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Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1937-02-05
Do You Know
Winifred
Alexander?

Efforts are being made to locate
Winifred Alexander by relatives in
Council Bluffs, Iowa. He at one
time lived in South Minneapolis
and was employed at the Gas Com
pany.
Anyone knowing the where
abouts of Mr.. Alexander, or any
information that might help find
him, please call our Office, Bridge
port 1896.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1937-02-05
CHOIRS BROADCAST

The combined choirs of st.
James A. M. E. and Pilgrim Bap-
list churches broadcast january
II over station WTCN.
Thirty-fve voices, featuring spir-
ituals and anthems, were broad
cast under the direction of John
Hickman, Jr.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1937-02-05
Uncle of Local
Woman Stricken

Mr.. Tom Waldron of Grand
Forks, British Columbia, uncle of
Mrs. Elizabeth Ewing of Minneap-
oils, and Mrs. Cora Willis of St.
Paul, suffered a stroke of paralysis
Jan. %. Mr.. Waldron has been a
resident of British Columbia for 20
years. Formerly he resided in
Sparta, Wis.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1937-02-05
Farmer Labor Convention
On Record Against Race
Discrimination Segregation
ASSISTANCE TO NEGROES PLEDGED AT FARMER LABOl
CONVENTION
n dbl
By JOSEPH ALBRIGHT

The recent FarmeLabor Convention held in the Audi
forum January $780, occasion
citizens Certain resolutions adopted embody
of welfare We particularly interested
ton that asked for legislation bring domestic
benefits of the Unemployment Compensation Negro
be told of the uncertainty attendant domestic employment
law of the will protection
those engaged in this field Of
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1937-02-05

Team, tied their victories and de-
feats, 2-2.
Jimmy Lee, only colored Munich
pal League referee in the Twin
Cities, was assigned to the game.
Lee, active in Twin City ath-
letics, coaches two teams at Halle
@. Brown Community House, where
he is recreational director.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1937-02-05
How We Can Help

We would advise all Negro or
CARNATIONS to request a copy Of
the conventions resolutions from
the office of the Farmer-Labor As
ISOLATION in the Labor Temple in
st. Paul. After giving these care
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1937-02-05
Welcome Hall
Cage Team
Wins Game

The Boys Basketball Team of
Welcome Hall, st. Paul, defeated
the Dorans Coal Co. Team by a
score of to Monday night.
This game, the fourth city league
game played by the Welcome Hall
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1937-02-05
Loan Sharks

The convention took definite
steps to support the Governors
drive on the usurial policies of
loan companies. Far too frequent
ly have we been the victims of this
vicious policy. Any effort to curb
such unjust practices should meet
with our enthusiastic approval.
Forced as we ofttimes are to bor-
row in order to bolster our pre-
carious financial status, such pro-
posal to give us greater protection
when we are forced to borrow
money will doubtless be greeted
with our acclaim.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1937-02-05


whose welfare has been of little
governmental concern in the past.
HerndOn and the ScOttsbOrO Boys
The resolution demanding the
unconditional release of Angelo
Herndon and the Scottsboro boys
should be Of great interest to
Negroes. 1t is not alone that this
demand endeavors to bring to an
end the physical suffering of these
boys, but it also proclaims bitter
opposition to any form of illegal
lynching." 1t further proclaims a
determination to fight all Fascist
tendencies of government agencies.
Through the efforts of delegate
j. Louis Erwin of the Rondo club,
the convention reaffirmed the par
TVS stand against all discrimina-
ton, segregation, and disfranchise-
ment. This was a signal accom-
pGshment and Mr.. Erwin deserves
great credit for his efforts.
Loyalty to Benson's Program
The convention, through the
adoption of the report of it's leg
islation committee, went on record
as endorsing Governor Benson's
program. Two of these proposals
are of extreme interest to Negro
citizens: specialization of medicine
and adjustment of taxation. The
passage of making the first pro-
posal possible will mean that full
medicinal, surgical and hospitali-
cation benefits will be available
to greater and more frequent de-
gree to those who cannot now af-
ford such beneficial service. Such
a law would lift the standard of
health appreciably and would
make for better, happier lives.
And how badly WE need any such
a program is too obvious for dis
cussion here.
The Governors taxation propo-
sal will make for a larger distri-
button Of income taxes, graduated
on the basis of ability to pay, and
an attendant lessening of the tax
strain on homesteads and farms.
That the convention should so
Fundamentally support such a
proposal should be of great en-
enlargement to persons of small
incomes and homes. And in that
class the majority of Negroes can
be found.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1937-02-05
ROND0 FL. CLUB MEETS
SUNDAY

