Chicago Defender

VOLUME VII. NUMBER 18. Mr. Rubinow, Dr. C. E. Bentle gentleman most prominent is B scenes of conferences at the West Many wealthy white friends in WEST IN PLEA As we go to press the ministers, delegates and friends intending attendance upon the general conference of the A. M. E. church, which convenes in Kansas City from May 6 to 28, have either arrived there or are en route. As usual, Chicago was represented by a large delegation. The ministerial delegates from the Iowa conference, which includes Chicago, were: Rev. D. P. Roberts, Rev. H. S. Graves of Evanston, Rev. A. J. Carey. The lay delegates were: Mr. Charles A. Griffin and Mr. Eugene Green of Davenport, Iowa. Rev. Roberts left Thursday night to attend a meeting of the auditing committee of the financial board, which convenes today. The Reverend carries with him the best of wishes of the entire city in its hope that he will be one of the new bishops to be elected at this general conference. Considerable significance was given to the remarks of Bishop Lee when he preached at Bethel church last Sunday morning when that diplomatic church head spoke of Rev. Roberts as splendid timber for that high office. A number of quarterly conferences throughout this district have sent petitions appealing to the general conference to take into consideration the strength, both spiritually and financially, which this section has contrib- --- Morris Bloom, Gentleman and Square Dealer, Proprietor Illinois Buffet, Northeast Corner State and Thirty-Seventh Streets. Our old friend Morris Bloom, who for a number of years has held forth at the southwest corner of State (3700) and 37th street, is today greeting his old and new friends in his new quarters just across the street on the northeast corner of State and 37th, to be known as the Illinois buffet. The many friends of Morris—and all colored gentlemen within a radius of many blocks are his friends—will be glad to know he is to remain in the neighborhood, and that his new place is to receive his personal attention. It is fitted up on a scale of quiet elegance that will compare with the finest Loop buffets and is stocked with goods fit to set before the most particular. THE DEFENDER BELIEVES IN A SQUARE DEAL AND FAIR PLAY FOR ALL MEN, AND DOES NOT BY ANY MEANS INDORSE THE UNFAIR METHODS AND UNTRUTHFUL PROMISES THAT IT IS SAID WERE USED TO ROOT MR. BLOOM FROM HIS OLD STAND ACROSS THE STREET. Mr. Bloom may rest easy; his colored patrons, including his hundreds of friends of the gallant Eighth, know of how he was treated and will not forget it. They admire clean, square dealing men. Morris has the "NIGHT WATCH," his smile is always on tap, and his welcome is genuine and sincere. The Home Edition TEACHERS TO SPEED VACATION IN ALPS OF Many Hundred to Avail Themselves of Mr. C. T. White's Personally Conducted Excursion to the Coast and Northwest—Alps of America—A Three-Days' Visit to St. Paul, Where the National Negro Educational Congress Meets July 15—See the Canadian National Park—The Great Glaciers of the Selkirk Mountains. SAIL DOWN PUGET SOUND —RETURN BY THE RIO GRANDE. Splendid Daylight Ride on the Pacific. Coast Steamers—A Visit to Seattle and Tacoma, Washington—Over the Great Mountain Shasti Route to San Francisco—The Wonders of Our Own Country Explained by a Noted Traveler—Reservations Now Being Made—Defender Answers Inquiry. Mr. C. T. White of Vancouver, B. C., is expected in the city during the week to make final arrangements for the summer excursion to the coast and northwest that is attracting so much attention. For many months the Chicago Defender has carried the advertisement of the wonderful trip, but so persistent have been the inquiries that Mr. White has found it necessary to have a personal conference with Editor Abbott, the Chicago manager. This delightful trip can be made the trip of your life, and many of our teachers will avail themselves of an opportunity to see the beauties of their own country through this personally conducted tour. National Educational Congress. Starting July 14 this wonderful excursion is so arranged that a three days' stop can be made at St. Paul to attend the National Negro Educational Congress which convenes July 15. Then up to the Canadian National Park, the great glaciers of the Selkirk mountains. Traveling in the mountains will be done by daylight. A day sail down the Puget Sound (Vancouver-Seattle) on one of the Canadian Pacific coast steamers, surpassed by none. Spending one day each at Seattle and Tacoma, Wash., and Portland, Ore. Over the great Mt. Shasti route to San Francisco, Cal., where a stop of sixty hours will be made. Down by the Rio Grande. Return via Denver and Rio Grande railway, passing through the canyon of the Grand river, Eagle river, canyon, over the Tennessee Pass and through the Royal Gorge. Stops will be made also at Salt Lake City, Denver, Colorado Springs, Kansas City and St. Louis. For rates and particulars write R. S. Abbott, Chicago manager. The Chicago Defender. DELEGATES OF THE N. A. A. C. P., GUESTS OF MISS JANE ADDAMS AT HULL HOUSE, TUESDAY AFTERNOON, APRIL 30. THE WEDDING OF THE MARRIAGE OF JOHN AND MARY BURTON AT THE MARRIAGE HALL OF THE MARY BURTON MUSEUM. Mr. Rubinow, Dr. C. E. Bentley, Dr. W. E. B. Du Bois, Mr. Hannan of the Bahai movement, top row against wall of house, reading from left to right. The tall and venerable gentleman most prominent is Bishop B. F. Lee. The many friends of Miss Jane Addams have no difficulty in recognizing her in this group. The most remarkable meeting since the scenes of conferences at the World's Fair. The Defender is the only paper in the world to publish this wonderful photograph where a bold strike was made to down race prejudice. Many wealthy white friends in group. Editor Abbott can be plainly seen in the group. Photo by Peter P. Jones. FOR BISHOP Delegates Off for Conference—Rev. Roberts Favorite for Bishop—Church Bodies in Joint Resolution for Recognition in This Section—Delegates. CHICAGO, DLL., SATURDAY, MAY 4, 1912. OLD FOLKS MADE HAPPY. Officials of the Home for Aged and Infirm Colored People Acknowledge $175.00 Gift. Chicago, April 30, 1912.—To the Editor of The Defender—Dear Sir; Please allow us through your columns to publicly acknowledge the receipt of $175 from the Amateur Minstrel club, the result of their magnificent Easter entertainment for the benefit of this institution, for which we are sincerely thankful. No better endorsement of these noble hearted young men and their purpose, nor of this institution and its work, could be asked than was manifested by the attendance of over five hundred of Chicago's best men and women on this occasion. This is the third effort of these gentlemen in behalf of this institution, and in a period of a little over two years their contributions have approximated $600, certainly a record of which they may justly be proud. Gratefully yours. W. H. JACKSON, Secretary. uted to the connection, realizing that this support deserves some recognition. MAJOR JACKSON IN THE SOUTH. Attends Funeral of Jas. Hopewood, Noted Pythian. (Special to Chicago Defender.) Charleston, W. Va., May 3.—Maj. R. R. Jackson, of Chicago, was in the city to attend the funeral of James Hopewood, chairman of the finance committee of the Supreme Lodge Knights of Pythias, who died here this week. Funeral services were held on Wednesday and Maj. Jackson immediately left for his home. 1 To whom much of the success of the Fourth Annual Conference of the N. A. A. C. P. is due. As chairman of the committee on speakers and halls he has made himself famous. MRS. CURRAN HAS SEVERAL ACCIDENTS. Mrs. D. W. Curran, 143 Schiller street, while out for a walk this week, slipped and sprained her ankle. The prompt assistance of a Defender reporter saved her considerable annoyance. A physician was promptly summoned and she is reported better. Only the week before Mrs. Curran broke her arm, but she happily believes that the series of accidents are over. The Defender sincerely hopes so, as it takes all of her time to oversee her vast property holdings. RETURNS FROM CUBA. Noted Globe Trotter Praises Island, But Likes Home Best, Mrs. M. Lyles. 3238 Armour avenue, has returned from a trip to Cuba by the way of St. Louis, where she spent several days last week. Mrs. Lyles, who is one of our most noted globe trotters, said that Cuba is a delightful place, but "there is no place like home." Readers of the Chicago Defender will remember that the Lyles left the city last winter, the Madame sailing for Cuba and her husband for Africa. An interesting latter from Mr. Lyles appears elsewhere in this issue. Minneapolis, May 3.—Wednesday a feature of the Methodist general conference now in session here was the presentation of an elaborate table and a gavel made by the students of Norristown Institute. Dr. N. P. Burnes of Minnesota made the presentation. This announcement, published in our local columns last week, has not been overlooked but is deferred another week awaiting the selection of the day. Full and complete details of "the wedding sensation of the season" exclusively in the Chicago Defender. The Officers and Directors of the LINCOLN STATE SAVINGS BANK THIRTY-FIRST AND STATE STREETS, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS take pleasure in extending to you a cordial invitation to be present at their opening Monday, May Sixth Nineteen Hundred Twelve DEATH OF MRS. LUCY ROY WILLIAMS. Wife of Well Known Business Man Passes Away After a Short Illness —Funeral From Quinn Chapel Thursday. Mrs. Lucy Roy Williams, wife of Mr. Thornton Williams, died at her residence, 2200 Dearborn street, Monday, April 29, after an illness of three weeks. Funeral services over the remains were held at Quinn chapel Thursday morning, Rev. W. D. Cook, the pastor, officiating. The services were very impressive, "Flee As a Bird to Yon Mountain" and "Nearer My God to Thee" being rendered at the special request of the deceased. Deacon Jones, Mr. Stakes and Mr. W. A Swan were her spiritual advisers, and she embraced the Christian religion before death. Interment was at Oak Hill cemetery, Undertailler Dan Jackson being in charge. Mrs. Williams was born in Albermarl county, Virginia, in 1871, and came to Chicago when about four years old. A mother, Mrs. Rachael Roy, daughter, son, grandson and husband survive her. Mr. and Mrs. Williams were prominent in the business world, having conducted a lunch room and barber shop at 2254 State street. Many friends displayed their sympathy in beautiful designs of flowers. AN ATTRACTIVE WHITE PLUME. A beautiful white plume attracted a reporter's attention to a box at the Grand Theater, Wednesday night. Later he learned that it was worn by Mrs. James Woodard, 4828 Afmour avenue, who was entertaining Miss Lore Lee Jenkins and Baby Vany Baker. The plume was the admiration of the house. It is said that the baby cried every time the orchestra played. ALL ABOUT THE TAYLORS. Mrs. Luhu B. Taylor, who is the successor of Mrs. Anna Taylor in the proprietorship of the news stand at 15 West 36th street, opposite Provident hospital, says that the Chicago Defender is the city's most popular newspaper. Mrs. Taylor, who resides at 3440 Wabash avenue, is very much pleased with her business venture. COL. JOHN R. MARSHALL HONORED COL. JOHN R. MARSHALL HONORED Elected Alternate Delegate to The National Convention—Members of the Eighth Regiment Elated. The colored people of Illinois were signally honored by the Republican State Convention which met at Springfield, by the election of Col. John R. Marshall as alternate delegate at large to the national convention. This is the only northern state which has ever given such high honors to the colored voters. Credit for this recognition is given primarily to Governor Deneen, who made the recommendation, and which was enthusiastically endorsed by the Republican leaders of the state. Col. Marshall also his famous 8th regiment are known wherever the English language is spoken. His splendid record as a soldier and race leader are sources of much pride to the colored people of his home city. No more fitting testimonial to the 8th regiment in particular, and the Negro people throughout the state of Illinois could be given them by the selection of this distinguished and unselfish representative of the race to this post of honor. No one doubts that the high honor conferred upon the Colonel will be borne by him with modest and dignified reserve. M. E. MINISTERS VISIT CITY. En Route to Conference, Visiting Divines Were the Guests of Mr. and Mrs. Middleton. The following gentlemen, en route to the General Conference of the M. E. church in Minneapolis, Minn., stopped over in Chicago, Sunday and Monday; Rev. Dr. W. W. Lucas, of Atlanta, Ga.; Dr. E. B. Burroughs, of Charleston, S. C.; Dr. C. C. Jacobs, Rev. A. J. Andrews, Rev. J. W. Moultrie, of Sumter, S. C.; Dr. Isaiah H. Fulton and Rev. W. S. Thompson, of Florence, S. C. They were guests of the Hotel Washington during their stay and were entertained at dinner on Monday by Mr. and Mrs. H. D. Middleton, 525 East 341th place. If you see it in The Defender it is so ```markdown ``` PRICE 5 CENTS SPEAKERS ENCOURAGE AND TELLOF ADVANCE Fourth Annual Conference of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Sunday, Monday and Tuesday of This Week, the Most Significant and Important Gathering for Race Welfare Since the Days of the Abolition—Distinguished Men and Women, Representing Many Nationalities, Take Part—Noted Russian and Abdul Baha, the Persian Philosopher, Prominent on Program. GRANDSON OF WM. LLOYD GARRISON EXPLAINS OBJECT. Opening Session in Magnificent Hebrew Temple—Rabbi Hirsch, Bishop B. F. Lee, Miss Jane Addams, Preside—Delegates From Washington, Boston, Kansas City, St. Paul and New York—Delegates Entertained at Hull House and Provident Hospital—Prof. W. E. Du Bols Demonstrates Varied Life of the Race with Stereopticon Views—Gov. Geneen Unable to Be Present Sends Cheering Letter. By J. Hockley Smiley The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People held their fourth annual conference here this week, beginning Sunday and ending Tuesday. The first meeting was held in Sinai Temple, Grand boulevard and 46th street, and the other meetings at Handel hall. Despite the very inclement weather more than a thousand persons turned out, and it is said that this meeting was the most significant and important gathering for race welfare held since the days of Sumner, Garrison and Phillips. Miss Jane Addams presided. The first speaker was Oswald Garrison Villard of New York, grandson of William Lloyd Garrison, the abolitionist, president of the New York Evening Post Company and chairman of the executive committee of the advancement association. This society exists in order to combat the spirit of persecution and prejudice which confronts the colored people of this land, and to assure to them every right, privilege and opportunity to which every citizen of the United States is entitled. It asks no favors, no privileges, no special advantages or benefits for these disadvantaged ones. It merely asks equality of opportunity, equality at the ballot box, equality in the courts of the land. It was three years ago that the need for protest against the growth of prejudice and injustice became so great as to bring this organization into being. Three years ago marked the centennial of the birth of Abraham Lincoln, surely the most fitting of all times at which to found such an undertaking. From small beginnings it has grown rapidly. Its organ of public opinion, The Crisis, reaches more than 22,000 readers. Branches have been organized in Boston, Chicago, Baltimore, Washington and New York, and there is a host of applications for branches elsewhere on file at our office. Meetings have been held in great numbers. The association's centenary celebration of Sumner, Wendell Phillips and Harriet Beecher Stowe have done not a little to keep alive the spirit of the abolition times. The work of legal redress is going on 2 eee ee ee ae ee Looking back on the thirteen montis that have elapsed singe. the last annual conference of this associa. tion, it can not be said that the cause of the colored people has done any- thing else than advance rapidly, both from the political and the material point of view. Politically we have reason to be grateful for the Root Borah debate i the Senate on dlatranchisements, fo the fight for Negro suffrage in Okla: homa; for the winning of civil rights sults in Now York, New Jersey, Sas sachusetts, and elsewhere, and for another and overwhelming defeat for Oistranchisement in. Maryland. Th blow at peonage in Alabama, struck by the Supreme Court In 1911, is a cause for widespread rejoicing. On the material side Is the remark able increase of Negro wealth in land and. homes that eontinues “unabate year by year. In the census repor' that the Negro population has grown from 1,770,808 in 1810 to 9,828,294 in 1910, the Negro can take unbounded satisfaction, since with his increasing numbers comes increasing power and increased strength with which to fight his battles. ‘The efforts to draw the color line at Cornell university have failed; the ap- poltmnt ofa colored Assistant Uni ed States Attorney-General in Wash: ington and the election of the first col- ored legislator in Pennsylvania are auspicions omen of the future, am but two of many that might be pre sented, But most stgnificant and striking of all the evidence has been the defeat for the Supreme court of the United States of Judge William C. Hook of Kauss Awakening to Power, There ean be no question that Judge Hook would be today upon the Sw. Preme bench of the land after his intolerable “Jim Crow Car" decision but that the so-called “Black Cabb net” of Mr. Taft waited upon the Pres ident and notified him that if this wrong were done to colored Amer cans no colored man ‘would speak in hile Debalé inthe presidential cam Palewy ang that he Could count spon ‘the certain hostility of the intelligent colored people of the country, Beside: this association, many other bodies interested in the welfare of the col ored people and prominent white judges and leaders of public opinion protested to Mr. Tafteand. duds Hook is not upon the Supreme bench of the United States. We hear much about the lack of solidarity among the colored people It is an indictment, the truth of whieh sie ean not wholly deny it we would The nine millions of colored citizens do not yet realize what a tremendous power will be theirs when they but stand together, utilize the political in fluence which remains to them and take advantage of that right to voice their discontent, to express their bit ter feeling of wronged citizenship of which no legislation ean deprive them. ‘The Hook case is chiefly significant as showing a changed attitude; a new tone among the colored people, it is to be welcomed thrice over and writ. ten down ae a notable political cvent in their history if it means, as we believe, an awakening to the power which is theirs. Prof. Pickens Heard. Prof. Wm. Pickens of Talladega, Ala., was the next speaker. Mr. Pick- ens mets with a very cordial reception and said in part: “The upward movement for the American Negro is an achievement of civilization, showing that the Amer can heart is better than the American Politics or theology. Now 10,000,000 Negroes own a large part of the na- tion's property. “The American Negro, emulous of his Creator (for each began with noth- ing), is now paying taxes on $60,000,- 600 worth of property and may be said to be worth more than 2 billion, for the American Negro, in matters of taxes, has absorbed some of the mod- esty of the whites. The class that didn’t own a mule fifty years ago now has $500,000,000 invested in farm Tands. And any tman wil tell vou That one dollar earned by sweat and eriflen of a. Negro ts worth many Sollars saved. by a white” Pres, ‘Spitgarin, president of th New York branch, steo spoke. The Ninbrian Giee club rendered several selections, and the following letter was read from Goy. Deneen: STATI OF TLiaNOIS ieroallre: Dentin nag A NNT, son nie... nla ean. 1, dey Dear ice PE scat ot 300 cdl RM fend al etl a fou BAS Cole, Sabet the Satie Sat atin ir The Masten ot Ca sepa, atten lO BOSS aaa ite ty Hoar tees Gn oat Uh see done inrtecent setts vor the wglvancement BANE. "tha LAS" Gorn a he Rie percetra teeny eit, sour, sugar ui, ang Tins of eh, ena no seat Sime nit Raat oR Ee tetas an dere Ray Rete peta rire Monday. At 12 o'clock many of the delegates were guests at a luncheon at Provi dent hospital. In the afternoon the second meeting was held at Handel hall. Prof. W. E. B. Du Bois and Judge Edward 0. Brown of the Appel late court were the speakers. Prof, Du Bois injected a new idea into the work of the association by a series of stereopticon views showing the Ife of a colored boy from baby- hood to his final resting place in a southern cemetery, illustrating the in- aults, the persecutions and the injus- Hee with which the Negro is treated, Judge Brown's topic was race dis crimination. Among other things he said: “It-is a duty every American of the white race owes to himself as much as he does to the Negro to see to it that the color of a man’s skin shall hot subject him to insult, oppression and injustice in a country boasting of Its democracy, its Mberty and the po- itical equality of its eltizens,” said the judge. “The people of the United States, more than any other people of the earth, should recognize the obligation to prevent racial partisanship and prejudice from influencing our con- duct to the Negro. Yet a dominant portion of our fellow citizens and Neighbors today go beyond the peo- ple of any other country in the world in unjust discrimination against him. “In the clvil war we accepted every- where the assistance of the Negroes, to whom we promised Itberty and ad- vancement. We used frecdmen in the North as soldiers, freedmen in the South as sconts, fort builders, for- agers and commissaries. We were successful and we took no end of glory to ourselves for the redemption and ‘emancipation of a race. “Now when a state or civic com- munity has undertaken a duty like that there is no way for it in honor to retreat or withdraw. Every step we opened to these people made any political Inequality, any social Injus- tice, any ostracism, oppression or in- sult more biter to them than it had deen before. “But the Negroes have come fairly up in all the things dependent on their own exertions; they have in one