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SOCIETY NEWS PUBLISHED FREE Vol. XXXII. 5 CENTS P [Name] HON. PETER M. HOFFMAN Sheriff of Cook County, who will step down as suf of the coming week. Hon. Michael Zimmer, den that has ever had charge of the County become the new Sheriff of this county. He h the people in that capacity in days which haw eternity. Ok County, who will step down as su- ning week. Hon. Michael Zimmer, has ever had charge of the County, the new Sheriff of this county. He h in that capacity in days which haw Sheriff of Cook County, who will step down as such the middle of the coming week. Hon. Michael Zimmer, the best war-den that has ever had charge of the County Hospital, will become the new Sheriff of this county. He has ably served the people in that capacity in days which have passed on to eternity. HON. PETER M. HOFFMAN WAS NOT GUILTY OF ATTEMPTING TO BLOCK THE WHEELS OF JUSTICE Hon. Peter M. Hoffman, sheriff of Cook County, has been busy all the present week in receiving the congratulations of his army of warm friends over his acquittal of attempting to defeat the ends of justice. Federal Judge Louis Fitz-Henry and a jury gave or voted him a clean bill of sale in connection with Druggan and Lake and the Cook county jail scandal the past summer. One ballot was all the jurors took to free Sheriff Hoffman. LOUISIANA SOCIAL AND BENEFICIAL CLUB OF ILLINOIS Despite the inclement weather a large number of the members met with the Louisiana Social and Beneficial Club of Illinois. All plans for the Bal Masque are completed and invitations and tickets are out for the big affair on Twelfth Night, January sixth, 1927. The spirit of revelry will reign and all anticipate a frolicsome good time at the Catholic Men's Club, 4100 South Michigan avenue, on that night. No one will know the King and Queen until the hour of unmasking arrives. An interesting feature aside from the Programme and Tableaux is the Louisiana Tea Room which will be the capable hands of Severin Langlois, one of Louisiana's most canable Caterers. "I thank the jury and my attorneys, and I thank God for the verdict," Mr. Hoffman said. "It was my just due. There are nine departments in the sheriff's office and I must rely upon the men I have in charge." ```markdown ``` 1 ```markdown ``` HON. KICKHAM SCANLAN One of the old, tried and true Judges of the Cook County, whose long honorable record bply means that he will be re-elevated to the bench in 1927. d, tried and true Judges of the C nty, whose long honorable record be that he will be re-elevated to the 1927. One of the old, tried and true Judges of the Circuit Court of Cook County, whose long honorable record behind him simply means that he will be re-elevated to the Circuit Court bench in 1927. One of the old, tried and true Judges of the Circuit Court of Cook County, whose long honorable record behind him simply means that he will be re-elevated to the Circuit Court bench in 1927. Vol. XXXII. 5 CENTS PER COPY ```markdown ``` all step down as such the middle Michael Zimmer, the best warge of the County Hospital, will his county. He has ably served in days which have passed on to LOUISIANA SOCIAL AND BENEFICIAL CLUB OF ILLINOIS Despite the inclement weather a large number of the members met with the Louisiana Social and Beneficial Club of Illinois. All plans for the Bal Masque are completed and invitations and tickets are out for the big affair on Twelfth Night, January sixth, 1927. The spirit of revelry will reign and all anticipate a frolicsome good time at the Catholic Men's Club, 4100 South Michigan avenue, on that night. No one will know the King and Queen until the hour of unmasking arrives. An interesting feature aside from the Programme and Tableaux is the Louisiana Tea Room which will be the capable hands of Severin Langlois, one of Louisiana's most capable Caterers, and an interesting member of the Club. Next regular meeting on Sunday, December 26, 5 o'clock, Your Cab Assembly Hall, 415-21 E. Pershing Road. The membership increases every week, and all interested are asked to come out. 1910 Judges of the Circuit Court of morable record behind him sim- e-elevated to the Circuit Court THE BROAD AX THE BROAD AX, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, DECEMBER 25, 1926 The Members of the Local Transportation Committee of the City Council of Chicago Should Not Permit Mr. John Ritchie, President of Chicago Motor Coach Company, and His Associates to Clutter Up the Streets in the Down Town District with Five or Six Thousand Busses Which Would Endanger the Lives of Citizens in General Aside from the Fact That they Would Be Utterly Incapable of Transporting the People to and from their Homes. The Present Street Car System Is the Best in the World and Its Owners and Managers Are Perfectly Willing to Keep It Up to a High Standard If they Can Secure a New Charter or Franchise to Run for Twenty or Thirty Years. It must be admitted by all the citizens of this great city, who are deeply interested in its future progress or advancement, that the gentlemen composing the committee on local transportation of the city council have in the past year or so expended several million hours in time right here in this city and in traveling around over the country at the great expense to this city, while visiting one-horse towns to study the street car systems of those towns, and after blowing in many thousands of dollars which belonged to the small tax payer, so far not one thing has been accomplished which would be of the slightest benefit to the people of Chicago in the way of settling their existing disputes with the head officials of the street car companies. It has been contended for many years in the past that colored men or colored people in general know noth- SUPREME COURT ENABLES COLORED CHURCH TO RE- TAIN ITS PROPERTY Reverses Decision of Superior Court in Religious Faction Dispute Los Angeles, Calif.—Reversing the recent decision of the Superior Court which granted a judgment to the revolting faction of the Olive Missionary Baptist Church, 3064 East First street, headed by Police Officer Phillip Bomar, the Supreme Court issued a writ giving the pastor, Rev. W. R. Hutchinson possession of the church property pending decision on the appeal. It is claimed that the dissatisfied faction under Bomar's leadership took unlawful possession of the property before the judgment was entered. CHRISTMAS SERVICES AT ST ELIZABETH CATHOLIC CHURCH At five o'clock Christmas morning, there will be special and elaborate services at St. Elizabeth's Catholic Church, 41st and Wabash avenue. The choir has prepared an excellent musical program under the direction of Father Gruenberg, S.V.D., and Mrs. Pelagie Blair, organist. There will also be services at 7:30, 9 and 10 a.m. However, at 11 o'clock there will be again solemn services, as at 5 a.m. Father Eckert, S.V.D., the pastor of the par- ing whatever about any kind of business, but after carefully noting the actions or the conduct on the part of the gentlemen who have been thrusted forward to settle the traction question, that the same number of colored men would have done equally as well as they have and by this time they would have stopped stalling around so much and long before the break of day the colored men would have firmly decided that something must be done right now to settle the traction question. It would seem that some one is endeavoring to play the right and center field at the same time and make several home runs before the pay master came in sight. Laying all jokes aside the members of the Local Transportation Committee should not permit Mr. John A. Ritchie, president of the Chicago Motor Coach Company, and his associates ish, extends a hearty invitation to all readers to attend the Christmas services. CAUGHT WIFE IN WHITELAW HOTEL Washington, D. C.—Enraged because his wife, Mrs. Ola Ria, 28, 1339 T street, northwest, was in the room occupied by William D. Drayton, 34, in the Whitelaw Hotel, Walter C. Rice, 30, broke down the door and slashed both his wife and her lover. Drayton was cut on the head, neck and face. First aid was rendered him by Dr. John T. Risher, a pharmacist, 918 U street, northwest, who happened to be in the hotel at the time. When the ambulance came, Drayton was removed to Freedmen's Hospital and treated by Dr. George Frazier Willer, an interne. Mrs. Rice attempted to run after her husband had battered the room door, but she was overtaken in the hallway and cut on the left hand, back of neck and scalp. She was only partly clad. In her haste she left her coat and one or two other garments in the room where she had been. Drayton was undressed. Rice was arrested and charged with assault with a dangerous weapon. If Sister Rice left two or three garments behind in the room, she must have trotted through the streets of Washington, D. C., perfectly naked. Editor. to pull the wool over their eyes and induce them to enter into a long or short contract with them to install motor busses in the downtown district in the place of the present modern street cars. In our humble opinion it will mean political death to every member of the Local Transportation Committee to vote in favor of doing away with the present street car system and installing in its place the busses of the Chicago Motor Coach Company. Hon. John J. Mitchell, president of the Illinois Merchants Trust Company; Mr. Frederick H. Rawson, president of the Union Trust Company; Hon. Henry A. Blair, receivers for the Chicago Railways Company, and Hon. Leonard A. Busby, president of the south side lines, are all more than willing to kick in and go along with the city officials, and settle the traction question for many years to come. TEXANS MAKE BONDS ON PEONAGE CHARGES Brownsville, Tex., Dec. 24.