED AT ST. LOUIS, MO. AFTER A HARMONIOUS SIX DAYS SESSION, FIRST NATIONAL ENCAMPMENT A GREAT SUCCESS. THOUSANDS ATTEND. Special to The Broad Ax By M. T. Bailey On Sunday morning, Aug. 5th, more than 250 delegates from Chicago arrived in St. Louis in special trains over the C. & E. I. Other special trains arriving about the same time came from Indianapolis, Ind., Cleveland, Columbus and Cincinnati, Ohio, New York, Philadelphia, Boston, and smaller groups came from New Jersey, Iowa, Connecticut and California. All were met by the St. Louis Band of A. U. K. & D. of A. and hosts of the city. Lead by the Military Departments and bands from Chicago, Indianapolis, Cleveland and Cincinnati, the delegation marched to Camp William Herbert Fields, where preparation had been made for the Military Departments and the other delegates and visitors were shown their respective stopping places. The National Grand Council was called to order Monday morning at 10:00 o'clock by the national grand master, Hon. William Herbert Fields; committee on credentials appointed; annual address by the grand master. On resolutions presented by M. T. Bailey, chairman of the Publicity THE BROAD AX, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, SATURDAY, AUGUST 18, 1923 MRS. LUCILE BEATRICE WILKINS Committee, Chicago, the meeting was adjourned for thirty minutes to pay respects to the late president of the United States, Warren G. Harding. In the afternoon, welcome addresses were made by Hon. Christenden E. Clark, Rev. T. J. Moppin, Hon. A. W. Lloyd; responses by Rev. S. D. Davjs, Rev. John I. Johnson, Rev. Fischer, John B. Bertha T. Buckner, followed by many other responses by state and grand officers. In the evening, 2,000 delegates and friends went on a boat excursion up the Mississippi river. Tuesday was taken up by reports from the state grand queens of Illinois, Missouri, Connecticut, Massachusetts and Pengsvilia. Tuesday evening, grand public reception to delegates at the Y. W. C. A. Wednesday reports of most excellent queens and mother queens of the various councils and juveniles through the jurisdiction. In the afternoon, delegates marched in a body to the camp as that was camp night for the Uniform Department. Their dress parade and address by J. W. Calhoun, Circuit Judge, and W. T. Finley, secretary to the Mayor, was an interesting event of the session. Thursday continuation of reports and the big parade, the greatest ever held in St. Louis, took place at noon Thursday instead of Friday, which had been arranged for, on account of the funeral of the late president of the United States. This parade covered 60 blocks of the principal parts of the 1910 HON. JAMES W. BREEN Aunt Corporation Counsel of Ch ingly Urged to Enter the Race of the Superior Court of Coo business and residential districts of the city. The international reception was held at the Y. W. C. A. Friday, election of grand officers. Among the principal officers elected were William Herbert Fields, national grand master; Dr. George M. Cathrell, national grand secretary-treasurer; Rev. S. D. Davis of Indianapolis, national deputy grand master; Dr. M. R. Bibb, Chicago, national medical director; Rev. T. L. Scott, Chicago, national grand chaplain; Ella L. Holmes, Chicago, national grand queen. Among the state grand queens elected were Eliza Jackson, Illinois; Ada Harris, Missouri; Ada Goins, Indiana; Margaret J. Green, Connecticut; Elizabeth Kimbrough, New York; Ella B. Cato, Ohio; Mattie Coles, Virginia, and Josephine Cunningham, Massachusetts. In the evening, competitive drills were held at the great coliseum. Thousands of dollars were awarded in prizes to companies from Chicago, Indianapolis; Cleveland and St. Louis. The great coliseum was packed. Saturday the installation of officers, the Juvenile Convention and reception were held. Great credit is due the national grand officers and committee for the way the delegates and friends were entertained as well as to the citizens of Missouri in general. Maj J. A. Shackelford was paid a glorying tribute for the efficient manner in which he and his staff officers conducted Camp William H. Fields and other exercises given under the supervision of the military department. Saturday afternoon, special trains were preparing to take home the many delegates in the evening following the closing of a most successful and harmonious session held in the history of the organization. DEPUTIES STOP KLAN MEET INGS ON COURT ORDER Deputy sheriffs lash night, acting under an order from the Superior Court, broke up a meeting of the Ku Klux Klan, which was being held at 19 West Adams street. They served an injunction on the assembled members preventing them from holding meetings without the consent of the national organization. The quarrel is the outgrowth of a secession of Klans Nos. 33, 11, and 15, who have withdrawn from the national organization, charging that it is honey-combed with graft and incompetence. The three local klans are supported, it is claimed, by more than 200 other klans in the country, headed by William J. Simmons, former imperial wizard of the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan. Yesterday the national organization asked, through its attorney, Charles G. Palmer, that Franklin C. Browne, James C. Stockwell, and Millard F. Roberts, each of whom is the excellent cyclops of one of the Chicago klans, be restrained from holding meetings of their