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The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1926-07-31
HEALTH NOTES

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The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1926-07-31
Rubber Important TN
Desfinies of Nations

Almost from the hour when Column
bus, the first European to see rubber,
observed it used as plaything by the
Indians, who bounced it back and
forth-hence the original name Of In
dia rubber-the substance has been
bound up in romance and fiscal adj
venture, writes Isaac F. Marcosson in
the Saturday Evening Post.
In every sense 1t is another black
Golconda, because it has affected the
economic destiny Of nations and indi-
viduals.
1t was not until the discovery of
vulcanization in 1889 by Charles Good
year, a Connecticut hardware mer-
chant, that the commercial era Of rub
Der began. 1t is worth noting that
Goodyear's only reference to tires was
a suggestion that they might be used
to lessen the noise Of Nbarrows used
for wheeling luggage at railway sta
TONS
Rubber got its name in business be-
cause it was originally used to rub
out pencil marks. In London half a
cubic inch Of 1t once cost the equiva-
lent Of 70 cents. This is said to be the
highest known price recorded for raw
rubber.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1926-07-31
Old Tr0UeI Maps

Motorists who use the ingenious
strip maps Of today, which are a cross
between a map and a picture, prob
ably imagine that the idea is an ex-
tremely modern thing, invented in re-
spouse to an. equally modern demand,
says the Wall Street Journal. But
one user thereof was startled the other
day on coming across an exactly iden-
teal treatment Of important highways
In Great Britain. dating back some two
or three hundred years. Instead Of
being in any wise crude or incomplete,
the older strip maps were more de-
tailed and explicit than the modern
Each milepost was indicated by figures
and landmarks along the route were
noted in such useful phrases as: "A
large stone" can oak tree" Marrow
gate into meadow" etc. Nor were
any Of the inns or branch roads
omitted.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1926-07-31
Odd Buildings Traced
to Roman Occup0ftoN

Efforts have been made for CEN
turtles to bare the mystery that hangs
over the unique "Rows" at Chester,
England, but their efforts have been
In vain. These rows consist Of street
lengths of covered arcade, not on the
street level but several feet above It.
One walks In front Of shops and on
the roofs of shops at once, looking
down upon the traffic In the street
and upon pedestrians Visitors say
that the mystery Of the origin Of these
structures causes them to give a pleas
ant, creepy feeling to those who walk
through them and that buying a collar
stud In the rows is almost like buying
a bronze or picture on pavement level.
Chester was the great Roman mill
tary station of Deva. The central
point Of the Roman station was ex-
actly where the rows now converge.
The principal streets Of the modern
city were the principal streets Of
Deva and the principal streets Of all
subsequent towns on that site.
The Romans left Deva about 400
A. D. and for two centuries afterward
burning Chester was a favorite game
with the powers Of the time.-Lon-
don Times.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1926-07-31
Nothing Somber About
Stylish Black Dresses

The status Of black remains I'M
changed. Earlier in the season it was
quite apparent that black had re-
gained its prestige Of few years ago
and was destined for vogue greater
than 1t had ever enjoyed. Summer
modes confirm its Importance and the
black frock, whether it appears in q
simple little street model Of tailored
aspect, q subtle affair Of chiffon or
georgette designed for afternoon wear,
or a frock composed Of many fiounces
Of lace for evening is unquestionably
the smart frock Of the season.
There Is nothing somber about the
black dresses of this summer, nothing
that is dull or uninteresting. So clev-
erly are they designed and SO skill
fully fashioned that oftentimes they
have far more allure than those Of
more brilliant colors. Frequently the
contrast is achieved by pipings and
landings OF a vivid tone.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1926-07-31
COOLIDGE REFERS MURDER
OF COLORED SOLDIER TO
WAR SECRETARY

