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Imperial Valley press., 1936-08-23
"BONDAGE"
By John Richard Finch
Sixtv Seconds From Life By s s

The staff meeting was over No one had spoken
to him since he entered. They looked r1ght
through him. There was nothing on his desk, IL
had been cleared off and his chair was empty.
He groaned. He ,oGs fred But why why
Hadn't he worked like a dog-given them every
thing he had? But then, of course he hadn't
much to givel He had better see the Chief Clerk
before ne went over to his desk. Maybe Vt would
save him some embarrassment
"A /HY didn't the Chief Clerk speak to him
w He just ignored him like the others. AT
least he could tell him he was fired and get 1t
over. God, was everyone crazy? Here, wait,
what was the matter with him? Was this he
Was he dreaming? No, 1t wasn't a dream! Damn
he'd make them hear him. He shouted at the
Chief Clerk. Why didn't he answer-shout back,
say something? He'd go mad in moment. No
he was already mad-raying mad. Why, he
couldn't even see his handsl Where were they?
His body? He hadn't noticed it until now. He
could see everyone else but himself Something
had happened! He knew 1t would He had felt
II coming Life was too hard--too terrible! He
knew sooner or later he would break under the
strain. There was limit to everything-cer-
tainly to a mans endurance. Death would be
much better-a welcomed release Perhaps he
should kill himself. Suicide--that was it-sui-
eide! He had thought about 1t great deal lately.
Only last night--last night he had-yes, that
was It, he had killed himself. But he was still
here! He hadn't ended his existence! He had only
succeeded in separating his soul from his body!
He must endure this terrible agony until his
time-God's time-came to die before his soul
would be able to depart
David Grayson screamed-a horrible scream
of anguish-but no heard him or paid the
slightest attention because it was only his tor
mented soul that had cried out His body was
at the undertaker's He would have that bill to
worry about now, too.
Copyright 1886
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at my eyes, while he held my wrist
"Rotten'
Just few days now-with plenty of rest"
But 1t sounded damnably professional.
Trading in some of the tropical pest ports
one gets the fever. I'd had 1t before. knew
it's way-pernicious!
Ugh! The medicine, somehow, tasted worse
this time. Must have taken tons!
where do you get that vile stuff"
France" replied the nurse
"Blarney France? Not on your lfe Tropics,
right where my fever came FROM"
I could smell the odors of tropical ooze!
heard the slap Of an alligator's tall A thou
sand parrots screamed overhead! Pink, spoon
billed fiamingoes on the wing; a family of
monkeys a cougar frightened them as he
came to drink-water! That's what I want
water!
I know where that medicine comes from!
Nearly killed him the revolution when he
moved took "a shot at him! His hands! Never
saw such hands-palms halfway to elbows
fingers like claws!
L low 1 could feel the ice pack! 1t was on my
IN brow. 1t was so cool. Like tropical breeze
trade winds lay thinking of black man
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really wasn't very important in the scheme of
things in the office, but they had always been
decent enough to him until today. Just something
new to worry about Maybe he had done some
things something unforgivable that he had no
idea about but for which he was going to be
fred God that would be the last straw! The
rent was due Saturday and he must send some
money to Davids boarding school.
Perhaps some of his creditors had attached
his salary! He knew how the boss felt about
employees who didn't pay their bills He'd be
lost-thrown right out on his ear! He was afraid
He shvered-cold and clammy. The Chief Clerk
was interviewing a man. Was it for his job?
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things, 1 SHOULD HAVE SUSPECTED A
WORKMAN INFINITELY ABLE. If 1t is very
presumptuous to divine what He is, and why
He has made everything that exists, so 1t seems
to me very presumptuous to deny THAT HE
exists. 1 am exceedingly anxious to meet and
talk with you whether you think yoursen one
of His works, or particle drawn, OF necessity
from eternal and necessary matter. Whatever
you are, you are worthy part of that great
whole which I do not understand"
Neither do the rest of us understand! But
we need not be robots or vegetables because OF
it!
When we get the picture of the immensity OF
life we are able to laugh at our own fears, not
because we are dumb (as the woman in the
Brahmins story, but because we are ntein-
gent!
1t is a great experience to be able to think
and Taught That is the difference between you
and me and the robot!
