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About The advocate. (Portland, Or.) 19??-19?? | View Entire Issue (April 2, 1932)
T lw ADVOCATE PAOS r o m HATUHDAY. A l'Id i, t. IM I FOUNDATION FOR N A T I NEGRO HEALTH WEEK AS NOTED*' Not Alarmed at Pov erty of Depression R a lp h Thinking of the Urge number of Negroes now reduced to charity be cause of being displaced by white employees rushed downward into the lower pursuits of labor, a friend of mine recently asserted that the Ne groes in the United States will soon be reenslaved or exterminated. This mav s~und alarm.ng. but such an end is inevitable, if the Negroes do not de- vtlop their own way of thinsing and abandon the popular standard of liv ing for one determined by their in digent circumstances. W ith a recon structed program there is a way out of poverty. City Some of us. of course will suffer when we find it necessary to bring our minds down to circumstances, for "not he who has little, but he who wishes for more is poor. The poor trving to imitate the powerful perish.” says Paley. “The man is to be ae- counted poor of whatever rank he be. whose expenses exceed his rsourscs; and no man is. properly speaking, poor, but he." • • • “ It is not peverty so much as pre- tense that harasses a ruined man— the struggle between a proud m ini and an empty purse— the keeping up a hollow- show that must soon come to an end. Have the courage to ap- pear poor and you disarm poverty of its sharpest sting." Do not be a- shamed to walk while others ride in fine conveyances. Do not be ashamed to wear patched shoes and "slick" trousers when others display the most expensive attire. “ Poverty is relative and therefore, not ignoble, for as society advances the standard of poverty rises. Poverty has. in large cities, very different ap- pearances.” say 3 Johnson. "It Is oft- en concealed in splendor and often in extravagance. It is the case of a very HOSS CI T E S S U C C E S S F U L RECORO AS S T A T E S S ECRETARY FIRST T ER M 1 L asks vo ters f o r n e -titcip o n Commissioner great part of mankind to conceal their Indigence from the rest They support themselves by temporary «x- pedients, and every day lost in con- trlving for tomorrow.“ After all. then poverty is more desirable than covet- oneness, for. Shakespeare says. "Tis not so well that I am poor: though many of the rich are damned." There is nothing that keeps longer than a middling fortune.” says another, "and nothing melts aways sooner than a great one. Poverty treads upon the heels of great and expected riches • • • "Poverty, labor, a nd calamity." moreover, "are not without their lux uries. which the rich, the indolent, and the fortunate In vain seek for." "W ithout frugality,“ says Johnson, "none can be rich, and with it very- few would be poor. Nature makes us poor only when we want necesaa- nes. but custom gives the name of poverty to the w ant of superfluities, . . . "N ot to be able to bear poverty is a shameful thing." said Pericles, "but not to know how to chase it away is more shameful thing yet.” "Pover- as seen by Plutarcl; orafoie, not In ttself. but when It is 8 proof of laxiness. Intemperance, lux ury #mj carelessness, whereas a per ¡,on temperate. Just and valant an(j uses all his virtues for the public good. It shows a great and lofty mjnd •• According to Heine, poverty has sat by the cradle of all great men and rocked them into manhood; "and this meager fostering mother remains their faithful companion throughout life." I have never wanted wealth. I do not know- what would become of me if 1 had to spend twenty-five thou sand dollars a year on myself. I would rather have an allowance of twelve dollars and a half a week. The only need 1 have for money is to re lieve the distress of others. , ,, It would , to devise selfish schemes for throw ing away a large fortune, and I would say. then, with Seneca. "A ll I desire is that my poverty m aj not be a bur den to myself, or make me so to oth ers; and that Is the best state of fortune that 1 » neither directly neces- M ous nor far from it A mediocrity of fortune, with gentleness of mind, »>11 preserve us from ear. envy. »U ich is a desirable condition; for no man wants power to do mischief, . • • Our poverty should not hinder ns from making progress. By coopera tion we can devise some plan for ear- ning a living honestly, and although every one of us cannot have luxuries. we can do much to make ourselves and others happier by contributing to the cultural and ennobling things of life. A poor man can write a more beautiful poem than one who is sur- felted. The man In the hovel com- poses a more charming song than the cne in the palace. The