St. Paul Echo

HALL SENTENCED TO STILLWATER ONE DOLLAR down and save ten cents a day and you can become the owner of a beautiful lot at Minesure. VOL. 2, NO. 22 IOWA AND NORTH DAKOTA ADOPT NEW ROAD LAWS IOWA AND NORTH DAKOTA ADOPT NEW ROAD LAWS Minnesota Neighbors to Spread Improvement of Primary Highways. Law Retains SameRoute Bills for a $100,000,000 Bond Issue and a 3-Cent Gas Tax Still Pending. The Iowa legislature recently passed and the governor signed a bill by which that state will now have a primary road plan similar to the trunk highway plan which Minnesota adopted six years ago. Up to this time the Iowa primary roads, although under state supervision and receiving some state aid, have been under county control and dependent on county financing. The new law retains the same routes, but permits slight modifications, and places full control and responsibility for their improvement and maintenance on the state highway department. This is expected to bring about uniform maintenance and the improvement of continuous routes. Improvements To Come. Minnesota motorists who have occasion to drive through Iowa may look for a marked improvement in the Iowa roads in a few years. The law provides, however, that not more than 30 percent of the primary road fund may be expended for paving until the entire mileage of the primary roads has been graded, drained and bridged. At this writing, the bills for a $100,000,000 bond issue and a three cent gas tax are still pending. North Dakota Legislation. The North Dakota legislature also passed a bill reorganizing the highway department and giving it greater and more definite power over the primary road system. It provides for a primary road system of not to exceed 7,500 miles, to be designated and located exclusively by the state department. The North Dakota law in reality creates three distinct bodies, a state highway commission, consisting of three members, the governor and two others appointed by him, and two departments under the commission, the department of highways, headed by a chief engineer appointed for four years, and the department of motor vehicle registration. The Hoover uniform traffic act, with some modifications, and registration laws intended to discourage theft of automobiles, were also adopted. HEALTH WEEK PROGRAM ARRANGED BY MILL CITY On Sunday April 3rd at 3 p. m. a mass meeting will be held at St. Peter's church, Minneapolis. Dr. L. L. Allen of the Milwaukee County hospital, Milwaukee, Wis., will be the principal speaker. On Thursday, April 17th a demonstration of child care will be given at Phyllis Wheatley House from 1-5 p. m. Sunday, April 10, 3 p. m. two meetings will be held. At a special meeting for men and boys at Elks Hall, Dr. Wm. O'Brien, Pathology Department, University of Minnesota, will be the principal speaker. At the same hour and day a meeting for women and girls will be held at Phyllis Wheatley House. Dr. Eleanor Hill will be the principal speaker. Music and slides at all meetings. Program has been arranged by the chairman of Twin Cities Urban League, colored social workers, clergymen and fraternal leaders. ONE YEAR AGO THIS WEEK The Harriet Tubman Civic League presented Sidney Williams, pianist in recital at St. James A. M. E. church. Ames Lodge of Elks, No. 106, arranged plans for Educational Week. A program in which local organizations were to participate was outlined. The St. Paul Echo Pastor of Minneapolis St. James A. M. E. Church Heads Buying Movement Rev. C. R. Waters Rev. C. R. Waters, the pastor of St. James A. M. E. church, located at 15th Ave. So., between 3rd and 4th St., Minneapolis, has put forth every effort to promote the welfare of his congregation. He succeeded in interesting Walter D. Boutell, of the Boutell Bros., Furniture Co., and Mr. Boutell contributed $2,000 toward the purchase of a new and more desirable church building, Writer, Pianist Air Team Prove Big Favorites Thomas H. Oden, popular song writer of Chicago and St. Paul has been discovered broadcasting under the name of Ben Burleigh over station WAMD, Radisson Hotel, Minneapolis. He is teamed up with Clarence W. Browning, popular pianist of the Twin Cities and the two have started the Twin Cities talking with their clever entertaining. Mr. Burleigh is the composer of the current hit "Some Little Somebody to Love," which is rapidly becoming a favorite with the big orchestras as a dance number. Mr. Burleigh and Mr. Browning gave a request program from 3 to 4:30 Sunday afternoon March 20, and received so many requests that they were unable to fill half of them. They are on the air on an average of twice a week. Mr. Browning is entertaining nightly at the Blue Goose Cafe and is one of the most popular artists of the Twin Cities. OFFICIAL'S MANY DUTIES CAUSE RESIGNATION After being informed by the Secretary of State Department that they had no record of articles of incorporation for the Twin City Herald, an Echo representative interviewed Byron S. Holder, one of the officers of the proposed new paper. Mr. Holder stated that he had reconsidered the matter and sent in his resignation on account of his many duties. Mr. Holder is the Exalted Ruler of Ames Lodge and holds offices in many fraternal orders. Upon learning of Mr. Holder's resignation, Mr. Newman called on Mr. Holder for the purpose of keeping him on the board, but Mr. Holder said his many duties would prevent him from taking active part in any other business. CABARET DRAWS MANY Crowds of people viewed Ioletta Cross of St. Paul and Estella Palmer of Minneapolis do the Black Bottom at the Elks' Cabaret dance, Sixth and Lyndale Ave., Thursday night. After Estella Palmer had danced under a heavy rain of silver, she danced the Apache dance with Scotty Williams. The cabaret dance is held every Thursday night at the Elks' Hall. JEWELRY STORE OPENED Mr. Ed Langer, formerly associated with the Gittelson Jewelry Store has opened a Jewelry and Watch Repair shop at 625 University Ave. Mr. Langer is a specialist in Swiss watch repairing and will cater to railroad men and business men in the vicinity, who wish immediate attention in watch or clock repairing. He will be very pleased to have any of his old customers as well as new ones give him a call. ST. PAUL-MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA, SATURDAY, APRIL 2, 1927 Walter White, Assistant Secretary of N.A.A.C.P. Receives Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship Northwest Conference Delegate to Missionary Quadrenium in Ohio Mrs. Marie Waters Mrs. Marie Waters is the wife of the pastor and is a Northwestern Conference delegate to the Missionary Quadrennium to be held at Wilberforce, Ohio. Mrs. Waters is a very active worker in the affairs of the church and is largely responsible for her husband's success. NEGRO DEATHS ALARM CHICAGO Although City Has Low Death Rate, Colored Citizens Die Fast. CHICAGO, March 23.—The alarming amount of Negro deaths in Chicago during the past year have caused grave concern among medical authorities of the race in that city. Though Chicago had the lowest death rate of any great city in 1925, its colored citizens were dying faster than any city dwellers outside the world's most unhealthy cities, Bombay and Calcutta. A report by H. L. Harris, Jr., appearing in the Social Service Review, a University of Chicago publication, issued Monday, gave startling statistics on the death rate among the colored citizens of Windy City. The general mortality rate was 11.5 per thousands, but the colored American's death rate was 22.5, according to Dr. Harris. Colored infants are dying at the rate of 118 per thousand, compared with the white rate of 71. Death rate among the colored Chicagoans from tuberculosis was six times that of whites and from pneumonia three times as great. BUSINESS MAN INJURED IN TAXI COLLISION Mr. Wm. Hall, junior partner of Hall Bros. Tailoring firm and adjutant of Leslie Lawrence Post was painfully injured last Sunday evening in a Blue and White taxi-cab. He sustained a fractured shoulder and his hand and arm were badly cut. His injuries were dressed at St. Lukes hospital. Later he was removed to his home where he is doing nicely under the care of Dr. J. W. Crump. Will Spend Year in France Writing Novel and Book on Lynching. New