The Broad Ax

Prof. W. E. B. Du Bois, Editor of the Crisis, New York City, Who Is One of the Most Highly Educated Men in the United States, or the Old World for that Matter, Spoke at the Wendell Phillips High School Last Sunday Afternoon Before More than Three Thousand Men and Women Who Listened Intently to the Words of Logic and Wisdom Which Fell from His Eloquent and Historical Lips. It Was an Afternoon Never Dreamed of as Coming True by Mr. Binga. SOCIETY NEWS PUBLISHED FREE Prof. W. E. B. D. Educated Men in Phillips High School Who Listened In Historical Lips. He Traced the Present System Back to the Early Remote Ages and Declared Present Time There Are Banks and Banking Institution United States Successfully Colored Men and Women Proudest Hour in the Lil Boy Should Be When He the Corner of the Street at the Amount of Money He Progressive Colored Bank Hon. Adelbert H. Roberts sented Prof. Du Bois to the Attorney Eugene J. Marsh Pleasing Manner Introduced President of the Binga State Assemblage. He Traced the Present Day Financial System Back to the Earliest or the Most Remote Ages and Declared "That at the Present Time There Are Seventy-nine Banks and Banking Institutions in the United States Successfully Conducted by Colored Men and Women; That the Proudest Hour in the Life of a Colored Boy Should Be When He Can Stand on the Corner of the Street and Boast About the Amount of Money He Has in Some Progressive Colored Bank." Hon. Adelbert H. Roberts Eloquently Presented Prof. Du Bois to the Vast Audience. Attorney Eugene J. Marshall in His Most Pleasing Manner Introduced Mr. Jesse Binga, President of the Binga State Bank, to the Large Assemblage. BY ELVIE L. STEWART There gathered at the Wendell Phillips High School, 39th street and Pershing road, Sunday afternoon at three o'clock, three thousand of the thinking citizens of Chicago at the invitation of the officers and directors of the Binga State Bank, for the purpose of endeavoring to give a better understanding of the state banking interest. The Binga State Bank consists of the following officers and directors: Jesse Binga, president; John R. Marshall, vice-president; C. N. Langston, cashier; Jesse Binga, C. H. Clark, Oscar De Priest, Dr. U. G. Dailey, C. N. Langston, John R. Marshall, A. H. Roberts, Thomas R. Webb, Dr. A. W. Williams, R. A. Williams, W. A. Robinson, directors. Long before the time set for the program to begin the vast auditorium was packed beyond its capacity, representing men and women of every phase of life. Believing by their presence that they would become better acquainted with the manner of increasing the value of money and making the institution of which they were a part as depositors on equal basis in every way with the institutions owned and controlled by men of the other group who have had long years of experience in every branch of banking known to mankind. The program began with the audience rising and singing "America." Invocation was delivered by the Rev. C. H. Clark, pastor of Ebenezer Baptist Church. The words of prayer were well chosen and fitted equally for the occasion for which they were assembled. Next followed a rendition by the Berean Baptist choir, "Prayer from the Heart of Emancipation." Prof. Isaac Yarbrough, director, Miss Estella Bonds, accompanist. The Master of Ceremonies, Attorney Eugene J. Marshall, was then introduced. Attorney Marshall on President Binga of the Binga State Bank He proceeded in a manner to tell the story of the poor youth who, twenty-five years ago, in the neighborhood of 31st and State streets, began an effort at real estate and insurance with a capital less than $10.00. He was one of the agents of the Phoenix Fire Insurance Company. Living in one room --- Vol. XXXII. 5 CENTS PER COPY B. Du Bois, Ed. in the United School Last Suit Intently to theses. It Was a present Day Financial Earliest or the Most declared "That at the time Are Seventy-nine Institutions in theressfully Conducted by Women; That the life Life of a Colored in He Can Stand on street and Boast About they He Has in Some Bank." Roberts Eloquently Preto the Vast Audience. Marshall in His Mostuced Mr. Jesse Binga, State Bank, to the Large in the rear of the office, and suffered many hardships in an endeavor to push himself forward. Despite this fact he succeeded by sheer determination of purpose and in a few years he had advanced to a noticeable position in the real estate and insurance world and like King Midas of old, soon everything he touched began to turn to gold. He made steady advances to obtain the agencies of rentable property in the district occupied by our group, for example, he secured the lease hold of the Bates Building south of 36th street on State street. Old Mr. Bates was one of the pioneers of Chicago. This was a big adjunct toward proving his business qualification. As time advanced he drove an opening wedge that our group might have an opportunity to have better living quarters. His great hobby was to secure business sites. An example of this keen insight is given by his lease of a block of buildings from 47th to 48th street on State street and later on his purchase of this same property which has now been changed from stove heat to modern steam heated apartments. These are only a few of the investments which prove the foresight of the man who stands alone of our group in the real estate market today. Afterward at 36th place and State street this same poor youth opened a private bank which became a convenient avenue for the business men in that locality. The story of this man of service would not be complete unless there is injected at this point the facts that when the law was changed so that all private banks must become state banks, the private bank above referred to qualified as the Binga State Bank, with a capital of $100,000 and a surplus of $25,000. It steadily grew in the financial market and now at 35th and State streets the capitalization and surplus is $245,000. The bank is a member of the clearing house and is of equal standing with any other bank in Chicago, mainly by the efforts of Mr. Binga. The best measure of the worth and character of any man is his service to the community and to his people and just as the buildings at Tuskegee tell the story of Booker T. Washington, --- THE BROAD AX THE BROAD AX. CHICAGO. ILLINOIS. MARCH 5. 1927 DR. RICHARD A. WILLIAMS President and founder of the Supreme Royal Circle of Friends of the World; one of the Directors of the Binga State Bank. in like manner does the structure at 35th and State streets, tell the story of the accomplishments of Jesse Binga in the heart of the black belt of this city, where he has opened the door of opportunity to black boys and girls not as janitors, porters and scrub women, but in keeping with their talent and ability and when they look at the marble doors of this building they see the door of hope that is opened to them enabling them to make a living for themselves and out of this living to learn lessons of thrift and saving. Here in this bank may be secured assistance for family, home, church and business. With these remarks the speaker intro- duced to the audience the man who is of real service to his community and to his race, Mr. Jesse Binga. This introduction was greeted with loud and long applause. Mr. Binga modestly thanked Attorney Marshall for his introductory speech, saying in part: "Attorney Marshall has put wings on me, making me feel like an angel; some one else will come along and put horns on me and then some one will have to come along and try to kick them off. We all feel very proud of this gathering in Chicago and despite the handicap of our group throughout this country, we are learning lessons in economic life, and THE NEW YORK TIMES DR. RICHARD A. WILLIAMS President of the Supreme Royal Circle of the Directors of the Binga State Bank we must not be content with mere adequate learning but we must have teaching of thrift, we must educate our people in thrift and to that end, although I know you are all anxious to hear the speaker of the afternoon at this point I will introduce to you Dr. R. A. Williams, who will speak five minutes on the subject of Thrift." Dr. Williams said he was sure the audience was as anxious as he to hear the speaker and he would not take all of the five minutes allotted to him to speak but he would take time to see that he believed the people of our group had begun to see the necessity of saving and the best definition he could give of thrift is to consume less than you produce and spend less than you make. Out of every dollar, which we make we should save a few cents each week. Get a saving bank from the Binga State Bank and let your wife put aside ten cents per day if no more or if you could save $40 per year in ten years time this would amount to $400.00. Put your money in the bank and let it grow while you are making it. The Berean Baptist choir then sang "Fear Not, O Israel," which was a gem of musical production and very greatly enjoyed by the vast audience. Mr. Oscar De Priest was then presented as the astute politician who has been successful in delivering a large vote of our group to the successful candidate in the recent primary election. Mr. De Priest said he did not come out to the meeting to hear himself talk, but to hear the other speakers but in as much as he had been called upon he was glad to lend his presence to the occasion and was equally glad to see Banker Overton present as there were only two banks of our group in the city and much could be gained if they would work together. He said also that racial