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The Chicago Defender. 100l at 41st and State Street? Proposed Jim Crow Laws Arouse Citizens. They Intend to Abolish Catholic "Jim Crow" Sch and Then Shatter Every Idea That Tends to Separate the Races in Illinois. They Can Do It and They Will Do It. Col les Must Remove Their Children if They Don't Want the Wrath of the Race Heaped on Their Heads. Just Think, We Are Fig Jim Crow" Laws and They Upholding Them by Sending Their Children to Such a School—For God's Sake Open Your E CROW SCHOOL MUST GO arle's, CHAMPION People VII. NUMB 1001 at 41st and Then S ies Must Re Jim Crow" L GO SCHOOL EAD PRAISES TUSKEGEE Young, Superintendent of Public Schools, Returns Tuskegee and Declares institution Has Solved Educational Problem—es That Have Been Used by枕木 T. Washington's to Be Copied Here. LESSON FROM RACE. as is prised by Visit—Made Trip as the Guest of Mr. Julius Rosenwash—System as Near the Ideal as Possible and the "Tuskegee Idea" Is to Be Dovetailed Into the School Plant in Chicago—Presents Plans to Board of Education—Comments on Financial Condition. Returning from a visit to Tuskegee, Mrs. Ella Flagg Young was so highly pleased with the problem of education that she has recommended it to the Chicago board of education. She implied in her conversation that her suggestion may not be met kindly by the members of the educational board. Mrs. Young says: "I went down there to look upon, as I thought, the teaching of an inferior race. I found the problem of education has been settled in a manner more nearly ideal than in any other city that I know of. We may well follow their example in this city. I am going to make certain recommendations to the school management committee, but I fear the result." Dr. Washington says the operating expenses for the year at Tuskegee come to $270,000, of which only $118,000 is now secure. Mr. Washington claims that an endowment of five million in place of the present two million is needed. Tuskegee was founded in 1881 and is considered the most remarkable educational invention of modern times. No one realizes the value of the work done by this great school. During the last thirty-one years it has given instructions to over 10,000 people of our race who are doing well as teachers, farmers and industrial workers, most of whom are working in the south. Mr. Washington declares that even dollar subscriptions will help in the work needed. With the return of wealth and prosperity to the south after so many years perhaps Tuskegee will receive more liberal aid from the whites as she has from the north but we as a race should help in this great work. Tobasco Sauce Blinds Mr. W. J. Lee is suffering from a serious injury to his eyes. Early in January, while at work a bottle of tobacco sauce fell from above, breaking on its downward course, and the liquid finding its way into the young man's eyes. Getting better, at least thinking so, he failed to go under an expert's care. In a few weeks he became almost blind, and caused him to give up his work. For several days during February he hasn't been able to see at all. His only consolation was to have his wife lead him down stairs beside the furnace, where he remained the rest of the day. Under the treatment of a specialist he has been able to go down to the doctor's office with the use of glasses, but is in grave danger of having to go under an operation and probably lose the sight of one eye altogether. Hayti Its People, Customs, Organizations and Government By W. C. DeWendt Several installments of interesting reading to be published exclusively in The Chicago Defender Beginning SATURDAY, MARCH 15TH HON.W.ALLISON SWEENEY WANTED. But Will the Orator and Writer Surrender?—We Do Not Know—But J. Silas Harris, President of "The Negro National Educational Congress" Would Like To—His Letter to Mr. Sweeney, a Most TIMEly Race Document, Is Appended—Read It. Office of J. Stas Harris President The Negro Student Educational Con- federation Kansas City, Mo., March 3, 1913. Hon W. Allison Sweeney, No. 3250 Vernon Ave., Chicago, Ill. My Dear Sweeney—After fifty years of national life, the Negro, with hope crushed and ambition thwarted, finds himself facing the rising sun of the twentieth century. His has been the most tragic life in the history of civilization. With signal ability he has nobly acquitted himself in every walk of human endeavor and has learned all lessons of society but one—unity. He has been the most liberal contributor to his own destruction and the greatest enemy to his own progress. He has no faith in leadership unless he leads, and is happiest when engaged in destroying what others have created. Such, in brief, is the remarkable record of a most remarkable people. What of the future? The race, strange as it may seem, has produced but one Douglass, one Fortune, one Payne, one Cuny and one Sweeney, who had they been white, would be placed in history alongside of Gladstone, Weed, Spurgeon, Conkling and Prentiss. I remember the Freeman in its palmy days, when its voice was heard throughout the land. The "Old Guard" who gave tone and character to the race a quarter of a century ago are rapidly passing away, but let us not despair. God still lives and watches over the destinies of men. The Negro National Congress was organized to inspire hope in the hearts of a discouraged people, and we shall not fail. The knave, the demagogue, the mountebank, the crook and the time server have all shot their poisoned shafts, but we are moving serenely on. Come with us, and the evening of your life will be a realization of your dreams of youth. I want you to be the General Field Agent of the Congress. You are eminently fitted for the work, which will be pleasant, profitable and most helpful to the race. Let me hear from you. I am. Your devoted friend. (Seal.) J. SILAS HARRIS. OUT IN ENGLEWOOD Weekly Letter from This Thriving Section of the City—All the News. K. D. Tillman Club gave a bazaar at 6114 Ada street Tuesday night, the main feature of the evening being a chance on the silk quilt. The Ideal Woman's Club met at the home of Mrs. Bowman, 6023 Loomis street, last Friday afternoon. Mrs. Charles Steward of 5922 Aberdeen street, entertained at dinner Prof. and Mrs. Walter S. Buchanan of the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Normal, Ala. Mrs. Chas. Steward entertained the Cornell Charity Club on Friday, February 28. Shiloh Baptist Sunday School is preparing a fine program for Easter Sunday afternoon. The choir in the evening will render the Messiah by G. A. Gaul, under the leadership of Mr. George Duncan. Rev. D. H. Harris, pastor, will leave Monday for the State Convention. Mrs. Jane Ruebottom of 7335 May street quietly passed away Monday at the age of 104 years. Her funeral was held at Shiloh Baptist Church Thursday morning and burial was at Mount Glenwood. She leaves three daughters and a granddaughter and several great grandchildren to mourn her loss. Rev. Harris officiated, assisted by Rev. Wilson of St. John A. M. E. Church. Mr. W. J. Thompson of 655 W. Division street left the city Tuesday for West Canada, to locate for his future home. Mrs. Thompson and daughter will leave in April. Miss Beatrice Prear of 60th and Normal boulevard, who has been confined in Provident Hospital for the last two weeks, is much improved and will leave the hospital Friday. Mrs. Estelle Moore, of 6237 Ada street, who has been on the slick list, is reported better. SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES. For the next college year Smith College, Northampton, Mass., and Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, Mass., have provided for a joint lecture course, and Booker T. Washington has been asked to be one of the lecturers. Opposition prevents us from getting a thing before we deserve it. Waldo Baston. CHICAGO, ELL., SATURDAY, MARCH 8, 1913. MARCHES IN PARADE DESPITE PROTESTS Illinois Suffragists Stick to Race Woman—Miss Brooks of Hammond, Ind., and Other Leaders Support Mrs. Barnett—Incident Causes Halt in Arrangements—Parade Had to Be Halted While Mrs. Barnett's Rights Were Settled. THE MODERN JOAN ARC Famous Chicago Champion of Women's Rights Holds Her Place in Suffragists' Parade—Southerners Tried to Put Her Back, but a Loyal Trio Sticks to Her—Virginia Brooks and Other Leaders to the Front. The race has no greater leader among the feminine sex than Mrs. Ida B. Wells-Barnett of Chicago. Mrs. Barnett was a member of the Illinois delegation to support the Suffragists' claim in the inaugural parade. Quite true, the suffrage parade took place the day before, but thousands strong, they marched down Pennsylvania avenue amidst plaudits, under the strains of martial music. Mrs. Barnett not only braved the scorn of her Southern sisters (white), but she enjoyed a period of publicity not to her liking, but incident to the race feeling prevalent throughout the inaugural ceremonies. Miss Virginia Brooks and other leaders, however, stuck to her and the fight was won. Mrs. Barnett marched with the Illinois delegation and color prejudice in the inaugural parade was forever barred. All praise to Mrs. Barnett for her firm stand against the bitter prejudice of the women of the South. They tried to regulate her to the "Jim Crow" section of the procession, but she refused and a few of her loyal friends supported her. Women's suffrage does not have the sanction of the Federal government, but women as a whole have the support of the men throughout the country. This statement is not to be taken or compared by states. It is a broad one, but the average American, with his inborn deference to woman, is always considered an aid to the suffragists. Mrs. Barnett represents the highest type of womanhood in Illinois, and is affiliated with all the leading and best associations with white women for the uplift of humanity. She is now head of the Fellowship League, an organization for the betterment of the race, and is always to be found along the firing line in any battle where the rights of the race are at stake. AFFAIRS IN MILWAUKEE. The Rights of the Race Assalled—The Booker T. Washington Forum Meets—Other News. Milwaukee, March 7.—An event that bids-fair to surpass anything in the annals of the history of the Negro here is the Emancipation celebration, to be held on May 25 and 26 at the Auditorium. Dr. Booker T. Washington is scheduled to speak on the first evening, after which a chorus of 200 voices, under the direction of Mr. Walter Revels, Sr., will sing jubilee songs. The second night will be devoted to classics representing the progress of the race. One of the features of the program will be the reading of the prize essay. It will also consist of only colored talent. The prime factors in this movement are: Rev. J. S. Woods, Capt. L. C. Valle, Rev. Geo. Fox, Hon. L. H. Palmer and Mr. A. G. Burgette. They have enlisted the co-operation of the mayor and the Merchants and Manufacturers' Association. Mayor Bading has appointed a committee of 100, including a representative of every nationality and religion. Mr. and Mrs. Ed Clemments of Wabash avenue, Chicago, were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph L. Sanford, 717 Prairie street. Chicago Defender on sale at Scott's news depot, 328 State, or phone Grand 3892. All news, social and otherwise, may be left there. LUNA M. SCOTT. Well, he must be some salesman. Why? Because the horse was an advertisement against itself. POSTMEN TO BE COLLECTORS. Parcel Post Packages Can Be Sent C. O. D.—New Regulation by Post Office Department. Parcel post packages may now be sent with charges collect on delivery. Postmaster Campbell was yesterday told of the change in a message from Postmaster-General Hitchcock. The new regulations provide: That parcel post packages may be sent with the price of the article to be collected from the addresssee provided the postage is fully prepaid. A fee of 10 cents in parcel post stamps, which must be affixed to the package, is to be the charge for the C. O. D. service. The amount to be collected must not exceed $100. Such parcels will be insured against loss without additional charge, in an amount equivalent to their actual value, but not to exceed $50. CITY FEDERATION OF WOMEN'S CLUBS MEETS Large Number of Women Meet to Elect Officers for the Ensuing Term—Mrs. Clara Johnson, Former Secretary of the Executive Board, Elevated to the Presidency. MRS. LOU ELLA YOUNG CHAIRMAN OF PROGRAM Report Made on the Mator McFerrin Case—Closed to Meet at the Institutional Church in June. --- Monday, March 1, at 10 o'clock a.m., a large number of women from the different clubs in and near the city met at Wayman A. M. E. Chapel for the purpose of transacting such business as might come before the house and electing officers. The meeting was called to order by Mrs. S. E. Cooper, the vice president. The entire morning session was taken up with the report of the different clubs of the city and suburbs, and when the meeting adjourned for lunch, at noon, many of the clubs had not been able to make their reports. Dinner had been prepared and was served by one of the clubs of Wayman Chapel. After partaking of this excellent repast which had been prepared the meeting reconvened at 2 o'clock. The afternoon session was opened by Mrs. S. E. Cooper, the vice president, and after completing the reports from the various clubs the Federation was entertained by an excellent program which had been prepared by Mrs. Louella Young, chairman of the program committee. Among those who took part in the program was Prof. Jones, who rendered two well-executed instrumental solos. In the absence of Mrs. Ida Wells Barnett, who was to speak on the subject of "Suffrage," the subject was discussed by Mrs. Gilliland, who endeavored to give some very excellent reasons as to why women should vote. As the time was very limited, she was not able to do justice to the subject, as she doubtless would have done had she more time. Misses Jessie Richardson and Mary Tolliver (both members of the Rosebud department of the True Reformers) recited and, as usual, held their audience spellbound for a while. Mrs. Dellah Thomas, a member of the choir of the A. M. E. Zion Church, sang a solo which everyone apparently enjoyed. Last, but certainly not least, Miss Marie Smith entertained the house with one of her instrumental solos which everyone who hears them always enjoys. After the program Mrs. Theresa Gray Macon read a short paper in which she told of her appreciation of the support which her officers had given her during the time she has been president. The officers were then elected. There were many applicants for the office of president and many contested, but Mrs. Clara Johnson, the invaluable secretary of the executive board, was the choice of the people and was elevated to the presidency. The other officers are as follows: Mrs. L. Stewart, vice president; Mrs. Sarah Foster, second vice president; Mrs. Olive Lewis, secretary; Mrs. Fannie Calloway, assistant secretary; Mrs. Carrie Horton, corresponding secretary; and Mrs. Eva Rayrone, treasurer. After appointing the various committees and completing the work at hand, the Federation adurned to meet at the Institutional Church June. The secretary's report was read and showed that good work had been done during the year. Citizens in Vigorous Protest Aga. Colored School at 37th and Wabash. The Defender Besieged by Complaints. Can't Colored Children Go to St. James 9TH CAVALRY KILLS SIX IN MEXICAN WAR Sixteen Troopers from the Famous "9th" Put to Rout Several Hundred Mexicans in a Fierce Battle on the International Boundary Line—U. S. Soldiers Were About to Be Driven Back When a Small Company of The Ninth Came to Their Rescue. TROOPERS LIKE STONE WALL. Race Soldiers Again Make Splendid Record—In the Thickest of the Fight Ever Since Emancipation and Always Will Be—Government Thinks They Are "the Best Soldiers," for in Every War They Are the First to Be Sent to the Front. --- On March 2, while protecting the border near Douglas, Arizona, the American troops were fired upon by several hundred Mexicans. The soldiers were trying to hold their position when reinforced by two troops from the gallant Ninth. For nearly an hour the firing kept up, finally the soldiers crossing the line and routing the Mexicans. The wounded escaped and they carried off most of their dead but were forced to leave six. The same old story of "to the rescue, boys," the same regiment that Gen. Miles thought so well of, is in action once more. It was the same regiment that fought so bravely through the Indian wars and uprisings. The same that went to the rescue of the ill-fated 7th U. S. Cavalry under Gen. Custer, that stormed San Juan hill when the first regiment of volunteer cavalry under Roosevelt and the 71st New Yorks' were about to be mowed down by the deadly rain of bullets from the Spaniards. It was this regiment that stormed the hill and routed the Spaniards and planted Old Glory on, the blockhouse. Remembering those twenty-two race men that went down with the U. S. S. Maine in Havana harbor did what no other regiment could have done under such terrific fire. As was in the Revolution, as in the war of 1812, as in the war of the Rebellion and that, with the war with Spain they have been almost the first to seek and get results from action, but as we know the American history is only a shell and we only get what the white writers want to put in their newspapers, we don't get the exact facts always. SAVANNAH HAS NEW THEATER Picture Plays Company Opens $40,000 Amusement House for the Race. Savannah, Ga., March 7.—What promises to be one of the finest playhouses in this country operated in the interest of the people of the race opened its doors March 1 at Savannah, Ga. This new theatrical proposition is owned by the Savannah Picture Plays Company of this city. The sum of $40,000 was put in the construction, meaning every convenience and beauty accordingly. A first-class play-house is the object of those interested, and everything possible is begin done towards that end. White Clergymen Denounce Agitation to Make Laws to Separate the Races When Traveling. Resolutions were adopted by the Methodist Ministers' Association yesterday protesting against the passage of the bill introduced in the Illinois legislature, providing for separate coaches for Negroes and white persons, and commending Congress for passing the Webb bill over the veto of the President. The resolution regarding separate cars stated that there exists in Illinois no condition so intense or acute between the two races as to make this law necessary. A report was also read on the Mator McFerrin case, which stated that $47.04 had been collected through the committee for this girl and the same had been judiciously disposed of in her favor. RECORD BABY'S BIRTH PROMPTLY. Health Officials Tell Parents and Physicians to Pay Attention to This Very Important Matter. Press Service, Department of Health. Bad air kills more people every year than are killed by bullets. Breeders of fancy live stock-are careful to have their animals recorded at birth. Why is not the child entitled to have its birth recorded? Surely it is as deserving of this consideration as is the pure-bred beast of the farm. Sit, stand and work erect. Practice deep breathing at regular intervals and always breathe through your nose. Bathe frequently and use plenty of soap. Wash your hands very carefully before handling food. Don't put your fingers, your money or your pencils in your mouth. Don't bite your finger nails. Clean your teeth night and morning. Careful attention to these suggestions will help to keep you clean and well. At Leysin, Switzerland, little children afflicted with surgical tuberculosis are being cured with sunlight and cold air. At the sanitarium are 350 children who, upon being received for treatment, are gradually deprived of clothing until they become inured to the temperature in a mud state. Then they are kept out of doors in the sunshine every day. It is stated that the little patients soon become tanned and hardy, and according to the Medical Record, most of them completely recover. Out of 369 cases of surgical tuberculosis 78 per cent were sent to their homes entirely cured. The city spends five times as much to fight fires as it does to fight the preventable diseases; it follows that the life loss will be proportionately high as compared with the property loss. And this will be true from the dollars and cents standpoint alone, saying nothing of the sentimental side of either proposition. The money value of a human life is as easily computed as is that of a building; and the value of both to the community are as easily ascertained. Why then is it not good economy to save both lives and buildings from needless destruction? MAYWOOD, ILL., NEWS. The Sewing Circle of the Second Baptist Church will meet this week at the residence of Mrs. D. O. Hurst, on Fourth avenue. The ladies of the circle have a very enjoyable time every Wednesday and are making good progress with their sewing. Rev. James Swanson writes from Jackson, Tenn., that he is having the time of his life. He preached in the Methodist Church last Sunday. Rev. Swanson expects to visit Meridian, Miss., Mobile and New Orleans, and several other surrounding cities. As he writes he is feeling fine we are expecting and hoping that he will come home greatly improved in health. Lissie Lizzie Pointer of 811 South Tenth avenue is getting along as well as can be expected, and if she still improves will be out of the hospital in two weeks. The Second Baptist Church are progressing very nicely in their building, and expect to go in the church some time in April. GEORGE STEWART DR. H. REGINALD SMITH ALMOST SUFFOCATES. Dr. H. Reginald Smith, the popular physician and surgeon at 3401 South State street, was almost suffocated with smoke on Tuesday night when an oil stove in his office exploded. The genial doctor was very much frightened, but not hurt, although much harm' was done his book case and wearing apparel. Everything was fully covered with insurance. He fought the fire heroically and there was no need for calling out the fire department. Y. M. C. A. AIDS TUSKEGEE. Philadelphia, Pa., March 7.—The Southwest Branch of the Young Men's Christian Association for young men and boys, of Philadelphia, through its secretary, Mr. Henry W. Porter, has just sent a contribution of $11 to Dr. Booker T. Washington, Tuskegee Institute, Alabama, for the work of that institution. Dr. Washington has spoken throughout the country in the interest of various Young Men's Christian Association movements, and this contrib on the part of the Young Men's tion Association of Philadelphia ward the work of the institution part recognition of his great he the Young Men's Christian Ass tion movement for young throughout the country. 1 EDITOR OF CABARET COLOR Runs Amuck on the R tion—Villifies the P Department to Do Busine. man Whose O. His Color—Editi gry and Displays Born Hatred by a trade Against the R 3,957 IN PO The Race's Men and to Make Governmen. Service Has Postmaster and Q't Thous: Service Country. In the Cabaret, velled at partmen, post syste. is made in Nigger Post the editor vent-his Southern se It seems f manuscript-wen. —which is not unusual and likely to happen at any time—and upon telephoning to the station he was advised to come to the office and fill out a tracer—which is also the usual method. When he reached the office he found the foreman in charge a man of color, which was very offensive to his southern sense of business manage-ent. He says, "The editor went to esti- tion T after office hours and four all the clerks at work were race me [He called them N— foreman started to s. the office and only p blank when forced t manuscripts arrived th but he was so enrage. race man in an officia he imagined the p blurred and the envei steamed open. However, of the contents of the lett "Some months ago it wn of the editor to be at th when some inspectors sho bushel baskets of torn m cheeks, drafts, etc." Thes were gilled by members o t. shi. He post. help. ages. have to any, sa T. and press is far pace trial. The the race der the these sistant riers. mall in oe of 4544 returned from they had a fich, Feb. 27, sleeping car South Shore ng for a two il witness the 1 Washington Industrial As- Employes will meeting at Johnson state street, March 14, u 11:00 a.m. to 2 p.m. This is for the employees that have time in the day than they do at it. It is also extended to alb rail-men. Come out and hear the idling of the last meeting. we have rolled 100 members. Officers: sident, R. J. Holloway; 1st viceident, R. Delaney; 2d vice preset, P. M. Miller; 3d vice president, Wright, treasurer, E. D. Lens secretary, C. H. Hunster, 5917 p street. Englewood Lyceum at Hope Christian Church meets every Friding at 8 p.m. It is full of here are interesting discuss the topics of the day and immunity life. The executive has prepared a splendid r. Easter Sunday and some literary lights of Chicago gate. W. Johnson will speak at a Literary, Sunday, March 1m. Subject, "Immigration Negro." ROUND THE WORLD. Doings from Many Points benefit of Hasty Readers. IND, IND.