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A L W H IT E
By B A B E C O O K E
F o rm e r S y ra cu se S p rin t S ta r
G irl F r ie n d w a s I n s p ir a tio n to K ab o C o o k e a s H e S h a tte r e d
a R e c o rd to W in 4 4 0 - Y a rd D a s h .
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in« national attention at Syracuse! was positively the last man out
University H • lu d come up frou» th? ! “At the first turn th* field had
EH'Witt Clinton High School In New only one turn—I was still last, when
York where he had w n distinction it dawned on me that It would never
*■' »1 runner and through a scholar- ( do i«r me to bring a girl friend out
iip was st tidying ait Syracuse
to see me run last in a rac*. so I
En,:eri ng Syracuoc ill 1923. Cooke put on an extra burst of speed.
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gra*Juat ed in 1927 He is i:ow in
“Th-' faster I ran. the faster the
Nl*W Yo rie. where lie hopes to teach men in front ol me seemed to run
1
could see nothing but heels. 1
Vs th: c•oming w 1liter. Lusit year
(
an at Iilet.ie coach 111 A n ’vcr saw so many heels tn ull my
life, until I finally got a glimpse of
Ft
henH U]inversi: y. His st ry loi- an
ankle, then a pair of legs, and It
lo
dawned on me that I must have been
I be!love my gn■atest thrill in running pretty fast.
S Cl■ime in a r ac e in San Fran­
“Again. I eaught a hash of white
c.
in 1925. Under the lu ip i ces of
:rea t Olympic Cli.ib tn San Fran­ leg. dropping behind me as I sped
tli
on
m the mad. dizzy dash down that
GEORGK W UXI AM COOK
me of the ccKin try's grcatesi
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(m il long stretch, but I had no idea Howard's grand old man ami trustee
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were pe rio rmmg in a nation- how
fast
I
w
a,
traveling.
Idles at 76 and is burled from the U ni­
a. ACk and tie Id me‘et.
“It did not take me long to realize
I had entered in the junior and that I was getting somewhere in this versity chapel.
mcr 440-yard ra ices Ahead I had race, for I couldn't be passing all cf
>!i ilio champ ns hip my first time those fellows and not be getting near
in varsity compe­ the lead.
tition. But in the
could hear the roar of the crowds
metropolitan try­ tn *'I
"hen cream will not whip, add!
the stands, but I had no idea they
o u t s , I hadn't were
cheering me on. That's v ■ tli* white c l nn egg to it. Have the
even q u a i l tied. what they
t
gg
. nd the cream thoroughly chill
were doing. All I r . hi
d
of was that little girl i* the < d
>h Tleni?y j think
Linoleum
better than oilcloth
standi that I had brought out > tee for cover. ig Is
and
Alien me
tables. Try using it lo i
run.
And
I
knew
she
wou.
l
bo
rich’s second disappointed if I didn't make a pood cover th i Jtchen and laundry tablea. |
tune didn t
much longer and will be
Well. I was out to Vow It will last
-itisfactory In every way
er When I showing.
them all up and I was really i'u:ng far A more
Ihe meet my
wute ri*. x)f dressing for shoes Ls
stuff.
[easily nnti cheaply made by melting
nvitatlon
“Down t h ? stretch, nearer the pon! (allow, and mixing with neaUfcot oil
of th : Olympic
Club. I was up we flew . Now only one cr two n* c :n the proportion of 7 parts of oil to I7:e % ft drink ami cigar store in !la!< lull North Car lina wlwre Mr C CJ.
In cold weather, i Spaulding, bank» r ami head of the North Carolina Mutual Life Irviuntmo
against nme of minutes separated me from anoi '. r t pilots oi tallow
the be*: runners race and the finish. I could .ee v .*y U*e less (allow, about 1 part to 3 Company, wu.i atta> ked hv George Brown, a clerk, when he attempted U>
Cecil Cooke
parts
of
ol!.
*
drink a bottle of Coca-Cola In the store
that m ere were just two m. '.
Included in the ar-"* plainly
m front of me and I wanted, abov '
ray against which I s i s pitted were all
things to beat those two men.
