The Broad Ax
Saturday, July 3, 1926
Chicago, Illinois
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HON. WILLIAM J. LINDSAY The new Chief Justice of the Criminal Court of succeeding Judge Thomas J. Lynch. Judge Lind Judge in the right place.
ef Justice of the Criminal Court of Judge Thomas J. Lynch. Judge Lind the right place.
The new Chief Justice of the Criminal Court of Cook County, succeeding Judge Thomas J. Lynch. Judge Lindsay is the right Judge in the right place.
RE-ASSIGNMENT OF JUDGES OF THE SUPERIOR AND CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY
At the regular meeting of the judges mentioned above the following re-assignments of the judges follow, to take effect September 1st:
Hon. William J. Lindsay, the new chief justice of the Criminal Court, was elected to the Superior Court bench in 1923 and he has proven himself to be one of the very best judges in this city or country.
Assigned to the Criminal Court also are Judges Emanuel Eller, Jacob H. Hopkins, Harry B. Miller and John J. Sullivan.
Judges Joseph Sabath and Harry Lewis will continue to hear divorce cases.
Judges Charles M. Foell, Oscar Hebel and Denis E. Sullivan have chancery cases.
tion period will be heard by Judges Holdom and David.
The writer feels proud to state that Judge Lindsay is numbered among our best friends in Chicago.
COL. THEODORE ROOSEVELT SPEAKS IN FAVOR OF THE COLORED PEOPLE
The first of this week Col. Theodore Roosevelt of New York City and Washington, D. C., delivered a short but powerful address before the meeting of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People which was held in this city the past week.
In his short talk delivered at the Pilgrim Baptist church, 33rd St. and Indiana avenue, and during the course of his remarks he called upon "every American to see that the civic rights of the Negro are guaranteed."
Col. Roosevelt called the attitude of many Southern states in not providing
Common law calendars have been assigned to Judges Worth E. Caylor, Wells M. Cook, Joseph B. David, William N. Gemmill, Jesse Holdom, Timothy D. Hurley, Marcus Kavanaugh, John P. McGoory, Michael L. McKinley, Hugo Pam, Walter P. Steffen and Hosea W. Wells.
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Criminal Court of Cook County
lynch. Judge Lindsay is the right
tion period will be heard by Judges
Holdom and David.
The writer feels proud to state that
Judge Lindsay is numbered among our
best friends in Chicago.
COL. THEODORE ROOSEVELT
SPEAKS IN FAVOR OF THE
COLORED PEOPLE
The first of this week Col. Theodore
Roosevelt of New York City and
Washington, D. C., delivered a short
but powerful address before the meet-
ing of the National Association for
the Advancement of Colored People
which was held in this city the past
week.
In his short talk delivered at the
Pilgrim Baptist church, 33rd St. and
Indiana avenue, and during the course
of his remarks he called upon "every
American to see that the civic rights
of the Negro are guaranteed."
Col. Roosevelt called the attitude of many Southern states in not providing opportunities for the education of the Negro "a rank injustice."
"I have heard time and again short-sighted Southerners maintain that Negroes are not educated enough to vote intelligently." Col. Roosevelt said. "and yet in the same breath state that they did not believe in spending money on schools for colored people."
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ness men of Chicago and Demo- States Senator from Illinois.
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THE BROAD AX, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, JULY 3. 1926
Dr. Harry S. Gradle, who is One of the Most Noted Eye Specialists in this Country and Chief of the Operating Staff of the Eye Ward of the Cook County Hospital, Routed a Dangerous Cataract from the Left Eye of Mr. Julius F. Taylor. Dr. Gradle was Assisted in the Wonderful Operation by Dr. Ralph Davis, Dr. Sherman Sepero and Dr. Thomas D. Kickich. Miss Bennion the Head Nurse Greatly Assisting Them.
"PRINCE TOVALOU" IS NABBED AS SWINDLER NEGRO RECEIVED HERE, WHO SAILED WITH CHICAGO WOMAN, IN AFRICAN CELL.
It might be interesting to state in a rambling way our wonderful experience in the Cook County Hospital, which is the greatest institution of its kind in the wide world. Prior to and after the removal of a very dangerous cataract from our left eye Tuesday afternoon, June 8th, we made up our mind to attempt to learn something about the cataract, its origin and development, for, broadly speaking, the cataract is practically unknown to many people residing in some of the most enlightened countries on earth, even until this late date; therefore, we will step aside for a few moments before proceeding further and permit Dr. Harry S. Gradle, chief of the operating staff of the eye ward of the Cook County Hospital, who is one of the greatest eye specialists in the United States.
Dr. Harry S. Gradle and the Cataract
On Wednesday, June 9th, while addressing the medical students assembled at the Cook County Hospital, Dr. Gradle spoke in part as follows:
"In relation to the origin and the development of the cataract there are many contributory causes which may bring forth the cataract," declared Dr. Gradle. "Sudden blows on the head, extreme excitement or undue agitation, too much reading and writing, too much overindulgence in strong drink and other dissipations all affect the eyes, which are the most sensitive and the most valuable organs in the whole superstructure of man, that many people treat their eyes as though they were nothing more than cat eyes; that extreme cold weather in the winter is always hard on the eyes and at that season of the year they should be
Paris, France, June 29.—A smooth and polished Negro "prince," who once was received in Chicago as a distinguished guest, has arrived at a prison in Dahomey, Africa, after various adventures in New York and Paris along the way, Le Matin is advised.
"Prince Kojo Tovalou Houenou," who left New York, Oct. 17th, with Mrs. Harry N. Knowlton, a wealthy white woman of Chicago, and her 7-year-old daughter, is charged with swindling several persons of a total of $12,350. Mrs. Moody, an American, Le Matin says, accuses him of swindling her out of $350.
Is Arrested and Imprisoned The "prince" was arrested and imprisoned shortly after his arrival at Cotonou in Dahomey.
well protected in order to avoid coming in contact with the cataract.
"The cataract regards not the rights of the rich or the poor, the high or the low, the black or the white, the old or the young, for unless you are able to banish the cataract, 90 times out of one hundred it will drive you stone blind before you arrive at the end of your journey through life.
"In many instances in this country thousands of little infants, only two or four spans long have been born into this world with their eyes covered with cataracts and operations have to be performed upon them right there and then in order to snatch them back out of the deadly jaws of the cataract; as stated before, people in all walks of life and of all ages, including the old, gray haired father and mother, the wife of his youth, who has struggled by his side for many, many years, blindly walk hand in hand with the cataract to the silent river of the dead.
"Prior to and after the dark ages anyone afflicted with the cataract was considered that they had for some cause or other offended the gods by violating some of their commandments or decrees and the cataract was placed upon them in order to punish them for their past sins. All the foregoing plainly indicates that the cataract plays no favorites in dealing with its victims; that men and women of every age and clime bow and bend before the dangerous cataract."
With these introductory remarks, we will proceed with the chief or the main story:
**Julius F. Taylor and the Cataract**
For many years in the past, seemingly our left eye was considerable weaker than our right eye and in reading and writing or looking at ob-
Police assert he has been identified as Kodjo Quenum, son of an honest native, but with nothing of the prince about him and bearing no relationship to the king of Dahomey.
Some time ago the "prince" was ejected from a Montmarte cabaret because Americans objected to him. He sued the manager of the cafe, was awarded damages, and the manager was fined.
Joins Marcus Garvey
The "prince" then declared himself "president of the Universal League for the Defense of the Black Race" and went to New York, where he joined forces with Marcus Garvey, who is now in Atlanta penitentiary for fraud in connection with his activities as "emperor of Africa."
"Prince Tourelou" was arrested in
jects, we always had to hold them much closer to our left eye than to our right. Several of our good doctor friends continued to urge us to have our eyes treated and secure and wear a pair of glasses; that the glasses would assist to help us to read and write more easily and strengthen our eyes in every direction, but we were never able to find the time to get fitted for a pair of glasses and our left eye continued to go from bad to worse, while we continued to rush along with our business. Little did we realize at that time or near that time that the eye is the most delicate organ belonging to man; that without our eyes to see we would become poor unfortunate creatures indeed and lifeguard would not be worth living.
