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The Third Annual Recital, Given by George R. Garner the Noted Tenor Singer, at Orchestra Hall on Monday Evening, Was a Huge and Brilliant Success. SOCIETY NEWS PUBLISHED FREE Vol. XXXI. 5 C The Third Noted Ten Was a Hu MADAM BESSIE MART OTHER PARTICIPAT ASSISTING MR. O HIMSELF WERE AT BEST AND THEY CO SELVES OVER W CREDIT AND HONO ING TO MAKE THE H FAIR ONE LONG TO BERED. MANY OF THE PROMIN LEADERS OCCUPIED MADAM BESSIE MARTIN AND THE OTHER PARTICIPATING ARTISTS, ASSISTING MR. GARNER LIKE HIMSELF WERE AT THEIR VERY BEST AND THEY COVERED THEMSELVES OVER WITH MUCH CREDIT AND HONOR IN ASSISTING TO MAKE THE PLEASENT AFFAIR ONE LONG TO BE REMEMBERED. MANY OF THE PROMINENT SOCIETY LEADERS OCCUPIED THE BOXES By Mrs. Elvie L. Stewart Fort Dearborn Lodge No. 44 L. B. P. O. E. of W.. James C. Martin, Exalted Ruler, achieved great success Monday evening, January 18th, when it presented at its first annual musical Mr. George R. Garner, tenor, and Mme. Bessa Selectman-Martin, soprano, in concert at Orchestra Hall. This was the third appearance of Mr. Garner at Orchestra Hall, but the first appearance under the auspices of Fort Dearborn Lodge No. 44 and never has Mr. Garner been given a more enthusiastic reception, nor appeared to a more appreciative audience than he did on this occasion. He was in good voice, his shading in the softer phrases most appreciable and beside being endowed with the true instinct for singing, combined with the mellowness and sympathy of tone that is inherent in the voices of our group, he also possesses great interpretative force. In his initial number, "Onaway Awake Beloved" from Hiawatha by Coleridge Taylor, Mr. Garner's interpretation was most pronounced and the enunciation most distinct. In the group of American Spirituals, "Oh! Didn't it Rain," and "Oh! Peter Go Ring Dem Bells," by Harry T. Burleigh, Mr. Garner's voice showed a distinct quality of sweetness and shading not evident in the more classical productions. Here, indeed, was exhibited most plainly the mellowness and sympathy of tone for which singers of our group are most famed. The Merry Dance and Lament Pagliacci by Leoncarallo showed technique, airy grace, clarity, accuracy and yet both numbers were rendered with the suavity of the old school. Too much credit and praise cannot be given Mr. Garner, for he has demonstrated to the musical world that he is a genius with a genuine talent. This goes without saying from the fact that on Sunday afternoon previous to the appearance at the Orchestra Hall, Mr. Garner won the competition held under the auspices of the American Society of Music for the honor of appearing with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Chicago music lovers are unduly proud of Mr. Garner, from the fact that he is a typical Chicago boy born and reared on the North side and is making his success known wherever he goes and will ultimately end at the top round of the ladder of fame. In this connection Mrs. Pauline Bell Garner, accompanist for her distinguished husband must come in for her share of praise in her manipulation of the ivory keys which contribute so much to the success of the singer. Mrs. Garner gives evidence of untiring effort of study in accompanying her husband and her playing in reference to Mr. Garner's singing might well be expressed as essential as the bow of Maiden, Home and Chas. Re the voice eral effect Reece ae of conduce to handle ciency. The o schenck Vol. XXXI. 5 CENTS PER COPY rd Annual Senor Sing Huge and MARTIN AND THE IMPATING ARTISTS, MR. GARNER LIKE E AT THEIR VERY Y COVERED THEM- ER WITH MUCH IONOR IN ASSIST- THE PLEASENT AF- G TO BE REMEM- DOMINENT SOCIETY SUPPIED THE BOXES. the violin which helps bring out the sweetness of tone of the violin. Mr. and Mrs. Garner left Chicago Wednesday night en route for California for a series of concerts thence to Europe for a period of study in rounding out a well balanced voice. Other numbers appearing on the program were "The Two Magicians," by Curean; "Coming Home," by Willeby, and "The South Winds Are Blowing," by Densmore, which were sung by Mme. Martin. If the audience had not known that this was Mme. Martin's initial appearance it would not have been known from the air of confidence which possessed the Madam as she sweetly voiced her numbers, taking the scale up and down revealing a voice resonant in sweetness and with the ultimate training which will be Mme. Martin's portion in the future, the writer predicts that this singer will develop into a most delightful coloratura singer second to none now appearing on the American stage. In the group of American Spirituals, "Go Down Moses," Burleigh; "Steal Away," Original, and "Are You Ready?" Hilbert Earl Stewart, Mme. Martin showed to the audience her capability of shading also giving evidence of hidden depths of voice at the same time emphasizing a well defined enunciation and that peculiar sweetness which shows so well in the Spiritual class of music. The writer wishes to compliment Mme. Martin for her confidence, pleasing stage appearance, and genial personality and predicts for her as stated above a most wonderful future. "The Gloria," 12th Mass from Mozart, and "Good Night Beloved," by Pinsuit, sung by Phillips High School Glee Club under the direction of the accomplished well experienced musical genius, Mrs. Mildred Bryant-Jones, was greatly enjoyed by this most appreciative audience and "Peanuts" and the encore which followed by the Phillips Double Quartette in the street parlance, "took the rag off the bush" and tickled the risibles of every one present. The Broad Ax takes this means of complimenting both the Phillips High School Glee Club and Double Quartette and hopes their glory will never be less. The renditions by the Metropolitan Solo Choir, "Bridal Chorus", "Rose Maiden," and "Poor Mourner's Got a Home at Last," conducted by Mr. Chas. Reece were very soulfully given, the voices blended evenly and the general effect was quite pleasing. Mr. Reece appeared quite easy in his role of conductor and showed he was equal to handling the Solo Choir with efficiency. The organ numbers by Mr. Eigenschenck were voluminous in sound and THE BROAD AX THE BROAD AX, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, JANUARY 23, 1926 M. B. The best and the most up-to-date Treasurer of Cook County, who can count his warm friends residing in all parts of this city and county by the hundreds of thousands and the people's candidate for Sheriff of Cook County who will come in under the wire far ahead of all comers at the Primaries, Tuesday, April 13. tone, the Intermezzo, played in the higher keys was quite pleasing in sound to most of the hearers as evidenced by the applause, whether the character of music was above the interpretation of the majority of the audience or not the writer was not able to determine, however the Intermezzo seemed to win the laurels. Last on the program, but by no means least, was the Hallelujah Chorus from Handel. This choice selection rendered by the Metropolitan Choir under the direction of the peerless leader, Mr. J. Wesley Jones, is like rare wine, it grows better with age, it possesses that quality of tone which never grows less and altho one may hear it sung many times, yet each time it is heard it lends an added charm of tone. Miss Lowell V. Derrick and Miss Mabel Sanford Lewis appeared at the piano for the Metropolitan Solo Choir and Mr. Walter E. Gossette at the organ for the Grand Chorus. The white robed appearance of the more than three hundred persons in the different choirs made a very pleasing back ground for the artist who appeared in Solos and had there been the least symptom of unrest this background would lend confidence and all that is thus inspired to the persons it surrounded. This initial effort by the Fort Dearborn Lodge No. 44 I. B. P. O. E. of W., was given for the benefit of the Home of Fort Dearborn Lodge at 3920 South Parkway and will be an annual affair seeking each year to present to the Musical public stars of the highest order. Musical society and the leaders of the social sets were in evidence in abundance, beautiful evening gowns, jewels, the conventional evening full dress for the men everywhere in the boxes and on the main floor satisfied the eye of the most critical. The writer noted the following box parties: Box D, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Speedy, Mr. and Mrs. Homer Lewis, Mrs. Lulu E. Lawson, Mrs. Bertha Wheedbee, Louisville, Ky. HON. P. J. CARR the most up-to-date Treasurer of count his warm friends residing in county by the hundreds of the candidate for Sheriff of Cook C er the wire far ahead of all co sday, April 13. Box E, Dr. and Mrs. Mervin R. Bibb, Dr. B. W. Anthony, Mrs. M. E. McClure, Mrs. Isaac Wilson, Winne- peg, Canada. Box F, Mr. and Mrs. Harvey A. Watkins, Mr. and Mrs. L. L. Lindsey, Mrs. Ada Clay. Box G, Dr. and Mrs. G. A. Thornton, Mr. David B. Hawley, Mr. and Mrs. Morris Bell. Box H, Dr. and Mrs. W. H. Davis, Mr. Cldye Hume, Mr. Gilroy Griffin, Mr. and Mrs. Bob Mays, Mr. Percy T. Johnson. Box I, Senator and Mrs. Adelbert H. Roberts, Dr. W. H. Holloway, Major and Mrs. A. E. Pettus, Mr. and Mrs. Gerald L. Jamison. Box J, Mr. L. Woodford, Messrs, Gardner, Bostic Samuels, Mrs. Thompson, Modene. Box K, Mr. Jas. C. Martin, Mr. Frank W. Henry, Mr. H. B. Lewis, Mrs.