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SOCIETY NEWS PUBLISHED FREE Vol. XXXI. Julius F. Taylor, Ad Red Caps Literar Their Headquarter Wabash Avenue I Afternoon on "The Influence of the Pr Mr. Sandy W. Trie dent Introduced H T. Kersey, Who in Most Eloquent Lars sented Mr. Taylor ience Julius F. Taylor, Addressed the Red Caps Literary Club, at Their Headquarters 3441 S. Wabash Avenue Last Sunday Afternoon on "The Power and Influence of the Press" Mr. Sandy W. Trice Its President Introduced Hon. George T. Kersey, Who in Turn, in the Most Eloquent Language, Presented Mr. Taylor to the Audience --- Vol. XXXI. Last Sunday afternoon the writer addressed the Red Caps' Literary Club at their rooms, 3441 South Wabash Ave. There were quite a number of the members including some ladies present who seemed to greatly enjoy the highly interesting program which was rendered by all star artists. The program follows. Red Caps' Literary Club Red Caps' Club House, 3441 South Wabash Ave. Program by the Red Caps Song; Invocation, Mr. E. E. Gibson; Remarks by the President, Mr. Sandy W. Trice, Master of Ceremonies; Vocal Solo, Mrs. Bessie O. Chapman; Report of the Journalist, M. G. Haynes; Violin Solo, Mr. William Simms; Introduction of the Speaker by Hon. G. T. Kersey; Address—"The Power and Influence of the Press," Mr. Julius F. Taylor, Editor of The Broad Ax; Vocal Solo, Mrs. Gladys Hoffman; Announcements; Benediction; Officers; Sandy W. Trice, Pres.; B. F. Shepard; 1st Vice-Pres.; S. H. Harris, 2nd Vice-Pres.; Otho Robinson, Treas.; Eugene Shepard, Fin. Sec.; C. L. Smith, Cor Sec.; Frank J. Taylor, Sec.; Mrs. F. D. Hoffman, Musical Director; A. A. Henderson, Librarian; John Ferguson $1,000 REWARD FOR THE ARREST OF THE PERSON RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DEATH OF MISS EMMA A. BACON The Chicago Tuberculosis Institute (Affiliated with the National Tuberculosis Association) 360 N. Michigan Boulevard Chicago Mrs. Theodore B. Sachs, Supt. Telephone Central 8316 The following letter speaks for it- self: Julius F. Taylor, Editor of The Broad Ax, Dear Sir: Will you please give the following announcement all the publicity you can? "The Chicago Tuberculosis Institute offers a reward of $1,000 for the arrest and conviction of the person responsible for the death of Miss Emma A. Bacon, a nurse on the staff of the organization." Miss Bacon was the nurse who was killed on Friday night at Dolton, Cook County. We shall be grateful for any co- operation that you can give us. Sincerely Yours, —LOUISE SACHS. (Mrs. Theodore B. Sachs, Supt.) BANQUET IN HONOR OF DR ULYSSES GRANT DAILEY Last Friday evening the Physicians Association of Cook County gave a banquet in honor of Dr. Dailey at the Appomattox Club, 3632 South Parkway. In the near future Dr. Dailey will depart for several points in Europe, where he will take some advance courses in medicine. The writer was invited to attend the pleasant affair, but we failed to receive our invitation until it was all over. Nevertheless we wish Dr. Dailey bon voyage and a safe return. THE BROAD AX 5 CENTS PER COPY , Addressed the literary Club, at starters 3441 S. The Last Sunday "The Power and the Press" Trice Its Presid Hon. George in Turn, in the Language, Prelor to the Aud- Sergeant-at-Arms; W. W. Mosley, Custodian of Finances; Wyatt Edgerton, Director; M. G. Haynes, Journalist. Dr. A. Wilberforce Williams will address our meeting on Nov. 1. Hon. George T. Kersey, who for a number of years has honestly served as the Treasurer of Quinn's Chapel, 24th St. and Wabash Ave., who will be re-elected to the Legislature of Illinois from the Third Senatorial District in 1926, in well chosen and eloquent words introduced the writer to the audience and in doing so among other things, Mr. Kersey stated that at the time that God handed down to Moses the Ten Commandments on Mount Sinai on two tablets of stone, it was the humble beginning of the press or the newspaper and in every age and in every clime from that time to the present the press or the newspapers have been the beacon light or the advance guard for humanity and that they have led the people on and on up to a higher plane of civilization throughout the world." Before Mr. Kersey wound up in presenting us we had become fearful that he was in the act of delivering our rambling remarks which seemed to please all of those present on that happy occasion. THE COMMONWEALTH OF GARY, INDIANA, HAS ENGAGED IN THE STEALING BUSINESS September 26, The Broad Ax contained a highly interesting story on the appointment of Mr. Harris B. Gaines, as Assistant State's Attorney of Cook County and on October 3 The Commonwealth, of Gary Ind., dished up every word and line of our article in its columns as original matter, without giving this newspaper the slightest credit for it, plainly indicating that The Commonwealth has engaged in the stealing business. STILL SOUNDING THE PRAISES OF THE 30th ANNIVERSARY EDITION OF THE BROAD AX During our twenty-two years in the newspaper game, we have seen hundreds of special editions of Race news papers, but none of them so far has measured up to the one put out recently by the Chicago Broad Ax. The paper is 30 years old and has never missed an issue. During its entire life Julius F. Taylor has been its owner and editor, and while the Windy City can boast of bigger race papers, there is none better than The Broad Ax. Our hearty congratulations to Brother The Advocate, Portland, Oregon, Oct. 3, 1925. Our hearty thanks Brother and Sister Cannady in this connection it is also very pleasant to state that only a few weeks ago that The Advocate very fittingly celebrated its 22nd birthday anniversary and long life to it for it is the best newspaper published in the far west—Editor. TOURING STATE Mrs. Ella G. Berry, vice-grand daughter ruler of Elks is on a long tour through Illinois in interest of welfare work which she is doing. THE BROAD AX, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, OCTOBER 10, 1925 [Name] Republican Committeeman of the Third Ward, who is slated for re-election to the Legislature of Illinois from the Third Senatorial District; introduced Mr. Julius F. Taylor, who addressed the Red Caps Literary Club last Sunday afternoon. MARRIED MAN MUST PAY TO AID SUPPORT CHILD OF "PARAMOUR" Alfred Black, 4438 Indiana Avenue, a married man, stood before Judge John L. Lupe last Saturday in the court of domestic relations to answer to charges preferred against him by Mrs. Viola Underwood, 6237 Ada St. Mrs. Underwood claimed that Mr. Black was the father of her six months old child. She was allowed the maximum amount of money legally allowed for the support of a child born out of wedlock, a sum approximating $1,100. This amount Mr. Black will pay in yearly installments. He did not deny the woman's charges. Brother Black is all right for he believes in doing the right thing for his little baby.—Editor. PROFESSOR J. SHERMAN HUN NICUTT TO WED MISS AMELIA M. CLEED (Preston News Service.) Lawrence, Kans., Oct. 9.—Mr. Fred Gleed has announced that his daughter, Miss Amelia Mytelle Clend, will be married to Prof. J. Sherman Hunnicutt, son of Prof. William and Charity Hunnicutt, of Wilberforce, O., on Sunday, October 18, at the home of the bride's father here. Prof. Hunnicutt is principal of the McKinley Public School, Topeka, Kans., where he has been head of the school for the past three years. MOREHOUSE SQUAD READY FOR SO. CAROLINA STATE Atlanta, Ga., Oct. 9.—The crack aggregation under the leadership of Coach Harvey is in tip-top shape for the contest Saturday, October 10, with South Carolina State. Although the Carolina squad is considerably heavier this year than in previous years and better trained, they will find the Morehouse squad a sturdy foe burning with designs to repeat as in days of yore. The gruelling practices through which the men are being daily put shows a marked improvement in developing a solid machine that will work with clock-like precision. As pointed out by Coach Harvey there are several places in the team work of the men for great improvement, but that will be worked out in the course of a few days. More than fifty men have reported for practice and among them are a number of very promising material which Coach Harvey hopes to develop into highest type gridiron men. To one not well versed in the fine points of football tactics it looks as though Morehouse could put out three teams this season and two of them would be of first grade calibre, with the third team pushing the other two for position. HON. GEORGE T. KERSEY committeeman of the Third Ward, on to the Legislature of Illinois f district; introduced Mr. Julius H the Red Caps Literary Club last Sun ONE GAME OF COLORED WORLD'S SERIES WILL BE PLAYED IN JERSEY CITY (Preston News Service. Jersey City, N. J., Oct. 8—The eleventh game of the Colored World's Series between the Hillsdales, the Eastern League champions for the past three years, and either the Kansas City Monarchs or the St. Louis Stars, who are fighting a close battle for the crown in the Western League. The game is scheduled to be played at the Jersey City International League ball park Sunday, October 11. It is expected that this battle will attract baseball fans from all sections of the East, as the Hillsdales have a considerable reputation and are widely known ball players throughout the sections, while the ability of the western teams are fairly well known in the East and the memory of the contest between the Hillsdales and the Kansas City Monarchs are still fresh in the minds of the fans. BIG GEORGE GODFREY WINS DECISION OVER MARTIN BURKE Los Angeles, Calif., Oct. 8.