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EXTRA THE BROAD AX EXTRA Hon. Hiram Johnson, United States Senator from California, Addressed a Great Meeting at the Wendell Phillips High School Last Friday Evening. Hon. Harold L. Ickes and Many Other Prominent White Citizens Occupied Seats on the Platform. SENATOR JOHNSON, AS ONE OF THE REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES FOR THE NOMINATION FOR PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, DELIVERED A GREAT ORATION. HE IS AGAINST THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS, THE SO-CALLED WORLD COURT, THE MELLON TAX BILL; HE IS IN FAVOR OF THE BONUS FOR THE SOLDIERS AND THE DYER ANTI-LYNCHING BILL. THE HEAD DEMOCRATS OF ILLINOIS HAVE PLACED THEIR CANDIDATES IN THE RUNNING FOR THE VARIOUS STATE OFFICES AND THEY ARE WHIPPING THEIR TICKET IN SHAPE IN COOK COUNTY. Last Friday evening a great meeting was held at the Wendell Phillips High School in the interest of the Republican Presidential candidacy of Hon. Hiram Johnson, United States senator from California. Long before Senator Johnson arrived the building was packed from end to end with both white and colored people, both men and women, who were just crazy to hear him. Senator Johnson told his hearers that the bonus should be voted and given to our World War soldiers. "Contrast the $30 per month received by the soldier during the war with what those at home made during that period," said the senator. "Oh, ye business men, who protest against recognition of the soldiers now, remember your attitude then. "Not only was the principle of ad- Prior to his arrival the meeting at great length was addressed by Col. James Hale Porter, Rev. James Garfield Walker and by Col. Abbott, whom they say is already-pledged to support President Calvin Coolidge for so much cold cash and it is further contended that he is also lined up with Senator McCormick, even if he did absolutely refuse to vote in favor of the Dyer Anti-Lynching Bill in the United State Senate. Col. Archibald N. Fields very ably presided over the great meeting and Col. James T. Brewington was its general manager and he managed to load the platform down with prominent personages of both races, both ladies and gentlemen, including all the leading politicians. Col. Fields in a few well-chosen words presented Senator Johnson to the vast audience, which sprang to its feet as if by magic and cheered him for fully five minutes as he rose to speak. Senator Johnson is a most wonderful speaker and every word he utters sinks down deep into the marrow of his hearers. He let it be known during the course of his talk that he is not in favor of this country or government selling arms or other supplies to the Obregon forces of Mexico. "Our action in Mexico is immoral if not illegal," Senator Johnson said. "What a departure from the policy America has ever pursued! What an anomalous and paradoxical position is ours today, we who were born in revolution. "The United States government says to the people inhabiting this continent: 'If you dare fight for what you deem to be right, if you raise your hands against oppression or wrong, the most powerful nation in the world, its genesis, armed resistance, will come to the aid of those you think your oppressors and will maintain existing power.' Calls Administration Reactionary "Without invidious intent, but as indicating a different philosophy of government, I have characterized the present administration as reactionary." 5 CENTS PER COPY NIRAM JO nia, Add llips High L. Ickes s Occupi N, AS ONE OF THE CANDIDATES FOR TION FOR PRESI- UNITED STATES, GREAT ORATION. IN THE LEAGUE OF SO-CALLED WORLD EELLON TAX BILL; OR OF THE BONUS DIERS AND THE NCHING BILL. CRATS OF ILLINOIS AND THEIR CANDI- RUNNING FOR THE TE OFFICES AND WHIPPING THEIR SHAPE IN COOK Senator Johnson told his hearers that the bonus should be voted and given to our World War soldiers. "Contrast the $30 per month received by the soldier during the war with what those at home made during that period," said the senator. "Oh, ye business men, who protest against recognition of the soldiers now, remember your attitude then. "Not only was the principle of adjusted compensation recognized by our government, but the government, during the war and some months thereafter, actually paid a bonus to its civilian employees. Certain of the great captains of industry, whose incomes are beyond the dreams of avarice of the ordinary man, prate and prate about commercialized patriotism. Wants Them to Keep Silent "When these gentlemen have paid back into the treasury of the United States the profits they made during the war, they may be heard about commercialized patriotism, but until that day arrives, let them keep silent on the pitiful sum that is asked by the men who sheltered them and their business and enabled them to make their unholy profits. "And remember this adjusted compensation bill can be passed and the sums due under it paid by the government and taxes reduced, too." Senator Johnson then went into the tax situation and contended that the Mellon plan worked in favor of the man with large income. He said that there were 13,600,000 people who pay taxes on incomes of less than $10,000 while 330,000 pay taxes on incomes of more than $10,000. Huge Saving to Rich He gave figures to show that men who paid on incomes from $250,000 to $5,000,000 would save amounts ranging from $49,000 to $1,330,000 under the Mellon plan. Senator Johnson takes no stock in the League of Nations and the so-called World Court, which is invested with no power to force nor to compel any of the fighting and wrangling nations of the Old World to submit their bones of contention to the World Court and he firmly believes that it will be ten million times better for this country and its people if all parties concerned will never be mixed up in the affairs of the Old World. Senator Johnson also stated that he was in favor of the passage of the Dyer Anti-Lynching Bill by the United States Senate. At the end of the speaking hundreds THE BROAD AX, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, JANUARY 26.1924 THE REV. JOHN A. BROWN BISHOP W. SAMPSON BROOKS One of the most powerful of the great A. M. E. home for America from He will arrive here in t at Louisville, Ky., in M most powerful orators and straightforw great A. M. E. Church, who will soon or America from his four years' labo arrive here in time to attend the genera ville, Ky., in May. One of the most powerful orators and straightforward bishops of the great A. M. E. Church, who will soon be starting home for America from his four years' labor in Africa. He will arrive here in time to attend the general conference at Louisville, Ky., in May. ed around Senatorly thanked him for on the side of right head Democrats in the leadership of Col. met at Springfield, ended the following crates of this state to primaries Tuesday, Senator—Col. A. A. Norman L. Jones, Norror—Ferdinand A. State—Andrew Olson, Senator Edward J. ovan, Joliet. Representatives in Congress at Large—Mrs. Mary Hart of Benton and Allen D. Albert of Paris. Delegates at Large Mayor William E. Dever, George E. Brenan, Robert M. Sweitzer, Roy D. Keehn and Mrs. Anna L. Smith, Chicago; Henry S. Dixon of Dixon, Lee County; Frank J. Quinn, Peoria, and Bruce Campbell, East St. Louis. Alternates William Legner, M. A. Carroll, Clayton F. Smith and M. Phillip Ginsberg, Chicago; W. E. P. Anderson, Macoupin County; John E. Hogan, Christian County; Charles E. Chain, McDonough County, and A. S. Greathouse, Edward County. Woman Member of the Demoeratic National Committee—Mrs. Anna L. Smith. Democrats will be the April primaries Present C On the roll call country towns the candidates were put State's Attorney- Board of Review Coroner—John L Circuit Court Myering, Edward Superior Court Robin. Bailiff, Municipal Egan. Clerk, Municipal Crowe. Sanitary Trustee van, Thomas F. Walsh, Stanley K. Joseph Pryblo, Cl day, spoke on "Negro Emancipation: a Law of God." He stated that emancipation of the mind is always an essential and that ignorance, fear and superstition must be wiped out by education. After outlining the record of the Negro as a soldier, both in colonial and in modern times, he stated that the Negro today only asks a man's chance. He gave the government statistics on Negro ownership of land and homes. He also stated that in 1922 Negroes owned 74 banks which had a capital of $6,250,000, resources of $20,000,000, and an annual business of $100,000,000. In 1922 Negroes owned 45,000 churches, which were valued at $87,000,000 and which gave to foreign missions annually $150,000 and to home missions $250,000. He stated that Negroes must work for the abolition of illiteracy and the cultivation of greater race pride, confidence, love and unity. The program also included selections by the Progressive Musical Club; selections from William Still's book on the underground railway; Dunbar's poem on "Soldiers of the Civil War;" reading of the Emancipation Proclamation; address on "Negro Home Improvement;" invocation and benediction. the and destruction Xanthropy was the first human trait to be discovered. of persons crowded around Senator Johnson and heartily thanked him for bravely standing on the side of right and justice. * * * Last week the head Democrats in this state, under the leadership of Col. George E. Brennan met at Springfield, III, and recommended the following ticket to the Democrats of this state to be voted for at the primaries Tuesday, April 8: United States Senator—Col. A. A. Sprague, Chicago. Governor—Judge Norman L. Jones, Carrollton. Lieutenant Governor—Ferdinand A. Garesche, Madison. Secretary of State—Andrew Olson, Moline. Auditor—State Senator Edward J. Hughes, Chicago. Treasurer—John C. Martin, Salem. Attorney General—Thomas F. Don- EMANCIPATION BRINGS PROGRESS By Wm. Anthony Aery Hampton, Va.