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The St. Paul echo., 1926-07-03
Poisonous Root Made
Available for Food

Farinha, bread made from pOis-
onous root, the mandioca, is the staff
of life of the wild Indians of interior
Brazil and also of the Brazilians. The
mandioca root, which resembles some
what the parsnip, is poisonous, but the
natives know how to pull its "fangs."
Each Indian family in the Amazon
basin has section Of tree trunk made
slightly concave on one side. This
shallow trough is studded with pieces
Of flint or with large fish teeth set in
the pitch-surfaced board. The women
shred the mandioca root on this print
tive crater, and pack the white fluff
resulting in long woven mat tubes.
After soaking the tubes in the water
the contents are suspended from a
tree limb to drain and pressure is ap-
piled to them on the principle Of the
tourniQuet. This operation, which
washes out the poison, must be re-
peated several times before the
farinha can be used as a coarse -four
for bread. For convenience in trans
portation the farinha is made into
cakes q half-inch thick and foot in
diameter. 1t requires strong teeth to
bite a piece out of one Of them and
eat it, according to white men who
have tried it. The food is wholesome
and nutritious, but rather tasteless.
The St. Paul echo., 1926-07-03
GIRLS WIN FIGHT
FOR USE OF POOL
Privilege First Denied, Now Civ
en- by Executive Board
of Y. w. c. A.
IN. A. A. G. P. Press Service)

New York, June 29.-The New
Bedford, Massachusetts,, Branch of
the National Association for the Ad-
vancement of Colored People has es-
tablished the right of colored girls
to use the Y. w. C. A. swimming pool
in that city, according to reports re-
ceived by the National Office of the
N. A. A. c. P.
The vote of the Y. w. c. A., &C
cording the swimming pool rights to
colored girls, was taken after a con-
ference requested by Mrs. Joseph S..
Webster, Secretary of the New Bed
ford N. A. A. C. P. 1t was voted
that: 1.-THE Board of the Y. w. e. A.
wishes to go on record and states
that there will be no discrimination
in race, creed, or color, as long as
girls and women strive to uphold the
purpose of this Association"
The fight by the N. A. A. G. P.
against the swimming pool discrim-
ination was upheld by both the New
Bedford Evening Standard and the
New Bedford Times, local dailies.
The St. Paul echo., 1926-07-03
WELL GIVES UP
LOST MAIL SACK
Stolen Government P rOperty
Containing 1000 Pieces of
Mail Discovered.
preston News Service)

Smithfield, NC, July 1.-The
cleaning out of a well in Belmont,
partially cleared up a mystery that
has gone unsolved since last fall.
Last fall, mail bag was stolen at
the station here, and all efforts to To-
cate it had proven futile. w. L. Nc
MILAN, a well known, reliable man,
found the missing sack Saturday in
the bottom of his well.
For some time, Mcmillan states,
the water in his well had been bad.
1t had caused his family to be sick
and they stopped drinking it. Last
Saturday he decided to clean the well
out in an effort to find out what was
causing the water to be bad, and
found the mail pouch. 1t had been
weighted down with several brick,
and when Mcmillan saw the sack
sticking up in the mud at the bottom
of the well, he thought it was a mans
shirt. He fully expected to find a
dead man.
The sack was carried to the post
master, Mrs. Sarah A. Lunceford, and
over a thousand pieces of first-class
mail were brought to light.
The St. Paul echo., 1926-07-03
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Fox Fires No Longer
Cause Childish Fear

