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EXTRA THE BROAD AX EXTRA The Holiday or the Souvenir Edition of The Broad Ax Far Surpassed All the Other Newspapers Published in the Interest of the Afro-American Race in the United States. NO TIME NOR EXPENSE WAS SPARED IN BRINGING IT FORTH. IT CONTAINED MORE THAN ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND EMS. IT WAS ILLUSTRATED WITH FORTY-TWO BEAUTIFUL HALF TONE CUTS OF MANY OF THE MOST PROMINENT WHITE AND COLORED CITIZENS, RESIDING IN THE GREAT CITY OF CHICAGO. AT THIS TIME THE EDITOR OF THIS NEWSPAPER DESIRES TO POUR OUT HIS EVERLASTING THANKS AND GRATITUDE TO HON. FRANK D. COMERFORD, WHO IS ONE OF THE MOST EMINENT LAWYERS IN THIS CITY, FOR HIS ELOQUENT AND MANLY WORDS IN CONNECTION WITH HIS REVIEW OF THE CAREER OF JULIUS F. TAYLOR AND THE BROAD AX IN THIS CITY SINCE JULY 15, 1899, DOWN TO THE PRESENT TIME. ONE THOUSAND AND FIVE HUNDRED EXTRA COPIES OF THE BROAD AX OF DECEMBER 29, CONTAINING THE ONLY OFFICIAL AND EXTENSIVE ACCOUNT OF THE LONG TO BE REMEMBERED BINGA TWILIGHT PARTY, WERE SENT TO ALL PARTS OF THE UNITED STATES; IT WAS THE GREATEST SCOOP THAT HAS SO FAR BEEN PUT OVER ON THE BIG COLORED EDITORS IN CHICAGO. All the newspaper publishers in this country in the interest of the colored race, whose editors or owners made the slightest pretention to bring forth Christmas or Holiday issues of their publications, have passed before our gray eagle eyes and not one of them, from the greatest to the smallest, can hold a candle beside the Holiday or the Souvenir edition of The Broad Ax, for all the other newspapers whose editors attempted to get out Christmas issues of their newspapers, including the greatest weekly newspaper in the world, were printed on common print paper, which cost four cents per pound, and none of them, excepting one or two, contained more than 12 pages, but the Holiday or the Souvenir edition of The Broad Ax was printed on American half tone Aberdeen book paper, which cost fifteen cents per pound, one hundred pounds to the ream, and we dug up more than two hundred and fifty dollars for it; five per cent off the bottom of the bill and 2 per cent off the face of the bill for spot cash. The paper was furnished by the Bradner Smith Paper company. No other expense nor time was spared to make it reach the highest water mark in artistic Afro-American journalism in this country. It was highly illustrated with 42 beautiful half tone cuts of the most prominent white and colored citizens in Chicago and to tell the truth, that after all the hard work on our part in connection with bringing it forth, we feel very proud of the Holiday or the Souvenir edition of The Broad Ax for 1923. It is far beyond our ability at this time to muster together sufficient words to express our heartfelt thanks and our everlasting gratitude to Hon. Frank D. Comerford for his communication of appreciation or his review of the career of the editor of this newspaper in Chicago from July 15 1899 to the present time. Some few of the readers of this newspaper have asked us to tell them something about Mr. Comerford in a [Picture of a man in a suit with a tie]. Chief Bailiff of the Municipal Court of Chicago, who at the end of the Holiday season wishes to heartily thank his thousands of loyal friends for their past support and he feels confident that they will stand by him at the Primaries, Tuesday, April 8, and assist to re-nominate him for his present position. few words. It is pleasing to state that he is one of the most prominent lawyers in Chicago; that he was born and raised and educated in this city; that he is one of the most eloquent lecturers in this country, that he is a deep student of history; that he has toured through all parts of the old world two or three times; that in the past he has honorably served as a member of the City Council from one of the West Side wards and as a member of the Legislature of Illinois, for some time he has been at the head of the law firm of Comerford and Turney, which is composed of former Judge Robert E. Turney and Mr. Comerford with extensive law offices on the 18th floor of the Chicago Temple Building. Mr. Comerford has been a steadfast sup- MR. AND MRS. JULIUS F. TAYLOR RECEIVED MANY BEAUTIFUL CHRISTMAS CARD S AND SOME LOVELY PRESENTS Mr. and Mrs. Walter M. Farmer, Dr. and Mrs. William H. Wallace, Salisbury, N. C.; Dr. M. A. Majors; Dr. and Mrs. William H. Davis, Miss Elizabeth M. Clark, Dr. and Mrs. Harry W. Garnes, Miss Beatrice E. Lee, Hon. Benjamin M. Mitchell, Mrs. Nora E. Lee, Mr. and Mrs. William H. Montgomery, Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Moreau and family, Mrs. Martha Broadus Anderson, Mr. and Mrs. George Chapman, Dr. and Mrs. J. Frank Armstrong, Mr. and Mrs. John Benjamin Hart, Mr. and Mrs. Robert S. Abbott, Mr. and Mrs. Sandy W. Trice, Mr. and Mrs. Harvey A. Watkins, Dr. and Mrs. W. W. Bradley, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Luther Ray, Botheleh, Pa.; and Mr. Wm. A. Angus, were among those who remembered the writer and Mrs. Taylor with beautiful Christmas cards. We will refrain from publishing the HON. DENNIS J. EGAN In the Municipal Court of Chica Holiday season wishes to heal of loyal friends for their past ent that they will stand by him a April 8, and assist to re-nomina- tion. porter and reader of The Broad Ax for more than twenty years, and his law partner, Hon. Robert E. Turney, is also a reader and supporter of it and once each week they greatly enjoy reading their copies of this newspaper and we feel proud to be able to num- ber Mr. Comerford and Judge Turney among our warmest friends in Chic- icago. This newspaper on December 29, contained the only extensive official account of the Binga Twilight party and had the leading society folks run- ning or hot footing it in every direction in order to obtain copies of that issue of the paper and so great was the demand for it that early Monday morning we were forced to throw the forms back on the press and run off one list of the many lovely presents received during the holiday season and simply state, that two members of one of the largest and most prominent law firms in this city presented the editor with a brand new twenty dollar bill, so that we would be able to celebrate Christmas or the holidays in good shape, and we wish to heartily thank them for the same. MRS. JESSE BINGA WAS THE CHIEF HOSTESS TO FIVE HUNDRED CHILDREN AT ST. ELIZABETH ASSEMBLY HALL LAST - THURSDAY AFTER NOON AND EVENING On Thursday afternoon and evening, December 27th, at St. Elizabeth's Assembly Hall, 24 East 41st Street, Mrs. Jesse Binga was the chief hostess to five hundred children. Every child received from one to three presents, and their hearty appreciation was shown to Mrs. Binga, when they played and enjoyed themselves in general. She was pleased to know that she had made the lives of so many children happy. --- thousand five hundred extra copies of of that issue of the paper, which were sent to all parts of this country. It was the greatest and the biggest scoop that has ever been put over on the big colored editors in Chicago. Not withstanding this fact there are some short sighted, would-be smart people in this city who claim that no one ever reads this newspaper. The people who make such rash statements are as blind as bat eyed bats. In conclusion we wish to heartily thank Sir Knight Brother James E. Bish, Miss Louise Bond, Mr. Charles Stewart, Jr., Mr. Charles E. Stump, Mr. Comford and all others who contributed to the great success of the Holiday or the souvenir edition of The Broad Ax. Mrs. Binga deserves to be highly praised for her liberality and generosity, and all in all she is one of the noblest women belonging to the colored race in Chicago. Spokane, Wash.—Woman's right to propose marriage, theoretically hers during 1924, should be accorded her, in fact, not only during leap year, but at all times, Mrs. W. E. Barnhart, president of the Spokane Women's club, declares. "The reason many girls who would build up wonderful homes go through life without marrying is that they are not able to make their own love known to the right man," Mrs. Barnhart states. If it will make the dear, sweet ladies happy and contented, we are in favor of permitting them to have the right to boldly rush up to any man who is not married and exclaim: "I am deeply in love with you and I want you to marry me, right here on the spot and I will furnish a fine home for you and make it pleasant for you all the time, so won't you please marry me."