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SOCIETY NEWS PUBLISHED FREE Vol. XXXII. [Image of a man with a mustache and a suit]. [Name] HON. S. W. GREEN Supreme Chancellor of the Knights of Pytha world, who has proved himself to be the best personage who has so far stood a great order. ncellor of the Knights of Pythias that he has proved himself to be the grenage who has so far stood at the er. Supreme Chancellor of the Knights of Pythias throughout the world, who has proved himself to be the greatest and the best personage who has so far stood at the head of that great order. HARLEM COLORED WOMAN SUES RICH WHITE MAN FOR SEPARATION New York City.—Carlton Curtis, retired millionaire, is being sued in the Supreme Court, Manhattan, for separation by Mrs. Letitia Ernestine Brown, a colored woman of Harlem, who swears she is his common-law wife. For seventeen years they have lived together in New York City and Freeport, L. I., as man and wife, the complainant declares. To his wealthy friends and to the members of his social set they have been regarded as husband and wife, she asserts. Curtis, says Mrs. Brown, has an income of $1,000,000 a year. BULLETIN No. 15—FOR YOUR SAFETY By Chief of Police Michael Hughes Beware of morons! Such is the message to women and young girls contained in this week's bulletin issued by Chief of Police Michael Hughes. Many terrible crimes result from women not exercising caution in admitting strangers to the home. Here are a few suggestions to combat this menace: Beware of bogus peddlers. Before admitting telephone collectors, gas and electric inspectors, delivery boys and messengers, be sure they identify themselves with proper credentials. Curtis, it was learned, has submitted papers and affidavits denying that he and the woman were ever married or that they ever lived together as husband and wife. He admits that he knows her and that he has given her thousands of dollars. It seems that that affair is another case of social equality.—Editor. IMPROVING T. J. Kinney, 3142 Calumet avenue who has been confined to his home for three weeks on account of severe injuries sustained in an automobile accident, is improving at his home. m.P10 [Name] M. B. L. HON. WILLIAM R. FETZER One of the outstanding Judges of the Municipal cago, who never turns a deaf ear to the pertainate who appear in his court room, and w able he will extend a helping hand to them. outstanding Judges of the Municipal never turns a deaf ear to the pa so appear in his court room, and w will extend a helping hand to them. One of the outstanding Judges of the Municipal Court of Chicago, who never turns a deaf ear to the poor and unfortunate who appear in his court room, and whenever possible he will extend a helping hand to them. Vol. XXXII. ```markdown ``` ights of Pythias throughout the self to be the greatest and the far stood at the head of that BULLETIN No. 15—FOR YOUR SAFETY By Chief of Police Michael Hughes Beware of morons! Such is the message to women and young girls contained in this week's bulletin issued by Chief of Police Michael Hughes. Many terrible crimes result from women not exercising caution in admitting strangers to the home. Here are a few suggestions to combat this menace: Beware of bogus peddlers. Before admitting telephone collectors, gas and electric inspectors, delivery boys and messengers, be sure they identify themselves with proper credentials. If in doubt for your own safety, insist packages are left on doorstep. When delivery receipt must be signed, ask messenger to pass receipt under the door. Mothers should guard their children from being approached by strangers on the outside. Particularly warn your daughters to beware of men they do not know. Under no circumstances enter basement with peddlers, junkmen or venders without leaving street doors wide open and keeping between them and the door. Help us to protect you. Call Police 1313 if you have reason to believe that any criminal of the above type mentioned above is in your vicinity. 1930 of the Municipal Court of Chi-eaf ear to the poor and unfor- court room, and whenever possi- g hand to them. THE BROAD AX 5 CENTS PER COPY Hon. S. W. Green, Supreme Chancellor of the Knights of Pythias throughout the World, Who Will Invade Chicago With His Mighty Hosts of K. Ps. From August 13th to August 20th. Major Robert R. Jackson, Major General of the Uniform Rank, Knights of Pythias, Will March at the Head of His Mighty Army through the Streets of Chicago. Fifteen or Twenty K. P. Bands from All Parts of the Country Will Join in the Procession. Many Balls and Receptions Will Be Given in Honor of the Visiting Knights. Chicago, famous for its convention facilities, its beautiful boulevards, its phenomenal civic improvements and its stockyards, is to witness this summer, a stupendous fraternal demonstration among its colored citizens, the like of which has not been seen in colored circles before. Out on the south side the watchword is: "The Pythians are coming" and they are said to be coming 100,000 strong, coming by train, by automobile and by all conceivable means to attend the 24th biennial session and encampment of the Colored Knights of Pythias, which is to be held in Chicago from August 13 to 20. Elaborate preparations are being made by a committee of 150 and no pains are being spared to make this a memorable event in Pythian circles. The Knights of Pythias of North America, South America, Europe, Asia, Africa and Australia, as the colored order is officially designated, is an organization of 400,000 men, women and children from every state in the Union and from several foreign countries. Its governing body is the Supreme Lodge of which Hon. S. W. Green, of New Orleans, is Supreme Chancellor. Under the authority of this supreme body, function the several grand lodges, one of which is in each state, the Supreme Court of Calanthe or women's department with its several grand courts also ramifying throughout the several states the uniform rank or military department, the Dramatic Order of Knights of Omar, and the juvenile department. Besides its large membership the order has resources amounting to $10. BLAMES K.K.K. FOR HIS SANITY. TAKEN HOME New York City, July 28.—According to the New York Times, Jacob Hall, a hotel employee at Seabright, N. J., declares that threats by the Ku Klux Klan drove him violently insane. Hall was returned to his relatives in Smithfield, Va. Welfare officials say they believe this will solve a very perplexing problem and that Hall will soon become normal again. It is said that Hall became violent last Sunday and was only overpowered after a two-hour struggle. He is said to have attributed the klan threats to the fact that he attempted o interfere with he lynching of a Negro friend in Virginia. Hall was refused admittance to the state hospital because he was not a legal resident of New Jersey. He then THE BROAD AX, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, JULY 30, 1927 By Special Staff Correspondent 000.00, including real estate, fraternal endowment reserve, cash and high grade bonds. It pays sick and death benefits and renders general assistance to its members in times of distress and need. At the present time the supreme lodge is engaged in the construction of a national Pythian Temple at 37th place and State street at a cost of over $1,000,000.00. This is the largest and most expensive building yet erected by Negroes anywhere in the world. In meeting in Chicago this year in this 24th biennial session, the order is hoping to foster and promote legislation which will conduce to the happiness of its members, and to the race and nation as a whole. Perhaps the most outstanding and unique feature of the session will be the parade and drill display of the uniform rank of which Major R. R. Jackson, member of the Chicago City Council from the Third ward and veteran of the Spanish American War, is the Major General. Under his command 15,000 men under strict military orders and discipline will be encamped for 8 days at 95th and State streets. These men come from every state in the Union. Accompanying them are bands from 15 states, Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky, Missouri, Tennessee, Georgia, Pennsylvania, New York, Massachusetts, Iowa, Arkansas and Florida. Their exhibition drill will be held at Soldiers' Field Friday afternoon, August 19, at which time prize money to the extent of $25,000.00 will be distributed for excellence in military manoeuvers. Other features will be the legislative sessions in which delegates from all was permitted to go free to solve the problem by arranging with relatives through welfare agencies to have him taken back to Smithfield. FISK PLANS "OPEN HOUSE" FOR N.A.T.C.S. MEMBERS Nashville, Tenn., July 28.