CULTURAL CENTER
FUNCTIONS WITH
VARIED PROGRAM
Older Boy* Find Pleasure Painting
Exterior of Building. Men and
Women Lend Aid. Give to
Community Chest.
ADD NEW TEACHERS TO STAFF
Club and class work began later
than usual, due to painting of the
building, repairs and work of the di
rectors in the Chest drive. The out
side painting was done by some older
boys, assisted by men and women of
the neighborhood. This was volun
teer labor. The boys were given
spending change when the painting
was finished.
These boys, Sinclair Breakfield,
George Starnes, Edwin Smith and
Cecil Merrill, donated a part of the
money earned at the Center to the
Community Chest. Children of the
Center added to the donation. This
gift from the Center’s children came
as a surprise and was greatly appre
ciated. These children had already
given to the Chest in school. Mrs.
Busch, Mrs. Rhone and others work
ed faithfully in the drive, assisting
Mrs. Northcross, who headed the col
ored group on the Souj;h Side.
The following new teachers are on
our staff: Lawyer Pinkett, who is a
volunteer, and teaches Negro His
tory. Members of both races are in
the class, which has a large number
of high school pupils. Mrs. Addie
Morrow of the South Side (a gradu
ate of one of our normal schools),
volunteers as teacher of our junior
girls’ sewing class. Mrs. R%th Mur
dock teaches woodcraft to older boys
and younger girls and boys. Miss
Hallie Johnson teaches the junior
girls’ cooking class. Mrs. Henderson,
of the Extension Department of the
University of Nebraska, teaches wo
men's dressmaking. This class dou
bled itself at the second meeting and
was necessarily divided into two
groups, sixteen women in each group.
Other classes are: Boys’ chef class,
gift class, for older girls, and piano,
which is being taught by Miss Willa
Hayes. These classes are meeting
weekly.
The following clubs are meeting
weekly: Boy Scouts, Mr. John Wake
field, Scout Master; Boys’ Brother
hood, boys over 12; Boy Midgets, un
der 12; The Club: Girls’ “Ever Ready
Club,” girls 12-15; “Golden Stars,”
girls 8-12; and Employed Boys’ and
Girls’ Club,
Three Halloween parties were giv
en at the Center, for wee tots, young
er boy%_and_gi.-ls, and older boys and
girls.
Five different organizations held
seven meetings at the Center in Oc
tober. The building will be opened
to community organizations at any
possible time requested.
Our head worker, Miss Helen
Gauss, was called away Monday, due ,
to the serious illness of her father
A “tea” will be given at the Center
Friday, November 9th, 7 to 9 p. m.,
honoring Rev. J. C. Brewer and fam-1
ily. Rev. Mr. Brewer is a member of
the Cultural Center committee, and
leaves Saturday for his new work in
St. Louis, Mo.
HARLEM ISSUES NEW
MAGAZINE
New York, N. Y.—(By the A. N.
P.)—“Harlem,” a forum of Negro j
life, is a new independent monthly i
magazine, the initial issue of which
appeared during the first week of
November. This issue contains a
number of articles, stories, poems and
book reviews by many well-known
and prominent Negro writers.
Walter White, assistant secretary
of the N. A. A. C. P., and author of
two novels, “The Fire in the Flint,”
and “Flight,” contributes an article
entitled “For Whom Shall the Negro
Vote?” in which he discusses the at
titude of both of the old parties to
ward Negroes. Mr. White suggests
that it is far better that the Negro
marshall his vote for local purposes
than to be concerned immediately
with the presidential election. He al
so pleads that the Negro cease being
a slovenly or easily corrupted voter.
In the same issue, Alain Locke,
professor of philosophy at Howard
university, and editor of “The New
Negro,” writes on “Art or Propagan
da?” giving voice to the hope that
through art the Negro will find a
new means of combating race prej
udice and his own inferiority com
plex. Also in this issue there is a
short story by Langston Hughes, au
thor of “The Weary Blues” and
“Fine Clothes to the Jew;” a pen
portrait of a hard-boiled amusing Ne
gro top-sergeant, named Woof, by
George S. Schuyler; a resume of the
“breaks” which have caused certain
well-known Negro actors to the top
of their profession by Theophilus
Lewis, and other essays, short stories
and poems.