Boys and girls nowadays seldom ex-
perience the thrill of seeing mysteri-
GUS light glowing dimly in the depths
OF the forest or cleaning from some
half-buried rotten log in lonely
swamp. The cutting away Of the for
ests and the draining Of swampy land
have cleared from much Of the land
scape the causes which produce fox
Gre. In early days, however, the feet
Of pioneer children often were sent
scampering home in the twilight when
their owners came Unexpectedly upon
q light which seemed to have no
source, says the Indianapolis News.
p Ghosts and COLLINS and all sorts Of
evil omens ever have been associated
with the appearance Of fox fire and
will-o'-the-wisps. There long has been
a difference Of opinion regarding the
cause Of fox fire, but now it is gen.
orally conceded to be due to a living
fungus growth which permeates decay
Ing vegetable matter and which pos
sesses the power Of emitting waves of
light. No sensible heat waves are
thrown out, and in this respect fox
fire resembles the light emitted by
freflies and glowworms. Many a
ghost might have been traced to its
lair had the origin of phosphOrescence
been understood better, especially in
the countries where the will-o'-the-
wisps are reputed to be Of frequent
occurrence.
The St. Paul echo., 1926-07-03

ry Wills. Langford, when in his
prime, weighed about ITS pounds
and was invincible at that figure.
Battling Sikh probably would have
been one of the best light heavies of
all time if he had taken the game
more seriously. The Singular Sene-
galese had remarkable boxing skill
and natural fighting and punching
ability, but took his profession in
pretty much the same manner that
RUDE Waddell took baseball. The
whole thing was joke with Sikh,
yet he was good enough to knock out
Georges Carpenter.
Other Negroes, who were brilliant
performers, were Young Peter Jack
son, Jack Blackburn, Rufe Turner,
Larry Temple, Frank Childs, Bobby
Dobbs, Bob Armstrong and jeff
Clark.
The St. Paul echo., 1926-07-03
MAN ROBBED, WIFE HURT
AFTER PLANNED ATTACK

Philadelphia, Pa, July flames
Tell reported to police that woman
called at his home Thursday night
and informed him that her son-in-
law, William White, had been taken
ill and was dying. Tell accompanied
the woman to the address she gave,
where he said White and another
man tied him to bed with ropes and
stole his wallet containing SIT.
Leaving Tell bound to the bed, the
two men, it is alleged, then went to
Tells home and told Mrs. Tell that
her husband had been injured in a
fight. They took her to another
house, where, she charges, they as
saulted her. White and a man CIV
ing his name as Walter Williams
were later arrested.
The St. Paul echo., 1926-07-03
MRS. OLLIE CARR THANKS
FRIENDS
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that he was SO palpably guilty that he
dared not come into court. Would
an innocent man ''passively" submit
to being branded an adulterer and a
bigamist, and consent to the taking
of a one-half interest in his property
and pay alimony and $4,000 to my
attorneys merely because he didn't
wish to be annoyed?" MIR. Carr says
he is waiting for Gods verdict. He
should do so with fear and trembling,
for God is not Knocked; whatsoever
a man soweth that shall he also
reap" That law applies to the pull
pit as well as to the pew.
Through the WOmen's Protective
Club, $4,000 was donated to sup
port my cause. I again extend my
thanks to all who helped.
OLLIE B. CARR.
The St. Paul echo., 1926-07-03
The Mad Book

Why doesn't somebody write a mad
book, dedicated ito all the poor peo-
pie who have lost their tempers and
don't know where to find them"
A few suggested chapters:
To have your feet stepped on.
TO have a conductor abuse you be-
fore a carful Of people.
To have a cross voice on the tele-
phone tell you you to Butt off the
line"
To see what you want on the coun-
ter and have a clerk tell you: 1--WE
don't keep it."
To ask for the Mad Book and have
a clerk say, 'It's never been pub
lished."
The St. Paul echo., 1926-07-03
The Agile Pianist

In playing Chopin's Etude in E MI
nor the pianist has to interpret $3.50
musical signs in two and one-half min
utes. That means that his eye has to
catch correctly and his brain to COM
prehend clearly more than 1900 signs
a minute, and his fingers have to exc
cute accurately more than 1000 move
ments a minute. Since it requires at
least tenth Of second to recognize
a letter of print, the musician must
have marvelously quick mentality and
muscles to perceive and understand
his more complicated typographical
characters and to translate them into
manual motion at such rate.-COl-
lier's Magazine.
The St. Paul echo., 1926-07-03
NEGRO TENNIS COURTS
preston News Service)

