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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-09-19

has inspired generations of students
who have passed through that insti-
tuition That a company Of singers
could raise such an amount of money
augurs for the beauty and charm as
we'll as the value of the music. The
tour of the original singers was fol-
lowed by other groups of young men
and women, and even to-day the
Fisk Singers still travel the country,
singing the songs of the American
negro.
Fisk University Leads
Fisk University stands.as the fore
most exponent Of this music and
was the first to introduce it to
America. Other institutions like
Hampton, Tuskegee, Atlanta Uni
versity, Calhoun Institute and
others throughout the South are
teaching the students the beauty and
value Of the music. Hampton Insti-
tute stands next to Fisk University
in its preservation. Professor Work
gives as the reason for this that the
State of Virginia is rich in folklore
appreciation and that the colored
people Of the state take particular
pride in saving this music. The
Hampton Singers have done much to
carry the power Of this music to the
world. DR.. Robert r. Motion, the
principal of Tuskegee Institute, who
for twenty-five years was the COM
mandant at Hampton Institute, did
much to get before the students of
that institute the correct attitude
toward these songs. Even in the
public schools Of the South the pupils
are taught to love these songs. This
change as it affects the public
schools has come about within the
past decade; it was not so when |
was attending the public schools in
South Carolina. The whole attitude
toward this music has changed, and
the country. no longer looks upon it
as something to be despised, but, on
the other hand, as something to be
revered.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-09-19
By Cleveland c. Allen
MTHE story Of negro music il

N%HE story Of negro music is
one full Of challenge and is
woven around adventure,
daring, courage, faith, pa
thence, hope, sorrow and optimism.
1t represents the expressed hope Of
q people who faced desperate odds,
who braved the hardships of slavery,
and who, at period Of their own
life when all was dark and dreary,
relied upon their own songs to work
out their destiny and carved their
way to the promised land.
When the negro came to this
country on little Dutch vessel, In
1919. landing at Jamestown, Va, in
a strange country, the only weapon
that he brought with him was his
songs. and with these songs he faced
the long stretch Of slavery, cover
ing a period Of $50 years, with a
courage unequaled in the story OF
races. With his songs he made
known his sorrow, his hopes, his
aspiration, his patience. and sang of
the freedom to come. He came to O
country to find his way among
strange people and strange customs,
but he knew by his songs he could
express his character and soul and
that it would not be long before
the world would see this soul and
accord to him place among the
races Of men.
To Save This Music
e the negro did not have the
gift Of song he would have lost his
place In the struggle, he would have
become extinct and ceased to be of
sociological value. In my lectures
on the story of this music l try to
this music as best repre-
senting the major note in the negro's
life, and how upon it he must rely
for further development in the
moral and spiritual realm.
feel that upon the young genera
ton Of negroes depends the RESPONSE
oility Of saving this music and en-
phasizing the fact that it is q price
Isss heritage that ought to be treas
spe& Xs wan this fact that led mo 60 |
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-09-19

AXE animals with strange
habits have Just arrived at
-~ Va the Bronx zoo from the re-
mote corners OF Asia and
Africa. They range from the hoolack
gibbons, or tailless manlike apes,
from the jungles of India, to the
beautifully colored onager, or wild
ass, from the highland plateau Of
'Beluchistan, and from queer little
frogs that spend their whole lives
under water to the six-foot monitors,
the biggest lizards known, that fight
savagely with powerful tail, claws
and teeth.
AS the most important Of tho sew
eral thousand specimens recently
gathered In from the wild animal
markets Of the world and brought
to the zoo by Les s. Crandall, Of
Director William T. Hornaday's
staff, are shown in America for The
first time, they may be considered
pioneers In the animal industry
opened up since the war and the
blazers Of new paths from hitherto
UNEMPLOYED tropical Jungles to New
York's animal playground. 1t Is the
intention of the ZOO authorities to
keep the paths pretty well beaten,
thus maintaining the zoos reputa-
ton Of being the most populous in
stitution Of Its kind In the world.
The Queer Hoolacks
OF the newcomers Mr.. Crandall
thinks the hoolack gibbons are
unique. They are the first pair
ever to touch foot on American
sofl. spidery in appearance, because
Of their shaggy coat OF black hair,
and powerful in build, they are
the lowest In The order Of the man.
like apes, being preceded by the
gorilla, the chimpanzee and the
orang-outang, but in spite of this
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-09-19