organizations and be required to return all paraphernalia to the national body. The injunction was granted by Judge Walter P. Steffen and Deputy Sheriff Elliott C. Miers went to the meeting place of Klan 15 and nailed the injunction to the door of the hall. After reading the notice an official of the local klan announced that no meetings would be held in defiance of the court's order and the meeting disbanded. In the resolution they declare their withdrawal from the national body and their affiliation with Simmons in the second order, known as the Knights of the Kamelia. Their withdrawal is voluntary, it is claimed, and they intend to stay until the present heads of the klan are dismissed. THOUSANDS · RIOT OVER OHIO KLAN Leader Shot Aftert Police Try to Quell Battles Steubenville, O., Darwin L. Gibson, said to be an officer in the Ku Klux Klan here, was seriously wounded while driving through the city early Thursday morning. Several shots were fired into his machine, one striking Gibson in the head. The shooting occurred a short time after the demonstration against the klan here Wednesday night, when a delegation of several hundred alleged members of the klan, who came here from East Liverpool, O., and Wierton and Chestetr, W. *Va.*, were attacked by a crowd of men numbering thousands after they had held a meeting in their local hall. Motorists Are Beaten Up Occupants of an automobile were dragged from it and beaten up and their car, after being disabled, shoved into a side street. Other automobiles were overturned and disabled and their occupants maltreated. The disorder continued for more than half an hour and was carried on in an area of an entire city block in the downtown section. Police who went to the scene became pare of the crowd and were unable to make any headway to restore peace. Sheriff Lucas and fifteen deputies responded to a riot call. After forty minutes of disorder police and county authorities restored order and rescued a number of those who had been assaulted. KU KLUX KLAN TO RUN VAL PARAISO "U." IN INDIANA Indianapolis, Indiana—Negotiations have been completed for the taking over of Valparaiso University, located at Valparaiso, Ind., by the Ku Klux Klan organization, it has been announced here by Milton Elrod, editor of the Fiery Cross, official publication of the klan. The university, which is one of the oldest national institutions in the country, will be called the National University, Mr. Elrod said. The purchase price was announced at $350,000, which represents the indebtedness of the institution. Five hundred thousand dollars will be spent immediately for improvements of the university buildings, and an endowment of another $500,000 will be established, according to Mr. Elrod, who added the school would be strictly non-sectarian and would disregard color or race in its student body. PROTEST AGAINST WRONG To submit in silence when we should protest makes cowards out of men. The human race has climbed on protest. Had no voice been raised against injustice, ignorance and lust, the inquisition yet would serve the law, and guilotines decide our least disputes. The few who dare, must speak and speak again to right the wrongs of many.—Ella Wheeler Wilcox. THE JOYLAND AMUSEMENT PARK IS STILL RUNNING AT FULL BLAST Several months ago, arrangements were made to launch the Joyland Amusement Park, located at Thirty-third Street and S. Wabash Avenue and many people who contend or pretend to know everything, freely predicted that Colored men were yet unable to conduct or run an amusement park; that fighting, shooting and wide open gambling would be the order of the day; that it was no place for decent people; that it could not run over four or five weeks at the very longest without busting up in a row among its owners and managers. In spite of their dire predictions along this line, the Joyland Amusement Park has continued to function big from the day that it first opened right up to the very present time and there has been no fighting on the part of any one or wide open gambling within its walls and at all times the best of order prevails. Each evening there are always several policemen around, to see what is going on, and they are ever ready to grab anyone who attempts to start any rough-house stunts. Every week, there are plenty of new attractions at the Joyland Amusement Park and beginning the first of this week, a wonderful wild animal show has been the leading feature. The animals can perform all kinds of tricks and they can do everything to amuse the public, even down to talking like human beings. This week the City Federation of Colored Women's Clubs have been holding picnics at the Joyland Amusement Park. See advertisement in another column of this newspaper. THE PHYLLIIS WHEATLEY WOMAN'S CLUB The Phyllis Wheatley Woman's Club held a very interesting call meeting at the residence of the President, Wednesday, August 8, to arrange for the reception to be given in honor of the visiting Elks at the Phyllis Wheatley Home, 3256 Rhodes Ave., Monday, August 27th, from 4 to 10 p. m. All visitors are cordially invited to come and see one of the most helpful social agencies for befriending and safeguarding our girls in this great city. Mrs. Clara Griffin, Mrs. Willa Webb and Miss Emma L. Lewis are the delegates to the State Federation, which meets in East St. Louis, August 21 to 24. Elizabeth Lindsay Davis, Pres. Etta Johnson Jones, See. HINES' DISABLED NEGRO VETS' HOSPITAL PLAN O. K'D. Tuskegee, Ala.