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Judge Carpenter May Throw Jack Johnson's Case Out of Court VOLUME VIII. NUMBER 19. Judge Carp The main feature of the meeting was the report of Dr. B. F. Watson, the corresponding secretary of the board, the man who had handled the money under the direction of the General Conference and the Church Extension Society. He reported all the money that had passed through the department, the amount on hand and the receipts and disbursements, as well as the liabilities and assets. several so- will be sel A. M. E. has 45 years lemingsburg. bad hand the church and visits ner by M. ter, Mrs. sisted by A Feariess, HONEST CHAMPION of the People "THE WORLD IN CHICAGO" DRAWS THOUSANDS Great Religious Event Showing the Work of the Missionary Boards, Began Saturday Every Denomination Takes Part—Demonstration of Christian Worship Yesterday and Today—From the Jungles of Africa to the Abode of the Aborigines of America—Services Everywhere. The Exposition at the Coliseum—The Pageant of Darkness and Light at the Auditorium—Race Takes Active Part—Daily Events—Hampton Quartet Sings—Emancipation Scenes—The Voodoo Doctor—Fireside Bible School. The significance of "the World in Chicago" was demonstrated when the affair which is to run a month opened on Saturday last. It is the greatest religious effort of recent years. Every race has a part and the religious customs of every creed and kind—the jungles of Africa to the abode of the Aborigines of America—is shown in this great affair. The exposition is at the Coliseum while the spectacular pageant entitled "Darkness and Light" is given at the Auditorium. Between 10,000 and 15,000 people attend these places every day, while in every church throughout the city special exercises are held. Noted men of the cloth from every lime are the speakers and special music is rendered. "From the Manger to the Cross." "From the manger to the cross" is the story that we are trying to tell," said an official. "The World in Chicago' is an exposition and pageant having as its purpose the spread of information of educational character regarding the work carried on in the time and foreign mission fields by the missionary boards and societies of all restant churches. It has no purpose of profit." Race talent is given every chance. The various churches are vying with each other to see who shall have the best demonstrations. Hampton Institute has a large exhibition of pictures and a quartet that sings at every performance. Last Monday evening the race demonstration was so great that the management asked them to hold the last number on their pro- until the other exhibits could own. The program for the reg time is as follows, figures in the hour of performance: Monday. Auction block; 4-6, Log cabin 6-8, Ex-slave's home; 8-10, of the A. M. E. Church by Eva Jenifer and members of a Chapel. Tuesday. 2-4, Slave prayer meeting; 4-6, Modern deacounse board (I. C.); 6-8, Rural school; 8-10, Graduation exercises, Livingstone School. Wednesday. 2-4, Economic progress of Negro race; 4-6, Foreign missions (I. B. C.); 6-8, Modern church (Bethel); 8-10, Modern home district. 6-8, Fireside Bible school; 8-10, bible lesson (O. B. C.). Friday. 1-8, Emancipation scene; 8-10, Voo- doctor scene. Saturday. 10-12, Modern school; 2-4, Boy Boots (Bethel); 4-8, Modern school district; 6-8, Reed drill (high school); 10-8, Patriotic scene. MRS. BERRY DIES SUD. DENLY. Well-known Club and Society Woman Passes Away After Trip to Store. Mrs. Katherine Berry, wife of Prof. W. E. Berry, handmaster of the 8th Regiment, L. N. S., died suddenly at residence, 1465 Michigan avenue v afternoon. erry had been to a neigh-ore, and upon her return of feeling ill. A physi-illed, but she died in less r. Organic heart erdict of the family physi-orn out from as been ill veral so-will be sel A. M. E. as 45 years lemingsburg, The PRESIDES AT EXTEN- SION BOARD MEETING. Financial Report Encourages Members—Dr. B. F. Watson's Splendid Report—Board Is Entertained. [Special to The Chicago Defender.] Washington, D. C., May 9.—The meeting of the Church Extension Board of the African Methodist Episcopal Church in the headquarters, 1535 15th street N. W., in this city, has attracted widespread interest, because of the amount of work already accomplished and the number of parts of the country. Every detail of the work was gone into by the board, and some wise appropriations made, as well as the auditing of the books and accounts of the secretary, Dr. B. F. Watson, the corresponding secretary of the board. Bishop Levi J. Coppin, D. D., of Philadelphia, president of the board, presided, and Bishop John Hurst, of Baltimore, Md., was present. The following members were present: Reva A. R. Cooper, New York; R. H. W. Leake, Raleigh, N. C.; J. T. Gibbons, Huntington, W. Va.; Horace H. Graves, Chicago, Ill.; U. P. Tolbert, Rock Mart, Ga.; D. A. Christie, Orangeburg, S. C.; W. B. Lewis, Greenwood, Miss.; J. F. Griffin, Memphis, Tonn.; W. D. Miller, Houston, Tex.; E. W. Byrd, Jacksonville, Fin.; W. H. Jones, Gurdon, Ark.; A. W. Kiley, Toronto, Ont. F. Jesse Pack of Los Angeles, Cal., was absent. The board opened with "I Love Thy Kingdom, Lord," lined by Dr. J. T. Gibbons, and a prayer by Dr. Rev. J. F. Griffin. Rev. W. Miller, D. D., read the scripture lesson, and followed the organization of the board by electing Rev. R. H. W. Leak vice president and J. T. Gibbons recording secretary. Bishop Coppin in calling the board to order for business made a short address, outlining the work to be accomplished and calling attention to the fact that each general conference brought about many changes in the various boards of the church, and he felt that there were new faces on the Church Extension Board, he himself being new. It was found that Dr. R. H. W. Leak was the only member of the board. The bishop designated Dr. Leake as the "Old Balance Wheel of the Second District." At the close of the address of Bishop Coplin the following visitors were introduced: Prof. John R. Hawkins, financial secretary, Washington, D.C.; Bishop John Hurst, Baltimore, Md.; Revs. L. M. Beckett, D. P. Seaton, I. N. Ross, D. D., Charles Stewart and J. O. Custus. Prof. John R. Hawkins delivered a short address in which he expressed pleasure on being able to meet the board and to witness the good work being accomplished by the department. He found pleasure in working with Dr. Watson. Extending greetings to the Extension Board in the name of the financial board, he was followed then by Bishop Hurst, who delivered a short address. He desired to visit the board to meet the brethren, and extending greetings to them. He was given an ovation. The financial information given out can be summed as follows: Property valuation to March 31, 1913, $149,500; new property acquired and probable value, Stewart Chapel, Oxford, Miss; $800; St. Paul, La Grange, Texas, $1,000. Receipts, dollar money, $15,263.3; children's day, $4,424.9; regular loans returned, $562; irregular loans returned, $87.5; interest on loans, $1,771.3; interest on deposits, $172.8; conference expenses for children's day programs, $156.50; conference extension anniversary, $46.30; other special receipts, $1,610.40; total receipts, $24,086.15; balance from 1912, $2,966.02; grand total, $4,059.67. Disbursements: Regular loans, $16,149.79; regular donations, $1,685; special appropriations, $1,650; department disbursements, $4,807.27; general and office expenses, $1,296.07; total disbursements, $25,438.13; balance March 31, 1913, $19,624.04. Liabilities, $1,088.14; cash over liabilities, $7,525.60. Assets, loans and interest, regular and irregular, $268,995.95; in reality, $151,300; book concern shares, $700; office furniture, $500; cash balance, March, $19,624.04. The report was received amid aplaeuse. The auditing committee reported showing that every cent was accounted for and the report as made was correct. Dr. Watson was complimented on his system of bookkeeping and the careful manner in which he had handled the money belonging to the church. He was extended thanks. The entire members of the board and visitors were entertained to dinner by Mrs. Watson and her daughter, Mrs. C. C. Smith, who were assisted by Marie Thomas. Chicago Defender. CHICAGO, ELL., SATURDAY, MAY 10, 1913. ELIMINATE MOCK BUSINESS MAN Let Practical Men Open Store of Same Business Next Door—Drive Out Stupid Dealers—Let the World See That You Are on the Job—Make Friends of Your Customers—Strive to Retain Their Trade—Let Your Store Create a Musical Air. EMPLOY THE IDLERS ON THE CORNER Let the People Donate to a Fund to Establish Stores for the Sale of the Necessities of Life—Everyone Loves Music—Make Your Place Cheerful—Writer Uses Knights of Pythias Parade as a Contrast—Race Can Be Interested in Any Project If Right Methods Are Used. By George Solomon Grand and great were the Knights of Pythias on Sunday last as they passed down Wabash avenue to Olivet Church. They were answering the call of orders to assemble at their lodge rooms and march to the church to hear their annual sermon, which has for many years been their custom. Arriving at the church there was scarcely room for all in whose honor the seating capacity had been arranged. Long ere the lodge men left their rooms many had gathered in the old land-mark of worship to hear Dr. Fisher dole out the meaning of Pythianism and to remind them of their solemn obligation, one to the other. From the line of procession which extended many blocks, the church crowded to its capacity, and those who walked on the sidewalks in accompaniment to the gallant Knights, it can no longer be said truthfully that our people cannot be brought together. The Knights arrayed in brilliant uniforms and handsome plumes of different colors and keeping step to the tunes from many bands which seemed to have been the inducement to thousands who craned their necks from the windows along each street through which the procession passed and the hundreds who eagerly followed them to the church and back to headquarters created a scene not soon to be forgotten. Looking down from a third story home on Wabash avenue on the parade and reviewing them on their return south on State street is quite inspiring that we must be awakened to the importance of responding to the call of trading with our own people, whose stores need your presence, whose cash registers are empty because we spend our money with other races who discriminate against us and draw the line everywhere it does not affect the thousands of dollars pouring into their coffers daily by the 85,000 members of the race here in Chicago alone. It is true many of our men who have stores have not the knowledge of carrying on any kind of business and some others with money and knowledge ought to engage in the same business next door to this brother who has not learned what he ought to be the possessor of, from the experience of many months, business tact, and eliminate him from the business world to take his real place in life to be dictated to by others. Make your stores presentable. Have on hand everything in the line in which you are engaged. Let the people see you are alert and on the job. Make friends of your customers by striving to please them and retain their trade, and let your store be so arranged as to create a musical air, which will result in a filled store, at least on Saturday afternoon and evening and early Sunday. Let the Pythians, members of the different bands, the enthusiastic followers and the head of every home be led by bands of business men to a place and donate fift cents each to a fund for the purpose of establishing some industry that will manufacture a necessity and serve to help employ some of those young men and women of our race who loathe at the different corners of State street. They will fall in line just as readily, if it is made musical enough, as they did Sunday last. It is music that every man and woman of us love best and it should be used in every inducement made to bring us together in all kinds of business, as it is the first impression made on the infant in its mother's breast while she lulls it to sleep. CHICAGO DENTAL CLUB. The Chicago Dental Club met at the office of Dr. J. H. Plummer, 3400 State street, last Friday night, at 8 o'clock. One of the aims of this club is to present to the public from time to time talks on "The Care of the Teeth." By way of recreation this summer, the dental baseball team is now busily engaged in practice for a game between the medical, team some time in the coming month. THE MOST USEFUL AMERICANS A Referendum of Independent Readers on the Most Deserving of Their Contemparallees—Hon. Booker T. Washington Leads Educators. [Special to The Chicago Defender.] New York, May 9.—The New York Independent in its issue of May 1 publishes the result of a referendum of Independent readers on the most useful Americans. This was one of the most interesting things which has appeared in this most valuable journal. In its issue of January 30 the editors of the Independent put to their readers the following question: Who Are the Most Useful Americans? "If life insurance could really insure against loss of life on whose lives should the American people best afford to pay the highest premiums? In other words, who among our contemporaries are of the most value to the community? Whose places would be most difficult to fill? If Congress should decide to award ten prizes to the most deserving men and women in the country and leave the choice to popular referendum, who should get the largest number of votes? The Independent states that when the returns came in the editors found that they had over ten thousand names to count and that 343 persons had been considered worthy of the honor of being included in the list of the ten most valuable citizens. The most interesting thing about the poll is that the only colored man who seemed to have been seriously voted for was Booker T. Washington, principal of the Tuskegee Institute, at Tuskegee Institute, Alabama, who received 326 votes. Including the votes received by Dr. Washington the poll shows the following: Thomas A. Edison ..... 898 Jane Addams ..... 611 Andrew Carnegie ..... 604 Theodore Roosevelt ..... 514 Helen Gail Shepard ..... 474 Alexis Carrel ..... 470 George Goethals ..... 461 William J. Bryan ..... 458 Woodrow Wilson ..... 427 Luther Burbanks ..... 398 Booker T. Washington ..... 326 The editorial comment of the editor of the Independent in this discussion of "The Most Useful Americans" referring to the Negro educator follows: "Highest in the class of educators comes Dr. Booker T. Washington, but of those who include his name in their lists not so many mention his development of a system of vocational training at Tuskegee Institute as his service to the race as a whole, as the following phrases show: 'The inspiration of 10,000,000'; 'the evangel of peace in the South'; 'doing for the South what Jane Addams is doing for the slums'; 'the Moses of the Negro race, leading them up from slavery through the desert and into the promised land'; 'the race pacificer and educational opportunist'; 'solving the second hardest question we have to deal with in America'; 'because of his efforts for the promotion of a better understanding between the races." NOTED INVENTOR VISITS CITY. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph D. Bryan of Milwaukee are visiting the city, and are guests at the Randolph Hotel, 3254 Wabash avenue. Mr. Bryan is the inventor of the Fountain Scrubbing Brush and Car Washer. Many residents will remember when he was here in October of last year trying to interest the monied men of the race in his inventions. He is not here, however, and a golden opportunity for the firm recognized the merits of this hallowing device and put it on the market, and Mr. and Mrs. Bryan now spend their time going from city to city looking after the sales. TJSKEGEE GETS $22,000. [Special to The Chicago Defender. J Tuskegee, May 9. - The trustees of the Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute have received $22,000 from the estate of the late Solomon Phillips of Uniontown, Pa. At a recent meeting of the Executive Committee it was decided to spend about $60,000 at Tuskegee this summer in improving the steam heating plant. DIVORCE AND TRAMPS A tramp is a man who has his furniture in storage, his wife divorced and his children in a boarding school.—Waldo Baston. The Eighth Regiment, III. N. G. presents its compliments and requests your company at their Eighteenth Annual Ball 7th Regt. Armory, 34th St. & Wentworth Ave. Monday Eve., May 26, 1913 Music by the full 8th Regiment Band. The features of the evening will be Band Concert Dress Bags and Pamphlets of Long and Honorable Service Medals. ADMISSION 50 CENTS. Col. John R. Marshall, Commanding. JACK JOHNSON ON TRIAL; GREAT INTEREST Champion Pugilist's Troubles Being Thrashed Out in Federal Judge Carpenter's Court—Try to Prove Him Bad Man. PUBLIC SENTIMENT IN CHAMPION'S FAVOR Sensational Newspaper Stories of "Mob Violence" Branded as Fakes—Race Boycotts Paper—The Trial in Detail. The long series of trobles that have geset Mr. John Arthur Johnson, champion heavyweight pugilist of the world, came to a climax this week when he was placed on trial in Federal Judge Carpenter's court for alleged violations of the "Mann Act." Sensational newspaper reports as to the difficulty in securing a jury, more sensational stories of mob violence after the trial began, have kept the reading public in a turmoil. Up to this time W. Jacobowski alias W. Mervin, a former chauffeur and messenger of the champion, and Belle Schrieber, a former white companion of his, have been the only important witnesses. The testimony of the chauffeur was immaterial, while that of the much talked star witness only attended to make copy for the sensation-loving newspapers. World Awaits Verdict The outcome of this trial is awaited with interest by the entire world. Lovers of the manly art of self-defense want to see if the champion's attorneys, like him, have a "knockout" blow in reserve when the proper time comes. The early part of the week was consumed in selecting the jury. Early Thursday a local daily newspaper published a sensational report that the champion had been mobbed at the Union depot, but the report was the rankest kind of a fake. The champion had gone to the station to meet an important witness in the person of Mr. Frank A. Sutton of Pittsburg, Pa., and a number of admiring friends surrounded his car, and an over-zealous reporter mistook cordiality for violence. That wonderful "extra" edition had little sale outside of the "Loop" district, for the ardent admirers of the champion of his own race gave scant attention to this alleged report, and transferred their patronage to more conservative newspapers. The champion when questioned by a Chicago Defender reporter laughed the matter down. Rubbernecks Are Barred Arrests Are Barred. Scandalmongers and lovers of sensation have been barred from this trial. Federal Judge Carpenter ruling that only the immediate friends of the champion and duly accredited newspaper men should be admitted, the morbidly curious having no right or place there. The entire world is on titte of anticipation awaiting the course of defense that Mr. Johnson's chief attorney, Mr. Benjamin Bachrach, will take. Public sentiment is largely in favor of the champion, many persons believing that he has not received a "square deal." Mr. Johnson himself has made complaint, and his many friends claim that the white newspapers have treated him unjustly. Several unimportant witnesses have testified, but the Johnson family, the attorneys for the defense, are all optimistic as the Defender goes to press. Readers of the Defender will be kept in constant touch with this famous case. A complete and detailed report of the trial will be published at an early date. Mr. Johnson's wife, contrary to reports published in some parts of the country, has not attended any sessions of the present trial. Mr. John Arthur Johnson, at the Everleigh Club, a house of ill-fame, and our gracious government is trying to place one of its respected citizens behind prison bars because he followed the rule of his profession and that of the inmates of a disorderly resort. Judge Carpenter is right for not letting Perkins show that Jack beat Belle, for he did not. PROVIDENT HOSPITAL REDEC ORATED. Provident Hospital, located at the corner of 38th place and Dearborn streets, has recently been redecorated, and Mr. J. Henderson of 3843 Dearborn street can not be given too much credit for the manner in which he has demonstrated ability, taste and a keen insight as to how a place such as Provident Hospital should look. WHAT ARE YOUR POLITICS? Some men are doomed for jail, but they are going into politics first.— Waldo Baston. New York, May 9.—Mr. Anderson loses job as collector of port of New York. Mitchell Fountain Ink Eraser Co. Mitchell Fountain Ink Eraser Co. 3101 State Street, has begun business by placing with Whitall Tatum Co., 14 N. Franklin Street, a cash order of $1000.00 for special machinery and tools required in the manufacture of the Eraser, together with a large order for Erasers. NEW LIFE FOR RACE SCHOOLS. Steady Progress in Southern Rural Schools—Whitewash Buildings and Fences—Children Are Organized into Clubs. [Special to The Chicago Defender.] Hampton, Va., May 9.—All the race schools of Elizabeth City County, Virginia, show evidences of new life and steady progress. Whitewashed buildings and fences; freshly painted classrooms with window shades and simple white curtains; exhibits of fresh vegetables, smoked meats, canning and baking; specimens of well made garments; and, above all, neat, orderly and industrious children and parents—these are some of the signs of race progress which impressed the members of an educational party of thirty that recently visited the schools of this county in Virginia. Interesting and helpful addresses were made by Jackson Davis, state supervisor of elementary schools; Superintendent Willis, of Hampton; Major Robert R. Moton, commandant of Hampton Institute; W. T. B. Williams, field agent of Hampton Institute, and Mrs. Harris Barrett of Hampton. At each school the teacher in charge gave a report of her work showing what the people of the community have been doing to help improve the schoolrooms, school yards and community life. The parents and children have been organized in clubs. They have held health meetings and have given concerts and entertainments. They have worked together in cleaning up the school buildings and in making them attractive through a liberal use of paint and whitewash. They have co-operated with the teachers in making the schoolhouse an attractive center in the life of the community. Parents, preachers, teachers and children have worked with the industrial supervising teacher, Mrs. J. H. M. Evans, who is a Hampton graduate, and through self-help have won the respect and co-operation of the school board, the division superintendent and the white people of the county. Major Moton declared that "the colored people of Hampton and all other communities should not be slaves to the idea that the school board must educate Negro children. He said that in proportion as the colored people have shown that they really wanted better schools and would themselves help in getting better schools, the local white school boards would do more for Negro education. He said that education for all people must be such as to make men and women more helpful to the community, as well as more faithful, polite, industrious and efficient." EDITOR ANDERSON ACQUITTED. [Special to The Chicago Defender] New York, May 9—The fact that a false, malicious article appeared in a weekly newspaper published in this city recently against Mr. James H. Anderson, founder and managing editor of the Amsterdam News, but such charge has taken a legal course and has been proven to be absolutely false with complete exoneration for the "Daddy of the News." One Marie Taylor's name was involved, who apparently was misled and thrown into an unpleasant predicament. Mr. Anderson was ably defended by one of New York's youngest attorneys, Chas. G. Snead, Jr., in part 5 of Court of Special Sessions, April 24. Attorney and client have since been the recipient of many congratulations. MRS. S. F. SWIFT GIVES Y. M. C. A. $5,000. Mrs. S. Swift, wife of the head of the famous Stock Yard firm of that name, has added her name to list of donors to the Wabash avenue branch of the Y. M. C. A. Early this week along with an encouraging letter was her check for $5,000. MAJOR R. R. MOTON TO ATTEND "THE WORLD IN CHICAGO." Major R. R. Moton, commandant of Hampton Institute, Hampton, Va., will arrive in-Chicago Monday to attend "the World in Chicago" meetings. Major Moton has just finished plotting Dr. Booker T. Washington in a trip through Tidewater, Va. THE WORLD'S GREATEST WEEKLY NEWSPAPER of Court A. B. GEORGE TELLS OF FIGHT FOR MAJOR JACKSON A Personal Letter to the Editor —Daily Newspapers in Error— Major Jackson Took Initiative in Fight for Recount—What the Major Does in Springfield —Holds Many Conferences— Stops Intermarriage Bill. MAJOR J. C. BUCKNER WORKS HARD. "My Success," says Major Jackson, "is Due to the Efforts of that Napoleon of Politics, Assistant State's Attorney E. E. Wilson, Hon. Oscar De Priest and Hon. Albert B. George—New Representative Converts Democrats. Major R. R. Jackson's election to the State Legislature from the Third Senatorial District is still the talk of the town. Major Jackson sums up as Assistant State's Attorney. Who served as a member of the Flying Squadron and who was a tireless worker during the campaign in the interest of Major R. R. Jackson. follows: "My success is due to Major J. C. Buckner, that Napoleon of politics, Assistant State's Attorney E. E. Wilson, Hon. Oscar De Priest and Hon. B. George." A daily newspaper made a mistake in speaking of the recount, which Attorney George corrects in the following letter: Chicago, May 5, 1913. Editor Defender: The daily papers last week in reporting the contest of Major Jackson stated that the contest was started by Mr. William Ostrom, who was the Major's Republican running mate. I want to say that the contest was started by Major Jackson Dec. 22, 1912, and Mr. Ostrom joined in the suit Dec. 24, 1912. The Major is entitled to full credit in this case, and, being his attorney, I can easily and truthfully testify to the fact. I take great pleasure in doing so. MAJOR JACKSON AT WORK. Only Race Representative Gets Buey —Makes Friends—Converts Democrats. By a Staff Correspondent, [Special to The Chicago Defender.] Springfield, Ill., May 9—Major Jackson is truly representing the people of the race at Springfield. He attended his first session of the legislature Tuesday morning and made many friends by his genial disposition and pleasing appearance. He was surrounded by members and was holding an impromptu reception at his desk when seen by your corro- Ink Eraser Co. has begun business by All Tatum Co., 14 N. fish order of $1000.00 ry and tools required e of the Eraser, to- te order for Erasers. --- spondent. Hon. Homer J. Tice, Hon. David A. Shanahan, Hon. Frank A. Watson, Hon. Edw. J. Smejkal, Hon. L. I. Butts, Hon. Maurice J. Clarke and many others shook his hand and bade him welcome. The Major drew a seat in the right center of the House and is seated alongside of the Hon. Seymour Stedman of Chicago and the Hon. R. D. Kirkpatrick of Benton. He began his legislative career with a record and his first act was to stop the progress of the intermarriage bill. He secured many promises to defeat it. He held a conference with Representative Karch, who introduced the bill and succeeded in getting him to withdraw his efforts to pass it. He also talked with Representative M. "The Noble Son of a Grand Old Sire." Entitled to the greatest credit in the election contest. He presented Major Jackson's name to the leaders of the party, secured their endorsement, worked faithfully in both the primaries and the election and stood by the Major throughout his entire period of