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Illustrated FEATURE SECTION Washington Tribune EATED at her dressing table in her beautiful Auburn Avenue home, a woman gazed with large dark eyes at her reflected image and wondered why God had made her so lovely. EATED at her dressing table in her beautiful Auburn Avenue home, a woman gazed with large dark eyes at her reflected image and wondered why God had made her so lovely. Loveliness that had only brought unhappiness. She observed her finely cut features and long black hair, falling in silken masses over her pretty shoulders, brown as the first tint of coloring leaves. She was Chloe Maxwell, and hers was the beauty that women would have traded fortunes to possess—and it made her unhappy. She brushed her hair, watching the waves spring back into place as the soft bristles passed over them—and pondered. She had never known her parents. When only a girl of ten, Arthur Standish had procured her from an orphan asylum and installed her in his home. She had been very happy, for Arthur Standish was rich and, more than this, he was white. He was uncommonly interested in her welfare, saw personally to her education and training and allowed her to want for nothing. Mrs. Standish, too, had taken an instant liking to her, and her fondness for sewing kept Chloe a large and varied wardrobe. Had she been a very fair mulatto, she might have been taken for daughter rather than servant, though her duties as Mrs. Standish's maid were few. Daily she grew more graceful and charming, gradually slipipng from girlhood into a beautiful woman; and as she grew so did Arthur Standish's love for her. A Kiss That Frightens After Mrs. Standish's death she was all that he lived for. One day while arranging the flowers in his study, he had told her this and, taking her in his arms, kissed her. This frightened her, for, being a child of the south, she knew its traditions—the twain shall never meet. She did not struggle or cry out, but, when he released her, left the room without a word. Following this incident, she had made plans of her own. There was five years' salary deposited in her name at the Atlanta National. She could withdraw it and go—where, she hadn't the least idea, for she knew few of her own people, but nevertheless she resolved to go. She did not make this resolution without some remorse, for Arthur Standish had certainly been a father to her and felt to some degree this feeling for her was justified. On the day she had set for her departure he sent for her. As she halted at the door with a strange feeling of guilt, he beckoned her to enter and be seated. "Chloe," he began, "I am sending you away today. Not far," he added, "but away from here. I have bought a home for you and personally attended to its furnishing, that I might be sure you would have the things you love. There is a garden, not so large as this," he said, glancing through the window to his own garden, which was a riot of floral glory, "but you will find it has your favorite flowers." Thus far Chloe had been too surprised to speak. She attempted to now, but he went on: "My instructions down town are that my accounts are at your disposal, so that you may never be in a moment's need of anything." He contemplated the end of his cigar for several seconds and continued: A Strange Stipulation "There is, however, one stipulation," and he leaned quite close to her. "No man other than your physician and myself is to call there. You will have two maids to take care of the house and administer to your person- YOU MEN PAST 40 TRY THIS 777 All! What! Work! Look Veter! Better! Better! NEW FORMULA, the amazing new fossil discovery. FORMULA back quick. Feel like a new man, full of red-blooded vines and blood. NEW FORMULA, don't why go many are diving this to. NEW defender ruanar. 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The Dunbar theater had long since been an assured and increasingly gratifying success. The two buildings have expanded to five with a seating capacity of 719, while at this very writing improvements are in course of construction which will furnish accommodations for 1,100 persons. There is a six-piece orchestra in the pit where once a pianist and a lone drummer held forth. Folks in East Baltimore don't bother to come "up town" to the movies. They can see the very biggest and best pictures at their own Dunbar. GIVES GOOD PROGRAMS "Nothing is too good for Dunbar," is Mr. Diggs' slogan, and he lives up to every word of it. "The King of Kings," "Ten Commandments," "Ben Hur,"—pictures like these and many others one hasn't space to mention. Can't you SEE why the DUNBAR is a success? Mr. Diggs employs 13 persons in his theater, one of them being his son-in-law, who was made manager about five years ago. With the comparative leisure thus gained he has turned his attention to real estate and now has considerable holdings in various parts of the city. "And every dollar I have or have ever had is an honest dollar," he proudly stated. You can judge