St. Paul Echo

ST. LOUIS RISES IN PROTEST OVER ACTIONS OF WHITE "PORO" RECEIVER your money where it is wanted. The advertisers who use the columns of the Echo solicit your patronage. VOL. 2, NO. 19 Two More Employes Discharged, One Many Years Secretary to Mrs. Malone. Talks Condescendingly All Ministers of St. Louis Preached on Poro Last Sunday. St. Louis, Mo. (Special to the Associated Negro Press)—Conrad Paeben, the white Poro receiver, has discharged two more Poro employees, one for many years the secretary of Mrs. Malone. Those who have lost their jobs this far are Edgar McDaniel, office manager; Charles S. Stone, personnel manager; Mrs. A. H. Stevely and John L. Procope, a bookkeeper. St. Louis Aroused. These sudden dismissals, together with a series of other high-handed acts at Poro College, have aroused all St. Louis to a realization that the very perpetuity of the organization is threatened. From the start, the tactics of the receiver have shown how ill advised his appointment was. Though a lawyer, and ordinary type politician, Paeben, who it is said is a former hack driver, actually appears ignorant. He talks condescendingly to the employees, threatens and storms about and with some differences in degree, acts, it is said, like a prototype of Simon Legree. A different kind of man would have gotten along very well at Poro, but Paeben's attitude is unfortunate. Ministers Preach. Ministers of the city, Baptist, Methodist and of every persuasion, preached on Poro last Sunday morning. At staid St. Paul when Rev. W. Williams, the pastor of Aaron E. Malone and long his friend, finished the morning sermon on what Poro meant to the race, in which he condemned Malone's actions and ended with a tribute to Mrs. Malone for her accomplishment, the audience disregarded tradition and stood cheering. Rev. Williams proposed a mass meeting of St. Louis citizens to protest against the receivership and the threatened dispossession of Mrs. Malone. Paeben Opens Mail. It is said that Receiver Paeben has taken personal charge of opening the mail at Poro, using a colored night-watchman, whom he recently hired, to assist him. Much of Mrs. Malone's personal mail has been opened, according to rumor, which also explains because of her close relationship with the business, that many agents write Mrs. Malone personally Paeben probably finds it hard to understand the brethren. In an effort to ingratiate himself, he takes Mr. Garner with him every morning on a round of the departments and stops to smile and get from each employee a "good morning." Attorney Garner, charged by some with instigating the dismissal of Messrs. McDaniel and Stone, strenuously denies it. Mr. Garner, who has practiced here for several years, formerly was a resident of Mississippi, where it is said he was well known. Citizens here are awaiting March 21, the day of the next hearing, almost with bated breath. HUGE AUDIENCE ATTENDS SENIOR CHOIR MUSICAI The Musical Comedy, "In the Garden of the Shah" was given at St. James A. M. E. church March 3rd, by the Senior Choir under the direction of Mrs. Emma Archer. A well trained cast composed of the choir of St. James and other local talent ably presented the Musical comedy to a large audience. Mrs. Bertha Lewis King was at the piano. Some of the principals in the garden scene were as follows: Miss Gladys Kemp, Mrs. Mattle Rhodes, Mrs. Frances Hirsch, Messers B. Miller, L. Jakson, C. H. Miller, James Lynn and Peavey Johnson, also a number of chorus girls and soldiers. Like "Cherry Blossoms' which was presented by the choir some time ago, this musical play was full of tuneful music, catchy songs and rollicking comedy. ZION BAPTIST Rev. C. B. Burton preached the second series of sermons Sunday morning to the Sisterhood of the church. The service was well attended. The Mission Circle will hold its eleventh anniversary on Apr. 18. The St. Paul Echo Minn Historical Society Minn Historical Bldg St Paul Minn The current issue of the Opportunity Magazine contains a cartoon entitled, "Prejudice" by Cornelius Johnson. Mr. Johnson formerly of St. Paul is a promising young art student of the Chicago Art Institute and displays remarkable talent. St. Paul is particularly proud of Mr. Johnson who for many years was a popular member of the younger set and was practically raised here. FIREMAN LOSES FIGHT FOR LIFE Life Ends on Operating Table After Serving 20 Years in City Departments. After a brief illness of about four weeks, Abraham Lincoln Yeiser, 852 St. Anthony Ave., died Tuesday morning March 8 about 9:30, on the operating table at St. John's hospital, St. Paul, Minn. Mr. Yeiser was taken to the hospital on Monday night March 7 and was to be operated on for inflammation of gall bladder the following morning. He was born in 1865 and had lived in St. Paul for the past 40 years and was 62 years old. Mr. Yelser who was popularly known as "Line" assisted in laying the corner stone of the present City Hall. He had many friends and especially among the children as he had served five years on the St. Paul police department and had 15 years of service in the St. Paul Fire Department at the time of his death. He leaves to mourn his loss a wife, Mrs. Mae Yelser, a son, William Yelser and two daughters-in-law, Mrs. Cora Gibson and Mrs. Susie Yelser. The funeral was held at Pilgrim Baptist church March 11th at 2 p. m. Rev. A. H. Lealtad officiated, members of Engine Co., No. 9 being active and honorary pall bearers. Interment at Oakland cemetery. CARTER ADDRESSES CLUBS Mr. E. A. Carter, Executive Secretary of the Urban League addressed the Saturday Luncheon Club of Minneapolis at the West Hotel on last Saturday, subject "Negro Crime in Minneapolis." Mr. Carter also addressed some groups at the Y. W. C. A., in Minneapolis on last Thursday March 3rd, on "The Contribution of the Negro to American Civilization." Mr. Carter will speak at the National Convention of the Urban League which will be held at St. Louis March 29th, to April 2nd, on the first day. He will speak on the subject of the Survey in Minneapolis. NATIONAL NEGRO HEALTH WEEK TO BE OBSERVED The St. Paul and Minneapolis Urban Leagues are planning to observe "National Negro Health Week," April 3rd to 10th, in an intensive campaign of health education. Co-operating with the Urban Leagues will be the combined clergymen and social workers and club women of the two cities. In Minneapolis the Ames Lodge, No. 106, I. B. O. E. W., will have charge of part of the program under the direction of the Educational Committee. The Phyllis Wheatley House will sponsor a demonstrative clinic for colored mothers and the Urban League Auxiliary of St. Paul will sponsor a similar demonstration and exhibition in this city. FERGUS FALLS, MINN. Sunday was a high day at Central Baptist church. At 11:00 a. m. the Rev. Chester Martin, a white traveling evangelist, preached an inspiring sermon; at 7:30 p. m. Miss Mary Lee Anderson, new president of the B. Y. P. U., had a fine lesson. Rev. Storrs preached a remarkable sermon and Mrs. Storrs presented a program which was enjoyed by all. After the 15th of March Rev. and Mrs. Storrs leave for Minneapolis. Rev. Storrs will enter the field as evangelist. ST. PAUL-MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA, SATURDAY, MARCH 12, 1927. J. Lawrence Grinnell Directs Prize Band THE MUSIC BAND Roland Hayes Gives Superb Concert Sunday To A Mixed Audience of Over 4,000 Music Lovers A.K.P. PHI- (By The Associated Negro Press) Philadelphia, Pa., Feb. 11.—With a set of brand new Conn instruments from drum to baton, the Robert C. Ogden Band of Philadelphia, under the direction of J. Lawrence Grinnell, is hard at work preparing to "win a few more prizes" during the year 1927. The phrase "win a few more prizes" is used advisedly as the aggregation of musicians has won enough prizes to be termed the "prize band of America." Pitted against some of the best bands of the country in the Interstate Band Contest, held annually, the Robert C. Ogden band has emerged victorious each time, winning from such organizations as the famous 15th Regimental Band, New York City; the Imperial Els' Band, New York City; the A. Woman Fights For Millions In Oil Lands Okahoma City, Okla., March 4.—In the event that a writ of prohibition issued Saturday to Spencer Adams and J. J. Bruce, attorneys, in the State Supreme Court in the case of Roosevelt Nelson Loman vs. Ella Loman Hogan et al, Adams and Bruce representing Ella Loman, is made permanent litigation that might extend across 25 years will be terminated. This case develops out of litigation over valuable oil land located in Okmulgee County. The Loman property is reputed to be worth a million dollars. The proceedings Saturday stops all proceedings in the inferior courts of Okmulgee. The case is set down for final hearing March 14. Attys. J. J. Bruce and Spencer Adams were in St. Paul Nov. 2, 1926, appearing in the U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals. Representing the 3,000 Negroes of Boley, Okla., whose franchise was at stake. Begins Program With Italian Number After Absolute Silence. Again we were given the opportunity and sublime pleasure of hearing our most famous tenor, Roland Hayes, the incomparable artist in concert Sunday evening at the Kenwood Armory under the management of Mrs. Carlye Scott. An audience of four thousand persons greeted Mr. Hayes and his accompanist Mr. Lawrence. Bowing majestically at the same time acknowledging the great ovation, the singer then assumed a meditative pose and waited until absolute silence pervaded the immense auditorium before beginning a beautiful Italian aria "Salve Amiche" from Caldara. The second number of the group was Eviva Rosa" (Galuppi) both displaying with exquisteness the singer's Italian bel canto. "Nacht and Traume," Rastlose Liebe" and "Der Juengling an der Quelle" three Shubert songs demonstrated a loveliness of tone and admirable German diction. De Bussy's "Mandoline" "Le Secret" of Faure and Santoliquido "Errini" were artistically given; it was in these numbers that Mr. Hayes exhibited rare finesse and gentleness which he has so thoroughly mastered. PHILADELPHIA'S ORACK ROBERT O. OODEN BAND (5) Jack Thomas Band of Baltimore; the Howard University Band and the Pride of Camden, I. B. P. O. E. Band. The Robert C. Ogden Band is composed of employees of the Wanamaker Store of this city and is a part of one of the largest and most prominent educational, social and recreational agencies existing in the United States. The association was organized in 1912 and