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Baptist Young People to
Present Brilliant Flower
Pageant
Pageant

The Executive Council of the
Minnesota B. Y. P. U. & Sunday
School Convention through its
president, Mr.. John R. Lawrence,
Jr., announces the presentation of a
beautiful flower pageant called
"The Awakening of Spring." at
Pilgrim Baptist Church on Thurs
day, May %, at p. m.
The roles of the various flowers
will be taken by children from two
to ten years of age. Miss Ora Will
liams will take the part Of "Miss
Spring" in the Pageant. After the
pageant garden play "The Jolly
Gardeners" will be presented by
ten boys and ten girls. The affair
is being directed by Mrs. Helen
O'Neil Of Pilgrim. It is similar to
one she presented there in 1881,
which was a pronounced success.
Funds raised will be used to send
messengers from Minnesota to the
National Sunday School & B. Y.
P. U. Congress which meets in
Kansas City, June "a to %. One
messenger will represent the state
and others will go from the various
churches of the Minnesota Asso-
citation.
Tickets for the Pageant are on
sale at Zion, Bethesda, Mount
Olivet and Pilgrim Churches. A
contest is being sponsored in both
cities in which the person selling
the most tickets above 25 is award
ed $3.50 and the second $1.OO, as
prizes.
The "F1ower Pageant" has the
support of the officers and leaders
Of the Minnesota Baptist Associa-
ton and a large response is ex-
pected to the appeal of the young
people. There will be only one
presentation in the Twin Cities, so
everyone is urged to see it at Pill
grim.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1936-05-15
WATERS UNION
COMING OUT PARTY

The Walters Union will be hosts
to the Twin Cities Social Clubs
Friday, May %, at the beautiful
Coliseum Ballroom, Lexington and
University, st. Paul, bringing to-
gether for the occasion such out
standing clubs as the Cameo, Jr.
Cameo, Modernettes, Wolverines,
Socialites, Gloom Chasers, Goth
Century, Credjafawn, Jr. Credja-
fawn, Diplomats, and others. A
prize for the club having the larg-
est attendance will be awarded. A
queen will be chosen by the audi
ence, and be the Queen of Clubs"
for the night. The dance music
will be a new band that plays the
kind Of music that won't let you
sit out a single dance-Gordon
Parks and his Casa Nova band.
Gordon Parks has been with such
outstanding bands as Bert Lown at
the Coconut Grove and Park Cen
trail, N. Y, Larry Funk on tour, and
with Kay Kyser at the Black
Hawk, Chicago. Mr.. Parks is the
composer of the popular song hits
Lovely Lady," "No Love-" and
"Never No More" that have been
broadcast over CHS and NBC
hookup. He has a band that the
Twin Cities will be proud of and
will hear lot about in the near
future over the air and from the
press. Mr.. Parks is the only
colored artist that has played at
the Lowry Hotel.
The "Coming Out Party" is your
party. Come out and help your
club win the prize and have the
best time you have had in years.
See all your old friends truck on
down at the biggest dance club
dom has ever had, Friday, May %.
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The Minneapolis Sunday Forum
% to Hear Howard Y. Williams,
Traveller, Writer, Lecturer

The Twentieth Century Club will
sponsor the program of the Mime
apois Sunday Forum on May IL.
At this time Mr.. Howard Y. Will
iams will speak on the subject
"Youth looks at Americas Future"
Mr.. Williams was the national or
ganizer of the Farmer-Labor Politi-
cal Federation. He has devoted
himself to practical work in behalf
of the general public. Mr.. Williams
has travelled extensively, meeting
many of the social and political
leaders of Europe. He is a grad
uate of the University of Minnesota
and Union Seminary. He did grad
uate work at the University of
Iowa and Columbia University. He
is very forceful speaker and
writer. Mr.. Williams is very in
terested in the problems of the
young, having helped organize the
Youth Group of st. Paul.
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MASONIC RITES HELD FOR
HENRY HIGH

