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APPLIED EDUCATION EDITORIAL COMMENT UNITY OF PURPOSE. 20. 60. 20 Dr. Leo Pink families are too many to live in one building under presand highest paid colored female en The Park avenue of the district is ent arrangements. It is especially so because they all tertaiher in the world, succeeding the Strivers row, around 187 and 138th THE WORKMAN late Florence Mills Among the colored notables residing have to use the same sanitary conveniences. Some of The Nick the Greek of Harlem is there are Harry Wills, Fletcher Hen.
these families are large, and they encumber each other Casper Holstein who operates the derson, Miss Waters and Ed Small.
Published on Saturday Ly WALROND, at the office No 12 by being huddled together in such a manner. Then, a gambling tournaments. He is one of But Striver Row is now getting CARLOS MENDOZA Street No. 72, Panama, most disagreeable feature connected with these comthe six colored millionaires of the run for its money by Sugar Hill Box 74, Panama Box 1102, Ancon munity toilets and baths is the fact that each family is belt.
st Edgecomb and St. Nick. This RATES OF SUBSCRIPTION required to take turns in cleaning them. There is no The Reubens of Harlem is Tabbs, spot has become fashionable since ONE YEAR. 40 Cy.
Janitor service provided, and there is very much that frequented by all the colored celebs. Jules Bledsoe moved in. Rents went SEX MONTHS is both disagreeable and undesirable in this connection two places, one in 182nd and the sky high!
THREE.
than it would be decent to state in a newspaper. In this other in 187th.
The male styles are set by Dick ONE MONTH.
particular, we regret to observe that it is much worse The Campbell of Harlem is Gran Wells and Jimmy Mordica, of the The Liberty of the Press is the Palladium of our rights JUNIUS in the Zone than it is either in Panama or Colon, for in ville Paris whose embalming can Cotton Club.
neither of these cities are tenants required to clean toil be tied, so they say.
Hottest dancer is Shake hips ets and baths themselves, which are used by everybody The Ben Rocke is Schwartz and Tucker.
THE WORKMAN, SATURDAY NOV. 9, 1929.
on the building. Every building has Janitor service Harrison, whose clothes are worn by Among the female dancers, Louise which is as it should be.
SILVER QUARTERS IN THE all black sheiks with footlight aspira Cook of Hot Chocolates.
tions, Night clubs there in basements Obviously, if the Canal Government will build fewer CANAL ZONE of these barracks and more five family cottages similar More than 30, 000, 000 is spent a are called Rat Dives.
to those in La Boca and Balboa Quarantine Grounds, year in Harlem playing numbers, Most popular pictureactor to the The edito ial in a previous issue of this journal where each family have their own toilet and bath, the the clearing house figures determin. Harlem fans is Lon Chaney. Bigdealt with te nement holdings in Panama. Reference housing condition of the silver employee on the Zone ing who are the winners each day gest selling picture was Uncle One chance in a thousand of copping Tom Cabin. Often stay for two was also made to such holdings in Colon. This week, would be greatly improved, because houses like these do we desire to say a few words about the quarters which certainly permit of decent living. Tenement buildings first prize and 600. This game sur shows, as slow in getting drift of a the Canal Government have provided for the people de built on the barrack room plan may be suitable for passes eraps in popularity there. story signated as silver employees in the Zone.
bachelors; but are grossly undesirable for men with Social Cape Cod Go strong for such stars as Dolores We have been following this question with more their wives and children. We hope the present Canal Since Rye Beach has been denied Del Rio and Lape Velez.
than passing interest for a number of years. We are Administration will include these improvements for the the colored folks, Cape Cod is now Only 1, 000 white families live in aware of the numerous representations which have been silver employees in whatever quarters they intend to their favorite out of town resort the colored belt.
made to the Camal Authorities by individuals, groups build for them, for its a cinch they must intend to build negro going to Cape Cod is on a Gold Glasses for Class of individuals, and notably, by the Panama Canal West some quarters.
par with a white man departing for Gold eyeglasses are the rage, havIndian Employees Association in connection with this Miami, Newport or Paris. Continued on Page matter, and we have the same general knowledge of the situation in the Zone as we have in Panama and Colon.
It eannot be truthfully stated that silver employees Healing Wounds are compelled to live in squalor on the Zone as most of them are in the Cities of Panama and Colon. Neither can it be said that the rentals are exorbitant or distressOne of the keenest regrets, even of the most successful lives, as they look back over their careers, is that they had not sing that the sanitary conveniences are insufficient healed the wounds they might have healed; had not helped the Surgeon Dentist to the same degree as they are in Panama and Colonnor that these employees are pounced upon periodically people they might have helped; had not performed the many hailed before the courts and made to pay from five to deeds of kindness which they might have performed as they pas. 23 Central Avenue Panama City.
fifteen dollars for infractions of sanitary regulations ed on their way through the world. Even the most kind hearted Phone 1862. Box 1062 Ancon, which they have neither committed, nor caused to be do not escape the stings of remorse when they review their lives, and realize the suffering they might have relieved but did not, Professional Services in all Branches of Dental Works committed. They do not suffer any of these disabilities in the Zone, and the truth is, that sanitary, and other the poverty they might have ameliorated but did not; the downliving conditions are for them, infinitely superior in the and outs they might have helped, but whom they passed by unOffice Hours to 12, to Sundays by Appointmen Zone than they are in the Republic of Panama, helding the discouraged they might have cheered and enoorouet G00. 00 But the questions arise: Are these conditions as couraged, but to whom they did not speak the comforting word.
