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The St. Paul echo., 1926-06-12
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The B. C. c. Alumni met Saturday
night at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
Sidney Salter, 622 st. Anthony Ave.
The Misses Eula Belle Moore,
Claudia Few and Odessa Williams
will leave Monday, June IA, for Des
Moines, Iowa, as delegate to the B. Y.
P. U. convention.
The Twin City Forty club gave a
dancing party for the members only
at the Sterling club Wednesday, June
2. Election of officers was held and
the following elections were made for
the coming year: H. Courtney Hill
yard, Pres; Miss o. B. Williams,
Vice-Pres.; Mrs. Adina Gibbs, Sec.,
and Tela Burt, Treas.
The Adelphai club held it's annual
election of officers Tuesday, June II,
at 2:30 p. m. at the residence of Mrs.
Henrietta James, 1877 st. Anthony
Ave. The following officers were
elected: Mrs. Carrie Lindsay, Pres;
Mrs. Estella Lee, Vice-Pres.; Mrs.
Lillian Mcknight, Sec.; Mrs. Cora
Grissom, Asst. Sec.; Mrs. Maude
Brooks, Treas; Mrs. Rose Shelton,
Librarian. An enjoyable luncheon
was served by the hostess.
The Handicraft Art club met last
Thursday afternoon with Mrs. Lii
liam Lewis of w. Central Ave.
Mrs. Mamie Green, 34S N. Dale St.,
was hostess Friday afternoon to the
Nifty club.
The Busy Bee club gave quite
surprise party Tuesday night in hon
or of Miss Thelma Williams. who, for
the past nine months, has been at
Houston College, Houston, Texas,
where she was director of music. All
present enjoyed the party immensely.
Mrs. Robert Anderson, $40 ROndo
St., entertained the T. N. o. F. club
on her birthday at the residence of
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur P. Rhodes. All
reported a wonderful time. Mrs. An
derson received a beautiful gift from
the club.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur " Hall invit-
ed Pilgrim Baptist choir and their
friends to have a picnic at their home
at Round Lake on May 80. About
thirty guests were present and all re-
ported Mr.. and Mrs. Hall wonderful
host and hostess.
The Women's Auxiliary of the st.
Paul Urban League will meet Thurs
day evening at s o'clock at the Y. w.
G. A. Center. All members are urged
to be present; business of import
ance.
The St. Paul echo., 1926-06-12
Term "Jitnsy" Traced
to Louisiana NEGROES

The word 'jitney," which has been
used Internationally and in various sec
tons Of the United States for many
years, and which suddenly sprang
into general use at the time the Scent
buses and flivvers were striving to
settle the local traffic problems of
many cities, had curious origin.
A minstrel troupe was playing in Ba-
ton Rouge, La, in theater where the
highest gallery was reserved for ne
groes. No gallery tickets were sold,
a member Of the troupe being placed
at the door to take cash. The door
was in a poorly lighted space; and
later the collector discovered two
score Of plain metal disks the size
of a 5-cent piece, that had been
passed as nickels.
One Of the minstrels showed the
disks to- negro, who explained: :
"Dem's jitneys."
They were jettons-the metal disks
used as markers in a gambling house.
A negro attendant had stolen the jet
tons and was passing them as money.
The minstrel troupe seized upon the
word, and thereafter a Scent piece
was a jitney, and the word spread
until it came into common use.-Lib-
erty.
The St. Paul echo., 1926-06-12
DisilIusioned Barber

Sir Oliver Lodge, illustrating the
light esteem in which scientists are
held in some quarters, tells story Of
an experience he had while visiting in
in this country. He arrived at a
small town, where he was to address
the members Of a well-known scien-
tific association. While the hotel bar
Der was cutting his hair, he made sew
eral futile attempts to open a con.
versation with the great scientist. Fl.
nally he said, what exactly Is this
association that's meeting here to-
day?" The professor explained that
it was a society of learned scientific
men. "Oh," said the barber, in tones
Of evident disgust, Il thought it was
a football team"
The St. Paul echo., 1926-06-12
Origin of FlouDers' Names