Hora’io Fitch Olympic runner-up in Putting on an extra burst cf speed,
1924: Joseph Tierney, who had c * ib- I strained every effort to overtake
li.-hed a record of running the 440 in those two fellows and I did. As I
forty-seven and nin e-tenth second
wildly past them. I knew that
and recognizee as intercollegiate dashed
inspiration in the stands was a
champion: Ray Robertson. 1600 m e­ niy
valuable on -.
ters relay
champion:
Raceh r
“At the end of t!w? race, I found
Cochrane of the Olympic Club and that
I was the winner, establishing a
Tokelson of the University of South­ new time of 39 and one-tenth sec­
ern California.
onds. finishing ah* ad cf the fl< Id by
* Bv some unaccountable twist. I a full two and one-half yards! Boy.
had taken a girl friend to the raers. what a feeling, and the cheering of
Just to see me run and to cheer me those folks in the stands still rings
al ng
She was the only per-on I in my ears.
knew in that mighty horseshoe sta ­
“My oppor.ents congratulated me
dium.
on the race I had run and declared
' We got on the starting line, and that it was the greatest sport they
after the usual preliminaries, I got had enjoyed.
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By J . E., a F l o r i d a W o r l d W a r V e t,
in the Southern Worker
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Hard I-abor
Vo colored soldiers were broken
into labor battalions. Some built
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worked In the for­
ests, some wire chambermaids for
¡he army mules in the transport de­
partment. In the section I was in I
was sent to the wharves to unload
hips. We handled hlch explosives,
hells and other war materials for a
dollar a day, and the food wc got was
not fit for hogs. My stomach gave
out. I was so sick I fainted on the
Job, my insides wanted to meet up
with my ears. The transport doctor
said I was malingering; that I had
no fever and to give me a big draft
of salts, when he came, so I come
around in an hour or so, my sides
hurt Very much, as someone kicked
me while I was unconscious. The
white orderly said, “Come here, you
Ciod-damncd shine. Come and get
your medicine the doctor prescribed.
Why the hell don't you get sick some
other day when I have no date with a
girl in town?” Wc Negroes were not
supposed to get sick in Prance. Wc
were supposed to work, slave 16 hours
a day, talk to no one else.
Well, the salts moved all the rot­
ten rations out of me, also a part of
my Insides. When wc were awakened
the next morning for roll call I was
among the m issing I was In my bunk
In the barracks with the first case of
dysentery. I was out off my feet ior
over a month, all on accyunt of a
student medical officer leaving his
work to another underpaid worker's
hands My stomach has never been
right since the day I fainted. After
I was able to get around again the
medical officer put me on light duties
such as cleaning lavatories, urinals!
emptying bed pans and scrubbing
them out while the rest of the white
soldiers were In the Y. M. C. A. hut
singing and having a good time. The
nurses had no uw for me on account
ol my lace being black.
sure way to get
WHITER
SKIN!
E R E is th e bleach th a t gives
you am azing resu lts; q u ic k ­
est, easiest w ay. I t ’s th e trie d an d
tru ste d N ad in o la B leaching C ream
— prize w inner o f th em all. J u s t
sp read o ver face an d neck a t bedtim e.
W hile you sleep it w orks w onders. Soon
your skin grows w hiter, shade b y shade.
Y our friends find you m ore charm ing,
m ore a ttra c tiv e th a n ever.
H
,
T h e s u r e s t sa fe st b lea ch
D o n ’t ta k e chances w ith stran g e bleaches
w hich m ay d isap p o in t you. F o r you are
ab so lu tely su re of N adinola. I t's been
th e fav o rite w ith all th e ravishing light-
to n ed b eau ties for years.
N ad in o la B leaching C ream docs m ore
th a n w hiten y o u r skin. I t clears u p flaws
an d blem ishes— m akes y o u r com plexion
te m p tin g ly soft an d sm ooth an d fresh.
M o n e y -b a c k g u a r a n te e
in e ve ry ja r
N adinoln B leaching C ream . G o to d ru g
sto re to d a y an d get some. R egular size
is 50c. M oney saving large size is $1.00.
I f you c a n 't get it n ra rb y , send 50c or
$1.00 an d we will mail to you postage
paid w ith book o f treasu red b eau ty se­
crets. N atio n al T oilet Co., P aris, T cnn.
N A D IN E < ¡ORAL R O S E F a r e f o n d e r
N ote 25c H er*'» th a t rn
tirin g N ad in e F ace Pow der
th a t ev ery w om an love» —
now in n new 2 So su e
p ark ed in ro u n d blu e b o i.
A lio wdd at 50c in square
blue lx»X- A t di ug «tore» or
b y maiL
Full in stru ctio n s an d p rin ted money-
back g u ara n tee com e w ith ev e ry ja r of
eNadinola
Cream