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Mrs. Ella Flagg Young Opposes "Jim Crow" Schools VOLUME VII. NUMBER 52. Mrs. Ella BOARD OF EDUCATION AGAINST SEGRE IN PUBLIC Superintendent of Chicago Schools Decreases Schools—Famous Educator Upholds Contention That There Must Not Be a Speaks at the Nation's Capital—Instills Leads to Statement—To Prepare of Trip. ONE NATION, ONE FLAG, ONE LANGUAGE Private Business, Shorthand and Other Color Line to Be Investigated—Respect Prefer Their Children to Be Educated of the Race Than with Foreigners—Institutions Want to Know Why Shortcrimination. BOARD OF EDUCATION AGAINST SEGREGATION IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS Superintendent of Chicago Schools Declares Against Separate Schools—Famous Educator Upholds The Chicago Defender's Contention That There Must Not Be Any "Jim Crow" Schools—Speaks at the Nation's Capital—Inspection of High Schools Leads to Statement—To Prepare Comprehensive Report of Trip. ONE NATION, ONE FLAG, ONE LANGUAGE, ONE SCHOOL Private Business, Shorthand and Other Colleges That Draw the Color Line to Be Investigated—Respectable White Parents Prefer Their Children to Be Educated Along with Members of the Race Than with Foreigners—Supporters of These Institutions Want to Know Why Should There Be Any Discrimination. [Special to The Chicago Defender] Philadelphia, Pa., Dec. 27—Plans for a vigorous campaign to better housing conditions among the race residents of the city were launched at a big meeting of prominent leaders of the race at Keystone hall, 16th and Lombard streets, last night. The meeting was held under the auspices of the Philadelphia Academy of Medicine and Allied Sciences. After hearing an address on existing conditions it was agreed to appoint a permanent committee to work for an improvement and to seek the support of Mayor Blankenburg. As an initial step towards the organization of the committee, Drs. John P. Turner, Charles Lewis, Thomas Coates, N. F. Mosselle and R. W. Henry were appointed to represent the Academy of Medicine, Dr. Turner, the chairman, explained that the committee would seek the co-operation of all churches, civic organizations and insurance companies, and establish a central office. Lombard street. Reports of infractions of the tenement house laws will be reported to the municipal authorities, and a visiting nurse will be employed to study conditions in the homes. for the I. said: We don't have killers for me and escolls under the 75-cont coffee an not eat home. 39th com- and ooks at Mitch- 5 say, it was polite to mention C. A. As we had asked A Fearless, HONEST CHAMPION of the People [Special to The Chicago Defender] Washington, D. C., Dec. 27.—Mrs. Billa Flagg Young, Chicago super- independent of schools, continued her ins- pection of the Washington, public school system today while members of the board of education of Chicago, who are members of her party, visited Mount Vernon, the home of George Washington, and the National Cemetery at Arlington. Opposes Separate Schoola. UPpees Separate Schools. Mrs. Young devoted the day to a study of the race schools, giving particular attention to the high schools. When asked this afternoon what she thought of the system of segregation of the races, Mrs. Young replied: "I am opposed to segregation of races in public schools. How could I be otherwise and be consistent? I cannot align myself in opposition to segregation of the sexes and favor separate schools for the whites and blacks." Mrs. Young intends to prepare a prospectus, short of her observations during the two weeks' inspection of the eastern public schools and refuses to discuss in advance of the submission of her report any of the advantages or defects of eastern methods as compared with the public schools of Chicago. She hopes to start for Chicago tomorrow. Impressed by Singing. In her inspection today the features the Negro high schools which immeasured her most was the singing and order. She stated that she had ever heard better singing in public schools and that the deportment of pupils was perfect. Points to Chicago. "We would call your attention to league. We have mixed schools, we are we are proud of them," said Mrs. Young. "We have colored teachers, too, and we are proud of them, and to speak of the kindly feeling between them can not be put too strongly. You people are making a grave mistake to try to keep the colored people down. I for one will contend that all our countrymen should be taught in one school and we will find in the long run our nation will be richer by mankind. Then too, the leopard citizens' must stand and demand their rights, and we who have been fortunate to be blessed with a white face must stand by our darker brother." .KER AND MISS .CHELL HELD UP. D not Understand I Doing Things So re Concerned. lay evening just beached the highath that Miss Mitchand Miss Saddieville' were leisurely in street east to Wanda and laughing heartilyge said and how Mr. them taking a fiveibons, and why Mae the assembly. "Say,Jrace wear? Will she she wore at the fairLouisville?" "No,wear a gown her famCanada, and it'sa you. Well, I guess my O.K. and I am notthe hall, you can justlove you any moreave the last piece inire the young ladysentence a 'reallydifference' 'asked up The Chicago Defender. avenue corner and related their story to one of Chicago's brained officers of the law, who in turn invited the girls to the police station to relate their story. Thought Young Ladies White. Reaching the station at 35th and Rhodes the lieutenant began to question the young ladies and after a long string of questions the officers said "it was a 'nigger' that held you young ladies up," it is said. And they said, "No, it was a white man. But here, bringing a colored man in front of them, the officer said, "This is the man that robbed you, isn't he?" And the young ladies insisted that he was not the man. Several of the officers in the station began to wonder, and one is said to have said, "It's strange for those girls to stick up for a colored man like that." And the officers are still wondering what nerve the young women displayed. PLANNING TO IMPROVE HOUSING CONDITIONS Citizens of the Quaker City Meet in An Effort to Better Racese Homes. SHERMAN BLACKWELL ROBBED WHILE IN BED Mr. Sherman Blackell, the foddy fellow, after spending a good night with the boys, went home at 2 bells, donned his pajamas, sald his prayers, slipped into bed. He had only been asleep he says about an hour, when he was awakened by an intruder in his room who had all his clothes he had just took off, which included a silk underwear suit. When Mr. Blackwell opened his eyes he was looking into the middle of a big Crump gun, and the robber said to him, "Get up there and get in that closet." As he arose to get up it was discovered that he had on a pair of pajamas. How dare you wear pajamas, take 'em off and that d—n quick and don't speak back, and he did as he was told. Xmas morning, when he got up he had to telephone his tailor to send him's suit of clothes and to get a pair of sox for him on his way over, which was done. When seen by a reporter for the Defender Xmas morning, he said: Well I am glad and happy, too, for don't you know that fellow might have killed me." This's a great Xmas for me. While he was yet nervous and excited, he wall well composed under the circumstances. He bought a 75-count breakfast, drank one slip of coffee and left the table. He could not eat. He thinks he will go back home. Occasionally one man may abuse another by praising his enemies. CHICAGO, ILL., SATURDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1912. CLEANLINESS A VIRTUE Teach Children Neatness Before Teaching Them How to Read. Press Service, Department of Health. Children should be taught neatness and cleanliness before they are old enough to be taught to read and spell. The average mother will admit that her children seem to love dirt and abor cleanliness. Children love to play in the dirt, at least most of them do. And not all kinds of so-called dirt are very dangerous. For example, a sandpile has a decided attraction for both girls and boys; and they can get pretty dirty playing in a sandpile. Then there is the mudple industry at which little folks love to work; and tots will get disgracefully dirty, but no harm is done that soap and water will not speedily correct. So, just because the child gets dirty at its play is no reason that it should not be both permitted and encouraged to play at all of the healthful outdoor pastimes. But children should be taught to be clean. They should be instructed early in the care of their mouths and teeth; to keep their hands and faces clean; to bathe frequently and regularly as soon as they are old enough to perform these important offices or themselves; and both by training and custom the parents should indicate this habit from infancy. The idea in teaching children to be clean should be to develop in them hygienic habits. It is first necessary, of course, that the parents themselves should acquire the habit of looking carefully after those things that have a direct bearing upon the health of their children. If this be done the children will soon form the habit of doing those things that make for bodily hygiene and for physical health and strength. This will mean that habits of eating, sleeping, excretion and bathing, the care of the teeth, mouth, eyes and those offices which, if carefully looked after and properly performed, tend to promote human health and efficiency, will be formed in early life and are not likely to be neglected in later years. Former Railroad Man Smith Coveted Corner for Sale once news-papers. State and 35th streets, one of the prize corners on the South Side for the sale of newspapers, has passed out of the hands of foreigners into the possession of a loyal race man. Mr. Clarence McFarland is his name. This valuable concession was purchased at a tremendous cost, but one-third of the $500 per month earned on this corner by the sale of newspapers and shining shoes appealed to him and the change in ownership is the result. Of course The Chicago Defender will be on sale there, but the management of this paper hopes that there will be more neatness and system displayed at this corner than there is at 29th street. This was another valuable spot and started out under elaborate display, but it fell by the wayide. "The best of everything," should be your motto. Can you see the point? BANKER BINGA PLAYS SANTA CLAUS Distributes Six Hundred Dollars Among Employee—Twenty People on List. Mr. Jesse Blinz, banker and real estate man, made happy twenty persons during the week, for he played Santa Claus and put real money in several stockings. It was like this, his employees, numbering twenty, running as follows: 2 girl clerks in bank 3 girl in the real estate department 1 painter and decortor. 