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'SQUARE DEAL' TO RESULT FROM ELECTION VOLUME II, NUMBER FIFTY-ONE 'SQUARE --- Trade with stores which employ colored help. Ask your merchant why he does not employ colored clerks in his store. Federal PROTEST LEASING OF PRISONERS TO STATE OF GEORGIA N.A.A.C.P. Sends Sharp Letter to Attorney General; Raps Recent Action New York—A report reaching the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People from Georgia that 200 Negro prisoners in the federal prison at Atlanta are to be hired out to the state of Georgia to do road work, has brought a sharp letter from the N.A.A.C.P. to William DeWitt Mitchell, U. S. attorney general, protesting against such action. The report states that the leasing is contemplated in order to relieve overcrowding in the prison. Walter White Acting Secretary of the N.A.A.C.P. in his letter to the Attorney General says in part: We are writing to inquire if this report is true. If it is true, may we most vigorously protest against such a discriminatory practice. We should like to inquire why it is that only Negro prisoners are to be leased. If such leasing is legal it would be far wiser, in our opinion, to lease out only white federal prisoners inasmuch as race prejudice in the state of Georgia would make them suffer at the hands of state officials and road gang or camp bosses far less severely than would Negro prisoners. May we further point out that convict leasing to private companies by even some of the most backward states in America has been abolished because of the terrible evils connected with that system. This Association feels very positively that whether the practice is legal or not the Federal Government should under no circumstances commence such a practice as this. If the report is true which has come to us from very reliable sources that these 200 Negro federal prisoners are to be hired out to the state of Georgia, we respectfully and strongly request that such orders as may have been issued to this effect be immediately canceled. Marion Davies In Tivoli's 'Marianne' "Marianne," Marion Davies' long-awaited all-talking picture, which Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer is presenting will open at the Tivoli theatre, Chicago, on Friday, November 8, for a week's engagement. "Marianne" may best be described as a war picture without any fighting. The action takes place shortly after the signing of the Armistice when a battalion of American soldiers are billeted in Marianne's village. Here love affair with one of the doughbys, which begins with an altercation over a pet pig belonging to Marianne's adopted family of war orphans, runs lightly and laughably, along, until the time that Andre, her old sweetheart, returns blinded from a German prison camp. Unusual developments occur, to make this vehicle one of the best of many recent talking successes. Lawrence Gray, who appeared with Marion Davies, in "The Patsy," has been given the male lead in this comedy drama. It marks his audible debut on the screen. Others in the cast are Cliff (Ukulele Ike) Edwards, Emil Chautard, Robert Edeson, George Baxter and Benny Rubin. On the stage at the Tivoli next week, Frankie Masters will lead his orchestra in one of their fine programs. The show is called "Radio Romance," and in addition to a group of new arrangements and songs by the band, features those two popular radio entertainers, Ross and Edwards in a humorous little skit called "Microphone Nonsense." Read the Professional Directory. Selects Gary Ball Room For Affair ? MISS RUBY ARSENAUX Chicagoans are seeking out-of-the Miss Ruby Arsenaux shown above, above, 19th and Broadway, for a rece Miss Cholly Martinson, beautiful soci contests. Chicagoans are seeking out-of-the-way places of amusement! Proof: Miss Ruby Arsenaux shown above, has selected Gary's own Rosemont ballroom, 19th and Broadway, for a reception planned for the entertainment of Miss Cholly Martinson, beautiful society girl and winner of several beauty contests. WOOD CHOSEN AS HEAD OF NOONDAY CLUB BY MEMBERS Cooke Elected First Vice-President; Means Named As One of Secretaries By unanimous agreement, members of the Gary Noonday Business club, meeting at Stewart house on Wednesday elected Dr. Charles R. Wood, prominent Gary physician and surgeon, as president of the organization for the next year. Succeeding Prof. H. Theo. Tatum, principal of East Pulaski school, the new president will assume office after the fall exposition which is sponsored annually by the club. The exposition will be held this year during the Thanksgiving holidays. As a reward for his work in the organization, members of the club selected William W. Cooke, pioneer Gary architect, as their first vice-president. Dr. Dennis A. Bethea, prominent Hammond physician, and former health editor of The Gary American, was chosen as second vice-president of the club. Others elected were: Ludie G. Means, branch manager of the Victory Life Insurance company, corresponding secretary; the Rev. Frank S. Delaney, pastor of Trinity church, executive secretary; and A. J. Howard, treasurer. Accomplishments of the organizations during the past fiscal year will --- Office of Publication: 7 East 19th Avenue Telephone Gary 2-4660 — If Busy, Call Gary 2-3865 Colored Athlete Is Barred From Game; Act Is Denounced Colored Athlete Is Barred From Game; Act Is Denounced New York—A reliable report states that Dave Myers, star colored quarterback of the New York University football team, was barred from the game with West Virginia Wesleyan on October 12, because of southern color prejudice, according to the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Continuing its agitation against the "benching" of Myers in the game with Georgia on Nov. 9, the N.A.A.C.P. has written a sharp letter to Prof. Giles T. Courtney, chairman of N. Y. U. athletic council. In its letter the N.A.A.C.P. says that "to withdraw Myers from the game will add strength to the conviction derived from the recently published report of the Carnegie Foundation that in the case of N. Y. university's sport activities, commercial considerations outweigh considerations of sportsmanship, honor and human decency." be reviewed at a coming meeting, it was stated by President Tatum following the election of officers. Several new members have been added to the organization under the administration of Mr. Tatum, and the activities of the organization have gained added prominence. Aside from the election of officers, members of the club yesterday held three minute discussions on various topics affecting Gary's welfare. Subjects were given to members of the club and these were discussed in the time allowed each speaker. GARY, INDIANA, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1929 MUSTARD HELLO, EVERYBODY! Little Dickie Dishwasher, the office pest, says a friend of his pulled a helluva boner in New York at the insurance man's convention a few weeks ago. He says this friend, while addressing the group, said, "honesty is the best policy," and immediately 1,000 agents got up and started arguing with him. *** Ballad From the Boy From Washington Street Josefus went straight to Dearborn When he arrived from old Gary For four bucks per he got a room And set out the sights to see Chicago seemed a son-of-a-gun Twas a hell of a big city Josefus craved a gang of fun He would a lady's man be Now in this flat on old Dearborn Lived a broad named Jessie Lee She'd married thrice. With a gun She'd spoiled her husbands three She was a-sittin' in her room When Josefus came the world to see And Jessie thought: "Here comes some- Thing that'll my pig-meat be." A Small Town is a place where the Neighbors begin counting backward when the first child is born to the Newlyweds. *** DIRTY IS ONE OF THE ELITE Hot Stuff: As eye sees it, Minnie Del Pondo musta chased yew so far away it takes a dollar 4 yew 2 send a letter back heah. But that ain't neithah nor nondah. What eye wants 2 say is this: eve is done jined the elite. Eye is bin indicted by the graan jewery. Its done come 2 b a mark of distinction to be indicted. There is no peepul that way than what ain't. Eye doan no yet what they is done said eye is done but what dif-fer-ence do it make? —Dirty Twelve. *** IN NEW YORK LAST WEEK A GUY NAMED BROMO MARRIED A GAL NAMED SELTZER. WE PREDICT THEIR MARRIAGE WILL BE A FIZZ. *** NAME IT AND TAKE IT Place: Sing-Sing, Leavenworth or Michigan City. Characters: Two convicts: Scene I. (Two convicts passing one another) 1st Con: Hello. New man? 2nd Con: Hello. Yep. Scene II. (Same action, same place, day later) 1st Con. How long're you i nfor? 2nd Con: Ten years. Scene III. (Same as scene two, a day later) 1stCon: (Presenting letter): Here, mail this when you get out. Curtain (Authors note: Curtain should be of rubberized asbestos to ill the evil effects of thrown last year's eggs and cigar remnants). POSSUM CENTER NEWS ITEMS Mink Whitman says he is going to Florida this winter as his wife just told him to go to a warmer climate. Mollie Bigbust would have won the prize at the Hallowe'en party the other night for wearing the funniest mask but the judges discovered just in time that she wasn't wearing any. Have you done your Christmas shopping yet? —F. M. D. "The surest way to keep a thing out of the newspapers is not to do it," says the San Diego Union. WILLIAM W. COOKE Pioneer Gary architect who was elected first vice-president of the Gary Noonday Business club by unanimous agreement. Education Is Chief Concern Of The Church Dr. Wm. S. Bovard Tells of Hope M. E.'s Place in Christian Work Address by Dr. William S. Bovard corresponding secretary of the board of education, Methodist Episcopal church, at the South Bend district Men's council at the First M. E. church. Subject: "Christian Education and the Ultimate Aim of the Church." The church regards christian education as its major concern. What then is the aim of this thing we call the church? We would generally agree that the ultimate aim of the church is to help God make this human world an all inclusive brotherhood. That is an overwhelming task. The very fact of human nature makes it difficult. But in this task the church has powerful allies. The practical sciences have made of the human world a compact neighborhood. This must be made the basis of a World Brotherhood. Economic developments are unifying the world. Prosperity has become a goal of all. Christian ideals must be applied to Economic life. Some say the world is hopelessly doomed, that there is no use trying to make it better. Others say biological heredity is the best way to a better world. But the church must definitely stand for christian education as the surest way to a christian world. Education is in danger of becoming colorlessly neutral on the great issues of life, but education must teach values as well as ways of thinking. Christian education must have positive convictions respecting the great issues of personal and social living. With education the major concern of the church, the teachers today are the natural successors to the prophets of old, and the pioneers of missionary endeavor. Intellectual power is a prime quality of the Christian teacher, but there is more to Christian personality than ability to think with penetration and discrimination. Just as the sunshine and moisture are essential to the development of the seed, so the process of putting truth into the unfolding life of youth needs the warmth of genuine emotion, PUBLIC LIBRARY OARY, INDIANA Feature Se HOME EDITION ELECTIVE NOT GIVEN JOHNSON BY SOURCE TO BE FACTOR IN SQUARE Received in Three Solid Wards, Candidate Saves Him From His Office forward to his administration with high confidence in the Republican party, Negroes a "new deal" in political recognition and the staunch support they gave R. O. J. Election election. to office only because the voters of Gary him" and gave him a majority of their Johnson will not fail to show his approval, and that he will give Negros of them they have ever had under any previous opinion which political leaders exert today in commenting upon the election. unmet N. White, democratic candidate returns, Johnson's election was feared on the Third, Fourth and Fifth wards on and assured him of election over his oppose North Side and Glen Park. Johnson's alleged "black belt" dispelled the case of considerable alarm among Republican self, and assured him of election. political leaders say, will assure Gary's conviction in the municipal affairs of Gary, and guarantee that their rights will be championed will assume office on January 11. When the Negro voters of Gary are not known, will select, from the number of qualified women to assist in administering the act because of their support, but because lies in the city, with its vast population, the appointments Johnson can, with due care in the community, are places on the city. N. White, defeated democratic candidate hired man a member of the Board of Public it is pointed out. It is felt that Johnson does the same. The other pieces of patronage which lead parcel out to the South Side are: of the garbage contract to a South policemen on the city's law protecting fences in the city's street department as well as a women to serve in several of the city's administration. Other the mayor-elect will act upon theIBLE to Negroes, however, is a matter Johnson, but upon those who captain side and marshalled the forces in Gary's arm into office. All observers today were asking if these new opportunity gives them, or if they securing a few insignificant appointments themselves and those appointed. Is the first of a series which will be performed on this subject. Others will follow. ELECTION JOHNSON BY SOUTH FACTOR IN SQUARE DEAL Three Solid Wards By Mayor-Saves Him From Defeat This administration with high hope and re-republican party, Negro voters of Gary, in political recognition and preferment, support they gave R. O. Johnson in Tuesdays because the voters of Gary's Negro dislike him a majority of their votes, it is best fail to show his appreciation for the fact he will give Negros of Gary the best he had under any previous city executive, which political leaders expressed to The Commenting upon the election Tuesday. Site, democratic candidate leading in the son's election was feared lost for a while Fourth and Fifth wards of the central district of election over his opponent, who carried Glen Park. Johnson's plurality over black belt" dispelled the doubt which had led alarm among Republican leaders acceded him of election. Day, will assure Gary's colored population municipal affairs of Gary, and can be interneurights will be championed in the new office on January 11. What appointments letters of Gary are not known as yet. But from the number of qualified leaders here, assist in administering the affairs of the city, their support, but because of the position with its vast population, it is pointed out that Johnson can, with due justice, give to unity, are places on the executive boards elected democratic candidate, had planned member of the Board of Public Works, had out. It is felt that Johnson, all the more is of patronage which leaders are expect-the South Side are: Page contract to a South Side resident; the city's law protecting force; more collective department as well as the selection of to serve in several of the "white collar" institution. Or-elect will act upon these matters in a series, however, is a matter which depends upon those who captained his campaign called the forces in Gary's central district day were asking if these leadrs will play any gives them, or if they will merely be new insignificant appointments