The Broad Ax

SOCIETY NEWS PUBLISHED FREE Vol. XXXII. [Image of a man with a serious expression, wearing a suit and tie. The background is plain and white. There is no text or additional details in the image.]] [Name] HON. ROBERT J. ROULSTON Vice-President of Durand-McNeil-Horner Co., 28 Avenue, who rank among the largest whole concerns in the world. Mr. Roulston easily ra best business men in this great city. From 1899, down to the present time he has been many warm frinds of the editor of this newspaper nt of Durand-McNeil-Horner Co., 22 who rank among the largest whole in the world. Mr. Roulston easily rallness men in this great city. From awn to the present time he has been form frinds of the editor of this newspaper Vice-President of Durand-McNeil-Horner Co., 251 E. Grand Avenue, who rank among the largest wholesale grocery concerns in the world. Mr. Roulston easily ranks with the best business men in this great city. From September 1, 1899, down to the present time he has been one of the many warm frinds of the editor of this newspaper. HON. AND MRS. ROBERT J. ROULSTON HAVE MOVED FROM THEIR OLD HOME, 436 W. 61ST. PLACE, INTO THEIR ELEGANT NEW HOME AT 1448 LAKE SHORE DRIVE It was like unto a loud clap of thunder from a perfectly clear sky when it was announced last week that Hon. and Mrs. Robert J. Roulston were already to vacate their old home at 436 West 61st place where they had resided for many years and had raised and educated their children; the com- fortable home was right next door to Hon. and Mrs. Charles S. Deneen and the two families were the best and warmest of friends, that was one of the hardest ties of long standing friendship for both families to sever. Mr. and Mrs. Roulston have for some time in the past been drinking in the new spirit of this new moving age and they finally decided to become joint owners in a large, strictly modern co-operation apartment building at 1448 Lake Shore Drive and this newspaper once each week will follow them right into their elegant new home. MRS. GERTRUDE M. PARKER, JACKSONVILLE, FLA., IS ENJOYING HER VISIT TO CHICAGO All of them will give Mrs. Parker a most delightful time while in this city. While here, she will take some special courses at Northwestern university. The first of this week Mrs. Gertrude M. Parker, who is one of the popular school teachers of Jacksonville, Fla., arrived in this city to spend the summer with her three sisters, Mrs. S. L. Figgs, 4105 South Parkway, Mrs. Wilson and Mrs. Violet N. Cunningham. [Name] 3 333-TEEN Member of the Board of Review of Cook County of the smoothest Republican politicians in the nois. He is known to every man, woman and the borders of this city and county and the tire voting for him every time he jumps into ring. the Board of Review of Cook County moisthest Republican politicians in the is known to every man, woman and ers of this city and county and the ing for him every time he jumps into Member of the Board of Review of Cook County, who is one of the smoothest Republican politicians in the state of Illinois. He is known to every man, woman and child within the borders of this city and county and the people never tire voting for him every time he jumps into the political ring. Vol. XXXII. 1910 eil-Horner Co., 251 E. Grand, the largest wholesale grocery Roulston easily ranks with the neat city. From September 1, time he has been one of the iter of this newspaper. comfortable home was right next door to Hon. and Mrs. Charles S. Deneen and the two families were the best and warmest of friends, that was one of the hardest ties of long standing friendship for both families to sever. Mr. and Mrs. Roulston have for some time in the past been drinking in the new spirit of this new moving age and they finally decided to become joint owners in a large, strictly modern co-operation apartment building at 1448 Lake Shore Drive and this newspaper once each week will follow them right into their elegant new home. All of them will give Mrs. Parker a most delightful time while in this city. While here, she will take some special courses at Northwestern university. Dr. and Mrs. J. R. White have removed from their old home, 5908 South Michigan avenue, to their new home, 5358 Indiana avenue, where they will be pleased to meet their many friends 333 law of Cook County, who is one of politicians in the state of Illinois, a man, woman and child within the county and the people never name he jumps into the political THE BROAD AX The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Publishes Its 18th Annual Address to the American People. The Address Which Was Adopted at the Late Conference Held at Indianapolis, Indiana, Was Drawn Up by a Committee Headed by Dr.W.E. B. DuBois, and Is As Follows: "For twenty-five years the white primary system of the South has been the most successful method of disfranchising Negroes. This year, for the first time, we have secured from the Supreme Court of the United States, in the Texas case, a decision, which is the beginning of the overthrow of the white primary; and not only this, but in its decision the Supreme Court in the most emphatic language rewrote and reaffirmed the fourteenth amendment as the fundamental charter of the rights of Negroes in America. "This record of achievement is by no means complete, but it indicates the magnitude of our task and the encouragement which crowns our efforts. "It would, however, be a grave mistake for this association or for the Negro race in America, to feel that our recent record of triumph is reason for relaxed effort or lessened anxiety. On the contrary, from this record of achievement we have just learned true methods of aggression and defense and we have just begun to fight in deadly earnest. view of utterly abolishing the inequitable and undemocratic 'Jim Crow' system. "Despite, then, all that we have accomplished, our task for coming year is all too clear. We must continue strive for a national law again lynching, for more intensive investigation and prosecution of peonage, the better education of colored children and for the abolition of 'Jim Crow' cars in interstate traffic. We must continue to attack disfranchisement and segregation and constantly stay on guard against further encroachment." "The champions of race segregation have been chased from pillar to post in city council, legislature and court by this association during the last fifteen years; the pursuit was crowned with success by the Louisville decision of the Supreme Court in 1917, and that decision was, this last year, reaffirmed and strengthened in the Louisiana case. "The association, during the past year, has clearly proved the insufficiency of state law to cope with lynching. We have shown that a state like South Carolina is unable to punish mob murder even when furnished with circumstantial proof of individual guilt. At Aiken, S. C., the lynchers are known. Their unmolested freedom is the final demand for national action against lynching. "We have studied during the year the Negro public common school in seven Southern states and shown to the nation the present demand for elementary education for black America; a demand reinforced by the cultural movement in literature and art which this association largely inaugurated and first encouraged, and which is still showing vigorous development and healthy growth. The reform in Negro higher education, begun at Fisk and continued at Howard has, with our continued encouragement, spread to other institutions. "We note with hopeful interest the beginnings of liberal sentiment in the backward South, manifested in a changed attitude in some of the more courageous newspapers; a growing open-mindedness among white students; a gesture, still all too feeble, toward correcting the outrageous discrimination against Negro schools; an increasingly sympathetic attitude on the part of the cultural elements of the South; and, finally, a more decent respect for the public opinion of the civilized world. These sentiments do not dominate Southern opinion as yet, but their existence is encouraging to every lover of justice. The persistent campaign of the N. A. A. C. P. for social justice has played no small part in the rise and development of this new conscience in the South. THE BROAD AX, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, JULY 16, 1927 "This record of achievement is by no means complete, but it indicates the magnitude of our task and the encouragement which crowns our efforts. "It would, however, be a grave mistake for this association or for the Negro race in America, to feel that our recent record of triumph is reason for relaxed effort or lessened anxiety. On the contrary, from this record of achievement we