development was near and dear to the heart of every Negro and he prayed for the time to come when we could educate our people in thrift as easily as we could educate them along political lines and when that time comes our problem is solved. He stressed the point that the Binga State Bank wished to serve the people of the community in the way they most desired to be served and asked that those of the audience who had been handed cards by the ushers would sign those cards indicating what class of service would be most suitable and hand them back to the ushers so that the Bank would be able to take up the matter in an intelligent manner. The audience then sang the National Negro Anthem, "Lift Every Voice and Sing," after which Col. John R. Marshall introduced each director of the bank who rose and acknowledged the introduction with a slight bow and Mr. Binga presented Senator Adelbert H. Roberts, who in his imminent way, introduced Dr. W. E. B. DuBois, saying SUBSCRIBE FOR THE BROAD AX No. 25 the Most Highly at the Wendell Men and Women His Eloquent and Mr. Binga. among other things, that he was pleased to present to this appreciative audience a man of our race who was not content to graduate from universities of the United States with great honors, but who had studied in the great universities of Europe and his admiration of such a man was challenged by his nobility of soul and greatness of character which made him a slave to no principal and permitted himself to call no man master. He was as courageous and as eloquent as Wendell Phillips himself, a statesman of no mean ability, a great champion of human rights who realized that freedom has brought great joys. Mr. Roberts said it had been his extreme pleasure to have introduced on occasions two presidents, William Howard Taft, and the late Theodore Roosevelt, but he considered it no less an honor to present a man who, in the light of his handicaps, had risen to such great heights as had the speaker of the afternoon, Dr. DuBois. Oration by Prof. DuBois When Dr. DuBois arose to begin his address, the multitude sat in silence to become acquainted with the author of the "Soul of Black Folks," and "The Quest of the Silver Fleece," dealing with a new subject which covered the entire construction of civilization. He began at the formation of trades and told the story of hundreds of years past when oxen were used as a trading commodity. He traced carefully down to the point when the intelligence of the world figured out a more feasible exchange and in the various sections of the old world different species of paper were introduced as a commercial exchange, giving value to its price and exchanged relations with other countries. He carefully led along the lines which brought a more staple standard to make secure the paper and copper being used, thus he related how gold and silver were dug out of the earth and these products were made into a safe standard for the exchanging of paper and copper as a background. Then he traced the greatest financiers of the world, the Rothschilds, and showed how they had begun in financial poverty but with constructive minds to build and put value on land and purchasable products equalizing the money value with the value of products. He traced through the old world every line which went to build staple governments of the countries and then analyzed the value of labor and the power of the government to pay the servant for his hire. He then built carefully the history of European financiers; he told the story of the dreams of the Rothschilds, picturing beautifully the way they paved out to become the financial arteries of Europe. He told of their securing the best engineers to survey beneath the earth in order that gold and silver might be dug out and he made the corner stone of financial development that today tells the story in the trading of stocks and bonds in the great Lombard street in London and other produce markets of France, Italy, Belgium. He pictured the equation of payments of the value of the money of the various countries which in turn would stabilize the country upon a gold basis which would make an absolute surety of a redemption of all moneys placed upon trades and exchanges. He drew the picture of building American finance (Continued on page 2) ```markdown ``` President of the famous Cook County Democracy, with their high silk hats and its wonderful band, have joined hands, bag and baggage with Hon. William Hale Thompson and will assist to elect him Mayor of Chicago. i THE SIXTH ANNUAL RECEP- |“CHICAGO’S HEALTH"—ADDING TION AND DANCE OF THE| YEARS TO THE OTHER END APPOMATTOX CLUB, 3632 — SOUTH PARKWAY Weekly Bulletin, Chicago Department Last Thursday evening, the far famed Appomattox Club, which has become the highest class social and civic club in the United States, held its sixth annual reception and dance at St. Elizabeth Assembly Hall, 4100 S. Michigan avenue.~ So far it was the very finest func- tion given by it. It was attended by fully five hundred club members and invited guests; guests being present from New York City, Washington, D. C.; Philadelphia, Pa; St. Louis, Mo; Atlanta, Ga; and other points. All the ladies were handsomely and expensively costumed and they looked ever so swéet and charming. With one or two exceptions, all the gentlemen appeared in full dress evening suits and looked right up-to-date in the minutest detail. President David B. Hawley and Secretary Frank S. Stephens assisted by the other members of the club, made it very pleasant for their honored guests. Cooling refreshments were served free throughout the evening. and no one was called upon to spend one cent to contribute to the pleasures of the evening. The dancing music was live- ‘ly and snappy and was greatly enjoyed by the dancers and it scemed that everybody danced and regretted to strike out for their homes when the orchestra struck. up “Home Sweet “Home.” DEMISE OF MRS. BEATRICE MOORE Mrs. Beatrice Moore, the wife of Dr. Edw. W. Moore of 3655 South Parkway. Services were held at South Park Methodist Episcopal Church, 30th street and Prairie avenue, Mon- day, February 28, 1927, at eleven o'clock A.M. The funeral sermon was preached by the Rev, Carroll, pastor of the South Park M. E. Church, of which Mrs. Moore had been a mem- ber during her residence in Chicago. She was a devoted member and an ardent supporter of every cause for which she had strength to lend aid. It will be a task to find some one to pick up the burden which she has laid down. There was a large attendance from the Medical Association of which Dr Moore is a part and out of respect for Herman Moore, an attorney of th firm of Moore, Dawson & Wilkins the Bar Association was present it large numbers. The floral tributes fille two autos and more than twenty car of friends followed the remains to Oak wood Cemetery, where Mrs. Moor was interred in the family plot. Six is survived by a husband, Dr. Edw. W Moore; a son, Attorney Hermar Moore and two daughters, Mrs. Frec Williams and Mrs. Flowers. The funerat was under the direction “of Ernest H. Williamson, who hadi service what is known to the craft hi entire fleet of Cunninghams, Hei the only. funeral director in Chicag who is ablé to furnish autos of thi HON. MILES J. DEVINE “CHICAGO'S HEALTH"—ADDING YEARS TO THE OTHER END Weekly Bulletin, Chicago Department of Health, by Herman N. Bunde- sen, M. D., Commissioner “A ten years’ sentence and $25,000.00 in fines is a severe punishment. Ten years out of one’s life, being deprived of the things we love and, in addition, paying a sum of money in reduced earning capacity is the penalty of breaking health laws. “This happens every day of the year,” says Dr. Herman N. Bundesen, in his latest bulletin. “There are many persons who just feel ‘middlin’, as they say: not bad, nor really sick, but simply not fit. They blame everything under the sun but themselves for their failures. The battle of life is a success or failure de- pending on the exercise of right health habits,”* says the Commissioner. “Many persons do their exercising about three months in the year; that is, during the summer. Of course the warm weather itivites outdoor life. This means walking, rowing, baseball, golf. ing, and a number of outdoor game: and recreation. - Then follows nine months of inactivity and reduced exer. cise. “During the cold weather, exercise is also necessary because it is during this time indoor living leads to overeating ‘and lessened activity. To offset this condition, there are many gymnasium and health clubs tiat offer a variety o health-promoting. recreational sport: and exercises,” is the advice of Dr Bundesen. “Right food, rightly eaten, enough rest and sleep, plenty of fresh air an¢ sunshine, enough play, freedom fron worry, and cleanliness both inside ané ‘out, are the prime factors which key us out of the sickness prison, increase ‘our earning capacity, and enable us t ‘enjoy life as we go along,” says th Commissioner. NEW YORK WOMEN HELD ON SHOPLIFTING CHARGE (Prseton News Service) Pittsburgh, Pa. Mar. 4.—After dé- tectives of a large department store here testified that they had seen two women each take a dress from a hanger and stuff it beneath their outer garments Thursday afternoon, Rose Gilbert, aged 25, and Evelyn Pritchard, aged 34, who gave their addresses as New York City, were held for court by Magistrate Brandon’ in Morals court Friday morning charged with larceny. The women admitted the thefts and testified that they had ar- rived in Pittsburgh only Thursday morning. |SCHOOL BOY DIES IN SWIM. MING POOL anit Bane Dae’ Pittsburgh, Pa, Mar. 4—David A. Fulton, Jr., aged 16 years, was taken from the swimming pool in South Hills High Schoo! Tuesday afternoon, during the period for the swimming class, by the director of athletics in a dying condition. All efforts to resusi tate him failed. Physicians say he died x ‘a heart attack witch he suffered when he dived itito the pool. ‘THE BROAD AX, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, MARCH 5, 1927 a PROF. W. E. B. DU BOIS WOKE UP|™...