—Colored citizens of Hampton, Phoebus and adjacent territory held exercises in Ogden Hall, Hampton Institute, to commemorate the sixty-first anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation. Sergt. George Holland, president of the local Emancipation Association, served as master of cermonies. He stated that it is the purpose of this association to keep alive the story of the sacrifices which have been made possible the opportunities of the present-day Negro. He also stated that Negroes are everywhere taking advantage of the opportunities which are offered them. He introduced Dr. James E. Gregg, principal of Hampton Institute, who declared that the emancipation was more than a political event. "Emancipation," he said, "has meant a freedom of citizenship, deliverance from ignorance, religious freedom, and a freedom of heart, mind and soul, as well as of body." The Rev. J. A. Brown, pastor of the Queen Street Baptist Church, Hampton, who was the orator of the Alternates Here in Cook County the following Democrats will be in the running at the April primaries: Present County Slate On the roll call of the wards and country towns the following names of candidates were presented: State's Attorney—Michael L. Igoe. Board of Review—Patrick A. Nash. Coroner—John E. Traeger. Circuit Court Clerk—William D. Meyering, Edward P. Keigher. Superior Court Clerk—Mitchell D. Robin. Bailiff, Municipal Court—Dennis J. Egan. Clerk, Municipal Court—Dorsey R. Crowe. Sanitary Trustees—James J. Sullivan, Thomas F. Byrne, Frank J. Walsh, Stanley Kukewski, ohn Touhy, Joseph Pryblo, Christ A. Jensen. These proposals were referred to a sub-committee. HAMPTON SENIORS UNVEIL MOTTO. Hampton, Va., Jan. — "An efficient life based on high thoughts and noble deeds" is the motto which has been adopted by the Hampton Institute senior class. This motto was dedicated on Emancipation Day with appropriate exercises, which were held in Ogden Hall. Herbert Harwick of Savannah, Ga., president for several years of the 1924 class, declared that altruistic thinking leads people from the stage where the individual predominates to the stage where the good of the group is the important factor. He stated that real nobleness is shown by men and women through their daily kindness to others. The program included the singing of the senior class song and the planting of a mimosa as a class tree. Dr. James E. Gregg, principal of Hampton Institute, declared that high thoughts and noble deeds become impossible, unless individuals are impelled onward and upward from within. "Honor, courage, feith, and trustworthiness," he said, "should beautify efficiency." "NEGRO POETS AND THEIR POEMS" By Robert T. Kerlin. Published by The Associated Publishers Inc., Washington, D. C. Price $1.50. Postage 10c extra "It would seem that there must dawn upon us, shaped by the poems of this collection, a new vision of the Negro, and a new appreciation of his spiritual qualities, his human character. A profounder of human sympathy with a greatly hampered, handicapped and humiliated people must also ensue from such considerations as these poems will induce. One of these poets here represented cries out, as if from a calvary. 'We come slow struggling up the hills of Hell.' Another, in milder but not less appealing tone, cries. 'We climb the slopes of life with throbbing hearts.' "This appeal, expressed or implicit throughout the entire range of present-day Negro verse, an appeal sometimes angrily, sometimes plaintively uttered, an appeal to mankind for fundamental justice and for human fellowship on the broad basis of kinship of spirit may fittingly be the final note of this anthology: 'We climb the slopes of life with throbbing hearts.'" This ending to Mr. Kerlin's anthology gives the keynote of the method employed by him in selecting poems among an author's published works. He has not chosen first for poetic excellence, though of course he has taken only what he felt to be good work, but he has looked primarily at the spirit of the verse, at its human significance. He has thus built up a volume that should stand in the American library by the side of "The Voice Of The Negro," that compilation of the Negro's attitude toward life as revealed in his utterances in newspapers and magazines. Both books if the whites will only look SENATOR KING URGES MA- RINES FROM HAITI Washington, D. C.-Haiti persists in being one of the big issues before the government. Some say it is the purpose of the United States to eventually absorb all West Indian Island possessions, including Cuba. Capt. Napoleon B. Marshall, our only racial representatives in Haiti, according to information reaching here, is to receive promotion. Senator King's resolution follows; "Whereas the relations between the United States and the Republic of Haiti, have assumed a condition which is unsatisfactory to the inhabitants of said countries and otherwise disadvantageous to the United States, which condition is due in large measure to the presence of the naval forces of the United States in said country and the exercise by the United States of the control of the finances and revenues of said country; and "Whereas the purpose of the intervention by the United States in the TO AID HOME-BUILDERS (Lincoln News Service) Washington.Through the progressive and constructive policies of the present national administration, our American home-builders were recently pledged the backing of the government at a conference of lumber interests with the officials of the departments of into them, will give, as Mr. Kerlin says, a new vision and a new appreciation of the spirit and purpose of the colored race. Seventy-three poets are represented in this volume, from Phyllis Wheatley to Georgia Douglas Johnson, from Jupiter Hammon to Claude McKay. The book is well illustrated with photographs of some of Meta Warwick Fuller's noble sculpture, and with pictures of thirty-eight of the poets—though how some of these men and women could send such unflattering photographs of themselves it is hard to understand. There are eight chapters starting with the very early verse of the spirituals and the folk songs, the latter made accessible to us through the collection of Talley and Blades, next taking up the first formal poets, Phyllis Wheatley, Horton Frances Harper, and then continuing to the free verse of Razarkeriefe Langston Hughes and Anne Spencer. Each poet is introduced by Mr. Kerlin with some biographical word and an appreciative line regarding the poem or poems chosen by the collector. There is also an index of authors with short biographical notes. The book is painsakingly put together by a careful scholar. It would be foolish to pass judgment on the poetry in this volume. As the words I have quoted at the beginning of this review show, the book is a poetic voice of protest, a spiritual cry that a white southerner lovingly and appreciatively gathers together and puts before us. It is a book for the white man to read and gain thereby in sympathy. The colored reader will miss some names, that of Countie Cullen for instance, but he must remember that this is a collection primarily of spiritual protest, secondarily of excellent verse. And he will have reason to be proud of the many beautiful lines and verses gathered for him here, to be kept in permanent form. A memory of the dead and a call for action from the living. political affairs of said country, the direction of their revenues and finances, and the police of the same by the United States Naval forces has been accomplished, and there is no further advantage either to the United States or said country from any continued intervention in its affairs: Now, therefore, be it "Resolved, That it is the sense of the Senate of the United States that the President should withdraw the naval forces of the U. S. now in Haiti and should arrange an abrogation of any treaty, protocol, or other agreement providing for the control of the revenues of Haiti by the United States, or providing for the intervention of the United States in the political affairs of said country, and that it is the sense of the Senate that Haiti should be free from any external interference with its domestic policies of internal administration." Senator King was one of the friends of the writer in Utah and he has always been on the side of right and justice.