painter In the ghetto gets an inspiration for a more striking painting that bis landlord can appreciate. The 111 fed sculptor lives more abundantly than the mil- Bonaire who purchases the expression of thought in marble and bronze. For the Negro, then, the door of opportu- nity Is wide open. Let him prepare himself to enter this field where com- petition is no handicap. In such a sphere he may learn to lead the world, while keeping pace with it In the de- velopment of the material things ot '.lie. NANCY LEE P O L IT IC A L N U T S "Inquisitive" wants to know If 1 Political Nuts to the right of us: Ilk» the now fad ot painting the fin Dippy Aspirants for public office to gor nails? the left of us; Goofy. Spoofy candi I can't say that I do. Inquisitive. dates all around us and each one of the six hundred bound that he will My views are noi very radical on any I one subject, but this aboriginal prec- be the winner 'O n e poor Political Nut, who has Mice of coloring Ihe finger-nails to me as much chance of being elected, as 1 is vulgar and sickening to say Ihe you and 1 have of flying to the moon, least, and unworthy of refined. Intel solemnly assured me that his several 1 llgent women. It la on a pur with opponents would split the vote snd he the practice of savage women who would sail in to vtotory just like that 1 paint their bodies and hang rings on women paint I first thought he was spoofing me. their noses. Modern but ho was deeply In earnest. Every their bodies on ihe part that is ex posed to view, and it wouldn't bo sur office hunter has a varied fairy tai nt his own. made up of amazing im prising to see them appearing on the possibilities. of his apparent "lead streets with gaily painted rings dang ling from their 11 - •». if they do pipe cinch." they will again have to he submissive DOCK C O M M ISSIO N to their husbands ami be pulled a ! round uv their noses Regardless of the barrage of figures, statistics and tonnage hurled right It is inherent In women to covet ad and left, the real question is Shall miration, and Ihe more primitive and the voters of Portland have the oppor shallow minded she Is the more she tunity of voting ou my Charter A- tries to attract from physical stand mendment to eliminate the Commis point It is much more commendable sion of Public Docks and create the nnd lasting to attract thru the heart Bureau of Public Docks, and consoli and mind, us a person beautiful and date the same with the city govern fascinating while young soon becomes ment. Ceded and wrinkled ->ith the passing Right at the start this will effect of the years. No one can atay the a saving of $14.000 yearly in the salar hand of Time., consequently It is ies of four officials, whose work can better to cultivate things of the spirit be done by the City Engineer. City that are not subject to the laws of Attorney, and other city officials, nature and are praisworthy and per without additional expense. manent. I quoted Ctty Auditor Funk in the N A N C Y LE E City Council who stated a substantial saving could be offered by such a con- - The only lime the matter of consol idation of the Commision of Docks with the Port of Portland was consi dered was lu 1920. when It was affir matively voted by a majority of 5.000 ' votes The vote being JO.955 for and 25.S69 against I am sure that if my Charter Amendment was placed on the ballot It would carry by a greater vote than the one previously mention “O N E W A Y TO H E A V E N " ed. Ily Count, e Cullen Huron Lee and His Blue Kythiu How the Commission of Public , Hand closed a highly successful Docks has an amendment of its own. Harpers & Brothers • New York City ten week engagement at the fumou* that it wishes the Council to submit to the voters, which gives it the pow Cotton Club in New York on March Reviewed for The Advocate by er to lease the docks, terminals. j 27. when Cab Calloway and his band C L IF F O R D C M IT C H E L L wharfs, piers, land, and equipment, i returned from their picture theater • • • “for such a period of time and upon Sam Lucas, although a trickster. tour to resume their spot st the club such terms as the Dock Commission The Huron and the Hlue Kythtn * a s responsible for many souls reach may deem advisable.