political adversity. He is the real Napoleon of the political battleground and now that his choice has triumphed the race should feel proud of the old master and do honor to whom honor is due. Frank J. McNichols, chairman of the committee on miscellaneous subjects, who has charge of the intermarriage bill, and secured his promise to cut the bill adrift and not force its passage. Members of the Socialist party, the Hon. Seymour Stedman, Hon. J. M. Mason, Hon. H. W. Harris and Hon. C. M. Madsen, are opposed to the bill. Many Democrats are opposed to the bill but are inclined to favor it as a result of the worry occasioned them by certain colored men from Chicago, now in Springfield, who are doing the cause more harm than good. They HON. OSCAR DE PRIEST. J. B. One of the first among the leaders to champion Major Jackson's cause and who organized the Flying Squadron of speakers that covered the district during the campaign last fall. He is to be congratulated on the ultimate success of his candidate. constitute a pestiferous lobby which is proving harmful to the race. Major Jackson took charge of the Full Crew bill Wednesday morning and everyone looks for a good report from his efforts next week. He is certainly busy. Grand Success Achieved by the H. P. Lee Grand Council No. 1 of the Lady Elks of the Howard Faction. On last Wednesday night this splendid organization gave an entertainment to a large and appreciative audience at Hulett's hall at 27th and State streets and it was all in the form of a deaf and dumb wedding, and never in the history of the organization was a greater success achieved in any of their undertakings. Those who took part were members of Unique, Elmira and Liberty Temples. Mrs. D. Warren of Unique efficiently played the part of the bride. She was beautifully gowned in white charmeuse draped with white chiffon. The following bridesmaids appeared charming in their gowns, all of beautiful soft white material. They were Mrs. L. Tyler of Elmira, Mrs. M. Banks of Unique, Mrs. J. Armrestm of Elmira and Mrs. O. Gordon of Unique. Mrs. L. M. Flowers, mother of the bride, appeared striking in her part. Mr. Monroe Johnson was ```markdown ``` --- --- father and truly did this gentleman play well the part of a devoted father giving up his only daughter. The following gentlemen, neatly attired in black, were the groomsmen: Mr. Washington, exalted ruler of Chicago Lodge, and Mr. Robert Williams. Mr. T. B. Smith was the groom. The deaf and dumb ceremonies were performed by Mr. Hulett. The flowers were beautifully strenued by little Lula Sadler and Master Son Roberts, grandson of Mrs. Alexander, was ring bearer. Mrs. A. Brown, grand deputy, deserves individual mention, as she was the chief promoter. The following are the names of the members of the Grand Council: Mesdames H. King, A. Brown, M. Bentley, E. Hall, M. Perg, Irvyn. A. Sadler, M. Banks, L. Tyler, D. Warren, O. Gordon, E. Alexander, M. Venoy, P. Noose, J. Armstrong, R. Pierce, H. P. Lee, and M. Johnson of Covington, Ky; also Messrs. B. F. Howard, M. Johnson and Washington. Mrs. E. Alexander played the wedding march. THE WIMPS HAVE ARRIVED. The Edw. Wimps of Buffalo are in the city and are the guests of Mrs. Wimp's mother, Mrs. Henrietta P. Lee, 3159 State street. Now everybody is not familiar with the name "Wimp," but everybody re- members Genevieve Lee, and the rest of the family consists of Mara Belle, Edward Jr. and Benate. "Daddy," as Mr. Wimp is called, is still in Buffalo, but he will be here in a day or two. DR. MARSHALL LEAVES FATHER'S BEDSIDE. Dr. William H. Marshall, 31st and State streets, left the city Thursday night for South Carolina to attend his father, who is seriously ill with a paralytic stroke. Mr. Marshall is well known throughout the state, being a contracting carpenter, and has superintended the erection of many of the prominent buildings in the state, and especially in his home town, Cherow. Mr. Marshall is the father of six children and has educated all of them, and given all a trade. When he last visited Chicago he said, in speaking to a reporter for the Defender: "Well, I have educated all my boys and girls and given them a trade, where they are able to make their way in life even better than I. I am more than pleased with the results. The doctor here wanted more and he was able to take his profession without my assistance and has made good; so have all my children." The doctor has the sympathy of entire Chicago, and all hope his father will recover. Everybody is a crank in some way; those who think they are not, think so because they are cranky.—Waldo Baston. AFTER ALL, ISN'T LIFE TOO SHORT TO HARBOR IT? --- Many Things May Produce Feeling That Makes Man Unfit for the Society of His Fellows, but They Are Not of Consequence. The word "grouch" doesn't appear in all dictionaries, but you can tell from the look of it and the sound of it that it is something awful, and pretty soon we'll have the scientists finding the microbe that produces it, for it must be some sort of disease, writes John A. Doyle in the Boston Globe. There are many causes of a grouch, chief among which may be the appearance of the landlords you thought the first of last month was the day before yesterday; the frequent little missives from the gas company, which say so little and mean so much; the night calls of the baby, who has caught the insomnia microbe; the missing of the last train from Squeedunk, and "Sheridan twenty miles away." Mention might also be made of the delayed check from home, the picking up of the hot liftter and the home team being shut out, to say nothing of the information imparted to you periodically by your wife that her friend's husband has made his marry in the world and didn't have ha your advantages. This latter will bring on a case every time. And yet there is a cure for most of these cases, and sometimes they are gone before we really knew what ailed us, dispelled by a ray of unexpected sunshine when we had about made up our minds that there was nothing in the sky but clouds. A raise in salary has great cursive properties, and so has a little shrinkage in the price of meats and groceries, but these seem so far, far away that it is not worth while to mention them. That is something like precribing a long vacation and an ocean voyage for a man with $12 a week who walks to his work to save car fare. It just ends in the long vacation. But the grouch in itself is not dangerous, at least not to the patient, unless it becomes chronic. Then beware! The chronic grouch is in a class by himself, and thank goodness the class is small. It is a sort of slow suicide and there doesn't seem to be any cure. A man so afflicted seems to look out on life through a pair of eyes that have cracked lenses, so that everything appears distorted and in the wrong place. The frost comes too soon, the rain comes too late, the meat is overdone, the potatoes are not done enough, the sun dazzles his eyes, the dust blinds him, the rain gives him a chill, and he himself is the only right thing on the face of the earth. You and I make him tired. Do you want to have some happiness in life? Well, then, first clear the conscience. You may need a solution of carbolic acid, but don't finch, and be sure you make a good, clean job of it. Then learn to look on the bright side of things and you will soon find out that there is more sunshine than clouds and you will get your share of both. You will be more satisfied with yourself than if you go about with a kink in your heart, a frown on your brow, icicles in your veins and the milk of human kindness turned to limburger cheese. Perique The most unique tobacco raised in this country is perique, a product perfected by an involved method of sweating and curing which was developed by the Arcadians in St. James parish, Louisiana. When picked, the tobacco is stemmed and rolled into loose twists which are placed under pressure until the juices are forced out and the leaves become black and sticky. These juices in the "working" are reabsorbed, and during this process rum is blown into the mass. It is finally stored to cure, and at the end is of peculiar strength, with a characteristic aromatic odor. It is used in cigarettes, pipe mixtures, and for chewing, and some manufacturers insert a few strands in cigars to give them fragrance. The perique district is confined to a small section of St. James parish, on the east side of the Mississippi river. The total production of perique is only about 200,000 pounds a year, and there are about 50 perique manufacturers registered in the books of the Internal Revenue department. Pharmaceutical Era. Believers In Mahomet: Turkish periodicals publish statistics of the Mussulman population of the world; and although it is difficult to follow absolutely the statistics of a country where records are so imperfectly kept, the approximate results are as follows: The Ottoman empire contains 24,000,000 persons, of whom 6,000,000 live in Europe and 18,000,000 in Asia. But these are not more than one-half profess the faith of Mohammed. The Russian empire has quite a proportion of the followers of Mohammed, numbering several millions. In Asia there are some 50,000,000 Mussulmans, while Persia, Afghanistan, Arabia and other independent countries in Asia have about 20,000,000 more. The Dutch colony of Java, with Borneo, the Philippines and other adjacent islands, contains several millions besides. All the northern and central part of Africa rests firm in the faith of the prophet. Thence to the Woodshed Little Willie, aged four and a half, had been very bad. He had forgotten his table manners before "company," so his father was called into service to administer reproof. "Willie, you have been a very bad little boy," said he. "You have shocked your mamma, your grandma and your aunts by your conduct, and I want you to know that I do not approve your actions. It may be that I shall have to chastise you. Do you understand what I am saying?" "I got you, Steve," said Willie.—Indianapolis News. UNTRUE FIGURES OF SPEECH If Metaphorical Phrases Were Taken Literally One Might Very Easily Be Embarrassed. No situation is more difficult to deal with than that in which a figure of speech becomes a fact. I mean that when we have been using a phrase truly, but in its general and metaphorical sense, we are rather embarrassed than otherwise if we find that it is true even in its strict and literal sense. There does not seem to be anything more to say. Suppose you heard a family remark casually, "It's madness in papa to go to Norway!" And suppose the next instant papa sprang into the room through a smashed window, with straws in his hair and a carving knife, and howled aloud: "Ubbuboo! I'm going to Norway!" The incident would be disconcerting. It would not be easy to pursue the subject. Or suppose we said to some stately, silver-haired woman who was annoyed: "I think it childish of you to take offense so easily." And suppose she sat down suddenly on the floor and began to scream for her doll and her skipping rope. We would be at a loss. Words suited to the situation would not easily suggest themselves. Or, if a wife said to her husband, apropos of a luxurious friend to whom he gave expensive dinners: "He's simply robbing you." her remarks would be cut short, rather than further encouraged, by the sight of the friend climbing out of the window with the silver teapot under his arm. The wife would have the extremely unpleasant sensation of having said the worst thing she could, and having nothing more to say. Cases, of course, could be multiplied infinitely; as the case of one who, entering a lodging house, should say "Rats!" in disparagement of its praises, and find himself instantly surrounded by those animals; or one who should remark, "Unciple Joseph has lost his head over this," and should then find him decapitated in the garden.—G. K. Chesterton, in the Illustrated London News. Bedtime Story From Tom Morgan. Johnny Chuck had a pain in his head. Yes, sir, that is exactly what Johnny had in his head. You see, Sammy Jay hung Johnny Chuck up on the venerable wheeze which everybody but Johnny had heard long, long ago, viz: "How much wood would a woodchuck chuck, if a woodchuck would chuck wood?" Now, Johnny is the sort of a chucklehead that takes everything seriously, and so he went to work in deadly earnest to figure it out. And because he couldn't arrive at a satisfactory answer he began to fear that his brains were leaking. So he developed a grouch and went grumping around like Aunt Frettie and Uncle Pepys do when they eat too much, and grow so surly that Polly Chuck and the three little Chucks were skeered for their lives. Several days later Sammy Jay flopped around again, and finding Johnny in a low and febrile state, railed at him, saying: "You remind me of the man who worries and fumes over the impending Japanese invasion, the awful grief of the crying crocodiles of the Nile, and the hellish injustice of the poor growing poorer and the rich growing fatter, and overlooks the fact that the wife he swore to love and cherish is wearing herself down to skin and bones and fiddlestrings trying to keep a roof over the heads of the children and their accursed little backs and tummies covered and filled. Quit pestering about conditions that you don't understand and couldn't change if you did understand them, and do well the small things you are able for. Come out of it!"—Kansas City Star. An extraordinary instance of the intelligence of birds forms the subject of a letter received by the French ministry of agriculture from an inspector of forests. Some time ago the inspector received complaints from sportsmen that quail and partridges had become scarce in certain districts. On examining the matter he found the birds had deserted the regions in which aerodromes had been installed. Seemingly they took the monoplanes and biplanes for enormous birds of prey. Finding after some time, however, that their ranks were not thinned by the strange creatures hovering overhead, cartridges and quail dispatched scouts to the aerodromes to examine the air craft at close quarters. The result of the investigations of these feathered envoys was evidently reassuring, for the birds returned to their former haunts and the preserves around Le Mans and Rheims are now as well stocked as formerly. Imbeciles Are Keenest Observers. A Belgian physician, Dr. Demoor, has been making observations on the capacity of different people for judging which of two weights is the heavier, and has satisfied himself that while ordinary people, especially children, fall to appreciate a small difference, the reverse is the case with the imbecile, idiotic and half witted. According to the Lancet, he prepared two bottles, differing in size, partly filled with a heavy mineral, but covered all over with black paper and exactly equal in weight. These he handed to 380 children between the ages of six and fifteen years. Of these 370 judged one bottle to be the heavier. The other ten said the two were of the same weight. These ten children were all abnormal or degenerates. Difficult Lesson. Johnny's teacher had tried in vain to impress upon his mind that it was incorrect to say "have went." As a last resort she told him to remain after school and write upon the blackboard 100 times the words "I have gone." When after much effort the laborious task was completed Johnny waited for the teacher, who had left the room, to return. Finally in desperation he wrote beneath his completed task: "Miss Smith, I have wrote 'I have gone' 100 times and have went home." Tel. Harrison 5158 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 U. D. DAVIDSON & CO. Direct Importers and Manufacturers of Human Hair and Hair Goods. Let us interest you in the Hair Business. You are a business person and hustler the same as you in your town to sell our human hair goods. You send back your send you this large sample line of human hair goods, which consists of 1 Stylish hair trans- formation that goes around direly around the head. 1 large, beautiful set of Gatsby Ties, 1 set of Front Bunga, 1 set of beautiful Curls. These goods are made out of the best human hair the market affords. 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Worthington's Art Studio Phone Kenwood 3531 A woman stands in a room with a wall decorated with a collection of plates and bowls. She is reaching up to touch one of the plates. The room is filled with framed paintings on the walls. Lessons given in hand painted China, a specialty in Fruit, Flowers, Landscape and Figured Work. Special attention given beginners. We carry a complete line of China for sale, suitable presents for weddings, birthdays and card parties. Firing a specialty. 5344 Dearborn Street Chicago, Illinois HOME DELICATESSEN 36th St. Notion Store 15 W. 36th St., Chicago Opposite Provident Hospital Dealing in Daily and Weekly Papers Cigars and Tobaccos Ice Cream and Candies, specialty to the Children Mrs. Lulu B. Taylor Phone Douglas 2134 Automatic 72-993 Mrs. Edw. Felix's Hairdressing Parl Stands open for all kinds of Hairdressing, Scalp Treatment, Hair Goods to order. Special care taken of the bands and nails. A complete line of toilet articles. Tel. 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Douglas 2928 General Mail to all parts 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. 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 we right --- a magazine brim full of railroad new issued monthly by the Perfection Preer 7509 Ingleside Ave. 15c per copy, $1 a year. Next edition ready May 15! Anywhere good books are sold you find our magazine. Agents want everywhere. Address W. A. Holbert, Business Mgr., 3630 Dearborn St., Chicago. ```markdown ``` ```markdown ``` ```markdown ``` ```markdown ``` --- GU W Copyright GUESS WHO? Copyright applied for The 40th street and Indiana avenue clot is who is crazy about J. O. G. G. O. G. G. G. G. G. G. G. G. G. G. G. thing, but we didn't know who it was about. G. is—who has to have her shoes made to order because her feet are so extremely (?). The tilt rule, $A. B$ is correct. $F$ the tilt rule, $A. B$ is correct. $F$ the tilt rule, $A. B$ is correct. The dude is who lost the patch out of his pants and didn't discover it until the dance was over. The Do Right boy is who got fatigued Friday night at dancing school. E. L. isn't bothered about you, L. B.—might be if you made more than six and a quarter a week. The dude is who may just as well quit him. L. D. She doesn't want a Do Right, J. M. The dude is who wastes a nickel every night trying to talk to E. L. Save your naughty F., she doesn't want to talk to a mutt. The little kindergartener of W. P. is everything she wants to C. L. to notice him, she invites M. C. he thinks about E. L. only, now. The defender reporter is who thinks he has cheese. "Bone," you will get there yet. The dude is who opened up his heart Sunday and set up seven of the Colonial teams for the tournament, noted for his hard-hearted pool games. The funny doll is who is always in the way when in fellow goes to see M. B. Wayne, who have to go D. J. (from such. The dudes are who had a very congenial talk last Sunday before J. M. set. Deaths of the Week Deaths of the Week Allen, Etta, 5, 230 Pratle av.; May 3. Baldcock, Theodore, 37, 303 Wabash av.; May 1. Days, John W., 40, 152 W, 47th st.; Frazier, Harry, 24, 322 Armour av.; May 2. Greater Rosanna, 3149 Armour av.; April 27. Hall, Beatrice Faith, 3149 Wabash av.; Johnson, Victoria, 42, 214 State st.; May 2. Johnson Henry, 60, 414 Clarendon av.; May 2. Jackson, James, 45, 2722 Stute at. May 31 Jackson, James, 45, 2722 Stute at. May 31 Lawson, Lawson, 19, 570 N. Franklin at. Lawson, Lawson, 19, 570 N. Franklin at. Lightfoot, Lawrence 4755 State st. Lightfoot, Lawrence 4514, 4404 Stewart st. May 1. Caille, State 51, 5430 Denbear st. April 22. Mcfadda, Eda 35, 5301 Armoreur st. Mcfadda, Eda 35, 5301 Armoreur st. Miners, Stepney, 40. 2106 Austin av. May 3. Mason, Richard, 21, 296 State st.; May 4 Riggs, Annie, 35, 613 State st.; May 3 Riggs, Annie, 35, 613 State st.; May 3 Trice, Adaline, 7, 60 E, 28th st.; April 29 Travis, Kate, 338 Dearborn st.; May 5 Travis, Kate, 338 Dearborn st.; May 5 Wilson, Charles, 37, 362 Vernon av.; April 29 Wilson, Mabel, 30, 453 Armour av.; An Old Citizen Press Aur An Old Citizen Passes Away. Mr. Wm. H. M. Bond of 763 Boston avenue died Thursday, May 8, at 11 a. m., after being confined to the house only nine days. His death was the result of gangrene and hardening of the arteries. The deceased had been a resident of the city about 57 years, is an old member of North Star Lodge, A. F. & A. M., and member of Old Settlers' Social Club. A loving daughter, Miss Stella Bond; a niece, Mrs. M. E. Weekly and nephews, Samuel and Charles Bond, survive him. Funeral will take place Sunday at 1 p. m. at the above address, conducted by North Star Lodge; interment at Graceland Cemetery. Remains in charge of King's Undertaking Company. IN MEMORIAM In loving memory of Mrs. Eliza J. Moore, wife of Joseph W. Moore, and mother of Mrs. Gertrude Bolay and Mrs. Marion E. Bell, who died May 2nd, 1883, and of their brother, Claude C. Moore, who died May 4th, 1907. This is a tribute from loving relations, who hope to meet them in "the great beyond." JOSSEPH W. MOORE. MRS. GERTRUDE BOLAY. MRS. MARION E. BELL. Mr. Andrew J. Smith, a pioneer resident of Chicago, died Tuesday morning, May 6th, in the Passavant Hospital at Jacksonville, Ill. He had been a resident of Jacksonville but two years, having gone there as Warden of the Odd Fellows' Home. He was an old Patriarch of Hutchinson Lodge, G. V. O. of O. F. Services will be held from Salem Baptist Church, 30th and La Salle street, Sunday, directly after the annual sermon, about 4 p. m. He leaves a widow, Mrs. Frances Sparks Smith. Card of Thanks To the many friends who rendered many acts of kindness during the illness of my wife, Mrs. Ella H. Lee, I am truly grateful, also for the kind sympathy shown and beautiful flowers sent at her death. MR. JAMES W. LEE. W. H. BOWERS & CO. DIGGING FOR GOLD. Gold vein struck in Chicago at 31st and State streets, after one week's digging on the Bowers claim. Beat Text of Man The keenest test of a man comes when he has attained; the struggle to overcome him strong, but the line of least resistance shows itself in success.-Hugh Black Well Mated Pair. Manager—I am looking for a man I can trust. Applicant—and I'm looking for a man who will trust me. We ought to get along fine. Crop Paradox. Beams strange that those who sow the wind are the very ones who have a hard time raising it. Who? The soldier boy is whose Peruvian company A is correct. B. P. is the company of Company A is correct. The club is which gives a party once the kids are done playing. The club does not bring dolls. Colonial Club will be in dance soon for the pleasure (informal). The lucky dolls are who will have the opportunity to play in the party every month with L. C. and H. H. The dolls are who are O. S. C. T. C. S. P. C. and M. H. urry. O you eastern school murm! are in an avenue society dudes are who are in J. W. X. K. H. P. H. S. F. A. H. and J. A. H. are the female society dude who is instilate the infant society dude who is instilate on handling too many girls. But the real doll is who says she is sure holdin him with the W. P. high school boys. The doll is who certainly looked good at dancing school last Friday night. The pink is who certainly looked good at dancing school last Friday night. The Forest avenue dolls are who were seen following the K. of P. band Sunday and from the church back to the armory. The Defender reporter is who says the eighth regiment band used to hold him, and the P. band him so that they can't let go. Sounds good, don't 12 Flip is. BRATFYWOOD. BY MRS. MATTYE E. ANDERSON. In the evening, upon the rising tide, the water is the foamy wave it swept aside. Some is carried far out upon the sea, Other is carried far out upon the sea, Other is carried out of the sea and deep. Its far is more none less than that which drifts away. *drifts away.