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W ' n r-m. " '-3 hv :rV- j "- H& - T -u THE BEOAD AX, CHICAGO, DECEMBER 2, 1916 PAS FO.TJB VI & k- h i ;-f I I) I? M 1 1 I-' KV BBIIffiBBy-fc jSSMfc'Ei?SJaS!BffaMHBKM' BHM MS. NOBLE B. First class lawyer, who stands well with Illinois, who could he easily elected in 1917. STUDY. THESE FIGURES. In 1915 there were 5,863 cases of diphtheria reported in Chicago with 678 deaths. These cases and deaths of this one disease cost the people of Chi cago" $3,915,054.00, or an average cost per ward of $111,858.00. Much of this costly sickness and suffering, due to this particular disease, could have been prevented, if only the parents had been intelligently careful in the care of their children. Take for' example, another disease common to child life, that of measles, which is usually regarded as a minor ailment. In fact, many parents make the mistake of deliberately exposing their children to this disease in order that "they may have it over with." Last year there were 1S,964 cases of measles in Chicago with 236 deaths. And these measles cases and deaths cost the parents of those mcjisles cases, $1,574,423.00, or an average ward cost of $47,869.00. So it is easy to see that it pays'to avoid contagion of every kind. It pays in dollars and cents to heed the warnings and advice of the Depart ment of Health. ' Then there is scarlet fever. Let us sec how big a money burden it laid on the people of Chicago Last year there wTero 3,366 cases with 77 deaths really a low mortality rate, but for all that the total cost for the year of this dis ease was $978,830.00, with an average ward cost of $27,966.00. Pity that this money, totalling $6,569,207.00 for the three diseases named, could not have been saved. The facts are, much of it might have been saved, had only the people given their best cooperation to the health officers in their efforts to control the communicable diseases and thus to prevent needless sickness, suf fering and deaths. It is generally conceded that habits aro hard to break. This is why stress is laid by teachers of the young on the importance of forming right habits in early life. It is taken for granted that the child trained in the ways it should go will not depart from them in later years. Among the things that should bo im pressed early upon young and growing minds is tho habit of neatness and or derliness. Slovenly habits mean waste, inofliciency and carelessness. Slovenly habits arc expensivo in many ways. Especially is this truo when applied to conditions affecting community com fort and safety. Here is where care lessness, thoughtlessness and slovenli ness, taken in their cumulative effects mado for ugliness and danger. One of the most prominent of tho weokly publications in the country, dis cussing community conditions from the standpoints of beauty and safety, says that tho litter habit is a national char acteristic. Pcoplo will look carefully after front yards and lawns and throw their litter and waste in the alloy or tho roar of their premises, and aro ut terly indifferent as to either appear ances or consequences. This is why in every town or city, and in almost overy community of tho same, wo find places that could bo called "swell fronts and swill backs." During tho 'Winter months, too, peo ple aro inclined to permit tho accumu , lations of wnsto and rubbish on their premises that they would not do during tho warm weather months. ThiB is why wo havo our Spring clean up cam paigns. It means, when you think about it a littlo, wo havo been so dirty and slovenly and careless in our habits all Winter long, that when Spring comes, largely as a matter of solf-de- JUDAH, JE. the military men throughout the state of one of the judges of the Superior Court fense against sickness and disease, we proceed to clean up. The Spring clean up is a fine thing; but let us be clean all Winter and we will not be so dirty next Spring and neither will we have to work hard to make our city clean and to keep it that way all the time. URGE MEDICAL EXAMINATION FOR ALL. National Observance December 6. Reasons why overhauling is neces sary. Plans for the observance of National Medical Examination Day on Decem ber (5, were announced today by The National Association for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis. The National Association, together with other organizations, is advocating an annual medical examination for every person, sick or well, and Decern; ber 6 has been set aside as one of the feature days of Tuberculosis "Week, De cember 3 to 10. Anti-tuberculosis As soeiations, state and local boards of health, women's clubs and other socie ties are cooperating to interest every one possible in the subject of at least one medical examination a year, pre ferably on this special day. Physicians will make special arrangements to de vote December 6 to medical examina tions, and clinics and dispensaries will prepare to receive those who cannot afford to pay a physician. Some, of the reasons why the human machine should bo inspected at. least annually, as given in a free pamphlet on "Periodic Medical Examinations," issued by the National Association are these: The physically perfect man is almost impossible to find. Almost everyone who has reached the ago of 30 has some impairment or defect of his body! Out of 2,000 men and women examined, 70 per cent, were found to havo impair ments