-Notice has been wired Director Hines of the war veterans' bureau of the acceptance of his plan for the operation of the hospital here for disabled Negro veterans by the citizens committee, appointed to confer with the bureau director for a solution of the problem. The compromise reached at Washington last week between the committee and Director Hines provided that the chief surgeon and two assistants should be white and others of the personnel Negro, members of the committee told the citizens here, who advised acceptance of the plan. RETURNS AFTER MANY YEARS M. T. Bailey, 3638 S. State St., a member of The National Negro Press Association, visited St. Louis, Mo., during the past ten days after an absence of many years. Mr. Bailey was a former resident of that city and had acquired many friends. During his stay in St. Louis, he was entertained at luncheon by Mrs. Lucy Bledsoe on Finney Ave., and Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Buckner, 4205 Cook Ave. He spoke before the Antioch Baptist Convention in session at the Fairfax Baptist Church, and spent much time at Webster Grove, Kirkwood and Clayton, Mo. Hundreds of Baptist Churches and Pastors who observed "All Together Day," write, "We will report at roll call in Los Angeles, California, Thursday, September 6th." They are going by train loads; and the 42nd Annual Session of the National Baptist Convention, opening in Los Angeles, September 5th, promises to be the largest in its history. Dr. R. R. Moton is one of the principal speakers. Africa, Central and South America will be represented. Mrs. Elizabeth Lindsay Davis, State and National Historian, will leave with other delegates, for St. Louis, Saturday, August 18. Mrs. Silas Enty, Philadelphia, Pa., will be the guest of her old friends, Dr. and Mrs. Wm. H. Davis, 3710 Indiana Ave., during the week of the Elks' convention. CHARLES E. STUMP, WHO IS STILL HOLDING ON AS THE REGULAR TRAVELING CORRESPONDENT FOR THE BROAD AX, HAS BEEN HOLDING FORTH AT HOT SPRINGS, ARK. HE IS NOW ON HIS WAY TO NEW YORK CITY AND FROM THERE HE IS HEADED FOR LOS ANGELES, CAL. Hot Springs, Ark—As I take my pen in hand to write you a few lines this week, I am right at the stepping off place, yet I have decided not to step off. It will keep me busy keeping my mouth from jumping out of my heart during my stay in Hot Springs. I have always thought that this was close to the devil's home, and if not how in the hen feathers can so much water come out of the mountains hot? This has never been explained to me and perhaps never will be. The devil must have somewhere near earth to operate, because he has so many followers, and so many are going to follow him throughout eternity. Some he is going to miss, but he will get enough to pay up for his missing. Here I am in this part of the world, but let me pause to pay a tribute to another great man who has fallen asleep in death. This time it is the Rev. Dr. B. F. Watson, of Washington, D. C., secretary of the Church Extension Society of the African Methodist Episcopal church, and he was one of the great preachers of the A. M. E. connection, and one of the most noted men of the whole race. He is known all through the west, and his last charge as a pastor was in Springfield, Ill., and there is where he was in 1900 when elected to the position which he held up to the time of his death which came about August 4. I do not know just the time exactly, but I heard of it on Monday. He was a faithful servant, and worked hard for his church. He accomplished much in his department, guarded well the finance committed to his charge and used it as he was directed by his church. A few years ago his companion, the wife of his youth, was taken from his side by death. He remained a widower for some time, but recently, he won the heart of one of the finest women in his race. She was a widow, a nurse, trained nurse at that, and well educated. She was adapted to his companionship, and they entered life together, living like two little children in love and realm's fancies. Right by their sides was Mrs. Smith, his devoted daughter, and the two women lived together like sisters. They were devoted to each other, and Mrs. Smith's heart was lifted to see the interest Mrs. Watson took in her father. It was a house of love. But loved ones must be separated, and in the midst of love and happiness, death stepped in and claimed Benjamin F. Watson, the veteran secretary. He was the oldest general officer from point of service. He declared that he was satisfied to serve his church, and his race in the capacity where he was, and no desire to be a bishop. I pause to pay this deserving tribute to a man who served, and I would not forget the faithful and efficient clerk; who has been absolutely in charge of the work for the past three or four years. Miss Marie Thomas. She has a place in the hearts of all African Methodists, who appreciate her for the efficient, faithful service she rendered. I have been moving just a little since I wrote you that last letter from Kansas City. You recall I was there with the Rev. Dr. Edward Wittenburg, and you will believe me when I tell you I was some under the weather, Dr. Hall had looked me over, furnished me with some real new medicine, which was filled by Dr. Porter of Chicago, State and Thirty-fifth streets, and I was taking it right along. But two or