The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-06-12
PHILANTHROPIST
Will ADDRESS
CITY NEGROES
Head of College Is Noted
for BenefaCtionS to
CoIored People.

Mrs. Annie Malone, owner of the
famous Poro College of st. Louis,
will give an illustrated lecture in
Caleb Mills Hall tonight for the
benefit of charity. Special moving
pictures vii be shown, depicting
in detail her million-do beauty
plant at st. Louis.
1t is said that Mrs. Malone is the
largest benefactress of the Negro
race in the world. In recent years
she has donated thousands of dol
lars to Negro schools, hospitals,
churches and many other worthy
institutions and individuals. Poro
College gives employment to more
than $4,000 women of this country
and abroad, it is said.
Accompanying Mrs. Malone is the
Poro Girls Orchestra of twenty
five musicians, who will furnish
music for tonight's lecture. The
lecture is under auspices of the
Second Baptist Church, Mt. Olive,
Christ Church, Macedonia, New
Bethel, Mt. Paran, Ebenezer, First
Baptist, Irvington, Jones Taber-
nacle and Mothers Council. The
public is invited. Mrs. Malone is
the guest of Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur
Dodson while in the city.
Factory Owner Hero
Mrs. A. Leila Walker Kennedy
owner of the Madam c. J. Walker
Mfg. Company. is in the city on a
tour of inspection of her several en-
terprises. She has been at Tuskegee,
Ala. for several months with her
husband, who is assistant medical
officer in charge of Veterans Hos
pital No. 81.
Mrs. Kennedy will leave for New
York in a few days to inspect her
enterprises there. She plans to re-
side at Villa lie Warro on the Hud
son, during the summer. During her
stay here she is the guest of F. B.
Ransom. attorney and general man
ager of the company.
Misses Emily Garrett and Ethel
Ransom, members of the Butler Col
lege aud Y w. G. A. Interracial
commit ees were hostesses to a
large audience at the musical tea
given in the Walker Casino Sunday
afternoon. Special musical num-
bers were by DR.. Theodore Gable and
H. Phillips. violin duet; Leonard
Franklin, solo; William Brooks,
reading; Miss Myrtle Baron, piano
solo; Miss Helen Venard. reading.
Attorney E. Louis Moore was one
of the 1928 graduates of the In
diana Law Sschool. He received an
A. B. degree.
Benefit Tea Given
MesdameS Blanche CroSsen, Flora
j. Davis and G. I. Taylor, were in
charge of the tea given Sunday in
the Y. w. c. A. parlors, for the ben
eft of the N. A. A. G. P. member
ship campaign. Attorneys F. B. Ran
some and r. L. Bailey gave &C
counts of work beng done by the
association. and Mrs. Della Greer
spoke on My Trip to California"
Mesdames c. w. Smith and Nj.
Cowan, in Bright St. had as their
guests Mr.. and Mrs. j. H. White OF
Gallatin, Tenn. Following their
summer in Elkhart, they will return
to Gallatin to teach.
A.'C. Wilson and son Of Omaha,
are in the city on business. They
are managers of the Madam
Walker branch at Omaha and are
making studies of newer methods at
the home Office here
Mrs. M. L. Bohannon OF Boule-
ward Pl, has returned from an eX-
tended trip to the South. She spent
a few days visiting the Government
hospital at Tuskegee, Ala.
School to Have Picnic
School No. "a will have a picnic
at Douglas Park, Wednesday after
noon. All parents are invited.
w. D. Mozelle of Wilmington,
N. c., is a guest at the Y. M. G. A.
for few days.
DR. Scobie Lenthecome OF Detroit
is visiting friends and relatives fol
a few days.
Attorney j. H. Briggerman OF
Marion, Ind, was a weekend Wis
| itor with friends.
Mrs. F. B. Ransom, called tc
Jackson, Miss. on account of the
recent death of her father, has re-
turned to the city. DR.. Charleston
Cox is motoring back, following
Mrs. Ransom's return by mail.
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