Last rites were held for Mr..
Henry High, husband of Mrs.
Birdie High, Saturday, May 9, at
200 p. M, from the family resi-
dence at STA st. Anthony Avenue,
and at 2:30 p. m. from Pilgrim
Baptist Church, of which he was a
lifetime member. Rev. L. w.
Harris, pastor, officiated.
Appropriate testimonials were
read by the chairman of the
Trustee, Usher, and Deacon Boards
of which he had served as a mem
Der for a number of years. The
choir very beautifully rendered
"And I Shall See Him Face to
Face" and "It Is Well With My
Soul" favorite hymns Of the de-
ceased. Mrs. Matte Rhodes, So
prano soloist, rendered "My Task
Interment was in Oakland ceme-
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HALLE @. BROWN
COMMUNITY HOUSE

In the recent Poster Contest that
was run in connection with Health
Week, Viola Jefferson of the Art
Class at Halle won the first prize
for the original and novel idea for
poster. The poster, too, showed
skill and clever ability. Viola is
II years old. Elizabeth Payne and
Albert Wright tied for second place
in the poster contest. Andre
Barodko, the artist who judged the
posters, remarked that contest Of
this sort was most stimulating to
budding artists and should be en-
couraged. He felt that this was a
wonderful opportunity to discover
talent. In the contest there were
people as young as II years. This
years showing of interest in
posters and the work presented far
surpassed that of previous years.
DR.. Williams deserves high COM
mendation for his scholarly address
at the final meeting of the Health
program. His story of the vitamins
was most romantic and fascinat-
ing to say the least. It was within
the understanding of all those
present and we say more power to
DR.. Williams. .
On May 18th the Colored Work
Committee Of the Y. w. C. A., will
entertain the three Girl Reserve
groups and their parents at party
for parents. The girls will enter
tain with a program from each
club. All parents of Girl Reserves
are invited to come.
The Adelphai Club met at the
Community House Tuesday after
noon. After sitting in on their
meeting ] am resigned to believe
that the reason the Adelphais have
lived so long is because the women
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Youth Conference to Be Delegated
Representative Youth Sought

The arrangement committee for
the first Annual Conference of
Negro Youth, to be held June 6 in
Minneapolis and June z in St. Paul
is preparing to send out calls ask
ing for two delegates from each
youth organization in the Twin
Cities. It is hoped that every
group, whether it be organized for
religious, social, athletic, or study
purposes, will realize the purpose
of this conclave and will send rep
resentatives. Because of the lack
Of time, it will be, in some cases
where the club does not meet again
before the time of the conference,
more expedient for the president of
the club to appoint two members
as delegates. All university or col
lege students will be admitted
without the otherwise necessary
club credential certificate.
Plans for the study groups are
rapidly nearing completion. Robert
Thorton, Professor of Physics at
Talladega College, who is studying
under DR.. Tate at the University
Of Minnesota, has consented to lead
tho Pound Tob1a ~, UEd1,oot;o,, IN
the South with Respect to the
Negro" The full program will be
announced next week. A luncheon
and dinner will be served each day
at price of 20 cents and 80 cents
respectively. Arrangements are
being made for a dance to COM
plete the activities.
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Everyone is looking forward to
the annual revue of tap classes OF
Phyllis Wheatley Settlement House
Preparations have been made to
give the audience a real treat in
display of costume, coloring, and
entertainment. Thirty-seven par
Elephants are set to go, the ma
jority of whom are far from be-
ginners in the art of dancing. A
Spanish tambourine number is one
of the high lights and there are
several musical comedy numbers.
and, of course, plenty of tap dane
ing.
In addition to the revue there are
several guest artists: June Hawk
ms will sing her torch numbers.
Tom Lewis is to Groom, The N. Y
A. Quintette consisting of Dorothy
Pittman, Dorothy Early, Alice Glib
son, Esther Jackson, and June
Hawkins will give two numbers
Those Of you who have missed
hearing these girls must not let
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High Class Entertainment
Featured in Phyllis Show

this opportunity pass. They are
good.
frankie Wyche, a girl of whom
Minneapolis is proud, will give two
dance numbers. Miss Wyche be-
gan her tap lessons at Wheatley
five years ago, and is now one Of
the outstanding dancers in the city.
In spite of the crowded schedule Of
professional engagements, she has
made it possible to be with us on
this night. When you see her
dance, I'm sure you will agree that
this girl is going places.
The Citizens Aid Building,
located at Eighth st. and Fourth
Avenue S., accommodates only four
hundred people, so buy your tickets
as soon as possible. Call Phyllis
Wheatley for information about
tickets. This gives US the distinc-
ton of having the only class of tap
dancers under seven. The dancing
studios of Minneapolis refuse to
enroll youngsters under seven
years of age.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1936-05-15
BOOK LOVERS FORUM

