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EXTRA THE BROAD AX EXTRA The Holiday or Christmas Souvenir Edition of The Broad Ax, Will Appear Saturday, December 22nd. Now Is the Time to Secure Write-ups or Advertising Space in It. PRESIDENT CALVIN COOLIDGE IN HIS FIRST MESSAGE TO CON-RESGS TURNS HIS BACK AGAINST THE BONUS FOR THE SOLDIERS. HE IS IN FAVOR OF PERMITTING THE WHITE PEOPLE RESIDING IN THE SOUTHERN STATES TO HANDLE THE COLORED PEOPLE TO SUIT THEMSELVES. The people in all parts of the world have been watching and waiting to see what President Calvin Coolidge would have to say on this, that and the other thing in his first message to the Congress of the United States. This is not a partisan question. It should not assume an artificial importance. The court is merely a convenient instrument of adjustment to which we could go, but to which we could not be brought. It should be In this the people have not been disappointed for the President touches upon many important, grave and far-reaching subjects and in many respects it is one of the most remarkable state papers or messages that has so far been set forth by any of the Presidents of the United States. The President appears to be against the League of Nations and in favor of the World Court. Stands Against League For us, peace reigns everywhere. We desire to perpetuate it always by granting full justice to others and requiring of others full justice to ourselves. Our country has one cardinal principle to maintain in its foreign policy. It must be an American policy. We attend to our own affairs, conserve our own strength, and protect the interests of our own citizens; but we recognize thoroughly our obligation to help others, reserving to the decision of our own judgment the time the place and the method. We realize the common bond of humanity. We know the inescapable law of service. Our country has one cardinal principle, to adopt and ratify the covenant of the league of nations. We have not felt warranted in assuming the responsibilities which its members have assumed. I am not proposing any change in this policy; neither is the senate. The incident, so far as we are concerned is closed. The league exists as a foreign agency. We hope it will be helpful. But the United States sees no reason to limit its own freedom and independence of action by joining it. We shall do well to recognize this basic fact in all national affairs and govern ourselves accordingly. Favors World Court Our foreign policy has always been guided by two principles. The one is the avoidance of permanent political alliances which could sacrifice our proper independence. The other is the peaceful settlement of controversies between nations. By example and treaty we have advocated arbitration. For nearly twenty-five years we have been a member of The Hague tribunal, and have long sought the creation of a permanent world court of justice. I am in full accord with both of these policies. I favor the establishment of such a court intended to include the whole world. That is, and has long been, an American policy. Pending before the senate is a proposal that this government give its support to the permanent court of international justice, which is a new and somewhat different plan. This is not a partisan question. It should not assume an artificial importance. The court is merely a convenient instrument of adjustment to which we could go, but to which we could not be brought. It should be discussed with entire candor, not by a political but by a judicial method, without pressure and without prejudice. Partisanship has no place in our foreign relations. Commends It to Senate As I wish to see a court established, and as the proposal presents the only practical plan on which many nations have ever agreed. President Coolidge is strongly in favor of enforcing the 18th amendment even if it costs millions of dollars to dry up the United States, but seemingly, he is not in favor of expending one dollar in an honest attempt to enforce the 13th, 14th and 15th amendments to the Constitution of the United States. In referring to the enforcement of the prohibition amendment and the administration of justice, President Coolidge says: The administration of justice would be facilitated greatly by including in the bureau of investigation of the department of justice a division of criminal identification, where there would be collected this information which is now indispensable in the suppression of crime. The prohibition amendment to the constitution requires the congress and the president to provide adequate laws to prevent its violation. It is my duty to enforce such laws. For that purpose a treaty is being negotiated with Great Britain with respect to the right of search of hovering vessels. To prevent smuggling, the coast guard should be greatly strengthened, and a supply of swift powerboats should be provided. The major sources of production should be rigidly regulated, and every effort should be made to suppress interstate traffic. With this action on the part of the national government, and the co-operation which is usually rendered by municipal and state authorities, prohibition should be made effective. Free government has no greater menace than disrespect for authority and continual violation of law. It is the duty of a citizen not only to observe the law, but to let it be known that he is opposed to its violation. 12,000,000 Colored People in This Country Here is what President Coolidge has to say respecting the 12,000,000 colored people in this country: Numbered among our population are some 12,000,000 colored people. Under our Constitution, their rights are just as sacred as those of any other citizen. It is both a public and a private duty to protect those rights. [Name] Late First Assistant Corporation Counsel of Chicago, who the first of this week was appointed by Hon. Robert E. Crowe, Assistant State's Attorney of Cook County. Mr. Crowe deserves to be highly commended for selecting such an able assistant as Mr. Breen, who is clean cut, fully capable of looking after the interests of the people of this county and who at all times conducts himself like a high-class gentleman. Mr. Breen will receive nine thousand dollars per year for his services and he is worth every cent of it. The congress, ought to exercise all its powers of prevention and punishment against the hideous crime of lynching, of which the Negroes are by no means the sole sufferers, but for which they furnish a majority of the victims. Already a considerable sum is appropriated to give the Negroes vocational training in agriculture. About half a million dollars is recommended for medical courses at Howard university to help contribute to the education of 500 colored doctors needed each year. 23,000 SIGNATÜRES TO HOUSTON MARTYRS' PETITION IN HANDS OF N. A. A. C. P. Cast of "Runnin' Wild" Signs; Chicago Sends 4,000 Names Signatures by the thousands to the petitions for the release of the 24th Infantrymen imprisoned in Leavenworth Penitentiary, are pouring in on the National Office at 69 Fifth Avenue, New York, of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. On the morning of November CERMAK WINS COUNTY Control of the taken over Monday members. By a vote of 8 to J. Cermak was given power for county jobs that come underers' jurisdiction. The thorized Mr. Cermak custodian of the job now controlled Hoffman. Proposes Racial Commission On account of the migration of large numbers into industrial centers, it has been proposed that a commission be recreated, composed of members from both races, to formulate a better policy for mutual understanding and confidence. Such an effort is to be commended. Everyone would rejoice in the accomplishment of the results which it seeks. But it is well to recognize that these difficulties are to a large extent local problems which must be worked out by the mutual forbearance and human kindness of each community. Such a method gives much more promise of a real remedy than outside interference. It is not our intention to find much fault with President Coolidge at this time but it does seem to us, whose head is rather thick, that President Coolidge as Commander in Chief of the Army and the Navy should see to it that the 12,000,000 colored people which he so lovingly refers to should be permitted to freely enjoy their civil and political rights in all parts of this country the same as any other class of American citizens. It seems, however, that President Coolidge is not built that way, for