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The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1943-04-24
HIGHLAND PARK


day evening at their headquarters,
1907 L3Be.le. from 8 20 9 o'clock.
Plans were completed for the Youth
conference which Will be held the
first Sunday afternoon IN May, when
the Rev. c. NJ Metcaif vii! be the
speaker Many other outstanding
young people viii appear on the
program. The conference Will be
held at S.. Luke AME church
corner OF Trumbull and LaBe.le
Doris Miller is president. Avs Mat
thews. and Freddie Parker are the
program and publicity chairmen
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1943-04-24
MISS THOMAS HOSTESS

Tech Corp Clarence Huntley. and
SGT. Horace Johnson OF California,
now stationed at Sclfridge Field
were the Sunday dinner and church
guests OF lovely Bernice Thomas in
the home OF her parents on La
Belle.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1943-04-24
KELLY IN DETROIT
REASONABLE FACSIMILE
SUMERACKI AT HELM
HITLERS' WANT ADS

Soon the City OF Detroit Will sec
an about effort to organize all bar
tenders. walters. mattresses and
cooks in an effort to force manage
ment to raise the wages OF these
over-worked and underpaid public
servants. J. Levitt Kelly. we'll
union organizer. politician and
union local president. slipped into
Detroit from Chicago where he con-
trolls the destiny of those employed
in these occupations and rules with
the iron hand OF a car the entire
South side Of Chicago. II is be-
lieved Kelly will direct by remote
control the organizing here for To-
cal 705 Suffering ups and downs
in politics. Kelly now is riding a
continued wave Of success on Chi
cago's South side. taking position
alongside Mike Sneed as maker OF
kings.
In the past year. according to re-
cent reports, Kelly poured into cam
paigns total amount Of ten thous-
and dollars. From his office on the
South side there runs series Of
political successes. ending with the
election of Dawson. Only last week
his namesake. the seventy-three-
year-old Mayor of Chicago. was re-
elected. Always great admirer OF
DePriest, former congressman. Kel-
~ busted off the cobwebs of this
ageing first-line general and saw
him successfully elected to minor
party office. Though his life on
Chicago's South side has been
stormy with intermittent violence,
today with the counsel OF able men
his program has taken on an aroma
that seems to catch the fancy OF all
! the people. this aroma takes the
course of Father Divine with an
iron fist.
The only facsimile 10 J. Levirt
Kelly ever found in Detroit goes
back to August II. 1888. when the
front page OF the Detroit Times
carried a picture of white carna-
ton wearing Albert Czech" Pake-
man. as black Mayor Of Detroit.
Pakeman slipped away To Cleve-
land during the investigation and
never testified. but subsequent in
vestigations only few months ago
reveal some of the possible power
held by Czech" some years ago
Some months ago, similar charges
VI discrepancy brought To the fore
'front.' in regards to releases granted
prisoners by Recorders court judges
showed an astounding total among
some OF the jurists. II has beer
rumored that in 1893 the supposed
black Mayor Of Detroit secured a:
many as nine hundred a month.
+ !: :: ):
The death knell Of the Van Wag'
oner- Kennedy regime has beer
sounded in Michigan These mer
rulers Of the Democratic Party by
virtue Of their control Of the High
way department received -- the
knockout blow last week with the
election of a Republican highway
commissioner over Democratic in.
cumbent. Lloyd B. Reid who was
appointed by Van Wagner to ill
Kennedy's vacancy when the latter
resigned to accept government
post.
Instead of the usual gloomy face!
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1943-04-24
NOTICE TO ALL HIGHLAND
PARK YOUTH

The Fellowship hour IS yours
Come N. join the rest OF the young
people in an hour OF discussion OF
things that concern you. Then en-
JOY the social hour with tn fine
young people Of your community.
BE useful in YoG- community
Don: be a problem 10 society. We
need you and you need u
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1943-04-24
WILKES WORLD

