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JV077T:— Tour question will be analyzed free In this column only svhen you include a clipping of this column and sign your full name. t irtkdate and correct address to your letter. For a “Private Reply"... rend only 25c and a stamped envelope for my latest ASTROLOGY HEADING covering your birthdate; also a free letter »f advHet analyzing three Questions. Explain your problems clearly and eon ■ fine your questions to those within the scope of logical reasoning. — Send Yoon Letted To — ABBE’ WALLACE, P. O. BOX 11, ATLANTA, (31L . F. W.—Pit* im? tell me will J L iu's do aj I ask him? An: Hcck NO. joe Louis has t rubles enot rh t f his own > : out adding yours. Through 5 iu.1 own efforts you will * ’ successful enough to get u ited in a business of your ; * -n THIS YEAR. W. M. C.—Not long ago I met a man without doubt a gentleman. He is kind, dependable and truth ful. Should I invi:e him to my liome? Ans: If he is all that you claim him to be, then you cer tainly should make every ef fort to cultivate his friend ship. No ore could reasonably condemn you for attempting to win the after.ii.ns of such a Christian gcnt’otun. If he IS most use caution and judgment all you claim him to be you he would readily see througi any sham or pretense. S. M W.—Every Saturday, when tin gets payed off, he comes home drunk and cusses me like a dog and throws h s money away and then wants to run me away. He is terri- j Itlo with me when he has been drinking and is just as evil as he enn he. Will ho ever change? Ans: Its going to take more than “sweet treatment’ ’to change him. lie has got to be jolted out of his present state of mind and I think the best way to do is to make plans to leave, him If he th'.nks you are in earnest about going off, hull change for the better. X. Y. 7.—1 am deeply in love with & young girl who sometimes treats me fine. Anything she does is okay with me, but now she say* nJie wants me to stop going around with her. Poes she mean this. Will I ever get i(»ack in with her. Doe* she like me and what must 1 do if to get back In? Ana;. ,Ydur girl friend is atfraid that people will start ! ■“talking* al>out you if she con tinues on with the friendship. , Apparently, some other girls 'kin carried tales concerning yoor "chumnyness” to her and i ah* is unsettled as to what to ( .do. These girls seem to think that you show more interest in yenur own sex than you do in the opposite sex. You under stand how such stories get about , f ' ''AD. P_-I pray every day of any 'lifo asking the Lord to give mu twins. My husband also wants children. Maybe I’m too hasty about wanting as I know it takes time. Will I ever become a mother? Ans: Dont you think you’re asking the Lord for an awful Sbig order when you pray for twins? I’m sure if you let Him hnqrv that you would take ONE if he will it so, that he might answer your prayers. Your health isn't as good shape as it should be. Why don’t you ask your DociU'l’s advice. 1 ibe ligfe youx prayers will be ♦ • ADVENTURK—I 'have a strong determination to got myself a •rood job and grow up to be a great ana someday. I have always been •Ilea hoped to lead my people to a m great lover of my race and ha'* “•viefcwy” up to the standards of •very nationality on the face of the earth Hease don't print my name in your column as some of the people will quickly recogn zc. me and think probably I a hiin dis tress. Will I be successful in my attempt to get a good job? Ans: Cad, with your courage, and lofty ideals, you can’t help (bat get a job by Spring.I be tftewB you will be successful in contacting work thru a friend whom you will meet thru at tending CHURCH. You have my hearty congratulations for jfOui goal In life. Lei me sug iV’',v ...... ...-ggpajjMi : Rest: Lhat you try to complete your High School education and think seriously of entering the MINISTRY. W. C. M.—I often read your column and think you nre good. Will you please tell me will I be successful enough to get a car with my intended plan? Ans: It would bo better if you made out with the car you have now until middle sum mer. Around August of this year you will bo in much bet ter financial shape. GET YOUR CAR THEN R. M. M.—Please hurry. Will I ever meet a boy who will love me without mo lotting him - _•> Ans: By being particular in choosing your friends, you will eventually marry and live happily. The next few years of your life will bring your ideal mate. L. V. P.—My father has been married three times. He ami his third wife seperatod. About three months ago he was married to his l. urth wife. Do you think he will be satisfied with her? An: Right now, your daddy wishes ho hadn’t been so hasty about getting married for the fourth time. He’s got a “wild cat” on his hands this time and your old man is about fed up with her. He didn’t know when he was well off. In my opinion the romance won’t last. — —<• X. Y. Z.—I have a sister whom I l'eel has been storied upon and I'd like to know am I right in be lieving it is not true what was said? I think I’m in love.. Does the boy love me? I)o you think it wise to continue my assocation with him ? Does he respect me loss than before? A ns: There is a lot more to your sister’s case than appears on the surface, and a lot more than she will own up to. Some of tho stories have b^en stretched a bit though. Your boy friend is more attached to you now than he has ever been. Why don’t you broach the sub ject of marriage to him, You two are well mated and could find happiness together. L. B. E.