the name was suggested by the Honorable John Wanamaker, who gave as his reason for designating the association as the Robert C. Ogden, that Mr. Ogden had done so much for colored people. The band is a very important part of the association and is the pride of Philadelphia. Weekly concerts are given in the Wanamaker stores and public concerts are frequently rendered by the organization. At the Howard-Lincoln game each year the Association Band plays an important role, being the official band of Lincoln University, and the thousands of fans who attend the gridiron classic look forward to the music furnished by the aggregation with as much enthusiasm as to the game PILGRIM BAPTIST CHURCH Sacred Concert March 13, 1927 at Pilgrim church 11 a. m. Rev. L. W. Harris, pastor. Order of Service: When Jesus Comes, Choir; Qui Toolis (Haydn), Sextette and Obligato; Is there Anybody Here? (Spiritual) choir; Hold Thou My Hand, Mrs. Mattie Rhodes. Laytalks—subject: How to Raise $4,000 by July 1st, 1927; Laywomen, M. Golden, B. H. Miller; Laymen, E. Walker, F. B. Simpson. Been a-list- ening (Spiritual) Pilgrim Gospel Four; The Divine Lullaby, Choir; O May My Walk Be Close with God, Mrs. Margaret Grissom; Rejoice O Earth, Choir. Invitational; Offerty; Benediction. Mrs. S. E. Hall, organist; A. W. Hall, choir master. Hold Monday, April 18 for another Serial Dance to be given by the M. W. C. Club at the Oxford Ballroom. At the close of this group the audience broke forth into spontaneous applause forcing the singer to respond with an encore. Every one was more or less familiar with Handel's, "Would You Gain The Tender Creature" which he sang so splendidly as an encore in his concert of last year. Equally pleasing were "The Lament of Ian the Proud" and "In a Myrtle Shade" by Griffes. Two other beautiful numbers were "It Was a Lover and His Lass" by Roger Quilter and La Fuite de la lune" by Sloimsky. The former was sung in French and showed a marvelous command of style and diction. In the Negro Spirituals which comprised the last group of a masterly program no one has been able to give to these songs the purity, religious piety or bitterness which Mr. Hayes displays in his own arrangement of "Little David Play on Yo' Harp," "Great Camp Meeting" (arrangement by Hayes) "Hold On" and "I feel Like my time ain't Long." Imbued with deep spiritual feeling he has created a background that no one can excel in tonal quality and mannerism. Evidently the great audience was inspired by a sort of reverential feeling as they begged for another encore at the close of the spirituals. itself, because whether playing the college and war songs of the Lincoln Lions or the more ambitious concert music the same finesse and mastery are evident. The conductor, J. Lawrence Grinnell, formerly bandmaster of the 10th U. S. Cavalry Band, attached, and Bandmaster of the 366th Infantry, U. S., during the Great World War, is one of the most widely known band leaders in the country and no aggregation has proved his ability more than the Robert C. Ogden Band. The band is composed of forty-eight pieces, outfitted with the famous Conn instruments, is well balanced, and has won the plaudits of the public at large and the music critics in particular almost from its inception. Fraternity To Honor Memory Of Col. Young Annual memorial services in honor of Colonel Charles Young will be held Sunday March 13 at 8:15 p. m. at St James A. M. E. church, Central ave. at Dale St., by the local chapter of the Omega Psi Chi fraternity. Numbers on the program include an instrumental selection by Albert Butler; a life history of Colonel Young, by the Theodore Allen; a reading by Miss Mary James; and a vocal solo by Alfred Shute. Atty. Hammond Turner will deliver a eulogy to Colonel Young, and the program will end with taps given by boy scouts. Rev. W. H. Griffin, and the St. James choir will assist with the program. PASSION PLAY SUCCESS The Passion Play pictures shown at Pilgrim Baptist church, under the auspices of the church choir, on Friday evening, March 4, was a grand success. The church choir feels very grateful to those helping to make this spectacular show a success. Accomplished Pianist Adds Greatly to the Success of Artist. Mr. Hayes then stepped forward and informed the audience that he would give three numbers for each section of the Armory. He gave a short explanatory protocue of the first spiritual which depicted the belief of a weary old slave woman, that upon entering the Kingdom of Heaven one would be invited to "Sit Down," the title of his song. This he sang with great depth of feeling and sympathy. Two other favorites, a beautiful Pastoral "I will go with my father a plowing" and "It's me, Oh Lord," were included. For his closing number he sang with great fervor that most impressive portrayal of the Saviour's sufferings on Mt. Calvary, "The Crucifixion" unaccompanied. It proved to be wholly appropriate for such an occasion, the first Sunday of the Lenten season. No recital of Mr. Hayes would be complete without the aid of the accomplished pianist, Wm. Lawrence, who embodies every mood of the singer in his interpretations. His exquisite touch and presence at the piano are those of a great artist and he gives at all times admirable support to the voice of Mr. Hayes. WHITE MAN HELD IN COUNTY JAIL GIRL CHARGES CARNAL KNOWLEDGE O. C. Hall Lay Delegate For General Conference The Electoral College of the Northwestern Conference of the A. M. E. church met with Rev. Carlyle Stewart at Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Wednesday, March 9. S. Joe Brown of Des Moines and O. C. Hall, were elected Lay delegates to the General Conference of the A. M. E. church which convenes in May 1928 at Indianapolis. Mrs. Williams of St. Peter, Minneapolis, the first woman to sit in the Electoral College was elected its secretary and alternate to Mr. F. D. McCRACKEN MAKES COMMENT F. D. McCRACKEN MAKES COMMENT Shows How White Insurance Companies Discriminate on Negroes. In favorably commenting on the editorial "A Billion Dollar Insurance Policy," in the last issue of The ECHO, Fred D. McCracken, Real Estate and Insurance broker and one of the Vice-Presidents of the National Negro Business League, stated that Negroes pay more for their insurance in white insurance companies than white policy holders, and they are limited to certain kinds of insurance. Mr. McCracken further states that there is not a single life insurance company in the State of Minnesota soliciting Negro business except on industrial policies unless the applicant is engaged in professional service and then mostly at an advanced rate. The only life insurance companies writing all forms of life insurance on Negro risks are Negro companies at standard rates, but on account of our limited population these companies do feel that they could do a profitable business in Minnesota. Mr. McCracken is the exalted ruler of the Elks, Gopher Lodge No. 105, and is quite active in church and civic affairs. MILD MARCH EVENING HELPS SPRING FROLIC For the first time since the enlarging of the Coliseum, Lexington near University Ave., to the world's largest dance floor, a colored orchestra played for hundreds of well pleased people who attended the Twin City Community Workers' Spring Frolic on Monday night, March 7. The old as well as the young glided gracefully over the highly polished and glossed floor to the enchanting strains of Clarence Johnson's Night Hawks. The committee stated that they were disappointed by the eleventh hour notice of Mr. Alfred Shutte that he would be unable to fulfill his engagement to sing. It was the general opinion of those present that any interruption with a program would mar the pleasure of the evening. Mr. John J. Lane, owner of the Colliseum and one of our present county commissioners, is very much interested in the welfare of the Negro and was greatly pleased when informed of the delightful evening spent. BYRON EMPLOYED 25 YEARS BY COMMITTEE On the fourth day of March last at the closing of the last Congress, Frank A. Byron of Chicago finished his twenty-fifth year as an employee of the powerful Naval Affairs Committee of the House of Representatives. Starting in as a messenger to the committee, Mr. Byron clearly demonstrated from the first that he was fitted for something higher and was promoted to assistant clerk and finally appointed clerk to the committee in name and salary. He has served in this capacity under two Southern Democratic chairmen and is rated as one of the most efficient clerks of any Committee of the National House of Representatives. Mr. Byron is a brother of the famous Byron Brothers, well known in theatrical circles, and has many friends in the Twin Cities. Held Monday, April 18 for another Serial Dance to be given by the M. W. C. Club at the Oxford Ballroom. NO BUSINESS can be successfully operated without funds. Your $2.00 subscription will help the Echo to operate. PRICE FIVE CENTS Family Works Girl for Two Years Without Giving Compensation. Put Under Death Threat St. Paul and Minneapolis N. A. A. C. P. Branches Pushing Prosecution. From Atlanta, Ga., where white men make laws that prohibit white and colored people from riding together in the same street cars and other similar privileges, came William Hall, his wife, both white, and a little colored girl to take up their residence in Minneapolis. Mr. Hall is now in Ramsey County jail, accused of bringing a colored girl under the age of consent from Minneapolis to St. Paul to a house of prostitution on St. Peter St., for immoral purposes, where she was forced to submit under the threat of death. N. A. A. C. P. Co-operates. The St. Paul and Minneapolis branches of the N. A. A. C. P. are co-operating with the county attorney's office in seeing that justice is done. According to the girl's story she was brought to Minneapolis with the Hall family when they motored up from Georgia last summer. "She has worked for the family for about two years as nurse girl. The girl seems to have been a part of the household and has been carried by the family on various automobile trips throughout the South. During the entire time that the girl has been employed by the Hall family, according to her, she has received no compensation whatever. It appears that she has been unable to leave the family, being dependent on them entirely, having been without any relatives or friends prior to her coming to Minnesota who took any interest in her. She tells a lurid story of the first attack of which she accuses Mr. Hall, which is supposed to have been made following a drinking orgy in the home of defendant's father shortly after their arrival in Minneapolis. According to the girl's story Hall assaulted her there while his wife lay sleeping in an adjoining room, threatening her if she made an outcry. Prior to coming to Minnesota the girl had no educational advantages whatever, being unable to read and write. In looking at the entire history of the child she seems to have been buffeted about from place to place, having no one upon whom she could depend for assistance, she had attempted to fit herself into the home of the Halls and endear herself to them by taking care of their 2-year-old child. According to statement, no other place to go, she had stalled on with the family in spite of the fact that she had been slapped by Mrs. Hall on different occasions. ONE YEAR AGO THIS WEEK The Economy Market moved to its new location, 902 6th Ave. No. Mr. McDuff Woodward is the proprietor. F. L. Powers and L. C. Hodgson announced their candidacy to run for Mayor of the city of St. Paul. L. C. Hodgson won out in the finals. R. L. Milton submitted his invention of an automatic stop and go signal to the city officials of the city. Mr. Milton is one of our local boys. SOCIAL CLUB ORGANIZED "La Club Club" was recently organized by the younger set of the Twin Cities for the benefit of promoting social activities. The officers are: Ralph Gardener, pres. Pearl Gilbert, vice-pres. Oyual Franklin, secty.