have just learned true methods of aggression and defense and we have just begun to fight in deadly earnest. "Let us be frank and open with ourselves. The American of Negro descent is still a slave in the United States. Lynching is again increasing and the burning of human beings has not ceased. False accusation of crime as at Coffeyville is meat for mobs. Many Negroes are forced to labor at wretched wages and under impossible conditions. Peonage, even in the midst of such a calamity as the Mississippi flood, has been carried out openly and publicly with armed guards and militia. The doors of trades unions still remain partially closed, and the path of the professions is strewn with discouraging obstacles even to conspicuous ability. "The position of the Negro children in the public schools, both North and South, is still deplorable and they are not being given an equal or decent chance for common school training. Adequate high school facilities are being denied in a large part of the Southern states and in many of the Northern states. Negro colleges are starving for funds. State institutions, like Lincoln of Missouri, are at the mercy of grafting politicians and the admission of Negroes to Northern colleges, even to state universities supported by public taxation, is being restricted by race discrimination. "Residential segregation, clearly against the spirit of American institutions, the law of the land and the decision of the courts, is still being carried out by the manipulation of real estate dealers and financial interests. Unfair marriage laws to encourage bastardy and prostitution are proposed annually in those states where they have not yet been enacted. In the government departments at Washington, Negro civil servants are still openly segregated with the approval of the administration. "Above all, the 'Jim Crow' car rides its unchecked career on the railroads of the United States throughout the South and even openly and brazenly into the Northern states. This form of open and deliberate stealing by charging black travelers for accommodations which they do not receive, must be attacked in the courts with the view of utterly abolishing the iniquitous and undemocratic 'Jim Crow' system. "Despite, then, all that we have accomplished, our task for coming years is all too clear. We must continue to strive for a national law against lynching, for more intensive investigation and prosecution of peonage, for the better education of colored children and for the abolition of 'Jim Crow' cars in interstate traffic. We must continue to attack disfranchisement and segregation and constantly stand on guard against further encroachments on our fundamental rights. And we must, above all, remember that our most effective weapon is an independent and unpurchasable ballot mortgaged to no man nor party and cast not for past favors but only for those individual candidates who vote and act for our best interest and the general good. "Girding ourselves for this battle at home, we are not unmindful of our oppressed and segregated fellows abroad; we send greetings to the oppressed people of Haiti and Central America; to the enslaved natives in the Union of South Africa; to the people of Kenya, whose land and liberty have been taken away; to the people of West Africa still struggling for full political rights; and to the independent but gravely threatened states of Abyssinia and Liberia. We hail the dawn of freedom in China and the hope of independence in India and Egypt. And we thank all nations who are helping the darker peoples to gain the recognition of equality for all races of the world." FOR BLUECOATS' WIDOWS AND CHILDREN Some day soon — perhaps today, maybe tomorrow, a big fellow, blue of coat and smiling of face, is going to walk into your office or knock at the door of your house. In his hand he will hold a bunch of tickets. He's going to tell you in a few words what it's all about. And you, if you're a Chicagoan who is proud of the fact, are going to buy two or more of the tickets. For the proceeds of the sale of these little tickets are going to provide for the widows and orphans of policemen slain in the line of duty, and to provide a general insurance fund for all policemen. You're going to get your money's worth, too, because the tickets will admit you to the big annual Chicago police department championship baseball and field days at Wrigley field and Comiskey park. Aug. 13, 14, and 21 SUBSCRIBE FOR THE BROAD AX A. No. 44 466 PEO HON. HUGO PAM One of the high and honorable Judges of the Cook County, who continues to make a tarnished record on the judicial bench soon ease out of town on his summer w Bulletin No. 13 PROTECT YOURSELF AGAINST PICKPOCKETS By Chief of Police Michael Hughes they are stolen you will be a arty. Co-operate to protect your rest of a pic vict him. h and honorable Judges of the Super- city, who continues to make a brilli- record on the judicial bench. Judg- out of town on his summer vacation. orable Judges of the Superior Court of continues to make a brilliant and un the judicial bench. Judge Pam will n on his summer vacation. One of the high and honorable Judges of the Superior Court of Cook County, who continues to make a brilliant and untarnished record on the judicial bench. Judge Pam will soon ease out of town on his summer vacation. Beware of pickpockets! Such is the message to all citizens contained in this week's bulletin issued by Chief of Police Michael Hughes. The bulletin follows: This advice is particularly directed to women. Do not carry large sums of money in handbags. A dangling handbag is an invitation to a pick-pocket. When riding in public elevators, grip your handbag or purse securely with both hands so that it cannot be opened. Women when shopping should not lay their handbags or purses carelessly on the counter. Beware of affable women shoppers who are anxious to make your acquaintance. Avoid against being jostled in crowded places. Keep on the edge of the crowd as much as possible. Men should use extreme caution when carrying large sums of money on their person. You are easy prey for a thief when you carry your wallet in your hip pocket. Always be on your guard when riding in public conveyances. Beware of the stranger who thrusts a newspaper before you. A sharp pair of nippers and your diamond pin, watch or stud is gone. Keep a memorandum of the numbers and markings of your watch or any valuables you may carry. In case 74 HON. ANTON J. CERMAK President of the Board of Com without any doubt is one o city or county, and the small always vote in favor of pe in some high office. the Board of Commissioners of Cooke my doubt is one of the best public of county, and the small taxpayers in this vote in favor of permitting him to re high office. of Commissioners of Cook County, who is one of the best public officials in this the small taxpayers in this county should or of permitting him to represent them President of the Board of Commissioners of Cook County, who without any doubt is one of the best public officials in this city or county, and the small taxpayers in this county should always vote in favor of permitting him to represent them in some high office. they are stolen and the thief is caught, you will be able to identify your property. Co-operate with us. We are trying to protect you. If you cause the arrest of a pickpocket, help us to convict him. DELEGATES LEAVE FOR ST. LOUIS Special train over the Illinois Central from 12th and Michigan avenue will leave Saturday at 11:55 p. m. for St. Louis, Mo., to the 20th triennial session of U. B. F. & S. M. T. Among the delegates will be J. B. Street, state grand master; Mrs. Georgia E. Harding, state grand princess; M. T. Bailey, of 3638 South State street; Mrs. Georgia Montgomery, special deputy; Mrs. Serilda Jackson and other delegates and the general public, who are invited to take advantage of the special rates. MAN RUNS AMUCK AND SLAYS OFFICER: CAPTURED (Preston News Service) Cincinnati, Ohio, July 15. — John Rucker, aged 46, ran amuck here Monday night and shot and killed Patrolman John Franken and also wounded Officer Yearion. An aged wpman dropped dead from fright on her front porch while the shooting was going on in front of her home. Rucker is said to have under the influence of narcotics. It is believed that the man was crazed by the intense heat. He was captured and placed in jail charged with murder. COL. OTIS B. DUNCAN Ably commanding the far famed Eighth Regiment, National Guard, who proudly marched at the head of his devil fighters on the bloody battlefields of France to defend the honor of the American flag, who is busily engaged getting ready to invade Camp Grant the first of September. KREEPER