The Washington herald., 1907-01-21
INSTANCES OF
NEGRO SUCCESS
BY FREDERIC ]. HASKIN.

BY FREDERII
The trouble with the negro soldiers at
Brownsville and race disturbances else
where. have caused SO much feeling that
one wonders what is to come Of the whole
sorry business The worst side of negro
character has had thorough airing; the
faults and shortcomings Of the black man
have been laid bare to the bone Can any
good be said OF him? Is he doing any
thing commendable7 Without attempting
10 raise the race question, or solve it for
any particular community where it may
be an issue. offer herewith collection
OF specific instances Of negro success. 1t
ought to cause US to encourage the negro
TO go TO work and try TO do something
for himself instead of brooding over the
cheerlessness of his lot
Booker T. Washington is the foremost
negro IN America. He stands at the head
OF his race as an educator and molder
OF thought. He believes IN training the
hands well as the brain, and TO train
hands and brain together. When Wash
ingtOn founded the Tuskegee Normal and
Industrial Institute he had no money. and
the school had none. During the first
year he was its only teacher. and the
thirty pupils were given instruction in an
old church and dilapidated shanty lent
by the colored people Of the neighbor-
hood
The institute now owns 1900 acres OF
land' eighty-three buildings. dwellings,
dormitories, classrooms, shops, and barns.
live stock, farm implements, &c. all val
ued at SS5,000. This does not include % 600
acres Of public lands granted BY Congress.
valued al $i35.000 nor the endowment fund
Of $4,000. The institute now has over
100 pupils in all its departments and is
growing every year This is the quarter
oI-a-century record OF a negro who be-
HeVes in improving his race by teaching
the honorableness Of work.
Henry O. Tanner is negro artist who
has gained an international reputation
lie studied in Philadelphia. and later in
Paris. His picture Daniel IN the Lions
Den.' was bought by the PENNSYLVANIA
Academy and later The Raising Of
Lazarus was purchased by the French
government and now hangs on the walls
of the Luxembourg Another work Of
his. The Two Disciples at the Tomb"
was purchased for the art collection OF
the Museum of Chicago. He has been
AWARDED both the Walter LippIncott prize
offered by the Pennsylvania Academy Of
Fine Arts, and the Harris prize for the
best exhibit shown in the Chicago Art
Institute.
Edmonia Lewis. the colored sculptures.
has lived abroad so long that many peo-
pie do not know that she was born In the
vicinity Of Albany. y. Y. She is quite
an old woman now. her first exhibition
having been made in Boston IN 1866. Her
statue The Freedwoman" was completed
prior to her departure for Rome. Upon
her arrival IN the Eternal City her work
gave so much evidence of genuine talent
that she was greatly befriended by Har-
riet Hosmer, Charlotte Cushman, and
others. Two of the finest specimens Of
her work are The Marriage of Hia-
watha." owned in New York, and the
portrait bust Of Abraham Lincoln, which /
is in San Jose, Cal.
a prominent figure in the musical world /
is Lieut. Walter II. Loving, the negro /
bandmaster who captivated the crowd at
the ST. Louis Exposition with his Fill
plno band of eighty pieces. The best
bands in the world came to participate in
the musical contest at St Louis, and
Loving was awarded second prize, de
feating famous organizations ike Sousa's, /
the Mexican National Band, and the
Royal Band Of England. The first prize
was won by the French musicians. but
there We're many authorities who claimed
that the Filipinos were equally good.
Lieut.. Loving is a native Of St Paul.
AIinn. He studied in Boston, and organ
lied two army bands before going to the
Philippines, where he had 10 master the
Spanish. Tagalog, and Hooano languages /
I'm order to make himself understood by
his men. He rehearsed eight hours a day
on the ship which brought his band to
America, and continued the daily drill
until the opening Of the exposition, at
which time his men We're thoroughly
familiar with over d thousand selections
Cole and Johnson are not only success /
ful actors, but composers Of popular airs
as well. They wrote THE Mississippi
Belle" which was sung by May Irwin.
and many other weIl-known pieces, such
as Under the Bamboo Tree THE
Congo Love Song" The Maiden with
the Dreamy Eyes" Floating Down the
Nile" Indy" and others The pub
fishers have sold over 100000 copies Of
their different songs. and the authors /
received a royalty of 8 cents on each /
copy sold. Cole and Johnson wrote all Of
the music of "Humpty Dumpty," the big
extravagan brought out by Klaw 4,
ErlangeT other negroes who have been /
successful on the stage are Black Patti /
the singer, and Williams and Walker, the 4
comedians.
Harry Burleigh. aside from being con- I
cert singer and composer of a higher F..
class of music than that produced by Cole 4
and Johnson. is the solo barytone at St. /
Georges Church. New York. which is /
the place where Pierpont Morgan goes to /
worship. Burleigh is a thoroughly trained. I
alI-round musician. for whose ability the /
white members Of his profession have
only words q compliment ana praise.
Edward Y Morris, Of Chicago is prob
ably the most successful Of the negro
race. Re was originally from Kentucky. .
and made a reputation a few years ago
by winning a suit in which Cook County \
and the city Of Chicago were involved
another important case which he won
was one concerning the question OF tax
Ing the net receipts of big Insurance
company. Morris is said 10 nave d prac-
tice worth S2o,eo0 a year.
NIarv Church Terrell IS doubtler- tn