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Bishop J. C. Hartzell, of the Methodist Episcopal Church, in an Open Letter, Urges the Wealthy and the Most Prominent Colored People in All Parts of This Country to Buy the Magnificent Oil Paintings of Henry O. Tanner, the Famous Artist, Paris, France. So Far, With the Exceptions of Two or Three Pictures, His Wonderful Productions Have Been Purchased by the Wealthy White Citizens SOCIETY NEWS PUBLISHED FREE Bishop J. O. an Open L. Colored Perf. nificent O. tist, Paris, Three Pict. chased by COL. ROBERT S. ABBO JESSE BINGA, BANK OVERTON, DR. CARL HON. ADELBERT H. OSCAR DE PRIEST, M KINS, DR. A. WILBER IAMS, ALDERMAN DERSON, JUDGE WIL HARRISON, HON. DOUGLAS, ALDERM R. JACKSON, COL. DENISON, HON. GEORGE AND D CLEVELAND HALI NISH MOST OF THE ORATORY ON ALL SIONS FOR THE CO PLE IN THIS CITY, DUCE THEM TO NO PROF. TANNER'S P THEMSELVES BUT CURE THEM AND ON THE WALLS OF INSTITUTIONS. AN OPEN LE chop J. C. H. Open Letter Colored People Nicent Oil P , Paris, Fr ree Pictures based by the ROBERT S. ABBOTT, B. RUSE BINGA, BANKER ANT ERTON, DR. CARL G. RO N. ADELBERT H. ROBERT SAR DE PRIEST, MR. H. A S, DR. A. WILBERFORCE S, ALDERMAN LOUIS ASSON, JUDGE WILLIAM H. ERRISON, HON. WARR NUGLAS, ALDERMAN R. MACKSON, COL. FRANK NISON, HON. ALBERT GORGE AND DR. GE VELAND HALL, WHO H MOST OF THE ELO ATORY ON ALL PUBLIC INS FOR THE COLORED IN THIS CITY, SHOUL CE THEM TO NOT ONLY DF. TANNER'S PICTURE SEMSELVES BUT ALSO RE THEM AND HANG THE WALLS OF THEIR INITUTIONS. AN OPEN LETTER COL. ROBERT S. ABBOTT, BANKER JESSE BINGA, BANKER ANTHONY OVERTON, DR. CARL G. ROBERTS, HON. ADELBERT H. ROBERTS, MR. OSCAR DE PRIEST, MR. H. A. WATKINS, DR. A. WILBERFORCE WILLIAMS, ALDERMAN LOUIS B. ANDERSON, JUDGE WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON, HON. WARREN B. DOUGLAS, ALDERMAN ROBERT R. JACKSON, COL. FRANKLIN A. DENISON, HON. ALBERT B. GEORGE AND DR. GEORGE CLEVELAND HALL, WHO FURNISH MOST OF THE ELOQUENT ORATORY ON ALL PUBLIC OCCASIONS FOR THE COLORED PEOPLE IN THIS CITY, SHOULD INDUCE THEM TO NOT ONLY BUY PROF. TANNER'S PICTURES FOR THEMSELVES BUT ALSO TO SECURE THEM AND HANG THEM ON THE WALLS OF THEIR PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS. By BISHOP HARTZELL This communication is addressed to individuals or any group of persons who, recognizing the wonderful career of Mr. Henry O. Tanner as a world renowned artist, and who would like to secure one of his paintings for themselves or place in some public institution, where in years to come it would be an inspiration to many, as well as a permanent memorial of a distinguished representative of the Negro race. Mr. Tanner has no superior among Negro artists, and few artists of other races rank with him. After twenty years of heroic effort, he made his way to graduation from the Philadelphia School of Art, and did paintings of acknowledged merit. His ambition was to get to Rome and then give his life to his profession. But he was broken in health and had no money. Needing a change of climate and hoping to make some money, he went to Atlanta, Ga., and did photographing, but his plans failed financially. The leading white artist in Atlanta was Tanner's schoolmate and personal friend in Philadelphia, but being in a Southern city in 1888, he could not recognize his Negro artist friend, although secretly invited him to his rooms to have his criticisms of his own paintings. My wife, Mrs. Jennie C. Hartzell, being on a visit to Atlanta, learned of Mr. Tanner, and of his worth and Rome, I has been a recent over her ferred it honors a dition to good." He re- and for lack --- Vol. XXXI. 5 CENTS PER COPY Abbott, Banker Banker Anthony Carl G. Roberts, T H. ROBERTS, MR. St, Mr. H. A. Watt- berforce Will- an Louis B. An- e WILLIAM HENRY HON. Warren B. Derman Robert OL. Franklin A. On. Albert B. D Dr. George All, who fur- thest the Eloquent All public Occa- cate coLORED peo- city, should in- do not only buy 's pictures for but also to se- nd hang them of their public embarrassments, and reported them to me. Having the authority, I appointed him a teacher of art in Clark University, it being one of the leading colleges for Negroes, maintained in the South by the Methodist Episcopal Church. In that position he taught and developed his art genius for two years, the summer months being spent in the mountains of the central South. In 1890, at the suggestion of Mrs. Hartzell, all of Mr. Tanner's paintings in Atlanta and Philadelphia were taken to Cincinnati, where for several days they were on exhibition. Mr. Benjamin Brawley in his book entitled "The Negro in Literature and Art," says in a biographical sketch of Mr. Tanner: "The exhibition failed; not a single picture was regularly sold; however Bishop and Mrs. Hartzell gave the artist a sum for the entire collection, and, thus equipped, he set sail for Rome, January 4, 1891, going by way of Liverpool and Paris." Mr. Tanner, however, did not go to Rome, but settled in Paris, and that has been his home for 33 years. In a recent letter he says, "I have lived over here not because I always preferred it; but it is a country that gives honors for art, without any other condition than that the art should be good." He reached Paris in his 30th year, and for 20 years his embarrassments for lack of money and disappoint- THE BROAD AX THE BROAD AX, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, NOVEMBER 14, 1925 1838 1913 THE LATE PROF. BOOKER T. WASHINGTON The founder and the immortal wizard of Tuskegee Institute, Alabama, who sprung up from a little slave boy in Virginia until he became one of the greatest industrial educators in the world. He passed away November 14, 1915, and his memory should be highly respected right now and for all time to come. ments in picture sales were serious, and at times almost tragic. But victory came. His genius inspired by God and made effective by tireless effort, brought success. The French Government bought two of his largest and best paintings, and placed them in the Luxembourg—the great National Art Academy. There they will remain for future generations to admire and appreciate for the man whose artistic genius created them. As a climax about a year ago the French Government gave Mr. Tanner the Legion of Honor, which enrolls his name permanently among those that great nation desires to especially honor. Mr. Tanner has traveled in the far East—Palestine, Egypt, Algeria and Morocco. The number of his noted and valuable paintings is quite large. One, "The Disciples at the Font," in the Chicago Institute of Art, won a $500 prize as being the best picture painted by any American artist during a year. This picture was bought by that institute for $2,100. Recently Mr. Tanner exhibited and sold quite a number of paintings in New York at excellent prices. One is reported to have brought $3,000. Four of Mr. Tanner's high-class paintings are now on exhibition in Cincinnati, and can be bought at prices far below their real value. They were painted in Georgia, and although among his earlier productions, art critics say their artistic finish is excellent and popular today. They are framed in excellent up-to-date style. One of them entitled "The Ox Cart," four by six feet in size, has been bought by a group of the alumni of Clark University, Atlanta, Ga., and will be a permanent asset to that institution. It will be seen and admired by thousands of students in the coming years, and will be a permanent memorial to the greatest artist of the Negro race. One of three for sale, three by five feet in size, is a marine and named "The Backwaters" and pictures with wonderful artistic effect a great storm on the New Jersey Atlantic Coast. Many art critics rank this picture very high. Another for sale, three by four feet in size, gives a striking and realistic forest scene in the midst of which a deer with her fawn is nearing a stream of water to drink. The other of the paintings for sale gives with wonderful effect the scene of a storm in a mountain forest. The money value of these paintings will increase year by year, as do the earlier productions of all distinguished artists. Mr. Tanner has received $800 for a picture, one-third of the surface of "The Deer" going to the water. One of his latest is valued at $3,500. Either of the three paintings named can be