The Denver star., 1917-06-23
ENCOURAGE RACE ARTISTS.
Let Poets and Musicians Know Their
Efforts Are Appreciated.

Efforts Are Appreciated.
New York. - Mrs Minnie Waller
French, the talented daughter of tie
late John r. Waller. sometime United
States consul at NADIA ga scar, has writ
ten clever little sketch. musical and
literary. entitled "A Meeting Of the
Young Peoples Improvement League"
the bject being to populariZe the musl
cal and literary productions OF Negro
composers and authors At the invita-
tion of Ye Friends Of Shakespeare Mrs
| French and her company of clever
young ladies appeared before that or
ganization in its hall in the Lain .yatte
| building. New York city, recently ani
presented the sketch to the infinite de
| light of a large and appreciative gather
ing of the society and its friends.
The novelty of the program rendered.
the high character Of the number given
by each participant and the excellence
of its rendition evoked the highest
commendation from the audience, ah'l
the society critic. Egbert Figaro, prsis
ed the ladies taking part In it. sar
ing that he had been made pronler
than ever of being identified with the
! program of such excellence and render
ed by members Of the race in such a
creditable and thoroughly interesting
! manner.
Mrs. French is popular New York
! vocalist and possesses a voice OF un-
usual purity and sweetness. Following
is the sketch given under her able di
rection. Doubtless Negro literary No
cieties, churches and Sabbath schools
will see in this program suggestion
worth considering in future. Instead Of
using poems, prose and musical seIec-
tions Of white authors, they will select
the best productions from the pens OF
Negro authors and thus inspire the
younger generation to aspire and at the
same time be teaching the masses what
the race has accomplished along these
lines. The sketch is staged to repre-
sent a meeting Of the Young Peoples
Improvement league. The meeting b
held in the home Of one of its members.
Observation-Disclosures Mrs. Mays: SEC
retary. Miss Best: pianist, NJ. Waller
French: hostess. Mrs. Snowden
Scene-Sittihg room of hostess at who's
home the league is holding its weekly
meeting.
Musical numbers-''The Negro Hymn
(chorus). Handy: "Dreamland." Buriei9h:
III Forget" DeKoven Thompson: "Who
knows?" Dunbar: Devotion" J. e. Bruce;
"Since You Went Away" J. Roseanond
Johnson: DE Little Pickaninny's Gone to
Sleep" johnson; II Think OF Thee" Han
dy: Ode to Harriet Tubman tchorasl n.
Waller French; "Only a Dream Of That
Beautiful City" Kelley: Rio Grand Waltz
es. Rssina Harvey.
Litcary numbers-Sketches from the
pen OF John E. Bruce Bruce Grit ON the
Negroes Place In Musical History" A
short sketch Of tho life of 8. Coleridse
Taylor and honorary mention Of tho
complishments of the late Harriet Tub
man.
Closing ohoru,-"Good Night" Nvsnl,.
choir.
Men make circumstances; eiresss-
stances make duties, and duty 10 49,
tiny.
God give us men! A time like this
demands
Strong minds, great hearts, tr~o
faith. and ready hands.
Men whom the lust Of once does -
kill;
Men whom the spoils Of once ean-
not buy;
Men who possess opinions and . vi1:
Men who have honor, and Who IN
not lie:
Men who can stand before . asoD
GoSue
And scorn his treacherous Aattsssss
without Winki1g.
Tall men. sun-cfowned, Vho nvo
above the fog
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