what kind of man Mr. Diggs is when I tell you he is a prouder of that fact than he is of his financial rating. Money means nothing to him in itself, but honesty, fair play and a clear conscience mean everything. Such is the fruit of the seed of sterling virtues sown in that humble East Baltimore home three-quarters of a century ago. Josiah Diggs—to the Baltimore public, a philanthropist and successful business man; Josiah Diggs—to his friends and those who know him well, one of nature's noblemen. Slavery was abolished in New Jersey in 1746. Slavery was abolished in New York in 1827. CONFESSIONS of a BOOTLEGGER (Continued from Page 7) our minds to get that liquor down, stool pigeon or no stool pigeon. "So we pulled out of Vancouver the next afternoon just as if everything was hunky dory. "When we got to Blaine they looked us over, and believe me, Doc, they made a good job of it. Every inch of the Studebaker was examined and those guys seemed puzzled when they couldn't find anything. "We drove on out of Blaine rather slowly for about 10 miles, then pulled off on the side of the road and waited to see if we were being followed. "When we found out that we were not, we turned around and drove back to the trail which ran down toward Sumas on the American side of the line. "We left Tom at the highway, and Jack and I drove on up the trail until we reached the cache of booze. "By the time we had gotten it loaded it was about dark, and we came back to the trail and picked up Tom who reported that the coast seemed to be clear." "You know, Doc, it is about 30 miles from Blaine to Bellingham, and we figured that they were going to try to stop us at Bellingham, and decided to make a run for it. "We thought that if we could get through Bellingham we could ease on down here where you would be waiting, and in some way we could figure out a way to get through Everett. "Just before we got to Bellingham we slowed down to about 20 miles an hour, keeping a good lookout for the trap which we knew we were going to run into. "Sure enough we saw a couple of red lights looming up, and as we got closer saw the police car parked across the road. We drove up slowly as though we were going to stop. Then, when we saw we could shoot by, Jack gave her the gas, and we tore past them at 50 miles an hour. "They woke up in time to send a new ven- hed been, sick- ing out one sole oo. big since easingly expanded city of im- g im- ef con- accom- couple of shots after us, but by that time we were going so fast I suppose we outran them, anyhow they didn't have any effect. "We tore on through Bellingham about 60 miles an hour, until we got about eight miles this side of the town, when we turned off into one of the trails. "Soon we heard them coming, the big Packard, and a couple of motorcycles; they tore on past us while we lay there in the trail. "We pulled into the highway behind them without lights, and followed them down about 30 miles. "Then we decided to pull off into another trail and wait for them to go into Everett and return. "I suppose you saw the state car when it came by here, and also when it went back? "Well we were hid about 15 miles back up the highway. "And after they had gone back toward Bellingham, we waited a while thinking perhaps the motorcycles would come back too. "But when they didn't we decided to take a chance and come on, figuring that perhaps the motorcycle cops were waiting in Everett, or near Everett to keep us from getting through there. "So we came down, and picked you up. "That's the story, Doc, here we are, Tom, Jack and I; there is the Studebaker and 15 cases of Johnny Walker, worth $15 a bottle if we can get it into Seattle." "What have you to suggest?" "Well fellows," I said, "there are two things certain and sure: One is that at daybreak tomorrow night the state dry squad is going to be searching all the trails between here and Bellingham; the second thing is that if we cache this booze in the brush the rain will soak these labels so that we can hardly get as much as we paid for it." "No, we have got to get it out of here tonight somehow, and we have got to get the Studebaker on the other side of Everett, because even if they didn't find any booze in the car they could swear out a warrant for reckless driving, resisting arrest, and put somebody in jail for running past that trap last night." We talked over the situation about half an hour without getting anywhere. Finally Charley happened to catch sight of the charcoal burner's fire, and when I told him what it was he suggested that he and I walk over that way. We left Tom and Jack and Red still trying to argue whether we should cache the booze and take a chance on getting through Everett with an empty Studebaker or whether we should drive back towards Bellingham with the empty car. "I wanted to get away from the boys for a few minutes, Doc, so that you and I could talk this thing over," said Charley, as we walked over toward the fire. "I don't believe we have a chance to dash through Everett as we did