he plainly indicates that the southern white people must continue to be permitted to absolutely handle the colored people to suit themselves. Lastly President Coolidge is as silent as the grave on the Dyer Anti-Lynching bill. THE BROAD AX, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, DECEMBER 8, 1923 HON. JAMES W. BREEN Instant Corporation Counsel of Chicagow week was appointed by Hon. R. State's Attorney of Cook County be highly commended for select Mr. Breen, who is clean cut, for the interests of the people of times conducts himself like a high will receive nine thousand pieces and he is worth every cent of 23,000 SIGNATURES TO HOUSTON MARTYRS' PETITION IN HANDS OF N. A. A. C.P. Cast of "Runnin' Wild" Signs; Chicago Sends 4,000 Names Signatures by the thousands to the petitions for the release of the 24th Infantrymen imprisoned in Leavenworth Penitentiary, are pouring in on the National Office at 69 Fifth Avenue, New York, of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. On the morning of November 27, the figure stood at close to 23,000 with thousands more arriving by every mail. The Chicago Branch of the N. A. A. C. P. has already sent in 4,000 signatures and in response to letters and announcements of the N. A. A. C. P. people from every part of the country are asking for petitions to circulate. Among the groups who have signed 100 per cent strong are the cast of "Runnin' Wild," the musical-comedy being given by Miller and Lyles in New York. Two sheets of signatures of this company have been received. As soon as the number of signatures approaches 100,000, arrangements will be made for the presentation of the petitions to President Coolidge in Washington. It is expected that by the time the presentation occurs, the number will be greatly in excess of the 100,000 mark originally set. In the course of the campaign for signatures, the N. A. A. C. P. has appealed through the white press for signatures, with most gratifying results. Letters to the editors of white dailies appealing for the Houston Martyrs have been published in many large cities throughout the country, with the result that white people as well as colored are writing in for petitions and are sending in their names. Among, the white newspapers publishing the N. A. A. C. P. letters are the New York Evening Post, Minneapolis Journal, Cincinnati Post, and the Christian Science Monitor of Boston. CERMAK WINS CONTROL OVER COUNTY BOARD Control of the county board was taken over Monday by the Democratic members. By a vote of 8 to 7 President Anton J. Cermak was given the appointive power for county and forest preserve jobs that come under the commissioners' jurisdiction. The board also authorized Mr. Cermak to appoint the custodian of the county building, a job now controlled by, Sheriff Peter Hoffman. Democrats dominate all committees. They have all the chairmanships, except that of the public service committee. In that committee all fifteen commissioners sit, Charles S. Peterson was appointed its chairman. Emmett J. Whealan landed the chairmanship of the finance committee; Frank J. Wilson became chairman of the roads and bridges committee, and Mrs. E. W. Bemis was made chairman of the civil service committees for both the county and for the forest preserve districts. Democratic Slate Wins Democratic Slate Wins The recent election of Daniel Ryan Jr. as commissioner and the vote of Commissioner Tom Murray enabled the Democratic slate to win Monday. The rules were changed—and made unchangeable for the next three years—so that President Cermak would have absolute control and responsibility during the rest of his administration. Commissioner William Busse declared that the new rules were illegal, while the Supreme Court long ago decided the sheriff was the proper custodian for the courthouse. Resolutions offered by Commissioner Peterson to continue the efficiency program were gaveed down by President Cermak, who held they should be submitted to the finance committee. "There is going to be efficiency," Mr. Cermak said, "but it will be Democratic efficiency." IT WILL CONTAIN BEAUTIFUL HALF TONE CUTS OF MANY OF THE MOST PROMINENT WHITE AND COLORED CITIZENS IN CHICAGO. IT WILL BE PRINTED ON AMERICAN HALF TONE ABERDEEN BOOK PAPER, WHICH COST FIFTEEN CENTS PER POUND. THE PAPER ALONE WILL COST MORE THAN TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS FOR THAT EDITION OF THE BROAD AX. IT WILL REACH THE HIGHEST WATER MARK IN ARTISTIC AFROAMERICAN JOURNALISM IN THIS COUNTRY. THEODORE ROOSEVELT REPUIDATES ENDORSEMENT OFFERED BY KLAN In reply to a telegram sent to Theodore Roosevelt, Assistant Secretary of the Navy, by the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, 69 Fifth Avenue, New York, questioning him about endorsement offered by a Klan speaker at Freeport, Long Island, Mr. Roosevelt has replied repudiating the Ku Klux Klan's offer of support and stating that he had "come out flat-footed against them in a public speech at the National Republican Club on Lincoln's birthday last year." Mr. Roosevelt's letter, which is addressed to Robert W. Bagnall, acting secretary of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, reads as follows: "I have not heard one thing about the Ku Klux Klan endorsing me. I cannot conceive that it is so, because I came out flat-footed against them in a public speech at the National Republican Club on Lincoln's birthday last year." "The fundamental underlying principle of Americanism is that men should be judged as men, and no distinctions made on racial or religious lines. "I am enclosing you a copy of my speech, which gives my position clearly." In the copy of the speech sent to the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People occur the following passages: "The word Americanism has been soiled by being used by some groups for the purpose of furthering their brutally intolerant designs. Such a group is the Ku Klux Klan, who have banded together against certain creeds and races. Americanism never goes masked, and he who tells you it does, lies." DEATH OF PHIL H. BROWN Last Friday, Phil H. Brown, of Hopkinsville, Ky., died suddenly at Washington, D. C., where he was located with the Secretary of Labor. Mr. Brown was commissioner of conciliation under the Secretary of Labor. For three or four past presidential elections, Mr. Brown was in charge of the publicity department among the Colored Republicans in connection with the National Republican Committee, and he was one of the best known Colored men in this country. For many years he was editor and publisher of The News, of Hopkinsville, Ky., his home town. Mr. Brown is survived by his wife, Mrs. Dolly Brown, of Hopkinsville, and by other relatives, and many friends. N. A. A. C. P. SECRETARY IN WASHINGTON FOR DYER BILL, AS CONGRESS MEETS N. A. A. C. P. Attorneys Prepare Measure for Introduction in House The fight to enact the Dyer Anti-Lynching Bill in the present Congress is under way. James Weldon Johnson, Secretary of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, was in Washington just before and during the convening of Congress on last Monday, to talk with Congressional leaders about the measure and to plan the fight to pass it. Hon. Albert E. Pillsbury, former attorney general of Massachusetts, and a member of the N. A. A. C. P. from its beginning, has gone over the Dyer Bill-carefully, as have Hons. Moorfield Storey, President of the N. A. A. C. P., and Herbert K. Stockton of the Association's Legal Committee, in order to make it proof against all objectors on Constitutional grounds. Walter F. White conferred with Mr. Dyer in Washington before Congress convened. According to Representative Dyer, who arranged that the Anti-Lynching Bill be the first one introduced in the 69th Congress, there is strong probability that it will be passed in the House of Representatives. The severest fight on the bill will come in the Senate, where it was held up and lost through a filibuster of Southern Senators in the last session. The fight was begun by the N. A. A. C. P. with a strong recommendation to President Coolidge that, in his message to Congress, he urge enactment of the Anti-Lynching Bill. The letter to President Coolidge, dated November 12, stated that "there is no matter on which the colored people of the United States have felt so strongly and so unitedly since the Emancipation Proclamation as the Dyer Anti-Lynching Bill." The letter then cited the declaration in the Republican National Platform of 1920, urging Congress to consider