three mornings I was almost to the other world, and pulled out from Kansas City, for I decided that I did not want to die in Kansas City. One day was spent in Fort Scott, Kansas, and then I made it down to Oklahoma City, where I was put in touch with Dr. E. W. Perry, who got his automobile carriage and tooted me to Guthrie to see Dr. Conrad, who put on his thinking and hearing caps, listened to the bugs; said something about acid, gave me some acid eliminator or something else, and about I o'clock at night we rolled up to Dr. Perry's parsonage in Oklahoma City. Leaving there the next morning for Kingshin in that same automobile car carriage. It is wonderful how people can get over the country in these little things. They take many dollars from the iron horse railroads car carriages. Just think of it, will you? People are advertising to take you in them from Dallas, Texas, to Los Angeles, California, for $30 for the round trip. They are going in large numbers. Joy and peace go with them, for I am not going to be in that number. Here I am, but before I got here. I went to Little Rock, and had the pleasure of seeing some friends there, including Dr. Joseph A. Booker, and his son, the attorney. Both are doing things, and then I met David Wells, who is a printer. I did not get to meet many people of the city, because I did not get around much. I wanted to call on the Governor, but did not do so, because he is not acquainted with me. He is a wonderful man, but I did not know him. He is booked to deliver an address at the National Negro Business League and it will be over when you read this letter. If you desire to get in touch with me or write me a letter, send it in care of Rev. M. W. Thornton, D. D., 52 West 132nd street, New York City. Did you know that we have a new president of the United States? Well, he is there, and now all eyes are turned on him. We are going to watch and see. I am not anticipating anything. Will he do the right thing for all American citizens? Will he be president of all or a few? If you can answer these questions, do so. From New York, I am going to California, and they tell me that will be jumping from the Atlantic to the Pacific. I do not know just what they mean by that, but I am to make the leap. I am going to see them Baptists out there in the National Baptist convention and there are so many others who are going to be there also. I am not going to be alone. The Baptists have up many questions for consideration. They want to see the new president. They want to know what he has been doing this past year, and I am of the opinion that Dr. L. K. Williams of Chicago is going to give good account of his stewardship. They are going to say to him, 'Well done thou good and faithful servant, we want you to serve another year.' He has been at work since the gavel was turned over to him last December by the late W. G. Parks. Rev. A. M. Townsend, M. D., D. D., is going to render a wonderful report on the Sunday School Publishing Board, and he is going to tell them all about the new plant which is to cost $350,000 and is now being erected by Windham Brothers. By this time next year the machinery will be going in there, and it will be a dream fulfilled. He will be classed among the business geniuses of the age. Of course the other departments will report. They have been doing good things this year. I will let you know about all of them. I will now bring this letter to a stop for this week. I will talk about the Business League in my next letter. God bless you all. CHARLES E. STUMP. PENNSYLVANIA GOVERNOR APPOINTS COLORED MAN TRUSTEE OF PENITENTIARY Philadelphia, Pa.—Governor Pinchot of Pennsylvania has just appointed a trustee of Eastern Penitentiary. Mr. Ernest T. Atwell is the appointee. He is the present director of Colored Work Community Service, Inc., and a man of wide experience in social service work. His appointment makes him one of the nine trustees of the penal institution. All the rest of the trustees are white persons. RE-ELECTED HEAD Mrs. Lop Ella Young, 4114 Calumet Ave., who attended the annual session of Eden District Household of Ruth, jurisdiction of Illinois and Wisconsin, held at East St. Louis, III, Aug. 7th to 9th inclusive, where she was re-elected as D. G. M. N. G. to head the organization another year. At the close of this session, Mrs. Young visited the meeting of the National Grand Council of A. U. K. & D. of A., in session at St. Louis, Mo. WIFE OF FOUNDER OF MOUND BAYON PASSES OUT Mound Bayon, Miss—Mrs. Martha Robb Montgomery is dead. Mound Bayon's founder, Hon. I. T. Montgomery, has lost the companion of half a century. Mrs. Montgomery was buried last Sunday afternoon from Bethel A. M. E. church, Revs. S. P. Felder and W. P. Q. Byrd, officiating. VISITING CITY Mrs. Josie Gardner of Russellville, Ark, is in the city and will spend some time with her son, Floyd Gardner, member of the American Giants Baseball Club, and with other friends. THE BROAD AX, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, SATURDAY, AUGUST 18. 