Bellingham; they are no doubt all prepared and would wreck the car if we tried to. "Tm afraid we are going to have to leave the booze for the rain to spoil. "I have got a way to get the car through, however, Jack and I fixed that up in Vancouver." By this time we were close enough to see the old dilapidated tent and rickety wagon near the charcoal burner's pit. Suddenly an idea came to me, I told it to Charley. "Doc, you have solved the problem," he said. We went on up and had a long talk with the charcoal burner, then went back to the Studebaker and got busy. Shortly after daybreak the next morning the state police who were waiting one mile north of Everett saw an old rickety wagon approaching with a load of charcoal. As the wagon neared the trap a bag of charcoal tumbled off, and bursted. The driver, a coal black Negro, let out a string of cuss words in the Charlestonial "Gechi" dialect, stopped the horse, and puling an empty sack from underneath the seat began to pick up the scattered charcoal. As he remounted the wagon and proceeded to drive past the trap, one of the state cops yelled out, "Say, boy, you're about to lose your face powder and lip stick there, ain't you?" "Well I got a lot more. You want to borrow some?" replied the driver with a broad smile as he tickled the ribs of the old plug who broke into a trot, leaving the trap behind. Little did the officers suspect that half of the charcoal sacks on the old rickety wagon were filled with the choiceest Johnny Walker Scotch whiskey, the kind that retailed in Seattle for $180 a case, and that the driver of the charcoal wagon was Red Jackson, a member of a notorious gang of bootleggers. Meanwhile the charcoal wagon proceeded through Everett without encountering any more police officers until it reached another old logging trail about four miles south of the town. The driver pulled off into the trail until he was out of sight completely from the highway and waited. About 8:30 a very clean, respectable looking, highly polished Studebaker automobile with the top thrown back and a colored chauffeur at the wheel drove leisurely up to the police tran. Little did the officers dream that this car with such a changed appearance and a different license number was the same mud-bespattered Studebaker with 15 cases of booze in the tonneau that had passed through Bellingham the night before. Gentleman Jack, in the rear seat, certainly played the part as he non-chalantly glanced at the officers who approached, when the big car pulled to a stop at the trap. A glance into the eonneau and a wave of the hand from the bulls indicated that they were satisfied. On through Everett went the Studebaker until it turned aside into the same little side road that the charcoal burner had chosen. When they reached the rickety wagon, however, something happened, which would have greatly surprised the cops, who were still waiting on the other side of Everett, had they been able to see what was going on. The top was quickly pulled down, the side curtains put up, the 15 cases of booze transferred from the wagon to the Studebaker, the rest of the charcoal thrown into the brush. As Jackson began to drive the empty wagon back to Everett, the Studebaker slipped out of the trail headed for Seattle with its cargo of Johnny Walker. When Tom, Jackson and myself came in on the stage that afternoon, we found that Jack and Charley had delivered the booze, collecting $180 per case and were waiting for us at headquarters. ChatsAboutBooks (Continued from page 2) pathy to cloud his vision. Like all peoples, the Solomon Islanders have their shortcomings and their virtues, both of which the author describes graphically. For instance, they are surrounded, inhibited and controlled by the worst kind of superstitions. Their lives are a succession of charms, taboos, spells, curses and spirits. Their treatment of their women is abominable. 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One of the Greatest Ringmen of All Time. THE BOXING GAME 2 DON'T know who said it first, that trite expression of the prize ring—"the bigger, they come, the harder they fall"—but it well might have been Jack Blackburn. DON'T know who said it first, that trite expression of the prize ring—"the bigger, they come, the harder they fall"—but it well might have been Jack Blackburn. Not only was this exceptional boxer, who flourished in the years following the turn of the century, famous for the lickings he gave the tophole men of the day, but he was [Picture of a man in a suit and bow tie]. Booker T. Washington, noted Negro educator, who was mistaken once for Jack Blackburn, in Boston. famous for the refusals given by other aces of the period. Packey McFarland refused to fight him. Billy Papke would not even read the contract tendered him. Frank Klaus had other fish to fry. Battling Nelson forgot the English word for "yes." "Steve" Ketchell murmured something about "another day, perhaps." How big was this giant whom men called great and whose very presence in the ring sounded