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The broad ax., 1915-09-11
Tales of Cities.

Chicago now has a booster associa-
tion.
constaninOpIe fairly swarms with
beggars.
There are about million houses IN
London
Apartments In Buenos Aires cost 80
per cent more than in New York, CHI
cago or washington
The Queen Of the Adriatic," as
Venice has been called, is built on sew
enty or eighty islets. Its Grand canal
Is two miles long and Is connected
with 146 lesser canals, railway via
duct Just over two miles long connect
ing Venice with the mainland
The broad ax., 1915-09-11

The Rev. W. Williams. IN bis Per
sonal "Reminiscences OF G h. Spur
eeon.S tells an anecdots concerning
the great preacher as q smoker. Some
gentleman wrote 70 Mr.. spurgeon. say
ing: He had heard be smoked and
could not believe Il vas true. Would
NJ. spurgeon write and ten II 4 really
was soT' The reply was sent as fol-
lows: Dear -. cultivate ny COW
ers and bun ny weeds Yours truly.
@ Il spurzson.
The broad ax., 1915-09-11
THE PHYLLIS wHEAFLEY HOME
ASSOCIATION.

The Phyllis Wheatley Home Assoeia-
ton begs to announce the formal open
ing of the new Phyllis wheatley home,
800 Rhodes avenue, Chicago, III, Sum
day, September 18th, 1915, ] to 10
Z. NJ. The Public is cordially invited.
a silver offering win be appreciated
ELIZABETH LINDSAY DAVIS,
President.
JESSIE TAYLOR JOHNSON,
Secretary Treasurer.
PHYLLIS WHEATLEY CLUB NOTES
The Phyllis Wheafley Woman's Club
WI hold its regular meeting at the
home, 1886 Rhodes ave, We'd, Sept.
10th, at 2 O'Clock; business Of impor-
lance.
ELIZABETH L. DAVIS,
President
BERTHA HENsLEY,
Secretary.
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FIVE BRICK HOUSES FOB SALE
AT A GREAT BARGAN.

We have for sale a group OF fve
brick houses that are offered at bar
gain, they are to be sold all at once
and on easy payments, three to five
hundred dollars down and the balance
the same as rent, they are located on
South Park Boulevard near Thirty
fourth street. Do you want to be q
member of a syndicate that win Puf-
chase these housesf If 50 address 4
care this paper.
The broad ax., 1915-09-11

Mr.. and Mrs. James d. W. Howard
of Harrisburg, Pa, and their son are
on a visit to this city. They are stop
ping at $3.50 Sangamon street. Mr..
Howard has the distinction of Deputy
United States Marshal for the District
of Columbia. For many years he has
been one of our old friends. He is
Uncle Sam at the Lincoln
Jubilee Celebration.
The broad ax., 1915-09-11
WOman's World

unsted States policeWomen hare
formed q national Organization
Everv Swedish giri who . not BON
"a wealth Is taught a trade o. soma
women are not allowed % Work q
,..ht n Massachusetts,. Indiana and
NEBRASKA -.
Several St Louis girls. an GU -. -. =.
AZ wealthy parents, have gene mo ~ y,
ions = trades in preferences to me see'-'
whirL
The broad ax., 1915-09-11
MRS. A STEPHENS CAFE AND
RESTAURANT.

There is no better and no more up
to-date business woman in Chicago,
who is more widely and favOrably
known than Mrs. A. Stephens, whose
place of business is at 2sIs s. State
Street.
All of her patrons receive the very
best and most courteous treatment and
are served with wholesome food, at the
lowest and most popular prices. Home
cooking a speciality. She also success
fully conducts a furnished rOOming
house for men only at 1927 s. State
Street and her places Of business are
worthy of the patronage Of the public.
The broad ax., 1915-09-11
SIX BOOM BRICK COTTAGE FOE
SALE AT A BARGAIN ON EASY
PAYMENTS.

