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The Phoenix index., 1940-07-20
Four Stories From
Opportunity Starred
In 40 Anthology

NEW YORK, N. Y.-Among the
stories listed as distinctive" in
Edward j. O'Brien's 1.-The Best
Short Stories. 194O'' are four which
appeared in recent issues OF
OPPORTUNITY, Journal Of Ne"
gro Life.
One OF these stories-"Salute To
The Passing by Chester B. Hines
is given two asteriskS in the list
irg; the others receive one each
They are: "Isle Makin's,' by
Marta B. Bonner, Santa Claus Is
A White Man." by John Henrik
Clarke, and THE Fine Line Ly
Marian Minus.
The last name story is soon to
be republished in THE Penguin
Parade" an English magazine de-
voted to outstanding shot fiction
The Phoenix index., 1940-07-20

demonstration in the care OF hogs
for Increased meat production. Two
All Club boys from his county, MIC
Coy Hunter and James Copelano'
were the actual demonstrators.
Miss Blanche Harris, home agent
from Louisa, Virginia, presented
two of her All girls, Margaret
Thurston and Addie Perkins IN
the demonstration OF table service
for the farm family
Miss Nellie Davidson of the WPA,
conducted the demonstration for
the Federal Surplus Commodities
Corporation.
D. F. Miller, Of the Alabama
staff has charge of the low cost
housing demonstration and has
been selected by the Washington
office to have general supervision
of the departments exhibit.
Other Negro extension workers
present during the opening days of
the exposition Included T. M
Campbell and j. B. Pierce, tield
supervisors for the SNtension Serv-
zee; Miss l.. A. Jenkins, distric,
home agent, Virginia State college;
j l.. Charity, district extension
agent, Richmond, Virginia; N. Kal-
lock, Alabama state AEnt for men,
and R. R. Bell, movable school
agent, Tuskegee Institute.
According to the schedule out
lined for the balance OF the expo
sition, teams from other Southern
States will come in pairs to con-
tinue the demonstrations. Those
yet to come are:
July IA ta. July %, Florida and
North Carolina.
July "a to August 2, Georgia anc
South Carolina.
August TO August II, Louisiana
and Tennessee.
August l3 to August %. Mississip
pi and Arkansas.
August % to September 2, Texa:
and Oklahoma. As
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Adopting as the exhibit theme
THE Negro on the Land" series
of enlarged photos with Negro
subjects trace "75 Years of Uphill
Struggle Toward Better Rural Liv-
ing"
WASTED Land in contrast to
Rebuilding the Land are present
ed in striking charts and photos in
order to show the scientific meth
eds employed to rebuild and con-
serve this basic natural resource.
Increasing Farm Income" which
include crop control, diversified
ton, better land use, the produc-
ton of food and feed is part of the
continual pictorial story.
These measures adopted are 81
arranged as to focus attention up
on the departments main objective
Better Living.
Under the general heading Bet
ter Living the contrast method
is used to show better education
better homes, better health ano
better people.
AT various places in the pano
rama, special features are present
ed in order to emphasize the pro-
gressive advancement towards th'
objective. One such feature is tht
section of display cases which con
tin products grown on Negro farms
and assembled from the severa
Southern States. Typical of thes'
products and displays are hams
and bacon from Georgia, harness
from Texas, low cost rural homes
from Alabama. handiwork IRON
South Carolina, marketable aiie
supplementary cash crops IRON
Louisiana and Florida.
In another section. three inter
iors of typical modern Negro farm
homes are displayed. In the pantr!
there are shelves laden with jar
of canned foods showing how th'
family, in response to the teachlni
The Phoenix index., 1940-07-20
BY SUSAN BARDEN
International illustrated News
Writer