—Several leaders have formed a stock start a grocer. The commercialized at $1,000. A. The Atlanta Mu-Company is re-28,096.54, with annual income race daily has e. It is named and is edited publisher, Ed. the People's Company, case of $21, last year and stock. the Eldora- ny of this the $7,000 nide plant. neern selling members of the ward of Com- s of Pythias ey Pittman, the James town building, to draw, plans for a $150,000 temple, to be built here. MEET TO PROTEST AGAINST JIM CROW CAR A Number of Prominent Citie Meet to Discuss Vital issues. Col. W. R. Cowan, R. S. Abbott, editor of the Chicago Defender; Major Franklin A. Dennison, Assis- tant in Counsel; S. A. T. G. Horton, Aderson G. Herbert A. Austin city Attorney; Louis B. Dr. Chas. E. Bentley committee of prominent met at the City-Club, mouth court, Thursday confer with the National for the Advancement of people with reference to the h of the "Jim Crow" spirit and throughout the eting was the outcome of at the Appomattox Club Sat- ing, at which Col. Jno. R. presided. Among the speak- rof. Wm. Emanuel and Dr. Bentley. in ma is man of an old we Those Used in Affixing Signatures to Peace Treaties Command a Big Price From Collectors. The pens with which peace treaties are signed invariably fetch high prices, if they happen to find their way into the market, and there are many people who would be willing to draw a check for $1,000 or more for the pen which will be used to sign the treaty of peace between the Balkan states and Turkey. It is interesting to know that when it became public property that peace had been proclaimed between Russia and Japan pen manufacturers in all parts of the world sent supplies of their pens to those engaged in drawing up the treaty, hoping that the document would be completed by the agency of their wares. In order to avoid any unfair discrimination between the penmakers it was eventually decided to use quill pens for the signing of the treaty. It was a quill pen that was used by the Spanish commissioners when they put their signatures to the treaty of peace drawn up after hostilities had ceased between this country and Spain. This particular pen, by the way, sold for $125 some time afterward. The pen used by the plenipotentiaries in signing the memorable treaty of Paris fell into the hands of the Empress Eugenie. Apart from its historical interest, this pen is of considerable value, for it is mounted in solid gold and encrusted with diamonds. The English home secretary occasionally receives an application from a relic hunter for the pen with which he has signed the actual order of a reprieve. When Viscount Llandaff was home secretary, during the reign of the late Queen Victoria, he received several hundred such applications. Queen Victoria always retained possession of the pens that were used to set aside death sentences. One of these pens which was studded with jewels and worth several pounds, was presented by her majesty to Mme. Albani, the vocalist. Mme.Patti received a "reprieve pen" from ex-Queen Isabella of Spain, and for many years the diva carried it with her wherever she went. Pens which have been used by famous authors often fetch high prices when put up for sale by auction. Charles Dickens used a quill pen to write part of "Hard Times," "Little Dorritt" and "Bleak House" at the Villa Les Montineaux, and this was sold some time ago, for $17.50. Europe's Smallest State. The contenary of the Napoleonic wars calls attention to the existence of the smallest state in Europe, the autonomous republic of Moresnet, on the boundary between Germany and Belgium. Moresnet has an area of barely one and one-quarter square miles, and a population of 3,500. A boundary commission settling the frontiers after the fall of Napoleon in 1814 was unable to agree upon the ownership of this tiny piece of land, and finally left the question for future settlement. Meanwhile it was to be administered jointly by two states. The joint administration soon resulted in an administration by neither state, and the community became self-governing under the protection of Prussia and Belgium. In 1841 the two guaranteeing countries gave the district its own independent administration. It has no courts, but litigants can choose between the Belgian and Prussian tribunals in beginning litigation, which is subject to the laws neither of Germany nor of Belgium, but of the ancient code Napoleon. On reaching military age, the youth of Moresnet have the choice of serving either Belgium or Germany. Were In the Minority Three or four years ago they had in a small English town some revival meetings. A man walking around the road walked into one of these meetings without knowing in the least what it was. He saw a man preaching on the platform, sat down; not liking the people on either side of him, he went to sleep. While he was asleep the preacher wound up his sermon, saying: "Those who are going to leave their wicked ways and come with me in the paths of righteousness, put up their hands." All the audience put up their hands. "And those who are going to keep to their wicked ways and go to damnation, put up their hands." The noise woke up the sleeper, and seeing a man with his hand up on the platform, so that he shouldn't be lonely he put up his hand, too, and said: "Lor, guavor, I dunno what we're voting for, but we've lost it." Queen's Pearl Bone Broke The accident which recently befall the pearl necklaces of the queen dowager of Italy, when the string broke and the priceless little spheres were scattered in every direction, recalls a similar mishap to the splendid fivefold rope which used to adorn the neck of Queen Alexandra on certain state occasions, the Pall Mall Gazette remarks. On stepping into the gilded coach on her way to a state opening of parliament in the last reign her necklace caught in the ornate door handle and the pearls fell in a shower and rolled from the crimson carpet onto the muddy ground. "Why don't you want to let me hold your hand?" "What good would it do you to hold my hand?" "It would make me glad and give me courage, perhaps, to—to say something that I—that I—er—" "There, please hold both of my ds." ty—Isn't it a most fortunate? hel—What? kitty—That people can't read the ases that have been printed upon a tirl's lips—St. Louis Post-Dispatch. WHEN THE MIND FAILS MAN WHO SUFFERED CALLS ATTENTION TO WRONG METHODS. Prevailing Attitude Toward Insanity Ridiculous, If Not Disgusting, He Declares—Mental . Disorders Should Be Looked To. "In every line of mental research it is admitted that prevention is more important than cure—with the exception of mental diseases," says Clifford Whittingham Beers, who created a sensation a few years ago when, under the title A Mind That Found Itself, he published a record of his years of insanity and of his awakening from mental death. "Our scientific attitude toward diseases of the mind is truly amazing. We consider them as something unavoidable. We watch stupidly the disease running its course from a slight disturbance of mental processes until the first violent manifestations of insanity. "If a man presents the slightest symptoms of pneumonia or even measles he receives immediate treatment of some kind. On the other hand, a patient who is suffering from disease of the mind, the most threatening calamity of life, must be so far advanced in the disease and so disordered in action or in speech as to satisfy a lay tribunal of the necessity of justification of the forcible deprivation of his liberty, must be told that he is 'insane,' must be 'adjudged insane' and 'committed' by a court to an institution for the insane before he can receive the treatment best adapted to the restoration of his health. "The public should be convinced that insanity is a disease like any other disease; people must be taught to seek intelligent advice promptly whenever something 'seems to be the matter with their nerves.' instead of concealing their fears for mere shame." "Had I, for instance, at the age of eighteen, when I began to worry myself into a state of depression, had access to advice and information, and had I, as a result of an established and widespread interest in mental hygiene, sought such advice as a matter of course, as persons threatened with tuberculosis now seek the help and advice they need, I am confident that I should not have suffered the affliction of mental disorder. Though I took medicine for 'nerves', I did not find the remedy I needed, which was a verbal corrective for thought and fears which were to prove my temporary undoing. "It may take some time before a sick man is no more ashamed of calling on a physician for incipient insanity than for a cold in his head, but let us hope that time will arrive eventually. A campaign of education is sorely needed to dispel the superstitions still prevalent in the public mind as to the cause of insanity." About Bagpipes. The Bulgarian delegates would have been interested if they had heard before leaving that the Prince of Wales was learning the bagpipes. For the pipes are the Bulgarian national instrument, as Sir Charles Ellot shows by a striking illustration. Until later, at any rate, the servants who waited at the porte on the grand vizier were mutes, though not, as in former times, persons specially mutilated, but children born deaf and dumb. They used a language of signs, with a special gesture to describe the representative of each nation. To indicate the Bulgarian agent they imitated a man playing on the bagpipes. It was not the Bulgarians who invented the pipes, however. They are among the oldest of musical instruments. An ancient gem shows Apollo with them, and two instruments in the Book of Daniel were almost certainly bagpipes.—London Chronicle. Score One for the Cook. Young housewives obliged to practice strict economy will sympathize with the sad experience of a Washington woman. When her husband returned home one evening he found her dissolved in tears, and careful questioning elicited the reason for her grief. "Dan," said she, "every day this week I have stopped to look at a perfect love of a hat in Mme. Louise's window. Such a hat, Dan, such a beautiful hat! But the price—well, I wanted it the worst way, but just couldn't afford to buy it." "Well, dear," began the husband recklessly, "we might manage to——" "Thank you, Dan," interrupted the wife, "but there isn't any 'might' about it. I paid the cook this noon, and what do you think? She marched right down herself and bought that hat!"—Lippincott's. Export by Express. As the bulk of exports of American manufacture to Europe is shipped in vessels devoted primarily to the transportation of merchandise, it is the common idea that the great liners have little or no cargo space by reason of their extensive engine requirements and the amount of coal necessary for express speed. As a matter of fact, however, some of these great liners transport a great diversity of American manufactures. For example, La France, flying between Havre and New York, and making the trip each way in six days, carries a crew of 632, and has accommodations for 2,052 passengers, and still has a capacity of 6,000 tons. On a recent eastward voyage she carried 2,578 cases, 680 bales and 390 other packages of American products. Left the Dean Chuckling The dean of the law department was very busy and rather cross. The telephone rang. "Well, what is it?" he snapped. "Is that the city gas works?" said a woman's soft voice. "No, madam," roared the dean; "this is the University Law Department." "Ah," she answered, in the sweetest of tones, "I didn't miss it so far, after all, did I?" And the weary dean chuckled all afternoon. THE CHICAGO DEFENDER ORE TRAMPLED INTO PUDDLES Economical, Though Somewhat Primitive Methods Used at Many Mines Throughout Mexico. It was at Pachuca, Mexico, that the patio system of separating silver had its origin. This system is still followed extensively at the silver mines throughout Mexico. The ore is crushed and worked down to a state of puddle. It is then spread out to a depth of two or three feet over the paved floor of the courtyard, or patio. To this mass sulphate of copper is added in powder, about fifteen pounds of sulphate to three thousand pounds of puddle. This is trodden in the puddle by horses. Several gangs of old, worn-out horses or mules, about twelve in a gang, are seen in various parts of the patio, being driven round in circles to tread in the sulphate. On the next day six per cent. of common salt is added and in two more days one hundred per cent. of pure quicksilver, or as much as the assay of the ore shows is required. This mass is then trodden up by horses for fifteen days. It is then wheeled to a large tank through which passes a rapid stream of water. This washes away the clay, leaving the silver and quicksilver. This residuum is poured into cone-shaped canves bags through which most of the quicksilver runs out, and what remains with the silver is passed off with the vapor by means of heated retorts. None of the quicksilver is lost, and even the vapor is brought by cold water to its original state and used again and again. The quicksilver soon rots the hoofs of the horses and the mules, but the Mexicans themselves do not seem to be much the worse for it even though they wade around in the puddle for days at a time.—Harper's Weekly. Can't Beat the Smokers Local tailors are receiving orders from their customers that at least one asbestos pocket be placed in every suit and every overcoat they make, as a result of the new "no smoking" rule of the Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company. A widely known Walnut street tailor placed a large order for asbestos today, and when asked if he had been employed to make an asbestos suit he explained: "Why, some of my customers are bringing back their overcoats to have the asbestos pocket fixed. They want the pocket as a saving in cigar bills. "There is no danger to the clothes, as there is a little flap on the asbestos pocket that makes it partially airtight, and the cigar, without air, goes out almost as soon as it is placed in the pocket. It smokes very little, and there is no danger that the conductor will attempt to put off the passenger with the asbestos pocket." The tailor he got he got the idea of the asbestos pocket from a wealthy business man who pays 60 cents apiece for his cigars, and objects to throwing away 45 cents' worth because the traction company says he must.-Philadelphia Correspondence New York Tribune. Apple Tree Holds Record Apple Tree Holes Reedb. An apple tree growing in the Walla Walla Valley, Washington, holds the fruit-yield record. It produced nearly 200 bushels of apples last season, thus breaking its own record of 125½ boxes in 1907, the highest production, we are assured, from a single tree known anywhere in the world. This tree bore 70 boxes in 1906, 42 boxes in 1908 and 45 boxes in 1909. More than 500 barrels of fruit have been picked from it since it came into bearing in the spring of 1871. The tree was grown without irrigation from a seedling planted in 1866. It is forty-two feet in height and its branches spread fifty-seven feet from tip to tip. The trunk is seven feet in circumference at the base and measures six feet six inches just below the first limb, which is four feet from the ground and measures four feet seven inches. The tree is sound and healthy despite the fact that it has produced fruit every season for nearly forty years—New York Press. Letters of Two Kings Found It is said that a most curious discovery has been made at Apsley house, Hyde Park Corner, the town house of the Dukes of Wellington. In the cellars there has been found all the private and state correspondence of George III and George IV. These documents, covering a vital period of over 60 years, must include Napoleonic references of great interest. The letters, etc., have been removed to Windsor, and are now being sorted by the king's librarian. According to one of these documents the Iron Duke's name was never Wellesley. The family name was Colley, and his grandfather was adopted by an Irishman named Wellesley. --- In proportion to their size, ostriches are not long-lived birds, and even under the most favorable conditions it is seldom that individuals reach the age of from thirty to forty years, an age frequently exceeded by crows, cranes, parrots, and birds of prey. The source of weakness in their constitutions appears to be the digestive system. The proverbial phrase "digestion of an ostrich" is a popular misinterpretation of the observation that these birds, like many others, pick up stones, coins, keys and other miscellaneous hard objects, which are retained in the gizzard and no doubt assist in the trituration of food. Sure of a Job. It was a new kind of recommendation for a servant, but very effective. The old employer said nothing about her accomplishments as cook, waitress, laundress or chambermaid. What she wrote was: "She is as strong as a man and twice as brave. Three times while in our employ she captured burglaries single-handed, and held them until the police arrived, and saved hundreds of dollars' worth of silver and jewelry." All the manager of the employment agency had to do when that girl needed a situation was to read that letter loud and there ensued a wild scramble among his customers for the strong-fisted maid. CHEVIEU ITRICIR It's a pomade that straightens hair permanently without the use of iron. A necessity with men as it straightens the short hair as long. Use as directed and it will give entire satisfaction. Price $1.00 per jar. Liberal percentage to agents. Address MRS. R. A. HATTON 3405 Vernon Ave., 1st Flat Chicago, Ill. Tol. Harrison 5153 Tet. Harrison 5153 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 Advertise IF YOU Wanta Cook Wanta a Clerk Wanta a Partner Wanta a Situation Wanta a Servant Girl Want to Sell a Piano Want to Sell a Carriage Want to Sell TownProperty Want to Sell Your Groceries Want to Sell Your Hardware Want Customers for Anything Advertise Weekly in This Paper. Advertising Is the Way to Success Advertising Brings Customers Advertising Keeps Customers Advertising Insures Success Advertising Shows Energy Advertising Shows Pluck Advertising Is "Biz" Advertise or Bust Advertise Long Advertise Well ADVERTISE At Once In This Paper A MISS JUANITA TOLIVER. PORO Hair Grower 50c a Box, 10c extra out of city Treatment $1.00 3420 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 2489 Madeline R. McFarland FINE MILLINERY Feathers Cleaned, Dyed and Curled HATS BLOCKED 4746 State St. CHICAGO Common, by Any Name. What the English people call conceit the French call self-love. The name does not make much difference, but the thing is exceedingly common in the minds of the human race. 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. Phone Douglas 361 Hotel Pulln 3639, 3641, 3643 S. St Finest and largest colored hotel in America. First-class for married and single people. Everything new and up Rooms, by day, 50c, 75c and $1.0 By Week, $2.00 and up J. A. JONES, Prop. . . . . Europe Worthington's Arts Phone Kenwood 3531 A woman stands in front of a wall adorned with a collection of plates and paintings. She is reaching up to touch one of the plates, which features a portrait of a man. The table in front of her is covered with various art supplies, including paint tubes, brushes, and a palette. The wall behind her is decorated with framed artworks, including a painting of a woman and a portrait of a man. MISS ETHEL WORTHINGTON, Manager Lessons given in hand painted China, a specialty in Fruit, Landscape and Figured Work. Special attention given b We carry a complete line of China for sale, suitable pre weddings, birthdays and card parties. Firing a specialty 5344 Dearborn Street Chicago, 36th St. N. 15 W. 36th Opposite Prov Deal Daily and W Cigars and Ice Cream and C the C Mrs. Lulu Phone Douglas 2134 EDWARD ICE CREAM PHONE DO Milk, Cream, Stationery, Co Newspapers, Bread, Cakes a We give Fish and Weber Sta and Sodas. A First-Class L EDWARD FELIX :: Mrs. Edw. Felix's Stands open for all kinds ment, Hair Goods to order hands and nails. A comp Tel. Douglas 2928 General M to all pa Learn to Waltz, two-step, and all kin No student a failure. PROF. J. H Stud for: 3614 S. 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We give Fish and Weber Stamps with Groceries, Ice Cream and Sodas. A First-Class Laundry Agency in Connection, Learn to Dance Waltz, two-step, and all kinds of fancy dancing taught. No student a failure. 25, 35 and 50 cents per lesson. Nature's Method or Protection. There have been brought to light an astonishing number of forms of fish, and especially of prawns of a brilliantly red color, living in the ocean at a depth of 3,000 feet. But, astonishing as it may seem, these brilliantly colored fish and prawns, instead of being conspicuous in the water at that depth, are nearly invisible, when almost any other color could be easily seen. Benevolent Old Lady (to Weary Willie, whom she finds resting in the shade of a telephone pole)—"Alas, my poor wayfarer, traveling through this vale of tears! What has caused you to become discouraged and abandon the race so early in life?" Weary Willie—"Tire trouble, lady." Friendship is the gift of the gods, and the most precious gift to man. Disraeli. "When I asked that lady to gimma a little dinner, she set the dorg on me." "Well, a feller as sensitive as what you are oughter have a social secretary to act as a sort of buffer." —Exchange. Lady Solicitors Neat appearance, to introduce a feminine necessity, no experience necessary. A money maker. Address Howard, Chandler & Co. 6434 Vincennes Ave. --- Congenital. Of Course. Motion St. St., Chicago President Hospital ing in Weekly Papers L. Tobaccos andies, specialty to children B. Taylor Automatic 72-993 O FELIX M PARLOR GLAS 2928 fectionery, Tobacco, Cigars, and Pies. Before buying C Me. Cups with Groceries, Ice Cream dry Agency in Connection. 52 W. 30th ST. Hairdressing Parlor Hairdressing, Scalp Treat- Special care taken of the ete line of toilet articles. Mail Order Business of the country. 52 W. 30th St. Do Dance of fancy dancing taught. 