Red Hair No Sign of Temper and Cousins MAY Marry, Says Wiggam rt Isn’t always darkest Just before the dawn. Every cloud doesn't have • silver lining. Opposites do not usual ly marry each other and beauty very often does go with brains These are Jtiat a few of the man; popular fallacies that are based on general . acceptance of * catchy phrase rather than cn scientific tact. r--—-z—n-: Actually, accora (Do Opposites Marry ?>ng w yAlbert E ^tg;;am, author of "The Marks of an Educated Man,* conclusions Dased ©n most such commonly-accepted catch phrases are wrong, i under the title “You’re Wrong -About That," in the July Cosmo politan magazine, Wlggam bares the falsity of a score of popular Deliets These run all the way from the fact that Betsy Boss didn’t design the American flag to the belief that cou sins shouldn't marry and that blind persons have an extraordinary sense of touch. “General notions. Impressions and beliefs about matters of fact and natural law.* Wlggam Insists, “pro vided they are not the outcome of scientific Investigations, are always wrong." And In proof of tills state ment he proceeds to attempt to wreck lot of commonly accepted opinions. Oddly enough, and as If in support of the claims of this writer. Alice D. Kelly, a mother of five children, pre sents In the same magazine the story of how her chll- _______ dren separated her from her husband In stead ot being a bond which drew l them more close- r ly together—as is ' popularly preach ed and believed V — this mother ^re Red-Reads Rot found her habies Tempered? to he a wedge which gradually forced hersell and het husband apart. In developing this condition. Mrs. Kelly reaches—by a different route—the same conclu sions presented by Wlggam. As she states It: "For a presumably practical, shrewd and money-grubbing race, we Amer icans have more quaint folklore, more strange mythology and more un founded legends than the people of any other country—not excepting Scandinavia—that I have ever visited. And I have visited a loti" Whether these Iconoclastic attack* on popular ideas will win any reader* away from their favorite beliefs re mains to be seen. The chances are, however, that they will, Instead, mar shal an army of believers In their defense. * ' I Jim Still Guards That Door HERE’S HOW SOME GET THEIR JOUS IN WASHINGTON Washington, June 22—Bits of stray conversation sometimes bring to light interesting stories. For instance, the idle conversation with a Washington stenographer, concerning the placing of Negroes in the civil service. According to this information, no resident of tho District of Columbia, nearby Virginia or Maryland, is given a permanent position in the civil ser vice; they are given temporary or indefinite work. Then again, some Negroes hold ing down good positons owe them to their senators who wield in fluence in certain quarters. The story is told of a man well up in tho government services as to how 'he first got his job. Going to hig senator, who hap pened to be from the deep South, the young man who had finished law' school solicited his aid. That worthy went over to the depart ment where the young man sought an appointment, looked around, and said to the chief of the per sonnel department, “In my section of tho country n-s don’t hold this kind of job, but since you got n--a holding them down here, you appoint my n—•—r to one.” Ho got the job and has held it continuously for a number of years. Another instance provides a laugh. Senator So-and-So took his colored constituent^over to a de partment to land him a job. It seems as if the man had been shunted back and forth, being told on each occasion of his visit to tho deparement that .here were no openings. So the irate senator accompanied him on one trip. Going to the office of the di rector of personnel, inquiry elicted tho information there were no openings—the man would be ap pointed as ,goon as there was one. Turning the senator saw a col ored man sitting near a door ap ! parently doing nothing. “What’s that man doing?” ask ed the senator. “He's guarding the door.” “And there’s another man over there, silting by that door—what’s ho doing?” He s guarding that door. The senator noticed a third door unguarded, so he turned to his .•onstitutnt and shouted, pointing his cane, “Jim, there’s a door that needs a guard. Just go and sit here and guard that door.” As far as we can ascertain, Jim sill guards that door. But for the main part, senators are inclined to tell their colored as a messenger, I’ll try to help job seekers “If you want a job you get one, but I, am not inter ested in trying 'to land clerical jobs for colored folk.” Mr. Bilbo is saiiTto have secured two jobs for colored men from his state both messenger jobs. But higher than this—well, in the de partment of the interior there are a few mail clerks and junior clerks, who get the salaries of clerks, but ' not the ratings. And the Negroes for the most part seem eminently satisfied with the salary and not the rating—alhough.reductions in salaries may be affected when the rating is not on par with the salary. — ■ ■" 0O0—— —■ NAVAL NOTES OUR NAVY SHIPS I Time in the Navy is counted from midnight to midnight and is spoken of and written as if the face of the clock showed 24 hours instead of 12. Four figures are used to designate any particu lar moment, the finst two are hours and the second two are minutes after the hours. 