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About The advocate. (Portland, Or.) 19??-19?? | View Entire Issue (Oct. 20, 1923)
THE Nvart QurdJIen ‘You must not think that our Near Keel children and youiifl people are In any way Inferior to American chll dren." etatea J J. Handaaker. Oregon Director of the New East Relief. “I was aniseed when I went through the land of Borrow a few yearn ago to find that the children, though varying In color, were the equal In every reepost of the boys and girls of Am erica. They have the name ambitions and certainly they have the tame right to a Joyous childhood that ours have. They have been deprived of that childhood Thousands of chil dren have come to ue who have never laughed or played, and only after American men and women put their Ilves Into these unfortunates have they come to know the real meaning of childhood. "On a never to be forgotten day, when I chose twenty children out ef a group of 100 to live and waa com pelled to leave the reel to their fate because of lack of funds for their care, through a moat dramatic Inci dent I was to learn of the aacrlflce of one of my frienda, Fraucoa Gags of Portland. A moat attractive young Armenian woman approached me and said In eicellenl English that she had been sent from the orpbauage to help sort out the children. On Introducing my self to her 1 learned that she waa Nvart (Hoee) Gurdjian of Marsovan. When I asked her If she had ever heard of Francea Gage of Portland, who died In Maraovan. she answered. "Frances Gage died to save me from the Turks. Then I remembered bo* Henry Morgenthau had told us In New York a few years before how Francea Uagr had died In rescuing 50 girls who bad been taken by the Turke from her school for lheir ha rems and brothels. Here I waa face to face with the leader of her school, the president of the Young Women's Christian Association and Frances Gage's chief helper. You may Imag ine that Francea Gage's name waa on our lipa frequently that afternoon. tor 1 had known and admired her here, and to Nvart Gurdjian she was an object of worship. “ 'The Near East Relief la paying me 16c a month and my board and UP TO DATS Pioneer Drug Comp’y Phone Broadway 3573 Third and Burnside Sts. Postoffice Pharmacy Broadway and Oilcan 8t. Broadway 0517 Druggists and Chemists Courtesy, Accuracy, Reliability and Purity Our Motto clothing to work for them.' Nvart ex- plulnnd, ‘and because a secretary of the Y. W C. A. died for me I am saving my money that I laight actus time be trained as a Y secretary, too’." ‘‘The American relief work in the Near East has coat $7o.oee,e** and 30 American Ilves. Is It worth whlleT A mlllluo people have been saved from death and because they have learned that someone cares, they have not lost faith In God or man. "Sixty thousand boye and girls In lhe Near Kgal are being fed, clothed, and sheltered dally and trained in heart, hand and brain to assume leadership In that country at an ear ly dale. "la It worth while? Thousands of girls like Nvart have preserved their purity due to the unselfish workers who have not hesitated to give their Ilves for the saftUy of these girls. "The Portland Community Cbeet thia year gave 117,040 to this fund and the remainder of the city quota of 670.000 Is being sought through other sources, especially the churches and Bunday Schools. The Portland office Is al 513 Block Exchange Build ing." MARCUS GARVEY PLEADS (Continued from page two) everything, for lhe cloth» they wear, for the food they eat. God Is no out fitter, no economist, no politician. That Is why we are not asking God to give us Africa, and not asking the while man about getting Africa— not asking him any more than he asked the red man, for North Amer ica." "Take ail you can got away with." “America la respected not because of her religion but because there la more money here, more men here prepared for war than anywhere else. It the U. 8. waa a third rate country, everybody would ride rough shod over IL Japan Is respected be cause ahe can protect her property for a long time to come.” "We must get this program over before we can get the fellowship fiom the white race.