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The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1919-04-05
THE NEGRO SOLDIER.

History will not be written if it
does not give a brilliant account of
the part the Negro played in the
great war in Europe. The world
knows very well the potential force
of the black soldiers on the fighting
line, and it will not fail to note
their achievement with the bayonet
and their valor to bear their breasts
to the enemy to make the world safe
for democracy. The Negroes con-
duct in this great war cannot be dis
credited nor regarded lightly by
those who through methods of smoth-
ering facts or Juggling words. The
facts are written indelibly with their
blood to emphasize their gallantry
under fire..
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1919-04-05
co GET SOME PROTECTION.

They still continue to hang, burn
and lynch us without trial by courts.
And President Wilson is four thou
sand miles away trying to keep other
nations from committing acts of vio-
lence upon their people. Why in the
devil don't he stay home and get busy
keeping his southern cohorts from
committing acts of violence upon cit
liens of his own country?
Well, Negroes, you must get guns,
guns / said! Then more guns and
keep them loaded with buck shot.
The awful day will surely come and
we might just as well die fighting in
America as to die fighting in France.
Justice has gone to hell and most of
the white people.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1919-04-05
oId-Tims Skating Clubs.

As early as 1742 skating clubs were
formed in Scotland. The first Amer
lean club was established In Philadel-
phia In. 1s49. and quickly attained the
prominence II still holds for artistic
performance. Due to the efforts of
this club the skate came into It's own.
for In, 1850 Philadelphia brought to
bear the skin Of the surgical Instru-
ment maker TO produce the modern
steel blade and foot plate.
The Boston arena-untii its destruc-
ton by FIRE some time ego-heId first
place among the worlds Kinks as pos
sessing the largest indoor skating area
10 the world This record has now
probably passed TO Princes Skating
club in London. The building itself
b rs solid and enduring as most Brit
lsh institutions. and the walls In the
rink proper are adorned with splendid
friezes Of winter scenes.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1919-04-05
Skating Has Patron s7,rt

Skating Is the only SpGr: that can
hOaSf n patron SaIh. Her IIe was
Lydr'iHa. and she Sponsored Skating
lack I'm the fourteenth century. Her
home town vas Sch'edam il Hnil;nh.
Her family name was ancient and hun-
rablt, and her father followed tlIp
honorable profession Of night watch
nan. Nevertheless Thomas KeInp.S.
imCug either nOtablss. found her i'll
ereSt.ng. for he met her aud wrote the
s',ails of her life for all To rrnd. Lyll-
wilma was fifteen when some bO.sterous
drl friends dragged her our against
her viii To skate ON the frozen canal.
No sooner had they started on their
holiday excursion than one Of them
bumped into poor little LydwinH-and
jammed q perfectly good rib. That
put her out Of the running for ali time,
IL seems. and AZ she lay on her couch
of pain she was cOmfOrted by strange
visions. and before her death In 14SS,
II Is claimed. wrought several miracles
through her piety.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1919-04-05

was not roseate in promises which
his heart could not give assent to
He kept faith with the
Negro. There was a time when the
rank and file of the race stood pat
with Judge Dunno, a democrat, but
the judge was good friend who be-
lieved in human rights The Negro
is a republican to the core. When
men of their party are loyal to them
they in turn show gratitude as a
noble reward for true patriotism.
Mayor Thompson may count on the
Negro race and so may others, if
there are more like him.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1919-04-05
SET EXAMPLE IN COURTESY
Venetians Were the First to Put Be-
fore World the Nobleness Of
Gentle Manners.

POmpeO MOlmenti. the historian, re-
lates that i'm the sixteenth century the
gentle manners of the Venetian peO-
pie were evident in every department
Of daily life. even down To the greet
'ngs I'm the street. The very mobiles In
he SeicentO. the period of greatest
hauteuT. we're wont tn salute courte-
ruSly by raising their cap with the
eft hand and laying the right on the
heart. The pOpulace was always OBJ
scquiOus. especially toward patri-
'ians and foreigners. and to every
question addressed to them would
never answer brusquely. "Yes," hut
always. AT your service" though
this humility of expression implied
not so much servility ms an Unborn
courtesy of feeling. The penalties
for blasphemy were exceptionally
severe. For instance, Benigna. in
his memoirs, writes. under June 2S.
1924: a certain Bertelli for hav-
ing used foul naths was placed in
he piIl"ry and had his tongue cut
ut" Yet. ceremony I'm Venice was
never allowed to degenerate into
idicuiuuS etiquette. As early a.
he close Of the sixteenth century
solution was passed fnrbIdding
'ha uSe ~ glowing expressions in SIT
utatiOns
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1919-04-05
AL IN ONE GREAT FAMILY
Hlndus Draw Relationship Close,
Knowing No Word a. Cold
as Cousins"

