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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-04-14
CHAPTER SEVENTEEN

All night Hilda sat in her
fathers chair. wearing the little
blue suit and Keith's flowers. mute
reminders of the tragic wedding.
She had neither the will nor the
strength to undress and go TO bed.
She was in numb trance, wait
ing trance.
Keith would come. He had gone
away i'll anger because she had
deceived him. His anger would
die. he would come back.
Once the telephone rang and she
reused from her lethargy. She
caught the instrument feverishly
with both hands.
"Yes9" she said II would be
Keith. Penitent. Longing for her
as she longed for him. Sally's
voice came over the wire.
Are you all right. Hilda ,"
The disappointment was like a
blow. Hilda staggered and closed
her eyes. I'm all right. she said
family.
shall come up and spend the
night with you"
mo. dear. I'm fine"
"Will YOU be back to the library
| tomorrow ,"
Made Her Tremble
II don't think So" little shud-
ders making her tremble. Don't
tell them. Sally. Let them think
I'm in New York" burying her
teeth in a blue underlip.
"Of course ] won't tell them.
Loyalty.
Thank you. Sally. Thank you
for calling" as the room went
black before her.
Somehow she got back to her
chair. The waiting went on. Al
dawn she still sat there. the we'd
ding corsage faded and sad. With
the coming of light she stumbled
out of her clothes and fell into
bed. Keith had not come. He had
not called. But he would. He
loved her and he would come. AL
dsv she Law in a feverish browse,
tensely waiting.
At nightfall she made a cup Of
tea and toasted q slice of bread,
With the warm food her brain
| cleared.
And with clarity came pain
binding agony. She made herself
face the truth. And facing II her
heart. filled TO overflowing with
love for Keith. found excuses.
Keith had been shocked because
Kari was doorman. Well. why
shouldn't he be Shocked Keith's
people We're important. wealthy,
influential. From childhood he
had been taught TO look down on
the servant class.
Hilds knew Karl was no servant,
but Keith did not know that.
Little Doubt
A little doubt crept into her rea-
soning as she remembered stephen.
He had not been shocked. Per-
haps Steve was better at hiding
his reactions.
Keith had been interested in the
money she WAS to receive. That
too. was perfectly natural Hs
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had been born to money. To him
Ii was as necessary as the air he
breathed. Hilda hung her head re-
Wondering how she had said,
"Yes, I'm positive-enough money
to keep me in luxury the rest of
my life
What a fool was" she
thought. But if I should win,
with swift hope, he would come
back" The longing for him to re-
turn. 10 see him. to hear his voice,
made her weak and sick. The
Gregsons had never loved lightly
and Hilda was true TO her heritage.
Il don't care what he's done. "
she told herself defiantly, remem-
hering that he had taken two hun
bred dollars of Karl's wedding gift
when he left her. IF he had tried
TO kill me I would still love him.
As long as live l shall love Keith
I Carhart."
Honeymooning
On Friday Hilda called Keith's
office TO be told that he was honey
incoming in New York. Saturday
dragged past. For three days
Hilda sat in the shabby apartment
torturing herself with what might
have been had she acted different
", reeounting the hours she had
spent with Keith.
Remembering his every word,
h n
slant did ii occur to her to tell
Karl of the tragedy. Knowing
Karl she felt sure he would come
to her. would scour the earth I'M
til he found her faithless lover and
brought him to justice. Oh, no,
Karl must not be told.
On Sunday two things happened
which brought Hilds out Of her
dazed suffering. First was the
realization that she must return
to the library.
She shrank from the very
thought of il. To face the ques-
I tons, kindly and curious and,
worse still, the sympathy. she
hadn't the strength. she hadn't
+ the courage. No. she would stay
on there. hidden and secure.
/ A Visitor
The second incident was visit
from the hotel manager. He was
/ polite and courteous but left no
doubt that. with Karl gone. they
needed the apartment for his sue
The shabby rooms had been
Hilda's home for eight years. since
she was a small girl. II was an
other staggering blow on her de-
eessor.
fenseless head.
Certainly" she said. Il shall
f leave within an hour"
He asked If she had heard from
her father and she answered even
, " that she had. A rsdiogrsm on
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THE GIRI-THE MAN
AND THE NEICHBORS