generation become planters, business men, professional men, teachers, bank- ers, artists, musicians and authors, ‘They have reared theaters and estab- lished schools and colleges of their ‘own; built churches and hospitals and orphan asylums.” Night Session. At the night session of the confer- ence Charles Edward Russell, maga- zine writer, declared that the United States is attempting to avoid the Ne- gro question. “are we a nation of cowards?” asked Mr. Russell, “and are we make ing for universal chaos which may be accompanied by bloodshed?” Tm addition to Mr. Russell, 1. at. Rubinow of New York, H. T. Kealing, president of the Western university, Quindarrow, Kans, and Miss Julia Lathrop spoke, Bishop B. F. Lee pre- sided. Mrs, George Cone’s jubilee club sang. Tuesday. ‘he morning session was devoted to reading of reports by the delegates. Mr. Mooriildstory of Boston presided. In the afternoon the delegates were guests at a reception by Miss Jane Addams at Hull House. Mrs. Celia Parker Wooly was the principal speaker. In the evening Rabbi Hirsch pre- sided. Mr. John If. Walker, presi- dent of the United Mine Workers of Ulinois; Mrs. Ida B. Wells Barnett, Dr. BP. Riley of Birmingham, Ala.. au thor of “The White Man's Burdens,” and Mrs, Anna Jones of Kansas City were the speakers, Abdul Baha of Persia also spoke. Notes of the Conference. An important idea was the intro duction of a resolution by Mr. Charles Edward Russell of New York. The resolution is as follows: “Resolved, ‘That the Board of Directors of the Na- tional Association for the Advance ment of Colored People is requested to undertake as soon as may bé prac- ticable proceedings that will bring before the United States Supreme Court the so-called ‘grandfather clause,” by which millions of owners are distranchised in the southern states.” Among the delegates were Mrs. Eva Monroe of Springfield, 1; Mrs. Clara Chiford of Washington, D.C. Mrs. Montgomery of Milwankee, and” Miss Anna Jones of Kansas City. Dr. N. F. Mossell, well known Phil- adelphian and Medical Director of the Douglass Memorial Hospital, was among the early arrivals, In company with Dr. George C. Hall, he enjoyed a number of festivities and partici- pated im medical work to his heart's content. ‘The reception at Hull House Tues: day, was an enjoyable occasion. Not | the least among the treasurers of the conference will be the photo of that gathering. Sa se: ae fi! By Mildred Miller. No greater meeting has ever been held in the later history of this coun- try, From the brilliant opening at Sinai temple Sunday evening through to the closing Tuesday night in Han- del hall, every session was marked with an intense earnestness of pur- pose, and the addresses were of an unusuaily high order and teaming with information and human interest. It may come slowly, but such meet- ings cannot but bring about finally “the uplift of colored people of this country by securing to them the full enjoyment of their rights as citizens, Justice in all courts and equal op- portunity everywhere.” very young colored boy and girl in Chicago should have seen and heard Mr. William Pickens, of Talla- dega, Ala.; Mr. H, 'T. Kealing, of Quin- damon, Kan., and Mr, W. E. B. Du- Bois. author, scohal and editor of “The Crisis." The reception at Hull Honse was a yery delightful and interesting affair. That wonderful teacher of peace and the brotherhood of man, Abdul Bala, of Persia, made bis first appearance at the Hull House, In both of his addresses at Hull House and Handel hall, Abdul Baha very eloquently showed the folly of ‘discrimination on the account of the ‘only point of difference between men, that of the color of the skin. A garden of fowers, all of one color, would be monotonous and by no means beautiful. The local committee deserves much eredit, of course, for the arrange- ments for the comfort, etc, of the guests and attendants upon’ the N. A. A.C. conference, but yet when one looked at the ushers for the eve- ‘nings at Handel hall one could not but think of Abdul Baba’s garden with the one color and variety of flower. If we’are hoping for a time when we shall not be measured by the color of our skin, had we not better bogiA by “eutting’ out” these nice Ittle dis- eriminations among ourselves? The young ladies who acted as ushers were lovely and this word is no criticism upon them at all; but the scheme of having young girls for ush- ers might have been carried just a little farther, and instead of married and maiden ladies such high school girls as Misses Esther Webster, Helen Perry and Bertha Mosely might have been added with credit to the list. THE SICK, The Latest News About Your Friends and Acquaintances Who Are Under the Physicians Care. James MeDowell, of 4537 Cham- plain avenue, is still sick, but on the Toad to recovery, We are glad to an. hounce. Miss Naomi Jackson, 435 East 27th street, is reported better as we go to press. Miss Martha Plummer, 3227 Dear. born street, still continues to improve, Mr. James Newsome, who is ill at Provident hospital, is improving. Mrs, Newsome accidentally upset a kettle of hot water at her residence, 214 West 30th street on ‘Thursday and was painfully scalded. Mrs. D. W. Reed, 01 5209 Dearborn street, who has been ill for the past two or three weeks, is fast. improv- ing. Mrs. Charlie Mackey, 3159 State street, who has been sick for the past week, is able to sit up a little. GO TO GossiN's. ‘The people living in the neighbor- hood of 10 East 28th street are pleased with the courteous treatment accord: ed them there. Mrs. Randolph Gossin, who succeeded “Jackson,” is noted for her excellent home made pies, cakes, relishes and cold meats. Lanches are served at all times. Gossin’s delientessen store is easily the most beautiful store in the neigh- borhood. Automatic telephone connec: tion 73-075. INFORMATION WANTED. Anyone knowing the whereabouts of Maude Jones (Mrs. Rodgers Jones), formerly of Milwaukee, please notify the Chicago Defender office. She has a son by the name of Harold Parks, Mrs. Jones is portly and of a dark brown complexion. A bdrother also resides here by the name of Sherman Peyton —411. All Up-todate Hotel News and News of Gell Hope. NEW HOTEL WILL HAVE UNDER- GROUND STORES. Five Floors Below Street Level Fea- ture of New York Hostelry; Van- derbijts Behind It. By S. Adams, CONGRESS HOTEL GO. PROFITS BY LEASE. ‘The Congress Hotel Company of Chicago in the exereise of an option in connection with a longterm tease of the twenty-six feet on Michigan avenue north and adjoining the Blair holding and forming a part of the site of the Congress Hotel, has purchased the same from EB. Burton Holmes and his grandmother, Mrs. Ann W. Bur- ton, the latter conveying a life inter- est In one-third of the property. The niece was leased in 1902 to the Con- gress Hotel Company at an annual rental of $4,000, which is 4 per cent on $100,000, The lease contained an option to purchase for $113,000 prior to July, (12. The land was leased from Mrs, Virginia B. Holmes and Mrs. Ann W. Burton, ‘The transaction is interesting be- cause of the handsome profit which ic netted the Congress Hotel Com: pany, according to the valuation re- cently placed upon the Blair holdings at an appraisal made early during the present year, It will be recalled that aypraisal placed the value of $11,000 a foot on the Blair property, on which basis the Holmes property 1s worth $286,000, ‘This means a profit of $171,000 to the Congress Hotel Com pany. The Reporter of this date contained a lengtiy obituary notice of Edward B, Bright, for thirty years steward of the Russell’ House, Detroit, Mich, who died in his apartment’ at that hotel aged 70 years, The new Nictoria Hotel (complete: ly rebuilt and formerly known as the Royal) at Lincoln, Neb., will be open- ed to the public ‘about May 1. The building has been completely remod- cled at a cost, with the handsome new furnishings, of about $25,000. 1. W. Bradt, a Well-known ‘Lincoln hotel man, is tessee and will have active management of the business. ‘The remodeling of the interior of the ho- tel 13 complete. ‘The hollow interior ofthe old Royal has been changed to an outside court with every room in tho building an outside one. A new Clevator has been Installed; the rooms oeeupied by the enlinary department are of cement, anda handsome new front has been’ put in, Mr, Bradt was. formerly manager of the Capitol Ho- tel in Lincoln, later going west and having until a short time ago success. fully operated a tiotel in Los Angeles. Jerome P. Merrill, of Chicago, was appointed steward ‘of the Oaitland. Hotel, St. Clair Springs, Mich, Probably Not. “The doctor says T musn’t read auy- thing exelting.” “I've brought you a nice book en- titled ‘How to Know the Wila Flow: ers." I don't think that will increase your heart action very much" THE CHICAGO DEFENDER SE EL Sa \BOY PLUNGES INTO |°% den ot 4 | DEEP OPEN SEWER lor Bi Anin ns 5 aa, is as | The Youngster Is Swept ‘Out Into i is the Ocean, Where the Body sehr Disappeared. ait ed oa when tala °°} COULD NOT BE SAVED in Fr ight . acai: rte M| Victim of Tragedy Was Polng Balano- | alstr Ing Stunts on the Tops of the | Pollet Pilings When He Toppled Ba Into the Water, Progr New York.—By tumbling Into a Street excavation opposite 313. East Seventy-first street the other day, Wil- Mam Boherley, about four years of age, plunged into the uncovered sewer 12 fect below and was swept out into the East river, three blocks’ away, where the body sank and was whirled south with the tide. For a distance of almost Atty feet a half score workmen saw the body carrled in the thick, murky waters of the sewer and then Yanish where the excavation ended, a hundred feet or 80 west of First avenue. The excavation is the width of the sewer main and shored up with heavy planks on each side. ‘The top was re- moved for repairs and for a distance of 50 feet Js uncovered, ‘The shoring planks rise above the street level in Irregular pllings for the purpose of fencing the excavation and preventing unwary pedestrians from tumbling In, But there are brenks here and there fn the shoring and the boys that swarm the neighborhood have persist- ed in wriggling through and walking along the edge of the excavation or doing bataneing stunts on the tops of the pilings. The victim of the tragedy was do- Ing one of these balancing stunts when he suddenly toppled over and went headlong down into the rushing water below, ‘There were no workmen within twenty feet of where the boy splashed aa AEA DQ “Eitcy ill Se ol _: sill sill | iy dale in, and there was no possibility of saving him. ‘The tide in the sewer washes swiftly toward the river and the small body was borne along as if Mt had been a chip. To those who looked on and were unable to act It seemed only a matter of seconds be- fore the boy's body vanished, Several workmen and a troop of boys sprinted down the street for the Hast river, but it was not likely that they went as fast as the body of the boy was whirled along. When they Feuched the pler that looks down on the mouth of the sewer they provided Uemselves with boat hooks and ropes and watched for about half an hour. They watched in vain. Later ex- periments were made by tossing pieces of timber into the excavation and trying to keep pace with their progress down the sewer, but - the fleetest runners among the boys in the district were unable to keep pace with the progress of the rushing wa- ters. The tlde was running out at the time the boy was lost—about 2:15 O'relock. BURIED TWOSCORE YEARS Body Interred in 1871 Is Found to Be Perfectly Preserved When Dua Us. Santa Barbara—Buried for forty- ‘one years, the body of Pedro Mazzini was exposed to the view of relatives, who declared that tt had not changed A particle, every feature having re- mained the same aa the day the body was placed in the casket. ‘The grave was disturbed ns the re- sult of a request made by Mra. Mar- garet Mazin}, who before her death three days ago sald she wanted the remains of her husband placed in a small box—-supposing they had re- duced to ashes—and her own body Iald to rest in his coffin with his ashes at her elde. When the grave was opened in the presence of the Mve surviving chil- dren, an unexpected and surprising condition was found. The body of Mazzini, which had been buried in an alr-tight steel casket, was In a perfect state of preservation. The childven saw the features of thelr father ns perfect as the day the body was laid away In, 1871. Even the garments showed no wasting. ‘As a result of the find, the children were unable to carry out the ex. pressed wish of thelr mother and they secured a vault In which her casket was placed. Mr. Mazzini died on bis fiftieth birthday’ following an opera, ‘ona: Animal Had Trespassed on a Fin- ished Shirt Front Without Wiping His Feet. |. Pittsburg—It may or may not hve bad an International significance, but ‘when a Chinese laundryman and’ an alan organ-grinder “started things” ‘io Frankstown avenue, near Meadow Street, the other day, the greater part Jof tne cosmopolitan population of that Aistriet was too frightened to call the police. Business in Frankstown ayenue was Progressing with its usual bustle when pedestrians were startled by a how! from the direction of Carver ae a 5 - ay ~ \ ‘ ea street, a wailj of mingled terror and anguish, Down the sidewal, apparent ly hitting only the high places, rushed a yelling Italian, Bebind was a howl- Ing Chinaman, hls face contorted with rage, In que band the Oriental held a huge flatiron, The other gripped washboard. : At Meadow street the Chinaman caught the Italian. His first. action was to bring| the flatiron into. play. and Iron the Tallan’s right ear to his head. When be attempted to crease the Itallan’s seatp the victim yelled, the Chinaman whooped—and the by: standers interfered. Tt all happened because Vincent Battaglia owned a hand-organ and a “monk"—"oh, sueba da monk.” And Carlo, the *Nonk.” who was not Yersed in diplomacy, had trespassed uupon the premises of Charlie Wong, proprietor of a Inundry. Carlo, with true apelike carelessness forgot to wipe his hands and feet when he et. tered the laundry, He started to tale a short stroll on n clean shirt front which Charlie Wong had just froned. At this moment the Chinaman came into the room. Through the other door came Baitagia looking for his “monk.” ‘The Chinaman, quick as a cat, started to {ron Carlo's tail to the board. ‘The Italfan remonstrated and the furore in Frankstown avenue fol- lowed. BIG BEAR CHASES HUNTER Bruin Makes Attack on an Unsuspect- Ing Nimrod From Behind and Routs Him, Eatacada, Ore—Bruin came off frst fm a brush with Max Klaetsch, a mighty bear hunter, and a pack of hounds, near Government Camp. ‘The hunter, bearing scratches and abra- sions, can only tell of the sudden ap- pearance of the big black bear. To add to his ignominy, the bear at- tacked him while Le was seated, rest- jng on a big windfall. Kiaetsch, his C 4 i age Oya ee SRS Kare) - ee & YRS brother, Otto, and a tomsteader’ were beating’ the brush hoping to find the bear, whose tootprints were plainly Aiscernible at various points in the woods around Gdvernment Camp, 18 miles southeast of here, When near the|summit of the Cas- cades, Max Kincttch became tired of the monotony of the chase and seated himself on an inyiting log, however holding his rif git ready to shoot Suddenly there was 0 crash just be bind him and the ble bear rushed out on the very log on which the hunter was seated, Before he could|maie a move to shoot bruin struct him and sent him rolling into the brush several yards away. The pursuing hounds passed over the prostrate) hunter, and ‘ey the time he could regtin his feet and his rifle, bear and hounds were far out of sept. \ 1 = TO THE Coast and the Northwest Here is the trip of your life. A chance to spend your vacation among the See for yourself what'stin nature. So join WHITE'S personally conducted , Excursion From J l i 1 4 "1 2 Chicago, Illinois u y 9 to thePacificCoast. Stopswill be made going as follows: Three days at St. Paul, Minn., to attend the NATIONAL NEGRO EDUCATIONAL CONGRESS which convenes July 15, 1912 And in the Canadian National Park, the Great Glaciers of the Selkirk Mountains. Traveling in the moun- tains will be done by daylight. A day sail down the Puget Sound (Vancouver-Seattle) on one of the Cana- dian Pacific Coast Steamers, surpassed by_ none. Spending one day each at Seattle and Tacoma, Wash., and Portland, Ore. Over the great Mountain Shasti route to San Fran- cisco, California, where a STOP OF 60 HOURS WILL BE MADE Return via Denver and Rio Grande Ry., passing through the Canyon of the Grand River,gEagle River Canyon, over the Tennessee Pass andgthrough the Royal Gorge. Stops will be made also}at Salt Lake City, Denver, Colorado Springs, Kansas City and St. Louis. For rates and particulars, write C. T. 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This native city bas great enfolding walls, twelve miles in circumference, pierced by thirteen deep gateways with plat: form and guardhouse and massive doors heavily clamped with iron. Its written records date back neatly 800 years. And although incompar- ably the most important it is not the oldest of these Hausa cities—Kat- sina, now in the same province, ig probably older. His Creed a Selfish One, The philosophy of the man in the street is to get through life with a minimum of self-sacrifice and a maxt- mum of self-indulgence. Rare Muskrat Trapped. An albino muskrat, white as snow, with pink eyes, was trapped In the ‘big Plerce swamp near Fairfield, N. W,, the first ever caught in that state. A Surprise for Two. The Waiter—"Haven't you forgot- ten something, sir?” Guest—'Yes. What a good meal tastes like."— Judge, ‘het Commence: She—In @ way, getting married is lke using the telephone” He—How 80? She—One doesn’t always get the party one wants.—Boston ‘Transcript, + Undoubtedly, The man who stopped bis own fu- neral by telephone must have felt that a live premium is better than a. dead payment—Boston Herald, ‘Res. Phones: Doug. 2588 Offlce: Oak 3128 Auto 72-607 . DR. G, ILHAM MILLER, ‘ Physician and Surgeon Office, 4709 State Street Hours: 9-11 A. M.; 1-3 and 68 P.M. Residence, 3652 Forest Ave. on A BAILEY wituiawe PrveicIAN ANo Suncor “CTE ST CUTER SeFeintment. Provident Hospital Daly, tate tees” etree, Chios, Me Prom canner me The Spirella Boning zie Seale RON ERIBD eset Ste E Soak, eh, CORSO Seales’ serra teem, yourbome.” Mrs. LOLA. M. NORTON $206 Wabubee-Coctore ent Somecieeiees areas Dr. Theo. R. Mozee DENTIST OB Hae Seon a2 gm 7 Pines: Outta 6002 Ane 7088 4715 South State St., CHICAGO, ILL, Phone Aldine 3458 Ida M. Dempcy Stenographer & Typist Instruction at Reasonable Rates 3716 Dearborn St. :: Chicago, IN. The New Bedford Hotel 2 Blocks South Michigan Cental eps, ‘Realy Forsished: Regia By the Bayar Nae TS'WEST WATER STREET 3M. DEDPORD emer ee Teteohone 18s OIE Narn che een Smith @ Sone Restaurant and Lunch Room Bxta Fine Home Cooking Private Dining Room 4286 State Street Chicage . | City Churches—Religious News eee FREDERICK DOUGLASS CENTER. TRAFFIC is TIED uP The service on Sunday, May 5, will be in charge of the Fisk Endowment , be in charge of the Fie Eudovraer| BY ROOSTER AND BO and L, O. Blake, of the Congregational Missionary Board. ‘The Douglass Center Woman's Club 7 ; will snost Ricesay atternoon, Stes, | POW! Hides Under a Street Ci Waller and Mrs, Robinson will render and the Boy Crawls some musical selections. The discus- After Kt. sion will be a symposium on the late =: national conference. All invited. — eisai Atlanta, Ga—A negro boy ‘gnd TO BREAK THE COLOR LINE. dominecker rooster stopped all® tra —ae . fic on Peachtree street just north | Abdul Baha, the Great Persian Philos-|the Piedmont hotel early the oth opher and Teacher, Aims to Unite | afternoon. A line of atreet cars half the Peoples of All ‘Races and block long were blocked, while b Creeds in One Great Bond hind them were five or ten autos ar of Brotherhood. perhaps that many wagons and ot Washington, D. C., May 3.