Everett Sanders, Secretary to Pres
ident Coolidge, has written Walter
White, Assistant Secretary of the Ma
tional Association for the Advance
ment of Colored People, it was an
nounced today, advising that ''by the
Presidents direction, the matters to
which you refer Tin your letter of
July l4th) are at once being brought
to the attention Of the Secretary Of
War"
The N.AA.C.P., in the letter to
which Mr.. Sanders refers, requested
of the President that steps be taken
at once to punish E J. Fulbright,
white night Waterman, who murdered
in cold blood at Americas, Georgia,
last September, Private M. Smith of
the oath Infantry. Fulbright was later
acquitted in a farcical trial in which,
according to the Advancement Asso-
cations letter, irrelevant and preju
dicial matter was injected into the case
by the defense attorneys with the re-
suit that Fulbright was acquitted"
The Associations letter also re-
quested that the oath Infantry be re-
moved at once from Fort Benning,
Georgia, to a more civilized section of
the community The N.A.A.C.P. cited
indignities and brutalities which had
been heaped upon the colored troops
in Georgia ever since they were sent
there in 1921.
In making public the communication
from the President, the Advancement
Association announced that it intended
to follow up this case without letup in
an effort to relieve the men Of the
oath Infantry from the present intol-
cradle conditions.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1926-07-31

guese are disappearing, while the part
Hawaiian and part-Portuguese groups
are growing"
Thus the conquest and absorption
OF blood continue in far-off Hawaii, as
they have in the Philippines and else
where where might and right meet at
the social crossroads, with the strong
er absorbing the weaker. Even the
American Indians, who made the
strongest fight that has ever been made
against the absorption processes of the
advance guard Of Civilization as set up
by the white man, succumbed now and
then and lost birthright in the maze
of blood admixture.
The U. S. Census figures show plain
ly what has happened to the Negro in
the racial battle against absorption.
Startling figures from states, which in
their statute books, bar intermarriage
between whites and blacks, show that
even the law does not suppress the
call of the wild. Vaunted superiority
falls when the acid test of dominating
association comes.
The vanishing Hawaiian, the vanish
ing blacks, and all other vanishing
prototypes, along with the vanishing
American (the Indian) at least have
a just grievance against that wing of
Civilization which continues to thrive
upon the blood of the weaker rates,
with whom it comes into dominating
contact as Missionary"
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1926-07-31
Inherited Mentality

According to new theory on the
mode Of inheritance Of mental traits
there are at least five pairs of heredi-
tary characters that have to do with
the passing on of intelligence. If both
parents are persons Of high intelli-
gence and possessed Of all five pairs
of these characters, their children
will also average very high. If they
are idiots, having none of the pairs Of
characters, their children also will be
idiots. Intermediate conditions rep
resenting people of good average In
teIligence, but not geniuses, will pro-
duce a mixture Of offspring types, with
occasional exceptional children, and
once in a while also offspring Of low
mentality.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1926-07-31

to indulge in the games for which
all women dress nowadays, the French
debutante makes beige or gray the
foundation of her wardrobe. This
makes things easy, for then she may
vary 1t with the pink, blue or green
hats she may wear with the more
ceremonious dress that serves for a
cousins wedding, a garden party Civ
en- by a French duchess, or the dan
SAINT.
Simplicity, therefore, is the keynote
of her wardrobe. Her frocks are
straight in line, always retaining the
necessary fullness that gives freedom
Of movement and shows grace by
means Of plaits that are cleverly ar
ranged at the side and are placed at
the center back and front. Her skirts
just pass her knees. Her shoes are
always simple She is not allowed
to indulge In any Of the cubistic fan
cies Of the moment. For outdoor wear
she generally has plain brown leather
sandals, with a single instep strap. the
heel adapted to her size, low If she is
very tall, high II she is petite. Like
her mother, she always wears beige
fiesh-colored silk stockings, or per-
haps a silk and wooden mixture for
playing golf. With smart frocks or
evening gowns she has beige satin
pumps.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1926-07-31
Beige, Gray Worn
by Chic Sub-Debs
Three and Four-Piece Com
binations Are in Favor
for Sports Wear.

