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INTER-STATE TTLER THE MISS RUSSELL—Popularly known as the "Slim Princess," will open with Miller-Lyles "Rang Tang" at the Royal Theatre next week. Miss Russell has created a name in musical comedy and revues in her particular line, second to none. She is no stranger to Broadway, having played in the gay section of the big city with Florence Mills. The "Slim Princess" will add considerable strength to the Miller-Lyles vehicle and Miss Maude's host of friends will rejoice over the popular dancing Venus success. Society, Sports and Theatrical News to Star in Miller-L --- MAUDE RUSSELL is the "Slim Princess," will open with a sell has created a name in musical order to Broadway, having played in the will add considerable strength to over the popular dancing Venus succ 10 CENTS A COPY es "Rang - Tang" Headlines And Table Talk A Weekly Survey of the World --- THE INTER-STATE TATTLER, published Friday of every week by the Inter-State Tattler Publishing Co., Inc., 2285 Seventh Avenue, New York City. Phone Morningside 7212. Entered as second-class matter February 26, 1925 at the Post Office in New York under the act of March 8, 1879. Page 2 SUCCESS IF WE were a religious fellow we would be a confirmed predestinarian. It was pre-ordained, for example, that we were to be an incurably envious fellow and an incurably envious fellow we are. We were raised in a Christian home and had the full advantages of Sunday school. The commandment not to covet, which our instructors translated to read "not to envy", was impressed on us time without number. We endeavored to take their teaching to heart, but somehow it wouldn't work, and to this day we find ourself unable to avoid coveting our neighbor's girl or wealth or success. RIGHT NOW the man we envy more than anybody else is Mr. Grenier W. Turner. It was Mr. Turner, in the event that you have forgotten, who designed and constructed the electrical decorations for the Elks' convention. The job, we are told, represented a $15,000 contract. If it were possible to appraise pleasure in terms of dollars we would say the community got no less than $50,000 worth of enjoyment out of Mr. Turner's achievement. Surely it is no exaggeration to say that the lights were physically the most conspicuous feature of the convention. We would not say that they were of greater spiritual significance than the Elks' convention, but we do say that, according to our way of thinking, they were of greater importance than the contemporaneous Pan-African Conference. THINKING people are few and far between but all of us are constantly in need of emotional recreation. The great benefactors of humanity have all been men who caressed and exhilarated our feelings by giving us something sweet to hear, something lovely to look at or some gaudy fiction to dream of in moments of repose. Besides there is the inspirational value of an achievement as Mr. Turner's. It almost invariably happens that when Great Thinkers meet to discuss our wrongs most of their thought evaporates in talk. Which is just as well as otherwise, perhaps for such discussion of wrongs and injustices serves to discourage the weaker members of the race and increases their feeling of THE INTER - STATE TATTLER llines An A Weekly Surve inferiority. An accomplishment like Mr. Turner's represents thought expressed in performance. It strengthens the confidence or less successful men and gives youth something concerete to emulate. That is the way civilizations are advanced. A FEW days ago the pursuit of our trade made it necessary for us to interview a gentleman who at the time was living in the dormitories of the Y. M. C. A. We called rather early, about eleven o'clock in the morning, and as the gentleman was dressing for another appointment he suggested that we come up to his room, the suggestion being made over the phone. When we informed the clerk of the gentleman's request and asked to be directed to his room we were told it is against a standing rule of the "Y" for visitors to be received in the dormitories. We wonder why. While we are not quite as rugged as Tiger Flowers we are far from being delicate in appearance and we were not wearing a red necktie. The gentleman we wished to see is even more stalwart in appearance and masculine in manner. Nevertheless, the clerk was firm in his refusal to permit us to enter a bedroom together and close the door. Is the "Y" becoming self-conscious? MELANCHOLY DAYS --- SOME POET, whose name we have forgotten, once alluded to the fall of the year as tthe season of melancholy days. We wonder how he got that way. Looking ahead some sixty odd days to Thanksgiving we contemplate what appears to us to be the most gladsome period of the year. In something like a fortnight some hundred thousand people will assemble in Chicago to be thrilled by the Depmsey-Tunney fight for the heavyweight title and several millions more will share the thrill via the radio and the newspapers. Following close after the title fight the World's Series will delight at least fifty thousand spectators a day for at least four days running, and possibly sixty thousand a day for seven days straight, published Friday of every week by the I. Entered as second-class matter F * * * --- Table ey of the World with the radio and press customers again bringing the total wear up in the millions. Already the football squads are limbering up and shortly every Saturday afternoon will find half a million or more Americans thronging stadia to enjoy the sport with the inevitable myriads parked in front of loudspeakers. Then basketball and the pre-holiday dances and the endless series of private parties and last but surely not least the feasting and gayety of Thanksgiving. The poet who called Autumn the melancholy season lived in queer times. ALL OF the reputable men of the race have cast aside their prejudices against Garvey and have declared themselves in favor of a pardon for him. ACCORDING to authentic reports in our possession the Hon. George S. Schuyler persists in his refusal to affix his signature to any petition for the release of the Provisional President, nor has he otherwise indorsed the demand for his release. But, after all, The Whip may be right. It is within the realm of possibility that G. S. S. is not a reputable man. --- THE EDITOR of the Chicago Whip is feeling blue. In spite of The Whip's unceasing efforts to teach us better, the majority of us colored folks persist in the weakness of having a good time whenever we get a chance, regardless of whether the opportunity is offered by a prayer meeting, a breakdown or a Whip editorial. Our business men met in convention and permitted unseemly levity to creep into their sessions, and our fraternal orders, during their annual frolics, actually did their best to have some fun. The Whip thinks something should be done about it and expresses its mortification thus: Inter-State Tattler Publishing Co., February 26, 1925 at the Post Office * * * Chicago Whip --- Friday, September 9, 1927 Talk TATTLER'S DIRECTORY Where to Dine, Dance and Otherwise Enjoy Yourself in Harlem (This entertainment directory and calendar of coming events are new features in Harlem journalism. It is our intention to enlarge their scope until they include every amusement activity of the town). CAFES CAFES HOUSE—7th Avenue, at 130th Street. Specializes in sea food. Music by radio. Open all night. CRAIG'S—130th Street, west or Lenox. Popular with intellectuals Music by radio Open till 1 a.m. EDDIE'S—7th Avenue, at 135th Street. Cosy and convenient. At its best after midnight. Open all the time. VENETIAN TEA ROOM, 224 West 135th street. Cannot be surpassed in Harlem if you prefer good food and efficient service to entertainment. Open till 1 a.m. JOHNNIE JACKSON'S-7th Avenue, at 133rd Street. Business men can't do better. Take the girl friend who isn't too fastidious. Never closes. ROSEBUD-136th Street, west of Lenox Avenue. Good food. Excellent service. Tasetful appointments. Courteous, and charming waitresses. Musical entertainment. ROSSIE'S—7th Avenue, at 1381 Street. Atmosphere of quiet refinement. Private dining rooms for parties. Open till 3:30 a.m. ROSE'S CAFE, Lenox Avenue at 132nd St. Tastefully equipped dining room upstairs. Music by radio. Downstairs grill for business man in a hurry. Open all night. TABB'S CAFETERIA 132nd Street, east of 7th Avenue. Spic and span. Actors like it. Twenty four hour service. TABB'S GRILL-Lenox Avenue at 140th Street. Ritzy but reasonable. Downstairs grill a retreat of quiet elegance. Best place to impress out-of-town guest. Music by radio. Always open. FOOTLIGHTS CLUB CAFE-115 West 131st Street. Good service and tasteful appointments. Filipino orchestra during convention week. Dancing. Open all night. AL-RAY CLUB TEA ROOM — 33½ W. 131st street. Handy to the East Side. Open all night. (Continued on another page) Inc., 2285 Seventh Avenue, New York under the act of WELL WON SUCCESS Mme. Sara Spencer Washington Rises From Modest Beginning to Leading Position in Her Line BUILDING aircastles seemingly is our favorite pastime. We use NINE TENTHS of our mental energies in doing the vital things that don't count. Psychologists have proved that the most of us use NINE TENTHS of our brain power in day-dreaming, fortune-wishing, aimless time-killing. We all want to be a success in everyday life and business but lack the fundamental requirements to attain such. One can not sit back and think, and expect to succeed. It requires action—hard work—diligence, and above all stick-to-itiveness. THEREFORE, due to possessing the just mentioned requirements and coupled with sheer perseverance and keen business sense, Madame Sara Spencer Washington, founder and president of the great Apex System of beauty culture, is gallantly mounting the pillar of success, and is proclaimed to be the most successful business woman of the east. She is sole owner of the Apex Hair Company with offices in New York, Philadelphia, and Atlantic City. THE achievements made by Madame Washington within the past few years are astounding. She established the "APEX" trade name a few years ago and alone has successfully built up a great manufacturing business which ranks with the leading and affords unlimited employment to many of our group. IN New York City Madame Washington conducts one of the largest and most complete schools of beauty culture in America. It is a school of merit and refinement. The intellectual status of the teachers is superb, and every branch of the beauty art is scientifically taught. Hundreds graduate from this college annually. IT was back in 1918 at the Apex laboratory in Atlantic City where she began the manufacture of the Apex products. This was after years of scientific research and she has succeeded in producing beauty preparations whose chemical analysis proves them to be the world's best. There are thousands of Apex agents, and the Apex System and products are used in the leading establishments of this and foreign countries. THE INTER - STATE TATTLER APEX PRESIDENT Mme. Sara Spencer, of Washington, women who, already socially prominent. Mme. Washington is president. bencer, of Washington, one of the increa- ready socially prominent, are seeking s washington is president of the Apex Beaut THE BEST OF THE WEEK Mme. Sara Spencer, of Washington, one of the increasing number of women who, already socially prominent, are seeking success in business. Mme. Washington is president of the Apex Beauty Products Co. Mme. Sara Spencer, of Washington, one of the increasing number of women who, already socially prominent, are seeking success in business. Mme. Washington is president of the Apex Beauty Products Co. MISS Althea White, of Richmond, Va., is spending her vacation in the city as the guest of Mrs. Russell, 2246 Seventh avenue. Mid Harlem Entertainers Club, Inc. 42 W. 133rd Street MUSIC BY ALBERTA DOUGALL AND HER JAZZ HOUNDS MABLE SMITH'S HAWAIIAN REVUE Oscar Godfrey—D. McDaniel, Prop. --- ```markdown ``` LENOX GARDEN (Formerly Happy Rhone's) 652 Lenox Avenue NEAR 143rd STREET Large dancing hall, beautifully decorated. Just the place for your next affair. Suitable for club, wedding and social banquets of every kind. Only $25 a Night Booking Office 650 LENOX AVENUE Phone Edgecombe 2030 LOUIS SOUVINA --- --- in, one of the increasing number of ment, are seeking success in business of the Apex Beauty Products Co. ```markdown ``` --- ```markdown ``` Carrie Elmore's Cozy Little Rosebud 102 