The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-12-06

color line and what can be done by the
individual, we have it here in this It'll
tie woman, Mrs. Annie Turnbo- Malone.
Behold her. =
Mrs. Malone was given an ovation
when presented to the large audience.
She made short talk in which she said
that if she were booked for an address
her subject would be ssGiving.,, It
was a great thing to give, and she i'm
pressed the value of little gift, and told
how she had been encouraged, inspired
by the gift of a kind word during her
carly life, and she was ever ready to re-
spond to any cause which needed her,
and if she only had the means she
would give to every appeal made tosher.
In the audience Monday night were
some Of the leading men and women Of
st. Louis. The best people of both
races We'd with each other to show their
appreciation, their esteem, their respect
for the woman, for the man who were
not grumblers, but doers.
Tuesday.
The second day Of the opening was
full This wonderful building was
thrown open TO the public at 10 . clock,
and long before the hour there were
many people ON. the streets waiting.
No attempt ID make money. The best
available talent, men and women Of na,
tional fame, and sone International ap-
peared on tho psogram each evening Of
the week, and III who came were ad-
mitted free. Tho initiation went to an
alike, Gone and see and hear
The first song at the opening Of the
new building wasseompossd by : mem
ber Of the race, Hermez Zimmerman, OF
Hadley, I'LL, g America First and For
ever, and was sung by the Poro
Choral Club, Of 125 voices, the en-
ployees Of the institution.
Rev. r. y. Cole, principal Of one Of
the public schools Of st. Louis, pre-
sided. Each program was arranged by,
Prof. Jones, secretary Of the 81. Louis
Y. M. g. "A. sThe Old Flag Never.
Touched the Ground Boys, was the,
opening chorus, and the prayer was
made by DR.. Cole.
George B. Garner Of Chicago, tenor
sofuist, and director Of the sPoiyphonic
Choral Onion, with his voice won the
large audieace: He va encoreds time
md time asain: He made 8 hit.
A Sass could recall when the sec.
tiep Nhsre now stands tie aa9liAceR
etfustsre Has callsd lfudyIlle, hon II
-; n - !, M bnt 60
wlass \ 6eznti4a1 section 81 st. Lo5uIis,
and. great things would yet be accom-
plished right III the section where
stands Poro College. IS Poro will bring
the people out here, he said.
ss The Early Fife of Aaron and Annie
Malone 8 was discussed BY Mrs. III. w. 4
Jameson, Of Peoria, ILL.,, who had known
both from youth. She told Of the school
days Of Aaron, his finishing the gram
mar school; high school, normal and
then accepting 4 small school in south
ern Illinois, then principal Of large
health, left the school room, became .
book agent and later married the model
woman Of the Negro race.
The life Of Mrs. Malone as told by
Mrs. jameson was an inspiration to- the
girls of the race. She described her
humble home, her school days with her
short hair, but now she portrayed the
elements Of q great woman. She. stuck
to her school duties, feeding her mine,
and today she is benefactor to- the
whole race.
Charles Stewart, Of Chicago, was the
next speaker. /" He who fails to find
himself, who he is, what he is and his
place i'm God s universe, is a failure
throughout his life, y he said, aandwe
have before us these two characters,
Mr.. and Mrs. Malone, because they took
the time in the school room to locate.
themselves. Man must find himself
through his mind. Physical size, or
strength, is not manhood, but man is
mind. God breathed into his nostrils,
mind, soul, will. He rules the world
because he is the mind Of the world. = = A
Editor George 4. Knox, Of the In
Freeman, spoke. He said
some good wholesome things to the peo-
pie. The closing address was made by
Editor John II. Murphy, of the Afro
American, Baltimore, Md. He deliv-
cred practical business address. Les
ter A. Walton, Of the New York Age,
was introduced as product Of ST..
Louis. He had spent his early life in
e ssMudville, Z but today stood out as an
inspiration to the youth Of the race.
wednesday.
81 The crowd had largely increased from
out Of town, and all day the ushers
were kept busy showing the visitors m
through the plant. In the afternoon
the Poro agents Of ST Louis gave re-
fha iasfiuY