pREVEAL ING' ipur PAST, PRESENT cut f L1TPRE •• e/Afiee'wulace tfotnqesf menfaWf on ifao A**sncjn frfcapc — —« ■»■ M. M. C.—Kindly inform me if I should remain wh re I am for the summer or what is the best step for me to take? Ans.—It would please your mother in NEW YORK CITY if you would leave 2 our pres nt location and make your home with her. You won’t have as much difficulty in securing a job in New York as you will in your home town and this change would benefit you financially. E. J.—I went with a girl for two y ars and now she won’t even let me come to see her or even see me Please tell me how I can win. h r back ? Ans.—You may as well get this idea out of your head for this girl has never cared an: thing about you. You knew that she was MARRIED and now that sh has succeeded in getting what she wanted out of you she is through. You must learn not to be so generous with your pay check or you will experience another incid nt like this one. A. B. W.—I have tried for a whole year to get back on my old job but I haven’t had any succ ss. Tell me please if I will ever get th s job? Ans.—No, you won’t get your job with the COTTON MILL. You will receive a good pa: ing job in a private home b fore May- A close friend of yours will prove very instrumental in your securing this job and your duties won’t be as hard as your work in the mill. F. E. M.—Please tell me where is M R. G.? Ans.—This party is in Chicago, Illi nois, and is the proprietor of a very modernistic FRENCH BEAUTY SA LON. You will receive direct infor mation from this party and will s;e him personally during this yoar of 1935. A. J. P.—I am ill and can’t get well and I want to know if my condition will improve? Ans.—Your condition is not as ser ious as you are inclined to believe that it is and a change of climates will bring about a r covery. Arrange to take a trip to Florida and spend the balance of the winter there and by summer you will be well again. M- M. W.—I would like to know if my boy friend lov s me and will he take the job that he has in m;ind? Ans.—Yes, your boy friend loves you. If you will explain t» him the condition that you are in he will not take the job on THE BOAT but will remain with you, and also MARRY YOU. He is a little backward and needs you to encourage him a bit. N- B. L.—Will I be able to stop my husband from this dangerous woman? Ans.—Not by the method that you are using now. As long as you nag at him about his association with this party it will only encourage hm along. Ignore the whole affair and give him a dose of h s own medicine and he will soon realize that he is only making a laughing stock of himself. R. L.—'I want to know if I will bo able to pay for my home? Ans.—You w 11 have some difficulty from time to time but through the help of your CHILDREN you will pay for the home within the next six years. It s ems to me that your old est child w.ll pay the majority of the notes on your home. JI. V. M.—Someone told me that a Indy wras planning to hurt my little daughter and I am worried about it. Tell m the details please ? Ans.—This is a mistake for no one is planning to cause your little ten year old child any trouble. It is true that she had a misunderstanding with a child in your neighborhood and the moth r of the other child was upset a | bit over it but she won’t hurt your baby G. S.—I want to know if the man ‘ hat I am considering myself going j with does he love me? Ans.—I am afraid not—and it will j be to your advantage if you did not j take this person s. riously for he has failed to tell you the whole details j about himself. If you desire you may 1 send a quarter for my New Astrology R ading. See foot note at the base of the column. F. D. S.—I am trying to locate a friend of mine that I have not seen for several years- Can you please help m2? Ans.—It seems to me that you will meet this girl friend of yours in a CHURCH when you visit the city of WASHINGTON, D. C. She is very "nterest d in Church Work and would love to join you in your home town. You two will be lifetime friends R. I. M.—Will my brother receive ^ny money and what will be the out come? Ans.—Yes, he will receive a sum of mone- from, an INSURANCE COM PANY but I don’t believe the amount will be as much as he expects- It ap pears to me that he will get over the accident that he was in but it will take some time for a complete recov ery. I. W. W.—Is it true the story that has been circulating around about my husband ? Ans.—Indeed not—your husband has not been running around with an other woman. You two have been very happilv married for TWENTY SIX YEARS and he is not going to start stepping out on you at this late 1 day. The person that brought you this story is jealous of your happy home. MAJORITY OF UNMARRIED NEGRO MvOTHERS UNDER 25. WELFARE REPORT SHOWS Summary Gives Figures Dealing With Typical Year In Gotham. More Than 60 Per Cent Never Passed Eighth Grade In School. Dealing with unmarried mothers, a summary based on a study made by Dr. Ruth Reed for the Research Bur eau of the Welfare Council of New York City is now being distributed by the Columbia University Press. The summary gives data for a typical year concerning the age, occupation, edu cation and length of resid nee in New York City for all unmarried mothers regarding whom such information was on record. Much of the report presents the cases of Negro mothers without bene fit of clergy, revealing that 90 per cent of Negro women in this class are lass than 25 years of age; 75 per cent