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The Colorado statesman., 1921-12-03
Mrs. Leila Walker
Wilson to Be the
Guest of Liberia
Owner of Villa Lew
arc Sails for France

Booked among the passengers of
the Paris, palatial liner which
sailed from New York on Friday,
Nov. 25, was no more distinguished
person that Mrs. Leila Walker Will
son, only daughter of the late
Madame c. J. Walker, owner and
resident of beautiful Villa Lewaro
at exclusive Irvington, N. ", who
sailed for Havre, France. From
there she will go for a time to
Paris in interest of business for
the Madam C. J. Walker Mfg. Co.
of which she is the president and
owner. After a sojourn in the
French metropolis Mrs. Wilson
will proceed to Africa by way of
Spain and Portugal, landing at
Monrovia, the capital of Liberia.
While in that country she will be
the special guest of the President,
the Honorable c. D. B. King, and
will conduct a business survey and
thoroughly investigate the Possi-
bilities of further extending the
business of the Madam Walker
Mfq. Co. in that and other coun-
tries of Africa.
Mrs. Wilson is competent bus
mess woman and doubtless she
will tell the public upon her re-
turn of her experiences and of the
commercial opportunities in the
countries that she will visit.
1t is gratifying to note that this
head of the leading and long es-
tabIished business firm of the
Madam c. J. Walker Manufactur-
ing Company is about to launch
out in larger enterprises by trav-
cling to the countries of the East
ern Hemisphere.
We have always contended that
if our business must be recognized
as others, we must act along all
lines that cater to bigger ana
broader business activity, and
nothing can surpass the travelling
experience of business characters,
who by not hesitating to spend
money and time in acquiring
knowledge for the successful con-
Quoting of their business, will
reach high standard of efficien-
cy and create an attractiVeness
alike other firms. THE CoLORA-
DO STATESMAN extends best
safe return to our esteemed bust
ness head, Mrs. Leila Walker Will
son. [Editor.l
The Colorado statesman., 1921-12-03
Negro Writes Cen
tury Pageant

st. Louis, Mo.-The city of st. Louis
has celebrated the hundredth anniver-
sary of the admission of Missouri to
the Union with Il series of perform
ances of a play, Missouri" written
for the occasion. missouri" is part
drama and part pageant, with the
whole connected, diluted and exalted
with music, also specially written.
The music was divided among three
composers, the prologue being written
by Gerald Tyler, Colored, Assistant
Supervisor of Music in the public
schools; the epilogue by Frederick
Fischer, Acting Conductor of the st.
Louis Symphony Orchestra and the
incidental music by Noel Popping,
local bandmaster.
A thousand people, including the
Symphony Orchestra, took part in the
performance and the audiences crowd
ed the Coliseum.
Mr.. Tyler more than justified the
exceptional compliment implied in his
selection for this difficult and distin-
guished service, and the press and pub
lie have given him unstinted praise.
The Colorado statesman., 1921-12-03
BOULDER, COLO, NEWS.