@USHING MADLY ABOUT, RUNNING
X HITLER AND YON, DOES NOT MARK
US AS BEING INTERESTING-or even alive!
Imperial Valley press., 1936-08-23
"THE VERB DOCTOR"
By Captain {. E. Barry

once met accidently. As entered Mangrove
swamp, I observed an unnatural movement in
the underground nearby. Like flash, dropped
a slug from my automatic into what seemed to
be the right spot. Not three feet away, some
thing large, and black, rose to its feet! Well
over six feet tall Eyes burning hatred-mouth
half open What sight, as he stood motionless,
with hands above his head! shall never forget
his claw-like hands!
When my rather abundant string Of Spanish
adjectives was exhausted, called to my rescue
a few from my native tongue.
Damn your hide, I'll fill 1t full Of lead!'
exploded.
Understanding showed in his eyes! A broad
smile spread over his face
"Lawd-a-massy! W'ite foxes wat you all
doin' down heah?"
Space prohibits more detail His story was
He came to Central America from Virginia
with a doctor, whose family had owned his
parents He had cared for the white man when
he was child The doctor sought adventure
and Verbs as the old black man called herbs
After few years, the doctor died The black
man had carried on, getting verbs" and ship
ping them to a drug manufacturing company
in the United States.
TO my query, What do you do in the rainy
season." He came back with a grin, and
Don do much wen 1t rains just sorter crawl
roun fer shelter, SPECIFY since desc gen'men
down yere been fi'tin so. Dey gently shoots
kinda hi, so I keeps to de groun' ahuntin
verbs, digs 'em out wifi NAH fingers!"
1t was into the eyes of an amused nurse
that looked.
you've been raving about revolutions black
devils, and all sorts of things. Your fever is
down now. Keep covered"
Say, nurse; that medicine isn't so bad la It 2"
"Of course not keep covered!'
"Nurse!"
"What?"
do you ever pray?"
Yes"
"Il be well soon. Then shall tell you about
an old black man l met long ago. When you
pray, will you just mention him to God?"
Certainly" she replied.
AS ship swings with the tide, foated into
sumber while the perfume of flowers ebbed
and flowed about me-
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clerk only made few dollars week these days.
Suppose he should be glad to get that, but even
So he couldn't stop worrying He was afraid
the boy would think his Dad didn't love him
much. He couldn't ever seem to do the things
he wanted to for the boy Such little kid to be
in a boarding schools He didn't want him there,
but since his mother died there wasn't much
else he could do
Here he was at the Office. Something queer
about this He didn't remember coming down
town. And people seemed 80 strange! No one
said good morning to him They all cut him
cold completely ignored him. Of course he
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AVID GRAYSON looked around the shabby
j cubicle that was his room wondering II ne
would ever get to the point where ne couio az
ford something better Just a modest little
nlace but lvable. He had been wanting TO move
into a small apartment for the past three years,
b,,t he never seemed to be able to see MS way
flear Same old story couldn't aford IT, his
worries seemed to weight him down more than
.ver today - like a chain about his neck,
stranpline him He was uneasy - troubled Ana
to make things worse his MIND seemed 10 De
doing strange things stranger than usual
What an awful headache!
Things seemed SO different this morning! He
felt more depressed than ever before. he won,
dered There was something odd - very odd!
He didn't remember going to bed last night or
getting I'D this morning! What time was 1t any
wav? Must be time to go to the office. There
was staff meeting today He mustn't De late
even though it didn't make much difference
whether he was there not He didn't feel
himself this morning, though
saw this was funny all dressed, but for
,be life of him he couldn't remember dressing
He felt like he was in another world, yet here
were all the old familiar things and - his wor-
rios Could he be going mad? He had hearo
neople say that crazy man thinks ne is sane
He wondered if he would know! just announcer
thing to worry about No wonder ne was
screwey. Trouble, trouble, trouble! Would II
never end Bills, bills, and more piils lhen lhere
was young David
&c TRIED hard struggled, toiled, to make
II enough money to give his boy the things ne
wanted him to have. Tough life for little CHAP
would he ever get enough ahead to brighten
that little life so he wouldn't grow up inneriting
his fathers ghastly burdens-a frustrated Ire?
Maybe he could save enough out OF this weeks
salary to buy him those toys that ne wanted.