which will pose appointed. Of a series which will be published in The project. Others will follow in subsequent PRICE THREE CENTS IN GARY AND SUBURBS ELSEWHERE, FIVE CENTS Votes Received in Three Solid Wards By Mayoralty Candidate Saves Him From Defeat Looking forward to his administration with high hope and renewed confidence in the Republican party, Negro voters of Gary, are expecting a "new deal" in political recognition and preferament, as a result of the staunch support they gave R. O. Johnson in Tuesday's municipal election. Swept into office only because the voters of Gary's Negro district "stood by him" and gave him a majority of their votes, it is believed that Johnson will not fail to show his appreciation for the support given him, and that he will give Negros of Gary the best administration they have ever had under any previous city executive. This was the opinion which political leaders expressed to The Gary American today in commenting upon the election Tuesday. With Emmet N. White, democratic candidate leading in the early election returns, Johnson's election was feared lost for a while until votes from the Third, Fourth and Fifth wards of the central district came in and assured him of election over his opponent, who carried both the North Side and Glen Park. Johnson's plurality over White in Gary's alleged "black belt" dispelled the doubt which had previously caused considerable alarm among Republican leaders active in his behalf, and assured him of election. This, political leaders say, will assure Gary's colored population of full recognition in the municipal affairs of Gary, and can be interpreted as a guarantee that their rights will be championed in the new administration. Johnson will assume office on January 11. What appointments he will give to the Negro voters of Gary are not known as yet. But it is felt that he will select, from the number of qualified leaders here, several men and women to assist in administering the affairs of the city. Not only because of their support, but because of the position the race occupies in the city, with its vast population, it is pointed out that among the appointments Johnson can, with due justice, give to Negro leaders in the community, are places on the executive boards of the city. Emmet N. White, defeated democratic candidate, had planned to make a colored man a member of the Board of Public Works, had he been elected it is pointed out. It is felt that Johnson, all the more obligated, might do the same. Among the other pieces of patronage which leaders are expecting Johnson to parcel out to the South Side are: Awarding of the garbage contract to a South Side resident; more colored policemen on the city's law protecting force; more colored workers in the city's street department as well as the selection of competent men and women to serve in several of the "white collar" positions in the city's administration. But whether the mayor-elect will act upon these matters in a manner favorable to Negroes, however, is a matter which depends not only upon Johnson, but upon those who captained his campaign on the South Side and marshalled the forces in Gary's central district which swept him into office. Interested observers today were asking if these leadrs will play the part the new opportunity gives them, or if they will merely be satisfied with securing a few insignificant appointments which will benefit only themselves and those appointed. This article is the first of a series which will be published in The Gary American on this subject. Others will follow in subsequent issues. ANOTHER ARMISTICE DAY (AN EDITORIAL) eleven years since that eventful day of most of the civilized world came to an end months of warfare. Just enough time to talk of America—those who will suffer it to look upon the whole combat as a scandal more recent than the Spanish-Americans owe a great deal to the world war that they started their migration north it has been because of this and since they then slowly making for himself a place in a lot to think about on Armistice day. boys in khaki who fought and bled are for democracy—and their buddies wached in Georgia by the people whose since that eventful day of November 11. lized world came to an armed truce after warfare. Just enough time has passed for those who will suffer in the next great the whole combat as a sort of historical ant than the Spanish-American war. Great deal to the world war. It was durarted their migration northward in large because of this and since that time that the king for himself a place in the world of about on Armistice day. We can't for who fought and bled and died to make city—and their buddies who came home, gia by the people whose homes they de- It is now eleven years since that eventful day of November 11, 1918, when most of the civilized world came to an armed truce after more than fifty months of warfare. Just enough time has passed for the younger folk of America—those who will suffer in the next great catastrophe—to look upon the whole combat as a sort of historical event, just slightly more recent than the Spanish-American war. Aframerican owe a great deal to the world war. It was during that period that they started their migration northward in large numbers. And it has been because of this and since that time that the Negro has been slowly making for himself a place in the world of business. We have a lot to think about on Armistice day. We can't forget the black boys in khaki who fought and bled and died to make the world safe for democracy—and their buddies who came home, some to be lynched in Georgia by the people whose homes they defended. There's Johnson, the ebony soldier who was the first American to win the distinguished service cross in the world conflict. He returned to America to die last summer in modest circumstances in Washington, D. C., a black hero whom the world forgot until after his death. The world hasn't learned its lesson. There'll be a greater war some day. It's human to fight. But although we realize that the inevitable will come, we can still hope for peace and do all in our power to discourage armed conflict. K. M. JONES, Gunsmith We also make Keys, Repair Locks, Night Latches, Victrolas, Sewing Machines, Lawn Mowers, Vacuum Cleaners, and put Locks on Trunks. All work guaranteed to be strictly first class. 2177 Washington St. Phone Gary 9591 Professional Directory Page Two ENVIRONMENT IS GREATER FACTOR THAN HEREDITY ```markdown ``` So Garyites Tell Kurious Katie In Answering Weekly Question By KURIOUS KATE The Gary American will pay $1 and give two tickets to the Gary theatre for each question accepted for Kurious Katie to ask. Send your name and address with your question. For this week's question, Delaney 1501 Massachusetts, has been awarded $1 and given two theatre passes. THE QUESTION Which is the greatest in shaping a man's life—heredity or environment? The Answers: Mr. Fred D. Ramsey, attorney, 3624 Main Street, Indiana Harbor: Environment. I should think environment is stronger than heredity, that is in a pronounced term. A man's inheritance should have a great deal to do with his tendencies in life, but his tendencies may be greatly offset by good or bad environment. It is my impression that environment plays a greater part on the shaping of an individual's life than does heredity. A person acquires most of his habits and practice through some one of the five senses. It is true that persons may be born with certain definite tendencies which are the result of heredity, but these are not sufficiently strong to withstand the form of one's everyday surroundings. The human being, unfortunately, is not so constructed that he can abstract himself from his environment to the extent that his life will not be molded to conform to the human level of which he is a member. Notwithstanding my view to the effect that environment is stronger than heredity so far as to the shaping of an individual's life is concerned, environment is not so effective in improving one born with common base tendencies as it is in degrading one born of high and noble tendencies. Mrs. Rosa Paulk, office girl, 2323 Massachusetts: Environment. You can obtain environment but you cannot obtain heredity. What is born in you is in you. If you live in a slummy district you 1 Profess Direct PHYSICIANS -- SURGEONS Phone Office 4225 Phone Home 2973 Dr. Dan B. Taylor Diseases of Children and Chest 1803 BROADWAY Phone 2-6418 Reginald O. Mundin M. D. Physician and Surgeon Medico y Cirujano 1715 BROADWAY Phone Gary 2-2159 Dr. Charles R. Wood Physician and Surgeon 1512 BROADWAY Over Woolworth's Gary, Ind. Phone 2-1374 Dr. S. R. Blackwell Physician and Surgeon 1609 BROADWAY Dr. Lucretia A. Carter Physician and Surgeon 1709 BROADWAY Phone Gary 2-3865 Fritz W. Alexander Attorney at Law Notary Public 7 East 19th Avenue Hours 9 to 11 a. m. - 1 to 2:30 p. m. 5:30 to 9 p. m. DR. WM. F. BROWN Physician and Surgeon Diseases of Women a Specialty 25 Years in Practice 2182 Broadway Gary, Indiana Phone 2-1087 Broadway: Heredity is the stronger influence on character formation. In fact heredity is a form of character which may be affected for good or for bad by environment. Environment is the condition which acts upon character. Mr. W. B. Gary, attorney, 1901 Broadway: Heredity and environment have a great influence on the individual. Of course these developments are contrary to the view that I have expressed. Mr. Wm. Lorden, Jr., Citizen's Life Insurance Co., 2685 Adams street: When I say that I am of the opinion that environment has more to do with the formation of character than heredity, I know that my opinion is supported by the majority of psychologists. Do not understand me to infer that a majority of a particular opinion makes that opinion true; but it simply means that a more detailed observation has been made before announcing the theory. We do find that children of the same parents are different in habits and all systematic dispositions. Therefore, we must theorize that this difference is brought about by dissimilar effects of their immediate surroundings upon them. No two receptors are effected by a given stimulus in the same way. JONES, Gunsmith Make Keys, Repair Locks, Night Poles, Sewing Machines, Lawn Cleaners, and put Locks on work guaranteed to be strictly on St. Phone Gary 9591 Professional Factory Milo C. Murray Attorney at Law Suite 1 1901 BROADWAY CHRIOPRACTORS Phone 2-2870 HAMMOND, IND. Phone Hammond 3945-W Dennis A. Bethea, M. D. Physician and Surgeon 530 Kenwood Hammond May Appear Here Mary Ann MME. ODEL STONE Famous Chicago singer, who will appear in a concert here in January according to plans formulated this week. can move out of that and be somebody, but if something is born in you regardless of how dominant it might be in younger years, it will become recessive in later years. Dr. Cornelius Dixon, Dentist, 1901 JACK'S ARMY STORE 1060 Broadway TRADE AT JACK'S and Save Some Jack ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW Phone 2-4250 C. L. Howard Attorney at Law 1428 BROADWAY Phone 2-2870 Edward McKinley Bacoyn LAWYER 2089 BROADWAY F. Louis Sperling Attorney at Law Suite 2, Room 2 American Bldg 1901 Broadway Phone 2-1860 Adelbert S. Moore Attorney at Law Suite 2, Room 4 1901 BROADWAY Phone 9411 Dr. Frank S. Rudolph Licensed Drugless Physician Specialist in Chronic Diseases 2089 BROADWAY THE GARY AMERICAN Live and Dressed Poultry FREE DELIVERY Cop Who Wounded Student Dismissed New York—In reply to two communications from the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People urging dismissal of Patrolman Walter Lowe, who shot and seriously wounded Ralph Baker, Lincoln university student, and protesting against the patrolman's restoration to duty, John D. Flynn, secretary to police commissioner Whalen, writes that Patrolman Lowe is still under suspension and will not be restored until his trial by the Police Department has been completed. Mr. Flynn's letter reads: "Your letter of October 21st and telegram of October 21th addressed to the Police Commissioner have been received. The Commissioner directs me to advise you that Patrolman Lowe is still under suspension, and will not be restored to duty until his trial by the Department has been completed." Read the Professional Directory nor does a given impulse cause the same response, yet we are practically convinced that the two make us act as we do. Club Warns of Peril of Crossing Streets "Cross Only at Crosswalks" is the timely warning printed and illustrated on 25,000 two-color safety posters just issued by the accident prevention department of the Chicago Motor club to as many schoolrooms in northern Illinois and northern Indiana. The picture shows a group of children waiting on the sidewalk at the corner for a break in the traffic, in cordance with an order from a member of the school boys' safety patrol. A lone pupil, however, in the foreground, has detached himself and is running across the street towards the middle of the block and through traffic. The teachers were asked in a letter accompanying the poster to stress the fact in classes that November is one of the most dangerous months of the year. Rain, sleet and snow on the windshields of automobiles and the streets cut down the vision of drivers and also tend to make quick stopping extremely difficult. Pedestrians, according to statistics, are more careless when the weather is inclement. Children and adults alike are prone to hold umbrellas so that they obscure vision, and are also given to walking across streets with heads down, in order to keep the precipitation out of their faces. Teachers were also asked to request the children to leave home in plenty of time to reach the school without hurrying. It is believed that many childrens leave their homes at the last minute, and that some of the injuries among school children are solely the result of haste and resulting carelessness. —Of the 33,000,000 or so automobiles in the world, 89 percent or more are of American manufacture. —"The best child welfare work used to be done in the woodshed," says the Cincinnati Times-Star. TITTLE PACI C TITTLE BRO PACKING CO. TITTLE BROS. PACKING CO. Meat Merchants Stores Everywhere GARY ICE GUAR WHOLESAL CO $5.5 Delivered Anyw 1051 Delaware Stre LANDY D 1500-1504 Broadway 631-633 Broadway GARY ICE & COAL CO QUALITY GUARANTEED SERVICE WHOLESALE and RETAIL COAL $5.50 PER TON Delivered Anywhere in the City Delaware Street Phon ANDY DIRECTOR GARY ICE & COAL CO QUALITY GUARANTEED SERVICE WHOLESALE and RETAIL COAL $5.50 PER TON Delivered Anywhere in the City 1051 Delaware Street Phone 7614 Of Gary Firms Who Guarantee Products and Service Allen's Service Station "QUICK SERVICE" We sell the Best Gas and Oil Cars Greased. Your Satisfaction CORNER 21st and VIRGINIA Phone 2-7814 SAM'S LOAN SHOP JEWELER & PAWNBROKER Unredeemed Jewelry, Watches, Diamonds, Clothing and Shot Guns for Sale 1604 BROADWAY COPELAND MUSIC SHOP All the Latest Records Pianos and Other Instruments Tuned and Repaired 27-WEST 17th AVENUE Phone 2-2747 Gary, Indiana EAGLE CLEANERS and DYERS Satisfaction Guaranteed 18 W. 25th Ave. Gary, Ind. CALUMET HARDWARE and PAINT COMPANY Hardware and Building Supplies for Every Need 1829 Broadway Phone 22012 GARY, INDIANA Building Contractor LUTHER MOORE 1901 Broadway Gary, Ind. --- Friday, November 8, 1929 Automotive freight in 1928 exceeded 3,500,000 carloads, according to the Chicago Motor club. There were only four automobiles registered in the United States in 1895, according to the Chicago Motor club. The automobile dollar is worth $1.13 and the cost-of-living dollar is worth 62 cents compared with 1914, according to the