“Harlem” is to be without any
prejudice or specific policies, dedi
cated to the idea of giving expression
to any one who has something to say
as long as they say it with some de
gree of literary merit. It will cater
to no especial coterie nor will its con
tributors be confined to Negro writ
ers alone. “Harlem” will be an en
deavor on the part of its editors to
provide the Negro public with a first
class literary magazine which will
enable them to know what is going
on in the world of thought, awaken
their interest in things not necessar
ily connected with the race, and bring
them fresh viewpoints on old prob
lems.
The new magazine is edited by
Wallace Thurman, who is the author
of “The Blacker the Berry," a novel
of Negro life to be published this
winter by Macaulay, and the co
author of the play “Black Belt,” to
be produced in New York this season.
Mr. Thurman is also well known as
a contributor to the various literary
magazines and has been connected
in the past with the editorial staffs
of The Messenger and The World
Tomorrow. Aaron Douglas, whose
distinctive work is known throughout
the country, and who also did the il
lustrations for “God’s Trombones,”
by James Weldon Johnson, is the art
editor.
“Harlem” is published by the H.
K. Parker Publishing company, with
offices at 2376 Seventh avenue, New
York City.
URBAN LEAGUE EXECUTIVE
TO ADDRESS CONFERENCE
Eugene Kinckle Jones of New
York, executive secretary of the Na
tional Urban League, will be the
principal speaker on Monday even
ing, November 12th, at the State
Conference of Social Workers. Mr.
Jones’ subject is “The Negro’s Op
portunity Today.” On Thursday
morning he will open the discussion
on Race Relations. Several of the
local social workers are scheduled to
appear on the program during this
session. On Wednesday noon, Mr.
Jones will be the guest of the Omaha
Urban League board of directors at
a luncheon at the University Club, j
On Wednesdav he will address a pub
lic meting in Lincoln, Nebraska.
Mr. Jones is a reeignized authority
in race relations and he has had a
wide and varied experience as a so
cial worker. He w'as one of the ten
Americans chosen as a delegate to
the International Conference of So
cial Workers in Paris. For several
years he has served as a member of
the executive board of the National
Conference of Social Workers.
He is one of the seven founders of
the Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity of
college men md officer of the Na
tional Tennis Association.
Meetings held at the Jewish Com
munity Center, Twenty-ninth and
Dodge streets. The admission is free.
OMAHA URBAN LEAGUE
HONORS NATIONAL EXECUTIVE
A public reception will be given
for Mr. Eugens Kinckle Jones, execu
tive secretary of the National Urban
League, on Tuesday evening, Novem
ber 13th, between the hours of 8 and
10 p. m., at the North Side Y. W. C.
A., Twenty-second and Grant streets.
Mr. Jones is one of the outstanding
authorities in America in the field of
social work and this occasion will af
ford an opportunity for a number of
Omahans to meet him.
URBAN LEAGUE INCREASES
FELLOWSHIPS TO SIX
The National Urban League an
nounces that three additional fellow
ships have been added to the total
number maintained by the League at
leading schools of social work. These
three are the Julius Rosenwald Fund
Fellowships of $1,200 each, and have
been awarded to Norman R. Bolden,
C. Felton Gayles and Wiley A. Hall.
Mr. Bolden, who has been assigned
to the Graduate School of Social Ad
ministration of the University of
Chicago, is a graduate of the Univer
sity of Pittsburgh, B. A., 1926, and
last year taught at the A. and T.
College, Greensboro, N. C. Mr.
Gayles, who is assigned to the New
York School of Social Work, is a
graduate of Morehouse College, A.
B., 1924, spent a semester at the
Graduate School of Northwestern
University and was teacher and coach
last year at Tennessee State College.
Mr. Hall, assigned to the University
of Pittsburgh, is a graduate of Vir
ginia Union University, and was a
teacher for several years at the Arm
strong High school, Richmond, Va.
Previous to this time, he was in in
surance work.