It will be recalled that on Wednesday night, September 9, 1925, that a terrific storm swept over this city and half past twelve o'clock on that morning found us down town working like a beaver in connection with bringing forth the thirtieth anniversary edition of The Broad Ax. Not long after half past twelve on the morning in question, we called up the Premier Cab Company to send a taxi to 701 South La Salle street and call for Mr. Taylor. On the arrival of the taxi we tumbled into it and ordered the driver to convey us to our home. The storm was still raging and the driver thought he could make better time by switching around onto State street. When the taxi neared Garfield boulevard without the slightest warning it dropped down about two or three feet into a hole in the street on the west side of State street, right in front of the Citizens Trust and Savings Bank, our head bouncing up high striking the top of the taxi and for one or two minutes we thought that
Chicago for passing a bogus $118 check in payment of a bill for a hat, cloak and lingerie for a woman companion. He explained that he had expected funds to cover the check. While in Chicago he was ejected from a fashionable restaurant. He took a law degree and assumed the title of "prince" in Bordeaux, says Le Matin, and then came to Paris, where he was enrolled as a lawyer. It would be refreshing indeed if Col. Robert S. Abbott would publish the above article on the front page of his red blood and thunder newspaper for the benefit of his French colored people and let us hope that he will stand up and lead us in prayer and urge his French-colored folks not to be roped in again by such slick grand rascals as the bogus Prince of Dakomev, Africa.
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HON. JOSEPH F. HAAS
The best and the most popular Recorder of County has ever had and the people's canoe of Chicago in 1927.
and the most popular Recorder of Deeds has ever had and the people's candidate ago in 1927.
The best and the most popular Recorder of Deeds that Cook County has ever had and the people's candidate for Mayor of Chicago in 1927.
we had suddenly come to the end of the road. On recovering our senses, a severe headache had been fastened down on the left side of our head and no bones had been broken. On arriving home we bathed it good with plenty of cold water before rolling into bed late in the morning.
The next morning the left side of our head felt rather strange. The trouble with our left eye was a little more pronounced. Being still rushed to death with business, we simply continued to bathe our eyes with cold water and let it go at that and we utterly failed to pay much more attention to them.
white milky way had dropped down over the pupil of our eye, completely shutting out the light from it, the same as a thick heavy curtain when it drops down in front of the stage and we continued to experiment with our eye by closing our right eye and by waving our hand back and forth before our left eye, but we could not see one spark of light radiating from it and we naturally concluded that the light had gone out of it never to return to it again without undergoing a very dangerous operation, and right there we bitterly regretted ten million times that we had failed to deal on the square with our eyes after they had so faithfully served us for so many years.
As stated before every once in a while we had a little trouble with our left eye but we continued not to pay much attention to it and near the latter part of January, 1926, or shortly after February 1, we felt that our left eye was gradually closing up for it was getting so that we could hardly see out of it. Just before retiring one evening we secured a looking glass and looked at our eye for a long time to see if we could tell what was the matter with it, and we observed that a
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end of lenses, a hastened lead and On arched with rolling outside of The a little crushed only cold and we more at-
white milky way had dropped down over the pupil of our eye, completely shutting out the light from it, the same as a thick heavy curtain when it drops down in front of the stage and we continued to experiment with our eye by closing our right eye and by waving our hand back and forth before our left eye, but we could not see one spark of light radiating from it and we naturally concluded that the light had gone out of it never to return to it again without undergoing a very dangerous operation, and right there we bitterly regretted ten million times that we had failed to deal on the square with our eyes after they had so faithfully served us for so many years.
After we had consulted with several eminent doctors and after we had payed them for their examinations they all informed us that a cataract had settled down on our left eye and that it would settle down on our right eye and that we would soon be stone blind in both eyes if we failed to have it promptly removed.
Then and not until then did we highly resolve in the high heavens to engage in a hand to hand death struggle with the cataract.
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Vol. XXXI No. 42
Chicago, July 3, 1926
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Entered as Second-Class Matter, Aug.
19, 1902, at the Post office at Chicago.
I, Under Act of March 8, 1879.
OBSERVE THE FOURTH SAFE-
LY AND SANELY
By Chief of Police Morgan A. Collins
The toll of lives attendant upon the
‘observance of Independence Day has
been gradually decreased year by year,
but still the lives of many grownups
and children are sacrificed through
carelessness. Fireworks, automobiling,
bathing, all exact their toll on this
day.
- Fireworks of all kinds, including the
so-called harmless sparklers and col-
ored lights, are prohibited in the city.
Neighborhood displays may be con-
ducted under proper safeguards and a
city permit.
Don't allow your children to play
with fireworks.
Blank cartridges may not be
charged with lead, but they are fre-
quently charged with death.
Don’t neglect the slightest burn
caused by powder or explosives. A
burning garment on a person. should
be smothered with a blanket or coat
and the fire kept from the face.
‘A senseless Fourth is commonly
followed by a sightless and fingerless
fifth. It often happens that the Glor-
ious Fourth is too often the gory
Fourth.
Automobilists should be extremely
careful on the roadways. Remember
a holiday attracts thousands to the
open.
Be very careful at the beaches.
Small children are easily lost to sight
and may get into deep water.
Be strong for a sane Fourth. Don’t
be a sorrowing victim of your own
carelessness.
BIG TIME IN CHICAGO, AU-
GUST 14TH, AT GRANT PARK
The “wa-hoo” of the Indian will
mingle with the “yip-yip” of the cow-
boys and cowgirls when the second
annual Chicago Rodeo gets under way
in Soldiers’ Field, Grant Park, on Au-
gust 14th, giving an additional touch
of color to this cross-section of the
real west which the Domestic and
Foreign Commerce Committee of the
Chicago Association of” Commerce
has arranged.
A band of more than fifty Flatheads
from the government reservation at
Arlee, Mont., will be brought here
for the rodeo, according to word just
received from Tex Austin, director of
the tournament. They have been se-
lected for their skill and daring as
horsemen, and while barred from com-
petition in the cowboy contests, be-
cause their expenses are being paid
by the management, they will have an
opportunity to “do their stuff” in spe-
cial events.
‘The band will bring with them two
carloads of the feetest Indian ponies,
selected from the herds owned by the
3,000 members of the tribe who live on
the reservation at Arlee. The Flat-
hheads are considered the best horse-
men among-all the Indian tribes now
existent.
With the Indians will come their
squaws and papooses and the entire
outfit will camp at Soldiers’ Field for
about two weeks, as they will arrive
there several days before the cowboy
jing a carload of tepees and other
camping equipment with which to
‘make themselves comfortable during
‘their stay in Chicago.
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The well known and up-to-date Treasurer of Cook County
whose thousands of tried and true friends in all parts of the
city and county, who are willing to work day and night in
order to assist to elect him Sheriff of Cook County.
THE VAST MAJORITY OF THE efforts to prevent tax sales,” wrote
TAXPAYERS WILL STAND |]. A. Grandiand of River Forest.
BY HON. P. J. CARR, TUES- Says M. R. Finnegan of 4430 West
DAY, NOVEMBER 2 Congress street: “Your courteous let-
“You must show to the taxpayers
frequenting this office precisely the
same courtesy and unfailing attention
that bank or department store em-
ployees are required to exhibit toward
customers.”
| ‘This was the order County Treas-
urer P. J. Carr issued to attaches of
hhis office when he took the reins six
‘years ago.
That he has strictly adhered to it is
shown by the hundreds of letters that
are pouring into his office containing
phrases commendatory of the cour-
tesy of his clerks.
Among the messages are . many
thanking the County Treasurer for
advising citizens by registered mail
that, through oversight or otherwise,
their property was in danger of sale
because of failure to pay the tax.