BROS. HAVE SUCCEEDED THE FORMER WELL-KNOWN DRUG STORE OWNERS, HYMAN BROS., 259 EAST 35TH STREET TELL UNCLE SAM YOUR VACATION PLANS Now comes the season when milk bottles and unfolded newspapers clut- The merchants and other business men up and down either side of East 35th street last week very much regretted to learn that Hyman Bros. who had successfully conducted a well-stocked and up-to-date drug store, located at 259 East 35th street, has been succeeded by Kreeper Bros. Drug Co. which will continue to conduct the store or the business in the most up-to-date manner. At all times they will continue to carry a large stock of the best and most reliable drugs and toilet articles and so on that can be found in Chicago. Phone Douglas 0053. For many years Hyman Bros. have been warm friends of Col. Otis B. Duncan, commanding the Eighth Regiment, Illinois National Guard, and Col. Duncan urges all his staff and field officers and the rank and file of his regiment in this city and his hosts of loyal friends to continue their patronage with the Kreeper Bros. Drug Co.; that at all times they will be treated fair and square; that their patronage will be highly appreciated and there is nothing in the store too good for Col. Duncan and his friends. CHICAGO'S HEALTH Weekly Bulletin, Chicago Department of Health Oranges and Orange Juice for Health By Herman N. Bundesen, M. D. Commissioner "An orange a day will do more than keep the doctor away," says Dr. Herman N. Bundesen, commissioner of health. "It will help to give positive health." In his latest bulletin, devoted to the value of the orange and of orange juice in the diet, he says: "Oranges for vim, vigor and vitality. Oranges in the daily diet increase the appetite, assist nutrition, regulate the body and generally aid in gaining that priceless possession: good health. Good health," adds the commissioner, "is not merely avoiding sickness. Good health is positive vigor and well-being. "Food authorities agree, and all books on nutrition, including U. S. government pamphlets, advise the use of orange juice," says Dr. Bundesen. "Oranges give vitamins and good food values; they make for strength, endurance, firm muscles, a clear mind and a bright eye. In spite of what is commonly believed, oranges are food for an 'acid condition' of the blood. Orange juice is a mild laxative, is not 'fattening' and is a good between-meal drink. Therefore, I recommend the orange and its juice for health," concludes Dr. Bundesen. Mrs. George Chapman, 6142 South Elizabeth street, is confined to her home for the next week and her physician, Dr. Carter, states if she is careful and takes a good rest she will soon be all right again. TELL UNCLE SAM YOUR VACA TION PLANS Now comes the season when milk bottles and unfolded newspapers clutter around the door of our neighbor who has gone on his vacation without notifying the milkman and the newsboy to stop delivery. We indulge in a little smile of superiority at the expense of our forgetful brother, although we may do the same thing ourselves next week, and perhaps a passing yeggman may make a mental note of the address as a good place to visit on some dark night in the near future. There is another phase of the absentee's forgetfulness which is more tragic than humorous in its consequences, and that is the failure of the vacationist to notify the post office where to send his mail, so that mail of great importance is held until he returns, or is returned to writer, often with distressing results. This is also vacation time in the postoffice. 'Under the law, letter carriers must be given fifteen days' vacation, exclusive of Sundays and holidays. But vacation or no vacation, the mail must move and deliveries must be made. During the absence of the carrier, delivery is made by a substitute who is often limited in experience and may be wholly unfamiliar with the district and those who live in it. Under the best circumstances delivery is not an easy task for the experienced carrier and when a substitute is sent out on the district delivery is often impossible, according to Postmaster Arthur C. Lueder, because of the failure of patrons to co-operate with the postoffice by providing a proper receptacle for their mail, with the name of the resident plainly shown above the box. It is particularly desirable that the names of visitors, who expect mail, shall be placed over the box during the period of their stay. The postmaster says patrons can do a great deal to expedite delivery and make a hard, grinding task easier for the substitute by furnishing a proper mail box with the names plainly shown over it particularly during the vacation season. COOLIDGE NAMES NEW REGIS TER OF TREASURY Washington, D. C.—Colored Americans who have been aspiring for the office of United States Register of the Treasury, an office once held by Bishop W. T. Vernon, were disappointed Wednesday when the appointment of Walter O. Woods, a member of the war loan staff to fill the office which will be vacated by H. V. Speelman, August 1, was announced. Speelman after insisting that he had not resigned and had not definitely decided to do so, said that he decided Wednesday after looking into his rights to compensation under the civil service retirement law that he would accept retirement. He had been in the treasury service 26 years, beginning in the sub-treasury in Cincinnati. Simultaneous with announcement of his resignation, President Coolidge named Woods to succeed him from the Summer White House. It may not be out of place, for the second time to simply state that Mr. Woods does not belong to the colored race, but it seems that he is willing to hold down a colored man's job—Editor. THE BROAD AX, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, JULY 16, 1927 COMMITTEE ON INTERRACIAL CO-OPERATION 409 Palmer Bldg., Atlanta, Ga. R. B. Eleazer, Educational Director Alexandria, La. — For saving Joe Hardy, a Negro prisoner, from a mob bent on lynching him, Sheriff U. T. Downs and Jailer W. G. Penney, of this city, were publicly honored here last Sunday by a great popular mass meeting, at which their courage and faithfulness were lauded by distinguished speakers and handsome bronze medals were awarded them. The meeting was held in the First Baptist church at the morning preaching hour, and was featured by a sermon suited to the occasion by the pastor, Rev. Carl DeVane. The presentation of the medals was made by Hon. T. W. Holloman, prominent attorney. The medals were provided by the Commission on Interracial Co-operation and were awarded by a committee composed of Hon. Hugh M. Dorsey, former governor of Georgia; Gov. John W. Martin, of Florida; Mrs. J. H. McCoy, of Alabama; George B. Dealey, president of the Dallas News, and Marshall Ballard, editor of the New Orleans Item. In 1925 the commission authorized the preparation of medals to be conferred on officers successfully resisting mobs. Up to the present awards have been made in eight cases, and several others are now under investigation. In the Alexandria case, members of the mob went to the jail on February 1st of last year and demanded that Joe Hardy, Negro prisoner charged with the murder of a Louisiana planter, be turned over to them. Jailer Penny flatly refused and sent a hurry call to Sheriff Downs, who rushed to the scene and advised them not to start anything. Convinced that the officers meant business, the mob dispersed. LIBERIA FIRST COUNTRY TO WIPE OUT WAR DEBT U. S. Extols Efforts of the Little Negro Republic. In Its Place Has Accomplished More Than Great Britain Washington.