—I was married to a person named “B,” later to find out the numo was “G.” Is this a lawful marriage? Ana: “Assumned marriages” are not commonly considered lawful. My advice however, is to consult a lawyer in the state where the ceremony was per formed. .T. A. C.—4 am now under the death sentence and T want to know if I will be suceessful in getting cut of thia mess? Ans: Thin the efforts of your lawyer, 1 believe you will be lucky enough to get this death sentence commuted to LIFE IMPRISONMENT. Do not give up hope. W. D. J.—I have 6 children and have been married 10 years. My hubby lias been very good to nie but lately he doesn't want me to go to town unless he goes with me and buys what I need. Tell me whats the trouble? Ans: Your husband is brood ing over a certain letter that he has In his possession and seems to be of the opinion that he can’t trust you anymore. I believe you understand what I mean. Patronize Onr Advertisers --———— __ Flash! NEW YORK (C) Feb. 10th — Bill Robinson, world famous tap dancer an 1 movie star, walked with a limp and carried a cane wren he made a brief guest appearance on tho 125th Street Apollo theatre stage with Fats Waller and Jeni LeGon on Monday afternoon. Bill adm'tted to the audience that he was slightly lame. NEW YORK. (C) Feb. 16th — Newspaper men have been urged by the National Urban League to file for jofes with the Wage-Hour division of the Department of La bor, Washington, for Principal In formation Representatives, at $5, 600 per year NEW YORK (C) Feb. 16— The new Paul Robeson feature picture ‘“Big Fella”, co-starring Elizabeth W elch, had its premiere a‘ the 125 Street Apollo theatre on Friday, February 10, and played a week Zaidcc Jackson has an important role in the picture. N. Y. TIMES INTERVIEWS HARLEM GRAY SHOP ON FOODS NEW YORK, Feb. 16, (C) Once ngain Negro business in Harlem is given a big lift in prestige by the celebration of the eighth anni versaiy of Gray Shop No. 3, 266 West 145th street, noted as one of the smartest dinig rooms in up town Manhattan. As though crowning its eight years of success luI catering to the discriminating taste of New York food lovers, the New York Times Magazine section of its Sunday edition carried re cently a scholarly article on the fino art of cooking as is practiced among Negroes, and all the in formation, including a photo of a chef illustrating the proper way to prepare genuine Southern fried chicken, came from Gray Shop No. ** Dt While people throughout the country were reading this article on how the tradition of fine food and service is being preserved in Harlem by Negroes themselves, the Gray Shop staff was feeling that ‘this service which was praised so highly was only routine work for them. It was hack in 1929 that the first Gray Shop was opened in Harlem, Shortly after this beginning, a sec ond shop was opened, and in 1931 the Gray Shop fever having taken a firm hold on Harlem, the largest shop of all, No. 3j in West 145th street, was opened, with a spacious dining roam which seats 80 people, the Shop all told seating 100 per sons. immediately upon tne opening oi this large salon, high standards of service were invoked and have re mained until this day, standing the test and strain of the depression through eight years. One innovation has been the building in of a brick barbecue pit where real southern barbecue is prepared right before the eyes of tho patrons. And also the south ern fried chicken, which took the fancy of the Now Yoi-k Times cul inary expert, has long been regular fare for the Harlemites of above average taste. But in the Gray Shop service al so lies one of its secrets of suc cess. A well trained staff of wai ters. who ha'e had experience on dining cars and boats, give to Har lemites tho same service which commands fancy prices outside the Harlem distinct In the dining room, which lias walls <*f grained wood, giving an air of dignity and distinction, are seen tables fault lessly set with linens of gleaming white cleanliness and china of matched design throughout the in tricacies of formal dinners, spark ling stem glassware, and silver that has each implement in its pro per place rom fish fork to demi tasse spoon. Nowhere else in Harlem does the lover of good food and service find such cloae attention given to de tail and correct procedure as at Gray Shop No. 3. Comments have often come from visiting patrons of other cities who know and ap preciate service, long before the New York. Timesdieard of the Gray Shop tradition and sent its special writer to investigate and write a lengthy report which was broad cast to the world. The heads of the Gray Shop are substantial business men who not only successfully operate their own business, but take an interest in DARK LAUGHTER by 01 Harrington I ^ Copyrtihi Ooa*. JKaW'v':^*' I “Say, Bootsie, it’s three A. M. an’ all the food’s gone but don’t let me rush you—jest take your time.”