—Coming to Brownsville from Raymondville in a body, Wallacy county officers and citizens named in peonage indictments turned in here Monday in District Federal Court, Tuesday afternoon made bond in the sum of $500 as a minimum for the count and $1,000 additional for the extra counts. Sheriff Raymond Teller, County Attorney R. F. Robinson, Frank Brandt, deputy, and Floyd Dodd, justice of the peace, each made bond of $7,000. The bonds were signed by B. V. Crowell, C. E. Redlund and other Raymondville residents. Bond in the other cases involving deputies and farmers of Willacy county, were $5,000 each, and were made in Federal Court. It is thought that the case will come up for court trial at Corpus Christi at the next term of the Federal Court in this district. "RED CAP" PHILOSOPHY New York-"We can pick out those who are leaving New York for home and those who are leaving it to go on a visit," a red cap at Grand Central was overheard to say recently. "The travelers who have been on a visit here have spent their money and are low in funds." ```markdown ``` 466 IPEU HON. HUGO PAM One of the best and soundest J Cook County, who simply w a Merry Christmas and a H and soundest Judges of the who simply wishes all of his Christmas and a Happy New Year One of the best and soundest Judges of the Superior Court of Cook County, who simply wishes all of his legion of friends a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. HON. S. W. GREEN, SUPREME CHANCELLOR OF THE KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAIS THROUGHOUT THE WORLD, STILL CONTINUES TOSTAND BY THE BROAD AX Away back in 1906, Hon. S. W. Green, without the slightest solicitation, ordered The Broad Ax forwarded to his address, 507 Pythian Temple, New Orleans, La., and all of those intervening years he has been a constant subscriber to it. It is never necessary to send him but one statement, showing that his subscription has expired and within a few days after his statement lands in New Orleans, his check is right back here. Showing that Supreme Chancellor Green is strictly honest in his dealings with newspaper men and that he is a great honor as well as his adorable wife, Mrs. Green, to the Knights of Pythias throughout the world. PRESIDENT JESSE BINGA BRINGS CHEER TO CATHOLIC CHILDREN Friday afternoon, December 17, President Jesse Binga, well-known banker and philanthropist, surprised 1,000 children of St. Elizabeth's Catholic School with Christmas gifts. Every child was royally treated to ice cream, cake, and plenty of candy by the generous host and friend of the children. The school was decorated appropriately with holly, Christmas trees, etc. Every room had its own entertainment and party in keeping with the Christmas spirit. The children, Sisters and teachers of the school wish to extend to Mr. Binga heartfelt thanks for remembering them so generously and making them so happy. HON. JOHN L. WEBB, SUPREME CUSTODIAN OF W. O. U., U. S., IS ONE OF THE MANY CONSTANT READERS OF THE BROAD AX Hon. John L. Webb, first vice president of the National Negro Business [Image of a man's face with a serious expression, wearing a suit and tie]. M. M. B. HON. JOHN L. WEBB One of the best and most successful Afro-American race in this business world at Hot Spring Southern states. He is a paper. and most successful business in race in this country, who did at Hot Springs, Ark., and uses. He is a strong suppor One of the best and most successful business men among the Afro-American race in this country, who is a power in the business world at Hot Springs, Ark., and throughout the Southern states. He is a strong supporter of this newspaper. SUBSCRIBE FOR THE BROAD AX No. 15 udest Judges of the Superior Court of apply wishes all of his legion of friends and a Happy New Year. PRESIDENT JESSE BINGA BRINGS CHEER TO CATHOLIC CHILDREN Friday afternoon, December 17, President Jesse Binga, well-known banker and philanthropist, surprised 1,000 children of St. Elizabeth's Catholic School with Christmas gifts. Every child was royally treated to ice cream, cake, and plenty of candy by the generous host and friend of the children. The school was decorated appropriately with holly, Christmas trees, etc. Every room had its own entertainment and party in keeping with the Christmas spirit. The children, Sisters and teachers of the school wish to extend to Mr. Binga heartfelt thanks for remembering them so generously and making them so happy. League, treasurer of the National Baptist Convention, who conducts the finest hotel and bath house at Hot Springs National Park, Ark., ranks among the best business men in this country, barring none, and he and his beautiful wife, Mrs. Webb, are a great honor to the colored race in America. M. at successful business men among the in this country, who is a power in the hot Springs, Ark., and throughout the is a strong supporter of this news- No.15 [Name] PROF. ROBERT R. MOTON Head of the Tuskegee Institute, Alabama, who w lot of his time in sounding the praises of his C Col. Robert S. Abbott, at the time Prof. M National Negro Business League in this city the present time traveling through many pa World. "CHICAGO'S HEALTH" BULLETIN No. 80 MORG Head of the Tuskegee Institute, Alabama, who wasted a whole lot of his time in sounding the praises of his Colored brother, Col. Robert S. Abbott, at the time Prof. Moton held his National Negro Business League in this city in 1924, is at the present time traveling through many parts of the Old World. Weekly Bulletin, Chicago Department of Health MALNUTRITION By Herman N. Bundesen, M. D., Commissioner "At least twenty calls to cure illness resulting from malnutrition are received by doctors, to one for information on how to keep the child well. This means that mothers spend twenty times as much time, worry, money and energy in trying to cure stomachaches as in trying to prevent them. "Malnutrition, it is known, is not a disease of the poor alone, but is prevalent among the middle classes and the well-to-do," says Dr. Herman N. Bundesen, commissioner of health of Chicago, in his latest bulletin. "Mahnutrition is not necessarily the result of poverty, but is often due to ignorance and neglect. This problem can be solved by curing physical defects, training the child in proper health habits, and giving him the right kind of foods, which consist of fresh vegetables, fruits, cereals, some meat and a quart of milk a day. "It is far easier and less expensive to prevent sickness than to cure it," advises the Commissioner. PRIZES ATTRACT MANY STUDENTS Scores Preparing to Enter Papers in Race Relations Contest Many students in colleges throughout the South are planning to submit papers on "Justice in Race Relations" in the competition recently announced by the Commission on Inter-racial Cooperation, according to a statement from the Commission's headquarters in Atlanta. Nearly a hundred young men and women from more than fifty institutions have already written to the Commission, expressing a desire to enter papers and requesting further information and suggestions. In addition, many professors have requested the information for members of their classes and are encouraging them to enter the competition. The head of the department of sociology in one of the big state universities writes that all the members of one of his classes are going to compete. From present indications it is expected that the number of papers submitted will far exceed those of previous years. The three prizes offered by the Commission are $100, $65 and $5, respectively. The contest closes April 15, so there is still plenty of time for all to enter who desire. Full information, with suggestions as to treatment and sources, may be had by writing the Commission, 409 Palmer Building, Atlanta, Ga. Alabama, who wasted a whole the praises of his Colored brother, the time Prof. Moton held his ague in this city in 1924, is at through many parts of the Old BULLETIN No. 88—BEWARE OF MORONS By Chief of Police Morgan A. Collins Such is the message contained in this week's bulletin issued by Chief of Police Morgan A. Collins. Here are some opportune suggestions to combat this menace: Make every effort to guard your children from being approached by strangers on the street. Warn them repeatedly to beware of persons they do not know. Do not allow small children to travel lonely thoroughfares after dark. This warning applies to women as well. Be careful who you admit to your home at any hour of the day or night. Equip your door with a chain, lock or other safety device so that you can find out who the stranger is before you open it. Too much care cannot be exercised by the woman alone at home with her children. Young women who stop to talk to strangers are heading straight for trouble. If you are accosted keep right on going. If you are followed seek help immediately. If you are annoyed by persistent male flirts from automobiles, take the license number of the car and notify the police as soon as possible. Under no circumstances accept a ride from a stranger. Help us to protect you. If you have reason to believe that any criminal of the type mentioned in the article above is in your vicinity, call the Police Department, Police 1313. Co-operate with us. We are trying to protect you. CONDEMNED MAN GETS COM MUTATION OF SENTENCE (Preston News Service) Little Rock, Ark., Dec. 24.