-treas., Roy Williams, sergeant-at-arms, Laura Mae Mann, publicity manager. An Independent Negro Weekly Newspaper PUBLISHED BY THE ST. PAUL EGHO COMPANY 614 Court Block Telephone Cedar 1879 ‘St, Paul, Minnesota President and General Manager_._.___.___.__...._____.CYRUS L, LEWIS Secretary-Treasurer .-....--o----ccn-ecceeeereseeeeeeeneeeee-> EUGENE JACKSON, JR. Contributing Bditor -..-n-ceeecnresoeseessneenesenssenteesseeeeseeeeeeeeARL WILKINS Duluth Representative. .Mrs. Wm. A. Porter, 1029 E. 3rd St., Duluth, Minn. Telephone Hemlock 1533 SUBSCRIPTION RATES $3.00 Per Year $1.25 for Six Months 75 Cents for Three Menths ‘Advertising rates furnished upon application. “Entered as second class matter Nov. 7, 1926, at the post office at ‘St. Paul, Minn., under the act of March 3, 1879" Some one has said that the little things in life are what really count, and we have come to believe that there is more truth than poetry in that. We will attempt to give an example of what can be done by our race in St. Paul by doing just some small things. In the area bounded by Rice, Thomas, Oxford Sts. and Igle- hart Ave. live approximately 1,000 colored families, in same bounds are two colored grocery stores, both of which are within one mile of every resident in the area. If we could set aside some special day each week or make it a point at least once each week for some one from each family to stroll over to one of these stores and spend just one dollar you can readily see that Williams and Elliot would be the better off by $1,000 every week for your slight effort, and you could pride yourself in having helped to increase their volume of business by $26,000.00 each per year. ‘Twenty-six thousand dol- lars annually is a sum that would show itself in improved service, new trucks, a better line of high-grade goods, and even the many delicate and perishable foodstuffs that the small grocer can't af- ford to keep because of the immense loss connected therewith. ‘You may argue that it is too far and that it isn’t convenient, ete., but I often see you walking as far away from your house as Selby Ave., and what’s more, I see you down in the loop at the cash and carry places loaded down with parcels, while if you spent only a small part of your grocery money with our two grocers they would Soon have trucks and be at your service, St. Paul has such an ideal climate that there is no week even through the winter that there is not at least one fair day on which you could walk a few blocks or a mile in the open air; it would do you good. Let’s try it for a change; spend at least one dollar each week with one or the other of our grocers and you will see them grow big and strong. It is too bad that some people have such poor church man- ners. We are thinking in terms of people from our most refined homes; of persons who can speak with authority as to table man- ners, appropriate dress for any occasion, what is proper form in invitations, correct conduct at a ball or the rules of cards, But when those people attend church all proprieties and rules of order are broken, Any Sunday morning let an observer sit in the back seat of any of the churches attended by our social elect and view the land- scape o'er. What will you see? The early attendants enter. Each pair parking themselves in that part of the pew next to the aisle. ‘The service is begun, the pastor begins his sermon. He is stating those first few sentences that are supposed to be the key to his dis- course when Mr. and Mrs. Late Arrival enter. Do the parties parked in the end of the seats observe the rules of good church etiquette? Do they move over quietly? They observe a rule of un-Christian selfishness. They sit tight, and then Mr. and Mrs. Late Arrival begin to climb over feet and ample bodies to inside seats to the utter disturbance of both pulpit and pew. Then there is a greeting of all around while the poor preacher yells to gain attention to his much studied subject. These people, who have good manners everywhere else, do not seem to realize that church service is a worship period where peo- ple are expected to use music, the scripture reading and the ser- mon as helps toward a closer communion with the infinite; that distractions are unholy and ill-mannered and should be abated. If the end seat parkers will move over, they will help the worship in all our churches. All over the world the 10,000 lakes of Minnesota are adver- tised. ‘The colored people read those ads or hear discussions con- cerning them, but they do not know how to be included. There are 800 extra bedrooms in homes of our group in St. Paul and Minneapolis. At $5.00 per week to tourists and two tour- ists to a room for 10 weeks of summer there is a possible minimum income of $100 per room for each of those 800 rooms, or $80,000 that can be placed in the hands of housekeepers with just a bit of organization and a nominal expense. Our people in America are not an outdoor people. But a pamphlet telling the summer glories of the Twin Cities and the possible side trips would be attractive if sent to key localities and people to the south of us. The $80,000 for room rent is but a small portion of the money itis possible to bring to us. We have restaurants to feed them and butchers and grocers to supply the food. There are beauty par- lors and barbers to keep them clean. ‘The dentist, doctor, druggist, lawyer and preacher, even the undertaker may come in for a share. There's gas and oil to be sold, autos to repair or rent, shoes to re- pair, clothes to press and musicians to supply part of the amuse- ment. ‘There is $200,000 just outside the door for Twin Cities colored people. A hundred dollars well spent will put it into our pockets. Shall we organize and get it or continue to cry about taxes, pay- ments and poor business? When you make a mistake, do not make it ten times worse by offering an alibi. There is nothing so weak and foolish as an alibi. Admit your mistakes frankly and at once, and you will find that your progress will be greater than it ever was before. PAGE TWO LITTLE THINGS COUNT MANNERS IN CHURCH ST. PAUL A SUMMER RESORT 1e world the 10,000 lakes of Minne: red people read those ads or hear d ut they do not know how to be inclu 800 extra bedrooms in homes of ot apolis. At $5.00 per week to tourist or 10 weeks of summer there is a pos per room for each of those 800 roc ced in the hands of housekeepers wi id a nominal expense. e in America are not an outdoor | g the summer glories of the Twin ips would be attractive if sent to ke uth of us. 0 for room rent is but a small portio bring to us. We have restaurants to rocers to supply the food. There « s to keep them clean. The dentist, d cher, even the undertaker may come 1 oil to be sold, autos to repair or re press and musicians to supply part 200,000 just outside the door for Twi dred dollars well spent will put it in ize and get it or continue to ery ab t business? MISTAKES ATHLETICS . ‘The Pillsbury basketball team for. felted to the Cub No. 2 team last Sat- urday afternoon. ‘ ‘The Intermediate Girls’ basketball team was defeated last Thursday evening at the Wheatley House by the Wells Girls’ team, 28-11. The Club No. 1, Inter-Settlement League 125-pound champions, were the guests of Mr. Bohanon, Phyllis Wheatley Athletic director, at a “Bean Feed” given at the Wheatley House last Saturday afternoon. Short talks were given by members of the team, after which Mr. Bohanon gave a brief review of the record during the season, commending each mem- ber on his individual play and team- work which enabled them to win the championship. The personel of the team is as follows: Elmer Lewis, Capt., Howard Walker, Luther Bur- dix, Glenn Taylor, Leslie Heath and Morris Martin, Hold Monday, April 18 for another Serial Dance to be gisen by the M. W. C. Club at the Oxford Ballroom, ‘Nine-room house, hot water heat; ‘recently painted, papered and ren-' ovated throughout; $3,600; down: ‘payment to sult, JOSEPH E. 