“ “I believe tn leadership of a race by itself. Ilogs dont go with chickens -chickens to chickens and dogs to dogs. Under the same law of nature while folk with white folk and black folk with black folk. Whenever 1 see a fox In a chicken coop. 1 know he la after a chicken; whenever I see a lion among sheep I know he la after a sheep and whenever I see a white man among black men. 1 know that white man la after a Negro. “If I were a whit* man I’d be a white man and work for the interest of while people. If I were a white man I'd be a member of the Ku Klui Klan. If I were a Japanese. I'd be a Japanese and work for the Interest of Japanese. Nature made me nolther of thrae and all the things that af fect me In the universe Is to work for the Interest of those who look like me. Any time a white man or a Jap tells me he la more interested In me than his own. he Is a liar.” "The old way of getUng Negroes was to wave a red handkerchief. And as the Negro advanced and started new things, the white man beat a drum. He la following us up as we advance. He follows his method and la using diplomacy now. but diplomacy la another term for Just plain lying. He will have a hard time telling the same lie to this Marcus Garvey—he will have to come clean or not at all.” Mr. Garvey closed hie address by expressing confidence In the white race as being sportman-like. Ho be lieves the white race will assist the Negro race in acquiring Its own gov ernment Just as the black race helped It to get a firm foothold In America. He appealed to hia race tor soli darity of purpose to have something, be something and represent some thing. MARY The following excerpt from a let ter of Mre. Talbert to The Advocate dated at Kristiane. September 13, 1*10, again shows that she was ever alert In the Interest of her Race: "This has been tbs chance to let the world know about the hypocrisy of the United Btatee,—and the world known. Women are hero from every country and nation. It would have been a calamity if no one were here to combat Southern lies and propa ganda. ... I am rushed to death— very little time, very, very buoy—I am pleading the cauaa of Colored America and the World la listening." Recently when the call came for help to put over the program of the National Aasociation for the Ad- vancement of Colored People of which she was a vice president, a few women came together and unani mously made her the bead of a move ment against lynching In the United Blates, known as The Crusaders And It was under her intrepid leadership that the Crusaders brought the atten Establlshsd 11 Y «are In Portland C. GEE WO MEDICINE CHINESE CO. For Afternoon and Evening Manufactured only by Hosiery to Harmonize—High Grade Repair Work THE OVERTON-HYGIENIC MFG. COMPANY CHF3AQO KNIGHT SHOE CO. MRS. E. O. CANNADY Morrison Street, near Broadway 111 11 - ......................... - 11 »■■ t Silken buttons down the front are just as attractive as were the stiver buttons down the back of the heroine of our nursery rhymes. They are the distinguishing feature ..; the trim ming of this frock of dark blue Poiret twill. Fancy braid ot em broidery may decorate the collar of the V-shaped neck and cuffs of the short sleeves. The sash, a generous affair, is of satin in the color of the twill. Medium size requires 3'4 yards 54-inch material, with 3 yards of 8-inch satin ribbon for trimming. Pictorial Review Dress No. 1757. Sizes, 34 to 48 inches bust Price 45 cents. HAVE YOUR PRINTING DONE AT Ryder Printing Co. 192 Third Street Main 5536 Portland, Oregon Your Financial Head quarters Pacific Coast Distributor Make Us Your Business Agents If you are interested in Real Estate, Good Investments, Business Ventures, or any other phase of commercial effort where you desire expert advice, Consult Us. Always enclose stamp for reply. The Hamitic League of the World I. B. P. O. E. 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FINLEY & SON ■ a Portland, Oregon s YOU probably know hundreds of people who pay all their bills with checks on the United States National. It is the convenient, businesslike way. “ONE OF THE NORTHWEST’S GREAT BANKS” CHINESE CO. A. J. Rose, President 402 Buchanan Bldg., Portland, Or*, Lodge Directory House la modern and the EAST SIDE FUNERAL DIRECTORS g STUNNING SIMPLICITY groundo contain beautiful treee and F. S. DUNNING,Inc. High-Brown Face Powder has earned Ite plac* In th* rived from Its use. Portland, Oregon B. 2525 In four shade*—Natural, Pink, Brunette by It* own distinctive merit and th* Eight-room house and one acre of Esat 0052 High-Brown Face Powder Daily Fashion Hint ••teem of the moat discriminate and skeptical user* of toilet article* and Starke ground. (By Arthur Lebon.) A most elaborate ata* party *•• given by Ed Davie, Hit Center St., In honor of his brother-in-law, H. Halller of Dallas, Tex. Mr Hallier la a brother of Mrs Ed. Davis. HI» »lay In the Bay City la Indefinite. Meedaihes I). W. Bayer and Rud- (Jlca-sf-San Jose »peat a few daya in Oakland laat