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The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1947-03-01
EARLY BosToN LEADER

Correctly to appralse the act of Crspus Attacks is to
consider in relation to the whole of American In
dependence HI the leader Of the remonstrants on
March 5, 1870 That he too a symbol Of the hopes
and aspirations of the Coonsts made clear by the fact
that he and his white companions who persisted with him
honored at the funeral rites and buried to-
gether single grave. In curious contrast with this his
toric recognition of a humanity the dersive
action of exultan Confederates ninety years later
who seemed to believe they heaping eternal igno
mny upon the gallant Shaw when they buried him with
his niggers Linked together they in patriotic
cause-Shaw and his fellow vctimsit seems entirely fit
ting that in death they remained unseparated While
keeping Attucks place in history clear, coored Amer-
cans peculiar pride in the fact that he spear
headed the 1870 protest 1t interesting speculation
outline what must have been the temper of those early
times when whites were willing followers of black
leader Could color prejudice have been at low ebb in
Boston? Slavery still in existence here Or it
that in hot resentment the quarterng in Boston
of the hated Red Coats the popuace ready to rally
behind any intrepid leader regardless Of skin color? Tall
powerfully built and admittedly courageous Attacks had
all the visible qualities of designed to take the lead In
the open-air remonstrance.
He was shot down with four others The outrage only
further nhamed hatred of British yranny and Daniel
Webster declared From that moment may date the
severance of the British Empire" Five years later
armed revolution which resulted in the realization of
American Independence Great Britain thus lost her most
promising coones-lost them finally and completely by
war but long before that by her amazingly stupid policies
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1947-03-01
HandeI-Haydn

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1.-THE Passion of Our Lord" ac-
cording to st. Matthew, in Sym
phony Hall on Sunday Evening,
March 23rd. The soloists will be
Alice Farnsworth, soprano; Vir-
ginia Auyer, contralto; Harold
Haugh, tenor; Walter Kidder,
baritone, and Douglass Biddison,
bass. A boy choir of 10 children
from the public schools of We'll
lesley, and SIS members of the
Boston Symphony Orchestra will
assist the chorus and soloists.
The concert, which is to be
given under the auspices of the
Massachusetts, Campaign Com
mittee for the National Cathe-
dral Building Fund, will have
for its guest of honor, The Right
Reverend Angus Dun, Bishop of
Washington.
The tickets for this concert
are now on sale at Symphony
Hall box Office.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1947-03-01

ST. MARK CONGREGATIONAL
Rev. S. L. Laviscount, Pastor
Mid-Lenten Services are be-
ing held every Wednesday eve
ming with the various clubs
participating. The Ladies Aid
will have charge of the pro-
gram March S, with moving
pictures on THE Life OF
Christ" Mechanical music and
Meditation are part of the Len
ten services. st Mark has add
ed another feature of service to
its Community program by set
ting up a chapter to serve the
blind. Mrs Mckenzie, chairman.
This coming Saturday, March
1, the Missionary Guild will
give a supper at 80 Munroe st,
Roxbury. Members who have
notr eceived their annual Len
ten denial cleaners are asked
to please contact Mr.. John
Gentry or Mr. Alfred T Clarke,
Mr. Clarke is requesting new
addresses Of members who
have moved in the past year,
that we may have 1907
membership list.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1947-03-01
They Like The Book

The following comments on
walter ]. Stevens book, Chip
On My Shoulder" are interest
ing:
zone of the most interesting
books I have ever read. 1t is
excellent. - Frary Won Blom
berg, Boston.
II deem it a high honor to
own the book on your life" -
Prof. A. H. Maloney, School Of
Medicine, Howard University.
"Your book is grand. I am
proud to own a copy" - Mrs.
Bessie Trotter Craft, N. Y. City.
"Of great local interest. We
recommend it." - The Boston
Post.
Significant and important"
- Ella Winter.
eve are glad to offer your
book for sale here" The
Community Church, Boston.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1947-03-01

Continued from last week.
Strong points of Mr.. Trotter
were his well known reputation
for honesty, fairness, patriotism
and work to help his race. When
attacked, these sterling qualities
made him almost unsurmount-
able.
Mr.. Trotter, as you know,
made a number Of visits to the
White House at Washington to
hold conferences with the Pres
idents. I recall on one occasion
before he was to leave Boston
for one of these conferences he
came into my office and showed
me a letter he had received ask
ing him to call at the Federal
Building and be questioned by
the authorities. 1 told him beth
of us would go down there i'm
mediately. Also he agreed not to
speak until I had approved each
question. We went down there
and I told the agents it was all
nonsense to question Mr.. Trot-
ter as t ohis character and mo-
tives. They we're informed every
body all over the country knew
the type Of man Mr.. Trotter was,
including public officials, and his
character cannot be impugned,
A lady came in and sat down to
take stenographic notes of the
questions and answers. I OBJ
iected to the presence of a
stenographer. I told them Mr..
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1947-03-01
Ann Brown