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It is sald that the Bast, South Africa and the West Indies could not exist with- out tt ‘The bamboo is a hollow reed which may grow a few feet high or a hun- dred. Sometimes Its stem {s round, sometimes square, and the square kind 1s very useful for ladders or scaffold: ing. All sorts of things, massive or delicate, are made from the stems Houses are built of them, and they make water pipes and ships’ masts, beds and tables, prison cages for crim- tnals, handles for agricultural imple- ments, penholders, umbrellas and rods for bad boys! The young roots make ‘g00d food, and so do the seeds, which may be cooked like rice or used for 4 beverage, while the leaves can be used for thatching or weaving into clothes and mats. Verily, few plants do so many things for man. Miles of Thread Used in Clothing Humanity Statistics show that every inch of eloth contains about 25 threads run- ning downward and the same num- ber running across it, so that a square yard is composed of 1,800 threads, each a yard in length, The average sult or costume needs four square yards of cloth, so that every man or woman wears something Uke four miles of wool, Allowing two sets of clothes a year, we find that each of us uses 400 miles of wool In fifty years. ‘When we come to linen or cotton goods, with 80 or 100 threads each way to the inch, the total length of threads becomes appalling. A single handkerchief may contain 2,400 strands, each 15 inches long, so that 1,000 yards of cotton thread are re- quired to make it, A shirt represents about three miles of thread. Xerxes’ Mighty Army Xerxes, the Persian king, used an odd method to count bis soldiers be- fore the battle of Thermopylae in 480 B. O. He had the greatest army of invasion that ever had been seen upon the earth when he moved against the Greeks, He wanted to know how many fighting men: there were, so he had 10,000 of them counted and they were huddled Into as dense a mass as pos- sible and a wall was built around the space they occupied. ‘Then the whole army entered the enclosure in detach- ments so that the number of times It was filled, multiplied by 10,000, was approximately the total of the invad- Ing forces. This figure, according to Herodotus, was 1,700,000 foot soldiers and 80,000 cavalry. With attendants and the sallors and soldiers of the fleet added, he brought the total up to 2,817,000. Why Salesmen Age A Kansas City woman bought a compass for'a Christmas gift for her husband. Next morning she took It back to the store, complaining that there was something the matter with ft. “You see,” she explained, “it points in the same direction all the time, no matter which way you turn tt.” “It ought to do that, madam,” sald the salesman, “it should point to the north all the"— “But I don't want that kind of a compass. I want one that will point east when we are driving east’ and west when"— According to Capper’s Weekly, the salesman was reported late in the day to be “doing as well ‘as could be expected.” Odd Things Done at Fires Excitable persons who at a fire have thrown valuable mirrors out the win- dow and carried out pillows may find condolence in the action of an Aus- tralian who braved the danger of a blaze in a saloon to throw several dozens bottles of liquor out the win- dow onto a paved highway. More re- cently a nearby blacksmith shop burned, and the same fire hero ran to the shop and emerged with a heavy object in his arms, “I had to save It.” he sald, “It was the poor man's living.” Then he dropped an anvil on the ground. Registering Emotion Four-year-old Jimmie was fond of candy. One day, after he had eatev all he should have, his aunt put the sack out of his reach. Jimmie, not liking this, tried to think of some way by which he might receive one more plece. “Uncle Billy, tf I erled would auntie give me another plece of candy?” hopefully asked Jimmie. When Uncle Billy replied that she might, Jimmie studied a minute, then had an tdea. “glap me, Uncle Billy, so I can cry.” Mercury’s Many Uses Mercury is an element sometimes found native, but mostly derived from cinnabar. Normally, by far the greater part of the world’s production of mercury is used in extracting gold and silver from thelr ores, In 1914 and 1916, owing to the European war, it was used mainly in the manufacture of tulminate for explosive caps. It is also used in the manufacture of drags, of electric appliances and of sclentific apparatus, thermometers, barometers and for making vermilion. Mercury ‘@ found in California and Colorade. One Eye Her Oculist Son Could Not Help ‘The oculist had a joke the other morning. Every now and then he smiled quietly to himself. “You know,” he sald finally to the Woman, “moth- ers are wonderful people. They always belleve there is nobody quite so clever as thelr own children. “Now, my mother, for instance, thinks I know everything about eyes. She doesn't confine her boasting to the neighbors, elther. She is Just as like- ly as not to walk up to a nearsighted or crosseyed passenger in the subway and tell him bis eyes need attention and that her son ts the best oculist in New York. She says that isn't hunt- ing business for me; it’s helping people who don't know enough to look after thelr sight. But the joke 1s on her, , “Yesterday she met a man who is distinctly and painfully ‘wall-eyed.’ ‘You mustn't -let your eyes go like that,’ she told him immediately the tn- troductions were made. ‘My son cap do anything with ey2s, Why don't you go to see him? ‘I'm afraid he can't do anything with this eye, mad- am,’ answered the object of her so- Ucitude; ‘you see, it’s a glass one! "— New York Sun. Witty Professor Gave Nickname to Students Law students of the freshman class In the University of Texas are desig- nated as J. A's. The term ts used by all students on the campus, but few of them outside the law school know its import and origin, When Judge W. S., Slmkins was 8 ‘member of the law faculty, he was ex- plaining one day to a large freshman class some of the welghtler matters of the law, It was springtime and the students apparently were thinking more of napping on the grass in some shady nook than of what the professor was saying. Suddenly upon the clear alr there came the discord of a donkey's bray. Simkins paused tn his lecture while the students giggled over the animal's “heehawing.” When the nolse had subsided, Simkins remarked: “Some poor jackass 1s calling his long-lost brother, so I'll let all of you out to go comfort him.” Since then, every fledgling lawyer in the school has been designated as a J. A—Kan- sas City Star. Mandy Speaks When Ol’ Mandy, rated as a treas- ure by the white folks she washes for, first came to the neighborhood she let fall the remark that “if folks hasn't got eddication dey Jes’ got to use dey brains.” So anybody might have known she would have her own views on this business of Christmas presents, ‘The other day, when the holfday demands of the fine fat and shining little picka- ninnfes loomed up mountain high, how do you suppose she settled them? Simply informed the five that Santa Claus was dead! “He dald, do you hear?" says Mandy, “and what's mo’ he ain't goin’ to come to life again, nuther!” How many other heads of families would have followed her ex- ample if they dared?—Philadelphia Record. Papua or New Guinea British New Guinea, now known as the territory of Papua, is one of the territories of the commonwealth of Australia, It consists of the south- eastern part of the Island of New Guinea, with the Islands of the D'En- trecasteau and Loulsade groups and all islands between 8 degrees and 12 degrees south latitude, and 141 de- grees and 155 degrees east longitude. ‘The area of the territory of Papua 1s 90,540 square miles, of which about 87,786 square miles are on the main- land of the island of New Guinea, and 2,%4 square miles on the smaller {s- lands. The estimated population ts ‘about 276,000, most of which consists of native Papuans. Scott’s Best Novel Which {s Scott’s best novel? This question was once discussed by Sir William Fraser and Bulwer-Lytton. ‘They agreed each to write his choice on a separate slip of paper and com- pare, Sir William announced that he knew in advance they would agree. ‘They both wrote “The Bride of Lam- mermoor.” Mark Twain hated the novels of Scott. He regarded him as one of the world’s worst writers. ‘Then some one persuaded him to read “Quentin Durward.” and he was so captivated that he declared Scott could not have written it—William Lyon Phelps in Scribner's Magazine, Frost and Humidity ‘The weather bureau says that the occurrence of frost Is determined by temperature and humidity. If the temperature of an object falls below the dewpoint for saturation temper- ature of the air, dew will gather on ft if {ts temperature is above the freezing polnt, or frost if its temper- ature is below the freezing point. However, exposed objects are not like- ly to cool *below the dewpoint when the sky is clouded. Hence frost sel- dom occurs on cloudy nights, and nev- er in great amount. Play or Get Of Stage Shakespeare says, “All the world’s a stage and men and women are but ac- tors on it.” But he failed to say there's an understudy ready and walt- Ing to take the concelt out of most of us, Let us play our parts well —Grit. Many Kinds of Bark in Use as Medicine The United States Pharmacopoein sta 17 kinds of bark used in medi- cine. There are, however, no less than 85 kinds of bark altogether grown in America which are more or less widely used for preparing simple, homemade remedies, although only 17 fare classed as “officinals.” Some are valued, for example, as febrifuges, chief of which, of course, Is the Peruvian bark or cinchona, to which the world owes the priceless boon of quinine, ‘A second class includes those which exert a cathartic or laxative effect, and of these the most highly prized Is the bark of the graceful little buck- thorn tree found In California, and known by {ts Spanish name of cas- cara sagrada (sacred bark). ‘A third class Includes those which stimulate the flow of one or another of the secretions of the body, such as the saliva, gastric Julce, perspiration, mucus, ete, Others are soothing in nature, such as an infusion of slippery elm, and many may be used for preparing soothing drafts In cases of sore throats, ete. Still others are sald somewhat waguely to possess “tonic” properties, Odd Inspiration Ideas of Masters of Music Haydn, when he sat down to com- pose, always dressed himself with the greatest care, bad his hair nicely pow- dered and put on his best sult. Fred- erick TI had given him a diamond ring, and Haydn declared that, If he happened to begin without it, he could not summon a single Idea, THe could write only on the finest paper, and was as particular in forming his notes fas tf he had been engraving them on copper. Gluck, when he felt inspired to com. pose, had his piano carried into a beautiful meadow and, with a bottle of champagne on elther side of him, composed divinely. Paesillo composed his “Barblere df Siviglia” and “La Molinara” in bed. Sachin! declared that he never had a moment of inspiration, unless his two favorite eats were sitting one on each shoulder—Market for Exchange. * He Doesn’t Call Now The thrifty young man often called on a certain girl, but had never taken her to a theater, or movie, or even out to tea. ‘The family had noticed and often commented on what they termed his “stinginess,” and all before the girl's ten-year-old brother. One chilly night the youngster was in the drawing room when the thrifty young man was present. The caller, ‘who was sitting close to the fire, sald suddenly: “Oh, how I love to