The Washington bee., 1907-02-16

iunl oi S.1Sr-7. ih, rtue now
has over eigG.-ea h-na.- s.i~ IN ai- J
It's departments, ard is growing each |
year. This IS the quarter-5i-a-centuV |
record Of a Negro who believes IN i'm
proving his race By teaching the honor
ableness- OF work.
Henry O. Tanner Is q Negro artist
who has gained an international repu-
tat;on- He studied in Philadelphia, and
later ii Paris. His picture Daniel III
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. An
other work OF his, The Two Disciples
at the Tomb, was purchased for the
art collection of the Museum Of Chi
cago. He has been awarded both the
Walter Lippincott prize offered by the
Pennsylvania Academy OF Fine Arts
and the Harris prize for the best ex-
hibit shown in the Chicago Art In
stitute
Edmonia Lewis. the colored sculp-
tress. has lived abroad so long thar
many people do not know that she Was
born in the vicinity of Albany. \. y.
She IS quite an old woman now. her
| first exhibition having been made in
Boston in 1865. Her statue The Freed
J woman" was completed prior to her de-
parmre for Rome Upon her arrival in
the Eternal City her work gave 50 much
evidence Of genuine talent that she was
greatly befriended BY Harriet Hosmer,
Charlotte Cushman. and others. Two
of the finest specimens Of her work are
The Marriage OF Hiawatha.' owned in
! New York, and the portrait bust OF
Abraham Lincoln, which Is in Jose Cal.
a prominent figure N The mus-cal
world IS Lieut. Walter H Loving. the
Negro bandmaster who captivated the
crowd at the St Louis Exposition with
his Filipino band Of eighty pieces The
lbest bands in the world came 10 partici-
lpate in the musical contest at St. Louis,
land Loving was awarded second prize,
defeating famous organizations like
| Sousa'S, the Mexican National Band
and the Royal Band Of England The
first prize was won BY the French mu-
sicians, but there were many authorities
who claimed that the Filipinos were
equally good. Lieut.. Loving Is a native
OF St Paul. Minn. He studied in Bos-
ton, and organized two army bands be
| fore going to the Philippines, where he
J had to master the Spanish. Tagalog.
and Ilooana languages in order to make
! himself understood BY his men. He
rehearsed eight hours day on the ship
which brought his band TO America. and
continued the daily drill until the open
ing of the exposition, at which time his
men were thoroughly familiar with over
thousand selections.
| Cole and johnson are not only sue
cessful actors, but composers OF popu-
lar airs as well. They wrote The Mis-
sissippi Belle" which was sung by May
Irwin. and many other well-known
pieces, such as Under the Bamboo
Tree" The Congo Love Song, The
Maiden with the Dreamy Eyes" Float
ing Down the Nile" "Lindy," and 9th
ers. The publishers have sold over l.
100000 copies of their different songs,
and the authors received 4 royalty of
5 cents on each copy sold. Cole and
Johnson wrote all the music Of "Humpty
Dumpty," the big extravaganza brought
out by Klaw & Erlanger Other Ne
grOes who have been successful on the
stage are Black Patti, the singer. and
Williams and Walker. the comedians,
Harry Burleigh, aside from being d
concert singer and composer Of higher
class of music than that produced by
Cole and Johnson, IS the solo barytone
at St Georges Church, New York,
which Is the place where Pierpont Nor
gan goes to worship. Burleigh is 4
thoroughly trained, all-round musician.
for whose ability the white members of
his profession have only words of COM
pliment and praise.
/ Edward H. Morris, of Chicago. IS
Iprobably the most successful Of the Ne
gro race. He was originally from Ken
lucky, 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 taxing the net receipts of a
big insurance company. Morris is said
to have a practice worth $4,000 a year
! Mary Church Terrell is doubtless the
most accomplished Negro woman in
, America. She was the first woman ap-
, pointed on the board Of education in
. the District of Columbia and not Iono