York, March 25. — Walter White, Assistant Secretary of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, has been awarded a Fellowship by the Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, which will enable him to spend a year in the South of France writing a novel and a book on Lynching in America. The Fellowships, in the words of the Guggenheim Foundation, "are intended for men and women of high intellectual and personal qualifications who have already demonstrated unusual capacity for productive scholarship or unusual creative ability in the fine arts; and are open to citizens "irrespective of race, color or creed." The John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation was established three years ago by former United States Senator and Mrs. Simon Guggenheim as a memorial to a son who died in 1922. Mr. White is one among 63 to receive fellowships this year. One other award goes to a Negro, Nicholas G. J. Ballanta, to enable him to continue his studies of PAN-PACIFIC CONFERENCE TO HOLD APRIL 11TH TO 16TH PAN-PACIFIC CONFERENCE TO HOLD APRIL 11TH TO 16TH Hawaii Offers Ideal Laboratory for Study of Racial Problems. Study Racial Mixtures Chief Purpose of Discussion Education, Reclamation and Recreation. Honolulu, March. (Pacific Coast News Bureau).—Hawaii with its racial mixtures of almost every possible combination is to be the mecca of delegates from every country and territory in the Pacific area as well as hundreds of representatives of the principle universities and colleges in Europe and America who have accepted the invitation of the United States Government sent out through the Department of the Interior by Secretary Work, to attend the Pan-Pacific Conference on education, reclamation and recreation which will meet in Hawaii, April 11 to 16th. Study Racial Mixture. While the conference will have as its chief purpose the discussion of the three main points, education, reclamation and recreation, a considerable part of the program will be observation trips after the sessions close to observe and study the racial problems. Hawai, the largest island of the Hawaiian group, is composed of many races and is held to be a ideal laboratory for the study of race problems. The schools will be found interesting by the delegates. In these schools American born children of Hawaiian, Japanese, Chinese, Korean, Portuguese, Filipino and South Sea Island Negroid parentage can be found working side by side. Racial mixtures of almost every possible combination will be found in the schools. The official delegates of the United States headed by the Secretary of the Interior sailed Wednesday, Mar. 30th from San Francisco on a government vessel. UNDERTAKERS AT "U" The Funeral Directors Institute held meetings at the University of Minnesota this week. Licensed funeral directors from all over the United States were present. The foremost authorities on all matters pertaining to embalming and funeral directing addressed the Institute. Mr. A. J. McGavock our local mortician and Mr. Whitaker of Columbus, Ohio were the only colored men who attended. the musical conceptions of African peoples and to compare these conceptions with the older musical systems of Europe. Mr. White has been granted a year's leave of absence by the Board of Directors of the N. A. A. C. P. in order to enable him to avail himself of the Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship. Commenting on the award of the Fellowship, Mr. White said: "I am, of course, immensely happy that the Guggenheim Foundation should have chosen me as one of its Fellows. It will give me the necessary freedom to do the writing for which my work with the N. A. A. C. P. has left me little time. The great strides made during the last decade in bringing a new conception of the Negro to white people through the work of men like Roland Hayes, Countee Cullen, Paul Robeson, James Weldon Johnson and a host of others has done much towards the solution of this thing we call the race problem. "It is my firm conviction that the race problem is almost wholly a matter of misunderstanding. When people get to know the aspirations and Musical Instructor To Appear on Program Sunday Afternoon Professor Weir Professor Weir will appear on the program of the joint meeting of the St. Paul Branch of the N. A. A. C. P. and the Y. W. C. A. vesper services to be held Sunday afternoon at the Branch, 598 W. Central Ave. Mrs. G. W. Parker will also render a musical selection. TWIN CITY PAPER NAMED HERALD Group of Twin City Men Enter Into New Business Pub- lishing Paper. On Tuesday, March 22, 1927, a group of interested parties met at the plant of the Perry Printing Company and decided to become members and incorporators of the Perry Printing Company. The articles of incorporation as prepared by Atty. H. Scott were accepted by the group. The plan of the incorporators aside from providing necessary capital to properly conduct the business is to establish a weekly newspaper. The officers of the corporation as elected Tuesday evening for the ensuing year are: F. G. Thomas, president; C. E. Newman, secretary; J. E. Perry, treasurer. On the Board of Directors are J. E. Perry, F. G. Thomas, Byron Holder, Paul Caldwell, M. R. Shivers, Bert Thompson, R. A. Eddings, J. Ed. Stewart, P. L. Turner, C. E. Newman, Jos. Levy, A. W. Jordan, Owen Howell, S. J. Onque and McDuff Woodard. The corporation approved of the paper, which will be known as the Twin City Herald. Hold Monday, April 18 for another Serial Dance to be given by the M. W. C. Club at the Oxford Ballroom. Why not put subscribing for the Echo in your co-operation plans? Of N.A.A.C.P. Foundation Fellowship Believes the Race Problem Is Almost Wholly a Matter of Misunderstanding. accomplishments of another people walls of race and color and religion are wiped out so far as the intelligent and decent members of each group are concerned. The Guggenheim Fellowship enables me to try to do something towards this end and to utilize the material which has come to me through my work with the N. A. A. C. P. "On the other hand the Fellowship means a year's severance of the daily contact with and participation in the work of the Association and that brings great regret. I don't know how I shall feel away from the N. A. A. C. P. after nine and a half years—practically all my mature life—of very close connection with a work which is almost a religion with me. The Board of Directors has most generously granted me a year's leave of absence beginning in July after our Indianapolis Conference. Mrs. White and I plan to sail for France on July 23rd. I hope to come back to the Association more fitted to help in its work after our year abroad." --- SOUTHERNER HELD ON CHARGE OF CARNAL KNOWLEDGE GOES TO PRISON Case Continued Three Times Finally Decided in Less Than Half Hour. Victory Attained by Persistent Work of Social Agencies and N. A. A. C. P. Branches. The case of Wm. P. Hall came on for trial Thursday, the 31st day of March, 1927, at 10 o'clock, in the District Court, Ramsey County, at which time Hall pleaded guilty to the crime as charged in the information, charging him with having had carnal knowledge of a child under the age of 18. He was sentenced by the court to imprisonment at Stillwater according to law which carries with it a penalty of imprisonment up to seven years. The history of the case shows facts typical of what frequently happens when colored girls are left in southern homes to the mercy of the head of the house. Mary Lizzie Jones went to work for the Halls some two or three years back, and, according to the child's statement, this conduct on the part of Wm. P. Hall had continued many months, frequently in his own home, before the family came to Minnesota, and that she had been abused by him and threatened each time if she disclosed the circumstances. National Negro Health Week To Be Observed On Sunday, April 3, will be the beginning of the observance of National Negro Health Week by all of the Urban League organizations in the United States. Through the kindness of the pastors of the different churches of the city and the Y. W. C. A. Branch, the following meetings will be held during the week: Meetings Open Sunday. Sunday morning, April 3, the following doctors and dentists