Chicago Defender

MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC "All Passes, Art Alone Endures" JOTTINGS THEATRICAL AND OTHERWISE. The Grand. The holiday season has materially affected the theatres, most of the houses report only fair business, though exceptionally good bills are offered. The Grand is fortunate in having a following who stick in fair and foul weather, so their average attendance has been a trifle hibber than other playhouses. There wasn't a bad number on the bill this week. The Flying Rays were the openers and their feats on the swinging trapeze were marvelous. The Murray-Love Trio are repeaters at this house, which means that they more than make good with their clever dancing, catchy musical numbers and becoming costumes. Josephine Saxton and Picks was another repeater. While there is nothing especially new in this act, it seems to please the audience, and that is all they care for. Brierre and King without doubt were the classiest on the bill; their line of talk was bright and witty, their songs were put over well and their dancing was above the average. A trick mule, presented by Happy Harrison, closed the bill with a scream of laughter and everybody went away happy. Pekin Theatre. "The Wrong Mr. President" was what a company of competent colored artists offered the Chicago public at the Pekin theatre the past week. It is a bright, new musical comedy from the pen of Salem Tutt Whitney, assisted in the lyric and musical line by Messrs. J. Homer Tutt, Trevor L. Carwell, Russell Smith and Lucky Roberts. The comedy, as the name implies, depicts the complications that naturally arise by the substitution of two neer-do-wells for the real president and his secretary, the parts taken respectively by Salem Tutt Whitney and J. Homer Tutt, who put a lot of ginger and Life into their parts and made them stand out. "No, No, Not Me" and "I Ain't Nobody's Fool", comedy songs, were put over very effectively by Mr. Whitney, and "Mammy's Honey Chile" was rendered by Mr. Tutt very effectively. Nina and Ethel Marshall scored heavily with "Caroline" and were compelled to respond to several encores. Blanche Thompson made a most excellent Spanish midid and her rendition of "Land of Love", a fascinating Spanish love song, was dainty and artistic. She is graceful and dances admirably. Russell Smith, favorably known as a song writer, acquitted himself creditably with the song entrusted to him, as did Mabel and Babe Brown. The chorus was far above the average musical organization, white or black. There was no attempt made at a deep plot. It was just a thread around which were entwined amusing situations, bright lines and catchy music, and a company capable of showing it off to the best advantage. All in all it is a much better production than former Smart Set offerings. Ora Dunlon. Miss Ora Dunlop, of the Smart Set, deserves special mention for artistic ability as a singer and dancer. She is from Indianapolis, Ind., a city that has produced a great many real artists. We look for Miss Dunlop to be a star at no distant date. ORGE R. GARNER JR. Jus Tenor Singer to Go to England After Leaving the United States. [Special to The Chicago Defender.] Kingston, Jamaica, B. W. L. January 2.-The many friends of Mr. Garner, the celebrated tenor singer who came here along with Mme. Anita Patti Brown, will be pleased to hear that he has returned to Kingston after having had a successful tour around the 岛 as co-star with Mme. Brown. Mr. Garner is undoubtedly one of the best tenors that have been heard here for a long while and, from his charming voice and personality, he has endeared himself to a large number of Jamaicans whom he met while touring the island. It is understood that this famous tenor singer is contemplating a trip to England shortly. Mr. Garner, along with his sister, Miss Marian Garner, left here on Christmas on the S.S. Prince August Wilhelm for New York. WATCH THE DEFENDER MKT HWN NEXT WEEK. The Defender will publish a list next week of the girls who are engaged and will marry the year of 1914. The Young Men's Matrimony Club is working overtime to "get the maiden's off." STAGE NEWS HERE AND ELSEWHERE Miss Gertrude M. Ryan at the Howard, Miss Desdemona Barnett at Dudley's and Miss Murie Gee at the Fairlyland have been handling the Christmas crowds at the box office with neatness and dispatch. They are all charming young ladies and know how to please the patrons of the houses they represent. Miss Henrietta Vinton Davis, the eminent dramatic reader, has been filling engagement in Virginia, and is now preparing for her long tour of the South, where she is a favorite with all classes. Miss Davis is a native of Baltimore, was long a resident of New Orleans, and comes of the purest southern stock, being a lineal descendent of the famous Chas. Carroll, of Carrollton, one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence. A recent cover of The Crisis carried a striking likeness of Miss Lottie Gee, of the sister team of King and Gee, now Mrs. Wilson H. Kyer in private life. Miss Gee is one of the winsomest young women on the stage and she deserves all the success she has achieved. Murphy and Walker made a host of friends here during their several weeks' engagement here. They are original in their methods and put over a lot of real humor. Their "fussy" dialogue is the best of its kind heard behind the footlights. Business men are finding the slides on the curtain to be an effective advertising medium, especially when the card is something out of the ordinary. The popularity of the Howard's notion store on Wednesday and country store on Saturday nights is undiminished. The presents are useful and really worth trying for. Mr. R. C. Byars as storekeeper is always on the job and his unique monologue is alone worth the price of admission. Miss Lyllyn Browne, brilliant singer and impersonator, and Billy De Mont, droll comedian and cartoonist, are drawing crowds at Wilmington, following successful stops at Wilson and Newberne. S. H. Dudley in a special act with Miss Daisy Martin, Miss Susie Sutton, the stage's most realistic old maid; Piddler and Shelton, impersonator and musician; T. Spencer Finley, the statesman-comedian; Miss I n e z Clough, prima de laxe de flairis and Turner, sketch artists, are a few of the performers who have been delighting the Christmas audiences at the various playhouses. Two very pleasing reunions at the theatrical home of Mrs. Eliza J. Morton ("Aunt Jane"), 1933 9th street, enlivened the holiday season. Many performers were present at each function. Frank Brown, a playwright and manager of considerable experience, has secured a ten years' lease on the Majestic theater at the corner of Pennsylvania avenue and 9th street, in the heart of the business section of the city. The stand is a fine one, and easy of access by cars from all over the city. The locality is an open one and the lights of the theater can be seen from long distances, making it decidedly attractive to the passer-by seeking amusement. It was our contention fifteen years ago that this was the one house that the Negroes should secure for a theater of their own, as it had not been a success in the past two decades for white people, as the newer houses had deflected the patronage of the desirable classes of that race. The theater has been under many managements in recent years, and has been known as Ford's Opera House, the Empire and the Bijou at various times, before being christened the Majestic. Mr. Brown is having the place entirely renovated and modernized and its doors will be thrown open to the public on the 5th of January with a strong bill. There is every reason to believe that Mr. Brown will be able to make the house go. There is ample room for a first class theater both uptown and downtown. Competition is said to be the life of trade. Mr. Brown went to New York this week to book attractions for the Majestic. The Odeon will be a colored theater soon, so the prophets say. This theater is unique in that it is located on a strictly Negro street and its license was obtained entirely through colored signers. Yet it is operated exclusively for whites. Is there anything like it in the whole country? Miss Susie Sutton is renewing for acquaintanceship with a multitude of friends here this week. Miss Sutton is an artist in the truest sense of the word, and is one of those who study for better things all the time. She played here for nearly a year at a single house, and proved a strong drawing card throughout, changing her act every week and keeping the people guessing as to what she would do next. Miss Sutton never fails to deliver the goods and can get any number of return engagements at any house that she has ever played. Washington is one of Miss Sutton's numerous homes, and we are always glad to see her. Lew Henry has an important announcement that he will make soon. Ask him what it is, if you wish to see his face expand into a broad grin. Sly old fox is Lew Henry. Miss Daisy Martin is going it alone on the eastern circuit. She is a fine, card, and a conscientious worker always. Misses Effie King and Lottie Gee, those "Ginger Girls" have just closed a six weeks' tour of New England and are putting in the holiday season in and around New York City on the Loew time. They return to Boston week of January 9, opening at the Bowdin Square Theater on the United time, preliminary to a campaign of three or four months in the Far East. The "Ginger Girls" are having their best year since they became partners and their salary has been raised several notches higher than they have ever enjoyed before. "Feeling fine—both of us—thank you," writes Miss King. "Regards to all frends, in and out of the profession." S. H. Dudley says Tim Moore is a comer as a comedian. Watch him! Mme. E. Azalia Hackley is in Georgia. She spent the holidays at Morehouse College, Atlanta, having come on from a series of engagements at the Roger Williams University, Nashville. Tenn. At an early date we shall be in a position to announce some very elaborate plans Mme. Hackley has in mind. John Smith is the new trap drummer at Dudley's. Manager A. J. Thomas has been to New York, looking up a fine line of attractions for the Howard. Mr. Thomas has been putting on some fine bills this season and is sparing neither pains nor expense to see that his discriminating patrons have the best the market affords. "My Friend from Kentucky" is to return. Fiddler and Shelton are headed southward over the Dudley time. southward over the Dudley time. Much interest is being manifested in local theatrical circles over the opening of the New Bijou Theater at Durham, N. C. It is said to be a finely appointed house, well located. and seats 1,200. The manager is