The purple fox-glove, which blooms
in its greatest profusion on Irish hill
sides, is so called because it is be-
lieved that the fairies use these
blooms for gloves during some of their
ceremonies. The rosemary, an ever
green shrub of the mint family, is a
native of the Mediterranean regions,
and takes its name from the Latin
word, rosmarinus, which means sea-
dew. This is accounted for by the
fact that when this shrub is seen in
massed form it looks like blue-gray
mist blown over the fields from the
sea. The iris comes to us from the
Greek word meaning rainbow. The
primrose is derived from the Latin
words, prima rosa, the first rose of
spring.
The St. Paul echo., 1926-06-12
CHICAGO, HEADQUARTERS
OF N. A. A. C. p. MEETING
CONTINUED from page u

CONTINUED from page u
Director of Branches.
Tuesday night, June 20, the clos
ing night of the conference, the
Spingarn Medal will be presented by
Rev. John Haynes Holmes, Pastor Of
the Community Church of New York,
with Miss Mary White Ovington,
Chairman of the N. A. A. c. p. Board
of Directors, presiding, and addresses
by DR.. w. E. B. Du Bots, Editor of
The Crisis, and by the recipient of
the Medal.
Bids for the 1927 conference are
already being received from various
cities, Indianapolis having announced
that the branch is sending a delega-
ton of Is persons to Chicago to cam
paign for their city. G.. n. T. Gray,
Secretary Of the Indianapolis Branch,
writes that the branch "feels able to
care for the conference in a manner
that would reflect credit upon the
branch and our community and at
the same time show the conference
our high appreciation of the N. A. A.
C. P. and the high regard in which
we hold the personnel of the organ
ization."
The St. Paul echo., 1926-06-12
THE N. A. A. C. P. CONFERENCE

Never before in the history of the organization
pie of the Twin Cities had excellent opportunity
Ing the annual conference of the A. A. P than this year when
the seventeenth annual conference being held in Chicago
That large lumber of citizens in St. Paul and Minneapolis
should attend the conference truth which eaboa
ton Always things of vital Importance discussed at these
meetings. and this the overhangng question of residential
segregation will form of the main discussion TOPICS
Here in the Twin Cities have been somewhat removed
the harsh treatment which cored residents in other parts the
country have been subjected but is high time that begin
to realize that the state of things will not last forever
Everywhere racial feeling growing With the decision which
the Supreme Court has just in the Washington segregation
white residents have been granted lease of power
arbitrary methods of restriction.
At the conference of the best legal brains
try well of those which have been developed the
keenness of the matter of American relations
will null this issue out in strong attempt find solution for
the matter.
Other problems of pressing Importance will be considered
Delegates from the Gulf to Minnesota and from California
Maine will rub elbows and thoughts No better form of effort for
group solidarity could be found than this interchange
of IDEAS
All of these things residents the Twin Cities should
slider when the N A. A. c. conference is mentioned All of
those things and in addition that is but bare hundred
miles Chicago Talk the conference urge support of it. and
when let the Twin Cities representatives of the entire
Northwest have large delegation at the altogether wewoh
while meeting
The St. Paul echo., 1926-06-12
WHERE WAS THE MOB?

In beautiful Washington last week. "brave" white gentle
who had engaged controversy with lady friend lost his
temper
He butay dragged the lady the hard concrete streets
to his parked the curb and in the heat of anger feeling that
his muscular insufficient to administer chassemen
drew SO Colt revolver from his pocket and fired not shot, but
five Shots into the limp body the object his wrath She fell
to the ground in dying condition.
Her blood flowed freely the concrete. She slain
Womanhood outraged.
In the meanwhile crowd had gathered and entreaed the
slayer his hand They laid not hands upon him. however
there brave enough to give him combat single
Though womanhood thessy stricken down. of
Lynch him" heard. There merely present
crowd There maddened mob bent upon copensatng the
homicide Not laid hands the slayer though all know
that woanhood the sacred treasure of the land has
been sufficient during the past thirty for the lynch
ing of nearly 1000 Negroes But Washington last week. the
mob absent.
Where was the mob? WHERE WAS THE MOB?
-Colorfu News Movies
The St. Paul echo., 1926-06-12
By a Chinese Humorist

A master was teaching one of his pu-
pills arithmetic. He asked him: what
is 1 plus II" The scholar replied, II
don't understand" The teacher said,
"YOu certainly are blockhead. Let
me ask you again. You are one per-
son. Together with me how many
people does that make? Do you I'M
derstand nOw?" ooh, yes" he replied.
"HOw many Is it?' asked the teacher.
"Two blOckheads," replied the pupil
Picking New Mandarin.
The St. Paul echo., 1926-06-12
A SOUND INVESTMENT

