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The broad ax., 1927-07-09
Hello, Surnnerl

The advertisements of summer re-
sorts have become a fine art of late
years. The eye is pleased and the
senses delighted with the pictures adj
vertising the beautiful mountain and
seaside attractions. Many of them
really making one feel cool, just for the
looking. Vacation trails are calling
Us to follow where they lead, but this
summer differs from past summers.
Even though we must take some rec
reation, for mind and body, as both
need them, and our tagging energies
need renewing; can we, as group, feel
justified this year in making this lavish
expenditure, in view Of the suffering
and needy condition of our own folks
in the desolated Mississippi Valley?
We are going abroad in large NUM-
bers. Many Of US will 60 to the coast,
the wilds of Canada, where one may
breathe the air Of freedom for a while,
Of to Atlantic City, and other play
grounds. But, let US remember those
less fortunate brothers and sisters, on
whom the hand Of Fate seems to have
fallen heavily. Homeless, with famine
and pestilence on their trail, can we
more fortunate ones neglect their cry
tor assistance? We, as a race, spend
many thousands yearly at the summer
resorts in spite Of the race prejudice
which has curtailed many Of our pleas
ures, but, despite this and other OBJ
stacles we spend when and where we
The broad ax., 1927-07-09

Frequently in restaurants and other
places where certain rule Is confirm
ally being ignored. we are reminded OK
an incident related by friend OF ours.
While wintering in Spain he lunched
at the monastery Of the Benedictines.
After lunch he took out his cigar case.
II don't suppose you object to smok'
ing here7" he said to the white-robed
monk attendant. Eyes, sir, we do" was
the prompt reply. There's law
against smoking In the refectory."
"rhen where" said our friend. do all
the cigar and cigarette stubs come
from that see about me?" From men
who didn't ask about the law" the
monk replied, mildly.-Boston Tran
script.
The broad ax., 1927-07-09

can-Iavishly The length Of the purse
is our only limit.
This year suppose we spend little
and save little for suffering humanity
in the flood regions. There will Be
terrible want this winter among these
victims, with no summer crops to rely
on for winter provender.
We who have must give to those
who have not. Men, women and little
children in the devastated regions are
looking to the prosperous Negroes of
the north and east for comfort and
succor. Let US not disappoint them,
for our own selfish ends.
The broad ax., 1927-07-09
Being AHegOricaI

He was a sorry creature to look
upon. His clothing was torn, his hair
was disheveled, and there was an
exhausted look upon his face. 1t was
clear that he was going through, or
had Just gone through some terrific
struggle Out Of sheer pity stopped
the man and asked him who he was
and If there was anything could do
to help him.
Il am Office" he said. There is
nothing you can do"
"Ofice?" / said, a little puzzled.
"Oh, yes. You are looking for the
man.
mo, no." he painted. THAT would
be easy. am trying to get rid Of
the man."
The broad ax., 1927-07-09
Watch Oddly Preserved

After being lost for II months In a
plowed field In England a farmers
watch has been picked up, and is GO
ing as well as II it had been I'm his
pocket all the time.
The man lost 1t while he was plow-
ing, and searched fruitlessly for II
Yet he has now found 1t lying on the
top Of a furrow. Since 1t was lost the
field has been plewed twice, narrowed
and drilled, and has yielded q crop o4
potatoes.
The broad ax., 1927-07-09
Unreliable

A quarter horse" is term applied
to an individual who can make spec
tRcular records but cannot be relied
upon for a good, steady pace in his
undertakings. The term was origi-
naIly used on the race course, mean
Ing a horse In a race which was ca
pable of terrific speed for short dis
lance, such as one-quarter Of a mile,
and which ended the other three-quar-
tiers of the mile at greatly reduced
speed.
The broad ax., 1927-07-09

The travelling Outlooker recently
met gentleman from Nova Scotia Of
Scotch descent who proudly pro
claimed that by careful whetting he
had made one razor blade endure for
nine months. Reporting this exploit
TO a Norway (Maine) Yankee, he re-
torted that he had one blade in ac-
tive service after a years toll on his
sandy jaws. Next THE Outlook.
The broad ax., 1927-07-09
EIeUoting Appeal

Help us with the grace Of courage,
that we be none of us cast down when
we sit lamenting amid the ruins OF
our happiness or our integrity; touch
us with the fire Of thy altar, that we
may be up and doing to rebuild our
city.-Robert Louis Stevenson.
The broad ax., 1927-07-09
Things MateriaL