* Ruby Reynolds, Mrs. Lucy Selectman, Mrs. Emma B. Shortner. Box L, Mr. and Mrs. Malcolm A. McDonald, Dr. and Mrs. Julian H. Lewis, Mr. Chandler Owens, Miss Hazel Bramlette. Box M, Attorney Violet Anderson-Johnson, Mme. Camille Cohen-Jones, Mrs. Mabel Ferguson, Mrs. L. Morris Jackson, Mrs. Alpha Adams, Dr. M. J. Hawkins. Box N, Mr. and Mrs. S. J. Fountain, Mrs. J. M. Hays, Dr. W. N. Sublette and family. Box O. Col. and Mrs. J. R. Marshall, Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Binga, Mr. and Mrs. George T. Kersey. Box P, Mr. and Mrs. James Brooks, Mr. R. L. Potts, Mr. M. T. Bailey, Miss Mary E. Branch. Box Q, Editor and Mrs. R. S. Abbott, Judge and Mrs. Albert B. George, Dr. and Mrs. Herbert A. Turner. Box R, Dr. and Mrs. Andrew E. Dobson. Theta Sigma Chapter, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority. Box S, Mrs. Tillie Houston White, Miss Estella Webster, Mrs. Milton P. Webster, Miss Eleanor Harper, Miss Minnie Houston, Mr. A. E. C. McNeal. Mrs. M. Sewell, Miss Velma Sewell, Masters Jno. W. and Wm. W. Sewell, Mr. R. E. Clark, Mr. A. W. Walker, Robt. Irving. Mr. and Mrs. Jas. Wright, Mrs. Robinson, Mr. Henry Picore, Mrs. M. L. Hampton, Mr. J. B. Deveaux. Dr. and Mrs. Floyd Willis, Dr. W. Bowles, Mrs. Clayda Carraway, Mrs. Mattie F. Lowe, Mrs. Willie Miller, Attorney and Mrs. Richard Hill, Jr. NO MONUMENT WILL BE ERECTED AT 35TH STREET AND SOUTH PARKWAY IN HONOR OF THE COLORED SOLDIERS WHO LOST THEIR LIVES ON THE BATTLE- FIELDS OF FRANCE Wednesday afternoon the South Park Commissioners came together at their headquarters in Washington Park and after a whole lot of blowing and puffing on the part of several false leaders of the colored race, the commissioners, by a vote of two to three, finally decided to slap the colored people in their faces and insult them to their heart's content. Hon. M. L. Igoe and Hon. Louis J. Behan stood by the colored people and were in favor of locating the monument at 35th street and South Parkway. On the other hand, Hon. Edward J. Kelly, who at one time lived over back of the yards, John Bain and Mr. B. E. Sunny voted against it locating at that point. Col. Otis B. Duncan, commanding the Eighth Regiment, Illinois National Guard, made an eloquent talk in behalts of erecting the monument there in honor of the memories of the colored soldiers who lost their lives on the battlefields of France. It, seems that the members of the Hyde Park Kiwanis Club, who hate the colored people, won the commissioners over on their side, carrying the day against the colored people. The colored people of this city should lay for Messrs. Kelly, Sunny and Bain and if they should ever run for office they should whack them over their heads with their ballots. Mrs. Maude Bomar James has removed from 4420 South Parkway to 634 East 50th place, where she will be pleased to meet her many friends. NEGRO'S INDUSTRIAL FUTURE TO BE DISCUSSED Urban League to Hold Conference in New York. Feb. 3-5, 1926 At the time of the fifteenth annual meeting of the National Urban League Feb. 3-5, an important conference will be held which will mean much in the future programs of industrial and community welfare for the Negro. Representatives from at least 50 urban communities will attend this conference and confer on such subjects as Health and Housing, Recreation and Training of Workers in Industry. White and colored students of the problem of race contacts will confer on methods by which friction may be avoided and better and more lasting fellowship between the various racial elements in America may be promoted. The opening session on Feb. 3 will be addressed by Walter W. Pettit, assistant director of the New York School of Social Work, on Present Day Problems of Social Life, and E. Franklin Frazier, director of the Atlanta School of Social Work will describe how these problems are manifesting themselves among Negroes. Following this session, Forrester B. Washington, executive secretary of the Philadelphia Armstrong Association, affiliated with the League, will present a program to meet these needs in northern communities, incidentally bringing in a summary of an investigation of more than 90 communities in Pennsylvania having more than 100 Negro population which he has studied under the auspices of the Public Welfare Department of the Keystone State. For the South, J. Marshall Ragland, executive secretary of the Louisville Urban Welfare will promote a program During the day sessions, Charles S. Johnson, director of the Department of Research and Investigations of the League, and editor of "Opportunity" magazine, will present the findings of a study of the experiences of Negroes with trade unions covering a long period of years, and T. Arnold Hill, director of the National Industrial Department of the League, will lead the discussion in a symposium on the training which is afforded Negroes to grasp industrial opportunities now offered them. At this symposium some of the leading exponents of trade training for Negroes will participate in the discussion. This group includes: James Gregg, principal of Hampton Institute; F. D. Bluford, president of the A. & T. College of Greensboro, N. C.; and representatives from Tuskegee Institute. President Arthur Morgan of Antioch College in Ohio will present the Antioch plan of work and study for consideration by educators among the Negroes. Employers of labor will be present to discuss this subject in view of the types of workers that they are seeking. George Sullivan, superintendent of the Sayre and Fisher Brick Manufacturing Co. of Sayreville, N. J., will also address this meeting. In the health session Frederick L. Hoffman, consulting statistician of the Prudential Life Insurance Company, author of "Race Traits and Tendencies of the American Negro," which produced such excitement in sociological circles nearly 30 years ago, will present some of his new theories in light of the experiences of the Negro following the appearance of this startling book. Dr. M. O. Bousefield, president of the Liberty Life Insurance Co.; Dr. Clyde H. Donnell, medical director of the N. C. Mutual Life Insurance Co., and C. C. C萨uldling, president of the same company, will engage in the discussion, as will representatives of many other life insurance companies and health organizations vitally interested in Negro health. Speakers at the evening programs will include Ferdinand Q. Morton, Civil Service Commissioner of New York City; Mrs. Blanche Armwood Beatty, executive secretary of the SUBSCRIBE FOR THE BROAD AX No.19 Garner the y Evening, No.19 Tampa (Florida) Urban League; Eugene Knickle Jones, executive secretary of the National Urban League, and L. Hollingsworth Wood, president of the National Urban League. It is expected also that James A. Walker, mayor of New York City; Dr. Louis I. Harris, the city's health commissioner and other prominent leaders in public thought will speak. The league is extending a cordial invitation to all persons interested in any phase of Negro welfare to attend the sessions and to participate in the meetings at which opportunity will be given for general discussion. Welfare organizations and movements interested in health matters, church social service departments, insurance companies and fraternal bodies are being requested to send delegates to the conference and to communicate with Jas. H. Hubert, executive secretary of the New York Urban League, 202 West 136th street, New York City, for particulars as to accommodations and places of meetings. MR. AND MRS. JOSEPH H. HUDLUN ARE STILL ENJOYING LIFE Mr. and Mrs. Joseph H. Hudlun, 4503 S. Wabash avenue, are among the best and oldest citizens in Chicago. For more than thirty years Mr. Hudlun has had charge of the Board of Trade Building, succeeding his father in his responsible position, and he has made good, in every way, in every inch of the road. He is held in the highest respect by the officials of the Board of Trade and they place the fullest confidence in his honesty and straightforwardness. For many years Mr. and Mrs. Hudlun have been constant and firm supporters of this newspaper and the writer wishes them continued success and happiness as they journey through life. CHARLES ELLIS GAINES CELEBRATED HIS SECOND BIRTHDAY Saturday, January 16th, little Master Charles Ellis Gaines, the writer being his first godfather, celebrated his second birthday at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Harris B. Gaines, 3262 Vernon avenue. His elder brother, H. B., Jr., and some little neighbor boys joined in assisting him to celebrate it, with much vim and noise and they all had plenty of ice cream, cake, and other good things to eat. Dr. Adena C. E. Minott of New York City, his godmother, sent him a beautiful birthday card and other friends sent cards and tokens of friendship. THE THIRTY-FIIRTH ANNUAL TUSKEGEE NEGRO CON- FERENCE Wednesday and Thursday, January 27th and 28th, the thirty-fifth annual Tuskegee Negro Conference will be held at the Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute, Alabama, and the following short program will be adhered to: Farmers' Day, Wednesday, January 27th — Topic: "Improving the Farm and Farm Life." Workers' Day, Thursday, January 28th — Topic: "Teachers' Salaries and Tenure of Teachers." (a) Elementary schools, (b) secondary schools and colleges. Reduced rates on all railroads on identification certificate plan. MADAME L. B. BATES HAS OPENED THE STATES BEAUTY PARLOR in the tives of companies by inter- programs Morton, of New ermwood of the Madame L. B. Bates, who is one of the most popular and prominent members of Olivet Baptist Church, 31st street and South Parkway, who thoroughly understands beauty culture from A to Z, recently opened the State Beauty Parlor, 3507 South State street, over the States Theater, where she will be highly delighted to see her many friends and patrons. THE BROAD AX Published Every Saturday In this city since July 15th, 1899, without missing one single issue. Republicans, Democrats, Catholics, Protestants, Single Taxes, Priests, infidels or anyone else can have their say as long as their language is proper and responsibility is fixed. The Broad Ax is a newspaper whose platform is broad enough for all, ever claiming the editorial right to speak its own mind. It is neither Democratic nor Republican. It is strictly or absolutely independent in politics. Local communications will receive attention. Write only on one side of the paper. Subscriptions must be paid in advance. One Year .....$2.00 Six Months .....$1.00 Advertising rates made known on application. Address all communications to THE BROAD AX 6206 S. Elizabeth St., Chicago. Phone: Wentworth 2597 JULIUS F. TAYLOR Editor and Publisher Vol. XXXI No. 19 Chicago, January 23, 1926 Entered as Second-Class Matter, Aug. 19, 1902, at the Post office at Chicago, III. Under Act of March 8, 1879. NEW INFORMATION FORMS READY The Federal statutes and the income tax regulations require employers, corporations, and partnerships to report annually to the government, on Form 1099, payments of $1,000 or more to individuals. New blanks furnished for 1925 require the reporting of payments of $1,000 or more to single persons and $2,500 or more to a married person. In other words, if an employee is married and has received less than $2,500, the reporting of the fact is not compulsory. On account of raising the minimum amount in the case of married persons it is believed that a considerable amount of clerical work will be saved large employers of labor. The forms 1099 are now ready and are being distributed at the office of Mabel G. Reinecke, collector of internal revenue, 528 Federal building, and are obtainable upon request. Mrs. Reinecke said, "I am advised that a smaller number of forms 1099 have been printed on account of the exemption applying to married persons. This means that the bureau intends to avoid wasteage of the printed forms. I am hopeful that we shall have the ready co-operation of large employers in our effort to comply with the wishes of the commissioner of internal revenue in this respect. When large corporations are furnished forms direct from Washington, this office is so advised and no further delivery will be made through the distributing department here." Section 1017 of the Revenue Act provides that a penalty of $10,000 or imprisonment for not more than one year or both shall, upon conviction, be imposed on any person required by the act to make a return, or supply information at the time fixed by law or regulations. ALL OF THE OLD DIRECTORS OF THE DOUGLASS NATIONAL AL BANK HAVE BEEN RE- LECTED At the annual meeting of the stockholders of the Douglass National Bank, held January 12th, the entire board of directors were unanimously re-elected. Harmony and good fellowship was the order of the day. It was decided at a regular meeting by the board of directors, prior to the above date, that the stock of the bank would be placed on a 6 per cent basis, payable quarterly; that the first dividend was declared and paid at the annual meeting to each stockholder of record January 1, 1926. The following are the officers of the Douglass National Bank of Chicago, which is under United States government supervision and member of the Federal Reserve System, which has made great headway since it threw its doors open to the public three or four years ago. It is the only national bank controlled by colored people in the United States. Officers Anthony Overton, president. R. R. Jackson, first vice-president. Rev. John W. Robinson, second vice-president. S. A. T. Watkins, chairman of board. E. S. Miller, secretary. Arthur J. Wilson, cashier. Theo. A. Roane, assistant cashier. Bulletin No. 41 PROTECT YOURSELF AGAINST MORONS By Chief of Police Morgan A. Collins During the past two weeks Chicago has been menaced by morons, half-wits and other perverted persons. The majority of these complaints were made by small children and young girls. Here are a few suggestions to help combat this menace: Do not allow small children to travel lonely thoroughfares after dark. This warning applies to women as well. Make every effort to protect your children from being approached by strangers on the street. Warn them repeatedly to beware of persons they do not know. Be careful who you admit to your home. Equip your door with a chain or other safety device to prevent entrance while conversing with strangers. Never permit water, gas, electric, telephone, or other so-called inspectors to enter without proper badge and other means of identification. If in doubt call your nearest police station. Never enter basement with peddlers, junk men or vendors without leaving street doors wide open, and keeping between them and the door. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO INVESTIGATE ANY SUSPICIOUS PERSON, BUT QUIETLY AND QUICKLY NOTIFY THE POLICE. THE PARTY MAY BE ARMED AND CAUSE SERIOUS TROUBLE. PHYLLIS WHEATLEY HOME The board of directors, house committee, superintendent, girls and all interested in the work have been busy during the past two weeks packing and moving into the more commodious Greater Phyllis Wheatley Home, 5128 South Michigan avenue. Young women and girls can find pleasant accommodations at reasonable rates by applying to the superintendent, Miss Ida Odom. The formal opening will be Sunday, January 31st, from 1 P. M. to 10 P. M. Visitors are cordially invited. Phyllis Wheatley Woman's Club recently met at the home of the president. Thirty-six members and friends enjoyed the splendid program and delicious refreshments Mrs. Mattie E. Bryan, Minneapolis, Minn., spoke interestingly of the work of the Phyllis Wheatley Community Center, of which she is the founder. Mrs. Lizzie Fouse, Lexington, Ky., was another prominent out-of-town visitor. The meeting, Wednesday, January 20th, was held at the Home for Aged and Infirm Colored People, 4430 Vincennes avenue, 2:30 P. M. Mrs. Jeannette Brown (Mother Brown), a charter member of the club, was the guest of honor. Mrs. Brown will celebrate her 92nd birthday February 27th. Elizabeth Lindsay Davis, Club president. Etta Johnson Jones, Recording Secretary. NEW YORK CITY CELEBRATES NEGRO MUSIC During the past week New York City has quite done its bit in perpetuating the rhythm and soul of Negro music. Following an open musical forum at the Hotel Plaza, at which J. Rosamond Johnson and Taylor Gordon sang Negro spirituals, a concert of Negro music in aid of the Negro Art School was given in the Ambassador Theatre last Sunday night under the direction of Will Marion Cook. Besides numbers by Harry Burleigh, James Bland, Paul Laurence Dunbar, and other noted Negro composers, Cook's famous "Mammy" sung by Miss Abbie Mitchell, and "Swing Along" were faultlessly rendered to a packed house. RED CAPS' CLUB NEWS The next regular monthly meeting of the Red Caps' Literary Club will be held in the Red Caps' clubhouse, 3639 Michigan avenue, on Sunday, Feb. 7th, at 3:30 p. m. Dr. A. Wilberforce Williams will be the principal speaker and an interesting program has been promised. Mr. Jesse Binga, president of the Binga State Bank, sold the Red Caps' clubhouse at 3441 Wabash avenue, last week for $11,500 and bought a new home for them at 3639 Michigan avenue at a cost of $13,000. He will have it ready for occupancy by the first of February. Mr. Binga is certainly all right with the Red Caps. Sandy W. Trice, President. THE BROAD AX, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, JANUARY 23, 1926 MUCKINSON HON. GEORGE FRANKLIN HARDING, JR. Ex-City Comptroller of Chicago, prominent South Side leader of the Barrett-Crowe-Brundage faction of the Republican party, who has been united upon to make the race for Treasurer of Cook County and he will make the fur fly in every direction between now and the November election. PENN One of the most popular officials in Cook County, as a member of the Board of County Commissioners, he is on the job all the time, being chairman of its Finance Committee and head of the Forest Preserves. He is one of the biggest political leaders in this neck of the woods and as he has always rang true to the people, they will see to it that he is re-nominated for one of the Commissioners of Cook County at the Primaries, Tuesday, April 13. One of the most popular officials in Cook County, as a member of the Board of County Commissioners, he is on the job all the time, being chairman of its Finance Committee and head of the Forest Preserves. He is one of the biggest political leaders in this neck of the woods and as he has always rang true to the people, they will see to it that he is re-nominated for one of the Commissioners of Cook County at the Primaries, Tuesday, April 13. SOUTHERN SYMPHONY OR CHESTRA PLAYS COMPOSITION BY NEGRO COMPOSER Charleston, W. Va., Jan. 21.