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The Bismarck tribune., 1928-12-26
IN NEW YORK

New York, Dec 26-The white eX-
plorers in darkest Harlem allow the
negroes little opportunity for anus
ing themselves without Nordic in
trusion.
Word of new negro cabaret or
theater or dance hall travels fast in
to the midtown belt. where it passes
from one to another and. within a
week, the white invasion is OH.
What started couple Of years ago
as a fad among the sophisticates. who
went on the trail of Van Vetchen's
atmospheric novels, has become a
commonplace. At first even some Of
the more blase New Workers. SHE'D at
crossing the color lines and eye
browS arched as whites and blacks
appeared together upon the dance
floors. Today only visitors from Texas
and way states show the slightest con-
Germ
Today the Harlem explorers seek
only those resorts known as hot
These are generally tiny rendezvous
under the Streets-cellars, to be ex-
act-where musty ceilings hang low
and a dilapidated piano thumps in
the corner. A lean high yaller" gal
perches upon the piano, after the
fashion made popular by Helen Nor
gan. jumping down from time to time
to gyrate upon the floor to the
rhythm of a ''vo-do-de-o-do" tune.
Here are contriyed those dances at
which even the most undulating white
seems awkward. Only the nimble and
agile blacks seem at home when exc
cutting them. And, somehow, they lose
something Of their vulgarity when
danced by the negroes. They become
grOteSque, or even comic One is in
clined to smile, or even laugh, for the
movements, however suggestive, have
a humorous eccentricity
Unfortunately me white summers.
particularly the women. try to learn
these dances. with results that are
likely to bring Shudders even to the
most tolerant. They are venturing
on alien soil and lack the vision to
realize how completely out of place
they are.
Within the past year. a dozen or
more Of these little retreats have
come to life and some have made a
definite play for white patronage,
realizing that after all, the midtown
boys and girls have more money to
toss away.
Meanwhile the pioneer resorts, such
as Small's and Comics Inn, have out
grown their original quarters and be-
come highly prosperous
\
Scouts for Broadway productions
haunt the Harlem theaters where raw
talent is refined into headline mater
tal. Innumerable high-salaried artists
have been drawn from the negro the
ater and scarce season passes with
out dozen new discoveries.
Florence Mills was, of course, the
finest artist to be unearthed by the
explorers OF another day. But her
path was not as easy going as it is
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YOUR
CHILDREN
BIZ Mr Rbe1zs Barton
Olo29 bu NEA Sorvicc.Inc.

I
I'm not going to have that child
carrying bundles Take the car and
go and get that package yourself.
III you think I'm going to allow
the children to wear patched shoes
you can think again. When shoes
have to be patched they are ready to
throw away.
Viola, who was the little girl you
were walking with? Where do they
live? What does her father do, do
you knoW?'
With such Giet of silly sugges-
ton whose fault will it be if this
little girl turns out to be a priggish
little snob?
And yet the world is full Of Just
such mothers who are setting up be-
fore their children absolutely false
ideas Of living.
1t doesn't hurt children to carry
bundles. If automobiles are giving
mothers the idea that it is an impo-
SltlOn to ask child to walk two
blocks to store, or carry home a
package from the tailor, or {. loaf
OF bread from the bakers, yes, with
car sitting right at the curb. too, then
| say we'd better throw out the auto
mobiles and begin all over again.
DetcSt Street Cars
And speaking of automobiles
brings to my mind the fact that I
know more than one young idea who
won't ride in street car. / heard
particularly uppity youngster scorn
bus when it happened that no one
in the family would be in town that
day to pick her up at school at four
o'clock. The bus passed the school
door, too AS to shoes! Good,
healthy patches used to happen in
the best OF families. They seem to
have become obsolete, these little
stop-gapS at the sides and backs of
school shoes. And shoes were cheap
er then than they are now. But more
than one family discards otherwise
good shoes before it will patch them.
Why is it that Americans have
such an unhealthy dread of being
thought poor?
After all, saving a pair of shoes is
a matter Of principle, just as saving
butter, or saving light, or saving any
thing. It isn't the fact that you are
able to pay for new pair It is the
fact that everything should serve un-
til its usefulness is ended. These lit
tie lessons of economy are invaluable
for children.
