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The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-04-21
Talks on
HEALTH,
CLEANLINESS,
PROPER LIVING,
SANITATION, ETC.
By
DR.. w. A. Driver
$500 So. State Street
Phone Douglas 3617
CLEAN LIVING.

By clean living is meant the proper
use of soap and water at frequent in
tervals on the floors, woodwork, cook
ing utensils and other articles as well
as on the body. A clean environment
is essential to clean living. Work is
necessary to the production of clean
environment. The very excellent and
exceedingly necessary contribution OF
the industrious housewife to the health
of the people is the very first factor in
the battle for clean living. AS a ere
ator of high ideals the clean, quiet, or
derby home of pure type has no equal.
Personal cleanliness means more than
the judicious use of the bath. Clean
living indeed requires a love of soap
and water and use to prove that affee-
ton but clean associations must be in
sisted upon. Clean personal habits are
a magnet that give charm called mag
netism. Good habits and clean living
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-04-21
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The Shoestring Republic.

Chile is as long as from New York to
San Francisco and as narrow as Lake
Erie. Truly a "shoestring republic"
She is squeezed tightly between the
mountain range and the coast Her
cities look up to the hills and down to
the sea, with, as Arthur Ruhl puts it,
''the Andes hanging like a beautiful
drop curtain at the eastern end Of
every street" Chile contains twenty
four provinces, and the largest prov
ince is big enough to hold all Pennsyl-
vania, Vermont, Rhode Island and
Massachusetts. The Chileans are the
Yankees of South America, aggressive.
keen, making fortunes from nitrate,
erecting a chain of wireless stations
from the near tropical north tip of the
Chilean shoestring to the Antarctic
south tip and preparing for Panama
trade by expanding $12,OOO,OO0 on port
and dock Improvements. Chile is ell
bowling her way In among the most
forward pushing nations of the TWEEN
tieth century.-World Outlook.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-04-21
Is Lacquer Ware Doomed2

The ancient japanese art of lacquer
ing is in danger of extinction, for the
supply of lacquer is threatening to
give out. Lacquer is made from the
juice Of the lacquer tree or varnish
tree. 1t forms a very hard surface
and stands heat to such an extent that
the Japanese use lacquered vessels for
hot drinks. They consume about 1000
tons Of lacquer every year for all sorts
Of articles, both for export and home
use-work boxes, tables, fire screens,
trays, bread baskets, carriages and mu-
steal instruments. Three-fourths of
the lacquer comes from China, but so
much has been used Of late years that
the demand exceeds the supply.
The lacquer tree is something like
an ash and takes q good time to grow
to maturity. The method by which
the sap is handled is wasteful, it costs
a great deal to get the varnish to a
market and the native exporters have
the monopoly of it. These causes to-
gether account for the shortage of the
supply.-London Standard.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-04-21
PROVING MULTIPLICATION.

The following method, which Is
taught in nearly all English elemen-
tary schools in India, is the quickest
way Of proving multiplication, and it
will be found that it is absolutely cor
rect In every case.
Example-Multiply s4,6s9 by 5,214=
Al, 56S,446. Add all the digits Of the
multiplicand till one digit is obtained.
thus: s+4+6+S+9=35@3+5=S. Do
likewise with the multiplier, thus: ST
2+1+4=12=1+2@3. Multiply the
two results and add the digits till one
digit is obtained: SX3=24=2+4=6
Lastly, add the digits of the product till
one digit is obtained, thus: 4+4+1+5
+6+s+4+4+6=42-4+2@6, and If
the result agrees with the result OBJ
tanned by adding the digits Of the pre-
ceding SUMS the product is correct.
We get 6 In both cases. Hence the
product is correct.-Machinery.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-04-21
SeIenium Is Sensitive,

By substituting a selenium cell for
the human eye at the telescope NJ.
Fournie d'Albe believes it would be
possible to detect stars five magni-
tudes fainter than any now observable,
thus enormously increasing the powers
Of the greatest instruments. Theoreti-
cally selenium cell of sixteen square
inches would register the light Of a
twenty-eighth magnitude star, but this
would require longer exposure-several
days-than would be practicable.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-04-21
Smoke Screens In Naval Warfare.