—Abdul Baha (the servant of Gad), the great Persian philosopher and _ teacher, head of the Bahaists, will reach Chi- cago next Monday. He comes to bring hope to the colored people. His visit to Washington has been a trhumphal march, He has met and conquered Southern prejudices. He made addresses at Metropolitan a. M. E. chureh, at Howard University and at many of the white churches and halls and was listened to by niany thousands of people of both races, who applauded his propaganda of the fatherhood of God and the brother- hood of man. He was the guest of oue of Wash- ington’s wealthiest women. one who {moves in the most exclusive social eir- cles at the eapital, and yet her house has been thrown’ open. to rich and poor and black and white. Southern people whose hearts were once filled with the most bitter prejudices agalust their brothers in black, have publicly acknowledged their change Of heart and now they treat the col ored people as brother indeed. OUT IN ENGLEWOOD. Weekly Letter from This Thriving Section of the City—All the Sieus: Mr. Sidney Gay, of Cincinnati, ©., made a flying visit to the city to visit his niece, Mrs. Beard, of 1252 West Gist street. ‘The Weal Woman's Club held its anual meeting at the Old Folks’ home Friday. Quite a number were bresent. After a fine program ice cream and cake were served. Mrs, Wil Hill, of 6045 Loomis street, who has been very sick, is able to be up and around the house again. Mr, Hood passed away Tuesday, after several months’ illness. The funeral was held at Shiloh Baptist church Sunday morning, ‘The death angel visited Mr. and Mrs, Thomason, of 634 Englewood ave- hue, and took away their son. Mr. Archer, of GLI7 Loomis street, is still confined to the house, Mr. Charlie Alexander. of i112 Ada street, is still a very sick man, __ Mrs, Jiles, of Morgan Park, after an Hines of a year, passed away and Was buried from the Baptist church in Morgan Park, Sunday at 12 o'clock. Mrs, Richards wishes to thank the friends for their kindness toward Mrs. Mes and her daughter Gladys during the hours of trouble. Shitoh Baptist church holds regular services every Sunday at 11 a.m. and § p.m. Sunday school at 1 o'clock, BY. P. U. meets at 7 p.m, Every. hody is invited. A good program is vendered every evening at 7 p. m.. by the young folks. Rev. Harris, pastor. ‘The Hope Presbyterian church holds regular services every Sunday at 10:30 a, m,, and Sunday school 12:30, and evening services at S$ o'clock. Rev. JJefterson, pastor. THE ©. R. LEWIS CONSTRUCTION 4 COMPANY Makes Great Offer to Chicago's Home- Buying Public. Just think of it, the only firm in Chicago with such a proposition. Will sell you property anywhere in the city, Residences and flat buildings of all descriptions, in and out of the city, from $1,500 to $150,000, located on Wabash avenue, Forest avenue, Mich: igan avenue, Drexel boulevard and other prominent avenues and boule: vards. Beautiful brick houses with stone fronts at $3,750 on Forest avenue. All on easy payments, same as renting, with the difference of getting a home for the money you pay instead of pa: per. C. R. Lewis Construction Co., deal- er in real estate, insurance, loans; Public stenographing, public account: ing; 3449 State street; phones: Auto- matic 71-561, Douglas 2540. A CHANCE OF A LIFETIME. Prominent Real Estate Firm Offers Exceptional Opportunity to ‘Secure a Home. Every young person should Investl- gate Frederick H. Bartletts & Co.'s remarkable inducements to purchase a home of your own on thelr easy pay- ment plan. The wise will hasten to secure “free rent for old age.” Own- ing a home gives one prestige. The Kenerdl office of the company is Xt 69 ‘West Washington street, but first Tead their advertisement on another page, MR. ABBOTT TO THE PUBLIC, Acting upon the advice of the Post Office Department we will not carry Gelinquent subscribers on our list after Saturday, May 11. There will be no further notice. R. S. ABBOTT, Kaltor. “Not Worth a Rap" ts Irish, “Not worth a rap,” an expression frequently heard to indteate some- thing as being valueless, originated in Ireland. The rap was a counterfolt coin current in Ireland for a haltpen- py inthe time cfGeorgel Fowl Hides Under a Street Car and the Boy Crawls After Ke Atlanta, Ga—A negro boy ‘gnd a dominecker rooster stopped all® trat- fic on Peachtree street just north of the Pledmont hotel early the other afternoon. A line of street cars half a block tong wera blocked, while bo- hind them were five or ten autos and perhaps that many wagons and oth. or _vebleles, When an in-bound Walker street car stopped at the entrance of the Pied- wh vz me i! a WS ae 14 de | | | gl; SNe eee | | | ee OT | Ph Se My Op He Tried to Pull the Boy Out. mont hotel to take on passengers, the dominecker rooster escaped the grasp of the negro boy who was standing Id- ly on the sidewalk. The frightened chicken made a beeline for the car and sought refuge from the crowd and traffic of the street in the trucks of the car. ‘When the passengers were all aboard the conductor gave the go- ahead signal, but a bystander called to the motorman that there was a boy under the car, In the meantime sev- eral other street cars had come up be- hind the Walker street car, and be- hind these was a line of impatiently, tooting automobiles, The motorman got down and tried to pull the boy out, but the negro evaded him and declared he would not get out until he got the chicken. The conductor came to his help, then some of the passengers, and, finally, @ po- iceman. Finally the chicken was pinned down with the switch rod car- ried by the motorman and the con- ductor crawled In and secured it. RATTLESNAKE ATTACKS CHILD California Woman Seeing Peril of Lit: tle Son, Goes to Rescue, Capturing Reptite. Long Beach, Cal—Confronted with the fact that her son was in imminent danger Mrs, J, E, Bolin of Crescent avenue proved bergeif a brave woman. the other day, when she captured a live rattlesnake, which was colled ready to strike the child. The little fellow was walking across the yard and almost stepped upon the reptilo. ‘The snake was almost under the lad’s feet, when he heard its rattle and he Jumped back with a yell that brought hls mother on the run. The snake was coiled ready to strike when Mrs, Bo- lin, with a long stick, attacked the / al es ZY LS Pte cpr ON | oe See We A /) mo Reray's! / | y\ Bac AW 7/8) NE sey = 2 = Ne ae ae. @ a = = eM . Ce With a Stick She Attacked the Reptile reptile and pinioned its head to the ground. Then calling to her son he brovgbt @ glass jar into which Mra. Bolin forced the rattlesnake and then ‘sctawed the top upon the jar. Later she took the imprisoned snake to the Daisy avenue school, but its ac- ceptance was refused because of its dangerous nature. Dogs Slaughter Sheep, ‘Washington, Pa. — Rev. Milton ‘Rigler of Indian Ridge, near here, fired three shots into a pack of dogs {who were attacking sheep and killed {five of the dogs. More than 75 sheep jBave bean killed by dogs within the (ast few days, The dogs travel in ee Ks OAVED FROM DEATH BY PISTOL SHOTS ig Beach (Cal.) Man Is Serl- cusly Injured in a Most Peculiar Accident. TRAPPED ON BRIDGE ""plender Tron Red on Ena'of Big. Fane hepurates Long Beach, Cal.—Edward Markgraf, aged thirty, an employe of the Edison power plant on the inner harbor, passed through a thrilling and terrify: ing experience the other night, which he will remember to his dying day. Clinging with stiffening fingers to @ slender Iron rod on the end of the bagcule bridge over the harbor en- trance us it rose in alr following the passage of a fright train, Markgratt sald afterwards that all of bis past Mfe rose before him and tho agony ‘caused by his fall was soothed by the thankful knowledge that he was still allve, Only the presence of mind of his companion Harry Haff, and the quick wit of ths beldge tender saved Markgraff trom a frightful fall and probable death by drowning. Markgraft and Haff are | employed on the night shift at the Edison com- pany and were on their way to work shortly after midnight and as le thelr custom walked across the bascule bridge. ‘They had nearly reached the end, fecling thelr way along in the darkness, when the bridge tender, be- fore starting on a.patrol of the jetties thought to ralse the draw in case a boat showld seek passage in the channel, it being required to keep the channel open when trans are not using the bridge. Haff felt the Premon(tory shiver of the structure as it responded to the levers and gave AY ay a long jump to safety on the abut- ments, Markgraff was a few feet be- hind him, too far to Jump, but as the draw started up he dropped to the ground and began to craw! down the other way. The time required for this was fatal and the big draw rose rapidly to its height of 85 feet in alr, leaving Markgraff swinging over the channel and clinging to the slender rods of the bridge, with hls body swinging to and fro in a stiff wind blowing in from the ocean. Haff gave a yell, but his voice was blown away in the wind. Quick as thought he drew a revolver and as fast as he could pull the trigger emptied it. Bridge Tender Fulton heard the shoot ing and ran to the edge of the chan- nel. He saw Haff motioning in the air and quick to grasp the situation hastened to the tower house and began lowering the bridge aided by Haff. When lowered to within fifteen feet of the ground he paused a sec- ond, and the slackening shiver was sufficient to shake Markgraft's feeble hold and he fell to-the ground. He was unconscious when picked up and was hurried to a local hospital where St was found that besides suffering from shock and concussion his left leg was so badly crushed that it had to be amputated. Fraht With Gun and Gas Ploe. Chicago.—Followlng a fight growing. out of a quarrel over a penny ante game, Micha’! Radus and Peter Mar rick are dying in the hospital. One used a gun, the other a plece of gas pipe. Why They Struck. Chicago.—Waiters of the {ilinols Athletic club went on strike when they saw the words “no tipping allow- ed” printed on the menu cards, They make $60 a month In wages, they say. Removes Lion’s Claw. Chicago.—Half a dozen physictans and a score of veterinarians performed an operation, on a Hon belonging to a cireus here. ‘The brute was rendered unconsclous and a claw removed from his paw. + The Governor Promised. Albany, N. Y.—When Governor Dix's auto became stuck In the mud, a farmer refused to pull it out until the governor would promise to sign a good roads bill. The governor prom- ised.‘ : Hatched Qhesshoooers, Graham, Mo.—Alter hatching chick: ens in an incubator, Allen McNeal hatched a swarm of grasshoppers in the same incubator to feed the young spring fries. @° a 5 1 eZ Ces S St CRG 2 1c A Se fa TO ka aN y SAG J ca, Se f @ Ae 4g wy, Ab a | ¢ x Bie THE. CHICAGQ DEFENDER ‘The dolls are who wish that the base- There Enh waa sake by, a Lely Sma Ha net ie il lose my Job." el covet to the weather cova ete he Seaeeoatraans ARI HS i ete a Tei 8 ho aaid he dy fend Is be gotten buek, But we hope she will a oe teh, ee FURNIGHED RooMe. Fee Rant ‘TWO NEATLY furntaed rooms to rent to couple oF entienen, tn private. fain Uy? All hoderdconvenlenees, convenient 10 st nes ruhaind vane Aer Phone Sisf"prexei: ‘phone evenings after: for nit at Betender Oitce ater 2 S60 GALCMIEP AVE lange steam “iteated roots. Phone ziba Aidine. “tit LANGLEY AVE, 2806—Nicely furnished rooins with ine of kitchen and” dint oni Couples preferred." ‘el. Douslas FURNISHED rooms for man and wife ot Single man? Ingdera conveniences: food transportation. "Phone S32 Aldine: 1-11 401 INDIANA AVE that, Neatly far- ‘ished toons Yor nian wind ‘wife. ‘OF single “man: ai, modern smproverments: one hock to “Le road. Phone 1051 ken: ‘ood WHS igs CALUMET AVE—Fin or tat class iirge fight room wiih kitchen atinehed: hott water Year around: aif modern con: Tenienees, “Shone iis Aidine. oh 1608 RHODES AVB.—Large, Tight, for- ‘sted ‘robme; ‘all iiodert Gonventencer. ei a4 ‘Siding, pe igo FOREST AViE—a neatly famnishel Toons (o couple oF gentlemen: all mod cn “Iinprovements., convenient to ear fine, "Phone aise Aisto. #3-18t- By RHODES AVE, $210—Large nicely fur- nished, room! stationary wasnstand fn Tom: hot and cold waters plenty of lent, Tent Fearonuble to one oF two men. Plione 50 Bouaian i WABASH AVE, S005—For rent, far ithe room ih ail modern’ con Venienceds to elther one oF two gentle men or man and wife, "Phone Gist Brazel TO RENT—812 Wabanh Ave, Handsome Brown stone front house, 20 larwe, ght roots, 6 bats, every: modern conventenee excelnt! for hotel of ogming purposes Re Bowers & Con ote sist Se net evenings. Douglas Mi.0 Auto, 19-220 FOR RENT — Nicely furnished room: one tire double front togm: furnace heat ha uth second figor, doit Calumet Ave. or phone Aldine 14St-27=4 TWO NICELY FURNISHED ROOMS; ail: modern conventences, to. niee marries couple, “S924 Calumet Ave.” Phone Dous- fas BBs. OOS FOR RENT for two men or man and ite, with uae, of light housekeeping: 2566 a ‘Salle Sts Fest floor, rear GROVELAND, AVE, 3162—Nieely fur ished fogs (ot cafurnished). ‘Ted Bousles ‘8123. 3g VERNON AVE—To rent, beautiful Tirnishea rooms with “housekeeping privclogess modern; reasonable. airs, Sf Washington: 133 NICELY, FURNISHED ROOMS WITH Steam heat, bath on eagh Hogr. , BY day or week, for'men only. "G61! Drain Ave Rotor 7652 2494 VERNON AVE.—Firet clase large fences, (or man and wifey ‘itchen. privi- ences, for ma er itchen, Driv Ieges.” Phone 2098 Doug. aad Autor 77-00 CALUMET AVE., SB Nest y, fur- ‘hahed roots, furnace heats hot water. Automatte phobe 21-746, TWO NEATLY furnished rooms, suitable Yor man and wife or single gentleman or tady, wlth stearn feat, bathe B83. not Water year around, conventent toided St Gar line, a min. walk to "Ls" road. Phone Drexel isa Yash Forvesttilte Ave. 1,000 WOMEN WANTED AT ONCE. Wanted—Women to learn halrdressing; mantcuring, Yaelal massage, ehiropody. uf electrolysis. Best paying work you can TO RENT—3312 Wabash Ave. Handsome Growin scone. tront. nose, 80 lange nL rooine, "(oaths tery" rider” conven Fence,’ exeelignt or hotel oF rooming pur= ped cae HE Bowers eco 8) at open. evenings. et. Douglas 386! Rito. eas FLAT FOR BALE. FOR SALButwortlat brick, 6550 Evana Nest roomy ike fina: 2 turnmees! ane condition “Brice: $000; -rent 38005 Botesggenues Hiberat terms Phone owner: Bad Vora Bees AGENTS WANTED, AGENTS to sef lots ‘in wenmtitul Mount Glenwood? cemetery. "Men and. women employea wig want to make good exten Honey ‘by "acing lols evenings and, on EueSunday"exeutatons, “Big commissions Bittagen Move Gienwood Gemiters Ag: soclation, 3125'S. State St 35 STORE TO RENT, One-halt of ote we rent with modern convenlences: $258 Sento’ St. Gall or write Simo, Winchsater, phoue Dousies Sk WANTED COOK. Wanted a good plain cook; pod waxes: gang. tours ‘good home fer ‘Sight party Address The Defender, 3159 State St. MIDDLE AGED WOMAN WANTED. Wanted: a\migate aged morgan. apd home with wages, Mrs. W. B. Lyles, 3635 Brnltie Aves Philoopher, Our idea of a philosopher is one who {s content to sit around all day and seine his whiskers with bis fin -gera.—Galveston News. ee a Many a man would find it easier to do his Christian duty of he were not 80 busy trying to do his Christian friends, Courage. It 1s hard to discourage a good ap- petite. The doll ts who hes carined a certain gen ‘The Ist St. RH dude fg who cunnot wet long without fis dol 30 FL J. 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COURT GENERAL ROBERT ELLOTT, No. 7395. Ancient Order of Foresters, who have been in the business of a mighty day in each month at Odd Fellows' Hall, 3337 State street. Lodge Officers. Chief Ranger, F. W. Babb, 5345 Dearborn street, F. W. Babb, F. W. Taylor, 4423 Dearborn street, phone 1810 Aldine. Praesurer, Frank L. Crittenden, 2416 Dearborn street, phone 3119 Calumet. THE OLD ARM CHAIR. "Now I don't think it's fair for you to let me take your chair 'for such a little while,' cried Willie Taft. "I can't help it," Ted replied; "it's the people who decide." Then he slowly turned away and loffed and laffed. Isn't it perfectly horrid that after President Taft has gone to the expense of buying a steam roller, he can't make Col. Roosevelt he still long enough for it to roll over him. There is a great deal of discussion going on about the ill-fated Titanic. Almost anybody can tell you how it could have been avoided; how reckless they were, etc. It is simply wonderful the hindsight mankind has in such matters. One of our morning papers seemed to think it rather wonderful that no difference in dress and decorum could be noticed between the white and colored members of the audience. Truly "the sun do move." If there was ever any doubt in your mind that the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People was doing nothing to relieve the situation, the splendid meetings held here this last week must have convinced you to the contrary. This moving time spring vacation doesn't mean much of a vacation for the tired mothers who have to contend with the children during their busiest hours. The fact that we were all once children does not help matters much. "Rube" Foster and his American Giants give promise in their initial games of making a better showing this season than ever before. "Rube" has gathered around him the pick of the ball players in the states and no one can gainisay the fact that he plays some ball himself. Chicago is justly proud of our team and will see that it gets the support that it deserves. It is always the small and insignificant places that attempt to draw the color line. In a report just received by one of the hospitals east of State street we find "No colored patients accepted." It is the first instance we have noticed where it has been put in print. If it were not for the fact that it is a private institution more would be said and done about it. Too much space we have already given it. The wisdom with which the late Dr. D. K. Pearson's gifts were bestowed cannot be too highly commended. His entire fortune of many millions of dollars he gave personally to the smaller colleges, believing that the earnest, sincere young men and women who really have a thirst for knowledge and the joy of sports, are attracted to the most interesting terior schools of higher learning. Unlike most rich men, Dr. Pearson saw the fruits of his generosity. He gave while he lived. It would be well for others to follow his example. After all, you can take nothing away with you, so why not enjoy it here? George W. Ellis, formerly American charge d'affaires and secretary of the American legation to the Republic of Liberia, has come out boldly and says President Taft's policy toward the Negro race in the South has been so unjust that the high Negro officials at Washington recently in a conference with him, called his attention to the fact his policy in removing the colored office holder from the South was extremely detrimental to the race—that no contest was ever won by abandoning the fight, and no people ever came into possession of their own by deserting those who stood for them. The Defender believes in sticking on the ground, where possible, and fighting it out to a finish. The man on the inside always has the advantage and can strike while the iron is hot. Now that the warm days are coming on, see if it isn't possible to for the habit of making Street state a strolling place. The city provides boulevards and beautiful parks for the purpose and more advantage should be taken of them. We say this not as a matter of threat, but of friendly advice. If you would avoid any unpleasantness with the powers that be, do not be found loitering on the corners of this thoroughfare during the coming summer. Jack Johnson, champion pugilist, has made the federal government an offer of $4,000 to compromise the suit brought against him. He was charged with smuggling jewelry valued at $6,000 into this country. The sum that has been demanded in complete settlement is $5,000. The champion does not deny the charges, but urges the government to accept the $4,000 in payment, declaring it is consistent with other settlements the customs department have accepted. There is little doubt but what the matter will be unicably adjusted. The government is no respecter of persons—one and a half million, unlike what any consolation in that thought, Jack is not the first person to attempt such things, but luckily for some they are not caught. The Louisville News, in a lengthy editorial, attempts to make capital out of the fact that upon the ill-fated Titanic, colored people were conspicuous by their absence. They say in part: "It is a grim incident upon which to levy recompenses from the inexorable law of compensation, but there is cause for racial congratulation that there were no Negroes aboard the ill-fated Titanic when she dived to her doom. In the matter of life and death we have always argued that "a man is a man for a that." Being Americans we feel the loss as keenly as our white brother. We do not want to adjust our differences in such a manner. The Union soldier helped the Confederate soldier to bury the Confederate dead, we see. "The News will possibly see things a little differently when it grows older. Both the Opinion-Enterprise, of Marinina, Ark., and the Plain Dealer, of Indianapolis, Ind., should be generous enough to give The Chicago Defender credit when they reprint entire articles of ours. THE FIRST STEP FOR EQUALITY OF MAN. Not since the remarkable series of conferences at the World's Fair has Chicago seen such a significant and successful convention as that of the N. A. A. C. P., which was held in this city during the current week. It is safe to go even further than this and say that never in this country has a conference concerning the welfare of the American Negro been attended by such brilliant results or been participated in by people of such power and attainment. All lines of creed, race and class seemed forgotten and men and women as such before the world; and that an amount of enthusiasm has been aroused in the people of Chicago and vicinity which far exceeds the hopes of the most optimistic. Too much praise cannot be given the local committee whose magnificent work has brought about these fine results. To Jane Addams, that noble woman whose Hull House was the gracious spot of welcome and good cheer; to Mr. Hallian, whose fine work made the press service the best the association has had in the whole course of its existence; to Mr. Allison, who, as secretary and treasurer, did yeoman's service; to Mrs. Barnett, whose clear head and fine race loyalty pulled together for a desired end. There were Russell and Dubois, workers and sociologists; Dr. Hirsch, Bishop Lee and Abdul Baha—Jew, Negro and Persian. Labor was represented in the person of John Walker, president of the United Mine Workers of illinois, and on the same platform capital took the form of a Rosenthal, McCormick and Emerson Blaine. No better material could have been brought together, and with such workers it is no wonder that the convention has attained a wonderful success. That the purposes and objects and achievements of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People have been clearly put, made it possible for the folk song of the Negro to be heard, and to Miss Breckenridge, that tireless worker in many good causes. But most of all the man who made that strong, comprehensive program, and who was able to gather together from all parts of the country such men and women, whose commendation of his fellow Chicagoans held the respect and friendship of the best in both races could have had the influence necessary for this work, and in Dr. C. E. Bentley, the N. A. A. C. P. could have made no better choice. The success of the convention has taken very tangible shape. Not only were the meetings crowded to overflowing from the first night in beautiful Shai temple, when, in spite of wind and rain, more than 1,500 were present; through every session in Handel hall, where nightly crowds were turned away and the doors closed before S o'clock. But the membership of the association has been increased by hundreds and a goodly sum has been gathered for the help of the propaganda. The local committee will shortly take steps to make a strong state organization in Illinois. NOTICE Mr. Henry N. Cary, 906 Tribune Building, is calling for young men to learn the Web press trade. We trust that our young men may take advantage of this and go in. The Tribune will not draw the color line on you. All they require is that you be an American. Mothers and fathers, send your boys to get a chance at a trade. It is important that you do. Modern Childhood. "I guess the good old days are gone forever." "Spring your plaint." "I asked my young niece if she knew who Cinderella was. She said Cinderella was a character in a musical that it wasn't fit for old people to see." THE EDITOR'S MAIL THE COLOR LINE? "The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People