day, and when he looked for the
comment, instead of ridicule there
was praiscr heralding the singers as
a splendidly trained group of sing
ers, who were bringing to America
its own original music. They were
praised for their fine Interpretation,
their technique and for their deport-
ment as well. The colored singers
had won, and the success Of their
tour was assured.
After touring throughout America
the Fisk Singers travelled through
out England and Europe, touching
the heart of peasant and nobility
with these American melodies. They
sang before the King and Queen
and brought to them in this music
the story Of the struggles of the
American negro. While the singers
were in England Dwight Moody was
holding religious services in London,
and he frequently used them to aid
him in his services.
Queen Victoria Wept
Professor Work wildly describes
the tour Of the singers In these
words:
From 1871 to 1878 that company
enjoyed one continuous ovation. New
England crowded her largest build
ing and paid literally to hear them
sing. Mr.. White began to send back
to Professor Spence hundreds of
dollars to add to that one lonely
dollar, to keep from having an
empty treasury"
Professor Work tells how Queen
Victoria wept before the songs of
this band of singers from the South,
and the reception they received from
Ford Shaftesbury and other eminent
men and women or England. They
travelled with equal success in Ger
many and France. For eight years
these singers toured the world,
touching the hearts and consciences
of people as they never were touched
before, until, when they returned to
Fisk University, they laid at the
doors of their alma mater $l50,00O,
which went toward the erection Of
Jubilee Hall, building that stands
on the campus Of that university,
dedicated to negro MUSIC.
jubilee Hall stands on the place
where once a~slave pen stood, and
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-09-19

known that on its trip to New York
it spent seven weeks in a crate and
never kicked. Taken off the ship
and liberated on the pleasant
meadow assigned to it at the Zoo
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-09-19
Tributes From White Critics

Prominent white musicians have
Joined in paying tribute to negro
music, as expressed in these melodies,
and some idea of how they are re-
garded may be seen from the recep-
ton they get from an American
audience when they are offered by
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-09-19

patience. 1t was caught In BeIu-
chistan and sold into slavery in the
wild animal market at Singapore.
Nobody knows what discomforts it
endured on that journey. But it is
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-09-19
Some secret joke appears
~ to Keep the Fonda cat
bear GtWays smiling

it merely yawned, stretched it's legs
and began to nibble the grass with
as much unconcern as if it merely
had stepped over from Asia. AL
though she is alone, SO far as
any other members Of her species
are concerned, the onager has the
company at the ZOO Of kiang,
male wildcat Of Western Tibet.
There they stand gazing over
fence at each other, two silent,
patient enigmas Of the animal king
dom; one rich brown, from the
forbidden land of Tibet, the other
as delicate in color as lady's
fawn glove, from the mysterious
plains of Beluchistan. Their kind
have figured in literature, for Bal
FAC in his grotesque Wild ASS
Skin has woven a tale of magic,
while Stevenson in one of his whm-
steal skits in Travels With Dom
key expatiates on the numberless
thwacks donkey receives during
his lifetime while carrying the bur-
dens of his master, only to have his
hide stretched over drum after
his death to be cheerily drubbed by
some constituencies ass Of drum
mer boy.
The Humorous Panda
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-09-19
H0olack Gossip

Endless yepetitions Of these ejac-
ulations constitute the whole CONVEX
satlon. It might seem to the observer
to threaten to become in time q
rather monotonous colloquy, but who
knows whether these creatures, by
some subtle variations in infections,
do not contrive to communicate their
sentiments? Who knows but that Mr..
and Mrs. Hoolack, having reduced
their whole vocabulary to a couple
Of sounds, are not making critical
comments, as they behold the sight
seers outside their cage, on the cum
brous speech Of humans?
However this may be, Mr.. Gran
dali believes the "hoo-ah" common
to this tribe Of gibbon is certainly a
means Of communication and per-
haps In the forest jungles it Is a
warning signal. The hoolack is an
arboreal ape, black all over except
for white hairs around his eyes, and
lives in the topmost branches of
trees. When he has reason to be-
lieve that danger is lurking near he
sets up his cry and soon from tree
top to treetop it is telegraphed in
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-09-19

