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THE WAVING OF THE RED FLAG

local white critic in speaking recently about colored
papers, stated that they served function supposed
they all too to wave the flag why
it was necessary to dwell constantly upon the latest nchng
most recent bombing of coored homes white residential dis
cts and the Haunting of discriminatory states
whose composite czenry supposed protected
barrassment by Civil Rights acts.
The gentleman examined the organs of other
races or else he simply talking without thinking
he serious saying that the Negro press should abstain
from the things which most vay concern
the welfare of it's readers.
Journals of the working devote little any space the
latest discoveries of anthopoogca expedition in heart
of Africa They talk of things which affect the
Y NJ A. organ wastes of it's linotype bill pay
for accounts of the peodcy of the business CYCLE the
bate between the chemists and the physicists what the poe
a of the eectron Rather such paper dvotes space
to matters of religious import information which it's readers
seeking.
Even the large daily papers, by which the critic judging
Negro journals openly admit that they give the reader what
reader wants to hear More than catering their readers how
they cater to the large business interests Upton Sinclair
has ably pointed out In they give what wanted and
what their reading or advertising public demands
Coored periodicals have audience which reached to
tain extent the journals which supply the reading
of white people, In addition those they whole world
interests which the white periodicals approach
To throw completely aside the service of coored papers
presenting cooed readers the intimate facts about the highly
coored stories about Negroes which do find their into white
papers, there the whole world Negro DRAMA art sports
and social life be which handled only
perfcialy and often not at ALL by white papers.
he waving of the red flag is merely the presentation
Negro readers of facts which vitality them responsible
citizens, and ordinary folks 1t natural that people should
be interested in themselves and in this being interested in
themselves predcaes interest whose life taken
by aw1es mob who has his home bombed
and every city which passes residential segregation ordinance
These the things with which must live These the
conditions which make happy reentfu satisfied
disconnected These living itself To expect for
get them abstract contemplation the problem the
large display degree weamndedness and hope
the reversal of human nature.
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body, den run an axle thoo from pole
to pole. An de thing wuz to turn on
dis axle. Now yer know, when any
thing turns on axle, it needs greas-
in now an den, to make it go
smoovely. Well, de good Lord took
pains to put lot Nv oils Nv different
varieties into de rocks an bowels NV
de earth, so dat de thing might be
sorter self-lubricatin' as it ran. But
after while dere come erlong dis here
ROCKEFELLER, an some other fellers,
an pumped all de oil out-an' de
things been runnin' a hot box eber
since. Hence dem volcaynies!"
Not the least valuable part of the
book is the preface in which the au-
thor gives his opinions on humor in
speech-making. "Humor," he tells
us, sis to good lecture what proper
seasoning is to good food: not the
nutriment itself but its best vehicle.
making it more acceptable, more pal
atable, and causing it to go down
more easily" real humor is al
ways the shadow or essence of more
serious moods-as a shadow is the
image of a cloud" at is a shallow
listener who remembers only that the
lecturer told funny story"
Mr.. Pickens tells us that it is a
great improperly, sign Of ill-breed-
ing, for any one to request the
speaker, when the lecture is over, to
tell one of his funny stories again.
The funny story is not simply a funny
story. 1t relieves the strain of the
serious debate, and it also makes
clearer the point that the lecturer is
striving to drive home.
Those who have heard Mr.. Pickens
speak remember how we'll he has
used his own advice in this matter,
how wonderfully he has combined the
serious argument and the pat anec-
dote that clinches the argument. And
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| the Last Judgment should have been
painted, how lacking it was in horses
and chariots, in angels blowing their
trumpets, how Michael should have
been there and Gabriel with his
wings stretched toward the East and
toward the West, the one colored
preacher says: "Mr. Angelo amt
never had the tenth part of the nee
essary inspiration. Without the aid
of the speerit he did very we'll, but
when l stood there and contemplated
the missing parts of his picture had
to say in my heart: Well, here's an
amateur And the other preacher
explained volcanic eruption to the
Negroes of Coosa County with an
imagination that a scientist might
envy. ''In de beginnin' de Lord made
de earth round. Now when a thing
is roun' it's made to go roun' an
roun'. And so de good Lord made
two poles on each side Nv dis roun'
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SCHOLARSHIPS