WEST 136th STREET SERVICE AL NIGHT PHONE AUDUBON 10109 CARRIE ELMORE, Prop. The only place with "It," that distinctive atmosphere, that magnetic influence plus the best of foods, superior cooking and high class service. The next best place to eat now that you are far from home is the Rosebud. Pay us a visit and be convinced. Page 3 BLUE BIRDS GIVE DANCE 一 INVITATIONS to the eighth Autumn Dance of the Blue Bird are being prepared by the Entertainment Committee which expects the affair to surpass all previous Autumn dances in popularity. The dance will be given in Almas studio, 100 W. 128th street, and the date is Sept. 23rd. The Blue Bird Club is one of the pioneer young women's clubs of Harlem and its affairs are among the most enjoyable of the social season. Miss Georgia Williams, secretary, announces that the mailing list of the club is so long that a few emissions are unavoidable, and suggests that patrons of the club's affairs who do not receive an invitation in a few days inform her of the oversight by letter or visit. In this way disappointment on the night of the dance will be avoided, as admission is by invitation only. MORE TRUTH than poetry, we are convinced, is contained in the following squib clipped from the "New York Age": BISHOP MANNING said that he once was invited by a Negro preacher to speak at his church. After a lengthy peroration the Negro preacher introduced him to the congregation as a "sounding brass and a tinkling cymbal." HOTEL OLGA NEW YORK CITY 695 Lenox Ave., Cor. 145th St. SELECT FAMILY AND TOURIST HOTEL Running hot and cold water in each room. All rooms outside exposure. Service: subway and surface cars at door. Rates reasonable. ED. M. WILSON, Proprietor Telephone: Audubon 8794 --- Page 4 Musical Comedy and Dramas "BOJANGLES" AND MAIDS TRIUMPH AT LAFAYETTE Bill Teaches the Girls How to Dance Up and Down Stairs and Audience Goes Wild LEONARD Harper scored another and even greater triumph this week, when he presented that great master entertainer, Bill Robinson, in the "Pepper Pot Revue" and if pepper is really hot to the taste, then Leonard Harper's offering is all that the word implies. BILL Robinson, more popularly known as "Bojangles," of course was the feature entertainer and how Bill did entertain the folks There's an ease, a naturalness about Bill's work that in itself is pleasing. There's never no apparent strain and in addition, he seems to get so much enjoyment out of his efforts. WE doubt if Robinson ever worked as hard to a white audience as he is now working at the Lafayette this week. He seemed eager to give his own people a good fill and there is no doubt in our mind but that he went to considerable trouble to make this week's work one of his best, if not THE BEST. THEN Bill out-did Bill Robinson, when he trained a bevy of winsome dancing maids to dance up and down a short flight of stairs. That was a treat and how oh the folks did and will enjoy the work of these girls, dancing with the master dancer, up and down stairs. BILLY Higgins and Joe Byrd furnished the black-face comedy and, well, we can't say anything more about these two entertainers than we have in the past. They just keep the folks laughing with their idiotic nonsense and whatnot. DANNY Smalls and Harry Mays, two pleasing singing, dancing entertainers were very good and the audience fully appreciated their snappy work. Little Madeline Belt, always a favorite with Lafayette audiences, is the same spirit ed little queen of song and dance. TWO winsome maids, Lillian Young and Mary Pervall work nicely, the first named in the olio and the second named with Bill Robinson. Miss Young's two selections, "Blue Skies" and "Shadows" were well applauded. Miss Pervaisings, "Emaline" will "Bo". Jimmy Johnson has little to do but did that little fairly well. Hilda Perlino's number was taken out THE INTER - STATE TATTLER THEATRE (BY THEOPHILUS LEWIS) THEATRES CLASSY VAUDEVILLE AT THE LINCOLN THEATRE "Billie" and Nona, The Bronze Jazz Maids, Chappelle and Stinnette and Green Austin on the Bill MANAGER Raymond Synder presented another good vaudeville program at the Lincoln this week, consisting of five acts, three colored and two white, in addition to the usual photo play. THE white acts were very good and furnished many laughs. They were Cantor and Myra, and Winefro and Claire. These two acts then combine to give farce sketches and their work was clever and pleasing. GREEN and Austin in a black face comedy act were fair and Chappelle and Stinnette, scored in their singing feature, "Let It Rain." "Billie" Young and Nona Marshall triumph in their nifty little act. AN unfortunate accident marred the work of the white acts. One of the young ladies had her leg badly injured and was unable to do any dancing. However, she came to work just the same and stuck to her guns like a little Amazon. FOR the last half of the week the great photo play, "Captain Salvation," with Miss Pauline Starks, will be another feature. This picture, a Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer production, has a wonderful cast, including Lars Hanson in addition to Miss Starks. NEXT week, another all star vaudeville program, headed by the Four Dixie Boys, Garland Howard, May Brown and Sterling grant. THE Misses Mildred Robinson, Rose Thomas and Gladys Smith, of New Haven, Conn, were the house guests of Mrs. Anne Schenk, 105 W. 139th st., and Mrs. Mary Nash, 47 Snyder ave., Brooklyn, over Labor Day. They spent the holiday visiting friends in Manhattan and Brooklyn. A balky mule has four wheel brakes, A billy goat has bumpers. The firefly is a bright spotlight. Rabbits are puddle jumpers. Camels have balloon-tired feet, And carry spares of what they eat; But still I think that nothing beats The kangaroos with rumble seats. —Orange Peel. and she was just worked out in a comedy bit, with Joe Byrd and Billy Higgins. TRES (ILUS LEWIS) "GINGER SNAPS" WILL PLAY AT LAFAYETTE "GINGER Snaps of 1928," a speedy, snappy arrangement of mirth and melody is the title of the musical revue which is dated for the Lafayette the week of September 19th. THIS "whirlwind of action" has been likened to the now famous "Rang-Tang" by several critics, who have seen this vehicle in the making at Asbury Park, where practically the entire cast and Claude Hopkins' celebrated orchestra have been holding sway for the summer in the West End Inn Long Branch, Roseland, Smile-a While and Savoy cabarets, in that it will present cyclone-like dancing that will stamp it as an abbreviation of its Broadway contemporary. JULIUS Suarez, prominent Jersey promoter and sportsman, is responsible for this "get-together" with S. N. Dudley jr., doing the producing and Claude Hopkins writing and arranging the score. This young musician and his celebrated band was the musical prop which supported Josephine Baker on her initial appearance over the French and German Footlights, two years ago and is now completing his third successful summer run on the Jersey coast. It has been proclaimed by press and public as the best band of its size that has ever played these parts. VIVIAN Brown, Mary Clemons the little dancing demon, Ozie McPherson, Blue Artiste and Comedienne; Helen Wiggins, Robert Wade and George Williams, the two Wildfire dancing cork comedians; Shakey Beasley, formerly of the "Three Eddies" and Charley and Lawrence, two coming young hoofers, make up the list of talented principles. A well formed lightening fast brown Zu Zu chorines will back these up. TARRYTOWN, N. Y. Wm. F. Kingsland — Contributor A play, "The Laziest Man in the World," was presented at A. M. E. Zion Church last Thursday evening, for the benefit of the Missionary Society. In the cast were, Granville Lee, Raymond De Witt, and Richard Sandy. Harry Whitey was stage manager. *** The Misses Hazel and Mabel Patterson, of Irvington, have returned, after enjoying two weeks in Atlantic City, N. J. *** Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Blake tendered a farewell to Mrs. Martha Tanksley, at her son's residence, at Elmsford, N. Y., last Friday evening. Mrs. Tanksley left for Savannah, Ga. *** Mrs. May Lee entertained last Tuesday evening, in honor of her guests, Mr. and Mrs. Moody, of Savannah, Ga.; Mrs. Alcott of Albany, N. Y.; Miss Lillian Page, of N. Y. City, and Mr. and Mrs. Robert Meggerson, of White Plains. *** Rev. William L. Banks is preaching at Shiloh Baptist Church, until the members decide on a regular minister, since Rev. J. T. Wilson resigned. *** Mr. --- Friday, September 9, 1927 Burlesque and Vaudeville DR. BINGA DISMOND NOW HAS X-RAY FACILITIES DR. H. Binga Dismond, who for several years has been specializing in electro-therapy has added a complete X-ray and flouroscopic department to his clinical offices at 252 W. 135th street. These offices which occupy an entire floor in his building enjoy the distinction of being the largest, the most elaborate and complete in upper New York and probably in the entire East. The suite utilizes six rooms and one o these is subdivided into four spacious treatment booths. DR. Dismond who is a graduate of the University of Chicago, where as a nationally famous quarter miler he equalled the world's record in the 440 yard dash, has developed a medio-clinical service which includes a private ambulance to convey his patients to and from his clinic, a complete electro-therapy department, a colonic irrigation department and the recently installed X-ray and fluoscopic rooms. The doctor is assisted in his work by a corps of experienced and specially trained nurses as technicians. SAVE MONEY! SAVE TIME! WHERE? Florence McClain's Theatrical Costume Shoppe 2143 Seventh Ave. SUITE 106 Tel. Morningside 2647 Costumes for Shows, Revues, or Masquerades FOR SALE OR RENT We also make costumes to order with Broadway ideas Give Us a Trial --- LAFAYETTE THEATRE Telephone 1 8 1 1 Morningside One Week Beginning Monday, Sept. 12 Jimmy Cooper Again Presents Butterbeans & Susie Supported by Leroy Bloomfield & Aurora Greeleys In Another Great Musical Comedy Revue with Eddie Heywood and His Kansas City Blackbirds TWO GREAT PHOTOPLAYS No Advance in Prices Midnight Show Friday Shubert's National THEATRE 41st Street, West of Broadway ETHEL WATERS In Earl Dancer's “AFRICANA” WITH Glenn & Jenkins THE FIRST COLORED REVUE AND THE BEST COLORED SHOW EVER STAGED Popular Prices Midnight Show Thursday EVENING PERFORMANCE, 8.30 MATINEES, WEDNESDAY AND SATURDAY, 2:30 One Week Beginning Monday, Sept. 12 Another Classy Vaudeville Program Photoplay Now Running Captain Salvation Mid-Nite Show Every Thursday Night Friday, September 9, 1927 REALTY AGENTS OBTAIN OPTION ON BIG RESORT HARLEM society is about to establish an ultra-fashionable summer colony within a stone's throw of Bar Harbor, the exclusive resort of America's aristocracy. Nail & Parker, Harlem real estate brokers, have secured an option on an extensive tract at Sorrento, Maine, and propose to develop the site into an exclusive resort, with club- house, golf links, tennis courts, and a bathing establishment, which will face the baths of Bar Harbor. THE promotors of the venture intend to interest a few suitable families in estates ranging from $30,000 to $100,000 in cost and gradually expand as desirable pur- Edet Effiong West African Scientist and Herbist Has just received from his native land a strong and powerful incense that will touch the spot, namely, Eboe and Congo Herb Incense—50 cents per box. African and Asiatic Gando Incense and the Jerusalem Dreaming Incense at the small price of 50 cents per box each. If you need a relief in any form, come and see me; if not, come anyhow. Work of all kinds fixed according to your desire. Life is not an accident. It has its laws and its secrets, and its mysteries and happy is the man who learns and practice them. You cannot win except you know how, and you cannot know how except with someone who has the knowledge to impart it to you. No more worries. 