PAGE SIX
THE CAROLINIAN
vvmK KvniNr. satiirday, October s, 1945
New York
Showfronts
RV nON OE I.EIOHBUl)
BARLEM LAOS ON
NIOHTCLt'B SECTOR
romc for the ojd 1920 typo of en-
NEW YORK— iitrnngo as it may
•wm, Huriem plays a rather poor
fecond to Chicago. Washington. De
troit, and L05 Angolos as a center
for night-life amiiJ^ement. Oospite
the fact that Harlem is the largest
•tea In the world peopled by Nt-
Epoet, its amusement facilities,
Und I am talking about night clubs
With entertalnmenti. arc behind
those of Chicago. Detroit. Washing
ton, and I.os Angeles because th
®P*Pet''Ps In Harlem have allow^
Broadway. .Wnd Street and Green
wich Village to take the lead. This
probably is due to the fact that most
Of the Harlem oporaf>rs think in
tdnni of the early twenties in on-
tOrtalninent policy and as a result
have made no effort to keep up
with the trends in popular demand
The old pattern of 6 or 8 girls in a
Oborus, stomping the dust out of
the board.s three times during tbc
production, a couple of -.ap dancers,
a crooner-either male or female,
and a nondescript band playina
more noise than it docs music still
VOvails in most If not all of Har-
Iwfi'a clubs Yet the owners com
plain about out-of-towrers and Har-
lomltas fOlng to 52nd Street. Broad
way and Greenwich Village where
the ban on Negro patronage hi*
bean lifted nr disregarded for
amusement.
The difference In a nutshell be
tween the old time Idea and the
modern one is that there are no
more bald-{tead rows in nightlife
or theatre, and the attraction the
tdtorus girls once held for the tired
bualneasman has more or less dis
appeared because In place of the
bald head fraternity we have young,
intelligent people out for a night of
pleaeure who think in terms of
modem, unique, and novel Ideas and
perforipances
Negroes are also growing up in
In this respect: they want to see the
tame tort of performances by their
people that are given |o white aud-
Ineces. That is why they go to 52rd
Street to hear Dorothy Donnegan.
Art Tatum, Don Bvas, Ben Webster.
Stuff Smith. Billie Holiday, Errol
Oamcr. the Lumel Morgan Trio
and other outstanding outfits In
preference to a club In Harlem
where the entertainment is llkelv
to be of a nondescript variety, with
people in the starring roles who n»
«me knows about. It might be said
that the same money that Negroes
spent on Broadway and in $2nd
Street would be spent in Harlem if
the entretainment values w'erc thc
Mme. Washington has four or five
full-fledged night clubs that are a
aource of pride to the owners as
well as the guests. Chicago has
•omplete shows, name orchestras,
and name acts. The same might be
Mid of Detroit and Los Angeles.
But in Harlem no name band play>
in a night club. The Earl Hines,
Count Basies, Lionel Hamptons.
Duke Ellingtons. Cab Calloways.
Claude Hopkins, Louis Jordans,
Ivilits Armstmnps .inrt others tiet no
teriolnment that is now presented.
-V-
BLES TOGETHER
FOR 25 YEARS
CHICAGO 'ANPl - Buck ind
Bubbles, who play two of the im
portant roles m Billy Rose's produc
tion of '‘Carmen Jones at the Er-
tangcr, represent one of these ran-
tics of the show business — a thea-
trcal partnership that has remain
'd in force for more than a quarter
of a century.
The two boys starter! off togethe.
in the show business more than 27
'ears ago at the Mary Ander.-un
theatre in Louisville as ushers.
They became pirformcrs thr’>ugh
a break. One of the acts scheaulec
for the theatre fell out of thr show,
and Buck and Bubbles, who hac.
been rehearsing an act of their own
during their spare time were allow
ed to substitute. They were such a
>t that the man.’igcs himself gave
them their fare to New York.
In New York they went to Nat
Nazarre, a vaudeville headliner, who
immediately signed them and put
them in his act: and they remained
with Nazarre until he retired from
the stage. They're still with him jn
mother sense. He continues as
their manager.
