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“CHRIST T H E LORD IS RISEN TODAY,
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T he
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S tay off d ate of M ay 30th. P a rtic u
lars later.
Mf. L ouis D ry »dale, d istinguished
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teacher of singing and voice produc-
Mrs. M atilda Jo h n so n , m o th er of
lion in true Ita lia n m eth o d (B el Mrs. It E. R andolph and Mr. P rince
Easier is again upon us, reminding us that He is Risen. On
(. a n to )
stu d io , G ro trian-S teinw eg Paries 1 » ill at the hom e of Mr and
the morrow, the Glad Tidings will be proclaimed from churches
H all, w igm ore »treet, W .. London, M rs R andolph at H64 E. 7th S t . N
all over the Christian world.
E ngland, it offering th ro u g h T h e A d M rs Jo h n so n is suffering ^ u m
vocate, tw o tw o year»' free vocal so rt of nervous breakdow n
Easter, with the Springtime causing the world to burst into
scholarships fo r su p ran o and con.
new
bloom and beauty, is a day of hope and joy. His Holiness
tra lto to talented A m erican» w ho can
Mr. M orton H. H ou sto n w ho u n
came into the world at a time when it was in great need of spirit-
qualify.
The»e scholarships are ab- d erw en t an o p eratio n at th r P o rtlan d
»olntely free
Mr. D ry sd ale, w ho ¡1 S anitarium is g reatly im proved and
nal renewal and when the radianf light and wonderful love which
Mr. Ivan H aro ld B row ning'» »inging it is tho u g h t, by those in attendance,
He brought was sorely n'ed'd. He gave His life that we might
m a»ter, (M r. B row ning ¡» know n to th at he will be able to return to Bos-
live
and live more abundantly; He brought joy and happiness and
m any in the »tale») »ays: “ O n be
peace—a
peace that passeth understanding.
half of my race and in consequence
(
Continued
on
paj^e
four)
nf an appeal m ade to me by several
May w* catch the spirit of the blessed Easter-time and radi
of my A m erican stu d en ts, I am o f
fering to tw o ladies a F ree S ch o lar
ate happiness and love and peace wherever we go.
ship of tw o y ears' com plete vocal
training.
E ach stu d en t to receive
And as the Blessed Master said unto His discipl's, may we
tw o y ears’ co m plete train in g of voice
say
unto
you, “Peacc be unto you.” And may this Eastertide be the
production and tin g in g in the true
most
blessed
and the happiest one you hav* ever experienced.
Italian m ethod (B el C an to ) co m p ris
133 R ussell S treet
ing several lessons each week
,
P o rtla n d , O reg o n
R ep erto ire: E nglish. Italian , F rench
A pril 5, 1927
and G erm an.
D ear Mrs. C annady:-
C onditions of the scholarship:
I w ant to tell you how m uch I ap
1. T hose selected m ust be prom ising
p reciated the co n cert last evening.
refined, of good stage appearance,
T o tell you how m uch I enjoyed it
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m ai ■
-
m usically intelligent and in o rd er that
w ould be im possible, for w ords are
they m ay receive the fullest benefits,
nadequatc for that.
t hope w ith the
th at is, every o p p o rtu n ity to p ractise
rest th a t Mr. Jo h n so n and Mr G o r
and study, to g e th e r w ith the a d v a n t
don will com e to P o rtlan d again and
ages of hearing advanced stu d en ts
(B y E dna R osalyn H eard )
give us som e m ore beautiful N egro
W ash in g to n , A pril 14. —"G ran d
and the help Mrs. Dry »dale as ac
S
anta
M onica, Calif. A pril 14— No
mucic.
father clauses," basing the right to
com panist, they m ust be p rep ared to
doubt the large crow d of concert pa
I have clipped out from the T e le vote on descen t from a v o te r, have
live at the residence of I’rofeasor and
tro n s rep resen tin g m em bers of both
gram Mr H a te n 's review of the con existed only in N o rth C arolina, L ou
M rs D rysdale for w hich a ch arg e of
races w ere both pleased and perhaps
cert
I think it w as a w onderful isiana, G eorgia and O klahom a.
In
IS dollars per week will be m ade for
Pasadena, Calif. A pril 14.— A ssur disappointed in the program given bv
w rite-up.
the
first
th
ree
states
the
clauses
have
full board-residence.