All able-bOdIed members of the
Hindu family must contribute their Ia
Dor and earnings, whether of personal
skill or agriculture and trade. to tie
common stock. writes Bhupendranath
Basu. Weaker members, widows, or
phans, and destitute relations. all must
be maintained and supported; sons,
nephews, brothers. cousins. all must
be treated equally. for any undue
preference Is apt to break up the fam
lily.
We have no word for cousins-they
are either brothers or sisters-we do
not know what are cousins two de-
first cousin are young nePhews and
nieces just the same as the children Of
young brothers or sisters. The fam
ihy affections, the family ties. are al
ways very strong. and therefore the
maintenance Of an equal standing
among so many members is not so diff
fcult as IL may appear at fiSst.
Moreover, life is very simple. IN
I'll recently shoes we're not I'm gen.
eral use at home. but sandals without
any leather faStenings. have known
Of a well-to-do middll class family Of
several brothers and cousins who had
two or three pairs of shoes between
them, these shoes being only used
when they had occasion to go out. and
the same practice Is still followed in
fbsa caSsa nf mora axnanSfya rrarmantS
like shawls. which last for genera
tons, and with their age are treated
with loving care. as having been used
by ancestors Of reverend memory.
The joint family remains together
sometimes for several generations IN
til 1t becomes too Vpwieldy. when it
breaks up into smaller families, and
you thus see whole villages peOpled
by members of the same clan.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1919-04-05

Of a staunch humanity, with ideals
as great and with hearts as undis-
mayed as any race of people to be
found in the world.
Suffering injustice and struggling
below the reach of human mercy,
bearing all the weight Of human re-
proach for centuries, was as if a
cast iron which carried through the
iercest fire came out a choice spec
linen of steel, purged of every want
ing element. Through the furnace of
infamous affection the Negro is made
a supreme man.
Justice in our case often sleeps.
Truth win 60 unheard. Nobility of
action viii not always be seen, and
virtue go discredited; yet the ere
jected stone" viii eventually be
taken as the corner stone in the
building of a great nation.
Civilization is undergoing a rapid
change. Truth wfll stand in It's
beauty without embellishments and
no fictitious effort will be needed to
beautify it. Men and women of ev-
cry race and cline viii admire and
reverence her exemplars, no matter
what is the color of ones skin. They
viii know the truth, and it will make
them free, free from their ugly race
prejudices, free from the infamy of
pigmy hearts and credulous minds,
warped by the selfshness of narrow
beliefs.
Today the new civilization is pred
icated not upon might but upon ev-
cry right principle calculated to in
spire the hearts of all enlightened
races. The color boyle has nothing
to do with the nobility of mind and
heart, if only the basic element of
a man or woman is deeply rooted.
Truth will get a hearing soon and
win claim its own, however much
men may bicker and fools may doubt.
Lincoln, Douglass, Sumner and host
of saints, white-robed for the noble
deeds they performed, are not dead.
What they said is transmitted in liv-
ing echoes that never cease, and all
Nature is but one grand tablet of
memory upon which is recorded, new
er TO be forgotten, their immortal
deeds. No, the Negro will never
again be passive but on the con-
trary he viii be aggressive
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1919-04-05
A GOOD BILL
under fire.

Mr.. Madden, of Illinois, has offered
a bill in Congress to further amend
an act entitled IAN Act to regulate
commerce." approved in 1887, that
will, if passed, do away with every
jim-crow system of transportation
within the territorial boundaries of
the United States. It has been re-
ferred to the Committe on Interstate
and Foreign Commerce and ordered
to be printed. As the next Congress
which will have it to deal with has
working Republican majority, it is
hoped that the members of the party
of Lincoln and Summer, the party
of equal rights, win see to it that
it is promptly enacted into law
st. Paul Appeal.
Congressman Madden comes from
q district that contains abot 5000
Negro voters. He appreciates their
loyalty. This is a positive manifesto
ton of his true regard for any race
that needs help.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1919-04-05
C. o. p. VICTORY.