The University of Minnesota has announced that begin
ming with the fall quarter of this will award scholarships
from stable fund to deserving entering freshmen Awards will
be made the basis of scholastic record and of
accomplishment in high school.
With this movement of state university keep abreast
of educational development and facilitate the higher education
of the youth Of the state there to believe that
the children of the coored people of Minnesota will benefit equally
with the white in the granting of the awards
This unfortunately not the fault does not lie with
the state with the people who will be selected to administer the
scholarships The blame rests instead fatty the coored
ulaton and the wgy end of that prevalent type of
Negro parent which afford send its children
both through high school and the university but which will not
do so because it lacks mental vision.
One of the things which should rebound eternay to the
shame of cored Mnnesotans that they have their front
yards phrase gurave of the best public school
which the country boast and that they take the min
advantage of those facilities which readily at hand
In the South where the schools bad where many of the
teachers of grade and where arbitrary
state grants to cooed and white schools pracced coored
youngsters scramble and slave and for education In Mime
where the schools alike for where the teachers
efficient and where there incentive to in
school, cooTed children ge tired of school when they half
through high school, and coord lack the foresight
insist that their shorghed offspring continue their educa
ton.
Because of that apathet attitude the percentage of local col
ored at the state school each dsgracefuy low
and because of that low percentage by using the law OF averages
it evident that the chances of cooed scholars being awarded
scholarships is by that much decreased.
To protest denied civil rights before the law
is both right necessary That will learn to get civil
rights however before first learn to seize the valuable and
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BOOK REVIEWS
BY
MARY WHITE OvINGTON
Chairman, Board of Directors of tn,
N. A. A. C.. p.

AMERICAN AESOP"
By William Pickens. Published by
The Jordan & More Press, 1858
Congress Street, Boston, Mass.
Price $500 postpaid.
"The Funniest Book On Earth.
Over Two Hundred Stories, After
Dinner Masterpieces"
So runs the advertisement, and in
sober judgment this is probably the
best collection of short stories that
America has ever had. And for this
good reason that the funny stories
about the Negro, which dominate this
volume, are fresh, spontaneous and
amazingly funny. Mr.. Pickens has
also some good Jewish and Irish
stories, but, at least to his white
readers, they will have IAN ancient
and fish-like SMELL" But while we
will hear Booker Washington's voice
as we read some of these colored bits
they will smell fresh, salty. They
are Enthusiastically alive.
Especially does the Negro preach
er enliven the pages. The illiterate
black man who feels call to preach,
and with the Bible as his whole libra
ry, shouts the gospel to his flock, will
in a generation or two have passed
away. From the standpoint of eth
les this will be good thing, but the
coming minister who will find much
of his gospel in the morning news
paper. will lack in noble imagery.
The two longest and most interesting
tales that the book contains concern
Negro preachers, the one standing in
the Sistine chapel in front of Michael
Angeles Last Judgment, the other
faced by the catastrophe of the erup-
ton of Mt. Pelee. After telling how
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NEGRO STAFFS TO HEAD
COLORED SCHOOLS URGED
CONTINUED from page u

CONTINUED from page u
ment white philanthropy.
DR.. Penn delivered two addresses
at the Bible Conference Saturday and
Monday. July "a and 26, and conduct
ed an Inter-Racial Workers Confer
ence.
Several thousand white Methodists
of Northwest Iowa and South Dakota
heard the addresses and participated
in the conference.
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to all those who have wanted the
story told over again, however i'm
proper it might have been to ask for
it. the lecturer generously presents
this little book full Of his best stories
arranged in his own inimitable way.
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Te0chinQ d Child HOu TO Practice SeLf-Restrdint