They have headlined in vaud--
ville and presentation theatre-
throughout the country, and were
fiatured in the last Zeigfeld Fol
lies presented by Ziegfeld himself
They .appeared in pictures for War
ners, went to London with “Trans-
Atlan’lc Rhythm," played the Pal
ladlum theatre, London's top vaude
pot, for eight weeks, appeared on
ihe inaugural television program
torn Alexandra palace. r.nd return-
ej to the United States for the orl-
;inal production of George Gorsh
•vin's “Porgy and Bess.”
Since then they have appeared in
v.iudeville theatres and films,
punctuated by returns !.■) the musi
cal comedy stage in such show.s a*
Lconidoffs production of "Virgin
ia” and George Whi’e's Scandals
They interrupted a highly succe>s
ful vaudeville tour in order to take
iheir present roles in Carmen Jones
Dett Biography For
Musical Art Patrons
HAMPTON INSTITUTE. Va. -
A b. lef biography of the late Dr. R.
Nathaniel Dctt, founder of the Mus-
ial Art Society at H.impt n Insti
tute. is being published at the lo
cal college and will be distributed
MU'ical Art patrons. Don A.
Davis, chairman of tho society has
announced. Dr. Dett died two years
'v-
Nitelife In New York
BY AI.VIS MOSES
AAARVA LOUIS
PEG LEG BATES
CO-STARRED IN ATLANTIC CITY FOLLIES OF 1946. Supporting Cost oT 50 feoturlng Coleridge Dovis ond His Orchestra, ond o diorus of Ten
Atlontic C - .Jtiflt, oroduced bv Joe "Ziqav" Joi. so and staged by Hortense Allen.
Rosetta Tharpe Became
Musical At The Age Of Five
■'That Ain’t the Way I See Ya!”
BY TED YATES
(Staff Correspondent i
Rosetta Tharpe. America's great
est spiritual .singer, wpi Lnen in
Cotton Plant, Arkansas twenty-
four years ago Reforc her fIrM
birthday rolled around she was abli
to walk and talk. Her mui:cal abn
ty was demonstrated at 5. wh- n r-h>
played with the ’reading -irgnn,
running over the keys witii one
finger.
RosettnV mother, a very r !:::i
woman, preached the Go-pci *f t*v
Pcntacostal faith, so it wa- oulv
natural for littl.' R isetta to follow
in her mother's footsteps. At the
age of six. she moved to Charleston,
M- souri wher" her mother contin
ued her rcligi'ius woik Ro-etia',-
first experience with the guito
■me when . rchliv'- h-fl the In
strument ,nt her home .ifter □ visit
She wa.« fascinated with the in-iru-
ment and with the use of a large
Dick would strum out music Her
relative nAer came baek for the
•tuifar and by the time R>isita
fer ann became very pjpular thru
out thi.s -4.*ctii)!i, toured the entire
country and finally came to New
Volk
!.'a ifm f-nl 'wild’ over her and
Cab C.ill"'»iy "-ye her an audition
for his Cotton Club Rev le. Cab liked
her hlyle and signed .^er fur a two
• «; i-ng,.g, mi nt, but .she was so
ell ri'ceived, the ‘‘wo weeks'
■i 'li'cd t.> twenty-two weeks.
Her popularity grew steadily and
• ' • • i li.nu before radio and
iheatre beckoned. The New York
Paramount Theatre signed her to
■> i nk ...t,.... fl r; -hv wa-
held over for in additional three
weeks The great Benny Goodman
■signed her for a senes of guest
-h tts on hi® "Car.'-van Program "
This was followed by guest shots on
'he "We, Thf People" ^ nd the "Con
'Olid.nted Edisin” prigram* De
mand for her grew steadily and in
1939 the public saw her on the con
cert stage, including three appear-
•nc‘-N ai New York’s famous Carne-
the entretainment values were the
Mme. Washington has four or five
lull-fledged night clubs that are a
•ource of pride to the owners as
well as the guests. Chicago has
•emplete shows, name orchestras,
and name acts. The same might be
gold of Detroit and Los Angeles.
But in Harlem no name band plays
in a night club. The Earl Hines,
Count Basies, Lionel Hamptons.
Duke Ellingtons, Cab Calloways.
Claude Hopkins. Louts Jordans,
Louis Armstrongs and others get no
further than a Broadway environ-
Blent except for an occasional visit
to the Apollo Theatre and the Sa
voy Ballroom.