having just closed its session with its widespread influence has wrought a great benefit to all mankind; and while each of us are eagerly on the alert for "echoes" from this conference, we hear ringing in our cars the stogain, as it were, of this meeting: "Give the Black Man a Chance." For this same chance we wish to make a plea. Not, however, to the white race; not to the race that can boast of ancestry and wealth; not, not to them, but to our own—the Negro race. To those amongst us who could lose their race identity, who would raise a color line. This is a growing condition that cannot, must not exist, if we would dare hope for changed conditions between the opposite races. How can we ask other races to abolish prejudice when it is the most prevalent evil within our own? Since we are Negroes, and the darker hued are as qualified to cope with the deprivations of the day, let all share alike the opportunities, the advantages, the honors. When race representation is required, represent the variety and not a kind. We do not pressure to set a standard for one's personal tastes, etc., a purely individual matter. Our theory is, allow the boy, the girl, the man, the woman a place in the sphere merited by his moral, intellectual worth and not by color tests. An equal chance is all the black man asks. MAYME CLINKSCALE From Our Exchanges AN ODD NAME. Santa Monica, Cal., April 28—Major Robert Dollar, 70 years old, promine in Grand Army circles, died here in his home in Oakland. General of Dakota Territory, Rx. READY FOR THE CONFERENCE. The people of Kansas City who have been waiting and working looking forward to the setting of the general conference are now in readiness to receive and entertain the thousands of visitors which the coming gathering will attract to this city. Hotels, boarding houses and private residences will be thrown open to the people of this city will strive to make the stay of all visitors a pleasant one while in our midst. Again we are painfully prompted to remind our patrons that it is a suspicious matter to run a newspaper of any sort, and the cost is the real cause why we have so very few newspapers in this country, and those we have are so very limited in the essentials which go to make up a respectable newspaper. It takes money, and right smart of it, and if you want the paper to do its duty you must do your duty. If your duty is but one course left and that is but our business relations to terminate. Do you see? Do you understand? Then do your duty. WEALTHY LAWYER DEAD. (Amsterdam News.) Seattle, Wash. April 24-Edward Hawkins, attorney, reputed to be the wealthiest man of his race in the Pacific Northwest, is dead at 48. He was successively jockey, barber, miner and lawyer, and in his professional work had many white elephant as head of the grand lodge of colored men in Boston and a member of the I. B. P. E. W. He owned a beautiful home, a large ranch and other real estate and carried $20,000 life insurance. COLONEL READY WITH BLUFF Writer of Detective Stories Found Himself at Home in Somewhat Trying Situation. The late Col. H. K. Shakelford, who was a prolific writer of detective stories, had as much presence of mind on one occasion as was ever shown by any of his heroes. He was visiting in a western city, and, having spent the evening with some friends, did not start back to his hotel until after midnight. As he was passing through a dark and desolate street, a footpad stepped out from behind a tree, leveled a revolver at the colonel, and told him to hand over his money. But the authority on detective law was equal to the demand of the moment. He said afterward he thought he had stolped some of his own stuff in extricating him from that trouble. "What are you doing on Em avenue?" he asked the officer, in threatening tone. "Confound you, I am working this street, and I want you to understand I'll have no other crooks biting in!"—The Popular Magazine. Child's First Years Important Child First Years Important. A happy and healthy childhood, full of sunshine and merriment, and kindness and understanding, means successful and helpful maturity. A great deal of failure is fear, and a great deal of sin is stupidity. And nothing so increases fear and begets stupidity as a disorderly and inconsequent environment in the first few years—Anon. Marrying for Money "Why do you prefer Mr. Jombat to Mr. Wipfiddle? Mr. Wipfiddle has the most money." "But Mr. Jombat has only one lung." Manifest Swindle. First City Man—"How are you coming along with your poultry venture?" Second Ditte—"I've been swindled. I bought three incubators of different makes and not one of them has laid an egg yet!"—Lliphcott's Magazine. IN CHICAGO AND ITS SUBURBS IN CHICAGO AND ITS SUBURBS Our Local Department—Personal Mention—Religious Social and other short paragraphs—Read it over carefully, somewhere you will find a line or two about yourself or your friends. THE CHICAGO DEFENDER The Juvenile Trust Company of Bond & Jones is now in the hands of receivers. Bond chalms since Jones had a dress suit and he had none, they could not protect the business. Mr. C. E. Washington has moved from 3732 Calumet to 53 Bremen avenue. The sixth annual May party and dance of the Lady Elliott Circle C. O. F. No. 190, on Wednesday evening, May 8, at Masonic hall, 3563 State street. Tickets, 35 cents. Boarman's orchestra. Photographs of the large cut of the first page can be had from Jones' studio, 3519 State street, giving in full detail the delegates and the many notable personages who were Miss Addams' guests at Hull house. Dr. J. W. E. Bowen, of Gammon Theological Seminary, will deliver a lecture under the auspices of the Mount Glenwood Chautauqua Association, Sunday evening, May 5, 1912, at institutional church. Admission free. Dr. Bowen delivered the principal address at the Lincoln Centennial Celebration in 1909. He is one of the greatest scholars and orators of the race. Everyone should hear him. They who column are for you. They are free. You can postcard or in a letter and help to make mirth on Saturday morning for us all. Mrs. L. A. Brown, 4735 Evans avenue, is in Milwaukee, WI, at the bedside of her mother, Mrs. S. A. Weaver, 421 4th street, who is ill. G. L. Lindsay, 5356 Dearborn street, has moved to 5341 Dearborn street. F. L. McGhee and Dr. Valdo Turner, of St. Paul, Minn., who were in Chicago to attend the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, returned home Tuesday evening. Mrs. William Marshall, wife of Dr. Marshall, left for California last Saturday to visit her parents. Mrs. E. Brown, formerly of 5323 Derrborn*, is now at 5513 Grove avenue. Miss Anna H. Jones, Kansas City, Mo., is the guest of Mr. and Mrs. S. Evans, 417 East 42nd place The University Club will render the following program "Tuesday evening; May 7, at Berean Baptist church, under the auspices of the Chicago Union Charity club, admission 25 cents; piano solo, Miss Leonora Curtis; reading, Miss Estelle Williams; contrata solo, Miss Phoebe Jones Whitley; reading from Dunbar, Miss Irene McCoy; vocal solo, Miss Katie Williams; oration, "Brutus at the Death of Caesar," Mr. Y. L. M. Mcee; vocal solo, Mr. John R. Felton; reading of the "Newsboy in the Church," Miss BettiMr. George R. Garner; cornet solo,ola Forston; piano solo, Miss Emma Kincen. The officers and members of Great Lakes Lodge No. 43 invite you to Central hall Monday evening, May 20, the occasion of their tenth annual ball. Mrs. Brooks, formerly of 6605 Vincennes avenue, is now located at 4760 Evans avenue. The best furnished rooms are advertised in the Chicago Defender. Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Scott entertained this week at whist at their residence, 4953 State street. Among those present were: Mr. and Mrs. Del Matthews. Mr. and Mrs. Edward Banks, Mrs. Sims and Mrs. Simpson. Mrs. Clara Clifford, Washington, D.C., representing that branch of the National Association for the advancement of Colored People, is the guest of Dr. and Mrs. Claude C. D. Bell, 5037 State street. If you want a first class furnished room read our classified columns. Great Lakes Lodge No. 43 will give their tenth annual ball May 20 at Central hall. The Chicago Defender kindly asks its subscribers who are in arrears to please pay up. The members of the Choral Study Club are carnyestly requested to attend the rehearsals on Sunday afternoons and Monday evenings during the preparations for their concert which is advertised elsewhere in this edition. The way to get good bread, ask for the "Kentucky Loaf." Mrs. Geneva Smith, 5363 Dearborn street, left for Chattanooga, Tenn., to the death of her brother, Mr. Wm. Fowler, also a brother of Miss Katie Fowler. The remains were taken to their home in Atlanta, Ga., where the real was held on Monday of this week. Lady Elliott circle, C. O. F. No. 199, expects you to be one of their guests at Masonic hall, May 8. The admission is only 35 cents. Full reports of the A. M. E. conference every week in the Defender. Mrs. Hattie Jenkins, 5746 Fifth avenue, sister of Mrs. G. Smith, also left last Saturday morning for Atlanta, Ga., on account of the death of her brother, Wm. Fowler. Mr. Harrison Emanuel, violin soloist, will appear with the Federal Gler Club, May 6. Wilson's Orchestra will furnish the concluding divertissement. Tickets fifty cents. James Allyn Mundy, musical director and manager. Mrs. Eva Monroe, of Springfield, Ill., is a guest of Miss Lucile Peyton, 3630 Dearborn. To Edward D. Wimp has returned to his home in Buffalo, N. Y., after several days' visit here. You are invited to the opening of the Lincoln State Bank on Monday. Everybody will be there. Mrs. Henry Jones, 65 Evans avenue, who has been ill for the past three weeks, was able to sit up on Tuesday for a few minutes. Wednesday a slight relapse set in. On Thursday she was able to take solid food and walk around her room. As we go to press she told a reporter who called that she thought she would be able to take a taxi ride through the park Mrs. Martil B. Anderson-Soprano Mrs. Virginia Greene-Soprano Mrs. Antonio Contralto Mr. George L. Johnson-Tarantino Mr. T. Thelorelle-Tarantino if the weather would permit, but she was sure, by the last of next week, to take a little health trip to Milwaukee. The greatest musical organization among United States government employees will sing grand opera, ballads, plantation, Spanish and Mexican music at Oakland Music Hall, May 6. Why don't you surprise yourself and please the publisher by paying your subscription. The latest news is always in the Chicago Defender. Mr. and Mrs. Hayes, 5015 Dearborn street, celebrated their thirty-first wedding anniversary Wednesday night by entertaining a few friends. Don't fail to hear the Federal Glee Club of 20 voices at Oakland Music Hall, Monday night, May 6, from 8 until 1. The Choral Study Club in its May Festival performance at Quinn Chapel church Monday, May 27, presented Coleridge Taylor's "Blind Girl of Castle Caille", which is unquestionably one of the most important choral compositions of the present time. It has received only two performances in America, and at both times rendered by the Choral Study Club. The second work to be performed is Cowen's "St. John's Eve." This work was given in 1909 and made a profound impression, which will be repeated 4-11-18. The W. A. Wallace Bakery Co. make the "Kentucky Rolls" and "Wallace Rolls." Keep smiling and attend the 10th annual ball of Great Lakes Lodge No. 43 at Central hall, May 20th. Do you want good plain Rolls? Ask for Wallace's. The annual sacred services of Court General Robert Elliott, 7806, Ancient Order of Foresters held in Bethel A. M. E, church Sunday evening. Rev. D. P. Roberts delivered the sermon. The social event of the season will be the May parly and dance at Masonville hall, May S. If this is not so ask any member of Lady Elliot Circle, C. O. F. No. 199. Mrs. C. W. Smith, formerly at 3637 Prairie, has moved to 3838 Prairie avenue, and is cozily domiciled in the upper flat. Read the death list published exclusively in the Chicago Defender. Mrs. Jessie Fishback, of Hinsdale, III, formerly of 3431 Dearborn street, Chicago, after undergoing a serious operation, is now convalescing at the Hahnemann hospital, 2814 Groveland avenue, city. Salt is your personalons of your friends. It is free. Drop it on a post-card. Can't you afford to spend a penny on your friends? Mrs. Sallie Cousin, of Louisville, Ky., is in the city, visiting her daughter, Mrs. Fishback, who is sick at Hahnemann hospital. Mrs. Mary White Ovington, of Brooklyn, N. Y., secretary of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, will speak for the Negro Fellowship League Sunday, May 5, at 4 o'clock at 2830 State street. This is Ladies' Day, as well as Anniversary Day. Suiting the Question The damage suit was on, and Billad's chauffeur was testifying for the plaintiff. "Now, you say," said the pompous lawyer for the defendant, "that at this point the two cars, traveling at the rate of 30 miles an hour, came together head on! Then what did you do?" The witness gazed wearily at his questioner. "Why?" he said, "I turned to my wife, who was brushing the baby's halter the tomeau, and I said that I thought the dumplings must be done by this time." "Bang!" interrupted the judge's gavel. "Stenographer," said his honor, "strike that fool answer from the record." "And doesn't the question go with it, judge?" asked the witness meekly. "Sure!" said his honor, forgetting the dignity of his calling for the moment—Harper's Weekly. Why We Say "Bad Letters Down" "Say 'Red Letter Days.'" The phrase "Red letter day," which means a day that is out in our life as a happy and delightful one, originated several hundred years. In almanacs, sahins' days and holidays used to be printed in red ink to mark them off from other days. From this custom came the expression. The Hefress (in tears)—"My husband was so ardent in his love-making. I thought he added me." Her Friend—"My dear, a man can put considera- bler fervor into his wooing when it's a case of marriage or work." Can You See The Point? OUR WOMEN By SABINE THE ANNIE WALKER CONSCIENCE CLUB. Dear, Editor:— Please allow me space in your column to express our heartfelt gratitude to the wide-awake Mrs. Anna Johnson, of Englewood, for the interest she has taken in our home. She has taken the most important part of our work and she has assigned herself to the grand and noble work which we will know more of in the future. She has very brilliant ideas in this work—The Annie Walker Conscience Club PHYLLIS WHEATLEY CLUB. A very interesting meeting was held at the home, 3520 Forest avenue, Wednesday, May 1. Many prominent visitors were present. Delegates were elected to the national convention to be held in Hampton, Virginia, and also Hurry and worry will help you to an early grave. Do not go through life with the pop valve blowing off all the time. It pays to reduce the pressure whenever you can. In other words, after a period of severe mental and physical tension, take a little rest. You will be surprised to find the benefits you will get from even a few minutes of complete relaxation. The trouble is that so few people really know how to rest. In order to rest when you are very tired, it is not enough that you stop working you must also stop thinking about your work. Ten minutes spent tying down with the eyes closed, thinking of nothing, if that be possible, will do wonders. Try it and see. Three hundred and fifty years ago, about the middle of the fifteenth century, Louis Cornaro, an Italian nobleman, was told by his physicians that he had but a short time to live. Cor- PLAYED CARDS IN GRAVEYARD Old-Time Practice Was Until Recently Induged in at Least One Place in the United Kingdom. There is a churchyard in the Borough of St. Marylebone, London, in which a tombstone is pointed out to visitors as the one on which Hogarth's "idle apprentice" threw dice. Attention has just been called to the fact that this practice of gambling on tombstones has come down to the present day in at least one graveyard in the United Kingdom. A lawsuit just decided has stopped the practice in the churchyard of Dungarvan, an Irish village, where some of the inhabitants were in the habit of playing cards on the slabs placed over graves and of dancing to the music of an accordion. The representative church body was the complainant in the case. I sought and obtained an injunction against sixteen persons, restraining them from trespassing upon the burial-ground and premises adjacent to the Church of St. Mary's Church of St. Mary, the case, held that the private was one of permission, and not a right, and that a churchyard was dedicated to the service of God, and not to the recreation of man. In the days before the Reformation authorities say, the parish churchyard was used as a public playground. Games and revels were commonly held there on Sundays and holidays. At Whitestuntide there was a sort of church fair, held in graveyards, at which ale brewed by the church wardens was served, while disc-throwing, card-playing and bowls were permitted. Cock-fighting in churchyards did not cease until the eighteenth century. There is a story told that a wealthy man in Hurstbourne Tarrant, a village of Hampshire, ordered that a flat tombstone, large enough to enable the boys to play marbles on it, should be placed over his grave. Hats and the Man. Why must women bear most of the burden for slavery to dress when man certainly has no more freedom than she? This could be illustrated in a number of different ways, including collars that choke and are too easily soiled, but what is really in our mind is the hair-and-brain-and-comfort-destroying derby. It makes the head look like a peanut. It is worn in the spring long after the owner longs for the straw hat, and in the autumn when he wishes to continue with the straw, and in the winter when he degrades a comfortable, pleasant, soft, warm hat, perhaps the cap is gaining a little in popularity, and also the soft felt, but the progress is not enough to be noticeable. For what progress there is we can thank thank thank the automobile. We certainly cannot thank the intelligence of men. —Collier's. Horse Came Back A. H. Whitman, a Los Angeles (Cal.) jeweler, says that a cat may come back, also a horse. Witman owned a horse for several years, and recently deciding that the animal had outlived its usefulness, he gave a young man $5 to take the equine into the country and shoot it. He then decided that he must have a new steed, so inserted an advertisement in the newspapers. Among several answers, one especially appealed to him. It stated that the writer possessed a gentle family horse, and gave a description which sounded good to the jeweler. Accordingly, he journeyed to China, from which town the letter came, looked over the horse, and bought it. When he had the culprit home he noticed something familiar in its actions, and upon closely examining the animal, found it to be the one he had paid to have shot. Young and Old—Light and Serious Verse and Prose—History—Personal—In a Word Their Every Interest. for the state federation in Rock Island, Ill. Excellent talks were made by Mrs. Era Monroe, of Springfield, Ill.; Mrs. Clifford, of Washington, D. C.; Mrs. Montgomery, of Milwaukee, and Mrs. Theresa Macre, of our own city. Mrs. Eva Jenifer brought in a splendid report of the work assigned to her by the executive board. Everything being shaped for our coming election of governors in June. "The mile of pamphlets grows shorter each meeting. We would like to see the members and friends active in putting out these gleaners. $4.8 from that source at this meeting. Mrs. Emeline Garnett and Mrs. Mary Gale served an elegant luncheon. It was with sad hearts that we learned at the close of our meeting that death had claimed another one of our beloved and earnest workers, Mrs. Thos. Thomas, who had been our faithful financial secretary for a number of years. naro decided that he would see what could be done. He cut out all the rich and fancy cooked foods and wines, let the fresh air into his sleeping rooms, and spend all the time possible out of doors. He soon grew well and strong and when 95 years of age he wrote a book telling what plain food, pure air and right living had done for him. He died at the age of 98, having lived just 58 years beyond the time fixed for his death by his doctors. Here is an excellent breathing exercise that should be indulged in at least twice a day: Stand before an open window, or, better, in the open air, and raise the arms above the head, stretching up as far as possible. Take a long, deep breath while raising the arms; now bend forward, letting the breath out while doing so, without bending the knees, grasp the ankles. Then straighten out and repeat the operation, say ten times at each performance. Hoof Prints Near Newmarket That Mark Jumps of the Legendary Blind Horse. Near Newmarket, in Lincolnshire, England, there are three marks of a horse's hoofs, and each mark is seven yards distant from the other. Every man who farms the field is careful to keep these marks from being grass-grown or plowed up. For they are the famous marks of Byard's leap, which is recounted in the following story: There was once a witch of Newmarket who bewitched the cattle and crops of her neighbors and did all sorts of mischief, and at last one farmer went to a wise man and asked him what to do to overcome the witch. "Tie a naked dagger around your waist," said the wise man. "Then drive your horses into a pond at night and throw a stone into the pond. Mount the horse that lifts his head up first and gallop off to the witch's hut and bid her out to ride with you." Byard, a blind horse, was the first to raise his head when the farmer threw the stone, so the farmer mounted ed him and galloped to the witch's hut. "Out and ride with me! Out and ride with me!" And out came the witch. She jumped at the horse, and Byard made his first leap, and got away. She jumped again, and Byard made his second leap and got away. At the third leap she sprang behind the farmer and wound her skinny arms about his waist. But the dagger cut her left arm, and she lost all her power, and was never able to trouble anybody again. Herodotus a Muckraker Such as believe the tales of the Egyptians credible are free to accept them for history. For my own part, I propose to myself throughout my whole work faithfully to record the traditions of the several nations, the Egyptians maintain that Ceres and Bacchus preside in the realms below. They were also the first to broach the opinion that the soul of man is immortal, and that when the body dies it enters into the form of an animal which is born at the moment, thence passing on from one animal into another until it has circled through the forms of all the creatures which tenant the earth, the water and the air; after which it enters again a human frame, and is born anew. The whole period of the immigration is (they say) three thousand years. There are Greek writers—sometimes of an earlier, some of a later date—who are borrowed this doctrine from the Egyptians and put it forward as their own. I could mention their names, but I abstain from doing so—Herodotus. PAID WELL FOR HIS BOAST Probably in the Future Dubbleleigh WILL First Find Out Identity of His Listener. "Thet's a derned fine-looking' car o' younn, mister," said the old man with a chin whisker, as he inspected Dubbleleigh's motor standing in front of the Eagle House at Togus. "You bet it be'," said Dubbleleigh. "I came over here from Watkins Corners this morning in just fifty-five minutes. Going some, eh?" "Ya-ans," said the old gentleman, stroking his whisker thoughtfully. "Kin ye prove it?" "I have witnesses in my guests," said Dubbleleigh. "Wal-al, I'll take yer word for it." said the stranger. "Jest fork over twenty-five, and we'll call it square. I'm Justice o' the Peace round here, and it'll save time to settle this here vlation right now."