35 and 50 cents per lesson. WEAVER Hours: 7:30 to 10:30P. M. THE CHICAGO DEFENDER THE CHICAGO DEFENDER South Side News Dealers To Be Supplied Friday Nights. Owing to the increasing demand for The Chicago Defender, news dealers on the South Side will be supplied every Friday night, commencing this week, the delivery will be by our own wagons. Heretofore the delivery has been by mail but many of the bundles being so large that this change was made. The wagon service will be extended to the North and West Sides by the next issue. Look for the Chicago Defender wagons. Method of Softening Gold. Pure gold may be softened by keeping it at the boiling temperature of water for four days. What You Want How You Want It When You Want It For anything in the line of printing come to us and we'll guar- antee you satisfactory work at prices that are right 1 City Churches INSTITUTIONAL CHURCH. Rev. Geo. W. Slater of Clinton, Iowa, reached a deeply spiritual and highly living sermon Sunday morning upon a theme, "The New Social Conference." His text was, "Seek ye first Kingdom of God and His right business," etc. His argument was clear and convincing and his delivery such as carried every word home to the hearts of his hearers. The Sunday school is showing increased interest and attendance. Mr. I. N. Dunlap and Mrs. Ida Beecher Stovall are now giving us the very best choir that the Institutional Church has ever had. They are making special preparation for Easter and are going to favor us with rare treats. Bishop B. F. Lee will deliver the Easter morning sermon and the choir will render an Easter cantata at night. Our pastor, as usual, preached a strong and helpful sermon Sunday evening on "The Growth of the Seed." FREDERICK DOUGLASS CENTER. Sunday afternoon, March 9, at 4 o'clock, there will be a musical recital in charge of Miss Jennie F. W. Johnson of the American Conservatory of Muscle, Mr. Hilbert Stewart and Mr.ugh Buchanan, Mrs. C. P. Woolley spent Sunday in Washington, D.C., remaining until after the 4th. From there she will visit Hampton, returning home the first of next week. Mrs. Buchanan will attend the Moth Club Tuesday evening at 8 o'clock with a well-prepared program of practical talks, followed by general discussion. The Center Woman's Club met Tuesday afternoon, reporting the bazaar of last week with good success. Our president, Mrs. Eva Jenifer, was reelected chairman of the Executive Board in the City Federation of Clubs Monday. Miss Ellen Snyder, teacher of sewing class, is preparing for an annual meeting this week, as well as a final meeting in May. So beautiful is work some of the club women are doing special lessons for their own some interest. WALTERS A. M. E. ZION CHURCH. Despite the severe cold of last Sunday our services were well attended. There were two conversions at the evening service. The offerings exceeded $60. A goodly number of our members with the pastor attended the sacramental service at St. Mark's M. E. Church in the afternoon. The funeral of Rev. Amos Howard, who was a member of the Missouri A. M. E. Zion Annual Conference, was held at our church on Monday, March 3. Rev. Howard was an old and respected citizen of Chicago, at one time a member of Bethel A. M. E. Church. After transferring his membership to the A. M. E. Zion he entered the ministry and was ordained by Bishop Alexander Walters. For a number of years Rev. Howard did effective work in Chicago and at other points. He received his last appointment from the last annual session of the Missouri Conference, but his health failed him and he was unable to fill his appointment. There were present at the funeral service Rev. James Higgins and Rev. T. L. Scott. Dr. Callis accompanied the remains to Lincoln cemetery, where the interment took place. Sunday will be our third quarterly meeting. The presiding elder, Rev. R. P. Christian, will preach in the morning. Rev. T. L. Scott of St. Paul C. M. E. Church will preach the sacramental sermon at 3 o'clock. The pastor will preach in the evening. The No. 2 Stewardess Board will serve dinner all day. An old-fashioned love feast will be held on Monday evening. The Board of Stewards have requested Carr to repeat "The Millionaire Wedding," which she has-consented to on April 10. The Woman's Home and Foreign Missionary Society were delightfully entertained by Mrs. Anna Lake at her cozy home, 6408 Evans avenue, Wednesday-evening, Feb. 26. The church reception and salad supper to be tendered Bishop G. L. Blackwell on Easter Monday by a large committee of ladies bids fair to be of a high social order. GRACE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. Two members were acknowledged publicly at the communion service last Sunday morning. There were sixteen children and young people who signed the cards last Sunday, which was Decision day in the Sunday school. The subject of the stereoicon lecture at the evening service was "Pilgrim's Progress." There will also be pictures next Sunday evening, the subject to be announced later. The recital by the pupils of Professors Lee and — took place last Friday evening. Details later. Morning service, 10:45 a.m.; Sunday school, 12:30; Christian Endeavor, 6 p.m.; evening service, 7:45 p.m.; Teacher Training Class, Wednesday, 7:30; midweek prayer meeting, 8:00. QUINN CHAPEL A. M. E. CHURCH. Despite the intense cold weather a large congregation was present and listened to a strong, practical sermon from the pastor from the subject, "The Saint's Inheritance." The music by the choir was unusually good. The Sunday school is preparing a most interesting program for Easter. The superintendent, Mr. Fisher, has organized a Sunday school choir to render any choice selections on Easter. The Christian Endeavor is growing more mature, and R.B. the enthusiastic president, is life in the work. --- ST. JOHN'S A. M. E. CHURCH, Rev, R. E. Wilson, D. D., Pastor. Sunday morning service, 10:45; Sunday school, 1:15 p. m.; Intermediate C. E. prayer meeting, 6 p. m.; Senior C. E. prayer meeting, 7 p. m.; evening service, 8 p. m. To all of these services you are most cordially invited. Is there anything more unpleasant or heavier upon the heart than the thought that you were not welcome; that your presence was not altogether needed? Quite often, perhaps, have you experienced this most unpleasant circumstance and have been forced to entertain a like thought by reason of the cold-heartedness and indifference which seemed to characterize those in whose presence you have chanced to be. While this is of common occurrence upon the public thoroughfares of life if you are also to our deep regret and misfortune, found lurking about some of our churches. Is it not true that we have let many valuable opportunities go by, in the way of shaking the hand and learning the names of strangers who visit our churches from time to time? Do we not elbow, as it were, these anxious hearts as they go about daily, seeking a welcome? What can we say in defense of this, the most important step toward winning souls for the Kingdom of God? Come, let us not be slothful and negligent in the performance of this most honorable duty. For this is one of the surest and quickest ways of winning souls to Christ, and our success depends largely upon the interest shown and the warmth of the spirit of brotherly love with which we surround them. Of this St. John made a practice, and a cocker now is she under the leadership of our pastor, and we aid in soul-winning, to let not one come within our doors or depart without making them feel deep down in their hearts that they were made welcome. Even more than this shall they receive. For a red-hot service is guaranteed everyone who attends this lovely church. On account of last Sunday being the first Sunday in the month, the pastor did not deliver the usual morning sermon, but in lieu of same delivered the second of his series of lectures which he intends delivering on every first Sunday of the month upon the rules of discipline, regarding "Reasons Why We are Methodists." So explicit was the pastor in his interpretations of the three reasons which he took as his reasons for their learners been reviewed at the conclusion of his discourse, the majority, if not all, would have been able to answer fully and intelligently every question asked. Every missapprehension was removed and all departed feeling highly edified and well paid for their coming out. The evening service was entered with great vigor and enthusiasm and copious were the blessings that followed. Such sermons as Dr. Wilson has been preaching lately should be kept ringing in the ears of our people. And the one delivered at this evening service was indeed timely and beyond a doubt most needful. Dr. Wilson took as his text these words, which are found in the book of Ezekiel, the 18th chapter and the latter clause of the 21st verse, which reads as follows: "Why will you die?" This question was not seriously directed to his hearers, among whom were many young men and women. And for these his heart went out, for he felt that amongst this number were who could not give the real answer to this question. And, after having plainly set forth in a scholarly manner the cause of death and the dangers in breaking the laws of nature, he said in part: "I have visited the many ecoleary institutions for the sick in this and other cities, and have found men, women and children lying upon their beds of affliction, the largest per cent of which have broken nature's laws. How disgusting it is," said he, "to see some young men and women who have had a smatter of a high school education; some a college, some a university and some an academic training, who go about structuring, thinking themselves too big to bow down and accept such a thing as the religion of the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. There is not a man living," said he, "who believes in higher education and culture more than I do. I stand for it. But in the face of it all I feel my nothingness and must bow before the lowly Nazarene if I would escape eternal death." This question he urged upon his young hearers to consider. "Why let the world lead you into death, when you can have eternal life in Him who gave Himself a ransom for you, who did for you die?" The Bible Class received first banner last Sunday and the young ladies of Senior A class the second. All of the classes are making great preparations for Easter. The usual interest and enthusiasm was manifested throughout the entire Sunday school session. The Intermediates were led by their president last Sunday, and of the large number present nearly everyone took an active part. The social committee helped social services to give in a week or so. Mrs. Varfield is proving a very helpful superintendent and is always found at her post. Englewood will be in a constant stir from now until May 20. Why? Because St. John has a rally on and everybody knows it and everybody is going to stir around and help. Entertainments and socials of every kind will be given soon. Even Mrs. Warfield of the Ottumwa, Ia., church will be at St. John March 20 with a grand entertainment. The admission will be ten cents. Everybody ought to help one come so far. A troubling preacher, was seen handling refreshments at the Dunbar Lyeum at St. John last Monday evening, March 3, for the benefit of her church. This mock conference which is to be held on the evenings of the 19th and 20th of May promises to be real interesting. Sixteen hundred dollars will be reported. Oh, it will be reported, for Dr. Wilson said last Sunday that the preachers who do not make good will be hung out to dry by this conference, the same as they are by the annual conference. So to avoid the cool breezes all are sure that each pastor will make good. A bazaar and apron sale will be given by the "Pastor's Aid" at the church Monday and Tuesday evenings, March 17 and 18. Admission free. The Fannie E. Wilson Matroons' Improvement Club. The Fannie E. Wilson Matrons' Improvement Club met on last Friday, Feb. 28, at the residence of Mrs. Addie Duncan, 6144 Carpenter street. The meeting was a very pleasant one. The embroidery class, under the instruction of their able teacher, Mrs. P. Campbell, has started some beautiful work. We hope to have more members of the class in china painting present at our next meeting. The president has announced a call meeting for all members for next Friday afternoon at 1:30 at the residence of Mrs. Addie Duncan, 6144 Carpenter street. We sincerely trust all the members will be present.-Mrs. Jos. Dunn, President; Mrs. Fannie E. Wilson, Directress. LINCOLN MEMORIAL CONGREATIONAL CHURCH. Riches Do Not Make a Man a Devil, Nor Poverty an Angel—It is Easy to Accuse, but Accusation is Not Always Reliable—What Is Said of Washington and Du Bois—Unity of Action and Interest is Demanded of the American Negro in Every Field of Endeavor—The New Lincoln Memorial to Come If—What? "No one can doubt that UNITY, if not the most, is certainly one of the most essential elements or virtues required in order to crown the efforts of the social group with the greatest success. Such were the opening words of the stilting Sunday column of dress last Sabath. Continuing in part, a thought here and there, his subject being "Christian Unity," he said: "On last Sunday we discussed briefly this same general theme, emphasizing then the importance of co-operative effort, concerted action. May we not continue that thought this morning? REV. EUGENE LAWRENCE. "The great Master Teacher gave expression to this general principle almost two thousand years ago when He said: 'A house divided against itself cannot stand.' "The fundamental difference between the conscientious man, or the man of unreliability, is that the one is constantly finding occasion to rebuke and reprove himself, while the other goes on apparently little concerned about what he has said or done. "Three weeks ago I incidentally toched upon the difference in thought and the individual individual of today and the individual of our countries ago. With the primitive man the ods and means for procuring a livelihood were simple and crude, according to the type of mind. "During this period the progress of man's development was very slow. It was not until the social instincts began to be cultivated that he began to make any marked gains. Man then gave up the solitary life for the group life. But no sooner had he entered into these new relations than he found that in order to make a good and desirable member of that group life he had to take into account the fact that some members of the group would not think and feel as did he. And we can at once understand how this mode of life would naturally call for a higher type of man. "If in this particular we would profit from a few examples of men whom we are wont to call worldly we would be the better Christians for it. Let us take for a simple and concrete example the construction and operation of the electric and steam car lines which form a network across this city; suppose you, that the construction and present operation could ever have been anything more than a dream unless the few who first conceived the idea had had the patience and the genius to get others to work? As we go downtown and look at the great department stores, the amount of businesses carried on in them, and the facility with which is conducted, we must admit that the men who are operating these firms have at their virtues worthy of our imitation. Richer does not always make men devil, nor poverty prove them angels. These men have learned how to do things together. "One of the most unfortunate, yet I think just, criticisms that is made against us as a race is the fact that we have not yet learned how to do things together. And, say what we please, there is a difference between the black and white man as known in America; and I believe that one of the chief differences is the white man has learned the value and importance of co-operative effort and the black man has not. "The plan of Jesus, as seen from His life and teachings, was that there should be a group of individuals who co-operative effort, unity of activity, and establish that kingdom whose laws should be love and justice. We have often been made to feel very little when we have been reproached with the fact of our inability, as a race, to do things together, even in matters of religion. "The true test of Christian character is not how well and effectively one can work to himself, nor yet how congenial and agreeable he may be as a member of his immediate family circle (though as a rule this is a very good test), but rather what is his ability to fit in and do the work, pulling with THE CHICAGO DEFENDER. others, of the Christian community and church? "Neither as individuals nor as a race are we prepared to go forward in any substantial way until we have learned this lesson. "There are some people who are saints in the public demons at home; there are others who are considerate and forgiving at home, but are not even tolerant with the weaknesses and shortcomings of those who are not so closely related to them. "The age and spirit of fighting preachers and quarrelling and dissenting members has passed, and Christ calls for unity and love in His Christian service. "We are all acquainted with the life and labors of Paul, the apostle to the Gentle world, and we can imagine about how much of his task would have been accomplished if he had said: 'Well, I will serve as long as no one differs from me, or opposes my plans; or I will serve as long as everything goes smoothly.' But we need not go so far back as that for an example. Let us take two men of our own race and time, men whose theories of racial development differ quite widely—BOOKER T. WASHINGTON and PROFESSOR DU BOIS. Both have been bitterly assailed and criticised from almost every point of view. The one has been accused of insincerity, and betrayal of his people; the other, of extreme radicalism, jealousy, selfishness and pride; but they both have gone on their way, loving and serving, in a larger and more effective manner, than any of their accusers. But we cannot all be a Booker T. Washington nor a Professor Du Bois, but from these lives of greater patience, tact, skill and energy we may get a lesson of devotion to man and to god. "As a community church, it is our hope that we shall have scouted somewhere in the immediate vicinity a well-equipped, up-to-date church building, with a library, reading room, indoor and outdoor sports for the young people, lecture rooms for miscellaneous purposes, Sunday school rooms and a main auditorium devoted exclusively for religious purposes. The people who have or can get the money say we can have it, BUT THEY ARE NOT GOING TO TRUST THEIR MONEY IN THE HANDS OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE GOTN BENEFICED HOW TO GOVERN AND BE GOVERNED WHY HAVE NOT LEARNED HOW TO WORK TOGETHER. Now, if these individuals of another race are willing to do this for us, are not we willing to lose sight of any petty differences and work together for the common good of the community and race? If not, we show ourselves the inferior of the other races among whom we live. We can do it, but there MUST BE UNITY." WAYMAN CHAPEL A. M. E. CHURCH. The pastor will preach at 1 a.m. on Sunday. Sunday night will be given the illustrated sermon on three great women of the Bible; "Three Points in the Star—Easher, Ruth, Ada." A lesson for all ages, all kingdoms, all nations. Some views illustrating traits in the life and character of the three great women and how these truths may be applied to human character today. Among the scenes will be Esther's choice, test, victory, detention, and triumph; Ruth's decision, her city, gleaning in the field, harvest reunion, etc.; Ada's lamentation, farewell, and sacrifice. All through the service will be given illustrated songs, etc. These illustrated sermons are all educational and inspirational. Great preparations are being made for Easter and especially for Palm Sunday, both morning and evening services. The first Sunday in April will be given at the evening services a special service with the secret orders. St. Mark's M. E. Church. 50th St. near Wabash Ave. Rev. J. W. Robinson, pastor. Last Sunday was a great day in Zion. Dr. R. Bryant preached both morning and the communion sermons. They were soul inspiring sermons. Dr. Causey, Charles Scott, Higgins and Carroll their congregations worshipped with us at our communion service. The pastor preached a great and helpful sermon in the evening. One conversion, three to join. Sunday School was well attended. Mr. R. A. Crolley was re-elected Superintendent. The devotional services of Epworth League were led by Dr. W. E. White. The topic was ally discussed by him. Everyone enjoyed it so much. The pastor will preach all day next Sunday. Come and worship with us. Our pastor has only three more Sundays before going to conference. Don't miss the Lyceum. A splendid program. Devotional led by Mr. W. H. Higgins; topic, "The Nature of the kingdom." Concert by Fowler M. E. Church choir Thursday, the 12th Musical, Monday, the 17th. Mrs. Beesley Rill will read. Don't fail to hear her. Mrs. Madgle Lewis has gone. Passed from labor to reward. Mr. Wilson still remains sick. Petronia Green is on the sick list. Mrs. Rosie Scaffer very ill yet. Mrs. K. B. Gamer is still poorly. THE Y. M. C. A. HEADQUARTERS The Latest News of the Work in This City—Items of Interest—Speakers. Mr. W. N. Norcott, Metropolitan Secretary Railway Department Y. M. C. A. of Chicago, was the speaker at the Wabash Avenue Department meeting held at the Odd Fellows hall last Sunday. Mr. Norcott delivered a very interesting and instructive lecture from the famous book, "Story of the Worst Man," by The Worst Man. The book is illustrated by sleeper-option glides. The scenes and lecture dealt with another wise man who was looking for the Messiah after a revelation came to him in the eastern country that the Messiah would come. In his quest for Him in the holy country he saved the life of the holy child, administered to the poor, distressed and persecuted. --- so. While dying he received the apprehension of the risen Christ for administering to Him while on earth, with the words: "Inasmuch as you have done it to the least of these my brethren you have done it unto Me." The lecture closed with an illustrated song, "Jesus, Lover of My Soul." The Wabash Avenue quartet will sing at the Epworth League meeting and the evening services of the Garfield Boulevard Methodist Church on next Sunday evening. Mr. Thos. P. Pearman, Secretary of the Pennsylvania Railway Y. M. C. A., will speak of the work of the Freedman's Aid Society and will also make an appeal for the Wabash Avenue Y. M. C. A. The Wabash Avenue Department Y. M. C. A. will hold a series of three lectures on "How We Got the Bible" at their Sunday meetings to be held at the Old Fellows' hall Sundays, March 9, 16 and 23, at 4 p. m. The lectures will be illustrated with stereoicon slides. They treat of the production, preservation, discovery and present deposits of important manuscripts. The needs and benefits of the Gospel are presented with tremendous power. All men are invited to attend these meetings. THE NEAR EASTERN QUESTION. By Elder W. D. Forde. We have now reached a most important point, in the History of the Eastern Question which brings us up to that period of the waning of the Saracens, the origin and rapid growth of the Turks and the fall of Constantinople into the possession of a people of Tartar origin. The Arabs, after their conquest of Persia, had spread their faith among the Turanian tribes of Central Asia. Among those who adopted the religion of Mahomet were the Turks who are descendants of those tribes of barbarians who inhabited the wide tract of country to the east of the Caspian Sea. These people received from the ancients the general name of Seythians, but are known to Europenus as Tartars. The word Turk signifies a man of military habits, the name being given, according to Goodrich, to distinguish the Tartars of warlike habits from those devoted to civil pursuits. This appellation came about in the following manner: About the middle of the seventh century when the Saracens were in the midst of their victories, civil war broke out among them, which not only created distraction in the empire but also gave rise to factions which divided the Moslems, hitherto united and consolidated, into rival parties, thus weakening their power. As a result of these intestine troubles, four great factions were clamoring from supremacy about the middle of the eighth century, namely, the Abbassides, the Ommiades, the Fatimites and the Edrsides. When we reach the ninth century we find that there was a marked decline of enthusiasm, courage and bodily strength among the subjects of the caliphs. This want was supplied by procuring young slaves from the mountain regions of Caucasus, who were trained in the arts of soldiery and formed into a guard by Motassem, the twenty-seventh caliph. This guard was intrusted with the protection of the palace, and were thus called Turks. The Turks, realizing their power and influence, soon exercised it by creating intestine trouble, even deposing the caliphs at their will, and eventually setting up one of their own body as chief, whom they called Emir al Omara, or chief of chiefs. These distractions reduced the empire of the Saracens to the city of Bagdad. The Seljukian Turks, so named after their chief, Seljuk, hearing of the distracted state of those territories, once united by the one common faith of Islam, invaded the Persian province of Iraq and subdued it in the eleventh century. Bagdad was captured, the caliph Ul Kaim was made prisoner, and all Persia was soon subdued by him. The dominion of the Seljukian Turks extended over Persia, all Asia Minor, Syria and Egypt. The line of Seljukian monarchs in Persia terminated in 1250, and was succeeded by the Ottoman Turks, under which name the Turkish empire is now known. We shall find that through the Turks the creed of Mohammed was spread when the zeal of his own countrymen had waned. In last week's article the Saracens were prophetically introduced under the symbol of locusts in Revelations 9:1-4. The Turks were introduced in Rev. 9:5. A period of five months is here introduced during which time they were to torment, that is, make continuous attacks upon the Greek empire. This period is prophetic time and must therefore be so reckoned. In computing prophetic time a day is reckoned as a year. This is made plain by reference to Exe. 4:6-"And when thou hast accomplished them, lie again on thy right side, and thou shalt bear the iniquity of the house of Judah forty days: I have appointed thee each day for a year." According to this system of computation we are able to understand correctly every prophetic period mentioned in the Bible. In the Bible thirty days are counted to each month. Five months would therefore be thirty times five or one hundred and fifty days, prophetically one hundred and fifty years. This period of torment by the Mohammedans on the Greek empire was to begin from the time they (the Mohammedans) had a king over them, designated in Rev. 9:11, as a destroyer. When did the Mohammedans have a king over them? During the thirteenth century Othman placed himself at the head of the Mohammedan factions and organized them into a strong government. Up to the present time the Turkish empire is called after him, the Ottoman empire. This period must therefore be reckoned from sometime during the thirteenth century. The next question therefore is, what time during the thirteenth century did the Turks commence to torment the Greek empire by constant attacks? Gibbons answers our question. Says he: "It was on the twenty-seventh of July, in the year 1299 of the Christian era, that Othman first, invaded the territory of Nunicomia; and the singular accuracy of the date seems to disclose some foresight of the rapid and destructive growth of the monster." Counting the one hundred and fifty years from this date, 1299, we are brought to the year 1449, when they end. Now history records that during that length of time from 1299 to 1449 the Turks did actually make constant attacks upon the-Greek empire. But in 1449 there came a change when the Grecian empire was voluntarily surrendered into the possession of the Turks. The change is prophetically portrayed in Rev. 9:13-14, in the following language: "the sixth angel sounded, and I heard voice from the four horns of the Golden altar which is before God; "Saying to the sixth angel which had the trumpet, Loose the four angels which are bound in the great river Euphrates." The