the most effective means to end Lynching in America. The letter then continued: "We are, therefore, venturing to hope that in your message to Congress you will make some definite and forcible pronouncement in this sense and call upon Congress to pass this vital piece of legislation." CHICAGOAN WRITES PRIZE POEM; NEGRO IS SECOND New York—Countee P. Cullen, Colored student at New York university, has been awarded second prize in the Witter Bynner undergraduate poetry contest, for "The Ballad of the Brown Girl," the theme of which was an old Colored tale. "In the Range Country," by Maurice Leseman, of the University of Chicago, won first prize. THE BROAD AX Published Every Saturday In this city since July 15th, 1899, without missing one single issue. Republicans, Democrats, Catholics, Protestants, Single Taxers, Priests, infidels or anyone else can have their say as long as their language is proper and responsibility is fixed. The Broad Ax is a newspaper whose platform is broad enough for all, ever claiming the editorial right to speak its own mind. It is neither Democratic nor Republican. It is strictly or absolutely independent in politics. Local communications will receive attention. Write only on one side of the paper. Subscriptions must be paid in advance. One Year ..... $2.00 Six Months ..... $1.00 Advertising rates made known on application. Address all communications to THE BROAD AX 6206 So. Elizabeth St., Chicago, Ill. Associate Editor DR. M. A. MAJORS Vol. XXIX. No. 12 Chicago, December 8, 1923 Entered as Second-Class Matter, Aug. 19, 1902, at the Post office at Chicago Ill. Under Act of March 8, 1879. OUR WEEK DAY SERMONETTE THE WAY TO INTERRACIAL COOPERATION Then Peter began to speak, "I clearly see," said he, "that God makes no distinction between one man and another; but that in every nation, those who fear Him and live good lives are acceptable to Him." Acts. 10:34-35. Peter was a strict Jew and shared fully the opinion of his race that God made them out of better clay than He used when making the Gentiles. In fact, though he with the other apostles had been commissioned to "go the whole world over and proclaim the good news to all mankind," he still believed that good news was for the Jews only. Not until the house-top vision did he give a thought about the Gentiles' claim on salvation. Not until he heard Cornelius himself tell of the heavenly messenger to him did he get big enough to say, "I clearly see that God makes no distinction between one man and another." 1. These men of different races were brought to fraternal relations because both were men of prayer. Cornelius was praying when the heavenly messenger stood in front of him and gave him the knowledge that his prayer was heard, together with the instruction that he send for Peter. Peter was on the housetop in prayer when he saw the vision which relieved him of race prejudice, an emancipation without which no man can live his largest and best. 2. These men of different races were both open-minded as to divine guidance. The angel told Cornelius to send for Peter and he did it forthwith. He did not stop to reflect on the haughty attitude of the Jews towards the Gentile world and conclude that it was no use to send for a proud Israelite. Neither did Peter refuse to respond to the request of Cornelius, on the ground that it would be a condescension damaging to his social standing and religious consistency. God ordered him to go and that was enough. Social relations that could be damaged and religious consistency that could be hurt by doing God's will are not worth protecting. Relations between white men and black men in the United States will not reach the point of brotherhood until, like Cornelius and Peter, the leaders on both sides become: 1. Men and women of prayer. People who do not pray should not be entrusted with the responsibility of leadership. A leader must have the poise which prayer alone can give. Especially is this true as regards the Negro leader. There is so much against him, so much to provoke to anger, so much to discourage, so much to make him desperate that it is absolutely necessary for him to keep his head on top. The only guarantee of a level head under trying circumstances is the prayer habit. The Negro must pray the prayer of faith or sometimes the door of hope will close. The white man needs to pray for humility, especially when he thinks of himself in relation to the Negro. He is so prone to disregard the Scripture which says, "I warn every individual among you not to value himself unduly." Humility is the mark of the man who prays, white or black. It not only marks the man who prays, but it is an outstanding characteristic of the man who thinks correctly and who is of dependable piety. These are all requisites of true leadership SPLENDID TRIBUTE TO THE UNDYING MEMORY OF THE FIRST NEWSPAPER EDITOR IN CHICAGO NINETY YEARS AGO. Representative printers and newspaper men paid tribute to John Calhoun, Chicago's first printer and editor, who ninety years ago started the first newspaper in Chicago. The ninetieth anniversary celebration was held in the Y. M. C. A. Hotel, 822 South Wabash Avenue, Chicago, last Monday, under the auspices of the Young Men's Christian Association. An oil painting of Mr. Calhoun, believed to be the only one in existence, and one of the famous Gunther collection of historical paintings which hang in the auditorium and lobby of the Y. M. C. A. Hotel, was prominently displayed near the platform from which the speaker eulogized Chicago's pioneer editor and publisher. The speakers were Harry Hillman, editor of the Inland Printer; Thomas Knapp, president of the Old Time Printers' Association of Chicago, and James M. Cleary, of the Chicago Tribune. H. A. Stotz, Secretary-Manager of the Y. M. C. A. Hotel, was Chairman. "It is indeed fitting that we should meet here tonight to honor the memory and work of John Calhoun, the printer who published the first newspaper in Chicago," said Mr. Hillman. "It is difficult for us who know Chicago as the greatest printing center in the world, to appreciate that only ninety years ago the first printing press—a hand press—was installed in what was then a little village. John Calhoun was 'only a printer' but were and emphasize the necessity of prayer as a condition precedent to interracial cooperation. 2. We must be open to divine guidance, like Cornelius and Peter, before, like them, we can meet on terms of brotherhood. White men and black men of America, "we be brethren." Denial does not alter the fact. Dr. Lyman Abbott never told a bigger truth than when he said: "To deny the brotherhood of man is to deny the fatherhood of God." Leaving out religion and ethics, we should be brethren in practice, regardless of race or color, because it adds to our personal popularity. The practice of brotherhood is the strongest political pull one can have. White men do not lose anything by being kind to Negroes. If the world were asked to name the two greatest presidents this country has had, the two names that would head the list would be Abraham Lincoln, the emancipator, and Theodore Roosevelt, the only president who ate lunch with a Negro. Nor does the Negro lose by getting close to the white man. In fact, the greatest leaders the race has produced are those Negroes who have been able to get most from the white man for their people. Booker Washington was our greatest leader because he brought to the race the cooperation of the white people of widest influence and greatest wealth as no other Negro had done. Since the greatest white men and the greatest Negroes America has produced are those who have practiced most wisely interracial cooperation, suppose we all of us add to our personal usefulness by following their lead. OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL There was a fashionable wedding in New York the other day with a bride whose grandmother was a laundress, and founded a manufacturing business and accumulated a fortune of a million dollars. Her mother inherited the business and doubled the fortune. The bridegroom was a physician whose father got rich in Chicago real estate. The happy couple are off for a honeymoon in Europe. Guests at the wedding came from leading cities all over the country. Nothing particularly striking about these details except that the parties concerned were Negroes, and the guests, some 2,000 in number, were also Negroes and represented wealthy families. It was a wedding that demonstrates the steady advance in possessions of the colored people in America. When account is taken of the handicap on all ambitious Negroes in this country, of the very narrow range of employments open to them, as compared with those enjoyed by whites, the commercial achievements of the two families united by this marriage are notable. Opportunity reaches a hand to every man and woman in America. There is a chance for all; but a hundred chances for the white man to one for the Negro. But talent takes no account of color. It always finds its way to success.