Columbus, Ohio, June THE
suggestion that a community tennis
ground should be created at the Sin
ton playground, Mound and Carr
streets, was taken under advisement
by the Park Board Thursday. 1t was
made by Will A. Reeves of the Com
munity Service, who stated that this
location would centralize tennis &C
tivities for Negroes. Members of the
Board bill inspect the grounds before
making final decision in the matter.
The St. Paul echo., 1926-07-03
Riding a Camel

The Biographies do right to call the
camel the "ship Of the desert" He is,
indeed, like a ship that pitches,
losses and rolls, all at the same time,
In q storm.
A little skeleton "howdah" is put
on his back, while his master leads
him by a long rope. The unfortu-
nate passenger sits cross-legged on
top of the camel's very bony back
bone and endeavors to adapt himself
to the rolling, pitching movement. 1t
makes many persons seasick.
The camel has a mean disposition,
and is always trying to quarrel with
the other camels in the party, biting
and kicking them, grunting and max
ing a general nuisance Of himself.
The St. Paul echo., 1926-07-03
World Is "Thin Shell"

1T is wholesome for proud man to
Look upward on a bright day at
some pretty cirrus cloud, to consider
that 1t is composed Of ice spicules,
that it floats in arctic cold, that it
signalizes to us what dollhouse crea-
lures we are. If the roof of air were
removed we should all be frozen to
death in a moment. Just above the
roof is deadly cold, and just below
the crust Of earth is deadly heat. Only
within the thin shell that separates
these two regions can the human race
strut about and congratulate itself on
It's great powers. "-Henshaw Ward,
in "The Whirlpools Of the Weather"
in Harper's Magazine.
The St. Paul echo., 1926-07-03
MURDERER SENTENCED
(Preston News Service)

Henderson, N. c., July John
Brooks Hargrove, 19-year-old youth,
Wednesday was sentenced by Judge
E. Cramer in Vance County Superb
or Court, to serve 80 years at hard
labor in State Prison at Raleigh for
the murder Of Miss Nellie Aston, near
Thomasville, several weeks ago.
The St. Paul echo., 1926-07-03
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Spof Light
BY Johnny Walton
NEGRO FIGHTERS HAVE
HELD ALL TITLES
George A. Barton

minneapolis Tribune, June 2D
A perusal of the boxing guide
brings to light the fact that Negro
boxers have held all championships
in the various classes, from bantam
weight to heavyweight. They were
as follows: Bantamweight, George
Dixon; featherweight, George Dixon;
lightweight, Joe Cans; welterweight,
Joe Walcott; middleweight, Tiger
Flowers; light heavyweight, Battling
Sikh; heavyweight, Jack Johnson.
Dixon, one of the greatest little
boxers the ring ever produced, would
have enjoyed the unique distinction
of holding three titles had the fly
weight division been in vogue in his
day. Little Chocolate" as Dixon
was fondly known by fistic admirers,
seldom weighed more than 112
pounds when he fought as bantam
and feather. Boxing writer's of the
present time can rave about the fight
ing ability of Jimmy Wilde and the
late Pancno Villa, but neither ranked
in the same class with Dixon, who
rated alongside of Terry McGovern
as the two greatest fighters of their
weight that ever drew on a glove.
Cans was without doubt the great
est lightweight of all time. He was
a master boxer along with possessing
rare ring intelligence, combining
these qualities with the punching
power of a middleweight and the
courage of a Battling Nelson. We
doubt if the ring ever will produce
another fighter of the ability of the
late Joe Cans.
Walcott was the peer of all welter-
weights. Although weighing 145
pounds and standing only five feet
one and one-half inches, the Barba-
does Black fought middleweights,
light heavies and heavies with vary
ing success. In his prime, Joe was
unbeatable at the welterweight limit.
Tiger Flowers, present custodian
of the middleweight championship,
does not rate along with Walcott,
Cans and Dixon as a fighter, but he
is good scrapper as they go nova
days. Flowers is a pleasing boxer
who punches well with both fists,
but isn't good taker, as Jack De-
laney proved on two occasions.
Jack Johnson was one of the great
est heavyweights of all time. At
least, he will go down in pugilistic
history as the best defensive boxer
the ring ever produced. He packed
a savage punch, too, and probably
would have been credited with more
knockouts had he not been so good
natured, especially with white OPP
ponents. Johnson, when boxing eau
casian fighter, was rather careful not
to cut loose too savagely for fear of
arousing the animosity of white spec
tators. I believe he could have
knocked out Jim Jeffries in six
rounds had he so desired, but he
stalled along with the former cham
pion and made him look as good as
possible until the wreck of a once
great champion finally succumbed to
nature and collapsed from exhaus-
ton.
Other great Negro heavyweights
were Peter Jackson, Sam Langford,
Joe Jeanette, Sam McVea and Har-
The St. Paul echo., 1926-07-03