,
I w as thrilled by "Mr. G ordon's expired by self-lim itation. In O k la ing the Los A ngeles B ranch of the the C alvary B aptist C hoir in the M u
2. At com pletion of sch o larsh ip o r at
singing and enjoyed Mr. Jo h n so n 's homa, the intention w as to m ake the N ational A ssociation fo r the A d nicipal A uditorium last T h u rsd ay
any tim e as P ro f D rysdale thinks fit,
solos im m ensely.
I'm glad th a t a clause p erm an en t b u t this in ten tio r vancem ent of C olored P eople that evening.
a jo in t recital will be a rra n g e d for
T h is choir having made such a
few of us C hinese people had a share was d efeated by the decision of the they had done m uch to m ake her
both stu d en ts at a L ondon C oncert
in applauding them both
U nited S tates Suprem e C ourt in 1914, sh o rt stay pleasant and w ith a pro- splendid show ing under the direction
H all.
N eedless to say, I shall alw ays re d eclaring such a clause to be in con ! fusion of thanks fo r th eir th o u g h t of Mrs. G ertrude E dw ards at the
J Each applican t m ust send full
m em ber these tw o a rtists and will flict w ith the F ifteen th A m endm ent ful courtesies, Jane A ddam s, founder H ollyw ood Bowl last year, failed to
length photo and state age. ,
b o o st them w hen I can.
Y ou are
of H ull H ouse, C hicago, left for display th eir usual ability in ren d er
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T h e A dvocate w ill be pleased to
to be co n g ratu lated fo r your effo rts
e today.
Miss A ddam s w as here ing the m uch discussed m usic of the
give full p articu lars upon request.
URBAN LEAGUE M EET hom
A m erican N egro. T h e singers show
in b rin g in g them to P o rtlan d
for a rest and only m ade tw o public
T his offer should be a ttra c tiv e to
ed both insufficient practice and
I hope to see you again som etim e.
appearences.
m any w ho arc in terested in thi* line
T h e N ational U rb an L eague held
Sincerely yours,
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its annual conference in St. Louis,
of music.
(Concluded on Page Four)
L illian L ang
T Y P I N G
A m ong M r D ry »dale's pupil* w ho
Mo., M arch 29 to A pril 2.
T he sub
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one
prom
ptly
an
d
neatly
endorse this o ffer are F lorence M ills,
ject of the conference w as: "R ead
C all W aln u t 3480
L ondon
Pav illio n ;
Ivan
H aro ld
ju stm en t of Social P ro g ra m s in the
B row ning, A m erican E x p ress Co.. 6
light of R esearch .”
D IE S IN S E A T T L E
H ay m srk et, L ondon, E n g lan d and
.T he su b jects of th e various discus
John C Payne, 17 R egents P ark Rd .
sions w ere:
,
L ottie Lewis, d au g h ter of the late
N. W . L o ndon , E ngland, all of whom
"Social service needs in the N o rth ”
Mr. G eorge W . W eeks, died in S eat
"E x p an sio n and efficiency"
are from A m erica.
tle T uesday follow ing a long illness.
A ddress T h e A dvocate. 312 Mac-
"In te r-ra c ia l w ork th ro u g h ‘O p p o r
Mr. Lewis, husband of the deceased,
leay B uilding. P o rtla n d , O regon
tu n ity ’ m agazine" and m any o th e r in
com m unicated by long distance w ith
tere stin g subjects.
Mrs. W eeks, 444 B enton S tre e t, re
questing
her to m ake funeral a rra n g e
IN H A N D S O F R E C E IV E R S
m ents here, w hich M rg. W eeks kind
New Y ork. A pril 14— T ak in g ex
ly consented to do.
J. P. Finley &
W ash in g to n , A pril 14.— ' M ost ed ception to rem arks of Mme. G enot,
T h e P o rtla n d T eleg ram , one of the j Son will have charge of the funeral.
ucation ignores the physical basis ol of Bari», who, it is said, vigorously leading dailies and one th at has spok
L ast sad rites w ere tendered by the
life,” says H en ry F o rd , the billionaire denied sta te m e n ts p f Mrs. Rosa en out fearlessly on all q uestions a f
autom obile m a n u factu rer . w ho is a' Lew is, (w h ite) of L ondon, w ho re fecting the rig h ts of the people, has C atholic C hurch in S eattle on W ed
nesday.
