St. Paul Echo

PORO RETURNED TO MRS. MALONE ATTEND the grand May Ball given by the Ames Lodge No.106 at the South Side Auditorium Monday night, May 16. VOL.2, NO.28 MINNEAPOLIS BOY GIVEN DECISION IN ELKS CONTEST Ruling of Judges Surprises Many Supporters of Each Contestant. Large Crowd Attends Winner to Compete in Sectional Contest to Be Held at Gary, Indiana. By a ballot judges awarded Clifford Hawkins of Minneapolis the winner over Anna Selina Foster, St. Paul, in the Elks' Oratorical contest held on Monday evening, May 9, at St. James A. M. E. church, W. Central, near Dale St., St. Paul, Minn. This was the final contest held in Minnesota for the purpose of chosing a representative from Minnesota to appear at Gary, Ind., in the sectional contest Friday, May 27. Enthused Audience. A large and enthusiastic audience sat spellbound listening to the contestants deliver with force, on their subjects, the Constitution and Citizenship, in a very able manner, that showed excellent thought. Chequita Lonewolf, who won second prize in the St. Paul contest, and Thomas Wright, who won second prize in the Minneapolis contest, delivered their addresses. All contestants showed a marked improvement over their previous appearance. Decision Difficult. According to the judges, who were seated in different sections of the auditorium, there was but little difference in the two contesting orations. For this reason it was very difficult to make their decision. Judges of the contest were Raymond Cannon, president of the Alpha Phi Alpha; Miss W. Gertrude Brown, head resident of the Phyllis Wheatley House; Miss Helen Hudson, secretary of the colored "Y" branch; Ert Johnson, attorney at law; Orrington C. Hall, County Attorney's office. Medal Presented. The presentation of a beautiful bronze medal, awarded by the Past Exalted Rulers' Council of Minnesota, I. B. P. O. E. of W., was made by Byron Holder, exalted ruler of Ames Lodge. F. D. McCracken, exalted ruler of Gopher Lodge, made the introductory remarks, and a short address was made by Gertrude Thomas, Daughter Ruler of Minnehaha Temple. The program was arranged by a joint committee from Gopher Lodge and Ames Lodge. Mrs. Hattie Loomis rendered a solo, accompanied by Mrs. Hamilton and Mrs. Hicks of Minneapolis rendered a beautiful solo. A number of Elks are contemplating making the trip to Gary, Indiana, to attend the contest to spirit the Minnesota boy on to victory. The winner in the section contest goes to Washington, D. C., for the finals. ONE YEAR AGO THIS WEEK The local chapter of Kappa Psi opened their annual "Guide Right" week of sponsoring educational advancement among Negroes, with a program at St. James church. A. McFarland, 493 Whitall St., purchased two Acme motion picture machines and left the city on a tour of several states to show pictures in churches. Pride of Minnesota K. of P. gave their grand May Ball at Arcadia Dancing Palace, Minneapolis. St. James A. M. E. Sunday School held their mother and daughter banquet at the Church auditorium. WELCOME HALL NOTES On Sunday, May 8th. Attorney Geo. Hamilton, addressed the Sunday Forum of Welcome Hall. There was a very good attendance. The "Teen Age" Girls Club, will hold their Bazaar and candy sale, May 20th at 8 P. M. There will be a continuous program. Mrs. George Camp left Tuesday evening for Des Moines, to attend the Social Service Convention. She will be gone about ten days. The St. Paul Echo Essex Coaches To Be Awarded In Echo Contest, Everybody Wins Young Matrons' Circle Sponsors Mixed Musical And Mock Wedding James Edgar Murphy, Bass Soloist, Appears On "Vespers" Program A. James Edgar Murphy On Sunday afternoon, May 15, 1927, at the last meeting of the N. A. A. C. P. for the season, to be held at the colored branch of the Y. W. C. A., 598 W. Central Ave., St. Paul, Minn., James Edgar Murphy will appear on the program. Mrs. G. W. Parker and Peavey Johnson will also render musical numbers. The N. A. A. C. P. meeting will be in the form of a symposium with the Messrs. Hamilton, Johnson and Wilkins giving a review of the work accomplished this year and plans being made for the coming year. OLD RESIDENT ILL Mrs. Samuels the mother of Mrs. Mamie Crowder of 2827 Chicago Ave., Minneapolis is quite ill at her home. Mrs. Crowder has found it necessary to remain home from her work to care for her mother. 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. Male Mock Wedding and Movie Stars Draw Crowd to St. James Church on Wednesday Evening. On Wednesday evening, May 11, at St. James A. M. E. church, a large audience witnessed the Male Mock Wedding which was presented by the Young Matrons Circle. Famous movie actors and actresses were introduced by Mrs. Gladys Harris: The sheik of the movies, Rudolph Valentine (Almeric Barksdale); Sunshine Sammy (Johny Kenny); Jackie Coogan (Ashmore Stokes); Bishop Will Joiner (R. L. Stokes); Harold Lloyd (Bill Penn); Gloria Swanson (Percy Turner); Ronald Colman (Rudolph Martin). After a vocal solo by Madam Dovie Welsh, accompanied by Miss Florence Robinson, the bridal procession followed, to the strains of the Wedding March played by Mrs. Hattie Smith. Bridesmaids, Messers Charles Miller, George Martin, Louis House, Rufus Dodd, Benjamin Stovall, Andrew Saunders, Dudley Smith, Alfred Brown and Thomas Neal; Maid of honor, Warden Woodford; Matron of honor, Curtis Wilson; Ring bearer, Master Louis House; Pillow bearer, Maurice Parker; Flower girls, Kenneth Stokes, Bobby Mitchell; Ribbon stretches, Leroy Coleman, Lawrence Mitchell; Train bearers, Harold Holifield, Carl Richard Green. Father, O. C. Hall; Minister, Richard Stokes; Ushers, Neal New, Victor Calloway, Richard Stokes, Jr., and Jimmie Mitchell, Jr. When the bride is stepping up the aisle on the arm of the father the audience was filled with admiration and amusement. James A. Harris made a most charming bride. The happy groom was Peavey Johnson looking very distinguished with a ST. PAUL-MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA, SATURDAY, MAY 14, 1927 Northwest Boosters' Club to Sponsor Drive for Subscriptions That Will Give Away Two Essex Coaches. All of the world is clamoring to get on rubber. It's just what you have been trying to do too and that is get on rubber without any extra cost. We are going to solve this problem friends, by giving away, two Essex coaches. The Essex is known as one of America's greatest light car values. Knowing this, the Echo is giving their readers an opportunity to be the proud owner of a beautiful Essex absolutely free. One Essex will be given to the contestant receiving the largest number of votes and one will be awarded to the public. You are and everybody is eligible to enter this contest, so you can win one of these Essex coaches. See the Essex at the Uni-Dale Motor Sales Co., 554 University Ave., and vote for your contestant or enter the contest yourself. The cars were purchased from the Uni-Dale Motor Sales Co., St. Paul, Minn. Boosters to Sponsor. This contest under the auspices of the Northwest Boosters club is to extend over a period of 3 months, so get an early start as everybody wins. And now—the Essex Super-Six. A smart, fast car of remarkable power, restful, enduring and beautiful has won the title Essex Super-Six because of the remarkable performing ability of the Super-Six principle and endurance built into it. In beauty it is now a counter-part of the Hudson Super-Six. The punch of performance in these cars carries a positive thrill. Such is the soundness of construction that this Essex Super-Six can safely be held at 50 miles an hour all day long with no care or worry. Acceleration is something spectacular. On hills or in mud or sand the motor has a pulling power far ahead of all previous standards. Full particulars regarding this contest can be obtained from the office of the St. Paul Echo, 614 Court Block, St. Paul, Minnesota. Address all communication to the Contest Manager. Government Nurse Here From Tuskegee, Alabama For Short Vacation Mrs. Earl Duncan Mr. and Mrs. Earl Duncan arrived in the city Monday for a short stay, visiting relatives and friends in the Twin Cities. Mrs. Duncan has spent the past year employed as nurse in the Government hospital at Tuskegee, Alabama, and after a short vacation she expects to return and resume her duties there. Mrs. Duncan, before her marriage was Miss Lily Belle O'Shields, and is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. L. O'Shields of 354 No. Dale St. heavy mustache. E. H. Anderson was best man. The Mock Wedding was indeed a unique affair and one that will be long remembered by those present. The Young Matrons circle and Mrs. Gladys Harris, chairman of this affair are due much credit. BAGNALL REPORTS ATLANTA ACTIVE IN SOUTHERN TOUR BAGNALL REPORTS ATLANTA ACTIVE IN SOUTHERN TOUR Speaks at Prominent Colleges; N. A. A. C. P. Organized in South. Jim Crow Laws Taboo Students Deplore Un-Christian Principle of Y. M. C. A. at Dinner. New York, May 6.