This is one of the many devices in-
stituted by Mr. Carr for the protec-
tion of taxpayers.
“T had occasion to be in your de-
partment the other day,” wrote David
Landerman, president of the Asso-
ciated Automotive Distributive Com-
pany, 1912 South Wabash avenue. “I
was surprised at the courtesy and
service rendered by your employes
which put me in mind of Marshall
Field and Company's department
store.”
F. A. Hill of F. A. Hill & Co,, real
estate operators, wrote: “I thank you
and your office for the most efficient
work you are doing and the courtesies
you are extending to real estate men
and all property owners. This should
be greatly appreciated by everyone.”
“Never in our thisty-five years’ ex-
perience in paying have we had less
trouble than in your administration,”
says W. H. Gardner, Forest Park
lumberman. “Your assistants have al-
ways been very courteous and we wish
to expres’ our appreciation for the
efficient manner in which you are con-
ducting this department.”
“I for one consider your work well
done. It must be a hardship for the
tax sharks when they encounter your
53 MILLION MILES OF U. S&.
TELEPHONE WIRE
Local and Long Distance Lines in
Country Would Girdle Earth
2,000 Times
There is a total of over 53,000,000
miles of telephone wire in the United
States today.
Of this mileage, 47,278,758 is in ex-
change wire and 6,321,242 miles in
toll wire. The Bell System alone has
41,034,595 miles of exchange wire and
5,783,062 miles of toll wire, making a
total of 46,817,657 miles. In addition,
the lines connecting with the Bell
System have a total of 5,994,163 miles
of exchange wire and 523,180 miles of
toll wire, having a total of 6,517,343
miles. Thus the bell and connecting
companies alone, in furnishing a na-
tion-wide telephone service, have at
econ 8 total mileage of over 53,000,-
000 miles. This mileage of wire would
efforts to prevent tax sales,” wrote
J. A. Grandland of River Forest.
Says M. R. Finnegan of 4430 West
Congress street: “Your courteous let-
ter of warning is a good thing and
ought to be appreciated.”
| C. W. Emmler of the Sherwin-Wil-
liams Paint Co. sent this message: “I
am sure that the taxpayers cannot ap-
preciate enough the value of the serv-
ice you are rendeting and I just take
this opportunity to let you know that
your efforts are not going by un-
noticed.”
Mrs. Thomas Considine wrote: “I
had occasion to go to the tax office
the other day to transact business. It
took only ten minutes. I wish to com-
pliment you on your efficient service.”
Robert Boyd of 1321 East 52nd
street said: “I would be in a peck
of trouble if it had not been for you.
I like your manner of doing business,
looking after the taxpayers as you
do.”
Dr. A. C. Ivy of the department of
physiology of University of Chicago
wrote: “Icommend your sense of jus-
tice as manifested by your. policy of
sending warning notices by registered
mail.”
L. H. Herdt of the Quinlan Motors
Company said: “It is a pleasure to
see that Cook County can boast of a
County Treasurer who has the inter-
ests of the taxpayers at heart.”
Replying to a tax sale warning,
G. W. Lawnson of 48 South Mansfield
avenue wrote: “I want you to feel
that this kind of treatment from a
public official is appreciated more than
words can tell.”
A. B. Mills “of 620 South Prospect
avenue said: “I wish to thank you
for the courteous treatment I received
from the clerk in your office who in-
structed me on how to handle my tax
matters.”
“It is refreshing in these times to
receive such courteous treatment
from a public official who has at heart
the interest of the taxpayer by keep-
ing him out of trouble,” wrote Thomas
J. McManus of Cordona, McManus
‘& Company, First National Bank
building.
The foregoing are typical comments
on ‘Mr. Carr's method of administer-
jing the County Treasurer's office.
span the distance from the earth to
the moon more than 200 times,’ or it
would girdle the earth at the equator
more than 2,000 times.
‘The total Bell wire mileage at the
beginning. of 1926 comprised 67 per
cent in underground cable, 23.5 per
cent in aerial cable and 9.5 per cent in
open wire.
KLAN PARADE BARRED BY
CLEVELAND OFFICIAL
(Preston News Service)
Cleveland, O., July 2—Safety Di-
rector Edwin B. Barry has refused the
Ku Klux Klan a permit to parade in
Cleveland on July 31, he announced
Friday.
Barry's formal statement said: “I
have taken this matter up with heads
of the police department and after care-
ful consideration have decided in the
interests of public safety not to issue
the permit.”
‘THE BROAD AX, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, JULY 3, 1926
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DEATH OF COL. JAMES H.|CONGRE!
JOHNSON, WHO WAS ONE OF) REPUBI
THE BEST KNOWN CITIZENS) OF Al
IN CHICAGO. AS LIEUTEN-
ANT COLONEL OF THE: OLD| Has Hard
EIGHTH REGIMENT, HE LEFT
A BRILLIANT MILITARY REC-
ORD BEHIND HIM Chicago,
On Tuesday afternoon Col. James
H. Johnson, who had a wide circle o}
friends, peacefully closed his eyes in
death at his lovely home, 3650 Prairie
avenue, and started on his long jour-
ney east on the square.
For many years Col. Johnson was
the lieutenant colonel of the old Eighth
Regiment, Illinois National Guard,
and was the real backbone and the
military genins of that famous organi-
zation.
He bravely served in four wars or
military expeditions. He first served
on the far western frontiers, in some
very severe skirmishes with the In-
dians in 1891, being at that time con-
nected with the Ninth Cavalry, U. S.
A. He gallantly fought in Cuba, in
the Spanish-American War in 1898;
he served on the Mexican border dur-
ing the Villa Insurrection in 1916, and
was still lieutenant colonel of the
Eighth Regiment when it started over-
seas to participate in the World War
for democracy.
Col. Johnson was always very popu-
lar with the men ‘serving under “him.
He always accorded them a square
deal and expected the same from them.
In the past, Col. Johnson served as
president of the Appomattox club for
one term. He also served as financial
secretary of the people's movement
within the Second ward. He also
faithfully served as deputy sheriff of
Cook county under Sheriff Charles W.
Peters.
For many years he was a prominent
member of Universal Lodge No. 65,
Masons, and yesterday, at 1 o'clock,
Masonic and military services were
held over his remains at his late home.
Rev. W. S. Braddan, captain and chap-
lain of the Eighth Regiment and pas-
tor of Berean Baptist church, preached
the funeral sermon; Charles S. Jack-
son, funeral director, 3315 South State
street, in charge.
Col. Johnson is survived by his con-
stant and devoted wife, Mrs. Johnson,
and troops of warm friends to mourn
his death.
CLIFFORD SUES NEW YORK
TATTLER FOR $50,000
Statements in Malicious Article False
—Author to Be Arrested
(Preston News Service)
Pittsburgh, Pa, July 2—In an in-
terview with J. Williams Clifford, for-
mer lieutenant in the famous Buffalo
regiment and now a U. S. Government
investigator, concerning an article ap-
pearing in a recent number of The
New York Tattler under the caption,
“‘Jay' Clifford Brings Divorce
Against His Wife, Naming Prominent
Harlemite.” He stated that there was
not one word of truth in the article,
that it did a great injustice to his wife
and family, and.that he was not only
bringing a damage suit for $50,009
against the spurious publication but he
hoped to land the writer of the article
in jail for malicious and criminal libel.
Clifford happened to be in Pitts-
burgh, Pa., on a special investigation
for the Government when the article
was brought to his attention and says
he was never more surprised and
shoeked in his life. Mr. Clifford said:
“There has never been the slightest
misunderstanding or estrangement in
my married life since its beginning. 1
married a lovely girl whose life before
and after her marriage has been clean
and honorable. That some wicked
person would attempt to cast asper-
‘sions on her high moral character by
‘writing and publishing such a despica-
‘ble, contemptible and criminal article
T shall do everything in my power to
put them behind the bars. They are a
menace to society—the jail is the place
for them.” ~
Lieut. Clifford and his charming
wife are prominent in eastern social
circles. Clifford has held a number of
responsible positions in the Bureau of
Internal Revenue. Mrs. Clifford is a
‘school teacher in the Washington pub-
ic school. They have a little daughter
two and one-half years old.