T h e body accom panied by
keen and p ractical stu d en t of hum an cently extolled A m erican N egro d ish
been placed in the hands of a receiv- j , he husband and so„, T ed H aith, ar-
affairs. "W e re a r increasingly large es as the best cooked food in the
er. J E. W h eeler, o w n er of the pub- rjv e d jn the city T h u rsd ay m orning.
generations In the expectation of hav w orld. W . O. T h o m p so n , of this city,
lication, th ro u g h his a tto rn e y s Joseph F uneral services w ere conducted in
ing o th ers earn th e ir living for them , says: "T o som e ex ten t, as far as my
and H aney, has p etitioned the F ed er the afternoon.
while they them selves keep book* on experience goes, the E nglish lady is
al C ourt for perm ission to go into
the exertions of the earn ers or w rite not so far at fault. W h en it com es to
bankruptcy.
H e a rin g on the petition
volum es on aocial questions involved. plain cooking the N egro, at best, is
has been set for M onday.
W e teach them to in h ab it a paper unexcelled; th at is, cooking w ithout
w o rld ; we teach them to assum e th at the frills, such as fow ls, lam b, beef,
IN K is preferable to action. W e have pork, vegetables, m acaroni, biscuits,
considered the B R A IN as the organ m uffins w affles, cake and pastries.
T h ree m em bers of the school board
Mrs. E. D. C annady spoke before
to be trained, and we have neglected F o r th a t so rt of rep re to ry I can p ro
the w om en's M issionary society of of D istrict N o 1, have started peti
the o th er and m o st im p o rta n t im ple duce several N egro men and w om en
the U nity P resbyterian C hurch W ed tions to the board at the election on
m ent of the m ind, the H A N D . One w hom I w ouldn’t h esitate to place a-
T h ey arc
nesday afternoon a t th e hom e of June 7th, for reelection.
tro u b le w ith the w orld ’» to o m uch longsidc of the best talen t of the
H
orace
M
ecklcm
,
Mrs.
G.
G.
G lines
b rain -w o rk , w ith o u t the n orm alising F ren ch cuisine Mme. G enot may se
Mrs. V ickler, 753 E. 78th S treet, N.
O nly one
balance of hand-w ork.” ,
She discussed the p ro g ram of the and G eorge P. É ism an.
lect.
I p erfectly ag ree w ith Mrs.
Lewis th a t good tasty m eats of any
N ational A ssociation
for A dvance new candidate, J. O. Bailey, prom i
nent A ttorney, so far has filed. P e ti
S A Y IN O S O F A B R A H A M
so rt do n o t require a sauce o r gravy
m
ent
of
C
olored
People,
of which
L IN C O L N
tions, how ever, will be received up
exotic in flavor to m ake them p a la t
she is N o rth w est O rg an iser.
T he
until tw elve days before the election
"D ie w hen I m ay, I w ant it said able o r even a w o rk of art, th a t is,
w om en num bering approxim ately fif
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th a t I alw ays plucked a thistle, and to ta ste s no* req u irin g alcholic ap
ty, w ere greatly pleased wSth her
planted a flow er, w here I th o u g h t a p etizers p receding a m eal o r along
C H IC A G O A N V IS IT S W E S T
m
essage
and
invited
her
to
return.
flow er w ould grow ."
" I t adds n o th in g to my satisfaction w ith it."
A t the close of the m eeting, tea w as
Mrs. G. H C hase, of 3710 Jiles Av
to know th at a n o th e r m an has been
served by the hostess.
T h e p asto r
d issapointed.”
enue, Chicago, w as a pleasant visitor
of the church, Rev. P o rte r, invited
" I say tr y l If we never try we ne WYATT W. WILLIAMS
in P o rtlan d S aturday, Sunday and
M rs. C annady to a d d re s s the eleven
ver succeed
ed."
\
Monday. She w as the house guest of
o’clock service a t his church in the Mr. and Mrs. H . A. D uke. 159 E. 68‘V
Attorney at Law
G eorge G ray, ja n ito r a t the W e st
n ear future.
S treet w ho beautifully en tertain ed her
ern U nion offices, w as found guilty
With Julius Silvcstone,
Sunday evening, M rs. C annady will while here.