sit before your fire and think, think—" ‘Like a flash came an interruption from the ten-year-old: “Think—think of how you are sav- ing money by sitting here.” Monkeys Sing in Chorus Colobus monkeys indulge in com- munity singing. Very early in the morning and at intervals during the day these denizens of the jungle start thelr song fests and as soon as the whole troop gets golng good, other troops in different parts of the forest Join in and the green rafters ring with the remarkable sounds they make, according to Della J. Akeley, @ naturalist. There is a leader of each troop who directs the nature of the emotional expression by raising or lowering the pitch. Some of them sing in a different pitch, much like the bass and contralto of human sing- ing organizations. Joseph Conrad’s Baby Joseph Conrad, the famous writer of sea tales, wrote a letter to a cousin January 21, 1898, three days after the birth of a son. The letter ts included in a group of Conrad's letters pub- Hshed by World’s Work. “The doc- tor says it Is a magnificent boy,” he wrote. “He has dark hair, huge eyes, and he resembles a monkey. What pains me {s that my wife pretends that he also resembles me. Enfin! Do not draw too hasty conclusions from this astonishing concurrence of clr- cumstances. My wife is certainly mistaken.” Not to the Manner Born Brown was going South to visit his son and wife for several weeks and was being drilled by Mrs. Brown In preparation for the visit. Table man- ners was one subject in the curric- alum and one on which both pupil and instructor worked hard. One day at dinner as Brown poured the con- tents of his coffee cup into a saucer, he remarked comfortably: “Well, I'll drink you out of the saucer now, but,” with a dismal shake of the head, “when I get down South, ['ll drink you out of the cup."—Indlanapolis News. English Sparrows The first English sparrows were brought to America in 1850. They were imported by Nicholas Pike and the other directors of the Brooklyn Institute to protect the shade trees from damage by caterpillars. Eight pairs were released the next spring, but none of them survived. In 1858 another shipment was made, During the next twenty years fifteen ship- ‘ments of English sparrows to the United States took place—Pathfinder Magazine, Treasures Placed on Altar of Friendship A Washington man who spent some ‘months In a rooming house In New ‘York brought home a small yarn to a woman who tabbed them down: “In the house where I put up I was in a roqp that had just been vacated by an old Englishman, who had lived tp ft for years. His Income was so small that after settling for nis rent and laundry he had 20 cents a day for food. “Nobody guessed It, because he was so dignified and proper proud. One day he brought home another old gen- tleman and they shared the 20 cents between them until the adopted one was taken fll, Tliness calls for doctors, so the old Englishman brought to the room a man who came in a car, and when he went away carried some books for which he had paid $4,000. “When the excited Iandindy wanted to know why, for goodness sake, he hadn't sold the books before, the old gentleman told her that he would have suffered any personal privation rather than part with his handed-down treas- ures, but with a slck friend it was different. “And when you figure ft out that his friend was just a poor old fellow he had picked off a park bench because he had no better home, you can un- derstand how proud I was to inherit his room."—Washington Star, Rites Severe Strain on Physical Strength When Hindu pilgrims visit a sacred place they go around the spot by a continuous series of prostrations. They carry a stone in thelr hands and when they drop on the ground they stretch thelr arms out as far as possible and leave the stone on the round so as to measure thelr length, Then they arise, walk the six cr soven feot to the stone, and pick ft up. Again they prostrate _ themselves, leave the stone, arise, and 0 on until they have returned to the starting point. Many of the circuits are more than three miles in length, and {t requires fn entire dav to make the whole trip. Each mile usually requires one thousand prostrations, and when a devotee has dropped three thousand times he is so nearly dead that he rolls over in the dirt to the slde of the road and rests there until the next day. Napoleon Rude to Women Seeing that the emperor was tn: clined to be talkative (1815, after the return from Elba), I told bim that in general women did not lke him be- cause he did not bother to be agree- able to them, although they Influenced the minds of men far more than he perhaps reallzed. ‘Napoleon laughed and sald: “Do you think the empire ought to fall into the hands of the women? When I compliment them on thelr appearance or tell them they are not becomingly gowned, what more can I say? I have other things to think about. ‘They have changed beyond recognition since Thave been away. Now they all talk politics, whereas before they talked about clothes."—From the Memoirs of Queen Hortense, In Revue des Deux Mondes, Parls (Translated for the Kansas City Star). Tame Monkeys Outcasts After monkeys have lived with hu- man beings for a time they are looked upon as outcasts by thelr wild rel- atives. And should one of them es- cape and return to the forest, as they sometimes do, and try to rejoin its tribe, it 1s attacked by the others and driven away or put to death. ‘On several occasions I have seen wild monkeys chasing pets, and once I witnessed an execution, It was a terrible thing, for the monkeys are savage fighters and utterly relentless when excited and angry. I have known them to walt patiently day aft er day near a village for an opportu- nity to kill a captive relative. ‘Hatred, jealousy and suspicion are ‘as highly developed In the monkey family as In the human race.—Della J, Akley in the Saturday Evening Post. He Is a Fighter ‘The Amerftan badger’s habitat va- rles from pine forests or dry tropical lowlands to the northern plains, wher- ever there 1s to be found an abun- dance of mice, gophers, ground squir- rels, prairle dogs or other small mam- mals. It is a powerful digging ma- chine and can capture any of them at will, says Nature Magazine. Al- though a member of the weasel fam- lly, the badger 1s not nearly x0 agile as its relatives, so must make up by strength and courage what it lacks {n quickness. It 1s short-legged and squatty, so slow-footed that a man may overtake it, but when brought to bay it Aghts vielously. Feared to Tell Mother Mrs, W. B. K. as a child lived in a small western town during a ter- rible epidemle of smallpox. She was sitting on the curb in front of her home, with the ttle boy next door, when along came the “pest wagon” and stopped. ‘Two men in long rub- ber coats and hats Jumped out. “I wonder who they are after?” she asked the boy. “They have come for me,” he sald. She writes: “My young legs carried me away from that place and I hid under an old culvert for hours. It was many weeks before my mother found out what alted-her child—ev- ery time the doorbell: rang."—-Capper's Weekly. eee eee | | - sa TTT Tse PE ee ST. PAUL NOTES Mrs. Mose Williams, 231. St. An- thony, received the sad news that her father was accidentally shot in the arm while moving a neighbor. Mrs. Williams left Monday night for Keo- kuk, Iowa. ‘The Ladies Aid of Memorial Bap- tist church were hosts to a farewell party in honor of Rev. Brown at the home of Mrs. Edward Robinson, 790 Carroll. Forty guests were present. ‘Mr. Simmons of Duluth being the out ‘of town guest. A dainty luncheon was served. Mrs. Robert Holt of Winnipeg, Canada, is visiting her daughter Mrs. Dwight Deed, 1221 Rice St., en route to Chicago, St. Louis and Kansas City, Mo. Mrs. Lezar Claiborne, 686 Burr St., entertained at dinner in honor of her sister Mrs, Robert Holt of Winnipeg, Manitoba. Covers were laid for six. ‘Miss Tedosica Phillips was judged the best piano player at Johnson High school by the Music Director. She is the only student of our race attending Johnson High, and has also made a record in typewriting, by be- ing the fastest in a class of 41 stud- ents. Miss Phillips is 15 years old and will graduate next year and hopes to enter the University. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. P. P. Phillips, 477 Partridge St. Rev. M, J. Stewart will preach for Memorial Baptist church, Sunday March 13. He is pastor of the First Baptist church, Leavenworth, Kan. MINNEAPOLIS NOTES Mr. H. A. Houston of Chicago is the guest of his mother and father Mr. and Mrs. S. H. Houston, 628 Jewett Place. Mrs, Georgia Anderson of Wichita, Kansas, was called to Minneapolis on account of the illness of her daughter ‘Mrs, Mary Smith, % Mrs. Gertrude Brewer has re- turned home from the hospital after a recent illness. Miss Helen Walker was married last week to Mr. George Ward, at the home of the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs, William Walker, 3616 4th Ave. So. Mrs. Walker's brother, Mr. Alex Harness visited her last week for a few days. The Booker T. Washington Study club met with Mrs. R. J. Willis, 1814 15th Ave. So., last Tuesday after- noon, with a very interesting pro- gram. ‘The Ophelia Rice Union of the W. ©. T. U, district 17 will hold its regu- Jar monthly meeting at Zion Baptist chureh, Sunday March 13, 1927 at 3:30. An interesting program will be presented. Rev. H. C. Claybrook will be the principal speaker. All are cordially invited. The Knickerbocker Literary club of Minneapolis met at the home of Miss Maxine Shannon, 1907 4th Ave. So., and chose Miss Edith Pittman and Miss Maxine Shannon as repre- sentatives of the club to go to the Kenwood Armory to hear Roland Hayes, The club has elected Miss Regina Johnson to fill the vacancy of Miss Lucille Doston who is in Cali- fornia, Roland Hayes noted tenor and Wm. Lawrence, accompanist enter- tained Mr. John La Coste at dinner Sunday at the Hotel Radisson. Mrs, Lula Boyce, 531 Lyndale Ave. No., passed away Tuesday evening after a prolonged illness. Mrs. Fred Jones of 632 6th Ave. No., who has been absent from the city for five weeks returned home. Mr, Lillie Rice passed away Sun- day morning at General hospital aft- er a long illness. His funeral was held Thursday afternoon at Zion Baptist church, Mrs, C. B. Burton has returned home after being absent from the city seven weeks. Y. W. C. A. NOTES ‘The Vesper program Sunday will be in charge of the Adelphal Club and will be as follows: Educational talk by Miss Armeda Wilkins, vocal solo; Mr. Mark Gibbs, piano