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JULIUS F. TAYLOR
Editor and Publisher
Associate Editor
DR. M. A. MAJORS
4700 South State Street
Vol.
FEBRUARY 5, 1921.
XXVI.
No. 20.
Entered as Second-Class Matter, Aug.
19, 1902, at the Post Office at Chicago,
111. Under Act ot March 8, lay.
LEAVES FEOM MF.MORTF..S CASKET
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Dr. M. A. Majors.
Often in the still hours of night I sit
thinking of other days gone by. Think
ing of joyful moments when childhood
knew naught bnt goodness and had not
a care, when the gladdening things
could thrill the tender fibres of my
soul, and I could see sweet innocence
through eyes not opened to the gro
tesque and ugly things. It was Junes
time of warm sunshine, and its fragrant
hour of sweet perfume that came rich
from the bloom of a seasons variegated
shrub and foliage every where to be
seen, in abundance.
Often the child dreams of those dead
days crowd before me, and richly laden
with pictures of youths spring time
soothe and sustain me for older days
when cares might corrode my older
drooping spirit, groping heavy with the
freight of years bearing me down.
In silent contemplation of the past
so splendidly rich with the gorgeous,
and gaudy gloss of fortunes bequest
to childhoods purity, and virture, a
grand procession marshals its forces
before me and I almost seem to hear
the happy shouts of children, their
merry laughter, and a glorious turbu
lence of chatter impossible to deter
mine. A veritable sunburst to light up the
dark spaces of later years! A shooting
star of brilliancy to lift the blight
from disappointment and a dejected
heart. A mellow warmth of human
love, and life to coax tho remnant of
our hope to live -again. This is why we
sit alone 2nd think at night when all
is stilL
When all its still and the world is
dressed up in the dark shrowd of night,
twylight has pulled her curtain down
and, pinned it with a star. Tha voice
of eloquent nature supplies rhapsody to
lhe drooping heart, weighted with gross
orders. The purple dawn of youth
comes and with it the 'first grim mo
ment to sadden the heart, and rear in
stead of innocence, a conceit unfitted
lor the abiding place of purity. Then!
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By Mrs. EVELYN CASEY
HON. DENNIS J. EGAN.
Chief Bailiff of the Municipal Court of Chicago, who is
working like a beaver in assisting to elect Hon. Clayton F.
Smith City Treasurer of Chicago.
later understanding, and laws to vex
the spirit of youth.
But, Oh! The joysv of youth, ami
how transcendentally grand is its hori
zon! Some nights when all is .still and
I sit alone thinking of the dear dead
days long passed into the oblivion of
other years I can draw fancy pictures
on the landscape darkness of the room,
and as I draw these beautiful pictures
of another day life comes pulsing
through my veins bringing the once
pinkish tint of the rose to my cheeks,
and the fresh summer warmth of a
glorious era of childhood to my heart.
There is a rapture richer than the
dreams of wealth, and lofty power for
him who in the love of nature- con
templates the joyous scene of child
hood. There is a happiness greater
than anything else can offer to turn
back the pages of time and read with
memories eyes the goldei lesson that
have ripened into knpwledge for later
years.
"What a storj house of treasure our
earlier years invite us review! And
then when the curtain of night mantles
our rapidly growing years with almost
a holy joy, it is then we see the finger
marksof God on the rapid turning
pages in the book of life.
All of us reader have lived over and
over the dear dead days of happy child
hood. You, I, and the rest of us have
scanned life's pages of the golden past
as we sat in the stillness- of night
thinking of those other days gone by.
Some with a happy heart, some witn
sorrow and a dejected sint. All with
a hope that springs cternaL
THE BUSY EFFICIENCY IDEA.
By Dr. M. A. Major.
PRETTY WOMAN CAUSES
MAN'S DEATH.
Vicksburg, Miss. Eugene McBain,
who came here three years ago from
UKianoma ana opened a grocery in V
Mulberry street, attempted to kill
Blanche Lewis and shot himself
through the head, the bullet tearing
through the brain. He left a note de
daring he was "tired of living J
Blanche Lewis is the reason. My wil
is in favor, of Blanche Lewis." Il
was stated he has a family in Okla
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We cannot hope to do very much
as separate integral factors. There
was a time when with a limited
amount of capital one could go into
ome of the many lines of business and
do quite well, but that time has al
most passed away. Today wc hear
on every hand the preachment of
co-operation, and the union of many
single forces. This argues well for
the future.