—Editor. WHAT SORT OF NEWS DO THE PEOPLE WANT TO READ? WILL THE EDITOR OF "THE GREATEST WEEKLY NEWSPAPER IN THE WORLD" PLEASE STAND UP AND LEAD US IN PRAYER? The following editorial, which appeared in a recent issue of the Norfolk Journal and Guide expresses in appropriate and concise terms the sentiments of the editorial staff of the Washington Sentinel. The Sentinel while endeavoring to print all legitimate news items, has ever tried to present to its readers bona fide news portraying the more ennobling aspects of our racial life—our accomplishments in educational, scientific, financial, political, literary, religious, professional and other fields. The editorial referred to is as follows: sane and constructive forms of selecting and featuring the news, and the Norfolk Journal and Guide elects to remain in this latter group. Let us take the case of the editor of the greatest weekly newspaper in the world at the time that he began to float his newspaper he was a devoted blue or black bellied Presbyterian and at that time he labored under the impression that it was a horrible and revolting crime for any colored newspaper editor or owner to publish blood curdling accounts on the front pages of their newspapers of all the bloody crimes committed by colored "Recently we have read some pretty pointed criticisms of the manner in which some of the leading race newspapers feature scandal and crime in their news columns. As a rule the publishers' answer to this criticism is that the people want just what they are giving them. A widely read race paper carried on the front page of its last issue twelve articles featuring crime or scandal under the following heads: "Jealous Wife Stabs Husband;" "White Man Slays Colored Man;" "Boy Slays Uncle;" "Jealous Wife Kills Husband;" "Colored Maid a Suicide;" "Gruesome Murder of Aged Colored Man;" "Axe Slayer of 24;" "Shot in Crap Game;" "Robber Kills Duelist;" "Burglars Steal Beds;" "Kidnapping a Mystery." All of this was served up on one page and is a fair example of the general trend of most of our leading race papers. We may well say with our critics, "Whither are we drifting?" Certainly away from the channels of dignified constructive, legitimate journalism. It is true that the sensational, morbid news is more commercial than the other kind and the publisher who bars it from his columns will find the papers that use it crowding his paper off the stands. It suppress the sensational, the morbid, the vulgar and the suggestive is to restrict the circulation of a newspaper in these modern times. Do the people want that sort of news? Evidently they do, for the papers that feature the stuff seem to be enjoying unprecedented growth. But is it a healthy growth, and does it not injure the public morals? That is the vital question which concerns every publisher who wishes to make his paper a constructive force. The newspaper editors and publishers have a better opportunity than most groups to observe the trend of the public mind, but it is a question whether the newspapers in their policy of scandalmongery are following or leading the public mind. If they are following it, with the sole idea, as they profess, or giving the public what it demands, then our civilization is on the verge of a collapse of our most cherished social and moral traditions. There are no newspapers that can afford to entirely suppress the sensational news, but there are some that dare adhere to the more dignified, sane and constructive forms of selecting and featuring the news, and the Norfolk Journal and Guide elects to remain in this latter group. Let us take the case of the editor of the greatest weekly newspaper in the world at the time that he began to float his newspaper he was a devoted blue or black bellied Presbyterian and at that time he labored under the impression that it was a horrible and revolting crime for any colored newspaper editor or owner to publish blood curdling accounts on the front pages of their newspapers of all the bloody crimes committed by colored men and women in all parts of this country, but later on the editor referred to, in some way or other, received new light from on high and some contend that his Presbyterian God commanded him to play up and freely publish all the crimes on the front page of his newspaper, which are constantly being committed by the colored people in all parts of this country; that the more money that he could gather in from the sale of extra copies of his crime plastered newspaper, the more money he would have to spare for his Presbyterian God. With the seal of approval of his Presbyterian money-mad God stamped upon his manly and high moral brow, it seems that he greatly delights to taste and roll around in all the crimes that he can hatch up against the colored people in all parts of the United States. One is almost forced to believe after reading over the long list of revolting murders and other cold-blooded crimes dished up on the front page of his newspaper each week that the whole colored race in this country have been transformed into a race of bloodthirsty criminals; that he is at all times ready and willing to pay one thousand dollars for a clue which will lead him on blindfolded into a rotten cesspool of "scandal," and criminality on the part of the colored race. As an evidence of that fact, take the Christmas issue of the greatest weekly newspaper in the world. It is smeared over with green strips in such a way that it was very hard for anyone to read and its front page contained a full account of a long list of horrible crimes which had been recently committed by the colored people in the various parts of the country, with a green top headline that a "High School Scandal" had been uncovered. THE BROAD AX Published Every Saturday In this city since July 15th, 1899 without missing one single issue. *Republicans, Democrats, Catholics, Protestants, Single Taxes, 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. Phone Wentworth 2597 JULIUS F. TAYLOR Editor and Publisher Associate Editor DR. M. A. MAJORS Vol. XXIX No. 16 Chicago, January 5, 1924 Entered as Second-Class Matter, Aug. 19, 1902, at the Post office at Chicago. Ill. Under Act of March 8, 1879. U. S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR International co-operation in developing a single moral standard is urged by Grace Abbott, chief of the Children's Bureau of the U. S. Department of Labor, in her report as unofficial representative of the United States on the Advisory committee on the traffic in women and children of the League of Nations. Miss Abbott's appointment by the secretary of state, with the approval of the president, to represent the United States in an unofficial and consultative capacity on this committee, was made at the beginning of the year. Her summary of the accomplishments of the committee during the year is made public today as part of her annual report for the fiscal year 1922-23 to Secretary of Labor Davis. Miss Abbott reports that as the result of a resolution adopted by the advisory committee, the council of the League of Nations has appointed a commission of experts to investigate the international traffic in women and children, and has appointed Abraham Flexner of New York as chairman. Seventy-five thousand dollars has been appropriated by the American Social Hygiene Bureau toward the cost of the investigation. Other important resolutions adopted by the advisory committee and approved by the council of the League, with few changes, suggested that the secretariat of the League prepare a digest of the laws on the traffic in women and children in the various nations; that the council draw the attention of all governments to the desirability of ratifying the Convention of 1921 (with regard to the prosecution of persons