The Montana plaindealer. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1906-1911, 1906-05-11

OOAOlCu P0OIJIc are ulSllKed by GER
tain white people. The entire race
is condemned for the acts of one
member of the race, which is un-
fair Because one colored man
commits an offense against the law
OF the land, is that any reason the
entire race should be condemned
Because one rude colored person
enters a car and seats himself upon
the lap of another, white or black.
should a Jim Crow car law be
passed, to effect the entire race?
The Williams and Walker mus
ical oddity" at Convention Hall this
week, fully demonstrated the fact
that the cultured white man and
the cultured colored man. the white
woman and the colored woman can
sit with dignity with one another.
The refined white man and woman
were seated with the refined color
ed man and colored woman The
occasion was most gorgeous. 1T
was a scene that would have made
Ben Tillman blush; Vardaman
would have fled because the compa-
ny was too cultured for him, and
John Sharp Williams would have
looked with amazement and said to
himself that all colored people are
not alike.
The pulpit has duty to perform.
The Sunday schools should teach
children good manners. There
should be less of singing in the
churches and Sunday schools and
more sound talk on good manners
and good morals. There is too
much grating in the church.
Williams and Walker are demon
strating Negro possibilities. They
are showing to the world that there
is something in the colored man.
Those who witnessed "Abyssinia"
this week and heard the musical
composition of Mr.. Will Marion
Cook, the worlds greatest COM
poser, must have felt very proud of
thd genius and ability exhibited.
What did this show demonstrate?
These two artists, as we'll as the
author of the play, Mr.. Shipp, COM
pared the American Negro with |
Abyssinians. Where upon the
American stage is there another
such play of this character? The
people who saw and heard white |
and black shows will say that the
colored comedian is doing much to
eliminate social prejudice. Players
of this character are comendable
and helpful to the colored race and
the people of this city showed their
gratitude by giving this new pro-
duction the greatest ovation in the
history of dramatic art
When Mr.. Cook left this city and
went 10 New York his talent, his
genius and his industry were APP
preciated, and when he returned to
the city of his nativity, where he
first saw sunlight and received no
applause for his musical genius, it
showed the the narrowness and
lack of pride and appreciation for a
young man who has reached the
zenith of his ambition. Not a flow
er was presented to Mr.. Cook, not
one applause was given the man
who is responsible for making the
music in "Abysinia" great.
The white press was either jeal-
Gus of "Abysinia" or too mean and
bigoted to give a just comparison
between this and the former pro-
ductions Of Williams and Walker.
And again this show takes the lead
in everything. The participants
are men and women of high moral
No female or no male is
is allowed in this show unless he or
she is of good character and live
moral lives.
The comments of the white press
were not such that can be appre-
ciated by the Bee. These two mu
sicaI geniuses deserve all that can
be said of them. The Bee feels
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