He had cut lunches lately, but even at that II
took all he could make to meet his expenses
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THERE is another great difference-our abil-
ity to reason. Life becomes very rich when
we will take the conflicting views of brilliant
minds and try to find the middle ground OF rea-
son and sanity--aso find tolerance and respect
for others who hold views which are different
from ours.
One of the most interesting paragraphs Vol
taire ever wrote was in his letter to Diderot, IN
which he says:
"I confess that am not at all of the opinion
of Saunderson, who denies God because ne
was born sightess. I am perhaps mistaken;
RITT IN HIS PLACE SHOULD RECOGNIZE
GREAT INTELLIGENCE who had given me
SO many substitutes for sight; and perceiving,
on reflection, the wonderful relations between all
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Does knowledge Make Us Happy Or Miserable?

In all of these things we but mechanical
men and women. Only in our thinking are we
set apart and the finer, greater and bigger our
thoughts are, the finer, greater and bigger we
are!
"As "a mani he thinketh in his heart so Is
he" said the writers of scripture and other
great men have agreed!
The fact that these men have all declared this
does not make it true but we should remember
that they have said this because 1t is true. II is
the truth that is important.
"It is often said that second thoughts are
best. So they are in matters of judgment, put
not in matters of conscience. In matters OF
duty, first thoughts are commonly best lhey
have more in them of the voice of God"
Listen to Emerson. He said, Great men are
they who see that spiritual is stronger tnan
any material force, that thoughts rule the
world. =" He also said, in his essay on the
Conduct of Life, THE REVELATION OF
THOUGHT TAKES MEN OUT OF SERVl-
TUDE INTO FREEDOM"
1t is this last that brings us home to the
difference between mechanical men and real
ones. The robot is a servant of the real man
servant of the mind!
"A /HEN you look upon the robot, be CRATE
Wv full that you are more than flesh and
blood more than mere automaton-and turn
from it to your thoughts, your friends VINO love
you your books which deal with the mysteries
of life and flowers which grow!
Great executives must remember that those
who work under them are not mechanical men
whose services they have bought, but lNDI-
VIDUALS WITH MINDS, MEN AND WOMEN
WITH HEARTS AND SOULS, and that their
loyalty and love must be won as well as their
physical labors
SCIENTISTS MAY MAKE ROBOTS IN THE
SHAPES OF MEN BUT LET MEN BEWARE
OF EVER BECOMING ROBOTS!
Human society has developed to where the
mind and soul of man is the most important
part of existence. Once cavemen and saVages
lived alone and roamed forest and plain WITHOUT
any regard for other human beings. The savage
then was a creature of impulse more than OF
reason but as ne came more and more in con-
tact with his fellow creatures he learned con-
sideration, reason took the place OF brute in-
stinct and his mind developed.
We are told that articulate speech developed
when men began living together and found the
need of some means of expression Man wanted
to exchange thoughts with man, ideas. and even
dreams There were times, too, when he wanted
to express hopes and. fears
4 lERE again Is MIND Debating! The
Fl robot can speak but it cannot decide what
it says The mind of man must decide for the
robot what it will say.
There are robots, too, that can be taught to
write with mechanical hands, but some one
must do the thinking for the iron man, tell him
what to write.
DO YOUR OWN THINKING! DON'T BE A
ROBOT AND HAVE OTHERS DICTATE
YOUR THOUGHTS, WHAT YOU SAY OR
WHAT YOU WRITE!
The God within you has set you apart as an
individual, so beware of being a creature that
is ground out by machine even though that
machine be called society.
human robot is worse than a savage.
JEAN RENDLEN.
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Being intelligent gives probably the greatest
satisfaction on earth! Surely we have grown to
where we may, even in the face OF great trag-
edies, eventually learn to Taught Knowing that
no human today knows the answer to existence,
we may do the best we can about mass cruel
ties and inhumanties-AND THEN END OUR
DAY BY KNOWING THAT SOMEWHERE is
THE GREAT INTELLIGENCE--an the an
swer We can be like tender nurse-dong all
we can to relieve the horrors of the universe,
without contracting the disease in our ministra-
tions.
This unfortunately, Voltare was not always
able to do, but we can learn by reading histor-
les and PHILOSOPHERS. In this ability to learn we
are different from the robot pictured here
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competent nurse who entered,
white.