Chicago Motor club. The United States produces 83.5 per cent of all automobiles, according to the Chicago Motor club. —Everybody wants peace—and the biggest piece of artillery," says the Chicago Herald-Examiner. E BROS. KING CO. E & COAL CO QUALITY GRANTED SERVICE E and RETAIL OAL 50 PER TON where in the City et Phone 7614 Our Time is Your Time FRED RENO Watches, Diamonds and Jewelry For Sale and Repaired All Work Guaranteed 29 WEST 17th AVENUE Phone 2-2348 GARY, IND. S. S. BROWN CLOTHES SPECIALIST First Class Tailoring and Dressmaking 28 E. 16th Ave. Gary, Ind. S. I. PRINCE SHOE REPAIR SHOP BEST MATERIALS GOOD WORKMANSHIP at 23 West 22nd Avenue DUCO PAINTING Body Repairing and Trimming Department R. MILLS, Manager FIFTH AVENUE GARAGE 320-38 W. 5th Ave. Gary, Ind. GOLDSTONES 1320 BROADWAY Money to Loan on Everything Watches - Jewelry - Luggage ROGER W. WOODFOLK LAWYER Phones 26303—Office 2nd Floor 1633 Washington Street Residence 2nd Floor 1981 Massachusetts Street GARY, INDIANA Society Gary Shoe Mart 7th Anniversary, 10-day sale, starts tomorrow morning, appreciation of the tremendous patronage of our patrons and friends. Our business has increased by leaps and bounds since Gary Shoe Mart's opening, seven years ago tomorrow, which has made the Gary Shoe Mart one of the largest finest Footwear and Hosiery stores in northern Indiana. Come and take advantage. Lay in a supply of shoes at substantial savings. Note the few Prices Below For women, Queen Quality newest creations come in all latest leathers, colors, trims, plains or reptiles. Heels as desired. Douglas Shoes are grouped in two low prices for our Anniversary Sale. Sale price Children's shoes and guaranteed silk hosiery. Gary Shoe Mart 1104 BROADWAY Friday, November 8, 1929 Personals Mrs. Mitchell Ill In Hospital Mrs. Tena Mitchell of 1300 Carolina, is confined to the Mercy hospital. Returns From Visit South Mrs. Dorothy Smith of 18812 Connecticut, has just returned from a visit south where she buried her brother. Miss Lillian Muckliay and Miss Ruth Foster are new students in the Julantine Beauty Culture school. Miss Jeanette Armstead of Chicago is spending the week-end in Gary at the Julantine Beauty Shoppe, 1828 Broadway. Mrs. Allen Thomas of Chicago visited last week with her daughter, Miss Claudina Thomas, operator at the Julantine Beauty Shoppe. Miss Trent Returns to Capital City Miss Thelma Trent left Tuesday night for Indianapolis after spending a few days with her mother, Mrs. Grace Trent. in Steel City Miss Annie Mae Williams of Arkansas is here visiting her aunt, Mrs. Willie Hamilton, 1550 Virginia. Detroiters Are Dinner Guests The Rev. B. T. N. Burton of Detroit, and the Rev. and Mrs. J. M. Wooden of Clarksbury, W. Virginia, were dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. A. Ross, and Mr. and Mrs. Geo, Bady Jr. of 507 W. Twenty-first avenue, Saturday. The Rev. Wooden is the Gary Sho 7th Anniversary, 10-day sale, cousin of Mr. Ross. They were delegates to the C. M. E. conference held in the city last week. Entertainments The Japanese Tea which was given at the Stewart house last Sunday evening was a very elaborate affair. The tea was given in the Girl's club room which was decorated with Japanese decorations. The "Harmony Four" rendered several selections. Miss Hazel Bratton gave two readings, Miss Bertha Boddie sang a solo. The Campfire Girls were dressed in Japanese costumes. The Campfire Girls gave a cooking demonstration Monday at the Stewart house. They were taught table etiquette. It was a very nice affair. Mr. and Mrs. William Paulk entertained at a whist party Tuesday evening. Among those present were, Mr. Dave Johnson, Mrs. Ruth Hunter, Miss Johnson, Mr. George Bradely and Mr. Connee. Clubs Owls Meet With the Sennies Clubs The Owls club met Saturday evening with Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Semmes. Miss Hazel Byrant and Mr. Harvey Spigner were guests. Mrs. Rucks Hostess To Lotus Club The Lotus club met Wednesday evening with Mrs. James Rucks. Sunshine Club to Meet Monday The Sunshine Social club will meet Monday evening at eight o'clock at the home of Miss Susie Means, 556 W. 22nd place. The Gary College Tougaloo will meet with Mrs. Bessie Crosley of 2616 Adams street, Sunday, November 17, instead of November 10. All Tough-aloians are invited to be present. The Willing Workers club of St. Paul Baptist church met Tuesday night at the home of Mr. and Mrs. William Manning, 1728 Carolina. The election of officers was held and Mrs. Gertrude Baker was elected president, Mrs. Mary Dillin, vice president, Mrs. G. W. Barnett, secretary, Mrs. Green, assistant secretary, Mr. A. Norman, captain, Mr. W. M. Manning, assistant captain and Mr. T. N. Norman, treasurer. Juvenile Ruths Hold Regular Meeting The Juvenile Household of Ruth, number 5306, met Saturday afternoon at the home of Mrs. Leona Walls, 2176 Washington. Yo Yo Club Holds Regular Meeting The Yo Yo club met Thursday night with Mrs. Carrie Cross, 2433 Jefferson street. Modern Wives to Meet Monday Juvenile Ruths Hold Regular Meeting The Juvenile Household of Ruth, number 5306, met Saturday afternoon at the home of Mrs. Leona Walls, 2176 Washington. Yo Yo Club Holds Regular Meeting The Yo Yo club met Thursday night with Mrs. Carrie Cross, 2433 Jefferson street. Modern Wives to Meet Monday The Modern Wives club will meet Monday afternoon at the home of Mrs. Leona Walls, 2176 Washington. T. M. T. M. Club Has Party The T. M. T. M. club of the Stew- 193 1930 F1 FORMA OF T TWIN- E1 PRICED WORTHY FORMAL DISPLAY OF THE NEW TWIN-IGNITION WORTHY SUCCESSOR TO A GREAT SUCCESS 1930 NASH "400" SINGLE SIX PRICED FROM $915 TO $1075 f. o. b. factory TWIN-IGNITION SIX PRICED FROM $1295 TO $1695 f. o. b. factory ALSO BEING SHOWN 213 2133 Broa THE GARY AMERICAN art house met last Thursday night at a Hallowe'en party which was well attended. topic was Reign." T Monday at The Willing Workers club of St. Paul Baptist church is giving a national and international pageant Tuesday night. Admission is fifteen cents. The Woman's Home Missionary society met at the Stewart house Monday evening. Mrs. Johnson, an evangelist from Mobile, Alabama, who is attending the C. M. E. Conference, was a visitor at the society. Just Twelve Club to Meet Wednesday The Just Twelve club will meet Wednesday at the home of Mrs. Corrine Cross, 2324 Washington. Mission Society Holds Meeting The Mission Society of the St. John Baptist church met Monday. The bedside of ours ill. Mr. Frank was called on account of Mrs. Will has come Fields aver Mrs. Claus is visit Mr. and Gary last Mr. and Sales --- LORK'S Confectionery Ice Cream, Fruits Candy and Cold Drinks 2500 Adams Street C. LORK, Prop. SONA FIRST MAL DISPL OF THE NEW IN-IGNITI EIGHT PRICED-FROM $1625 TO $2260 f. o. b. lactory topic was "Jehovah's Universal Reign." The society will meet next Monday at the church. Visitors are always welcome. The A. M. E. church on Plummer street, has recently been repainted. The tundra school and church in general has taken on new life. The Rev. Mr. Dickerson is the pastor. Last Sunday, the presiding elder, the Rev. T. A. Thomas of Chicago, was present and preached at the church. Mrs. Roy Floyd of Michigan ave., was called to Indianaapolis, last week to the bedside of her grand-mother who is seriouls. Mrs. Frank Wycoff, of 191 Willeys street, was called to Chatanooga last Saturday on account of the death of his sister. Mrs. Dickerson, of Chicago, has come to join her husband at Mrs. Fields avenue. Mrs. Glover is the sister of Mr. Charles Goods. Mrs. Clarence Crestman of Michigan avenue, is visiting in Nashville, Tennessee. Mr. and Mrs. Horace Central were in Gary last Sunday. 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This new car, with this new motor, will rank unmistakably as a distinctive expression of the American genius for motor car manufacture. It is ready to convince anyone that "a new generation of motor cars has now arrived" I You can see it-you can drive it-today! avenue were in Chicago last Sunday. Mr. William Fuqua of Indianapolis, is here visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. M. C. Fuqua, 560 Merrill. The district meeting of the seventh district, Eastern Star, of Indiana was held in Hammond last Thursday. The district meeting of the seventh district was presided over by Mrs. Ida Palmer of South Bend. The following Hammond ladies were elected to district offices; Mrs. Maggie Bentha, associate constructors of Hammond; Mrs. Adlai Mussie; Winnie Patterson, organist. Mrs. Walter Hill and Mrs. Maggie Patterson of Kenwood avenue, have returned from Moline, Ill., where they went to see a relative who was very ill. Mrs. Henry Patterson sustained a very painful accident in the car, he is very much improved at this time. Page Three —"Wait! The football season has not ended, and there's still a chance for one of the experts to forecast a game correctly," predicts a newspaper columnist. FROEBEL Cleaners and Dyers 1700 Jefferson We Call For and Deliver Page Four The Gary Published every Friday more Publishing Company, Incorporate avenue, Gary, Indiana. TELEPHONE GARY 2-466 Entered as second-class mail under the Act of March 3, 1879. Publishing Company, Incorporated The Gary I. American Published every Friday morning in the year by The Gary American Publishing Company, Incorporated, American Building, 7 East Nineteenth avenue, Gary, Indiana. TELEPHONE GARY 2-4660 — IF BUSY CALL GARY 2-3865 Entered as second-class mail matter at the post-office at Gary, Indiana, under the Act of March 3, 1879. Copyright, 1929, by The Gary American Publishing Company, Incorporated. CHAUNCEY TOWNSEND Executive Editor BOOKER T. THOMAS Business Manager Subscription price $1.50 a year copies, three cents. "The Gary American enters anyone. It has no axe to grind. N but one aim, to which it will cling squarely in defense of the rights of Gary American No. 1, November 1 tion price $1.50 a year in advance. For six month cents. Army American enters the field without malice or has no axe to grind. Neither does it have anyone to to which it will cling with pious devotion, and the defense of the rights of the black American."—Pro- man No. 1, November 10, 1927. Subscription price $1.50 a year in advance. For six months, $1. Single copies, three cents. "The Gary American enters the field without malice or envy toward anyone. It has no axe to grind. Neither does it have anyone to punish; it has but one aim, to which it will cling with pious devotion, and that is to stand squarely in defense of the rights of the black American."—Prospectus of The Gary American No. 1, November 10, 1927. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1929 Saying It In Plain English In a recent interview with Smith shows the difference between government affairs. "It's by common sense than it is by a business makes up his mind to and shoot,' and the thing is do public office. "A certain friend of mine, up to Albany while I was Go while the State was digging for needed to carry on the State's every time he wanted to do some the Attorney General's office to do it. In business everyone cern; there are no legislators of measures for improvement in or so long as public officials see we shall have waste and inefficiency. Progress is the result of America has grown with a maximum of government. Recent interview with the New York Times is the difference between administration of bure- ment affairs. "It's much easier to run any sense than it is by law," says Mr. Smith. "I makes up his mind to do something. He says and the thing is done. But it's a very diffi- cult certain friend of mine, employed by a big corpo- ny while I was Governor and put up an en- state was digging foundations for one that wi- carry on the State's business. Why was tha- ne wanted to do something he did not have to by Generalal's office to find out whether he had in business everyone is working for the benefi- ture are no legislators of a different party who se- r improvement in order to advance their own as public officials seek votes and are responsi- ble waste and inefficiency when government gov- ness is the result of individual genius and re- g grown with a maximum of business freedom government. In a recent interview with the New York Times, Alfred E. Smith shows the difference between administration of business affairs and government affairs. "It's much easier to run any organization by common sense than it is by law," says Mr. Smith. "The head of a business makes up his mind to do something. He says, 'Go ahead and shoot,' and the thing is done. But it's a very different thing in public office. "A certain friend of mine, employed by a big corporation, came up to Albany while I was Governor and put up an entire building while the State was digging foundations for one that was absolutely needed to carry on the State's business. Why was that? Because every time he wanted to do something he did not have to send over to the Attorney Genenral's office to find out whether he had a legal right to do it. In business everyone is working for the benefit of the concern; there are no legislators of a different party who selfishly retard measures for improvement in order to advance their own ends." So long as public officials seek votes and are responsible to no one, we shall have waste and inefficiency when government goes into business. Progress is the result of individual genius and responsibility America has grown with a maximum of business freedom and a minimum of government. Protect the Responsible Driver Dr. Charles Norris, Chief City, has a novel suggestion for rine reckless "walkers" who increm them instituting suits against auto. There is merit in this plan pedestrians to attempt to beat an pose the stop light, or to disp vehicle. But these same errings so rush to law to attempt to get. The careful and competences, now "holds the sack." I through no fault of his own. A pedestrian is one of his major wo There is no end of suggest the reckless, but few plans have pocket book of the careful and individual would practice "Safet eliminated. Charles Norris, Chief Medical Examiner of the novel suggestion for reducing traffic accidents. "walkers" who increase accidents, and would suits against automobile drivers who were is merit in this plan. It is an all too common attempt to beat an automobile across a street light, or to dispute right-of-way with a car at these same erring pedestrians, when struck to attempt to get redress for their injuries, careful and competent automobile owner, in the sack." He is in constant danger of his own. And the careless and all one of his major worries. is no end of suggestions which, theoretically, but few plans have been made to protect the of the careful and conscientious motorist. would practice "Safety first," accidents would Dr. Charles Norris, Chief Medical Examiner of New York City, has a novel suggestion for reducing traffic accidents. He would fine reckless "walkers" who increase accidents, and would also prevent them instituting suits against automobile drivers who were not at fault. There is merit in this plan. It is an all too common thing for pedestrians to attempt to beat an automobile across a street, or to oppose the stop light, or to dispute right-of-way with a fast moving vehicle. But these same erring pedestrians, when struck, are the first to rush to law to attempt to get redress for their injuries. The careful and competent automobile owner, in many instances, now "holds the sack." He is in constant danger of accident through no fault of his own. And the careless and absent-minded pedestrian is one of his major worries. There is no end of suggestions which, theoretically, would curb the reckless, but few plans have been made to protect the rights and pocket book of the careful and conscientious motorist. If every individual would practice "Safety first," accidents would be largely eliminated. Telephone Breaks Barriers Extending telephone com- mother is making the world smaller communication with every other "There are no tariff barr amount." says the New York Thought between different country customs duties. The favorite o come splendid nonsense." bring telephone communication from one co- ming the world smaller by bringing every region on with every other. are no tariff barriers which the telephon- es the New York Times. "Nor can the seven different countries be prevented or even es. The favorite old boast of 'splendid isola id nonsense." Extending telephone communication from one country to the other is making the world smaller by bringing every region into instant communication with every other. "There are no tariff barriers which the telephone has to surmount," says the New York Times. "Nor can the exchange of thought between different countries be prevented or even impeded by customs duties. The favorite old boast of 'splendid isolation' has become splendid nonsense." 