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The Western outlook., 1928-03-17

views in a newspaper, not because
they ought not to be in a newspaper
but because Of what may DO consid'
cred their advanced nature. 1t then
struck me that the Negro press was
much broader than had thought it
all along, and broader than the ma.
jority of us think 1t is, and | could
see the Negro press, at this stage,
was serving no moneyed interes:; Its
principal concern was agitating; tor
equal rights and privileges for Amer
con citizens; and the nearest things
approaching the sacred with Us were
the clergy and the cosmetic interests,
but that even these did not at times
escape scathing criticism. | further
pointed out that adverse articles ap-
peared in white publications. arti.
cles that sometimes hurt the group in
its tenderest spots, were carried in the
Negro press; while articles of a sim.
liar nature in the Negro press rarely,
if ever, are COPIED by white publ.
cation.
On the matter of the rare question
as it concerns white, as we'll as black,
the Negro press is much broader
than the white press; that is, the for
mer is more inclined to civ: the
white .nan his due. Speaking as a
matter of simple truth, | am ac-
quainted with the major portion of
literature on the Negro as it has
been written by both black and white,
and rack my mind as | may | can
recall but having seen one really
outspoken article on the Negro ap.
pearing in white magazine-an ar
ticle that really went below the sur
face. and that is Mr.. Schuyler's re.
cent article in The American Mer.
curry. Of course, | mean an article
written by Negro. And this is not
so much tribute to Mr.. Schuyler's
genius and keen wit as it is to The
Mercury. Gallons of ink have been
split on this race question and the
sole reason for saying anything more
is to say those things that are not
supposed to be said. -,
The Negro press, with all its i'm
perfections, is the spokesman of the
group. 1t fills a unique and indis.
pensable role. 1t is the champion of
citizenship rights in the fullest sense
of the word. 1t introduces Negroes
to themselves, to their shortcomings
as we'll as to their accomplishments.
How else could they have had this
self. knowledge, which we are told is
the beginning of all wisdom? AS
for myself, far from scorning the
Negro newspaper l read everyone.
however humble, that | can Get hold
Of thereby stumbling sometimes on
are bits of knowledge as one finds a
diamond in some out of the wav
place.
The Western outlook., 1928-03-17

been dead fifty years ago, so tirmiJ
are their minds fixed in the past.
Similarly in ten years the Negro
press, from a puny, untaught weak
ling, has developed into youne
giant, lusty in promise, intellectual
and otherwise. There are today al
least six Negro newspapers which
are on an intellectual par with about
80 per cent of the white papers
Some of these Negro journals are
from two to three times the size ol
any daily published on the European
continent, while one or two are JUS
a trihe smaller than The London
Times or The London Observer, the
two largest European newspapers.
The Amsterdam news is more thar
twice the size of any daily that
have seen in any of the other coun
tries on the Continent in which have
been. LIE Matin, the famous French
daily, has only eight pages. And a:
to quality of matter and presena
ton, some of these Negro paper.
rank with the white papers in Eu
rope and America. Journals repre-
senting the interests of any particu
lar people are necessarily limited ir
their scope, but this does not NEAR
that they are not as competent il
their own limits as the ones repre-
senting national and international
interests.
The Negro press, of course, ha.
its faults, and many of the things
said against it by some of the Leaders
above mentioned are true. 1t il
bound to have faults. In order t.
succeed it must reflect, as a Who'll,
the minds of its readers, and we vii
have perfect newspapers, white O
black, only when we have perfec
readers. To please some people, on,
must inevitably displease others. ON
thing is sure, were the Negro pres
in the hands of some of its finica
critics, it's only a matter of tim,
when the public would have far les
interest, if any, in it.
Within the past few years ther,
has been an improved psychological
attitude on the part of Negro editor
in general. Once, many editor
would not carry news about persons
they did not like. 1t was a persona
affair with them, and they introduce,
petty, feminine spites into their sheet.
This type of editor now is, happily
rare. He sees now that while he ma,
not be interested in a certain man
his readers may be, and he puts tn,
broader interest first.
In the course of discussion. II,
subject of the Negro press came I'D
l told him of the travel articles. anc
q, OF some of the things | had said ;r
tnem' not only about the race ones.
ton, but of politics and life in con,
erai' and to my surprise he expressed
surprise that was able to Get such
The Western outlook., 1928-03-17
Under the Headline
"SCRATCH|NG THE SURFACE"
The Amsterdam News
Prints the Following
By J. A. Rogers