She shook down her ther-
mometer. ~ der your
tongue. please" said she, in
a soothing voice. While she
held my wrist-counting--I
observed that three safety
pins made her watch fob. 1t
was a dollar watch. She made
chart entries.
Long time since ! wore
three safety pins!"
They said it was two days
later. 1t seemed like two
minutes. "How's the patient
today?" 1t was the doctor
speaking. He looked closely
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Being Intelligent Gives Probably The
Greatest Satisfaction On Earth 4

morphosis of Vishnu. and provided she could
get some of the sacred water of the Ganges in
which to make her abutions, she thought her
self the happiest of women Struck with the
happiness of this poor creature, returned to
my philosopher whom thus addressed
"'ARE YOU NOT ASHAMED TO BE THUS
MISERABLE WHEN, NOT so YARDS FROM
YOU, THERE is AN OLD AUTOMATON
WHO THINKS OF NOTHING AND LIVES
CONTENTED?'
You are right he replied. 1 have said to
myself a thousand times that should be happy
if were but as ignorant as my old neighbor;
and yet it is a happiness which l do not de-
sire"
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I lONEYSUCkLES crawled over the trellis
n by my window, and the perfume of bios
SONS rode soft breeze to my bedside, only to
be lost in the odor of medicine.
In egg-shell white my room was spotless It's
rounded corners caught my eye, Even the
screen was white. And the high metal bed OF
pain that held me was, like the uniform of the
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Even the robot can do this. There were long
ago, mechanical dolls who can manage to put
one foot before the other rapidly.
NEITHER DOES A GREAT DEAL OF
TALKING MARK US AS OUTSTANDING for
this robot pictured here does it with the great
est of ease! There are times when we should
realize that OUR CLOTHES WILL NOT HELP
US either, since dummies in department store
windows are all usually very we'll dressed in the
height of fashion.
Evening star., 1936-11-29

Left: BRIDGE NET SAVES MANY LIVES.
view of the steel structural work on the great
Golden Gate Bridge at San Francisco under whlcn
is the safety net that has saved the lives OF a
number of workers falling from the steel glrders
The net is built out as the steel work progresses
~1 ~ - World.
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the Misses T. Myrtle Garden and
Estyr L. Bradley. The next meet
ing will be at the home Of Mrs.
Carolyne Monjoy Jones Of Gil Car
roll Avenue.
A new supper club made its bow
to st. Paul club circles recently. It
will be known as the "X Y Club"
and is composed of a select group
of former girl reserves who were
actively interested in girl reserve
work. Their purpose is to help the
younger girl reserve clubs and to
give the girls who graduate from
high school something to look for
ward to. Miss Eva Lee is presi-
dent, Miss BobElla Durant, secre-
tary, and Miss Doris Coins, treas
urer. Miss Florene Hill is chair
man of the program committee and
Miss Charlotte Crump is the pub.
licity agent. Miss Annette Hatton
is an associate member, Miss Vic
toria Stokes, the adviser, and Miss
I. Myrtle Garden, an honorary
member. Other members are the
Misses Norma Stokes, Helen
Powell, Delgracia Wright, Hazel
Warricks, and Rosemund Collier.
The club meets every Saturday at
5:15 p. M, at the Halle @. Brown
Community House. The K Y Club
will also assist the Halle @. staff
with their monthly Community
Mite" The first Community Mite
of Halle @. will be Saturday,
March %, and will be in the form
of open house. Everybody is in
vited and everybody will be enter
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St. Paul Society News

quietly Sunday evening in Chicago
to Mrs. Vida Allen, formerly Of
Oklahoma City. They left Chi
cago shortly after the ceremony
for Pontiac, Michigan, Oklahoma
City and Omaha. After April 6
they will be at home to their many
friends in st. Paul.
Monday, March %, Mr.. and Mrs.
Evan Bridges were host and host
ess at a very delightful surprise
dancing party in honor of Mr..
Richard Stokes of 761 st. Anthony
Avenue. The affair was held in
their chicken shack, The Stumble
Inn. Mr.. Stokes received many
lovely gifts and best of all were
the refreshments and hugh birth
day cake. The guests were Mrs.