-While A. and I. State College, under the direction of President W. J. Hale, entertained the annual meeting of the National Association of Teachers in Colored Schools in this city, July 26-29. Fisk University lent its cooperation in every respect. Fisk housed and fed about 200 of the visitors. President Thomas Elsa Jones, who was resting after the completion of the successful financial campaign Fisk has just waged, returned to the campus before the first delegate arrived and delivered one of the major speeches of the meeting on Wednesday evening. parts of the world will participate. On Tuesday evening, August 16, there will be a colossal Japanese lantern parade which will culminate in a Mardi Gras and festival at the famous Eighth Regiment Armory. The climax of the session is expected to be reached Thursday evening, August 18, when the spacious halls of the coliseum will be used for a brilliant reception and ball in honor of the delegates and visitors. Chicago's citizens are expected to turn out en masse to extend Chicago's hospitality and welcome to the strangers within our gates. Dr. Allen A. Wesley, Grand Chancellor of the State of Illinois for the past 20 years, and under whose efficient direction the committee of 150 are working, when seen at the headquarters of the session, 4311 Indiana avenue, said: "We are sparing no pains to make this the grandest spectacle ever attempted by our people in this city and the most harmonious and productive session ever held by our order. We have been looking forward to this meeting for many years and we are sure that the citizens of Chicago, white and black, will join the Pythian family in welcoming this large number of Pythian Knights to the greatest city of all time. Already the business men of State street, 35th street and 43rd street have arranged to decorate and illuminate the districts in honor of the occasion and it is our hope that this spirit will spread throughout the city to such an extent that it may be said by those who visit our city during the session, "Truly Chicago is a greater and nobler city than tongue can tell." On Friday evening, from 6 to 8, "open house" was held on Jubilee Hall campus for the visitors. Informal speeches of welcome were made with responses by some of the visitors, musical selections and refreshments combined to make the occasion pleasant. At 8 p. m. a concert was given in Fisk Memorial Chapel for the benefit of the association. The Fisk Quintet and student quartet were stellar attractions. Mrs. Henrietta Myers, who accompanied the quintet on its European travels, directed the quintet and Merritt Hedgman directed the student quartet. Miss Alice Simmons trained a chorus of 100 voices for this occasion. Other musical aggregations were City Students Glee Club, Physicians' Quartet, Young Women's Glee Club and several solo numbers. Plans for Fisk's contribution to the association's reception were carried out by Prof. Corothers and a faculty committee. SUBSCRIBE FOR THE BROAD AX A. WILBERFORCE WILLIAM o's most popular surgeons and physi- with a party of fourteen has favored F. Taylor with a post card from living a royal time in the old world BERFORCE WILLIAMS popular surgeons and physicians, who party of fourteen has favored Mr. and with a post card from Geneva andval time in the old world. [Name not visible in the image] DR. A. WILBERFORCE WILLIAMS One of Chicago's most popular surgeons and physicians, who in company with a party of fourteen has favored Mr. and Mrs. Julius F. Taylor with a post card from Geneva and they are having a royal time in the old world. DR. A. WILBERFORCE WILLIAMS AND HIS PARTY OF 14 ARE HAVING A GOOD TIME IN THE OLD WORLD Last Saturday morning the writer received a postal card from Dr. A. Wilberforce Williams, and his party of 14 who were at that time tarrying at Geneva, and before departing from the city they were presented to its head officials where they also had the extreme pleasure of coming in contact with Hon. Martin B. Madden, who has been spending some time on the other side of the big pond. ST. LOUIS READY TO HOUSE BUSINESS LEAGUE DELEGATES Tukkegee institute, Ala.—The City of St. Louis, Missouri, which is to be host to the twenty-eighth annual meeting of the National Negro Business League, August 10, 11, 12, is prepared to take care of visiting delegates at reasonable rates, according to word received here by Albon L. Holsey, secretary of the League. Accommodations in hotels and private homes are adequate and can be secured at the uniform rate of $2.00 a day. This rate does not include meals. Visiting delegates are advised to proceed to the League headquarters, 911 North Vandevere avenue, where 1920 [Picture of a man in a suit with a tie and a badge on his lapel]. M. H. HON. GEORGE B. HOLMES One of the top notch Judges of the Municipal cago, who at all times stands ace high wi people in this city, for he always deals ou justice to them whenever they appear in his top notch Judges of the Municipal at all times stands ace high wit this city, for he always deals out them whenever they appear in his Judges of the Municipal Court of Chimes stands ace high with the colored for he always deals out even handed never they appear in his court. One of the top notch Judges of the Municipal Court of Chicago, who at all times stands ace high with the colored people in this city, for he always deals out even handed justice to them whenever they appear in his court. who were at that time tarrying at Geneva, and before departing from that city they were presented to its head officials where they also had the extreme pleasure of coming in contact with Hon. Martin B. Madden, who has been spending some time on the other side of the big pond. they will register and be assigned to quarters. An information bureau will be maintained in the Union Station with Boy Scouts as guides to direct visitors. Local leagues are urged to send forward to the St. Louis League at its headquarters, the names and number of persons expecting to attend from their respective leagues. The St. Louis League gives assurance that everything possible is being done to see that the visitors have a happy stay while attending the conference. Miss Harriet Gaines, 3262 Vernon avenue, continues to rapidly improve in her musical studies. Her instructor along that line looks upon her as one of his brightest and most progressive pupils. [Name] HON. MICHAEL HUGHES General Superintendent of Police round up the criminal element urging the high city author thousand more policemen, to cope with vice and crime. Every citizen in Chicago should heartily join hands with Chief Hughes and assist him to increase the police to at least three or four thousand men, for at the present time as he states that there is only one policeman to every five hundred people, or a little over and about one-half of that number are never on duty. The writer has resided in one neighborhood on the southwest side for the past eight years and during all "CHICAGO'S HEALTH" General Superintendent of Police of Chicago, who continues to round up the criminal element and put them to flight, is urging the high city authorities to furnish him with three thousand more policemen, so that he will be better able to cope with vice and crime. Every citizen in Chicago should heartily join hands with Chief Hughes and assist him to increase the police to at least three or four thousand men, for at the present time as he states that there is only one policeman to every five hundred people, or a little over and about one-half of that number are never on duty. The writer has resided in one neighborhood on the southwest side for the past eight years and during all those years we have not beheld but two policemen, either day or night, and we are perfectly willing to swear to the truthfulness of this statement on a stack of bibles which will reach to the heavens. In many other parts of this city the same conditions prevails, for seemingly at the present time, policemen are only created and maintained for the sole benefit of the rich and the high born, and not to protect the poor and humble citizens of Chicago. Weekly Bulletin, Chicago Department of Health Herman N. Bundesen, M.D., Commissioner "For every death from typhoid fever someone should be hanged," says Health Commissioner Bundesen. "In 1926 Chicago had the lowest typhoid fever death rate of any large city in the world. At the same time typhoid fever figures were the lowest ever recorded in the city. This record has put Chicago on the honor roll of the American Medical Association for typhoid fever control," says Dr. Herman N. Bundesen in his latest health bulletin. "Even though typhoid fever is thoroughly under control in Chicago, we never let up for a moment our watch over it. A day or an hour of carelessness might cause an epidemic in the city," points out the Commissioner. "It is too early yet to predict the typhoid statistics for 1927, but we expect to have a record of which the city of Chicago may be proud. "With