6:00 AM. is 0600, noon is 1200 4:30 PM. is 1630 and so on. Eighty four enlisted men of the Navy qualified for appointment w ■ ——-§ McGill’s Bar and Blue Room Welcomes Delegates and Visitors Brother Elk extends hand of welcome to all delegates and visitors attending Mid West States Association’s Conven— , tion. You are especially invited to make ! yourselves at home with a full round of service with a smile at McGill’s Bar and Blue room at 2423—25 North 24th Street. We will feature special entertain— ment for your pleasure while you are in the city. ’< : " Make our place your headquarters where you will meet all Omaha. *... Gilbert Patten, 73-year-old an | tlior of famous Frank Merriweh stories, whose characters will re turn to fight for democracy in radio sketch for Council Against Intol erance Independence Day Cere mony. Dick Merriwell Erickson, Boston Bees’ pitcher, who plays role in I'rank Merriwell radio sketch for Independence Day Ceremony of Council Against Intolerance to the Naval Academy last year. Tho Secretary of the Navy ig al lowed by law to appoint 100 en listed men each year. Our Navy sh'ps, our Naval Stations, and all of the men in our Navy set a standard of cleanliness that i>3 not surpassed by any Navy in the world. During a storm in the North Sea in 1918, when the U.S. Squad ron was overseas duty, a seaman was washed overboard from the U. S. S. NEW YORK and washed up aboard the U. S. S. TEXAS, the next ship in the column. The U. S. S. SARATOGA has more than 260 compartments (rooms) used for the storage of aircraft material, general stores, and provisions. -oOo RYALS EXTRADITION HEARINGS RESUMED New York, June 22 (CNA)— Hearings in the case of John Ryals fugitive sharecropper whom the state of Georgia is trying to extradite from New York were re sumed this week before United States Commissioner Isaac Platt, in the Federal Building at Foley Square, this city. Ryals fled from Clyo, Affing ham County, Ga., on June 18, 19.37 to escape a lynch mob after he had cut Ulysses Elzey, a white land owner with a pen knife while de fending himself from a beating and threatened shooting for lett Mrs. Julia sShci, former national Women's (Jolt t amp who will head several committee’s on inter pinment when the Central States tournament op.-ns in St, 1-nus August 20. Mrs. Siler who shoots i consistently good golf game is among America's leading women I'nycrs. She is the wife of James W. Siler. I' Gov William H. Vanderbilt of Rhode Island becomes first Governor i to sign American Declaration c.f Tolerance and Equality for Inde pendence Day Ceremony of Council Against Intolerance in America. 1 Rabbi Stephen S. Wise, noted spiritual leader, and Rev. Father Francis \ x. Quinn of Church of Guardian Angel, New York, watch signing cere mony at World’s Fair during Rhode Island Day observance. ing a mule run away. Ryals left a wife and seven children in Ga. Finally reaching New York, the former sharecropper got work as janitor on St. Nicholas Ave., where according to the tenants, he gave excellent service until the State of Georgia instituted extra dition proceedings against him this year. His wife and five of his children meanwhile joined him. Governor Lehman, after hear ing all evidence in the case, re fused to sign extradition papers whereupon Georgia had Ryals in dicted under a federal statute or iginally aimed at kidnappers and known as the Lindberg Law. ELKS NEWS _ It wan a large frolicking crowd that attended the dance on June 26th sponsored by the Marching Club and Drill Team. They report their progress very encouraging. Of course the dance was held in our beautiful Rainbow Dance Hall. Oh, say, by the way. These four daughters that I am naming here, wero in the class on June 20th and by some means we forgot to get their names to you. So here they are: Dr. Dorothy Abram, Dr. Roach, Dr. Walker and daughter Mitchell. Dr. Roach is the wife of Brother Harold Roach a member of the Marching Cltfb and a N. P. D. C. Waiter on Sunday June 2f>th. The Dts received two more mem bers. One of them, being Dt. Campbell, who is employed by the Variety Club. Their club rooms aro located in the Eontenelle Hotel. I do not have the other* name Dor you at this time. I am very sorry indeed. We want to say to you tlmt we aro getting things into shape, put.ing on the finishing touches, to meet the de mands (which will be many) dur ing tho convention, that everyone will be proud that they came to Omaha. Of course you know brother George Washington has charge of the bar. He will be glad to serve you anytime. The Lodge and Tern* plo met Sunday at 2 P. M. in a joint session. The writer was not present but the meeting was a get-togetber. For final instruc tions pertaining to the convention the Exalted Ruler advised me that on account of the initiation Sunday evening, he was forced to call it short so the meeting was continued to Monday evening at 7 P. M. June 26th at which time all matters was settled. Well, we are glad to announce the new members we received Sunday i evening. Ten in all. Two were re-1 instated and 8 made from the ground up. Here is the list. Na thaniel Miller, N. C. James, l)el mer Shepherd, John Reed, Roy West of South Omaha, Wyseman M. S. Clinton, James A. Jackson, Don Booth, Attorney John A darns Jr., and Chris Young. You can see by this array of material that the Iroquois is putting good timber into the building so that she may havo a strong structure, that the winds shall not reel, nor the storms shall not rock. We are really proud of these boys and I am sure they are just as proud of their organization. We will have some more scores for you in a later issue this week. This arti cle goes to press on Tuesday A. M. so I am hustling to get it off. I am quite sure everyone has been informed as to the final details of the convention and we are ex pecting our many frienls to join with us in our public activities, which will be many during the lk>ur da^s they ere in session. Don’t forget the dance on Monday evening July 3rd. This will he a gala affair. The music will be furnished by Lloyd Hunter and masterpieces. We wdll see you again after the convention ha-; passed into history. This is all 1 havo for you at this time. By John S. Street Chas. F. Davis, E. R. Everybody is Roin>j? Where? To see the first Elks Dress Parade in mo tion pictures at Elks hall, June 30, July 1, 8:30 p. m. AFRICAN PIP Eft HITS NAZIS PROPAGANDA . I-agos, Nigeria, June 22 (CNA) —Jew baiting lhas no place In Nigeria, the West African Pilot, a Native owned newspaper de clared this week in an editorial condemning attempts to introduce unti-Semitism here. “We want no Jew baiting around,” the paper stated. “Niger i ia cannot afford to be anti-Seme tic. Any firebrand, who by his words or deeds encourages anti semitism should Ud ostracized and given his due. Jew baiters should find Nigeria to be a hot spot for them." -0O0 Everybody is goin.r to* 0»OMT * ) ne.oo.M6 >f ^.EWMfc KrtSrtl! - V,vou •» _s ihe utHtH'Mt- j / >o«r «*.►» rt^sr --/^BUT <3^-*^ (^t.v^soh . / OCCh. ONT1U SHIM.Mt. -«* f ’ — \ i *jm m