>° THE PEOPLE OF CHICAGO IN HIS) 27, REMARKABLE ORATION AT THE WENDELL PHILLIPS HIGH SCHOOL |"~ *3 LAST SUNDAY AFTERNOON. = (Continued from page 1) from the year 1492, which was a me- morial year, down through the colonial government into the formation of the first government of the United States and on in the different avenues across to the gold fields of California in "49, down to Alaska yesterday and today digging ont the nuggets of gold which would aid in packing up the new fed- ‘eral reserve system which puts behind certain loan value of redeemable notes backed by certain quantities of securi- ties. He pictured Liberia with het great natural product of rubber but her incapacity to develop this product without an even exchange of money which would have a value in the United States or Europe, and how the greed of the financier wanted three times as much rubber put behind a dollar as would be required for security. ‘There- fore the Toan was denied and millions of acres of rubber, which must be used to operate in the various institutions in America and Europe, are in the earth in Liberia. But the government being financially paralyzed from the fact that money lenders attempted to disregard the owners of the product thus forcing them to sell at such a depreciated value it would not pay them to market this commodity. He used the analysis that if the money were in the banking institutions con- trolled by our group, bonds sufficient issued by the government of Liberia packed by the marketable rubber prod- uct we could easily relieve them of this financial condition, He said our ace had not made much progress along the Hines of thrift because we had been concerned with raising our standard of living. We wanted that our children should not be ragged, that our wives and mothers and daughters should dress comely and what the boy needed now was to be able to stand RACE RELATIONS TAUGHT IN MANY TEXAS COLLEGES Among Most Popular and Effective Courses, Say Professors in All-Day Meeting Waxahachie, Tex—Thirty college professors, representing twenty of the principal universities and colleges of Texas, gathered here last week and spent a day making plans to forward the study of race relations in the col- leges of the State. A number of those present have been conducting such courses and practically every one re- ported that they were among the most popular, well attended, and effective courses that. are given. Others who are not giving specific courses in race relations reported that they are dealing with the subject constantly in. their other classes, particularly in connec- tion with the study of sociology. One of the former group,;who is teaching a college race relations class of forty, is giving also an extension course on the same subject to a hundred public school teachers in the city of Houston, “My class in race relations is always overflowing,” said one. “I get more fun out of that class than any other,” said’ another. A third remarked, “While I have no specific class in race relations, I am relating the subject to everything I teach.” The universal testimony was that the prejudices of students on this subject gre quickly transformed into open-finded fairness when they are given the facts. A number of teachers of sociology in Negro colleges were present and emphasized the need that similar classes be conducted for colored stu. dents. Race prejudice, they asserted is not all on one side, and colored stu- dents also need to be guarded agains jt by a study of the facts. The repre sentatives of the colored group wer Dane V. E. Daniel of Wiley College Prof. T. R. Davis of Samuel Houstor College, and. Prof. M. P. Carmichae of Prairie View. State-Normal. A continuation ‘committee consistin; of five, including Professors Danie and Carmichael, was appointed for th [purpose of promoting the study of rac relations as widely as possible in th ‘colleges of the state. The chairman o | this committee is Dr. W. P. Merone: ‘of Baylor University, Waco. - ‘on the street corner and boast about the size of his bank book just as in other days he would boast about the quality of the clothes he wore. He said that statistics gave the number of seventy-nine colored banks in the United States but of this number only about 39 had data and this gave the amount of 11 millions as being con- trolled by them, but this might pos- sibly be increased to 15 millions. He said little attention had been paid to attempting to educate our people as to the functions and uses of banks. We had taken it for granted that the aver- age man knew all about this institution when as a fact he knew very: little about it and from the number of banks started among our group and the meagre knowledge the men who start- ed them had and the grim tenacity with which they held on to such banks with such little knowledge concerning that the number which failed was not startling, in fact it was a stariling fact that not more had failed. He said that if a program of educating the people and putting over even once or twice each year such a program of enlight- enment as had been started by the di- rectors of the Binga State Bank would be carried out in a very short time the benefit would be more than could be prophesied. Seated on the rostrum, aside from the speaker and other mem- bers of the bank and directors pre- viously mentioned, were Mr. Aitthony Overton, president of the Douglass National Bank, M. T. Bailey and Theo. T. Taylor. | ‘Thus was closed one of the most enlightening and unique programs ever rendered in the classic halls of the Wendell Philips High School and one which will be the fore runner of a campaign of thrift and saving never before vouchsafed to & €ominunity, BULLETIN NO. 98 SAFETY PAYS! By Chief of Police Morgan A. Collins Keep your children off of the street! Such is the gist of this week's bul- letin, issued by Chief of Police Morgan A. Collins, pointing out the dangers that exist for little ones in crowded thoroughfares, From February 21 to 2 one child was killed, and 72 chil- dren injured. In the same period last year 31 children were injured. Warn your children against hitching on vehicles. Impress upon them that automobiles come around corners and tell them to wait on the curb, not in the street for passing traffic. Playing marbles in the street is ex- tremely dangerous. Warn them against climbing telegraph _poles. Death lurks in live wires. Children are thoughtless and_care- free. They must have constant pro- tection. Everybody must do their share. In many districts the youngsters are without playgrounds and the streets are their romping places. Always ‘drive slowly when children are seen playing in the streets. Motorists must drive carefully, keep children off their cars and obey all traffic rules. A Child in the Road Is a Danger Signal: Go Slow. = N. Y. C. ASSISTANT LIBRARIAN SPENDS WEEK IN PITTSBURGH (Preston News Service) Pittsburgh, Pa., Mar. 3—Miss Vir- ginia P. Powell, assistant librarian in the Carnegie library in Harlem district, New York City, spent last week in this city as the guest of her aunt, Miss Jennie M. Proctor. THEOSOPHICAL NEWS Pioneer Lodgé of the Theosophical Society had its regular meeting last Friday night. A very interested and attentive group gathered to hear Col. Bullock give a fecture on “Evolution.” ‘The next meeting will be next Friday night, March 11, at the regular meeting place, 3262 Vernon avenue, at 8:00 P.M. sharp. Visitors are always wel- come. Barbara Baldwin, 3201 S. Wa- ‘bath aioe: W. VA. COLLEGIATE GLEE CLUB RECEIVED BY PRESI- DENT COOLIDGE AT WHITE HOUSE These Singers Make Records for the Brunswick Company (Preston News Service). Institute, W. Va., Mar. 3.