—Martin Burke, the much touted white hope of New Orleans, made an exceedingly poor showing in the 10-round bout here Tuesday night against Big George Godfrey, of Philadelphia. Godfrey had another empty victory added to his record. He won the decision after 10 rounds of uninteresting and unimpressive boxing. Martin was no match for Godfrey. GIVEN BANQUET Miss Anna Jones of Monrovia, Calif., who is visiting in the city with friends, was given a testimonial banquet on last Friday evening at the Ideal Tea Room. Miss Jones was one of the early graduates of Oberlin College, Ohio; she afterwards taught at Wilberforce, Ohio; Lincoln University at Jefferson City and The Kansas City High School, Missouri. Among pupils who have studied under Miss Jones now residing in Chicago were Atty, Walter M. Farmer, who attended Lincoln University; Mrs. Wendell Green and Mrs. Walter M. Farmer. These were among many others present at the banquet. DR. EDWARD S. MILLER HAS REMOVED HIS OFFICE FROM 31ST AND STATE STS. On October 1, Dr. Edward S. Miller, who has for many years occupied offices at 31st and State Sts., removed his office to his residence, 551 E. 46th St., southwest corner of St. Lawrence Ave., where he will be greatly pleased to greet his many new and old patients. Telephone Oakland 3425. CATHOLIC CONVENTION PASSES RESOLUTIONS ON RACE RELATIONS Resolutions Adopted by the 69th General Convention of Catholic Central Verein of America, Held at Cleveland, Ohio, Recently. Race Relations The spirit of the Constitution of our country makes for that true tolerance among our citizens, which Christian justice and charity enjoin on all men. Human pride, augmented by other passions, leads to a disregard of the rights of others and the obligations of brotherly love. Differences of race, color, language, wealth, and social standing are stressed, leading to mutual dislike, distrust, social unrest and even enmity and hideous crimes. Since the citizenry of our country is made up of men of various races and nations, it especially behooves us to guard against the temptation of fostering racial strife, while we should do what lies in our power to promote peace and good-will among all men, always ready to actively assist in the solution of our racial problems. Mindful of the fact that one of the first and foremost saints of the New World, St. Peter Claver, devoted his life to the Negroes, and that even ahead of such glorious martyrs as Isaac Jogues, an American Negro was beatified by the Church, the Blessed Martin de Porres, let us in a special manner devote our attention to relieving the condition of the members of the Negro race, subjected to so many injustices, not merely denied rights guaranteed them by the constitution, but made to suffer slights and indignities which deeply offend them. They too are our neighbors, both under the law of Christ and that of our country. We therefore wish to impress on our members the obligation to labor for amicable race relations and to grant their assistance to all efforts to bring them about. The contents of the above resolution should sink down deep into the hearts of the American people and enable them to learn how to treat all human beings with respect and decency. Editor. SUNDAY EVENING CLUB The Sunday Evening Club, the Metropolitan Community Center, the people's Church, will have a special meeting on Sunday evening, Oct. 11 at 7:45 for railroad men in Wendell Phillips auditorium, 39th St. and Prairie Ave. Judge W. H. Harrison will be the principal speaker and Judge J. G. Drennan will preside. Reserved seats will be available for railroad men and their families. Prof. J. Wesley Jones and his choir will furnish the music Fall Activities of the Knowledge Seekers Club. Its First Meeting Which Was Largely Attended Was Held at the Phyllis Wheatley Home The Knowledge Seekers' Club, a literary society for the study of Negro literature and Negro research work, after the summer recess of three months, resumed its regular activities on Saturday, Oct. 3rd, with a program at the Phyllis Wheatley Home. Under the efficient chairmanship of Mrs. Irene McCoy Gaines, Secretary of the club, the program was opened at 8:30 P. M. with prayer by Mrs. Fannie Morgan (the Rev. Chas. Burton being absent). Following was a piano solo by Miss Frankie King, whose ability to give soul-stirring music was recognized by all and the general applause, with its usual encore, was readily responded to by the musical repertoire of Miss King. The attention of all present was next riveted on the president of the club, Rev. Theodore Stephens, whose address we give below. Followed Katherine Lee Bates' "America, the Beautiful," by a quartet, Miss Genobia Laws of the University of Chicago at the piano. In response to the encore the quartet sang the "Negro Anthem," by James Welldon Johnson. Interspersed with the most graceful impromptu two-minute addresses from Mrs. Elizabeth Lindsay Davis, Mrs. Fannie Morgan, Miss Alice Boyd (New Orleans), Attorneys Lilly and Granady, Col. O. R. Bourne of the Eighth Regiment, Mrs. Anderson Ritchie, treasurer of the club; Mr. Anderson Ritchie and Mr. Outlaw and others. Mrs. Grace Outlaw's vocal selections from Burleigh, rendered with such a wealth of musical ability, make her a contemporary Jenny Lind of the Negro race. The speaker for the evening, Attorney Patrick Prescott, was presented by Mrs. Irene McCoy Gaines. Mr Prescott's address was most inspiring It could be compared to a beautiful tableau with a background representing Vision, Inspiration, Courage, Preparedness, Self-determination and Organization. Mr. Prescott spoke or world affairs, and the part that the race is called upon to play in the drama of coming events. Comparative figures—18,000 Riffs against 200,000 French and Spanish troops—were established by the speaker, showing the strength of the sturdy Morrocans, compared with that of the decadent belligerent nations. The attorney showed the supreme necessity for Negro organization as one of the most effective means to well-planned ends. The response to this address was made by the president. Next followed the presentation of the Committee of Hostesses: Miss Ida Odom (Chairman). Address of Rev. Theodore Stephens, president of the Knowledge Seekers' Club: "Most distinguished Ladies and Gentlemen: "To this historic and racial landmark of Negro achievement, Negro grandeur, Negro progress and attainment, this Mecca where, for seventeen consecutive years, our girls have found a 'refugium,' to this well-known and well-loved Phyllis Wheatley Home, I most cordially welcome you; yet, not I, but the Knowledge Seekers' Club, whose guests you are, and whose mouthpiece I am. "The circumstances, felicitious, we trust, surrounding this reunion of friends with friends, and members with members, and officers of the K.S. C. with you all, compare in no wise SUBSCRIBE FOR THE BROAD AX No. 4 ies of the Knowl- ers Club. Its First which Was Largely Was Held at the heatley Home No. 4 with the brilliancy, the magnitude, the regal splendor of that eventful day when Queen Catherine of Aragon appeared before her ecclesiastical judges; nor has this occasion the remotest semblance to that other historic event, when Anne Boylen was crowned with imposing splendor, and Henry VIII welcomed her to his royal palace; nor can it be compared to the day when Louis XVI bedecked Marie Antoinette with the necklace of 800 diamonds. Despite, however, the non-comparable degree of refulgent grandeur, consequent upon those historic incident with our humble gathering, yet, with as much warmth, with equal fervor, with ardent enthusiasm, and, above all, with racial pride, do we welcome you: Welcome, in Ethiopic's glorious name; We welcome you with