St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1939-01-06

melIOW ana the MUSIC WHICH was
played by the International Orches-
ira was the best ever. The group
present were logged on down (but,
truthfully, the women didn't look
any lOvelier than our own when
dressed at our parties). 1t was
very select, but 1 noticed when the
orchestra played the Flat Foot
FlOOgie" some of the most reserved
Of the professors and teachers Just
had to let loose, and got up and
danced to it. You know the "Flat
Foot FlOOgie" is a very popular
Eastern dance and no one cared or
criticized when they gave way to
the abandon of the dance. Some of
the prominent folks present were
Mr.. and Mrs. George Mitchell-Mr.
Mitchell is a well known high
school professor in Baltimore. Mrs.
Mitchell was lovely in white taffeta
with gold accessories. noticed
DIR. Mason Hawkins, one of the well
known professors at Morgan Col
lege, round there doing the Lam
beth Walk and whatnOt. OF
course, you find corOners every
where, and BaltimOre's COrOner-at-
Large and his wife were there, the
DIR. Geo. Aliens. Mrs. Allen was
gowned in white crepe with black
accessories. :. DIR. Bernard Harris,
Superintendent of PrOvident HOspi-
tai, was among the nOtables. Mrs.
Harris was gOwned in black taffe-
ia trimmed in red velvet. You
should have seen Prof. Luther Nit
chell, who was really having a too
fine time. MIR. Mitchell is one of
BaltimOre's well known high school
teachers and also one of the prOmi-
nent Organists. (YOu know that he
played for Clarence and Juanita
Mitchell's wedding last fall.)
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Lewis
seemed to be having the time of
their lives. (Mr. Lewis is the head
of the BALTIC. Urban League.)
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Wilson were
looking quite Economically at each
other. (And why nOt?) Mr.. Will
son is the Registrar at Morgan Col
lege. Mr.. and Mrs. John Berry
are quite a grand couple. (Mr.
Berry is manager of the North
Carolina Mutual Insurance Co. in
BaltimOre.) -. Alfred Dixon, the
Secretary-Treasurer of the frat,
was really busy, what with dash
ing round SEEM that all the
guests were having a good time.
One of the features of the dance
was at the close when they pulled
a string and all the balloons came
tumbGng down. Well Sal, with the
rest of the folks, ran and grabbed
a balloon and was standing there
and admiring it. One of the promi-
nent Profs stepped up to me and
said, "Hello, Helen" and then de-
liberately pinched by balloon and
laughed. I looked at him and in
wardly thought him exceedingly
rude. When he saw how taken
back 1 was he told me to look
around and, sure enough, 1 saw the
game is to try and break as many
other folks balloons as you can.
You see you're considered quite
wizard if you can leave the party
with good balloon. My company
being experienced at such affairs
took the air out of my second bal
loon so I still have it. Wasn't
that just too smart of him?)
We spent a few days up in
Coatsville, Pa, near Philadelphia,
with some relatives. The folks up
there are a grand group and be-
feve in entertaining down the line.
They threw a big party for us and
1 met more students from our diff
ferent colored and white universe
ties in the East. One of the points
of interest in Coatsville was a
beautiful hospital which 1 went
through. It is owned and operated
solely by one Negro physician,
DR.. Atkinson, and is quite a point
of interest.
Well, all in all, the trip was one
gala festivity after another and
was really enjoyed. Folks, next
week I'll have some hOt-Off-the-
griddle Twin Cities news. What
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