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The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1939-01-14
Organizer Talent

Organizer Talent
jim Bland, celebrated Colored come
G alan wrote Garry Me Back To Old
Virginia and an The Evening By The
moonlight" in 1874; both songs are
now preserved by the Virginia His
torical Society.
IN 1875 Sam Lucas wrote "Grand-
fathers Clock" and the team Lyies
ana ,Lyles played Gree and Easy".
BIND Tom, concert pianist toured the
country in 1894. Madame Selika, in
1853 was the greatest singer of the
gay and Madame Sisseretta Jones.
known as Black Pattie in 1890 thrilled
S Sn most distinguished audiences in
new York and elsewhere. In 1895
John isham developed the first all
S0lored musical comedy called the
,Octoroons," and the cake-walk was
discovered a year later in Oriental
America.
inese pioneers led up to Williams
ana Walkers "Senegambian Carnival
III 1897. Cole and Johnson's "Trip to
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1939-01-14

promised. "Then
thou wilt go alone
with her like a big,
brave mani"
"Thou hast made
a baby of him, Rose
mary!" C h i d e d
Ruth: the grave dig
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1939-01-14
HARLEM
Race Capitol of the Nation"
By FLOYD G. SNELSON
New YORK
Happy New Year Worlds Fair

Happy New Year Worlds Fair,
1899
The above title is one that appears
on an attractive poster, with the ad-
vent Of the new year, in the subway
trains Of New York City This meant
much to me and | am sure it greatly
impressed all genuine New Workers.
1t made US realize that the Worlds
Fam 1889 is just around the corner.
Grover Whalen, president of the Fair,
reports that it is 80 per cent complete
and ready to receive the millions of
human cargo that will come to view
1.-THE World of Tomorrow" l am Won
derng if our Harlem is ready to make
the same boast. | hope so! However,
hope to do my part.
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the air, and his fan"
mail comes in BUSH
els. And "mash
notes" well, it's
lucky I'm not a jeal-
GUS wife!
This story, though,
is about the time
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-01-04
FGstidiOus Women
Keep Skin Smooth

Regardless OF the season, legs
should be smooth and white and
free from superfluous hair. The
truly fastidious woman is as
shocked at the idea OF having
dark hairs show through her sheer
stockings as she would be AT ap-
pearing in bathing suit without
first using some kind of depila-
tory on her legs.
II you have a very light growth
of superfluous hair on your legs,
you may wish TO bleach rather
than remove It. In which case,
try bi-weekly applications of n
solution of equal parts of toilet
ammonia, eroxide and plain
water.
You can use safety razor, of
course, but If the growth seems
To become heavier after several
months of shaving. better switch
to one of the reliable depilatories.
There are many ON the market.
Whatever kind you choose. be sure
TO follow directions carefully.
Cream depilatories are very easy
to use, See that your legs are per-
fectly dry, apply the cream accord
ing TO directions, leave II on also
according to directions. then SIM
ply rinse off. Hairs rinse off with
the cream. Dry legs again, put on
hand lotion or special body lotion,
patting it in, then finishing with
light busting of bath powder.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-01-04
Beauty Hints

Golden-haired Bess Joh nson.
lovely radio actress, thinks that
any woman who wears evening
clothes a great deal ought To con-
slider arm and shoulder grooming
routines every bit as important
as those for hair and complexion.
TT seems to me that all too
few girls worry enough about the
appearance OF their elbows" said
Miss johnson. yet IL really is
simple enough TO keep ones ell
bows soft. smooth and pretty. The
primary need is soap and water
of course-and a good complexion
brush, which should be used daily.
Il massage cream into my ell
bows several nights week. the
radio star continued. And I rub
lemon juice into them three or
four times a month. Lemon juice
is perfect bleach and, in add
ton, IL seems to tone the skin on
my elbows, gives it an alive, sat
my look"
Miss johnson believes that mas
sage treatments are perfect for
reducing overweight arms.
you can massage your own
arms" she pointed out, but it's
more effective 10 have profess
sional masseur do the pob for
you. II you do it yourself. first
cover one arm with a thick layer
of cold cream, then. using the
other hand, massage the cresmed
arm from wrist to shoulder.
Movements should be rotary
as well as up and down. and they
should be brisk and deep. Spend
at least fifteen minutes on each
arm. Afterward, remove what is
left Of the cream, pat on witch
hazel or skin tonic"
And here's an arm exercise
which Miss Johnson does regular
~ TO keep her arms supple and
slender:
Stand erect, holding a baseball
or something round OF compar-
able size in right hand. Without
bending body. swing arm back
ward, then up. over and forward
and back to position. making a
complete circle. The motion is
similar to that used by pitcher
winding up" Repeat ten times.
Place baseball In left hand and
repeat again. g.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-01-04
Peanut Butter Date Sticks