Father A. H. Lealtad of st. Philips
Episcopal church and Rev. L. w.
Harris of Pilgrim Baptist church Of
ficiated. Beside her parents she is
survived by brother and sister. In
terment at Elmhurst cemetery.
The St. Paul echo., 1926-07-03
DEATHS
Gladys Dorsey

Gladys Dorsey, aged S years and
10 months, beloved daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Ira M. Dorsey, $40 Rondo,
died June 26 at Ancker hospital.
Funeral services were held June 20
at p. m. at McGavock Mortuary.
The St. Paul echo., 1926-07-03

Doing right is much easier than
doing wrong, and it brings to the one
practicing it genuine satisfaction.
The St. Paul echo., 1926-07-03

A striking personality is a mighty
good asset, especially for a baseball
pitcher.
The St. Paul echo., 1926-07-03

The roof of a flat-topped building
in Washington, D. c., is being used
as a parking area for automobiles.
The St. Paul echo., 1926-07-03

Wild potatoes in Chile grew about
as big as hazel nuts.
Evening star., 1926-12-12
How Lovers Are United.

TNvENT1NG novel and ingenisus
ways OF bringing lovers together
IL one Of the chief strains on the
scenario writer's Imagination. often
times the director is responsible for
the crucial moment.
Fred Newmeyer. directing w. G.
Fields latest picture. THE Potters,"
recently staged what Is probably one
Of the oldest love scenes on record.
Richard "Skeets" Gallagher. as Red
Miller is bending over his sweetheart.
Mamie Potter. played by Ivy Harris.
pleading with her TO give him shred
of encoura cement, when Pa Potter.
portrayed by Fields. standing behind
the portieres. plants kick on Reds
trousers, thereby throwing him into
Mamie's arms. A tender love scene
follows.
a breath-taking stunt propelled
Renee Adoree as Carita into the arms
of her lover. Roger Drake. played by
Thomas Meighan. In Tin Gods.
Carita Is standing on the edge of
high bridge trestle when a gale OF
wind causes her to lose her balance
and she starts to fall backward into
the abyss. Meighan grabs her and
pulls her into his arms. where she
clings to him in a pa ssionate embrace.
In THE Popular Sim Director Nal
ST. Clair used variation of the old
sprained ankle gag. Florence Vidor
as Yvonne Montfort is playing croquet
with Give Brook. as Jean Corot.
While hitting her ball. held with one
foot, she accidentally strikes her
ankle. The pain, of course, makes
her stagger and by tripping on con-
venient wicket she manages to land In
her lovers arms In an adorably un-
conscious condition.
Louise Brooks as jamie Walsh. CO.
quettish sister Of Evelyn Brent as
Name. in Frank Tuttle's Love 'Em
and Leave EN-" gets something In
her eye at an auspicious moment and
has to have the orb examined by
Arthur Donaldson as Schwartz. the
department store manager. AS usual
~ happens in such cases, lip meets
lip before the examination IS con-
cluded.
The scenarist invented good one
for Richard Dix in his college picture.
"The Quarterback" Dix. as Jack
Stone, is being hazed. Blindfolded.
he Is placed behind a. stone wall and
told to step out and kiss the first
person who passes. A large. fat
colored woman Is ambling down the
street, but before she reaches Dix
hiding place she turns into a. store
Evening star., 1926-12-12