—Robert Bagnall, Director of Branches of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, has addressed ten colleges and universities on his present Southern tour, and at many of the institutions where Mr. Bagnall has spoken, chapters of the N. A. A. C. P. have been started. These include Morehouse College, Morris Brown University, Atlanta University and Clark University; also A. and T. and Livingstone, in North Carolina; and chapters are projected at Allen and perhaps Bennett in Columbia. Jim-Crow Banquet Refused. "In the South the students are manifesting a growing spirit of freedom," reports Mr. Bagnall. "At the Y. M. C. A. student conference of North Carolina they tried to serve Negroes jim-crow banquet which they refused, asking either that they be admitted to the general banquet or that it be done away with. The counter-proposal was made that they come in to hear the speaking after the whites had eaten. This they refused to do. A Committee was appointed who intended to table the matter, but the students next day after the banquet offered a resolution on the open floor of the convention deploring the unfortunate and unchristian practice of the convention in shutting out its delegates from the banquet session because of color or race, and recommending that hereafter the banquet include all delegates or be abandoned, and that Committees with Negro members should meet at such places as the Negro members could attend and not at restaurant luncheons from which they were excluded." Drive Organized. In Atlanta, according to Mr. Bagnall's report, a drive has been organized for 2,000 members with 30 Captains and teams of about 100, in which professional, business and laboring groups are taking part. Captain A. T. Walden, President of the Atlanta Branch of the N. A. A. C. P. recently won a street car case for the Branch which neither white nor colored people thought could be won. This has immensely stimulated interest in the Branch and membership activity. Charity Ball At Coliseum Huge Success Charity Ball At Coliseum Huge Success Practically every organization in the Twin Cities was represented and hundreds of folks attended the First Charity Ball and May Festival given by the Women's Auxiliary of the St. Paul Urban League at the Coliseum Monday evening. Wally Erickson Orchestra played as never before and furnished a program of popular numbers of yesterday and today. Beginning at 10:30 the dance program was interspersed with vaudeville features which included: Hjordis Foster, Dorothy Gardner, Marjorie McKinney, pupils of Freda Jackson in specialty numbers, Mrs. Babe Hanson, contralto soloist, Sidney Williams, King of the Ivories and Eula Belle Moore the female Bert Williams in her latest song hit, "Loud Speaking Papa." The auxiliary is grateful to the public for their generous response and appreciates the services of those who gave their support gratuitously, especially those who participated on the program and John Lane our county commissioner who donated the hall on this occasion. Grand May Ball Given By Ames Lodge No.106 of Minneapolis Elks OBSERVATION MAN TWIN CITY CHORAL ENTERS BUSINESS MUSICAL,SUCCESS South Side Auditorium Will Be Scene of Gay Event Featuring the Johnny Baker Post Legion Band. If you were in the world war, then you belong in the Legion and if you are looking for an evening of pleasure then you and your friends are cordially invited to attend the Grand May Ball given on Monday night, May 16th, 1927 at the beautiful South Side Auditorium, Minneapolis by the Elks, Ames Lodge, No. 106. Legion Band Plays. A special attraction will be the featuring of the American Legion Band of the Johnny Baker Post. The Johnny Baker Post is composed of live, wide awake Minneapolis young men. Mr. Tela Burt is largely responsible for the organization of the Post band. Grand March on Program. E. L. Boyd, chairman of the entertainment committee of Ames Lodge, says there will be a grand march at 12:30 and that the Legion band will add pep to this engagement. Mr. Boyd also states that due to the fact that many Minneapolis young aspirants to the theatrical fame willingly volunteer their services on a minute's notice, he is prepared to give an extra attraction, a program that will be too fine, all for 50 cents. A special invitation is extended to St. Paulites; so come on Bill, bring your daughter and your friends too. Taxis will be called at 1:30. Formerly Employed on Northern Pacific Railroad, Now City Realtor. While in the capacity of an observation car man, on the Northern Pacific Railroad for the past twenty years, W. S. Butler has also gained a great deal of experience in making observations of city real estate. Mr. Butler has voluntarily left the road and is now giving his entire time to the real estate business, under the firm name of W. S. Butler & Co. He resides at 753 Ashland Ave. On his own behalf, he has bought and sold real estate in Saint Paul for the last twenty years. This experience, together with his training in law, banking and real estate, makes it easy for him to serve his clients in such manner as to relieve them of all details. In return for your business you get confidential service, and absolute good faith. His controlling reason for entering the real estate business is to be of profitable service to the people of Saint Paul. You are safe in trusting your business affairs to the care of W. S. Butler, for he has successfully done for himself what he now wishes to do for you. His slogan is, "Own a Home—Butler Can Show You How." This is not an empty phrase, but a symbol of an experience that has shown the wisdom of home owning. When you are in need of dependable real estate service you can find W. S. Butler at 552 Giifilian Block, 4th and Jackson-Sts. He will be glad to give you the benefit of his experience in helping'you get settled in a home of your own. COMMITTEE TO ORGANIZE FOR FLOOD SUFFERERS On Monday evening, May 16, at 7 p. m., there will be a meeting held at the home of Mrs. R. F. Wilson, 697 St. Anthony Ave., to organize a committee, to obtain clothing for the flood sufferers. Ladies from all churches and clubs of the city are urged to come out and aid in this worthy cause. It is hoped that any one having suitable clothing to contribute will get in touch with Mrs. Wilson at once. Commissioner of Public Safety Gives Details On City Department 1234567890 James Clancy Commissioner James Clancy of the Public Safety department of the city of St. Paul, spoke at the regular meeting of the Sterling club on Thursday evening, May 5th, 1927. This was the largest attended and most interesting meeting held by the Civic committee of the Sterling club. Mr. Clancy explained in detail the operation of the department of public safety. After the meeting a round table talk developed in which Commissioner Clancy and John Clalborne renewed boyhood days. Marian Anderson, Celebrated Soloist, Accompanied by William King. The Musical of the Twin City Choral club which presented and assisted Miss Marian Anderson as soloist Friday night, at the First Baptist church Auditorium, Mpls., was a rare treat. The Choral, composed of more than sixty well trained voices under the direction of Mr. John Hickman, was a credit to the Twin Cities. Miss Anderson, possesses a rich contralto voice of great power and sweetness. We agree with Mr. F. B. Perkins of the New York Times, when he said, "Marian Anderson possesses a voice in a hundred thousand." Miss Anderson charmed her audience with a well arranged program, and graciously responded to a number of encores. She was assisted at the piano by William King an accompanist of remarkable talent. The choral, an organization affiliated with Phyllis Wheatley House, is a little over a year old. This Choral will close its season with a reception at Phyllis Wheatley House, Thursday evening, May 19th. ST. PAUL BAPTIST CHURCH The subject of the pastor's sermon last Sunday morning was "God. Our Helper." "Fathers' and Mothers' Day was pleasantly and appropriately observed in the evening by a program of scripture readings, sacred songs and recitations. The offering for the day was $53.00. Faithful members of St. Paul Baptist church, by donation and solicitation, are assisting to bury the body of a friendless woman who fell dead at the home of Mrs. Mundy and has laid in the morgue a week without being claimed by any one. All members are requested to be on hand Sunday to hear the gospel and to participate in a light rally. Visitors are welcomed. Maybe we have been to your door to collect, when you were not home. Our office is no further from you than your telephone. Call Cedar 1879, we are at your service. Why not put subscribing for the Echo in your co-operation plans? WE ARE on time again, but it takes money to turn the wheels of progress. Have you paid up your subscription? PRICE FIVE CENTS LONE PORO COLLEGE RETURNED BY COURT ORDER TO FOUNDER Appointment of Receivership That Caused Excitement Dismissed. Settlement Reached Divorce Litigation Still Pending to Be Heard at Later Date. The unforessee development in the Malone divorce matter which has caused national interest since appointment was made of the receivership and the distinctive methods used by this receiver toward the institution, occurred