of a more or less, serious nature, while all of the remaining 30 per cent, had some defects of a minor character. Out of tho thousands who have been examined and found to be impaired, only 10 per cent, imagined there was anything wrong with them; tho re maining 90 per cent, supposed them selves "perfectly well." Many little defects or impairments may bo found which, if allowed to continue without treatment, may result in serious and perhaps fatal illness, such as Bright 's Disease, tuberculosis, etc. A thorough physical examination is not. expensive, and it is worth tho cost to know where ono's health account stands. If an inspection of your body reveals a littlo break that can bo re paired for a dollar or two, which is cheaper: to let that littlo break con tinue until it becomes chronic tuber culosis, cancer, or Bright 's Disease, which will cost hundreds of dollars to treat and which may never be cured or to stop it at its very beginning? The timo to prevent discaso from sapping your vitality is before "it gets a foothold. Tho best way to discover disease early is to havo a periodic over hauling of your body, at least once a vear. Mrs. Mary Harsh, 2963 Federal street, who is one of the prominent members of tho United1 Brothers of Friendship and tho Sisters of tho Mys terious Ten, has completely regainod her health again. STUDY OF THE NEGRO FOR POR TRAYAL IN' "THE BIRTH OF A RACE." "Sambo" of the stage and " George " of the barbershop will not be taken as typical of the Negro race,if we are to believe those most interested in build ing that big photoplay to monumental greatness. "Wheeler, the scenarioist, says, ""Why should we try to force on the public one type of Negro as an ex ample of the whole race? Anyone who has made a study of the subject, knows that in the importation of slaves from Africa at least four classes, quite un like each other, were brought from dif ferent sections of the dark continent, and the American Negro is either a de pendent or a mixture of these. "The importations from Congo, south of the line, were short, stubby, irresponsible fellows, having an affin ity to the Hottentots. Strains of these today are found in the happy-go-lucky, rollicking roustabout, whose responsi bilities will never make his back ache. The "fiulla niggers" were from the Golah country on the St. Paul river, and were considered the meanest of the race. This class was considered espe cially adapted to field work and was imported for that purpose. The "Eboe" Negro came from a fine open country above the Delta of the Niger (not from the Delta itself as many suppose). At home he was a high minded and half-civilzed man. In America ho became trustworthy, in telligent and industrious. The fourth class .was the "Guinea" Negro, a hardy, shrewd, deceitful fellow, no more like the "Eboe" than a gentle man is like a bandit. "The playwright has forever mado the Negro a caricature, and a large ma jority of "White people have accepted him as such. It is time that something be done to show the world that the Negro is a man, though he has a black skin, and that the Negro woman has every right to consideration because she is the female of the species. "I do not believe in intermarriage, nor does any'man of intelligence, be ho white or black. It is quite as much to the credit of the Ethiopian that his race be kept uncorrupted by bringing into it a foreign element as it is for the Caucausian, and for the same rea son. "We all admire a thoroughbred of any specie. "I believe that one great reason for the delay-in giving the Negro race its proper status in this country is because the majority of "White people do not know the Negro. The average Ameri can is not much of a student,- and does not quickly absorb anything except money. He does not know what the Afro-American has accomplished in the fifty years of his emancipation, and it remains for us to show them. "We shall do it in "The Birth of a Race." THE OLD ELITE CAFE NO. 1. IS STILL BOOMING. It was sta'ted in these columns a few weeks ago that Art Codozoe and (Lovie Joe) J. H. "Whiston, owners of the cafo would enlarge it, by taking over the old Monogram Theater next door at 3028 S. State street and after considerable labor and expenditure of money, the old and the new Elite Cafe, has been transformed into a thing of beauty. A space has been fenced off by brass railings for dancing purposes and the entertainers also use it. They are not permitted to venture on tho outside of the enclosure while executing their various stunts. Tho entertainers are: Mrs. Lillian Bradford; Miss Sallie Leo Johnston, and Miss Mattio Hite; Ollie Perry, vio lin; George Brown, piano; "Walter Lee, cornet and Ray Green, drums. The entertainers and orchestra al ways hit it up pretty lively during the evening hours. On entering tho Cafe, its patrons havo no trouble in having their coats and wraps checked. Three I hundred and fifty to four hundred peo- plo can bo served at ono time and all in all it is a great improvement over the Elito in its former days. COLORED WOMAN POLICE OFFI CER MAKING GOOD. Los Angeles, Cal., Special to Tho Broad Ax. Mrs. Morgan Robinson, tho first Colored woman in tho entire Unit ed States to be appointed outright as police officer, has served in tho Los Angeles Polico Department for the past three months during which period she has mado good. Mrs. Robinson is both steady and sa gacious; kindly in her