THE STORE FOR
Mrs. Chase is a ch arm
in C ircuit C ou rt T u esd ay of a sta tu
speak to a group of H ig h School ing m atron and m ade m any friends
EVERYBODY
523-524
Lumbermens
Bldg.
to ry offense involving his m in o r ste p
girls at W estm in ister P resb y terian on this trip w hich began on the 2nd
dau g h ter. H e will be sentenced later.
church in Irv in g to n ., O n W ed n es of M arch. .She visited C olorado Spgs..
Attorney and Counselor
day, A pril 20th she will deliver a D enver, Salt L ake City, L os A ngeles,
Mrs. L eg g ett, 193 Ivy S tre e t is con Phone*: Br. 0635-Wa. 3920
lecture on "N eg ro Life and H isto ry " San Francisco, P o rtlan d and Seattle.
fined to her hom e w ith Influenza.
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M onroe City, Mo., A pril 14-W hite
persons paid a rem arkable tribute to
"U ncle Jo e ” P eyton, fo rm er slave,
when he was buried here som e of his
"m aster’s folks" traveled hundreds of
m iles to be p resen t a t the funeral.
\ A s ide from loyalty to the fam ily that
ow ned him in slavery days, the old
N egro also w as noted fo r having
served in the C onfederate arm y, fight
ing against the F ederal forces in the
Civil W a r that w ere try in g to free
his race.
A m ong those whe traveled here to
a tten d “U ncle Jo e's” funeral w ere Mr.
and M-
’ * »-»I’-vare and Miss
Marv
dents
Nickeil, of St. Louis, d e f e n d a n t s of
the old N egro's ante-bellum m aster.
T hey w ere fo rm er residents of this
tow n and, before m oving away, a r
ranged for "U ncle Jo e ” to be cared
for in his declining years.
D uring the Civil W a r “U ncle Jo e"
altern ately served in C onfederate
trenches o r in Southern m ilitary hos
pitals.
H e was proud of the fact he
fought fo r the South, and w as a
unique figure a t C onfederate reun
ions.
hohmuw
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R o g ers W rites on N o rth A frican*
N ew Y ork, A pril 14.—W ritin g in
the M ay num ber of T h e M essenger
Mr J. A. R ogers, noted N egro au th o r
and jo u rn alist, says of the N o rth A f
ricans, “T h e M oors are a m ixture of
A frican, E uropean and W estern As
iatic stock, w ith the N egro strain
i t L ook a t any N egro com-
particularly one in the N orth,
w ith its sprinkling of fair and dark
w hite p erso n s, and one has a p retty
accu rate idea of a M oorish tow n as
say, R abat, and the native q u arter of
C asablanca.
v
“T h e B est th at can be said o f the
average M oor as I have seen him
here, “is th a t he is very backw ard.
H e has a tendency to reduce his ex
penditure of energy to a minim um,
and large num bers of them may ba
seen in the sm art F ren ch quarter,
stretch ed out on the pavem ent of
fine buildings, sound asleep, clad in
indescribable rags.
Such squalor
such ragged, d irty clothing, such
w retched beggars in sw arm s, such
neglected children, I have never be
J O E S H E F T E L ’S R E V U E A G A IN lieved existed before in such volum e."
Mr. R ogers is to uring the countries
IN U N IT E D S T A T E S
lining the shores of the M editerran
San Francisco, CaL A pril 14.—C om -| ean Sea and will he ab ro ad fo r some
pleting 36 successful w eeks in A u time. W hen last heard from he w as
stralia and a fo rtn ig h t stand in H o n a t P alarm o, Sicily. H is first article
olulu, Jo e S heftel’s R evue is again in is entitled “Im pressions O f M orocco".
the U nited S tateg and busy playing All is n o t rags, d irt and squalor, how
ever.
Mr. R ogers tells of M oors
vaudeville.
F o r tw o w eeks the Revue is play w ho own m agnificent hom es, are
ing the Bay d istric t to be follow ed very w ealthy, are scrupulously clean
w ith tw o w eeks in Southern Cali and dash about tow n in expensive
fornia.
T he Revue w ill then sta rt m otors. H e tells m uch of th eir w ork,
th eir a r t and th eir custom s; all curi
E ast.
ous and in terestin g to black people
T h e M essenger is a
R E V . P E N N ’S C H U R C H B O M B E D in A m erica.