—For the first time in hectic history of America war debt negotiations, a nation came to the United States treasury and tendered a check for its entire obligations, plus interest. Shows Worthiness The honor went to the little Negro republic of Liberia, with a population of but 4,000,000, paid $35,610 in settlement of its entire obligations to the United States Wednesday. In interest Liberia paid close to $12,000. The country obtained advances of $26,000 under the Liberty Loan act. No concessions on interest rates or principal was demanded. Country Prospering The prompt payment of the debt was taken as an evidence of the prosperity which the country is experiencing with the coming of the Firestone interests to its shores. U. S. Praises Negroes A letter from Secretary of the Treasury Mellon, congratulating the tiny republic on its accomplishment, was made public by Acting Secretary Mills. It was pointed out at the treasury that the Liberian settlement was relatively as great a burden on that nation as that of the huge war debts of the British and French. GIVEN SURPRISE Mrs. Ida H. Keeble, 4423 South Dearborn street, was given a surprise birthday party on Thursday, July 7th by two friends, Mrs. Ada Green, and Mrs. Matilda Jarret. Many friends of Mrs. Keeble came to wish her many happy returns of the day and she was the recipient of many useful presents. Dainty refreshments were served and a pleasant evening spent. LEAVES FOR LOUISVILLE Mrs. Bettie Jamison of Nashville, Tenn., who has been visiting in the city for several weeks with her daughter, Mrs. Matilda Jarrett, left the city Saturday evening for Louisville, Ky., to spend a few days with relatives and friends before returning to her home in Nashville. ATTENDS GRAND LODGE M. T. Bailey, president, the Bailey Realty Co., 3638 South State street, is attending the state grand lodge of K. of P. at Joliet, Ill., as a delegate from Progressive Lodge No. 48, which is in session during the present week. SOCIAL SERVICE HEALTH CEN TER DEDICATED Atlanta, Ga. July 15—Through the efforts of Mrs. John Hope, wife of Dr. John Hope, president of Morehouse college, and the founder of the Neighborhood Union of Atlanta, the new house for health work among children was dedicated at Morehouse college, June 30. This beautiful structure cost over $4,000 and was almost completely paid for at time of dedication. Mrs. Georgia Douglas Johnson, widow of the late Col. Henry Lincoln Johnson, delivered the dedicatory address. Mrs. Johnson, who is assistant commissioner of conciliation of labor in the U. S. department of labor, Washington, D. C., was introduced by National Committeeman Hon. Benjamin J. Davis. Mrs. Johnson is a writer of considerable renown. Dr. Will W. Alexander, of Atlanta, who won the Harmon award for his excellent work along inter-racial lines, was one of the speakers on this occasion. Three national cups have been won by the Neighborhood Union for cleanup work in Atlanta. These cups are on view at the health center on West Fair street. An original play, written by one of the Neighborhood girls, was successfully given. WHERE DEMOCRACY GOVERNS New York.-George W. Harris, former Alderman, and at present Editor of the New York News, has asked Mayor Walker to look into charges that Negro doctors, nurses and patients are discriminated against in the city's hospitals. He charges the color line is drawn at all of the city hospitals. "There are no colored doctors and nurses on the staffs of Bellevue, Kings County, or Fordham Hospitals," he writes. "They are openly barred on account of their color. There are colored doctors slowly getting on the staff of Harlem Hospital. "There is a Jim Crow nurse system and training school at Harlem. There has been one colored interne at Metropolitan Hospital, but colored doctors have been barred just as they have at Lincoln and the other city hospitals; while colored nurses have been definitely barred, because of their color, from the Bellevue Nurse Training School." J. W. GREEN PASSES AWAY James W. Green, 10751 Glenroy avenue, passed away July 6th after a prolonged illness. Mr. Green was well known in church and civic circles. He was in the employment of the Bismarck hotel for 22 years. Funeral services were conducted from St. Catharine A. M. E. church Monday afternoon. Many eulogies were given by Revs. B. F. Douglas, E. A. Bryson, W. W. Rivers, Jas. Isenburger, H. R. White, and W. F. Fisher. The funeral oration was delivered by Rev. B. H. Lucas, pastor of St. Luke's A. M. E. church, Morgan Park, of which the deceased was a member. Many resolutions and telegrams were read. Interment at Lincoln cemetery. "Y" STUDENTS CONDEMN LYNCHINGS Washington.—Resolutions condemning lynching and mob violence were adopted by the Y. M. C. A. Student Conference for the Southeast, which met at Blue Ridge, N. C., in annual session. Referring to the occurrence in recent months of "many instances of this fearful crime, particularly in the states of Mississippi and Arkansas," the resolutions set forth that "we earnestly hope the public officials and Christian citizenship of our country will use every means of upholding the law and cultivating public sentiment against such atrocities." R. H. MAJOR ROBERT R. JACKSON Major-General of the Uniform Rank, Knights of Pythias, throughout the world, who will on August 13th to 20th proudly march through the streets of Chicago at the head of his real live soldiers. By CORONA REMINGTON AS BOB WELLINGTON looked at Constance Brenckridge sitting beside him in the car a little shiver of delight passed over him, but this was immediately followed by a sense of depression and despair. All golden and flowing she seemed in her little russet sports suit that brought out the high lights in her dancing eyes and even accentuated the saucy little freckles sprinkled across the bridge of her nose. He liked those freckles immensely, he wanted to kiss them, but hesitated because the feeling of despair had followed the shiver of delight and he considered himself unworthy to kiss even one little freckle. "What you thinking about?" she asked, looking quickly up at the big man at her side. "Just that you somehow blend in with the radiant autumn colors around us. See that big oak tree ahead—" "Fib!" she interrupted, laughing. "That wouldn't make you look so solemn. You looked almost miserable; I decided maybe you weren't enjoying the company." "Well, Connay, I was thinking and have been thinking for the past six months that I'd love to—to-kiss one of those little freckles of yours, but I have no right to—I'm such a failure in life." The words seemed wrenched out of him and he looked away as he finished. "Failure, Bob?" She put a sympathetic hand on his arm. "What makes you say that?" "Well, you know I've lost both positions I've had since I finished college and dad says I'm no account, not steady, yet in neither case was it actually my fault. Last time the elevator boy forgot to call me in the morning and when I walked in at ten o'clock old Etheridge fired me without waiting for an explanation or anything. And the first time I sassed the boss. He had the wrong idea about doing the thing and I told him so and I was right, the whole office knew it. but of course I had no business showing up his ignorance that way and before his employees, too, I walked out before he had a chance to tell me to get out. Dad's been terribly down on me ever since, says he spent thousands putting me through college and that I'd have been better off as a messenger boy for the telegraph com pany. I guess he's right." Conny laughed at him, a gay rip- pling little laugh. "Crazy!" she chided aloud while in wardly she gritted: "I'd like to choke his old skeezicks of a father! Now, how about the next position?" she continued. "There's a wonderful opening with the Hydraulic Power people in Sag- gnac, but it hardly seems worth while for me to go after it." "Bob Wellington, you are crazy after all! You've had the best training in your line that money can buy. You're intelligent and have a pleasing pres- ence. You will go after it, too, and you'll get it. Talk them into it and try to sign up for a year, then see if your father doesn't change his mind about you. Why shouldn't you have it? You talk as if you were some little tadpole at the bottom of a pond in- stead of a great big wonderful man. When when you going to "If—if—I should get it, will you—marry me, Conny?" "I'll marry you whether you get it or not—because I know you're going to get it!" she ended. "And if you don't mind stopping a minute—" looking shyly down at her hands, "my freckles are—lonesome." "You're the best little sport that ever lived," he said a few minutes later after the freckles had been comforted. "And I know now that I'm going to succeed. I never had so much self-confidence in my life before. I've got to go through with it now. I will." Starry-eyed and radiant Conny saw him off at the train that night and the next day she spent in wretched anxiety while she waited for news. He would get there next morning and probably go straight to the Hydraulic Power people, say about nine or ten o'clock. By noon she should hear, but she did not. Not a word and he had promised to wire immediately after the interview. All the afternoon she stayed home waiting for news Every time the door bell rang or the telephone she would jump and run to it, but it was always something else and it was late that night when the message finally came. Frantically she ripped open the yellow envelope and read the lines: "Failed. What shall I do? Love, Bob." Conny swallowed a lump in her throat, dashed away the burning tears and rushed out the door and called the messenger back. "Tackle him again tomorrow," she wired. "Make him give you a trial. I know you can get it in the end. Love always. Conny." Two long days and longer nights, then: "Victory. Will be home