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The J. H Reeds
Entertain For
Out-oi-Towners
A party and w hat a party, the
kind you read about but seldom
see was given at F raternal Hall
last Monday evening by Mr. and
Mrs. Joseph H. Heed of 1615 S.
E. 49th avenue. The party was
given in honor of Mrs. C lara
G raham oj D etroit, M ichigan,
sister of th e host; and Mrs. Alice
Folw kes of Colum bus, Georgia,
who is here visiting her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. J. W, Ingersoll,
3384 S. E. W oodward street, was
attended by alm ost two hundred
guests.
F ratern al Hall was beautifully
decorated for the occasion with
flowers and party favors on every
one of the score dr jrwrv tables.
E ntertainm ent provided d iv e rs
ion for th e guests wl en they
w ere not tripping the light fan
tastic to the hot tu n es-served up
by the best little aggregation of
m usicians ever assem bled for a
party.
R efreshm ents
included
everything from hors d ’ouvres
and canapes to turkey, and iron»
w ater to the lim it of your im agi
nation in fancy drinks.
Edw ard
H arris,
nationally
know n com edian and vaudeville
actor, was the m aster of cerem o
nies for the occasion and was
ably assisted by his wife, a for
m er actress ip her own right,
M adame Bressay H arris. Included
in the list of e n tertain ers was
Eugene “R ed” Moseley, who did
a solo tap dance and then w ith
Ruby Jones as a p a rtn e r gave an
excellent jitte rb u g routine. Mary
Steen rendered solos in her in i
m itable style, all assisted by a
five-piece orchestra th a t was
really tops.
The guest list is not available
as we go to press, but we will
publish the list in n ext w eek’s
issue.
Mr. Reed is G eneral M anager
of the Club Acme at 1504 N.
W illiams Ave.
Mrs. Reed is well know n for
her social activities.
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RALPH COOPER BEST LAUGH PROVOKER
th e ir dollars w here to go instead
of asking them w here they w ent.
—Roger Babson.
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N. Y. Columnist Goes "All-Out" for Em-Cee Who
Has Turned Comedian—Top Notch Performer
Introduced H arlem 's A m ateur
Hour via W M CA—Put Spotlight
Bands on Air f o r Pabst Beer
Produced.D irected and Staged
N ite Club Revuesicals
QUOTATIONS
As we grow b etter we m eet
He talks like a w atch which b etter people.—E lbert H ubbard.
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ticks aw ay m inutes, but never
The place to begin the b attle
strikes the hour.
against
crim e is in the high chair,
Sam uel Johnson.
not the electric chair.— M arvin B.
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The really great man is the R osenberry, Chief Ju stice W is
man who m akes every m an fee* consin Suprem * e • Court.
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great.
— G. K. C hesterton.
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On one issue at least, m en and
women
agree: they both d istru st
I am a great believer in luck.
women.
—H. L. M encken.
The h ard er I w ork, th e m ore of it
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I seem to have.— Colem an Cox.
"C o o p " Is H arlem 's
No. 1 Show m an
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By T id V a in
(Staff C o r m p o n d e n tf
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Men will fight for religion,
The bigger a m an ’s head gets, w rite for it, and even die for it—
the easier it is to fill his shoes. th e y ’ll do any ol’ thing bu t live
it.
—D abney Todd.
H enry A. C ourtney.
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W hen a woman begins to hide
A chip on the shoulder indi
NEW YORK, (I P S )—Bob Hope, Jack Benny, George Jesscl,
cates
th a t th ere is wood higher h er age she really begins to show
l,ou Holtz and other top-notch comedians of radio, stage, screen
it-
— G rit.
and nite clubs (and, you might add—television) had Utter move up.—A rm y and N avy Journal.
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A child being raised w ithout
over Make room for Ralph Coojier, Harlem’s No. 1 showman—
It is hard to believe th a t a rfian
the I test laugh provoker there is in show business, who is credited love looks draw n together like a
w ith b e in g th is t o w n ’s clapper e m
cee, h a s t u r n e d co m ed ia n . As a
c o m e d ia n “ C o o p ” follows a lo n g th e
m o d e rn tr e n d and will a t no tim e
u s e cork. In s h o rt, h e r e ’s a real
c o m e d i a n —not a black-face comic.
O n e who will m a k e you give out
w ith th o s e la u g h s t h a t you 'v e s to re d
aw ay s in c e l ’e a rl H a rb o r.