sweet accord, And know that Africa does applaud. "As the mouthpiece of the K. S. C., and simply ex-officio, the senior among my peers, I am to make a brief resume of the aims and objects for which our Club stands. "Every organization, whatever its nature, is the manifestation on the material plans of vital forces (spiritual forces) which have taken form in the world of cause, anterior to the formation of the corresponding organization on the plane of space and time. "The Divine Intelligence saw opportunity to operate on this mundane plane in a concrete manner, and the influx from the non-spatial world was picked up by the electro-dynamical cerebrum station of our very honored secretary, Mrs. Irene McCoy Gaines, conjointly with an associate worker. These, with others, organized the K. S. C., and cur very esteemed treasurer, Mrs. Anderson Ritchie, aureoled the then unnamed group with the befitting appellation of Knowledge Seekers' Club. "The object of the club is to study the history—life and times—of our great men and women who have contributed to the race's welfare, advancement, progress and upward march: the L'Ouvertures, and the Harriett Tubmans, and the Douglasses, and the Booker T. Washington. To gain inspiration from their character, their struggles, their invulnerability, and their life's work, as men and women of bronzed hue; to endeavor to become the continuators of their noble ideals and practical work during our own time and generation, stands the K. S. C. "Another phase of our endeavors is to inspire our young people who have latent talent in the development of his and her literary gift. Research work in Orientalism will be an especial feature of our program. The K. S. C. is about to consider an Authors' Circle for those of its members who are especially inclined to transliterate from the intellect to the papurus, knowledge resulting from study, observation and experience. "It is these ideals, basic to the concept of the K. S. C., that we, with your unstinted co-operation shall, during the coming season, endeavor to make effective. "We live, ladies and gentlemen, in a New Age—the reconstruction period of the world. As a race, we are called upon to co-operate in the re-establishment of world affairs, in the remoulding of world thought, in recasting of world figures, in the appraisal of world values, in the determination of individual and racial entities and (Continued on Page 2) --- 2 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 stricly 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 S. Elizabeth St., Chicago. Phone: Wentworth 2597 JULIUS F. TAYLOR Editor and Publisher Vol. XXXI No. 4 Chicago, October 10, 1925 Entered as Second-Class Matter, Aug 19, 1902, at the Post office at Chicago ill. Under Act of March 8, 1879. THE FIRST MEETING OF THE KNOWLEDGE SEEKERS CLUB (Continued from Page 1) groups, and, in fine, in the establishment of that universal brotherhood so strongly advocated by the 'true' Christion religion. The configuration, or relative place, of this race-group compared with other race-groups can only be determined by that immutable centripetal force called Manhood, in its three-fold aspect: morality (based on true religion), education and finances. Contrariwise, hewers of wood and drawers of water, we are doomed to be. nations, as an example of what I mean. Tyre and Sidan, Babylon and Nineveh bought and sold; where are those cities? Buried beneath the ruins of the antiquated past! Over their history have settled the stillness of the desert, and the gloom of eternal night. Greece taught, and she is today the capital of human thought. The grass, possibly, grows on the six steps of the tribune where spoke Démosthenes; the Pantheon has crumbled; the Acropolis, doubtless, is in ruins; the bovine species browse on the Pyxx; the Cerami- cus is a ravine half choked with the debris of what was once the marble palace of Cecrops; the palace of Atticus is a mass of ruins on which falls at certain hours the imperfect shadow of the Pantheon; still the Greek spirit lives, still Greece is queen; Greece is still the goddess of culture; a counting-house passes away, a school remains. Among her great men, Sophocles and Pindar sing her glory, Plato and Aristotle still interpret her problems of destiny, Pericles and Solon still give imperishable expressions to her conceptions of law and order, Herodotus and Xenophon still preserve the record of her victories. It was when Greece prized men more than things that she was really great. My plea then is for men and women of intrinsic value—value that knows neither age, decay, decline nor death! "And so we—the K. S. C.—confident that it is the stream from which are formed mighty rivers; that from acorns sturdy oaks grow, from the fructified germ in the seed the tree buds forth, from the cocoon emerges the silkworm, from tiny beginnings come momentous events. We keep going forward, not with the vestigeneous velocity of the blazing meteor, but with the patient plodding of the tiny star emerging from its pennumb, until its aphelion becomes its perheion; our motto being 'Excelsior! and cherishing in that deep, holy and silent chamber in the sanctuary of the soul, this conviction of Nehemiah: 'The God of Heaven, He will befriend us.'" MOVE INTO NEW HOME Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Bonds, who have resided at 4746 S. State St., for some time, have moved into their home recently erected in Morgan Park. By the Camerman 1. Preparing for Heaven. 2. Tut! Tut! Professor Scarborough. 3. One Hundred Baby Fingers. (Preston News Service) "Colored people here, colored people hereafter, so why not get used to them now?" once preached Dr. Charles MacArthur (white) an eminent Baptist clergyman of New York, to his white congregation. "Should you be unfortunate enough to be consigned to Hades, you'll probably find some of the colored brethren there; and should your course of exit from this mortal world be heavenward, you'll undoubtedly find them there." All of which reminds us that a large sector of the Protestant Church is shutting its eye to the modern trend of switching the Negro on a side track in America. "Should we officially set apart streets or sections for the Negroes?" asks "Christian Work," a Protestant religious weekly review, published in New York City. And in its editorial council we note the name of an eminent evangelist whose son was a play-child of ours in the New York schools, in a day when the color of a man's skin was the least of consideration in Little Old New York. The official designation of streets or sections for Negroes here or hereafter, an everlasting badge of inferiority, is we contend, no part of any Christian work, else how can all of us, black, brown, white, red and yellow, prepare for heaven. A great American philosopher once said: "What we are at the end of this life we shall be when the next begins." What a plight surrounds all these souls, whether white or black—that is, if the soul has color, as the white folks teach us,—who leave this world under an imaginary superiority or inferiority based upon skin tints, and wondering if the golden streets of the New Jerusalem are officially set apart for whites and blacks, as is the trend today in Detroit, Cleveland, Staten Island, and points south. It seems to us that the great white Christian church is confronted with the sad job of reducing many of its mountains to molehills in its great work of preparing its constituents for Heaven. For when darkness enshrinds each mournful Protestant graveyard, and beckoning hands of either Hades or Heaven bid welcome to some applicant, we don't imagine his transportation ticket will have a punch hole as to what kind of a street he resided on down here, or up here, as the case may be. So what's the use of worrying about it now? Do you know, Christian Work? Dr. Charles MacArthur did not. "The more I visit the congested parts of cities like Cleveland, Chicago, Philadelphia, and New York, the more I am convinced that the best place for the average Negro, if he is a farmer, and if he is in any degree successful as such, is in the farming districts of the South. It is a well known fact that wherever Negro people gather in large racial groups, prejudice is intensified and the solution of the color problem is indeed more difficult and is longer deterred," writes Prof. W. S. Scarborough, formerly of the Southland and president of Wilberforce University, in "Current History Magazine." This sounds not unlike Germany's warning to the good ship Lusitania, and its subsequent demolition by the barbarian nation. First, speaking of the "average Negro, if he is a farmer," is like saying, "the average