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eLhioh Wins on Courts

legeS tennis team failed to register single
match against Lehigh University the lat
ter winning by easy scores, matches to o.
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TODAY's GAMES
STANDING OF THE CLUBS

Reading Mt Toronto.
Baltimore at Buffalo.
Jersey City Mt Akron.
Syracuse at Rochester
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What May Happen
in Baseball Toduy
NATIONAL LEAGUE
AMERICAN LEAGUE
- TopAN's SCHEDULE

" ToDAY'S SCHEDULE
NATIONAL LEAGUE
boston ut Philadelphia tclear). $40.
= Bfooklyn at New York tclearl. $3.50,
Chicago ut Pittsburgh lcl0udy), $50.
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Phlladelphia at. Boetont (clear). 3,15. :
Now York at Washington (clear), $40.
Cleveland at Chicago (ctear), 3.
st. Louis ut Detroit (c1ear). Q.
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American Association

st. Paul. o; Milwaukee, g..
Kansas City. 9; Minneapolis, 2.
Other gamea not scheduled
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-Four eight-ropnd bouts will be.the at
traction mt the National In special show
on May 49, In the headinrr Of which Jimmy
Wilde. Will NEE. Battling Murray In a return
tween Dave Astey' and Joe, Nelson.
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Young Joe Borrel Will get chance to i'm
prove his punching prestige d Saturday
night when he stacks up against Steve
I.atzo In the. star bout at the NatlotsSl
This Is TO he the first eight-rounder to De
staged at the National Club.
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johnny McGuigan says he wishes he had
been born with half a dozen hands. Mac
out precious pasteboards for the Camden
show next Tuesday night. 4 record for
opening-day receipts was made Monday
Nav II show.
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for President of the greatest Demo
cracy in the world.
MUSIC HATH ITS CHARMS.

When one is bereaved or weary
there is nothing more consoling thar
the soft strains of some musical in
strument or the melodious cadence Of
the human voice. Long before the
days of the Pied Piper, and certainly
ever since, everything that lives
moves and has its being in the uni.
verse, responds to the appeal oil
music. Some scientists believe very
thoroughly in "the music of the
spheres"-and in these days Of ad-
vanced science we hear and read OF
Musical therapeutics" by which mi
raculous cures have been made
through the power of music.
OF the races, the Negro race is said
to be the most musical. We express
our joys and our sorrows in song.
This is rich legacy handed down
to US by our forefathers who so beau
tifully expressed themselves in this
way.
That we may cultivate and make
the best use of this great legacy of
ours, a department of Community
Music has been organized at the
South Side Community Centre, sol
S. Wabash avenue. Here on Wed
nesday and Saturday evenings all
persons desiring instruction in the
elements of harmony, sight singing,
and voice culture, may receive this
training without cost by seeing Mrs.
Gaines, or Miss Pauline Lee, the
Music Director. Also, those desir-
ing instruction and training in or
chestral work have a wonderful and
unusual opportunity offered them in
the organization of Community Or
ehestra, which is being organized and
developed by Mrs. Gaines and Prof.
Chas. Elgar, a well known music
master of this city, who will meet
applicants for this work on Tuesday
evenings at 8 O'Clock. Chicago ought.
to be able to afford s:I00 piece Com
munity Orchestra Prof. Elgar be-
iieves we can, and says we will"
Community Service believes that
tins new department of Community
Music viii mean much to. the com
munity If with interest and eo-opera-
ton the community win seek to take
advantage Of what this department
6fers. and IN turn determine what
he Community Sln- GiifSs Itself IN
Music.
The broad ax., 1920-03-27
MEETING IN HONOR OF HON. JAMES W. BREEN.

Concluded
in the dust after those who dwell far
by beyond the confines of our beloved
country, that there are no persons or
people in the world superior TO the
American citizen. that our slogan
should at all times be, get out of Eu-
rope and stay out of it. 4"
Mayor Thompson has developed him
self into an eloquent effective orator he
completely caught the vast audience
when he said "your friend Bill Thomp-
son is the only simon pure Republican
to be reelected Mayor of Chicago, that
Carter II. Harrison, ST.. and Carter II.
Harrison, Jr., both Democrats were
elected 10 that high office, in referring
to his friend. Hon. James W. Brcen.
Mayor Thompson stated that the rea-
son that he was there at that time was
that he wanted all of his colored
friends residing in the 3Oth Ward to
know that he was for "Jim" Breen
for Committeeman of that ward and he
urged the cOlOred men who claimed TO
be his friends residing in that ward to
vote for "Jim" Breen, Tuesday. April
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ISN'T THIS AWFUL? ROSCOE
CoNKLING SIMMONS IS NOT
A VOTER.

