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New-York tribune., 1922-04-09
The Negro as Artist
By Lou. Untermcycr

THE ROCK OF AMERICAN NEGRO
POETRY. Chosen and edited by James
Wsidon johnson. Harcourt, Brace 4 co.
II THEY are right the prophets
q who prcd:ce tn- cvcntua sub
mersion Of the white race IN A
rising tide of color this dec
ade may come to be known SIS the
trst black renaissance. Even without
tFe perspective O. time, we can see
how curiously this generation has been
influenced by the dark strain. African
sculpture has made a powerful impress
On the art OF oar day. American music
reflects. IN an increasing strength, the
saYage insistence of Congo drum beats.
aS well as the syncopateG poignance OF
our Southern spirjtuals In sociology
the negro has began t. be his own IN
terpreter. W. L. Purchardt Du Bois
editor OF The Crisis" has made two
important contributions to the psy-
GEOLOGY of the suppressed race in THE
Souls Of BLACK Folk and "Darkwater."
'''''!'''' mn ~ Ia " ICY. aGtncf OF mat OK
cel!ent handbook. "A Short History Of
the English Drama" has done splendid
Pioneers work with his The Negro in
Art" and "A Social History of the
American Negro
In literature the field is more un-
even. In bellies Iettres, criticism and
purely creative work the negro seemS
to suffer from an inhibition that pre-
vents him from expressing his own
emotions. Instead OF giving free rein
10 vision sharply differentiated from
mat OF his white compatrots he is
content to ape their gestures, their in
hections-too anxious to initiate with
4 stammertng complaisance their own
mutations Instead Of being proudly
race conscious, he is too often merely
self-conscious
A Harlem Freud may some day rise
tC explain this quality in terms Of mass
repression; the negro as artist suffers.
he may conclude, from race inferi-
GRITTY complex. The implication. Of
such an ana lyss are too deep and far
reaching for an article as superficial
rs this. They would, however find
repercusslons III recently published
collection of poems chosen and edited
by James Weldon johnson, himself a
poet, as was proved by his original
volume, Fifty Years"
..'EHE BOOK OF NEGRO POETRY"
is a record of the successes a..
we'll as the failures of the American
negro COR, as Mr.. johnson prefers to
call him, the Aframerican) az poet
Here are lyrics as native. as genuinely
emotional, as "A Death Song" and
Little Brown Baby" by Paul Laurence
Dunbar. and mere. also, are verses as
naaudlin and initiative as "Ships That
Pass in the Night by the same writer.
Herc are rhapsodies as passionate as
"a Litany of Atlanta" by W. Z. Du
Bcls, and quatrains as cryptic as the
obviously Robinsonian echoes OF that
ardent anthologist, William Stanley
Eraithwaite. Fenton johnson adopts,
without hesitation or apology, Masters's 3
Spoon River idiom, but his angry in
tcnsity is his own.
The outstanding discoveries of this
collection are two, and they arc less
familiar-evcn TO their own race. They
are Claude Mckay and Anne Spencer.
Mckay does not disguise either him
self or his poetry; his lines are satu-
rated with peoples passion they are
New-York tribune., 1922-04-09

~ NE OF the most interesting lit
81 n craHY phenomena Of the dav
y y is the recrudcscence of the
historical novel. do not
mean by this that there is any reason
10 suppose that its cxtraordnary-and
fldiculous vogue OF twenty years ago
is about to be repeated. but that it ha
Decome apparent within the last year
that the United States. like the Brit
Ish Isles several years earlier, has de-
Veioped growing tendency to appre-
c'atc really worth while fiction that
treats intclligcntly of bygone social
cpochs.
This is a good sign; in its way as
strong an indication Of a rising stand
ara OF national taste as the success of
the younger generation of rcalists, who
arc presenting with journalistic detail
the problems Of their own time. And,
by the way, that last statement leads
me TO pose the proposition that all nov
els which deal with group traits, ten
dencics. schools of thought, idiosyncra-
sizes, might Justly be termed historical
novels, inasmuch as they attempt to
effect the life Of certain era
In other words, "Main Street and
"Thc Beautiful and Damned" arc faint
cd by the once abhorrcd stigma as
| much as Miss Johnstons book, which
happens to discuss the terrible moral
degeneration Of the monastc estab-
lshmcnts in Tudor England which
made possible the early success Of the
Reform tion
s.GILVER CROSS" is by no meana a
~ great book but it is an extreme
ly interesting book brave book, note
worthy for its keen perception Of the
irony Of faith. the bludgcon force Of
New-York tribune., 1922-04-09