Continued from Page y
in which she reversed the pro-
cedure and carried American
music into the realm of the
greatest European master.
Versatility is the word for
Miss Brown; her successes in
the dramatic theater and the
concert stage have been out
standing. She displayed her
acting ability best in the i'm
mortal George Gershwin's "Por-
gy and Bess, and "Mamba's
Daughters. Beautiful as we'll
as talented, she has made ap-
pearances with the Detroit Sym
phony, Denver Philharmonic,
Buffalo Philharmonic, and the
Philadelphia Orchestra at the
Ann Arbor Music Festival.
Anne Brown had an import
ant part in the Warner Broth
er's film based on Gershwin's
life, Rhapsody in Blue" in
Blue where also Hazel Scott
appeared. Forsaking the dra-
matte stage for the concert
stage at the height of her sue
cessas an actress, she has as
founded the music world with
her attainment in the concert.
sphere
For a delicious evening of the
most beautiful music in the
world sung by musicdom's most
feautiful lyric soprano, be
present at Symphony Hall, Bos-
ton, on Thursday evening, Mar.
10.
Miss Brown is being present.
ed by the Fathers Club Of The
Shaw House and tickets are
now on sale at the Shaw House
or at the symphony Hall box
office.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1947-03-01
JEWS AND THE EMPIRE
BY ABE ATTUCKS

The reluctance of the WeS-
tern Powers to accept the Jew
ish branch of the great Semitic
race is creating a worldwide
interest among colored peoples
who since ancient history have
had even closer and friendlier
contact with the Semitic peo-
pie. Travellers and traders, the
Semitic tribes were known in
the early capitals of China, In
dia, Persia and, of course, Afri-
ca where much Jewish Biblical
history was written. The Sem
itiC tribes, including those of
the great country of Arabia,
mingled with the people they
met, some even intermarried
((Moses married an Ethiopian
and joined forces like the
mixed ancients who settled in
Canaan, Carthage and Egypt.
TIE Arabs who later con-
quered much of Europe were. so
mixed with Africans, called
"Moors", that critics of the play
"Othello' long argued as to
whether the Shakespeare char
acter was meant to be dark or
light. In fact, many of the then
Moslem rulers were coIored as
were generals and other lead
&c @ tL,n Cn,,,tttn ,.nnn tr 80
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Lest We Forget
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Continued rom Page y
new reading speciality,
April 7 is the 18th anniver-
sary Of our great race cham
pion, william NJ Trotter, which
will be ittingly observed in
West Medford with a pageant
which is woven around his trip
to Paris to present the cause of
the colored American to the
peace conference after World
War I. A man has been chos-
en- to impersonate Mr. Trotter
and friends are assisting the
committee, Of which Mrs Sara
Van Buren, Schenck is chair
man, in the various scenes. The
date has been set for Sunday
evening, April 10 for this fea-
ture.
AS president Of the Boston
Equal Rights League 1 am
stressing most strongly the ne
cessity of a generous attend
ance of the public to the cele-
brations under the auspices of
the League of the Boston Mas
sacre Pilgrimage to the Spot
the Granary Burying Ground
and the Massacre Monument at
Lafayette Mall. Boston Com
mon on Wednesday, March 5,
beginning at 1890 am. on State
st, continuing at 11:15 at the
Burying Ground on fremont
st and concluding at noon at
the Monument.
This year there will be an
evening meeting as in the time
of Mr. Trotter. 1t will be at
Twelfth Baptist Church and
full particulars will be found in
another column. Vice-President
Ralph ] Banks is chairman of
this committee and Secretary
Maude Trotter Steward is
managing the down town exer-
cises. Let everyone come out.
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Winners
Continued from page one)

Continued from page one)
Edna L Harrison's Lady of
Classic Motion" Ralph william
NiXon's after World War Two.
What?", and George Reglnal
MargetSon's Twenty Five
Years After" Honorable men
ton in painting went to JOS
ephine Austin. The poeCical
judges were Agnes Carr of the
Boston Traveller, Harriet War
ner Baxter, president Of the
Boston Branch of the National
League of American Pen Wo-
men, and Ramona Graham
Cookeia poet of distinction. All
poems were judged at No.
Park st.
The judges for the artist con-
test were Charlotte Dempsey
from the Children's Art Center
and Arthur CoSini of the Mass.
School of Art.
Mr.. Henderson'S poem APP
pears in this issue.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1947-03-01
EBENEzER BAPTIST CHURCH