We again had Il snow, but it is all
gone now and we are again basking in
the warm sunshine. The nights and
mornings are rather chilly, but the
days are nice.
Everyone reports Il nice Thanksgiv-
ing. We join heartily in the report.
Sunday was quarterly conference at
the Allen Chapel but the presiding eld-
er could not get here, so Rev. Carter
officiated in his place, assisted by Rev.
James Clay.
Rev. Carter preached from the sub
ject, "The Terrible Suffering of
Christ" He drew Il very vivid word
picture of the humiliating, degraded,
despised condition on the cross. His
beauty was marred. Man could not
discern Christ's real beauty because of
his terrible suffering. The world ever
hid its face in darkness, but in love he
left the Last Supper on record for his
to commemorate to show forth his
death and suffering until he comes
again.
Sunday morning Rev. Jackson spoke
on Thanksgiving to God" and remind
ed his audience how the first Thanks
giving was held by the Pilgrim Fathers
over 800 years ago, impressing it upon
our minds to be thankful each day for
the many blessings which we receive
daily from the loving hand of God.
AT night the services were conducted
by the young people. The first num-
ber on the program was awakening
Chorus" in concert.
March, played by Miss Yvette Horne.
Solo, Deep River" sung by Mr.. L.
Horne.
Duet. where the Lazy Mississippi
sung by Miss Ruth Caves and
Miss Marie Townsend.
Violin solo, by Mr.. Alex. Brickler.
Piano solo, la Zingana," player by
Mr.. James Chrysler. He responded to
an encore.
Closing remarks by the pastor, Rev.
Jackson.
The program was enjoyed by all who
attended.
The Thanksgiving dinner given by
the sisters and friends of the Allen
Chapel last week was a success. They
are smiling.
Rev. Carter received a letter recent
ly from Bishop Brooks, who is in AT
rica, telling him over 5000 souls had
been saved since March. We think that
n good report
The Colorado statesman., 1921-12-03
University
Placed in Group One

Atlanta, Ga-Atlanta University has
received notice that it has been placed
in Group l of Negro colleges by the
American Medical Association, along
with Howard, Fisk and Lincoln. Here
after graduates of Atlanta University
may enter any reputable medical
school in the United States, provided
they have taken in their college work
those subjects which are the necessary
to medical course.
The Colorado statesman., 1921-12-03
Professor Desires
Racial Cooperation

New York, Nov. 21.-Last week
Prof. Paul J. Sachs of the Fogg Art
Museum of Harvard University, and
treasurer of the Cambridge Urban
League had a notable gathering of
professors of Harvard University,
deans of colleges and their wives to-
gether with many leading citizens of
Boston at his home, SHADY HILL" to
discuss "Racial Cooperation" and to
learn at first hand what is being done
throughout the country by leading So
ciaI service movements to establish
justice for all and to secure larger op-
portunity for the Negro.
The principal speakers were Eugene
Kinckle Jones, executive secretary of
the National Urban League, and
Moorfield Storey, former president of
vancement of Colored People. Mr..
VIM. a. Lee, secretary of the Cam
bridg Urban League, presented an out
line of the accomplishments of his or
SdnlzdtlOn IOr lHe past year anu Ine
plans for the expansion during the en-
suing fiscal year.
Among those present were Mr.. and
Mrs Paul J. Sachs, Dean l.. B. r.
Briggs, Mr.. and Mrs. John Graham
Brooks, Mrs. John NJ. Moors, Miss AL
ice Tapley, Miss Louise w. Brooks
and Prof. Albert Bushnell Hart.
The Colorado statesman., 1921-12-03

WYO. NEWS

THE Thanksgiving Union Services
were held at the Methodist Church,
Rev. Endlcott, pastor.
Opening song by the choir.
Thanksgiving Proclamation, Miss
Hattie Brown.
Song by the Choir.
Solo, Mr. B. B. Cowen.
Sermon: Rev. I. n. Whitten, on
Thanksgiving,
Collections: S7O7, which was given
to the ill.
The afternoon and evening was spent
at the Second Baptist Church at
Thanksgiving dinner given under the
auspices of the Missionary Sewing Cir
Gle, and a silk quilt contest, which was
made by the Sewing Circle, and award
ed to the one raising the most money
on tickets to the dinner.
The quilt contestants were:
| Mrs Lizzie Christian, $42.50.
Mrs. Lillian McAIickens, $36.75.
Mrs. B. II. Turner, S23.00.
Mrs. II. C. Green, S15.T5.
Ice cream committee, Mrs. Foster,
$3.50.
Other committees were as follows:
Mrs. l. n. Whitten, Mrs. Lucy Sup
pie, Mrs. Ida Anderson, Mrs. Clarence
Paxton, Mrs. Marie Pension.
A free turkey was donated by the
pastor, Rev. 1. ~ Whitten, for the ill
aDJ ,,nfortuuotaI Of tho counp,unitx-
Prayer meeting Wednesday evening.
The Colorado statesman., 1921-12-03
HENRY LINCOLN JOHNSON
CASE is UP To HARDING