—Last Spring the conductor of the Charleston, West Virginia Symphony Orchestra, requested an Orchestral Composition from Clarence Cameron White, violinist, composer and director of music at the West Virginia Collegiate Institute, for this season's program. Mr. White worked on such a composition for full symphony orchestra during the past Summer and this number has just been placed on the program of the Charleston Symphony Orchestra in their concert. This is quite an unusual honor for a Negro composer and is, doubtless, the first time one of the Southern Symphony Orchestras has so honored one of our group. Several seasons ago, the Boston Symphony Orchestra at one of their popular concerts played one of Mr. White's compositions. The only other composer of Negro blood whose works are often done by leading white Symphony Orchestras is S. Coleridge Taylor, who incidentally was Mr. White's teacher in Composition while the latter studied in Europe APPEALS TO GOV. BAKER FOR DOOMED MEN'S LIVES St. Louis, Mo., Jan. 22.—S. E. Garner, attorney representing Josh Cart-wright and George Baker, sentenced to hang February 5 for the murder of Harry Leonard, saloon keeper, on the night of December 31, 1923, Thursday returned from Jefferson City, when he had seen Governor Baker and presented a last minute appeal for clemency and commutation to a life sentence for both men. Leonard was shot to death by a member of a hold-up gang, all four of whom have been tried and sentenced. Leon Williams, said to be the man who fired the shot killing Leonard, was hanged here last July 17 for the murder. Ruben Bobbits, fourth member of the gang, was given a life sentence in October, 1924, and is in the penitentiary at Jefferson City. Cartwright and Baker were sentenced to be hung in May and April, 1924, respectively. The sentences were affirmed by the State Supreme Court last month. Garner said Thursday Governor Baker promised to consider the cases of the two men sentenced to die, and 88 P.E.U. HON. EMMETT WHEALAND most popular officials in Cook County and of County Commissioners, he is being chairman of its Finance O the Forest Preserves. He is one of leaders in this neck of the woods true to the people, they will se nated for one of the Commission the Primaries, Tuesday, April 13. let him know his decision later. Garner said he used the following arguments in presenting the cases to the Governor: That the evidence had shown that Cartwright did not do the shooting. That Cartwright had been the driver of the bandits' car and had been outside the saloon when the shooting took place. That Baker had started out of the saloon before the shooting took place. MAN ACCIDENTLY SHOT TO DEATH BY MOTHER Star City, Ark., Jan. 21.—Joshua Freeman was accidentally shot and killed last Saturday morning by his mother. The youth is said to have been preparing to go hunting and his mother was handling the gun when it discharged. The charge struck the youth in the heart and killed him instantly. FT. DEARBORN ENTERTAINS Fort Dearborn Lodge No. 44, Elks, of which J. C. Martin is exalted ruler, entertained in their beautiful clubrooms at 3940 Grand boulevard, on January 18th, the artists who appeared in the Garner Concert at Orchestra Hall earlier of the same evening. A very pleasant evening was spent. MORE EDUCATED RACE PREACHERS THAN RACE LAWYERS Christian Recorder Editor Calls Attention to Overlooked Fact Philadelphia, Pa., Jan. 21. "There are more educated Colored men in the ministry today than in the legal profession." This is the surprising statement Dr. R. R. Wright, Jr., makes in the Christian Recorder, writing on ministerial education. "You hear but little about the educated Negro preacher. You would think that educated men are planning the ministry. But what are the facts? The fact is that of the colored men who have taken the highest degree which American universities have, a third of them are in the ministry, while the legal, medical, dental, and musical professions have none or very few. The thing which makes it appear that very few educated men are in the ministry is the fact that the number of ministers is very large. There are at least 50,000 of them. The church has tried to cover the whole field of Negro religious need, and to do so has had to use many thousands of men who are poorly educated. It has done this on the theory that a poorly educated preacher with a good heart, is better than no preacher whatever. Meantime it has tried to meet the demand for educated preachers. The result is the race has in number about as many preachers as it needs. Only it must educate them. In contrast the state has not permitted the need for lawyers to be met with any except educated lawyers. So, while nearly every Negro community has its preacher it has not its lawyer. Now it is a fact that we have less educated lawyers than preachers, for there are far above 2000 educated Negro preachers in the country. In other words the law is held out to the young Negro and the ministry, and more of these young educated Negroes have entered the ministry than have entered the law. This is not generally realized because every lawyer you meet has some education, while you might meet five preachers with practically no education before you meet one with education. Thus, we have put our attention upon the uneducated preacher. But take this city for example. We have in Philadelphia about 15 colored practicing lawyers, of fair education. We can easily name more than 15 well educated preachers, who equal or surpass in training the lawyers. This is true in nearly every other city. When you take the large number of cities in which there are no colored lawyers and one or two educated ministers you see more educated Negroes have gone to the ministry than to law. Furthermore, if we take Philadelphia as an example we will find that a large proportion of men who are educated for the law among us, are not practicing the law than of those educated for the ministry but not in the ministry. We do not make this comparison with any invidious intent. We only point out the facts. We believe they will encourage those who are interested in encouraging the education of Negro preachers. Our problem is to educate 45,000 Negro preachers. And our other problem is to get 45,000 Negroes for lawyers and to educate them. MAJ. SHACKLEFORD LEAVES. After spending several very busy days in the city in conferences with Gen. E. Jackson, Gen. Biggs, Col. Williams, Maj. Cane and regimental quartermaster M. T. Bailey, with reference to the encampment of the military department of A. U. K. & D. of A. of which he is head, Maj. Gen. J. A. Shackleford left the city on last Thursday for St. Louis, Mo., and will stop enroute at Indianapolis, Ind., on a business transaction. BROOKS MADE PRESIDENT James M. Brooks well known in Elkdom, was elected president of the Fort Dearborn 1926 Marching Club at the meeting of the club on last Sunday afternoon, to succeed S. J. Fountain, who had resigned. Mr. Brooks was chosen for his qualifications and experience as president of such a club. BROOKS HAVE BOX PARTY Mr. and Mrs. James M. Brooks had as their guest in the box to the George Garner Concert at Orchestra Hall on January 18th, Mr. and Mrs. R. M. Pettus, M. T. Bailey and Miss Mary E. Branch of Petersburg, Va. Mr. Brooks is president of the 1926 Marching Club of Fort Dearborn Lodge No. 44 under whose auspices the concert was given. BISHOP BECKETTS WORK IN MISSISSIPPI DIVIDED—SOUTH CAROLINA KEPT TOGETHER The A. M. E. bishops who attended the funeral of Bishop W. W. Beckett at Charleston, S. C., last week, met in a hurriedly called session of the Bishops' Council to consider the care of the work left without supervision. The conferences in South Carolina were all given to Bishop John Hurst, of Baltimore and Jacksonville. Bishop Hurst's unusual ability and remarkable success caused his colleagues to put upon him the hardest task ever given to a single bishop, presiding over the States of Florida and South Carolina, where he will have 150 ministers under him, 12,000 officers and more than 190,000 members. He will have supervision over two of the largest schools in the A. M. E. Church, Edward Waters College in Jacksonville, Florida, and Allen University in Columbia, S. C. The Mississippi District over which Bishop Beckett presided was divided between Bishop William H. Heard of Philadelphia, who takes the Northern half of the state, and Bishop Carey, who now has the fifth episcopal district. Between them they will administer the affairs of Campbell College, located at Jackson and Mound Bayou. This College has 1000 acres of the best delta land, and is thus equipped for agriculture equal to any in America. Bishop Beckett had just arranged for an elaborate building program which Bishops Heard and Carey will carry on. GETS 21 YEARS FOR KILLING CHILD AND WOUNDING WIFE AND MOTHER- IN-LAW (Preston News Service) Prescott, Ark., Jan. 21.