In the latter part of 1926 took
a trip to certain parts of the coun-
try south of New York, meeting
many Negroes of prominence, some
of whom one might designate as
leaders. In the course Of converse.
ton with them, spoke from time to
time of certain articles that had ap.
peared in the Negro press, notably
one of the exposure of racial inter
mixing in Virginia. As it will be
recalled, Virginia had tried to pass
a law making the marriage of white
and Indian illegal. But it developed
that so many of the "frst families"
were of Indian descent, and that this
Indian descent when traced some
times not so far back was really In
dian and Negro, that the bill met
with crushing defeat. Had the Vir-
ginia legislators passed this bill, it
would have been only matter of
time when some of them would have
been riding in the Jim-Crow car.
The exposure was based on cases
taken from the Bureau of Vital Sta
tistics at Richmond, and in condens-
ed form appeared in several of the
leading Negro journals in various
parts Of the country. This, as it
happened. was written by myself, but
that is irrelevant. The important
thing was the information which ev-
cry Negro, high and low, ought to
have had because here at last was
official proof that the white man
and the black man in America are so
much mixed that it is impossible to
tell who is who.
Yet, to my astonishment, / dis
covered that large number of Ne
gro luminaries had never even heard
about the bill, although it caused
considerable stir over the nation, and
set most of the whites in Virginia in
two bitterly opposing camps.
When | mentioned the fact that
the exposures had been printed in
the Negro press, several Of them in
formed me rather scornfully that
they never read Negro newspapers,
and one educator told me that he
was not interested in what Negroes
wrote on the race question, but in
what the whites wrote. The infer.
ence was that this learned gentleman
already knew what was in the mind
of the Negro, past and to come; that
he was such an authority himself
that no Negro could tell him any,
thing. However, nearly all were ca
ger to get the articles then!
] could not then help thinking how
much of the cracker" spirit was in
these and other Negroes who speak
scornfully of the Negro press. In
the past ten years the Negro group
has made tremendous strides in all
walks Of life. but as far as the minds
Of many white people regarding it
are concerned they might as we'll
The Western outlook., 1928-03-17
SAN FRANCISCO

Mr. and Mrs Cllran,." A. Ger
will give a reception o. NarChl
complimentary tn C,e"n WIN
PickerS of rhe N. "A .C.P. III
take place at t',+;r ',on,A, No, 4
Pine street. The hotrs are 4
; to E.
The Western outlook., 1928-03-17

Mrs. Nelson PRYOR, wifa of h
PRYOR. met with q rai.:f'iI acdS
on Sunday, when >CrhiinI vi
burned her hand anu foot. WI
glad to report it has nnt inta1
tated her, and She is doing NJ
at the present time.
Doc Snellin"S fnrnn~'v # &
land. now reSiiirc IN N.Nv YoGH
on leave Of ahserCo. r" 4pnSt
in recital on March II At Y.Nts
to an appreciative au 'i.nt" gr's
this singing poStman' with ms
elusive tenor warhtinr His 8
tlonS were varied, many helng
quest numbers. Miss Doroth'
DIeu of Oakland was aCC0mn
The Young ladv. Of rare mN
ability, is of the Anglo-Saxon
Her piano StleciiOrS met win
applause. She. tod tie reportd
foGnd great pleasure in the +"
she rendered SUNDAY afternoon
Miss Tabitha Anderson VIII
sent Dean VIM. Pickens at
church on March 26, under aG'
of the Bethel stewards depaI'p
Admission free. Everybody wp
The big rally at Bethel is I"
Do your hest. Rev. PRYOR
pairing to attend /! { CCn'creh'
any assistance Will DC 1fcau
pretiateJ.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1928-08-03
Work for Armenian Women

Armenian women who fled to Mar.
settles with their husbands during the
GrecO-Turkish war of 1928, have
founded a rug-weaving industry. The
men were able to find work in mines,
factories and on farms, but the wOm-
en- were less fortunate. Local capital
was interested in rug weaving and the
women workers now produce more
than 5000 square meters of oriental
rugs yearly in eight plants.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1928-08-03
ConUict Used Brains
in Effective Escape