the continuing efficient cooperation between the Department of Health and the Department of Public Works in safeguarding Chicago's water supply, and by other means of preventing the disease, we believe that typhoid fever as an epidemic disease is no more," states Dr. Bundesen. DIARRHOEA OF CHILDREN By a Christmas Seal Doctor The Christmas Seal Doctor urges that you get the help of a doctor in summer diarrhoea or other serious illness if at all possible. Babies are frail and slip away easily. If a doctor can be obtained have him advise you quite particularly as to the food you may begin with. There is not much nourishment in barley water and barley gruel but it helps and when you begin to give milk again the barley acts as a good modifier. The diarrhoea of children is apt to come in hot, sultry weather and is more dangerous at such a season. Keep the sick child in the coolest place available. Bathe the skin of the whole body once or twice daily. Give a cool enema once daily. Allow plenty of drinking water but to make sure that it is good to boil it first and then cool it. And insist that the child stay quietly in bed during the whole illness. There ce of Chicago, who continues to ment and put them to flight, is cities to furnish him with three so that he will be better able those years we have not beheld but two policemen, either day or night, and we are perfectly willing to swear to the truthfulness of this statement on a stack of bibles which will reach to the heavens. In many other parts of this city the same conditions prevails, for seemingly at the present time, policemen are only created and maintained for the sole benefit of the rich and the high born, and not to protect the poor and humble citizens of Chicago. is a strong temptation to let him get up and play whenever he feels a little better. But in doing this you take risks of a setback and are sure to prolong the illness. Keep the patient in bed! * * * Constipation is never cured by cathartics. Stop the pill and eat greens, fruit, bran, whole wheat bread and other food that will stimulate the bowels to action. * * * Tuberculosis is still on the decline. It need never gain ground again if people will continue to live in the open air eat nourishing food and avoid excesses. Have you visited your dentist lately? Never wait for toothache. Let the dentist examine your teeth every six months. * * * Catarrh may not lead to tuberculosis but it is a nasty, depressing aliment Keep your skin active by regular bathing, and sleep with wide open windows THE EIGHTH ILLINOIS NATIONAL GUARD IS NOW IN CAMP AT CAMP GRANT, ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS Col. Otis B. Duncan commanding his famous Hight Regiment moved into Camp Grant early this morning where it will hold forth for the next two weeks. Col. Duncan and his men will feast on the fat of the land while training and laboring hard to prove themselves A-1 soldiers. RICHARD SHARP KILLED IN ' AUTOMOBILE CRASH (Preston News Service) Cambridge, Md., July 28—Richard Sharp, 56 years, was killed Monday morning when an automobile in which he was riding struck a culvert while going at high speed and was hurled through the air. Sharp's nephew, Willoughby Sharp, had been working on the car and took it out to se if it was working right. He was driving so rapidly when he approached a curve that he lost control. The driver was not seriously injured. Water's Boiling Point On a thermometer 212 degrees Fahrenheit or 100 degrees centigrade indicates the boiling point of water. THE BROAD AX, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, JULY 30, 1927 Hon. S.W. Green, Supreme Chancellor of the Knights of Pythias thruout the World, Issues His Universal Proclamation to the Members of that Order Requesting them to Assemble in Chicago, Illinois, from August 13th to 20th, at the Corner Stone Laying, August 15, 1927. The Proclamation follows: Office of the Supreme Chancellor, New Orleans, La., July 18, 1927; The Knights of Pythias of North America, South America, Europe, Asia, Africa and Australia. To the Officers and Members of the Supreme Lodge, Officers and Members of the Supreme Court, Order of Calanthe, Major General and Members of the Uniform Rank, Imperial Potentate and Members of the Knights of Omar of the Knights of Pythias of North America, South America, Europe, Asia, Africa and Australia. You are hereby notified to assemble at the corner of Thirty-seventh Place and State Street, Chicago, Illinois, on Monday, August 15th, 1927, at three (3) o'clock P. M., to participate in the Ceremonies of the Laying of the Cornerstone of the National Pythian Temple for the Knights of Pythias of North America, South America, Europe, Asia, Africa and Australia. The following is the Program for the Ceremony: Introduction of Master of Ceremonies and Chairman of the Build- Address-By Dr. Walter O. Taylor, Supreme Representative, Massachusetts. Address—By Sir N. J. Frederick, Grand Attorney, South Carolina. Music. Address—By Sir J. R. Jefferson, Grand Worthy Counsellor, West Virginia. Laying of Cornerstone—By Sir S. W. Green, Supreme Chancellor. Prayer and Benediction—By Rev. J. M. Mundy, Supreme Representative. Kentucky. Greetings: You are hereby notify Place and State Street, at three (3) o'clock P. King of the Cornerstone of Pythias of North Am. Australia. The following is the Introduction of Massing Committee—Master of Ceremonies Invocation—By Rev Music. Address—By Dr. W. chusetts. Music. Address—By Sir N. Music. Address—By Sir J. Virginia. Laying of Cornerstone Prayer and Benedictative, Kentucky Attest: E. E. Underwood, Supreme Keeper HEADQUARTERS EIGHTH INFANTRY, ILLINOIS NATIONAL GUARD Office of the Regimental Commander 3517 Giles Ave., Chicago, Ill. Colonel Otis B. Duncan, Commanding Captain James C. Hall, Adjutant Chicago, Ill., July 25, 1927. John R. Tanner Camp No. 11, United Spanish War Veterans, Department of Illinois. Dear Comrades: Your resolutions are before me now, and I will assure you that I greatly appreciate the substance and fine words incased therein. I also thank you sincerely for accepting me as an honorary member of your organization, and as Commander of the 8th Infantry, Ill. N. G., I feel it as a debt of gratitude because from its incipiency the John R. Tanner Camp No. 11 has been largely instrumental in making this regiment what it is today. In behalf of my officers and men of the Eighth Infantry, I wish to extend to you our deep sense of gratitude that we were permitted to volunteer our services in the ceremonies attending the unveiling of your monument in Mt. Glenwood Cemetery on Sunday, July 3, 1927. We shall carry on for the Eighth Infantry because when war was declared against Spain in 1898, a regiment was created and designated the Eighth Illinois Volunteer Infantry. The record they made established to this world that a regiment could be officered throughout by colored men, and because of the record made the regiment exists today. As an assurance of our regard for your camp, I extend to you an invita- --- Yours Fraternally. Cumberland Gap, July 29.-Atlanta's Stone Mountain will bear the carved features of Robert E. Lee and other famous Confederate leaders. A great precipice near this town, 300 miles from Atlanta, is to have lined thereupon by the sculptor's chisel the likeness of Abraham Lincoln, Kentuckian whose armed men overthrew the cause for which Lee fought. of Records and Seal. tion to join with the regiment in the ceremonies incident to the unveiling of the monument to the Eighth Infantry World War dead, now being erected at 35th street and South Parkway, this city, in September. With assurances of my highest esteem, I am, Yours very sincerely, OTIS B. DUNCAN, Colonel, 8th Inf., Ill. N. G., Comdg. the Regiment. THE BIG TIME WILL OCCUR AT THE POLICEMEN'S FIELD DAY MEET When you are asked to buy tickets for the Annual Chicago Police Field Meet, to be held August 13, 14 and 21, recall this fact: Every dollar derived from the meet goes to the Policemen's Benevolent Association, which helps to support the families of policemen killed in the line of duty. This year's show includes a championship baseball game between the Detroit and Chicago police departments. So if you haven't bought your tickets, do it now. Take the family. "LIBERIA HAS NO REDS." PRESIDENT KING London, Eng., July 27.