Dear Mrs. Post: VIII you Be
kind enough to give me your opin-
ion about the question Of whether
or not it is perfectly proper for a
Young man who has an apartment
10 entertain his young women
friends at home In this day and
age is it possible still that people
would say the worst about the
Young women who went there,
and in big city who are the peo-
pie that would talk anyway
This young man has no one shar-
ing his apartment; has no SER
want: in other words, there is no
third person who might be con-
sidered a chsperon. He loves TO
try his own hand at cooking but
he saws it is impractical in his
place to ask more than one per-
son at a time. He and l have
been very good friends but there
is not now-and never has been
any sentiment between us. /
was brought up in a smaller city
where nice" young women guard
ed their regulations zealously. In
fact, 1t would have been fatal
even to have people think some
thing unpleasant. But in a great
city like this, perhaps I am fool
ish to believe that il makes any
difference to any one but myself.
Answer: This is the most diff
cult type of question am ever
asked to answer, because actually
it Is a conflict between the real
problem OF moral integrity, and
the superficial question of what
other people may say. The first
can be answered only by yourself
and the more exciting the adven'
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Below are the answers to test
questions printed on the editorial
page:
/. Lava.
2. Ohio.
3. Yes.
4. Joseph w. Martin, Jr., Of
Massachusetts,.
5. Adversely or ad-vers'
6. Ohio river.
Z. Yes.
s. New Jersey.
2. Central Asia.
10. No: but Continental notes
were issued for that sum.
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NO FALSE TEETH AT
80; EYESICHT GOOD

THAMESV1I.I.E. William
Strevel, of Dresden, Is 20 years
old and estimates he will live to be
"at least no"
He has all his own teeth, reads
without aid Of glasses. and is I'M
usually active. A heavy smoker, he
says stories about smoking short
ening life ARE the bunk"
The way to achieve the age he
has set for himself. Strevel says,
il to keep active and interested
and do good days work every
day"
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hair Her stockings are rinsed
out the moment she takes them
off. She puts on fresh under
wear every morning. brushes her
hats as we'll as her shoes.
NEXT to cleanliness. knowing
~ how to put your clothes on
is the m port ant step toward
achievement of that fresh-as-a-
daisy look" Miss Louise contin-
ued. For instance, If girdle
is turned inside out as you pull
it on, then held by the bottom
edge and pulled back down into
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the day of her She stopped
there. There had been no wedding
day.
The radiogram had said. Bless
you. my child, and keep you
happy" Her eyes filled with
scalding tears thinking of it.
1--WE are sorry to lose you
both" the manager said and went
away.
Hilda's bag had not been I'M
packed. She added few remain
Continued on Page 16, Column s.
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place, there'll be no bulges of
flesh around the middle Of the
figure.
IF you roll stockings up in
stead of pulling them up, then
fasten carriers properly, stocking
seams just won't get twisted dur
ing the day. When you put on a
dress - any dress - make believe
that it is new one and that you
are wearing it for the first time.
This really helps. If you slide
carelessly into your clothes, you
won't look trim from head to foot
when you have finished dressing"
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of their pleasure, / would like to
see ii.
like old men but ! must admit
! dislike most old women. They
live completely for themselves.
can't agree with you. There
are just as many pleasant and
fine old women as there are old
men. You will be an old woman
yourself. someday.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-04-14
BY MARIAN YOUNG
NEA Home Page Editor

HOLLYWOOD Hollywood where beauty charm. appeal
personality the rather than the blonde
Louise stands like a brilliant jewel
in
which actually
camera, impressed day day
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HOLLYWOODs RESORT" SPIRIT RUNoUs TO GOOD GROOMING

