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The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1926-12-25
TRIO OF BASEBALL STARS
ONCE TELEPHONE
WORKERS

By a queer coincidence, three of the
most famous of World Series heroes got
their start not on the diamond, but as
telephone men.
Grover Cleveland Alexander, pitcher
extraordinary and hero of the St. Louis
Cardinals recent victory over the New
York Yankees, was a telephone linernan
at St Paul, Neb., before he ever thought
of playing baseball for his livelihood.
Walter Johnson, pitching ace Of the
Washington Senators and hero of the
1924 World Series, was a surveyor for
telephone company in Idaho where he
was discovered by major league scout
spending his spare time in playing base
ball. AT just about the same period,
Iris Speaker, leader Of the Cleveland
team of the American League, was en-
ployed as telephone lineman down in
Hillsboro, Tex, and was looking for
ward to the time when he could eventual
ly become plant chief.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1926-12-25
Gestures Tell More
Than Spoken Words

1t is one of the most difficult things
In the world to act lie. Gesture Is
In fact, far more revealing-and far
more truthful than speech. Compar-
atively few persons possess complete
control of this Language of the body
Neither a golden tongue nor volce
thrilling with passion is any match
for contradicting gesture or glance
Scientific study of gestures mas
shown that they fall naturally into
two classes-acceptance or rejection
Almost every gesture Of which we
are capable belongs to one or other OF
these classes, for, In truth, the Ian
guage OF gesture Is much simpler than
the language Of the lips. Upward
movements Of the head, hands, arms
or eyelids belong to the former Glass;
and downward movements to the lat-
ter. There are few exceptions to TINS
but they only prove the rule. For
example, there is way Of raising inc
eyebrows that expresses a sheer, Out
then a sheer is deliberate, whereas
the gestures that are really tell-taie
are always made without deliberauon'
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1926-12-25
PLEASING VOICE OVER TELE-
PHONE IS REAL ASSET
Many Factors Involved in Good Per-
sonality as Reflected by Tone
and Accent

Your voice is your telephone person
atty A pleasing and interesting voice
that sounds perfectly natural on all occa-
sions is a valuable asset. People who
possess telephone personality have
learned to control their voices so that,
even if they are angry or excited or men
tally distressed, they do not allow these
emotions to be put on the wire and
passed along to some one else who is
not responsible for them.
The voice over the telephone, if it is
the right kind of voice, can do multi
tude Of things. 1t can acquire friends
for its owner; it can sell goods, make
convincing arguments, assist in the edu-
cation of children, pass along informa-
ton, conduct business and even preach
salvation. But if it hasn't been prop
erly cultivated it can do none of these
things.
One of the worst types of telephone
voices is the one that employs the q
don't care" tone. Then there is the
cold, formal tone in answer to simple
request, the nasty, sneering tone, the
flippant, nobody-home tone and the color
less lack Of interest tone which is like
shaking hands with person who mere
" extends his fingers in your direction
Lack of concentration is one of the
chief faults in talking over the telephone
If a person is indifferent, or lazy, or
if he is trying to do something else at the
same time that he is carrying on his
telephone conversation, even il he sue
ceeds in doing it, his voice betrays to
the party at the other end of the line
that he is not paying entire attention
to the conversation. This is apt to cause
resentment and is especially unfortunate
in business houses where person who
calls up and places an order by tele-
phone should receive the same consid-
crate attention that he and she would re-
ceive if calling in person at the place
of business.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1926-12-25
PRIZES ATTRACT MANY
STUDENTS
Scores Preparing to Enter Papers in
Race Relations Contest

Many students in colleges through
out the South are planning to submit
papers on Justice in Race Relations"
in the competition recently announced
by the Commission on Inter-racia1 Co
operation, according to statement
from the Commissions headquarters
in Atlanta. Nearly hundred young
men and women from more than fifty
institutions have already written to
the Commission, expressing desire to
enter papers and requesting further in
formation and suggestions In addi-
ton, many professors have requested
the information for members of their
classes and are encouraging them to
enter the competition. The head of
the department Of sociology in one Of
the big state universities writes that
all the members of one Of his classes
are going to compete. From present
indications it is expected that the NUM-
Der of papers submitted will far ex-
coed those of previous years.
The three prizes offered by the
Commission are 500. SOS and S., re-
spectiveIy. The contest closes April
Is, so there is still plenty Of time for
all to enter who desire Full informa-
ton, with suggestions as to treatment
and sources, may be had by writing
the Commission. 100 Palmer Building,
Atlanta, Ca.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1926-12-25
BULLETIN No. 8s-BEWARE OF
MORONS
BY Chief of Police Morgan A. Collins