will deliver five-minute speeches on the different phases of the subject, "Keep Well." At Camphor M. E. Church Dr. Mary McFarland; St. James A. M. E. Church, Dr. Valdo Turner; Pilgrim Baptist Church, Dr. J. Walton Crump; St. Paul Baptist, Dr. E. S. Weber; Memorial Baptist Church, Dr. L. T. Crostwaite. Sunday evening at 8 p. m., Pilgrim Baptist Church, Dr. L. L. Allen, specialist on the prevention and cure of Tuberculosis, of Milwaukee, Wis. Monday. Monday evening at "Little Pilgrim," Grotto and Central, at 8:30 p. m., under the auspices of the Men's Clubs of St. James A. M. E. and Pilgrim Baptist Churches, Dr. Davis Sterm of the Division of Veneal Diseases, State Health Department, will deliver an illustrated speech on "General Health," to Men and Boys. Tuesday. Tuesday, April 5, from 3 to 5 p.m. at the Y. W. C. A. Branch, 598 W. Central Ave., under the auspices of the Industrial Matrons and the Modern Priscilla Clubs, Miss Ethel Webster of the Wilder Dispensary will speak on "General Health," to Women and Girls. Mrs. Alice Gooden will explain "National Negro Health Week;" Plano Solo, Miss Wilma Mayo; Vocal Solo, Mrs. Harriet G. Hall. Mrs. Mattie Rhodes will have charge of the program for the afternoon. Saturday. Saturday, April 9, from 2 to 5 p, m., there will be a Demonstration Clinic for colored mothers at the Y. W. C. A. Branch, 598 W. Central Ave., under the auspices of the Club and Lodge Women of the city, Speakers will be Dr. W. H. Stumpf, Miss Lattice of the Baby Welfare Association and Dr. M. L. Stiffler of the Child Guidance Clinic. All mothers are urgently requested to come and bring their babies. Tea will be served during the afternoon. Committee Named. This Health Program was arranged by a committee composed of the following: Mrs. Alice Gooden, Mrs. M. D. Chapman, Mrs. Beatrice Nash, Mrs. Ella Shepard, Mrs. Anna Foster, Mrs. R. F. Wilson, Mrs. Jeanette Kelly, Mrs. Lulu Edwards, Mrs. Carrie Lindsay, Mrs. Julia Caldwell, Mrs. Mattie Rhodes and F. D. McCracken. PILLOW TO MANAGE SHOP Rondale Barber Shop, formerly managed by Will Cassius, will be operated by Eugene Pillow in the future. The Rondale Barber Shop is located at Dale and Rondo Sts. Why not put subscribing for the Echo in your co-operation plans? HAVE YOU ever thought about spending your idle moments on the shores of Lake St. Croix at Minesure? PRICE FIVE CENTS ON CHARGE OF GE GOES TO PRISON nally Decided in Less Than Half by Persistent Work of Social A. C. P. Branches. on for trial Thursday, the 31st day of the District Court, Ramsey County, at crime as charged in the information, knowledge of a child under the age urt to imprisonment at Stillwater ac- penalty of imprisonment up to seven facts typical of what frequently hap- thern homes to the mercy of the head for the Halls some two or three years statement, this conduct on the part of months, frequently in his own home, and that she had been abused by him closed the circumstances. Miss Brown Interviewed. When a reporter from the Echo interviewed Miss W. Gertrude Brown, Head Resident of Phyllis Wheatley House, Minneapolis, and Mrs. Lulu Maxwell of the Family Welfare, who is responsible for obtaining the information leading up to the arrest of Hall, said that they wished to particularly thank the St. Paul and Minneapolis branches of the N. A. A. C. P., the churches and Women's Clubs and organizations who gave so generously of both time and money in the effort to see that justice was meted out and that Minnesota protects all womanhood, regardless of color. Child's Age of Interest. The particular issue in the case was the-matter of the child's age, up until Mrs. Lizzie Smith, aunt of the child, was brought in court. It appeared that the Hall's statement with reference to her being over the age of 18 would be accepted but Mrs. Smith convinced the court that the child was under the age of 18, having kept a record of her own child's age who was born the succeeding August in the year 1913. Police Active. Miss Brown of Phyllis Wheatley House is particularly anxious for the people of the Twin Cities to know of the fair play and courtesy of the County Attorney's office; the untiring interest manifested on the part of the social service agencies of the Twin Cities and the attitude of the police department. It was brought out before the court that Detective James A. Mitchell of the St. Paul police department made the arrest, secured the confession from Hall and constantly kept in touch with the situation. Aunt Furnishes Facts. When the fact is known that the Aunt, Mrs. Lizzie Smith, came all the way from Atlanta without any money, leaving a father near death and a very sick child, depending entirely upon the goodwill of the people of Minnesota in seeing her back in order to give what protection she could to her niece, one may get an idea of the extent of trouble to which those interested went to to insure the state's being able to convict Hall. The story of the case would not be complete without a few of the sidelines incident to its successful conclusion. Repeated efforts were made, according to Miss Brown, on the part of friends and relatives of the Halls to intimidate the child to keep her from giving testimony by coming to the Settlement House and attempting to see her. A particular incident is noted in which a man who claimed his name was G. A. Seawood and that he was from Georgia, and registered at the Ryan Hotel, St. Paul, came to the House, claimed he had come North for the purpose of offering what assistance he could to Mary Lizzie; that he merely wanted to get the facts in the case, and that, of course, although he was a friend of Hall, if he was guilty, wanted to see him punished; but he would like very much to talk with the girl and the aunt and get some matters straightened out. Needles to say, the girl was not in to him. After he had gone inquiry made at the Ryan Hotel disclosed no such person had registered there. Many similar incidents could be recounted which made constant supervision of the child necessary ever since Hall's arrest. A ```markdown ``` President and General Manager.....CYRUS L. LEWIS Secretary-Treasurer.....EUGENE JACKSON, JR. Contributing Editor.....EARL WILKINS Duluth Representative...Mrs. Wm. A. Porter, 1029 E. 3rd St., Duluth, Minn. Telephone Hemlock 1533 "Entered as second class matter Nov. 7, 1925, at the post office at St. Paul, Minn., under the act of March 3, 1879" THE WHITE MAN'S RESPONSIBILITY The Urban League is seeking office space in the Midway district that it may best serve the Twin Cities. The proverbial needle in a hay stock or an iceberg in the fiery portals of Hades is just as easy to discover. The high-headed ones of the Nordic group may well begin to realize that the Negro constitutes one-tenth of the Negro population of this country; that he is here to stay; that to be happy under adversity is his first contribution to the world good. If untoward conditions would kill him off as it did the Indian, a couple of dozen persons in 1619 would never have increased, enduring the inhumanity of slavery, to four millions in 1864. Nor would that number have increased to 12 millions in 1920 through the terrors of Tilmanism and Vardamanism, and have made worthy contributions to science, literature, art, music and religion if hardship would kill them. It is a useless task. A Negro can see hope in the darkest night of despair. Then, too, Mr. Nordic should realize that if he is destined to live where there are sable hued brethren, it is better to have that residence among good Negroes rather than bad ones. Whenever there is race trouble, Mr. Nordic always furnishes the greatest loss of life and property, because he has more to lose. It is not the design of the Urban League to promote an exodus of Negroes to the Twin Cities, but to so care for those who are here that they shall not become social menaces. The Midway club should bestir itself to find office space for this institution, that they seem to think of as merely a Negro welfare organization, but which is really an insurance agency for all groups. NEGRO HISTORY AS WRITTEN BY NEGROES In a previous issue we discussed what we feel is good reading matter for the young as well as old of the race. Now we would like to be more specific and designate