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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-06-14

ushered into the vast drawing
room they were astonished to see
the Marchesa standing in the CEN
ire Of the room beneath an an
cient Venetian chandelier-wear-
ing nothing. She carried a beau
tiful ostrich feather fan and on
her feet were dainty gold slip
pers. Her aureole of red hair,
set off by a diamond crescent,
seemed to flame under the an
Gent chandelier.
The guests had difficulty in re-
tanning their seIf-possession. The
women advanced, however, and
shook the Marchesa's hand. The
men plucked up courage and
kissed her hand.
That broke the ice. The re-
ception was much more success
full than the usual social affair.
l was to meet Olive Thomas.
I had read In the papers Of her
arrival with Jack, and I had
often thought Of her-and hoped
that she and Jack were having
the romantic, new beginning
Olive had dreamed they would
have.
Our plan was to meet at i at
the Ritz-alone.
Bob understood, and it was
arranged that he would call for
me two hours later.
1 remember waiting in the
lobby, as l was there promptly.
Olive came along later-and as
/ saw her slim figure approach
ing me l felt that tragedy had
started to envelope her.
In the dining room l ordered
luncheon for both of us, and I
tried to make conversation with
her-but there seemed to be a
shell of unhappiness about her
which l could not penetrate. She
did not touch her food, but kept
smoking a chain of cigarettes.
realized she wanted so badly
TO tell me what was in her mind
but she dreaded to bring out
the picture which was so un-
like the dream she had hoped
would come true.
Tell me-" j said. "If II will
help-and 1t might" Suddenly
a blessing OF tears rained down
her face. That's better, dar-
ling" 1 said ~
At first she tried to stop cry
ing, and then she no longer
tried. She seemed in a tragic
world all her own, and nothing,
not even the glamour of the
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-06-14

Ritz and the constant merriment
there could touch her.
I paid the check as quickly
as 1 could and persuaded her to
go for a drive with me. For an
hour we drove around the noisy
streets Of Paris, and Olive sat
beside me, unseeing, clenching
her hands and letting go a tor
rent of tears.
After a long time, she said:
Il thought we were going to
be so happy, remember"
1 held her hands then. And
listened to her heartbreak. 1t
was just this sentence:
Jack left me the moment we
reached Paris"
She had not seen him for five
days. She had no idea where
he was. She only knew that he
had told her he was going out
to have some fun. She had sat
five days and nights in a hotel
waiting. word, no call-for-
gotten. He had said she should
forget about him as he had come
to Paris to see the sights and
not be bothered with her.
I tried TO comfort her, tried
to light her interest in some
other thought. Couldn't she
have some fun, too? Did she
have TO make herself i'll because
Jack was out having his kind
Of fun?
1T means he doesn't love me
doesn't want to begin our new
life-this is what he did before,
in our old life, switch we were
to put behind us. Don't you I'M
derstand that this is the end
end of everything for me?"
1 said / did not understand
anything of the kind. What about
her work? She had won her
own place in pictures. Her flu
ture was assured in Hollywood
if she could stop letting Jack in
terefere. Many men were wait
ing for her TO be free of Jack.
She was so pretty, so desirable
to all.
But IL seemed that every word
i uttered only meant the same
thing I'm her mind--that no mat
ter what others thought, Jack
Pickford wanted to be away
from her--that he would bring
her on their honeymoon to Paris
and forget her.
Jack is all ] want. / love
him." she kept saying over and
over.
Finally / drove her TO her
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Continued from Double Page)
ing effect and the walls are
hung with priceless paintings.
The dining room was all marble
and leopard skin-and her main
salon held furniture from famous
palaces. 1t was a fitting setting
for my hostess, who was the en-
bodiment of Continental chic.
She had invited more than a
hundred guests to meet me that
afternoon and in the midst of it
l was asked to dance. l said that
1 would and the music started.
But as I was almost finishing
my dance something happened.
Suddenly my cobweb lace panties
some of those which had been
made TO order-dropped about
my ankles!
Nonchalantly, I kicked them
off. But when I tried to retrieve
I could not find them because the
guests had torn them to pieces
Of postage stamp size for souve-
Mrs!
My embarrassment was saved
by the hostess's utter glee.
'Lee-tle dove" she cooed. you
are beeg success"
Every person in the room held
up a tidbit Of lace and cheered
and laughed.
Cecile Sorel was true pattern
Of great French artist. wanted
TO study her the way she fin
gered her ropes of pearls-and 1
remember how impressed I was
by the perfume burners in the
posts of her great bed. decided
that very afternoon that I would
try to put my impressions of her,
and her home, and her friends in
to a picture. Bob and l talked
il all over late into that night
and later we carried out the idea
successfully in my picture, Pea
cock Alley" in which 1 portrayed
a French actress.
Oddly enough, my little acct
dent of the lace panties seemed
to inspire the Marchesa Casau.
She was a woman of vast wealth,
who owned palaces in Paris,
Rome, Venice and other historic
cities.
She was a beautiful woman
with a wealth of red hair. Once
she invited her fashionable
friends TO a reception in her great
house on the Avenue du Bots de
Boulogne.
When the first-comers were
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-06-14