The Book Lovers Club will have
as speaker for its Sixth Annual
Forum and Tea, Sunday afternoon,
May II, at 4 p. M, Miss Lucie
Ford, executive secretary of the St.
Paul Y. W. G. A., who will talk
about Hawaii, where she lived for
some years while working as sec
rotary of the Hawaiian Y. W. C. A.
Since Miss Ford has been with the
st. Paul "Y", she has carved a
niche for herself in the hearts of
the girls and women of st. Paul,
who have been fortunate enough to
know her. This will be an oppor-
tunity for the general public to
meet her. Musical numbers on the
program will be furnished by
Iretas Blaney, a promising young
pianist, and Elmer Harris, accom-
plished young tenor, who will be
accompanied by DIR. A. M. Butler.
Tea will be served by the Book
Lovers following the program. A
cordial invitation is extended to
the public to be guests of the
Book Lovers Sunday, May II, from
4 to $50.
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The Twentieth Century Club,
which is sponsoring the program,
is composed of some of the out
standing young men Of Mime
apolis. The club was organized in
the fall of 1884 and since that time
has been very active in the civic
and social life of the community.
The following members of the
club will take part in the program:
Mr.. Albert Mcclure, solo, Mr..
Louis Mason, history. of club and
original poem, Mr.. Gordon Parks,
piano solo.
REMEMBER THE MINNEAPO-
LIS SUNDAY FORUM AT PHYL-
LIS WHEATLEY HOUSE, a P. M.
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BrownGeld FOllies
Go Spanish for 1896

Adios, SenOrita, and Viva are
all familiar Spanish terms, but
how perfectly thrilling when you
know that your very own friends
are going Spanish on you.
Such is the case in the COM
ing show Of the season when the
Brownields will do all in their
power to encourage you to go to
the land of castanets, tambou-
rines and balconies.
Right under your very nose
there will be a Don Juan, Pedro
and Toreador. Due to the diff
Guilty Twin Citians have in get
ting enough into these affairs
the Committee on Arrangements
has set aside two nights in
which to present this years
show, Thursday, June IL, and
Friday, June IL, at 500 p. m.
There is at present a staff
of people who are devoting their
entire time to costume designing
and scenery building.
In the next issue Of this paper
there will appear the cast Of
characters who are participat-
ing in the performance.
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"HALLIE @. BROWN HOUSE
SECURES MAXFIELD SCHOOL
YARD FOR PLAYGROUND
E FOR SUMMER"

Maxfeld playground will be I'M
der the direct supervision of Halle
@. Brown House beginning June
list, after school hours the play
ground will be open, and after
June 18th the grounds will be open
full time. A very useful and
worth while program will be held
on the grounds during the summer
months. Vernon Rozelle, Otto
Hall, Henry Davis, Ruth Sutton
and Beatrice Vassar will have
charge of the playground.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1936-05-15
Sudden Death Comes
to Mrs. Anna Calhoun

The sudden death of Mrs. Anna
Calhoun after only a few days ill
ness has cast a pail over Bethesda
Baptist church and its members,
where she was numbered among
it's most active members. Mrs.
Calhoun leaves an interesting fam
lily of boys and girls who will have
the generous sympathy Of many
friends, here and elsewhere.
AT this writing, this publication
is not informed Of the details of
this lamentable death, nor of what
arrangement has been made for
the burial. This, it is expected,
will await the coming Of her girls,
one of whom is in school in the
south, and one who has been max
ing her home in Chicago. The fam
lily residence is at 1884 Elliot Ave-
nue., from where the deceased was
taken to the General hospital
where she passed away Thursday
morning.
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who constitute the membership
have an honesty Of purpose and
never fail to carry out the principle
on which the club was founded,
that of charity, love and honesty.
The Community House Golf Club
for women will hold its first meet
ing Monday at 900 p. m. Every
woman interested in golf is urged
to be on hand. The weather is such
that no golf enthusiast can afford
to miss what is in store for the
Twin City golfers.
The Vagabond Club of Halle @.
Brown House will go bicycling Sat
urday afternoon at Como Park.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1936-05-15
FREDERICK DOUGLASS
CIVIC LEAGUE TO
PRESENT SPEAKER