it on the ground that it interfered with
state sovereignty and that it tended to
lift from the several states their re-
sponsibility in the enforcement of
criminal laws. Dyer, Republican, of
Missouri, the sponsor of the bill, is re
ported to have said that probably no
action on the bill would be taken at
this special session of Congress, but
it would be. brought up again mt the
next general session.
The Colorado statesman., 1921-12-03
Here Is a Man
Who Asks for
Peace, Justice

A ITHOUGH l am a Caucasian,
~ have read with much satisfac-
ton your publications, and know
that you speak the truth when you
complain of the gross insults heaped
upon your Race
"For great many years, or might
say since / have been able TO think
for myself, l have given the Race
question serious thought, and for the
life of me 1 cannot understand why
the white race should discriminate as
they do against the Colored man. 1t
has been n great source of satistac-
ton to me to point out Colored man
in my employ to some of my white
representatives and 1 think that they
could all improve their conditions were
they to follow his example. Perhaps
l might relate how and why l came by
this Colored man.
about a year and half ago, when
I was manager for a large New York
brokerage house, this fellow answered
AN ad for statesmen, and although
nothing was mentioned as to color, this
gentleman responded in person. Al
that time he was employed in one OF
the New York hotels as an elevator OPP
orator, which, you will admit, is long
way from selling stocks and bonds
However. he thought that he could
make good, and 1 gave him his
Of a
weeks he proved to me that n man Is
a man, irrespective of color or race, by
bringing into the house some very de-
sirable business. Within Il couple of
months of his connections with me, he
was earning on an average OF about
500 per week. Besides this, he has
other qualities that endear him to me
and the corporation that | now head,
namely, his extreme honesty. He has
handled thousands of dollars, yet in
negotiable Uncle Sam currency, and l
have vet to find his accounts anything
but 100 per cent correct, and l might
add further that up, to the present time
he has not made any financial errors,
which is more than can say for some
white men that have employed
at is perhaps time that the white
race awoke to the fact that the Col
ored man is not a fool, and if given
half chance, in the majority of cases, |
will without doubt mare good
"Wishing your paper all the success
in the world in the task of having the |
qualities of the black man appreciated |
by his white brothers, and assuring
YOU that man is man with us, as
longs as he conducts himself as such,
I beg to remain, Yours for equality,
"F. SPENCER,
president Frederick Spencer Co,
Inc, 1s5 Market street, Newark
N. J."-Chicago Defender.
The Colorado statesman., 1921-12-03
Black Veterans
HOnOred

Philadelphia, Pa, Nov. 29.-Acting
as an escort for the Unknown dead,
lust arrived from France, Lieut. N. e.
Skipp Post No. AZ, Veterans of For
eign Wars, were assigned the place of
honor at the head of the column. One
white ex-service man who objected to
marching behind colored veterans, was
told to fall out.
The Colorado statesman., 1921-12-03
NEGRO TO
HAVE LARGEST
FARM IN U. S.

Hazlehurst, Miss. T. Plant, for
merly of Slidell, La, has leased the
Ben Nelson plantations, four miles
east of Hazlehurst, for three years at
81, 900 per year for teams and all farm
implements. Plant has made arrange
ments to plant the largest truck farm
in the country. He is now planting
thirty acres in carrots alone.
The Colorado statesman., 1921-12-03
(Washington Eagle.)