Such is the message contained in
this weeks bulletin issued by Chief
of Police Morgan A. Collins.
Here are some opportune sugges-
tons to combat this menace:
Make every effort to guard your
children from being approached by
strangers on the street Warn them
repeatedly to beware of persons they
do not know.
Do not allow small children to travel
lonely thoroughfares after dark This
warning applies to women as well.
Be careful who you admit to your
home at any hour Of the day or night.
Equip your door with a chain, lock
or other safety device so that you can
find out who the stranger is before
you open it. Too much care cannot
be exercised by the woman alone at
home with her children.
Young women who stop to talk to
strangers are heading straight for
trouble. If you are accosted keep right
on going. If you are followed seek
help Immediately.
If you are annoyed by persistent
male firts from automobiles, take the
license number Of the car and notify
the police as soon as possible. Under
no circumstances accept a ride from a
stranger.
Help us to protect you. IF you have
reason to believe that any criminal of
the type mentioned in the article above
is in your vicinity, call the Police De-
partment Police 1913. Cooperate with
us. We are trying to protect you.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1926-12-25
"cHIcAGo's HEALTH"
Weekly Bulletin, Chicago Department
of Health
MALNUTRITION
By Herman N. Bmdesen, M. D.,
Commissioner

AT least twenty calls to cure illness
resulting from malnutrition are re-
ceived by doctors, to one for informa-
ton on how to keep the child well.
This means that mothers spend twenty
times as much time, worry, money and
energy in trying to cure stomachaches
as in trying to prevent them.
"Malnutrition, it is known, is not
a disease Of the poor alone, but is prev
alent among the middle classes and the
well-to-do," says DR.. Herman N. Bun
desen, commissioner of health of Chi
cago, in his latest bulletin.
"Malnutrition is not necessarily the
result of poverty, but is often due to
ignorance and neglect This problem
can be solved by curing physical de-
fects, training the child in proper
health habits, and giving him the right
kind of foods, which consist of fresh
vegetables, fruits, cereals, some meat
and a quart Of milk day.
ct is far easier and less expensive
to prevent sickness than to cure it, =
advises the Commissioner.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1926-12-25
HA WAIIAN WOMAN GETS
ESTATE WORTH MILLION
preston News Service)

San Francisco, Calf, Dec 24.-The
daughter Of white man and Ha-
waiian woman who had lived and loved
in Hawaii thirty years ago was
awarded the entire estate OF her father,
said to amount to more than million
dollars, in a decision handed down BY
the United States Circuit Court Of APP
peals here last week.
AS result of the decision, the prop
erty becomes the fortune Of Miss
Helen Kaiwailani Mcmillan, Of Homo
lulu.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1926-12-25

Tradition says that the Tango
bardi" were originally called win
Mill" Under the leadership Of lDor
and Aio, sons Of prophecies called
"Gambara." they came into conflict
with the vandals. The leaders OF the
vandals prayed to Wodan for victory,
while Gambara and her sons invoked
Frea. Wodan promised victory 70
those whom he should see AT sunrise
Frea directed Winnili to bring their
women with their hair around their
faces like boards. He then turned Wo-
dams couch around so that when ne
woke at sunrise he first saw the host
OF the Winnili. He asked "Qui stunt
isti Longibarbi?" "Who are these long
beardsT" Frea replied, "As thou hast
given them the name, give them also
the victory" They conquered In tne
ensuing battle and were thencefortn
known as 'Langobardi."
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1926-12-25
Not So Fast, Mr.. Editor