The Rondo Farmer-Labor Club
will meet Sunday afternoon at 3
p. m. at Pioneer Hall, 58s Rondo
st. All members are urged to be
present.
J. Louis Erwin,
Mrs. Roxie Anderson,
Secretary.
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green and the trousers were gray
and continued to the feet with
leather sewed on the soles.
The German patrician's cos
tune (No. 81, common about
1900, is an example of the err
mine-trimmed tunic which was
slipped over the head. 1t was
also a gay array of colors-the
tunic emerald green, the leather
belt red, the chosen" orange red
and the shoes and hat dark
green.
Not quite so fussy, more artist
ic, but equally gay as to color is
that of the Venetian youth (the
drugstore cowboy" of his day.
with his brick red cap and tights,
his gold collar clasp and neck
let and his crimson velvet cape
lined with blue brocaded velvet
as illustrated in No. 10. The
young Englishman of the Six
teenth century (No. I'D improved
upon this costume with his
striped trunks of Spanish style,
his long, pointed shoes, his cors-
let of leather or steel, his seal
loped collar, and the jaunty
feather in his hat.
Although the English style in
trunks appears gay enough,
it was mild in comparison to
those affected in Spain where
the fashion was so extreme that
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-03-25
Selling at Auction

THE auction sale seems to be as
l. old as mankind. We know that
it was used at least 1000 years ago
by the Babylonians as a means of
securing wives for eligible young
men.
According to an account handed
down to us by Herodotus, the girls
of manageable age were directed
to go each year to the auction mart,
where the young men also congre-
gated. There they were sold by the
public crier. The pretty girls were
put up first and sold to the highest
bidder.
This system was really not quite
as bad as it sounds. Many young
man who could not afford to pur-
chase a pretty girl was bribed to
marry an ugly one, and the pur-
chase money obtained for the beau
ties was distributed among the
homely ones, according to their de-
gree of LONELINESS. So many an
ambitious young man picked up a
small fortune with which he could
establish his own business as well
as a home.
Another feature of these primitive
auctions was that the father could
not choose the man who was to buy
his daughter. 1t was strictly an open
market. The girls in their turn were
also safeguarded by requiring the
purchasers to marry them on the
spot. But after the sale, if the young
lady did not turn out to his liking,
the law provided that the customer
could return her and get his money
back.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-03-25
AS Good as Mothers Biscuits