engaged in the traffic and to measures connected with immigration for the purpose of checking such traffic); that the council obtain information on matters relating to the emigration of women and children; and recommended that women as well as men be employed among the police in dealing with prostitution. In concluding her report Miss Abbott states: "The United States can not fail to be interested in the results of this inquiry and in the progress made in other countries in the development of a single moral standard and of self-control and self-respect among young people. International co-operation, recognized as helpful by the United States in 1902, 1908, and 1910, is still necessary for the protection of Americans, particularly young girls and boys going to foreign countries either for amusement or for work. Moreover, practices of other countries are an influence for good or evil in the lives of Americans." LEAYE FOR SCHOOL WORK Misses Alice and Alpha Baxter, the daughters of Mrs. Cora Franks of 420 E 48th Place, left for Alton and Colp, Ill., where they teach in the public schools, after spending the Christmas holidays in the city with their mother and other relatives and friends, left during the week to resume their duties at the respective schools. Completing the fulfilment of a pledge made by her mother, the late Mme. C. J. Walker, Mme. A'Lecia Walker has sent a check for $2,000 to the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, 69 Fifth avenue, to be used in its fight against lynching. This gift completes the sum of $5,000 pledged by Mme. C. J Walker for this purpose. The check was accompanied by a cordial letter from Mme. Walker, commending the work of the N. A. A. C. P. and expressing good wishes for its future success. WARDEN BIDDLE WRITES N. A. A. C. P. PRAISING HOUSTON RIOT PRISONERS Warden W. I. Biddle of Leavenworth Federal Penitentiary has written a letter to James Weldon Johnson, secretary of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, 69 Fifth avenue, in which he praises the conduct of the 54 members of the 24th Infantry now under his charge in the Federal Penitentiary. After acknowledging receipt of copies of letters from President Coolidge and Senator Capper, which Mr. Johnson sent to him, Warden Biddle says of the Houston riot prisoners: "I find them splendid prisoners and believe they are worthy of all the help you and other friends can give them." At the time of the N. A. A. C. P. pilgrimage to the penitentiary, during the Kansas City conference, when 550 people went in a delegation to hearten the imprisoned men, Warden Biddle also spoke cordially of the men, saying, "He did not believe them to be either criminals or murderers." TUSKEGEE INSTITUTE, ALABAMA, JANUARY 1, 1924. OFFICE OF THE PRINCIPAL Julius F. Taylor, Chicago, Ill. Dear Sir:- I send you the following concerning lynchings for the past year as compiled by Tuskegee Institute in the Department of Records and Research, Monroe N. Work in charge. I find that there were 28 persons lynched in 1923. This is 29 less than the number 57 for the year 1922. Thirteen of the persons lynched were taken from the hands of the law, 7 from jails and 6 from officers of the law outside of jails. We also find that there were 46 instances in which officers of the law prevented lynchings. Four women, 3 white and 1 colored, were among those thus saved. Six of these preventions of lynchings were in Northern States and 40 in Southern States. In 37 of the cases the prisoners were removed or the guards augmented or other precautions taken. In the 9 other instances, armed force was used to repel the would-be lynchers. In 8 instances during the year persons charged with being connected with lynching mobs were brought to trial. Of the 52 persons thus before the courts only 2 were sent to the penitentiary. Of the 28 persons lynched in 1923, 26 were Negroes and 2 were whites; two of the former were women. Seven or one-fourth of those put to death were charged with rape or attempted rape; one of the victims was burned to death; one was put to death and then the body was burned. The charge against the one burned to death was murder. The offenses charged against the whites were: participation in strike depredations, 1; being taken as a Negro, 1. The offenses charged against the Negroes were: murder, 3; murderous assault, 2; rape, 6; attempted rape, 1; killing officer of the law, 2; wounding officer of the law, 2; no charge reported, 3; assisting man charged with rape to escape, 1; resisting pose searching for man charged with rape, 1; cattle stealing, 1; "trying to act like a white man and not knowing his place," 1; insulting woman, 1; peeping in window, 1; striking man in alteration, 1. The nine states in which lynchings occurred and the number in each state are as follows: Arkansas, 2; Florida, 8; Georgia, 4; Louisiana, 1; Mississippi, 8; Missouri, 1; Oklahoma, 1; Texas, 2; Virginia, 1. Yours very truly R. R. MOTON, Principal. PHALANX CLUB One of the most enjoyable affairs of the season was a dance given by the Phalanx Club for its members and friends under the auspices of its newly elected officers, Mr. Robert Jordan, President; at the 8th Regiment Armory Annex, Monday, New Year's eve. It lasted from 10:00 P. M. to 4:00. At the various private tables one could see many Jolly parties and could realize that every one was enjoying the passing of the old year. As usual, good music, plenty of refreshments and a generally good time was furnished by the Club. THE BROAD AX, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, JANUARY 5, 1924 This Auxiliary of the Masonic Fraternity received its name and most of its tradition from the incident that occurred as shown in the Bible at the city of Jericho on the banks of the Jordan river, from the battle between the Israelites and the Canaanites, when Joshua captured the city. The oath between Rahab and the spies sent by Joshua that she would save their lives, if in return they would save the lives of herself and family. That same oath is regarded as binding between the wives, daughters and mothers of Masons, and is the foundation on which "The Heroines of Jericho" stand. It is the oldest Auxiliary of ladies of the Masonic family, and was intended to be conferred on the wives, mothers and daughters of Royal Arch Masons. In the degree, much of the Biblical history of the time of Joshua is used, and the courts never open unless Joshua is present to advise them, and on the social side of Masonry these sisters are of great help to the brothers; so much so, that many states have extended to them the right of adoption. Wherever this has occurred the courts have flourished. They are guided by the customs and traditions of the Masonic order and are very useful in aiding the Masons in caring for the sick and the distressed. In Illinois, during the past three years, this Auxiliary has had a phenomenal growth, leaping from a few hundred members to more than three thousand. The Past Masters' Council seems to take special interest in the advancement of these sisters. In Illinois, at the present time, a movement is on foot to organize a Past Grand Officers' Council of the Grand Court Officers. The Grand Court has enjoyed the right of adoption for the past forty years in Illinois, and have done great deeds. They will have a joint installation of all the courts in Chicago some time this month. Influences are being brought to bear to get the Grand Court in a national compact. The sisters should profit by the experience of the brothers in this national compact propaganda, and stay clear of any foreign alliances if they expect to grow and be allied with and recognized by the brothers. The surrender of their sovereign rights to any one outside the Grand Lodge of the states in which they operate is a dangerous step in the dark. The only dark spot in the history of the Masonic fraternity was this compact step in 1865, and the sisters should carefully consider the outcome of the brothers in that step. However, the Court is blessed with women with good sound judgment and great executive ability and the heroines of Illinois will do the thing that is best for this