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The Coolidge examiner., 1935-11-22
Jtootj'19 dlVe&k9D Po12honoeAqio1nag Day"

James Russell Lowell eulogized Mrs Chlld's
work In his "A Fable for Critics"
An ardent Abolitionist, Mrs. Child published
the first book written the subject of freeing
the slaves 1t was AN Appeal for That Glass
of Americans Called Africans" published In
1888, and William Eery Claiming made a spe
cial trip to Roxbury to thank her for it. A pro-
life writer, Mrs. Child also produced THE Moth
er's Book" QS31); "The Ladies' Family Library"
1S32-5); the series of Flowers for Children"
(1S44 1876, 1859; "The Progress of Religious
IDEAS QS55), and "Autumnal Leaves" QS56).
The "lOng life of Lydia Maria Child, in which is
distilled a definite fraction of American senti-
ment and moral enthusiasm" came to an end on
October 20, $780, Critics are not always in
agreement as to her place in American litera-
ture" but her name is remembered by the Ameri-
can people each year at Thanksgiving time when
they repeat the familiar lines: "Over the river
and through the wood, etc..
Almost as well known, II not frequently
quoted is the Thanksgiving poem written by
other New Englander who was one of Mrs.
Chids AbolitiOnist friends and favorite poet
of an earlier generation of Americans--John
Greenleaf Whittier. 1t is his
The Coolidge examiner., 1935-11-22

SettS or, more broadly, New Eng
land institution. That is Thanksgiving day. AZ
the tide of New England immigration spread
into other parts of the country it carried the
Thanksgiving idea with 1t and on November %
when that day is being celebrated from the At
lantic to the Pacific and from the Canadian line
to the Mexican border, everywhere the Observ
ance will have certain New England flavor.
Just as 1t was New England woman Sara
JOsepha Hale, who had the most to do with
making a national holiday of this observance
which began as purely local custom, so it was
another New England woman who wrote the
best-known Thanksgiving poem in our literature
Look at the picture, Home to Thanksgiving,
at the top of this article. 1t was one of the most
popular of the Currier and Ives prints which
once adorned the walls of every American home
One glance at 1t and there Immediately comes to
mind these lines:
Over the river and through the wood,
To grandfather's house we'll go;
The horse knows the way
To carry the sleigh
Through the white and drifted snow.
Over the river and through the wood,
o how the wind does blow;
1t stings the toes
And bites the nose
AS over the ground we CO.
Over the river and through the wood
To have a frst-rate play,
Hear the bells ring
"Ting -a-ling-dng"
Hurrah for Thanksgiving day.
Over the river and through the wood,
Trot fast my dappe gray;
Spring over the ground
Like hunting hound,
For this is Thanksgiving day.
Over the river and through the wood.
And straight through the barnyard gate;
We seem to go
Extremely slow,
1t Is SO hard to wait!
over the river and through the wood
Now grandmother's cap l spy,
Hurrah for the fun!
Is the pudding done?
Hurrah for the pumpkin pei
The woman who wrote that poem was Lydia
Maria Child born in Medford Mass, on Febru-
ary IL, 1SO2. In the period before Harriet
Beecher Stowe stirred the country with her "Un-
Gle Toms Cabin" Mrs Child was the most wide
Unknown woman novelist. Her "HObomok" a
tale of life in early Salem in which the hero
was a noble red man" of the J. FenimOre
Cooper type and the heroine was white girl.
was published in 1924.
This followed the next year by "The
Rebels; or, Boston Before the Revolution" and
in 1885 by "Philothea," a poetcal romance of
Athens In the days of Pericles. Edgar Allen Poe
heaped extravagant praise upon "Philothea -
saying "We turn to these pure and quiet pages
with that species of gasping satisfaction with
which drowning man clutches the shore"
The Coolidge examiner., 1935-11-22
THANKSGIVING ODE

Once more the liberal year laughs out
Ger richer stores than gems of gold;
Once more with harvest-song and shout
Is natures bloodess triumph told
Our common mother rests and sings,
Like Ruth among the garnered sheaves
Her lap is full of goody things
Her brow is bright with Autumn leaves
0, favors every year made new!
o, gifts with rain and sunshine sent!
The bounty Overruns our due;
The fullneSs shames our discomfort
We shut our eyes, and flowers bloom on;
We murmur, but the corn ears fill;
We choose the shadow, but the sun
That casts it shines behind US STILL
God gives us with our rugged soil
The power to make it Eden-fair
And richer fruits to crown our toll
Than ummer-wedded islands bear
Who murmurs at his lot today?
Who scorns his native fruit from bloom:
Or sighs for dainties far away,
Beside the bounteOus board of home?
Thank Heaven, instead, that Freedoms arm
Can change a rocky soil to gold;
That brave and generous lives can warm
cline with Northern ices cold
And let these atars, wreathed with flowers,
And piled with fruits, awake again
Thanksgiving for the golden hours,
The early and the latter rain!
Then there is the familiar:
THANKSGIVING NIGHT
For summers bloom end autumn's blight
For bending wheat and blasted maize,
The Coolidge examiner., 1935-11-22

