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The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1921-02-03
Y w. G.. A. NOTES.

On Sunday, Jan. 30 program of
music was enjoyed at the Tenth street
center. The speaker of the evening
was DR.. J. A. Jefferson who gave an
interesting and helpful talk on
"HeaIth. - a K
Remember the date Of the financial
campaign Feb. and our great mass
meeting Feb. 10 at $3.50 at st. Paul IS
A. M. E. church, Twelfth and Croker
streets. Lieutenant-G John
Hammill will be the principal speaker:
No collection will be taken.
Gymnasium class every Wednesday
evening Any girl or woman desirin g
to join may do so at any time.
The Girl $ Reserve Corps meetings
are growing in interest each week,
Friday afternoon Bible study from
$3.50 to $50.
Tuesday night Bible class to 9
O'Clock.
February>S. What2 Financial Drive.
February 13. What' Y. W. C. A.
massmeeting. ...
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AMONG DIES MONIES
RECREATION CENTERs

by III. ~. u. ... 80 ..7a....s
Lincoln theatre is on the upward
march judged by the unusual attend
ance at its performances recently. Per
sumally the splendid music furnished by
splendid moving pictures and vaudeville.
It can not be surpassed considering its
infancy and other circumstances that
naturally surrounds Institutions among
the colored people. The people are flock
ing there Mr.. Banks can now be seen
with smile Of optimism. He>plans to
keep improving in preparation as the
people attendance.
The Community Center under the d.
rection of Hon. Herbert Wright is GER
tainly doing a splendid work. The band
is reallive one, and is at this time fill
ing dates at the Princess theatre. The
best vaudeville house in the city. The
work that is being done by that institu-
ton is in a class to its inself although
in Keeping with modern beneficial ideas
of community service.
The Y. M. c. A. has and is doing
splendid work The other day its hust-
ling secretary Mr. Z. C. Robinson dashed
into our office and wanted to know
if any of us could give any clothing to
prisoner in the county Jail, who was
about 10 Be RELEASED without> compare
lively any clothing this with the read
ing of his annual report revealed to me
the unique service that he is rendering.
He has a field before him that doubt
less no other community enterprise in
taking care of. I am sure we speak
The sentiment of those who know when
we say the Y. M. c. 4. is doing an ex
cellent work.
THE Y W. G. A. under the supervi-
sion Of Miss Banks, Judging from whafI
we observe and hear is a real lively
place in which. the women of Des
Moines are taking much pride Most |
excellent programs are held there on |
Sunday evenings and other times-that |
arc~Ievcloping in the lives of Des |
Moines women the three-fold purpose !
for which that institution stands for. |
No matter hew long you have suf- |
fered--how much you have doctored-
how many times you have been told |
your case is incura ble-I positively
guarantee that my special Remedy
AZ viii end the, worst ease of stom
ach troubles Except cancer) and expel
my tapc-wor,n or [ make no charge
FOR the treatment I take all the risk,
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PROOF by return mail. Walter \.
Reisner, Box RIGA, Milwaukee, Wis.
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UNION CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH

Tenth and Park streets, Rev. B. F
White, pastor.
| An excellent day was enjoyed at
Union the past Sunday. The pastor
filled his, pulpit morning and evening
and the audiences that greeted him had
the pleasure of going away with an
abiding impression of the messages to
which they had listened upon their
| hearts. In the morning the minister
had for his theme, Stewardship, - and
| in the evening he spoke upon the sub
ject, Obedience.' There were no ac-
cessions during the day but one on the
previous Sunday The church has, a
waiting list also eft several other per-
sons. a~~-
Most of the activities of the church
have undergone already or are undergo
ing complete Reorganization since the
coming of the new pastor and both pas
tor and people are facing the future
with large expectations.
The Sunday school under the leader
ship of it's wide-awake and energetic
superintendent, Mr.. L. J. Shelton, is re-
viving wonderfully and gives promise
of becoming second to none in the
city or state. If you have no member
ship in Sunday school, come this way.
Mrs. r. E. Patton will address the
Sunday school.
The Woman s Missionary society has
been re-organized with the following
officers: Mrs. n. E. Jacobs, president:
Mrs. J. L. Thompson, vice president;
Mrs. Ethel Jackson, secretary; Mrs. J.
G. Brown, assistant secretary. and Mrs.
LIP. Blagburn, treasurer. The new
organization held its first meeting with
Madam L. J. Shelton, 1851 Seventeenth
street, Thursday afternoon and most
delightful occasion it was. A partial
program for the years work was out
lined and at the close the hostess
served a four-course menu. The society
meets the coming. Thursday afternoon
with Mrs. J. G. Brown, $50 Twelfth
street.
Come, hear our new pastor and wor-
ship with US. You will enjoy our serv-
ices. The Home-like Church
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ST. PAUL'S A. M. E.
SUNDAY SCHOOL NOTES