2 carpenters. "Faithful service merits some reward," said Mr. Binga, so $600 was divided among them. When Santa Claus comes again the figures to be quoted will be larger. For business grows around here, said one of Mr. Binga's assistants, and of course the number of employees increases in proportion. GOVERNORS TO ATTEND BALL Hon. Charles S. Deneen and Governor Elect Dunn to Be the Guests of the Eighth Regiment. The New Year's ball of the Eighth Regiment, I. N. G., at the Seventh Regiment Armory, New Year's night, is to be a gold occasion. For the first time in history two governors will be present. Governor Charles S. Deneen, the present incumbent, will introduce his successor, Hon. Edward F. Dunné, to the famous boys in blue. Col. Morlarity of the Seventh Regiment will also be present. SANTA CLAUS REMEMBERS CHI- CAGO CHILDREN City Is Filled with Good Children, for Kris Kringle Visited Every One of Them—Bounteous Gifts in Toys, Clothes and Sweetmeats—Every Wish Gratified—Holiday Season the Happiest in Many Years—All Agree to Pay "Santa" During the Coming Year by Diligent Study and Good Behavior. GORGEOUS TREES ELABORATE DINNERS IN MANY HOMES. At the Clinkscales—The Dennison Children—What Sherman Dudley Received—Dorothy Codzoe is Smiling and Happy, While Vernon, Thelma and Errington Johnson Have a Gay Time in Englewood—The Day at Provident Hospital—Old Folks Are Mado Happy—The Day in Detail. Santa Claus was very generous to all the little readers of The Defender and even the infants were fabulously remembered by old St. Nicholas. On Christmas morning, when the little folks awakened they found playthings of all descriptions and their hearts were made happy by the spread of good cheer. Santa Claus stopped all over the city, and he visited the poor and the needy and distributed his gifts unsparingly. It is said that he journeyed to the homes of the little folks who had been good boys and girls, those that obeyed their mothers and fathers, that attended Sunday and day school and that had good manners, and he said that it was this class of children that he wanted mostly to remember. Everywhere he went he left the sentiment of the season, "A Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year." The Day at Provident Hospital. The poor, too, at charitable institutions were also remembered in various ways. It was a beautiful scene at Provident hospital on Christmas morning when the nurses, garbed in uniform, marched through the hospital, the lights turned down, and with candles in hand, singing "Peace on Earth and Good Will Toward All Men." Each patient was given a good dinner and in the evening the nurses were entertained with a program and the beautifully decorated tree was laden with many Christmas presents for them. There was joy and gladness at the Old Folks' Home and these old ladies were charmed with the many useful presents given them as well as the healthy dinner served. The Amanda Smith, Phyllis Wheatley and the McDonald Home for Delinquent Children, all charitable institutions, observed the day by remembering their inmates. Singing, read? Christmas stories were a part of the day's program, as well as eating a "fat dinner." A number of churches held Christmas exercises, with entertainments to follow in the evening when gifts were given the children. Joyoua Children. The real joy was to see the children on Christmas morning, ripping and romping around their trees, gayly and happily telling what old Chris Kringle brought them. Many had trees and others hung up their stockings. The Defender representative visited a number of homes just to witness some of the decorated trees and the pleasant attitude of those Santa remembered. He fire visited the home of little Marvel Cl, scale, 6233 Indiana avenue. She was amazed and tickled to death" with her tree and said, "I am so thankful for what Uncle Chris' brought me," Marvel had a large tree; it reached the top of the ceiling, and while she received a number of toys and books, useful articles surrounded the tree on the floor. He next visited the home of Major Franklin Donison. Here he found little Franklin and Dorothy just wild with joy. His tree was laden with toys galore and all around the room showed that Franklin had been a good boy and his sister a better girl and the "Giver of Presents" had bountifully remembered them. Franklin was very happy over the reception of his rubber-tire tricycle. Upstairs we found the Kennedys, and could be seen Wilda Kennedy, Romah Rowen and Violet Kennedy. These charming little girls greeted us and led us right to the tree; they bounced around like grasshoppers in their happy mood. Dorothy Godozee in Happy. Our next visit was at the home of Mr. and Mrs. A. F. Godozee 553 street and Wabash avenue where we found little Dorothy, pretty and snilling, bursting over with joy. Her tree was loaded with the season's decorations, and she took great pains to tell in a most intelligent and charming manner just what her friend Chris Kringle left her. Dorothy's presents were both numerous and useful and she said, "Santa is always good to me for I am a good little girl." Just across the street we saw Sherman H. Dudley Jr. at the window. A visit at his home found the tallest tree on our rounds. It would take a ledger to tell what Santa brought Sherman, but the most enjoyed was the "stage and actors" and he played most amusingly as "Dr. Beans from Boston." An Indian outfit was among the largest remembrances of Santa Claus to Sherman. Even the Babies Smile. While little Francis Louise Fry is not a year old, old St. Nicholas was very kind to her. She has been a very good baby and sweet, too, and her little heart was gladdened by the many little valuable presents brought by Santa Claus as we tokens sent by friends. Lynden Hyrum Jr. just smiled and laughed as he showed the many presents given him. Out at the home of Mrs. Fannie Emanuel was little Juantia Enamel and she was happy as a lark over the number of beautiful presents she was given and also little Floyd Emanuel opened his eyes and smiled and laughed as he played with the many things he received. Mr. and Mrs. Arvel Cole's twins on the south side were amusing. None were happier than these two little folks for their toys were too numerous to mention. John White's child wanted Christmas to be every day, it was so happy. Little Laura Smith received many presents, as well as books, and pretty little June Flesher on South Wabash avenue was among those who had a decorated tree that would challenge the imagination. Oscar De Prist's boys were brought presents galore and Mrs. Idz Wells-Barnett's Alfreta and her sister received many dainty and useful presents which included books of various kinds. Little Julius Avendorph and his brother, who are well trained and obedient children, were the recipients of many presents from St. Nicholas. The children of Dr. McDonald, Dr. Burrows and Attorney, W. G. Anderson were brimful of happiness when they awoke and found how nobly Santa Claus looked after them. Little Grace Thomas, Dorothy Brand, Edward Alexander Rankin, Zedie Oden, Olive Rankin, Joseph Anderson, Lillian Webb, Alice Evans, Marcella, Cyrus and George Walker, Errington, Thelma and Vernon Johnson, Hughs Haskinsk, Violet Parks, Bernice Parks, Dorothy, Joseph and Ruth Sheoarch and just hundreds of other children were remembered by Santa Claus on Christmas morning. Telegram from Buffalo. Late in the evening we reached The Defender office and we found a telegram from Marshall and Henriette Wimp, who recently visited Chicago had been bountifully remembered by Santa Claus and had sent The Defender the compliments of the season. It is therefore with great pleasure that The Defender representative not only wishes a Merry Christmas to the many children of Chicago to whom old Santa Claus has seen fit to pay deserving remembrances, but he also wishes to them one and all a very Happy New Year and many, many returns of the same. Remembered by Folks from Home-Cary B. Lewis, who has been in Chicago for nearly three years from the city of Louisville, was remembered by his parents on Christmas day with a box in which was allied kinds of "goodies". Mr Lewis said "he always remembers his parents and they do likewise". The arrival of this Christmas box not only brought memories of his childhood days in "Old Kentucky" but it also brought the happy recollections of those early days with its bacon, beans, cabbage and corn bread. Mr. Lewis spent all day Christmas visiting little folks and seeing their Christmas trees. Narrowly Escapes Injury. A colored woman narrowly escaped death on Saturday night at 31st and State streets when boarding a car going south on State street. Just as the car was moving, she attempted to stop and get the Officer, who reached out after her and pulled her on, she would have fallen and sustained serious injuries. Miss Nina Reed Remembered Christmas. Miss Nina Reed, one of the most charming young women of this city, who lives at 4338 Wabash avenue, was handsomely remembered by her many friends during the holidays. After the dance on Christmas night at Masonic hall she was entertained at a luncheon by a party of friends. Upson Delta Phil Entertain. The Upson Delta Phil gave a dancing party on Thursday evening at the Carter Villa from 8 to 12 o'clock and the evening was spent most pleasantly and charmingly by the younger set of Chicago. The affair was informal and all had a glorious time dancing. Misses Ethel Mitchell, Bortha Mosey and Geraldine Hodges were among those. I saw that every one had a good Banker in Jail at St. Petersburg Asks for $480,000 to Secure Release $160,000 as Compensation, But Dentist Says No. Dr. A. W. Richardson, the dentist, spurned a fortune this week. A banker arrested for theft in St. Petersburg writes him from Spain with the modest demand that he raise $480,000 to secure his release. For his trouble he was to be enticed by $160,000. Mr. O'Malley, of betting fame, it is understood, also received a similar letter. He turned it over to a daily newspaper. Dr. Richardson turns his over to The Chicago Defender. The letter follows: The Modest Appeal. Dear Sir--Although I know you only from good references of your honesty, my sad situation compels me to reveal to you an important affair, in which you can procure a modest fortune, saving at the same time that of my darling daughter. Before being imprisoned here I was established as a banker in Russia, as you will see by the enclosed article about me of many English newspapers which have published my arrest in London. I beseech you to help me to obtain a sum of $480,000 I have in America and to come here to raise the seizure of my baggage, paying to the register of the court the expenses of my trial and recover my portmanteau containing a secret pocket, where I have hidden the document indispensable to pay the said sum. As a reward I will give up to you the third part, viz. $160,000. I cannot receive your answer in the prison, but you must send a cablegram to a person of my confidence, who will deliver it to me. Awaiting your cable to instruct you in all my secrets, I am, sir, your truly, IVANOVITCH. Direct answer by cable, not by letter, follows: Errique Alvarez, Lista Telegrafos Santender (Spain). (Understood: Richardson.) The Allied Case. Some months ago, as our readers may remember, we referred in these columns to the great scandal caused, in St. Petersburg, and in Russia generally, by a banker who absconded, leaving a deficit of over five millions of rubles. The Russian police sought for him for a long time in vain, for it seems he had not left the least trace of his flight and the continued search over Europe and America proved unavailing. Yesterday, however, a Spanish inspector, accompanied by two officers from Scotland Yard, and acting under instructions of the Spanish ambassador, who had previously interviewed the Home Secretary, arrested him on his way to the hotel where he was staying, to the steamship office. It seems that it was the intention to take pangue for his work. From information received by the ambassador, he had been in hiding in Spain, where he lived with a woman and with his daughter. A few days before arriving in London he had quarreled with another Russian, who was mortally wounded by a revolver shot during the scuffle, and who only lived long enough to denounce his assults. Interviewing the Two Ambassadors I am interview with the Russian ambassador, it seeps that the name he had been using in Spain, and which he gave on being arrested, was not his real one, Manassina being simply an alibi, but after comparing the prisoner with photographs in his possession, the Russian ambassador recognized him as Alexis Ivanovitch, the criminal banker who eloped with five millions of rubles; he is a native of St. Petersburg, a widower 48 years old, with an only daughter that he left in Spain on escaping from that country. On being arrested, two of Manassina's or Alexis Ivanovitch portmanteaus were seized, but although strictly searched nothing but personal effects were found in them, in spite of which, the Russian ambassador declares that the prisoner ought to have several million rubles somewhere. The Russian and Spanish ambassadors conferred yesterday evening as to whether the prisoner should be conveyed to Spain or to Russia, and after an interview with the Home Secretary, and in accordance with the extradition treaty of England, Russia and Spain, it was agreed that the prisoner should be conveyed to Spain, to stand his trial for manslaughter, and that only after his trial can the Russian government ask Spain, through diplomatic channels, for his extradition. THE LUCKY WAY. You will have better luck if you use better judgment.