A prominent clergyman says that
the girls Of today "think too much OF
the material" but we are informed
that many Of them leave that matter
to their Observation-Disclosures Tran
script
The broad ax., 1927-07-09
TIE Zine Poinfa

SNever borrow any money from
that man. He In q shylock. In win
ter be takes 80 per cent interest and
In the summer 90 per cent"
"Why the 60?
Because the days are longer In
aummer."-Pele Mele, Paris.
The broad ax., 1927-07-09
Enuen Star

"Why Il it that you have broken of
your engagement, Alice7" asked her
fair friend.
ooh, my dearI He told me be was
connected with the movies, and the
very next day, j saw him driving o
furniture van"
The broad ax., 1927-07-09
what wan Become of Them3


"After the Flood-What Them" is
the subject Of an article written BY
lib. Watson, in the Southern Work
man for July. In the mind of this
writer, the most important issue that
faces this country at present is: "The
question Of the future Of this multi
tude Of harried and benighted victims
Of the food" He says: This question
applies to the white as we'll as the
black people, but / refer to the black
people especially, for their future is
more uncertain"
Wen do we know, as a group, that
the future of our unfortunate brothers
and sisters Of this stricken southland
i most uncertain. The southern Ne
proes' condition is always more or less
uncertain, and in this acute situation
i Is naturally more uncertain. With
the waters of the Mississippi subsiding
and habitation being restored, what is
70 become Of the poor Negro tenant?
"Will the planters take the Negroes
back to the plantations to feed and
clothe until planting time in 1923? This
is doubtful, for many planters are
very heavy losers from the failure Of
the 1926 crop, and this blow will finish
them for the present at least" says the
writer.
Speaking further, in his article he
saws: IF these bewildered people do
not go back to the plantation, where
will they go?" The natural answer to
this query is they will migrate north
or west. Already $4,000 race people
are headed toward st. Louis from the
stricken southlands, according to the
press. But what of the general mass
Of this floating population? 1t is said,
there is not the demand for this type
Of labor in the north at present, it
seems"
Mr.. Watson writes: Several doors
are open to these people, but none es-
pecially inviting" Negro labor may be
exploited by those seeking cheap labor.
These homeless folk may become scat
tered over the whole south to repopu-
late idle farms, or they may he left to
drift for while and eventually become
a menace to themselves, their race and
the country at large"
In opposition to the belief of this
able writer that, eventually most of
them will make their way back" to the
delta section, every Negro knows that
the desire for better treatment and a
chance to live and work as other citi
zens, in section Of the country where
lynchings are less prevalent, will drive
northward every Negro who can rake
and scrape up the necessary car fare.
But Mr.. Watson says, "The delta
planters have blood in their eyes for
anyone who would further add to their
ruin, by stealing away their labor"
According to press dispatches, the
nth is now trying to stop Negro mi
grafton by legislation. . Truly, what
will be the future of this group? Like
the children Of Israel, must they wan
der around homeless for forty years,
after sixty years of freedom from bond
age? Oh, Lord, How Long!
The broad ax., 1927-07-09

little afternoon type. What could be
more charming than this chic model Of
brown lace portrayed first in the
group? 1t boasts tracery Of gold and
its brim is faced with gold cloth.
In the larger brimmed models, hair,
milan and ballibuntal will unQuestion-
ably dominate with a range Of trim
mings which begins with the simplest
of ornaments and ends with the most
elaborate arrangements of flowers and
ostrich motifs. An exquisite exponent
Of the wide-brim type centers the
Illustration. Black velvet forms the
crown and the deep fiange is white
hair braid.
Below to the left Is small hat In
a jade speckled effect, stitched in
square design. This model would be
a delightful finishing touch to a shop
ping and informal luncheon ensemble.
The last hat in the group is made of
the new combination Of yarn and
visca, using coral pink and white for
its color scheme.
JULIA BOTTOMLEY,
&c. 1877. Western Newspaper Union.)
The broad ax., 1927-07-09