solos; Gloria Griffen and Chequeta Lone- wolf. You are cordially invited to attend at 4:30 p. m, Miss W. Gertrude Brown was an interesting speaker at the Book Lov- ers’ Club at its last meeting in a dis- ‘cussion of “Phyllis Wheatley and Its Program.” At the meeting of Mareh 16 Mrs. Gladys James will review “The Gift of Black Folk” by Dubois. Mrs, John Webb led the discussion on “The Adolescent Girl and Hy- giene” at the last meeting of the Mothers’ Club. On March 18 there will be a special speaker on “Sex Education.” All mothers or those interested in girls are cordially in- vited to join this club which meets at 2 p. m. every third Friday. ‘We regret very much to announce to those who have patronized our branch of the public library that due ‘to insufficient appropriation the pub- llc library has been compelled to close ten of its branches and unfor- tunately we are one of the ten. We wish to state that the nearest branch will be Welcome Hall, which is open tto the public on Tuesday and Friday from 2:30 to 5:30 p. m. Great Men’s Passion for Odd Collections When Whistler was hard pressed for money, he took many of his etchings to the pawnbroker to obtain the where- withal to buy wine or rare Nankin china, being a connoisseur of the for- mer and a collector of the latter. Rossetti devoted himself to old fur- niture and Japanese bric-a-brac with the passion of the true collector. Un- like Whistler, however, he knew how to hang on to money and drove a hard bargain. His house was a combined museum and menagerie where rac- coons, armadilios, salamanders and chameleons rummaged amongst rare manuscripts, books, pictures, musical instruments and furniture. ‘The raccoon was finally disposed of after he had nibbled up some of the poet’s manuscript, and a zebra which in the end proved dangerous met the same fate. There Is, however, no ac- counting for tastes; and the collector who specialized in nooses which had performed their duty and to which he attached the names of thelr former tenants, possessed, If not a more pe- culiar, certainly a more morbid taste than Rossetti—Market for Exchange. Literature Owes Much to Early Troubadours ‘<a SeAoe was 6 Se Ses poet. A restless knight, eternally on the go, with a musical instrument slung over his shoulder and a sword ‘at his side. Early each spring he sal- Wed forth, whim and fancy directing his stretches from northern Spain to Provence in southern France, and Italy. Provence, carpeted with wild flowers, where thousands of tiny rivu- lets wind like silver lacings, where the birds sing sweetly and skies are ever smiling. To the troubadour we are indebted for a vast deal of our knowledge of the thought and customs of the time. His songs, the first lyrical poetry writ- ten In medieval Europe, form a valu- able supplement to history; 2,500 of them, comprising drama, romances and fables, have been preserved, ‘The lan- guage used, Langue d'Oc, now spoken only by a few French shepherds and back country folk, is incontestably the Fichest and most harmonious that ever graced the literature of a people— Mentor Magazine. Statesman a Stickler for Legible Writing Philip Guedall@ tells us, in connec- tlon with a letter addressed by Pal- merston to Lord Lansdowne, which {s reproduced in his biography, that the viscount was a great stickler for good handwriting, an article in the Kansas City Times recalls. He early cautioned the young men of the foreign office against the twin Aniquities of ill-formed letters and pale ink, But letters still continued to slope backward “like the raking masts of an American schooner,” oF stood In horrid rows, “whfch can only be compared to iron railings leaning out of the perpendicular.” His own flowed exquisitely in that faultless hand, which lived on in Mr. Gladstone's memory as one of the two perfect things that he had known, en- titling Palmerston to be a trifle cap- tlous on points of caligraphy, to re- turn a dispatch to a distant consul for transcription in blacker ink, and even to issue acidly precise instructions that some reluctant pupll “should form his letters by connecting his alanting down strokes by visible lines at top or bottom according to the let- ters which he intends his parallel Ines to represent.” Cashmere Shawls Best ‘The most beautiful of the Indian or cashmere shawls come from the looms and handicraft of Cashmere (Kashmir), a little country of Asia situated Just north of the Punjab. among the Himalaya mountains. Among the heights of this range are found the sheep and goats which pro- duce the fine wool used In the manu- facture of these shawls. Shawl manu- facturing 1s the most {mportant in- dustry of the Punjab, and the best shawis are made at Univitzur, but none can compare with those of Casb- mere. Perhaps He Was Dora was interviewing the man of her heart in the privacy of the draw- ing room. On the previous evening her fiance had asked permission to marry her. The father agreed immediately, but his wife was not so cordial and did not approve. “T'm afraid mother ts going to be a bit awkward, Dick, dear,” begaa Dora. “She thinks that because you are an actor you're effeminate.” “Well,” he confessed, “compared with her, I suppose I am.” White Front Store a Quality eats and Groceries Fresh Dressed Poultry at All ‘Times Elk 1888 550 St. Anthony Av. RIDE IN COMFORT COSBY'S DELUXE AUTO & TAXI SERVICE Seven Passenger Sedans ‘Low Meter Rates Dale 1966—Phones—Dale 7175 «S87 Rondo St. MINNEAPOLIS ADVERTISERS soz &. aun sere Funeral Birertor seaagont, wa: Blue & White see Cab 2244 Leisure and Laziness Matters Far Apart If the women's clubs are futile and the polities get nowhere, and if a dis- illusioned age has found that charity has a great many more attributes than are mentioned in the thirteenth chap- ter of Corinthians, if belng a delight- ful person is the most a woman can do with her time, why not admit it frankly instead of camouflaging 9 pleasant and idle life with a pretense of vast activity, or hiding behind the children's rompers or the responsibil- Ity of table service or anything else? Lelsure 1s good for women, and if they are of the temperament to enjoy ft, fet them have ft. Hard work is good and necessary for some women, and there is still and will be for a long time plenty of interesting non- professional work for women to do, if they have the ability and tempera- ment. But the alr needs more clear- ing. No one should have to apologize for not flying into what is really voluntary work. No one should be- come absurd for going into it. But if one stays out it should be because ‘one openly prefers leisure. Leisure and laziness have nothing in common. Laziness breeds discontent and cripples energies. Lefsure breeds humor, of which we need much, and beauty, of which we need more, and philosophy, of which we need most. ‘The thirties, if they are wise—and on the whole they are both wise and clever—will come to the point of choosing between the two. Destroy thelr laziness and preserve thelr leisure, and the thirties will be the incomparable decade.—Margaret Cul- kin Banning In Harper's Magazine. Constancy That Gave World Great Lesson Behind him lay the gray Azozes—be- hind, the gates of Hercules; before him'not the ghosts of shores—before him only shoreless seas. His good mate sald: “Now must we pray, for fol the very stars are gone! Brave admiral, speak; what shall 1 say?” “Why, say ‘Sail on! sail on! sail on!" ‘They salled, and salled, as winds might blow, until, at last, the blanched mate sald: “Why, now, not even God would know, should I and all my men fall dead. ‘These very winds forget thelr way, for God from these dread Seas seem gone; now, speak, brave ad- miral; speak and say—"" He sald, ‘Sail on! sail on! sail on!” ‘Then, pale and worn, he kept his deck, and peered through darkness. Ab, that night of all dark nights! But, Jo! a speck, a Nght!—a light! a light! a Ught! It grew!—A star-it flag un- furled! It grew to be Time's burst of dawn! He gained a world; he gave that world Its grandest lesson: “On! and on!"—"Columbus,” by Joaquin Miller. Picture’s Valuation The picture by Whistler called “Old Battersea Bridge” is alluded to as the “Nocturne in Blue and Gold.” It was the source of one of the artist's most famous wittlelsms. ‘The opposing counsel in the sult for libel which Whistler brought against Ruskin in 1878 elicited the fact that the picture had been painted in two days, and then asked: “The labor of two days; then is that for which you ask 200 guineas?” To which Whistler retort- Sin algaligs “Nett aakie toc the knowledge of a lifetime” This picture sold two years later for 2,000 guineas, Don't gossip just to be interesting. Poor men and poor umbrellas gen- erally get lett. It Is the expected that always hap- pens in sclence, ‘The worst bore 1s to have enemles with no apparent cause, We don't need disciplinarians s0 much as we need guides, Where everybody 1s busy knocking, nobody hears Opportunity. An underestimate of one’s self does more harm than self-concelt. 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PAUL ECHO Trae Musician Finds * Harmony Ever Present To hear music in the soft sobbing of the rain and in the weird wall of the wind; to find beauty in the un- certain strains from the battered Ad- le of the blind troubadour on the street corner as well as in the rip- turous melody from the priceless vio- Un of the master; to know, even there are strange and beautiful fairy songs for those whose ears are rightly at- tuned; to be unafrald but glad when the master musician plays his great harmonies on the mighty harp of the storm; to be conseious of the sound. less symphonies that flow from a land- seape by Corot, or from the magic tapestry of autumn's painted woods, or from the seamed face of the imml- grant mother slaving in the slums; to be akin in rhythm to the ceaseless pulse of humanity as it throbs and beats beside the loom of industry, or in the mart of commerce, or ip ‘the lonely felds of toll; to be able to play upon the fragile lyre of friendship, yet never strike a false note nor loose a single string; to touch the chords of love with tenderness, with gentle- ness, and with unfalling constancy— this Is to be the true musician.