1923 30 Don't Fail to Visit Joyland Amusement Park 33RD AND WABASH AVENUE 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. Open Week Days, 7 p.m., Sundays and Holidays, 2 p.m. Best Rides, Shows, Games. Finest Free Attractions. Finest Open Air Dance Hall in Chicago. Music by the Famous Joyland Jazzers. W. C. S. & S. AMUSEMENT CO. EXPECTED IN CITY Miss Irene Shanklin of Philadelphia. Pa. is expected to spend the week of the ELKS Convention in this city with friends. CAN'T STAND KIDDING Tommy: Hear you have a new baby at your house. Sammy: (Sourly) Well don't blame me. FORDS HOME Mr. and Mrs. James T. Ford, 6147 Aberdeen St., returned to their home after spending a very pleasant vacation of several weeks with friends in Davenport, Ia. IN CITY Dr. M. R. Bibb, 3650 Michigan Ave. is back in the city from St. Louis, Mo. where he attended the 16th annual session of the National Grand Council of A. U. K. and D. of A., and where he was re-elected national grand medical director. TO MOUNDS J. B. Street, president of The Joint Building Association of U. B. F. and S. M. T. and worthy master of North Star Lodge, in company with about 250 delegates will leave the city Aug. 19th for Mounds, Ill., where they will attend the 45th annual session of U. B. F. and the 25th annual session of S. M. T. HON. ROBERT E. TURNEY of the Able Judges of the Circuit who Would Make an Ideal Candid or or Circuit Court Judges to Be of November, This Year. CHIPS Rev. W. D. Cook and his warm friend, Mr. Sandy W. Trice, left for Idelwild, Mich., last evening, where they will spend two weeks in resting up. Mrs. Carrie Warner, 3822 Calumet avenue, is spending part of her vaca- tion in New York City, where she is having a most delightful time, in visit- ing with her friends. Near the first of September, she will return home by the way of Idlewild, Mich. Mr. and Mrs. David M. Manson, 4422 Vincennes avenue, spent several days the first part of last week at Idlewild, Mich., where Mr. Manson is one of the big five, and assists in conducting the affairs of the town. They both enjoyed their outing trip very much. Dr. Walter N. Thomas, who holds forth at 2359 S. State street, returned home the first of this week from a six weeks' pleasure tour through the southwest and west. While absent he visited Catalina Island, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Cal.; Portland, Ore., and the Yellowstone Park, where he enjoyed himself to the fullest extent, for he had the greatest pleasure trip of his life. Sergeant John Dohney, who has a splendid record in the Police Department in the City of Chicago and who is the chief assistant Sergeant-at-Arms of the City Council, attended the funeral services of the late President Harding, at Marion, Ohio, last Friday afternoon, and as Hon. Morgan A. Collins, Chief of Police of Chicago, Don't Fail to Visit was unable to be present at Marion. Sergeant Dohney represented him and the Police Department on that sad occasion. PASSES THROUGH CITY Mrs. Bertha T. Buckner, grand worthy counsellor of the Court of Calanthe, state of Missouri, passed through the city during the week enroute to New York to attend the national encampment and session of K. of P.'s and Courts of Calanthe. Mrs. Buckner was accompanied by her daughter and several friends. 200 Bones in Human Body. The public health service says that the human skeleton is composed of 200 distinct bones. It is divided into four regions: The skull, composed of 22 bones; the trunk, composed of 54 bones; the upper extremities, composed of 64 bones, and the lower extremities, composed of 60 bones. Great Indian Museum The Museum of the American Indian in New York, the greatest museum in the world devoted exclusively to the Indian, grew out of the purchase by George Gustav Heye of a Navajo Indian shirt. Vice. of Sleep by French Scientist. Women sleep more lightly and require less sleep than men, according to artist - Indianapolis News. CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING MALE HELP COLORED Men wanted to qualify for sleeping car and train porters. Experience unnecessary. Transportation furnished. Write T. McCaffrey, Supt., St. Louis, Mo. Plaits Very Much in Season's Mode Decoration Regarded as Almost Necessary to Emphasize Style. Everywhere one sees well-dressed women this season they are wearing plaits in some gulse or other. Plaits are representative of the season's gowns. They are almost necessary to establish the tone of the well-dressed woman, declares a fashion writer in the New York Times. There is an artistic encouragement, too, about this new ind for plating. The American woman has gone in largely for simplicity, but at last it seems that she has awakened to greater possibilities. She finds that she can be just as picturesque as the woman who reclined on the perch in the old days, not in the same way, but with equal charm. Take her morning dresses, for instance. They are made of soft silk, in dark and inconspicuous colors, but with artistic and flowing lines. She now has a little plaited cape to throw over her shoulders for street wear and under that her gown has no sleeves at all. This cape can be worn with a street hat. It has no extra weight, no bulgy quality at it, and it makes of her gown, no matter how informal that may be, a thing suitable for street indoor or country wear. Sometimes this plaited cape reaches the waltaline only, sometimes it is of three-quarters length, and again it reaches to the heels. But in each instance it is light in weight and extremely graceful, so that whatever its expression or wherever it is worn, it becomes a part of the costume. The longer capes are likely to have fur collars and the shorter ones are provided, in many instances, with collars of their own material, either tucked or plaited. They are tied in front with informal