secured for much less the value placed upon them by Mr. Tanner. Mr. Tanner says that during the past ten years the only recognition he has had by representatives of his own race has been the request of several Negro gentlemen to paint a portrait of Booker T. Washington. This certainly is surprising. The alumni of Clark University has set a good example. Other groups may want to do likewise. There are wealthy men and women of color who may desire to purchase a painting by Tanner to adorn their homes and take part in honoring the greatest artist of their race. I shall be glad to correspond with any who may consider the purchase of either of the three paintings named. A good photograph of either picture will be loaned if requested, by which some idea can be had of the general look of the painting. J. C. HARTZELL. Cincinnati, Ohio. The above open letter of Bishop Hartzell deserves serious and immedi- MEETING OF THE CHICAGO BRANCH OF THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF COLORED PEOPLE Chicago Branch, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, cleared its decks for action and assumed a broad and constructive program for the coming year. A ground work is being laid at the present time. On the eve of his election as president, Dr. Herbert A. Turner states there is no reason why the local branch should not have a membership of 10,000. While that number is our general aim, we are nevertheless vitally interested in the creation of a national defense fund of $50,000.00. The case of Dr. O. H. Sweet, now on trial in Detroit, is the big thing before us. We have already raised, said the doctor, $500.00 cash. Of this amount the physicians have given a large part and are going to make their share $1,000.00. For Chicago we intend to raise a total of $5,000.00. We have wired the national secretary to that effect and Mr. Johnson has telegraphed his appreciation of our efforts thus far and our promise for the future. At a dinner tendered representatives of the press, the plans of the association's local program were discussed N. A. A. C. P. Day Aside from the membership solicitation, Sunday, November 15th, has been set aside for N. A. A. C. P. day at which time the pastors of churches have been asked to give time to presenting the association and its works to the various congregations. Sweet Case Rally Sunday, November 22nd, at 3 P.M. at Pilgrim Baptist Church, East 33rd street and Indiana avenue, a big meeting is planned to complete the $5,000.00 Chicago contribution to defense fund. Every one attending is asked to be prepared to give at least $1.00 and it is said there is no prohibition whatever against $500.00, $100.00 and $50.00 contributions. It has already been rumored that certain prominent officials and citizens have determined to show their race loyalty and interest in the Sweet case by giving in larger amounts. Clubs, societies and other organized bodies, including the churches, are requested to send in contributions as the result of collections that might be made by them. The speakers expected are James Weldon Johnson, national secretary, and Rev. Brady of Detroit. The association claims the support of the public in this fund endeavor, in ate consideration, since it indicates a rare opportunity of securing a few invaluable works of art at comparatively reasonable figures. No better expenditure could be made by our big institutions of learning, nor by the wealthy colored people, for the display of such wonderful pictures illustrative of the artistic excellence and capability of the race, would surely result in their emulation by Negro students, some of whom might thereby be so inspired, as to soar to grander heights in the realm of fame, than those attained by Prof. Tanner—Editor. SUBSCRIBE FOR THE BROAD AX Church, in Prominent by the Magamous Ar of Two or Been Pur- its membership drive and it needs cooperation in every way. Office headquarters are being established in Room 7, 3507 South Parkway. New Officers The annual meeting, held Monday night, was well attended and a marked renewed enthusiasm indicated. The Executive Committee to guide the association was elected as follows: President—Dr. Herbert A. Turner. Vice-president—Rev. Charles Wesley Burton. Executive Secretary—Morris Lewis. Assistant Secretary—C. C. Wimbish. Treasurer—Dr. Spencer C. Dickerson. Bryant A. Hammond, A. L. Weaver, Chas. M. Thompson, Madam Ezella Carter, Dr. P. W. Cameron, Dr. Charles E. Bently, Maj. John R. Lynch, Mrs. Fay Crump, Mrs. Nannie Reed, Miss Mary McDowell, Frank W. Henry, Anthony Overton, Mrs. Ada McKinley and Irven Armstrong. After all the officials presented had appeared before the meeting, Dr. Carl G. Roberts, retiring president, escorted Dr. Herbert A. Turner, newly elected president, to his post. The meeting adjourned after routine matters and amidst fine enthusiasm. Many membership were reported as well as pledges and cash for the defense fund. Mrs. Naola Smith reported memberships and defense fund collections. Mr. David Mitchell also made a fine report. Others showed they were hard at work for the association program. Mrs. Russell, chairman of the baby contest, reported that her committee was in working order and that the contest would go over in a large way for Chicago. Mr. Walter F. White, assistant secretary, who was in Chicago recently, passed through the city Monday on his way from St. Paul back to his field of special labor in Detroit. WHITE GIRL TO MARRY NEGRO FOOTBALL STAR New York.—When William E. Jackson, graduate of Columbia university and for two years a star on the football team, and Miss Helen Burns of Montclair, N. J., appeared at the marriage clerk's office, last Saturday, the girl pleaded with him not to answer the clerk's question as to his color. Jackson, however, insisted that he must describe himself as "colored," and the license so recorded it. Miss Burns, whose parents are white, tearfully said the fact that Jackson is a Negro will not prevent their marriage, scheduled for tomorrow, although her mother is almost prostrated by the news. "I want to marry William and am going to do it," the girl said. "I got tired of going around with silly cake eaters. William is a gentleman and thinks of worth while things." The girl's mother meantime is praying something will happen to prevent the marriage. "We didn't know Jackson was a Negro," she said. "We thought he was Spanish. O God, don't let my little girl marry a Negro!" VISITS SISTER sult in students, be so heights rose at or. John Robinson of Metropolis, Ill., spent a few days in the city with his sister, Mrs. Lou Ella Young, 4114 Calumet avenue, while en route to Milwaukee, Wis., to spend the winter with his daughter and son. 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. Address all communications to THE BROAD AX 6206 S. Elizabeth St. Chicago: Phone: Wentworth 2597 JULIUS F. TAYLOR Editor and Publisher Vol. XXXI No. 9 Chicago, November 14, 1925 Entered as Second-Class Matter, Aug 19, 1902, at the Post office at Chicago III. Under Act of March 8, 1879. GLAND SERUM REJUVENATES WOMEN. CLAIM Vienna.