International Illustrated News
THOSE of you who have just
recently become confirmed week
end guests, may have found that
on your first two CT three expert
ences as visitor, all was not well
with the wardrobe. You either
travelled too light Or too heavy.
Ii this was the case, then a list
of necessities for happy week
emo may be help.
A minimum wardrobe will be
easier on your budget, and will
also keep you from feeling self
conscious On arrival at your desti-
nation The girl who arrives with
dozens Of bags is sure to feel that
her hostess thinks she has made a
mStake and plans 20 spend the
summer.
A travelling outfit, play suit and
evening dress will be a good be-
ginning. Of course as the season
wears on you'll pick up additions
here and there, and will be able
to make changes in these funda-
mentals from your regular sum-
mer clothes.
The outfit worn by Virginia Vale
is perfect for travel, whether you
are motoring or going by train. 1t
consists of a station wagon coat,
the very newest thing for summer
wear, and a tailored silk dress. The
coat is made of bright yellow and
brown plaid on beige WooOl. The
dress of bamboo beige is accented
by colorful raffia belt, and the
felt beret and shoes are of match
ing beige. Air conditioned trains
and modern motoring make these
light shades both smart and prac-
tical, and you went look so town
like when you step out and are me-
by the slack-clad country figures.
PLAY SUIT SAFE BET
If yCu don't know your hoctess'
plans for the day. its always safe
to oon a play suit with a detach-
able skirt The one modelled by
Priscilla Lane is bias-cut and made
of striped cotton. The ripping
skirt has a wide sash that ties in
the back The S lit itself is one
piece affair and will be perfect for
tennis and lcunging around get
ting a tan. But should you be ask
ed to run into the village or GO for
tea at neighboring house, all
you'll have to do is hop into your
skirt and you are fully garbed for
country activity.
Your evening dress should be OF
chiffon. This will pack easily, and
with moderate care and a little
tissue paper it will not nave to p
pressed Gale Storm has selected
an ideal party frock that is both
chic and youthful. 1t is made OF
sheer pastel blue chiffon alon
shirtmaker lines. With this is worn
a wide self material belt atop tht
long, graceful skirt.
When you have added YOU
bathing suit, sneakers, soxs ant
sunglasses to the three costume
shown in the above bags have TIT
look of an experienced week-ender
and you will be able to view tnel
contents with pride.
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Look Cool And You
Feel Cooler

a bright chintz, a white ground
printed with cherry clusters, worn
with a matching wide-brimmed
chintz hat
Cotton hats have zoomed right
up to peak popularity this year,
and they're perfect for comfort
and eye appeal. Pique, striped like
a peppermint candy stick in red
and white and blue and white, is
shown in all types OF summer hats
from turbans to dressy cartwheels.
They make brilliant splash with
dark colored monotone dresses.
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BEAUTIFUL HIGHWAYS S

HOUSTON, Tex. 49, Families OF
race doctors have discovered that
the highways from most OF the
country to Houston, scene OF the
annual convention of the Natlonai
Medical Association, August l2-l6'
lead through beautiful countryside
of historic and natural interest,
Manv have decided to combine the
business of convention time with
annual family vacations.
The Phoenix index., 1940-07-20
Adelaide Hall Is
Still In England

NEW YORK-TYP)-1he fact
that the British Isles is lin line for
the invasion of Herr Hitler'S blitz-
krieg" has caused friends of Ade-
laide Hall, premier American ac-
tress, to worry.
The former star of Lew Leslie'S
"Blackbirds" with her husband,
Bert Hicks, own and operate the
famed Florida Club there. The nit
cry was closed by Proclamation of
the British Parliament recently,
along with other hot" spots.
The Phoenix index., 1940-07-20
STYLES EZRST
G~~4 T
Pattern 118
SOFTLY FEMININE
GOOD-TIME DRESS

l.
Everything that spells summer
enchantment has been put into
Pattern 178 by Claire Tilden. It's a
young-girl frock with princess lines
shat curve, front and back, for
grace and for smooth, easy fitting
The loW-cut front neckline is both
cool and becoming, and though the
sleeves may be above-the elbow
length, the brief, flaring ruffled
style is more youthful and sum-
merry. Why not make the ruffles in
dainty eyelet embroidery? There's
a gay surprise in back where the
princess lines are smartly inter-
rupted by loW-pointed waist
seam, with a double panel in the
skirt below. You might play up
these unusual features with two
rows Of buttons and a pert bow.
Self-fabric bows give a very decora-
tive and feminine touch down the
center front seam; yet are so SIM
pile to make. Ruffling may be used
for crisp edging around the neck
and puffed sleeves. Wouldn't the
whole frcck be enchanting in eye
let embroidered batiste or in an
airy cotton lace?
Pattern 178 is cut in misses sizes
10, IL, IA, 16 and 18; bust sizes %,
80, 80, "a and SO. Size 16 requires
3 5-8 yards 39-inch fabric.
Send FIFTEEN CENTS Q5c) in
coins for this pattern. WRITE
CLEARLY SIZE, NAME, AID
DRESS AND STYLE NUMBER.
Send orders to Scott Newspaper
Syndicate, 210 Auburn Avenue, N
F. Atlanta Ca
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get accustomed to toasted rye
and you will like it-bonbons,
cream and butter are all busy lit
tie builders of adipose tissue.
PLENTY OF FRUITS
Fruits one can have plenty,
also fruit juices. if they are not
sweetened Cottage cheese and
buttermilk are highly recommed-
ed, so is unsweetened lemonade.
Exercise need not be strenuous. A
three mile walk every day is what
the beauty doctor orders. SWIM
ming is an excellent reducer if
one really swims, doesn't just play
around. A course in gym under
the directions of a capable In =
structor will speed up the cam
paign for the wollcWy shape.
To keep the facial tissues from
sagging as one loses weight it Is
necessary to pat and slap the flesh
freely at least once day with a
heavy cream, friction with an ice
cube while the cream remains on
The Phoenix index., 1940-07-20
By MARIE DOWNING