week. Prratay Winfield spent the week end In Han Jone, at the borne of Dr. •nd Mrs. D. W. Boyer», having mo tored from Oakland. Mra. Othello Roundtree and daugh ter Mlaa Aurora of Omaha. Neb , are the house guests of Mr and Mra. Tobe Williams of 1318 Chestnut St. They are alghtaeelng tn the East Bay cities. . Mrs. Arthur D. Lebon of 1508 Ash by avenue has recovered from a re cent Illness and Is enjoying good health again. The marriage of James Dewey Wsshlngton to Miss Marie Fuller, both of Seattle, was a grand affair at Oakland, October 5th. Staffs rep resenting each of the big theaters of Han Francisco and OaxUzd were presenL The bride was presented by her aunt and grandmother, the Mrs. Wright and Scott respectively. Mr. Washington's mother came over from Seattle to attend the wedding. Distinctive Footwear Experience unnecessary. Transpor- tetloa furnished. Write T. McCaf •MM Alder Street, S. V. Conor Third frey, Sept., St. Louis, Mo. GEE WO MEDICINE Mrs. Talbert’s last visit to Portland was In March, 1S20, when ahe spoke at Lincoln High School from the sub ject. “The Negro’s Right to World Democracy.” She also delivered two addresses to Reed College students and spoke before the Parent Teach- era Council at the Public Library; also before several other organise tlona of both white and colored. Mrs. Talbert leavee to mourn their loss. William H. Talbert, busband; Sarah Mae Talbert-Keelan, daughter; Yvette Keelan, grand-daughter; sev eral brothers and sisters and a hoet of friends. BELATED BERKELEY MEWS and White. C. GEK WO. the well known Herbal- let. has made a Ufa study of the curative properties possessed by Oriental Root* llerba Rude and Hark, and therefrom compounded hie tru ly wonderful Herbs remedies. In their make-up no poisons FOR SALE—Nice Raincoat, new.— di-ndl'cotloa are used: perfectly harmleea Broadway 6807.—adv. and many roota and harbe that ho uses are unknown to the medical profession of today. AVOID OPERATIONS by taking hie remedies in time for Stomach. Cou«hs, MALE HELP Colds, Rheumatism. Kidney, Lung. Liver, Catarrh, Blood, Inflammation, COIAJRBD Men wanted to qualify Neuralgia and all female and chil dren's allmenta Call or writ* Bent for sleeping car and train porter* by mall or parcel post. C. tion of the world to the great peril of lynching In this country and fur- tilshed the money tor the Association to carry out ite advertising program Mrs Talbert waa a contributing editor to the Women» Voice Maga sine and the producta of her pen found ready market In other publ lec tions. She waa president of the Frederick Itouglase Memorial and Historical Association; a graduate of Oberlin College, active In church circles, being affiliated with the Bap tist denomination. Bbe waa a woman of rare powers and extremely fascin ating personality. Those who have kept up with the activities of Fred Douglass and Mary B. Talbert aee aueb a marked similar ity In the efforts of the two towards the freedom of the Race that she la sometimes likened to the immortal Fred Douglass. A euporb toile* nocoaelty. FOR SALE Dentlet Portland Oregon Tour Patroness Solicited DIES (Continued from page one) by I too tor Daaay Bang, by Architect and Mrs. Beavemeee; by the Minis ter of Foreign Affairs at the Cons* late, both in Denmark and Norway; by !.ady Aberdeen, Counteas of Ta malr at Hotel Victoria. At every place she la always the center of at traction of an Interacted group who see In her ths same culture and r*- flnement that they poosees." Olve lTs a Trial and Be Convinced DR. 8. MILLER Pharmacist, Lawyer and Proprietor S. TALBERT ADVOCATE AT YOUR SERVICE YELLOW TAXI CALL MAIN III 59 Also Seven-Passenger Touring Cars for Sightseeing LOWEST RATES IN THE CITY Syracuse Lodge, K. of P. No. 1. meets th* second and fourth Fri day nights in each month. All Sir Knight* In good standing ar* welcome. Fraternal Hall. 785 Mlsala- sippl Ave. E D. Cannady, C.C., >11 Macleay Bldg. Boyce 8train K ef Montgomery at Fifth Phone Day or Night Main 4322 1 THE REGAL OUR WAY It Steam Cleaning or r Quality Cleaning French Dry Cleaning Pressing and Dyeing a Not merely »ponging and placing a hot Iron on and in this way work the dirt Into the garment Tn this way much barm Is done In stead of making the garment look like new. There I* a difference between our way of doing work and our imitators. Our cus tomers' clothes always look new and have a more aristocratic look. We care for and store your suit while you are ont of the city Regal Cleaners, Tailors and Hatter^ 127 North Sixth Street Bet. 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