—Waldo Baston. TELEPHONE THE CHICAGO DEFENDER. DC JGLAS 3339. PRICE 5 CENTS WONDERFUL RACE PROGRESS IN CANADA Remarkable Strides Along Business and Professional Lines in the Dominion—Farming Popular and Profitable—Miss Elsie Smith Wins Garden Contest—Raised Potatoes and Cabbage in the Back Yard—Mr. Henry Smith Pays Taxes on $100,000 Worth of Property in Manitoba—R. R. Supplied with Good Help. FARMERS WANT TO SEE BOOKER T. WASHINGTON No Lynching—When a White Man Loves a Colored Woman He Makes Her—Writer Saya Qur Canadian Cousins Are All Happy—Tl Garden Spot of the World for O opportunity—Why Stay in the South—Come Over Into the Promise Land—Looking Backward Over th Year. By Wm. R. Smith. [Special to The Chicago Defender, Winnipeg, Man, Dec. 27. A wort about the race in this section of the country. There are 700 colored farmers out in Alberta, 200 out in British Columbia, 75 in Saskatchewan, 150 in Manitoba. Mr. J. J. Jefferson, our land agent, says that all the farmers had a successful year and have all their crops in and on the market. Their poultry, hogs, cattle and horses have sold well. Mr. B. Burro raised 600 bushels of fine Irish potatoes. This is his first year. Miss Elsie Smith won the first prize in the garden contest at the school. Out of the 600 children who competed, only three were members of the race. She raised leftover Irish potatoes and cabbage in her back yard. Elsie is the granddaughter of Mrs. A. C. Corbin and General A. C. Corbin, who died in Chicago five years ago. Mr. George Reed and Mr. Banks have had a successful year. They are in the restaurant, pool and barber business. Mr. William Fisher has been successful also; he runs a barber shop. Mr. William Lawrence has opened up a pool room and barber shop and he is doing a good business. Mr. Henry Smith is the richest man of the race in Montoba. He pays taxes on $100,000 worth of property. He has retired from business. Mr. William Scott, a bachelor, is next. He is paying taxes on $30,000 worth of property. Mr. James Nealy has also retired from business and Mr. Martin, inspector for the Canadian government. Nine hundred families here own the homes, 600 here in Winnipesau. Mr. Cooper, Washington is invited to come out here in Western Canada and see how the race man farms alongside his white neighbor. Mr. Erb Banks, traveling chef for the Grand Trunk Pacific R. R., has had a successful year supplying the company with first class cooks and waiters. Everybody is happy out here. There is no lynching. We do not have white men killing each other over colored women. When a white man wants a colored woman out here he marries her. MRS. HENRY JONES FALLS OFF CHRISTMAS TREE. Great excitement in Woodlawn Xmas eve over the falling off of a Christmas tree by Mrs. Henry Jones. It seems since Mayr Margr Harrison has prohibited Mrs. Jones from leaving the city so much she has turned her attention more to 'beautifying the home. She went out for a Christmas tree to put some present on for (Teean) man. Mrs. Jones. She does not like the tree business, told Mrs. Jones not to get one and she would. So in decorating it she fell off a limb to the tree she did not have happened if she did not show Miss Pearl, her companion, how she knew the tree was and how she knew how a tree for "Henry" he laughed so much on Xmas day, it is said, Mrs. Jones would not permit him to eat Xmas dinner. A reporter for the Defender was out to verify the statement, but she would not talk and would not tell where Tee was at the time our reporter arrived. Hidense Transfers Further, it is pointed out, the trouser leg was draughty and cold, and at the same time drags itself into hideous contortions with every movement of the leg. In the inner garment of celebrities distortions were described, suggestive of concertinas, coromonas and buckled tubes., Exchaur M. Who Received a Letter This Week From Spain, With the Modest Demand for $480,000. Photo by T. Langston, staff photographer. IN CHICAGO AND SUBURBS (Continued from page 4.) Mrs. Rosetta E. Howard, 3846 Dearborn street, superintendent of the primary department of Ebenezer Baptist Church, and Mr. G. W. Malone, of Braidwood, Ill., will be married Tuesday evening, Dec. 31. The ceremony will take place at the Annie Walker Club House. Miss Ethel Thomas, 3308 Indiana avenue, denies that she is to be married soon. The Chicago Defender is authorized to deny any statement to the contrary. The parcels post goes into effect on h-1. Packages weighing as much eleven pounds may be sent through postoffice department. RECENT MARRIAGES On Saturday evening at 2 p. m. Miss dia Demming and Mr. Garfield Wilm were united in marriage by Rev.oses H. Jackson at the residence of ie bride, 36 Wabash avenue. Rev. Moses H. Jackson tied the not for Mr. E. L. Peaches and Miss Innie Hunter on Tuesday evening, dr. and Mrs. George C. Hall and Dr. and Mrs. Dickman were present. Mr. Jesse Alexander and Miss Minie Ray were quietly united in holy vedlock on Christmas day by Rev.oses H. Jackson. BALLARD-CECIL. Mr. A. D. Cecil and Miss Naomi Ballard were quietly married Monday night last at the home of the bride's parents. Miss Ballard was given away by her father, and was married by Barry Higgins. This newly-married couple will reside at the home of her parents, 501 East 36th street, where they will be glad to see their many friends. Mr. Cecil is a prominent painter and decorator with offices at 3832 State street. Explanation "Mama said the idea of her mother bringing home a new husband made her tired." "I suppose that is why she would not go a step father."—Baltimore American. Ambiguous. Mrs. Knagg—"You may not know it, but I had refused Billy Batch, who stood up with you when we were married." Mr. Knagg—"Well, the best man won." Sexual Difference. A woman is afraid she'll get a chance to be tempted, and a man that he won't—New York Press. Mislald. Patron—"What took you so long with my eggs?" Waiter—"Pardon the delay, sir; but they were mlslaud." —Judge. Do not forget to carry a pencil and a pad of paper so that you may take down the number of the motor car that runs over you. Killed, Despite Handicap. Napoleon's wars were fought with flintlocks; but he was a pretty successful killer, despite the handicap—Chicago News. Very Many Woman Very many women. Continuous self-sacrifice is some women's idea of living a useful life. Florida. Times-Union. Her Dread. There is nothing more painful to an actress than to appear on the stage looking as old as she really is. —"My Autobiography,' by Madame Judith. Turquoise a Horsey Stone. The turquoise is the especial protection of horsemen and averts accidents in general. Very Many Women. Continuous self-sacrifice is some women's idea of living a useful life. —Florida Times-Union. Pa—"So you want to marry my daughter. Are you in a position to support a family?" Suitor—"Er—how many of you are there?" They Generally Succeed. People who expect to have their feelings hurt are seldom disappointed. Paris Supplied With Vehicles. In Paris there is a carriage for each car and a bicycle for each 18. WANT A ROOM OUR CLASSIFI MEMORIAL SERVICES OAKWOOD CEMETERY [Diagram of a stone monument with a cross on top, featuring a shield emblem.] Mrs. Eudora Johnson-Binga and Her Friends in Commemorative Service Over Her Family Dead. "Memories during this season of the year bring forth both joy and sadness." While many homes were being made happy by gifts to gladden the hearts of both old and young, Mrs. Eudora Johnson-Binga announced to her many friends that she would be pleased if they would assemble with her beside the graves of her loved ones. Her father, John Johnson, besides Remained Long Under Water. The Paris swimming-master, Poulquen, accomplished a remarkable feat recently by remaining six minutes twenty seconds under water. His previous best performance was four minutes thirty-one seconds. M. Poulquen seemed quite fresh after his exploit, and in proof of it jumped into the water again and swam thirty yards at full speed. Wanted Advice. Wife of City Gentleman (who has gone back to the land)—"Oh, doctor, you are just the man I want to see. I want you to tell me how to cure a side of bacon." Meaning of Love. You must first find out the meaning of love and then see that you do what love bids you, but the essential thing is that you must find out that meaning for yourself—Tolstoy. If the Sequence is Maintain If the sequence is maintained. The St. Louis belle who uses her bracelet on her ankle naturally arouses curiosity as to where she would wear an engagement ring. Washington Post. And Put Dishes In It Our only fear of a woman in the president's cabinet is that she would put scalloped paper on its shelves. Chicago News. Mountain Weather Station. The Argentine government has established a meteorical station at San Esteban, province of Cordoba, at an altitude of 4,000 feet. Take H14 Away Man, says a French savant, has six times more lung capacity than he needs. How about the artist who plays on the slide trombone?—Chicago Record-Herald. ON YOUR WAY TO BATAVIA or any other place along the lines of the Chicago, Aurora and Elgin R. R., stop at the Awssi at the Fifth Avenue stait the Chicago Defender is on sale his son Albert, Mother Ellen Johnson beside her son John V. Johnson and other members of the family. Mr. Ray, husband of Mrs. Louisa Johnson-Ray, in their family lot in one of the most picturesque spots in Oakwood cemetery, where she had erected over them a monument to commemorate the fifth anniversary of her beloved mother's death, who departed this life Dec. 18, 1907. Although their hour glass had become empty by time, the love that is "Wise-Acre." "Wise-acre" has its origin in Ben Jonson's retort to a countryman who boasted interminally of his acres, till Ben said: "What signify to us your dirt and your cloaks? Where you have an acre of land I have ten acres of wit." The countryman retorted by calling Ben "Good Mr. Wiseacre." This is a good story, but perhaps the term wiseacre comes from the corruption of the German, weissager, a wise-sayer. Purple Patches. It's always a pity when a man doesn't get married. He can't help slipping into queer ways with nobody to tell him how silly he is. There is no one whom you so really learn to dislike as a person you have injured. "The Browns," by J. E. Buchrose. It Makes a Difference. Little Willie"—Say, pa. what is business courtesy?" Pa—"There are two kinds of business courtesy, my son. One is the kind extended to people who pay cash, and the other is extended to people who don't."—Stray Stories. Good Object Lesson The pupils of a Cleveland (Ohio) school have taken part in a dramatic sketch before the moving picture camera, and their youthful figures and the lesson they teach will soon be known throughout the land. For it is a lesson that they are teaching—the lesson of the importance of the care of the teeth. Blackening Aluminum Blackening Aluminum. To blacken aluminum alloys, states the Electrical Review, immerse the article in a boiling hot solution of caustic soda of 30 per cent, strength for a few seconds; wash off the excess of caustic, dry in sawdust and polish with a plumbaged brush. THE CHICAGO DEFENDER. CEMETERY still borne for them can be plainly seen in that beautiful shaft of granite, 6 feet long, 4 feet wide, 10 feet high. The exercises at the graves were conducted by the Rev. B. T. Martin of Bethesda Baptist church and Rev. D. H. Harris, assisted by the church choir. These memorial services will be long remembered by the many friends who braved that cold day to pay tribute to the dead. Unconscious Vulgarity. You can be as vulgar as you like, so long as you know that you are being vulgar; it is when you are vulgar without knowing it that you are socially lost.—"Adam's Orchard," by Sarah Grand. Boy's Essay on the Ostrich. Ostriches are different from geese. Geese can swim and lay eggs but cannot kick, while an ostrich can kick and lay eggs like a horse."—Woman's World. Hla Attitude Defined What is the question which is now placed before society, with the gilt assurance which to me is most astonishing? That question is this: Is man an ape or an angel? I am on the side of the angels.