The department store daughter
says to her chum: I'm not allowed
to 60 with Elsie. Her father just has
little shop on Plain Street." And
Elsie confides to her friend: I'm not
allowed to 60 with Sarah. They just
have q little place In the MARKET
Our democracy! The Hindus with
their 10 castes are not in 1t with US!
We have 1l9.
False ideas! False pride! Oh,
American mothers. our future is In
your hands.
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= TRIBUNE'S PAGE OF COMIC STRIPS AND FEATURES
EG0M HOOVER M.k a
\YL Latin AmeriCahES6

! and beans Despite all the coffee
raised. coffee is often regarded as a
luxury among these people; crude ma
| tive cheese is used in place Of butter.
Costa Rica Exce1s
Costa Rica. with high percent
age OF pure Spanish blood is highly
developed and is perhaps the most
civilized of them, according to our
standards.
Salvador is at worst close second.
with widespread land ownership.
dense population and intensive agri-
cultural cultivation.
Guatemala. which has 60 per cent
Indian population, per cent white
and the rest mixed Indian-Spanish. is
only fairly we'll developed. Hoover
did not visit Guatemala owing to poor
anchorage facilities for his battleship
Honduras and Nicaragua, with their
large Indian population. are the least
developed of all
Low price levels are generally prev
alent and progress has come to Cen
trail America mostly at the demand OF
foreigners. The bulks of Central
American armies are still concen-
trated at the various capitals: the
largest cities are generally clustered
and except in Salvador huge tracts of
land remain uncultivatcd. unexploitcd
and comparatively uninhabited.
There appears to be an opportun-
ity for more scientifically managed
plantations as well as for develop
ment OF new territory.
Import Cotton Goods
Cotton fabrics, used for clothing,
are the principal items of imports
from the United States. The bulk of
our exports to all Central American
countries come pretty close to the
bare necessities of life not manufac-
tured dOmestically.
The tendency of the American gov
crnment and of American capital to
froWn on all revolutions has unques-
tionably helped the Central American
republics to stabilize themselves and
thus obtain firmer foundation for
increased prosperity.
The outstanding economic fact
about the region. however, is that all
are virtually onc-crop countries.
When staple crops are large and bring
high prices nearly everyone is pros
porous and happy. And vice versa.
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Editors Note: This is the fourth
article Of series by Rodney
butcher, NEA Service, Washing
ton correspondent, who Is with
President -elcct Hoovers good will
party in South America.
En- Route with Hoover in Latin
America America, in our for
eign policy. has been regarded as more
important from the standpoint of
strategy III connection with the Pam
anna Canal than as an outlet for
American exports.
They are small republics. Con-
struction of another canal through
Nicaragua-which has been discussed
for years-would tend further to de-
fine them as special polite o-cconomic
wards Of the United States.
In spite OF or perhaps partially be-
cause of these factors. they have been
by no means overlooked in the pene-
tration of American capital abroad
and In our search for markets. Fu-
ture expansion of our exports to Cen
trail America will be limited largely by
the fact that they are SO predomi-
nantly agricultural and that their
purchasing power hinges from year to
year on crop conditions.
U. S. Investments Heavy
American investments in these
countries are estimated at around
$3.50, 100000. great part Of their
steamship and railway systems is
under American control and in re-
cent years a fairly steady demand for
American capital has been principally
inspired by desire for better rail-
road and port facilities.
Economically and hence psyche
logically. it is interesting to note.
the Central American republics have
always faced westward toward the
Pacific--a fact of interest to our own
Pacific ports. A continental road now
being completed. however. will actu-
ally bring Salvador, Guatemala and
even Honduras nearer to the Gulf and
the United States.
Education of the masses of people,
which some of the governments are
trying to see to. will play an import
ant part in future development A
great Indian population lives in pow
crty through this section. often in
peonage and subsisting on tortillas
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There are four decks to the ship, and
$4,000 miles can be covered without
taking on fresh stores.