Mayor Thompson put a quietus on
The Chicago Tribune for the fifth
time Tuesday. Theseleetion virtu-
ally relieves him Of any odium or
aspersions Of the hot fight that has
been waged against him in his fight
for the common people. 1t says to
greed and corporate interests that
the people want a mayor untram-
meled and fottloose from political
bosses and boss rule. Mayor TbOmp-
son has proved himself invincible.
Few men Of our. generation could
have stood the CALLING FIRE Of news
paper opposition and won the VIC
tory that he has won. The Negro
had : big hand IN his election. The
race Stood Sold for Big BIN, not
simply on the grounds that he mas
q republican, but because our mayor
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1919-04-05
Stones Of Remarkable po....

Lovers of the occult will 10 i,..
ested in story told by Lady Blu,.
her remarkable volume Of rev.,
cencpS.
Her husband was sick unto "a
in COnstantinople. and the TurA
government loaned her two Sn,1
stones which had been in IFS pos,.
sion since the Conquest. telling he, +,
apply them where the pain was n0S
severe.
Lady Blunt used them as directed
with the result that the sick ma,
speedily recovered, although four dOn
tors had previously decided on an IN
mediate operation.
These wonderful stones" addsIsh
Blunt, ARE found at rare interyssh
the veins Of a donkey's neck; a
haps only one stone in a million \
keys"
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1919-04-05

Jack BrOughton. the fotbs,
ism. fought his first firbt =, pusI
years ago; TO be exacr. it was III
3, 1913. He was engaged IN w
rOughIand-tumhle fights win
lads, but at that time H. Lnan. vu.s
ing Of boxing. which was iusr ha.. ua
trOduced by james FigS. Wbuo
ing fair Brnughton was attr,o, ~
a boxing booth kept by Fig ana
much incensed by thp foul ror,io.
by a big man in boxing mich -
one. lie demonstrated with 81
bruiser and AN alteration ON
which had reached the stage az -
cuffs when Figg interfcrcd and ina.
the two men to the stage IN s..s
their differences. Young Brou,s,'
after ten desperate rounds. cnm,I.,I
triumphed over his older. bigys, ~
more experienced opponent. Tia,
BrOughtOn'S introduction 10 Tho -
After Figg's death ne became -
piOn and by formulating a co5. :,
rules To govern the game he -
entitled To rank as the found. :.
modern pugiliSm.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1919-04-05
Advice for Singers.

Sims Reeves the famous English
tenor. Is quoted as saying: "A singer
who does not recite or read the
verses OF song aloud before al.
tempting the music will never become
q great artist The young singer
should memorize a text. should repeat
q over and over aloud. testing rhe
matter OF emphasis or stress upon
each word to determine Just where IL
should be and the prnper amount TO
give the best Interpretation to the
thought.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1919-04-05
Free Board.

A restaurant In Yuma. Ariz.. dis
plays a sign that reads: Free board
every day the sun doesn't shine" AT
first sight the offer of free board every
day the sun doesn't shine might seen,
q reckless one. hut. as a matter Of
fact. a day without sunshine in that
desert country Is far rarer than black
berries In May. II IL rains at all. II Is
only for a very short time. leaving
most OF the day for sunshine, so that
the sign would only catch a tender
foot.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1919-04-05
Deeds and Words

Deeds are greater than words.
Deeds have such a life. mute but IN
deniable. and grow as living trees and
fruit trees do; they people the vacuity
Of time and make It green and worthy.
Why should the oak prove logically
that II ought to grow. and will grow?
Plant II, try Il; what gifts Of diligent
judicious assimilation and secretion II
has, OF progress and resistance. Of
force to grow. will then declare them
selYes.-Carlyle.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1919-04-05
Big Canadian Telescope.

The tube Of the telescope erected by
the Canadian dominion at Victoria.
B. c., is large enough to permit Of the
passage Of small automobile and the
reflector is % inches In diameter. The
movable parts Of the telescope weigh
more than 40 tons. and the lens alone
more than 1000 pounds. yet one man
can easily move the mass into any de-
sired position.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1919-04-05
Invisible AIrpIane Wings.