attitude towards tho victims with which she has to deal, and very hopeful for her own people. From her early girlhood Mrs. Robin son has always identified herself with racial issues and organizations that had for thoir main object enterprise and race uplift. Tho fact that Mrs. Robinson was ap pointed perhaps as an experiment and that she has made good in every way, is a great victory not alone for her but for the race. CMT! HAOKLEY TO GIVE FOLK -SONG RECITAL. Cleveland, O., Special. A folksong festival for the benefit of the Home for Aged Colored People will be held Mon day evening, December 4, in the Grays Armory under auspices of the Cleve land Association of Colored Business Men. The festival is one of a chain of sim ilar entertainments to be held in Bos ton, Los Angeles and other cities. The entertainments" were originated by Mrs. E. Azalia Hackly, director of the Nor mal Vocal Institute of Chicago. The Cleveland entertainment will be pro vided by a chorus of 200 Colored sing ers, and the program will include plan tation melodies and compositions of Colored composers. THE NEGRO FELLOWSHIP LEAGUE. 3005 State St., Chicago, HI. The annual meeting of the Negro Fellowship League will be held Sunday, Dec. 3, 1916, at the Reading Room, 3005 State St., at 3:30 P. M. All mem bers are urged to be present to hear tho annual reports on the election of officers. Last Sunday the League enjoyed a rich treat in an oration by the secre tary Mr. J. E. Hughes. The subject was "Evidences of Civilization" which is the first of a series of ora tions to bo delivered by him. Mrs. L. W. Washington read the Race Review. Ida B. Wells Barnett, President. The Alpha Suffrage Club held no meeting this week, on account of Thanksgiving preparations; but will hold a very important meeting Thurs day night of next week. All members aro urged to be present. The executive committee met at the home of tho presi dent, Friday evening. Ida B. Wells Barnett, President. HUGHES' HOME FOR SALE. Washington, Special. "For Sale or Rent." This sign of a large real es tate firm appedred on tho residence of Charles E. Hughes, 2100 Sixteenth street northwest. According to friends of the former Justice here, he will become associated with a large law firm in New York. He will not begin his activities until af ter the first of the year. CHIPS If you see an editor who pleases ev erybody, there will be a glass plate over his face, and he will not be stand ing up, either. Chas. E. Morrison, special messenger to Mayor William Hale Thompson, is making great preparations to visit Springfield, HI., January 10th, and wit ness tho induction in to office his friend Governor Frank O. Lowden. Mr. and Mrs. Sandy W. Trice, 6438 Eberhart avenue, gave an elaborate dinner last Sunday in honor of Mr. and Mrs. William Hyde, Minneapolis, Minn.; Mrs. Rhoda Jones, of Los An geles, Cal. and Mrs. Emma Hackloy. Mr. and Mrs. Trice easily proved them selves up-to-date hosts. ' Col. R. S. Abbott, editor of the great est weekly newspaper in the world, has become a full fledged mason, lately joining Oriental Lodgo No. 68, S. and A. M. It is said that he very success fully rode the five-legged goat which is connected with that lodge that even though ho was blindfolded, ho managed to hold on to the goat, by tho skin of his teeth. The Weekly News of Lexington, Ky.. in its issue of November 25th, repro duced our article, including all the headlines entitled "Tho Republican National Committee Appropriated $100, 000 Foreign Language Weekly News papers, But It Would not Expend $1.00 With tho Colored Weekly Newspapers Throughout tho Country." We heart ily thank Brother Willis for giving our articlo so much publicity. Madam M. Callaway-Byron, did not arrive homo from Washington, D. C, by way of Now York City, until Tues day evening. She brought with her from tho last mentioned city a good sized bouncing baby, which will be adopted by Mr. and Mrs. J. Gray Lu cas, 508 E. 36th street. Madam Byron is very much pleased with her trip east and in tho near future, she will give a recital at Bloomington, HL President of the Chicago branch of the National Association for the Advanes. How to Find Fault. It is not difficult to Qnd fault because there is so much of it lying around. That's -where the difficulty comes in. There Is no honor or dis tinction in finding fault that anybody else can find and everybody else has found. If you wnnt to be a success at fault finding you must branch out on fresh lines, use new and ingenious methods and find fault that has never been found before. Where Is the honor in finding fault with your wife's biscuits, or with the fact that dinner is late, or other such daily occurrences? But only let some budding scientist find a modicum of fault with the inexactitude of the isothermal lines as evidenced by the cross currents of the Martian canals, and ho is in a fair way to ac cumulate unto himself both fame and fortune. In brief, then, it Is with finding fault as with everything else be not com monplace. Life. New York City Garbage Disposal. The method of garbage disposal in New York city is as follows: Garbage, placed in separate cans by householders. Is collected In city vehi cles and transported to dumps along the water fronts of Manhattan, the Bronx and Brooklyn, where It is plac ed upon contractors' scows. A filled scow Is towed to a reduction plant on Barren Island, in Jamaica bay, where the material