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DOOQle anu AODd
Dabba" had much to do
with the popularity of
these numbers :. New
est title in this style is
"A Tisket A Tasket, "
don't ask US what it
meansD from the work
shop of Ella Fitzgerald
and Al Feldman.
Six. Years a Great
SongWriter
In the passing of
James Weldon Johnson
in an automobile acct
dent in Maine, America
lost one of its most
gifted writer's of songs.
Though a man of ex-
ceDtiOnal and varied
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Social and Personal
. ST. PAUL .

opening meeting of the fall season
in the sub-auditorium of st. Peter
Claver Church. The following of
ficers were elected to head the
group for this year: Jeanne Can
non, project; Iona Mason, vice
project; Peggy Aparico, secturay;
Bernadine Anderson, assistant Sec
turary; Pauline Ray, treasurer;
Bernadine Anderson, social chair
man, and Faye Schuck, program
chairman.
Sterling Club Cabaret Dance
"The moon is on the pumpkin,
So now we're not a jOkin', Come
out and join the crowd, to help and
make us proud" Cabaret and
Dance, will be given, October 6, at
the Sterling Club by the Auxiliary.
Call Elk. 1896, by October A, for
reservatiOns.-Adv.
Thank You
Thank you cards are in the mail
this week from Mr.. and Mrs.
Richey Adams for their lovely we'd
ding gifts from friends.
Theodore Simmons Vacations
Mr.. Theodore Simmons of 486
St. Anthony Avenue returned re-
Gently from a trip to Chicago,
Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, and New
York, where he visited relatives
and friends. He reports wonder
full trips.
Mrs. C. D. Jones Entertains
Mrs. C. D. Jones of 1473 Charles
Street entertained Tuesday, Sep
TENDER 20, complimentary to Rev.
and Mrs. W. D. Carter of Pasadena,
California. Other guests included
Mrs. Charles P. Tyler, Mr.. and Mrs.
L. b. Cook, Mr.. and Mrs. B. F. Ed
wards, Mrs. Birdie High, and Mrs.
Martha Diggs. p
On Reception Committee
Mr.. Bismarck C. Archer of 314
N. Western Avenue was a member
of the reception committee for the
recent Postmasters' Convention
which convened in st. Paul.
Credjafawn POw=WOw
About forty friends and members
of the Credjafawn Social Club
journeyed out to Phalen Park, Sat-
urday, September "a, for a Pow
Wow and Moonlight Picnic. An en-
joyable evening was spent.
Banks Anniversary
Mr.. and Mrs. John L. Banks of
344 N. Dale Street will celebrate
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The Campfire Girls of Halle @.
Brown House held their first meet
ing for the fall season on Monday
afternoon. All the girls are en-
Unused and plans are being made
for pow WOW Monday evening
at Thompson Park. Election of
officers took place and the follow
ing girls are the officers for the
ensuing year: President, Eloise
Vassar; secretary, Iris Brown;
treasurer, jeanette Woods; scribe,
Eunice Grant, and chairman of
social committee, Mary Herrod.
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T. Cts this woman that called
at my home Monday morning still
meeting my husband and having an
affair with him?
Ans: No. His youthful heart
fails to get excited any longer
when in her presence. In other
words he has lost interest in
this particular party and you need
not worry any more about his wan
dering astray.
N. M. W.-Will the old gentle
man I have in mind mean me any
good?
Ans: It is possible for you to
arrange to work for this party if
you like he doesn't mean any
harm. I believe you would be hap
pier to get a regular job with good
pay elsewhere you would profit
more in the long run.
l. D.-Please tell me why my
mother will not help me any more ?
I don't think that she loves me ?
Ans: She loves you all right .
that's why she wants you to learn
to depend on yourself. Your mother
feels that a woman of 80 years of
age should be able to make her
own way in the world. Show her
that you can and she will certainly
take more interest in you.
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MINNEAPOLIS