A Negro editor in Chicago has got
all shot in the collar" because the
Chicago Tribune is carrying advertis-
ing Of the Federal Insurance Com
pany, which advertising states that the
policy advertised will not be sold to
Negroes. This editor suggests that
Negroes boycott the Tribune. All Of
which silly talk rouses my risibles
violently.
1t seems as though Negroes will
never learn that Economic Determin-
ism is a reality in this world. Money
talks" and bullets win world markets.
And it takes money to buy bullets as
we'll as win elections.
Why should the Chicago Tribune
refuse advertising from company
simply because that company refuses
to do business with Negroes? How
much advertising do Negroes place in
the Chicago Tribune? How much do
they place even in the Negro paperss
What have we got to advertise? How
well do we pay for the little advertis-
ing that we dor
Would the prestige Of the Tribune
be hurt one bit if all the Negroes in
Illinois abstained from reading it?
Doesn't the dear editor know that
when white papers and magazines and
advertising agencies place marketing
data before prospective advertisers
that these publications nearly always
ignore the Negro population entirely
We simply don't count, then. We al
ways read such expressions as white
population" white male population,
@native white population" white
women buyers"
This is due to the fact or the belief
that our group is not looked upon as
group with stable income, with free
dollars" And some Of US who do BUSH
ness with Negroes know that this is
the truth. There is a vast difference
between doing business with group
that can write a personal check at any
time in payment for purchases and a
group that can only put down money
on payday. And some Of us know
that you must hop quickly even on
payday to get there before the pay IS
all spent
There is one way that Negroes can
break down prejudice in white insur-
ance companies. That is TO 60 in the
Negro companies and make them so
strong that even whites viii find it adj
vantageous TO join them. Make our
companies so strong that they viii
become wealthy. with extra funds to
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1926-12-25
NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING
Chicago, Illinois, December 10, 1926
Binga State Bank
BASE S. State Street, Chicago

You are hereby notified that the
seventh annual meeting Of the share
holders Of Binga State Bank will be
held at the assembly room Of The
Binga State Bank, Chicago, Illinois
on Monday, January 8, 1927. at L
o'clock am, for the election Of direc-
tors and for the transaction of such
other business as may come before the
meeting.
For the purposes Of this meeting the
stock transfer books will be closed al
the close Of business on Wednesday,
December Is, 1926. and will be re-
opened on the morning Of Monday,
January 3, 1o27-C. N. Langston
Secretary.-Adv.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1926-12-25
T HIS w E E X
Ernest Rice Mckinney
Can ANY Good Come Out Of the
South?
lPreston News Servicel

preston News Service)
In answer to the question, Can
any good come out Of the SOUTH" /
cannot do better than quote the New
York Amsterdam News report OF
speech made by Professor Minis Of
Vanderbilt University, Nashville,
Tenn. Mr.. Minis was talking to the
members of the New Southern Society.
He said:
"The solidarity of the South is no
longer a source of pride, but of hui
initiation to many Of its most devoted
men there is South that finds
expression in the crude and blatant
utterances of men like Cole Blease and
IT. K. Vardaman and another that
finds expression in the craftsmanship
Of men like Carter Glass and Oscar
Underwood" | might add that there
is a South that takes pride in the ut
terances of men like Professor Minis.
This rare southerner went on to say
that there is a South of ecclesiastical
demaqogues = . and a South of en-
lightened prophets who would follow
the truth wherever it may lead and
whatever it may cost the south
ern states are still at the bottom Of all
statistics that register actual educa-
tional conditions in this country. 1t
Is also true that there is not single
university in the South that has ade-
ouate resources for the highest type
of graduate work. These are facts
that cannot be gotten around by
hifalutin talk about the beauty OF
southern women and the chivalry Of
southern men,"
This is the strongest talk that |
have read from the South for some
time. hope that it-would not be nee
essary for Professor Minis to explain"
to his trustees or to some back-woods
legislator in order to keep from being
fred.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1926-12-25
MEDAL FOR MATT HENSON
ASKED BY CONGRESSMAN
CELLER
preston News Service)

Washington, d. c., Dec. PA re-
quest that suitable medal be given to
Matthew A. Henson, the man who &C
companied Admiral Peary to the North
Pole, was made Monday in bill in
troduced by Congressman Celler,
Democrat, of New York. He said,
Henson who at the peril Of his life
saved Peary from death and made the
Polar discovery possible, received
neither reward or honor and today, old
and i'll from exposure he is an obscure
mental servant in the customs house
at New York"
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1926-12-25
Come in Now, We Need:

