Du Bose Heyward wrote in the New York Herald Tribune in 1926: Langston Hughes, although only twenty-four years old, is already conspicuous in the group of Negro intellectuals who are dignifying Harlem with a genuine art life. . . .
Smudge stick. A smudge stick is a bundle of dried herbs, usually bound with string into a small bundle. The herbs are later burned as part of a ritual or ceremony. Plants that are often used include sage and cedar.
Sage, Cedar, and Sweetgrass Herbs tied in bundles are called Smudge Sticks. The smoke is 'washed' over the person or object with a Feather or by fanning the smoke with one's hand. The smoke is used to bless the person or object being smudged.