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Evening star., 1919-10-08
|B[AMES COST OF LABOR
| FOR CAR FARE INCREASE
Electric Railway Association Head
|, Says Capitals Demands
Not at Fault.

ATLANTIC CITY, October s.
Blame for the increase in street rail-
way fares, throughout the country
Was laid at the door Of the wage
earners. and not to the demands Of
capital, by ]. H. Pardee, president
Of the American Electric Railway
Association, in his address yesterday
to the association here.
Necessity for providing revenues to
meet the increased demand Of the
workers. and not the desire Of the
railways to increase their returns.
has caused the general raising Of
fares. Pardee declared. Cost 10 the
main question in the railway indus
try today, he said, and the cost of
labor is the predominant factor in
that cost.
Because public utilities no longer
attract the investing public, the as
sociation's president asserted, tits no
longer possible to absorb the in
creased cost of operation by reduc-
ing the share that capital receives
from the earnings. OF the enterprise.
Therefore, he contende6 that in the
matter Of decreased service or in
creased wages the question was in
reality between the. car rider and the
wage Garner.
And to meet the demands Of labor,
Mr.. Pardee said. there was only one
method-arbitration So firmly plant
ed has this method become in indus
trial life that, in his opinion, no other
will be followed for years to come.
Some standards, Mr.. Pardee argued,
must be created by which wage
scales for a definite character of
service can be determined. As the
matter rests today. he said. arbitra-
ton is carried on between a corpo-
ration on one side and, on the other,
a body which cannot be held to ac-
count for the maintenance OF its
agreements.
The public must realize, Pardee as
serted, that the question Of wages
between capital and labor Is Of vital
interest to every one and Is not con-
fined to the two classes.
Evening star., 1919-10-08
The Best Cough Syrup
Is Homemade
Hefe's an easy way to save e, and
yet have the best cough remedy
you ever tried.


You've probably heard of this
wel1 known plan of making cough
syrup at home. But have you ever
used it? When you do, you will
understand why thousands of fami-
Hes, the world over, feel that they
could hardly keep house without it.
It's simple and cheap, but the way
It takes hold Of a cough will quickly
earn it a permanent place in your
home.
Into pint bottle, pour III ounces
Of Pinex; then add plain granulated
sugar syrup to fill up the pint. Or,
If desired; use clarified molasses
honey or corn syrup instead Of
sugar syrup. Either way, it tastes
good, never spoils, and gives you q
full pint Of better cough remedy
than you could buy ready-made for
three times its cost.
1t is really wonderful how quickly
this homemade remedy conquers q
cough-usually in "a hours or less
1t seems to penetrate through every
air passage, loosens a dry, hoarse
or tight cough, lifts the phlegm,
heals the membranes and gives al
most immediate relief. Splendid for
throat tickle, hoarseness, Group
bronchitis and bronchial asthma.
Pinex is q highly concentrated
compound of genuine Norway pine
extract, and has been used for gen.
erations for throat and chest all
nlents.
To avoid disappointment ask your
druggist for "zIh ounces of Pinex'
with directions, and don't accept
anything else. Guaranteed to give
absolute satisfaction or money re.
funded. The Pinex Co., Fl. Wayne
Ind.
Evening star., 1919-10-08
DR.. MAG|LL TOEXP[A|N
TOWNER BILLS OBJECT
Association Will Tell of Move to
Extend Progressive
Education.