The political fanfare caused by Mr.. Wilkes
book, "One World" and the widespread comment it
has evoked have encouraged us to put in our two
cents worth on this message of the erstwhe "bare-
foot Wall street boy" To the old line liberals in
America, this book "One World somewhat eau
tiously restates number Of basic truths for which
they have long fought to have all America accept
To the diehard conservatives, Mr.. Wilkes book
may appear little to the left of center and perhaps
arouse some of them to re-eXamnatOn of their
own views.
We like to think of this book as something of
true confession story of Wall street tycoon who
took time to review his life and discovered that he
was headed down the wrong road. The SNUG little
world of Willkie the Wall street lawyer has been
shattered forever and he has been on great adj
venture and learned so many new things that he is
mpeed to let us in on the whole business The
nter-dependence of peoples has impressed itself on
Wilkes mind and he has learned the hard way
perhaps that the ageold principle of treat others
as you would have them treat you" is good business
as well as good morals. We in America can't be
free for long if we insist on ensaving Others and
Willke that the peace of the world is going to
depend on mutual sharing of the worlds blessings
The guy that gets the short end of the stick historic
ally has always raised hell and it is good policy
if we want to keep the peace to give everybody an
equal break.
We are grateful for the progress Mr.. Willkie
seems to be making in his education, for he may
have the good fortune one day to preside over ma
tional affairs if his political party has the good
to nominate him and if he is lucky enough to
win popular support. Mr.. Willke made few forth
right statements about the Negro, but he seems to
be very cautious man. While we wish that he had
given study to the racial problems of America
we feel that there may be some hope for future
progress in man who says with apparent convic-
ton that:
ut has been a long while since the United
States had any imperialistic designs toward the
outside world. But we have practiced within our
own boundaries something that amounts to race
imperialism. The attitude Of the white citizens of
this country toward the Negroes has undeniaby had
of the unovely characteristics of an alien i'm
peralism - SNUG racial superiority, willingness
to exploit unprotected people. We have justi-
fled it by telling ourselves that its end is benevolent
And sometimes it has been. But so sometimes have
been the ends of imperialism. And the moral atmos-
phere in which it has existed is identical with that
in which men well-meaning men - talk of the
white mans burden
"But that atmosphere is changing. Today it is
becoming increasingly apparent to thoughtful Amer
leans that cannot fight the forces and ideas Of
imperialism abroad and maintain any form Of i'm
perialism at home. The war has done this to our
thinking"
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1943-04-24
NEGRO HEALTH PROGRAM
POORLY ATTENDED

The well Planned program /
lecture by the mothers club held
At Berca last Sunday was very
poorly attended, 10 the ex;cn, that
il vas pathetic. wonder if We
quite appreciate the efforts Of thu
mothers elHb2 However, al this =
lecture and program our own Jean
Bankhcad and Marion Lemons re-
ccived the first and scond prizes
given for the hest essay on tubor-
cuiosis. The first prize went to Jean.
Congratulations. girls
x :: X
The FIFTY CHAIRS in the cree
were flied with young people last
Sunday evening at the Fellowship
hour al Berea church. Thomas
Reeves was master OF the discus.
sion. Spreading The Good News
About Jesus He vas ass sted al
The Worship Center by Barbara
Gordon. After the fine discussion
period the guests we're introduced
Mr.. and Mr. Il Sprousc. parents Of
Miss N.ck,es. who is now Mrs
James williams, Mrs Naomi Poole.
Miss ArchIoal guest OF Dorothy
Harrison. Mrs. Grace Taylor, our
aWn Ms Darncll and MIS- j Ed
ridse Earl Edmouds gave 0 reading
The junior -'csses served tea and
cookies The socic hour proved 10
be delightful indeed for the gay
and happy young folks.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1943-04-24
Me-, 1he~
Negro

MY God is black He made me So
His image. breathing as 60
He is my souls lone vision through
The best OF all dare and do;
The hope have; ny faiths glad
glow:
The spirit-urge I fee; each blow
That keeps me facing toward my
foe:
These are His signs. unfailrg, true
My God IS black!
Dear Christ: When Thou hadst
fallen low
Beneath the cross. the void Of
woe.
My brother. Simon. bore for you.
Up Calvary's HILL toward Heaven :
bright blue
Our mutual burden This know
Ny God is black"
* x !;
ONE NIGHT LAST WEEK ! stood
on the side OF hill studded with
great white oaks The sky was clear
and full OF stars. These Stars are
worlds and will be living when
,hese trees are rotten things And
yet that right these great giant
trees stood spreading themselves
against the skies biot.!ng out from
ny vision a thousand worlds -.
Thought l.. this is what happens
many times TO eternal truths -.
Falsehoods spread Themselves
against the skies and conceal 'hem
from my view Ancient frauds Ike
giant oaks grow sturdy through
the centuries and seem unshake-
able but like the OAK they viii ore
day pass leaving only the stellar
truths.
The "humbuR." ,he cheat, the
scoundrel, the clever and cunning
brain-all these have their day
Thev make us doubt the justice
of the gods They lead small minds
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1943-04-24