TO HAVE THREE BIG DAYS
The Ft. Dearborn Elks, No. 44,
Marching Club and their friends will
hold a three days’ outing at. beautiful
Golden Gate Park, Robins, Ill, at
134th St, July 3rd, 4th and Sth, at
which time thousands of members and
their friends are expected to attend.
The committee on publicity, of which
M. T. Bailey is chairman, has visited
every suburb from Milwaukee, Wis,
to Kankakee, Ill, talking on this great
outing and creating interest among
Elks and their friends. 7
CONGRESSMAN DYER RAPS
REPUBLICANS FOR FAILURE
OF ANTI-LYNCH BILL
Has Hard Words for Senate Judiciary
Committee
for the Advancement of Colored Peo-
ple, Representative L. C. Dyer, of
“Missouri, blamed Republican Senators,
‘especially those on the Judiciary Com-
mittee, who failed to support the Me-
Kinley-Dyer Anti-Lynching Bill,
which would make lynching a federal
offense and provides for a fine of $10,-
000 to be imposed upon any county
in which a lynching occurs, such sum,
to be recoverable by dependents of
the mob's victim.
“A sincere and earnest effort has
been made by the House of Repre-
sentatives in the past several Con-
gresses to pass this measure,” said
Congressman Dyer. “In the 67th
Congress this legislation passed by a
very -large majority. The United,
States Senate failed in: that Congress
to pass it, The House of Reeatis
tives has been ready, and still is, to
pass this legislation at any time. It
has been considered useless, however,
to do so, in view of the action of the
Senate when this legislation went be-
fore them in the 67th Congress. They
allowed a small number of Senators
to put on a filibuster and stop its
passage there. We all know that the
Senate could then, and could now, if
it wanted to, adopt a cloture rule
which would limit debate and enable
its members to vote. With the House
in favor of it, it could have become
a law, signed by the President, who
has stated many times that he fa-
vors it,
“A hearing was held by the Judi-
ciary Committee of the Senate upon
the bill introduced by Senator Mc-
Kinley, in the Senate, the same one
that I introduced in the House. At
the hearing on February 16th, a num-
ber of friends of this legislation ap-
peared in favor of it. Among them
was Mr. James Weldon Johnson, sec-
retary of the National Association for
the Advancement of Colored People.
He made a very splendid address and
furnished very complete data and rea-
sons for the enactment of the legisla-
tion into law. In addition to that, he
furnished an able legal brief showing
the constitutipnality of the legislation.
No one appeared at the hearing in op-
position to the bill. Notwithstanding
this, the Judiciary Committee of the
Senate not only has failed, but it has
refused by a vote of its members to
fayorably report this bill to the Sen-
ate.
“Since the Judiciary Committee of
the Senate has had this legislation di-
rectly before them, as stated above,
and as they have had a hearing upon it
and then refused to report it to the
Senate, it is apparent to everyone that
the fault lies entirely with the Sen-
ate, and that it would not only be
foolish from a legislative standpoint,
but that it would be insulting to those
who are especially urging this legisla-
tion to keep repeatedly passing it in
the House.
“A number of the Senators who re-
cently have failed of renomination
had my opposition. The chief respon-
sibility and the chief failure to act, so
far as this Congress is concerned, lies
with the Judiciary Committee of the
Senate. That the friends of this legis-
lation may know who these Senators
are and where they are from I give
informing touching this, to wit: Re-
publican members—Senators Albert
B. Cummins of Iowa, William E.
Borah of Idaho, George W. Norris of
Nebraska, Richard P. Ernst of Ken-
tucky, Rice W. Means of Colorado,
J. W. Harreld of Oklahoma, Charles
S. Dencen of Illinois, Frederick H.
Gillett of Massachusetts, and Guy D.
Goff of West Virginia. Democratic
members—Senators Lee S. Overman
of North Carolina, James A, Reed of
Missouri, Henry E. Ashurst of Ari-
zona, Thomas J. Walsh of Montana,
Thaddeus H. Caraway of Arkansas,
William H. King of Utah, and M. M.
Neely of West Virginia.”
‘Mr. Dyer quoted from a press state-
ment of the National Association for
the Advancement of Colored People,
showing that four Senators had voted
for the ineasure in Committee: Cum-
mins, Ernst and Deneen, all Repub-
licans, and Ashurst, Democrat.
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THIRTY YEARS FOR WOMAN'S
SLAYER
(Preston News Service)
Henderson, N. C., July 1.—Jobn
Brooks Hargrove, 19-year-old youth,
Wednesday was sentenced by Judge
E. H. Cramer in Vance County Supe-
rior Court, to serve 30- years at hard
labor in state prison at Releigh for
the murder of Miss Melie Alston, near
‘Thomasville, several weeks ago.
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; HON. WILLIAM R. FETZER
High class Mason who has no trouble in count
friends in this city by the thousands, and o1
_ them feel dead sure that he will be re~
Municipal Court bench of Chicago, Tuesday,
bie class Mason who has no trouble in counting his warm
friends in this city by the thousands, and one and all of
them feel dead sure that he will be re-elected to the
_ Municipal Court bench of Chicago, Tuesday, November 2.
ATTORNEY A. L. WILLIAMS|CENTRAL BAPTIST CHURCH
WILL ADDRESS THE SUNDAY RAISES $5,000 IN TWO
EVENING CLUB AT THE MET- WEEKS’ RALLY
ROPOLITAN COMMUNITY —
CENTER CHURCH (Preston News,Service)
— Pittsburgh, Pa., July 2—Following
Sunday evening, July 4th, Attorney| a two weeks’ rally the membership of
A. L, Williams, who is better known| Central Baptist Church here laid $4,103
as-one of the fighting lawyers of Chi-)i, cash on the -collection table last
cago, will address Rev. W. D. Cook's Sunday morning following an urgent
church, Wendell Phillips High School.| appeal by the pastor, Rev. W. Augus-
Mr. Williams will talk in a general] tus Jones, for funds with which to
way on “Crime and Criminality in Chi-] ™ake a payment on the $10,000 indeb-
cago.” Hon, Martin J. O'Brien, city|tedness of the church. Other mem-
comptroller of Chicago and Hon,| bers pledged to give sufficient to bring
Michael L. Igoe, South Park commis. the total to $5,000 next Sunday. Rev.
sioner and member of the legislature| Jones announced that he desired the
of Illinois from the fifth senatorial dis-| Congregation to raise another $5,000 in
trict, have been invited to be present} December and clear the church of
prt titel oacacione debt. As soon as this is done, work
im will be resumed to complete the
POLICE ACCUSE FATHER OF|‘turch edifice, F
Uonbactan cox Among the organizations contribut-
ing the largest amounts were: The
(Preston News Seceice) Crusaders’ Club, headed by Deacon
Washington, D. C., July 2—A father
is held by police of the fifth precinct
charged with the murder of his own
son and serious assault upon another
son, Raymond Freeman, 25 year:
old, one of the sons, died early Thurs.
day in Freedman’s hospital, as the re-
sult of stab wounds inflicted Sunday,
police say, by his father, Daniel Free-
man, 49 years old.
According to police, the father al-
leged his sons spoke uncomplimentary
of their mother, and a fight ensued in
which, police say, he cut both his sons.
The other son, Clifford Freeman, 27
years old, is in a critical condition in
Fresdinen's hospital: ‘a
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HON. MORGAN A. COLLINS
The great and fearless Chief of Police of the City of
continues to round up the criminal element of thi
got them on the dead rum, and Chicago is bec
place for decent people to reside in.