Claiborne White. John H. Hall is doing some excellent press work for the an or a dozen Washington theaters. He gives everybody a square deal, playing no favorites. Anita Patti Browne is scoring heavily in and about Kingston, Jamaica. Washington is anxiously awaiting the coming of Miss Carita Day, who has been recalled to the stage by the voice of the people. She is now in Michigan. MME. PATTI BROWN IN CITY. Mme, Patti Brown, who left the city in October with her sing-tell play company, returned to the city this week from the West Indies, where yellow fever threatened to pen them up. Coming to a cold country was the only way she could have left that section. All the other ports were closed. When seen by a reporter she said she was not discouraged in the least, as while there a French company wishes her to sign a contract for a six months' run in his country. She says she will form a company this spring to cover this tour after she finishes some engagements in the states. MISS LOIS C. SIMMONS ENTERTAINS. Many people living in 54th block on Dearborn St. were pulled to their wits end to know what the cause of so many beautifully dressed young ladies calling at the Simmons, 5424 Dearborn, autos driving up unloading, going away, some autos staying and a perfect stream of the smart set, which lasted for an hour, caused the rumor that Miss Lois was being married, but a reporter for the Defender soon set the rumor right when he told several ladies that the unrest was caused by the presence of Miss Flattie Pettis, the talented and beautiful brunette of St. Paul, who was entertained Monday afternoon by the queen of 5th block at 3:30 o'clock. The words, "Ladies, be seated," came from the lips of Mrs. Simmons, mother of the young hostess, after which Mrs. Dave Lawrence, who was chaperon, affairs de hote, seated at the head of the table, passed the planked fish and the dinner was on. They had a time. The music, furnished by an orchestra of four pieces, playing behind palms, leut enchantment to the affair. After dinner verses from Paul Lawrence, Dunbar N. Phyllis Wheatly were said and music of all colored composers was rendered, after which the young ladies left well pleased with a well spent afternoon. MRS. SAMUEL M. PEYTON RECEIVES NEW YEAR CALLERS. The Home They Pride So Much Still Laden With Christmas Decorations Of Most Beautiful Exquisit Designs Was a Scene of Splendor. With autos lined on both sides of the street from 1 o'clock to 5 on Thursday, Mrs. Peyton, 3812 Prairie Ave, received 112 jolly friends in her apartment of this handsome home of hers of which there are three. The beautifully decorated table spoke for itself and told of the great preparation must have been made by Mrs. Ayers, the caterer, who served, must have made No have things work out so evenly and nice. Mrs. Peyton, who is tall and handsome, wore a white embroidered dress of burnt orange, satin slip, and handed a Bine of ladies who received with her and helped her entertain the many that came. They were: Mrs. S. I. Lee, who wore baby blue satin gown; Mrs. C. Franklin, white satin gown with shadow lace; Mrs. Wm. Bell, blue mossaline gown with Bulgarian trimmings, and Mrs. J. Rice, black satin gown with hand embroidered trimmings. There was not a moment of time spared, for as soon as the guests would arrive everything seemed to be in waiting for them and they were relieved of their wraps, made comfortable and taken into the parlor to greet the congenial hostess and her counter of friends. After the ladies had eaten and talked all they wished, Mrs. Peyton sprung a surprise by having a flashlight picture taken of all the ladies, which she will give as a souvenir of the occasion. So great was the surprise that the ladies, each of them saluted the hostess for the royal manner in which she entertained. The feature of the afternoon was no music, and strange to say there could not be heard a sound of music in the whole building nor in the adjoining buildings. The whole thing went off in a whirl and the guests as well as Mrs. Peyton are all happy over the beautifulness of the affair and the greeting and meeting of friends whom they have not seen for months. GRACE CHURCH Grace Presbyterian Church News. Mr. Davis, superintendent of the Anti-Saloon League, spoke at the Young People's meeting last Sunday evening. There was a fair attendance. Preparations are being made for a revival during the month of January. There was a prayer meeting New Year's morning at 7:30. The communion service will be held Sunday morning, Jan. 4, 1914. All members are urged to be present and start the year aright. We wish to extend our sympathy to Mrs. Brown and Mrs. Shivers in their bereavement for the loss of their father. The teachers and officers of the Sunday school held the regular meeting Monday evening, Dec. 29th. There was a good attendance. After the study of the lessen led by Mr. Pierce and Mr. Ferribea a committee was appointed to decide upon certain supplies needed to keep a more systematic record of the school. This committee met Tuesday evening at the home of Mr. Pierce. Not Looked for Very Hard. Not Looked for Very Hard. The reason a lot of people can't find Opportunity is because old Op usually goes around disguised as Hard Work.-Cincinnati Enquirer. THE CHICAGO DEFENDER (Special to The Defender.) Washington, D. C., Jan. 2—The Washington correspondent of this paper has been seriously ill for the past three weeks, which accounts for the absence of his usual budget of news notes from the nation's capital. He is now "in the harness" again and, beginning afresh with the new year, he hopes to greet his patrons regularly for the fifty-two weeks of 1914. The newspapers which have been kind enough to furnish us with complimentary copies throughout the past year have our sincere thanks. We shall appreciate a continuance of the favor, and those who have not been sending will confer an everlasting obligation upon us if they will kindly join the procession and let us know what they are doing for the uplift of the race. It shall be our aim to hold up the mirror to the bright side of the Negro's history and to chronicle his creditable achievements, to "Naught extenuate. Nor set down aught in malice." We hope to go on in the good work, unspelled by the plaudits of friends and undeterred by the "knocks" of enemies. Selah! The National Negro Academy in Session. The seventeenth annual session of the National American Negro Academy met here this week at the Y. M. C. A. building on Twelfth street N. W., holding two days. On Monday, Mr. Archibald H. Grimke, of Boston, president of the Academy, delivered his annual address, and the routine business was transacted, including the election of officers. In the evening Roscoe Conkling Bruce, assistant superintendent of public schools, spoke on "The School and the Community," and L. M. Hershaw discussed "The Negro Laborer Before the Law." On Tuesday the program included a paper by Prof. N. C. Williams principal of N Street High School, on "The Universal Race Problem"; an address on "Popular Fallacies of the Negro," by Orishatakhaduma, and a treatment of the subject, "The Negro Awakening to a Sense of His Native Worth and True Place in History," by Rev. Matthew Anderson, of Philadelphia. The local arrangements were capably handled by Prof. J. W. Cromwell, corresponding secretary of the Academy. The attendance was the largest known in recent years. Celebrating Birth of Charles Sumner. The birthday of the immortal Charles Sumner will be celebrated in elaborate fashion next Tuesday evening at the Metropolitan A. M. E. Church under the auspices of the District of Columbia Branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. The speakers for the occasion will include Mr. Oswald Garrison Villard, editor of the New York Evening Post; Senator M. E. Clapp of Minnesota; Justice Wendell P. Stanford, and Rev. L. N. Ross. Admission will be free and a record-breaking attendance is expected to commemorate the noble deeds of the "father" of the civil rights bill and champion of equality of all men before the law. It is a waste of energy to bandy words with a journalistic bonehead who doesn't know the difference between non-partisan news matter and political advocacy. T. L. Leatherwood is busy with a plan to start a $30,000 steam laundry, to be financed with Negro capital and operated with Negro labor. Col. Henry Lincoln Johnson and Lawyer Thomas L. Jones appeared before the Republican National Committee at its recent meeting here and made eloquent pleas for fair treatment of the Negro in the councils of the party and that his welfare be duly considered in all policies adopted with reference to the next national convention. Word comes from Baltimore that since the receipt of the $65,000 by Rev. Ernest Lyon from the American Colonization Society for the transportation of persons desired to locate in Liberia, there have been numerous applications for aid in making homes in the African republic. The latest to go is Augustus Faulkner, who is to take charge of a cold storage plant at Monrovia. . . .oria offers extraordinary inducements to young colored men who have some money and are willing to invest it and their special talents in the development of the country's rich natural resources. Dr. Booker T. Washington has our thanks for a large, artistic placard, carrying as a "Christmas Greeting," that significant excerpt from "The Man Farthest Down." beginning "One man cannot hold another down in the ditch without staying down in the ditch with him." Substantial Xmas remembrances came from Supreme Worthy Counselor Joseph L. Jones, Warren W. Banks, of Winchester, Ky., Daniel Freeman, Minister G. W. Buckner, Liberla, Mme. G. J. Walker, Jamalca; and others, mentionable and unmentionable. Hugh E. Macbeth, formerly editor of the Baltimore Times, dropped in a few days ago to say "good-bye." He is to locate in Los Angeles, Cal., for the practice of law. He will handle real estate and probably will re-enter the newspaper business on the Pacific Coast. Mr. Macbeth is a graduate of the law department of Harvard University. J. Finley Wilson, travelling deputy for the Elks, spent the holiday season with his mother at Norfolk, Va. He is laying elaborate plans for the entertainment of the Grand Lodge of Elks at Norfolk next August, acting with the local committee in this important work. It is one of the unpleasant mem- ories of the local Old Oddfellows that the site of the great of the National and assembly rooms of the fashionable Geographic Society at the Avenue corner of M street and the Avenue of the Presidents could have been secured twenty-five years ago for almost a "song," but they were not farseeing enough to take advantage of their golden opportunity. They