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Notes and are responsible to no one, when government goes into busi- individual genius and responsibility. man of business freedom and a mini- Medical Examiner of New York acting traffic accidents. He would accidents, and would also prevent mile drivers who were not at fault. It is an all too common thing for automobile across a street, or to opright-of-way with a fast moving restrians, when struck, are the first less for their injuries. Automobile owner, in many instances in constant danger of accident the careless and absent-minded s. which, theoretically, would curb in made to protect the rights and scientific motorist. If every inst.," accidents would be largely ication from one country to the bringing every region into instant which the telephone has to surres. "Nor can the exchange of the prevented or even impeded by past of 'splendid isolation' has be- mer no longer wallows in mud, or to sell produce or to see a movie. Proof wearing surfaces of oils oricing the cow trails. The automobile have done much to good roads are finishing the job. Our Taxi Service Neither taxes your patience or your pocketbook. Zone rates to all parts of the city. No red tape. No delay. PHONE 7434 Riley Cab Co. Day and Night Service 128 West 5th Ave. BOOKER T. THOMAS Business Manager HENRY CLAY SHOE STORE Have Them Cleaned Now! Gary is having a price war among its cleaners and dyers. To meet the competition, we have cut our prices. Have all your clothes cleaned now. Suits Cleaned and Pressed ..... $1.00 (Called For and Delivered) Suits Cleaned and Pressed ..... 70c (If You Bring It In) Ladies' Dresses and Coats ..... $1.25 HOME DYERS and CLEANERS Work Called For and Delivered 20 East 20th Place Phone 2-1332 By W. A. LORDEN. As a group are we not becoming a little borese with our no-constructive criticisms in reference to the "Negroe's characteristics and faults?" I observe that we are abundantly replenished with non-productive social, religious, and political philosophers. Yes, we all agree that South Side merchants should employ Negro salesmen. Good thought. We want to know from Gary race leaders how to make them. Sentiment and economics do not mix. Boycott the Merchants? Where will we purchase food and many churches among us in this city? not even dissipate in a Negro owned and managed pool room. Do we all agree that there are too many churches among us in this city-Well, who will be the first to "bell the cat." In other words who will be the first to quit the "split" and return to the parent body? Your move. They will not let us rent from them in certain sections? Well, why kick? Not your house. Quit knocking on your neighbor's door for admission though it is cold out here. Put coal in your own bin. Your children are freezing to death. Your move. Building more churches? Think you can pay for them? Are you certain that you can pay more than the interest for the next fifty years? Be careful. Your children will be responsible for your debts in a few years. For God's sake do not financially enslave them. Your move. All Paved Route to Florida is Opened Central states car owners living on or near hard surfaced highways can now drive to Florida without encountering any dirt or gravel roads, according to the touring bureau of the Chicago Motor club. This situation was brought about by the recent opening of US-41 between Chattanooga and Atlanta, a distance of 122.4 miles. The route between Chattanooga and Atlanta has been under construction for more than a year. Formerly, it was gravel and dirt. During the construction season tourists were routed west of that road, and much difficulty was encountered on the detour. There is no reason now, however, the touring bureau declared, why anyone capable of driving a car on concrete roads should fear a trip to Florida. —A Korean girl is an old maid unless she is married before reaching 15. —It is estimated that about 20,000 people die of snakebites in India every year. HENRY CLAY 1136 B Your Have Tried th Now Try the Best— Where You Always Dr. Kubler's Arch Shoe $295 Dr. Kubler's well known arch shoes. ONLY SOLD HERE. Have Them Gary is having a price w dyers. To meet the com prices. Have all your clothe Our Weekly Lesson In English Our Weekly Lesson By W. L. Gordon WORDS OFTEN MISUSED Do not confuse "carton" (a pasteboard box), with "cartoon" (a pictorial caricature). Do not say, "I flopped over to the other side." Say, "I went over." Do not say, "I am bound to go to the Pacific Coast next week." Say, "I am resolved." Do not say, "He is a good sort of boy." Say, "nice kind." Do not say, "Mrs. Brown happened in yesterday." Say, "Mrs. Brown chanced to call." Do not confuse "delusion" (a false belief), with "illusion" (an unreal or misleading image). Words Often Mispronounced Athletic. Pronounce ath-let-ik, a as in "at," e as in "let," accent second syllable; not ath-a-let-ik. Blaspheme. Pronounce blas-fem, a as in "ask," e as in "mie," accent last syllable. Lieu. Pronounce lu, u as in "use." Dirigible. Pronounce dir-i-ji-bli, all i's as in "it" and accent first syllable, not dir-i-j-i-ble with accent on second syllable. Many. Pronounce men-i, not man-i. Words Often Misselled Accrued. Note the two c's, and the ued, not rude. Rally (y), rallied (ie), rallying (yi). Manila; only one l. Gangrene; ene, not green. Throw (to hurl), throe (extreme pain). Ransom; not sum nor some. Agree, consent, accede, promise, concur, acquiesce. Neglect (verb), disregard, slight, ignore, overlook. Dishonorable, worthless, ignoble, infamous, base, degraded, vile, mean. Usage, use, treatment, custom, practice, rule system. Whales Are "Brainy" The largest brain in the world, according to speakers at a congress of natural science, recently held in England, is possessed by the whale. Prof. W. Weygandt argued against a prevalent belief that the largest brain claim is shared by whales, elephants and man. He stated that the whale alone justified the claim, the largest whale ever caught having a brain weighing 7,000 grams. The human brain, he added, seldom exceeds an average weight of 1,280 to 1,460 grams in the male and 1,140 to 1,340 in the female. "Sunday' has become that day in which you either get bawled out by the preacher or the traffic cop," says The Pathfinder. SHOE STORE roadway the Rest— Buy for Less. en's hoes $3.50 Children's Shoes, all prices Ladies' Shoes all sizes OSE, special ..... 98c Cleaned Now! Word Study "Use a word three times and it is yours." Let us increase our vocabulary by mastering one word each day. Words for this lesson: IMMACULATE; spotlessly clean. "His linen was immaculate." ADMONITION; friendly reproof or warning. "He was headstrong and disregarded every admonition." ACCLIMATE; to accustom a person to a foreign climate. "She had not become acclimated to the mountain air." DEMEANOR; behavior; deportment. "I admire her refined demeanor." PROFOUND; marked by intensity; deeply felt. "I have a profound pity for him." —"Funny banks. Trust half a million to a crooked messenger-boy, and won't take an honest man's note for fifty," says the Los Angeles Times. WANTED: Ten reliable families to rent modern apartments in the Baran Building 1803 Broadway. Oil heat and Janitor ser- vice. References required. Inquire Baran Furniture Company 1516 Broadway Suits Cleaned and Pressed heat and Janitor ser- References required. Inquire Aran Furniture Company 1516 Broadway its Cleaned and Pressed MONDAY - TUESDAY 69c If brought in. Service and Sat- isfaction Guaranteed Superior Remodelers Superior Remodelers "THE LITTLE PLACE" 2136-38 BROADWAY ```markdown ``` ```markdown ``` Village It"Covers" All of Gary JUST think of it, Mr. Merchant. Copies of each issue of the— —go into 6,500 homes in Gary. Were it physically possible to open up those copies, lay their pages edge to edge, there'd be enough paper to practically "roof" the community. With an average of 3 persons reading it in each home, imagine what a vast audience of prospective buyers you can reach through use of its-- Advertising Columns! Give Them A Test ```markdown ``` ```markdown ``` To the Editor of The Gary American. Sir: I was reading in your paper that Mr. Baran has announced that his building at 1803 Broadway has been open to colored people. May I ask what has happened that caused Mr. Baran to change his mind? Has Mr. Baran found that his building won't pay renting to white people on the south side? Has Mr. Baran decided like others of his race that he will make the Negroes pay for his building and then say "to white only?" If all the Negroes would Lake County 1752 Monroe Street Lake County Coal Co. Some Coal dealers sell "po- vary in vital matter of heati- Our Coal is HEAT COAL longer, leaving so little ash cleaned out once every two we dusting for the housewife in You'll be surprised at the ing our coal. We are prepa- row or at any time. ONLY 1 To Indian Today and every day, y Indiana Harbor for the b comfortable cars—com leave 5th and Broadway hour and on the half ho Indiana Harbor at 11:30 Gary R MODERN TRAN Some Coal dealers sell "pounds." We sell HEAT. Coals vary in vital matter of heating elements. Our Coal is HEAT COAL that burns slowly and lasts longer, leaving so little ash that the furnace need not be cleaned out once every two weeks. A sootless coal, too. Less dusting for the housewife in consequence. You'll be surprised at the results you will get after using our coal. We are prepared to fill orders today, tomorrow or at any time. 3 per- each hat a ospec- reach ums! Test ers to the l n will be glad to publish an g as it does not contain lib the signature of the sender. The Gary American will be glad to publish any letter of reasonable length so long as it does not contain libel or controversial matter and bears the signature of the sender. County Co Street C. F. WALKER, Prop. ers sell "pounds." We ter of heating elements EAT COAL that burns Today and every day, you may ride our cars to Indiana Harbor for the low fare of 15c. Modern comfortable cars—convenient schedule. Cars leave 5th and Broadway every 30 minutes, on the hour and on the half hour. Last car leaves for Indiana Harbor at 11:30 p. m. MODERN TRANSPORTATION C Friday, November 8, 1929 to the Editor glad to publish any letter of reason- es not contain libel or controversial nature of the sender. I want to ask why are there any doubts about being accorded the opportunity of visiting and inspecting these apartments unless you mention The American? Do you mean to say that there are only certain Negroes that can rent his apartment yet? I want to know why this paper doesn't come out and tell the truth about the whole thing. nty Coal Co. 'pounds." We sell HEAT. Coals eating elements. AL that burns slowly and lasts Very truly, JAS. A. PITTS. Phone 2-6843 Gary American Illustrated Feature Section ILLUSTRATED FEATURE SECTION—November 9, 1929 BEN DAVIS, Jr. Feature Editor ETHEL WATERS FEATURED IN ON WITH THE SHOW Menelik II, the Ethiopian King, who Liberated Abyssinia from Italy Z The Abyssinians cut them down with swords and spears in the narrow pass. By J. A. Rogers Paris, France JUDGED by personal accomplishments, th e Emperor Menelik II stood foremost among the monarchs of his day. And in the matter of ancestry he is unique. If ancestry is something to be proud of, and most of us think it is, then Menelik's family tree stands beside that of the oldest in Europe like a giant California redwood beside a mushroom. The oldest royal family in Europe is the Bourbon. But that dates back only to the Ninth Century A.D. The most powerful royal family in the world is the English. But King George's ancestry goes back only to William the Conqueror (born A.D. 1028) illegitimate son of the Duke of Normandy and a tanner's daughter. Menelik, Son of Solomon. Menelik II traced his descent in a straight line from Menelik I, son of Solomon and the Queen of Sheba. From the birth of the first Menelik to that of the second stretched 2793 years. That is to say, when the ancestors of the English royal family were cannibals and cavemen, Menelik's ancestors had been on the throne over 1000 years. This is a mild estimate, for cannibalism was practiced in northern Europe less than 1500 years ago, according to St. Jerome. In addition, both Solomon ILLUSTRATED FEATURE SECTION—November 9. 1929 and the Queen of Sheba have long and illustrious ancestries so that if one adds theirs to Menelik's, his line goes back nearly 6000 years. When the book of Genesis was written, Ethiopia had been a powerful nation for thousands of years. Ethiopian Civilization. While the Greeks and Romans, the first civilized, were in but a little better state than that of the higher apes, Restless Children Children will fret, often for no apparent reason. But there's always one sure way to comfort a restless, fretful child. Castoria! Harmless as the recipe on the wrapper; mild and bland as it tastes. But its gentle action soothes a youngster more surely than some powerful medicine that is meant for the stronger systems of adults. That's the beauty of this special children's remedy! It may be given the tiniest infant—as often as there is any need. In cases of colic, diarrhea, or similar disturbance, it is invaluable. 