R alph n e e d s no In tro d u c tio n to
d iv e rs io n s e e k e r s In th e s e p a rts . As
a th rill- p ro v id e r in th e way of high
c la s s e n t e r t a i n m e n t — h e ’s tops. T h e
best a t o r i g in a tin g both c o s tu m e
a n d d ia lo g u e ; he In tro d u c ed H a r
le m 's a m a t e u r h o u r via S ta tio n
WMCA on a coast-to-coast hook-up
a n d h a s p roduc ed, d ire c te d , s ta g e d
a n d ta k e n p a r t In n ite club r e v u e s i
c a ls t h a t e s ta b lis h e d new all-tim e
r e c o r d s for a t t e n d a n c e a t th e v a r i
o u s H a rle m “h o t ” spots, a n d a s th e
gen ial h o s t a n d em -cee s p o n s o re d
l ’a b s t b l u e R ibbon D eer on th e a i r
w aves In w h a t t u r n e d out to be th e
first all-N egro ra d io c o m m e r c ia l
p ro g ra m . C ooper h a s p re s e n t e d th e
beHt ta l e n t e d a i r s h o w s a n d fo s
t e r e d h u n d r e d s of y o u n g s t e r s to
s t a r d o m . Lionel H a m p to n , D uke
E llin g to n , C o u n t B asle, E arl H ines,
all w ith t h e i r b a n d s ; E d d ie (R o
c h e s t e r ) A n d e rso n , Billy E c k s te in ,
Lillian F itz g e ra ld , P a t e r s o n & Jack-
son, and Louis J o r d a n ’s B and all
a p p e a r e d on t h e a i r show w ith
C o o p er a t t h e h elm .
National Newspaper Week
F o r his ability as a s h o w m an ,
th e n a t i o n ’s new la u g h -se n satio n
h a s been singled o u t for m a n y
h o n o rs. It was he w ho w as s e
le c te d to p e rfo rm a s em -cee in
th e o b s e r v a n c e of N a tio n a l N e w s
p a p e r W e ek by N egro e d i t o r s from
coast-to-coast. H a v in g d one a m ar-
velouB Job to aid th e w a r efTort h e
h a s been c i t e d by t h e W a r a n d
T r e a s u r y D e p a rtm e n ts . C o o p er’s
s h o w s s ta g e d a t th e v a r io u s a r m y
c a m p s In th is vicinity h a v e won for
him high p ra is e from le a d in g co m
m a n d in g officers. It h a s been his
p riv ileg e to h e a d lin e s h o w s in New
Y ork, P h ila d e lp h ia , B a ltim o re ,
W a s h in g to n , D. C., and in Chicago.
In t h e s e le a d in g c itie s C ooper's
“ take-ofT” of th e city s l i c k s t e r h a s
won for him p o p u larity t h a t h a s no
hounds. H e h a s th e m fo r e v e r “fa ll
ing o u t In. t h e aisles." T h is w as
d e m o n s t r a t e d re c e n tly a t H a r le m 's
A pollo T h e a t r e .
A side from his role a s a s tric tly
m o d e rn c o m ed ia n along th e lines of
A1 Jolson, M ilton B erle and E ddie
C a n to r, C ooper m a n a g e s high class
ta le n t. O ne of h is a t t r a c t i o n s is T a b
S m i t h ’s O r c h e s t r a w hich h a s been
a c c la im e d A m e r ic a 's g r e a t little
" Ju m p ” hand.
Yes. t h e n a m e R alph C ooper is
a le g e n d a lo n g th e Main S te m . I
know , b e c a u s e I’ve been around.
is telling the tru th w hen you
know th a t you would lie if you
w ere in his place.
— H. L. M encken.
More people should learn to teil
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closed um brella.
—M arcelene Cox.
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ing, pressing and rep airin g of
clothes and adding pre-w ar d e
livery service. The public re
sponded to this offer of first class
service and now they are o ffer
ing th e sam e service in a m ore
convenient location.
These two men, Roy Spicer and
W illiam Browne, well know n in
Portland, are to be com m ended
for th eir conscientious effort to
give first class service to our
people and also for the prestige
they are giving th e race by con
ducting a w orthy enterprise.
The best m easure of m an ’s
m entality is the im portance of
things he w ill argue about.
—Anon.
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Some people th in k th ey can
w ash them selves by blacking oth-
ers-
—Sw an Swanson.
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The trouble w ith m ost people
is th a t th ey th in k w ith th eir
hopes, fears or w ishes, ra th e r
th an w ith th e ir minds.
—W alter D uranty.
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The say th a t f a m i l i a r i t y
breeds attem pt.
—N orm an Steeve.
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