The other Fellows of the League
are Miss Louise A. Thompson, the
“Ella Sachs Plotz” Fellow, assigned
to the New York School of Social
Work, who is a graduate of the Uni
versity of California and last year
was a teacher at Hampton Institute;
Joseph S. Jackson, graduate 1927
Livingstone College, Salisbury, N. C.,
Joint Fellow of the League and the
New York School of Social Work, as
signed to the New York School of So
cial Work, and James H. Baker, Jr.,
graduate 1926 Lincoln Unicersity and
last year graduate student in Person
nel Management and Industrial Re
lations at the University of Pennsyl
vania, assigned to the University of
Pittsburgh.
These six Fellows are training to
enter some form of social work and
it is thought that several of them
will be later assigned to executive po
sitions with the Urban League move
ment.
OXLEY AGAIN LEGION
VICE-COMMANDER
Gastonia, N. C.— (By the A. N. P.)
—Captain R. Gregg Cherry, com
mander, department of North Caro
lina, the American Legion, has an
nounced the reappointment of Lieut.
Lawrence A. Oxley as department
vice-commander. This marks the
third consecutive year that Lieut.
Oxley has been selected by Negro
and white veterans of the state to
serve as one of the four department
vice-commanders. Three of the de
partment vice-commanders are white
veterans. North Carolina is the only
state where a veteran of color has
been selected as a department offi
cer, in the American Legion. In
addition to his many duties relating
to the welfare of Negro veterans in
the state, Lieutenant Oxley for the
past four years has been state di
rector of Negro welfare for North
Carolina.
TUSKEGEE TO OBSERVE
ARMISTICE DAY
Tuskegee Institute, Ala.— (By the
A. N. P.)—Armistice day will be ob-i
served here Sunday, November 11,
with a program of military man
euvers by cadets, mass singing and
a pageant by the student body and
addresses by Dr. Robert R. Moton,
principal and Colonel Joseph H.
Ward, medical officer in charge, U. S.
Vetrans’ hospital, No. 91. The ex
ercises will be held in the alumni
bowl.
A most marvelous sunset this eve
ning. outside the Bab [tjedld. The
vast plain in its arid desolation gave
tlie impression of a desert, flooded
with the gold light of the level sun.
The clouds hung over the mauve
mountains of Trozza and SerdJ, 1m
pregnated .with purple and rimmed
with bright gold It was a land of
faery, dissolving under the enchant
rnent of the gun. whose power drew
forth such fantasies In blue, red
green and yellow. Behind us lay the
walls of the city. In the rosy light of
evening, which fell upon towers and
cupolas. Then in the still air, as the
world faded under an emerald sky
came the clear voice of the muezzin
calling the faithful to prayer, while
through Hip gates the shepherds slow
iv led In their flocks.—From the Diary
of Russell Beresford.
Inventions by Women
One woman hud the Idea to make
silver forks and spoons with a curving
handle, which prevented their Blipping
into the plate, such a good Idea that
It Is strange no one ever thought of
it before. The traveler who flndB his
|M»rtuble desk a Joy has a woman to
thank for the Invention. A lock fau
cet for metal containers Is an lnven
vention In practical demand for hotel
storerooms and an Important safety
device. The same woman Invented
also a handy needle threader to use
on sewing machines.
Love of Open Inherent
The impulse to get Into the open
Is primitive in us. We love the breach
of the spaces not cluttered with
houses and rank with the odors of
civilized life. Under the stars and the
moon we can think clean thoughts
Prom the busy fields we can drink
Inspirations unknown to the office and
the counting house. In the song of
the winds we may bear the cradle
lullabies of our Infancy or the strange
melodies which thus come, different
and alone, to the Individual soul.—
Kansas City Times.
Gentle Hint
A Los Angeles sportsman returning
from a fishing trip to another county
reports finding the following procla
mation tacked to a tree:
“Not us
“Trespassers
"Tresspassers on this here property
will be prosecuted to the full extent
of two dogs that ain’t overklndly dis
posed to strangers, ^and adouble bar
rel shotgun which ain’t loaded with
pills.
“I’m gettin'—tired of ye.”
Buaineaa Diaaater
llobert. seven years old, out riding
with his parents, pasaed the local drug
store, which had Just changed bands.