the lives of Gustavus Vasa, brilliant African, Toussaint L'Ouverture, librator of Hayti, and of Desalines, co-worker of Toussaint, and the works of the young South African labor leader, Clements Kadalie, all of which would grip the attention of any reader and especially any one who had the best interest of the Negro race at heart. If Negro leaders who are the heads of the many organizations which the race has, fail to hold up the outstanding characters to the race, the young people of the race have nothing to aspire for. But if the leaders don't read and discuss such things among themselves they can't put them before the people. We are not making this comment by way of criticising any leader, but we reserve the right to voice our opinion, which is that: the life of Toussaint L'Ouverture is far more interesting to the Negro to read than that of any General ever produced by the Military Academies of Europe or America; the life and works of Booker T. Washington in building up Tuskegee is far more gripping than that of any other educator of any time; the daring and unsurpassed eloquence of Frederick Douglass out-shines that of even Edmund Burke, the noted Irish friend of the American Colonies; the genius of Anthony Overton (the Chicago Manufacturer, banker, financier) would inspire more colored boys than the life of J. J. Hill, the Empire Builder. When the Negro gets to the place where he will depend on his own historians and will insist on reading their authoritative works, then, and then only, will the youth of the race see us as we are. We can't hope to get real history from bias writers who make things sound like they would like to have them sound. Carter G. Woodson's "The Negro in Our History" is well worth the money. REV. J. G. ROBINSON'S CROWDS A few people are deeply interested in political affairs. The science, art, literature and philosophy a very small number. Interest in those fields or social welfare might have filled St. James A. M. E. church once or at most twice in the last ten days. But nothing but the Christian "religion, pure and undefiled," expressed from a throat that was the outlet of an overflowing heart, could fill that spacious edifice each night for the last ten days and three times on Sunday. Like one of the old testament prophets, with a clean life and fearless, incisive language he pours out invective and persuasion to sin and sinner whether it be committed by a reprobate in an alley, a hypocrite in the amen corner or frocked and collared in a pulbit. Here are some of the words hot from his heart that burn a guilty soul like a blow torch applied to a woolen blanket: "Put your hand out to a man who is down and out. Don't be so holy and righteous and spotless that you cannot touch hands with a harlot or maybe you haven't any Christianity." Here is another onslaught; delivered while telling of the Prodigal Son: "Any preacher who uses his pulpit for a social parade instead of helping the needy is in a far off country. Any old Baptist deacon or Methodist steward who wants to run the church and doesn't pray at home, is in a far off country. Hell in a sun parlor is just as dirty as hell in an alley, and it takes just as much blood of Jesus to clean one as the other." Then Mrs. Peggy Grissom epitomizes the sermons in beautiful song, carrying these words: Take my hand and lead me anywhere you need me, with Thy spirit lead me, till I'm safe at home. Religion is not a failure, but we fail to use as much of it as the world needs to make it attractive. Join the Northwestern Negro Business and Professional Men's Association. Call the St. Paul Echo, Cedar 1879, 614 Court Block. Hold Monday, April 18 for another Serial Dance to be given by the M. W. C. Club at the Oxford Ballroom. Rondale Barber Shop First Class Hair Cutting Special Attention to Ladies and Children Private Entrances and Private Booths for Ladies SHAMPOOING & MASSAGING W. M. CASSIUS—Prop. DALE AND RONDO STREETS Home Cooked Meals Try our Homemade Rolls, Pie and Cake TOASTED SANDWICHES ALEXANDERS SWEET SHOPPE Dale and Rondo Streets Phone Dale 7175 NEED SOME? ITS a fine thing to know where you can get cash when you need it. Our service is quick and confidential. We have helped your friends for years. Ask them about the Local Loan Co. 216 Exchange Bank Building Sixth & Minnesota Sts. Tel. Co 2417 FOR WEEKLY NEWS RELEASES DEAD LINE ADVANCED TO WEDNESDAY NOON TO For BILIOUSNESS Use BEECHAM'S PILLS for the relief of Constipation, Biliousness, Sick Headache and for moving the Bowels. Helps clear the skin. Contains no Calomel Buy from your druggist. 25c and 50c the box. BEECHAM'S PILLS PITTSBURGH COURIER Best Negro Weekly Have It Delivered to Your Door JAMES N. SMITH Dale 7383 Humboldt 1457 By subscribing to The St. Paul Echo you can purchase a lot at Minesure on-Lake-St. Croix on our club plan A ```markdown ``` ONLY A LIMITED NUMBER OF LOTS AT $150.00-BUY NOW, AVOID THE RUSH AND GET FIRSTCHOICE MINESURE DEVELOPMENT CO. Office of The St. Paul Echo 614 Court Block Ce.1879 St. Paul, Minnesota ST. PAUL ECHO When Is Evening? Strictly speaking, evening is from sunset to dark; but the word is used loosely to mean the latter part of the day and the earlier part of the night; from five or six o'clock, for instance, until the average bedtime. In England and in some parts if the United States, especially the South, the word "evening" is applied to the entire afternoon until dark—Pathfinder Magazine. He'd Changed Too There was an air of unrest in the sitting-room. Jones wanted to read his paper, but Mrs. Jones preferred to talk. He stood it for some time. Then he threw the paper angrily on the floor and faced his wife. "Look here!" he snapped. "Whenever I'm at home, you're either hammering away at the plano or else your tongue runs on a like mill-race. It wasn't so before we were married. You were quiet enough then." "Of course I was," retorted Mrs. Jones. "Before we were married you were always holding my hands and I couldn't play, and you kept my lips so busy that I couldn't talk." By subscrib youcanpurc on-Lake-St. There is a 15 mile stretch of paved road like this on trail No. 3 on the route to Minesure. The Minesure Development Company has decided to sell these lots under one condition, and by so doing have a club plan which provides convenient down payments and terms which will off-set the hardships usually experienced in purchasing a luxury. Heavily shaded section at Mine-sure-on-Lake St. Croix. ```markdown ``` There is no red tape connected with our Club Plan. From the minute you make your down payment you can build on your lot. Get full particulars and information at the St. Paul Echo. ONLY A LIMITED NUMBER MINESURE DE 614 Court Block Ce. 1 THE ROAD ```markdown ``` No Time A suburbanite was rushing along the street in the direction of the railway station when a friend joined him. "What's your hurry, Williams?" asked the friend. "I am trying to catch the 5:40 train," replied Williams, "and I don't know whether there is any 5:40 train now or not. There has been a change." "Haven't you a time-table in your pocket?" "Yes, but if I stop to look at it, and that train is still on, I'll miss it by ten seconds!" Gigantic Pie One hundred years ago, a gigantic ple was lifted out of the oven. The cook was Mrs. Tagg of Eccleshall, England. The ple contained a goose, a hare, a turkey, a brace of pheasant, a couple of rabbits, two pigeons, a couple of partridges and two tongues. It was a culinary masterpiece, measuring two yards long, a yard wide and two feet deep, outdoing the famous "sing a song of sixpence" blackbird ple. Dead Letters Letters which are sent to the dead letter office in Washington are opened, and when addresses are found in them they are returned to the senders. When a check or money order is found, but still no sufficient address, the letter is returned to the post-office of its origin, and inquiry is made at the bank or money order office. Parcel post matter or other mall of value which can neither be delivered nor returned, for want of sufficient address, is sold by the Post Office department. Other undeliverable matter is finally destroyed. Margaret Picks Her Pose Margaret is only five years old, but she enjoys observing the actions of the older folk and then imitating them as much as possible. The other night while sitting on the floor in front of her mother, who was reading, she suddenly surprised her mother by stretching out on the rug, reclining on her left arm and saying: "Mother, when I grow up and get to wear high-heeled shoes and silk stockings, here is the way I'm going to sit on the grass." Significant Pause The native genius of a Lancashire man had carried him to big success in business without much aid of education. He was asked to distribute the prizes at a school, and made the usual speech of good counsel. "Now, boys," he said, "always remember that education is a great thing. There's nothing like education. Take arithmetic. Through education we learn that twice two make four, that twice six make twelve, that seven sevens make . . . and then there's geography."