The taste of the white night club-
goers Is for music. That la why
white people u.«ed to come to Har
lem In the old days of Dlcko'
Wells. The Uptown House, and thr
varloua holes-in-the-walls that ex •
Uted. They came to hear Teddy
Wilson. Art Tatum, the Beetle. Don
Lambert. Mario Morris. Jimmie
Pblllips. and other piano players
that they couldn't hear downtown.
They became so enthralled with this
Music that they created places
downtown for these people to play
In and since Harlem operators re
fused to do the same Ihe resulT is
that all or mostly all of Harlem's
music is to be found in white neigh
borhoods. Instead of where It be
longs. here in Harlem.
The first Night club operator who
has the courage and vision to open
a place where people ran come and
■It and listen to music as they do
on S2nd Street will be fortunate be
cause *he white want to come to
Harlem and would come for some
thing of this nature, but will not
Musical Art Patrons
HAMPTON INSTITUTE, Va. —
A brief biography of the late Dr. R.
Nathaniel Dett, founder of the Mus-
ial Art Society at Hampton Insti
tute. is being published at the lo
cal college and Vr'lll be distributed
'(I Mu-ical Art patrons, Don A.
Davis, chairman of th" society has
announced. Dr. Dett died two years
ago while engaged in war service.^
at a USO center in Battle Creek.
Michigan.
Commemorating the birth of the
distinguished musician, composer,
and choir director, who was born
n Niagara Falls on October 11.
1882. the publication will be ailed
without charge to patrons of the so
ciety who request copies within the
next two weeks. It wrs written by
Miss Marguerite Pope trf Newpoil
News, a pupil cf Dr. Dett at Ben
nett College, and Is being printed
by the Hampton Institute Press.
Dr Dett. who initiated the Musi
ical Afl Society concerts in 1918. wa
' n ih” .staff of Hampftin Institute
I f’-om 1913 until 1932. He edited tho
well-known ‘‘Religiou.s Folk Son;!
of the Negro" while at Hampton
and led the Hampton Institute rhoir
lOD its tour of Europe in 1930. Mis'
. Dorothy Mayno-. noted soprano,
was one of his pupih and a mem-
|ber of the choir.
I Spontaneous combustion can atari
fires in closets, attics, and store-
ire oms. Clear rubbih. old magazines
and discarded furniture out of th’
attic. Put oily rags In uir-tlght met-
I al cans.
“Oh vr - she’s a .'ipy the ctmipany commander had us looking
out ioi — ”
natural for tittle R.isetta to follow
in her mother's footsteps. At the
age of six. she moved to Charleston.
Mi souri whrr« her mother contin
ued her religious work. Rosetta's
first experience with the guitii
• •me whon a relative left the in
strument at her home after a visit
She was fascinated with Ihe in'^tru-
ment and with the use of a targe
Dick would strum out music Her
relative n^ver came bark for the
cuitar and by the time Rosetta
reached seven .she wa® t-inging and
playing quite proficiently. Rosetta’s
mother noted the child's talent and
had her sing ind play during the
'ntcrmisslon of her preachings. Her
oerformanecs drew capacity crowds
Her mother began to Imvel. visiting
many big cities in the south
If was di ring a convention in St
t ouis that Rrsetia received rccogni-
•'on as America's greatest spiritual
sing‘r. She sang one of her fav
orite compositions. “Pressing on
the Upward Way." and was so well
'’'“''tved. and agent offered to "sell”
their services to many of the bid
ehiirches and auditoriums in the
■”lddl'' west. They accepted this of
3iink Johnson, “For"ot-
Paramount Theatre signed her to
■o vtek contract H-ri; she wa
held over for an additional three
weeks The great Benny Goodman
signed, her for a series of guest
shots on his "Caravan Program "
This was followod by guest shots on
the "We, The People" i-nd the "Con-
•olldated Edison" programs. De
mand for her grew steadily and In
1939 the public saw her on the con
cert stage, including three appear-
'•nces at New York's famous Carne
gie H?ll.