—Editor. Agriculture and Commerce. Secretaries Wallace and Hoover are co-operating to put into effect reforms that will save home-builders vast sums. Beginning with the first of next July sizes of lumber used in house construction will be reduced sixty per cent and specifications will be so simplified that the average builder will know just what is required. 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 Vol. XXIX No. 19 Chicago, January 26, 1924 Entered as Second-Class Matter, Aug. 19, 1902, at the Post office at Chicago. Ill. Under Act of March 8, 1879. PREPARATION FOR DEATH We live in an age when the past has hardly a ghost of a chance with the future. It is an era of most wonderful achievements and splendid prophecy, in spite of those who persist in trying to turn the world upside down. Still the best minds of today revel in the past as the foundation of the accomplishments of the present and future. But in the face of these facts, the Negro mind persists in making time rather than making paths. We continue to prepare to die instead of making preparations to live in the way we ought. This should become an important part of our thinking, if we hope to keep within hailing distance of the world's procession forward. Negro thought must be shifted from its present trend. Too much emphasis is being placed upon the white man's responsibility for the future of the race—too little upon our own obligation in this respect. We have been pushing our program of trying to make the white man carry our burden to criminal length in our efforts at organization. It is true that existing inequalities impede our progress. Yet we cannot rest our future upon changing these by a surplus of protest and agitation. We must think more of the urgent need of Negroes mobilizing their brain and money for achieving substantial results in the solution of our economic difficulties in America. We must have a racial aim big and broad enough to include the fortunes and arouse the interest of the entire American Negro population. We very properly turn our attention to politics at every approaching election. After our candidates have won or lost, we then turn away from all consideration of politics and our organization until another election approaches. This is one of the weakest points in our political interest and activity. If Negroes are truly interested in politics and desire to mobilize their voting strength in America, they should go into politics with all their might and keep their organizations alive and active from week to week throughout the year. The same persistence should be manifested in all other phases of their lives as citizens in America. We should complete and maintain a strong organization for interesting our people in the solution of their economic difficulties. Negroes must have bread and butter. They cannot go on forever and forever depending upon white people to provide the essentials of life. We must feed, clothe, house and educate ourselves if we wish to be respected. We make preparation to die. We ought to make more preparation to live. Until then our future will be uncertain and Negroes themselves must bear the blame for it. CHIPS Mr. Walter F. Wilson a horticulturist and the owner of the Wilson Violet Farm, located near Big Rapids, Mecosta county, Michigan, is the leading colored grower of flowers in the United States. Attorney and Mrs. Harris B. Gaines 3262 Vernon Ave., are the proud parents of an infant son born January 16, at Provident Hospital. Doctor Lillian S. Dove is attending physician. LYNCHINGS CAUSE OF NEGRO MIGRATION ASSERTS WHITE SOUTHERNER Once Gone North, Negroes Do Not Return To South, He Says Howard Snyder, who lives in Mississippi, writing in the North American Review for January, 1924, asserts that the burning alive of Negroes in the South is one of the main causes of the Northward migration. Many of the names of the victims, he asserts after an extended journey through the Southern cotton belt, never reach the newspapers and the public. He writes: "Nowhere on the earth among civilized nations are such atrocious outrages committed against human beings as are committed in the South against the Negro. 'Almost any day we can read of some benighted Negro peasant being hunted down with hounds, or shot by a posse of men, or burned at the stake amid the multitudinous cheers of a vast concourse of people. That the South should expect these same benighted people to remain with her and uncomplainingly endure all this, when a twenty dollar bill will carry a man beyond its occurrence, passes my understanding. "The race problem is no longer a problem of the South alone. With the Negro press everywhere increasing its circulation, and such far-reaching organizations as the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People working through its local organizations in every community to uphold the rights of the Negro and to demand that justice be given him, and to urge that Negro children everywhere attend elementary schools, the race problem is by no means confined to the South. "The South has made a great blunder in trying to coddle itself into believing that the way to keep its abundance of labor was to 'keep the Nigger down, and that the average Negro neither could nor would learn. Nothing could have been more fatal to the South, in so far as holding the Negro . . . Again, the South tried to persuade herself to believing that these same Negroes who had lived all their lives in the bondage of debt, want and privation, would come back to the plantations like the Prodigal Son of old. The fact is that they are not doing so, and my conviction is, that they will not do it. In the North the employers are studying the vast armies of Negro laborers that come to them to learn their likes and dislikes, weaknesses, failures, needs and health requirements. They are not only succeeding in holding the Negroes but in getting far better work out of them than is to be had on the plantations." CAN THE DYER BILL STOP LYNCHING? (From The New York World) "Lynching," as Theodore Roosevelt Assistant Secretary of the Navy, states, "has been a stench in the nostrils of all liberty-loving, law abiding Americans." It is also true, as Col. Roosevelt asserts, that "there can be no compromise on the Klan," which "strikes at the root of Americanism." But when Mr. Roosevelt recommends the Dyer Anti-Lynching Bill to Negro voters as a remedy for both evils he is wide of the mark. The Dyer measure is political in origin and would have only a political effect if passed. When communities organize to commit and to conceal the perpetrators of crimes, the Federal Government is quite powerless as State Government to bring about prosecutions and convictions. The best remedy for lynching and for the Klan, as the figures for 1923 demonstrate, is Negro migration. When Negro workmen began to leave for the North in large numbers there was a sudden decline in mob murders in the South. Once a Negro realizes the possibilities of this economic weapon and uses it to the full, he will exert a more powerful influence against night-riding than would be exerted by a dozen Federal statutes. Just what the Dyer Bill might be worth as a protection against lynching is accurately gauged by the impotence of the Fifteenth Amendment as an article of enfranchisement. COLORED OFFICIAL RECEIVES BIG SALARY INCREASE New York—Ferdinind Q. Morton, Municipal Civil Service Commissioner and executive leader of the United Colored Democracy was the recipient of a salary increase from $5,000.00 to $7,500.00 a year, effective January 1, 1924. It is now reputed that Mr. Morton is the highest paid colored official in the United States. ENJOINED FROM BUILDING AMONG RICH WHITES New Orleans, La.