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uuinuo Hmunu me uuiinii GAR AND HOTEL WAITERS By Htple I do hope ,ver one enjoyed the best Christmas of their lives, and that 1935 will build us a new model of life with the l«dje^t in pleasure, polished in all the bright s pots of lif „ I do hope that Mr. Sickness will be released of its duties, and old man death will take a holiday from our group for the erfire y pr of 1935. This is the firsrt page in my New Year’s book U, u : all be very thankful, for an other Christmas we lived to see leu we may not receive presents by bagfuls ! So many of our friends hav_- passed I to eternity j So when 1935 com, s rolling in let’s make a new book for our lives | To clear ours Ives of din. and sin. And do only the things we would gladly do twice Friends, I do hope j«ou will look at 'this little poem in the right light and ■ if we can only do (. or try to do it I am sure wj would feel better, live bdtter and feel safer. It i, just as easy to do right, I believe easier than ' to do wrong. I do believe that a. ' clear conscience is i.he most peac ful j thing in a man’s life. I am sure that anyone who has done an unju. t deed I or pulled whart w_ slangly spy “a fast ! one. even though they try vo pretend they are satisfied, «re really not sat isfi d, but try rJo pull that skim over hi * conscience-. Yet there is some thing thiiit will force him sooner or later to adm.t, his wrong Think this over and se. if I am not eight, and if so make your New Years book up of these facts and stamp on I the back c-f i. in plain view of your friend., “The truth about my lif.” and live up to it. I am sure you will em joy the beat ye*r of your entire life Try j . Y <es, Yes! They say it re-illy: hap. pened last week. A young buss boy who seel., to be doing track workouts on Lake street, did a milin one flat laat week on Lake and he accom plished this great one way act “back wards”. It is ^titled. “Running and Looking Back”. Ask R. Davis. Well friend , if you will atop *nd think a moment -you will realize that every poet, president:,, author, in fact anyon j that the people wish to re member ‘has his birthday or' the day that he did or accomplished .some. -hing set aside on the, calendar tx-, .refit Uncle Tom, yqt he is, one^ kept in th eye, of the public daily. Last nurday morning they had a Christ mas tree ■ for the employees in the •coffee shop at the Paxton and some good guest left $3.00 to be given t.ha ‘‘hree bus$ boys. The ch f gave out t_he money and when :<he called one of them and gave him the $1.00 he fell on his knees, kissed the $1.00 and said. “Oh Lord, Mrs. Merrell, did the good white man r tally give me this ? Oh God bleas him” while the other employees had a merry laugh and th ;> q -her buss boy shed tears- Why not let the dead rest? Mr. I. Fisher went to work Satur day r,1- the Paxton. 1; seemed to be quit i a change from whalt they claim. ’ last year. From up on the hill lown to .hat cheap house on 14th Ttreet. Oh w.tll. time, and in fact money, will change a lojt of those statement*. ilf it continues, we will BROWN SKIN DOLLS Neisner Bros. 5c to $1.00 Store . M N'S SUITS A 75c SARATOGA LAUNDRY and ZORIC CLEANERS Telephone — KEnwoed 0061 oo Cor boon. Delicately scented with the inimitable Lov'me fragrance. Flesh—White—%mhtf lilt LB A Xjyv’tntj 'Powder Face Powder Many select Lov'me be cause of its exquisite fine ness—a Face Powder that permits a powder film so thin it is practically invis ible—, for its thrill ing fragrance, end, others, for the perfection of color which complements and enhances every skin. 75* RARfUMERRE MELSA » 5&Q Fifth Av»w - hUw Yofk. M Y. I.have to call it “The Fonfoenelle Jr." j [ Oh wall, "here is some reaJ news for , you. Last week they had what you j might call a religious ch2t. among the boys and listen, whajt came up- Mr. Fisher said he attjnded -a revival meeting at a church pastored by Rev. McGee. They called all sinners lo the front to bj prayed for and Mr George McGee came up with several others. The whole church joined in prayer and 1 rejoic d over the prospect of a new j j soul entering into the flock. ASi.er l \ a long praver. Rev. McGee said; “Amen”. Glancing over the b nch he j j saw still kneeling, the son George, j Reverend and hi. fellows began to j iing louder and pleaded with the j Savior r.o let thif young man enter in- i to that great Christian fold- As a j Vster and brother fcegan praying , louder over him. behold! -George woke oh na;. How could it be? Sletp? Mrs- Wm. Owsley told