and. at the same moment. the teaud.
ful Esther Ralston. a. Louise Mason,
energies. As he hears her steps Dir
Jumps out. throws his arms about her,
and kisses her. Ensuss confusion
worse confounded-but the love story
is well under way.
You probably remember the instanc
in Gloria Swanson's Stage Struck"
when the hapless girl II hanging sus-
pended under the lower deck of q boat.
feet and hands in the water, while her
frantic lover swims about in the
water searching madly for her. A
swell carries him under the deck and
plump into his inamorata's frsnzied
grasp.
All these instances are but elAhcru-
tions Of the old standard predioAfnsnt
OF the country maid who had to be
carried across the trickling ford, and
her modern prototype who. each Sum.
mer. gets the handsomest Apollo on
the beach to teach her TO swim.
Evening star., 1926-12-12
Must Have New Faces.

were given a course Of training in
screen drama.
From that school came Charles
Rogers, now playing one Of the lead.
ing roles in wings" the Air Service
epic Of the war; Mona Palma, person.
ally chosen by Thomas Meighan as
his leading woman in THE Canadian:
Josephine Dunn, Just signed to the
leading feminine role in "LoXes Great
est Mistake; Ivy Harris, assigned to
a. prominent role in THE Potters," in
which w. G. Fields is starring; Jack
Luden. who has played numerous
prominent roles since he was gradu-
ated from the school, and several
others Of unusual prominence.
In the past two weeks Paramount
has signed three more promising girls
who are to he developed within the or
ganization, Ann Sheridan. Doris Hall
and Betty Jane Young. And now the
directors. who have the closest contact
and ability to observe the work of new
players, have been called upon to de-
velop their quota.
Evening star., 1926-12-12
A Guest at Eton

AN honor accorded to few persons
"A and never before, so far as is
known, to q film star. was bestowed
upon Richard Barthelmess when he
was made the guest of the students
of Eton College. the oldest and most
aristocratic Of English schools, re-
Gently.
Barthelmess. accompanied by his
representative, was received by q
master Of the college and had tea
with the students. which they them.
selves prepared. The film star spent
some interesting moments also in in.
specting the marvellous library, which
includes priceless treasures, such a.
hrst-edition Shakespeare, Dante, etc.,
with rarities like the Gutenberg Bible,
valued at quarter Of million dol
lars.
Eton College, incidentally. was built
by Henry VI and has more than 1000
students. Windsor Castle, the pres.
ent royal palace. 10 q stones throw
from Eton. and this also was visited.
Evening star., 1926-12-12
Otis Skinner