—The Chicago Journal of Commerce, December 6, 1923. VISITS CITY Attorney A. Morris Williams, Imperial Regent of the Knights and Daughters of Honor with headquarters at Springfield, Ill., visited the city during the week and held several business conferences with local officers pertaining to the organization. THE BROAD AX, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, DECEMBER 8, 1923 M. J. Member of Congress from the First Congressional District of Illinois whose legions of friends are starting in right now to get ready to re-nominate him and re-elect him to Congress in 1924. Member of Congress from the First Congressional District of Illinois whose legions of friends are starting in right now to get ready to re-nominate him and re-elect him to Congress in 1924. it not for the work of printers most of our people would be groping in the darkness of ignorance. "In a family record concerning the work of the Crusaders published in the sixteenth century, the notation is made that 'our father's printing press is a truer sign of nobility than any crest of battle axe or sword,' and in another place the same author records these words: 'The true crusade will be waged far more effectively with our father's black types than with our grandfather's spears or lances.' Modern civilization owes much to the editor and the printer." Thomas Knapp, president of the Old Time Printers' Association, gave a sketch of the life and work of John Calhoun. Mr. Calhoun was born in Watertown, New York, April 14, 1808, started to learn his trade in that city at the age of sixteen, came to Chicago during the fall of 1833 and opened the first printing office at South Water and Clark Streets, in which place the first issue of the Chicago Democrat, a weekly newspaper, was published, November 26, 1833. By a series of transfers the paper subsequently became the Chicago Tribune. James M. Cleary of the Chicago Tribune in his address preceding the showing of the four-reel film "From Trees to Tribunes," compared the difficulties of Chicago's first printer and publisher in getting out the newspaper of that day with the modern rapid methods of producing the metropolitan newspaper. HOW TO BE BEAUTIFUL AND KEEP YOUTHFUL The new book by Dr. Adena C. E. Minott is worth its weight in gold to any lady who wants to be beautiful and youthful. It contains many valuable formulas, information and beauty hints which have never been given to the public before and are given in this book. Don't fail to read the chapter on How to Cure the "blues" or relieve yourself of fatigue and tiredness. It is wonderful. Health, Youthfulness and Beauty for Women—written by Adena C. E. Minott, D. M. Buy a copy today and improve yourself as thousands are doing. For sale at all book stores, $2.00; by mail, $2.10. Address Dr. Adena C. E. Minott, 246 West 129th St., New York City, Suite 14. RED CAP CLUB The annual election of the officers of the Red Cap Club was held last Monday evening. The following are the names of newly-elected officers: President, Sandy W. Trice; First Vice-President, B. F. Shepard; Second Vice-President, S. H. Harris; Recording Secretary, C. E. Hayes; Corresponding Secretary, B. L. Smith; Treasurer, Otho Robinson. Directors: C. P. Johnson, Wyatt 4 THE LATE CHARLES E. SCOTT He Was One of the Most Prominent Masons in T He Was Buried With All the High Masonic Him He Was Held in the Highest Esteem Circle of Friends Residing in All Parts of this Other Parts of This Country. Le of the Most Prominent Masons in T Is Buried With All the High Masonic He Was Held in the Highest Esteem of Friends Residing in All Parts of this Parts of This Country. He Was One of the Most Prominent Masons in This Country. He Was Buried With All the High Masonic Honors Due Him He Was Held in the Highest Esteem By a Large Circle of Friends Residing in All Parts of this City and in Other Parts of This Country. The funeral of Mr. Charles E. Scott, 6144 Carpenter St., was held Nov. 25, at St. John A. M. E. Church, 62nd and Throop Sts. Mr. Scott was a resident of Cleveland, Ohio. He was very active in Masonic circles. He came to Chicago in 1900, joined the Masonic bodies here and was a very active member. He was buried with full Masonic honors, Mt. Heborn Lodge No. 29, F. A. A. M., St. Marks Chapter No. 1, H. R. A. M., Western Consistory No. 28, Godfrey Commandery No. 5, Chicago Assembly No. 4, Order of the Golden Circle, Ladies' Auxiliary of Godfrey Commandery, and the Ladies' Auxiliary of St. George Commandery, Chicago Knights Templar Band, Incorporated, of which Mr. Scott was founder and organizer. Edgerton, A. A. Henderson, J. Waldron, E. Langston, J. Miller. The Red Caps Literary Club will have their program the third Sunday in December, 16th. Among the principal speakers will be Hon. John G. Drennan, General Attorney for the Illinois Central Railroad. Mrs. F. D. Hoffman, musical director, will attempt a new level in musical entertainment, and a rare treat is in store for all those who attend. BAILEY ELECTED DELEGATE M. T. Bailey, president of the Bailey Realty Co., and general manager of the Milton Mercantile Agency, 3638 State St, has been elected delegate to Baltimore. Md., to the national grand Irishman M. HON. MARTIN B. MADDEN congress from the First Congressio ose legions of friends are starting to re-nominate him and re-elect h the First Congressional District of friends are starting in right now to him and re-elect him to Congress iment Masons in This Country, the High Masonic Honors Due the Highest Esteem By a Larger in All Parts of this City and in y. A delegation of employees from the post office where Mr. Scott was employed for about twenty years, attended the funeral. The services were conducted by Rev. Dr. S. E. Maloney, and Rev. Dr. H. E. Stewart. Mr. Scott leaves a devoted wife, one sister, several cousins and a host of friends to mourn his loss. CARD OF THANKS The members of the family of Mr. Charles E. Scott wish to extend their heartfelt thanks and appreciation for the sympathy and beautiful floral offerings in the recent bereavement, the loss of a beloved husband, loving brother, and dear cousin. Mrs. Charles E. Scott. Mrs. Isabella V. Johnson. Mrs. H. V. Phoenix and other cousins. council of Knights & Daughters of Honor from the state grand council of Illinois, in 1924, and placed at the head of the transportation department. He will not only make arrangements for the organization, but will spend much time in arranging for all persons who desire a September home coming. MRS. ROCHON RETURNS Mrs. Elizabeth Rochon, most excellent queen of Thebes Council, A. U. K. & D. of A., prominent fraternal worker in the city, who spent four weeks in Washington, D. C., at the bedside of a near relative who was severely ill, but much improved at this time, has returned to the city. ROLAND HAYES WINS LARGE AUDIENCE BY SHEER ABILITY - MUSICAL ART SOCIETY OF HAMPTON INSTITUTE PRESENTS ROLAND HAYES AND WILLIAM LAWRENCE, WHO HOLD AND CHARM REPRESENTATIVE AUDIENCE PERCY GRAINGER, FAMOUS PIANIST, TO PLAY AT HAMPTON IN JANUARY. By Wm. Anthony Aery Hampton, Va.