The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-03-23
In New York
nx PAUL HARRISON

most as the rest of Gotham. For here are Negrold people from all over the earth - Mohammcdans
 from the East. Buddist even, from islands near the Orient, l Christians from ancient Abyssin.a.
 Nubians, Senegambians, folk whose
 forebears knew Stanley, East and | West Indians, castcs from South
 America.
 l Thousands speak French; oth-
 CTS Portuguese and Spanish. Some newspaper print columns of items from Jamaica, Trinidad, Cuba.
 Porto Rico and the Barbados. So-
 cieties have been formed to pro
 mote inter- racial amity, but the
 strongest intcgrating force Is the
 feeling of superiority of the Am
 erican Negro and the foreigners
 envy of him. In the night clubs of the dusky Latin quarter" a.
 round one Hundred and Tenth street they're singing "Je Got
 Harlem on Mon Mind." "Vieux
 Homme River and Underneath ] ze Harlem Lune."
 All races show willingness to stake money on the turn of the dice or tho flip of card. And in DdbGiithtb tNhShNu by labyrlnthine passages, all man. each night for the breathlcss, bloody excitement of cockfghting.
 
 Food md Drink.
 Food and drink are unifyin2 factors, too. They say 1t doesn't take q Jamaica boy any time at all to acquire taste for corn whiskey. And there arc few Gen. tral American and West Indian restaurants any more, each with | it's native cook and special menu. Foreigners are learning to like , fried chicken and corn pone, and even the watermelon and the suc- culent spossum. Old folks. though, still like yucas, which look like tulip bulbs, and papayas. which resemble a gourd. taste little like cucumbers. and are eaten raw, fried or boiled.
 Sabadillas, or Sugar apples" are the prime dclicacy from Ja- | maica--gray-green with kind Of marshmallow inside. Trinidad Ne. groes will walk a mile for h man sipod, or ''star apple" which comes in clusters and tastes like figs. All of these things are especially | imported for the Harlem trade, and every morning the market men go down to get them at an East l river pier where they are unload ed and sold at auction.
 Powder and Dust.
 Witch Doctors and apothecaries meet these boats too , and pay over UnA1 vtrA for Af AUiI aVsr x.lI- ing powder and little bundles of twigs, all ingredients of the weird compounds of Harlcm's black ma gic. Devil Sticks," from some thrice-cursed shrub of the West Indies. are especially potent. cost $10, and will bring certain disaster to on enemy if chewed while look ing at him. A Devil Stick eapec- ially treated by an "obir," or West Indian voodoo doctor. is called John the Commander" and sells for $1b. It's sure death. Most powders are made from the bones of various animals-- Black Cat Ankle Dust, for one. Ruling Hand Bone, ground from the skulls of fierce dogs, will in- spire courage in anyone who'll pay $3 for enough to wear in little bag around one's neck. Keep l Elm Powder, made of cat skulls, should hold wagering lover. But if 1t doesn't, there are Love Me Quick Powder and Adam and Eve Powder. Should these fail, Bring Elm Back Powder is about the fast resort. For casting spells there is Sprinkling Powder No. 1 and sprinkling Powder No. 2, male and female.
 Also Gpffcr Dust, g Q por-
 ton If you can sprinkle Guffcr Dust three times on Q person you fear hc will never do you harm. If you're re- Iuctant to get that close to him, though, you can put 1t on his dog or his dDOrstcp and 1t will be almost as cfh- caclOus.
 Magic and Mystery.
 Some Harlem newspapers carry formulae for the brewing of black ia1 license which he said had becn Issued by q consistory court. It was this document that led to Cranes unmasking. The local par son refused to act upon the license. Inquiries were started and Crane disappeared.
 Investigations rev c aled that Crane was really David r. Caprice, once a bricklayer, and more rec gently traveller for c contracting firm. He had no titles nor decora- tions, nor any claims to fame be. lyond his extremely vivid ifnagina-