Where do you spend your Sunday s?
Come and spend one hour with ~ from
1:39 to 2:30. Good teachers for ali
classes. We are up and coming. We
held our annual election on the 2Sth
and elected officers and teachers for the
ensuing year. They are ready to take
up the fight for Christianity with re-
newed zeal and strength, Officers and
teachers for the year are as follows:
superintendent, J. l. Edwards; Assist
ant Superintendent, J. H. Browder;
Secretary, Mary Morrison; Assistant
Secretary, Ogalee Humburd; Treasurer,
Mrs. Matte Warricks; Chorister, W. II.
London; Organist, Hortense Woods; As
sistant Oraginst, Georgine Mason; Re
porter to Bell, Lucille Simmons; Libra
rian, Alfred Shepherds; Harold Burrell,
Bernard Mason and Leroy Morris; Mar
shalls or Assistants to the Superinten-
dent, Clifford Mackey and Ralph Wag
ner.
These officers with a corps of twenty
five teachers eomp6se our ~workinf force
for the year 1921. Three hundred mem
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AS YE sEEKETH YE-FINDETH.
(Bv Chas. nj. Shedd).

I Lacking, thinking and considering, 1
I have been moved to call to the atten-
! ton of our readers a woman of our race,
| who should be called mcrciful to the
E1merciless. This woman IS work places
her in position to meet those of our
race who have fallen by the wayside.
So many times we say that when people
ave able to go out in the world and rem
der real service for humanity, who are
able to put on their feet those that have
fallen in ruin or guide those who have
strayed from tho pathway back to the
right road. We say those kind of peo-
pie are noble workers of God. How true
ii is. But lest we forget those that do
these things they should be considered,
in order that others may come along in
like manner and renderSthe same serv
ice or even better.
When say this think of no better
person than Mrs. Mary Coalson, who
serves as policewoman in the city of
Des Moines It is true that she has
made her work far reaching than Just
the era of the spolicewoman, according
to reports. 1t IS correct that this little
woman IS hand is felt by the home mis-
sionaries is felt by those that believe in
doing little more than their duty for
their own people in helping to Chris
sEIaHlze ana euucdte IHem Cne poIIt Ludt
in time they will come to be as perfect
and pure as another race on the face of
this earth --(
We should send up prayers in thanks
for those that are in a position to help!
and do help, and wis can life up and
do lift up those who have failed to help |
themselves. ~'.-#.- 49,
In Mrs. Coalson IS wishes she wants |
her people to feel free to call on her |
for her service at any time. She wants |
them to know her Office is open for her |
people. !!
In the, words of writer 1 will say of |
Mrs. Coalson:
There is destiny which makes us
friends
No one goes his way alone
All that we pour in the lives Of others |
Comes back into our own. |
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over on Rev. Robinson by club known
as ten willing workers. They gave "a
large tgreen bacR to the pastor and
one of equal value to Mrs. Robinson.
The club is composed of Mrs. Jeffries,
President; Mrs. Morrow, Mrs. Baker,
Mrs Franklin, Mrs. Matthew, Mrs. Da-
Wis, Mrs. Bowdry, Mrs. Paterfeld, Mrs.
Ghee, Mrs. McDavis. A beautiful pro-
gram was rendered. and refreshments
were served by the club.
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UNION BAPTIST CHURCH NOTES.

