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SOCIETY NEWS PUBLISHED FREE Vol. XXXII. 1 [Name] One of the most eminent Irish-American fiery orator yers in the United States, who will at 3 o'clock afternoon lecture at St. Stephen's A. M. E. Chu West Side on the K. K. K.s and on the progress ored people in Chicago. most eminent Irish-American fiery orator the United States, who will at 3 o'clock lecture at St. Stephen's A. M. E. Chu on the K. K. K.s and on the progress le in Chicago. One of the most eminent Irish-American fiery orators and lawyers in the United States, who will at 3 o'clock on Sunday afternoon lecture at St. Stephen's A. M. E. Church on the West Side on the K. K. K.s and on the progress of the colored people in Chicago. BULLETIN No. 3—LEARN THE TRAFFIC LAWS AND OBEY THEM By Chief of Police Michael Hughes From April 24 to 30, 298 persons were injured and 14 were killed through automobile accidents. The total fatalities for the year on account of motor vehicle accidents up to April 30, 235 killed and 4,218 injured. This is an alarming increase over the figures for the corresponding period last year when 201 were killed and 3,547 were injured. The biggest contributing factor to this wholesale murder of human beings is the reckless speeder. No business justifies driving a vehicle at a rate of speed greater than is reasonable and proper. Traffic signals must be obeyed by the pedestrian. If there are no signals use common sense. Never figure that the driver of a vehicle is going to stop to let you pass. Be sure of it, or wait until he passes. Never pass behind a vehicle without a clear view of traffic approaching from the opposite direction. Always cross the street at the nearest corner. The middle of the block is always an invitation for an accident. Always play safe. The other fellow may not. Help the Police Department to cut down the appalling number of deaths and injuries by motor vehicles. Hon. James Hamilton Lewis has removed his extensive law offices from the Burnham building, 160 N. La Salle street, to 112 W. Adams street, Suite 820. Don't speed. Better to lose a few seconds than to lose one's life, or to take another's life. Remember, there is nothing as precious as human life. On stormy and rainy days motorists and pedestrians alike must be particularly careful. ```markdown ``` ```markdown ``` HON. ARTHUR C. LUEDER The best and the most popular Postmaster that ever had. He was the Republican candidate Chicago in 1923, and the Hon. Louis B. Oscar De Priest, Mr. Daniel M. Jackson and followers ran out from under him and fell in William E. Dever, Democratic candidate for cago. Hon. Robert R. Jackson manfully Lueder to the end. In the most popular Postmaster that C. He was the Republican candidate for in 1923, and the Hon. Louis B. And Priest, Mr. Daniel M. Jackson and man out from under him and fell in line. Dever, Democratic candidate for Man. Robert R. Jackson manfully stood the end. The best and the most popular Postmaster that Chicago has ever had. He was the Republican candidate for Mayor of Chicago in 1923, and the Hon. Louis B. Anderson, Mr. Oscar De Priest, Mr. Daniel M. Jackson and many of their followers ran out from under him and fell in line with Hon. William E. Dever, Democratic candidate for Mayor of Chicago. Hon. Robert R. Jackson manfully stood by Mr. Lueder to the end. Vol. XXXII. THE BROAD AX [Name] American fiery orators and law- who will at 3 o'clock on Sunday phen's A. M. E. Church on the and on the progress of the col- Traffic signals must be obeyed by the pedestrian. If there are no sign- als use common sense. Never figure that the driver of a vehicle is going to stop to let you pass. Be sure of it, or wait until he passes. Never pass behind a vehicle without a clear view of traffic approaching from the opposite direction. Always cross the street at the nearest corner. The middle of the block is always an invitation for an accident. Always play safe. The other fellow may not. Help the Police Department to cut down the appalling number of deaths and injuries by motor vehicles. Hon. James Hamilton Lewis has rem- oved his extensive law offices from the Burnham building, 160 N. La Salle street, to 112 W. Adams street, Suite 820. Rev. and Mrs. W. D. Cook have removed from their old home, 4732 Evans avenue, to 4108 South Parkway, where they will be right up close by the side of the great Metropolitan Church and Community Center. 1910 Mr. Postmaster that Chicago has publican candidate for Mayor of Hon. Louis B. Anderson, Mr. M. Jackson and many of their him and fell in line with Hon. tic candidate for Mayor of Chickson manfully stood by Mr. 5 CENTS PER COPY Th in the cal Int Da Pr That tribu One With Polit At T Colo ple A Posit Mr. C $5,000 the C Deve 10 The Passing of Hon. William E. Dever in the Political World. It Will Be Recalled that When He Was Inducted Into Office Four Years Ago, that Mr. Daniel M. Jackson, and Several Other Prominent Colored Men, Sat on the Platform Right by His Side That Hon. Louis B. Anderson Was Selected as the Sole Distributor of All the Patronage in the Second Ward; That No One Could Secure Permits to Transact Business in That Ward Without His O. K.; That in Time He Constructed a Strong Political Machine and Hotfooted Mayor Dever Out of Office. At That Same Time Mr. Oscar De Priest and Several Other Colored Gentlemen Were Put in Charge of the Colored People All Over Chicago and No Colored Person Could Secure a Position Without Their O. K. Mr. Oscar De Priest States That at That Time He Eased $5,000 to Alderman Louis B. Anderson, Who Was to Advise the Colored People to Vote for and Support Hon. William E. Dever, Democrat, for Mayor of Chicago and to Work Against Hon. Arthur C. Lueder, Republican. Now that the smoke of the recent hard fought political battle for mayor of this great city has all cleared away and the big white Republican and Democratic politicians after branding each other as grand rascals, thieves, bold faced liars and ex-jail birds, have all curled down again in the same big Democratic and Republican political bed until the next election, at which time they will spring forth to boss the people or the voters, cussing them up one side and down the other, telling them where to get off at. It may not be out of place in our most humble way to point out to Hon. William E. Dever, some of the things which greatly assisted to contribute to his inglorious defeat in his gallant race for re-election as mayor of Chicago as far as the vast majority of the colored people were concerned. It will be recalled that prior to that election that Mr. Oscar DePriest, who was the head and front of the movement, to induce or force the colored people to desert the Republican party and Hon. Arthur C. Lueder who has easily proven himself to be the best and the most popular postmaster that Chicago has ever had, and march on to victory under the banner of Democracy, Mr. DePriest was assisted in his uplift work at that time by Hon. Louis B. Anderson, one loud-mouthed, long-winded little dark-faced Bible pounder, and it was understood that they should or would hold Democratic meetings in all the colored churches around town, that Mr. DePriest would dig up a whole barrel of money in that direction, and it has been said a thousand times in the past that Hon. Louis B. Anderson was horsing so strong for money that Mr. DePriest flashed up $5,000 in cold cash for him and that Hon. Louis B. Anderson, like a wise, old, 24 YEARS LOPPED OFF 99 IN PRISON, BUT 10 ARE ADDED Oliver Dixon, 19-year-old colored youth, was found guilty of rape several weeks ago in Judge Philip L. Sullivan's court for attacking a married woman, owner of a south side millinery and his punishment was fixed at 99 years in the penitentiary. He was granted a new trial, and last Saturday a jury in Chief Justice William J. Lindsay's court found found him guilty, but fixed his punishment at 75 years instead of 99 years. To make up for the lost 24 years Assistant State's Attorney Harold Levy and Emmet Byrne put Dixon on trial for robbing an Atlantic and Pacific Tea store. Dixon pleaded guilty to this charge THE BROAD AX, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, MAY 7, 1927 smooth bird simply walked around among the colored people in his ward and advised them to vote the Democratic ticket that Judge Dever, the Democrat would treat them much better than Hon. Arthur C. Lueder, the Republican. It will be further recalled that on the night that the mayor was inducted into office that Mr. Daniel M. Jackson sat right by the side of Mayor Dever on the platform; that many other big colored Demo-Republicans were in evidence and they completely took charge of Mayor Dever and his Hon. the mayor let the world know that Mr. Oscar DePriest and a nameless little dark faced colored preacher would control or boss over all the jobs which would fall into the laps of