Aspects of the Towner educational
bill which provides for the creation
OF department OF education will be
explained by DR.. Hugh S. Magill. field
secretary Of the National Educational
Association. at meeting of the Wash
! ington section of the Association for
the Advancement of Progressive Ed
ucation at. the Public Library at y
O'Clock next Friday evening.
With the view of obtaining larger
membership this year than last year
and OF spreading to all residents OF
Washington the elements of progress
sive education, the association plans
vigorous movement to bring its
teaching before the eyes of Wash
ington. To this end efforts are being
made to interest every educator in
the movement and to secure for the
meetings Of the Washington section
speakers Of national as we'll as local
prominence
DIR. John Van Schaick. president OF
the board of education, has indicated
his cooperation with the progressive
movement and probably will be asked
to speak before the association. The
success Of the plan for keeping pupils
up-to-date in history. developments of
science and mechanics has been
proved. notably at the Park School
in Baltimore and at other private
institutions throughout the United
States, it is claimed.
Methods of Propagation.
The association propagates the prin-
ciples of progressive education
throughout the country by means of
Evening star., 1919-10-08
George N. Cohan Will Retire.

NEW YORK. October S.-George NJ
Cohan. playwright and producer, has
announced he will retire from the pro-
ducing firm Of Collan & Harris, as far
as participation in it's business affairs
was concerned. following the end of a
play now running at the Cohan & Harris
yheater He stated however. he would
continue to write plays, ard that his in
terest in the George NJ. Cohan Theate
here and the Cohan Grand Opera House
in Chicago would be retained.
Evening star., 1919-10-08
Government
Sale of
Furniture and
Equipment

Once again the Washington
public will have an opportu-
nifty to purchase furniture
and equipment, from the De-
partment of Labor. such as
was used in the houses occu-
pied by government workers
during the war.
The sale will be held on
Mondays, Wednesdays and
Fridays of each week, from
10 am. to 4 pm, starting
Monday, October s, 1919, at
the storehouse, North Capitol
and D streets.
The sale includes new and
nearly new Bedroom, Living
Room and Dining Room
Furniture, Blankets, Linens,
Chinaware, Glassware and
Kitchen Utensils.
An excellent opportunity is
afforded the small buyer, as
each and every item will be
sold at set prices in any guam
tity desired.
Sale conducted under the
supervision of the United
States Housing Corporation.
Evening star., 1919-10-08
Methods of Propagation.

The association propagates the prin-
ciples of progressive education
throughout the country by means Of
Evening star., 1919-10-08

Mrs. Charles H. Whitaker. vice chair
man; Mrs. NJ. G. Lloyd. recording Sec
retary; Mrs. Charles T. Halinan. cor
responding secretary; Robert NJ. Smith.
treasurer: Miss May Libbey. chairman
membership committee: Lieut. Samuel
Gurbarg. chairman publicity commit
tee, and Mrs. c. H. Whitaker. chair
man survey committee. Other mem
bers Of the local executive committee
are Maj Milan Y. Ayers. Mrs. J. NJ.
Holton. Mrs. Alice A. Bristol. Mrs.
Harriet r. Quinter and Miss o. d.
Trahue
Evening star., 1919-10-08

lectures. newspapers and magazine
articles and encourages the training
of teachers in the principles and meth
DDS of progressive education. It par
ticularly hopes to help parents in
knowing what Is up-to-date and worth
while in educational advancement.
Charles W. Eliot. former president of
Harvard University. is honorary presi-
dent of the association and Stanwood
Cobb Of the Naval Academy at An
napolis is secretary.
Officers of the Washington section
are: Arthur r. Ramsay, chairman;
Evening star., 1919-10-08
VETERANS REUNION
OPENS IN ATLANTA
Welcome Addresses and
Other Exercises Feature
the Convention.
By the Associated Press.