"What has happened to Mr. Brown?’’
lie was 8sked.
“Oh.’’ replied Kohert casually, “he’s
out of business; he went bank-robbed."
Guesa Again
“Buying movement follows early
nervousness." That sounds like u
stock market note, nut it merely re
fers to the fellow who finally ha.'
made up his mind to buy the ring.—
New Orleans Tlmes-l'icayune.
Great Minds Attuned
to Nature*s Temples
There is a sincerity in nature, and,
in the free out of doors, things really
are most often what they seem, de
spite the vagaries of mirage and the
deceptions of distance occasioned by
atmospheric clarity.
The artificial needs a particular set
ting. The sunshine and the stars and
the blue vault of heaven are honest.
The groves were Divinity’s first tem
ples because they were and remain the
most fitting Temples in which the Uni
versa! Spirit may be worshiped. Id
the groves, on the mountainsides, by
the shores of the seas we find dignity
and peace and repose—the something
which appeals directly to the soul.
There Is there nothing of the garish,
nothing of the vulgar, nothing of the
trivial and small, no distracting rough
ness of harmony to hold us to the
commonplace experiences of life.
So Socrates went speaking in the
open, as did the vagabond Villon when
coining Ills Immortal melodies, as did
Goldsmith and Walt Whitman and
many another who got close to the
heart of the Spirit of Nature.
So Jesus—Man of the open spaces—
spoke from the mountain and the field
and from under the trees; by the
brookehle. and where the murmur of
the sea waves tilled the mind and the
soul with thoughts of harmony—Cin
cinnati Enquirer.
Early Fr'ct'on Match
o' Primitive Desijn
The “Portable Eire Box,” as it was
called, was one of the earliest forms
of “instantuiienus lights." and was in
vented In Italy In 1780. Similar t<> !•
was the “Promethean Match.” patent
cd hy Santa -I Jones, an Englishman
In 1828. A minute quantity of sulphur
ic acid sealed in a tiny glass vesicle,
surrounded by a compound of chlorate
of potash, was inclosed In a papei
spill. When the glass vesicle was
broken, eithei hy the hammer sup
plied with tin- “match” or with the
teeth, the acid Inflamed the potash and
ignited the paper
Despite the many claimants, the
honor of inventing the first real "fric
tion match” of the kind with which
we are familiar today belongs to John
Walker, a Stockton on-Tess chemist
in 1826 he w is selling his friction
lights for a shilling for a hundred
and twopence lor the box. The match
was pressed between the fingers in a
piece of sandp per
Listen to It Grow
If you wish, to try an unusual ex
perience find,a clump of eulalia on
the first really warm day of spring
when the trees are leafless, the ground
bare, and the thermometer hovers be
tween 70 and 80 Then stand quietly
and listen to it grow You will soon
hear a sharp click among this hardy
tail-plumed plant that grows on lawns
in all parts of the country ll will
sound as loud as a snap of your tin
gers. New shoots -ire trying to push
between the stalks of last year, and
the flinty hardness of the dead culms
holds them back. Youth will not be
denied. The shoots shoulder their wav
between the liases of the old canes
expanding quickly In the spring sun
shine. The strain Increases until the
old wood gives way with a snap —
Nature Magazine.
New Yellowstone Geyser
Many people are in the habit of re
garding geysers as stable institutions
like mountains and lakes. But such Is
not the case, fleysers come and go
with little notice. 'I'hls Is proved by
the fact that recently one of the larg
est geysers In the world opened up In
Yellowstone National park Twice a
day the new geyser spouts a terrific
stream of water about 7f> feet high
and continues for three hours. Its
crater is 100 feet wide. 120 long, and
8 deep. It is near the famous Excel
slor geyser which ceased If spout tn
1888.
Mutt Be Right to Endure
I mu not discouraged. Things will
light themselves. The pendulum
swings one way aud then another
But the steady pull of gravitation It
toward the center of the earth Any
structure must tie ptuinh If It Is ro en
dure, or the hiiildlng will fall So it
is with nations Wrong may seem to
triumph. Bight may seem to be de
feated. But the gravitation of eternal
Justice Is toward the Throne of (Jod
Any political Institution which Is to
endure must he plumb with the line of
Justice. —From the last speech of John
P. Alt geld.
Too Late
Cecil's inothei iiiude It a rule that
It he came to the dinner table late
lie was not to speak during the meal
The other day, as soon as be entered
the room, he began. “I say, mother,"
hut his mother quickly reminded him
of the rule.