Beautiful six room and bath, cement
basement, furnace heat, hardwood
floors and trimmings, one and a half
story brick cottage located on st.
Lawrence avenue, near Marquette
Road, Goth street Boulevard at q bar
gain, if purchased at once, small
amount Of money required.
For further particulars, address
Julius F. Taylor, 6532 st. Lawrence
avenue. Phone Wentworth 1897, no
agents wanted.
The broad ax., 1915-09-11

DR.. c. A Terrell, surgeon-in-chief of
the Negro Baptist Hospital at Mem
phis, Tenn, is in the city stopping with
his niece, Mrs. Sadie Shepherd, 3347
Forest ave. Dr.. w. A. Driver will
probably return to Memphis with him
for a short stay after his visit to the
Mayo clinic at Rochester, Mimi
The broad ax., 1915-09-11

Mrs. Daniel H. Williams will address
the ladies at the Coliseum on Tuesday
evening. Many prominent women of
both races will be present. The af-
fair viii be in charge of Mrs. A. J.
Carey.
The broad ax., 1915-09-11

wish to thank the friends and
mOu-ners who contributed to the floral
designs to Mrs. Anna Riley, deceased.
OF S6s7 South State st., Sept. 3, 1915.
cHAs. H. RILEY,
Husband.
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-u. ,o,d n sne g ,bst the bullet had ssv-
cred his vocal cords
sBut bow cOuld be talkr -
-oh. be spoke brokenIy. TO be sure
--BunaIo Express-
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coooratuIations.

Congratulations.
'sWhat q beautiful wemanI
I'm glad you think So That Is "s
wife" =.
Il congratulate you. old man II
mpet be a pleasure to lose every arso
meut 70 4 woman like that'-Defror
Free Press.
The broad ax., 1915-09-11

Hon. Roger c. Sullivan, former may
or John P. Hopkins, County Recorder
Joseph F. Connery and John J. Corbett
returned home the first of the week
from an extensive trip to the Pacific
Coast, attending the Panama EXPOSE
ton at San Francisco, Cal
The broad ax., 1915-09-11

Col B. J. Riley, Commanding First
Regiment of Missouri, Uniform Rank.
knights of Pythias, visited Major Gen.
eral r. R. jackson, recently, on impOr-
tant business.
The broad ax., 1915-09-11
CHIPS

Mrs. Oscar DePriest, ss15 Vernon
avenue, returned home Monday from
SIX weeks visit with relatives and
friends at GAINESVILLE, Ohio.
The broad ax., 1915-09-11

Miss Lucille B. Robinson, daughter
of the pastor, spent delightful after
noon last Saturday at Washington
Park. Her guests were a party Of
friends from Washington, D. G., and
Miss Fredrecia Brown of Liberia, At
rica.
The broad ax., 1915-09-11

when there i sunshine enjoy Il
ara when there Is not enjoy thinking
how you wrI enjoy the next appear
nnee.
The broad ax., 1915-09-11
illustrator.

sThat girl ahead Of rs REMINDS me
Of a flower. but ! can't recan JUS
what one"
banana peelF'
-Now know. She's q LADY snpp1'
Baltimore American
The broad ax., 1915-09-11

some pecple travel for q change Of
scene. when all they need b to stay
home ana have a change Of thought
The broad ax., 1915-09-11

Mrs. Nicholas Hunt, wife of former
Police Inspector, Captain Nicholas
Hunt, passed away the latter part of
last week from heart failure. Captain
Hunt has the sympathy of a large cir
ele of friends over the loss of his con-
slant and devoted wife.
The broad ax., 1915-09-11
BRIGHT BRIEFS.

