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The Washington times., 1937-11-26
Engagement
Announced

The engagement of Miss SUI
san Doty Griesemer, daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. Douglas Griese-
mer, of Chevy Chase, Nd, to
Arthur D. Thomas, jr., was
announced at a Thanksgiving
Day dinner party yesterday at
the home Of her parents. Miss
Griesemer attended school in
Chevy Chase and the Wheelock
School in Boston, from which
she was graduated in 1895. Her
father is an executive of the
American Red Cross.
Mr.. Thomas is the son of Mr..
and Mrs. Arthur D. Thomas, of
Glen Ridge, N. j. He attended
school at Andover Academy and
Columbia University. He is now
engaged in business with his
father in New York.
~
Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph w. Ohm
stead, Of Boise, Idaho, are here
for a few weeks and are staying
at the Roosevelt Hotel
The Washington times., 1937-11-26
Holiday Guests

The Assistant Secretary of
Commerce and Mrs. Ernest G..
Draper had as guests at
Thanksgiving dinner in their
Shoreham apartment, Mr.. and
Mrs. George T. Gilman and Mr..
ard Mrs. Dudlow Gilman Of
New York City. The MessrS.
Gilman are Mrs. Draper's sons.
X 4 X
Representative and Mrs. Fred
erick Cummings have opened
their apartment at the RooSe-
velt Hotel after having spent the
past two months at their home
"a Fort Collins, Colorado.
The Washington times., 1937-11-26
PETER CARTER
Says

The Carroll Noells who have recently,
moved into charming and very new
house, are still laughing over confusion of words which
ended in amusing incident and at the particular time
the incident occurred took large of humor to appre
ciae it. 1t seems that Carroll describing the various
gadges and improvements this house to his pretty wife,
mentioned the words ar conditioned Several weeks later
when the Noes had moved and it the very torrd part
of September Carroll asked Mrs NOEL what had become of
their electric fans.
Mrs NOEL didn't right away, and finally she in
formed Carroll that she had given them all away. Carroll
thinking of the very nice collection of fanspedesta evo
ing and on-groaned and weakly inquired why's" Be-
you said the air conditioned promptly
torted Mrs Noe Then all out What Carroll had
ferred to by the words ar conditioned had been
tangled ventilation system which, while it did COOL most
phacaly did condition Tin the cold comfortable
he nevvho
The Washington times., 1937-11-26
Service Chiefs
To Entertain
Guests
BY Flora Macdonald

T h ey' all be
there, W h e n the
Army mule and the Navy
goat are led on the Municipal
Stadium in Philadelphia to-
morrow. Those who just
wouldn't miss the annual
service classic have had their
plans made for weeks and
bright and early tomorrow
morning carloads of passen-
gers will pull out of Union
Station, bound for the
Quaker City. Many, many
more are motoring up to
cheer their favorite team to
victory.
Always a colorful spectacle
is this game, with the pa
rades preceding the main
event" and the spectators
sporting gayly-colored robes
to keep out the chill breezes.
Woodrings' Guests
The Secretary of War and
Mrs. Woodring are football
enthusiasts and have seen
many games during the fall
season. Tomorrow they will
have with them in their box
Mrs. Henry A. Wallace, wife
of the Secretary of Agricul-
ture, and her daughter, Miss
Jean Wallace; the former
Secretary of War and Mrs.
Patrick J. Hurley; Mrs.
Harry Baxter, daughter of
the late Secretary of War,
Mr.. George Dern, Mr.. and
Mrs. Emil Hurja and the
secretary's aide, Capt. Will
liam Ritchie. They are
making the trip by train and
will have a buffet luncheon
en- route before being de-
posted so conveniently
right beside the sta6;-lm.
Mrs. Claude Swanson, wife Of
the Secretary of the Navy,
claims that, despite the youth of
the Navy players, they will put
up a stiff fight for the high
score tomorrow. With her will
be Associate Justice and Mrs.
Owen ]. Roberts, Mrs. Woodrow
Wilson, the Naval Attache of the
British Embassy and Mrs. F. C.
Bradley, Mrs. Frank Jack F1et-
cher, the Secretary's Aide, Capt.
John r. Beardall and Mrs. Bear.
dali: Mrs. Swanson's son, Mr..
Douglas Hall. Mr.. and Mrs.
Francis Michael Doyle, of Phila-
delphia, will join the party at
the stadium.
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1937-12-31
BLIND VETERAN HAS NEVER SEEN DAYTON BUT
HE KNOWS LONG ROUTE-PSYCHIC POWER