—Harper's Week- The Chicago Defender One Year 50 Cents MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC "ALL PASSES, ART ALONE ENDURES" The Past Week at the Chicago Theatres—Notes of the Profession All Around the World—By Minnie Adams. THE CONDUCTOR Mr. James A. Mundy, Director of Music. After having observed a large number of talented men among the post office clerks and mail carriers, Mr. Mundy organized the Federal Glee club in 1910. The following progressive firms have singing societies: Marshall Field Co., Siegel Cooper Co., John Wannmaker Co., and the National Cash Register Co. The Federal Glee club holds a similar place among the grov MISS CONSTANTIA BROWN AND W. H. HACKNEY IN JOINT RECITAL. On Friday evening, May 24, at $15, at Bethel church, 30th and Dearborn streets, the Criterion club will present Miss Constantia Brown, contralto, and W. H. Hackney, tenor, in joint recital. Miss Brown is the most artistic contralto we have and the club feels complimented in securing so worthy a singer for this recital. Watch later for program. Admission 35 cents. GREAT LAKES LODGE 43. Tenth Annual Ball May 20. Great Lakes Lodge No. 43 will give their tenth annual ball Monday evening, May 20, at Central hall, 222 street and Wabash avenue. The committee on arrangements having found it impossible to secure any other hall with the conveniences that the patrons require for this ball, they wish to assure the public that the same uniform, courteous attention to details and the comfort of their patrons which has characterized their previous entertainments will, if anything be surpassed at this time. 418 GRADUATES ENTERTAIN. Raymond School Class Delightfully Entertain Friends Wednesday Night. The graduating class of Raymond school gave a spread Wednesday, April 24, 1912, at the residence of Master Murrell Webb, $322 Dearborn street. Miss H. E. Webb was the chaperon. The table was abundantly spread with all the delicacies of the season. Among those present were the misses Christine Hargrow, Mattie Davenport, Marguerite Polk, Edith Hardin, Garnetta Hagan, Warnetta Crossby, Bessie Swan; Masters Lemuel Pease, Wilber Peyton, Madison Davis, Carey Murrell, Meredith Conley, George Kidd, John Graves and Frank Lewis. The Misses Geraldine Cardwell, Josephine Thompson, Alene Rhodes and Master Pascal Webster and Charlie Smith were invited guests. OAK PARK LODGE WILL GIVE MAY BALL Delightful Night Promised for the Evening of May 16 at Phoenix Hall. Don't miss the event of the season but attend the grand May ball given by Oak Park Lodge, No. 40, K, of P., at Phoenix hall, Sedgwick and Division streets, Thursday evening, May 16. How to reach the hall: Take Northwestern "L" and get off at Division street, or any surface car and transfer on Division street. Persons on the South Side take car marked 77th and Division streets direct to Sedgwick street. Music by the 8th Regiment band. Refreshments of all kinds will be served to the gentlemen as well as to the ladies. Admission 35 cents. The following gentlemen will be present to see that you have a real good time: R. B. Shaffer, chairman; W. M. Davis, treasurer; Richard Cox, secretary. 4-11 Hae to Scratch. The early bird doesn't get the worm merely by being early. ernment employees. The Federal Glee club has sung at Quinn chapel and Olivet Baptist church and has been given a high rank in the musical world. Hear them sing Monday night, May 6, at Oakland Music hall, 40th street and Cottage Grove avenue. Come and hear Harrison Emanuel, violin soloist. Come and dance until 1 a. m. Wilson's orchestra. Admission 50 cents. DRAMATIC CLUB GIVES MASQUERADE. The Philamathean Club's Initial Affair a Success—Prizes. The Philamathean Dramatic Club gave its first masquerade party Friday evening, April 26, at the residence of Miss Catherine Douring. 5412½ Dearborn street. The officers present were; Pascal Barber, president; Sophin Smith, vicepresident; Helen Hughes, secretary; Catherine Douring, corresponding secretary; George Smith, treasurer; Francis Beard, critic; Mrs. G. W. Moody, chaperon. Others present were; Rutherford Richard, Wyatt Houston, Pascal Barber, George Smith, Julian Black, Deshon Jones, theodore Robinson, Randolph Robinson, Herman Dixon, Thiese Allen, John Bailey, Helen Hughes, Sophia Smith, Gertrude Harris, Catherine Harris, Francis Beard, Nellie Beard, Gladys Johnson, Louise Sunnyville, Catherine Dowing. Misses Myle Hughes, Clara Anderson, Maude Carper, Charlotte Tervalon and Messrs. Vandora Barber, Murphy Wilbert, Harold Houston, Morris Rice, Maceo Tervalon, Clarence Moore, Ernest Turine, Andrew Johnson, Robert Johnson. The prizes were awarded to Miss Helen Hughes, first prize. She represented Priscilla. Mr. Herman Dixon, second prize, comical. BOASTING A POOR EXERCISE It Loosens the Fiber of the Brain and Makes Men Soft and Flabby. Boasting is a poor intellectual exercise. It seems to loosen the fibers of the brain and make them soft and flabby. When we read in the New York Medical Journal that card-playing is injurious to the mind, we remember what Dr. Edward Everett Hale said about it: "The bragging of a people used to playing cards," and then coupling the two observations, we get a standpoint from which to view the discrepancies of society. The Medical Journal treats the matter scientifically and learns from psychology that the keeping the mind on exciting uncertainties renders it inefficient in the consideration of serious things afterward. Go, for instance, from an exciting game of baseball and pick up your Emerson, Ruskin, Sartor Restartus or Progress and Poverty, and see where you are. Stuck in the mud, that's certain. You cannot budge a barley corn. Now, keep that up, day after day, with any sort of sport and then take account of your mental condition. We suspect the Medical Journal is right, and Dr. Hale's illustration is pat. And if you want to make an effective thinker of yourself, it would be well not to get daft on any game. Take hold of it as an Incidental, if you bother with it at all.—Ohio State Journal. "Swallowed a Word." Little Mary was telling what she thought was an exciting story about a dream. She stuttered in her effort, gulped and paused hopelessly without completing the sentence. "Why, child, what is the matter?" her mother asked. The little girl amled ruefully, and replied, "I swallowed a word." THE CHICAGO DEFENDER. One Year 50 C In the PUBLI CAPTAIN ROSTRO 50 Cents In order to its subscrib offer is only compete.Jus PUBLIC EYE OSTRON'S REPORT In the PUBLIC EYE CAPTAIN ROSTRON'S REPORT ously had lookouts doubled, knowing that that took every care and precaution. We soon for large and small, and had to alter our cours "We stopped at 4:00 a. m., thus doing half, picking up the first boat at 4:10 a. m., reported that Titanic had foundered. At 8:30 survivors aboard and all boats accounted for. "At 8:00 a. m. the Leyland steamship C the principal news and asked him to search York; at 8:50 proceeded full speed while raster." WOMAN HEADS CH ously had lookouts doubled, knowing that Titanic had struck ice and so took every care and precaution. We soon found ourselves in a field of bergs, large and small, and had to alter our course several times to clear bergs. knowing that Titanic had struck ice and so on. We soon found ourselves in a field of bergs, alter our course several times to clear bergs. m., thus doing distance in three hours and a at 4:10 a. m., boat in charge of officer, and he ordered. At 8:30 a. m., last boat picked up. All accounted for. And steamship California came up. I gave him him to search and I would proceed to New speed while researching over vicinity of dis- ADS CHILD BUREAU "We stopped at 4:00 a. m., thus doing distance in three hours and a half, picking up the first boat at 4:10 a. m., boat in charge of officer, and he reported that Titanic had foundered. At 8:30 a. m., last boat picked up. All survivors aboard and all boats accounted for. "At 8:00 a. m., the Leyland steamship California came up. I gave him the principal news and asked him to search and I would proceed to New York; at 8:50 proceeded full speed while researching over vicinity of disaster." WOMAN HEADS CHILD BUREAU by so- nely in Chicago but in other parts of the coun- ne has made a specialty of the study of child connection with settlement work and that she movement which resulted in the enactment of is which indorsed Miss Lathrop brought about the au by congress. GELMULLER ANGRY cial reform organizations not only in Chicago try. He was informed that she has made a life and its amelioration in connection with has been prominent in the movement which child labor legislation in Illinois. The same organizations which indorsed creation of the children's bureau by congress BARON HENGELMU cial reform organizations not only in Chicago but in other parts of the country. He was informed that she has made a specialty of the study of child life and its amelioration in connection with settlement work and that she has been prominent in the movement which resulted in the enactment of child labor legislation in Illinois. The same organizations which indorsed Miss Lathrop brought about the creation of the children's bureau by congress. BARON HENGELMULLER ANGRY lag the passage money from his own pocket. Then with all speed he drove to the St. Regis. The baroness, the daughter and the m baron. He stepped to the chauffeur and asked "How much?" "Six dollars and fifty cents. The fifty of Volkman. The baron's face grew red, his eyes were and he gasped: paying the passage money from his own pocket, crossed over to Manhattan. Then with all speed he drove to the St. Regis. his own pocket, crossed over to Manhattan. to the St. Regis, utter and the maid alighted. Then came the chauffeur and asked brusely: Is. The fifty cents is for ferriage," answered, his eyes were fixed hard on the chauffeur "I'll not pay it." than New York police, Volkman turned the or collection. PAT IS AN ARTIST The baroness, the daughter and the maid alighted. Then came the baron. He stepped to the chauffeur and asked brusely: "How much?" "Six dollars and fifty cents. The fifty cents is for ferriage," answered Volkman. The baron's face grew red, his eyes were fixed hard on the chauffeur and he gasped: "Six dollars and a half? I'll not pay it." Ambassadors being bigger than New Yo account over to the company for collection. PRINCESS PAT IS Ambassadors being bigger than New York police, Volkman turned the account over to the company for collection. PRINCESS PAT IS AN ARTIST marriage she did not desire. Certain it is, if she has not been able to marry the man of her choice, she has at least remained free. --- --- [Image of a man in a naval uniform with a cap and badge. The background is decorated with ornamental patterns.]] Miss Julia C. Lathrop of Chicago, now and for many years a colleague of Jane Addams in the work of Hull house, has been appointed chief of the recently created children's bureau of the national government. The nomination was sent to the senate the other day by President Taft. Miss Lathrop is the first woman ever selected to direct a bureau of the federal government. Moreover, to her will be committed the foundation and development of the activities which the national government is about to undertake to further the welfare of children. It is expected she will build up an institution which will be an important branch of the government service in the investigation of conditions of child life and in correlating and accelerating the activities of individual states in bettering such conditions. The appointment of Miss Lathrop was urged upon President Taft by so PETER H. New Yorkers are enjoying the opportunity of viewing some of the artistic handwork of Princess Patricia of Connaught, who recently won so much popularity there. Six of her paintings were selected from those shown at the Montreal art exhibition, and are now on exhibition in New York. As a water color painter she has few rivals in Europe, certainly none in its royal houses. A picture, reputed to be one of the cleverest works of the princess shows King Edward, smiling in perfect content, leaving the dinner table. "I Was Hungry" is the title of this whimsical concoct. King Edward dearly loved his niece, Patricia, and did his best to spoil her. He used to urge her to give imitations of their kin and roared with laughter at her skill at mimicry. As she grew older it is said she exacted a promise from him that he would never use his royal prerogative to force her into a A Rascal. "What sort of fellow is Squillick?" "Very unscrupulous." "Indeed?" "Yes. He'd steal an umbrella when it wasn't raining." In order to increase our circulation at least 30,000 The Chicago Defender will be delivered to any of its subscribers for 50c. year, who will secure 10 new subscribers at the rate of $1.00 per year. This offer is only available to Bonafide Subscribers. No office orders taken. Positively no agents can compete. Just think THE WORLD'S GREATEST WEEKLY a whole year FOR 50 CENTS. Capt. A. H. Rostron was in command of the Cunard line steamship Carpathia, which rescued the survivors of the Titanic disaster. His ship was east bound on its regular trip when the distress signal was picked up by the vessel's wireless operator. In his official report to the general manager of the company, the captain said, in part: "I beg leave to report that at 12:35 a. m. Monday, 15th inst., I was informed of urgent message from Titanic with its position. I immediately ordered ship turned around and put it in course for that position, we being then fifty-eight miles away. Had heads of all departments called and issued what I considered the necessary orders to be in preparation for any emergency. "At 2:40 a. m. saw flare half a point on port bow. Taking this for granted to be a ship, shortly after we sigured our first iceberg. I had previ- M. B. Baron Ladislais Hengelmuller von Hengervar, Austrian-Hungarian Ambassador to this country, journeyed to the Hamburg-American line docks in Hoboken the other afternoon to meet the baroness and their daughter, who were passengers on the steamship Amerika. Outside the docks were scores of taxicabs on which were taimeters which registered distances and the amount of change due from passengers. But the Baron passed these by and his eye lighted on a limousine car owned by Hexamer's garage and driven by Fred Volkman, one of its chauffeurs. There was no taximeter on this car, but in his pocket Volkman carries a schedule of prices. "We'll take this," said the baron to the baroness, and he assisted his wife and daughter and the maid into the vehicle, and to Volkman remarked: "The Hotel St. Regis, New York." Volkman drove to the ferry and pay A. Plans for Adjustment. "How can you build character on a broad foundation—" "Well?" "And then expect it to walk in the narrow path?" THE BINBA BLOCK 47124752 State street (inclusive). The largest apartment complex in Chicago, desirable. AT BIRTHPLACE OF- DICKENS Almost a Shrine, Where Many of the Hurrying Crowds Pause to Do Reverence. A great signboard partly covers the little house where Charles Dickens was born. "Charles Dickens' Birthplace," it says, and all the hurrying world entering old Portsmouth pauses to look at it. The street, Commercial road, might be a street in any large city, and the house is no alien edifice in the vista of ogiliness. A hundred years ago the traffic may have been quieter and the flowers in the front gardens not quite so dusty—a century leads us back such a very long road. In the spring of 1812 we picture Amsr John Dickens, wife of the humble clerk in the navy pay office, bringing her baby boy—her first son—to the small windows for a glimpse of the London stage coach bound for the Portsmouth dockyard. Little did the tired mother think as she held him there that his life would one day affect some of the passengers on the coach, the people who walked or rode in the street, the thousands going about their business in Portsmouth and the tens of thousands upon thousands all over the country. Whoever made so many men laugh and weep as Dickens? What pen has opened the doors into as many lives? No heart has every been closer to the facts of human life than that of the beardless boy who shyly winked in his Sam Weller and sent him forth with laughter that was to blow into a gale. On Weller's rootsteps they come, those common and yet uncommon types he drew forth from the bone and shew of Great Britain. The boy born in Commercial road was to be the apostle of everyday people, and the multitude of tradesmen he wrote of would make a trades' directory—The Ladies' World. NEVER LACKED FOR SOLDIERS How Japanese Forethought Supplemented Military Skill in the Great Struggle With Russia, Brig. Gen. Robert K. Evans, says the Army and Navy Journal, told of meeting, just after the Russo-Japanese war, a friend who had been a military attack with Oyama's army in the Manchurian campaign, and asked him what had been the most striking and noteworthy incident that came to his notice during the war. His reply was: "Without doubt it was thils; In the battle of Mukden I noticed a large body of troops on the field whose presence I could not account for from any information in my possession. I code over and inquired who they were. I was told, 'These are the reserves sent from Japan to take the places of the men who will be killed and wounded in the next great battle.' And there they were on the field while the battle was going on.' 'This is a most instructive incident, thought General Evans. Here Oyama lost in a great battle a certain number of thousands of men. The next day they were all replaced by an equal number of trained, instructed and disciplined men. The army was as strong numerically as before the fight. It had probably gained in efficiency by the practical experience of the officers and men who had been under fire and still remained in ranks. Man and the Mammoth. The skeleton of a mammoth discovered in the department of Pas de Calais, France, measures 49½ feet in length. The head is well preserved, with finely enameled molars of the true Siberian type, thus furnishing one more proof that the whole country was once a land of ice and snow. At a dinner given recently on a sand-har in the Danube an attempt was made to convey an idea of the food consumed by man in the time of the mammoth. Cabbage soup cooked over hot stones, horse ham, roast pork with boiled millet, and turnips cooked in hot ashes composed the bill of fare. The dessert was dried pears and honey.—Harper's Weekly. ALONG THE INDIAN FRONTIER Kachins Are a Wild and Warlike People, but Are Most Hospitable to Travelers. "Hidden in the mountains on both side of the frontier road are villages of Kachins, a wild and warlike race which causes much anxiety to the Chinese and to the peaceful Shans inhabiting the neighboring valleys," writes Archibald Rose, British consul at Yunan, China, in an article describing the "Chinese Frontier of India." "The men are keen looking fellows, who spend their days in sharpening their dhus, or long two handed swords, their nights in drinking and in harrying the marches. The burdens of life are literally borne by their women folk, long trains of whom are met along the roads, carrying on their backs great baskets of grain depending from a strap across their foreheads, while their hands are busy spinning strands of cotton yarn, or weaving a straw bracelet for their sweethearts, as they toil up the mountain slopes. They wear a short kilt, supported by numbers of loose rattan girdles, the lobes of their ears are pierced and distended to carry long tubes of silver or rolls of red cloth, and their faces are coarsened by hard times. "They are hospitable to people, these Kachins, offering a welcome to any passing traveler without question or hope of reward. This spirit of hospitality, indeed, is carried to a point which almost be considered extravagance. I remember a case at a recent frontier meeting in which a transfrontier Kachin appeared as the complainant. He had accepted an invitation to dinner, dined not wisely, but too well, and fallen down a precipe on his way home. "The result was a broken leg, and, in consequence, he now appeared in court to sue his host for damages. The erring host paid up quite cheerfully, and the international incident was thus amicably settled over the body of a sacrificial pig." The Solder Cheat Many species of spiders are interesting on account of their physical construction or their habits, but the most curious specimens are probably to be found in the woods of Sumatra; and these naturalists call, not without reason, "spider cheats." This insect, in order to trap the files, etc., on which it feeds, bites on a leaf and spins a web of neutral color, making an illusion so perfect that the prey not only does not fly, but seems attracted by the peculiar termination of the web on the edge of the leaf. This is a perfect knot in appearance and gives to the trap the general shape of a miniature palm-leaf fan with indented handle.