165 West 127th Street Room 1-K PHONE: MORNINGSIDE 9048 58 - 60 WEST THE INTER - STATE TATTLER the Happy Hour Billiard Parlor, saying there would be no more hogs killed, hence no more of his favorite fruit. Pork Chops. The Governor collided with a 2x6. Page grandpa. *** Newburgh boasts of two champions, indisputable too. Yes sir! They are the champion chicken eater and the champion pork chop destroyer. Page E. B. chasers are secured. Their intention is to keep the colored colony as exclusive as the white resort adjacent to it. WHEN the news of the venture first became known it was expected that white summer residents of Bar Harbor, among whom are, John D. Rockefeller jr., Mrs. William Pierson Hamilton, a sister of the late J. P. Morgan; Mrs. Henry F. Dominick, Philip Livingstone, Vance McCormack and Wynant D. Vanderpool, would protest against the proximity of a colored resort. This fear has been allayed by the announcement of Stroud Rodick, prominent real estate operator of Bar Harbor, that conditions at Bar Harbor would not be affected by the deal. IT was also surmised that the option was a speculative venture to induce white residents to purchase the site in order to keep it restricted. The fact that Nail & Parker are the brokers concerned seems to make such a possibility remote. Nail & Parker have a reputation for constructive conservatism and it is not their custom to take fliers for speculative purposes. NEWBURGH. N. Y. J. V., I see A. H. has the best go since the alley quit you. *** J. B., the boys ask that you get a drum and stop beating our shebas. *** E. B., we hear you have the Hackensack boys water on, but you have no fire under it. All right, J. B., make it kill you. If that won't do, we believe the Mayor will. *** M. J., I see you are leaving to play a fiddle, since A. F. went away. *** Who came to PHONE HARLEM 6480 Page 5 and H. S. *** C. G., we heard that you were taking your meals in Beacon because the food in Newburgh didn't agree with you. G. P. said if he could not eat in Newburgh, he wouldn't eat anywhere else. My! my! my! We think the poor boy is going to stop eating. LOWDOWN THEATRE Our Stage Is At Its Best When It's Naughty A SUCCESSION of mongrel musical shows, the results of cross breeding burlesque, Primrose ministrelsy and night club bacchanalia, continues to provide cheap and delectable diversion for the lascivious members of this community whose bad intentions are necessarily frustrated by their lack of ready money. As lasciviousness is one of my accomplishments and poverty one of my afflictions I naturally regard this form of entertainment as not only first class theatre but also one of the most convincing signs of God's ultimate goodness to man. I am aware, of course, that the prevailing view is just the opposite. The Jeremiahs of the press are practically unanimous in condemning these shows, with their lewd jokes, and array of naked nautch girls, and the Big Gospel Men from Sinai inveigh against them as the devices of the Devil intended to corrupt the innocent and distract their minds from the contemplation of holiness. Which arguments may be sound as gold when one considers only the purity of a few virtuous souls, but it is fairer and more democratic, I think, to discuss the question from the broader point of view of the wicked majority. REFLECT for a moment on the hard lot of the poor but prurient stevedore or dramatic critic. He wants his ration of salacious amusement no less than millionaires like Browning and Thaw. Like those gentlemen, he craves to see comely young ladies take off their clothes and parade back and forth across the bedroom. But his meagre income, to say nothing of the activities of numerous antivice societies, forbid his indulgence in such Babylonian diversion. In the old days he could occasionally recreate himself in the red light district, but now the bawdy house is a thing of the past and its successor, the buffet flat, is inferior as a medium of joy and too expensive for any man with an income smaller than a bootlegger's to patronize. The old fashioned saloon with its exciting pictures of Venus, Cleopatra and Lillian Russell has been outlawed along with Minnie's place and drinking is now done in delicatessen stores with nothing in sight more pleasing to the eye than feral looking Jewish gents and their diabetic wives. A man cannot even turn to religion for immoral enjoyment for the more attractive features of both Mormonism and the Moslem faith are against the law. THE GAY, roisterous and sinful world of yesteryear has been Page 6 Best When It's Naughty transformed into one huge lama sary for emasculated monks. A clean, sweet and pure world it is, and bountifully supplied with soap and soup; but it provides no outlet for the average man's desire for libidinous pleasure except dreams, delusions and Y. M. C. A. practices. THE WORLD is still gaudy enough for rich men and preachers, of course, for those fortunate fellows are always assured of an adequate supply of private women. But for the luckless ledger clerk or chauffeur, whose one woman soon wears away her schoolgirl complexion with cooking and sweeping, if he is legally mated with her, or becomes wan and wrinkled from earning her own living and using contraceptives, if he is only courting her, life is a pretty drab proposition. It is to this repressed and sex-starved citizen that the modern musical show brings a royal bounty of color, hilarity and vicarious sin. It not only brightens up the dun grey monotony of his present existence but it also enables him to drink deeper of the joys of impure love than he could ever do in the past. In the old days the bordello which could boast of twelve appetizing young girls was a rare institution, and just imagine what the madame would have charged to put all the cuties to work singing and dancing for an hour. The musical show carries from twenty to forty girls, all of them flaunting prettier silks and able to sing and dance better than any full time Magdalene you can find between Bangor and Los Angeles. And the cost is insignificant. Here in Harlem fifty cents purchases a two-hour revel in vice which formerly only bankers and Oriental potentates could afford to enjoy Indeed, while he sits in his orchestra seat the tired tailor's helper is a banker, for he enjoys most of the sensations the plutocrat is able to buy with all his gold. Anywhere from ten to two score girls frolic before him to the strains of voluptuous music, dance and sing for his delight, wink at him and pelt him with spitballs and shake their little torsos for his excitement, while his eys wanton in the display of female flesh and his senses tingle in response to their suant and sensuous movements. While he observes the saturnalia he suffers only one disadvantage when compared with a sultan: he cannot touch the girls. But he is compensated for the loss by the enchantement distance lends to the view. AS I said in the beginning I look upon these musical shows THE INTER - STATE TATTLER and call them good. It is the business of the theatre to satisfy spiritual craving. Whether the craving is refined or ethical is beside the point, so long as it's human. Since these shows satisfy a very definite and intense desire they are sound theatre. So let us enjoy their verve, beauty and sin while we may, for the drear and inevitable day is coming when they will be against the law. HEADLINES AND TABLE TALK (Continued from page 2) WE LACK a sense of the fitness of things. Our business league has just held its convention and as usual it degenerated into a petty party where each individual was profuse in his praise of himself and of each other. It was a convention of self admiration and was not a "clearing house for ideas" as it should be. If the crown heads of our business world cannot convene for the promotion of better business conditions it is because they do not have a full understanding and appreciation of the fitness of things. Our lodges and esoteric societies have swooped down on New York and Chicago in dress parade. They have pranced and danced flashing their gorgeous regalia in the American sun. They have filled the air with their liquid eloquence and have enriched the corfers of these two great cities, but they have not weighed the issues of the day, they have not checked the assets and inabilities of their people, they have offered little to society to fire its ambition and to challenge its admiration. They have not caught the proper sense of the fitness of things. Thousands of black Americans have congregated in the various resorts of the nation for the expressed istensible purpose of rest and vacation. Instead of rest and relaxation Afro-American society has stood at attention to the bugle call of vanity, pretense, vulgar display and superciliousness. Hilarity with insobriety has ruled the day. It seems at the popular resorts that each individual got his satisfaction by making his friends and neighbors jealous. Each forced the other to run the gamut of silks and satins. Each struck a pose that was grotesquely unnatural an leach returns to his home gloating over his miser- Friday, September 9, 1927 able success. We do not appear to have comprehended the fitness of things. ALTHOUGH this tongue lashing is meant for our good and we accept it with due appreciation, we cannot refrain from questioning its assumptions. The Whip assumes that the main purpose of a business convention is to formulate plans and policies for the improvement and expansion of trade. The Whip also assumes that the purpose of fraternal conventions is to concoct policies of Race statecraft. Neither assumption is true. The real purpose of a business convention is to give the members an excuse for going on a junket. The real purpose of a fraternal convention is the same. ( WHEN the Lions or Rotarians have a get-together luncheon business is merely the pre text. Pleasure is the real aim of the assembled members and usually a good time is had by all present While the chaplain blesses the assembly with a word with God the members furtively blow spitballs at each other. When the vice president of Sputter-Plus Company reaches the middle of his address on How the Saturation of the central Nebraska Territory Was Re-lived, his fellow boosters begin to bombard him with lamb chop bones. After the session, the more ribald members gather in the washrooms and foyers to swap smutty stories. Has The Whip ever heard of a business men's convention, without a Sam Glutz in charge of entertainments? EVEN if white organizations did meet for an exchange of ideas we would not favor Negro organizations following their example. Neither the general-run of business men nor the rank and file of fraternal orders is composed of intellectual prodigies. The chances are that if they seriously attempted to formulate a plan of Race policy it would be as phoney as the policies of the N. A. A. C. P. and the Urban League. When the Elks, Pythians and other organizations refrain from posing as Great Thinkers and devote themselves to having a good time instead, they should be complimented on their good judgment. We herewith doff our fedora to them. There are some people who strain at a drizzle at the hour of church services and swallow at the hour of church services and swallow a shower at theatre time. NEATLY FURNISHED ROOMS Friday, September 9, 1927 PHILADELPHIA WM. E. PETT PHILADELPHIA OFFICE ABOUT PEOPLE YOU KNOW September, the magic month that business houses, enterprises and individuals who are in business, pray for, the month that seemed so far away in July, is here. The average man in business, feels that he can only hold out until September. Well, it's here and here's hoping that it means something to those who are reopening for the fall season on starting out afresh. *** The Strand Ballroom opened, after six weeks in darkness on September 1st and played to capacity in what proved a very auspicious opening. *** The return of the Ten Arcadians, the new Myriace Reflector and Broadcasting direct from the Strand, were features that pleased the throng of dance patrons. Gibson's Theatre, Broad and Lombard, pried the lid off Sunday night. September 4th, with Drake and Walker in "Look Who's Here". ***The Roadside Hotel, 512 S. 75th street, Geo. W. Robinson, Prop., reopened Saturday, September 3rd with some red hot music and entertaining. *** The Grill, Broad and Lombard, the only place carrying any music or entertainment with meals to remain open all summer, is preparing to add dancing for the fall. *** Marion Tea Room reopened Labor Day.***Stewarts Hotel, 16th and Catherine, freshly painted and newly decorated, opens the first week in September.