There are beauty and romance IN
every woman's everyday doings!
I'm going to illustrate that by re-
peating TO yeu some OF the Ques-
tions recently asked OF me by read
ers Of Beauty and Romance. The
answers are quite obvious.
No woman can afford to be a
carbon-copy of another woman. To
make yourself different, would you:
Buy jacket that is most un-
usual even if it isn't flattering
Wear black shoes with an other
wise white outfit?
Fashion your hair tightly to your
head when most are fluffing it?
LITTLE NERVOUS HABITS
Arc you a shoulder-S5rap grab
Der. table drummer, or bracelet
fiddler? Small nervous habits can
be glamour robbers.
When you have date to an i'm
portant function with one man,
would you break it to GO with the
hero of the hour" II the hero
suddenly asks you?
Are your around ehouse
clothes neat, clean and tidy. :.
the same as your street clothes?
What is your social specially?
IS it dancing, card playing, tennis,
hostess, being a good companion?
If you haven't one, get DuSy ana
develop one. We all need one Spe-
cialty. at least.
fl you are with group and
each orders a cocktail, but all you
want is a soft drink. would you
order a cocktail or soft dring?
Would you color your hair to re-
turn its youthful &.leen and beau
ty, or do nothing hoping that the
lighter, grayer streaks might add
dignity to your appearance?
ANY WOMAN CAN BE
GLAMOROUS
ANY woman can be glamOrOuS
who has a mind of her own, a
| little confidence in herself and
knows how TO use the right shade
of cosmetics and patronlzes the
| right hairdreSSer.
Men always lock twice at wom-
en- who know how to be women.
who know the value of dalntlneSS,
the air of conversation, the outs
and ms Of everyday social etl-
quette. Be different, yes. But don't
be too noticeably different! Be
gay. But don't be roWdy! Be in
dependent. But don't be SO indie
pendent that you are a walltlow'
er!!
And here is my final question
If new girl comes TO town With 9
ravishingly different hair style
should you rush to have your han
styling copy ners, or should yol
have your hairdresser create a new
style for you, or should you tenn
porarily at least continue with youl
present hair style? Think rea
hard and then do the latter.
and not one can accuse you OF be-
ing a copycat!
What are your beauty prob
lens? Write Marie Downing,
LarieuSe Beauty Foundation,
The Phoenix index., 1940-07-20
Sixteen-Year Old Miss Told She's
Too Young TO Have One Boy Friend
Be Friendly
With All Is
Sue S Aavice
BY SUE LEAF

MaQga writes.
Dear Sue:
1 have a boy-friend who is six
teen years old, that l love very
dearly but it seems that he has for
saken me for another Was he
really angry because 1 rode in the
ether boys car or was that just q
frameup to get me out of the way?
DO you think we will ever be
friends again? 1 am very worried
about the whole affair and
would like to have your advice ON
the matter I am also sixteen.
worrying about a love affair. AT
your age, you should not be think
ing Of having one special friend,
giving him the right to be angry
when you go riding with someone
else. You should lie friendly with
all of the fellows. Don't be so seri-
Gus with the boys now and enjoy
the company of all Of them. You
have plenty of years to fall in love
and be faithful to boy-friendS.
Dear Miss Leaf:
Your column is very interesting
and / do not miss an issue. have
a little family of three and we are
quite happy.
We have a home that was bought
some years ago but it is on a dark
street. Lights are on each end OF
the street., but it is dark near where
we live. l would like to know how
to go about getting a light near us.
I have asked several people but no
one seems to know.
Samuel
! I am very glad to know that your
home is happy Try to keep it SO.
To get a street light, it is nee
ecsary to petition the Power Com
pany where you live. In state
ment, say where you would like the
light to be and have the people
around you sign the statement to-
gether with your signature, OF
course, and mail it to the Com
pany. They are usually glad to CO..
operate in matters Of this KIND.
Send your problems of everyday
life to SUE LEAF, 210 Auburn Ave-
nue., NE, Atlanta, Georgia. NO per-
sonal replies All names will De
withheld and letters treated conf
dentially. ~. -.,s~ /.
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Send your problems of everyday
life to SUE LEAF, 210 Auburn Ave-
nue., NE, Atlanta, Georgia. NO per-
sonal replies All names will pe
withheld and letters treated conf
dentially. -.o.~ j.
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Don t Be A Copy
Cat Women Told