in the morning. You certainly did it. All my love. Bob." "I knew it," exclaimed Conny statically, hugging the envelope to her. "I knew it! Darling old Bob. . . Expect the best of people and you've fought half their battle for them. His crazy old father had broken his spirit. That's all that was the matter with him." Perhaps it is diversity that makes diversity — Shoe and Leather Reporter. P. E. DR. WALTER N. THOMAS Continues to rapidly regain his most excellent health, much to the great delight of his untold legions of warm friends. DR. WALTER N. THOMAS CONTINUES TO RAPIDLY REGAIN HIS HEALTH AGAIN It is mighty good news to the thousands of friends of Dr. Walter N. Thomas, whose office is located at 2359 South State street, and who resides with his family in an elegant home at 5233 South Michigan avenue, continues to regain his good health again. pay our respects to him. We found him feeling fine and doing nicely and Dr. Dudley states that if he continues to improve that he will be able to be out on the streets and looking after his many patients by the latter part of next week. Dr. Thomas lost forty pounds while confined in the hospital at Hot Springs, Ark., which causes him to look rather thin at present. Dr. Thomas wishes at this time to heart He put up a stiff hand to hand fight with the angel of death and everything seems to strongly indicate that he has won out in his great contest for existence. Wednesday morning the writer called on Dr. Thomas at his home, to THREE-YEAR-OLD CHILD HAS 25 TOES AND 18 FINGERS (Preston News Service) Charlotte, N. C., July 15.—Twenty-five toes and eighteen fingers were in possession of the three-year-old girl who was registered at the orthopedic clinic at the city health department last Tuesday. The child, Betie Burton, daughter of G. M. Burton of Cornelius, was brought to the clinic by her mother, who was informed by the attending surgeon that the superabundance of fingers and toes could easily be removed and the child made normal. The legs were small and weak and the mother said that the child could not walk alone. LEAVES FOR QUINCY After attending the state grand lodge session of Knights of Tabor held in the city during the past week Miss Rhoda M. Johnson has returned to her home in Quincy, Ill. While here, she was the house agent of Mrs Rosa Fuschna, 4830 Langley avenue. THE LIFE OF JOHN B. HARRIS MR. (TEENAN) HENRY JONES Not so many years ago he stood at the head of the element in Chicago, but it seems that in these it is almost safe to class him with the old tim Not so many years ago he stood at the head of the sporting element in Chicago, but it seems that in these latter days it is almost safe to class him with the old time reformers. pay our respects to him. We found him feeling fine and doing nicely and Dr. Dudley states that if he continues to improve that he will be able to be out on the streets and looking after his many patients by the latter part of next week. Dr. Thomas lost forty pounds while confined in the hospital at Hot Springs, Ark., which causes him to look rather thin at present. Dr. Thomas wishes, at this time, to heartily thank his numerous friends for so lafully standing by him while he was in so much pain and suffering. He wishes to doubly thank the editor of this newspaper for giving wide publicity of his serious illness through its columns. U. S. CENSUS BUREAU ANA LYZES NEGRO POPULATION Washington.—A statistical atlas of the United States is now being offered by the Superintendent of Documents, Government Printing Office, Washington, D. C., for $2 per volume. A section of the volume is devoted to a textual and tabular showing of centers and median lines. The announcement states that one of the "features" of this section of the volume is the analysis of the center of population of Negroes, rural and urban. AMERICAN NEGRO LABOR CONGRESS Cleveland, Ohio.-The American Negro Labor Congress, a labor organization which advocates the open membership of all workers in one body, is now making a membership drive in Ohio cities. Meetings are at present being held weekly in this city, at Woodlawn and Fortieth Streets. THE NEW YORK TIMES od at the head of the sporting seems that in these latter days in with the old time reformers. COLORFUL NEWS MOVIES By THE CAMERAMAN (Preston News Service) 1. Christianity and Intolerance. 2. The Inferiority Complex in Panama. 3. Demonstrating Child Health. 4. Empty Trays (a Story). 5. Coercion vs. "Sugarcoating." 6. Colorgrams. 1. Christianity and Intolerance A recent episode at the Kings County Hospital in New York, where twenty-four internes made three Jewish internes the victims of a cruel and cowardly hazing party, causes just comment from The Jewish Tribune. This magazine, usually broad in its views of life, characterized this affair as "a misunderstanding" of the teachings of Christianity by Christians themselves. "The hospital is an institution maintained by the City of New York, at least a quarter of whose population are Jews. Yet these Christian physicians made life miserable for three Jewish colleagues, at the same time dining into their ears 'This is a Christian institution and we will tolerate no Jews here.'" This is, indeed, the spirit of bigotry and intolerance that accompanies the Christianity of Nordic America today. Throughout the South, the Negro has long been the victim of such malevolence on account of his color and "previous condition of servitude." But what has the Jew, except his difference in religion that should cause him to become the object of American animosity? The spirit of hatred and intolerance seems to be steadily growing everywhere. We, as a group, can deeply sympathize with our Jewish brother, and feel with him the chagrin that such injustices bring to its victims. Intolerance, hatred, bigotry and prejudice, can they go hand in hand with real Christianity? "Who loveth God, loveth his brother also." *** 2. The Inferiority Complex in Panama: Bishop George A. Miller, writing from Ancon, Canal Zone, to The Christian Century, speaks of finding in Panama "Nordic complex all over again; the white man's inhumanity to the black." Laudable and most sincere are the expressions of tribute paid to the black men and women who attended Bishop Miller while he was lying helpless in the famous Ancon Hospital at the Pacific end of the Canal Zone. After seven weeks as a patient in this hospital, nursed and cared for by "these black angels of mercy," the bishop deplores the ungrateful, almost unhuman treatment these faithful blacks receive at the hands of the officials of the Canal Zone. In return for long hours — "twelve hours each day—seven days per week (only one day off a month) —" and such pay as "thirty-five dollars a month for men—twenty-two dollars and a half for women (with loss of each day's pay for illness)" these "West Indian orderlies, whose long years of experience have made them super-efficient as all the rest of the hospital service," give to the patients "a certain tenderness of touch, a knack of easing broken bones and aching heads," that, says the writer, "I did not know existed." After recovering, the bishop talked with the other patients and found everyone enthusiastic over the service rendered by these black orderlies, whose "pay was an outrage to common human decency," as he says. On inquiry, those at "the top" advanced three arguments in defense of this meagre wage scale: First, the black man receives more money thus than he could get in the Carribean island, from which he came; second, If the black man does not like it, he can quit; and third, If he had more money he would spend it." These arguments simply revert to that Nordic complex of "opression of the black man just because he is black and can't help himself." 