The Photograph Above Was
Taken at Rye Beach, New York,
During an Outing at Which
Soldiers, Sailors and Marines Dis
covered That Our Prettiest Girls
Are Working for the USO.
ters Of thanks. The boys them
selves have mailed more than
100000 letters and postcards
on USO stationary to their
homes. Letters mean q lot to the
folks back home which is just
another reason why they are
such enthusiastic supporters of
the USO.
Affiliated with the USO is
Camp Shows Incorporated-an
organization that has taken over
the colossal job of providing en-
tertainment for the boys in
camps or in USO clubs. Consist
ing OF two circuits, 1t is the
largest amusement project ever
undertaken. over 100. 900 men are
entertained weekly by one Of "a
road shows. concert artists, or
movie and radio stars.
Unlike other social organiza-
tions. there's no danger of this
Number One Club ever folding or
closing its doors-at least not I'M
til the war is over. Whenever
funds are needed to erect new
canteens, recreation centers or
purchase gaming equipment, club
members know it will be forth
coming. Unable to be in the
front lines themselves, the Amer
leans who have to carry on at
home are doing their bit TO help
throttle the Hitler-Hirohito COM
bine by supporting the USO.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-06-14

ton operate in scores Of differ
ent ways. First of all. it has So
called units in railway and bus
stations which provide rest
rooms. a baggage checking serv-
ice, writing and game facilities
and books and magazines for
travelling soldiers and sailors.
Then around the great troop
concentration centers and war
industry locations in this couH-
try, and abroad permanent club
houses have either been built or
rented. These USO clubs range
from little shacks to palatial
structures. And all are supple
mented by mobile units-trucks
that visit far-flung posts.
Services are of a varied nature.
In New York City, for example,
the man in uniform can drop into
a USO unit at East 65th Street
which is operated by the Jew
ish Welfare Board-and get a
lunch or dinner free, served by
pretty volunteer hostesses. The
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-06-14
Got His Sforf In
Prison

NROVING once again the old
- adage that no man Is all
bad. hardened criminals in
the Kansas State Penitentiary
at Lansing have contributed
their meagre savings and worked
long hours in the carpenter and
machine shops just 80 another
convict could gain his freedom.
The lucky former inmate.
Charles W.. Fargo-the only
prisoner at the pentiteniary ever
10 have a valet-now has been
set up in business as a peddler
IN a trailer at Wichita, Kansas,
because Of the charitable spirit
inspired IN these men serving
terms for murder, larceny and
other crimes by his own cheer
full way Of accepting his handi-
cap
Fargo had 10 have both legs
am. utated after he was shot IN
an attempted holdup. Through
out his prison term a trusty was
assigned To help him IN and out
Of mis- wheelchair and cot and
take care of his slight needs.
Before the board of admins
tration could approve Fargos APP
plcation for parole they had 70
be convinced Of his future well
fare. The other convicts saw 10
that. During the Christmas sea-
son they subscribed $S40 from
their pittances for prison work.
They used $40 Of this fund to
buy material with which they
built trailer so Fargo could set
up in business. The rest went for
a stock Of goods.
This trailer. constructed of
fabric board, has counters and
shelves for the magazines, cam
dies and soft drinks that Fargo
sells and plumbing, electric lights
and a built-in cot.
His mother, a nurse, has taken
the place Of the fellow inmate
who cared for him in prison.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-06-14
THE BIGGEST CLUB NTHE W0RLD&