—Prof. Steinach's new gland serum can effect the rejuvenation of women, it has been announced here. At first there were rumors that it was tried out only on animals, but it has been revealed that the serum already has been used satisfactorily to restore youth to women. The new preparation, made from glands, is injected into the veins and brings back complete inner and outward youth, it is said. Prof. Kammerer, collaborator with Prof. Steinach, declares the new serum is a counterpart of the treatment which Prof. Steinach devised to restore youth in men. Rejuvenates Women While specialists such as Prof. Benjamin of New York previously tried to treat women with local rays and heat or by adding new glands from younger women, Prof. Steinach experimented with serum based on ovarian glands. It was tried out on old rats, which, after a short treatment, looked young again, giving birth to vigorous litters. A similar extract injected into the veins of women enabled them to bear children. Idea Used Years Ago Prof. Kammerer pointed out that the idea is not new. In the '80's in Paris, Dr. Brown-Sequards gave treatments with ovarian solutions, but the Paris academy opposed the idea severely. It was also found out that Prof. Brown-Sequard's treatment returned youth for only a short time. Prof. Kammerer stresses the fact that the Steinach serum does away with all the disadvantages of the Brown-Sequard treatments and that Dr. Steinach's experiments have proved its lasting effect. According to Prof. Halban, the Steinach serum undeniably brings about sexual rejuvenation, but he is not convinced that the serum will bring about general rejuvenation. Prof. Peham, however, asserts he is convinced that Prof. Steinach's discovery will benefit women. There is only one thing funny about the above story and that is that the learned professors place women on the dead level with old wornout rats—Editor. COLORED MAN'S WILL WINS POSTHUMOUS PRAISE Residents of May's Landing, county seat of Atlantic County and reputed South Jersey headquarters of the Ku Klux Klan, turned out last Saturday afternoon to the number of 2,500 to pay tribute to the late John W. Underhill, who, for years, had been the only Negro resident of the town. Underhill started his business career as a barber and amassed such a large fortune in real estate that he amazed the villagers of May's Landing by leaving more than $100,000, which, he directed in his will, should be used for the improvement of the village and for a playground and gymnasium for the children. Methodist, Presbyterian and Roman Catholic clergymen took part in the funeral services, and county officials acted as pallbearers. Lawyers and judges came from nearby Jersey villages to pay tribute to the abilities and charities of the deceased Negro resident, who was posthumously acclaimed May's Landing's greatest public benefactor. ARMISTICE APPEAL TO COOLIDGE President Asked to Begin End of Denials of Democracy to Colored Americans as 150th Anniversary of Declaration of Independence Approaches Boston, Mass.—The National Equal Rights League has sent to President Coolidge the following frank appeal to note Armistice Day by abolishing segregation and recommending anti-lynching legislation in his message to Congress: "On the eve of the seventh anniversary of the Armistice of the World War for true world democracy, the National Equal Rights League in behalf of the millions of Americans of color, tens of thousands of whom died and hundreds of thousands of whom, some wounded and disabled, risked their lives in that war would point out to you those denials of true world democracy perpetuated upon your colored citizens and upon none other—no service and accommodation, or segregated, in restaurants of Capitol building and of other government buildings and in all public places of accommodation and resort in the national capital, segregation in federal employment and its civil accessories, exclusion from federal naval and military schools, segregation in interstate carriers, disenfranchisement in Southern federal elections, and death without court trail by white mobs. "At the Armistice anniversary preceding the sesqui-centennial observance of the Declaration of Independence, which declared all men born free and equal, endowed with the rights of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness, the League calls upon you by recommendations to Congress and by executive orders to begin the abolition of such denials of the promises alike of the World War and of the great Declaration upon which this Republic based its right to an independence for which the colored race gave brave soldiers and the first martyr. "WM. A. SINCLAIR. "Philadelphia, Pa., President. "WM. MONROE TROTTER "Boston, Mass., Secretary, 9 Cornhill Boston, Mass. "November 7, 1925." THE KNOXVILLE FOOTBALL BOYS WON OUT Knoxville College, Knoxville, Tenn., Nov. 9. 1925. The Knoxville Huskies, after riding rough shod over Fisk University a week ago to the tune of 13 to 0, came back again and repeated the score and riding over Livingstone College from Salisbury, N. C. Sport writers from Chicago had doped Livingstone to win, 10 to 0, but the dope bucket was badly upset. Never were the Livingstone boys within the forty yard line and only once did they break away for any dangerous gain, and that was when Moreland broke loose for twenty yards and brought the ball to midfield where they immediately lost it. The field was very heavy, but that did not make any difference to the Huskies. They had been handling a wet, slippery ball for three weeks in practice and the last three games were played on a wet field. Johnson and Ridgeway ran the ends superbly. Cowan returned punts for fifteen and twenty yards and was only caught on one occasion when he slipped in the mud and fell. Fowlkes again punctured a semi-impregnable line for consistent gains. Never before had that line been plunged successfully but Saturday his terrific drives went through it for four and five yards at a time. He also caught one of the three attempted passes and gained thirty yards. His punting was consistent and far reaching. There is only one Fowlkes and he is due for a berth on the all-American. Cromwell, for two years all-Southern guard, was in his prime. Getting through the line and stopping plays before they were under way, getting down under punts and stopping the man in his tracks, ripping holes in the line for his backs, and anywhere a lineman could be of service there was Cromwell. Bryant, the captain and center, played a wonderful game. Not a bad pass in all that mud, and under all line plays as well as being a factor in breaking up most end runs. It is going to be a hard job to replace his steadiness and consistency of good playing next year. With this 13 to 0 score under their belt the Huskies have a two weeks' rest to prepare for Kentucky State and then to wind up their season with Morristown on November 25. They are out to complete the season with no more defeats. Never during Satur- THE BROAD AX, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, NOVEMBER 14, 1925 [Name] One of the leading lawyers in the great city of Chicago, who is held in the highest esteem by its Judges and by his associate lawyers, will on Sunday evening, November 15, address the Sunday Evening Club at the Wendell Phillips High School Building, 39th and Pershing Road. [Name] One of the best and straightforward Judges of the Municipal Court of Chicago, who will be re-elected to his present position in November, 1926. day's game did the Huskies show their real strength on account of the wet field. The little open field work that was tried was highly successful, as two out of the three attempted passes were completed, and the ends were run several times. Livingstone was a worthy opponent and the defense was fine but they could do nothing against the line plays of the K. C. backs. The players of both teams showed a training not only in the science of football but in the science of being a gentleman. The Huskies have a coach who is a real gentleman and a man who has the power of leadership. The boys appreciate what the college holds out to them, and they are now preparing to make the season of 1926 the best that Knoxville has ever seen. They are already repeating the slogan, "Win Every Game." They are considering games with teams that will be a big drawing card, and a game with Howard in Washington is being seriously considered. The student life has taken on a renewed interest and activity, and from the grades up through President Giffen we find the same optimistic spirit. It is hard to defeat a team or a man who knows what he wants and will pay the price that that want demands. J. A. MARSHALL, Athletic sponsor of Knoxville College OUT AGAIN Walker A. Bright, 2328 West Walnut street, who has been quite ill and confined to his home several weeks, is able to be out again. He is a member of North Star Lodge No. 57, U. B. F. HON. WALTER M. FARMER leading lawyers in the great city of in the highest esteem by its Judge lawyers, will on Sunday evening, the Sunday Evening Club at the W School Building, 39th and Pershing R WELFARE OFFICE READY FOR WORK (Preston News Service) Raleigh, N. C., Nov. 13.—"With our new probation officer for women, Mrs. Anna Lewis, a welfare worker for Negroes, we are all set for work," Mrs. W. T. Bickett, County Welfare Superintendent, remarked Monday in giving her report for October showing the activities of this department. "If we only had a detention home for the boys and girls and some place to put undesirable women to work instead of confining them in jail for a few days, our work would be much more effective," she declared. NEW JERSEY GIRL TO WED RACE MAN THOUGH KIN PROTEST (Preston News Service.) Bloomfield, N. J., Nov. 13.