man if he is a baseball player should stay in the baseball districts." There are thousands and thousands of Negro farmers, but, according to the U. S. Census Bureau, which probably has fair means of studying population and occupations, the average Negro, like the average white man, is not a farmer. Those of his ranks, who pursue that laudable employment, should decide what their modus operandi should be upon a specialized basis. But the Negro as a Negro and without any designation other than his citizenship, ought to move to and fro, just as he sees fit. There is no reason why he should turn farmer just to escape the congested regions of New York or Chicago. Even the average Jew is not a pawnbroker, and it would not be common sense to have him change his trade and retreat to the streets of Jerusalem. The fact is that if other Americans can thrive in Cleveland, Chicago, or New York, congested or otherwise, just so should the American Negro expect to thrive in those points, and the citizens of the Nation and its state and federal government should rush to his aid in bringing about a pleasant THE BROAD AX, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, OCTOBER 10, 1925 T Assistant State's Attorney of Cook County, who is in the limelight for the nomination for one of the Judges of the Municipal Court of Chicago in 1926. transition. If Geography, History and Arithmetic books were more plentifully distributed among the Negro schools of the Southland, its Negro output would know more of Cleveland and Chicago and be better prepared to aid intelligent people in riding the country of the highly-magnetized color problem, which Prof. Scarborough seeks to transform to balloon size. Let Negroes go where they will and as a Cabinet official said last spring, let each section of the country bear its just burden in preparing the Negro to meet the calls of necessity by training him and educating him in American ways and institutions. Let the shoemaker stick to his last, but do not try to place a ball and chain about the ankles of the butcher, the baker, and the candlestick maker. Tut, Tut, Professor Scarborough, such advice has no place under northern skies. Ten baby fingers of ten kiddies, each, to our way of counting, make 100—and this was the sight which greeted us in a home we recently visited, just overflowing with 100 per cent Americansim. It was by far the happiest home we have ever entered. Mother and Dad were in perfect harmony. Three girls, aged 11, 10 and 9, played "What'll I do" with equal grace and facility. Robust boys ran errands to and from the store for their parents, while the receding tiers of youngsters amused the wee kiddies on down to the baby. In this home, the legendary "Cotter's Saturday Night" seemed alive today, with peace, happiness and co-operation abounding. This, we thought, as mother spread the table, is a one hundred per cent American home, well balanced with that which makes home what it should be. Cleanliness, high morals, love, self-sacrifice, respect, unity, unending smiles and the spirit of "all for one—one for all." Here, we mused, is a challenge to the kind of Americanism we read about. Freedom, equality, Godliness, advancement, loyalty and patriotism. Here are some boys who may later grace a battlefield in which world supremacy is being fought out. Here are some girls who will some day add pure Christian womanhood and motherhood to the annals of Christian refinement. How President Roosevelt would have honored such a family, such Americanism, such monumental Christianity. How Lincoln would have smiled to know that the little brown-fingered kiddies, all ten of them, were free men and women. And, though we, as we paused before passing out: Must these God-given children somewhere, somehow, meet the rebuff of those classes who hopelessly press onward vainly seeking to perfect an imaginary world, where dwell a superior American people? Will the lust of the Ku Klux Klan some time exact a toll from these youngsters for having been born with brown skins? Surely, ere such shall have befallen such a pure American home as this, and before Daddy and Mother Morse shall have seen the last kiddies reach maturity, Christian enlightenment will have pervaded those spots which civilization has struggled to enter for lo these many years, and memories will have been refreshed by the prophecy that "God is no respecter of persons." HON. SCOTT M. HOGAN CURRENT COMMENT By W. P. Bayless (Preston News Service.) (Preston News Service). The best way for the Negro to get along in liberty-loving America, according to the ethics of the Ku Klux Klan is to be a "me-too-boss," "Uncle Tom," "you white folks is Gods chosen," etc. Then you win the approval of the members of the Invisible Empire. But, happily, all Negroes are not that way. They want good homes, clothes, education, jobs, businesses, and all the other things their hard-earned cash enables them to buy. These same Negroes have enough courage, manhood and bravery to fight in defense of their homes and ideals. This is a sign that the Negro is rising. Examples of militant, ambitions and progressive Negroes have recently appeared in Kansas City, New York City, Washington, Chicago, Detroit and Cleveland. A bunch of CALAMITY JANES, foolish parents, preachers and so-called moralists are up in arms over the tendencies of present-day youth. "Spare the rod and spoil the child" has been forgotten by them. The flapper child appears to be a real problem. In fact it is. Whose fault is it? These pessimists place the blame on the poor kids. Possibly they are right. But let us see. These parents let their children grow up like weeds. They bring their children into the world and let them go their way while the parents have their time. When the child reaches the age of temptation he naturally is beyond the control of these foolish parents, who then suddenly attempt to lay down a lot of precepts for the child. Too late! When as a matter of fact the parent should have been setting an example (good) for the child from its earliest years on up through the formative period. Then the parent would not have to worry so much about the wildness of youth and the effects of the "new code." Parents, lock the door before the horse is stolen; take the stitch in time; control your child while he is small and set before him always the proper example. Then there will be no need for lamentation later on. The kids are wiser than most parents today. They study you, watch you and know your whims and desires. But the parents either do not have time, do not care, or have the common sense to study their children's whims, and moods and desires. Take your family rearing job seriously and end this Calamity Jane stuff. **** There appears to be a lot of dissatisfaction about conditions at Howard University. According to reports the removal of President Durkee is wanted on the one hand, while on the other Howard owes much of her progress to the leadership of President Durkee. Just what is wanted aside from the removal of Durkee is not altogether clear. What methods for the better- ment of Howard University is not clearly set forth. It appears that this hubbub and complaining fit into the plans of southern members of Congress who are opposed to what Howard University stands for—HIGHER EDUCATION OF NE-GROES. Considering the conditions under which Howard exists and is maintained, it probably would be a wise thing for the group of kickers to unite in an effort to develop a Negro institution according to their own liking. I doubt very much whether vigorous and continued complaint on the part of a group of beneficiaries will have sufficient effect upon the benefactors to cause them to hand over the management and shaping of policies to the beneficiaries. If Negroes financed Howard University then they could and should tell how it should be run. FOOTBALL NEWS FROM KNOX VLILE COLLEGE The Knoxville College football squad, boasting thirty-six members, are fast being whipped into shape for the opening guns with Atlanta University on the tenth of October. Having fourteen letter men back and a wealth of new material to work with, the coach is very optimistic about the approaching season. Cromwell, an all southern guard for two years, is again in the field. Husky Bryant, the captain and center is playing his last season and will bid fair to make it his best. Fowkles in the back field is getting his stride in kicking, plunging and passing. The schedule is the hardest one for several seasons. Atlanta University at Atlanta, October 10. Clark University at Knoxville, October 17. Open date October 24. Fisk University at Nashville, October 31. Roger Williams at Nashville November 7. Livingston College at Knoxville, November 14. Kentucky Normal at Frankfort, November 21. DR. LAWRENCE RECEIVES WARNING FROM NEFARIOUS KU KLUX KLAN Cleveland, Ohio, Oct. 9.