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The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1925-10-24

The venture Of Harvey Firestone
(white) in investing one hundred mil
lion dollars in Liberian rubber terri
tory, with the view of eventually cul-
tivating a millionaire rubber project,
is probably the years outstanding eco
nomic activity Mr.. Firestone states
that he intends to employ 100000
natives and a great organization Of
whites in operating a gigantic Amer
lean rubber corporation, to be engaged
in the production Of rubber under
American methods and for American
consumption. Mr.. Firestone's planta-
ton will be the largest Of its kind in
the world. It's preliminary plans call
for a physical remodelling Of Liberian
territory almost beyond imagination.
Harbors, towns, railroads, hospitals
and dwellings, aside from the usual
and customary industrial engineering
steps will require constructive work Of
exhaustive magnitude. Thousands Of
other necessities calling for technical
and skilled worImen of every type
will arise for American supervision
and consummation.
We beg to say a friendly word to
Mr. Firestone which we feel could be
taken as helpful advice in bringing to
a successful conclusion this great ven
ture Of his. There are in America
Negro types and prototypes Of virtu-
ally every degree Of skill and work
ability. which Mr. Firestone will need
in advancing his rubber project. There
are civil engineers Of color, both
youthful and experienced; there are
Negro physicians, surgeons and
nurses; there are architects Of national
reputation; there are draughtsmen,
painters. and carpenters, to say moth
ing of the great Negro army Of iron
and steel workers, skilled and semi
skilled. To our mind, it would be a
fine thing if Mr. Firestone would
honor the country Of the deceased
President James Monroe, who helped
to set apart Liberia as a homeland for
the freedmen, by transporting to its
shores for technical and other work
an actual number Of American Negro
artisans, who are as capable as any
others in preparation for, and ability
to do, the things necessary to the in
stallation and operation of the Fire
stone plantation Of Liberia.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1925-10-24

The Georgia State Central Commit
tee has designated Benjamin ]. Davis,
editor Of the Atlanta Independent, as
Republican National Committeeman,
IN the place Of Henry Lincoln John
son, deceased.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1925-10-24
COLORFUL NEWS MOVIES
By THE CAMERAMAN

the meek and lowly as well as the
f1igher-ups"; and group recognition
Is essential in bloc formation since
political adversely comes to Us in Ike
formation. Chicago, with Ed. Wright
al the political helm. has obtained a.
good results in coalition, jobs and rec
ognition as we have seen anywhere
New York, Philadelphia, and other
heavy balloting districts are following
closely in Chicago's political footsteps
All OF which should be lesson to anv
Negro Party Chiefs or CHEF that
may be in the bud.
II the eastern and western wings Of
the national organization can make
themselves felt strongly enough to
stimulate a freer and more united use
Of the ballot all other things. as the
GOOD Book says, shall be added unto
thee. And this goes for leadership.
which, along with the migrants, has
long since crossed the Mason and
Dixon line. Stoop-shoulderedness in
the presence of the bosses HAS NO
+ LAC E IN CONSTRUCTIVE
POLITICS, and where the ballot u
popular, SUCH TACTICS HAVE
NO STANDING AT BAR, and are
invoked only when personal advance
ment is sought.
There are plenty Of manly duties
awaiting everybody who IS really in
terested in the political emancipation
OF the brother; and these duties are
BY no means self-given ones. The only
wise practice is for each unit to seek
the job for which he is best fitted.
The Tombigbee River is a long WAYS
from the ballot box, or vice versa; and
until transition has taken place, it is
theoretically incongruous for any man
to stand on its banks and shout out
instructions to sojourning voters on
the banks of the Hudson River or
Lake Erie The MAN WITH THE
BALLOT IN HIS HAND is THE
MAN WITH THE LEADERSHIP
IN HIS VEST-POCKET.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1925-10-24

Abram L. Harris. the capable vel
fare secretary Of the St. Paul Urban
League Office, has taken unto himself
a wife. Farewell, Abram-
The Washington times., 1925-02-28
RAIN CAME TO LIFE
MOST PECULIARLY