bows of narrow ribbon and there is really nothing about them to suggest the formal. The long ones perhaps are a trifle more useful than those which are shorter, because they can be worn with evening as well as daytime dresses, and this, of course, is something not to be scuffed at. It is in the evening that a light cape is most necessary for comfort, no matter how it may be desired during the daytime hours for good looks alone. Is Generally Liked. The plaited dress is popular with all. An interesting gown has a plaited apron in front and a plaited cape dropping from the shoulders. That is an excellent example of the partially plaited dress which has made such a hit this season. It can be plaited in other sections, for it can have plaited side panels, or plaited sleeves, or plaited front and back sections in perfect regularity. But if it is an accepted street or afternoon or evening dress for this season it will have some plaiting about it. Plattings do away with all necessity for extra bits of trimming because they are trimming in themselves. The panels of plaits, though they are made of the same material as the gown, have a way of looking like so much trimming. There may be a bit of ribbon binding, or sash of tulle, but in the THE FASHION OF THE TWENTIES Plaited Cape of Short Proportions is a Favorite With the Summer Girl Because It Can Be Worn With Various Costumes. main the dress that is plaited in any one place has the plaiting alone to answer for its style. The plaited skirts are all that is necessary to show the general prevalence of the style and the heartiness with which it has been accepted. They are an established feature of the season and just as smart as they can be. Any woman who has one may feel sure that she is walking in the best circles so far as fashions are concerned. And they are economical. They can be worn with so many and different sorts of overdresses and overblouses that one single skirt is capable of being multiplied into any number of various and beautiful gowns. The smart women know this and have adopted the plaited skirt with little or no reservation. They have decided that, for the present at least, they are the adherents of the plaited Severest Punishment Severest Punishment. The severest punishment suffered by a sensitive mind, for injury inflicted upon another, is the consciousness of having done it.-Hosea Ballon. surt because it does so much to place their dressing in the highest rank of smart styles. Blouses are plaited in many and various ways. And they are the most delightful of all accessories to the wardrobe. They have burst into the fore-rank of fashion with no little seat and are filling a place that has long been denied them. Perhaps this is because they have been designed by artists who know what it is. Printed Silk Blouses. There are blouses of printed silks plaited over their entire surface. They are usually minus sleeves of any sort, but the width of the plaiting falls over the arms in the most graceful manner and manages to suggest a sleeve with M Dress With Plaited Panels Done in Dark Blue Crepe de Chine. One of the Panels Makes an Apron and the Other a Cape. out the least attempt at being formal. Then there is the blouse which has a plaited plain panel in front and a printed silk underarm section that repeats the silk used in the making of the skirt. This is a clever adaptation of the vogue for plaits and one that will be accepted by any woman who has in mind the making over of a frock that may have seen better days. Even coats are taking on the plaited vogue. They are showing hidden plaits and those that appear on the surface. The coat for everyday, with plaited sleeves, has become quite a factor in style. It is as plain as can be so far as the body of the garment is concerned. When it comes to the sleeves, there is that fullness of plaited stuff which gives grace and charm and a flowing line. For instance, there is a coat made of light brown wool brocade. It is lined with orange crepe de chine. There are light brown chiffon sleeves, extraordinarily full, gathered into tight little cuffs which start in wide, square armholes, and at the cuffs there is a fold of the orange crepe peeping from underneath—this to the tie the two materials together and to give the general color scheme an excuse for being. These sleeves are particularly attractive for evening wraps, but they are to be found on street coats, as well, and there are evening capes that show plain surfaces with plaited chiffon linings to help them. Plaited Hats Predominate. Plaited Hats Predominate. As for hats, they have more plaits than all of the dresses put together. They seem to have taken to the idea with enthusiasm, and women who have decided to wear hats with plaited trimming, or hats made entirely of plaited stuff, say that they have never been better satisfied. They find that plaitings, when applied to hats, are even more successful than with dresses, and that they give a certain style worthy of any style of dress. There are plaited fares of taffeta silk applied as fans to the front of crowns. They are held together by means of rhinestone buckles or tied in the center with knots and bows of their own materials. They are used for trimming the backs of short-brimmed hats, as much of the style of a hat this season is centered at the back. Some of the hats are more naive in the manner of their appearance. They are trimmed with plaited