A news item, dated at Louisrir,
Ky. and published in tho last ISL.
L. fthe New York Age. rnai, Is fl.
lows: "An amusing frarur. Of a.
Republican State Convention which
met here last week. was tho saIf,-.
nounccd candidacy of Ru>ror e. -.
mons. for the position Of isIrgara,.
large to the Republican National Coz
vcntiOn. As visitor To rhr ,oavs-
tiOn put it, Roscoe nominated hin.
self. but didn have a chance r.
withdraw before the baIlor, us-.
counted after he had lost out
That his candidacy was not rcrarI-r
with unalloycd approval BY the ,5I
orcd voters was shown b. the ,l,.
copies of which were distributed q, tie
convention:
Roscoe Simmons has never reg~
tered in Kentucky. Has never vote.
in Kentucky. He could not vote IL
Saturdays primary. Yet he want, 10
be delegate-at-large. lie is not tie
choice of eOlOred Republicans Of Kel-
lucky. He is not Kcntucky's cham.
piOn.-Ninth and Tenth Ward Repub.
lean Club, Harvey Burns. Chairman.
The eOlOred people in Old Kcntucky
treated Col. Simmons Just right. for as
long as he was not a voter in tia;
state he had a lot of brass and gall
to attempt to elect himself a delegate
to the National Republican Convention
for several years past the greatest
weekly newspaper in the world whirh
claimed at one time that Col Simmons
had stolen or made his get away with
a bunch of money belonging to it, has
endeavOred to ram him down
the threats OF the people as
the new Moses of the eOlOrel
race and his defeat should act
as a stinging blow or rebuff to him
and to Col. R. s. Abbott and to the
other head owners of the greateSI
weekly newspaper in the wod Editor.
The broad ax., 1920-03-27
DO cOLORED EDITORS MEAN
TO PUSSYFooT7
By Edgar G. Brown.

Indianapolis, Indiana.
Julius F. Taylor, Editor of TIL,
Broad Ak:
As / have been a constant readei
of your splendid paper for over /;
year / would like to submit to yol
the following statement which | hops
you will find space in your paper t.
print:
l have received one hundred anC
two letters from editors all over tn,
country which on the whole ex
pressed this sentiment: 81 am not par
ticularly interested in who is the
nominee of the Republican party. L
matters not what his name may b
or what his vocation may be, if he
is right oR'the question affecting my
race ana the business Of this country
he is my candidate"
! am in complete sympathy with
the thought that he (eandidate) mus
be right on the race question.
would be a traitor If I were not, and
/. also, believe that the candidate Of
the Republican party must be an out
and out American concerned primar-
lily with the business Of this country
like Lincoln. Of old and the late
Theodore Roosevelt. 49,.
/ take direct exception to the
statement that it matters not what
his (the candidate's) name may be;
because, first this statement means
nothing but evasion of the issue and
Savors of the usual political pussy
footing, and secondly because back OF
a candidates name is the man and
his record. both of which can be
studied.
One hundred and twenty-three ed
itors have fearlessly chosen General
Wood as the champion of the Square
Deal to all men. What is the matter
with the one hundred and twol
The facts, the past records, and the
present utteranees, and platform of
General Leonard Wood are open to
al alike. Are we to forever 60 on
leading only where there is darkness7
I think the Colored people Of the
United States are entitled to know
hat General Wood is right on our.
question. that be Is the Only eandi-
date mp to date to openly champion
ne eause of'evefy AmesSean, white
d blaek, &Ao Is in tr6GbIe. ana that
Il does ln1tter to ts.O'niIEsa Cnefed
voters what the eaadiaSaSs sspe 4
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from page ID
Is, that he felt dead sure of his clcc-
tiOn, that his past and present oppon-
.cnt had never attempted 10 give tn"
cOlorcd people residing in the 3Oth
Ward, the slightest consideration. or
representation until Mr. Brecn. came
very near defeating him. for ward
Committeeman in 1914 and in 1916:
that if the colorcd people in that ward.
Loyalty stood by Mr.. Brccn. and that
if he was elected. that he would see to
it himself that they would receive the
proper amount of consideration or rep
resentatiOn from the powers that be.
In concluding his remarks. Mayor
Thompson in the most solemn manner
exclaimed that 1--WE must retracc our
footsteps backwards to the statesman.
ship of our forefathers, and drink in
wisdom and forethought at the feet
of George Washington, father of his
country; the illustriOus Thomas Jcffer-
son, author of the Declaration of In
dependence and the immortal Abraham
Lincoln the emancipation of four mil
lion slaves. -
The broad ax., 1920-03-27