The great and fearless Chief of Police of the City of Chicago, who
continues to round up the criminal element of this city and has
got them on the dead rum, and Chicago is becoming a safer
place for decent people to reside in.
Pittsburgh, Pa., July 2—Following
a two weeks’ rally the membership of
Central Baptist Church here laid $4,103
in cash on the -collection table last
Sunday morning following an urgent
appeal by the pastor, Rev, W. Augus-
tus Jones, for funds with which to
make a payment on the $10,000 indeb-
tedness of the church. Other mem-
bers pledged to give sufficient to bring
the total to $5,000 next Sunday. Rev.
Jones announced that he desired the
congregation to raise another $5,000 in
December and clear the church of
debt. As soon as this is done, work
will be resumed to complete the
church edifice.
Among the organizations contribut-
ing the largest amounts were: The
Crusaders’ Club, headed by Deacon
J. W. Lemon, with the highest
amount; next came the Pastor's Aid
Society, under the leadership of Mrs.
Margaret Robinson, and third was the
Laymen's Movement, headed by/Dea-
con George H. Newman.
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MEET AFTER LONG SEPARA-
TION
James and John Robinson and
Henry Hughes met after a separation
of thirteen years “at the bier of their
sister, the late Mrs. Lou Ella Young.
The brothers have returned to their
respective homes in East Moline and
Metropolis, Ill, and Milwaukee, Wis.
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HON. GEORGE B. HOLMES
One of the high class Judges of the Municipal
cago who has been highly indorsed by the
Association in his race for re-election to his pr
Tuesday, November 2.
One of the high class Judges of the Municipal Court of Chi-
cago who has been highly indorsed by the Chicago Bar
Association in his race for re-election to his present position,
Tuesday, November 2.
FA
LAID TO REST IN MT. GLEN-| CALLED TO VIRGINIA
woop mee
tase Atty. W. S. Henry, who came to
Mrs. Lou Ella Young, over whose | the city in attendance of the N. A. A.
body the last tributes were paid on|C. P. has been called to his home in
Thursday, June 24th, by Drs. W D.| Fer to go to Virginia on account of
a ae Rev. H. w_| th death of his father. Atty. Henry
Cook, Jno. R. Harvey, Rev. H. W.| 0%, SOO iea by Atty. Henderons
Knight, and many fraternal organiza-|anq the party made the trip by auto
tions and clubs of which she was a| mobile. a
member. The body was borne to a
beautiful Mt. Glenwood Cemetery to: BAILEY ON THE JOB
st in the tion with he ——
cs ee AGS eee <x aS ea M. T. Bailey, president the Bailey
er and companion, the Tate! Realty Co., 3638 South State street,
Evangelist Nora Fields Taylor. Out| who has spent much time in the east
of town relatives and friends attended| and south recentlyis back in the city
the services in large numbers and the|and ready to give efficient services to
services were largely attended by fra-|the race as usual in every line of en-
temal friends and otherwise. . Mrs.|@eavor for — ae arn
Young had done much good for fra- .
ternalism and. humanity during her| Leak Made Much Trouble
A leaking cask of wine caused such
— a growth of fung! in a wine cellar
SS that not only was it raised to the roof,
MRS. JACKSON ON THE GO | but the door of the cellar would not
Mrs. Eliza Jackson, state grand
queen of Illinois and jurisdiction of
A. U.K. & D. of A., has been busy
uring the week at Bailey's hall where
she held the election and installation
of Bethlehem Council, the Marshall
Council and Herbert Officers’ Council
No.1, A. U.K. & D. of A. Many of
the state and subordinate officers were
in attendance at each meeting looking
forward to the coming of the national
grand council session in August.
Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Patterson have
recently removed from 4421 Indiana
avenue to 5161 South Michigan ave-
ue, where they will be pleased to
fsreet their many friends.
The monster three-day carnival, pic-
ic and barbecue, to be given by the
Fort Dearborn Elks’ Marching Club
4 beautiful Golden Park, Robbins, Ill,
July 3rd, 4th and Sth, promises to be
+ great and pleasant affair. See ad in
another column of this-newspaper.
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TO BEG
Monster Three Day
TO BE GIVEN BY
A monster three-day carnival picnic and barbecue,
July 3, 4 and 5, will be given by Fort Dearborn Elk’s
Marching Club at beautiful Golden Park, Robbins, Ill.
Dancing, Racing, Charleston Contest, Fishing—Amuse-
ments for everybody. Bring your family and spend the
day in the woods.
ROUTE: Take interurban car at 63rd and Halsted
streets to 139th street. Autos: Western Avenue to 139th
street, west to Park.
CHIPS
A leaking cask of wine caused such
a growth of fung! in a wine cellar
that not only was It raised to the roof,
but the door of the cellar would not
‘open and It was necessary to pull up
the floor boards in the room above.
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Not in Our Time
Optimist—T believe the time will
come when there will be no more Jokes
about the optimist and the pessimist.”
Pessimlst—“If It does, we shall not
“be there to enjoy the relief.” —Kansus
City Times.
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There Ain’t None
Our Idea of # considerate profes-
sor is one who talks” you to sleep.
then wakes you up five minutes early
so you won't be late for your next
class—Denison Flamingo.
mo
Fellow Feeling
Little Smith (to burglar)—L-Hook
here! My -wife sent me down to
@-d-deal with you. Now if you're a
married man you'll have bit of sym-
pathy and go quietly!
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Favorite Hymns
So far as a ‘symposium ‘conducted
by John 0° London's Weekly Is indica-
tive, “Lead, Kindly Light.” ts the
favorite’ hymn today, with Isaac
Watts’ “O God Our Help in Ages
Past,” second.
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‘Three Day
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By THE CAMERAMAN
PPLEDDLDEDDDD ELIS DEPD DIDI OPDD ODED ODS
(Preston News Service) or not, have placed jazz upon Ar
One: Echoes from Delaware | net
Two: Does Art Know Color? Wise is he who says, “I want to
‘Three: Paul Green’s “Lonesome Road” |a poet, not a Negro poet.” Soulful
Four: Editorial Shortstops pee recognized the truth of ce
‘One: Echoes from Delaware
Echoes have just been heard from
the good state of Delaware, in which,
a few decades ago one Neal, a colored
‘man, was given a new trial, upon order
of the U. S. Supreme Court, for a
criminal offense following his convic-
tion by a jury from which Negroes
were excluded by the law of the state.
This time, the burning question of
whether the Eighteenth Amendment is
to be or not to be has been considered
by the Thomas Jefferson League of
Delaware, whose pamphlet, entitled,
“Common Sense and States Rights,”
was lately introduced into the U. S.
Senate by Senator Thomas F. Bay-
ard, democrat, of Delaware.
The Thomas Jefferson League
states, in its pamphlet, that “The
Eighteenth Amendment, with its Vol-
stead appendix, is as objectionable to
the people of some of the states as the
Fifteenth Amendment is objectionable
to the people of other states.” Fur-
ther, the League asks: “If the South
should prove recreant to its heritage,
will it not be logical for the North to
insist on the literal and absolute en-
forcement of the Fourteenth and Fi
teenth Amendments?”
Thus does the skeleton in the closet
of a slothful Delaware reveal itself.
Delaware would give its kingdom for
a horse. To foster 100 per cent state
sovereignty, as in the case of Neal
agaifist Delaware, the state would
abolish the merest gesture of Federal
co-operation, in order, as the Thomas
Jefferson League infers, to object to
the Fifteenth Amendment to the U. S.
Constitution. Delaware, high in illiter-
acy, backward in progress, with its
whipping post still in vogue, is alert
‘upon the question of prohibition, partic-
ularly when abolishment of the Eight-
eenth Amendment would make prece-
dent for such a constitutional reform
as Delaware, under the guidance of
the Thomas Jefferson League, as
would lay a firm foundation for “rock-
ing” the Fourteenth and Fifteenth
Amendments, so obnoxious to Dela-
ware but dear to twelve million Ne-
groes and their millions of friends of
freedom and manhood.