She doesn't know that people
rarely get what they mo. { desire.
She doesn't know that most Of
them are making out with sub
stitutes. she doesn't know that
she could take herself in hand
and snap ,/out Of this emotional
gloom. She doesn't know that
by devoting her time, her energy
and her interest to something
else. she could become indiffer-
ent to this unattainable thing
that is obsessing her.
She has had no training that
prepares her for obstacles or dis
appointments. She wants what
she wants when she wants 1t.
Poor little Madeline!
Children take kindly to indul-
gence. 1t only takes little while
to convince them that their wants
are the most important things in
the world. They should be taught
from babyhood that they do not
have to have everything they
fancy. They should have some
lessons in unselfishness and in
consideration for others. For
verify selfishness is it own pun
ishnent.
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warfare. But they might well be
taught to serve back Of the lines
receiving gymnaatic drin and les
sons in automobile driving
swimming, practical nursing,
plain cooking, canteen manage
ment, sanitation and personal
hygiene. These are mere sug-
aestions Of subjects that might
fit women to serve efficiently e
national emergencies and which
would certainly make them
stronger, healthier. more efficient
citizens and better fitted to BE-
the mothers Of our race.
Strong wonaannood Il the best
asset OF any nation.
Camp life, blowing cobwebs
from your brain, filling your
lungs with fresh air, your veins
with healthy red blood, viii send
you back ready to meet ronaIee
victoriously.
Let US hope that by next season
Government training camps Tor
girls will have become an az
sured fact, so that every girl can
devote part of her summer to
serving her country and at the
same time growing more capable.
healthy and beautiful in every
way fitted to attract and bless
the One Man az sweetheart and
wife
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-06-26
THE SHOWER
CURTAIN

CHoWER.BATHs are now a
~ matter of routine in all
modern bathroom equipment. One.
may expect to find the shower.
bath in the family of three or
four on duty at almost any hour.
The question how to clean
these curtains Is an important
one.
They can not be put into the
machine or washed with the
regular household laundry, as
their rubberized surface demands
careful and particular treatment.
First, the curtain should be
spread. out on a flat surface
covered with towels or soft
cloths. Then, with a soft brush
or cloth wrung out of warm
water and rubbed with soap,
wash the surface clean. Rinse
off the soap with clear water and
dry with a soft cloth.
The surface is cleansed with
out damage and even the soft
colors of the new waterprooted
materials are not disturbed by
this treatment. II a neutral soap
is used for the washing.
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An Absorbing Romance With a Mystery
To Which the Moving Pictures
Furnished the Solution
Rend This First

refined girl works as stenograpne ana
big steel concern
tells to take week
Parker the only son OF Parker
sharp lectures haa
him to the
rentne work. and Terry agrees LEAVING
him Heatherdge;
there and mcores her TO meet MIN &C
he He viii explain
much nlystied goes on TO hr flat M
comes over ana pegs ne g nave n
he is to sing. Maada Jis
attracted by her vivid beauty He
Mafalda
the men are rich ana e Is going
they're
much OF Pete young man VINO de.
Mr. Parker terminating
and enclosing $780, Jill meets Heaieredge who
marry him them In the cafe Maialda unmasks
which
stands BY Pete
JILL just after dark that same starts ou 70
his identity Maie
fSe draws waiting till evening determines to
mlsaking
the lawyer out and wanders to the East
her to
he seizes and
sbe fights desperately Then she kaints
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By L. Lamar Matthews
MADELINE is in love. She is

MADELINE Is in love. She il
AVA desperately in love.
Nobody knows much about the
man. He seems a very ordinary
sort of fellow to other people.
But somehow Madeline sees him
in a different light and the fact
remains that. with or without rea-
son. she adores him.
There are three other young
men who love Madeline; for truth
to tell, she is very beautiful and
very 1ovable. But none of them
will do. She will not even go out
with them. They. are well-bred,
educated, good.looking young men,
the sort with whom her family
naturally expects her to associate.
But no, Madeline can't see them.
She must wait around in agony of
spirit, hoping that her Quondam
lover will telephone.
For the first time in her life,
Madeline wants something that
she cannot have, and she is in a
dangerous frame OF mind.
The trouble really started way
back in 1906, when Madeline first
began holding out her baby hands
for what she wanted. All she
had to do was to indicate just
what 1t was that she desired and
it was forthcoming. You see, she
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aren't going to see anybody or
talk to anybody. You're going
right home to your sister.
Don't You Worry
j Jill started off obediently like
q child. IA last word from Pete
followed her.
Don't you worry, !" he said
gently; "yodll be all right"
, He stepped back into the shad-.
ows and watched till she was out
of sight.
How Jill got home she had
only the yaguest idea. 1t was
all she could do to reach there.
When she opened the doorit
took her some time to get the
latchkey into the lock, for she
felt quite numbed - Jill became
aware of Maffie standing in the
middle Of the room with hat and
coat on.
Maffie gave an exclamation Of
amazement.
Good land; what's come over
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.GUACHARA is
"OILY BIRD"