on Monday, May 10, 1927. Settlement Reached. A settlement was reached as to the respective interests in the joint property of the litigants both real property and personal property. Mrs. Malone receives the Poro College by Court Order and Mr. Malone received a small cash and real estate settlement, the amount of which has not been divulged. Divorce Pending. This does not dispense, however, with the divorce litigation, which will be heard later and which is still pending, and will have no effect upon the stipulating and settlement as reported by the Press. It is probable that the continuance made by counsel for both parties, until March 21, 1927, was to effect this agreement between the parties involved and also on the part of Mrs. Malone's counsel in order to dispense with the unnecessary expense of the receivership, in fees and attaches' costs, which were a burden upon the institution, also a temporary muzzle upon the efficient system as maintained by the Poro College since its beginning. Malone Refused Settlement Press reports have at different times instituted such a move as has been completed as being offered by Mrs. Malone and her counsel, but this has been repeatedly refused by Mr. Malone and his counsel until this final settlement was effected. During all of this time Mr. Malone has remained in seclusion some place in Illinois, while Mrs. Malone has been traveling in Florida awaiting some disposition of this matter. MOTHER AND DAUGHTER CHOSEN PRETTIEST BOSS Pullman porters enjoyed a pleasant evening at the Bobbed Hair Contest given by the Women's Pioneer Economic club, on Saturday evening, May 7, at Union Hall. The Misses Barbara Pugh and Clara Smith won first and second prizes, and Mrs. Eva Pugh, mother of Barbara, was awarded the third prize. Mrs. Henrietta Goins and the Messrs. Martin and Jackson acted as judges in the contest. Mr. Joe Vassar proved that he was alert by finding a wrist watch which was returned to the owner, Mrs. Curry. RACE VETERINARIANS ADMITTED TO FRATERNITY Dr. C. H. Mobley and Dr. W. A. Jordan have been made active members of the National Fraternity of Veterinary Surgeons of the Federal Government, which is composed of about 1,500 members. Dr. Mobley is possibly the youngest man in that branch of service, having passed the examination before graduating from Kansas State College, Class of 1926, at 21 years of age. Dr. Jordan, who is also a bacteriologist, is a graduate of the University of California, the State College of Washington, and holds a master's degree from the University of Utah. 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. 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 Advertising rates furnished upon application. HOW RACE HATRED IS PERPETUATE If the more thoughtful ones of the race, not race hatred is without doubt increasing in organizations to the contrary. Some give one order, but the one fundamental cause of the hatred surely has not escaped the race. We don't claim to have made any new order of "colorphobia," but when we see on all their children to HATE children of other races we shudder with horror as we contemplate seeds of hatred now being sown will bring we hear on the one hand the Irish abuse to non racial grounds, and on the other both new on racial grounds, and finally all three, ease and despise the Negro on racial grounds under what of the future? Thursday morning, when the newspapers read to the world that Little Rock, Ark., was defined banner in defense of "white supremacy" so for one of their "supposed" crimes, we wait at the end of the line and found the motorcycle engaged in the reading of the murder and avages, of one man who probably had come the motorman said to the "con" after they brightly enjoyed the lynching article, "It's good." That made our blood boil, to think bad condemn a man to mob rule without even right on the matter. Only because we pray better part of valor" did we refrain from question and perhaps to the mat. We kept him that dared any one. Received at our cross street and got off the train on the cross street on foot; when in the rain the child not more than three years old stood long enough to say to us, "Say, you are, which the mere infant proceeded to abuse have done credit to any Kentucky mountain that the lynching had been discussed as just an hour before, and the head of the hour hatred and left and went to work feeling he his bit toward sowing a seed that may be calls "Nordic Superiority," but what we call. Because just as sure as there is a Norse race prejudice will just so surely destroy "Entered as second class matter Nov. 7, 1925, at the post office at St. Paul, Minn., under the act of March 3, 1879" HOW RACE HATRED IS PERPETUATED Some of the more thoughtful ones of the race, no doubt, often wonder why race hatred is without doubt increasing in spite of all efforts of organizations to the contrary. Some give one cause and some another, but the one fundamental cause of the continuance and spread of hatred surely has not escaped the notice of the thoughtful. We don't claim to have made any new discoveries in the vast field of "colorphobia," but when we see on all sides parents teaching their children to HATE children of other races (not only Negroes), we shudder with horror as we contemplate what kind of a crop the seeds of hatred now being sown will bring in another generation. When we hear on the one hand the Irish abuse the Scandinavian solely on racial grounds, and on the other both those races abuse the Jew on racial grounds, and finally all three of the afore-named abuse and despise the Negro on racial grounds, we are forced to wonder what of the future? On last Thursday morning, when the newspapers of the country advertised to the world that Little Rock, Ark., was still waving the bloodstained banner in defense of "white supremacy" by lynching a Negro for one of their "supposed" crimes, we boarded a street car at the end of the line and found the motorman and conductor busily engaged in the reading of the murder at Little Rock by 5,000 savages, of one man who probably had committed no crime. The motorman said to the "con" after they both had read and thoroughly enjoyed the lynching article, "It's good for him, he had it coming." That made our blood boil, to think that an individual would condemn a man to mob rule without even taking the second thought on the matter. Only because we practice "discretion is the better part of valor" did we refrain from calling that hireling into question and perhaps to the mat. We kept quiet after a look at him that dared any one. We arrived at our cross street and got off the car and continued down the cross street on foot; when in the middle of the block a little child not more than three years old stopped playing in the yard long enough to say to us, "Say, you are one of them, too," after which the mere infant proceeded to abuse us in terms that would have done credit to any Kentucky mountaineer. We know that the lynching had been discussed at the breakfast table just an hour before, and the head of the house had given his lesson in hatred and left and went to work feeling elated that he had done his bit toward sowing a seed that may help preserve what he calls "Nordic Superiority," but what we call treasonable propaganda. Because just as sure as there is a North American government, race prejudice will just so surely destroy it. TO WHOM CAN WE LOOK? are about to call on the Attorney General's special attention to the affairs at Lincoln Uni- see to it that a repetition of four years the little finances which the State has allow- mouths of the State during the next two ye- times to us; who will tell the Attorney Craft and pillage are threatening that insti- nt-elect do it, or will his hands be so stai We were about to call on the Attorney General of this state, to give special attention to the affairs at Lincoln University after June 1, and see to it that a repetition of four years ago will not figure in the little finances which the State has allowed to educate the Negro youths of the State during the next two years. But the thought comes to us; who will tell the Attorney General when hands of graft and pillage are threatening that institution? Will the president-elect do it, or will his hands be so stained with the former deals that he cannot? If we look to the three Negro members of the Board of Curators or to either of them to discover and expose things, we are confronted with the fact that these men voted for the governor's program which was tainted with graft. Neither of them had the courage, race loyalty or backbone enough to speak for the people then, and we have not heard that either of them has repented or had a change of heart since. Therefore, neither of them is to be trusted; they are to be regarded as blind leaders, seeing only through Baker's eyes. One of them at least is not to be trusted on his oath. For it was C. G. Williams, one of the Negro members of the Board, who swore to a lie when testifying before the House investigating committee, in an effort to save Sam James, who was then under investigation for his conduct as president of the Board. This same C. G. Williams is now the secretary of the Board of Curators, and unless he has changed, and we don't believe he has, we believe he would change the records which he is supposed to keep, and even though he might swear to their authenticity, we would not believe him on his oath. Therefore, we do not see just now how the hand of graft and pillage is going to be stayed unless the Attorney General with special assistance keeps an eye on that institution. Lincoln must be saved at all cost.