Her ambition is wrapped up in
music and she would like In lead
a band. At present she is realizing
half of her ambition, being fea
tured with a band — Lucky Millin-
der'.s orchestra. This is a rather
unorthodox merger but it clicked
solidly at the Savoy Ballroom in
•- York where the two great at
tractions made their debut as a
great amalgam. TYiis merger it the
(r>mbina1ian of tMe «olid swing
music of Lucky Milllnder and the
‘•'n' foiiin' spiritual singing of
Ro*etta 'Tharpe.
.\I.O.\(i THE UAUN
rATKDL TK.VII,
•NEW YORK 'ANPj Like som
.:i ‘•tcUoii wrilvr>
util'll call "Diirkist Hnilem' i*-
I ' pii Well.- Lcautiiul cumbi.ialioii
M.i.-.V ;..ui.iut .... The ufficiaJ
; pii.ii-g i f Wcli.s IS 11 >1 hedul’.1
until th’ tth of next ii.uiilh but
owd; piJi.i m day .ind i>ii;ht to
’ Ilf c.iiifuity pteparej fo«id
lid 'lie best ti! win s, beer and
liquers.
I feel poifecfly safe in -.lying ti-
y 11 lhai iiowtien- ni l•l..o
Island are nicer >po1- to be fourui
ibon the one Joe Wt-ll-- has bet'ii
months in carving out . .An eirc-
tncal organ-piano played by a
master furnishrs a part of the bat
• i'- . Were told that -oon
' 11. r.t 'tr topflight pirformers
like thr Mills Brother.^ and i thcr.«,
will appear in this pbee which I
‘•ave eluted to call "The Fnend-
j o C' ' - oad Inn" Well.s is
' ■..icici to put It mildly
or n.odcstly . . Members of hlr
I li- Cl ,ii I ve between all of
I 'i'emi "e in key pus's in this insll
j tulion
No noiu-y was 'par'‘d in making
j :t .'•howplaco thst it is. . . It
j "' Wells who coined the term
I ' rr of i:lorific-d thicken ’ back
. ;'.e da>. whin such a ^pr^ a-
i.v .viands was but .i part of hi'
I in.ifioii . . V.’e exDeet to do a
real stoiy on Joseph Wcll. .tceoni-
e ’ .1 t v picture of ,iis institution
I plus all the trimings. By thr
• 1.', f ixDiH-t to lie in and nut of
'.'.'ell-' eqf-jy for the creme-dc-
. .li- of i.hick .irist'/cracy rubs
no c here with the ■o-r.'illcd for-
_ ftn rran and '.‘.'iman better
known the common people
This letter come® to us from Elk-
ha it. Ind "Long a re.ider of your
'-••andlnc theatrical cidumn, 1
worrer if you'd lend yourself to a
1' of tricky research In order to
cHle a wager? Around five ye-ari
C" Toridv Wil«on on** of the great-
st living paini'ts. directi*d a band
.cho appeared on the dias in white
I rr.el evening dress. I saw them
in Chicago where lh:y played the
Pump r::'m' there, a swank hos-
u Irj'. I say Billy Col- man was his
drummer, my friends say I am
wrong. Check on this and bill me
for any pense entniled"
To R. Nelson. Elkhart. Ind.. Our
e.iU'h 'hows that the-'e was a Bill
Celcm.m with T ddy Wils m in 1941
but he was a trumpet plaver, noi
I drummer. That wi, .Id seem to
r.'.your fi lends ii’.'h® .md you
wrong. . . Others with Wilson were
• * ine-Savlsl Gcor'iC James. Clar
inetist. Jimmy Hamilton. Drummrr
Jimmy Heard, Trombonist, Benny
*' .ton and Bass Al Hall
At Murrains, man..,-- Artie Par-
-h bensoTn® the fac* that W'!!!!'*
Bryant leaves him ‘Sunday nite
next' fi»r that nite'po' in Wn-hing
ton. D C, where Brother Rryant
has -; healthy financial inttnst .
■ Lt will stay in D C for two
vteks or more rushing on to De
troit and then returning to Miir-
; r - in hi ole N Y. f). the wwkly
tlp'md of S225 fo '"(n days work
Kenneth Harris. a>ked to fill a
spot in Murrains', will do iio only
wh» n he is po-'itivc he has the right
upporfing rust — nice work. Ken-
you hove a reputation to pr tect.