The revival meetings continue with
ever growing fervency and success. Tn
expected numbers are awaiting baptism
and the church continues in prayer.
The plan is to close the meetlng sun
day, Feb. g..
Pastor Griffith rejoiees in the>gift of
a new orercoat, new suit of clothes and
a new hat, the gift of members and
friends, for which total of $10S.55
was donated and turned over to him
with which to make the selections.
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Callahan Industrial club met We'd
nesday afternoon. Mrs. John May
weather of 1886 Fourteenth street hos
tess. Officers for the ensuing year
were installed by the retiring presi-
dent, Mrs. R. n. Hyde The club has
made great advancement along educa-
tioQal lines during the administration
of Mrs. Hyde. Mrs. J. A. Jefferson,
who on ccount of the illness has been
unable to attend the meetings Of the
club for some time was present. This
week s meeting will be held at the
home of Mrs. G. w. Griffin, 1712 Crock
err street. Mrs. Johnson, president =
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1921-02-03
Lights for Sick Room,

When, as In case of sickness, you
wish soft, warm light in a room, rath.
er than the glare that an electric light
imparts, make little bags of china Silk
(any color desired, and put them over
each bulb. It is well to run elastic
around the edge Of the circle, which
you cut from the silk, so that the bulb
can be easily removed by just slipping
out of the bag.
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1921-02-03

Reason for Placing Wedding Ring

Reason for Placing wedding Ring.
The third finger is the only ono
where two principal nerves belong to
swo distinct trunks; the thumb is sup
piled with its principal nerves from
the radial nerve. as are also the fore
finger, the middle finger, and the
thumb side OF the ring finger, while
the ulnar nerve furnishes the little
finger. and the other side OF the ring
finger. at the point OF extremity Of
which real union takes place; hence
the ancient reason for placing the
Wedding ring on this finger.
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Developing seIf.controi.

Self-control may be. developed IN
precisely the same manner as we tone
up q weak muscle-by little exercises
day by day. Let us each day do, az
mere exercises Of discipline in moral
gymnastics, few acts that are dis
agreeable to us, the doing Of whick
will help Us In instant action IN our
hoilr> Of need wv G. Jordan
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bers by january, 1922 is our slogan
School opens, 1880 prompt. Teachers
meet every friday evening at the
church, 1880 to $3.50.
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until sufficient adheres to fill the no.
In the wall and to permit some Of 1,
to be forced behind the plaster. ~
latter forms a plug thats ~
screw firm. II 7,
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The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-10-22
ELECTRIC HORSE.

Many people who live in Lynn
Mass, are proudly writing their friends
that Americas first electric street. car
was put into operation in Lynn Ss
years ago this month. This is an honor
frequently conceded to Lynn by cleo
trical magazines.
The only fly in the ointment is that
Richmond, Va, beat Lynn to it by
eight months. The electric street ear
system of Richmond. first in the
United States, began operation in Feb
ruary, 1883.
It's a good deal like the steam en-
CINE James Watt, Seotchman, born in
1896, is honored popularity as its in
ventor. Yet the turbine steam engine
was described more than 1000 years
ago by Hero. of Alexandria, Egypt, in
his book. "Pneumatica.''
Possibly someone had a steam en-
CINE 1000 years before that
Man progresses so slowly, one gen.
GRAFTON improving another's devices,
that it is nextf9to impossible to trace
anything to its real original source"
Electric street cars are so common
today, that it seems almost impossible
that they did not exist until Lynn and
Richmond introduced them 3S years
ago 1t is so with most of the wonder
full devices that are so common in
our everyday lives.
We celebrate an invention like the
street car, But those who think that
the American tendency to congest in
cities is a peril have much on their
nh at
car is the ally of congestion.
The city, however. is not a lasting
phenomenon. In time, all cities will
stop growing. An age of villages will
follow with factories in the open
country. The value of electric trans-
portation viii be even greater than it
is now.
Tt is only by adequate transportation.
such as that afforded by the electric
car running on its tracks, that a pop
ulation living in the country could
keep its economic machine functioning
Maybe the motor truck will displaee
the eleetrN street car and the railroad.
First. a man walked on his own legs.
Then he was carried on a litter borne
by slaves. Next he tanned the wild
horse, camel and elephant. Later came
the invention Of the wheel, which led
to the Introduction of animal drawn
vehicles.
Many can recall the old-tim street
ears drawn by horses.
Thirty-thrae years ago. when the
electric street car was made practi-
cable. the age Of electricity really be-
gan.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-10-22
ADVENTURES OF
THE TWINS
BY OLIVE ROBERTS BARTON
PLAYING THE GAME.