—Officials of the Brunswick Collender Phono- graph Company, after visiting several schools in search of talent, recently came here to West Virginia Collegiate Institute to hear the justly famous Young Men's Glee Club. After listen- ing to a number of selections ranging from the classics to Negro spirituals, the Young Men’s Glee Club was given a contract to go to New York City and make six records. En route to New York, the club was invited by State officials to stop over at Washington where they had the honor of being received at the White House by President Coolidge. While in New York City, they sang at the Vesper services at the fashion- able St. George's Episcopal Church. This service was broadcast over WJZ. In New York they were besieged by both managers and the elite of New York society requesting appearances, but were unable to fill these engage- ments on account of their studies at Institute. Clarence Cameron, White Director The Director of the glee club is none other than the internationally known violinist, Clarence Cameron White, whose Compositions such famous mu- sicians as Fritz Kreisler plays at prac- tically all of his appearances in Amer- iea as well as in Europe. Mr. White is head of the Music Department of West Virginia Collegiate Institute. President Davis, of Institute, says: “I am justly proud of these young men. I regret that it was impossible for them to comply with the numerous requests to sing in New York while there. But, I hope that in the future both the East and the West may have the opportunity to hear this outstand- ing organization in concert. Mr. White is doing splendid. work here in his department and is bringing much prestige to the school.” NEGRO WOMEN AVOIDING CHILDREN PRESENTS SE- RIOUS PROBLEM (freston News Service) New York City, Mar. 3—Despite the considerable increase in the Negro population and in the increase of the marriage rate, the actual number of Negro children under five years of age was less in 1920 than at any of the pre- vious enumerations. In 1900 the num- ber of Negro children under five years of ‘age was 1,216,655; and in 1910, the number was 1,263,288; in 1920 it was 1,143,699! “And this,” says Alice Dun- bar Nelson, the distinguished Negro journatist, writing in the March num- ber of the Messenger, a Negro maga- zine, “in the iace of increased knowl- edge of the care and feeding of in- fants; the work of the insurance com- panies in health, Negro Health Week, public health nurses, clinics, -dispen- saries, and all the active agencies for the conservation and preservation of health.” Mrs. Nelson is writing an exclusive article each month for The Messenger on the problems of Negro Woman- hood. In explaining the decline of the birth rate she says: “Negro women are exercising birth control in ordet to preserve their new economic inde- pendence. Or, because of poverty of the family, they are compelled to limit their offspring.” Her conclusion is that dire consequences both for the Negro family and the Negro group in America are bound to flow from this ‘Seaction:. FORMER OHIO TREASURY EM- PLOYEE PAROLED (Preston News Service) Columbus, Ohio, Mar. 4.—Because of his family of seven children, How- ard L. Pettiford, of Fremont, was given a bench parole Wednesday, when he pleaded guilty to the charge of having embezzled $36 November 9, 1926, while employed in the office of the State Treasurer, as a messenger, Judge Rogers granted the parole upon the pleas for clemency of State Treasurer Harry Day, the mayor of Fremont, the president of the Probate Judges’ Association of Ohio, and the sheriff of Sandusky county. Prose- ‘cutor Chester resisted the application for clemency. CALLED TO ASHEVILLE Miss Laura Baxter, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. R. Franks, 420 E. 48th place has gone to Asheville, N. C., on bisiness matters and her stay. is in~ ‘Gelinite, : LG L) VE LOFS fie iin Ore ee EN A eo 0h—6hlUmUUCCUS i f | Bee | | Reret a | HON. CHARLES S. DENEEN United States Senator from Illinois will greatly assist with his voice and otherwise to elect Hon. William Hale Thompson Mayor of Chicago. RELIGIOUS IDEALS POWER IN NAMED TRUSTEES CHANGING RACIAL — ATTITUDES Edgar L. Walker and Wm. M —— both prominent members of Ft. Dear- (Preston News Service) iene distee e 44> Bike were made Washington, D. C., Mar. 5—As one of the speakers at the morning session of the Inter-racial Section of the American Friends Service Committee, in convention here last week, Dr. George E. Haynes, Secretary of Com- mission on the Church and Race Re- lations of the Federal Council of Churches, in stressing the need for changing prejudicial attitudes, said in part: “When emancipation came with the legal amendments, the Negro became ‘a man according to the law, but prac- tically in everyday affairs he was not; cause on both sides of the racial line there were lacking the emontional atti- tudes and habits of action necessary for independent manhood and citizen- ship. “The race problem between white and Negro groups today is essentially and fundamentally one of individual group attitudes of states of mind based upon feeling. ‘These attitudes have grown up out of past historical con- ditions until they have -become emo- tionally fixed in personalities. These attitudes we term ‘Race Prejudice,— ‘one of the most terrific and unyielding forces that move jndividuals and groups. To change these fundamental attitudes is essentially a moral and re- ligious problem, because it is only the moving power of the religious ideals that can modify or remove the preju- dices of individuals and groups. RED CAPS LITERARY CLUB On Sunday afternoon, March 6, the Red Caps Literary Club will hold forth at their club rooms, 3639 S. Michigan avenue. Rev. Joshua Arthur Brackett, D. D., and Mr. H. N. Robinson of, the Urban League, will deliver the prin- cipal addresses. Miss Rosie Lee Rob- inson, musical director of the club, has arranged for a fine musical treat, which will be participated in by Mr. W. O. Brown and Mrs. Odell Stone Gray. All are welcome to attend. Sandy W. Trice, president. COUNCIL HOLDS MEETING Herbert Officers Council; A. U. K. & D. of A, of which Mrs. Elizabeth Rochon is president and Mrs. Sarah E. Garrison is secretary, held a fine meeting Monday evening at 324 E. Sst street. They are looking forward to the trip to Toledo, Ohio, during the summer. TO HOLD OPEN HOUSE ‘The 1927 Marching Club of Ft. Dearborn Lodge, No. 44, of which J. B. Deveaux is president, Jas. C. Mar- tin, exalted ruler, will hold open honse Saturday evening, March 5, at the club rooms, 3920 South Parkway at which time they expect a most jolly evening for every member and their friends. Mrs. Nora E.-Lee, 436 E. 49th street, spent the past week in Detroit, Mich., visiting with her son, Prof. Clarence E. Lee. She enjoyed the trip very much. NAMED TRUSTEES Edgar L. Walker and Wm. McC both prominent members of Ft, Dear- born Lodge No. 44, Elks, were made trustees of Ft. Dearborn 1927 Marci: ing Club last Sunday in a special meet ing. They were added to the efficient Board of Trustees who are already in charge. TO OBSERVE HENDERSON DAY The various lodges and temples of U. B. F. & S. M. T. will celebrate Hen. derson Day, March 4, at headquarters, 3120 Giles avenue, with an interesting Program to commemorate the birthday of Mrs. Georgia Henderson, founder of S. M. Ts. VISIT NORTH SHORE M. T. Bailey, president of The Bailey Realty Co., and manager of The Milton Mercantile Agency, 3638 S. State street, spent considerable time along the north shore during the week for the purpose of clearing up many prospective business matters. “Wires” Sent by Pigeons Before the invention of tie electric telegraph, carrier pigeons provided the fastest known means of transmitting messages, and were even used by Hng- lish stockbrokers to get early reports on the market. The carrier pigeon is useful because of his accuracy in returning to his home, and the speed of his flight. He must be carefully trained over « long period. Pigeons have been known to carry a message as far as 500 miles in one day. During the Franco- Prussian war they were used by both armies to carry messages, but the !n- vention of telegraph and wireless soon led to their abandonment. Cheap Sacking Material ‘No material 's manufactured at & smaller cost than gunny. It is & strong, coarse sack-cloth , manufac- tured chiefly in Bengal from jute, but to some extent also in Bombay and Madras from sunn hemp. It is also manufactured in Dundee, Scotland, from jute imported trom Bengal, and im a small way of late years in the United States, The weaving of cunny is a great domestic industry in India. It gives occupation to men, women and children. Boatmen employ themselves weaving in their spare moments, a5 do farmers, carriers and even do- mestie servents, The weaving is per- formed upon the rudest kind of loom consisting merely of a few sticks and poles fastened together with twine. Camphor Is Useful ‘Camphor is most soothing and heal- fng and is used in practically every hand lotion for smoothing roughened skin. The spirits of camphor are slightly antiseptic, dry up quickly and heal the annoying little fever blisters vr cold-sores ‘that so often follow & slight cold, or indicate that the ss* tem is just a little out of order. The camphor may be applied frequently ‘until the cold sore begins to disappea'- Health and Business Til Bealth is the real cause of ous” ness depression, declares Doctor Hunt- ington of Yale. There comes a spel! of general ill-health, followed by more Humerous deaths, and this so de- presses the population and creates such a feeling of punic that one of its results is a financial crisis, which (s thus in reality due to the weakening effects of ill-health. THIS WEEK Emest Rice McKinney ee sreston News Service) ss. Phuc fer Colienuiene: and bolt MAR ae ae that this company has five employees ‘yhose years of service total 235 years. ‘The ollest in point of service has been ‘pith the company 70 years. No one of the five bas worked for the company: jess than 50 years. This must be a prewy good company to work for. ‘There isn't much chance for the Com~ nonists to get in any effective prop- jeands around this company's back yard. This and other organizations jych as Dennison Manufacturing Com- pany and Procter and Gamble are proving that it is possible for employer ind employee to get along together in peace, contentment and to their mutual benefit. This struggle in an industrial jungle is not really necessary. All the fault docs not lie with the employers nor wholly with the workers. Each of these groups has a duty and-respon- sibility to the other and they both certainly owe something to the con- comers, potential and actual. Tt may tea long time coming, hut if this con- inves and costly industrial strife does not cease something is going to hap- pen. Who knows; we may end up with a Lenin or we may go the other way and set up a Mussolini. Employer and Employee It is particularly important now, that we are beginning to expand