The Neighborhood Bridge Club
met with Mrs. Ed Stewart of 2915
Columbus Ave-, on Monday, Sept.
26th. Mrs. DIN Wells won first
prize, Mrs. Tom Carroll second, and
Mrs. Charles Noble third. Mrs.
Clarence Mccullough won the guest
prize.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. S. Thompson
and daughter, Sherelle, of Evans
ton, ILL.,, were the house guests this
past week of Mr.. and Mrs. C. W.
Smith, 2201 Fifth Ave. So. The
two couples motored to Duluth over
the weekend. Mr.. Thompson is
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A. C.-Will I enjoy my trip to
Houston this fall?
Ans: Enjoy getting away but
you won't have the kind of time
you contemplate having. The
change will do you a world Of good
and you should go ahead and make
the trip.
C. R.-Ten me if I will ever have
any luck with men? Also will I
ever live with my husband again
and will he always be such fool ?
Ans: Just because you have had
a few bad breaks in life doesn't
necessarily mean that all men are
alike. Your husband won't mean
anything more to you. Make up
your mind to forget him and you
will be able to make a few nice
friends and another marriage is in
dicated for you.
M. L. D.-Please tell me if I
will get the home built as I have
planned and will I be successful
with it?
Ans: The home will be built as
you have planned and you will meet
with success. There is going to
be some delay before you can be-
gin your home and again it will
take longer to complete it than you
now anticipate. You will be well
pleased with the place once it is
finished.
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ing three weeks as the house guests
of Mrs. Singleton's mother and
father, Mr.. and Mrs. Emmett Hixon
of GIG Fuller Avenue. Mr.. Single
ton is a professor in the School of
Business Administration at Vir-
ginia State College, and Mrs.
Singleton wilma Mayo) is secre-
tary in one of the several offices
there.
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Mrs. Paiya Entertained

Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Curry, 800 E.
36th St., entertained Mrs. Paiya
with a Gumbo supper. Covers were
laid for sixteen. The evening was
spent in playing Pokeno and
Bridge. Mrs. Audrey Mccullough
won the Pokeno prize. Mrs. Nellie
Mccullough won the first Bridge
prize, and Mr.. Leo Bohanon, the
second Bridge prize. Each guest
received guest prize. Mrs. Nellie
Mccullough and Mrs. Mildred
Rutherford, aunt of Mrs. C. w.
Washington, were the other honor
guests present.
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Ff5gR6S& Is : 4s@9gg.6&:
BIZ Z0UIS REID
(Mnsic Features C Photo SgndtcGte)

from, 1900 to 1906. HoloeUer, dur
ing this short span, he became,
acith his partners, comprising his
brother j. RosGntond Johnson and
Bob Cole, famous UGIdeUillian, the
tOp-ranking 10riter OF American
popular ntHsic. The trio set up shop
In Tin Pan Alley, developed the
technique of playing and singing
and subsequently selling = their
pieces to the leading stars of the
day.
Their songs became identified
with such personalities as Anna
Held, for whom they wrote THE
Maiden with the Dreamy Eyes;
Lillian Russell, whom they sup
piled with "The Maid of Timbuc-
too; Bert Williams, who sang their
my Castle on the Nile" and Marie
Cahill, who made their Congo Love
Song" famous. But their most popu-
lar songs-they were the rage of the
nation for many months - were
"Ohl Didn't He Ramble," which
was written for the famous n1;nstrel,
George Primrose, and Under the
Bamboo Tree"
James Weldon Johnson-he was
the lyrist of the trio-did not con-
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The Blue Birds elected the fol-
lowing officers at their first meet
ing of the season: Martha Hill
yard, president; Doris Hayden, vice
president; Marjorie Brown, secre-
tary; Maxine Worthington, treas
urer. A pow WOW at Keller Lake
has been planned by the group for
Friday, Sept. 80. Members of the
club are: Gloria O'Neal, Maxine
Worthington, Doris Hayden, Anna
Woods, Jean Cannon, Pauline Ray,
Marjorie Brown, Martha Hilyard,
Shirley Jones, Margaret Brown,
Constance Jones, Omar Fassett,
Lois Milsap, Alma Camp, Barbara
Vaudeville, LaVerne Vaudeville.
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Hottest of the fiddlers is said to be
Ray Venuti. Who is the coolest?
It is not an uncommon sight in
recording studios to see an orches-
ira composed equally of white and
colored musicians making discs. /. :.
No Worlds Fair ditty is yet within
earshot. Larry Clinton, song
writing bandleader, takes about two
hours to write his tunes but spends
months thinking up the right title.
i. It's often the title that turns a
song into a popular craze. Gin
tons tongue-tickling titles, "Dipsy
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By Estyr L. Bradley
$50 st. Anthony Ave.