Smoke Screens In Naval Warfare.
The smoke screen or smoke attack
that is so effective in naval warfare
originated in the United States navy,
being first used in our destroyer feet
when it was under the command of
Captain Eberle.
The writer well remembers being
present at such an attack off Block
island several years ago, when five
groups of destroyers, twenty in all,
crossed the head of a column of bat
tleships until they were in the wind
ward position, and then, with the lead
ing destroyers smoking heavily, swept
down the line of the enemy at a dis
lance of about 1900 yards. The pail
Of dense smoke rolled down to lee
ward, enveloping the enemy and
screening the destroyers from observa-
ton, but above, the dense and low ly-
ing bank of smoke could be seen the
successive pairs of fighting tops Of
the battleships, and had the maneuver
been an actual battle some Of the cap
ital ships would have been heavily tor
notwithstanding American.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-04-21

are boon companions; bad habits and
failure are sure to follow unclean and
evil associations.
Clean living and sober thought give
security and attract the best associates.
Good associations lead to joy, ease and
satisfaction. The best companions sug-
gest Improvement, and by that induce
constant growth toward the desirable,
the good, the pure, the clean.
There is no clean living that is striv-
ing for cleaner living. To be merely
clean outside is only half clean. Clean
mental habits are as much to be desired
as clean externals. Therein lies the
great metaphysical realm, that para
disc of endless probability if not posi-
bility.
Let us now make earnest efforts to be
physically cleaner than custom demands.
Let US keep our teeth clean and stain
less and our breaths as pure as when
we came from the kiss of God.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-04-21
The Southern Cracker
jack United States
Senators and Congress-
men Who Have Always
Been In Favor of Treat
ing the Colored People
as Wild Animals, Are
Bitterly Opposed to
Universal Military
Training for Them

Washington Especially. "A fight
over the Negro race issue, such as has
not been seen in congress since the
days of the Civil War, came when the
proposal of President Wilson for COM
pulsory military service reached con-
gress.
1t became known that southern rep
resentatives and senators have been
working quietly with President Wilson
and Secretary of War Baker for weeks
past to have Negroes exempted from
the general call to arms.
Insist on Including Negroes.
On the other hand the universal
service plans so far presented have
proved uniformly for training Negroes
the same as the Whites. Representa-
tive Kahn, of California, ranking re-
publican on the military committee of
the house, declared that he will fight
for inclusion of Negroes, and senators
from the southern states, where the Ne
gro is sharply drawn, have anticipated
the issue and are prepared to fight it.
"The universal military service bill
which 1 have prepared, includes Ne
groes," said Representative Kahn. 81
have provided that they be trained in
separate units, but they would be called
to arms exactly the same as would the
White citizens.
"There is no reason why they should
not be called to service. Nobody ques-
tions but they make good soldiers. Ne
gro regiments of the regular army have
never faced an enemy without giving
a good account of themselves. They
served with particular bravery at San
Juan Hill and Carral."
South Fears Negro Menace.
Representative Richard S. Whaley, of
South Carolina, expressed the southern
view:
"We of the south cannot stand for
inclusion of Negroes in a universal
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-04-21
b SALE FOB coLoRED PEOPLE.

BEAUTIFUL 2 fat buildings, brick and
Pc hot water and furnace heat, D,
I'D room flats. Located on the
nh side, in one of the best districts.
r! two blocks to the Wilson Ave.
+ Evanston a." and the Broad
b cars.
As block to beautiful Sheridan
hil blocks to the new Clarendon
Fling Beach. Convenient to theatres,
q and churches. This neighbor-
offers great opportunity for en-
Fnent, many positions being open
anltOrS, pOrters, laundry work, etc.
PES range from 100000 to 100000.
~ cash payments, balance like rent.
~ further information address
Us F. Taylor, GALS Champlain Ave.
Pc Wentworth 1897.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-04-21
Usino Bits of Embroidery.