Totally blind Parson Ted Wilson
draws upon his memory Of dream
and a knowledge Of mathematics to
20 TO town
Almost daily he walks from the
National Military home to Main, via
Third street, unassisted, except ~
his dream
some years ago, the parson says,
Dayton's geographic layout was re-
vealed to him III dream That's
his explanation Of why he can tell
you there's d tall monument al Main
and Monument, that the City build s
ing is on the east side Of Main.
The Negro World War veteran
says he supplements this knowledge
with u bit Of practical mathematics
lie, for instance, knows he must
make only 255 steps at measured
gait and follow geometric pattern
Of curves and turns to get from the
Col. Harris building TO the home s
soda grill.
Those who have watched Wilson
getting around arc able to anticipate
his turns. He always proceeds to a
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1937-12-31

former college professor who has
entered the insurance field and is
making an enviable success. Mr..
Baumgardner, educated at Allen,
Lincoln (Pa.), Ohio State and Har-
ward, was professor Of education
and psychology at Allen University
in his native city, Columbia, Sc,
before going to Pilgrim Health and
Life Insurance Company, Augusta
Ga, as director Of publicity. The
first test Of the new insurance ex-
ecutive came last May when he was
placed in charge Of promoting the
National Negro Insurance Associa-
ton annual meeting in Augusta, Of
which his chief, Hon w, S. Horns
by, general manager Of Pilgrim, was
president. BY formal vote of the
co invention, Professor Baumgardner
did swell job. lCalvin service)
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1937-12-31
HEAD OF NATIONAL
NEGRO BUSINESS LEAGUE
OPTIMISTIC ON 1888
c. c. SPAULDING PRAISES ALL CLASSES
OF BUSINESS AFTER PERSONAL. SURVEY
Long Tour From New Orleans TO Chicago
And New York Is Ended With Proof that
Race Is Making Good in Many New
Lines; Better Management

NEW YORK (CS Flash Pres
ident G. G. Spaulding Of the Nation
al Negro Business League arrived
here Saturday bubbling over with
optimism and enthusiasm for Negro
business III the New Year, as he
completed a tour which he began
i'll the early fall and has taken by
easy stages, visiting New Orleans,
Atlanta, Montgomery. Birmingham,
Memphis, Chicago, Pittsburgh, Wash
ington, Richmond, Philadelphia, and
several other cities making per
sonal survey of business conditions
among the race
Looking the picture Of health, and
saying he never felt better because
he is SO happy over the concrete
evidences Of business Improvement
which he noted among Negroes
everywhere he went. Mr. Spaulding
talked freely and at length Of his
findings
Il was especially impressed with
the progress Of small businesses
among our people, said the Bust
ness League head. "Of especial
note are bus and taxi companies
grocery stores, habadashery stores,
meat markets and filling stations
Negroes arc finding out that if they
are QUALIFIED, they can compete
with anybody else in business.
81 Great Year
"In my opinion continued Mr.
Spaulding, l'the year 1897 will qt
down in history as one of the best
Negroes have ever had in business
There seems to be general reviva
Of confidence, and the New Year
holds still greater opportunity fol
those who gill subscribe 70 sopNII Z
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1937-12-31
Calvin Lists "Distinc-
tive Press Achieve
ments" of '37

NEW YORK {C) Floyd j. Cal
vim, editor Of Calvin's Newspaper
Service, 143 West l25th Street, lists
the following ten Distinctive Press
Achievements" Of 1887:
1. Afro-American installs giant
quadruple Imperial Goss press.
2. Chicago Defender introduces
color photo work.
3 Pittsburgh Courier sells $500
copies of Joe Louis fight extra to
whites.
4. Black Dispatch, Oklahoma
City, refuses white union demand
that new press be run by whites.
S. Louisville Leader moves into
spacious new home on Goth anniver-
sary
6. Calvin's Newspaper Service
first colored syndicate listed by
Editor & Publisher.
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1937-12-31
SPUR CLUB
-itl
GIVES IT'S
ANNUAL BALL IN