think all models of grooming
oh: Well Marian subject
Hollywood and found the opposite There and
In this fourth articles The Pick Of the Lots
reports them, tells Hollywood itself
Louise is No example that person"the we'll
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he is wondering if with this
should go ahead and complete
Dear Miss Grey: ] am a young
man about to be married. My
fiancee Ia one who enjoys staying
at home five nights out of every
week sewing, reading and what
have-you. ! am not contented with
spending 20 many evenings a week
1t home. consider two nights a
week at home sufficient.
Do you suppose two persons such
N these would be happily married ,
Or should 4 man select 4 bride
with the same likings as his
CLINTON KELLY.
II this matter of nights out and
nights At home Ia the only one
ever which you and your fiancee
disagree. surely you can compro-
mise. Marriage Is = game Of give
and take. fact you both will have
70 accept and apply II YOU make
. 20 Of the venture.
You may think that five nights
. week In not too many TO spend
away from home In one week, but
n you are like the majority Of men.
your views very likely will change
after you are married.
II you take any pride In your
home and II you are 70 fortunate
N to have = garden, you will not
have the urge to spend 20 much
time out.
Whip Cracker
Dear Miss Grey: I have long
been = reader Of your column and
do not feel that ] am imposing on
your good nature when / say that
some Of the letters ! read In 1t
send me into galcs Of laughter.
Reading about what our Ameri-
can girls expect to get In = hus-
hand brings the biggest laugh.
After all. this being 4 mans world.
It occurs to me that the average
girl 10 very lucky to get = man
without being too particular about
her likes and dislikes.
The girl who 10 out to get mar
ried land most girls have that N
their goal) should not try 70 make
an ideal out Of Z man who In just
a. well off without marriage N
with II. Marriage. to = girl. II .
necessity because she wants .
home and family. With Z man It
IL different. He doesn't care
whether he gets married or not be-
cause he can 70 his independent
way and have = better time be-
ing single than being married.
Not % = girl. Society would
frown upon most of her moves II
she had the happy freedom that
comes to men.
All Of which hollis down TO this
women are In no position To say
II want this and ] want that" 70
far a. men are concerned. It's =
mans world, let me repeat, and
when men crack the whip women
have to jump. n. n. n.
Two Families
Dear Nim Grey: I know you
arr probably tired Of the in-law
prphleu. but want TO have = say
abevt 4.
Il boils down to this. No two
families can live under one roof.
I have . mother-in-law who drives
me crazy. She has jumped up and
waited on my husband like = slave
ever since we were married and
he IN turn thinks that she In the
busy bee and ! am lazy. Now she
has him 20 turned against me
that / am sure my home In to be
broken up. ! don't dare say any
thing because ! want to save my
home, but I am afraid Of the fu-
ture. II you can show me anything
meaner than = designing old wo-
man who has lived her life and
wants to deprive younger people
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Business Man Talks
About Female Attire
Thinks That Girl Who Dresses for Office as
Though Ready for Dancing Makes Mistake
By CYNTHIA GREY

He likes to go out five nights week while she prefers to
not than two They not married yet but already
he is wondering if with this difference in their likes they
should go ahead and complete their marriage plans.
Twin-City herald., 1939-07-29
BOOKER WASHINGTON IN NEW STAMP SERIES

To of thinking, it fitting that the late Dr. Booker T.
Washington picked the first Negro whose will appear
United States postage stamp Announcement
week by Postmaster General James A. Farley that
stamps honorng during 1910
founder and first president of Tuskegee Institute
education
It fitting that this honor should DIR Washington
only bcause of his accomplishments but also his
his and his county He believed that
the Negro the best opportunity expression his
opportunity humble birth the
of slave position of international
eved few today believe individual initiative
our destiny was largely of our making
We've often that DR. Washington see
the birth of the New DEAF and planned society often
He hated ohfulne did council
people seek security He would have advised believe
that they venture out and fields especially business
industry Instead of looking hard times calamity
have considered opportunity for those with the
and best training ahead while the d ill prepared
down and waited for better day.
Dr. Washington had better place for his
reach the goal he attained should over
came through hard work. and faith his powers
We congratulate Chairman Farley and the high
New Deal including this outstanding
be honored this stamp series good
of them stamp collectors and be continually getting
Twin-City herald., 1939-07-29
ST. JAMES A. M. E. CHURCH
Henderson Reddick, Pastor
By L. c. Copes