In guarding his reputation every man
should be his own Waterman
Who's who In Mexico Is Jet one OF
the unsolved puzzles Of the times
Cheer up. Probably next summer
somebody WIN invent q substitute for
the sport shirt
There are no old maids in Turkey.
No wonder, then. that country has 90
many unhappy men
Chicago women fought a duel With
natirons. We take IL that each o.
them was hard pressed.
ia Haitian president were really
sure Of a single term that sort Of q
plank would be good enough for him
History has not been kind to War
saw. as this Is the seventh time the
efty has fallen since the middle ages
That Christmas toy famine WIN net
worry young Americans, most Of whom
want Uncle sam to bring them an auto
mobile.
A Johns Hopkins doctor asserts thet
there Is no such thing as rheumatism-
This = going 10 make a lot Of people
ewfuIly mad
Japan 4 TO have a coronation IN No
veuber. Il IS luckier than most cf ths
nations IN knowing what Il = going %
have about that time.
A newly invented electrical device
measures on the ten millIonfh part q
4 second accurately. But after Tou
have It measured IT'S 600 late % ufil-
ne r.
The eorernment says that we are
Going 70 have TIE greatest wheat crep
nat ever happened. and eFelybodg
knows that there b going . Be ine
s-rnafrrf need for f.
The broad ax., 1915-09-11

Miss Jaunita Cooper has returned to
Chicago, her home, 543s Normal ave.
She graduated with honors as q
trained nurse from Provident Hospital,
st. Louis, Mo. Her friends wish her
much success.
The broad ax., 1915-09-11

Life is one continuous hurdle race
to the people who make q habit Of
jumping at conclusions.
The broad ax., 1915-09-11

There are times when a q cent?
meter mouth can do more harm than
q gun OF the same caliber.
The broad ax., 1915-09-11
NOTICE


TUB sALE-A frst-class music store
;. and cigar est. ct s511 State st. 800
license paid; everything in good shape.
Appiy to Steve. Don't apply unless
200 have the cash.
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The ExpIanetion.

sDr. curem Is going every oAs -
bad TO worse A~
-oh no: merely visiting rs Pe-
,entz--Richmond Times-Dispafch
The broad ax., 1915-09-11

Japan's reputation for idealist1e de-
votion to its government is somewhat
marred by the current reports OF graft
ing.
The broad ax., 1915-09-11

That husband who bet his bride she
couldn't live with him for six months
and wasn't sued for divorce until TWEEN
ty-two months later evidently under
rated his charms.
The broad ax., 1915-09-11

That Chinese girl who is looking for
the perfect man and came to this coun-
Try to find him knows where TO seek
him.
The broad ax., 1915-09-11

How rapidly a man loses all inter
est IN politics when he shuts the dooI
on his own thumb
The broad ax., 1915-09-11

The model husband Is being discuss
ed again rather extensively, or perhaps
IFS a continuation Of the same old dis
cussion, Just as II there were such
thing as q model husband
The broad ax., 1915-09-11

Leadership in Mexico is as uncer-
tain and transitory a distinction as the
possession Of a baseball pennant In
this country.
The broad ax., 1915-09-11

A Chicago psychologist says men are
crazier than women. which provokes
a grabbed male to remark that there's
q reason.
The broad ax., 1915-09-11
PTTH AND POINT.

The more money a man has the more
he can refuse to lend
The broad ax., 1915-09-11
THE LINCOLN STATE BANK OF
CHICAGO.
Statement Of Condition.
LINCOLN STATE BANK,
BIOS South State st.

UIVO ~
Under State Government Supervision
At the Commencement of Business
Sept. 3rd, 1915.
---A--r
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II the war continues to drag it VIII
be IAN old mans war for all Of them.
The broad ax., 1915-09-11

A newly Invented electrical deviee
measures on the ten millIonfh par q
4 second accurately. But after Tou
have II measured It's 600 late % nth
ne r.
The broad ax., 1915-09-11

Japaa Il 20 have a coronation In No
venber. II IS luckier than most cf ths
nations IN knowing what Il = going 20
have about that time.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-10-13
A WONDERFUL PLENTY
INeM York World.1

