The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1939-07-15

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He provided second hand clothes, and
preached against doctors and dentists
gold teeth are immoral.
JUDGE DROPS DEAD-Bv 1890.
his heaven had grown to $50 angels
and he made his first entry to Harlem.
with the establishment of an Exten-
sion House in 128th Street. On No
vember 30, 1881 he was arrested in
Sayville as a public nuisance, as his
great meetings were disturbing the
neighbors. Brought before Justice
Lewis J. Smith, the judge permitted
bias to enter the case, according to the
opinion of the higher court, when he
demanded verdict of guilty. Father
Divine was convicted and fined $500
and sentenced to one year in iail.
Four days after the verdict, Justice
Smith dropped dead of heart failure.
That was all the impetus Father
Divine needed for his movement. It
was clear that thousands of followers
both colored and white read about the
case, that Father had struck down the
Justice. Scores and hundreds Joined
the heaven. The cult grew!
NOTE: NEXT ISSUE. will be con-
tinued with Father Divines steady
rise in Harlem, where he has the larg-
est following of any colored person
in the world. These excerpts from
New Yorker Magazine reveal startling
ouestiOns.-Snelson.
HARLEM LOTHARIOS
One often hears beautiful and tai
ented women make the remark and
Unnecessary Indictment that New York
has NO manageable men, so l de-
cided to "scotch" that story, and give
them some enlightment to their fut-
tering hearts. LADIES! Here are a
few fine gentlemen-a list scrambled
together at random. Including are
some notables, distinguished and
others somewhat modest-Physician
Dentists, artists, writer's, Attorneys,
authors, poets, teachers, actors, musi-
clans, etc.-representing all walks of
life, rich, poor and middling-hand-
some, tall, short and moderate. Drop
your cruising reporter. a line for fur
Their info: VIM. G. Handy, ST. and
Jr., Godfred Nurse, Richard Brent
Nal Frazier, McLeary Stinette, Kort-
right Lee, Bryce Porter, Arnold John
son, Harrison Jackson, Claude Mckay,
Bill Chase, Langston Hughes, Richard
Barthe, Julius Adams, Eddie Wilson,
James Manigault, Kirkwood Jackson,
Mercer Ellington, Philip Newland, Ira
MCGOWAN, Mike Bannarn, Raymond
Percell Skeeter Gorham, Aubrey
Jones.
Also, Ad Bates, Spinky Allston, Ray
Whitaker, Hubert Delaney, Romare
Bearden, Harold Jackson, Contee Gull
len, Ludlow Werner, Bill Attaway,
Ray Scott, Richard Wright, Perry w.
Cheyney, VIM. Capehard, Ellis VIII
liams, Aubrey Maynard, Ellsworth
Roberts, Vertner Tandy, Jr., Clarence
Hogans, Kenneth Bright, Barrie Rob-
erts, Cornelius McDougal, Tom Lay
ton, John McNeal, Taylor Gordon, Lou
Layne, Eddie WEIGH, Harry Burleigh,
VIM. E. Clark, Robert W. Justice,
John A. Diaz, W. E. Woodward, Al
Monroe, Harry Henley, Buck Owens,
F. Q. Morton, Cleveland Allen, and
many many others. Watch for future
list of eligibiles SOON.
NEWSETTES
Noble Sissle, noted musician, ork
leader celebrated his 50th birthday on
the (11th)) -. Sissle is president of
the Colored Actors Guild of America,
Inc. who are giving their second an
nual "Sail in the Moonlight" on Mon
day, August 7th; FLASH: Last year
this affair was the Talk of the Town
and Joe Louis, the champion, was
on hand-Was so glad to see Ella
Fitzgerald do her stuff so grand at
Broadway Loew's State, the week
she carried on, as the show goes on
for Chick Webb and Orchestral
Swing Lightly, boy with that too bad
sax-last week with Fats Waller and
his European Orchestra that landed
on Hudson shores from the other side
the other day-Gene Honey Boyy
Sedric who is making some new re-
cordings, watch this column for the
latest hits on the picollos; THE lovely
Fredi Washington is mentioning at
Oak Bluffs, Mass. Say kids, Alps
Tavern at 115th Street is a "solid-
killer" and the gang is making it
"sweeter, Tiny Ray, European dan
Ger of the good old days, is back on
the Ave; Harlem is to get a new
school house for the kidS-P 8 100