—The death sentence imposed upon Simon Johnson, of Phillips county, last April for the murder of James Garret, was commuted to life imprisonment Tuesday by Governor Terral. Johnson was to have been electrocuted Friday. Governor Terral said he had been petitioned by many residents of Phillips county and some of the court officials to commute the sentence. He said the fatal shooting followed a quarrel and that there was considerable evidence in support of Johnson's plea of self-defense. Johnson was convicted in Phillips county last spring and sentenced to be electrocuted. He was kept in jail at Helena during the pendency of an appeal and was never brought to penitentiary here until after his conviction had been affirmed and a new date set for his electrocution. Sprung From Lost Colony Sprung From Lost Colony By some historians it is believed that the Croatian Indians of North Carolina are in part descendants of the lost English colony of Roanoke, Sir Walter Raleigh's unsuccessful attempt to found an American settlement. THE BROAD AX, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, DECEMBER 18, 1926 THIS WEEK Ernest Rice McKinney (Preston News Service) In answer to the question, "Can any good come out of the South?" I cannot do better than quote the New York Amsterdam News' report of a speech made by Professor Mims of Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tenn. Mr. Mims was talking to the members of the New Southern Society. He said: "The solidarity of the South is no longer a source of pride, but of humiliation to many of its most devoted men * * * there is a South that finds expression in the crude and blatant utterances of men like Cole Blease and J. K. Vardaman and another that finds expression in the statesmanship of men like Carter Glass and Oscar Underwood." I might add that there is a South that takes pride in the utterances of men like Professor Mims. This rare southerner went on to say that "there is a South of ecclesiastical demagogues * * * and a South of enlightened prophets who would follow the truth wherever it may lead and whatever it may cost * * * the southern states are still at the bottom of all statistics that register actual educational conditions in this country. It is also true that there is not a single university in the South that has adequate resources for the highest type of graduate work. These are facts that cannot be gotten around by hifalutin talk about the beauty of southern women and the chivalry of southern men." This is the strongest talk that I have read from the South for some time. I hope that it would not be necessary for Professor Mims to "explain" to his trustees or to some back-woods legislator in order to keep from being fired. *** Come in Now. We Need: The Republicans have taken the insurgents back into the fold. It is true then that the last elections did have some effect on the old guard. The gang saw the handwriting on the wall, read and understood. No group of bosses act the same with a majority of one as they do with a majority of nine. Not So Fast. Mr. Editor A Negro editor in Chicago has got all "not in the collar" because the Chicago Tribune is carrying advertising of the Federal Insurance Company, which advertising states that the policy advertised will not be sold to Negroes. This editor suggests that Negroes boycott the Tribune. All of which silly talk rouses my risibles violently. It seems as though Negroes will never learn that Economic Determinism is a reality in this world. "Money talks" and bullets win world markets. And it takes money to buy bullets as well as win elections. Why should the Chicago Tribune refuse advertising from a company simply because that company refuses to do business with Negroes? How much advertising do Negroes place in the Chicago Tribune? How much do they place even in the Negro papers? What have we got to advertise? How well do we pay for the little advertising that we do? Would the prestige of the Tribune be hurt one bit if all the Negroes in Illinois abstained from reading it? Doesn't the dear editor know that when white papers and magazines and advertising agencies place marketing data before prospective advertisers that these publications nearly always ignore the Negro population entirely? We simply don't count, then. We always read such expressions as "white population," "white male population," "native white population," "white women buvers." This is due to the fact or the belief that our group is not looked upon as a group with stable income, with "free dollars." And some of us who do business with Negroes know that this is the truth. There is a vast difference between doing business with a group that can write a personal check at any time in payment for purchases and a group that can only put down money on pay-day. And some of us know that you must hop quickly even on pay-day to get there before the pay is all spent. There is one way that Negroes can break down prejudice in white insurance companies. That is to go in the Negro companies and make them so strong that even whites will find it advantageous to join them. Make our companies so strong that they will become wealthy, with extra funds to invest elsewhere in real estate, bonds, banks, etc. This is the true economic weapon and the only weapon that white men pay any attention to. BEAUTY IS HEALTH DEEP A fond mother said proudly to her neighbor who had come in to see the new son and heir, "An'd do ye not think he looks like his father?" The kindly neighbor replied cheerfully, "Niver ye mind that as long as he's healthy." Rather hard on the poor papa may be, yet really a compliment. For the old saying that beauty is only skin deep really means that it is only "health" deep. No one can be truly handsome unless she is truly healthy. With all the beauty creams and lotions ever made, a woman's face can never be her fortune unless the glow of health that comes from within is present. That glow of health will not come in a bottle—it will come in doses of daily health habits. Clear, happy eyes, a pleasant smile, a cloudless skin and a well poised carriage are what create the impression of beauty more than Venus-like features and an ivory pallor. To attain the true beauty that is health requires a fair amount of perseverance as well as a knowledge of the ingredients that go into the formula for making it. Sleep—rest—are necessary. A nap in the middle of the day if household cares have been tiring and a good night's sleep of eight hours with plenty of fresh air will go far toward taking out the wrinkles or dark circles that have appeared under the eyes. Exercises in the open air, a brisk walk to and from the office if one is a business woman, and if one is a housewife the walk can be made into a business—will give better and more attractive color than all the powder and rouge compacts in the world. Exercises morning and evening will help much toward keeping the muscles limber and the carriage graceful. A diet that contains plenty of leafy vegetables, fresh or cooked fruits, nor too much meat and few sweets and pastries will keep the digestive apparatus functioning normally and thereby give a clear, fresh look to the whole skin. Given a health-deep beauty the visit to a beauty parlor or the use of cleansing creams will have worthwhile effects. The relaxation and the feeling that one's pores are being thoroughly cleansed make facial massages a comfort, but these can never be of permanent value. Facial treatments can never remove lines if the spirit is not happy. They can never make the skin clear and fresh if the diet is wrong and late hours are constantly eating up reserve powers. Combined with the beauty that is more than skin deep, however, they can help produce the sparkling appearance and the charm that every woman wishes to have When good daily health habits are practiced by everyone, the National Tuberculosis, Association and its 1500 affiliated associations hope to conquer tuberculosis, the disease that most readily attacks rundown bodies. Their work is financed by the penny Christmas seals sold in December. Why not start nature's beauty course today by resolving to be really healthy beautiful and by helping someone else to be healthy through the purchase of some Christmas seals? TRIO OF BASEBALL STARS ONCE TELEPHONE WORKERS By a queer coincidence, three of the most famous of World Series heroes got their start not on the diamond, but as telephone men. Grover Cleveland Alexander, pitcher extraordinary and hero of the St. Louis Cardinals' recent victory over the New York Yankees, was a telephone lineman at St. Paul, Neb., before he ever thought of playing baseball for his livelihood. Walter Johnson, pitching ace of the Washington Senators and hero of the 1924 World Series, was a surveyor for a telephone company in Idaho where he was discovered by a major league scout spending his spare time in playing baseball. At just about the same period, Tris Speaker, leader of the Cleveland team of the American League, was employed as a telephone lineman down in Hillsboro, Tex., and was looking forward to the time when he could eventually become plant chief. Sincerity Imperative To make people believe what you say you must say what you believe. Sincerity is absolutely essential to successful pleading. Inincercity is certain to create doubt in the minds of others. Better say nothing at all if you cannot speak from honest convictions—Gift. CHICAGO POLICE COVERIN UP CRIMINAL CONNECTION BY ATTACKS ON NEGRO NEIGHBORHOODS (Preston News Service) Chicago, Ill., Dec. 24.