At the present time public sale of school lands being held
by the state and the terms offered every
ment for the man with money to invest safe buy
Under the system which being used there chance
the INSCRIPTIONS intervention of mddan and the guaran
tees which made by the state sufficiently that there
need be question about the wisdom of such investment
Recently the state auditor data
showing how their being spent and how expend
ture for might be cutaed 1t might be wise policy
the the city to acquire land northern Minnesota
for the twofod that he himself will be gaining making
by the transaction and that he will be assisting the
farmers of the region.
The St. Paul echo., 1926-06-12
A Guide Needed

what do you do when winter
breaks up?" asked a man for whom
Toofus had been guiding.
Il may go to Niagara falls" re-
sponded TOofus, land be a guide"
But what is there to guide about
at Niagara falls? Everything is in
plain sight"
"A guide goes around with honey
mOoners,' said ToOfus, land keeps
them from walking into those falls."-
Louisville Courier-Journal.
The St. Paul echo., 1926-06-12
THEATER SUIT

Springfield, Ill.-(A. N. P.-The
Supreme Court Of the state is to re-
view a suit which involves the right
Of movie owners to deny seats to Ne
groes on the ground that the house
Is sold out.
The suit was begun in Canton, ILL.,.
where Charles Kichan, white, was
assessed $40 and damages for refus-
ing to sell a seat to Miss Jessie
Pickett.
The St. Paul echo., 1926-06-12

Writing in the Washington Post George Rothwel Brown
white) says cat the which the enlightened
waking up northern states where he holds the political
balance of power won't be long before he employs the
effective instrument placed his hands give the ballot to
his sanchised brethren in Dixie and day. Mr. Caraway
of ATkansasf he should sit in the Senate gallery
and listen Negro expound constitutional freedom from his
(Caraway's) old seat.
The St. Paul echo., 1926-06-12

Negro king who sued the hospital at Boa Belgian Congo
for the possession of his which had been amptaed the
suit serious accident has been given favorable decision
the court.
The St. Paul echo., 1926-06-12
COLOR BAR PASSED

New York, June The Color Bar
bill has passed in the South African
Legislature by SO votes to 81. This
measure excludes natives from GER
tain groups of skilled employment.
The vote was taken in joint session
of both Houses of Parliament after
three days debate.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-29
EDIBLE MUSHROOMS.
Specialist Tells How to Identify
Sorts Found in New York.

F. G. Stewart, botanist at the New
York State Agricultural Experiment
Station at Geneva and an authority
on mushrooms, sets forth in a recent
station publication few simple rules
for identifying edible mushrooms, and
describes IL of the commoner sorts
found in New York State. These in
clude the morels, the mica ink-cap or
glistening coprinus, the large ink-cap,
the shaggy name. the uncertain n.y.
pholoma, the bricktop. the velvet
Stemmed cOllybia, the oyster muSh-
room, the fairy ring, the corallike
hydnum and the giant puffball How
To Know the Mushrooms and Toad
stools is the title of the pamphlet,
which is now available free of charge
TO any one interested in mushrooms.
1T is a matter of common knowl
edge that considerable number Of
the numerous kinds of fieshy fungi
which grow so abundantly in the
woods, pastures and lawns are edible"
SAYS Mr.. Stewart. 1T Is also well
known that some Of them are deadly
poisonous. Being unable to disttn-
guish the edible from the poisonous
kinds. the great majority of people
dare not make any use OF wild mush-
rooms for food. Consequently large
quantities of excellent food of this
klnQ go 10 waste dL OuI very uOOi ..
Interest in mushrooms seems to
he widespread however, and informa-
ton about the edible forms is much
sought after, so that this publication
on How to Know Mushrooms and
Toadstools' has been prepared for the
use Of beginners in mushroom study.
1t makes no pretense of completeness.
but is merely a brief. non-technical
introduction to the subject. It's chief
purpose is to explain how one should
proceed who wishes to become &C
quainted with the mushrooms and
toadstoolS."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-29
LITERATURE LEADS
LIBRARY FAVOR|TES
Economics and Sociology
Next at Congressional,
Summer Survey Shows.
What do people read?