—Determination on the part of the nefarious Ku Klux Klan to further intimidate and repel the aspirations and ambitions of Negroes to live in respected and improved sections of urban centers was again manifested Friday morning when Dr. B. H. Lawrence, a prominent physician here, reported to the police that three masked and robed men wearing white robes and a fourth wearing a black robe were walking back and forth in front of his home. The police say that when they reached the physician's home the men had departed, but "K. K. K., Beware" was chalked in front of the steps of Dr. Lawrence's home. Occupants of the house told the police that the letters had been written by one of the masked men. --- Joseph Henderson GENERAL CARPENTER Plastering—Concrete Work Orders Receive Prompt Attention ESTIMATES FURNISHED CHARGES REASONABLE 4033 Indiana Avenue Chicago Phone: Drexel 2268 WALDEN COLLEGE (Formerly the literary department of Walden University) An Approved School in an Educational Center Modern in methods and thorough in scholarship. Throws Christian influence around the student. Placus emphasis upon development of the initiative on part of the student. EXPENSES SURPRISINGLY MODERATE Session Begins September 21 For further information, address T. R. DAVIS, PRESIDENT Nashville -- Tennessee TUNNEL CAVE-IN T R A P S SCORES; ALL GET OUT BUT SEVEN (Preston News Service) (Freston News Service) Richmond, Va., Oct. 7—Six Negro workmen and the chief engineer, Tom Mason, are believed to have been killed as the result of a cave-in on the C. & O. railroad tunnel at Church Hill Thursday, which trapped more than a score of workmen engaged in re-inforcing the walls of the tunnel. According to the report most of the workmen clawed themselves out of the fallen earth and crawled to safety. Officials declared late Saturday night that there was little hope held for the remaining seven men in the tunnel. Gases drove rescue workers from the tunnel shortly after the accident and it is believed that there is no way the entombed men could survive the poisonous fumes. Railway officials have sent additional rescue forces and equipment to effect a speedy finding of the victims. SHUFFLE ALONG LIZA COM PANY BROADCASTS OVER WMC (Preston News Service) Memphis, Tenn., Oct. 8.—Performers appearing with the Shuffle Along Liza Company here last week at the Beale Avenue Palace Theatre, furnished a midnight frolic from the WMC station last Tuesday night. Blues were their specialty, but there were also some numbers a bit different. Most of the musical numbers were furnished by the Williamson Midnight Ramble Orchestra, which plays regularly at the theatre, and it was the soft melodious sort without the usual loudness of the modern jazz. According to the officials of the station considerable favorable comment was received from listeners-in from various sections of the country. TOLEDO MAIL LOOT FOUND IN COLORED WOMAN'S HOME: HELD Atlanta, Ga., Oct. 8.—Mrs. Mary Ellsberry was placed in jail here Thursday and postal inspectors were holding $50,000 worth of alleged stolen bonds, taken from the mails, while investigation of the gigantic mail theft ring with headquarters in Toledo, Ohio, is under way. The bonds were found in the home of the Ellsberry woman, sealed in the original package in which they were mailed. The bonds were stolen from the mails at Toledo, Ohio. The woman declared that the package was sent to her by a white man in Toledo to be kept until he called for them. She declared that she did not know what they were. Postal authorities would not divulge the name of the man whom the woman said sent the package to her for safe keeping. BACK FROM BENTON HARBOR Miss Willie M. Winston, R. N. 3611 $ \frac{1}{2} $ Calumet Ave., has returned to the city from Benton Harbor, where she spent a pleasant vacation. MRS. WILLA MAE BABB BE- COMES ONE OF THE AB- STRACT WRITERS IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY RECORDER The past week Hon. Jos. F. Haas the ever smiling Recorder of Cook County, selected Mrs. Willa Mae Mabb, 5345 South Dearborn street, as one of the proficient abstract writers in his office. Mrs. Babb has the distinction of being the first colored person in this city to occupy a responsible position of that kind. MUNDELEIN RECEIVED ITAL IAN DECORATION Cardinal Mundelein was decorated Thursday with the star and cross of the Royal Italian Order of the Crown of Italy. The distinction was conferred by Dr. Leopold Zunini, Italian consul general in Chicago, in the name of the Mussolini government. A special messenger from Premier Mussolini arrived with the decoration Wednesday. The Italian government sent word that it desires to bestow the honor on the Chicago cardinal in recognition of his services to humanity. Cardinal Mundelein is said to be the first American upon whom the star and cross of the Italian order has ever been bestowed. TRIBUTE PAID BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS TO LAWSON New York.—A tribute to Victor Fremont Lawson was adopted unanimously Wednesday by the board of directors of the Associated Press, as the first action of the first meeting held since his death. Besides eulogizing him as a true American, a Christian gentleman, a courageous newspaperman and a tower of wisdom and strength, the directors ordered Mr. Lawson's portrait reproduced in a steel engraving and a copy sent to every member of the Associated Press, which he founded. Sympathy was extended to members of Mr. Lawson's family and co-workers in the Chicago Daily News. NEW YORK ARCHITECT WINS THE ROOSEVELT MEMORIAL PRIZE Washington, D. C.,—John Russell Pope, New York architect, has been awarded the $20,000 prize for the best design submitted to the Roosevelt Memorial Association for a national memorial in Washington to Theodore Roosevelt. Announcement of the award was made Wednesday by James R. Garfield, president of the association. The character of the winning design will not be made known until it is presented to Congress in accordance with the law under which the association was created. ATTENDING CELEBRATION Many people from Harvey, Blue Island, Chicago Heights, Lake Forest and Evanston were seen in the city during the week attending the exercises of the 60th anniversary of the Race being held at The Wendell Phillips High School. The Leopard's Spots By J. A. WALDRON (Copyright.) THE doctor of mental, social and physical problems had finished his address to an audience composed of women—many of whom had left buoyant youth behind—and they were filing out of the hotel parlor. Where there were comradeships among them they whispered and gave one another glances colored by enthusiasm, or skepticism, or blank amazement. Some persons called the speaker "the prophet." His public talks were free, but he gave advice privately by appointment, for a consideration. He sat silent and apparently preoccupied as his auditors left. His address had been elevating. He had dwelt upon the power of the individual will, properly directed, for legitimate ends, assuming that certain perfections were within the scope of human concentration on a plane of ideality. He emphasized the necessity for right-doing to win happiness—a notion which would improve the world if generally adopted. He was a large, impressive man, and his eyes were magnetic. There were those who declared his eyes were hypnotic. A woman who had been among the later ones to approach the door lingered until she was the last, when she turned. In a moment she impulsively made her way back to the solver of problems. "Couldn't you give me an appointment now?" she asked. Her manner was timid and deferential. "Your name?" He consulted a pocket diary. "Melrose—Mrs. Melrose." He did not find her recorded among his engagements. "It is unusual." he said. "but if you will signify your particular desire, or loss, or trouble, I may give you a moment. You can call upon me later at my apartment in this hotel, if necessary." "I have lost my husband. I want to find him—want him to come back. He left me suddenly—without warning." "But, madam, husbands are leaving wives and wives are leaving husbands suddenly and without warning all the time. I don't pretend to offer specific advice after the fact. The results of temperament, or mismating, or whatever the cause may be, may not be corrected then. Yet your case may be one in which advice even now might result in benefit. Was there unhappiness—individual or mutual?" "We were not unhappy. At least I was not unhappy, and my husband did