are domestic servants; more than 60 per cent have never gone beyond the eighth grade, and 80% per cent are legal residents of New York. In comparison with white unmar ried mothers, Negro women of that class are more numerous in the lower age groups than the former classifica tion. Only 79 per cent of white un married mothers are less than 25 years of age, as against the 90 per cent of the Negro women. A compar ative tabulation of figures on Negro and white percentages follows: Negro White Under 16 9 3% 16—19 49 S3 20-24 31% 43 General percentages of the other age groups were: 25 through 29, slightly more than 12 per cent; 30 through 34, slightly more than 4 per cent; 35 through 39, 1% per cent, and over 40 years of age, 0.4 per cent. In the group under 16 there was one un married mother of 11 years of age and, in 1930, the year chosen for study another unmarried mother of 14 gave birth to her second child. Slightly more than one-half—or 52 per cent-j-of the unmarried moth ers for whom information in regard to employment was available were domestic servants. The significance of this figure will be realized, Dr. Reed writes, “if it is recalled that of all gainfully employed females in New York City in 1930 on ly 18V2 per cent were engaged in do mestic service. As might have been expected, a much higher percentage of Negro than of white unmarried mothers were engaged in domestic service.” Of the Negro unmarried mothers, 75 per cent were domestic servants, and of the white, 44 per cent. For eign born whites with 71 per cent in domestic service were more than dou ble the percentage—33 per cent—of native-born whites in domestic ser vice. Clerical and factory workers formed the next largest groups of unmar ried mothers; 18 per cent were oler ical workers, and 16 per cent were factory workers. For the other occu pational groups the percentage were: attending schools, slightly more than 7 per cent; professional workers. 5 per cent, and engaged in miscellan eous occupations almost two per cant. More than 60 per cent of the un married mothers whose educational background was recorded had never gone beyond the eighth grade. Dr. Reed writes: “Contrary to a belief, prevalent among some social agencies, that unmarried mothers now corns largely from the ‘better educat ed’ classes, it is found that not only a little over 10 per cent of the group for which data are available had any training beyond high school. A com parison of the educational attainments and the occupational status of these women reveals that about the same actual number had higher education as were reported to be following profes sional occupations; the number of those in clerical occupations is about liks the number who had gone to high school. Whatever the educational at tainment of those not reported, it seems that a high proportion of them had not achieved an occupation which is dependent in a large degTee on «du cation and special training.” The educat.onal attainments, by percentages, of the unmarried moth ers were: first to fourth grades of ele mentary school, slightly more than 7 per cent; fifth to eighth grades of tl mentary school, 55 per cent; high school, 2714 per cent; normal school. 1 per cent; college, 2 per cent; profes sional school, 7 per cent. Slightly 1 ss than a fourth of the unmarried mothers had been in New York less than the year necessary to establish legal r sidence. The per centage for those in whose cases data concerning residence was on record w re: resident 7714 per cent; non resident, 2214 per cent. Among the 1 Negroes 8014 per cent were legal r: si dents of New York and among the whites 76 per c. nt were legal resi dents. “The fact that the white unmarried mother is more likely to be cut off from her fam.ly and h r social group by the discovery of her illegitimat; parenthood is probably one reason for the slightly greater numb r of non residents among the white group,” Dr. Reed writes. “The fear of discov: ry and the possession of more adequate economic resourc s for seeking con cealment in the city were generally given by social workers as explana tions of th;- difference in the propor tion of non-residents in the two racial groups. Considering the circumstan ces of the two groups, the similarity seems more striking than the differ ence.” HEROIC YOUTH SMOTHERED TO DEATH IN HARLEM FIRE TRAP New York—CNA—Ralph Gor don was burned to death early Sunday morning in a Harlem fire trap, located at 39 W. 132nd St. The 22 year old here was des pera'elv working to rescue the tenants in the apartment when the roof collapsed upon him. Another tenant in he home, Oscar Warren, suffered a fractur ed skull, a broken leg, and seri ous internal injuries. Flames Quickly Spread Through House. The tenants in the flaming house were also awakened by Mrs. Oventein .who ran up and down .he halls screaming and banging on doors. The fire prevented her from going above the second floor end she was forced to break into a stranger’s apartment to run for the fire escape. There is only one fire escape for both sides of the railroad flat, and that one is in the rear of the building. I'pon opening their doors, the tenants found the hallways ablaze ■t the roof abou to collapse. Fire Department Arrives Late. A'though the fire department was promptly called ,;hey did not arrive for a half hour af.er those who survived were already out. The nearest five department sta tion in less than four bolcks from the building. The house had been condemned by fire authorities for over three months. The landlord did noth ing to provide for the safety of his tenants, a'though he had been repeatedly informed of the dang erous condtions in the house. No inves igation is being con ducted by landlord or authorities to discover the source of the fire. Ralph Gordon was a member of the International Workers Order, and active in the left wing move ment for Negro Rights. A mass funeral in protest again st the conditions making for such tragedies, was held this week in Harlem. JAMAICAN WORKERS DEM ONSTRATE AGAINST NEW BRITISH BILL Kingston, Jamaica, B. W. I.