DotIl|GDN
E DR.. JAMES w. BARTON
Talk. About Cd
Increasing Your Weight

Increasing our Welgnt
1T IS admitted that, speaking
a generally, the fat individual
is more easy-going and less If
ritable than one who is very
lean. And again, speaking
generally, it would be better
for the fat individuals physical
and mental progress if he were to
lose some weight; and similarly for
the very thin individual to gain
some weight.
Taking off weight is simple; a lit
tie less food and liquids daily and
the weight will gradually come
down; nothing else is usually neces-
sary.
Putting on weight is not so sim
pls Increasing the food intake
alone may give little increase and
sometimes none whatever.
The very fact that the individual
Is so lean or thin means that there
are factors working within him that
will simply not let any weight be
stored.
Most thin individuals are of the
nervous hish-strung type, wOrriers,
The Coolidge examiner., 1935-11-22
Conscience

Conscience
Despotic conscience rules our hopes
and fears.-Ovid.
The Omaha guide., 1935-06-01
Eugene Gordon to
Travel Over Europe
For Soviet Newspaper

Boston, May 80. (ANP)-Obtaining
an indefinite leave of absence from his
position with the Boston Post, big
white daily newspaper, Eugene Cor
don, writer and lecturer, has an
nounced that he will travel and study
in Europe and particularly in Soviet
Russia. He is scheduled to sail on
May II from New York.
His primary interest in the Soviet
Union, Mr.. Gordon said, is in study
ing at first hand, that country's solv-
ing of the national minorities prob
lem, which corresponds to the Ameri-
can "race problem" He says, that
at the same time, he will be able to
finish the books which he has been
unable to do in this country on ac-
count of the press of other labors.
He will be employed on the staff of
the Moscow Daily News and will travel
all over Europe as correspondent for
that paper. He will be granted ample
time inwhich to write the books which
the G. P. Putnam Co., and the Viking
Press of New York have already ex-
pressed a willingness to consider.
Mr.. Gordon has for the past 16
years, been a member of the editorial
staff of the Boston Post and is an
editor of the New Masses.
The Omaha guide., 1935-06-01
Rhapsody in Rhythm

The Rhapsody in Rhythm Re-
view given by the Grill Reserves,
at the Dreamland Hall, Monday,
May 9th, was indeed a very
finished product. 1t was very
little short of being a first rate
professional performance. The
two little amateur actors, Brown
and Franklin, stole the show.
Brown done a tap number, and
brought down three encores,
while little Jesse Franklin, after
much hesitation due to his artist
ice tempermentality,-all artists
have those-sang "The Object Of
My Affection" and l must say,
he is a cut-throat competitor for
Bing Crosby. Clara Anderson
and Katherine Taylor were the
torch singers of the evening,
and both Of these girls possess
lovely voices. Miss Anderson sang
It's Easy to Remember, and Miss
Taylor, THE Kiss Waltz The
Russian dance by Miss Ethel
Davis, was a clever Interpretation
with her sweet personality and
appropriate costume this number
was quite a hit. THE Kiss Waltz
dance was a pretty number, with
all the girls wearing dainty sum
mer frocks, of pastel shades. The
girls floated about with the grace
and ease of a nymph. The number
called the "Mannish Strut was
a snappy one, with all the girls
wearing costumes made like a
mans cocktail suit. However.
the Tango with it's Spanish
melody and scintillating rythm
was one of the biggest hits of the
whole evening, the participants
IN this number were, Irene Har-
rold dancing, with Chemist Will
Hams, Margaret Beck, with EN-
met James and Katherine Taylor
The Omaha guide., 1935-06-01
Jim Grow Protested
On New York State
Public Works Job