bought a parcel on N street, around the corner, which was a good thing as far as it went, but had they invested a trifle more and acquired the corner along with it, they would have been "out of the barrel for life." A pleasing letter from the Hon. John Wanamaker, the Philadelphia merchant prince, thanks your correspondent for "kindly expressions of good-will," etc., contained in various contributions to the papers of the country since the August convention of the National Negro Business League, in connection with which Mr. Wanamaker extended marked counteries to the delegates and visitors who thronged the City of Brotherly Love. The Treasury Department is coming in for fervent praise at the hands of the many depositors of the United States Trust Company for its timely intervention just before Christmas, through which 55,000 men, women and children were saved from financial loss and a possible panic of large proportions was averted. Thousands of the depositors in the United States Company's six banks were colored persons. Rev. Sterling N. Brown, after a service extending over many years, has resigned the pastorate of Lincoln Temple Congregational Church, and will devote his entire time to his work as a professor in the theological department of Howard University. Recently Dr. Brown read a scholarly paper before the Bible College and Institute for Civic and Social Betterment on "Some Sociological Conditions at Washington: How Best to Meet Them." The industrial center is at 2422 K street, and he has been established about six years. Prof. Jesse Lawson is the head of the movement. A "booster committee" is to be appointed to work in connection with the National Negro Business Institute. Its duty will be to talk up the good points of Washington as a place to buy a home, start a business or do something for the social uplift. If a business man makes an improvement, if a teacher or department employee is promoted for good service, or a professional man scores a hit in any kind of a case or operation, it is up to the "booster committee" to see that it is given the widest publicity. Dr. James N. Shepard, president of the National Religious Training School, Durham, N. C., delivered a telling address Sunday afternoon to the Florida Avenue Baptist Church. A large crowd listened to his story of the constructive work he is doing in the Southland, and a goodly sum was taken up to assist in supplying some of the needs cited. The Howard University Dramatic Club is to present Bulwer-Lytton's master-piece "Richelieu" in a few weeks. The cast is to be a capable one. It is the intention of A. H. Tavernier, the manager, to present the play in Baltimore, Philadelphia, Richmond and other neighboring cities following its introduction here at the Howard Theater. Frank W. Cheek, of Detroit, Mich., has resigned his clerkship in the Municipal building and will probably return to his home. Rev. Simon P. W. Drew, pastor of the Cosmopolitan Baptist Temple, has been presented with a commodious house by his congregation. The home is located at 1317 Corcoran street N. W., and is said to be worth $7,000. The world, out of fairy books, is chary in furnishing its fairy godmothers, yet most of us have friends at whose touch we become more truly and happily ourselves than at other times. They seem able to endow us, through some magic of their own, with the beauteous vestments and the glass slippers that free the spirit. These are our fairy godmothers. We do well to love them and pay them good heed, for through them we may enter into such possession of the precious gifts that we need have no dread of the striking hour. This, we must suppose, is what Cophetua did for his beggar-mama. At his glance the queen in her blossomed, which later all the world could see.—From the Atlantic. With its row of crumbling forts and musty guns the frontier between Canada and the United States stands as an object lesson to all nations. While it is the longest, it is the safest and secured frontier in the world. Thr e thousand miles and more of it lie between Passamaquoddy bay and Puget sound, and in all that distance not a shotted gun points menacingly from either country toward the other. A few small and comparatively ineffective fishery cruisers guard the waterfront, none of which would be of much use in time of war.—St. John Telegraph. Evolution of Billiards. The development of the billiard table has been interesting. In those far back days when billiards seem first to have become an indoor game, a billiard table was about the size of big room. The average table was 3 feet long and 18 feet wide. The six was gradually and irregularly dressed, until the present standa carom table was introduced at a billiard tournament held in Camsog 1 Philadelphia, in 1864. Our Fairy Godmothers A Frontier of Peace Evolution of BILLIards All Brass and Stringed Instruments, Violin, Piano, Mandolin and Guitar Visit the Free Monthly Recitals at our School by the Pupils. Tickets Given at School. Brought Civilization The latest addition to civilization is the Watabwe, people who lived like frogs in the unknown swamps of Lake Bangkok, Central Africa. The swamps are quite impregnable, and the people could not formally allow strangers to visit their haunts. Now they have tazed the swamps, and live on dread. They have become law-abiding willingly pay their taxes, and even court government officials to their dune homes. Screening Land from Sandstorms. The agriculture department of the Belgium-government is preparing to undertake one of the most extensive schemes for the planting ever attempted. The list of sand dunes that reaches along most the entire seaboard, from Osten to the Dutch frontier, will be covered with trees, which will at the same time stop the drifting of the sand and act as a protection to the fertile land blind the proposed tree belt. Owe Worth Saint. To St. Bithredheu we owe the word "tawdry." The seat knew no such word, but the origin of it is clear enough. For f. St. Bithredheu was popularly known as St. Audry, and at St. Audry's fair were shd St. Audrey laces, which in process of time became clipped into "tawdry laces." Finally the new adjective was applied to any finery of similar grade. The part played by the "t" in "saint" is exactly that which has given us Tooley street from St. Olaf—London Chronicle. Underestimated. A lonely highbrow who can say anything he wants to because nobody knows how to disprove it, declares the rigidity of the earth is about that of steel. Those who have sat down on said earth unexpectedly when it (the earth) was frozen, believe the professor a ding-busted old optimist. The Hexagon Dancing Academy at Ellis Hall, 57th Place and State St., every Tuesday evening beginning Tuesday, January 6th, 1914. General admission 25c. John E. Jeffrey, Mgr. Louis V. Berry, Floor Mgr. Everything 1st class. Good music. Latest dances. The Wilson Plaza OPEN DOORS TO PUBLIC Thursday Jan. 8th, 1914 7:30 to 12 p.m. The only high class, semi-public family hotel on Wabash Ave., south of the loop. Steam heated throughout. All rooms bright as day. Large reception parlor for guests or private parties. Two minutes' walk to "L" and 35th St. car lines. First class service a specialty. Inspection of premises solicited. Light Refreshments Served During the Evening. 3533 Wabash Ave. Mme. Henrietta Wilson PROP. 1. L. SULLIVAN LED THE WORLD Honors Taken From Him by Race Men—Joe Gans Predicted That It Was Only a Matter of Time Before Members of His Race Would Hold All the Sporting Titles Which Came to Pass. Peter Jackson started the history of high-class Negro pugilism. He was in his prime when John L. Sullivan ruled the heavyweight division. John L. always steadfastly refused to meet a man of another color, leaving the contention of those who think Jackson the better man really outside the bounds of argument. It may be mentioned, however, that James J. Corbett was pretty lucky to gain a draw after sixty-one rounds of terrific sledging with the Negro, and this same Corbett was later the man to take the terrible Sullivan's measure. Besides, Jackson gave the great Joe'Choyinski a touching, and Choyinski never was to be derided. Joe Gans. It would be the hardest thing in the world to decide which was the greater fighter, George Dixon or Joe Gans, for they were members of different classes. "Little Chocolate" was a wonderfully clever boy, and in his remarkably long string of battles he fought everybody that could be stacked against him. Perhaps the most notable of his achievements were in battles against the man who many contend was the cleverest boxer that ever put on a pair of gloves—Young Griffo. Twice they met in the ring, the first time for a 25-round encounter, with the result a draw. Their second meeting was over the ten-round route, and so closely did they battle that the referee was forced to call another draw. Dixon Little King. There was no one in the big field of featherweights in Dixon's time who had anything on him, and he held the title until Ben Jordan, a clever British, came along and shaded him in twenty-five rounds in New York. But when Jordan appeared Dixon was well on the road to the finish, for loose living had made inroads on his constitution. He continued to battle, however, and there followed the worst heating that "Little Chocolate" ever got. That happened when he clashed with Terry McGovern in New York. "Terrible Terry" battered the Negro all over the ring and finally stopped him in eight rounds. Dixon never really recovered from that heating, and in the bouts he engaged in afterwards he wasn't the same boy. It wasn't long after Dixon stopped fighting that he died. Joe Walcott. Joe Waleott was the eighth wonder of the boxing world at the time he was milling. Only 5 feet $1\frac{1}{2}$ inches in height, and weighing in the neighborhood of 145 pounds, he barred no one of any weight, meeting heavyweights --- You who offer the Chicago Defender for subscriptions, his much for you. If you can afford to return on those wrist stunts you should be honest with your self and pay up your subscriptions. Do not have us publish your names. Weight broke the bridge down. We need our money. This is no free sheet. It costs money to put out a paper like the Chicago Defender. Mr. H. C. Slaughter, who is in Pullman service to St. Louis, Mo., over the Alton lines reports that his friend, Mr. E. L. Booker of 3350 Wabash avenue, took a layoff during the holidays. Mr. James Green, the world-reowned chef on the Pennsylvania railroad, states that he is good and oily, and that the cell will be in a blaze. 