—St. Louis Argus. No matter how hard you work, if your mental attitude is headed toward failure, you will probably fail. If there is a virtue in the world that always helps, it is cheerfulness. Willingly and cheerfully doing a thing doubles the worth of the deed. The sad man soon tires, but the cheerful man marches on for days and years. Constant sadness and a grouch congeal our blood and baffle the building brain. Some people overlook the value of politeness, but I've yet to see the man or business thea is too big or too little to do without it. Courtesy is the lubricant that smooths the way to achievement. Among the many legends concerning the life and deeds of Nikolai Lenin already incorporated in the popular mythology of the Mostem inhabitants of the soviet union is one passing from mouth to mouth in Turkestan in the form of a song and summarized as follows by Lenod Solovief, a Russian writer who specializes in collecting Lenin stories, according to the New York Times: The World war was raging and thousands were being slain because the kings of the earth wanted to fill their treasuries and were forcing their subjects to go to the front and kill each other. The stench of the fallen men and the noise of the conflict rose to high heaven and annoyed Allah himself, who concluded it was time to call together his most faithful followers and select one wise and strong enough to end all this misery. In order to find the best man for the job, Allah set up a double test. His elected agent must be able to turn over a huge rock weighing 80 poids (about a ton) and to give the correct answer to the following riddle: "Who is the strongest on earth, who is the happiest, and who is the weakest and most unhappy?" There were many candidates for the glorious mandate, but none was able to turn over the rock, although they tried so hard that the stone soon bore traces of their fingers. Neither could anyone solve the riddle, despite the variety of answers, most of which made Allah the strongest and happiest and Satan the weakest and most unhappy. Finally, Allah noticed a man of slight figure but with a very high forehead looking intently at the big rock. Maybe this little fellow can do it, thought the Most High. When the last candidate threw off his coat and stood revealed in all his physical weakness, Allah's heart sank. But what was his surprise to see the man walk away from the rock and return in a few minutes with several beams of wood. One of these he shoved under the big stone. Then another was placed under the free end of the first, and by means of this improvised lever the rock was easily turned over, revealing the polonous serpent Ok-Ilen, whose tall, weighing 100 pounds, had helped hold the stone down. Then the little champion answered Allah's riddle as follows: "The strongest is the most intelligent, who wins every one's love; the happiest is the most honorable, who gives happiness to many; the most unhappy and the weakest is the man beloved by nobody." Allah saw how wonderful was the talent of this man. So he lifted him up into heaven, where he spent 50 days and 50 nights learning the wisdom of the Most High. Thus equipped the successful candidate was named Lenin and sent back to earth. Lenin strode over the earth and stopped the stream of blood. He brought happiness to humanity. Then he returned to rest in Allah's hall. He left the world pacified and happy. His name shall endure while the word "happiness" lives. So runs the legend. He Liked Boxing Paul was quite fond of boxing. Whenever he was with his little pal Frank he never lost an opportunity to deal him a blow. One day Frank, growing weary of being the daily victim of these blows, bolstered up his strength and dealt Paul such a box that he sent him home crying. Rejoicing over his victory. Frank hurried in and told his grandfather. His grandfather reprimanded him, saying: "Frank, do you think that is anything to be proud of? Don't you know that the good Lord sees all you do? In the day the sun is God's eye and at night the moon shines on all deeds." "Oh, that's all right," replied Frank, "I hit Paul on the shady side of the house."—Indianapolis News. Cancer Research Studying the light given off by ash of tumors burned in an arc light is the latest method of attacking the cancer problem, one which has been applied at the Hahnemann Medical college in Philadelphia by a trio of biologists and a physicist, Donald C. A. Butts, Thomas E. Huff and Frederick Palmer, Jr. By means of a spectroscope, which analyzes the light and reveals the elements that cause it, they have found that the yellow lines due to sodium, which appear only momentarily when the ash of normal animal tissue is placed in the arc, persist until it has all been consumed when the ash from tumors is analyzed. This shows the presence of the element sodium in cancerous tissue. Skyscraper Possibility New York's recent announcement that it would beat its own skyscraping record in the construction of Larkin tower, more than 1,200 feet high, leads the London Morning Post to comment that the proposed building will be higher than the highest highbrow, and its elevators will give more uplift than the loftest thinkers even in the United States. Altogether, it will be quite the latest thing in aerial suburbs. "I wonder," says the writer, "if the skyscraper is carried much further, whether the saloons on the top floor will be able to claim they are beyond the three-mile limit." ST. PAUL ECHO GOOD FRIEND TO ALL, IS PATIENCE Writer Asks Why Impetuous Youth "Must" Be Served. It would be useful if more persons understood earlier in life what a very good virtue and very good friend patience is. Without it men could have added hardly anything of importance to their stock of knowledge. Darwin had his chief ideas on evolution when he was thirty, but waited 20 years—spent in the most laborious investigation—before he wrote anything about it. Other men had much the same ideas, but it was Darwin's 20 years of tireless digging for facts that put his ideas over. Copernicus at forty was certain the earth went round the sun, instead of the sun going round the earth, as astronomy had it up to his time, but he was sixty-seven when he published the treatise that proved it. To read even a nontechnical sketch of Pasteur's experiments makes one's head ache. One might fill pages with such examples. Innumerable flints must have been broken, and knuckles skinned, before men found out how to shape a symmetrical arrowhead. Patience is a great virtue and a good friend. Most of the world's popular literature is romantic, and the romancers have usually been in an unholy conspiracy to praise youth's vice of impatience and to disparage age's virtue of patience. We must put a stop to that. The romancers suggest that patience may be very well in a cow, but is stultifying in a young person—especially when in love. Medieval Auccassin fixed the type of the popular lover. He won't work, he won't fight, he won't talk, he won't eat; he won't do anything but bellow for Nicolete; he must have her right now; the mere suggestion of patience gives him fits. Probably he will always be the most fetching figure in a novel or poem, or on the stage. When he is safely isolated in print, or across the footlights, everybody sighs for him. But who wants to live with him? In the real world what is he by a bad-tempered brat in a candy shop, bellowing to have his fill right now? "Youth must be served" is quoted as though it were very laudable of youth to insist on being served regardless of the feelings of everybody else in the shop. Why is selfishness more admirable at twenty than at eighty? Especially at present, it seems, a lot of young persons take the poetry seriously and live up to the theory that they must have whatever they want—if they can possibly get it. Age is at such a discount that the aged must try to pass themselves off as counterfelt bills of youth. Grandpa cries "On with the dance!" in brave falsetto. Grandma has her skirts and her face lifted, and drowns the twinges of rheumatism in another cocktail. They call that nervous commotion being alive. But a pup is far more alive in that respect. The acme and perfection of that sort of being alive is found in a dock walloper's free-for-all fight. However, the moldy youths of the night clubs and the cartoons are a minority—Will Payne in the Saturday Evening Post. History Repeats Itself A curious document has come to light in Germany. It's a manuscript dating from the Fifteenth century, written by a citizen of Augsburg. This individual wrote a daily