—"We have no Reds in Liberia, only whites and blacks, said Dr. Charles Burgess Dunger King, President of Liberia, when asked whether the Communist influence had spread to his republic. "We are not interested in trade disputes in Liberia, we haven't reached that stage yet. We haven't a railroad yard in the whole country, but we are progressing with good roads. I have built 250 miles so far." President King, who is on a visit to England, was entertained at the House of Commons Wednesday. ```markdown ``` S. W. Green, Supreme Chancellor. LINCOLN MEMORIAL ON MOUNTAIN FACE There will be no other Lincoln memorial like this in the world. A noted sculptor from the east came here, looked at the towering rock and decided that the carving could be done, and it is likely the plan will be made feasible within a few months. Two years would likely be required to cut Lincoln's figure into the heights of Limestone. The peak lifts its mighty head above Cumberland Gap, and its shadow reaches almost to Lincoln's Memorial University. The rock mountain is located on the grounds of the university, which, however, is in Tennessee. Virginia, Kentucky and Tennessee state lines join here. The figure of Lincoln would be more than 100 feet in height, and according to the plans as advanced, it would be alone. When the figure has been chiselled out of the living stone, the great masses of timber will be slashed from the lower slopes and blue grass will be sown there. Steps are then to be built up the hill to as near the foot of the monolithic figure as is possible. VISITING CITY Miss Marie Jones of Minneapolis, is visiting in the city indefinitely as the guest of Mrs. Hazel Washington, 5118 Indiana avenue. DR. EDWARD S. MILLER One of the directors of the Douglass National Bank, Grand Medical Director of the Knights of Pythias of Illinois, who will greatly assist to entertain the members of the Supreme Lodge of that Order which will convene in this city August 13th to August 20th. MOREHOUSE SUMMER SCHOOL CLOSES Atlanta, Ga.—The Morehouse College Summer School, under the leadership of its director, Julian D. Coleman of Indianapolis, was brought to a close July 22. THE WORK OF MRS. JOHN HOPE By Georgia Douglas Johnson (Preston News Service) Mrs. John Hope, the wife of President A series of exhibits marked the closing. The exhibits were developed from the regular class work in the several departments and showed the type of work done in each department. The Music Department, under the able leadership of Professor Kemper Harreld furnished the first of the series. This program consisted of a varied assortment of vocal selections and instrumental numbers. Mr. Harreld also presented a quartet composed of Summer School teachers who had undergone their training in spare time. The second of the series was held Tuesday night at eight o'clock in the gymnasium of the college. This exhibit was given by Mrs. E. A. Faulkner's class in physical education and games and drills. This exhibit showed to the visitors present the types of physical work on which they had been working. The numbers on the program consisted of drills in calesthenies, drills in marching tactics, games, races and a May-pole drill. On Wednesday morning the millinery class, under Mrs. L. B. Hope, the home economics class, under Miss L. M. McCree, and the industrial arts class, under Prof. C. E. Warner, arranged an exhibit of the many articles made. The members of the primary method class also showed some of the illustrative material they had gathered to take back to their respective schools. The last of the activities took place on Thursday at the Chapel hour. A selected group of students from the children's literature class told some of the stories they had studied. The Summer School had an enrollment of 323 with representatives from 10 states. The states represented were Texas with 3, Florida, 15; South Carolina, 12; Alabama, 9; California, 1; Mississippi, 3; Missouri, 2; Oklahoma, 1; Illinois, 2 and the balance from Georgia. Fifty Georgia counties were represented with Fulton leading with 103 students. The number asking for high school credit was 157; the number asking for college credit 148. The staff of the Summer School was composed of instructors from the faculties of the following institutions: Morehouse, Talladega, Sumner High School, Clark University, Morris Brown University and Indianapolis Public System. The faculty feels that the session has been a success because of the definite results produced at the end of the work and the interest takeup in the work by the teachers attending. Miss Clara Orlston, Tampa, Fla., who is one of the efficient public school teachers in that city, has been for the past two weeks and will be for the next two weeks, the house guest of Mr. and Mrs. Harris B. Gaines, 3262 Vernon avenue. Mrs. George Cleveland Hall, 3638 South Parkway, is assisting to entertain Miss Orlston while visiting this city. So far several social functions have been given in her honor. ouglass National Bank, Grand rights of Pythias of Illinois, who in the members of the Supreme will convene in this city August THE WORK OF MRS. JOHN HOPE By Georgia Douglas Johnson (Preston News Service) Mrs. John Hope, the wife of President John Hope, of Morehouse College, is a very potent factor in the civic life of Atlanta, Ga. Ever since she came out of Chicago, over 20 years ago, as Genie Burns, and married a professor who has since become president, her influence has been felt all over the city. She gave birth to the Neighborhood Union idea that has flowered since its inception nineteen years ago and now flourishes city wide. Within the past month a new health center home has been erected through the activity of this Union. Children are receiving proper attention and the health of the next generation will be bettered because of this institution. Mrs. Hope was one of the few selected by Mr. Hoover, Secretary of U. S. Department of the Interior, to investigate conditions in the flood district. Upon being asked where she preferred to be sent, she gave this reply, typical of her always, "wherever I am most needed!" She was sent into the most devastated region and lives to tell the tale of an experience hair-raising in its terror and hazard. Upon being asked if she would give the same intrepid answer if she had to repeat this experience, she answered unhesitatingly—"Yes." It is not well to save all the hosannahs, crowns and jubilations for the twilight days of life, we should give out praises when they can be enjoyed and smiled over. When we are too tired to be glad—what will it matter? And so, let us take off our hats to the intrepid little lady who moves so regularly and yet so quietly about her home that stands into a shining light on one of the school-crowned hills of that southern city. Mr. and Mrs. John Allen of Consol, Ia., are in the city visiting their sister, Mrs. Hazel Washington, 5118 Indiana avenue, and will be here almost all of the summer. 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. IN CITY COLORFUL NEWS MOVIES BY THE CAMERAMAN 1. Better Race Relations 2. The Vexatious Servant "Problem" 3. Financial Music 4. Colorgrams Better Race Relations Interracial church women who recently met in conference at Wyncote, Pa., for the purpose of working out national plans for better race relations in America, have concluded a "Christianized and ambitious program, which is worthy of a nation-wide effort. The proposed policies call for the frequent exchange of interracial visits between religious exponents of both racial groups, with the view, we presume, of promoting a contact as a background for a real understanding, from which the whites will glean that since there is but one heaven they might as well begin now to prepare for the unity which will prevail there. The ardent Christian women ask that in securing places for Christian conventions, locations be selected at which the delegates can attend on the same basis. In practical lines they call for a changing attitude on the part of white employers and workers toward colored workers; for the encouragement and training of colored workers for more equitable opportunities in industry and for better placements. They demand that educational institutions, both public and private, shall give only a true presentation of the Negro and his contribution to America; and they point out the benefits in Negro health work, of removing discriminations against Negro physicians in municipal and other provisions for training and experience. In all, the church women have perfected a laudable reformation for the Church, the white wing of which, during the past century, has exhibited the grossest example of neglect we have observed. If it would have done so,—yea, if it had had the Christian fortitude with which it should have been surcharged, the church could have clasped the hand of the Negro and led him forward to Faith, Love and God. Compelled though to seek his own God, the breach between the Negro and the white Christian creed is both broad and deep. The church can mend its ways, if it will; and the Wyncoote delegates have shown it how to do so. There is yet time to "Love the Lord, thy God with all thy heart and thy neighbor as thyself." Is the church at last ready to practice what it preaches? The Vexatious Servant "Problem" The vexatious question of keeping "Bridget," "Susanne," "Mary," and "Dinah" continuously on the job with fying pan, mop, broom