Shady Rest

The wink and scamper of dice . . . the flicker of honed steel . . the thud of fists . . . the pumping of great black legs. Is this all that Negro gentlemen know of sport ? Last week, those dolts who ha.ve derived their views on the colored race from the stale gags of minstrel shows were amazed to discover that at Westfield, N. J., there is a Negro golf club--the Shady Rest Country Club. Broad piazzas it has, sofas, rocking-chairs, lounges, loggias, beds, in which a tired golfer--or one who may in the future play golf--can catch 40 winks. It has a dance hall, a dining-room, a grill, a reception hall, a ladies' room, a croquet lawn, a smoking room, the only colored golf professional in the U. S.-- Robert E. Lee. These details appeared in the press when a controversy between the officers of the club (led by George E. Bates, Grand Secretary of the Negro Elks) against a realty company, which has financed the enterprise, was settled in favor of the latter.