observation on the fashion of the day. He started when he was eighteen, and one day heard some ancients deplore the tendency of "modern" dress, especially among women. The first ten years the changing fashion amused him considerably. After his thirteenth year he becomes more conservative. Forty sees him ranged with the Lutheran clergy of Augsburg in a condemnation of low necks for fraulings. At sixty he is a fulminating, roaring denouncer threatening destruction of the Nineveh type for his native Augsburg, if the women do not come back from the "frivolity and sinfulness" of the fashion of the year 1560—Pierre Van Passen, in the Atlanta Constitution. Excavators Rewarded New light on the life of ancient Carthage is thrown by the discovery of the foundations of a sanctuary dedicated to Astarte, or Tanit, Phoenician goddess of fecundity and love, in whose honor the Carthaginians used to immolate children. This find is the more significant to archeologists and historians in view of the unearthing in its vicinity several years ago of a magnificent winged statue representing the goddess Tanit. It is now in the Peres Blanc museum in Carthage. Excavators among the Carthaginian ruins usually have to content themselves with epigraphical discoveries, such as epitaphs, dedications to gods and other inscriptions—Chicago News. Kongo to Have Aviation Commercial aviation has just invaded the Belgian Kongo and is giving transportation speedier than ever dreamed of by residents there. A company which has secured the exclusive franchise for operation of civil aviation lines has established regular aerial service between Boma and Elisabethville, covering the 1,280 miles in two days instead of in 50 by any other method. Flights are made every eight days to connect with mall steamers from Belgium. Hydroplane boats will provide transportation between the small towns and settlements along rivers. FREE! FREE! 2 Essex Coaches will be awarded in ECHO CONTEST VOTE AND VOTE OFTEN Bury Child's Clothing It has taken half a century for peace officers in the hard-coal fields to learn what motive inspires those who bury the clothing of children. This practice in the anthracite districts has mystified state police, as well as officers of the cities, boroughs and townships. Often wild goose chases after murderers have resulted only in the discovery of clothing, but with no body therein. Sometimes the bundles have been buried deep and have been uncovered through the settlement of the mines or by the caving of the sides of breaches in the workings. Ever since the collapse of the 1875-76 strike, which saw the English, Welsh, Scotch, Irish and German miners gradually displaced by Slavs, Poles, Russians, Italian and Montenegrins, who now predominate in the collieries, these murder scares have occurred in the hard-coal fields until now the hurry-up call from some person who tells of the discovery by boys of a bundle of clothing usually is discounted by the officers. Some one last winter took it upon himself to dive into the mystery, and his inquiry into the practice has revealed that the burial of children's clothing is an overseas custom, used by the peasantry where youngsters are subject to convulsions. The old idea that a child is "possessed" still prevails in some families, with the belief that to bury the entire clothing outfit of a little boy or girl will mean that the spirit goes along with the garments and is buried with them. This discovery adds another qualit idea to coal region customs. The oddest one is that which is followed in the treatment of hernia. The belief prevails in certain quarters that hernia can be cured by a tree if the treatment is followed in the spring. A tree in the woods is found that shows signs of the sap starting to flow after the winter period of inertness. Its bark is split and then a binding is placed across the gash, the bandage being cloaking of the person who suffers from the hernia. The belief is that as the new growth bridges the cut the muscles in the abdomen of the sufferer grow together and the rupture is cured. Home Cooked Meals Try our Homemade Rolls, Pie and Cake TOASTED SANDWICHES ALEXANDERS SWEET SHOPPE Dale and Rondo Streets Phone Dale 7175 FREE 2 Esse will be award VOTE A Only Voters Eligible to Enter Educational Test. T H E S A I N T P A U L E C H O 1. Name what the letters in the square spell. 2. Find the words in the square by starting at one letter and tracing to next within square without crossing over line already drawn. 3. No abbreviations. 4. List words in alphabetical order. That is, list all words beginning with "A" in one group, etc. Correct name of square counts 100 points. Each correct word counts 10 points. Address all communications to CONTEST MANAGER St. Paul Echo 614 Court Block St. Paul, Minn. It is a common saying that men and women hate to pass forty and put on glasses. There is a greater trial ahead of them; to have all their teeth out and buy a set of the kind that never looks natural. False teeth are as easily detected as a wig; but people are rather more charitable for false teeth—somehow, they expect a man to boldly face baldness.—E. W. Howe's Monthly. Take Reruge in Lies American husbands instinctively lie to their wives, contends Charles J. McQuirk in an article in Liberty, "Even in those circles that keep up the fiction of the supremacy of man," the writer maintains, "the influence of the American wife reaches, causing husbands to lower their voices and think up lies. "For corollary to this tyranny, and chiefly responsible for it," the writer explains, "is the cowardice of the American husband. There isn't a normal married man in the United States, who has been that way for a year and upward, who won't cower and look guilty when suddenly asked a question by the woman he swore to love, cherish and protect. "It makes no difference how innocent the question may be. Instinct and experience cause his mind to dive beneath the inquiry's surface in search of the ulterior motive that prompted it. Generally his answer is untruthful but highly exemplary. His motto is, Safety First. "If you ask these husbands why they lie, they will tell you, 'To keep peace in the family.' That is true as far as it goes, but it doesn't go far enough. The real reason lies deep in their subconscious minds. It is an unconscious memory inherited from their millions of husband-ancestors. It is the instinctive knowledge that a wife will believe a lie quicker than she will the truth. She prefers fiction to fact." REED'S BIDE-A-WEE EAT SHOP J. W. REED, Proprietor Open to Serve You the Best Ice Cream Sodas—Candies— Fancy Sundaes—Fried Chicken —Short Orders—Cigars and Cigarettes 711 Rondo St. St. Paul Dale 4100 FREE coach ECHO CON TE OFTE Cents and Vote for You Nominate Your Favor 25 cents; good for subscription to Echo mo. sub. 3 mo. sub. 5 mo. sub. yr. sub. 2 yr. sub. 1 yr. sub. 1 Pay 25 Cents and Vote for Your Favorite or Nominate Your Favorite. Each vote 25 cents; good for 1 month's subscription to Echo. NOMINATION BLANK one yr. sub. to Echo $2 y contest. Good for 8 VOTE COUPON Vote for cents. 6 mo.—$1 cents. 1 year—$2 JUDGES: Dr. Val Do Turner Lawyer W. T. Francis A. J. McGavock Instinct Makes Hubby Take Refuge in Father Paid Dearly "Recently a little chap, known to us as 'Junior,' cried for a whole day because his mother made him wear a little suit all trimmed in ruffles and the boys down at the corner garage called him 'Betty,'" writes Pansy from Urbana. "That night when his father returned home he met with instant sympathy, and he explained to him that he need never act like a 'Betty,' even if his mother did insist sometimes that he look like one. "So the next morning, still wearing his ruffles, 'Junior' went down to this same corner garage and heaved almost a whole brickbat through the front window. A father, with considerable pride, paid the bill."—Cleveland Plain Dealer. "Wealth does not always bring happiness!" "I should say it doesn't," answered Senator Sorghum. "Out my way they've been using so much money that anyone who wants a chance in the political game has to pretend to be as poor as possible." PITTSBURGH COURIER Best Negro Weekly Have It Delivered to Your Door JAMES N. SMITH Dale 7383 Humboldt 1457 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 lighth & Minnesota St. Tel. Co 2417 REE! aches CONTEST OFTEN ote for Your Favorite Your Favorite. good for 1 month's n to Echo. 50 points 150 points 300 points 600 points 1,200 points 1,800 points to Echo $2.00. Good for 8 votes. COUPON e for 6 mo.—$1.25. 