NE OF the most interesting lit
eraTy phenomena Of the day
ls tho recrudcscence of the
historical novel. ! do not
New-York tribune., 1922-04-09
= If0BoNESNEWS AND REVIEWS OF Books AND AUTHORS
The Third Person Plural
BY Burton Rascoe

ihe great point to
1he TooeF" "eFe"~a or Chdrte Snif u
sSs hs oay 'pe ana
them C. ShS ne them The F6i.o. S'p"''
hff Se' Pe'P'e respect H. i"ey Observe
hnaseb seriously And not only himself .4. '""S
a." N''''"' 10 oHe each other tat Einc,
h'9" f'esfs i"el quarrel ou,
thing Of them n .,.o '0eS''
ava o""' 20 "SeV os I mv' ,ies bn,
"0''e ia? lr in
New-York tribune., 1922-04-09

\ EE CROSS. By Mary John.ton d
1T IL. Brown & I3oStof,
New-York tribune., 1922-04-09

colored with mixture oe bitterness
and beauty. McKay's quicter and
idyllic moments axe ,-ss noteworthy,
ms muse IS morn casfscter!stic vixen
she is rebeilious thAn resigned. Tn,s
singer does not mistake polcmjcs for
poetry, nc knows how to evoke n
power Of communication without shout
ing at the top Of his voice, "The
hynchins" proves this. SO doe. tho
impu sivc sonnet, TO the White
f'ends,' and this significant outcry.
written during the recent race riots:
III We MUST DIE
n ". must de let 1t not b. Ike hog.
Hunted and pennea m an inslorious apot
Nnile Jo1ud ~ bark the mad and hungry
dcgs
Mskins ;hstr mock az our arl.~sss .ot
y He must die-oh. let Iii. nobly die
50 tAai our pgeciou. n ood n,s, no, no -hes
- vain ihen even the monster. y. 4erv
Shati 1s constrained 10 honor as though dead
on. kinsmen We must meet the common ro.
ino"sh f"r "utnnmbered. let us ,tlll =.
And. sor her thousand blows. deal ora
Whaf though before az lies th~ open grave,
Ffess"' j." the wsl DYING, but hsh,tng
Anne Spenccr's work sounds the other
extreme Of the gsmut Her verse IS
remarkably restrained, closely woven,
Intellectually complex. The Wife
oman and "TranSlation" arc stecped
in philosophy that has metaphysical
overtones. But there is racial onu-
lence, an almost bsrbaric heat in tho
color Of her lines.
We names Of Alex Rogers, J. W.
Johnson and Paul Dunhar-all Of
whom wrote well known lyrics for
popular song. like Lovers Lane" No
body and The Jonah Men"-rccail
the negro composers who promised 80
much and who have performed so little.
"IlI Marion Cook, one Of the sblc.t
musicians ever produced in America.
Startle us with the amazing Rain
Song originally written for VII
llams and Walker show.
II. 7. Burleieh is another negro com
poser who apparently has been ruined
by the conservatories. ". c. Handy
must be given credit for an entire
tendency which originated with hig
Memphis Blues" What mas happened
10 him? Or TO Rosamond johnson.
most adroit OF ragtime adapters' or
to Nathaniel Det;, whose Listen to Do
Lambs IS one Of the most eloquent
pieces of choral writing ever scored bv
an American? Is the answer to be 4
found, in spite OF the nc@ro's bursts Of
enthusiasm and gusto, in his lack OF
sustained effort? In a sheer inability
TO cone with the strain Of continued
, creative effort?
In short, is this almost equal altorna-
ton of achievement and failure
physical or psychical thing This
collection poses such questions even
though it does not pretend to supply
the answers. What it does supply IS
full sized portrait Of the American
negro's contribution TO a definitely
American art. 1t shows that # the
Aframerican has not yet had his
renaissance, his poetry has at least
passed its pains of parturition. 1t is
no discrcdit TO him that, with two ex-
ceptions, the most balanced and cumu-
lative contribution to this compilation
is Mr.. Johnson's forty preface. l.
is mark Of which any group could al
low itself to be proud.
New-York tribune., 1922-04-09
Miss Johnston's 'Silver Cross''
By Arthur D. Howdcn Smith