grand Auxiliary Masonic organization and as long as the scarlet line is displayed, the Masonic brother will protect the household, for therein dwells a heroine of Jericho. NATION'S MUSIC CRITIC PRAISES ROLAND HAYES In an article on the Negro singer, Roland Hayes, the music critic of The Nation (20 Vesey Street, New York), speaks of his triumphs in the capitals and before the crowned heads of Europe and then summarizes his career as follows: During his years of study in the South he worked as a waiter, and when he finally went North to live he seems to have taken with him the respect of his white patrons, as they subsequently proved. He remained North for some years, chiefly in Boston, completing his vocal studies, giving occasional concerts, and even venturing "a debut in New York, where, as I remember, he received unusually good notices. Then he found that there was no place for him yet as an artist in a country which had just fought to "make the world safe for democracy." So he went to Europe, where kings and titles and class distinctions still abound, and there he found recognition wherever he went, was lionized by the aristocracy of Paris and London, and was even "commanded" to sing before royalty. But of none of these things does he speak. If you ask him why he went to Europe he will tell you that he went to learn the languages and to try to understand the people, because he felt that if he could understand them he could understand their music. It is because he understands his own race, he adds, that he is able to sing their "spirituals" so well, and he feels that the same principle could be applied to all humanity. By building on the best qualities in himself that are peculiar to his race, as well as those that are common to all mankind, he hopes to prove that the Negro can be a universal artist, something more than a singer of "spirituals." In this way, and not by making a racial issue of his art, or of his career as an artist, he hopes to win recognition for his race. And he is accomplishing his aim. The citizens of Louisville, Kentucky, where he worked so long as a waiter, have asked him personally, through the editor of the Louisville Courier-Journal, to come back and sing for them. And this request has pleased him more than all the commands of kings. [Name] MADAM BERTHA L. HENSLEY One of the most prominent club members and charity workers in this city. For years she has been one of the main props of the "Phyllis Wheatly Home," 3256 Rhodes Avenue. Madam Hensley is also a constant supporter of this newspaper and she hopes that her many friends will enjoy a Happy and Prosperous New Year. For now that the South has begun to welcome him on his merits as a man and as an artist he knows that he has at last been able to show to his people a light where before all was darkness, and a safe footpath on a road that was deemed impassable. And so, seeking the verities of his art through those of life, he has been able to transmute that art, from an expression of formal beauty into a spiritual utterance. HONOR NEGRO TROOPS AT BATTLE OF NEW ORLEANS New Orleans.—A service in memory of Negro soldiers who fought under General Andrew Jackson in the battle of New Orleans will be held January 8, the 109th anniversary of the conflict, at Chalmette, in the Church of the Holy Redeemer. It is said the majority of those who will attend live in the same quarter of New Orleans HENRIETTA STRAUS. THE COURTESY OF ACCEPTING ATTENTIONS FROM GENTLEMEN To the well-bred young woman it is just as embarrassing to receive a proposal which she is disinclined to accept as it is galling for any man to realize that he has wooed a young woman in vain. In romances of course the type of distracted lover who pours out his plaint of love even when he knows it is hopeless is rather usual, but the real flesh-and-blood young man usually wants to save his face. And any young woman who is not entirely selfish and unfeeling will so play her cards in the game of love as to avoid an unnecessary declaration. As we conduct courtship affairs in this country such an avoidance of embarrassing rejections is easier than it is in countries where young women do not have a chance to become well acquainted with young men before their engagement. In France the well-bred young woman has very little opportunity to show her feelings toward possible suitors, as it is not until she is engaged to a young man that she has much opportunity to see him alone or to become at all well acquainted with him. In this country, however, a young woman has every chance to express herself. When a young man showers the young woman of his choice with gifts of flowers or candy, invites her to the theater and asks to accompany her to dances, seeks her company on country walks and at tennis and skating, he is doing three things—he is giving her an opportunity to like him if she will, he is showing his own devotion and he is also giving her an opportunity to indicate by her acceptance or refusal of his courtesies whether she is inclined to return his feelings or not—Selected. MRS. MARY CHURCH TERRELI SUES TELEPHONE COMPANY Washington, D. C.-Mrs. Mary Church Terrell, wife of Judge Robert H. Terrell, of the District Municipal Court, has entered suit in the Supreme Court against the Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Company for $20,000 damages on account of the defendant's negligence. Mrs. Terrell alleges that on July 23, 1923, while riding in her automobile, she was injured very severely in a collision of her car and one owned by the defendant. Messrs. Newmeyer and King, well-known white attorneys of Washington, appear for Mrs. Terrell. RADIUM DISCOVERED 25 YEARS AGO TODAY Paris.—Mme. Marie Curie, working with her husband, Prof. Pierre Curie, in their modest laboratory in Rue l'Homond, made her 'momentous discovery of radium 25 years ago. At 4 o'clock Wednesday afternoon, the hour that saw Mme. Curie's experiments crowned with success, President Miller, accompanied by members of the cabinet, the diplomatic corps and several prominent seconds, met at the Sorrebonne to celebrate the anniversary. members and charity workers has been one of the main props Home," 3256 Rhodes Avenue. constant supporter of this newsher many friends will enjoy a New Year. HONOR NEGRO TROOPS AT BATTLE OF NEW ORLEANS New Orleans.-A service in memory of Negro soldiers who fought under General Andrew Jackson in the battle of New Orleans will be held January 8, the 109th anniversary of the conflict, at Chalmette, in the Church of the Holy Redeemer. It is said the majority of those who will attend live in the same quarter of New Orleans where their ancestors resided when they went out to face the British. WHITE MAN ATTEMPTED TO ATTACK SICK WOMAN Louisville, Ky.—The white man alleged to have represented himself as an insurance collector and called upon Mrs. Bertha Hays while she lay sick, and to have made improper advances toward her, was discovered to be John Tigh, employed by the Broadway Motor Sales. He will be tried as soon as Mrs. Hays is well enough to appear in court. CIVIL RIGHTS CASE IN DES MOINES The Des Moines, Iowa Branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, reports that a court verdict has been rendered in favor of Miss Dottie Blagburn, a colored girl thrown out of a local theatre on November 11, 1923, because she was occupying a section that had been set apart for white people. GIVES ANNUAL CHRISTMAS DINNER Among the many festivities of the holidays was an annual free Xmas turkey dinner served to many hundreds of people at 3236 South Wells street by Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Lynn. All were made welcome and happy. THE QUESTIONNAIRE By Miss Louise Bond 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 Loomis Blvd., Chicago, Ill. 1. What did Geoffry of Monmouth write? 2. What rank does Spencer take among writers of the Elizabethan age? Mention two of his works. 3. Name four books by Robert Louis Stevenson. 4. Give the names of two poems by Swinburne. Mention an essay and a play by Swinburne. ANSWERS TO LAST WEEK'S QUESTIONS 1. Five well known works of Edward Everette Hale are: "The Man Without A Country," "His Level Best," "Ups and Downs," "What a Career," and "Philip Nolan's Friends." 