***"Club Paree" formerly "Cinderella Inn", located at 16th and Lombard, newly decorated and under new management, opened its doors to the amusement hungry public on Labor Day. Taken all in all, the prospects look bright from an amusement standpoint. REMEMBER WHEN Johnnie Wilson was a member of a happy little family circle.? Dave Boyd couldn't find his family and then like the cat they came back? Nerman Johnson was called the Douglas Fairbanks of Sundown Moviedom? Jim Henderson sang "Rose in the Bud" and cleaned up everywhere he went? Luke McNair took up printing as a side line? Jim Robinson used to play the Club Assembly a jam up, but couldn't get his buddy "Luke" to fall a little, too. Too Ritzy it was said. Barbara Lee had to play "Hide and Seek" with her father if she stayed out too late. That she did pretty often. JUST FOR FUN Robert Jeffries, you've been in the "no trouble" class for a long time so don't make wise cracks about decent people, if you know what we mean. PHIA SECTION TATUS, Dist. Mgr. ICE: 1026 S. 17th STREET Wm. wants to kn dock went to Wil mer. Roland Knowles, "go-get-her" why what you've got ins Johnnie Gatling swears that he's going to get hit by that number yet, and when he does get hit, oh, boy, it will be just too bad. Little Joe Farley likes them kinda young now. Don't blame your son, but the little Cook kid is rather "too young." Sam Holmes claims that the good Lord thought of Lamb once in Life. That was when he sent "All Black" in to relieve him to go to the Elks Convention. We are living in hopes of some day seeing "Dolly" Anderson ride a horse and Marshall an Elk's Parade. "Sheik Ross", the Lombard Street King, went to New York for the Convention. We know that, but try and find someone who could find him in New York. We are wondering if Arthur Campbell has had enough vacation. He surely went out for a big one, and the Mrs. helped him enjoy every pound of it. Ealey Waller wasn't singing them, but—well he claims that he has had less since he has been in New York than he had in any one of the thirty-seven years or more that he has been on his own. Even "Old Tony" claimed that New York wasn't no Philadelphia, and hustling up and down Seventh ave. was quite as easy as around 16th and Catherine. Charlie Hopkins has just got to be connected with a Ball Club. Now that's that. And, please! What's become of Sandtop and his club of little tops? Humboldt Moore continues to sing "Gwan, boy, you know I ain't married". That remnids us where in—— is Elmer Bradley? Gotta give it to Frank Coombs. He surely holds on to the sweet little Weinnie from down town. We would give the world to know why Elwood Lewis doesn't bring Mary out like he used to. Maybe time will tell if it's what we think. Here's hoping. Is there method in Bertha McElroy's madness or was she just "previous" in going to New York? Time will also tell that. --- Wm. wants to know if Iola Craddock went to Wildwood this summer. Roland Knowles, if you are a "go-get-her" why can't you hold what you've got instead of getting sore because someone can beat you at back-biting? "Rareback" Sample, either keep those two broads apart or they will divide you half on 16th street and half in the country. Steady, Bob. Good clothes, good looks, and slick hair didn't get you everything, did it Johnnie Wilson? The handsome sheik is now singing, "It's a Mean Black Snake, 'Cause Somebody Done Done Me Wrong". CARLISLE. PA. "Se" Davis - Contributor The Grand Union Picnic of Chambersburg Sunday Schools at Red Bridge Park, was a grand success. Many Sunday Schools from Winchester to Harrisburg were represented. *** The Tattler lub's midsummer frolic which was held afternoon and evening, was just one grand affair. Sheiks and shebas from everywhere attended. *** Mrs. Sarah Moss, head maid at the Molly Pitcher Hotel, is visiting her son and daughter in Detroit, Mich. *** Miss Louise Travis and her brother, Leon of Baltimore, were here visiting friends Sunday. *** Our old friend, George Brooks, blew into town from Great Beaver Valley, for a brief visit. Looking just as big and fat as ever. There were many broken hearts among the shebas when he left. *** They tell as a certain mama cut poor Nelson, going and coming. Sheain't no trouble, why stand for it? *** Miss E. G., is D. Branth your regular now? *** Miss B. B: was seen Sunday strutting her sweet daddy, Sam. *** John Day certainly had his day with the broads at the picnic. *** Miss D. H. and Chester Washington, told the Tattler man, they only walked from Gettysburg, last Thursday night, for a little excercise. *** Well fans, this is enough until next week, when I will meet you back of the piano, with the rest of the dirt. POUGHKEEPSIE. N. Y. George K. Davis, — Contributor Mr and Mrs. A. E. Smith has as their guests, friends and relatives from Cincinnati, O., last week. Mr. and Mrs. W. Hays, of 93 N. Hamilton st., have their adopted daughter and son-in-law visiting them from Alabama. Mr. George K. Davis's mother visited him for two weeks, also his daughter; they BACK-TO-O NEW ROADS Where the Regula MUSIC THE FAMOUS ROADS BACK-TO-OLD-FORM NEW ROADSIDE GRILL Where the Regulars Meet Nightly MUSIC BY THE FAMOUS ROADSIDE ORCHESTRA NO COVER CHARGES Page 7 spent most of the time in Philadelphia and Atlantic City. *** No Joy Riders are supposed to be written up in The Tattler next week as the pastor of A. M. E. Zion objects. Page go to church. *** The Bell Boys of C. H. are preparing for the dance on September 21, get your togs ready. *** Notice to the Public: Please buy your race papers from G. K. Davis and don't borrow them. *** We wonder who the new Sheba is in town, ask the Tattler man? Mr. S. S. please tell us who the new Sheba was that broke you? *** E. E. don't forget that one buck you owe a certain gentleman. *** Mrs. O. E. Brookins, of 190 North Hamilton st., is expecting to move to Philadelphia soon. HOTEL EL RAE 805 No. 13th Street Philadelphia, Pa. Five Minutes from Broad Street Station MEALS TO ORDER S. Scott, Prop. J. Mix, Mgr. Phone Popular 5245 PHILADELPHIA'S Newest and Prettiest "One Grand Thrill" Southern Grill LOMBARD NEAR BROAD W. W. H. CASSELLE MORTICIAN COURTEOUS CONSIDERATE SERVICE 913-15-17 South 17th St. Philadelphia, Pa. BARRICA When in Philadelphia Stop at The Douglass Hotel "The Finest Colored Hotel in America" Broad and Lombard Streets Rates—$1.50 and Up Per Day $8.00 and Up Per Week Visit Our Southern Grill OLD-FORM SIDE GRILL rs Meet Nightly BY SIDE ORCHESTRA Page 8 BRUCE FLOWERS TRIMS LOAYZA IN FAST BOUT Judges Call It a Draw But the New Rochelle Youngster Had Much the Best of the Fight. STANISLAUS Loayza met a Tartar Wednesday night over at Ebbets Field, Brooklyn, and was lucky to get a draw in the ten round feature bout against Bruce Flowers. FLOWERS, the highly touted New Rochelle lightweight, never looked anywhere near like a champion to us. But Wednesday night, he battled like an enraged wildcat. He proved his gameness and ability to stand up under fire and we doff our sky-piece to this sturdy, willing, two-fisted son of Father Knickerbocker. BRUCE came near to passing out of the lightweight picture in the second round when the slugging Chilian hammered him with bruising, tearing smashes. But Bruce, with a heart of oak, stuck to his guns and managed to weather the storm. IT looked like murder during that hectic period and the fans wondered if Loayza would leave enough of Bruce for burial. The colored lad was sent crashing to the canvas under a vicious barrage of leather but distained to take a count and bounced up before the referee counted three. Poor Bruce was badly hurt and it looked bad for him at the bell. WE never gave Flowers much credit as a ring general but somehow or other he pulled through the third session. Perhaps it was due in a measure because Stanislaus is a butcherer and not the finished artist at dispatching his victim. But anyway, generalship or crudeness, Bruce came out strong for the fourth, and from there on the Chilian received a vicious mauling. THE New Rochelle lad battled the South American toe to toe. He met his rival his way and traded punch for punch. Slowly but surely, Bruce began turning the tide of defeat back, as he sunk right and left hand smashes to Loayza's body. THE fifth saw the real fireworks. With two of the first four rounds against him and the other two about even, Bruce began the greatest up-hill battle of his ring life. It meant much to him and the dusky gladiator was not to be denied. He went after Loayza bent on vengeance and determined to hold his place in the lightweight championship picture. How that Sporting New Sporting News DE HART HUBBARD LED TO TAPE BY CANADIAN White Sprinter Nips Colored Boy In Final Spurt, Winning Out in Last 10 Yards (Special) TORONTO, Ont. September 3rd. Cyril Coaffee, a Canadian boy running in the colors of the Illinois A. C. nosed out De Hart Hubbard, formerly of the Century A. C. New York, but who competed unattached. in the 100-yard dash here today. THE event, the feature of the Canadian Exposition track and field athletic meet, found three great short distance runners facing the starter in Coaffee, the winner, De Hart Hubbard, former Western Conference 100 yard dash Champion and Chester Bowman, newly crowned United States National sprint champion. HUBBARD was off the mark like a streak of lightning and led for nearly eighty yards, when the Canadian runner pulled up to even terms. The two then engaged in a desperate fight to the finish, where the white boy's terrific finish carried him to the tape less than a yard in front of the colored athlete. Bowman battled desperately all the way and finished just a stride back of the leaders. PHIL Edwards, South American attending N. Y. U. of New York, broke the Canadian 1,000 yard record, covering the distance in 2 minutes, 13 2-5 seconds over the old time set by Ray Watson of 2 minutes and 15 seconds. BUT Phil had to be contented with second place in the handicap event, as Douglas Brown, white, of Ontario, with a handicap of 50 yards, was able to stave off the colored boy in the final dash for the tape. sturdy little fellow tore into the South American can never be told in words. FROM the fifth on Flowers dominated the situation and did not let up in his fast and furious work until the eighth. He easily took the ninth and going into the tenth met the Chilian's desperate bid or victory with a vicious couter attack. ACCORDING to our check-up. Bruce earned the honors in five rounds, Loayza in three and two were even. The weights were: Bruce 134% pounds and Loayza 1381/2. (Special) TED MORRISON BEGINS WORK FOR THE "LIONS" Lincoln's New Head Coach to Start Light Work September 10th. Call Sent Out For Men ACTIVE preparations have already begun for the forth coming football season at Lincoln, Pa. Dr. "Ted" Morrison, the new coach, has been on the grounds since the first of August, and is getting ready for the arrival of the prospective members of the squad. A CALL has been sent out to 25 men to report on September 10, to begin preliminary practice. A pit, a new tackle dummy, a new bucking machine have been installed and it is likely that the location of the present football field will be changed to the other end of the campus, where the baseball field is now located. A LARGE number of new men who have made excellent reputations at other schools as football stars, have registered for entrance this year, and the prospects of a formidable "Lion" machine are more favorable than for several years past. LINCOLN will have to get in good shape very early because of the unusually hard schedule which has been arranged. The first game will be with A & T College, at Greensboro, N. C., on September 30. This will be followed by a game with "Union," (probably) in Norfolk, on October 8. On October 15, Baltimore will be the scene of a struggle with Hampton and on October 21, the "Lions" will meet Virginia Seminary, probably on the campus at Lincoln. Lincoln will play Tuskegee in Philadelphia, at the National League Park, on Saturday, October 29. On November 6th, the "Lions" will travel to Charleston, W. Va., for a struggle with West Virginia Institute. On November 12, Shaw will be played at Raleigh, and on November 24, Thanksgiving Day, the annual classic with Howard will be played in Philadelphia at the American League Park. Following, is the official schedule: Sept. 36-A & T College, Greensboro, N. C.; Oct. 8-Union University, Norfolk, Va.; Oct. 15-Hampton Institute, Baltimore, Md.; Oct. 22-Virginia Seminary and College, Lincoln University, Pa.; Oct. 29-Tuskegee Institute, National League Park, Philadelphia; Nov. 5-West Virginia Institute, Charleston, W. Va.; Nov. 12-Shaw University, Shibe Park, Philadelphia. Friday, September 9, 1927 RACING ATHLETICS WATSON RETURNS FROM N. W. COACHING SCHOOL HOWARD'S undefeated "Bison" coach, Louis L. Watson, recently returned from a coaching course at Northwestern