DAYTON In a gala holiday at
mos phern members III the spur So
Hi club presented their annual
FORMAL christmas ball Monday night
81 Inc ballroom of the Palace theatre
alllding. Several hundred guests
Including members of Dayton and
,ut Of town social sets gathered for
Ie occasion which marked another
6rtlliant presentation for the club.
Golered lights ii the candelabras
aVo an impression Of the guletide
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1937-12-31
HALF HARLEM
LIVES BELOW US.
SCALE, FEDERAL
SURVEY SHOWS

NEW YORK (CNA )-One-four
of the families in New York City,
richest city in the world, receives
wages of less than $50 a week. and
half of the Negro families live on
SIG week or less, according to
survey made public this week by
Isador Lubin, Commissioner Of Labor
Statistics at Washington.
For 1886, the survey showed
that $1,814 was the maximum an
nual income Of half of the native
white families in New York City,
with fully one-quarter of the fami--
lies living on less than $1,000
year.
Negro families Jared even worse.
At income levels as low as $500
year, they paid higher average rents
than whites as result Of racial dis
elimination enforced by landlords
and making it impossible for them to
move freely from one section of the
city to another to take advantage of
lower rents.
"At all income levels from $500 to
$4,000 Negroes paid higher aver
age rent than white families the
report said. Among both native
white and Negro families having
more than $500 income, families of
business and professional groups
spent more for rent than families of
wage earners and clerical workers at
the same income level"
1t was found that ownership of
home was rare. Less than five native
white families and one in sixteen
native Negro families owned their
own homes.
More than % per cent Of the
working class families in New York,
Negro and white, were so poor that
they hal to depend on relief at one
time or another during the period
Of the survey.
"The principal money income Of
dis per cent of the native Negro
families was derived from wage
Garner occupations, Z the report de-
clared. "Their median income was
s1,266. Clerical, and business and
professional occupations provided
the chief source of income for about
Id per cent Of these families. The
highest median income, $1,984, was
received by families Of clerical
workers
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1937-12-31
PATROLMAN
GETS WORK
HOUSE TERM
HELD TO GRAND JURY
ON ANOTHER CHARGE

CINCINNATI Robert
Moore, 948 West Eighth Street now
under suspension, was sentenced
Friday by Municipal Judge Samuei
w. Bell to serve year and month
in the city workhouse, when con-
vlcted on charges Of pointing fir
arms and assault and battery. On
the charge Of assault to kill, Moore
was ordered held for grand jury
investigation when he waived exam
ination. His bond on this charge
was set at $4,000.
Attorney Harry Williams obtained
twenty-day stay Of execution 70
appeal the convictions. Judge Bell
ordered $4,000 bond on the appeal.
Sanauel Montgomery, 613 West
Eighth Street, charged Moore with
assault to kill and pointing firearms.
He and other witnesses testified
Moore took him from the Laurel
Homes sxojeet and beat him on the
head and face with his revolver This
was after Moore had been suspended
for conduct unbecoming an officer,
leaving his beat and using an auto
mobile without the owners consent.
Montgomery said Moore forced
him to go to the home of Elsie Jones,
1880 Mound Street, woman. In
Montgomery's presence Moore also
beat the woman. Jealousy was
blamed for the attacks.
Moore is still to be tried BY City
Manager G, Q. Sheriff..
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1937-12-31