"But, mother—” he persisted.
“Not a word," said the stern parent
When dinner was over, his mother
asked whgt he wanted to say.
“Oh. 1 only wunted to say baby was
tilling father’s socks with condensed
milk.”
One More Letter
“Have you got those letters stamped
hml ready to go?" asked dad as he
i ulled on one coal sleeve In the morn
ing.
"Yea, here y are." The letters were
given to him and he headed for the
door to go when tie was stopped by s
command from his wee daughter.
“Walt, daddy.” she piped, “here’s s
letter l undressed."
When Gasoline Was
Dumped Into Ocean
Is the process of distilling petro
leum, the lighter oils, naphtha and
gasoline are first obtained, and these
were considered waste products for
many years. Kerosene, tbe heavier
oils and greases, constituted tbe great
est demand, and gasoline bad only a
limited use in exceedingly small quan
tities. such as the cleaning of fabrics.
Not only was gasoline practically
useless in the “good old days,” but It
was dangerous because of the attend
ant risk of fire which was ever present
wherever quantities were stored. Mil
lions of gallons were loaded into huge
tanks od barges, transported far out
to sea, and there dumped. Thus was
the fire hazard averted.
The advent of the internal combus
tion engine changed all this, and gasa
line In a few years became the princi
pal product of the petroleum trade
Kerosene lost caste with the coming
of the electric light. The development
of the automobile made the petroleum
Industry one of the richest of the na
tlon, and the "dangerous byproduct”
became one of our principal articles
of trade
In the early days of the automobile,
when fuel was cheap, few manufac
turers paid much attention to o;ierat
ing exists ot their ears. Automobiles
were costly, and the men who pur
chased them were wealthy. Gasoline
was comparatively cheap, and the early
automobiles used plenty of It.
Modern times have changed all this,
and economy of operation Is one of
the essential requirements of the pres
ent-day automobile Exhaustive tests
are made and every available scientific
aid is used in tills research.
Cra~t rr'to'n Noted
for Varieties of Cows
Recently a local contemporary in
formed its readers that a certain Si
amese nobleman, whose interests In
tlie dairying industry are well known
and meritoriously popular, has Aus
tralian cows, lie said that he hadn’t,
that his cows were Zebu, the IndiaD
humped cow. or tbe purely native one
Which leads us to remark that of
all tlie lands on earth Great Britain
presumably has tbe greatest number
of breeds of cows. Tile Royal Agri
cultural society recognizes tlie Short
hern. Hereford. Su--ex. Welsh. Long
horn, Aberdeen Angus, Belted Gallo
v ay, Galloway Bark. Dairy Shorthorns
Lincolnshire. Red Shorthorn. Devon.
South Devon, Rod Boll. Blue Albion,
British Friesian. Ayrshire, Guernsey
Kerry and Dexter. Which would
seem quile a lot for the small area
that is their habitat.—Siam Observer
The Native Doctor
The native trained In medical work
is becoming a main factor in bringing
about the new day In Africa, states
the Missionary Herald, an English
Baptist monthly It says further: M
Louis Franck's humorous description
of the native medical assistant con
fronting tiie witch doctor could be
echoed by every missionary. “Stand
Ing before the witch doctor he stays
to that ancient charlatan—'You are
an ass. and then proceeds to prove
it.’ 'Look,' says he, ‘through the lens
if my microscope at the minute crea
litre shown there. This is the cause
of (Harare, not tiie entrance of an
evil spirit. You know nothing at all
about it I am the one who knows.'
Hence the end of (lie witch doctor’s
in fluelice."