When Somerset Maugham the greatest of modern English
fiction and incidentally of the foremost of
fessonal iss Thompson he
little dreamed would blossom forth Of the
hits decade did the the yarn
first published suspicion that there the plot
proof of his contention that iss Thompson nothing out
story Vaughan, approached the dramatic
rights the tale laughed outright at the suggestion that be
There play the story he reputed
sad began kid" the brokers who sought the
rights. {. L. IN aasf
when certain New York managerSam Harris, to be
exact-ased him by cable dramatic "Mss Thompson
that "ss Thompson naught but short
Then along John Cotton and Cemence Randolph.
within hour convinced him that
they the story into dramatic smash
letting Cotton Miss Randolph start work.
nights finally gambler that he always is Harris phoned
Cotton ego ahead"
What resulted is historic in theatrical annals
did Jeanne Eage play RAIN the play that
iss Thompson" short story missed one Of the
dramatic studies Of all time And when the play
night at the President the disappointed ones can toss
indignation overheard for here the opportunity they
hav awaiting these~man weeks.
who undersudied Jeanne Eages nth pat
Sadie Thompson the Sadie Thompson OF the special
Avenue playhouse in it she surrounded by
thoroughly capable New York replica OF the scenic and
atmospheric properties that added the OF Rain when
it was piing up a record Broadway.
the production OF Rain for but
week.
The Washington times., 1925-02-28
DU MAURIER DOES HIS
"PANNISH" BIT

Peter; Hilda Trevelyn as Wendy,
and Gerald Du Maurier as Cap
tain Hook.
'On that evening, there was
an odd occurrence which / shall
not readily forget. 1t took place
at the end of the scene between
Captain Hook and the Crocodile.
There was a momentary interval
and then, in the most unexpected
manner, Du Maurier dashed on
again and began a series of imi-
tatiOns of well-known actors.
What possible connection this
could have with Barrie'S fantasy
fairly baffled me, and / had
something rather pointed to say
in my notes regarding what
seemed to me totally irrelevant
Interpolation.
THE explanation. a very sim
pie one. came some days later
1t was that sufficient time had
not been allowed for the setting
of the following scene and il
the emergency Du Maurier hur-
ried on determined to fill the
gap as best he could"
The Washington times., 1925-02-28

If it had not been for the fact
that he had read decidedly In
teresting legal decision regarding
a theatrical controversy, Ralph
Morgan, who plays the role OF
the young husband in L. Law
renee Weber's production OK
COBRA" at the Belasco, begin
ming Sunday evening, would never
have become an actor.
Morgan, who appears so young,
fresh and wistful in the play, Is
a graduate of Columbia Univer-
sity and never did much legal
work, but the legal decision
switched his idea and then, meet
ing an actor, he determined on
stage career. He became well
known for his work in Light
MIN" with the late Frank Bacon,
and also appeared in number
of productions before entering OH
that engagement.
This young actor comes from a
distinguished New York family.
His grandfather, whose name he
bears, was a well-known attorney
in New York, while his rather
was a successful man in business.
1t was quite natural, then, that
he should have taken up IL
course in law at Columbia. He
took two degrees, one in 1904 and
another two years later, but was
always interested in the theater
and the stage.
1t so happened that Morgan one
dav met Warner GLAND, who was
playing with Nazimova in a rep
ertory of Ibsen's plays. Morgan
frankly expressed his envy, wish
ing that they could swap posi-
tions, and GLAND told him that he
could arrange it for him to get
a position on the stage and was
given a position in Loves Com
edy." He was spotted as a de-
sirable by George G. Tyler, who
Immediately offered him a part in
The Washington times., 1925-02-28

Trix found herself lodging
propositions for grand opera en-
gagements, in d4smay. The
great Mr.. Gatti himself had
sent a request that she call to
see him. "He must want me
for the chorus" decided Mrs.
Trix, and straightway forgot it.
Another manager came to the
movie theater in person bearing
the score of IL Trovatore under
his arm.
LEARN Azucena," he said.
"See, I've marked it in pencil
for you, throughout" ezra
cious" replied Miss Gordon,
GLOW many years would it take
me? never saw SO many
black notes before in all my
life" The manager assured her
the notes weren't half as black
as they were printed.
If / recall the tale Alright,
however, she returned to De-
,troit. She laid away all the
little songs and experimental
with seeing how many of those
staggery black notes she could
memorize-iust on a bet with
herself. Where the grand piano
to the maison a trois had held
her five hours before, it now
held her ten. A few weeks later
she telegraphed acceptance to a
hurry call, and a few days after
that she was singing Azucena
before a Brooklyn audience.
Still just a lark. understand. A
sort of postscript to the movie
prank.
Mr.. Gatti sent for Miss Cor
don again-several times, to be
explicit. At length, one day,
she dropped by. The proceed
ings were brief. "Here is a con-
tract, Miss Gordon" explained
Mr.. Gatti. "No, it isn't for the
chorus. That's Mr.. Setti's con-
Germ. You may OpeB~here with
your Azucena-sign on the dot
ted line" Miss Gordon signed
The Washington times., 1925-02-28