colored people, from the hands of Mayor Dever, except the second and third wards would be controlled absolutely by Hons. Louis B. Anderson and Robert R. Jackson; that Mr. Daniel M. Jackson would be able to take or hook his out in another direction. For some years prior to that time Mayor Dever had quite a few friends among the colored people residing in all parts of this city and county who always voted for him for alderman of the old 17th ward and for judge of the Superior Court of Cook County. But seemingly just as soon as he fell under the blighting spell of Hon. Louis B. Anderson, Mr. Oscar DePriest and the nameless little dark faced political jumping jack, Mayor Dever turned his back on his old time colored friends and very few of them were ever permitted to enter his inner rooms at any time, and there were no positions nor favors for them and if they desired to secure their dog from the pound they were forced to secure an O. K. from the newly found colored friends of Mayor Dever. and a sentence of 10 years to life was added to the one for rape. Mr. Dixon got in mighty bad with the law—Editor. ELEVEN FAMILIES FLEE TENEMENT FIRE (Preston News Service) Newark, N. J., May. —Eleven families were driven to the street early last night by fire of undetermined origin in the four-story brick tenement at 208 Prince street. Damage was estimated at $3,500. The fire originated in an apartment on the fourth floor occupied by Philip Noodles and family. Noodles suffered slight burns on the right leg. After treatment at Beth It was true that the Hon. Louis B. Anderson was loaded down with all kinds of permits and he freely secured many of them for some of the worst and dead tough persons residing in the notorious second ward. In some of the joints no one's life is worth ten cents if they permitted themselves to enter the place and flashed up a large roll of money. No one can seriously contend that Mayor Dever was conferring any high honors on the Hon. Louis B. Anderson and on the colored race in Chicago by permitting him to issue permits to both white and colored people to conduct the worst and most disgraceful dives existing anywhere in the city of Chicago. Notwithstanding the fact that Mayor Dever made it possible for the Hon. Louis B. Anderson to make many thousands of dollars per year by securing a firm or deadly grip on the second ward in the way of absolutely controlling all of its patronage and so on which made him lord and master over its citizens and a new colored king to be reckoned with at every bend in the road; that the Hon. Louis B. Anderson placed all of his shouters, retainers and those belonging to the bread and butter brigade in good paying positions, and they assisted him to build up a powerful political machine which enabled him to cause Mayor Dever to hot foot it out of the second ward. It may not be out of place to state right here that Mr. Daniel M. Jackson, Mr. Oscar DePriest, and the other colored politicians who set themselves up as the bosses of Mayor Dever all coldly deserted Mayor Dever and left him hanging high and dry just as soon as Hon. William Hale Thompson entered the race for Mayor of Chicago. Israel Hospital, he went to the home of neighbors. CANTRELLS ENTERTAIN Mr. and Mrs. Lee T. Cantrell, 6948 Euclid avenue, entertained at their home on last Wednesday evening a number of their friends with a kitchen party. The hostess was presented with a "Wearever" aluminum dish and a most enjoyable evening was spent by all present. Miss Helen Griffin was elected captain of St. Monica's Basketball team. She and her teammates anticipate many accomplishments in the coming months. X [Name not visible] HON. LOUIS B. ANDERSON Member of the City Council from the Second W sided over that body when it passed the in meter grab, who showed his ungratefulness t after he had made thousands of dollars i after he had become the absolute iron boss Ward. The City Council from the Second W that body when it passed the in b, who showed his ungratefulness th had made thousands of dollars i had become the absolute iron boss Member of the City Council from the Second Ward, who presided over that body when it passed the infamous water meter grab, who showed his ungratefulness to Mayor Dever after he had made thousands of dollars in easy money after he had become the absolute iron boss of the Second Ward. AFRICA BIRTHPLACE OF MAN SAYS AFRICAN SCIENTIST New York-Africa is given as the scene where mankind originated, in a report by Alonzo W. Pond, director of the Logan African Expedition of Beloit College, of which a resume is published in the New York Times and relayed by the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. The expedition, according to Mr. Pond, found the skeleton of a human child dating back to 60,000 B. C., in Algeria, Northern Africa, and also remains of long extinct animals such as a giant ox measuring 52 inches between the tips of the horns. Mr. Pond believes that prehistoric man pop- ```markdown ``` . [Name not visible] MR. OSCAR DE PRIEST The leading colored politician in the vast majority of the co Arthur C. Lueder, the R and to loyally support Ho for Mayor of Chicago. colored politician in Chicago, who is majority of the colored people to vote. Lueder, the Republican candidate, vally support Hon. William E. Deefer of Chicago. The leading colored politician in Chicago, who in 1923 induced the vast majority of the colored people to vote against Hon. Arthur C. Lueder, the Republican candidate for Mayor and to loyally support Hon. William E. Dever, Democrat, for Mayor of Chicago. SUBSCRIBE FOR THE BROAD AX No. 3 civil from the Second Ward, who pre- when it passed the infamous water- he ungratefulness to Mayor Dever thousands of dollars in easy money the absolute iron boss of the Second MAN EST was the in a vector of Be- is pubs and association and Peo- so Mr. human C., in also re- such as be- Pond pop- ulated Africa and then migrated to Europe across the land which once joined the two continents of Europe and Africa before the Mediterranean Sea sepaired Gibraltar and Italy from North Africa. Col. Noah D. Thompson has removed his office in New York City, from 127 E. 23rd street, to 17 Madison avenue, that same city, where he will be highly delighted to meet his old Chicago friends. Mrs. E. Swan of 5620 Grove avenue, the well known community and social worker, is keeping herself quite busy with her flock of boys and girls preparing them for a juvenile entertainment to be rendered at St. Elizabeth in the near future. [Name] ician in Chicago, who in 1923 induced the colored people to vote against Hon. the Republican candidate for Mayor. t Hon. William E. Dever, Democrat. ——— eee c F sd = 2 ; 7 A> fee F : oo ga nae: a fee ee i eee fay es. HON. HARRY S. NEW The up-to-date Postmaster General of the United States, who has issued an order, which goes into effect May 10, barring the use of the mails for the transportation of all one-hand guns. That is the best move that could be made by the Postmaster General, and let us hope that it will lessen the the sale of firearms in all parts of this country. SS THE NEGRO IN THE RECON- “CHICAGO'S HEALTH” STRUCTION OF VIRGINIA — Ss Weekly Bulletin, Chicago Department By Alrutheus Ambush Taylor, A.M., of Health Author of The Negro in South — Carolina During the Recon- MOTHER'S HEALTH IS BABY’S ‘haction WEALTH One of the latest and most exhaus- tive literary productions by Alrutheu: Ambush Taylor, A.M., which has ap- peared in this country for some time, is a highly interesting book, entitled “The Negro in the Reconstruction o Virginia.” Mr. Taylor is also the au- thor of “The Negro in South Carolina During the Reconstruction.” ‘The book is chock full of valuable and historical information and the au- thor clearly sets forth the fact that prior to, during and immediately fol- lowing the war of the rebellion the aristocratic whites of Virginia and the upper crusts or the well-to-do colored people freely mingled together on terms of social equality; that white gentlemen frequently married colored ladies and colored men married white ladies and there was no mobbing ot lynching on the part of anyone; that that state of social affairs peacefully existed until after the adoption of the new constitution of Virginia in 1865.” “The author has given a vivid pic- ture of all forces at work in the state— the religious, social and economic as well as the political. There were mis- sionaries proselyting the freedmen, teachers enlightening them, specula- tors defrauding them, and, of course, politicians corrupting them. “In the end, the unreconstructed na- tive whites regained control and elim- inated the white and Negro office hold ers whom they never would have ac- cepted as satisfactory even if there had not been any shortcomings in the administration of the affairs of the state.” ‘This highly interesting book should find its way into the homes of the bet- ter class and thinking colored people in all parts of this country. It con- sists of 300 pages, printed in bold- faced type on Aberdeen book paper, which makes it very easy to read. It is bound in heavy blue cloth binding It is published by the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History, 1538 Ninth street, N. W., Washington, D. C, and it will be sent to any ad- dress in the United States. Price $2.5. _ BUILDING ASSOCIATION MAKES REPORT ‘The Pyramid Building & Loan As- sociation, the largest corporation of its kind in the state conducted by mem- bers of the Race, has held its afintal meeting and its annual report shows more than $56,000 worth of business transacted during the year. The of. ficers elected for the year of 1927 and 1928 are Anderson H. Richey, presi ‘dent; M. T. Bailey, vice-president Jas. A. Parker, secretary; Anthony ‘Overton, treasurer; S. A. T. Watkins attorney. 