New York City, May 80 CAMP
Open and fragrant Jim Crow on pub
lie works construction sponsored by
the Highway Department of the State
Of New York was exposed last week
by the National Urban League and a
formal demand made upon the state
authorities to cancel the contract of
the American Bridge Company on a
bridge job near East View, N. Y.
Facts were laid before James S. Blk
b., District Engineer of the State
Highway Department and Arthur S..
Tuttle of the local FERA office, show
ing indisputably that four men, Luz
Their Burton, Othello Staley, Joseph
Williams and Othaniel Staley, were
referred by the New York State En-
ployment Service in response to a call
by the American Bridge company for
g riveting gang. When the men re-
ported with their work cards, they
were refused the jobs by the superin-
tendent, who told them in the presnce
of witnesses that mo colored have ever
worked for US and none ever will on
a job in this state"
Provisions in the state and federal
PWA code definitely prohibit discrimi-
nation in hiring on public works pro-
jects, and provide for cancellation of
the contract by the Federal Govern
ment or State. Lester B. Granger,
Secretary Of the Workers Bureau Of
the National Urban League, stated in
reporting the case that the Urban
League is attempting to gather a
record Of similar cases, properly af-
fidavited, to serve as basis for possible
legal action against contractors, en-
joining the expendi ure of public funds
on a job where racial discrimination is
proven in selection Of workers.
The Omaha guide., 1935-06-01
Wagner Labor Bill
Viewed With Alarm

Washington, May 80 (By Howard
Gould fer ANP)-Not content with
their refusal to pass the Anti-Lynch-
ing Bill, the U. S. Senate DEALT an
other devastating blow at Negroes
when i. passed the Wagner Labor Re-
lations Bill Wednesday. The senate
rejected an amendment which would
have protected the Negro worker
from discrimination and thereby vir-
tually permitted the A. F. of l.. to
assume complete control of labor re-
la'ions throughout the country. The
bill ostensibly is planned to improve
working conditions and raise stand
ards of living by facilitating the or
~ganiZat.on of workers for collective
bargaining. 1t goes farther than sec
ton IA of the NRA in that it aims
at the complete elimination of COM
pany unions and the prevention of any
interference on the part of the en-
ployer with the organization of his
employees. The Bill thus prevents
coercion of labor by employers, but in
no way provides against discrimina-
ton against workers by other en-
ployees or unions.
If the Bill is passed by the House,
it vol probably mean that the A. F.
of L.. will now dominate those great
open shop industries in which Negroes
first found industrial employment.
And if the A. F. of l.. continues its
past practices of discrimination, the
Negro worker will probably suffer
even more under this bill than he did
under the NRA.
The Urban League is seeking the
adoption of an amendment which will
protect Negro workers against the
discriminatory practices of the A. F.
of L., and every effort should be made
to urge the members Of the House
to adopt this amendment.
The Omaha guide., 1935-06-01

many. There are approximately
$50 Chinese and almost without
exception these are found to be
living in and doing business in
the Negro section. A greater
part of the grocery and meat bust
ness of Augusta Negroes goes to
these $50 Chinese, while the col
ored people can boast Of but few
grocery and meat businesses of
their own. The Chinese, be it
said to their credit, are courteous,
employe some colored help, attend
strictly to business and handle the
things hat colored people want.
They are recognized as whites in
Augusta, and attend white church
es and white schools.
The Omaha guide., 1935-06-01
Prize Fighter Disarms
Drink CraZed Man

J~ohnstown, Pa, May 80, CAMP
Lynn Jordan, well known colored box
er, Peter Jeffries and John Hopkins,
are being given credit for saving sew
eral persons from death or serious
injury when they disarmed a man,
crazed with drink, who entered a beer
parlor armed with a double barreled
shotgun last week. The three grabbed
the gunman, known to police as Sam
Innes. The shotgun was discharged
in the s~cuffle, the bullets tearing a
hole in the door.
The Omaha guide., 1935-06-01
The Sports Roundup
By Dan Burnley (For AMP

Chicago, May 3O-Chicago's istic
rialto is in detected doldrum nova
DAYS Void created by departure
of one Joe Louis for Harlem has left
the gents who lay it on the line or who
carry the message to Garcia as to
what's going to happen in the squared
circle, hanging in mid-air, with moth
ing to do but twiddle thumbs and hope
that the smiles Of the gods will be on
them when the half a dozen or more
specials" pull out of this burg for
N. Y, during the first part of the
week of June %
The boys around here are special
crazy . . One outfit is offering a
round trip ticket for $50 to include a
SIS. so seat at the fistic shindig, plus
hotel accommodations with bath -. . !.
Not to be outdone another group is
offering the round trip, minus the
ticket and hotel layout for $12 e.
A week before the fight, we believe,
Jail cells will be well populated and
reservations at the county detention
quar- ers will be at a premium.
The Omaha guide., 1935-06-01