and dustpan, decade after decade, seems to be a problem which affects only the three first-named denizens of kitchen, bedroom and bath, according to a table which has been recently published by the U. S. Bureau of the Census, which says, in conclusion: "This table shows that the percentage of females of every race except the Negro is domestic and personal service declined between 1910 and 1920." The table referred to plainly shows that during the ten-year period, 1910-1920, the native white servant class of native parentage declined from 23 per cent in 1910 to 17.4 per cent in 1920; the native whites of foreign or mixed parentage decreased from 23.2 per cent to 16.1 per cent; and the foreign-born whites fell from 45.9 per cent to 35.8 per cent. With the marked abandonment of household duties on the part of the whites, some one, of course, had to fill the gap in kitchens, budoirs, and dining rooms; and the vacant places were filled by colored females, ten years of age and over, who climbed from a percentage of 42.4 in 1910 to 50.3 per cent in 1920; thus saving the day for those in search of honest, energetic and stable cooks, handmaids, waitresses, nurses and general house-workers. We are happy, of course, to find one spot, as to which the Negro is encouraged to seek to reach the highest pinnacle of work success. Nevertheless, we are a bit discouraged when we remember that the white domestic group, which in a decade graduated into clerks, stenographers, teachers, executives, and skilled artisans in the trades and vocations, were not accompanied by a commensurate percentage of our own faithful wives, daughters, mothers and sisters. That they of this latter group are still enforcedly clinging, is such a large percentage, to the arduous tasks of domestic service, is not, we know, because they cannot "deliver the goods" elsewhere. Mr. Employer, in the next decade, won't you please give them a better chance? Financial Music Just within the month, Hans Hohner, inventor and promoter of the lowly harmonica, and Frederick J. Steinway, creator and manufacturer of the famous "Steinway" piano, sang their doxologies and bid the world a final adieu. Although Mr. Steinway's estate has not yet been appraised, it will probably run up into the millions, as the financial precipitate of years of production of the world's greatest piano, from which the deft fingers of many a performer have brought forth entrancing strains. Great, however, has been the astonishment of the financial market to discover that Hohner, the maker of the despised mouth-organ, which retailed all the way from two to six bits per instrument, piled up an estate of an even million dollars from the reed-tinecovered mouth-organs which for so long have sent forth wheezy music upon the air from the lungs of many a lusty youth. In the meantime the corporation of Mr. King C. Gillette, maker of safety razors and blades, has announced a $12\frac{1}{2}$ per cent dividend on account of the music the Gillette shaver has made upon many a stiff beard. Razor blades, mouth-organs, pianos—they all ground out financial music to their sponsors; and full many a race dollar have they extracted from our group. On the other hand, we—or rather some of us—probably extracted from Hohner, Steinway and Gillette an eight-or-ten-hour per day wage, the accretions of which would not amount to a million dollars in a million days. What a long, long way we have yet to go. Colorgrams Following in the footsteps of Alabama, Georgia too has a bad case of civic nausea, for the relief of which "Dr." J. C. Edwards, State Senator of Clarkesville, has introduced an anti-flogging, anti-masking measure. Miss Ethel Waters, famous singing comedienne, is quoted as having announced in a recent exclusive interview with a representative of the great-white press, that her "father" forbears were Pennsylvania Dutch, while her mother's people were Cherokee Indians. "Shake That Thing!" What Thing? Negro Blood. As an aftermath of the usual false alarm of an alleged insult and assault by a Negro upon a white woman, a mob in Hazelhurst, Miss., drove all the Negroes out of town under a deluge of bricks and clubs. After "cooling time" following which some of the Negroes were permitted to return to their homes, the Sheriff explained the affair by saying it was only a "boyish prank." Quite right, Sheriff! We always knew that there was a dearth of real white men in Hazelhurst. Cash to the amount of $150,259.42 was contributed by Negroes in the campaign just completed to raise a fund of $1,000,000 for the medical school of Howard University, Washington, D. C. A bronze tablet, bearing the names of 51 colored men and women who made individual donations of from $1,000 to $10,000, will be placed in the new building of the medical school to be erected at a cost of $500-000. Departments of medicine, dentistry and pharmacy are maintained by the university; and Freedmen's Hospital is closely allied with the medical school. Howard University is an institution for the higher education of Negro men and women, supported in part by the Government.-(Department of the Interior, U. S.) RETURN FROM SESSION Delegates to the 20th triennial session of U.B.F. & S.M.T. at St. Louis, Mo., July 16 to 22, have returned to the city much pleased with the business of this meeting. Illinois lost to Missouri the national grand princess. The Chicago delegation was headed by J. B. Street, state grand master and Mrs. Georgia E. Harding, state grand THE BROAD AX, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, JULY 30, 1927 By MARTHA M. WILLIAMS (Copyright.) A RICH bachelor who has come to forty years is assuredly entitled to his hobbies, especially if they are harmless. The Major's hobby was not merely cock fighting but whatever had to do with producing cocks of the first water. He would neither waste time nor risk money upon birds otherwise evolved. His entries always ruled favorites. Naturally the strain was precious. So much by way of prologue, After it one will understand, easily, the Major's rage, heart-break and murder-when in mid-May a marauding dog plundered three broody mothers, sucked every egg, then added insult to injury by frisking up to the empty plaza, the very moral and pattern of happy repletion. A strange dog, evidently ownerless, friendless. The Major already knew his guilt—and came like a besom of destruction, gun in hand, in a rage so black he could barely see. The culprit rose and held up a placating paw, quite as became a gentleman dog intruding upon strangers. The Major raised his gun. Instantly the dog sprang to heel, and stood like a statue, except for the quiver at the very tip of his tail. The Major fell back a step, amazed, then shouted loudly: "You Phil! Come take this thief and hang him—higher than Haman. Thieves shouldn't die the death of gentlemen—" "You're right! Indeed they shouldn't," a girl's voice panted painfully from the side gate. "But who says my Danny is a thief? I wouldn't believe it." "You have to believe it. Come and see. But who are you, and how came you here?" the Major demanded. "I-I'm Nora Darcy, just come from Ireland, looking for my Uncle Tim Darcy. The car broke down a piece back--Danny slipped away from me, while I waited for the fixing. But kill him! You can't. Not till you kill me." "I tell you he's a murderer no less a thief, twenty chickens at least—and maybe a world beater or so in the broods—" "Danny! Danny! I can't believe it of you. And you broke of sucking eggs when you were just three months old!" Nora cried catching the dog tight in her arms. In a wink she lifted a face, white, tearless, infinitely grieved, saying steadily to the Major: "Please, sir—I ought not to ask it—but—but—" swallowing hard—"if you—have mercy—we'll go straight back to Ireland—at home I don't think he could be so bad." "No need of that," the Major said gruffly. "Take him—and never let me see him again. But let him rifle another nest, and nothing can save him." "Thank you," Nora said very low, then with a piteous shake: "Tm to blame—taking off his collar made him so happy he lost his sense." Then stooping she took tender hold of a silky ear. But Danny marched straight to the Major again, lifting a placating paw. "He—he wants to be friends—please, please don't think he is all bad—" "Deed he ain't, Missy," black Phil interposed, "Once de collar was off he dest had ter follow his nose—hit tole him chicken—an' chicken he found. Ef he was mine, no money wouldn't buy him. Wid him head ob our kennels we'd win all de field trials an' chamepen ribbins anybody mought hang up—" "Think so, Phil?" the Major asked almost under breath. Phil' nodded: "I ain't thinkin'-I knows." Inside a week Phil came to Nora's Uncle Tim Darcy's to talk business, large and serious. Nora had been so fearful, so watchful that she began to look worn and wan. She, of course, was spared the details—only