!
/ ATLANTA. Ga. October S.-The
twenty-fourth annual reunion of the
i United Confederate Veterans got un-
der full swing here today as thou
! sands of the men who fought under
| the Stars and Bars wended their way
! to the Auditorium Armory for the
! opening meeting of their organiza-
/ tion.
! Welcome addresses on behalf Of the
state by Gov. Dorsey and for the
city by Mayor Key. response by
Gen. ]. E. Wood of Mariana, Ark,
| and southern songs by the "Confed-
crate Choir" featured the program
that preceded the formal turning over
of the convention to Gen. X. NJ. Van
Zandt of Fort Worth, Tex, COM
mander-in chief of the veterans. The
annual address of the reunion. by
Luther Harrison Of Ada, Okla. was
set for the second meeting Of the
day.
Other Associations Meet.
The Sons of Confederate Veterans
and the Confederated Southern Me-
mortal Association also had morning
and afternoon sessions on today's
ing officials of the organizations and
reports of various committees were
to be taken up.
Addresses on the need for southern
ers and all Americans to show their
"Americanism" in the POSTWAR period
of unrest were made at the first meet
ing of the Sons OF Confederate Vet
Grams by United States Senator Thorn
az of. Colorado and Representative
Collier of Mississippi. Resolutions of
sympathy for President Wilson in his
illness also were adopted at the initial
meeting held last night.
Housing of Visitors a Problem.
With every effort being made to
care for the thousands of visitors in
a city where war conditions already
had left a serious housing situation.
a final appeal was made through the
newspapers today for more rooms in
private homes. One response that was
of the greatest aid was that from
Brig. Gen. Lewis, commanding officer
at Camp Gordon, who agreed to take
care of 1000 veterans and others In
the cantonment. 1t was said that this
with the aid Of the tented city that
has sprung up in one Of the city's
parks, would house all veterans COM
fortably. Several thousand Of the more
hearty veterans have been sleeping
at the park in army tents. Their can
tonment bears the name of Camp
Johnston.
Evening star., 1919-10-08
Coblenz q. SHERMAN Trade Base.

BERLIN. Monday, October (by the
Associated Press). s).--Coblenz viii be the
headquarters Of all operations. for the
resumption Of trade relations between
Germany and the United States after
the peace treaty becomes effective, the
TageblAIt says il il informed.
The broad ax., 1919-01-04
THE BEST EDUCATION IS NOT
GOOD ENOUGH

To prove that the child is a part
Of the general scheme of human de-
velopment is the chief aim of edu-
cation. The child to today is the
man or woman of the near future,
and the principle applies to all chill
dren. Hence the Colored child is to
be educated because it is to be the
integral facto- OF Colored man or
woman or race in the general scheme
OF development Keep them in the
schools, then later keep them in the
schools. and shen finally keep them
in the schools A races greatest as
set is not alone in wealth; wealth can
take wings and fly away. Not alone
in dressing fire; the gaudy glass only
strikes the vulgar eye. Education is
the key by which the aroused intel
lect may enter al the repository of
treasure and take for itself available
knowledge.
The broad ax., 1919-01-04
SHOULD PREPARE FOR WINTER
Heavy Wooden Stockings, Waterproof
Hat and Coat Rank Among the
Desirable &rticlea

IF you have any old wool that could
be used for knitting socks-you can
provide some by ripping out an old
Sweater-make yourself a pair Of
heavy stockings for this winter. Make
them the same as you would soldiers
socks only with full length legs and
smaller feet. They may serve you In
good stead this winter when duty or
patriotism calls you outdoors on
stormy or cold days. The new coats
are going to be short and we must
manage to keep our ankles comfort
able by warmer skirts or hosiery.
Get a rainy day waterproof hat.
You'll be out In all sorts Of weather
IL you are one Of those who have
needed the country's call and have
gone into some patriotic work. A
waterproof hat win save your other
hat or hats.
II you can't afford a waterproof coat
invest In one Of the less expensive
waterproof capes. Not the oTlskin
sort-for those are very expensive
but the kind made Of rubber and wo-
ven goods.
The broad ax., 1919-01-04
THAT HOLIDAY nunsERl