me Friday .hat Mr. Owsley was doing fine- We are all glad to hear that I am sure The sick li$t has givpn up .Mr. Malory, and I understand, will r lleasfe Mr Mudd in short; Let’s hope. Jjt is furel.f hard to borrow money Believe me. A young man that spent rrfiny months in the C-C.C. Camp and is now employ, d «t a down town hotel, tried from 7 a. m. until 10 p. m- do get $25.00 from pals, fel low workers, and loan offices, and even with 1 - 0 he gave up hope. It is pitiful ithat Santa Claus* do sn’t car ry a few ca h dollars in his old pack. •T guess Bert Williams was right when he said, “when you get your hands on a dollar again, hold on to it it’s your only friend when you are in.” Ask this young'man. Well,, ma; w.< all enter 1935 wit h a 100 per cent for each "other, apd may God" hplp uj to realise" the. old sv*yirig- “you"'may" be" up" today apd. down tomorrow, butt if we ara all for each bJier. the skidding wjil be much easier. " Happy’Ndw Year. ' ... - ’ ""' ' - ■ ■ ■ * • •• •■’ ■ THE WAY otnr ' ; By Loren Miller THE COMING OF THE LORD j I well remember that day many years ago- when “The Green Past ures” pitched camp on Broadway. Daily newspaper critic , fed up on baro knees and bedroom near sedutl ion»». clasped it to their heav ing bo. oms. Their search for new words with which to express their approval of *ihe drama's, portrayal of Negroes as simple-minded little children, must have been a joy to the dictionary-makers. Striving before a typewriter then, as now. to keep body and : oul toga her, >T wrote a r.eat headline to dress up stories de picting the play as a triumph and Richard Harrison. DeLawd, as a Gen ius. For the Negro critics were goo-e-stepping right along in the parade. Their effo* s bore fruit. Before long Brother Harrison had got himself a half-dozen . or less, worthless de grees and in due season the NAACP pinned the Spingarn medal on his manly che t. Truth to tell, Harrison is a competent actor and did a good job interpra ing his role, such as it was. . - • ■ No Degrees The years rolled on, and finally “The Green Pastures” took to the one-night stands- Meanwhile. “Steve dore” wa.3 written and produced. The same critics who had done s0 hand somely by Connelly’si play admitted grudgingly ithat “Stevedore” wns a pretty fair sort of a drama. News papers said it was a damed good one. It had quite a run in New York, and Negro critici did as well ns they could by it. without outraging the Re publican Pan .y and Tammany Hall. Audiences acclaimed it, but thus far there has been no effort to canonize ! th actor who plays Lonnie Williams, the leading character. Nor is it any secret th*i he won't get the Spingarn Medal. Line for line, “Stevedore” hasn’t gotten one-tenth the publicity that the “Green Pastures” got This difference in treatment is not accidental. Recall the two play*. “The Green Pastures” drew its inspir ation from the traditional concep.1 tion of the Negro as an inferior sat isfied with things as they are and dreaming of a heaven filled with fish. fryings and crap gamea “Stevedore”, on the other hand, is a fighting drama vibrant wj.h the lesson that white and Negro workers ought to get to gether and call a permanent morator. ium on race hatred while they con centrate on aghting lynchings and wage-cuts. You’ll Low. Your fobs 'Small wonder that the high-pres ^ure critic^ on the rich white dailies preferred “The Green Pastures”. The play afforded nice entertainment for their bosses’ wives and sweethearts and could do no “ham/’ to the Negro workers who chanced to s»e it “Stevedore” !s a blow at the estab lished order and is in such small fav or with the newspaper-owners that the “Los Angeles Times” refused to advertise it even for cash- But what of the Negro newspapers? Part of their kawtowing to “The Green Pastures” was Cue to confusion and fcMT of flying in the face of con ventional criticism. Much deeper than that. i»; the fact rthat Negro news are and are afraid to spsk out too papers are also tied to things as they are and are afraid to spek out too plainly. To make the matter plainer; there W a Scene In “Stevedore” in which the Negro ritnwboaa strives to quiet hi* revolting workers By crying out to them: “You'll lose ;*our jobs ” , There is plenty of economic coward- j ice in the Negro ^tence on “Steve ! dore”. just plain fear of losing favor with those in control by backing a play aimed against them. Yes Sir, Boss Now that I have said that, there j will be those to hoot a1, it and assert1 that “The Green Pastures” is simply j a better