ter innocence of any thought
connected with what is nova
days referred to, in capitals, as
The Career. "Sing all you
like, JEAN" her father had been
wont to say to her-"but never
think of making a profession
of it. People have to be born
to that sort of thing. 1t isn't
in the Gordon blood"
There may have been, how
ever-Miss Gordon herself was
very uncertain-a restiveness,
an urge to adventure, perhaps
just a touch of the hoyden, in
Freudian suppression before.
rigid sense of Main Street pro-
priety.
"You won't see me for a
week." she seems to have an
nounced to her husband one
day. "I'mT going over to New
York and play at being down
and-out vocalist and see if any
body would ever want to pay
me money to sing anywhere"
The reply of young Ralph Trix
is easily deductible: go to it,
Jean-the cure can't be worse
than the complaint"
Sam Rothafels plan was to
listen at set times to any-and
everybody aspiring to sing.
Very generally two or three
bars of such singing sufficed.
The handsome overgrown girl,
whose card and New York ad-
dress meant nothing, was per-
mitted to proceed with her
snowy aria to it's triumphant
final flourish. "Start in to-
morrow" he told her simply.
"Of course the selection won't
do. Give 'em Annie Laurie or
maybe The Rosary or something
like that-something they'll
get"
Not sing that Mask Ball
aria? "Miss Gordon" was sorry
but it must be that aria or
nothing! Mr.. Rothafel babe
HeF SOOu morning ana fdLnof
piqued Mrs. Trix flounced out
to consult Detroit timetables.
The train she wanted wouldn't
leave before evening. When
she got home she would lock
her piano tight; and she linger-
ed on Fifth avenue shopping
for new frocks that would make
Detroit Main street take notice.
Returning to her room toward
dusk she was handed a sheaf
of frantic telephone calls trans
cribed by a switchboard boy to
slips of paper. Through all
the afternoon Mr.. Rothafel had
kept the house wire warm.
"Sing anything you like"
was the purport of the mes
sages-"but sing! Start tomor-
row."
Truly a Rupert Hughes serial
yet to be fictionized. Within
the next few days Mrs. Ralph
The Washington times., 1925-02-28
AS POPULAR AS
THAT FAMED
RIVER

The Swanee, Meyer Davis new
ballroom de luxe, is being filled
to capacity nightly by Washing
toms dancing set. The new re-
sort has achieved an unpre-
cedented success from the date of
it's opening last week and promises
to be one of the most popular of
the Davis projects.
Much enthusiasm has been
evoked by the Swanee band. an
array of syncopators that repre-
sents the last word in the de-
velOpment of the modern dance
orchestra. Excellent results OBJ
tanned by the band are largely
creditable to the special pains
taken in working out its instru.
mentation with regard to the con-
struction and acoustics at Swanee.
Matinee dancing on Saturday
and Sunday is one Of the Swanee
features that has met with in
slant favor. This innovation for
Washington seems to fill a long
felt need for amusement on Satur-
day and Sunday afternoons which
are otherwise likely to hang so
heavy for those who find their
ideal diversion in dancing to the !.
newest jazz.
The strikingly beautiful interior
ensemble OF SWanee, secured at a
cost Of $250.00O. IS one of the
most charming and novel in the
country, in it's combination Of eX-
IRENE luxury with the atmosphere
of an outdoor scene in the tropics.
The "Orangery, with it's com
bination of excellent cafe and re-
freshment service, is the complet-
ing touch Of convenience.
The Washington times., 1925-02-28
RIALTO HAS NEW
LENTENTIDE
DRESS

The rotun0a and lobby at the
Rialto Theater has been newly
decorated and the lighting ef.
fects entirely changed to CORE
spond.
- The large dome in the rotunda
has been painted with a back
ground of azure blue, with the
outer trimmings Of antique gold,
interspersed with d shading Of
empire red.
The lower side walls are fin
ished in old ivory, with panels
Of French gray bordered with
bronze. The lobby leading into
the rotunda is also finished in
old ivory and gray, with blaciI
and gold trimmings. The whole
has been blended into beautiful
scheme that is soft and har.
monious.
New draperies of sheen gold
and lighting effects have been IN
stalled on the stage, and will be-
used during the special presenta-
tons this week.
The Washington times., 1925-02-28
Jeanne GOrdOn---A
Souvenir
By STANLEY OLMSTED.