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It is this latter event which helps to show that Menelik's fame rests on something much greater than the accident of birth and ancestry. It rests on his ability, for Menelik not only won back his kingdom as will be seen, but he did something that no African ruler, black, white or brown, had yet accomplished. Menelik, Great Diplomat. Few human beings have had more difficulties than Menelik; none has been more triumphant than he. Beset by the leading powers of Europe, greedy for his territory; by rebellious chiefs in (Continued on page seven) 10 Her Bob Is Now Prettier Than Ever Lovely Margaret Sims, the leading Soubrette of "Connie's Hot Chocolates," the new musical comedy conceived by Leonard Harper, is admired as much for her gorgeously smooth, bright hair as for her beautiful voice. When folks compliment her on the beauty of her hair she quickly tells them — "It's because I found out that I could change it to the way it looks now by working a little La-Em-Strait hair dressing into my hair before I brush it. I like it best because it doesn't make the hair greasy." Any druggist will tell you that La-Em-Strait is the best and easiest hair dressing you can use. Takes about 30 seconds and your hair looks like you always wanted to see it. 25 cents and 50 cents size packages. at all drug stores. MAMBA'S DAUGHTERS by DU BOSE HEYWARD Author of PORGY A Story of Sacrifice, Romance, Humor and Tragedy MAMMA—Not a full-blown Negro but whose dark color suggested an admixture of American Indian, is the much believed employee of the white aristocratic Wentworth family. THE WENTWORTH FAMILY—Consists of Saint Julien de Chatigny Wentworth, Polly Wentworth, and Mrs. Wentworth, their widowed mother. The family is more aristocratic than wealthy. MAUM NETTA—Another colored member of the Wentworth household, who has been with them for many years. Mama has an uncle, a clown, and a dog. Mamba has an uncommon, clever understanding of the ruling white class and also possesses a naturally deep and unusually rich contratace voice. The Wentworths are unable to pay Mamba, but Mamba is so devoted to the family that she is satisfied with her board and the opportunity of acting as maid to Polly, a young lady of inherited social wominence. Polly was very apt in school, but Saint was a disappointment to everyone in the Wontworth family except Mamba, whose keen insight into human nature enabled her to see latent ability even though he did not respond creditably to the school system. Mamba alone understood Saint. HAGAR—Mamba's giant, muscular, slow-witted daughter, had an inordinate liking for strong drink, much to Mamba's distress. Two qualities she had in common with Mamba, namely, a fine contralto voice and a large body. Mamba had said Hagar was "born for trouble." LISSA—Hagar's daughter, was the object of Mamba's sacrifice and the cause of Mamba's constant remonstrances against Hagar's habits. Mamba leaves the Wentworths for the Atkinsonns, who are also wealthy, incidentally more wealthy than aristocratic—in order that she may obtain more pay. In the meantime Saint obtains a five dollar a week job as storekeeper at the mines and begins a business career. Hagar's last encapade leads her into a brawl with a Negro, whom she belaboured with so much severity, that she is arraigned in court on the charge of aggravated assault. Hagar two-year suspended sentence. Mamba sends her to Salut for a job at the mines. Hagar forms a man's work. She turns her earnings over to Mamba, who saves them for Lesta. At a combination church service and "Love Feast" Hagar (whose new name is Baxter) befriends Bluton, a very much despised mulatto, by carrying him to a city hospital after he has been seriously "slashed" by one of the frolickers. Under Hagar's suspended sentence, she was forbidden to come within the city limits and she barely escapes prison again. NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY INSTALLMENT VI Mrs. George J. Atkinson dropped upon a Chinese Chippendale chair in the drawing room of the big house in Church Street, buried her face in her hands, and burst into tears. Before her, lying open on the Duncan Phyfe table, was a sheet of heavy cream-colored notepaper. In the centre of the page a single paraprapn had been inscribed in a small, delicate, but positive hand. It was the sixth "regret" for a luncheon party for eight to be given during the succeeding week. The High Gods—or, at least, Goddesses—of the social Olympus had decided that, if she was not impossible, she was at least highly improbable. Of course it was George's fault. He never had held up her hands in the fight that she had been waging for years for their social recognition. There was nothing worth having that was not worth working for. And, by inverting cause and effect, there was nothing that could not eventually be won if you worked hard enough for it. A simple and pragmatical philosophy, and a proven one, for it had brought her well along toward middle life with an unbroken record of successes. Unfortunately for her, the methods took small account of the personal equation, and she was not attuned to the subtleties or skilled in the tactics of alternate advance and retreat by which conservative and observant strongholds are taken. She had made the fatal mistake in the beginning of assuming that wealth was, as a matter of course, an effective weapon, not realising that, with a number of the old families in straitened circumstances, simply living had become the criterion for good taste, and the ostentation had become, by contrast, mere vulgarity. For several years now she had been entertaining with an industry that, taken merely as an example of unflagging effort, was little less than superb. Of course, she had her snubs, but she had blanked her mind to them and concentrated on her more responsive acquaintances. Her parties had for the most part been well attended, and she had had many invitations to teas and large functions, but, as time passed and few acquaintanceships mellowed into friendship she began to have misgivings. She consoled herself, however, with the knowledge that the old city was socially the most conservative in America and consequently, while the most difficult, the most desirable to claim as one's own. She had at last concluded that the time had arrived for the major movement. She knew well that there was no halfway ground in the society of the old town. Membership in the St. Cecilia Society and attendance at its balls was the one criterion. For a hundred and fifty years the managing board of the organization had gathered annually, sipped their port, champagne, or Scotch, with the changing fashion, and decided whether any of the "new people" in town were eligible for recognition by their hereditary aristocracy. Within that charmed circle one belonged one was a member of the family. Outside of the fatal line, one was always more or less a stranger stopping temporarily in the city. The fact that such a sojourn might be protracted for several generations was powerless to change the transitoriness of the visit or the chill and punctilious politeness with which an aspiring ineligible was received. He was relegated to the class the existence of which is admitted, but not encouraged. Yes, the time had arrived, she felt, when her husband might safely put his letter in for the St. SYNOPSIS Cecilia Society, and, in preparation for the event, she would put down a barrage that could be counted upon to blast out final obstructions. Accordingly the misguided tactician had released a scourge of social activity upon the inner circle. It had been bridged, dined. tea'd—at first formally—and later with a certain creaking and ponderous informality that whispered over the teacups. THEY DANCE "After the first measure the boy solidity ben A "After the first measure the boy was no longer conscious of the floor's solidity beneath his feet." "just among ourselves — you understand." At first the attack, by reason of its surprise, seemed destined for success. But it had been launched too far in advance. There came a lull, and, as soon as the bewildered dowagers had time to draw sufficient breath, they laughed. Laughter—the most deliberately cruel sound that the human animal can make. Poor Mrs. Atkinson! Thumbs down. In the meantime Atkinson had fought his way blindly through the turmoil. That fall he christened his evening clothes "the overalls," and he climbed into them obediently every night and went on duty. He had not the vagueest idea what it was all about. At times he would become aware of his wife's eyes fixed stonily Yes, George was devoia or perception, and she was an unfortunate woman, but she would not go into that now. She could tell him about his stupidity later. Now she could only stay in a bleak voice, "She had gripe last month. She has been at three affairs this week." "But she says, my dear, that she must save her strength." She looked at him almost curiously. "Are you really as simple as that?" Then her voice went on in a wall of despair, "Oh, I ought to have known that it was no use trying with you around. You've never backed me up — you've never even understood what I was trying to do for your own children." He kicked a gilt Louis Quinze chair --- ILLUSTRATED FEATURE SECTION—November 9, 1929 upon him; then he would pull himself together and turn wearily to his dinner partner and the weather. But he had a robust constitution, and the daylight was still kind to him. He manufactured his cotton-seed oil, did a stiff trick or two for the chamber of commerce, dropped into the Yacht Club for a cocktail and a word about nothing in particular with the men, and did not have a single social aspiration upon him. Now he opened the door and stood gazing at his wife. He rubbed his eyes, blinked, and gazed again, incredulous of the evidence of his senses. "The children!" "No. They're all right. Read that." Atkinson picked up the note, glanced at it, and patted his wife's shoulder consolingly. "There, there!" he said. "I didn't know you were so fond of her. Grippie eh? We'll send over some flowers." She was always suspicious of George when he was as stupid as that. A man who was that great a fool could never have made such a success of his life. She had concluded once that because he never laughed aloud and had a way of smiling at things that anyone could see were not in the least amusing, he had no sense of humour. Had it not been for this she might have suspected him of the supreme audacity of making fun of her. Now this suspicion fluttered in her mind, and she regarded him with a long, penetrating look. His mouth, which had been twitching at the corners, stiffened under the bristly moustache, and his eyes met hers with candor. While she gazed, they actually mirrored sympathetic distress. D TOGETHER was no longer conscious of the floor's death his feet." Yes, George was devoia or perception, and she was an unfortunate woman, but she would not go into that now. She could tell him about his stupidity later. Now she could only say in a bleak voice, "She had grippе last month. She has been at three affairs this week." "But she says, my dear, that she must save her strength." She looked at him almost curiously. "Are you really as simple as that?" Then her voice went on in a wall of despair, "Oh, I ought to have known that it was no use trying with you around. You've never backed me up — you've never even understood what I was trying to do for your own children." He kicked a gilt Louis Quinze chair --- "Right. I haven't understood. If there is a forest, I'm glad to hear it. I haven't been able to see it yet for the trees. Now try to tell me in words of not over two syllables exactly what it is you want." "Very well," she answered. "I will. The point is that you simply have to get into the St. Cecilia Society this year because I have been counting on it; in fact, I was so sure that when I was in New York last summer I invited Valerie down to make her debut with us. Now, if we don't get in, we'll be in the pleasant position of having to tell your sister that she can keep Valerie at home because we are not good enough to be acceptable socially. Now, do you understand?" He was callous enough to smile, "Good God!" he said, "is it all really as simple as that? My dear, you have surprised me—and we have been married fifteen years. Tell me, please, who are some of the managers of the St. Cecilia Society?" She mentioned several names of the sort that the tourist might be seen any spring day deciphering from the oldest tombs in St. Michael's churchyard. "It is sort of hopeless," she concluded, "because I never seem to see them at the teas and things that I go to." His smile broadened into a laugh. "Those chaps—teas! I fancy not. Why, my dear, you have been tearing me away from them at the Club every evening to doll up and go to your accursed parties." That night the House of Atkinson recalled invitations for two dinners, a tea, and a luncheon, and the following afternoon George settled his wife comfortably aboard the New York express. His parting words were: "Better get several ball gowns—quiet ones. Outfit Valerie, too. Bob's usually too strapped to give her nice things, you know." During the succeeding weeks Atkinson had more time to spend with his friends. Two cocktails of an evening at the Club now, with plenty of time to talk markets and the economic aspect of the new city paving programme. Nice chaps, these, urbane, fastidious about rather unexpected things; not smart dressers; insular, yes—not too greatly concerned with the opinions and behavior of the insignificant residue of the globe lying to the north of Magnolia Cemetery and the south of the Battery. Younger ones, who addressed him as "sir," secure in a breeding that kept the courtesy from appearing servile—older men, who knew a horse, a mint julep, and a gentleman when they met one—men who, like himself were quite content to leave teas, the Sunday concerts, the Poetry Society, and the Episcopal ritual to their wives. Pleasant evenings those, with one's own kind, and no fuss about it. And then, in the third week of his wife's absence, that flying trip to Washington to appear before the Interstate Commerce Commission on a rate hearing of vital importance to the old city. The Committee had asked Atkinson to a as spokesman. The clean, hard drive of his brain against a problem always brought concrete results. He could talk to the Yankees in their own language. Pleasant chats in the smoker. Nice chaps surely. No putrid smoking-room humour. And the homeward trip with the concessions in their pockets, a fight behind them, and a genial comradeship in the air. It was during the last hour of that railroad journey, while the four of them were enjoying final cigars, that Atkinson spoke his first words bearing on the matter of the coveted membership. One of the men had been saying something to him—the fellow whose name always reminded him of an heroic phrase from early American history—"Danfm the torpedoes—go ahead!"—not that—that was Farragut—oh, yes—"Millions for defence, and not one cent for tribute"—that was the chap! When the man had finished his question, Atkinson smiled and said, "Say, that's awfully hospitable of you fellows. Hadn't given the balls much thought before. Suppose there'll be a quiet corner of refuge for middle-aged knee joints?—Not much of a dancer, you know—Yes? Well. I'll send the letter over by messenger to-morrow." Mrs. Atkinson returned from the North at an opportune moment. Mamba was receiving a thick, cream-coloured envelope from an elderly Negro who had the bearing of an ambassador to the Court of St. James's She lifted the missive from the tray and, with shaking fingers, removed it from its two envelopes— "The Managers of the St. Cecilia Society request the pleasure . . ." And while the social gods had been playing upon the hopes and fears of the Atkinsons, Saint Wentworth, hay- 3 ing attained his majority, was journeying to Charleston in accordance with the family tradition to attend his first St. Cecilia ball and represent his generation of the line among his social peers. But the years had wrought a change in the temporal, if not the spiritual, aspect of the pilgrimage. Two generations ago the Wentworth carriage, followed by a wagon for luggage and servants, would have driven down from the plantation and drawn up impressively before the hospitable Planters' Hotel. The tailor and an army of mantua makers would have been awaiting its arrival to put the finishing touches on the broadcloths and brocades for the all-important debut. To-day, Saint, with a week's vacation ahead of him, served his last Negro, turned the store over to the malaria-bitten poor-white who was to take his place, washed up, and caught a lift on a wagon as far as the bridge. Over the ancient wooden planking he footed it to the city, caught a trolley, and finally arrived at the little brick house in Church Street. The premises were deserted. Doubtless Mrs. Wentworth had gone out with Polly to purchase some consumating touch for the girl's costume. But the magnitude of the impending event had charged the inanimate walls of the building, and, as he let himself in, he caught the contagion of excitement in the air. He took the steps two at a time to his room—what a brick Mother was!