-Harper's Weekly. Footpaths on Road to Bus be blessed on Road to Peace. To be glad of life, because it gives you the chance to love and to work and to play and to look up at the stars; to be satisfied with your possessions, but not contented with yourself until you have made the best of them; to despise nothing in the world except falsehood and meanness, and to fear nothing except cowardice; to be governed by your admirations rather than by your disgusts; to covet nothing that is your neighbor's except his kindness of heart and gentleness of manners; to think seldom of your enemies, often of your friends and every day of Christ; and to spend as much time as you can with body and with spirit. In God's out-of-doors—these are little guideposts on the footpath of peace.—Henry Van Dyke Appropriate Course "So we're short on space? What shall I do with this appendix story?" "Cut it out." "And this story of the man who hanged himself?" "Cut him down." Character the Great Requisite. Character, as an element of success in life, tells more than knowledge. SNAKE CHARMERS OF OLD Homer and Virgil Mention Them and Ancient Tablets Show the Tamed Sergents. Snake taming is mentioned by Virgil, and Homer refers to the snake owned and specially favored by Ajax. That the Macedonians were on intimate terms with reptiles is shown by tablets bearing images of women feeding serpents. Other tablets show serpents twining around columns in the temple of Hercules, where they were placed by people in token of gratitude to the god. The charlots of Minerva and Ceres were drawn by snakes and snakes guarded the altars of many of the gods. On a fragment of a Pompeian fresco a serpent is depleted coiled in a tree on a stretcher borne by two slaves. The guardian serpent was the good fairy of the antique home and the watchful guard of the family honor. Even at the present time the Mexican peasants flock to Cocula from all the country round about to keep the feast day of St. Dominic, the saint who conferred on man the power to tame serpents. On St. Dominic's day snake-charmers appear in Cocula bearing adders and other reptiles. In Umbria the snake is supposed to possess the power of working miracles.—Harper's Weekly. FIRST SCORE FOR THE MAJOR Man of Law Wasted Time in Contemplation, but His Opponent Was Quick to Act. There lived at one time, in the fashionable quarter of Dublin an eminent lawyer who afterwards came to occupy a position on the judicial bench. He was a man of high professional attachments but of testy and irritable temper. His next door neighbor was a retired major, noted for the eccentricity of his habits. Between the two there was anything but a friendly feeling and they did all in their power to annoy and harass each other. One night, memorable in Ireland as "the night of the great storm," the major's chimneys were blown down. Crash they went through the roof of the lawyer's house and thence down through floor after floor, carrying havoc in their course. The man of law was in no good humor as he contemplated the destruction, and what made matters worse was that it was the major's chimney that had occasioned the wreck. His mind was actively engaged in devising some process by which he could get satisfaction from his arch enemy, when this missive arrived from the major: "Send me back my bricks immediately or I will put the matter in the hands of an attorney." Strenuous Exercise They were talking about the value of regular physical exercise, and one of the group, noticing that Meredith Nicholson, the author, seemed pretty fit, asked him what he did to keep in condition. "Who, me?" he exclaimed. "Why, I don't need any callisthenics or things of that sort. I live in a house on the sunset side of the street, and I get all the exercise my system needs in building the fire every morning." "That doesn't seem to offer much chance for exercise." remarked a friend. "What kind of fire is it you build, wood or coal?" "Neither," replied Nicholson. "We use gas, and I have to scratch a match every time I light the fire." mother of the Species. "Is this little boy or a little girl" a teacher asked when the new scholar, a boy with curis, came in. "He ain't none of 'em. He's a slasy" one of the class volunteered—St. Louis Republic. "Eavesdropping!" exclaimed Adam, as his wife tumbled out of the big tree. gh ' , Be 4 “ang ite 1 De it ont wa of cal “THE WOLVERINES” Michigan in the Limelight, by Our Special Correspondents— Detroit, Kalamazoo, Dowagiac and Benton Harbor. THE RACE MAKING GOOD. The Race Making Progress—Per- sonal and Pertinent Paragraphs About the People—What They Are Doing in Religious, Bual- ness and Social Circles. KALAMAZOO ITEMS, Kalamazoo, Mich. May 3.—Rey. Pettiford filled the ‘pulpit at Grand Chapel atl day Sunday. Aue Minnie Adams was with us on April 30 at Grand Chapel, to give us @ vocal entertainment. Miss Lucille Harris entertained Miss Anna Harris, of Battle Creek, ‘Sunday, : Mr, Allen leaves this week to ac- cept a position, appointed to him by Bishop Sheffer. His wife will join him later. ° The “Smart Set" hat an engage: ment at the Puller Theater, April 26, Which was largely attended. After the play Me, and Mrs, Lester Bolden entertained ‘the entire company and many friends at their apartments on Bast Kalamazoo avenue. “Mr, Ren Fox, of Fort Wayne, Ind.," and “Mrs. Beatrice Bradley Johnson,” of this city, were quietly united in holy matrimony by Judge Faling, of that city. A leap year May bail will be given at the “new armory" on North Bur- dick street, May 2. Grout revivals are being conducted AL the Second Baptist church. + Mr. Judd Graine has returned to the city from Arizona. His health is very much Improved, Messrs. Herman ‘Tyler, of Jackson, and Joe Simmonds, of Vicksburg. vis ited friends in this city last week. Do not ask your agents to see the Defender, but buy a paper and take Wt home ‘and read it, Got the good font of the paper. A most excellent dramatic recital was ziven by Madame Minnie Adams of Chicago, who was assisted by lo- cal talent, Madame Minnie appeared in the first selection in the Spring Song. Little Seleta Pettiford rendered “Anemone,” by Tarantelle. Mr. Ruven Smith, of Grand Rapids, rendered a number of select solos, Madame Adams had a number of classical selections. Mrs. Estella Duncan recited sweetly. Mrs. Joseph Simall presided at the organ. Mrs, Adams is stopping with Mrs. Williams on Parker street. Mrs. Wit Hams wilt give @ reception for her guest. Emotions and the Senses. Pleasurable sensations arouse pleas- ant emotions. The sunshine is always enlivening to some people. aud the gloom always depressinz—men have despaired in darkness and taken their lives because of an oppression due to the dark. We can to a degree choose what our senshtions shall bo, and so to gome extent determine our emo- tons, but the. mere gratification of sense is nearly always followed by de- Pressing emotions. Man's Atrections. In a recent case in which the ques- tion of affection was tin important is- sue, a Judge spoke wisely ox a phitos- opher. “A man’s affection for a worn: an,” said the modern Solomon, “Is shown by his willingness to take trouble in her behalf, to do Uttle serv- ices for her, to do with a wiiling hand that which 'a man not in love would deem tiresome, troublesome and dis- quieting.” Riddle of the Sphinx. ‘The Sphinx—some sort of fabled monster—proposed a riddle to the people of Thebes, it is sald, and mur- dered all who could not answer it. Oedipus finally solved 1t and in cha- grin the Sphiox put herself to death. ‘Tho riddle was as follows: “What goes on four feet in the morning, two feet in the afternoon and three at night?" The answer given by Oedipus was this: “Man; because he crawis as a child, walks upright in hig full Strength and walks with a staf when ‘an old man.” What a Man Is Made Of. ‘The average man has “ingredients” to make fat for seven bars of soap, fron for a, medium-sized nail, sugar to All a small bowl, salt to fil’ shaker, Ume to whitewash a chicken coop, phosphorus to make 2,200 match tins, magnesium for a dose of magnesia, sodium to neutralize a pint and a halt of water, potassium to explode a toy cannon, sulphur to rid a dog of fleas, and albuminoida to make a case of eggs—Leslie’s Weekly. Secret Revealed by Face, It you want to get at’ the real strength and character of a person's face, study the right side of it—the ugly side, as portrait painters some- times call ft. There you will find the Mines bold and harsh, with every de- fect accentuated. On the left side, however, everything fs softened down, and the face Is at Its beat. Whenever you suspect a-man of trickery or de- selt—and this rule applies equally to fheffalr sex—stand on bis right and Wate his expression closely. Would Encourage Marriage. Citizens from Aculco, state of Mexleo, have come to this city, says the Mexi- can Herald, to complain against the action of the parish priest who recom- mends that all men of marriageable ago ahOuld marry. because if they do not they are Hablp to be enlisted by mean} of a lottery and made to serve dn thdarmy. | ‘}- Wal Exes a Proposa “And baby bas got over the measles, and won't annoy you." “And the flowets and leoks and man drakes are coring up in the woods.” “"And perhaps you can shoot a wood Decker and a bluedny.” Mrs, Cather, living down in the coun. try, wanted to get_ her brother Bot Taylor away from the ite Insurance office for a few days’ rest, and the Above re saimpip inducements con tained in her letter. Hob got away and appeared with clean shirt and n shotgun warranted to Kill any old crow at a distance of ball a mile. He was told to “Just loaf,” and he proceeded to do so. When he had loafed a couple of days, and as he smoked his pipe on the veranda, the sister asked: “Don't you hear it?” “The pls grunting?—yes." “No, sir, T mean that Infernal old crow erwting and shrieking. He bas kept tt up for months, and 1 want him Kaited." “A crow" replled Rob, as he leaned ack and puffed at his pipe, “Is a work of Nature" “So are you." “Then comes the question, have fn Fight to destroy him? As T take It, the worst thing abcut him 1s bis voice. That, my dear slater, can bo sald of three-fths of humanity. We may be Just as much of a nuisance to that old crow us he ts to us. 1 don't think I want to shoot him. Tam tn the Ife Instirance business. you know, and It fs our duty to prolong life. If the crow must be killed let tt be by your own hand. Some bread soaiced tn polsoned water will do the trick.” “L have tried that and other things In vain. If you have become a crow champton at least go out and givo him warning to go far and never return.” Brother Bob knocked the ashes from bis pipe and ‘shouldered his gun and set forth. The old crow gave. him every chance to fire a fatal shot, but when it came ft was a miss by many fect, and the man save ft up with the ‘ono’ shot_and proceeted to stroll throngh the woods. By and by he reached a mass of rocks piled In con fasion along the banks of a brook, and there hie sat down for more loafing and smoking. He was listening to the babble of the water he could not see and watehing the squirrels in the beeches, when he leard the volees of sirle approaching. A life insurance man must study voices as well as statistics. Mr. Bob Taylor wasn't two minutes deciding that the voices belonged to two good looking girls about twenty years old each, and that they were making for 4 spot below him. ‘The owner of one volce would have golden halr and the other dark chestnnt. Roth would be good insurance risks. He heard them cross the brawling stream on a log, and he knew when they took a seat om a flat rock 20 feet below him. By parting the bushes at his elbow he could have gotten a fair sight of both, Dat he didn't do this. He didn’t quite think it bis duty to stand up and an- nownee: “Oh, girls, Tam here and you'd better move on.” but he dtdn’t Intend to listen to a single word they sald. “AWell, you've seen him, at a dis: tance, anghow, and what do you think of him?" “About twenty-four years old? ae “Good looking?” “Yep.” “Good gure?” “Fine.” “Thinks well of himself?" “AM young men do that, papa says.” “Probably engaged to some girl tn town.” “Probably, and she thinks he's Just the loveliest thing ont.” “No chance for either of us?” “None for you, my dear, but as for me—" “Se Moreton, what do you mean!" was exclaimed, “You are too scared to taken chance but Tm gotng to propose to him. It's Teap year. you know. Yes, ma'am, I'm going to ask for his band and heart.” There were merry peals of laughter. and then the question was asked: “How are you golng to get an Intro duction? ‘That must come frst, you know. You can't wail up to bim on the highway and ask him to be yours,” “Oh, Romance will bring It about somehow. Yes, sir, if that young man remains here for week longer he will be mine. or 1 shall be a. jilted maiden.” “You are Just fn fun," “Watch me and see. No uso of hav ng leap year if our sex doesn’t take advantage of it. Let's go home now I'm tn a hurry to plan my campalgn and be engaged.” Bob Taylor heard every word of the conversation, and he wasn’t a bit con aclence-atricken, either. He hnd taken chances of hearing himselt criticized Instead of praised. He had noticed Jeap year on the calendar, and had read newspaper squlbs about it, but until this hour he had given no’ par. cular thought to ft. Tt was the git with the golden halr that was going to propose to him. -He had not seen her. but some sort of instinct made him sure of this, ‘They were wrong, {n saying that ho had A girl In the olty He bad given little or no thought te matrimony. Ut would come some day Uke all other things, but up to this hour he bad been in’no hurry. Now that @ goldenhaired girl had struct at a golden-haired girl bad struck romance would bring about the con- ventional introduction. She was two or three pounds heavier than her chum—fust enough heavier to cause the log to crack and creak and finally break under ber when she was In mid- stream. There were yells and screams as she went with a kerplop Into water | two feet deep, and Bob Taylor was.on hand to do the right thing. He did tt by getting very wet and pulling a still wetter malden out on the bank and helping to conduct her balf a mile to her home. ‘There wasn’t much conversation on the way. What there was was natural- ly damp. Mr. Taylor dldn’t eeek to ex- plain how he came to be on the spot and the first thing the golden-haired /waterwitch had to say in the privacy | of her room was: “rit bet that man was right around there somewhere as we talked!” “And if he was be must have heard what 1 ald about leap year.” “And what are you going to do about er" | “Nothing.” Perhaps Bob had heard the conversation, and perhaps not. At any rate, as the girls figured, ho would ‘not dare let ft be known tbat he had, As ho reached hts slster’s In a drip- ‘ping state, the woman crled out: /- "Bob Taylor, what on'earth:” “I went out to shoot that old crow.” “But you didn’t shoot im?" | “No; I misged the crow and shot @ tel" |_"Oh, Bob, if you would only marry Sue Moreton.” “Twill! I'm just watting for her to [pop thé question, ‘That ts, sho has Popped, and if she plans to Jilt me ‘there'll be the awfullest row you ever heard of. See her and tell her what a | bs ne is, & : 5 ———e J a hs UN sill NS We Ieee eee. be determined man your brother is.” ‘Six months later, as the engaged lovers walked In the moonlight, Misa Sue shyly asked: “I know you were at the creek that day and heard what I sald, but you don't call {¢ proposing, do you?" “Oh, no, no. no. You simply busted that log and fell into the water that 1 might pull you out and marry you.” HOW BOGUS MONEY IS PASSED Counterfeit Coin ts Put in Circula- tion Unconsclously by <i: “That's no good,” said a Broadway car conductor, handing to % passen- ger on the platform with bim a dime. "There are thousands of them aftoat,” he continued, as he made change for another coin. “I'll keep it as a re- minder to look out for that Kind." said the man, and put ft in his pocket. ‘The Ineldent was not thought of again until the next morning, when the dime victim wanted to show the spurt- ous coin to his wife and found that tt was not In hls pocket. Then he wrote to a friend with whom he had played bridge the night before and asked: “Did I give you a bad dime last night? If so, keep It for redemption.” In answer he recelved a note saying: “Did you? Well rather! The elevat- ed man spotted ft. { lost my train, I Intended to return it, but forgot, and when your note came 1 looked ‘and found that I also had passed tt unwittingly on some one, and that’s the way ‘phony money circulates.”— New York ‘Tribune. Filled leehouse With Hose. According to an account included tn 3 letter received here from the north- arn part of the state, the farmers up there are not going to be bothered about fee prices this year. The let- ter was recounting the conditions of tne exceptionally cold winter, “Wo Aled our icehouse easler this winter than ever before,” the letter said. “When the cold was at Its helght we attached the garden hose to the gaso- tine force pump, and turned the water into the feehouse, which had previous. ly been Mined with frozen cakes of sawdust. Ono night was sufficient, Next morning the Icehouse was filled with a solid cake of Ice, frozen to an unusual degreo of hardness, Wo mere- ly nailed up the door, and have Ice enough to Inst all summer."—Indlanap- olis News, French Recruit a Glant. Eugene arceau, belonging to the Fourth battery of the Fourth regiment of foot artillery, a native of the Tle de Re, has the distinction of being the biggest soldier among the conscripts of France. He welghs about 242 pounds, and is nearly six feet nine inches in height. The authorities are less puzzled about his uniform than shey aro about his bed, for the beds are said to be made of regulation length. ‘Virtae In Commutanry’ Wart. ‘Thank God every morning when you get up that you have something to do that da, which must be done, whether you like {t or not. Heng forced to wors and forced to do your best will breed in you temperance and welf-contro!, ditigence and strength of will, cheerfulness and content, and a hundred virtues which the idle never kmew.—Charies Kingsley. THE CHICAGO DEFENDER ————————————————— ——————— ne con = S2| BOUND BY ROBBER an her ) cause we finally eo! HER HAIR CUT OFF creams ) water ata tt Paes i tit} Woman Let in Bogus Gas In x nd spector, With Gun, Who Gagged and Tied Her. tlon on atural- _— 10 ox: ne spot TURNED ON ALL GAS -haired privacy == Bold Intruder Sneered at $18 She around | Gave Him, Snipped Her Tresses heara | 29d Left Them Behind in a Packens: Ohe Save New York.—brs. Geltel Charlott, who came to this country from Odessa with her husband, Joseph, and thefr four children less than a year ago, was found on the floor of the llving-room of her home on the second floor of the tenement at 1759 Prospect place, Brownsville, the other day by a neigh- bor. Her hands and feet were bound and her hair had been cut off short. ‘The gas was tusned on in the room. She sald that a man had come and robbed her of all the money she had, $18, and then, disgusted with the smallness of the amount, had cut off her hair. Charloff is a shoe cutter. He got off at noon, and in the afternoon took thelr youngest clld, Shunte, four years old, to Manhattan with bim to seo an oculist and then to visit a sis- ter of his wife's. About four o'clock, Mrs. Charloft said, a man rapped at the door. Her husband had told her not to let any one In unless she kuew him. Sue peeked out at the man and he said he was from the gas company, so she Jet him in. ‘The man looked’ at the gas meter, she said, and then in the Kitchen demanded money and pointed @ revolver at her. Mrs. Charloff at- tempted to get away and says that the man grabbed her by the throat. Then she gave him $18, the rent money, which was all she had. “I didn't come for such a small fob,” she says the man said, He threw her ‘into a chair, she says, stuffed a towel _& ol A ae fel 2 ol MA Ge tS RR Nast | INU art : 7 ne = Wig Bast =) HAY Rene OSM Tee Ps) Qo Pew ino Sy ay | eee wasn He Began Cutting Her Hair. ja her mouth and bound her bands with another towel and her feet with a plece of cord ke had in his pocket. ‘Then, with a pate of aclesors, also ta ken from tis pocket, he began cutting her hair, remarking that he could get something aut of that. Mra, Charlot gave her age x3 fifty-three, but she looks much younger thar that and had fine long hair of a dark brown color. When the man had finished clipping her hair, she says, he turned on all the gas Jets in the room, closed and locked the window and then went out. locking the door on the outside and ta- king the key with him. He left the hair in the room, tied up in a package, SAVES HER SUNDAY DINNER “Terror of Bridgeport” Goes Down in Defeat at Hands of Mrs. Bridget McGuire. Chicago—Thomas Young, a youth with a police record, and known as the “Terror of Bridgeport,” has met bis mateh. He went down in Ignomitnious de- feat, felt by him to be more of a disgrace because It was not adminis: tered by a hardy veteran of the ring. Not without a battle was he con- quered. Twice he was put to the mat, in this case the cold, hard ground, and twice he came back for more punisb- ment. ‘The third timo he took the count. He was vanquished. The “Terror” met defeat at tho hands, or rather the doubled fists of Mrs, Bridget McGulre, a good-natured matron, with no reputation as a “scraper.” But she was protecting her Sunday dinner and she fought ‘with determination. Mrs. McGuire was returning to her home, 835 West Forty-first street, ih meut for Sunday dinner for her four chitdren tucked securely under hes arm. The erstwhile “Terror” stepped fre. the shadow of a building and demanded the meat. Her reply was short, but to the polnt—of his jaw. When he rose to his feet he bad a veve'ver in his han@ and a bad look In bis eye, but, nothing daunted, the Feaceloving Mra. MeGulre planted another blow where the first had gone. Down went tho bad man, and again ke bounded to his feet, this time to rush the wonfan off her feet. But Mrs. McGuire was not taken una- wares. She landed agaln, this time with a “haymaker.” and to show how she felt on the matter promptly eat town on Young and screamed for help. ‘When a policeman arrived Mrs, Mo. Guire had the revolver, the meat and 2 p-tsoner. Young was taken to the Soins mteshan DOUGLAS DANCING SCHOOL EVERY FRIDAY NIGHT we sect eles eas - | tion Ee Q aa oo 4 A Trial is the Best Reference. | - & 2c | ee Ee eo. Vy. A. Brown eo we Speciatist in ° a | ‘a Electrical, Gas, Pea 4am Steam Fitting and Plumb- fee ing Work ee pemera —13ll West Gist Street Bs oa Phone Normal 3083 ee s 9s | House of Quality Established 1865 | We Have the Most Select Trade in ) Chicago—Most of the best families | as our patrons. | A good funersLappeats to the living asia fitting memorial of respect to the dead _ [furnish a complete funeral—one of satisfac- tion, for $65.00, or money refunded. We also have the finest goods and furnishings that are manufactured for the undertaking business, to an eternal bronze casket costing many hundreds, I am in no way connected with the Casket and Undertaking ‘Trust and I ‘am not interested in the organized vicious attempt to slander and vilify other perzons and fms engaged in the burial of our dead, “My many yearsinDusiess in Chicago and the manner and way my business is conducted proves that I am for building up for co-operation between honest business and the public, not advertising that I alone do right, but happy to say that we give the best for the Emallest pay of any place in America today. 