—Because the aristocratic residents of General Pershing street asserted that the invasion of Negro tenants would injure their property to the extent of thousands of dollars, a court order was issued here this week enjoining Mrs. N. Sherman, a wealthy race woman, from erecting residence in the district suitable for Negro tenants. THE BROAD AX, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, JANUARY 26, 1924 ```markdown ``` The present efficient Clerk of the Circuit Court of Cook County in which capacity he has honorably served for the past eight years, at the present time he is one of the Republican candidates for Recorder of Deeds of Cook County. BED-TIME STORIES IN A PULL- MAN SMOVER The Machinist "Sorry, sir, but upper eight's all that's left," said the Pullman conductor to a two hundred and twenty-five pound gentleman, who looked as though it would be an almost impossible task to climb into an upper berth. "That's tough, sure 'nough," replied the fat man, as he bit off the business end of his pipestem in exasperating disappointment. "And the worst of it is," he continued, "that if I hadn't stopped over to speak at a watch-meeting, I would have come through on a daylight train. Sowing seeds of kindness hasn't brought its rewards as yet; but I guess it'll come along in due season. Anyhow, I'd do the same thing over again," he concluded, as he leaned back in the corner of the smoker and substituted a cigar for the broken pipe. "Well, it ought to be easy enough to preach at a New Year's watchmeeting," said a fellow passenger of serious countenance, as he removed his heavily-rimmed spectacles and butted into the conversation. "A fellow could exhaust himself on resolutions, alone, and give his audience plenty to think about. What did you preach about?" he inquired. "Can't exactly say that I preached about anything," answered the fat man, laughingly. "You see, it was like this." he continued. "I promised Bill Jones, more than six month ago, that I'd speak at one of his community meetings before the year was out. And we've been so busy that I've kept putting it off; and on New Year's Eve I was right up against making my word good. I wanted to make New York before tomorrow, but there was no such thing as disappointing Bill. He's never disappointed me. So here I am, with no lower in sight. Guess I'll sit up a while; something might happen. "But who's Bill Jones," asked the inquisitive gentleman. "Is he a preacher too?" "No, but he always finds time, after working hours, to do some good work among his own people," replied our good-natured friend. "But what is Jnes' present work?" persisted the questioner. "Oh, he's foreman in one of our machine shops. Fine chap. Don't know what I'd do without him. He's been with me over ten years, and he's better and better each year. When he applied to me for work I came near turning him down. It would have been the most foolish thing I ever did in my whole life, if I'd missed getting him; but I came near listening to some of the knockers who told me not to hire a colored man." "Colored!" gasped the inquisitor. "And do you mean to tell me he's a foreman in a machine shop?" "He sure is—and he's some machinist, too," added the fat man, proudly. "In fact, he's an inventor, but he hasn't been able to cash in on that as yet. In his spare time he does community welfare work among the colored labor of our town. Fine labor it is, too. I'm glad I was able to encourage them a bit on New Year's Eve. They've always been on the square with me," he added, as the heavy train stopped at a station. The momentary quiet was suddenly disturbed by the voice of a Western Union boy, who had hurriedly boarded the train. "Telegram for John W. Carson, President of the Carson Automobile Truck Company," shouted the boy, as he glanced in the smoker. "Right here, please," said our fat friend, quietly, as he nervously opened the telegram, which read: "Government selects Carson trucks over twelve competitors, and orders two hundred fifty. Quick delivery delivery desired. Jones' improvement on truck carburetor final deciding factor." "Some boy, shouted Carson, as he read and reread the good news. "And I'll pledge myself that he'll cash in now," he added full of smiles. KENNEDY 74 COL. AUGUST W. MILLER efficient Clerk of the Circuit Court a capacity he has honorably serve at the present time he is one of for Recorder of Deeds of Cook THE DYER ANTI-LYNCHING BILL Monmouth, Illinois. Julius F. Taylor, Editor The Broad Ax, My Dear Sir: I see that the little Bill called the Lynch Bill is still living at the National Capitol, but the child is real sick. It has been ever since it arrived there. The poor child has been hung up so much since it has been there in the pigeon hole that it is almost lynched; yet I believe the Republican party is going to help the South pass the little Lynch Bill. Pass it from the pigeon hole to the waste paper basket. It will then fall in the hands of the janitor, from there it will go where it is seven times hotter than it has been for the little Bill Lynch since it has been in Washington. The Republican party is going to help to kill the little Lynch Bill, but they do not want to see it die until after the November election. Every colored voter should go to the polls in November and vote to kill the party that has helped to keep the little Lynch Bill in prison, and that is the Republican party. They are doing everything they can politically at the eleventh hour for the Negro to sweeten his vote for the November election. How much longer is the Negro going to allow the Republican party to use him as a cat's paw to pull the chestnuts out of the fire? Will it be forever and two days over? TO GO EAST Atty. S. A. T. Watkins is preparing to go east taking in Washington, Baltimore and Richmond, Va., on legal business matters. Atty. Watkins is supreme attorney for the K. of P. and attorney for the Pyramid Bldg. & loan Assn. GREATEST NOVEL OF THE YEAR VEILED ARISTOCRATS By Gertrude Sanborn An absorbing story full of vivid characters written with a swing and showing admirable technique. It is the most powerful and the most significant of any of the novels inspired by the social crisis. $1.50 at all bookstores; $1.65 by mail. 1538 Ninth St., N, W., Washington, D. C. This is the work of a Milwaukee society girl who has endeavored to disprove the old theory that colored folk are far beneath the white man's standards and that they should live within the border of the white man's realm and yet remain from it apart. She endeavors to bring home the truth that there does exist a Negro culture, almost in excess of our own, in which there is much beauty and nobility. Miss Sanborn became interested in the Negro problem about two years ago and immediately went to live in a Negro colony in Chicago. Much of her time was spent at the Chicago University of Music, located in Mme. Ernestine Schumann Heink's home on Michigan boulevard and East Thirty-seventh street, where both white and colored folk are taught. About the Story About the Story In this work Miss Sanborn's treatment of the race problem is decidedly original, and her story holds the reader because of its unusual analysis of characters and situations with which the author thoroughly acquainted herself before beginning this task. She has, therefore, made this story an irresistible romance giving a new philosophy of life and appealing for justice to all. Differing widely from most novelists of today, the author has written not to please but to dramatize the truth. She presents a neglected aspect of our present day life and invites attention to the glaring injustice of caste. While the story centers in a corner in the West, it takes the reader through South and North and even abroad, depicting the various agencies which have been instrumental in making our social order so undesirable. About Her Experiences Speaking of her experience Miss Sanborn says: "In the world of Negro culture there are poets, artists, music makers and dreamers of high dreams, Rene Maran, Burghardt Du Bois, Tanner, Paul Laurence Dunbar and many other Negroes. Few white people know that to Granville T. Woods some of the basic inventions of the telephone are credited; that Elijah McCoy has credit for practically the whole system of locomotive lubrication; that the machine for making a complete shoe by mechanical contrivance was invented by Jan Matzeliger, all Negroes. Dr. G. F. Grant, another Negro, appointed in 1872 as professor of mechanical dentistry at Harvard university, invented NEGRO IN INDUSTRY TO BE DISCUSSED AT URBAN LEAGUE ANNUAL MEETING Mary-Van Kleeck and Emmett J. Scott to Lead Discussion The National Urban League has announced its Annual Meeting for Wednesday afternoon and evening, February 6th, at the Russell Sage Foundation Building, 130 East 22nd street. New York City. The afternoon meeting at 3:30 o'clock will be formal at which time Executive Board Members for terms expiring 1927 and officers and members of standing committees will be elected. The annual report of work accomplished and of funds received and expended will be presented. At the evening session at 8:15 o'clock the topic for discussion will be the "Negro in Industry" at which time an effort will be made to outline the problems in industry which will be faced by social workers during 1924. Emmett J. Scott, Secretary-Treasurer