2. Two of Pope's poems are: "Ode to Solicitude," and "The Rape of the Lock." He made verse translation of the "Iliad" and the "Odyssey." 3. Some of the popular writings of George Meredith are: "Farina, a Legend of Cologne," "Modern Love," "The Ordeal of Richard Feval," "The Egotist," and "Vittoria." 4. The "History of Plymouth," by William Bradford extends to 1646. THE KELLYS ENTERTAIN Mr. and Mrs. Henry Kelly, 1431 W. 109th Place, Morgan Park, entertained a few friends at dinner on Christmas day at their home. Among those present were Mr. and Mrs. Chas. P. Eidson and their two children; mr. and Mrs. Clarence Benton, Irvin Seviere and M. T. Bailey of The Bailey Press Bureau. Arthur Turnbull, President The Sigma Psi Chi Fraternity entertained New Year's eve their many friends, at their first annual dance, at the St. Elizabeth Hall, 41st and Wabash Avenue. These young men made a huge success of this, their first attempt to appear before the public. All members of the club have resolved that they are going to make their organization one of the most popular and widely known among the younger social sets of the city. VALIDIAN CLUE Miss Lillian Graham, President The Valididian Club, gave their fourth Annual Christmas party Thursday, December 27th at the Unity Hall, 3140 Indiana Avenue. The many guests of the club were highly entertained by their host, the members of the club. T CUBE CLUB Miss Louise Williams, President The T Cube Club will meet at the home of Miss Evelyn Smith, 4910 Indiana Avenue, Sunday afternoon, Jan. 6th. A great meeting is planned as the club has not had a meeting during the holidays. PREPARING FOR DEBUT Dr. Fannie Emanuel, one of Chicago's most popular woman physicians, is making great preparations for the Debt Party which she is going to give for her daughter, Miss Juanta Emanuel, January 24th at the St. Elizabeth Hall, 41st and Wabash Avenue. Miss Emanuel is a very popular young lady and is well liked by all her friends. She graduated from the Hyde Park High School last June and is preparing to enter the Chicago Normal School next semester. RETURNS AFTER DELIGHTFUL Miss Carrie Stewart, 5942 Aberdeen Street, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Stewart, returned last Sunday evening after spending a delightful visit with relatives in Indianapolis, Indiana. Miss Stewart states that the city is wonderful and she was highly entertained. STARTS THE NEW YEAR ENTERTAINING Mr. Menloe Wallace, 5931 LaFayette Avenue, began the New Year by entertaining a few of his friends at his home New Year's afternoon. The guests state that Mr. Wallace really knows how to start the new year and he is really an entertainer. After the dancing and card games Mr. Wallace served a dainty repast which was most fitting for the occasion. A few of his many guests were: Messrs. Rodney Smith, Romeo Crusor, Bernard and Garrison Murphy, William Hayes, Nelson M. Marshall and Joseph Jefferson. A few of the young ladies are: Misses Sadie Brumfield, Louise Stacker, Marion Watson, Ruth Martin, Bernice Crusor and Grace Stacker. ENTERTAINS WHIST CLUB Miss Fannye Williams, 3602 Grand Blvd., entertained the members of the Fort Nightly Club, last Friday evening at her home. A very enjoyable time was spent by the members and they are eager to receive the announcement cards giving the place and date of the next meeting. The club consists of twenty-five young ladies and gentlemen. RETURNS TO SCHOOL Mr. Robert Middleton, 4608 Indiana Avenue has been visiting his parents here for the holidays. Mr. Middleton is a student at Wilberforce University and returned Friday to resume his studies at school. STORK LEAVES NEW YEAR PACKAGE Mr. and Mrs. Edmund Griffin were glad to announce that they had a grandson left at their daughter's home. Mrs. Violet Joplin, 418 East 41st Street, New Year's Day. Mr. and Mrs. Joplin are to name the 10-pound baby this week. BAILEY TO PUSH AHEAD M. T. Bailey of The Bailey Realty Co., 3638 State St., who for many years has been widely known as the maker of Morgan Park and other suburbs and who has done much to relieve the congestion of housing conditions in the city proper, is looking forward to doing greater and better things along this line during 1924 with the able assistance of David L. Jackson in the city and Mrs. Sarah Benton of Morgan Park. He will always have choice sites for sale and whenever possible modern flat buildings and houses at right figures. Among the South Sea Island savages there are no customs which include kissing. Georges Carpentier, the French boxer, is coming to this country to fight "Battling" Siki. French styles in next summer's cloaks and gowns and dancing slippers will be decorated by ribbons and beadwork made by native Africans. Compulsory participation of every student in some form of athletics or physical education has been recommended by the President of the University of Illinois. It is now claimed that the great age which Methusaleh reached was due to the fact that he lived so slow that he could not accomplish much under a thousand years. Prosperity under the Republican administration has been echoed by President Rea of the Pennsylvania Railroad, who says that the company this year handled successfully the heaviest volume of traffic ever moved by any railroad system. In his annual report to the President, just made public, Postmaster-General New cites a most gratifying decrease in the postal deficit amounting to approximately $30,000,000 from the previous year's deficit, all of which is welcome news to the taxpayers. Houston, Texas, leads in the number of divorced colored families, 15 years of age and over. Chicago ranks in second place and is followed in the order named by Memphis, Birmingham, Louisville, New Orleans, Nashville, Dallas, St. Louis and Kansas City. There are 43,265 more pupils in the public schools of the Philippines this year than last year, according to a report of the bureau of education at Manila. It appears that the future citizens, if not the politicians, are being greatly benefitted by the American governmental control. Senator James E. Watson, of Indiana, in a letter to the Unity League of Indianapolis, said: "I am not a member of the Klan or any affiliated organization," and that he believes all men are created equal, without regard to race, color, creed or nationality. The Senator stated that he believes in the Constitution of the United States and that he has always upheld it. Mrs. Mary Wood, colored, recently turned over to the police of New York City a diamond necklace set with 82 stones which she found on one of the city's busy corners. The necklace, valued at $3,500, was claimed by a white woman, who paid Mrs. Wood $100 reward for its return. Geo. Jinson, 47 years old, caretaker for the racing stables of Carl Wiedeman of Newport, Ky., and the constant companion of "In Memoriam," was found dead on a cot in the same stall which housed his charge at Churchill Downs, at Louisville, Sunday. Jinson's intimates declared he died of a broken heart over the defeat of "In Memoriam" which he has incessantly lamented. Albert LaRue, 86 years old, who drove the hearse bearing the body of Abraham Lincoln in the funeral at Philadelphia is dead in that city. Theodore Roosevelt's "Big Stick", a heavy hickory cane with a star in one end, is now the property of Jas. Bailey, footman of one of the Washington, D. C. department stores. Three days before the President retired from office in March, 1908, he took the "Big Stick" and an autographed picture of Mrs. Roosevelt and presented them to Bailey, who uses the cane regularly. CHILDREN HAVE PARTY The members of Hannibal Juvenile No. 7, Courts of Calanthe, gave their annual Christmas party on Dec. 29th at Bailey's Hall, 3638 State St., at which time the children rendered a fine program to the delight of their parents and many little friends. Mesdames Anna M. Grayson, Sallie B. Steele and Mary C. Williams, who constitute the Board of Management, made short remarks as did Mrs. Slaton and M. T. Bailey. MR. AND MRS. OSCAR DE PRIEST RECEIVED ON NEW YEAR'S