ruchings that run around the bases of the crowns in more or less thick masses. Sometimes they are made of silk, again of narrow ribbons, put on in tiers, and again they are plaited chiffons and plaited mallines or lace, which give to the hats that airiness of summer appearance which is much to be desired. Some of the little tight cloque shapes have plaitings around the outer edges of their brims, and these, of course, are done in narrow widths, with every attention to plaiting them finely. These are particularly attractive when done in dark blue shades, or in black, or in one of the many tan or brown shades so popular this season. Baking Adobe. Adobe may be made from any material which becomes hardened on exposure to the sun. The process of baking consists in first exposing the molded bricks to the direct rays of the sun for a day, then turning them, exposing different faces for from seven to fourteen days. Because of the lack of coherency, adobes can be employed only in regions of limited rainfall. 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There are literally hundreds of delightful wall papers for her to choose from—for designers have excelled themselves for bedrooms. She can have exactly the kind of bedroom to suit her individuality—and a bedroom must suit, for late at night when one is tired, one does not wish to be jarred; and early in the morning it is tragic to be irritated. There are sunny yellows that the graysted morning in the world cannot discourage. There are papers where flowers bloom so sweetly that the blackest winter morning can't be cheerless. There are such quaint old patterns straight from revolutionary walls that even if a trolley jangles by outside it seems unreal and far away. And if you are one of those people like the man who said he could bear "anybody but a person who smiles before breakfast"—there are quiet papers of dignified elegance that fit no matter what mood. And what they all express is a deep peace that brings "—innocent sleep, sleep that knits up the ravelled sleeve of care." There was a time when people made bedroom papers with restless figures—birds that never alighted on flowers half an inch away from them—and other unsatisfying pictures that drove the one who had to lie in bed and watch them into a mild insanity. And then the day of geometric figures—that one counted and counted going in all directions while one gradually went mad. But those times are past—and the newer papers for bedrooms are restful, peaceful, quiet—papers that never annoy as one sees them day after day.—Milwaukee Sentinel. Why Good Perfumes Napoleon before and after battles bathed his head and shoulders in perfume, Doctor Mason writes in a recent Mentor Magazine. He used perfume as a substitute for a bath. That was why perfumes were invented—to counteract lack of sanitation. Running water and the bath-tub enable us to get near each other without scent camouflage. Maybe you wonder why good perfumes are so expensive. It takes 8,000,000 roses to yield one pound of rose essence. Chas. Krutekoff, Pres. J. R. Ward, Vice-Pres. THE BROAD AX, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, SATURDAY, AUGUST 18, 1923 WARNER Chiropodist Experience CHICAGO rd Coal Co. OS AT R. & Q. R. R. R. R. R. Racine Aves., C. M. & St. P. R. R. OVE AVE., CHICAGO my name as a subscriber to THE BROAD the annual subscriptions to same, or One 19 State Patronize Home Industry. One of the unwritten rules at royal weddings in England is that every thing the bride uses must come from England or one of her dependencies, and there is a tiny gold mine in Wales that is kept in operation, apparently, for no other reason than to accumulate a store of the precious metal for use at royal weddings in the manufacture of rings and plate and other useful articles. Longest Night. The longest night in history, September-2, 1752, was when the Gregorian calendar was adopted in England, through the influence of Lord Chesterfield. The calendar arranged by Julius Caesar by not making sufficient allowance for leap year had caused the English date to be then eleven days behind the right time. These days were omitted after September 2, so that the next was reckoned as September 14. Comes Down Slowly. The resistance that a falling parachute offers to the air is greatly influenced by its shape. The modern one-man parachute, made of silk, varies from 18 to 30 feet in diameter, is slightly concave on the lower side and offers sufficient resistance to the air, so that when carrying a man, the rate of descent will not be more than 15 to 20 feet per second. Mile-High Dancing. In Colorado's pioneer days Creede, with its gold prospectors and dancing senoritas, outdid the present endurance dancers. They worked and danced for days at a time, giving rise to the phrase: "It's day all day in the daytime and there is no night in Creede." Preserving Plant Colors. In order to preserve the colors of plants it is necessary to kill the specimens quickly, and this can be effected by plunging them for a few seconds in boiling water. If a plant is allowed to die slowly the colors of its leaves and flowers will gradually fade. To Brighten Gilt Frames Gilt frames can be brightened by the following method: Take sufficient flowers of sulphur to give a gold tinge to a pint and a half of water; in this boil four onions. Strain off the liquid when cool; apply to gilding with a soft brush. What He Called a Good Time. "A good time? You had a good time? What do you call having a good time? "Oh, anything, just so it's some thing that you can spend at least a week regretting afterward."