Rev. Albert's Introductory sermon
on Amos whom heretofore we've look
ed upon as a minor prophet was splen-
did.
Sunday Rev. Albert concludes his
series of sermons. On the teachings OF
the Bold men of God to be found in
the Bible. He will point out the teach
ings of Amos that seem to never die
Thsee teachings deal with mans just
relations with his fellow men. Thus
far these sermons have been very
splendid and the fitting climax will
bring out the significant facts which
should be guide for us to follow
while exercising our evryday dutiees.
After Sundays sermon Rev. Albert
will journey to Chicago where he will
give paper on, "The Church in Civil
ization at the University of Chicago
from where he graduated several years
ago.
The worship period in the Sabbath
School was splendid. Let's all of US
attend the Sabbath School and relive
part of the past while worshipping
with the younger set.
The Sunday evening Bible Study
Class was very interesting and help
full with visitors from Zion Baptist
Church and Wayman in attendance.
Sunday there will be no Bible Study
Class due to program a Bethesda
Baptist Church featuring the St.
James Boys Chorus and Rev. Albert
as principal speaker.
See you Sunday
Twin-City herald., 1939-07-29

history. Our country demands of the
Negro woman and every citizen, a
one hundred per cent efficiency Only
the efficient count in the present
walk of life
She strongly advised the women Of
the race to acquire all the technical
training possiblee in oredr to heIpp
effectively train healthy young gem
Grafton that will be mentally and ply
sically strong in facing the new con-
ditions of life.
Through the scholarship awards, the
Federation has added many high
school graduates in their efforts to OBJ
tain higher erucation and recognition
in the field of art
Twin-City herald., 1939-07-29
DAVIS ASSAILS WPA FIRINGS
BAN ON FED. THEATRE

! New York, July, (CNA) = The
woodrum Act, with its provisions tc
abolish the Federal Theatre and tc
drastically curtail other WPA pro-
! jects, was denounced this week by
John P. Davis, national secretary Of
the National Negro Congress-, in a
report to meeting of the New York
Council of the Congress-
Although the Woodrum bill struck
at the jobs of thousands of Negro
workers and professionals who cannot
find employment in private industry,
no Negro organization or spokesman
was permitted to testify against the
bill, Davis said The Woodrum sub
committss of the House Appropria-
ton Committee which reported out
the measure ignored the requests of
the Negro Congress and other organi-
cations for permission to be heard on
the bill, he charged. Declaring that
in the debate on the measure, the
available time was monopolized by
tories while the progressives were
howled down, he said the whole pro-
cess smelled of fascism."
s The Negro Congress leader warned
that progressive New Deal legislation,
which would benefit obth white and
Negro workers, was being sabotaged
by Southern anti-New Deal Demo
Gratis who, he said, are in strategic po-
sitions in both the House and the Sen
ate by virtue of seniority rules.
He stressed the need for unity,
need for arousing public opinion in or
der to break the back of this reaction
which threatens Congress" and urged
upon all citizens the duty of writing
their Congressman to demand revision
of the Woodrum Act and the passage
of progressive legislation.
Discussing problems OF the New
York Council, he urged the Council
to consider the advisability of initial
ing drive for better health in Harlem
as part of its activities. He gave as
an example an effective health drive
conducted by the Washington Council
Of the Negro Congress.
Twin-City herald., 1939-07-29

! There's something fascinating abou
tangle-town in North Minneapolis.
Last week | had glorious time
! looking for house near the box fac,
tory-just circling round and rounc
about an hour in and out, off again, or
again, covering about 31z, or a miles
going nowhere and returning to m,
starting point
Of all the detours and cowpaths in
my experience, Royalston Ave. and the
Market and Hoag Ave- wear the belt
asked two boys where my street
was and one of them said, Gust cross
the bridge and go past the box factory
and you'll come to it.
Well, / crossed the wrong bridge
came to the bus station and then
crossed another bridge and came to an
ice cream and lemonade factory, and
then began ringing door bells and
everyone though | was a book agent.
Tangletown, North Minneapolis, re-
minds me of those happy (?) bygone
years when I'd get up at 200 a. m.
and walk for miles and a laps with
a squalling baby while the wife was
sleeping peacefully and sn1ilingly OIL
her soft pillow
Oh, the joys of early married life
doing the two step from 200 a. m. to
4:30 a. M, while baby squalled and did
the flying trapeze, scattering that new
installmen rug-I never could get ba-
by underwear on right side up.
If there any one place in our social
life where artificiality is justified, it's
in sanitary plumbing system.
Here's one for Uncle Ezra, "What
this country needs is a more direct
pipe line from the cradle to the waste
basketp
10 sum up my song and dance, let's
give Knockout blow to artificiality.
Let's get rid of all false dignity and
psuedo culture and pretentious religion.
Let's have done with excess arti-
ficial manners and dyed hair and a
superiority complex.
Let's remember we're just common
blue clay and don't let's take ourselves
too seriously-don't let's make life too
solemn Don't let's forget that if we
Twin-City herald., 1939-07-29
WOMEN'S CLUBS PARLEY.
URGES AID FOR YOUTH