not seem to be. When he was ill-natured it was, because I would not give him money." "Did he marry you for money?" "He pretended to love me." "And he went away, perhaps, because you would not meet his demands?" "On the contrary, I gave him $5,000 the day before he disappeared." "Ah! And you had money left?" She hesitated. "I had a little—a few thousand dollars—but he didn't know." "And you want him back?" "Yes." "How long ago did he leave you?" "Two years. And I have had no word from him—don't know where he is." "Or even whether he is alive?" "No." The doctor of mental, social and physical problems thought for what seemed to Mrs. Melrose to be a long time. "Your love for your husband has survived?" "Yes. If I could only get him back! I thought you might help me." "If he should come back and you should have money would it not be the same thing over again?" "Perhaps he would be sorry and more considerate. I should do everything within reason to please him. I have just received a legacy—a considerable sum from an uncle—but should not want to give him much money again unless he was changed." "I confess you a little puzzled, madam, as to your case. Reform is always possible, but sometimes it isn't logical. It rests with the individual. Character may be recast in a way, but in essentials it is likely to dominate along original lines of impulse. If you think your husband might be different, and that you might influence him aright, and that he may return, try to will it so. It may not be necessary for you to come to me again unless you have some sign—some symbol—related to your desire." Mrs. Melrose thanked the doctor and left him. A month later she called him on the phone. "I want to thank you again," she said. "I am Mrs. Melrose. You remember me?" "Yes. I remember you. Your husband had disappeared—and you wished him back." "He is returning. He was in South America. I have a letter from him." "Then there certainly has been a sign—a symbol—in line with your desire. I hope you may be happy together." Melrose did come back. It appeared that he had read of Mrs. Melrose's legacy in an American newspaper. But he left Mrs. Melrose again suddenly and without warning, after a specious story and professions of affection, this time with $10,000. Another Accident Twenty-seven—An awful accident up street! Twenty-eight—What happened? Twenty-seven—A car ran into a gas rage. Friendship at Its Best The greatest benefit which one friend can confer upon another is to guard and excite and elevate his virtues. [Name] President of the Red Caps Club, who is one of the best known men, white or colored, connected with the Illinois Central Railroad Company at this point. THE CHURCH OF THE DIVINE HUMANITY Church of the Divine Humanity (Swedenborgian), Divine worship of the Lord Jesus Christ every Sunday morning at 11 o'clock at South Side Community House, 32nd Street and Wabash Avenue. Topic for Sunday, October 11, "Christ Our All in All." The public is cordially invited. Rev. Theodore Stephens, Pastor. RECOVERS FROM ILLNESS J. D. Edwards, 1308 W. 109th Place who has been ill and confined to his home for several weeks, is able to be out again. CHIPS Mrs. Sandy W. Trice, 4536 Calumet Ave., returned home the first of the week, from her summer home at Idlewild, Mich., much improved in health. Mr. W. T, Gaines and his daughter Mrs. Mamie Dillard, 5330 Prairie Ave., returned home Sunday morning from a ten thousand mile tour through the west and as far southwest as Los Angeles, Calif. They had a most wonderful trip which they greatly enjoyed. Mrs. E. B. Deams of Los Angeles, Calif., has for the past week been the house guest of Mrs. Harriet B. Fleming, 2800 Federal St. Mrs. Deans has greatly enjoyed her present visit to Chicago. THE QUESTIONNAIRE 1. From what time do the most ancient documents of the French language date? 3. Who wrote Cyrano de Bergerac? * * * 4. Who wrote "The Prince d'Aurec?" * * * 5. In what two centuries and by what two authors was the "Romance of the Rose" written? Answers 1. The most ancient documents in the French language date from the ninth to the eleventh centuries, but real French literature began much later. * * * * 2. Abelard was a French philosopher and Ecclesiastic. * * * * 3. “Cyrano de Bergerac” was written by Edmond Rostand. * * * * 4. “The Prince d'Aurec” was written by Henri Lavedan. * * * * 5. Lorris and Meung wrote the “Roman de la Rose” in the tenth and eleventh centuries. Knows How to Fish The kingfisher and great blue heron are both solitary fishers of the coastal waters, both knowing the art of fishing quietly, says Nature Magazine. The kingfisher has his regular watch towers above the marginal waters, and with his arrow-shaped body and strong wings he is equipped like a professional fisherman. THE BROAD AX, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, OCTOBER 10, 1925 LINCOLN STATE BANK OF CHICAGO Under State Government Supervision 31st and South State Streets Telephone Victor MR. SANDY W. TRICE The Red Caps Club, who is one of or colored, connected with the company at this point. Modern Purse Traced Purses were known to King Solomon, or he would scarcely have warred the young man of his day against casting their lot together so that they might all have one purse. But the exact kind of purse meant is not known. It may have been a purse of chain mail, a bag of netting or a pouch of leather or some other skin. The biblical references to purses are numerous, but none throws any light on the shape or construction. The first authentic description of purses comes from ancient Rome and classic' Greece. There the first purses were little bags of leather which could be closed at the mouth by strings. At a somewhat later date these bags were made of network and were put to all kinds of uses, on which, to a considerable extent, depended their size. Some were worn over the hair by women, from which practice is derived the fillet of modern times. Then, again, others were used by hunters as game bags. From this purpose to one of general use as a convenient receptacle for carrying the lawyers' papers or merchants' provisions, the net bag grew until its proportion became immense and for purses, as such, custom reverted to the little leather pouches first used. New York Times Consider Life Well If we do not weigh and consider to what end life is given us, and there upon order and dispose it aright, pretend we will as to arithmetic, we do not, and cannot number our days in the narrowest and most limited simplification. therendown Stop Butcher's Noise Noiseless butchers are possible by the use of a chopping block mounted on springs. Statement of Condition At the Close of Business on April 6, 1925 LINCOLN S OF CH Under State Govern 31st and South Telephone V Aunt Harriet's Share in Her Grand "Party" Aunt Harriet lived in a remote Kentucky village, and was locally famed for kindness of heart and good will toward her neighbors. For many months she had been saving her slender means "to give a grand party," she said. At last the great event came. All Aunt Harriet's friends, dressed in their best, were present, and the evening was most enjoyable, the only drawback being the mysterious absence of the hostess. Meeting her the next morning one of the youthful guests of the night before spoke rapturously of the party. "I'm certainly glad you enjoyed yourself," returned the old lady, beaming with satisfaction. "So it really was a success? Yes? My! I certainly should like to have seen it." "But why were you not there, Aunt Harriet?" "My Lord, child," answered Aunt Harriet, her face still shining with delight, "I had to stay in the kitchen and wash the dishes."—Everybody's Magazine. Largely Make Our Own Lives The joy and happiness and satisfaction and success of our lives depend very much more upon ourselves and the kind of people we are than upon the kind of things that happen to us. —R. R. Williams. Cunning, Not Goodness if we practice goodness, not for the sake of its own intrinsic excellence, but for the sake of gaining some advantage by it. we may be cunning, but we are not good—Cleero. Good. But Not Easy It is a good thing to rule one's life so that when death comes there is no fear—Exchange. RESOURCES Ernest H. WILLIAMSON UNDERTAKER ERnest H. WILLIAMSON UNDERTAKER 512-23-23 E. H. WILLIAMSON Charles E. Lawson Bill Collector Used Method That Worked A manufacturer of Union City, Ind., known to his friends as Bob, tells how he has made a reputation around Union City for collecting bad bills. He says: "I had a bill against a man in this vicinity, and it had been standing for so long that it had grown whiskers. I decided to send the man a statement every morning for an entire month, so every day my office girl addressed a 'dun' to him. At the end of the month I sat down at my desk and wrote my friend a little note and sent it to him by registered mail. The note read: "For heaven's sake, man, go down to the post office--you've got mail." "And on the following day the fellow appeared and made full settlement of a bill I thought would never be paid." - Indianapolis News. Self-Examination The superior man will watch over himself when he is alone. He examines his heart that there may be nothing wrong there, and that he may have no cause for dissatisfaction with himself.