ried over the country. On the day
that the singers arrived, states Pro-
lessor Work, everything had gone
wrong at the convention.
Objection to Their Singing
Permission was asked for the
singers to sing, but the request was
waved aside, but while the conven-
ton was debating the fact as to
whether or not they should be heard
they had stolen around to the gal
!ery without any one seeing them.
All of sudden there foated over
that large convention hall the soft
strains of "Steal Away to Jesus"
A hush fell over the audience as the
strains Of that song foated over the
hall.
There were pathos, harmony, SYM
pathy in the song, because these
were trained singers, and they made
that vast audience, some of which
represented New England culture,
actually see the slaves stealing away
to Jesus. The singers stopped, the
convention cried for more, and from
that moment to the present time no
one has doubted the place that these
songs have in American life. Pro-
lessor George White, a Northern
white man who had gone down to
teach in the South, and himself
musician, had faith in this music,
and when he saw this music receiv-
ing such reception at it's initial
bow his faith redoubled.
Invited TO New York
Fortunately for the Fisk Singers,
Henry Ward Beecher, the noted
preacher, then pastor in Brooklyn,
was visiting that convention, and
after he had heard the jubilee sing
ers ne arose in the midst OF the CON-
vention and invited them to come to
his church in Brooklyn. Tie singers
started for the North with fear and
trembling, because on whatever the
New York critics said would depend
the future Of the songs. But the
singers came, and came with faith
in their music. Their coming had
been widely heralded and a capacity
audience greeted their first appear
ance in this section.
Professor White wanted to know
what the New York newspapers had
to say about the singers tho next
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-09-19
THIS hoolack gibbon, mo10
L. on vaeaO at the 200, IS the
first to be sh07Un In America

fact they have two characteristics
which enhance their human resem-
blances. They have no tails and
they make a sound which suggests
two syllables from q Hindu lam
guage. Observe Mr.. and Mrs.
Hoolack in their new cage and you
will presently see them engage in
what appears to be a monkey con-
versation. Mr.. Hoolack will turn to
his spouse and say "Hoo-ahw Upon
which Mrs. Hoolack, after blinking
her eyes Understandings, will re-
tort, "Hoo-ah!"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-09-19


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brouphH two sner;ro,s 49,,
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lizard tribe and dor;ra 60 ss " Dc
from the supposition fb.t s. UNA
supposed to give warning Of III. -
pfoach VI crocoo1es' with whom tbs,
sa,o $780, t, Gins A monl
sees on monsters doro,;s 'a"s oas
teeth are as formidable and on. .' s ~
Of his tail, properly landed 10 rs
Gent 70 KNOCK out any ordinary an
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4:, ,, among hfs|
Tho o+bers ;,o,,,io t,.-,.t 'e.'0a-
and a dozen axoloths, or s.,,n.
ders, which, curiously enough. Az.
Indigenous TO North America but ara
nv" o0'"i'i"0'e Only IN Europe. Ths
~ +h;s oo,,+;ron. ha- h 1'ai'Shuea
10 lao b,t fine Fpro,oan I.'
have quantities of the snecimer,
Curious Eroas
Wv '''0''' Il '0''' u All creep
ing or hopping thlngs are tie squa.
tic frogs, twenty OF which are non
added to the zoo. They coma S..,
Afr;o. TLo,r +o;.
~
'oi''s'sasls
carried OUT throughout tneir entire
lifetime, for they seldom venture On
dry land. One must find them At ths
bottom Of some linnjd noo, - ~.
.no, honn ,,3 ..;.,;
~ ''Sp'
1ios '"''i0''' ''el' S'omachs paHsd
OUT ana thclr claWed toes eagerly
grasping a subaQueous meal.
The zoo now possesses aims.
three Thousand snocimsn. =, h,..
'-N - 10 '-Ir, 40 90 ~ '''0'' 'siusoa
.oo Wv" - viz "o''u' VI
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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-09-19
By Tom Steep

ARE animals with strange
habits have Just arrived at
the Bronx zoo from the re-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-09-19
The Humorous Panda

1t has been observed that animals
often suggest human types without
themselves having any features sug-
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1920-08-21
.ANTI-SUFFS MAY YET
BLOCK RATIFICATION
More Than Thirty Members Of Ten.
nessee House Leave State for Ala
bama to Prevent CertificatiOn OF
Resolution.