Mr.. Louis Day, 422 Charles, is
confined to the U. S. Veterans Fort
Smelling Hospital. He has been
confined there for three weeks.
Rev. and Mrs. A. R. Parks, Oska-
loosa, Iowa, spent the weekend
here at the home of Mrs. Parks
father, who returned home after
three months visit with Rev. and
Mrs. Parks. At the conference in
Davenport, Iowa, Rev. Parks was
ordained Elder, and has been re-
turned to his former pastorate in
Oskaloosa to complete his church
building program.
Mrs. Cecilia Randales of Chicago
is the house guest of her brother
and sister-in-law, Mr.. and Mrs.
Herbert Bonner of 541 Rondo St.
She is also visiting her sister and
brother-in-law, Mr.. and Mrs. Harry
Hopkins. Mrs. Randales is ,leav-
ing Friday, Sept. 80, for her home
Mr.. and Mrs. M. Ballard of Ell
w. Central are the proud parents
of a six pound boy edward Jar
ret) born Sept. 8, 1888. Mother
and baby are DOING fine.
Mrs. Minnie Gardner and son,
John Fowler, of Marshalltown,
Iowa, have been the house guests
of Mr.. and Mrs. J. II. Reasby, 462
Rondo.
Mrs. Mary Anderson of 454
Rondo st. was taken to Ancker
Hospital, Sept. goth, where she re-
mains seriously i'll.
Dunbar P. Gibson Here
Mr.. Dunbar P. Gibson (Bootley
P. BROWN, senior medical student
at Howard University, Washing
ton, D. c., was in the City for two
days last week on account of the
serious illness of his grandmother,
Mrs. Mae Yeiser of 852 st. An
thony Avenue who is confined to
the Northern Pacific Hospital. Mr..
Gibson was accompanied on the
trip here by his fiancee, Miss Mil
dred H. Knox, student in dietetics
at Howard University, and her sis
ter, Miss Virginia Knox. Mr.. Glib
son and the Misses Knox motored
here from the Knox home at Ann
Arbor, Michigan, where he had
been visiting for two weeks. While
in the city they were the house
guests of Mr.. Gibson's stepmother,
Mrs. Cora Gibson.
Children of Mary
The Children of Mary held their
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Mr.. John A. (Blondie) Barker
and Mrs. Beatrice Hagen Brown
were added to the membership roll.
The next regular meeting of the
club will be Wednesday, October 5,
at the home of Mrs. Theodore Allen
of 996 Iglehart Avenue.
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terrain it's friends at a Pow-Wow,
Saturday, October list, at Hidden
Falls. A cocktail hour will precede
the pow-wow at 8 p. m. at the start
ing point, the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
Artie E. Boyd of TIC Rondo Street.
Singletons Return Home
Prof. and Mrs. George G. Single
ton of Petersburg, Virginia, have
returned to their home after spend
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mont, exas.
Most en-
thusiastic of rnu-
steal mariners is
Guy Lombardo.
For years he
has lived on his
cabin cruiser
during the sum-
n1er months. -.
No one can sing
a blues song
more enticingly
than Frances
I,anpford.
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talents-he had served his country
in consular positions in South and
Central America, had won wide
prestige as an educator, a poet,
lawyer and crusader for the Negro
race-it is as a songwriter he will
be chiefly remembered by his fellow
Americans.
TST
And get his career as q maker OF
popular melody 1OGS brief one. 1t
1DdS confined IOithin sic gears
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CIVIC AND SOCIAL GROUP

The Young Women's Social and
Civic Club met September 81 with
Mrs. B. Duke, 6S8 Carroll Avenue.
Refreshments were served.
Mrs. A. Grigsby, president, 967
st. Anthony Avenue, will be hostess
at the next meeting. Mrs. G..
Scroggins is secretary.
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to popular songs. With
his brother. who had
been graduated from the
Boston Conservatory of
Music, he wrote a hymn.
Lift Every Voice" rec
ognized today as the ma
tional anthem of the
Negro. He also prepared
the English version Of
the libretto of the
grand opera, "Goyescas."
which was produced by
the Metropolitan Opera
Company in 1915. He
retired from Broadway
in 1906 when Theodore
Roosevelt appointed him
u s. Consul at Puerto
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CabeIlO, Venezuela.
49,
Until his death he n1diHtained his
d6fliation 1oith the American So
ciety of Composers, Authors and
Publishers, in 10hich he 10GS ono
of the Understanding members,
though in late gears his lffe had
been devoted to education, serving
as Professor of CreGtive Literature
at Fisk University and VfSiting pro-
lessor of the same subject at NeI0
YOrE; University.
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Myrtle WormIey in Atlanta