1. — Mr. George A. North Striker street, in train porter, and in 1219 Wylie avenue, were united in marry by Rev. Scott at the church. Mr. Johnson service of the Baltic road company for the years, and Mrs. Mara up-to-date rooming Wylie avenue. e Hington, the chief day Bimore & Ohio station will write social race people for the day, so watch for the column. n. 427 Mosher street, is holding the posi ter in the service of Ohio railroad com- saltimore and Pitts news reporter spent usburgh, Pa; also Sun- 28. Jackson, 6450 Chamal wife are out of the lan, routed by the way Centrallla, Ill., and ouis, Mo. Mr. Jackson of the Baltimore & Ohio any. Brother Jackson the city December 24. andrew, 415 Wylie avch Pa., the leading col- wer, wants to take notice his waitresses in giving e people. Entirely too going on during busi- ness man who is in a rush served quickly. It's busi- that Mr. John R. Wintage Grove avenue, Chistill doing business for Defender. Send in your him from any part of Live wire agents wanted used States to represent defender, and if you are can make a iving. le, 3400 Wabash avenue, enough to receive his as week, and expressed for such luck by opens of wine to the health RK NEIGHBOR- TLEMENT. only Christmas tree at the Settlement be. 21, 1913. The large one, very prettie the girls. A large and colored children a pany given after it was a nice play the girls. The parents who came to children were well that tis will be an wed beautiful pres- sess in January all progress and it is the number and en- doring class Tuesday 1 to 10. Embroidery by stitching, 8 to 10. Family Club meeting 4 to 5:30. Chil- lery, Thursday, 8:30. Do. Sunday after evening. Sunday After evening. A very often Sunday. De Music, Flowers, and Sweet Singing Girls Seem to Abound in the Air of This Land of the Flower Gods. By C. E. Pollard. (Special to The Defender.) (Special to The Defender.) Oakland, Cal., Dec. 29.—Last Monday morning Mrs. Hattie Roberison, formerly of Kansas, bought the Chicago flats, corner 7th and Wood streets. The Defender reporter called on her within forty-eight hours after the deal was put through and consulted her about The Defender, and after showing her a copy of the paper she said, "You can start it for the first of the year," which was accepted by the reporter. Some of her old friends were at her place last Friday night from Los Angeles—Mr. J. H. Lane, Chas. Bell, G. L. Fisher, K. M. Young, G. Smith. Mrs. Roberison has many friends among the roadad boys. Her ad will appear in the paper after the 1st of January, as soon as I can hear from The Defender editor. Oakland wants ads in eastern papers. Agent may make good; 1915 is coming, and people are pouring in the cities now. Boys Want to See R. R.—The following boys from Chicago, Pullman R. R.: Messrs, E. Sturlin was an honored guest at the Elks' charity ball last Tuesday evening. J. Adams, formerly of Memphis, Tenn., made a flying trip from Chicago last week to Oakland and met many old Memphis friends. S. W. Smiley, one of Chicago's famous men, was in the city. W. M. Taylor, J. A. Davis, E. H. Mason, C. Inman of 4747 Dearborn street; C. Dean of 2625 Wabash avenue; Stonewall Jack was among the boys. W. H. Landre, Mr. S. C. Wethington of 5149 Federal street, Arthur Etridge of 5021 Federal street and Mr. E. H. Mason of 4822 Dearborn street were the house guests of Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Gilberts of 1072 7th street, Oakland, Cal. Through The Defender reporter announcing Mrs. Gilbert and daughter's arrival in this city they have received many of their friends from far and near—Mrs. Gilbert, formerly of Omaha, Neb. Through The Defender Mr. Arthur Etridge finds his cousin, Mrs. Gilbert. Mrs. Esther McLan, formerly of Chicago, is very ill at 1141 7th street, Oakland. Mrs. McLan has a little girl about 5 years of age. Anyone that may get in touch with this office concerning her illness, write to C. E. Pollard, 1767 7th street, Defender representative for Oakland. Mrs. McLan has been in our midst for the past two years, and is a member of the 15th Street Church and has a host of friends. Last Friday evening the Idle Hour Social Club held its seventh annual dance, which was set aside for ladies' night. The club was honored by some of the best people in Oakland and, as usual, everyone seemed to enjoy themselves. The club directory is: Jas. Woodard, president: D. Tasker, A. Lee and A. Williams. The club rooms were artistically decorated and refreshment was served by one of the Southern Pacific's chief cooks and the waiters were furnished by the S. P. company, while the famous Orphean orchestra, with 16 pieces, and, as usual, they always give satisfaction. Mr. Ben Davis of Globe, Ariz., arrived in Oakland last Thursday to spend the winter and look after his property in this section of the country. Through Mr. W. L. Fosha, Mr. Davis, T. P. Fuller and William T. Ray of Globe, Ariz., bought several lots in a little city near Oakland, named Richmond, Cal. The following persons were accompanied out to that city last Friday by Mr. W. L. Fosha, who owns five beautiful lots that he bought several years ago. The four were the guests at the New Richmond Land Co. at one O. Clark and Mr. G. H. Stokes, and accompanying the gentlemen to and from the lots, which they purchased some years ago, and now the land has doubled in value. Mr. Davis was Mr. Fosha's honored guest on the trip to Richmond. Mr. Davis has been employed at the Arizona & Eastern R. R. Co. for the past eight years, and he is an old friend of Oakland. Mr. R. L. Roberts and Dave Bruce, who left San Francisco and Oakland about three weeks ago or Chicago and other eastern cities, arrived home last Sunday. Both report an enjoyable time while in the bright lights of Chicago, as both being members of the Knights of Pythias of San Francisco, the brothers of Chicago treated them royally and only wished they had longer to stay in the bright lights. After thinking the matter over they both said that Oakland looked good to them. The Court Bornshorough Lodge was called to order at 7:30 sharp by Past Deputy Wm. T. Bolivar. An enthusiastic program was rendered, and after the business of the lodge the courtroom was called to order by the Chief Ranger and dismissed at 8:45 p. m. The doors of the hall were thrown wide open for the public. The hall was artistically decorated with Forester colors. The program began at 9 o'clock sharp. Mr. W. N. Ricks called the house to order and introduced the Chief Ranger, Hon. E. L. Gladman. Mr. Gladman made a few remarks and introduced Mr. Walter A. Butler, master of ceremonies. Mr. Butler gave five remarks for the good of the order in general and called upon Prof. Wamn N. Ricks, who read an interesting paper. Recitation by Mrs. J. Patelia of Oakland, followed by recitation by Miss M. B. Evans of San Francisco the trio by H. L. Clark, H. Pierson an Ed Parker; vocal solo by Mr. and S. H. Pierson, "I Am Coming Back to Dixie." Mr. T. M. Jackson spot on the good of the order, explaining the good theoresters are doing throughout the country and welcomed the young men of San Francisco and Oakland to take part in the order. His remarks were followed by Mf. Chas. A. Griffen, who made a strong plea to the young men THE CHICAGO DEFENDER. that they were throwing away their time; that each and every man should wear the emblem of Forester. After program the Christmas tree was loaded down with all kinds of swell presents. While Santa Claus was busy handing out the toys the refreshments were being served by more than ten waiters. Continued from page 1. the colored officers to rape a white woman every daily in the city would have had black headlines across the front page, and the colored citizens of Chicago would be suffering from rebuke for the deed committed. There are fifteen colored officers traveling out of the Cottage Grove station, and every man of them is a man of character, and no such deed as that committed by Lynch can be registered against them. Mrs. Ferguson is a hard-working woman and cares for her mother. Every effort should be put forth to not only have this soundrel "fired" from the force, but prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. Her brother unfortunately is out of work and Mrs. Ferguson is prostrated over the deed. Her condition is serious. Bunn, who stood around while the officer was committing his dastardly deed, is less than man, and it is said that he stated his life was too sweet to him to protect a woman. POLICE RAISING FUND. There are several police, it was learned, among them several colored ones, passing the hat around to raise money to get Lynch out of the mess and disgrace he has placed himself, and on good authority it is learned that there is an effort to get a certain man of influence to talk this young woman out of pressing the case. The Defender would like those colored officers to understand that if they don't get off that job we will publish their names and let the public know who they are. Did any of these men try to protect Jack Johnson when he was being lynched in this city? Think that over. We must protect womanhood regardless of color. This officer did the deed and he must suffer. The Negro woman has gone through enough from the hands of the intelligent race, and the time is now that the governed must have a word. That colored officer that was in a saloon south of 35th street on State street the other day trying to quash this case will have to answer to the race for this. Would an Irish policeman be caught trying to help him out of such filth? Did Officers Price and Tucker get such support from their white brother office, when they arrested that white officer's wife? No! They were turned off to force, and if God had not a hand in the matter they would have never been on yet. But they are back and doing their duty; and that black brute who is interesting himself so deeply in this case to the extent of raising funds to help fight this colored woman who has neither country, flag, law or man to fight her cause, we, the citizens will see to it that he be removed at once. If this black girl is not protected, then there will come a time when the white girl will suffer the same fate. PERSONALS TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY Dr. C. D. Trice, who has been ill for the past four weeks with pneumonia, is out again and has resumed business. Mrs. Mary B. Rollings of Edwardsville, Ill., sister of Mme. Henrietta Wilson, proprietor of the Wilson Plaza, 3533 Wabash Ave., is in the city for an indefinite stay. Mrs. Rollings is a wealthy widow and has been traveling through the northwest and east for the past nine months. Mr. D. Wellington Dunnmore is visiting relatives in Washington... Mrs. S. E. Collier spent Christmas in Danville, Ill. She reports having had a lovely time. Mrs. Nellie Harrison entertained twenty-five of her friends Christmas eve night. Five courses