—London Tit-Bits. Alas! Jimmy Perch was funning his way idly along through the piscatorial realm when he met Charlie Channel-eat. "Did you hear the news?" panted Charlie, who seemed to be in a hurry. "No—what?" "Sammy Trout just dropped dead." "What was it—heart trouble?" "Well, shock—the same thing. He overheard a fisherman from whom he had got away telling how big he was." 1$ DOWN 7 And less than 10 cents per day will give you a lot at beautiful Minesure-on-Lake-St. Croix Minutes-Not Miles From St. Paul Lots Priced At--- $150.00 200.00 250.00 Wide gravel county road on the trail to Minesure-on-Lake St. Croix. Investigate our Club Plan. Under our membership basis your winter payments are reduced. A five-year membership paid up will give you ownership to your lot. Lake St. Croix at Minesure and sandy beach looking towards Stillwater, Minnesota. H AND GET FIRST CHOICE The St. Paul Echo ST. PAUL NOTES Matrons Industrial Art Club meet with Mrs. J. E. Glass, 378 No. Grotto Thursday afternoon. The Cameo Social club held their bi-monthly meeting at the home of the secretary. It was decided that Dr. and Mrs. E. S. Weber and Atty. and Mrs. G. W. Hamilton would chaperone the spring party. "La Coterie" social club was entertained by Mr. Roy Williams at the home of Mrs. Chas. Quigley, 638 Rondo, Saturday. A delicious chop suey luncheon was served. Miss Florence Allison was accepted as a candidate for membership. Mr. James Edgar Murphy, 1354 Thomas is confined at his home. Mrs. H. G. Johnson, 795 Edmund has been ill during the week and under the care of a physician. Mrs. Cora Grissom assisted on the program with Mrs. T. H. Lyles at the Y. W. C. A. Sunday vesper services March 27. Attorney James A. Harris, is quite sick and is at the Aberdeen hospital. SELF CULTURE CLUB ELECTS OFFICERS The Self Culture Club met in Minneapolis with Mrs. Parker last week. The following officers were elected: Mrs. R. F. Wilson, pres; Mrs. Addie Jackson, vice pres.; Mrs. T. D. Godette, seety.; Mrs. Strothers, assst. seety.; Mrs. Parker, treas.; Mrs. Mac Black Mason, chairman of program; Mrs. Harriet Hall, chairman of Music; Mrs. Smith, chairman of literature; Mrs. Scott, chairman of domestic science; Mrs. Emma Hood, chapain; Mrs. Minnie Archer, chairman of sunshine. Y. W. C. A. NOTES We are looking forward to a visit from Mrs. Cordellia Winn, national Y. W. C. A. secretary for Colored Work in cities, some time in April. A splendid musical program was rendered at our Vesper Service Sunday afternoon with a very large crowd in attendance. Mrs. B. H. Miller, as always proved herself a reader of special ability. The vocal duet by Mrs. Cora Grissom and Mrs. T. H. Lyles, in Mrs. Lyles own composition as well as the vocal selections by Mrs. Kathryn Mandeville and Mr. Alfred Shute were highly enjoyed by the audience. Dr. Mary McFarland spoke to the Y's Owls Friday afternoon on personal hygiene. WELCOME HALL NOTES Use Welcome Hall Branch Library and save that trip down town. "Requests" promptly filled. Three pleasant library assistants to wait upon you. The Forum last Sunday was very well attended. About thirty-five interested persons listened to stories of early St. Paul life. Mrs. Betty Jones recited. The next Forum will be held Sunday April 8th at 4 p. m. The topic will be "An afternoon with Negro Artists." Mrs. Dudley Smith will have charge of the program. The public is invited. GIRLS WANTED Girls wanted to enter a popularity contest. Valuable prizes to be given away. Apply the St. Paul Echo 614 Court Block, Cedar 1879. MINNEAPOLIS NOTES The Po-Right Club held a very pleasant dancing party at the South Side Auditorium, Monday night. Will Brooks was in charge of the business affairs of the club and Harry Jackson was very active on the committee. PHYLLIS WHEATLEY NOTES Those who did not attend the Annual Dinner of the N. A. A. C. P. at Wheatley House Friday night really missed a treat. The short talks were most interesting and the dinner delicious. The organization is making wonderful progress under the leadership of its capable president, Mr. William Smith. Through the kindness of Dr. H. H. Leavitt a radio program was given for the Neighborhood club Saturday evening. The children of the Afternoon Hour gave a very enjoyable program at the Y. W. C. A. Wednesday evening. The program consisted of folk dances, songs and readings. The American Legion band is making progress by leaps and bounds. The director is very efficient and the men are prompt and regular in attendance. The Twin City Choral is nearing its year's goal. This organization will give a big musical April 28 with Marion Anderson as soloist. Watch Echo for announcement of place. Hold Monday, April 18 for another Serial Dance to be given by the M. W. C. Club at the Oxford Ballroom. Why not put subscribing for the Echo in your co-operation plans? Persons Not Saintly An oculist maintained before a London audience there is much more than mere symbolism in the halo, the ring of light depicted about the heads of the saints. Each one of us, he said, has an aura about him, and there are those to whom these auras are visible. And the Observer reminds us that in a certain famous cathedral town the parlor maid at the deanery had this gift. She used to shudder, as she told Miss Dean, when she opened the door to one of the canons, a well-known figure of twenty years ago. His aura, as she saw it, was of dirty purplish color, splotched with spatches of billow yellow. It is curious to note that one of the greatest blackguards that ever lived, Benvenuto Cellini, claimed the possession of a halo, "a resplendent light above his head," which appeared at dawn and sunset and showed best when the grass was wet with dew. Benvenuto considered that this halo was a signal mark of the divine approval of his virtuous life, but in this he must have been mistaken. If he had a halo at all it must have been worse than the canon's—a sort of post-impressionist halo—Pierre Van Paassen, in the Atlanta Constitution. Vacation Values Some men need their vacation in the summer, others in the winter; some need two weeks, others need more; vacations should be planned according to the requirements of the individual person. These are some conclusions that were reached in one large manufacturing concern in which the health of the higher executives has been watched over for the last six years by a physician. Causes of absence and illness were found to be related to the duration and season of the vacation. The efficiency of the men increased graftingly, as did their health, under the new regime, whereby each man's vacation was prescribed by the physician.