Was the discussion al the meet
ing Of the Sub-DebS and Young
Bachelors Thursday. This is ore OF
the Parks finest groups OF young
people They Will 90 on 10y Sun
day night date Easter evening
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1943-04-24
BY AUDREY BOULDING
AND JESUS SAID:
LOVE We ONE ANOTHER"

TODAY. and for days 10 come,
Highland Parkcrs and Community
folks will remember sadly the fun
eral services OF Ben Earl Scott and
feel very keenly the disgrace that
now hangs over our community,
our homes. our churches. and each
OF lis individually. Young Scott died
from serious Wounds received in a
common street brawl with a group
OF jitterbugs. Some Of these boys
he had known all OF his life. and
had played ball and other games
with them He and the boys failed
10 master their impulses and re-
member the words OF Jesus: Love
One Another" Young Scott is dead
and one Gurshan Pittman, son is
in a serious condition while four
other boys are held for murder.
Sisters Involved
The young sisters OF these boys
are the direct cause OF the grave
sorrows now in the two families,
Which is the blacklist disgrace ever
70 happen 10 any family in the his
tory of the community. HoNeveT,
The parents OF these young people.
the Pi,tmans and Mrs Scott, are
fine Christian people.
'Tis sad but true, that the girls
involved had learned 90 hate and
feh:. instead OF Love" as Christ
taught. So Mary SCOTS brother,
who loved her and his famiiy dear
IS. is dead and the pittman son re-
mains in serious condition. The
boys fought because of iheir sisters
nonsense -
The beautiful spring sunshine
and the singing Of the birds that
filed the air failed 10 LIT the sad
ness that was everywhere as hum
dreds gathered Saturday morning
in the Holy Chapel of Bcrea church
at II O'Clock 20 pay their last re-
spects 10 Ben Earl, VINO, in life,
was a fine likeable CHAP, reliable
and very intelligent. Somewhere
and in some strange way he lost
his balance and left his home to
seek revenge because OF his llt..c
sister.
The Rev. S w Bankhead faced
the hardes; task of his life as he
stood in the Holy pulpit and de-
! Iivered a message 10 these bcreav-
ed parents HIS message was chal-
,eugc 20 all parents Of our eonmun-
ity. Il was the creates. message OF
! rs kind ever heard by the hundreds
gather FOR the occasion No one but
the Rev Mr.. Bankhead could have
given such an excellent message al
such a sad hour There were but
= few eyes without tears in the
large congregation. Young 5
leaves 10 mourn MS loss a widowed
mother. Mrs. Cora Scott. two broth
ars. Pfc, Allen Scott. stationed in
Alanta. Ga. W.! Scott, four SIS
RS. PoiAe Mae. and MIS-. r L
lil!ips. Ma!inda and Mary and a
&c family OF uncles. aunts, and
~ relatives. as we'll as a host Of
ids.
.AC.P YOUTH
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1943-04-24
LONG AGO IT WAS WRITTEN

LONG AGO IT WAS WRITTEN,
Thou !ool. tia; VII cA I on sowest
is not quckened. except ii die -.
Thousands OF houses must see the
rubbist heap before city becomes
Beautiful Millions Of microbes DIG
daily that our bodies may live IN
society, customs and institutions
grow old and die, giving life TO
new customs and Institutions.
Christ died that We might have
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1943-04-24

From Preston, Green Island and
Miles. Iowa. have come reports OF
rabid gray foxe4 attacking farmers
aud tarm dogs.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1943-04-24

TO conclude that wrong. IL IL is
backed by wealth, or propagandized
"slickers" and Is we'll organized.
Il will triumph. But il will not
Error like the oaks will fall and
rot only the stars Of everlasting
truth will shine on.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1943-04-24

vsors is the Michigan counterpart of the Nazi
Reichstag in Berlin and we wish them similar fate
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1943-04-24
.A.C.P. YOUTH
DUNCIL

Held their regular meeting Tues.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-10-10
BY LOWELL MORRILL,,
For Is Years The American Weel<lys
Paris Correspondent