good for these people in the Zone as they should be. If instead of sighing to do big things in some indefinite future, we should do all the little things that come to us every Do the quarters for silver employees conform to the day; if we should take advantage of the innumerable daily opporpublished statements of high Zone Officials that, we tunities to speak kindly, to smile, to be courteous, to give a helpdesire our silver employees to live in reasonable decency. Can it be said that the silver quarters as built, ing hand, what beauutiful characters we would build; how much ing hand, what beautiful characters we would build; how much and arranged, permit of living in them in reasonable we would add to our own!
CHRISTMAS decency?
Competent answers to these questions are that conditions are not as good as they should be the majority of these quarters do not conform to the published Believe in Yourself You can have Electricity Installed in your home now s0 statements about living in reasonable decency and that your home will be Brighter than last Year it cannot be truthfully said that the arrangements of these quarters and the conveniences in them permit of If could give but three words of advice on the subject of RATES FOR COMPLETE INSTALLATION FEE LIGHTING living in reasonable decency, according to accepted success, think they would be: Believe in Yourself not with IRONING (WOODEN BUILDINGS)
ideas of such living, a milk and water faith, but with a belief which knows no discour1 Room 60 Down with Payments of 00 Our answers are based on the fact that we recognize agement, a confidence which cannot be shaken. Rooms the absolute respectability of the Government of the Achievement is largelyy a matter of faith in oneself. It is 60 Down, with Payments of 00 United States its pronouncements and ideals. We be3 Rooms only those people who thoroughly believe in themselves and in 60 Down, with Payments of 25 lieve that the United States desires to be just and equit their mission who bring out anything like the maximum of their Rooms 5, 40 Down, with Payments of 50 able to her Citizens and to the stranger within her ability. Rooms 60 Down, with Payments of 50 gates, and she desires to be equally so to those who are, Distrusting our judgment, not depepnding upon it, not RATES SLIGHTLY HIGHER IN CONCRETE BUILDINGS and have been living and laboring within those gates feeling able to decide anything of importance without other SPECIAL RATES FOR LARGE INSTALLATIONS for twenty five years. And we believe that the repres help, continually seeking outside opinions and influence, is fatal entatives of this Government in the Zone will not be un to all originality, to all leadership. The weak, the leaning, the willing to listen to suggestions which might be respectAsk for Details of car Residence FREE LAMP BULBS WITH ciependent, the vacillating, the undecided.
fully submitted in this or any other matter, which affect Combination Rate for Know ndt, nor ever can, the generous pride EVERY INSTALLATION the employees. We suggest therefore, that the barrack That glows in him who on himself relies.
Lighting Ironing room idea be omitted from the program of quarters Raise your self confidence and you will raise your salary, construction for the silver employee and his family in Room 40 Kilowatts 00 Cia Panamena de your income.
the Zone that each family quarters be partitioned off with additional current at from the other in such manner as would insure tha Raise your faith in yourself and you will rise to something cents per Kilowatt hour Fuerza y Luz higher. Montreal Star.
amount of privacy which is indispensable to decent THE CHEAPEST RATE living.
RAN IN PANAMA Panama SERVICE Colon It seems to us to be somewhat unreasonable if peoONLY WEEKS TO ple are expected to live decently, and at the same time, Harlem Night Life as which make decent living impossible. Continued from Page 1)
We are quite willing to admit that there was no audition, of any sort.
avowed official intent to inflict upon silver employees Dancing permitted in all, however, It has 160 boys, perhaps the best embarrassing conditions. We admit further that these ti radio or phonograph. The dane agregation of tap and buck danconditions obtain because sufficient thought was not ing is plenty hot.
cers extant. But 1, 500 young men given to these details when silver quarters were being Coke Village claim professional standing constructed; but now that these conditions have been The district between 132nd and dancers repeatedly brought to official attention, it is only reas 138th and 6th avenue is the hottest There are 15 major bands and onable to expect that the necessary improvements will seetor for vice in Harlem. It is more than 100 others in action every be made in present quarters that need them, and in called Coke Village. Many of the night.
quarters to be built in the future. This is not a stupend be ermined and high hat white Duke Ellington is the Paul Whiteous task for the Canal Government, for it is a big Gov gentry entering the area are on the man of the black belt.
ernment, not at all pauperized, and its ideals are too buy for hop.
Bill Robinson is the idol of the lofty to permit the taking of any advantage by it of its Harlem has 800 girl dancers con district.
faithful and loyal silver employees.
tinuously working in the joints. Kid Chocolate runs second.
We think also that it is not violent to say that twelve About 800 are always ready for an Ethel Waters is the most popular TRY MIRAMAR SALAD OIL Truly a Miracle oil, for table and kitchen ON SALE AT ALL FIRST CLASS GROCERS The Panama Coca Cola Bottling Co.
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