Many of our business people over
look the fact that a certain degree of
efficiency must have consideration in
any undertaking. The mere idea of
laying in a stock of goods, purchased
at wholesale prices and opening a
store with a great variety of .goods,
in a very excellent localtiy without
having some of the attributes of sales
manship is a very foolish venture.
Very successful men who started
under most unfavorable conditions
succeeded because they seriously re
garded the principles of discretion,
and made themselves fU- in at least
some of the qualities of being a store
keeper. Watching the fluctuating mar
ketable commodities and keeping tab
on the changing prices of butter, eggs,
sugar, lard, etc, are some of the ele
mentary prerequisites of the business
man who- dreams of becoming a
grocer. But the other thousand and
one things aside from the drudgery
sends the fellow who has none of the
qualifications of a merchant on a ver
itable fools errand to waste, and to
failure.
In a few weeks a school for the ex
clusive purpose-of teaching our peo
ple the business efficiency, and how
to. conduct commercial enteronses
will be started at 3201 Wabash avc
We are making a careful selection of
teachers with abundant experience
and knowledge who will guide the
ambitious man or woman along the
beaten paths of business efficiency.
Too long already have we been re
miss. It is almost a crime to have
so long been derclect in the fact of
Allhough the school term just com
pleted passed into history with the
graduating exercises held on the 27th
ult.. The Broad Ax has not closed its
campaign, but rather intends to carrj
on. On Jan. 26, after a pleasing in
terview with Miss 'McDonnell, prin
cipal at Keith School, 34th and Dear
born streets, the visitor was directed
to confer with Mrs. Joslin, head as
sistant, and this visit could not have
been more ODDortune had it been
timed. Rehearsal of commencement
numbers was in progress which, in
their final rendition, amply rewarded
the untiring work of this teacher who
has stood four square in efforts to
boost the efficiency rating at this
-school and has not failed.
The graduating class numbered
.twenty-three pupils, and it is a pleas
ure to announce that Theodore
Kclley led his class in general schol
arship. The work of the class as a
whole was highly commendable and
it is hoped that the achievements of
these boys and girls will be an in-
spiration to the cnuurcn toiiowing
along.
An added attraction presented at
commencement was Keith School Or
chestra which, though less than a
year old, acquitted themselves ad
mirably on this occasion. When wc
pause to consider that music is innate
with us, of this feature we briefly say
that in matters musical, Keith has
struck her stride.
On the side of intellectual advance
ment wc hope that in some future
time, when our boys and girls are
weighed in the balance of efficiency
plus, they will measure up to the
standard portrayed in the splendid ad
dress delivered to them by the Hon.
Edward H. Wright.
Doubling Back on the TraiL
A retrospective survey of the com
mencement exercises at Colman
School calls forth feelings of pro
found . sympathy for those kiddies,
their parents and friends. Decidedly
in advance of the hour set for open
ing, a sign "S. R. O." might have
been displayed to advantage, as it
became apparent that space for hous
ing the crowd was wholly inadequate.
In a room, the normal capacity of
The class, numbering forty-eight, sat
two in a seat, leaving three rows in
which visitors sat two in a seat,
while on three sides of the room they
stood two deep and a patient number
hung about the corridor.
When a school graduates so large
a class and when parents, relatives
and friends in such numbcis pause in
their day's occupation to do honor to
that school, an assembly hall is esscn
tial.
It would seem that parents who are
taxpayers in this community should
look to it that their children have all
the advantages that accrue from ade
quate school equipment; and it would
seem that landlords, even though
their interest in the community may
be pecuniary, might co-operate with
their tenants to the end that these
children may have those things which
arc necessary to promote their social
and educational growth. The Broad
Ax says: GO AFTER IT; holler
Long enough and LOUD enough to
be HEARD!!!
A friendly wind from the Canadian
Northwest has blown into our midst
Mrs. Robert J. Hine, formerly of Chi-
I cago, now ot Winnipeg, .Province of
Manitoba. While in the city on a
short business trip, Mrs. Hine is
shaking hands with many friends and
incidentally enjoying Chicago's old
time hospitality.
On last Sunday, the 30th, Mrs.
James Greene, 6622 Vernon avenue,
had as dinner guests Atty. and Mrs.