—Whenever an American city gains an unsavory reputation for crime as Chicago has, and the police force is so largely suspected of being in league with the lower world, usually the first thing the police do is to start hounding—or rather "cleaning up" the Negro neighborhoods. The Chicago police force, following the shooting of an officer by a Negro bandit, inaugurated a reign of terror in the South Side Negro section Wednesday night. More than 350 arrests were made in the "dragnet" in their "efficient" search for one alleged criminal. One of the leading white dailies, whose city editor is said to be a southerner, says the hunt by the police progressed throughout the entire night. Many Negro homes were invaded. In some cases police officers smashed doors when there was delay in admitting them. The Chicago Daily Worker, commenting on the situation says: Some months ago Assistant State's Attorney McSwiggin was shot to death by machine guns in the hands of underworld elements in Cicero. To date, there has not been a single indictment. It was known that white denizens of the underworld killed McSwiggin. These brave Chicago police did not make any wide spread raid or search during which homes were broken into, nor was there 10 arrests made, let alone 350. It appears that policemen in American cities are most industrious in hunting down a Negro criminal. No brief is held for a criminal. But why not make just as strenuous effort to catch a white criminal? The reason why police do not invade white citizen's homes in wholesale manner is because white men invariably will protect their homes against such invasion, even with "hot lead." The police know they can easily intimidate and cower Negroes. Negroes Should Protest The Chicago Daily Worker says: "There is no shadow of excuse for the manner in which the police were turned loose upon the South Side and they would not dare launch such a campaign in a white community, unless they had engaged in a 'red' raid. "The leaders of the Negro race in Chicago should organize mass protests against such outrages perpetrated by the Chicago police—a police force so notoriously connected with crime and vice of all kinds that it is able only to work with a free hand in a section of the city inhabited by a suppressed racial minority which it thinks is unable to make effective protest. "The Negro organizations should show the city of Chicago and its authorities that they are mistaken in this belief and the matter should be handled in a way that will leave no room for doubt as to the resentment of the Negro race and its determination to prevent such outrages in the future. "We hold no brief for criminal elements. Neither do the Chicago Negroes, but the Chicago police force must not be allowed to create the impression that it is only on the South Side that robberies and murders occur." Negro Leaders Aroused Prominent Negro leaders from all sections of Chicago bombarded the chief of police and mayor's office with visits and telephone calls protesting against such unwarranted arrests of innocent men. Rough treatment of Negroes by the police and other conduct unbecoming police officers. A leading white citizen of Chicago declared that the action of the Chicago police force Wednesday was nothing less than the action of a southern mob, save that they did not string up anybody. "I can hardly believe that the force would make such a silly vigorous search for a Negro criminal when they have been for years so tardy about arresting white criminals. I believe in determined search to apprehend criminals, white, red, black—all criminals—but why be so inconsistent?" A speaker at a meeting Thursday night, commenting on the police department outrage against Negroes, declared: "It is high time that Chicago police do something to suppress, at least curb crime in this, the most wicked and criminal city in the country, but it is stupid, cowardly and assinine to try to create the impression that the majority of crimes here are done by Negroes. Sensible vigor and determination by the police should be used at all times to apprehend all criminals, regardless of race, color, or creed. Crime should be and must be suppressed in this city. But it cannot M. HON. SHERIDAN E. FRY Ex-Judge of the Municipal Court of Chicago, who would make a splendid Republican candidate for Judge of the Circuit Court of Cook County in 1927. be done by the police in such a foolish and unconstitutional way as was done last Wednesday night." PLEASING VOICE OVER TELE PHONE IS REAL ASSET Many Factors Involved in Good Personality as Reflected by Tone and Accent Your voice is your telephone personality. A pleasing and interesting voice that sounds perfectly natural on all occasions is a valuable asset. People who possess telephone personality have learned to control their voices so that, even if they are angry or excited or mentally distressed, they do not allow these emotions to be put on the wire and passed along to some one else who is not responsible for them. The voice over the telephone, if it is the right kind of voice, can do a multitude of things. It can acquire friends for its owner; it can sell goods, make convincing arguments, assist in the education of children, pass along information, conduct business and even preach salvation. But if it hasn't been properly cultivated it can do none of these things. One of the worst types of telephone voices is the one that employs the "I don't care" tone. Then there is the cold, formal tone in answer to a simple request, the nasty, sneering tone, the flippant, nobody-home tone and the colorless lack of interest tone which is like shaking hands with a person who merely extends his fingers in your direction. Lack of concentration is one of the chief faults in talking over the telephone. If a person is indifferent, or lazy, or if he is trying to do something at the same time that he is carrying on his telephone conversation, even if he succeeds in doing it, his voice betrays to the party at the other end of the line that he is not paying entire attention to the conversation. This is apt to cause resentment and is especially unfortunate in business houses where a person who calls up and places an order by telephone should receive the same considerate attention that he and she would receive if calling in person at the place of business. NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING Chicago, Illinois, December 10, 1926 Binga State Bank You are hereby notified that the seventh annual meeting of the shareholders of Binga State Bank will be held at the assembly room of the Binga State Bank, Chicago, Illinois, on Monday, January 3, 1927, at 10 o'clock a.m., for the election of directors and for the transaction of such other business as may come before the meeting. For the purposes of this meeting the stock transfer books will be closed at the close of business on Wednesday, December 15, 1926, and will be reopened on the morning of Monday, January 3, 1927.-C. N. Langston, Secretary—Adv. Pride of Ancestry The Houston Post-Dispatch says our posturity will not brag on us as we brag on our ancestors. In nine cases in ten we don't brag on our ancestors. We brag on our conception of our ancestors.-Louisville Times. art of Chicago, who would make candidate for Judge of the Circuit 1927. HAWAIIAN WOMAN GETS ESTATE WORTH MILLION (Preston News Service) San Francisco, Calif., Dec. 24.—The daughter of a white man and a Hawaiian woman who had lived and loved in Hawaii thirty years ago was awarded the entire estate of her father, said to amount to more than a million dollars, in a decision handed down by the United States Circuit Court of Appeals here last week. As a result of the decision, the property becomes the fortune of Miss Helen Kaiwailani McMillan, of Honolulu. MEDAL FOR MATT HENSON ASKED BY CONGRESSMAN CELLER (Preston News Service) Washington, D. C., Dec. 24.—A request that a suitable medal be given to Matthew A. Henson, the man who accompanied Admiral Peary to the North Pole, was made Monday in a bill introduced by Congressman Celler, Democrat, of New York. He said, "Henson who at the peril of his life saved Peary from death and made the Polar discovery possible, received neither reward or honor and today, old and ill from exposure he is an obscure menial servant in the customs house at New York." Gestures Tell More Than Spoken Words It is one of the most difficult things in the world to act a lie. Gesture is, in fact, far more revealing—and far more truthful than speech. Comparatively few persons possess complete control of this "language of the body." Neither a golden tongue nor a voice thrilling with passion is any match for a contradicting gesture or glance. Scientific study of gestures has shown that they fall naturally into two classes—acceptance or rejection. Almost every gesture of which we are capable belongs to one or other of these classes, for, in truth, the language of gesture is much simpler than the language of the lips. Upward movements of the head, hands, arms or eyelids belong to the former class, and downward movements to the latter. There are few exceptions to this, but they only prove the rule. For example, there is a way of raising the eyebrows that expresses a sneer, but then a sneer is delibere, whereas the gestures that are really tell-tale are always made without deliberation. Got Name and Victory Tradition says