NEIE GUAcHARA is one of the
Il strange stranded" types of
bird for which South America
IN so remarkable.
1t is called the Oil Bird because
It subsists largely on oily nuts
and develops, especially in its
nesting young, much oil or fat
in its skin glands.
The nestlings are much sought
after by the Amerindian savages
on account of their oily flesh but
Europeans do not find them
edible.
The adult birds are also killed
for the oil their bodies contain.
This oil keeps we'll and burns
brightly in lamps.
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you," she cried. You look ~ IL
you'd been through wringer!
Look at your hair. An you're all
over dist. What in the name
Of"
Jill collapsed into the arm
chair.
poor little girl!'' exclaimed
Matte. Here, you want some
coffee to pull you together. Lets
hear what happened, quick.
Jill told her sister all that hap
pened.
Where Is he Cecil mean?"
II don't know. Pete said he
went away-he was gone
He would---the yellow dogg
Mafalda turned on her. What
were you doing to let him treat
YOU like that? IL he'd laid his
hands on me :" She took
the hat from Jill's head and
tossed it on the sofa. What
have YOU done with my hatpin2
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6SE OxY GRANDPA" cried
u Bobby running up the gar
den path, do come down and see
the beautiful rose which has
bloomed on that new bush you
planted in the spring"
got up from my chair and
of the garden, and there was the
lovely red rose which was the
first to blossom on my bush. 1t
was of the most gorgeous color,
and 1t held its head proud" on
its strong stem.
Isn't 1t beautiful I said.
but look at the big thorns on
it," exclaimed Bobby
That's to guard the rose"
explained. 81 wonder IL / could
remember the story of the rose"
I murmured.
At this Bobby quickly lea me
back 20 the front porch, sat down
and waited for me to begin.
This all happened" said 7,
thousands of years ago in the
City of Corinth."
That's in Greece, isn't it, Foxy
Grandpa?" asked the boy.
You're right" answered.
"Then 1 hope it's about a god"
"a goddess, this time. Bobby"
I laughed.
please go on, Foxy Grandpa"
urged Bobby.
Let me see" I continued.
"In the City of Corinth there
lived a beautiful lady by the
name Rhodanthe.
so lovely was Rhodanthe that
all the kings and princes and
/ lords from far and near came for
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Whu Your Child Requires Exercise

in walking on. outerborders Of
feet.
3. Walking = chalk line with
arch raising.
4. Throwing q ball cupped in
solea of feet. (One-eighth ele-
walton of inner borders of shoes,
or Thomas heels. are recon-
mended.
FOR POOR POSTURE
/. Prone lying, trunk raising.
2. Bicycling.
3. Swimming.
4. Turning somersaults with
slow sinking of legs.
5. Turk position or cross E posi-
ton with deep breathing.
6. Sitting, trunk twisting.
z. Sitting with hands at neck,
trunk bending forward.
FOR CONSTIPATION 4
|. Abdominal >kneading.
2. Abdominal retraction.
3. Standing. bending forward to
the floor with straight knees.
4. Knee circling.
5. Windmill.
FOR KNOCK KNEES
Flat feet are usually present as
well,
Outward m0ldlng OF knees with
abduction exercises and foot exer.
cises.
Free exercises are ladder climb
ing, Jungle lynn. sliding, building
in sand boxes, riding see-saws or
velocipedes, pulling wagons,
sweeping and shoveling. Indoors
the children can have instruc-
ton in rhythm, response to music
and singing.
Accessory treatment includes
relaxation before midday meal,
nap of two hours afterward; a
small glass of milk in theh mid
die OF the afternoon and play until
sunset. A dose of iodine is given
once a week in goitrous districts.
Diet should be the healthiest pos
sible.
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II don't know" said Jill
feebly. It's lost
"Losts'
II tell you, can hardly re-
member anything at all; It's all
like i horrible dream to me, and
don't know what happened
What are you bothering me about
the pin for?'' said jill Historically.
IT wish you'd stop asking cues
tons az
Cant remember? Why, can
see it all as plain as II I was
there!'' retorted Mafalda. He
got hold OF you, and Pete, who
must have been watching, came
up-an' got hold Of HIM! Yes,
and IL 1t had been me that crook
had put his hands on, there
wouldn't have been much need
for Pete! That pin was Cecil's
present to me, and II he'd as
much as laid 4 finger on me, I'D
have used it on him"
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FOXY GRANDPA STORY