Myrtle WOrmley in Atlanta
Miss Myrtle Wormley, daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Wormley,
800 E. 36th ST., began teaching Art
Education at Washington High
School, in Atlanta, Georgia, on
Sept. z, 1888.
During the past summer, Miss
Wormley taught Art at the North
Carolina State College in Durham,
North Carolina.
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the brother of Mrs. Smith.
Mrs. Paiya of Seattle Visits

Mrs. Paiya of Seattle Visits
Mrs. Arlene English Paiya, Ur-
ban League representative from
Seattle, Wash, was a house guest
of Mrs. Audrey Mccullough, 3115
Columbus Ave. S., during the past
week. Mrs. Paiya left Sept. % for
Seattle. Mrs. Paiya came East to
attend the Urban League Confer
ence in Detroit. She also visited
friends in New York and Wash
ington, D. c.
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Social and Personal
g MEREFEAPOF1S .

] ton, 1920 goth Ave. s., and Mrs.
Rita Mcknight, $50 Fuller Ave-, in
st. Paul, MINI.
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Ultra Modern Club met at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. v. Robinson,
1888 Franklin Ave. Plans were
completed for their Inauguration
party. The next meeting will be
at Mr.. and Mrs. R. P. Hatchett,
1906 18th Ave. So.
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Ladies' Auxiliary of N. A. P. E.
Meets
The Ladies' Auxiliary of the Ma
tional Association of Postal EN-
ployees held it's regular monthly
meeting at the home of Mrs. W. C.
Jones, 1921 Aldrich Ave. S. The
next meeting will be held at the
home of Mrs. Robert Jones in st.
Paul.
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Mrs. Mary L. Seager Of 1921
Sixth Ave. No. is convalescing at
her home after a serious operation
which she underwent at Fairview
Hospital on Sept. 8. She may re-
ceive visitors.
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their eighth wedding anniversary,
Monday, October 3rd. -.
Mrs. E.. A. Chapman Ill

Mrs. E. A. Chapman of TOT st.
Anthony Avenue has been i'll for
the past week at st. Joseph's Hos
pital. She is much improved and
will return to her home this week.
Cameo to POw-WOw
The Cameo Social Club will en-
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OILY HILL, who wrote "The
ID Last Roundup" witnessed his
first roundup recently at Beau
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Mrs. Jessie Sheppard was hostess
at a delightful breakfast given
Sunday, Sept. 25, 1888, in honor
of Mrs. Paiya. Covers were laid
for ten.
Others who entertained Mrs.
Paiya were: Mrs. C. W. Washing
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James Weldon Johnson-he was
the lyrist of the trio-did not con-
Evening star., 1938-02-06

contracts, and unless the trumps have
been drawn. shows an ability to. run
the third round Of the suit. Against
suit contracts, however, it Is not nee
essary to confine the echo to declarer's
long side suit Let us assume declarer,
who Is playing four-spade contract,
has for some reason or other failed to
draw trumps. Among other cards,
dummy holds three hearts to the king,
and you hold doubleton heart. De-
clarer leads small heart from dummy
and puts up the queen. You imme-
diately start An echo to show your
doubleton, plus ability to ruff the third
round of the suit.
The trump echo, another useful de-
fenSiVe weapon, is somewhat different
Again let us assume that against q suit
contract you have opened doubleton;
your partner has won the first trick
with the ace and returned the suit
Declarer holds long trump suit
headed by ace-queen-j jack, but being
unable to enter dummy. is forced to
play the ace and follow with the
queen. You hold three small trumps,
but instead of following in the usual
order, you give a high-low echo to
show first that you hold another
trump, and. in addition, can ruff the
next lead Of the suit you have opened.
While the commonest use OF the
echo is simply to tell partner to con-
tinue with the suit that he has
opened, great discretion should be ex-
ercised. Against a heart contract, for
instance, partner opens the king of
diamonds. Dummy holds two small
and you five diamonds to the queen
ten-nine. Now you wish your partner
to cash his ace of diamonds, but If
you give highlow, he may lead q
third round. If this occurs and de-
clarer holds only two diamonds, he
will run the third round in dummy
and discard some loser from his hand.
The problem is solved by first play
ing the nine, encouraging partner to
continue diamonds, and on the play Of
Evening star., 1938-02-06