that the "Langobardi" were originally called "Winnill." Under the leadership of Thor and Alo, sons of a prophetess called "Gambara," they came into conflict with the Vandals. The leaders of the Vandals prayed to Wodan for victory, while Gambara and her sons invoked Frea. Wodan promised victory to those whom he should see at sunrise. Frea directed Winnill to bring their women with their hair around their faces like beards. He then turned Wodan's couch around so that when he woke at sunrise he first saw the host of the Winnill. He asked "Qui sunt lisi Longbarbi?" "Who are these long beards?" Frea replied, "As thou hast given them the name, give them also the victory." They conquered in the ensuing battle and were thenceforth known as "Langobardi." Plant Puzzles Scientists Scientists do not understand the cause of the formation of an occasional four-leaf clover. Plants of the four-leaf strain have been bred, but apparently with but little success. Modistes and their clientele have both expressed the feeling lately that a significant movement forward has been due in the styles of evening wraps, says a fashion correspondent in the New York Times. Gowns have been sensational in design from time to time while wraps have remained mostly so conventional as to have become almost standardized. A wrap around or a coat of some handsome material with a collar, perhaps cuffs and a border of fur, has been the usual type of wrap that has been worn over an evening gown. The gown itself has become more elaborate in detail, tending more to an ensemble effect, more emphatic in relief because the wrap was of less complex architecture. The more ornate the gown the simpler the wrap, plain velvet, brocade or metallic cloth covering the most extreme gown of solid palletted pattern with crystals, jewels, ostrich, fur, gilt and silver. The latest ensembles flashed before the eyes of fashion are daring combinations of gorgeous materials and a wealth of ornamentation of one sort and another. All of the prophieshes of the vogue of velvet are realized in the latest evening wraps, for it is far and away the favorite fabric among designers. There must always be, of course, a variety of styles in material, and there are many this season; but the flattering quality of velvet lures both the designer and the women who give thought to appearance. The velvet wrap is not, however, the same thing that has been offered before. The character and quality of the material alone are insufficient and are used only as a foundation for beautiful embroidery in silk, metal and chenille, hand painted and a dazzling surface of sequins, beads and jewels. To this is added in some of the latest models fur, ostrich, marabou or fringe in a scheme which impresses one almost as over-elaboration. When plain velvet, panne or chiffon velvet is used, the wrap is lavishly trimmed with fur, an enormous collar, wide cuffs on the inevitable dolman sleeves and, almost always, a deep band about the bottom. On some of the new wraps this band is shaped to form a very deep border, straight or flaring, the type of the wrap that suggests luxury in every detail as well as the last word in comfort. Satin Also Shown. Curiously enough, however, the first model shown in the richly embroidered types of evening wrap from a prominent Paris house is not of velvet, but of satin. It is an ivory white in dolman shape, with sleeves cut in a deep line at the intersecting point and tapering toward the hand. Almost the entire surface of the back, the front and the greater part of the sleeves is covered with a graceful pattern, rather medieval in feeling and done in fine gilt and silver thread. Points and motifs in the design are White Fox Used to Trim Dolman in New Castillian Red. made of brilliants as centers, combined with crystal beads, giving an effect of crystalline loveliness that is difficult to visualize. A collar and cuffs of white fox finish this wrap, which will be worn by a fashionable bride, not with her wedding dress, but with an elaborate evening gown of georgette and polished silver spangles. This wrap is lined with velvet, as many of the evening wraps are, in a faint shade of rose. These delightful wraps are voluminous and graceful. In dazzling white with linings of velvets in delicate shades of blue, rose, yellow, the orchids, of which there are many subtle degrees, and green. A superlative wrap of white chiffon velvet is embroidered as a deep border with sequins in opalescent tints, very lustrous and pulsing with color, with strass and crystal beads interwoven. One Thing Adam Escaped Eve never taunted Adam about the number of men who had proposed to her.—Florence Herald. This, with all its richness of design, is lined with white velvet and has a deep collar and cuffs of snowy fox. Another wrap of distinction has much the suggestion of moonlight—cold, silvery and elusive. It is made with silver in a conventionalized fleur-de-lis pattern picked out with crystal and steely spangles. White fox is used for the collar, and a silver, lame, shot with palest blue, for the lining. Something as delicate, subtle and lovely as has ever been shown is the new brocaded chiffon, light as thistle-down and clinging in quality like a cobweb, and the pattern of downy velvet is in relief. This is a fabric of distinct elegance, particularly in white and in black, but a large card of charming colors, delicate in shades, is shown for evening wear. Wraps made of brocaded chiffon velvet are lined with a plain color in velvet or satin, some with lame, which is now shown with any of the new evening shades and of a very soft texture. One of orchid and silver velvet is a pattern of the flower with large, graceful leaves, I Evening Wrap in Rich Brocade of Gold and Diadem. is lined with silver lame showing a background on silver and has a large collar of chinchilla, which is considered very smart this season. A detail of some of these wraps of lame and all of the metal brocades is the touch of silver or gold in a long tassel with which the sleeve is finished, or which is attached at a corner of the material in a model having a cape effect formed of a square cleverly shaped to make a sleeve. Ornaments to serve as fastenings are made of gold or silver cord and of beads. Fur is important in evening wraps and many varieties are shown. Fox is, of course, much in demand, especially white fox and the lighter colors. The intense shades introduced two seasons ago are little used except on the wraps that are designed for the southern resorts. Sable, mink, chinchilla are all good, and several novelty furs are shown, though few of these are fine enough to combine with handsome fabrics. Because of the number of new colors in the velvets and metal brocades some of the new evening wraps have the roll collar of the material. In plain fabrics the collar is shirred and heavily padded, the most fashionable shape being very large and standing away from the neck and round. Ostrich is used with dainty effect on some of the wraps of chiffon brocade, and on satin wraps that are elaborately embroidered or beaded. A lovely evening dolman cape of chiffon velvet in the new shade of orchid called dladem is trimmed with ostrich, which forms a boa collar and borders the front and bottom edges of the garment in the most ethereal way. Color Is Important. Color enters into the latest mode in a manner so significant that trimming and the entire scheme of ensemble is a problem which requires study and the exercise of discretion. Old dyes have been treated by experts to produce new phases with many delightful results, with new and entertaining names to designate them. There is a rare shade of turquoise and an old gobelin blue. That soft shade that became popular under the name of bois de rose is now called meadow pink. A velvet in mellow gray is known as gull, and a flaming contrast is castillan red. Golden poppy is a vivid orange, and athena is the old-fashioned ashes of roses. A chiffon velvet wrap in the new yellow known as popcorn, lined with satin in the same shade with wide upstanding collar and cuffs of kolinsky is a delightful illustration of the possibilities in ensembles and combinations with the new colors. Cameo pink and silver chiffon velvet brocade in combination have a voluminous collar of chinchilla fur and lining of silver lame shot with pink. There are in the fine fabrics artistic colorings that will be shown to advantage also in the coming millinery modes, in ostrich feather trimming and in the big evening fans. Lamentable Fact It is the nature of the human disposition to hate him whom you have injured.—Tacitus. THE BROAD AX. CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, DECEMBER 25, 1926 COLORFUL NEWS MOVIES By THE CAMERAMAN 1. Studying the Constitution. 2. Christianity; Truth; Tolerance! 3. Two Southerners Discuss Dixie. 