What do people read?
II the crowds that throng the read
ing room Of the Congressional Library
are to be considered g. fair cross-sec-
ton of the American public. its tastes
are both varied and elevated.
The library staff has been conduct
ing an investigation this Summer,
preserving and analyzing the call
cards for the thousands OF volumes
handed over the desk each day.
The survey shows that considerably
the larger percentage Of readers are
interested in language and literature
Of all nations, not including works or
fiction, however. This group was
credited with 1870 per cent of the
call slips. Next in importance were
books on economics and sociology,
constituting 1885 per cent OF the vol
umes called for.
A very important activity of the
reading room Is to accommodate the
hundreds who come to the Library to
look up their ancestry. In the shelves
there are unrivaled facilities for this
research, and there is seldom an hour
that Ave or six persons are not deeply
engrossed in genealogy. This is done
through local histories Of American
States, counties, cities and towns and
family histories.
There is hardly a village in the
earlier settled sections of the country
which has not its own bulky history
Of first settlers, land transfers and
vanished buildings. Sometimes these
books are printed in very limited edi-
tons, but there are few which are not
represented in the Library collection.
1t is much the same with family
histories. The records Of the de-
SconAa nj ne tho ga rlior CafflnrS have
been written and rewritten. Some Of
them are bulky volumes and some
only typewriter pamphlets, but there
is a heavy demand for all Of them.
OF the total calls, 9.95 per cent are
for local history and 7.99 per cent for
books dealing with sciences auxiliary
to history" mostly genealogy.
History and topography of countries
other than the United States account
for 6.904 per cent Of the calls. Phi
losophy and religion are the next most
popular reading topics, accounting for
6S07 per cent. General histories of
the United States constitute 538 per
cent. Other subjects are classified as
follows: Technology, 4.33; fiction,
4.31; political science. 4.23; science
4.2l; encyclopedias, year books and pc
riodicals, 4.04; edueation, 1851; law,
3.l3; medicine, 3.106; geography, man
ners and customs, SOL; photography
2.91; fine arts, 1874: agriculture, l34,
and naval and military science, 1873.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-29

From the London TidBits
The teacher had labored long and
patiently TO teach little Arthur the
points Of the compass.
when you stand with your face to
the north, your right hand is toward
the east, your left toward the west
and your back toward the south. Now
tell me the directions. What is in
front of you?"
After a thoughtful pause little Ar
thur replied: my stomach"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-29

Makes unruIy obstinate
hair lie down and gives
il a wfll-groomed appear
ance. This SALE for ole.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-29

This special sale of hair nets in
cludes double or single mesh, in all
colors save gray and white. This
sale for lie.
Evening star., 1926-03-18
DEMAND MODERN
FIRE EQUIPMENT
Southwest Group Declares
No. a Company Is BARELY
Able to Navigate"

Need for modern fire-fighting appa-
ratus to replace the equipment now in
service at No. engine house was
again stressed at meeting of the
South Washington Citizens Associa-
tion in the Fairbrother School. Tenth
and + streets southwest, last night.
Robert Strobel, chairman of the po-
lice and fire committee, reporting on
inerviews with officials of the Fire
Department, said the Southwest Is
''diSgusted with promises OF new ap-
paratus and will seek immediate ac.
ton" 1t was pointed out that No. 4
engine company covers a large terri
tory in which are located many val
liable buildings and many rated as
fire traps. This company, 1t was
said, is the first one due on an alarm
from the inflammable temporary struc-
lures in the Mall.
Through an error, the conditions eX-
listing at No. 4 engine company We're
made to appear as applying to No.
13 engine company in recent re-
port to the association, and 1t was the
desire of the association that this
statement be corrected, as No. IL
company is now in good shape, while
No. engine is barely able to navi-
gate" and entirely unsuited to the
character and extent of service it is
called upon to perform.
MIR. Strobel, Mrs. Rosa Brown, Mrs.
Julia Banagan and Mrs. Eta Da-
Wis We're appointed as a committee
to investigate the News Item, a week
~ publication containing affairs of
interest to the Southwest, and con-
fer with its managers with a view to
naming it as the official organ of the
association. 1t was announced that
an intensive membership campaign
would be inaugurated during the com
ing month. Communications from
associations in all sections of the city
We're read in which support was
pledged to the Southwest association $
appeal for an improved and beauti-
fed water front from Fourteenth
street to Washington Barracks.
New members elected We're Mrs. d.
NJ. Faunce, Mrs. Eta Davis, David
Faunce, Leroy Taylor, Mrs. S. Sheehy
and Mrs. Herman Kirsch.
President George NJ. Yeatman pre-
sided.
Evening star., 1926-03-18
TEXAS us OIL REVENUE
USE BATTLES OFFICERS
School Has $2,sOO,O63, But Court
Rules Only Interest Can Be
Used at Present.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
AUSTIN, Tex, March 18.-Revenues
continue to pour into the Golfers of
the University Of Texas from the
schools oil lands. but the university
regents are faced with peculiar prob
lens in applying this income to the
needs Of the institution. An additional
$238,O65 was paid by two operating
companies Monday. bringing the total
receipts from oil royalties up to
So. SOC. .O63.
The regents have planned a great
$40, 100000 quadrangle to replace the
old buildings on the campus, but the
State Supreme Court recently ruled
that the Oil royalties should be added
to the permanent funds Of the uni
Evening star., 1926-03-18
TABLET FOR INVENTORS.
French Honor Brothers, Claimed to
Be First to Give Public Movie Show