eight, an encouraging signal, and If
you obtain the lead. you return the
deuce, completing the echo.
Any one with even the slightest
knowledge of the game knows this
simple echo. But here is one a little
more complicated: Declarer is play
ing three no-trump, and dummy holds
a f1ve-card suit to the ng-queen- Jack
and no re-entry. You hold the six and
deuce-two apparently useless cards
But as the suit is led, you hrst play
the six, then echo with the deuce,
thereby informing partner that you
hold exactly two Of the suit. Thus, If
partner holds three to the ace, he will
hold up until the third round. Con-
versely, If you fail to echo, thereby
showing at least three cards Of the
suit, partner can safely win the Sec
ond trick.
This echo. used against a threaten
ing long suit, applies equally to suit
Evening star., 1938-02-06

the ace, following with the ten-a
command to shift suits.
To our knowledge this high-higher
signal has been given no name. But
its use is readily apparent-it COM
mands two leads of the suit followed
by shift.
The high-low echo can be used at
any stage Of the play to inform part
ner Of any one of three things: First,
that you hold strong suit which you
wish led; second, that you hold a
high card in suit, and, finally, that
you have the suit stopped An echo
merely to show an ace is generally poor
tactics as it gives declarer too much
Information, and should be made only
when your ace will take the setting
trick. Echoes to show a stopper In a
suit are used when declarer Is at
tempting q squeeze As one player
shows q stopper, his partner can let
go OF that suit, meanwhile guarding
one Of the other suits.
Summing up, the echo is used to
cover a multitude Of defensive situa-
tions that crop up frequently, and it
Is advisable for all players to master
its use.
(COpyright 193S)
Evening star., 1938-02-06

quently following with a lower card
of the same suit. Also called the
"high-low" signal, we will first take
up its uses against no-trump con-
tracts.
In its simplest form the echo SIM
ply means Come on" For example,
against no-trump, partner opens the
queen of suit in which you hold
either K-8-3-2 or 1882. Holding
either combination, you play the
Evening star., 1938-02-06
Copyright, 1889

The Four Aces will be pleased tn
answer letters from readers If a stamped
3c), self addressed envelope is inclosed
with each communication addressed to
II you desire the pocket outline of the
Four Aces system of contract bridge,
send with your request to the Four
C3cl. self-addressed large-size enyelope.
and you will receive an outline without
any charge
Evening star., 1938-02-06
Snake Busy Under Bed.

On getting into bed, farmer near
Rietbokspruit, South Africa, heard a
noise underneath and thought his cat
was having kittens, so started to doze.
Later the sound aroused him, he inves-
tigated and found large poisonous
snake trying to swallow a frog. The
farmer supported the frog in the argu-
ment, then resumed his slumbers.
Evening star., 1938-02-06

Echoes.
WHILE the echo is inherited from
the game of whist, its use in
the game of contract has been extend
ed to cover so many situations that
it Is undoubtedly the most potent
weapon available to the defending
side. Invented by Joseph B. Elwell. a
famous authority of his day, it con-
slsts of discarding a card of any de-
nomination whatsoever and SubSe-
Evening star., 1938-02-06
Winning Contract
Echoes.
By THE FOUR ACES.

LEADING Ds sn % M Ssy Ss ps ssRentsn s sm
Milford chronicle., 1938-04-08
NOTHING TO LAUGH ABOUT.

In q recent address. NJ. S. Rukey-
ser, financial commentator for the
International News Service, said:
There is no 'peddler' of service
knocking on the doors of the public
today who has as much to offer as
the life insurance salesman. We
have heard about the great evils OF
saIesmanship in the life insurance
business. but / firmly believe that
an evil which has converted sixty
four million people to the concept
of life insurance and that has been
responsible for the building up OF
$l1O, ,OO0, ,O0O. 900 of protection and
savings by the people Of the United
States, is in reality a gOdsend."
There are millions of widows and
children who would be in dire want
today-if the life insurance "peddler"
hadn't called on the head of the fam
lily when he was alive. The number
Of jokes concerning the life insur-
ance salesman must run into the
milliOns-but there's nothing to
laugh about when a man dies and
leaves dependents with nothing to
pay for food, rent and other necessi-
ties of life.