Richard Stokes, Messrs. and Mes
danes Earl Harris, Hermon Cot
ton, Henry Johnson, George
Thomas, George Manning, Mes
DANES Ollye Gum, Simon Harris,
Thomas Neal, and Mr.. and Mrs.
Wallace Chambers of Minneapolis.
IN THE REALM OF CLUBDOM
The Entire Nous Contract Club
met Wednesday, March rs, at the
home of Mrs. Gladys Lewis Harris
of GIT Fuller Avenue. A delicious
dinner preceded bridge. First club
prize was won by Mrs. Halle
Salter, second by Mrs. Margaret
Godette, and the consolation by
Mrs. Harris. First guest prize was
won by Mrs. Meredith Howell, and
the second by Miss Lillian MEGA
vock. Other guests of the hostess
were Mesdames Mable McGavock
Lee, Cecile Ward, Roy Green, and
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tanned. This group of progressive
young ladies will, no doubt, go
places.
The Majestic Club met Saturday,
March Fl, at the home Of Miss
Althea Douglas of Aurora Avenue
with Miss Dorothy Gardner as
hostess. A delicious repast was
served. The next meeting will be
Saturday, April 4, at the home Of
Miss Adele Graham of 1892 Rondo
Street.
The Halle @. Brown Fencers
met Friday, March 20, at the home
Of Miss Hazel Warricks of North
Grotto Street. Fourteen members
were present. Mr.. Berman spoke
on the three different types of fenc-
ing-Italian, French and Spanish.
He exhibited a foil of every type
and explained the difference. He
also spoke briefly on the history of
fencing and answered questions
for the girls. An appetizing lunch
con was served after the meeting.
CORRECTION
The report of the surprise party
given Mr.. Shepard in the Recorder
last week contained some mac
curacies which are corrected as
follows: The affair was given by
the officials and employees of the
Union Station; readings were Civ
en- by Mrs. James (Betty) Jones
and Mrs. Gladys Salters. Mrs.
Jas. Combs is the sister of Mrs.
Anna Green and not as stated, sis
ter of Mr.. Shepard.
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of Mrs. Boyd Crawford, 1102 18th
st. S. Miss w. G. Brown talked
on the Negro Congress at Chi
cago. Mr.. Wilbur Nevis, ST., sang
a solo, Mr.. q. Brown sang a solo
and played the piano, and Mr.. Ed
ward Hayes sang a solo. Mrs.
Coleman and her granddaughter
Barbara presided at the tea table.
Flowers and candles decorated the
house and made a very pleasant
sight.
Mrs. Eva Abbey left Sunday for
Quincy, Illinois, upon hearing of
the death of her mother, Mrs.
Emma Haines, formerly of Mime
apolis. Mr.. Abbey left Monday.
They will return in about a week.
Mr.. Charles Phelan, 2316 10th
Avenue S., left Tuesday, March
II, for Kansas City, Missouri,
Birmingham and Montgomery,
Alabama, where he will be the
house guest of Mrs. R. Pinckney
and Mr.. Percy Manning, formerly
of Minneapolis. Mr.. Phelan will
be gone about three weeks.
Rev. Abner Stewart, uncle of
Rev. C. F. Stewart, died in
Phoenix, Arizona, Sunday, March
18th.
A birthday party was given for
Mr.. John L. Neal, 2435 Fourth
Avenue S., Friday evening, March
20. Mr.. Neal received many lovely
gifts and an elaborate four course
dinner was served. Guests present
were Attorney Gale P. Hilyard, DR..
Waldo Turner, DR.. James Crump,
Bismark Archer, Otis F. Allen,
Joseph Wheeler, Willis Coulter,
Leroy Williams, Baxter Walker,
and Fred Parkinson.
The Fathers and Sons Club met
Friday evening, March 20, at the
Neal Funeral Home. They are
planning to have a Bean Feed next
week and urge all members to
come out. The next meeting will
be Friday, March 81.
Mrs. L. L. Keith, S119 18th Ave
nue. S., returned to Minneapolis
Tuesday, March II, after burying
her husband, Lowell Keith, in At
lanta, Georgia. The funeral in
Minneapolis was held at st. Peter
A. M. e. Church, at which Rev.
C. F. Stewart officiated, and the
funeral in Atlanta was held at st.
Paul Church.
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