1 year—$2.00. --- Out of Fashion Mr. M. E. Ford, 767 St. Anthony Ave., was called away Monday evening on business. Miss Gladys Smith, who has been ill at Ancker hospital for the past five months, has returned to her home, 558 Arundel St., and is pleased to see her many friends. The St. Paul Hiking club met Thursday at the home of Mrs. L. Garrett in a business meeting. The next regular meeting will be Saturday, May 14th at the home of Mrs. Ballern, 314 Grotto St. There will be a call meeting of the Twin City Tennis club at the W. W. C. A. Tuesday, May 17, at 8 p. m. at which time dues for 1927 must be paid. Business of importance will be discussed. Mrs. W. A. Pierce, $35 Rondo St., entertained the Clover Leaf Charity club Wednesday evening. Miss Payne of Denver, Colo., was a guest of the club, also Mrs. Andrew Combs of 272 St. Anthony. All declared Mrs. Pierce a charming hostess. The Psi Chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi fraternity, entertained their friends, on last Friday evening at a very pretty and unique dancing party, at Minnehaha Temple, Mpls. --- In the sight seeing group that entertained Grand Daughter Ruler Ella G. Berry of Elks last week, mention of Past Daughter Ruler Laura Claiborn's car was omitted which contained P. D. R. Laura Claiborn, V. D. R. Carrie Allep and Dt. Geraldine Pickett. A motor trip to Minesure-on-Lake St. Croix was sponsored by Cyrus L. Lewis on Sunday afternoon, May 8th. Those making the trip were, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Peoples, Mr. and Mrs. Godette, the Mesdames Lavert, Pollard, and Turpin and Cyrus L. Lewis. MINNEAPOLIS NOTES Mr. Hobart Pierce, 3741 Clinton Ave., states that he has ordered his new Willies Knight from Mr. John Culver. The car will include all the latest accessories among which is one of Mr. Pierce's invention, a sandbox at the rear of the box. Mrs. Ella G. Berry, Grand Daughter Ruler of Elks, was entertained at Mrs. Nellie McCullough's home and was served a delicious dinner at the residence of Mrs. Ed. Stewart, The Mesdames Tiny Holder and Georgia Wheeler sponsored an auto touring party for Mrs. Ella G. Berry, Ames Lodge No. 106, made their initial payment on furniture to be placed in their $12,000 rest. PHYLLIS WHEATLEY NOTES Miss Ethel May Ray left Tuesday to attend the National Conference of Social Work in Des Moines, Iowa. The Phyllis Wheatley House Kiddies appeared in a group of songs, on a program sponsored by the Blue Triangle Girls of Northeast Branch Y. W. C. a. at Edison High School, Friday May 13th. The High School Girls Literary Club will not meet Monday, the 16th. The girls are planning a "Kid" party for the near future. The date for our Annual Exhibit is drawing near when Twin City folks may view the work done in various classes during the past year. The Auxiliary held their monthly luncheon meeting Tuesday. Mrs. John Wright of Robbinsdale gave a very interesting and modern demonstration in canning. Miss Marian Anderson, Contralto of Philadelphia made her head-quarers at Phyllis Wheatley House dur ing her recent visit to Minneapolis Y. W. C. A. NOTES The Girl Reserve Committee is making plans for their Mother and Daughter Banquet to be held Thursday, May 19. A short pageant, "The Spirit of Motherhood," will be given by the Girl Reserves while Mrs. Mary McFarland will link up some of the talks she has given them in their club work with a discussion of mother and daughter relationship. We are urging our mothers to attend. If you aren't a mother and would like to attend, just adopt a daughter for that night, won't you? Mrs. Mae Black Mason gave a splendid talk at Vespers Sunday afternoon discussing American Music. A vocal solo by Mrs. Irene Bannister was enjoyed by the audience. The Book Lovers' Club will have its last meeting of the season Wednesday afternoon. Mrs. Maude Brooks will review "Batoula" by Rene Maran. Girls wanted to enter a popularity contest. Valuable prizes to be given away. Apply the St. Paul Echo. 614 Court Block, Cedar 1879. Maybe we have been to your door to collect, when you were not home. We would be pleased to have a small amount on your subscription. Go Far Back to Find Tide of Steam Engine Dr. Frank H. Vizetelly, managing editor of the Standard dictionary, says the original steam engine was the eolipile at Nero, which was exhibited in the Serapeum of Alexandria in the year 150 B. C. The Serapeum is the great temple of Serapis, that stood near Memphis and was built over the mausoleum of the Apis, or sacred bulls, out in Egypt. "The first steam engine equipped with a cylinder and piston was invented by Denis Papin, in 1690. He was a French physicist, who invented a condensing engine, slipon and safety valve. Not until 1704, however, did Newcomen and Calley make the piston engine a practical engine, but just to give you an idea of what an international thing the steam engine is, let me say that, although there is no record of the use of steam expansion as a propulsive power prior to the Seventeenth century, with the dawn of this century an Italian, Glovanni Battista della Porta, in a work of his on pneumatics, suggested the principle of steam condensation and consequent suction, incorporated in his water pump, in 1698, by Thomas Savery, an English military engineer, who lived from 1650 to 1715 and wrote on paddle wheels. "It was, as I have said before, in, 1706 that Newcomen improved the pumping engine, adopting the principle of cylinder and piston found in Papin's invention, but this became entirely obsolete when, in 1760, James Watt added a condenser separate from the cylinder, and this made an enormous saving in the expenditure of heat. He secured a patent for apply in a continuous revolving motion to a shaft provided with a flywheel, in 1781, but left it to Richard Trevithick, in England, and Oliver Evans in the United States, to introduce about 1800, the high-pressure engine that opened the way to Stephenson and the modern locomotive." Got Back at Toastmaster A. A. Borland of Pennsylvania when called on for an extemporaneous speech at a banquet is said to have remarked that he had somewhat the same feeling for the toastmaster that a certain thief had toward a church bell. This thief had robbed a small town bank, and had apparently made his get-away in good shape by hiding in a church belfry. After a time he grew weary of his surroundings, and thinking the coast clear, undertook to slide down the nearby rope to safety. No sooner had he started down than the bell began to peal, and almost immediately he found himself surrounded by a good share of the village population. Seeing that he had no hope of escape, he looked up at the bell and snaking an angry list remarked: "If it hadn't been for your long tongue and empty head, I wouldn't be in this mess."—Exchange. Electricity and Bananas Among the many extensions of the use of electrical machinery attention may be called to the employment of motor-driven "marine legs," a machine to unload bananas from the holds of fruit-carrying vessels at New Orleans. Not only is there a great saving of labor, but it is said that the fruit is much less damaged than when unloaded by hand. At Louisville electric radiators have been employed to ripen bananas for local consumption. The fruit is hung in ripening rooms and subjected to a temperature of from 70 to 80 degrees during a period of 48 hours. Afterward it is kept in storage at a temperature of from 60 to 70 degrees.—Washington Star. Old Dances Revived Old-time dances of the days of Merry England are being revived in London and vichinity. An all-England festival of folk dancing and singing was held recently and nearly 9,000 people stepped the figures that once were popular on the village green. Tunes that were familiar in the old times were played by an old-fashioned orchestra and sung by the crowd. One feature was a display by two teams of traditional sword dancers from Durham and Yorkshire. At the time of this festival 1,000 dancers attended a folk song and dance school in another hall in London. Similar events are being given in other parts of England. The Patient's Preference Dr. Cusick Dodge, the psychoanalyst, said at a nurses' reception at Ouachita college in Arkadelphia: "It is important for a nurse always to look her nicest. A nice-looking nurse emits a cheering, stimulating, strengthening influence—healthy rays, we call them." Doctor Dodge smiled and went on: "I said to a young man the other day: World Map in Concrete American boys attending a school near Paris are laying out one of the most ambitious maps every attempted, a huge plain in concrete, with real water for rivers, smoking volcanoes and other features. The seas are deep enough for the pupils to ride by boat from one part to another, tiny railroad trains are drawn by steam engines and the continents are accurately represented in cement, with mountain ranges and other points indicated. Popular Mechanics Magazine. EGGERS ASPHALTUM ROOFING COMPANY We are pleased to announce the opening of our new office at 671 UNIVERSITY AVENUE Where We Are Better Able to Serve Our Customers Phone Dale 0200 or 1400 are now located in their beautiful new mortuary chapel Office Phone—Cedar 1024 Residence Phones Tel. Dale 1914 Tel. Dale 2541 17 West Exchange Street ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA 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. Blue & White WE INCREASE OUR SERVICE BUT NOT OUR RATES Cab ATlantic 2244 Fish Has Odd Power to Benumb Opponent In the winter of 1882, when the writer was at work on the fishes of Key West, a tourist came to his office, bearing a small ray or skate of which he told a curious story. Seeing the little fish close to shore, he stabbed it with a pocket knife. At once he felt a sharp shock like that from a Leyden jar, which, for the moment, paralyzed his arm. So he brought the fish to me. It belonged to the family of torpedoes or electric rays, being one of the smallest kinds of these fishes, Narcine brasiliensis. It is locally known to the Bahama and Key West fishermen as numb-fish or cramp-fish, and to the Spanish as entenedor. These fishes, the torpedoes or electric rays, are very much like the ordinary skate in appearance, but softer in body and more rounded in form, the flesh being very watery and the skin everywhere perfectly smooth. The torpedo yields a quick, sharp shock when touched, benumbing an enemy for the time being. The shock is well carried along a metallic conductor, such as a knife or spear. It is said to have the qualities of magnetism, "rendering the needle magnetic and decomposing chemical compounds." However disconcerting to one who feels it, it is not dangerous. The exercise of this power soon exhausts its possessor and a period of rest is needed.