Wings Of cellulOse acetate. being
transparent. make an airplane invisi-
BILE at the height of a few thousand
feet. also Increasing the operators
field of vision. Sheets one one-hun-
dredth-ipch thick are about as strong
as the ordinary wing cover. and the
weight Of nine ounces to the square
yard Is but slightly greater. The rap
I'd spread of tear when started Is
disadvantage that may be overcome
with a re-enfotcing of loosely woven
silk.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1919-04-05
pIsapproves Old Adaqe.

In spite Of the old adage TO the con-
trary. some things done by halves are
done most satisfactorily. as for exam
pie the much-used QuinsigamOnd
bridge at Worcester. Mass. Here traf-
fic suffered a minimum of interruption
by completing and putting into use
one longitudinal half of the new struc-
ture before the other half was built.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1919-04-05
EatefuI DAYS.

Certain days have been marked ones
In some persons lives. Nearly all the
chief events OF Thomas a Beckers
career. including his murder and the
translation of his bOdy-occurred on a
Tuesday. Henry VIII and his three
children-Edward. Mary and Eliza
beth-expired upon the same day Of
the week-Thursday.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1919-04-05
Anoers Poison.

Biologists have proved, by labOrstuJ
tests, that anger Is a poison In ths
blood; that a person who loses @
temper Is actually selfpOisOned. Tsis
a few drops of blood from a man In a
violent rage, they tell US; drop then
on the tongue of a guinea pig. and II
will probably make the little beast sick.
YET We hear people brag. Il gave hin
a good going over" II got good and
mad" as If one Dragged Of deliberately
contracting a dangerous case Of blood
poisoning.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1919-04-05
Spanish literature.

While literary Spain sank into
deep slumber after the day of Ger
vantes and Lope de Vega. Il awoke bril-
liantly In the latter half Of the nine
teenth century. presenting 70 the world
Palacio Valdes. Perez GaldOs. Jose de
Pereda. Juan Valera. Echegaray and
other distinguished writer's.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1919-04-05
Aim Hiah, 10 Good Advice.

Aim at perfection In everything.
though In most thiRgs II is unattain-
able. However. they who aim at It
and persevere win come much nearer
to II than those whose laziness and
dependency make them give II up a.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1919-04-05
Rusty Steel.

To clean rusty steel. well oil the
rusty parts and set aside In this state
for two or three days. Then wipe dry
with clean rags and polish with emery
or pumice stone. When very rusty and
q high polish Is desired rub the article
with Q little slack lime.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1919-04-05
Cooperation ,mu.r..,v..

Why not consider the helplesSness
Of man who thinks he Gun do every
thing alonef' How much headway ran
one man make In cutting down for
est and building q elty7 There musr
be cooperation with other men
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1919-04-05
The Biggest Dollar.

There are those who gauge the
worth Of dollar by the things II win
get to add to their own selfish hap
plness. Poor way. though. You and
I never win know the true value of
dollar until we spend Il for some
body eIse.-Exchange.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1919-04-05
WRITTEN, OUR BLOOD IS AN
AGGRESSIVE SPIRIT.