M |00" Sh the author Of "The By Brentuno
New-York tribune., 1922-04-09

" i'| sac fh"f prec ,ou
"o'n hfchoH fcMedo, I Imet foolish hoh he. and
"' S""ct""e oPe""oh stockings
exposed throat she
""""d futile ,bo,
ch" mas the rish of
bccau shcs
New-York tribune., 1922-04-09

LEI Io ,ou
imagine that after
Kissing coud faH share 1ouhnr n
O" SisNc but donb hcthe greater than
We riH no,c q NH
Evening star., 1922-11-19
PROF. KERLIN TO RECEIVE
TESTIMONIAL Benefit
Educator Who Protested Against
Executions of Colored Men
Coming Here.

A testimonial benefit for Prof.
Robert T. Kerlin by the colored people
of the District will be given in John
Wesley A. NJ E. T. Church, 14th and
Corcoran streets northwest, tomor-
row.
An announcement last night from
Shelby J. Davidson, executive secre-
tary of the National Association for
the Advancement of Colored People.
said Prof. Kerlin, wso is teaching at
the State Normal School, West
Chester. Pa, made a great sacrifice
for right when in 1918, during the
Elaine, Ark, race riots he protested
to the governor of the state that the
execution Of those colored men con-
victed of 'rioting' would be judicial
murder For his stand on the ques-
tion, it Is alleged. he was dismissed
from the Virginia Military Institute
and was so damaged by vicious
articles that appeared against him
that the white south closed its doors
to him. Prof. Kerlin is suing the in
stitution for $4,000"
The principal part Of the program
tomorrow will be a lecture on
"Dreams and Dreamers." BY Prof.
Kerlin. The Amphion Glee Club will
entertain and Miss Estelle E. Pinkney
will give several solos.
Evening star., 1922-11-19
B0NzAN0, leaving,
BIDS i. S.FAREWE[L
Apostolic Delegate, Sail
ing to Become Cardinal,
Praises Nation.
By the Associated Press,

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, November 1S.-A
prayer that the United States may
retain its ideals and inspire the
world with its moral leadership was
the farewell of Archbishop Bonzano.
apostolic delegate to the United
States, on his departure for Italy to-
day aboard the steamship Providence.
He will soon be made a cardinal. A
large delegation of clergy and laity
bade him goodbye at the pier. Cardi-
nal Dougherty and Archbishop Hayes
being among them.
Archbishop Bonzano said he was
leaving the United States with
mingled feelings of JOY and sadness
and. while happy to return home to
fulfill future duties. he was aware
of the sad necessity Of severing
friendly associations. with which he
had been .abundantly blessed during
his official career in this country.
Praises U. 8. Catholics.
II am taking with me vivid and
lasting Impressions of the strong.
piety of the splendid Catholic people
of America" he said. "ant in spirit
of grateful recollection l shall cher
ish and highly value the memory OF
the kindly, courteous, helpful attl-
tude so graciously and generously
manifested by esteemed American
citizens of diverse religious and ra-
clal expressions.
"If 1 may, I shall take the liberty
to express my personal conviction,
formed after a fairly extensive and
varied experience with men and con-
ditions, in this country. that there
has surely been in recent years
study and progressive realization OF
the sublime national ideals Of justice,
liberty and equality.
Hopes U. s. VIII Lead.
I'm the sincere promotion Of free
dom of worship, in a generous pro-
vision of educational advantage, in
fairly successful effort for sound
and sane legislation. in firm de-
sire to maintain right. order and
peaceful government the United States
has revealed remarkable capacity for
self-goveTnment and has reached a
high degree of attainment in social
progress. prosperity and happiness.
at is my parting wish and shall al
ways be my earnest prayer that the
United States, in accordance with the
designs of an all-wise Providence.
may retain undimmed the vision of its
glorious ideals and ever strive for
their realization and thus increase the
excellence and luster of the soul of
the nation and provide inspiring
moral leadership for the rest of the
world"
Evening star., 1922-11-19
WAR DEPARTMENT TO AID.