1t just happened year ago that
the country produced the biggest
wheat crop ever known when the
great market for our surplus food
stuffs became most in need OF
them. AS the American harvest was
moving northward through the vast
war was beginning to carry destruc-
ton over the fairest farm fields OF
Europe and the warning nations
were grasping in all directions to
secure themselves against any emer-
gency of famine. The combined
consequence was the greatest export
of breadstuffs from the United
States at the highest prices we have
ever experienced.
This year all farm production
worked with the design and under
so great a stimulus to outdo any
previous result. The weather was
never the most promising. The sea-
son was one of exceptionally low
temperature and excessive rainfall
But for the staple food crops, which
are now practically secure, the gov
ernment reports a total quantity eX-
ceeding all previous records.
Wheat is better than a billion
bushel harvest and 111,000, ,000
bushels above the record yield OF
1914. Corn indicates yield ex-
ceeded only in 1912. The oat the
barley, the rye and the hay crops
are all above those of any previous
year, the potato crop is u good aver
age, and the fruit yields are above
the average.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-10-13
EDITORIAL COMMENT

General Sir Ian Hamilton's report
that he has gained only 300 yards in
ariGtron mGnth of, Of lighting on the Gallipoli
our college football players. An aver
age gain of ten yards a day wins no
Victories.-New York Sun.
over in Europe they spend millions
of dollars to shoot of legs and arms,
and then lay out n million or so moro
In supplying artificial ones.-Chestor
Times.
Don't sleep with your windows closed
any more than they were in midsum-
mer. Now is the time to gradually
adapt yourself to the open-alr sleeping
habit.-Pottsville Republican.
Turkey Is In Peril.-Headline Well
there's yet more than a month before
that Thanksgiving dinner-Allentown
Chronicle and News.
We can guarantee Dumba safe con-
duct, but not sane.-Washington Times.
Dollar diplomacy appears to look good
to the Allies.--Columbia State.
A Congressman's idea of prepared
ness Is an army post in his district
Boston Transcript.
Anyway, the new Ford submarine
F-class.-Columbia State.
Having an unquestionably fine ad-
Visory board, all the department new
needs IS the navy.-Washington Star
The old order changeth. A Sing Sing
convict is writing a book entitled "The
Pleasures OF Prison Life.
Telegraph.
The third German war-loan, amount
ing to S2,750,000, 1000, is less than the
annual value of the foreign commerce.
that Germany has lost by reason of the
war.-New York World.
The network of trenches on Mars
proves that we named that planet bet
ter than we knew.-Brooklyn Eagle
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-10-13
THE FIELDS ARE READY

A1OW that Governor Brumbnugh
~ has selected for the responsible
post of the first Secretary of
Agriculture under the new act the man
whom his careful study of many has
convinced him is eminently qualified
for the place. the cherished plans of
thu States Executive for the advance
ment of agriculture can be put into
operation. 1t Is doubtful if education
takes higher place in the mind of the
Governor than agriculture. Born and
reared on a farm. keeping in close
touch with the rural districts during
his rise and finding his pleasure in
visiting them in the period of his call
to Office. the Governor has been think
ing of the place Pennsylvania agricul-
ture should occupy.
1t was with the ultimate idea of
bringing about greater food supply
that the Governor first attacked the
road problem. His tours of the coun-
ties last Fall had shown him that
there was need of betterment. Com
missioner Cunningham has wrought
wonders in many lines. 1t can be
said that in regions which could be
classed as the market gardens of the
cities of the State the roads are bet
ter than ever. They afford easy means
of transportation to the purchasing
places. to the shipping centers, to the
household buyers.
Pennsylvania is not raising enough
to feed it's people. The Governor be-
lieves that it can add greatly to it's
produce and have some to sell to
neighbors. Charles e. Patton, the new
Secretary of Agriculture, has been a
student of farm conditions and like
every businessman must be aware of
tho situation in regard to the food sup
ply of a growing State. A great op-
portunity awaits him to carry out the
Governors we'll matured plans. The
fields of the State are ready to yield
their increase.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-10-13