University, Chicago. The Howard mentor sports an enviable record, having coached the Howard University team three years without a single defeat and allowing only one score (a long touch down by West Virginia) in the last two seasons. O WATSON does not figure that he knows all about the game yet and takes every available opportunity to add to his knowledge and coaching ability. In addition to his professional training at Springfield College, he has studied under Knute Rockne, Bill Roper of Princeton, Tuss McLaughry of Brown, Jess Hawley of Dartmouth, Arnold Horween of Harvard, Judge Steffen of Carnegie Tech., J. M. Phelan of Purdue and Dick Hanley of Northwestern. THE local mentor reports gratifying results from his recent study. When asked how his system compares with those of the larger institutions, coach Watson said his teams have given excellent exhibitions of the "Pop" Warner system as explained by "Dick" Hanwestern. ley in the recent course at North- HACKENSACK DRIPPINGS Hackensack was well represented in the Elks' parade. Scotty, as marshall, strutted like a Kentucky Colonel. *** Our Temple's marching club looked sweet in their new uniforms. Incidentally, they were the prettiest set of women in the line of march. They received applause all along. The spectators seemingly appreciating their beauty after the sight of the big-hoofed, big-hipped, ugly women in most of the Temples. Most of our boys preferred private cars to the bus that we had chartered. Just cheap sports. *** W. E. D.'s last dance was almost washed away. A few more Hackensack dance fiends were present than at the former dance. The next one will be on the 16th. Harvey's Primrose Orchestra will strut. *** Kill the Zoning Amendment. folks, it is aimed directly at us. *** Miss Nellie Morrow has returned from a pleasant stay in the hills of Western North Carolina. *** Watch for the Elks' dance at the Armory. Something different. *** Come on, Brown sisters, we are with you. *** What is the idea of this new Parents' Association, that is being organized? *** Now is the season for Card clubs. basketball, and coal. *** Wonder what happened to Mr. W.'s regular chauffeur? Funny, he only invites certain folks to ride in that car. Causing some talk. Strut, while you are young, for later on you will be classed as an old fool. *** E. H. likes Buicks. *** No, we do not discriminate in this column. Everybody looks the same. After "I wonder what that social uplifter is doing now that he's dead." "Raising hell. I suppose." Watch Out for the Tattler Tattlers Who See Everything Hear Everything Tell Everything FOR EVERYTHING Friday, September 9, 1927 Watch Out for the See Everything Tell Ev BY- The Three Famous DO married women make the best wives, was a questianaire sent to Miss Thrya White. Now, we wonder why? But do they Thrya. --- MISS Edna E. and Victor P. of Long Island, who are to be married in September, are busily preparing for the big event. This is the 'steenth time the date has been definitely and this time, September, there can be no mistake. * * * RUMOR has it that Ethel M.'s hubby has beaten her to it and is now suing the sweet little beauty for divorce. Well, in either case, Ethey wins. Hurray. WE wonder what it is that is drawing Louise to the Lafayette these days. Oh, which Louise. Say, whatever you care? We were just wondering, that's all. CHICK McKenny is up to his old tricks, staging benefits. Well Chick, maybe we'll help stage one for you boy. --- WE wonder who's the poor simp who "Bodidilly" McNeal is plaining jam up. Atta girl Mac, strut your stuff. * * * RUMOR has it that Artle Mac painted the little ole town bright red the other nite. Indeed, she turned it upside down. * * * PAUL, get wise to yourself and stay home some time. If you do not, it will be too bad Jim. Ha! ha. Paul, can't you behave. * * * WELL, anybody who thinks the Tat editor is blind to bronze beauty. has another think coming. We sure must admit he has a keen eye. * * * BILL Bojangles Robinson had that dancing beauties aggragation hoofing it up and down stairs with a feeling. Well, we'll tip our brown Kelly to "Bo" for the Taming of the Shrew as that other Bill, Bill Shakespeare we mean, puts it. --- THE INTER - STATE TATTLER Tattler Tattlers Who Hear Everything verything Mischievous Monkeys IT was mentioned in one of our criticisms, "that Leonard Harper had many faults". This, by our standards was measured in dollars and cents. 'Twas about a bill of $22.50 and to us that meant a gang of faults. Now Leonard, how much longer? HAROLD Parker said that last week's Tattler was the best recently published, from cover to cover. The news was oh so spicy. Thanks Harold. We'll try and inject an even bigger portion of spice from now on. MAY and "Billie" we understand have decided to find husbands and we're naturally curious to know how they're going to do it, after so long. AT a dance Labor Day evening, a charming bronze baby appeared in a beautiful evening gown, bare legs and sandals. Admitting that we fully appreciate that the fashions are changing, but this baby came near to starting a revolution. MR. George Schuyler of the "Messenger" and the author of our "For Cryin' Out Loud" column, can be seen nightly at the Savoy. And George changes his "Pink Mammas" oftener than we do our socks. ome George, be nice, tell us how you do it. THAT vivacious child of Connies's Inn revue, Clara Titus, sure shakes a mean unberrala and how. DORA White and that "Million Dollar Smile," is about to follow the "Slim Princess" to Broadway and "Rang-Tang." Yep, that's what a smile will sometimes do, if the smile is genuine and from the heart. Moral: Don't be a cat. NOW that the Bamboo is about to open up and soon, all the Seventh avenue pretty boys and sheiks are saving their nickles, dimes and quarters for the grand opening. Alright boys and it won't be long now. ** ** ★ ★ ★ * * * * * * * * * ```markdown ``` * * * JOHN. Skinner will be in charge when the Bamboo Inn opens up and John has decided to have all bronze waiters. That is, he's going to see that Africa is for the sons of Ham and that's that. ESTERNIE J. won't tell the "Sweet Man" where she lives until his wife comes home. What's the idea Ba-by? HA ha ha. And to think that little Tress Williams is now checking in the World Tea Garden. Aha, so ole Bill Shakespear was right after all, when he said, "All the World's a Stage," and no doubt he meant the World Tea Garden. If not, then why should Tress be there? A certain young lady's grandmother advised a young man who happened to be peeping up a dress, to buy the young miss a pair of "Lindy Draws". When the young man asked why such lingerie for the girl, the old lady replied; "So you can see the whole plane." "BLONDY" La Mar Daniels, the Quaker City blonde and her partner, Dorothy Stewart of the big city, known as the Owl Twins because of their late hours, will entertain at the Savoy, as we are putting the Tattler on the news stands. WELL Pauline Jackson returned home after an absence of about a week. Just think, the young Baltimore Sea-Nymph left here to take a bath in Lake Ontario, Toronto, Canada. Poor Pauline couldn't fine a bath tub big enough for her in N. Y. FASCINATING Miss Ethel Waters is sporting a brand new costume in the Black Bottom number. The huge black and white tassel dress has been replaced by a knee shirt of countless black net ruffles. The trunk and brassiere are of rhinestone studded black lace over brown satin. A rhinestone belt ending in a hugo buckle, a correspondingly gorgeous brilliant arrow in black satin slippers with baby French heels complete the ensemble. With the outfit Miss Waters wears the gold Chinese earrings that were the gift of Fania Marinoff, wife of Carl Van Vechten. M. H. You should be careful how you gabe about artists, as you're only a wardrobe mistress. 430 LENOX AVENUE Between 131st and 132nd Streets The Best in Foods and Service Upstairs Over Rose's Famous Lunch Room. When in a Hurry. Rose's Lunch Room-Quick, Clean Service * * * * * * * * * --- --- * * * --- Page 9 OUR charming senior stenog. says, "That any man who can't take orders from her, needn't call around. She's the "Boss" twenty-four hours every day, seven days of every week, year in and out, 'til death do us part, is the way her contract must read. Well, maybe some boob will fall. Competition will make a fool do anything these days. --- MAUDE Russell is just too bad these days. The "Slim Princess" has 'em mortoring down from Buffalo, N. Y. Does Billy Schools lover? Oh boy and how. --- MR. EDWARD Wasserman, millionaire banker, entertained informally at tea Saturday afternoon in honor of Miss Ethel Waters the star of "Africana," now playing at Shubert's National Theatre. Among the guests were: Mr. and Mrs. Carl Van Vechten, Mr. Donald Angus, who has recently returned from a season of stock at Baltimore, and Mr. Earl Dancer producer of "Africana." THE Venetian Tea Room continues to play to packed houses Its act consists of three perfect meals and a special midnight supper. Very swank and ritzy. --- IT IS rumored that the adorable Edna Lewis Thomas, who appeared last season in Lulu Belle and so creditably filled Miss Preer's place during her illness, has been cast in "Porgy" which went into rehearsal Monday. --- CONNIE Innerman just raved over the girls of the Pepper Pot revue, doing the "Bojangles" dancing number, up and down the stairs. Now Leonard has to repeat it for the Ofays of the "Inn." Many married people today manage to patch up their old quarrels until they are as good as new ones. FURS GLAZED—REMODELED— RELINED. N. Motley, 101 West 130th Street. Phone: Morn. 5508 WANTED FOR ADOPTION—Baby from one to four weeks old Call at Tattler's office. 2285 7th Avenue. Telephone Audubon 0799 Page 10 NAOMI DAVIS WINS FIRST PRIZE AS BEAUTY CONVENTION ENDS Flashing a winning smile that showed rows of pearly white teeth and combining that with the stately carriage of a fairy princess, Miss Naomi Davis, representing the Mattie L. Jackson Beauty Shop, walked off with the first prize in a contest for beauty that was held under the auspices of the National Beauty Culturist League, Inc., at the Renaissance Casino last Friday evening. Second prize was won by Miss Rosie L. Swain, representing the Nu-Life Beauty Salon and third prize was awarded to Miss Ruth Smathers, representing the Marcia Lansing Beauty Shop. Keen competition marked the contest when more than fifty manikins representing some of the leading beauty shops throughout the country, lined up before the barrier. With the orchestra playing "Ain't She Sweet" and other popular airs, the manikins, all of whom were dressed in the latest creations of fashion, one by one walked around the hall to receive the applause of admiring public and friends. Directed by Mm. Estelle, President and Founder of the League, the Grand Ball put the finishing touches to a four-day session of talks and demonstrations on "what beauty is and how she does". The sessions were held in the Community House of Abyssinian Baptist Church and was well attended. Addresses were made by the President Mme. Estelle, who used as her subject "Liberal Education in Business". showing the finer points of a growing profession. She was followed by Mrs. Addie W. Hunton, President of the Empire State Federation of Colored Women's Clubs, Mr. H. R. George, of H. R. George Investment Baking Company and Alderman Henri Shields. On Thursday evening the annual election of officers resulted in the unanimous choice of Mme. Estelle, President for the third consecutive year; thereby giving her the distinction of having served the organization five years of the eight it has been in existence. Mme. Estelle had resigned as President in 1922 on account of ill health. Going into office with the Madam was Mme. G. F. Morgan-Young, First Vice President; Mme. A. G. Hart, New Orleans, Second Vice President; Mme. E. R. Gargil, Financial Secretary; Mme. Edna L. Weston, Recording and Corresponding Secretary; Mme. Ida L. Robinson, Treasurer; Mr. Walter J. Simmons, President of the Thermocomb Company, of Philadelphia, Parliamentarian; Mme. Marie C. THE INTER - STATE TATTLER Curtis, Assistant Parliamentarian; Mme. Mattie L. Malone, Chaplain; Mme. Marie Butts, Inner Guard and Mme. Alice Clark, Bureau of information, Mme. L. M. Latimer, National Organizer. Representing fifteen different states scattered throughout the country were the following delegates: Chicago Local No. 25, Mme. Anna E. Walker, Pres.; New York City No. 26, Mme. L. Gibbs, Pres.; New