One-half cup sifted cake flour,
Ia teaspoons baking powder, "A
teaspoon salt, J. teaspoon nutmeg,
= teaspoon cinnamon, = teaspoon
allspice, J.. cup butter, p cup pea
nut butter, 1 cup sugar, 2 eggs
we'll beaten. 2s cup finely cut
dates, L teaspoon vanilla.
Sift flour once, measure, add
baking powder, salt and spices.
and sift together three times.
Cream butter, add peanut butter,
blend thoroughly. Add sugar to
eggs, beat with rotary beater I'M
til light and lemon colored. Add
/ to peanut butter mixture. Blend.
Add flour and beat until thor
oughtly blended. Add dates and
vanilla Blend.
Bake in paper-lined grea s e d
pan, by II inches, in moderate
oven $3.50 deg. F.) As minutes.
Turn out on rack. Remove paper
Immediately. Cool and cut in 2 by
1-inch strips. Makes SO sticks.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-01-04
RE STLESS VIDA m1 HURST

which were relief to the girls
overweight nerves. Appealing to
her
DO you suppose you could
straighten up this living room =?
I'm a swell cook but I've never
been much of a housekeeper."
Gradually more and more of the
household duties fell upon Angela,
who turned them off in sort of
fury. She found she actually liked
to sweep dust.
It pleased her to see the canaries
splashing in their baths while she
picked up the scattered music and
polished the scratched surface of
the old piano. Molly gave her no
directions, but permitted her to
do it her own way and the result
was so satisfactory that the girls
noticed the difference and re-
marked about it..
Waited on Them
Their attitude toward Angela
amazed her. Although she waited
upon them at the table serving
the food which Molly cooked, they
never made her feel inferior. Their
position in life as chamber maids
and factory workers had given
them no advantages, but the spirit
of that household would have been
credit to any finishing school.
Snobbishness would not be toer-
ated and they knew it.
Angela knew it, too. but she
liked to think that the girls were
nice because they liked her.
Never before had she known any
real friendship with her own sex.
She was so pleased, when they
called her Annie" she could have
cried. In two brief weeks she had
made a place for herself where
she was both loved and respected.
1t was triumph which she at
tributed to Molly's influence that
during this time she had forced
herself to behave as if she were
one of them. She tried to act as
if she didn't know about her face.
But the truth Of the matter was
she never forgot it. She went to
market with Molly but she wore
her veil and she was not yet able
to apply for a position.
There were hours when the
thought of her father and Aunt
Anna h a n e d her. She even
wrote letters to them late at night
telling them not TO worry about
her, assuring them that she was
well. But when morning came she
always destroyed them.
If they heard from her, they
might be able to trace her She
could not bear for them to see her
like this. She would rather let
them think she was dead.
Weeks Passed
Three weeks passed and that
other life she had lived since COM
ing to the city began to seem
like a dream. Philip and Walter
Jameson were equally unreal.
Life was not at all as she had
pictured it. She was no longer an
actress ready to step upon the
stage. The play in which Angela
Heath had held the leading role
was finished. In convincing others
Of her Identity as Anna Hunter
she had also convinced herself.
Her life began and ended with
her humble tasks at Molly's board
ing house.
She worked and slept and ate
three meals a day. And for hours
at a time she knew a synthetic
contentment by pretending that
she belonged here. That she was
Just one of Molly's girls -.
But Molly knew better and after
all legitimate means Of winning
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out OF MS company, wei, ! aon I
know what to do. am so sorry
for him but know that ] cannot
he fair 10 him or to myself either
IL ] married him solely out of a
sense of sympathy. Yet, If ! dom
am afraid 1t will kill him. What
shall / do? JOAN.
Nobody can tell you what 10 do.
A problem of this sort is one that
you alone viii have TO solve. How
ever. / am going 10 make few
suggestions and ask the readers
TO express their opinions.
II your love for him is genuine,
It will be as strong now as II was
before the accident changed his
appearance. True love endures
when put to the severest test such
as yours has undergone.
You have always been proud of
his good looks - (what woman
doesn't admire good looking
man)-but think you will agree
with me that an attractive person.
ality means more than n perfect
profile. Maybe you have taken him
at face value and failed 10 appre-
ciate his finer qualities.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-01-04
Anne Adams Pattern