—how absolutely invincible! His father's dress suit had been lifted from its long oblivion and made ready. He could see that the old broadcloth lapels had been faced with silk in the prevailing mode. The trousers lay beside the coat, beautifully pressed and folded. A new white vest, a shirt, a tie, and gloves were ranged beside the suit, and, under the edge of the bed, beside his old slippers, stood a pair of new patent-leather pumps with the light flowing and settling over them like some gleaming liquid. Saint was caught by one of his rare waves of emotion. It choked him up, left him shaken. It meant so much to her—all this. His solitary life had given him leisure for thought, and he had developed a habit of passionate search into causes, a feeling that surfaces didn't matter; that behind every physical expression of a personality there lay the deep, secret impulse. Now he lost sight of the makeshift wardrobe before him and stood abashed before the unswerving purpose of which it was an expression—the determination to hold a place for her children in the class to which they had been born. Out in the country he had not thought much about being a gentleman. It had seemed rather absurd in the only life in which he seemed capable of succeeding—of course, gentility was a state of being; you were born a Wentworth and you refrained from doing certain things because instinctively they put your teeth on edge. There you were—and that was all there to it. But being a gentleman as a career—that was different. To be properly it would involve so many things that were utterly beyond him: setting, education, attainments—what was the use! There were still things within reach—books, pictures, out of doors, and—yes—even the Negroes there at the mines with their humour, tragedy, and the flattering respect and frank liking that they gave him. He was finding happiness there. What did clothes matter?—dances, girls, surfaces—what was the use of it all? And. God! what a lot of herself his mother had put into it—saving for years, sewing, taking boarders, catering—and his savings, too, for he knew that a part of the money he sent home every week had gone into the bank for the "coming out." She could have taken things easier all of these years but for her determination to be ready when the time came to give Polly and himself these things—these—and, to her, the intangible but incalculably valued significance that lay behind them. He had things that he had wanted terribly to do with this week. The fossils that the Negroes were always turning up in the mines had started him off on geology and the director at the Museum had offered to show him books and specimens. Then there was the Art Gallery. A friend there had promised that he should meet some of the painters so that he could see how pictures were made. Now the precious week had to go in a round of entertainments—an ancient fetish. Of course he hadn't hesitated when his mother made the plans. In fact, he knew that he had been predestined from birth for this moment. But he felt that it was something to be done and—God willing—forgotten. But the clothes, lying mutely before him, pulled against his mood and brought him back to his mother and the vague, intangible thing that (Continued on page 4) MAMBA'S DAUGHTERS (Continued from page 3) loud, restrained, and almost ritualis- measuring up to ex he was so determined to save from the wreckage of the past. He picked up the coat and carried it to the window. In the light he could see that the broadcloth was distinctly green in shade and shiny on the shoulder blades. Oh, well, it didn't matter. He had heard it said that many of the boys of his set went in their fathers' old suits, and the waiters—most of whom were family retainers—in their grandfathers'; that, in these lean years since the war, a dress suit was not worth the name that hadn't the vitality to see three generations of St. Cecilias. He slipped off his coat and tried the garment on. With the amazing adaptability of its kind the swallowtail fell snugly but easily over his shoulders. He surveyed himself in the glass and was surprised to see how broad it made his shoulders appear, how slender his waist. He had outgrown his adolescent stoop and ranginess of arms and legs, and the boyish grace and co-ordination of body, that had made him a star pupil in dancing school, had come back and waited unnoticed under the cheap, poorly fitting clothing that he usually wore. Now, as he surveyed himself, he became conscious of the change. Odd—when he went to the country he had always been tortured by the thought of his appearance—of how he looked to strangers; and yet, in retrospect, he realised that, for those four years, he had forgotten to think about himself one way or another. Now he was again acutely conscious of the impression that he would make, and yet no longer afraid. Perhaps it was the coat that had put a charm upon him. Poor old Dad! He had had a terrible struggle of it, but what a gentleman he must have been!—gentleman, no doubt of that. He heard the front door open and the animated voices of his mother and Polly, like two girls going to their first party—a great night in the house of Wentworth. Well, he'd play up—give them everything he had for this week. It was little enough, that. They supped early; then, while they were waiting for the carriage. Mamba slipped over from the house next door to see them dressed for the ball. She had retained calling acquaintance at the little brick house. In fact, among these white folks who knew her past she rejoiced in a partial reversion to type, perpetrating outrageous audacities and assuming an intimacy that brought dignified rebukes from Maum Netta down upon her unregenerate head. She had brought Lissa with her to see the dresses, and the girl entered the sitting room quietly and stood near the door, her hands locked loosely against the front of her dress, her eyes taking everything in with a roving, eager glance. Saint had never seen the child before, but his interest in Mamba and Baxter caused him to notice her closely as she stood there. She must be about ten or eleven, he thought, and her lack of embarrassment in the alien setting struck him at once. Also she was beautiful. He knew that it was in bad taste to think of beauty in a Negro, but there was no other word that would serve. She was no more a pretty child than an ugly one. Beauty was the one word. Those eyes that were both Mamba's and Baxter's were like lamps in the small oval of her face. A moment of wild conjecture came to the boy—where would this child end?—what destiny did America hold for her? Mamba stood surveying the three Wentworths—the mother in a black silk that fitted perfectly over her mature but beautifully modelled figure; Saint, wearing his swallowtail with an air; and Polly, radiant in the cloudy whiteness of her first ball gown. "Yeah," the old woman ejaculated with emphasis, "dese is my buckras! Maum Uetta now is ius' bawn wid um an' can't help sheself, but me—Ah is pick um fuh choice." She turned to Polly, "Goin' let Mamba carry dat slipper bag, ain't it?" "Why. Mamba. I thought you'd be carrying Mrs. Atkinson's. I hear they are going to-night." Then she patted the old woman coaxingly on the arm and begged. "Do tell us how they got in. We're just dying to know." Mrs. Wentworth spoke sharply: "Polly, I am surprised! Do you call that being a lady?" But Mamba bent over in one of her silent spasms of laughter, and when she straightened up her eyes were snappy with mischief. "Ah gots tuh tell," she said. "Ah jes gots tuh! Ah been fair bus' wid de inside laugh, an' Ah gots tuh let um out. De boss is fine." she said by way of preface. "But—well, Ah jes gots tuh say it straight—de missis, she's good tuh me, but she ain't one of us, Miss Polly." Mamba had memorised the words overheard in Atkinson's report to his wife upon her return to the city, and she gave them in a perfect reproduction of his crisp, incisive speech, bringing her narrative to a close just as a loud rap fell on the door and Maum Netta announced the carriage The driver, a grizzled veteran of many seasons, held the carriage door open, bowed them in, then banged it shut with that sound, at once ILLUSTRATED FEATURE SECTION—November 9, 1929 loud, restrained, and almost ritualistic, which, heard up and down the silent downtown streets during the brief "season," denoted a St. Cecilia night. "Oh, Mother." Polly gasped in ecstasy, "a slam-door carriage!—and me in it! Don't let anybody wake me up!" Balls should always be given in buildings with high porticoes supported by Corinthian columns, and with wide pavements before them traversed by canvas canopies. There is something awe-inspiring, something out of Greek mythology about such a temple of Terpsichore, with the up-flung light accentuating height, and up above the soaring capitals the dark, pregnant with mystery. And the canopy that crawls like a striped canvas caterpiller down the steps and across the pavement to present its mouth to the carriage doors adds just the frivolous touch that bridges the gap between an ancient ecstasy and a modern one. It was before just such a building that a carriage presently drew up with a flourish and disgorged the family of Wentworth. Up the wide stairway, with the covering of gleaming white, Kate Wentworth, on the arm of her son led the way—then on through the soft glow of the ballroom and the warm cross-play of greetings and smiles, to the spot before the second fireplace where Wentworth mothers had chaperoned their broods for the greater part of a hundred and fifty years. 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The older man gave a firm grip "Why, thank you, Wentworth," he answered. "It is all rather new for us." A kick on the ankle from Mrs. At- kinson's evening slipper brought the sentence to an abrupt end, and Saint replied quickly: "That's interesting. This is my debut, too. I hope that you will enjoy it as much as I intend to." Atkinson smiled his thanks and turned toward his wife. "My dear this is Mr. Wentworth. Surely you remember him." "Indeed I do. But you hardly ever give us a glimpse of you now. You spend all your time at your—er—country place, don't you?" "And this," interposed Mr. Atkinson, while Saint groped for an answer, "is my niece, Valerie Land. Valerie, let me present Mr. Wentworth." The boy's first impression was one of eyes dark brown and very intent fixed upon his face with an earnest scrutiny. "Serious" he thought, "and at a dance, too. She won't be a go here." Then she smiled, and he knew that he had (Continued on page 6) The Stormy Career of Jack Johnson No. 2 ise “Billboard” Jackson Holds Unique Position a x re Rae ccna eee ete a 2 4 * en. 3 a * : = ‘ -_ ~~ £7 | oe a 4 ir 8 Be By oe Fy i : ae g ie Bs t if s s j eae | . a t e i a - by iA B . ee thee & 3a af Ps 3 ee ce E James A. Jackson, business specialist in the Department of Commerce. He is the only Negro holding such a posi- tion in the United States Government service, and his work has won high praise. By ELDON THOMAS . publications from time to time re- ceive accurate and modern informa- tion calculated to increase business efficiency. Information for the press of foreign countries is also furnished directly by Mr. Jackson’s bureau. In this service Mr. Jackson main- tains a motto of, “First come, first served.” He shows no prejudice in ministering to needy enterprises. Sometimes foreign organizations re- ceive precedence to Negro enterprises due to the fact that the latter are usually indifferent toward exercising the privilege of installing the latest Posies methods in their organiza- ions. Before Mr. Jackson was installed as Business Specialist in the Depart- ment of Commerce, there was no reference to the Negro in_ official bulletins of the Domestic Commerce bureau of the United States Depart- ment of Commerce. Now very fre- quently cognizance is taken of the Negro market through this govern- ment publication. This step is due to the efficiency of Mr. Jackson's office. He has brought to the at- tention of the government the ecc- nomic importance of the Negro group. Mr. Jackson has, on several oc- casiens, received highly commenda- tory statements from officials in the Department of Commerce. Mr. Frank M. Surface, Assistant Director in charge of Domestic Commerce, praised Mr. Jackson highly for his work during his first year with the Bureau. | Mr. Jackson is available for prac- BON = CONIea ana Wile: America, James A. Jackson \ is probably more familiarly | known as “Billboard” Jack- son of the editorial staff of one of America’s. most prominent theatrical magazines. In this ca- pacity he distinguished himself for many years. Unique positions are Mr. Jackson’s specialty. His position with the Bill- board Magazine was the only one of its kind held on the staff of an American theatrical magazine. Hence, when he became associated with the Department of Commerce he was in excellent preparation for the pe- culiar tasks in which he has since distinguished himself. His real title is Business Specialist in charge of Small Business Unit, Domestic Commerce Division, United States Department of Commerce. He is the first Negro to hold such a position in the Department of Com- merce. It should be well marked “that he holds his position by merit Proved in competitive examination rather than as a result of the po- litical spoils system. His work is not confined solely to the Negro group. Being in charge of the Small Business Unit, his con- cern is with all small businesses with- out regard to race, nationality or creed. He is engaged in solving the problems of the small, independent retailer and in that capacity he re- leases valuable data to newspapers published in multifarious languages. Portuguese, Spanish, German, Swed- ish, Norwegian, Hebrew, and Polish LC? > _—= = 2.6 CD = \ = I eS = te =——sg - (= a oe ie we ry ( AS) 53 E= = RG et nn ae _| SECU ae s eee, ae PS SINTON SUN RE Dar ee No ye T LAST Jaci finally succeeded in stewing away on a ship bound for ‘New Yerk. His presence upon the vessel was soon discovered and he was ap- pointed potato peeler where he whittled many miles of potate peelings under us- Pleasant circumstances. UNE GE ed hnsvo =~ AGIT IIE GHUTAR CHT ARPES it “ILLUSTRATED FEATURE SECTION—November 9; 1929 PF ... a eG Do ee etm 4 ba peer 8. Se ee ie an oe Co as ee — ee 2 See CR pes eo > ee Ce ae aN ee Br ~~ ve ’ fee é \ a s oe | PR Mrs. Gabrielle Jackson, the charming wife of Mr. James A. Jackson, It has been largely due to her in- spiration that Mr. Jackson’s career has been one of —— and achievement. tically any sort of business organi- zation. |reature Section will publish articles ss eature ion will pu articles ne, to time re-/by Mr. Jackson pertaining to the odern informa-/ theater, ‘in which field he is con- icrease business | aderea an authority. Salad Suggestions known of the apple salads: Made of tender shredded celery, diced apple and broken walnut meats with may- jonnaise to dress the salad—it can hardly be beaten. | HAVE YOU EVER TRIED— Finely sliced apple, thin slices of cucumber and shredded slivers of ‘green pepper. Tart mayonnaise to ‘dress the salad. Or this one— | SOUTHERN APPLE SALAD This is served from a big bowl at ine table. Pare and slice paper-thin enough good apples to half fill the ‘salad bowl. Use two or three pieces of candied ginger, cut thin and spread over the apples. Melt 1-2 glass of [currant jelly, add the juice of 1-2 lemon, mix and pour over the ap- ples. Lift and turn gently to mari- Nate well, then chill. Just before serv- ing, pour a little thick cream over the chilled apples and serve on crisp lettuce. Creamy mayonnaise may replace the cream if desired. EE ee Her MS rg Ge ee i rey WAS = 4 WY ) WS Ee ZB ti, ” <4) Voyyj) HEE cruelly and brutally treated by the ship's cook. One day Jack was threatened to jump over beard. ‘This at- tracted the attention of the ngers who Made s parse for him enabtlng him to Pa? * =o 1180 Fecafene pe cB eiek e/a oe wf mera, Ss ae Dey. = ee L y = i - 9 Wik ees oe Vay Hee a ava Vy i i a if wh = YY) ary } me f 4, i |, We Ae iY, Wa) EES RE SS SS ae CT: FINALLY reached New York and began his search for Steve Brodie. He feund innumerable “Steve Brodies” but he never located the real one. Any number of people played serious pranks on him much te his dismay. || B ifying the H | eautifying the Home | By BETTY BARCLAY The Well-Known Writer on Household Efficiency Do you ever look at the tome Shee ane bright, prenuve or p some friend or neighbor and wish you | iM: Fee ere ge, bao aiaaies could have some of the pretty things ee fee eee ee ee she has?’ Then you turn away with|the children. ot some extra food a sigh, for you know you cannot af- is “Beauty money” and must be's ford them. ,.. | for new linoleum for the shed, a One of the easiest ways to beautity| for the sitting room = draperies the home js to start a “Beauty fund."| the doors, a vase for the mant Each week take fifty cents or a dol-| something for the wall. In thr lar from the pay envelope and put|four years your home will be it away somewhere where nothing | with the kind of little “pretties” short of sickness or death will allow you will like, and your friends you to withdraw it. Before you know} neighbors wiil be ‘sighing bec it you will have ten or fifteen dol- “they can’t afford” such things. lars—and with this money see thet! Quite easy. isn’t it? Crowned “Miss Ohio” Py eS ie Cae? i — tae. a | ae Cl a. fe = : : Pg i ~ a : eo 1A : 4 y \ | | 4 Be Ps oe ee h 8 ‘o So ee 2 2. oo ce ame ee Se A ee se eed OO en er oS ge ee oe. : ae ee oe RM a of oe. Ce 2 oe - oe aN oS Pe eee ee oes a ae Bi EAB ae Mee eg ay oe Ro ee PP cies Be ee She Se laa “he oo 5 gee Siemens Beet eer oe a FT St he et oe : i ee peg me ee ee ee So pF ee Se xe. 6 a Sega Moe Fe me es cee Se oe ee te ee Miss Virginia Allen was the winner of the title, “Miss Ohio,” at the ‘Twentieth Annual Conference of the National Association for the Ad- vancement of Colored People, held in Cleveland. The “Miss Ohio” contest was one of the various methods employed for obtaining the $200,000 fund for which this organization is striving. By virtue of having raised the largest amount of money in Akron, Ohio, Miss Allen became “Miss Akron.” Among other cities, Cleveland and Columbus were represented in the contest. Miss Allen is a talented pianist as well as a gifted dancer, and is quite popular. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs, Troy Allen, Baird street, Akron, Ohio. ee DONT na. = ———— a a E> — aS (a a%r ime Be! == i 4 YY == Gp | Z cy Se oy Ba im JAN — if “y H i aT A Be | Y) po Wie Uh) ks) i 2 Bm! __AS) Eege= ECOMING mere or less discouraged, Jack left New York and went to Boston where he ebtained work in the stables ef seciety folk in the Back Bay district. Here he met with the mild tragedy of breaking his leg. ”- something bright, attractive or pleas- => purchased for the aome. ‘0 not allow that beauty money to go for a new dress, something for the children. or some extra food. 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Suddenly behind the smiles of the little group he saw actual distress. They did not know that rescue was sure to come that guests on that ballroom floor were never left to their own resources. They were standing there milling quite steadily without the least idea of what to do next. A glance over his shoulder assured him that Polly was labouring amid an embarrassment of riches. He could catch glimpses of her bright young head through the milling circle of evening suits. Rapidly he scribbled his name twice on the card that he held, then asked if he might present some of his friends. His task was not a difficult one. Valerie Land was a light that, under no circumstances, could long have remained obscured. Soon she was having to smile her regrets and exhibit her completed card to new arrivals. The men who had secured dances thanked Saint. The Atkinson's beamed upon him. He had several dances for himself. Being a gentleman was becoming interesting after all. At least there was something to be said for it. Behind its banked palms the band crashed into a Sousa march. Saint hastened to his mother and led her into the line that was forming for the cotillion. Everywhere about him couples were meeting, young men with white-haired women on their arms, gay old gentlemen playing the gallant to the debutantes—all of an age tonight, with the first-year boys and girls eyeing their seasoned partners for fear that they might miss some fine point in the old-world courtesy that still prevailed upon a St. Cecilia floor. There were things that ladies and gentlemen still refrained from doing and saying here that would be both done and said at tomorrow night's informal hon. The dances—a sadly inhibited fox trot, a flapper dance tucked primarily back into petticoats for the night. But the waltz! You could give your body to three-quarter time, it would seem, without violating the niceties. Saint took Valeria into the curve of his arm and launched her without a word upon the broad limpid tide of the "Blue Danube." The floor was just crowded enough to require perfect guiding in the man and instinctive ILLUSTRATED FEATURE SECTION November 9, 1929 divination of his mood and tempo in his partner. The surge and lift of the peerless old waltz, and the girl in his arms, submissive to his slightest suggestion, yet so separate, so passionately individual, worked on Wentworth like a drug. The small brown head Jay against his shoulder, and the girl never raised her face to his. Before his eyes colours swam and wove as they drifted between the couples. Colour always moved him deeply, and now the many-tinted dresses whirling and streaming across his vision blurred into one another, creating an effect like a rainbow with a frieze of faces sliding along its upper edge. When the music stopped it was as though the rainbow had fallen about them in a thousand gleaming fragments. They drew apart slowly. The girl pressed Saint's hand, then she raised her face and gave him a long and preternaturally solemn gaze. They did not join the promenade of couples but turned away and found a corner under the palms by the band. An old bent Negro appeared in the doorway with a tray in his hand. Upon the tray gleamed a row of diminutive wedges of yellow fire. They looked rather like the illustration in Saint's old Bible story book of the coming of the Holy Ghost. He looked up and saw them there. Then he broke a tenet of the society by going and bringing one to a debutante on the ballroom floor. He felt that he must do something spectacular: substitute some memorable symbol for the inadequacy of speech. She took the glass by its slender stem and touched his own gravely with it then they drained them without a word and put them down. The touch of glass on wood seemed to break the spell. They laughed into each other's faces, the girl daringly, the boy a little shame-faced. "Silly, aren't we?" he said. "Divinely." "Well, if it is sentimental and all that, I don't care," he defended. "One does not have to apologise for being sentimental at a St. Cecilia ball. It is a part of the show, like the old silver, and the sixteenth dance. By the way, whom did you give the sixteenth to?" She extended her programme, and her escort frowned heavily over it. "This will never do," he assured her. "Mr. Jervais is one of the managers, and everyone will think that you were stranded and he had to come to your rescue. You must give it to me and let me tell him that there was a mistake." "No," she told him firmly. "I understand that the sixteenth is saved for wives and sweethearts. I am not going to let you be gallant to a stranger and break some Charleston girl's heart." Feeling very masterful, Saint wrote his name boldly down for the dance and handed the card back with a bow just as the band crashed into a march. 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It was knowing your limit and stopping just on the safe side of it. It meant becoming more and more and more of a gentleman with each drink until one emerged the supreme and effulgent personification of all gentility. But until tonight the question had been entirely a hypothetical one to the boy. In youth, drinking is a habit of the gregarious, and Saint had always been a solitary soul. It had never occurred to him to go to the sideboard in the little Church street house and help himself from the decanter that was always kept there. Now, as he downed his third sherry, he experienced that expansion toward his own kind that comes from sharing a convivial glass. The bent old Negro was an archangel of reverential persuasiveness. Other men were in the group around him. Barriers of reserve and restraint were crumbling. Now the (Continued on page 8) Look young. Keep your hair black. Larieuse will do it in 15 minutes. Easy to apply. One application makes the hair a lustrous black. 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I pretend that I am to them but I am miserable and can hardly hold up under the strain. My parents, whom I support, further complicate matters. DESPONDENT SUE. Your position is certainly a bad one, my dear. You show a great deal (Continued from page two) his own kingdom and family dissensions, he defeated them all on the field of battle or in the salons of diplomacy. Menelik II, "Elect of God, Emperor, King of Kings of Ethiopia, and Sultan of the Nile, the Ever-Victorious Lion of Judah," was born August 18, 1844. That "Ever-Victorious Lion," as will be seen, is no empty phrase. Menelik's difficulties began when he was 11 years old. At the death of his father, as was said, Theodore seized the throne, and Menelik, escaping, fled to Shoa where he was crowned king. But that was an empty gesture, for during the ensuing years he fought unsuccessfully against Theodore. At last Theodore got himself in trouble with the English. 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MENELIK, THE ETHIOPIAN KING Little girls with pretty hair will (Continued from page 7) the children play with marbles of diamonds—the land for which England, Russia, Austria, and France were also lusting. John marched to meet the Italians and, defeating them at Dogali, drove them away. But they returned the following year with 25,000 men of which 12,000 were white. John at that time was busy fighting the Dervishes, and the Italians entrenched themselves. Later, the English, who were having their hands full with the Egyptians, made an agreement with Italy, and the latter was allowed to remain. Mangascha, as was said, had rebelled, and was being backed secretly by the English. In the meantime, Menelik was also fighting the Egyptians and the Dervishes, so now he called on Italy for aid, promising .er certain territory. The Italians came in, defeated Ras Alouala and Mangascha, and established Menelik on the throne. Menelik Improves Kingdom Menelik Improves Kingdom Italy now asked for a treaty with Menelik. This was signed in 1889, and by its terms Ita'v was awarded the Asmara district, and was to lend a sum equivalent to about $1,000,000. For a time all went well. Then Menelik, who was anxious for the consolidation and advancement of his kingdom began to make certain improvements. He instituted a postal service and had stamps struck with his effigy. This last caused an explosion of anger in Italy as well as in England. Such a step they felt showed too much independence on Menelik's part. Italy Objects Menelik next started to make treaties with other powers, and Italy made vigorous objection. She insisted that according to the terms of her treaty, Menelik, of himself, could do no such thing. She said that he had promised to use Italian diplomacy in dealing with other nations. Menelik, on his part, informed Italy that she was certainly mistaken. He pointed to article 17 in his copy of the treaty. 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The Italian envoy, aware of what it would mean to Italian prestige, if his nation should yield to this black ILLUSTRATED FEATURE SECTION—November 9. 1929 and, as he deemed it, barbaric people, replied: "This, King Humbert will never do. It would wound the dignity and pride of the Italian people." At this Menelik retorted: "If you have your dignity, we have ours, too." And the Empress Taitu added: "You wish to make us your pupils but this will never happen." More Than kays Debt So far as Menelik was concerned the treaty was now off. His first st.p was to return the money he had borrowed from Italy. He added of his own accord three times the amount of the interest stipulated. The breaking of the treaty caused great hardships to the Italian immigrants, and Italy's next move was to march into Menelik's territory and seize some of it. Further, Italy tried to embarrass him by supporting Mangascha and other rebellious chiefs. Menelik sent the Italians a declaration pledging himself to die rather than surrender an inch of his territory. Shows Statesmanship And it was at this juncture that he brought into play his great powers of statesmanship. Sending his messengers over the land he summoned all the chiefs, friendly and hostile, to meet him at Boremeda. Addressing them in stirring language, he called upon all of them to unite against the common foe. "We cannot," he said, "permit our integrity as a Christian and civilized nation to be questioned, nor the right to govern our empire in absolute independence. We cannot as long as we preserve our indomitable spirit, backed by our warriors. "The Emperor of Ethiopia is descendant of a dynasty that is 3,000 years old—a dynasty that during all that time has never submitted to an outsider. Ethiopia has never been conquered and she shall never be. "We will call no one to our defense. We are capable of protecting ourselves. 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The Italians continued to march into Menelik's territory, occupying more territory, while Count Crispi at home fed the people news of victory. The rainy season coming on, operations were halted, and General Baratieri was called to Italy. Count Crispi had resolved on nothing less than the conquest and annexation of this ancient kingdom. In November, 1895, Baratieri arrived off the Abyssinian coast with 15,000 additional men. England, France, Russia and Austria protested against Italy's move without avail. The high-handed Count Crispi seized three Ethiopian princes who were studying engineering in Switzerland, and held them as hostages, while the Swiss protested in vain. Again Mangascha was sent to entice the Italians into the interior where Menelik was now waiting with 120,000 men. Ras Maskonnen At Delsa, Baratieri attacked Mangascha and won a victory which was telegraphed to Italy and magnified into a great one. The vanguard of Menelik's army was commanded by his nephew, the Ras Maskonnen. On December 7, 1899, Colonel Toselli with a detachment of 5,000 men, 2,200 of whom were native soldiers, fell in with Ras Maskonnen's army, and the Ital- ians were killed almost to a man A great quantity of arms, ammunition, and supplies fell to the victorious Abyssinians. A few days later, Ras Maskonnen laid siege to Makalle, and captured it after 41 days. The Italian commander, Major Galliano, offered to pay a large ransom for his men. A Brilliant Incident Galliano's surrender was marked by an incident which perhaps more than anything else exemplifies the great shrewdness and extraordinary cleverness of Menelik. Military strategists declare that it is without a parallel in history. In accepting the ransom, Kas Maskonnen had insisted that he would escort the prisoners, several thousand in number, back to the Italian lines. 