-Prof. David Starr Jordan in the Scientific American. Cats Had Revenge? A story that recalls Bishop Hatto and other medieval legends comes from a small Hungarian town and is reported in the Pesti Hirlap. A man of seventy was found dead with a broken skull and his face horribly mutilated. He was a recluse, had no friends and his only companions had been some tame pigeons, which he had treated with the greatest affection and care. On their behalf he waged a relentless war against the neighborhood's cats, whose cadavers he threw on the manure pile. His face was discovered in an almost unrecognizable state, bitten and scratched, and the nose had entirely disappeared. The peasants believe that the cats took revenge, formed a shock battalion, attacked him en masse and did away with him.—Pierre Van Passen, in the Atlanta Constitution. Our collector is going to call upon you for your subscription. Your Neighborhood Jeweler SPECIAL Men's watches cleaned...$1.00 Main Spring.....$1.00 Unbreakable Crystals...$ .30 Ladies' odd shaped E. J. LANGER 491 N. Dale at University EGGERS ASPHALTUM We are pleased to announce the 671 UNIVERS Where We Are Better Ab Phone Dale SIMPSON The Reliable are now located in their bea Office Phone—Cedar 1024 Residence Phones Tel. Dale 1914 Tel. 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According to the observatory's tables, therefore, the two 12-hour days come a little before the vernal equinox and a little after the autumnal, the number of days in each case depending on the latitude of the station. "Lightless" Tail Light For the protection of vehicles on the public highways against rear-end collisions with automobiles, a unique tail light has been perfected. This light, it seems, does not require oil flame or electricity and is always ready for service. Numerous accidents occur on account of tail lights being extinguished from various causes, but with the "lightless light" attached to the rear of wagon, carriage or other vehicle, this ingenious little mechanism gives forth a bright red light when the rays from an incoming headlight strike its focal surface and the driver is warned of the presence of the vehicle ahead. Intelligent Rattler That a snake can show gratitude is the moral of this tale from Corsicana, Texas. Jim Curtis found a rat jesus caught beneath a boulder, and instead of killing it, released it. The snake followed Jim home and took up residence in Jim's bachelor quarters. Affection developed between the two and Jim prepared a place at the foot of his bed for the snake to sleep. One night he missed the rattler and, lighting a lamp, found a burglar in an adjoining room, caught in the coils of the snake, which had put the end of its tail out the window and was rattling for the police.—Boston Globe. BUSY CORNER GROCERY and CONFECTIONERY FRESH FRUITS VANDER BIE'S ICE CREAM 381 Rondo St. St. Paul MAYPOLE FEAST Given by Juveniles of the G.U.O.O.F. Sponsored by Mars Lodge No. 2202 at UNION HALL Kent and Aurora Friday, May 20, 1927 at 8 P. M. MUSIC IN ATTENDANCE Admission 25 Cents ROOFING COMPANY the opening of our new office at CITY AVENUE to Serve Our Customers 1200 or 1400 & WILLS Morticlans fabulous new mortuary chapel 17 West Exchange Street ST. 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We have tried to tell you what we are doing, how we do it and why we do it. You have been told of our efforts to meet unusual conditions; of how we have bent every energy to provide service in the face of storms, fires and other adverse conditions. Nevertheless the service of The Tri-State System has been improved and extended during the past year and the loyal workers employed by the Company have established new records for efficiency and service. This high standard they will endeavor to maintain. THE TRI-STATE TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH COMPANY Sure Winner Buddy Cohen was bragging about now much his father knew. "He knows everything," declared Buddy, but little Bertha was skeptical and finally Buddy did remember that he had asked his father a question or two that he couldn't answer. Still to loyal to his argument, however, he finally said: "Well, my father may not know everything, but we've got a dictionary that knows the rest." Boys' Educational Tours Boys in parts of Australia have been touring their country in an educational campaign that has been declared a success. They are members of the Young Australian league, which was organized to develop the youths of Australia. One party of 360 from west Australia has just completed a trip to Adelaide and Melbourne, and another composed of 170 from Sydney and 180 from Queensland tour Canberra, Geelong, Ballarat and Melbourne. The special trains carrying the lads arrived in Sydney at the same time, and the travelers headed by a twelve-year-old drum major marched to the town hall to be welcomed by the mayor, partake of a dinner and listen to an organ convert. Similar entertainments were given in other cities. The government paid the transportation costs. Let Your Real Estate Needs Be Known to THE HUNTER REALTY COMPANY 324 E. 38th St., Minneapolis Phone Col. 1216 Phone Dale 8339 TRY THE DRUG STORE FIRST ELMER MORRIS DRUGGIST PRESCRIPTIONS Rondo and Mackubin Sts. 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Terms. For appointment call Butler, Cedar 0516, 552 Glillan Blk. Parties interested in Lake Lots at Minesure-on-Lake-St. Croix, call the office of the St. Paul Echo for information regarding an excursion trip on Sunday, . Cedar 1879. Announcing the sale of 2 ESSEX COACHES Opposition to Census During the census taking in Russia, government officials charged with this task, encountered strong and persistent opposition in certain peasant districts against the count. They explained to the authorities that counting the human beings and the horses would bring bad luck and that this was an ancient belief, which had many times been put to the test. This strange feeling of impending danger in the face of counting possessions is not restricted to Russia. Flemish peasants never count their sheep or geese nor any of their personal possessions, in the belief that counting will bring an end to a run of good luck. The origin of this curious belief, that seems so widespread, is to be found in the Bible. It will be recalled that David, the king of Israel, was severely punished by the Lord for his census of the people. The Lord counted it as evidence of pride and insufficient trust in the strength of the protector of Israel.—Pierre Van Paassen, in the Atlanta Constitution. Few Illusions Left The life of individual man is of a mixed nature. In part he submits to the free-will impulses of himself and others, in part he is under the inexorable dominion of law. He insensibly changes his estimate of the relative power of each of these influences as he passes through successive stages. In the confidence of youth he imagines that very much is under his control, in the disappointment of old age very little. As time wears on, and the delusions of early imagination wear away, he learns to correct his sanguine views, and prescribes a narrow boundary for the things he expects to obtain. The realities of life undegee him at last, and there steals over the evening of his days an unwelcome conviction of the vanity of human hopes. The things he has secured are not the things he has expected. He sees that a Supreme Power has been using him for unknown ends, that he was brought into the world without his own knowledge, and is departing from it against his will. —J. W. Draper. —— | | [| | | | | | — — } SE aeoon rece Dh AES aS A Ne Nae eh SG A Ar 0a Alaa enamide ia eee Se ee eS ie Se a . || | | | . - | [ | | | PAGE FOUR DEFORMED HEAD TO SAVE INFANT'S LIFE Beauty Not First Idea of Disfigurement. Although not so common as it was in years gone by, there are still nu- merous places n the world where de- formities are manufactured for va- rlous purposes. ‘This forms the theme of an Interesting article which re cently appeared in the Popular