The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1939-02-25
GaDDInGS
BY GLADYS MILLS
By GLADYS MILLS

The hand OF time, having made complete turn again
it's Jabberwock time which term in nine con
secutive years the time for all aspiring
playwrighs actors dancers singers and whaot to strut
their talents before carefully chosen group OF judges
be judged accordingly. The word Jabberwock comes
from Alice in Wonderland The idea for its present use was
the brain child of Delta from Boston, it has in ten years
become thing every city town and hamlet where
there Detas The JabberWock mas become an INSTITUTION
is definitely in. There those of us who have silently
another to bits over possession of the Detaelng
cup tbs verify the quest OF the Holy Gran lor many Il
may far fetched comparison This year Frances
Langford chairman and is giving her all for its perfection
She and hubby who is for the ninth time stage man
ager have conferred and confabbed and then when we
thought surely all duly thrashed outhey promptly
started at the top again order that participants might
appear very best possible advantage Aer great
Of deberaon the following organizations were chosen
IN annear The Junior NAACP Council . Juniors on
Parade under tutorshp Of LeCaire Knox the Ivy
Leafs AKA pledge club. the Paul Robson Players
the Scrolers and the Omegas Date and place are Art
Institute Februar 2y4 Leroy smith will furnish incidental
music Huchns Coleman. product OF the Michigan Chronicle
Talent Hunt VIII held forth the and little Andrew
Henry potential Bobby Breen will sing between the acts
Just about every other fair damselis busiy engaged III
dropping drops her dainty nosrs and every other
manly chest wears mustard plaster All OF winch is by way
of saying that FLU is raging Ne could MI tins whole space
with this weeks victims alone there Is Katherine W ellis
... Mamie Alexander Frances Langford Cholie
Clark my good pal reader way in Toledo
Sidney Barthwell. Georgette White Leon Smith
Evelyn solomon Anna Mae Rushing stanton liunto
. Bernce Brown. Lillian Brown. and just string
of folk Here's hoping they all hurry and get well and out
again
We really think we have solution for filling some
Hour We think, and do lot of others We made little
private poll just for fun hatnaybe lot OF folk kinda liked
looks Earl Walton around the premises He had little
knack all his own of making you think that the whole works
gotten up for your special and particular benefit
People for that kind of 1--WE even though they know it
Just that
We where Theodosia Patrick and ]. Charles Pulon
have said that they will and do. and are living in Honey
moon Heaven down housing project We hear that
Nvenn and Claude Cooper going to set up housekeeping
there too
Very shocking the of the death of Bill Terrell
Bill foremost among the playboys in his day, Away
handsome az debonar he caused many faint heart t.
nuter during ne first few years of our residence here Hi
had years married and the time of his
timely death living in California Equally sad was the pasns
OF uher solomon father of Regina Solomon popular deb
We went out to Hamitonis Funeral Home pay ON
respects fine gentleman who did lot to inspire anC
in humble efforts to be of the theatre
In spite of his heavy and exactng daily duties he came tC
witness feeble little egies of plays and Just vowed ant
declared that they good which gave all courage
go for he hard the best of them SO when
heard that the cruel Angel of Death who comes for rich
alike had paid him his unwaned visit went Will
the mob and paid respects some few loyal friends will
all too soon do for us The gentleman was Ralph Holmes
recently deceased dramatic critic of the Detroit Times.
The Goggnetes all a-buste. the national is gong
to come off and in far away New York. LYDIA says sh
just simply has send from Detroit sh'
maybe have the tournament here year.
and can't let those big apple folk think can't MAKE
the grade. So LYDIA wants all you bridge enthusiasts t
grab your cabaret clothes and other paraenaa and CONF
a-running to the Pythan Hall on March 3.
The Reba Dobbs have car black and greasyooking
with immaculate white wall tires in this weather
and the green hardly had the newness it.. Th
luck of some people and have take the Oakland stree
when can't bum ride which is most of the time.
Count Basic in the past weekend to play for tn
Wayne university J-Hop. This year held in tn
Fountain Room of the Masonic Temple The gifts NINA
ture gold pencils for each guest inscribed JIop3 80 -Four
teen couples from side of the fence attended just twenty
four than the Ann Arbor J-op last Friday
They Lillian Rutherford. who blue taffet
ana VINO came WIN ROBERT Mathews Jean Johnson IN OH
tafeta and with Edward Green
idge wearing black tata and squirrel by Charles Powell
Mary Louise Singleton very cute in peach chiffon with Cfto
Graham Doris Graham also in peach chiffon and escorte