Fifth Floor, 35Os Lindell Blvd,
ST. Louis, Mo. and she will
answer them. Be sure to enclose
a seif-addressed, stamped enve-
l0pe.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1940-06-27

Masters in playoff. He was West
ern Open champion in 1880 and
Metropolitan king in 1925.
Sarazen hackers will cOncede that
one other man was q consistently
better golfer. That was Bobby
Jones. From the time the Emperor
Jones won his first title In 1928 until
he finished competition the top man
Of them all was never without q
title. He won Is major champion
ships, including the 1880 grand slam
of the National Open, the National
Amateur, the British Open and the
British Amateur.
When Jones entered tournament
it was always him against the field.
That can't be said about Sarazen or
any other player since Jones' time.
Gene Calls the Turn
Gene called the turn about two
months ago. He couldn't, he said,
see any reason why, at his age, he
shouldn't still be good enough to
win. He planned on entering a few
tournaments, getting plenty Of prac-
tice, and then going out for bigger
game. The success Of his strategy
almost made a third-time Open
champion Of him, and must have
been surprise even to himself.
There'll be no forgetting Sarazen's
semi-final finish to gain a tie with
Little. Needing to come back in
"a strokes, two under par, the Con-
necticut farmer picked up brides at
the eleventh and thirteenth. He got
them by holing bad eight-foot putt
on the sixteenth, a terrific 30-footer
on the seventeenth. and just missing
a 60-foot attempt for a birdie that
would have won the title for him on
the eighteenth hole.
When the tournament was over
Sarazen knew that youth finally had
been served. Tournaments as tough
as the Open are won by younger
men-players whose muscles are
elastic, who can shake quickly the
effects Of a grueIing, Furnishing
round against heart-breaking COM
petition.
The little Italian spoke his feel
ings at the trophy presentation fol-
lowing the playof. He placed his
hand on the championship cup and
said:
Il had dates with this graceful
lady in 1922 and in 1892 and / had
hoped to keep another one with her
today. She led me on for three
days, but today she said, I'm sor-
ny, Gene. but I'm going to 60 home
with Mr.. Little. He's younger than
you are. :"
Whenever golfng enthusiasts gath
er the name Of Sarazen will conjure
up tales Of a truly great competitor.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1940-06-27
Miracle House
Open This Week
For 22nd Season
PreventOrium For Children
Expected To Treat 100
During This Summer

The 22nd season of the Miracle
House, tuberculosis preventorium
for children Of Maryland, will be-
gin this week, it was announced
by the Maryland tuberculosis AS
ISOLATION. Approximately 1870
boys and girls are expected to be
on hand.
The Miracle House is for white
children between the ages of to
IL who are malnourished and below
par physically. All the children
have, at one time or another, been
in contact with persons having
active tuberculosis.
"a tired and weak Individual is
a perfect host to tuberculosis if
the germs get into the body" said
William B. Matthews, managing
director of the association, land
tuberculosis germs are almost GER
tain to cause infection if a child is
constantly in contact with per-
son having the disease. By going
to the Miracle House child may
be removed from sources of infec-
ton and also build up his physical
resistance so that a stronger fight
can be made against the disease.
eff nothing is done for children
in these circumstances, the chance
is that they, in turn, will become
tuberculosis cases and the respon-
sibility of the community"
The preventorium is located at
Claiborne on the Eastern Shore.
The property is situated on the
Bay where the children can enjoy
swimming and other pleasures of
the seashore, but always under
supervision. Since the Miracle
House was started in 1919, over
/ 2,700 boys and girls have been
treated.
\ Children accepted at the Miracle
House are taken for the whole sea-
son. This necessarily limits the
number aided during the summer,
but it pays dividends in improved
health for those who need it most.
Work at the Miracle House is
made possible through the annual
sale of tuberculosis Christmas
Seals in the State.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1940-06-27