* Driftwood that has no course, simply drifts away! Driftwood that shall drift until the judgment day. The soul that henceforth must grope in At being so long driftwood in darkness pent- Even the tree that lay beneath in their somber tun- Were driftwood in life, under God's set- tle heart. Why look ye in awe on driftwood at deth's portal. Driftwood mulled with dust and yet immortal! God in his own time the driftwood shall gather- That which long decayed in stormy Driftwood that wandered through the realms of gloom; Driftwood that has molded in a watery omb! Driftwood that has been carried out at sea! Driftwood that lays decayed upon the lea- It shall be gathered in God's own way! Driftwood that shall drift until the judgment day. As ye under through life, ye derelict men. Think ye of the driftwood at sea now and then. And when the cruel waves of life sweep sea. This driftwood that the current carries free. Be not driftwood floating waste and desolate. Primitive Farming in Spain. In some parts of Spain, as in the Seville district, there are many large farms ranging from 1,000 acres up to 10,000 or even more. In other parts of the country thousands of peasants have the plot of from two acres to five acres in the field. There the use of modern farm machinery makes very slow progress. Their Destination Uncertaint She was hurriedly adjusting her veil, and had but a few moments in which to catch her ear. "Oh, dear," she murmured, "I can't find a pin anywhere. I wonder where all the pins go to, anyway!" "That's a difficult question to answer," replied her practical husband, who was standing by. "Because they are always pointed in one direction and headed in another." The plays we think we ought to see, they send up fast asleep; the plays that we would like to see—to them we daren't creep; the plays that people talk about strike us as rather small; and the plays that people take us to—oh, they're the worst of all. Slide Can Be Seen From Signs can be seen from Aar. Experiments in France with huge signs to be displayed on the roofs of buildings for the guidance of aviators have shown that signs made of silvered glass balls, set in a black background, can be seen the greatest distances. There is yet no culture, no method of progress known to men, that is so rich and complete as that which is missed in great friendship. —Phillips, Brooks. Little Clara has a habit of sticking her feet out, of the bed covers. One hot night, on being told not to do so, she obeyed in silence for a little white and then suddenly said, "Oh, mamma, let me put my feet out! They're choking." During several months of each year some of the great rivers of Siberia are frozen solid to the bottom, but the fishes imprisoned in the ice maintain their vitality and resume their active life when the ice melts in the spring. Modern Drama. Daily Thought Maybe They Were Fish Unhurt by Foot THE CHICAGO DEFENDER METHOD AND A MAID By TROY ALLISON. He finally managed to get his cigar to working satisfactorily, and stretched himself comfortably on the grass. She leaned back against the tree trunk and watched a squirrel busy on a neighboring branch. Harrington noticed that she seemed to have entirely forgotten his presence—he could not decide whether the situation interested him or piqued his masculine vanity. "When you have satisfactorily examined the trees, the squirrel, the water falling over those stone, and have formed your opinion concerning the entrenching horizon," he said in a slightly injured tone, "wouldn't you like to talk to me some?" "None of these things are more interesting to me, Diogenes, than the study of you, I assure you," her lips curled with a teasing smile, and there was a touch of fun in her. "Sometimes I almost conclude that, amiably, taking long puffs at his cigar, "I never cared much for women—but in this case there is a stronger element, I believe it almost approaches being dislike. "She wriggled her blond head into a more comfortable pose against the tree trunk and beamed upon him as if he had said something truly gratifying. "It's an achievement Diogones to have inspired you with a strong feeling of any description—I'm proud of myself." "You have such a confounded way of pouncing upon a fellow's thoughts and holding them up to ridicule—you can analyze a man as easily as a chemist can analyze a patent medicine. Didn't you know, Miss Burton, that women ought to make themselves—er-attractive—it's uncanny for them to go in for psychology, analysis—er-vivisection." "Attractive? O Dlogones—you are awfully lacking in manners—I was taking solid comfort and content in the belief that the powers that be had made me—attractive—and was amusing myself with your so-called vivisection—merely as a side issue. I see, my dear philosopher, that you are not fitted for the gentle ways of polite sofety—If it didn't sound slangy, I'd save it to your tub. It was a tub that Dlogones enjoyed so thoroughly, wasn't it?" He was, by degrees, working himself into an exceedingly bad temper. "Miss Burton, did you know that blond women had always enjoyed the reputation of being fool—more or less?" he asked, scathingly. "All of which leads to—" she interrupted with elaborate innocence. "The fact that it's time you decided whether you are going to marry that idiot Darrell or me, we've both been dangling around you the whole summer." "Your climaxes are strong," she smiled, admiringly, "that idiot Darrell or—you—Don't you recognize a certain similarity to Pope in the way you construct your sentences?" "It's impossible to make a climax after Darrell." he snorted, "it would be an impossibility to find a bigger idiot to name after him." "Everything, dear man, depends upon—the point of view," she pinned on her hat, and turned towards the path leading to the hotel. That afternoon Harrington lay, half asleep, his magazine over his face, in the shade of the bushes that grew back of the summer house. "Virginia—you are acting shamefully," he heard Darrell's voice. Virginia evidently enjoyed the idea of acting shamefully—for he heard a little ripple of merriment. "But you know, Jack, he really does need some of the concept taken out of him—women have spoiled him so." "I think you have tormented him enough." Darrell insisted, "and you have carried on, with me outrageously, I feel party to a fraud. You can't keep it up much longer, for when Eleanor comes next week he will soon find out that I've been engaged to your sister all along. Why not put him out of his misery? You, know you like him." "Of course I do—and I'm going to marry him—but he needs a little training first." Darrell rose and started towards the house. "I'm going to finish my letter to Eleanor," he said. "I'll leave you here to finish your book. Shall I tell Eleanor that we'll make it a double wedding in November?" "I think he'll make an awfully handsome bridegroom," she said, softly. Darrell laughed delightfully. "First time I ever saw you with a real attack, Virginia. I don't see, to save my soul, how he's failed to find out that you care. But as for handsome bridegrooms—I'll have you remember that I'll be there, myself," and he walked down the path whistling. Harrington sat up, let his magazine fail ammonited to the ground, and brushed his coat carefully. His gray eyes were twinkling, as he crept quietly into the summer house. He caught the startled girl in his arms. "A man has a perfect right to kiss the girl he's going to marry in November—I'm so glad you acknowledge that I'll look picturesque at the wedding." "You wretch! You heard what I said!" she gasped. Harrington held her fast. "Just so—exactly so—and. nothing has ever added so much to my conceit, Virginia mine." (Copyright, by Daily Story Pub. Co.) His Luck. "Do you know, young man," began the clergyman, "that when you retufe at night you may be called before morning dawns?" "Yes," repiled the young man dreamily, with recollections of a polished game of the night before, "and it would just be my luck to have a poor hand." "When Labor is Cheap. When the trollley invaded Bombay the excavating was done by natives armed with grubbing hides, and the dirt was carried away in bowls. HER PLIGHTED TROTH BY NELLIE CRAVEY GILLMORE. Where the road bent Netta selected a tempting tuft of grass and seated herself upon it, depositing her numerous small packages on the plat of green beside her. Flashes of scarlet quivered in her cheeks as grisco rounded the bend and drew rein. He stood staring down at her for a moment, his hands deep in his trousers pockets, then he dropped abruptly to the grass beside her. "I think I ought to tell you," he said soberly, "that I am going to be married—soon." Netta did not speak. For a long time she sat sailing in a dull way at the small, brown hands that had involuntarily clenched themselves in her lap. After a while she glanced up with dry, bright eyes, and held out her fingers. "Of course I wish you all possible happiness," she said, "you know that. I'd better be going home now," she added, in a different tone, "it is almost dark." Ericson assisted her to rise, and for a second afterward stood looking down into her face as he had a hundred times before; through his eyes trembled something she dared not understand. The instant passed, and then the world—the whole world outside those two—seemed to slip and vanish, and Netta lay sobbing in his arms. "I can never give you up," he cried, brokenly, "not if a thousand vows and promises stood between!" The girl drew herself sharply from his embrace with a sudden accession of strength; his words had sobered her. "Goodby," she said; "you must keep your troth inviolate; it—it's the only Seated Herself. way, Jack." She turned abruptly and walked past him. Ericson stood motionless for a moment; then he stooped dazedly and began to gather up the scattered bundles. "You forgot these," he said, overtaking her. "Netta," he went on in an impassioned tone, "you must let me explain, "the—that other girl—I have never loved her! Our betrothal was all the fool work of a lot of people with pet schemes." Winter apples were swinging and shivering as they swung in a cutting east wind. In the doorway of the old-fashioned white and green cottage stood Netta. Before and all about her the wealth of trees and shrubs stood bleak and stripped. Two brilliant roses had slipped into the girl's cheeks, and the eyes above them looked deep and dark with a radiant happiness. Her hair, black and waving, tumbled picturesquely over a smooth, white forehead. Somewhere inside the room a clock struck four, and Netta drew in her breath with a sudden heart-beat. Simultaneously came the sound of swift-rushing wheels over the hard clay road beyond. Netta closed the heavy door behind her and slipped softly out into the frozen air. Ericson had left his carriage at the tollgate and was coming toward her with outstretched hands. "Jack!" "Sweetheart!" he cried, his arms about her. Presently he held her away from him to look into the wide-love-lit eyes. "I kept my troth, dear," he said, gently. "I know." "She died a year ago," he went on, a certain soberness coming into his voice. "and she was always happy, I am almost sure of that." The girl's gaze compelled his for one anxious moment. "She never knew? I are quite certain that she did not suspect anything?" "Quite certain," he responded earnestly. "She was a good little girl, and it was not hard to do the right thing by her, even though," he added with abrupt fervor, "the love of my life had been given to another—to you." His arms went round her again and Netta hid her blood-burned cheeks. "That night," she said, presently, "when you went from me I felt just as though one of us had died, and yet—" she paused, and a luminous light came into her eyes, "I should never have married you, Jack, if you had broken your promise to her to set yourself free." "Nor could I have loved you half so well," he replied, in an unsteady tone, "had you allowed me to do so." (Copyright by Daily Story Pub. Co.) Irish Village Beems Doomed. The historic village of Ardmore, County Waterford, Ireland, is doomed by the incoming sea, according to a recent report. The village is eight miles. from Younghal, and contains many interesting remains of early ecclesiastical architecture. Sometimes True A friend's three-year-old little girl, upon being asked if she would-like some vegetable soup, replied: "I would not want any more of the garbage." FURNISHED ROOMS FOR RENT. 3938 STATE ST. second flat—Nicely furnished, and airy room, comfortable bath, gas telephone service, electric lights; comfortably heated. Convenient to own car lines, including elevated. Ten only. Phone Douglas 614 or 72215. 10-17 3726 CALUMET AV.—Nicely furnished room suitable for one married couple or two children. Phone Douglas 7769. 10-17 325 E. 367TH PL. near Wabash av. second floor for two; also one single room; furnace heat; hot water the year around; free air. Phone Automatic 77924. 10-17 3938 STATE ST., third floor—Three nicely furnished rooms, light and airy; bath, gas electric light, telephone service, and all other modern conveniences. Men only need apply. Convenient to car lines. 10-17 3938 STATE ST., second flat, neat—Nicely furnished, light and airy room, comfortable bath, gas telephone service, and all other modern conveniences. Term reasonable. 10-17 3652 CALUMET AV., top flat—Front room with all modern conveniences, and either a car or two gentlemen. Phone Douglas 9349. 10-17 3234 VERNON AV.-Nicely furnished, large front room, and several small ones, all light and airy; bath, gas, free room, and all other modern conveniences. Gentlemen preferred, ventent to car line. 10-17 3214 PRAIRIE AV., top flat.-Nicely furnished rooms, light and airy; suitable for two. 10-17 3273 RHODES AV., Apt. J.-Nicely furnished, light rooms; steam heat, hot room; light rooms; quiet room. If you are looking for a piece, quiet inspect. Phone Douglas 5085. 10-17 3423 FOREST AV.-Large, light, front room; steam heat; hot and cold water in room. Man and wife or two gentlemen. Phone Douglas 8001. 10-17 4633 EVANS AV., third flat—Nicely furnished rooms for a quiet, refined couple or gentleness, all modern convenences. 10-17 3345 FOREST AV.—Large large and one small room, suitable for a small room, two or two ladies, one single lady, all modern improvements; hot and cold water; rooms Auto. 72050. Phone Douglas 72050. 10-17 3827 INDIANA AV.—Furnished or unfurnished rooms, on car line, near "L" station; hot and cold water and all other modern convenences. Phone Automatic 76349. 10-17 3829 COTTAGE GROVE AV. 109 flat. First-class furnished rooms, with and with all modern convenences. Telephone Automatic 76349. 10-17 3846 VERNON AV. near 33d blvd.—Nicely furnished rooms; electric light; all modern convenences. Phone Douglas 4714. 10-17 Nicely furnished large front room and side rooms, running water and all modern convenitions, reasonable, kitchen accommodations, 3249 Vernon Ave. 3-10 Nicely furnished rooms, plenty of hot water, very reasonable to desirable parties, 3249 Vernon Ave. Mrs. Mary Washington. 4528 ST. LAWRENCE AV.—Nicely furnished rooms, with all modern conveniences. Phone Kenwood 4227. Auto. 79816. 11-9-12-11-9-13 3630 FOREST AV.—Nice rooms; steam heat and all other modern conveniences; suitable for two young men. First-class family. 3525 CALUMET AV.—Flat, or rooms; steam heat and all other modern conveniences. 4329 FORESTVILLE AV.—second flat—Nearly furnished room; all modern conveniences; steam heat. Tel. Auto. 72259. Mrs. Gray. 3618 RHODES AV.—Nicely furnished rooms, comfortably heated; bath, gas, telephone service, and all other modern conveniences; suitable for light housekeeping; convenient to car line. Phone Douglas 6311. 3-10-17-24-31 FLATS TO RENT. 3966 VERNON AV. second floor—Six- room flat; bath; gas stove; heat all room; fireplace; oven; once a month. Phone Drexel 5723, Automatic 76957. 10-17 TO RENT—SIX-ROOM, STEAM-HEATED flat; sunny, light; hardwood floors; $15 apply to Mrs. Golings 7175 Forest avenue. 4718 WENTWORTH AV.—Three-room, front flat, $5. TO RENT—SMALL APARTMENTS, two to four rooms; private baths; stairway; hot water; gas range; hard- wood floors; $14 to $25. Ferguson 3411 Vernon av. SMALL APARTMENTS—TWO, THREE, and four rooms; private baths; steam heater; hot water; gas range; Mr. Walter Ferguson, 3415 Vernon av. VERNON AV. near 38th st. Suite of three rooms, suitable for light keeping, for rent to desirable tenants; newly decorated. Phone Douglas $35. THESE HOUSES FOR RENT OR FOR SALE ON EASY TERMS THESE HOUSES FOR RENT OR FOR SALE ON EASY TERMS CALL AT OFFICE FOR PRICES, OR FOR RENT. FLATS. 561 E. 35th, 2nd flat, $12. 20 W. Superior St., 2 rear flats, ea. $16. 29-35 Vernon Ave., 1st flat, $15. 4623 Evans ave. 6 rooms, steam heat, $35.00. 33 E. 31st at, 7 large light rooms over- looking Grand blvd., $38.00. 4421 State st., 4-5-room fliats ..... $12.50 to 14.00 2335 Vernon av., 2d and 3d flats, 7 rooms ..... 20.00 Houses. 3616 Armour av., $8; basement (coal office) ..... 5.00 4202 Langly Ave., Cottage $20. 9 E. 35th at, 8 rooms ..... 20.00 3129 Cottage Grove av., large and light ..... 20.00 CHICAGO REALTY & RENTING CO. Room 803, 69 Washington st. Handolph $237. Auto. 43954. Phone Franklin 2272 Res. 508 East 36th Street Tel. Douglas 4397 J. GRAY LUCAS ATTORNEY AT LAW Oxford Building, Suite 506 118 North La Salle St., Chicago Saving Electric Current. Repeatedly interrupting the current for infinitesimal fractions of time, permitting the filament to cool but not interfering with the light as perceived by the human eye, a French electrician has invented a lamp which he claims uses but one two-hundredth of the current of ordinary lamps. Get Your Hands On A House On Your Own Terms PRAIRIE AVE., near 35th St. Lot 25x125; a detached 12-room brick house; 2 baths; open plumbing; hardwood floors; furnace heat; in good repair; rental $600. Price ..... $6,000. FOREST AVE., near 33rd St. 10-room stone front house; furnace heat; could be remodeled into a 3-flat at small expense; now rented for $510. Price ..... $4,500. CALUMET AVE., near 35th St. An elegant 3-story stone front house; 10 rooms; open plumbing; furnace heat; all in fine repair; rental $480. Price ..... $4,400. CALUMET AVE., near 35th St. Large 10-room brick and stone house; open plumbing; furnace heat; hardwood finish; in good repair; rental $480. Price ..... $4,500. GROVELAND AVE., near 31st St. 10-room stone front residence; open plumbing; furnace heat; all in first class repair; rental $420. Price ..... $4,500. DEARBORN ST., near 35th St. 2-story stone front; 2 flats of 6 and 7 rooms; bath; gas; stove heat; rental $552. Lot 25x110. Price ..... $4,500. EVANS AVE., near 45th St. Lot 25x170, improved with a good 8-room frame house; open plumbing; furnace heat; frame barn; rental $252. Price ..... $3,250 PRAIRIE AVE., near 35th St. Double frame house; 7 rooms each; open plumbing; bath and gas; rents $45. Price $3,000. DEARBORN ST., near 31st St. 2-flat frame; 5 rooms each; bath; gas; frame barn; lot 25x110; rental $360. Price $2,700. DEARBORN ST., near 29th St. Lot 25x110, improved with an 8-room cottage; rental $216. Price ..... $2,250. Call at our office for further information The Guaranteed Feather Company Present this ad. and receive a 10% discount on each purchasing dollar. MENTION THE DEFENDER. PORO HAIR GROWER Any of these $500. PRAIRIE AVE., near 35th St. brick house; 2 baths; open nace heat; in good repair; r FOREST AVE., near 33rd St. nace heat; could be remode now rented for $510. Price CALUMET AVE., near 35th St. house; 10 rooms; open plum pair; rental $480. Price... CALUMET AVE., near 35th St. house; open plumbing; fu good repair; rental $480. GROVELAND AVE., near 31st dence; open plumbing; fu rental $420. Price.... DEARBORN ST., near 35th St. 6 and 7 rooms; bath; gas 25x110. Price.... EVANS AVE., near 45th St. I. 8-room frame house; open barn; rental $252. Price.... PRAIRIE AVE., near 35th St. each; open plumbing; bath 2 DEARBORN ST., near 31st bath; gas; frame barn; lot 2 DEARBORN ST., near 29th St. 8-room frame cottage; rent Call at our office for W. H. BOW Phone Douglas 986 The Guaranteed GUARANTEED LADY MAXY THE IMPERIAL Cloaks and Are haw MAY CLEAR Present this ad. and receive a 10% MENTION TH PORO HAI TOMMY By putting rings on the legs of storks about to migrate southward from countries in northern Europe, where they spend the warm months, it has been found that they often go the way to South Africa, usually passing around the east end of the Mediterranean instead of across that sea. Therpy Pathway of Genius An advertisement taken from a Chicago morning paper shows to what a pass a genius may come in a great city: "Wanted—A collaborator, by a young playwright. The play is already written; collaborator to furnish board and bed until play is produced." This Poet's Wife Was Practical. "If I can do anything to cheer and brighten the lives of my fellow men I shall be perfectly satisfied," remarked the long-haired wife. "Then," replied his weary wife, "why don't you quit writing poetry and get up a comic series in which the humor is furnished by some one who hits another over the head with a club." How to Reserve a Monument How to Deserve a Monument. The man who succeeds in perfecting an invention that will keep wrinkles off his skin dies will willingly subscribe to a fund for the purpose of providing him with a splendid monument. Wealth Record After Che My prayer to the gods is that, if possible, we may have wealth also in abundance, but that at all events we may maintain our character of being trustworthy and truthful.-Demos thenes. OAKLAND { 5101 2264 5100 Chicago Carpet Cleaning Co. House Cleaning—Attic to Base-ment. Home of Vacuum Cleaning. Alex. T. Stewart, Mgr., 20 YRS. EXPERIENCE 1236 E. 47th St., CHICAGO --- Balance like rent 45th St. Lot 25x125; a detached 12-room room; open plumbing; hardwood floors; fur- pair; rental $600. Price ..$6,000. 45th St. 10-room stone front house; fur- remodeled into a 3-flat at small expense; Price ..$4,500. 35th St. An elegant 3-story stone front on plumbing; furnace heat; all in fine re- price ..$4,400. 35th St. Large 10-room brick and stone ing; furnace heat; hardwood finish; in 480. Price ..$4,500. Ar 31st St. 10-room stone front resi- g; furnace heat; all in first class repair; Price ..$4,500. 35th St. 2-story stone front; 2 flats of ch; gas; stove heat; rental $552. Lot ..$4,500. St. Lot 25x170, improved with a good open plumbing; furnace heat; frame Price ..$3,250. 55th St. Double frame house; 7 rooms bath and gas; rents $45. Price $3,000. 31st St. 2-flat frame; 5 rooms each; lot 25x110; rental $360. Price $2,700. 29th St. Lot 25x110; improved with an e; rental $216. Price ..$2,250. Price for further information BOWERS & CO. 6 East 31st Street Red Feather Company Manufacturers of French Plumes And All Classes of Fancy Feathers Guaranteed. Willow Plumes Our Specialty Washable - They Do Not Loss Fibre MME. LAMBERT. Prop. 3149 Indiana Avenue CHICAGO Phone Doudine 7986 ERIAL 229 So. State St. Opp. Quincy St. and Millinery are having their SEARING SALE a 10% discount on each purchasing dollar. ATION THE DEPENDER. AIR GROWER MME. Lea Smith treatment of the scalp with the wonderful Poro Hair Grower will absolutely grow your hair and tie the scalp clean and healthy. Thousands know of its value. This treatment destroys the germs that cause falling hair and baldness. With a thorough course of treatment I guarantee satisfaction. Both women and men treated. I also do Manicuring, Hair Dressing, Bleaching and Dyeing. I also teach what I do. Poro Hair System is $35.00 alone. Diploma issued on completion of course. $1.00 for Treatment, 50c for Box of Poro Telephone Automatic 24:414 Phone Dresel 4070 5209 Wabash Avenue, Chicago, Ill. Look for the Defender wherever newspapers are sold :: :: :: The readers of the Chicago Defender are requested to ask for the paper at the various news stands throughout the city. The Chicago Defender is to be on sale everywhere. If you ride on the "L" road ask for it at the news stand. If you can not secure it from your newsdealer call up the Circulation Department 3159 S. State Street Tol. Douglas 3559 Chicago Negroes Fast Asleep IN The Good Time Cabarets "Throwing their money away with business men in their neighborhood who will not give their young men and women work nor their children in vacation; read the thrilling story soon to run in The Defender from a man who traded in one house for 15 years and when his daughter graduated he could not get her a job with said firm for love nor money. Wake up! Women! Bestir yourselves, the men of the race have gone into a slumber; if you value your children, then get busy." The Defender The World's Greatest Weekly. R. S. ABBOTT, LL. B. Editor and Publisher. Founded May 6, 1905. SUBSCRIPTION RATES IN ADVANCE. One month ..... $1.50 Six months ..... 1.00 Three months ..... 0.15 Foreign ..... 2.50 OFFICE. 3159 State Street Entered as second-class matter, February 1, 1906, at the Postoffice in Cincinnati, Ill., under act of March 3, 1873. RATES OF ADVERTISING. Births, betrothals, marriages and deaths each $1.50 Complimentary and obituary resolutions, each $5.00 DISPLAY ADVERTISEMENTS. One inch, one time $1.50 Special rates given on large or long-front page advertisements, per inch 3.00 Want ads, each $0.50 Hikes for display advertisements per line $0.35 Rates for display advertisements furnished on application Change of address—Please give both the title and address; and in writing to the paper always be careful to give both the state and postoffice, as well as name. IF YOU SEE IT IN THE DEFENDER, IT IS SO. SATURDAY, MAY 10, 1913. COURT GENERAL ROBERT ELIOTT, No. 7355. Ancient Order of Forsters, meets every second and fourth Monday Hight Court Street. Odd Fellows Hall, 337 East State street Lodge Officers. Chief Ranger, F. V. Babb, 5345 Dearborn street; phone Dexel 5010 Grove avenue; phone Naylor 5721 Grove avenue; phone Normal 7522 Treasurer, Frank L. Crittenden, 2414 Dearborn street; phone Calumet 3219. CHURCH DIRECTORY R. H. H. 30th and Dearborn streets. Wavman, Franklin and Whiting streets. St. Stephen, Austin and Robey streets. Institutional, 30th and Dearborn streets. St. John, 62d and Elizabeth streets. Hyde Park, 50th street and Lake Avon Street. Waiters A. M. E. Zion, 35th and Dearborn born street. Waters A. M. E. Zion, 35th and Dearborn street. Olivet Baptist, 27th and Dearborn Crescentia, 35th and Wabash avement. Harmon Baptist, 35th Street and Wabash Avenue. Harmon Baptist, 1754 North Clark ardment. St. Thomas Episcopal, 38th street and Wabash Avenue. Grace Presbyterian, 34th and Dearborn St. Monica Catholic, 36th and Dearborn Street. St. Carmel C. M. E. Church, 62d and Ada Street. Linc c. M. Memorial Congregational Church. Osborne Avenue. Wabash Avenue. Ebenezer A. M. E., Evanston, Ill. St. John Baptist, 300000 St. John Baptist, 1742 Fulton Street. M. Z. Zion, 18th Street and Armour avenue. Berean Baptist, 49th and Dearborn street. Christian Church, 3621 Armour Avenue. St. John Baptist, Ada and Lake streets. St. Audent Baptist, Walnut and Learett Crescentia, 35th Street and Grand Avenue. St. Mark M. E., Church, 48th and Dearborn Crescentia, 35th Street and Wabash St. Mark M. E., 50th street and Wabash Hope Presbyterian Church, 61st street and Loomis Boulevard. Shin and Baptist Church, 62d and May streets. Lince c. M. Memorial Congregational Crescentia Street and Rhodes Avenue. Seventh Day. Dearborn street. Wabash Avenue. ONE MORE UNFORTUNATE. She was but sixteen when she blew into "Chi". From some little burg down in "Bam." Modest and pretty and sweet and as shy As Mary's own dear little lamb. The bright lights of State street, of course, caught her eye; Then she met a young fellow named Sam. Her mother at home now does nothing but. cry. And her Pa says she's not worth a—— Well, are you satisfied with the new flat? A few people voted for Maj. R. R. Jackson after all. The van and storage men are now getting their inning. In the meantime, don't forget to pay your dues to the Y. M. C. A. A great many people wait until their homes get full of flies before putting in the screens—that is the way to make pets of them. Speaking of the proposed new 5th regiment armory—if we all pull together the strings leading to Springfield, we might land it this spring. "Rube" Foster's popularity as a ball twirler seems to be on the increase, at the Sunday ball games especially. The standing room sign is a regular feature. Some of the young ladies who promenade unaccompanied up and down the "Stroll" evenings will find themselves some morning explaining to the judge. The new Y. M. C. A. building will cost $200,000 and will be the finest structure and the best equipped in the country. Now is the time to swell out your chest and say: See what we did—if you've paid. The 14th and 15th amendments give some of our friends (?) a great deal of annoyance. We are so sorry to be the cloud on their otherwise clear sky; but let them cheer up even the darkest cloud has a silver lining. Senator Vardaman halls from Mississippi. We are under the impression that when he leaves this beautiful world for the one ruled by his superior officer, His Satanic Majesty, his hailing days will be over, due in a great measure to the climate. There are many men who are ambitious to be lazy—Waldo Baston. --- MISTREATING JEWS. MISTREATING JEWS. In some instances it is just as unfortunate—if it can be termed unfortunate—to be a Jew as it is to be colored. In Philadelphia, for instance, the City of Brotherly Love and the home of liberty, there are schools who bar out the children of the Jews. The principals declare that if they allowed them to attend they would lose the greater part of their patronage. Hotels bar them from their rooms; restaurants object, at times openly, to serving them, and in many ways they are humiliated with the indignities heaped upon them. Perhaps it has never occurred to these so-called Christians to cease preaching Christianity and brotherly love and begin practicing it. FULL CREW BILL "The so-called "Full crew bill" which the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen is trying to have passed, is nothing more than a piece of class legislation. This is one of the few national organizations which draws the color line in its constitution. The bill appears innocent enough until it is analyzed and the little joker found in the form of a clause which, if carried, would result in the discharge of every chair-car porter in the state. This has happened in Ohio, where a similar bill was passed sometime ago. There are too few openings for young colored men to make an honest livelihood and we feel sure that the members of the general assembly will grasp the discriminating character of this proposed bill and relegate it to the waste basket where it rightfully belongs. There is such a thing as overdoing it, and that is just what the cafes along the "Stroll" are doing. They were not satisfied with nightly cabaret performances when the young men and women were through with their work and could indulge in those unwholesome pleasures, but they must give afternoon performances which lure the weaklings forever from their positions and start them on the downward road. Oh, the shame of it all, and scarcely a hand lifted to suppress it. In this busy city we give little heed to such common things until it strikes home, the damage is done and it is too late, too late. Mothers and fathers with sons and daughters just coming of age, what of their home training: what of their future? It is high time for a family reunion and a little plain, though forceful, heart-to-heart talk. SAME OLD THING There is a movement on foot by wealthy men of the east to buy up large tracts of southern land and turn it over to the Negroes to work, believing they will make good and in this way solve the problem which, at the present time, is perplexing the nation. Surely, out of all the plans devised for our true emancipation, one of them should show signs of workings. Of course, we do not want to close the entry books until everybody has been heard from. Just when we think the 'last idea has arrived for solving the race question, lo and behold, here comes a new and a fresh one that