A. B. George and Mrs. F. P. Greene.
In spite of the inclement weather
on the 30th, a very splendid and ap
preciative audience heard Dr. Mary
F. Waring in Travelogue at St.
Mark Lyceum. A number of points
brought out were of educational
worth, particularly to students, and
opened up new lines of historical
thought.
Can you imagine the pleasure ex
perienced by your representative on
hearing Dr. Robinson announce at
the Lyceum last Sunday that, in pub
lic recognition of the achievements of
Chicago school kiddies, St. Mark has
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HON. ROBERT E. TURNEY
Popular and upright lawyer, who is being indued to J
cuiue une or uie rvepuDiican candidates tor Judge of the Gr
cuit Court of Code County at the June election!
llliAlt IP iAtf.anh a vta (iiMtkti1 lvfnBa.-t . ...?1 t ? .t .t
omen is iuitjf-t.igiiif whc asitinuitu i piauucd a buciai luncnon wiin incse
upward of one hundred-fifty persons. I youngsters as guests of honor?
THE W0EB1NO MAN.
By Monroe A Majors.
He does'nt look much as the saying
goes
If ho did, what's the use he's poor.
But he's alright, and his spirit shows
"That he is a man to the core.
He counts .quite a deal in the great
world's work.
Tho whistle you hear every morn
That calls ns out of our beds where we
lurk
Is from steam of his mighty horn.
So litle we think of the good of such
men,
Who bury themselves from the crowd;
So littlo we think how much they are
kin s
To the fellow that's riehly endowed.
CHRISTMAS OR YULETIDE
LONDON, ENGLAND.
By Beatrice E. Lee, Ph.B.
IN
J such grave dangers to our unprepared
embarked on the business sea without
a compass or chart, only they had
some money but did not know how
to keep it.
To deal with any kind of trade re
quires the application of the rigid
rule, efficiency.
And so the world goes, never stopping
to heed,
Or to give to such men what's their
due,
So warped by their wealth, . and its
infamous greed,
iuil to see all that's good and that's
true.
A Yuletidc comparable to the best
that the Riviera or Monte Carlo (the
Palm Beach of Europe) could offer
in ideal weather conditions detracted
nothing from the zest with which
London celebrated this Old English
festival. Alike in the hospitals, ho
tels of the West-end, theatres, and
churches, the spirit of Christmas was
everywhere apparent.
The decoration of warships with
holly and mistletoe on Xmas Day in
Shccrness Harbor was not on such
an extensive scale as in pre-war times;
but mos't of the battleships, cruisers
and destroyers in commission had
festoons of evergreen hoisted at their
mastheads and on flagstaffs.
In hospitals the medical and nurs
ing staffs willingly gave their time to
enteTTaining the many sufferers who
at the London Hospital visited each
of 900 beds, walking in single file with
-j lanterns while singing carols, "Father
Xmas" visited the wards and distrib
uted useful and amusing gifts to the
inmates and filled the children's stock
ings. Punch and Judy, conjurors and
. professional entertainers- visited the
bomo day ho 11 look better if clothes is institutions during the afternoon. On
Uoxing Day, the day following Xmas,
His Lamp," Alice again went to Won
derland, and children again went upon
the happy pilgrimage to "Where the
Rainbow Ends."
Special Xmas service Here held in
all churches of England. Large con
gregations assembled on Xmas morn
ing in Westminster Abbey and St.
Paul's Cathedral: for Xmas ranks
among the greatest of ecclesiastical
festivals and many who may have
become lax in attendance at public
worship in general do not fail to be
present on that day. At Westminster,
the Dean, following a long unbroken
custom, preached, and as for many
years past, the offertory was given
to the Westminster Refuge for Ne
cessitous Women. The anthem "Be
hold Thou hast conceived," by Han
del, and the Xmas carol by the choir.
The same anthems and carols were
rendered, at the afternoon service at
St. Paul's.
f With an abundance of holly berries,
the decorations of the churches were
seasonably effective. To the young
people, the adornment of the holly
appeals strongly and emphasizes the
exceptional significance of the day
in the ecclesastcal calendar. And of
the antquity of the practice, the rec
ords of the city churches contribute
many notable proofs going back to
the -sixteenth century, as in the pence
disbursed at St. Mary-at-Hill at this
period for several years for "Holme
and ivy at Xmas Eve"; or in 1524, at
St Martin, Oatwich, "for holie and
ivy at Chrystmas." In the entries
of St. .Margaret's Westminster
rosemary was included among the
foliage that was paid for in 1647; but
modern customs have not retained it.
