Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1924-05-17

prominent Negroes he met on the
tour. Tell of plans Of the Business
Scholarship to be given under the
direction of the American Fedora
ton of Negro Students; as we'll as
nublish criticisms of the "Ten Great
est Negroes America Has Producedo
INSTALLMENT NO. 2
Fools rush in where angels rush
out Perhaps this is the admonit1on
Solomon. in his sagely way would
deal out to one who brooks nerve
enough to freely talk about person
alities. Angels would avoid giving
their impressions while idiots would
dare to tread. No matter which Is
iustifable il is assuredly, in the In
terest of diplomacy to say only good
things about big men for otherwise
he the statements ever so true one
wou1d trample upon the vanit1es OF
men. :,
The impressions are given as
have seen them. l ventured INTO
giving expression to this phase OF
NV experience prompted by the be-
lief that if each of us knew the KIND
of impression we unconsciously glVe'
we would have at least a way 10
improve our weaker points and SUBJ
due acknowledgements in our person
alities.
WHY is it we can get our fellows
to mention only our good qualities!
Perhaps. it is because we are pleas
ure seekers, and are distinctly re-
yulsive to hurting ones feellngs.
One seldom finds the poor impression
he makes, which seldom comes ex-
cept while the informant Is angry,
then he pours out his impressions
in torrents, and unfortunately truth
is then inseparably mixed with other
less gracious elements. Few OF US
would dare say to a friend, you
impress me as a liar, as vain, as
insincere, or as being a trihe dunno
The world would be advanced II
more of mortals would be more
frank about some Of the unfavor-
able impressions made upon them.
1t, however, is not my purpose
here to write a healthy TRADE on
these twenty prominent persons and
how they impressed me.
MET FIRST FOUR IN LOUISVILLE
I met the first four Of them at
Louisville, KY, on my way to our
Youth Convention in Nashville.
The first quartet was Wilson Low
ell, president and founder of the
beautiful and progressive First
Standard Bank. He was rather
small in stature, keen Of feature,
compressed lips, the latter his most
noticeable feature 10 say that he
was light brown of skin gives one
an indefinite idea of this bankers
complexion. There are so many
tones of this hue that unless one
wears the shades of night, as Ros
coe Conkling Simmons terms 1T, col
or description is pure and difficult
science. Mr. Lowell is semi-austere
of mein, yet easily approached and
his bearing says: "I'm a go-getter.'
The Editor of the Louisville
Leader was quite different person
ahty. was wondering if in him
would be found the type OF man MS
paper suggested-a leader. he Is
about five feet, eight inches tall
extremely dark of complexion, well
built pleasant but forceful person
ality He has a very agreeable
voice. I first saw him presiding
over the Business Mems Association
of his city. His manner OF presld.
ine was pointed almost to the point
of brusqueness.
louisville has a very distinctive
and elegant home office of the Do
nestle Life Insurance Company. "A
comparatively young man OF about
35, G. P. Hughes, is president. He
has the bearing Of the diplomat,
with an ample amount Of quiet re-
serve. The effort to make an I'M
pression, easily detected in many
would-be important men was quite
absent in Mr.. Hughes.
During my entire travel in the
interest of the Negro Youth Move
ment I found no more singular in
dividual than w. III. Wright, presi-
dent of the American Mutual
Savings Bank, of the same Blue
Grass city. I sauntered unobtrusive'
" into this well-appo1nted DauklhS
institution and asked to see the
president, In less than sixty Sc
conds, portly gentleman, who dis
turbs most scales to the extent of
200 pounds, confronted me match
lessly attired in tuxedo suit. He was
dark, but not black. I soon found
myself trying to establish victory
in which I registered no victory
He was a Simmons University and a
Howard University man, and withal
stubbornly persistent. He revealed
that his bank had lived four years,
had progressed, but during the
whole course he had drawn no sal
airy, but instead allowed such finance
to be invested to form the growth
of this enterprise. He seemed to
believe but little in advertisement