4. Howard University Appropriations. Studying the Constitution: The legislatures of thirty-seven states have passed laws requiring definite courses of instructions in the United States Constitution, which, next to the Holy Bible, is the greatest instrumental directorate of human rights ever conceived and written into the history of mankind. At present, there are 200,500 teachers, white and colored, teaching the Constitution to four million school children, white and colored, in the United States. The course is compulsory in every State excepting Connecticut, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, Texas, Virginia and Wisconsin. It is not our pleasure at this time to be engaged in the pleasant duty of teaching the precious mandates of the U. S. Constitution. If we, however, were so engaged, we would, with human and racial feeling, point out, along with the things which the Constitution essays to provide, those for which it makes no provision. For instance, the Constitution does not prescribe for groups or classes; nor does it purport to favor any special social orders in America, any special sects, religions, or races. The Constitution does not provide for any particular kind of Americanism. What it does provide for and construe in its purposes constitutes AMERICANISM ITSELF, which does not exist in grades or percentages. The Constitution proclaims the fact that every natural born or naturalized citizen of America is a citizen of the United States and of the State in which he resides; and the Constitution does not say that because such citizen far, far away from the Nation's Capital he shall be DENIED the privileges and the immunities and the protection which the Constitution essays to create for all citizens of the United States of America. The Constitution does not deal in terms of "we" and "they" as to any particular types of American citizens. All of US are the democratic content of a democratic nation. The heritage of American citizenship is indeed a high heritage. And the unalloyed fullness of that heritage—NOTHING LESS—is what every American owes to every other American without regard to any description other than the description that DESCRIBES AMERICAN CITIZENSHIP. Christianity: Truth. Tolerance! Are Christians tolerant when they face the truth? If not, they should renounce either Christianity or Tolerance, and go their way commiserating upon their weakness. Recently, while speaking in western Pennsylvania, President Mordecii W. Johnson, of Howard University, made reluctant but truthful reference to the fact that Great Britain had been one of the world's foremost advocates of, and practitioners in, the realm of slavery. President Johnson's statement was in general terms and without rancor or bitterness. Yet, certain Christian gentlemen (white), whoowed allegiance to Great Britain, thereafter assuaged their injured feelings by having printed in the "Christian Index," one of the many official organs of the great white church, a scathing criticism of Dr. Johnson for what they termed "Discourtesy" on the platform. The truth had hurt them and they knew of no other way of expressing their intolerant minds. Even so, President Johnson was kind and gentle in his references to Great Britain's past activities in the slave markets of the world. He did not make detailed references to the ravages of British slavery in the West Indies, British Guiana and Cuba. He did not specify the years of African exploitation practiced by Great Britain. He did not tell how that country had fattened itself upon the swarthy racking backs of African slaves, and of how, even now, the British wage scales in the English holdings in the dark continent are little more than adulterated slavery. Truly, Dr. Johnson spoke to the English gentlemen like a brother. Next time, however, he should speak to them like a father and lash their consciences with a detailed recital of the past ills of British slavery. Perhaps, then, they will seek Christian repentance—not Christian reprisal, if there is any such thing. * * * Two Southerners Discuss Dixie: "As a southerner from Mississippi, I safely venture to make the assertion that there exists no more religious or racial prejudice in the South, proportionately, than in New York, Maryland, or any other states north of the Mason and Dixon line," writes Sam Gordon (white) of Baltimore. In contradistinction to Mr. Gordon's descriptive view of Dixie, however, are the conclusions of Dr. Edwin Mims (white) Professor of English Literature at Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tenn., who says: "I am a southerner of one kind, but not all kinds. The solidarity of the South is no longer a source of pride, but of HUMILIATION to many of its most devoted men. There is a South that finds expression in the crude and blatant utterances of men like Cole Blease and Vardaman and another that finds expression in the statesmenhip of men like Carter Glass and Oscar Underwood. There is a South that practices and justifies lynching and another South that believes it is unjustifiable under any and all circumstances, and is resolutely determined to put an end to it. "There is a South boasts of an original contribution to the Nation in the Ku Klux Klan, and there is a South that believes the Klan is un-American and un-Christian, and that holds out the helping hand to every race and creed. "May South Carolina now punish the mob that lynched the Lowman Negroes. All honor to Judge Reed of Georgia for his courageous maintenance of the law in the recent Georgia lynching case. "The southern states are still at the bottom of all statistics that register actual educational conditions of the country. It is also true that there is not a single university in the South that has adequate resources for the highest type of graduate work. These are facts that cannot be gotten around by hifalutin' talk about the beauty of southern women and the chivalry of southern men." Gentle reader, kindly tell us Who's Who and Why, Mr. Gordon or Mr. Mims. *** Howard University Appropriations: Howard University Appropriations: Inasmuch as the country at large is so genuinely interested in Howard University, this column takes pleasure in quoting, in detail, that portion of Bill H. R. No. 14827, which provides, in the Interior Department appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1928, the fund of $368,000 for the maintenance and improvement of the Race's greatest institution of higher education. Lines 15 to 19, page 97, of the bill, provide for "payment in full or in part of the salaries of the officers, professors, teachers and other regular employees of the university, the balance to be paid from privately contributed funds, $150,000 of which not less than $2,200 shall be used for normal instruction." Lines 20 to 24, page 97, of the bill, provide "for equipment, supplies, apparatus, furniture, cases and shelving, stationery, ice, repairs to buildings and grounds, and for other necessary expenses, including $17,600 for payment to Freedmen's Hospital for heat and light, $68,000." Lines 1 and 2, page 98, of the bill, provide "for the construction of one additional dormitory building for young women, $150,000." In the same bill there is provided, for Freedmen's Hospital, the sum of $113,000 "for officers and employees and compensation for all other professional and other services," etc.; and the additional sum of $75,000 "for subsistence, fuel and light, surgical instruments, X-ray apparatus," etc., making in all, for Freedmen's Hospital, the sum total of $188,000. Newspaper to Clean Gun A writer to the London Field, a very well-known authority on all sporting subjects, suggests "a method of cleaning gun barrels, which has the merit of being simple, ready to hand practically everywhere, yet most effective? Three or four pieces of newspaper (the more heavily printed the better) pushed through with the cleaning-rod, will remove all dirt and leave the barrels nice and bright: follow this with a bit of olly rag and one's gun is ready for next day!" Passion Play Since 1633 The Passion play at Ober-Ammerman was established in the year 1633. You Can Be in Two Places! ILLINOIS BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY BELL SYSTEM One Policy One System Universal Service FIVE MILLIONS IN FIVE WEEKS Penny by penny, dime by dime, five million dollars is the sum to be raised in the last five weeks of 1926 to fight tuberculosis. Five hundred million pennies; half a billion Christmas seals—what a tremendous undertaking this must be! At least 150,000 people, it is estimated, will volunteer part or all their me during this period. They are drawn from every walk of life. Perhaps a banker in Texas acts as treasurer; the government of Wyoming endorses the job in a proclamation; while 876 school teachers in Minnesota take charge of the sale in their communities, and 6,146 school children in Butte scamper from house to house with seals in their hands and "Please buy" on their lips. Women's clubs as well as men's frequently co-operate in a body, sometimes handling every detail of the campaign. The list of local workers is often a roster of the public-spirited people of the locality. Catholic and Protestant, Gentile and Jew, Democrat and Republican, step from their separate paths to join the line of those who sell as well as buy Christmas seals in every city, town hamlet and cross-roads in the country. More than 3,000 such groups were ready for the sales which opened on Thanksgiving Day. The Christmas seal is now 19 years old. The first year, 1907, the amount raised was only $3,000. But see how the infant grew into a child and now almost into a man, for the second year, the return was $135,000 when six years old, it was $450,000—at 14 years in 1921, $3,522,000, in 1924, $4,500,000, and in 1925, $4,879,400. It is not too much to expect 150,000 volunteers to make it $5,000,000 in 1926. "That depends," one might answer, "on what has been done with the money in the past." Well, ninety-five cents of every dollar has remained in the state where it was raised, there to be administered under the supervision of responsible local citizens; only five cents has gone to support the parent