The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1940-05-25

balloting.
A delegate to the Conference from
the South was reported Clipped" of
| $500 by an unknown woman on Hast
ing Street; while another lost $3.50 in
working on the case.
The Norwood Hotel on Adams St.,
which housed many visiting guests
was thrown into excitement when a
stencil bomb was hurled by under
world characters. About so gunner
were said to be on hand to protect the
guests.
Among the many dashing ladies who
attracted much attention at the Con-
ference were Eta Moten, noted vocal
list; Gladys Berry, daughter of DR.. L..
L. Berry, secretary of Missions; lovely
daughters of Bishop R. R. Wright,
Jr.; Mrs. Christine Smith, widow of
the late Bishop; Lillian Zeigler and
others.
DR.. L. L. Berry, secretary of Mis-
sion was reelected with a landslide;
and he is proposed for the 1914
Bishopric.
RAILROADS ON PARADE
The railroad exhibit at the Worlds
Fair is very interesting indeed; an
open air theatre seating 1000 persons,
and in actual settings and costumes of
the periods depicted, $50 performers.
a number of whom are colored people
together with so horses, oxen, wagons.
coaches and a score of old-time loco
motives under their own steam, pres
ent high lights in the growth of our
countrys transportation facilities.
MsCLENDON PLAYERS
Dick Campbell, director of the Rose
McClendon Workshop Theatre, West
124th Street, played host to the local
press, with luncheon at the Y.W.C.A.
Cafeteria-AnneX, Thursday. Mr..
Campbell outlined the program and
achievements of the Workshop Thea
tire, and urged the cooperation of the
press in promoting the success of the
theatre movement. His remarks were
received with great interest, and he
was highly congratulated upon the
splendid accomplishments he and the
group were making.
The following members of the
Fourth Estate were present: Thelma
Berlack-Boozer, Mary E. Finger,
Edgar G. Rousseau, Major Robinson,
Morgen S. Jensen, Ludlow w. Werner,
Harris Jackson, st. Clair Bourne, Bill
Chase, Dan Burley, Fred D. Carter,
and Floyd G. Snelson.
HARLEM PIONEER
If you visited New York and Har-
lem during the 1920's you no doubt
visited Happy Rhone's Supper Club, on
LenoX Avenue; at that time the most
popular nightspot of the postwar
period Of course your cruising re
porter was steady customer.
Arthur Happy" Rhone is a banjo
ist and vocalist and began his profess
sional career with the late actress
Nora Bayes in a musical show called
Ladies' First" Soon afterwards in
1922 Happy organized his orchestra,
and opened his club at 143rd Street.
His music was in great demand and
he played for such notables as the
Prince of Wales, now the Duke of
Windsor; late Mayor Hylan, Grover
Whalen and the like. He was born in
Wilmington, North Carolina, and
came to New York in 1885 and worked
as a picaninny for the noted actress
Anna Held at the old Herald Square
Theatre. He sang at st. Phillips
Church as a choir boy with Harry
Burleigh. He lives in Harlem at 22O
West 18th Street Is life member
of the old Clef Club and other organi-
cations.
NEWS ABOUT FOLKS
Marian Anderson's fifth and fare
well Carnegie Hall Recital of the sea-
son next Sunday will give her record
of more than ninety concerts for 1889
40 =. more than 10000 New Workers
have heard her here, while more than
100000 music lovers paid admission
to hear her elsewhere.
Cab Galloway is back in Harlem
after long absence. Hi de Hi Ho de
no is the order of the day at the Apollo
Theatre. Jimmy Lunceford and his
orchestra returned to Harlem after a
triumphant trip to the Pacific Coast.
The jitterbugs will welcome them to
Harlem Sunday night at the Kenny. =.
The monthly 115th Street Library
Forum presented Gan Evening of Race
Music Monday that was of exceptional