Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1907-02-15

The trouble with the negro soldiers ~
Brownsville, and race disturbances else
where. havc caused % much feeling that
one wonders what 10 70 come Of the wno'e
sorry business. The worst side OF negro
character has had q thorough airing; the
faults and shortcomings of the black man
Ave been laid bare to the bone. Can any
good be said OF him3 In ne dong any
thing commensurate? Without attempting
90 raise the race question. or solve y
TOR any particular community wnere ~
lnray be an issue. offer herewith COLI
action OF specific Instances of negro sue
cess. II ought TO cause us to encourage
the negro to 70 to work and try TO 90
something for himself instead OF brood
llnx over the cheeriessness OF his lot
Booker r. Washington Is the foremost
.oeSro in America He stands at the heao
lok his race as an educator ard mouLner
or Thought He believes In training the
hands al well rs the brain. and TO tram
hands and brain together. When WASH.
brgton founded the Tuskegee Norman ahd
Industrial institute he had no money. ana
the school had none. During the nrst
year he was It's only teacher, and the
thirty pupils were given instruction In an
odd church and dilapidated shanty
Ioaned by the colorcd people OF the neigh
iborhood.
The institute now owns 1000 acres OF
Hand. eighty-three buildings, dwellings,
idormitories. class rooms, shops ana
baths. live stock farm implements, etc,
an valued at $4,000. This does not In
clude 1900 acres OF public lands granted
by congress, valued at $l35,0OO, nor the en-
.dowment fund OF $l,2I5.00 The institute
now has over 1.S00 pupils in all It's de-
- ,tyey
This IA the quarter-of- century record OF
q negro who believes I'm improving his
race by teaching the honorableness OF
work.
Henry O. Tanner Is negro artist VINO
has gained an international reputation.
He 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, aThe Two Disciples at the Tomb
was purchased for the art collection OF
the Museum of Chicago. He has been
srrded both the walter Lippincott
prize offered by the Pennsylvania Acao-
emy or Fine Arts and the Harris prize for
the best exhibit shown in the Chicago
Art institute.
Edmonia Lewis. the colored sculptress,
has lived abroad 80 long that many peo-
sple do not know that she was born In the
vicinity Of Albany. N. Y. She Is quite
an old woman now, her first exhibition
having been made In Boston in 1865. Her
statue, 1.-THE Freedwoman. was COM
Dleted prior to her departure for Rome.
Upon her arrival In the Eternal City her
work gave SO much evidence OF genuine
ri 4. t11,k nfr lad
Harriet Hosmer, Charlotte Cushman and
Others. Two Of the finest specimens of
Aer work are "The Marriage Of Hia-
vatha. 4" owned In New York, and the por-
trait bust OF Abraham Lincoln, which Is
I'm San Jose, Cal.
"A prominent figure In the musical world
q Lieut.. Walter II. Loving, the negro
band master who captivated the crowd
Ct the St Louis exposition with his
Filipino 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, defeat
Nng famous organizations like Sorsa 8,
The Mexican National basd and the
Royal band OF England. The first prize
was won by the French musicians, but
there were many authorities who claimed
that the FiliDinos were equally as good.
lieutenant Loving Is native of st.
paul. MINI. He studied in Boston and Or
,Ranixed two army bands before gong to
the Philippines. where he had to master
the Spanish, Tagalog and Ilicano
languages In order to make himself UNI
.derstood by his men. He rehearsed eight
hours day on the ship which brought
his band to America, and continued the
daily drill until the opening OF the ex-
position, at which time his men were
thoroughly familiar with over 1000 selec-
juons.
Cole and johnson are not only success
ffui actors. but composers OF popular
airs as well They wrote 1.-THE Mississippi
land many other wen known pieces, such
10 "Under the Bamboo Tree" 'The Con-