Mrs. Fanny M. Shanks, president
of the Minnesota State Federation
Of Colored Women's Clubs, will be
the principal speaker at the next
meeting of the Frederick Douglass
Civic League at 8 p. M, May 20,
at Phyllis Wheatley House.
AS was previouly announced,
Mrs. Shanks was to have been pre-
sented at the last meeting, May
10. Her subject will be "Women
in the Life of the Community"
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Special Invitations

To any and all clubs that have
not received invitations to the
Coming Out Party: You are per-
sonally invited. Please register at
the door. My list of the Twin
City Clubs is not complete. There
fore, you may not have received
your invitation. I am very sorry,
but hope to see you at your party.
Harry Lucas, Chairman,
Local GA.
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Sterling Club Minstrel Fri
dGY. May Is, Hallie Q. Brown
House.
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Last Place

The Phyllis Wheatley contingent,
given the last place on the pro-
gram, demonstrated again the
truth of the old adage, "The last
shall be first" Those taking part
in the play were: Donald Brady,
Helen Scott, Rachel James, Leo
Bohanon, Pansy Chavis and Irene
Smith. Each of the players con-
tributed so effectively to the sue
cess of the presentation that any
attempt to analyze the merits of
the individuals would only invite
confusion. The play went over
with a dash and spirit that won
the enthusiastic approval of the
500 people present, and attested
their hearty accord in the verdict
of the judges. The winning play
will shortly be broadcast over the
local radio. Miss Bohanon deserves
all the commendatory things said
of her fine effort in writing this
excellent production.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1936-05-15
NOTICE.!

S. T. M. C. May Festival-Two
big nights of Fun-May 20 and 81
Prizes, games, fun for both old
and yOung-Who will be Queen of
May at st. Thomas Church, 2935
5th Ave. So. Admission Free.
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terry with Masonic rites. Simpson
& Wills service.
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Wins First Place
in Drama Contest

VIII BROADCAST Over Minneapolis
Radio Station
"Find the Girl" a one-act play
written by Miss Louise Bohanon
and given by a group from Phyl-
lis Wheatley, was awarded the
unanimous decision of the judges
for first place in the drama festi-
val staged at the Y. w. C. A., 18th
and Nicollet, Wednesday, in which
seven of the neighborhood houses
entered contestants.
Evening star., 1936-05-09

AS bonds and mortgages hitherto
have been the safest types OF in
vestments, 1t becomes clear that Mr..
Adams considers that there has been
a distinct reversal in financial mat
ters. He lays this condition to three
causes-Government action, public
opinion and advice and new meth
ods Of private financing. However,
it is plain that he feels that the
Government has set the example. He
says:
For the altering of conditions we
shall have to go back to the Gov
ernment So long as We continue
gayly along the road which. if trav-
eled far enough, would, as Roosevelt
said in the 1882 campaign, inevitably
lead to bankruptcy, which means in
flation of the worst sort, we cannot
expect to feel safe. We shall have
to continue gambling, because the
Government is gambling and forces us
to- On the other hand, If, either
under Mr.. Roosevelt or another, We get
back to balanced budgets sane finance
and sensible tax laws, then all
of us ordinary people who are try
ing to make a living may again
return to conservative investments
and not worry too much about the
market with every evenings paper"
David Lawrence also speaks out
in the Mercury against present con-
ditions in Government, titling his ar
ticle, "The Lost Right of Privacy"
Mr.. Lawrence is concerned with the
prevalent practice of congressional
committees to demand the right to
examine the private papers of busi-
Evening star., 1936-05-09

CCALLIONS. rather than orchids,
predominate in leading articles on
the New Deal in our more dignified
periodicals this month. Foremost
among these must be ranked H. L.
Mencken's newest broadside, 'The
New Deal Mentality" appearing in
the May American Mercury. Swing
ing into action with his customary
rumble. Mr.. Mencken diagnoses thus:
1T is a grand and gaudy synthesis
of all the political, economic, social,
socio-political and politico-economic
quackeries recorded in the books,
from the day of Wat Tyler to those
Of Bryan. the La Follettes, Lloyd
George. Borah. Norris and Debs. In
deed, 1t goes far beyond Wat to the
Republic of Plato, and on the way
down the ages it sucks in the dis
cordant perunas Of Augustine, Martin
Luther. j. j. Rousseau, Robert Owen,
Claude Henri Saint-Simon, Karl
Marx, sockless Jerry Simpson, Thor
stein veblen and Henry George. This
mess. boiling violently in a red-hot
pot, is now ladled out to the confiding
in horse-doctor's doses, to the music
Of q Jazz band"
It Is, he finds q phenomenon OF
general world sickness. In Europe it
has driven the populations to such
"quackeries as Communism, Fascism.
Nazi-ism." 1t comes from o longing
in foolish human hearts to escape fac
ing the facts. He compares 1t to the
surcease offered various temperaments
by the varying remedies Of religion,
poetry and alcohol.
Evening star., 1936-05-09