Percy Harris, owner of popular
TIW llRAIlSIhW IS
RAVK OF AKW YORK
BY TED YATES
C.-liinni't. iiiUMC idU'Ts and
newsp.iper writer.® are in a dither.
Genial Tiny Hradah.iw, the king of
h jitii; IIS the eui i'cnt sen
sation at New York's Savoy Ball-
I -.1-; bi*'oilt.ir,: three limes
weekly i Monday, Tuesday and
I o.iv I 1-1.1. ..1 12-30 A M.
via the Amrnean Rroiidcastiug
Cempany on a eoast to coast hook
up
I stro lirud.'h.iw with his fam
ed Jersey Bouini" orchestra has
.ilv...ys created a good impression
'.iti; "M'lis when inurvlewed, no
one seems to know what to expect.
Y'-'I Me. 'I'lny i.avel' s-* fast ihe's
been all »iver the rounlry in the
-o' • IX ii'o..ih-i making and bri.ik-
ing h.Jx office records!: it is hard
to say whether the pie-r will inter-
' i. - Tjf: nr if 'the kiMcr-diller of
rhv*bmania' will have a press con
ference and give out to the boys
.*nd gals who knock "Jt the stories
on jive and jam eislons.
V-
ISCAMiFR OMUE
IXRFASE’f
BY DR. JOIIV E. MOMI.EY
f'hmn. Harlem Committee, Amerl-
ean f'lneer Soeiety
C-ncer among j'Ctgroes nas regis
tered mare than a 50 per cent in-
lease in the death r.ilp between the
'ciir-* 1930 to 1940 Cancer among the
ii.eral populatp n albo registered
an increase during this period. In
fact during the past generation, can
cer has risen to take ita place next
to heart disease, as one of the two
L-nu’rsf killers of mankind. Why
are we seeing so many cancer oases
•oday*
Some of this Increase is only ap-
•ircnt Extending to the Negro peo-
[I’e ome of th«- benefits of modem
-nodical cart, has no doubt been re
sponsible for some of the increase.
Better dilagno'is by doctors them-
'Cl\es. is r«ipon*thlp for some of
the increase. Previou.sly many Ne-
..rr> and white cancer cases have
either gone undiagn'>.«ed at all or
have been incorrectly diagno.sed.
Now new diagnostic inst/uments
.'ind procedures better enable the
doct ir to say more accurately what
the disease Is
The advance in conquering the in-
fer-tlfus and contagious diseases
also accounts for some increase —
both because It separate cancer
cases from the infectious diseases,
and because It ha; increased the
'pan of life generally. Since the
■'cginring of the 1909s tremendous
'♦rides were made The remarkable
'e%'elopment it the sulfa drugs an*
the rec-'nt discovery of Peniclllianj
have given doctors real weaponi
try fight Infections Antitoxins
• it -irst diihtherls and scarlet fever
were developed. Vacematirms against
'mall pox and innKulations against
•vphoid have all saved hundreds of
thi'usands of lives As a result peo
ple who formerly were dying ‘n
'heir adolescence of contagious dis
eases. or later from pneumonia and
MGM’S NF.W
PROGRAM
ten Man Of Jazz” Brings
Band To New York
NEW YORK lANP) — Biii.k
Johnson, 66 year-aid lamcus N
.lieans trumpeter and one of the
II gotten nnn oi jm/. brought his
own band from New Orleans, birtn-
place of Jazz, to th" Stuyvesant
asino September 28 for an indefi
nite engagement.
The band will play fu® dancing
Tuesday thru Friday nights, 8:30 to
12:30 and on Sunday afteino.'n,
from 2:00 to 3:00 p. m., under the
ponsorship of Gene WJliiims, Dec-
ca executive and jazz writer and
'Viiliam Russell, of American Mus
ic records.
Personnel of the band will be
ubstantially the same as the one
Bunk used on his classic Ame.l.an
Music records last year. Bunk,
trumpet; George Lewis, clarinet,
Jim Robinson, trombone; Alton
Purnell, piano; Lawrenci Marrere.
guitar and banjo; Slow Dray. b:iss;
and Baby Dodd^, drums. All of the
len are veteran New Orleans muxi-
ians and this is thcii fi.'st nip to
New York Purnell, in his late '30's.
is the yuungest man in the band'
This is the first time an all New
Orleans band has played in a New
York nightspot since the Original
Dixieland Jazz band opened at
Reisenwebers in 1918 and it is the
first time a colored New Orleans
band has been in New York since
before World War I when Fredide
Keppard brought his Original Cre
ole band north for a brief stay.