the alarms to the nabobs of the game? He weighed 137½ in his street clothes and in the ring he was below 3, the featherweight limit of the day and time. Sam Langford was no bogey-man Left: Sam Langford one of the greatest Negro heavyweights of all time, who fought seven battles with Jack Blackburn. (P. & A. Photo) ```markdown ``` ILLUSTRATED FEATURE SECTION to him as his SEVEN wins and draws with Boston "Tham" will attest. Joe Gans meant nothing in his young life, for he fought him FIVE times. He hashed Jack Johnson in the nose and brought the claret flow therefrom, making John Arthur an enemy for life. Back in April, 1903, Jack reached Philadelphia from Indianapolis via Pittsburgh. A sports writer on the Record saw him work in a gym and told Dick Kain, boxing expert of that paper, about this colored youth who looked good to him. The next day Blackburn called on Sir Richard, then as now nestor of the ring. They didn't have summer shows then and the indoor season was about at an end. Mr. Kain had never handled any Negro fighters and was not so enthusiastic about Jack, he tells me. "Well, come around and see me next September," he told the youth. September came and with it a rap at Dick's door. In stepped Blackburn with "I am here, Mr. Kain!" That impressed Kain so much that he went to Burt Crowhurst, who was promoter at the old Manhattan club. He got Jack on the card and he knocked his first Philly for kicking in two rounds, receiving $7.50 for his labor. For his next fight he was given $15 and for the third, $25. "Then Fred Douglass took him up to his club on Spring Garden street, where his knockout string grew and grew. And each time the man he boxed outweighed him. George Memsic enters the record here as the only man of Blackburn's poundage that gave him battle. He beat Memsic and then someone told him that John Willie, Memsic's manager, was also a fighter. "Get me Willie," begged Jack. "I can lick him." "But he weighs 194," protested Dick. "Why are you so sure you can beat him?" "Mr. Kain, Willie is a swinger and I can beat all the swingers in the world." They "got him." Willie and he boxed the big man in Philadelphia before a notable audience. In it were scores of specialists in A Jack Johnson, former world's heavyweight champion, who had his nose tuberculosis who were then holding a convention here. Among that number was the famous Dr. Koch, of Germany. Jack cut Willie to ribbons and won in a walk. The coroner's physician in Philadelphia was a real fight fan and he arranged for Jack and his brother, Fred, to give a private boxing exhibition before the physicians. They remarked on the wonderful skill of the smaller man and on the punishing power of his blows. But Jack did not get such praise after his next private exhibition. John Arthur Johnson was training down at John Henry Johnson's gym and lacked a sparring partner. Jack offered to "put on the gloves" with him. Little Jack hit Big Jack on his rather prominent proboscis and there was a gush of blood! The astounded Johnson let loose a battery of blows which whistled harmlessly around his slight opponent of the moment. Then he tried to rough Blackburn without success. The general laugh which followed his discomfiture nettled the future heavyweight king. He never got over it. Later years brought trouble to Blackburn and Dick Kain asked Johnson to appear in a benefit bout for him. Jack refused in a profane manner to do anything for Blackburn. Jack's first fight with Langford was in Boston and he won it. Samuel didn't like that at all. "I never wanted to knock out a man in all my life like I did that smart kid," he said long afterward. "He kept stickin' that lef' hand of his in my face and I couldn't do a thing with him!" They fought another time in Marblehead or Marbore, I forget which. There was another distinguished There was another distinguished colored man there that day. His name was Booker T. Washington. The noted educator came into the hotel late that afternoon rather peeved. He wanted to know where that fellow Blackburn was and the hotel clerk introduced him. "See here," exclaimed Mr. Washington, "folks on the street have been stopping me and saying, 'Well, are you going to win tonight, Blackburn?" "Mr. Washington," laughed Jack, "guess I'm better known by name than you are up here." Five fights with Joe Gans and never a defeat in any of them! That shows the caliber of him. If you know your boxing records you will realize that when a featherweight tackled—and licked—such men as Jimmy Gardner, Jim Barry, Mike Donovan, Philadelphia Jack O'Brien, Larry Temple, Jack Bonner, Fred Bradley and Billy Hebron, he must have had skill plus phenomenal audacity. The secret of it all? Jack Blackburn entered boxing as a profession and he studied it, trained for it, lived it, talked it! He did road work and gym workouts every day, whether he had a fight in view or not. He was never out of condition. He watched other fighters and copied their styles and built defenses against those styles. He learned the technique of the ring. Wise Dick Kain taught him how to punch with force and fervor. He always felt that he was a student and that he was not a master. That's the secret. Today Jack is trainer in a local gym and looks as trim and fine as he did a quarter-century ago. Not a man who trains there can lay a glove on him in the first one or two rounds that he works out with him. His eye is as keen and his brain as active as in the long ever ago. But Time takes its toll in the leg muscles and in the lungs and that's why this great fighting machine is CHATS About BOOKS By GEORGE S. SCHUYLER IN THE ISLES OF KING SOLO-MON. By A. I. Hopkins. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia, Pa. Price $6. IT HAS long been the fashion for us who pride ourselves on being civilized to refer patronizingly to 'primitive man' and occasionally sigh for the supposed simplicity and peacefulness of his existence. We are wont to refer to the lack of tension and the absence of trouble and worry that is supposed to characterize the existence of strange peoples in remote corners of the earth. Of course this view is all wrong and nowhere squares with the facts. Truth is that few of us know anything about how primitive man lives, thinks and loves. How few of us know how primitive people train their children; what happens to a woman when she is about to give birth to a child; how a human body is prepared for eating by cannibals; what kind of music and dancing these people have, and a thousand other things about them. How little we know about their courtships and marriage rites, their taboos and curses, their feasts and frolics, their witchcraft and government, their wars and vendettas, their skill in carpentry and their many superstitions. But even when we do know these things we are prone to ignore the similarity between primitive man and civilized man. Mr. Hopkins, an intelligent and observant white man, has lived in the Solomon Islands, an archipelago north of Australia, for over a quarter century, during which time he has closely studied the black and brown people around him. He writes simply, concisely, effec- December 15, 1928 Rio definitely "through." A good little man can't lick a good big man? Ask Jack Blackburn! A Solomon Islander with peculiarly shaped canoe paddle. tively of the habits and customs of the black people, without poking fun at them or allowing his evident sym- (Continued on Page 11) The CONFESSIONS of a BLACK No. 2 The Charcoal Burner December 15, 1928 No. 2 NO. 2 NO.2 ARRY, the little Cockney Englishman, was a resident of Vancouver. This turned out to be very convenient circumstances when the Gang decided that working the ships in ARRY, the little Cockney Englishman, was a resident of Vancouver. This turned out to be very convenient circumstances when the Gang decided that working the ships in the harbor would for a while be both uncertain and dangerous due to the unusual activity of the revenue men. We planned on trying the overland route. Under the Canadian law it was very easy for a resident to secure permits and store whiskey until he had enough for a load. So it wasn't long before we received word that fifteen cases were waiting for us. In the meantime we had driven the Studebaker over the road to Bellingham, and beyond. We had learned the lay-out of the land pretty well. There was only one highway leading north to Vancouver. And it was watched rather closely by the State Dry Squad, who were cooperating with the Revenue men. We knew we might have some trouble getting those fifteen cases down. So we were particular to locate a number of side roads mostly old logging trails, but passable for some distances with careful driving. We made two maps and numbered the trails. We also numbered several thick clumps of forest lying off the highway where it would be possible to hide the car if necessary. Charley, Jack and Tom were to make the trip north and they left with one of the two maps as soon as we got the telegram from Harry. The Gang had changed its headquarters. The police had gotten wise to Dusty Joint, and so we had located a restaurant down near the water front which was run by a colored woman. You could get all kinds of good home cooked eats at Mother Simpson's place, and there was a nice little private room where we could hold our conferences. These favorable circumstances, however, were only a part of the reason why this new headquarters was chosen. Ella Simpson was about the prettiest girl in that neck of the woods. Several of us had tried to be sweet on her, but although she was as nice and jolly as anyone would wish, she was stricty business. She would kid with the fellows and listen to them rave, but somehow nobody ever got fresh. Something about her seemed to say—"so far and no farther." Then one night Charley and I dropped in for a cup of coffee. It was the first time Charley had been in the place. Like all the rest of us, he fell for Ella right away. But unlike the rest of us Charley was of a type rather difficult for women to