The bolero-frock and the suspen-
der-frock are best beloveds' in
fashion-well do Riddles know it
from what the grown-ups say!
Pattern 1904 combines both styles.
and is therefore sure 10 be almost
idolized by -four to twelvers' &.
while mothers will appreciate its
easy making and its usefulness.
One bolero will do with two frocks
after playing, or as a street jacket
next Spring. Choose a serviceablc
wool serge or erepe--or stitch up
a pretty plaid, to show off the very
pretty bias cut of the skirt Have
plenty of tub-cotton blouses so
therell always be one ready to put
on.
Pattern 1904 is available in chill
dren's sizes 4. g. s. 10 and u. Size
8. jumper, takes / - yards 80 inch
fabric; bolero, * yard 35 inch fab
ric and blouse, Is yard So inch fab
ric.
Send 15c in coins for this Anne
ADAMS pattern. write PLAINLY size,
name. address and style number.
Write today for Anne Adams
spring pattern book-just off the
press! Its the best of news for
everyone planning a made-at-home
wardrobe! You'll find pages of
fresh new styles. Bolero frocks
for all ages, Suits and their ac-
cessories, Cruise wear, about
town clothes. wedding creations,
Budget tips and suggestions for
dressing down your weight"
Youngster styles from Riddles to
the Swing" age! Also lingerie.
around the house dresses, and
things TO make for mem Order
now, Price of book, 15c. Price
of pattern, l5c. Book and pattern
together. 25c.
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come under that heading.
Molasses Cashew Nut Cake
One cup brown sugar, 2 table
spoons shortening, l egg, = cup
milk. q. cups flour, l teaspoon
baking powder, Z. teaspoon SODA,
! can moist packed cocoanut.
Cream together sugar and short
enjng. Add beaten egg and liquid.
Add sifted dry ingredients, mix
well and add chopped cocoanut.
Bake 40 minutes IN a moderate
oven $50 deg. F. IN square
baking pan.
When cake is cool, cut It in
wedges half the size Of an ordi-
narv piece of gingerbread. Slice
each wedge through the center
and spread the following mixture
on each bottom piece.
/ Mixture: 4 tablespoons butter,
Is, cups confectionery sugar, l z
teaspoons milk or cream. Z tea
snoon lemon extract, "a teaspoon
vanilla finely chopped dates, rais-
ms. cashew nuts and pistaehlo
nuts
Cream butter and sugar well.
Add liquid flavoring, and other IN
gradients. and stir. II the mix
tlre is too thick, It can be thinned
out with cream. This icing re-
quires no cooking. After this mix
ture is spread on the bottom piece
of each wedge, place on top Of the
mixture the other piece Of cake
and serve.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-01-04
Answers TO Test Questions

Below are the answers to test
questions printed on the editorial
page:
l. Vermont.
2. When about nine months old.
3. Elba.
4, The green colorlng matter in
plants
5. Walter Funk.
6. Hee' la; not CECILIA.
Z. South Sea Islands.
s. A government bureau charged
with the management and dis
posal of the public lands,
@ $3.50
10 A member of the titled no.
bility.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-01-04
Friends Can Often
Be Most Irritating
Every Person Has Way at Times of Being
Irritable and Resultingly Hurtful
BY CYNTHIA GREY

