The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1940-10-12
HAIR IA
"Race Capitol of the Nation"
By FLOYD G. SNELSON
CLAUDE MCKAY
By FLOYD G. SNELsoN

CLAUDE MCKAY
Nav | make low bow of congratu-
Iations to my good friend and colleague
Claude Mckay with advent of his
latest book, Harlem the Race Metro
polls" Claude's works have always
been received with great interest and
enthusiasm and it is quite obvious that
this new release will be well taken. 1t
contains a world of fact-fnding mate
rial, and possesses an abundance of
colorful material in review of the I'M
bleached American.
Mr.. Mckay begins his story with
the familiar lines that have been
created by this columnist, used above"
Harlem: Race Capital of the Nation"
is the title of column which appears
in large bloc of the nations Afra-
merican weeklies. But critics in other
cities have challenged the claim with
is a vast circus in which the people
seem satisfied with an army of noise
makers who swing in the dance halls
and sing widely in the peace kingdoms;
that they love spectacular parades of
drums and uniforms, and prancing on
the pavements by day and living in
the honky-tonks by night"
Claude Mckay has secured much
aluable material from people well
inown to the public and who hold
definite positions Sin the know" He
bares the "inside" doings of many
uotables who have held the spotlight
# attention in recent years.
PARTIES SWING SOCIAL SEASON
The social season is coming on like
gang-busters. A hot jamboree pitched
q slight "blitz" at Ray SCOTS pent-
house atop the Roger Morris, Thurs
day, with the following: Subbeal S.
anderson, DDS, the popular molar-
list of the Graham Court; Mr. and Mrs
Russell Procope, Gertrude Goodwin,
dina Newton, Kay Butler, Mrs
ebert Seel, Doris VanDyke, Alveta
lioody, Robert Wilson, Mary Harper,
Ellsworth Reynolds, Clara johnson,
5ick Savage, Dorothy Conyers, Betty
'undy, Douglass Brown, Dave Stew
art, and your cruising reporter.
jITTERBUG PARADISE
If you're in the mood it's right here,
the stuff I mean, Harlem is in the
swing right now, and the iitterbuggers
are IN the groove, and the season is
taking it on the lam, Cab Galloway
and his Cotton Club unit at the Bronx
Windsor; Ella Fitzgerald at the Savoy
Ballroom; Erskine Hawkins at the
Apollo; Benny Carter at the West
End Theatre; Tiny Bradshaw at the
Golden Gate Ballroom; and Noble
Slssle still holding tight at the Dia
mond Horseshoe.
broadway is loaded to the gills with
h5amba music and apparently the gay
WHITE way is topsy turvey the South
American way.
"Brlcktop" will riff her number in
the Tropical Room of the Goa Rouge,
the swanky Park Avenue. "Joint''
where Clarence Tisdale, Broadway
Jones and Carol Boyd have been vocal
,13 for many moons. Crayton
thompson, noted baritone, late from
Europe will have to do with the enter
tanning. Luck to you, "Brick."
WYER OWENS HANDY
The Organ Guild of Bethel Church
presents young Mr.. Handy, son of W.
= Handy, father of the blues, in a
song recital on October 10th. Success
to you!
DAME FASHION
like this season of the year. be-
cause the fair sex have a fine oppor-
UNITY TO wear clothes. l saw a Ger
tam lady with a stunning outfit on
seventh Avenue A smuggy black
velvet ensemble, trimmed with Persian
iIamb' size 81; and rakish black velvet
nat to match. Beneath was a multi
coIored Egyptian blouse. Her raven
IIolofe 9d locks cut at three quarter
length. Black patent pumps (no
Wedgies) and couple of pieces of
antique jewelry. Boy, she looked
swell. She was Alberta Pryme. I
I TS, an eye on another shot" eyeful.
~ tell you about next week.