2 “CHICAGO'S HEALTH” Weekly Bulletin, Chicago Department of Health MOTHER'S HEALTH IS BABY’S ; WEALTH By Herman N. Bundesen, M. D., Commissioner | “Chicago now has the lowest baby death rate in her history, but even so too many babies are dying. “About one-half of the babies that die in Chicago are under one month old. “This gives us the key to our campaign for further saving babies lives,” says Dr. Herman N. Bundesen, commissioner of health, in a bulletin on “Babies’ and Mothers’ Health.” “To save the very young babies it is necessary to took after the mother’s health before the child is born,” con tinues the Commissioner. “To help do this a new booklet en- titled “Before the Baby Comes’ ha: been prepared by the Health Depart: ment. Tt contains much useful in formation on safeguarding the health ‘of expectant mothers. It will be sent free of charge to those who apply for it. “In 1925 Chicago had Drought the baby death rate down to 74.7 deaths per 1,000 births. “In 1926 the rate was 66.6 deaths per 1,000 births. This is the lowest baby death rate of any city in the country. “We must not stop with this record, however,” says Dr. Bundesen, “but must continue our efforts and direct attention especially to saving those un- der one month ol age.” FLOGGED CONVICT DIES; < STATE INVESTIGATES (Preston News Service) Winston-Salem, N. C., May 5—In- vestigation is being conducted here into the alleged whipping of Colonel Jones, convict, who died April 20, in Forsyth county convict camp No. 3 L. G. Whitley, representing the State Department of Charities and Public Welfare, who is said to have been sent here by*the State commis- sioner, Mrs. Kate Burr Johnson, to conduct the investigation, declined to make a statement. Jones was convicted in municipal court here Tuesday, April 19, on 2 charge of assault with deadly weapon and was sentenced to serve 18 months ‘on the roads. He was taken to the camp on the same day. A whipping jwas administered, it is said, when he refused to take a bath. Jones died ‘the following morning. Mrs. Helen Lillie, 5924 Lafayette avenue, is rapidly convalescing from ‘Mrs. Donna Emery, 5640 Wabash avenue, will soon be fully recovered from the serious accident she under- went while in Findlay, Ohio. ‘THE. BROAD AX, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, MAY 7, 1927 ry Se SA EE ——— fF s \ ~ | i \ Be iP ie \ Fass a te ay ier ce © Pat tame | | te Ce f 7a @ i = oe Ae a Mu - he eee [ee Saree Fe ree a a pert a eg Ba SS | ees ay, eS gt) eae eels Se ee a See 3 5? : pe ee ais 6 nein 3 ee ee a BF oe Oe eo ae | sige are SE AcE eos pan ‘es ee EGE bias mg Brae een oar eee Bee CR a ee The following picture has become famous in Chicago. It represents the swearing in of Col. N. K. McGill, late of Jacksonville, Fla., as Assistant State’s Attorney of Cook County. The figures in the picture follow: Hon. Louis B. Anderson, head boss of the Second Ward; Hon. Edw. H. Wright, member of the Illinois Commerce Commis- sion; Col. N. K. McGill, Mr. Lawrence Cuneo, Col. Robert R. S. Abbott, head of the greatest newspaper in the world; Hon. Robert E. Crowe, the little fighting State’s Attorney of Cook County. . | MOTHER'S DAY By Charles Stewart Tomorrow, men, women and chil- dren, representing every creed, in tprayer and song, will pay tribute to the unmeasured jewels of the earth- mother. The fundamental construc- tion of all government rests upon the careful guidance of mother. It re- mains a fact that mankind has yet failed to fully realize that the power in all of the walks of life has rested upon the teachings and the watchful guidance of mother. In each of the past twelve months the age of maturity has reached thow- sands of men and women and standing back of the window curtain there is mother picturing the outer life of the day's doings of those who have be- come a part of the business, profes- sional and other walks of life and won- dering if their cherished hope had been fully realized up until that time. ‘The men and women of today have lost the old-fashioned regard for the maker of the home. It is necessary ‘today to turn back to the time that has passed when the word Mother and her teachings were as sacred as when we bow at night on bended knee to thank the Creator for having given us life, strength and the hope of a bet- ter tomorrow. The responsibjlity backed by the reliability of each of the citizens of all time to come paints'a more beautiful picture than could be chiseled out in stone or marble or painted upon the canvass left as a memento of an un- described background that tells the thinking qualities of mothe. It is nec- essary for the mother of today to give closer application to building the fundamental principles of a home that a higher constructive citizenship may be deeply inculcated in the mind for a successful life's career. When associates and supposed friends, by misguided ideas, bring trouble and disgrace to their families. no more solemn a word has yet been constructed in prayer for aid and in- spiration to give strength to relieve the faulty boy or girl as when mother appeals to the Almighty to give the fallen one a chance and make pos- sible for them the picture of life's hope which they had drawn from the time of their incipiency, therefore it is nec- essary that the boys and girls of today should pause when thoughts of disre- gard are about to be uttered against their mothers. It might not come im- mediately but in the tomorrow of sor- row no boy or girl who fails to feel ingly remember that they would not have been a part of this human con- structed trust if not pain and sorrow given to their being by mother which gives them existence. It behooves each of you to think and think well when you disregard the teachings and personal requests of 2 faithful mother who has shed tears of blood in the closed vaults of her inner ‘soul when in anger you fail to realize that your being today was of their pain? When this day shall have closed its memory in history and then a new unmarked curtain of the beginning o| the next twelve months, be not un- mindful that each hour and each day, success or failure in any walk of life, no greater soulful comfort comes thar from the words of your earthly cre- ator, Mother. It is to be hoped that each one of you will in prayer and in solemn hon. orable honest pledge to God and Mother that you will give more com- fort to theni that the world may know from them in the closing hours of their lives that you have done your part. HON. SAMUEL A. ETTELSON, CHICAGO'S GREATEST COR- PORATION COUNSEL, GATH- ERS IN FOUR NEW ASSIST- ANTS The first of this week Hon. Samue ‘A. Ettelson, corporation counsel of Chicago, selected four new assistants to aid him in connection? with litigation ‘of Chicago. His new assistants follow: Hon Benard P. Barasa, Hon. Joseph P. ‘Savage, Hon, Thomas Marshall, Hon Homer K. Galpin. They are all top notchers in the ranks of the Repub: ican party. Judge Barasa was immediately as- signed to handle the suit against the Chicago, North Shore & Milwaukee Railroad, now before the Supreme Court. The city is attempting to com- pel the road to secure a franchise be fore operating over the tracks of the elevated lines and won a verdict in the lower courts. Assistant Savage is to handle mat ters pertaining to the river straighten- ing and railways, while Mr. Marshall is to devote his time to traction litiga- tion, No assignment has yet been made for Special Assistant Galpin. Corporation Counsel Ettelson dis played rare wisdom in pulling in suck able assistants. LIFE FOR STEALING 85 CENTS AND ROAST PORK SANDWICH (Preston News Service) Oakland, Cal, May 4—Walter J. Hunter was sentenced Tuesday to life imprisonment for stealing 85 cents and a roast pork sandwich. The severe sentence’ was the result of three previous prison terms served by Hunter. ON ANNUAL VISIT es Mrs. Eliza Jackson, state grand queen of Illinois and jurisdiction of A. U. K. & D. of A., is on her annual visit to southern Illinois and East