The Republicans have taken the in
surgents back into the fold. 1t is true
then that the last elections did have
some effect on the old guard The
gang saw the handwriting on the wall,
read and understood. No group Of
bosses act the same with majority
of one as they do with a majority Of
nine.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1926-12-25
BEAUTY IS HEALTH DEEP
BY Elizabeth Cole

by EHZabetn Nolc
"A fond mother said proudly to her
neighbor who had come in to see the
new son and heir, "An' do We not think
he looks like his fatherF' The kindly
neighbor replied cheerfully, "Niver ye
mind that as long as he's healthy"
Rather hard on the poor papa may
be, yet really compliment For the
old saying that beauty is only skin
deep really means that it is only
health" deep.
No one can be truly handsome un-
less she is truly healthy. With all the
beauty creams and lotions ever made,
woman's face can never be her for
tune unless the glow of health that
comes from within is present. That
glow Of health will not come in a
bottle-it will come in doses OF daily
health habits. Clear, happy eyes, a
pleasant smile, cloudless skin and a
we'll poised carriage are what create
the impression Of beauty more than
Venus-like features and an ivory
pallor.
To attain the true beauty that is
health requires fair amount of per-
severance as we'll as a knowledge OF
the ingredients that go into the
formula for making it. Sleep-rest-
are necessary. A nap in the middle
Of the day if household cares have
been firing and a good nights sleep of
eight hours with plenty of fresh air
will go far toward taking out the
wrinkles or dark circles that have ap-
peared under the eyes. Exercises in
the open air, a brisk walk to and from
the office if one is a business woman,
and if one is housewife the walk can
be made into a business-will give
better and more attractive color than
all the powder and rouge compacts in
the world. Exercises morning and
evening will help much toward keep
ing the muscles timber and the car
rage graceful A diet that contains
plenty of leafy vegetables, fresh or
cooked fruits, nor too much meat and
few sweets and pastries will keep the
digestive apparatus functioning nor
mally and thereby give clear, fresh
look to the whole skin.
Given a health-deep beauty the visit
to a beauty parlor or the use of cleans
ing creams will have worthwhile
effects. The relaxation and the feel
ing that ones pores are being thor
oughly cleansed make facial messages
a comfort, but these can never be OF
permanent value. Facial treatments
can never remove lines if the spirit is
not happy. They can never make the
skin clear and fresh if the diet is
wrong and late hours are constantly
eating up reserve powers. Combined
with the beauty that is more than skin
deep, however, they can help produce
the sparkling appearance and the
charm that every woman wishes to
have
When good daily health habits are
practiced by everyone, the National
tuberculosis Association and its $500
affiliated associations hope to conquer
tuberculosis, the disease that most
readily attacks rundown bodies Their
work is financed by the penny Christ
mas seals sold in December. Why not
start natures beauty course today by
resolving to be really healthy beauti-
full and by helping someone else to be
healthy through the purchase Of some
Christmas seals?
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1926-12-25

10 make people believe what yea
say you must say what you believe.
Sincerity is absolutely essential TO
successful pleading. Insincerity Is Ger
tain to create doubt In the mfnds Of
others. Better say nothing at all r.
yOu cannot speak from honest con-
vsesionss Grit.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1926-12-25

The Houston Dispatch says
our posterity will not brag on us an
we brag on our ancestors In nine
cases In ten we don't brag on our
ancestors. We brag on our conception
OF our ancestors Times.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1926-12-25

invest elsewhere in real estate, bonds,
banks, etc.
This Is the true economic weapon
and the only weapon that white men
pay any attention to.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1926-12-25

BY some historians 1t Is believed
that the Croatian Indians Of North
Carolina are In part descendants OF
the@l lost English colony Of RoanoAs.
Sir Walter Raleigh's unsuccessful At
tempt 10 found IN American settle-
ment.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1926-12-25

Scientists do not understand tne
cause of the formation Of an occa-
sional four-leaf clover. Plants OF the
four-leaf strain have been bred. Dull
apparently with but little success.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1926-12-25
xJudge of the Municipal Chicago who make
splendid Republican candidate for Judge of the
Court of Cook County i'm 1927.