play. Better for whom ? ] Sur iy nuu for those of us who need to see our problem in its clear light lem in its clear light and having seen it, need the inspiration to struggle. Anyhow, I think it’s time to drop this “Yt^ sir, boss” a-titude and quit trailing along behind outworn tradi ton- We don’t need play's wrritten around the fanciful belief that we are happy sis ing around waiting for the Lord to descend with an El Roi Tan (adv.) in his mouth. What we need is a theater to help us under stand the world as it is, and prepare us for i.he battle^ on this earth. That’j what “Stevedore” does. COSTIGAN-WAGNER BILL UP TO DEMOCRATS, SAYS WALTER WHITE ————— "« — Washington, D. C . Dec- 14.—“Pas sage of the CoW>gan-Wagner anti 1 inching bill is squarely up to tha Democratic party and there is no way in which i. can escape or dodge that ro ponsibility”, Walter White told th • Conference on Civil Liberties held her i December 8 and 9. Mr. White, poha ed out that last month’s Democratic victory “makes pdmsible for the measure to pass if not a single south mi member of either hen e of Congress votes fot the measure .... Thus, if the anti lynching bill fails of passag., in the 74th Congress, the forty-two million people who through their organiza tions have urged passage of the bill W'lil know beyond all doubt who is r: sponsible.” The National Convention of the Church o fGod in Crist convietned for 20 days ending December 15. Tose who attended were Mrs. E. Chambers, Mrs. Frances Milton, Mrs. Willa Buffkin, Mrs. James Rodeman, Mother Emma Benson, Elder E. !D. Robinson, pastor of Omaha church, Mrs. Goletha Hal come, and Mother Bell. Tt met at Mempis, Tenn. SCREENINGS Bv Camera Eve Yep, Just An Imitation HOLLYWOOD, CLilif-— Imita tion of Life is without doubt Hol lywood’s best picture about Ne groes and Negro life. There are flashes of genuine understanding and sympathy for the Negro char acters in the story that concerns a problem of passing and the re lationshios between two mothers, one white and the other colored, and tbnir daughters. Subtly interwoven in the pic ture is the old. old theme of the “loyaJtv’ of the Negro, and the oieture ends on a note of complete defeat. Yon leave the show with a sense of helplessness and de spair. The essence of the picture is that last sec^e where you learn that Ferdi Washington, who plays the part of the colored daughter is going down South to a Negro school. And there you have it White is white and black is black and never the twain shall meet. At least not in Hollywood. Claudette Colbert is billed as the star of the play. She isn’t. The honors helon" t0 T ouise Beavers and Ferdi Washington. Good Example Irishmen registered a vigorous protest at. the showing of films glorifying British rovaltv and the recent marriage of an English prince. Negroes should tear a leaf from their book and make it ermally iincomfortable for some of the film* that come out of Hol lywood. Such as that Pathe lynch news reel. TRICKERY. FORCE BRINGS extension for bankhead ACT Bv A1 Jackson Secretary, Share Croppers Union MONTGOMERY, Ala.—(CNA) —By keeping share-croppers from voting in some places and in others driving them to the polls to vote under complusion to suit the land lords, the A A A, in a fake refer endum held in the South last week, obtained another year's lease of life for the Bhnkhead Act which is driving thousands of share-croppers and tenants into starvation. The sudden desire of the white landlords and merchants to grant the ballot to the Negroes, at least for this particuar election, is easilv explained by the fact that the referendum required a mini mum two-thirds vote to be legal Tho acreage reduction program of 1934 brought about the destruc tion of the normal existence—such as it was—of over a million agri cultural workers in the South. These people are denied adequ ate relief by the landlords and by the government. Thousands of croppers have be en evicted because of the acreage reduction program, and are forced to return to the plantations to work for the landlords for food. Thus forced labor plantations are established in which hundreds of croppers, tenants and farm work ers toil without receiving wages, with no regulations as to working hours or working conditions. The Bankhead Act operates to limit the number of bale? of cot ton that a poor farmer may gin or sell without paying gin fix. It is in essence an ac of federal tax ation. imposed noon po r fawners, cotton to get funds to pay off the rich planters for the land they rented