makes the others look like a last year's bird's nest. Solomon it was who said: "There is nothing new under the sun," but Solomon is a back number; so we breathe a sigh or two and pathetically ask: "What must be 'did,'?" THE INITIATIVE AND REFERENDUM No matter before the legislature in Springfield is fraught with so much danger to the colored citizens of the state as the Initiative and Referendum under which policy 8 per cent of the voters of the state can call an election or vote on any given proposition. It is practically establishing the rule of pure Democracy as opposed to representative government, and places the impulses and passions of the people supreme above calm and mature judgment. The French revolution was an example of such pure Democracy; mob law in the south is another notable example not a far cry from the tenets of this latest dogma. The abuses of representative government certainly will find no cure in legislation as chimerical and spasmodic as the Initiative and Referendum is likely to invoke. Fulcr Play. The fifthth anniversary of freedom is still being celebrated. Kansas City has set aside May 19th for their demonstration at which time Prof. W. E. B. DuBois will speak on the subject: "The World Problem of the Color Line." Note, he terms it a "world problem" and he is right. We are prone to look upon it as a purely home-grown institution; it is, as far as the Negro is concerned, but the Negro is but a small part of the darker races and even the Caucasian race has more or less to do with their darker brother, with the stress on the more, for the time is fast approaching when they must be reckoned with, and reckoned with justly. The rapidity with which the darker races are becoming enlightened is marvelous, and we might add, alarming, to the whites, who should be gently reminded that what you sow so shall you reap, as Josh Billings would say: "A hint to the sufficient is wise." SLAVERY IN ILLINOIS Perhaps not in a generation has a fact been brought to light more horrible than the finding of young colored boys and girls having been sold to Southern families, by the Children's Home and Aid Society. The practice too, has been going on for years and had become quite lucrative until an investigation was made last week. The Society has sent children into twenty-six states and Canada and no record has been kept of their whereabouts or welfare after the sale was consummated. Such a condition, so much at variance with Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation, and occurring almost under the shadow of his tomb, is a horror's crown of horrors. "For larger colored children, homes are found with southern white families, where they can render such service as is peculiar to southern families," says the advertising circular of this society. The condition is slavery of the deepest dye, and we know of no penitentiary stern enough to mete out justice to such villains as the promoters of this society evidently are. POPULAR CHURCHES A writer says: "It is high time for the ministers to stop preaching so much about Hell and briststone hereafter, and lecture to the young element about sanitary laws; how to live; how to eat; how to dress; how to work, and how to rest." The writer seems to hit the nail squarely on the head and it is a pity our clergy are placed between two fires, so to speak. To preach the gospel, the straight and narrow path, fearlessly striking at evil whenever and wherever found, almost means a loss of their co-operation, unpopularity and removal from that particular church. The people of today do not want to be told of their faults, the future does not concern them; their senses are lost in the giddy whirl of the present. Notice where the crowds go—especially the younger set—and you will find the reason to be: many of our Sunday schools are used simply as meeting places and by what is termed "our best set." Perhaps it is better they go to church and Sunday school under these conditions than not at all, but it does seem a little missionary work could be done right here in Chicago. EXCLUSIVE ENGLEWOOD EXCLUSIVE ENGLEWOOD If you did not know it before, we wish to inform you that in certain parts of the southern end of the city known as Englewood, you are not wanted as neighbors, whether you buy or rent. The "Gresham Improvement Association" (whoever they are) objected strenuously to Richard J. Cope (white) who is married to a colored girl, living in a house and lot he bought at $444 South Carpenter street. Mr. Cope appears to be a very agreeable man and admits he didn't know he was offending anyone when he took possession, and is willing to comply with their request, providing the association buys his property, paying him what he asks; if not, he'll stay. The property must be very valuable or these dear people wouldn't want it so badly. There might be a gold vein or oil on the place—who knows—so Mr. Cope has raised the price to cover just such emergencies. Of course, this is only a conjecture, but when airships become common we will wager there will be just such people as compose the Gresham Improvement Association, who will want to reserve a strata of air for their exclusive use to fly in. SOUTHERN SENTIMENT SOUTHERN SENTIMENT. Clark Howell, editor of The Atlanta Constitution, though a southerner of southerners, is extremely optimistic and does not despair of the Negro in the south. He goes so far as to say that within another generation there will be virtually no illiteracy among the race, which means not only the salvation of the Negro but of the south, for the future of the south demands his uplift into economic and social manhood. Agriculture, in most of the states, depends upon the Negro, as essential to have a good education to be a good agriculturist; hence Mr. Howell's decision. When the farmer learns to reed and write, he acquires a thrist for doing things more systematically, trying, experiments that others have found successful. He will be better able to protect himself against money sharks and unscrupulous whites; he will have pride in what he is doing; home life will count for more, and this same education will prove an efficient weapon against all his weaknesses. The intelligent element of the south have grown tired of having such men as Vardaman, Blease and their ilk, represent them, or, rather, mis-represent them, and are boldly coming out and expressing their views, which we are happy to say, are always favorable to our race. It is the silver lining to the southern cloud. TIMELY WORDS. This is a very mysterious world we live in. No human mind can estimate the consequences of our acts. No one can foresee the unfoldings of Providence. But there are certain things that the experience of the race has demonstrated to pay always. We know that justice is always best, that truth is better than falsehood, and honesty better than craft. Justice demands that all children born into nation shall have equal opportunity, and one child to ignorance and servitude and set another in luxury and power, for no fault or merit of their own, is not just. Justice demands that every human being in a state have equal privilege of citizenship and franchise, of protection in law for his life and property; and of eligibility to public office. There is no passion that can so blind men to justice as race prejudice. There is no inferior race. A race inferior in one way may be superior in another. Every race has its own contribution to humanity. There are some characteristics of white men that it is fatal for black men to imitate; there some traits of black men it would do the white men good to copy. All talk of "Negro inferiority" is aside from the issue. There is but one issue: To give the negro a square deal. So long as we do not know precisely what to do in any case it is always safe to as we would be done by. In the game of human relationship the golden rule is trumps and the rule holds, "In case of doubt, lead trumps." Those who have read the excellent articles by Frank Crane on the "Reflections on the Art of Living" which appear in The Chicago Daily News, will be pleased to read the above article which expresses concisely his views on a great subject. The Defender congratulates Mr. Crane for his very opportune appeal for justice. May his tribe increase. There are men who are idle picking their work who ought to be busy working their pick—Waldo Baston. THE CHICAGO DEFENDER Keep Healthy By·Dr. A. Wilberforce Williams A Weekly Talk on Preventative Measures, First Aid Remedies, Hygienics, Sanitation. No Cases will be Diagnosed and No Prescriptions will be Given in This Column. Hall Drinking Cups. Do you know that all drinking cups are dirty and dangerous? Do you know that our mouths are dirty and often teeming with dangerous germs? Do you know that many so-called cold sores and fever blisters are often a dirty, covering your toesome area and that many of the blisters and sore mouths are traceable to the common use of the common drinking cup? Away With the Common Drinking Dipper. Have installed at once a bubbling cup or a running water fountain with water flowing over the rim all the time and whenever you drink don't allow your lips to touch the rim of the cup or dipper. At a lodge meeting not long ago the water man (not the water boy or water sister) brought in a full pail of water and went around the hall from the grand major domo's station to each member, using the common dipper at each stop, saying: "Water, water?" The dipper used was an old common dipper or tin cup, rusty inside around the bottom rim. Each member taking a drink, then putting the dipper back into the bucket, with a little of his slips sometimes which he left in it to be drunk by the next unfortunate member. This water passing continued until two pails of water had been used and about 75 or 80 persons had been served and had gotten a few germs by drinking out of the dirty dipper. We all knew better—some of us knew that it was against the law and against public policy—but we were thoughtless. Good way to Get Disease. We never once thought about the dangerous method we were using or about this being a good way by which to catch disease. We did not remember that one person in every fifty has tuberculosis and that in the mouths of many persons are diphtheria germs and germs of sore throats. We also forgot to remember that many sore lips are due to syphilis and cancer and that the mouth is a common dwelling place for the germs of rheumatism and pneumonia. Rank Poison—"Death Sure in the Pot." Carefully examine this dipper and you will see a dark, thick, brownish deposit on the bottom of inside rim. Scientists have examined this deposit and found that it often consists of mud, dead skin from the lips of members and thousands of microbes, and this deposit has been injected in guinea pigs and caused convulsions and fatal termination of life. "It is surely death in the pot." Hot Water Good. Mrs. R. writes: "Is hot water good to drink? Will drinking hot water do me harm?" Reply: Hot, water is good for your stomach, bowels and is a stimulant for your kidneys and it will also increase the flow of urine. 2. Drinking hot water will not do you any harm, but on the contrary a cup of hot water before meals and when you first get out of bed in the morning will increase your appetite, will assist in curing your indigestion and will often allay thirst better than cold water. What Is Consumption? Mr. R. writes: "What is consumption? Can it be cured in Chicago?" Reply: Consumption is a house disease due to a living germ. It is brought on largely by carelessness in our way of living or by some mistakes. It is not hereditary. It is the price we must pay for being civilized. Consumption thrives best in bad air, bad surroundings, bad housing, dirt, darkness and dampness. One person in every seven that die dies of consumption. It is a disease that strikes down young persons in their active and most useful period of life. 2. Consumption can be cured in Chicago as certainly and as easily (if a person will listen to advice) as in Colorado, California, Mexico or anywhere else. One with consumption should seek an early examination and diagnosis, place himself in the best possible hygienic surroundings and learn to appreciate good food, rest, fresh air, sunshine and cleanliness. Education of the People. The general public must be educated and thoroughly aroused to the importance of taking steps looking to the prevention of consumption. If mankind hopes to rid himself of this disease he must have the hearty cooperation of the people in general. NOTES ON THE FLY. Press Service, Department of Health. The time is now right near at hand. When we must await to beat the band The dirty dress serves us. The dirty dangerous fly. And also don't forget to swat the dirty, dangerous manure piles, the places where the flies are born and bred. It is a good plan when the flies begin to make their appearance in your neighborhood to go out after the nearby manure piles; for if you can get rid of all the manure piles you will soon be rid of all the flies. If you want to prevent the birth of filth in which flies may breed; neglected garbage cans for example. But as a rule garbage, even if removed as often as once a week, cannot breed flies as it takes ten days from the time the eggs are laid until the fly is full grown and ready to 'carry on its business' of spreading disease 'wherever it goes. It is estimated that 95 per cent of all the flies born come KAWAI WILLIAMS. Up Healthy A. Wilberforce Williams Only Talk on Preventative s, First Aid Remedies, cs, Sanitation. No Cases Diagnosed and No Pre- s will be Given in This from stable manure; so it is easy to see how important it is to wage war on the manure piles as a most effective way to rid our communities of the fly. If the alleys in your neighborhood are filled with full and overflowing manure boxes; or if neighbors are maintaining nuisances of this kind on their premises, notify the Department of Health and efforts will be made to have such conditions corrected. Here is a simple mixture that will kill fillets; and as it seems to have an attraction for them, is most effective for keeping your premises rid of the nasty little pests. Take one pint of milk and water in equal parts. Add two tablespoonfuls of formaldehyde. Pour this mixture into plates or any shallow vessel with two or three small squares of bread in each vessel. The squares of bread furnish lighting and feeding places for the flies, as the bread absorbs the poison and adds to its efficiency. It is a good plan to place the vessels on the back porch just outside the kitchen door, being careful to see that no other food is there for the flies to get. As is well known, when a meal is in preparation, flies will be attracted from quite a distance by the odors of the cooking and will swarm on the kitchen doors and windows, seeking to get inside. Have the milk and formaldehyde mixture ready for them and they will not live long enough to bother you with their unwelcome and dangerous attentions. In the fight to keep files out of our homes it is most important that all doors and windows be carefully screened. Do not neglect this. Do it now! Dirt and fifth accumulate. Cleanliness does not. It requires eternal vigilance and labor to maintain clean and healthful surroundings. But it pays to have a clean, attractive neighborhood; pays in dollars and cents, and in pride, joy and self-respect. THE EDITOR'S MAIL FAITHFUL SERVICES REWARDED S12 15th Street, Springfield, Ill., May 5, 1913.-To The Chicago Defender: In 1908 I took the stump for Bryan against Taft and in 1912 I went out on the stump for Wilson, J. Hamm Lewis and for our governor, Edw. F. Dunne. Now, as a compliment for my services, Mr. Thomas W. Swan took the endorsement of the Woodrow Wilson League and my credentials and won out for my appointment by Gov. Dunne for me to serve as chief messenger under the adjutant general of the Illinois militia. At the proper time I will take the stump and will make "Rome here" for William L. O'Connell to become the next mayor of Chicago. Old friend, open your eyes, and put your ears on the ground. You will see a ball of fire in a few days. Best wishes. History of the Key The key was one of the first things invented by man. The primitive key was probably a thorn or splinter. Afterward fish bones seem to have come into use. Wooden pegs followed these. In modern times the process of manufacturing keys is very highly developed. Fifty years ago there were only some hundred varieties of keys, each having its special name and distinct use. Today they are legion.—Harper's Weekly. Manager Was Wise Leading Tragic Man—"Did you see how I paralyzed the audience in the death scene? They were crying all over the house!" Stage Manger—"Yes, they knew you weren't really dead."—Tit-Bits. Art as Amusement Post Impressionist—Of course I paint purely for my own amusements you know. Visitor to Studio—Non sense, my dear fellow. They simply tickle us to death, too!—London Opinion. Foolish Egotism. The true egotist is the man who imagines he is attracting attention to his particular line of comedy in a crowd of baseball rooters. What we all need is grand simple lines in our characters and our work as well as in our toilettes. Will Be Costly Undertaking. To bore the deepest hole in the world, an opening in Sileia 7,350 feet deep, cost more than $10 a foot. Speak of Good Things Speak of Good Things. Let us speak only of the good things we know about our friends. Their faults will expose themselves without any help. Greater Than Conquerors. We cannot conquer fate and necessity, yet we can yield to them in such a manner as to be greater than if we could.—Landor. So It Seems. Stella—"No man is indispensable." Bella—"But some man is."—New York Sun. Foolish Foolism IN CHICAGO AND ITS SUBURB Our Local Department—Personal Mention—Religious—Social and other short paragraphs—Read it over carefully, somewhere you will find a line or two about yourself or your friends. Subscribers and friends of the Chicago Defender will please bear in mind that no advertisements of any kind whatsoever will be inserted in our columns until they are paid for in advance. So please don't telephone. The Naomi Circle met Thursday last at the residence of Mrs. Sarah Burton, 445 W. 56th street. Mrs. Nettis Cone was the host of the afternoon, and delighted the ladies with songs and dance. The T. E. Butler Art Club was entertained by Mrs. Lou Ella Young, the president on Forest avenue, last week. Mrs. Bertha Hawkins, Omaha, Mrs. Thomas Payne, Omaha, are guests of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. R. E. 3626 Vernon avenue. They will sit two weeks in the city sight-see. So far they have had nume parties, and on Thursday evening they attended a box party at the festive. When in doubt or trouble, telep to The Chicago Defender, Dop 3339. Rev. John Jenifer has returned. Flushing, N. Y., where he will attend the funeral of Rishon De Mrs. Charles Scott, 4553 State street, has returned from Philadelphia, Pa. Her trip was a sad one, being called there to attend the funeral of her sister, Mrs. Dougan, nee Ethel Lucas. Attorney John R. Anter of Evanton and Mr. Geo H. Walker, the real estate broker, are the latest to join the 8th Regiment. They are members of "F" company, and Capt. Arnett says that they will be all right by camp time. Mrs. Ida B. McCucheon, 4524 St. Lawrence avenue, leaves tonight for a visit to her home in Elkton, Ky. Send in personales o' your friends. It is free. Drop it on a post-card. Can't you afford to spend a penny on your friends? Mrs. Louise R. Towles, formerly Miss Brown, a teacher in the Houston (Texas) city schools, is in the city with Mr. and Mrs. Braggs, at 12 E. 30th street. Mrs. Towles contemplates a course at the University of Chicago, while her husband, Mr. Henry H. Towles, is a member of the senior class at the College of Physicians and Surgeons. Miss Helen Jackson, 3416 Vernon avenue, gave a spring party on last Saturday evening. Those present were Misses Ethel Spence, Lucretia Spears and Grace Thompson; Messrs. Thorne, Burrell, Chudstnut and Lewis. Miss Eadie of the Bogger Beauty Parlor will leave soon for a vacation. Mr. Samuel McDonald of Bushnell, III, was the guest of Mrs. J. D. Henry, 3648 Wabash avenue, this week. He left for Beloit, Wis. Thursday morning to visit relatives. While in the city Mr. C. R. Hollins and Banker Birger made it pleasant for him. If you want a first-class furnished room read our classified columns. The Bailey Realty Company takes pleasure in announcing to the public that it has opened offices at suite 708, 184 W.-Washington street, where it will engage in the general real estate and brokerage business. The company will make a specialty of buying and selling city and county real estate, collecting rents, managing property and placing loans and insurance. The company also has a branch office at 3638 State street, where Mr. M. T. Bailey may be found in charge. Mr. and Mrs. Gee, A. Holmes, formerly of 2319 Wabash avenue, are now occupying their own new house at 109th and Maxwell streets. Mr. W. H. Jackson, 5476 Woodlawn avenue, has recovered from his recent illness and is able to be out. Mr. Proctor Chisholm, 3562 Vernon avenue, the well-known painter and decorator, has returned from Pontocto, Miss., where his mother passed away last week. Mrs. J. A. Perkins, 3648 Forest avenue, has returned from Villa Ridge, Ill., where she was summoned because of the death of her grandfather, Mr. H. Fletcher. Mrs. Louise R. Towles, formerly Miss Brown, a teacher in Houston (Texas) city schools, in the city at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Braggs, 30th street. Mrs. Towles contemplates a course at the University of Chicago, will her husband, Mr. Henry H. Towles, is a member of the senior class at the College of Physicians and Surgeons. Mrs. I. W. Berd and daughter, Miss Eva Berd, and Mrs. S. E. Collier were entertained by friends by an auto tour of our extensive park system on Monday last. The Berds will leave soon for their home in Muskegon. Mrs. Joseph Tobannah, 445 W. 56th street, has returned from Richmond, Ky., where she went to attend her brother, whom she reports as still quite ill. Miss Edith Hardin, 250 E. 37th street, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Robt. H. Hardin, was the recipient of a surprise party Friday night last. It was her eleventh birthday, anniversary. Mrs. Anna Northington and Mrs. Mamle E. Britten were elected delegates this week to the Rosebud Convention in East St. Louis, Ill., in June. Miss Mamle Myrick of Minneapolis, Minn., is the guest of Mrs. Jennie Jackson, 109 W. 32nd street. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Myrick of Milwaukee, Wis., are expected in Chicago the early part of next week. Little Millie Guess, 5043 Dearborn street, is rejoicing over a new piano, a present on her twelfth birthday, which occurred last week. The 500 Club met at the residence of Miss Mae Coleman on Wednesday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Forest Clinkscale and daughter have moved to the second flat of Mr. and Mrs. Art Cadozoer, 5295 Wabash avenue. Mrs. Bertha Hawkins, Omaha, and Mrs. Thomas Payne, Omaha, are the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. R. Euop, 3625 Vernon avenue. They will spend two weeks in the city sight-seeing. So far they have had numerous parties, and on Thursday evening last they attended a box party at the Majestic. When in doubt or trouble, telephone to The Chicago Defender, Douglas 3339. Rev. John Jonifer has returned from Flushing, N. Y., where he went to attend the funeral of Bishop Derrick. Mrs. W. H. Morgan, 6150 Aberdeen street, returned to the city this week after a trip of nearly two months through the South. She spent some time in New Orleans and greatly enjoyed the Mardi Gras. Don't fail to attend the Lady Elliott Circle No. 199 May party at Masonic hall on Monday night. It will open the season of good things for young folks. Mrs. Hattie King left the city this week for Galesburg, Ill., to be with her mother and brother-in-law, who are critically ill. Mrs. Lorain Smith Palmer returned from the west after a five years' stay. She is now at her mother's, Mrs. Anna Smith, 3553 Forest avenue. She is the sister of Henry Smith, who is with Charles Jackson's undertaking establishment. All advertisements for furnished rooms or flats must be paid for in advance. We have no collectors for this kind of work. Col. R. D. Ruffin addressed the Salem Literary Club of Salem Baptist Church at 30th and La Salle streets last Sunday at 4 o'clock. The Colonel's subject was "How to Make Money and How to Save It." Col. Ruffin, millionaire, did himself great credit on the occasion. Mrs. Susie Jefferson informed a Defender reporter that she had been appointed truant officer. The reporter has much reason to believe the statement, for he saw her walking up the street with several children. Hurrah for Truant Officer Jefferson. The Ways and Means Society of Grace Presbyterian Church will meet at the residence of Mrs. Jennie Edwards, 3602 State street, Monday evening, May 12, at 8 o'clock.