Brownsville Weekly News
SATURDAY, APRIL 19, 1941 a PAGE FIVE Beautiful Atlanta~ The Easter bunny carried a lovely visitor to the home of Mr. and-Mrs. Alonzo G. Moron, of A Alice Leonisa Dungey, of New Orleans and is an English ~instructor in Gaudet High School of that city~PHOTO by GRIFFITH DAVIS Reader Helps Sue Reply:To Young Lady By SUE LEAF This column appreciates the interest of 2 reader who sends in the following in, reply to ~Lonesome~, girl 22, 5 feet 6 inches no pad hovi.s, just lene some for someone. Correspond with man 44, who is settled and not just one out for a good time, like most boys my age:~ ~Dear Lonesome: ~I. gather from the above notation that you are viziually starved ior good, clean, wholesorne com| panionship~a companionship you; have failed to find among boys of | your age group. Nevertheless, | if I were you I would hesitate before r marrying a person twenty-two |; years my. senior. Although I do | not. know you. I am certain a girl; with NO bad habits and only twen| ty deserves more and should ex ~pect More out of life than a Man: twice her age, who May or may not | keep his promise to care for her. I think she deserves the love and devotion of a young Man nearer her eze, who can share with her the burdens and problems of matrimeny as Well as enjoy the -pleasures. ~Let us look ahead ten years. Mr. X, your 44-year-old husband, will be 54 years cld. He will have ahmost outlived nis usefulness as a laborer: yet your oldest child will pe only eight or nine and quite dependent. Also ten years hence your 44-year old husband will have passed his reproductive stage, You will be~ 32 veers old and in the prime of life. In all. probability you will desire and exact miore attention than a 54-year old man tlanta, Georgia, She ig Miss eine By ELEN How. about the little trotters? Do the little carry on valiantly, cause you,no trouble? among the blessed of this earth. Seventh per cent of the sisters have foot ills, which is a pretty appalling kettle of | fish. Men have their pedal t an extent as women. The course. and give their pedals a rest. There~s not so much ageny in| the winter season, but as soon as the thermometer is on the rige| there~s ctrouble. During the hot season, traveling over hot pavements pretty. terrible. Why. net, if you are a sufferer, give your feet a break, provide them with comfortable~ casings right?! now, condition them for warm weather that is ahead? CHUCK ~SPIKED HEELS If vou want to step high and step pretty, chuck the = sp ked} heels. Wear them at the festive. vnnig party, if you must, but! come~ down to earth during the: day time. Get off your high horse. Don~t~ fancy that high heels are new. They were worn, in the time of Elizabeth and, be-,. live it or curl up a supercilious | is nose, it was the men who started: ~%, that fad. Wanted to look taler, | the big sissies. We are here to tell you, pretty. one, that if ycu would. march in| the fashion parade you must wear - walking shoes with heels of mod erate height. Spikes on the; street are ridiculous. They~re | ridiculous, anyway, with bases) 2] the size of a dime, but they are excusable when worn at the festive panty. Girls fancy they make their tootsies lack smaller. Nothing to it. Just qa notion. DEPLORE SPIKES You should hear what = shee manufacturer have to say on the subject. They delpore spikes. They know perfectly well that the fcot is distorted, than tendons are under strain, that bones become weakened. But they give aA All Gospel Songs God Be With You.......... 15~ ~How Many Times...... < ae ih tg Well Swen eee 10~ Life Can be Beautifal........ 15~. Send All Orders To THOMAS A. DORSEY 755 Oakwood Bivé. Dept. i Here's HowTo JNSTANTLY COLOR HAIR JET BLACK How Are Your ~ Pedals Doing? reason? Go to the office of any chiropodist and you will see that the reception room is filled with unhappy, frowning ladies.whd wish that they could wa'k on their hands. | offer sensible shoes. that con-| lives instead of getting in a hudform to tke outline of |the foot,! dle. Ever notice the foot of a that provide proper~ supptrt.