Scl- ence Magazine by Victor Raymond. The deliberate flattening of the hu- man head, for instance, says the article, continues to enjoy something Uke universality among savage and seml-barbarious people. Naturally, the operution ts carried out during childhood of the subject, when the skull is still soft and malleable. The effect is to make the skull long, or short and broad, according to the par- ticular method favored. Nowadays, the head so disfigured 1s regarded as an object of beauty, but beauty was not the initlatory cause of the practice. Indeed, the flattened head was not originally a deliberately arranged result at all, ‘The custom dates back to the time when the man-pack still wandered from camping place to camping place. Daring such treks the head of the new-born babe must often have lolled in a dangerous manner, and, no doubt, sometimes resulted ina broken neck. ‘To prevent this {t became customary to secure the infant's head by some means during the trek. ‘The flattened head was an unlooked-for product. ‘Time passed, man gave up his nomad- ism and acquired settled habits, but the flattened head had become a tribal characteristic, and so was perpetu- ated. The method employed to flatten the head varies with the district. In some places the child's head 1s strapped ‘against the headboard of its cradle. In other places the necessary pres- sure 1s applied by bandages. Some tribes employ a contrivance made up of two boards. By the Klemantans of Borneo a device Is used which flat- tens the forehead, the object being to give the face, as near as possible, a half-moon shape. The device, known as Tadal, 1s se- cured firmly to the infant's head when it Is a month old, but the pressure is applied only when the child sleeps. Contrary to what one would expect, this deformation does not appear to have any injurious effects, Many savage peoples render the faces of thelr womenfolk hideous by grotesquely disfiguring thelr lips, As with the artificial deformation of the head, the operation fs carried out dur- ing childhood. ‘The girl's lips are plerced, straws being inserted in the holes. Next day another straw 1s added, and, when the holes have been sufficiently enlarged, pieces of wood with the thickness of 8 pencil are plugged in. ‘This process continues until eventually the holes are capable of containing large disks. Filled thus, the lps at first project horizontally from the face, but as the disks grow in size, the facial muscles become unable to support them, and the lips droop. In the Lake Tchad district of cen- tral Africa, the disk in the lower lip eventually reaches the size of a din- ner plate, the whole hanging Uke a shield on the breast. ‘The disk in the upper Up attains the dimensions of @ aacer, and droons similarly. | ‘We would be pleased to have @ amall-amousit-on: your subscription: ; | [ _ Bring Results Glencck brecticing Saree Bi Sueetect Ate Serato ts Se Ee ee re MRS. T. H. LYLES UNDERTAKER Cedar 0508—Phonee—Dale 2047 481 THOMAS, upper duplex, J rooms, aleove, gas, electricity, hardwood flor, tllet.” Elk. 4242. FOR SALE—Barber Shop, 747 Mis- sissipi. Two chairs. Mr. Johnson, 286 B. Acker, prop, NICE furnished rooms for rent for couple or men. Call before 9 or ater 5. Dale 3838, FOR SALE—New modern duplex, 194 Fuller. Separate heating plants; separate basements. A snap; walking distance. Call Elk- hurst 4926, ‘WILL RENT or sell 5 family flat at 339 Rondo St., now rented. Also 3-room flat at 347 Rondo. Call Ryan at Dale 1727. 10 a. m., after 10 p. m. South 5272. For BILIOUSNESS ‘Use BEECHAM’S PILLS: for moving the Bowels. Helps clear the skin. | Contains no Oalomel BR earine BEECHAM'S a Tae ‘Will List : YouAsA 3 Paid Subscriber : 3 3 How about your 2 race pride? What about that : co-operation we! have been hearing ; about? The St. PaulEcho | 614 Court Block Surprised Mother Kelvern Krause is a ten-year-old boy who attends school. At a parent- teacher association meeting the other day the statement was made by a speaker that at a test in some schools 70 per cent of the pupils asserted they would keep the money if a street car conductor failed to relieve them of their fare. ‘When his mother arrived home from attending this meeting she put the question to him as to what he would do 4f the street car conductor failed to take his fare. He knew nothing of whet had been said at the meeting. His reply was that he would give the tonduetor his fare, The mother said to him in a some- what surprised tone: “You would? Why?” “Don’t you think it takes money to make the electricity that runs those cars?” was the retort,—Indianapolls News. Ou Bas A statue Is soon to be unvelled in France to the man who Invented Camembert cheese. It raises the issue whether we in this country also should not honor the discoverers of our famed native viands with permanent memorials. The genius, man or wom- an, who compounded the first flapjack surely deserves as well of us as if he had won a battle, The one who cre- ated country sausage benefited the country. And the discoverer of New England ple will never have his due until that whole region ts crowned by an image of him on the summit of ‘Mount Washington, done in some ever- lasting native material, such as gran- {te or unshortened crust—Detroit News. Wolf’s Killers Rewarded Frequently the visitor to one of the Italian mountain villages may see a strange procession. On a cart, drawn by a tiny donkey, is the car- cass of a magnificent gray wolf, twice as large as an ordinary police dog. Tacked to the cart 1s a placard, In- dited in lyrical language: “What will you give as recompense to the brave huntsmen who, facing the terrors of night and the rigors of the elements, risked thelr lives to deliver you from the wolf that has been prey- ing upon your sheep? Beside the cart march the brave huntsmen, hat in hand, ‘They recetve the emotfonal congratulations of the townsfolk—and many good round “soldi.”—Chicago Daily News, Ce a \ ie aT eV COMPANY DESIGNS S PRUTING PLATES ered | forcrsy/iced 8. Pocket Flask Revived Americans have revived the pocket flask. Flasks are made here today in more than 100 different designs. The present forms are the outcome of end- less experiment. ‘Man discovered. the need of a con- tainer for carrying refreshments at a very early period, long before he had acquired the necessary skill to con- struct them. The first flasks were doubtless made from horns, by plug- ging the Open end. When man learned to use metal and make glass he ap- plied the materials to the construction of flasks to fit into holsters or sad- dles, leather or wicker cases, safe- guarding them against breakage. Flasks were often made of leather in the Sixteenth century—New York World. Ancient Ceremonial Masks What ts believed to be the first col- lection of ceremonial masks ever gath- ered from the regions of the upper Amazon has been brought to America by Arthur H. Fisher, a Philadelphia naturalist, who made an expedition Into South America in the interests of the Museum of the American Indian, Heye foundation. ‘The pleces repre- sent beasts and birds as well as hu- man subjects, and are curiously fash- foned and painted. They were ob- tained from a tribe In Peru. Pieces of pottery were also collected. To the uninitiated, the masks bear a strange resemblance to the figures appearing on totem poles, or to the erude designs made by children.—Popular Mechanics Magazine. Defect in Mental Tests Doctor Binet, the French psycholo- gist, is called the father of intell!- gence tests, now so much in vogue In American schools and colleges. Binet, after prolonged experiments, is quoted as having cautioned educators that tests are never absolute and cannot be wholly depended upon to give @ pupil’s true mental rating. 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In our own language the word was for merly spelled “newes.” It ts Ukely that the German word “das neue” Is the origin of ours since thelr phrase, “Was glebt neues?” means the same ‘as our, “What's the news?” FOR SALARY ———~ { OAN ‘= A MURPHY ‘312 Builders Fonnees, — “el ° { Res, Elk. 1613 Ga. 1500 | McGavock Mortuary 550 Rice Street St. Paul, Minn. e_—— on pares uava CEdar Agee CAB 4004 UNIVERSITY AVE. ADVERTISERS Ce PL IMPSON HARDWARE Taecea «= GEEVISES sanrenouane Agency for Minnesota Paints and Kyanize Varnish Phone Dale 2315 785-787 University Avenue THE GREATEST Si 1927 EVER BUILT Vibrationless Beyond Belief —see at— STORAGE, REPAIRING Kramer Diethert Co. and RECONDITIONED CARS 315 Universty Avenue Phone Dale 8016 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. 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For reservations call Dale 1563, St. Paul, and South 2164, Minneapolis. Why not put subscribing for the Echo in your co-operation plans? DEATHS John Bannarn John Bannarn, died May 2. Re- sided at 5058 Irving Ave, No. Serv- fees at Chapel May 4. Rev. H. C. Claybrook officiated. Interment at Crystal Lake cemetery. W. Squire Neal, funeral director. Sally Jenkins Sally Jenkins, died May 3, at 714 Highland Ave. No, Services at Neal Chapel, May 5. Rev. Burton offici- ce Burial at Crystal Lake ceme-