four angels in the prophecy represent the four principal sultanies which composed the Ottoman empire at that time, located in the region of Euphrates, which were situated at Aleppo,尼康, Damascus, and Bagdad. The prophetic language indicates that whereas the Turks were restrained from actual conquest of the empire for one hundred and fifty years they would be let loose at the end of that period, and this is what did actually take place. In this year, 1449, John Palaeologus, the Greek emperor died, but left no children to succeed him. His brother Constantine was elected by the people to succeed him, but before Constantine would attempt to ascend the throne he dispatched ambassadors to Amurath II, who was sultan of Turkey at that time, asking his consent, and obtained it before he presumed sovereignty. Note this fact: When Constantine, who was elected to the throne of the Grecian empire, had first to gain the consent of the Turkish sultan before executing his office, it was a tacit acknowledgment of the loss of Grecian independence, and submission to the Turkish government. Two years after this Amurath II. died and was succeeded by Mohammed II., who set his heart on making Constantinople the seat of the Turkish government. At this time Adrianople was the capital, having been made the seat of the Turkish empire in 1360. The doomed city was bested on the 6th of April, 1453, and was captured in the same year. Constantinople, which in 1,123 years before was made the seat of the Caesars by Constantine the Great now fell into the hands of the Turks. What would have been the emotions of that monarch had he known that a thousand years later that great city was to pass from the control of a cultured people into the possession of a nation of barbarian origin? Yet 1,557 years ago divine inspiration predicted the event. From 1453 until the present time Constantinople has continued to be the capital of the Turkish empire. HOPE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. Preaching at 11 - m. and 2 p. m. Sabbath school at 12:30. C. e. service, 7 p. m. All are invited to these services. Last-Sunday evening the pastor delivered the second a series of sermons on the subject "Christology." The Unity Club of Hope Church held its weekly meeting at the home of Mrs. Mattie Carroll, 6011 Aad street, Monday evening, March 3. The Englewood Lyceum held an interesting meeting Friday evening, March 7, in Hope Church. An excellent program was rendered and enjoyed by all. Mr. J. M. Brumfield and Mr. E. W. Johnson in joint debate; subject: "Resolved. That women should have the right of suffrage." The C. E. service was led by Miss Grace Montgomery, who read an interesting paper on "The Ideal Christian: His Practical Service." The society is making great progress under the efficient leadership of Mr. James Brumfield. Mrs. E. Brantley gave a poverty social at her home, 6145 Aberdeen street, Thursday evening, March 6, for the benefit of Hope Church, which was a decided success. To Keep Room Fragrant You will find any room delightfully freshened if you will fill a bowl full of boiling water, then pour on the top a few drops of oil of lavender. Leave the bowl in the room for a few minutes. This will be appreciated especially by those whose dining room is near the kitchen. When used just before dinner is served it counteracts kitchen odors. From A Boston biga have practiced tinguished su- fore whom ever he had would take her a grav- and then j generally "My wife an piano" said t piano," said it ear. "If you never went shopping for a piano you'd better get me to tell you how it is done. Anyway, you can't keep me from telling you. "First, you decide that you might just as well quit hoping ever to have enough money to buy a piano, and then you take the bull by the horr and say: 'Oh, well, we'll go in for it. That's the only way some folks will ever have anything, and we happen to be that kind of folks. So here goes. We're sure always to be in debt anyway, and one might as well be hanged for a sheep as a lamb." --- "Then you ask a number of musicians what kind of a piano is best. If you asked only one that would be all right. But you ask several of them, and that way lies madness. Each tells you of one piano that is right. No other one is. Especially the one recommended by the musician you asked yesterday—that one is the last word in superlative worthlessness. "So after you have asked all the musicians you know you are where you began, plus a slight buzzing beneath the hatband. "Then you decide that you'd better pick out a dealer, so you start on the round. "You are received with open arms at each place and each dealer shows you what is without doubt the best piano made. You believe it yourself, when he says it that way. Besides, he shows you an inferior piano that is just as good as the that, carefully! The i just as good as the oth made by the same people. "But you'd be foolish to the cheaper ones. It is forlerr, though it has the saumanship and material and as the other. Don't waste you trying to understand how this it must be. They all tell you. No, some good planes and some poorer ones that are equal to the only they are not. "You tell one dealer that you w player piano. He gets out a sele the 'The Gander's Retreat Floor' pay-ward, or 'Moonlight on the on or 'is descriptive piece called 'G the back Floor'. Just some little Mke that: 'I see in a back, and w is unrolled you 'see something looks like a piece of wrapping p that had been shot at with a m loading army musket used for b shot. Yes, and every shot had stru "The salesman places this embroidery pattern in the figger in front where the cuckoo doors open, and proceeds to wiggle his feet while he mysteriously manipulates some perfectly simple levers under his hand. Then, with writhings of agony, as if his whole soul, were going into his job, he works the thing through. You are thrilled and you firmly believe that is the best plano made. "The next day, or the same day if you stand the strain, you go to other dealer and he does the thing. They all tell you the price line hundred and fifty dollars. You are fortified with it. Smith got two hundred dollars from the list price on his piano and Jones had one practically given to him to keep the other dealers from selling him one. In fact, if one believed that one's friends have said one would be led to think that a piano costs so little to make that it is cheaper to hire one to haul them away and burn them then to pay taxes on them in the storeroom. "One thing you will learn in each place is that the best musician in the city—always a different person, by the way—has just bought a piano of that particular make and recommends it highly to everybody. "I must not neglect to tell you that the salesman finds, just as you are starting to leave, a piano he had forgotten. Just before he rings the bell to send for the elevator that they use to haul passengers on he thinks—with a clap of his hand to his forehead—of a piano that has just come in. He has been used for about fifteen minutes somewhere, and for that reason he will knock seven hundred dollars of the price. Don't ever start a music store without a piano of that sort in stock. It would be a poor store. "These are some of the things you find out when you go shopping for a plane. I do not go into the buying part for that part is never quite clear the purchaser. He remembers things up almost to the momen purchase, and then he goes ir trance and lets the man sell most anything to get the job hands." Their Parting All too short had been it! All too soon had or L AND DRAMATIC Passes, Art Alone Endures" THEATER. The extraordinary success of this handsome and well appointed theater is the cause of more than passing comment by the frequenters of moving picture houses, and the excellent business done is well merited. Mr. Louis Kaplan, the owner, is a man who has monstrated the fact that he is a skilled end of the race by putting in a complete colored crew, and this in the face of criticism and adverse comment from people who have tried to reach him. Mr. Kaplan had this to say to our representative: "My intentions are and have been to give my patrons absolutely the best nickel entertainment in the city. I am running from 3,000 to 3,500 feet of feature films at every performance, and I personally inspect every picture used before I contract for its use, thus eliminating any chance of exhibiting at any time anything but clean and wholesome pictures, which can be viewed by the most fastidious, and I feel safe in saying that my entertainments compare favorably with any in Chicago. I try to secure pictures which instruct as well as entertain." Charles Young, the well known baritone, is the manager of this theater, and his rendition of popular, up-to-date songs sustains his reputation. Mr. Young has his orchestra in great working order, and the following well known musicclans comprise the same: accord, piano and leader. Frank arry Moore, cornet, and s, drums. Musk Daisy s the ticket-window and is the fire guard. Mr. stifed in his claim that lington is the right place to an enjoyable hour, and is al- re to greet his many friends perpetual smile. Change of daily. Automatic ventilators s air pure and at an even tem- bill the latter part of last week air, the creature of which was a comedy in four scenes, entitled or 13." The Humpty Dumpty may in pantomime acrobatics d the bill this week and furred a lively half hour. Pritzkow Blanchard in a singing act were Conn, Downey and Willard preed "The Army Surgeon" and sed around a key of powder with lighted taper until they had everybody's goat in the audience. It was real funny. Lydek & Butterworth had everybody guessing, as the feminine half of the team was made up of a handsome brown-skin, and it required close inspection to tell that there was any make-up at all. The four Victors, acrobats extraordinary, closed a pleasing bill. The Mundos started the program with their trained dogs and even The mimosas started the program with their trained cogs and were dressed. 'The Windy City Trio in popular music and dancing. Abbie Mitchell was well received and sang in her usual pleasing manner. We never tire of Abbie. Buster and Rockpile were last on the program and put on a bunch of new talk that pleased. It was a well balanced bill. The Knight templars will give their annual ball at the Seventh Regiment Armory on Easter Monday night, March 24. This annual event will surpass in arrangement and detail all previous affair. The music will be of the highest order. The members and friends of Bethel Literary Club will be given a great literary treat on next Sunday, March 9, at 4 o'clock p. m, at Bethel Church, 30th and Dearborn streets, when Prof. J. Potice Faulkner will deliver an address on the subject, "Negro Manhood." Mr. Faulkner is a graduate of the Northwestern University of ```markdown ``` ```markdown ``` THE GRAND. THE MONOGRAM. KNIGHT TEMPLARS' 25-18-15-22 BETHEL LITERARY CLUB --- THE MERIT THEATER. Without a doubt the Merit still retains its immense popularity as much through the excellent quality of its pictures as to the fact that the operator is none other than Mr. James W. Sloneker, vice president of the Moving Picture Machine Operators' Union. There are never any disgrecable and annoying delays at this house, and everything runs as smoothly as a well-oiled piece of machinery. Mr. Sloneker features the ever popular and always exciting western and war dramas, and along this line the Merit stands in a class by itself. The Merit orchestra is without a doubt the best in any house outside of the loop, and every member of it is a thorough musician; and realism is lent to every move made on the picture screen by the expert manipulation of the required instruments. Mr. Harry Johnson, cornet, is the leader; Miss Emma Kinchen, piano; Samuel Haas, violin, and George Smith, drums. Cornet, violin and xylophone solos are featured, and the work of the members of this orchestra is a revelation. The management has spared no expense to make it just what it is. The Merit is one of the roomiest and best ventilated theaters on the Stroll, and the daily change of program, with vaudeville on Saturday and Sunday, always taxes the seating capacity. From 3,000 to 4,500 feet of real, live, up-to-date films are run off at each performance, and every reel is consorted by Mr. Sloneker himself, which guarantees a clean and classy entertainment. Mr. James Ferguson is escort and fire guard, and keeps things moving in a manner that does away with all crowding and jamming. The Merit deserves its ever growing popularity. The Standard Literary Society at Olivet Baptist Church was favored with a full house on Sunday, March 3rd, 1913. The most excellent program rendered on Ladies' Day was followed by a sharp discussion among the Literati. The "Gazette" was read by Mr. Walter A. Ellis the assistant editor, and was considered worthy and accurate. His comment upon the Queen Esther literary department was made in a masterly touch. Next Sunday the house is expected to be filled, owing to the promised article by Mr. Ellis entitled "The Malagasy Hair." In this article Mr. Ellis promises to give the origin of the expression and the meaning thereof, together with an account of Madagascar and its people. The people he intends to prove are not closely related to the tribes of the mainland but are of Malay origin. Everyone who wishes to know something historic 1 which is generally unknown abbreviated "Mollyglasky" should be on hand at 3 p. m. at Olivet Baptist Church Standard Literary Society. The Star Literary Society of Ebenezer will render the program at Olivet. Very respectfully, etc., MRS. NELLIE GREGG, (Committee). HAVE A LAUGH WITH ME Employer—Do you think you can hold this job? Applicant—Yes, sir. Employer—Can you be punctual? Applicant—Yes, sir; I can quit exactly at six o'clock. Daughter—Papa, do you get wet when you go swimming? Dara—You will! He—Dearie, you nearly talk me to death. She—Well, you won't talk. He—I would if I got a chance. MADAM PATTI BROWN SPEAKS OUT. Barbadoes, B. W. I., March 7. Madam Patti Brown returned here from Demerara on Tuesday, Feb. 4, to extend her engagement with the London Electric Theater. She experienced the greatest difficulty in securing suitable housing accommodations. Mr. Marcus Davis did his best to get apartments for her at the Queen's Park Hotel, but informed that no rooms le, though imme- wo rooms were rists. Madam other places were suitable, te offices of and threat- ed to New proper ac- d for her. tent that t the Ice left the Madam emark: s color efer it to be ay we ole ap- more o ac been ct to Park I do not, cans ry?" in outh e, on, which school cadets an years old d allowed to MAKES ITS HOME IN DESECRATED GRAVES --- Mysterious Beast Rends Coffins and Scatters Human Bones —Roars Scare Women. Shelbyville, Ind.—The most uncanny sensation that has stirred Shelby county in recent years has taken a firm grip on residents near the Patterson cemetery, east of Lewis creek. Graves in the cemetery are being despoiled by some animal or agency, and none of those who has taken an interest in the situation has been able to solve the mystery. Burrowing into the graves, the beast rends coffins, scatters bits of broken wood, spinal columns, arms and leg bones on the surface and roars like a lion when intruders approach too near the scene of its operations. At first the belief prevailed that woodchucks C. H. F. P. Graves Were Being Despoiled. were doing the work, but this theory has been abandoned, as none of the animals have been seen in the cemetery. The situation was first discovered by women who went to the cemetery to put some graves of relatives in better condition. They discovered a great hole in one of the graves. They started to investigate, but were greeted with a roar from the grave which sent them from the cemetery with quickened steps and blanched faces. They have not since returned. Men of the neighborhood then went to the cemetery armed with picks, shovels and guns. They found bones and pieces of coffins scattered over the graveyard. They dug into several despoiled graves and found they had been used as the home of some animal, but they have been unable to determine its species. The work was pursued with vigor until the men struck a grave where it was feared the despoiler was at work. There the men lost their nerve and some declared they were as badly frightened as the women. The work of trying to unravel the mystery is still on and the despoiler is as busy as ever. SEE "HA'NT" CLIMB A TREE Hundreds of Searchers After Weld Light Are Now More Myst tified Than Ever. Gas City, Kan.-A phenomenon, or a "ha'n't," or whatever it may be, is terrorizing this village. First regarded as a joke, the affair has become so serious that it is said that at least three of the most superstitious families are preparing to move. The "ha'n't" takes the form of a light, which appears on a ledge just outside the town and performs queer antics. Two hundred persons, some curious, some skeptical, some fearful, determined the other night to clear up the mystery and went to the vicinity of the "haunted" ledge. The light appeared as it has for a number of previous nights and its appearance was greeted by screams on the part of the women-who, with the more timid of the men hurried home. A half dozen men, armed, then started to the top of the ledge. In close formation, shoulder to shoulder, they tried to catch up with the light, but, will-o-the-wisp-like, it zigzagged along the ledge, climbed a tall oak tree, from which point it was visible for quite a distance, then it descended to within a few yards of the searchers, mounted the crest of a hill and disappeared in a nearby pond. Those who claim to have seen the light say it varies in size from that of a small bulb to that of a bushel measure. While many of the citizens believe that the light is a phenomenon which can be explained by scientists most of the populace is convinced that it is a sure enough "ha'n't." BED TOO BIG FOR THE DOOR After Application of Saw and Hatchet It Reached the Desired Location Through Roof. Landsdale, Pa.—The mere fact that a big, old-fashioned bedstead that was a prized possession would not by any ordinary means go into the house did not prevent Milton Gerhard from placing the bed in the exact spot which he desired to have it occupy. When he found that the bedstead could not be taken in through any of the doors or windows Gerhard climbed to the roof with a saw, hatchet and other implements. Then he ripped off the shingles and cut away the rafters for a space as large as the bed. Next the bed was hoisted to the roof and lowered into the attic. Here the floor blocked Gerhard again, but a hole was made in that and in the ceiling of the room beneath, and then the bed was placed just where Gerhard had wanted it to be all the time. Going Some! London.—A tailor's window in Northampton displays this sign: "Messeur's habiliments fashio,ably fabricated, metamorphosed and depurated." THE CHICAGO DEFENDER WAY BEHIND THE TIMES By JULIA GUNEÓ. Mrs. Preston felt sure that she was not going to like her new neighbors. "What's the matter with them?" asked Preston in some surprise. "Oh, they are sort of slow and thousands of years behind the times," his wife replied. "And, Tom, I do believe the head of the household was out on the back porch in his stocking feet the other day! Just think! In his stocking feet!" "My! what a savage performance!" "And, you know, they didn't have much furniture—just some old fashioned things. Nothing new and massive." "Well, that may be," said Preston, "but I'm for the old man who dares to walk about on his own back porch in comfort." "Oh, of course, they are respectable people," Mrs. Preston conceded. "They surely are," said Preston. "The mother looks like one of the white-haired hbme-sweet-home kind." Mrs. Preston hesitated a moment, weighing honesty against femininity. "Yes," she admitted, "the mother does look comfy, and the two girls are rather pretty too." "I haven't noticed them," remarked Preston almost overdoing the tone of indifference. He had to be careful about such things, for though they had been married for three years. Mrs. Preston could not yet understand that a happy marriage does not necessarily blind a man to the existence of all other women. "Oh, well, perhaps it's just as well that they are old fashioned and slow," said his wife. "It will leave us nicely to ourselves. I shall be pleasant and neighborly, but nothing more." Mrs. Preston was. The new neighbors seemed to love peace and quiet too, for they passed most of their time at home. The world rolled smoothly. Mrs. Preston scarcely breathed. The Van Dykes headed her list of friends and the cousins were well known young women and had a wonderful country place somewhere or other. She hastened to put on her newest gown. The gown was very becoming, but, with the perversity peculiar to such garments, it refused to button itself, and Mrs. Preston was powerless to coerce it. There was only one thing for her to do—go over to the new neighbors' to be hooked up. So Mrs. Preston went, serene in the freemason only of woman kind. The white haired mother did the hooking up, praising the gown and complimenting its wearer. An hour later Mrs. Preston and Mrs. Van Dyke chatted pleasantly in the fragrantly dim restaurant while they waited for the young women. The hostess leaned forward. "There they are—those two girls in the lovely gowns, just speaking to the head walter. Gertrude designs all their clothes. Aren't the girls pretty? So often, you know, bright people are positively ill looked." Mrs. Preston gasped. The two graceful girls coming toward them were the daughters of the whited haired woman who had hooked her up! "You ought to see," murmured Mrs. Van Dyke, "their home in the country. It is a gem. People rave over it—and them. Such exquisite old furniture." Mrs. Preston sat still and vowed many vows—Chicago Daily News. What's the Use? "Unless you raise my salary $50 a week," said the beautiful actress, "I shall refuse to go on tonight." "But," the manager protested, "you have signed a contract to play during the entire season for the salary you are getting now." "Do you think I care anything for your old contract? It isn't worth the paper it's printed on. I've been married since I signed that contract, and a married woman can't make a contract that's binding." "Who told you that?" "My husband. He studied law for nearly a year." "What's he doing now?" "That isn't any of your business." "Oh, isn't it? Well, I'll show you whether it is or not. Your contract provides that you are not to get married while you are under my management." "That just shows you that the contract is no good, doesn't it? You see it didn't keep me from getting married." "Oh, dash it, what's the use of arguing with a woman?"