commer- cially, that Negro business men and corporations give some thought and at tention to their employees as well as profits. Satisfied employees are the foundation pillars of profits and a stable growing business. It is my experience that Negro em- ployers, as a group, have paid no at- tention at all to this most important phase of business development. In the first place Negro employers have not earned yet, that nothing takes the place of real money as the reward for ficient service. They haven't learned ‘that a worker will not be efficient un- less he is contented. He will not be contented unless he is paid adequately, regularly and PROMPTLY. There are far too many Negro business men ‘who feel that they have done the em- ployee a favor when the worker has teen handed his pay envelope on time for the full amount. T have known Negro business men to. brag lustily over the fact that they met their pay roll promptly each week. It seems to me, also, that there is a large group of Negro business men who deliberately refuse to employ the more intelligent and better trained young men and women of our race. Even where trained men are hired they are usually cramped and not allowed to make experiments that are abso- Intely necessary for the growth of the business and of the man. It is not enough for these employers to reply that these young men and women are inexperienced and that they have “wild” ideas. Of course, they are in- experienced. What man, old or young, fresh from an engineering school or a medical <chool or a business school is tot inexperienced? Young white men are inexperienced and filled with “wild” ideas, and yet,. ten, fifteen or twenty years later they are at the head of the business. About the only way for a young Negro. to become president of the corporation '8 to go out and set up his own busi- tess. The older Negroes at the head of our businesses just don’t seem to et the point at all. We have never produced a man of the type of Edison. It isn’t because we have no potential Edisons, It isn't due to innate mental poverty. We hare as much inherent mental capacity 3 any other race. This seems to be ‘ruc from the unbiased investigations: of competent scientists. The reason fies in one of our peculiar men- fal twists, It will be remembered that Efison is and was a genius at invent- ing and d-vising new machines and ap- Pliances. Some of these inventions call for very intricate mathematical calea~ Khtions and certain knowledge of ab- Sruce technical procedure. Edison did fot and does not now have the meces~ Sty theoretical equipment to make many of these calculations and. experi- ment: Hut he did have sense and fore- ‘Public Of-. Harvey A. Watkins of the Second ward, Chicago, was a candidate in the primaries for the City Council from that ward on the Republican ticket. At ‘the time this is being written T do not know whether or not Mr, Watkins ‘won out. I do know, however, that he should not have been the choice of the voters. The foundation of Mr. Wat. kins’ candidacy was the most ancient kind of political bunk combined with the most glaring “pork barrell” con- ception of public office. Here is the first reason, given by Watkins, why the electors should vote for Watkins instead of Louis Ander- son, the present incumbent. Says Watkins in his political advertising— “Alderman Anderson has been on the Public payrool for 31 years. Give another man a chance.” This is the primary reason why Anderson should be kicked out and Watkins put in, ac- cording to Watkins. What does Wat- Kins mean by “give another man a chance.” A chance to get what and to do what? Do Watkins and all his kind conceive of public office as a chance to get something: for themselves, to do some- thing for themselves? Is it wrong, or inefficient or undesirable to retain an individual in public office for 31 years? Would Watkins, himself, refuse to re- main on the pfiblic payroll for 31 years if he got the opportunity? No emphasis is put on ability or fit- ness, only the suggestion that one man be put out so that another man may get his nose in the trough for a while. This is a conception of public office all too prevalent. It is the starting point for graft, bribery, incompetency in ad- ministration and all the other evils that attend our entire political organization. Practice of Kissing Not Universal Custom The idea of the kiss being an in- stinctive gesture.is negatived by its being unknown over half the world, where the prevailing salute is that by smelling or sniffing (often called by travelers “rubbing noses”). . . ‘The kiss appears constantly in Semitic and Aryan antiquity. In Greece in the classic period it be- came customary to kiss the hand, breast or knee of a superior. In Rome the kisses of inferlors became a burdensome civility. The early Christians made it the sign of fellow- ship. It early passed into more cere- monial form in the kiss of peace given to the newly baptized and in the cele- bration of the eucharist. While the kiss has been adopted as a religious rite, its original social use has continued. Among men, however, it has become less effusive. Court cer- ‘emontal keeps up the kiss on the cheek between sovereigns and the kissing of the hand by subjects, and the pope, like a Roman emperor, receives the kiss on his fdot—Encyelopedia Bri- tannica. Waring Candlous Henry Drummond, author of “The Greatest Thing in the World,” in bis lighter moments (and he had many) was full of gayety, frequently dis- playing @ unique and versatile form of wit. He was one of a group assem- bled one night at the home of Drum- mond’s minister, Dr. Marcus Dods. During the supper, which had to be taken by candle light, one of the candles began to droop. One of the young men set it upright, then it drooped to the other side. Finally it became a subject of remark. Someone called it a most wicked candle; another said it should be sent to Greece, and sundry other jokes were leveled at the unfortunate light giver. Finally Drummond said, very earnestly, he thought the conver- sation was beginning to wax scan- dalous. Ancient Farm Rales A Greek inscription of the Fifth cen- tury, recently discovered near the aqueduct which conveyed water into ‘Jerusalem, contains a warning, both ‘against trespass and planting crops within fifteen “polos” (fifteen feet) of the conduit. To make sure the peasant ‘should not plead ignorance of the dis- tance, the “foot” 12 1-16 inches long, ‘was engraved on the stone. Shattering Joy “an astronomer,” said Hi Ho, 16 sage of Chinatown, “looks into the skies and discovers beautiful things so distant that they must be measured by light years. ‘The Joy of mathemat- jes is rudely interrapted when he is notified that his bank account 1s four dollars overdrawn.”—Washington Star. Medieval Flowers ‘The cultivation of flowers in the Middle ages was not merely a delight in beauty; superstition led to some peculiarly mundane uses. Flowers were charms to keep away evil spir- its; they were prized for medicinal value, made into love philters and adopted as emblems of rival camps and factions. Forest Destruction ‘The virgin forests in prehistoric times were not entirely destroyed by fires started from lightning, because ‘they were cool, dark, moist-and very dense, ‘This made them much less in- fiammable than the present-day thinned-out forests. THE BROAD AX, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, MARCH 5, 1927 ; 2 ‘COLORFUL NEWS MOVIES By THE CAMERAMAN PPDDPPLLLLDD OPPLDIDLDDIDDLDDPLDPDPLODIDIPIPIIDIOLD (Preston News Service) Contee Cullen — We as a group must be ever co 1. Land Grant College Survey. nizant of the achievements of one 2. Archbishop Curley’s Plea. our own, lest in this maelstrom 3. Sailor, Beware! hatred, discrimination and_ prejudi 4. Contee Cullen. we became discouraged and almo 5. Fanning the Flames. lose heart. Contee Cullen, poet 6. Tuning in on Kentucky. colour, has received the recognition = one of the oldest and best known ma Seca Gece ae ea azines in America. The February i Congress has appropriated $110,000 for the purpose of surveying the land grant colleges of the United States, in- cluded in which there are a number of Negro colleges. In fact, the southern states boast of seventeen land grant colleges, devoted -exclusively to. the training of Negro students. In the northern states, where, of course, there are no Jim Crow school laws, Negro students have access to any land grant college which they may select. Tt is estimated that the survey, which is to be conducted by the U. S. Bureau of Education, will require two years of itensive ‘work to complete the survey task. Since the Civil War, Congress has appropriated $60,000,000 to the support of the land grant col- leges, and it is said that the prospec- tive survey is to reveal whether or not they are fully carrying out the inten- tions of Congress. Negroes are intensejy interested in the work of their students, whether in segregated or non-segregated land grant colleges—and they have a right to be so, as contributors to and de- fenders of the parent Government. It may not be amiss to refresh the race's recollection of the survey of Negro schools made more than,a decade ago by Dr. Thomas Jesse Jones (white) and the two-volume report which Dr. Jones made, showing veiled but gross discriminations in the cooperative sup- port of the Negro schools, as between State and Federal governments. These conditions, though somewhat im- proved, will probably be revealed again in the prospective survey. In view of the peculiar conditions confronting the solid bloc of Negro schools in the Southland, it