St. Louis. While away, Mrs. Jackson will visit St. Louis, Mo., headquarters of the organization, and confer with of- ficials there concerning the coming of the 20th annual session to be held at Toledo, Ohio. RETURNS FROM SOUTH Squire T. Lambert, 3539 La Salle street, has just returned to the city from a few days stay in Jackson, Clarksdale and other points in Missis- sippi, where he visited relatives and friends after an absenice of ten years. Mr. Lambert was able to look over the flood districts, PUSH DEVELOPMENTS M. T. Bailey, president of The Bailey Realty Co., 3638 S. State street, together with other representatives, are pushing the development of Mor- gan Park, the beautiful suburb of the city, where thousands of members of the Race are purchasing future homes. Speaking of the colored workers un- der the Fairfield County, Conn., Board ‘of County Commissioners, a high “Nutmeg” official recently said: “Their work first-class.” HEALTH COLUMN From the Chicago Tuberculosis Tn- stitute, 360 North Michigan Boule- vard, Christmas Seal Organization, comes the following: In the merry month of May, when Health Week, Child Health Day, Baby Week, and all such matters are to the fore, it may be interesting to note these little items from all over the world quoted from a bulletin of the United States Bureau of Educa- tion: “According to The Nation’s Health, the teachers in ten school systems of Idaho were asked to select the three or four best and the three or four poorest students in grades one to eight. There was a total of 387 pupils in the first and 36f in the second group. These students were then given a physical examination. Those who did poorest in their studies were found to have a much higher percen- tage (29-per cent) of defects and a larger percentage of serious defects especially of speech and hearing.” “E.G. Habakkuk in a study of 4,000 elementary school children in Barry, South Wales, found that in general the best children mentally are the best physically. He concludes that mentality and physique are controlled by a common factor and suggests that this factor is what is known as nutri- tion.” “In London the medical inspector is expected to examine 25 pupils per ses- sion or 50 per day. The children are stripped to the waist.” “The American Federation of Or- ganizations for the Hard-of-Hearing is making a thorough study as to best methods of testing the hearing of school children and of teaching those who are found to be sufficiently defec- tive to need special help. They state that by conservative estimate, 14.4 per cent of school children have defective hearing.” “A survey of the posture of school children in Boston has been under- taken this year under the direction of some of the orthopedic surgeons of that city.” “An account of the ‘Organization of the Health Program of Cornell Uni- versity’ is given by Dr. D. F. Smiley in the United States Public Health Reports for November 19, 1926. Dr. Smiley says that ‘even at this early date the results of the health educa- tional programs in public schools are becoming apparent.’ For the last three years each entering class at Cornell ‘University Has shown progressively fewer physical defects and faulty health habits than the preceding class.” : aoe “In the summer ‘round up’ of pre- school children in 1926, more than 50,- 000 were examined and treated for physical defects.” “The Sportsmanship Brotherhood code has been revised to read: ‘The Code of Sportsmanship Keep the rules. Keep faith with your comrade. Keep your temper. Keep yourself fit. Keep a stout heart in defeat. Keep your pride under in victory. Keep a sound soul, a clean mind and a healthy body. Play the game.” ; Ss ee : SS . a2 a. ae “| ay . as = i ij : : A’ 3 ; ; 3 ao, So i ss C Pate oak Some Be» 7 HON. GOTTHARD A. DAHLBERG Ex-Speaker of the Illinois Legislature, Ex-Assistant Corpora. tion Counsel of Chicago, who was recently appointed as Assistant Corporation Counsel by Hon. William Hale ‘Thommen Macces | THIS WEEK | By Ernest Rice McKinney 4 (For Preston News Service) I Do My Own Thinking Occasionally someone writes to me oF to the manager of the Preston News Service, objecting to some of my per- sonal opinions expressed inthis column. These objectors seem to for- get that all that I say here is simply and only my persopal views on the matters discussed. I don't claim that these views are correct. I don’t claim that they are the result of any deep and brilliant thinking. I don't care whether or not anyone accepts my views. I grant to every man the same rights and privileges that I demand for myself, I sit off to myself and look at things and then write what I think about them. It is of no importance to me, if it be true, that nobody thinks as I do. The only time that I get worried is when I find myself failing to do my own thinking. And that’s ray i - nS 5 ee: Held opinion is one of the besetting sins of this grand and glorious repub- lic. Only about.one in every thousand Americans has any opinions that he can truthfully call his own. His think- ing is usually done for him by some shyster who can only think along shyster Jines, Should some big cap- italist, who has endowed a few univer- sities, hospitals, and old ladies’ homes, arise and proclaim that flies have no relationship to the spread of typhoid fever there are thousands of out yokelry who would accept this as truth, and all the medical men in the land could not prevail against it. Let a politician yell that our school his- tories are impregnated with pro-Brit- ish propaganda and he will at once be elected to the high office of mayor, grand wizard, bishop or dog catcher- in-chief. Let any preacher—as_ he launches into the third (collection) sermon of the morning—begin to moan and yelp and describe the beau- ties of a heaven that he knows noth- ing about, and he'll get enough wash- tub and pickhandle money to carry the flivver on the week's rounds of pas- toral calls and free meals. Smoking Lucky. Strikes There are those who say that ad. vertising is the bunk. This isn’t true but it is true of the recent advertising of Lucky Strike cigarettes. I fee! free to talk about “Luckys” because I smoke them myself. They are made of good tobacto and they are mild They don’t cost much. But I doubt very seriously that “they are kind to my throat.” This is what the testi monial advertising says which the makers are now running. The series started off with Shumann-Heink. But this lady, for some reason, came back with a statement that she had not authorized the manufacturers to put such words into her mouth. Then came Nazimova and a few more high lights and celebrities. To all-of their throats Lucky Strikes are “kind.” have. never noticed any harm that has been done my throat but I certainly cannot say that cigarettes are kind, Perhaps I have a throat suitable only for Five Brothers or Ball Durham. And too, I have never been sufficiently pre- vailed upon to say that “I's Toasted” is “kind to my throat.” Pretty soon this expression will be as famous as “Ponds' Two Creams.” Then why do I smoke cigarettes if they do me no good, you say? Be- cause aside from writing this column and “cussin” a little when it is abso- lutely necessary, smoking cigarettes is my worst habit. I won't quit for fear that I will take up something far worse; drinking bootleg liquor for in- stance. Also I might be tempted to become a politician, a race leader or a reformer of some stripe. Therefore, in order to save my soul from perdi- tion I stick to my fags. ese Flood Victims I hope that the Red Cross will be impartial in the distribution of funds in the flooded regions of the south. T hope that Negroes will be cared for the same as the whites. I don't feel so very optimistic. Such calamities as this usually hit Negroes harder than anyone else. As a rule they are the group found in the bottoms. It is a terrible thing to be poor and yet have even the little that you have destroyed These periodic outbursts of the Mis- sissippi—it seems to me—can be avoided if some of the public money spent foolishly for such things as con- ‘gressional funerals and _ battleships were used on the banks of the Missis- sippi. FACTS APOUT THE TELEPHONE About 3,800,000 telephone calls are made daily in the city of Chicago Over 60 per cent of the toll and long distance telephone calls in the United States are handled through cables. ‘There are over a million and a half telephones in use in the City of New York; London has a little over one- third as many. Eight cents out of every dollar col- lected by the telephone companies ‘goes into public treasuries in payment of Federal, State and local taxes. About one-third of the world’s rail road mileage and three-fifths of the world’s telephone wire mileage are in the United States of America. ‘The total number of telephones in ‘Canada on January 1, 1926, was 1,144- 095, representing a development of 122 stations per 100 