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F Minneapolis Society News J
The Myrt and Marge Art Club
held its weekly meeting at the home
of Mrs. J. E. Rliey, 708 Oak Lake
Ave. No., Friday, March 8.
The Minnehaha Temple March
ing Club held its annual silver tea
Sunday, March 10, at the Elks’
Rest. A large crowd attended.
The Musical Notes Sextette,
composed of the Misses Marionne
Peebles, Ruth Pittman, Dorothy
Pittman, Leia Pittman Dorothy
Early and Mrs. Helen Smith, sang
at a benefit performance at the
Eugene Field grade school <?n
Monday evening, March 4. There
were some 400 people in atten
dance.
The Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity
met Saturday evening, March 9,
at the home of Mr. Earl Onque,
1010 Seventh Street North. A
short talk was given by Mrs. Alice
Onque concerning the Phyllis
Wheatley Mardi Gras, April 29.
The fraternal loving cup cere
mony was performed, at which
time vows were renewed. The next
meeting will be held at the home
of Mr. Ellsworth .Harpole, 2316
Tenth Avenue South.
Messrs. Donald “Chubby” Brady,
Wilbur Nevills and Clarence Un
derwood are becoming quite popu
lar in the amateur vocal circle.
These young men have been sing
ing out quite a bit of late. Recent
engagements have been at the In
carnation Church, Park Avenue
Congregational Church, and Cen
tral High school.
SOUTH SIDE SICK LIST
Misses Daisy Nevills, Lucille
Webb, Frances Moore, Kathryn
Underwood and the Mesdames
Blanche Oliver, Pearl Nevills, and
Bessie Turpin.
On Sat., Feb. 16, a committee
of women met at the Phyllis
Wheatley House to discuss plans
for organizing a . Business and
Professional Women’s Club. Miss
L. O. Smith was appointed presl-
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dent; Mrs. Jessie Shepard, secre
tary-treasurer.
The president will appoint com
mittees at the next meeting, at
which time the object for such a
club will be decided on, and a
membership committee will be ap
pointed.
After a delicious luncheon was
served by Miss W. G. Brown, the
club adjourned to meet Saturday,
March 16th, at 1 p. m., at the
Phyllis Wheatley House.
MRS. M. W. JUDY
Mrs. M. W. Judy, secretary of
the Wayman Home Circle of the
St. Peter A. M. E. Church, has
been associated with this auxiliary
for a number of years and has
served under three presidents.
Mance Ellis was president for the
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Mrs. M. W. Judy
first two years of her connection
with the Wayman Home Circle;
then came two years under E. H.
Payne, and now she is serving un
der the present executive, Dr. M.
W. Judy.
Mrs. Judy had an important
part in the arrangements for the
mock Inaugural Conference of
1933, and was chairman of the
mock World Conference and Re
ception at Geneva, Switzerland,
1934.
Much of the work necessary for
the success of the Style Show to
be presented next month by the
Wayman Home Circle, will be
given into the experienced hands
of this capable member. Prep
arations will produce a two hour
program packed with features sure
to interest, inform and amuse.
Fifty models will participate in
the glowing parade, while inter
nationally known artists from the
concert stage will bring the very
latest in entertainment.
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PERSONALITIES
By Nellie Dodson
Diary Of A Would-be Column
ist; Saturday, March 9: Up at
six-thirty a. m. To breakfast and
working on a term paper at the
same time. On the way to school
and meeting with LOUIS MASON
at my transfer point We did talk
of various things among which
was the disinterest of the younger
Twin City Negro in race advance
ment. Also did we speak of sports
and of the under-rating of full
back SHELDON BEISE and half
back JULIUS ALPHONSE, say
ing that it was a shame, for the
lads were as spritely as any on
the team. Parting with Louis in
the p. o. and on to PROFESSOR
BEACH’S class in Nineteenth Cen
tury Prose, and enjoying the hour
as always. After class, over to
the typing room in the Journalism
school where I did begin to type
a term paper, and finding others
there with the same business. One
youth was particularly pesky with
his constant questions about the
spelling of words, until some one
did holler at him to “get a dic
tionary,” and so silenced his
clamoring. And so to typing for
three hours straight. Finally so
exhausted did I become that I
took to smoking innumerable ciga
rettes, truly an amazing feat for
me. Finishing the last word did
cause me to utter a hearty
“Damn!” which I vow did make
me feel the better. A good-look
ing lad in one of my classes who
also had been typing away, sug
gested that we dash over to col
lege town to the Bridge Cafe to
sip some beers. Across the cam
pus to the Bridge, where our en
trance did cause a mighty craning
of necks. Over beer and pretzels
we fell to a discussion of Dr.