families" Neither would II be
altogether correct to describe it
as social" or cultural" in spite
of the fact that the outfit pro-
vides plenty of sociability and is
not without it's cultural aspects.
Typically American, there is
nothing else quite like this or
ganization. II spreads all over
the world-from windswept lee
land to tropical Eritrea. It's men,
bers get together in everything
from waterfront shacks in Alaska
to swanky casinos in Puerto Rico.
This First Club of the world
founded by the United Service
Organizations - numbers among
its members every soldier, sailor,
marine and war worker in Uncle
Sans far-flung fighting forces.
It's clientele embraces everyone
from the richest of the rich to
the poorest of the poor-and all
are in it on an equal footing.
The USO-made up of such
organizations as the National
Catholic Community Service, the
Jewish Welfare Board, the Saliva
ton Army, the National Trav-
elers' Aid Association, the
Y. M. c. A. and the Y. w. C. A.
created the club when Uncle Sam
first instituted compulsory mill
tary training.
But it took the Pearl Harbor
attack by Hirohito's Hooligans to
really shift the outfit into high
gear. After that, grim Americans
poured out millions of dollars to
get clubhouses under way in all
parts Of the world. Today there
are $40 USO units, and by this
Summer 1t is expected that there
will be well over 900 of the
branch clubs.
The purpose of this great or
ganization is to offset the rigors
Of war. To term it only a morale
builder is the bunk, because right
now you can't boost the morale
of Uncle Sans fighting forces
any higher. That has long been
tops, for our men know what
they're fighting for.
This worldwide club is de-
signed to help keep the boys in
shape to knock the swastikas off
Hitler and the spectacles off
Hirohito. Militarists have long
recognized that contented SOL
diers make the best fighting men
in the world and the USO goes
all out to make them so.
This Number One Club is typi-
cally American. No other army
or navy in the world has any
thing quite like it. All funds are
contributed BY the end of this
years Embarrassing campaign
which closes in July-it is esti-
mated that $4,000, 900 will have
been gladly dropped into its cof-
fers by good Americans to keep
the USO going strong on the
big job that lies ahead.
The branches of this organiza-
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-06-14

In the old days, this is how they
treated q burn. They held a red-hot
poker over the burned spot to draw
out the '-6re." A painful way to get
relief
The modern way is ANTIPHLocIs-
TINE. A cool dressing of ANTrPBLo-
cIsTINE not only helps draw the
heat from a burn i. 4. it also soothes
and promotes healing.
Apply ANrIpHLoCTsTINE at room
temperature. Spread a u inch layer
on gauze or cotton cloth and place
over the burned area. Change dress
mgs every 8 to IL hours.
Remember: ANTIPHLoCIsTINE is q
fine medicated dressing-an ac-
ocpted trst-aid for burns and many
other every day emergencies.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-06-14

hotel and left her with the
promise she was TO have dinner
with Bob and me that night.
Just before dinner she tele-
phoned me. She had news: Jack
had been in their suite when she
returned. 1--WE quarreled. ter
ribly." she said. and her voice
trembled with the memory.
Continued on Page 20)
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-06-14

NNE HEN the villainous and
" slanty-eyed Japs pulled
w off their sneak attack on
Pearl Harbor last December they
unwittingly assured the success
Of what has become the worlds
Number One Cuban organiza-
ton with millions of members
and hundreds of meeting places.
II wouldn't be quite accurate
TO call this club exclusive even
If many of its members do come
from Americas so-called best
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-06-14

The Picture
At the Right
Shows Ser
vice Men
Enjoying a
Free Meal at
a USO Club
house in the
Heart OF
New York
City.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-06-14

One of the
Most On
usual USO
Clubhouses
In the World
Is an old
Coal Mine
Structure
Near Red
Bank, New
Jersey.
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1942-02-27
What Others say:
AMEN, AMEN,