Written for Thne)
has it that the story Jeanne Cor
don should uded novess of the Rupert Hughes the
Mrs. Rnhart avid of strictly American
tea the brand of realistic wherein things must occur
and KEEP occurring.
Nor it accident that at last Miss Gordon should be about to
Abons potential national the big
March Indeed the casting of that "Aida
schemed from outlook
American Hawthorne Irving the hookug And the
appearance Gordon Charles Thomas should
An intimate
clutcng Miss Gordon Mr. Thomas
eorescense They fine fruits whereby mpulsion
judged
They bathed in the sunlight the WALL but the for
mua explaining them to be looked for only American
They typfy in unanswrable
getting that for which
The Washington times., 1925-02-28

X x \
For my part like to recall a
Jeanne Gordon of some half
dozen years ago-a Jeanne Cor
don who, a little earlier than
that, had stepped all but liter
ally from a weeks singing in one
of Sam RothafePs de luxe cine
ma symposiums, to the stage of
the Metropolitan Opera House.
lin those days Mr.. Rothafel still
spelled his name with a p.)
Moreover that week of cinema
singing had come about in a
spirit of darkness. Purest di-
ablerie. Miss Gordon had slipped
away from her home in Detroit
where as Mrs. Ralph Trix she
presided over household.
Items of said household: One
young husband, very athletic and
blond; one baby girl, very beau
tiful and like her mother.
You must picture her letting
me extract from her the story;
indulgent of my eagerness, be-
cause l had written and pub
lished two novels with living
prima donna singers in thin dis
guise as their heroines. You
must picture the Jeanne Gordon
of then-already in her second
season at the Metropolitan, yet
still very much the mere hand
some girl, perched on a divan
with her feet tucked under her, a
Lohengrin score flat open beside
her at Ortrud's second act, the
while she munches a sandwich
held in two hands. Her meta
morphosis was but in the first
stage of it's progress. A robust
ness healthy and wholesome was
yet to give way before the pres
ent elusive spirituality of con-
tour-a line as clarified today as
a vase of onyx illuminated from
within.
The tale my novelist's in
stinct probed for, in those days,
turned out to be the eternal
triangle-nothing more or less.
Be not hasty, however. 1t was
a menage a trois to be sure.
that Trix menage in Detroit.
But the third party to the tri-
angle had been, it was too evil
dent, nothing more piquant than
the grand piano-a wedding
gift, it may be. From this
piano it had become cumula-
lively difficult for the young
matron to pry herself. It's ext
gence played havoc with the
bridge ing and tea ing and
eountry-clubbing of the younger
married set with which the
tastes of blond young hIr.
Ralph were in spirited accord.
At the grand piano young Mrs.
Ralph sat day after day, month
in and month out, singing her
scores of songs, classic, cur
rent or frivolous. Tea-guests,
pleading for one little ballad,
were given a dozen.
The oddly of it VI s the ut
The Washington times., 1925-02-28
HAS TWO LAW DEGREES
BUT STILL ACTS

"Blue Grass" which he accepted
and that ended the law for him. {
In a way, it did not end the
law for him, because tour Of
some weeks with Richard Ben
nett in stock included the part OF
a lawyer in Madame X."' And
then, too, he was. a lawyer in
"Lightnin'." But he hasn't been
a stage lawyer for some time now.
In cobra" he is a millionaire who
inherits a profitable art business.
The Washington times., 1925-02-28
miracle" Stars

Morris Costs plans to bring
'"The Miracle" to Washington il
possible finds an echo in the
announcement that two players
from this wonderful stage spec
tacle appear in various parts in
Paramount's screen production of
Molnar's The Swan" which
opens weeks engagement at
Loew's Columbia tomorrow. They
are Elizabeth Schermer, whom
Max Reinhardt brought from
Europe to play the part IF the
Madonna, but who did not appear
in that role, and Fritz Field. who
was also imported by ReinilarIt
to play the role of the Piper in
the Gest production.
The Washington times., 1925-02-28