is partieu- larly desirable that educational experts of the Negro race be assigned to some ‘of the survey work. There are ample race men and women available. Let them be appointed to this survey, so as to secure both the racial and the bi- racial view of the entire situation con- fronting the Negro land grant colleges. Archbishop Curley’s Plea Believe it or not, the Church ot Rome has gone as far, if not further than any contemporary church, in sounding the cry of “One God, One Church, One Creed,” loud enough to be heard, without amplifiers, by the struggling black people of America. In fact, the Roman Catholic Church has repeatedly challenged the Protes- tant Church to meet its standards of religious fairplay. Recently, in Washington, D. C., be- fore an audience of twe thousand whites, Archbishop Micheal J. Curley urged that the colored people of the country be extended the same educa- tional advantages as the white people. If the country would but hear this cry, what a Heaven on earth would come to pass. The Archbishop doubtless had in mind spiritual as much as se- cular education—a spiritual education reaching from St. Peter's Cathedral, in New York, to the lowliest parish house of New Orleans—irom the Salvation Army barracks to the Y. M. C. A— from ‘colorful education to colorless education, save in the internal essence ‘of “Go thou and preach the gospel to the whole world.” and in so doing, “Love thy neighbor as thyself.” God bless Archbishop Curley. Sailor, Beware! It is to be hoped that the Negro group of American citizens will not be easily misled into “something” of which they know “nothing.” That the Communist clan—the latest radical or- ganization—is willing to include Ne- groes into their midst may look 100 ‘per cent on the surface, but the fact that there “will be a colored section ‘of the: klan known as the Touissant ‘L’Ouveurture Auxiliary” has the same ‘Contee Cullen nizant of the achievements of one of our own, lest in this maelstrom of hatred, discrimination and prejudice we became discouraged and almost lose heart. Contee Cullen, poet of colour, has received the recognition of one of the oldest and best known mag- azines in America, The February is- sue of Harper's Magazine has pub- lished two of Mr. Cullen's sonnets. This is, indeed, quite an honor for any young man; and it comes asa most singular honor to one of our group who must always measure a_ little above the grade in order to reach the standard set by Nordic culture dnd prejudice. It is needless to say that these two little verses are beautiful. They re- verberate the true style and spirit of Cullen. It is of most importance that this young man’s poetic achievement may serve as an inspiration to other young people and encourage them in whatever field of endeavor they may be laboring—knowing that true worth will finally be recognized and rewarded regardless of racial handicaps. ” Fanning the Flames Mare Anthony said “The evil that men do lives after them, the good is oft interred with their bones; so let it be with Caesar.’ And so it is ever and anon with the Negro. Hatred and prejudice makes it even worse than this, for the evil, that some poor er- ring Negro, who has never had one- half a chance, has done lives not only after him but lives with the whole race as a stigma branding it as “inieriro.” 5 The good done by fifty or one hun- dred ambitious, seli-respecting Ne- groes is interred in a grave dug by hatred, discrimination and prejudice, upon which is erected a monument with K. K. K. engraved thereon. Will the Anglo-Saxon newspapers ever serve as a firebrand to keep alive atrocious sparks of hatred and prej- udice by “broadcasting,” in glaring headlines on.their front pages, “news” of Negro crime? Perhaps such papers find it advantageous from an economic standpoint, to flaunt Negro crime to that class of white population which is kept busy trying to keep the Negro down, regardless of the bitter feeling thus aroused which often leads to race riots and take its toll in both whites and blacks. Probably in the Millennium we will read on the front pages of Nordic newspapers such news items as “How- ard University Graduate is Awarded a Fellow in Zoology by Harvard Univer- sity,” or “Booker T. Washington's autobiography “Up from Slavery’ has been translated into the Turkish lan- guage for use in the libraries and schools in Turkey.”—Real News. ‘Tuning in on Kentucky Last Saturday night we had. the pleasure of tuning in on Station WFIW, Hopkinsville, Ky., from whence, a thousand miles o'er the air, came the melodious voices of Mrs. M. L. Copeland and her trained choir, singing Negro songs of brightness and hope, with, now and then, a plaintive note which white critics would say was modulant with the sorrow of before- the-war days. The radio, at least, has one Godlike virtue. “It is no respecter of persons, and those who listened to Madame Copeland and her choir were probably as much inspired as they would have been had they listened in upon strains of non-colorful origin. Hopkinsville, quaint Kentucky town that it is, is ever agleam with Charity, Faith and Hope; and Mrs. Copeland and her choir, as well as other public- spirited and sincere citizens of Ken- tucky’s “Little Bethlehem” have made it so. We thank Station WFIW for its magnanimous treatment of one of our own; and wé are grateful to her and to her associates for their songs of hope, far away and yet so near, via radio. LANG JONES’ DEATH HELD (Preston News Service) Washington, D..C., Mar. 3—An in- quest conducted at the morgue Fri- day by Coroner Nevitt in the éase of Lang Jones, who was injured in an automobile accident at Lincoln Road and T. street, northeast, late Saturday night and died at Freedmen’s hospital Monday after he had undergone an operation, resulted in a verdict of acci- dental death. The machine in which Jones was a passenger was overturned as a result of a collison with another a“ Winter Resorters Are Lightly Clad Vivid Colors Dominate; Gay Ensembles Conspicuous, Paris Writer Says. As the frosty days arrive the smart ‘continental world turns with Tellef to ‘the warmth and distractions of the ‘Riviera, observes a Paris fashion writer in the Loutsvitle Courier-Jour- ‘nal, Along the numerous promenades ‘vivid colors dominate, gay ensembles and jaunty sports costumes rival one another for the first place. Naturally ‘enough the smart winter resorters are ‘lightly clad, while the rest of the world suffers from cold and bulk. At Nice and Cannes the slim tines are carried out in filmy cexcures, whethc= it be in the realm of sportswear, af- ternoon or evening frocks. Colors, while brilliant, are for the most part consistent with fabrics in that they are light and soft. ‘The sports type of clothing seen along the Riviera fspingenious and at- tractive. Patou suggests an ensemble composed of a dark-red crepella coat lined with pink jersey to match the revers and cuffs, and a frock or skirt with little plaits let in the center front. Another Patou offering 1s in the form of a clear colored striped jersey Jumper piped in clear colors in the Same tones, accompanied by a plain skirt. There is a little cardigan frock by Drecoll in black sweater pink “chine” banded with pink “chine” and trimmed with a black patent leather belt and a searf to match the edging. Woolen Mixtures, ‘The vogue for woolen mixtures is indulged in by Chantal, who designs & Jacket in reddish wool to wear over a skirt of beige or natural kasha, which has yellowish stripe bands over the box plaits. Lelong follows with several ensem- bles consisting of dark woolen coats, often navy blue, lined with foulard to match the accompanying frock. Martial et Armand offer a striking sports costume of white crepe de chine—the frock is made with a close collar and lavishly embroidered in red, and is worn with a white geor- gette fichu and a red jacket. Premet's sleeveless velvet Jacket, worn with the simple frock, is her- alded as among the popular themes of short coats and little frocks; there 4s one in green crepella with a green coatee, one in banana crepella with paletot in beige velvet, and another in blue Jersey with a blue velvet coat. Patou gives advance notes of a Ilt- tle casaqua and “chemise” in white embroidered in black and green. At luncheon one may wear Patou's Diack stiff satin frock or peau de sole, as the material is generally called. ‘One of Heim's coats may be chosen, Such as a model which looks like a frock in black “chine” with vertical black silk stitches over extremely fine plaits. The broad belt is inset and the lining is in grege georgette, Chantal’s pour Ia pluie is a fascl- ating coat in changeable green and ¢} * fl 4 . Mas (EAs yp ; J cu Gold and Black Satin Successfully Combined in Evening Wrap. Tose georgette, built exactly tke « raincoat, worn with a white blouse and plalted skirt of the cout fabric, Classic “Dinner Frocks. Dinner frocks in silk Ice are clas- sics, or one may choose a simple frock In pale chiffon trimmed with delicate Ince, such, as green biscuit lace’ or Nicole Groult's green georgette frock with gold scallops and embroidery. Chez Larue is Chantal's name for a Diack silk velvet dinner gown with fitted velvet girdle caught with a big rhinestone buckle at the front to ac- centuate the very full skirt and bious- ing bodice. The slender rounded yoke fs in net with worked bands of the velvet overlatd. A young girl may wear Chantal’s Mia: in bright pink tulle tn bouffant Hines with two separate rows of shir- ee Recent altitude tests indicated that human ‘beings cannot function beyond ‘an altitude of 25,000 