—F. L. Pinet. Hard Work George Eastman said in a Y. M. O, A. address in Rochester: “William Howard Taft spoke well when he declared that the way out of a scrape is through it; for, gentle- men, there is nothing like hard work. “Hard work turns stumbling blocks Into stepping stones. Hard work changes the most hopeless failures Into glad successes. And #0, gentle- men, if you ever feel like giving up, remember Roosevelt's advice: “‘When driven to despair, get out and walk.” As to Effeminacy Ideas of what constitutes effeminacy are purely a matter of geography, ac- cording to Frederick Tisdale in an ar- ticle in Liberty. “Chinese women wear long trousers that fit tightly around the waist and hips,” he points out. “So do sailors in the American navy. Therefore, it 1s evident that a Chinese woman so dressed, observing the toughest tar of the battle fleet, would consider said tar effeminate and beneath the notice of a woman.” Test of Spiritualiem A delicate instrument has been in- vented by Prof. Harry Price, director of the National Laboratory of Psychi- eal Research in London to establish definitely whether alleged spirits of dead persons do actually speak from space, as !s contended by spiritualists at seances, Scientists are eagerly awaiting the first trial of the new machine, Agreed With Her She—Jack, I love you because you're the sweetest, handsomest, most fascinating man in the world. He—And I love you, dearest, be- cause you are so frank and truthful — Boston Transcript.» ‘You may blot out what is written but the spoken word can never be re called.—Horace, EN. Martin LR. 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At ‘ the most crucial moment when strategy, skill and the execution of knowledge ‘ gained from years of practical experience N coupled with what is termed the favorable Ny breaks of the game, oft times contrary to , N Hoyle, the unexpected move wins. And N this is true in all walks of life— e e s We are figuring onit NN) 66s Ge ST. PAUL ECHO N N Telephone Cedar 1879 NN 614 Court Block —_St. Paul, Minnesota Grandeur and Decay int Palaces of India ‘The abodes of Indian potentates are an incredible mixture of the magnifi- cent and the cheap, the grandiose and the ludicrously homely. Cows bask on the front steps; the anteroom ts filthy with the eee of pigeons; beg- gars doze under the gates or search one another's heads for lice; in one of the inner courts fifty courtezans from the city are singing interminable songs in honor of the birth of the mabaraja’s eleventh grandchild; in the throne- room, nobody quite knows why, there stands a brass bedstead with a sham mahogany wardrobe from the Totten- bam Court road beside it; framed col- or prints from the Christmas number of the Graphic of 1907 alternate along the walls with the most exquisite Raj- put and Persian miniatures; in the un- swept jewel room £5,000,000 worth of precious stones lie indiscriminately heaped; the paintings are peeling off the wails of the private apartments, a leprosy has attacked the stucco, there is a hole in the carpet; the mar- ble hall of audience is furnished with bamboo chairs and the Rolls-Royces are driven by ragged chauffeurs.— Aldous Husley, in the Bookman, A Touchstone ‘The vitality of a translation, so far as it 1s 0 translation, is necessarily Umited by the primary vitality of its original . . . Virgil and Horace are among the immortals, the classics, not of one age or country, but of all time and all the world. Each one redis- covers and reinterprets them, and no translation can interpret more than one phase of their complex quality, thelr multiform significance. ‘The at- titude of any period towards poetry, the meaning that poetry has for any pertod, may be partly gauged, by ob- serving what it found in the classics, and what, therefore, It expressed in {ts translations—J. W. Mackall, to “Studies of English pog=" Lots of men are failures because they never attempt anything. What do the angels talk about? ‘Without being one, who can say? Patience reaches {ts noble climax in dressing a small and wiggling boy. Some men will stand up for the fair sex everywhere—except in a street car, It a man fs to be trusted at all it 4s when he fs sick in bed—so a wom- ‘an says, ; When a man keeps his wife in the ‘dark he shouldn't expect her to make light of it. The Reliable Morticians are now located in their beautiful new mortuary chapel OMe meen Pmene 17 West Exchange Street Tel. Dale 1314 Tel. Dale 2541 ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA Sa sha NE aL OER ga Re NI ORF IRR) ee ED Raudenbush Overland Co. WILLYS-KNIGHT AND OVERLAND Formerly located at 344 North Exchange St., announce their removal to their new location, 195 West Sixth Street. WISELY SAID A one-sided quarrel never lasts, ‘Tact ond talk are seldom friends We all of us live too much in a cir- cle.—Disraell, Boughten gratitude ts perhaps bet- ter than none, Some folks are wise, and some are otherwise.—Smollet. ‘The vow that binds too strictly snaps itself—Tennyson. It 4s easter to call up an evil spirit than to allay it—Erasmus. Some mighty foolish arguments can be made for the right side. Slavery chains a few; more chain themselves to slavery.—Seneca, It takes a restless baby to make photographers look unpleasant, Money 1s like time—lose none and you have plenty.—Pierre Gaston. Every man who know; himself knows how selfish other men are. Wisdom ts to the soul what health Is to the body.—La Rochefoucauld, On earth I confess an itch for the praise of fools—that's vanity.—Brown- ing. Wife, always laugh at Husband's Jokes; Husband, always console Wife in tears, Hair Dressing & Beauty Culture LILLIE BROWN De Guile & Poro Systems Bete 6a) ala We Weeters .._ =... PAGE FERRE WELCOME HALL NOTES Gleanings from the annual report: ‘The attendance in all departments has increased from 4,000 in 1919 to. 40,000 in 1926. Much credit is due the supervisor, ‘Mrs. Geo. Camp, as she has been the only trained social worker here. The library circulation for 1926 was 17,490. We now have three as- sistants to wait on you. Library is open Tuesday and Friday from 2:30 to 5:30. On Sunday March 13th, there will be a program at Welcome Hall at 4 p. m. to which the public is in- vited. Program as follows: 1. Opening song. 2. Introductory Remarks, Mrs. T. B. Cook. 3. Vocal Solo, Nathaniel Evans. 4. Introduc- tion of Speaker. 5. Lecture, Com- mon Sense Hygiene, Dr. J. W. Crump. 6. Violin Solo, Bernedetta Cason. 7. Voeal Solo, Mrs. G. W. Parker. 8. Benediction. ee ae ae Phone Dale 8339 rey THE DRUG STORE FIRST ELMER MORRIS — DRUGGIST PRESCRIPTIONS Rondo and Mackubin Sts. INTERIOR DECORATING Paper Hanging, Painting Textone Fresco-Glasing, Ete. FIRST CLASS WORK For Estimates Call Elk. 1727 L. YOUNG, 326 No. Grotto ‘Eatin Bais sia ag ie ee ee ee eer ne ee en ee moa = al acs ick cid ta atari a Aone — ee | Ls - “COMING ATTRACTIONS Keep off date of May 5. A May Pole to be given by Kings Daughters Circle, ‘The Modern Priscilla Club, will give a matinee card party at the Phyl- lis Wheatley House, 808 Bassett Pl. ‘Thursday March 17th, admission 25 cents. Dancing, singing, musical numbers on the uke, mandolin and banjo; “Wise cracks” and side splitting Jokes by the most original cast of minstrel talent ever collected. ‘The Men's Athletic club is presenting their minstrel Friday March 18th, at Phyllis Wheatley House at 8 p. m. It promises to be the gala event of the season and interest is running high. Hold the date April 8th for the Pilgrim Sunday School entertain- ‘ment. - A Grand Social will be given at 256 Rondo, March 18, from 12 a. m. to 10 p. m, under the auspices of Cudahy Athletic club, to benefit Grace Chapel C. M. E. church. Comm. Lewis Corners, G. W. Smith. W. A. ‘T. Miles, pastor. Noonday luncheon to be held by Como Temple Juvenile No. 53, Sat- urday, March 12 at 646 Rondo St. 25 cents. ‘There will be a recital at Pilgrim Baptist chureh, April 8, given by the Carter family under auspices of the Social and Literary Society. Hold Monday, April 18 for another Serial Dance to be given by the M. W. C. Club at the Oxford Ballroom. PHYLLIS WHEATLEY NOTES Mr. and Mrs. C. Galbraith had one of the most fastidious and delicious Gipner parties ever given, for fifty of their friends Saturday evening. Beau- tifully arranged center pieces of tulips, nareissus, sweet peas and Pussy willows graced the tables. A large and approciative audience attended Forum Sunday and enjoyed the well arranged program. Miss Ethel M. Ray spoke to the Minneapolis Business Women's Club, Monday evening on “Negro Women in Industry.” Miss Brown was sched- uled to speak but was out of the city. ‘The ladies quartette consisting of Mrs. Blanche Mason, Mrs. Alice Brown, Mrs. Blanche Mayes, Mrs. Carl Wade sang a group of Negro Spirituals that captivated thelr audi- ence. They had to sing several en- cores. Miss W. Gertrude Brown is attend- ing the Regional Conference of Set- tlements in Chicago where she will be the chairman of the Round Table Discussion on “Educational and Vo- cational Guidance.” Miss Ray addressed the Senior De- partment of the First Baptist Church 1024 Harmon Place last Sunday morning on the work at Phyllis ‘Wheatley House. This Sunday Schoo! has an enrollment of 2600. The Junfor Girls appeared in a group of songs on a program at the Central ¥. W. C. A. last Thursday evening. Hold Monday, April 18 for another Serial Dance to be given by the M. 'W. ©. Club at the Oxtord Ballroom. Join the Northwestern Negro Busi- ness and Professional Men's Associa- tion, Call the St. Paul Echo, Cedar } PITTSBURGH COURIER | Best Negro Weekly Have It Delivered to Your Door JAMES N. SMITH Dale 7383 Humboldt 1457 Bring Results rele aarerinng esse Bas eras, faa reranie, ie Se eee MRS. T. H. LYLES UNDERTAKER Cedar 0508—Phones—Dale 2947 A splendid 6-room house, all modern improvements, screened Porch. One block from University Ave., near Kent and Aurora Ave. An exceptionally desirable loca- tion, attractive appearance, rea- sonable rent, occupancy April 10. Call Cedar 1879 or Dale 5635. with or without board or to cou- ple. Call Humboldt 5527. MODERN five-room cottage for rent $30.00. Dale 5171 or Dale 7175. FOR RENT—Large front room fur- nished. South 5272. Call before 10 a, m. after 11 p. m. NICE 4-room fiat for rent. 378 Jay St. Humboldt 3675. | Worth-While Writing Never an Easy Task ‘Writing is a long labor, in one mode jor in another; some authors work physically, writing and rewriting, pol- ishing and repolishing, casting and re- casting; others sit down, "doing noth- {ng for months at a time save call themselves lazy devils, slack-backed |good-for-nothings, self-indulgent blight- ers and similar pretty names, until the stuff that has been fermenting be- low the surface all the time bursts forth and seems to write itself. It dpesn’t matter which mode ts sed, ‘toey_ are equally bard; pothing is born without pain. And there is more pain in this business of writing than meets the eye, especially the eye of the poor folk who think authorship is an affair of an adventure, pen, ink jand @ correspondence course. For, while a story may take a month, a year, ten years to write, and block all other activity while it is being writ- ten, the author's stomach demands its tribute at the usual times. He must finance himself, for his trek tn grade eamact be terantocted by a banker; obviously, while #0 do Ing, he must manufacture his product, for it he falls no ane else cub do 1; ‘and at least he must go forth and be his own salesman.