There is popular phrase which
rather like. When a man is seen to be
facing a hard situation. but doing it
nobly and without whining, men say
Of him that he is playing the game"
Tt would have been easy to give to
those words a very different and less
lixable Significance as It is, we all
understand what men mean, and we
honor the man of whom these words
are spoken.
We do not say of him, He is meet
ing his fate like a hero We do not
say, HE is a man of admirable forth
tude.'' We see him as he buttons his
sorrow or Disappointment inside his own
vest, and takes up his disagreeable
task without any explanation or COM
plant, and we say. THAT man is play
ing the game
Yes, and he is playing to win. No
man can fail, who faces misfortune
with heroic determination The battle
is already won in his own spirit. The
man who faces the fight so bravely
that his friends forget that he is in a
life and death struggle and speak of it
as a game perceive something OF the
real significance of his heroism.
This form of speech is not to be
CONDEMNED as flippant. It has quail
ity too fine for that. A sort of grim
humor underlies it, and a genuine per-
eeption of what men admire and ought
to admire.
There is good precedent for this
kind of talk. St. Paul INDUCED in It.
He said that even If a man were to
play and win, he wouldn't ba awarded
the prize unless he had played accord
ing to the rules Of the game.
He said, So run that We may OBJ
tain" That is to say, so play that you
may win" He was likely to face death
in the arena and he knew il, and he
spoke of It as a game he was to play
and win.
There is no conquering that sort Of
man. You may kill him, as they killed
St. Paul; but he dies a winner.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-10-22
YOUR DESCENDANTS.

All sizes OF people from many coun-
tries have poured into America, the
melting pot Aof the world. Inter mar
rage is blending the sizes. A standard
lied type Of American is developing.
Men will be five feet eight inches tall,
women five feet four inches.
That is the belief of Or. Hrdlicka,
scientist. after eigth years investiga-
tien at the Smithsonian Institute.
Peculiar are the changes made in the
human body by different forms of
civilization. Why are the japanese the
shortest and the northern Chinese the
tallest races? Their size has been reg
ulated by their way OF doing things.
Legends say that the earth once was
peopled with giants. Possible. Man
needed giants size and strength In
prehistoric days when his conflicts
with huge beasts and dinosaurian rep
tiles made brute strength of first inn
portance
The strongest cave man battIed the
wild animals while women and male
weaklings covered in caves, admtring
the strong. That admiration still runs
in our blood. It explains interest in
prize fights.
! Darwinian evolutienists think mod
ern man descended from the monkey.
IF so, our ancestors arms were nearly
twice as long as necessary for
swinging from one tree branch to an
other.
When primitive man lived on raw
and coarse foods, he needed strong
teeth and lots of them. We, eating
soft-eooked foods, have developed in
eerior teeth. Mans jawbone grows
shorter. Wisdom teeth are in process
OF disappearing Eventually mans
teeth, regulated by diet, may vanish
altogether.
Two centuries ago, before roads We're
cut through eastern forests. it was not
uncommon for families to migrate
hundreds Of miles on foot, carrying
even mill wheels on their backs.
We are weaker now. We do most of
our moving on wheels. Walking Is be-
coming lost art. This inactivity will
produce, in your descendants, stunted
and puny legs.
And future people will have huge
heads. For, the more We become civ
ilized, the more thinking it takes to
make a living. Thinking enlarges the
brain, expanding the skull.
Each year, more people toll over
desks and work benches. They will
show up in time-in a race of people
with stopped shoulders and bulgingI
stomachs.
AT a circus you pay a dime to see a
giant, dwarf or a being with a monster
skull Those freaks, however, probably
are mild compared with future gener-
ations that are now being developed
by our physically peculiar form of
civilization.
We are giving our descendants a fine
legacy of brains-but, also, a physical
inferiority that may excite their
wrath
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-10-22