Philippines as military commando;
and civil governor. In dealing wit
the Moros and Mahometans, and in
instituting a local government pr
paratory for Self-governmcrt
again showed his executive and adj
ministrative ability. In the World
War though denied the privilege
serving in France, he organized and
trained two divisions for service.
Leonard Woods qualifications 70
the high Office of President of this ma
ton may be summarized as follows
l. He was a disciple and friend of
our greatest statesman since
Lincoln'S time, Col Roosevelt.
,. He administered to the colonies
according to their needs. We
need a man who will govern to
our present needs, and he is such
a man.
3. He has had experience at home
and abroad in handling men
who had to be governed. He
knows how to meet men in all
walks of life. In other words,
he knows how to govern fruit
fully.
4. His vast experience has taught
him how to deal Justly with men
in every walk of life.
). Being a disciple of the immortal
Roosevelt, he believes in the
principle "All men up and no
man down"
o. His successful and fearless cam
paigns in the colonies proves he
is not man to parley with an
issue. Had he shown the least
weakness in his government OF
the colonies much would have
been lost to the country and
he would not have been able to
receive the hearty support he is
receiving throughout the nation.
:. Because OF his fcarlcssness for
right, he was obscured for a
time.
The broad ax., 1920-03-27
Julius 2. Taylor Responded to BIS
Talk and Gathered In the Collse-
tion for Pastor Roact

Last Sunday afternoon He George
A. Dupuy, former Judge and ,ae Of the
delegates to the Constitution Convsn'
tion from the Evanston Dis; Z. spoke
at st. GATHERINGS A. N. 2. Zion
Church, 37th and langley a. -ae, on
the new constitution, his talk F hign'
ly interesting.
The Willing Workers CLUB AS IN
charge Of the program. NJ. Noses
Rateliff, president Of that ca7, was
well pleased with the way tn. shaH
turned out.
Rev. T. E. Roach, pastor Of the
church, called on Julius F. TAYLOR 70
respond to the talk Of Judge DuPny ana
to lift the collection and althOugh The a.
tendance was not near as large as II
should have been, nevertheless twelve
dollars was gathered in for the ehnren'
Rev. Roach in introducing Us hIghiy
praised The Broad Az and declared
that it was one Of the eleanest ana
best edited newspapers in the United
States.
The choir, under the Leadership OIL
Prof. AaeClean, rendered some nnS
Miss Nettie B. Brown anu
Hrs. Ruth Ward rendered lovely '0'O''
Rev. ROaeh-and his faithful dock sre
earnestly endeGVofiag 70 rsiSe ave
thousand d0nas during tho prSS'H'
The broad ax., 1920-03-27
JAnER DAVIES DIES SUDDENLY.

Will T. Davies, jailer Of Cook Coun.
ty for twelve years, died suddenly
Wednesday at Miehael Reese Hospital
Of acute stomach disease. It is thought
be may have eaten tainted food and
suffered ptomaine poisoning, though
bis physicians called it acute gastritis.
He had been i'll only Eve days. Until
Wednesday it had not been thought
necessary to send him to a hospital.
Few Of his thousands Of frineds
knew that he was i'll Even Sheriff
Peters did not know that his illness
was serious until he found on his desk
Wednesday afternoon a note saying
that Mr.. Davies had inst died.
Mr.. Davies was 90 years old. He
had been in the serviee-of the county
almost twenty-six years. g On April 2
last year he celebrated the close Of a
quarter Of q century Il service, and
was presented q silver loving cup by
NJ O-APAOySo.
Not only his frinedS- and employees
were grieved at the news Of his death,
but the prisoners in kis charge were
genuinely sorry.
The Davies home IL at 452o spaulding
avenue. he Il survived By Q widow
and two sons.
Sheriff Peters win appoint LOrenz
MeisteCheim, NJ. Davies hrst a.
Sistsnt, a. his successor. He is acting
jailer, and Il eonversant with all Mr..
Devies' plans and mOthOdS.
; For some jean past Mr.. Davies was
President Of tie Louise Trimming
seAOol for OOlOred boys and he win be !
greatly missed By his. thousands Of
friends in AZ pGTts Of this country.
The broad ax., 1920-03-27
NEGRO ECONOMICS WORK OF
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
STILL SHOWING RESULTS IN
OHIO.
Another Building and Loan Associa-
ton Formed.