—It is said that despite the protests of her parents Miss Helen Burns, of 16 Walnut Terrace, this city, says she will marry William E. Jackson of Montclair, who, when he obtained a marriage license in New York Wednesday, admitted that he was of Negro blood. It is claimed that he told the clerks in the marriage license office that his mother was part Negro, her father being white and her mother colored. He added, it is said, that he had always passed as white. Ruling that Jackson was a Negro, Assistant Corporation Counsel Tarbox consented to the license grant. Girl's Parents Protest. When they learned Thursday that [Name] HON. WILLIAM R. FETZER best and straightforward Judges of of Chicago, who will be re-elected in November, 1926. Jackson was a Negro, Miss Burns parents, Mr. and Mrs. Peter Burns vigorously protested against the marriage, but their daughter was firm in her determination to marry Jackson. The girl's grandmother who lives at the Walnut Terrace address, is said to have sided with her granddaughter and spoke of Jackson as a man of high character and declared that she was emphatically in favor of the marriage. Nothing could be learned as to the date of the proposed wedding. Scores Sheiks and Cake Eaters. Miss Burns is reported to have declared that she was sick and tired of going around with cake eaters and sheiks. "They are a silly bunch of fools. Mr. Jackson is a fine man, gentlemanly and courteous; he thinks and talks of worthwhile things.' She is quoted as saying, "I didn't want my mother to know that Mr. Jackson was a Negro, but now the fact that she does know won't stop me from marrying him." DOING MUCH GOOD The Pyramid Building and Loan Association, which was organized seven years ago, is now ending its second series. During its organization, much good has been accomplished by the association. It has paid off its first series and has also advanced $80,000 to members of the race with which to purchase homes, pay off mortgages and to improve living conditions in their communities. Among the officers are A. H. Richey, Anthony Overton, M. T. Bailey, James A. Parker, George W. Wilson and others. 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. Places 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 THE UNITED STATES IS THE ONLY SO-CALLED CIVILIZED COUNTRY IN THE WORLD WHERE WHITE AND COLORED WOMEN ARE MOBBED AND LYNCHED The following is the number of white and colored women who have met horrible deaths at the hands of bloodthirsty mobs in this country since 1889: Alabama, 9; Arkansas, 9; Florida, 3; Georgia, 8; Kentucky, 5; Louisiana, 5; Mississippi, 16; Missouri, 2; Nebraska, 1; North Carolina, 2; Oklahoma, 3; South Carolina, 6; Tennessee, 7; Texas, 11; Virginia, 1; West Virginia, 1; Wyoming, 1. Total, 90. SIR KNIGHT JAMES E. BISH HAS BEEN INDISPOSED FOR THE LAST TEN DAYS Old Man Mr. Winter is at his old tricks again, in traveling around and easing off severe colds onto his subjects or victims and Sir Knight James E. Bish, who has been for many years the head bookkeeper and the right hand man for Mr. Ernest H. Williamson, the up-to-date funeral director, 5125 South State street, has been floored for almost two weeks by Old Man Mr. Winter and he is just now crawling out from under a bad or severe cold, which had been fastened upon him, much to the delight of his many friends. FAHY TAKES ON THREE LEADING NEGRO BOXERS (Preston News Service.) New York, Nov. 13. — Eddie McMahon, new matchmaker of the Commonwealth A. C., in Harlem, Friday transferred the boxers under his management to Tom Fahy, who brought out Jack DeMave, the "Golden Boy," among the heavyweights. The battlers Fahy took over are Al Brown, Black Bill, and Bobby Risden, who are said to be the three leading Negro boxers in the bantamweight, flyweight, and featherweight divisions. McMahon and Fahy are said to have negotiated the transaction with the approval of the Empire State boxing commission, in whose offices the papers were signed, sealed, and delivered. MISS MARY D. JACKSON MADE SUPERVISOR OF SCHOOLS IN ARKANSAS (Preston News Service.) Magnolia, Ark., Nov. 13. — The Board of Education of Columbia county, in co-operation with Prof. F. N. Powell, county superintendent, has placed a supervisor over the Negro schools of the county. Miss Mary D. Jackson of Canfield, a graduate of the Mary Holmes School, West Point, Miss., and a former student at Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute, Tuskegee, Ala., the Valentine School of Chicago, and the University of Chicago, has been made supervisor. Prof. Powell says that he thinks Miss Jackson one of the best qualified persons for the position that could be found in the state. OBSERVED SIXTH ANNI VERSARY Thebes Council No. 136, A. U. K. & D. of A., of which Mrs. Virginia Boddie is most excellent queen, observed its sixth anniversary with a program and reception on Monday evening at Bailey's Hall. Mrs. Georgia Montgomery was mistress of ceremonies and among the speakers were Mesdames Eliza Jackson, state grand queen of Illinois; Elizabeth Rochon, organizer of Thebes Council; Henrietta Dean, state grand mother queen of juveniles; Grace Patillo and Bertha Rothchild; Sir Knights M. T. Bailey, chairman of the publicity department of the National Grand Council; James Herrington, and others. MRS. JOHNSON PASSES AWAY Mrs. Mary E. Johnson, 11342 South Elizabeth street, passed away on November 1st after a brief illness. Services were held from the chapel of Williamson Undertakers on November 5th in the midst of a large gathering of friends. The deceased is a native of Nashville, Tenn., but has been in Chicago a number of years and has always been active in church and fraternal circles. She was W. P. of Clover Leaf Temple No. 122, S. M. T., and had served for years as secretary of Mayflower Temple No. 58. Burial was at Lincoln Cemetery. DR. GANDY TO SPEAK HERE Dr. John M. Gandy, president of the Virginia State Normal College at Petersburg, Va., is expected in the city in a few days to attend a meeting of the Land Grant College, Nov. 17th to 19th, to be held at the Congress Hotel, and which body he will address in one of their meetings. Dr. Gandy has become widely known in educational circles and has done much for the development of the Virginia State College. During his stay in the city, he will be the house guest of Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Outlaw, 4919 Vincennes avenue. MAN BLEW OUT GAS; FOUND DEAD NEXT MORNING. Washington, D. C., Nov. 12—Roy M. Warren was asphyxiated by an open gas jet in his room at 501 Rhode Island avenue last Thursday night. The body was found Friday morning. Warren, whose home was in Wakefield, Va., had frequently been warned against blowing out the gas and leaving the jet open, police were told. Coroner Nevitt gave a verdict of accidental death. VISITS NEW HOME Hon. J. Finley Wilson of Washington, D. C., grand exalted ruler of Elks, spent some time in the city on business and while here maintained headquarters at the new Elk home of Ft. Dearborn Lodge No. 44, at 3920 Grand boulevard. He was pleased with such a beautiful location and praised the officers for their good judgment. 