There is nothing to which the
Parisienne pays closer attention than
the dress Of her debutante daughter.
This, observes a fashion writer In the
New York Herald Tribune. is easily
understood. For the well-brought-up
young girl In France is allowed little
or no freedom until she has been led
to the altar, and the family makes
many sacrifices to provide her with
the necessary dot without which she
will not easily find a mari.
The vogue for sport has been the
salvation of the French jeune file. 1t
has emancipated her from frocks. that
were almost nun-like In their sim
plicity. Now, like her mother, she
has the smartest two-piece dresses,
and three or four-piece ensembles.
AS she is usually athletic and glad
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1926-07-31
Birds FOlIouO IceBeres

Each season when the icebergs
break away from Greenland and start
to the south In the Atlantic they are
followed by ever-increasing fiocks Of
sea birds.
Officers of the coast guard cutters,
on duty near the icebergs to warn
shipping, report the bird life with the
bergs is much greater this year than
In the past. FuImars, shearwa-
tiers, murre, kittewakes and dovekies
are there in large numbers, apparently
to get the food supply that is pro-
Yided when the waves dash against
the bergs and disable the little people
OF the water or the melting Of the ice
releases food imprisoned in the far
north ages ago.-Ohio State Journal.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1926-07-31

In the neighborhood Of the great
naval port of Chatham, England. cave
men, millions of years ago, had an
arsenal on the Midway, when that
rivers course ran close to where
Frindsbury is now.
Two local men made the discovery
about 10 months ago, and since then
about 1000 hammer stones, flint axes
and scrapers, and other worked fiints,
have been taken out of the dump.
The tools and weapons, although
they belong to the earliest period OF
the Stone age. are wonderfully eff
cient. Some Of the edges are still al
most as keen as raZors.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1926-07-31
HOMESTEAD MAN BROWNS IN
RIVER
preston News Service)

Homestead, Pa, July 30.-William
Composer, aged rs years Of Gold Way,
employed as laborer by McCrady
Brothers, contractors of Mcclure
street, Homestead, was drowned in the
Monongahe1a river at the foot Of Nc
Clure street at II o'clock Friday morn
ing. The man was working on barge
when he fell into the river His body
was recovered Saturday afternoon.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1926-07-31
VISITS

Mrs. Charlotte Hawkins Brown Of
Sedalia, N. C., president Of The City
Federation of Womens' Club of North
Carolina, was among the visitors in the
CITY en- route to Los Angeles, to attend
the Federation Of Women Clubs.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1926-07-31
Cubist Hats

Eccentric hats are the. latest vogue
in London. Some have braiding I'm
silver and bright colors are seen with
eccentric brims and crowns. the colors
Of which must be in violent contrast
with the suit or frock with which they
are worn. Ribbons stray at will
across these hats and dangle from I'M
expected places.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1926-07-31
BIouses for Summer

Kipling once said that an oriental
never became civilized until he tucked
In his shirt. According to that. the
blouses to be worn this summer are
highly civilized. Except in extraordI-
nary cases the tunic blouse for day
wear has given place to the blouse
which is worn under the skirt and
confined with belt
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1926-07-31
COLORFUL NEWS MOVIES
By THE CAMERA1AN

as he prepared to give my burning
head cooling hair cut.
The brother has been the greatest
imitatcr the world ever saw" the bar
Der continued; ''but in fraternalism.
he's missed the point, trying to make
personal gains at group expense"
"Oh, you're all wrong" responded
Our fraternities are among the
strongest assets the race has. Take
them and the church groups away
from US" insisted, vigorously, "and
we wouldn't get anywhere"
Sure" the haircuter replied. with a
laugh. "The numerical and financial
strength is all right on the books; but
how are you going to buy brotherhood
at the price of fifty cents a month
when the Grand United Dictator IS
figuring on forty-nine cents of it for
his own personal use"
"Oh, | guess you're just one of those
malcontents whom the lodge dropped
for nonpayment of dues" l shot al
him with some feeling.
Nope" I'm paid up. to December,
1880" he snapped back quickly, click
ing the scissors with precision. "You
see, it's like this" he continued: "The
open cunning season is on in full right
now. And there's Brother Jones call
ing Brother Smith liar, and Brother
Johnson and Brother Coates had a
bad scrap last night; and Brother Tur-
ner blackballed Brother Mason be-
cause he wasn't made deacon down at
the church last Sunday. Meanwhile,
the Committees investigating the Sec
retary's books. Oh, don't tell me-
the barber shouted, almost excitedly
you can't buy brotherhood; and
know it."
But those are just little petty mat
tiers that might arise anywhere among
any people" | ventured soothingly.
eyes, but I'm through" the barber
insisted. I'm tired of all this brick
batting, and | amt going to spare a
one of 'em. I'm going to quit now
and get my afidavits ready"
But what have you to do with any
afidavits" | inquired, in wonderment.
swell, you see, I'm treasurer, and
- don't you need shampoo, sir?'
suffered the barber.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1926-07-31