body, the National Tuberculosis Association. "But this is not what we want to know," might be the reply, "what has been accomplished?" Since the first Christmas seal was sold, the number of deaths from tuberculosis in the United States has dropped from 200 in every hundred thousand living people to a fraction over 90. One hundred thousand or more people will be alive in America to eat Christmas dinner in 1926 who would have died in the past year if this rate had remained unchanged. Think of their families, their friends, to say nothing of themselves, who have escaped the terrors of untimely death, though they may not know it! Isn't it worth $5,000,000 to hack a little harder at the death rate in 1927? That's the national budget; for Chicago and Cook County $225,000 is the goal, and every cent of it is needed in order to give back in better community health the effort and energy of the workers now laboring so earnestly in every city and hamlet to make the campaign a success. It is a success thus far, but the Chicago Tuberculosis Institute says that much more is still needed. NEW equipment now being added to our plant costs much more than equipment installed a few years ago. This adds greatly to the average cost of our entire plant and makes the average investment per telephone much greater. Revenues derived from the business must keep pace with this condition or the company cannot meet the demand for expansion and maintain the quality of service. BANDITS SLUG MESSENGER IN BROAD DAYLIGHT; FLEE WITH $79,600 (Freston News Service) Kansas City, Mo., Dec. 24.—Swooping down on W. A. Green, bank messenger for the Fidelity National Bank and Trust Company, out of a surging and seething crowd of Christmas shoppers in the downtown financial district of this city Friday six white bandits slugged and escaped with $79,600 in cash in a high powered motor car, leaving no trace. Later in the day Mr. Green walked over the same route from the Federal Reserve Bank carrying the same amount of cash, but encountered no bandits. He was accompanied on his second trip by three patrolmen. W. A. McAvage, guard, who was walking a few yards behind Green at the time of the holdup, was also slugged by two of the bandits. According to the police and Green the bandit sextet, all young, white men, coolly drew up to the curb as Green neared the entrance to the Fidelity Bank, stuck revolvers to his side, slugged him and McAvage and left with the currency sack. Several thousand Christmas shoppers were within a few yards of the corner where the hold-up took place. The automobile was stolen from Fred. T. Wyatt, a contractor of Kansas City. DATE SET FOR PEONAGE TRIAL OF DR. W. R. KING (Preston News Service) Macon, Ga., Dec. 23.—Federal Court officials who returned here Wednesday from Athens, Ga., reported that the trial of Dr. W. R. King, Oglethorpe county farmer, who was indicted Friday on a charge of peonage, will be tried at the special term of the U. S. District Court in Athens, Feb. 7. The indictment was returned by a special grand jury after the regular December grand jury returned no bill. In the indictment it is alleged that Dr. King compelled several Negroes and white men to remain on his farm by force. It was stated in the indictment that several of the workers who had managed to escape from the farm were pursued by dogs, forced to return and whipped for running away. SITE FOR FORT WORTH JIM- CROW PARK HAS BEEN PURCHASED Fort Worth, Tex., Dec. 24.—Officials of this city have made plans for the 15,000 Negroes of this city to have a city park comprising 60.24 acres. The tract was bought by the city park commissioners Tuesday for slightly more than $15,000. It said that a suitable site for a Negro park has been sought here for several years. Too Much Care The human body is good for only about 70 years anyway. Why keep it too much wrapped up in cotton wool? You won't succeed in living forever. If you are healthy use your health even to the point of wearing it out: that's what it is for. As Bernard Shaw says, "spend all you have before you die." You cannot use your cake and have it, and the worst of all is to let it mold on the shelf. Don't outlive yourself. ▲ master word in work. IT is often said that a person cannot be in two places at the same time. Literally, this is true. To all purposes, however, business men, confronted with the necessity of being in two or several places at the same time, will find the long distance telephone a good proxy. If you cannot go in person, the next best thing is to go by telephone. Often it is just as satisfactory. Bell long distancelines reach everywhere. TELEPHONE COMPANY BELL SYSTEM e System . Universal Service "IF ANYONE had told me that I, in my right mind, at twenty-six would be literally tracing a girl's footsteps in a flickle sandbar—well, I would have told him he was crazy," remarked Claude Granite. A river ran along the back of the garden, and every morning he and his companion arose and climbed down the grassy bank to the pool that was cleared for swimming. One morning Claude had discovered a girl's footprints on a shifting, sandy edge that bordered the river a little lower than the pool in which they swam. "These steps lead into the water—but where has the girl gone?" he asked his friend. "Don't ask me. I'm startled. Come on," retorted the other. The next morning he found fresh steps, and, as on the previous day, no return prints. The mystery added zest to his vacation, but now, after a week, he began seriously to wonder how the girl could disappear so early each morning and Lecome entirely lost to sight. There was no evidence of her but those footprints in the sand each morning. Claude sat down on the damp sand and studied the footprints. Yes: unmistakably, they had been made this morning. Well, he would wait until their creator returned. She might look like the back of a crazy quilt, but at last he would see her and solve the mystery. Somehow he fancied she was beautiful. He sat there in the early morning light and began to dream a picture of her. But—she did not come. The next morning Claude was gone when his chum sought him out to take their early dip, and, thus left alone and being not too enthusiastic about the chilly water, the young man dressed and went to breakfast. He was getting irritated at the mood of his friend. Claude had hidden himself, almost at dawn, behind some crimson bushes so that he might see the girl who made the matutinal footprints in the sand and entered the water, apparently not to return. He had searched the opposite bank for evidence of her leaving, but nothing but miles of barren, stubby woods stretched out across the river. A few old trees and many rocks bordered the bank. His emotions were mixed when he heard the crackling of the twigs on the hill behind him and knew that some one approached. Clad in a bathing suit, brown, closely cropped hair alight in the sunlight, and carrying a large, well-stuffed rubber bag, she made her way to the river's edge. Just before she reached the smooth sand she slipped off her sandals, tucked them and tied them into the bag she carried, picked her way deliberately across the yellow, impressionable sand, climbed onto a flat rock and—tossed the bag across the short span of swiftly moving water to a projecting bit of ground. Then she slipped into the river, swam about for a few moments, clambered out on the opposite side, picked up her bag and disappeared among the thick autumn leaves and rocks. Presently Claude was startled beyond belief to see, a short distance back from the edge, the girl, clad in a charming autumn red smock and brown stockings and sandals, climbing up an old tree. He could barely see her movements, but as he twisted and turned and moved cautiously, he saw that she had a plateau, a veritable tree house in the broad branches and that she was about to do some sort of work. This was enough for today. He fairly flew up the bank and into his clothes. His heart sang. He had discovered the one loveliest girl in the world and the very romantic finding of her told him that she would remain in his life. He did not speak of his experience. As usual, he took his swim the following morning and his chum gathered, from his changed mood, that he had forgotten the steps. He went down to the river's edge after breakfast with his rifle and some old bottles, which he proceeded to place there on branches and stumps and rocks in order to try his aim. Careful, always, to shoot on his own side of the river, he still knew that the girl in her tree house would not realize this. A scream greeted him. He saw a lovely head emerge from the golden and red leaves. "I'm here," cried the girl. "Don't shoot!" Claude hastened to the nearest opposite spot. "Oh, did I frighten you?" he asked, hypocritically. "Almost to death," admitted the panting girl. There followed nearly two hours of explanations. She told him this was the only escape she had from social life and interruptions to the writing she was bound to do. And then, feeling that she did not dislike him and might forgive him, Claude confessed to the maneuvers. When Claude told his chum about it—not all about it, but enough to satisfy—he remarked: "Well, I might have known that some girl leave footprints on the sand would mark your time as a bachelor, old man. I suppose you'll have her footprints cast in bronze, now, and use them for book-end." "Not a bad idea," said Claude hap- "Not a bad idea," said Claude hap ply. Covetous Man Suffers The covetous man plines in plenty, like Tantalus up to the chin in water, and yet thirsty - He, T. Adams. Eindruck. Ernest H. WILLIAMSON UNDERTAKER ERnest H. WILLIAMSON UNDERTAKER 5121-23-25 E. H. WILLIAMSON Charles E. Dawson THE BROAD AX Published Every Saturday In this city since July 15th, 1899, oikout missing one single issue. 