AFTERNOON On Tuesday, January 1st, 1924, at the Unity Club, 3140 Indiana avenue, Mr. and Mrs. Oscar De Priest gave their New Year's reception, which lasted from 1:30 P. M. to 6:30. The music, refreshments and a jolly time was enjoyed by their host of friends, which number consisted of five hundred ladies and gentlemen. Loud applause was given Mr. De Priest at the end of his New Year's Greeting to their many friends. CHARLES E. STUMP, THE REGULAR TRAVELING CORRESPONDENT FOR THE BROAD AX, HAS TURNED UP AT WINSTON-SALEM N.C., ON HIS WAY TO THE SOUTHLAND. Winston-Salem, N. C. — Have you turned over a new leaf in the old book, or have you secured a new book altogether and ready to start life over again? Some lives are so full of mistakes that it would be entirely out of the question to use the old book, for fear the wind should blow a page back and there it would be. Before the year changed, did you find yourself down on your knees talking to God about your record for the past year? What have you done that will count in the great record which you must meet at the end of the trail? What contribution have you made to civilization? Have you done anything, helped anyone along the path of life? Have you found anyone suffering and made a contribution? Have you been liberal with the cause represented on earth, and by that I mean the church, I mean your religious life? As I write to you this year, 1923 has passed into eternity carrying with it sadness and gladness, sunshine and gloom. It was indeed a year full of changes, and we have today as the result many broken hearts. Some great men and women have passed into the Great Beyond, and will never return to us, but some day we will go to them, if they have kept the faith, and then you are prepared to meet God. Many a soul went down on his knees as the year changed and brought into the world 1924, but they were not here to mingle with their dear ones who went down on their knees, and were still there when the whistles, bells, and fireworks told us that a new year had been ushered in. Now who will be here when this year shall go out, I am not prepared to say. I may be in the number that shall cross over, and be waiting and watching for you at the beautiful gates. So many people died last year who had never died before, and as the night follows the day, so will others follow those who have gone on, but just who they will be I am not prepared to say. Our days are with God and He alone can determine the day and the hour, and even the minute and second, when we shall close our eyes in death. I was just sitting alone tonight thinking of so many of our strong men and women who have gone ahead of us to prepare the way. I was thinking of Bishop Charles Spencer Smith, of the A. M. E. church, a strong orator and race man, and then I dropped a thought about the late Benjamin Franklin Watson, who was at the time of his passing out secretary of the Church Extension Society, and that was brought to my mind, when I received a card from the widow. She is keeping alive his memory, and may this ever be. He was a great man, and as I think of it. I am but prepared to say that a great man fell, but he has gone to his rest, and to reap his eternal reward which he has earned. Then I think of the men who journeyed to the Pacific Coast to be in the National Baptist convention, and in the midst of that convention their summons came and they closed their eyes in death—Rev. J. H. Van Lue and Rev. J. M. Harris—Dr. Van Lue of Kansas and Dr. Harris of Arkansas both strong men and both able workers in the cause. But then death was never known to draw the line, from the humble hut to the millionaire's mansion. There was Mrs. Mary Talbert, of Buffalo, who won her place in the hearts of the people, especially of the women of our race. She was foremost in preserving for the race the home of Frederick Douglass, and make of it a national museum where the youths may go and get inspiration that the man who served as a slave became one of the foremost men of the world. Step into the place where he used to go to prepare his addresses, and you will feel like another man—or I am not able to describe the feeling. She has gone to join other great women. With pen in hand she made her way to fame, Mrs. Katherine D. Tillman, who in the midst of a career worthy of a place among the great women, was called upon to end her work and report before the throne of God. She was a scholar, and a worker. Her place was won, and before taking her place in the world, she took time to prepare. I recall, over forty years ago, when she was a bright student in the State University, Louisville, KY, under the late William J. Simmons. She was preparing for the day but, friends, she is no longer with us. As I think of her usefulness, my eyes fill with tears. The death of a star in our race means so much to us, for we have a few. Most of our great men and women stand alone in their chosen line, hence when they pass out there is a vacancy often never filled again. It will not always be thus, because I heard Charles Stewart, Jr., say that he was going to be an improvement on his father, and that means something to us. But then why dwell on the past, for it will never come back. I am sure there are some things which will be treasured by others, and will live as long as time. But now, what of the future? What have you decided to do? What are your resolutions? I have turned over a new leaf in my book, and with a pen of gold I have written first of all that I have resolved to keep sacred the Golden Rule, and follow it out to the letter, and I feel that God will be pleased with this and I will be a happy man. I have resolved to live closer to the throne, and will not think, speak or express any cuss words, but will use only words that will find a place in the Sunday school quarterlies if possible or if needed. I am not going to have any trouble with white folks, or black folks, yet I am going to maintain the dignity of a real man, and I want to and will use my head for more than a mere hatrack. I must be put in operation and kept in operation as a think-tank. I am going to continue to stay in touch with Dr. George C. Hall of Chicago, that he may fight the bugs that would destroy my life and consign my body to the royal feast of the worms for a banquet. I have resolved to read more and try to get some information in this big head of mine, and I hope to be able to have something to say to your readers in the future. I have purchased me a grammar, a dictionary, a Latin book, a history, a book with words to use to express the same thing without repeating yourself or without repeating the same words. I have been some book buyer, and if I should spit out a few big words in the future don't be surprised, but just buy some of them books for yourself. I believe that it is possible to make a few more words that were never made before. I am just going to make me a few until it will be necessary for me to get out a dictionary. I have seen the telephone dictionary and I can get a Stump dictionary. Will you encourage me by buying one if I should get it out? I have decided to join Dr. A. M. Townsend in helping to finish the National Baptist Publishing house a home for the Sunday School Publishing Board of the National Baptist convention. I will be there to help you to carry out all of these things, and you will rejoice when it is all over. When I have finished then I expect to walk in Jerusalem just like John, and I am going to be with Jesus and those who have gone ahead of me. I hope to meet Phil Brown up there. I have resolved to try to live and see Dr. John A. Gregg made a bishop, and Dr. S. J. Johnson, successor to the late B. F. Watson, and to see Dr. A. J. Wilson of Wilmington, N. C., made a bishop. He is deserving and I truly believe that he should be made one of the bishops of the A. M. E. church. He would make Rome howl. There are others I am going to talk about in another way and in other letters. I think I was sitting around Chicago when I wrote you the other letter, and I told you about some of the many presents which came down to me from the Christmas chinney or some other place. I pulled right out from Chicago, making my way to Cincinnati, where direct connection was made, and then I made it up the road to Richmond, Va., where I spent a few hours, and then to Norfolk where a whole night was spent in the home of Dr. R. J. Brown, one of the leading men of this country and a man with a vision, a man who is doing things in his part of the world. He is a tooth dentist doctor. Here I am here this week, but honey I have been to some other places. I have been to Roanoke, and to Winston-Salem and here I am to witness the emancipation exercises, and will make a break to Florida for the winter as I see it now, although I may have to make another trip to the country. Look out for my next letters. CHARLES E. S1UMP. THE BROAD AX, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, JANUARY 5, 1924 SHERIFF DEFIES MOB SEEK-ING NEGROES IN JAIL Fort Smith, Ark.