—Disraeli. If You Want RESULTS YOU can get them by advertising in this paper. It reaches the best class of people in this community. Use this paper if you want some of their business. Use This Paper Look for the Defender wherever newspapers are sold :: :: :: The readers of the Chicago Defender are requested to ask for the paper at the various news stands throughout the city. The Chicago Defender is to be on sale everywhere. If you ride on the "L" road ask for it at the news stand. If you can not secure it from your newsdealer call up the Circulation Department 3159 S. State Street Tel. Douglas 3359 HAY'S HAIR Pomade Does All and More it Promises to Do HAY'S HAIR POMADE straightens coarse, kinky hair and makes it glossy and luxuriant. You can dress your hair in any position and keep it so, if you USE HAY'S HAIR POMADE REGULARLY. Any one with kinky, coarse hair that is stubborn, will always get satisfactory results from HAY'S HAIR POMADE even if all others have failed. — Highly Perfumed — Present this adv. with 25 cents, and get a large jar; and free sample of HARFINA SOAP, at Crown Pharmacy 31st and State Sts THE NEW YORK MASSACHUSETTS YEARLY BUSINESS EXAMINATION Philo Hay Spec. Co. Sole Manufacturers Newark, N.J., U. S. A. CHEVIEU ITRICIR Man's friend and barber's moncymaker. The only article on the market that straightens hair without the iron. Water will not affect it. It is not now, it has been on the market twenty years. Invoted by MRS. R. A. HATTON 3406 Vernon Ave., 1st Flat Chicago, Ill. Tel. Harrison 8153 Real Estate and Probate Law a Specialty. GEO. W. BLACKWELL Attorney and Counsellor at Law Suite 622 Omaha Bldg., 135 W. Van Buren Street, CHICAGO A. MISS JUANITA TOLIVER PORO Hair Grower On a Barg. No extra end of city Manhattan St. 51.50 8420 Dearborn St. Chicago. Dr. Theo. R. Mozee DENTIST Office Hours, from 9 a. m. to 5 p. m.; from 7 p. m. to 9 p. m. Sunday by appointment. Phones: Oakland 4662. Auto. 73-058. 4715 South State St. CHICAGO. ILL. Phone Oakland 2469 Madeline R. McFarland FINE MILLINERY Feathers Cleaned, Dyed and Curled HATS BLOCKED 4746 State St. - CHICAGO THE HOME OF THE MARSHALS An elegant 2 flat brick, stone trim, near Garfield Blvd., convenient to the best transportation in the city. Offered for sale at a ridiculously low price and on your Own Terms. Call at our office for further particulars. W. H. BOWERS & CO. Dong, 986 Automatic 73220 6 E. 31st St., N. E. Cor. State St. The New Grand Continuous Vaudeville and Moving Pictures Change of Program Monday and Thursday FINEST THEATRE IN AMERICA 3110-12 State St.. Chicago. Ill. Performers Send in Your Open Time All Meals 25c. Table D'Hote 4 to 8 p. m. A la Carte Lunch, 11:30 to 2 p. m. Breakfast, 7 a. m. to 10 a. m. 21 E. 33rd Street, Near L Station CHIC Open from 7 a. m. to 10 p. m. 36th St. Notion Store 15 W. 36th St., Chicago Opposite Provident Hospital Dealing in Mrs. Lulu B. Tayl Phone Douglas 2134 Automatic EDWARD FELIX ICE CREAM PHONE DOUGLAS Milk, Cream, Stationery, Confection, Newspapers, Bread, Cakes and Pie We give Fish and Weber Stamps w and Sodas. A First-Class Laundry EDWARD FELIX :: Mrs. Edw. Felix's Hair Stands open for all kinds of Hair ment, Hair Goods to order. Sp hands and nails. A complete Tel. Douglas 2928 General Mall Order to all parts of u CREAM PAIR PHONE DOUGLAS 2928 Cream, Stationery, Confectionery, Tobacco Papers, Bread, Cakes and Pies. Before buy- ing Fish and Weber Stamps with Groceries, I Mis. A First-Class Laundry Agency in Col- mey. FELIX :: 52 V w. Felix's Hairdressing Open for all kinds of Hairdressing, Scar- air Goods to order. Special care tak- ing and nails. A complete link. 2928 General Mall Order to all parts of th Milk, Cream, Stationery, Confectionery, Tobacco, C Newspapers, Bread, Cakes and Pies. Before buying We give Fish and Weber Stamps with Groceries, Ice C and Sodas. A First-Class Laundry Agency in Connec EDWARD FELIX :: :: 52 W. Mrs. Edw. Felix's Hairdressing Stands open for all kinds of Hairdressing, Scalp ment, Hair Goods to order. Special care taken hands and nails. A complete line Tel. Douglas 2928 General Mail Order to all parts of th 1880 C. E. SMITH, General PHONES: DOUGLAS 11 SMITH'S ADVERTI MONEY GUARANTEE BILL DISTRIBUTORS- REFERRING Madigan Bros., 63rd Street, Printok and Anderson & Jensen, 59th and Hasked Street Dr. Lader, Dentist: 43rd and St. Lawren Office and Storeroom: 872 --- THUGS HOLD UP COL.JOHNSON Lieut. Col. James Johnson of the Eighth Regiment, I. N. G., Robbed by Ruffians Near His Home—Gallant Soldier Recoils from Pistol Point—Veteran of Many Wars Grows Pale When He Smells Powder—So Excited That He Passed Four Policemen in His Flight. WATCH, GIFT OF REGI- Great Excitement When Well-Known Chicagooan Is Held Up In True Western Fashion—Relieved of $6 in Change but Thieves Overlook $160 Belonging to the Appomattox Club Which He Carried in His Inside Pocket—Chicago Defender Reporter to the Rescue. The Eighth Regiment, Illinois National Guard, has no braver soldier than Lieutenant-Colonel James H. Johnson. Col. Johnson is a veteran of several wars. With the rank and file of the regiment he, is known as one of the "true and tried" in citizen life. He is known as "the ideal soldier." But Tuesday night last he had the toughest experience of his life. The Civil War was no comparison and San Juan was like a holiday street, for on that night Col. Johnson looked into the business end of two revolvers in the hands of a like number of desperate "hold-up" men. In the Shadow of His Home. It was only a few steps away from his home. The Christmas lights shone from the windows, but the unfeeling members of the light-fingered gentry knew not of the coming holiday; mercy they trampled under foot, and the soldier-clubman was relieved of $6 in change, his watch (a gift from his comrades) and then he "beat it." "Yes, I ran," said he to a reporter, but when it was away from home. Later, when I did stop and recovered my breath, I remembered that I had passed four policemen in my wild rush, but every one looked allike to me." Saves $160. "I smell the smoke yet, shots or no shots. Those rubes overlooked $160 in my vest pocket, which belonged to the Appomattox Club. Never mind, I will meet them again. No, not on a narrow street, but out in the open. It may ount be the marshy field of Cuba, but somewhere with the gallant Eighth" at my back. I'll get that money back. The Colonel was not hurt, the police were notified and the atory is ended. ARS. LUCILLE FRANCIS JOHNSON BUYS LIMOUSINE. Champlon Gives $1,500 to Poor White and Black Children in Neighborhood—Plays Santa Claus, Gives Lavishly to Mother, Sisters and Brothers. Mrs. Lucille Johnson was given a $6,000, built-to-order, 1913-14 Chalmars machine by her husband on Xmas day as a present. His mother, sisters and brothers were given hand-some gifts from their kin, the most prized by the family was a two-sixteenth inch thick gold watch made especially for the champion's to correspond with the one the ) has. The champ gave $1,500 poor of his neighborhood, both and black received many a nice They did not know where it rom, but after seeing "champ" g, a reporter for the Defender red it to mean the champion. n Bets $125,000 On Self inst Any Heaveyweight Champs. utinople, Dec. 27.—Mr. Jack We, the business men of the largest city in Turkey, ntee you the protection of you afte to pull a fight 15. When he would would is are terrri- man who was ing sweep away "I should say and. "My wife lost in money in a game night." "Marriage," of the hero s; to pos- se all the eternal rossness ness of greeable hall, to insight s it." "Marrage," "of the hero s; to pose all the eternal rossness iness of greeble hall, to insight s it." Church and Other Affairs of Note— Personal. By Turner Tandy. Toledo, Ohio, Dec. 27.—Miss Grace Foster of Monroe, Mich., spent a few days in this city last week visiting her sisters, Mrs. J. A. Fields and Mrs. W. E. Author, and doing her Christmas shopping. Mr. Wm. H. Connor left Tuesday for Greenfield to spend the holidays with his mother, Mrs. Fannie Carroll. The Phoebe Allen Union of the W. C. T. U. and the Y. P. B. met Friday evening at the home of Mrs. B. F. McWilliams 837 South 15th street. It is reported that Mr. Sherman Walton was accidentally shot in the back last Saturday by a boy shooting at a dog. Mrs. M. E. Author gave a very delightful Christmas party Saturday afternoon from 3 to 7 in honor of her Sunday school class of girls. Nineteen were in attendance and had a jolly good time playing games and music. The tables were decorated with Christmas trees and the children enjoyed them and the many dainty little things that had been prepared. Mrs. T. H. Randall, with the general committee, the trustee board and pastor of Warren Church, wish to express their appreciation and thanks to all who assisted in any way in the winter festival. The Lookout Circle of King's Daughters met with Mrs. Emma Jackson of 1607 Washington street, Thursday afternoon. There will be a love feast and watch services at Warren A. M. E. Church Tuesday evening. Don't forget to tell your friends they can secure this paper and leave items with Turner T. Tandy, the agent, at shining stand in Mr. A. M. Clemens' tonsorial parlor, or from Mrs. Vaughn at Jackson & Vaughn's ice cream parlor. Following is the program of the complimentary banquet given to the ladies and friends of Warren A. M. E. Church by the Men's Brotherhood, Friday evening, Dec. 27, of which Mr. Wm. E. Clemens was toastmaster: Invocation, Rev. J. C. Taylor of Friendship Baptist Church. Welcome address, Rev. W. B. Lee of Warren A. M. E. Church. Response, Mrs. Drusilla Willis. "The Negro in the Field of Journalism," Mrs. Harry Fisher. "Does Modern Society Tend Toward the Elevation of Our Young Men and Women?" Mrs. Elizabeth Saunders. "The Negro in Professions," Attorney Albertus Brown. "The Woman of Today," Mrs. Nettle Harris. "The Negro Minister: What Should Be His Attitude Toward the Race?" Rev. B. F. McWilliams of the Third Baptist Church. "The Brotherhood," Mr. J. H. Gatiff. There will be an old-time revival held at Trinity Baptist Church, on Canton street, commencing New Year's eve and continuing for two weeks. The meetings will be conducted by Rev. L. H. Dodd of Danville, Ky., and other Christian workers. Mr. George has returned from St. Louis, Mo. Mr. Fred Dorsey left Sunday for Pittsburgh, Pa., to attend a family reunion and will spend the holidays with relatives. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Lyons are in the city for an indefinite stay. They have taken apartments at the Hotel Plensant. [Picture of a young woman with dark hair, wearing a light-colored dress and holding a flower]. Whose Christmas Tree Account Appears Elsewhere in This Paper. Romantic. Indeed. "You can't imagine how romantic it is where we live! At night when anything is asleep sometimes I hear e nightingale singing in the woods. en I take my horn and accompany n for hours."—Flegende Blaetter, This May Be the Reason "Why is it that so many people keep on getting caught in mining swindles?" "I think it must be because there is always somebody around who is willing to accept money from others who think the more apparent a swindle is the less likely it is to prove what it seems." THE DEFENDER ON SALE AT THE "L" STATIONS. Commencing this morning (Saturday, November 16th) the Union News Company will have The Chicago Defender on sale at every "L" station throughout the city of Chicago. For anything in the line of printing come to us and we'll guarantee you satisfactory work at prices that are right THE CHICAGO DEFENDER GUESS WHO? GUESS WHO? The fair doll and her beau were who took in the stroll on State street on Christmas Day. On, you overcoat and golden shoes. F. R. and L. W. are correct shoes. CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS FURNISHED ROOMS FOR RENT. v., Apt. 3 am heat, conveni- 28-4 FOR RENT. Gray stone house, 3818 Calumet avenue, $30. 3829 Vernon avenue, $30. 4519-23 Evans avenue, $32.50 to $35. STOVE HEAT. 325 E. 37TH ST. near Calumet av. Ap. 3 - Nicely furnished rooms; steam heat, - kitchen and all other modern conven- -ences; kitchen privileges. 28-4 3119 COTTAGE GROVE AV. top floor, - comfortably heated; gas, bath and all other modern - conveniences. Mrs. Anna E. Tidwell. Auto. 72986. 28-4 3254 VERONN AV. - Nicely furnished rooms, comfortably heated; gas, bath and all other modern conveniences; con- -vent to car line. 28-4 HOUSES AND FLATS TO RENT. 3254 State st. - 5-room, steam-heated flat; fine location for physician or dentis- 's office and residence; high-grade building, well taken care of, and clean. 3742 WABASH AV—Two nicely furnished rooms—one A large front room; bath, gas, hot water, telephone and all other conveniences. Douglas 6164. 