York City, No. 36, Mme. R. Greene, Pres.; Jersey City, No. 27, Mme. Ida L. Robbins, Pres.; St. Louis, No. 29, Mme. Mattie Malone, Pres.; Atlantic City, No. 30, Mme. L. Weston, Pres.; Nu-Life, No. 31, Mme. Estelle, Pres.; Memphis, No. 34, Mme. G. Morgan-Young, Pres.; Brooklyn, No. 35, Mme. Eppo, Pres.; Brooklyn, No. 38, Mme. Alice Clarke, Pres.; Tulsa, No. 37, Mme. M. N. Hardy, Pres.; Kansas City, No. 39, Mme. Anna G. Allen, Pres.; Philadelphia, No. 40, Mme. Maginley, Pres.; Detroit, No. 41, Mme. Bertha Bogan, Pres.; Los Angeles, No. 42, Mme. Valra Cruzst, Pres.; Clarksdale, No. 43. Mme. Bettie Gilliam, Pres.; Indiana State, No. 44, Mme. A. B. Barton, Pres.; Beauticians; Memphis, No. 45, Mme. H. Burchette, Pres., Beauticians; Jus. No. 46, Mme. M. Bobo, Pres.; New Orleans, No. 47, Mme. H. Hart, Pres.; Buffalo, N. Y., No. 48, Mme. Saunders, Pres.; Albany, N. Y., No. 49, Mme. B. M. Ford, Pres SOMERVILLE. N. J. Miss Jeannet Field, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Amos Fields, of 60 Hamilton street, became the birde of Mr. Walter Stratton. The couple are now residing in their newly furnished home on 2nd street. We congratulate them. *** Miss Mary Kline, of Davenport street, became the bride of Mr. James Dorman, of Mercer street, on Saturday, July 30th. We congratulate them. *** Charles Campbell, of Davenport street, who has been ill, is reported as being much improved. *** F. G., why stay so close these days One never sees you any more. *** M. C., what did J. V., mean when he called you a Marcus Garvey and so and so. **** M. C., why did you walk around Sunday in the rain and get all wet. Page V. K. AUTHOR P., asked Ruth if she was getting a new outfit for the convention and she told him, "It all depends on you." And the funny part of it, Oscar believed it. OH Webb? Oh yes he's on duty every night. She—Do you think I go out with every man? He—Mylor' no, not with the population of the world the way it is now. ASBURY PARK. N. J. Labor Day brought many of the out of town guests to the seashore. Among those most prominent were Mrs. B. F. Carr and daughter, Mrs. Ruth Carr and the charming Keoth sisters, who spent the summer here, and are leaving in a few days for New York. *** Dr. and Mrs. Oliver Palmer and sons, of Cape Charles, are spending their vacation in Asbury Park. *** Mr. Walter Powe of the Tattler and Dr. Bradley, of Washington, D. C., motored over to New York, last Monday. After hitting the high spots, returned Tuesday morning. From there Dr. Bradley motored to Washington. *** Miss Susie Stewart will leave for Washington after the holidays. *** Billie Wilson, can you tell your dear one at home that you have been a good girl after cabaretting, auto riding and juice jamming, out to Bill Jones' all summer. *** We see Billy Cain is a constant visitor of Asbury. She must be looking for another heart, (Henry Hart). She was seen in the Roseland, all juiced up. Now girlie, take your time in this slow town. *** The way Touissant Duers watched Susie is too bad. We didn't know that you could be a lover any more. There is a name for every fish. *** Kitty Aublanche, why were you fired from the Roseland Cabaret? Was it jealousy or you couldn't do your stuff? *** The end of the season is here. A lot of us have made some mistakes. The seasons greatest mistakes are: Fleece trying to commit suicide. Taylor trying to be a "card expert." Bob /Dean trying to be a sheik. Cliff Williams trying to be a golf player. White Head being headwaiter at Green Gables. Billy Williams, being one of The Four Horsemen. Hawkins A. Thomas, H. Graham,—"juice hounds." Mae Brown to let loose something and stop being so cheap. *** The charming Mrs. Susie Stewart, of Washington, D. C., was seen in a certain cabaret in New York with Kitty Augulance, late Sunday. They were taking the city by storm. They returned to Asbury to stay over the holidays. *** B. Dean, you surely acted like a cave man last Wednesday night, when you chased the charming Miss Blanche over the Smile-A-While dance floor. Be yourself, you are not so good a sheik to get everybody. *** Kid Spider, that sweet woman of yours certainly gave you a good spanking when you came home Monday night all stewed. *** Well, Labor Day is over, the four horsemen, Hyler, Billy. Irene and Margaret must leave for the city for they will have to get a winter job, since their allowance will be stopped. ```markdown ``` Friday, September 9, 1927 KENERLY and PETERS MOTOR INN For Private Cars Only Accessories - Cars To Hire Service That Satisfies 35-37-39-41 West 144th St. New York City LEONARD E. KENERLY General Manager Richmond Market 2326 Seventh Ave Friday, September 9, 1927 IT seems to be inevitable in the lives of each and every one, equally with the career of the individual in public life, that there will come times when one will succeed less than usual. Or one might say in terms of the present, that one will at times," spring a fliver," or "pull a bone," as the more rough and ready would say. ONE should expect these incidents in one's life or career, as the inevitable dark spots or "moments of rain," that the good poet has told us must fall in the lives of all. TRY as we will or may it will be impossible for human beings to maintain an exact standard of perfection throughout a given period, without at some time falling far below the rating of par and being forced to realize the truth of the fallubility of existence. IT has been well said that succeeds does not consist in never making mistakes, but in never making the same mistake a second time. It has been said with equal truth that the use for erasers on lead pencils is to take care of mistakes also. So that it is inevitable that these things will be. Our duty is of course not to multiply the mistakes, because that we are aware that they will happen. IN fact it has been proven that often what we regard as a most disastrous occurrence might in the end turn out to be an advantage to us as individuals. The only way to make little Willie Headstrong know that the garden wall is hard and impenetrable is to let him come violently in contact with this same garden wall, and henceforth, it will be altogether superficial for anyone to remind little Willie of the concreteness of the garden wall. 'TIS so in life and art on a larger scale. There are lessons that must be learned both from an individual and a collective view point. Until these experiences have been made our own, it will be impossible for us to fully appreciate the full measure of life and art. ALL great Artists and all great men and women have had occasion to drink deep at the fountain of experience both of failure as well as success, and many of these will tell how that it has been the experience of failure that has taught most, and awakened them most to the realities of existence. THE good Gray Poet put it into the mouth of birds to say to Hiawatha on his return from his wedding trip, to the land of the Obijways, "Life is checkered sun and THE INTER - STATE TATTLER shadow, rule by patience Hiawatha." It is just this element of patience that will be found to be the only saving element in our contact with the realities of life, and in our various endeavors to rise in Art. HOTEL OLGA ARRIVALS The Matchmaker THE ELITE BAR SHOP and BEAUTY 2311 Seventh Ave., between 135th an 2311 Seventh Ave., between 135th and 136th Streets 6 - EXPERT BARBERS - 6 Bob Harvey, James T. Felix Rodriguez and Leila Edmond and Blanch Bessie Farley, BILL GARRE Bob Harvey, James Tolbert, Lee Stokes Felix Rodriguez and George Motoo Leila Edmond and Blanche Conway, manicurists. Bessie Farley, hair dresser. BILL GARRETT, Manager Mr. and Mrs. Warren Randolph Philadelphia, Pa.; Mr. William Homes, Philadelphia, Pa.; Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Smith, Milton, N. Y.; Mr. and Mrs. G. Hollar, New York City; and others. ONE of the most popular members of the younger set, one hears everywhere, is Miss Dorothy Taylor, daughter of Mrs. Maude Taylor, 129 W. 137th street. Miss Taylor is a former student of Julia Richmond High School, and, having decided on nursing as a career is now preparing herself for that profession. She is also an energetic and interested worker in Abysinia Church. MRS. R. B. Lightbourne, of Detroit, Mich., and Mr. Ed. Jones, of Worcester, Mass., were guests of Mr. and Mrs. W. S. White for two weeks. While here they were also entertained by Mrs. F. H. Lucas. MR. L. V. Eggleston, Richmond, Va., carrier in the Main Port Office and also Drum Major, was among the many prominent visitors seen here from Richmond during the recent Elks Convention. Bayside Inn DINING DANCING Special Dance Nights Thursday—Saturday—Sundays BEACH 64TH STREET & R. R. Arverne, L. I. Bathing Fishing May Gardner & James Ames, Prop. The Only Colored Dance Hall in the Rockaways Footlights Club Inc. 115 West 131st Street The One Place Theatrical Performers Can Feel Is Home, Recreation, Club and Dining Rooms Open At All Times Dining Room Hours: BREAKFAST 7:30 A. M. to 1:00 P. M.—45 cents LUNCH 1:30 to 4 P. M.—50 cents DINNER 4:30 to 9 P. M.—50 to 65 cents SPECIALS: SUNDAY DINNER 4 to 9:30 P. M.—75 cents to $1.00 MID-NITE BREAKFAST 1:30 A. M. t) 6—75 cents Irvin C. Miller, President, Archue Cross, Secretary, Blanch Thompson, Treasurer, Steven Miller, Gen. Mgr. BARBER AUTY PARLOR 135th and 136th Streets Colbert, Lee Stokes and George Motoo e Conway, manicurists. hair dresser. TT, Manager MR. and Mrs. Billy Fowler, 290 West 147th street, are the proud parents of a bouncing baby girl, Betty Jane. Both mother and daughter are doing nicely. Let your auto take you to church first. You will then be able to enjoy the rest of the day with a good conscience. LOANS - LOANS TO PROPERTY OWNERS We are in the position to lend in small amounts money to property owners. Come in and talk the matter over confidentially. For Sale—2 East 131st Street. Steam Heat, Electric Lights, Two Baths Soway Realty Corporation Julia K. Mitchell, President 120 WEST 124th ST. Morningside 4099 --- Your Order Now Will Mean The COMPLETE INSTALLATION of the AMERICAN IDEAL HEATING SYSTEM IN YOUR HOME Dealer in Electric Refrigerators and Oil Burners Time Payments LEHIGH HEATING CO. 2202 SEVENTH AVE. Tel. Bradhurst 9230 New York. BROADWAY AUTO SCHOOL SPECIAL $10 COURSE Including 15 Driving and 15 Shop Lessons We are in our New Quarter 217 WEST 123rd STREET Morningside 0934 We also teach Bricklaying and Plastering Open for Inspection BENJ. F. THOMAS, Prop. AUTO SUPPLIES Radio Battery Service Call and Delivery GREENFIELD BATTERY & TIRE SERVICE 2150 Seventh Ave. NEW YORK CITY Phone Morningside 6387-6292 --- Page 12 Club Notes & Fraternal News THE Osbiny Club, Inc., invitational dance will be held at Manhattan Casino, September 30, instead of September 13, as printed in these columns. MR. Simeon A. Francis, proprietor of 666 St. Nicholas avenue, and several other houses, has purchased another at 208 West 60th street. We only wish that we had more landlords like him. CHEYNEY Price, leave the little girl from Peekskill alone. You're in danger. --- ROLFE Daniels, the son of Mrs. Marion A. Daniels, a well known undertaker of New York City, left on his vacation to Ithaca, N. Y.. and intends to also visit Toronto, Canada. His many friends wish him an enjoyable vacation. MR. S. J. Glenn, of 128 West 137th street, has closed his camp at Silver Spring Lake, N. J., and will spend the winter in the city. Mr. Glenn intends to continue his studies at Columbia University. We wonder when H. C. H., of 654 St. Nicholas avenue, will stop wise cracking----never. Keep up, old boy, you always give me a smile when I feel blue. ON Sunday afternoon, September 11, at 4 o'clock, the charter presentation exercises of the Johnson C. Smith University Club will be held at the Randall Memorial Presbyterian Church, 59-61 West 137th street, New York City. THE club invites all college organizations, literary clubs and friends of their alma mater to be present on this occasion and witness the exercises. THE Scotia Chapter of New York will affiliate with the club and several prominent artists will appear on the program. DR. L. B. Ellerson, pastor of the 13th Avenue Presbyterian Church, Newark, will deliver the presentation address. EVERY Johnson C. Smith man is urged to be present as the program for the Fall will be outlined. DR. and MRS. Marshall Ross and Miss Lelia Walker and guests motored to Atlantic City Saturday to spend Labor Day week end While at the shore resort they were domiciled in the new Lincoln