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sett, Mrs. Leila Mcclellan, Percy
Hughes, Mrs. Joan Harris, Mrs.
Josie Daniels, G. W. Glenn, Mrs.
Lulu Maxwell, Allie B.. Glenn, Mrs.
Lillian Chambers, Charles Cham
bers, Mrs. E. E. Perkins, Mrs.
Loretta Walls, Ellis Houston, Mrs.
Gladys James, Mrs. G. NJ. Bailey,
Mrs. C. Meyers, G. w. Jennings,
Frank Williams, Mrs. B. Bland,
Spencer Shivers, DR.. M. ]. Richard
son, Talmage B. Carey, Sam Cam
eron, Percy Hughes, W. H. Crump,
John Neal, DR.. Gilbert Seashore,
Mrs. G. Atkins, Curtis Chivers,
Charles Boswell, M. L. Brown,
Prince Collier, Donald Brady, Phil
lip Mccullough, A. A. Lee, Mrs.
Marie Cratic, Harley Poore, Chas.
Curry, and Rev. William E. Guy,
J. M. Smith, McDuff Woodland, ST..
Elmo Vinegar, J. F. Stevens, Mrs.
e. H. Paul, Mrs. Chas. Noble, Mrs.
L. B. Smith, Mrs. Bruce Car
michael, Mrs. VIM. Farmer, Geo. H.
Slaughter, and Mrs. VIM. Ewing.
HARD TO BEAT!
Some of the best local writer's
write for this paper weekly. All
are specialists.
Read weekly the Scintillating,
youthful, zestful breezy COM
ment of Nellie DodsOn; the ia
formative Here and There" of
w. M. Smith; the official st.
Paul social news by Estyr
Bradley; health hints by DR.. w.
d. Brown; sports from the pen
of Leo Bohannon; and timely
news stories,
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we shall get in trouble over the
school house bonds, too"

Occasionally q written sentence
is so wise and true as to be worthy
of place In the permanent phiIos.
ophy Of every fairly intelligent and
honest man.
know Of no American who may
be credited with a greater number
of such rare exhibitions than Abra-
ham Lincoln. And the sentences
admire were cast in almost perfect
form; nothing can be taken from.
them, nothing added. without harm.
Yet Lincoln was NOT professionals
writer. He almost never went to,
school; Of young men of today not
one in a hundred had as poor a
start as Lincoln.
OF all Americans Of large equip
ment l regard Ralph Waldo Emer-
son as perhaps the ablest writer.
Lacking Emerson's enormous tech
nical education, Lincoln was timid,
and wrote sparIngly. / can point
out many specimens of folly In
Emerson's writing; none in Lin
coins he intended for the public,
Some Of his private :. love letters
were foolish. but these were intend
ed for the fire.
And no one should be criticized
for folly in love.
A traveller says that when an
American picture play is presented
in Germany, the lingering kisses,
the bravery Of the Western heroes,
the nobleness Of the heroines at
tract whistling from those in the
audience. The Germans are
making fun of US. I. . Have we not
reached an age when we should re-
cover from some of the conspicuous
follies which attract contemptuous
criticisms in older countries? -:
l know an old man who is Ill, and
lately went to see him. He lives
In the house of a relative, as there
is no other place for him; and he
is not very welcome there. He told
me his greatest terror Is the radio.
which is always going. The radio
is quite wonderful invention, and
very creditable to the gentlemen who
worked out its details, but there e
a lot Of mischief in it few Of our
politest people realize. "
The Adirondack Mountains
The Adirondack mountains them
selves cover an area Of more than
1900 square miles, with extensive
forest areas, including pine. spruce
and hardwoods: numerous exquisite
lakes. and hunting grounds
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NAMED FINANCIAL
SECRETARY OF MILL CITY
ELKS

