The guardian., 1941-01-04

Bernice and Maeco (Shrimp)
greens dinner guests were Mr.. and
MRS. Nathaniel Smith, Miss Madge
Haynes, Charles Pease and Edna Pen
nlngton; Misses Edith Sewell and
Ruth Howard of Apt. u entertained
Phil Harness, Cecil Howard, Marc
DAlbert, Randy Dixon of Phila.
CHARMING DAUGHTERS
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Marshall of
Apt; ia with their lovely daughters.
Adelaide and Thelma, had a scrump-
tuous Xmas dinner with guests: Mr..
and Mrs. Claude Hopkins, and Lii
Ian Rawlings. Reminds me that
the vlvaclous Adelaide is the last word
sporting her Xmas gift, lavish black
PERSIAN Lamb great coat with muff to
match with swanky white felt hat
trimmed with the same material as her
coat and the gorgeous Mable.
CIaude's wife, looks too terrific wear
ing new mink coat . i. . and the swell
egant Lillian Rawlings chose black
Persian Lamb for her new coat.
THE GUARDSMEN
l dropped in to see a pretty little
damsel, Jackie Ramey who lives in a
sWanky apartment at All West 159
Jackie told me about the lovely
Guardsmen dance Xmas-eve at Man
haitian Center everybody was there
including many visitors from out of
town, Albert Gaskins and Short Wynn
from ID. c., a gang from Brooklyn,
others from N. Y. University and Co.
iumbia. Hope lines looked so sweet.
home from Wellesley College for the
holidays. . Others who were there
looking most charming were Gwen
Clover, Louise Brown, and Melba Lv-
man, Claire Aseue and Vera Stoute,
who are members of the Smart Set
Club. Jackie says she must pay big
compliment to the boys who looked so
immaculate wearing tails =. Misses
Novella and Muriel McCrorey of Apt.
l4F spent quiet day at home with
many beautiful cards and poinsetta
plants Mrs. Robena Hughes of
Apt; 11K is so happy to have her love-
ly daughter as a Xmas guest-Mrs.
Leslie Williams of Boston.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Smith( Jose
phine HalD and her mother, Mrs.
Rachel Slaughter, Ferman Tapps and
Mr.. and Mrs. Richard Roquemore
spent lovely Xmas together Mr..
and Mrs. Edwin c. Yancey (Elnorist
Young) entertained her mother, Mrs.
Odessa Young &. Miss Ella Fender
son chose to visit friends in Philadel-
phia. The gorgeous creature. Inell
Walton, looked like a million dollars
at the Comus dance.
FRIENDS REMEMBER MARGARET
My Xmas not not too busy to drop
in to see Margaret Beckett, who is
now under the thoughtful care of Mrs.
Margaret Owens, 961 St. Nicholas Ave.
and her mother, Mrs. Willie Owens.
Go ahead, Margaret, and write the col
umn for me. :. "Thanks to Mr.. Smell
son for again giving me this opportun-
ity. :. . My gratitude to my many
friends for the kind thoughts, beauti-
full greeting cards, and lovely gifts
making my Christmas merry and
cheerful one. Bill and Fannie Robin
son sent me a nice gift of money;
Dolly and Pearl Mccormack gave me
beautiful chinnelle bed spread; Max
inc Sullivan presented me with love-
ly box of assorted perfumes; Vivian
Eley brought me a gorgeous bouquet
of flowers; Thanks to Aurora Greedy
in Los Angeles for her many gifts:
Thanks to The Colored Actors Guild
for the generous basket brought me
by Mrs. Wilhelmina Williams; Also to
Harry (Gunboat) Smith for some
money. extend my best wishes to
all of you for happy and prosperous
New Year :. Margaret Beckett.
Well good readers here's hoping
these few items will prove interesting
to you, and with the hope that 1 will
write better column during he COM
ing year, your cruising reporter,
SNELSON, 555 Edgecombe Avenue,
New York City.
My good pal, J. Mayo (Ink) Will
liams of Decca Records, is off to the
Windy City for the holidays. Bessie
Williams, the easy on the eyes, look
see, is still all smiles after her return
from Honolulu, where she spent two
months as guest of Lois Boone, former
well known Harlemite. Lois, by the
way, once lived in Harlem coming here
via Philadelphia. =. . While in Hawaii
Bessie enjoyed surf bathing at WAIKIKI
and the cocktails at the Royal Hawai-
ian Hotel, and fond recollections of her
visit with Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Love
and Mrs. Louise Howard-Barb. W.
c. Handy had the time of his life down
in Memphis, Tennessee, at the Cotton
| fiesta.