Rev. w. S. Ravenen, Pastor
"The Voice Out of the Cloud"
was the subject of the pastors
helpful sermon Sunday morn
ing to the usual full congrega-
ton. The selections by the en-
larged choir, Lycurgus Lock
man, director, and Mrs Mabel
Beck, organist, were very in
spring. Preceding the sermon
the pastor called upon Mr.. Rob-.
erts of the choir to lead in the
singing of mo, Never Alone"
Two persons united with the
church. At 1890 the Church
school met. The nursery, kin
dergarten and primary depart
ments met in the Ebenezer
House, and the juniors, junior
highs, seniors, young peoples
and adults met in various parts
Of the church and vestry. At l
D m the Brotherhood held a
very lively session in the par
lors of the House and the
Youngg Adult Fellowship, I'M
der the new president, Mrs
Alice Freeman, held its month
ly Sunday meeting at $3.50 p m.
There was much rejoicing when
a group of so young people
aged Is and up met under
Grady Davis of Andover New
ton and organized a Youth
Fellowship. The Junior High
group, under Mrs Ewing met at
the same hour in the vestry.
At $50 the pastor spoke before
the Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
Society and the Ebenezer
Brotherhood sang. At 7:3O p m
the closing message was 'deliv-
cred in the Sanctuary Of the
Church by Mr. Davis. His sub
feet was Where is the King"
dom of God?," a wei delivered
and well received message.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1947-03-01

merely composed of the Jewish
branch but is actually one of
the larger racial groups of the
world. Some branches are IA
nous for business, others are
more militant, like those of
Arabia. But they are the same
even if imperialistic design has
kept them at each others
Threats. We should keep them
on our side.
1t is the greatest irony that
a Jew helped perfect the atom
bomb which saved Britain by
knocking Japan out of the war.
1t is irony because of the man
nsr in which Britain has
treated the Jewish people. To-
day, perhaps as some sort of
punishment, the British En-
pire finds itself tottering. There
are forces even greater than
atomic bombs.
Whether this country will
aid Britain to continue her
primitive policy against the
Jews and the people of Asia
and Africa is of prime con-
Germ at the moment. Franklin
D Roosevelt was outspoken
against such undemocratic aid
to slavery. What will Mr.. Tru-
r,,n,, dnA
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1947-03-01

Speaking of Presidential con-
ferences one of the most fam
GUS and outstanding was the
one he had with President
Woodrow Wilson in 1914. Presi
dent Wilson, a Southerner by
birth, proceeded with much of
what we recognize today US
double talk, trying to- minimize
the race situation. 1t is needless
to say this kind OF. talk could
not be and was not swallowed
by a manly, courageous man
like William Monroe Trotter. Mr..
Trotter went on to explain to
the President what the true sit
uation was and told him what
should be done about it, (refer-
ence to segregation of white and
colored clerks in the federal de-
partments). President Wilson
became very mad. He did not like
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1947-03-01
MT. CALVARY BAPTIST
CHURCH
Rev. NJ. E. Grady. Pastor

Rev. NJ. E. Grady. Pastor
use What You Have" was
the topic of an inspiring SER
mon by the pastor last Sunday
morning Many visitors attend
ed the service. At the Mission
airy service at 3 p m the pres
ident Mrs Anna Mae Jacobs
presented a lovely program to
a crowded congregation. Mrs
Virginia Hill was mistress of
ceremonies. On the program
were Mr. Washington, vocal So
10; Pilgrim travellers Quartet,
selections; Mrs Mahoney, read
ing; Blue Ribbon Quartet, Sc
leCtions; Mrs Evelyn Jackson,
vocal solo; Mt Calvary Female
Quartet, selections; Mr. Miller,
reading; Friendly Five Quin-
tet, selections; Pilgrimett Trio,
selections; McNarr Brothers,
piano and guitar selections.
The BYPU opens at 6 p m. All
are invited to take part in the
lesson.
Remember Sunday Mar 2 is
Communion Sunday and the
right hand of fellowship is to
be given seven members at $3.50
p m. The Twelve Tribes Club
met at the home Of the pastor,
203 w Sprinfeld st. The next
meeting will be held at the
home of Mrs Annie Oliver, 81
EustiS st. The trustee board will
meet at the home of the pas
tor Mar 3, 88 p m.
Rev James Jones will be the
guest speaker at the evening
service Sunday Mar 2 at 8. All
are cordially invited to hear
this young preacher. Please re-
member that prayer meeting is
conducted every Friday at 8
p m.
All are cordially invited to
meet us at Mt Calvary.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1947-03-01
Joe Morgan