28-4 3561 FRARIE AV—2 nicely furnished rooms—one A large front room; bath, gas, hot water, telephone and all other modern conveniences. Single gentleman or married couple preferred. Auto. 73643. 21-28 3020 WENTWORTH AV, Flat 2—Neatly furnished rooms, all modern conveniences; with or without board; on car line. 21-28 3442 WABASH AV—Nicely furnished front room, comfortably heated by bath, gas, hot water, telephone and all other conveniences. Phone Douglas 8050. 21-29 3558 RHOES AV, Apt. 5. 3d floor—Large furnished rooms with modern conveniences, including steam heat; kitchen privileges. 21-28 3340 VERNON AV—furnished or unfurnished, large front room, comfortably heated; bath, gas and all other modern conveniences. 21-28 3436 FOREST AVE—Nicely furnished room, comfortably heated, bath, gas and all other modern conveniences. Man and wife or gentleman. tf 4528 ST. LAWRENCE AVE.—Nicely furnished rooms with all modern conveniences. Phone Kenwood 4227, Auto. 79316. 11-9-12-11-9 FLATS AND HOUSES TO RENT. 4522 Evans av. steam heat, 6 rooms. $25.00 4432 State st., stove heat, 4 rooms. 12.50 4433 Lake av. stove heat, 7 rooms. 22.50 4434 Cleveland av. furnace heat, 8 rooms 20.00 4435 Vineennes av. furnace heat, 8 rooms 30.00 3018 Calumet av. furnace heat, 8 30.00 2930 Vernon av. stove heat, 6 rooms 15.00 2932 Vernon av. stove heat, 6 rooms 12.00 CHICAGO REALTY & RENTING CO., 803. 69 Washington St. 405, 69 Washington SL Randolph 3237. Auto. 43954 English Humor. W. H. BOWERS & CO. W. H. BOWERS & CO. HOUSES TO RENT FOR Calumet Ave., 3526, 10 Rooms and Bath Wabash Ave., 3137, 10 Rooms and Bath Forest Ave., 3347, 10 Rooms and Bath Forest Ave., 3341, 10 Rooms and Bath Groveland Ave., 3151, 9 Rooms and Bath Prairie Ave., 3559, 10 Rooms and Bath Verno Ave., 3215, 9 Rooms and Bath Rhodes Ave., 3946, 12 Rooms and Bath Rhodes Ave., 3300, 8 Rooms and Bath Wabash Ave., 2621, 12 Rooms and Bath Wabash Ave., 2617, 12 Rooms and Bath Wabash Ave., 2574, 12 Rooms and Bath HOUSES TO RENT FOR COLORED PEOPLE. Unheated Flats to Rent Colored People. State St., 3407, 7 Rooms, Toilet and Bath State St., 3405, 7 Rooms, Toilet and Bath State St., 2800, 7 Rooms, Toilet.... Bath Indiana Ave., 3149, 4 Rooms, Toilet.... Bath Indiana Ave., 3149, 5 Rooms and Bath Vernon Ave., 3403, 5 Rooms and Bath East 34th St., 55, 5 Rooms and Bath... Steam H Prairie Ave., 3812, 8 Rooms, Toilet and Wabash Ave., 3206, 4 Rooms, Toilet and Will make concessions on all of the at this office. Phone Auto—73-220. Bell Finally. State St. 3407, 7 Rooms, Tollet and Bath, Newly Decorated ..... $2 State St. 3405, 7 Rooms, Tollet and Bath, Newly Decorated ..... 2 State St. 2800, 7 Rooms, Tollet ..... 2 Indiana Ave. 3149, 4 Rooms and Bath, Newly Decorated ..... 2 Indiana Ave. 3149, 5 Rooms and Bath, Newly Decorated ..... 2 Vernon Ave. 3403, 5 Rooms and Bath ..... 2 East 34th St. 55, 5 Rooms and Bath ..... 2 Steam Heated Flats. Toilet and Bath, Hardwood Floors..... $40.00 Toilet and Bath, Hardwood Floors..... 30.00 all of the above listed properties. All keys to same W. H. BOWERS & CO., 4-6 East 31st St., near State St. Bell 986-987 Douglas. DR. M. A. MAJORS has moved his office to Prairie Ave., 3812, 8 Rooms, Toilet and Bath, Hardwood Floors..... $40.00 Wabash Ave., 3206, 4 Rooms, Toilet and Bath, Hardwood Floors..... 30.00 Will make concessions on all of the above listed properties. All keys to same at this office. Mrs. Wayupp—"So they have just had their first quarrel?" Mrs. Blase—"Yes. After fifteen years of married life they have just discovered that they belong to opposite churches."—Life. If You Have a Printing Want WE WANT TO KNOW WHAT IT IS Who Was The First SALOON KEEPER in Chicago? Was it MR. JOHN KING or STEVE STAMPS? Putting out good printing is our business, and when we say good printing we don't mean fair, but the best obtainable. If you are "from Missouri" give us a trial and we will Show You PETITION FOR PARDON. Public notice is hereby given that David Robinson, complaining at the June term, A. D. 1909, of the Criminal Court of Cook County, and sentenced to prison for Jollet for the crime of murder for 14 years will apply at the January term, 1818, of the State Board of Pardons to the Governor of the State of Illinois for pardon. Died December 27, 1817. DAVID ROBINSON. By Edward G. Alexander Alexander Finally. The other medies and dents are who are getting busy washing windows, etc., since the new elaborate suite has been opened at 35th and State streets. FLATS FOR RENT 3503 STATE ST—Furnished and unfinished rooms; steam heat; gas, bath and all other modern conveniences. tf FOR RENT. STOVE HEAT. 5210 Lake Ave. 2 flats, 6 rooms, janitor service. $22.50. 5210 - 30 State St. 4 and 5-room flats. $12.50 to $14.00. HOUSES. Liberal concessions to good tenants. 2942 Vernon Ave. 5-room cottage. $12. 2942 - 30 State St. 6-room cottage. $15. 3758 Vincent Ave. 9-rooms, furnace heat. $30.00. 3143 - 30 Groveland Ave. 8 rooms, furnace heat. $30.00. 3143-5 Groeland Ave., 8 rooms, furnace heat. $20.00. CHICAGO REALTY & RENTING CO., BUSINESS CHANCES. GIRLS AND BOYS WANTED—To learn cigar making in four weeks; will place you to work the fifth week. Apply Monday morning at 8 a.m. Emorallis Cigar Co. 3617 Armour av. BANQUET HALL TO RENT — Hotel Washington rents first floor for social parties. For information and private parties, for information, call at Hotel Washington. 3252 Wabash av. Phone Douglas 6516, Automatic 71735. THE LEXINGTON WEEKLY NEWS is on sale at the following news stands in Chicago: We report on every town and hamlet in the state of Kentucky. Subscription for one year, $1.25; six months, 75 cents; one month, 15c, or 5 cents per copy. Finest Crop of All. "No country, after all, produces any better crop than its inhabitants. And as I travel onward I like to think of these brave, temperate, industrious, God-friendly American people. I have no fear of the country while so many of them are still to be found upon the farms and in the towns of this land."—American Magazine. Stick to Right Principles The man whose principles are right will suffer his setbacks, lose his friends and have doubts, but in the long run he will win, and the victory, which is the result of principle, is a permanent one. In Due Season. "I love of country strong in your breast?" asked the patriot. "Only in warm weather," said the man with the comfortable home in town. 4709 State Street Phones changed to Auto. 73-058 Bell—Oakland 4662 Residence Pione Normal 3105 Read all about the Old Settlers in a series of articles in The Chicago Defender Begining Saturday, Jan. 4th. Deaths of the Week Artist, Dorothy, 2714 Armour av; Dec. 20 Austin, Emma L., aged 35, 4927 Dearborn st; Dec. 20. Bolden, Isaac, aged 69, 3824 Vernon av; Bland, Jane, aged 70, 3744 Rhodes av; Dec. 17. Barber, James O., aged 43, 4439 Dearborn Ceddy, Charles M., aged 52, 5315 Palmville Ohio; Dec. 20. Clark, Walter, aged 34, 1530 Wabash av; Capland, Mattie L., 3618 Dearborn st; Dec. 21. Dodson, Robert, aged 34, 3634 Armour av; Ford, Willa May, aged 4, 1240 Indiana av; Dec. 18. Fields, Armsted W., aged 39, 6210 Armour Gray, Nellie V., aged 36, 4221 Oakenwald av; Dec. 16. Graves, Frank, aged 43, 3433 Indiana av; Dec. 16. Green, Handy, aged 50, 884 S. State st; Dec. 6. Hoffman, William, aged 51, 31 W. 18th st; Henderson, William, aged 1, 5400 Ellis av; Dec. 18. Hisker, Warren, aged 69, 2132 Clark Harrison, Charlotte, aged 53, 1132 E. 45th st; Dec. 22. Johnson, Mary, aged 70, 3154 Dearborn Kelly, Marle, aged 36, 3809 Armour av; Dec. 22. Milton Hattie, aged 27, 2714 Armour av; Morgan, Lavelle, aged 32, 1716 Dearborn st; Dec. 15. Parker, Lawrence, 1126 Larabee st; Dec. Reed, Samuel, aged 26, 33 E. 22d st; Dec. 18. Sauvignacosia, aged 72, 2847 Dawson av; Dec. 16. Swope, John, aged 47, 2538 Dearborn st; Dec. 13. Stafford Edward, aged 49, 6216 Aberdeen st; Dec. 18. Shields, Walter, aged 36, 3400 State st; Dec. 6. Scott, Charles, aged 48, 5509 Jefferson Taylor, Jane, aged 65, 2639 Armour av; Dec. 17. Wood, John, aged 46, 2623 Dearborn st; Dec. 18. Weldon, Hannah, aged 83. Home for Aged; Dec. 21. A CARD OF THANKS. Mr. J. A. McDowell, 5338 Dearborn street, who was confined to his home nine months, is able to be at his post of duty again with the Pullman company, running between Chicago and Buffalo. While sick Mr. McDowell was visited daily by members of the Odd Fellows and Elks. Mrs. McDowell was kept buay placing the many good things brought to her husband. To those who sought Mr. McDowell's bedside he, with his wife, extend a card of thanks, especially to the gentlemen of the Illinois Centration station. CARD OF THANKS The family and relatives desire to express their thanks and appreciation to the many friends and fraternal members for numerous acts of kindness and sympathy extended to us during the illness and death of our beloved husband father, Mr. Edward Galloway. To the friends sending letters of condolence and beautiful floral designs we are truly grateful—Mrs. C. D. Galloway, Mr. and Mrs. Robert D. Leva, Dec. 26. A CARD OF THANKS. Mr. Frank D. Gray husband of Madam Nellie Vesta Gray, who died suddenly last week, wishes to, thank the friends for their deep sympathy and consoling words to him during his bereavement, also for their floral offerings. Mr. Gray wishes also to thank the members of Emanuel Settlement Club, Dr. Cook and those of the choir who rendered the musical numbers at the church. MRS. JANE TAYLOR. Mother of Mrs. Milnie Roach and Woman Noted in Secret Society Circles Is Laid to Rest with Fitting Ceremonies. Mrs. Jane Taylor, mother of Mrs. Minnie Roach, died Tuesday, Dec. 17, and was buried from her home, 2639 Armour avenue, Thursday, Dec. 19. Mrs. Taylor was born in Petersburg, Va., in August, 1847, from where she came to this city in 1862, where she resided until her death. She was a member of Sinai Tabernacle for 17 years, during which time she was its treasurer. Mrs. Taylor was a member of Quinn Chapel since 1893. She leaves to mourn her loss a daughter and son-in-law. Mr. and Mrs. Roach extend their heartfelt thanks to Mrs. Ella G. Perry, Mrs. Laura Hagan, Mrs. T. G. Macon, Mr. David Bernard, Mrs. Annie Banks, Mrs. C. W. Wells, Mrs. Minerva Graves of St. Paul, Mrs. Emma Kennedy, Mrs J. P. Early, Mr. T. H. Samuels and Mrs. Leah E. Edwards, Cornell Charity Club, Queen Esther Temple No. 22, S. M. T., and the Tabernacle, and for the many floral offerings. Interment was at Oakwood cemetery. SUFFERING HUMANITY Why not let Mother, Father, Sister, Brother or removing from them old ACAMES and PAINS caused from RHEMATISM. Poor Circulation of the Blood. SORB ENJOIN SORES, SORB THROAT, SORB FEET, SEEKS. does not irritate the skin. Applied on the parts affected, invigorates new life in Whole System. You feel like a new PERSON. Those suffering for monstera find the pain disappears like magic. ONE HOME YEAR HOME YEAR. RELIEF is the cause for its enormous Sale. Why suffer longer? The People of India have long since rid them of Rheumatism, because it is the only country which grows an herb compounded into a remedy to eradicate the joint pain in the knees and joints, Poor Circulation of the Blood. Our guarantee, money refunded if no relief - fair enough. Mailed on receipt of price, $1.00. Address Hindu Rheumatism Oil 3569 Rhodes Ave., Chicago, Ill. Phone Aldine 3458 Ida M. Dempcy Stenographer & Typist Instruction at Reasonable Rates 3716 Dearborn St. :: Chicago, Ill. The New Bedford Hotel 2 Blocks South Michigan Central Depot. Nearby Furnished Rooms By the Day or Work 116 WEST WATER STREET J. N. BEDFORD Telephone 1872R Kalannazoo, Mich. --- Special Bargain Prices On LILYDALE Lots and Half Acres. All must be sold in the next week or two, hence BIG REDUCTIONS on everything. Lots and Half-Acres on 95th Street, Perry, LaFayette and other well known streets in this rapidly developing district. Small Payments----No Interest We expect to close this sale very soon, then this great chance to get property at such low prices and on easy terms will have passed. Next season prices for real estate will be much higher, and you will have to go further out and pay more. Be wise and buy now. Come Saturday or Sunday without fail and make your start as a property owner while you have such a great chance. Take West Pullman cars at White City, get off at the corner of Michigan Ave. and 95th St. and walk west two blocks to our office. uaranteed Feather Company Manufacturers of GUARANTEED TRADIK MARA MME. LAMBERT, Prop. 3115 Prairie Avenue CHICAGO Phone Douglas 7926 AVE YOU BEAUTIFUL HAIR? WE are the only Importers and Manufacturers of Real Colored People's Hair Also Wavy Hair. We absolutely guarantee our hair to stand combing and washing and to retain its color and crimp. Wigs, Plats, Braids, Transformations and Puffs is stock or to order; all shades, none too difficult. 