1 stand ready to prove. this Statement at aay time. 5 EMANUEL JACKSON DAN'L M. JACKSON, Expert Embalmer ERNEST H. 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Peat ie a i HAMMER] «© Willow and French * Poa ae Plumes | Hi Mees “a and all Styles of Feathers, Bee cee dan ony | Cleaning, Curling, Bleach” aes seg Ming and Dyeing. | : Agee | All Kinds of Feathers a for Sale. Sin Hane Js SPECIAL RATES TO MILLINERS AND THE TRADE ‘3115 Prairie Ave. Phone Aldine 1926 ALL FOND OF FINE APPAREL Soberness of Costume Not a Marked Trait With the Men Who Helped Make Natlon. John Hancock, thin in person, six fect in stature, was very fond of orna- mental dress. He wore a wig when abroad, and a cap when at home. A man who visited Hancock one day at noon, in June, 1782, describes him as dressed in a red velvet cap lined with fine white linen, which was turned up two or three jnches over the lower edge of the velvet; a blue damask gown lined with silk; a white silk stock; a white satin embroidered Walsteoat, black satin small clothes, white silk stockings and red morocco elippers. Washington, at his reception n Phil- adelphia, was dressed in black velvet; his hair was powdered and gathered behind tn a large silk bag. His hands were Incased in yellow gloves; ho held a cocked hat with a cockade on it and ite edges adorned with'a black feather. Ho wore Imee and shoe duckies, and at bis left bip appeared 8 long sword In a polished white leath- er scabbard, with a polished steel bilt. Jobn Adatas, on the day of his fnauguration, was dressed In a full sult of pearlcovered broadcloth, and hts hair was powdered. Chief Justice Dana of Massachusetts used to wear tn winter a white corduroy surtout, Mned with fur, and held his hands in a Jarge muff. ‘The justices of the au- preme court of Massachusetts wore, until the year 1793, robes of scarlet, faced with black velvet in winter, and Diack silk gowns in summer. At the beginning of the last century powder for the halr became unfashionable, tying up the hair was abandoned, col- ored garments wont out of use, buckles Alsappeared and knee breeches gave Place to trousers—New York Press. MURRAY - ANDERSON - TERRELL REAL ESTATE BROKERS Insurance in All Its Branches RENTING SALARY AND PERSONAL PROPERTY LOANS Southeast Corner State and 31st St. Phones Aldine 3502 Chicago, UL. —$ = | ° WM. H. HACKNEY, Tenor, 8 pupuy ~ eof America's most eminent vocal teachers will take a Umited number ef pupils in voice beginning October 1. Call er write teday. STUDIO 514 E. 33rd St. Telephone Aldine 34, STUDIO OF MUSIC MRS. MARTHA _BROADUS-ANDERSON TEAGAER OF VOCAL. AND PIANO | FALL TERM BEGINS SEPTEMBER 1ST PHONE NORMAL 3316 ‘RESIDENCE, 6450 CHAMPLAIN AVE., CHICAGO,ILI, Madam Minnie Adams SOPRANO Will accept pupils wishing a thorough knowledge of vocal and dramatic art. Call mornings at studio, 3752 Rhodes Ave., 3rd Flat. | Phone Douglas 1058. Pecullar Patents, Among the recent patents which at- tract attention by reason of their nov- elty are one for making sausages with- out casings (b searing process) and one for an illuminated flat iron, The latter contrivance iu described as con- taining incandescent light bulbs which serve at the same time to heat the fron and to illuminate the work which is being ironed. DON'T HESITATE! SENDINA TRIAL ADV / grt ‘Through. Among other startling statements in her compobition on “A Ratlway Journey” the |following was mado by a little Baltimore girl: “You must get & ticket, whicll s a pleco of paper, and you give it tola man, who cuts af hole in it and lets you pase through.” ; Evanston, Ill., May 3.—Word received this morning by A. H. Edmunds from the executive council of the Boy Scouts of America, stated that the application for membership made by the troop of local colored boys had been accepted. The taking of the local lads into the country-wide movement is a big honor and the troop will have the distinction of being the first company of colored boys admitted to the Boy Scouts. ? For four months Mr. Edmunds and his company of boys have been anxiously awaiting the decision of the council on the application for membership to the organization. It was that long ago that Mr. Edmunds filed the papers for admittance with those in charge and the word this morning was received with great joy by the members of the troop. Nearly seven months ago Mr. Edmunds organized a company of boys, but they were not connected with any organization. The lads were taught drills similar to those of the Boy Scout patrols. They had uniforms and were under the supervision of A. H. Edmunds. During the holidays the lads wanted to join the Boy Scouts and the application was made. The scout commission since that time has had the matter under advisement and after investigating the local troop of boys decided to give them membership. The colored patrol will be known as Troop No. 3, as there were two other troops in this city at the time the application was made. Being well drilled before entering the Boy Scout movement they will have to do very little work until they are acquainted with the workings of the organization. They will learn the rules, scout work and signals. H. W. Carlisle, member of the executive board of the general council of the Boy Scouts of America, notified Mr. Edmunds this morning of the success of the boys. Mr. Edmunds has been made scoutmaster for his troop. With the admitting of Mr. Edmunds' troop to the large organization, Evanson has gained another distinction in Boy Scout circles. At the time of the review of the troops in Chicago two months ago by General Baden-Powell the local troops were said to be the best drilled of any taking part in the exhibition. SCOUT NOTES. The Boy Scouts of America Troop 3 wish to extend a card of thanks to the ladies who so kindly assisted them at the refreshment table last Thursday evening. April 25, and also to Mr. A. P. Perry and W. M. Mason, who favored them—A. H. Edunonds, Scout Master; George Pressley, sec. Mr. N. H. Edunonds: Dear Sir: The two letters, one your commission, I have read, and it gives great pleasure to extend to you my congratulation, and wish you success. Yours very truly, DR. WM. F. GARNETT. PERSONAL AND OTHERWISE. Mrs. Charles Dunn entertained Miss Florence White at dinner Monday evening. Mrs. Austin, 1003 Hinman avenue, will leave next week for a visit in Elgin, Ill. Mrs. Belle Bryant, 909 Foster street, was taken to St. Frances hospital last Friday. Sunday, May 5, the R. B. Elliott Lodge K. of P. Evanston, will turn out in full force with its uniform rank for the annual sermon. They will be escorted by the K. P. hand also the Court of Calanthe. Mrs. Walter Wills, who has returned from Ohio, where she has been visiting her mother, is to make her home at 1810 Emerson street. Mrs. Eliza Flint, 647 Chicago avenue, returned home Thursday, April 25. She had been visiting in Chicago for some time. Mrs. Wilson, 611 Chicago avenue, has been ill for the past week. Mr. and Mrs. W. Cherry, 611 Chicago avenue, returned home from Aurora, Ill. Thursday, April 25. Lajeune Jones, 607 Chicago avenue, has been ill for the past three weeks. Miss Florence White, 621 Grove street, left Tuesday, April 30, for Muscatine, Iowa, where she will spend the summer. Master Oscar Foster, 615 Chicago avenue, has been ill for three weeks. EBENEZER A. M. E. CHURCH. Rev. Horace S. Graves will leave for the General Conference, Tuesday night, which meets in Kansas City, Mo. He will be gone over three Sundays. Rev. D. J. Beaven will occupy the pulpit this Sunday. Rev. Jessie Woods, of Aurora, the second, and Rev. B. W. Arnett, D. D. of Philadelphia, the third Sunday of his absence. The choir assisted by members of the Midland Jubilee and the Dixie Jubilee Companies, will furnish special music at each service. C. M. F. CHURCH Despite the continuous downpour of rain on last Sunday, at 4 o'clock a fair-sized crowd was present at Komer's hall, 1950 West Railroad avenue, where the Colored Methodist Episcopal church was organized. The organization was preceded by general talks among the Christians in the form of class-meeting. Rev. Scott, pastor of the C. M. E. church of Chicago, and Rev. Parker, pastor of the C. M. E. church of Englewood, gave a brief history of the church, and proceeded with the organization, which resulted in the following officers being appointed: P. A. Bryson, steward; Miss Anna Miller, class leader; Robt. Cartwell, trustee; Mrs. Miller, stewardess; J. D. Smith, trustee. Beginning with Sunday, May 5, services will be held all day. Rev. Carter, of Chicago, will preach at 3 p. m. Class meeting and preaching every Friday night. Modesty was only made for those who have no beauty—Exchange. --- Reliable and Experienced First Baseman Aids St. Louis. Stovall's Presence Expected to Inspire Other Players With Confidence to Make Them 20 Per Cent. Better in Fielding. Ask any member of the Browns to give one reason why Wallace's club should not finish last and he will answer: "Stovall." Not that the Browns figure Stovall, single-handed, will lead the club out of the depths of the sub-cellar, but the players to a man believe that the presence of Stovall on first will give each member of the infield sufficient confidence to make him a 20 per cent better ball player. Since Tom Jones was traded to Detroit for Claude Rossman there has been a big hole around the initial sack at Sportsman's Park. The players have had no one to "throw to." True, there has been no less than twenty men tried out at first, but they all failed, and many of them were so putrid that the Browns' infelders lost confidence. Such is not the case this season. Stovall is a great fielder, and his presence will inspire Laporte, Hallinan and Austin with sufficient confidence to make them much better players. "I heaved a sigh of relief when I heard Stovall was to join our club," declares Jimmy Austin. "It's so encouraging to know that we have a real first baseman after having had so many goats dancing around that bag. "Why, do you know I have seen game after game lost when the players were afraid to take any chances with their throws because of crude work of whatever particular man we happened to have on first. "We had so many of them that frequently I didn't know who the first baseman was. Then in a close game it often happened that a fast man hit a slow one to me. I had to rush in. C First Baseman Stovall. glove the pill, steady myself and shoot as straight as I could or else the first baseman would let it roll to the fence "I didn't have confidence in the man at first and consequently my work suffered. This year I know what Stovall can do. I can take more chances with my throws. I have more confidence, and consequently more dash, and I'll head off a lot of fast men who last year got hits on slow grounders towards third. "There's nothing so good to a ball club as one man's confidence in the others' ability. If you know the man on first or second or third is playing the game all the time, you can take more chances, throw faster and work with that recklessness which wins ball games. I think we'll win a lot of games this season with Stovall, not because he's a goot hitter and a good fielder, but because the other infielders have confidence in him and their game will be better as a consequence." WHY BALL GAMES ARE LONGER Umpire Billy Evans Tells Why Contests Nowadays Require More Time Than Previously. "Why are games longer? In the first place, the lively ball makes more hitting," vouchsafes Umpire Billy Evans. "In the second place, I have noticed that in batting against this liveller ball almost double the number of fouls have been hit, either of the long, raising variety or those which carom off the bat against the stands. "In addition to this, there has been another vital change in the game. Instead of walking up and slamming away at the first good ball pitched, the average batsman of this season makes each pitcher work to the limit. Unless they are over the plate they pass them along. I have never before noticed so many individual cases where the batsman stood up with three balls and two strikes called." Olson of the Naps was the first player to register five hits in a game this season. In Los Angeles a course in manners has been made a part of the curriculum of the high school. We suppose Los Angeles boys and girls are being taught to give their seats in street cars to tired old people, even if they do not happen to wear jewelry. AT THE Y. M. C. A. HEADQUARTERS --- The Latest News of the Work in This City—Items of Interest—Speakers. Notwithstanding the very inclement weather on last Sunday a large number of men were present at the Odd Fellows hall to hear Dr. R. E. Jones of New Orleans, La., editor of the Southwestern Christian Advocate, lecture to the Y. M. C. A. meeting. Dr. Jones was accompanied by the distinguished educator, Dr. M. C. B. Mason of Cincinnati, O., and several laymen delegates en route to the general conference at Minneapolis, Minn. Our collectors continue to bring in the cash and encouraging reports from the different districts in which they are working. Among those who have made very excellent reports may be mentioned Messrs. M. E. Wimes, D. M. Mitehell, A. C. Diggs, Ch. H. Davis, R. B. Sims, F. B. Gee, Thomas E. Gray, D. S. Johnson, Albert George, Lloyd Smith, J. M. Higginbotham and H. E. Dawson. The ground breaking for the Wabash Avenue Department Y. M. C. A. building, together with appropriate services, will be held on the site at the corner of Wabash avenue and 38th street, Sunday, May 5, at 2:30 p. m. The following are serving on the various committees for the meeting: Publicity committee: George Arthur, Morris Lewis and Wm. H. Graham; Committee on Music: R. C. Kelly, A. M. Johnson and M. E. Wimes; Program committee: Chas. H. Davis, R. H. McGavock and N. E. Caldwell; Committee on Arrangements: R. B. Towers, D. S. Johnson, R. B. Ellington, A. J. Ealton, R. M. Bell and Thos. E. Gray; Reception committee: Dr. George C. Hall, J. M. Higginbotham, R. E. Moore, B. H. Johnson, R. M. Bell, Chas. C. Taylor, Thos. H. Smith, R. Finn, Jackson Gordon, A. D. Brown, V. B. Miles, E. A. Lightfoot, E. H. Higgins and F. V. Babb. Don't fail to let the Y. M. C. A know of your change of address in order that the collectors may not be put to the necessity of paying extra carfare in collecting your subscriptions. Remember that they are paying their own fares in order to collect the money you promised to pay. Mr. James H. Tilghman, our contributor, who has paid the one thousand dollars promised to 'the Y. M. C. A. building, will have the opportunity of turning over the first soil in the ground breaking. Come early in order to see and hear everything. We are expecting to have all of the pastors out with us on next Sunday. Many of the men are so anxious for the building that they are coming into the office and speaking in advance for the renting of rooms in the building. Were the building up we could rent every room in the next thirty days. Don't forget that pledge you made to the building when you come next Sunday to the ground breaking. Arrangements have been made to have the collectors present with proper credentials and receipts for those wishing to contribute something on their pledges or to make donations to the building fund. Mr. William Adams, a very prominent business man, who operates a tailor shop at 2939 State street, sent in his check for the very generous pledge he made to our building. Mr. Frank E. Dawson, of Dawson and Crim, broom manufacturers, brought in the final payments on the subscriptions made by employees in his factory. The payments were in full. Mr. Albert George is still doing excellent work as collector in district five. Mr. Frank A. Denison made quite a contribution to our fund. Dr. E. S. Miller remembered us again by sending us the balance of his pledge. Yourself and friends are invited and urged to be present at the ground breaking for the Wabash Avenue Department Y. M. C. A. building on Sunday, May 5, at 2:30 p. m. Don't fall to come. It will be a day long to be remembered. The meeting is announced for ladies as well as for gentlemen. The executive committee has accepted the plans as received from the architect, Robert V. Berlin, and have made arrangements for the completion of the building. Practical Query: My little boy stood open-mouthed, while a friend elaborated the details of a sudden death. The patient had not been considered very seriously ill, and his nurse entered, bringing a baked potato for which the sick man had expressed a wish. "But," said my friend, "before he had tasted it, he died." I deprecated the sadness of such recital before the child, but I need not have feared. His baby voice piped out: "And what became of the potato?"—Harper's Weekly. To Preserve Old Photographs. One way to preserve old photographs is as follows: Put the photographs into clean, hot water; very soon the pictures loosen and may be easily removed from the cards. When dry, either trim down to economize space, or carefully cut away the background entirely. Mount them in a scrap book or a book made especially for kodak pictures. You will then have a book with which you can spend many happy moments looking over familiar scenes and faces. Too Shabby for a Servan Coleridge was one day riding in Regent's park in an unusually strange, shabby dress, when a number of his friends rode up and met him. Coleridge ordered to fall behind and pass as one of the party's servants. "No," one of them said, "I am proud of you as a friend; but, I must say, I should be ashamed of you as a servant." Not Many. The man who is always crossing bridges before he reaches them doesn't get over many streams. Chicago Record-Herald. THE CHICAGO DEFENDER Girls and Rabbits Mr. Clarence Donald had come down to The Birches to do a little winter rabbit hunting. He was twenty-three years old, and was thinking about the law, medicine, insurance, banking and landscape painting. Also he was thinking about girls and rabbits. Thus far in life he had made up his mind to only one thing—to fall in love with the first good-looking girl he met. It was his brother who was master at The Birches, and it was his cousin Clara who welcomed him with a sort of Indian warwoo, danced a jig, and then exclaimed: "Never since Columbus discovered America!" "What?" "Have there been so many rabbits. Down at the edge of the woods yesterday I counted over a million." "And there were millions more I didn't see. We shall shoot and ship enough to the city to buy a new auto." "That will be so nice!" "And you are to meet Mollie Parker. She lives just half a mile away. She is the sweetest, nicest girl you ever saw. She doesn't believe in killing rabbits, because they are so innocent, but oh, my she is fierce on chicken thieves! When she talks about them her eyes fairly glare. She's had chickens stolen three times, and she says if she could catch the thief in the act she'd show him no mercy. She's got a shotgun all ready for him." There was rabbit hunting, and there was an introduction to Miss Mollie Parker. Both events were quite satisfactory to young Donald. All the rabbits escaped, and he at once fell in love with the girl. At the end of a fortnight Miss Clara began to giggle. She giggled all one day and wouldn't explain why. Next day she chuckled. She wasn't going to explain that, either, but Clarence took her out to a snowdrift five feet deep and threatened her death by suffocation, and she agreed to be good. "Well, you know, I want to play a joke on Mollie," she said. "Well, why don't you?" was asked. "I want your help. It's a chicken joke." "Is it something to make the hems laugh?" "It surely is. You and I will steal four or five of her chickens and bring them home here. Why, when she's mad she's the loveliest thing you ever saw!" "So that's what you've been chuckling and giggling over! Well, I won't go into it!" "Why, Clarence Donald! You won't pretend to steal chickens to please me!" "I didn't say I wouldn't go. I was just making a few inquiries, you know. You don't think Mollie will be mad at me if we take the chickens?" "Mad? Why, she'll just love you for it! She'll see at once that you are not Scotch and can take a joke. Why, it will surely bring about a marriage between you!" "If you think that way?" "Of course I do." Yes, Miss Mollie Parker had chickens. A mile alive lived a hard-working, honest colored man, who had been helping himself to potpie at intervals and escaping suspicion. Miss Mollie also had a shotgun, and knew how to use it. She strung a wire from her chamber window to the hennery and attached a bell. Then, with the shotgun within reach, and waiting to take the law into its own hands, she jumped into bed. Up at The Birches at midnight's solemn hour—s-s-sh! A door is cautiously opened—two doors. Two muffled figures steal down stairs. One of them giggles. Out of the front door and down the road! No moon! An ideal night. Two muffled figures climb a fence. They wade through snow up to their knees. They peek—they peer—they crouch! The hennery is reached at last. Its guardian sleeps. The hens within are unconscious of peril. They think the hired man has come to give them an extra feed for being good. One muffled figure carefully opens the door. Two hundred feet away a bell rings and a girl hops out of bed, seizes the shotgun and raises the sash. The alarm reaches the bennery. There is a gasp and an "Oh, my!" and one of the figures flees. The other seems to be confused, and it is while he is bumping against a pear tree and getting up again that he hears the report of gun and feels forty bird-shot enter his anatomy. He utters a long-drawn yell, and there is blood on the snow. Two households are aroused. In one a girl exclaims: "Father—mother—I've shot that chicken thief!" In the other it is: "Father—mother—cook—everybody, Clarence has been shot to death and is lying a cold corpse!" If forty birdshot had been fired into a man by a girl and picked out by a doctor—if he had been carried into that girl's house—if she had shed tears over him—if she had vowed she never took him for a Scotchman—if chicken soup had been made for him from one of the hens he had come to steal—he would have done just what young Mr. Donald did, and the girl would have blushed and hung her head and whispered "Y-yes!" the same as Miss Mollie Parker did. Truly Considerate. Marie—"Is your husband considerate?" Alice—"So much so he doesn't come home at night for fear he'll wake me up."