of Howard University and Miss Mary Van Kleeck, Director of Industrial Studies of the Russell Sage Foundation will be the principal speakers. Discussion from the floor will follow. L. Hollingsworth Wood, President of the League will preside and the public is invited. Eugene Kinckle Jones, Executive Secretary of the League said in making public the announcement of the meetings: "The great problem among the colored people during 1924 is that of the wise distribution of the Negro migrants on the basis of opportunity for work. It is well for organizations which have an influence in the movement of the Negro population to use that influence wisely to the end that the migrants may locate where they can get the work best suited to their several abilities and at the same time secure the largest possible income for themselves and families. All of this will tend to improve their economic status; make for better health conditions in their homes and raise the general standard of their family life. "Such conferences as the League holds from time to time are planned with this end in view as well as to insure helpful leadership to the colored people." the oblate palate, a dental appliance for the use of persons born without palate. Dr. D. H. Williams, a colored physician of Chicago in 1894, while the surgeon in chief of Freedmen's hospital in Washington, D. C., performed the first successful operation on the human heart." But besides finding the colored folk cultured, intelligent, artistic and noble, Miss Sanborn has found them a very companionable and likeable race. During her stay in the Chicago colony she was honored at banquets and receptions by the colored folk, including octoroons and quadroons, many times, and the festivities were always enjoyable. After writing this story, however, she soon discovered no white publisher would bring out this work because it idealized the virtues of the Negro. The last one appealed to returned the story with these words, "the tale is most beautifully and poetically written and deserves a far better subject." She then took up the matter with the AS- SOCIATED PUBLISHERS which undertook the task of giving the public this gripping story. About the Author The author of this novel has written four other stories, "I, Citizen of Eternity," "Blithesome Jottings," "A Date With Fate," and "Toy." Her ability as a writer has already been established by these works.—A. A. Taylor. Miss Sanborn's style is superb. Her humor and philosophy are both captivating.—Rod La Roque. Miss Sanborn has a finer touch than her egotistic predecessor and some real humor. She skips nimbly over the surface of things and gives her cheering impression of the universe and herself in it nonchalantly and with a keenness approaching satire.—New York Evening Post. Miss Sanborn has assiduously cultivated a knack for translating commonplaces into epigrams striking in their staccato finality.-Milwaukee Sentinel. Whoever creates a hearty, wholesome laugh is a benefactor to the human race, and among those who can do it this writer will undoubtedly find a place.-Evening Transcript, Boston. A good title goes a long way toward winning a welcome. Miss Sanborn writes in a light, cheery, breezy style and takes the reader with her.-The Milwaukee Journal. Miss Sanborn is an author of ability. Her books have received high praise from many leading critics. Judging by the literary skill, the deep spirit of humanity, and highly developed sense of humor manifested in her other stories, I feel safe in saying that her works are well worth looking forward to.-J. A. Rogers. THE QUESTIONAIRE 1. Give the origin of the following names: Bordeaux, Harve, Libson, Portugal, Spain. 2. For what three features is Europe the continent, noteworthy? 3. Name the largest glacier in the world. The largest in Europe. 4. Who was the first King of England? What was the period of his reign? 5. Where was Glastonbury abbey? ANSWERS TO LAST WEEKS QUESTIONS 1. Algiers is called the "silver city," because the glistening white of its buildings present a striking appearance as seen sloping up from the sea. 2. The Orthodox Mohamedans are dominant in the Ottoman Empire, Arabia, Turkestan and Africa. The total Mohamdeman population of the world is estimated at fully 215,000,000. 3. Gallia was the name under which France was known to the Romans. 4. Alba Longa was built in 1152 by Ascanius. IMPORTANCE OF VIRGIN ISLANDS (Lincoln News Service) St. Thomas, V. I.—The political importance of these islands is due to the fact that the Caribbean Sea, in which they are located, is within the sphere of influence of the United States, since the completion of the Panama Canal, and the possibility of a change of sovereignty of any of the islands would be of grave concern to the United States. Their value arises from their geographic location and exceptional harbor facilities rather than from their commercial and agricultural activities. CHARLES E. STUMP, THE REGULAR TRAVELING CORRESPONDENT FOR THE BROAD AX, WHO NEVER WILL LEARN HOW TO WRITE FOR NEWSPAPERS, CONTINUES TO FEAST ON THE BEST IN THE LAND ON HIS PRESENT TRIP THROUGH THE SOUTHLAND. New Orleans, Louisiana.—"I am trying to think where I was when I wrote you a letter last week, and it matters not, for I am not there now but here I am right in New Orleans, the home of the Supreme Chancellor of the Knights of Pythias, and the other fellows, but here is my letter, and I am delighted to be able to send it to you. "I have been going some, and I think I was right in Atlanta, Georgia, when I wrote to you and there I was the guest of Rev. T. J. Hall, the man who is making the race for the Church Extension Society Secretaryship of the African Methodist Episcopal church, but he is going to have to beat Rev. S. J. Johnson, and it is declared that Dr. Johnson has the inside, and is running so fast that it will be hard to catch him, saying nothing about beating him. He is one of the strongest men in the A. M. E. church. I had the pleasure of coming in touch with some of the strong men of the church and race. There was Dr. D. W. Cannon, president of the National Sunday School and B. Y. P. U. Congress which is to meet in Cleveland, Ohio next June, and you will put it down that I told you that he is doing some real pushing of things for our people. They are going to make this next meeting the greatest in the history and you may tell the world that I told you so, and I know what I am talking about, and you had better believe me 'and not question what I say, for I am not looking for trouble, and I guess you don't want any if you can get it right now with me. "What are you doing to make the world better or worse? I would like for you to be present at the Sunday School Congress and answer the question if you can do so. I also had the pleasure of coming in touch with one of the greatest preachers of the age, the Rev. Dr. Ernest Hall, pastor of the Liberty Baptist church, and the preacher in Atlanta who is doing real constructing work. He is putting the Baptists on the map, and honey he has one of the best financial systems in America. His church is just a beehive, and would you believe me when I tell you, they have one of the finest Sunday School rooms in America, erected for that purpose, and I am safe in saying the best and finest among my people. He is a man who believes in feeding his mind and soul as well as his body and when he goes before the people with a sermon it is just soul food. He is one of the best prepared men in this country, saying nothing about race or color. "Speaking of Rev. Ernest Hall, I have seen him grow. I knew him in Bloomington, Ill., in Pittsburg, and I know him now. I was his guest when the National Baptist convention met in Pittsburg. I have learned to admire him and his wonderful ability. I was delighted to visit his wonderful church, and to see how all the officers and members pulled together just like the works in a well regulated clock. Got to see Rev. A. D. Williams, Rev. P. James Bryant, the pulpit wizard of the National Baptist convention, and a man who is devoting his life and talent for the uplift of all the people. When completed he will have one of the largest and best churches in America. It is a wonderful structure, and this man is putting his very soul into it. He is a preacher and a man of high scholarship. I had the pleasure of visiting the old structure, and then I looked at the new one. "Out to Morehouse college to see Dr. John Hope, one of the leading educators of the country and a real college president. I am going back to Atlanta, hence I am not going to have too much to say now, but you may look out for my other letters. From Atlanta, after visiting the institutions, I found my way to Tuskegee Institute, Alabama, the place put on the map by the late Booker T. Washington, who will ever live