Apartment Hotel. THE INTER - STATE TATTLER Mamie L. SOCIETY ess all social matter such as parties, Mamie L. Briggs' SOCIETY PAGES Address all social matter such as parties, banquets, dances, etc., to Society Editress MRS. Mabel Calloway, 113 West 143rd street, left the city last Thursday for Virginia, to visit relatives and friends. AMONG the New Yorkers who visited the tournament of the Mapledale Golf Club, of Stole, Mass. were Mr. and Mrs. Roy Stanley, of 2 West 129th street. They were accompanied by Mr. and Mrs. F. Burnet of Philadelphia. MISS Alyce Fraser, one of New York's leading colored Prima Donnas and artist pupil of Caska Bonds who Mme. Clara Novella Davies assistant for twelve years will be presented in a Recital on Monday evening, October 3rd at 9 P. M. after which she will be sailing for the Indies and South America on her Second Concert Tour by Special request. HER excellent voice portrays her art of masterpiece volume and sweetness, graced with ease of articulation. She will delight her audience with her songs in German, French, Italian and Spanish, also Negro Spirituals. Do not fail to hear her. AFTER spending a pleasant fortnight in New York, where they were guests of their brother, Mr. Jack Trotter. Mr. and Mrs. Warwick Spencer and family have returned to their home in Lynchburg, Va. They visited many old friends in New York and vicinity during their stay in town. AT THE third annual convention of the National Hair Dressers' Association, which convened of Abyssinian Church from August 29 to September 3. Madame Estelle, of the Nu-Life College of Beauty, was re-elected for the third consecutive term. Madame Latimer, 2389 7th avenue, was elected national organizer. The convention closed with a ball and beauty contest given in Renaissance Casino Friday evening. Miss Mayoni Davis, representing the Jackson Beauty Shoppe, won first prize, gracefully exhibiting an artistic head-dress of tiny curls. Miss Marie Louise Swain, representing the Nu-Life Beauty College, won second prize as a Summer girl, showing a natural head of beautiful curls. Miss Ruth Smothers, of the Marcia Lansing Beauty Shoppe, 2295 7th avenue, won third prize exhibiting a head-dress of marcel waves. --- --- --- L. Briggs' Y PAGES banquets, dances, etc., to Society Edit MADAME Laura Gibbs, 201 West 139th street, won first prize as New York's most efficient hair dresser and also first prize as the most energetic worker in support of the organization. Madame Ethel Baird won second prize for marcel waving, and honorable mention. Madame Estelle and her staff of officers are to be congratulated on the success of the convention. MR. and Mrs. Roy Stanley, of 2 West 129th street, have as their house guests, Mr. and Mrs. George Lawrence, of Andover, Mass., Mrs. Lois Beverly, of West Medford. Mass., Mrs. Sadie States, of New Glasco, Canada, Mr. and Mrs. F. Burnett, of Philadelphia, and Mr. and Mrs. William Ward, of Greenwich, Conn. MISS Margaret Telfair and Mrs. Mamie L. Briggs, of 2484 7th avenue, have just returned from a motor trip through Jersey. MR. and Mrs. Norman Beckwith are the week-end guests of Dr. and Mrs. Edward E. Best, 168 West 130th street, returning from Fairfax, Va., enroute to their home in Boston. They also have as their house guest Miss Flora Elmore, also of Boston. MR. and Mrs. Warwick Spencer were dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Stewart, of 4551 Carpenter street, last Thursday. Other guests present were: Mrs. Marletta Edwards, Charles Spencer, Mrs. Warwick Spencer, Sr. The Spencers are motoring to their home in Lynchburg, Va., on next Friday, having been the guests of their brother, Jack Trotter, for two weeks. GUESTS of the Pierce's Cottage. Monmouth Beach, N. J., over Labor Day. were Mesdames Florence E. Harris, Pauline E. Hackney. Margaret Telfair. Mamie L. Briggs. Mr. and Mrs. Granville O. Paris. Mr. and Mrs. Cyril A. Lane, A. A Austin, Mr. and Mrs. Jerome P. Ottley, Counsellor and Mrs. Pope Billups, H. S. Warner, Miss Edyth Woods, H. Townsend, Miss Anna Brown, Mrs. Margaret Brown, Miss Hortense Carter, Mr. William Greene, Louis L. Debnam, Cecil M. Hinds, of Portland, Me., Mr. Nathaniel Arrington. MRS. Anna Booker, 2613 8th avenue, and a party of friends motored to Atlantic City for the holiday weekend. --- --- --- --- --- Friday. September 9. 1927 Social Items of Interest NEWARK, N. J. Broadway Jones. Contributor Theresa Crowdie, of Atlantic City, is visiting her sister in Newark. Perci Bernard is playing the big time Queen, jam up. *** I don't want no more headlights, since he smacked her on her jaw. Of course she had better keep the smooth black. My,! Oh my! *** During the convention, we had visiting the city, Mrs. David Davis, of 24 Augusta street, and L. B. *** Too bad that Mr. H. A. broke up the party, Thursday afternoon. *** B. L. must have lost her sheik, she hasn't been seen around 94 Arlington street, for some time. Mrs. O. B. Ryan was honored last week with the presence of her mother, Mrs. L. Buckhalter. She was also visited by Mrs. Eugene White, Mrs. George Holt, Miss Arrie Brown, of Hartford, Conn.; and a host of other Daughter of the Elks, from Philadelphia and Reading, Pa. *** We wonder why Mr. B. C. visits Helen Brown's house so often, he had better stop before he loses his nice mama, Anna. Page a friend. *** Noble George W. Gaines and Noble Alexander B. White, of Pittsburgh and Miss Josephine Davis, of New York City, were the house guests of Mrs. Anna Pease, of 492 Washington street, during the Shriner's convention. *** Well, I see Gunney was home frying a fish trying to make her getaway. But Larmy came in and broke up his trip for the Hill. I know Lizzie missed and so did String Beans, poor Gunney. *** Well, I see Mable at Martin on Halsey street, must be doing a good business. I see she omits visiting the Hill so much. Mable you musn't visit your friend on Monmouth street any more, she was in Asbury Park, Sunday and had some time. *** James Columbus Waters was seen playing cards Monday night in Asbury Park. But I wonder why he made such a big time over Annie Euston, when she came in? I know Leggs don't like that. I wonder where Mrs. Davis was? Lookout Bones. *** Jimmie Robinson is the Laundry man. He will wash her clothes, but who is the party on Somerset street, who wants to bring their dress back? I think old Boner heard that I mean Leggs. *** Why did Humpty Dumpty leave Leggs' place when the salt shakers were flying. I'll tell you why. She was in high speed for a certain place, but who cares, String Beans will be here soon. Look out Leggs. *** Well we see Pinkey visited Leggs Saturday night about 12 o'cloik. But Annie was on the job. Lucas came in and saved the evening. *** The Umbrella Queen dropped in late, Gunney was gone. THE OWL RESTAURANT 54 Arlington Street The Best Place to Eat Home Cooking - Never Closed Mrs. N. Robinson, proprietress Friday, September 9, 1927 PIERCE'S Cottage is one of the show places of the Jersey coast and is the mecca for the elite, excellent in cuisine and an atmosphere of refinement. Mrs. John Pierce is the proprietor. AMONG the many attractive bathers on the beach at Asbury and Long Branch, N. J., on Labor Day were Mrs. Harcourt Tynes, Mrs Ruth Brown, Mrs. Barrington Carter, Mrs. Lillian Paris, Miss Hortense Carter, Mrs. Clifton Nornam. MRS. Charles Smith, of 128 West 128th street, is on a motor trip to Baltimore and Washington. B. F. Thomas, proprietor of the Broadway Auto School, is broadcasting every Friday evening, from 8 to 8:15 p. m., over Station WMCA on the subject of "How to Pass the Automobile Road Tests." This talk will interest all who intend to drive an automobile. Society Column----Brooklyn Notes Mr. Charles E. Smith entertained the following guests at an afternoon Tea Party at his home, 570 Quincy street, Brooklyn, on Sunday: Misses Esther and Helen Ambleman, of Englewood, N. J.; Anita Carter, Ruth Conley, Sylvia Birdsong, of Manhattan; Lucelle Walker, Gertrude Walton, Ruth Walton, Viola Scudder, of Manhattan; Lottie Nolan and Helen Wilson, of Manhattan; Messrs. G. Herman Bland, C. Edward Carter, Whitney L. Hairston, Harry Jackson, H. Lester Kearns, Sumner P. White, William C. Whiting, W. Eugene Williams, Louis Palmetier, Jerome Johnson, of Manhattan, Harry Walker, H. J. Mathews and Rolfe L. Daniels, of Manhattan. Mr. Smith, with his guests, motored to Manhattan for dinner in the evening. Mr. and Mrs. William Birdsong, of Manhattan, wish to announce the engagement of their daughter, Miss Sylva Birdsong, to Mr. William C. Whiting, of Brooklyn. Miss Birdsong is a graduate of the Bordentown Industrial Institute of Bordentown, N. J. Mr. Whiting is the son of Mrs. Frederick C. Whiting, and one of the oldest families in Brooklyn. Mr. Whiting received his education throughout Brooklyn and Manhattan, and is a member of the Premier Society Club of Brooklyn. No date has been set for the wedding. Telephone Bradhurst 9239 Marvello Beauty Shoppe Scientific Beauty Culture Marcelling Facial Manicuring Massage Manufacturer and Distributor of Marvello Hair and Beauty Preparations, Inc. 201 West 139th Street N. Y. City THE INTER - STATE TATTLER HOTEL OLGA ARRIVALS Rev. R. F. Patteson, Greenwich, Conn.; Mrs. D. H. Hurmon, Cleveland, Ohio; Mrs. P. Owens, Philadelphia, Pa.; Mr. Ben Hayward, Phila., Pa.; Mr. and Mrs. Henry Thompson, Troy, N. Y.; Mr. and Mrs. M. Johnson, Cleveland, Ohio; Mr. I. L. Russell, Boston, Mass.; Mr. W. A. Bibb, Des Moines, Iowa; Mr. Seymore Diggs, Easeston, Md.; Attorney John W. Scheneks, Boston, Mass.; Mr. John Penn, Pittsfield, Mass.; Mr. Nathan Broomfild, Reidsville, N. C.; Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Banks, St. Louis, Mo.; Mr. J. Kendricks, Cleveland, O.; Mr. Thomas H. Skidmore, Bronxville, N. Y.; Princess Murdine Naakahoma, Atlantic City, N. J.; Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Dixon, Harrisburg, Pa.; Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Lewis, Philadelphia, Pa.; Mr. Henry Brown Buffalo, N. Y.; Mr. George Williams, Buffalo, N. Y.; Mr. W. G. Harper, New London, Conn.; Mr. and Mrs. A. Well and sister, Chicago, Ill.; Mr. and Mrs. F. Anderson, Chicago; Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Marshall, Trenton, N. J.; Mr. and Mrs. James Green, Atlantic City, N. J.; Mr. and Mrs. F. Nelson, Chicago; Mr. A. Williams, Detroit, Mich.; Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Smith, Lancaster, Pa.; Mr. Edward Capital, Lancaster, Pa.; Mr. and Mrs. K. Y. Houston, Washington, D. C.; Dr. and Mrs. W. Lassiter, Newport News, Va.; Mr. and Mrs. Lanny, Boston, Mass.; Mr. and Mrs. W. Baxter, Trenton, N. J.; Mr. Louis E. Davis, Cincinnati; Mr. and Mrs. Edward Johnson, Detroit; Mr. Prentis Black, Baltimore, Md.; Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Brown, Phila.; Mrs. J. M. Carter and family, Pittsburgh; Mr. James Jackson, Washington, D. C.; Mr. J. H. Hanley, Atlanta, Ga.; Mr. Avan M. Crumley, Atlanta, Ga.; Mrs. P. S. Monroe, Scarsdale, N. Y.; Mrs. Helena Lowell, Derby, Conn.; Mr. William P. Bailey, Pittsburgh; Mr. Louis Powell, Dallas, Texas; Mr. C. M. Jones, Chattanooga, Tenn.; Mr. Harold Foresythe, Los Angeles; Mr. and Mrs. E. R. Huff, Phila.; Mr. William Buckner, Chicago; Mr. Alexander Poag, Baltimore; Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Robinson, Wilmington, Lela.; Mr. and Mrs. James A. Brownlow, Wilmington, Dela.; Mr. L. Anderson, Kansas City, Mo.; Mr. John Ragin, Kansas City, Mo.; Mr. and Mrs. G. Williams, Baltimore, Md.; Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Crawford, Buffalo; Miss Lillian Brown, Buffalo; Miss Gertrude E. Laster, Chatham, N. Y.; Mr. L. S. Chance, Phila.; Mr. and Mrs. I. F. Shaw, Phila.; Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Griffeth, Washington, D. C.; Mr. and Mrs. Joe Davis, Tulsa, Oklahoma; Mr. Gayle Vanneter, Bound Brook, N. J.; Mr. and Mrs. H. G. Small, Worcester, Mass., and James Foster, Philadelphia, Pa. Phone: Edgecombe 9305 Wm. H. Watkins LICENSED PLUMBER Jobbing Promptly Attended to 135 WEST 135TH ST. N. Y. City KWONG CHOW SEVENTH AVENUE At 137th Street No entertainment but Good Food and Fast Service. Open from 8 p. m. until 4 a. m. Baithwaith Business School to Open Fall Term Sept. 12 THE BRAITHWAITHE Business School, 2376 Seventh avenue, announces its Fall opening on Monday, September 12th. Enrollments are now being received. The subjects taught in the Business Course are: Stenography, Typewriting, English, Spelling, Arithmetic, Office Practice. Students are prepared for Civil