—Confucius. Shoes of Fish Skin Shoes, as well as bags, are now being made of fish and snake skins. Of reptiles the various kinds of python, as well as lizards from Ceylon and Java, furnish skins that are serviceable and attractive in appearance. A Divers Bride The bride wore a dress of a pale "sea-green; her hat was an ocean blue; slippers and stockings of a mother-of-pearl tint, and a necklace of coral finished off this attractive costume of divers colors."-Notre Dame Juggler. Where Cocaine Comes From Cocaine first obtained recognition as a valuable drug 35 years ago, and the supply was derived from leaves of the wild coco plant, native to Peru. Now the shrub is cultivated in Java on an immense scale. Earliest Metals Bronze instruments were used by man long before he realized they were alloys. The Romans were the first to prepare cast iron. Machine Stacks Bricks An electric brick stacker, recently invented, does the work of 12 men. WILLI UNI A. E. JOHN D. SCOTT, Manager Licensed Undertaker MRS. MARY E. WILLIAMSON Licensed Undertaker J.E. BISH 33d Degree PR W.D.G.M. Bookkeeper Embalmers Apprentice No.194 Unexcelled for AUTOMOBILES KEN 5121-23-25 Alfalfa From Asia The original home of alfalfa seems to have been in southwest Central Asia. The word is Arabic, meaning "the best fodder." In southern Europe it is known as "lucern." and the name was used for a time in several sections of the United States. Persia was apparently the first nation to grow alfalfa. The Persians took it with them when they invaded Greece in 490 B. C. Gradually it was introduced into other European countries. The Spaniards in the Sixteenth century took the plant to Mexico and South America, and it gradually found its way into what is now the southwest part of the United States. Not until after the middle of the last century, however, did its value become known as a product of irrigated lands, and extension over the West begin.—Kansas City Star. "Sophomores" The term "sophomore" used for students in their second year of college or high school is a corruption of the earlier "sophomore" due to the supposed derivation from two Greek words, one meaning丰顺 and the other meaning foolish; alluding to the ail of wisdom assumed by students after their freshman years are concluded. Ocean Temperatures Below 900 fathoms the water is always within three or four degrees of the freezing point of fresh water. The warmth of the surface water at the equator extends only a few hundred feet. First Motor Car A Frenchman, Nicholas Cugnot, in 1769, conducted experiments with a steam carriage, but the real inventor of the modern gasoline motor car was Gottlieb Daimler, who made a car in 1884. Have You Noticed It? A great English surgeon recently expressed the view that modern girls are bad-tempered in a greater proportion than were their grandmothers. Makes for Humility He that well and rightly considereth his own works will find little cause to judge hardly of another.—Thomas a Kempis Old Myth Doubted In spite of the ancient tradition prairie dogs and rattiesnakes do not peace- able share the same burrow Why They Hesitated An inspector of schools at Natal, South Africa, after inspecting a small farm school, situated at the mouth of one of the rivers on the coast, invited the boys to join him in a swim in the lagoon. The boys accompanied him to the lagoon, watched him unress and go in, but themselves remained on the bank. After a long and enjoyable swim, the inspector cam. out and proceeded to dress. He chaffed the boys for not coming in, and said: "I suppose you are afraid to bathe with an inspector?" "No, sir," said one of the boys, "but we saw a crocodile in this lagoon yesterday." Saving the Scraps Nearly $200,000,000 worth of metal was recovered in the United States from scraps, ashes, skimmings and other material discarded in the manufacture of metal articles in one year. Mental Ills Destructive Whether you work by brain or hand, you need health and strength. But more than these you need moral courage. Men fall not through bodily fatigue, but because of mental illa.—Grit Neat Analogy From "Applesauce"—Happiness is doing nice things for other people. It's just like a kiss—you can't have it yourself without giving it to somebody else.—Boston Transcript. Br'er Williams Lightmín' shines a light so Thunder kin see whar he's goin', but Thunder is like folks: it gits tired halfway an' goes growlin' back home.—Atlanta Constitution Error Need Not Be Fatal There are very few mistakes that are fatal if we handle them properly after we have made them and learn the lessons that they ought to teach us - W. B. Creighton. Symbols of Blossoms Acacia blossoms symbolize friendship or platonic love. Rose or white acacia blossoms symbolize elegance, while the yellow symbolize love love. Gopher Cost $2,000 A pocket gopher recently dug a hole In an irrigation dam at Phoenix. It cost $2,000 to repair the damage. 4 "When people admire my hair and ask what I do to make it so soft and lovely, I tell them my experience." "I used to have dandruff and it made my hair coarse and hard to manage. I wished with all my heart for soft, pretty hair but did not know how to have it until I learned of Exelento Quinine Pomade." "With this wonderful preparation my hair soon become silky, long and lovely as it is today." "Exelento Skin Soap too did wonders for me. It cleared my face of sallowness and pimples, leaving it velvety and admired by all who know me." Any woman who wants beautiful hair and facial lovliness should get Exelento Quinine Pomade and Exelento Skin Soap at once. They can be obtained at all drugstores, only 25% each, or will be sent, postpaid, upon receipt of price. Send your name today and get our valuable book of beauty helps, and liberal advice. EXELENTO MEDICINE CO., Atlanta, Ga AGENTS WANTED EVERYWHERE Write For Particulars Means Borderland The word "Ukraine" translated as borderland or march-land, is applied to a great region in Europe embracing most of the southern part of Russia, East Gallica, Northwest Bukovina and East Czechoslovakia. Cunning and Wisdom We take cunning for a sinister or crooked wisdom, and certainly there is a great difference between a cunning man and a wise man, not only in point of honesty, but in point of ability.—Bacon. Quotation From Hebrews The quotation "If God be for us, who can be against us?" is from the New Testament. Hebrews 8:31. The authorship of this book has not been satisfactorily established. Wise Correction Valuable "Faithful are the wounds of a friend," and there are few gifts of friendship more highly to be prized than words of wise correction.—Rev. James Stalker, D. D True Friendship Lasts Friendship which flows from the heart cannot be frozen by adversity, as the water that flows from the spring does not congeal in winter.—Fenimore Cooper. Have Antiseptic Ready Every mother of little tots should keep an antiseptic within easy reach when children come in with bruised or cut fingers. Cleaning the wound immediately will often prevent infection. Foreign Trade Heavy If all the foreign trade of this country could be handled through one port it would require the daily service of more than 10,000 freight cars carrying an average load of 30 tons. How Maine Was Named Maine was called "the Province or Countie of Mayne" in the charter granted by Charles I in 1639, because it was regarded as a part of "the mayne lande of New England." Britons in 700 B. C. Relics now in the Brighton museum, which include pottery and cooking utensils, indicate civilized people lived in the British Isles as early as 700 B.C. Evil Must Be Paid For Judgment for an evil thing is many times delayed some day or two, some century or two; but it is as sure as life, it is as sure as death!—Carlyle. Hay Analysis The quality of hay is now determined by its color shown in a special machine that permits matching the hue with predetermined shades. The Afghans never leave their homes without having an arsenal of weapons in their belts. Arms are their adornments. Learning, whether speculative or practical, is, in popular or mixed governments, the natural source of wealth and honor.