Hilary X. Adair, the noted detec-
tive, said to San Francisco reporter:
Some people claim that criminals
aren't clever Well, what do you think
of this for a clever dodge?
"A chap who was doing ten years
for arson escaped one afternoon, but
he still had his convict clothes on,
and he couldn't loaf around and wait
for night because they'd surely catch
him if he did.
"Yes, it was necessary for this ar
son chap to make tracks through the
busy prison town, and how do you
think he managed it? Well, sir, be
took off his striped convict suit in an
alley, then he rolled his underdraw-
ers up above the knee and his under
shirt sleeves up to the shoulder. and
then he tore lickety-split through the
crowded Main street of that little
town and out into the safe country
where his friends were waiting.
Nobody paid any attention to him.
of course. They thought he was one
of these runners training for a mara
thon or something"
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|prNfe5

Slotted sails are now put on many
English yachts to secure increased
speed.
Bicycle polo is being played at the
Bagatelie Polo grounds in Paris and
is meeting with great enthusiasm.
Richard A. Glendon, Naval acad-
envy rowing coach, was appointed Off
cial crew mentor of the Boston Ath-
letic association at the age of nine
teen.
Over 23,500 seats for Indiana uni
versity's seven 1923 home football
games have already been reserved, ex-
ceeding any previous advance sale in
its history.
Alfred Shrubb, veteran English run
ner, still retains more amateur and
professional worlds records than any
other living middle or long-distance
trackman.
Jimmy McLarnin, Northwest light
weight, literally grew up in ring toys,
having been the possessor of four
amateur boxing medals before he was
fifteen years old.
Soldier field, Chicago, will have
seating accommodations for 100000
football fans next fall A capacity
crowd may see the Notre Dame VS..
Navy game October Is.
Only four amateur golfers have sue
ceeded in winning the United States
open championship since it began In
1S95-Bobby Jones, Jerry Travers,
Chick Evans and Francis Ouimet.
Paul Smith, the Oregon miner,
whose home is in Portland and who
finished in the recent transcontinental
/ trek from Los Angeles to New York
city, used 81 pairs of shoes in the
race and more than 200 pairs of socks.
A new open-air arena is planned in
Philadelphia, Pa, for boxing and wres-
Ting exhibitions. The structure will
seat 10000 persons.
Proof that tennis has become a uni
versal sport is found in the fact that
80 nations entered the Davis cup ten
mis- competition this year.
The oldest crew event in America is
that held annually between Harvard
and Yale. Competition began in 1852
The Bulldog holds an advantage. hav-
ing won 30 times TO Cambridge's 81
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Photo

