The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1912-08-01


substantial progress made in his eff
forts to establish q national circuit
for colored vaudeville performers. He
has added several more highclass the
aters to his chain, and will shortly
make his invasion of the west, with
, a view Of forming an unbroken chain
! from New York to Kansas City. His
Washington theater has gone so well
that negotiations are pending for the
, purchase of the building and lot adj
joining the present structure on u
street. The plan is to make the two
into one. thus doubling the capacity,
/, and allowing for a stage that will
accommodate any regular road show.
| The location Is ideal, and theater
seating 600 people would make ire
mendous hit. It is, as yet, undecided
whether Mr.. Dudley will go out this
year with his Smart Set" company.
, Unless he and Barton and Wiswell,
his New York managers, reach sat
. isfactory adjustment of certain differ
ences, the coming season may see the
; great comedian, minus his cork, in the
: congenial role of producing manager,
working solely on his own hook.
Blanche Deas is taking repeated en-
! cores nightly at the New Howard, and
; the attendance is fine. Manager
u. Thomas is making splendid Roadway
in organizing the stock company to
buy the house from the Baltimore
owners.
g.. Miss Florne May Tyson, the affa-
, bic charge d'affairs at the Howard
Theater box office, is off for the
! Northwest, for a fortnight's vacation
the first she has taken in two years.
The fiscal year 1912 established a
new record in the Office of the Record
Ter Of Deeds, now under the painstak-
, ing administration Of Col. Henry Lin
coin Johnson, of Georgia. There was
| filed in the twelve months closing July
1, 26,13S papers, being an advance Of
! 902 over the number recorded in the
fiscal year 1911. That year had held
, the record in the history of the office.
| Register ]. G.. Napier went to Ow-
ensboro, KY, last week to address the
Chatauqua there, under the auspices
Of the teachers of the State of Ken
lucky. He spoke instructively on the
origin, purpose and benefits of the
Chautauqua movement, and won many
new friends among the appreciative
denizens Of the Blue Grass region.
|
The delegation OF prominent colored
Republicans, which waited upon Pres
ident Taft last week., to assure hian
Of he cordial support Of the level
headed colored voters of the country,
! was made up of George w. Hays, of
Cincinnati, O.; w. r. Francis, st.
Paul, Mimi; Harry S. Cummings,
Baltimore, Md; John S. Noel, Mont
gomery, w, Va; William Driskell, At
lanta, Ga; B. J. Davis, Dawson, Ca;
W. J.. Houston, Of this city. The par
ty was chaperoned by Col. Henry
Lincoln Johnson. The members were
leaders of the Grand United Order of
Odd Fellows, which embraces member
ship Of half million Negroes.
The suggestion from somewhere that
thc', IS a movement on foot to Or
gaEize a professional Club" in this
city is more than answered by the Mu-
So-Lit. Club, which includes in it's
membership of 100 the pick of the
professional circles of Washington.
Plans are being perfected for the
national jubilee in celebration Of the
fiftieth anniversary Of the issuance Of
the emancipation proclamation by
Abraham Lincoln. The dates are
September 90 to 26 inclusive. Prof.
Jesse Lawson is in general charge.
Judge Robert II. Terrell is chairman of
The executive committee, and Edward
H. Lawson is executive secretary.
y i
POT. Benjamin Griffith Brawley, un-
til recently connected with Howard
University, was married few even
ings ago to Miss Hilda Prowd,
daughter Of Rev. II. D. Prowd The
ceremony was performed by Rev. J.
Milton Waldron at the pastoral resi-
dence, 1894 V street. Prof. Brawley
is to take chair at the Atlanta Bap-
fist College.