to the government- under the 1934 AAA contracts. It is al so an act to exclude from te mar ket the poor farmers cotton, there by giving the big planters the chance to plaee their cotton on the market. The operation of this act. forces the small farmer to sel1 to the local landlords at home, and revive the lowesct non-market prices. Already the Beeson Lumber Company of Montgomery, Ala bama, has received a government to make as possible 12,000 single oxen yokes. These are to be used on the governments rehabilitation (forced labor) .farms wrhieh the1 AAA plans to drive evicted crop pers and tenants. By establishing rehabilitation farms in the South under government, control, the government officials and the land lords hope to evade the responsi j. hility for providing relief for the needy farming masses in the South. The Share-Cropper Union is now preparing to send a delega tion to Washington, composed of --hare croppers, tenants, poor farmers and farm workers, to de mand discontinuation of-the Bank head Bill, and immediate cash and adequate winter relief for all farming people in need of food clothing and other necessities.. - HFU>TMYN‘ CASE TO CONTE BEFORE TT. S. SUPREME COURT ATLANTA, Ga.—(CNA1—The famous case of Angelo Herndon was placed in the hands of the TT. R. Supreme Court when Chief -Tustice Richard B. Russell of the Gleorgia Supreme Court last Thursday allowed the appeal of +he highest bench. Herndon, a lender of the Unem ployed Council in Atlanta, was sentenced to serve 18 to 20 years on the chain gang on a charge of “inciting to insurrection. The statue on which the sentence was based was passed in 1861 to crush slave uprisings. Herndon's ar rest followed hv a few days meet ’T!nr which he had called, to ash re lief for Atlanta's unemployed. Herndon was released last fall from "Pulton Tower Prison, where he had spent 26 months, when his $15,000 hail was raised hv popul ar subscription. He is now on a ♦ou»' of the West Coast on behalf of 'he RenttshoIIm hovs. ^he Tn'Vumatmnnl Labor Defense e+tornevc in the brief for Hem .1r,T1 the. constitutional ’ty of the 1861 statute. STATEMENT OF PUBLICATION Statement of the ownership, man. agenymti. ci reunion, etr>., required by the Act of Congress of March 3, 1933, of The Omaha Guide Publishing Co., Inc., published weekly at Omaha. Nebraska, for October 1934. State of Nebraska County of Douglas, Before me. a Notary Public in «nd for the State and county aforesaid. pesonaJly appeared Boyd V. Galloway, who. having been duly sworn accord ing to law, deposes and says that he Is the Editor of the Omeha Guide. and that the following is. to the best of bis knowledge and brief, a true state ment of the ownership, management, etc., of the aforesaid publication for the date shown in the above caption, required by the Act of August 24 1912, embodied in section 411. Post*l Laws and Regulation©, printed on the reverse of this form, to wit 1- That the names and addresses of the publisher, editor, managing editor, and business managers are: Publisher. Omaha Guide Publishing Co.. Inc., 2418.20 Gi«nt St. Editor. Boyd V. Galloway. 2418-20 Grant St. Managing Editor, Boyd V. Gallo way, 2418.20 Grant St Business Managers, H. J. Ford and C- C- Galloway, 2418.20 Grant St 2. That the owner is: Omaha Guide Publishing Co., Inc., 2418.20 Grant St. H. J. Ford, President, 2418-20 Grant St. Fluena Cooper. Vice President, 2418.20 Grant St. Boyd V. Galloway, Secy..TVe«s.. 2418-20 Grant St 3. That the known bondholders, mortgagees, and other security holders owning or holding 1 per cent or more of total amount of bonds, mortgages, or other securities are: Duplex Press Co., Battle Creek, Michigan Frank Stuart, 8016 Mandefrao* St, Omaha, 4- That the turn paragraphs next above, giving the names of the own er*, stockholders, and security holders, if any, contain not only the list of stockholders and security holders a* they Appear upon the books of the company but also, In cases where the stockholder or security holder eppeaife upon the books of the company as trustee or in any other ftduciary re lation. the na«M of the person or cobl poration for whom such tmateo is *ct Revealing1' ipun PAST, PRESENT cm EUT1JRE •• 0V AfiCE' WALLACE Wmqoiri’ mentaU«t on . ll Anericjn frtogft ■ — —»■ ■*-T*1 N. A- G.—What made me sick so long? Wa; it what I thought? Ans—No. it wasn’t what you thought No one in your family pa; anythng in your food to make .oil sick. .’t seems that the trouble j'ou had was a stomach disorder— If you will be more car tful about your dial, in the future you may be able to prevent such a condition. ' L- D.