The annual holiday production
of Peter Pan" in London has,
after a manner of speaking, re-
placed the panto's that were
popular for so many generations.
In view of the fact that Charles
Dillingham; is to present Marilyn
Miller in Peter Pan" at the Ma
tional Theater through the week
of March 2, it will prove inter
esting to reprint, i'm part, an
article by Malcolm Watson, one
of the leading London critics,
just before peter Pan" came to
performance there last Christ
mas time. Mr.. Watson writes.
Peter Pan" it is interesting
to note, made his debut on De-
cember 27, 1904, at the Duk"
of York's Thcater, under the
management of Charles Frohman.
NiVidly do ! remember the Occa-
sion, and the enthusiastic wei.
come he received. A great night
it was also for Nina BOucicault
unfOrgettable AS the original
without CHANGING at the contract.
1t would at least be enough to
keep her in gloves, she surmised.
Her estimate proved canny. The
salary might have kept her in
cigarets, only she didn't smoke.
But when Miss Gordon lad
prepared an Amneris and been
permitted to sing it, Mr.. Gatti
came to her. "Miss Gordon" he
told her, "you are probably the
finest 'Amneris' we have ever
had at the Metropolitan Opera"
So the second contract differed
from the first as a Rolls-Royce
differs from a go-cart And
Miss Gordon has been lodging
all other contracts ever since,
even as she lodged them during
her play-at-it week at the
Strand--or was it the Rialto?
These,details escape one.
The Washington times., 1925-02-24

Z n 5 rs
Iect to stand and walk well. The
head poked forward. with droop-
ing neck, is seemingly a negligi-
bic fault when a girl is winsome
and slim. with the fresh beauty
OF youth. But the girl who a.
eighteen INDUCES in the debu.
tante SLOUGH, at thirty is likely to
have shoulders permanently thick
and neck grown crooked ruin Z
ing her profile and Silhouette.
That's why It's wise to correct
faults of posture before they be-
come settled into permanent de-
fects.
II you're older than thirty and
your neck has grown into ugly
curves instead of rising straight
and graceful from a straight
back, you1l do well to go into a
gymnasium and place yourself
under the direction OF an expert
physical director. This instructor
will study your particular case
and give you the exercises and
other Instructions needed to
gradually correct your defects of
posture and carriage and lack Of
symmetry.
But. If, like thousands OF wom-
en-, you're too busy or for other
The Washington times., 1925-02-24
Second Installment of Modern Novel,
Centered On Heart and Mind
of the Flapper."

Herrick should work himself to
skin ind bone in order to. allow
you to wallow day after day in
idleness?"
Mind you own business, Sal!
l invited you here for a nice,
friendly chat"
Sallie burst out laughing. Il
admit I'm envious, but if you're
so sure of your rights, why do
you get so irritable?"
Nora Lee poured cream very
slowly into her coffee. After a
moment she yawned land asked
with affected indifference: DO
you believe that all wives should
work, Sal? What is there SO
noble about work that we praise
it so? Bertrand Russell says the
world would be lot better off
il half of its work was left I'M
done, and If the men who run
about so wildly now would just
stretch out in the sun and be
happy, we'd have a sane, wiser
age. Because so much work
that is done is pernicious and un-
necessary"
Strive Some Way
1.-The world would be a lot
better off IL half OF its people
were dead, also! Kill off all the
imbeciles and gossips and viii
lains and well all be happier.
l. don't say a wife should get
out in the stores and offices and
do manual work. But you cant
just squat and squat and expect
to keep alive and interesting.
You've got to strive some way or
another or you stagnate."
Nora Lee said with struggle:
at suppose then I'm nearing
stagnation?"
SalIie shrugged: You're not as
vital as you used to be. You're
not as gripping a personality.
well, shut up!'
Sallie beamed merrily: Now
I'm placated for my hours OF toll.
Max is in town. Have you seen
him? He asked very insistently
about you. I would that, l had
your ancient charm, ole dear"
Nora Lee said modify: mo. !
haven't seen him. Not since l
was married. He stayed only
three days. the last time he was
here"
She listened haphazard to the
gossip of Sallie's office; to the &C.
count of Minna's latest escapade---
a bathing party on the beach.
She was delighted when Sallie left.
A Call on Dane.
She went into her room and
dressed with elaborate care, on
fire to see Dane Herrick. She
would storm him with questions
find out If she were really going
to seed-realIy worthless taker-
TO Be Continued Tomorrow
The Washington times., 1925-02-24
Foxy Grandpa's Story
BUNNY SAYS 3"AYE-AYE' AND III
SOMETHING.

and before long was on his second
course.
Pretty hard work for that lit
tie thing to get his meals" ! said.
YES" replied Bunny, but he 3
got the implements toi1work for
his living all right-every con-
venience-sharp nose. good strong
legs to hold on with, teeth that
can cut like a knIre and a real
lunch hook"
II wonder who he is. He's Ger:
tainly a puzzle, II murmured. 2
"Aye-aye," said Bunny.
Were not at sea. Bunny" /
laughed. You're answering me
like sailor
You're at sea when it comes
to knowing that animal" said
Bunny. II was just telling you
his name. He is. an aye-aye.