which were always to be found there.
Other tins were used for "crum ket-
tles,' "peeori" and "mulligan," and
others for plates. The Jungle" was
always located near a stream and the
unwritten law of the Jungle" was
that tins should be washed after use
and left for the next hos who should
wish to use them. Water for cooking
was always taken from upstream and
downstream the hobo "crummed"
Cleaned up) and washed his clothes
which he hung on the "gooseberry"
(clothesline). His food consumed and
he himself "crummed" he brought out
his 'stoop tobacco" (cigar stubs
picked up on the street, and lay back
for pleasant hour of gossip with his
fellows.
That was the hobo of the old days.
James Eads How, the millionaire
Hobo" is typical of the new. He is
a grandson of James B. Eads, builder
of the Eads bridge at st. Louis, and
a son of the late James f. How, an of
fetal of the Wabash railroad. Brought
up in an atmosphere of luxury and
refinement, a college man, he became
a hobo by choice, and for twenty years
had devoted his time and money to
the hoboes. He was the founder of
the hobo college, which may be estab-
lished almost anywhere. Usually it is
a one-room affair and here the men
eat, sleep and are taught. Teachers
come from universities and colleges
nearby to lecture on almost every sub
ject under the sun. The "classes" are
conducted through the winter, for,
with the coming of good weather, the
students" take to the road again,
some of them carrying their "di-
plomas," mimeographed on paper, GER
tifying that they have attended GER
tain number of "classes,~
The fOrerunner of the college and
the new status of the hobo was the
organization movement which began
in 1907. In the fall Of that year there
was much unemployment and about
five hundred men were stranded in
Tacoma, Wash. Jeff Davis, Dan
O'Brien and few other prominent
members of the fraternity made an
offer to the mayor. If an unused
schOolhouse were given to them for
shelter they would keep the hobOes
from begging at back doors and out
of mischief. The mayor agreed. Res
taurants supplied leftover food and
the hoboes spent a quiet winter there.
There was held the first hobo conven-
ton and the organization idea came
into being.
So now they have the International
Brotherhood Welfare association, in
which J. Eads How is leading light,
which holds conventions from time to
time in various parts of the country
ut which economic problems are dis
cussed and the purpose of which, in
the words of How, are to educate,
organize, abolish poverty and squalor
and unemployment everywhere" They
have advance agents" on the road
who carry the gospel of the organiza-
ton throughout the country and or
ganize locals" For the hobo, 1923
model, is no longer the picturesque in
dividual. He Is fast becoming a
standardized member of an organiza-
ton.
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new era. For 80 years Leon Ray Liv-
ingston carved or painted his mo
nicker" (name or distinctive sign) on
railroad watering tanks, railroad
bridges, freight sheds and other
places near railroads not only from
the Canadian line TO the Mexican bor-
der and from the Atlantic to the Pa
citic, but also from Alaska to Argen-
tina. For more than third of a CEN
fury he rode on brake beams and the
blind baggage, and by keeping a care
full account of his expenditures he was
able TO estimate that before he re-
tired (as he did few years ago to
marry, settle down, write his adven-
lures and do the work he is doing at
present-trying to keep boys and girls
from yielding to the call of the road
he had travelled a total of $4,000
miles for the total sum of $761I
During the course of his travels,
this most-famous hobo knew another
who later became famous as a writer
Jack London-and the life they
lived was typical of the old-time hobo.
Told In terms of the picturesque Ian
guage of the hobo, they rode the
bumpers" "tops," blinds of
trucks of railroad trains until some
"shack" (brakeman) or con- (con-
ductor) became "hOstile" and threw
them off of the "sidedoor pullman"
freight carl. If they succeeded in
eluding the Snakes" (switchmen) or
yard dicks" (railroad detectives),
they made for the nearest Jungle"
(place where tramps and hoboes con-
gregated) where they were sure to
find varied collection of "fOre-and-
alters" (hObOes who walked from
place to place., "bindle-stiffs" Ga mi
gratory worker in the true sense of
the word who "glommed fruit"
skinned mules" glommed spuds, or
did any other mental labor whenever
he had the chance), gay cats" (ordi
nary tramps and stake men, (wOrk-
ers with some money!. There, too,
would be certain to be be some "stew
buns" (the tenderfoot of the profess
stony who listened eagerly as the elite
of the brotherhood, the comets"
"perfesh" of Observation-Disclosures
stiffs," told of their experiences In
towns that were Jake" (n0t hostile"
to Dol, where he could batter"
(beg) on the main stem" (main
street) for flight pieces" and be sure
of getting some "scoff' (feed) from
"hay bag" (wOman) when he battered
the back door," Then, too, there
would be "reminiscences of decking"
(riding) a 'peddler" Qocal freight
on a Jerk tbranch line); or an
"orange special (fruit carl in
"crimpy" (baO weather, of being
pulled" (discovered) by a "shack"
and forced to "hit the grit" (walk),
lodging as he left the train, no doubt,
a "dewdrop" (stone) hurled by the
''shack" or "con." Or there might be
tales of adventures in the big cities
where they had to carry the banner"
(walk the street, all night or take in
the "Jesus screamers" (religious sal
vationists who speak and sing in the
streets) In order to get flop" (place
to Sleep.
All of this talk would pass around
the campfires in the Jungle" as the
"stiffs" slipped their steaming Java"
(cOffee) made in one of the tin cans
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1928-08-03
Sports Are Great Help
to Right Citizenship

Games and sports were advocated
before the National Education asso-
citation by James Edward Rogers, di-
rector of the National Physical Edu-
cation service as means of teaching
those traits of character that are es-
sential to good citizenship"
Asserting that the world needs
craftsmanship in its international and
business relationships, he declared that
physical education teaches sport not
for sports sake, but for the sake of
craftsmanship"
"There is close correlation be-
tween physical fitness and personal eff
ficiency in business, success in human
relationships and happiness at home
and abroad" he said.
"a physically fit person is more
likely to be efficient, happy and use
full. A physically fit nation is better
prepared to meet any emergencies
either from within or without. Indus
trial waste from inefficiency and i'll
ness can be substantially reduced
through better physical fitness pro-
grams"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1928-08-03
Twins Are Professional
PLAYERS on Selma Team