1. Insuring a Race. 2. Modern Fairy Tale. 3. Curtis Segregation Case. 4. The Mandamus. (Preston News Service.) Our insurance companies, a number of which have reached the hundred per cent plane of initiative and efficiency, are probably our greatest groupal asset. Negro insurance companies stand for (1) Protection, (2) Employment, (3) Investment, (4) Property Ownership, and (5) Racial Wealth. White insurance companies, so far as our group is concerned, stand for protection, only, with exclusion as to certain "choice" policies for whites only, and only scant avenues of employment for our budding youth. How many physicians, lawyers, agents, clerks, stenographers, etc., of color do the white insurance companies employ? Nor should they be censured too bitterly for merely having taken our money and given us merely protection in exchange therefor; for even that was more than we had. In fact, we should be glad that through their protection, for which we paid our hard-earned cash, we have been able to care for our sick and bury our dead. But, the time has come when every Negro in America should carry a policy in a Negro insurance company. It is a public, a racial, and an individual duty. A decade hence that investment may mean, aside from protection, a position for your boy or my boy. It may mean a loan for your home, which would have been denied elsewhere. It may mean the safest investment you were ever able to make. Jobs, homes, and investments mean wealth. Wealth means a certain degree of independence—the kind the white man exercises as to us, aside from our labor. Negro insurance companies are stimulating our banks and our building and loan companies, which now are having a hard time because of lack of training and lack of confidence. We can't turn back at failures, for failures, in different forms, have beset all races at some time or other. Failures in Negro insurance, though, are virtually of the past. Here is an enterprise which is now out of the woods. Our group has learned the insurance business and is delivering the goods. Twenty years from now, our holders of policies in our own companies will have trebled, and our experts and other employees will have similarly advanced. Don't be a skeptic. Don't knock struggling Negro business in any form. Give it your heart, your hand, and your dollars. Take out a policy with one of YOUR companies. It will mean greater independence for your son and your grandson, who will always have a hard time buying anything other than PROTECTION from any white company in the land. (Note: Here follows a fairy tale, with apologies to the very estimable gentlemen, whose names are used, and toward whom naught but the kindliest of feelings emanate from the humble Cameraman.) Once upon a time John D. Gainey, Perry Howard, Charlie Pickett, and Claude Barnett were comfortably seated in Bill Cowan's big front office at 3423 Indiana Avenue in Chicago, which is also known as the Windy City. Colonel Cowan had made everybody feel at home, and his box of Robert Burns "Invincibles" had dwindled down to the bottom row. The topic of conversation had drifted to the de luxe edition of "Who's Who in Colored America," now being pushed through the press by the scholarly Roscoe Conkling Bruce and the astute Ferdinand Q. Morton, of New York City. "I tell you," drawled Gainey, as he reached for the last Robert Burns, "It looks to me like 'who was' has got 'who is' backed off the map, so far as gallant lives are concerned among the brethren of the past and present. Now, there was Frederick Douglass and Booker T. Washington. I don't know who we got now that equals those birds," continued the dapper assistant chief of the Railway Mail Service. "Well," quote Perry, "I think that Roscoe Simmons is probably as great an orator as Douglass, and, under the same circumstances, that Dr. Moton would be as great an educator as was Booker T. Nor do I wish to appear immodest, but this is the first time in the history of railway transportation that colored counsel has been em- ployed by the Pullman Company," concluded the genial special assistant to the U. S. Attorney General. "All this 'sho's' who stuff is not so important," observed Colonel Bill Cowan as he asked Charlie Pickett for a match. "Now here's a man that's been with Senator McKinley year in and year out, and who's put over a gang of things for the race; and whether his name's in 'Who's who' or not. I know he's done a darned sight more good than a lot of galoots whose names will be engraved in gold in Roscoe Bruce's pet," snapped the Colonel, biting right through a choice 'Invincible.' "But," reasoned the diplomatic Claude Barnett, director of the Associated Negro Press, "that's not the question, which, as Philip Randolph or Chandler Owen would say, is an economic one, based largely upon the law of demand, and the pulling power of vanity. I know the colored riveter who broke the world's record and I met Tom Lee, the Mississippi River hero here, when he was presented to the president, but they'll not be in 'Who's Who' I'll bet a dime. If reputation and public opinion were based upon gallantry and public service, the economic laws governing salesmanship would have to be revised. But it stands to reason that a de luxe book, salable at ten bucks per copy—a sum which would have made Marquis & Company a millionaire corporation long ago—must be filled only with golden de luxe biographies, regardless of 'Who is' or 'Who was.' Just then a Western Union boy broke into the room. "Telegram for Mr. Barnett, sir." "Hm," said Claude, as he looked for a waste basket. "It may be necessary to raise the price of 'Who's Who' to $12.50 per volume, because of the few number of eligibles under the strict code of requirements of the publishers." "Thought so," chuckled Colonel Cowan. "Finding out who is and who ain't in colored America, is like trying to tell the difference between fifty-seven speckled trout, all the same size and the same weight." With an eminent staff of counsel, comprised of such nationally famous barristers as Moorfield Storey, James A. Cobb, William H. Lewis. Arthur B. Spingarn, Louis Mershall, et al., the Curtis vs. Buckley case comes on this month for decision by United States Supreme Court Justice William H. Taft and his associates. The case turns upon the question of whether or not property-owners may covenant among themselves for the exclusion, because of race or color, of bona fide prospective purchasers. In other words, the decision will either permit or deny the creation of segregated district for Negroes in American cities. The "joker" in the case, so far as the District of Columbia is concerned, lies in the fact that while real estate interests of the city, in one breath attack the home life of District of Columbia Negroes, in one particular instance endeavoring to bring about a closing of the alleys, in which, they assert, Negro people resided in overflow number to the menace and jeopardy of health and sanitation; in another breath, as Negroes, one after another, have moved into so-called exclusive neighborhoods, the desperate whites have by fair means and foul attempted to stop the black stream of increasing civilization and ambition. In the language of the law, we are unable to see how such a restraint upon the alienation of property as was contemplated by the agreement which was invoked to exclude Curtis can be held as a covenant which runs with the land. Nor can we understand how there could be such a unity of interest among separate property-owners, white, black, or green, to stop the freedom and liberty of the right to purchase, for appropriate consideration, any homesite in the land. If the rule against perpetuities ever meant anything, now is the time to prove it. And finally, we would like to ask just what is the consideration for such an agreement as is set up by the white covenantors. Good or moral? Frankly, we cannot see any good consideration, patent or latent, in the transaction. At any rate, we have an abiding faith in the Curtis counsel, and even more so, in the body over which Chief Justice Taft presides. We cannot believe that the tribunal which found so justly in the Strauder and Neal cases will take any other view than that the constitutional civil rights of liberty and freedom are for more than a technically-worded scrap of paper, which, THE BROAD AX, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, NOVEMBER 14. 