be done by the police in such foolish
and unconstitutional way as was done
last Wednesday night"
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1926-12-25
Negro Leaders Aroused

Prominent Negro leaders from all
sections of Chicago bombarded the
chief of police and mayors Office with
visits and telephone calls protesting
against such unwarranted arrests Of
innocent men. Rough treatment of Ne
groes by the police and other conduct
unbecoming police officers.
"A leading white citizen of Chicago
declared that the action of the Chi
cago police force Wednesday was
nothing less than the action Of a
southern mob, save that they did not
string up anybody. Il can hardly be-
lieve that the force would make such
silly vigorous search for Negro
criminal when they have been for
years so tardy about arresting white
criminals. l believe in determined
search to apprehend criminals, white,
red, black-all criminals-but why be
SO inconsistent"
A speaker at meeting Thursday
night, commenting on the police de-
partment outrage against Negroes, de-
clared: at is high time that Chicago
police do something to suppress, at
least curb crime in this, the most
wicked and criminal city in the coun-
try, but it is stupid, cowardly and as
SHINE to try to create the impression
that the majority of crimes here are
done by Negroes. Sensible vigor and
determination by the police should be
used at all times to apprehend all Grim
inals. regardless Of race. color, or
creed. Crime should be and must be
suppressed in this city. But it cannot
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1926-12-25
CHICAGO POLICE GOVERN
UP CRIMINAL CONNECTION
BY ATTACKS ON NEGRO
NEIGHBORHOODS
preston News Service)

Chicago, ILL.,, Dec. 24.-Whenever an
American city gains an unsavory rep
utation for crime as Chicago has, and
the police force is so largely suspected
of being in league with the lower
world, usually the first thing the police
do is to start hounding-or rather
cleaning up" the Negro neighbor-
hoods.
The Chicago police force, following
the shooting of an officer by Negro
bandit, inaugurated a reign of terror
in the South Side Negro section We'd
nesday night. More than $50 arrests
were made in the "dragnet" in their
efficient search for one alleged Grim
inal One Of the leading white dailies,
whose city editor is said to be a
southerner, says the hunt by the police
progressed throughout the entire night.
Many Negro homes were invaded. In
some cases police officers smashed
doors when there was delay in adj
hitting them.
The Chicago Daily Worker, COM
menting on the situation says: Some
months ago Assistant States Attor-
ney McSwiggin was shot to death by
machine guns in the hands of under
world elements in Cicero. To date,
there has not been a single indictment.
1t was known that white denizens Of
the underworld killed McSwiggin.
These brave Chicago police did not
make any wide spread raid or search
during which homes were broken into,
nor was there 10 arrests made, let
alone $50.
It appears that policemen in Amer
lean cities are most industrious in
hunting down a Negro criminal. No
brief is held for criminal But why
not make just as strenuous effort to
catch a white criminal? The reason
why police do not invade white cit
liens homes in wholesale manner is
because white men invariably will pro-
tect their homes against such invasion,
even with "hot lead" The police know
they can easily intimidate and cover
Negroes
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1926-12-25
Negroes Should Protest

The Chicago Daily Worker says:
There is no shadow Of excuse for the
manner in which the police were
turned loose upon the South Side and
they would not dare launch such a
campaign in white community, unless
they had engaged in red raid.
"The leaders OF the Negro race in
Chicago should organize mass protests
against such outrages perpetrated by
the Chicago police-a police force SO
VIGOROUSLY connected with crime and
vice of all kinds that it is able only to
work with free hand in a section of
the city inhabited by suppressed
racial minority which it thinks is I'M
able to make effective protest.
THE Negro organizations should
show the city Of Chicago and its au-
thorities that they are mistaken in this
belief and the matter should be han
died in a way that will leave no room
for doubt as to the resentment of the
Negro race and its determination to
prevent such outrages in the future.
1--WE hold no brief for criminal ele-
ments. Neither do the Chicago Ne
groes, but the Chicago police force
must not be allowed to create the inn
preston that it is only on the South
Side that robberies and murders &C
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