resist, tall, handsome and determined. We all soon began to realize that one took chances on getting service at Mother Simpson's if Charley happened to be around. We were all at headquarters the third day after Jack and Charley left for Vancouver when we got another telegram. This time it was from Charley. This time it was no problem. The Kid opened and read the telegram. "Say, Doc, what does this mean?" he asked. "Read it," I said. "Patient worse leave on sixteenth get two tickets E. F. Knight." "Charley and I fixed up a simple little code," said I, answering the blank looks of the other three. "Patient worse; means they have run into trouble; 'leave' that they are going to try and get through; 'two tickets,' that they want two of us to meet them, and by looking at the map and locating number sixteen, we can tell just where." "Well that bane pretty slick," said Johnson, "but who is this faller E. F. Knight?" "Oh, that means 'early Friday --- ILLUSTRATED FEATURE SECTION BOOTLEGGER SHERIFF "Gentleman Jack" played the part. night," I replied. "That's the time we've got to meet them at number sixteen, wherever that is." "Here it is," said the Kid, who had already looked it up on the map. I glanced at the spot he pointed out and remembered the old logging trail about six miles north of Everett. It ran down to a rather dense forest about a half mile from the highway. The next day was Friday, and we decided that Jackson and I would go. decided that Jackson and I would go. The Kid begged hard, but I didn't know what lay ahead of us. Although I didn't doubt the Kid's nerve, I felt that we older fellows should take the front. We took the stage at Everett early, as it seemed to me that Charley must be expecting trouble there and I wanted to look around. Dressed like a couple of ranch hands, we walked around town a bit, then struck out afoot toward Bellingham along the highway. We got a mile out of Everett without seeing anything unusual, and were just about to conclude the coast was clear, when we ran into the plant. In a little dirt road leading to a ranch house, neatly parked beside a clump of brush which concealed it from anyone coming along the high-way from the north, lay the State Police automobile. It was a business-like Packard containing three business-like state cops. We sauntered along carelessly, laughing and talking. But not carelessly enough to overlook the rest of the trap. About a hundred and fifty yards farther up, at a slight bend in the road, was a motorcycle officer ready for business, nicely hidden in the brush. He had a pair of field glasses with which he scanned the two miles straight-a-way which lay around the bend. It seemed that their plan was for him to watch the road and signal the others when he saw a car approaching like the one for which they were looking. "It sho seems like they're expecting company," said Red after we had gotten out of earshot. "Yes," said I. "we have got to put our thinking caps on to get by that gang." It was then about 3 p. m. We went on down to the trail marked on the map by the number sixteen, reaching there about an hour before dusk. We spent that hour looking around. We followed the trail up to the clump of forest and found a place to drive the car in and pull the brush around to slide it. We saw no one but a charcoal burner, working at his pit, and an old horse munching hay out of a rather rickety wagon, which stood in front of a faded tent. About dark we came back to the highway to wait for the Studebaker. We could always tell the Studebaker by the way the spotlight on the right hand side of the windshield wiggled. The boys would always loosen a screw when they were to meet any of the gang on the highway at night. Nothing happened for a long time but the passing of an occasional truck and a few touring cars. We were getting rather tired swapping yarns and smoking cigarettes, when Jackson yelled softly, "here comes the bulls." Sure enough the car approaching with two spotlights searching both sides of the road proved to be filled with state officers, apparently of the dry squad. They drove along at about 20 miles per hour, training the spotlights upon every side road as they passed. Following them were two motorcycle cops. Red and I had planted ourselves carefully, and were able to conceal ourselves from the searching spotlights. "Who do you suppose they are looking for?" said Red. "Nothing in the shape of a booze car has passed here tonight." I was somewhat puzzled myself, and could only conclude that either our car or some other bootlegger's car was being chased and had managed to elude by dodging into one of the trails farther back up the road. And so it proved. In a little while the state car came back, this time at a much faster clip. Apparently they had gone as far as the trap, one mile north of Everett, had notified the bulls there to be on the lookout, and were now returning to Bellingham. The motorcycle cops no doubt stayed at the trap waiting. It was then about 11 o'clock. About 1:30 we saw a car coming with a spotlight that wiggled. The driver had slowed down to about 15 or 20 miles an hour, and it was easy to recognize the Studebaker. I stepped out into the road with my flashlight in hand and signaled them. Jackson and I leaped on the running board of the Studebaker, while Charley pulled off into the trail. We directed them on until we reached the edge of the forest where we stopped the car and began to take stock of the situation. "Well, Doc, here we are," said (Continued on Page 7) Columbia "Magic Notes" Pick them up and lay them down. Your feet will certainly step to this one—it's a wow. Too Tight is a one-man string band. His twelve string guitar has all the pep of an entire orchestra. 