X ING HENRY II, of France, was
IN making tour through the
provinces one year with his court.
Ordinarily a gluttonous eater, Hen
rvs appetite had been very poor
lately, and he desired a new dish
to tickle his jaded palate. So he
ordered the village baker to con-
coct for him cake that was not
only delicious but unknown to the
rest of the world
That put the poor baker squarely
on the spot. If he failed, the king,
who had violent temper, might
throw him in Jail or even order
his head chopped off. If he
succeeded, on the other hand. he
would probably be handsomely re-
warded. He repaired himself to his
kitchen and went furiously to work.
He mixed flour, sugar, and milk in
every conceivable way he knew, but
the harder he tried, the worse the
mixture tasted. In despair, he finally
threw down his ladies and went over
to the nearest saloon to drown his
sorrows.
In his absence, his apprentice re-
turned to the bake house from an
errand, and found the dough on the
mixing table. The master, who had
become lost among his wine glasses,
did not return, and the boy, fearing
the dough would spoil, moulded
them into little cakes and popped
them into the oven.
He was just taking them out of
the oven when his boss came reeling
back into the bakery.
"What the-have you done with
my Dough-" he stormed.
st made them into little cakes,
and baked them twice." (bis-cuits)
said the lad. They turned out to be
delicious. The king was greatly
pleased, and in short time the
biscuit became the nationa, cake
of France, as it still is today.
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from the PATRONS of New AM
sterdam you can see in No. IA
how that ancestor dressed.
Shades of the simple three-but-
ton sack coat of today!
If you can claim among your
ancestors signer of the Decla-
ration of independence it is prob
able that he wore such an outfit
as is shown in No. Is, when he
stepped forward to sign that i'm
mortal document. The collarlesS
coat was plain, but the ornamen-
tation was provided by a waist
coat of contrasting color, a white
neckcloth with a starched frill
tucked into the vest, velvet cuffs
on the coat sleeves and shirt
sleeves made of soft cambria,
having frilled extensions which
fell down over the hands.
Early American Styles.
Mems clothing in the early
days of the Republic was COM
bination of survivals from the
foppishness of colonial times and
of the simple more or less stand
ardized suits of today. The cos
tune (No. 16) prevalent during
the first half of the Nineteenth
century is colonial in its knee
breeches, stock tie and cooked
hat, but the coat is a promise of
the type of such future garments
that were to be adopted. Over
in France at about the time of
the French Revolution the type
of coat known as the swallow
tail or pen point (No. I'D became
popular and it was also worn in
England and the United States
with a few notifications.
The notch in the lapel of this
coat marks the origin of t h e
notch in the collar as we know
it today and in other respects it
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century A. D., wore primitive
sort of trousers, which were
rather tight and came down only
to the calves of the legs. The
Roman paenula, worn from the
Second to the Fifth centuries,
was a cape-like garment, prob
ably development of the toga,
which dropped down over the
head and fell in folds in front
and behind.
The tunic replaced the toga be-
cause it was simpler and allowed
greater freedom of movement.
The clothing of men in central
and western Europe shows the
Roman influence with variations,
characteristic of their times and
their race. In the costume of the
Frankish citizen (No. ~, worn
A. D. 400 to 600, may be seen the
familiar tunic, but the sleeves
are gathered at the wrists, there
is an embroidered girdle n d
embroidery at the bottom of the
tunic and short trousers are worn
under the stockings. A cloak (No.
81 fastened at the right shoulder
with a clasp completes the cos
tune.
From the Eleventh to the Thir-
teenth century clothing such as
shown in No. 6 was worn. The
upper garment, a descendant of
the tunic now known as the pour
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-03-25

in order to hold the trunks in
shape the young Spanish swells
stuffed them with wool or cotton.
Sometimes they extended nine
inches from the body and were
slashed lengthwise from top to
bottom, with insertions of con-
trasting colors in the slashes.
The Swedish gentleman of that
period (No. 12) wore costume
in which the clothes designers
of his time used great deal of
imagination, as witness the puffy
red and white striped sleeves on
the yellow surcoat, the red trous-
ers, the white vest and gauntlets
and olive sash, a brown hat with
a plume and staggering oft
leather boots, and a Starched
Elizabethan ruffed collar.
Now if you are inclined to laugh
at the foregoing costumes, Mr..
Homo Sapiens Americans, take
a look at No. Is and reflect that
if your ancestors were members
of Capt. John Smiths Virginian
colony they would be wearing
Just such an outfit as that. 1t
consisted of a doublet with long
oversleeves hanging from tn
shoulders, padded breeches fas-
tened with points" of colored
velvet or cloth, collar and cuffs
of starched linen, silk stockings
fastened with garters tied in
bow, felt hat with embroidered
band and plume, low shoes tied
with laces and gauntlets of soft
leather
Or if you trace your ancestry
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-03-25
Why Laxatives
Fail In Stubborn
Consultation

Twelve to "a hours is too long to wait
when relief from clogged bowels and
constipation is needed, for then enor-
nous quantities of bacteria accumu-
late, causing GAS, Indigestion and
many restless, sIeepIess nights.
II you want REAL, QUICK RELIEF,
take a liquid compound such as Ad-
Ierika. AdIerika contains SEVEN ca
thartc and carminatiVe ingredients
that act on the stomach and BOTH
bowels. Most Overnight" laXatiVes
contain one ingredient that acts on the
lower bowel only.
AdIerika's DOUBLE ACTION gives
your system a thorough cleansing,
bringing out old poisonous waste mat
ter that may have caused GAS pains,
sour stomach, headaches and slsepless
nights for months.
Adlerika relieves stomach GAS at
once and usually removes bowel con-
gestIon in less than two hours. No
waiting for overnight results. This
famous treatment has been recon-
mended by many doctors and drug
qists for IS years. Take Adlerika one
half hour before breakfast or one hour
before bedtime and in a short while
you will feel marvelously refreshed.
At all Leading Druggists.
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Twas This Way
@ o
By LYLE SPENCER
@ Western Newspaper Union.
Barbershop Harmony
q Western Newspaper Union.