All OF us have friends Tor hope have), but must
admit that don't like to have best friends
frank with For instance don't like to have them tell
Our hat is not becoming.
We are getting too fat
That shouldn't have said something we happened to
have sense enough to regret the moment said it.
That opinion all subjects is all wrong. Even
best friends have way slappng us down now and then
with their wiser minds).
We don't like to have friends take peculiar sasfac-
ton saying Il told you So when have made mistake
We don't like friends TO say listen Just heard
thing about you and think you ought to hear it,"
To nj h
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her confidence had failed, Molly
resorted to other means suspect
ing in her dramatic soul that the
end would justify her.
Neither Molly nor Angela could
have imagined the events which
had transpired in the lives of those
most concerned since her disap-
pearance.
Flurries of Snow
But there came a dav in De-
cember W when flurries of snow
were in the air and even the tene-
ment children had been compelled
to stay inside that they saw a taxi
roll up to the bright blue door
and a richly furred lady in spike
heeled s h S descend into the
street.
She glanced doubtfully at the
dingy house as If not sure of the
number then pressed a fastidious
suede covered finger upon the bell.
ITO Be Continued)
Copyright, 1887
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-01-04
Cat on Payroll
At SIC q Year

BURLINGTON, VIA cat is on
the University of Vermont payroll
at S16 year His duty is to
catch mice that may invade the
university greenhouse. Frightened
of children. the nameless black
feline prefers to associate with
faculty members.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-01-04
TOMORROW'S MENU

BREAKFAST: Canned pine
apple juice, oatmeal mullins,
Canadian bacon, jelly, coffee,
milk.
LUNCHEON. Omelet with
Spanish sauce, hard rolls, pea
nut butter, date sticks, fruit
cup, tea, milk.
DINNER: Casserole of leg
lamb chops, baked potatoes,
stuffed winter squash, lettuce
and grapefruit salad, molasses
casheW nut cake, coffee, milk.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-01-04
OPIUM REVENUE SLUMPS
in STRAITS SETTLEMENT

SINGAPORE - Revenue from
the state opium monopoly, largest
single item of revenue of the
Straits Settlement government,
continues to decline, the annual
budget estimate of H Weisberg,
financial secretary of this British
colony, revealed today.
In submitting budget estimates
for the 1899 fiscal year, Weisberg
estimated the governments reve-
nue. from opium sales would drop
from the present years estimated
100000 Straits dollars to 7,O00,-
900 dollars.
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Good Taste Keeping Those Curves
Today
b. EMILY posi-
BY EMILY POST
No Reason 10 Worry