Save any embroideries Of doilies,
cushions, ETC., after the material itself,
ON which the embroidery is done, is so
worn out that the piece is Of no further
use. The initials from handkerchiefs
and old lingerie can be put on new
lingerie again. They are almost al
WAYS as good as new. With the rest
of the embroideries charming little
gifts can be made. The pretty butter
flies In colors on q WORKOUT cushion
were set In the flaps Of child's white
apron. The trailing peoples Of cush-
ion were appliQued on a natural color
linen garden apron. Other uses occur
from time to time.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-04-21
UncalIe6 For Courtesv,

The VicOmte Toussaint was former
ly colonel in the French army and
mayor of Toulouse. He was a brave
man and a dashing officer. During
one Of the hottest engagements of a
terrible year Of war, noticing that his
troops were bending forward under a
CALLING fire to escape the bullets of
the enemy while he alone maintained
an erect position, he exclaimed, "Since
when, should like to know, has so
much pOliteness been shown to the
enemy?" The sarcasm took instan-
taneous effect, for the soldiers rushed
forward and carried everything before
them
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-04-21

service plan. 1t would bring down on
the many districts of our states, where
Negroes far exceed the White in num-
Der, a danger greater than any foreign
foe," said Mr.. Whaley.
"The universal service plans, so far
prepared, propose following one year
of actual training the men would re-
turn to their homes, carrying their
guns and equipment with them, to re-
main members of the reserve, subject
to a call to arms. That would accom-
plish the very thing which the south
has always fought against, the placing
of arms in the hands of a large number
of Negroes and the training of them to
work together in organized units. They
would be constant menace to the peo-
pie of the south.
"We have been working on this
phase of the universal service question
for some time and we hope that the
members from the north can be made to
see the seriousness of the issue, as we
view it."
Negroes Want to Enlist.
Southern members always have OPP
posed the training of any considerable
number of Negro soldiers. 1t is due
to their opposition that recruiting of
Negroes for the regular army is strictly
limited and that even in the great cam
paign for enlistments of the last two
years not an addition has been made to
the Negro quotas. The Negroes are
willing to enlist. The only units of the
army which are constantly filled to the
maximum limits of enlistments are the
Negro regular and national guard regi-
ments.
The southerners even opposed the last
military bill, providing for training
camps throughout the country, because
of their fear Negroes would come to
these camps and claim their equal
rights as American citizens to training.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-04-21
Motorcar Suggestions.

Examine your battery every other
week; fill it with water II necessary.
Examine the oil level In your crank
case before each trip.
Keep out Of the car tracks and ruts.
Do not tinker with parts you know
nothing about
Turn up the grease cups and ill the
oil holes without waiting for sQueaks.
Test the imitation Of your tires twice
a week and keep them pumped up.
Read the instruction book you No
ceiyed with your car.
Wash your car Immediately after
every trip.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-04-21
Wanted a Studious Air.

A certain widely known character of
the Rialto appeared on Broadway the
other day bearing a huge pair of tor
toise shell glasses athwart his nose.
Didn't know you wore glasses" a
friend told him in surprise. 81 never
have" he answered, 'but think they
give me a studious air" "But don't
they impair your sight?" persisted the
other. "Oh, no." was the response.
81 can see as well as ever when
look over the rims."-Exchange.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-04-21
,w AND SIX ROOM FLATS FOB
SALE.

For Ssle-Big bargain, 5 and 6 room
III fats; all modern, 5931 and $685.
|. hyette Ave-, rented to Whites at
sm and $500 a fiat. Small cash
v7nsnt, balance $4,000 per month, in
i,arg interest. Price 100000, worth
,rs Nehf. q N. La Sale st. Tele-
hone Franklin 1866.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-04-21
PhiIin's Reminder.

Philip, father of Alexander, had
servant whose sole business 1t was to
remind him that he was human. 1t
is said accordingly that he never went
from the house and, having returned,
never gave audience to any one. with
out first this servant saying to him
three times in a loud voice, philip,
thou art but a man.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-04-21
PPlIcATIoN FOB PARDON.