a BOUT 5000 years ago, court
"A barber was trimming the beard
of the famous King Archclaus.
How shall cut it, sire?" he
asked.
I'm silence" Numbered the king.
The silence that then ensued is the
last ever known to have occurred in
barber shop.
Barbering establishments Of one
kind or another have served as Cos
Zip centers from time immemorial.
They once were far more important
than they are today. Up until the
time of the French revolution, bar
bers not only cut hair but pulled
teeth and performed surgical oper-
ations as well. Many a man boasted
that he could breathe vein" as
well as he could NOW a beard.
In fact, the BARRIERS pole is a
hangover from the days when the
town barber was also it's surgeon.
The two spiral ribbons painted
around the pole represent the band
ages used to bind up the wounds of
patients. In those days, BARRIERS used
the same instruments for shaving as
for surgical work. Customers were
asked whether they preferred to be
shaved with carving knife or a pen
knife.
In addition to that, BARRIERS during
the middle ages often held shaving
competitions. Old records say that
Robert Hardie of England still holds
the all-time understanding mark. He
once won a $4,000 bet by shaving
six men in one minute and % Sec
onds. He claimed to be able to shave
one man, no matter how harsh his
beard, in IL seconds. He could also
do the job blindfolded, with a cary
ing knife, in As seconds.
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his name of Homo Sapiens and
walk erect, clothes were about
the least of his concern. If he
wore them at all, it was for pro-
lection from the elements, not
for adornment.
So we have as the first IMAM
nikin" in our masculine fashion
parade the dusky gentleman il
Illustrated in Figure No. above.
He lived about 10000 B. c. and
his costume was what some un-
known poet has described in this
jingle:
Both the king and his people
were black as shoes
Because that the climate was
torrid;
And all that they wore was ring
through the nose,
And a patch of green paint on
the forehead.
However, such items as paint
and metal rings, put on to
frlghten an enemy, 10 impress
a neighbor (for even in those
days they tried to keep up with
the Joneses") or to WOO sweet
heart, are not properly clothes.
When man began to be a bit
modest Cor perhaps it was the
necessity for warmth which die
tated his decision) he began US
ing animal skins thrown across
one shoulder and fastened with
a thorn under the other arm.
Thus he left his fighting arm free
to WELD his weapon against any
foe, man or beast. It's quite
probable that the favorite skin
he wore (not counting his own,
of course) was the brilliantly
striped tiger pelt or the attrac-
tive spotted skin of the leopard
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-03-25

the famous Tyrian purple, which
became the badge of royalty and
the ancient Egyptians added their
bit to dress decoration.
About 1900 B. c. Mr.. Homo
began wearing a garment called
the kalasiris mo. q, a long,
straight-hanging, rather close
fitting garment, both with and
without sleeves, which looked
something like the modern kimo-
no. The ancient Greeks improved
upon this costume some
what with their simple tu-
MICS (No. 81 fastened at the
shoulder and held in at the waist
with a girdle. The Romans, how
ever, went in more for the long,
loose and flowing robes, and the
toga of the high-class Roman was
dear to his heart. 1t was of am
pie proportions, as much as l8
feet wide and banded with pur-
pie to indicate high rank.
Although the Romans despised
bifurcated garments (Which is
polite way of saying "pants") as
being the mark of slaves,
Roman soldiers, after the First
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HOMO Changes I'm His Costume
Through the Centuries scofTr WATSON