—Toronto to Telegram. The Bright Side. "If your motor is missing, keep cheerful," says the Buffalo News. "So many people find their entire cars missing." CHICAGO CHICAGO Hugh Norris, Tress. Kirby Ward, Sesy. $1.00 FOR 6 MONTHS $2.00 PER YEAR FUNERAL DIRECTORS UNDERTAKER PRIVATE ARCULANCE MOTOS AT ALL HOURS ALL HERSOOD AST ERNEST H. WILLIAMSON UNDERTAKER GARAGE GASOLINE OIL OPEN DAY & 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 unmaterial, 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 Suits 706 Firmenich Building 184 W. Washington St. CHICAGO Residence 3655 Prairie Ave. Phone Douglas 9133 Residence, 1282 Macallister Place Telephone Monroe 2714 MILES J. DEVINE ATTORNEY AT LAW Suite 318-320 Renper 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 Under State Supervision Capital ..... $100,000.00 Surplus ..... 20,000.00 Offers Equal Service to All 3% INTEREST ON SAVINGS SAFE DEPOSIT VAULTS State Street and 36th Place Wanted Advertising Solicitor A live or wide awake newspaper man or solicitor can earn some easy money by calling on or addressing the undersigned. Julius F. Taylor, 6206 S. Elizabeth street. Phone Wentworth 2597. PHONE KENWOOD 455 West Englewood Trust & Savings Bank total and Surplus, $500,000 OFFICERS President Arthur C. Utesch Vice-Pres. W. Merle Fisher Cashier and Carl O. Seberg, Asst. Cashier Commonwealth Edison Co. 72 W. ADAMS STREET PHONE RANDOLPH 1280 Using Electric Shops carry a full line of all the Federal Washer on Easy Ter Capital and Surplus, $500,000.00 John Bain, President Arthur C. Utesch, Asst. Cashier Michael Maisel, Vice-Pres. W. Merle Fisher, Asst. Cashier Edw. C. Barry, Cashier and Trust Officer Carl O. Seberg, Asst. Cashier The following Electric Shops carry a full line of Electrical Appliances and sell the Federal Washer on Easy Terms: Davis Electric Shop, De Luxe Electric Shop, 2501 N. Kedra Ave. Boston, MA 02215 4109 Fulbright Ave. Logan Ave. Lighting Shop, Maser Electric Co. Maser Electric Co. Mid-West, Electric Service Co. Patterson Brothers, Sawyer Park Blvd. 5901 Sawyer Park Blvd. 6717 Otmette Ave. 6821 W. Birch Ave. WEST SIDE Balzen & Bazz Balzen & Bazz Bridgeport Electric Co. Bridgeport Electric Co. City Electric Co. City Electric Co. Cody Electric Co. Cody Electric Co. Stedton St. Stedton St. Laura St. Laura St. 7245 W. Stedton St. 7245 W. Stedton St. 2249 W. North Area 2249 W. North Area 5657 W. Stedton St. 5657 W. Stedton St. Rudolph W. Garth. Rudolph W. Garth. Home Electric Appliance Home Electric Appliance Company, 5839 W. Chicago Ave. Lexington Electric Co. 719. S. Western Ave. OUR NEW HO E DIRECTORS 72 W. Adams St. 72 W. Adams St. 448 N. Parkside Ave. 448 N. Parkside Ave. 2827 Logan Blvd. 2827 Logan Blvd. W. Madison St. 3452 W. Roosevelt Rd. NORTH SIDE Atlanta Electric Co. Atlanta Electric Co. Broadway Electric Shop, Broadway Electric Shop, J.1. Collins & Son. J.1. Collins & Son. 4531 N. Western Ave. 4531 N. Western Ave. 1538 N. Clark St. 1538 N. Clark St. Fallerton Electric Shop, Fallerton Electric Shop, Kerton Harbart Electric Company. 144 W. Anderson Ave. Lakeview Electric Co. 4214 N. Clark St. 4214 N. Clark St. Milton Harbart Electric Company. 1504 Morse Ave. North Shore Electric Co. North Shore Electric Co. Panama Elec. Light Co. Panama Elec. Light Co. Priniple Electric Co. 3306 Southport Ave. 3306 Southport Ave. 3500 Lincoln Ave. 3500 Lincoln Ave. Seller's Electric Shop. Seller's Electric Shop. Top Top Elec. Appliances. Top Top Elec. Appliances. 833 Irving Park Blvd. 833 Irving Park Blvd. 4863 Broadway NORTHWEST Art Loma Novelty & Gift Company, 1890 Milwaukee Ave. CHICAGO ```markdown ``` 3039 Lincoln Ave 4739 Lincoln Park Blvd 6245 Normal Blvd 6245 Normal Blvd 2850. E 204 st. E 204 st. Marmie Electric Shop, Ave. Ave. Ave. Madele Electric Shop, Ave. Ave. 2823 W. Madison St. 1811 W. 59th St. Ogden Electric Shop, Ave. Ave. Bernard O'Hare, Ave. Ave. Radiant Electric Co. 3314 W. Chicago Ave. 1187 W. Taylor St. Richmond Electric Co. 1811 W. Chicago Ave. Rika Electric Shop, Ave. Ave. Sapling Electric Co. 3248 W. North Ave. 8106 Milwaukee Ave. SOUTH SIDE Barry & Co. Battery & Charger Gewetted Electric Shop, 1732 W 98th St. 189th Flat Fixture Cage Co. 3803 Arbor Ave. 7138 So. Chichester Ave. 7138 So. Chichester Ave. 1115 Michigan Ave. Chichester Flatlock Fixture Co. 721 E. 75th St. Collison Electric Co. 445454454 St. O. S. Dawson 103 E. 427744444 St. 8350 S. Haleden St. 8351 S. Haleden St. 851 S. Haleden St. 4007 Ogden Ave. 4017 Ogden Ave. 47179 Cillings Grove Ave Electric Washing Machine Chine Co. 851 S. Haleden St. Gage Park Electric Ave. 2612 W. 51st St. 50-52 W. 116th St. Goodworking Elec- tric St. 618 W. 51st St. Hallor Electric St. 1455 E. 33rd St. Goodworking Elec- tric St. Ideal Electric & Fixture Works. 6038 S. Haleden St. L. L. Electric St. 2509 Archer Ave. 13253 Brandon Ave. Linden Electric St. S. Haleden St. Neighborhood Shop S. Haleden St. New City Electric Co. New City Electric Co. Ogdt Electric Shop. Ogdt Electric Shop. Parnell Electric Co. 51st St. Quality Electric 7923 S. Haleden St. Steve Electric Shop. Steve Electric Shop. Vincentes Electric Shop. 7308 Vincentes Ave. 1223 E. 55th St. West Pollinator Electric Wilmington, DE Winnetou State Elec- tric 6700 Sage Hill Ave 6700 Sage Hill Ave