FpheatiOn for the pardon of Louise
SOn, who was convicted before the
~aal Court of Cook county of the
y Of murder, September term, 1913,
sntenced to the Illinois State Pen
s'y for fourteen years, will ap-
Oefore the Board of Pardons at
w! term and ask for pardon.
r. R. JACKSON,
MRS. W. LAWSON,
Petitioners.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-04-21
Doesn't Know How.

Albert, aged three and a half, had
failed to respond to verbal reprimand.
and at last his mother said: IF you
don't behave you will have to be
spanked. You would not like that.
would you?"
81 wouldn't like daddy to spank me-"
was the quick response.
"Why not?'
"He doesn't know how. He hurts"
Life
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-04-21
TO RENT.

DR RENT in new Colored district,
d of 59th street. Beautiful modern
EE decorated, light 5 and 6 room
hi fats, stove heat, large yard, con-
uieut to al" and 8 surface lines.
sference required. Flats shown by
Rents, $24.OO and $27.oO.
NEHF and NEHF,
81 N. La Sale Street.
Telephone Franklin 1866.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-04-21

\. John E. Owens, whose law
Ate on the fourteenth floor of the
n 6ullding, continues to be much
! VI Tor mayor of Chicago in 1919,
any Of the big politicians claim
= Is the most logical candidate to
la. democratic hosts on to victory
vat election.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-04-21
Restraint of Trade.

The Dentist-Tn have to charge you
$3.50 for pulling that tooth. The
Patient-I thought you charged 80
cents. The Dentist-Yes; but you
yelled so loud you scared four other
patients out Of the place.-New York
Times.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-04-21
A Lot of Nothing.

An Englishman, leaving a fortune of
over 100000, provided for his wife
In the following terms: 81 bequeath to
my once dear wife nothing. She left
me for nothing and wants for nothing,
and I have nothing more to say re-
speeding her."-Argonaut.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-04-21
=. PEAL ESTATE BARGAINS.
sacrifce-Two Flat!
Only $3.50

s,ysst bargain in the City. Fine
.,,ior. new baths, good light, con-
lent to S5th St., Indiana surface and
rr,tsd cars-only $500 Cash down.
,r. mr. write 81. E. Evans, SIT E.
:, & Phone Oakland 2726.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-04-21
Do IL SkiIIfulIy,

you are lying so clumsily," said the
observant judge to litigant who was
making a dubious statement Of his
case, that I would advise you to get
q lawyer."-San Francisco Star.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-04-21
Rioht In Lima

"Have your millions enabled your
children to marry wellT'
Rather. My daughter married
cabaret dancer and my son is engaged
to a prominent chorus girl. We're
headed for the best society now
Pittsburgh Post.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-04-21
puttino .Hia Foot In II.

She-Don't be downhearted, Richard,
even If father does say you'll be young
enough to marry FIVE years from now.
He-Oh, I don't care for myself, but
how about you?-Exchange.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-04-21
EREE STORY BRICK RESIDENCE
on LANGLEY AVENUE, NORTH
OF SSTH STREET FOR SALE FOB
snNOO ON EASY PAYMENTS.

ynIesident, offers for sale a three
TT brick residence, clear of all in
sbrance, located on Langley avenue,
Z of 3Sth street; for $325o.OO on
Fpayments. Rental $50 per month.
syOu desire a bargain, address I. L.
AOf this paper or phone Wentworth
Z.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-04-21
Eins Comparjson.

Remember" said Mowls. "that
riches have wings"
"Well," replied Crimson, "the fact
that boiled chicken has wings doesn't
prevent me from enjoying itp'
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-04-21
A PEDESTRIAN Once Mors.

81 see Brown riding on the street
cars. I thought he owned an auto"
HE does, but he made the mistake
of teaching his wife to drive tide
troit Free Press.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-04-21
No Enthusiasm.

"Your friend did not appear to be
enthusiastic when I spoke Of a COM
ing wireless age"
mo wonder. He Is a wire walker
In a circus."-Baltimore American.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-04-21
A Cumhersoma Cure.

Eat gumdrop every time you want
a drink" advises an exchange, but who
the dickens wants to go tagging around
with a water bucketful Of gumdrops on
his arm?-Macon Telegraph.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-04-21
Real HUNGER.