Elderly Hostess-So you are the
daughter Of my old friend. Margaret
Blank. was at your christening
eighteen years ago-but how you have
changed Boston Transcript
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1926-07-31

New Prison Doctor (absent minded.
ly)-And whatever you do. don't at
tempt TO 70 ont in this bad weather.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1926-07-31
That's Enough Isn'f H7

When a cheer leader breaks train.
ing, what can he do except shut UNI
Baltimore Evening Sun.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1926-07-31
Wedding Bell Peals

Generally speaking, Opportunity
knocks; it Is only to a woman it comes
with a ring
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1926-07-31
8. The Shoe Pinches:

5. Inc Shoe PncheS:
Negro migration of close to a mil
lion black souls, stretching over the
so-caled dry or Volstead period, dur
ing which old King Alcohol was bot
tied in bondage by the Eighteenth
amendment. has been a silent acceler-
ant to the economic dilemma which is
enshrouding the farmers of the South
and the West Here are the equa-
tons which the farmer has faced and
is facing, now. Negro labor plus a
low farmer wage permitted extraord-
mary profits on barley, rye. wheat and
the other agricultural members of King
Alcohols lusty family, permitting an
experiment a la Volstead to make the
country bone dry, on paper at least.
But the experiment brought forth the
enigmatic conclusion that decreasing
Negro labor, due to migration, plus
the soaring wage which farmers are
now being compelled to pay the sub
stitutes of the sons of Ham, magnifed
by steadily decreasing output Of rye,
barley and wheat, despite the popular
ity of corn, are giving the farmers an
economic chill which will undoubtedly
develop into a frost when Congress
convenes for its next session.
The fact remains that the rural and
farm districts, more than any others,
contributed 10 the alcoholic drouth of
today; and now, with millions of bush
els of rye, wheat and barley unneces-
sary because Of the wane of whiskey,
and with the farmers paying top wages
for planters, harvesters, and other
workers, in the stead of the wage of
bare existence which Negro farmers
and operators formerly received, prior
to seeking the steel furnaces and auto
mobile plants of the urban districts,
the shoe is pinching the farmers, who,
in their cries for the profits Of yester-
year, forget that in large measure
they shaped the background of the
present situation, which is menacing
their future for many moons to come.
4. Evolution in Honolulu (and else
where)
Yaka Hulo, Hickey Dula will be the
swan song of Hawaii, according to
DIR. Romanso Adams, Director Of the
Department of Sociology at the Uni
versity Of Hawaii, who is quoted as
saying that eff inter-racial marriages
in Hawaii continue at the present rate,
il will be a wise child after few
generations who even knows to what
race his ancestors belonged" DIR.
Adams continues his interesting OBJ
servations with the startling announce
ment that 'thirty-6ve per cent of the
marriages of white men in the islands
are with women of other races. The
pure-blooded Hawaiians and Portu-
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1926-07-31
My Brotherl My Brotherl

IT'S no use, you can't buy brother
hood" said the philosophical barber,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-03-05
NAUTCH GIRL WEEDS
WEALTHY MERCHANT
Woman Who Brought Downfall of
Maharajah of Indore De.
lighted at Abdication.
By the Associated Press.