Nashville, Tenn, August 21. - More
t. an 80 members of g Tennessee
House opposed to suffrage were miss
ing from their hotels early today and
were reported to have left for Alabama
in an effort to break quorum of the
House and delay final action on the
woman suffrage amendment. This fill
buster the antis assert, will prevent
tia amendment resolution being certi-
fed to the Secretary of State as hav-
ing been passed.
If suffragists are victorious in the
end Judge Jos. Higgins, of Nashville
president Of the Tennessee Constitu-
tional league has announced, those
opposed to ratification will seek t
restrain Governor Roberts and thu
Tennessee Secretary of State from
certifying ratification to Washington
on the ground that the Legislator,
lacked authority under the state con
stitution to act on ratification.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1920-08-21
F0RGER HELD TO GRAND
JURY IN HEAVY BOND
Lee Anderson Pollitt Offers No De,
fense In Police Court Hearing of
Charge Of Forgery.

Announcing himself ready for trial
and desiring no attorney, Lee Ander-
sen Pollitt, of the Mt. Carmel neigh
borhood sat through the evidence of
the prosecution in Police Court this
afternoon where he was being tried
on o charge of forgery, and then an
nounced that he had no defense to Of
fer. Judge Whitaker held him to the
September grand jury and placed his
bail at $500, which he was unable to
give.
Representing himself as H. P. Glas-
cock, he called at a local bank on
Thursday afternoon and saying that
he could not write, had one of the
bank clerks draw a check payable to
Charles Kelley which he signed by his
mark. Later in the afternoon he made
purchase amounting to $21 at the
Squires-Brady store representing him
self as Charles Kelley and presented
the check. He was given the difference
of $l4 in cash but shortly after he left
the store Mr.. Brady. becoming uneasy
t lephoned to the Fleming Farmers
Bank upon which the check was
drawn and found there was no sucf
account ir that bank. Pollitt was soor
arrester
This same man figured in Polio,
Court about a year ago. From his ac
ton this afternoon, 1t appears that h,
intends to make no fight in the cas-,
but is resigned to take his punishment
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1920-08-21
BANK MOVES TODAY
into BEAUTIFUL new
BANKING BUILDING
Bank Of Maysvllle VIII Begin Business
In Its New Building Monday Morn.
ing-Grand Opening to the
Public Tuesday Evening.

All preparations have been made for
the Bank Of Maysville to move into its
new building on the south side Of Sec
ond street, the exact site of the old
Bank of Maysville building, beginning
this afternoon after banking hours. 1t
Is expected that it will require many
hours and take until late in the eve
ming to complete the moving of all of
the banks equipment acros the street
into the new building.
Regular business will proceed in the
new building Monday morning but
much Of Monday will be given over to
Strengthening up and getting ready for
the grand opening to the public on
Tuesday afternoon and evening. This
opeing will be something very unus-
ual. The Maysville Boys Band will
furnish music and there will be re-
freshment for the visitors but more
substantial souvenir will be given the
banks saving department customers,
particulars of which are given in an
advertisement appearing elsewhere in
this issue.
Maysville can now boast of one OF
the most complete banking buildings
in the entire country, Nothing has
been overlooked by the officials of the
bank In the erection of this new house
The comfort of employees and custom
ers has been looked after in the minut-
est detail and more up=to-date place
Of business could not be conceived al
this time.
1t is expected that the new building
will be crowded Tuesday afternoon
and evening during the reception ant
the officials of the bank hope thai
everyone will take this occasion o.
seeing the building in all its details,
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1920-08-21
FILMS BY AIRPLANE
TO THEATERS FOR
PARAMOUNT WEEK
Famous Players-Lasky, Cincinnati Ex-
change Arranges for Air Service
In "Better PicturesS
Campaign.