—Chicago Record-Herald. Knitting Helps Irish Poor Lace and crochet making and the knitting of golf coats are helping to regenerate the hitherto most squalid districts of the Irish northwestern seaboard. Mayo, the poorest county in Ireland, earned £16,377 last year by classes which the congested districts board recently started to teach girls lace and crochet making. The board in their report issued also state, in regard to Donegal, that "the demand for knitted golf coats and various such articles of clothing has increased enormously during the past year." Shorthand Not Modern Invention. Shorthand was in use centuries before Pitman. In the fourth century "Acts of St. Callistratus," the compiler states: "There is a certain scribe of the law courts who listened to the discourses of Callistratus and wrote them down in shorthand on paper, and gave us, and we set in order with all accuracy his record outlined." Love Grows Through Service. We all love those whom we benefit, and, as soon as we find ourselves actually interested in benefit's humanity, our lives in grow FOX LIVES UP TO ITS NAME Many Are, the Ruses Employed by Reynard in Making Successful Escapes From the Hounds. The reputation of a north of England pack was suffering, and the huntsmen were baffled over and over again by a certain fox, which they always lost at exactly the same spot. He gave him a grand run to the side of the wood, and then disappeared, leaving no clew as to where he had holed. At last the head huntsman hid himself before the meet at this particular place. As usual, Reynard worked off his old trick, and this is how he did it. By the side of the wood ran a rail fence, and he coolly mounted it, walked along the top for a short distance, jumped upon a large tree which was hollow half-way up, and creeping inside, was safe. As in this case, the two following instances were watched, and the fox tried his best move once too often. Number one was always lost just on the top of a hill, and it was proved that he did not descend the other side. On the hilltop there was a hollow, and he would run, with the hounds not far off, up the bank, and then quietly lay himself flat down in the bottom of this hollow. Right over him ran the hounds and galloped the horses. When they pulled up over the crest the scent was finished. After they had all passed him, foxy simply crept out and went back on his old track! The other one used to trick the hounds at the top of a steep precipice, with a face of rock over which no hound would go—but Reynard did. He stretched out his legs and slid down the rock with his face to it, as a man would, until his hind legs rested on a narrow ledge. He let himself down carefully, walked along the ledge and entered a crevice at the end. From this place he apparently had no way of escape, for the rock was too steep to negotiate in either direction. It was found, however, that he had a back door on the side of the hill—a tunnel running between the two openings. Had he entered the hole on the hillside he would have been caught, but his front door was safe, because no the preciice—Exchange. China la Now Awake. China is Now Awake. A water plant that has been feared as a pest is to be turned into a valuable commercial product of Indo-China, if anything comes of the suggestion to the Salagon Chamber of Commerce by M. Perrot, the French investigator. The plant, Ecochornis crassipes—popularly known as Luc Bink—invaded Cambodia ten years ago from Java or the Philippines, and has grown so rapidly as to fill ponds and lakes in a short time. A single stalk is reported to have spread over a water surface of 700 square yards in a few months. It has caused no little alarm as a menace to navigation, and a considerable sum seems to have been already expended in attempts to destroy it. Its strong fiber, however, has been found by M. Perrot to be useful for textile purposes. From 100 pounds of green stalks he obtained nine pounds of fiber, and a fifth-inch yarn or cord from this supported a weight of 100 pounds. The cord can be woven into matting or canvas. This can be dyed any color, and is suitable as a substitute for woven cane in furniture, but is expected to be especially valuable for rice sacks. Such sacks, equal to jute, can be made lighter than jute by treating with chrome alum. Wilhelm's Idea of Golf The German emperor's knowledge of golf is by no means extensive. His generosity, however, made him lend a ready ear to the request of Sir Frank Lascelles for a grant of land for the purpose of a golf course. "So you want ground for your golf club, sir Frank?" he said. "We haven't got nice grass meadows round Berlin like you have in England, but I'll give you a bit of the Grunewald." Now, the grunewald is a pine forest near the capital, and a favorite Sunday resort of the people of Berlin. The ambassador thought it out for a moment, and then answered, somewhat doubtfully: "Ah, sire, I am afraid there would be too many trees." "Trees!" exclaimed his majesty. "All the better to keep the sun off when you are playing in the summer." Why They Stared. Mullins was quite bald, with the exception of a single lock which he combed carefully over the side of his head. A short time ago some young ladies asked him for his photograph, and, having a peculiar sense of humor, he had a picture taken of the top of his head. About a week afterward he went past the photographer's shop and noticed an immense crowd studying a picture in the window. He looked and found that the discourteous artist had printed a greatly enlarged picture of his bald head, with the black lock running round the edge, and had labeled it: "Eclipse of the moon. The phenomenon as it appeared at quarter past seven." Wedding Rice. In a grocery of many signs the most conspicuous sign of all reads: "Wedding rice, three cents a pound." When questioned as to the particular quality of wedding rice, the grocer replied: "It's speckly." Then he uncovered a box half filled with rice that showed a multitude of little black specks mixed with the white grains. "It would be too big a job to clean that for cooking," he said, "but it's all right for weddings, and goes cheap. This is a parish for marriages. That church across the street is the scene of more weddings than any other two churches in town, and two-thirds of the bridal rice is bought here." Congenital. Benevolent Old Lady (to Weary Wil- le, whom she finds resting in the shade of a telephone pole)—"Alas, my poor way farrier, travelling through this wale of tears! What has caused you to become discouraged and abandon the race so early in life?" Weary Wil- le—"Tire trouble, lady" On Tuesday evening, March 14, 1918, the Willing Workers' Club will be favored with a talk on India by Mr. V. M. Ihali Baksh of Bombay, India, winner in debate, Northwestern University vs. Michigan University. Mr. Baksh is a lecturer of rare ability, and all who can should hear him. At the close of the lecture an ice course will be served by the ladies of the club. By mistake it was reported that Rev. I. A. Thomas of the Second Baptist Church would preach for the New Hope congregation on last Sunday. Instead, he will preach Sunday, March 9. A cordial invitation is extended to all. THE METHODIST Edwin R. Graham, Publishing Agent, NEW LOCATION A 1016-1020 So. Wahash Ave Printers Publisher Beautiful L 35th and Mich 800 Seats—All 5 cent days 10 cents. The Best The Home Theatre Short Order Rogers' R Caterers to Select M All Meals 25c. Ta A la Carte Lunch, Breakfast, 7 a. 21 E. 33rd Street, Near L St Open from 7 a. METHODIST BOOK CO. 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Drew. a In a message to BAERZ TR] the Boston Herald, Wiis e| Drew says: “le- Rpeetass::| fused to run at the Meret. e,| B. A. A. games be- pees 77 | cause 1 understand eds that members of SMaies fig |my race are ‘ pc barred from the Bh PSs club on account. of colet, Bach teice yeig yc. xe.) the Boston Herald, ieee ce| Drew says: “Re- Sexe Stee, | fused to run at the Rees. ee] B.A. A. games be- Gomer 4" | cause 1 underetand i ae that members of Vee figi-|my race are k ‘ i barred from the Rath SPP AEHES| club on account. of color. Such being F. A. Young. the case, I would feel out of place competing in their games.” Good for you, Mr. Drew, The Defender has always admired you and glories in your stand, Friday night, Feb. 28, Drew ,of Springfleld High and I. T. Howe of the English High of Boston entered in the N. B.A. A, A, U. cham- pionship indoor meet in the 40-yard event. Against them were some of the pick of the short distance men of the Boston Athletic Assoclation and of ‘New England., In the trial heat Drew and Howe were pitted against each other, Drew winning, with Howe sec- ond. Time, 4 4-5 seconds. In the ‘final the two colored Inds went against O'Hara and Gram, representing the Boston A. A.; Abbott of Harvard and C. A. Rice of Powder Point School. Drew went through Mechanics’ build- ing like a streak of lightning, O'Hara second and the plucky Howe third. Drew's work stood out by itself. R Aa Coes Saturday night the lb, A, A. held their school games. Drew refused to Nalle Protect Piling. Some of the piles in use in Amster dam are 300 to 400 years old. ‘That Part which is not in the ground fe “tn bored by n pile worm near the seface, but is preserved by driving in nails with very large heads, so as to give the pile an iron coating. ‘This coating is then transformed by the water into a layer of rust, which pro- tects the wood from the pile worm. ‘This process must be repeated every fifteen years. Wonders of English. The following letter from a native of India to 2 missionary gives proot of the surprising possibilities of the English language: “Dear She: My wife has returned from your hospital cured. Provided males are allowed at your bungalow I would like to do you the honor of presenting myself there ‘this afternoon. But I will not try to repay you; vengeance belongeth unto God.” Does Electrocution Kill? Does electrocution really kill? . Or does it only render unconscious—the patient dying, in point of fact, upon the operating table, during the au- toyey? There are able physictans who contend that such is the case. Again, others say that it is not— Popular Electricity. Beautiful Faith. A Houston man possesses the most trustful soul that we have heard of re- cently. He says he believes every lie he ever told bis wife was successfully Put over. A man might take faith Uke that and move Pike's peak— Houston Post, Cheating the Stage. “Why is there no great American dramatist?” asked the art pessimist. “Because,” replied the sardonic man- ager, “when an American is capable of thinking up a first-class practical lot and dressing it up in good “apegches he doesn't bother about the theater. He goes into: politics.” Making It Clear ‘The breakfaster had ordered a hali- but steak. ‘The waiter returned to an- nounce that a steak could not be served, but that a filet was possible. “The filet comes from here,” he ex- Plained, laying two fingers athwart his side and speaking as one perfectly g00d halibut to another. Gan Write His Name 394 Ways, Probably no surname has undergone 80 many changes as that of Sir Harry Stapleton Mainwaring (pronounced Mannering). At Peover hall, his Che- shire home, there is a paper show: ing the name written in 394 ways— London Mail. a Practical Teaching. ‘one settlement worker in New York city has wade a specialty of teaching boys how to make articles of furniture out af old necking baxas, COL. JAMES MILLER. DEPUTY BAILIFF a s oe ao Tey Ve oes ae aa : % ee ar ; Waa ; ae b Sr. a. % ff “4 eyes ete. fr, CT oe oe a) Ee ee ee Pr ee as Aue re oe Ae ee: Re ao Pa Scan pee Ae ERE ess Site se eel Bp oe ee pe idas eS. ys Seatac Bee ae ney yes era ee Be a ee Ry oe ee. Lee ae ce oes “ EN ILLINOIS’ MOST PROMINENT DEMOCRAT. run, as stated before, but Howe was entered in both the 40-yard and 300: yard races. In the 40-yard event the turprise came when the judges failed to give the fast sprinter a place in the finals. The fans claimed Howe deserved place, but the judges failed to see it that way. However, he won the ‘eighth trial in 4 4-5 seconds. In the trials of the 300 Howe won the first trial in 85 4-5 seconds. The oth- er two trials left three of the cracks from Exeter, Stanley of Newton, Smith of Commerce, against Howe. Howe started from fifth position and ‘was never overtaken. His time was 34 3-5 seconds, while the blue and blue fans went wild, Last year at these same games Howe ran second in the 40-yard event. Thorpe seems to be making good with the Giants in the training trip. Accepting fifteen chances without a slip is fielding come. Well, it seems good to be back at your same old desk again, the return of the “prodigal son.” Carlisle has their old La Crosse conch back again. There are enough players to make three teams and the members of last year's ‘varsity’ are working hard to retain their position. Of course Thorpe is gone, and his place will be hard to fill. Johnson, the Indian pitcher with the White Sox, is rounding into good form and if reports from the training camp are true a good many of us will journey over to the 35th street grounds to see a second Bender. Cayou Resigns. The great Carlisle football and base- Well Known Democrat Lands $1,500 Position—Friends Pleased—Al- ways True to His Party. Mr. James Miller was appointed a deputy bailiff and went to work in the Municipal Court in the office of An- ton Cermack, chief bailiff on Thurs- day. “Jim Miller,” as he is common- ly known, is one of the most promi- nent politicians in Chicago. He is a Democrat and is proud of it. Since 1884 when he came out for Grover Cleveland, Col. Miller has been the most ardent advocate of his party in the state. Mr. Miller first came into prominence as inessenger to Gov. Alt- geld. When the governor died he was the only active pallbearer of color. Later he served his party as Catch Phrase for the Drunkard. An excellent catch phrase for the suspected drunkard comes from a tee- totaler on Stratford-on-Avon. “He put his hands into his British breeches Pocket.” You may find that sentence in “Jane Eyre.” But the most strenu: ous abstainer would find it a little dif- ficult of pronunciation, — London Chronicle. Removing the Rust From Steel. Rust can be removed from steel by covering it with sweet oil for a day, then rub it with a lump of fresh lime and polish in the ordinary way. ——— TELEPHONES aving ALEXANDER T. STEW: Rice eR ray CS oss penta ee Ceres AB ee E Ree heey eee Pay ea: ei Fest: eres SPORTING NEWS FROM THE COLLEGES —EXPERT COMMENT ball star, Francis M. Cayou, has re- signed his position as coach at the Waehington University, St. Louis. He has successfully coached the football, basket ball and track teams since 1908, Svidently Mr. Murphy, owner of the Cubs, is satisfied now, since the team won all the three games at Tampa from the amateur Cubans. In a state. mént issued to the local press he claimed a month ago that the team wouldn't play any exhibition games with a team with race men on It, Well, the Cubans are white, I guess not. Murphy just hates a man of color, and I for one would like to see his team at the bottom of the league. AT PALM BEACH. At Falm Beach the Breakers and the Royal Poncleunas have been play- ing some exciting games. The teams are made up of the ex-Leland Giants of this city and the players that made up the Lincoln Giants of New York. In one of the games that ended 4.3 in favor of the old Leland team the crowd that witnessed the exciting af- fair was worth oyer eleven billion! dol- lars. Among them were Master’ Mc- Lean of Washington, D. C., and his chum, Baby Winbush. Master McLean is the richest baby in the world. Since Yamada has come and gone another great billiard player comes, Jose Ortez, champion of Spain. Al though he lost to Sutton in the first night's play, in the second he won from Demarest, 400-339, with an aver- age of 14 22-27, high run of 93. street inspector and tenement house inspector in Chicago. Like Hon. J. Hamilton Lewis, he is one of the old line Democrats. Hon, J. H. Lewis, beau brummel, has his equal in Col. Miller. Mr. Miller, however, has him heat a few years. For be it said Mr. Miller is a social favorite and he has been the escort of three generations, If you see Col. Miller escorting a young lady home from the theater you may know that he escorted her mother home long before the World’s Fair and if you make him tell the truth he escorted her grandmother home the year after the great fire, But all in all the Colonel has many friends in Chicago who rejoice over his fortune in securing a $1,500 a year job. Her Appetite Hadn't Suffered. “Do you think, Miss Clara," he ask- ed, with infinite tenderness in his voice; as he handed her the bill of fare, “that one’s appetite is affected when one Is in love?” “I haven't 2 doubt of it,” she replied, scanning the Dill of fare; and then she turned to the waiter and said: “Roast beef, Please, with plenty of fat, and mash- ed potatoes, parsnips, and boiled on- fons.” Dally Thought, Forget ourselves; help us bear cheerfully the forgetfulness’ of others. —Robert Louis Stevenson, ——— CAKLAND s100, Si01 EANING CO. . RT Do Your House Cleaning sees The best House Mg) Cleaner in Chicago— ioe Try Him fee = Work done by hour, B day or by the piece eed Prompt and efficient __ THE ‘CHICAGO ‘DEFEND2&. eee ee ; GIFT OF MOUNTAINS | They Restored to Young Wife Her |, True and Loving Hus- ' band. 1 BY H. a ‘When John Anderson, at the age of forty, married Mise Lucy Page, aged twenty-five, the gossips shook their heads and smiled. Fifteen years’ dit- ference in the age of husband and wife is not an insurmountable barrier, other things being equal. But Ander- son was a bookish man whose sole hobby was botany, and Miss Page was the only daughter of a worldly mother who had suddenly been reduced from affluence to poverty. Anderson had a comfortable competence; his only hobby was his encyclopedia, a classi- fication of the three hundred thousand botanteal specimens catalogued by Linnaeus and his successors. Tho large portion of his annuity, which this did not absorb, would place moth- er and daughter beyond the reach of Poverty. So John Anderson became Lucy's husband. For a year they lived happily, trav- eling as the needs of the encyclopedia dictated. They learned the habits of the rarer orchids in South America and studied the hardy mosses in Lab- rador. The volume on Alpine plants was to be the chef d'ceure of the great work, and thus thelr second summer found them in Switzerland. And here it was that the Inevitable occurred.’ Lucy Anderson's emotional nature, which had concentrated iteolf upon flowers, found its attraction In Hubert Trench, It was a commonplace affair, and, since both were persons of some char- acter, the awakening came slowly. An- derson was taken with the younger man when the three met at the Hotel Anglais in Zwingli. The professor in. tended to spend three months there, under the shadow of the frowning Col Saint-Jean, where gare species of the edelwelss flourish. Trench was a res! dent at the hotel, whither be had come to ward off a threatened pul monary attack. “Trench, I want you to take care of Mrs. Anderson while I’ am gathering my specimens,” said Anderson frank- tiga eel VaR) Vr aes il a SP His Clothes Were in Rags. ly, “You two young people will amuse each other, and she cannot fairly be tied perpetually to an old fogy like met ‘That was their justification, as they told one another after they had dis- covered that they loved. But the dis- covery was not made in its entirety until the day of the Journey up the Col. ‘There was an uncatalogued spect- men which was believed to have its habitat on the topmost Invel of the peak. It had been arranged that the two men and Mrs, Anderson should ascend to the but, three pirts of the way to the summit, and, while Tronch and the girl rested there, Anderson should ‘make the remainder of the ascent alone, All three were expert climbers, but the professor would not let his wife risk the final dangerous stages. “No, no, my dear,” he said kindly. “You two young folks shall stay in the but an hour or two while I go to the summit. You'll be good company for each other.” So he left them there and went away, and lo! halt way up the ascent he found what he was seeking, hid- den in a tiny nook in the side of the Col. He hurried back with it tri umphantly, eager to display his trophy. ‘There was a Uttle window in the hut, and the professor, childlike as he was in many particulars, halted out- side and peered in, It was his inten- tion to fling his nosegay at his wife's feet, What he saw, howover, arrested his attention. Trench was’ kneeling before Mrs, Anderson, who was seat- ed im the little wooden chair. lis head was raised and hers bent, end her tears fell on his face, “I love you, Lucy,” he eaid. “So I shall go away and never see you again. I am not ashamed of my love for you, though I tried to hide it, But before I go tell me that you will al- ways love me.” “{ shall—always love you,” Profes- sor Anderson heard his ‘wite answer. Halt an hour later he came noisily around to the entrance, to fing his wife and’ Trench, seated, apart, talk- ing with reckless gaiety... The profes- sor showed them his “specimens and seemed in a boisterous :good humor. They congratulated ‘him’. mirthlessly. Then, at his. suggestion; ‘they: roped themselves together for’ a: déscent. The descent of the Col’ is harder than the climb. ‘One false step in the fey slopes and the lives of all aro en- dangered. Tho professor went first, ‘Trench following him, and Mra. An- derson bringing up the rear. Cautious- ly they. proceeded until they reached the declivity where the Col falls-fn.a sheér precipice to the’ hotel, a thou- sand fect below.. Then . Trench felt the rope tighten and wi “his “see Memeee 6Over: 6we 6 Ooprecipiious edge. After five minutes they knew the te- sue. If the professor's dead weight did not drag them down they two could win to safety. With him, poiséd over the abyss, unable to move, held only by the rope, death from the cold would be inevitable. ‘There was but one chance of safety, and that for two, not three, Anderson glanced up. His wife Ay upon the top of a little outcrop of rock, some distance away, Trench was almost at Anderson's side, for the Tope was knotted fag ought around & rocky spur. He made a sign of se- crecy and strained himself upward un- Ul bis ps were almost in Trench’s ear. x 5 “Cut the rope!” he hissed, and saw the look of terror on Trench’s face, “It 1s for her sake,” he continued. “Trench, I was looking in at the win- dow this afternoon, I don't blame you; I was an old fool to ruin her life, and as long as I live she will be in torment. 1 ask only two things of you; that you will marry her and ak ways treat her with the love she craves; and that you will publish my encyclopedia.” There was no thought of conceal- ment at such a juncture. Trench bowed his head in shame, “I can’t cut the rope,” he answered. ‘I am ‘no murderer. I would rather aie.” “For her sake,” whispered Ander son, but Trench-only shook his head and turned away, Suddenly the rope quivered. “The dead weight ceased. He looked around. Where, Anderson “had been was only the clean-severed. edge of the rope, and he was not visible. ‘The searching parties failed to dis cover what they sought. Doubtless, they said, the body had fallen into the glacier. It would be years before it yielded up its dead, There was noth- Ing to do. ‘Two days later Trench and Mrs, An- Gerson nailed trom Genoa for America, Though no word of love had passed between them it was instinctively rec- ognized that their lives could not be divided. But all during the voyage she kept to her stateroom and he to his, and hardly a word passed between them. After their arrival she went to her mother’s house and Trench to his hotel. For three weeks she met his perfunctory vislts with cold indiffer- ence. The professor had been dead a month when Trench resolved to put an end to the suspense, He called again and for the first time brought up the subject of the future, He asked her formally to be his wife. But she who had been martyrized by her hus- band’s life, now felt the shadow of the dead man between them. She felt no love for Trench, “But why?” he asked desperately. “I saw the rope,” she answered. “You saw the rope?” Trench stam- mered. “It was cut through, not frayed," she Gried angrily. “You killed him, Mr, Trench. Had {t been otherwise— but in God's sight you are a mur. derer.” ‘Then he told her. “It was he who cut the rope, Lucy,” he pleaded. “He knew; he saw us that afternoon; he wished to sacrifice himself to make us happy. And he asked only that I would marry you and—and bring out his en- eyclopedia,” he ended lamely. “I shall never marry you,” she an- swered, and left him. The next week Lucy sailed for Bu- rope. The Swiss season was over and the snow which always shrouded the mountains bad crept down into the valleys. . ‘The hotel was closed, but she found ‘winter quarters at the home of a peas- ant guide. ‘Those simple folks remem. bered all the details of the tragedy. The body had not been found, they told her. Years might pass. ‘Could one not explore the glacler? Undoubt edly. She would go alone, she said, She would ascend the peake in early win. ter, when the snow hid everything. Surely the American lady was mad. None had ascended the peak since she was there. None could ascend— She remembered now that, in the excitement of that afterngon;-she had left the professor's notes, which he entrusted to her, in the hut. ‘The journey to the hut was accom: plished by midday. A heavy gale had sprung up, but, even through the driv. ing snow she fancied that she saw smoke ascending from the chimney. Suddenly her heart began pounding wildly. She found the door’ closed and began hammering on it; and In the snow all round were tracks of shoes. And suddenly it swung open and the professor confronted her, His clothes were rags, his beard hung down upon his breast; but his blue eyes shone clearly behind the thick convex lenses; and in his hand were the lost notes, now greatly amplified and a perfect volume in themselves. And the two stared at each other as though they had arisen from the dead, Then suddenly the professor's arms opened and he drew her to bim and led her inside the hut. . “But you did not fall?” she asked him presently. “You planned to es- cape, so that I could marry that—that man?” She could not bring herself to mention his name. fee Oe The LOW. CosT @™ G00 Where you can make 1 LOOK FOR TI LAWSON’: 462 E. 35th Stri — DOUGLAS 5574 . ‘THE MosT PERFEC- roodh and eperetly apsated at “A deep well for the purpose of) Parther, plane are Being made ‘The wise pnes wil buy fate no Pern $2.00 cash and 82.00 Proleeicphone for an agent to con Free jescroutinus’ hat Glen, under onk trees, on the bar soon be forgotten. 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He said that the ‘Yad never, witnessed a higher hood than the womanhood of e, the women who had stood side with their husbands in © work out the destiny of a sople. ‘ tal Grand Master Morris and feneral J. C. Buckner also dresses. Locally, interest 2d and the order has a firmer on for effective work through- state and nation. ‘S FROM THE RAIL 3 Spicy Gossip of Men and ants in the Railroad Wortd. Joseph W. Glasgow, 3805 Wa- venue, is still ruining to Grand 3 Mich, over the Pere Mar- « Railroad company’s lines, ‘hand every Pullman porter J read The Chicago Defender. sooks, waiters, train and chair rters. John R. Winston, 1015 Cottage venue, is still hitting the grit Chicago and Oelwein, Ia. az ter in service of the Chicago ‘stern Rallroad Company on * Purehase The Defend- 3 cents a copy, Ev- git. ordon and Lewis Tay: ‘ing to Dubuque, fa. 4 in eate parlor car icago Great Western + and are at home h their families, chair car porters vnited States are to fraternal order with Mr. zman as their president and ters to be in Chicago and et up in every city where their * employed. Cooks, waiters ~ ndrters to join. Gordon aud Lewis Tay- r'ear men, introduced defender strong to the cit car Monday, March go Great Western Rail- is in the service of the ay over the Pere Mar- Company's lines to an. sFhston, 123, West changed from ud 2 in service any to Des uieago Great West 46th | confined to, ress, Mr. son as te oor vee OF Eh PE =npauy to Omaha, Nebr, over ‘ago Great Western lines. | gin Topp, 2159: State street, is ‘ning to Kansas City, Mo. in if the A. 