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.
Pick Up Sticks is a table game that the whole family can enjoy. Faced with a jumbled up pile of wooden or plastic sticks, your job is to show that you have nerves of steel and a steady hand, picking up sticks one at a time without moving others in the pile.