BUSINESS PRlN6IPl. .lsS' Nh
spaulding stressed che sound basi
ness principles because, he saia
that Il most important
Like Other race etonps the
noted executive went 81. esoe
are learning II budget Inene# ant
reifNest part of thoa. tnplu a
g peipetuate thc busDe ! foain
less money being Spout 81 our bli@i
ness people, II automobile aad ofll
er pleasure and mofe bong po4
back into the buslness % mako tic
busine more proh6abIo
lausine for 4 moment. and caro-
fully considering his statement Ne
Spauding said pontedls There
have been fewer hreakdoW9ls ii Ne
gro business tllis yeal il faet very
few failures i'm convinced that
this IS The result 81 hotter business
personnel, and more intelligence ii
management
Life Insurance Improves
Turning 70 life Insurance, il
which Mr.. SpaQlding 81 ~ oltstald
ing figure, hc aid. Since life ina
j surance is the Target business oper-
ated bv Negroes, h'tEine about S2e,-
100000 invested sin insurance o.
savings funds, we are learning thai
there - more to life insurance thai
mortality rate table, medical solu-
tions, commissions. etc All COM
panies are improving but are alst
teaching thrift, economy, health, ete
Life insurance III d very human busi-
ness" The thirty odd companie.
which are members Of the Nationa
| Negro Insurance Association, he said
have made the largest collection
J lcontiHaed on page twol
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1937-12-31
GEORGE SCHUYLER NOW
CRISIS BUSINESS MGR.

NEW YORK George s. Schuyler,
eolumnist and magazine writer IS
on the staff Of The Crisis magazine
as part-time business manager, i
was announced here this week BY
Roy Wilkins, editor OF the Crisis.
Mr.. Schuyler is in the Office a por
ton of each week on work designed
to increase the circulation of The
Crisis and secure additional adver-
tising for it.
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1937-12-31
HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL!
Calvin Selects 10 Best Stories of 81

2. Floyd ]. Calvin serves Is days
as Federal publicity expert.
3. Ralph Matthews Of Afro
American sets records as most pro
life race journalist.
9. Atlanta World passes fifth
year as daily.
0. Amsterdam News exposed
New York Hospital leaving Mrs. w.
6. Handy in ambulance deathly Ill
because Of color.
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1937-12-31
CALVIN SERVICE

---
NEW YORK co Floyd j. Cal
vim, editor Of Calvin's Newspaper
Service, l43 West 125th Street, Sc
lects the following as the ten best
stories Of 1887:
/. Joe Louis won world heavy
weight championship.
p Four scottsboro boys freed
in Alabama.
.InIssa3ans splou aunqaea ,slN e
race convention in Washington.
A. RE. Clement named president
Continued on page two)
The Washington times., 1937-01-09

gree at Columbia and became an
English instructor at New York
University. This failed to take up
all his time and he began writing
on the side, finally coming into
the public eye with the appearance
Of Massacre" in 1881. That, as
certain people in Washington will
recall, was the book that caused
a reorganization Of the Govern
ment's handling of Indian affairs.
Hollywood turned it into a movie
and Gessner went west to lend
helping hand.
All of which is a pretty sane,
average and normal endorsement
for the man who sets himself to
answering such questions as HAS
anti7Semitism worked in Ger
many" What is life like inIthe
ghettos of Poland?" why is there
no anti-Semitism in Fascist Italy?"
rs Palestine the answer to the
problem of the JewS?" What is
the lot of Jews in Soviet RusSia?"
and why do some people in
America hate Jews?"
C"Some OF my Best Friends Are
Jews" by Robert Gessner. Illus
trated with photographs by the
author. Published by Farrar and
Rinehart.)
The Washington times., 1937-01-09
Neighborhood
Impressions

Moving may be all very well in
its way. but the gentleman who
traded his somewhat dilapidated
and damp, old-fashioned mansion
20 miles from anywhere, for the
up-to-date, succeed villa on Our
Avenue" felt pretty sick when the
van mped his Chippendale
chairs down in the muddy quag-
mire fronting No. IL.
What the gentleman thought he
wanted was a bandIbox model vii
lage. What he got was a taste of
life in a conventional middle class
suburb. His cherished Nell Gwyn
desk made no impression on his
neighbors who preferred the COM
forts of modern bamboo.
He was not, he insisted, IAN ex-
eitable man." He had made a very
good job of living alone after los
ing the woman he loved. but that
was before he came to "Our Ave
nue." and learned about life from
the furious ringing of his doorbel.
All that occurs. and a great
deal does. is related by Ruby M.
AyreS whose amusing study of the
bachelor who collected antiques Is
by far one Of the brightest bits Of
writing she's done.
'NOur Avenue" the story Of what
went on in the neighborhood, as
told by Ruby M. Ayres. Published
by Arcadia,
The Washington times., 1937-01-09