3. Demonstrating Child Health: The most interesting report, by far, which we have recently viewed is the report of the Child Health Demonstration Committee, of 370 Seventh avenue, New York City, which deals with health studies and projects which the committee has been promoting in selected counties of Tennessee, Georgia, North Dakota, and Oregon. The demonstrations have been shaped to run for five years "and." says the report, "the best possible work is to be done, not for a selected group, or for one class or race, rather than another, but for the largest possible number of babies and children. Medical, dental and nursing clinics were held, and the committee discovered and faithfully recorded many ill health characteristics and causes of disability among both white and colored children. Ignorance, however, among both races, was the chief proximate cause of the discouraging truths which the committee unearthed. For instance, prejudice (the child of ignorance) against smallpox and typhoid vaccination was adding to the ravages of those diseases, "and," says the committee, "there are still Negroes in Rutherford county (Tenn.) who fear that such things (vaccinations) mean interfering with God's will, and white people in Marion county (Tenn.) who gather in the back yard of a home in which a child lies sick with smallpox to chant hopefully, 'Chase the pox, O Lord: chase the pox.'" And thus, the Demonstration Committee of New York has gripped with the dismal health conditions; and in one of the selected counties local appropriations for child health work have been increased from 10 cents per head to 28 cents. Think of it! Twenty-eight whole pennies per year to preserve the teeth, the eyes, the body of a child, who, tomorrow, will be the man or woman. And, before calling Negro health a menace to a nation which is struggling for high health standards, think, too, of the cramped Negro life in the back streets and alleys, on the water fronts, behind factory walls and amid low wages and conditions of oppression, and you'll forgive them for their short-comings in the way of accentuated ill health and mortality. 4. Empty Travs (a Story): "There were twelve guests and fifteen waiters at the place; and after two days the boss gave us half a round-trip fare and told us to beat it," said a disconsolate looking ex-waiter, as he registered up at an employment agency, after standing in line for half an hour. "But you should have collected for a full week," I ventured, in a sympathetic manner. "Collect?" he answered, with a sickly grin. "How could I collect when the boss gave us twenty minutes to leave the place, after we had told him we'd sue him for a month's wages?" "And to think," he murmured, "that we came all the way down here from Connecticut, because we've had mid-winter season there ever since last October; and they told us we'd have to strike farther South, where the weather was warmer and the people weren't afraid to take vacations." "And you see these other fourteen fellows," he continued, gazing at me with a look of remorse. "Well, they followed me down here on my say so; and we've got just three dollars between us." "How long have you been a waiter?" I inquired, in an attempt to soothe my waiter friend. "Fifteen years, off and on," he replied, "but this 1927 season's been a pippin. I haven't carried a full tray since the Florida crash came and they laid off the Key West Special. All I want is to make enough to get these boys and myself back to New London once more." "Can you do anything else besides waiting?" I asked. "Oh yes." he answered, dryly. "Oh, yes, he answered, dry." The fifteen tray experts, being duly registered, idled around the stuffy employment office. "You boys can come in tomorrow morning," said the hardened employment booker, "but I haven't much hope for you." he added. "Bad season, bad weather, the summer resorts are empty, and there are twenty-five waiters registered ahead of you," he concluded, with a look of exultation, as he reached up to answer the ringing telephone. "Four brickmasons, three plasterers, one plumber, three metal workers, one stationary engineer, and three all-round mechanics?" asked the broker to the voice on the other end of the line. "Sorry, but I haven't got a one," snapped the booker. "One minute, young fellow," intervened our waiter friend. "If I'm not mistaken you've got fifteen of 'em." "What?" gasped the booker. "Sure thing," shouted our waiter friend with a smile. "We're all building construction men, and any one of us can fill any place on that job. Give me the address and tell the boss we'll be right out." "All right," stuttered the booker THE BROAD AX, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, JULY 16, 1927 while I thought to myself how versatile a colored man has to be to keep from starving to death. 5. Coercion vs. "Sugarcoating"; South Africa has adopted a plan of legislation instead of "sugarcoating" to solve one of its serious race problems "The problem of how to get along with its imported Hindu population, which, by underselling and underliving, threatens to make living impossible for the white man in small trade." It appears that after economic pressure, municipal ordinances, and even "sugarcoated" offers of free passage home and a cash bonus, have failed to reduce Indian population, the Union Government is about to change the economic status, at least, of these dark-skinned people, by compelling them to live according to the white man's standards, or leave South Africa. This new movement is viewed very favorably by some of the Hindus, while others see only the possibility of this procedure finally driving out the simple living, frugal Indian, with whom the whites are unable to compete. Whatever the outcome of this new measure may be, whether it will be of harm or benefit to these Hindus, time only will tell. But the whole affair shows how Nordics the world over fear the progress and increase of their dark-skinned brothers. Nordic economic, political, and social supremacy is ever the white man's creed; be he English, German, or American. 6. Colorgrams: Eva Taylor and Clarence Williams are now playing at the Princess theatre on Broadway, New York, in "Bottomland," described by the white press as the "peppiest colored musical show in town." *** The Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters held a mass meeting in New York on Thursday night to protest a rumor that an adverse decision was about to be forthcoming from the U. S. Board of Mediation. What do rumors matter, Brother Randolph? *** And now comes Liberia and takes second place among the nations which have paid their entire war debt to the United States. A check for $35,610 in favor of Uncle Sam gave the little African republic a clean financial bill of health, and drew from Secretary Mellon hearty congratulations. *** A survey of the Negro in Detroit, Mich., was made for the Mayor's Inter-racial Committee under the direction of Forrester B. Washington, executive secretary of the Armstrong Association in Philadelphia, and able university men. This survey takes in population, industry, thrift, business, health, education, crime, and welfare. In South Africa there is now a movement to teach medicine to competent natives, so that they may practice among their own people. In the Dutch East Indies it seems that the native doctor experiment has been very successful. The belief is that through the education of the natives for doctors, the evils of witchcraft will possibly be reduced and the corresponding spread of epidemics. WORKMAN INJURED BY FALL ING BRICK Washington, D. C., July 14.—Henry Holmes, aged 28, was injured Friday morning of last week, when a brick chimney mounted on a two-story structure fell upon him as he stacked brick immediately beneath. Fellow workmen were dismantling the house at the time. Holmes was taken to the Emergency hospital where it is said that his injuries were not serious. W. VA. POLICE FRUSTRATE LYNCHING BY MOB OF 300 Charleston, W. Va., July 14.—State police are said to have frustrated a lynching on Monday of last week when they spirited Constable A. S. Shamblin (white) from Putnam county jail to Kanawha county jail. Shamblin was arrested Monday morning charged with having killed Pearley Newman, a coal miner. Mrs. Sandy W. Trice, 4536 Calumet avenue, left the city on Monday to spend two months at her summer home in Idlewild, Mich. She will surely be missed by her many Chicago friends, but the vacation on the Michigan boardwalk will be restful for her and she will return in September, ready for her many social and club activities during the fall and winter months. Pretty Things that are Made at Home ```markdown ``` NO MORE time to spend in working cross-word puzzles, now that the mode is calling so insistently for hand-painted scarfs, ties, kermes and like accessories. Of course one can buy most beautiful specimens of neckwear, and silk squares, painted as only professional artists can paint them. Indeed, they are working overtime in studios everywhere in order to supply fashion's demand for accessories such as are here pictured. However, if really ambitious there is no reason why the amateur should not try out the experiment of transforming lengths of silk, chiffon or velvet into charming accessories, by embellishing them with paint and dye. It is such fun to work out one's own ideas and that is the keynote of interest in this vogue for hand painting—to illustrate one's finery, so to speak. One paints scenic views on the ends COLORED PEOPLE BOUGHT CHURCH AT 44TH AND ST. LAWRENCE AVENUE Christ Temple church, composed of colored people, have purchased the synagogue of the Congregation Beth Jacob