‘Two: Does Art Know Color?
“So 1 am ashamed,” says Langston
Hughes, Washington poet, writing in
“The Nation” of June 23rd, “for the
black poet who says: ‘I want to be a
poet, not a Negro poet,’ as though his
own racial world were not as interest-
ing as any other world.” The youth-
ful creator of Negro verse goes a step
further and says: “But jazz to me is
one of the inherent expessions of Ne-
gro life in America,” and the prize-
winning prodigy of Negro rhythm
rests his poetic case, endeavoring to
establish the theory that Art, the ex-
pression of soul and sentiment, draws
the color line, which so banefully
creates a black wheel within a white
wheel in America.
Let us look, though, into Art, the
gift of soul and mind, rather than the
expression of racial inherencies. Let
us listen to Fritz Kreisler, the Aus-
trian, playing as no one else can the
compositions of Pagnanini, the Italian;
and note the perfect blending of the
Art of each master. Let us listen to
Jacques Thibaud, the Frenchman, in-
terpret Mendelssohn, who, so far as
science and history teach us, was in-
herently his racial counterpart, and ob-
serve the racial tendencies of each in
a blend kneeling at the throne of Art.
Let Gabriolowitch, the Russian, play
the works of Liszt, Rubenstein or
Chaminade, and after a pause read
Longfellow’s song of Acadia, or listen
to John McCormack, the Irishman,
sing “Little Mother of Mine,” by Bur-
leigh, the Negro. Then tell us if Art
is striving for racial identities and color-
ations, which must put their “sacred”
touch upon Art, the blender of souls.
‘And, poet Hughes, don't you know
that the earliest expressions of jazz in
‘America were the creations of
white musicians who, upon experi-
menting with broken —syncopation,
adapted its jerky rhythm to their
musical description of the black man’s
songs of humor. It is true that our
‘own Will Marion Cook caught the
‘vein of jazz and in his “Emancipation
Day” set forth, as a Negro composer,
an artist, his musical vision of synco-
pation and jazz. But, kind sir, don't
you know that teday jazz is best
played and interpreted by Jews, such
‘as Irvin Berlin, and the horde of
Broadway musicians, who, be “it Art
THE BROAD AX, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, JULY 3, 1926
or not, have placed jazz upon Art's
throne?
Wise is he who says, “I want to be
@ poet, not a Negro poet.” Soulful is
he who recognized the truth of cen-
turies that Art is Art, that Art is toc
great a gift to be veneered with color
or race. Art is above this sordid
world; it reaches for strength and
poise, to something which we here can-
not understand. If you are in doub
still, please ask Miss Hazel Harrisor
to play for you the works of Rach.
maninoff, the Russian.
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Paul Green, a professor of philosophy
‘of North Carolina University, has es-
sayed to depict, through a stage ve-
hicle entitled “Lonesome Road,” the
‘Negro and his relations to the domi-
nant white population. As one of the
‘playwright professor's critics says:
“He has tried to make us see more
‘clearly the inner tragedy of the black
‘race, of the Negro who dreams and
‘aspires and never attains, as he treads
i lonely way from birth to death on
a road which he can share with no
‘other man.” It is said, further, by R.
[Dana Skinner (white) that the “Lone-
some Road” plays show the double-
edge fate which seems to strike all
‘those Negroes of the South who try
‘seriously to elevate themselves: above
their fellows, either through motives
of personal advancement, or through a
more altruistic desire to be helpful to
their race.
Whether the “Lonesome Road”
plays will ever reach New York, Chi-
‘cago, Boston, or some other place
where the influences of the truths they
depict may be stimulating to public
sentiment, is a question. One thing is
certain, however, and that is that Paul
Green's stage lore of the Negro, as he
sees it in North Carolina, will never
reach the footlights of Atlanta, New
Orleans, Jacksonville, or any other
southern metropolis, because, as has
been said by unbiased critics, the plays
are based upon the truth—the truth
that they inhere rather in the condi-
tions of the South itself, where the
numerically inferior whites resent any
effofts of the blacks to encroach on
their own fields of education and com-
Bee
Prof. Green has performed a notable
service, however, if his plays are ab-
sorbed and appreciated by one single
white man, woman, or child; for to
create a scintilla of earnest thought of
the mixed truths of the relations of
whites and blacks in the South is to
have performed a Christian act and a
duty. White audiences, not black
ones, are what are needed to have
their consciences pricked; for since
‘the days of “Uncle Tom's Cabin”
there has been but little done on the
stage to have the South see itself as
‘the Negroes of America see it. As
‘Prof. Green infers, their road has been
a lonesome one, before and since the
sixties; and that there is a southern
‘white man who is willing to throw the
ight of truth upon it is a reminder
that good Samaritans are found, now
and then, even in the land which can
but will not see.
Four: Editorial Shortstops
President, Coolidge has signed the
mothers’ pension spill, providing a
$100,000 fund which will be used the
first year to aid worthy mothers in the
home care of children not over 1¢
years of age. This act will be a boon
‘to Negro mothers who will certainly
have a full quota among those who
are deserving of aid because of the
high moral obligations of motherhood
er they have assumed.
| School atéendance (mixed, if you
please) in New York state for the year
‘ended July, 1925, was 86.43 per cent of
the total net enrollment, the highest
‘ever reached in the state. In 1894, the
‘year before the enactment of the com-
pulsory education law, the correspond-
ing percentage was 54 per cent.
Moral: Just think what could hap-
pen in the educational worlds of Lou-
isiana, Florida, and their sister states
if compulsory educational laws were
nondiscriminatorily applied to those
‘commonwealths.
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- More’n Enough Words Now
‘There is # great rush of new words
for inclusion in the dictionary, but
silent men retain thelr popularity tn
public life—New" York Sun.
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High Spot for Echoes
Near Bingeni, in Germany, Is a
famous echo which will toss a sound
to and fro no less than seventy umes.
Algo, where there's @ will there's a
half-dozen lawyers.—Detrolt News.
Usually
Crepe Satin Used
for Wedding Gown
Court Train and Vaporous
Veil of Tulle, Worth’s
Bridal Outfit.
| Once a year Paris speaks with a
Voice of authority on wedding gowns.
Crepe satin of impeccable quality,
raped in the fashion of the day, with
court train and a vaporous vell of
tulle—such is the traditional bridal
gown of the house of Worth, which
has probably gowned more brides of
the societe mondaine during the past
half century than any other estab-
lishment of the French capital,
“The appropriate wedding gown for
& formal church wedding,” sald M.
Worth, “is one which reflects at once
the dignity of the ceremony and its
Joyousness, and in my opinion there is
no fabric so suitable as white crepe
satin fashioned with graceful sim-
plicity, cut with long sleeves and mod-
erate decolletage because it Is to be
worn in church. Panels of rich lace
unite the silhouette with the straight
upward lines of the cathedral, while
the filmy outline of tulle lets filter
through the light in the aura.
“The headdress may be in the form
of a tiara, and T Itke, also, a nunltke
ieee of lace that frames the face in a
becoming oval.”
If {t be country wedding one may
choose a gown on more Informal lines
or a quaint robe de style; and the
American bride who is married in the
drawing room in a setting of flowers
may dispense with court train and
long sleeves, and chouse among many
materials besides satin, A very supple
velvet, so fine it falls as soft as satin,
‘is a splendid choice. Georgette, chit.
fon and new silks of soft texture are
in good taste
Another Parisian house which cre-
‘ates beautiful costumes for the bride
4s that of Jeanne Lanvin, and here the
theme Is often chosen from picturesque
‘period styles. It was this couturiere
‘who introduced silver garniture on
‘bridal gowns. The Lanvin spring col-
lection was terminated on the day of
‘its opening by an impressive robe de
mariee of white marocain encrusted
with tulle embroidered in white beads,
‘The headdress was a diadem of silver
lame and beaded tulle, holding a short
velt which barely covered the top of
the arms and floated lightly about the
face.