the result mattered. That was the transfer of Danny under six months' lease to become the head of the Robinhood Kennels—which ranked next his fighting cocks in the Major's affections. Danny made himself free of the Darcy house, and in return took all the Darcy household to the Major's to inspect several specially fine broods brought off safely at exactly the right time; that is to say, mid-June when grass is tenderest, insects and worms plentiest and fattest, and the waxing sun most vital. They made a fine show on the clipped velvet of the lawn, these young creatures. Madame Silver-Spangle marshaled the parade. This was her third season—the fact bespoke her a mother incomparable. "How much is she worth, Major?" Uncle Tim asked, his eyes twinkling. Once艾lm asked, his eyes twinkling: "What is any perfect mother worth?" the Major flung back at him, his eyes the while fast on Nora. Then came Phil with Danny on leash, in the pink of condition, and rapturous at sight of Nora, yet offering his paw to the Major who joined it with Nora's in his warm clasp, and said: "Don't you think she belongs here, Danny? Let's keep her always—" Quite as though he understood, Danny leaped up, put his paws around the neck of his mistress, and said in his best dog Latin: "Bow-wow—yes" Youth and Age "Youth," says H. G. Wells, "is reactionary." If he is right, there is not much chance for the progressives, for middle age and old age are almost always conservative and often "reactionary." Such Is Human Nature Being told things for our own good never does us any—Ohio State Journal SIMPLICITY IS THE KEYNOTE FOR THE GRADUATING FROCK THE FASHION OF THE TWENTIES CHARGES AGAINST THE SWEET FAMILY NOLLE PROSSED (Preston News Service) Detroit, Mich., July 29—All charges against Dr. Osian H. Sweet, Mrs. Sweet and eight others in connection with the slaying of Leon Breiner during a race riot staged in front of the Sweet home here on September 5, 1925, when a large crowd of whites gathered to prevent the Sweets from occupying the house, were nole prossed Thursday. The Sweets were brought to trial on charges of homicide and conspiracy to slay Breiner after rioting which resulted from opposition to the Sweet family moving into a section where they were the only Negro family. The trial attracted nation-wide attention. Clarence Darrow, of Chicago, the renowned criminal lawyer, and Arthur Garfield Hayes, distinguished lawyer and philanthropist, were engaged as defense counsel. The case was tried before Judge Murphy. The jury disagreed after forty-six hours' deliberation and a new trial was ordered. Instead of proceeding with all the defendants together, Henry Sweet, a brother of Dr. O. H. Sweet, was tried and acquitted. The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People took an active part in this case and provided funds through popular subscription to carry on the trial. Internationally known psychologists, writers and scholars attended the trial. TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE ON JOB Great Lakes Lodge No. 43 and Ft. Dearborn Lodge No. 44, I.B.P.O.E.W. have appointed a transportation committee to look after the comfort of the delegation from Chicago and the middlewest to New York City, Aug. 20 to 27. This committee is composed of Dr. Merwyn R. Bibb, exalted ruler of Great Lakes Lodge No. 43, chairman; L. A. Newby, vice-chairman; Edgar L. Walker, secretary; T. L. Stevens, asst. secretary; Thos. H. Jackson, treasurer; M. T. Bailey, press agent; David Bishop, W. H. Davis and Jas. C. Martin, exalted ruler of Ft. Dearborn Lodge No. 44. This committee has perfect arrangements for the trip over the Wabash Railroad through Canada directly into New York with a special train consisting of day coaches, club, dining, compartments, sleepers and observation cars. This is to be a lovely trip. SIMPLICITY IS THE FOR THE G ONL) when the dress of the "sweet girl graduate" accents the note of simplicity does it create a pleasing impression. Now that sheer white materials are so in vogue, there is every opportunity of either making or buying "ready-to-wear" a charming graduating dress, such as will set off those "endearing young charms" of the daughter of the household to perfection. White georgette is a most excellent selection for the graduating frock. It is exquisitely dainty, and as to service, that is one of its chief recommendations. It launders beautifully, yet never has the appearance of a wash dress, and for little Miss Sixteen it will prove a most charming dance frock all through the summer season. Very prettily and girlishly styled is this white georgette dress pictured to the left. Sleeveless is this little frock. The ruffles on the skirt are arranged in tiers, for the tiered effect is one of the mode's pet hobbies this COLORED BISHOP'S BUST VANISHES AT MISSION SOCIETY CONVENTION Memphis, Tenn.-The bronze bust of Bishop Henry McNeil Turner, founder of the Negro's Woman's Home and Foreign Missionary society, has disappeared and where it has gone the police would like to know. Awaiting the day when the bust was to have been unveiled with appropriate ceremonies, members of the society were shocked to discover that where the bust had reposed there now was empty space. Bishop William D. Johnson, Negro, in reporting the disappearance to the police, hinted strongly that an opposing faction within the ranks of the society might know something about where the bronze work is. The opposing faction, he intimated, held a meeting several nights ago and decided that the likeness of Bishop Turner should not be unveiled by the entrance to the Booker T. Washington High School where it had lain veiled for several days. FASTOR KISSING INCIDENT DISTURBS PHILLY CHURCH Philadelphia, Pa.—Members of the Union Baptist Church here are said to be dividing into two factions as a result of allegations that while their pastor, the Rev. James E. Kirkland, was a patient in a local hospital, Mrs. M. Robinson, for 38 years a social worker in the church, either kissed or laid her cheeks against his face. The trouble started when the pastor told his wife about the incident. MME. CARTER IN SOUTH Mme. Ezella Mathis Carter, 4509 Prairie avenue, is on a tour through the south in the interest of the coming annual convention of The Carter Hairdressing Association and Benevolent Association, of which she is president and which convention will be held in Georgia during August. Mme. Carter is widely known for her work among the race, especially in the south. Famous Educator William Holmes McGuffey was an American educator born in Washington county, Pennsylvania, September 23, 1800; died in Charlottesville, Va. May 4, 1887. He was graduated at Washington college, Pennsylvania, in 1826. He was professor of moral philosophy at Miami university, Woodward college, Cincinnati, and then until his death professor at the University of Virginia. KEYNOTE RADUATING FROCK season. There is just the faintest blush of pink in the satin ribbon rosette posed on the shoulder. A trifle more elaborate is the dress of crepe de chine to the right. It is all in pure white even to the ribbon at neckline and waistline. This lovely frock subscribes to the reigning lace vogue in that rows and rows of narrow edging run a scalloped course around the slightly bourn skirt. The lace in rows on the neckline suggests a yoke effect. Emphasis is again placed on organdie for the summer frock. It is thought that this material will repeat the wonderful vogue it enjoyed some few seasons ago. Cunning and quaint are june file frocks made of this material, with basque bodices and full skirts in sleeveless style. Some of the skirts have tiers of ribbon, others are bordered with lace, in which event there is apt to be a yoke and cap—sleeves of the lace. (@, 1927, Western Newspaper Union.) TENNESSEE MAN, HUMAN ADDING MACHINE, ISSUES CHALLENGE TO ALL COMERS (Preston News Service) Denver, Colo., July 28.