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About The advocate. (Portland, Or.) 19??-19?? | View Entire Issue (Feb. 11, 1928)
THE, Advertise in T H E ADV O C A TE It Circulates In AH The S u te s And Foreign Countries VOL 24— N O AD VO CATE I . D tfro tsd to Us« :.f .i ■ In t« re sta « f PORTLAND, OREGON. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 21 ----------------- í ; In the interest of All T H E A D V O C A TE Is Published Only $2.50 Per Year Subecribe For Iti I h s P s s p ls II, 192« PRICE 5 CENTS - FORTY-TWO DROWN WHILE KINSMEN LOOK ON DOUGLASS DAY ADVOCATED BY E R. LEAGUE Golden Rule Dinner Attracts Large Group T h r follow mu bil of interesting, t l v u g h Mil, new* wi< contained in a letter written to tlie- Advocate by l>r I) A Graham, president • ( Monrovia t ’■•liege, Monrovia, I ¡be- ria, W n t A f r i u The envelope in which the letter came hear« th r post mark of January II, 192« (By l>. A G raham ) Although November Dili is Arinin- tier Day it w n scarcely rem em b er rd in Monrovia, became a greater tra g e d y bad gripped the hearts of th r entire community and cant a «loom over neatly every hoUs>«hold November lOtli wan quarterly drill for th t- »tale militia and nearly 2tM)0 of the flower of the land went up thr St I'aul River to the pa rad,. «round» where they nprnt a bard hot day in p rrparin« lh..m «rlvrs fur better ner vier Returnin« in boat» and launrhen down th r river th r J J Dawson st(.am la iiii i li loaded to th r water rd « c with noldirr buy«, value steam- m« up the h arb o r and wan hailed with delight by the wiven, »intern, nweethcart and friend» on shore, when suddenly th^. merry shout» from th r boat were chan « rd into cries of distress. “The boat is sink- in«, help! help!" It was »uinc m in u tes before those on »liorg. could b e lieve the cry to be an honest one but tlioti«lit it a joke W hen the truth was rralired, every possible effort wan made to nerurc help, but all the wharf boat» were chained and lock ed More than half an hour elapsed before a boat could be sent out to (Concluded on page four) DUBOIS' ANSWER ON "SOCIAL AQUAUTY” We print herewith, at the request of a »ubscrilier, extracts from the d e l a t e between L othrop Stoddard and W. I II DuBois on Social Equality. Stoddard is known the world over as a man who believes that the Ne gro is an inferior animal. He fears interm arriage between the races, quite forgetting that it is not C om - pulsory on ciher side But read what Dr. DuBois has to say: "M r Sto ddard declares th at his chief solicitude i» to preserve racial differences. Very well. Preserve them. But do not wreck civilization in so doing. Be generous and truth-^ fill in your estimate of other races Give them every rlianer for develop ment and open recognition of their accom plishment. Meet them as men. Talk with them. Confer with them. Only in this way can ditTereiires he appreciated and understood and used for the glory of mankind. " I f you wish to invite black men or yellow men to dinner, do so. If you do not, refrain from it; hut do not shut restaurants in their faces; and should you meet them at som e one'» else table, act a* though you were a gentleman. "All this; and beyond this no one (Continued on page three) • l.ast night at the M ultnomah H o I tel, the Grill Room wa< filled to va parity with the thousand persons who had assembled fur the annual (io ld rn Rule Dinner. It is a new experience for many to come into a ditnii« roo m .at th r Mult i notnah H otel and find no linens on th r table and the service in other ways of the simplest and the meal consisting of just the plainest sort of - food T he purpose of th r meal wan to remind the «urntn that in the Near l ast there are still 32,000 children dependent on A m rira and sittin« for an hour at an orphans' table would ft Miss Suzsnne Kibrilgean who ssng F riday night at the Golden Rule din ner at tlie M ultnom ah H o te l Also Cabinet W o rk And Upholstering C M. P R A T H F .R , M anager 293'/i N. 16th St. P ortland, Ore. By Kits Reid Mi»s Mablr Byrd is a Portland girl and her