Primitive Counting
While enjoying a holiday in Fin
land, writes an English traveler. I flew
across by seaplane to spend a day in
Heval. tiie capital of Esthonia and i
was very Interested to see that in all
shops they still use the ancient and
primitive abacus, the frame with col
ored hafts. used in kindergartens, for
purposes of adding. I went first to
a bank to change a sovereign They
accepted tiie coin with some suspicion
and checked tiie notes they gave me
on one of these hall frames, and
witen i went to the post office to get
a set of stamps as a souvenir they
totaled the amount 1 had to pay h>
tiie same method. I am no mathe
math Inn. tiut I got my total first.
Danger in Transplanting
Trees, like |>e<>ple. lose adup
with advancing age. and a • ira
lively minor change In their environ
ments may tie fatal.
Entomologists of the Department ol
Agriculture ray that transplanting a.<
most always Is a severe test for trees
of considerable size and many trails
planted trees are attacked by Insects
If most of the large trees In a grove
are killed, leaving only a border of
trees or small groups, the survivors
often suffer serious damage and die.
This may be the result of a dis
turbauee of moisture conditions and a
change from general shade to large
areas of sun-baked soil. Borers then
may complete the deadly work.
Milky Way
The most stupendous of all celestial
objects Is the Galaxy, more commonly
known as the Milky Way. In fact It Is
our whole universe, of which the sun
with all Its attendant family of plan
eta. Including asteroids and satellites
as well as comets, forms a very hum
ble member, its appearance as a dim
white bund crossing the heuvens Is
merely a matter of perspective; tlm«
hand marks simply the plane of great
esf extension of the Milky Way—the
direction In which the stars. In realllv
fairly uniformly distributed, appeal
congested by the clfee! of distance
Muny of these slurs are Immensely
brighter than the sun
Classified
FOR RENT—Neatly furnished room.
Modern home. With kitchen priv
ilege. Call Web. 6498. —tf.
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NICELY furnished rooms. All mod
ern. WE. 3960.
FOR RENT—One three-room apart
ment. Neatly furnished. Webster
6018. 2514 N. 31st street.
FOR RENT—Three and six room
apartments at 1201 So. Eleventh
street. Call W'ebster 6613. N. W.
Ware.
FOR RENT—Five room honse, 30th
and Pinkney streets; modern ex
cept furnace; newly decorated
throughout; S20. Web. 5172.
FOR RENT—Two light housekeep
ing rooms, furnished or unfurnish
ed. 2215 N. 27th Ave.
FOR RENT — Furnished rooms in
modem home. 2302 N. 29th St.
Web. 2608. 2t
FOR RENT—Two modem houses,
one five and on seven rooms, in
good condition. 947 and 949 No.
27th St. tf
FOR RENT—Modem room for man
and wife. Web. 2180. 2516 Pat
rick Ave.
FOR RENT—Furnished rooms. Web.
2089. 2510 Lake St. Mrs. Phelps.
FOR RENT—Modern, nicely fur
nished rooms. Twenty-second and
Grant. Phone Webster 3945. Call
evenings after 6 o'clock.
FOR RENT—Two furnished light
housekeeping rooms. Married cou
ple preferred. Reasonable rent.
Webster 1825. Call after 5:00
p. m. 2t
SHOE REPAIRING
BENJAMIN & THOMAS always give
satisfaction. Best material, reason
able prices. All work guaranteed.
1415 North 24th St., Webster 5666.
C. H. HALL, stand, 140d No. 24tL.
Baggage and express hauling to ail
parts of the city. Phones, stand,
WE. 7100; Res.. WE. 106«.
BEAUTY PARLORS
MADAM Z. C. SNOWDEN Scientific
'calp treatment. Hair dressing ana
manufacturing. 1154 No. 20th St
WEbster 6194
UNDERTAKERS
JONES & COMPANY, Undertakers
24th and Grant Sts. WEbster 1100
Satisfactory service always.
DRUG STORES
ROSS DRUG STORE, 2306 North 24th
Street. Two phones, WEbster 2770
and 2771. Well equipped to supply
your needs. Prompt service.
HOTELS
PATTON HOTEL. 1014, 1016. 101*
South 11th St. Known from coast
to coast. Terms reasonable. N. P
Patton, proprietor.
W. B. BRYANT, Attorney and Coun
sellor-at-Law. 320 Neville Block.
Office, At. 9344; Res., Web. 5859.
Omaha, Neb.
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