Dear Mrs. Post. When / was
married over SIX months ago l
received many kilograms ana cards
OF congratulation Just took for
granted that such messages need
not be acknowledged and 1 never
wrote any thank you notes IN
answer 10 them Some one mas
Just told nc that I have behaved
very rudely and that even al this
late date ] should have the decency
to thank these people. You can
imagine that / feel rather terrible
at just waking up TO the fact that
other people must have thought me
downright rude when they heard
nothing. but at TINS late date l
don't know what 10 say 10 them.
can't write az though It has
taken me SIX months To get around
to 1t. and on the other hand, l
naturally don't want 10 explain
that I'm writing so late because l
didn't know any better.
Answer. There is nothing to
worry about unless you forgot 10
thank people for presents. Il Is
not considered necessary for a
bride, or any one else, to write
notes OF thanks for kilograms or
cards. A bride must OF course
write a personal letter of thanks
for every present sent to her
and this means a handwritten
note. not an engraved card Of
thanks. As she happens 10 meet
people who sent her kilograms or
cards. she tries TO remember 10
say thank you for them, but even
If she forgets, 1t Is not very seri-
ouq
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We otAt whit Jul W
try TO make us over.
We don't like to hear a friend
say Il think she's a dear--hut--"
We get little tired of the dear
est friend who stays too late (espe-
cially II we have to get up early in
the morning..
We get irate at the friend who
talks about another friend we
happen to have.
And II isn't any fun TO have even
our best friends drop in at any
minute of the day because, after
all. little privacy is a wonderful
thing.
When we want to forget some
thing. often it's our friends who
won't let us do IL.
All of which isn't an indictment
against our friends, because they
let us do the same to them. Per-
haps their tolerance coupled with
ours is what makes us friends"
Gossip
Dear Miss Grey: We hear lot
about gossips and the evil they do.
I agree that they do evil but must
admit ! can't hold the same con-
tempt for them that used to.
was born of a poor but decent,
foreign family. We came here
when l was very little boy and
lived in fairly good ncighborhood
Evidently the neighbors looked
down upon us because we could
barely understand or speak Eng
lish. At any rate, we were treated
Ms outsiders from the beginning.
AS ] grew older grew sensitive.
Particularly did ] resent gossiping
women and evil minded men who
leered at my mothers and sisters
and talked about them before me.
But ] had to attain manhood to
feel how bitterly untrue gossip can
hurt. Things were said about my
family, my brothers and sisters
that were utterly untrue. / will
admit that my father went into the
saloon business but that had MOTH
ing to do with the character OF my
people. However. the neighbors
rCIuScu 10 ADMIT tnat.
Slander went on and as a man I
have grown bitter. ] used to despise
gossips and hated to hear anyone
talk about someone else. Now, no
matter how cruel the gossip about
others. don't care a bit. / figure
that the world is a mess of gossip
that my family got its share and
IL won't hurt the rest of the world
TO get some of 1t, too. NIB,
Disfigured
Dear Miss Grey: Three months
ago was one of the happiest girls
in the world, now / am one OF the
most confused. ] will appreciate
any advice that you and the readers
can give me.
/ have been going almost year
with wonderful boy. ] was madly
in love with him and am sure that
he thought-and still thinks--a lot
of me.
Then one night he was injured
and burned in a terrible accident
and for weeks laid at deaths door.
His face was cut and burned so
terribly that he hardly looks like
the same person. 1t is mass Of
scars. Everything has been done
for him that can be. The doctors
tell him that he is lucky to be
alive and not to worry about his
looks.
But they don't know how feel.
] have always been proud of my
Rood-looking sutton. now I can
hardly look at him without an
awful feeling of regret. To be
frank, II almost makes me sick.
Since he has been in the hospital,
he has been more serious than for
merly. He wants TO marry me as
soon as he gets out of the hospital.
/ love him, of course, but know
ing could never be as proud or
get the same thrill that once did
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AN importan, item in Alma
"A Norton Dufiill's travel ward
robe for a flying tour through
Central and South America is this
sheath gown. shown under q
smoky blue suede swagger jacket
with beaded embroidery on the
sleeves. Mrs. Dufiill. important
California designer. chose lace
because It's uncrushable as well
as bea1tiful--for every outfit IN
her travel wardrobe. Among the
items included are suit of fab
Yic-like lace, "a wool lace for
h,ncheons and cocktails and q cot.
: tom lacelsnSeUhls .1oHsnoEtx
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Dear Mrs. Post: Ny husband
continues To call my parents Mr.
and Mrs, and l understand that
some of our other relatives and
my friends are commenting on this
formal attitude he shows toward
my family after being married to
me for over six months. II IS
true that my family IS very DIFF
ferent from his own. That Is, we
are plain country folk whereas his
people have for generations been
widely travelled as well as having
always lived in a big city. 1t is
also true that he hasn't been with
my people very much and hardly
knew them before we were mar
ried. / can understand that he
does not feel very near to them,
but | am sure he likes them and
that he respects them as very
good people. l don't want to find
fault with him or to push him
into calling my parents names
that do not come naturally to him,
and yet l don't like to have him
appear at a disadvantage 10 the
ones who are criticizing his stiff
ness" nor can l bear to have his
formality seem belittling to my
mother and father. What do you
suggest that l do about this?
Answer: Surely you can speak
frankly to your own husband. Say
to him exactly what you have sad
in your letter to me. am sure
YOU will find it has never even
occurred to him that anybody
could imagine his formality (of
which he is probably entirely UNI
consciously unfriendly to those who
are. next to himself, most dear to
you.
Copyright, 1881
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-01-04
ACHING
col S
nejieve Their DISTRESS
This kasy, Quiek May!

To bring speedy relief from the discom-
fort Of chest colds, muscular rheumatic
aches and pains due to colds-you need
more than lust salve"-use a stimu-
lating .'counsss-issifanf" like good old
warming. soothing Musterole. II pcne-
trates the surface skin breaking up local
congestion and pain resulting from colds.
Even better than mustard plaster
Musterole has been used by millions for
over so years. Recommended by many
doctors and nurses. In three strengths:
Regular. Children's mild and Extra
Strong, 40s. Approved by Good House.
kssping Bureau. AL druggists.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-01-04
NOUel Sueets Are
Nuttu But Nice
Nolasses Cashew Nut Cake

Sweets to the sweet. plus little
sweet novelty. and these desserts
come under that heading.
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Copyright, 1881
Evening star., 1939-04-05
Griffenhogen

Continued From First Pa2e)