Washington, D. C.-(Special to
The Broad Ax)-CharleS E. Hall,
formerly Supervisor of Negro Eco
Monies in Ohio, under the War La
Dor Program of the Department OF
Labor, has just advised the Director
of Negro Economics that the Spring
campaign OF 1919, which he super
vised in Ohio for the formation OF
building and loan associations, is still
bearing results.
In letter which the former Super
visor of Negro Economics has re-
ceived from a member OF the Ohio
Negro Workers Advisory Commit
tee, the following statement is made:
Il wish to advise you that as a re-
suit of your efforts here in CinciE-
natl to organize building and loan
association, managed by colored
men, we have the Industrial Savings
and Loan Company, incorporated for
$4,000, which commenced doing
business January 81, 1919. We will
be prepared to make our first loan
within the next week or ten days and
our prospects are very bright for a
large and growing company. Our
main Office is located at 527 West
Fifth street and is equipped in up-to-
date order for the transaction of its
business"
This Association, like its prede-
cessors, has been organized and
financed by progressive colored men
and women in its locality, and will
no doubt do much good in assisting
Negroes to buy and build homes.
1t will be remembered that Super
visor Hall, In the Spring of 1919,
made careful study of the housing
conditions in congested communities
IN Ohio, and thereafter prepared and
circulated statement of general in
formation on the subject of organ
ling building and loan associations;
Through the courtesy of the Depart
nient of Building and Loans of the
State, copies of Ohio laws on that
sfbjeet were mailed to the Chairman
u each county Negro Workers Ad-
Visory Committee, and after add
tiOnal correspondence with the Su-
peTTisor Of Negro Economies the
b1ildingand1osn movement was be-
gun throughout the State.
The company just formed at Gin
einnati completes the chain of build |
ing and loan associations from Lake
Erie to the Ohio River, and it is un-
derstood that similar companies are
IN contemplation IN other Ohio
cities. The effect of the success of
these projects in Ohio has been to
create interest in other States, and
the Department has received numer-
Gus requests from a number of the
eastern States and from States as far
west as Colorado.
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NO LowDEN FOR US.

If the Republican party expect.
to secure the vote Of colored Ameri.
cans for the presidential nominee,
they must see to II hat Governor
LoWaden Is aot dominated East St
Louis Is not forgotten, nor win his
eoWardly and vaeiTIating policy at the
time Of that horrible massacre ever
be plotted out of the memory Of our
people. If L.OWden supporters de-
mand - reasoa Why We are not and
never en- be for Bswden our answer
i East 81 LetrES-FEon The
Honitor. omAha. Neb. March =.
IN
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FOLK MUSIC.
The Minstrel Glass.

Popular music in settled com
munity involves a somewhat organize
class of persons who make their living
by it. Like the bards of the Older
time, the itinerannt minstrels eonsti
tutcd n significant type. Such rude
musicians were the medium through
which folk music was disseminated and
preserved. BY them the songs and
dances of one locality were mingled
with those of other places. They often
wrought what they found into a finer
shape or added to it from their own
invention. They were usually skilful
players, and often greatly improved
musical instruments.
Their business was not to theorize
about music or to play the role of
formal composers, but to render it with
voice and fingers as to make it
socially attractive and indispensable.
They were bound to keep in touch with
strictly popular taste. The minstrel,
as his name implies was the servant of
his audiences. Yet, wherever he was
something of a genius, he was incl
dentally a leader and teacher as well.
Throughout the Middle Ages the
popularity of the travelling singers and
players is constantly indicated. Per
haps they may have been the success
sors of the trieksters and mountebanks
Of the later Roman domination. The
line between the clown and the min
strel proper was seldom sharly drawn.
Often there was a strong prejudice
against all such itinerants because of
their lawlessness-a prejudice that
took shape in the form Of ediets, civil
and religious, which sometimes at
tempted to suppress them altogether.
But the popular craving for amusement
all the stronger because Of the hard
and narrow conditions Of ife-gave
them employment and q measure Of ad-
mintion. Part Of the contempt that
has persued the whole art Of music
even to modern times is due to the
medieval association Of it with coarse
buffOonery, athletic tricks and shows
Of trained animalA Vagrant minstrels
were often mere beggars and eorrupters
Of public morals. Yet it is only Just
to remember that the minstrel class
was artistieslly servieeable in many
ways.
Institutions somewhat similar to the
AeiSteningers IN Germany, appeared in
France and the Low Coun-
tries as early as the twelfth century,
though they were not governed by such
rules a. the Meistersingers nor were
they 90 secret or exclusive. They re-
mind ~ Of the bands Of Gypsies that
still exist in some parts Of the world
and it seems that there il some con-
neetiOn between them and the modern |
Gypsies.
The earliest mention Of . Parsonage
called "the King Of JuggleB" is in
England at the time Of William the
COnqueror (befOre 400.
Several such "Kings" are named in
the 18th century at different places.
For over four centuries the sane title
often reeurs SOmetiens with civil
privileges eoaBersSd- BY Stafate.' The
name implies The existence Of organ;
nd soeietisa. Several saeh brother
hoods are matters Il record, the COn-l
The broad ax., 1920-03-27
THE MUSIC CABINET.
By Martha Broadus Anderson.