We win not very likely remain as
passive as we have been heretofore.
There are several very good reasons
why we win not be so. It is still
within the memory of most of us
how the marauder of a colored mans
home stood in defiance of law and
public sentiment fearing neither the
vengeance of the outraged family
nor the righteous indignation Of
courts of law. Then the attractive
maiden of our blood had no redress
and there were no solaces for her
but the loving embrace of her inegit-
innate infant This awful saturnalia
of crime nested in a white skin
stalked fourth without let or him
drance doing out to the fairest of
our kind the huge malediction of
southern athorfty, and none was too
pure, and no eolored family so re-
spected that escape might be pos
sible from the leecherous nav of
such beastial lusciviousness.
The toll was an awful price put
upon the Negroes life with loose
tongue and thousands paid the price.
This was the process of changing the
races color from a jet black to a
white skin and blue eyes.
This is a frightening, but hid
eous answer the ugly question that
answers itself with a black mother
with a "yaller" child, and a brown
or black one besides. The civiliza-
ton of the past has been a marauder
as well as a civilizer. It has parted
the erstwhile Negroes hair in the
middle, lightened his complexion,
while stealing virtue, given him thin
lips, pointed nose, sallow counte-
nance, but is has through the process
awakened a man it did not mean
to breed, and enriched his mind with
the sober principles of stealing worth
il would itself impeach.
That day, thank God, is rapidly
waning. The sun of the reprobates
day is sinking rapidly in the west,
never again to arise. Character is
coming back to the fallen. A soul
life is in glorious formation. The
heritage of righteous love is be-
queathed again to the Negro race.
The old forms and hideous night
mares through which the race has
walked with hesitating, unsafe fott-
ing, il cast OF, and q new day of
lofty promptings and honest pur-
poses engages the noble, yet hurting |
heart Of the race that yet feels the
dying sting.
No other race would have sur
viyed the fearful horrors of that
damning day. Disgrace with its ugly
touches and tint would have forced
any other peoples out of the game
Of noble living. Ambition and higher
preachments Of goodness and de-
eency could not have stood the i'm
moral tornado such as swept down
through the centuries had such visi-
tstion come upon the Concession race.
It required the stropg blood Of the
Negro race 70 oufiise the devil dis
pensation Of evil and hariotry. |
Today We are on the high road Of
truth ard honor, slightly dizfgured, |
bit canning strong IN all the graees
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1919-04-05
New D.ssase

Bay rum seems to be the favodte
beverage now. with a green-colored
hair tonic running close second.
Several Of osr Bean BrummeIs seem
10 have q severe case Of dandruff Of
the liver.-Boston Transcript.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1919-04-05
To KIN Plant IIo.

To kill insects on Q enetus plant
sppy q with . very weak solution af
alum-1H to 2 per cent. This solution
Is said 70 be perfectly hsrmless 20 The
plant but to KIN the plant lice.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1919-04-05
IItfi. rhinna

Life e made up Of little things. his
but once in an ags mat occasion q Of.
fered for doing great deed True
grsstness eonalsts n being great 10
ma fhlngx
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1919-04-05
se.f sue. Nc. Indispensable.

Norway has discovered that beef
suet q NOT absolutely necessary to the
manufacture of margarine. tiDd liver
OIL herring Oh and other esh olla asp
said to be excellent substitutes.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1919-04-05
Rars Forethouuht.

-YuS mum said Keandering Mar
maduke. = were very prscocious
chtld. mum. Why. would yer bulIevs
u ] bssan 70 snoks when were pniy
- years old
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1919-04-05

Be . pattern to others. and then an
WIN 90 vel; for a. . whole city 10
affected By ne iiesnfiops passions and
yices Of great men. % Il II likewise
reformed By their moderation
cscern
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1919-04-05

F. Bishop, Cigars, Tobacco and
News Stand. 8 W. 9th Street, near
State.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1919-04-05

Lawrence n. Heard, TraYehs
News Agent, with news stands "
1929 s. State st. and So. East Cor
36th and State Streets.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1919-04-05

A. d. Hayes, Cigars, Tobacco, No
ton, Stationery and News Stand
S640 s. State Street.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1919-04-05

Charles p. MaIlorys Barber Sn'P
and News Stand, s1S E. S5th Stree
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1919-04-05
Samuel Taylor. 1878 Fulton St

News item left with any Of n'
above news agents prior to Wednss
day mornings Of each week. win mo
their way into he columns Of u
Broad Ak.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1919-04-05

". d. Scots Lunch Room ana
Restaurant, gas z. 35th Street.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1919-04-05

Dodson's Shoe Shining Parlors and
News Stand, So. West Corner S0n
and State Streets.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1919-04-05

Mrs. r. A. Peyton, News Stand
Confectionery Store, 6012 S. STATE
Street.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1919-04-05

Louis Wimbley's Shoe Shining
Parlors and News Stand, 2s46 South
State Street.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1919-04-05

Edward Felix, Notions, Cigars and
News Stand, 1902 S. Dearborn St.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1919-04-05
FROM This DATE ONWARD,
THE BROAD AK Can Al.
WAYS BE FOUND ON SAIL
AT THE FOLLOWING
NEWS STANDS:

Mrs L. Graves, The Provident
Candy Shop, Notion Store and News
Stand, Is W. 36th Street, near State.
George /. Martin, Cigar, Notion
Store and News Stand, IS W. SlS
St., near State.