_ the developement of business throughout the Harlem area. Once a leading spirit in the Harlem Busi ness Men’s Club and officially con nected with the National Ncgy® Business League, they are even now laying plans to serve success fully a record number of World’s Fair visitors and are cooperating with other enterprises to make this a banner year for Harlem business generally . ‘ , '' ' 1 _-t#«! WHEN ONE ROOM IS DIFFICULT TO HEAT! _. ; j CLEANING OUT WARM" -Am DUCT OR REGISTER M$Y BE THE REMEDY r " ' .__ . .*•' I Are you grumbling this wihter because there’s one room in the house that you just cant h£at?l ' Usually it’s a bedroom; but it'fnay be the dining room or even the liv ing' rodm. And to heat rooms lika that, you either have to keep all the rest of the house uncomforta bly hot, or resign yourself to hav ing one room that feels like a cold storage box. If you have this problem, don’t blamo the architect, don’t vow to givo up an otherwise comfortable home. Your heating plant may on ly need some simple adjustment to gvie complete satisfaction. First, make a careful examina tion of the warm air duct, or stack and register of the room in que& stion. If necessary call in a heating contractor to look it over. If the * rest of the house is warm, that indicates at least that as designed and built, the heating system- was adequate; so the chances are some thing has gone wrong since. Per haps there is a loose connection or a portion of the duct has slipped down or sidewise, letting the heat that was intended for the room pass up inside the wall. You may bo able to trace trouble of this sort by feeling of the walls and locating spots where they are | warmer than they should be. Often the register connection has slipped just enough to spoil the warm air flow; or dirt, fluff or even more serious obstructions <r have clogged the duct. Children have been known to poke pieces of cloth or paper into registers and cut off the room’s heat supply. Look over the windows too. Make sure they fit tightly and taa^ there ! is adequate snug weather strip- j ping. Installing a modern storm I window often works wonders. I Doublo windows and storm doors; sometimes save as much as 20 per ' cent of fuel hill. Txiok around the ! baseboard for cracks through which j on the windward side, a stream of, cold air can come whistling in. Economic Hi-Lights __ « Happenings fbat Affect the Din: ner Pails, Dividend Checks and Tax Bills of every Individual. Nation* tl and International Problems In separable from Local Welfare. . . ! " ’ 4 j - ; In theory, meetings of tne Son-, a to military affairs committee are usually supposed to be strictly se cret. In practice, information about wb*t goes on at the conclaves us ually starts leaking out .immediate ly after they are over. Senators are only human-— and, like any one else with important special knowledge in their minds, they have a hard time keeping it to themselves. Tho recent meeting between the President and this committee at tho White House was supposed to bo even more secret than most. Even the stenographers were ex cluded. But, as usual, the leaks were much in evidence. The next day an account was widely publish ed to the effect that the President had stated in conversation that A mericr.’a frontier was in France, and that this explained the U. S. government's willingness to have the French buy big qualities of war planes here. Still another ac count stated that the President had gono farther yet, and said that our frontier was the Rhine River. Two days later the Chief Exe cutive branded these reports as “a" deliberate lie,” and added that a move was on foot, supported by some congressmen and newspapers, to misrepresent and discredit hiip But whatever the troth of the mat ter, bhe episode served t* Unloose ?, veritable torrent of oratory in the always talkative Congreds— and served as well to bring Into sharp focus the fundamental dif ferences that exist over our for eign policy. We are embarking on the larg est armament program in our peace-time history. When a coun try builds a war machine, it in volves far more than merely ap propriating the money, increasing the personnel of our fighting forces, and placing the orders with tho arms and munitions makers. It involves the greatest question of policy. It involves our entire at 'tlludo toward the relations with tho other nation in the world. And it thus very directly involves every person in the country. We have apparently reached the time when our foTeign policy must bo definitely fixed and established in one way or another. And this !-r—:-: is going to be no simple matter. For the congress seems to be bit terly divided over what our policy should be. And it is not in any sense a partisan division—politics plays little or no part in it. On the other hand are those who believe sincerely that in a sense that we are our brother’s keeper— that, as the only great democracy immune from immediate attack by a powerful totalitarian state, it is to us to throw the weight of our ipfIviencQ and resources behind the menaced democracies. These men see the world as a great battle ground in which an undeclared war without quarter is taking place between fascism and democracy. The cause of democracy in Europe they reason, will soon be lost un less helped by the New World de mocracy. And if that happens, they argue, we will be next in line for fascist aggression. So, they con clude the thing to do is to help the Old World democracies stave off fascism before it is too late. The other school believes with equal sincerity in rigorous isola tion. That