—Adventure Maga- ‘gine. Veteran Opera Goers Startled by Tamagno Caruso, in bis prime, possessed the most powerfal volee most people ever heard, but there lived before him the great tenor Tamagno, whose volee pos- sessed even greater volume. On his first appearance in Moscow he was Jannounced to wing “Othello.” When he appeared on the stage his tremen- dous height and breadth astonished the audience, but it did not prepare ‘them for the thunder of his first note. Its strength so astounded them that, E is said, they surged backward as though they were warding off an as- sault, ‘The gecond note was more powerful still, and by the thme he bad sung bis fourth note his voice had such colossal volume that thé people lost thelr self-control. Leap- Ing from their seats, they rushed about commenting to each other on the most extraordinary voice they had ever heard in their lives, while the orchestra stopped playing and the stage became a scene of confusion. |A few moments later, the realization had come to them that not only had 'Tamagno a glorious voice, but that he knew how to use it as an artist, and then their applause shook the theater. —Montreal Family Herald. Relics of Waterloo Every year in June as the anniver- sary of the battle of Waterloo comes around, a Waterloo banquet ts held at Apsley house in London, the mag- nificent home of the Wellingtons, which was presented to the first duke by the nation in 1820, Many priceless hierlooms, trophies presented to the great seldier-statesman, are always brought out for the Waterloo banquet. Perhaps the most carefully treasured of all these relics are some artifical flowers, now rather faded, which were among the decorations at the historic ball at Brussels the night before the battle. Grocers Long Established ‘The early history of the wholesale grocery business {s confined principal- ly to England. The immediate fore- runner of the grocer was the pepper- @r or spicer, whose trade was well established in London by 1180. The earliest use of the word “grocer” o¢- cars in 1810 tn the city record report of London, During the Middle ages all trades were formed into guilds, and therefore the Grocers’ company of London was founded in 1345. From this time the growth of the trade was rapid. Taking Temperature A fever thermometer registers the highest temperature to which it bas been exposed after its last setting. Hence if taken from the mouth of a patient whose actual blood tempera- ture 1s 100 degrees F. and then ex- posed for some minutes to air at 103 degrees F. before reading, the record will falsely indicate 103 degrees and not 100 degrees us the temperature of the patient. Of course, the possi- bility of such an error is well known and guarded against by hospitals and competent physicians. The Objector At a recent conference, held on high Olympus, {t was decided to organize a thrift campaign among the tmmortal gods, ‘The vote was overwhelmingly In favor of the measure, only one delty standing out in opposition. ‘The solitary objector, known to Olympians as Jupiter Pluvius, was later Interviewed by the reporters, “Personally,” be explained, “I never could see the sense of putting any- thing astde for a rainy day."—Kansas Cty Times. Geometrical Idea ‘The fourth dimension ts a type of geometry, which conceives a hyper. space of “N” dimensions, in which space ts concelved not of points, but of lines. Under such division, space has four dimensions, since four deter- minations are necessry to fix a line in space. Mathematicians agree as to the practical value of this idea, as {t leads to {mportant simplifications of the mathematical language and gives greater clearness to the concepts of veal geceseter.. . SSW “A \y n’ i hen 7) UN \/ e ] if A i ! 7 A kone e | Keeping a Telephone System In Repair In the successful operation of a telephone system intensive main- tenance and a liberal provision for depreciation are of vital importance. Without a high standard of maintenance telephone service must deteriorate. Without proper provision for depreciation a telephone company may find itself without funds or credit with which to make property replacements that must come over a period of years. A few companies have been brought to the verge of bankruptcy and a few communities have found themselves practically without telephone service as a result of ignoring this factor. ( ‘The Tri-State System is now setting aside annually an amount equal to about five per cent of the property values to provide for depreciation and in addition expends sufficient for current mainte- nance to keep the System in a high state of efficiency. For the year 1926 this Company expended for maintenance and set aside for depreciation $1,813,016.31 or an average of $17.83 for every telephone in service. This appropriation represents 33.17 per cent of the Company’s total income. ‘This plan assures to subscribers good service and equitably spreads the costs from year to year. ™ THE TRISTATE TELEPHONE \QQ97 AND TELEGRAPH COMPANY DEATHS Annie Hunt, 345 Farrifigton Ave,, age 62 years, died Friday March 4th, suddenly at her late residence. Fun- eral services were held Wednesday, March 9th at The Apostolic Faith Assembly, Corner 11th and Minne- sota Sts., at 2 P.M. More than 500 people were assembled at her last services, Rev. J. A. Nelson officiated. Mrs. Hunt was a resident of Saint Paul for the past 20 years and the wife of Ed Hunt, popular Pullman employee, sister of Mrs. Carrie Stan- ford of Saint Louis, Mo., whom at- tended and Mrs. Josephine Hunt, also of St. Louis; survived also by four brothers, John, Henry, James and Simon Holloway. Interment at Oak- land Cemetery; A. J. McGavock, funeral director, Martha Elizabeth Jeffrey Martha Elizabeth Jeffrey, 6 year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs, Arthur Jeffrey, 366 Burgess St., passgd away March 7th at Miller hospital; funeral services were held Thursday March 10th at 2:30 P. M. from MeGavock Mortuary, Rev. G. W. Camp officiat- ed. Besides her parents she is sur- vived by her sister Laura. “Inter- ment at Oakland cemetery, Old Tower Once Home of Distinguished Men At Islington fs the Canonbury tower. It has the double attraction of a great age and of association of famous and well-loved people. Francis Bacon lived here for nine years in the early part of the Seventeenth century, when It was called “Canonbury house.” One of the upper rooms has his name and ‘a Latin inscription over the doors. Charles Lamb, who lived near by at 64 Duncan terrace, and Washington Irving, before he went for bis three years’ visit to Spain, rambled over the old tower, | ‘The most interesting thing about this old tower is that Oliver Goldsmith wrote “The Vicar of Wakefield” here when he had. taken refuge from his creditors in the lodgings of his friend, Newberry, the bookseller, but any small boy who inspects the tower will decide in favor of the Compton room, where he will ignore the lovely panel- {ing to inspect the very bullet, embed- ded in the wall, that was almed at Sir Walter Raleigh. Join the Northwestern Negro Bust- ness and Professional Men's Associa tion, Call the St. Paul Echo, Cedar 1879, 614 Court Block. For BILIOUSNESS ‘Use BEECHAM'S PILLS: for therelief of Constipation. for moving the Bowels. Helps clear the skin. Oontaine no Oalomel Sasa mee BEECHAM'S Ths Where Does Your Money Go! You Can If you are trading with a merchant Help and do not see his ad in this paper, ask him why he does not advertise in your race newspaper. Make If you are willing to co-operate with the Echo and help build up a newspaper A that will fight for the interest of its race in the community in which it is pub- N lished, use the coupons below. Cut these @WS= | coupons out and paste them on your bills when paying and on the advertising Paper literature of firms seeking your business. WHY NOT ADVERTISE WHY NOT ADVERTISE IN THE ST. PAULECHO? | IN THE ST. PAUL ECHO? The Only Negro Weekly in the ‘The Only Negro Weekly in the Northwest Northwest CEDAR 1879 CEDAR 1879 WHY NOT ADVERTISE WHY NOT ADVERTISE INTHE ST. PAUL ECHO? | IN THE ST. PAUL ECHO? The Only Negro Weekly in the The Only Negro Weekly in the Northwest Northwest CEDAR 1879 CEDAR 1879 The St. Paul Echo 614 Court Block -— ® Phone Cedar 1879 ST. RAUL BCHO Pets ‘Whoever has not felt the affection of a dog has missed the frankest flat- tery in. human experience. On the contrary, the cat keeps us in our place by mixing her demands for tribute with supreme disdain. We like them both; they add to the richness of life. Any animal pet helps develop our character. The childhood that has been devoid of pets has been cheat- ed of what is almost a birthright. Horses or donkeys, or goats or geese, or marmosets or horned toads, they all help. Any one is better than none at all, Your goldfish doesn’t have to sing to be interesting, and the rag- gedest mutt that ever left muddy tracks on a counterpane may be as lovable as the most highly trained poodle—San Francisco Chronicle, ~ Join the Northwestern Negro Busi- ness and Professional Men's Associa- tion. Call the St. Paul Echo, Cedar 1879, 614 Court Block. GRACE CHAPEL C. M. E. 256 Rondo St., is the new loca- tion. All are welcome, Sunday School, 9:30 a.m. Preaching, 11:00 a.m. Epworth League, 6:30 p. m. ee SO Z Pe we oe AF / a ey eee aN A al ey WRAPPING = : : Co <p, Sie. Ceanand CO : | ese Ansmaster, | Be ee Preaching 7:45 p. m. 4 cordiel wel- come Sunday evening March 13th, 8:00 p. m. to hear Rev. W. AT. ‘Miles deliver one of his special ser- mons, Subject, Discrimination and peonage is practiced largely by Ne- groes. Res Elk 1613 SSC 2500 | McGavock Mortuary | 550 Rice Street St. Paul, Minn. | Le, SOT BEEN RAISED CEdar | ave CAB 4004 | UNIVERSITY AVE. ADVERTISERS ee * IMPSON cusarine QERVISEG ramtescrass Agency for Minnesota Paints and Kyanize Varnish WE SPECIALIZE IN SPORTING GOODS Phone Dale 2815 785-787 University Avenue ’ _ Trey Whippet di a, OVERLAND (Tg (6) Buropean Type Car. 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