population. HAS SUCCESSFUL ENTERTAINMENT The First Regiment Band of Illinois of A. U.K. & D. of A, held a suc- cessful entertainment last Saturday jevening at The Catholic Men's Club, 41st and Michigan avenue, at which time many hundreds of their friends crowded into the building to assist them in their first entertainment. Have yqu heard Blake and Sissle on the Vitaphone? They are now appear- ing upon the leading circuits of New Week Pianaeitanis” ind Ohio. M. A. B. Ex-Assistant State's Attorney of Cook Co ranks with the best lawyers in this city high esteem by the leading colored and Chicago. EX-Assistant State's Attorney of Cook County, who easily ranks with the best lawyers in this city. He is held in high esteem by the leading colored and white citizens in Chicago. "Have you given him anything or done anything to relieve him?" asked the young doctor, who had fared into the backwoods to see a patient In the dead of a stormy night. "Well, no, doc—that is to say, nothin' to speak of," said the wife of the patient. "I had him soak his feet in almost b'illn' water with a lot of mustard in it, an' I clapped a red-hot plaster on his back, an' another one on his chist, an' I've put a couple of blisters I had in the house under his arms, an' a bag a bag' cracked ice to the back of his neck, an' had him drink a pint o' ginger tea with a dash o' rum in it jes as hot as he could swaller it, an' I followed that with some yard bitters one o' the neighbors sent over, an' I had him take five or six pills out of a box I got one day of a man that come along with med'cine to sell, an' he's had three or four spoons o' Qnackum's pain-killer an' one o' these sidelitz powders, but I didn't feel like as if I ort to give much o' anything, or try to do much for him until you come an' see what you think alled him. Then I reckoned we could go at him and really give him somethin' o' do somethin' fer him—Forbes Magazine. Lesson in Famous Painting Briefly, the explanation of the famous painting called "The Huguenot" is as follows: By order of the Duc de Gulse, issued before St. Bartolomew's day, "all good Catholics" were enjoined to wear a white scarf as a distinguishing badge. The young woman pleads with her lover as she strives to fasten the symbolic white scarf. The lover will die in the morning. As one writer suggests, the picture is reminiscent of the famous line, "I could not love thee, dear, so much, loved I not honor more." What Shape Face? If your profile is concave, says Popular Science Monthly, you are likely to be a slow but determined thinker. If it is convex, sloping either way from the tip of the nose, your thinking is apt to be quick, but indecisive, If a line drawn from the forehead to the chin indicates a plane profile, you are both quick and steady. You combine the best qualities of the other two. Little Absolute Rest According to a scientist, the average amount of absolute rest during a night's sleep is only eleven and a half minutes, there being muscular or mental action during the remainder of the time. Standardization The manufacturing of System was one of among the outstandingization and quantity productive characteristics of America. Quantity production for tem makes it possible to telephone equipment be workmanship, at a lower than could otherwise be advantage of uniform man specifications, lies in the i.e. Every transmitter in work in harmony with o land and to co-ordinate equipment and lines behind efficiency for they are designed that purpose. Standardized but of operating methods, it would be possible ade need of a nation-wide, u ```markdown ``` Standardization in Service THE manufacturing of equipment for the Bell System was one of the earliest, and is now among the outstanding examples of the standardization and quantity production which are distinctive characteristics of American industry. Quantity production for the nation-wide Bell System makes it possible to put into every item of telephone equipment better material and better workmanship, at a lower cost to the telephone user, than could otherwise be done. But the dominant advantage of uniform manufacturing, under standard specifications, lies in the improvement of the service. Every transmitter in the System is designed to work in harmony with every receiver all over the land and to co-ordinate with all the complicated equipment and lines behind. All can function at full efficiency for they are designed and manufactured for that purpose. Standardization, not only of equipment but of operating methods, is the only basis upon which it would be possible adequately to meet America's need of a nation-wide, universal telephone service. ILLINOIS BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY BELL SYSTEM One Policy • One System • Universal Service --- Merely Got Patient BEST BUILT BELL 1872 1872 Archibald's Premise Little Archibald is of an inquiring nature. When he comes across anything he does not understand he is seldom slow in asking for information. So when he was told to entertain a visitor for ten minutes, he came straight to the point that had interested him from the moment the man had removed his hat. "Mr. Jones," he asked, "why is it you've got no hair on your head?" "Well," was the reply, "I work so hard with my head that my hair doesn't get a chance to grow; my brains are too busy." "Oh," said Archibald, light dawning upon him, "so that's why mother doesn't grow a mustache." Icicles Centuries Old Festooned with glistening lecicles that are believed to have formed 150,000 years ago, when all northern Europe and Russia were enveloped in ice, a cave 26 miles long has been found in the Ural mountains. It abounds with grottoes of extraordinary beauty; the roof is a mass of snow crystals that reflect the colors of the rainbow, and there are wide corridors, at the bottom of which a subterranean river probably flowed many years ago, says Popular Mechanics Magazine. About a mile from the entrance to the cavern is a small lake, near which were found several objects dating from the time of the Persian king Cyrus, and military fortifications probably built during the Fourteenth century were unearthed near by. Old Songs Seem Crude The nearer we get to songs in the making the cruder they are. Very often they are not only incongruous but seem humorous, when they were not intended to be so. Sometimes they seem callous, treating of death with what appears to be an utter disregard of fitting solemnity or tenderness. In most cases this is quite unintended. The humble author intending to express the proper sentiment uses materials with which he is familiar, often parts of several other songs. Or he wishes to use a certain refrain and this refrain carries over into his mind certain associations. What he does he does in good faith, and if his product is not up to our standards it is not because of intent but because of the crudeness of his attempt.—R. W. Gordon, in Adventure Magazine. Philosophy of Hi Ho "There are too many languages," said Hi Ho, the sage of Chinatown. "There would be fewer fights if everybody understood precisely what everybody else was trying to explain."—Washington Star. THE BROAD AX, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, MAY 7, 1927 COLORFUL NEWS MOVIES By THE CAMERAMAN 1. Industry vs. Agriculture 2. American Sense of Justice 3. Ante-Bellum Stuff 4. "S. S." - Slave-Stealer 5. Colorgrams Industry vs. Agriculture That there is a growing trend in many of the important industrial centers of the north and middle west to force the Negro migrant back into the agricultural fields which he has deserted for the factory, cannot be denied. This pernicious influence, frequently exerted by unscrupulous employers, who still seek cheap foreign labor in detriment to American workers, was recently reflected by a northern chamber of commerce, which quietly "roundrobined" employers not to hire Negro labor, but to offer each applicant Negro migrant a free railroad ticket back to the farm. The Negro farm deserter, who has turned his back upon the unprofitable hand-to-mouth agricultural life which he has been leading for many a decade in county after county in the Southland, is by no means the only agricultural deserter. Compatriots, too, are fleeing the soil to enter motor works and steel mills. The Negro farmer, however, has had twice as many reasons to seek a change as has the white farmer. Denied farm credit, harassed by mortgage-holders, being victimized by profiteers and facing uneven economic competition by reason of educational, marketing, and other gross discriminations, the Negro farmer has long since been facing the devil on one side and the deep blue sea on the other. It is no wonder that he has felt the urge to lay down the shovel and the hoe to seek the pick and the wrench of the fiery furnace of industry at a wage which would insure him against gambling for bread and meat and rent money. What