were served. Everyone enjoyed himself immensely and departed in the "wee sma" hours" of Christmas morning. Mr. and Mrs. W. Arthur Falls of Englewood entertained Christmas day at a family dinner. Miss Louie R. Cummins is spending the holidays delightfully as the guest of her grandmother Mrs. Geo. W. Reynolds, in Memphis, Teen. Mr. and Mrs. M. V. Baker of Glencoe. Mr. and Mrs. F. Babb, Rev. and Mrs. Gray, Mrs. M. E. Henderson, Mrs. Haney, Miss Estella Bryant and the Misses Baker were the guest of Mr. and Mrs. L. W. Cummins Christmas day. Mrs. O. R. Bryant of 6432 Champlain Ave. has been indisposed the past week. The O. E. S. Club gave a reception at the residence of Mrs. Mattie Mayo, 3343 Vernon Ave., Tuesday evening. An effort is being put forth to organize the ladies of our race into political clubs. Several meetings have already been held. The Federation of Lodges and Temples of U. B. F. & S. of M. T. held their first entertainment at U. B. F. hall Tuesday night for the benefit of their building fund. Mrs. Dora Cannon is still in Lincoln hospital seriously ill. L. W. Dickerson is slowly recovering from his late illness and will soon be out among his friends again. Ft. Wagner Circle entertained the Boy Scouts and the Grand Army Post at the old skating rink, 53rd and State Sts., last Tuesday night. J. A. Gillippe of 3625 Vernon Ave. is confined to his home by sickness. With the many good resolutions and the tariff, money, income tax and the utilities commission in full swing, we should expect a great improvement in business this year. Timber Carried by Tornado A tornado transported timber a distance of about six miles in Wales, recently. The timber and other debris were found by a farmer, on top of a mountain in Brecknockshire, where it must have been carried by the severe storm that swept through the country a short time ago. ATHLETIC REVIEW Casual Glance at Those Attracting National Atten- American Giants Record Trip. By Young. The athletic outlook for 1914 probably will be as bright as that of the year just passed. Anyhow we hope so. In looking over the past performances we have a few things to regret, that is the prejudice of the American citizens against the world's champion, John Arthur Johnson, and that of the Irish American Club in not returning the trophy they were awarded by mistake, for it was for the individual winner and belonged to Howard Drew. The review of the season just passed brings to light such stars on the cinder path as Howard Drew, who won national fame through the early spring in indoor meets and later in outdoor events. Several times he equaled the world's record and added to his laurels the championship of many states. Irving T. Howe was another; unlike Drew he ran the 220 and the 440, while the former took the shorter distances. Both came to Chicago and annexed championships. The former took the junior national 220 and the latter the 220 senior and against the pick of the country and against a very strong wind the 100 yard senior. These two were shining lights, though there were several others on the track. Cable, the star hammer man at Harvard, made a success also at broad jump while competing in his last games under the crimson colors. Cable graduated in June. Jackson, also of the same school, made a fine showing, and so well pleased are his classmates that they elected him class orator. He, too, will be lost by graduation only a year later than his team-mate. There is Brewster of Syracuse, Jackson at Penn, Lapsley at Michigan, young Fritz Pollard at Brown, out West here in the high schools were the Bluitt boys at Lane, down through the state were several promising youngsters. Walker made himself known at Evanston Academy. Baseball also had a brilliant season. The American Giants made the longest trip ever undertaken by a semi-professional team, winning against teams in California that were made up of big league caliber, many of them being regular members of the National and American Leagues. Coming back after such a season they met the best semi-pro teams around here, winning most of the time with case. The fans clamored for harder games. Foster, the greatest manager of all times among those of the race, brought East Chicago here with their star, Young Cy Young, in the box, and the Giants took them into camp. The Sprudels, Plutos and several race teams came and went and it was up to Foster to bring a better team here. He did. The Lincoln Giants from New York came and the Americans went down. There was more inside baseball seen at this series than at any big league series. Never before have we had such attractions within walking distance of our homes. The daily press saw fit to put an operator on the grounds to send the game inning by inning to the press. New York wanted the news. Money changed hands. The American Giants began to show the strain of their winter trip and gave way under the pressure, but the fans wanted a real ball game and they got not only one but several. Amateur ball attracted lots of attention. The fast Grace team swept things off its feet and for the third time returned winners in the struggle. Several other teams popped up—the Emergencies, Doctors, Firemen, Police, Lincoln A. C., Defenders, and others. The Defender, under Captain Henderson, got away with but two defeats. Back to semi-pro was the Chicago Giants, the Union Giants and the All Stars. The Lincoln Giants on their return east won from major league teams such as the Philadelphia Nationals and Bender's All Stars, while the Mohawk Giants cleaned Washington 1-0 with Walter Johnson pitching. In the prize ring line Langford has kept in the limelight. Several others came forward but attracted no national notice. Blackburne is about to be pardoned. Johnson holds his own in Paris. Jeannette is about on a par with Langford, having boxed to a draw constantly. Last but not least comes football. This year brings out two stars in the West, Ross of Nebraska and Smith of the Michigan Aggies. Both teams caused an untold amount of surprises, the former upsetting Minnesota and Kansas, while the latter successfully tripped Michigan and Wisconsin. Michigan won from the big eastern teams. Smith was chosen by Collier's Weekly on the second conference team while Ross went on the second Missouri valley team by the Tribune. High schools brought forth their usual number of stars throughout, the two shining lights being Jones of Lake here and Shelbourne of English high in Boston. The others were good but of the average. Basket ball in the West saw young Blueitt as the peer. With the girls, Wilberforce has lost one game in three years. Diogenes' Tub. The tub in which Diogenes, the cynic, made his home, was a great earthen jar discarded from the Cybele temple. 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State St. CAGO, ILL Douglas 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 Natl Chicago, II' Chicago, Ill. 1 F. R. E. W. and R. one doll is who isn't mure? s must be signed by the on in or they positively attention. Please write the paper. K. E. High School dude, H. horring over the loss of wood High School doll, V. H. R., has so many als that she has no time guy, H. C. MEMORIAM. memory of my dear busi- s. L. Coleman, who died at forgotten. They tell loved upon this earth love in heaven above. must be and hope till Devoted Wife. FANNIE COLEMAN. S. Dec. 22, 1913. s' Miserables." irl who had been to a theater was asked by how she had enjoyed very much, mum," she pictures were all so sad. Nearly everyone and there was hardly could laugh at. "I think next week," she add-"for as I came out I that they were going Miserables!""—London arity of the mississippi. the most peculiar things mississippi river was figured government engineer. He it would be possible for a ke a light canoe at Green- and by floating down miles and portaging four would find himself 40 miles from where he started. dressed lady having given I than she desired to alight, 'car was brought to a stop, oith rear step was directly nail mud puddle. The lady instant, and then asked: 'ou think I can get off here?' rep I do know that hat puddle drles n to the gen- ry examinations of the follow- ment! book, "Life Lines of Nothing like it ever 60 beautiful photo- you must read under today. On will be sent to inspection. CHINA'S FUTURE OF INTEREST Every Student Realizes the Possibilities. That Are of Country's Present Development. China is tossing restlessly in her age-long sleep and shows signs of awakening. This situation appeals to the United States only indirectly; but most of the land hungry European nations are waiting at her bedside, and are guessing as to her present pathologic condition and her outlook for future health and strength. Competent jurors near at hand agree that if China were to produce soon, some great leader, he would become the center of crystallization for the saturated solution of loyal sentiment, which is latent in the Lacking such a living leader, the Chinese may call upon Confucius, and unite the diverse provinces under a point bond of religious servor. However the influence of the great ethical teacher may have waned during the last century, he has not become a negligible quantity, as the recent surprising observance of his birthday fully attests. About a week before that date a circular letter was sent to all the governors of provinces, setting forth the virtues of Confucius. The intention was that this statement should be presented to local magistrates, and by them he brought before the plain people. Thus a way would be prepared for the subsequent elevation of the great and honored sage as the true leader of the new republic. Naturally, we would expect him to be held most highly in honor by the old dethroned Manchu dynasty. "Young China," however, realizes that the country greatly needs both a leader and a religion, and that these two needs be met by a revival of the Confucian cult probably in a modernized form. Twenty years ago the sage's birthday was observed only slightly and sporadically, but this year there has been a widely spread and distinctly fervent expression of public devotion to him. Decorations, processes and public meetings are reported from all the provinces. "Young China" is willing to concede much, if only it can gather in most of the factions, conservative and radical, throughout this heterogeneous nation. At one celebration, not far from Canton, hymns in favor of Confucius were sung by four graduates of the Canton Christian college; and the words were set to the music of "We Banks and Braces of Bonnie Doon," and to a favorite Methodist melody. The effect of this year's observances is to suggest the conjecture that China's awakening may have to be primarily religious, and secondarily political. What will result from this call to Confucius?