Monday night J. W. Pate, exalted
ruler Of Ames Lodge No. LOG, l. B
?. o. E. w., announced the appoint
7ent Of Cecil E. Newman as act
ng financial secretary of the Min
neapoljs lodge to fill the vacancy
made by the resignation of DR..
NJ. j. Richardson, secretary for the
past five years, who left this week
Cor Detroit, Michigan, where he
has opened an office. Mr.. New
man, editor of the Minneapolis
Spokesman and publisher of the
st. Paul Recorder, is president of
The Minneapolis Sunday Forum,
treasurer of the Minneapolis
branch of the NAACP and is ac-
tive in several other organizations.
Minneapolis Elks may transact
business with the new secretary at
,09 South Third Street.
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Last week in Chicago two Negro
All-Star baseball teams battled it
out for National supremacy before
a colorful crowd of $4,000. The
All-Star East team defeated the
West team by score of to 0.
The game was heralded as a
pitching duel between the great
Satchell Paige for the East and
the equally famous Willie Foster
of the American Giants. Mule
Suttles, the Babe Ruth of Negro
baseball, and first baseman for the
western stars, was the individual
hitting star of the game. Mule got
a single, a double and a triple in
four trips to the plate, almost half
of all the hits made by the West
team.
The most thrilling play Of the
game occurred in the ninth inning
With one out and the East leading
by score of 1 to O, the Mule came
to bat. With the crowd crying for
a home run, Suttles looked at two
of Paige's pitches and then slashed
a triple down the leftfield foul line.
Then a bit of "master-mindingH
occurred. Suttles, who is slow
afoot, was taken out and Powell,
young speed merchant, was sent
in to run for him.
Parnell, the Vests leftfelder,
came to bat. With his teammates
begging for a hit which would tie
the score, he blazed a screeching
line drive into right field. Crutch-
field, the East's rightfelder, came
in fast to make the catch and rifed
perfect peg to Gibson, the East's
catcher, who tagged out Parnell,
who was streaking for home.
Homer Harris, Negro all-round
athlete from Seattle, Washington,
and a football player par-excellent,
is planning on matriculating at the
U. of M. next fall. So far young
Harris finds only one obstacle
standing in his way-finance. I'm
fortunately, most Negro boys find
it necessary to work when it comes
to putting themselves thru insti-
tutions of higher learning. Harris
is willing to work, but so far he
has not been able to get even a
promise of a dependable job.
1t would be boon not only to
the Negroes on the University
campus, but to all Minnesota
Negroes as we'll, if Young am
bilious Negroes with athletic
ability could be assisted in any way
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FORD, SCHUYLER IN VERBAL
CLASH

New York-James Ford, advo-
eating the Communist policy of Ne
gro Alliance with other workers,
clashed in a verbal battle with
Geo. Schuyler, when the two spoke
It the sessions of the Educational
Conference held at the 135th street
Y. M. c. A. here last Friday.
Ford urged the Negroes to join
with other members of the working
class and disregard the "no alli-
2nce" program launched by Arthur
Reid, 125th street boycott leader.
Others who took part on the pro-
gram were Ira De Read, ]. B. Mat
thews, E. Franklin Frazier, and
Willis N. Higgins.
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Howe About:
Forgiveness
Welded Happiness
Suspicious Characters
BY ED HOWE
q. Bell syndicate.-wNU Service.

BY ED HOWE f..
N URING a long life certain
- persons have been so unfair
and unreasonable with me I am not
able to forgive them; cannot
again trust or associate with them.
l have adopted this policy as the
easiest and best way. If I had op,.
portunity to punish them, I should
not do so. I do not talk about them,
@or think of them when can
help it. .... ....
I believe in all decency, but this
is the best l can do with my enc
mics. Any suggestion that I love
them Is plainly silly to me; can
not so much as forgive them. The
best I can do is to let them alone.
In 1915 a Frenchman made an
estimate as to happiness of hus-
bands and wives in England. Out
of every hundred thousand popula-
ton, he concluded, only thirteen of
the married were fairly happy. OF
those passing for happy, he estimat-
ed the number at 1925 per 100000.
OF those living in open hostility, he
found 1885; 1920 of the secretly
discontinued, and 5S,406 of the ma
terially Indifferent. Nearly 5000
ran away or were divorced during
the year. Conditions are bets
ter in 1892 than in 1915. In my Sec
ton there is a city Of 100000. do
not believe only So married persons
In it are only fairly happy. In my
own town there are $4,000 souls.
According to this estimate, we have
something like one and half mar
ried persons who are fairly happy
/ am certain we can do better than
that. Here is more criticism
Of marriage far beyond reason or
fact.
l know a man who married a Sec
ond time. Within a day or two his
wife began regulating him. "Now
looky here, Alice" he said, 1--WE
might as well understand each 9TH
er. l have recently secured, at
great expense. trouble and humilia-
ton, divorce from a woman who
nagged me. I specially dislike nag
ging; regard 1t as an insult, and
it specially humiliates and angers
me. If you cannot resist the temp
tation, let us part now, that I may
avoid the life of shame from which
5 ] lately fed" :.
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PILGRIM BAPTIST