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She was too perplexed to think clearly when, an hour later, Louis, the chauffeur, brought her bags down. Standish dismissed him, saying be would drive himself. She paid little attention to where they were going until, passing Bethel Church, it occurred to her that he would hardly take this route if he were going out of town. Her surmise proved correct, for in a few minutes he brought the car to a slop in front of a heuse On Auburn Avenue, A Palatial Home It was very preity, of colonial de- sign, constructed of gray brick. He assisted her to alight and, tak- ing her bags, Jed the way up the walk. Rose, one of the maids, opened the door and smiled them welcome. Relieved of her wraps by the maid while Standish carried the bags up- stairs, she sat down in one cf the hall chairs, her hands folded in her lap, and stared unseeipgly at the floor. Standish returned shortly and his face clouded as he observed hers, downcast and expressionless. ~~ “Please, Chloe,” he begged, “don’t tell me you are not going to like it here. “Come, we will go over it togeth- er.” . Saying this, he took her hands and gently raised her to her feet. “We'll start here at the living room.” Accordingly they entered It was magniticent. ‘The walls were done in gold, adorned by two or three pictures in massive carved frames. The fireplace was large, with big brass andirons and gas-logs that one must touch to learn tlrey had not formed part of a forest family. The period furniture of French con- struction was upholstered in hlue vel- ‘vet, while a large Persian rug, in which one’s feet seemed to sink to the ankles, covered the floor. It was lighted by electric candles in groups'of three, a Chickering grand completing the furnishings. Chloe Is Awed Chloe was awe-stuck and, seeing fis, Standish felt she would be Pleased as she grew accustoined to it ‘The dining room was next, and here for the first time Chloe found her voice, “Is—is all this for me, Mr. Stand- ish?” she asked, half believing it was a dream after all “Yes,” he answered, “and won't you call me Arthur, hereafter?” § Her employer, or at least her erst- while employer, among other things inviting her to address him by his @wistian name! Truly, thought Chloe, this was s day of wonders. They had compieted the tour anc were standing in Chioe’s bedroom. It, like the others, was a chambe1 of beauty... The walls ruggerted tea rozes, th furniture was finished in ivory, while the draperies were old rose. ‘The bed ws covered with a coun- terpane that mignt have easily bees the court robe of a queen. Chloe was standing by the window he close behind her. “Do you think you will lke 4 here?” he asked hopefully. 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She is one of the greatest Negro actresses and is now playing the part of Serena in "Porgy," the Theatre Guild Production. (Photo. Florence Vandaman, N. Y. C.) THE WOMEN'S HERITAGE Evelyn Ellis. She is the female star of "Porgy," the Theater Guild Production, playing the part of Bess. Healthy Skin for You! BLACK AND WHITE Ointment and Skin Soap me a home, for I had that at your house." She neglected to mention, however, that she had intended giving up that home. He was silent for a few seconds, in which he walked the length of the room and back. "Because," he finally answered, "I love you, Chloe, and there is only one way in which I can have you, and," he paused for a moment, "this is the way. Standish Reassures Chloe "You will never be in any danger, either physically, or morally," he hastened to assure her, "and I shall not require you to do anything not fully in the laws of convention. "I know your love for me is of a vastly different nature, but even so you will trust me." 