—Julius Young was convicted in Circuit Court Tuesday of murder in the second degree for the killing of his two-year-old child last summer. He was sentenced to serve 21 years in the penitentiary. Young also convicted of assaulting his wife and mother-in-law, Mrs. Annie Wright, with intent to kill and sentenced to serve five years in the penitentiary on each case. He will appeal to the Supreme Court. State witnesses testified that Young went to the home of Mrs. Annie Wright, where his estranged wife and child were staying and that when his wife refused to return and live with him, he opened fire with an automatic pistol, shooting his wife five times, his mother-in-law twice, his child once, and shooting at his wife's sister once. The child lived one month. Young said he fired in self-defense when Mrs. Annie Wright and his wife endeavored to shoot him with a shot-gun. He claimed he shot his child accidentally. HOODED WHITES ATTEMPT TO FORCE NEGRO PROPERTY OWNERS TO FLEE IN TAMPA, FLA. (Preston News Service) Tampa, Fla., Jan. 21.-City and county officials last Wednesday ordered police to make a special effort to round up reported bands of night riders, which officials charge is making an alleged wholesale attempt at the instigation of real estate operators to frighten Negro property owners of Tampa into selling their holdings and fleeing from the city. Officials were said to have been in conference Tuesday afternoon to determine just what steps will be taken to single out those responsible for the intimidations. Action taken at the conference was not made public, it was said. The alleged night riding was called to the attention of members of the city commission Monday by R. C. Doby, an aged negro, and holder of property said to be valued at several thousand dollars. Doby told the commission he was warned by night riders Sunday night to leave Tampa within 48 hours. A burning cross was left at the front gate, he told the commissioner. The city authorities immediately detailed police to protect the negro and his home. Orders to "shoot to kill" were given officers assigned if they found parties prowling around the house. CHILD BURNED TO DEATH AT FORT SMITH Fort Smith, Ark., Jan. 21.—Johnnie Eubanks, five-year-old girl, was burned to death shortly before noon here Monday, when her dress was ignited from a burning mattress on the second floor of the home. She was fatally burned before her mother could go to her assistance. Firemen extinguished the blaze but the child was dead before she was received at a local hospital. COLORFUL NEWS MOVIES By THE CAMERAMAN COLORFUL NEWS "MOVIES" By the Cameraman (Preston News Service) 1. Howard University Appropriation. 2. Travelin' "Souf." 3. Thaddeus Stevens — Reconstruc tion. 4. New York Bans Secrecy. 5. A. B. A.—(Anti-Banking Activities) 6. Colorgrams. Howard University Appropriation The Howard University appropriation for the coming fiscal year is in the Congressional mill, which grinds slowly and with exceeding oratory and perspiration. When the initial item of $218,000 struck the floor of the House last Monday, Congressman Butler B. Hare of South Carolina, who has stepped into the shoes forsaken by Mr. James Byrnes, upheld the traditional custom of his predecessor by having the entire item stricken out on a point of order, which, while warmly debated by Congressman Cramton of Michigan, and Congressman Hill of Maryland, was sustained when the South Carolinian said: "I shall not discuss the merits or demerits of the proposition at this time, but insist on the point of order." And with one sweep of the clerk's pen, went Howard salaries, ice, stationery, laboratory supplies, biological apparatus, buildings, furniture, fixtures, libraries, and even fuel and light for Freedmen's Hospital. If anyone thought the Howard tree of knowledge would be spared, he has another dream coming, for "Woodman" Hare of South Carolina did not spare even a single branch of Dr. J. Stanley Durkee's pet. It is consoling, though, to review the arguments of the fearless John Philip Hill, Maryland Republican, and Congressman Cramton of Michigan. Mr. Cramton said, with deep feeling: "I ask the gentleman (Mr. Hare) not to insist upon his point of order. Howard University has been supported, in small part, by Federal funds for some 40 or 50 years. It has in that time developed until they now have a regular attendance of over 2,000 colored students—students who would not have an opportunity elsewhere to get the training they got at this university. I personally feel that there is a real Federal obligation in connection with that institution." Mr. Hill said: "Mr. Chairman, the appropriation for Howard University stands on a different basis from other appropriations connected with the Federal encouragement of education. Federal assistance has been rendered to Howard University for 40 or 50 years. I do favor in every possible way the encouragement of education by the Federal Government in its own proper sphere, and I hope the bill will promptly pass since this Congress should do everything possible to encourage so valuable an institution as Howard University. Mr. Hare's point of order won in the "finals," however, and it remains for the Senate to restore the lost finances for our greatest university. In the meantime, it would do well for prospective striking students, if any there be at Howard this year, and any other puddlers in the melting pot of dissention on Howard Hill, to consider the thin ice on which Howard is found skating each mid-winter, and forthwith resolve to help the helpers by sawing educational and cooperative wood to the end that the institution may sometime get off the South Carolina rocks and be what it ought to be, both within and without. Any other course is ultra vires, so far as Negro education is concerned. A robust looking Negro youth of perhaps 23 years of age slowly entered the Jim Crow coach at Washington, seated himself beside me, drew a dream book from his right hip pocket and proceeded to make himself comfortable. He was well dressed, and a roll of yellow bills which he carelessly drew from his pocket at intervals convinced me that he was at least temporarily prosperous. "Traveling South?" I ventured to ask, offering him my morning paper. "Yeah," he responded quietly. Yeah, he responded, quietly. "Going back home, I guess?" I followed up, as I glanced at a headline which said that zero weather and the high cost of living had brought about a Negro stampede back to Dixieland. "Yeah," he answered, as quietly as before. "How far are you coming from?" I continued, determined to make my uncommunicative companion talk. "Started last night," he said with a smile. "Got hung up in Philadelphia with the boys, an' had to wait until this mornin' to buy an overcoat," he added, pointing to the good looking ulster which he had just hung on the car hook. "You don't mean to tell me you've gone through the winter without an overcoat, have you?" I shot at him. "Hardly," he said, laughing aloud. "You see, I've been a chauffeur up in New York State, and my regular coat and uniform went along with the job; and when I made the last train yesterday, I didn't have time to buy an overcoat; and it's kinder cold down home, so Sally writes me." "Well, well," I answered perplexedly, as I tried to forego further curiosity. "Didn't quit your job, did you?" "Sure," the youth responded quickly. "I'm on my way to Jacksonville now." "Coming back?" I quizzed, as the youth turned down a page in the dream book. "Man alive, you bet I am," he replied as he put the dream book back into his hip pocket. "You see, everything's come out just like Sally said, and when I had that last dream the other night, I knew it was time for me to beat it to Florida," the youth said, warming up with enthusiasm. "Been up in New York State two years. Been going to night school studying electricity. Got my license last week and a contract for a job at forty dollars a week, beginning the first of March. Got four hundred dollars in the bank, and I'm going down to get Sally now," he concluded, with a broad happy smile. "But who's Sally?" I inquired, as he looked at me for an instant as though I had hurt his feelings. "Sally—man alive; Sally's my girl We're going to be married next Sunday night, and she's coming to New York and study millinery," he almost shouted to me, as I sank back in the seat convinced that it's a two-to-one shot that everyone "Travelin' Souf' nowadays will soon go into reverse. Thaddeus Stevens—Reconstructionist Thaddeus Stevens—Reconstructionist Every colored man, woman and child in the United States should read Samuel W. McCall's "Life of Thaddeus Stevens," the reconstruction whom the Lancaster, Pa., district sent to the U. S. House of Representatives, as Republican leader in