Bunk, called by critics Virgil
Thompson, "an artist of delicate im
agination." was discovered six
years ago in the rice fields of
Louisiana, forgotten by the music
he had helped to star- Jazz culler-
tors contributed a trumpet and a
new set of tevth for Bunk, and he
has made a sensational comeback.
uLiwaring in concerts n Sun Fran
cisco, over the air and recording
for World Transcriptions. Blue
Note, America Music. Jazzman and
Jazz Information His early records
for Jazzman made In IMX. are al
ready colkctari’ .terns, selling for
iQora Uun triple tkeir origuial price
NEW YORK 'fPSi — The most
romprehrnsive program yet tried in
■♦■o fplrt if ifi millimeter film pro
duction and distribution w'ill he
launched in the near future by Mrt-
ro-Ooldwyn-Mayer.
Annoitnrement of the plan by A--
‘h'T M Loew-. prrside.nt of L^w's
'r-fi-mafirml Cf^poration. stated
that the program cant'd for making
of all types of educati'>nal subjects
for f'tfij.sroom and training use. along
with Ifl millermeter replices of all
thr program photoplays released
anniially to move theatres around
•hr c!''bp
The school and documentary lUm*
* I b«- sp-msored by M G-M will be
-•rodi-eed In associ.ition with spee-
inll't In modern vts.ial eduratlon.
n-' tt-jij embrace such study fields
' I'raphy. chemistry, physics
and history 'Hte United State# gov
ernment and officials of many oth-
-•r ervrrnments have expressed
-era* infereX In the widespread
use of films of this type
M-O-M releases In 18 millimeter
of -op rompanv's own regular Hol-
ivtveod nroditetior-s will bring the
'-(nrs and screen entertain
ment to isolated communities or in
•iwri too "-mall to suooort a regu
lar theatre In distribution of these
films mobile projector units will b*
• ‘lirrfi «imllar to those which have
ee-omp.mled our .service men In
♦hei- treveis to far-flung battle-
fionts
♦t is nrimarilv because of the les
sons derived from use of motion
pic’ure® in the present war. Mr
t oe**' explf'inerl. that the new pro-
-iiictior. nl-n hi-i bren developed
The film executive '‘ressed his feel
ing that the far greater use of 18
mllUne’er nirtiires would not in
an" way ci-rtall 3.5 millimeter pro
duction, but v.'ould merely ampli
fy It
Suz.r allocated to civilians dur
ing *h*’ fourth Quarter is 082 0hn
tins or 582.900 tons less than the
amount made avattahle last year
for the «ame period
Total holdings of shell eggs on i
®enlemhrr omounfed to 771,000
cases as compared wlto 7,696.000 •.
last year. i
Chet Lauck (Lum of Lum and Abner, popular movie and radio
team) cartoons his comedy partner, Norris Goff (Abner) in his char
acter of the humorous old fellow from Pine Ridge, Ark. Chet Lauck
displays his artistic talents during a visit to the Chicago Acr.dcmy of
Fine Arts, where he studied before the team of Lum and Abner wai
“born.”
International Sweethearts
Wow Mannein Units
BY C. MEI.VIN rATRICS
MANNH'IM, Germany 'AND —
Jive, swing, bo'-gir woogie and
plain Jaz? from far off America
kyr'-ckced the m-iralo of batil’*-
.vciiy troops .'Wiatiiu out rede-
“’oyment bin - in th ■ Mannheun
fu fn . nr-' high when the f.i
oi.« Inlerniiti >iial Swiethearts 'il
Rhythm opeiied up a lirriteri two-;»-
doy session at fieventh Army Rec
reation Center Ihraft-r
Th" in n in ti-j . ir.i h;>d been ex
pecting another big “-pe*'iHl seriirr
feature" hut. in shutiling m the
fnmed Sw* i'h-'.irtv ic-'cnfly tp-ir-
ing .irmy units. >eventli army spec
ial service* placed thcrrselves In
solid with all the troops in thi*
To .' ov. rheir .ipprrcialioii
th" men threw up a waiting line a
‘ mile long hours before show time.