at the northwest corner of St. Lawrence and 44th street. The church seats about 600. J. M. Sampson was attorney. CAUSE WHITE WOMAN LIKED HIM Nashville, Tenn—Because his white woman friend showed attention to a colored man, Tom Taylor, A. P. McKnight, white, shot Taylor to death Saturday. The woman, Ruth Cavanow, was arrested on a charge of running a disorderly house and being accessory to the murder, while the white man was arrested on a murder charge RETURNS TO CITY Mrs. Ella G. Berry, granddaughter ruler of the world, who has made a tour of New York, Pennsylvania and Kansas, visiting, organizing and instructing temples throughout the jurisdiction, has returned to the city much pleased with the progressive work being done by the temples. ATTY. HENRY IN CITY Atty. W. S. Henry, well known attorney of Indianapolis, Ind., was in the city during the week on legal matters. While here, he was able to spend a short time with M. T. Bailey, an old schoolmate and friend and president of the the Alumni Association of the V. N. & I. Petersburg, Va. No Watch Perfect The bureau of standards says it is a well-known fact that it is impossible to secure a perfect adjustment of a watch—that is, to eliminate all variations in the watch's rate. It is, in fact, impossible to secure perfection of rate in any respect owing to the interrelation of the various adjustments and to certain factors which prevent the securing of ideal uniformity of rates. Old London Street Windmill street, Tottenham Court road, London, commemorates a windmill which, in the first half of the Nineteenth century, was surrounded by pleasant fields. The miller made a charge of a cent for-walking in his grounds. Whale Not "Spouter" Contrary to popular belief, the whale does not spout water, according to an answered question in Liberty. The condensation of its warm breath in the colder air, it is explained, makes it seem like a geyser of water. of one's scarf, perhaps waves and a sailboat, and a figure or two across the sleeve of a sailor blouse, or a bizarre dragon on the back of one's satin boudoir or beach coolie coat. Fashion's latest whim is to paint neckline and handkerchief to match. Clever for the equestrienne is a tie and handkerchief with a horse's head or figure painted on each as shown in this group of accessories. Other of the tie and handkerchief sets in the picture are also decorated with quaint objects. For the tennis player an appropriate motif would be a 'tennis racket. Butterflies, birds and flowers are charming subjects for the artist. Hand-blocked silk squares, preferred by many to scarfs, are done in gorgeous colors and in bold modernistic patternings after the style of those here pictured. JULIA BOTTOMLEY. ¹© 1927, Western Newspaper Union.) Nickel Pinchers Not I have never known a stingy person who was nice, who was one of those persons the thought of whom makes your heart expand with warmth and affection. I am not inweighing against those who are sensibly economical and thrifty. When a man or woman says: 'No, I can't afford that. It's only a dollar, but a dollar is important to me,' that is all right. The quality of being unashed transfigures almost anything into something all right, even charming. But a stingy person tries to pretend that the expense is nothing; that isn't what interests him. Oh, no! Yet his worry over the slipping away of nickels is so intense in him that it makes your flesh creep. When there is a restaurant check to be paid, when you invite a tightwheel to have a soda with you, click, click, you intuitively feel the cerebrations going on in his anxious brain as to which of you will have to give up the mazuma for the indulgence. "I don't want to embarrass them by taking them to the Ritz," the very rich girl rationalizes her economy, "so I will just take them down to that interesting little place under the elevated, with the sawdust on the floor." "I don't want persons to get to care for me only for my money," says the very rich snob, who as often as not is the richest debutante of the season. So she always makes it a point to "go Dutch."—Elizabeth Barbour in the Saturday Evening Post. Odd Legends About Inhabitants of Moon The weird marks seen on a full moon, and today known to be mountains and valleys on the face of the Queen of Night, have given rise to many quaint legends, peculiar to different countries. In certain races the man in the moon is a being who, on account of great wisdom, says a writer in the Popular Pictorial, was transferred to the moon, from which he was able to see everything that occurred To the Chinese he is Yue-tao, who arranges all marriages. Among the old Red Indian tribes the medicine men received their power by departing into the middle of a lake and holding consultation with the man in the moon. The German version deals with a peasant who was reprimanded by an angel for gathering fagotes on a Sunday. He replied, "Sunday on earth, or Monday in heaven, it is all the same to me." For this he was sent to an eternal moonday in heaven. The earliest English version appears in the writings of a St. Albans monk. Here it was Moses who found a man gathering sticks on the Sabbath, and expelled him to the moon. In France the man in the moon becomes Judas Iscarlot, and the wood is a load which he must always carry as a punishment. Old. Old Scream All the world loves a lover and it also loves to snicker at his love letters when read in court in a breach-of-promise suit. ON TO ST.LOUIS Delegates and friends attending the 20th triennial session of The National Grand Lodge of the United Brothers of Friendship and Sisters of Mysterious Ten, and Juveniles of the world will leave Chicago via the ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD on the non-stop Diamond Special, 11:55 P.M. (Standard time) Saturday, July 16th (12:55 A.M. Chicago city time July 17th). RAILROAD FARE: Rate of fare and one-half for the round trip has been authorized. Tickets good returning on all Illinois Central trains to and including July 30th. Be sure to have certificates when purchasing tickets. Tickets will be on sale at office of M. T. BAILEY, transportation chairman, 3638 S. State Street, 2nd floor, July 16th, 12 noon until 4 P.M. Also at all Illinois Central ticket offices until departure of train. This is in accordance with arrangements made by and indorsements of J. B. STREET, S. G. M. Illinois. MRS. GEORGIA E. HARDING, S. G. P. Illinois. M. T. BAILEY, Chairman of Transportation. Captive Wild Beasts Long before Christ the desire of the public to view wild animals, birds, reptiles and fish at close range manifested itself. Royal preserves and menageries are as old as the civilization of Assyria and Egypt. In 1100 B. C. it is recorded that the first emperor of the Chou dynasty in China established a zoological garden, the first of its kind of which there is definite knowledge. This garden was called intelligence park and appears to have had scientific and educational objects. The ancient Romans kept in captivity large numbers of such animals as leopards, lions, bears, elephants, camels, rhinoceroses and hippopotamuses, as well as ostriches and crocodiles. Emperor Frederick II had at his Sellian court a notable collection from which he sent to Henry III of England three leopards, in compliance to the three animals of that species that appeared in the monarch's coat of arms. These animals, with an elephant sent not long afterward by Louis IX of France, formed the nucleus of the famous Tower menagerie. —Detroit News. First Silver Tokens in America's Coinage Old records show that silver tokens for making change were first used in this country in Annapolis. With the consent of the government, I. Chalmers, an Annapolis gold and silversmith, in 1783 turned out by hand sixpence, threepence and shilling coins, to combat sharpers who, after depreciation of paper money, began to cut five "quarters" out of silver Spanish dollars. Because of lack of change the cutting of Spanish dollar into halves and fourths was condoned, and even necessary, until it was discovered that expert cutters were reaping a small fortune. When expertly cut the fifths could be discerned from quarters only by keen eyesight or by weighing. Chalmers produced new standard coins and took the short pieces in exchange until the fraud was stopped. Medicinal An English jurist says a new hat is an excellent tonic for a woman. But it often is a bitter pill for her husband. President in Power in Troublous Times James Buchanan, as fifteenth President of the United States, occupied the White House when the questions of slavery and states rights were dangerously fermenting. His administration, from 1857 to 1861, saw the prelude to the Civil war. Buchanan was born April 23, 1791. As a Pennsylvaniaian he disapproved of slavery, but being a strict constitutionalist and a Democrat, he held to official convictions. He publicly defied the right of secession, and refused to treat South Carolina representatives is foreign delegates. His chief difficulty was an unsympathetic congress. The Dred Scott decision and John Brown's raid on Harper's Ferry so stirred the nation during his administration that those events somewhat submerged his diplomatic accomplishments of settling the question of British dominion in Central America and by stopping Great Britain's "right of search" on American ships. The first Atlantic cable was laid in Buchanan's administration. Before he died, June 1, 1808, Buchanan wrote his own vindication of his administrative policies.