The Bismarck tribune., 1928-12-26

Berlin, Dec. 26.-An invention Of
Dr.. Bischoff. German engineer. II
proved practical, win eventually sup
plant the camel - q means Of con-
veyance across the Sahara desert
The new method Of locomotion Is Z
gigantic "desert liner" l30 feet long
y feet high and - feet wide. pro-
|pel1ed On four Nheels d1itep ~ tx
naeeel motNs - 80 hoepepoweF
The Bismarck tribune., 1928-12-26

ground IA the Psychological hall Of the
city. A choral society and Z band as-
sembled With inhabitants from 50
towns and villages and the entire
group descended into the chamber,
which II nearly = quarter Of = mile IN
circumference and capable Of hold
Ing 10000 to 10000 persons.
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SHIP or THE DEsERT

cure the truffle, and give the pig
some grains Of corn g compensation.
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Horses have been measured By
"hands' from very ancient times. The
measurement Is from the top Of the
shoulder 70 the ground. A hand" 4
four Inches.
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to do she went shopping. At a
famous dressrnalxer's she met
Katherine Foster. She was glad
to see her. She would have been
glad. just then, to see any one
she knew. For the first time in
her life she was lonely and
afraid.
Something, she was beginning to
understand, was wrong about this
gay and glorious adventure or
New York. Nothing was turning
out according to her hopes. To
Katherine she gave no hint of her
worry, her dismay. That, too,
was part Of her code: not to
inflict her troubles and her cares
upon others.
There isn't rag fit to wear in
the place." Katherine told her.
Grossly. Il can see that / shall
have to run over to Paris. New
York il getting too impossible"
What Eileen thought she didn't
say. John had said that she must
make q friend OF katherine. III
she failed to do SO she was re-
solved, her color high, it wouldn't
be her fault.
CHAPTER Is
Slowly, tiresomely. dull days
piled on to one another into dull
weeks, threatened to- grow into
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gard with more anticipatory dread
the arrival of the next invitation.
The men were all right, on the
whole. The women were terrible.
For extra men there were Tony
Larue and his ilx. And there was.
for Eileen, deadly similarity
about these parties. Either dinner
was fairly early. and they went
On to the theater, ana. afterward,
to 3 night club often up to Har-
lem to one Of the negro palaces
or they played bridge. She loathed
bridge as these people played Il.
II wasn't q game for them, =
pastirne. means Of relaxation;
IL was gambling
John didn't play and wouldn't
learn. But he liked her 70 play,
ana It was torture. She didn't
play well and, while they were All
willing enough to win her money,
her partners grew venonnoua. They
thought her stupid she knew;
TOney Earue even, when she had
distinguished herself by making
4 more than usually complete
bOtch or 3 hand, told her she was
hopeless.
.sI1T play no more with you--
cant afford 4, he said. nv
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works and ways seemed always To-
evoke from him.
1t wasn't. Of course. only be-
cause Of the apartment that
Eileen dreaded the idea of begin
ming To entertain. With the right
sort Of people she could ana would
have laughed that off, have turned
II into an asset instead Of the III
ability as which now. she certain
" saw Il. But the truth was that
she didn't like any Of the people
she had, 50 far, met.
Katherine Foster struck her a.
essentially cheap, insincere, pre-.
tentious little snob. Foster she
didn't mind; rather liked. in fact.
All the men. indeed, struck her
as better, in every way. than the
women to whom they were mar
RED which might be, she was
quite prepared to admit to herself,
simply because the men were nice
to her and showed signs Of liking
her, while the women made 1t only
too plain that il she hadn't been
Johns wife they wouldn't have
{ looked twice at her.
She and John had been guests,
usually the guests Of honor, at 3
whole round Of dinners. given by.
the men with whom he was now
associated in business. And each
such function had made Eileen r..
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By ELENORE MEIIERIlN

at the turn when his door
opened. Ora Pringle came out.
CHAPTER q
Ora was very tall-a regal Juno
with black, luminous eyes and
head carried proudly. she stepped
out with fine. breezy vigor, then
turned with that half dreaming
smile: SUNDAY at =
Jerry heard the words distinctly
and had i wild impulse To dash
up and strike q fist In Ora
PringIe,s face. What was she
doing in SaxOn's office? What
did this Sunday at 4" mean2
With fast-beating heart Jerry
watched the superb figure disap-
pearing around the turn. She
held herself holly quiet
Don't go blazing In there now
Jet the whole world see what
4 fine fool you've turned out TO
be!''