miles to beg Rhodanthe to marry
them.
But Rhodanthe didn't want to
be married, and all Of these suit
ors worried her.
"Rodanthe determined to es-
cape from this throng of admir-
ers, and she fled for refuge to
the temple of the goddess of
Purity, Artemis.
There she thought she would
surely be safe from the entrea-,
ties of these princes and kings
who wanted to marry her.
But it wasn't as RhodaRthe
thought. because when her lovers
heard this. they followed her into
the temple.
"They began breaking down
the doors and the people of Cor
NTH helped them do this.
"Artemis, the goddess was in
censed at this outrage.
$50 what do you think the
goddess Artemis did,"
Lock her up in q closet?'
asked Bobby.
mo" replied. "Artemis
changed Rhodanthe into a red
rose.
"They couldn't catch her.
then" laughed Bobby.
Indeed they couldn't, l
agreed. "But Artemis didn't stop
chang people.
What else did she dog asked
Bobby promptly.
$50 Infatuated was she at the
rough men who had broken into
the temple that she changed them
into thorns. These thorns you
now find on every rose."
mo wonder they're ugly and
sharp--thoss thorns," remarked
Bobby
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round shoulders, curved spine
fiat feet. All these handicaps
could probably have been pre-
vented earlier in life. Babies get
a curvature of the spine through
beng carried In the wrong posi-
ton or sleeping in too short a
crib.
Children sit or stand in the
wrong position between the ages
of 3 and s, and are often dressed
badly; long garters attached to
little underwaists to support the
stockings are apt to make The
child round shouldered by press
ing on the shoulder straps.
Many children grow out OF
ricketts,, but the results remain.
Some authorities think that 80
per cent of flat feet are the. re-
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SOLICITOUS
PARENT

THE striking demonstrations OF
u affection which one finds
among the cold-blooded fishes in
regard to the care of their off.
spring is really surprising.
The American bow.fin, in the
preparation of the nursery for
its young, displays remarkable
solicitude.
The young are most jealousy
guarded, but by the male only.
He keeps the swarm together by
circling around and above them
continually. and his task is no
light one, since he sometimes
must secure the safety Of 1000
individuals.
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Forget it. An look here you
aren't going 10 old bakers At ~.
You're going TO Ieaye II alone.
till / see what happens.
Jill protested.
Leave 1t right alone, I tell
you! said Maffie. ITS my
trouble more than yours. and e
for that mix.up on the wharf.
It's over and It don't matter.
Don't you say D. word about
Is anybody. Wipe It all out q
your mind. Jill. I'm going to put
you to bed now.
YES said jim meekly.
Maffie Takes Charge
.You'lI rest tomorrow: I'll bring
YOU your breakfast and yOu'n set
up late. It's time / did 3 bit Of
work. You'll have forgot All about
It by the afternoon.
Gro Be Continued Tomorrow
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"Maffie!''
Jill covered her face with her
hands. began to cry Ike child.
Maffle uttered an exclamation,
and dropped on her knees be-
side her.
There! Don't crys kid, " she
soothed. Never mind my talk.
You've had an upset, an
it's all overI won't worry you
any More. You'll have some hot
coffee an 90 to bed. Z
MafaIda. busted herself rapidly
with the coffee pot.
sHs got away, did her" she
nauttered to herself. "He gave
pete the slip. IL he did bet
that's lucky for all Of us! 4
wonder"
She gave the coffee to Jill,
coaxing her like q child.
Feeling better. dear?''
a little bit. said JILL wip-
ing her eyes,
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Powder and paint are forgotten.
The pores of the skin drink in
pure fresh air, bringing natural
roses to the cheeks.
Organized swimming, hiking,
riding, and other sports mean
much. But best of all II the
leisure to sit or recline under
the open sky and let the days
file by free from worry, hurry
and fatigue save the healthy
physical tiredness that brings
sweet slumber.
Ideals call from sunset-bathe1
hills. Soul and spirit revive,