— B y Special correspondent— —CNA—The island of Jamica has become the storm center of mighty mass demonstrations and strug gles against British capital. The Jamaican workers are preparing actions against the proposed Ba nana Insurance Bill. Bill Benefit* British Interests. The proposed bill is designed to benefit the Jamaica Banana Pro ducers’ Association, controlled by British interests, at the expense of the small planters and laborers. At a meeting in St. Catherine, T. J. Cawley, one of the sponsers of the bill and a member of the Banana Producers’ Associtaion, was pulled from the platform by indignant listeners. At Lawrence, Trelawney, local police attacked an anti-bill demonstration and threatened to institute martial law. Similar demonstrations have occured in all parts of the land. MITE MISSIONARY SOCIETY OF A. M. E. CHURCHES. The second Quarterly meeting of the Mite Missionary of A. M. E. churches of this district met at Bethel A. M. E. Church, Feb ruary 28th. The meeting was open ed by devotionals led by St. John’s, Omaha, and Beatrice. Mrs. Effie Bryant, the Presi dent of this district, gave an in teresting talk on Mission and the work we are trying to accomplish. Committees were then appointed from the various churches and most of the churches reported. We were favored with a sermonette by Rev. Cole. Communications from the other district meetings were read. The meeting then ad journed for dinner, which was nicely served by the Ladies of Be hel Mite Missionary Society. The meeting was reopened at 2 o’clock with devotionals led by Fremont, Bethel, Omaha and St. John’s, Omaha. The officers and visiting ministers were introduc ed. Communication from the statis.ical secretary was read. Re ports from each church were read, j Mrs. Kennedy, president of the Junior department, was given the president's ehair. The Bethel’s Junior depart meat responded I wi h two numbers. St. John’s Juniors also gave two numbers. After holding a quiet hour and paying respect to our deceased sister, Ruth Redd, the meeting ad journed to meet a* Fremont, Neb raska, in May 1935. Those out of town delegates were Mrs Lola Beck and Miss Beck, of Bea rice, Neb., Mrs. A. Newton, of Fremont, Mrs. Ruth Long and Mrs Venable, of Lin coln. Other delegates were Mrs E. Bryan , president, Mrs. M. L. Rucker, Mr. and Mrs. Russe l Reese. Mrs. R. J. Woods, Mrs. Piggue, Mrs. A. Offutt, Mrs Anna Burton, Mrs M. Metcalf, Mrs. Beatrice Laster, Mrs. Mattie Johnson, Mrs B. TIenry, Miss Fi del'a Rucker. Mrs K. Manley, Mrs. Anna Kennedy, Mrs. Tillie Simpson, Mrs. Hattie Knight Mrs. H. Hangar, Mrs Payne, Mrs. Rev. Metcalf, Rev. Bryant, Rev. Womack, Mrs J. D. Thornton, Butler, Rev. Calhoun, Rev. Cole and Rev. J .W. Williams ,who visited us with greetings, and Rev. Mrs. J. AY. Williams, presides of the Mite Missionary that entertaned. Judge Denied Change of Venue Harris was arrested-on Novem ber 19 in a riira' village. Fail Creek, near Sliell)yville. He was charged with criminally assault ing Lydia Gibson, a 14 year old white girl On December 19, ac companied by wo regiments of nation; 1 guardsman, Harris was taken to Shelby vile for tria1 A lynch mob formed ou.side of the i court rom Teh pleas of he deefnse attor neys for a change of venue were denied Circuit Court Judge T. L. Coleman ruled that it was pos sible for Harris to secure a fair trial in his cour'. As a lynch gang was m.obi’izing outside of the courtroom, an all white jury was hastily seVcted. L'u?cC Gang Burns Courthouse The lynchers at erupted- to bat 1 ter down the couitroom door to get Hands. Fearincr a terrific wave of protest similar ;o that which folD^-o'1 on the heels of i the Marianna. Florida, lynching on October 26. the Tennesee au thorities ordered the guardsmen o fire, As a result, three mob sters, F. O. Edwards, Pat. Lawes and Gil Freedman were slain and ten were injured. The infuriated mob then burnt down the courthouse and terrifi ed he entire Negro section, of Shelbyville. A month later, the would be lynchers set fire to the home of Kev. W. 0. Largen, Me thodist preacher woh urged legal action agains: the mobsters. The court postponed the trials. Finally on February 16, a legal lynching was prepared. The trial of Harris was resumed and a lily white jury rushed a verdict of guilty. The judge pronounced a sentence of death in the electric chair. H. 0. L. C. DISCRIMINATES AGAINST NEGRO APPLI CANTS. New York—CNA—If, after six years of capitalistic crisis, you still own your home—then you can’t get relief, even though you’re out of a job. If, because you can’t get a job and you can’t get on relief, you have tried to keep your home to gether by taking in borders— then you can’t apply for a gov ernment loan through the Home Owners Loan Corp°rtai°n And if, because you can’t get a loan and you find yourself out on the street—then that’s no con IWpTKidneys ^ If poorly functioning Kldncysond % Bladder make you suffer *r