Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-15

-,.-I-.---., = ho hotter than he is We are be-
ginning to think that we nave carrieu INC
thing too far. .1s.,,,oa n a verv
whole-hearted manner. Their amusenle es
v,era NOT perbaps in harmony with protestant
pastors ideas of life. 1t was, however DuC q
natural expression of cur ardent Temperament
that yearns to drain the cup OF lie u tn0
bottom. I'LL, 10
To live thus passionately and recklessi! I'D ID
one thing and to have ones wickedness turi et'
into a spectacle for the entertainment VI aoi
eigners is another. English ana AmeiiG" 10
come to Paris to do things that they Wouiu 20
ashamed to do at home. Now we are uylns
to make them feel that they are ooins 'iine0
that Parisians would blush to DO. hama.
am pleased to say that the most sndnio
less entertainments in Paris are now Amos
exclusively patronized by foreigners. Wh&C
still more gratifying the performers are W
large extent foreigners. At least II Is on on,
the dregs of our population that TURKISH 'nl9
sort of entertainment. .4 +be
greatest attraction to our exotic Vlsltors Juas
now are those music hall ballots, reVues anr
spectacles in which the performers ap ~ &c..
largely in bare skin. 1t Is at hrst Gllhcul. 10
the French mind to conceive tnaC me-
ANYTHING intrinsically wicked in showing one ne
elin howeyer much of it. but when we ~
the feelings such things excite in respec tSo
British fathers of families away 1ron I'm o,,r
wives and pastors away from tnelr llooh1 ord
conscience becomes uneasy Then our i nar
ened Parisians feel that they shoulu i0''
how to blush. -,-, rotronize
deal with grave social problems ana n.s
natural aspirations. Our books snow tu9 So,
tendency Such things may become c 1ho,I,
eux" but we feel it our duty 10 go III ~
Personally ! do not believe IN q ~ A. r
that makes purity its sole aim. Nelther 10 ~ ;
bp OnnOSite
I believe in making a picture OF lie as ~
without showing it as a nursery story OF a.
made I'M of horrors In writing my move
have taken care to be thoroughly well lliloI II,
ed about the phases of life upon winch VIZ,
When ] wrote a book about the hsheil n,,.
Naples | lived among them LOT d ye'i -
to prepare my copy. -. tbe
Now 7 am going to write a book about INV
love of a handsome American negro LOT %
beautiful American white woman. III oruei w.
write it properly ] am now going to STUDY W. n
negroes of North America. The scene VIII q
laid in New Orleans. The hero VIII po "
mulatto. partly of French descent. The neIo
inc will be a beautiful young woman OF l1 4t,
old aristocratic French society when 9''''
fingers in Louisiana.
His love is pure and noble, but social prey"
dces and conditions make his sun nopely.. T.
Misunderstood and ill-treated in the most cru.
manner, he falls into despair. He becoluga
a victim of drink and other vices. fln"'''
he falls into the cocaine habit.
know your American attitude to"a'a
negroes. 1t means little to us In France y
negro is a human being, and the fate OF Sucn
a man as / have conceived Is one OF the grear
est tragedies that our modern civilization
could show.
In order to master my scenes and chara'
ters, ] am going to New Orleans to study llo
life of the negroes, aud also OF the tren.n
creoes. Then | am going to Hayt ana ~
Cuba, where I believe many interesting view
OF the civilized American negro can DO oD'
tanned.