—The Sphinx. Only Two Courses Possible. Those who do not welcome you for what you are, simply tolerate you for what you have.—Herbert Kaufman. --- No Two Players Handle Themselves Alike at Plate. Hat Chase Assumes Seeming Attitude of Indifference and Carelessness Swings Bat With Good Deal of Snap, but Not Hard. Similar results in batting—good results that is, are obtained from many different styles. Good form, poor form and no form at all get there with the bat, and each contributes its quota to the .300 division. This thing of "form" at the bat is largely a shibboleth based on nothing. In other sports "form" may be more or less of a necessity, at any rate certain branches of sport lay much stress on "form," possibly laying more on the pleeties of physical pulse than there is occasion for. Maybe there is "form" in baseball, but if many different exponents of hard hitting go about getting good results in quite different ways as to adjustment of body, feat, arms and so forth it is not clear just where any regulation form comes in. No two batters handle themselves exactly allike at the plate, of course, but methods differ so widely as to make each man's "form" his own. Styles can be corrected to advantage; that is, faults overcome and changes made suitable to the individual, but even then there is no approach to a standard. A few cases will serve to show how different batters maintain a away among the batting elect, the .300 class with a wide dissimilarity of method. Take Hal Chase, for instance. Many is the spectator who says he doesn't see how Chase hits the ball. Yet he does hit it, keeps on hitting it and always has been a first-class batter. The batter who steps away from the plate is notoriously a poor hitter, but while Chase doesn't step or pull away he is fidgety with his feet and suggests that he is about to step away. Seemingly careless and indifferent, he really is watching the pitcher's every movement as well as the whole layout, and no man can hit better with a base runner. His attitude is anything but menacing, indeed contains a hint of imidity, which really doesn't exist, but with loose wrist and arm action he can adapt himself to any sort of a pitched ball hittable. He J Hal Chase. used to be weak on a low curve outside the plate, but got over that and now is a free hitter. If he wants to hit he'll hit at anything, like Lajole and Wagner, and he's liable to hit anything. He doesn't swing hard in the sense of having a long swing, but swings with a good deal of snap. His eye and arm do the work without much use of the body in adding force to the drive. FLAG WON BY EIGHT LEADERS Struggle for Pennant in American Association Already Landed by Various Managers. The struggle in the American association for the championship pennant is already over according to the claims of the various managers, as given below: Hugh Duffy: It's a clown. Joe Cantillon: The flag is already pinned to my piano. Jack Tighe: Really, it's a shame to take it. Jimmy Burke: After deep thought and careful consideration I can freely predict that the A. A. championship banner will float in Indianapolis next fall. Charles Carr: There's nothing to it but the Bues. The flag has already been ordered, from my sporting goods house. Topsy Hartselt: My Mack style of battle will con for sure. Mike Kelley: Ditto, only more emphatic. Bill Friel: The same Rival in Points. Certain cities overshadow all rivals in certain departments of play. Greater New York, as a starter, is well fixed for first basemen, with Chase, Daubert and Merkle. Boston can boast of two stanch outfields in Speaker, Hooper and Lewis of the Red Sox, with Miller, Campbell and Jackson of the Braves. Chicago has always stood high with outfitters in Sullivan and Archer. And Philadelphia has the Athletics. Sight印摩伽 Restored. Latrobe, Pa.-Praying for 17 years that her sight be restored and declaring she would then be ready to die, Mrs. Mary Werner, ninety-three, is dead. Her sight was miraculously restored three weeks ago. More Often Than Once Maud—The idea! That pawnbroker stared at me as though he knew me. Alice—Oh, you mustn't mind that. He's probably seen your picture in Jack's watch. WILLOW PLUMES ON CREDIT The Sensation of Chicago ALSO FURS IN ALL STYLES AND GRADES! TELEPHONE FOR A SALESMAN TODAY. 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Mr. Bert Gordon, 5434 Dearborn street, who is in the service of the Chicago Great Western Railroad Company, on cafe parlor car No. 163, between Chicago and Oelwein, Ia., as waiter and porter, is now on his four-day relief at home in Chicago with his family. Be sure and leave your order for the Chicago Defender at Mrs. E. J. Woods', 219 West $4 \frac{1}{2}$ street, Oelwein, Ia., Mr. Winston's headquarters every day. This applies to all porters on the southwestern division of the Chicago Great Western Railroad, also the men on the north end from Minneapolis to Oelwein, Ia. Mr. Robt. E. Anderson, 5200 Dearborn street, is in the Pullman service between Chicago and Mattoon, Ill., over the Illinois Central Railroad Company's lines. Mr. Albert H. Miller, 4809 Langley avenue, is in the service of the Illinois Central Railroad Company, as train and chair car porter, between Chicago and St. Louis. Mr. L. Farrington, 3515 Wabash avenue, is in the service of the C. & E. I. Railway Company on trains 25 and 26 to St. Louis, Mo., as train porter. Mr. G. S. Jones, 4838 Wabash avenue, is in the service of the C. G. W. R. R. Company as train porter between Chicago and Minneapolis on trains No. 1 and 2. He is better known as Deacon Jones. Turned Joke on Inspector This curious incident comes from Suhr, Switzerland: An inspector of schools, without any previous warning, visited the village school and found the elderly teacher sleep at his desk and the children departed, having apparently taken French leave. To give the teacher a great surprise and a bad quarter of an hour, the inspector decided to wait until he awoke, and seated himself on a bench in front of the culprit. The hours passed and the inspector himself went to sleep. The teacher, on awakening and seeing who was sleeping before him, quietly left the school for home. Without entering the school room the concerge locked up the school and the slumbering inspector. Several hours later the concerge heard a great noise and, arming himself, opened the door, and was greatly surprised to find the angry inspector before him. Newsboy Bulled His Board If Frank Carlo, who has been described as the loudest mouthed newsboy in New York, had only stopped to reason that it is not the usual thing for a person to return to have his beard pulled a second time after once suffering that indignity, the newsboy might not be serving a 10-day sentence in the workhouse. Simon Marks, whose long, flowing beard Carlo had pulled, returned, but not unattended, for a short distance away stood Detective Keller, who witnessed the second pulling.—New York Evening Telegram. Temperament. The poet says that we live by admiration, hope and love. Strong feelings not only affect our bodily processes, but they react upon the mind and make life worth living or death desirable. Feeling or emotion is what makes that desirable thing, temperament, which is but another word for interesting character. Basis of Good Manners. The formation of good manners is unquestionably tact. And the foundation of tact is consideration. To train your child therefore, into the highest culture of good manners begin early to teach him consideration for others. This will develop later into the very finest kind of tact. Your Credit is Good arfi we will sell you Willow Plumes, French Plumes, Paradise Birds and Aigrettes on easy payments. Everything with us is Strictly Confidential You telephone for a Sa esman to call at your house, and he brings with him the best selection of Plumes in the City. You are Under No Obligation to Buy we will close the sale in YOUR OWN YOU DON'T WANT THEM. PAID. Pay a Little Each Week—It's a Year While Paying. STYLES AND GRADES! A SALESMAN TODAY. ER COMPANY, (Inc.) Pasonic Temple, 159 North State Street ers All Day Resturant into the Elite Meats. Table D'Hote 4 to 8 p. m. 11:30 to 2 p. m. a. m. to 10 a. m. CHICAGO FATHER COURTS FOR HIS SON Odd Way of Mating Couple' in Servia—Bridegroom Sees Wife on Wedding Day. Bosnia, Servia.—A humorous plaint often goes up on behalf of the bridegroom, whose presence at a modern wedding seems merely to be tolerated. But the bridegroom's case is sometimes even worse, for in certain parts of the globe he may not be present even at his own betrothal. The following passage is from Chedo Mila-tovich's interesting account of the customs of his countrymen, in "Servia of the Servians." It is the duty and privilege of every Servian to choose a wife for his son. As soon as the boy has reached his eighteenth year, the Servian peasant asks his friends, confidentially, to help him find a proper wife. He himself visits assiduously all the fairs in his own and neighboring districts—dressing better than usual—and watches the girls dancing. He makes careful inquiries about the families that have marriageable daughters. In some parts of Servia the young unmarried women carry a special mark in their headgear—generally a red feather—to indicate that they are open to proposals. When the father has chosen a promising girl, he ascertains, through a friend, whether the parents would consent to give her to his son. If he receives an encouraging answer, he invites relatives or friends to go with him on the "requesting errand." They start out, dressed as well as can be. The father carries a flat wheat cake and a bunch of flowers. One of the company must carry a pistol, for it is customary in Servin to announce every joyous event by firing rifles or pistols. They arrive at the girl's house before supper. After eating and drinking—in which the men alone of the two houses participate—and some preliminary conversation, the father of the prospective bridegroom draws from his bag the wheaten cake, puts the flowers upon it, and places the whole upon the table. He then takes from his money-bag some gold or silver coins and places those, too, upon the cake. "Brother, let us not precipitate the matter," the girl's father will then say. "Let me first find out what my daughter says." He then goes out to consult his wife. This is only for appearance, as the matter was practically setfed when the father was encouraged to come to "beg" the girl. After more or less suspense, the door opens and a male relative brings On Road Near Belgrade. the girl in. He leads her to the father of her prospective husband, before whom she bends deeply and kisses his right hand. The ring is finally brought to the engaged girl on the appointed day by a company of the bridegroom's male friends and female relatives. It is chiefly a pretext for the bridegroom's relatives to make the girl's acquaintance. The bridegroom is not present even on that occasion.—Youth's Companion. France for Peace Cannes.—France's attitude in world politics was outlined by Premier Poincare at the dedication of the statue of King Edward, unveiled here. He declared France would adhere to the policy of peace King Edward had laid down. yrs “enn oman oe renege om | | Ist Regiment Uniform Rank |. | | : Coliseum Annex, Monday | TWH Evening, May 6th---2 Halls Worthiess Rent Receipts What can you buy with themP What can you borrow on themP Use_common sense and make your rent money Buy You a Home. Don’t wait. Come out to-day and make your selection. You never saw | such bargains. FOREST AVE., BETWEEN 33RD BOULEVARD AND 35TH STREET Brick and stone residences. Two flats. Newly Decorated. Call at 3342 Forest Avenue, any afternoon from 3 to 6 and see them. 4 FREO’K H. BARTLETT & C0. Phone Rand. 3751 (OWNERS) 59 to 69 W. Washington St. » Phone, Dougtas 8256 | 3030 STATE STREET Our newly equipped dining room and quick service is unexcelled by any Cafe in the city. ‘Theatre panies are solicited, Good music by vhe highest paid artists. Any neglect by any of our help will be immediately tuoked inv Fine Wines, Liquors and Cigars Gur Specialty HENRY JONES 1p.) . A222, CODEZGE (TTP? CASS HARRIS, Mgr. 3 You Can’t Beat It ee | Hot Home- Made Bread Eos giteeme.: | served all day with those Pe i: | delicious home cooked meals be “pecan -'| that are served at 1 ae be The Model Cafe PS i aoe 12 WEST 31ST STREET, Near Sale St. es ed es “4 Moderate Prices Quick Service Te RL MERISOE,res s Phones—Aldine 3368—Automatio 73-174 HOME BAKERY AND DELICATESSEN Fresh Bread and Rolls Every Day S. B. BROWN 9 “an West 36th Street, Chicago ‘Bonus Thompson Hardware Co. DEALER IN ALL KINDS OF HARDWARE ‘We do roofing, guttering and all kinds of tin work, Stoves and furnace repairing especially. : Phone 3059 Evanston | 1910 W. Railroad Ave. , Evanston, Ill. ENGLISH SHIPS TREAT NEGROES LIKE DOGS Grand Opening May 6th Pi, ear ee oSer ers ee eee ees Sei a Ce NRE Gl a7 re ae eet em s Cee seen Var ae ne aa eee i ne beta eer ot ray oe tee Pee et aoa oo, cake Be Peae ns ah eee oa Da raeaee thas Coe ear Mae oe a eee co alae ee ee ees eee : aa ce en ee eee a fe ea ee ee aoe a oe eo SRI Ao Sie oY ey ea eee 2 ee oe ee i. ee 2 ey : oe oo Sen ee oe ee oo ep ee eo Soe ae ee 7 ee ee a fo >” eS 2. 5 oe ee Dy. oe a. ae OP eee re ee Bees ce a od CO ee ay ciate eee ee ee ras eas Ee GP ig se Ne ee eee oo ee 8 ee tea we, ae ee ae ~~ . a oy ee Ee , ee ee ar ee A oS. oe Po ee ee re a oe ey eet at Ul Lee a ae Slr ee, ie oe oe ee ._ aon : ae : — ae Se .. =e Pee - oo Ba ko Se Se oo ae 2k : Ss ST) lr ON REET >. Ml ee oh ,rrr— ee 4 a T.hlrtiOis oo ae Bo i 2 oe, Se oe ere ee lL Cee cae oo UL eee al eS Sg es ee Pi en ea ; are Seen a0 Bes Joos ree Se 2 i a eo a een, ae oe Sc hg Mee - i i. a , ee ae i 1, Oy A Stirring Letter in Denunciation of the Treatment Acccrded Ne- grees on the High Seas—Trav- elers Advised Prospective Pas- sengers to Patronize German Lines, as the English Ships Treat Their Negro Passengers Like So Many Cattle—Natives at Sierra Leone, West Coast of Africa, Present Second-Class ‘Tickets, but Atterapt Is Made for Third-Class Service. WAS SEEN NO LIONS OR SNAKES. Chicagoan Says Natives Overlook Op- portunities— French and English Are the Principal Merchants—Ger- mans Operate Wireless Stations— Calls It Garden Spot of Africa— Bright and Intelligent Men and Women Urged to Go There Rather Than Spend Their Time in tdteness Here—Soil Rich in Minerals of All Kinds—Negro Has Exclusive Right to Make Ice. By Lewis Lyles. Arthington, March 24.—Dear Editor: 1 hope you will forgive ime for not writing to you as 1 said 1 would, but 1 have been on the go ever since 1 landed here, January 17, 1912. Dr. Jonex and 1 landed safe and in the best of health. We left Liverpool on the English steamer, of which | would not advise any colored person or col- ered people to take passage on, for they will find lots of prejudice. When Dr. Jones und | came on from Liver pool there was ninety passengers. Dr. Jones and myself were the omy col- ored people ou board and one could see pridudiee on every side, aud when we got to Sierraleone, a port on the west coast of Africa, a native man and his wife came aboard ship with their ticket for second class passage. ‘The steward of the ship tried to make those people go third class. 1 advise all colored people thar leave here to ¥o on the German ships, for they get better accommodations. F have been about 70 miles into the country, and have taken note of every- thing T have seen. [have not seen a thing that would harm man, The wild beasts and the snakes 1 have heard so mneh talk of have all dis- appeared, One seers a snake or a leopard now and then, so 1 am told, but I have not seen one yet myself. Farmers are needed ont here very much. | have not seen one farm that yon could call a farm. One can sev coffee farms all over the country where I have been, There are great opportunities out here for the American Negro, if they will come now, but the white man is coming in, one by one, and they do all the commercial business now. Why, the white man-has almost got Liberia. ‘The English got concession, of a large rubber farm for 40 years and are working a gold mine, you muy say, inst in the mouth of the capital. The | Germans have 2 wireless station, and also (he French in the capital. Atl of the stores in the capital are run by white men. What are the Negroes doing? Having what they call a good time giving picnics and balls, and dancing all night, while the white man is taking their country. Now they are trying to awake, and it is almost too late to recover what they have lost. The country is the garden spot of Africa. ‘The west coast is rich with minerals of all kinds. Why, the capi- tal is set on a hill of rocks which are said to contain 35 yer cent iron. ‘The Negro that comes now and starts before the rush is on, is the man who will make good. Just think, not a stock farm in the countrys not one poultry farm in the country; not a drug store out here; but one ice plant out here, owned by Mr. Faulkner, who sells his ice for $3 per hundred, and cannot make ice fast enough for the trade. Mr. Faulk. ner is the kind of man that is needed out here. He has just received the exelusive right to manufacture ice in Liberia for the next ten years. The Germans tried to get the right, but Jost. There is no furniture store here in the capital. The daily market is carried or the running of the market is carried ou by half-dressed women. Liberia needs men to do such business. There used to be great sugar farme out, but the people have stopped mak- ihg sugar and gone to making rum ‘atid.whisky. The coffee farmers are crying for laborers. The native men have done the work, but they are | becoming planters, so conditions are changing fast. T will return to America in June. 1 ‘cannot write to you as often as I wish, as I am too busy mending watches, clocks, guns, and everything. 1 will write soon, Address all mail to Mon- rovia, Liberia, Weat Coast of Africa. Yours, LEWIS LYLES. Natural Explanation. | pene STATE SUPERVISION) CAPITAL SURPLUS $200,000.00 $20,000.00 COMMERCIAL BANKING SAVINGS AND CHECKING ACCOUNTS FOREIGN EXCHANGE SAFETY DEPOSIT VAULTS MORTGAGES AND BONDS 3% INTEREST ON SAVINGS DEPOSITS é YOUR PATRONAGE SOLICITED : — | OFFICERS GEORGE F. LEIBRANDT, President CHARLES A. WHITE, Vice-President 7 EDWARD LARSON, Cashier DIRECTORS FREDERICK A. BROWN, Attcrney=at-Law ROY B. TABOR, White & Tabor, Real Estate THOMAS W. COLE, Cole Lithographing Co. JOSEPH SCHWARTZ, Capitalist DANIEL GAWNE, Contractor and Builder CHARLES SORGE, Real Estate I. C. NEWMAN, Wholesale Jeweler CHARLES A. WHITE, Insurance aH GEORGE F. LEIBRANDT, President Depository and Correspondent | / Continental & Commercial National Bank of Chicago, Illinois ; Natural Explanation, | “why Is it that women will not learn.by experience?” “Because they < object Se giving them any a a THE WEEK IN TOLEDO. Social Affairs in Abundance—King’s Daughters Meet—Large Funeral. Toledo, 0. May 3.—Miss Helen Flood of Beacon street has been ill for several days. ‘The Julia H. Brown Circle of King’s Daughters held their regular monthly business meeting with Mrs. Minnic Stewart of 371 Woodland avenuc ‘Thursday afternoon, Mothers’ day wil! be observed with special services at Warren A. M. E. church May 12 by the Mothers’ club, of which Mrs, Sherman Saunders is president. A chicken supper was served by the ‘Tribe of Simeon at the home of Mrs. Franols Curtis, 354 Woodland avenue, Friday evening. At eight-thirty Monday evening B. K, Bruce Lodge, Knights of Pythias, and friends assembled at Friendship Baptist church and listened to an ad- dress by Grand Chancellor B. L. Gil- liam of Columbus, Ohio. On the death Friday, April 19, of Miss Estella McCoglin a well beloved and useful life was ended. She was born at Lakeside, Ohio, twenty-fohr years ago and was the youngest child of John and Catherine McCoglin. Co}n- ing to Toledo at an early age she n- tered the public schools and graduat}.d from Central high school in 1909. She united with the Third Baptist churgh at the early age of eight years al spent the rest of her life in the Mal ter’s service. At the time of her deat she was organist of the church and Sunday school and president of the Young Ladies’ club. Bright and sunny of disposition, unselfish and thoughtful, to know her was to love her, as was attested by the floral ‘tributes which covered her casket and filled the room where she lay. Besides the bereaved parents three brothers— Messrs. W. A. James Franklin and Grafton—survive her. The funeral services were held at the Third Bap- tist church Monday afternoon at 2 ‘Pp. ., Rey. B. F, MeWilliams, assisted by Rev. W. B. Lee and Rev. J. C. Tay- lor, officiating. | Miss Eva Porter is visiting friends at Oberlin, Ohio, this week. : Copies of this paper can be secured from the agent, Turner Tandy, at shining parlor, 707 Adams street, or at Jackson and Vaughn's soda foun- tain, 7 North Erle street. News items left at either place will be thankfully received by the agent. A fine musical recital was given by Molay’s orchestra for the benefit of the Third Baptist church wednesday evening, The Tribe of Dan, of which James D. Brandon is captain, will hold a mock wedding at Warren A. M. E. church Monday evening. The Art of It. Blobbs—"You say Skin can ateal your money and then by clever words make you think he did you a favor by taking {t? What fs he, a hypnotist?” Slobbs—"No, a politician.”—Philadel- phia Record, {