—American Review of Reviews. Prison Reform Praised Law Notes makes this comment on the recent prison reform in the state of Washington by which the inmates of the penal institutions are allowed a small daily wage for their labor, which is paid to their families: "Aside from the humaneness of this practice, it has its value in the administration of the criminal law, for no one will venture to dispute that many criminals who should be in prison are at large because juries, out of regard for the suffering of their families, have refused to convict, or judges after conviction have suspended sentence, or imposed a light sentence, out of regard for the same fact. Of course with such a system in force the reason for such unwarranted (from a legal view) leniency is removed, and the criminal receives his just punishment regardless of family connections. And certainly if the state can make money out of the labor of its convicts, there is no good reason why it should pocket the gains, leaving the family of the criminal, in no way responsible for his misdeed, to bear the real punishment for his crime." College's Ten Commandments. The college students' "Ten Commandments" have been discovered at Columbia university. They were published by the Dorms, a paper issued by the residents of Hartley, Livingstone and Furnalhalls. A strange feature about the list is that there is no provision for spending a single moment at his lessons. These are the commandments: 1. To rise at 7:30, to retire at 10:00. 2. To exercise half an hour daily. 3. To read at least a chapter of the Bible daily. 4. To attend the theater once a week. 5. To attend all the important lectures on the campus. 6. To spend a few minutes daily reading periodicals. 7. To get as much out of myself as possible. 8. To read one novel and one play a week. 9. To write to mother every week. 10. To take inventory of myself the first of each month. Audience Bowed to Artist. Jean Gerardy, the 'cellist, who has finished a successful month's tour in England with Tetrazzini, will tour in Germany, Russia, Paris, Belgium and Austria. He tells the story of how a delightful provincialism is still prevalent in England: "I was invited to stop off at a village not on my regular itinerary by a deputation of music lovers. I couldn't resist the invitation. The hall was packed." "Fancy my amused amazement when on coming on to the stage and making my usual perfunctory bow the entire audition," politely rose from their seats A Good Presentfor NORTHWESTERN CLU ELECTS OFFICI Dr. Charles Bentley Addresses North Western Club—Brilliant Speech Delivered—Officers Elected Pedro Tinsley President. Dr. Charles E. Bentley was the principal speaker at the Northwestern Club banquet, at which there was an election of officers. Dr. Bentley being one of the best informed men in the country on the race question and a speaker of note, was given a royal reception. He complimented the club on what it had accomplished and said, among other things: "May I not express the very real pleasure I have experienced in cooperating with the men who have done committee work and shared the labors of common service to which they have devoted themselves so unreservedly during the last ten months? Surely it is a proper and pertinent part of my report at this time to express my admiration for the diligence, the good temper and the full comprehension of the duty which has already been manifested by all." The annual election was held in the gall room of the Y. M. C. A. and the following officers were elected: Pedro Timley, president; Samuel Lee, vice president; Robert Johnson, secretary; William H. Plummer, treasurer. Mr. Robert Martin acted as chairman during the election. Nominating speeches were made that would have reflected upon the ability of the late Robert G. Ingersoll. There was great interest manifested in the election. Mr. Jee won by three votes over Mr. Ray. Lee got 13 votes, 12 did not vote and six lost their votes. Mr. Beyer was the "Mark Hanna" of the evening. He carried things his way and made a record as a campaign manager. Mr. John Johnson and Mr. Henry Anderson were among the other speakers. S. M. T. DINNER Mr. and Mrs. Johnson of 3251 Rhodes avenue served a very large Christmas dinner in honor of the state officers. Persons present: Mrs. Hattie Sowyer, state grand princess; Mrs. Elise Jackson, excellent scribe of the State Grand Royal House. Others were Mrs. Rose Galanes, queen of the Royal of this city; Mr. Sawyer, Mr. J. B. street. Mr. and Mrs. Alexander. Mrs. Johnson and Mrs. Alexander are both past queens of the Royal. Many others were present and had a great and good time. MARSHALL ADAMS DEAD. Pittsburg, Pa., Jan. 2—Marshall Adams, one of the best known Knights of Pittsburg, died at his home. 1319 Franklin street, on Wednesday, Dec. 31, 1913, at 6:40 a.m. He was a resident of this city for thirty years. He is survived by his wife. MAYWOOD SOCIETY. Mr. and Mrs. John Price and son returned Tuesday from Salma, Kan., after spending a very enjoyable Christmas with relatives. ASSEMBLY CLUB DANCE. The Assembly Club will give its first formal dance of the season Tuesday night, Jan. 6, at Oakland Music Hall. The invited guests, especially the ladies, are making extra preparations to wear new and handsome gowns. TILLMAN CLUB. The K. D. Tillman Club met at the residence of Mrs. Roin in Loomis Blvd. Tuesday evening, Dec. 30, 1913. On account of the holidays the meeting was poorly attended. After the refreshments were served the members departed wishing each and every one a happy New Year. Mrs. Fannie Turner. President. Mrs. Nellie Harrison. Secretary. 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For Christmas and New Year's Cards, Cigars, Tobacco, Candy Newspapers and Stationary go to Louis Johansen 5724 State St. also Shoe Polish and Laces for Home and Porters. In a 2-flat brick, stone trim, near Garfield Blvd. Convenient to the best transportation in the city. Each flat has a separate entrance, steam plant, basement and back yard. The tenant runs his own steam plant. We will accept a small cash payment and balance like rent. Call at our office for further particulars. OPPORTUNITY AT YOUR DOOR! Why Not Learn to Speak a Language Other Than English? Dr. J. Valles announces to the public that his class of French and Spanish is open every night from 7:30 to 8:30 at the Johnson Bldg., 3522 South State street, room 10. The number of pupils is augmenting enormously. Those who are late to become members should lose no time Auto. phone 75559. There's a heap of satisfaction in living in your own home. You take pride in fixing it up, in adding improvements every once in a while. We don't require a lot of cash. We put you in possession of a home if you have a little cash and a real ambition to own it. COPRINT THAT HOUSE That You Have Been Admiring is Probably on XMAS IN YOUR OWN HOME isn't always a dream. Through this office and its many bargains it becomes a reality. GIVE WIFE A HOUSE FOR A XMAS PRESENT. Our plans for payments are so easy you can do it like paying rent. It's the greatest offer you'll ever have. HOMES SOLD HERE FOR XMAS PRESENTS. 3-flat, steam heat, $1,400 down, bal. terms, $3,850. 3-flat, $1,000 down, bal. $50 per month. Brick cottage, 6 rooms, Price, $3,100. 2-story, $1,000 down, $30 per month. Cottage, near car line, $200 down. Write or call for our Xmas List "Home of Real Estate Bargains" Tel. Douglas 206 820 Auto. 79-864 Let It Go at That. The Philadelphia Record refuses to believe the story that the world is 500, 000 years old, basing this doubt on the fact that the world is now in a state of folly that could only be palliated by extreme youth. Why not accept the theory of science and credit worldly folly to second childhood? S. D. GOODCHILD, Mgr. 4838 State Street HOURS: 8 to 10 A. M., 2 to 4 P. M., 6:30 to 9 P. M. Sundays by Appointment Only. Dr. J. W. McDowell Maternity Specialist OFFICE: 3100 South State Street Phone Douglas 4796 Automatic 75-174 RESIDENCE: 3518 Calumet Avenue Phone Douglas 6386 Automatic 79-176 9,000 Persons in Chicago Are Blind Do you want to be one among that sad number? If not, call today and have your eye looked after. My famous (Toric) lenses prescribed by me will stop all defects of vision. Guaranteed glasses made to order from $2.50 up. Oldest established colored eye specialist in Chicago. Dr. W. H. Britt, Main Office: 4901 S. State St. OFFICE HOURS: 8 to 12 a.m.; 3 to 10 p.m. PHONE: Drezel 1461 Defender The World's Greatest Weekly. R. S. ABBOTT, LL. B., Editor and Publisher. Founded May 6, 1905. SUBSCRIPTION RATES IN ADVANCE. One year.....$1.50 Eix months.....1.00 Three months.....0.75 Foreign .....2.50 OFFICE, 3159 State Street CHICAGO, ILL. TELEPHONE DOUGLAS 3339 Entered as second-class matter, February 1, 1906, at the Postoffice in Chicago, Ill., under act of March 5, 1879. RATES OF ADVERTISING. Births, betrothals, marriages and deaths $1.50 Complimentary and obituary resolutions, each $5.00 DISPLAY ADVERTISEMENTS. Give inch, one time. $1.50 Special rates given on large or long- standing ads. Front page advertisements, per inch. 3.00 Want ads, each. 0.50 Reading reviews, per line. 0.25 Titles for; display advertisements furnished on application. Wedding announcements, $1.50; wedding write-ups, $1.50; card of thanks, $1.50; in memoriam, $1.50; business announcements, $1.50 and up. Everything paid in advance. Change of address. Please give both the old and new address; and a writing to the paper always be careful to give both the state and postal, as well as name. COURT GENERAL ROBERT ELLIOTT, No. 7335. Ancient Order of Foresters, meets every second and fourth Monday of the year. Odd Fellows' Hall, 3337 Street street. --- Lodge Officers. Frank W. Taylor, Fin. Secy., 5621 Grove av. Phone Normal 7592. Frank L. Crittenden, Treasurer, Resid dent 2414 Dearborn st. Phone Calumet 301. E. Stanley Portch, Chief Ranger, Resi- dence, 5613 Wabash av., Phone Went. 6466. SATURDAY, JANUARY 3, 1914. Our London Office 17 Green Street Sharing Road London, England, W. C. MISTAKEN. I thought I knew her voice, and so I waived the stereotyped "Hello." And said, "Sweetheart, dodge the old 'cat' (Meaning her mother-in-law by that). Slip out the back way and I'll meet You just a short way up the street." Why did I speak before I knew It was the "cat." She came. I flew. Now that it's all over let's get down to business. 