means a policy of treat ing all countries, democratic or totalitarian, with equal considera tion. They feel we n.’ist build up an adequate defensive military ma chine, and keep our resources for our own use. they argue, to pull any country’s fat out of the fire. And, they conclude, if we insist on aiding the other democracies with moral suasion and giving them ac cess to our factories and resources, it will eventually mean that we will havo to aid them with our amiy Hnd navy. President Wilson’s refu sal to be neutral, they think, and his obv.ous bias towa/3 the ali.j-, was resp'i sible for bringing js u i nccessari’y into the World Wtr. This illustrates the two ni’yor oxertmes of thought There are, of course, many more moderate groups which favor a modified neu trality—or a modified internation alism. No one can answer the question of which side will win. Mr. Roose velt it is believed, feels that neutrality must be somewhat re laxed. On the other hand, there is a strong and determined group in Congress, led by Senator Borah, which is determined to resist to the end, and Administration effort to actively aid the European demo cracies. At this writing,- it looks like a stalemate is in prospect over foreign policy. Ty businesg picture is changing but little. The anticipated down swing remains in evidence, and is secarity values. One good sign, is sustained strength in commodity prices T^jr I characterized by serious losses in | have declined—but to nowhere near | the same extent as stock prices. And there seems to be no danger ! of a big break in this field. 1 Tho inventory situation is also | favorable. The economists are reet I ing- on their oars now, confident 1 that spring will bring the much advertised upturn. ---UUO--. INTERESTING NAVAL NOTES “Postal Laws and Regulations permit the mailing of letters from Sailors, Soldiers, and Marines on board ship without the customary I postage stamps The latest ship to invoke this ruling was the * United Status Cruiser Marblehead which, wken she left the United States soma time ago for duty in Asiatic Wat ers, did not have the time to ob tain an additional supply of ooa tage stamp and as a result tke ship’9 postoffice ran completely out of stamps shortly after the vessel arrived on her Station. This fact did not deter front her crew writing their relatives and friends back in the United States for in the upper right hand corner, where the stamp would or dinarily be placed, each enevelope bore this inscription: “Sailors Let ter; Collect upon delivery” land signed b ythe Ship’s Commander. Rear Admiral S. P. Carter, dur ing the Civil War, offered his services as an Army Officer to President Lincoln. He entered the Army, rose to the rank of Mayw General, returned to the Navy and rose to the rank of Rear Admir al, being the only man to hold both ranks. Tho largest Naval Hospital (1400 beds) is located at San Diego, Califorira. During the first 120 days of a Naval Recruit’s service he is en titled to take out Government In surance in amounts up to $10,000.” -oOo— Congressman Harry B. Coffee from Nebraska’s fifth Congression al district took a defenite stand against the proposal for a war reierend'.im m replying today to the University of Omaha’s Mid dest Poll. The last of Nebraska represen tatives to re. pond to the Omaha university’s statewide canvasc, Congressman Coffee was the only TJ. braska representative in Wash ington willing to commit himself definitely on the question of whet her 01 not the people should yote betrre Congress may declare a war on foreign soil. Declaring that he had voted a gainst the measure during the last session of Oongi’ess, Congressman Coffee raid ‘ The adoption of this proposal, in my opinion, would enhance ra'h er than diminish the possibliee of i war because It would have a ten dency to encourage aggressor na tions to disrespect our rights vhh a feeling of impunity. “After all, the attitude of the people would be reflected by the vote of their representatives in Congress who would be better in formed and less susceptible to pro paganda.’ Cong', fcfsman Charles F. Me Laugh’in, members from the sec ond Nebraska district, said he hud voted against the referendum bill at the last Congress, indicated i-'^at he was still opposed to the idea, but qualified his stand by stating that "this does not mean that my mind is closed on the subject,” The three other Nebraska Con gressmen. George Heinke, firFt dis trict, Karl Stefan, third. aud.Cail Curtis, fourth district, declined to take a stand on the issue. Each promised to givo the referendum careful consideration should it come before the present Congress. Thirty-six Nebraska and Iowa newspaper editors who also rp 1 plied to the University of Omaha’s poll were evenly divided over the referendum issue, with eighteen editors voting “yes” on the propo sal and eighteen voting “no.” Seventeen of the eighteen edi tors favoring the referendum stated they believed their views reflected the sentiments of their readers. One said he didn’t know. Of the eighteen editors opposed to the referendum only four ven tured to say their views coincide writh their readers’ feelings. Five opposed to the referendum said they thought their readers were for it; seven said they had no idea how their readers felt; and one r.aid his readers were probably equally divided on the question.