in the hearts of the people. He was indeed a wonderful character, and because he lived, Tuskegee lives today, and it is a benefactor to civilization, and has done much to lift up this country of ours. "Dr. Washington put education within the reach of all, and in his application of education, he was practical, and therefore he was the foremost man of the age. When the Lord took Dr. Washington away, he was followed by Dr. Robert R. Morton, a man who came into the world via the Virginia route, and he took time to get an education, while his mother and father had driven into him common sense, and a desire to do something for humanity. He had placed himself where God could use him, so that when he was called upon to take up a greater work, he left Hampton and became the official head of Tuskegee Institute, and direct successor to the late Booker T. Washington. He is a man every inch of him and he is putting over a program which requires a man to put over. "It was a wonderful Congress at Tuskegee, one of the best and most practical in the history of the organization. They sent forth a declaration that should be studied and then followed out. It will do your very soul good, and I am glad that I got hold of a copy of it. It gives to you the opportunity. We are at the place where we are just speaking out in church, and you will let us know about it. "There were some of the strongest men, some of the best trained men and women, some of the brain of America there, and they had some real good things to say. You note I used America and not any particular race or color for every race almost was represented in some form or another. There were college presidents, doctors, lawyers, expert farmers and demonstrators, representing the United States Government—bankers, editors and reporters—yes every line of business of profession was represented at this wonderful meeting, and they spoke right out in church. They told it as it was and called a spade a spade and not a shovel. These men and women, accomplished much good and returned to their homes. I had the pleasure of seeing the man who is to be a bishop commencing with May next, Dr. John A. Gregg, president of Wil伯力force University, and a man of great power. Mrs. Mary McLeod Bethune, was also there and she is some speaking woman, with education to back her up. I thank God that Booker T. Washington once lived. I was given a great big time there. Was special guest of Banker Gover and his wonderful wife. She is one of the well trained young women of the race, and she is just busy all the time. She is a notorious public or something like that where they administer oath and the like. There is one man who has the planning for feeding that nearly two thousand students, and he is a man every inch of him, Mr. Sheehe. I met the woman who is making her place in history, Miss Julia Skinner. She is following in the footprints of the late Booker T., for she has selected and arranged one hundred sayings of the great educator. Miss Skinner, is a well trained young woman and a teacher, and she is going to be an author. The compilation is worth having among educators. Here is just one saying of Mr. Washington to be found in her book: "Nobody can degrade a big race or a big man. No one can degrade a single member of any race. The individual himself is the only one who can inflict that punishment." "I was delighted to be with Banker Gover. But he is doing his work at Tuskegee at the bank, and they tell me it is wonderful how he can chase one cent until it puts on its walking shoes. He seemingly was born to render that service. "I have been reading and reading and hearing people talk about that government hospital at Tuskegee and I have been there to see it for myself. I long to see the time come when we will be fully in charge, for we cannot dwell together in Alabama 'half and half.' It must be one thing or the other. For instance in the buildings where the officers are, they have there without the signs of white or colored, they are just making it understood, and then they are not tooting fair in the matter of salary, hoping that our strong men will get disgusted and leave, and get an inferior class who do not care whether it rains or shines, but that is not what I am to talk about this week. There are cottages there, and only white folks can occupy them, although they are erected for men and their families working for the hospital, but they have two or three pecks there, and the doctors and workers of my race with their families are given quarters in a building in adequate while a number of the cottages are vacant standing there for 'White Folks Only.' That is what I would call 'Hash square lull.' Now guess what that is. I am going to devote more time to it later. "Get ready for the National Negro Business League in Chicago next August. I will have more to say about it later. God bless you. I must bring this letter to a stop for this week." CHARLES E. STUMP. THE BROAD AX, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, JANUARY 26, 1924 222 One of the many well known lawyers in this City and Judge Turney would make a tip-top Republican candidate for one of the Judges of the Municipal Court of Chicago. 72-12223 Ex-Attorney for the Board of Education, of Chicago, who has been granted a new trial by the Appellate Court of Cook County and Mr. Bither and his many friends feel that he will win out at his second trial. Ex-Attorney for the Board of Education, of Chicago, who has been granted a new trial by the Appellate Court of Cook County and Mr. Bither and his many friends feel that he will win out at his second trial. MRS. SHANKLIN BURIED Funeral services for Mrs. Clara Shanklin, 1653 Fulton St., who passed away last week, were held on Monday morning, from the Original Providence Baptist Church, Walnut and Leavit Sts. Mrs. Shanklin was a member of Herman Baptist Church of which Rev. A. L. Harris is pastor and fourteen lodges and clubs among them: Warden Temple of Elks, S. M. T., Heroines of Jericho, Households of Ruth and Easter Lily Club The funeral oration was delivered by Rev. Harris who told of the great activities of the deceased in connection with the church work. Revs. J. Carter and D. L. Darden, pastor and former pastor of Original Providence Baptist Church also spoke. The last rites were performed over the remains by the fourteen lodges and clubs which were largely represented followed by interment in Lincoln Cemetery by Undertaker George O. Jones EMANCIPATION CELEBRA TION Norfolk—Year after year a steady decline in attendance upon Emancipation Day observances has been noted. Attracted by uniforms and music a creditable crowd collects along the line of march, but at the church exercises at night, where through speeches and recitations appropriate to the occasion, the spirit of the day is more nearly revived, the audience is generally very small in proportion to the race population. A close study of this situation reveals the outstanding fact that the Negro of the latter day, as a whole, is indifferent about and not interested in celebrating his emancipation from chattel slavery.—(From The Norfolk Journal and Guide.) HON. ROBERT E. TURNEY Many well known lawyers in this City could make a tip-top Republican candidate. Judges of the Municipal Court of MINISTERS SHOULD LIVE RIGHT (Lincoln News Service) Washington. At the regional evangelistic institute for the Disciples of Christ, the Rev. Jesse M. Bader, of St. Louis, made a plea for a better equipped ministry, physically, mentally, educationally, and spiritually. He denounced the preacher whose heart is not in his work and who does not conduct himself properly. He declared: "If a preacher isn't going to live right, he ought to get out of the ministry and go to hell like a gentleman." CITY POPULATION (Lincoln News Service) Washington.