} new born baby? } wearing hich; has found out that the average! shamefully. ' can give, whether it be- sexual, social, or financial. ~Before I write further, let me introduce myself. l am a young man of 27, 6 ft. 1 inch in height, weigh 165. pounds, and medium brown in complexion. I do not smoke, drink, dance, gamble, curse etc. I do not think I have any bad habits either (smiles). Just as you. are looking for. 2. oto care for you I am ~ eg for someone I may care for but that someone must be a clean, VIRTUOUS, christian girl with a fair education. She must alsu be of renutable parents and willing - to begin at the bottom of the lodder f k 4 JAMESON: ~footies If so, you are roubles, too, but not to such | Sensible shoes, of | housewife travels seven miles a day. She should wear oxfords that héid the instep firm and provide her with a safe, sure foothold. Being wide of scle they give the toes a chance to live their own the womeh what they want. They | Young girls wear them, but the! The widest part of the foot is older women wouldn~t be caught} at the base of the tces, and that~s dead with them on. Which shows | just the place where the smart, that the younger~ generation is! sassy shoe is narrow. Children~s wiser than the oldsters, ' and men~s. shoes have plenty of The. housewife, going through! toe space. Not so the shoes of her daily duties, has nq business; women, who are foolishly vain in heels. Somebody; that respect and treat their feet STYLE FIRSTS: PATTERN 340 SPORT MODE WITH NEW LOW NECKLINE Because it~s smart to go ~softie~ this season~even in your more: tailored clothes~here~s a ~must, have~ sports style. Pattern 340 by | Claire Tilden featufes the new, | very popular deep threatline that~s | so slenderizing and lengthening to | the short neck, and so flattering | to any one. It~s accepted by a well-shaped collar that. widens out into points at the shoulders and is carefully cut for comfort in. back. That very deep U-shaped yoke goes. well with the new neckline, too. } are darted-in below the shoulder, yoking. Theres&S gathering below | the yoke of the action-free back, teo. DOUBLE smartness, slender- | RITE a IR appearance. a D '@ man twice your age. It will be | taught to watch the c.; Notice how the soft bodice lines _ FLINT BROWNSVILLE NEWS, FLINT, MICHIGAN ~Lonesome Is Told Not To Wed Man 22 YearsHerSent f my WORLD OF WOMEN Race R.N-'s Hold Fifth Institute TUSKEGEE ~ (ANP) ~ The}. fifth annual institute for colored graduate nurses held at Tuskegee institute, Apri] 4 and 5, clcsed the most suecessful session of its history Saturday morning with the presentation of a large bouauet of crimson roses to Miss Linna N. Denny, R.N., executive secretary, Alabama State Board of Nurses Examiners. The presentation was made by Nurse Rosa Tvler Thomas. Montgomery, in behalf of the 106 nurses present, ~ In the mass meeting held Friday night, President F. D. Pa~terson referred to Miss Denny i the followine terms: ~~Miss Denny has a genuine.and heartfelt interest and in the nursing service regardiess of race, and it it largely through her interest and tireless efforts that these institutes for colored graduate nurses hav? heen made nessible, DR. PRUDHOMME SPEAKS The Saturday morning session had as its highlight a paper bv Dr. Charles Prudhomme, Veterans Administrations facil'ty. and member... executive committee of the Tuskegee Mental Hygiene society. Dr. Prudhomme listed and explained 11 opportunities where nurses could studv and render assistance in connection with patients mentally ill. He also gave nine pcssbile misconcentiors with regard to the mentaly. ill which he said it was the duty of all nurses to correct: (1) the mentally ill are not necessarily weak-minded, (2) insanity is a legal and not medical term, (3) recoveries from ~mental illness oe about cae the recoveries _ infeetion, ~ payohintele~ tients cea? ae essary dangerous, (5) mental] illness ig not a hereditary doom, (6) the mentally ill are not insensitive to their surroundings or to comments made in their presence, (7) overwork dces not lead to nervous breakdown, it is the emotional stress of conflicts present that cause the mental illness and (9) mental illness is not a disgrace, nor a thing td be asham and climb up~maybe down, never knows (smiles). ~I do hope you will; write to me, for I haven~t- told you the~ important things about myself such as employment, education, physical condition, etc. If you do not write, please accept this bit of advise from me: do not ever marry~ one better for you to remain ~just lonesome for someone~ than to hive a still more unhappier life with such an elderly companion. Ask Sue Leaf if you think I have given you the wrong advise.