Pearl Buck Noted woman traveller and writer and who
las spent large portion OF herie III the Orient has issued
n5.her AND WA significant statement. 1t will be recalled
.,t Ms Buck quite recently issued shalt statement
teang via tie treatment Of Negroes by Whites IN the
tos ass ana lrs buck IS recognized rs one Of the
tust1G09a ii erals ~ tAo present time
jest ~, The offensive of the Japs upon "ht- people
rs caused as Luck 10 j4sue another stateus Mt which IS
o. snl y N IeEat than her cartier declaration
regarding American Negroes
'@a-e Prejudice exhibited by Americans and British
shieefs ma eeraFdae the entire war effort o. the United
Nations in the Ear East where most Of the allies of the
-"tyd States ufe non Caucasian
sad NJ. s. Buck:
ia am Propaganda makes use of every Inchfng and
every rare not n Tie United StaCs, Miss BJnh said TO at
~np' - le&.aae the Ear Eastern natives TIKI the Uni
e sne Great Britain determined 10 maintain
N"Mtcracc superiority in that area,
lie e}.c mutations Of the American ara5 and Navy
ana ar iG ssltSt eolored soldiers and sailors the ex
eson OF ored labor in defense industries and trade
&aRs 2 all III ai determinations are OF the greatest
"a lo9a} p ogt enemy IN Asia, JAPAN. Miss Buck said
N}9~ea9' ee Nou equality" Who can rcpv win . enar
2rma ya Today the eoorcd peoples are 5ti waiting still
~ L1l ua arc lending an to what Japan is say
R RaaQ lhef Know there is truth in it, For once Janan
J"Ia4 . besiiy declaring that the United States can
i2t pfotoe leadership toward fun democracy in the Far
East 4o@aG Eg that in the Philippines China India and
Malaga that there is basis for hope that natives of those
is Ea eA 'tl any Justice from the people, Mss Buck
said Fer spelic proof she added the Japanese tont ~
Cd States ''o'7 ~ 'ie oi'l-
Everywhere among the colored peoples here is the
fae res I've 1of freedom and equality that white Amer
cans and British have but it is grmmer resolve far in
aes ne determination to rid white rule and Nto,taon
ana white race prejudice and nothing will weaken tbs will
s5 oush 3ReJ: Nothing would our eaoled allies
o vet torth their whole effort now as the conviction tbo4
"hiee leaders mean what they say about freedom
Let americans be sure Of this-unless we ca1 d.aro
Wholly Tor democracy now and do away With pre-.
JUDGES against eoored allies and pqopIa we shin l %
Ec % MAKE the world what want it to be- we shall
sCa ose our place III the world whatever our military Viz
torres are Democracy, if ii is to prevail at this sol M
thl ~ human history only do so if it purges ifsof If
wa" "heh GENES democracy and dares to act as believes
Black Dispatch
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1942-02-27
Ruth Taylor Says
REMEMBER PEARL HARBOR!

The ralyng cry for American armies has always been
remember We people slow to wrath. We have been
Incapable Of understanding the driving force that motvat
aggressors Butonce anger aroused the pent
up rage has had explosive qualities.
Remember the Alamo'-and for every life lost in that
Texan courtyard Santa Anna and his paid hundred
fold. Remember the Maine and for that sinking the
Spanish Empire went crashing down.
Remember Pearl Ha,hor-What will its final cost be
to the aggresors The Axis lords may well pause and
consider the price they viii have to pay
But--tha end is not yet in sight and before it is
must remember Pearl Harbor 4 lesson to us,
After tie first crushing defeats OF the Boer War Kip
ling wrote:
let us admit it fairly as a business people should
We have had no end of lesson, 1t will do lis no end
of good
That is the kind of remembering We must do now We
must remember Pearl Harbor-not a humilating defeat
but lesson from which can learn
We must learn to be ready at all times Not for us the
untitled lamp the ungrt oin, The powers of darkness
against whom fighting do not march in battle
array with flourish of trumpets Theirs is the knife in the
back the thrust IN the dark the tactics of the sneak thief
We must learn caution Not for lis the moment of care
eSsnes the assumption of loyalty the repeated rumor the
personal pride in stating news We must be perpeuay on
guard. Not suspcion-but caution.
We must learn patience We must stick BY the lob long
after we are tired We must be posts waiting for end
less hours on guard against danger We must be able wait
Tor neWs-2nd not be tired by watngthankful if
not needed, but there when the need comes.
We must learn 10 Judgment Not is not the time
to decide what should should have been done Until
the facts are in must not make arbitrary criticisms
We must do our own work and not the tasks ID others.
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1942-02-27
n give II
n get it.
BY Emory o. Jackson