There will be a recognision
service at Technical High school
on Wednesday June 3. Among
those to receive awards are: AL
len Gordon, track, ( Woodson
Greer, track, Richard Marshall,
track and Chrisman Clark, track.
All these boys are outstanding
athletes and have won much
recognition for Tech high school.
Tech will lose a fine athelete and
student when Allen 'Dimples'
Gordon graduates in June.
The Omaha guide., 1935-06-01

New Orleans thinks Holman Will
liams VIII be Barney Ross Biggest
competitor for welterweight honors,
provided Barney gets by Jimmy Nc
Larnin Don't hear much from the
coast since Make Rosenbloom clowned
his way to the nod over Oscar Ran
kin, And the sudden shift by
Arnold Johns, Chi. tennis pro, to the
field Of dramah, stark, cold dramah,
nah trans, after he hoped over to
Detroit, occupies the attention Of the
st. Antoine street gang . Vincent
Johnson of the local Sunset Hills Golf
Club, is ballyhoo.ng the fifth annual
invitational tournament to be held
over the course, May 80 . Robert
Ball, national champ, Frank Calhoun,
Leon Motifs, Lincoln Tondee, Ralph
The Omaha guide., 1935-06-01
$500 See John Henry
whip Frank Rowsey

San Francisco, CAL, May 80 (ANP)
A crowd of $500 fans saw John
Henry Lewis, "the uncrowned king of
the light heavyweights," pound out a
ten round victory over Frank Rowsey,
Powder River, Mont, cowboy, at
Dreamland and auditorium here last
week. Lewis, who halls from Phoe-
nix, Ariz., weighed $50 and took eight
out of the ten rounds.
The Omaha guide., 1935-06-01

dancing with Edward Biddiex.
The whole company participated
in the grand finale.
To the Misses Dorothy Beck,
Rowena Jones, Marjorie Bolden,
Margaret Dickerson, Lorraine
Fletcher and Mr.. Paul Commerce,
we present a big bouquet of orch
ids.
The Omaha guide., 1935-06-01
Chinese Dominate
Negro Section

Augusta, Ga, May 30-ANP-
This city presents a situation that
for uniqueness and interest can
hardly be duplicated. Augusta
boast Of a Negro population Of
around $4,000 though the eviden-
&c is that there are not quite so
The Omaha guide., 1935-06-01
Louis Kayoes Bennett

Dayton, Ohio May 3O.-ANP-
Joe Louis, heavyweight, knocked
our Biff Bennett, white, after one
minute and Is seconds in the
Jfirst round Of a scheduled ex-
hibition bout here last Monday
night.
The Omaha guide., 1935-06-01
Realm Of Sports
Chiffon, Aaron H. Payne and a big
bunch are expected down, Winnie says.

Bob Cole, owner of the American
Giants, so we get it, told his under
lines to get "that park ready"
Cole wasn't exactly tickled to find the
place looking like an Abyssinian prai-
RE when his team reported there re-
Gently for play.
, 1935-01-23
LocaICouple
Married Here
Wednesday

Miss Maria Elena Marion. daueh-
ter OF Mrs. Victoria n. de Marion.
and Mr.. Romeo Z. Gonzalez. s0n Of
Prof. Juan r. Gonzalez of Laredo.
we're united in marriage Wednes-
day. Jan. %, at the Church OF the
Immaculate Conception, with Rev.
Francis Balzola. q. M. l.. officiating
at the ceremony which took place
a. Z o'clock In the morning.
Padrinos for the couple were MI.
and Mrs. Joe Wells. Miss Rosa ES-
peranza del Castillo. Mr.. Antonio
Alfonso. Miss Alberta Browne. Mr..
Carlos Martinez. Miss zoila Mar
quez, and Mr.. Ramon Marquee.
Following the ceremony, about 40
friends and relatives OF the couple
were entertained at a wedding
breakfast at the Country Club. The
couple left soon afterwards on a
trip to Laredo and San Antonio. to
be gone about a week. Upon their
return they viii be at home to
their friends at 3l4 Adams street.
Mrs. Gonzalez Is a member OF one
Of Brownsville oldest families. Mr..
Gonzalez has been employed by
The Herald Publishing company for
some time.
, 1935-01-23
Founders Ddu
To Be Noted
ByP7,A Unit