1913 was unlucky in that it brought us the tango. Have you noticed the Republican party is getting its voice back and is beginning to be heard? ul to be rich. Thank costly Christmas you. ```markdown ``` so much to the colored theatrical profession should fall by the wayside. Several attempts have been made to bring it back to its former popularity, but to no avail. Perhaps it was in the management, or it might have been the class of entertainment offered. Whatever the cause, the effect is the same, and Chicagoans are the losers. The police are clearing State street of the loafing element. Better late than never. They have made a nuisance of themselves long enough, and by the same token some drastic measures should be put into operation to keep unaccompanied girls in their teens from parading up and down this same thoroughfare. Their place is at home, and if they do not stay there the judge some fine morning will be demanding an explanation. It should not be necessary to everlastingly keep ding-donging about this subject. It should be apparent to all the evil effects of falling into this degrading habit. Let us have no more of it. Something should be done to drive from the city a class of professional beggars who practice their nefarious vocation in the guise of ministers of the gospel. They seek out some man of means, preferably in the loop district, and appeal to him to aid them in establishing or keeping up some real or imaginary mission. Chicago is well provided with houses of worship of every denomination which are entitled to the support of the public, but their good offices are materially interfered with by these impostors who go around killing the hens that lay the golden eggs. We have not been known as a begging race. Let us keep our skirts clear of that appellation. KING MENELIK. King Menelik of Abyssinia, who recently died, was indeed a great man. Even though the country over which he ruled was comparatively small, his fame was world wide. His army of wild tribesmen have defeated some of the best disciplined and equipped soldiers of the old world. It is said he was a direct descendant of King Solomon and the Queen of Sheba and possessed the good qualities of both. Though he ruled with an iron will, he ruled justly; and many of the more civilized countries might well pattern after Abyssinia. He was primitive in his ways, inasmuch as he would not permit of railroads, telephone or telegraph lines, newspapers and other advanced things, believing that for his people the primitive life was best. What will become of the country now the managing head is gone is a question. There seems to be no one competent to fill his place. His passing is regretted by all. WHITE VILLAGES. Peru and La Salle, twin cities, with a combined population of about 20,000, boast that they are the largest cities in the country in which no colored people reside. If there is any honor or consolation in the thought that by shotgun methods they can defy the laws of the land and set up a little government all their own, let them dream on. No self-respecting colored man would, if he could, care to live with such an ignorant, narrow-minded class of people. We have had samples of this home-made government in Zion City and in Salt Lake City. They went along swimmingly until they interfered with the laws of the government; then things suddenly came to a halt. But in those instances everybody concerned was white. Oh, what a difference a little coloring matter makes. Peru maps it is a case of blood being thicker than water. At any rate, when the colored man is in question the punishment for the whites never fits the crime. Peru and La Salle may be trying to ride into the linelight on our backs. These little burgs can go as far as they like in letting the world know they are on this year's map and that the regular steam cars go by. We are boosters—not knockers. It has been brought to light that in some public schools in the South colored teachers are not receiving more than ten dollars a month. Out of this must come whatever expenses they incur for board, room, etc. This state of affairs is disgraceful in the extreme and shows the caliber of men who compose the school boards of that section of the country. Teaching school in the South is not a desirable vocation at best, as it is often fraught with hardships and many unpleasant features. The rural building where the children gather to gain a little knowledge is usually an old log cabin or some dilapidated structure minus every convenience, to which both teacher and pupil must tramp in many instances to reach in all kinds of weather. There could be two reasons why a teacher would give service for such a meager—incompetency or self-sacrifice. The former should bring condemnation on those in authority; the latter a sympathy and support of every ill wisher of the race. But there is reason or excuse for either. The tests in which these things occur are able to pay living wages to its toys, and they do if the said empires happen to be white. In a prevailing we attempted to show that giving that the Negro could get youth would be very meager with the assistance endured specially to the church education that we do not education for them. ere, a hopeful race of people, and the tomorrowrs are always looked forward to as being bright, for, after all, life is only what we make it. Conditions could be worse. A bold front of bullets success, and we measure progress by the past, not by the futt, e. Things are coming our way. Let us be patient. OUR NEW YEAR'S MESSAGE. Looking back over the old year we find so many things to be thankful for that we lose sight of for the moment the unpleasant incidents that seemed as mountains before we met them face to face. There is little doubt but that conditions are improving for the race all along the line. Perhaps one of the most significant things was the meeting in Atlanta, Ga., of the Southern Sociological Congress, a body made up of leading university presidents; with other noted publicists and thinkers of the South. They discussed courageously and with great ability the religious, educational, hygienic, economic and civil conditions of the Negro of the South and the white man's relation to him. Regardless of the petty obstacles placed in the way of the colored man by the prejudiced and ignorant, we should feel jubilant when such a body of representative people invite members of our race to meet with them and discuss openly and frankly every phase of the situation, and all of this happening in the South, too. Our record of crime is lower; there have been fewer lynchings; we have had a nation-wide movement along the Y. M. C. A. lines, and many magnificent buildings are the direct result of the co-operation along Christian lines of the whites, and black newspapers all over the country have taken up the cause editorially and have shown more of the good and less of the bad traits of the race; ministers have preached the brotherhood of man, and there is a growing feeling among the labor unions to give the black man a chance. True obstacles discouraging daily confront us that are both humiliating and discouraging, but they only tend to strengthen us and make us more determined. As the ashes of 1913 cook in the crucible of time the thought of the new year arises with hope to bless the dawn of higher and better things. Let us be of good cheer and good hearts. The march of things human goes steadily on, measured not by lapses of a year or a decade, not even by centuries, in the scheme of things eternal; in our lives individually the years are stages in our pilgrimages to the mecca of triumph or despair. It is with each one of us to shape our own destiny thither and whither, knowing full well that sowing means reaping, and that drifting means never crossing the harbor bar. Let us be temperate in all things, mindful of the subtle and sure approach of old age. Fifty years of freedom brings us to the threshold of self-reliance, race aggrandizement and responsibility. The display of tawdry trappings and loud harangue speak not for the true worth and manhood. Let us not deceive ourselves that we are not on trial and that our smallest unkind act is unnoticed in the hurlyburly of strenuous life. Let us take hope when our souls are harrowed, by the cruel race proscription and individual slings and arrows that strike us. Such only tend to the making of men and women—the crucible wherein the fineness of being is purged of all alloy. "Act well your part; there all the honor lies" is the message the poet sings to us, true as the ages are long. What children yet we be in the school of civilization. Power will come, and riches and pomp and glory when we have developed a basis to withstand them all. Let us think of our own besetting sins and not complain so loudly of those of others. Let us set our own houses in order and be thoughtful of "No cross no crown." THE AMATEUR COOK Or Her First Attempt to Cook Sauer Kraut. Dedicated to Mr. and Mrs. J. W. By the Office Devil. Though the sauer kraut she cooked was her first real offense, Her hubby declared it was simply im- mense. She took first one helping, then two, three, and four; While hubby had one. She would give him no more. "I'm afraid, dear," she said, "to have you eat too much. Such dishes are harmful except to the Dutch." Next day when poor wifey lay sick through and through Her hubby remarked, "Dear, not much Dutch in you." May this bright and happy New Year Bring naught of care or sadness; To days unborn just peace and gladness. May each a jewel casket be Of fondest hopes fulfilled for thee. Lines by KATHERINE M. DANIELS. To R. S. Abbott. THE EDITOR'S MAIL. Dear Sir: I read in the "Defender" of the 20th of December, the following: "France helping young colored men," about two Haylans who received the Greek and Latinzes at the University of Paris. So far we Haylans ha never asked nor received any help from any other country. from Haylans who go study who sen ; as it was the custom then, e is no such a thing as color in France. Dear Sir: We have read your paper continuously and distributed the sample copies you sent me. They are liked by all. Enclosed find money order for $1.50 for one year's subscription to Chicago Defender for Prof. W. E. Garrett, Mt. Vernon, Tex. Hope to send you some more subscriptions soon. With best wishes for a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year, I remain, Yery truly yours. MRS. L. R. TOWLES. Dec. 24, 1913. Gentlemen; Enclosed please find two dollars and twenty-five cents ($2.25) for renewal subscription to the Chicago Defender. MRS. E. J. DYSON. Pincher Creek, Alta. Editor Defender: Dear Sir: The Woman's Missionary Union of Lincoln Memorial Congregational Church desire to express to you and your efficient staff our highest appreciation of the valuable service rendered by you in making a grand success of the concert given at the Institutional Church on the 29th December by the Williams' Jubilee Singers for the benefit of our church, and through you thank the public also for