ny Emory ., Jackson
Negro And War
A Negro jailed in PHILADELPHIA
as a traitor because he vas &C,
eused Of saying "this is Wilt,
mans war" George l., L.athar-
age. nightshirt fascist who IN one
Of his bund-tlayored speee..,s SID
Il am bIF0ted enough to helt,e IN
white supremacy in the Sautb Is
placed In charge Of SIS 100000
naval construction job in Nur.ol6,
Va.
Harry Carpenter. 81, Of the City
Of Brotherly Love, was arrested
in that city Feb. Is, 1912 y Ne
gro MP'a from the 10Th Cast A.
tilleIy In a raid upon q reppted
house Of sin and gin in whie ST.
diers pleasured away their time.
Authorities say that testimony
from MP's discloses taat CRrIen-
ter sand "Non arr . crazy p--yr
wearing that uniform-.y you are on
ly fighting for white TRASH. las
Is a white mans Goyernm Mt ard
war and it's no damned god. y
Wife Of the accused said tnat he
was probably whiskcd up and too
| lively at the lips.
Archibald NcLeish, head o tn,
Office of Facts aud Figures. in
replying to what tie n GRO Is
thinking aboat the war; denied
that NEGRO Americans aren't sure
! they want to fight this war at al
position taken by Negro lead
ers in the historic Washington con
ference.
have not gone around much
this year but in my talking with
the average Americans Of my col
or, | find them distuhingly dis
gusted with the conduct Of the war
effort as pertaining to Mgr
Americans. ! wish the Army of
ficials and leaders of the American
war program could slip into my
skin and hear some Of the things
which ! hear.
My own position abeut the wal
is expressed in the faet that sen
am going on a speaking sour 10
help build up Negro war moral
Continued on Baci Page
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1942-02-27


4 SHORT Hyed strike evidenced last week IN North
"a Little Rock when the labor walked out of the Arkansas
Fertilizer Company plant during continued negotiation
between company ocals and members OF the ClO Mr. Ma
ton who spokesman for the ClO group Is alleged TO nave
said that the Company agreed to everything III me com
tract bit tie cosedshop and the wage increase at THIS WIT
ing That shows progress IN negoaton 1t Is said that me
company was paying scale of 30 cents an hour II
true we are forced to admit is entirely too low scale, and
an excuse for such scale of wages IN l942 can hardly be
recognized Still that justify the labor for the ac-
ton il has taken IN the plant Ii the company Is paying 81
cents an hour aud you agreed to work for that thai agree
ment is fulfilled There is nothing else to it. Now II you
don't want to work for that then 1t is time to do dli-
feren If agreement whereby work Is reached 1t
must be understood that initial investment not yours and
YOU are setting up bad precedent to destroy something that
doesn't belong YOU Don't ertan the idea that the strike
was called help III your case it was called to get revenge
on the company for eomp wing with everything that was
asked of it. Better revenge be had by quitting II you
can not get things adjusted to your way of reasoning and
not trying to destroy something that may be beneficial TO
someone else.
EFT every ray day he Defense Stamp Bond day The
Ia more money we invest in Defense the quicker we will be
able 10 re establish ourselves back the security OF Demo-
craey We may not be able do anything but protest but
having that privilege means lot!
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1942-02-27

EDIT q RI AIS
SOMETHING LACKING

friend spent few hours in the city last week visit
ing at the office and stated that from the appearance OF lt
tie Roe since his last visit there something lacking.
We had to agree that something was lacking And that
is Negro leadership Little Rock j. city Of opportunities
and we have in the city group ofMmte peope az Wen
an administration who will work with the Negro element IL
getting consideration for things that will benefit the race
place the Negro in Little Rock far above some of our neigh
boring cities But lack Of leadership III the rght places
responsible for the plight of the Negroes progress today
The existence of self styedso-caed leadership 50 full
of ego until every worthwhile movement started where the
accomplishments look promising brings about so mueh
strife between the leaders as whom will get the credit
until it dies before completion Yes something is lacking
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1942-02-27
FROM MY SCRAP BOnF
'Poems We Live By"
BY S. l., luggle


I'VE SAID that we would forget, dear heart
w We would bid goodbye and go our ways
,Le2dinp us steadily far apart
And would no visions of yesterdays
TWAS easy il seemed, the resolve TO make:
Twas harder, grant, the resolve to keep
For memory soon or late viii wake,
Keen as it was when il sank to sleep
IT THOUGHT l had uiumrhed Your step your face
! dreamed | had left them behind at last;
.Forgoucn the thrill Of your warm embrace
TorgottcH the hours of the tender past
IBut sudden, today, mid the hurryng throng--
The careless joyous one lost to view
We're whisted the notes of old sweet song,
And straight | was crying for you-just yout
4 ND 1t all came back All, how strange how strange
That no matter how hard we try and try,
! A love once given. through stress and change,
Lives on forever and will not die
A smile in the crowd or a voice half heard,
p0se of the head a well known strain.
"a jest laugh or o subtle word
! And the years of forgetting have been in vain.
Eugene Cowles