Air delivery of motion picture films
from the Cincinnati exchange of the
Famous Players-Lasky corporation
has been arranged by Manager Fred
eric Strict as a feature of the Para
mount week campaign September 5 to
IL. 1t Is planned to load an airplane
with films and make landings in Ohio,
Kentucky, Indiana and West Virginia
the four states served from the Gin
cinnati exchange In addition to these
deliveries films will be dropped from
the air by means of especially con-
structed parachutes to theaters in sew
eral of the smaller cities in which
there are not landing facilities.
Paramount Week. is an annual
event with the Famous Players-Lasky
organization and is intended primarily
to emphasize the trend towards better
motion pictures. Special efforts are
being made to have Paramount pic
lures exhibited in as many theaters as
possible from September 5 to IL, and
as a result of the drive more than 300
| theaters in the Cincinnati territory are
expected to show Paramount pictures
exclusively during that week.
"Airplane delivery of films is certain
to become general within few years."
Manager Strict of the Cincinnati ex-
change said in discussing the innova-
ton. while the deliveries for Para
mount Week are in the nature of an
experiment, | am convinced from the
enthusiasm of Mr.. Williams and the
other Dayton Wright officials that it
will be only question af time until
the air delivery of films will be as
common as the express route"
Details for the deliveries by air.
Ilane are now being worked out by
Frank A. Cassidy, exploitation repre-
sentative of the Famous Players-Lasky
corporation at the Cincinnati exchange
and schedule for the trips will be
given out in advance of the day set for
the deliveries. Landings will be lin
tied to the cities which have fields suf-
ficienly large to give the aviator
enough room to reach the ground in
safety and also to alight from. The
cities to receive parachute deliveries
will be designated as soon as the main
route is decided upon.
The Washington theater will receive
their films by airpline during this spe-
cial week and Manager Russell is ar
ranging for landing at the brick yard
field.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1920-08-21
GETTING READY FOR
CIRCUIT COURT.

The September term of the Mason
Circuit Court will be opened on the
first Monday in September and Sheriff
C. E. Galbraith snow summoning the
grand and petit jurors for the term.
Next Friday will be the last day for
filing suits for this term. Up to the
present time there is very small
docket and it is expected that there
will be little business for the term.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1920-08-21
eggs MUST Be PROPERLY
CANDLED IN This PERIOD
State Board of Health Asks PrOsecut.
Ing Attorneys To See That State
Egg Gambling Law Is Enforced.

Complaints have reached the State
Board of Health that the regulations
of the State Board of Health in regard
to the Gambling of eggs from May 18th
to January 18th of each year are not
being observed.
1t was estimated in 1917 that 1O,O15,-
900 cases of eggs were lost as food due
to rotting and improper handling. This
meant a financial loss Of over $780,
100000. The candling of eggs by buy
ers and shippers will force them on
the market while fresh and prevent
the shipping of rotten eggs and great
ly reduce this loss.
The regulations to insure this can
ding can be condensed as follows:
Candle all eggs bough or sold be-
TWEEN the date of May 18th and jan
uary 18th of each year.
Farmers, country merchants, huck-
sters and shippers, can easily and
cheaply save eggs and money by sell
ing them while fresh and observing
the rule that requires an egg Gambling
certificate in every case of eggs put
on the market.
Buyers of eggs. Candle all eggs al
time Of purchase. Pay only for good
edible eggs; returning the bad ones
to producer. Keep statement of pur'
chases showing number of good ant
bad eggs in each lot. Put Gambling Ger.
tificate in each egg case.
Shippers of eggs. Ship eggs as soor
as possible. See that all eggs shipped
have Gambling certificates in case.
Receivers and brokers. Refuse t
accept any case Of eggs that does no
contain a properl ysigned and dated
Gambling certificate.
Every prosecuting attorney in thu
state has been asked by the Board o
Health that prosecutions be instituted
in every case of violation Of the law.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1920-08-21
MOTHERS OF THIS COUNTRY


have. through all ages past and will
through all years to come take care OF
the ordinary simple ailments incident
to every family with their own favor
ite remedy.
In almost every home in the land
Lydia e. Pinkhams Vegetable Com
pound is the recognized standard
household remedy for female ills
thousand Of American women owe
their good health to it. Made from
the roots and herbs of the field, it Is 6
simple remedy in which suffering
women may place perfect confidence
1t contains no narcotics or harmfu
| drugs.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1920-08-21
WELCOME.

We extend most cordial Invitation
to everybody to attend the opening OF
our new building and celebration Of
our eighty.fifth anniversary, next
Tuesday, August "a, 1920, from 3 to
8 O'clock p. m.
Music, refreshments, flowers and a
cash souvenir to those making a de.
pOslt during opening week, in our
Savings department.
All free; and We want you to come
and enjoy the occasion and be espe.
eiany benefited by avalling yourself
Of our cash souvenir.
2lAug2t BANK OF MAYSVILLE.