manfred P. Peel. Mr.. Peel's Of
feringS which consist in the main
of a series Of studies in the nude
are distinct examples Of his highly
developed technique.
In order to give the interested
observer some hints as to how to
procure similar results, Mr.. Peel
includes directions as to just what
steps are necessary in this variety
of work. He also sets forth de-
scriptionS and comments on each
photograph and explains what
prompted the study.
Two Of the smaller pictures
would stump the most careful OBJ
server without the aid Of his de-
scription. and are perhaps the
only trick" shots in the book.
Although . knowledge of the
fine points Of photography is
necessary to gain the fullest ap-
probation of his work, the grace
Of MS subjects and the true touch
Of the artist make the majority
Of his photographs extremely in
teresting to even q casual OBJ
server.
C"Shadowless Figure Portrai.
ture," by Fred P. Peel, and the
Leica Annual, two books Of photo
graphs published by Galleon
Press, Inc0
The Washington times., 1937-01-09

Farrar and Rinehart, the pub
fishers, put forth the claim that
this book is even more import
ant for Gentle than Jewish read
erS."
Mr.. Gessner spent three years
gathering his material and photo
graphs together and If you are at
all interested in world events
you'll look on Some Of My Best
Friends Are Jews" as an exciting
chronic of our life and times.
Mr.. Gessner is very much a
part Of the local scene. He was,
as he says, born on block in
Americas Main Street, that ire
mendous highway just across
from the Statue OF Liberty and
running past the front door OF
every American family"
His family was American, both
his parents Jewish and his house
on "the respectable side Of the
railroad tracks" He grew up
without any unusual racial con
Sciousness.
He attended the University Of
Michigan where, to quote the
book jacket, "he was President OF
the Oratorical Society and the
Debating Club and editor of the
humorous magazine. The Gar
goyle.'"
Later he took his masters de
The Washington times., 1937-01-09
The Best
Sellers
FICTION

FICTION
Gone with the Wind
Margaret Mitchell Macmillan
Drums Along the Mohawk
walter d. EdmOndS little
Yang and Yin
Alice TiSdals Hobart BObbs
Laughing Gas
p. G. WOdebOuEs Doubleday
Honorable Estate
Vera Britain Macmillan
Honor Bright
Frances Parkinson Ksyes MeADnSs
NoNFICTIoN
Nine Old Men
Pearson and AHeS Doubleday
In the Steps of St. Paul
n. v. Morton pOdd
The Bible
Ernest Sutherland Bates RimoaS
Jefferson in Power
Claude g. Bowers HOUghtoa
Audubon
Constance RouFke HarcOurt
Boswell's Tour to the Heb
rides
Sanuel johnson, LID. Viking
The Washington times., 1937-01-09

"saulsburE Cathedral" by Con-
stable.
Courtyard" by De Hoech.
Portrait Of q Girl (Savaza
Garcia)" by Goys.
la Ferne a au Soleil," by Hob
lena.
woman Sewing" by Valesquez.
San ndefonSo Of Toledo" by El
Greco.
"st. Martin and Beggar," by El
Greco.
Portrait of Old Lady" by Franz
Halls.
nicholas Berghun." by Franz
Halls.
Lady Carolina Howard" by
Reynolds.
Madonna and Child With In
FAINT st. John" and Landscape" by
Titan.
Portrait Of a Man (Andrea
FranchecD" by Titan.
"King of Spain," by Goya.
Queen of Spain" by Goya.
Man and Dog" by More.
Intruder Qnterior)" by Menthu.
Portrait of a Young Man in a
Red Coat" by Vellini.
Man in Fur Coat (Portrait Of
Donor)" by Michael.
Portrait of a Lady Girl in
Green DreSS>" by Titan.
Alexander Hamilton" by Trum.
bull.
George washington" by Stuart
The Washington times., 1937-01-09