The subject of the pastors dis
course Sunday q. m. was what
Should New Testament Chris
tian Be-"
There was an interesting and in
structive talk given on the ex-
pected attributes of the Christian
who would be a Christian accord
ing to the standards of the New
Testament.
In spite of the rainy weather,
the crowds at both morning and
evening (Union Service at St.
james, were sufficient in number
as we'll as appreciative.
The pastor, Rev. Lee W. Harris,
departed on Monday afternoon,
Sept. g., for the National Baptist
Convention at Oklahoma City,
Okla.
The Mems Club will have it's reg
ular meeting Tues, 500 p. m.
The members of Pilgrim Church
extend to the family of Mrs. L.
Thompson their sympathy in her
loss.
The choir of Pilgrim Church will
furnish the message for the Sun
day a. m. service. The following
Sunday the pastor. will have re-
turned from the National Conven-
ton which met in it's 54th annual
meeting.
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"CanA Leather'e

The term cape leather" orfgi-
nally meant leather made from lamb
skins from the Cape of Good Hope
district. This significance no longer
,rigidly holds and lamb skins from
many countries are also used, some
of the best being obtained from
Russia. These skins are large and
heavy lamb skins and are used for
medium and better price dress and
street gloves.
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Smartness of Cats

Cats are usually trained for
stage tricks through the medium of
starvation. While not considered
Of inferior intelligence than dogs,
they. are nevertheless more difficult
to train. Supporting the belief that
II is Of equal or perhaps superior
intelligence, is the fact that cats
are, capable of greater self-educa-
tion.
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Founding Of Churches

The Roman Catholic church
dates back to the establishment Of
the Christian church, whose final
division into the Roman Catholic
and Greek churches occurred in 1854
A. D. Lutheranism was founded
between 1921, when Luther ap-
peared before the Diet at Worms,
and 1880, the date Of the Augsburg
Confession. The Church of Eng
land, or Anglican church, dates as
q separate church from 1884, when
Henry VIII was declared the SUI
preme head of the church.
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I LATELY saw a note sent by a
merchant to a patron, which
read: Dear sir: Reference to our
books show. that you have for some
years paid your bills promptly. In
our grumbling about patrons who
are very slow. or do not pay at all,
we feel we should express apprecia-
ton of your long-continued fair
ness" l have not in a long
time seen letter affecting me
more agreeably. Should there not
be more appreciation for men who
come somewhere near doing their
duty to themselves, their families
and their country?
often think of the loneliness of
my position in religion; l almost
never meet a man who agrees with
me; one | can sing hymns with, and
call brother. > AS a hypocrite I
think l am above the average, but
have never seen any sense in exploit
ing it; am rather disposed to hide
my hypocrisy, and be ashamed of
it. l have found it best to be hon
est with sentiment of all kinds; it
is easier than to- pretend a lot of
things there is no practical war
rant for. judge religion as Judge
everything else and, as 1 say above,
am very lonely.
A rather notable lawyer called on
me lately. He visited London few
months ago, and told about a SEN
sational murder case there. The
crime was committed after his ar
rival. He was in and around Lon
don not to exceed two or three
weeks, and by the time. he left the
murderer had been arrested, con-
victed and hanged. =. An appeal to
the highest court had also been
made and considered and decided
in due form. s.
do not know reputable law
yer who is not ashamed of our
courts. Many of the judges, and all
the people are, yet we do nothing
about it, as we do nothing about our
disgraceful political system, our
banking system. or racketeering,
kidnapping, or bombing. We shout
higher ideals than the people of
other nations, and submit. to actual
performance not existing among
the Indians before we Christian
lied them.
Reasonably respectable people are
largely In the majority; but they do
not use their power; the mistaken,
irresponsible. incapable, vicious, are
in control. 1t is said Russia is ruled
by less than 2 per cent of the peo-
pie. That is about the percentage
here. We pretend we are devoted
to the Old Flag, our homes, our
families. Actually we daily assault
and insult all three.
A certain town built a really re.
markable court house and city hall.
"A beautiful structure" stranger
said to a citizen. YES" the citi-
zen replied, "but 1t busted the town
and county. 1t reminds me of the,
war: 1t was d fine gesture. but how
it cost! A New York magazine re-
Gently made fun of us because of
our squirming about the bonds. Be
fore you leave town, you should see
-ome of our school houses. / fear
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Great 0utrages are apparently
committed by judges. It Is stated
by reputable newspaper, quoting
official records, that a woman was
judged insane. During the follow
Ing year the court allowed bills of
..:the guardian amounting to forty
thousand dollars, mostly bills for
sfees Of lawyers, while the insane
woman was allowed only six thou-
sand for living expenses.
-. And now hundreds of the wom-
ans nefghbors testify she was never
insane; the. woman herself swore
that she was persuaded by law
yers to consent to a fraudulent In
sanity plea as the best means of
rohbing relatives in a court pro-
ceeding.
What a sickening outrage to 60
on IN a courthouse built at the cost
of taxpayers to insure justice.
If Stain, the Russian dictator,
has the right to decide what jobs
the men must work at, what pay
they shall receive, why has he not
the right to select their wives? Men
have. the same natural right to Sc
lect. their work that they have to
select their wives. They will not
submit to a dictator telling them
they must all be brothers, and the
better ones forever remain on level
with the slouches, the lazy, the loaf.
ers and the unintelligent. That is
the treason Communism has never
succeeded, and never can succeed.
Nature provides plenty, and / bless
the good Lord that the great ma
jority are smart enough to help
themselves.
{ All my life l have heard men
clamoring for more rights. It has
always seemed to me I exercise
more rights than are good for me.
have the right to eat three enor-
nous meals a day, and too fire.
quently exercise it to my detriment.
I am at liberty to do a hundred
things / should not do. have al
ways been too much Of a free
man; my greatest mistake has been
I. have not been more Of a slave to
duties that, followed with reason
able effectiveness, would have
made me a more useful, successful
and healthier man.
Arrival Of Starlings
The English starting first reached
this country in 1875, when a small
flock, imported from England, was
liberated near Worcester, Mass.
Little or nothing was heard from
these birds after being turned loose.
In 1890 another liberation of so
birds took place in Central park,
New York city, to be followed q
year later by 40 more pairs. Ten
years later 100 more were released
near Springfield, Mass. These lib
erations no doubt formed the
foundation stock for the myriads
Of starIings found in practically
every state east Of the Mississippi
river.
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ST. JAMES A. M. E. CHURCH
st, Paul. MINI.

