The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1921-05-21

/ The famous ]. x. L Players, 0
Minneapolis, that created such a flu
rore with their recent presentation o
the 3-act comedy, "Facing the Music,
will present it in ST. Paul, under tn
auspices of the Willing Workers Clul
Of st. James A. M. E. Church at tn
Church Club, Dale and Portland, OF
Wednesday evening, June l. Admis
sion SO cents.
The May Ball Of Mu Chapter O
Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Univer
sity of Minnesota, at Union Hall
| Wednesday night, was very delight
full function, and despite the oh
stacles interposed by Jupeter Pluviu.
the young folks were present il
goodly numbers, full of pep and pull
chritude, and the ladies were very
''easy to look at"
Rev. ]. p Davis, of Decatur, Ill.
successor of Rev. ], A. Foster as pas
tor Of Grace C. NJ. E. Church, cor
Rondo and Kent streets, has arrived
in the city with his wife. Rev. H
c. Coggins, P. E. Of Chicago, arrived
in the city yesterday and will hold
quarterly conference at the church
Sunday at HOO a. m. and 7:3O D. M
A business meeting will be held Mon
day evening at 1880 o'clock.
Quite a number Of people attended
the opening of ]. ]. Johnson's new
9.room house, 81 East 18th street,
Thursday of last week. Remarks
were made by Rev. T. j.: Carr, Rev.
Z. w. Giles, Mr.. B. L. White, Mes
DANES George Duckett and William
jackson. After the speaking refresh
ments were served Rooms are now
ready for light housekeeping and
gentlemen roomers at reasonable
rates. Call in or call up Cedar 2462.
THE DICKERsON COMBINED
SHOWS will be the leading features
at the CARNIVAL and BAZAAR
that will be held at Wabasha St. and
College Ave-, beginning Monday and
continuing until Saturday night. The
proprietor, Mr. John A. Dickerson,
for years has had the distinction of
being the only colored proprietor of
such an aggregation of attractions.
He has just closed a weeks engage
ment at Minneapolis and will have
even greater attractions than he had
in Minneapolis So don't, fail to go
and see what he offers, you can't help
yourself.
The seventy-eighth annual thanks
giving services of the Odd Fellows
and auxiliary bodies were held at
Union Hall last Sunday afternoon,
the hall being completely packed. An
excellent parade through a portion of
the city preceded the exercises, which
included: Prayer, DR.. H. L. P. Jones;
anthem, Pilgrim choir; recitation,
Wilmer Mayo; Paper, "Our Workers"
Mrs. Mary Love, P. M. N. G.; solo,
Mrs. Jos. Harris, chaplain; Paper,
s"Odd Fellowship" C. H. Miller, P. G.
NJ; piano solo, Miss Thelma G. Will
liams; sermon, Rev. ]. A. Foster, P.
N. F., very fine; anthem, Pilgrim
choir. A splendid offering was raised
by Atty. G. w. Woodson of Buxton,
Iowa. The occasion was very enjoy
able.
Mrs. Sadie Farr Johnson, widow
Of William johnson, 948 Union St.,
passed away Tuesday at 10 p. m. at
University hospital, after a IL days
stay there. Although her last illness
was short, Mrs. Johnson was always
Of frail constitution and a sufferer
from heart trouble. 1t was decided
that a few weeks rest at hospital
would restore her to her normal con-
dition, but she steadily grew worse
after entering there, and on Tuesday
her daughter Helen submitted to an
operation, giving a quart Of her blood
in an effort to prolong her mothers
life. Surviving are her four children,
Sadie E., Helen, William and Jose
phine johnson; also her mother and
sister. Funeral services occurred
from the family residence Friday at
2 p. M, conducted by Rev. G. w.
Camp