Jt WB' loo much : • .k ;he men
'I t'lt quietly to listen to the songa
of Diiectress Annie Mae Winburn
or the musical arrangements of
.Maurice King which ‘he orchestra
f.--'iired So the men simply got
up fr«»m »heir 'eats id danc.d t -
their hearts content in the aisles.
The theatre was rocked in good old
American fashl n as it had nevr
hern rock«v} brfore.
The Sweelhnr^s fra'ured in their
resnons Ihe lenor saxophi>ne wiz
ardry of Miss Viola Burnside, a
W.ishington. D C las.s. the remark
able mugging, singing, dancing,
and trumpet playini; of Tim Davis.
245 pounds of Jive from Ranns
ton, D. C.. where Brother Bi'.vant
has a healthy financial intbrost. .
rvanl will stay in D. C. for two
weeks or more rushing on to De-
troit and then returning to Mikr-
■ Tin's In 111 ole N.Y. (or the weekly
dipend of S225 for seven days work.
Kenneth Harris, asked to flit a
spot in Murrains', will do so oply
when he is positive he has the right
uppnrting cast — nice work. Ken
ny. you have a reputation to prf.tect.
Percy Harris, owner of popular
Harris’ wmer. advises me that the
rrlnute Sgt. Harry Wiley, Jr. la
released from the army, the job of
manager of hU 'pot awaits him a:
"wn figure. . Dan Burley in
this week's column reaffirms th-
-‘.atement I made a month ago aneni
•he fact that "Mr. Muirain will buy
•he old I.afayelle theatre site and
opemte a playhouse there.”
Do not throw away cuffs from
men’s discarded shirts. They are
very useful in making shoulde"
pads for washable blouses and
dresses. They retain stiffness better
than othc material and do not wad
IS those stuffed with cotton.
One cuff will make two narrow
pads which are suited to the ihi-rt
'leeves we are now using. Lay
three rmall darts in the side of
cuff and sew to the top of the arm-
hold seam so that the pad will ex
tend info the sieve or follow a p;*t
tern f'T shaping the pad and fin
ishing.
Elkin is preparing for a rer* rd
fat ‘tnck show and sale on Octo
ber 9 and 10.
TAf , OPICS
By CHARLES AllEM
City; the torch songs of their dimp
led darling, Miss Evelyn McGhee;
the drum parodiddie# of Pauline
Bradley, and the trumpeting of
Ray Carter, who engaged Tini Davij
in a trumpet duel nostalgic of
Louis Arm#tr'’*ig or Harry James
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toxlni V
fever *
drides were made. ’The remarkable g
'es-elopment of the sulfa drugs i
the recent discovery of Peniclllianj
have given doctors real weap
to fight Infections Antitoxlna^
'igf'lnst diphtheria and scarlet fever
were developed. Vaccinations agaliuB
'mat! pox and innoculatlons against
'vphoid have all saved hundreds of
thcilsands of lives. As a result peo
ple who formerly were dying in
'heir adolescence of contagious dis
eases. or later from pneumonia and
strcptococu# infections, now live to
middle and late middle age. *’
While cancer strikes at every
age. it does strike more heavily at
older people Thi# is another reason
for the apparent increase In can- •
cer. It is a fact however, that the "
Increase among record*^ Negro
deaths is about 1-3 greater than
emong white. Here is a challenge
to all Negroes and to all public
health agencies.
The benefits of newer drugs and
newer diagnostic procedures have
come to Negroes more slowly than
to others. In many sections of this
country. Negroes receive no medical
or very inadequate medical rare.
The life expectancy of the Negro
today Is where that of the white
was 4fl years ago White the aver
age white male lives tr the age of
83. the average Negro male lives
only to 52. While while females live .
to 87 on the average, Negro famales I
live only to 55. '
The Negr*' must be aware of
many advances that have been
made In medicine generally, so that
he too may be able to reap the
benefits He must learn to go to
his doctor or clinic for periodic
medical examinations The exam
inations should be thorough Can
cer can be cured when caught ear
ly, Some of the Increase in cancer ,
cases among Negroes can be brought
down by early and prompt treat
ment