A score or more of War Department
bureau chiefs met yesterday after
noon in the Munitions building and
discussed the part their offices will
play in the Safety Week program.
Although no definite action was
taken as to the manner in which
the War Department will join in the
campaign. Capt. Charles Hoover who
presided at the meeting, left no doubt
that it would be big part. Not
only wilt the War Department have
at least one impressive float in the
parade, but It will provide speakers,
distribute pamphlets and see that
Don't Get Hurt" posters are pasted
on every automobile In its jurisdic-
tion.
One suggestion for q float was a
complete radio outfit set up on an
Army truck actually receiving mes
sages from an airplane flying high
overhead. Another suggestion was
that Army nurses, dressed in full
uniform, appear in a safety first"
pageant in the procession.
Evening star., 1922-11-19
SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES
Continued from Twentieth PaEe.)

lSOMllnueQ Irom TWentietn Page.l
students are still guessing as to the
started contract cases with the fresh
man class Friday. Prof. Roscoe J. c.
Dorsey has completed his course in
ancient and Roman Jurisprudence
win the postgraduate class. He has
peen called abroad. but will return
work with the post-graduates.
The honorary dean. Mrs. Ellen
Spencer Mussey. will begin her lee
tures @ on laws relating to civic and
social service with the postgraduate
class next week. This embraces laws
relating to dependent and delinquent
children and to the general subject of
crimes and punishments.
The Oliver Wendell Holmes Chap
ter, Sigma Nu Phi Legal Fraternity.
gave its opening dance at the Blue
Triangle Friday evening. with Theo-
dore F. Giangrande of the class of
"a as chairman.
The alumni association has ar
ranged for a theater benefit party at
the President Theater Monday eve
ninac,. ming; November Nov Der 27; for the alumni
proceeds to be applied to the endow-
ment fund. The play to be given is
the great New York success. "Abie's
Irish Rose" Pauline NJ. Floyd Is
chairman Of the alumni association.
. Mrs. Winifred Mason Huck. elected
as a congresswoman at large from
Illinois. is daughter of the late
Senator William E. Mason. who was
for some time a favorite lecturer at
the Washington College of Law. Mrs.
Huck's sister. Ruth Mason Hall, grad
uated from the Washington College Of
Law in tho class of 1901.
Evening star., 1922-11-19
DIES AT THE AGE OF 81.
James n. Hendrix, Civil War Vet
eran, Buried in Arlington.

James H. Hendrix. a veteran Of the
civil war, eighty-four years old, died
Friday at his residence, 400 Georgia
avenue northwest. The funeral serv-
ices will be held tomorrow morning
at 1890 from the mortuary chapel
of A. J. Scheppert's undertaking es-
tablfshment, Rev. H. Evaul, pastor
Of Iowa Avenue Methodist Episcopal
Church, officiating. The interment
will be in Arlington cemetery with
military honors.
Mr.. Hendrix was native Of
Shrewsbury, Pa, and was educated
at York, Pa. For a number OF years
he was a merchant in Shrewsbury.
and served as postmaster of that
town for several years. He came to
washington in 1886 to accept a posi-
ton. with the census bureau, where
he remained until 1889, when he was
transferred to the publication dfvi-
sion of the Department of Agricul-
ture, but retired in 1919, completing
q public service covering a period
of thirty three years. He served
through the four years Of the civil
war in the 87th Pennsylvania Volun-
teer Infantry, and was q member Of
the Union Veterans Union, the 9Th
Army Corps and the g. A. r. He
also was a member of Mount Vernon
Lodge and York Encampment, Inde-
pendent Order Of Odd Fellows. He is
survived by his wife, Mrs. Dora j. B..
Hendrix; daughter, Mrs. E. L.
Heathecote Of Shrewsbury, Pa, and q
stepdaughter, Mrs. J. NJ Holloway
|aS this sit6 ~--------
Evening star., 1922-11-19