Sunday, Sept. 2, was great day
at st. James. At II o'clock a. m.
Rev. H. P. Jones, former pastor of
st. James, delivered a sermon on
"The Pearl of Great Price" He
left his audience with the deeply
impressed thought that, regardless
of whatever possession we might
strive to possess to appease or
satisfy our desire in this life it can
be likened unto a pearl of great
price. There is but one pearl that
assures satisfaction and peace of
mind, and it must come from God
out of Heaven, and all who will
strive to do His will may possess
it.
At eight o'clock the Union Serv-
ice of Pilgrim Baptist and st.
James was held as usual, and the
Rev. Lee W. Harris discussed
"The denominations in the Lords
House" or "The Vision of the
Doors of Jerusalem" Ezekiel 9Th,
7th to 18th. Rev. C. F. Stewart
will deliver his final message to st.
James before the annual con-
ference 10:40 Sunday morning,
Sept. 9th, 1884. Rev. Stewart is
finishing his fifth year at S:
James, and has proven himself
more than worthy. Preparation
for the annual conference are pro
crossing nicely, and rapidly shap
ing into form. All committee,
working like bees. Loyal member
and friends paying their dollar an
fifty cents dollar money and claim:
The usher board presented the pas
tor twenty-five dollars conferenc
claims last Sunday morning. Koel
UT the good work. let the ot'nr aux
iliaries follow-do your best.
Some distinguished church dig
nitaries and eminent pastors an
laymen are expected to visit thu
sessions of the N. w. Annual Con-
ference at St. James Church dur
ing the week of Sept. 10th, 1884.
And no stone is being left I'M
turned to give them a welcome in
keeping with the occasion. Ri
Rev. W. H. Heard, D. D. G. G. D..
of Philadelphia, Pa, Bishop of the
First Episcopal District, has def
nitcly made known his coming to
be associated with his lifelong
friend, Rt. Rev. H. B. Parks, Bishop
of the 4th Episcopal Dist.
Mr.. Robert Mitchell, our prescn'
director of st. James Choir, is
proving himself a jewel, and Il
'iven the proper support will main
tain the standard set up during the
rast year by Prof. E. C. Bartlett
Mr.. Mitchell has been tutored by
some distinguished musicians and
other proficient musical directorc
including Prof. Bartlett, and is
fully able to hold up the standard
already established,
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Monday night.