~ ac. | Golbred Nurses Reading an item by a __ fellow; cohmmnist, I want to entirely dis- | agree with his version thet a per= | son who is a clock watcher does | not hold a job long. This idea in the business world went with the hoep skirt ih dress. Most children, who are grown now. -and the present age... are More effective, effitient and faster workers have to work by time in order to accomplish something in the seven working hours of a day. A person who -does nothing definite. in an hour by the clock foses time and contributes very little to an employer and his job in a day. If you are not-a clock watcher. start timing yourself for a task and see how quickly and completely it can be done within a certain period of time. Work becomes a pleasure when there is an objective. Send your problems of everyday life to SUE LEAF, SNS, 210 Ausurn Avenue, N. E., Atlanta, All letters will be held confidential and name, withheld. NO PERSONAL REPLIES WILL BE; MADE.: 4 ~HOTEL MACK RLD WRAPPING - TWINE. THE VENDORS FURNISH NONE OF ~THESE. ane MM, UDELHOVEN. W/NIEFRED, MONT, REALLY LE HOMES AND REST TBA CUPS. A TRUE COFFEE _CuP Holvs a3 DY MARIORIE THORP SPORTING GOODS MANUFACTURERS USE PURE HONEY As THE cenTER OF THE THOUSANDS OF GOLF BALLS THEY ROLL Our. e ' OoD ~ OOD HANGE YouR COUNT-- cups of COPFEE are THAN ONE! COFFEE IN MOST AURANTS 1S SERVED 1~. C Tw up ~-T5Goe Calan ~~ ARNING AT ONE fa WAS CONSIDERED Such A HIGH CEREMONY THAT IT er YY SP WHO GRACE~ ED THEIR ART OF Musia, BY P PPOINT Raitt EXECUT 1D THE ACCOMPANIMENT WE WILL PAY $5.00 FOR EACH STRANGE FOOD FACT SUBMITTED AND USED ADDRESS, A WORLD oF FOOD, 229 WEST 39 STREET, NEWYORK. N.Y. ed of, and frequently can. te cured. NEW FIELD DISCUSSED; Dr. George C. Branche dis ussed the ~Opportunities for Field.~ He stated that ~mental cases were on the increase due partly to the psychiatric fight of totalitarianism against democrady, and due to individual rejected for army service.~ Dr. Branche made a. further state ment that of the 800,000 men, soon to be conscripted inte the United States Army, 18,000 in a short time would be psychiatric patients, Dr. John A. Kennedy in a closing word to the institute challenged the nurses to greater service and urged them not to let obstacles ever be the cause for) discouragement, ~You have the most wonderful vocation. I hope) you have not gone into it just for a living. If you have yeu will, fail. Let your aor and objectives be Service. If! you do that, the living will take care of itself.~ j cation of Neg"oe Carolinian To Address Health Meet At Southern ~Miss Jennie Douglass, health e cation worker with the Health Coordination Service of the Department of Health of Charlotte, will Apvear on the program ~of the National Collegiate Health association i at its anrmal meeting to be held ~ct Southern university, Scotland; | ville, Louisiana. | Miss Douglacs has done some out| standing work in the health eduin the state of - North Carolina. She is the daugh| ter of Df. and Mrs. R.. -L,;. DougJass of Johnson C. Smith | versity. She received her early treinino in the public schools of c | this city. Ker college werk was done at | Atlanta university~ an? her grad- | vate work at Harvard and the | University of Michigan. She receiv-, ed her master~s degree from the | University of Michigan in the field | of health education. snipe tenement TRAVEL, usually are long us a dance dress, are é Vis ensemble for traveling, -polen in black and white checks. The cape. is skirt-length t one-button closing and patch pockets. T and has big pockets on the skirt in which right, is flannel, and the coat may be worn the suit jacket is hip-length