—My business hasn’t been so good lately. Do you ‘^ee any succ.ss for me in the future? Ans.—It appears to me that the deer ase in *our busines is due to the locaion. I advise you to move in a neighborhood where there is not so much competition—I beli ve you will! find a change will make your busine h j a successful ona. H- T. U.—Do you advise me to marry tbj girl have in mind? Ans—This girl you have in mind was very much in love with you at one time, but she has la t all fai h in you after the wa; i you treated h r. You should have married her before her BABY was born—You are the child’s father and it fs up to you support it. A. M. P.—I have misplaced a very important book and could you tell me where it is anc^hjrvy cap. I-get it back?" ' ‘ An*—I get the nnijtession that you left yblir book at your cousin’s house, at the seashore. .Your.relatives didn’t return it to you because th y didn’t ! knoiv J; was. important—Write . to. them ahd thertf will gladly" send it to yoh. L. S.—I have been eorrerponding [ with a man, but £ don’t know much about him. I also havo another man i friend and I want to know which! man I should coni inue with ? Ans—This man you have been cor responding with appeare to be in prison now. There is no harm in your writing to him. howev r, I do not be lieve it advisable for you to carry your friendship with him any further than thali. This other man you go with seems to be a GAMBLER, but he has always b en nice to you—£ think he is the pick of the two. M- F.—Will you kindly tell me' Ing, is given; also that the said two , paragraphs contain statements em bracing affiant’s full knowledge and belief as to the circumstances and con ditions under which stockholders and security holders who do not appear upon the books of the company as trustees, hold stock «nd securities in a capacity other than that of a bona fide owner; «nd this affiant has no reason to believe that any other per son. associaicn. or corporation has «ny interest direct or indirect in the said stock, bonds, or other securities than as so stated by him. Boyd V. Galloway. Sworn to ®nd subscribed before me this 7th dy of December, 1934. (SEAL) Lucy Mae Stamps. My commission expires Dec. 3. 1935. CALL J OMAHA POULTRY MARKET 1114 N. 24th St. We. 1100 Fresh E°ro-s — Fresh Pressed Poultry While You Wait fiET MONEY—LOV JEflLT '.1 guarantee to help yon get a new start life. No case beyond hope. Stop Ing! Write me today. Information K.. WUALAMS, 901 Bergen ;JERSEY CITY, hi J. wha;, vocation my daughter should choose? Ans—Your daughter is planning to take up teaching as h x vocation. I get the impression that she will graduate from High School in 1935 and will abend a Normal School. Your daughter ha • her heart s t on becoming a teacher and if you want her to make a success of her life, don’t interfere with her plans. B. R. A.—I want (to know why my husband doesnlt want to nay horn ■ How can I .make himj be a better husband ito me? Ans.—Your husband is tired of the unpleasant surrounding^/ arouad your home and tries to find happen ss else where. I advi>2 :pu to write to me tor a private reply, and 7 will go into your case in derail and h Ip you as much as pcssibie to make your home happy. L- E.—Do you think I will got to make the trip I have in mind and get to do what I want to ? An „—I get .th . impression that you will make a trip to California within ..he next week or two and will attend Mehcol ithere. Write to your Aunt Alice and-ri'lc her to le*. bu come and live with her._ She will be willing to help you out as much as possible. ’ M. G- J.—(Do you think Z should iftOvo or whr«; is best for IWS ta.do? • Ans—I believe it best for 'you to ’ romiUn wheny yoq are fens a while longer. Your in-law. .need your help ‘ badly,, but the least they could do is > show their appr elation and make it . a Ih.tle more pleasant around the hou^e for you. Since your sister has married it is up to her husband to h ilp the family to?. If she’s not willing to itake some of the burden off your shoulders 'hen I think it would be advisable for you to move M. E. B.—I would Hk 1 to know if will obtain my wishes? Ans—Your wishes will be obtained, but it will 'take you longer than you expect. You .-eem to hav;- some tal ent for singing, how-ever, your voice wi'l have to be train d and you will have to spend a lot of time Studying music You will get a lot of pleasure out of being a JUBILEE SINGER. 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