Monday night.
The Senior Choir will sing the
afternoon of conference Sunday at
St. James, st. Paul. The Rev. Guy
is scheduled to preach the annual
sermon on Wednesday, Sept. 18th,
the opening day of the conference,
at 10 a. m.
The Pastors Sunday morning
subject "The Message of the
Church" The Senior Choir will
sing. The last worship service of
the conference year on Sunday
night. The Gospel Choir will sing
at this service.
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Minneapolis
HONOR ROLL N. A. A. C. P.
$25 Membership

Governor Floyd B. Olson
$40 Membership
E. p. Wells
SIS Memberships
Mayor A. G. cambridge and
Henry Voegli.
$3.50 Memberships
Isaac L. Moore, Jr., David R..
Francis, Judge Edward F. Waite,
Theodore Bennett, Lena o. Smith,
Clyde C. Young, C. W. Bell, Wen
dell C. Jones, Mrs. Matte Johnson,
Mrs. Mary Miree, Grace Kaercher
Davis. C. w. Washington, Mar
jorie Wormley, Mrs. J. M. Boldly,
]. F. Woodhouse, and Mrs. Maude
Berry.
81 Memberships
Mrs. Macbeth Hurd Paige, Ed. J.
Golf and Arthur F. Moot.
81 Memberships
Mrs. Jennie Johnson, Martin
Brown, Mrs. J. B. Glover, Mrs.
Marie Henderson, Miss W. Ger
trude Brown, Leonard Colston, Jas.
Alder, Raymond Cannon, Cecil E.
Newman, B. Landy, Cicero Car
penter, John P. Wall, S. w. Oliver,
Bert "Dutch" Thompson, Thomas
Carroll, DIR. w. D. Brown, Robt. w.
Hatch, Jr., A. w. Skog, Mrs. Wen
dell C. Jones, Judge Paul S. Car
roll, Cecil Adair, H. w. Rubins,
Mrs. Mary L. Cannon, Rev. Felix
Clancy, Mrs. Matte Turner, w. F..
Lightfoot, Earle Kyle, Mrs. Earle
Kyle, Mrs, Bos~ie Turpin, Glover
Shull, Mrs. Alice Morgan, Mrs.
James Smith, Mrs. Frances Smith
Brown, Rev. E. A. James, w. M.
Smith, Mrs. Katherine L. Smith,
Miss Essie r. Mason, E. M. Fas-
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Evening. Merning Star.

For any given position relative to
the sun, a star cannot be both a
morning and an evening star. So
long as a star Is less than $50 de-
grees to the west Of the sun, 1t is
classed az a morning star; so long
as it is less than $50 degrees to
the east of the sun, 1t is classed
as an evening star.
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Ksntuekx,, Official Flower

Although known for years as the
bluegrass state, not until the 1884
session of the legislature did Ken
lucky give official recognition to the
plant. The legislature voted blue
grass the official plant and flower
- the state In place of goldenrod.
txH -
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Howe. About:
An Affecting Letter
Sentiment
Our Courts
BY ED HOWE

@. Bell syndicate.-wNUs Service.
Evening star., 1934-01-19

so and go cents in gold on the dollar7"
asked DR.. Persons.
THAT point has not been raised In
recent discussions. There Is outstand-
ing about $l34,00O ,00O, 900 in long term
debts with about $4,000, 100000 Of
these containing the promise to pay in
gold dollars of the same weight as the
day they were issued.
Difference of IS Billions.
''If the Supreme Court upholds the
gold clause, the bonds would be worth
$l50, 600, 600 900 Of the devalued dollars.
On the other hand, If the court rules
gold. the bonds would be worth only
$75,O00,000,00O, both suppositions being
based on 50-cent dollar revaluation.
presidential proclamation, but there is
a question whether such suspension
would hold beyond the duration of the
case, the Supreme Court held only that
contracts could be suspended during
the emergency and not indefinitely.
If we should pay these bondholders
in present currency, which has not yet
been legally revalued, we would be CIV
ing them 81 400 in purchasing power
for every $1,000 invested because most
purchasing power Of the dollar was
lower than today.
THAT means If we revalue the dol
lar. say to SO cents, and the gold clause
is held constitutional, we would have to
pay $4,000 in revalued currency, which
would have $4,000 in purchasing power
at present prices, to the holder of a