Otis SKINNER was born in Cam
~ bridge. Mass. June 2s. 1858, was
educated In Hartford. received de-
gree at Tufts College In 1895 and his
first job was with an insurance COM
pany in Hartford. He found his life-
work as an actor at the age of 20.
Mr.. Skinner is the son OF New
England clergyman. and with letter
Of introduction from the world-re-
nowned circus man, Phineas T. Bar
mum. made his professional appear
ance. or debut. at the Philadelphia
Museum on the night Of October 80,
1877. in the part of Jim. an old negro,
in a play OF the North and South
called "Woodleigh," by Philip Stoner.
The following season he was a mem
ber of the Walnut Street Stock Co..
Philadelphia. supporting such stars
as Janauschek. Lotta. John McCul-
Tough, Lawrence Barrett. John T. Ray.
mond and Ada Cavendish.
In New York he made his first ap-
pearance in a spectacular fairy piece
called "Enchantment," produced by
the Brothers Kiralfy at Niblo's Gar
den Theater. During the same sea
son he also played with Edwin Booth
at Booths Theater, New York, and on
the road.
A few years later found him In sup,
port of Edwin Booth and Helena
Modjeska in their joint tour. During
1s90,1Sa1 and 1892 he was leading man
for Margaret Mather, and during the
second season with Margaret Mather
he acted as her manager and co.star.
A chronological record Of Mr.. Skin.
ner's repertoire as q star, producer
and manager includes: His Grace de
Grammont." The Kings Jester"
''villon the vagabond," THE Mer.
chant Of Venice" las shylock), "A
Lady Of Lyons" prince Rudolph" :"
Shenandoah" The Rivals," Rose.
mary" "The Liars" Prince Otto"
ION q Balcony" 'Lasarre," Fran.
cesca da Rimini." School for Scan.
dal." THE Tanning OF the Shrew,"
THE Harvester" "The Duel" Your
Humble Servant" Sire" "Kismet,"
'.The Silent Voice" "A .ceiebrated
Case" Cock o the Walk" mis-.
ter Antonio" ''Iumpty Dumpty,"
"Pietro," AT the Villa Rose" Blood
and Sand" "Sancho Panza" and
Captain Fury"
Other characterization bring the
total up to 326.
Perhaps no living actor has 40
meritoriously won his way into the
hearts Of the American people and
holds their respect and esteem as
has Otis Skinner.
Evening star., 1926-12-12
IN THE SPOTLIGHT

I Dorothy Burgess, heralded az one Of
| the seasons discoveries in Edgar Sci.
| wyn's production of 1.-The Adorable
| Liar" will make her debut in musical
comedy as the principal player OF
"Bve, Bye, Bonnie" This Is the piece
which L. Lawrence Weber will pre-.
sent in New York after the holidays.
Ashley Dukes, who is at present rep
resented on Broadway by his trans
lation Of Sacha Guitry's Mozart" has
just completed in London a new play
written entirely in iambic verse. 1t Is
called "One More River" It's scenes
are laid in a boarding house. whose in
mates are all awaiting divorce DEGREES.
The Earl of Lathom is apparently
not at all depressed by the fact that
his first play. Red Blinds" was barred
by the censors in England. and has
written a second piece, which he calls
''Twopence Colored." 1t is to be played
in London by Marie Lohr.
Otis Skinner made his opening ap.
pearance in The Honor of the Fam
ily" in Philadelphia a fortnight back
and the papers commend it with warm
words.
Judy" musical version Of Mark
Swans play Judy Drops In," will go
into rehearsal this week under direc-
Rosoff and Leo Robin wrote the music
and lyrics.
THE Black Cockatee." a play by
Samuel Ruskin Golding, will be pro-
duced soon by Frank Martins. Mr..
Martins was one of the producers Of
Pyramids.
Eddie Dowling, James Hanley and
Bobby Connolly have formed an or
ganization for "the production, writ.
ing and staging Of plays" Messrs.
Bowling and Hanley are the authors
of Honeymoon Lane" Mr.. Connolly
staged the dances.
Gustave Blum's next production will
be The Mystery Ship" a first play
er 1t is one OF those mystery melo.
dramas.
Jessie Royce Lands, leading woman
Of the Otis Skinner company, is a
Chicago girl, from the Evanston dis.
trict. Her father, a musician and
portrait painter, had aspirations for
her along musical lines, her education
being planned with the hope Of An
operattc career. She won q SCholAr.
ship in and was graduated from the
Chicago Musical College, where she
studied voice, dramatic art and instru-
mental music.
Otis Skinner was especially selected
to portray the part of Falstaff in the
assemblage of Americas foremost
actors for the production Of Henry
w" at the Knickerbocker Theater in
New York last Spring. Mr.. Skinner
confesses that he played some 80 parts
during his first theatrical season. One
Of them was Jim. an old negro. In
play Of the North and South called
"Woodleigh." by Philip Stoner. His
salary in those days was 81 per week,
and he had to furnish his own cos
tunes.
New Year eve an extra midnight
performance will be given in each Of
the A theaters constituting the Mu.
tual Burlesque Association circuit
Based on the experiences OF the past
several seasons. the total gross re.
ceipts will reach 100000.