The Christmas numbers Of the
craft were most gathering. Certainly
it demonstrated the easy times and
better times among US. yoliminous
were quite q few Of our exchanges.
all drssaed up IN glorious tidingS An
seemed TO breathe the after-the-war
spirit Of victory. Our people little
know what q good Newspaper rejects
IN its pages They little know il
seems what glorious heritage has
bean minded down 10 them and their
ehildrea. It ~as our late Hon Fred
erick Douglass who used to say 70
the White south before the war. t9f
The broad ax., 1919-01-04

and later to unite our forces in the
construction of a business concern
that would astonish our oppressors.
The Negro should awake and see
the loneliness of his position. He
should realize that hostile hand which
he, through foolish and inexcusable
ignorance, is filling daily from the
early and late sweat of his brow.
We've got to call a halt on such re-
ligion that tells you to kiss the hand
that smites. He has got to be led,
the ignorant people we mean, if we
have to put halter on them to lead
them.
Religion is all right; there isn't
enough of it in the world. There is
too much hypocrisy and pretense. If
the Negro hal as much religion as
it processes We would be more united,
more intelligent and more cohesive
as a people. The trouble is in a
great measure the faulty religion. A
religion that sacrifices the right to
own all the wealth and to cruelty mis-
treat US in every ugly form and fash
ion.
We must overlook the fact that the
individual Negro as wei as the Negro
group is to blame for much of what
we suffer.
The sacrifice of independence, the
sacrifice of every earthly interest for
a hope that something win enable
you to be happy after death and wear
golden slippers is foolish and heath
enish. There is not the least bit of
idealism to be found in such nom
sense.
As a people we wish to have, to
do and to be, because we are adding
to the world work of human prog
ress. We are serving in good works
that promote the interests of the
races, and impressing ourselves upon
the attention of mankind in a right
eous, Cody, humane way.
The ultimate end and aim of re-
igion is to remove the rags, the filth
of body and mind, overcome poverty,
feed the hungry, attend the sick, and
clethe the naked, clean up surround
ings, promote health and sanitation,
giving aims, raising the fallen, pro-
viding homes for the blind, the in
sane, the deaf and dumb, to carry on
the work of education and ciEiliza-
ton. The Negro has got religion
only by fragile thread. We are
to use it in a small way,
other than for merely the thing to
die with. We need the religion for
its eivilizing helpfulness.
The broad ax., 1919-01-04
Henry Adams on Facts

Adams was 4 man # uduStrv =,
ways doing more work than ~ . y
fessed to. With him all facts had :
be interrelated into meaning and =.
nificance. For facts n such IL.
a profound contempt. he said oDa a.
In his classroom; just IL in his sdD.'
ton he remarks that. nothing in a.
cation Is so astonishing as the anon,
OF ignorance it accumulates in a.
form of inert factS."-IIenry 0. TsyI~
in Atlantic.
The broad ax., 1919-01-04
The Woolsack

The woodstock is the big 70,
without back or arm~, on wbie, Y
lori chancellor sits When n., l u
over the deliberations of the bor.a !!
lords. Its origin : curious q
was passed in EIizabelh's ro;o- ~ se
hibitihg the expor,atioi. ~ wooI :. p'0-
Keep this source Of uaiioraI MN Iap .
their lordShirS' miud~ The kinJer.a - :
notion of making them ST, On VOL ~ 4 a
was tried. Nowa.qs>. vbe, 20
chancellor is appointed Pc fs sa,S 1e'
be appointed 10 the wuol>ack and - .
on the wOOIsack. U
The broad ax., 1919-01-04

Hear Phoenix. within the Salt river
valley. are to be found seven COM
munai settlements Of the same pre-
Aztecan era, with central buildings
that were far larger than that at Casa
Grande, a writer In the Christian
Science Monitor states. To the north
ward and northeast every river valley
retains evidence Of the passage Of at
least a portion of these peoples, for
some reason leaving their cities and
their irrigated fields on the plains and
seeking the mountains and the upper
piateaus.
The broad ax., 1919-01-04
BE Specific.

For business purposes, for social
purposes, for any purposes in life, a
rule that should admit Of no excep-
lions Is: BE specific in everything
you say. Don't take 1t for granted
that vague. general statements will
properly convey your meaning" Gen.
eral statements. please remember,
leave wide room for inference, and
there is always the liability that q
wrong inference will be drawn.
The broad ax., 1919-01-04
The Thrift Of Years.