Continued rom Pee u
be "The Colored Mans Strug-
gle for Equality in the South.
He is well known in the labor
movement. In Toledo, o, as one
of the leaders of the NAACP,
he was in the forefront of the
struggle for equality for col
ored. After joining the Socialist
Workers Party, he moved to
New York where he Is active in
the labor movement.
Mr. Morgan will describe
conditions in the south and the
forces at work to hold the col
ored people in bondage and he
will present practical pro
gram to kill Jim Grow.
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End Victim

Continued from page oRe)
esteemed, and her services were
often in demand, but she gave
practically all of her time to
the care of her friend, Mrs. Lee.
The latter, a native Of James
City, N. c., was married to Riley
Lee in 1898 and since then had
made Boston her home. She was
a member of Ebenezer Baptist
Church and active in its work
until she was stricken With para
lysis three years ago. She is sur
yiyed by her husband, a brother,
James Spivey, of James City, r.
G., several nieces, nephews and
other relatives.
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Big Musicale

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ticks and brass to rock the raft
Among the bands personnel are
such favories returning to Bos-
ton as Billy Kyle, Dickie Wells,
Joe Thomas, Charlie Shavers,
and many others.
This will be a grand reunion
between Sy Oliver and his ex-
boss, Jimmie Lunceford. Sy re-
Gently won the Pittsburgh Cou-
riers poll as the outstanding ar
ranger of their 1947 All-Ameri-
can Band.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1947-03-01

People today probably do not
realize what a struggle we had
at the beginning holding exer-
cises on Boston Common COM
memorating the heroism and
sacrifice Crispus Attacks and
his comrades. The people had to
be educated. Some people, prob
ably of British extraction, open
ly objected to honoring Attacks
and his comrades. They were
only 'mob,' they protested.
The farmers and patriots who
were aroused by Paul Revere and
even the Revolutionary army
might also be wrongly called a
mob" because they were I'M
trained soldiers. However, Girls
puS Attacks, Peter Salem and
the other brave men were fight
ing for their independence and
no men could have fought in a
better or heller cause.
Boston Massacre observance
comes this year on Monday,
March 5, in down town Boston
with three obServances at 1920,
11:15 and at noon.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1947-03-01
BATTLING FOR EQUAL RIGHTS
BY ALBERT G. WOLFF

Trotter was willing and ready
to answer any fair question, but
would not do so before stem
ographer. They replied the in
terview would be worthless with
out a stenographer but I in
formed them our position was
unaItered. The agents then in
formed us there would be no
use in questioning Mr. Tritter
under the circumstances and
we left the building. Mr.. Trotter
went to Washington, as schedul-
ed, and conferred with the Pres
ident as arranged.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1947-03-01
| SAW JESUS DOWN IN DIXIE.

BY JAMES WILLIAM HENDERSON
l SAW Jesus down in Dixie
Chopping cotton with a hoe
Old and bent but struggling grimly
Up and down the cotton row,
Saw him eat fat back and hoe coke
In His little cabin yard
/ saw Jesus down in Dixie
Jesus Christ! His lot was hard
l saw Jesus down in Dixie
Walking miles and miles to school,
While the white kids rode in buses
Saw the Double Standard Rule
Weighing Down upon His spirit,
Circling Him with misery,
While He tried in desperation
Tried to learn His A B C.
/ saw Jesus down in Dixie
Beaten by the Ku Klux Khan
Beaten for the simple reason
That He dared to be man:
Saw Him driven from His homestead
Like dumb, trespassing OK
For essaying to deposit
His vote in ballot box.
/ saw Jesus down in Dixie
Dangling from a white oak limb
Saw the bowling mob make merry
While their bullets rdded Him
Saw the hot flames scorch and scar Him
Heard small children yell with glee
While His twisting, squirming body
Burned to crisp upon the tree.
l saw Jesus down in Dixie
Live anew Gethsemane:
Then heard that dreadful warning
Given to humanity,
''In as much as ye have done it."
Heard tboom on every breeze
''In as much as We have done it
To the very least of these"
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1947-03-01
GRANT A. NJ E. CHURCH
Rev. L. E. Crumlin, Pastor