W WHO nave must give to those
who have not. Men, women and little
children in the devastated regions are
looking to the prosperous Negroes of
the north and east for comfort and
succor. Let US not disappoint them,
for our own selfish ends.
Race Inferiority as Viewed
by the Behaviorist
That 'the Negro is an inferior race
and will always remain one" is a state
ment entirely and completely unproven.
according to John B. Watson, noted
behaviorist, in an article on Instinct"
appearing in the Harper's Magazine for
July. In response to the further ac-
cusations many biologists and other
advocators of race inferiority, shat the
southern Negro coming out of darkest
Africa, and falling under the influence
of the cultured southerner showed no
rapid steps in putting on the culture"
this psychologist declares, 'The Negro
has never been given chance to de-
velop." He says, "if you sent each
and every Negro to Harvard and then
through law and medicine, and gave
him year for travel and million dol
lars year income, he would still not
have an equal chance Even in Boston
or in Washington, the Negro would Be
still a Negro-he would still be made
to feel his inferiority."
DR.. Watson seems to feel that the
present status Of the American Negro
is not due to any inherent inferiority of
his race-but, rather to the lack of
proper opportunity He thinks that
the white mans Negro problem is not
so much a matter Of racial inferiority
as matter of definite race and color
prejudice. Very clearly the writer
states that no matter how much a Ne
gro may learn, or how much culture
or money he may acquire, from New
England to Mason and Dixon's line, he
is made to feel that he is inferior. Even
where he is given economic and polit-
a.
zeal recognition, socially he remains in
ferior.
The writer says there are certain in
stances where whites are willing to
eat and drink and even revel with Ne
groes, "but let one Negro try to marry
a son or daughter Of any member of
this clique and the devils to play
the inferiority complex comes into play
here. In those countries where the
social barriers are less rigid, the Ne
gro has a more equal chance with the
white, and speaking further in defense
of the retardation of the Negro, Dr.
Watson explains his lack OF develop
ment in Africa, where he was king"
Because where food, sex, and shelter
offer no problems, there is nothing in
the environment to force the trial and
error movements that lead to discov-
cry. Even white races dwelling in the
tropics slow down"
Regarding brain weight differences
between the highly cultured races and
those less civilized, the doctor says,
"The truth is that, regardless OF the
status Of culture, brain weight is pro-
portional to body weight. The savage
has a small brain weight because he
has a small body" Whether most OF
the Nordic world is willing to accept
these opinions of this leader Of the
behaviorist school Of psychology, IS
doubtful, but this fact is potent; Or.
Watson has shown his fairness in his
effort to make every possible allowance
for those shortcomings charged to the
Negro as traits Of race inferiority.
The broad ax., 1927-07-09
Conoueror Without Mercy

The slain Of the World war would
not make a third of the toll Of human
life exacted by Genghis Khan during
his reign over Asia, remarks the Dear
born Independent.
The broad ax., 1927-07-09
Mental Attitude Counts

Success is the result Of mental at
titude, and the right mental attitude
will bring success in everything you
undertake.
The broad ax., 1927-07-09
Weakness in VaciI[otion

In matters Of great concern, anC
which must be done, there is no surer
argument of weak mind than irresO-
lution.-TiIlotoson
The broad ax., 1927-07-09

II any man asks for greatness, let
him forget greatness and ask for
truth. and he viii find both.-Horace
Mann.
The broad ax., 1927-07-09
COLORFUL NEWS MOVIES
BY THE CAMERABGAN

/. What VIII Become Of ThemP
D Hello, Summer!
3 Race Inferiority as Viewed by the
Behaviorist
The broad ax., 1927-07-09
Eorpe American Oaks

The largest oak trees ars In the
Mississippi valley region and range
from $50 to 100 feet in height ana
from 8 to 8 feet in diameter.
The broad ax., 1927-07-09

Work Is the grand cure for all the
maladies and miseries that ever Pc
SET mankind-honest work which you
intend getting done.-Carlyle.
The broad ax., 1927-07-09
n Mieht Be

perhaps IT is diversity that makes
divorcity.-Shoe and Leather Reporter.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-07-13
LENCEL CALLED
CROOK LEADER
Trial of Canton Police Chief
is Under Way.
BIZ Tnftcd PresR