nesses and citizens whose activities
are under investigation. He finds this
a violation Of the constitutional guar
antee that it is "the right Of the
people to be secure in their persons,
houses, papers and effects against un-
reasonable searches and seizures"
Conceding the legitimacy of the con-
gressional examination of documents
under certain circumstances, Mr..
Lawrence holds that at present the
function is frequently abused.
Another writer who sees present
menace to the Bill of Rights is Rep
resentative Maverick of Texas. In
the May Forum and Century, Mr..
Maverick calls attention to two bills
the military disaftection bill and the
Kramer's sedition bill. These meas
ures. he says, "have one purpose IN
common-to strangle that fundamen-
tai liberty of utterance and ink upon
which our very existence as q free
people is predicated. In plain Eng
lish, the gag!"
TN THE May Forum and Century,
= however, Stanley High sounds q
note in favor OF the administration
in an article entitled "a Republican
Takes a Walk" Mr.. High is for
mer correspondent Of the Christian
Science Monitor and former editor
of the Christian Herald.
He speaks in defense Of present
trends as follows, %. as between an
America which, by the leveling Of
heavy taxes and the increase of her
debt, was moving toward the solution
of her problems Of economic malad-
Evening star., 1936-05-09

iustment and an America which, by
lowering taxes and decreasing the
debt, was evading the problems, I
should greatly prefer the former. And
I think that in that kind Of an
America my children would be far
more secure than in the America the
Old Guard wants to bring back"
Thus one finds 1t, pro and con.
The almost mythical Anthony Eden
is subject of a brief biographical ar
ticle in the current Atlantic Monthly.
1t is written by Harold ]. Wilson. Mr..
Wilson sketches the Eden career up
to the present, commenting, "The rise
of Anthony Eden must. be ascribed
mainly, though by no means solely. to
his own good fortune and the misfor-
tunes of others" At present. observes
Mr.. Wilson, Mr.. Eden faces his great
est task. "All the energy and ability
that are in him." he says, all his
hereditary aptitude for the handling
Of public affairs, he must summon to
aid him until Europe shall recover her
sanity, or the war clouds burst in
QeluSe OF plOOo.
Two interesting pieces on dust, in
the sense in which it has recently be-
come a part of our consciousness, are
found in Scribner'S and the Atlantic
Monthly in their current issues. The
Scribner's piece is story by John
Herman called 1.-TWO Days From the
South" 1t would not have any par
ticular merit were it not that its mere
publication emphasizes the growing
awareneSs Of the public Of the menace
Of the dust storm. The Atlantic ar
ticle Is by a denizen Of the dust
bowl" Mrs. Caroline A. Henderson.
who, for 2s years. has been engaged
In farming in Oklahoma. Her article
is nothing more than a collection Of
letters which she wrote to friend in
Maryland, wherein she described her
husbands efforts to keep his farm in
tact as such during a succession Of
droughts, with their attendant storms
Of dust. The two pieces together
ought to bring to readers an unforget-
tably impressive picture of unprece-
dented conditions.
For those interested in safety in
driving--as who Is not-there is
highly enlightening piece in the May
American Mercury called And Why
Not Sudden Death?" It's author Is
Gordon Carroll.
Mr.. Carroll makes shockingly clear,
by number Of instances both grim
and amusing, that our laws governing
the issuance Of automobile licenses are
incredibly lax. He also adduces proof
that large number Of cars in use are
unit to be driven and would certainly
contribute to accidents in any emer-
gency. He does not place the blame
for these conditions on any particular
agency but lays about him with i'm
partial zeal. One feels that such an
assemblage Of facts ought to make it
easier for those responsible for our
safety to plan better means Of guard
IA