the House during the Civil War and Reconstruction days. Stevens was the most bitter foe slavery in the United States ever had, and fought untiringly until his death for the civil rights and full equality of the freedman. On Stevens' tombstone at Lancaster, Pa., is found the simple statement: "I repose in this quiet secluded spot, not from any natural preference for solitude, but, finding other cemeteries limited as to race by charter rules, I have chosen this, that I might illustrate in my death the principles which I have advocated through a long life—the equality of man before his Creator." Of late years, oppressors of Negro freedom and carping critics of proponents of justice and equality for the Negro have taken keen delight in throwing stones at the deceased Negro champion from Lancaster. David Wark Griffith, the moving picture mogul, built his character "Stoneman" in the "Birth of a Nation" from his distorted vision of Stevens. Others speak of him today with half-concealed hostility and patronizing praise. It is a blessing to read behind Daniel Gibbons (white) of Brooklyn, N. Y., who says, in a recent tribute to Stevens: "I was at the funeral of Thaddeus Stevens and shall never forget that fine, strong Roman face stilled in death as all sorts of men passed his bier with bowed heads and deep feeling." Stevens was indeed a reconstructorist who knew that right was right. So far as black America is concerned, his name belongs on the high parity with those of Lincoln, Grant and Sumner. Never before or since have we had a defender of Stevens' calibre. With him, defense was offense—offense against race tyranny and intolerance. If his soul could be reincarnated today in the bosoms of a few Congressional statesmen, the freedom for which he gave his fullest measure of devotion would not be longer withheld from the struggling race whose goal was his goal and whose wounds were his wounds back in the days when our grandfathers were imbibing their first breath of democracy. New York Bans Secrecy Sustaining the Walker Anti-Klan THE BROAD AX, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, JANUARY 23, 1926 statute and declaring that the power to declare a law unconstitutional is always exercised with reluctance, the New York Court of Appeals has decided that if the clandestine fraternity of Imperial Wizard Simmons expects to do business in the Empire State, it will be compelled to file with the Secretary of State a list of its members, a transcript of its secret oaths, and a copy of its constitution and bylaws. "The alternative," says the Court, "is to unhood and disband." There were no dissenting opinions from any of the justices. In the course of its decision, the Court said: "Labor unions, college fraternities, and sororites whose names are legion, have received legislative approval. They have a good reputation—at least the Legislature has recognized as inocuous, if not excellent, the character which they claim for themselves. BUT, the Legislature may take notice of the potentialities of EVIL in secret societies, and may regulate them reasonably, without depriving the members thereof their liberty without due process of law." This decision, of course, has pulled all the teeth out of the Klan, which, for impetus and functioning power depended solely upon hoods; masks, and other pernicious elements of secrecy. The Klan will have to fold up its tent and back out of New York State into some area which was "born in the eclipse and rigged with curses, dark." The psychology of flatfooted fraternalism as proposed by the Empire State is altogether too strong a dose for the Knights of the Invisible Empire. On the other hand, New York residents who believe in honest-to-goodness fraternalism—and their number is legion—are already listed up in societies which, as the New York court says, have a savory reputation. A. B. A.—Anti-Banking Activities A. B. A. does not necessarily always stand as a symbol of the American Banking Association, for alas, Pittsburgh awoke last Tuesday morning and found that its racial banking segment had been added to the long list of banking casualties. The Steel City Banking Company, pride of Pittsburgh, and favored child of finance, had been closed by the State Banking Department because, it was said, "it was unable to meet its obligations on account of unwise investments in mortgages and other securities." In other words, its promoters had been indulging in ANTI-BANKING ACTIVITIES. And thus is Pittsburgh plunged into financial despair, as have other leading cities, with the race's experimentation as receiving and paying tellers, investors, and manipulators of the coin of our loyal banking clients. It is said that we have not as yet mastered the banking business, though it is not surprising when it is considered that very limited facilities are available to our representation. Once the writer took a university course in banking; but yet we know he is not qualified in the banking science and practice. It is up to the race to provide some means of entry into the actual practices of the banking game, plus the financial wizardry so essential to banking success, only a minute part of which is dependent upon taking in money through one window and paying it out through another. Our economic wealth and financial co-operation comprise the chief solvent of our banking problems. No marked pessimism should follow in the wake of the Pittsburgh failure any more than if a laundry or a bootblack stand were to close up for want of competent management. It's all in the game of racial advancement, which calls for a little rain along with the sunshine, in order that we all may know that the "Perfect Day" is still a long, long way off. The sultry Washington summer of 1926 may be combated in the Nation's Capital by three bathing beaches, two for whites and one for blacks. --- Believe it or not: Propagandists say that zero weather and the high cost of living are driving thousands of Negroes back to the dear Old Southland. Rothschild Francis, militant editor of the Virgin Islands Emancipator, fined for alleged criminal libel, has had his case reviewed by the U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals at Philadelphia. Mrs. Robert Wylie Lyle (white) admitted Nordic, recently asked Congressman Aswell of Louisiana a very pertinent question. "What qualifications have you," she inquired, "to draw a bill ostensibly to educate immigrants who are more intelligent than the people of your own State?" --- New Ribbons Are in Rich Designs Decoration Used for Dress Trimming, Motifs, Bows and Girdles. Not since the days of the normal or the natural waistline have there been so many beautiful designs in the sash width ribbons of every sort and pattern. Large sash bows and girdles in the latest dress models have created a new demand for them, advises a fashion writer in the New York Times. The vogue of metallic brocades is reflected in the handsomest of the new sash ribbons. Gold and silver with black, white and colors; threads of high luster woven with strands of dull finish and self-toned brocades are among the new things. Gorgeous color combinations, especially in the floral designs, and patterns that are stiff with metal and velvet may be had. Pastel shades, too, are used in the silk and satin brocades. Beautiful ribbons are woven in the delicate Dresden colors with veins of silver or gilt. These ribbons are used for dress trimming in panels, waistcoats, motifs, bows and girdles. They are happily adapted in the new "grypsy" girdle. Fancy a graceful, simple gown of black crepe de chine as a background for a hip girdle of wide ribbon ornate in design and riotous in color. On one wide ribbon of solid color are applied clusters of flowers made of narrow ribbon and floss. One exclusive New York shop is showing a girdle of black taffeta ribbon 15 inches wide on which is applied a spray of field flowers, in the natural colors, and ears of wheat made of pale yellow ribbon and gold thread. Novelties in ribbon flowers are clever reproductions of natural blossoms. Greatly exaggerated in size, they are fashioned of heavy satin ribbon, with jeweled stamens. At the moment chrysanthemums that suggest a boudor lampshade are seen on smart sports coats. Metal flowers are very good, and lovely roses and other single blossoms of silver and gift tissue are delicate and decorative. Velvet Afternoon Gown; Silk Flower Decoration INTERNATIONAL A prominent actress wears this late model pan velvet afternoon gown. It is embroidered in silk flower designs on sleeves and at bottom of the skirt which is three inches longer than usual. Do You Use Judgment and Look Your Best? Do you think that is a simple question? Honestly, do you always look your best? Do you always see that your hair is well combed, that your clothes are clean and becoming and that your face always wears a pleasant smile? It doesn't cost anything except judgment to wear becoming clothes. A plain dress of good quality made up becomingly is far better than a dress made of cheap material that is designed to imitate some elaborate gown. Quality and correct lines assist more than anything else to make you always look well dressed. Better have one dress, combining style and quality, than three or four dresses that are only second class. There is a certain satisfaction that cannot be denied in knowing that you are well dressed. You meet people better, you make a better impression and you have a better time if you have the satisfaction of knowing that you are looking your best. The well-dressed girl never need wonder whether folks are noticing the hole in her stocking or the safety pin that she used instead of a button. Hence she is able to forget her clothes and appearance and is able to give all of her attention to the thing at hand, thereby radiating charm, poise and loveliness, all of which are social necessities. If you do not always look your best resolve right now that you will give more time to the planning of your clothes and your personal appearance, for regardless of whether you are in the home or office it will be the best investment that you can make. Every one loves to see and meet a charming, well-dressed girl. Most Animals Can Fly Ernest H. WILLIAMSON UNDERTAKER E. H. WILLIAMSON Charles E. Dawson GEN. LEE'S NEGRO SERVANT ADDRESSSES VIRGINIA SENATE Richmond, Va.