* In* Heaven even though he was less Here was have a ten million invest concerned in that fact than in the ment that the Commission wants the discovery of an “easy living** by fool power to lease at any price or for ing the good church people. any length of time Even the City • • • Council is not granted such powers It was his custom to attend revi as this. vals and at the crucial moment be Now if the Dock Commission is come :onverted, at the same time making such a success of the opera throwing an old deck of cards and a of the Public Docks, as it claims, razor at the foot of the altar, there why should it desire the priviledge by making a very sensational scene ot ¡"gaging them, that usually resulted in open arms b«* lug extended to him by the church members. H avirg but one arm his situation seemed all the more pitiful and a goodly sized collection usually followed and on such funds Sam would live until he struck the next town and th*» next revival. • • • Sam's blr/rre methods caused other sinners to forsake their ways nnd give an excuse for th* title of the novel. On one such an occasion, in Harlem. Mattie Johnson not only be came converted but she fell in love with the unconscious cause of her con version - Sam Lucas. sm KOOK a u rn ™ REVIEW m mi Hand, which features the sensational pianist, Edgar Haves, probably will be next* gern on the stag«» of vaudeville ntul motion picture houses, although there has been such a demand for them from dance promoters every where that they may be sent on an $ xtended dance tour next month. • » • - * • • • » * ¡R ep resen ts G o v e rn o r A t 7 0 th ; A n n iv e rs a ry C elebration OUÏ FOR RE-ELECTION | plan of using the receipt of registra tion as an application blank.' motor- i Ista of Oregon have been saved un- , told hours of technical preparation 1 l t f blanks and form- work In all cle- . . • 1 ■ has never been more accurate. “In the general office of the state d»*partrrent. ther- has be*n a practl < al application of business principles with the result that costs have been steadily reduced, notwithstanding the S E N A T O R S T E IW E R constantly increasing duties and de mands placed on this office. Senator Steiwer who has invited “As a member of the state land the attention of ihe veterans' admin l>oard. the bonus commission, and htratlon to the possibility of Install- several other boards and eommis tug a fuel plant at Ihe Roseburg sol- i ions. and the state board of control. diers’ home for consumption of saw- I have exercised careful and consci dust and hog fuel Lumber Interests entious jurisdiction of the trusts im assert this institution by reason of posed in me. its location offers exceptional opi or- “In handling th- duties of my of ftunlty for heating by use of by-pro fice I have tried always to be f a i r j flucta of the sawmills. i#nd honest. I have never beer a par Senator Steiwer is a candidate for lv to a "deal" of any kind ami Invite reelectlon the closest scrutiny of every one of _________ __________ my official acts. I make no extrava gent claim*, but I do promise an honest administration of my office, r-trict economy, and courteous and efficient service to the pubic.” The wrrds to be printed on ihe Hal E. Hoss Joseph L. Mammersley has filed ballot with Mr. ¡loss' name will be: of candidacy for H al E Hoss. present secretary of "Present secretary of stale. Quali his declaration state, who formally announced bis fied by experience. Promises contin judge of the District Court, Depart candidacy, recently, to succeed him ued economical business administra ment No. 2. Multnomah county. Mr. Mammersley is n native of Ore self. In connection with the filing of tion.” gon; married, lives at 639 East Pine his official declaration, the following ntreet and was admitted to the State statement was made by Mr. Hoss: L O f f E GOES TO COAST "In asking reelection as secretaiy N E W YORK. April S— (A .N .P .) A Mar In 1898. In 1913, he was appointed Deputy of state. I point unhesitatingly to my notiier noted band leader Is hoadin» W alter record for my credentials. The con for California in the person of l» u ls District Attorney by Judge stitution of Oregon permits not Armstrong who left last week for the H Evans, who at that lime was Dis trict Attorney of Multnomah County. more than two consecutive t-rms in Coast. ------- — --------------------------------------------? Mr. Mammersley held the office of office, and I am now serving my Chief Deputy for fifteen years. He la Itrst term. Past Potentate of Al Kader Temple. "M y slogan has been a businci,»1 A. A. N. M. S., of Portland, and a administration of a business office, B E A U T IC IA N member of various other fraternal and there are many Instances in the j organizations. Specializing In records which disclose the fact that | Mammersley sets forth as among tins was not an idle promise In the All Lines of Beauty Work his qualifications to occupy the automobile department, for example. | C. J Walker Toilet Good* bench In a court of limited JurlstVo I have inaugurated changes and tlon, such as ihe District Court, for sale short-cuts in procedure which have j whore legal questions arise concern brought effective reductions In costs, j ing civil and criminal law. the fact In 1929 and 1930, the first two years 346 W illiam » Ave. that he has practiced law in Ihe of my term of office, motor vehicle courts of Oregon for more than thir administrative costs were reduced MUrdock 101# ty years; that during the past twen 14 cents for each automobilh regis ty years, he has tried cases before tration based on the unit cost for the practically every Circuit Judge who years 1927 and 1928. This reduction has be n on the bench in Oregon dur resulted In a saving of $77,954.