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MAXWELL — THE Western Life Ind (ESTABLISH) Is one of the few life in does not discriminate aga of policies or premium offices in several large c agency managers, medica It's to your advantage fin in the old and reliable con CHAS. A. GRIFF Office: 3022 Wabash Ave. (Agents With R EO. V. A. BROWN Specialist in Gas, Steam Fitting and Plumbig Worl 3435 WABASH AVE. 2260 Phone Normal 3081 ADAM EMMA ROSS Expert in All Kinds of Hair Work Always Young Cream Co. All goods handled by her are guar- pure food law, June 30th, 1906. Once used you will never be mail orders promptly filled. 500 agents wanted. Send all money 15 West 29th Street, CHICAGO, IL. Learn to Make Your Own Hats Pay $25 for a hat when you can make one at home for less? S. EDNA KING MAXWELL Experienced Millinery Teacher Late with the Douglas School, Cincinnati, Ohio. in Millinery taught in six weeks' course. Fall Classes begin 1. Start early. Terms reasonable. Call or address MAXWELL :: 3128 VERNON AVENUE Electrical, Gas, Steam Fitting and Plumbig Worl 3435 WABASH AVE. MADAM EMMA ROSS Expert in All Kinds of Hair Work Sole agent for Always Young Cream Co. All goods handled by her are guaranteed under pure food law, June 30th, 1906. Once used you will never be without it. Mail orders promptly filled. 500 agents wanted. Send all money to this city. 15 West 29th Street, CHICAGO, ILD. Ladies, Learn to Make Your Own Hats Why Pay $25 for a hat when you can make one at home for less? MRS. EDNA KING MAXWELL Experienced Millinery Teacher Late with the Douglas School, Cincinnati, Ohio. Latest designs in Millinery taught in six weeks' course. Fall Classes begin Oct. 1. Start early. Terms reasonable. Call or address - THE - Born Life Indemnity Company (ESTABLISHED 1884) of the few life insurance companies that discriminate against color, either in class ties or premium rates. It also maintains in several large cities for colored district managers, medical examiners and agents. Our advantage financially to carry a policy and reliable company. AS. A. GRIFFIN, District Agency Manager 2 Wabash Ave. Chicago, Illinois (Agents With Reference Wanted) Western Life Indemnity Company (ESTABLISHED 1884) Is one of the few life insurance companies that does not discriminate against color, either in class of policies or premium rates. It also maintains offices in several large cities for colored district agency managers, medical examiners and agents. It's to your advantage financially to carry a policy in the old and reliable company. CHAS. A. GRIFFIN, District Agency Manager Office: 3022 Wabash Ave. Chicago, Illinois (Agents With Reference Wanted) m all! H4 59-69 W. Washington Street French Plumes And All Classes of Fancy Feathers Guaranteed Wilt Plumes Our Specialty Washable-They Do Not Lose Fibre SUBSCRIPTION RATES IN ADVANCE. One Year 11.50 Six Months 1.00 Twelve Months 0.75 Foreign 2.50 OFFICE 3159 State Street TELEPHONE DOUGLAS 3339. Entered as second-class matter, February 1, 1896, at the Postoffice in Chicago, Ill., under act of March 3, 1879. RATES OF ADVERTISING. Births, Betrothals, Marriages and Deaths Governmental and Obituary Rese- lations, each .5.00 DISPLAY ADVERTISement. One Inch, one time .1.50 Special rates given on large or ```markdown ``` Chief Ranger, F. V. Babb, 334 Dearborn Financial Secretary, F. W. Taylor, 5621 Grove avenue; phone Normal 7588, 2414 Dearborn street; phone 2129 Calumet. CHURCH DIRECTORY. CHURCH DIRECTORY. Quinn Chapel, 24th street and Wabash wash street. Bethle, 30th and Dearborn streets. St. Stephen, Austin and Robey streets. Institutional, 39th and Dearborn streets. St. Stephen, Austin and Robey streets. St. John, 62nd and Elizabeth streets. Hydre Park, 66th street and Lake Ave. Walters A. M. E. Zion, 38th and Dearborn streets. Bexner Baptist, 35th and Dearborn rechts. Olivet Baptist, 27th and Dearborn rechts. Bethsiae Baptist, 38th street and Wath avenue. Hartley Baptist, 754 North Clark rechts, near Monominee. Episcopal, 38th street and abash avenue. Grace Presbyterian, 34th and Dearborn rechts. St. Monica Catholic, 36th and Dearborn rechts. Marmel C. M. E. Church, 62nd and da streets. Lincoln Memorial Congregational historic Brook Douglas Center, 3022 fabash avenue. Ebenezer A. M. E., Evanston, 31th. A. M. E. Church, Gary, Ind. A. M. E. Church, Fulton street. Mt. Zion Baptist, 35th. Fulton street. Trinity Mission, 18th street and Armour. Becton Baptist, 49th and Dearborn streets. Balaiah Church, 3629, Arkham avenue. St. John Baptist, Ada and Lake streets. Provident Baptist, Walnut and Leatrecet. Tabernacle Baptist, Robey street and 弦安 avenue. Tabernacle Church, 48th and Dearborn streets. Mark M. E., 50th street and Wash- ah avenue. Hope Presbyterian Church, 61st st. Shiloh Baptist Church, 62nd and May streets. 0011 Memorial Congregational Church, 64th street and Rhodes avenue. 0021 Adventists' Church, 4808-4 Dearborn street. APPROPRIATE. She made "Hubby" shirts that he nev- er could wear. And-painted him two lovely jars. He gave "Dearie" one of those zinc lined affairs That are built just for holding cigars. Happy New Year Many a Good Fellow is the happier for making some poor unfortunate's Christmas bright and cheery. The weather could not have been nicer Christmas day if you had ordered it yourself. Please don't all speak at once, but isn't there some way of stretching out this Christmas dinner proposition so it will last all week? They are talking of trying to put Santa out of business, but that is an impossibility; he has been established too long. It doesn't matter what happened, where it happened, or when it happened, Jack Johnson did it. If you don't believe it, read any daily paper. From all over the country come reports of religious meetings. Why at this particular time? Is the world getting better or worse? The holdup men in Chicago have assured the public that their union draws no color line and that all citizens eligible to be drafted in the U. S. Army are entitled to join. Trades unions should take notice. We do very little in the matter of caring for our orphans. What few places we have are inadequate and poorly supported. Other cities are making a much better showing than we are; let us wake up to this crying need and get busy. Seldom has there been seen so many intoxicated people on the streets as there were Christmas night, and in consequence many were taken to Provident hospital for repairs after having come in contact with a knife or bullet. That's having fun—yes? ```markdown ``` Just a few more "suspect" lynched in the glorious Southland. What a haven that must be for the depraved criminal whites. Protected by the state officials they can let their brutal instincts (with apologies to every animal called a brute) run wild. Lynching for any crime is incipient anarchy, but that doesn't matter when his Satanic Majesty holds the government reeqs. Archbishop John Ireland is still denouncing justice as unchristian and again principles of the Catholic Church. American citizenship. It may be true all the Archbishop says except the American citizenship part, and that seems to be a hollow mockery. The American people, at least a goodly number of them, are so crazed with the colors that they cannot sleep at night without dreaming that Jack Johnson is president or some other dark disaster is about to befall them. "Every rose must have its thorn." Chicago is kindly but firmly requested to take a rear seat and let Nashville sit with the driver. For that enterprising little burg boasts of having a full fledged board of trade that is actually doing things. We have always said Nashville wasn't asleep and this proves it. Next Wednesday morning as usual we will turn over a new page and in a large bold hand scribble off the usual new resolutions, and while the ink is still wet we will take the usual old last year's blotter and as usual blur the writing so it resembles ancient hieroglyphics, and who save a few learned professors can read them, so as usual we will drift on another year in the usual manner. Some of our political friends are still wondering what Mr. Wilson is going to do for them when he takes his office. The 4th of March is some little time off yet and the political aspect can change many times before that occurs. We believed in him enough to vote for him and we still believe he is the right man for the position; he is big enough and broad enough to treat every man fairly and squarely; give him an opportunity. The fair held each year at Nashville, Tenn., is productive of much good, and there should be no squabbles in the management as to who shall hold this or that office. The funds are being expended judiciously and the management is all that could be desired. Doing things yourself and telling or criticising others who are doing things, is two different things. Letting well enough alone is a good rule to follow. The National Baptist association, the largest colored religious body in the world, formally opened their new missionary headquarters in Philadelphia last Thursday. It will be remembered they were located previously in Louisville, Ky. Addresses were made by prominent members of the denomination from all sections of the country and the wonderful progress made by the race was told by them amidst cheers upon cheers. Progress and religion go hand in hand and the church keeps many a man in the straight and narrow path. The fiftieth anniversary of Abraham Lincoln's influence or the emancipation proclamation, which is to be celebrated in Philadelphia next year by an exposition illustrating the progress made by Negroes in the United States since they obtained their freedom, is destined to be a successful undertaking. Already the state of New Jersey has appropriated $20,000 and created a commission. Other states will doubtless do likewise. Most white people are from Missouri, so let us show them the remarkable progress we have made under the most trying circumstances. "A Negro with an inventive mind" in the heading in a Delaware paper, and they also state that he is "the professor of unusual intelligence." The man in question is 44 years old and has invented several mechanical devices from which he has derived no royalty, owing to the usual cause. He comes into notice because he was taken seriously ill and, being without means, had to be taken to the county hospital. A Negro with intelligence, and unusual intelligence, at that. Think of it! "The sun do move," after all. That Delaware editor should receive a Carnegie medal for making such a discovery; one out of ten million is a pretty fair average. The police of this city seem to have a notion that every holdup or every crime that is committed is done by a colored man. The city is rampant with criminals and the colored man plays a very small part in it. Two of our prominent society ladies were held up on Wabash avenue and had their valuables taken from them; the culprit was white, and escaped. The police insisted that they identify a young colored man as the one who committed the deed, which they promptly refused to do. The police took the young ladies in question for white, so naturally could not understand their rather forceful denial of the man's nationality. This being in mourning all the time works many hardships. In a certain section of the South the farmers were losing a great many chickens, so they got together, compared notes, and decided their darker brothers were at the bottom of the theft. A co-operative movement, with shotguns included, was inaugurated. For several nights a watch was kept; finally the report of a gun was heard; when they rushed to the scene they were chagrined to discover the thief was a large owl. The colored farmers are wearing broad smilies now that they are not under suspicion and are being viewed by more friendly eyes by their neighbors. There is such a thing as being mistaken. Luckily no harm was done in this