The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1940-03-23
HA r LE IA
"Race Capitol of the Nation"
ByFLOYD 6. SNELsON
By FLOYD g. SNELSON

All the girls looked like sweet sixteen.
| and IA years meant little in their
young lives. Charlie Buchanan, the
major domo, was on hand seeing to it
| that things were just okay.
, ON MY CUFF
"Mamba's Daughters, a last season
revival starring Ethel Waters, closed
its western tour at Milwaukee, and will
reopen on Broadway next week, with
81 .65 top prices-the site will be the
Broadway theatre.
! Katherine Durham and her ballet
group are playing week at the Wind
sor Theatre. Plantation and minstrel
dances will be presented along with
Aida Overton Walkers Hannah from
Savannah, Honky- Tonk, the Savoy
] jitterbug number, Boogie Woogie and
Barrelhouse and others on the pro-
gram.
Stuff Use a MugginO Smith are
back on Swing (52) Street at the
Hickey House.
An all-colored revue played against
a sepia setting is new W.O.R. radio
feature . a thirty minute theme is
explained in its title "Sheep and
Goats Club. Transplanted from the
Harlemese. "sheep" are psalm>singers.
: preachers, etc, while "goats" are
members of the blues-singing section
of LenoX Avenue. The series is pro-
duced by Geraldine Garrick, and Rich
ard Huey, of Aunt Dinah's Kitchen is
the emcee Corrine Harris, the
dimpled singer of Leroy's of yester-
year, is back in Harlem, looking fine
-altho she admits past so years,
you'd never guess it.
Jimmy Briggs, now manager of
Quinn's 115th Street Paige Allen,
Savoy hostess, will be married Easter
in Philly to Walter Alexander, postal
clerk. Sedgewick Harvey, former
Golden Glovers champion, says Ray
Robinson can't miss our next light
weight crown, wishing loads of sue
cess.
Hotel Theresa management is MAX
ing great plans for Harlemites under
their new policy, says Dick Thomas,
press agent q. Broadway Buster,
manager of the J & J Grill, 116 ST.,
and 9Th Ave, is the most popular guy
in that section, if the night-owls have
! any say Heard Mildred Bailey
torch the new number "Dont Daily
with the Devil" it's killer i. Nudge
Williams, formerly with Louis Arm
strong has joined the Duke Ellington
aggregate :. Ethel Watkins, the Cot
ton Club model, is resting awhile from
her duties . Geraldine DESMOND, of
; the Dept. of Health, looks grand since
her trip to the Virgin Isles . Lou
Layne has joined the ranks of the pic
ture fotogs in Harlem. .
Gene Honey Boy) Sedric of Fats
Waller band will son take a bride, a
cutie little lassie from the Bronx.
Jack Dabney, prosperous mortician
of Newark, and an answer to a maid
ems prayer is running a gauntlet with
the pretty danes of Harlem and Jersey
these Leap Year days. . Mamie
Smith the blues queen of a recent
decade is in full bloom. Count
Basic back to Boston on April 2.
Bea Higginbotham, femme of the
great trombonist, and her friend
Agnes Weber, are slipping scotch and
sodas in the swank lounges quite
often. Ethlynd Boyd-Collins has re-
moved her apartment from Manhat-
tan Ave, to 1863 w. 116. =. Home for
Easter: the lovely debs, La Verne
Riley and Beatrice Turner, from How
ard University . . The tenth annual
fashion show given by the Progressive
Club of Corona Saturday eve at I'm
perial Auditorium was a great success
due to it's capable committee from
Queens. Bessie Dudley is one of the
cleverest sepia beauties of the Apollo
chorus. =. Sympathy to S. H. Dudley
dance producer, in the passing of his
distinguished father. Word from
Cleveland brings that Roselyn has
returned to her hubby the tennis
champion. Calling it square for an
other week Wishing you all g
Happy Easter, with lots of Dummies
and hen fruit. Your cruising re
porter, Snelson, 400 Manhattan Ave.
apt. SO.