Captain Molyneux, who is English,
‘follows the charming custom of his
country in choosing little pages to
accompany the bride, and this house
makes many costumes on the allm
and somewhat stately lines that best
become the tall beauty. When the cut
1s very plain there are rich garnitures,
such as embroideries of pearls, and
Ughter fabrics than satin or velvet are
often employed.
Red and Gold Taffeta
Ribbon Bands Are Used
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‘Showing a tailored two-piece geor-
gette drese attractively decorated
with red and gold taffeta ribbon
bands. The vestee is of white plaited
georgette and the blue felt hat has a
red grosgrain band. The pin is of red
and rhinestones.
For Unbobbed Heads
A new type of hat now separates
the bobbed from the unbobbed. So
many women are letting thelr hair
grow out again that there has come a
demand for a medium head size, as
well as medium helghts of crown and
widths of brim. The majority of these
hats are very soft fine felt, with com
paratively little trimming.
Silk Flowers Used
Sik flowers are still very much in
vogue and because they are so rea-
sonable and so smart for the fur coat
collar many women are buying one to
mateh every gown or to smarten up
the black dress so that when the col-
lars of thelr coats are thrown back
these little accessories flash forth color
‘and feminine daintiness,
Castor Oil's White Light
‘Castor ofl, which is much used as a
Jamp off in India, gives a whiter lighr
than off of any other kind.
Mysteries Found in
-Dead Letter Office
No place in the world, perhaps,
‘holds as many unsolved mysteries in
as many odd forms as does Uncle
Sam's dead letter office in Washington,
says Popular Science Monthly.
Not only is this mail morgue the
final resting place for letters and par.
cels that go astray because of faulty
addresses, but it is also the repositors
for contraband goods, such as fire
arms, alcohol and narcotics, as well as
deadly bombs and infernal machines
‘There an ordinary package has beer
found to conceal enough dynamite te
wreck a building. ‘There, too, inno
centlooking parcels have given uj
everything from a lve snake or a
polsonous tarantula to a flock of fleas
More than 00,000 carelessly ad:
dressed letters urrive every day in this
government morgue, which recelved
21,000,000 letters and 808,000 parcels
last year. In this number are 100,000
letters which have been mailed in en-
tirely blank envelopes, many contain
Ing large sums of money.
The cash found in misdirected mall
‘amounts to about $55,000 annually.
Scarcity of Material
Makes “Briars” Costly
It ts said that French soil no longer
yields the precious briar bush. Spain
has but little, Italy has about run dry,
and that it is in Corsica that the
finest specimens are found: It is the
root of the shrub that matters. In
North Africa the light and sandy soll
renders the texture of the woody root
rather porous, and this “briar” is used
for cheaper grades of pipe.
In Corsica the roots have a tough
fight to gain hold in the rocky soll,
A Corsican briar root may weigh 15
or 25 pounds when it fs brought rough
to the factory, but when cut down this
will give no more than a dozen blocks
for use. From these emerge, perhaps,
two really tip-top, flawless “best Eng-
lish briers.”| And as such a pipe
beauty can be fashioned only from
root which {s in the region of « bun-
dred years’ growth, It is not to be
wondered that a perfect briar pipe ts
costly—Manchester Guardian.
Point of View of Sexes
Three great women, George Hilot,
Emily Browning and George Sand,
said the principal genius of woman
lies in the depth of her affection. A
‘woman is no more superior to a man
than a man is to a woman, says the
lecturer, Miss Sime. What is strong
in man is weak in woman and vice
versa, but in Miss Sime’s opinion clv-
flization had and was undergoing
three phases. The first, before femin-
ism came in, was the age of chivalry
when men treated women as spiritual
beings and desired to shield and pro-
tect them. The second was an appre-
ciation of woman and her desire for
equality, The third would be the
chivairy of woman toward map in an
attempt to understand his’ point of
view. . . . Perhaps that will have to
be the way of it. Man hasn't been
able to get hers.—Capper's Weekly.
Good Effect Gained
by Proper Pictures
Pietures serve an admirable pur-
pose in the decoration and furnishing
of the small home.
By the very nature of their loca-
tion on the wall they occupy none of
the floor spice that Is so valuable In
the small dwelling. If the little room
has been rather crowded with furnt-
ture, pictures on the wall carry the
eye upward and bring the attention
from the lower part of the room to
the upper, where there Is a greater
‘appearance of space.
Then, too, the subjects of the plc-
tures may be chosen with a view to
increasing the apparent size of the
room, Pietures with a rather deep
perspective give the eye a feeling of
looking into the scene, down a corr
dor, into a valley, along a river, or
otherwise creating an appearance of
distance.
To do this removes much of the
cramped feeling that Invades a small
room overcrowded with furniture,
The cholce of color in pictures also
will have much to do with the deco-
rative scheme of the room, and the
same effect of spaciousness can be
created with the judicious use of mir-
rors,
Irish Fairies
‘Ip Ireland those generally spiritual
but occasionally extremely matertalis
tle little beings, the fatries, ruled the
roost until well on in the Nineteenth
century. They figure largely in Irish
poetry, and are celebrated by writers
so diverse as Lover, Ferguson, and P.
W. Joyce. And who that has read it
can ever forget Yeats’ description of
the wonderful lady who came to take
Otsin Into the Land of the Ever Young
‘on the back of the gloriously capari-
soned steed with his bridle of find-
rinny?
Money in Broken Glass
The dealer in second-hand plate
glass 1s certainly the possessor of one
of the oddest occupations of any man
in London. When a big window gets
smashed the owner usually prefers
that the insurance company shall re-
place the broken pane than that he
should be paid its price. ‘The dealer
buys the broken panes from the com-
pany and cuts them up, finding ready
‘sale for the smaller sheets,
‘Briss nn the Macon
A school teacher was in the habit
of giving out passages from shake
speare to be written down by her
pupils. One day she gave the class this
one from Hamlet :“The appetite grows
by what It feeds on.”
‘One of the boys, a thin little fel
low from a poor family, held up his
hand. “Tve written it down, miss,”
he sald, “but T don't think it's true”
“Don't you? Why not?
“Because my appetite is growing by
what it doesn’t feed on”
3
Who Likes to Be
Shelved?
“By EUDORA R. RICHARDSON
accented
not already a permanent boarder at
his son's house. Mrs. Simpson would
be Just one more in the way.
‘At dinner that night Mrs. Simpson
studied her daughter's fatherinlaw
from across the flowers and shaded
candles. Doctor Miller was an unob-
trusive enough person perhaps five
years her senior. After dinner he
"smoked one cigar with Beale and then
“rose to go.
“I must be reading now,” he sald
with the trace of a shadow across his
face.
“Don't hurry, father,” Louise urged
‘cordially. “It's a foolish notion you
have that young people want to be
alone every evening.”
Doctor Miller patted Louise's shoul-
der. “I remember, my dear, that I
was once young,” he said.
For awhile Mrs. Simpson sat in a
brown study. Do.tor Miller was per
fectly right. If she and Elmer bad
haa ‘some deadly old inlaws sitting
around during those first days, she
would have thought herself abused, in-
deed. Louise and Beale had a right
to thelr romantic season alone.
“Tonight I must unpack,” she said,
“rising.
As she lifted her clothes from trunk
to closet and tried to give the pretty
guest-room a homelike appearance,
Mrs. Simpson blinked now and then
‘to keep back a rebellious tear. ‘Then
she faced her reffection in the mirror.
She was not old. There were no wrin-
Kles in her smooth face; she wasn't
thin and shriveled or fat and pudgy.
‘There wag no earthly reason why she
should not find something useful to
do. Perhaps Louise would assign her
some household tasks.
‘The next day, however, dissipated
her hopes. Two servants did all the
work about Loulse’s house.