BIZ United Press
CANTON, Ohio, July 13.-Sera-
nus A. Lengel, former Canton po-
lice chief, was branded as a partner
of the underworld in the conspiracy
to murder of Don r. Mellett, Can
ton publisher, as Henry Harter, Jr.,
county prosecutor, made his open
ing address to the jury today.
Harter charged that Lengel joined
with Ben Rudner, Massillon boot
logger; Louis Maser. Canton under
world leader; Floyd Streitenberger.
then a Canton detective, and Pat
McDermott, hired gunman, in a plot
to kill the publisher because of his
attacks on vice conditions.
F. Rollin Hahn, chief of defense
counsel, entered a general denial of
Lengel's participation.
Hahn made an offer to Judge
Frank Clevenger to have the de-
Tense admit all that the State ex-
pected to prove in regard to the
conspiracy-eXcept that Lengel had
a part in it.
The lawyer said that by admit
ting all the preliminary testimony.
time would be saved and the trial
could be ended by Thursday after
noon. Prosecutor Harter refused the
offer.
Coroner T. G. McQuate was the
first witness called by the State.
He told of the condition Of Mellett's
body and the manner in which he
was slain.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-07-13
Heat Wave Lingers Here

Temperatures here will be about
as high as those of Tuesday until
early this evening when thunder
storms and shift of the winds to
from the north and northwest
should bring relief, according to j.
H. Arlington, United States wealth
er bureau head.
Moisture laden winds from the
Gulf of Mexico were responsible for
the hot weather discomfort in In
dianapolis and Indiana Tuesday, &C.
cording to Arlington. With the
temperature reaching a high point
of 81 in the afternoon and staying
above 80 until after midnight and
a humidity per cent above the
average, the city suffered some of
the most disagreeable hot weather
of the season Tuesday night
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-07-13
Girl Filler ON
WAY TO HAWAII
School Teacher Hopes to
Hop Pacific.
BIZ Unitsd Press


By United Press ......-...
MT. CLEMENS, Mich, July 49,
A school teacher from quiet Mich
igan Village, where she has known
adversely most of her life, Miss
Mildred Doran, %, has entered the
field of adventure and hopes to be
the first woman to make a trans
Pacific flight from California TO
Hawaii
Accompanying Miss Doran will be
Pilot Auggie Pedlar of Flint, Mich.
The f1iers took off here Tuesday
afternoon for Long Beach, Cal,
where they expect to leave for
Hawaii, Aug. II, weather permit
ting.
Responsibility of caring for the
younger children in the family fell
upon Miss Doran at the age of IL,
when her mother died. Not only
did she succeed in this task, but
because of her excellent high school
record, she was awarded scholar
ship to the State Normal College.
She has been teaching three years
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-07-13
Ne70ly70edS No Longer Go
to Market, Say Veterans

has been coming to market for over
forty years.
Long before these buildings were
here" he said, indicating Tomlin-
son Hall, 1.-THE old hay market used
to be back there, and wagon loads
of kindling wood we're drawn up
to be sold. I've been coming to
market since 1882. You can mag
inc, .it's changed a lot"
Many folks who come to market
are not content with buying food
only for their bodies, but find food
for their souls in the flower stands
at the north and the west of the
market house.
1--WE all have customers who come
regularly to market and would
think their shopping unfinished if
they didn't take home a bouquet"
commented Mrs. Della Mayhem.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-07-13
OF U. S.
SWELTERS IN
TORRID WAVE
Another Night of Humidity
Faced by Region East
of Mississippi.
mo RELIEF IN SIGHT
Midwest Has 1t Easier,
With Cooler Weather in
Wake of Hot Spell.
BIZ United Pass

BIZ United Pass
WASHINGTON. July 13,-A great
heat wave covered the entire region
east of the Mississippi River today.
Another night of swelter and
humidity was indicated.
The United States Weather
Bureau promised relief for the
Great Lakes and Ohio valley regions
by tomorrow, but Middle and
North Atlantic States are not due
for cooler weather until tomorrow
night.
The midwest, including the Mis-
souri, Valley, Minnesota, Central
Plains and Central Rocky Mountain
States, had it easier with cooler
weather in the wake of a hot spell.
Thundershowers are expected to-
night in many of the areas under
going tropical temperatures.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-07-13

By United Press
NEW YORK, July -3.-Olga
Petrova returned from Europe to-
day aboard the liner Paris, bring
ing a white wing to go with her
newly bobbed hair and the man
uscript of her new play, What Do
We KnoW?" which was barred from
England by the Lord Chancellor.
The liner brought 464 passengers.
Nine. Petrova admitted she had
her hair bobbed over the opposition
of her husband, DR.. John D. Stewart,
who returned with her. She said
the white wig was a late fashion in
Paris, but that she bought it mainly
so she could get used to gray hair
what Do We Know?" will be
produced here next season, she said.
"In America the censors object
to gestures which they regard as
obscene, but permit any words to
CO." Nine. Petrova said. I'm Eng
land they object to the words, but
pass any gestures"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-07-13
New York SWelterS Again