with dramatic possibilities and each
season they seem to add something of
value to the history of the game.
For instance, one season the prece-
dent was established that a runner to
be entirely on the safe side should
take the trouble to tag second bag
When he makes a swift trip around
the bases. True, the necessity for this
would seem to be obvious after even
the most casual reading of the rules,
but then there is nothing in the life
history of young Mr.. Merkle, whose
action or lack of action, rather,
brought this weighty matter before
tho supreme. court of baseball, to indi-
cate that baseball players themselves
ever read the rules.
This seasons contribution to the
higher knowledge of the game proba-
bly, will be that while there is no rea-
son why the batter should let a per-
fectly good ball go past him simply
because 1t happens to be the first one
pitched after he squares away in the
batter's box, much may be gained by
S"dttiuB SuCl DaIlS WIN mighty
swat.
For years this practice of batters
has been the subject of much specula-
tion in the stands. Usually 1t is dis
missed with the assumption that some
occult reason of inside" baseball is at
the bottom of it. But it seems in the
light of the game played in Boston
Monday that the true explanation is
that some pioneer set the fashion of
passing it up and the baseball mind
had not reached out and grasped the
possibilities of hitting at the first ball
pitched. But, quite appropriately in
game played the day before the ami
versary of the discovery of the west
ern world, Speaker and Lewis, distin-
guished members of the Boston club
with mentallties of the Christopher
Columbus fiber, took a crack at the
first ball pitched" and much impor-
tant baseball history was the result.
"They simply outguessed me-" In
these melancholy words the great
Alexander told the whole story. Here
after it will not be safe for the pitcher
to assume that the batter is a dead
one until after the first ball is pitched.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-10-13
THE WEBB MEMORIAL

TIME monument to General Webb
dedicated on the Gettysburg bat
tlefeld yesterday is more than u
mere memorial to brave soldier; 1t
is. in a larger measure, tribute to
the men he commanded, the veterans
of the Philadelphia Brigade, who bore
the brunt of the attack on the Union
center at the Bloody Angle when, if
those fighters had given way, the day
might have been lost to the Federal
forces. What such catastrophe
United States as nation nobody can
tell. but that it would have been
fraught with dire results none familiar
with history can doubt.
Lees army, flushed with success,
would have poured on through Penn
sylvania. splitting the North in twain,
gaining the recognition of England
and France and greatly prolonging the
war If not bringing it to q conclusion
favorable to the South.
The desperate decision of Lee to
hurl his forces against the Federal
center at Gettysburg was made when
the great Southern commander saw
this chance for which he had fought
so gallantly and so long almost within
his grasp, yet slipping rapidly away
before the unyielding lines of blue that
lay between him and his cherished
goal, the fat lands and the heaping
treasures of Pennsylvania farms and
cities. And right gallantly did Pickett's s
men leap to their grim duty.
But In the valiant old Philadelphia
Brigade. entrenched behind the his
toric stone wall, they met a foe that
knew not the meaning Of retreat. For
ward rolled the wave of battle, sweep
ing all before it, until it struck the
ranks of Webb's men, and then IL
halted. wavered and fragment of It
flowed back like a receding billow
from rockbound coast. The Bloody
Angle had turned the tide of rebellion.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-10-13
BOOKS AND MAGAZINES
1NTHERE's A REAsONn

The artistic and aesthetic which is
being displayed so frequently to-day
in the building of housing room for
some of the factories and manufactur-
ing concerns can find no better illus
tration than tho attractive little book
let which the Postum Cereal Company
has sent out from Battle Creek de-
scribing with beautifully tinted en-
cravings a journey through it's factor
les. For example, the reader sees
sculptured figures and wonderful
paintings and upholstered furniture
and thick rugs, and thinks he must be
in the presidents private art gallery
but it Is only the exterior of a fire.
proof vault. The approach to the Of
flce buildings, with the sloping green
lawns and bright flowers and the hand
some architecture of the building it
self lend enchantment to the eye that
is only equalled by some of our more
attractive country clubs. The look
is portrayal of the evolution of the
musty, unkempt office of the past to
the modern. clean. home-like office of
the future.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-10-13
ARMENIANS AND THE WAR
By Frederic ]. Faskir