'T. S. Fe Ry. Co. as Ofer. 1 TUS RIVER VALLEY. “tgin. Bataviaz-The News of om These Interesting juburbs, h S—Mrs, Anna Me {on Rosewood avenue. 7 the Juniors of the hureh will give a clock ung lady represents an ck and is supposed to imment of some kind And on the 17th the largest sum will be e. The means raised to the building fund. Hickman is some bet- . William Russell of sere in Chicago ‘Mon- ul, a stugent of the niversity, visited his jay, seith, who has been 2 tut again, rancllard W. ©. T. U. is & oa medal contest \¥e Bir was in Aurora vis- Fists, Arthur Crefishaw, Gatroe ‘un’ + of the Third Bap ‘reing for the Bas- members ure the 38, Amelia Smith, arguerite Hall, Clyde Cartér. ¥ is organ- wre, tisiting ended the AL ay. Chicago, who ents, Mr. and wned to her % Sot, U. with Mrs. ‘on “Vine ‘is ‘morning, very: poor so mighty ‘The doo tn good RIVERSIDE AND ‘ LA GRANGE. “What Is What” and “Who Is Who” in These-Progressive Suburbs., By Edwin H. Green. ‘The services at the A. M. E. Church Sunday were unusually well attended, it being quarterly meeting. Rev. Ed- ward G. Jackson, the presiding elder, was present and condueted the aft- erncon and evening services. Rev. Jackson has many friends among the members of both churches and they are always sorry when the lime comes for his return back (o the city. Rev. Griffin, formerly in charge of the A. ‘™M. EB. Chureh at La Grange, was also present and shaking the glad hand of his many frlends. ‘There is no renson why the members should not fill the pews each and every Sunday. We wish to see them give the same attend- ance to their regular pastor, Rev. Ru- Sus B, Cobb, who has labored so hurd and earnestly in the face of so much opposition. ‘The trustees are having a rally, which will come to a close April 30. This is a worthy cause, very needful, and no one should refuse to do their part. ‘The enthusiastic mem- bers have cards and will gladly wel- come anything in the form of money. You may give from 5 cents to $5, so no one will be able to find an excuse, ‘The services of the Second Baptist Church were well attended all day Sunday. It being Communion Sun- day, all those who desired preached their own sermon. The 8B. Y. P. U, was well conducted by the leader, Mr. Richard Gaines of Riverside. We shall expect to meet you face to face Sun- day at the grand rally. Remember, fhe services Start at | p.m, and at 4 p.m. we expect to see at least $200 laid on the contribution table. Come out and give your part. The Ladies’ Lycemm Culture Club meets this week at the home of Rev. Mrs. Cobb. A feature of the meeting will be a paper on friendship, For dis- cussing no better subject could have been chosen, as the lack of true friendship among the majority of our people is very noticeable in these sub- urbs, We are only sorry that the gentlemen will not be permitted to take part. | ‘The program at the Progressive Sun- day Chub was quite a treat last Sun- day, The solo by Mrs. Charles Saun- ders was excelent and well selected for the occasion. The violin solo by Mr. Willett Evans, with piano accom- paniment, was something extremely rare and Mr, Evans was forced to re- peat, Miss Elsie Hammond, as usual, presided at Whe piano. afterward ren- dering us one of her choice selections. “The Spelling Mateh.” rendered by Miss Reatha Green, was enjoyed by all present: it was exceptionally well rendered. We were very much disap- pointed in not hearing the address by Mr. Burrall Crump, Mr. Crump asking to be excused. We had expected to hear something wonderful from him. but his place was very satisfactorily filled by Rev. Edward G. .lackson. The Mite Missionary Society mot Wednesday evening at the A. M. E. Church, under the leadership of Mrs. Watson. ‘This makes two colored mis- sionary societies in Ta Grange. and both organizations will find plenty of work to do. Be sure and get next week's paper and learn who the workers ‘were in the Building Fund Club. Everybody's name and what they did will be in next week's paper. Be sure and order in time. E. Il. GREEX, A REMARKABLE PHOTOGRAPH OFFER. Chicago Defender Photographer to Enlarge Pictures for a Limited: Time for $1.25. We bave made arrangement: with ‘T, Langston, our staf photographer, to put a special price on enlargements for a limited time. Almost every fam- ily has the photograph of some one whom they would like a largo: pic- ture of. Mr, Langston has agreed to make a ful 11 by 14 enlargement from: any photograph or other likeness, and: to mouni. it all ready for framing at the small price of $1.25. ‘The regular price of these pictures is $3.30, and: this offer is made only for a limited: time. Mail the photo you wish enlarged to our office, and enclose with it a twen- ty-five cent piece, which amount will be deducted from the cost, tle: bal- anee not to be paid until picture is delivered. All the work is guaranteed by us. Remember, this offer holds good for only 2 limited time, so. send pictures in as soon as possible. Address, The Chicago Defender, Photographic Dept., 3159 State St, Chicago, 1. Tallest Soldier in France, Among the new conscrips of France fs Antoine Cros who measures more than six feet six inches. He has nok yet attained his full height. When he began bis milltary;service he was asked in what branch of the army he wanted to serve. “In the aviation corps,” he replied proudly. “Why?” was asked. “Because I arm not sub Ject to dizziness and then i am ac customed to see things from abore™ Klesing Conjugated. “Sam” Slick once sald that kisses were like creation—made out of noth- ing and very good; and another Amer- iean writer thus contugated the verb “to kiss.” “Buss, to kiss; rebus, to iiga again; pluribys, to kiss without regard to numbers; syllabus, to kiss the hands instead of the lips; blunder- ‘bus,'to Kies tho wrong person; erbus, to Kiss in the dark; omnibus, to kiss every one’in the room.” Ae, 2 \ howane Only of Play. - “Crayterd—"That old doctor of mine vised me to take’ up golt.” Crab- ~ “Yalways told you ho didn’t hat he was talking about, You ‘ make-a player in a hundred Puck. Dally‘Thought . , but the Joom' of iife never Y the. pattern which was ten.the sun went down is en tt: comes up' tomorrow, Béaohor” THE CHICAGO DEFENDER. era renin avaranian ELABORATE PRECAUTIONS “ £N AT GOVERNMENT POSTS. Uncle Sam Furnlshes an Excellent Example to the Country in This Respect—Few Losses by Cor- flagrations in the Army. Perhaps the low percentage of fires in the army 1s directly due to the tact that guard duty Is never sus- pended... + : In daylight and dark, during peace or in time of war, armed sentries walk their posts scattered everywhere over the garrisons. Falling asleep while on guard {s a serious offence. Therefore the guards are always alert. Never 48 @ sentry mounted on a post with- out a caution to look out for fires. One of the first charges in a guard’s general orders is one in which he is cautioned to keep a sharp watch for fire, His first duty, {0 caso a building $8 occupied by humanity, is to warn the occupants. Next he turns in a general alarm. And when fire call Is Dlown by the trumpeter at the main guard house every male member of the garrison, except the guard, 1s compelled to hurry to the scene of the fire,"no matter where he fs, and no matter how he is dressed. It is not necessary that a man should be in regulation uniform to re- spond to a fire call. Military fires do not wait for antagonists in full dress parade costumes, any more than city fires procrastinate while the mem- bers. of the department make careful toilets. ‘Once a-week, sometimes oftener, in every military garrison, large of amall, throughout the country, and there are several hundred at’ home and n out, possessions, a fire drill is held. Not & soul save the command Ing officer 1s advised of what hour of the day or night or on what day of the week a fire call will be blown. As fires do not give warning of their coming, writes Monroe Woolley in In- surance Engineering, It is obviously advantageous that a fire drill should be as uncertain, When the fire eal goes, either for drill or for a fight for life and prop- erty, the soldiers rush out of their quarters, leave their posts in the com- pany Kitchens, and on the drill grounds, picking up fire buckets and fire axes as they go in the race for the fire station. Some may be hatless, some coatless and others ghirtless. Put it Is an honor to be among the first to take hold of the fire equip” ment. All the officers dash for the fire house, too, and the highest ranking of ficer present assumes the duties of fire chief. A run is made with chem- ical engines and hand drawn hose carts and hook and ladder trucks for u building designated as the scene of the fire. When the equipment is out for a fire drill the men take advan- luge of the occasion and play water on the windows of buildings, giving them a good cleaning. ‘The amount of fire fighti- .pnar- atus furnished the posts by i.e ~ ' ernment for their protection is lated, of course, entirely by the & and needs of cach post. Confirmed for Rheumatism. Rev. Josaua Kimber, in his “Rem- iniscences,” tells the following anec- dote of the tate Bishop floratio Pot- ter: J He had been journeying up tye east bank of the Hudson river, stopping for confirmation each day at adjoining parishee. When he reached Pough- keepsie he saw a woman at the rail waiting for confirmation whosy face he was suse he recognized and was some- what ¢amiliar with. gs was also certain that she had ‘een confirmed within the week at anozier place. Tne bishop whlspered to. yee to remain after service, and salé: “My depr madam, what du you mean by coming for confirmatis? I am sure I confirmed you on Monday at such a place. Did 1 not? She said: “You certainly did. I have been fololwing you up the river and have been confirmed every day this week.” % He, astonished, said: “Why do you do that?” Whereupon she replied: “Because I heard it was good for rheumatism.” Proesian Wer Gantenniai. The year 1913 marks a notable pas- sage in the history of Prussia. A bun- dred years ago Prussia rose against Napoleon, who was already weakened by the retreat from Moscow, and, with the help of Austrians, and also a very large body of Russians, they managed to drive the Brench army over the frontier, after defeating it in the’ tre. mendous twe days struggle at -Leip- tig. Many are the centennial celebra- tiona that are arranged for this year, and, as a conclusion, ft is hoped that the ezar wil vialt the battlefield of Leipzig at the end of the year in com- pany with the kaiser. The Russian co- operation av Leipzig, st should be ex- plained, was particularly strong, and at least 24,000 Russlan troops were killed in the fight. Hired ta Stick.. The jury, after long deliberation, seemed unable ta agree in a perfectly clear case. The judge, thoroughly ex- asperated at the delay, sald: “J dischargo ‘this jury.” ‘One sensitive juror, indignant at what he considered a rebuke, faced the judge. “You can’t discharge me,” he said swith a tone of conviction. “nd why not?” inquired the judge in surprise. “Because,” announced the juror, pointing -to the lawyer for the - de- fense, “I waa -hired by’ that man there!”—Ladies!, Home Journal. gust: the Time. Husband (castally}—I see they are embalming pet dogs ‘now. “Wite perdi isn’t that lovely! ‘That’&-what I'll have'doné to Fido, - : _ Huw /Shaiatinligt Fok ‘thé oe him: to me and I'll’ have JIM ELLIOT’S MISSION FOR OLD AGE That's what our easy payment plan means to you. Why not use plain common sense and make your rent money buy you a HOME? \ Don't be a slave for your landlord any longer. How much money have you spent for rent during the last year, or the lasi five or ten years? Why not make a small cash payment and make your rent money buy you a home of a 3-flat? WE ARE NOW PLACING ON SPECIAL SALE A NUMBER of NEWLY DECORATED | places on VERNON AVE., between 35th and, 38th STREETS. DON’T DELAY AND GE’ LEFT LIKE YOU HAVE DONE ON OU |, FORMER LARGE SPECIAL SALES. Arrange? _ to see these bargains at once. It will cost you nothing to look at them. We furnish a CHICAGO TITLE & TRUST CO.'S GUARANTEE POLICY with each piece sold, GUARANTEEING A GOOD TITLE. We do not offer for sale any property until after the TITLE HAS BEEN EXAMINED AND FOUND GOOD. More than ten thousand Chicagoans have bought their homes and other . properties from us, and not one has ever suffered. the loss of a dollar through defective title or for any other reason, Buy from “Bartlett’s” and do busi- ‘| ness direct with the owners ~ Call on our Mr. Thomas, 3633 Vernon Ave., | between hours of 2:30 and 4 P. M. (Sunday by appointment) and look at these bargains, or ‘phone Randolph 3751 betwéen hours of 10 and 12 and arrange for special appointment. | FREDK H. BARTLETT @ CO. Chicago's Largest Real Estate Operators [Owners.] 59-69 W. WASHINGTON ST. | By GENE D. GRANDE. Se It was a sharp gust of wind coming furiously around the corner and filling Jimmy Elliot's eyes with dust that was responsible for the accident, Fer being partially blinded, he darted for- ward in the path of a street car, which promptly knocked him over and against the edge of the sidewalk, where he lay senseless, while the breeze caught up his unsold newspa- pers and scattered them along the block. Miss Elsie Moore, who, with her es- cort wag just about to enter the the- ater close by. saw the accident and ran to the boy's side. She placed her dainty handkerebiet over the gash in his forehead, while the gentleman with her picked up the lad and car- ried him to a near-by drug store. Fortunately the Injury was not sert- ous and Jimmy, having tecovered his senses, overftowed with gratitude when expressing his thanks to—“de swells what picked him outen de gut ter." Gerald Oshorne laughed as he complied with his flancee’s request to recompense the little news-vendor for the loss of his papers. Jimmy nat- urally looked upon his adventure as 8 lucky one. The cut on his forehead was a trivial matter, and the five dol- lar bill Osborne had given him was of much Importance, As it chanced he was destined to see his benefactors on more than one occasion, Osborne and his fancee Were regular theatergoera and it fre: quently happened that they’ passed the corner where Jimmy had his head- quarters. At such times the boy was always sure of a bright smile and kind word from the girl and a tip from her escort. It was late in the fall when he first noticed that his two favorite customers had not paid hts stand a visit for an unusually long time. When the winter days came on and they were still missing Jimmy came to the conclusion that they must have been married and left the city. ‘Three months later on a wet after- noon he suddenly spied among the throng at the corner walting for the passing cars, the slender form of his former patroness. In an instant he was by her side, and she smiled at his eager greeting. “So you missed’ me, Jimmy?” she queried softly. “You bet I did, afiss,” responded the boy. “T tought youse mebbe got married an’ went away somewheres wit! that gent.” ‘The girl shook her head sadly. “No. I didn't get married, Jimmy,” she said. “Things have changed with me since I saw you last. I'm just as poor as you are now, Jimmy.” 1 ‘The boy stared at her in uttter be wilderment. He noticed that her dress was old and worn, though neat and carefully mended In places. “Where's Mister Osborne?” he asked. “Don't he know nothin’ about. ter" Elsie shook her head again. “I don't know where Mr. Osborne is at pres- ent,” she said> “We have not seen each other for a long time, not since— 1 became a working girl.” “Did he trun youse down when you ‘loses yer dough?” demanded the small i squire of dames wrathfully. ’ “T guess that must be it, Jimmy,” responded the girl, as she turned to board her car. ‘The boy's eyes followed her wist- fully, “I wonder.” he murmured thoughtfully, “if she's still stuck on dat guy. Wisht I could see him some wheres.” Two days later a familiar voice hailed him and Gerald Osborne tossed a coin on the stand as he caught up a Daper. “Say, youse ain't no friend of mize no more,” spoke up Jimmy sturdily, “after de way youse treated Miss Moore.” Osborne dropped the paper and caught his shoulder. “What do you know about Miss Moore?” he asked excitedly. "Do you know where she is?” Jimmy recounted his interview with the girl, and Osborne listened: <tten- tively. “It was all a mistake, Jimmy," he said. "I have been hunting for Miss Moore for a Jong time. When you see her again, follow her; find out where she lives, let me Imow and I'll reward you well. Don't say’ anything to her; she wouldn't understand; her mind has been poisoned: against mo by lies.” ‘True to his trust, Jimmy tracked the girl to her humble: home the next thme.she passed the corner; and a few hours later Elste stood face to face with her supposedly: unfaithful lover and listened to his explanations. When Mr, Moore's wealth was swal- lowed up by an. unlucky speculation, and the family went to live in a poor section of the alty, Osborne, sum- imoned suddenly away on o trip to the east on business; was astounded to re- ceive ‘a curt note from his flancee breaking off their engagement, but The New Grand Continuous Vaudeville and Moving Pictures ne, Change of Program Monday and Thursday FINEST THEATRE IN AMERICA 3110-12 State St, - Chicago, III. | : Pertormers Send in Your Open Time | sg 5 oe You Can’t Beat It eee Hot Home-Made Bread ae ufeaNeees| served all day with those ae cee ol] delicious home cooked meals . & oe | that are served at (ga es The Model Cafe ee 4 Peed) 12 WEST SIST STREET, Near Sule Si ee eae Columbia Hotel Buliding a ag Ggeetgy, Moderate Prices “Quick Senta RL MRTG. Phones—Aldiine 3363—Automatio 736174 9 ——— AVID MURRAY H. DAVID Mumray & ©. REAL ESTATE CHATTEL LOANS MORTGAGE BROKERS SAFETY DEPOSIT VAULTS RENTING . INSURANCE JN Att 1s BRANCHES BANK FLOOR S.E Cor. 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It is for those who want to make something of themselves and learn some kind of a trade, such as housekeeping, cooking, matrons, etc. Some of the white people of Los Angeles are giving donations toward the school; the colored people have bought and paid for the lots on which the school is being built. It is located in a fine section of the city; it is almost finished. Southern California had on the 23d and 24th of February one of the greatest rainfalls it has had in twenty-four years (so say the oldest residents). Water was from 6 inches to 3 feet deep on many of the streets; water was running through some of the houses; some houses were moved from their foundations. Street cars were stopped on many of the streets on account of high water. Arlzona. Arizona had on the 24th and 25th of February one of the heaviest snowfalls it has had for ten years (so say the oldest residents). At Flagstaff, William, Ash Fork, Prescott and Winslow, Ariz, the snow was $1\frac{1}{2}$ to 4 feet deep on the level. * The Indians are moving to the high lands. They say that when the snow begins to melt, there is going to be a big flood in the low lands. Phoenix, the largest city in Arizona, had one of the heaviest rainfalls it has had for years. The cattle man say this will be a banner year for grass for the cattle and sheep to graze on. New Mexico. The full crew bill passed both houses in New Mexico, in favor of the colored train porters. The Brotherhood of Railway Brakemen (white) was trying to get a bill passed to abolish all negro train porters, so the railroads in New Mexico would have to put on white men in the colored train porters' places. Train Conductor Snodgrass (white) running between Albuquerque, N. M., and La Junta, Colo., on the Santa Fee Railroad, made a speech before the Senate at Santa Fe. N. M., concerning the full crew bill. He said: "The best brakeman I ever had on the head end of a passenger train was a colored man." The best messenger service in New Mexico is owned by two colored men (Bryant and Henry). They have just bought two new autos and added them to their delivery department of the messenger service. The annual State fair that has always been held at Albuquerque, N. M., has been moved to the capital city, Santa Fe; that means a loss to Albuquerque. The colored citizens of Albuquerque, N. M., are progressing fast; they are buying property and going into business for themselves. A Mr. J. D. Walton came to Albuquerque about two years ago and now owns a nice home, all paid for, and he is making a deal to buy three lots. The snow is still falling over northern Arizona. A new undertaking firm has been chartered at Los Angeles, Cal. Its name is Smith-Williams & Co. RANKIN AND WHITE IN THE LEAD Make Record as Express Agents Notice on Door Interests Defender Reporter. As a reporter for the Defender was passing the corner of 36th and State streets yesterday, he saw a sign posted on the door of Rankin & White's drug store. It looked so much like a sheriff's sign of "Bankruptcy" that the reporter had to stop and take notice. It was with great relief he read what it really was: "An acknowledgment of Rankin & White's 'standing' as a branch agency of the American Express Company's money order department," signed by "W. H. Brooks, manager." A list of 153 names is appended to this report. Each name is given in the order of the "standing" of that particular branch money order office. Comparing "standings" of 1911 with 1912—gee, it made the reporter's head "swim" when he saw there was only one name ahead of Rankin & White's, and that was a branch that did not exist in 1911! Rankin & White very appropriately wrote: "To the Public: "We hereby acknowledge our indebtedness to you for the 'standing' we are maintaining here and hope you will remain our loyal 'batrons, helping us to always be in the lead along all lines. Gratefully yours." "RANKIN & WHITE." THE KING'S DAUGHTERS ENTER TAINED. Tuesday afternoon last, from 2 until 5 p. m., the King's Daughters were entertained at the residence of Mrs. James Woodard, 4828 Armour avenue. After business was dispensed with luncheon was served. Mrs. Woodard was unable to be at home, but her friends had carte blanche, and the beautiful home was greatly admired. It is the first time that the house has been thrown open to a large gathering. Mr. Woodard, arriving after dark, was disappointed that he could not show the ladies some of his sleight-of-hand tricks. THE ORCHID WHIST CLUB The Orchid Whist Club held their t annual dance and whist party sday, March 4. The committee on agements for the affair deserves at deal of credit for those who l the storm were well paid for music was fine and those who ' dancing retired to the bal- here whist games were en- fr. Henry Barber, chairman committee, assured us that was well pleased and was "Home Sweet Home" was e is generally received utter- much blacker.— --- SERVANT A LITTLE TOO FAMILIAR WITH ROYAL HEIR. Rebuked for Obsequiousness, Man Erred in the Opposite Direction—Lucky for Him Haughty Emperor Did Not Overhear. In her book of reminiscences of the German royal family Mrs. Hugh Fraser tells the 'following story of the crown prince and a too obsequious menial. His royal highness had just taken into his service a new manservant, but the overdone obsequiousness of the man jarred on his master. At last the crown prince, became so irritated that the servant received an intimation to the effect that his highness would prefer to be treated with more simplicity. The day after having given this warning the crown prince was seated at his table writing, when he suddenly felt himself tapped on the shoulder. Thinking it was his wife, he turned quickly, smiling, only to behold the hitherto obscured servant standing beside him and regarding him with a most friendly smile. Before the astonished hair to the German throne could find suitable words in which to rebuke the servant's presumption, the latter jerked his thumb in the direction of the door, and announced: "Pappchen has come to see you." Now, the crown prince was expecting a call from his father, the emperor, and as "Pappchen" literally means "Little Papa," his astonishment increased. "Pappchen!" he gasped, as soon as he could articulate. Then thinking that the servant must have been drinking to speak of the emperor in such a way, he muttered to himself, while his eyes were fixed on the man in amazed inquiry: "Is he drunk?" The servant apparently thought the whispered remark was a confidential request for information as to the prospective visitor's condition, for after scratching his head in some perplexity, he leaned closer to the crown prince and whispered softly: "Drunk? Well, I think not; I didn't notice anything." First Teetotaler: The quant sayings of "Dicky" Turner, one of the earliest advocates of temperance in rural England, are still remembered in the little town of Preston, where the reformer began his attacks on the drinking habits of his fellow townmen. In "The Manchester and Glasgow Road." Mr. Charles G. Harper describes the work of this interesting man: Outside of Preston, probably not one person in a thousand knows how the word "teetotal" came into popular use. It was, to all intents and purposes, deliberately invented by "Dicky" Turner, who, at a meeting held in the Old Cockpit, declaimed vehemently against the arguments of the moderate drinkers, and insisted upon total abstinence. "I have now to dew ill this moderation botheration pledge," he said. "I'll be reed out-an-out tee-tee-total for ever and ever." "Well done!" shouted the meeting, and the word was adopted with enthusiasm. There was no reference to tea, as is often supposed, nor was the word the result of a stuttering attempt at the word "total;" for Turner was not a stammerer. He was a ready coiner of words upon any emergency, and often perpetrated what in an Irishman would be called "bulls." In one of his impassioned addresses on temperance, he said, "We will go with our axes on our shoulders and plow up the great deep; and then the ship of temperance shall sail gallantly over the land."