Last Sunday the morning and
Evening Sermons were delivered
by the Pastor. Many visitors were
present. The choir is rehearSing
for their Easter Program under
the direction of Brother Paul.
Sunday, March 9, at $3.50 Pm.
the Speaker for. Charlotte E.
France Missionary Society will
be the Rev. Mrs. vernella D.
Shuford.
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Massacre
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Continued from Page u
day, Soprano soioist.
Exercises will be held in the
morning at.1O;3O O'Clock on State
Street, where Attacks and his
comrades fell; 1915 o'clock at
the Granary Burying Ground, on
fremont ST., where they are
buried; and 1900 noon at the
Massacre Monument on Boston
Common. The public is invited
to all the services.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1947-03-01
A Delta Announcement

The event-First Postwar Jab-
berwock.
The date-May Is, 1947.
The pIace-New England MI
tual Auditorium.
The sponsor - Delta Sigma
theta Sorority.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1947-03-01

Mr.. Trotter made that memoir
able comment to Woodrow Will
son that was and is a MASTER
piece of bold and striking Eng
liSh-HWe come not as slaves
seeking arms but as full Pledged
American citizens demanding
equal rights"
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1947-03-01

Teach thy tongue to sag Z
do not kHo10,' q"
-TALMUD.
CRISPUS ATTUCKS DAY will
be observed next week in Bos-
ton by an enthusiastic and
annually faithful group of active
leaders. On March 5, ITO, At
tucks, a tall runaway slave, led
a Boston group of patriots
against oppression. He was
Americas first martyred patriot
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1947-03-01

]. A. Rogers, the famous his
torian has commenced the work
Of: William Munroe Trotter,
the Ghandi of Colored Ameri-
cans which is his own title of
tribute The PEOPLE Of the entire
nation are slowly beginning to
appreciate men like Attucks and
Trotter, men from BOSTON.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1947-03-01

As he looked is 1914 when he had
the encounter with Woodrow Wilson
at the White House, referred TO in
Atty. VOLTS otieIe.
the idea of having to listen to
a colored man speaking to. him
with intelligence and courage.
President Wilson at the close Of
the interview informed the del
egation that in the future if
they wanted to talk with him
they would have to have an
other spokesman. Probably he
would have been more at home
talking to an Uncle Tom"
It was on this occasion that
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1947-03-01

THERE ARE around a dozen
colored drivers for the Boston Ell,
according to a 2O-year company
man and a friend l spoke with
last week At least one man has
Teen driving a bus. This Is good
news to those Of us who have
campaigned for this opportun-
ity We hoe to see mpany col
ored drivers, guards, cashiers
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1947-03-01

EBONY MAG editors in their
photo-feature of Boston people
have some interesting facts but
also some amusing impressions
which most outsiders like to be-
lieve about us. EUGENE COR
DON, the brilliant Hub writer,
once wrote a much more contro-
Versial article. But it seems that
Boston people make good copy.
Everybody likes to write about
US.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1947-03-01

WHEN YOU THINK of it, most
Americans are quite used to col
orad chauffeurs, taxi and truck
drivers. Many prefer colored.
Durin gthe war it was officially
stated that colored men were
among the best drivers on mill
tary transportation lines, day
or night.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1947-03-01
HOLY CHRISTIAN
CHURCH

New England, Inc.
800 fremont St., ROxbury
Bishop F. H. Payne, Overseer
Bishop r. L. Stone and
Elder A. Anderson, Assistants
Sunday at II a m and 8 p m
Prayer and preaching.
Good music, Real Pentecostal
services.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1947-03-01

NAACP CAMPAIGN for one
million new members was sti-
INFLATED by another lynching
last week, plus the passage Of
the Hitler Bill" in Georgia de-
nying a ballot to the Poles (par-
don me, I mean colored Ameri-
cans). 1t is unfortunate such
conditions exist, but they do.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1947-03-01

BOSTON Ell customers at
Park Street one night watched
a colored- american climb into
the Drivers seat Of one Of the
newest cars and drive OF, bound
for North Station. Nobody faint
ed the roof didn't fall in, and
people in the subway hardly
paid any attention. l watched
them.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1947-03-01

so GEORGIA has now passed
the Hitler Law, barring certain
Americans fro mvoting. Yes, l
like that Jay Jackson cartoon
where the American UN official
tells a colored man he is on his
way to investigate intimidation
of voters in POLAND.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1947-03-01

WALTER WHITE, in a bril-
liant defense of the 80 year
NAACP history which began be-
fore the USSR was born, has
answered critics who like to as
sociate all colored "militants" as
radicals and reds. The things
which the NAACP fights for go
far back beyond any "isms" i'm
ported FROM EUROPE. Any
man doubling this need only see
Bilbo, Talmadge, the Khan, etc.