Samuel Johnson’s essay on “A
Virtuous Home,” in which the
worthy doctor states that a man
is never himself until he is with
in the walls of his own abode, and
heartily did we agree with the
idea. Arriving soon after us,
were two lads who had also been
typing, and they asked to join
us, to which we urged them cor
dially. And for the second time
in a day did I find myself discuss
ing sports and such. Mightily
were the lads surprised to find a
female who knew so much of such
things, and I found them listen
ing to my twaddle with interest.
A skippy feeling it gave me, too,
to have men listening to me in
stead of me listening to them as
is usually the case. Our talk led
to a right merry chat of DAVE
McMILLIAN’S merits as a basket
ball coach, a subject which comes
in for much attention these days.
After a very interesting hour did
I take my leave gracefully. And
so across the campus to the car
line, surprised at the large num
ber of students about on a Satur
day afternoon, but recalling the
nearness of final exams. Home
to wearily studying until three
o’clock Sunday morning.
This and That: According to an
article I read in the paper a few
days ago, black coffee, if you’re
not used to drinking it, will only
make you ALL THE DRUNKER.
So the next time you get full of
giggle-syrup and some well-mean
ing pals try to pour black java
down you, don’t permit any such
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outrage. . . . DEAN THOMAS, of
the University English Depart
ment, who is my lecturer in a
Literature course, caused the class
to gasp t’other mawning when he
cracked about passing a theatre
and seeing billed on the marquee:
“One Night Of Love,” and “The
Dionne Quintuplets.” For Heaven’s
sake! . . . KATIE UNDERWOOD
has the measles at present writ
ing, ditto LUCILLE WEBB. . . .
Wonder who the KAPPAS will
back this year for the Mardi Gras
popularity contest? ... A cer
tain out-of-town collegian is start
ing to get himself heartily dis
liked around here with his silly
tomfoolery. . . . The young lady
who became so-o-o indignant be
cause her name appeared in this
col-yam lawst week won’t have to
get all mad and squeamish again
because the only reason I put it
in anyhow was to fill space.
Phooey. ... As a rule only the
better-knowns get mentioned here,
and I’m doing some folks a favor
to even refer to ’em. . . .
DWIGHT REED won the All-
University boxing finals in his
weight division.
BOOTELY P. BROWN made me
lose my appetite yesterday morn
ing when he told me of how over
in the dissecting laboratories, the
medic students throw parts of
cadavers at each other when they
want to have a little old-fashioned
fun. Bootely sez that if you don’t
duck, you’re liable to get a nice,
fat piece of flesh, or a liver
thrown smack in your schnozzola.
Incidentally, he also told me
that he thinks a lot of women
medics are a pain-in-the-neck, be
cause when they make a diag
nosis they stick to it regardless
of hell or high water. He said
there was the instance in which
a femme doc diagnosed a case all
wrong, and the autopsy proved
that she was wrong, but hanged if
she didn’t say the autopsy was
screwy!
A few minutes ago I was up
to BELL’S new restaurant, and
really, it is the nicest place we’ve
had around the Cities for a long,
long time. There are booths in
the back where you can sit and
enjoy your beer, and have those
confidential chats which are so
cosy and homey. I’ll wager it
will soon be the popular before
the-party rendezvous, as well as
the “place to go.”
The Whole Town’s Waiting for
Wayman’s Style Show at Wheatley
House, April 2.
SPOKESMAN
WORLD
“Messenger From Allah”
Between 1899 and 1920 In Brit-1
ish Somaliland, a fanatic called “The,
Mad Mullah” carried on a one-man J
war with Great Britain. Finally one
day, when In the desert with rela
tives and counselors, an airplane;
appeared In the sky. Never having'
seen one before he told his party,
it was a messenger from Allah. The
“messenger” dropped his message—:
a bomb—and killed nearly all of
them. The Mullah escaped—but
learned his lesson.—Feeling Foster
In Collier’s Weekly.
Two Lightest Woods
The two lightest woods, native
to the United States, are willow and,
basswood. They rank with the elms
and gums in toughness or resistance
to splitting. Because they are so.
light, tough and fairly stiff they
are especially suitable for use in
boxes and crates.
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St. Paul Society News
By Mary A. Jones
The Harlem “400” Club held
its election of officers at its last
meeting. The respective officers
are: Mr. John Hauser, president;
Mr. Jessie Smith, vice president;
Miss LaMarr Goss, secretary, and
Miss Zelma Cotton, treasurer.
The club entertained the newly
elected officers at an informal
party on March 8, at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. James England, 604
West Central Ave.