—Roland Hayes, tenor, who appeared in recital recently in Ogden Hall, under the auspices of the Musical Art Society of Hampton Institute, held a large and representative audience of music lovers spell-bound with his wonderful singing. Throughout his program he showed that he was an artist with rare natural gift, who, by faithful training and study, had brought himself into the front rank of American tenors. His singing showed that he had a voice pure in quality and of amazing flexibility. In his selections he impressed upon his large audience his ability to express delicate feeling as well as dramatic power. Roland Hayes opened his program with an Italian "Arietta" of the sevententh century by Paradisi, which he sang with an appealing and dramatic effect, which won from his large audience hushed attention and a final burst of enthusiastic applause. His second song, "When I Am Laid in Earth," from Purcell's "Dido and Aeneas" of the sixteenth century, showed with what richness and feeling this distinguished tenor could sing. Handel's "Would You Gain the Tender Creature," from "Acis and Galatea," was sung with beautiful diction and with an unusual softness and delicacy. His last song of the first group, "A Dream," sung in English, from the work of Grieg, was rendered with dramatic force to a rare climax. Songs Transport Hearers The second group of songs was selected from the work of Roger Quilter, the famous English balladist and included "Drink to Me Only with Thine-Eyes," two Shapepeare songs—"O Mistress Mine" and "It Was a Lover and His Lass," and "To Daisies." Roland Hayes sang these famous ballads with romantic force. He brought the ballads to his hearers and he carried his hearers into the dim past, where things ethereal become real and move human hearts. He sang this group with fine effect in the upper register and always with hell-like clearness and carrying power In the third group of songs Roland Hayes showed that he had power ranging from that which might be described as "spirituelle" to that of dramatic climax. This group included Schumann's "Der Nussbaum (in German); Strauss" "Zueignung" (Devotion), sung in German; Massenet's "Le Reve" from the opera "Manon", and Matsuyama's Japanese love song "Sakura." N. A. A. C. P. LOCAL SECRETARY ADVISED 24TH INFANTRY-MAN SENTENCE REDUCED BY DIRECTION OF THE PRESIDENT. Roy Tyler, whose mother lives at 3249 Rhodes Avenue, one of the Houston martyrs, has had his life sentence reduced to 20 years. Tyler has been a model inmate of Leavenworth and at one time single-handed captured an infuriated prisoner armed with a knife who had hidden himself from the guards. Notification from the War Department is as follows: "Washington, Nov. 27, 1923." "Mr. Morris Lewis." 3201 S. Wabash Ave., Chicago, Ill. Dear Sir:— With further reference to your letter of July 20, 1923, relative to clemency in behalf of Roy Tyler, confined at the United States Penitentiary, Leavenworth, Kansas, I am directed by the Secretary of War to inform you that the sentence of confinement of Tyler has, by direction of the President, been reduced to twenty (20) years. The Warden of the Penitentiary has been informed of this action. Very truly yours, Robert C. Davis, The Adjutant General." The above is aside from the general petition to the President in behalf of the 24th Infantrymen, now being compiled by the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. THE KINNEYS RETURN Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Kinney, 3142 Calumet Ave., who spent three weeks visiting with their parents and friends in Greenville and Breeves, Ill., and with other friends in St. Louis, Mo., have returned home pleased with their stay. HAVE FRIENDS TO DINNER Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Young, 4114 Calumet Ave., entertained a few of their friends on last Sunday afternoon to an after Thanksgiving dinner. Among those present were Mr. and Mrs. Henry Robinson, Mrs. Florence Masterson, Mrs. Corie Day and Ambrose H. Robinson of Milwaukee, Wis. Interprets "Negro Spirituals" The fourth group of songs included "Negro spirituals" - outbursts of intense religious fervor, which breathe a hope and faith in the ultimate justice and brotherhood of man. After singing two arrangements by Lawrence Brown "Steal Away to Jesus" and "Every Time I Feel the Spirit" - Roland Hayes described briefly the thought of one of his own arrangements of the "Negro spirituals" "Sit Down." He pictured a tired old soul who was observed by her mistress sitting in a rocking chair, rocking to and fro and thinking of the promise of God. This old soul imagined many things. She thought she would go up to heaven and sit down. There she would meet her Lord and He, too, would invite her to sit down and rest. At last, however, she awakes to find that she has not arrived in heaven. The last program number of this group included his own arrangement of "Ive Got a Robe," which he sang as a lifting song of joy. Again and again the great audience called Roland Hayes to the front of the stage. At the close of the second, third, and fourth groups of songs, Roland Hayes sang encores, including Purcell's "Passing By." Dvorak's "Songs My Mother Taught Me," and Dett's "I'm So Glad Trouble Don't Last Alway." Roland Hayes, who is a Georgian by birth, a former member of the famous Fisk Jubilee Singers, a Bostonian by training, and a successful singer in European capitals, won his Virginia audience by the magic of his art. By the sincerity of his singing he brought men and women to a new realization of the uplifting and universal power of song. William Lawrence, accompanist for Roland Hayes, added a valuable part to this excellent music program. He played in perfect sympathy with the visiting artist. Through his skillful musicianship, he added, as it were, a new and beautiful voice to complement the work of Roland Hayes. Together these two American colored artists gave the music lovers of the Lower Peninsula a treat which will long be remembered. Percy Grainger to Appear The Musical Art Society of Hampton Institute, of which R. Nathaniel Dett is the conductor, will bring to Ogden Hall, on the night of January 18, 1924, Percy Grainger, the famous Australian pianist who plays very beautifully, not only the works of the great and well-known composers, but also the works of his own dreams. In the hills and open spaces of his native land, Percy Grainger has absorbed rare creative and interpretative power. Mr. and Mrs. Cary B. Lewis and Cary B. Lewis, Jr., the owners of the Idlewild Hotel, 33rd St. and S. Wabash Ave., spent Thanksgiving day in St. Louis, Mo., as the guests of Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Malone. Miss Anna Hill of Evanston, Ill., who has been indisposed for the past year, has, to the great delight of her many friends, completely recovered her health again and the first of this week she resumed her labors as stenographer for Attorney Walter M. Farmer, 184 W. Washington St. Miss Elizabeth Clark, 57 E. 42nd St., who was employed in the office of Attorney Walter M. Farmer, 184 W. Washington St., the first of this week became one of the stenographers in the County Recorder's office, which is so ably conducted by Hon. Joseph F. Haas. Miss Ruth McCoo, who possesses a large amount of real dramatic talent, and who is an expert stenographer, is now employed in the office of the Illinois Commerce Commission and her many friends feel confident that she will make good in her new position. COUNCIL HAS ANNIVERSARY EXERCISES Egypt Council 112, A. U. K. & D. of A, held its sixth anniversary exercises at Harmony Hall on Nov. 27th at which time a large audience was present and paid a great tribute to Dr. Hudson, who was chairman of the committee on arrangements. Mrs. Eliza Jackson, most excellent queen, had just returned to the city from an extended trip through Virginia, in time to address the anniversary meeting. Others who spoke were M. T. Bailey of the Publicity Department of the Grand Council, A. U. K. & D. of A; several of the most excellent queens and state officers. Beautiful presents were given the officers in appreciation of the great work they are doing. HENRY (TEENAN) JONES One of the Best Known Old-Time Sporting Citizen Who, to the Great Delight of His Many Fri to Come Back After a Long Spell of Sickne Soon Be Able to Eat as Much and to Run as He Was a Country Boy. One of the Best Known Old-Time Sporting Citizens in Chicago, Who, to the Great Delight of His Many Friends, Continues to Come Back After a Long Spell of Sickness and He Will Soon Be Able to Eat as Much and to Run as Fast as When He Was a Country Boy. NEWS ITEMS BY CHARLES STEWART, JR. Sionilli Adelphia Girls The Sionilli Adelphia Girls Whist Tournament was entertained Saturday, Dec. 1st by Miss Gladys Prime. Two lovely prizes were awarded the win- nets. Afterward a dainty luncheon was served by the hostess. On Wednesday, Dec. 19th, a benefit Whist Tournament and Dance will be given by the club at St. Elizabeth Hall, 20 E. 41st St. The proce- dents from this dance will go toward the Christmas Day entertainment for needy children. The next regular meeting will be Sunday, Dec. 9th, at the home of Miss Amada Miller, 6010 Wabash Ave. U. of I. Students Visit City A very pleasant visit to the city last week was enjoyed by Messrs. Eugene Woods, Hugh Schull, and Charles Lane, students of the University of Illinois, Champaign, IL. Entertains Visitos Miss Vera Beard, of Benton Harbor, Mich., was the guest of