"HE first outright refusal of the
Senate of the United States to
= confirm Harding appointee-
was given Tuesday in executive ses-
sion. No roll call vote was taken on
confirmation. Both Georgia senator's,
Democrats, opposed the confirmation
on the ground that Johnson, Republic
an national committeeman for the state
of Georgia, was obnoxious and objec-
tionable to them"
Additional charges were made by
Senator Tom Watson, bitter enemy of
Johnson, as a result of charges back
and forth between the two men for
wears. 1t is understood that the fail
u-e of confirmation of Johnson on
Watson's account is likely to bring in
to the public eye the inter-racial rela-
tionship of Watson himself.
President Harding may make a re-
cess appointment of Johnson, but this
is considered unlikely. Meanwhile
much speculation arises as to the con-
dition of Charles Mitchell's boom for
register of the treasury, and the Cos
ton affair in relationship to Haiti.
Reverting to Tom Watson of Geor-
gia. the Baltimore sun of Wednesday
carried the following editorial:
The Wild Man from Georgia.
Them ore we see of senators like
Williams of Mississippi, the less we
think of senators like Watson of Geor-
gia. One of them is an honor to the
intellect, the courage and the honesty
of the South, and the other is reflec-
ton upon its good sense and political
decency. Watson's latest exhibition
in the Senate was simply an exhibition
of puerile bad manners. He could not
meet Senator Williams in debate, and
he undertook to howl him down and
prevent him from speaking.
Such vulgar and Hill Billy out
break as that the Senate on Mon
day is humiliating and intolerable,
and demands senatorial discipline.
Watson has got so used to marching
through Georgia" roughshod that he
imagines he can do the same thing in
Washington with impunity. Only a
few weeks ago Representative Blan-
ton of Texas narrowly escaped expul-
sion from the House because of an Of
fense committed in the comparative
privacy of the Congressional Record.
Watson makes at every opportunity a
public display of disregard for the dig
nifty of the Senate, and lowers himself
to the level of a Chicago alderman, IL
it is not insulting to the latter to make
the comparison. The Senate should at
least rebuke him sharply and make
him understand that he must conform
to its rules and observe, as far as it is
possible for him, the decencies of Or
dinary legislative intercourse.
The Wild Man of Borneo could
scarcely behave more outrageously
than the senator Georgia has let loose
upon the country. He should either be
made to behave himself or sent back
TO Georgia with the admonition, "Have
him chained up-he is mad."-Balti-
more Sun.
The Colorado statesman., 1921-12-03
Approves Dyer Bill

Washington, D. c., Nov. 25.-Attor-
ney General Daugherty is reported to
nave given as his opinion that the Dyer
anti-lynching bill is constitutional and
that it should be passed. Southern
senator's opposed to the bill had fought
New-York tribune., 1921-11-02

Miss Hayes and Donald Gallaher by
Sidney Toler and Marion Short to
demonstrate it. But nevertheless it is
a pleasing enough proof which they
have furnished. The delightful iuve-
nilities of the two leading actors are
sufficient to justify it.
The play gives Miss Hayes scope for
several infections of the subdeb type
which she foreswore in ''The Wren"
and to which she now in some measure
returns. She represents country girl
who easily adapts herself to the ameni-
ties of wealth and position when placed
in new and affuent surroundings. A
mock love affair undertaken to accel-
crate the proposal of another youth is
finally unmasked as the real thing. The
story is embroidered with much riot of
antic youth not too long out of school.
Making cast at futurity cne would
like to prophesy for Miss 10 Wallace,
who did skillful bit of work in the
small part of Betsy, the maid of the
roadside tea house B. F.
New-York tribune., 1921-11-02
Vecsey, Onetime
Boy Prodigy. Heard
Again After 10 Yrs.
Violinist, Who at II Amazed
New York by Technique,
Now a Polished Master
Musician of Highest Type

