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r r * TH* Finest W riters » Send Their Storie» ► Fir»t to th* lllus ► Ira te «! F e a t u r e ► Section ► » * ft* r * . PriiMtB »»., citotrto«« 4 4» e r il.itt g R r | »i* »«u U ll«ti ►Coining Stories by i The A dvocate h h ? Dorothy West Edward W orthy Edward Lawson , J. A . Rogers i 4 4 4 Jt ÎH K II.I.l'STRATKM FEATURE SECTION— February 13. 1932 Mnliro Mi I lo lirait* and Hoir to AI>> mmìii Ì ì » ii Thron«* Vini! P a ri« Not Afraid to Travel O e le fa ll** U »hewn In IK» Krcwch U r»lgn m inister. »H r «, »K e rr they wur» |nr«U whll» rn rout» to England. where C town Prinrr Atafsnu W rwrn. ton of Emprror lla lll» Srlaaal» of Abyssinia. paid a return visit ta IK» llwk» of Gloucrslrr. son of K in* Grorgr of * »eland The Huh» rial ted Abyssinia durlnf Ihe roronallon of liar Kmprror Inal year. The parly will also »tall IK» prraldrnl of Krone» In thp Krrnrh rapilal. 100 Years Old Buck and Bubbles Play Papa To Tw o Youngsters NEW Y O R K — Ruck and Bubbles by a white woman In Atlanta by the are amateur |iapa* now. There are name of Lucille Lucifer. The white man who represented two kids. Burk and Bubbles, Jr . ap pearing with them on the stage. the pair was a former Atlanta In surance agent and held a contract They have adopted the kids pro over the boy* In conjunction with fessionally The real names of the Mrs. Lucifer whereby there were to kids are James Howard and Samuel get only board and lodging and Green, natives of Atlanta. On . and dollies The agent wanted to hire they are 16 years of age the boys out at $1.000 per week or The kids were brought to New York as near to this figure its he could about six weeks ago Dy un unknown get white man In a ramshackle Ford Mr Tierce sensed the situation They were ragged, dirty, and under nnd Impressed by the striking resem fed blance of the pair to Burk and By some trick of fate tire pair Rubbles, called Ihe latter and ac situation was carried to the studio of Billy quainted them with th* Tierce, maker of both white and | They Immediately took the boys un- colored dancing stars, and there ' tier their wing and dressed them up. given a tryout Tile boys Informed \ Ktving them a complete wardrobe, Tierce that they had been sent to and began to tutor them in the art The boys were apt New York to start a stage career, 1 of stagecraft MRS H E N R IE TTA 1-AKK lawn In the Dutch W rit Indira on January 13, 1BJB, who celebrated her one hundredth anniversary Inal Wednesday at the home ol her daiiKhter. Mrs Isabel Morris, with whom alie Uvea at 139 Weal 138th SI reel New York City Mr* lak e came lo tin* country In 1899 and to New York the followtn «year. Her livelier relatives Include a slater, two daiiKhter* and two son*, seven grand - cluldrrn and seventeen «rest-grand rluldren Although no longer able lo «et around unassisted, her mind la sound, her hearing good and her sight perfect. Embarrassing Moments Send ymir Emharrasttng Moment to the Editor nnd If will !>« published. A Slip of the Tongue A voung ladv In our office whose Intended husband delivers pastry to our cufeterla Is much pleased with Ills IcMiktt Although I line! never come Lire l'i lace with the mall at the office I have heard a number of d if ferent gU I n mention that he was ter rible looking. on e day while taking to this girl, who was In the company of several oilier employees, she happened to show me a picture of her friend Thinking to myself, but speaking aloud. I said, "He Isn't as bad look In« as every one says he Is. Is lie?" m . h a. students and excellent dancers and have worked the leading RKO houses. The boys declared that Mrs Luci fer had heard of the enormous sal aries |mid to colored dancers and singers in New York and sent them herr so she could get rich off them She Is now attempting to force Buck and Rubbles to turn over their earn ings to her Bubbles whose real name U John Supplett. said that he suit word that It she would send fare for them to return, he would permit them to go back, but so far she has refused. The boys are getting a swell kick out of their new experience but were disappointed when Bubbles refused to allow them to go on the stage ol the Palace Theatre where the act played last week " I want them to feel," said Bubbles, "that the Palace T something to strive for It took Burk and me nine years before we got a break there and Many actors would give all they had to plav this house Just once " Buck's name Is F L Washington, ar.d both he and Bubbles are mar- Miss Juanita Boyd, pretty chorine, who stays with Louis Armstrong’s musical show drsplt» thr fact that Louir has to keep a body guard. rted. maintaining separate homes In New York City. AFRICANS S A Y 7 “ Africans have much In common with us ss w il snd wisdom expressed in their proverbs show. It Is lime for us to *et away from the notion that they are tn an In ferior and barbaric state. In ntote than one sense, we Americans are less civillaed and more barbaric than t h e y —C. J B K N D IR Only a tired dog has sweat on hia nose (an indolent person who is afraid of work will not sweat). Black American IVaelies Young Russians This American teacher In Moscow. Lovett Fort-Whiteman, not only teaehes the children or Soviet rlliirn*. bui also tear lira rliildrrn of ofay American and Eng lish people, who are residing In Mow ow. He is shown conducting one of his classes In the school which these children atlrnd. The same American "Peck's bad boy- type of student has la be ronlrnded with as ran be seen In the photo.