-For the first time since reconstruction days, a Negro spoke in the halls of the general assembly of Virginia on Tuesday. William Mack Lee, body servant of Gen. Robt E. Lee, addressed members of the senate in tribute to his former master. PREPARING FOR ONE BIG NIGHT The annual indoor carnival being held at Masonic Hall by the various councils of A. U. K. & D. of A. during the week will close on January 23rd, which night is expected to be the grandest night of the whole affair. MOVE Mr. and Mrs. John W. Branch have moved with their family into their recently erected home at 93rd and S. State street, which site they purchased through the Bailey Realty Co. Famous Cheese Long Roquefort cheese comes from the town of Roquefort perched high on a mountain in the department of Aveyron. French historians tell us that as far back as "Bible times" cheese was carried from Roquefort to the Mediterranean sea. The peasant people used to carry cheese to the top of the mountain and hide it in caves, which were found to be especially fitted by nature for the storing of cheese. The cool temperature of the caves made them excellent storehouses. This cheese is made of sheep's milk. Every morning the milk is skimmed, strained and warmed almost to the boiling point. Then it is put into pans and stirred with willow wythes. A little rennet is used to curdle the milk. After the curds are formed they are mixed with a specially prepared barley bread, which starts the green mold always to be seen in Roquefort cheese and helps to give it its distinctive flavor. The cheese is allowed to remain in the press several days and is then taken to the caves and sold. There it is cured with salt. The outside of the cheese is rubbed with salt until the pores are filled. The cheeses are cured in the caves for about four months, when they are shipped to nearly all parts of the world. WILLIE UNI A. B. 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 Animals and Birds Have Own Domains If you want a piece of land you buy it, but if a robin wants a garden he fights for it, and so long as he is he will continue to fight for it and drive off all intruders of his own kind. Other robin he tolerates, but no other robin, except his own mate, may invade his "property." Each fox has his own range on which he hunts, and other dog-foxes respect his rights. Badgers have their own territory. There are great earths in the Devonshire woods inhabited by badger families that have been there so long that mankind's oldest families are mere upstarts when compared with them! Golden eagles are very long-lived, and a pair will cling to the same eyrie for many years. Peregrines do the same, but these fine hawks have the curious habit of nesting in one place and hunting in another. Keepers declare that they never touch game in the neighborhood of their nesting-place.—London Tit-Bits. Factories Behind Times Only 9 per cent of the factories in the United States are well lighted and some 20 per cent have made no change in lighting equipment in the last seven years. During this time industrial electric lighting equipment has undergone a complete revolution. Unenviable Distinction Laurence Shirley, fourth Earl Ferrers, was the last nobleman who died a felon's death in England. He was convicted of murdering his land steward in January, 1760, and was hanged at Tyburn, May 5, 1760. Fast Flvers In its migratory flight with the change of seasons the wild goose flies at the great speed of nearly sixty miles an hour. But the plover does better; it averages about seventy-five miles an hour. Friendship The most I can do for my friend is simply to be his friend. I have no wealth to bestow on him. If he knows that I am happy in loving him he will want no other reward. Is not friendship divine in this?—Thoreau. Earliest Boxing Glove The cestus was a boxing glove bound to the wrist and forearm by loaded thongs. It was worn by Greek and Roman cestauril, or boxers. 3 Ownership of Wild Bees The Department of Agriculture says that wild bees really belong to the persons who discover them. It is against the law in most states to cut a bee tree without first obtaining permission from the landowner. Rely Not on Banks Among the richer people in China, who do not place reliance on native banks, the most convenient manner of keeping their wealth is to invest it in precious stones for the adornment of the ladies of their families. Early Financier Hugh Chamberlen, physician to the king of England, 1673-1730, was celebrated for proposing a scheme "to make England rich and happy" by issuing a large quantity of banknotes on the security of landed property. Temptation-Proof Honesty A man who dropped a one-pound note on the railway platform at Withnell, near Chorley, Lancashire, returned next morning and found it carefully folded and weighted by a small stone—London Answers. Time to Think About "The future always looks bright, but it never comes," is an old saying. Then why not concentrate upon making the present bright? A happy present is more profitable than a dazzling future or a glorious past. A Horrible Person "Is he the kind of a man who kisses and tells?" "Worse. He kisses so he can write about it for a confessions' magazine.—Stray Shots. Guard Shah's Jewels In a safe in the shah of Persia's palace at Teheran, millions of dollars worth of jewels are hidden, and a body of fifty armed men find employment in guarding them. Roquefort Cheese Roquefort cheese, formerly made only from sheep's milk in caves in southern France, is now made in American saintary dairies from cow's milk. Curse of Prosperity All that a wave of prosperity means to most of us is the privilege of watching others buy better cars.—Medford Mail-Tribune. 4 Late Fall Flower The last fall flower is the November blossom of the witch hazel, or, as it is sometimes called, "the frost flower." It looks like an ice crystal in shape and color and can be found low on the ground among the brown stubble. This sturdy blossom is not in the least like the friddle summer flower of the witch hazel. It never grows to more than three inches in height, so must ordinarily be sought for before it is found.-Grit. Grewsome Relic The finger of Galliole is shown under a glass case in the Florence museum. It stands, a mysterious-looking bit of parchment, pointing towards heaven. The hand to which it belonged is supposed to have been put to the torture by the inquisition for ascribing motion to the earth, and the finger is now almost worshiped for having proved the motion. Old Myth Exploded According to recent reports there is no scientific basis for the popular belief that the eldest child has the best chance of obtaining prominence. Examples of brilliant men contradicting this belief are James F. Cooper, who was the eleventh of twelve children, and General Sherman, who came in the middle of a large family. Sex and Athletics According to a study made by Prof. A. V. Hill of the University college, London, woman athletes are able to attain a maximum speed of only 79 per cent of that of men, in running and swimming. A woman is able to expend only 62 per cent of the energy expendable by a man of the same weight. Pigmy Women in Find An exhibition at the British museum of antiquities recovered from the Urite, mentioned in the Bible as the original home of Abraham, includes pigmy women in flonces, frills, or accordion plaits, and weaving all sorts of ornaments and good-luck charms, consisting of the heads of lions, bulls and frogs. Lions in Captivity The National Zoological park says it is generally regarded that lions live longer in captivity than in their natural wild state. The young, however, are somewhat hindered by caging, while the older animals profit by it. As these animals grow older they are often attacked by stronger beasts of the wild and killed. No Power of Expansion There is no power of expansion in men. Our friends early appear to us as representatives of certain ideas which they never pass or exceed. They stand on the brink of the ocean of