is the wonderment of the age, however, is the fact that not a few of the white industrial giants, who ought to be glad to be able to hire simon-pure American labor, have first sought to turn the cold shoulder to the Negro workers. If they really wish to force the Negro out of industry and back to the farm, in favor of Mexicans, Canadians, and "hunkies," they ought to take first-aid steps to capitalize Negro farm life, just as they have capitalized southern industrial life, which offers but scant opportunities to the Negro. It is more than a case of making the Negro engage in industrial rope-jumping. It is to recognize him as an integral factor in American life and American industry. This will eventually be done,—WHY NOT DO IT NOW? American Sense of Justice If as much enthusiasm, keen interest and energy had been expended by Nordic America in supporting the passage of the Dyer Anti-Lynching Bill, as had been manifested in behalts of two foreigners, this bill might by this time have become a law that would protect the lives of our group of American citizens. Note the keen interest exhibited in Sacco and Vanzetti, the two Italians sentenced to die by electrocution on the charge of murder. These men have risen from obscurity to become internationally known. Their fate is a matter that concerns most of the civilized world. Petitions, protests and cablegrams, asking for clemency, and even freedom with pardon, have poured into the office of the governor of Massachusetts, from individuals and organizations at home and abroad. The International Labor Defense of Pocatello, Idaho, asks for clemency "in the interest of justice and fair play," further claiming that the Declaration of Independence will be made a joke if these men are "murdered." What justice and fair play does the Negro get in this country? He is "murdered" daily in mind, soul and body by the prejudices that rob him of his "inalienable right" to liberty and "the pursuit of happiness." That document on which our Americanism is supposed to be based has long become a joke to the Negro. One Representative to Congress asks that these "men's execution be at least delayed until Congress can pass on a measure which he proposes to introduce" at its next session. The Boston "Herald" pleads "for a new trial to safeguard the Springfield "Republican" declares emphatically that "a dog ought not to be shot on the weight of the evidence" brought against these men. How much evi- dence is needed in the south to "murde a Negro? It is said that one million signatures are to be sought for a petition to be sent to Governor Fuller of Massachusetts, and an Italian Presbyterian minister of Philadelphia, tells the governor that "the cry of the civilized world asks justice for these two innocent men—the victims of the great error." How often the Negro is the victim of a great error. We, as a group, certainly have no desire to see justice miscarried in this case, as it so often is with us, and it is with keen interest that we stand off and watch the outcome. Whether these particular men are guilty or innocent is hypocrisy and "hot air" expressed by American newspapers, organizations and even individuals, concerning this affair, and their great desire that justice be not misdirected—Nordic hypocrisy. Ante-Bellum "Stuff" Every now and then a Negro, still possessed with the ante-bellum spirit will preach of the south as the ideal home for the Negro, and that the southern white man is the Negroes' best friend. News comes from Memphis, Tenn. that such a type of Negro, in addressing a small audience of our group, said, "The south is the natural home of the Negro, and the southern white man has always been our best friend." Do our best friends lynch us? Even if the climatic conditions of the south are best suited to the perpetuation of the type of Negro to which this J. J. Higgs seems to belong, there are other conditions that offset it. One is the animosity and seeming hatred of the southern white man yclept "best friend" of the Negro. If the treatment we receive from the Southern Nordic is an evidence of friendly feeling toward us, we might are better if he were less friendly. There are two motives that might prompt one of our group to make such statements, one is the honest-to-goodness feeling of the old style, antebellum Negro, whose soul has not been purged of the belief that slavery was not so bad after all, as it brought the Negro from dark continent of Africa to the white man's civilization in Christian America, to be enslaved and burned at the stake, occasionally. The other motive must be to please members of the Grand United Christian order of K.K.K. In other words, to sell his birthright for a mess of pottage. Such men are the Judases of the race. This would be organizer of a Religious and Educational Bureau for the Promotion of a better feeling between the races, urged his hearers to "stop grumbling and get to work; to lay down undue suspicion and to respect everybody." He tells us also to be polite to white folks, and "God and nature will bless us." This may be ethical admonition, but it is very impractical. Passive submission has been our failing too long, let us be up and doing. He who would be free, himself must strike and blow. "S.S." Slave-Stealer It has recently come to light that a Florida practice of pre-Civil War days was the branding upon the hands of persons apprehended while endeavoring to free slaves by theft, of the initials "S. S."—meaning "Slave-Stealer." One of the country's most famous characters who suffered branding and imprisonment in Florida was Capt. Jonathan Walker, white, who nearly twenty years before the war, was caught, tried and convicted as a thief in the United States Federal Court at Pensacola, for attempting to free slaves by theft and transportation to free territory. Thereafter, Capt. Walker was pilloried, branded, and kept in solitary confinement for a year. Following his release, the S. S. ex-convict came north and became one of the nation's leaders in the anti-slavery activities. He deid in Muskegon County, Mich., in 1878, and memory of him and his exploits is kept alive by the annual visits of thousands who desire to pay homage at the grave of the deceased abolitionist. Indeed, Captain Walker should be kept alive, too, in our hearts, among those whom we revere as saviours of the Union through the abolition of slavery. German planters in Tanganiyka have finally freed their slaves. Roland Hayes' farewell concert at Carnegie Hall, New York, drew a packed house, a la McCormack. "To be or not to be, that is the question" wonders Little Old New York, as August, the month of the Elks convention, appears in the not distant horizon. Commenting upon Governor Al Smith's recent letter upon "Catholicism," Governor Albert C. Ritchie, of Maryland, says: "Religion shall not be a factor in determining any man's right to hold office." How about color, Governor? Or do you wish to repudiate the infamous anti-Negro circulars distributed by your managers during the last election? We hope you do. CHICAGO GAINS RECORD NUMBER OF TELEPHONES A record number of new telephones was installed in the city of Chicago during 1926. In fact, there are seven states in the Union in each of which the total number of telephones is less than the number added to the Chicago system last year. The net gain in Chicago for 1926 was 57,306 telephones, making a total at the end of the year of 848,070 telephones in Chicago. During the year 253,419 telephones were connected and 168,125 disconnected. CHIEF OPERATOR IS ALS MAYOR AND NEWS EDITOR Mrs. Fannie Berrier, chief operator for the Northwestern Bell Telephone Company at Flasher, N. D., is also mayor of the town. She has been active in town affairs for a number of years, having served for thirteen years as assistant postmaster and for six years as editor of the Flasher Hustler, the first newspaper published in the southern part of the county. She has held the office of mayor since 1923 and has been chief operator of the telephone exchange since 1920. MARCHING CLUB FORGING AHEAD The 1927 Marching Club of Ft. Dearborn Lodge, No. 44, Elks, is preparing a large and extensive future program including its program for the 4th of July celebration and its trip to the next annual session as well as its every Saturday evening open house at the club rooms which has proven to be a great success under the leadership of J. B. Deveaux, president. Got His Photographs. But "Never Repeated" L. A. Huffman, as official photographer at Fort Keogh, Mont. In the period when Gen. Nelson A. Miles was commander of that army post, came in personal contact with the heads of both Indian and American fighting forces in one day. Huffman had become friendly with Rain-in-the-Face, of Ouster battle fame, who was a prisoner of war at the fort, and after considerable difficulty Huffman had arranged to photograph this leader of the Indian tribes. The Indian chieftain remained at Huffman's studio for three hours, having been taken from the army's Indian prison camp surreptitiously. In his prolonged absence, the other Indians feared their leader had been hanged by American soldiers and an investigation was started by General Miles. Rain-in-the-Face returned to the camp and Huffman was summoned before General Miles. "Young man," said Miles, addressing Huffman, "if you ever take another prisoner of war out of camp without permission from the adjutant or myself, you will find yourself in very serious trouble." "I never repeated," Huffman said afterward, "but I had gained some fine pictures of Rain-in-the-Face."