-Mrs. Clara Studymire, president; Mrs. Martha B. Mitchell, secretary. Dr. W. F. Lawton invites his friends to his new offices, 3123 State street, having moved there recently from 3825 Vernon avenue. The beautiful sofa pillow with the embroidered Eastern Star design, offered by Garden City Chapter at their recent bazaar held at the residence of Mrs. Estelle Williams, was awarded to Mrs. Carrie Kees as the successful contestant, having sold over 300 tickets, a remarkable effort, very seldom equaled. Miss Stella Bond has the sincere sympathy of our staff and many friends in the loss sustained in the death of her father, Mr. William H. M. Bond. Matter for publication in The Chicago Defender should not be addressed to individuals, but to The Chicago Defender, 3159 State street. SICK LIST. Mrs. Carrie Keets of 3836 Wabash avenue, who has been ill from bronchitis several weeks, is convalescent. Mrs. Randolph of Langley avenue has been quite ill. Both ladies are members of Garden City Chapter, O. E. S. Mrs. Ethel Crenshaw of 3241 Vernon avenue has been very ill during the past week. Mrs. T. H. Allen, 3433 Wabash avenue, is very ill. Mr. and Mrs. Albert E. Johnson, 822 Eastwood avenue, have two children ill of measles—Jessie, six years old, and Albert Jr., five years old. The mother of Miss Daisy Sampson, 5304 Dearborn street, is quite ill. Miss McGavock is the trained nurse. Dr. U. G. Dalley is the attending physician. Miss Sampson's sister Mary from Boston is here. Our Women THE GAUDEAMUS CLUB. The Gaudeamus Club met on May 5 at Mrs. E. S. Augusts' home. The afternoon was spent as usual very profitably, each member busy with some kind of fancy work. The club decided to give a May party at Johnson's hall May 29. Mrs. Clara Montgomery of Milwaukee visited the meeting. The next meeting will be at Mrs. Rosa Nolly's, 3662 Wabash avenue, on May 12, at 8 p. m. All the members are requested to be present. Business of importance. VOLUNTEER WORKERS' CLUB. ```markdown ``` The Volunteer Workers' Charity Club met at the residence of Mrs. Robinson. The vice president presided. The club has just placed a combination gas and coal range in the Amanda Smith Home. The next meeting will be at the residence of Mrs. Tivis, 6440 Vincennes avenue. MARY'S A. M. E. CHURCH. ervices, 10:45 a. m., 3:00 p. m. p. m. Sunday school, 1:30 p. m. r. rianian Endeavor, 6:45 p. m. Third quarterly meeting Sunday, May 11th. Rev. T. Reeves, P. E., will preach morning and evening. At 3 o'clock Rev. A. J. Carey of the Institutional Church will preach the sacramental sermon. ST. PAUL'S BAPTIST CHURCH. St. Paul's Baptist Church, 5623 Jefferson avenue, Rev. V. S. Cooper, the pastor of St. Paul's Baptist Church was much encouraged by the increase in attendance to all the services Sunday, May 4, and was inspired to attend the service premise at the morning service. May 4 being the first Sunday in the month, the Lord's Supper was administered at the evening service and the six additional members who have united with the church during the three weeks Rev. Cooper has been pastor of the church since 1995. The new candidate for baptism will be baptized at the Ebenheze Baptist Church Friday evening, May 9. Everyone left the church, feeling that they had been blessed after each service. The pastor will be busily engaged within the next few days mapping out the definite work of each department of the church. Everyone is invited to attend the services. The church is located on Sunday school, 9:30 a.m. The third Sunday of each month is missionary day. Midweek—Prayer meeting 3 o'clock, missionary meeting 7 o'clock every Wednesday evening. - ST. JOHN A. M. E. CHURCH Sunday morning services, 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 services, 8 o'clock. The Senior Union Rally of the Alameda Chapel will be held at Quinn Chapel Tuesday evening, May 2nd. 13:30, p. clock. --- The Chicago Christian Endeavor Convention of the Allen Christian Endeavor League will be held at St. Mary's Church, 52nd and Dearborn streets, July 22nd and 23rd. Sunday, May 11th, is "Mothers' Day," and an excellent program will be rendered at this church at 3 o'clock. It will be featured with speakers the speakers and special music by the choir. All are most cordially invited. Sunday, May 15th, is St. John's quarterly meeting. We know you are coming. GRACE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCHI. Communion service was held last Sunday morning. Mrs. Johnson was publicly acknowledged. The infant daughter of Dr. Officer was christened. A musical will be given by the Sunday school, June 5th. The Sunday school turned over $35 to the trustees to aid in paying for the cleaning. Mrs. Dennison has been ill for some time. Morning service, 10:45; Sunday school, 12:30; evening service, 7:45; prayer meeting, Wednesday, $ p. m. FREDERICK DOUGLASS CENTER Mr. Hamlin Garland, the well-known writer and social philosopher, will speak at the Frederick Douglass Center, Sunday, May 12, at 4 p. m. There should be a large audience to greet this distinguished speaker. Short preliminary addresses from members of the Fisk alumni on the Fisk University endowment. All cordially invited. Mrs. E. L. Davis gave an interesting account of her visit to Oklahoma at the last meeting of the Douglass Center Woman's Club. QUINN CHAPEL A. M. E. CHURCH. Sunday was quarterly meeting at Quinn, and the services were unusually good. Rev. Timothy Reeves, P. E., preached a strong practical sermon, which caused much spiritual enthusiasm. At 3 p. m. Rev. Dr. Scott of the C. M. E. church delivered one of his charitable sermons, much to the delight of the audience. Five hundred and fifty persons communicated at the close of the sermon. A majority of all the Methodist ministers with representatives from their churches were present. At night the spacious auditorium was taxed to accommodate the vast audience which assembled to enjoy the anniversary service of the "Ancient Order of Foresters." This society, representing ladies and gentlemen, made the most imposing scene made the most dignified and devotional of any society we have ever seen assembled in Quinn chapel. This Sunday will be observed as Mother's Dev. The congregation will all wear white carnations in memory of mother. The Stewardes' Aid will furnish them as the people enter the church. Dr. Cook will preach a special sermon in harmony with the day. WALTERS A. M. E. ZION CHURCH The "World in Chicago," now on exhibition at the Coliseum offers possibly the best opportunity to study the effects of the religion of Jesus on mankind that the people of Chicago will ever have. The managers of District 26 (the Negro exhibit) are to be congratulated upon the impression it is making. The demonstration by the stewards from our church setting forth a graduating class of Livingstone College under the direction of Miss Mary J. Anderson is to be highly commended. There will be special services at our church Sunday. The pastor will preach at 11 o'clock. Subject: "The Rod of Faith." At 3 p. m. will occur the Sunbeam Clubs Rally. This rally is to finish paying if possible the debt on our organ. At this service the pastor will preach a special sermon to church auxiliaries. The auxiliaries from all of the churches are invited to attend. The church render special music, and every member of the church is expected to be present. Dinner will be served all day at the church. In the evening will be a special sermon to the Good Samaritan Order, who will attend in a body. The pastor will preach the sermon. The Sunday school and Christian Endeavor will hold their regular services. The first report for the June Rally will occur on the 19th instead of the 12th. All captains are earnestly requested to report at the first roll call. On Sunday, the 18th, the pastor will speak this sermon of Germans or "God's Message to Men." It is expected that the Hampton Quartette will be present in the evening on that day and render several selections. The Woman's Home and Foreign Missionary Society will be entertained by Mr. and Mrs. Jas. Green, 4637 Evans avenue, Wednesday evening, May 14. All members are asked to be present. Bishop G. L. Blackwell, D., made a flying trip through the city this week on his way to Wisconsin. ITEMS FROM BETHEL Excellent congregations greeted the pastor at both services last Sunday. In the morning Dr. Roberts spoke from Matthew 1:23, using as a subject "The Humanity of God." At this service Master Raymond Mack, a Sunday school pupil and a member of the Junior C. E. Society, sang a solo, which was highly appreciated. Although the Baby Rally was not very well attended in the afternoon, it proved quite a success from the financial point. Sunday is Mother's Day and the pastor is to preach a special sermon in the morning to mothers. An invitation extended to all mothers to be with them. The Allen C. E. League will have a very interesting topic for discussion this Sunday, "Love Not the World." A welcome awaits you at any of the services at Bethel Church on the Lord's Day. LINCOLN MEMORIAL CONGREGA TIONAL. Hypocrisy Must Fail—Love Never Does—As You Live Your Life, Does It Mark You a Christian or a Hypocrite?—What Sort of a Christian is He?—Will Heaven Receive Him?—What Sort of a Christian Church Is It?—That, Because of the Color of a Man's Skin, Would Deny Him Harborage and a Home? Morning services. Text Matt. 27:12-43. "He saved others; himself he cannot save, if he be the King of the cross, and we will believe him." "They who jeeringly spoke these words," said Dr. Laurence, "gave utterance to a truth far more universal and profound than they dreamed. They were right when they said "He saved others, Himself he cannot save. When the blind man cried by the lepers prayed for cleansing they were made whole; and when the penitent woman, burdened with the con- Rev. Eugene Lawrence. sionessness of sin throw herself at the feet of the Master, she was cheered by the gentle voice, the kind words, "Woman, thy sins are forgiven thee, go in peace." And may I digress here for a minute to say the present membership of the Christian churches would be more active and the efforts of the individuals more telling if the consciousness of sin they begin to think too lightly of sin and its awful consequence. We are at least in a hopeful condition as long as the consciousness of our sins, whether of omission or commission worry us, as long as they confront us as a grave personal concern, as a consciousness forms the burden of our conscience, the form but when our conscience ceases to prick us when we go wrong or when we fail to do our dufy, and when sin ceases to appear sinful, we do well to fear for ourselves and for others. "He saved others, Himself He cannot save." He healed men and women of their infirmities, both physical and mental he spoke peace to those discontented, but when he pleaded His innocence before the bar of Pillate. He availed nothing; when in the garden He felt the burden of man's transgressions upon Him, and He prayed, saying, "Father, if it be thy will remove the cup; let the consequence of this awful pass from Me," no answer came except from the fact that to whithe He lifted up from the earth, I will draw all men unto Me." But that was not to be worked out by any beautiful theory of ethics, or any system of creeds and doctrines, but by the surrender of life for life. "He saved others, Himself he can not save." With Christ, as with every true Christian of the heart of Him, he knew the legacy of Him and having felt Himself duly called to free man from the curse of sin, He could not have done otherwise than he did. What men needed to arrest their attention and win their admiration was just such an example of love, expressed in the most possible form, the surrender of life for life. We all desire to see this church grow; we want to see men, women, boys and girls converted. Well, let that desire kindle into a burning zeal and that want into a passion, and the church will grow and become a mighty spiritual center, not only for the church, but for the whole city. Here we are, as a community, and especially as a community of colored people, as favorably and comfortably located, if not more so, than the people of any other section of the city. Is it not your desire and prayer that the moral tone and the spiritual atmosphere shall be equally as high, wholesome and commendable? We go out to our social clubs and we meet with the great literary topics, we gather from time to time at the different social centers in the city and discuss the problems affecting our present life and its consequent development as a race. Those of you who are leaders, plead with the masses for co-operation. But, unless we are willing when the opportunity presents itself, to convert the aircicle into a visible and tangible temple, the holy emissary, to give us a place no real progress can be made toward the universal peace, and brotherhood of which the prophets preach and the poets sing. That missionary who teaches an unfortunate man that is blind and ignorant and stupid, to see, to understand, and to be apt apt and skillful in the application of his knowledge, or the man in the slum district whom this same missionary has led to be a missionary to Christ, "I think I shall leave these miniviting surroundings and move out in a more wholesome part of the city where the incentives to be a man and the opportunities to rear a family will be more favorable. I notice that the house next door to you is for rent, I think I shall take it, and then this good missionary hesitates to raise protest, and that if fails of results, he moves away, saying, "I did not intend that; I shall never consent to live next door to one of that class or race," what has become of his teaching? Is that the kind of sacrifice, self-surrender and love that was taught and practiced by Jesus? Are they as compelled to face these very facts as those who are the leaders of the Christian church. How shall Christianity win out with such representations? "Though I speak with the tongues of men and angels, but have not love, I am become as sounding brass, or a thinking cymal; and if I have the gift of prophecy and know all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have faith, so as to move mounts, and to be blessed, and if I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and if I give my body to be burned, but have not love, it profeth me not." Hypocrisy, as soon as known, must fail; love never fails. Religion, it matters not what its name may be, as soon as it is discovered to be insincere, it, too, must but; that which is really true and worthy in man will live and triumph. But the good and the worthy, in order to re-ensure, it, too, must constantly surrender itself in the form of love and service for the unworthy and the undeserving. "He saved others, Himself He cannot save." WAYMAN CHAPEL A. M. E. CHURCH. 'Sweet is the image of the brooding dove, Holy as heaven a mother's tender love, The love of many prayers and many tears, Which changes not with dim declining years— The only love which on this teeming earth, Ask no return for passion's wayward birth. "Mother's Day" will be celebrated at the church all day Sunday. At 11 a. m. the pastor will preach a special sermon following out the suggestion of the bishop of the district. The sermon will deal with some of the things which are vital to the development of the manhood of the race. "The future society is in the hands of the mother; if the world was lost through woman she alone can save it." Special service of song will be a special feature of the services. At 2 p. m. the Sabbath'school will render a program, at which time the dedication of the new piano will be a part of the program. High services will be of the character appropriate to the occasion. Subject of the sermon: "What About the Fathers." One of the features of the evening service will be a solo, "Mother of Mine," which will be sung some time during the service. Sunday, May the 18th, the pastor will give another illustrated service, taking an important theme for the occasion. An appropriate souvenir will be given at the morning and evening services. THE INSTITUTIONAL A. M. E. CHURCH. To-morrow is "Mothers' Day," and it will be observed with appropriate and befitting exercises at the Institutional Church. The white carnation is the flower of the day, and all who worship at the Institutional Church have been invited to bring one, or more carnations in respect to mother, THE CHICAGO DEFENDER. especially if mother has passed into the beyond. These flowers will be "consecrated" and carried then by the deaconses among the mothers there. The mother sends a special sermon on "Mothers" Their Debt to the World and the World's Debt to Them." Last Sabbath the pastor preached two interesting sermons—in the morning on "The Tares and the Dragon" and in the evening on "The Great Supern." At the church conference last Monday evening plans were perfected for the celebration of the thirteenth anniversary of the founding of the church. It is planned to make this an elaborate affair. During the week of the anniversary, life-sized paintings of life and Grant (both of whom manifested their love and did so much for the Institutional Church during their respective administrations as bishop over this district) will be presented and unveiled. Bishop B. F. Lee will preside. Bishop H. B. Parks will speak on the life of Bishop Grant and Rev. H. P. Jones on the life of Bishop Arnett. Others who will participate are Revs. H. E. Stewart, J. M. Townsend, B. S. Watson, D. P. Roberts, and others who have manifested interest in the work. Mr. H. F. Scales, the successful real estate dealer and chairman of the Booster Club, has presented this chapter with a splendid bulletin board and promises that his part of the work will be kept up-to-date. The Ushers Association has been organized with Mr. B. J. Stowell as president and they have at once undertaken the task of placing two hundred hymnals in the church. AT THE Y. M. C. A. HEAD QUARTERS. The meetings held at the Y. M. C. A. on Sunday afternoon continue to maintain their popularity—indeed, they have increased in the favor of the men. A large audience of men attended the Bible class held on last Sunday and were taught the first of the Bible lessons by Dr. George Bradfield. "Isaiah" or the "Young Man of Opportunity" or discussed by the teacher and class. The orchestra from the Grace Presbyterian Sunday school was present and rendered several numbers before the teaching of the lesson. Mr. James H. Frazier, a postal clerk and amateur photographer, succeeded in the very excellent pictures of the correct illustrations of our building last June. These照片 show in detail the different groups of persons gathered around the platform and in the streets during the exercises. One of the pictures contains more than a thousand persons. Our collectors continue to make encouraging reports from their various districts. The entire city has been divided into districts and a collector assigned to each. It has been so arranged that the collector will call upon every subscriber before June 1 and receive something on the pledges that are still unpaid. The force of mechanics are busy at the building, working on the swimming pool and on the top floor of the building. The contractor has promised to finish the work by the time of the opening. The gift of $10,000 from the Pullman Company was not given with any idea of releasing anyone from the pledges they made to the building fund. The gift was made to the board of trustees through Mr. L. Wilbur Messer, the general secretary of the Chicago Association. The Chicago Yankees National Association promised to give $100,000 fund, $150,000 fund. The colored people of Chicago were asked to give $50,000. The gift from the Pullman Company raises the fund of the Chicago Association to $55,000, and leaves another $15,000 to be raised by them in order to complete their portion of the fund. We are required to raise at least $15,000 as the balance of our portion of the fund. Every subscriber should feel it their responsibility to pledges they made to the fund at once. We need at least $15,000 to furnish the building. The Wabash Avenue Y. M. C. A. quartet rendered several musical numbers at the Central Y. M. C. A. meeting last Sunday. Rev. Robert Atchinson of Osaka, Japan, gave an illustrated lecture on "The Young Men of Japan." The quartet also appeared on a program of the Central Department on Saturday evening at the Association Auditorium. Mr. Henry W. Hammond, who for the past two years has been secretary of the Goffe Street Y. M. C. A. in New Haven, Conn., and has had considerable experience in association work in New York University Branch Y. M. C. A., began his work as assistant secretary of the Wabash Avenue Y. M. C. A. on May 1. Mr. Hammond's boyhood days in Wheaton, Illinois, attended the common school. He attended the grammar and high school of Passaic, New Jersey, where he was a member of the Y. M. C. A., of the track and basket-ball team and a prize member of the Bible class. He was appointed by Gov. Stokes as one of its New Jersey high school representatives to march in Roosevelt's inaugural parade. He won a scholarship to the New York University, which received a B. degree in 1900. He also joined a faculty of the Episcopal church of New Haven, Conn. He resigned his position there to take up the work here. He will assist the general secretary in carrying on the work of the Wabash Avenue Department. Nail Will Stay When a wall is so soft that it will not hold a picture nail, mix a little plaster of paris in a teacup, enlarge the hole to a fair size and insert the nail into the wall. Wash and let it dry. The nail will be perfectly secure after it has dried. Game Always In Order Ruth—Love is a nice game, to play Fred—Besides, it's the only game I know of that's never postponed on account of darkness—Boston Herald. News Notes of the Nation's Capital By R. W. THOMPSON [Special to The Chicago Defender] Washington, D. C., May 8—The thirty-ninth annual session of the New England Baptist Missionary Convention will be held at the Cosmopolitan Baptist Church, June 12 to 16. The School Convention will meet in its twelfth session at the same church on the 10th and the Woman's Auxiliary will assemble on the 11th. The salary of the comptroller on the currency is now $5,000 per annum, instead of $6,000, which was paid until recently. The law allowed the comptroller $5,000, and an additional $1,000 as disbursement officer of the Freedmen's Savings and Trust Company, which was organized at the close of the civil war by Peter Cooper, Gen. O. O. Howard and other northern philanthropists, for the purpose of taking care of the savings of the poor colored people of the South and to inculcate habits of thrift. The comptroller failed in 1854 through bad loans, and the United States took the receivership, with the comptroller of the currency as custodian of the funds. The business was closed up recently and the custodian's job and the extra $1,000 per annum disappeared together. This is a bit of local history not generally known, and the new, comptroller that-is-to-be may be surprised to find this shrinkage in the salary when he receives his first check. Samuel J. Graham, a white man, of Pittsburgh, has been named as an assistant attorney general of the United States, to succeed W. H. Lewis, who resigned shortly after the accession of the new administration. The office handles Indian depration claims, and other claims are to be assigned by the Justice Department's "trial" said. The Race Democrats say they did not file any claim for this office, nor for the office of auditor for the Navy Department, from which Ralph W. Tylter shortly retires. James A. Ross, a prominent aspirant for the office of recorder of deeds, has gone to his home in Buffalo, N. Y., leaving his case in the hands of his "backers." Counsel J. Frank Wheaton, a leader in the race for the Liberian mission, and Dr. Peter J. Wheaton, a former judge, register, are still in the city and are expecting results at an early date, as there are positive vacancies in the positions they are seeking. The Industrial Savings Bank, with John W. Lewis, as president, opened its doors for business on May 1. The capital stock is all taken and is paid up. The place is equipped in first class style and already enough business is being done to guarantee the success of the project. The outlook is regarded so good that another bank may be organized soon, to handle a different line of investments. If this bank is, it may that Register J. G. Napoleon may be persuaded to come its chief executive at the close of his term in the Treasury Department. The local Negro Business League is getting ready for the August convention of the National Negro Business League, which meets this year in Philadelphia. · Bethel Literary and Historical Association, founded over thirty years ago by Bishop Daniel A. Payne, has elected the following officers for the ensuing year: President, S. M. Dudley; first vice president, Miss Marie A. Browne; second vice president, R. A. Tucker; recording secretary, Miss A. D. Bell; corresponding secretary, E. G. Evans; treasurer, Miss Mattie R. Bowen; lecturer and counselor, Prof. W. H. Richards; librarian, Miss Partheria Woodson; chaplain, Rev. I. N. Ross; sergeant-at-arms, Charles W. Hale. Mr. Dudley, who was unanimously elected, has had a highly successful year, having numbered a number of new and attractive features for next season, which opens in October. An organization calling itself "The National Democratic Fair Play Association" has been formed here for the avowed purpose of "segregating" the Negro employees in the federal departments. The promoters of this movement are not pleased to have any Negro chiefs of government bureaucies, with white men and women under the Negroes and the whites shall work in separate rooms, as at as possible, and that there shall be at no time the slightest semblance of equality between the races. They say this is necessary to properly enforce the civil service law and to preserve the happiness and supremacy of the white race. It is also claimed that many Southerners are kept out of the departments because their proud blood rebelled in the thought that they must be colored by the color of the colored man or woman. A mass meeting is to be held and the views of the "segregationists" are to be thoroughly aired. In the Post of the 30th president of the association springs the figures from Cyrus Field Adams' campaign book of last year to prove that the Negro is drawing too much salary from the general government. The situation is not relished by the colored employees of the seve- rious Negro community if the activities of these Negro haters will do more than create bad feeling among the underlings. It is believed that the project will be sat down upon hard when it reaches the heads of the departments and the White House. The white teachers in the colored public schools of New Orleans have been "fired." It seems that the public schools were formerly mixed and only white teachers, were hired to do the teaching. When the separation came the white teachers were retained. The school board recently decided to hire a new teacher in the colored schools and employ educators of the Negro variety. That is the correct thing to do under the circumstances. If we must be segregated, we should get all the benefits that accrue from the color line. Why should not the Negro regiments in the regular army be offered from top to bottom by Negroes? We say again, if we must have separate organizations, based upon the color line, we should have all of the advantages that go along with them. We will be no distinctively Negro exhibit in the San Francisco exposition in 1915. Within the past year Mine. E. Azala Hackley, the noted prince donna, who is giving her life and her subsequent talents to the instruction of the nation in voice culture, has personally taught through her recital demonstrations at various schools and in public places, over 60,000 persons. Her tour this season has embraced over sixty shes and at every point visited she has enjoyed an overwhelming success. Mine. Hackley is doing a great work and she is being more and more appreciated as the sinister and high purpose behind her efforts. She has been understood by the people of the country. She deserves the encouragement of every man, woman and child in America. Mrs. Woodrow Wilson is an ardent believer in the saving quality of domestic science. Not long ago, while in Bermuda, she lost the services of a satisfactory cook. Being an expert at the kitchen range herself, she donned an apron and prepared her husband's meals with her own hands. It is but faint praise to say that she made a success of the job and added to her firm faith in the virtue of domestic science for every housewife. Next month will bring the Negro's total of graduates to an enormous figure. What to do with them is one of the problems that will tax the income statements of the race. The embarkment of our moneyed men into business is one of the solutions that come most readily to the mind. Register J. C. Napier says the young Negro of today would be better off if he would read the "Business and Trade" page of the daily newspaper instead of the pink sheet, which tells of the outcome of the baseball, basketball and prize fight contests. Dr. Booker T. Washington spoke feelingly of the great worth of the late Bishop W. B. Derrick at the funeral of the prelate in Flushing, N.Y., the other day. He said that much of the achievements of the bishop was due to the fact that he had trials to undergo, the working out of which had made a man of him. The "Wizard" recalled the presentation by Bishop Derrick of a large American flag to Tuskegee Institute, following his first visit to the school some years ago. Dr. and Mrs. A. M. Curtis have issued cards for the celebration of their silver anniversary, to take place at their home, 1906 15th street northwest, next Monday. Prof. Kelly Miller delivered a fine address at Howard University Monday evening on "Fruits of Fifty Years of Freedom." Manager Thomas' big bill at the Howard Theater this week embraces Montgomery and McClain, Jennie Taylor and her "picks," the Boydell duo, the Sharps and the Dikie Serendares, all acts of more than average merit. The Washington Dramatic Company, led by Mr. Nathaniel Guy, a tragic delinquenter of note, will present "The Merchant of Venice" at the Howard Theater May 31. Misses Lottie Gee and Effie King are in South Bethlehem and Pottsville, Pa. this week. The white theaters are closing for the season, and this means that the "Ginger Girls," as they are appropriately called, will soon be heading for Washington, which they are pleased to claim as their home. They have had the banner season of career. The Griffin Sisters go into New York for two weeks at the Lafayette Theater, opening May 19. The indications are that the "seegation" gang that is trying to put the federal employees out of business will prove a "frost." The association's "mass meeting," was a sorry gale. The twenty-first annual session of the Church Extension Board of the A.M. E. Church met here last week at the headquarters, 1535 14th street northwest. Bishop L. J. Coppin presided. Dr. B. F. Watson, the secretary and executive officer, made an excellent report. It will be indeed a "human tragedy" if the favorite sons of the Afro-American democracy should fail to "land" a plum of goodly proportions to a patient wait of sixteen years. "Hop deferred demean the heart sick." Let branches of the National Negro Business League be organized in every community where the Negro has a foothold. Chairman Charles D. Hilles is watching on the coach-line for weak plays on the part of the Democratic infield. Dr. Jasper T. Phillips, one of Nashville's (Tennessee) most promising young men, has our thanks for a copy of the beautifully illuminated program the graduating exercises of the Mechanics Department College, Class of 13, besides sudsy epaespers telling of the thrilling week at the school. It is a curious coincidence that Bishop C. H. Phillips, who delivered the baccalaureate sermon this year, and his son, Dr. C. H. Phillips, Jr., of St. Louis, Mo., are products of Mehary and Walden, and the bishop's younger son, Jasper Tappan Phillips, A. B., a member of the graduating class of 13. During the latter's junior year passed the Tennessee Medical Board in high average. Bishop Phillips and his two average doctors of medicine, and it would seem before that the Phillips family is so physicians. All are leaders in the fields they have chosen as the arena for their constructive activities. HANK WAS CONVERTED BY EMMETT C. HALL. "There was a little bit of a gal comes to the Rainwater country once," the Old Man said, hanging loosely between his teeth. "This little gal was the daughter of a eastern sky pilot that had come out for his health, and was kinder puttin' in his time plintin' us poor Rainwater folks at the great shinn' target, as he put it. She came out to see him durin' her college vaca- tion, right away, gospel stock jumped clean from the blackboard. This little girl had a way of tinkin' hold of your hand an 'lookin' wistfully out of her big blue eyes, an 'sayin': "Surely I'll see you at services Sunday? that just plumb convinced you that church was the very thing you had been a plintin' for ever since Christmas. There was two of the boys, Ned Carter, from the Two Stars, an Hank Potter, from the Double Cross, that was just plumb locked over this here gal. "Well, these two was runin' 'bout neck an 'neck, an 'Ned was getin' wild, didn't seem to have no control of himself, no how. Bet he bought 15 silk scarfs, an 'ahead up a greaser with his gun an 'a made him sell him his big silver spurs. He had plumb gone to the end of his rope when he hit, he saw a chance to make a hit, he hit, he hit. "Virginia's dad was holdin' a revival, an Ned figgers to himself that if he was to get converted it would boost up his stock a whole lot, so he saits in. Which same would have been all right if it had been anybody but Ned, but he never could do anything moderate. All that shouldn't 'singin' kinder goes to his head, an' he gets two different brands of loco in his system at the same time. "This here move of Ned's sure stubs flank for awhile, but he braces an 'a foro' on his round some evenin' an' so what kind of a cold deck proposition this here is, anyhow. Which same he does. "When he gets to the door, it's early, so he kidder hanks round to see what brand of mavericks is frequent!' this range, anyhow. He's a scoutin' onto Ned Carter's arm, an 'a lookin' up from time to time into the Doxology works, an 'then Hank silkens' an takes a back seat unpretentious like. Hank never was no hand to jump into a game without first walk'in' around the floor. "Well, presently they commenced to get up steam, an' they shorely jerked her wide open! Of all the excitement I ever did see, outside of a Indian pain-killer dance, that meetin' an' awhile some maverick would put out a yell an' go a plungin' up to the mourners' bench an' that would start 'em all over again. Presently some of the most earnest ones comes a plowin' back to drag up others that aren't seen the light. 