thought and power, but never take the single step that would bring them there. - Emerson The First Tube The "Twopenny Tube" was the nickname of the Central London railway, because when this tube was opened the charge was twopence for any distance. It was not the first tube railway, however; the first in the world being the City and South London, opened in 1890. Early Glass Windows The ruins of Pompeii, destroyed by an eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 A.D., show that windows of glass were in use. There were glass windows in England in the Third century, but for several centuries the glass was imported. Changed in Meaning A jennet is a small Spanish horse with a strait of Arabian blood, noted for its beauty of form and for its speed. The name is of English and French usage, and was perverted from its original meaning, which was to designate a horseman of a Barbary tribe, Poultry on Farms Of all the farms in the United States 90.8 per cent keep poultry. The smallest number of poultry per farm is found in the southern part of the country and the greatest number in the Central West, in California and in New Jersey. Peculiar Bark Lace bark is the inner bark of several species of trees, the best known being the lace bark tree of Jamaica. It is readily detached in sheets or layers like birch bark, each layer being a delicate network of fiber. Believe in Yourself Self-distrust is the cause of most of our failures. In the assurance of strength there is strength, and they are the weakest, however, strong, who have no faith in themselves or their powers.-Bovee. English Harvest Custom The Kernahaby, a harvest custom observed in northern England and Scotland, is made of the last gleanings of the field, which are bound together to represent a human form and dressed up in gay-colored clothes. Victor Hugo's Faith The nearer I approach the end, the plainer I hear around me the immortal symphonies of the worlds which invite me. It is marvelous, yet simple.—Victor Hugo. Silver Fox Collar Adds to Gray Squirrel Wrap 1 This gray squirrel wrap is luxurious; smart for daytime wear and most decorative and flattering for evening occasions. The shapely sleeves and the fluffy silver fox collar give this coat a modern air. Picturesque Bandeau Adorns Milady's Tresses The bandeau is now, as usual, in the fashionable costume as the necklace or the fan. Novelties are shown almost weekly. Some of the new bandeaux for evening dress are picturesque in the extreme. They have a "fairy princess" look, and are of sufficient significance in design to form an important item of dress. The metallic note is used in bandeaux in a decorative and becoming manner. A slender fillet of tinsel ribbon, lightly wired, is the frame for a row of blossoms, ordinarily single roses, sewn on in graduated order. The flowers are made of metallic cloth, very sheer; gold, silver or tinted, or of metallized ribbon in some flower shade. They are conventionalized, with no attempt at reproducing the lines of the neutral blossom, and are appliqued flat. The fillet ends are tied in a little bow at the back of the coiffure. Other regal bandeaux are formed of pearls, sometimes combined with brilliants, in designs that reproduce the diadems of royalty. They are almost as impressive. Some are wide and rather ponderous, although made of imitation jewels on the slenderest foundation, with exceedingly delicate workmanship, flashy in effect. Very different are those bandeaux of very small silk flowers, sewn on a single narrow silver tinsel ribbon, or the single row of pearls or brilliants. Each of these is fashioned to fit a certain style of head dress and costume. The tiara is for the formal coiffure and the plain band for the various "bobs." Some bandeaux of metallized gauze or ribbon or jewel-sprinkled tulle appear like swathing bandages. For occasional daytime wear pretty silk scarves are wound about in turban fashion and bands of needlework and passementerie are seen on some chic bobbed heads. Fancy combs are individual and some lovely, enormous ones of Spanish origin are worn with period gowns. Scarf to Match New Bag With Wrapping Strip A hand-woven bag with a drawstring top and scarf to match is shown for winter sports. The long scarfs with long fringed ends come in all the new colors and combinations. The bags are light and large enough to carry the necessary articles. Because they may be hung on the wrist they are preferred as a sports adjunct. Bags carried in the hand get in the way and make it necessary to expose the hands. To give an added touch of color a bright contrasting motif is woven in silk on one side of the bag. Sports frocks with tailored neck and sleeves call for special cuff links this season. Fancy enamels and chased gold are discarded for the jewelset set. For sports outfits, in all the new colors, nothing could be more appropriate than links of seed pearls with jewel centers, emeralds, topazes, amethysts or jet. A short, stubby bar pin of seed pearls, set with a matching stone, completes the ensemble effect. Coat of Crocheted Silk Is Used in Many Ways A brilliantly colored novelty coat of crocheted silk has many uses. It may be worn over light dresses, and also in the house as a lounging robe. It has no lining, trimming, buttons or bindings, only a short narrow collar of grosgrain ribbon in a neutral shade of beige. Straight lines and a wrap-around effect comprise the silhouette. The color scheme is the important feature of the coat. Modern art is the theme, depicted in vivid floral designs on what appears to be a futuristic background. Flettered "Do longer a word in," said Unde Eben, "de more I feels kind o' flattered for bein' given credit wif mebe known' what it means."—Washington Star THE BROAD AX, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, JANUARY 23, 1926 Broken by Vibration A thin glass vessel can be broken by the vibrations of a musical note when the pitch is exactly right. The instrument used is generally a violin, the higher notes of which pulsate at the rate of 1,000 vibrations a second. Rv Way of Suggestion A correspondent in a contemporary wants to know how a jazz pianist can be secured. The best way is to handcuff his hands behind his back and lock him in a room with no piano. London Passing Show. Fierce Fighting In the battle of Friedland, in East Prussia, June 14, 1807, the French army under Napoleon inflicted a great sla- the combined Prussian and Russian forces, which cost over 25,000 killed and wounded. Early Explorer Nicola Zeno, a Venetian explorer, is said to have visited Greenland, Newfoundland and the coast of North America in the Fourteenth century. The story of his discoveries, with a map, was first published in 1558. Learning From History We may gather out of history a pellet no less wise than eternal, by the comparison and application of other men's forepassed miseries with our own like errors and ill deservings.—Raleigh. Br'er William If you lives like you're thankful to be livin', you needn't trouble de good Lord by tellin' Him so. He's got what they call a "line on you, without any mo' information."—Atlanta Constitution. Emperor's Nickname Carcullia was the nickname given to Marcus Aurelius Antoninus, Roman emperor from A. D. 212 to 217, on account of the long hooded coat or tunic used by the Gauls in France, which he introduced into Rome "Friends'” Marriages The laws of the various states provide that a marriage may be solenized in accordance with the rule of Friends, which consists in simply taking each one for husband and wife before witnesses. Almost Never Cobweb are said to be conductors of electricity. But they seldom shock a domestic servant.—London Opinion. Unreasonable Beings All would live long but none would be old.—Benjamin Franklin. Telephone: State 3278 Suite 813, Ashland Block 155 N. Clark Street CHICAGO, ILL. Residence, 1282 Macalister Place Telephone Monroe 2714 MILES J. DEVINE ATTORNEY AT LAW Suite 318-320 Reaper Block Clark and Washington Stn. CHICAGO Telephone Central 1239 Phone Main 2017 A. L. WILLIAMS ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW Suite 706 Firmenich Building 184 W. Washington St. CHICAGO Residence 3685 Prairie Ave. Phone Douglas 9133 W.G.Anderson Attorney At Law 17 North La Salle Street CHICAGO NOTARY PUBLIC Suite 560 Watson Bldg. Office Phones: Dearborn 7084-7095 Res. 3354' Vernon Avenue Phone Douglas 6045 Notary Public Phones: Office Main 4153; Residence, 4751 Champlain Avenue Phone Kenwood 5611 ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW Suite 708—184 W. Washington St. CHICAGO Is Ancient Story "The Lay of Havelock the Dane," an Anglo-Danish story, written some time before 1300, tells of the son of the Danish king set adrift at sea by treachery and rescued by an English fisherman. Guarded Gates of Hell Cerberus, according to ancient Greek mythology, was the watchdog that guarded the entrance to the infernal regions. He was usually pictured as having three heads, a serpent's tail and a mane of serpent's heads. A young woman goes upstairs at 7:45 to dress for the evening. She is nineteen years old and weighs 102 pounds. 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