—New York World. Trial Marriages Ancient Divorce-as-you-please marriages may seem modern, but ancient Scotland's "handfasting," referred to in Scott's novel "The Monastery," was that kind of marriage. A man and woman agreed verbally in the presence of witnesses, to live as man and wife. At the end of the year each might choose another mate, or call the priest to marry them for life, or merely shake hands on it and say "pleased to meet you," or something like that. -Capper's Weekly. Fish Have Nicknames As a rule, sea fish, not river fish, have nicknames. The red mullet, for instance, is often called the sea woodcock because of its taste, and the dab is sometimes known as salter. Fishermen call the hake the sea pike because its shape is a little like that of the pike, and they term a flounder a flook or fluka. One of the gurnards has the name of cuckoogurnard, by reason of the odd sound it makes when caught. Lily in the Desert A member of the illy family is the Joshua tree, a true desert growth. Gaunt and twisted, growing usually in twos and threes, these trees seem to be neither tree nor shrub—too stunted to be the first and two grotesque to be the last. Many of them are blackened by fire. Some are rotted down and broken off. They serve as bonfires for desert wanderers, although sagebrush and greasewood are more easily gathered. Let Your Real Estate Needs Be Known to THE HUNTER REALTY COMPANY 324 E. 38th St., Minneapolis Phone Col. 1216 INTERIOR DECORATING Paper Hanging, Painting Textone Fresco-Glasing, Etc. FIRST CLASS WORK For Estimates Call Elk. 1727 L. YOUNG, 326 No. Grotto White Front Store CASH and CARRY Prices With FREE DELIVERY Elk 1388 559 St. Anthony Av. RIDE IN COMFORT COSBY'S DE LUXE AUTO & TAXI SERVICE Seven Passenger Sedans Low Meter Rates Dale 1966—Phones—Dale 7175 587 Rondo St. Clothes Review presented by Askine Marine Co., with models in latest styles of Lingerie. Bathing Beauties, Sportwear and advanced styles from Paris. Admission 50 cents. MINNEAPOLIS ADVERTISERS THE DUNBAR HOUSE E. G. HARRIS, Proprietor PORTERS' AND WAITERS' HEADQUARTERS Clean, Quiet, Homelike 723 Washington Ave. South Phone Geneva 2071 Minneapolis, Minn. Unable to Find Grave Your interesting article about Button Gwinnett indicates that you may be interested in a brief quotation from the most recent work on Button Gwinnett by Charles Francis Jenkins, of Philadelphia. On page 154 there is the following: "It is not known where Gwinnett was buried, nor have we any details of his funeral service. As Rev. James Foley was paid for funeral expenses, the inference is he was the officiating clergyman. It is supposed that his grave is in the old Colonial cemetery, now called Colonial park, within the limits of the city of Savannah. His executor provided a gravestone, but this has disappeared. Indeed, there is a newspaper story current that his stone was at one time used as the top of a bar in a grog shop in Savannah. In 1848, when the monument to the signers was erected in the city of Augusta, every effort was made to find Gwinnett's remains in order that they might rest with those of his associates, Lyman Hall and George Walton, who were interred under the monument."—Richard P. Swarthmore, Pa., in Pathfinder Magazine. Scotland Yard Wants From George Dilnot's "Story of Scotland Yard," as it tells of the testing of the detective chauffeur: "A candidate is taken to a remote country lane with an official sitting at his side. "A shot rings out and he is informed that one arm is 'wounded.' With one hand, therefore, he has to continue his journey at speed. "Again, a bundle of hay is thrown in front of the car unexpectedly. He has to dodge this obstacle without the faintest hesitation. "In quick succession a bewildering number of orders is rapped out, each of which has to be instantly obeyed. "Many of these cars have wireless, by which constant touch may be maintained with headquarters, either by telephone or with the Morse code." A spy may do with an argus eye, but the sleuth in the Scotland Yard car must have an iron nerve. Divisions of Civilization For convenience, the following divisions of the nine periods of civilization have been made: The lower period of savagery terminated with the use of fire; the middle period with the use of the bow and arrow; upper period of savagery with the invention and use of pottery and utensils. Lower period of barbarism terminated with the domestication of animals; middle process of smelting iron ore; upper, system of writing and literary composition. The first civilized period terminated with the use of gunpowder; second, with the perfection of the steam engine. The present period has produced an entirely new conception of both material and spiritual civilization. Third Ser STYLE SHOP Given by MADAM South Side Twelfth Ave. South and Monday, A Clothes Review presented by A latest styles of Lingerie. Bath vanced styles from Paris. Admis MINNEAPOLIS THE DUNBAR E. G. HARR PORTERS' AND WAIT Clean, Qu 723 Washing Phone Geneva 2071 Phone—South 7954 W. SQUIR Funeral 502 E. 24th Street Free Delivery to All Parts of City Economy Market 902 6th Ave. No., Minneapolis GROCERIES Poultry and Meats Hyland 9746 McDUFF WOODARD, Prop Blue & WE INCREASE OUR SERVICE BUT NOT OUR RATES --- Trails worn deep in the granite of Sawtooth mountain, towering 12,500 feet above sea level, tell the story today of hunting parties of primitive man, says the Rocky Mountain News. How many years these trails were in the making even scientists have failed to fix. From earliest times these Colorado mountains, now in the Cochetopa national forest, were the hunting place of man. Antelopes, deer, buffaloes and elks existed in almost countless numbers, while the stream abounded with fish. Ages before the first white man, a Spaniard, in 1600, entered these wilds man had hunted, and in the days of this adventurous Spaniard up to very recent years Indians swarmed through this wonderful hunting ground. Trails across the mountains made by moccasined feet still may be seen, and those worn into the solid granite of Sawtooth are mute evidence of the great lapse of time since the first man broke the way through the forest. To the student vacationist these trails have proved of vast interest, as they have to scientists. They are visible proof that man lived in Colorado in the dim past—how far back the anthropologist has not given even a guess. Earth's Circumference The distance around the world was a subject of study by the ancient Greek mathematicians. Aristotle says that mathematicians of his time found that the circumference of the earth was the equivalent of 46,000 miles. It was Eratosthenes (C. 250 B. C.) who first had an accurate idea of the principles of determining this figure. His results were inaccurate, but his method was substantially that which is still employed at the present time. The dimensions of the earth which have been very generally adopted are those of Gen. A. R. Clarke published in 1860. Expert "Kitchen Police" A big firm of London caterers keeps a staff of boys whose sole work is peeling potatoes. These boys are so expert that some can peel seventy pounds' weight of potatoes in an hour. Once a year there is a competition in which money prizes are offered for dexterity in potato peeling. Each boy has twenty-eight pounds of potatoes to peel, and the winner usually accomplishes this task in something under twenty minutes. The record belongs to a lad who peeled his quarter hundredweight in eighteen minutes twenty-five seconds. Hair Dressing & Beauty Culture EXPERIENCED OPERATOR LILLIE BROWN De Guile & Poro Systems Dale 5643 403 No. Western Mini-Annual BOW & BALL IN RUTH WALKER Auditorium Third Street, Minneapolis April 11, 1927 Kline Marine Co., with models in ing Beauties, Sportwear and ad- dition 50 cents. ADVERTISERS CAR HOUSE INS, Proprietor ERS' HEADQUARTERS et, Homelike on Ave. South Minneapolis, Minn. Established 1905 RE NEAL Director Minneapolis, Minn. MILTON SHANKS General Contractor and Builder Will Finance the Construction of Your Home on Your Lot Phone—Locust 2449 3712 4th Ave. So. MINNEAPOLIS, MINN. Play Ball We are figuring on it Nast Suffered Under Excessive shyness was an affliction of Thomas Nast, the great cartoonist, who lifted caricature from its obscurity to its present position as one of the most potent agencies for creating and influencing public opinion. He was appalled at the very thought of having to face a crowd in person. After other agencies had coaxed in vain for his services on the lecture platform, Redpath's succeeded only after a representative had camped on his trail for months. It was explained to the artist that he could keep his back to his audience, letting his crayon do most of the talking, and need turn only occasionally for a brief remark. Nast signed up for the tour of illustrated lectures and the brief simplicity of his remarks made quite a hit with his audiences. On one occasion in Philadelphia he went to his blackboard on the stage and rapidly drew the outlines of a great building, then turning his head he remarked dryly: "You see I can draw a house." As the theater was packed, the audience decided he had intended the possible double meaning and a storm of applause ensued. He earned $40,000 that season, but got "homesick" toward the close and canceled engagements that would have brought $5,000 more.