ThIrty-three paintings from the
brushes Of Mrs. Philip coffin,
Mrs. Frank Let's and Col. Fitz-
maurice Day are now on view fol
lowing an opening tea on Wednes-
day, which was attended by mem
berS Of the British Embassy.
The paintings run the gamut
from flowery landscapes to shabby
tumble-down alley homes with lit
tie colored children playing under
lamp posts.
Landscapes
The landscapes Of Colonel Day
are lovely things, very decorative
and pretty. Each Of the pictures
is done with a distinctive neatness
and exactness. His Canadian
scene is a beautiful picture, and
the Hawaiian landscape, with low
hanging palm trees and a quiet
set washing on the shore, Is one
of the prettieSt in the exhibition.
Two of Colonel Days paintings
are snow scenes, of a beautiful
and indescribable whiteness. He
has managed to achieve a strlK-
ing effect with dark tree limbs
against a background OF blush
white sunlit snow.
Mrs. Coggin'S water colors are
of a different type altogether. She
turns to interiors of the better
homes and the exteriorS OF shackS.
Modern Trend
Her technique is one Of the in
definite outline order, with q
more or less washy texture to her
water color, a practice which is
growing more and more popular
with modern artists.
one of her paintings is parti-
cularly attractive, a dark dismal
scene on a Washington street,
where & downpour OF rain has
made the sidewalks glisten.
Mrs. Let's has a fondness for
the farmhouse scene on a day
when the sun is doing its best
to make everything look cheerful
and bright. She likes the rolling
country and the blue sky.
The exhibition of the trio Of
artists will continue through
The Washington times., 1937-01-09
.repressible
BLackShirt'

In the course Of time Monsieur
Blackshirt" has been threatened
by every death known to readers
Of romantic fiction. He has, in
short, braved them all from strang-
ulation In dungeons to boiling in
hot oil. But somehow, he always
comes back.
You may remark lightheartedly
that it must be the gypsy in him
and 1t is the gypsy in him, for. all
fooling aside, the irrepreSsible
Blackshirt (made famous by
David Graeme) is direct descend
ant of the gypsy girl his Swagger-
ing ancestor wooed and won in
the early days Of France.
This newest record Of his ex-
ploits is called 1.-THE Sword Of Mon
Sieur BlackShirt." At this stage OF
the tale, Henri Of Navarro is defy
ing the Huguenots on the throne
of France. The Catholics are call
ing Henri a ''heretic" and the
Huguenots believe him to be q
Huguenot still for all his court
intrigueS.
AS David Graeme expresses It
Prom the Channel to the Medi-
terranean, from the Alps to the
Pyrenees, there were rumors OF
plot and counterplot." Noble
warred with noble for private gain
or enmity.
No man trusted his neighbor.
thus evolving a situation practi-
cally cut to order for the adven-
tureous Raoul de Rohan, known
to addicts of cloak-and-Sword ro-
nance as Monsieur Blackshirt.
He is also known as one who
fears neither devil nor man. king
nor commoner. A Swordsn1an no
toriouS for his cunning, willing to
sell his blade to the highest bidder
and able to protect that bidder to
the last ditch.
In other words, Monsieur Black
shirt, sometimes called Monsieur
lie Noir, sometimes Raoul de
Rohan, remains unchanged. Mr..
Graeme has only altered his story
to satisfy those who clamor to go
on reading about him.
C"The sword of Monsieur Black
/ shirt" by David Graeme. Pub,
lished by LippincottJ
The Washington times., 1937-01-09
New Exhibits
Attract

At the Studio House, the satiric
drawings Of Aaron Sopher are
evoking chuckles and varied social
comment.
The water colors and ceramics
Of WPA artistS which are being
shown at the Public Library,
Eighth and K Streets Northwest,
are not only attractive but excel
lently executed.
At the Mt. Pleasant Library
Branch, thS work OF the Washing.
ton Society OF EtcherS is being
shown, and two exhibitions Of the
Landscape Club are on view-ons
at the Northeastern Branch Of the
library, Seventh Street and Mary
land Avenue Northeast, and the
Southeastern Branch.