A baby shouting for his morning
meal makes as good an example of
what food riot really is as anything
we know of.-Milwaukee Sentinel.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-04-21
Tenacity,

Grain has been found clutched I'm
the hands Of an Egyptian mummy"
at beats ALL" commented the Chicago
man, show some Of those spectators
viii hold on."-Washington Star.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-04-21
Real Optimism.

Our idea Of an optimist is a farmer
who thinks he could live happily In
town on $40 q month.-Galveston
News.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-04-21

Nobody Is thoroughly accomplished
unless he has the ability to mind his
own business.-New York Sun.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-04-21

Sincerity is the basis Of all true
friendship. Without sincerity 1t Is like
q ship without ballast.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-04-21
peniad the Statement.

"Sister is a very good child when she
is asleep" said Tom facetiously, hav-
ing heard some one else say the same
thing.
81 amt dood when rs asleep" de-
clared sister. 81 has bad dreams and
wake mamma up" - Philadelphia
Ledger.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-04-21
Gray Hairs Can't Make You Old.

People do not grow old so fast as
they used to. Time was when the IA
theirs and the mothers seldom left
home.
They would not think of taking part
in any sort Of frivolous conversation.
Grandfather and father, too, went
around the house with a dark as the
tomb" sort Of face, and If the young
folk got too hilarious ''Tut, tut" you
would hear them say.
Now granddad enjoys a good play, a
football game, and a baseball game
makes him as young as the next one.
BravoI That is the right idea. Don't
give up to the gray hairs.
Silver threads should not absorb all
the golden hues from your life.
Keep abreast of the times. Read up
so you can converse with your chill
dren on modern topics.
Interest yourself in their work and
their play. Help them play and you
will keep your heart young.-Los An
geles Herald.
He Was Equal to Il.
A student who could not sound the
letter "r" was given the following SEN
tence to read:
Robert gave Richard a rap in the
ribs for roasting the rabbit so rare"
He studied it In silence a minute,
then glibly rendered it as follows:
Bobby gave Dicky a thump in the
side for cooking the bunny 30 little
Albany Observation-Disclosures.
Stories of q Buddhist Image.
Interesting stories are told Of q Bud
dhfst image In temple In the suburbs
Of Kioto. According to a record con-
tanned inside the image it was carved
by famous Buddhist priest, and it Is
believed that worshipers of the image
win surely receive divine favor. At
one time when a fire broke out In the
temple, unknown to the caretaker, the
image awoke him by calling "Firer'
and thus saved the temple from de-
struction. Another story says that the
image was once stolen by thief, who,
however, fell dead when he was run
ming away. Still another report says
that no dust ever accumulates ON the
head Of the image.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-04-21

God does not comfort Us to make rs
comfortable. but to make Us comfort
ers.-J. Jowett.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-04-21

Only about one man in each 20S ex
ceeds six feet in height.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1917-04-03
Rev. Caroline e. Angel.

Rev. Caroline e. Angel, we'll known
Universalist minister, and the oldest or
dained woman preacher In New England,
died Wednesday evening from pneu-
monia at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Lin
wood e. Porter of Portland, with whom
she was spending the winter.
Miss ADgell was born in Smithfeld,
r. l., June %, 1912. After receiving an
academic education, she took the course
10 the theological school Of st. Lawrence
University at Canton, N. Y, one OF the
schools of the Universalist denomina-
ton. After graduating in 1879 and be-
ing ordained, she had short psstorate
at Kittery, then was at Pittsfeld, Maine,
for eight years. In 1884 she became
pastor of the Universalist church In Nor
way, and remained there for over twenty
years. During quite Q portion OF that
time she also preached at Paris Hill.
From Norway she went to Freeport,
and was pastor there for some six years,
retiring few years since because OF sd-
vancing age. She was an able preacher,
and made firm friends wherever she was
settled.
She is survived by q sister, Mrs. A. Z.
Jordan of Philadelphia, and nephew,
I. A. Morey of Easthsmpton, Mass. A
brother, who was connected with the
Pullman Car Company at Chicago, died
only few weeks ago.
Funeral and burial were at her native
town, Smithfield, r. I.