The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1920-12-18

supervisor OF the Music Pabhe schools
Of St. Louis, ably and interestingly
conducted the musical end Of the pro-
gram
Friday evening the following was
the set program:
At s:15 p. m, Prof. Jas L Usher,
Presiding; Mrs. Ruth Minor AadenA,
St Louis, No, soloist; Miss sybl Ham
nond, obertin, Ohio, pianist; simms
Orchestra
Program: Invocation, Rev. J. K.
Parker; Remarks, Prof. JaA L. Usher;
''The Swallow" Frederick CoWes,
Ma Ruth Minor HadenA; Address,
Miss Halle Quinn Brown, WiIberfores,
Ohio; Instrumental, Solo, hs Sybl
Hammond; Presentation Of Writing
Agents, Mrs. A. II. Malone; Presenta-
ton Of Visiting Y. n. c. A. Secretaries
Mr.. David Jones; Instrumental Solo,
Miss Hammond; Presentation of Visi-
tors, Mr.. Aaron E. Malone; 1.-THE Lit
tie Clouds" Frederick knight Logan,
Mrs. Ruth Minor Madena.
Aside from Miss Halle Q. Brown,
Col Otis B. Duncan and Hon. Henry
". Kiel, the best, most popular Mayor
that st. Louis has ever had, delivered
eloquent orations.
The four days celebration wound up
Saturday evening with the following
program and short talks by Col. George
L Knox, Editor of the Freeman, In
dianapolis, Ind; Julius F. Taylor and
many others including Mrs Annie NJ.
44alone
Sis p. m, Prof. J. Mercer Lang
ston, presiding; Quincy, Ill, Quartette;
simms' Orchestra; Mr.. Arthur Allen,
soloist
Program: Invocation; Remarks:
Prof. j. Mercer Langston, Marshall
School; Selection, Quincy Quartette;
Address, Eeutenant-Governor (Elect),
Hon. Hiram Lloyd; Wonderful Moth
er Of Nine" Mr.. Arthur Allen; Ad-
dress, Mr.. W. C. Hueston, Attorney,
Gary, Ind; Selection, Quincy Quar-
tette; Presentation Of Agents, Mrs.
Malone; Presentation of Visitors, Mr..
Malone; Goodbye" (Tosti), Mr.. Al
len; Benedietion.
1t was really amusing how Hon.
Henry W. Kiel, Mayor Of st. Louis,
who is q high class broad or liberal
minded gentlemen who ranks with the
best and most practical friends Of the
eolored race in this country and the
writer came in close contact with each
other, on that evening we occupied a
seat on the platform on its west side
and while sitting quietly listening to
the wonderful address which was then
being delivered by Miss Halle Q.
Brown, the comment on it appearing
in another column Of this paper, a tall
well built and handsome white gentle
man dropped into a chair right by
our side and a fly cop eased into a
seat right behind US, the gentleman by
our side asked US in low voice if we
could give him the name of the lady
speaking, we informed him that that
was Miss Halle Q. Brown of Wilber-
force, Ohio, President of the National
Association Of Colored Women's Clubs,
he replied in a soft low voice "that she
is a very brilliant woman, then he
requested us to give him the name Of
the lady accompanies on the piano and
that information was furnished US
by asking Prof. Jas. L. Usher, Prinei-
pal of the Dessaines School, who whis-
pered in our ear that she was Mrs.
Evans, the highly accomplished daugh-
ter of Prof. R. H. Cole, whose husband
is connected with the Sumner High
School, then we secured two programs
for the gentlemen and requested the
one sitting by our side for his card
he responded that "he did not have a
card with him." then we handed him
our program and politely requested him
to write his name on its back, which he
did and passed it back to us and in
glancing at it it simply said, "Henry
W. Kiel, Mayor Of st. Louis, No." at
that point we came mighty near falling
from our chair and after catching our
second breath we presented him with
our card, then Mayor Kiel warmly
grasped us by the hand and bid us vel
come to st. Louis.
Mayor Kiel was warmly received
when he rose to address the large num-
Der Of prominent men and women pres
emit. He is a very pleasing speaker.
He did not start in by telling any fun
ny stories at the expense Of any race
or anybody. On the contrary, he
talked plain, common horse sense right
from the shoulder He paid q high
tribute to Prof. and Mrs. Malone and
declared that they ranked among the
best and most progressive citizens in
this country; that they are a great
honor to their race and to America;
that they are living examples Of what
the eolored race is fully capable Of ae-
complaining in such q short space Of
time while on the road to absolute
freedom; that he and his fellow white
citizens Of St. Louis are proud Of the