is cooked, the grease extracted and the tankage or soiled matter dried. Grease Is sold for soap making, etc., and tankage Is used as fertilizer. The moisture only Is wasted. The contractor's work begins at the dumps, and for the privilege of receiv ing the 400,000 tons of garbage per annum the contractor Is obliged by agreement to pay the city an average sum of $97i000 per year for a term of five years. New York Times. Three Places to Watch. Political regeneration must start In a quickening of the civic conscience. Men In larger numbers must begin to take a deepened Interest In political policies and programs. The three places which should be kept In the mind's eye evermore are the city hall, the state capltol and Washington city. What tho representatives of the people are thinking and saying and doing should be closel scrutinized and scru pulously Judged. When our newspa pers pass out of the semi-barbaric stage of newspaper development they wij.1 devote less space to accident and gos sip and crime and lay before the pub lic day by day In ampler fullness the doings of our aldermen, our assembly men and our congressmen. Woman's Home Companion. Superiority of the Past. We hear from the best authorities that the classics are not studied as they used to be. This does not sur prise us, because It has been equally true of every age. For instance. Bish op Berkeley, discoursing In 1744 "on the virtues of tar water" and other things that came Into his mind, said: "In these free thinking times many an empty head Is shook at Aristotle and Plato as well as at the Holy Scriptures. In these days that depth of that old learning Is rarely fathomed. This reminds us of the political debate In a corner grocery where one of the village sages remarked, "Jlruson Is not the man ho used to be." and another responded, "No, and he never was." Independent Prose Period. "Here's a postal card from my hus band," remarked Mrs. Dobson. "He's out of town, you know." "What does ho-say? asked Mrs. Dubwalte. "Am welL Home Tuesday.' Four words! And when that man was courting me he used to write me poetry by the yard." Birmingham Age-Her- i9fiJn!RHHKBHHHHKSBlKLjiBt-iaH ' HOJff. EDWAitD OSGOOD BROWN. ment of Colored People, who is greatly interested in the new moving pictjn which is now being constructed, entitled "The Birth of a Race," andJu would make an ideal candidate for judge of the Superior Court in 1917. Nicely Trapped. The sexton of a certain church tl other afternoon had conducted a pattj round the ancient edifice, and, despite dropping more than one "gentle , it appeared as if the sexton wa3 top unrewarded. In the porch the leader of the paitj paused a moment 1 suppose," he said, "you've tea here many years?" "Forty," replied the old man, "a' It's a werry strange thing as whet ever I'm-a-showlng a party onto' tie porch they alius asks me that question or (with emphasis) the other." "Indeed I" smiled the visitor, "lad what may the other be?" "What I calls question number tiro," replied the sexton calmly, "is jest this 'Samiwell, Is tips allowed?' lad Samlwell alius answers, 'Tips U il lowed!'" The hint was taken, as was the London Globe. Fans of France. At the time that Louis XV. wa3 kt of France fan making had reached pa haps its highest point: It has not gou backward since, but surely no iw could be made more exquisite thu were those of the days of the glory of Versailles. 1 Du Barry and Mme. de rompadotr, the two most persistent favorites of Louis XV., were both very fond of fans, and many are the stories told of their extravagance In buying them or at least ordering them, for the Ids? had to pay for them. One that tvu chosen by Mme. de Pompadour took nine years in the making. It was made of paper cut like ilne point lace, aai the sticks bore medallious so tiny bat withal perfect that they could only be made out by the aid of a very power ful microscope. Washington Star. Primary Colors. As to what are the primary colon Is something on which authorities have disagreed. Sir David Brewster called red. yellow and blue the p marv colors, and this view has oeen commonly held by painters and others, since all the known brilliant hues can be derived from admixture of these three pigments. But if the pure spec tral colors are superposed upon screen the resulting colors are qoite different Thomas Young suggested red, green and violet as the prlmarj nnlnrsr hnf enhsprmpnt. ixnerlment3 bj J. Clerk Maxwell appear to show thit they should be red, green ana on Sir William Abney. however, says re4 crrppn nnil violet. Anv two COloB which together produce a white or gray light are compiemenmrj - Exchange. Stumping Him. "I am now prepared to answer aw questions you may care to ask.' the lecturer. "Any one barred?" asked the maa the nudleiu-e. "Certainly not." repllnl the rnan .,. ... . , ...inllfPS. WW Alien just wait a ic - you, mister, till I run home and ? t-ut. ...n.i.i i-j.t nt mine. ue got a few hard ones that I'd jjjj UUtU JUU .1113 1 CI ' Free Press. Keeping Home Happy- t The tramp touched hi- hat nd ed along beside the horseman. "You wouldn't think It. sir." m "but I once had a happy home- "Then." said the rider. "by 0 you do something to keep it l'Pw "I did. sir." said the tramp: It' rail Mall Gazette. Willie's Question. "Pa.,, "Yes. Willie." w V "Pa, how Is it that mj -jn grown longer than yours wd -I nas grown longer tnan u - S m , V .. !..!? . j ..t- f-"-w