-Believing that the three Negroes who were alleged to have confessed the killing of Mrs. Robert Latimer at her home near Van Buren late Saturday were lodged in the Sebastian county jail here after being spirited away from the jail at Van Buren early in the evening, a mob estimated at 500 men, surrounded the local jail and demanded the prisoners. Automobiles bearing reinforcements arrived at brief intervals and the strength of the mob grew rapidly. County officers locked all doors to the jail and stationed guards at the windows and in the corridors. Sheriff Pink Shaw warned that no person would be permitted to enter the prison. To attempt to force an entrance the sheriff said, would "invite trouble." "We don't want bloodshed, but we want those Negroes," shouted a voice from the mob in reply to the sheriff. Sheriff Shaw is a true blue American, who believes in fair play and in law and order and if all the country city and state officials throughout the country would uphold the laws like he has mob and lynch law would soon become a thing of the past in America—Editor. SERVE DINNER Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Kinney, 3142 Calumet Ave., served dinner to a small group of their friends on Friday afternoon, Dec. 28th at their home. MEET ON NEW YEAR Mayflower Temple No. 58 of which Mrs. Maggie Paris is Worthy Princess, met in an interesting meeting on New Year's night at Bailey's Hall 3638 State St. ENROUTE EAST STOPS George H. Gales of Boston, Mass., has spent several days in the city with friends and will leave in a few days to visit with friends and relatives in Pittsburgh, Pa., and other points east. MISS MABLE LEWIS IN RECITAL Miss Mable Sanford-Lewis a student of Karl Reckle of the Chicago College of Music, is playing a piano recital January 13, 1924, at Kimbal Hall, Jackson and Wabash. Miss Lewis will receive Degree Batchelor of Music in June. City of Canals. There are 127 canals in the city of Venice. They measure 28 miles. There are five openings in the 30-foot masonry wall, which admit the tide. The Grand canal is two miles long and 77 yards wide. It was probably at one time the bed of a river flowing into the lagoon near Mestre. Another canal divides the island of Guideca from the rest of the city. It was once the bed of the Brenta. The smaller canals serve as arteries to the Grand canal. "Scalped the Mon." A Scottish footballer was as bald as a billiard ball, but managed to keep it concealed by means of a cap and wig. In one match, however, as one of his opponents took a redhot shot at the goal, "Wigly" got his head in the way of the-ball and the wig and cap were knocked off. When the first player saw the result of his shot he seemed thunderstruck for a moment, and then exclaimed: "Gud heavens! Pye scaled the mon!" Omar Khevyam Omar Khayyam was a poet and an astrologer, but it was as a mathematician that he made his most noteworthy contribution to science. He attempted a systematic classification of types of equations of the first three degrees. He knew the rule for expanding a binomial for positive integral powers, a rule afterward perfected by Newton as the binomial theorem. Under the present conditions the timber supply of this country will be exhausted in between forty and fifty years, according to the chief forester of the Department of Agriculture, Pine timber is being cut eight and one-half times as fast as it is being replaced, while hardwood is being cut three and one-half times as fast. CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING COLORED Men wanted to qualify for sleeping car and train porters. Experience unnecessary. Transportation furnished. Write T. McCaffrey. Supt. St. Louis, Mo. W.G. Anderson Attorney At Law 17 North La Salle Street CHICAGO NOTARY PUBLIC Suite 560 Watson Bldg. Office Phones: Dearborn 7084-7095 Res. 3354 Vernon Avenue Phone Douglas 8045 Burning or Acid Test Will Settle Question When There Is Doubt. At this season of the year, almost every woman is buying wool dress material, notes a fashion correspondent. The question uppermost in her mind as she is trying to choose the best for the money she feels justified in spending is, "How much of this is wool?" Some few brands of cloth have all wool guarantees, and a very few large stores have testing laboratories where cloth samples may be tested, but for the large majority of women purchasers the testing must be done by themselves, and in their own homes. Most wool and cotton mixtures are made after the yarn is spun. Because of this, the thread test, made with threads raveled from a cut sample, is the most satisfactory. Tests must be made on threads going in each direction, for substitution is often made in the warp all an wool-filling is used. The simplest method of determining the character of the thread is by the burning test. A thread of cotton will burn with a flash and almost no odor, while one of wool burns slowly, almost melts back, and gives off the familiar acrid odor. This simply tells whether or not a certain thread is wool. It is not practical as a test for the percentage of wool in a given sample. To determine that more complicated methods will be needed, but in the household where much sewing is done it will pay to provide the material necessary and to test each sample before purchasing. The materials necessary are two small glass beakers, a glass stirring rod, a bottle of 50 per cent solution of nitric acid, one of strong household ammonia and one of 5 per cent solution of either sodium or potassium hydroxide. A gas jet or alcohol lamp will be necessary to furnish heat and a small metal stand with a square of wire gauze on which the beakers may stand. If the material is white or light-colored the nitric acid test is most evident. Cover the samples to be tested in one of the beakers with nitric acid. In a few moments the wool will turn a bright yellow, for nitric acid will turn any animal fiber that color. Cotton is unaffected. Pour off the acid, wash in clear water and cover with ammonia. This time the yellow threads will turn orange. When the mixing of cotton and wool has been made in the yarn when carding, as is sometimes the case in flannel, it may be thus detected. Dyed materials will not show the nitric acid tests, so other methods must be used with them. Wool dissolves if boiled for ten minutes in either the sodium or potassium hydroxide. Cotton is unattacked. Sometimes this will prove a complete set of cotton threads one way. Often it will simply weaken the web in both sets of threads. At any rate, it will show you whether you are buying wool or cotton. Often it is economical and practical to buy cotton and wool mixtures, especially if the material must be laundered. But you really are entitled to know which you are getting and to pay the price accordingly. Care must be exercised in the use of acids to avoid touching other materials or getting them on one's hands. Bottles containing the solution used should be plainly marked and not kept in the same place with any medicines. They are poison and should be labeled such. OLE MAYER & SONS Gown builders of Paris again favor velvet. Here is a new dinner gown mado of Jade green velvet and a heavier black skirt of the same material, caught at the waist with a big square jet buckle. Rather, It is a doubtful