Ferenc Vecsey gave violin recital
at Carnegie Hall yesterday afternoon,
after an absence of sixteen years.
Like Bronislaw Hubermann, Vecsey
first presented himself to the American
public in the capacity of prodigiously
talented child. He was then called Franz
Won Vecsey, and though his age was not
mentioned he was twelve years
old, two years the junior of Huber
mann. For year or more after enjoy
ing the tutelage of Hubay and the Wig
orous championship of the veteran
classicist, Joachim, he had kept the
European capitals in a ferment.
Daniel Frohman, who also brought
Kubelik to America, heard him in Lon
don, and undertook the management
of his American tour. He played for
the first time here in Carnegie Hall,
on January 10, 1905, having the assist
ance Of an orchestra conducted by
Nahan Franko. His pieces were a
Vieuxtemps concerto, Wieniawski's 5
Faust Fantasia" and solos with piano.
forte accompaniment, among them the
Air by Bach. Dressed in a white sail
or suit, he made an exceedingly juve-
nile appearance. The tour lasted until
April when he gave his final concert
in New York. again with an orchestra,
and played the Beethoven concerto.
An Amazing Child
The circums stances that on the same
day an affected little miss of eleven
years gave pianoforte concert in
Mendelssohn Hall led The Tribune's
reviewer to write a brief disquisition
on the public performances of prodi-
gies, in which their parade was de-
New-York tribune., 1921-11-02

Charles Dllingham's new musical COM
edy opened, that those who stayed for
the finish wede able to say "Good morn
ing dearie," instead of Good night,
dearie," at the close of the evening S
entertainment. And we do not
known enthusiasm of first night aud
fence. We are quite sure that as it
was in the beginning it ever shall be
SO Mr.. Dillingham; and Edward Royce,
who staged the production, must make
up their minds either to start the
performance earlier or have it end as
a midnight revue. Perhaps that is
why they called it Good Morning,
Dearie;" there doesn't seem to be any
other reason. However, we take great
pleasure in announcing that we con-
slider this new Dillingham; comedy one
of the best we ever saw. Dear Ada
Lewis is funnier and handsomer than
ever. She delivers some incompar-
able bon mots (Ada pronounces it just
as it is spelled); but why, oh why! does
she say, "His mother must have been
awful fond of children to have raised
him?" There is only one show in
town where that lire could possibly
get a laugh and that is, perhaps, in
"Dulcy."
Louise Groody is charming in the
role of Rose Marie. the inevitable er-
rand girl who marries the ubiquitous
millionaire. She cannot sing in the
least, but no one minds that, for she
follows up each attempt with dance,
and if there is a poetry of motion Miss
Groody is it, Oscar Shaw is the hero
and he does very we'll with it, being
the victorious party in fight such as
We had been led to believe occurred
only in the movies. But this is real!
The hors de combat was Harland
Dixon, who was called Chesty Costello
and was as tough as they come, even
ball where the fight took place. The
other comedian was William Kent, who
played everything from a detective to a
Chinaman, and saw that good time
was had by all
Maurice and Hughes are seen in their
new dances, but as it was nearly mid
night before they appeared we could
not wait for it all. There were also
some Darling twins (there is much in
this name) who won a fair share of
the applause. Their names are Harri-
cite and Sylvia and they are aged six.
The music by Jerome Kern is all so
good that it isn't possible to select any
one song and predict that it will win
popularity. Ollc CdtCHy CuHe IOllOWeQ
another so fast that it trod upon
another's heels, in manner of speak
ing. Perhaps Miss Groody's Good
Morning. Deare," and the dance done
by Mr.. Dixon and Marie Callahan re-
ceived the greatest number of encores.
The stage sets are marvellously beau
tiful, especially the first scene in the
second act, which is reminiscent of
"Clair de Lune"; Italian resonance, Ada
Lewis would have called it. The en-
semble ladies are comely and tuneful,
and they do we'll with their lines; and
the author has seen to it that they all
have lines. The Sunshine Girls do sew
eral numbers with a grace and preci-
sion that was duly apprec ciated by the
audience. The book and lyrics are by
Anne Caldwell and the entire produc-
ton was staged by Eduard Royce
IT
New-York tribune., 1921-11-02