«# dur MR3. 8. REDM OND ing that time; that his professional ing 1929 and 1930 Figures for the B E A U T IC IA N contact with courts attorneys and li current registration year which ends tigants has given him an understand Is now located at J;>ne 30 compared with expenses of ^ ing of ‘.ha piohlems involved In the •he preceding year show further uv i 9911 E. 59th Avenue 8. E. wlde range of cases that necessarily lngs. averaging $2,687 per mont h reach a court of Justice for adjudi Phone Su. 4125 plnce July 1, 1931, on payrolls alone. cation; that his wide experience as a The average number of employes Formerly at 748 E. 27th St. 3 practicing attorney would be helpful during ihe present license year has to him In penetrating the hsslc prln n 2« I ss each m or'h then during c-lpl-s oi a legal i introv.-r »y, and the previous year. Due to cur new i The author, in weaving the story of the love, courtship, marriage and sub sequent domestic difficulties of Sam and Mattie, introduces much of the life of Harlem's colored citizens, pic- | *uring scenes and incidents that to ; one, know ing their Harlem, would have no difficulty In supplying actual ; names, places and events for practi cally all of his Harlem descriptions Even as death hovers over Sam Lucas, through trickery, he makes Xattie happy, for she believes his soul has found. “One W a y to Heaven“ 1 VETS J A ME S W. C R A W F O R D Meet» 10 RON FOR STATE FEMORE € 5 I . . f .j1 / f t £ I ■ ■ ’-.. . ; . * < ;r ’ ■/■• RIC H A R D DEICH reach fundamental« without wanting time, thereby Having litigant« and the tax paying public, u«ele»§ and expen « v' ip '»•’ ni« to courte of Record fot fin ii adjudication. „ Jf J 1 ? 2nd and 4th 6;tturdny Night* Veteran* Hull County Court House W IN 1 . / • j ' V f J}\r l ™ ' . A .tv l/ Mi 1 /£ v l U Kb hard Dutch, attorney, who ha« announced bin candidacy for a «cat In the Statfi leglalature. He 1 h h can didate from the 6th representative district, comprising Multnomah Coun ty. Mr. Delch haw aerved a« Judge of the rlrc lit court and enjoy« n lucra tive practice with office« In fhe Chan ber of Commerce fildg. Delch 1« a. active member of many fraternal am civic organization«. He i« a promi pent officer o f the Spanlah- Amercat W ar Veteran«. Tunki'gec Institute, A la. Apr 1 — I'h«» 1 hi 1» A iiiium I observance of Na U m l No*i o Health W M l begins Sun day. April 3rd and extends through Hundgy April tenth The objective j for tin» year Is “ Help Yourself and ■ Your Community to Hotter Health “ The observance of National Health Week la under the auaptceg of the following organisation* Tue Annual Tuskegee Farmer's Conference, (he National Negro Hu*luo*n Longue, Ihe National Medical Association, the Na tionai Negro Insurance Association In cooperation with 'the Cnlted States | Public Health Service State Health Departments, City Health Dopart- r.icuta. amt various health ami civic organisations In lilS . Dr Hooker T Washington sensing the possibilities of a periodic health movement for the race as a whole Issued a pro«* la mat l*»n for a National Health Improvement W ick* which later became the Nut tonal No. gro Health Week lit that proclama tion which was printed tu the Tu*- kegee Student January 33. 1915. Dr. Washington stated “ In Alabama, lanitsiana. North Car- '»»Una **»»d other »tat«»*. a nperlal Health D «v* »n v « at one time or a- nother been oluo rved For tome yra. the Virginia Organisation Society un der th$» leaderahlp of Major It It Mo- ton ha* observed a Health «»r Clean- ; up Week It I* thought widl to unite all tbe*e effort* Ini«» a .National Move- I nient and J«»in the movement on to the Virginia elfort “It l* thought that the rare will welcome thl* opportunity to unite all the effort* In one great National Health Movement.“ On Mart'll 2. 1931. Dr Robert It. Moton. *uci*c*«or to Dr Wnahlngtott a* principal of TuHk«gor Inatltute, ad dreaaod a letter t«» Surgeon General H L Cummlng requesting the coop* , era tlon of the Cnlted Stat«** Huhllc Health Service. In promoting the Nat tonal Negro Health Week and lu tar rylng out a year round program for th«» Improvement of the health of the colored population Beginning with the year 1921. the Huhllc Health Service ha* publishes! rat h year a Health Week bulletin ami win.