1925 LINCOLN STATE BANK OF CHICAGO Under State Government Supervision 31st and South State Streets Capital and Surplus $460,000.00 South State Street's Largest Bank First Mortgage Gold Bonds Approved Safe Investments yield 7% interest. $100 Bonds sold on easy payment plan See our Mr. Avery of the Bond Department LOANS MADE ON REAL ESTATE Savings Department open from 9 A.M. to 8 P.M. Saturdays SAFETY DEPOSIT BOXES for less than one cent a day. Protect your Valuable Papers, Jewelry, etc. beneath its legal veneer, attempts to create a peculiar and unconstitutional penalty upon a people for having strains of slavery blood flowing through their veins, and a pigment which though now of varied types and tints, once had black as its base. The Abilene and Southern Railway Company, a Texas rail carrier handling interstate traffic, with connecting terminals at Ballinger, Abilene, and Hamlin, Texas, has just given the colored people of the South a fine example in watchfulness and in a keen knowledge of when and how to use the instrumentality of the law as a lever for justice. When the Abilene and Southern railway executives felt that the Interstate Commerce Commission, the only and one child of Congress which is charged with the duty of supervising, interpreting and enforcing the commerce clause of the U. S. Constitution, had failed in performing some of the duties which it was charged by law with performing in its relationship toward the Abilene and Southern line, the carrier forthwith went into court and asked for a writ of mandamus, which is an extralegal writ, seeking to compel officers or institutions functioning under the obligation of the law, to do those things with which by law they are charged. Time and time again the Interstate Commerce Commission has rendered decisions directing southern railway lines handling interstate passengers in Jim Crow states to supply the same kind of equipment to colored passengers as it furnishes to the whites. Notwithstanding such judicial directions, however, year after year, dozens of Jim Crow lines furnish their colored interstate passengers with inferior equipment and discriminatory service and supplies of traveling comfort. And every time a baggage coach is wrecked on the side lines of a Jim Crow road, it dawns upon the thoughtful members of the race that the half-front of half-rear baggage end, filled with huddled Negro passengers, is a devastated mockery of the preservation which Congress tried to make for our traveling group. And even more sad than this is the knowledge that platform oratory decrying the inequalities of railroad equipment overshadows, by 100 to nothing, those who might follow the tactics of the Abilene and Southern Railway, which, when offended, invoked the forceful writ of mandamus against the institution charged with duties imposed by law, to compel it to do, in its safeguarding of passengers and property, those things which it was obliged to do. It's a poor rule that doesn't work both ways. WOMAN IS SERIOUSLY IN IURED BY MACHINE Mrs. Eva Tinsley, 48 years old, 3120 S. Wabash avenue, was seriously injured when she was struck by an automobile at 67th street and Chappel avenue, recently. Her skull was fractured and she was severely cut and bruised. Mrs. Ethel Schoenfeld, 6725 Oglesby avenue, who was with her husband, A. C. Schoenfeld, was driving he automobile. SHOP EARLY AND BUY Christmas Seals HON. CHARLES S. DENEBN, UNITED STATES SENATOR FROM ILLINOIS, WILL ADDRESS THE COMMUNITY MEETING AT THE HOPE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH Sunday evening, November 22nd, 8 P. M. will be Community Night at the Hope Presbyterian Church, 61st street and South Loomis boulevard. Those in charge of the program state this will be the largest community event of the season. United States Senator Charles S. Deneer will be the principal speaker for the occasion. The citizens in the community are cordially invited to be present. Sound Advice Given The old sanitary laws devised by the Hebrews must be recognized by hygienic experts, as based on sound and scientific modern concepts, according to Dr. Otto Bauer, physician at Jena, who writes in a German popular medical journal, Pierre Van Paassen comments, in the Atlanta Constitution. Humanity must often go back to the ancients for counsel and advice. The Mosaic sanitary laws are not the only instance. How much sound advice, for example, is there not contained in Xenophon's Oeconomicus for the young matrons of our days who wish to retain their schoolgirl complexion and their slim, athletic figures? Xenophon writes of a man who told Socrates how he had counseled his wife not to use so much white enamel for her complexion, to discard high-healed shoes and not to dip too deeply in the rouge pot. And he added: "I counseled her to oversee the baking woman as she made the bread; to stand beside the housekeeper as she measured out her stores; to go on tours of inspection, for it seemed to me this would at once be walking exercise and gymnastic. And as a most excellent gymnastic, I recommend her to knead the dough and roll the paste; to shake the coverlets and make the beds. For by so doing she would enjoy her food, grow vigorous in health and her complexion would be loveller." Socrates gravely assented to this and referred somewhat contemptuously to "ordinary fine dames, painted counterfetts of womanhood." Medicine Cheap and Good Here's a French physician who advises us to walk on the front of the feet, in order to stimulate the action of our lungs. "Walk on the front part of the foot," says this Professor Amer, "at the rate of 130 steps a minute, with the head up and the calves stiffened, a quarter of an hour, morning and evening." This medicine, comments an observer, can be taken by anyone, costs nothing and is very beneficial. Ernest H. WILLIAMSON UNDERTAKER ERnest H. WILLIAMSON UNDERTAKER 512-29-25 E. H. WILLIAMSON Charlest. Dawson Tribe Claims Descent Directly From Adam In the Mosul area, between Turkey and Iraq, the League of Nations' investigating commission studied a strange devil-worshiping people called the Yedizi. The religion of these people is extraordinary. From God, they believe, amanated seven spirits—the first satan; the second, Jesus Christ. In their belief God created the world through satan and leased it to him for 10,000 years, 6,000 of which have elapsed. Their name for satan is Melek Taus, whom they worship in the form of a bronze peacock. They have a temple on whose walls are painted sun, moon, stars and a great black serpent. There every year they sacrifice a white bull. For the rest, their religion is conglomerate. They adore equally the Old and New Testament and the Koran, Jesus and Mohammed. The sign of the cross is holy to them, but so are Mecca, and verses from the Koran. They believe in the transgloration of souls and in the divinity of fire. They live in complete isolation. Their origin is obscure. They speak Kurdish, but look like the types of old Assyrian monuments. They claim to be different from all other peoples, and more ancient. Others, they say, are descended from Adam and Eve, whereas they are descended from Adam alone. All in the Same Boat An amusing Indian story is translated into English by Pandit Shyama Shankar, an Indian scholar who is also well versed in English. Four Mohammedans were offering prayers at a mosque. One, by chance, said something not belonging to the prayer. The man next to him cried out: "You fool, you have spoken out in the midst of your prayer. Therefore all your prayer goes for nothing." "And yours?" cried out the third man. "You, too, have spoken, so your prayer cannot have any effect." The fourth man muttered to himself: "They are all speaking. Thank God I am not!" Sunlit Minds Studies by physicians and scientists in England reported at the congress of the Royal Institute of Public Health, held at Brighton, England, indicate that sunlight, "either natural or artificial, when properly administered, may have a definitely beneficial effect on mental activity." It was found that children handicapped in school work by illness, when cured with the aid of sunlight caught up with and even out-distanced their classmates. Big Game Vanishing From Belgian Congo It is reported that 30,000 male elephants are being killed every year in the Belgian Congo, and the native custom of elephant trapping has resulted in the death of a large number of female and young elephants without tusks and therefore useless for the ivory market. Natives were leaving agricultural work in order to look after elephant traps, which captured, of course, all classes of elephants and not merely ivory bearers. As a result the whole breed is being reduced, the average weight of tusks being eight pounds less today than before the World war. Hippopotami and rhinoceroses, gorillas and antelopes were also fast disappearing from certain districts, while certain varieties of small and gay-plumaged birds formerly plentiful in the Congo are now seldom seen except on women's hats. More severe enforcement of existing hunting regulations and the taking of new and stronger measures for the preservation of big game by marking out forest reserves