instance, but it is the execution not the rule. Mound Bayou, Miss., a little town of seven or eight hundred people, lying, however, in the center of a vast farming territory, enjoys a world wide fame owing to the fact that it is people entled by Negroes. All the city offices, railroad and telegraph offices are conducted intelligently by them. Recently a $100,000 oil plant was opened to the city to dedicate oxenries. The place is destined to grow rapidly and it will stand as positive proof of what can be accomplished by unison. This gift or faculty of sticking together as other races does has never taken a strong hold upon us, but it is gradually slaking into the hands of man, and eventually into it is tion. The boy who is game can very often bluff the man, and it isn't always the biggest army that wins the battle. Stick together and keep fighting. Now if ever is the time when we need such a stalwart champion and guardian of our rights in Springfield as Hon. Ed. Green. Bills will surely be introduced, as they have many times before, to prohibit the marriage of colored and whites, and someone must be on the ground who knows the ropes to counteract such a movement. The laws of Illinois are fair to everyone and prejudice should not be permitted to creep in. There are good and strong men in the legislature that can be appealed to with success; every influence should be brought to bear to sidetrack the proposed bill. We must do or do not believe in intermarriage; it is unconstitutional, and as such we object to it. We ask for no more than is due us as citizens and taxpayers. Start now, write the senator in your district, or better still, have a committee wait upon him and present our claims. Do it now. From Our Exchanges BOARD OF TRADE MEETS. The board of trade meets tonight in its regular monthly membership meeting for December. Plans will be discussed for the arrangement of a reception to the new officers and board of directors to be held at the monthly meeting held in January.—Nashville Tennessee. RASIE CHARITY FUND. The final meeting for the benefit of the Negro Associated Charities fund will be held at Avery Chapel next Sunday afternoon. The sum of $3,000 has been fixed as the amount to be raised for the carrying on of relief work among the race and a considerable sum has been secured at the meetings held to date. Nearly $200 was raised at a meeting at St. Stephen's Baptist Church last night. E. Thomas Denby is chairman of the Negro Associated Charities—Memphis Appeal. THE END OF THE RACE. Prof. Smith, a Louisiana educator, forecasts the end of the race. That the race in the United States will become completely extinct approximately 220 years from now. The last of them will be a woman, and she will die in the South. "If the race were in the ascendency," says the professor, "the male births would at least retain an equal proportion. The race has come to the last two centuries of its being here. Slowly but surely the race will dwindle in males until there are less than one-tenth the number of men compared with women. Finally, if the law works out to its logical conclusion, there will be but one woman, left in the United States, whose death will occur about 2130 A.D." THE SICK. The Latest News About Your Friends and Acquaintances Who Are Under the Physicians Care. Mrs. Louise Fletcher is still on the slick list, suffering from a badly broken arm at her home, 2810 Wabash avenue. Aunt Agnes Carroll is on the slick list at the home of Mrs. Nannie O'futh, 3433 Armour avenue. Aunt Aggie, as she is known, is nearing the century mark. Mrs. Mahala Woods of 6728 State street is quite slick. Master Walter Wilson of 6257 Loomis street is ill at his parents' residence. Mrs. Parker of 6024 Aberdeen street is improving nicely after a severe illness. Mrs. Levada Jackson of 21 East 32d street is slowly recovering from some injuries received from a man who attempted to hold her up on last Saturday night. Mrs. M. King, the widow of the late Frank King, is very ill at her residence, 3604 State street. Mrs. Mary Green of 4012 Dearborn street has been quite ill for several weeks but is now convalescing. Mr. John Jackson of 4054 State street, the brother of Mrs. C. J. Jackson, has been very ill of pneumonia, but is now improving rapidly. Miss Speed of Unique Temple No. 15 I. B. O. E. of W. is severely ill at the County hospital. Mrs. Minnie Roach of 2639 Armour avenue is suffering from a severe cold contracted during the recent illness and death of her mother. Mrs. M. Woods of 6728 State street is confined to her home because of severe illness. Mrs. Jennie Walker and Mrs. George Shelton, both very active members of Presbyterian church, have been quite ill for some time. Kitten in Revolt. A remarkable case of filial ingratitude on the part of a black kitten has occurred in Liverpool, England. A few days ago a customer threw a piece of meat between them, which was secured by the mother cat. To the surprise of everybody, the kitten sprang at his mother and drove her out of the house. Since then he has guarded guard over the doors to prevent the kitten from returning to her old home, her stern, unbending, and ungrateful son bars the way. What Is Not Good It is only because they are unused to the taste of what is excellent that the generality of people take delight in silly or in stupid things—Goethe. There are not many men who get home, at 2 o'clock in the morning and find their wives snoring. -Waldo Baston. --- CONTAGION NOT INFECTION. For many years the age of infection in disease has gradually merged into contagion. The International Congress of Hygiene, which held its sessions in Washington, would seem to have definitely settled that disease conveyance is always by contagion and not infection. It is contact, either direct or indirect, with a patient suffering from a particular disease that causes the occurrence of that disease in a second patient. Much used to be said of infected places, says the New York Herald. Swamps, low ground or marshy surroundings were thought to be the cause of disease. The night air had a bad reputation as a fomiter of illness of various kinds. Now we know that it is the mosquito which directly carries various diseases and acts as an intermediate host between one human victim and another. In the same way other carriers of disease have been found. Flies, fleas, ticks, rats and various forms of parasites are responsible for disease distribution. Even among human beings certain individuals prove to be "carriers" of infectious material. They may be insusceptible themselves or have acquired immunity from the disease, yet can convey it to others. Always when a communicable disease occurs it can be traced to a preceding case with which there has been contact either directly or indirectly. We have been so often told that the whale fisheries are now extinct that we learn with surprise that 20,000 whales were captured last year in the waters of South Georgia, South Shetland, South America and Africa, and that other fishing fields yielded substantial catches, says the San Francisco Argonaut. Who would have thought that there were so many whales? But we are assured that in a few years' time there will be no whales left, thanks to the use of the deadly harpion gun. The rottual whale was safe under the old system. He was too swift and too fierce to approach in boats, but he is easily conquered by the harpion fired out of a gun from the deck of a ship. The whale is not exactly a lovable animal, but it seems a pity that he should be exterminated, especially as we were under the impression that he was already exterminated. --- An Englishman in Shanghai was twitting the oldest son of Dr. Sun Yat-sen about his father's cosmopolitanism. "Nobody knows for certain where your father was born," he said. "Canton claims him and so does Honolulu. Before the revolution he had not been here in China for many years. The English port of Hongkong was the nearest he ever approached. I don't see how your father can call himself a Chinaman, and in fact, I don't know what to call him." "Part of what you say is true," answered the son of the famous patriot. "For fifteen years my father was a man without a country, but now," and the boy smiled proudly, "a country has been made for him." There are now under construction in Europe 34 sea-going vessels equipped with internal combustion engines. New and more economical methods of producing the oil consumed in these engines have been devised, and it is predicted with confidence that they soon will become the standard for ocean service. That is not all. There are confident predictions that invention before long will adapt the new oil fuels to use in the propulsion of automobiles. This is an age of frequent revolutions in the mechanical world. A three years' course in practical house decoration has been added to the curriculum at Columbia university. It consists, it is rumored, of the best ways to secure sofa pillows, burnt wood work, sketches and paintings from fair coeds. A Nebraska judge had an operation performed to save him from blood poisoning, due to the fact that a rat nibbled his ear while he slept. The sleepiness of the judiciary has been a standing joke for years, but this establishes a record. If you discover, in looking over your supply of gold certificates, that some of them bear the serial number B18890223 and have a suspicious look besides, try to remember who passed them on you. They are phony. A Chicago woman who is suing for divorce alleges that for four years she shaved her husband and cut his hair. It would seem as if he would be the one to want a divorce. Speaking of great men, however, have you heard that Robert Louis Stevenson is to pitch for the Philadelphia Athletics next year? London has a hotel that has gained fame through its onions. Certainly a smart bid to fame. Washington wants policemen. Evidently, it thinks the idea a capital one. The dialects of the world number 3,424. But this does not include those used upon the stage. Delaware has a pig that hunts rabbits. Would be a fine porker to grease on the Fourth of July. A New York physician has evolved a cure for red noses. Another blow at the liquor traffic, no doubt. Don, the talking dog, could not speak because of having a talk in his foot, whereas with a man-!! 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. Miss Jennie Butler and mother of 3254 Wabash avenue were entertained on Christmas by friends. The Peerless Club turned their meeting of Tuesday evening, Dec. 24 into a stag. The members played into until an early hour Christmas morning. Mr. J. F. Trust of Jersey City entertained the club with his many jokes. All appointments for furnished rooms or flats must be paid for in advance. We have no collectors for this kind of work. The Twentieth Century Whist Club gave a progressive whist party on Christmas night at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. S. A. T. Watkins of Calcutt avenue and 33d street. Miss Elizabeth Clark, Dr. Trapp and Miss Curtis of Washington, D. C., were among the guests. church, will select for his text, "Living Backward." All members friends are requested to be press On Tuesday Mrs. Tunley and E. B. Smith of 3850 Dearborn at give an automobile party in honour Miss Mable Smith. There were the automobiles full and they all had delightful time. If you want a first-clas furnish room read our classified column. Mrs. Julia Fitzgerald of 3433 bash avenue gave a turkey day and served eggnog also on Christmas day. The dinner lasted from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Her friends voted to very accomplished hostess. Why don't you Surprise you and please the publisher by pay your subscription? W. Lally was guest of honor. The Alley was guest of 2014. Mrs. Della Lewis of 5400 South Park avenue is much improved after a week's illness, superinduced by being accidentally burned. The mother of Mrs. Frank A. Starks of Wabash avenue and 49th street is in the city from Cleveland, Ohio. When in doubt or trouble telephone to The Chicago Defender, Douglass 3339. Mr. and Mrs. Gus Higgins welcomed to their home a goodly number of friends Christmas night at 3819 State street. The way to get good bread, ask for the "Kentucky Leaf." Mrs. Gussle Bulford and daughter Kate are visiting Mrs. Lou Ella Young of 3556 Forest avenue during the holidays. Lawyer