N egro m agazine published in New
Chicago, 111., A pril, 14.—A bom b Y ork City.
w as hurled th rough the Fulton S t,
M. E. C hurch of w hich Rev. I. G ar-
•and Penn Jr. is p asto r last T uesday
evening causing a dam age of m ore
than $50,000. Rev. P en n w as one of
the m ost loyal su p p o rte r^ of W illiam
H ale T hom pson fo r M ayor, and his
forceful and vicious criticism of the
D em ocrats in his speeches for him
O rcella R exford, w ellknow n color
is regarded as the cause of the bom b
ing.
H e w as said to be the only psychologist, spoke to a capacity
m in ister of the race su p p o rtin g Mr. house a t the M etaphysical L ibrary,
405 Y am hill Street, W ednesday even
T hom pson on the W e st Side.
ing.
She explained the m eaning of
P R E S ID E N T O F M U SIC F E D E R the Bahai M ovem ent, laying em pha
sis upon several of its g re a t princi
A T IO N L A U D S JA ZZ
ples-
H e r talk w as illustrated by
S anta R oga, Calif. A pril 14.— In stereoptican slides w hich she and her
defense of jazz m usic, M rs. A bbie husband, D r. G regory m ade while in
Jam ison of L os A ngeles, preside.it the H oly L and.
T h e lecture was
of the C alifornia F ederation of Music highly en tertain in g as well as instruc
Clubs, speaking before the o rganiza tive.
Mrs. R exford w as dressed in
tion’s convention here last week said, P ersian raim ent, as w as Dr. G regory.
“T h e tim e is n o t far distan t w hen
T w o o f M rs . Fred O lsen’s pupils
jazz will be on the sam e level a§ ing by ch anting selections from the
classical m usic."
H idden W ords.
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N. A. A. C. P . E N D O R S E S P R O P A N -A S IA T IC
BROTHERHOOD
T E S T A G A IN S T T R A IN IN G
W IT H IN 50 Y E A R S SAYS
C A M P S E G R E G A T IO N
C H IN E S E E D U C A T O R
HEADED EAST
El
1ST SPEAKS
New Y ork, A pril 14.—T he N ational
A ssociation fo r the advancem ent of
C olored People, has telegraphed P re s
ident C oolidge, endorsipg the p ro test
against segregation in the citizens’
m ilitary training cam ps made by
G eorge W . H arris, E d ito r of the New
Y ork News.
T h e telegram sent by
the N. A. A. C. P. to the P resid en t
reads as follow s:
"T h e N ational A ssociation fo r the
A dvancem ent of C olored People en
d orses the p ro test of G eorge W . H a r
ris, E d ito r of the New Y ork News,
against the b a rrin g from citizens'
m ilitary training cam ps in the New
Y ork area of M arsden V. B urnell
who was advised by L ieutenant Colo
nel H. W. F leet to seek training at
A tlanta w ith the necessity of paying
p art of his own tra n sp o rta tio n to that
place. W e endorse Mr. H a rris’ p ro
test as p a rt of o u r tong cam paign a-
gainst the federal governm ent dis
crim inating in any way in the train
ing of the men upon w hom it may
have to call for the national defense.
T h e citizens' m ilitary train in g cam ps
are advertised as dem ocratic training
schools fo r citizenship.
Is seg reg a
tion to be a p a rt of th e curriculum ?”
San F rancisco, Cal. A pril 14.—T he
question of a future titanic struggle
betw een the w hite and colored races
depends entirely on how the w hites
treat the O rientals, is the opinion
voiced by Dr. H u Shih, distinguish
ed C hinese educator, w ho arrived
here recently enroute to S tandford
U niversity w here he addregsed the
student body.
“I think India will throw off the
yoke of oppression soon.
I t cannot
be half a century before the nations
of A sia are in a broth erh o o d " said
Dr. Shih, w4io is one of C hina’s m ost
distinguished educators. “U pon the
attitu d e of the w hite races tow ard
us will depend w hether there ig to
be the m ost titanic struggle the
w orld has ever seen. All we ask is
fair treatm en t.”
Mrs. A. E. A lexander spent last
week end in V em onia, O regon on
business. M rs. A leander is agent for
silk w earing apparel.
K N O W Y O U R F U T U R E . Send a
dim e and R irthdate. I.et me try and
locate your future m ate, will send
nam e and address, del. Box 1595 Sta.
C. L os A ngeles, Calif.