where hunting would be forbidden, is being advocated. Phrases That Are Old A phrase frequently heard is "necessity is the mother of invention." But few realize how old it is. We find it in the "Republic" of Plato: "The true creator is necessity, who is the mother of our invention." When Disraeli gave the alternative title of "The Two Nations" to his novel "Sybil," to emphasize the gulf which lay between the rich and the poor of the same country, he was echoing Plato. "Any city," said Plato, "however small, is in fact divided into two, one the city of the poor the other of the rich." Another very modern note is struck by Sir Thomas Moore in "Utopia," where, talking of education and environment, he says, "You first make thieves and then punish them." Work Made Enemies "The Age of Reason," treatise advocating delism, was written by Thomas Paine. Paine having incurred the displeasure of the Robespierre faction during the French revolution, was imprisoned in Paris for the greater part of the year 1794; and it was while he was thus confined that he completed the second part of the work. This was published after his release, in 1795. A portion of the third part appeared in 1807. The book, owing to its pronounced deocrines, alienated many of Paine's personal friends.—Kansas, City Star. 3 Confucius "Written Up" In the year 1403, Yung Lo, emperor of China, ordered that there be compiled in a single work all that had been written about the Confucian doctrine, together with an account of the life of Confucius and all collateral matter connected in any way with the teacher and his philosophy. To complete the task there was a staff of 2.141 scholars, 20 sub-directors, five directors and three commissioners, and the work took five years. The finished work consisted of 22,877 sections bound into 11,100 volumes (each half an inch thick). The expense of printing being found too great, two copies were made about the year 1567. The original and one of the copies were destroyed by the Ming dynasty fell, in 1644. The remaining copy, except five volumes, was destroyed in a revolutionary outbreak.—Dearborn Independent. Hung On to Good Thing A young Scottsman took his lass to a high-class motion picture theater in London. It was in the afternoon, and presently an attendant came to them with tea and cake on a tray. "How much?" the young man inquired cautiously. "There is no charge," answered the attendant. In silent wonder the youth and his lass slipped their tea and munched their cake. Two hours later, after they had witnessed a performance, the girl whispered, "We must be going. It's past six o'clock." "Not me, lass," he replied. "You can go if you like, but I'm staying to supper." The Shawl The shawl first was introduced into Europe at the time of Napoleon's return from Egypt, where he was fascinated by the alluring garments worn so lavishly by the orientals. It is said that he bought for the Empress Josephine over four hundred of these shawls at one time, and that one of his caprices was that he should never see the same shawl upon her shoulders twice in succession. Earliest Egyptians Further discoveries of a new prehistoric people, who came long before the later prehistoric Egyptians, have been made. This people according to Sir Flinders Petrie, the director of the British School of Archeology in Egypt may be the earliest inhabitants of the country with a regular civilization. They may be identified with the race which occupied the deserts of Egypt and Palestine in a less arid period. A. Beautiful Girl Reveals Secret Once my hair is anything but long and silky soft as it is now, and my complexion was sallow, and there were often unsightly pimples on my face. One day I heard of Exelento Quinine Pomade for the hair and purchased a jar. Almost immediately it stopped all dandruff, made my hair grow long, soft and fine, and gave it a delightful sheen. Because of the perfectly wonderful results I obtained from Exelento Quinine Pomade, I purchased a jar of Exelento Skin Beautifier. It changed my sallow complexion to a clear, lovely skin, glowing with health. For pimples and other skin blemishes, it has no equal. If I am as beautiful as people say, it is all due to Exelento Pomade and Exelento Skin Beautifier may be obtained for only 25% at most drug stores, or will be sent postpaid upon receipt of price by the EXELENTO MEDICINE CO., Atlanta, Ga. AGENTS WANTED EVERYWHERE Write For Particulars Spanish Brought the Orange Into America The orange was originally a native of India, South China or the Malay archipelago. But its Hindu or Sankrit name was long ago influenced by the Latin word "aurum," or the French "or," meaning gold; and the whole tradition of the orange, as it has come down to us, is through the medium of Moorish splendor and Spanish luxury. The proud Spanard did not carry apples with him on his conquests, but he did take the orange and the lemon. The former especially came to grace the festive board of grandees; and if any time oranges were lacking at his festas, the fastest dispatch riders were sent to far-away missions to bring back the coveted fruit. Although the commercial growth of oranges did not begin until the completion of the Southern Pacific to New Orleans in 1881, and received further impetus when the Santa Fe was built through in 1885, the first trees were taken to what is now our Southwest by the early mission fathers. The Franciscan monks who emigrated from Lower California in 1769 brought various semi-tropical fruits with them; and of twenty-one missions, it is said that all but three had gardens and orchards.—Albert W. Atwood, in the Saturday Evening Post. --- Famous American Society The Society of Officers of the Continental army called the Society of the Cincinnati, was founded by regular officers of the Continental army at the headquarters of Baron von Steuben on the Hudson, 1783, was named for a traditional Roman dictator, Lucius Quintius Cincinnatus, born about 519 A. D. The name was adopted in allusion to the approaching change from military to civil pursuits and referred to the fact that Cincinnatus when named dictator was discovered by the deputies sent to apprise him of the honor, digging on his farm beyond the Tiber, an occupation he was loath to leave and eager to resume after much military glory. To Each His Task Each one of us is here because there is something we can do which no one else can do. If we fail to do it, we rob the world of whatever it may be. Every man, so long as he does his task, is indispensable to his fellow man.—Grit. Dependent on One Another Individual independence is a delusion and a snare. No one does or can live unto himself alone, but is dependent on others as they are on him. In all planes of life there is mutual dependence, and obligations cannot be ignored.—Grit. Not Proven D. L. thinks he has proved his case against a Scot having a sense of humor because he told four jokes to a Scot without getting a single smile. Before accepting this evidence, we want to hear those jokes.—London Tit-Bits. Historian Changed Name John Fiske, the American historical writer, was originally Edmund Fiske Green, but he had his name changed legally in 1855 to John Fiske, the name of one of his great-grandfathers. Fiske died in 1901. Useless. It Seems "Please, could you change this here stamp? Taint no manner of use to no one. Father's licked it, mother's licked it, aunt's licked it, we've all licked it, and it won't stay on nohow." —Columbia Jester. High and Bad Are Related A scientist traces family quarrels to bad livers. And high livers must not be overlooked—Milwaukee Journal. In the school of experience you don't get a sheepskin. You grow your own to replace the fragments removed. Harmony has been gaining such sway in the fashion world that it has now penetrated the realm of underthings, with the result that the new lingerie models feature the fall trend seen in outer garments. In other words, says a fashion correspondent in the New York Times, the line in underwear must correspond with that of the frock worn. Georgette in exquisite pastel shades, and crepe de chine in white and shell pink are used in models for evening wear. A three-piece dance set in april georgette is trimmed with hand-made lace. Fullness in the step-ins is achieved by insets of tiny plaits, which are outlined