-Benjamin Franklin. Unwise Discrimination Girls were never admitted to the public schools of Boston until 1879. They were then permitted to go half the year in summer only. Phosphate Helps Fish Fish ponds upon which phosphate fertilizers are sprinkled yield more fish, says a professor of the University of Munich. Warder Murphy's Gold Mine By JAMES F. DWYER WARDER MURPHY grounded his rifle and looked dreamily across the ten-acre patch of vegetable garden that surrounded Darlinghurst penitentiary. A dozen "trusties" short-sentence prisoners with full good conduct marks, were working in a line that stretched across the potato field, and Warder Murphy formed the extreme left wing. On the right was Warder Finnerty, and between these two living obstacles in the path to freedom, the squad of convicts toiled industriously. Murphy's conscious mind became aware of the fact that No. 307, known to his prison companions as "The Rat," had moved a few paces to the left toward a little stream that trickled over a gravel bed, and was then busy with an empty tomato can washing a few handfuls of the sandy soil. The wafder was astonished. He moved rapidly toward the prisoner and angrily ordered him back to his work. "The Rat" turned a weak cunning face up to his guard and made a motion for silence. "There's gold here, Mr. Murphy," he whined. "Gold, real gold, sure!" The warder's eyes blinked suspiciously, but he choked back the threat that was on his lips. The prisoner twirled the can vigorously, while his eyes and tongue pleaded with the officer. "Let me just wash this tinful," he whispered, hoarsely. "I know there's gold here, Mr. Murphy; I've been a miner and I know the looks of the ground." With a final twirl "The Rat" jerked out the last of the muddy water that the tin contained, then he peered at the silt in the bottom. "Look!" he cried, "didn't I tell you there is gold here?" Murphy grasped the tin with trembling fingers. In the bottom of the can were three little yellow pellets that glistened in the wet sand. Murphy emptied them into the palm of his big right hand and eyed them greedily. "It's gold," he gurgled. "Sure thing," affirmed the prisoner. The warden glouted over the find, and "The Rat" watched him closely. Presently Murphy looked at his watch. "We'll be going in to dinner directly," he said, excitedly. "What about this?" He nodded at the three pellets in his hand. The prisoner considered a moment. "Gold is no good to be," he muttered, sadly. "I can't get out to spend it, but I'll tell you something that I can use. What do you say if I willing to take a plug of tobacco instead of the yellow stuff, and then I'll keep mum about the find?" Murphy was foraging in his pockets before "The Rat" had finished his proposition, and he hastily slipped an untouched plug to the prisoner who eagerly closed his hand over it and looked inquiringly at the face of the guard. "Tain't much for three lumps of gold," he mumbled. "I'll get another plug off Warder Finnerty and give it to you" stammered Murphy. "But hold your tongue about the gold whatever you do." The second plug, which Murphy immediately obtained from Finnerty, reconciled "The Rat" and he wore a smile upon his white cunning face as he marched in with his eleven companions when the jail bell rang for dinner. But Warder Murphy had no appetite. Visions of gold in unweighable quantities came up before his mental eye. But now the knowledge had to be put to good use. Murphy had no money, and he rapidly ran over in his mind those of his friends who had capital to invest. Welsler, the German Jew, who owned a watch repairing establishment near the penitentiary, had money, and ten minutes after the prisoners had been locked in their cells for their midday meal, Murphy was in the shop. "Hey, Welsler," he cried, joyfully, as he laid the three little pellets upon the counter, "what would you give for a patch of ground where you could dig those up by the buckefelt?" The Jew picked up the pellets one by one, and after examining them keenly laid them back on the counter. "I would give noddles, Mr. Murphy," he said, slowly. "dose are tree little lumps of brass." When Warder Murphy returned to the jail, the chief warder called him aside. "There's trouble brewing for you," he said, grimly. "We searched 307 and his pal 59 at dinnertime, and found that each had a plug of tobacco in his possession." "No. 59?" queried the astounded Murphy. "Yes. No. 59," snapped the chief, "that friend of 'The Rat' who works in the brass shop." And then it dawned on the fear-stricken warder how No. 307 had obtained the necessary material to salt the mine in the potato patch. "Drink" Sunlight By the use of a new ultra-violet light machine perfected in London the curative powers of sunlight can be administered internally, says Popular Science Monthly. Applied in the mouth and throat, the treatment is reported to have been beneficial in cases of a number of diseases. Reward Worth While Life is troublesome, full of care, disappointment and bitterness for those that carry responsibility and realize their shortcomings. But it has its reward as great as its worries. THE BROAD AX, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, OCTOBER 10, 1925 Master of Roman Style Bramante, the great Italian architect, was fifty-five years old when he came to Rome from Milan in 1490. In a short time he became the greatest master of the Roman style evolved from the ancient monuments. Sin's Dread Effects Look life over from what point you will, and you will find that it has been sin that has tripped men up and held them back and spilled health and happiness and hope.—Washington Gladden. Expectation Not Fulfilled Cailro, IL, was once expected to become a great commercial center and is the place described as "Eden" in Dickens."Martin Chuzzlewit." Underground City In order to keep cool, residents of a city of 30,000 population have built it underground beneath the burning sands of the Sahara desert. Missionary Work Vital The very soul of our religion is missionary, progressive, world-embracing; it would cease to exist if it ceased to be missionary.—Max Muller. New Idea in Spectacles Spectacles that give daylight to the wearer, so that he will not have to go to the light to match goods, have been invented by a Viennese. Milk Jumps Continent Milk drawn from a California cow on Friday morning was recently delivered at Atlantic City on the following Sunday morning. Not to Mention Shocks If we are all paid ultimately according to results, as many persons hold, there are big surprises in store for some of us. Best of Beautifiers There is no beautifier of complexion or form or behavior like the wish to scatter joy, not pain, around us. —Emerson. Lime as a Purifier Lime added to wastes from rubber, leather, paper and other chemical plants, often prevents a pollution of streams. Power to End War Whenever the women of the world really make up their minds to put a period to war, they can do it.—John Ruskin. How Rents Do Climb In the Seventeenth century Billingsgate market was leased for $500 a year. Now the rental is about $175,000. Better of the Two One likes a man with self-confidence even if he's sometimes wrong, rather than a man with no confidence at all. Keeps Him Guessing A wise girl never lets a fellow know how much she thinks of him—or how little—Portland Evening Express. Martyrs The martyrs to vice far exceed the martyrs to virtue, both in endurance and in number.—Exchange. Gift Sent to Get Gift If a Chinaman expects a present and it does not come, he sends one of lesser value as a reminder. Wise Youth If a man is too poor to lend his friends money he will retain them longer. says the Office Roy. Chinese "Chain" Philippines Chain stores operated by Chinese now dominate certain lines of retail trade in the Philippines Polish With Paper Paper burned to a white ash and rubbed on silver with a cloth will produce a good polish Start Young, Young Man Useful attainments in your minority will produce riches in maturity.—Benjamin Franklin. Not All Like Solitude Those who like solitude are strong in its defense, but it never convinces the sociable. Driver Held in Place In chariot races of the old Romans the reins were made fast to the driver's belt. Ancient Custom The custom of knocking on wood dates back to the ancient tree worshipers Good for Burns A paste of baking soda and water applied to a burn will take out the fire. Furs Worth $2,500,000 The value of furs taken annually in Pennsylvania reaches $2,500,000. Heat in Cows Black cows are hotter than red ones, according to scientific proof. 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