with of pre-shrunk corded chambray, leather ard elastic belt with room for tees. ~The slack suit, with skirts if you are not partial: es stir: 3: agi | dress; right, flannet slacks suit. Weekends in the country now call for sports clothes, as activities walks, riding and golfing. The three items shown, the needfizs for this time of year. The showf left, is fashioned of lightweight and ae gina Si or uni- | SSS a ~_ ~ ship from tke Zeta Sigma Chapter first vear at the law school. Miss Dorothy Freeman, former honor student at Stowe Junior College in St. Louis, is now in her second year at Lincoln University School of Law, St. Louis, Missouri. Miss Freeman completed her first year inlaw with the highest scholastic honors. She was recipient of a scholar. of Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority for By MARIE rt] rye kric v~ smd even ra ~ereate for others. But, the rule can, and shculd be remembered by all women thelr Ten~ Bo Tet us" constant scowls and frowns, of grim mouths. They some day will produce lines and wrinkles which will be difficult te erase~lines and wrinkles which will rob us of our youth, whatever our age. UNNECESSARY LINES Most worry-lines are unnecessary. Here~s proof of that statement: the other day I~ tried to make a list of all the ~big~ wor Your Face Is A~ Mirror Of Soul DOWNING.. know of wrinkled \ } } move them from the list,,as you see their solution or ag yOu rea The entire exper tc smile at yourself. And rather than worry-lines and _ wrinkles, you'll develop langh-lines~hap piness lines which add to beanty, USE GOOD CREAM Pe a a good cream, espécially de for the purpose, may help you. ties I had a vear age. Strangely enough, the Est died being born. I simply ceuld not remember of a single major worry which had enawed at the cheerfulness of my SPORTS THINGS SUIT COUNTRY WEEK-END~, course. But what were they, ~make a life a year ago. I had worries, of; } You can de the same. Try to ~worry list~: fer 112 ~ optometrist. Obtain such a cream and massage | it gently inte your skin. Do this twice eachi day. Poor. ~eyseight may be. causing you to frown or squint. If this is. bothering you, you, of course, want to immediately see a gocd If you simply feel that you mcnths ago. You will: be amazed at the few items you.can enter.~ Then, make a list of today~s wor. | ries. Study them. One by one re s: x dress, cenier, is made carry golf balls, and a ~The i ~enjoy life cannct smile, there is something the matter with you. You probably are weary and weariness _ | easily shows in one~s face, Early ~ | te bed for a few nights will And fresh air and sunshine = add new enthusiasm to your spirits.. SPRING UPON US Spring is upon us, exemplified by the budding freshness of all growing things about us. Spring is a ~~new~~ season, when the earth awakens after its winter~s sleep. We too can awaken....can gain for ourselves a new lease on our lives and present cheerful, happy faces tc the world and to our families and friends. A new and different hair. style may be your magic. Or perhans your hair needs more care to restore~ its natural appearance. Beautiful hair....a happy face~these are _two elements which can attract life and love to any woman, regardless of her age, # Remember this: Spring is here. You, too, can change and freshen and abandon the darkness of unhappiness. Be cheerful, be gay - What are your beaut prob~ lems? Write: Marie Deuning, Lindel] Blvd., St. Louis, Mo., and she will be glad to answer them. Be sure to enclose a self-addressed, stamped envelope. ~ LUCKY 7 HERBY FROM 7 LANDS Relieve in LUCK? Uf a6, try famous 7 Herbs from 7 Lands, believes most powerfnl ever found fer 7 YEARS GOOD LUCK. Send Ze stamp for FRER OFFER ~ SEVEN HFEERBS 2a *& ~_ TC lize that they aren~t worth wor-_ iment wil do this for you....it will cause you, | If lines already are beginns. to appear around eyes cr nip e ~te Faces are about the outward expression of the soul! We ~ of exceptions to that rule. scowl-appearing countenances which mask personalities briliiant in their warm sunlight of happiness they ite, * a sei
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