'Mong these here was Ned. He seed Hank aSETin' there with a kinder disaffidant alim' he makes a beacon for him. 'Mong these were washed yoyin's, yoo poor benighted heathen!" he yells at Hank. "Fer what?!" Hank says, a whole lot disaffected. "To save you from hell, for which same you're on the express with no return ticket." Ned says, a whole lot earnest. "Huh! Huh! Hain't none!" says Hank, contemptuously. "Aint?!" says Ned, necplin his coat. "Looks like you're one of them that has to be showed," he continued, an then tangled. "Is that any hell now? I frequently heard Ned say, 'an Hank let out a call.'" Thar shore is!' he pants, an 'a soon as Ned rolls off him he makes a charge for that mourners' bench like he was in front of a stampede. "You certainly believe in the church military, Mr. Carter, Virginia says, wipin' the tears out of her eyes. That was the best scrimmage I ever saw. I wish Jack could have seen it—he's the lightweight champion of the east, you know. We are going to the mourners' month, on the quiet, and if you ever come east, you want to look us up." "Which the funny part of it was," the Old Man concluded, "Ned goes off prompt on a rampage and shoots up the church. He sticks to the gospel outfit like wool to a cactus, an' now is a kind of deputy sky pilot himself." Blue Nose Blue Nose is a popular name for a native of Novia Scotia. Haliburton, in "Sam Slick," gives the following account of its origin: "Pray, sr., sald one of my fellow passengers, 'can you tell me why the Nova Scotians are called Blue Noses?' It is the name of a potato, said I, 'which they procreate the greatest perfection, and boast to be the most the kind of Americans have, in consequence, given them the nickname 'Blue Noses.'" No Wonder! She was a very stout, jolly-looking woman, and she was standing at the corset counter, holding in her hand an article she was returning. Evidently her attention had been suddenly drawn to the legend printed on the label, for she was overheard to murmur "Made expressly for John Wana maker." Well, there! No wonder they didn't fit me!" Making Amends. "Well, I can't sell my novel; the one in which the hero starved to death." "And what are you doing now?" "Revisiting it for my own satisfaction, and giving him a banquet in every chapter." Accounted For. "Yes," said a grocer to a housewife, "I'll admit that there is considerable water in the butter I sold you, but it just came from the flooded wiads, lady." MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC "All Passes, Art Alone Endures" AMERICAN ROSE ART CLUB. On last Friday evening, in the parlor of the Anna Walker Home, the American Rose Art Club, No. 5, held its annual entertainment. Music and games were the features of the evening, and the large crowd gathered seemed to vie with each other in making this one of the most pleasant events of the season. A very interesting program also was rendered, chief among the numbers of which were two of Margaret A. Johnson's poems, "Strive to Live in Peace With All Mankind,"" Mrs. Augustus L. Richardson, and "The Landing of the Slaves," by Mrs. Eddie O. Bailey, of Denver, Col., which we give to the public with pleasure, knowing it will be enjoyed by the many friends and admirers of this gifted woman's pen: The Monogyny Rose Brown, made "Some famous, is now working more than making good er and has a little way gets the applause. J Robinson and White a make up the balance a good bill for this. The Pekki It doesn't look any old-Pekki—it has been redecorated and made possible. Most all of the first runs, and the Sui compares favorably with the "Strooll." If you this pretty little play motto says, "Do it no THE LANDING OF THE SLAVES. Twas on Virginia's rugged plain Amid the deathlike erase; Heart sore from the stinging pain Caused by the driving lash. Twas a strange, rough, commanding veer; Twas a strange land unknown; Twas a strange, harsh, unwelcome tweep; Twas to them no mercy shown. No welcome as the monarchs meet, the king, and dismay. Submissive, without friendly greet, Without one hopeful ray. No banners waved, no bells rang out Over that southern plain; The robbing hearts with lowered brow Were crowded in cuffs and chain. The ocean heard their pleading moans When borne from native shore; In its pathless deep lies their groans, Oer nativity seen no more. There were heart heads 'mong that band That withered 'neath the toll; Welcomed death in an unknown land— Snatched from their native soil. There were hearts in which burned remorse, Homestead did heave and swell, Eager hopes perished in the madding course That none returned to tell. Then, of all the true and worthy deeds That's ever been talked by men, The sodom that one ever reads Words of praise written for them. Should I then hesitate in scorn Because their unwelcome dawn Was not so grand or sublime? Should not the sacredness of their stay To an offspring be of worth? Remember, there's one greater than they Who had a lowly birth! Then may I, without doubt or fear, What of the unseemlessness? My thoughts, to their reverence dear, At their coming I express. Sacred, then, to their mortal memory My right hand shall I yield; In token of their honor and glory My good pen will I wield. Though all the world in protest rise, Though earth its vengeance should take The coming of their birth I'll prize And in their memory speak. The club takes this means to thank their many friends and patrons for their loyalty and patronage of the entertainment.-Mrs. T. J. Kenny, president; Mrs. E. T. O. Bailey, journalist. JOTTINGS THEATRICAL AND OTHERWISE. There is something fascinating about the Grand theater—the more you go there the more you want to. Many people attend both the first and last half of the week's show. Perhaps that is due to the clever way the management have of not billing their coming attractions, but spring them on the opening nights. One never knows what to expect—except that you expect to see a good show. The three American Harmonists opened the bill, and they are rightly named. They were equally good on every instrument. Ned Mehroy's dancing was good and he might have gotten away with the singing end of it if he had selected more appropriate songs. "Polly's Troubles," a little comedy playlet, presented by Ellsley, Ottke and Ellsley, was an excellent medium for a domestic to present her troubles with the man of the house, but Polly was not strong enough for the part and the skit was only held up by the passable acting of the husband. About Frank Rogers, the ventriloquist de luxe—all we can say is: "Don't fail to see him at any cost." Monkeys will be monkeys, but those trained by Anita Diaz seem almost human and kept the audience in an uproar. The house was packed all the week. Debut Song Recital W. H. The Grand. The Monogram. Rose Brown, who with Shelton Brooks, made "Some of these days" famous, is now working single and is more than making good. She is clever and has a little way about her that gets the applause. Jimes and Hill, Robinson and White and the Burtons make up the balance of an exceptionally good bill for this house. The Pekin. It doesn't look anything like the old-Pekin—it has been all remodeled, redecorated and made as attractive as possible. Most all of the pictures are first runs, and the Sunday vaudeville compares favorably with any along the "Stroll." If you haven't visited this pretty little playhouse, as the motto says, "Do it now." The Washington. Abbie Mitchell is the one bright, particular star that is holding the boards at the Washington. She is such a general favorite her friends pack this "Movie" to its capacity nightly. Mr. Kaplin, the genial proprietor and manager of this house, believes in giving his patrons the best to be had and succeeds admirably. The Lux. Mr. Zurawski, proprietor of the "Lux," has a big surprise for the patrons of his theater for next week—he wouldn't even get confidential enough with the reporter to tell him what was doing. All he would say was: "Walt and see." If it is anything to draw more people there than he has had the past week we don't know where he is going to put them. Clouds of azure rolling by. By the famous Moro Castle— That fort so stunach in feudal days, Painted with gold and silver. Neath Aurora's piercing rays. Shade trees line the walks and plazas; Maldives buttles can be seen Gazing at the Yankee stranger— Tulker of the Carribean. "La Palomina" and "Borinquen." A way of maidstone repute. Sweets plied by natives— Masters on the ancient lute. Land of rest and endless summer, Let me loll beneath thy trees— Gripped out cautiously. Swept by gentle, zephyr breeze. PEERLESS CLUB ENTERTAINS. Revive Old Fashioned Quadrille at Monthly Dance—Leroy B. Hayes an Efficient Caller. The Peerless Club entertained its members and friends at the second of its series of dances Thursday evening, May 1, at the residence of Mr. John E. Jeffrey, 3133 Wabash avenue. The old fashioned square dance, the quadrille, was revived, being sandwiched in between the waltzes and two-steps. All seemed to have enjoyed the old quadrille as well as the modern tango and greeted with frolic the old time calls. Mr. Leroy B. Hayes proved to be an efficient caller of the sets. There were about thirty-five guests present and all spent a most enjoyable evening. Those not caring to dance played many interesting card games. SAMARITAN CLUB The Samaritan Club met Thursday afternoon at the home of Miss Martha Gardner, president, 5729 Lafayette avenue. PEERLESS PLEASURE CLUB. The Peerless Club have issued invitations to their sixth (formal) anniversary party, Tuesday evening, May 20th, at Union Masonic Hall. The invitations announce dancing and whist from 8:30 p. m. until 1 a. m. BETHEL LITERARY CLUB. Bethel Literary Club will be addressed by Sylvester Russell, on Sunday afternoon, May 11th, at 4 o'clock. His subject is: "The Moral Condition of the Chicago Negroes," or an answer to the above subject which was delivered by Attorney W. W. Johnson a few weeks ago before the club. Mr. Johnson will also be present to make a short reply. Loan, Soprano Accompanist Corner Jackson Blvd. and Wabash Avenue. 7, May 28th P. M. 35 Cents The Lux. MYSTERIOUS ROMANCE By A. W. BEER. Had it not been for the handkerchief I would have said that it was clearly a case for the Society for Psychical Research and have washed my hands of it. But though to be sure a filmy enough object, the handkerchief, with the initials "E. B. M." daintily embroidered in one corner, was of a tangible nature, and in no way to be fitted into any theory of spooks. And yet the whole thing was absurd on the face of it. No doubt the simple explanation was that the fever which had possessed my body for many weary weeks still dominated my brain. Wearying at length of the problem, I placed the delicate bit of camphric and lace beneath my pillow and again resigned myself to sleep. A year later I was in California, ostensibly on a vacation, but also with a view of absorbing color for a novel of pioneer days which I was planning to write. I was at dinner one evening in San Francisco with my friend Maxfield, a newspaper man, when I caught sight of a familiar face at one of the restaurant tables. "That's singular!" I exclaimed presently. "What's singular?" queried Maxfield. "If you have reference to the fair creature at whom you are gazing so intently, I may say that while she is certainly single, I do not know that she is looked upon as singular." "The fact is," I returned, "that for the moment I imagined that I had met the young woman somewhere before, but I am probably mistaken." "You've seen her portrait in some of the literary papers, perhaps," suggested Maxfield. "That's Enid B. Merryweather, who is coming to the front as a writer of some rather fetching verse." "Enid B. Merryweather!" said I. "Then her initials are E. B. M." "Correct," replied Maxwell. "You got it right the very first time. But why get so excited over a bunch of initials?" "Maxfield," I retorted, "you ought to know that the facetious is not your line, so why attempt it? What I'd like to know is whether or not you have the honor of Miss Merryweather's acquaintance; if so, I want you to present me." "Nothing easier, old man," he replied promptly. There are some persons one meets to whom an introduction seems almost superfluous. You somehow feel that you have known them always. Thus it was with Enid and me. We met, not as stranger, but as old friends who for a time had been separated in body, but never in spirit. But one evening Enid said: "Do you know that I worried about you a great deal when you were ill last winter?" "Foolish girl!" I replied. "You had never met me." "And yet I seem always to have known you." she murmured. "Enid," I said presently, "there is something queer I want to tell you in connection with that illness of mine. It seems utterly unreasonable, but there are some things beyond our understanding. "I had been dwelling for weeks in a strange, fantastic world, when one night I awoke calm and rational, and I saw bending over me one who seemed the very embodiment of my heart's desire. I closed my eyes again for a second, doubling the reality of what I saw, and when I opened them again the lovely vision had faded. "I can't explain it, but it was you who came to me that night; and, more wonderful still, here is the proof!" I took from over my heart the handkerchief which I had found resting lightly on the counterpane after the disappearance of my mysterious visitor. She took the handkerchief and examined it. "Yes, it is mine," she said presently. And then she added: "As a writer of romances you would perhaps prefer the story left as it is, but I feel bound to tell you just how this handkerchief came into your hands. "I don't know," she continued, "how or why you came to occupy so much of my thoughts, when I knew you only through your books, but nevertheless such was the case. "When last winter it was reported that your life was despaired of, I could not rest. Some of my friends guessed my secret and rallied me accordingly. I gave out that I intended visiting Los Angeles for a few weeks, but instead of doing so I went on by the southern route to New York. "I knew that the physician who conducted the sanitarium in which you were undergoing treatment, Dr. Starbrook had been an old friend of my father's, and upon arriving in New York I made myself known to him. I told him that you were a very dear friend, but that for personal reasons I did not want you to know of my presence in New York. There was no fear of that, however, as for a long time you knew no one. "At length one evening when I had called to inquire about you and had been admitted to your bedside as usual, you looked at me with rational eyes. To avoid discovery I fled from the room, and this手握kerchief I suppose was dropped in my confusion. "Now, then," she concluded, "does not that destroy all your pretty and mysterious romance?" But I think the answer I gave her convinced her that it did not. Foxy Dad. "Son, why don't you play circus? It's great fun. First, you make a sawdust ring." "Where'll I get the sawdust, dad?" "Here's the saw. Just saw some of that cordwood into stove lengths. You can have all the sawdust you make."—Judge. Public Servant. "A human being trying to co-operate with other human beings in a common service" is a public servant who amply earns his pay—Louisville Courier Journal. THE CHICAGO DEPENDER. NO HESITATION ABOUT PAYING John W. Gates Played for Peculiar Stakes, but There Was Never a Thought of "Welshing." The late John W. Gates was fond of a game of chance. He also liked men who were wont to indulge in the same pastimes as himself. Mr. Gates was as good a loser as he was a winner. Shortly after the formation of the United States Steel corporation, Mr. Gates was living at a great New York hotel. Charles M. Schwab, at that time president of the steel corporation, also had apartments at the hostelry. Mr. Schwab was quite fond of cards and invited a few friends to his rooms one night for a friendly game, table arrangements being the man's agreement," wited Hoyle governing. Mr. Gates was a member of the party. The famous indoor pastime progressed rapidly. Mr. Schwab was fortunate. Mr. Gates was unlucky. Several thousands of dollars had changed owners. It was about 1 o'clock a.m. The guests were starting to leave. "Play another hand, Charley," said the Wall street operator. "No, John, it's time to quit," replied the steel president. "Just one cold hand for a thousand!" exclaimed the financier. "No, but I'll just play you one cold hand for $1,000 against your clothes," replied Schwah. "You're on!" cried Gates in high glee. The two sat down to the table again. Hands were dealt them. Gates drew a pair of queens, while his fellow player again proved the more fortunate and found three trays in his hand. Gates was beaten. But he was game. The guests stood almost breathless to see what his next move would be. Without hesitation Gates removed all his outer clothing, laid it on the play table and walked to his apartment in his underclothing. There were but few persons in the upper halls at that hour of the morning, and none save the steel president and his other guests witnessed the loser getting to his bed chamber minus most of his clothing. Musical Tones In Architecture Musical tones in A. architecture. It has long been believed that each of the mammoth buildings of the world will vibrate in response to some special musical tone. Architects believe they have found the tones for such famous structures as the Cathedral of Cologne, Notre Dame in Paris, and St Paul's in London. Certainly it is true that each of these buildings returns to the ear of the listener that one tone intensified and augmented to a surprising extent. The corollary statement that this keynote if sounded long enough and with sufficient force would bring disaster has never been proved. When the conversation turns to the skyscraper, one often tames timorous folk say, "Well, it's all very fine for those who like it, but I'd rather stay nearer the ground." Yet the steel and stone giants, where the elevators whirl up twenty, thirty, forty, fifty stories, have stood all the tests their histories have made possible, and there, far above the dust and turmoll of the streets, thousands pursue their business in absolute safety.—Christian Herald. Man Hypnotized In Court. In a recent trial at Prague a man was charged with forging entries in a baptismal register. In pleading not guilty he stated that if he committed the forgery it was done in a trance and under the suggestion of a certain hypnotist, whose name he had been forbidden to disclose. His family physician declared that the accused was a neurotic, easily hypnotized, and, to prove his assertion, began to read, despite the judges' protest, a formula beginning "Deus Aetersus," from a French book on magic, which the doctor had discovered the unknown hypnotist used for the accused. To the amazement and horror of the court the prisoner immediately fell into a hypnotic trance, with his arms stiff and outstretched. Lawyers present thrust needles into his flesh and tried to move his arms to see if he were shamming, but without producing any reaction. The prisoner awoke only when the doctor breathed upon him, uttering another formula. The trial was adjourned to get the opinion of medical experts.—From the Family Doctor. Problem 2,300 Years Ago. The question as to the advisability of women working, which is agitating the "public mind" department in this year of grace, was a pressing one in Athens 2,300 years ago. In the Memorabilia Xenophon tells of a conversation that Socrates had with Aristotle on the subject. Aristarchus was complaining that he had no income to support the sisters and nieces and cousins who had fed to his home for refuge because of the disturbed condition of the country. Socrates made the obvious suggestion that the ladies go to work. Accordingly Aristarchus provided the material and they got busy spinning and weaving, with exceedingly happily results. Only one source of discord developed. Life proved so easy under the circumstances that Aristarchus did nothing himself and the women complained that he was "the only person in the house that ate the bread of idleness." Human nature and human problems continue much the same from age to age. Jones at Home. "But why don't you like Jones?" asked the friend of the said Jones. "He is a person of perfect ease and self-passion. And he is thoroughly at home, wherever he may be." "He does better. He can go further than you intimate," said the man who had entertained Jones. "What do you mean?" "Why, he has the faculty so highly developed that he can make a man feel a stranger in his own home." Truest, Noblest Development. I've often said that husbands and wives, reach their trust and noblest development when they are complimentary to each other—Mrs. Woodrow Wilson. Oakwoods Cemetery Sends Out Literature—One Case Before U. S. Supreme Court. Despite the law, Chicago cemeteries are drawing the color line. This week the officials of Oakwoods cemetery sent out a circular in which the following was most pronounced: "Chapel, vault and cemetery are for the exclusive use of the Caucasian race." We are about to have another Jim Crow cemetery for the people of the West Side. Oak Ridge cemetery directors, who a short time ago sent our undertakers notices to the effect that they would not accept any more colored interments, and recommended them to go to the Jim Crow cemetery on the South Side, have now found some undesirable land which they want to get rid of for a cemetery for the race, and they stand for it. SUES TO BURY DEAD WIFE. Washington, D. C. May 7.—(Special.)—Whether Chicago cemeteries are violating the constitution of the United States in 'excluding Negroes from burial is a question that will be decided by the Supreme Court in consequence of an appeal filed today by John B. Gaskell, a Chicago colored man. Gaskill buried four children in Forest Home cemetery between 1890 and 1906. In 1912 his wife died, but the cemetery company refused him the burial privilege as a result of a rule it had adopted in 1907 excluding Negroes. Mandamus proceedings were brought against the company by Gaskill, but Judge McGory dismissed his petition. This decision was affirmed by the Illinois Supreme Court. Gaskill then appealed to the federal supreme court while the body of his wife lies in the receiving vault at Waldheim cemetery awaiting a permanent burial. News of the Churches The next session of the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists will be held at Takoma Park, Washington, D. C., beginning May 15, and continuing to June 8, 1913. The delegation will represent every nation under the sun, as the denomination is now operating missions in every country. Four thousand names seated in the conference, and many from the foreign fields are already at Washington. The following are among the leading colored representatives: Elders J. K. Humphrey, New York City; L. W. Browne, Indianapolis, Indiana; W. D. Forde, Chicago, Ill.; Sydney Scott, Williamington, N. C.; A. N. Durrant, Pittsburgh, Pa.; J. Branch, Phil., Pa.; T. Green, Detroit, Mitch.; J. Owens, Denver, Col.; R. Campbell, Washington, D. C.; J. Dasent, Montgomery, Ala.; George Peters, Louisville, Ky.; Phillip Giddings and James Matthews of B. W. I. A very interesting feature of the conference will be the reports from Japan, China, Korea, Africa and India. It is expected to be the most interesting quadrennial meeting ever held by the denomination. The Chicago delegation will leave on Tuesday, May 13th, on the B. and O. road. Lady Elliot Circle No. 199 to Glive May Party. The Lady Elliot Circle No. 199, Companions of the Foresters, will open the summer season of entertainments on Monday evening, May 12, at 8 o'clock at the Masonic hall, 40th and State streets, by giving a May party. The admission will be 35c. Garfield Wilson's orchestra will furnish the music. This splendid organization of women is noted for giving successful entertainments, therefore we feel that those who fail to attend will miss a treat. Adv. 3-10. Mr. Alonzo De Moss, 3233 State street, celebrated his birthday Thursday evening. Among the presents he received was a fishing rod from his brother, Mr. Wm. De Moss, who with his wife spent an enjoyable evening there. GOING, ALMOST GONE? Good people are becoming an extinct species. - Waldo Baston. W. H. Hackney, Tenor, Will give his third annual song recital Monday Evening, 8:30 May 26th at Institutional Church, 3825 Dearborn St. ADMISSION - - 35c Mrs. Pelagle S. Bair, Accompanist Latest Thing in Detroit THE NEW YORK CAFE Strictly First class. The Best Home Cooked Meals in Town. Open Day and Night. 