voice and all who have had contacts
with its representatives. know its in
telligence and organizing capacity.
Here is a great thinking body OF men
and women who have pushed their way
into the light and whose cooperation
is a great reinforcement. Their voice
should be heard and their influence
gladly welcomed. Churches should see
to it that they participate in control
as members of official boards, yes
tries and sessions and as deacons and
elders.
1t is a discredit to those in control
of our community life that labor lives
so much apart from what Is being
done.
One city in the United States, Boise,
Idh.. has given to organized labor its
rightful place. It has membership IN
the chamber Of commerce and on Its
committees. The new community coun-
ell Of Boise. which was organized in
1920. mad which has brought together
social agencies, churches, women's
clubs. fraternal orders and chamber Of
commerce. has also given representa-
tion to each Of % unions, and the Cen
trail Trades and Labor Council has one
representative on the small executive
committee.
What this progressive western city
has done calls loudly to its sister mu-
inequalities throughout the United
States.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-10-22
Common Sense Ways to
Keep Well
n. HD a alcHAn
SHOE POINTERS.
BY DR.. r. r. BISHOP

SFOE FOtN Els.
Few people know how to select shoes
these days so that they viii not have
any trouble with their feet Foot trou-
bles are mostly traceable to ill-fitting
shoes.
A recent investigation into the mat
ter by the National Y. w. @. a. ELECTED
these rules for selection Of shoes:
l. Straight inner border to follow
1 line Of normal foot
2. Room for toes without crowding.
s. Broad low heel
! 4. Flexible shank, allowing action
of arch muscles.
5. Low cut, permitting free use of
anRie
An exhaustive study of the shoe
question was recently made by the
board of police surgeons of New York
for the benefit Of 10000 policemen in
that city.
They found among other things that
use of shoes for many generations has
gradually limited the motions of the
feet, and the constant wearing of bad
~ fitting shoes, and the improper po-
sition in standing and walking, has
defonned our feet until a perfectly
normal foot is seldom found in adults.
The foot, they say, is made up OF
number of small bones bound to-
gether by ligaments and muscles that
help to hold them in an arch from
toe to heel. The weight of the body is
carried on the crown of this arch. The
points of support Of the arch are three:
The heel behind and the balls of the
IN NJ
sembles a three-legged stool.
II one sits squarely on such a stool
it is firm, but sit on the edge and it
will upset SO if the foot is turned out
ward, the weigh of the body falls on
the outside of the foot, and the foot
rolls inward and tends to become flat.
But if the toes are turned in a little
the weight Of the body is borne equally
by all parts of the foot
If the supports Of the foot, the mus
cles and ligaments, waste. away or
stretch. the ends of the arch spread,
the instep flattens, the bones press
upon the sensitive nerves and cause
pain, while the natural springiness of
the foot is impaired and walking be-
comes difficult.
Prevention of flat foot is most i'm
portant. It consists in exercising the
feet and legs, learning to stand and
walk correctly, and wearing the right
sort of shoes.
In general the correct shoe is not
too heavy, and one that touches over
its entire length a ruler laid along
its inner side. Pointed shoes, or any
shoes which crowd the big toe out
wards againts the other toes, will
cause trouble and are likely to pro-
duce flat feet
Tt is we'll to wear shoe with
flexible arch. especially if there is any
degree of weakness in the arch OF the
foot, as such a shoe permits the foot
to be exercised and allows constant
change Of position in walking and
standing. 1t is better to wear a laced
rather than buttoned shoes, so that
the pressure over the intsep may be
changed for the sake Of comfort