plored and attention called to the
multitude whose names are recorded
in history who went into oblivion be-
fore they reached maturity. The writer
admitted, however, that Vecsey was in
a different class from the many. He
was recognized as a phenomenon from
technical point of view, in which re-
spect he invited amaZement by playing
music which had always caused vast
labor to mature virtuosi with an ease
and composure that must have been
maddening to them. He played with
amazing purity, with volume and
quality of tone that were ravishing,
but, after all, like the boy that he was.
All the talk that had come from Eu-
rope about his capacity for emotional
expression was set down by the re-
viewer as balderdash. "There is not
nuance either of tempo or express
sion in his playing which does not
proclaim itself as mere imitation. The
miracle is that ne can initiate as we'll
as he does. Musically he is still a
boy, a boy full of the greatest posi-
bilities, chiefly because he does not
yet know the tricks of the virtuoso as
at least two of his prodigious prede-
cessors Bronislaw Hubermann and
Florizel Reuter-know and practice
them"
Delightful in Maturity
The violinist's playing is as delight
full in his maturity as it was amazing
in his prodigy days. His tone is still
ravishing in volume and quality. He
does not debase his art by extravagant
mannerisms, by any exaggerated simu-
lation Of intensity. His poise is in it.
self imposing, his technic of the. high
est caliber, his musicianship of the
purest type. In Tartin's famous sonata
his trill was marvelously even, both in
sturdy passages and in fine-spun pia-
nissimo. In this work, as in Bach's
Chaconne, in Vieuxtemps's Concerto in
D minor and in three caprices of his
own writing Vecsey revealed himself
an artist of the first rank. Perhaps
the sobrety of his playing will not win
him the popular acclaim that invariably
goes out to more spectacular violinists,
but he is the more to be appreciated
by the discerning because he does not
make an immediate appeal to the gal
lery.
New-York tribune., 1921-11-02

Golden Days" is fresh with the dew
of youth. 1t is festooned with the buds
and blooms of life, with only here and
there an autumn leaf It's census Of
youngsters = unrazorable young men
and sorority in its teens-exceeds that
of any play since Daddy Dumplings." )"
It's story is of the very cock Growing
time of life ard its chief beatitude is
Helen Hayes in an amazing opulence
of costumes. During its four acts she
has six changes Of -aimcnt, each hang
ing upon her in alteration, excepting
the riding suit, which amiably shared
her with the audience that crowded the
Gaiety Theater.
To play al love. even from the most
disintercsted motives, is likely to re-
suit in becoming the thing you pretend
to be. To go through the forms of de-
votion may easily liberate the powers
of devotion. And that is what actually
does happen in Golden Days. 1t is
trite learning, Of course, and hardly
required the vicissitudes provided fo.
New-York tribune., 1921-11-02
Clement Delights Large
Audience in Second Recital

Edmond Clement, whose recital last
week gave unalloyed pleasure to low
ers Of the best in art, sang again at
Aeolian Hall last evening. The oc-
casion was announced as his farewell"
recital before sailing for France this
morning. But as his first appearance
was characterized as his "only" recital
the second announcement may be no
nearer the truth. Perhaps he will be
heard again. Would that he might,
for seldom is such distinguished sing
ing, such finished mastery of the art
of song heard in the concert halls Of
New York.
NJ. Clement gave rare delight to a
large audience in a program which
included songs by Lully, Paer, Koech-
lin, Widor, and other composers be-
sides "Lc Rcve' and "Ah, fuyez douce
image" from Massenet's "Manon."
The audience was loath to let the
singer leave the stage and he was
generous with encOres
New-York tribune., 1921-11-02

Mrs I.ydg Hoyt will make her debut
as professional screen actress. when she
win appear in The Wonderful Thing" in
which Norma Talmadge will be presented
at the Strand next week.
New-York tribune., 1921-11-02

'What Do Men Want" r,otopiay pro-
duced by Lois Weber. will come to the
Lyric Theater on Sunday evening, No
vember 13, following the enga cement there
of The Three Muskcteers.'