gratification to be invited to go motoring with a friend who is learning to drive his first car. Spanish Divers Record. The greatest depth at which a diver has worked with success is 182 feet, the hero of this exploit being a Spanish diver, who recovered $8,000 in silver from a wreck off Finisterre. HE dining room of this exquisite home was beautiful, Joung Woman Gathers in Homeless Tots for Christmas Festivities Festivities spacious and furnished in the best of taste. Its massive Jacobene high-backed chairs, long table, draperies all harmonized. But that quality which puts one at ease was lacking. It looked austere and unfriendly. The servants had decorated the table and room profusely, trying to give a little of the Christmas atmosphere. The forbidding look still asserted itself, though. From the length of the table and amount of edibles plied upon it, one might have judged there was to be quite a party, but only four places were set. The dinner gong sounded. A middle-aged, well-dressed man and woman appeared. "And you say Thelma went out in the car?" "She didn't say where she was going, Robert." replied his wife. "She probably thought Hubert was taking too long in getting over here, so she took it upon herself to go after him." "Undoubtedly," assented Mrs. Fremont. Thelma came soon bursting in upon her folks, cont and hat still on. To be sure, she had Hubert with her. "Dad, mother," she exclaimed, "come and see what I have out here!" She led her folks into the front hall. To their astonishment, they found the butter and a maid occupied in removing coats and hats from six children. "Well, where did you get these?" said Mr. Fremont in his blustering way. "It's like this, Dad," began Thelma with a rather apologetic air: "When I came downstairs this afternoon and saw that dining room table heaped up with good things—well, I just went for Hubert; together we found the name of the nursery or home or whatever you call it, near here and we went over there. I had the matron give me half a dozen children, and here they are." She pointed to the group in front of her, who were busy taking in their surroundings. "Children, this is my father and this my mother. Now, Dad, here is Tony, Rose, Frederick, Charles, Anna and Marle," as she gathered the children to her. "Now, children, we are going in and have dinner. Let's see, Hubert, you take Frederick and Charles, Dad take Tony; Mother, you take Anna, and I will have Rose and Marle." The children, ranging from six to eight, were rather shy until they set eyes on all the goodies on the table; then they were all excitement. Thelma winked at Hubert, and then looked at her dad. He was busy keeping meat enough cut up for Tony, supplying his numerous other demands, and keeping up with his many questions. The children were fairly stuffed when they climbed-down from the table. "We are going to play some games now," said Thelma. "Hubert, you get on that side of the circle; come on, Dad and Mother." But no amount of coaxing could bring Dad and Mother. Dad thought he had done his share. "What do you think?" said Thelma to the children a little while later: "Hubert tells me he was just in the library, and Santa left a Christmas tree and some gifts for you in there." They all made a dash for the door. "Where do you suppose she got these things?" queried Mr. Fremont of his wife. "I can't imagine," she replied; "this must have been the planning of more than today. It came time for Thelma to give the dread announcement that they were to leave for the home. Before doing so she surveyed the scene before her: There was Dad, on his hands and knees, crawling about the floor with Tony, playing train. Tony had succeeded in winning over Mr. Fremont. There sat her mother reading a story to three of the youngsters, and Hubert—she could hardly believe her eyes—sat cuddling a little sleeping form in his arms. She went over and sat down on the arm of his chair. "You dear old thing," she said, putting her arm around him; then, "Hubert, look at Dad. Won't you say this day was been a success?" UNDER THE MISTLETOE "Oh, professor, see the big bunch of mistletoe I have hung on the chandelier," exclaim the young lady, standing under it and smiling reguishly. Young and Learned Professor (looking near-sightedly through his glasses)—"Ah, yes, it is an excellent specimen of the Vliscum Album, of the order Loranthaceae. It is a jointed dichotomas shrub." And that was all. Tree Was Functioning. She (seated in park)—"Oh, Harry, we'd better be going; I'm sure I felt a raindrop." He—"Nonsense, dear. We are under a weeping willow."—Answers. REGAL COATS OF CLOTH BESPEAK ARISTOCRACY OF WINTER WRAPS I 310 TIME was when nothing other than an all-fur coat of many hundred dollars' value made one eligible to the class of strictly fashionable. This season, however, marks a sensational entry of the cloth coat of regal splendor into the ranks of winter wrap aristocracy. There is considerable interest manifested in coat fabrics which simulate caracul fur or black broadtail and there are boucle woolens which can scarcely be distinguished from astrakhan. The latter is quite the rage for short jacquettes and is variously trimmed in taupe fox fur or gray mouffon, matched to the body color of the garment. The elegance of a coat of belge caracul fur-cloth is apparent in the handsome wrap shown on the figure to the left in the accompanying illustration. The handsome appearance of this coat is largely accomplished through its unique and generous ad- OF ALLURING LOVE FROCK PRINTED chilfon afternoon frock is indeed a "thing of beauty and a joy forever." Seeing proves the first part of this statement and wearing will confirm the fact of just such a gown being "a joy forever." In the category of esthetic dress there is no more reliable frock than the one made of printed chilfon. Withal its fragile lovelliness of delicate fabric, glowing with wealth of color and design, it has its practical qualities. The very fact that it revels in such multiplicity of color, fits it into every scheme of environment as if it were a part of the picture. "What shall I wear?" that ever-tantalizing question is happily answered when it comes to afternoon occasions and informal after-dinner affairs by the chilfon frock portrayed herewith. As if the handsomely designed Pepsan printed chilfons were not self A Little Later. At the marriage alter they take each other for better or for worse. A little later he thinks it couldn't have been worse and she thinks she might have done better. justable collar, and the fanciful flowing sleeves, so elegantly tasseled in perfect match to the tie girdle of heavy silk cord. The lining of this garment is superb, being of silk crepe. To be ultra-fashionable one's cloth coat must be embroidered this season. One of the newest accepted colors for the cloth coat is bottle green. The bollyn coat to the right in this picture exploits this modish shade. To the sleeves is given the honor of carrying the major part of the embroidery, which is developed with etruscan gold and bronze metal threads. Kolinsky fur collars and cuffs this modish wrap and there is an element of novelty in the pocket made of the fur. Julia Bottomly ( C. 1923. Western Newspaper Union. ) ELINESS IS OF PERSIAN PRINT sufficiently exquisite, genius has gone a step further and added multi-colored beads and regal fur until the ensemble becomes almost a surfeit of alluring loveliness. The elegant band of silver fox on the frock in the picture expresses the spirit of the times, for fashion decrees that this shall be a year of fun. The entire length of this graceful Russian blouse effect is frogged with tabs made of very handsome multi-colored beads. Many of the newest printed chiffon dresses are richly trimmed in beads. The effect is exquisite, for the colors in the Persian design and those in the beads seen to reflect each other's beauty. Julia Bottomly © 1823, Western Newspaper Union.) It is in retirement that one feels the preciousness of genius and friendship, as one hears best in the silence of the night the sound of the sea or the song of the nightingale. 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