friends here will surely tie interested in knowin what she it accomplishing in her new field Mins Mabte Byrd formerly Secre tary of the Y, W C. A. and also for merly associated with the H arlem Branch Y W C. A. and since last April a student at W uodbrookc, E n g land, sends a timely letter on "A Conferencing in Sw itzerland” : T o those of us who were at Schi- ern, conferences have taken on a new and significant aspect. For Schicrs wan a conference where lectures were relatively unim portant and «roup discussions were opportunities for one to share with the whole a s sembly on e’s attitude on any number of current problem* But the th o u sand and one daily conferences b e tween the Indian and the Ju«o-Slav, and the C-hinese and Japanese—these private conferences between s t u dents, often from countries unfriend ly to each other, were the reasons that Schiers has rrnew ed our lagging (Concluded on P age F our) H ere's a story of a young bride who asked her husband to copy off a radio recipe she w anted H e did his best, but got tw o stations at once, one broadcasting the morning physical exercises, the other the household recipes. H ere is what he took dow n: " H a n d s on hips. Place one cup of flour on shoulders. Raise knees and depress toes, and mix thoroughly in one-half cup of milk. Repeat it six times. "Inhale quickly one-half teaspoon ful of baking powder f l o w e r the legs and mash two hard-boiled eggs in a seive Exhale; breathe naturally and sift in bowl "A ttention ! ! ! Lie fiat on the floor and roll the white of an egg backwards and forw ards until it comes to a boil. "In ten minutes remove from the fire and rub sm artly with a rough towel Breath naturally. Dress in w arm flannels and serve with fish soup." —"L a b o r" help one to realize as nothing else would what it m eans to be a ho m e less orphan Miss Suzanne Kilbridgean, an A r menian girl, sang an Armenian lul laby. Dr. A. H l antnil, house ph y sician at Kinanuel Hospital, told ef hi» visit» Id the o rph an age hospitals —o f their m eagre equipment, and u r ged every i ne to stand by until the work was finished Barclay Acheson, former P ortland man, now director-general of over seas operations for N ear East Relief, was the chief speaker He likened America's work in the Near F a st to a river the w ater of which made fer tile the otherwise desert land thro' which it flowed. "A million poople owe their lives to America's going into the Near l ast. Among them arc 132,000 child ren, of whom 100,000 have already gone out from the orphanages to Elks' Annual Ball F ebruary 20th. bless the lands th at gave them ref Stay off that date. Adv. uge when they were driven from their ancestral homes by the Turks. T h e 32,IKK) children still remaining W YATT W. W ILLIAM S in o u r care may do the same if A m Attorney at Law erica w'ill stand by a little longer, or they my be prem aturely discharged W ith Julius Silvestone, and turned out on th streets to b e come beggars and criminals, as did 523-324 Lumbermens Bldg. thousands of children in Russia who were saved from death and then left Attorney and Counselor to their own devices. T o day c o u n t less throngs of these "wolf children" Phones: Br. 0635-Wa. 3920 arc roaming the streets of Russian Portland. Oregon cities, actual and potential criminals. T o provide for the last one of our children and bring ou r work to an honorable conclusion will require a fund of $6,000,000. This am ount is (Concluded on page two) M ISSF.N NK AW A CO N TRA C TIN G COM PANY FOR R E N T —6-room, m odern a- partm ent, 695 K earney street. Beacon 1402 or call at 402 Glisan street. Ad ------------ 0— --------- K eep off Feb. 14. Prize M asquer ade Dance by C omm unity Club at H ibernia Hall, Music by T he C h an te rs” — Adv O F F I C E P H O N E B D W Y 8967 R ES . P H O N E SELL. 3 PANAMA Mrs. Asberry Given Prominent Place On Education Program ________ T he following paragraphs are tak- , rom , m ost illuminating letter . written to the Associate editor of j The Advocate by Mrs F. Evelyn Schopflocher, dated at Angora, Tur- . 