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Almost daily there was some message from Arthur Standish, either flowers, candy or a particularly smart gown he chanced to come upon. The First Visit But it was more than a month before he made his first visit. At half-past eight one evening she was reclining on the chaise-longue, banked high with pillows of black and gold, deeply absorbed in a book, when the bell rang. It startled her, for it was the first time it had rung after the usual delivery hours. "Hello, little one," she heard him greet Rose. "Is Miss Maxwell quite well?" Rose said that she was and ushered him in. He did not look all of his forty-six years, Chloe thought as she surveyed him in his immaculate dinner jacket, spotless white shirt, and noticed that his thick brown hair was graying a little at the temples. His grey eyes sparkled and danced as they had no doubt done years ago when he wooed Elsie, his wife. As she rose to greet him he observed that she, too, was particularly alluring in a gown of dark-colored silk that revealed all the beauty of her throat while timidly clinging to her perfectly rounded breasts and well formed hips, continuing down to a drop skirt of black lace. Her hair, framing her lovely face in its soft waves, was done into one braid that encircled her head like a hale. A necklace of pearls was her only jewelry. "You are beautiful tonight," he told her as he bent over her outstretched hand. "Thank you," she said, smiling, her pleasure. "Won't you sit down?" "Rose, please bring some iceed drinks and tarts," she said, turning to the maid; then to Standish: "I have never tasted pastry like Nancy's; she is marvelous." "I am glad that my choice was good," he smiled back. Over the refreshments and later with their cigarettes, they talked on various subjects, she about her garden, books and music; he about the office, new deals and successes. 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"I guess I had better start at the beginning and tell you the whole story. "We got up to Vancouver and located Harry all right. We had no trouble getting the stuff loaded in the Studebaker, nor in getting out of town. "We drove back to a point within three miles of the International line, then turned off into a side road which ran down the line toward Sumas. "After we had gone down this road about five miles, we pulled the car off into the brush, took out the booze, packed it across the line, and cached it in the brush near where another trail ran down parallel with the international line on the American side. "We marked the spot pretty well, then went back to Vancouver. "This had taken us a long time and it was about 1 o'clock at night when we got back to the Red Dog cafe, where we were supposed to meet Harry. "Harry wasn't there so we bought a couple of bottles of beer and sat down to wait until he came. "Say, Doe, when the little Cockney came in he looked like he had seen a ghost. 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Chloe Attends Church Chloe was regarded with awe, suspicion and dislike by many of the women at the church she attended, but the men made no secret of their admiration for her and the shroud of mystery that enveloped her proved no impediment. She, however, returned their greetings with a smile and diplomatically discouraged all attempted conversations. One or two of the younger girls succeeded in engaging her for a short chat occasionally. One Sunday one of them, Ruth Sylvester, had asked her to join a club they were forming. Chloe greatly doubted if she cared to, but told her she would consider it. This was two years after she had become mistress of Greicourt, as she called her home, and she was, to say the least, lonely in her more or less automatic existence. Yes, a club of some sort was just the thing. She decided to broach the question to Arthur. So accordingly on his next visit she said over their tea: "Really, Arthur, it is quite lonesome here. 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I wish you could have heard it in detail as I did, for, of necessity, much is lost in a brief newspaper sketch. However, enough remains to prove arresting, stimulating and instructive reading. As next to the youngest in that staggering large family of eighteen, it is not surprising that the boy, Josiah, was early left an orphan, and that the care of him devolved upon an older brother and sister. These two earnest and conscientious souls somehow—one hardly knows how—kept their promising young brother in school until he had finished the eighth grade. 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However, our enterprising youngster didn't stay there long. He soon landed another job in a grocery store at $4 a week, and then a little later went to another grocer for $5 a week. Then young Josiah—at that time 21 years of age—got married. Yes, on $5 a week. No woman need hesitate to start on $5 a week with a man who doesn't intend to stay there. A few years later found this young hustler supporting a wife and three children on an increase of $3 a week. But what was even pluckler, he was SAVING A LITTLE MONEY EVERY WEEK. You can't keep that sort of a fellow down long. His next rung on the ladder of success was a position in a department store at $60 a month. AND STILL HE SAVED. So it was that he one day achieved Ambition No. 1. He was the proud owner of his first house—a three-story trick dwelling on Baltimore's famous Bruld Hill avenue in a block which at that time was largely white. Nothing succeeds like success. 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