Miss Sadie Brumfield, 6202 Throop St, last week. An enjoyable dance was tendered Miss Beard last Saturday evening, at which many popular members of the South Side young society were present. * * * Among the guests of the evening were Misses Lucille Minter, Alice Brown, Louise Stewart, Ethel Warren, Gladys Smith, Hellena Crusor, Louise Stacker, Louise Bond. A few of the young men were Messrs. Chauncey Cooper, Dan Simmons, Gerald Logan, Andrew D'Luc, Henry Dudley, Lewis Lindsey, Ralph Tervalion, William and Lewis Canada, and Edward Hanson. After spending a very delightful visit Miss Beard returned to her home Sunday morning. Entertains a Few Friends Miss Phoebe Clanton, 3249 Calumet Ave. delightfully entertained a few friends at her home last Friday evening. Mr. Ralph Tervalon, William and Lewis Canada of Grand Rapids, Mich. visited the city last week and were the guests of Mr. Tervalon's mother, Mrs. J. H. Stewart, 5942 Aberdeen St. Unable to Resume Tour of Duty Mr. J. H. Stewart, 5942 Aberdeen St., has been unable to resume his regular tour of duty, being confined to his home through illness. Appointed to Library Position Miss Edith Allman, 6126 Carpenter St., has been appointed Junior Clerk at the Lincoln Center Branch of the Chicago Public Library. Miss Allman is a graduate of June, '22, class of the Englewood High School, and Visits the City Home Sporting Citizens in Chicago, of His Many Friends, Continues Spell of Sickness and He Will ach and to Run as Fast as When has been on the waiting list for this appointment. She is to take examination within the next few weeks for the position of clerk. Alverno Social Club The Alverno Social Club held its regular meeting at the home of Mr. William Evans, 6639 Rhodes Ave., last Sunday afternoon. A very delightful meeting was held. The next meeting will be at the home of their sponsor, Miss Hannibal Scurlock, 6633 St. Lawrence Ave. THE QUESTIONNAIRE Each week Miss Bond will ask a few questions and the answers will be published the following week. Those desiring honorable mention for submitting correct answers should have all communications reach her by Wednesday of each week. Address all communications to the Questionnaire, 6159 S. Loomis Blvd., Chicago, Illinois. 1. Who wrote "A Tillyloss Scandal"? 2. Who wrote "As a Man Thinketh"? What type of work is it? 3. Who wrote "O Captain! My Captain!"? Is it poetry or prose? 4. To whom and by whom was the title "The greatest of all novelists," given? Answers to Last Week's Questions 1. The Last Rose of Summer and Believe Me If All Those Endearing Young Charms were written by Thomas Moore. * * * * 2. "Ghosts" was written by Henrik Ibsen, the father of the modern drama. It is a powerful tragedy dealing with the question of inherited disease. * * * * 3. Most people know Dumas as the author of The Count of Monte Cristo, The Three Musketeers, and Comtesse de St. Geran. * * * * 4. Five popular poems by John Greenleaf Whittier are: The Barefoot Boy, Snowbound, Barbara Frietchle, The Angels of Buena Vista, and Maud Muller. Mrs. Ella G. Berry, D. G. W. R. of Households of Ruth of Illinois and its jurisdiction, organized a new Household of Ruth on Nov. 30th at The University of Music, 37th and Michigan Ave., thus adding another link to the chain of Households in the jurisdiction over which Mrs. Lou Ella Young presides as D. G. M. N. G. VISITS SUBURE Among the visitors in Norgan Park on last Sunday were Mr. and Mrs. Sullivan Willard, David L. Jackson and Mrs. Gaskins. THE BROAD AX, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, DECEMBER 8, 1923 CHARLES E. STUMP, WHO CONTINUES TO POSE AS THE REGULAR TRAVELING CORRESPONDENT FOR THE BROAD AX, SEEMS TO BE UNABLE TO PULL OUT OF TEXAS, THE LONE STAR STATE. HE EXPECTS TO BLOW INTO CHICAGO JUST TWO DAYS BEFORE THIS COMING CHRISTMAS. Austin, Texas. — That Rev. S. J. Johnson is to be the next secretary of Church Extension in the African Methodist Episcopal Church, there seems to be no question just now, but then I am not to talk to you about that this week, for I have been on the sick list, even right down in bed one more time, but as I write you this time I am up and about. I thought at one time that I would have to go back to San Francisco, and will keep this before me. I have a return ticket so my fare is provided. I hope that things are going well with you. Let the world do as it may, but I am here to stay until I leave. So this week finds me with Bishop William Decker Johnson in the Central Texas conference, and they are having a big time here. We find men who want to be bishops, men who want to be general officers, and they are just getting along nicely, Rev. S. D. Butler was elected a delegate in his conference, and he is going to have some say about things, and then I would like to see him made a bishop. He is indeed a deserving man. Among the others I would mention Rev. E. J. Howard, who has been before the church before, and he is a good man. Among the other candidates who will be considered are Revs. W. E. McGrew, J. F. Williams, P. C. Hunt, A. H. Carr, J. A. Jones, W. D. Miller, and some others. I am proud of their record and what they are doing, but some of these men will have to wait, but I must not forget to mention Rev. G. B. Young, another good man and college graduate I wish you could have been here. Among the visitors were Bishop A. J. Carey, of Chicago, Rev. C. M. Tanner, of Chicago, Rev. F. G. Snelson, of Memphis, and I was considered some noted visitor also. But enough of that. That address of Bishop Johnson was worth a visit to the state. He spoke on "Running on a Flat Tire." Now it is some subject for an annual conference address, and so impressed me that I am going to tell you some of it. Read and reflect: "There was a time in this country when it was thought that any one could 'keep school'; hence, more stripplings, or men of mature age with no fixed views engaged in 'keeping school,' thought they never taught, because of themselves untaught. They could neither discipline nor instruct, because they had not been properly disciplined and instructed. They were running on a flat tire. "It is not enough that a man is good and steady in order to become a teacher. Nor is it sufficient, in order to become a minister, that a man put on a clerical garb and move along with dignity and ostentation. It sometimes happens that in spite of all exterior unction, the head is empty and the heart void of feeling. It is essential that a minister's whole life and character be so pure and correct that he shall constitute a pattern worthy of the closest imitation. His daily walk and conversation should form a living epistle to be known and read by all people, imparting unto them such instruction as will lead them in ways of virtue and useful industry. "These points are so evident that I hardly need urge their consideration and I would not do so were it not that persons are constantly seeking and many gaining admission to the ministry who are sadly deficient in their qualifications. A preacher who on every occasion manifests ignorance, or a degree of hesitation indicative thereof is running on a flat tire. He not only impairs but often destroys his usefulness. A preacher should not only have knowledge, but ability sufficient to impart the same. If he lacks the faculty of instructing his congregation, he is merely a light under a bushel, whose rays are so circum-scribed as to be of no value. The efficient and successful minister will be a light on a hill imparting cheerful intelligence and clear vision to all around. "It occasionally happens that some autoist tries to make speed without really knowing what retards his progress. Only after some one tells him that he has a flat tire is he cognizant of the seat of trouble. Men like that are somewhat akin to the people in congratulating themselves on their 'independence,' their ability to get along without the most common and essential aids. They boast of their independence of all human agencies and feel that they are above all power. "One day a well-educated, pious clergyman was accosted by a preacher who was without learning and with- out inclination to improve his condition. 'You, sir, have been to college and theological school,' said the latter. 'Yes, I have been favored with these privileges,' replied the intelligent preacher, 'I am thankful,' said the illiterate one, 'that the Lord has opened my mouth to speak without any learning.' 