—A recent government estimate of the colored population in certain cities gave New York 183,248; Philadelphia, 153,612; Chicago, 136,396; St. Louis, 79,562; Cleveland, 44,369; Pittsburgh, 42,650; Cincinnati, 33,332; and Columbus, 25,816. SOMETHING NEW (Lincoln News Service) Chicago. — The Colored Women's Exchange News is a very interesting publication issued monthly as the official organ of the Northwestern Federation of Colored Women's Clubs. The editor, Mrs. Joanna Snowden Porter, is widely known, and her efforts should receive the hearty support of all clubwomen. MRS. HOLMES RETURNS Mrs. Ella L. Holmes, 3115 Wabash Ave, national grand queen of A.U.K. & D. of A. who visited St. Louis, Mo. last week on fraternal business, has returned to the city J. B. WILLIAM A. BITHER for the Board of Education, of Ch ed a new trial by the Appellate and Mr. Bither and his many friend at his second trial. PUBLIC INSTALLATION ON A public installation of the officers of the temples of S.M.T. and a few of the lodges of U.B.F. will be held on Jan. 30th at St. Elizabeth Hall, 24 E. 41st St., under the auspices of the Princess Council. The state grand master, Rev. I. S. Stone and the state grand princess, Mrs. Georgia E. Harding, will take active parts on the program as will several other prominent visitors. RETURNS TO SPRINGFIELD Atty. A. Morris Williams, imperial regent of the Knights and Daughters of Honor of Illinois and jurisdiction, has returned to Springfield, Ill., after a short trip to the city on important matters. ON THE NORTHSHORE M. T. Bailey, 3638 State St., a representative of the National Negro Press Assn., spent considerable time along the northshore during the week looking after important matters of interest TO COMMISSION OFFICERS Col. James McCall, commanding the military department of A.U.K. & D. of A. of Illinois and jurisdiction, will commission the officers of the various companies on Saturday evening, Feb. 2nd at Entertainers Hall. HERE ON VISIT Mrs. A. B. Beasley of Detroit Mich., is in the city on a visit and will spend several weeks with her sisters Mrs. Fred Johnson, 3153 State St. Mrs. Wm. Wright, 3159 La Salle St. and Mrs. J. W. Withers, 1231 W. 110th St. Morgan Park. Hon. Arthur G. Froe, recorder of deeds, Washington, D. C., is expected to attend the Lincoln League Meeting to be held in this city the week of Feb. 12th. Hon. Froe is a schoolmate of M. T. Bailey while they were attending the V.N. & C. I. at Petersburg, Va. ARTIST FOR WHOM LINCOLN SAT FOR PORTRAIT IS DEAD Cleveland, O.—George Senyard, 87 artist and close friend of Abraham Lincoln, died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. S. A. Jaeger, at Olmstead Falls, near here last Saturday. One of his best known portraits was of Lincoln at Springfield, Ill. Senyard toured the country with Lincoln, sketching him in the debates with Stephen A. Douglas over the slavery issue. A NEW MANUFACTURING COMPANY (Lincoln News Service) Chicago.—The Elroy Manufacturing Company is a new enterprise engaged in the manufacture of caskets, boxes and undertakers' supplies. It is owned and operated by members of our group, who plan to establish offices in New Fork, St. Louis and other leading cities CHIPS Mr. and Mrs. Joseph H. Hudtun 4503 South Wabash avenue, greatly enjoyed the holiday season and Mr Hudtun has completely regained his health and they are both feeling real happy these bright, cold winter days Madam A. V. Musgrove is still engaged in the theatrical costuming business and she can be reached at her old home address, 3152 Prairie avenue SHORT CUTS This is the time for a "We did it" chorus, rather than for an "I did it" solo. It appears that the more the bootleggers are prosecuted, the more they grow. The total enrollment of all departments of Howard University is approximately 2,400 students. A new drug store has been opened in Evanston, Ill., by an enterprising colored pharmacist. There were 3,682 patients admitted, and 2,338 surgical operations performed last year at Freedmen's Hospital. Dr. W. T. Merchant of Louisville will be one of Kentucky's "Big Four" at the Cleveland convention. Philadelphia can at least boast of having more colored centenarians than either New York or Chicago. Harry Wills has been offered $300,-000 by Tex Rickard for two bonts next summer with Firpo and Dempsey. Approximately 93 per cent of the Dertoit colored males, 10 years of age and over, are gainfully employed. Colored farmers in Halifax County, North Carolina, are making splendid progress with the aid of their Farm Loan Association. Baltimore has almost as many illiterate colored persons, 10 years of age and over, as New York, Chicago, and Philadelphia, combined. Many of the migrants from the South are anxious to buy small farms in the North and to get away from the congested industrial centers. There are more colored chauffeeurs in Pennsylvania than in any other state. New York ranks in second place, followed by Virginia, Georgia, the District of Columbia, and Maryland. In Virginia, 422 in every 1,000 homes occupied by colored families are owned by them. Outer southern states leading in this respect are Kentucky, with 318; North Carolina, with 304; and Texas, with 298 owned homes per thousand. The Other Paradise. A man had a shrew for a wife. After his death she grew contrite and wondered whether she had been unduly harsh with him. She felt so un easy about it that she decided to consult his spirit through a medium. "I this you, John?" she inquired. "Yes Jane." "John, are you happy where you are? "Ah, yes, Jane." "Happier than when you were living with me?" "Much happier." There was a lonely pause while she pondered that. That she said: "John, what sort of place is heaven? "I don't know," said John. "Tve never been there." Her Mind Made Up. Hilda—"So you made up your quarrel with Tom?" Doris—"Yes, but only temporarily. We're getting married next month." Incandescent Lamps. Incandescent Lamps. The average amount of light obtained for 1 cent from incandescent electric lamps at first was about five candlepower hours, but it is now possible to obtain with the ordinary 40-watt lamp 170 candlepower hours for 1 cent. BOOKS AND TALKS Books are of pathetically easy to tell the story of nature. Few people recognize more than a dozen side flowers, the commonest trees and shrubs, a few kinds of birds and insects. To be able to distinguish the call notes of birds seems to most persons a miraculous gift. The few who know enough of nature to be guides for a few hours' walk have knowledge that many others deeply long for and that they would pay handsomely to get - Youth's Companion. Sandpaper on Bottles. Sandpaper on bottles containing poison is the latest method to prevent their contents being taken by mistake in the dark for medicine. Happiness. To be happy is not only to be freed from the pains and diseases of the body, but from anxiety and vexation of spirit—not only to enjoy the pleasures of sense, but peace of conscience and tranquillity of mind. Didn't Know Size. The doctor on his round of golf was crossing the field with his small negro caddle, when the latter opened the conversation with, "Doctor, aln't you got some shoes up yonder in yo' tocker you don't want? I need some bad." "Maybe so," sad the doctor, "What size do you wear?" "I dunno, sah, 'cause I aln't never bought none dater-way—" I either kin git in 'em, or I can't." The Water Vine. Containing a quart of clear, pure water to every foot, the "water vine," a black, snake-like, leafless stem, dropping from the mahogany trees around which it climbs, is one of the wonders of the Guatemala jungle. When the stem is cut the water spurts out in a stream. Great Ideas. "From time to time God drops a great idea into the soul of a great man. Often those men who live upon the existing institutions start the fire against the new idea. Sometimes they crucify its apostle; but ideas feed upon faggots, and grow through crucifixions"—Newell Dwight Hills. Would Try It Out Possession of a big fur coat makes a man almost hope for at least one blizzard. Taking Her Back After the young thing at the party had concluded her second encore the old lady leaned toward her and said: "Thank you so much for your songs my dear. They took me back to childhood days on my father's farm. There were times, when you sang, that I could shut my eyes and fairly hear the old front gate creaking in the wind." Buoy's Long Voyage. A whistling buoy lost from the St. Lawrence river a year ago has been washed ashore on one of the Selly islands, just off the southwest coast of England, 3,000 miles from its starting point. The only injury was found to be confined to the gaslight case, which had been wrenched from the top of the buoy. Another Rembrandt. An Antwerp carpenter bought, for the price of a few francs, from a second-hand dealer, an old picture, of which the subject was, "Jesus Baptized in the River Jordan." An Antwerp art expert discovered on the painting the date 1640 and the signature of Rembrandt. The painting is said to be worth 2,000,00 francs. Chinese Like Speed Speed in travel appeals to the Chinese, and thousands of Chinese take joy rides simply for pleasure. It is no uncommon thing for a poor cooler to spend his last "cash" on an automobile ride that leaves him stranded many miles from home. He is glad to trudge back complacently and is satisfied in his own mind that his money has been well spent. May Print Sounds An English scientist predicts the early perfection of a machine that will be able to print sounds. The apparatus will be a cross between a dictating machine and a linetype machine, and its success will depend upon the fact that every letter has a different waveform. To Give Him His Due. Winnie Wantsit—"You may say what you will about Mr. Cadger, but he always behaves like a gentleman in my presence." Her Dad—"Acts like a gentleman; yes, I'll grant him that much. He's the best amateur impersonator I ever saw." Made in the U. $ About 60 per cent of the school states manufactured in large numbers in this country every year are used in foreign countries. 