The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1924-05-31

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ar,t conference is over and from
3. letter YOU will at once decide that
Tn svav from Louisville, and am,
"a nov / am right here in St. Louis,
NJ apd If | were not here | would
: !, some other part Of the world,
IL viii have 10 let it 60 at that.
Inst as soon as the general confer
LII was over and / could get my be-
,anoinps together l left for Chicago,
INA was met at the stable BY DR.. Jesse
T-ice who is connected with the city
health department You see my
t-;snd Charles Stewart had moved to
il new home, 1928 Calumet avenue,
and thew wanted to have me come to
\ hence Mrs. Elvie l.. Stewart sent
mr. Trice down to meet me in order
u keep me from being lost in big
Chicago. DR.. Trice is one Of the finest
men that it has been my lot to know
IN this world, saying nothing about the
world that is yet to come. He toted
NV bags. trunks and was willing to
tote me if necessary, but it was not
necessary. hence he did not tote me
anywhere except in his fine automo-
Bile car carriage. 1t was nice ride
down that street they called Grand
Boulevard street, or something like
that looked the house over when /
got there.
Stewart is no longer on Aberdeen
street but on that Calumet avenue.
He has purchased fat there and was
smiling all over his face when | saw
him.
Now comes the getting away. I had
a nice time in Chicago, and had the
pleasure of meeting the leader OF the
Baptists of America, Dr. L. K. Viii
Hams, and he is one more busy man.
He told me that ] was great man
and he was glad to see me. It is the
first time since / have been a member
Of your race that / have had any one
to call me a great man and fear
that | am going to get the big head,
and if | should that viii mean death,
for when horse gets the big head he
is doomed to die, and suppose it is
the same thing with man. Pray for
me, please.
Now then, Sunday morning in rain,
left Chicago, and that same DR..
Trice came to the house to tote me
out to the stable to get on the wagon
headed for this city, and got here,
just one hour late, but I got here, and
found at the gate young man from
Poro, awaiting to tote me out to the
college, in one Of them fine automo-
bile car carriages.
found that Mrs. Malone was away,
she had gone to help out in a matter
Of charity. Now / suppose 4 val
have TO tell you about this, for it is
in order, and l am sure you want to
know. It was an effort to raise money
to pay off a $4,000 on the orphans
home, and If there are any two people
in all the world interested in orphans
in this country, they are the Malones.
They know what it is to be orphans,
they know what it is to struggle in
this cold business world to make a
place. They now believe IN giving
opportunity to others, and this is what
they are doing.
The St. Louis colored Orphan
Home has been struggling for years
to live, and it has been living at this
poorly dying rate. But when it was
brought to the attention of Mrs.
Malone. she got busy and told the
people, not to do, but she said Come
let Us do for our own" Mrs. Annie
n. Malone was elected chairman of
the Board, and che accepted, but Il
was not merely to direct the work,
but it meant work and plenty work
for her. With all her heart, she went
into it. A drive was put on and a
large amount of money raised, and /
think she gave herself $4,000 or SIS
goo dollars. This was not . promise,
but she planked down the cash. Prof.
Aaron E. Malone, A. H., was elected
treasurer, and the building was
erected. It was necessary with the
cash they had on hand to borrow $780,
OOO, but when you see who the chair
man Of the board is and the treasurer,
It was an easy thing to get all the
money they wanted from any bank in
St. Louis.
Last Sunday was set apart to raise
some Of the money, but up to this
writing they have not finished count
ing i. | am told by people who have
lived in St. Louis for fifty years or
more that they have never seen such
a demonstration. They were in all
forms. They had big parade, and i
Is nice thing to parade for charity's
sake. The Shriners, the Knights Of
Fythias, the Masons in al forms-in
last all the societies in town whose
oOject is to help humanity, and to shed
oenevolence were on hand. / am told
.nat the parade was over two miles
lOng' Bands in abundance, were there,