—Neil M. Clark in the American Magazine. Impress of Old Spain Left in South America While Cartagena, Colombia, is a most engrossing architectural ruin, a legacy of the old Spanish conquistadores, and a fine example of an ancient Spanish town, passengers enroute to the west coast of the United States find that it is also energetically modern. The Spaniards, when they embarked on their expeditions to the interior of Colombia, had as a good behind their efforts, the Indian story of a marvelous golden man, El Dorado, and saw him in their dreams as they hacked their way through the almost impassable jungles. Although the Spaniards never located their golden quarry and returned to the coast to found cities, they did succeed in wresting from the bosoms of the hills a vast amount of golden metal which gave to the country the name of the man they had been seeking, El Dorado. And in the cities they founded they left an indelible impress of old Spain. Odd Use for Birds' Wings An Australian paper asserts that some enterprising London firm is regularly importing albatross wing bones for pipe stems. The wing bones of the frigate bird are also used for the same purpose or for cigarette holders. The Peacemaker Baby By H. IRVING KING (Copyright.) MURVIN JONES, millionaire, went to a hairdresser's to have his hair cut. Having been operated upon for the hair he thought he would go to the extravagance of having his nails manicured. "Miss Camberwell," said the manageress of the manicure room, "will you please attend to this gentleman?" The name of the young woman who was assigned to him gave old Murvin a mental jolt. He looked at her keenly across the little table while she prosecuted her professional ministrations and tried to keep up, mechanically, the patter all manicure girls are supposed to reel off. "What part of the country are you from?" he asked abruptly. "New England," she replied—and named a small manufacturing town in that section. "Any relation of Roger Camberwell?" asked Murvin. "He was my father," replied the young woman looking at the old man with inquiring eyes. "Did you know him?" "Hum! Yes, slightly," hesitated the millionaire. "He's dead, I believe?" "Yes, sr.," said Miss Camberwell, "he died five years ago." Murvin asked no further questions; the operation went on in silence—and the millionaire paid his ticket and went off, leaving no tip and not even saying "good-by." All the way to his gorgeous palace of a house off Fifth avenue, where the childless widower lived alone with a spinster sister, the man of millions was in deep thought. So that was what Roger Camberwell's daughter had come to, was it? Well, he did not wonder. Roger never was a business man. If he had been—well, if he had been, perhaps Murvin Jones would not have had as much money as he had now. He took up his library telephone and half an hour later a young man reported to him for orders. It was the young man's business to find out things for people who could pay. The next evening the young man made his report: "Bertha Camberwell, man-curist. Small salary. Lives in a cheap boarding house. Is twenty-four years old. Engaged to Roscoe Palmer, aged twenty-six, formerly in office of the Marquard Canning company. Now out of a job because of dissolution of firm. Too poor to get married." "I don't know why I feel this way about that girl," thought Murvin. "As to my cheating her father, that's nonsense. True. I might have kept our firm going; but Roger would always have been a drag. Never made a success with him in the game. What could I do but squeeze him out? Foundation of my fortunes? Yes; but it couldn't be helped. Roger was hopeless." A few days later Bertha received a letter from Murvin, brutally direct and offering her monetary assistance as "a friend of her family." She sent back an indignant refusal of Murvin's assistance. She would "accept no help from the man who had ruined her father." Old Murvin's ir rose. "She's got about as much money-sense as her father," he stormed. "Am I going to be defied by a silly girl?" To her surprise when Bertha told Roscoe of her refusal of the millionaire's offer he did not show the enthusiasm she had expected. "Perhaps you did right," said he, "but I do hate to see you working the way you do. And I can't seem to get a job anywhere." A week later Roscoe blew in like an elated whirlwind. "Got the best job I ever had in my life," he announced. "Confidential man for Houghton, Carstairs & Co. Sent for me! Said they had heard of the good work I did with the canning company. Got a three years' contract. Glad you rejected old man Jones offer. He and his money can go to Jericho. You resign your position the first thing tomorrow morning. And now name the day, old girl." And Bertha named the day. Roscoe had been in the employ of Houghton, Carstairs & Co. for a year, and there was a little stranger in the cradle at home, before he found out that the backer of the firm—the man who, secretly, furnished the funds for its successful operation—was Murvin Jones. This exciting his suspicions, he managed to worm out of one of the partners that it was owing to Murvin that he had been taken into the firm's employ. "So the old geezer had his way about helping Bertha after all," thought he. When he went home that night he told Bertha. Bertha thought deeply for a minute and then looking at the sleeping baby, said: "Let us forgive him—for baby's sake, Rossie. If he could only see baby now!" And the next day he wrote a note to Murvin stating he had just become aware of the fact that he owed his position to the said Mr. Jones—and thanking him for the interest he had taken in his welfare. Also he extended the thanks of Mrs. Roscoe—and mentioned the baby! Old Murvin chuckled. "Didn't get the best of me, did she?" he laughed. And then he went to see the baby and started a bank account for that infantile wonder. He insisted, however, on choosing one of the names by which the baby was christened—and that is why the son of Roscoe and Bertha was baptized as Roscoe Peacemaker Palmer. Tact in Boston tact is largely the art of Boston baked beans to Bos-Boston Herald 3 Red Fox Fur Supplies Trimming for This Coat Gerberwood & Underwood This stunning duvetyn coat, trimmed with red fox, should complete milady's wardrobe of winter apparel. It is ideal for wear on mild winter days. Arranging Bay Window Why is a bay window? Some bay windows seem to offer no intelligent answer to this question. You know the sort I mean—with starchy white curtains hanging grandly away from the glass, and with a gawky rubber plant bursting from a gaudy jardiniere, or possibly a fern or two to give the nook an air—the ensemble presenting about as much charm and invitation as the front window of an undertaking establishment! No wonder the bay window, to many, is a problem and a bugbear. But it needn't be. Any bay window—even the most hopeless adjunct of the kind—can be made into a nook of rare home-like appeal and decorative value by just bringing it into the room. Soft net, scrim or marquisette curtains tinted to match the walls, hanging in graceful folds next to the glass will add 100 per cent to the attractiveness of the nook. And colorful cretonne draperies may be hung on a pole so as to frame the enclosure—not shut it off—and add the twin decorative notes of color and pattern to the effect. Then a little grouping of furniture planned with an eye to balance as well as comfort will complete the picture. In a small opening perhaps an easy chair and a small sewing table may suffice, especially if the chair is upholstered or slip-covered in the cretonne of the draperies. A larger bay window might accommodate a larger grouping consisting, for instance, of a fair-sized reading table in the middle, placed endwise to the window—with a chair on either side and a friendly well-shaded lamp on it together with a row of books in book ends and maybe a potted plant to take advantage of the light. A spinet desk could be substituted for the table if desired—in fact this is an ideal location and placement for such a piece of furniture. And if one of the chairs is an easy chair, suggesting rest and comfort, you'll be surprised at the livleness of the arrangement as well as its rare decorative quality. Why is a bay window? Why, for comfort and beauty, of course!