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Send me one jar of Elsner's Pearl Cream. On arrival I will pay postage of $500 plus postage. If not delighted after seven day test I will return it and you will at once refund my money. THE DARING COMPROMISE By WALTER SCOTT HASKELL "Well?" questioned the man, looking at the baby in the crib. The woman cast a furtive glance at him and remained silent and immobile, save a slight quiver of the lip and a toss of her well-poised head. "Have you nothing to say, Gertrude?" His tone was tense. "No, John, there is nothing that I could say that would square me in your eyes—yet, I swear before God I am as innocent as the child." "The kid is black, and we are white." "I know that we pass for white, and the baby is black. But we are brunettes, which may account for——" "Buncombe! There's Negro blood in the child, and you know it. Let me tell a story and give a guess. The colored preacher, who administers to the souls of his flock at the little church, has somehow become very attractive to fair females of a religious turn of mind. Need I go further?" "You might go further, John Patch, and be just as near the truth," she retorted, with her hands pressed against her heart. "You deny it, then?" "I deny any improprieties suggested by your question. The child has your eyes." At that moment the baby waked and cried. The woman lifted the bundle from the crib, bared her breast and gave from nature's reservoir that which sustains life. The man looked on and smiled. After a moment, she said, as tho it had just occurred to her, "Will you divorce me, John?" He parried by asking a counter question. "Do you wish me to divorce you?" he asked. "I prefer not to commit myself until I know what your intention is," she crisply replied. "I'll tell you what I'll do," he enunciated slowly, as though weighing his words. "I'll hush the matter up and stop possible talk, if you'll continue to live with me as before I went to the war. Not that I endorse the manner of your—well, never mind, but, of course, I can't inhumanly cast you aside." "Do you still care for me, John?" pleadingly. "I don't know—yes, I do care for—after all, you are my wife. It's principle with me to stay with the woman I promised to love and protect. No matter what she does, the obligation is the same. Will you live with me if ample explanation is given for the color of the child?" "Yes. I will." "Thank you, Gertrude. I'll make it as pleasant as possible for you." "Oh, no, I'll not trouble him. It would only make the matter worse. There is no wish to further increase our embarrassment." After a moment, he stated firmly, "Of course, it's understood that the colored parson is no longer to be a visitor here." She laughed outright. "It's real humorous, John, in spite of the seriousness of the situation. I promise you that the colored revivalist will not be a visitor at this house, at least not while you are suspicious of him." "All right, it's settled then. I hope dinner is almost ready to be served." "Do you want to tend baby while I'm preparing the meal?" she asked pleasantly. He smiled approvingly, and took the bundle from her arms. He cuddled the baby to his breast as he took a seat in the rocking chair. She noted how fatherly he looked, how like the child's own father. It was a pretty picture, the man rocking the baby to sleep, the baby that he thought belonged to another. And, as he rocked back and forth, he sang. She could not believe it at first, so she listened again. A moisture filled her eyes, and she went into the pantry to hide her emotions. True to his promise of allaving neighborhood suspicion in regard to the black baby. John Patch prepared a statement and had it published in the local paper. To her, it was a masterpiece of fabrication, a creative work of which she did not believe him capable. The article stated: "To whom it may concern: I, John Patch, just returned from France, find in my absence my wife has given birth to a baby as dark as an octooroon and of unmistakable Negro blood. As I have heretofore posed as a white man, and my wife as white, there is chance for gossip. Briefly, I was born of Negro and white parentage. "When quite young, I met with an accident that deprived me of my woolly locks, together with most of my scalp. The doctors resorted to skin-grafting from criminals sentenced to be hanged. My hair was restored, and it was of the kind that was grafted into my scalp-straight with no trace of Negroid characteristics. ILLUSTRATED FEATURE SECTION—November 9, 1929 A man stands over a woman who is resting on a couch. The man looks down at the woman with a concerned expression. The couch is covered with a blanket, and there is a picture of a house on the wall behind them. I meant to tell you when my adopted father passes away that made me so—bad. . . Oh you can't help hating me and I wish I was dead. That accounts for the color of our child. "（Signed) John Patch." When the next Sabbath came around, John asked his wife whether she wished to go to church. "Where shall we go?" she asked, wondering what he had up his sleeve. "Anywhere, dear, that pleases you. How would you like to go down to Jones's revival?" "Why, how could you meet the parson, knowing—?" "Oh, that's all right. I hope I'm not a cad to keep you from going to church, the church you most favor." to that picture?" "Why, I don't know, perhaps I do think strange that the picture shows kinky hair, mulatto cast of features; and yet, it is a fair likeness of my wife." "Couldn't it have been my sister's picture?" "Very likely, yet that would not alter the case. As you have often told me that your father never married but once, and if your sister is a mulatto, one would naturally infer that all the children would be the same, or nearly the same cast." She buried her face in her hands, and her body was convulsed. Suddenly she threw herself at his feet and sobbingly implored him to forgive her. "Perhaps I may; if I know the circumstances. If you have anything to say connected with my discovery of this photo, I shall be glad to hear it." "It was the photograph taken of Menelik, the Ethiopian." "But if the parson should shake hands with me, and show his interest, could you——?" "Stop, Gertrude. I have not the least animosity against the Rev. Washington J. Jones. What I said the other day doesn't count, now that I realize more fully how much I am indebted to the parson for his spiritual guidance and care of my wife during my absence. Let's go to the meeting." "And take baby?" "Certainly, take baby. We might have him baptized." Gertrude made ready and they went to the Negro revival. There were many white people present, as well as colored. The preacher was popular. He did offer his hand to Mrs. Patch and shook hers heartily, exhibiting that fatherly interest that preachers are wont to show to members of their flock. John smiled affably and congratulated the minister on his interesting topic—"Now that the War is Over." After the sermon, they went home, and John said he was more than convinced that the Negro revivalist was the most capable speaker he had heard in the town. "I'm glad you like him," she replied, quietly. "Yes, and so am I glad. It makes it easier for me to act natural in regard to him. He has a manner that I like, and I am sure we shall eventually become the best of friends. By the way, Gertrude, I found an old photograph of yours in the bottom drawer of the bureau when I was looking for a collar button. How you have changed since that was taken. It must be before I met you." She paled and snatched the photograph out of his hand, then ran off into the bedroom and hid it. When she came back into the sitting room, she was agitated and spoke rapidly: "I suppose you think all kinds of thoughts now that you have run on Menelik, the Ethiopian King to that picture?" "Why, I don't know, perhaps I do think strange that the picture shows kinky hair, mulatto cast of features; and yet, it is a fair likeness of my wife." "Couldn't it have been my sister's picture?" "Very likely, yet that would not alter the case. As you have often told me that your father never mar- (Continued from page ten) Ethiopians are Clearly Negroes Ethiopians are Clearly Negroes The victory of Adowa had another curious effect which we might mention here. From the earliest times, the Ethiopians had been known as a black people, what today are known as Negroes. In the Ethiopian Hall of the Boston Museum of Fine Arts are the original statues of about a dozen Ethiopian monarchs, whose faces leave no doubt that they were Negroes. But now certain scientists, (the same who in America would call one whiter than themselves, a Negro) are saying that the Ethiopians are no longer Negroes, but white people. This writer has seen at least two hundred Abyssinians, among them the Abyssinian Minister to France, and M. Marriam, head of the Ethiopian Archives, and there is not a single one among them that would not be instantly classed as a Negro by anyone who has ever seen a Negro. Europeans Bows to Abyssinia After this victory there was an undignified scramble of the great powers to make treaties with Menelik. Abyssinia, which is one and a half times the size of Texas, holds the key to the Egyptian and East African situations. In 1906, France, Italy, and England again came to an understanding about Abyssinia, but once more Menelik made it known that he meant to submit to no outside interference. England wanted to dictate to Menelik regarding the waters of the Blue Nile, which flows through Abyssinia. King Lalibala of Ethiopia once threatened to turn the course of this river in order to starve Egypt to submission. Abyssinia, Member of League Later, Abyssinia was admitted to the League of Nations. In his personal life too, Menelik was admirable. He lived simply and She buried her face in her hands, and her body was convulsed. Suddenly she threw herself at his feet and sobbingly implored him to forgive her. "Perhaps I may; if I know the circumstances. If you have anything to say connected with my discovery of this photo, I shall be glad to hear it." "It was the photograph taken of at all times set the example for his people. Once when they were suffering from famine, he tilled the soil along with his body-guard, working as a common laborer. Once he ate no beef for three years. There had been a cattle disease which had forced the price of beef to a point where only the wealthiest could buy it. "Why should I enjoy plenty," he asked, "when my people are in want?" A French writer, speaking of this incident wanted to know what European monarch would have done the same. King John had forbidden smoking Menelik permitted it to those of his subjects who wished it, but set the example by not smoking himself. He also forbade the importation of all intoxicating drinks, which he never touched himself. Menelik Excused Respect He always exacted the respect due him as a monarch from Europeans. When Prince Henri of Orleans, a member of French royalty, appeared before him attired in hunting costume, Menelik asked: "Who is this person who does not know how to appear before a king?" He had great pity for the suffering of others. Once a letter to an Italian prisoner fell into his hands. It was from the man's mother, and told of her great grief at not knowing what had become of her son. Menelik had the man returned, free of ransom, to his mother with a fine present. Alded France In 1873 he helped France pay her war debt to Germany. In 1923 he was stricken with apoplexy and after a linering illness died on December 12, 1923. One who knew Menelik well wrote: "A clever diplomat, an able warrior, an adroit sovereign, a good workman. An Extraordinary Individual "Very intelligent, very refined and instructed, curious at all times of 11 A SHORT STORY THAT'S DIFFERENT me before I used the lotion that changed the quality of my hair and made me look like a white woman. You know now that I have deceived you, grossly deceived you. I am, and always was, an octopon." "Then that accounts for the child being of African cast without involving the parson?" "Yes, it does, and I suppose you would hate me even more if you thought the revivalist was unduly intimate with me." "Not at all, Gertie, don't distress yourself. I suspected it all along, but was waiting for your free-will confession. I don't know all the circumstances, but I have learned something of your past history. Your father married a white woman, and you are the only child. He wanted you to take advantage of your uncommonly white skin and American features, by associating with the whites, and, if possible, marry a white man. To this end he entrusted you to the keeping of a white family in position to bring you into good society. That is where I first met you." "Yes, John, it's all true. The reason I did not tell you is because I was in duty bound to pose as a white woman in order to please my adopted father and at his death inherit his fortune. I meant to tell you when my adopted father passes away—and he is now quite old—and it was the desire to please him that made me sc-bad!" "Well, don't cry, Gertie. I guess it'll come out all right." "How can it come out all right, with me a deceiver, and you shielding me in every way by posing as a Negro yourself to stop the neighbors' talk about the baby? Oh, you can't help hating me, and I wish I were dead!" (Sobs.) "Yes, and your father has the papers that gives you your fortune. I saw him yesterday." "You saw my own father?" "Yes, the Rev. Washington Jones." "Oh, then, you know?" "Yes, indeed, and I'm very thankful that it came out so nicely, with all parties satisfied." "John, how can you say that, when you martyred yourself by posing as a Negro to shield me? I will never get over my feeling of shame at the way I have used you. Now, if ever, we ought to part. I couldn't live a false life in this way. I——" "Do you love me, Gertie?" "Do you so much, got the disease so." "Oh, so much, yet the disgrace." "No disgrace about it. What I put in the paper is true. I am a Negro, or rather a light mulatto. The reason I married you in the pose of a white man is, that I wanted you, and learning that your adopted father was set on having you marry a white man. I saw it was the only way to get you, so I palmed myself off as a white man. That's all, we're quits, and the kid's ours." "Oh, John, I'm so glad." THE END the progress of new science, accessible to new ideas, with a character gentle, good and opposed to flattery; sometimes weak, but with a stubbornness that nothing could break, and crossed by crises of terrible anger. All who have approached him have recognized in him a high-minded, noble and affectionate man." In physique, he was slight. A visitor to his kingdom wrote of him, "A very little man and a very big mouth." The greatest monarch of the nineteenth century was Napoleon. Next in importance comes Victoria. 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