252-234 Beaubain St. DETROIT, MICH. W. H. JACKSON, Prop. City of Evanston Lincoln State Savings Bank Mr. Geo. W. Taylor, who has been visiting his daughter, Mrs. White, 1415 Dewey avenue, left for his home in Canada Tuesday evening. Miss Willie Taylor is improving at the hospital at Tuskegee, Ala., and hopes to be able to return to Evanston this week. The members and friends of Ebenezer were surprised to see Rev. Graves in the pulpit both morning and night. He left Tuesday for Ashville, N. C. Rev. R. N. Webb will act as pastor in his absence. The One More Effort met at the residence of Mrs. Ora Mack and had a crowded house. The Church Aid met with Mrs. Rouse on Prairie avenue, with an attendance of thirty-two. The Rally netted $450.00 and more to be reported. The Sewing Circle met at the home of Mrs. Julia Wilson, Church street. The Missionary met with Mrs. Volo Elmore on Emerson's street, Friday night. All eyes and engagements to the mock conference May 21, Bishop Allen Spenser presiding; Presiding Elders Benton, Harris, Graves, Haddley, Daniels. Mothers' meeting by the Sunday school, 2:30. Odd Fellows' sermon at 3:30. Mothers' meeting by the church, 8:00. The club ladies will have charge. NEW HOPE C. M. E. CHURCH. Rev. John G. Williams, pastor. Services, 3 p. m., 8 p. m. Sunday school, 1:30 p. m. The first "annual banquet" given last Thursday evening, May 1, was a great success. Nearly 100 dined. The food served was the best that the market afforded. The service was superb, much to the credit of the stewardess board, composed of Mrs. Lizzie Graves, Mrs. Anna Smith and Mrs. Mamie Bryson. The waltresses were Miss Elnora Jefferson, Mrs. King, Miss Marie Thompson, Mrs. Ellen Cobb, and their work reflected much credit to the occasion. Mr. J. D. Smith was chairman of the occasion and master of ceremonies, and the results of the affair showed great efforts on his part. Mr. P. A. Bryson delivered the "Welcome" address, which was timely. He used for his theme "Universal Christian Religion." In the opening of the program Mrs. Evelyn Keene rendered a beautiful solo, which was a masterpiece. The most enjoyable part of the program was the presence of the members of all of the city churches lead by their pastors, along with the two C. M. E. churches of Chicago. SECOND BAPTIST CHURCH. The services were largely attended last Sunday. The pastor preached two special sermons. At 11 a. m. the Courts of Calanthe were out in full strength to hear their annual sermon delivered by Rev. I. A. Thomas. The pastor preached a timely sermon on "Choice" to a large and appreciative audience Sunday evening. Next Sunday at 11 a. m. he will deliver the third of the series of sermons on "Man." Come on time and get a comfortable seat. The Royal Circle met at Mrs. Allen Spencer's, on Sherman avenue, this week. The Busy Bee Circle served dinner and gave a program last Thursday. The Ways and Means Circle will serve dinner and give a musicale next Thursday. Mr. Richard Howlett of Kenilworth, Ill., and Miss Lottie Shovley of Roanoke, Va., were united in marriage at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Thos. W. McGill of Kenilworth. Rev. I. A. Thomas officiated. The bride was met in Chicago Monday at 8 a. m., April 28, and before noon they were married in Kenilworth. The pastor preached at 11 a. m. on the subject of baptism. The Bible school was very full. The ordinance of baptism was administered to five candidates at 2:30. The B. of P. N. held an interesting meeting at 7 p. m. ```markdown ``` Services at 8 p. m., followed by Lord's Supper and the fellowship of the new members. Six persons joined the church. called the church. Mr. and Mrs. John Martin of Chicago worshipped with us Sunday at the evening service. Mrs. Edmunds of Louisville, Ky., is with us again. The pastor came out last Sunday with a new $50 suit on. He desires to thank the church, the Sewing Circle and the many friends who gave anything toward the suit. Mr. J. L. Blair, Sr., started $ good work. Many thanks to all. Sunday services for May 11. Remember it is "Mothers' Day." Wear your carnations: 11 a. m.-Sermon by Mr. P. A. Bryson. 12:30-Bible School. 4 p. m.-Y. M. C. A. 6:45-B of P. N. 8 p. m.-Sermon by pastor. The pastor will preach the Odd Fellow sermon at 2:30 at the A. M. E. Church. Mrs. Charsey Thomas of East Railroad avenue entertained at dinner last Sunday Rev. and Mrq. E. H. Fletcher. The Emerson street branch of the Y. M. C. A. will meet Sunday, May 11, at Mt. Zion Baptist Church, at 4 o'clock. The speaker will be Dr. A. D. Butler. At this meeting Dr. Butler will have a human heart to demonstrate his talk. The plans of the building can be seen at the office of Central Y. M. C. A., Orrington avenue, or at the Sunday afternoon meeting. We were glad to see Dr. W. W. Harris in the office this week. The doctor has been away all winter. Dr. Harris is the one who bought the lot for the new Y. M. C. A. building. Pay your pledge to the Y. M. C. A. before the 15th. We are counting on you. The Mt. Zion Baptist Church members were in a joyous mood last Sunday, May 4th, being sacrament day and baptismal day as well. The four candidates for the water were immersed in regular old Baptist style. Dr. Fletcher preached an interesting sermon. Mr. J. E. Priestly and wife visited the home of Mr. and Mrs. Saunders, 1613 Greenwood boulevard, last Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Pickett are at 318 Dempster street from Augusta, Ga., and are so well satisfied that they expect to make Evanston their future home. The stormy weather prevented the club of prospective K. of P.'s at Lake Forest, Ill., from finishing up their business last Friday night. Mr. Clifford Sloan will notify the members of the next meeting, when they are expected to be in readiness for their initiatory degrees. Mr. Edgar Smith leaves for a short trip next Friday night. His car will see service this summer if present plans are adhered to. The successful chauffeur is truly much in demand, for his time is engaged months in advance. HAVE A LAUGH WITH ME. By Waldo Baston. Jones: Don't think I have forgotten my promise, old pal. Jack: I know you haven't forgotten your promise, but what I want to know is have you forgotten the dollar? Johnny: I'm going to Heaven when I die. Mamma: How do you know? Johnny: 'Cause you're raising me. John: Pat when are you going back to the old country? Pat: Just as soon as my wife gets her rights. Mr. Adelbert H. Roberts, the famous 'orator, leaves for Tuskegee next week, where he will address the students and teachers on May 19. Savings Bank SUPERVISION. I. E. Cor. State St. GO, ILL as 986-Auto. 57-220 SURPLUS. $20,000.00 Commercial Banking Savings and Checking Accounts Foreign Exchange Safety Deposit Vaults Mortgages and Bonds 3% Interest on Savings Deposits Your Patronage Solicited Depository and Correspondent, Continental & Commercial National Bank of Chicago, Ill. SPORTING SEE AMERICA FIRST American Giants, 13; Hammond, 6. The Hammond, Ind., nine came here and played the Giants a fairly good game, making enough hits to win an ordinary game, but not against the heavy hitting team of Fosters. Hutchinson played a great game at short, accepting ten chances without a fizzle. Some of his chances were hard ones, for in the fifth he took a nasty drive from Lasser's bat, retiring the runner. In the visitors' half of the first Bergwald the first man up got credit for a triple when a short Texas leaguer fell between Pierce, Munroe and Barber and rolled far half of the first Bergwald the first man up got credit for a triple when a short Texas leaguer fell between Pierce, Munroe and Barber and rolled far enough away to let the runner get to third before it was returned to the infield. Taylor had a busy time at bat with five hits in the five times that he faced the pitchers. Seldom do the Giants get a mark in the error column, but Pete Hill, Munroe, Duncan and Taylor were the guilty ones. Taylor's was excusable, for the wind partly caused him to drop a high foul. A good crowd was out, notwithstanding the Pythlans had their annual sermon. The fair sex were out in their latest creations, the wind keeping them holding their hats on. The score: Am. Giants....20 03 1 04 0⁻¹=13 17 3 Hammond....20 01 02 1 00⁻¹=6 13 4 Two-base hits — Monroe, Pierce, Lasser, Fowler. Three-base hits — Duncan, Pierce, Bergwald. Strike— Out—By Gatewood, 4; by O'Brien, 1. Bases on balls—Off Gatewood, 1: off McKnight, 4. Umpire—Goeckel. Time— 1:40. Saturday the Giants won from the Gunther nine 7 to 2, the winners coming from behind. At the West Side Park the Union Giants went down in defeat at the hands of the West Side. The Union Giants could not do anything at all in the scoring line, while the West Sides slammed the ball all over the lot. West. Sides...3 1 1 0 0 0 5 * 14-1 Chi. Union...0 0 0 0 0 1 0 10-1 Two-base hits—Darling, Meltier, Gibson, Peters. Home run—Freudenberg. Double play—Peters to Lewis to Poies. Struck out—By Dillon, S; by Alexander, 6; by Kelly, 2. Bases on balls—Off Dillon, 3; off Davis, 1; off Alexander, 2. Umpire—Simpson. Time—2:10. A large crowd, nearly all whites, turned out to see the Leland Giants-St. Thomas game, which the Lelands lost after a desperate struggle, 6 to 4. Danger Talbert, one of the most famous infielders in the history of baseball history, is dying of consumption. Foster Loses Benefit Game. The benefit game between the two star teams picked from the four colored ball nines in Chicago resulted in the defeat of the nine which Foster pitched for. The benefit was for Danger Talbert, and was played Tuesday before a large crowd, about $300 being taken in. A subscription list has been started, headed by the ever-ready Mr. Chas. Comiskey and Mr. James J. Callahan of the white sox. The score: Hills ..... 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 3—6 Greens ..... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0—0 Two-base hits—Pierce, Lindsay. Three-base hit—Pierce. Double play—Park to Barber to Strothers. Struck out—By Johnson, 4; by Foster, 5. Bases on balls—Off Johnson, 2; off Foster, 8. Umpire Muldon. Time: 2:00. Track Ben Bowser went 440 in 49 4-5 seconds Saturday afternoon in the dual track meet between Syracuse and Brown Universities at Syracuse, N. Y. Bowser also ran second in the 100 yard event, his own team mate beating him to the tape. Coach Kenne's men won eight firsts, nine seconds and four third places, besides tieing for a first and a third place. The Peerless Club baseball team defeated the Rothschilds elevator men in a practice game at Washington Park Sunday morning, 12 to 5. Although the first game of the season, both teams showed they had not forgotten the game of baseball. Captain Jeffrey's was well pleased with his men, and looks forth for a bright season. SETTLEMENT. The Hyde Park Neighborhood Settlement, 5623 Jefferson avenue, is a beacon light to all those in Hyde Park and vicinity who desire to better their condition in life. The dress-making class is well established and affords a grand opportunity to the women and girls of the race who are tired of working as launderresses, nurses or malds, and a diploma will be given those who successfully complete the course; also work guaranteed. Mr. H. W. Hammond, a race-loving, energetic young man, who has just arrived in the city to direct the work among the boys of the Y. M. C. A., will have charge of the boys work in Hyde Park and at this settlement. The mothers are urged to send their children here instead of letting them wander on the streets all hours. Wilson—Luckett. Joseph M. Wilson of Chicago was joined in holy wedlock to Miss Olivio Luckett of St. Louis, Mo., at the home of her friends, Mrs. and Mrs. Lubbet, Saturday evening last. The bride was attired in a gown of blue marquisette and carried a large bouquet of beautiful flowers. After the ceremony a reception was given. A large number of friends were in attendance. After a wedding tour, Mr. and Mrs. Wilson will be at home to their many friends on and after June 20. Organization Formed to Encourage Study of Geography. Persons Go Annually to Europe Who Have No Idea of the Wonderful Beauties of Mountains and Glaciers in United States. Chicago.—Byron wrote of Portugal, "It is a goodly sight to see what heaven hath done for this delicious land." But Byron had little to impress him compared with what the United States offers. Some people realize this, among them the Glacials, a widely spread organization formed to encourage the study of the geography of this country in the public schools. The members plan to send a memorial to the president of the United States asking that one day in the year be set aside as "See America Day," and that special exercises be held in all schools on that day. Postage stamps will show western scenes if this organization has its way. The fact is that what this country and the west in particular needs is a great big band wagon, the Glacials declare. People go annually to Europe who have no idea of the beauty and resources of their own country. As a result millions are spent abroad that ought to be kept in the United States. The west in the United States and Canada offers mountain scenery that equals and in some instances surpasses what one sees in Norway and Switzerland. If American tourists instead of embarking on a sea voyage were to turn their faces inland they would agree with European travelers who come in saying that at our very doors we have enough scenic marvels to content the most exacting globe trotter. The traveler to the Pacific coast if he really wishes to see the west should THE TRAIN Royal Gorge, Grand Canon, Colorado avail himself of the numerous stopover privileges allowed and visit some of the national parks and large cities en route. The most remarkable stupendous scenery in the country—unless it be Niagara—is in the west. If the tourist goes by way of Canada he can have a journey over the very backbone of the Rockies and in comfortable cars skirt the base of mountains over 10,000 feet high that have never been known to be free from snow. These are the American Alps, and one need not cross the ocean to see them. HYPNOTIC BURIAL IS HALTED Philadelphia-Mesmerist Who Had Private "Graveyard" Behind House Arrested. Philadelphia—Joseph D'Audenrief, 2102 East Monmouth street, was arrested on a charge of practicing hypnotism contrary to law, just as he was about to bury an unconscious subject to demonstrate that the latter could be kept in a hynotic state for forty-eight hours. The grave had been dug in D'Audenrief's back yard and an elaborate coffin had been sent there from an undertaking establishment. A large crowd of neighbors had seen the hypnotist his subject under a spell, wind the man in a shroud and place him in the coffin. The hypnotist was screwing on the lid when the police arrived and made him bring the subject "back to life." Magistrate Campbell held the hypnotist in $500 ball for a further hearing. Kept Eight Doctors In Relay Philadelphia.—For four weeks, preceding the death of Hunter Brooke, millionaire grain broker, two physicians were constantly at his bedside. Eight physicians, including some of the best in the medical profession, were paid a weekly salary to attend him. Arrangements were such that they watched in relays of two. In addition there were four special nurses and a hospital interne always within call. Must Marry or Get Out Chicago—Bachelors occupying the Hyde Park Y. M. C. A. dormitory are given three years in which to find wives, the "time limit" being set by the secretary of the Hyde Park branch. "Either get married or get out," is the ultimatum issued. PROMINENT PEOPLE learned in whatsoever state I am, therewith to be content." "Speaking of patronage, my patronage extends to a driver of the monorail car from the Capitol to the Senate Office building (if they ever get it going), and a messenger, a stenographer and a page. I have filled all of those important places. If I tried to influence the senators in their distribution of offices I would soon lose their respect and friendly feeling for me. I have seen enough already to know that I am not to become a very active dispenser of party ple. "I have enjoyed my first days in Washington. I am not quite at home presiding over the senate, but with the thoughtful and considerate help of the senators I will get on. I am learning the rules, which is more of a task even than committing the shorter catechism, which I had to do frequently when a boy. I rather think, however, that I will enjoy it after a while. "Living in a hotel is new to me. I have been fortunate in having a home. My father was a country physician and we always had a home. It was our home, even if it was not much of a house. "I told Mrs. Marshall the other day that all that I had got out of politics, aside from the genuine pleasure of being one of the people, is the promise of the distinguished honor, of being buried from an undertaking establishment if I should happen to die while at a Washington hotel. "Maybe, after the extra session is over and we settle for the first regular session of congress, we will be in a house. I am not rich, but I never lived in a rented house until I was governor of Indiana." KING'S SECRETARY SOON TO RETIRE It is extremely unlikely, however, that the world will ever be taken into Lord Knollys' confidence regarding his long association with the royal family, for he is a man who talks little and writes less. "No man ever knew so much and said so little." was a remark of the late archbishop of Canterbury about him. He has been described as the most silent, yet the most tacitful, man in Europe. NEW ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF NAVY senator. At the head of a little band of 21 men he kept up a long and hot fight until in the end James Aloysius O'Gorman was sent to Washington as junior senator from the Empire State, and that selection has proved a wise one. Senator Roosevelt is thirty-one years old and is a fifth cousin of Theodore Roosevelt. There is a dual relationship, because the senator married a daughter of Elliott Roosevelt, a brother of the former president. WALTER H. PAGE, ENVOY TO LONDON in turn gave Mr. Page to understand that he did not think it necessary for ambassadors to live lavishly, regardless of what the custom has been in the past. Mr. Page is a North Carolinian, and a.brother of Rep. R. N. Page. Mr. and Mrs. Marshall are not enthusiastic over their new honors and surroundings at Washington. They are trying hard to settle, so that they can be as happy and comfortable as they were at Columbia City before they went to Indianapolis to take possession of the executive mansion. "I hope to like it here after I get onto the ropes," said Mr. Marshall the other day. "I am a little green, and I know that everybody in Washington knows it, but I really think I'll like it after I get the hang of things. "My life has been made a little burdensome by job hunters who think that I am a real ple counter man. Nine-tenths of my letters are applications for positions. "But it is all right, and in time I will be on the earth again. Back in Indiana I was sentenced. Here I will be. As St. Paul says, 'Not that I speak in respect of want; for I have learned learned in whatsoever state I am, there. "Speaking of patronage, my patron rail car from the Capitol to the Senatoging), and a messenger, a stenograph those important places. If I tried to tion of offices I would soon lose their I have seen enough already to know the dispenser of party ple. "I have enjoyed my first days in presiding over the senate, but with the senators I will get on. I am learn even than committing the shorter cat when a boy. I rather think, however, t "Living in a hotel is new to me. I My father was a country physlelan and home, even if it was not much of a ho "I told Mrs. Marshall the other ditics, aside from the genuine pleasure oise of the distinguished honor, of being ment if I should happen to die while. "Maybe, after the extra session is session of congress, we will be in a h in a rented house until I was governor KING'S SECRETARY P. "Francie," as he was wont to call him. It is extremely unlikely, however, Lord Knollys' confidence regarding hisily, for he is a man who talks little amuch and said so little." was a remark about him. He has been described as man in Europe. NEW ASSISTANT SE For the second time New York state furnishes a Roosevelt as assistant secretary of the navy. The illustrious Theodore served in that capacity under McKinley, and now his cousin, Franklin D. Roosevelt, but a sturdy Democrat, has been appointed to the same post. Franklin D. Roosevelt is a fighter, too, but in a manner different from that of our ex-president. The springbok and the deceitful dik-dik need not fear him, and it is unlikely that he will ever lead a charge up San Juan hill or any other hill. The biggest game that Franklin D. Roosevelt has ever attacked was the Tammany tiger and the striped cat got by far the worst of the encounter. Roosevelt in 1910 was elected state senator from Dutchess, Columbia, and Putnam counties and at once led a bolt against the party leaders at Albany, who were committed to the candidacy of William Sheehan for United States senator. At the head of a little band fight until in the end James Aloysius junior senator from the Empire State, one. Senator Roosevelt is thirty-one year Roosevelt. There is a dual relationship ter of Elliott Roosevelt, a brother of WALTER H. PAGE, M. In turn gave Mr. Page to understand ambassadors to live lavishly, regardles past. Mr. Page is a North Carolinan, an THE CHICAGO DEFENDER T PEOPLE "LITTLE GREEN" J. B. wish to be content." Image extends to a driver of the mono- te Office building (if they ever get it other and a page. I have filled all of influence the senators in their distribu- r respect and friendly feeling for me. What I am not to become a very active Washington. I am not quite at home I thoughtful and considerate help of the rules, which is more of a task sechism, which I had to do frequently that I will enjoy it after a while. I have been fortunate in having a home. And we always had a home. It was our use. May that all that I had got out of poll- being one of the people, is the prom- buried from an undertaking establish- ment a Washington hotel. Over and we settle for the first regular house. I am not rich, but I never lived of Indiana." SOON TO RETIRE "There," said a journalist, indicating Lord Knolls, calm, sause and imperturbable, at the time when the coronation of the late King Edward had been postponed owing to his illness and rumors of probable abdication and other, things were flying about, "stands the secret history. What a wealth of good paragraphs there would be if we could only get him to talk!" It was a tribute to the man behind the throne who, after forty-five years of royal service as private secretary and friend to three monarchs—Queen Victoria, King Edward and King George—is about to retire, says London Tit-Bits. What an absorbing story of the inner side of court life Lord Knolls could unfold! King Edward trusted him implicitly, regarding him as an intimate friend and companion, as well as secretary and adviser, invariably relying on his judgment and having no secrets from lordship. that the world will ever be taken into its long association with the royal fam- and writes less. "No man ever knew so. k of the late archbishop of Canterbury the most silent, yet the most tactful. SECRETARY OF NAVY C. B. L. B. R. J. of 21 men he kept up a long and hot O'Gorman was sent to Washington as and that selection has proved a wise old and is a fifth cousin of Theodore, because the senator married a daughter the former president. ENVOY TO LONDON Walter H. Page of Garden City, L. K., editor of the World's Work and member of Doubleday, Page & Co., publishers, has accepted President Wilson's offer to be ambassador to Great Britain. The selection of Mr. Page establishes that President Wilson has not abandoned his announced policy of choosing men for his important diplomatic posts without regard to their wealth. Indeed it can be stated that Mr. Page is another of the list of comparatively poor men to whom President Wilson has offered ambassadorships. Although he has been a successful publisher, as well as a literary man of attainment, Mr. Page's means are moderate Mr. Page demurred at accepting the appointment on the grounds that he did not have the fortune to maintain the American embassy in the style which has been customary in the past. The president that he did not think it necessary for us of what the custom has been in the d a. brother of Rep. R. N. Page. THE HILL "KENTRY" BY HENRY C. WOOD. "Lor! Lor! Jabez," mumbled the old woman, the wagon wheels creaking a fitting accompaniment to her high, shrill voice, "I'm skered weuns won't never gt ter the hill kentry. Hit seems a powerful long way off." A man and woman, both past the middle age, plodded wearily along in the dust and heat, the woman near the rear of the wagon, the man at the horse's head. "We-uns I'll get thar all right, mother," answered her husband, encouragingly, after a little space of silence, "by ter-morrow we-ous ought ter see the blue hills onct mo' by noon ter-morrow. The spent horse staggered to the side of the road, and began to nibble at a small patch of green under the shade of a protecting bush. "That's right, Baldy—eat all you usns kin," he said, kindly. "Hit's a right smart journey, yit, but weuns 'il git thar, mother, don't ye fret," he added, confidently. The horse, somewhat refreshed by the mouthful or two of green grass, started again on its slow journey down the white stretch of dusty road. In the afternoon they reached a city that lay in the path of their journey. The noise and movement confused the old couple—the sight of many strange faces struck them with a mighty sense of loneliness and solitude—the country and the hills they sought were as familiar friends, but the hurrying crowds seemed pitiless and apart from them. There was a certain friendliness in nature that was altogether lacking in the busey haunts of man. Besides, to these two, the city was symbolical of all that was evil, and cruel, and callous. Was it not a city—possibly this very one—that had swallowed in its insatiable maw an innocent girl that this old couple had cherished and called daughter? Little wonder that they now looked about them with awe and dread, and were eager to quit the hot, noisy streets and reach the open fields once more. The man chirruped a kindly note of encouragement to the worn-out horse. In response the faithful animal quickened its slow pace for a few steps, and then suddenly down on the hard stones of the street to rise no more. In helpless apathy the couple stopped, bewildered and dazed, then as the full enormity of the disaster dawned on the woman's mind, she flung herself down on her knees, and tried vainly to lift the head of the dying animal into her lap, calling entreatingly: "Baldy! Baldy! you-uns ain't-ga'tter leave we-uns here? The hill kentryaintn't but a little piece off-'jes'termorrow. Can't ye take we-uns onlythar-'jes' thar?" "No, mother, he's at the end of hisjourney 'a'ready,' said the man, gently,as he bent to undo the patched andmended harness from the motionlessanimal. As he spoke he brushed hishandfurtely across,his weather-beatenface. A crowd of the curious and idlebegan to gather, some with flippant jestsat the forlorn plight of the