low the genus homo as We know him
The University Of Prague, founded
in 1s4s. gave Dr.. Hrdlicka a medal in
recognition Of his work as an an
thropologist.
The American Psycho-Legal Society
held its second regular meeting in
the university Tuesday evening to
consider the report of the special re-
search fund committee, which was
adopted. It was voted to hold open
meetings for the benefit Of the public
this month or next at place to be
later designated. A lecture series is
in progress Of preparation. the pro-
gram for which will be announced in
due time.
The formal inaugural exercises of
the American University will be held
In the D. A. r. Continental Hall at
1870 pm December Is. at which time
Dr.. Lucius Clark. the new chancellor
Of the university, will be officially in
stalled. The exercises will be pre-
ceded by a meeting of the board of
trustees In the morning. and in the
evening a banquet will be held at
Rauscher's.
A reception and dinner were re-
Gently given to Chancellor Clark and
Mrs. Clark by Bishop and Mrs. Nc
Dowell at the bishops residence on
Wyoming avenue. All Methodist min
listers and their wives Of the Wash
ington district were present.
Evening star., 1922-11-19
THREE FOUND SLAIN
on TENNESSEE FARM
Feud Blamed for Murder Of Aged
Man, His Son and the Lat
ter's Wife at Home.

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. November
1S.-Jesse Rector. an aged farmer; his
son, York Rector, and the latter'e
wife, were found murdered at their
mountain home, near Pikeville. Tenn,
early this morning. The three bodies
were in a badly mutilated condition.
having been mangled by loads from a
shotgun, evidently fired at close
range. The body Of Mrs. Rector was
found in bed, and. it is thought, she
was killed while asleep. York Rector
was discovered on the floor, near the
bed, and the body Of the father in the
yard, near the house. It is said that
the tragedy is the outcome of a feud.
Evening star., 1922-11-19
PICK WASHINGTON
F0RU. D. c. MEETING
Convention Will Be Held Here
Next Year-MrS. Hatton
Extends Invitation.
By the Associated Press.

Dy AboOSlAtSu ASoo.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala, November Is.
The 1922 convention of the United
Daughters Of the Confederacy came
to an official close here tonight after
Washington had been selected for the
meeting next year. The invitation on
behalf of the chapter at the national
capital was extended by Mrs. Walter
E. Hatton.
A large number Of delegates will
leave Birmingham tomorrow morn
ing for Montgomery to visit the Con-
federate shrines at the first capital
of the southern states. Special trips
will be made to the home Of Jeffer-
son Davis, president of the Confed-
crate government, and to the Alabama
state capitol, which housed the south
ern officials during the early period
Of the war.
Members Of the convention at their
session today pledged themselves to
raise 100000 for completion of the
monument to Jefferson Davis at his
birthplace in Fadrview. KY. Money
will be raised by the individual chap
ters, as well as by the general or
ganization.
Mrs. Frank Macon. acting in behalf
of the Stone Mountain Memorial AS
sociation, received pledges today for
the project near Atlanta.
The convention today dispatched a
message of coincidence to the widow
of Gen. Luke e. Wright, who died in
Memphis yesterday.
Evening star., 1922-11-19
Navy Will Sound
Pacific Deeps by
Neu Echo Deuice

SAN FRANCISCO, Calf. Novem-
Der 1s.-Preparations were being
made today aboard two United
States destroyers here for an ex-
tensive tour to chart the Pacific's
bottom with a new type Of sound
Ing device which operates on the
principle of the speed Of sound. A
sound is sent from the apparatus
to the bottom of the ocean and
echoes back to the ship. The
elapsed time is a measure OF
depth.
By this method an attempt will
be made to ascertain the depth Of
Neros Deep in the south Pacific.
Nero Deep is a hole in the floor OF
the ocean, believed by many to be
the opening of a tunnel connect
ing the Indian and the Pacific
oceans. The deep has frustrated
efforts up to $4,000 fathoms of ca
BILE to reach Its bottom.
Evening star., 1922-11-19
AMERICAN UNIVERSITY.