their liberal patronage. Especially do we wish to thank Dr. Carey of the Institutional Church for his kindness, courtesy and untiring effort, which contributed so largely to the financial success of the concert. To the business people of our race, on State street especially, we wish also to extend our heartfelt thanks for the courtesy shown the committee of ladies who had charge of advertising the concert. In every instance our committee was most kindly received, and every place visited willingly and cheerfully allowed posters to be hung in a conspicuous place in their stores and shops. For the Defender we have only words of, praise and commendation. Our ad in your paper was indeed a paying investment. We take the greatest pleasure in commending the Defender to our people and hope to see it find a permanent place in every home in the land. The fearless manner in which the Defender stands for the right and condemns the wrong, and its readiness to ever lend a helping hand to any deserving cause, are the requisites that are bound to ensure its continued success and make it the foremost paper of our race. Wishing for you and your staff a Prosperous and Happy New Year, we are. Gratefully yours. caryy yours, MRS. SENORA V. YERBY, MRS. MAMIE L. CARROLL, MRS. MARY H. CHILDS, Committee. PUT HARD TASK ON MINISTER Dunlind Compiled to Discourse to Congregation That Was Busily Engaged in Cracking Nuts. The modern minister likes to have things quiet when he talks. It dis concerts him to hear a baby cry or a woman cough or an old man snore. If he is put out by such trifles as these it is interesting to conjecture what he would do if he were to take hold of a congregation where everybody brought nuts to crack during the sermon. Worshippers used to do that in England, and even in our own states during colonial days. The disturbance was not a weekly disturbance, by any mean; if it had been, the minister would have undoubtedly left his congregation to administer spiritual consolation to suit themselves. But as it only happened once a year he was forced to endure it. This one day which was attended by such remarkable license came the Sunday before Michaelmas day, and was called Crack-Nut Sunday. Nobody, no matter how pious he might be, hesitated to avail himself of the peculiar privilege granted him, and men, women and children came to church with their pockets stuffed with nuts, which they complacently cracked and munched during the sermon. It can be easily imagined that when 40 or 50 people get to cracking nuts with all their might the noise is apt to be disquieting, and many times the minister was hard put to it to "hear himself think." STREWN WITH WAR MUNITIONS Parts of Colon Found Liberally "Salted" With Ancient Make of Bombs and Grapeshot. If what engineers and others interested in the additional reclamation work on filled fields in Colon report is true, parts of the city are fairly well salted with bombs and grapeshot. A number of these have been dug up by a suction dredge, which is now excavating near the end of the slip, to the west of the pier at Cristobal. About half a dozen of the larger projectiles and a peck of smaller balls were found in the stone box of the dredge recently, and it is estimated that a greater quantity went through the discharge pipe to the reclamation fill east of East street, Colon. The projectiles were incrusted with a kind of natural concrete, made up of coral deposits, sand and shells, to the thickness of two inches. Below this was a coating of rust, beneath the steel wall clean and treated. Keep He By Dr. A. Wilberford A Weekly Talk on F Measures, First Aid Hygienics, Sanitation. will be Diagnosed and scriptions will be Giv Column. Have you ever heard the expression, "I have a cold on my chest"? I have often heard it. It is a very common expression, used often in the home, among acquaintances and friends. We hear of many people with "cold on the chest," especially during this season of the year, when it seems to be quite popular to have a cold. A few days ago I saw a woman who was in the third stage of lung consumption and heard her say that she just had a little "cold on her chest and a little cough." Colds Are Serious. These colds are often painful, troublesome, and aurea of a serious nature. They represent microbial infection of the windpipe and bronchial tubes. The cough is Nature's effort to rid the bronchial tubes, windpipe or trachea of irritating poisonous, injurious substances. So you see it is not always good to stop or suppress a cough. The cough often indicates what is going on in the system. How to Know "Cold on the Chest" With a "cold on the chest" you have a little fever, pain back of breast bone, or sternum, oppression of breathing, often a dry. irritating cough, tightness about the chest, constipation, expectation of sputum, a feeling' of languor, poor appetite or loss of appetite. Causes. Some of the causes of "cold on chest" occur very frequently in very young children and old people. In old people we find this condition present nearly all the year and especially so during the winter season, in the form of bronchitis, catarrh of the mucous membrane lining the bronchial tubes; another cause is the inhalation of dust, coal smoke, tobacco smoke, which causes an irritation of the bronchial tubes. Foul Air. Air too hot and dry, air too cold and damp and irritating, mouth breathing, those who breathe through their mouth and hot the nose are often troubled with "cold on the chest." Nose Breathing: We should always breathe through our nose for the following reasons: The nose collects the air, separates it from the dust and other irritating, injurious poisonous particles. Second: The nose warms the air and, third, the nose moistens and prepares the air for entering the lungs in a harmless condition. Exposure to cold and wet are factors in bringing on "chest colds"—overeating of rich red meats and pastries. We find immediately following Thanksgiving and the Christmas holidays many people coming down with "colds on chest," bronchitis, pneumonia, la gripe and other infectious diseases, due to overeating (stuffing) and bad air emanating, on account of people huddling together to have a good time in the foul air with lack of proper ventilation. Diseases Certain diseases play an important role in producing "cold on chest." Ladies getting their ankles cold, feet wet, chronic heart disease, gouty condition of the system, constipation or troublesome bowels. "Cold on chest" often follows certain infectious diseases, such as la gripe, whooping cough, sore throats and penumonia and asthma. The Real Exciting Cause of "Cold on Chest." The real exciting cause of cold on chest is a germ or microorganism. This germ is often found in the mouth, sputum and blood. The germ is the real cause of the disease and not a cold, as is often thought. Cold, overeating, foul air, breathing dust, smoke, irritating substances, all tend to produce a proper soil in the system whereby the microorganism can get busy and bring about fever, cough, pain behind the breast bone and the aches and pains all over the body. Common Symptoms. Catarrh of the nose and throat, chilliness, followed by flush of heat, aching pains in the limbs, joints and chest, loss of appetite, sense of fatigue, or that tired feeling, loss of energy or ambition, pain on breathing, behind the sternum or breast bone, of a burning, raw or tearing character, made worse by deep breathing or coughing. The cough is hard, dry at first, later it becomes looser with free expectoration of a salty taste. Watch your children and members of your family for "cold on chest," for slight fever, hot dry skin, loss of appetite, constipation, headache, thirst, dry harassing cough, languor and weariness, muscular pain. If you find the foregoing symptoms: quit work, house yourself, husband your strength put children and old people to bed in a warm, well vented room. People with a cold should house, or put them use, be given soft diet, hot or bath, hot drinks, but colics. Whisky beer are your cold on chest. BOARD OF HE If you are not afraid door air in the daytime of it at night? Morally a bedroom with the If you are in favor of health conditions in China influence to help the of Health to get an adjoination for this departr year 1914. Speak to yo about it. There are shops and Chicago where the coo both light and ventilation would be economy on the owners to spend money ally, to improve these returns for an investm is would come in more is better quality from the is why no employer co look or ignore these siderations as facto cescess. Then there are places where neith is nor the employers is unsightly and dang the roundings may be bad by all concerned, now for clean, tidy be properly ventilated lly able that you will go back order of things. Last year the medical solutors of Boston made physicals of 120,000 school child schools of that city. Of the 40,000, or 33.1 per cent, we defects, and 80,000 were for physical defects that require attention. The encouraging the report made of the year found in the fact that the sponded so promptly to the tions of the school doctors to it that the defects pointed given medical treatment. It showed that at the end of and after another examinat same children had been mid cent of the defective palates attended to, 74 per cent of diseases, 25 per cent of the teeth. 43 per cent of the in the malnutrit cent of the nervi figures emphasize way the value of spection, when the give to it their w co-operation. Caravansaries S Other Nation Opinion I remember to me a long t cans had itse over comfort tain amount it would be hotels unco uncomfortab be said; hotel life is living in a living in a confusion, the army parture of people, etc. certainly more hotel like than in other countries. A saving to the nerves, temper, are so many of and the arrangements in hotels. The telephone, for If you want a nice test to get a number at the Hi in London; or, better still happy morning in ringing on the telephone in Paris. If it is either done for you at you know, it cannot be done, matter is settled. Hotel for ca seems to me infinitely organized than in any other of the world, with the possible of China. Because when a room at a Chinese hotel, Chinese town, the room is you while you wait; you can style of room, and the paper peting and all the furniture set during the day.—Metropolitan zine. Unmannerly Tourists The Laplander is annoyed tourist who visits him. The his complaint may be gathered the notice posted in the dist Lapland most visited by it which in several languages follows: What wants my S. pet does want my dog does want my boy "Dear Tourist; say if an unkno out asking your knocking at your into your home, fortable on your s 'sine