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"De man dats' doin' his best ain't always 'predicated', said Uncle Eben, "for de reason dat he's 'cassionally like de choir singer dat hollers de hardest when he's off'n de key." Remember to preserve an even mind in adverse circumstances, and equally in good fortune a mind free from insolent joy.—Horace. A farmer sold a horse to a cavalry officer, warranting the animal to be a first-rate war-horse. Some time after wards the officer came to the farmer in a rage, and said: "You call this animal a good war-horse? Why, there's not a bit of go in him! A good war-horse indeed!" "So he is," replied the farmer. "Sure, he'd rather die than run." a cable ship of the Eastern Telegraph company, searching for a broken cable between St. Helena and Cape Town, found that the ocean bed has risen two and a quarter miles since 1899. When the original soundings were taken in that year the chart showed a depth of three miles. Jud Tunkins says the tremendous influence of woman is shown by the number of men who attend classical concerts when they'd rather be at a county fair. W. G. Anderson Attorney At Law 17 North La Salle Street CHICAGO NOTARY PUBLIC Suite 560 Watson Bldg. Office Phones: Dearborn 7094-7698 Res. 3354 Vernon Avenue Phone Douglas 6045 --- PHONE SUPERIOR 1872 & Company t Mortgage Loans d Insurance managed for Non-Residents born Street ILLINOIS Properties Handled or Managed for Non-Residents 755 N. Dearborn Street CHICAGO ILLINOIS Telephone Calumet 805 -Ward Coal Co. YARDS AT South Park, I. C. R. R. Central Sts., C. B. & Q. R. R. C. R. I. & P. R. R. Boe and Pacific Aves., C. M. & St. P. R. R. COTTAGE GROVE AVENUE Norris-Ward Coal Co. 26th St. and South Park, I. C. R. R. 18th and Canal Sts., C. B. & Q. R. R. Root St, C. R. I. & P. R. R. Roscoe and Pacific Aves., C. M. & St. P. R. R. 2556 COTTAGE GROVE AVENUE CHICAGO Sometimes First. SOMETHING FIRST A trade journal has compiled a table of comparative turnovers in various lines of articles which shows that umbrellas are third in turnover. On a windy day they should be first. When He Lies Down "Three Dry Agents Held Up in Wine Cellar."-Headline. One might say that a prohibition officer lies down on the job when he has to be held up. Marriage Age in England. In Great Britain the age at which parties may legally bind themselves in marriage is fourteen in the case of boys and twelve in that or girls. Shark Skin Valuable. Shark Skin Valuable. Experiments have shown that even the skin of the common dog-shark serves admirably for shoestrings, pocketbooks and various other purposes. Ancient Persian Admonition. The sacred books of the ancient Persians say, "If you would be holy, instruct your children, because all the food acts they perform will be imputed to you." -Montequieu. Ham for the Funeral. The old farmer was slowly but surely dying. Lying in an apparently unconscious state he suddenly opened his eyes and addressing his ancient spouse said, "Mary, that ham smells very good. I almost think I could eat some." Whereat Mary dourly replied, "Thee get on with the dying. That ham is for the funeral." May and June Suicide Months May and June Suicide Months. May and June are the most popular months for committing suicide, but the self-slaaughter rate among farmers and others employed in steady manual labor in the open air is low, a recent investigation made by the Johns Hopkins university shows. Not at All. An artificial complexion requires close watching. It isn't like holding the mirror up to nature. Crowe Brother Real Estate, First Renting an Properties Handled or M 755 N. Dea CHICAGO Chas. Krutckoff, Pres. J. E. Ward, Vice-Pres. Norris-War YARD 26th St. and South Park, I. C. 18th and Canal Sts., C. Root St, C. R. I. & P. Roscoe and Pacifi SURVIVE ROYAL CIRCLE OF THERMOS OF THE WORLD An Even Mind. Good War Horse. Ocean Bed Rising. Woman's Influence Hugh Norris, Treas. Kirby Ward, Secy. FUNERAL DIRECTORS ERNEST H. WILLIAMSON UNDERTAKER GARAGE GASOLINE OIL OPEN DAY & NIGHT Ernest H. Williamson Day Light Chapel, capacity 200, Outside Ventilation—Organ and Organist Free—I am as near as your Telephone—I give service at a reasonable price—Distance (mmaterial, consult me—I save you wor y, time and money. PHONE MAIN 2814 A. D. GASH ATTORNEY AT LAW 118 N. La Salle Street CHICAGO Phone Main 2017 A. L. WILLIAMS ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW Suite 706 Firmonich Building 184 W. Washington St. CHICAGO Residence 3685 Prairie Ave. Phone Douglas 9133 Residence, 1262 Macalister Place Telephone Monroe 2714 ATTORNEY AT LAW Suite 318-320 Reaper Block Clark and Washington Sts. CHICAGO Telephone Central 1239 Notary Public Phones: Office Main 4153; Residence, 4751 Champlain Avenue Phone Kenwood 5611 ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW Suite 708—184 W. Washington St. CHICAGO BINGA STATE Under State Supervision Capital ..... $100,000.00 Surplus ..... 20,000.00 Offers Equal Service to All 3% INTEREST ON SAVINGS SAFE DEPOSIT VAULTS State Street and 36th Place Wanted Advertising Solicitor A live or wide awake newspaper man or solicitor can earn some easy money by calling on or addressing the undersigned. Julius F. Taylor, 6206 S. Elizabeth street. Phone Wentworth 2597. PHONE KENWOOD 455 OFFICERS JOHN BAIN EDW. C. BARRY ARTHUR C. UTESCH President Vice-President and Cashier W. MERLE FISHER CARL O. SEBERG Vice-President Asst. Cash, and Trust Officer Asst. Cashier West Englewood N. E. Corner 63rd and Marshfield Ave., Chicago, Ill. Telephone Republic 5000 DIRECTORS E. L. SCHWEDER MICHAEL MAISEL GEOE WETZEL DR. W. H. BUHLIG W. MERLE FISHER ^ARTHUR C. UTESCH W. MERLE FISHER WM. BLUEMER ROBT. C. KING J. F. JENSEN HUGO S. HERTEL JOHN S. HERTEL GEO. HERRMANN JOHN BAIN Affiliated Member Chicago Clearing House Ass'n. The Commonwealth Edison Company The following Electric Shops carry a full line of Electrical Appliances and sell the Federal Washer on Easy Terms: 72 W. Adams St. 3829 Lincoln Ave. 6530 S. Haited St. 4523 Broadway 4730 Irving Park Blvd. 12 S. Kedawie Av. 448 N. Parklea Av. 1042 658 St. 851 S. Haited St. 17 Legend Blvd. 625 North Avenue 851 S. Haited St. 2543 Madison St. 2590 E. 92nd St. 1818 Irving Park Blvd. 6830 S. Halsted St. 715 S. Kedzie Ave. 810 S. Kedzie Ave. 4002 Ogden Ave. 4003 Ogden Ave. 4004 Ogden Ave. 47117; Cottage Grove Ave. 72 W. Adams St. 72 W. Adams St. 448 N. Parkside Ave. 448 N. Parkside Ave. 3427 Logan Blvd. 3427 Logan Blvd. 3427 W. Rosewood Rd. 3427 W. Rosewood Rd. NORTH SIDE Atlanta Electric Co. 2822 N. Clark St. 2822 N. Clark St. 6215 Broadway. 6215 Broadway. 4831 N. Western Ave. 4831 N. Western Ave. 1588 N. Clark St. 1588 N. Clark St. Fullerton Electric Shop. Fullerton Electric Shop. Kersten Harman Hartley Electric Marks Electric Shop, 2534 Avenue Chicago Ave. Missouri Ave. 3253 W. Madison St. 3253 W. Madison St. 1811 W. 358th St. Odgen Electric Shop, 2534 Avenue Chicago Ave. Bernard O'Hara, Chicago Ave. Radiant Electric Co. 3314 W. Chicago Ave. Rickie Electric Shop, 1137 W. Taylor St. Richmond Electric Co. Rickie Electric Shop, Rickie Electric Shop. Soilding Electric Co. 3248 W. North Ave. South Avenue 1018 Milwaukee Ave. Electric Washing Ma- sage Corp. Glove Ave., Gaga Park Electric Co. Gano Electric Shop. Gano Electric Shop. 50-02 W. 118th St. Gano Washing Electric Co. 145 E. Eight St. Harpar Electrify Shop. 145 E. Eight St. Idaho Arts & Fiture Idaho Arts & Fiture WEST SIDE Balzez & Baza. W. 34th. B. 20th. St. Briggs 814. 1819 W. 47th. B. City Electric Co. W. 34th. B. 20th. St. Briggs 814. 1819 W. 47th. B. Cody Electric Co. W. 34th. B. 20th. St. Briggs 814. 1745 W. Radiates. B. Shop. 1745 W. Radiates. B. Shop. 2946 W. North. Fritzhalter Electric Co. 3553 W. Radiates. B. Shop. 3011 W. Lake. B. Appliance Company. SOUTH SIDE Berry & Co. 813 E. 47th St. Brighton Electric Shop, 1728 W. 56th St. Brighton Light Fix- 3828 Archer Ave. Brighton Electric Shop, 1723 S. 56th St. Calumet Electric Shop, 1723 S. 56th St. Chatham Electric Fixture Co. 2422 H. 47th St. Columbo Electric Co. 2422 H. 47th St. 1081 E. 47th St. 1222. E 58th St. West Palladium Electric Shop, 1020t St. 1200t St. Winchester St. Store Shop. 7560 St. Island Ave. NORTHWEST NORTHWEST Art Lena, Nestle & Gift Company, 1890 Milwaukee Ave. OUR NEW HOME FUNERAL DIRECTORS UNDERTAKER PRESIDENT AN UNDERTAKER NOTES IT ALL HOURS ALL NORMAL ASSEMBLY T H. WILLIAMSON UNDERTAKER GARAGE GASOLINE, OIL OPEN RAY & RIGHT Williamson UNDERTAKER city 200, Outside Ventilation—Organ and Organist Free— Telephone—I give service at a reasonable price—Distance—I save you wor y, time and money. STATE STREET CHICAGO, ILLINOIS