—Kansas City Star. Division of Time in Daily Round of Life As a rule, the hours of sleep should about balance the hours of work, and it is estimated that a man who has lived half a century has slept 6,000 and worked 6,500 hours; but as he began to sleep as soon as he was born, and did not begin to work until he had reached his teens, these figures show at least an hour a day more work than sleep. The average man of fifty will probably have spent 800 days in simply walking from place to place, or, at any rate, in using his legs, and if we allow three miles an hour, a moderate allowance, it gives a mileage of 57,000, or a little over three miles a day. Thus at fifty a man has walked twice round the world with 9,000 miles to spare. Probably, also, the average man of fifty has spent about 4,000 days in amusement, and another 1,500 in eating and drinking. Phone Dale 8339 TRY THE DRUG STORE FIRST ELMER MORRIS DRUGGIST PRESCRIPTIONS Rondo and Mackubin Sts. ```markdown ``` 351 North Chasworth Street SALE ON ALL TOILET ARTICLES CUT PRICES—SHAMPOO AND MARCEL $1.25 One Week Only—Monday, April 4th. Telephone for Appointment—Dale 4987 IN America's greatest athletic recreation; baseball you will find that from the moment the umpire calls, "Play Ball" to the very last play, the spectators are eagerly watching each and every play and player for that which is to come next. Side line players, grandstand coaches, managers and contestants predict moves. At the most crucial moment when strategy, skill and the execution of knowledge gained from years of practical experience coupled with what is termed the favorable breaks of the game, oft times contrary to Hoyle, the unexpected move wins. And this is true in all walks of life— The ST. PAUL ECHO Telephone Cedar 1879 614 Court Block St. Paul, Minnesota Seek Treasure Trove A touch of interest is given to Bermuda by traditions of buried treasure which abound there. Several of the islands are said to have been used by the Spaniards in early times for hiding their surplus wealth, notably Ireland island, now a British naval station; Cooper's island, near the old town of St. George, and Spanish Point, two miles from Hamilton. Accounts of golden crosses and pieces of eight having been found along the shore still exist in ancient records. On one occasion a number of Spanish gold coins were discovered at a spot afterward called Money Place Rock. It is known that in the early days of Atlantic navigation galleons, often richly loaded, used Bermuda as a landmark while on their way from South America and the West Indies to Spain by way of the Azores. Owing to the existence of many coral reefs off the Bermuda coast, these vessels were occasionally wrecked, and now lie beneath the coral formations of past centuries. In some instances it is possible that treasure was salvaged and buried. Not many years ago an American visitor is said to have discovered a hidden vault at Spanish Point, and after his departure for New York an empty space and drill holes were noticed by people living near by. Whether he really found a treasure hoard remains a mystery. Seek Sunken Treasure Tenders for salvage work on any vessels sunk in the Aegean and Ionian seas, including those in Navarino bay, have been invited by the Greek government. It is estimated that there is about $50,000,000 worth of gold and silver lying at the bottom of the sea in Navarino bay. This vast wealth was lost when the British, French and Russian squadrons sank the Turkish fleet in 1827. On account of the observance of National Health week, beginning Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock at the St. Peters church, the Sunday Forum has cancelled its bi-monthly meeting for this month at Phyllis Wheatley and will join in the observance at the St. Peters church. The following musical program, arranged for the Forum by the program committee, will be transferred to the church: Vocal duet, the Misses Erminie and Dorothy Hall; instrumental number, Miss Arlee Harris; vocal number, Miss Erminie Hall; all participants belong from St. Paul. W. C. Jeffrey, pres.; Mrs. Katherine Smith, ass. chairman program committee. Hold Monday, April 18 for another Serial Dance to be given by the M. W. C. Club at the Oxford Ballroom. E. N. Martin L. R. Blair And You Are Next All the Time At Our New Location Santtary Tonsorial Parlor 709 RONDO STREET Manicurist St. Paul, Minn. FOR SALARY LOANS SEE AN DREW A. MURPHY 312 Builders Exchange Bldg. Ca 1095 V Harold Moore, age 17 years, 326 Rex Court, died Saturday, March 26 at the above residence. Funeral services were held Wednesday, March 30 at 2:30 P. M. from Pilgrim Baptist Church, Rev. L. W. Harris officiated, assisted by Rev. W. H. Griffin, Pastor of Saint James A. M. E. church of which his mother is a member. Harold is survived by his mother, Mrs. Lulu Butler, one brother, Theodore Lacey, grandmother, Mrs. W. S. Tucker, of Chicago, Ill. and many other relatives. Interment at Forest Cemetery; A. J. McGavock, funeral director. BAPTIST CHURCH TO CONTRIBUTE Pastor's Recommendation Organizes Department for Publishers. Through a recommendation, by Rev. J. A. McPherson, the Eighth Street First Baptist church of Waco, Texas, has become a regular contributor to the Publishing House Fund of the National Baptist Voice. A department in the church has been organized to look after this phase of the work, and a check for $3.00 was forwarded to the National Baptist Voice. Rev. J. A. McPherson said, "To my mind, the establishment of our Publishing House, under you and other leaders of our group, is the greatest accomplishment that any race or group has done in modern times." The National Baptist Voice is the official organ of the National Baptist Convention of America, published in Nashville, Tenn. COMING ATTRACTIONS Keep off date of May 5. A May Pole to be given by Kings Daughters Circle. Hold the date April 8th for the Pilgrim Sunday School entertainment. Hold May 2nd for big Style Rev view and Dance at the Coliseum. Hold Monday evening, May 9th for a May Festival at the Coliseum. Hold Monday, April 18 for another Serial Dance to be given by the M. W. C. Club at the Oxford Ballroom. WANT ADS Bring Results Classified Advertising Rates:— All Classified Ads payable In Advance. Three cents per word; minimum charge thirty cents. Cedar 0508—Phones—Dale 2947 FOR RENT—Furnished rooms and light housekeeping. Dale 7529 639 St. Anthony—6-room house. 694 Carroll—4 rooms and bath. 930 St. Anthony—6-room house. Elkhurst 1896. RICE 892—For colored people; 6 rooms and bath, gas, electric; $25; will fix to suit tenant. Two weeks free. GA rfield 9846. CONVENIENT, cozy, upper, 4-room duplex; good location; adults pre- ferred. Garfield 6585. YOUNG COUPLE desires 3 or 4 rooms; upstairs preferred. Call after 9 p.m. Emerson 2738. FLAT on Iglehart; four rooms and bath, modern, newly decorated. Dale 3027. FOR RENT—Attractive front room, with or without board or to cou- ple. Call Humboldt 5527. MODERN five-room cottage for rent $30.00. Dale 5171 or Dale 7175. MRS. C. W. FOR RENT—Two light housekeeping rooms. $6.00 per week. 683 Carroll. Mrs. Laurene Peak. A Money-Maker Midway District—$700.00 down, $40.00 monthly; half block from Shelling Ave. For sale. Everything New Electric bath friendly neighborhood, 4-room duplex; Iglehart near Milton. For rent. Make an Offer Hardwood floors, hot water heat, electric light, 7 rooms; Agate St.; $500 down, $35 monthly. For sale. If you want to buy, sell or rent property, see Butler for dependable service. 