Every man should strive to live at
least 100 years and die all hitched up
In working harness. Many a man
feels that he would like to retire at
about sixty and spend the rest of his
years with nothing to do but lead a
goId-headed. cane around by the hand.
It is thrifty to stay on the job just
as long as possible. Every man should
make the century plant his favorite
flower and the undertaken his worst
enemy.-Thrift Magazine.
The broad ax., 1919-01-04
Satisfied With Little Food.

In the Edinburgh (ScOtland) zoo
there Is a crocodile that is content with
a rat or a piece OF horsefiesh every
fortnight. There is an anaconda which
arrived more than a year ago and has
since steadily refused TO take food Of
any kind, an example of abstention
surpassed. however. by an Indian py-
thon which during its Is months stay
has not voluntarily taken food.
The broad ax., 1919-01-04
Antique Furniture.

Those who possess pieces OF n
tique furniture should devote persona
attention to them. and especially .
any of old oak, which should be seH
in condition by periodical rubbing
with flannel dipped in Il mixture o.
beeswax. oil and spirits Of turpentns
White painted French furniture
best cleaned with parathn.
The broad ax., 1919-01-04

The Simon-pure, blown-in-the-bot-
tie preacher is better than he gets
the credit of being. Most of them
are sincere but awfulIy ignorant, and
ignorance is itself on abomination.
But they must live, and the occupa-
tation Of teaching US to be good
should not be in vain. We might be
better than we are.
The broad ax., 1919-01-04
Major and Minor Prophets.

The major prophets of the Old Testa-
ment were Isaiah. Jeremiah, Ezekiel
and Daniel. The Old Testament books
contain their prophecies. The minor
prophets of the group of Old Tesla
ment writer's from Hosea to Malachi
are so called because Of the brevity Of
their prophecies. Malachi was the last
Of the minor prophets.
The broad ax., 1919-01-04
Queer Find at PompeiI

A soap-bOiler's shop was among "A.
things discovered in the excavation y
POmpeii several years ago. The N,
was buried beneath volcanic ashes 4
ID. 20. IL Is said that the soap fou,a
in the shop had not lost all eficsc
although 1t had lain under the asb.,
more than 1880 years. Soap maxim
was quite a business in q number :
the Roman cities at the tine IA,
Pompeii was destroyed.
The broad ax., 1919-01-04
Worlds Finest Church.

November Is is the anniverSar! u
the dedication Of ST. Peters in Rome
n 1926. This largest Christian hOuS
az worship was begun about 1850 n
1916 MieheIangelo was put in chargs
who redesigned the dome. The heigm
to the top of this dome is ~ feet ana
the building is one of the most impOr
Ing I'm the world.
The broad ax., 1919-01-04
Santa Not Enemy Alien

OF what nationality i Santa Cans,
a friend asks. OF almost eyery nstjm
atty, we would say. II YOU mean b
ask the derivation Of III, name. iii
a corrupted form of the Holland Dura
name for ST. Nicholas and has ,
enemy alien" faint The saint In
self was a native of Patara in b
province of Lycia. Asia Minor, and ru
bishop of Myra in the same province
The broad ax., 1919-01-04
lntellinent Ood

The family doctor was making pro-
fesslonal call one afternoon. when
Johnny, who happened to be the pa
tient on this occasion, suddenly gave
a chuckle just as the physician had
completed his examination and remark
ed In half confidential whisper: Say,
just look at my doggy! guess he
knows you're a doctor. all right. He's
got his tongue out"
The broad ax., 1919-01-04


Don't forget that this year is the
tercentennial of our Americanhood.
While we are celebrating it, there is
long line Of illustrious men and
women Of the Negro race who have
gone into eternity after having i'm
pressed their greatness on the rest
Of mankind. In another issue of The
Broad Az our editorial columns win
be resplendant in the eloquenee of
praise. Il win be . pleasure for Us
to name a great many characters who
are wen nigh immortal.
The broad ax., 1919-01-04
Aceticiem.