ARTS, once called the City Of -Ihnll=
- sand Marvels is not quite marvellous
i today for u has lost one Of rs principal
attractions namely Madame BJou.' Mont
martres Queen 81 Paste Gems who died
recently at the Hotcl-Dieu, at the ripe old age
OF eighty
Made famous by her fake jewels follies
and mlsfortuncs she was the rarest Of human
curiosities and Ike monument or boulevard.
known everywhere IN town,
For half century. no stranger figure has
been seen upon la Butte once a stage beauty
and loyc-vendor BJou became hidcous with
the years crone, grotesqucly covered with
rags and the cheapest Jewclry who Stunned
the day and SKINNED through the twilight
like "A bat
Even on the coolest nights she wandered
up and down the streets as II she were IN
dream
Bijou was never In haste 20 arrive for
she was gong nowhere, and she was never
afraid Of being late. since she had no en-
gagement,
OF all the nirht-birds fluttering about the
Sacred Hi, none possessed such brilliant
plumage as Madame Blou' so called be-
cause she sparklcd from head TO foot
This witch-like woman whose silhouette
was both Dantesque and harlequnesque
looked 20 be richer than the caves Of Sinhad
or the mines Of Potos but her diamonds were
glass, her pearls Of Ormuz' paste, her silver
bracelets pewter, her gold rings and bracelets
merely brass.
Conspicuous among these treasures tthat
weighed more than twelve pounds and loaded
the lady down until she jingled like pack
mule) was a pinchback belt buckle, which.
marvellous 90 relate served her as dinner
ring.
Madame Bijou, who was bald a buzzard,
wore a yellow -haf-hidden by frowzy
hat bedecked with ostrich feathers and
gowns Of forgotten era, that swept the
ground and wrapped her body like shroud
Her eyes dilatcd by drugs (she was no.
torious morphine adicU, were touched with
blue and. deep sunk IN their sockets, emitted
CLEANS resembling the lights that shine by
night In places OF internment.
Her cheeks were adorned with beauty
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-10-10

part in many night-long revels charmed
men. by her grace and beauty, and
counted among her conquests one King
(Alfonso NIIH. three Princes and Duke
Bjous name was inscribed on the
menu of wealthy supper givers, who hailed
her the Queen Of Pleasure Duels
were fought for her favors
Years Elected by and Age at last de-
prived the idol OF her loneliness. her riches
and her friends. She then looked up 20
Diane de Poitiers and Ninon de Lenclos
a pair of charmers noted for retaining the
a@raction Of their admirers. although the
ladies were advanced in years.
But Madame E.Jou, grown old in vice,
round as a tub and greasy as sausage
failed miserabiy In her war paint, anti
quated earb and gems Of glass she excited
dcrison rather than love, and scared the men
away whenever she leered az them.
For the last fifteen years she occupied
a privileged situation in the domain of mis-
fortune as a fortune-tcller and ballet-snEer,
making her headquarters at the Cafe Boudon
and the Claire-de-Lune Bar. Montmartre.
Here she carolled ont her ditties in q
cavcrnous voice the words falling one after
the other like a Eneu The following couplcts
freely translated are taken from one Of her
song'hts.
Alas for human happiness!
Alas for human sorrow
Our yesterday is uothiuEuess
What else Will Ne our morrow"
" AccorIug 20 the Phovcnc8l provcrb "Cui
chnrte son NAL enchautc" Gle who sings OF
his own grief charms his listeners but in
order go go this one should never be cn-
davod with scpulchral voice. like Bijou who
frightened instead Of pleasing. her hearers.
The crouc was a first-class Shy too.
and made the cafes customers. bcmuscd with
wine believe that she could raise the Vol of
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-10-10

the future. She made herself quite popular
by promising love to the impotent, wealth TO
the poor and health 20 the sick.
After fitting nightly from bar to bar
warblng "chansons and practicing the art
Of divination Bijou would return at dawn TO
her garnet room, in the Rue Navarin, Mont
martre
Here she lived alone with her black cat,
Beberta and dreamed of the time when she
was the toast of Paris.
When death closed her career, and her
body was flung into pauper's grave, together
with the dead woman's imitation jewcry,
there was only one mourner present-BiJous
old friend. Jeanne Badly whose destiny has
been equally dolorous, and who like Bijou.
found midnight more congeuial than midday.
Al the beginning OF the century Nv Badly.
too was superlatively prelty-vas pleasing 20
the eye as a bouquet of roses. Jeanne was not
mggardly Of her smiles, and successfully enc
SHARED a score OF high.bom lovers among
whom may be mentioned the Marquis de Bar
hegtanc. the King of Portugal, George ! 81
Greece and the Duke of Oporto.
Love was her pleasure and her occupation.
Darling of Kings and Dukes, she gittered with
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-10-10