552 Glifillan Bldg. Cedar 0516 Reptiles Spit Poison Into Eyes of Enemy Snakes that spit poison are among the interesting features of West Africa, according to Lleut. Col. A. H. W. Haywood. "One of the comMONest and most dangerous, although not deadliest, of snakes which inhabits these regions is the splitting adder," he writes in his book, "Sport and Service in Africa." "This species seems to have a peculiar partiality for injecting his poison into the eye of his victim. I imagine that the lights of the eye attracts his alm in much the same way as a bull's-eye of a target acts as a focus for the aim of the marksman. "There are a number of instances on record where a dog has had his eye blinded in this way. On one occasion I remember it happening to a W. A. A. F. officer. The incident was as follows: The officer in question was shooting bush fowl with a friend up country when he espied and promptly shot a snake as it was darting into a hole. "He stooped down to pull it out of the hole, thinking it was dead. The snake unfortunately was still alive and spat its poison into his eye. He was instantaneously blinded. Had it not been for the assistance of his companion and the lucky proximity of a doctor, it is more than likely he would never have recovered his sight: As it was, he was confined to a dark room with a bandaged face for some ten days and endured great pain before the blindness began to pass off." Nature in First Rank as Great Illusionist In his book, "Romance of Geology," Enos Mills records this strange tale of a mirage in western Utah: "As I looked, a bighorn ram raised his head like a periscope through the slvery surface of the lake. The remainder of his body appeared to be submerged in the water. For a few seconds his head also went out of sight, then reappeared. "There was a blur, and the next scene showed a ram, three lambs and two ewes, all knee-deep in the shallow water of the lake. "Shallow, short-lived lakes are common in the Great Basin. But how, a moment before, had the ram showed only his head, and where had been the others of the flock which now stood by him? "The ram walked forward a few steps, stopped and turned his head. "After a few minutes the lake vanished, but not the sheep. There on the desert, correct for distance and direction, stood the six sheep—a ram, three lambs and two ewes—that had been in the mirage scene. Mortal magicians kindly make way for Dame Nature, who is after all the real first-hand illusionist. Legal Subterfuge For just one day, every seven years, a fence is erected around a small triangular plot of sidewalk in front of a large office building in Atlanta, Ga., in accordance with the state property laws, says Popular Mechanics Magazine. They provide that land used for public purposes for seven entire years at a stretch becomes the property of the public. This particular piece is privately owned and to prevent its becoming part of the public's possessions, it is fenced off for one day, defeating the letter of the law and preserving the owner's title. A brass plate in the walk bears the inscription "private property." Railroad "Joy Riding" Among the early rules of the Boston and Lowell railroad was one stipulating that "no engines will be taken out on Sundays, except by permission of the superintendent." This was probably aimed at the ancient—and modern—practice of joy riding. It was the practice in those days for engineers to get out their locomotives and give their friends a ride. There were no Sunday trains then and friends of the engineers thought it a great treat to take pleasure rides on the big iron horses—Boston Post. Figure This One "If there were three crowns on a fence post and I shot one, how many would be left?" "Two left." "I'm afraid you don't get the point. Let me repeat the joke. There were three crowns on a fence post. I shot one. How many would be left?" "Two left." "No. None would be left, because I shot one, then the other two would fly away." "Isn't that what I said? Two left." Gas Displaces Acetylene Both apparatus and technic have been recently evolved so that it is possible to commercialize the use of hydrogen and other gases in connection with electric welding. A method has been developed whereby ordinary illuminating gas could be substituted for acetylene in plate cutting, riser cutting in steel foundries and similar work on scrap materials. While this later achievement is not electrical, it is of considerable practical value to the electric manufacturing industry. Flour From Soy Bean A scientist of the Vienna Physiological institute is reported to have produced a flour from the soy bean which has an immense value as a foodstuff and contains the only plant albumen which is equal in value to the expensive animal albumen. Insured against old age! Keeping a Telephone System In Repair In the successful operation of a telephone system intensive maintenance 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 maintenance 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 TRI-STATE TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH COMPANY Sailors Owe Sextant to Chance Happening The element of chance plays an important part in invention, and in no case is this more strikingly illustrated than in that of Thomas Godfrey, the American who improved upon the quadrant, or, rather, devised the sextant, the basic notion for which he got by noting the reflection of the sun from a pall of water. Godfrey was a glazier by trade, but he had a taste for mathematics and was a man of some culture. John Hadley had also invented a sextant, apparently a development of a suggestion of Newton's, found among his papers at his death. Godfrey anticipated Hadley by about one year, but for a long time his claims were not recognized, Hadley receiving the entire credit. The glazier thus received his inspiration for the instrument that was to prove of such value to mariners. One day while replacing a pane of glass in a window of a house in Philadelphia opposite a pump he saw a girl after-filling her pall put it on a sidewalk. The observant glazier saw the sun reflected from the window on which he had been at work into the bucket of water. His mind quickly perceived the significance of the situation and he was thus led to the design of an instrument "for drawing the sun down to the horizon," a device incomparably superior to any that had hitherto been used for the ascertainment of angular measurements. The Gregarious Habit Beasts that prey upon other animals do not live in herds. Predatory birds are not found in flocks. Graffers, thieves and criminals among men instinctively avoid the society of other people. Viewed from this standpoint, it is a hopeful sign that humanity seems to be developing the gregarious habit more widely. People are crowding into cities. They are gathering more often in conventions, conferences and meetings of all kinds, ranging from a neighborhood birthday party to a political convention.—Jamestown Post. "Dead Man" Wandering A living "dead man" is wandering somewhere about the streets of San Francisco despite the well-meant efforts of Coroner Leland to get him into the morgue. Doctor Leland found a man lying on the sidewalk. He made a superficial examination and pronounced him dead. He then called the coroner's wagon and police detectives. When he returned from the telephone the "dead man" had walked away, leaving Doctor Leland to explain as best he could to the investigating detectives. Papers Delayed The railway line was flooded after heavy rainstorms, and the traveler was obliged to break his journey at a village. He made his way in the pouring rain to a restaurant and said to the waiter there: "It is like the Deluge!" "The what?" "The Deluge. Haven't you read about the Deluge—Noah and the ark?" "No, sir; you see, because of the flood we haven't had any newspapers in three days." NEW YORK-PRIVATE TALENT BELLOWSTONE CENTER LONG-FI The WRAPPING Keeps it Clean and Fresh Does Your Money Go! Specialist of Tuberculosis Will Be in Twin Cities During Health Week. Dr. L. L. Allen, of Milwaukee, Wis., the most eminent Negro specialist on Tuberculosis in America, who is a member of the County Dispensary Staff and attending physician of the Milwaukee County Hospital, will come to Minneapolis and St. Paul to address audiences as a part of the Health Week program which is being observed by the Urban League, Social Workers, the Clergy and the leading club women of the two cities. Dr. Allen will address a mass meeting for health at St. Peter's A. M. E. Church, Eliot Ave. and 22nd St., Minneapolis, Hold Monday, April 18 for another Serial Dance to be given by the M. W. C. Club at the Oxford Ballroom. Where Does Y Where Does Your Money Go! 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