Articles pertaining TO music and
musicians will be found in this col
umn each week. Matter intended for
publication must be in not later than
Tuesday. Address all communica-
tons to the Music Cabinet, 645O
Champlain avenue, Chicago, Illinois
The broad ax., 1920-03-27

FORMER JUDGE GEORGE A Do.
PUY SPOKE AT ST. GATHERINGS
A II. E. ZION CHURCH, SUN
DAY AFTERNOON ON The
NEW CONSTITUTION"
The broad ax., 1920-03-27

frerie de st. Julien, first recognized
in Paris in 1881, and the Musicians
Company. established in London ~.
and which latter we are told still ex.
lists in honor. These are samples of :.
multitude Of such organizations that
were once common in France and
ncighboring countries. and which var
led widely in character. from the al
most casual group Of mere itincrants to
the permanent town or city union that
assumed to dictate within its boun-
daricS who could ply the musical trade
or profession. The connection of these
mcdiacval institutions with the later
guilds of town musicians. especially in
Germany. can be traced in consider
able detail. as also with the modern
learned and artistic musical societies
and academies in various lands.
A fOurth article on Folk Music viii
be found in this column next week.
Lloyd Gibbs, favorite tenor. is in
town singing with the Twentieth Cen
fury Quartet at the Colonial Theatre.
This quartet is on of the big hits of
the See-Saw Company. They are to be
here until April 6.
The pupils of Miss Mamie Mae
Strayhorn gave a program Tuesday
evening at Douglass Center.
The Umbrian Glee Club sang to a
large and enthusiastic audience in La
Grange Tuesday evening.
The Walker Concert Company. was
one of the chief attractions at the
Betty Song Shop when the old SiegeI
& Cooper building was opened last
Monday.
Send in your music notes and ques-
tions to the Editor of this column.
See address at head of the column.
The broad ax., 1920-03-27
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Vol. XIV. March %, 1920. No. p |
Entered as Second-ClAs Matter, Aug |
10, 1902, at the Post Office at Chicago.
III, Under Act Of March 3, 1879.
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A fOurth article on Folk Music Will
be found in this column next week.
The broad ax., 1920-03-27

Send in your music notes and ques-
tions to the Editor of this column.
See address at head of the column.
The broad ax., 1920-03-27

The Umbrian Glee Club sang to a
large and enthusiastic audience in La
Grange Tuesday evening.
The broad ax., 1920-03-27

The Walker Concert Company, was
one of the chief attractions at the
Betty Song Shop when the old SiegeI
x Cooper building was opened last
Monday.
The broad ax., 1920-03-27

The pupils of Miss Mamie Mae
Strayhom gave a program Tuesday
evening at Douglass Center.
The broad ax., 1920-03-27

Entered as Second-ClAss Matter, Aug
10, 1902, at the Post Office at Chicago.
III, Under Act Of March 3, 1879.
The Laclede blade., 1920-11-19

The Harding club met at the
First Baptist church in Laclede
Tuesday night and celebrated
the grand victory by having an
elaborate feast of good things to
eat. The music was fine and a
general good time was had by
the Sons of Ham.
The Laclede blade., 1920-11-19
THANKSGIVING Services

Union Thanksgiving services
will be held at the Baptist church
on Thanksgiving at 1890 a. m.
Rev. Hof of the Methodist
church will preach the sermon.
Song service by a joint choir,
and school children will assist
with song and psalm.
A cordial invitation is extend
ed to a people, who has been
richly blessed in so many ways,
to come and thus express to the
Giver of all good their apprecia-
ton and thanks. An offering
will be taken for public welfare.