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He has learned to divert and dominate the lightning; he has made fire and water his slaves, and only on occasion do they rise against him; he has subdued the hard earth with the share, and converted its minerals and metals from dead weights into the ministers of his comfort. He has made the labor of an hour the achievement of a minute; he can travel in a day by sea the week's distance of his grandfathers, and by land the distance of their month; he has vanquished the air. In these ways and others he has won new liberties. In these ways and others he is seeking liberty still—through the control of natural forces, the control of disease, the control of intelligence, the control of passion, the control of men in masses and singly.—Grant Showerman in the University of California Chronicle. Odd Method of Travel Called "Ride and Tie" Salmon P. Chase, Lincoln's secretary of the treasury, showed financial ability early in his life. When he went from his New Hampshire home to Worthington, Ohio, to live with his uncle, he was accompanied by an older brother as far as Cleveland, where he was given instructions as to how to reach Worthington. Finding that he had to wait several days for a coach to take him as far as Medina, he obtained a canoe and earned several dollars by ferrying people across the Cuyahoga river, relates J. H. Galbraith, Ohio historian. In Medina he met two young men from Worthington, whom he was to accompany on their return trip. They had come on horseback, so young Chase was introduced to the "ride and tide" method of travel. One of them would mount the horse and ride forward several miles, of course outstripping the one who walked. Then the rider would dismount and tie the horse by the roadside and press on by foot. The other would reach the horse, mount it and passing his companion, would tie it and go ahead on foot. In this way the horse was spared a double burden and the travelers made good speed. THE BROAD AX, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, DECEMBER 25, 1926 Worship Monkey God In many of the central Indian states the princes, on succession, have their foreheads marked in blood from the thumb or toe of a Bhil, or bowman. They believe this is a mark of Bhil allegiance, but it more probably is a relic of days when the tribe was in power in India, says a bulletin from the National Geographic society. They have blinding oaths, the most sacred being that sworn by a dog, the Bhil praying that the curse of a dog may fall upon him who breaks his word. For centuries Humanum, the monkey god, has been the chief divinity of these people. Offerings also are made to the much-feared goddess of small-pox and stone worship is still found among them. Substantial Basis for It is a fact proved by actual count that a large number of persons prefer the risk of being run over through having stepped from a sidewalk into the road, than to continue on the curb if by so doing they are compelled to pass under some ladder which has been erected against the side of a building. This superstition that it is unlucky to pass beneath a ladder dates back to the time when the hanging of wrongdoers was a very common occurrence. The nearest tree was usually chosen, but when towns sprung up and trees were less available, a ladder propped against the wall made the gibbet. The phrase "not worth a cuss" which is often applied to some person or article, was formerly "not worth a cress," writes Mr. Charles Platt in Popular Superstitions. The expression, he says, related to nasturtiums, which were a nuisance to gardeners because of their habit of scattering seeds all over the place. The belief that May is an unlucky month for marriage is due, he thinks, to the fact that the Romans dedicated that month to old people, which thereby suggests that young lovers had better take a back seat for a time. Whaleship as a Shrine The oldest whaleship in the world stands imbedded in a sea of cement at South Dartmouth, Mass. Several persons combined to purchase the old hulk and to fit it out as a memorial to the old whaling industry. It stands as a shrine with a bronze tablet nearby, giving the highlights of the craft's history and the names of the donors who made the memorial possible. It has been fitted out with a number of interesting relics and is open to visitors. Rest Not Advisable in Nervous Weakness Rest cures are going out of fashion and physicians are prescribing work cures instead, says Dr. George J. Wright in Hygela Magazine. Prolonged nervous weakness is usually considered the result of some other condition, such as a physical defect that reduces the body's reserve strength or impairs the process of repair so that ordinary physical or mental activity is no longer possible. Infections may produce the same effect of nervous weakness. Emotional disturbances are particularly depressing and exhausting. Various physicalills, such as headaches, stomach distress, a neck pain or a choking feeling are often due to emotional or nervous strain, but not to overwork. Work and worry may be very exhausting, but work by itself is not harmful. People vary in their inherent mental and nervous strength as they do in physical strength. Persons leading a quiet, tranquil life may never discover that they are weak mentally or nervously. However, sudden crises, such as a war, force them to exert themselves beyond their strength and a breakdown follows. Education and Business An insurance company, like many companies in other lines of business, found that it is not always wise to employ a man too well educated. He may be too ambitious to stay, or at least may feel himself above it and not put whole-hearted effort into it. For many selling jobs a high school graduate is far more desirable than a college graduate. But a high school graduate has more persistence than a man who went only part way through high school. Likewise, a college graduate is more likely to stick than one who went to college but not all the way through.—Nation's Business. Plants and Light All plants require some light. Sunlight supplies the energy which causes chemical reactions to take place inside the leaves. These reactions convert the raw food elements into food elements available to the plant, says Nature Magazine. Therefore, such sun-loving plants as geraniums, roses, and abutting, when set away in a dark corner, do not thrive so well as when placed in a sunny window. On the other hand, plants which like a mild amount of sunlight, and this includes palms, aspidistra, ferns, and many of the vines, do not thrive if put in a sunny location. Phone Main 2017 A. L. WILLIAMS ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW Suite 706 Firmenich Building 184 W. Washington St. CHICAGO Residence 3646 Michigan Ave. Phone Douglas 9133 WEST ENGLEY AND SAVI Cor. 63rd Street and JOHN BAIN, President Vice-President; EDWA President and Cashier; Assistant Cashier and T Cor. 63rd Street and Marshfield Avenue JOHN BAIN, President; MICHAEL MAISEL, Vice-President; EDWARD C. BARRY, VicePresident and Cashier; W. MERLE FISHER, Assistant Cashier and Trust Officer. TELEPHONE REPUBLIC 5000 TELEPHONE DOUGLAS 1 GEORGE F. H REAL ESTATE Up-to-Date or Moder and Store 3101 COTTAGE Corner 31st S JAS. B. McCAHEY, President FRANK J. DUNN, Vice-President ESTABLIS Up-to-Date or Modern Houses, Apartments and Stores to Rent 3101 COTTAGE GROVE AVE. Corner 31st Street, Chicago JOHN J. DUNN COAL CO. Telephone C 5100 Federal Street Of the Old-School An old gentleman and a very young lady arrive simultaneously at the elevator in a large hotel. Both are French (This is a true story.) "Room for one," says the elevator boy. The old gentleman, with a courteous bow and a murmured "Madame!" stands to one side. "Oh, not at all," declares the young lady smilingly. "I am young, and I'll walk up." "Precisely, madame, you are young, whereas I belong to the period when one surrendered one's place to a lady. So you must understand, my dear, that I am too old to take yours." The young lady smiles and steps into the elevator—but forgets to say "Thank you."—From Le Fligaro Hebdomadaire, Paris. (Translated for the Kansas City Star.) Short but Merry Life The gentleman bee is the world's greatest loafer. He sings and plays all summer long. So long as the sun shines and the honey is coming in plentifully, the ladies of the hive who do the work, let him have all he wants to eat and let him live in the hive. But when winter comes his fun is over. The workers don't waste their stingers killing him, they just shove him out of the hive with orders to stay out. With free board and lodging cut off he dies in a few hours. So says Mrs. Hamilton, bee woman, who knows more about bees than most of us know about humans—Capper's Weekly. Engine Cylinders The Society of Automotive Engineers says that all radial or rotary engines as commonly used in airplanes have an odd number of cylinders around a single crank. The firing order skips alternate cylinders, and will have occurred in all the cylinders in two complete revolutions of the crank or cylinder, depending on whether the engine is a fixed or rotary radial engine. 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