Aceticism means the practicIng Of
severe virtues. or the mastering of de-
sires and passions. 1t might be termed
the extreme practice of the simple life.
Among the ancient Greeks 1t denoted
the exercise and discipline practiced by
the athletes and wrestiers.
The broad ax., 1919-01-04
Eiord and Farewell

The word ''fjOrd' comes from he
old Morse, survives in the modem
words firth" and firth" is cOnned.
ed with the English fare" meaning
TO travel, and used in the word
farewell" and meant. most prOk
ably. In the first instance, says tie
author Of Norwegian Pictures" watf
safe for navigation on account Of ID
sheltered position.
The broad ax., 1919-01-04

you would hide anything from the
Negro, put it in the papers," But it
must not be forgotten that it was
also Hon. Frederick Douglass who
took the North Star. a paper which
he edited ard undermined the pillars
and foundations Of slavery. The good
newspaper is the peoples mouthpiece
and the scholars forum.
The Broad AK must have scored a
great success. Our telephone kept
US on the jump ever since the first
mail went out Thursday morning. The
mail we have received, cards, letters,
ETC., congratulating US and compli-
menting the effort, in spite of the
great expense attached to such af-
fairs, it is enormous, and we are of
that nervous temperament that will
always, we hope, make us amenable
and free-heartedly disposed to human
graces, kind words and beautiful
things. Some say 1t was Humding-
er! This Broad AK of ours, for
goodness sake, what is that? Some
say We went over the top in Negro
journalism; that is putting it rather
strong, we think. Others without
qualification, mental reservation,
equivocation, education and all that
commend The Broad AK Holiday
Edition as presenting certain strength
to the four winds of public sentiment
that some time blow mercilessly
against US.
Well, we will be greatly encour-
aged when all who liked and blessed
US will mail US their subscription or
a renewal.
Now is the time to subscribe. We
are on the job ever these days. Work
ing our wits to develop strong senti-
ment propaganda, trying to sound the
eddies and the tides, the. jets, GIBBS
and flows, and peradventure strike
the ideal whittier we tend.
Sentiment is important, not be-
cause of any shortcomings here and
there among US, but because of the
conduct and the unthinking and un-
reached element that destroys and
tears down as rapidly as those of US
who have thS light can build. I'm
til this unreached element is tanned
by the tempting bride of our sober
racial graces there will be trouble
always. Unthmking he is a block to
himself. He mas ali of the fire and
the spirit, but he Is without guide
and compass That is why The
Broad Ak hoisted her sails to float
high to the four winds. We trust
we reached all such, and hereafter
will find in our paper what they are
looking for.-Dr. M. A. Majors.
The broad ax., 1919-01-04

We have much to be proud OF
this New Year. How many OF US
have enumerated the blessings that
have multiplied during the last IL
months? How many of US have
learned the art of being thankful and
appreciative? OF course, most Of
all that came, came because we mer-
tied and deserved. You get only what
you earn. God is just; He will re-
ward you for right living, right act
ing and right doing.
The broad ax., 1919-01-04
Westminster Abbey.

The name Westminster Abbey
shortened from the fuller pnrsN
Westminster Abbey church
church, that is, Of the abbey OF "ese
minister. Up to the year 1904 ID u.
reign of Henry VIII, the Abbey
we call il today, was the church Oh
Benedictine monastery.
The broad ax., 1919-01-04
Substitute for Putty.

A cheap subs $ute for putty. suit
able for stopping cruckS in floors and
other woodwork. is made by soaking
newspaper in paste made by boiling
a pound OF -four in three quarts of
water and adding a teaspoOnful Of
alum. Force this mixture into the
cracks with a knife.