'A similar event,' retorted the other, 'took place in Baalam's time; but such things are rare occurrences today.' "There is only one remedy for flat tires of this kind and that is to inflate them. Hence the necessity of keeping your tires always well inflated if you do not want to be hindered in your progress. Inflate them with symptomatized knowledge. Read and study works pertaining to your calling. Read that you may understand, and so understand that you may rightly discriminate and adopt and reject, as peculiar conditions may demand. Aim to enlighten your mind and enlarge your views, by pursuing the works of others; but use your acquired knowledge in an independent manner, striving to adapt it to your own peculiar circumstances. Read, reflect, think, compare, discriminate. It is not necessary that you read much at a time, but it is necessary whether you read much or little, that you thoroughly understand the writer's views remembering that one is not so much benefited by the number of pages and volumes, as by the mode and quality of what you read. "Don't think me extreme. I am not saying that you are running on a flat tire if you are not a brilliant, eloquent, or witty man or anything that would bring your name on the tongues of men. But I do expect you to be a man devoted to your calling. I expect you to speak to the heart as well as to the understanding of men and women, to speak of the high things of faith and the deep things of life and death. I expect you to merge all of your striking qualities into the divine purpose of which you are the agent. I expect you to lose consciousness of yourself in the burning consciousness of your cause. Any man who assumes to teach the Christian faith and in his own heart questions that faith, is running on a flat tire. "If you do not believe that religion means happiness, quit the pulpit and raise potatoes, for potatoes feed the body at least; but unfaithful words of needless despair feed nothing. It is 'East wind'. Put beauty, hope and joy into your preaching. Make your listeners thrill with gladness that they are Christians. I have emphasized the need for faith because it will always be the very soul of your influence of your audience. It is the power behind your ideas. Faith is the dynamic of your mind. But do not forget that you must have ideas, and you have not to have truth. "Many people greatly debate whether the minister should mix up in politics. He can do the most good who merely preaches individual righteousness day after day without definitely interfering with things political. For there is always the danger that if a minister takes part in many political agitations, he will become so monotonous that all the power for good will be dissipated. The millions want from the modern pulpit the fruitful teachings of the Christian Religion. They want the fundamentals. They want decision and certainty. Their minds are to be convinced, even more than their hearts. "Another reason why ministers run on flat tires is their inability to see the true relation between preaching and practice. Jesus said, 'Come unto me all ye that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn of me, for I am meek and lowly at heart.' It is as he said, 'I am the exemplification of my own teaching.' Do I talk to you about meekness? Look at me and see what I mean. Do I talk to you about love? Look at me and see what I mean. Do I talk to you about giving your life for those who are around you. Look at me and see how I am doing it. Do I talk to you about being patient under provocations? See how I act under provocations. He carried in Himself His creed, and said to men, 'Learn of me.' "Now, in the ministry, you are to reproduce that which you desire to impress upon men; and you can never reproduce the heart by the head. You can never reproduce the spiritual truth by philosophical ideas. You must arouse the higher life of men by exhibiting to them the thing itself which you are aiming to develop in them. You will not preach effectively until you can show the fruits of the spirit. When you can do that you will preach to some purpose. "I think that if there were a conference of 200 men on the globe, who were united in the enthusiasm of their higher moral feelings, they would make their way into the world like an army with banners. The reason why churches are so defective and their power so limited, is the want of their contagious enthusiasm of soul needed to enable them to resist every temptation, to abide in the spirit of love, to overcome evil in every form, to endure trial whenever it shall overtake them—in short, to be like the Lord Jesus Christ. Put into the various relations of life one or two hundred persons whose lives shall be exactly conformed to the example and teaching of the Savior, and sooner could men stand before the compound blowpipe than they could stand such a living exemplification of the gospel as it is laid down in the New Testament. What we lack is not theology; simply to live upon that would be like gnawing a bone; what we want is life, life, life. "If you want to know whether or not you are running on a flat tire, ask yourself 'For what have I been ordained?' And, after you have tasked yourself that question meditate on the words of Christ, 'Follow me and I will make you fishers of men.' "I have made these remarks in order to say that religion is natural to man, not artificial; and our business is to bring men to their nature. To every scientist, to every philosopher, to every cold reasoning man who looks at the instrument of the church, at its economy, at its external clothing, as it were, and calls these religion. What I mean by religion is that which man is brought to by Divine guidance, when everything in him is in its normal condition and ultimate strength. It is to this that you are to bring men. Bringing them to this is the real object of our ministry. We are not to start them to disquiet them, to get them into the church, and then to neglect them. We are not simply to make them happy, or to do some good; we are to bring them to the statue of the fullness of manhood in Christ Jesus. That is the supreme end of our ministry. My brethren, let us not run on flat tires, but keep our tires inflated with the spirit of consecrated service." Now you have it, take it to yourself and look for my letter next week if I am able to write. I have given you the words of Bishop William Decker Johnson. Charles E. Stump. U. S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR Children's Bureau Washington, D. C. The appointment of Dr. S. Josephine Baker, of New York, as Consulting Director in Maternity and Infancy and Child Hygiene of the Children's Bureau of the U. S. Department of Labor is announced by Grace Abbott, Chief of the Bureau. Dr. Baker is known as one of the foremost authorities in the nation in the field of child health. Her resignation last spring from the position of Director of the Bureau of Child Hygiene of the New York City Department of Health, came after twenty years of pioneer work for the welfare of the mothers and babies of New York, during which the infant mortality rate in New York was reduced from 144 per thousand live births to 75, little more than half the former rate. Dr. Baker organized the Child Hygiene Division of the New York City Health Department in 1908. At that time it was the first bureau of its kind to be established in the United States, and it also antedated the Children's Bureau. Since then nearly every state has established such a bureau or division. Dr. Baker's work, through the Children's Bureau, for the mothers and babies of the nation, will lie chiefly in advice in the determination of policies and the planning of work, and in the writing of reports. MRS. JACKSON RETURNS After spending six weeks visiting relatives and friends in Richmond and Petersburg, Va., and Washington, D. C., Mrs. Eliza Jackson, 3739 Elmwood Ave., state grand queen of Illinois and most excellent queen of Egypt Council, A. U. K. & D. of A. has returned to the city greatly pleased with her visit. While in Virginia, Mrs. Jackson assisted the local officers in creating greater interest about the work of A. U. K. & D. of A. IT WAS A PLEASANT AFFAIR The Chicago Straight Club gave a Thanksgiving party at the residence of Mrs. Minnie Moore Williams, 3657 Grand Blvd, Friday evening, Nov. 30. Whist and dancing were enjoyed by the 75 guests. Mrs. Dr. Waters won first prize, Mr. Wm. Davis, second, and Mrs. Madison and Mr. Gice, booby. Refreshments were served. Next meeting at the residence of Dr. Lawrence Blanchet, President, 6439 Eberhart Ave. Isabelle Armstrong, See. 