—Youth's Companion. Astronomical Discoveries The particular universe of stars in which we dwell is half again as large in scale as the world has been supposing. Our own sun is still youthful, and keeps traveling northwardly through space at the comparatively lesurely pace of twelve miles per second, or only two-thirds the average speed of stars of its own class. The North star is not really a single star, but triple, consisting of three suns revolving about a common center. These are some of the recent discoveries of the Lick observatory, the famous graduate astronomical department of the University of California. People who learned their astronomy twenty years ago, or five years ago, will have to change many of their ideas of the universe in the light of the Lick observatory's newly achieved knowledge as to how the heavenly bodies are born and live and die. Nowhere in the world is so much being done to alter and expand man's knowledge of the stellar universe as on Mount Hamilton, under the direction of Dr. W. W. Campbell, the famous director of the Lick observatory. Why He Was Popular The man with a natural aptitude for mechanics received so many invitations to take automobile trips with friends who acted as their own chauffeur that he came to be envolved by his less popular acquaintances. One day the popular guest condescended to enlighten them on his true status. "You fellows needn't get greeneyed," he said. "I haven't got such a snap as you think I have. What they want me to go along for is to blow up the tires and make repairs in case of accident. I wouldn't be such a hot favorite if I wasn't so proficient in that line. The knowledge that I wouldn't be somewhat galling, but as I enjoy the trips I swallow my pride and accept the invitations." Decelved by Mild Winters The weather in these parts will have to do something much farther out of the common than anything it has yet shown the people of northern Ohio to beat certain early records. When Cleveland was about five years old three winters in succession were so strangely mild, from start to finish, that the settlers from New England were led to cherish unfounded hopes of the climate of the region to which they had migrated.—Cleveland Leader. THE CHICAGO DEFENDER GUESS WHO? The dude is who went to the Hub to purchase a suit, but couldn't find any to buy. W. H., why are you so hard to please? The dudes are who are going to Cleveland in May. M. W. and P. E., we wish you success. The dudes are who was so fatigued by E. L. V. B. so fatigued by M. W. and L. R. C. by M. W. that they had to work in their own class with the kindergarten. The Groveland avenue pink. E. R. L. and the Rhodea avenue doll L. T. D. are who say they are through with minors. Keep your word, girls, for you have the privilege. The doll is who doesn't see P. B. very often, but manages to think of him constantly. The 4th and State sts. doll is who is just kind of about a 47th and Dauernbst sts. dude. E. C., you are all right. The doll is who says that she wishes P. B. would treat her like he did about three years ago. Maybe he would if you were not so disagreeable. The 47th street dude H. P. is who had a party and didn't invite any girls. CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS FURNISHED ROOMS FOR RENT. 4440 LANGLEY AV.—Nicely furnished rooms, all modern conveniences; autumn man and wife or gentleman. Telephone Kenwood 4379. 8-15 4532 GALUMET AV. 20 seconds at st. car line—Nicely furnished flat or rooms; all modern conveniences, including steam heat, gas, bath and telephone service. Phone Aidline 1478. 8 3812 PRAIRIE AV. 2d flat—Nicely furnished room; steam heat, gas, bath and telephone all other modern conveniences. Terms reasonable. 8-15 3850 GROVELAND AV. 2d flat—Nicely furnished room, comfortably heated; bath, gas; use of kitchen; very homelike man and wife or two gentlemen. Terms reasonable. 8 3550 RHODES AV. 2d flat—Nicely furnished rooms, comfortably heated by steam, bath, gas, telephone. Man and wife or two gentlemen. Convenient to car line. Terms reasonable. Phone Auto. 79594. 8-15 3550 VERONA AV. 2d flat—Furnished rooms, running water; two closets; man or married couple. Half block to 35th st. car line. Kitchen privileges. Terms reasonable. Tel. Auto. 77407. 8 4207 ST. LAWRENCE AVE.—Nice, large, light and air front room, suitable for large families. Room; comfortably heated; near car line. Terms reasonable. Bath, gas, telephone service, use of kitchen. 22-1-8-15. 3715 FIRE RESCUE AV. 25th st.—Two nice uninterrupted front and rear rooms, comfortably heated by steam; bath, gas, telephone service and all other modern conveniences. Near to car line. Terms reasonable. 1-8 3725 CALUMET AV. 20 seconds to 35th st. car line. Nicely furnished rooms; all modern conveniences, including steam service. Bath and telephone service. Phone Alinee 1479. 3735 LANGLEY AV.—Large front room, with above; also one small room. Furnished or unfurnished. Gas, bath and all other modern conveniences. One block from car line. Douglas 8992. 1-8 3817 VERNON AV. 2d st.—Nearly furry, comfortable heated by steam; bath, gas, telephone service and all other modern conveniences. Near to car line. Phone Douglas 7897. 1-8 THESE HOUSES FOR SALE ON EASY TERMS CALL AT OFFICE FOR PRICES. OR FOR RENT. Flats. 3743 Vernon av, 1st flat, $25; 2d flat. $26.00 3742 Cottage Grove av, 1st flat, 25.00 4431 State st, 4-5-room flats $12.50 to 14.00 4515 State st, 4-5-room flats 14.00 to 17.00 661 E. 35th st, 1st flat, 6 rooms. 10.00 2350 E. 2nd and 3d flats, 7 rooms 4519 Evans av, 3d flat, steam heat 9 rooms 3650 Cottage grove, 2d flat, steam heat 7 rooms 38.00 Houses. 3616 Armour av, $3; basement (coal 9 E. 25th st, 8 rooms. 5.00 20.00 3743 Vincennes av, 10 rooms. 30.00 3743 Vincennes av, 10 rooms. 30.00 3743 Vincennes av, 10 rooms. 38.00 3620 Vernon av, 9 rooms. 27.50 3620 Vincennes av, 9 rooms, with bath 25.00 3636 Vernon av, cottage. 10.00 3143-5 Vincennes av, each 8 rooms, each 25.00 3143 Vincennes av, 9 rooms. 25.00 3143 Vincennes av, cottage, 6 rooms. 25.00 Store. 3129 Cottage Grove av, large and light 20.00 CHICAGO REALTY & RENTING CO., Room 803, 69 Washington st. Randolph 3237. Auto. 43954. FOR SALE 4808 LANGLEY AVE. Residence of 10 large rooms. Two-story and basement, stone front. Exceptionally well built. Near Washington Park. To close an estate will sacrifice if taken at once. Easy terms. Inspection invited. Owner occupies. 15-22 Music Students ATTENTION Pupils are now being enrolled for the classes in the Study of Opera. For further information, inquire at the Studio of MRS. M. B. ANDERSON, Room 14, 3522 South State St., any afternoon. The dudes are who "incessantly" eat at the castle" of (7) at the usual after-school pies eaters are the best in town—F, W, J, M, L, R, E, F, and others. The dudes are who almost threw down oats to pay such strict attention to the debutants, G. H, G. P, and M. D, at its last Sunday p. m. Too bad, little ones. So-and-so is who buys so many pairs of artistic footwear at O. G.; she says, "I don't want to remove the Boston Store stamp. No harm for you to go, there, but a hint to them." The dude is who puts "Guess Who's" in about himself and thinks he is reasoning. You will have to try another kind. The West Side dude is who, went to The pretty North Side pink is who is who, Do-Right boy), D. H. is the dude and Do-Right boy). D. H. is the dude and 4528 ST. LAWRENCE AVE—Nicely furnished rooms with all modern conveniences. Phone Kenwood 4227, Auto. 79816. 11-9-12-11-9-18 FLATS TO RENT. 3966 VERONN AV.- Six-room flat. 1st floor; bath, gas; stove heat. $18 per room. Phone Dresel 5722, Auto. Grove av. Phone Dresel 5728, Auto. 76797 3966 VERONN AV.- Four-room basement flat. stove heat; gas. $5. Call Dr. Wilson. Phone Dresel 5722, Auto. Grove av. Phone Dresel 5722, Auto. 76797 BUSINESS CHANCES- BUSINESS CHANCES. SALEMEN TO SELL MEN'S AND Ladies Suits and Coats to individual measure on dresses for permanent position. Salary guaranteed. KNOX, Tallor, 234 Monadnock Block 22-1-8-15 DETECTIVES WANTED Young men to operate in own locality; secret service work. Experience un- qualified stamper or particulars. Universal Detective Stamp. 304 Colord Bldg., Oklahoma City, Okla. CARD OF THANKS I desire to express my sincere thanks, as far as words at command, to the many friends who proved themselves to be "friends in deed" during the illness and at the death of my husband, Feb. 27, 1913. Those of whom I wish to make special mention, and to whom I shall feel forever indebted, are the Mesdames Giles, Dunlap, Susie Johnson and Edyth Poindexter of the Institutional Church. Yours very truly, MRS. MATILDA CASSELL Mrs. Ada Johnson, formerly of Detroit, passed away Feb. 28 at her home, 314 East 37th street, after a lingering illness of ten months. A Canadian by birth, she spent the greater part of her life in Detroit and the last nine years in Chicago, where she made many fast friends. She leaves to mourn her loss her husband, Milton B., her sister, Mrs. Fanny Wilson; her daughter, Madelyn; her son, Robert L., and her brother, David Joyner, besides a host of relatives and warm friends. The services were conducted by Rev. J. B. Massiah of St. Thomas'. Interment at Lincoln cemetery. Correct Spanish at Your Residence FRANK P. DAVILA "The Latin-American Man" 5817 Lafayette Ave. Form your own classes and get my special terms for lessons at studio; they are the lowest consistent with efficient teaching. 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 5159 S. State Street Tel. Douglas 5359 The Largest, Best and Cheapest Practical Music School in Chicago Conducted by W. L. JACKSON Teacher of All Brass and Stringed Instruments Violin, Piano, Mandolin and Guitar Visit the Free Monthly Recitals at our School by the Pupils OVER PAULKENER'S NOTION STORE Hour: 10 A. M. to 10 P. M 3109 S. ST. Campbell, Lewis, 47, 4099 Lake av.; Feb. 28. Colle, Ann, Jr, 2118 Fulton st.; March 3. Edney, Benjamin, 49, 356 E. 29th st.; Feb. 26. Flynn, Louisa, 69, 5745 Prairie av.; Feb. 26. Gregory, Thomas, 26, 5412 Dearborn st.; Feb. 26. Good, Albert, 1, 4842 Armour av.; Feb. 27. Greenwood, Josephine, 52, 3238 Forest av.; Feb. 26. Hobson, Malvina, 55, 448 E. 37th st.; Feb. 25. Howard, Arnos, 65, 153 W. 47th st.; Feb. 28. Hall, Brenetta, 28, 2728 Wabash av.; Feb. 28. Johnson, Ada, 40, 314 E. 37th st.; Feb. 28. Gross, Robert, 30, 605 State st.; March 1. Lewis, Madgie, 50, 5349 Dearborn st.; March 2. Merrill, Viola, 47, 417 Winchester av.; Feb. 28. McCowan, Lewis, 30, 20 E. 37th pl.; Feb. 28. Michels, Willie, May 9, 4632 Dearborn st.; Feb. 28. Newhouse, Caroline, 90, 315 W. 62d st.; March 3. Overall, Annie, 38, 1731 Walnut st.; Feb. 26. Baton, Resha, 1, 110 Fulton st.; March 2. Ranney, Alma (Brown, Dorothy), 28 W. 18th st.; Feb. 27. Tucker, Joseph, 68, 2430 Wabash av.; March 3. Williams, Jane, 72, 221 S. Peoria st.; Jan. 22. Wilkesland, Louis, 70, 2623 Wabash av.; Feb. 26. Wilson, John, 51, 632 Englewood av.; Feb. 12. Wright, Willard, 3300 Rhodes av.; Feb. 25. PRAIRIE brn FORE na CALU ho pa CALU ho go GROW de re DEAR 6 25 EVAN 8- ba PRAIRIE ea DEAR ba 6250 Sangamon street. (Signed) MRS. ANNIE MOORE, Daughter. MRS. BERTIE DOYE. MR. DAVID WILLIAMS, Son. MRS. LOUISA ,ILLIAMS, Wife. J. A. GRE HOME BAKERY AND Coffee a ORDERS FOR PARTY 3308 State Street Phone Auto IN REPOSE. WM. EDWARD CARLMORE. BORN 1864. DIED 1913. [Picture of a man in a suit with a white shirt and black tie]. Resume. Mr. Carlmore had been a resident of Chicago for thirty-five years, was widely known and esteemed and had many friends. Naturally --- Deaths of the Week Anderson, Anna, 34, 4735 Armour av.; Alkina, Joseph, 4228 Wabash av. Feb. 27; Alkina, Joseph, 4228 Wabash av. Feb. 27; Bender, Irving, 1, 21 E. 364 st.; Feb. 26; Cansell, James, 47, 4521 Wabash av. Mrs. Maggie Lewis, 5349 Dearborn street, died this week and was buried from her residence on Tuesday. She was a prominent member of Household of Ruth, No. 1277. Mr. Tucker, one of the oldest settlers of Color in Chicago and an old and active member of Quinn Chapel, died early last week and was buried from Quinn Chapel on Thursday. Mrs. Greenwood was buried from Quinn Chapel on Tuesday. In Memoriam In loving remembrance of our loving father and husband, David Edward Williams, who died one year ago, the 8th of March, 1912. Card of Thanks. We wish to acknowledge our heart felt thanks to our many friends for the profound sympathy and many favors rendered us during the illness and death of our beloved wife, mother and sister, Mrs. Ada Johnson. MILTON B. JOHNSON, FANNY WILSON, MADELYN- JOHNSON, ROBERT L. JOHNSON, DAVID JOYNER. DEATH OF AN OLD RESIDENT. Mrs. Josephine Greenwood, relief of the late Jacob Greenwood and member of the well-known Atkinson family, died Friday evening, Feb. 28, at her home on Forest avenue, after a lingering illness. The funeral took place on Tuesday afternoon from Quinn Chapel, under the arrangement of Fidelity Court, H. of J.; Electa Chapter, O. E. S.; Household of Ruth, No. 44, and the Old Settlers' Social Club. A large number of friends attended the service. Interment at Graceland. The deceased is survived by three loving sisters. IN REPOSE. Leaves their time to fall, And she winters wither at the north wind's breath. And stars to set—but all Thou hast all seasons for thine own, O LORD—Hemans. The few hours that measured the time from the sudden prostration of Mr. Carimore to the moment of his death will always remain extremely tragic in the memory of his many friends, and the two, who of all others in this great world, knew him best and loved him most—his devoted wife, Mrs. Annie Washington Carimore, and his sister, Mrs. Dr. A. M. Townsend of Nashville, Tenn. True, he had been ailing for a few days previous, but those about him saw no cause for unusual alarm, and with the blindness and helplessness of all human creatures, were being bourne swiftly on, all unconscious of the gathering shades of that division of life's day, when its sun fades away, and the gloom enters in. About the middle hour of the afternoon, Sunday, Feb. 23, the attack came—sudden, remorseless, quick. In the early hour of the evening (7:05 o'clock) of the same day, life's travail ended, his spirit went its way, beyond the zones, beyond the stars, through the mists, to the Father who has promised, "Though ye be dead, yet shall ye live again." He was a member in good standing of Englewood Lodge No. 4230, G. U. O. of O. F., and was by his brothers, in their touching ceremonial, commended to the care and love of that Great Grand Master whose Lodge embraces the universe and whose Charity has no boundary. The services held at the late residence of the deceased, 5329 Wabash avenue, Wednesday, Feb. 26, at 3 p. m., were brief and feeling. Dr. Lawrence of Lincoln Memorial Congregational Church, read the Bible lesson, and made the application, tenderly and with feeling, followed by the burial ritual of his order. Miss Irene Berence Hudlin furnished the accompaniment and chants, Mrs. Marie Clay Hudlin, Madam Washington and others leading in the song service. The flowers were pretty and appropriate. The remains, following the services, were by the Englewood Lodge formally committed to the protection and final care of G. U. O. of O. F., No. 1776, East Nashville, Tenn., where they were taken and buried Thursday, Feb. 27, 2 p. m. from the residence of the deceased's only sister and brother, Dr. and Mrs. M. Terrewood, 709 Cedar Street. Get Your Hands On On Your Own Terms Any of these $500. Balance like re PRAIRIE AVE., near 35th St. Lot 25x125; a detached 12-roo brick house; 2 baths; open plumbing; hardwood floors; fun nace heat; in good repair; rental $600. Price .. $6,000 FOREST AVE., near 32rd St. 10-room stone front house; fur nace heat; could be remodeled into a 3-flat at small expense now rented for $510. Price .. $4,500 Early Spring Opening Early Spring Opening Owing to an early Easter, I have made a special effort to design some models in the newest SPRING MILLINERY, from $3.50 to $7.50, Hats that can't be bought elsewhere for less than double the price. You and your friends are cordially invited to attend, commencing MONDAY, MARCH 10th to 22nd, 1913. MME. MORGAN Hat Shop 3709 State Street, Chicago The Guaranteed Feather Comp MME. LAMBERT, Prop. 3115 Prairie Avenue CHICAGO Phone Douglas 7926 GRINNELL'S BAY AND DELICATESSEN coffee and Rolls FOR PARTIES A SPECIALTY Phone Automatic 74-379 CHICAGO, ILL. Calls promptly answered R. W. GR' Funeral Directo 3832 STATE STRE CHICAGO J. A. GRINNELL'S HOME BAKERY AND DELICATESSEN Coffee and Rolls ORDERS FOR PARTIES A SPECIALTY 3308 State Street Phone Automatic 74-379 CHICAGO, ILL. --- GUARANTEED TRADE MARK Resume. 1 --- French Plumes And All Classes of Fancy Feathers Guaranteed Willem Plumes Our Specially Washable - They Do Not Lose Fibre Phone Douglas 5766 Automatic 71-479. business his home war retreat, and she who wife of his bosom, mourner at his toi ficial of a love, wavering tender could be fina ‘ <a sit Oat ; are. coe, Rb, ee : Po RE Es cos ae ore ae ee pee As PBB: «ens, LLL OL TEL ETT ACCEL tit meat tte te i TR _weetiler se anton es, recor fit na rater sess rete, Foaneed ay IPTION RATES IN ADVANCE. oteamnedegsecsesiiscesadecones RA es rt, 159: State Street eneng0, 1 ONE. DOUGLAS 3339. Peres ae ‘Postoffice 1n Chicago, sat of March 4,181, £.'. RATRS OF ADVERTISING, js nore anes i ona a * DISPLAY ADVERTISEMENT. Bee ee eee oecns @ Sate coats YAgvertisemente, per inch 8.00 ee prea | Pa a eg thea eae ee ‘Change ef Addrecs—Please es, doth SP Bee eeage be cuter ce ges aad Eee ane bontadion as wal an sign name. vou ont i que bartnoNr, * SATURDAY, MARCH 8, 1913. me ees SA a acrrnte! Fee reed feet ha Oss Fellows HE Greate valet omer BLN ig Ben De MERPREh ra? nage "Bleaaurer, ernnke Le Guittenden,, 2414 er ee ee rea Quinn Chapel, 24th street and Wabesh “Fothet, ‘SoLn and Dearborn atreets. Feo ann and Whiting wtreots. Be Glephien, ‘Auatin: and Raber streots Frotttsbonnt, 4th and Desroore, atreste B'hiaey abet ana Dearborn streets. Bt Sohn" sind ang Biizabeth strecte sgatide Bunks huh atest and ak aves m Walters A. M. B. Zion, 38th and Dear- orn attack: ‘Bhenusst Baptist, orn SeBbenussr Baptist, $6tn and Dear S'GIVE masta, aTth and Dearborn eaieaia, Baptat, 28th streak and Wa- Futon "Baptist, 3764 North Clark scfasly pene Aging St phooan epletopal, S8th-atreat and Wakes avenye Mgptse Bre Mert, 3h and Dearborn HCO oina, Catholle, 26th and Dearborn SM. BL Chureb, 6and and a, Memorial Congregational Saorlle Doulas ‘Genter, 3022 ‘A.M. B., Evanston, ae Be Rovere, Ti “suntich Gury Tad ape $C, Sag Rutan atrot san apctat bh “Lae evens sf Mission, 18th street and Armour : Baptlah, 49th and Doarbora an Church, #4¢1 Armour avenue. « Joni’ Daylinte’AGa aid Lake, attests ieglanne Bboti, alas nod tet ‘Sheraacte Baptiet, Robey street and eat, Sy Bi. ©. Church, 48th and Dearborn Mane 3. m, Goth stret and War on ¥ Hope’ Presbyterian Church! iat street Loomis boulevards Sigs iaption cuted, ind and aay Tncoim . Momett=l “cungregatio. tehe Sith ingest sind Rhaes we: soak Bey naventlate” were wold avers wivest ii kinimaeices: ey went y’ Washington just to show at they” were Democrats, don’t you know. 1d, tog, they wanted to keep their eye ‘Mr, Wilson when he cut the ple. President Wfison—that's all. ‘Well, anyway, March came in like smb, 1 a long time since tho any real good ple. We + founder on it. sho has the good of the ntty at heart will sanc- uing or operating of sep- 4 for Negroes here in Chi- do not want them and we «ve them. ‘business chances” we pub- 2 week opportunities which ) our young men and women the only fault {s they fail to tem, Each week we have no- and queries as to business s that many would be glad to vantage of. turning the keys of a nyone, when Julius Ro- ‘s party visited Tuske- > stone left unturned v the event of their Je of the credit for ather such affairs < efforts of Mr. ‘® encyclopedic, we thn = time he has placed the Toronto City Ratlway Company at tho head.of the Net of well managed roads, and were ft not for his modesty he might term himself justly “‘the street railway King.” ——— ‘ THE EGGLESTON BOX PARTY. |_‘The Egglestons gave a box party on ‘Thursday evening et the Colonial 'The- ater which consisted of Mr. and Mrs. ‘Paul Eggleston and Mr. and Mrs. Har- rigon. After the party they served a lobster supper at their apartment at 3552 Rhodes avenue. CLERGYMEN PROTEST. ‘The white ministers’ alfiance of Chicago made stentorlan protests against “Jim Crow” loglslation threat- ening in Springfeld. Let the colored ministers’ alliance do more. ‘They should send an able representative to lobby actively against this outrage. ‘We hope a committee will soon be or- Ranized to watch and work against hostile legislation in this state, ‘The committee should be black and white ‘and earnest. COLORED TROOPS. First in war, first in peace, but vaually last fn’ tho hearts of their countrymen, the record of the colored soldier stands, The Niuth Cavalry, colored troops, cume to the rescue of the border patrol In Texas when fired upon by Mexican rebels. Fortunately none of them were wounded, but doz- en of Mexicans felt the sting of Amer- ican bullets in the first engagement of the portending American-Mesican war, SEEING THINGS. If there is one place more than amother in the South where the na- ives see things, it is in New Orleaus, Superstition runs ot. When the moon fs full, it has a meaning, and when it is hale full, it has another meaning. The town ig full of curious sraveyards, quaint houses that are supposed to be “hanted,” and now William Benjamin Smith, professor of plilosopliy at "Tulane Gniversity, says the Negro tace in the United States will become extinct In 220 years, and the last of the race sill be a Negress, and she will die in the South, No doubt he looked down a deep well at midnight and saw’ the hand “‘wrotin” on the bottom. Well, as this great calamity won't befall us for 220 years we should worry, SUFFRAGETTE MOVEMENT. ‘The loyal support the Mlinois and other northern delegations gave drs laa. Wells-Barnett when the National Association of Equal Suffrage League ordered her to march in the colored section or not at all was not strong enovgh to lift the color tino in the Washington parade. ‘The Defender in previous editoriais bas announced to the colored women of America that titey cannot “expect fair tweatnient from the sufffagettes. Womes are by nature and environment clannish and easily persuaded into prejudice, and We prophecy that when women vote in Amea the colored race will sut. for further fils in legislation. Tf the Natlonal Association does not soon herald pubifely an apology to the col ‘ored women -for drawing the color fine we shalt not have much respect for colored women who can be so used as tools or flattered into helping the cause of votes for women, : SOCIAL EQUALITY. Tn striking contrast to his neigh- horing governor, Governor “Emmett O'Neal of Alabaina declared that tt was the duty of the dominant race to extond a helping hand to the weaker: that as governor he would work hard: er to help the Negro than he would to help his own race, because the noeds of the Neiro are greater. He agrees with Dr. Washington that the two races can dwell together in the South providing they occupy separate social planes. ‘That social end of it seems to bo a atickler, and we can never understand why. Surely there are few instances of the Negro min- sling soctally with the whites, He may be at their social functions, but not af a guest. And we can assure our white friends that we find quite as much pleasure in our own {society as they do in theirs, and they may retire peacefully in the thought that in the etiliness of ‘he night we will not break*intoy‘their select 400, that is those of us\fwho are not fair enough to “pass.” L . f Movies. Chicagoins can always be counted upon to sfe and grasp a good thing quickly. ‘he country has gone crazy over. _g pictures, and film manu- fs" ‘ve scoured the world for " scenes for the everin- onage of movie theaters. as lett for a few enter- vans to pick out a spot’ the talk of the whole overlooked by