She went walking up one cor
ridor, down another, fighting for
self-control. She wanted to fling
through his door, hurl angrily:
81 saw herl Poisonous female!
Sunday at Ar
She was shaking with her fury
and now leaned on the rail Of
staircase and stared down
through a. shaft II stories deep.
She repeated to herself: What
fool-what q fool OF q fool!''
She remembered suddenly q
thing Maria was fond Of saying:
''The first error of the woman in
love is to care the most; the last
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Z
She was not used to having men
dislike her and show it 50 plainly.
Nor was she, provincial though
she was, accustomed or hardened
to a code Of manners that per-
mitted man to be rude to
woman.
There, there, Tony said. You
shall have your apartment soon,
promise you. Run along. now.
like 4. good soul, do. and let me
get on with my work. And don't
fret. promise you and your
great oaf OF husband will like
what do for you.
Raging, Eileen went back To her
car. Then, rather helpIessIy, she
laughed. After all. II was anus
ing. She wished John could have
heard. But, IL he had been there.
1T wouldn't have happened. No,
The creature had sensed his ad.
vantage. had vented his spite. his
dislike 81 her, upon her In the full
knowledge Of his impunity, the
deep conviction that she wouldn't
ten John what he had said. Nor
would she. She knew that. 1t
wasn't fair. to worry a man about
such trivial things That was an
article Or her code, like the one
that forbade her to interfere In
any way In Johns business.
For the sheer lack OF something
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could have your pick Helen
Cleopatra Venus. Real love is
inevitable like the affinity be-
tween chemicals. You're attracted
1 by one and not by another.
That's all there's to a genuine
relation, simple and inexplicable
as H2O.
IT don't want one of these ar
fairs brought on by propinqufty
or expedience or gin! Unless you
want me more than you want
any other woman in the world
I don't want you AT ALL
now or ever.
"oh. God" said he somberly
and bringing the car to q stop
before Jerry's door, why does it
never work out? Jerry. why does
everyone think he has this kind Of
love and everyone find himself
fooled?"
"oh-not everyone! There was
TristraIn and Isolde Ablelard
and Heloise
"The first is fiction-and the
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upon the management to put us
all out didn't hit you"
He ignored this and informed
through his teeth: Il got in with
Ora's crowd and couldn't very well
refuse when they ALL"-burning
emphasis on tl1el "ALL"-''went
UP for drink"
Then why so snooty because
got in with q poor sick friend and
couldn't very well refuse to see
him homer
She looked into his face with a
whimsical grin: Saxon, / didn't
pitch cold ginger ale in anybody's
face. Why so chilly2"
You're blaming me? You're as
quiet as though I'd committed a
crime"
For what am blaming you?"
For Oral"
Jerry siumped against the
cushions and whistIed musingIy.
do you imply. my dear hayward
lover, that I've anything to fear
from Ora? I admit she's most
risque and enchanting dame.
But so am 7. And she's too
Italian inch over your head. Such
q masterful man as you wouldn't
like that! You don't like them
large-limbed and Amazonic-do
you?
But cute and clever and"
she gave merry laugh and
snuggled against his shoulder: "Is
she as kissable as II"
He met her eyes and blinked.
She was comforted by this.
Saxon. why should / be jealous?
Why, / think I'm so intriguing
that you'd prefer me IL you
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Now Go on With The Story.

you about the apartment-give
you q few hints as to what Mr..
MacVeagh and I Ike
He stopped her with an ex-
pressive gesture. His whole slight
body was shaken by sl1udder.
My dear woman lly! Hints,
indeed! Would you tel Monsieur
Poiret or MademoiselIe Chanel,
how to make a dress for you?
Would you--but why 90 on?
Hints! / must say! My dear,
when place is put in my hands
to do it's in my hands and that's
quite all there Is about 1t.
But. after all, we're going to
live in it, Mr.. Larue!''