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Yet you don't seem to thoroughly realize how low you have sunk." The prisoner struck his brow with a pained gesture. "Heavens!" he exclaimed devoutly, "I have stood many indignities, but to be sentenced by a magistrate that splits his infinitives! This is the last blow!" Old-Timers Started Young. Old-Timers Started Young. At nine Dante composed a masterly sonnet; Tasso wrote verses at ten; Mozart learned the harpsichord in his fourth year; Byron indited fluent and passionate love verse when he was ten, and Macaulay wrote a "Compendium of Universal History" in his eighth year. Will He? The man who knows better must be expected to do better. NE DOUGLAS 6381 V LUCAS v-at-Law 53th Street Wards 27 MATURE Tools, Electric Washers, Groves, Paint, Oil, Linoleum TUCKART CHER AVE. HARDING, JR. Now! 1924 Savings Club the State Bank Chicago STATE STREET 3, we will pay out over ers of our Christmas Sav- the lucky ones don't fail now. Be PREPARED for State Bank Chicago $3,700,000.00 Comment Supervision --- THE BROAD AX, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, DECEMBER 8, 1923 Supreme Royal Circle of Friends of the World OFFITS $7 per week $300.00 60.00 Phils, Little Rock, Hot Springs. When needed. Members. MONTHLY DUES $1.25. Pays Everything. No Supreme Lodge Taxes.) AND ASSETS 8,000 in Chicago.) Hospitals, $30,000 in Liberty Bonds. o and Cash in Banks. Further information write or call on S. Supreme President S. Supreme Supervisor BUEV, CHICAGO, ILL. OFFICERS KING GO Attorney General Treasurer JONES Cook Attorney PHILIP J. DUNN, Secretary H. X. COMERFORD, Treasurer HED 1877 H. DUNN L. CO. # BENEFITS 1- Sick and Accident Benefits. $7 per week 2- Burial and Death Benefits. $300.00 3- Monument 60.00 4- Free Treatment in Hospitals, Memphis, Little Rock, Hot Springs. 5- Assistance in Old Folk's Home when needed. 6- Orphans' Home for Children of Members. JOINING FEE AND MONTHLY DUES 1- Joining Fee, $3.50; Monthly Dues, $35.00 Everything. (No Extra Assessments. No Supreme Lodge Taxes.) MEMBERSHIP AND ASSETS Organizers wanted everywhere. For further information write or call on DR. R. W. A. WILLIAMS, Supreme President DR. D. J. WILLIAMS, Supreme Supervisor 3517 INDIANA AVENUE, CHICAGO, ILL. JAS. B. McCAHEY, President PHILIP J. DUNN, Secretary FRANK J. DUNN, Vice-President H. X. COMERFORD, Treasurer ESTABLISHED 1877 Telephone Oakland 1550 Great (Seventh Floor) Miller House born 5671 WARNER * Phone Dearborn 5871 Painless Chiropodist Experience CHICAGO 18 Years' Experience Two small boys were among a party taken out for a day into the country for the first time in their lives. After eating their sandwiches they wandered into a large field, and one, strolling into the corner, discovered to his surprise three or four empty condensed milk tins. "Oh-oh, Billy," he cried to his pal, "come here quick, I've found a cow's nest!" There were two Bible characters by the name of Gamaliel. The better known was Gamaliel, son of Simeon. He has been called a prince of peace. A member of the Sanhedrin, the Jewish council, he was a righteous judge, saving the apostles from condemnation for preaching the word of Christ when all the people cried out for their death. The woman had seen the play before and was at great pains to explain the development of the plot. Finally the man behind her leaned over and said, "Excuse me, madman, but the people on the stage are making such a noise that I cannot catch all youre saying!" To test the effect of atmospheric conditions at high altitudes, three men were recently locked in a cylinder 15 feet long and 9 feet in diameter, and the air within was gradually rarled until it was equal to that at a height of 27,888 feet, and the temperature was 22 degrees below zero. Bulgaria has a compulsory labor law which provides that all persons of both sexes, namely, men of twenty or over and girls of sixteen or over, shall be able to compulsory labor service,asting a total of twelve months in the case of men and six months for girls. Altitude Makes 'Em Flighty. One New York physician says that business men who occupy offices on he upper floors of the great skyscrapers get flighty after a few years, and unless making a change, become mildly insane. Far From It. "I often see my wife standing at he stove like an ancient high priestess," remarked an Old Roman. "And his rite of frying eggs is no trivial one. I declare." Tall Buildings. In 1850 the tallest building in New York was only five stories high, and the church spires were conspicuous above it. Now there is no spire in the city that begins to approach in height many of the towering skyscrapers. Women Speak Too Fast. Telephone experts say that most women speak too fast over the telephone, pitch their voices too high and neglect the vital quality of the successful telephonist—composure. Prevention is the better part of valor in health matters. A little care and cleanliness in the selection of food and its preparation will often avoid big costs and lots of suffering from unnecessary diseases and ailments. 5100 Federal Street 120 South State St Opposite P Phone Des MRS. W Residence Phone Douglas 2616 Hot Water Bottles in China. American and British manufacturers export large quantities of rubber hot-water bottles to northern China, where the Chinese women use them during the cold winter months to keep their hands warm when out of doors. Making People Uneasy The philosopher notion that all the world is merely. illusion is galing ground, but it seems to us that the press agents have had more to do with establishing this idea than the philosophers have. -Boston Transcript. Fearful Strain. Instructor—"Now that's no way to ride. You are standing erect in your stirrups. You sat in the saddle correctly yesterday." Student—"Yes, I did yesterday. That's why I'm sitting like this today." Strange Fish. A fish measuring 4½ feet around the head and 12 feet long has been caught by a trawl off the northwest coast of Ireland. The mouth is bottle-shaped and toothless, but the body resembles that of a shark. Many Bible Translations. Many Bible Translations. Although the Bible has been translated, in part, into 725 languages and dicitcs, new translations for freshly discovered tribes are always needed. Should Live Long. It is said to be healthy to occasionally let your feet rest higher than your head. Cottain jobholders in Washington should live to be a hundred. Point of Cure. Point of Cure. In the history of man it has been very generally the case, that when evils have grown insufferable they have touched the point of cure—E. H. Chapin. That Black Cat. Defying popular superstition by stopping to fondle a black cat, a woman in Hull, England, was knocked down and killed by a train whose approach she had failed to notice. Like Red Light. Headache in a child is like a red light ahead to the engineer. Both are danger signals that may mean disaster if not heeded. Selecting Sounds. It is now possible to select certain sounds for transmission by wireless while other noises from the same source are suppressed. All Volunteers. The army of presidential candidates seems to be made up entirely of volunteers. It Does So. One must be either the hammer on the anvil in life, they say. It may require a strong man to be neither. Art of Losing. To lose with grace is even more of an art than to win with modesty. Maybe. An onion a day keeps the flapper away. SUNRISE RYAL CIRCLE OF FREEMAS OF THE WORLD CHICAGO CHICAGO A Cow's Nest. Two Gamaliels. Noisy Actors. Atmospheric Test Bulgars Must Work. Far From It. Tall Buildings. Cleanliness. 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Elizabeth street. Phone Wentworth 2597. PHONE KENWOOD 455 West Englewood Trust & Savings Bank CHICAGO ※ Capital and Surplus, $500,000.00 ```markdown ``` 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. Scherr Asst. Cashier The Commonwealth Edison Company 72 W. ADAMS STREET PHONE RANDOLPH 1280 The following Electric Shops carry a full line of Electrical Appliances and sell the Federal Washer on Easy Terms: 72 W. Adams St. 3039 Lincoln Ave. 6830 S. Hainted St. 862 Broadway 4730 Irving Park Blvd. 12 S. Keddle St. 482 Parkside Ave. 1022 W. 120th St. 3827 Logan Blvd. 6245 Normal Blvd. 4007 Ogden Ave. 1824 Hewlett Ave. 2950 E. 92nd St. 4342 W. Roosevelt Rd. 4714th Court 4059 Lincoln Ave. 4350 Irving Park Blvd. 6245 Normal Blvd. 6245 E. 920 SL. E. 920 SL. 6350 B. Haited St. 6351 B. Haited St. 531 B. Haited St. 4027 Ogden Ave. Bld. 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