The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1940-06-08
HAIR LEM
Race Capitol of the Nation"
BY FLOYD G. sNELsON
BY FLOYD G. sNELsoN

= y y y y = ~ ~
6 pr. shoes $18; afternoon dresses
SIS; 2 evening dresses SIS; a house
dresses 81; house-coat So; heavy
robe SO; negligee 50; 1 pr. evening
shoes SO; 1 evening wrap IS; pr.
gloves So; 2 play-suits 50.
Three night-gowns So; l bathing
suit 81; 1 pr. house slippers 81; 1 pr.
zippers 81; pr. rubbers 81; l umbrel-
la 81; A slips So; 2 girdles 50; 2 bras
sieres 81; 6 panties So; 8 pocketbooks
So; 25 pr. stockings $40.
Cosmetics Sc; 26 visits to the beauty
parlor $26; health necessities so; club
and recreation So; spending change
and pin-money; total $208.
If she's a smart thrifty damsel, she
may adjust her budget so as to add a
few extra frills and thrills. have not
included laundry and cleaner bills, as
she can do most of that for herself.
She can always Squeeze" few extra
quarters and half dollars out of Daddy
with a barrage of sweet kisses and
hugs on payday.
Girls never be a "defeatist". When
papa asks you to go to a swell affair,
don't come up with "lame story
81 haven't anything to wear" That
gets you no place, and seldom gets you
a new dress. Always remember that
there's some gal, who has Something
to wear who will gladly "pinch-hit''
for you; and that's your first step on
the way out.
Boys, 20 or 25 bucks a week should
enable you to meet your obligations to
the 10 dollar a week gal, providing, of
course, that you are not a poker-player
or race-horse tout. When you buy
drinks, always share with the wife
that is, if she INDUCES. Be a Irregular
fellow with her; and take her as a pal
as well as sweetheart NEXT
WEEK-$20 Week Femme.
NATION MOURNS
Persons of both races and all walks
of life paid high tribute to the late DR.
Robert R. Motion, noted educator and
president emeritus of Tuskegee in
1924 under the direction of IRE. Lee
and the Urban League. He was in.
deed remarkable character.
HONOLULU, T. HAWAII
Dear Floyd: Sorry that I didn't gel
to see you when you we're here If you
dumb New Workers would look in the
telephone book you could find me. My
name is listed in the Honolulu Tele.
phone book, ha ha. Hazel Thomas
proprietor Park Lane Beauty Shop il
Harlem) is leaving here son for New
. York, maybe. I think she has faller
, in love with Honolulu. Here is q pic
! ture of my darling baby, also one o.
Mrs. Thomas and one of Marie Villa
the latter who has already left for hel
home in Harlem. Glad to read YOU
column in the papers. Regards to al
my friends in Harlem, and tell them t,
: write to me. Sincerely, Mrs. Louis
, Howard Barb, 3O51 Hinano Street
GLAD TO HEAR from you, Louise
= | am indeed sorry I missed seeing yoI
when in Honolulu. I know we coul
have had a grand time. Thanks TO
your leter-Your cruising reporter.
A SLANT AT A GLANCE
Hon. James G. Carter, U. S. Consu
at Calais, France since 1906, one O
few race persons in the Consular Ser
vice, was forced to flee for his life
when the town was bombed by tn,
Nazis last week. He and other at
taches fled to Switzerland, and later t.
Paris, enroute to America.
WILLIAM GRANT STILL, noteC
composer, has created a new sensation
in the music and theatre world will
his new work called "And They
Lynched Him On a Tree" The piece
approXimates a stage production, fol
it is scored for white chorus, coloreC
chorus, symphony orchestra, contraltC
soloist and narrator. With Wen Tai
bert Choir and others it is scheduled
for premier at the Lewiston Stadium
June "a. Still, who formerly lived il
Harlem, now makes his home in Holly
wood where he is engaged in pictures
Langston Hughes, noted poet, is the
author of a spectacular musical, which
will show the contributions of our race
in music, the theatre and other arts t.
be presented in Chiago this summer
in connection with the Colored Ameri
can Exposition.
Philatelic enthusiasts might be in
terested to learn that Liberals Con
sulate General gave notice of the issue
on July 20 of three large-sized stamps
to commemorate the founding of the