-«- H f7 .* Health W eek poster al so. The»«- may he obtained from the superintendent of document* si Wash Ington. D c . at five cents each As the ||«alth Week grew In extent and lu demand* upon Tuakegce In stitute and In the very evident need of rontlnou*. rather than Interrupted activities for the maintenance and promotion of Its program, ways snd m«»ans were considered which at the annual If-alth W eek conf«*rence in W ightngtnn D Mofok It H I ituk * ed III I resolution to the effect that the Health Week should he establish ed on a year round basis Howard university because of its proximity to U. S Public Health Service wu* chosen as headquarter* Dr Roscoe C Brown Is ehalrmnn of the committee for th*» 1933 obser vances. with Monroe N Work of Tu*- hegeu Institute, secretary Dr George W Howie* Is eh.iirniati of the eietu- tlve committer The Important feature of the 1933 llfalth W eek at Tuskegee Institute Is th*» twenty first annual meeting of the John A Andrew Clinical Society at which time lending surgsons and physicians, white and colored from north and south will perform opera Don*, read papers, hold discussion* nnd examine amt treat hundred* of rase* and from ov«*r all Alabama ami the adjoining aouth*»rn state* Dr Eugene If Dibble director of the Tuskegee Institute hospital la leaving no stone unturned to make ihe clinic of die greatest benefit to A la bama and the south Spanish American W ar Judge Jam** W Crawford, of the in person. The Judge wns Introduced Circuit court, who pros led for Dover- by Commissioner Riley BARBER ILL . Judge Crawford has served us a nor Julius Meier Friday night at the I W aldo Bogle proprietor of B ogles 70th Anniversary celebration of the state senator during the 1931 legislu barbershop, 34« William s Ave is re- turn He was appointed circuit Judge First A M K H O I f h V f t l Judge ported to he quite ill at his home on Crawford praised the church for Its by Governor Meier, succeeding Judge Marguiite Ave. long, successful career In the city of Hubert O Morrow, deceased, ami Is | Portland and hailed the church as now in iiis ninth month of such s»*r j ------------------------- Crawford I* president of the greatest social factor for world vice Mr. peace. He conveyed the Governor's ! ih* Oregon liar Association Ho is a candidae to succeed film greetings and expressed his regrts at I I not blng able to fill the engagement (self at the primary election. MRS. ZEPHA BAKER : í. 8GT. JOSEPH W H IT E __________________________________________ HAMMERSLEY OUT FOR lUDGSHIR J J 18TH ANNUAL C. Clyde U t C A R T E R U. W O O D S O N "P e w things in this world trouble people more than porerty." says Ho- sea Ballou, and indeed it is a sore affliction hut. like all other ills that flesh ts heir to. It has Its antidote, its reliable remedy. The judicious ap, llcation of Industry, prudence, and temperance is a certatu cure.” The inevitable consequences of poverty la dependence." says Johnson; and Franklin believe that poverty often deprives a man of all spirit and vir- tue Yet this was hardly m the case of the latter, for few ever had less than Franklin in boyhood, and few later reached a higher position of comport, ease, and Influence than he did. • • • "W ealth and poverty are seen for what they are,“ says Emerson. "It begins to be seen that the poor are only they who feel poor, and poverty Ci-nsists in feeling poor. The rich, as w e reckon them, and among them the very rich. In a true seal) would be found very Indigent and ragged ' Franklin then was probably always rich, because although without world ly goods, he never felt poor. * * * In this philosophy of life the Negro may learn a great lesson. While we are poor and apparently becoming poorer we must not let the depres- aion depress us. It may diminish our wardrobe and depreciate our proper- ty but it must not conquer our spirit. This has always been one of the dan gers facing our people: and we must be more vigilant now than ever that the Negro may not lose his morale and give up the fight against odds. fiaron Lee leases Cotton Club by I ' Keep those friendsh i ps j-recn ! “ I hadn't »eon Jack Shepard since we were boys together. Hut Just night 1 called him up. z cun tell you the voice visit did ue both a lot of good.” EACH DAY’S BEAUTY Eye* — eye* — cyct! Looking st you. Ap praising you. And you want to win all these Beauty Contests each day bring*! 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