with the lace. Instead of shoulder straps, three velvet-covered elastic bands hold the narrow bandeau in place. These are stretched across the back and fastened under the arms by small rosebuds. Shirred ruffles of lace and rosebuds add a Colonial touch to the garters. The flare plays an important part in a three-piece model of heavy white crepe satin. Double-folds of georgette serve as the only trimming, and when used in the tops of chemise and slip further carry out the new silhouette. Godets of the georgette plaited are placed around the bottom of the slip and at the sides of the chemise. Narrow piplings of georgette are used in the double shoulder straps of both garments and to trim the garters. Crepe de chine, crepe satin and handkerchief linen are sponsored in many of the two and three-piece models destined for daytime wear. Lace and net in a variety of interesting designs provide the main trimming for these garments, while the more tailored models emphasize the use of fine hand embroidery and drawn work. Many show borders of contrasting colors, and a few have edges of real filet and Irish picot. Attention to cut and finish are the outstanding features of the new onepiece tailored models to be worn with sports clothes. Broadcloth and heavy crepe satin are the favored materials. To permit freedom of movement a band of knitted fabric is inserted at the lower back. In the absence of trimming of any kind, great stress is laid on the finish. Glove-silk underwear has become a byword, in fact so much so that very little variation from the staple styles has been noted in the models now on display. Its clinging tendencies, however, make it a boon to the stout woman, who wisely will have nothing of georgette or the crepe varieties. In many instances the effect of an evening gown depends upon the selection of the proper slip. One safe rule to follow is to bear in mind the lines of the dress. If the gown is slightly fitted select a slip having the same lines, but in no case wear a full slip with a slender gown. Slips of georgette, chiffon and crepe are favored for evening wear. Fitted bodices and fullness in the lower parts of these garments are further evidence of the new silhouette in underwear. Most of the models for daytime are cut on a long waistline with just sufficient fullness in the skirts to permit comfort in walking. Satin and woven silks in the darker shades are very desirable in this type of garment. How Gilt Edging Is Used to Enrich Velours Hat BUSSWARD & ENDWARD The velours hat is one of the season's favorites. It is worn upon all occasions with handsome street suits or with informal sports clothes. The hat shown here is black velours decorated with gilt edging. Frocks in Tiers Women have already derived a certain amount of satisfaction from tears. Perhaps that is why they are now crying for tiers. Some of the most popular afternoon frocks are constructed entirely of tiers of chiffon. The gowns are built just like a clapboard house, but one does not have to possess an English college style of figure to wear such a frock with satisfaction. Jealousy's Exactions Of all the passions, jealousy is that which exacts the hardest service and pays the bitterest wages. Its service is—to watch the success of our enemy; its wages—to be sure of it. Colton. THE BROAD AX, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, NOVEMBER 14, 1925 Made of Blending Pur The combination coat, which is half of one and half of a blending fur, is one of the novelties of the season. Incidentally, this mode may be used in fashioning one's last year's jacquette into a new, long fur coat for this season's wear. Buttons, More Buttons to Adorn New Dresses No longer does the button play only a useful but not ornamental part in the tout ensemble of woman's toilette, for either it is conspicuous by its absence or is present in marshaled ranks in all its decorative possibilities. With the new type of gown and the kind of lingerie women are wearing at the present time and are apt to continue to wear for a decade, at least, many a malden or matron steps out to work, to shop, or to pay social calls with not one single button about any part of her apparel. But when she does wear buttons they extend from the throat to the hem of the dress or are sewed in many little rows like rows of narrow ribbons, sometimes on an otherwise perfectly plain frock. The tailored coat dresses of this winter will have buttons down the front, down the sides, of the sleeves and nine times out of ten they will be used to button on side flaring floures at the low hip line. Even the evening dresses will not escape the decorative button rage and tiny jeweled ones will be used to fasten the drapery on the hip or frankly show on the shoulder seams. Agree Upon Colors for Autumn Hosiery, Shoes Cooler colors in hosiery for the autumn are promised by the 12 shades authorized by the Textile Color Card association. A range of colors from moonlight to gummetal includes fewer of the vivid tints that have been popular with many women. The National Association of Hosiery and Underwear Manufacturers has co-operated with those who compile the color card each season and has prescribed the following: almond, atmosphere, aztec, bran, champagne, French nude, gummetal, mauve-taupe, moonlight, Piping Rock, rose-gray and rosewood. Shoes will be made in five attractive shades of brown and a medium gray, described as zinc. In this, two of the largest manufacturing and retailing associations have concurred with the color card producers, so that their style formulae are apt to be rather widely adopted. Autumn blonde is the palest of these tints, while India tan, rosewood, woodland brown, and Rugby tan are shades that are rich but not vivid. New Autumn Black Frock Is Touched With Colors The black frock that has been conspicuous by its absence from summer fashions, returns with autumn and from every indication will be even more popular this fall than it has been for several seasons past. Much of the distinction of these black costumes may be attributed to the beautiful fabrics chosen for their fashioning. Supple crepe-back satins, lustrous vellets, crepes with an almost imperceptible weave are all used, and the effects achieved are amazingly smart. An innovation of the present season is the introduction of touches of a tone of faded pink or old blue into frocks of navy blue or black. This adds a certain youthfulness that is most engaging and contributes greatly to their interest. Fashionable Colors All shades of red are featured at the moment, particularly the shades which are of Spanish origin and are known as castillan and toreador. Especially attractive are simple frocks of georgette crepe and crepe de chine in these tones. Movement of Intellect When the intellect moves to the work of human elevation, the power which gives the impulse and secures permanency is generated in the heart and conscience—Walker. Hymns Form Links The Old and the New worlds have been linked by hymns. Doctor Reeves tells how American history opened with the singing of a Christian hymn. "On the evening of September 25, 1492, one of the companions of Columbus saw what he thought to be land lying dimly in the west. . . . From all three of the ships, as Columbus himself gives | the account in his diary, there rose the sound of the old 'Gloria in Excelsis Dec.'" We learn that later in the history of Christian America "The Bay Psalm Book" was printed in the modest dwelling of the first president of Harvard. President Dwight of Yale, who was a chaplain in the Revolutionary army, edited and partly wrote what was for years the leading hymn and psalm book in the country. In 1787 at Charleston, S. C., John Wesley, an Anglican missionary, published the first hymn book of the Church of England—W. M. Letts in Yale Review. JAS. B. McCAHEY, President FRANK J. DUNN, Vice-President ESTABLISHED 1877 JOHN J. DUNN COAL CO. ESTABLISHED JOHN J COA Telephone Oakland 1550 Street CHICAGO nwood 6309 COLN GARAGE L. Johnston GENERAL AUTOMOBILE STORAGE AND REPAIRING Day and Night Service 4621-23 So. State Street Phone: Kenwood 6309 LINCOLN L. Jo GENERAL AUTOM AND RE Day and N 4621-23 So. GENERAL AUTOMOBILE STORAGE AND REPAIRING Day and Night Service 4621-23 So. State Street PETER H. R. D. 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