PARIS, March IS R.-Frenchmen
commemorated what they claim was
the first public presentation Of motion
pictures by placing a tablet yesterday
on the wall of a building in the cellar
Of which the Lumiere brothers ex
hibited their apparatus 80 years ago
This building stands on the Grands
boulevard and formerly housed the
Grand Cafe, where the Lumiere broth
ers worked.
The tablet reads:
Here on December %, 1895. took
place the first public projections OF
animated photography by the use OF q
projection machine invented by the
Lumiere brothers"
Evening star., 1926-03-18
SCORES LABOR INJUNCTION
William Green Urges Lawyers to
Aid Fight Against Restraints.

ST. LOUIS, March IS R).-Organ.
lied labor is still seeking a remedy
for the injunction evil" William
Green, president of the American Fed.
Grafton of Labor. declared in an
appeal to the legal profession for
sympathetic support.
IF organized labor is to function
in such a way as to serve the workers
and society to the fullest extent of its
ability to serve, it must be free" he
told the st. Louis Bar Association.
1T cannot succeed in full measure"
he said, ''if it is merely accorded the
right to exist and is restricted in the
exercise of that right by judicial
decree or legal inhibitions."
Exhibits of agricultural implements
from all parts Of the world will be
shown at the annual show week at
Tours, France, in May.
Evening star., 1926-03-18
REPORTS ON NEAR EAST.
DR.. Brodie, in Cairo, Says Many
Institutions Need Aid.

DR. Andrew NJ. Brodie, national rep
resentative in Washington of the Near
East Relief who is now making an
inspection abroad of the organization's
relief work, reports in "a letter to
Washington headquarters from Cairo.
Egypt, that while the work of the
orphanages and schools in Egypt and
other countries has progressed beyond
his expectations, there are still thou
sands of children outside Of the insti-
tutions who need help. DR.. Brodie
reports that the eagerness and apti-
tude Of the children to learn in the
schools is remarkable
While Harold +. PelleCrin. Potomac
director of the Near East Relief. stat
ed today that money is needed for
children in the large number of orph-
anages, he appealed also for contribu-
tions to help those outside OF the IN
stitutions. Contributions will be re
ceived at Washington headquarters
nf the Near East Relief, 321 Bond
Building.
Evening star., 1926-03-18

versity, and, under the constitution,
only the interest on the permanent
fund can be used. The matter was
discussed at meeting of the regents
Yesterday.
Evening star., 1926-03-18

French farmers are enjoying pros
perity in spite of losses caused by eX-
cess humidity, many storms and pests
during the past season.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1926-02-06
N. Y. P. & N. Railroad
Turns To Western Union

Effective February s, 1925, COM
mercial telegraph messages at all sta
tions and telegraph Offices on the
Norfolk Division Of the Pennsylvania
Railroad formerly NY. P. & n.y. will
be handled by the Western Union
Telegraph Company. For many years
this business has been handled by the
Postal Telegraph Gable Company un-
der a contract which recently expired.
During the past the Western Union
Telegraph Company has maintained
uptown offices at sumber of points
where the business is heavy. It is the
intention to continue these offices
wherever necessary and the business
will warrant doing so.
This change means that all of the
towns and stations on the Norfolk
Division, regardless of size, will now
enjoy convenient Western Union
Telegraph service, on exactly the same
basis as those places that have up
town Offices, by using the commercial
wires on railroad pole line heretofore
used by the Postal Company.
The Western Union Company COW
crs a much larger territory, and has a
larger number Of offices in the coun-
try than the Postal Company, 50 that
all towns and stations on the PENN
sula will in the future have the benefit
of this larger and better service, which
will be decided step forward in the
handling Of their telegraph business,
especially during the crop marketing
period.