two travelers,others touched with pity at thetragic qualities of the scene. The old woman arose and lookedhelplessly from one face to another,understanding only that each one wasstrange, and that the hill 'kentry' wasyet far away. "We-uns kem from Injiana," she said, in her slow, drawing tones, as the crowd pressed nearer. "My son, Jim, lives thar—him an' his wife an' ten children. We-uns went out that ter live, but Jim's wife, she warp' willin', an' so we-uns started back ter the hill kentry, whence we-uns kem Jim, though, he warn't to blame. "Lor', strangers, we-uns hope none o' youn-uns 'll ever know what hit is ter be in trouble like this, 'an ole, an' po'." Her simple story seemed suddenly to arouse a wave of sympathy that swept over the motley crowd. One brawny young workman, with the memory of a mother's love still fresh in his heart, took off his hat, and dropping into it a liberal offering, passed the hat from one to another, while a shower of silver and bills fell into it, as if by a magician's skill. Even a poor creature of the streets, with haggard face and sin-hainted eyes, cast her last coin among the others, then pressed her way through the crowd to see the ones who might be more wretched than she... The two women looked into each other's eyes—the one pair brimming over with new-born gratitude—the other dim with hwaked conscience, and then the younger woman threw herself down at the dusty, tired feet of the elder, and kissing the wrinkled hand, cried out: "Mother, take me back to the hill country with you!" (Copyright by Daily Story Publishing Co.) Virtues. Not the least of the virtues of that fine old English herb, lavender, is its tonic effect upon excited, trembling nerves and irritability. Two or three teaspoonfuls of the tincture in a cupful of hot water, with a slice or two of lemon, make a restorative drink that acts like magic and puts a woman in possession of her best self, ready to take up her burden with renewed vigor. For a Heavy Heart. Set about doing good to somebody; put on your hat, and go visit the sick and poor; inquire into their wants and minister to them. Seek out the desolate and oppressed. I have often tried this medicine and always find it the best antidote for a heavy heart. →John Howard. Best to Specialize Side tracks are a good thing, but the side tracks should all in the long run be switched on the main line. Don't dabble in 'too many things, don't scatter yourself on too many languages. Better be able to speak one correctly and know something worth doing. Gamblers' Superstitions Gamblers are generally superstitions with regard to numbers. At Monte Carlo many players lay their stake on the number of their clock room tickets. The date of a birthday the sum total of the number on a watch and the figures on the top coin of a pile are also said to be considered lucky by many players, and the clergyman of the English church at Monte Carlo at one time never gave out any hymn under number 36, as he discovered that some of his congregation had made a practice of noting down the numbers with a view of backing them at roulette. Spiders Used as Charms Spiders, like worms and snakes, were formerly much used in charm cures, and only a year or two since an English shopkeeper was startled by a request for "a nut to put a spider in to cure baby's whooping cough." The spider, according to an old-time prescription, was to be inclosed in a nut and suspended round the child's neck, the idea being that as the insect died the disease disappeared. Choir Couldn't See It you see it. The choir of a village church had sung an anthem in flame with, all its might and strength, fill the very roof of the old church seemed to vibrate with tremendous uprear. At the close of the anthem the lesson for the day was begun. "And after the uprear was ceased," the parson read out, in a clear and sonorous voice. The whole congregation immediately tittered audibly, but the choir could not understand the joke. It Was Tough. "Will you give me a ple, madam," asked the tramp, "if I saw ye some wood?" The woman agreed to the bargain, gave the man a ple and started him in the direction of the wood-pile. In three minutes he was back at the door saying, "Madam, if it's all one to you, I'll eat the wood an' saw the ple." Must Be a Joke: A correspondent informs us that he read on a down-town menu: "Prices subject to advance during interval of giving order and being served." $1.50 Per Year $1.00 Six Months Subscript Publisher The C 3159 State St., Please send me THE A Fearless Honest Champion of The People for..... and for which I enclose Name..... Street.... $1.50 Per Year $1.00 Six Months Subscription Blank Canada or Foreign $2.50 Publisher The Chicago Defender 3159 State St., Chicago, Ill. Please send me THE CHICAGO DEFENDER A Fearless Honest Champion of The People for.....and for which I enclose $.....Name.....Street.....State..... The World's Greatest Weekly Newspaper SURPRISE YOURSELF AND EDITOR BY YOUR SUBSCRIPTION Dinners Like the High A 40c Dinner for Four People Vermicelli Soup . . . 2c Veal Fricassee . . . 13c Mashed Potatoes . . . 4c Minute Tapioca . . . 4c Bread and Butter . . . 6c Coffee . . . 3c Cream . . . 5c Gas to Cook All . . . 3c 40c Fifty Thousand S Can Tell You Dinners Like These Cut the High Cost of Living Dinners Like These Cut the High Cost of Living Fifty Thousand School Girl Cooks Can Tell You All About It These girls are being taught kitchen economies in Chicago public schools. They see, handle and cook real food in some 170 school kitchens. From demonstrations and actual experience they learn how to turn the cheaper things from the grocery and meat market into wholesome, square meals good enough for anybody. "Composite" Range No. 10.39 with double cases and tin-door in open door. The Peoples Gas Light Peoples Gas Building The People's Gas Light Co. Coke Company Peoples Gas Building Telephone Randolph 4167 Something new on Hen. A young Boston college woman was following the suburbanite about his place and doing her best to show her full appearance to the semi-rural beauty of the establishment. On visiting the hen-yard she became enraptured. One hen was unusually well marked. "Oh!" the young woman explained enthusiastically, "what beautiful foliage that hen has!" A smoking volcano very often blows rings just like a man who is meditatively puffing a cigar. Sometimes these rings are five or six hundred feet across. In both cases the "smoke" consist of a cloud of fine particles which show the existence of a vortex ring, the ring itself being a rotating mass of gas or air. Didn't Quite Understand Mrs. Ponsonby, visiting Paris, is receiving her friends at a "little evening," and, thinking to have a pleasant change after talk, suggests to a guest: "And now, M. Dubois, shall we have a rubber?" "Ah, madame," said M. Dubois, with perfect politeness, but pliteously, "a thousand thanks, mais—je—je—n'alme pas le massage!" Won Papa's Dollar. Martha's school report card had very low marks. Her father promised her a dollar if she got a hundred in anything. Shortly after that she fell sick. When the doctor had taken her temperature the mother asked him what the temperature was. "A hundred and four," was the reply. "Mother," cried Martha. "I have won the dollar from papa. I've got over a hundred." Discouraged Fireflies. During a pause of a brilliant display of fireworks on of the circle of friends commented upon the conspicuous absence of the innumerable fireplaces that had been noticed several evenings previously. The query as to what had become of them all was promptly answered by my tiny boy of five summers, who remarked: "I guess they must be discouraged."—Chicago Tribune. Canada or Foreign $2.50 Chicago Defender Chicago, Ill. CHICAGO DEFENDER $...... State...... The World's Greatest Weekly Newspaper THE PAYING These Cut Cost of Living A 50c Dinner for Four People Pea Soup Hamburg Roast Browned Potatoes Chocolate Custard Bread and Butter Coffee Cream Gas to Cook All 50c They learn also how to cook these meals with the least possible amount of gas. They learn that the old way of cooking a meal on a hot plate—with many fires burning, is a wasteful way. They are shown how the same meal can be cooked in "Composite" range with but one fire burning. Using a range of this type our school girl cooks would put the toaster, towel lower oven—the breads, rolls, vegetables, etc., in the upper ovens, and light the one fire in between. The top burners would be used but a few minutes for the coffee and soup. Composite Ranges Composite Ranges Five fifty shapes are sold at all of our stores and our big show room in the People's Gas building down town. They are the finest and most economical ranges in the world. Coke Company Telephone Randolph 4367 STATE STREET CLOAK HOUSE EMPLOYS RACE SALESLADIES Progressive Concern Bids for Trade by Employing Well Known Young Woman—Why Can't Others Do the Same? "The Imperial Cloak House," Stanley Williams & Company, 118 South State street, realizing the value of race trade, have employed Miss Lillian Carter, one of Chicago's most popular young women, to look after the wants of the people of the race that tradethere. The Imperial has an exclusive cloak trade and caters to the people in Chicago. By addi Carter to their staff of so ladies they wish to extend their business. Mr. Kaskel, the manager, is the only man in America to employ a colored sales lady. Miss Carter is the daughter of General Carter of Lexing- THE WOMEN'S HERITAGE Miss Lillian Carter ton, Ky. Upon her arrival in the city Miss Carter was immediately employed by the Imperial. The management, convincing themselves of her ability, have placed her in charge of this new department. She is a young woman of culture. Pay her a visit and see how patiently she will wait on you and what honest treatment you will receive at her hands. Why Not Same on South Side? Why Not Same on South Side? The same thing could be done out here on the South Side, since the race has no inclination to go into business. For the money they are spending in the various groceries, drug, clothing and other stores they could demand at least a clerkship for some one of our daughters and sons. But the average race man acts more like a "rube" than a man. If Fish will give you trading stamps for spending your money with him, then why not the banking and other houses along State street, especially from 12th street to 79th street, give our girls and boys something to do. Right in the 31st, 34th and other blocks in the city our white business men hire white girls from the west side, and when we ask for work they say they won't work with us. This lie will not be accepted any longer. The colored girl and the white girl can and will work together, as they went to school together. Mr. Kaskel-will not be warranted to keep Miss Carter if you do not demand the banks and other South Side business houses to employ our young folks. [You are advised to trade at The Imperial and the readers of The Chicago Defender go there if they will cut out the advertisement appearing in another column they will receive a discount of 10 per cent.-Ed.] OUT IN ENGLEWOOD. Weekly Letter from This Thriving Section of the City—All the News. Mr. T. H. Smith of 6022 Aberdeen street, was unable to attend his sister's funeral in Richmond, Va., on account of the illness of his wife. Mrs. Henrietta Shaw and Mrs. Carter, mother of Mr. Carter of 1348 W. 61st street, is reported sick. Mrs. Hardy of 6334 Morgan street entertained the Ideal Woman's Club this week. SHILOH BAPTIST CHURCH. Sunday will be family day at Shiloh Baptist Church. A fine program will be rendered. Everybody is welcome. The Sunday school is growing so large the building will hardly hold them. A new church is much needed. The Amaranth Club met on the evening of May 6, 1913, at the residence of Miss Lelia Simpson, 5313 La Salle street. Business of importance was transacted concerning the coming affair at St. John A. M. E. Church to be given by this society. The hostess served a delightful repast, after which the members and visitors danced, later departing to their several homes to meet May 20 at the home of Miss Frances Terry, 420 W. 56th street. Frances, Terry, president; Lelia Simpson, secretary. STORK LIMITED. Early Monday morning the Stork Limited stopped at Station M. and delivered to Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Martin a bouncing baby girl. Mother and baby are doing nicely, and father has spent a joyous week opening wine with friends and smoking good cigars, all to the health of the newcomer. Mrs. Martin is the sister of Mrs. Chas. Reese, 3227 Vernon avenue. The next stop was at station P., and there a. fine baby girl was delivered to Mr. and Mrs. John Powell. The baby weighs $9\frac{1}{2}$ pounds. Mother and baby are if good health and --- father wears. "the smile that won't come off." Mrs. Powell is the daughter of Mrs. Hattle Arrant, 3635 Vernon avenue. Winston's Spicy Gossip of Men and Events in the Railroad World. Mr. William Edwards, 133 West 45th place, is in the service of the Pullman company "running wild," that is everywhere, termed as "wild" by the sleeping car men. A gentleman by the name of Mr. Wise succeeds Mr. John R. Winston on the Great Western as train porter on trains 4 and 5 to Oelweln, Ia. The M. K. T. train porters gave a bankquet in Sedalia, Mo. May 8 that eclipsed all similar affairs. What is the trouble with our Chicago train porters? The Pullman porters in Boston are have a ball soon. The porters, not some outsiders who never railroaded their lives. Mr. John W. Hightower, 37 West 45th place, is still on the job at the L. C. R. R. Central Station as public usher. Mr. P. D. Campbell, 4544 State street, an ex-railroad man and owner of the new Northwestern Cafe at the above address, has added his name to the long list of subscribers to The Chicago Defender. All railroad men should engage or join the get together meeting. Be ready in June to join our Mr. J. O. Freeman, "the man." Mr. Samuel Lafforce, 3221 Wabash avenue, is now in the city from his general relief work in service of the Great Western R. R. He states that he will take about three weeks' vacation as the wheels are wearing him out. The Chicago Defender is $1.50 a year in advance or 5 cents a copy at all-up-to-date news stands. Mr. William D. Hargrow of 20 East 37th street, swing man for the Chicago & Alton R. R., left Monday night for his home in Aberdeen, Miss., to bury his mother, Mrs. Clarinda Moore, a resident of that place for more than 40 years. La Grange, Ill., May 9.—A pleasant surprise was given in honor of Mrs. Jennie Margre Drew at the home of Mrs. Watson. There were about eighteen present, all members and friends of her church. Mrs. Kehol and Miss Birde assisted in the arrangements. Mrs. Drew has made her home here for the last two years, and left for Burlington, Iowa, Monday. She is not planning to come back soon, as she owns property there, and thinks she will stay for the winter. She will be missed not only by her friends, but by members of the A. M. E. Church. She was ordained as deaconess of the church, and also chaplain of the Sunday Club. The Lyceum Culture Club met at the home of Mrs. E. H. Green on Fulton street, in Chicago, last week. Mrs. William Denner became a member. Visitors present were Misses Estel Hall, Winona and Clarenda Johnson, Mr. E. H. Green, Mr. Preston Kemper. Dainty refreshment was served. The Mite Mission Society of the A. M. E. Church gave an entertainment last Monday night. Prizes were given to those holding the lucky numbers. Mr. Philip Cook was struck by lightning Monday. He was not severely injured, and is much improved at this writing. At the Second Baptist Church, preaching at 11 a.m. Subject: "The Cause of Christ's Death." Covenant meeting and communion at 7:45 p.m. Three people joined the church, in the persons of Mrs. Emma Green, Miss Nora Walker, who became a watch care member, and Mrs. Beaulia Jackson, who became a full member. The right hand of fellowship was given these with Miss Pairlea Draper, who joined last month. The Sunday school is doing nicely. The superintendent gave a talk last Sunday on the necessity of attending school regularly. The president of the Building Fund Club, Mrs. Richard Gains, now feels satisfied that all three of the captains have organized clubs, and are at work. We are glad to have Mrs. Cecil Williams back home again and to know that her father is able to be out again. Mrs. Williams was called to the bedside of her father some time ago in Springfield, Ohio, and while there she also wittiessed the death and burial of her grandmother. Mr. E. H. Green was in La Grange last week. Mr. Frank Handy visited La Grange last Sunday. 3-flat, stone-front, furnace-heat, (new furnace) 7-8-8 rooms, bath, gas, toilet, hardwood trim, newly decorated, rents for $50 per month; near car line and L. Price $6800, $700 down, $55 per month and interest. You should see this building to appreciate. All improvements are in and paid for. 3-on flat, brick building, steam heat, 6-7-7 rms; bath, gas, toilet, hardwood trim; rent for $83.50 per mo.; near L and on car line. Price $67.50 per mo., $1000 down. Terms. 2035 Walnut St., 3-flat, brick and frame building; lot 30 x 126, 6-6-8 rms.; frame barn in rear, bath, gas, toilet. Must be sold at once. Price $4300, $1000 down, terms to suit. A beautiful 2-story house, 10 large rooms, press brick front, new plumbing, hardwood floors and trim throughout. Large laundry and stationary tubs, street and alley paved and paid for, furnace heat. (2) baths and toilets; can easily be changed to a two-flat at small cost; located on Vernon near 33rd St. Price $3850, $500 down. Anderson & Terrell Real Estate, Renting and Fire Insurance Both Phones Douglas 206 Automatic 79-864 3512 S. State Street THE HOME OF REAL ESTATE BARGAINS ARMAGEDDON War is an inhuman, menacing thing that destroys without mercy. It depopulates towns, clogs the wheels of commerce, destroys flourishing fields, robs homes of mirth, and puts whole states in drapery of mourning. Another has described it as "The glorified curse of the ages; a monster which feeds on the life-blood of humanity; a curse financially, socially, morally; a greedy, voracious, barbarous, cruel, brutal, inhuman, ferocious, malevolent, virulently savage, bloodthirsty, demonic, diabolical monster." Lowell says: 'Ez for war I call it murder; There you have it plain and flat, And I need to go no furder Than my testament for that Realizing therefore the enormity of war, the nations are seeking to bring about universal peace by means of arbitration. Many well-disposed men and women are seeking to restrain its progress through the agency of the various peace societies that are organized. This spirit is to be commended, and the activities in this direction will no doubt temporarily check the outbreak, yet according to divine prediction the volcano of war will burst forth sooner or later involving every nation on earth. It may be said that this is too pessimistic a position, and that an optimistic picture would help to give impetus to the great peace movement now in vogue, but let it be remembered that, as a beautiful mask makes no real change in the naturally homely face which it covers, neither can the veil of optimism effect any change in the natural countenance of the grim-faced monster, war. "Prepare war, wake up the mighty men. Beat your plowshares into swords, and your pruning hooks into spears; let the weak say I am strong," is the divine forecast. A careful study of statistics proves unmistakably that peace conferences instead of quelling the spirit of war are exciting war. Since the creation of the arbitration policy, the organization of the interparliamentary Union and the Pan-American Union, greater preparations for war have been made, and not one nation has disarmed. The Interparliamentary Union was organized in 1889. As a result of this organization the World's First Peace Conference convened at the Hague. This conference was called by the Queen of the Netherlands, at the request of the Czar of Russia, in the city of the Hague, and was in session from May 18 to July 20, 1889. The purpose of this congress was to devise plans whereby the burden of militarism might be moderated or annihilated. Committees on rules of war, armaments and arbitration were appointed. Provision for a high court of arbitration was also made. In the following year, 1890, the Pan-American Union was organized. In addition to these there are scattered over the civilized world no less than 250 peace societies. Have these various peace societies and organizations demonstrated their ability to decrease the temperature of the war fever? Are there signs of disarmament? Are the nations getting ready to convert their weapons of war into agricultural implements? To the contrary, every nation on the globe has gone ahead in the mad race of war, equipping their armies and navies more thoroughly. Five years after the First World's Peace Conference, 1894, China and Japan engaged in war over Corea, which brought defeat to China, but a glorious victory to Japan. Four years after the Chino-Japanese war, 1898, the Spanish-American war ensued. After the defeat of China by Japan, the Japanese government assumed control of Corea. The Lia Tung Peninsula, embracing a portion of Manchuria, with Port Arthur and Talien-Wan, were given to Japan. Three of the European powers, Russia, Germany and France, deprived Japan of the rights she had secured in Manchuria. Portions of Chinese territory were then taken by these powers as compensation for saving China from Japan. Contrary WALTER B. ANDERSON THE CHICAGO DEFENDER to the agreement, Russia remained in Manchuria, and strengthened her position there. An aggressive policy was also pursued by her in Corea. Japan became exasperated at the injustice, and steadily, yet almost silently, prepared to contest her rights. "Japan became convinced that Russia's designs upon Manchuria were to occupy that territory to her own advantage, thus threatening the principle of equal opportunity for the development of the interests of all the powers in Manchuria. Such occupation of Manchuria by Russia would cut off Japan's treaty rights in that territory, and threaten the integrity of Corea, whose independence Japan regards as absolutely essential to her own repose and security." Japan therefore approached the "government of Russia in Aug., 1913, with propositions which comprised the recognition by both powers of the independence and territorial integrity of Corea and China; the acknowledgments of special interests possessed by each power, respectively." These countries, and the maintenance of the principle of equal opportunity in matters of commerce and, industry of all foreign powers in both China and Corea." Russia was reluctant to reply. Japan insisted. Russia continued to prolong negotiations, at the same time rushing her armies into Manchuria, assembling her war fleet at Port Arthur, thus preparing for the inevitable, which she expected to mature through her course of action. While Russia delayed negotiations, Japan boldly notified her that "the Japanese government would be compelled to consider what measures it would deem necessary to take in order to protect its rights and interests." Accordingly on February 5, 1904, diplomatic relations ended, and the Japanese minister withdrew. The world looked on and listened with amazement. Will the little yellow man dare attack the great, white giant? Will heathen Japan be so audacious as to be hostile towards Christian Russia? Will not the yellow pigmy be instantly devoured by the great Russian bear? These were the questions virtually asked by the world. The war started and we know too well its story. A more shameful and humiliating defeat has not been experienced by a European power at the hands of an Aslatic. The Russian giant was summarily brought to his knees, while the diminutive but plucky, invincible Jap stood every whit his master. As a result of that war and Japan's singular victory, the once insignificant oriental has forced the nations to acknowledge his prowess and place among the great nations of the earth. Woe to the nation that aggravates the yellow man now that he has gained his footing among the world powers. While the world wondered at Russia's defeat and Japan's victory, they were also surprised that such a war should have precipitated despite the Interparliamentary Union. It was a fulfillment of Joel 3:10, "Let the wenk say I am strong." In spite of all the peace conferences and peace societies and arbitration, this world will yet witness the bloodiest battles that ever shamed our boasted civilization. Yes, we are on the eve of Armageddon. H. D. FORDE. IN THE FOX RIVER VALLEY. Aurora, Elgin, Batavia—The News of the Week From These Interesting Suburbs. Aurora, May 9—The K. of P. memorial service was well attended. Both Joliet and Rockford were well represented. A powerful sermon was preached by the Rev. Alton H. Blake. Mrs. E. E. Lamar of North avenue went to Normal, Ill., to attend the funeral of her sister. Mr. Lloyd Hall of the Northwestern University spent Saturday and Sunday with his parents. Miss Minnie Buckner of Batavia was an Aurora visitor. Miss Ruth Baxter of Rockford spent a few days with friends in Aurora. Mr. Otis Browder and his brother, Mr. Browder of Springfield, Ill., visited Mrs. Arthur Crenshaw. A Few of Our Spring Bargains Call or write for Booklet of Bargains BOOKER T. WASHINGTON'S VIRGINIA TRIP Talks to People of Practical Themes—Urges Race to Stay on. Farm—Cultivate Friendly Relations With Other Races. MAJOR MOTON LEADS PARTY. Noted Educator Tours Tidewater—Trops Through the Southern States Have Done a Great Deal Toward Creating More Cordial Relations Between the Races. Special to the Chicago Defender. Hampton, Va., May 9.—Starting from Hampton Institute Tuesday morning, under the general direction of Major R. R. Moton, commandant of Hampton Institute, Dr. Booker T. Washington, the world-renowned principal of Tuskegee Institute, began a four days' tour through "Tidewater," Virginia. His itinerary included the principal towns in Northampton, Accomac, Mathews and Gloucester counties, the territory lying along the eastern shore of Virginia, where many people are successfully engaged in farming and where is said to be the richest soil in the Old Dominion. The trip was made by Dr. Washington with a view of arousing the people of this productive section to greater industry and to encourage them to stay on the farm; to cultivate the friendship of the white people of their neighborhood and to endeavor through thrift, character, honesty and reliability, to create more cordial and sympathetic relations between black man and white man. In his addresses, facing large audiences of both races, Dr. Washington emphasized the importance of land-owning, of having a bank account and of the participation of the people in the commercial life of the state and nation. "Little charity is now extended us," said Mr. Washington. "We are called upon to meet the best brain and brawn of the land in open competition, and it will require our best efforts, our best energies and our highest intelligence to 'make good' under such a tremendous test." Major Moton's "folk songs" were enjoyable features of all the meetings, and the people of the various audiences joined in the singing with great fervor. Besides Major Moton, Dr. Washington was accompanied on his journey by a number of well-known men, including P. B. Young, editor of the Journal and Guide, Norfolk, Va., Rev. A. A. Graham of Phoebus, Va., and others, who joined the party en route. Tuesday morning Dr. Washington spoke at Hare Valley, at Cherry Stone in the afternoon and at Cape Charles at night, spending the night at Cherry Stone. Wednesday he addressed large audiences at Tasley and Boston, stopping over night in the latter place. Thursday the schedule called for Mathews' Court House at noon. Friday morning he spoke at Gloucester Court House, followed in the afternoon with a speech at the Gloucester Industrial School. 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