feet. rings, one below the hips and one near the bottom, which look, at first glance, like lace. ‘This is worn over a ‘satin foundation. ‘There is a specific costume for every occasion on the Rivicra. and milady’s wardrobe is a dazzling variety of gay frocks and coats. Every detail is in perfect harmony, fronrher hats, which are in bright colors, to her slippers, the majority of which are either of novelty reptile or colored to match the ensemble. Tt had always been ovr impression that when finally the mode recovered from its temporary aberration, {tt would be the genus male of the haute couture who would be found to bave first poured ofl on.the turbulent modal waters, Not that any impeachment of the gentle couturiere was intended— it was rather our belief that the mas- culine eye was a little more sensitive to the decline of feminine charm that had been brought about by the mod- eee | = VES F we i, a fs * ae a Ose cow ‘oe Poet wyosy coer alee. of se Peel eer come ee ee ernistic orgy. You may remember the formerly current sentiment that ‘one day the puissant male would rise indignantly and demand that these encroachments on his domain must forthwith cease and that woman be womanlike again. That long expected uprising has never taken place—elther because the masculine of the species has be- come extraordinarily docile, or be- cause his influence on feminine tash- ions has always been sgreatly exag- gerated. In the carly and hectic days of the period from which we are just emerging, one of the moot questions of the moment was whether milady dressed primarily to attract her own ‘or the opposite sex. The overwhelm- ing consensus of-opinion favored the opposite sex, and teurfully protesting Grundys of immediate post-war vin- tage would always call upon man to arrest the decadent surgings of femi- nine fashions. Reaction Is Setting In. Spring openings and fall openings came and went and each succeeding season saw “te new order more firmly entrenched. ‘he obvious saerifice of charm in the modern styles was heed- ed by neither couturier nor cou- turlere—by neither beau nor belle— Jeanne Lanvin, Paul Potret and oth- ers battled strongly to maintain the kraceful tradition of the old regime— now and then @ prominent member of soclety would attempt to stem the tides by wearing a gown which incor- porated something of Victorian ele- gance, But these were the merest drops of water in an ocean of man- ‘nish modernism—the sweeping modal ‘tides were not even momentarily dis- turbed by such occasional dissenters. Lately the momentum of these tides has perceptibly lessened—in fact at this moment they are completely arrested, and an inevitable and happy reaction is setting fn. ‘This secession from what has been called the new order has not been accomplished by mascyline opinion or masculine de- signer—neither is it the result of any sudden awakening of the feminine style conscience. If any of these causes had Inaugurated this new feel- ing in fashions you would be Justified in considering the changed order as merely transitory and subject to re- lapse momentarily into accustomed channels, Cause for Decline. ‘The actual cause for the decline of those themes which are considered modernistic is, as Nicole Groult sage- Ty polnts out, because their force, 1s spent. It Is scarcely possible to com celve of a feminine colffure which is any straighter or shorter than the current bob—the present conforming “hipline has been emphasized to an ¢x- aggerated degree and the skirt will ‘only become new again when it drops lower. It is merely a question of fashion cycles—when once a cycle is ‘Started it ig bound to continue until ‘its span Is over. _Protestations, eru- sades, indignation™all of this 1s s0 much baying at the moon; each mode ‘will continue until its cycle ts finished, ‘and the normal life of a fashion cycle ‘varies between five and ten years. ‘The new cycle will be distinctly feminine, of course, nor will it make such a fetish of youth as has been done these recent years. And tn $0 far as that fs a gulde, it would be advisable immediately to adapt ‘your wardrobe accordingly—dropping your skirt hem a little, paying less atten- tion to the snug hipline, and letting your locks grow a little longer and little wavier. Later you will do niore, but for the moment these faint but significant changes will suffice. — If we improve ourselves we improve others by our example—Tropical Sun (West Palm Beach, Fla.) ’ The Hampton : Chairs “By JANE OSBORN Sen Se Roe Or ARtgees: “My aunt, Mrs. Jenkins, saw some chairs in here yesterday,” Fred began. “I don't kuow about such things but she says they're worth your. price. ‘There was a set of six—at a hundred dollars a chair, I brought a carter along to take them, T'll Just make out my check, Mr. Samuels, if you'll see that the carter gets the chairs Into the truck without doing them any harm.” The carter was Jusy carrying the first of the chairs out of the shop and Fred was beginning the signature of his check when a yery pretty, obvi- ously exelted young woman burst into the little shop, “Mr, Samuels,” sald the girl, “ve decided T don't want to sell the chairs. Here ts the six dollars that you sald they were worth. I'll take them back in the station wagon with me.” “But what ts sold Is,sold,” said Mr. Samuels suavely. “That ts only fair, and even if I would let you have them back, it 1s too late. I have already sold them to this gentleman here.” “Oh, but that is outrageous,” sald the girl. “It was only day before yesterday. They were up in the attle with a lot of other: old things and I wanted to clear the place out. I really didn’t notice the chairs at the time. Now I have been reading a book on old furniture, and I realize that I want those chairs back again. Six dollars for six chairs—that is outrageous!” “But you agreed to the price day be- fore yesterday,” sald Mr. Samuels. Fred lingered, listening. He was Interested in part Because the discus- sion, 80 heated on one side, focussed around his own newly acquired chairs. Moreover, he was fascinated by the high-spirited young girl. “But you could not expect me to sive up the chitrs,” Mr. Samuels mildly protested. “I have just this morning sold the lot for six hundred dollars, T have had them only two days and have made five hundred and ninety-four dollars.” “It's outrageous,” erled Violet. “I think there ought to be some law to prevent such things.” Then, suddenly seeing and recognizing Fred, she ap- pealed to him. “Don't you think It fs outrageous.” But before he was ready with his answer Mr. Samuels was ready with his self-defense. “Look here, Miss Hampton,” he sald. “Your father sometimes invests in stocks, Well, suppose he buys today stock at fifty and a very little while later {t goes up to one hundred—does he sell ft back at fifty to the people from whom he bought it?” Violet Hampton looked a little dis- mayed. “It doesn't seem Uke the same sort of thing to me—does It to you— Mr. Sawyer?” “Pm afraid it does,” sald Fred Sawyer. “You see, I happen to know that In Mr, Samuel's business there are many losses. Tastes and fashions change in furniture—and he has many thousands of dollars worth of things on hand which he could not get rid of at any price. Yesterday and today he has made good profit—but It only makes up for some of his losses.” Outside the store Fred spoke again to Violet. He told her that if she really wanted the chairs he would give them to her. He valued them because his aunt, who was an expert, told him they were very rare—and he knew they were beautiful. He had bought a little old house on the mountainside and wanted to have it furnished in Keeping with Its own antiquity. “Oh, then you are thinking of get- ting married?” asked Violet. “On the contrary—that is, I hadn't thought of it until you put the idea in my head. It was going to be Just ‘& sort of bachelor’s den—but It might o for a honeymoon cottage just as well. But seriously, I would lke to do something about the chatrs.” “You might ask me over to tea or something to see how they look in thelr new surroundings,” sald Violet. It was a week later that Violet went to have tea at Fred’s little house on the hillside with his aunt as chap- erone. Fred was motoring her home down the hill after the party. “I'm really crazy about your ttle house,” she told him. “You have so many wonderful pleces—and to think that those chairs might have been mine” Fred hesitated fora minute, won- dering whether he dared say the words that were in his mind. Then, grow- ing brave, he sald, “They still might be yours.” “I don't see how.” sald Violet. “Well, if we should g@ to be quite frtendly and I should ask you to marry ‘me and you should be foolish enough to accept—and—and—well, you see what I mean.” “I don’t suppose you meant, that as “a proposal,” sald Violet, “but T really do think we're very congenial, don't you.” Fred sald he hadn't thought about that—and then when they had reached the level road and driving was not difficult, Fred told Violet he loved her. ‘They drove along in contented silence for @ while and then Violet thought caichi ab Cin ie . ' Extent of British Empire ‘The British empire covers an area of nearly 14,000,000 square miles, Ernest H. WILLIAMSON UNDERTAKER ERnest H. WILLIAMSON UNDERTAKER 1914-1926 ERnest H. WILLIAMSON Charles E. Dawson THE BROAD AX Published Every Saturday In this city since July 15th, 1899, without missing one single issue. 