New York, Ju1y-(CNA)-The 3lst
annual conference of the Empire State
Federation of Negro Women's Clubs,
Inc, opened here yeestrday in three
day session at the Harlem YWCA.
The first days session was devoted
to discussion of the education of
youth of Negro history and its effect
upon inter-racial relations"
Miss Amelia Anderson, New York
vice-president, urged the delegates to
prepare themselves to meet the chan
ges that are taking place. today more
rapidly than ever before in the worlds
Twin-City herald., 1939-07-29
CHRISTIAN CENTURY DIS
CUSSES UNION OF
NEGRO METHoDISTS

Chicago, ILL.,, (C)-The Christian
Century, 440 S. Dearborn street, in
its issue of July II, discussed the pos
sibility of the union of various branch
es of Negro Methodism in an editorial
entitled Negro Methodists Consider
Union The editorial said in part: AT
their recent meeting in Philadelphia
the bishops of the African Methodist
Episcopal Church gave the proposal
their endorsement, and it is reported
that formal negotiations looking to-
ward union will be under way in all
three churches next year"
Twin-City herald., 1939-07-29
LABOR LEADERS ASSAIL
BROWN A TORY TOOL

/
Chicago, July (CNA)- A group Of
outstanding Negro labor leaders here
this week severly condemned Edgar
Brown, head of "the Negro United
Government Employees, Inc.," for
what they termed his Hoover reac-
tion" preachments and his strike
breaking attempts against the WPA
stoppages. Brown had declared a
gainst cooperation of Negro and
white WPA workers in defense of
their common interest in maintaining
the prevailing rate of pay on WPA
projects.
The statement condemning Brown is
signed by Solon c. Bell, chairman,
and Ishmael P. Flory, secretary, treas
urer, Joint Council Dining Car En-
ployes, AFL; Henry johnson assistant
national director, Packinghouse Work
ers Organizing Committee, CIO;
Henry Roberts, president Hugh R.
Jackson, secretary, Federated Hotel
Workers Union, AFL; George Nc
Cray, executive secretary, Chicago Ma
tional Negro Congress; Samuel Clark,
vice-president, Illinois Workers AL
lance.
Brown, the signers of the statement,
declared, has been urging Negroes to
strikebreak in the current WPA stop
pages, and has been urging the setting
up of training schools" in order to
shunt Negroes almost entirely into
domestic employment.
The blast against Brown by the pro-
minent labor leaders came as the re-
suit of Brown being played up deliver
ately by the anti-New Deal press
leader" of the Negro people.
To-day Hoover reactionaries," the
statement declared, seize upon any
to smear the New Deal !
Unfortunately, there are still the Ed
gar Browns who make themselves
oawns in their game"
Twin-City herald., 1939-07-29
SATURDAY NIGHT PRELUDE
ARTIFICIAL LIFE
Continued from page one)

Indian and wear them around my
neck
Pardon all this personality stuff and
let me discuss very briefly the subject
of this weeks prelude.
The 10th Century is dying from arti-
ficialty.
We can't think any more on account
account of the automobile.
We can't think any fore on account
of the radio (and the political SPELL
binder)
Handcraft is killed by machines.
Canned music" has crowded out the
serious study of Bach's Inventions by
our girls and boys
So it goes we're just lazy-just a
bunch of mechanical robots.
Even in our public worship we let
the choir sing our hymns of praise and
some devoted Stewardess offers our
prayers while the preacher thinks and
speaks for US.
It's dangerously like dropping a
nickle in the slot, this alleged church
worship, and the men folks are the
chief sinners, for so many have their
religion in the name of their wife.
Well, in way, you can't blame
them, the men pay the taxes but we
do blame them just the same.
My prelude is protest against an
artificial life and plea for Gods out
of-doors-for the open spaces.
Who wouldn't choose ramble thru
the natural woods in preference to the
man-made city parks? Are not the ir-
regular streets of London and spoke
wheel Boston more interesting than
the regular checkerboard streets of
Chicago?