—Exchange. Rheumatics and the Mind Rheumatism is due to excess uric acid in the system, and tests have proved that the acid is formed in large quantities by the cynically minded, and hardly at all by the kindly minded. That is not to say that all sufferers from rheumatism are bitter cynics, for exposure to damp will produce the disease. But for every twelve cases of "damp" rheumatism there are eight-eight of the other sort—Exchange. With Ocean's Bed Sheets "According to a naturalist," says a London paper, "there is a fish that washes its young." But how in the world are the little ones dried?—Boston Transcript. Lofty Bridge The Bear Mountain bridge over the Hudson river has a clear height of 155 feet above the surface of the water. In this city since July 15th, 1899, pec tae: Democrats, lies, Pro- testants, ‘Single Taxers, Priests, inf obs ox sasons cine can te tick oe as as their language is proper and responsibility is fixed. ‘The Broad Ax is a newspaper whose Platform ig broad enough for all, eve claiming itorial right to 5 — gargs rig ge tase tate nor Republican. "It is strict or absolutely independent in politics. Local communications will receive attention. Write only on one side of the paper. 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By this act she woutd be assured that her grim ironclad visitor was a friend or acquaintance. "As a custom of respect the practlee thus came down from feudal times. ‘Today not only to the fair Indy but also to persons of dignity, and im places and situations demanding par- tleular respect or reverence, men un- cover their heads—New York Times, The “Sound Sponge” Dr. Emile Berliner,the inventor of the microphone, has perfected a. new device, known as a “sound sponge,” for killing echoes in buildings of bad acoustic properties, The invention consists of paper disks stiffened by eross wires and made Into various shapes to sult architectural contours, ‘These disks are distributed about the walls at intervals as reguired. Oases in London London has about 20 squares, crescents, gardens and terraces— “oases in a wilderness of brick and stone.” Some are owned by the Lon- don county council, others by the city corporation and a few of the bor ough councils, Still others are pri- vately owned. Owed Reputation to Dante Sordello, a Provencal troubadour, who lived from 1180 to 1255, owes his reputation chiefly to Dante, who men- tions him eight times in his Purga- toric.” Nothing survives of his prose and only a few poems. ‘THE BROAD AX, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, JULY 16, 1927 Hid Surplus Coin in Jars of Baked Clay ‘One of the most interesting {tems tm a coln bank collection is an ancient “potijuela” or baked clay jar about a foot high obtained from San Juan, Porto Rico. It is round in shape and with an opening of about two or three Inches In dlameter. Tt was broueht to Porto Rico from Seville and Cadis @uring the colonization period of the island end served for a long time for the carrying of olive ofl. Later, they were used by families; in the homes of the poor to carry water from the brooklets and rivers, and in the homes of the rich to store money. When filled with gold and sliver coins, a cork or wooden stepper was put in them and then sealed with sealing wax. After this they buried the “botl- Juelas” in the ground or hid them ip the cellings of thelr homes. ‘The custom was brought over from Spain, where money was also buried in the ground. The use of the “botl- fuela” in Porto Rico started about the m{ddle of the Sixteenth century, when the first settlers began to realize prof its from their farms and from the sale of fruits.—Exchange. Both Wondered ; pas me attra fox any, ae oo See off and wonder how our neighbor can live as he does, Because he has dif- ferent standards and doesn’t enjoy cur kind of games, we wonder how he ean possibly have any fun in life. ‘There is a delightful story which Jonas Lie, the artist, told. The artist was at the seashore working at a sketch, when he noticed an old fisher- man who seemed to have no luck, but just. constantly fished all day long, rebaiting his hook at intervals, ‘When the day ended, the fisherman said to the painter: “Hi, neighbor, been watchin’ yer! How has yer the patience to stand and paint all day?” —Exchange, Ancient British Book Domesday book is a register con- taining the result of a survey of Eng- land, made by William I, the Norman conqueror, in 1086. The name Is de- rived from the word “dodm,” mean- ing valuation or Judgment. This fa- mous work In two volumes 1s in the museum of the record office, London. 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 WEST ENGLEWOOD TRUST — AND SAVINGS BANK Cor. 63rd Street and Marshfield Avenue JOHN BAIN, President; MICHAEL MAISEL, Vice-President; EDWARD C. BARRY, Vice- President and Cashier; W. MERLE FISHER, Assistant Cashier and Trust Officer. TELEPHONE REPUBLIC 5000 TELEPHONE DOUGLAS 1 GEORGE F. HARDING, JR. REAL ESTATE Up-to-Date or Modern Houses, Apartments * and Stores to Rent 3101 COTTAGE GROVE AVE. 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Special headphones are vorn by the patient, music being relayed from a phonograph in a dis- ant room, so that it cannot disturb he surgeon or other attendants, says Popular Mechanics Magazine. It has yeen found that the tunes ease the patient’s mind, divert his attention ‘rom the operatton-and thus make it vaster for the doctors. Although the cal anesthetic eliminates pain, in nany cases difficulty is experienced vhile operating on persons under such onditions because they remain con- scious and nervous. . Easy for This Student | A school inspector in Hampshire, England, having set the children some sums to do, and having gathered the answers for correction, demanded sl- lence, during which the class might write a description of a cricket match. Looking up a moment later he saw a. boy with folded arms, regarding his paper with satisfaction, “Well, my boy,” he said, “surely you can find something to say about cricket.” “Oh! Tvve finished, sir!" was the answer, and the essay was handed up. ‘This ts what the inspector read: “Match post- poned on account of the wet.” Teutonic Branch Flemings are the people of Flan- ders, which 1s now a considerable part of Belgium: The Flemings are & branch of the Low German stock of the Teutonic people—the word Low indicating that they lived in thé Low country, that Is, Holland and Bel tym, Consumers ‘The intermediate consumer 1s one who ts buying things to be used in making other products. Such a per son 1s consuming goods used in the Production of other goods. The ultt- mate consumer is one that uses the completed product. Dehia Imoroved First Mortgage Gold Bonds from > South State Street’s Largest Bank Depository Yi ra ay for te ae ! | a State | aot é | pate and | ny aM urplus County = {i A I} $500,000.00 and City {Bae 7 7) ti Funds BE 1) i ST geee a oo ‘Approved Safe Investments yield 7% interest. $100 Bonds sold on easy payment plan. 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Old Superstition In olden times it was a general. be Hef that any child born in the last seven days of April would “dle a wicked death.” Among the superstt- tious the sixteenth and twenty-first were belleved to be the unlucky days of April. e Dangerous Affliction Intelekt without judgment tz what alls about one half the smart people in this world.—Josh Billings. etary Public Phones: Office Main 4153; Residence, 4781 Champlain Avenue Phone Kenwood 5611 Walter M. Farmer ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW Suite 708—184 W. Washington Se. ‘CHICAGO Telephone: State 3278 A. D. GASH ATTORNEY AT LAW Suite 813, Ashland Bleck 158 N. Clark Street CHICAGO, ILL. THE COMMONWEALTH EDISON ~ COMPANY Phone Main 2017 A. L. WILLIAMS ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW Suite 706 Firmeaich Building 184 W. 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