—Jane Winthrop. Dainty and Fairylike Dance Frocks of Tulle The fairylike dance frocks of tulle, made with ery buffant skirts, are enchanting and girls love them. Nothing could be prettier and more flower-like than a frock with many skirts in shell-pink tulle or illusion, as the older modifies call it, each layer of the material cut in deep round scallops like rose petals. These are hemmed with a thread of silver or gilt, and on one especially charming model a deep ruffle hemmed in this manner forms a finish at the wide-cut decollet, covering the upper arms. A garniture of fine French flowers—plink roses, forget-me-nots and anemone—is caught with a knot of silver ribbon. Flapper Is Passe in Paris, Models Indicate The passing of the flapper is announced in Paris. Models for winter now being shown, while not entirely ignoring her, markedly thrust her into the background in favor of a more distinctly feminine type. Few flappers of the original model will be seen the coming season, but it is not likely that the flapper will allow herself to be supplanted without a struggle by a more girlish type with long curling hair and frills and ruffles, jabots and high necks, and profusely trimmed hats. Soaps of Early Days The earliest soaps were made of goat's tallow and beechwood ash. Williamson's CUNNINGHAM FUNERAL CARS Are distinguished by their Style and Elegance but foremost by the protection to passengers guaranteed by proper Insurance. USE THE WILLIAMSON FUNERAL Protect Yourself BY USING OUR Latest Style Leatherback Indemnified Hearses and Cars OR REQUEST WILLIAMSON'S INSURED CARS It costs no more We have invested in $200,000 Indemnity for our 5 Hearses and 15 Cars. $10,000 Each. Why take a Chance? Use our cars and be assured of protection. The above policy is back of our up to date Cars. 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One Year ..... $2.00 Six Months ..... $1.00 Advertising rates made known on application. THE BROAD AX 0206 S. Elizabeth St., Chicago Phone: Wentworth 2597 JULIUS F. TAYLOR Editor and Publisher Entered as Second-Class Matter aug 19, 1902, at the Post office at Chicago Ill. Under Act of March 8, 1879. Why the Choir Sang The choir was peeved at the minister and to get even with him all agreed they would not join in singing the hymns at the morning service. But some loyal 'soul told the preacher about the plot. "We will now sing that grand old hymn, 'We're Marchin to Zion,'" the preacher announced, "onitting the first verse." The second verse begins, "Let those refuse to sing who never knew our God." The whole choir sang. Love Not a Flower "Love is not a flower. It cannot be revived by putting it into a vase. It's a flame, and when it's out it's out."—Embers. One Chance All That Time Accords to Man How often you bear dad, or some other grownup speak, with a sort of half-eight in his voice, of what he would do if he were young again. Time goes quickly when you are young, and you are only too likely to put off things you really should do. Grownups look back to the golden days of their youth as the happiest time of their lives, but there is also something of regret in their backward glance. There are so many things they would like to have done, but didn't. Unfortunately, time gives us just one chance. Let's plan things now, then, so as to have as few regrets as possible when we look back from a grownup viewpoint. Let's get lots of exercise, so that the grownup person we're going to be not so many years from now may be fit and strong. Let's not get into little habits of shiftlessness that will handicap the future. Instead, let us all work hard and play hard, so that when the person we're going to be looks backward, he'll find his youth an encouragement, and not a matter for regret.—Exchange Worries Good and Bad The strange thing about worry is that it does the most m士chief when concerned with the most trivial matters. Thus to worry about bad luck domestic inflicty, disagreeable neighbors or the welfare of the boy at college or in the army, produces nothing but fatigue of body and soul, whereas a bit of anxiety concerning the colony of germs that have taken an apartment in the nose or throat, the annoying constipation that develops from bad dietary habits, the vacant soil in the back yard that needs cultivation or the narrow limits of the family exchequer might be the first step toward longer life and a bigger income—Kxchange. Screw Thread Idea Old The invention of the screw is ascribed to Archimedes, 250 B. C. The American or United States standard thread is based on the investigation made by William Sellers and presented to the Franklin institute in a paper read in April, 1864. THE BROAD AX. CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, MAY 7, 1927 Amethyst Superstitions The amethyst was worn in ancient Egypt. Amethyst scarabs were highly esteemed by Egyptian soldiers, who wore them on the battlefield as a charm against death and the shafts of war. This practice survived into the Middle ages, when the amethyst was regarded as the stone sacred to St. Valentine, who is said always to have carried one. A powerful talisman for the protection of riders and their horses was a winged image of a horse engraved upon an ame.hyst. A modern version of this belief is that the ownership of an amethyst will give vigilance to business men, and sportsmen and soldiers calmness in the hour of danger. Mirages in Ocean Mirages are frequent under favorable atmospheric conditions on the southern and eastern sides of the ice regions, where the cold and warm waters mix. Bergs often appear inverted and assume fantastic shapes, causing them to appear much larger than they prove to be when close by. There is a record of a berg the image of which was sighted over twenty miles away in the mixed waters south of the tail of the Grand Banks, appearing first as three bergs, one set upon the other, with the mirage continually changing shape as the ship approached. Their Answer In an intelligence test, which some school teacher took recently, this sentence was given: "That the moon is made of green cheese is—" The blank was to be filled in with the most fitting of a list of words, "Improbable," "unlikely," "absurd." When the papers were looked over there was much hilarity to discover that the teacher of astronomy had filled in the blank with the word "improbable," instead of "absurd," which was of course the most appropriate word.—Springfield Union. The Gates of Eden Little Town Girl (who has spent day in country for first time, having hitherto only played in parks)—Daddy, what time do they shut the country up?—Pele Mele (Paris). Dutch Names Given to Very curious and interesting are the old street names of New York city. Particularly in the financial district are to be found historic associations in this relation. Most of the streets had Dutch names, since then more or less changed. For instance, Broad street was called the "Gragt," because it was an inlet from the bay. Nassau street, between Wall and Pearl streets, was once called "Pie Woman's lane," Stonestreet was called "Bronner street," because the West Indies company's brewery was at No. 10, South William street was "Slyck Sleegh," meaning "dirty lane." Liberty street was first called by the Dutch "Tlenhoven street"; later the British called it "Crown street." Pine street was first called "Queen street" and later "King street." Exchange alley was "Oyster Pasty alley" and "Tin Pot alley." Cortlandt street up to 1728 was "Windmill lane." Whitehall street derived its name from Peter Stuyvesant's mansion, "Whitehall." William street, before it honored the English king, was called "Burgers path." Coonties slip was named for Coonties Ten Eyck. of Home Environment Tests recently concluded to determine the moral and religious effects of various agencies on children have shown that home environment goes further in shaping character than any other single influence. Within the home circle, the influence of the mother is the strongest element. This is true because it is a fact of child psychology that one's course in life is pretty well mapped out and charted during the first seven years. Study a child at seven and you will have a miniature picture of the future man or woman. Most of these first seven years, of course, represent that period of childhood when almost all influences are negligible excepting those of the home. A famous welfare worker on the New York bowery has found that almost without exception the human derelicts who have been rescued and regenerated through his efforts came originally from homes in which there was a wholesome moral atmosphere. No matter how low they may have sunk, the seed of goodness implanted within them in their childhood homes never died—Thrift Magazine. 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