The Sterling Club held its reg
ular monthly meeting on Tuesday,
March 5. Mr. Watts, Mr. Junius
J. Condry and Mr. Odell Smith
became members of the club. A
large crowd gathered in the club
rooms on the following night to
rehearse the music for the Ster
ling Club Greater Minstrels.
The James Weldon Literary
Club met at the home of Mrs.
Julia Douglas, 403 Western Ave.
The “Life of George Schuyler”
was the subject of study by the
club. The topic of discussion was
“What Is the Negro Doing In
Politics?” A delightful luncheon
was served after the meeting. Do
not forget the St. Patrick’s Day
Tea Sunday, March 17th, at the
home of Mrs. Mae L. Porter, 655
St. Anthony Ave., from 4 to 6
p. m. Mrs. Louise Hargraves is
chairman of arrangements. The
next meeting will be held at the
home of Mrs. Louise Hargraves,
685 Carroll Ave.
Mrs. Ermine Allen, 998 Igle
hart Ave., was hostess to The
Cherrio Matrons Bridge Club,
Wednesday, Feb. 27. Mrs. Eli
Hickman was awarded first prize
and Mrs. Clarinda Grisby the
booby.
Mr. Boyd Patrick, young min
isterial aspirant of St. James’ A.
M. E. Church, will preach at Rev.
Brown’s Mission at the West Side
Neighborhood House on Indiana
St. near State St, Sunday, March
17, at 3 p. m. The public is cor
dially invited. Mr. Patrick’s sub
ject will be, “His Brother, Your
Brother, My Brother, and Our
Brothers.”
The Criterion Art Club met at
the home of Mrs. James Kirk,
Monday, March 11. This was card
night for the club. Prizes were
awarded to Mrs. Robert Brown —
first prize; Mrs. James Kirk—
second prize, and Mrs. Jennie
Young, the booby.
Mrs. Sophie Parker is very ill
at Ancker hospital.
Mr. S. L. Rogers, 718 St. An
thony, who has been confined at
Ancker hospital for several
months following a major opera
tion, has returned home.
The M. B. Anderson Business
and Professional Women’s Club,
will give their first annual dinner
Tuesday, March 19, at the home
of the president, Miss M. B. An
derson, 365 Aurora Avenue.
The Junior Credjafawn Club
met at the home of Eva Lee, 1174
I Sherburne Ave., Friday, March 15.
This was a business meeting.
Miss Ruth Lee, of Duluth, who
has been visiting her parents in
Kansas City for three months, Is
returning home after spending a
few days with Miss Mae Peake,
of 687 St. Anthony Avenue.
The Stable Jockey Club at 156
North Dale, at Selby St., has
hired a colored show. There are
two floor shows on Sunday after
noon and three each night The
show features Paul Oden as Mas
ter of Ceremonies. Others in
cluded in the show are: Messrs.
Oliver Lewis, Mace st re Clem
mans, Selah Fulton, Frankie
Wyche and Miss Katie Steele.
Mrs. Gladys Lewis Harris and
her Young People’s Minstrel will
be presented on the Lyceum stage
Saturday and Sunday, March 16-
17.
The cast consists of Josephine
Bolinger, Adell Graham, Cath
eryne Harris, Adeladie Skyes,
Annice Bagnell, Virginia Williams,
Lawrence Steward, Paul Oden,
Bud Kelly, Tom Coleman, Louis
Williams and Lord Byron Doty.
The Adelphi Club met at the
home of Mrs. Rose Shelton, 453
Kent St., Tues., March 12th. Mrs.
Samuel Ransom was the guest
speaker. Mrs. Talmadge B. Carey
and Mrs. Carey Neal, both of
Minneapolis, were installed as
new members of the club. This
completes the roster of 25 mem
bers. Another educational tour
is being planned. Refreshments
were served. The next meeting
will be held at the home of Mrs.
John Patton on March 26.
CLUB NEWS
The Jolly Sixteen Social Club
met at the home of the president,
Mrs. Verna Hickman. After a
business meeting a delightful
luncheon was served by the
hostess. The next meeting will
be at the home of Mrs. T. John
son, 355 St Anthony, Thursday
March 21. The club card party
was quite a success. Mr. Mar
shall, of 643 W. Central, winning
Ist prize, a ham, Mr. L. T. Bosley,
of 661 W. Central Ave., winning
2nd prize, 10 lbs. of sugar, and
Mrs. Coleman of the Harlem res
taurant, winning the booby, 2 bars
of soap. We thank every one for
their co-operation. Mrs. Verna
Hickman, pres., Mrs. Vivian Bos
ley, Reporter.
The Whole Town’s Waiting for
Wayman’s Style Show at Wheatley
House, April 2.
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