1 not strength to carry both. All along
the route babies are offered for sale
for pittances.
The ArmenianS
The usual figure set as the number
of the Armenians is million and a
half, but there are probably not more
than a million of them.
The Armenians have dwelt here
since the dawn of history. They are
greatly superior to the wild. bloody
peoples among whom they live. They
are more likely to dwell in the towns
than in the country. They are mer-
chants, artisans, craftsmen and the
backbone of the communities They
are quite strongly of the Jewish type.
Much of their blood is believed to have
come from the Ten Lost Tribes.
1t may have been this Jewish strain
that caused them to persist through
the centuries in their religion. The
Armenians were the first people to be
converted as a nation to Christianity,
which happened some 1900 years ago,
and they are still Christians. Because
of their religion they have been sub
1ected to prosecutions that are almost
unthinkable. Yet their faith was not
to be shaken. Those Armenians who
are to-day filing into the desert in the
direction of Old Nineveh on the one
iidilui anu DGli-ZJOI WGSI Ol
on the other, might remain in their
homes If they would give over their
Christianity and declare themselves
Moslems. But they will not.
Devotion to Faith
1t wah this devotion to the faith
that first attracted Americans to the
Armenians. Now it happens that Am
erica has more to do with these peo-
Piles than any other nation except Tur-
key The devotion of the Armenians
to the religion of Christ caused certain
American missionary societies to at
tempt to better their condition.
1t Is seventy-five years since these
missionaries first began to establish
schools among these Christians dwell
ing among the wild tribes of Asia
Minor. To-day, there are six large
colleges maintained in the region by
these American missionary associa-
tions, and a thousand young Armen-
ians have been attending each. Aside
from these. there are several hun
dred common schools. Altogether 20,-
900 Armenian youngsters have every
year been studying in these American
schools. They have learned English
have in turn become preachers mis-
sionaries, merchants, engineers de-
velopers of the realm. The one germ
of enlightenment that has stolen into
the whole region has thus been en-
gendered by Americans.
So has Armenia become a sort OF
stepchild of Uncle Sam.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-10-13
GOOD TASTE IN DRESS
kansas City Star. ]

A movement for better taste in
street and office garments for women
Is to be undertaken by Miss Anne Nor
gan of New York, according to the
New York Times. Miss Morgan, who
has made a reputation as O. sensible
woman, has been disturbed by what
she calls the "eccentricities" of the
clothing worn by some of the fine self
supporting women of her acquaint-
ance, and she hopes to be able to in
duce the makers of dresses to intro
duce simpler, better styles.
The French women who are noted
for their taste, she points out, never
think of wearing elaborate gowns to
business. 1t is as bad form for them
to be overdressed for business as ii
would be for them TO go to formal
social affairs in n business gown.
The bad taste which Miss Morgan is
combating is not confined to New
York. 1t exists in every other city.
Of course, it is not universal. There
are many young business women who
have the instructive feeling for the
proprietios in dress. But there are
others whose home training seems to
have been defective. They see young
women dressed eccentrically, and they
copy the fad unthinkingly.
The lack OF taste extends even to
nigh school students. 1t is not uncom-
mon to 500 young girls on their way
to high school dressed like mature wo-
men going to party. They do not
realize what bad form such dressing is,
or how ridiculous they appear to the
accomplished women whose good opin-
ion they would most value.
1t 10 the particular duty OF mothers
to see to 1t that their daughters dress
simply. and in good taste. But where
mothers are neglectful the obligation
falls on others who have to do with
tyoung people to DO what they can to
suggest the requirements of manners
and good breeding.