In mid-Victorian days, there was a
liking for texts and lines from favor
ite hymns expressed in letters formed
of cotton-wool dusted with something
that would sparkle to represent snow.
These were sewn laboriously on long
lengths of crimson cloath and hung
upon the walls or wherever space per
matted the display. Colored banners
with various sacred symbols were
also much used at one time.
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of our Ihl'hv i nl
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MEMBERSHIP UNDER TS2
ABLE AND FAITHFUL PAS
TORATE OF REV E I
STEWART.
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Chapel, the mother
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gations worship v"
Sunday morning.
That it. meniber
working hard to u ;
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day, March 20. :i
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THE LATE ROBERT SIMS
BURIED WITH HIGH MA
SONIC HONORS.
HON. KENT GREENE.
CSaeC Jcadeeof iBe Munkbtl Coart of Ckkfo.
l vrodd sake & tip-top caooS&te for JooVe oiF mnCrt
Cowt t&m cobmok Jcsie,
The middle of last week Robert
Sims passed away at his cme, 633 S.
Dearborn street, where he had re
sided for almost fourteen years with
his wife and bright little four-year-old
son, and on Sunday afternoon funeral
services were held over his remains
at the new undertaking establishment
of Mr. Ernest H. Williamson, 5121 S.
State street It was the first funeral
to be held within its walls, as Mr.
Williamson only moved in on Friday
and Saturday, and. Mr. Sims was
buried with all the high honors or
rights coming to him, for he was a
member in good standing of prince
.Hall Lodge of Masons and a mem
ber of Lake Michigan Lodge- of Odd
Fellows; and the high priests of those
two lodges conducted, the last sad
rights over his remains. Mr. "Sims
was also a member of Manasseh Qub
Nd: 1. Interment was at ML Glen
wood Cemetery.
Sir Knight-Hon. James E. Bish,
who Is one oi the most prominent
secret society men in Chicago, who
is
the thing
That can give a man looks that are
nne;
Some day you will meet him, and think
Him a king,
Or a pnnce, man, the way ha will
shine.
And why should it mattcr.since ho's up
right andjtrne,
"What ho wears just to cover his
hidef
What color he is if his heart's true
blue
And he has the great God on his
aide!
FIRE BOMB ON ROOF ROUTS
30 COLORED FAMILIES'.
Flames believed to have been start
ed by a "fire-bomb" hurled on to the
roof of a four-story flat building at
Z40 East Forty-ninth street early
Tuesday morning routed thirty col
ored families.
The explosion and fire are laid to
labor trouble. According to F. W.
Harsh Jr., agent for the building,
there have been three fires in three
months since the owner, P. M.
Combes, had trouble with a contrac
tor. Tenants in the apartmens say
there "have been, rumors for more
than a week that 'something would
happen.' if the electricians now work
ing were not takes .off the tob. All
the right band assistant of Mr.lsar tier heard aamloioji fcrfow
Williamson, had earge of all the fa-Itfce flames leaned, from the Erst to
serai arrangements. the fourth floor.
concerts and other entertainments
were given in various hospitals.
The restaurant and grill rooms of
the best hotels, catering especially to
American and Continental visitors,
were beautifully decorated with fes
toons of real flowers, baskets of mis
tletoe and holly and Xmas trees for
the children, Xmas trees the world
over are indispensable to the joys of
children, .and no nation would dcn
the youngsters their cherished share
of their own special season.
Theatres always plan special enter
tainment for children during Xmas
week. The Specific holiday fare this
year .was various and abundant and
showed a full appreciation of the
modern demands of childhood at
Xmastime. Children's theatre-going
in force comes but once a year, and
the plays announced were tempting.
Pantomine in spite of all the super
fine critics holds its own fn London,
and the English count this vigor a
sign of health of the national taste.
The medley spectacle, plot, sentiment
and rollicking fun which makes up
panotmine is a purely national prod
uct No other nation has it, no other
nation, perhaps could relish it, Cinder
ella, Robinson Crusoe, and Dick Whit
tington were among the pantomines
given. s
Besides pantomtne, many other en
tertainments were riven, inelndimr
the first and greatest of fairy plays,
"A Midsummer Night's Dream,'
"Peter Pan," and the "Sheoerdess
Without a Heart, and Aladdin and
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