—The next time your adding machine starts back-firing, put in a call for Charles W. Cansler, of Knoxville, Tenn. Cansler uses his head for an adding machine and does away with the cost of upkeep. Cansler, who is visiting in Denver with his brother, Fritz Cansler, secretary of the Glenarm branch, Y.M.C.A., challenges all comers to any kind of speed mathematical contest. His greatest enjoyment comes from adding four columns of figures, five digit multiplication, and long division of like proportions. Cansler is principal of a Knoxville high school. While other men go to shows for recreations, he delights in breaking speed records in mathematics THEY ARE JUST AS DEAD On Wednesday, May 18, we were all horrified to read of the terrible tragedy in Bath, Michigan, in which some forty-four school children and their teachers were killed by a terrific dynamite explosion which destroyed the school house. It was a catastrophe of nation-wide interest. It was unnecessary. During the month of March forty-seven children died in the city of Detroit from diphtheria. These children are just as dead as those who were killed in the explosion and many of them suffered even more, yet nobody is particularly interested or aroused over the situation except the parents actually affected. The loss of these lives was just as unnecessary as the loss of lives through the explosion. The difference in public interest is probably due principally to the fact that, in diphtheria, deaths are not unusual while deaths as a result of explosion are. How long are we going to consider as not unusual, deaths from a cause, (diphtheria) which is definitely preventable and which ought to be just as unusual as deaths from explosion in school buildings? Diphtheria may definitely be prevented by having all children, most especially those under ten years of age, given three doses of toxin-anti-toxin mixture followed by a Schick test six months later to make sure that they are protected. From the Chicago Tuberculosis Institute, 360 N. Michigan boulevard, in charge of Mrs. Theodore B. Sachs, superintendent. GOLF COURSE OPENS SATURDAY Washington, D. C., July 29.—An 18-hole match between Harry A. Jackson, open champion, and John M. Shippen, first colored professional, featured the opening Saturday afternoon of the new nine-hole golf course of the National Capitol Country Club, located on the Washington-Baltimore boulevard about four miles from Laurel. Dr. Emmett J. Scott, of Howard University, is president of the club, the membership of which embraces business and professional men of Washington and Baltimore. Judge James A. Cobb is chairman of the executive committee. J. Arthur Doame, Baltimore golf architect, constructed the course. HOUSTON SUBURB DISSOLU TION VOTE ANNOUNCED Houston, Texas, July 29—Independence Heights, a suburb of this city, having gone into bankruptcy, under a corporate management of Negro officials—mayor, councilmen and other officials, dissolved its corporation by an official vote of 128 to 60, the final check-up showed Tuesday. The community is in the hands of a receiver on account of financial difficulties, and has little chance of being annexed by Houston at this time, it is indicated by officials at city hall. Miss Cornelia Bowen, founder of the Girls Reformatory School at Mount Meigs, Ala., is prominently connected with women's clubs and educational work in that state and she will spend the greater portion of the summer in this city. She will drink in some special courses at the Chicago University. Miss Bowen, who is one of the oldest readers of this newspaper, is stopping at the pleasant home of Mrs. Edward Tidrington, 5423 Indiana avenue. "Blue as a Razor" The word "razor" in this proverbial expression is probably a corruption of "azure," the original phrase, which is sometimes heard, being "blue as azure." Very Definite Limit to His Consideration Davy McDonald and his wife Molly lived on an abandonedumber tract in Texas in a small comfortable cottage. Their home was several miles from the nearest neighbor. They worked a small truck farm and kept a number of cows, pigs and many chickens. Like many persons who live much by themselves and have never learned to make companions of books, they always retired very early in the evening and rose correspondingly early in the morning. Davy found the nights long and tiresome and was glad of an excuse to rise even before the proverbial lark. He was much like the man referred to by John G. Saxe in "Early Rising": "Who cannot keep his precious head Upon his pillow until it's fairly light." In speaking to a fisherman who was spending a few days with him, Davy once said: "I like to get up in the morning: 'long about half-past three or four o'clock I wake up and can't go to sleep again; so I get up and go out in the barnyard and look at the pigs and cows and feed the chickens and putter round till breakfast is ready. Now, the old woman is jest the other way; she never wants to get up, and I never wake her. I let her sleep jest as long as she wants to." Now, Davy had the reputation of being not overkind to or considerate of his wife, and his visitor was not a little surprised at this expression of conjugal solicitude. "Ha, Davy, good for you," he said to himself. "I did not know that you were so thoughtful of your wife." "Yes," resumed Davy, "I never call her or wake her up; as long as she has my breakfast on the table by six o'clock. I let her sleep jest as late as she wants to."—Youth's Companion. Invention Born of War An interesting invention born of the war is a sky-writing "gun," which has been recently perfected. It was suggested and designed during the progress of war, and it was thought that by shooting messages of various kinds, on the clouds over the German camp, that it might have an influence on the soldiers to cease fighting, but while work on the "gun" was being completed the war came to an end and the work was discontinued. Recently the work was taken up again with the idea of utilizing the device as an advertising feature and the inventors were rewarded with a very satisfactory degree of success. The device has a range from a few hundred feet to several thousand, and if there is a cloud in sight a message or a picture may be projected upon it. If there is not a cloud, one is made by shooting smoke bombs into the air and the cloud is thus provided. To Be Elaborate Resort One of the most-visited places in France is the Mont Saint Michel with its beautiful building on a rock island off the coast of Brittany, says the Paris correspondent of the Christian Science Monitor. It is estimated that every year it it is seen by 400,000 persons. Hitherto the arrangements for their reception have been of a somewhat primitive character, but it is with mingled feelings that one learns of the intention of the authorities to make a fashionable beach along the coast facing the island. The committee is headed by M. Guerite, the chief architect of historical monuments of Versalles. The scheme calls for a marine walk about fifteen yards wide; a large 300-room hotel in Anglo-Norman style, and a casino with gardens, together with horse, automobile and boat service to the beauty spot. About 60,000,000 francs are to be spent on this project. At the Wedding "When my oldest gal, Zanzalline, got married a passal of young smart elkicks stood around outside of the house till the preacher got through," related Gap Johnson of Rumpus Ridge. "Then they slid in and started cutting up their monkey-doodle. One young cuss rushed up to Zanzalline and kissed her before she could dodge, and six or seven more shoved right up, overturning the groom and him a-cussin' to beat the world. I reckoned it was time for me to take a band, and I ranked out my gun, cracked the first feller over the head with it and kicked him out the door. He lit a-runnin', and I took a few shots at him as he left. "Now,' says I, to the rest of the pack, 'you cusses tear out of yur before I get agitated and lose my temper, and don't you come back, either!" —Kansas City Star. Minerals for Smithsonian The Smithsonian institution in Washington now has the finest collection of minerals in the world. A gift containing about 1,500 specimens was recently presented to the museum by John A. Roebling. In the collection is a 64-karat black diamond from South Africa which is a perfect crystal and one of the largest black diamond crystals known. There is also a 310-karat peridot. Other interesting stones are a wine-colored toopaz weighing 8 karats and an alexandrite of 32 karats. Horseshoe Was Lucky One of the 110 contestants who took part in a spelling bee at Detroit, Mich., was twelve-year-old Gladys Beer. And Gladys held her hands behind her back. The boys made remarks, but no one really bothered to ask her why she kept them there until the contest was over. Just a little embarrassed, Gladys held out one hand with a full-sized horseshoe in it. "I thought I would bring it along to see if it would help me," she said. Gladys won the match. 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Republicans, Democrats, Catholics, Protestants, Single Taxes, Priests, infidels or anyone else can have their say in the election because the game is proper and responsibility is fixed. The Broad Ax is a newspaper whose platform is broad enough for all, ever claiming the editorial right to speak its own mind. It is neither Democratic nor Republican. It is strictly or absolutely independent in politics. Local communications will receive attention. Write only on one side of the paper. Subscriptions must be paid in advance. One Year .....$2.00 Six Months .....$1.00 Advertising rates made known on application. Address all communications to THE BROAD AX 6206 S. Elizabeth St. Chicago. Phone: Wentworth 2597 JULIUS F. TAYLOR Editor and Publisher Entered as Second-Class Matter, Aug 19, 1902, at the Postoffice at Chicago Ill. Under Act of March 8. 