The James boys-Ebb and Fob-are
believed to be the only twins in pro-
fessional baseball. They are members
of the Selma team in the Southeastern
league.
Former star athletes at Alabama
Polytechnic institute, the James broth
ers look so much alike that even their
friends have difficulty in distinguish
ing which is which.
Ebb, who captained his college,
Southern Conference championship
baseball team, has been signed by
Selma as a catcher and Fob placed
as first baseman. The brothers have
been inseparable in athletic life.
Fob played leading role in STARK
Love-" a feature picture of one of the
leading film companies, when it was
made in the South two years ago.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1928-08-03
Not Injurious to Plants

There is widespread belief that
red lady-bird beetles are the parents
of injurious plant life, on account of
their abundant association with these
pests during the growing season. This
is not true, as the lady beetles ARE
one of the best natural controls
against aphids. A well grown adult
iady-bird requires from so to so plant
lice for its daily meal. 1t also eats
the eggs Of many Injurious insects.
They should be encouraged
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1928-08-03
Bazaars

Streets in the bazaar districts of
Asiatic cities are only 8 to 10 feet
wide. The larger shops are s by 10
and the smaller ones by 6 feet,
with one side giving directly on the
street. In each bazaar there is a
khan for every 10 or II shops These
khans are two stories high with an
open court in the center and rooms on
the four sides. all opening into the
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1928-08-03

court. A door leads from the open
court into the street.
Each bazaar has a coffee shop,
which is a large open place, covered
partly by roof, where are number
OF wooden settees ranged in rows. Any
visitor who sits down is first given
cupful of Turkish coffee and then a
narghile or native pipe filled with
Shriza tobacco. The charge for coffee
and the use of the pipe is 2 cents.
Here merchants gather to discuss
trade bills.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1928-08-03
GLORY rs FLEET
ON BALL DIAMOND
Not a Member of 1921
Champion Giants Remains.

Baseball glory passes rapidly. Fans
see In the Yankees one of the great
est pennant-winning aggregations ever
presented on the diamond, but they
don't stop to think that of the team
that won the Yankees first pennant
in 1921, only three men remain-Ruth,
Meusel and Hoyt. Gone are all the
others.
You may recall that the Yankees
won the first two games of the 1921
series and then lost five of the next
six games to a team that would not
be denied-the New York Giants.
That performance ranked the Giants
as even greater than the Yanks, but
now the glory of these 1921 Giants has
gone with the SHOWS of yesteryear.
writes Ed Bang In the Cleveland
News. Today not single Giant OF
1921 continues in a McGraw uniform.
Frisch, Bancroft, Earl Smith and Art
Nehf are still in the National league,
but they are against and not for the
Giants.
The pennants of 1920 were won by
Cleveland and Brooklyn. Today only
four of those Cleveland Indians con-
tinue on Cleveland's pay roll-Burns,
Joe Sewell, Jameson and Uhle. More
sweeping still are the changes that
have taken place in Brooklyn. Look
over Uncle Robbie's pay roll and you
will find not a single player who
helped Brooklyn to its pennant of
eight years ago.
Washington has today only nine of
the twenty-one players who partici-
pated in the world series of 1924 and
Pittsburgh retains but seven of the
eighteen men who took part in the
series of 1925-three years ago. The
survivors are Grantham, Traynor,
Wright, Barnhart, Smith, Meadows
and Kremer.
Evidently big league managers are
convinced that the way to win pen
nants is to provide steady infusion
of new blood. This new blood costs
lot of money and more often it fails
than succeeds, but baseball is bust
ness now and the crowds evidently
tire of old faces in the same old uni
forms.
Things were different in the pioneer
days. From 1880 to 1886 inclusive,
AnsOn's Chicagoes won five pennants
in seven years, and in that period
Anse had practically the same team.
In 1880 his lineup read this way !:
Arson, first base; Quest, second base;
Williamson, third base; Burns, short
stop; Dalrymple and Gore, outfielders;
Kelly and Flint, catchers and outfield-
ers; Corcoran and Goldsmith, pitchers.
In 1856, Pfeffer had replaced Quest
at second base. Jimmy Ryan and Billy
Sunday had been added as outfielders,
while Flint and Kelly devoted them
selves to catching exclusively. Clark
son and Mccormick were doing the
pitching. Thus in seven years, three
men had retired and five new men
had been added. Moreover, Anson's
entire pay roll cost great deal less
per year than is now paid Babe Ruth
individually.
Yet when 1t is all said and done,
Anson's team did as much in its time
as the Yankees have done in later
years, i. E., won five pennants in seven
years.