“Now, sit right down, mother, and
‘make yourself comfortable," Louise
admonished as she hurrled off to s
bridge luncheon.
Mrs, Simpson tried to sit. She ala
it poorly. She read until the words
“blurred before her eyes. Then she
"Just stared out of the window, feeling
rather envious of all the people in the
world who had work to do. Loulse
was busy and happy; Beale was in am
eternal rush; Doctor Miller still had
office hours and calls to make.
‘There was the sound of a key being
turned in the lateh of the front door,
and Doctor Miller entered, bringing
with him a gust of wind from the
street. He came into the living room
rubbing his hands and looking the ple
ture of good cheer. As he saw Mra
‘Simpson, his face grew serious.
“Ah, you've been alone all day,” he
guessed. “Louise is very popular. At
tractive girl—your daughter.”
“Yes,” Mrs. Simpson smiled.
“Let me bring you some of the
books that make my evenings less des-
olate. I find that old people must read
a great deal, Mrs. Simpson.”
Doctor Miller trotted upstairs with
& buoyancy that belied his age. He
was a distinguished looking gentle-
man, Mrs. Simpson decided. Louise
had not done badly when she mar-
ried into the Miller family. Soon Doc-
tor Miller returned with a book, and
Mrs, Simpson bore it off to her room.
‘What night and the next day she
read with real zest. Then late in the
afternoon she smoothed her wavy hatr,
put a bit of powder on her nose and
went down to await the return of Doc-
tor Miller. ‘There were several points
in the story that she would really en-
Joy talking over with some one.
So the weeks passed—Doetor Miller
supplying the reading matter and the
chats at twilight, and Mrs. Simpson
sewing a little, but reading much.
Strangely, Cornelia Simpson told her-
self, she was not altogether unhappy.
It was funny, too, that the very per
son she had dreaded was making life
with Beale and Louise endurable.
At last there came a night when the
daughter and son-in-law were dining
out. Mrs, Simpson sat at the head
of the table, and Doctor Miller at the
foot. It was a cozy little dinner.
“Don't you want coffee with your
dinner instead of afterwards?” Cor
nella Simpson asked. “Most men lke
it better that way.”
“Yes,” Doctor Miller replied, “ané
can't we have the vegetables left op
the table, so that the butler won't
have to be standing around?”
After dinner Cornelia Simpson ané
Doctor Miller gravitated naturally to
ward the living room.
“I guess we're not intruding te
night,” Doctor Miller suggested.
“Oh, the children are yery kind,"
Mrs. Simpson defended. ~
“That isn’t if; but who likes to be
shelved? You preside over a home
Deautifully, Cornelia Simpson. Don't
you think.you conld try {t again with
an old man who would bring you
books and not bother you?”
“No,” she said, shaking her head
with real emphasis. “I could not
stand not to be bothered.”
‘The man’s face, which had momen
tarily clouded, cleared again. He was
‘a deal handsomer than his son, Cor
nelia Simpson thought. =
“Agreed,” be smiled, takfsg in his
the smooth white hands that lay is
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Employers' Associations
Employers Associations The first employers' association of national importance, which was formed to bargain or deal with workers, was the United States Potter's association, organized in 1875. The Stove Founders' association, formed in 1886, stimulated the organization of similar groups.
Volcanism Dying Out
In the Hawaiian islands, as apparently elsewhere in the world, volcanism is dying out. The occasional lava flows and explosions which Professor Jagger is watching so carefully in Hawaii are insignificant in comparison with the vast activity which went on not very many centuries ago.
Concealing Shades
When desiring to conceal the shade of a window set back from the wall, the glass curtain should be hung inside the window frame close to the shade. There should be allowed a heading of about three inches above where the rod runs through and this will hide the shade.
Ants That Bake Bread
Ants have been found in Dalmatia which actually make bread by chewing seeds into pulp, forming it in loaves, baking them in the sun and then storing them away for future use.
Not Traditional Belief
Traditional superstitions have some excuse, but to attribute bad luck to opening an umbrella in the house is going out of one's way looking for trouble. Umbrellas are not over a century old.
Small Dividend Coming
If time is money, we all came in for a dividend figured within a small space on the dial.
Would Be Money in It
If one-half of the world knew how the other half lived, it could pick up a little change by reporting the facts.
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Gas Beyond Reach
A volcano is not only a vast steam boiler, likely at any moment to blow itself up; it is also a vast gas producer, no doubt capable of supplying gas enough for many cities if we could collect and purify the inflammable gases which are given off.
Powerful Flame
The oxy-acetylene flame is capable of producing a temperature in the neighborhood of 6.000 degrees Fahrenheit, the highest temperature that is produced outside of the electric arc. The figure has not been definitely established.
Inundations Formed Sea
The Dollart, an arm of the North sea at the mouth of the Ems, was formed by inundation in 1277 and subsequent dates. It lies between the province of Hanover, Germany, and that of Groningen, Holland.
Vanity and Pride
Vanity is a confounded donkey, very apt to put his head between his legs and chuck us over; but Pride is a fine horse that will carry us over the ground and enable us to distance our fellow-travelers. - Marryat.
Short Summer in North
In no part of the Canadian Northwest territories is there a tropical climate but explorers have stated that in some subarctic parts there is a short but warm summer during which certain flowers bloom in profusion.
Johnny on the Job
The old-fashioned girl who used to make mamma keep little brother out of the room while her beau was calling now has a daughter who substitizes Johnny to play substitute to her sweettea while she is dressing.
Beginnings of Faith
From the presumptions of immortality structural in men, reason moves to a higher plane of argument, and marks the actual beginnings of resurrection in the individual.—Newell Dwight Hills.
Work for Success
Today's neglect means tomorrow's regret. The man who feels certain of success and labors to that end is self-mistaken.
Change Name for Luck
German parents sometimes change the name of their baby if it is seriously ill.
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Women in Se: ude
The position of women in Korea comes closer to servitude than in any other oriental country. They are taught that the greatest feminine virtues are silence, humility and timidity.
East-Mississippi States
Georgia is the largest state east of the Mississippi, with an area of 59,265 square miles; Florida, second, with 58,066 square miles, and Michigan third, with 57,980.
Thing That Hurts
It is bad enough to make a blunder, but it really peeves one more to find out he is so unimportant that nobody has noticed his blunder.—Salina (Kan.) Journal.
Might Spill Some
Jimmie (about ready to receive his medicine)—Here, mother! I want grandma to give me that medicine tonight. Her hands shake so.—Edinburgh Scotsman.
Market in Churchyard
Cabbages were sold in St. Paul's churchyard, London, three hundred years ago, when the cathedral clergy had the hawkers banished on account of the noise they made.
England's Oldest Crosses
The ancient crosses at Sandbach, Cheshire, the oldest of the kind in England, have stood in the market place for over a thousand years and have puzzled many antiquarians.
Land of Cinnamon
The land of cinnamon is the name given by the Spanish conquerors of Peru to a region east of the Andes in the forests of the plains of the Napo, where they found the aromatic bark.
Composer's Hard Fate
The composer Bach was in very straitened circumstances at the time of his death, and was buried in a pauper's grave in Leipzig
Chilean Nitrates.
The nitrate industry of Chile represents invested capital of nearly $200,000,000 and gives employment to 50,000 people directly, and indirectly five times as many.
Familiar
Mald (as phone bell rings)—Ah—that'll be your young man, miss. I'd know 'is ring anywhere.—London Opinion.
Speed of Trains
The modern express passenger locomotive can run 112 miles an hour on a straight, heavy-rail track if the engine is ballasted by a train behind it to prevent its jumping the track. In actual practice 50 miles an hour is not often exceeded.
An Easy Way Out
The hardest thing is to say no, but we find that we can accomplish the same end by taking the matter under advisement—Ohio State Journal
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The average American, according to recent statistics, eats 150 pounds of meat a year. In the same space he consumes 200 pounds of potatoes, and 150 eggs. He eats, however, less wheat than the Frenchman.
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