1879. Forest Industries The forest industries occupy a commanding position in the economic structure of the United States. The capitalization in 1919 of an industrial group consisting of lumber and its remanufacture, pulp and paper, naval stores, natural dye stuffs and extracts, and wood distillation, and excluding a much larger number of smaller related industries which would not materially affect the total, exceeded $3,600,000,000, not including stumpage owned by these industries. The value of the output at the mill of this group reached practically $4,000,000,000 and the wages paid by the group was more than $1,000,000,000. Civilization Cycles The eight cycles of civilization may refer to the Chinese cycle, the Japanese, the Phoenician, Egyptian, Babylonian, Roman, Grecian and the present cycle. Little-Known Museum Little-Known Museum Not every one who visits Washington knows that there is a museum in the Court of Claims building across from the State, War and Navy building on Pennsylvania avenue. In the Court of Claims building there is a gallery containing portraits of noted jurists. The benches in the court were originally in the house of representatives when that body occupied that portion of the capitol now known as Statuary hall. These seats were once used by Daniel Webster, Henry Clay, John Randolph, John C. Calhoun and other statesmen of that period. If one looks closely one may discover Clay's seat, for the initials "H. C." cut with a penknife are to be found in several spots. Young German State Young German Statesmen The leaders of the German republic, in contrast to those of the old regime, are all comparatively young men, notes L'Europe Nouvelle of Paris. The following officials are between forty-five and fifty years old: Herr Stresemann and most of his cabinet; Herr Braun, president of the Prussian council, and his principal collaborator; Herr Weissmann; the permanent secretaries of state for foreign affairs and commerce, Von Schubert and Trendelenburg; Herr Schacht, president of the reichsbank; former Chancellor Wirth; Herr Loebe, president of the reichstag, and the two leaders of the Socialist party, Hilferding and Brettschied. "Auto's" Derivation The word automobile was taken from the Greek "auto," meaning self, plus the Latin "mobilis," meaning movable. It is of French origin and is an adjective used as a noun. In its first usage it was applied only to pleasure vehicles or carriages. The term was created to meet the sudden demand for a word to describe the horseless, or self-propelling vehicle. Town's Claim to Fame Magnesia is an ancient town in Asia Minor, situated near Smyrna. The place is now called Manissa. It was at this town that the attractive properties of the lodestone were discovered, hence the terms magnet, magnetism, etc. It has also given its name to magnesia, the oxide of magnesium. THE BROAD AX, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, JULY 30, 1927 World's Oldest Books Reveal "Missing Link" Alded by a sharp chisel, Dr. H. Lutz of the University of California has just finished reading the oldest book known to man. The task has taken him 20 years. The chisel was necessary because the "book" is a series of clay tablets about the size of a pocket notebook, each incased in a baked-clay sheath, which had to be chipped away by the sharp tool. Dating from a period between 2,000 and 2,500 years before Christ, the book is part of the records of the little-known Hittite empire, and explains hitherto baffling mysteries of ancient civilization. The tablets were dug up in the ruins of the Hittite capital, near Angora, Turkey, with other letters and documents, all inscribed on sun-baked clay and fled away just as a modern business firm keeps its records. The writing was done while the clay was soft. When a tablet was to be sent any distance, powder was sprinkled over the text and the tablet wrapped in a soft wet clay "envelope." The powder prevented sticking, and the recipient broke off the clay wrapper with a thin chisel. The text, as Doctor Lutz found it under the clay envelope, was in the cuneiform or wedge-shaped characters of ancient writings. Once natives of the country known as Hattl, now modern Turkey, the Hittites are disclosed by Doctor Lutz's translation as a sort of "missing link" between Babylonian and Greek culture. Such Biblical tales as those of Moses, Saul, and David, as well as the legends of the Iliad and the Odyssey, the origins of which have long been a mystery, are revealed by the tablets to have come down to us from the Babylonians and Chaldeans through the Hittites—Popular Science Monthly. Ewer Umbrellas Used Fewer Umbrellas Used A steady decline in the demand for umbrellas the last ten years, is reported by manufacturers. Fifteen years ago nearly everyone carried an umbrella. Some homes kept one for each m-member of the family and an extra to tend to the visitor who got caught in a shower. Today people are not carrying them. The automobile is the reason, H. I. Phillips tells us. Now almost as many automobiles are lost as were umbrellas 20 years ago. -Capper's Weekly. **Parrot "Telephone Girl"** A parrot that heeds the telephone is reported from Long island. Milora is the name of the pet who notifies her mistress when the telephone bell rings. She belongs to Mrs. Elizabeth F. Staines of Long Island City, and if Mrs. Staines or no other member of the family is nearby when the telephone rings, the parrot cries "Telephone, telephone," until some one responds. While the telephone conversation is in progress the bird remains quiet, but when it has ceased, Mrs. Staines always says "Thank you, Milora," to which the parrot invariably replies, "Oh, that's all right."—Telephone Press Service. Base Feet Lure Fish Ankles have always been known to attract "poor fish," but the first record of using feet for bait appears in Field and Stream. Dave Webb of North Fork, Mo., apparently a fisherman of parts, writes to this national sports magazine on the advantages of such a method of catching minnows. He says, "In order to attract minnow for bait, one has but to dangle their bare feet in the river or creek where there is a good place to put a glass trap or use a dip net. In this manner the fisherman can get all he wishes." Reforestation Going On During the year ending June 30, 1926, more than 25,000,000 trees produced in state forest nurseries were distributed to farmers; 13,000,000 were distributed to planters other than farmers; and 14,000,000 were planted on state lands. At the rate of 1,000 trees to the acre the total output of state nurseries during the year was enough to put 52,000 acres of idle land to work. The total area needing reforestation through planting, however, is more than 80,000,000 acres. Trunk Line Travel Virginia was just a wee girl, yet wise in a variety of childhood worldly ways. Her mother had gone to the hospital for an operation and was being returned home on a stretcher. The unusual procedure had great fascination for Virginia. She visioned times of travel and such. As the mother was being taken up the stairs Virginia called: "Oh, mother, they're bringing you just like a trunk, aren't they?" World Has Much Desert World Has Much Desert There are 4,861,000 square miles of desert area in the world, according to Liberty. This is equivalent to the combined areas of the United States, England, France, Germany, Greece, Egypt, the Japanese empire and the Fiji islands. Res. 5400 Washington Blvd. Branch Office: 606 Racing MILES J. ATTORNEY SUITE 318-320 CLARK AND W Telephone CENTRAL 1239 WEST ENGLE AND SAVI Cor. 63rd Street an JOHN BAIN, President Vice-President; EDWA President and Cashier Assistant Cashier and T 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, VicePresident and Cashier; W. MERLE FISHER, Assistant Cashier and Trust Officer. TELEPHONE REPUBLIC 5000 TELEPHONE GEORGE F. H REAL Up-to-Date or Mode Up-to-Date or Modern Houses, Apartments and Stores to Rent 3101 COTTAGE GROVE AVE. Corner 31st Street, Chicago War Tanks Not Now "Tanks" were perfected during the World war, but the idea is much older. Fighting vehicles are recorded as early as 1200 B. C., when the Chinese made use of protected vehicles propelled by man or horse. The so-called Tudor "war carts" were used during the Fifteenth century. Northern Africa Barbary is a general name applied to the northern portion of Africa from Egypt on the east to the Atlantic ocean on the west, and from the Mediterranean sea on the north to the Sahara desert on the south. Barbary includes Morocco, Algeria, Tunis and Tripoli. Masterpiece of Art Von Munkacsy's famous painting, "Christ Before Pilate," was completed in 1881. This painting was purchased' by John Wanamaker for $160,000 and was awarded a gold medal at the in- ternational exhibition in 1889. 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