The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-10-23
|SYLITTLE Man
|yMAYOR MARX
EVENINGS
|fe Gathering Keeps His Hon
81 working on Very Fast
Schedule
toLLy ALWAYS READY TO
BUY DRINK FOR BOYS"
arts Night With Visit to
Negro Club, Winds Up at
Swell Ball " $500

NJ OWNh ASSAkA
The winsome little blonde lady In
- pale blue silk gown giggled lit
=, - hef partner In the circle two
20. Ia the Masonic temple, bowed
&1lai4tly and started the grand rfgfft
"a left that gave him as a partner q
Iout grand dame In black velvet.
~ never thought was going to
once with the mayor tonight" said
- little blonde lady, as they parted
INr&ny. Y .s.s-@3l---ss 70 .,,,.s,y
And the mayor might have said. but
) didn't: where DO you think wan
half hour ago." -, yg
, ~ which time Mayor Marx was
NOD ut q fag-draped table In the
|DCnois club. while some i've score
ne Negro club members jammed
~ small "sitting ROOM" festooned
Dohselves In the open doorway,
noted the adjoining rooms, and pun.
4 bolemnly ON the cigars that had
- passed ION the mayor"
4 : gay life. this being a candi.
Gknrtly before p. O'Clock. wedpea;
|vioyentng, Mayor Marx. all dressed
D kbr q wedding. In Prince. Albert
1nt and al the other fixings, includ.
u Uhste gloves, hurried into his
~ from the Wallace-Goebel wed
~ one Of the society events OF the
Where now?' asked the mayor, of
1c(otary Eftsgerald.
yo11. there's the meeting OF the
~ Cutters union, Madison and
.1llblea. and the Iroquois club meet
mayor" said 'Fitz."
Into Secretary Fitzgerald's auto q
|nDaign party tumbled, and on went
Us mayor, In all Of his glad rags"
i erect the colored voters.
Attorney Bob" Willis was presid-
= ~ chairman. There was a stir
4 the mayors party entered the old
|rhioned frame house, still true TO
D original plan OF architecture. In
y midst Of 3 full house" OF Negro
i1erg. sat some Of the candidates. or
|6Ir Representatives.. Coroner Bur
|D Was In the parlor. In the center
B press Of col0red voters. willie"
&nt0u, campaigning for Prosecutor
|nGer,. sat In the doorway between
r. parlor and the sitting room where
- COINS" were staged.
Now boys" said Chairman Willis.
I = round of handclapping attracted
G attention to the mayors arrival,
;, Von just about to call on one OF
1 C<her candidates for q speech, but
to1nised the mayor, that he should
.yo tree sailing AZ soon ~ he ap-
Fed He Nbesn't need any intro
s1oE % you |.
~ waved his hand expcessivsly
hid big MARX for mayor" ban
RI ncxosa the end OF the room
@o:fe al for him. here. He's . MEM
y of this. club. the Inayor IN. so I'll
let him start right In and. talk to
49, GOOD friends. the colored folks"
Mayor Marx made neat little
|1Qc1, thanking his hearers for past
|DDort and promising to try to
ty9 worthy OF future support. He
= ND to them OF the street car set
man plan: and said that the saw
+ o. car fares, to the owner Of q
- home. would about pay the taxes
ne home. The audience listened.
&onf1y. quietly. They pulled away
y cigars. dlling the room with q blue
-. and said nothing. They ap-
1>11ed the mayor roundly when he
III 1nished, and Chairman Willis
~ postscript to the remarks.
NY mother" said, Attorney Bob.
|InBo woman that she Was, taught
= something that never forgot. She
~ 70 nay to me. Boy. when you
mt something, ask for II. and keep
asking, and keep ON asking. till
- get IL 80 I'm going to- hint to
y mayor. right now, that the colored
Iks want TO see some colored boys
4 the fire department. The mayor
~ given us two colored detectives.
a want some colored firemen."
One Of the club members, with a
Il1ndtd, powerful voice, sang q
shgihE march song for the mayor.
N was applauded 70 the echo. As
~ mayor arose TO leave he remark
n: IL have made arrangements with
3. Willis for little refreshment for
fthe boys. In the-room at the rear.
here was a sound Of : moving
But not just now--i don't want to
'enk up the meeting" added the
axor, and vending his way through
~ packed hallway shaking hands
|Qpg the line, he walked out.
oAid one OF the scribes, exhaling a
& Tor secondhand cigar SMOKE from
~ lungs: !. That's what We. want,
otor--atmosphere and color. Atmos-
@re-and color"
Then came the scheduled meeting
the Stonecutters' union. In the
Y some half hundred young men
oto struggling ont. They said. the
|ohecuttsrs didn't meet that night
~ was the Steamfitters' meeting.
Some mistake In the schedule, /"
uttered the mayor. well. tell the
~ UP there that I'm arranging for
title drink for them down in the
10 crowd started stampede down
stairs. Most OF them expressed
oDinion that "some guy is kiddin'."
I1dln' nothin'," said one of the
mes, AZ he led a delegation to-
the mahogany. Don't you see
~ Marx In there? Where's your
IcoI economy?v
~ the mayors party moved on,
n the mayor had peeled a bill from
TOLL and handed Il TO the barkeep.
&on IN sInoficial stop at the new
% Charlie. Chaser. old friend
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