AMRITSAR, British India, March
5.-Mumtaz Begun, dancing girl and
central figure in the sensational scan
dial eliminating in the abdication of
the Maharajah of Indore last Satur-
day, was married here today to Abdur
Rahman, a wealthy skin dealer and
municipal commissioner.
She expressed delight and no sur
prise at the news of the maharajah' s
downfall.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-03-05

great damage, such as cellars being
flooded, lawns and gardens washed out
and pools left which soon become stag.
nant and dangerous to the health Of
the community.
The Takoma Park and Brightwood
Citizens Associations are behind the
project. Mr.. Smoot told the commit.
tee, in explaining that the territory
affected is heavily populated, adding:
THE matter has been taken up with
the officials of the District Of Column
bia having the matter in charge, and
they are thoroughly in sympathy with
efforts being made to improve condi-
tons. 1t is stated by them that the
program Of sewers for the drainage of
surface water is so far behind, owing
to the enormous developments in the
outlying sections of the city during the
past few years, that for this particu-
lar project five or six years will elapse
before conditions complained Of will be
corrected under the existing rate Of
appropriations"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-03-05

he said, refused to admit that legis
lative fiat could be substituted for
personal Righteousness, for personal
Righteousness comes from conscience
not from legislative halls. Uniform
ity and Standardization, he added
may be essential in the field of me-
chanics, but men, he declared, are no;
like Ford cars. but human beings
and in the field of human conduct
uniformity and standardization cannot
be ends to be sought for their own
sake. ~t
While the main theme of his mes
sage was an imprisoned plea for re-
tention of State sovereignty, Gov.
Richie paid a glowing tribute to Vir-
ginla, the mother of States, as wei
as to all Southern States, and re
ferred to the old South as the cradle
of American liberty and democracy
and the new South as the strongest
hope of coming generations.
1T is the hope of a waiting people
grown weary of excessive federalism
for whom the way out is a return to
the integrity and purity of American
institutions
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-03-05
STORM SEWER URGED
FOR TAKOMA SECTION
John D. Smoot Explains Conditions
Due to Surface Drainage on
Way to Brightwood.

Appearing yesterday before the sub.
committee of the House appropriations
committee which is drafting the
District appropriation bill for the
coming fiscal year, John d. Smoot
explained the urgent need for a storm
sewer between Brightwood and
Takoma. He said that pursuant to
a resolution of the Manor Park
Citizens Association, it's committee on
streets, parks and highways had gone
carefully into the conditions between
Aspen street on the north and In
graham street on the south. approx
nately along the line of Third street,
due to the open ditch for the drain
age of surface water, covering APP
proximately miles of territory from
north to south. He asked for $3.50, 900.
1t has been found that after every
heavy rain or snow a flood condition
arises, due to the inability of Piney
Branch ditch to carry off the surface
water. and that the high water causes
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-03-05
LEVERHULME COLLECTION
BRINGS $1,248,493
Famous Sale Comes to End After
Two Weeks-Remb brandt
Brings 5000.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, March 5.-The famous
art collection of the late Lord Lever
hulme has brought q total of $1.24S,-
493
The sale. which has been going on
for the past few weeks, came to a
conclusion last night when original
drawings, water colorS and prints
were sold at the Anderson galleries.
Last nights lot brought $19,919.
The high price last night was $4,000,
which Gov. Alva T. Fuller of Mas
sachusetts paid for Rembrandt's
IAN Interior by Lamplight." At the
sale of paintings February Is. Gov.
Fuller paid $31, 900 for Millais' Caller
Herring"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-03-05

The Detroit Art Museum paid $500
for Rosetti's water color, "A Fight
for a Woman"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-03-05
States Rights Invasion.

COY. Ritchie said that the Dyer
aHti-lynching bill, now before Con
-;ress. illustrated the invasion of
states rights. 1t is called the anti
Nnchins billion illustration of the
7cndency in American politics to at
zach labels to measures which divert
attention from their realities" the
governor declared.
Declaring that his views on prohibit
lion are merely an application of the
people of the States rights, the gov
ernor said:
From the beginning of our Govern
ment the States under their reserved
powers had the right to decide this
question in accordance with the con-
Yictions of their own people, so that
the entry of the Federal Government
into this field is one of the many in
stances of recent Federal invasiOns of
The long recognized rights and duties
of the States"