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Notary Public Phone: Office Main 4153; Residence, 4751 Champlain Avenue Phone Kenwood 5611 ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW Suite 708—184 W. Washington St. CHICAGO A. D. GASH ATTORNEY AT LAW Suite 813, Ashland Block 155 N. Clark Street CHICAGO, ILL. The Williamson Funeral is distinguished by the up-to-date designs of its Cunningham Limousine Hearse and Cars Original Steeplechase Steeplechase is a horse race in which the competitors have to surmount obstacles, such as hedges and ditches, in order to reach the winning-post. The first race of the kind was run in Ireland by a party of fox hunters, who actually made a distant church steeple the goal of the impromptu race. Such matches soon grew in favor, and steeplechasing became a recognized branch of horse racing. Would Try Not long ago the deacon bought a horse and buggy and took his wife out one Sunday for a drive. They came to a neighboring town of Osseo and say a sign which read: "Speed limit, fifteen miles per hour." "Here, ma" said the deacon excited, "you take the lines and drive, and I'll use the whip. Maybe we can make it." Blackberry a Nuisance War on the blackberry has been declared in New Zealand. During the last few years this fruit has encroached upon nearly 100,000 acres of valuable dairying land, and thousands of pounds have been spent on vain efforts to defeat it. Insects have now been sent to New Zealand to eat up the blackberry. Fortunate Invention Since there are in our world so many delicate and divine sentiments hovering about, so many rich blossoms unfolding and bearing no seed, it is fortunate that poesy was invented to preserve all these inborn spirits and the fragrance of flowers in its haul.—Jean Paul Richter. Charter Oak Slips Slips from Charter oak, under which King John signed the charter giving English people parliamentary rights, and from the oak in Sherwood forest where Robin Hood administered the unbroken oath of allegiance, have grown to sturdy trees in Pleasanton, Calif. Protecting Autographs A rock, known as El Morro National monument, in New Mexico, has carved on it many old autographs and writings which are considered valuable. To protect these a suggestion to have them coated with waterproof paint was acted upon. Great British Hockey Club One of Britain's greatest hockey clubs was the Irish club, of Palmerston, which in six successive seasons lost only two matches of 180 played. THE BROAD AX, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, MARCH 5, 1927 Beards and Baptism The chief social events in human life in the days of Old England had naturally some curious superstititions and quaint customs associated with them. When children of different sexes were brought to the font at the same time the baby boy must always precede the girl, otherwise she was in danger of having a beard when she grew up, while the boy would have none. Valuable "Stone" Punice stone is the name given to a light spongy substance formed out of the froth-like part of lava thrown out by volcanic eruption. Its lightness is due to gases escaping from cavities and passages just as it is on the point of becoming solid. It occurs abundantly in the Leparl islands, the Auvergne mountains, Iceland and the Canary islands. French Penal Islands The island where French life prisoners are sent is Devils Island, off the coast of French Guiana, South America. Near Devils Island are the two small French, penal islands of Saints Joseph and Ile Royale, which were formerly known, with Devils Island, as "Iles du Diable," but which later received the name "Iles du Salut." Of Unknown Origin The question as to what country the Basques are from is still unsettled. There is no doubt as to the extreme antiquity of the Basque settlements on the Pyrenees. It is now pretty generally received that the Basque race is connected with the ancient Iberian or Celtiberian, and was dispersed over the districts named above, Let Plants Breathe Plants breathe through their leaves. They can not breathe if the pores are clogged with dust. Outside, the rains keep them clean. Indoors, they must be given a bath, once a week at least, with tepid water through a fine, gentle spray. Try this and see how your plants thrive. Eminent Domain Eminent domain is the right of a government to take private property for public uses provided just compensation is given to the owner. The government sometimes confers the right of eminent domain upon private companies engaged in callings essential to the public welfare. Prolific Fish A stungeon, during the fish's normal lifetime, will lay 7,000,000 eggs. How They Take Him When a man is beyond fifty he isn't so sure that the girls of the period are less circumspact than they were when he was twenty-five, but he does know that they look through him as if he were glass and as if they were thinking of something on a distant horizon.—Louisville Times. London's New Bridge Fourteen road bridges cross the Thames within the county of London. London bridge of the present was completed in 1831, the Tower bridge in 1894. Other great bridges are Southwinter, Blackfriars, Hungerford, Westminster, Waterloo, Lambeth, Vauxhall, Victoria Albert, Battersea, Wands- Earliest Speed Laws The first speed laws were enacted at Fredericksburg, Va., in 1787, according to an answered question in Liberty. The law stated that anyone galloped his horse on Main street, if a free man, should be fined, and if a slave, should be given 29 lashes at the public whipping post. How to Economize Revise the weather and save $500, 000,000 a year, say one university professor. Revise the alphabet and save $1,000,000 a year, say another uni- versity professor. But abolish them both and save the whole cost of living and learning.—New York Evening World. Crow Doesn't Need Gizzard Crow Doesn't Need Gizzard The biological survey says that a gizzard is the name given to the hardened stomach of gallinaceous birds. A crow, strictly speaking, does not have a gizzard, as this bird does not eat such hard food as do gallinaceous birds. Standards of Time Standard authorities refer to a fifth standard of time, known as "intercolonial," "colonial," "Atlantic," or provincial time, corresponding to the sixtieth meridian and one hour faster than eastern time. This fifth standard is used in New Brunswick and Nova Scotia. World's Use of Cork Cork, which is made from the bark of a tree, is grown chiefly in northern Africa. The total cost of cork in the year 1925 was $15,517,373. The cost of cork which was used for insulating purposes in the year 1925 was $5,844,705. The Silver Lining An optimist is a man who has lost all his teeth but two and is thankful that those two meet. Res. 5400 Washington Blvd. Branch Office: 606 Racine MILES J. ATTORNEY SUITE 318-320 B CLARK AND WA Telephone CENTRAL 1239 WEST ENGLEY AND SAVIL Cor. 63rd Street and JOHN BAIN, President Vice-President; EDWA President and Cashier; Assistant Cashier and T Washington Blvd. Res. Phone: B Office: 606 Racine Ave., Phone Monro MILES J. DEVINE ATTORNEY-AT-LAW SUITE 318-320 REAPER BLOCK CLARK AND WASHINGTON STS. ENTRAL 1239 AT ENGLEWOOD TR ND SAVINGS BAN d Street and Marshfield AIN, President; MICHAEL President; EDWARD C. BARR and Cashier; W. MERLE Cashier and Trust Officer. Res. 5400 Washington Blvd. Res. Phone: Mansfield 5436 Branch Office: 606 Racine Ave., Phone Monroe 2714 MILES J. DEVINE ATTORNEY-AT-LAW SUITE 318-320 REAPER BLOCK CLARK AND WASHINGTON STS. Telephone CENTRAL 1239 CHICAGO 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 Up-to-Date or Modern and Store 3101 COTTAGE Corner 31st S JAS. B. McCAHEY, President FRANK J. DUNN, Vice-President ESTABLISHED AGE F. HARDING REAL ESTATE Date or Modern Houses, Ap- and Stores to Rent COTTAGE GROVE Corner 31st Street, Chica- HEY, President IN, Vice-President PHILIP J. D. H. X. COMERFO ESTABLISHED 1877 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 Telephone Oakland 1550 1 Street Ants Aggressive Warriors Ants Aggressive Warriors Students of ant life say that the Amazon ants are the most aggressive of warriors, invading nests of other species of ants and compelling them to work for their conquerors and to rear their broods while the Amazons spend their time in fighting and primping. Each of the 900 school children in Scotch Plains, N. J., receives an ice cream cone once a year in accordance with the will of the late Dr. J. Ackerman, who left a sum of money, the interest of which is sufficient to continue this annual treat forever. Core of Baseball The core of the baseball used by both major leagues is composed of a spherical cork center surrounded by a black semi-vulcanized rubber over which is vulcanized a second layer of pure red rubber. "Avocation" and "Vocation" The definition of "avocation" is "a minor or irregular occupation, side interest, diversion." The word has been confused with "vocation," but does not have the sanction of good writers as a synonym for "vocation." NOTICE NOTICE NOTICE At the regular meeting of the stockholders of Binga State Bank, held January 3rd, 1927, the following amendments to the by-laws were authorized: That section 1 of the by-laws be amended to read "The Capital Stock shall be Three Hundred Thousand Dollars." That section 3 of the by-laws be amended to read "The corporate powers of this association shall be exercised by a board of Eleven Directors, etc."—C. N. Langston, Secretary.—Adv. 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 Res. Phone: Mansfield 5436 Ave., Phone Monroe 2714 DEVINE Y-AT-LAW LEAPER BLOCK WASHINGTON STS. CHICAGO WOOD TRUST INGS BANK Marshfield Avenue ; MICHAEL MAISEL, RD C. BARRY, Vice- W. MERLE FISHER, Trust Officer. HARDING, JR. 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