WESLACO, Jan. 23.--The Prac-
tical Application Of Mental Hygiene
was the theme of the addresses az
the recent meeting of the Parent
Teacher association Oh the South
Palm Gardens. Mrs. K. I. SucR.
chairman Of the program committee
was In charge OF the program.
Miss Katherine Wood chose a
phase Of mental hygiene known as
Character Traits" Among those
t.aits discussed were the desirable
and undesirable, the aggressive. ana
the non-aggressive Mrs. II. G.. Caro-
gave a talk on the Importance Of
observing Mental Hygiene in. Habit
Formation"
Mrs. J. r. Wagner OF Weslaco gave
the first OF a series Of lessons which
viii be given at the next four sue
ceSSive p. T. A. meetings Mrs. Wag-
ner also gave a brief history OF the
national p. T. A.
The pupils Of Miss Ruth Friend
presented a play, How Milk Is
Made Evelyn Card presented a
piano selection entitled Sailing"
Preceding the program a business
meeting was held with Mrs. A. W.
Arnett. president, In the chair. Dur
ing this meeting 1t was decided to
accede to a request by Mrs. Elrick,
district chairman. that the local
unit celebrate founders day in
February.
, 1935-01-23
Board Member
Attends Many
Conference

News of Mrs. volney w. TAYLOR
-. 4 .t,.nS,re r. hoard ,rest-
-, ~-s--A-
ing OF 1ne 1eiie1hi Feoefaeion on
clubs In washington. ID. O.,
tens Of a splendid meeting Of the
w-s.-.t,c, uy,th rrarv . The can-
-.
met members anonB ne e&ceiient
speakers heard by those attending.
0rAs meeting OF the rroup was held
- an.sSsv a. !. nacartmart
49, sr.-.srcs h,ssIdsrg ~,ssh 800
.sstar. - ~rcrnr,sree nsn,., ~
p~.s~ =. the rneaknr ~ fhe after
, 1935-01-23
Fernandez Gonzales
Nuntials Said Here

The marriage Of Miss Marina
Gonzales. daughter OF Mrs. L. NJ.
de Gonzales. 10 Mr.. Luis Fernendez.
son Of Mrs. <. O.. Fernandez. TOOK
place Saturday. at 2 ocock in the
afternoon with Raul Dcminguez.
justice Of the peace performing the
ceremony
PadrinoS for the couple we're Mr..
and Mrs. Manuel Cisneros. Mr.. and
Mrs Ramon Lo2ano. OF Harrington
Mr.. +. Abrego. and Miss Amelia
Abrego. Mr.. limo Cantu. and Miss
Estela Gonzales.
Immediately following the cere-
mony. "merienda' was served at the
home OF the bride. al Seventh and
Monroe streets. The couple win
make their home in Brownsville.
, 1935-01-23
Demonstration
Groups Meet
In Rio Hondo

RIO HONDO. Jan. 22.-The
Browne Tract Home DemonSfra-
tior club met here recently at the
home Of Mrs. Rem Rowland On the
Browne Tract Loop.
Mrs. Knox Smith presided over
the business session OF the messing
which was marked by the resLgna-
tion Of the vice president. Mrs w
II. Conklin. The resignation was &C.
cepted and Mrs. w. Reed Lang was
elected to fiji the acancy-
The new year book or 1885 was
read and studied by the club wo-
men present for the afternoorl ses-
sion.
Announcement Of tie first f5oun-
Gil meeting of the year was noted
with date set for January 1eL
An interesting program was Civ
en- with Mrs. Geneveive Rounds
presenting ar interesting Gad in
~structive paper on Federal PriS-
ons for Women" Mrs. n. Kicker
next gave a clever poem viii ch was
elected 70 fill the vacancy.
The next meeting Is to be- held az
me home OF Mrs Geneveive Rounds.
Miss Dorothy Porter will De present
for the meeting and viii give a dem
onstration on Better Style Through
Choice OF Material and Design" "A
delicious refreshment course was
served TO 70 members end three
visitors.
An interesting session of the North
Shore Home Demonstration. club was
held here this past week at the X.
w. e. A. Camp.
Study Of the program f<r the en-
tire year was made upon inspection
OF the year book. Plans were made
, 1935-01-23
Auxiliary To a
Cal1ed Meeting
Thursday Night

At a meeting Tuesday night OF
the Auxiliary to the Veterans Of
Foreign Wars. 1t was announced
that a called meeting OF the Aux
Hilary will be held Thursday night
at 7:SO D. m. az the hall.
The meeting has been called be-
cause the deparmt0nt president,
Mrs. Mabel shaw of Amarillo. who
was to have been present at the
Tuesday meeting was unavoidably
detained In San Antonio and will
not be able to reach Brownsville
until that date. Thursday Mrs. Shaw
will be here with Mrs. Maud Hell,
Judge advocate OF the ". II. w. Aux
i&lnry In Texas. and Mr.. Hell who
u department commander.
At the informal Tuesday evening.
plans we're made for q dance TO be
given Saturday. February 2 at the
v. r. w. hall. There were about IA
members present.