s.lf 90 be a woman OF ex-
cccding charm. greeted all
tho handsome males she
mot upon the boulev rds
with the mos' CHASTITY
smile. In fact, she fondly
believed. as nlato said Of
Archeanassa, that Love
still nestled in her wrin-
kles."
Fourscorc years ago BIZ
JON was born al Marscil-
lcs of wcll-to-do parents.
and grew up 10 be as
talented as she was at
tractive. on reaching the
age OF ID. the girl went 60
Paris. where she carried
off first prize for her
Piano-playing az the Con-
servatory, in the class of
Roger Miclos.
I'm her spare time she
made designs for fashion
magazines ard at thA aee
Of IS went on the stage
appearing with Cassivc in
lie Couchcr de Ia Mar.ce "
and twinltling as a ballet
star at the Moulin Rouge.
The hours Of her youth
flowed pleasantly away 20
the accompaniment ul
music and kisses. She took
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-10-10

patches and her nails were tinted green
Pre-war tourists, who happened TO en-
counter the uncanny-looking crone in the
darkness Of some side street at Montmartre
shuddered at the sight Of this apparition, and
doubtless wondered whether they were drunk
or whether madness was paradlng its hallu-
cinations before their eyes
But BJou who did not regard herself as
an cxhumed mummy but rather deemed her
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-10-10

riment, she pulls grotcsque faces, mimics the
crlcs of animals, cracks jokes and sings stu
dent songs with a voice as sharp as vinegar
In the heyday Of her splendor La Marquise
was remarkable for her toilettes, precious
stones and carriagcs-gifts of the MARQUIS
de la Hennerie who supplied her cXtTaya-
gances for two decades.
She went on hunting parties with the
Duchesse dues at Compegne and Chevreuse,
and staged blowouts attended by such nota-
hilities Edward VII, Alfonso XIII, Prince
Ouroussov and BRAND
When death claimed the Marquis and bac-
carat her fortune Charmette drifted TO the
Quarter Latin. Here she rubbed elbows with
aristocrats of a different stamp-Adelbert de
Gherardine vagabond King OF Bohemia and
Maui Verlaine drink-soddcn Prince OF PoetA
Although she had never been a prodigy La
Marq'ise possessed perfect back and often
posed for sculptors
Recently the well-knowu artist Cesar
Eron pag1 ed her portrait n "a mural DECOR
alton az the Odcon Cafe showing Charmette
in a melancholy mood prey 20 the pog\
nant remembrance OF those Tor whom al
things fair have faded.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-10-10

gems. possessed racing stable, and reigned
supreme in the palatial Hotel de PommereuH'
at Passy which afterwards became the prop
erty Of the Dolly Sisters.
This Sweetheart of Paris spent money
royalty so 600 gold francs month; bathed
in champagne; used 1O0-franc banknotes as
curl papers for her blond tresses; and was ac-
customed every morning to spray the Oriental
rugs in her boudoir with 500 francs worth
Of perfume
But no one can escape the necessity of
suffering Due 70 her craving for narcotics,
Jeanne Badly fell 10 the gutter and today
attired in tatters and with face as gay as
a prison gate drifts about the streets without
a friend.
The ex-star in the world Of galantry
has become drug-peddler in her old
age "A beggar-woman used 10 insult and
contempt Sick of life but afraid of
death, La Badly dwells in wretched
attic at Montmartre with her remorse
, 49, and pet monkey, which she has
y taught TO sniff cocaine.
"a Madame de Charmette, nicknamed
" LA Marquise" is anoth nght-prowler,
whose eccentricites furnish ineXhausti-
Bile material to the columnists Of Paris
in need of copy.
Formerly, this 70-year-old noble
4..1~
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-10-10

woman VINO wears a
mans hat, grizZled
mustache, moth eaten
fox furs, and dress col
orless through expo
sure TO all weathers)
lived in luxury, was
ever in the van of LIES
gaieties, and feted
Kings and Princes in
her home. Now she
is desperately poor,
due 10 her passion for
gaming, and lodges in
a dark, half = ruined
tenement. near the
Pantheon.
During the day
Charm cite scrubs
floors or washes dishes
in cheap eating houses
of the Latin Quarter,
while late at night she
frequents the crowded
cafes and scrapes to-
gether small coins. like
Madame Bijou, by pro-
viding the patrons with
amusement.
Hiding her distress
upJpr an air Of NOR
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-10-10

- ARTS. once called the City Of Thou
- sand Marvels is not quite SO marvellous
today. for u has lost one % It's principal
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-10-10

= ~ =. A--n w---Z In- ea- n--n n-s--. r--.r-,l
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-10-10

Her Cocktail Ring
Was Only "A Belt
Buckle, the Bracelets
Paste Pearls Set I'm
Pewter or Brass, and
"Old skull Face
Never Fooled Anyone
bat Herself with the
Fake Diamonds. Or
Her Growing Glory,
a HideOus Wig.