The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1938-12-31
Harlem Sketches

Ing met high type OF white wom-
anhood In q social way in the South
during school sessions tall on the
quiet. tho). the professor imagin-
ed all well dressed. pretty white
women were educated and refined.
He began discoursing about the
latest books. plays music and
world affairs. In answer to his
various queries the girl replied.
Sure. read books. get True
Stories every month. go 10 plays,
IN fact like to see gangster mo-
vies. and I Just adore music. I'm
called 'iitterbug by all my friends
because l 20 to hear every swell
band which comes 10 town. Her
senseless. inane chatter almost
drove the professor wild. so he left
her. a sadly disiilusioned man. He
later learned. 10 his chagrin, that
she was factory worker who came
10 Harlem each week TO get few
thrills out OF a humdrum life by
flirting with Negro men. Said he,
Il thought all white women were
high class because the white man
tries so hard to keep the colored
man away from them Said the
girl. THAT was The funniest color
ed man ever met. but be acted
nice even tho he talked funny. !
am sorry he did not ask me for a
date"
yE MITE LITER IN HARLEM:
Movie moguls have indicated that
in the new version OF the Thief
OF Bagdsd' both Sabu and Paul
Robson will be given stellar roles.
We hope il will not be another
Drums where the colored race Is
shown as traitors 10 their own
Shelton Brooks tSome OF These
Days. Is current al the Strand. 80.
Cab Galloway. June Richmond and
W. G. Handy are playing the down
, town State Theatre Mambas
Daughter. the DuBose and Hayward
play In which Ethel Waters will
make her debut. will appear at the
Empire Theatre January 8. Fats
Waller. current al the Yacht Club
guest starred over WABC Sunday
on the This IL New York" pro-
gram . ! OWE Aston Whispering
Trumpet battled against two
white bands the Brooklyn Roseland
Ballroom last week and came in
second. Edgar HAYES. Blue Rhy-
thin King. playing at the ROYAL
Windsor, downtown. has gorgeous
Julie Hunter as his canary -. Lee
Myles Is current at stylish Cocoa
nut Grove. Fisk Jubilee Singers
were hit when they PLAYED Town
Hall 10 crowded house, December
20. OWE Aston. who came TO the
Apollo theatre from 7 months
run At swank ofsy Broadway's
Roseland Ballroom, we over big
with patrons. His diminutive sing
er, Frozine Stewart. won many a
heart with her warbling. Louis
Armstrong. Nudge williams. Sonny
Woods and others appeared al the
Apollo starting December % Jim
my Lunceford Is going to hold
classes in swing music called the
Little Red Schoolhouse. Watch
for ii. Appropriate appellaiion
for Harlem Mite clubs Boob
Traps
LETTERS FROM READERS F:
Miss b. c. r.. Germantown. Pa :,
Cabsrets in Harlem are. legally op-
en- until a. m. overnight Few
have any cover charge. Miss
Doyle c.. Knoxville. Tenn; There
are numerous movie houses In Har-
lem but only one flesh theatre.
the Apollo on l25th street Mrs.
s. <. G.. Houston. Texas Colored
women in New York hold positions
In every branch OF the city. state
and federal governments. Takes
pull in some instances 10 get In
but ability 10 deliver the goods Is
paramount
ADDRESS ALL INQUIRE on
Harlem ,enclosing stamped enye-
LOPEZ TO Sid Thompson. l2a W. 1e2
Ny city.