these ‘Tuskegee. Colonel who is ever actively vements tending to- the race, personally end directed the the result that the 8 activities of this tution — will” be and will do more sbting white ele- 0 is building a wh to rear the nent and endur- fender predicts king Fitm Com- “pany is called, stly merit. Rs. * rtals be.” . Tt sd and foolish impostors who ds to be wor- + followers, arently ro Dowie, the followers! beyed Kits they’ were town in ‘Washington a colored man by the namie of Bryson went Dowle one bet- ter, at Jeast in the title, He not only represented himself to be “King of Kings, God of Gods, Christ of Christs,” but also an ordained mintster, an os- teopath, a, clairvoyant and a’ spiritu: alist. For a number of months he found a warm berth with a rich tamily who pald the necessary homage to one of his rank. ‘Then came the po- Hee, who erased all the titles from his riame and substituted such ttle pleasantries as impostor, tramp, ete. If it ts proven that he 1s sane he stands @ good show of spending sev- eral months at Hght housekeeping at the county jail. For a time Chicago was overridden with there paraaites on the ministry, ond matly charitabiy inclined w-ve {mposed upon to sup- port som olf in sheep's clothing. ‘We have eusgh recognized churches that ar w> of support without giving % sues husky impostor who shywa ae ‘riving a coal wagon oF working on the street, INSTALLMENT PLAN. One dollar down and one dollar whenever you can, or words - to that effect, for anything from a dla: mond ring to a house and lot, is the tempting bait of the installment man. You often step into the home of a man in moderate circumstances and are surprised to find furnishings the cost of which are far in excess of what one who recelved five times his salary could afford. And many times the furnishings look grotesque in thelr quaint survoundings. Often a ingy Hittle room or two In a dllapl- dated building will contain a set of plush furniture, with polished oak cen- ter table upon’ whieh stands 2 large laiwp; the bedroom miay contain a handsome mahogany dresser, with beveled looking glass, and perhaps a brass bed: rugs, of course, help to hide the rough floor. And all of this for show. A few months roll around, they have paid a goodly sum on the fancy fixings, the head of the family loses his job, bills ean’t be met—so the instaliment man backs his wagon up to the door nnd removes every. thing, ‘This is a common occurrence, not’ only with colored people but with the whites. ‘There are times when it Seonis absolutely necessary to go Into debt, but never for luxuries. Keep out of the grasp of the installment man; Ikewise the loan shark, Live within your means. If you make a dotiay a day save a part of it, and by all means, as nearly as possible, Pay us you go. Credit is a delusion Mae 6 hoe PRESIDENT WILSON’S PLEDGE. “To lift everything that concerns our life as a nation to the Hight that shines from the hearthfire of every man’s conscience and vision of the rights." Such is the solemn pledge {n tnaugural of President Wilson. ‘This beautiful 1dea) statement is char- acteristic of President Wilson of Princeton University and the nation Js keeh with interest 1s, to how the new president will bridge the elasm between ideal ond real, academic and polities! im American life, ‘The col: dred American is keen with interest and justly apprehensive as to how he will reconcile ideals of honor and justice as promulgated in his Magna Charla with realities so essentially different in the treatment of ten mil. ion subjects who still continue to sut- fer from race proscription In every hateful form, We must have every confidence in’ President Wilson as our ehlet executive, but with the knowl. edge that Congress in both branches is overwhelmingly hostile to our ad. vancement along the lines of our God- given tights, we must be sensible then to promote more our own well Doing without much hope of national aid. We are sincere in our hope that Congress will let us alone, not asking favors from men whose’ traditions have always been inimical, and feeling that we can work out our own des: tiny unless hampered by legislation tending to enslave and harass We reiterate our confidence tn President Wilson and et us inspire and aug: ment hits confidence in us as citizens by being better citizens. Reminiacence Not Pleasina, ‘Once while canvassing his state during a political season, John Quinoy Adams was approached ‘by a well-to- do farmer, who introduced himself and said: “Mr. Adams, I'm glad to meet you; my wife remembers you well; she was in your family when you were a boy, and often combed your hair.” “Well,” sald Mr. Adams, sharply, ‘I suppose she comba yours now." ‘Tallor Before Civilisatian, Civilization makes a man, and the unelvilized man is in no respect much better than the beast, and in many Fespects not so good. ‘With the dawn of civilization came the tailor, and with the tailor came higher and high- er levels of civilization, men of high- er ideals and of greater force both mental and physical, Some Consolation, Wo like a girl who logks on tho bright side of things, Miss Murnford wished to console a friend of hers who had become engaged, somewhat against her own will, to a man with only one leg. “But think, my dear” said Miss M., “how soon you will bo able to run him up a pair of slip- peje!” Only Success Worth Winntne. ‘There is nothing base in failure, but base failure; there ie nothing good in success but that which is well won. ‘The applause of triumph is a mocke ‘ery to him who has not deserved his ‘success; if anything of conscience re- mains to him such applause must be 8 positive torture. We always know tn our hearts whether we have mer- ited that which comes to us, and it @ always sweetened a hundrediold when ‘we know that we really have done something fair and true for it. THE SCARCITY OF GOODNESS, Some Christians have, such a character that they use it rr prayer—Waldo Baston, | | Sur Women - THE CHICAGO UNION CHARITY clus. The Chicago Union Charity Club met Feb. 27 at the home of Mrs, C. W. Powell, 6322 Rhodes avenue. The membership was increased by four. Mrs. E. William read from the 234 Poalm and gave a short talk. Tureo delegates were appointed to attend the City Federation. “Mrs. Claborne will read a paper om “Truth” at the next meeting. A dainty luncheon ‘was served and the meeting adjourned to meet at Mrs. Carter's, 5722 La Fayette avenue. Visitors always welcome.— Mrs. E. Chandler, president; Mrs. C. W. Powell, assistant secretary. Samaritan Club. The Samaritan Club met Thursday. afternoon at the home of Mrs. Emma Chinn, 6714 Lafayette street. Next ‘Thursday afternoon, March 13, the club will meet at Miss Martha Gard- ner’, president, 6729 Latayette street. The Gaudeamus Charity Club. ‘The Gaudeamus Charity Club met at Mrs. Carrie Lante's home, 3602 Wa- bash avenue, on March 3, 1913. , The club wishes to thank the frlends who attended the whist party Feb. 28, 1913, given ut 3832 Wabash avenue,’ Miss B. Pollard rendered a splendid rect- tation, Mrs, L. M. Covington and Mrs. G. M. Reed were the visitors of the evening. The next meeting will be at Ars. Georgia Allen’s, 2422 Wabash ay- enue, firet flat, March 10, 1913, 8 p. m. All members, ‘attend. We have busi ness of importance to discuss. The Jolly Twelve. ‘The Jolly Twelve Club was enter {ained by Mrs. Charles Downs at the home of Mre. Frank Foster, 5434 Dear- born street, Friday evening, Feb. 28, Cards and music served to make the evening a.most enjoyable one. A let: ter was received and read from thelr former president, Ars, Edward Hen- derson, now liviug in Biackdom, New Mexico, after which a delicious repast Was served. Those present were: Mrs, Charles Downs, Mr. apd Mrs. Frank oster, Mr, and Mrs, William Luckie, Mr. and Mrs. C. McKinney, Mr. and Mrs, Felix Schaefer, Mrs. Nel son Clark, Mr. and Mrs. Richard Sev is, Mr. and Mrs, Bert Gordon and Mr. Ralph Foster. The Jolly Twenty Club, ‘The Jolly Twenty Club met at S76 Chestnut place Feb, 27, 1913, Mrs. Tom Brown being hostess. Visitors: Mr. and Mrs, Craig, Mr. and Mrs. Ma- son of Evanston, iil.; Miss Simpson, Mr. Curtjs, Mr. Snivly, Miss Ada Hunt After nieeting adjourned Mrs. Brown served the club with a two-course lunch. Next meeting to be with Mrs. Leila Lewis, 6849 Indiana avenue, March 14, 1813.—Mrs, B. F. Carter, Cor- responding Secretary, | THE EDITOR'S MAIL. LIGHTNING CHANGE. While reading a daily paper of Match 2, giving an account of the Ninth Cavalry on duty down on the borders of Mexico, discharging their sworn duty, protecting this country and its tnterests, und upholding this government by a display of gallantry seldom equaled, as always has been the character of ‘race soldiers, and then turning over to the next page of the same paper and finding there an article of alarm and fear expressed in bold type, "that owing to the possi- bility of race women participating .n the sutfragette parade at Washington is breeding strife" among the whites. Does it not seem strange, we never heard a word of strife when this same Ninth Cavalry marched off to Mexico, and not only marched but placed thelr lives in danger for the country and its government, does it not seem strange that this Iyachite pose in a question of a suffrage parade, when there is nothing to lose more than an effort to further oppress an already downtrooden race of people? If suf- frage is good for white women, it is equally as good for race women, or any effective means by which It may be attained. Yours truly, J. JACKSON THLFORD, Natures Balénes of Mama Tn view of facts, one is almost will- ing to accept the statement of a well known French scientist, who bas as- serted that without birds to check the ravages of Insects, human life would vanish from this planet in the space of nine years, But for the vegetation the insects would perish; but for the Insects the birds would perish, and but for the birds vegetation would be Gestroyed, Nature has, therefore, formed a delicate balance of power which cannot be disturbed without bringig great loss and unhappiness to the world, : Plowing by Artificial Light. New South Wales has adopted the California idea of plowing at night For this purpose two powertul acety Tene headlights are attached to the traction engine which draws the Plows, and the ground is so well and brilliantly lighted that the operator can work over the field quite as well as by daylight. Dish for the Gods. Liver and onions, artistically blend 4, produce a fragrance that wafted to the summit of Oly:pus, would ‘cause the jovial Jove to kick over the ambrosia kettle and come thundering down the craggy steeps in quest of a new dish for the gods—Kansas City ‘Star. ‘eeadaec meen: Do you know what fairy palaces you may build of beautiful thoughts, proof agaiust all adversity? Bright fancles, satisfled - memories, noble histories, faithful sayings, treasure houses of precious aud restful thoughts, which care cannot disturb nor pain make Sloomy; houses built without hands for our souls to live.in—Jobn Ruskin, : How WE worK'IT; “sbaras Tong Igion'on IN CHICAGO-AND ITS SUBUBS $$$ eee Our Local Department—Personal_Mention—Religious Social and other short paragraphs—Read it over earctully’ somone you will find a line or two about yourself cose ener | and we ate hoping the trip will greatly | benefit her. ‘Mr, T. J. Boykin recently returned to his home at Camden, 8. C., after a visit of more than a month. While here he visited a number of the large churees and various places represent ing the enterprise of the race and was much impreseed with all that he saw and heard among them. ‘Miss Belva Caution-Overton, 36 Je- rome street, West Medford, Masa, and a graduate of the Medford high school in that town, entered Provident hosp!- tal a tew days ago.to begin a three- Years! course as a trained nurse. ‘When In doubt or trouble, telephone to The Chicago Defender, Douglas 3339, Mr. and Mrs, Joe Cunningham and famlly of 5008 Dearborn street arrived home March 2 having been called away to attend the burial of his sister, Miss Lula B. Cunningham, who de- parted this life Feb. 22 at Russiavillo, Ind,, her home. Mrs. Mary Hunley of Springfield, Ohio, is visiting in the clty, the guest of her sister, Mrs. D, B. Wilder, 3241 Dearborn street, and Mrs, Willfam Terry, 2623 Michigan avenue. ‘The Fisk Club will give a musical and literary program at the Fellow- ship League, 280 State street, Sun- day, March 9, at 3:30 p. in. ‘The pub- Jie ave invited. If you want a first-class furnished room read our classified columns. Mr. J.C. Carr, proprietor of the Puget Sound Shoe Shining Parlor, has enlarged tis place of business’ and has added'a laundry and news stand. ‘Mr. Carr is one of the most enterpris- iug young men on the South Side, Patronize him. ‘The Chicago Defender is on sale there, The Ways and Means Society of Grace Presbyterian Church will meet at the residence of Mrs. Ida M. Hayes, 2824 Wabash avenuie, Monday even- ing, March 10, at 8 o'clock, Mrs. A, A. Wells is visiting rela- tives in Toledo, Ohio, Her stay is in- definite. Subscribers and friends of the Chi- eago 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, Mr. and Mrs, Harry A. Dunean had ihe misfortune to have their home burned out while Mrs. Duncan was away and Mr. Duncan at work. Mr, and Mrs, Dnuean lived in the two-ilat building 6040 Champlain avenue, owned by Mr. and Mrs. Jefferson Walker, who are making thelr home in St. Pant. Mr. Dewitte Curtis left Saturday att- ernoon for Washington, D. C.r to. at- tend the inauguration and neldentally to visit one of Washington's fair maid- ens who visited our city not many summers ago. Mr. Curtis will be the guest of his brother, Dr. A, M., while there. Send In personals of your friends, It Is free. Drop it on a postcard, Can't you afford to spend a penny on your friends? Mr. Sidney Connors, chief chef and manager of E, S, Moore's private car, vice president Rock Island Lines, ar rived home Wednesday after au ex. tended trip through the South, and left Wednesday night for a hunting trip through Wisconsin, returning Sat- urday and leaving again Monday for a three months’ trip through the East and Soutl. Mr, Connors bears the proud distinction of being one of the best chefs in this country and one of the few of his color who is capable of competing with the best French chets. Mr. Olive Branch, who is asscctated with Mr. Connors, is proficient in his line as well. Mr. Moore is the gon of the millionaire, W. H. Moore. Mr. Charley Dunn entertained a few of his mother’s friends in her honor on last Saturday a week ago at a Martha Washington party. All present had a most enjoyable time, All advertisements for fuvnished rooms or flats must be pald for In ad- vance. We have no collectors for this kind of work. : Mrs. A. B. Poole, 3345 State street, left for Nazhville, Teun., on Wednes- day evening, where she will bury her son, Lewis V. Poole. On Thursday, Feb. 27, Mrs. Geo. M, Reed, 3600 Wabash avenue, enter. tained the Daffodill Club at tuncheon, followed by a box party at the Grand ‘Theater. ‘Those present were: Mes- dames B. W. Woodruff, F. McBride, A. C. Harris, H, Alexander, M. Jack: son, B. Hardy, 8. Whittey, E. Mett{son, ©. A. Balley, J. M. Miller and ®. Fire gerson. | The Palmer House Rive and Fly Checker Club will soon finish its tour- ‘nament and will issue a challenge to any hotel checker club in thie city. Andrew Settle, president. Mrs, T. C. Grand Pre, wife of the at- torney, sailed for Burope Inst week, after spending a few weeks at the Mradi Gras, New Orleans, Her hus- band will join her in Europé in five or six weeks, a5 soon as business per- mits. «* Ars, Ollie Wells, Mrs. Tillie Johnson and-Mrs, Fanny Wilson of Detroit were In the city last week to attend the fu- neral of Mra. Milton B. Johnson. Miss Madelyn Johnson leaves for Detroit next week with her aunt, Mrs. Fanny Wilson, for a stay of several sho was much pleased with her short stay and so was “hubby.” Miso Marle Burgetto, the Milwaukee correspondent of Tho Chicago Defend €F, {8 expected in the elty Easter and will remain over Monday night to at- tend the amateur minstrel entertain. ment, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Boger, 3437 Wa- bash avenue, quietly celebrated thelr marriage anniversary Jest Sunday. Mr Garfield Wilson and his orches- tra have been selected to play for one of the leading art club dances (white) at an early date, ‘Miss Ruth Boger of Aurora, Tl, was in the elty this week and attended the “Polies of 1912” at the Colonial on Wednesday afternoon, ‘Mra. Mary Davis of New Rochelle, N. ¥,, sister of Miss Daisy Sampson, 5408 Dearborn street, has returied to her home, after a very pleasant visit to her mother ana sister, Mrz. Davis was here several weeks and the many Arlends of Miss Sampson did much to- ward making the stay of her sister very pleasant, Biss Josephine Davis, who presides nightly in the ticket ‘office of the Monogram Theater, gave a dinner [party the Mist of the Week to Misa Lucy Bailey of New York City, who 's & companion of Miss Nora Bayes, the celebrated actress. ‘The dinner Was served at the home of Miss Davis, 8244 Wabash avenue. Wspectally beaw- tiful were the table decorations. A menu of six courses was served, Mies Davis and her guests wore handsome gowns for the occasion. ‘Those pres ent were Hazel Gilmore, Miss Annice Brown, Mr. and Mrs, Sam Jordan, Mr. Tom Luckett and Mr. Parnell. Dr. “Burt” Anderson and wite lett on Sunday night for Washington, D. C, to attend the Inauguration of Pres. ident Wilson. Reports bave arrived here that Dr. Anderson will land some- thing big from the present adminis- tration, * Dr. D. B, Roberts, pastor of the Bethel A. M. B. Chureh, has returned from a trlp to Ohio, where he went for his health, but ‘the good leader still remains fit at bis home at 5th and Yernon avenue, Miss Luey Wright one of south Bend, Inds, most charming girls, Is expected in the city on Easter Sunday and to remain over to attend the am- ateur minstrels. Mrs, Etta Valdes of the same city is also expected to visit Chicago at am early day. Col. Jobu R. Marshall was out of the city this week on an Inspection tour of the companies of the Bighth Resiment,titacs agen Guara, down the state. Provident hospital continues in the “heyday” of prosperity. Every bed in the hospital was taken this week and they could have had more patients if there had been room. The Bricklayers’ Social Club gave thetr frst anmval banquet at the Tesi- dence of Mrs, W. McQueen, 3150 Groveland aveutic, last Thursday. A Pleasing program was rendered by the members, The following is a list of the ofleers: P. L. Wilkerson, presi- dent; H. King, secretary; W. Me- Queen, treasurer, and P. Glanton, chaplain, 7 Migs Vivian Hareh, 536 East 24th street, entertained her whist club on Thursday evening of this week, Miss Nana Reid of 4338 Wabash has been invited to spend Easter jn New York City, but has decided to Femain in the Windy City for Easter Monday night, Mrs. Ida Thaddius, who has been il} sinee last Wednesday, threatened with Pneumonia, but is better. Mr. George Brown of 3437 Wobash avenue entertained a few friends with 4 theater party on Tuesday evening. Mr. H. F. Coleman, manager of a celebrated lyceum bureau, has just arrived in the eity and is stopping at Hotel Washington. pdt Logan Adams and Miss Grace ‘Turner of Glencoe, Il, were united in ‘marriage this week and are at home ‘to thelr friends at 3406 Vernon ave- ‘nue, | Mr. James Taylor of 5628 Wabash avenue gives information of the mar Tiage of her daughter, Mrs. Maggie Poster ‘Thomas, and Mr, James Cald- well, ‘The nuptials took place recently in New York City, where the bride has resided a number of years. Knew His Prospective Victims. One of Gould's campaigns as a dealer in rallways was with the Wa bash system of rallronds. He got con trol, and after effecting a reorganiza- tlon, which ncreased the capital stock and also the bonded debt, sold them out. It 1s related of him at this Ume that an associate sald to him: “Mr. Goule, don’t you think you are bonding this much higher than the Property will stand?" “That may be," he answered; “but tha Amerteari People are mighty partial to bonds.” Mistaken Courtesy. "Can you tell me,” sald the good- natured old gentleman, “why those golfers over there called me all those frightful names just now?" “Why, what happened?” “Ob, when they hit thelr ball over here I picked At up and threw it back to them to save them the trouble of coming for ae” Freak of a Vowel. Grigg—"This morning 1 caught # fragment of conversation between & native and a foreigner. The former ‘was, saying: ‘The “o,” remember, 18 Pronounced like “” in Jim.’ What Word do you suppose he referred to?” Briggs—"That’s easy! ‘Women, of course.” § THE DIFFERENCE. * A person can make up ‘his mind to dorrow'a dollar much quicker than he can make up ‘his -mind-to pqy. it back.—Waldo Baston. v ‘THE’SICK: Vivian, the 10-year-old ‘daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. B, Madison, 6050 Dearborn street, was taken to the Post Graduate Hospital this week for an operation, Mrs, Malinda Brisbane ts serlously iM at her residence, 2946 Prairie ave- nue, Mrs. A. C. Chistian, 21 W. 37th street, has been very ill for more than a week, but is now much improved, | Mr. Fredrick Kelly, of 17 5. 36th ‘street, is confined to the heuse on ac- count of illness. Mrs, Clara Anderson, $013 Dearborn street, who bas been confined to her home for the past two weeks with Ia grippe is able to be up and about her room. Br. A, Jones, 2980 La Salle street, fs confined to his home because of sbvere illness. Mr. 5. Scott, 3686 State street, is very il at his residence, Mr. Ben Cambell fs now able to be at his post of duty again after several days’ fllness, Mr. James Archié, 3636 Prairie ave- nue, is convalescing after soveral weeks’ Mness, “Mr. N. Mf. Roam still continues iil at the residence of Ars, E. B. Madison, 5050 Dearborn street. Misy Rstelia Williams, 3637 Prarie avenue, Las been seriously ill at her residence for soveral weeks and is but a little better at this writing. Mra, Willard Chism, 5714 Lafayette aventte, was confined fo her home last Week, suffering from a severe cold, but 18 now much improved, Mrs, Blanche Cornwall of 372¢ For. est avenue was confined to Provident Mospital for a week after having been operated upon last Tuesday, a week, She is doing nicely and i now at home. Julius N, Avendorph, Jr, has been confined to his home all week on ac- count of mumps. Me and his litte brother Frederick had the beueflt of coudoling with each other, Our big hearted, congenial friend, Jobn ‘Trott, has been complied to re- main quiet, notwithstanding the incon- venience, for a week or ten days, ac- cording to orders from his physielan. John is the life of his friends when present, therefore his absence ts al- ways greatly missed. Mr. James Lehman, a waiter on the Michigan Central dining car. has been ill at Wesley Hospital for four weeks, having been operated on for apendi- eitis, ‘His wife visited him daily until a week ago, when she became ill of pneumonia. Dentistry Laws of Old Rome. Under the laws of the twelve tar bles, written im Rome, 430 B.C., while it was expressly forbidden to bury gold ornaments with the dead, a sps~ cial exception was made for gold with Which teeth may be held together, ‘Martial, oue of the satiric poets of Rome, once referred to the teeth of one woman as dark atid another as white, and explained the difference with the statement that one of them bought her teeth, while the other had her own. The transplantation of tect from the mouths of slaves into those of their mistresses is said to have been a common practice in the early days of the Roman Empire, ‘On and After March 29th, In furtherance of that aggressive and progressive polley which bas made and kept for The Defender the lead in journalism, we desire to give notice to our subscribers, advertisers and readers of an Original, New and Novel policy we will Inaugurate,) by which ‘thelr business, professional an¢ social Interests will’ be given that distinc: tion of Special Journalistic Publicity $0 essential to. the substantial foun- Satlon, development and perpetuation of these respective Institutions. In an everchanging, over-shitting city like Chicago tt is highly necessary that one who is awake to the exigen- cles of the situation keep himself and his interests before the public eye at all times. ‘The Chicago Detender is the ‘Only Mediurn through which you can constantly gain and retain a hold on the custom your wideawake rival would obtain. On and After March 29th each issue of The Defender will be 8 Special Number devoted to some one or more of the following Interests: Milliners’ and hafrdressers’ number, Physielans’, dentists’ and pharma: ests’ number, Church and Sunday school number. Hospital, settlement: and charity number. ‘Sunday club number, Lawyers’ number: Educational number. Rallway men’s number. Authors’, artiste’, publishers’ and printers’ number. Busleal number. ‘Theatrical number, Contractors’ and bullders’ numbe Business men’s number, Jee and coal men’s number, Expressmen’s number, Blectrictans’ and locksmiths’ ber, Buffet number. Home owners’ number. Taflors’ number, Real estate and tnsuranc Fraternal order number Miltary number. Automobile number. Delicatessen and: groc Soctety ‘and club “nur Hotel men’s numer,