wealth of handsome materials to
choose from, he adorned himself
with this costume with its differ
ent patterns of goods used on the
right and left sides and the or
namented sleeves and cuffs.
The Working Mans Costume.
The costume of the French
workman of the Fourteenth cen
fury (No. 81 shows not only a
development of the combination
hood and cape which the French
called "capuchon" and the Ger
man 'kapuze," but it also shows
the increasing tendency to tight
ness of the trousers. Heretofore
not so much attention was paid
to this article of dress, but as
the tunic became shorter it was
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was a logical forebear to the
costume shown in No. Is. Here
Americans definitely assumed
long trousers and this Chester
field outfit was popular with the
good dressers of 1910 to 1850.
The next period in American
mems clothing is shown in No.
10, a typical example of mems
styles at the time of the Civil
war. Showing the influence of the
Victorian era when beauty was
apparently taboo and all that was
ugly in houses and furniture and
so-called art was allowed fu
development, this costume brings
us down to the present age of
Standardization.
1t is a protest against this
Standardization which causes the
uprising of such freak styles as
that shown in No. 20-the pat
ent-haired" young sheik with his
slashed, bell-bottomed trousers,
his tight-fitting coat, extravagant
cuffs, gaudy shirt, sash belt and
sport shoes, of only a few years
ago. Remember him?
There haven't been so many
outbreaks of this sort in re-
cent years and today correct
dress for men changes little from
year to year. There may be some
significant alterations in cut,
fashions in color combinations
and styles in accessories, blu t
fundamentally correct dress does
not change. On the whole it's
pretty drab, when compared to
the gayety of women's attire. So
they will probably continue to be
the center of attraction in the
annual Easter parade.
But it has been worthwhile,
hasn't it, to demonstrate, as this
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-03-25
Ask Me Another
Q Il General Quiz
g Bell Syndicate.-WNU Service.

l. Is a spider an insect?
2. In what country were peas
ants called "serfs"?
3. What do stage people mean
by prop?
4. What is a catamaran?
5. Who was Samuel Johnson?
6. Near what sea was Jericho?
Z. What is a more common
name for a trefoil?
8. What famous English poet
helped the Greeks against the
Turks?
8. What is an isobar?
10. In what mythology was Isis
a goddess?
Answers
l. The spider is not an insect
but a member of the class Arach-
nida which includes also mites,
scorpions etc. Insects have three
body divisions anG four wings,
while spiders have two body divi-
sions and no wings. Insects have
three pairs of walking legs;
spiders four.
2. Russia.
3. An article used in a play.
4. A long narrow raft.
5. An English photographer
(17O9-1784).
6. The Dead Sea.
7. The clover.
8. Lord Byron.
9. A line connecting points hav-
ing the same barometric pres
sure.
1G. The Egyptian.
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leaving Mrs. Homo Sapiens to
wear the less conspicuous pelts.
Forerunner of Red Flannels.
Mr.. H. Sapiens made his next
step forward in the matter of
clothing when he discovered that
fibers stripped from trees and
felted together in some crude
way made an adequate substi-
tute for skins, even though it
must have been somewhat
scratchy. But somewhere back in
the dim vistas of time he learned
the art of weaving and the sister
art of dyeing so that he began
to make handsome, durable and
fine fabrics from cotton, flax,
wool and silk and to color them.
The Lydians gave to mankind
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point, had become so short that
finally it was just about long
enough to cover the body. The
lower garments were tights,
made of an elastic material,
similar to the modern jersey.
If the costume of the French
man of this period is compare
lively simple, his German broth
err (No. y more than made up
for it with his display Although
the coat of this German burgher
of the Twelfth century is long, it
is divided front and back up the
body so as to drape on each side
when he vas riding. With a
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adornment? Of course, it's
not such colorful subject
when thus limited. For Mr..
Average American, in his
conventional black" or his
standardized blue serge, or
even in his gray or brown or
mixed business suit" is not
a particularly eye-filling
spectacle.
True, he sometimes "lets
himself go" in the buying of
neckties which shout for at
tention and occasionally in
putting on socks with varie-
gated pattern or shirts that
are a bit startling, to say the
least. But generally he keeps
the two latter items fairly
well hidden. In fact, about all
be expects to be in the Easter
parade is sort of sober
background for gorgeous
femininity on this day and to
enhance her loveliness and
brilliance by the contrast be-
tween her habiliments and
.liS.
But just to prove that he
could make a color splash,
too, if he wanted to do so,
let's glance back through
the centuries to see what the
well-dressed man of yester-
years wore. In other words,
let's stage an Easter fashion
parade, masculine model,
and forget for a moment
Milady and her finery.
When man first began to justify
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faster is almost here
- and, of course, there's
going to be plenty of talk in
the newspapers and else
where about the new raiment
in which Milady will array
herself for the annual Easter
morning parade. IT'S al
ways thus-Easter finery in
terpreted in terms of its fem
mime wearerS.
So, for a change, why not
talk a bit about clothes (al-
ways an appropriate subject
around Easter time) in terms
of their use for masculine