Dr.. Allies Hrdlicka, professor Of an
thropology, has returned from his trip
to South America and Europe and will
begin his lectures Friday afternoon.
Nineteenth International Congress Of
Americanists, went to Brazil last
August to assist in organizing the
Twentieth International Congress OF
Americanists. He also was chairman
of the organization.
After the close Of the congress he
went to Europe to examine the finds
which have been made of remains of
early man -tnce 1912. He went to
Portugal. = ain. France. Germany.
Bohemia. .Moravia and England, exam
lining all specimens and sites. Some
new and MI important sa,a,n. dise1xer,es s we're ere
antiquity Of man. He was especially
interested in the Rhodesian skull,
which u that Of Q creature much be-
Evening star., 1922-11-19

by William c. Gray. 1921 s4th street
northwest. Redman was riding his
motor cycle east on NJ street, and
when at the intersection of 33d and
NJ streets the automobile coIlided
with his machine. throwing him tC
the ground. He was taken to George
town University Hospital and later
to his home at 3544 l1th street north
west.
He sustained considerable shock.
cuts about the face and hands and
several painful bruises. His condi-
tton Is not serious. Gray. the owner
and operator of the automobile, was
arrested and charged with colliding.
He was released upon putting up $40
collateral
Evening star., 1922-11-19
GIRL SWALLOWS POISON.
Miss Margaret Shumaker May Die !;
Act Laid to Dependency.

Miss Margaret Shumaker, twenty
one years old. employed in the United
States Treasury Department in a fit
of dependency last night at 9 o'clock.
while in her rooms at 1918 H street
northeast. swallowed a small vial of
poison and was found a short time
later by roomers in the house. She
was hurried to the Casualty Hospital.
where her condition was reported
serious, with only slight chance for
recovery.
Friends of the young woman say she
has been i'll for some time and re-
Gently underwent major operation.
from which she has not recovered.
She has been Respondent and meian
choly for the past ten days. friends
informed the police
Evening star., 1922-11-19
COMMANDER AS GUEST.
Legion Post to Entertain Head of
National Body.

Vincent B.. Costello Post will en-
tertain National Commander Alvin
,Owsley Of the American Legion No
vember 20 at the New Ebbitt Hotel
at o'clock pm.
Commander Franklin will read his
report for the year and Commander
elect DR.. Walter F. Sullivan will take
of{ice at this meeting. Refreshments
will be served and q musical program
is being arranged. The committee
making arrangements for the affair
wifi be the new vice commander Of
the post. e. ]. Lefferts, Richard A.
O'Rrien and ThomaS D Walsh,
Evening star., 1922-11-19
TABLET IS UNVEILED
TO COL. F. A. BARTON
Memorial at Cornell for Former
Commandant and Professor of
Military Science.

A memorial tablet to the memory OF
Col. Frank Arthur Barton, command
ant and professor of military science
and tactics at Cornell. University,
was unveiled at Ithaca, N. Y, the seat
Of the university. at exercises held in
drill hall this week.
President Farrand accepted the
tablet on behalf of the university
Col Barton died in 1921. After q
career during the Indian troubles In
the west. he was detailed by the War
to his alma mater. In
Evening star., 1922-11-19
HENRY STRASBURGER DIES
Former Washington Business Mar
Succumbs in Augusta, Ga.

dent and business man of this city,
is dead at the home Of his daughter,
Mrs. Jules Heymann, in Augusta, Ga.
He was eighty-twC years old. The
funeral will be held from the Union
station tomorrow morning at II
o'clock.
Mr.. Strasburger was a native of
Germany, coming to this country 1T
the age Of ten years. He was life
member Of Acacia Lodge, F. A. A. NJ.
and one Of the oldest members of
the Washington Hebrew Congrega-
tion of this city.