ness, may bring about change in
the positions of their two leading
rivals.
As Joe Mccarthy puts 1t, Feller is
doing for the Indians what Grove
used to do for the Red Sox but can
do NO longer, apparently: step In
and halt their skidding with q we'll
pitched game when the other pitch
ers are faltering. So far, Of course,
the Red Sox have managed to do
all right without Old Nose in the
form he held through last year. But
what Of the months ahead-the hot
months when the strain win be heav-
Ter ON the other pitchers.
Grove Through at Last?
asked some of the Yanks Il they
thought Old Nose was through-that
after Is years Of hurting, during
which he slipped under the 500
mark only once, and that in his first
year out Of Baltimore-if the Iona
coming Limited really had lost his
stuff. I asked them that, remem-
bering that everybody thought he
was through as far back as 1884
when he won only eight games in
his first year in Boston.
They remembered that, toO-and
remembered how he came back with
rush-and what pitcher he was
right up to the end of last season.
Only one of them answered.
1T don't know" he said, but
that's what we heard when we were
in Boston. The dope we got was
that while he might come through
with good game once in a while
might get out there any afternoon
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and blow that curve ball of his
around the plate and then let go
with a fast one now and then just
to remind the hitters he still has it
he isn't going to be much real help
to the club any more.
IF that's SO, those other Boston
pitchers had better be hot all sea-
son. Check back and you'll find that
the Is games Grove won last year
meant the difference between sec
ond place and fourth--at least"
The Yarlks Admire Them
incidentally, Grove and Teller,
who may in one way or the other
have such an effect not only on the
fate of their own clubs but on the
fate of the Yankees as well, are two
of the Yanks' favorite athletes.
Naturally, they like to beat the two
BObs every time they hook up with
them. But they admire Grove for
his year-in and year-out perform
ances, the courage he showed In
beating his way back when every
body had him tagged for the clean
ers and the skill with which he has
made over his pitching style.
They Don't Like 'ShOlUbOatS'
They admire Teller not only for
the natural stuff he has but for the
way he has taken his fame in stride.
There are no swelled-heads or show
offs among the Yankees and they
freely hand it to the kid from Van
Meter for having already touched
greatness without making any fuss
about it.
The Yanls, i might say, are criti-
cal Of ball players they call "shOw-
boats" Not understanding Dizzy
Dean, they took an almost violent
dislike to him and got terrific
kick out of his crack-up in the all
star game in Washington in 1887 and
the defeat they slapped on him in
the World Series of 1888.
But Dir got them on his side after
the final game Of the 1888 series
when he walked into their clubhouse
at the Stadium and said he hated
to lose but getting beaten by great
ball club took some OF the sting out
Of the defeat.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1940-06-27
Of Sports
Sarazen, Like
Old Man River.
Keeps Rolling
By ROBERT McSHANE

Released by Western Newspaper Union.
That sturdy little Roman, Gene
Sarazen, gave golfdom one Of its
major thrills a short time ago when
the fates decided that he and Law
son Little should battle it out for the
forty-fourth National Open cham
pionship.
Little won the match, and no one
denies that his was a gallant vic
tory. But 1t was a sad blow to the
thousands of fans who have rooted
for Gene during the past 20 years.
They took consolation in the fact
that the 1S-hole playoff was just as
exciting as could be expected in
man-to-man duel between two Of the
greatest match players who ever
lived.
Cocky and courageous, Sarazen
has won virtually all the honors Of
fered to professional golfer. Thir-
ty-eight years old, this was his twen-
ty-frst National Open tournament
after his debut at Toledo's Inver-
ness course. He won the Open in
1922. and again in 1892.
Standouts of the 3O's
Looking back over the Terrific
Thirties, one can find but handful
Of standout golfers. The handful in
cludes Ralph GuldahI, Sam Snead,
Harry Cooper, and a few more.
Most Of the big names featured In
tOday's golfing news belong to the
Johnny-come-latelies-the boys who
look good during a particularly hot
stretch, and then settle down to .
less pubIicized mediocrity.
Gene won all six of the major
championships, five Of them during
the thirties. In 1892 he won both
the U. S. and the British Open
crowns, establishing scoring rec
ord in England. In 1888 he won the
Professionals match play tourna-
ment. Two years later he scored
his still famous double-eagle to tie
Craig Wood and win the Augusta
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they see 1t, they VIII
be aided by a contin-
uance of the ineffec-
tiveness of Old Nose
Grove and menaced
by the skill of Bob
Feller. They even
think-at least some
Of them that / talked
to the other day
that these two pitch
ers, one near the end
of the string as a big
Lacquer and the 9TH
er just heading into