T. C. Grand Pre and wife came to Chicago to attend the wedding of his brother and to spend the holidays they will leave Sunday for Halifax, N. S., and other points in Canada. Hotel Washington arrivals—L. Higgins and wife, Toledo, O.; J. Wiley, Dallas, Texas. .Ask for Thomas' Purity Home Made bread and rolls, for sale at all grocers. Miss. Estella Webster arrived in the city Saturday last from Covington, Ky., to spend the holidays with her mother, 6432 Vincentnes avenue. Mr. and Mrs. John Waller of 3231 Forest avenue will be the holiday guests of Dr. and Mrs. Washington of Owensboro, Ky. Mrs. Emma Hackley is spending the holidays in Detroit, Mich., with relatives and friends. The W. A. Wallace Bakery Co. make the "Kentucky Rolls" and "Wallace Rolls." Miss Vitella B. Hayes, 3758 Rhodes avenue, will spend the holidays in Cairo, Ill., to be the guest of her cousin, Miss Lydia M. Tyler, who is one of Cairo's charming school teachers. Mrs. John M. Portor of 3984 Vernon avenue will spend the holidays in St. Louis, Mo., with her sister, Mrs. E. R. Coleman. Amanda Smith Guild No. 2 has disbanded and reorganized. The name is the East End club. The club will keep open doors on New Year's day at Douglass Center. Silver offering for charity. The officers are: President, Mrs. Lula D. Moore; vice president, Mrs. F. Parks, secretary, Mrs. Mary Manning; corresponding secretary, Mrs. Nora Taylor; chairman, Mrs. Dora Elbert; and treasurer, Mrs. Angela Lee. Task for the Chicago Defender at all times, north, south, west and in the "loop." Sunday evening last Dr. and Mrs. Daniel H. Williams entertained a few friends at a tea in honor of Mr. and Mrs. H. Craft. Their palatial home was beautifully decorated in keeping with the holiday season. Covers were laid for eight. Those present were Mr. and Mrs. H. Craft, Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Jones, Mr. and Mrs. Boyd, Mr. and Mrs. Julius N. Avendorph. Mr. and Mrs. William L. Luckey, 5441 Dearborn street, and Mrs. John C. McKinney, 5119 Grove avenue, have returned from Clinton, Iowa, where they were the guests of Mrs. Minnie Meadows during the Christmas holidays. Did it ever strike you that the one best newspaper to read is The Chicago Defender? Can you see the point? Mr. Theophile Grandpré returned to Chicago a few days ago to attend his wife's wedding, bringing a charming wife with him. The rising young corporation lawyer has been married since August, so he informed the astonished reporter. Mrs. Lenore Jordan Gibson of Louisville arrived Sunday morning to spend the holidays with her relatives, Mr. and Mrs. Charles A. Jordan in Rhodes avenue. Mrs. Gibson officiated at the piano during the meeting of the Negro Fellowship league in the afternoon, at which time Mr. Russel delivered his able address on "Fifty Years of Emancipation." When in doubt or trouble telephone to The Chicago Defender, Douglas 3339. Mrs. Phillip Carter of New York, who was Miss Ednah Woods of Chicago, arrived Monday morning to attend the wedding of her sister, Miss Kathleen Woods, to Mr. Isador Grandpre. Mr. A. C. Christian, the tailor, of 37th street, has gone to Louisville, Ky, to spend the holiday. Mrs. Anna, E. Tidwell of 2119 Cottage Grove avenue will give a supper on Saturday night, Dec. 28. She will greatly appreciate the patronage of all her friends, as she is a widow with the responsibility of a child to support. Send in personales of your friends. It is free. Drop it in a post-card. Cant you afford to spend a penny on your friends? On Sunday morning Rev. Jackson, the pastor of Grace Presbyterian church, will select for his text, "Looking Backward." All members and friends are requested to be present. On Tuesday Mrs. Tunley and Mrs. B. Smith of 3850 Dearborn street will an automobile party in honor of Miss Leslie Smith. There were three automobile and they all had a delightful time. . . if you want a first-class furnished room read our classified columns. room read our classified column. Mrs. Julia Fitzgerald of 3433 Washab avenue gave a turkey dinner afted served eggnog also on Christmas day. The dinner lasted from 1 p. m. to 5 p. m. Her friends voted her a very accomplished hostess. Mr. W. Why don't you Surprise yourself and please the publisher by paying your subscription? W. Lally was guest of honor The Alex sisters of 3614 Prairie avenue gave a champagne dinner to friends from 7 p.m. to 11 p.m. Christmas. They entertained with music furnished by the Hyde Park band and two piano performers. Mr. W. W. Lally was the toastmaster of the evening. Subscribers and friends of the Chicago Defender will please bear in mind that no advertisements of any kind whatsoever will be inserted in our columns until they are paid for in advance. So please don't telephone. Ocean Denizens. According to Sir John Murray, one of the greatest authorities on oceanography, the bottom is a desert of pitch-black darkness, penetrating cold, and eternal silence. Worms, sea puddings, and coral polyps sluggishly crawl or sway in the almost currentless depths, and only two species of fish, both of them, with much head and little body, have been found deeper than a mile and a quarter down. Bedeficial Stimulant The coca leaf is highly prized by the native of Bolivia as a stimulant. He chews it like tobacco, but with a better excuse, since by its use he can perform great feats of endurance and go many hours without food. With a pouch of cocoa leaves and a small bag of cocoa beans he can run fifty miles a day. Fleet-footed Panamanian constitute the telegraph service of the country. --- Simplify the Problem of Living in the subject or living. I do believe in simplicity. It is astonishing as well and how many trivial affairs even the wisest man thinks he must attend to in a day; how singular an affair he thinks he must omit. When the mathematician would solve a difficult problem, he first solves the equation of all incumbrances, and reduces it to its simplest terms. So simplify the problem of life, distinguish the necessary and the real—Thoreau "Letters." Cheap Medical Treatment There is a little medical mission in the East end of London which in the last ten years has treated a quarter of a million patients at a fee of four cents each. A physician attends to give advice and medical assistance every day from 11:30 to 12:30 in the forenoon and from 4:30 to 5:30 in the afternoon and always finds a long line of patients waiting to consult him. Origin of Famous Phrase "Write like an angel" is a corruption of Angelo. Among the Greeks who emigrated to Italy and afterwards into France in the reign of Francis I was one Angelo Veriello, whose writing excited the admiration of the learned, so that his name became synonymous for the beautiful writing and gave birth to the phrase, to "write like an angel." Legal Repartee "And now I mean to handle your witnesses without gloves," said a counsel, whose witnesses, had met with rather severe treatment from the other side." "Indeed! That's more than I should like to do with yours," smilingly retorted his learned friend. Not Social. "Is your husband a Socialist?" "Indeed not. He jint hates to go with me to make calls."—Detroit Free Press. Getting There The fellow who gets there dor depend so much on inspiration persapiation.—Philadelphia Rec Aphorisms of Lady Grant. It is such a relief to "let go"; aunt said when she gave up keep. a waist! Women find a man dull an uninteresting when he proposes to another woman. — "The Chequer Board," by Lady Sibil Grant. Exercise. There may be courtesy, there may be even temper and wit and talent and sparkling conversation, there may be good will, even, and yet the humanest and divinely faculties pine for exercise.—Thoreau. There Are Compensations. "This increased cost of living is something terrible!" said the young man as he paid the third installment on the engagement ring. Some Bunker Megaphonist (on sightseeing auto) —"This is Bunker Hill." Golling Briton—"Ah, that was a bunker, to be sure!" Labor and Idleness There is but this difference between labor and idleness: That labor is a profitable and pleasant trouble, idleness a trouble both unprofitable and comfortless.—Joseph Hall. WHY? The funniest thing in the world is a lazy man pricing an alarm clock, Wal. Baston. FATTENED FOR T In Ireland Codifish Are Ke- fined Until They Are in the Bri- of Condition. At Logan, near the Mull of G gway, there is a most interesting fish pond. A rent in the ciff is the Irish channel admits the salt ter through a narrow fissure, protec- by a grating, into a circular rock some 30 feet in diameter and 20 fo deep. The cliffs rise high around. Stone steps descend on one side to a ledge leveled into footpath at the water's edge. No sooner does the visitor's foot-fall resound on the stairs than the green water, hitherto motionless and apparently lifeless, becomes people with large brown fish arising from the depths, gilding and dashing about in a state of great excitement. These are cod, which, caught on lines in the sea, have been transferred to the stitches for the fish. They are fod daily, the water, and experience has taught them to connect the sound of footsteps with their mealtime. Formerly a clapper used to be rung to summon them, but this was no more than a trick of the stage. The footfall on the stone is quite enough to awaken them to activity. Most of the cod, being deep-water fish, become totally blind in captivity from excess of light; but they become so tame and accustomed to their keeper as not only to feed out of his hand, but some of them allow themselves to be lifted out of the water. One may witness the strange sight of a huge cod, more than four feet long, dangled on the knee like a baby, his mouth suffused with mussels and limpets, after which he is returned to the water with a mighty splash. On the table these fish, thus tended and fed, prove much better than fish brought straight from the open sea. Concerning Umbrellas Because of the tremendous vogue of velvetts and the number of costumes in that material that are being made up, the velvet-encased, umbrella has come into being. Made on a slender but substantial frame, which folds closely, and covered when closed and encased appears like a walking stick of velvet from fernlea to top. A solid program plate caps the handle, which ten inches down its length, is, ornamented with a double ring of silver. Decided colors are now the smart thing in silk umbrellas. All the fashionable shades of purple, blue, mauve and the new reds are in demand for spreads, which are mounted upon frames that press tightly about a slender stick and give the convenience the appearance of a silken cane. The fashionable fad is to procure a unique handle for the umbrella that is carried with the tallored walking suits, and some of the effects are artistic, others are actually bizarre. Among the latter are the cat, parrot and monkey head in natural colors and with jewels for eyes; the former class are all manner of beautifully carved handles of rare wood, ivory, and when money is not an object, of jade, amber, rock crystal or solid silver and gold. Hydrocarbon Alloys Old Sol himself is harnessed to our world's work. He finds it collect by pressing water through a covered heater exposed to the rays. The heated water is stored well insulated tank and drawn to circulate around a culprit dioxin boiler, then, after giving up its heat, was again passed through the heater. It was calculated that in latitude 34 degrees a square foot of water surface would make up about $2,000 thermal units in a June day and about 1,600 in a December day. Using two heaters, sections exposing 1,000 square feet to the sun, the heat collected, was made to run a twenty horse-power sulphur dioxide engine, and at times developed about fifteen horse-power, with a boiler of 245 pounds per squirreviewing the results, Mr. W found the cost per horse-power solar power plant to be about more than four times the steam-power plant. He mat lowance for the difference vestment and concludes favorable region, like Call power can compete in cost power. Hopeful Outlook Discussing the turkey I the holidays, H. Lynton of Baltimore's ippers, "The war in mun birds thir of Beca met wl. some of t. as a nurse ordinance ga. a policeman, few days ago. Before she w. carry a mace an arma she was requ. and that she had not ing since 1881 and to take part or secon quired public