BIZ Unfted Press
NEW YORK, July 13.-New
York sweltered in humidity and heat
again today, although weather fore
casters promised relief tomorrow.
At a. m. it was 70 and rising
rapidly, compared to 81 at the
same hour yesterday. 1t touched
86 once during the early part of last
evening.
Although the humidity was 10 to-
day compared to SO yesterday, the
city was just as uncomfortable be-
cause of the higher temperature.
The forecasters said showers to-
morrow probably would end the
heat.
One man was drowned last night
trying to cool off by swimming and
emergency hospitals reported three
heat prostrations.
In the lower east side, where the
congestion of population and the
cramped quarters makes the heat
the most severe problem, many slept
on fire escapes and spent the night
outdoors.
At noon the temperature was 81.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-07-13
RENEW NEJDL BATTLE
Controversy Over ConStitu-
tionaIity of Bill Unsettled.

Contention regarding constitu-
tionality of the Nejdl bill, passed by
the 1927 Legislature, providing court
appeals from public service COM
mission decisions, may. be revived
again.
The commissioners have sent a
request for ruling in the matter to
Attorney General Arthur L. Gilliom.
At the time of passage Gilliom de-
clared the bill unconstitutional, but
Governor Jackson signed the meas
ure.
Appeals already have been start
ed in Marion and Lake Circuit
Courts. The local case is that of
the indianapolis Street Railway
Company for permission to issue
notes and purchase the Peoples
Motor Coach Company stock for
100000, which was turned down
by the commission.
Gilliom is in Michigan on vaca-
ton. He is expected back early
next week.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-07-13
Picnic Food DiSpIaces Big
Substantial Meals of
Good Old Days.
By ELDORA FIELD

NewlyWeds don't market any more
not at least so you can notice it.
Market stand keepers at city mar
ket say there is an almost complete
passing of this class of customers.
Apartment houses, automobiles and
modern young persons multiplicity
Of interests, are blamed.
"Why only few years back,
especially on Saturday nights, young
couples with, market baskets, select
ing Sunday dinner things, were as
thick as hops" asserted Mrs. Elise
Loubscher, who has stood aL the
city market for Swo decades.
Their faces were bright and
happy. They enjoyed marketing to-
gether, planning-and yes, econ
omizing. Times have surely changed.
Nowadays, young couples starting
out in life, would think marketing
zero in activities. Anyway, if they
selected an overfiowing basket with
celery sticking out at one end, and
chicken feet at the other, 1t would
be a white elephant on their hands.
"Oh pother," they'd say "well
pick up few sandwiches some place,
or have dinner out"
Questions Amusing
Mrs. F. Scheer, who has watched
the public sift by her stand for
twenty-four yes.-s, also laments the
passing of the Newlyweds as Gus
toners.
IT rarely see very young couple
marketing together any more" she
said. Occasionally, some one ]
recognize as a brand new matron
will appear and her questions are
often very funny.
mot long ago, a young woman,
who had just gone to housekeeping
in a two-by-four apartment, asked
me how long she should cook eggs
to have them soft boiled. I allow
four minutes I answered. I must be
sure and remember that she flut-
tered, IF I boiled them over that,
they'd be too soft, wouldn't they?'
You see, she thought eggs, like po-
tatoes, got softer the longer they
boiled"
Didn't Know How
Another young married woman
bought a dressed chicken from me
and departed with pleased eager
ness, after I had told her how long
I allowed for baking a fowl. The
next market day, she was back here
bright and early. oh, was so dis
appointed with that chicken you
sold me-" she declared reprovingly
ut was>a real bitter chicken, and
besides it was full of gravel She
had baked that chicken intact, just
as it left the stand here"
Eyes, changing times show at the
market here" commented j. M. Will
hanson who has sold city market
products for a quarter of a century.
"What I notice is that folks don't
so frequently buy products that re-
quire extended cooking-like roast1
for instance-but buy great quanti-
ties of food that we once would have
thought of a belonging to picnic
1uncheons."
A customer frequently seen at
market is the middle-aged or elderly
family man.
John O'Neill, 1877 Congress Ave-,