Service positions. Evening sessions from 8 to 10 o'clock, four days a week. Students are requested to enroll before the opening date. YOUNG MEN WANTED, between the ages of 18 and 21 years. At least two years high school training desired. Write Inter-State Tattler office, 2285 7th Avenue Dept. B. Dr.FRED Skin Whit My Complex A woman looks into a mirror. Dr.FRED Palmer's Skin Whitener Made My Complexion Beautiful Any complexion, no matter how dark, muddy or oily, can be improved almost over night with Dr. Fred Palmer's Skin Whitener Ointment. You will be amazed how quickly your skin will be transformed, making it lighter, clearer, softer and smoother the blotches and tan marks vanish, pimples clear up and the excessive oil which causes "shine" disappears. Powders and rouges will do no good unless your skin is in the proper condition, and there isn't another preparation to be had that will accomplish in so short a time, and so completely what Dr. Fred Palmer's Skin Whitener will do. Every one who tries it pronounces it a marvelous preparation. Get a 25c box from any toilet goods counter serving race people, use as directed and you will see the most wonderful change in the color and texture of your skin-then. --- Page 13 Has Removed His Offices From 169 W. 133rd St. to 2285 Seventh Ave. MRS. C. H. SMITH (Licensed) NURSE - MIDWIFE With Many Years of Practical Experience-Moderate Terms WEST 111ST ST. APT. 2 Phone: Edgecombe S579 Palmer's designer Made kion Beautiful after getting your skin in the proper condition with Dr. Fred Palmer's Skin Whitener Ointment, your rouge and powder will be more effective. Companion preparations to Skin Whitener Ointment are: Dr. Fred Palmer's Skin Whitener Soap, Face Powder, and Hair Dresser, retailing for 25c each. Be sure to specify Dr. Fred Palmer's preparations to get the genuine, and if your dealer can't supply you, they will be sent direct upon receipt of price, or the four preparations for $1.00, by addressing Dr. Fred Palmer's Laboratories, Dept. A-376. Atlanta, Ga. P.O. Box 12345 MILWAUKEE, WI 12345 FREE SAMPLE If you want to try before you buy, send 4c in stamps for free samples of Skin Whitener Ointment. Face Powder and Skin Whitener Soap. Friday, September 9, 1927 BOSTON, MASS. Eugene S. Starr-Contributor The bays at the Parker House regret the loss of several boys, who have resigned from the hotel to attend school or fill other positions. Messrs. John Holmes, Oliver Bowdoin and Robert Furlong. *** Be careful Jack, don't put any girls in the hospital for a while. They may not be as sick as the last. *** Master Eugene Starr jr., who has been spending the summer visiting his uncle and aunt at Salisbury, Md., arrived in the city this week. *** Our friend Louie Linton, has gotten a raise. Let's hope he can afford to ride home now without any strain on the family. T-o-o B-a-d. *** Mr. E. J., is going big, taking in all the dances and picnics. It's all right while it lasts. Hey Al? *** Well, stop getting into trouble Mr. J. If you think, act and do the right thing you will be able to stand and look this world in the face. Just what you give out will come back to you. *** Mr. Edward has been keeping quiet for the last five weeks. Good for him. *** Luclus Banks, who was suspended from the police force several months ago, has been reinstated. *** D. M., of Blackwell street, the P. H. bus boy, who uses soap in his hair so that he can love the ladies, was seen going with a fay. He also has E. H., of Wellington street. Give Murray a chance. (Blonde). *** Warning for Mr. Eddie Harris. Be careful and watch your step. What about the Lynn boys, invite company there to fight them. *** The three things that make time fly are pleasure, age and the installment plan. *** Mr. James H. Madison, a prominent business man of the city, who had a shock several days ago, is improving nicely. Overwork is the cause of his illness. *** Dr. William T. Lovette, of Norfolk, Va., who has been visiting New York during the Elks convention, is expected in the city this week. Miss Constance Tucker, and both brothers, John and Herbert E. Tucker, 77 Holworthy street, Roxbury, left the city the first of the week, for Oak Bluffs, Mass., to spend a week. *** The average man would rather have straight talk to his face than crooked talk behind his back. We hope that our business men may take notice. *** Mr. Charles J. Harris, Durham, N. C., formerly of Boston, and known in the west as the tenor-pianist, will make his first appearance in Boston, presented by the Tribe of Benjamin and King David Clubs, of the 12th Baptist Church. *** We are glad to say that it was Mr. Harry G. Garner, 10 Hammond street, who is now married to Miss Ernestine L. Fountlookes. Mr. Thomas A. Garner jr., 41 Highland Park avenue, is still single. WORCESTER, MASS. Jacob M. Robinson—Contributor One of our local dance committees made an awful mistake in having almost entire church officials, with the exception of the pastor and the board of trustees. Why don't they draft the pastor. **** Our Jolly Cooke can't blow off anymore steam to a certain chief about his certain way of playing jam up, after the way her brown chief barked about his uncooked show. The Tattler man could see the little cook jumping over hoops. ATTENTION! Richmond, Va., Advertisers Owing to the Holiday interfering Richmond has reached our office place Richmond advertisements Richmond News. If Richmond news arrives in a of forms it will be carried in an Owing to the Holiday interfering with mail delivery no news from Richmond has reached our office. We are therefore unable to place Richmond advertisements in the usual position, next to Richmond News. If Richmond news arrives in a late delivery before final closing of forms it will be carried in another section of the paper. Oh my! Ain't he too D. Q. *** Some of those spades that are so elated to connect the names of many Worcester ladies with the Tattler man, better hold that bold stuff and mind their own business before Judge Sam Utley assists them. You can't bluff us so come clean or you'll get cleaned up very shortly. ***All of our near dance promoters are at it again, ready to foster some more social frosts. Help yourselves, we dance promoters are the real goats, the dance public are the real winners. YONKERS, N. Y. Currious Earth—Contributor A four act drama was given at the Metropolitan A. M. E. Zion Church of Nepperhan, on August 31st, under the direction of Evelina Bookman. It was given for the benefit of the building fund for the new ediface. It was indeed a success. *** The little Misses Wyena and Eva Mae Smith, of 704 Saw Mill River Road, were the hostesses of a birthday party of twenty youngsters. The color scheme was that of pink and orange. A most enjoyable time was had by all. The girls were the recipient of many beautiful gifts. *** Mrs. Wilburn C. Smith, daughter and infant son, of 704 Saw Mill River Road, spent the week-end in Hartford, Conn., as the guests of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. Kelly Jacogs, 87 Chestnut street. *** It is with pleasure that I make mention of the fact that in the big parade of the Elk's convention, that convened in New York, that the Willing Workers Club of Sunset Temple, 211, I. B. P. O. E. of W., was the only representative from Westchester county. The ladies made a very creditable showing with a very beautiful float, elaborately decorated. *** Miss Isabelle Jackson, of 25 Clinton street, died at her home on Wednesday, August 21st, after a long period of illness, in St. John's Hospital. The funeral was held at Colbert's undertaking parlor, on Saturday September 2nd. *** Mrs. Henry Gallagher, of Elyria, O., a representative of her city at the big Elks' Convention, spent the week-end with her piece, Mrs. Lucinda Price, of 9 School street, over Labor Day. *** Mr. Frank Parker, of 670 Saw Mill River Road, is to replace Stanley Bookman as the new agent for the colored weekly papers in Nepperhan Heights and the vicinity. News items and ads may be given to him or sent to Curties Ruth, 14 Culver street, or phone Yonkers 2942. *** Miss Theresa Platt, of Boston, Mass., who spent the past week with her aunt, Mrs. Foster I., Godbold, of 116 Woodworth avenue, entertained by Miss Doris Hany and her brother, Mr. Thomas Hear, --- NTION! with mail delivery no news from e. We are therefore unable to in the usual position, next to date delivery before final closing other section of the paper. at their home on Culver street, on last Saturday evening. During the evening the guests were entertained by Mr. Ralph Mann, who favored them with a few numbers with his saxophone. A very enjoyable time was had by all. Among those present were: The Misses Helen Washington, Hannah Sommers, Ola Ruth, Maurice Brewer and Messrs. Douglass Lee, Kenneth Cheek and Curties Ruth. *** William and Woodrow Thomas, sons of Mr. William H. Thomas of Philadelphia, are visiting their uncle, Mr. Eugene A. Thomas, of 100 Murray avenue, Dunwoodie. *** A surprise birthday party was given Mrs. Paul Bray, of Nepperhan Heights at her home by the L. T. A. Whist Club and friends. Her home was beautifully decorated. Among the out of town guests were: Mr. and Mrs. Albert Wilson, Mr. Edgar Wilson, Mr. George Wilson jr., all of Williams Bridge; Mr. E. Richards and Miss Reba Evan, of New York City; Mr. K. Brown, of Jersey City, and Mr. E. M. Syphax, of Bridgeport, Conn.*** Mrs. W. H. Seay, of Bridgeport, Conn., was the guest of her mother, Mrs. Johnson, of 116 Woodworth avenue, last week. On Sunday she visited Camp Smith at Peekskill with Mr. Thomas Seay and family, of Culver street. She then left for White Plains to visit her cousin. MISS Vera Adams, popular social favorite, who has been spending two weeks' vacation in Mount Olive, N. C., will arrive in the city. Friday evening. Miss Vera, winner of the Golden Brown Beauty Contest in 1925, is the daughter of Mrs. Sallie Adams, of 772 St. Nicholas avenue. W. T. GRAY'S SERVICE STATIONS 8 W. LEIGH or 410-412 N. 2nd ST. Phone Randolph 4419 Cars washed by Curtis machine. Greased by Alemite Air Gun. Repair Work and Vulcanizing. THOMPSON'S Cleaning & Pressing Works 617 EAST LEIGH STREET Richmond, Virginia Work Called For And Delivered Repairing and Alteration Our Specialty Floors: Madison 2848 Robt. C. Scott Funeral Director Main Office, 2226 MAIN ST. Branch, 10 W. CLAY ST. MORRISON, VA. Private Ambulance 6 Phones Page 15 IVY POISONING By Dr. M. Alice Asserson ONE of the most unpleasant difficulties encountered when spending a week-end, or a vacation, in the country, is the danger from poison ivy. We often hear of people who have departed gaily for the country, expecting to have a wonderful week-end, but have had that week-end spoiled to a certain extent because some member of the party has become infected with ivy poisoning. OF course, the best thing to do is to prevent ivy poisoning if possible. This is best done by avoiding contact with the plant. Some people are so susceptible to its poisoning that they are infected easily and quickly. It is best for them not to go anywhere near the plant, even though they may not touch it. THE plant is easily determined by its cluster of three leaves. It is a climbing shrub with three broadly ovate and variously notched leaves. The shiny, dark green, three clustered leaf is however, the characteristic feature. Never touch the plant if you know, or think, you are susceptible to ivy poisoning. IF, in spite of your precautions, you or some member of your party is infected, the best treatment is an old-fashioned one. That is, to scrub the hands or infected part with soap and water, as soon as the infection is noticed. Continue to do this at regular intervals. Baking soda and water, lime water and lead water are all good remedies to relieve the itching which is characteristic of the inflammations of the skin caused by this infection. PAINS of Bladder Weakness Relieved by Santal Midy Be sure it is Genuine Look for the word "MIDY" Sold by All Drugs FRENCH NOVO TABS are simply marvelous. Used for 30 year by millions of men who sought youthful riger, pop and energy. Don't experiment, but be safe, sure and satisfied 65-time package, triple strength $2 postpaid (at $2.16 C. O. D.). Pick wrapper. Money back if not pleased. NOVO $2. MILLER'S HOTEL and DINING ROOM The Leading Hotel in Virginia Special Care of Week-Bend and Out-of-Town Guests T. P. ARCHER, Prop. 641 NORTH SECOND STREET Midtown, VA. INTER-STATE TATTLER VOL. III., No. 36 WILLIAM A. GREGOR SCANINSON 9 E=1