The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1939-03-18

Ellington came to town to play for that
Dunbar Dance on Mar. II another
waitress at Estelle's was 5000 happy to
see Johnny Hodges who is her heart
cha-cha. The Robert Hughes are
being blessed sometime in May. He is
Pc. clerk while she is the former
Ruth Jacqueline and a social worker
OF note. Our conception of glamor-
Gus lady is the former Agatha Briggs,
now Mrs. Robson, who is really
dream come true. 1t is reported
that George Goodman, executive secre-
tary of the Urban League, will leave
town In a week for Washington, DC,
where he will assume his new duties.
Boston loses a good man. Drina
Stewart cOnfides that she and Jimmy
Lane are 'just friends" now, but from
all appearances they are still closer
than ten past two. Is Joe Ryles, Jr.
about to follow in the footsteps of
brother Wee? If he does the lucky
toOtsie will be Mildred Collins. Pete
Kennel, one of the local boys who
made good at Fisk, writes that all is
well down thar in Tenn. .. Joe Stevens
and Thelma Tynes, one of the Hi Hat
cutles, have patched up their Difficult
ties and are happy about the whole
thing. =. Cecil Hansel has found HIM
self new baby in the person of Bar
bara Dooley, who was once sweet on
Ernie Slaughter. . A newcomer to
town is Adeline Vincent of n. Y. She
thinks our place is a bit slow, but has
few redeeming features named Chef
Smith. =. The latest tune to catch the
jitterbugs' fancy has Hold Tight"
Il want some sea-food, mama) as its
title. Unless you have a good magma
ton, the words don't make sense.
NOrelette :. She was one of the high
est stepping foogies around town-the
life Of any party and all that sort of
thing. The boys fought for the priv
lege of wining and dining her but she
told them all not to get serious because
she was having too much fun to think
of marriage, home and children. Too
young to be taken out of circulation,
etc. Well, youth is just temper
airy state and as the years began to
pile up on her, the scores of admirers
around her own age began to decrease
but steadily. . Now her admirers
are limited to a few young boys who
are just beginning to hit the high spots,
and she is bored to tears and disillu-
stoned because she realizes that those
things she wants now-marriage, home,
etc.-are lost to her forever. Now,
she knows that life is like poker
game and the time to cash your chips
is when you're way ahead of the game,
because if you wait you'll be washed
away. March Winds. This has
been called the "Month of Events" and
rightly so, for during March we had
the Boston Massacre, the adoption of
the U. S. Constitution and the estab-
lishment of the Postal System. In
1876 on March 7 the telephone was
patented and this is the birth-month of
four former Presidents - Madison,
Jackson, Tyler and Cleveland-not to
forget some other great Americans
Supreme Court Justice Holmes, foot
balls immortal Knute Rockne, Charles
W. Eliot, William Jennings Bryan, etc.
... Sharing March birthdays with
such figures, we find Otis X. Jones,
"Wee Willie" Ryles, Joe Ryles, ST.,
Eddie "Sonny" Barber and even yo'
Uptown Downbeater. .. Then this was
the month back in 1854 that the U. S.
and Japan signed the Com Perry
Treaty and, Remember The Alamo"
1886 =. But more important that all
this is the fact that with the coming of
March we know that Dame Spring is
lust around the corner and soon the
hoogies will shed their bulky winter
coats. Then, with this seasons shorter
skirts as an added attraction, it will
again be time for us to put our glasses
on 49,. And so, I remain yo' Down
beater who heard that kindness is just
as important to romance as are kisses.
=. S'long
-G