Again he shuddered.
Precisely He looked at her.
Do you think I'm likely to for
get that? It's the great cross OF
my Iife-the people I know Will
live In the rooms create! IT +
only could forget it. just for q
little while, while the creative
urge Is upon ME but You You
must remind me or I'll
He stood still glazing at her.
What was there about him
that was impressive. Eileen won
dered9 Something, undeniably. He
was short: shorter than she, even,
and she was not tall. even for a
woman. He lacked distinction,
for ali the exquisite fIoppery Of
his clothes. Al faint scent chung
to him. Yet he had authority,
almost distinction.
You shall hear from me when
your rooms are done, he said.
You're In q hurry know.
They always are. I've heard al
ready from that magnificent bar
barian you're married toi He was
for having contract with 81
time clause believe it or not, he
was!'
Possibly he was following the
hint you gave him when You
asked Tor check the other
nightF'
Tony laughed. But 1t was a
harsh, n1irthiess laugh. Eileen
felt his profound dislike Of her:
wondered at ii. IT baffled her.
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An hour later--4 o'clock in the
morning, saxon helped very sub.
dued Carmen to the machine.
The bracelets jingled. She slid
them from her arms. She had q
faint dread Of the interview be-
fore them.
Have good time? Pretty gay,
wasn't it?''
IN spots. Mostly noise. I
thought. !"
I'm sorry wasn't around when
might have waited. You knew ]
wouldn't be gone long"
Il could have waited. But Hal
couldn't. Then | saw you going
UP in the elevator and whistled.'
You didn't hear. And. OF course,
/ knew 1t was useless to try and
find YOU in that upper story bed.
lam"
He turned with dark flush:
Were you upstairs?"
Several times. l wanted to see
what goes on in this night of
freedom"
Guess you saw plenty?"
ooh, marvellous! / never need
to go to another movie of Roman
orgies. The couples were exceed
ingly kind or very needless. Any.
way, most of the doors were
OPEN"
He gave her an angry look.
She grinned. II hope the indig.
nant old lady in the night cap
who went flashing down the cor
ridors Shaping faces and calling
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suppose that must be the rea.
son
tDo you realize, Jerry, that &
we could have married when we
wanted to-that September two
and q half years ago, we'd be on
the verge Of Staying each other
nowlixe them?''
She shut her eyes. Suddenly
she gave q happy laugh: 4 still
think we'd be different"
At the door he held her hands.
He seemed troubled: Are you
really not angry with me?"
Not angry"
And do you mean that about
being jealous?"
She raised her face so that his
eyes would look in hers. Not
jealous! Is anyone as fair as I?
To YOU?"
sYou are differentg' said he,
pulling her suddenly to him. I'm
sorry-oh, Jerry-I'm awfully
sorry"
II don't care said she. ''Now
I don't-don't carei''
She went whistling aight-
hearted into the great empty
living room. She walked about
touching the books pausing be-
fore a sketch Saxon had brought
her from France.
"Isn't it lovely" she thought
then absently: He kissed her
and Is sorry"
She laughed softly.
The end of the week--a Friday
evening at o'clock she went to
his office. She was just about
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months. The apartment was done.
and they moved In. Eileen hated
it. Tony Larue had taken a free
hand. He had gone modernist.
For Eileen the apartment, with
its frantic angles, its strange,
weird paintings, its shreiking coli
or scheme, was q nightmare from
the first. John only laughed.
Let himself 60, didn't he the
little rascaly' he said. Guess It's
all right. though. Seems to Be the
thing"
The thingT. Eileen was scorn-
full Its the fad Of the moment.
a. year from now everyone win
laugh at all this-weH have to
have the whole place done over.
Probably that's exactly why he
did It this way! she added, vi
ciously.
'sOh, well-what of IT." said
John. 1.-THE great thing ii we've
got q place. Now we want TO
start in and do some entertaining
return some OF these dinners
people have been giving US.
Yes-I suppose 50" said Eileen.
Yes, we, must, Of course. She
looked around. But hate
''Oh. youIl grow used to 1t,
he said, still with the tolerant
chuckle Tony Larue and all his