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The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1927-02-12

Columbia by President Garfield; Au-
gust 4, 1882, death. of Mrs. Frederick
Douglass; in 1884 Mr. Douglass was
united in marriage to Miss Helen
Pitts; in May, 1886, he Iectured on
John Brown at the Music Hall, Bos-
ton, Mass; in September of that year
he attended dinner in honor of Wen
dell Phillips Club Of Boston.
In 1862 he visited Great Britain,
France, Italy, Greece and Egypt; in
1889 he was appointed United States
Minister, Resident and Consul General
to the Republic Of Haiti and Charge
d'Affaires to Santo Domingo by Pres
ident Harrison; in 1890 he resigned
the Office of Minister to Haiti; in 1898
he acted as Commissioner for Haiti at
the Worlds Columbian Exposition at
Chicago.
February 20, 1895, death of Fred
erick Douglass at his beautiful resi-
dence on Anacostia Heights, Wash
ington, D. c., and7h mortal remains
were transported to his old home at
Rochester, N. T., for interment where
as stated before, a substantial monu-
ment has been erected to his memory.
March /, 1888 the writer and Mrs
Taylor, while on their honeymoon trip
through the East, had the extreme
pleasure of attending the 18th birthday
anniversary Of Frederick Douglass at
the Metropolitan A. NJ. E. Church,
Washington, d. c., and for one hour
we had the great honor of sitting by
his side and we handled the gold
headed cane which he priced very
highly, which was presented to him
by Mrs. Lincoln at the death of Pres
ident Lincoln and Mr. Douglass re-
lated to us some Of the trials and hard
ships he endured while lecturing
throughout the North and northwest
on the slavery question.
Among the many things which he
said and which left lasting impress
sion on our mind that he declared that
of all the eminent or distinguished men
that he had come in contact with
in all parts of the world, that Presi-
dent Abraham Lincoln and the late
President Grover Cleveland were the
only two among them all who had
never made him feel that he was a
colored man while he was engaged in
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lectures on slavery and woman suf-
frage, and assisted in the escape OF
fugitive slaves.
In 1852 he supported the Free Soil
Party and was elected delegate to the
National Free Soil Convention at Pitts
burg, Pa, and delivered speeches
along with John P. Hale, the Jeffer-
sonian Democrat who was the nominee
of the Free Soil Party for President
Of the United States in 1852, and who
was appointed as minister to Russia by
President Abraham Lincoln; in 1856
Mr.. Douglass Loyalty supported FIRE.
mont and Dayton for President and
Vice-President Of the United States,
established Douglass monthly, enter
tanned John Brown at his home in
Rochester, visited England for the sec
ond time in 1859. Lectured and spoke
in England and Scotland for six
months and arrived in this country in
time to assist to elect Abraham Lin
coin, President of the United States
In 1868 he assisted in recruiting the
54th and 55th Massachusetts, colored
regiments, invited to visit President
Lincoln, who always referred to him as
my Friend Douglass" in 1866 he
was active in procuring the franchise
for the freed men, elected a delegate
from Rochester to the Loyalist Ma
tional Convention at Philadelphia, Pa;
in 1859 he moved to Washington, d. c.,
and established the New National Era;
in 1870 he was appointed Secretary Of
the Santo Domingo Commission by
President Grant; in 1877 he was chosen
United States Marshal for the District
of Columbia by President Hayes, in
that same year he visited his old home
in Maryland and met his old master;
in 1873 bust of Frederick Douglass
was placed in Sibley Hall Of the
Rochester University; since that time
huge monument in honor of his
memory has been erected in the center
of the most prominent square in
Rochester, N. ", he spoke against the
proposed Negro exodus from the
South; in 1881 he was appointed Re
corder of Deeds for the District of
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1927-02-12
BISHOP URGES SUPPORT
PRESS

Charlotte, N. C-Outlining a pro-
gram for the New Year in his address
before the citizens of this city, Bishop
w. ]. Walls urged his hearers to sup
port Negro newspapers, to promote
business enterprises, encourage educa-
ton and work for inter-racial good
will.
NO Negro" declared the Bishop,
is true to his race who does not have
Negro magazines and newspapers
coming to his home weekly. The
newspapers occupy place that makes
the Negro press the most potent of all
agencies in reaching the public con-
science. They fight our battles, hold
up our ideals, plead our cause before
the world, articulate race spirit and
enterprise, keep the fires of religion
burning on our affairs of arts and sci
ence. If you could strike the Negro
press and its work from US it would
be like Blasting Gibraltar from Con-
stantinople, or taking the altar out Of
religion"
The speaker decried ignorance and
the educational facilities afforded Ne
groes in many sections of the south,
but stressed the importance Of chill
dren and adults seeking to acquire an
education.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1927-02-12

non dollars Tor my ward. Haven't
performed?
6.-I secured many fash danger
lights and distributed them throughout
the ward. And and Prairie avenue
and lakewood boulevard and Lake
Park avenue, most notable, because
two most dangerous corners.
IL secured additional street light
ing for dark streets and more for this
year. | secured beaches for our
ward. The South Park Commission
is now building them. The work is
there, see for yourself.
81 have sent the sick to the hos
pital, the disabled to Oak Forest
Home and the needy food and coal.
81 have served all my churches
well They can testify.
10.-I gave the three million people
Of Chicago pure milk jackson Milk
Ordinance) the greatest health meas
ure passed BY the City Council in 20
years.
Ill took up the fight Of the Chi
cago Defender and removed discrim-
nation in the Fire Department.
III have taken care of and adj
justed more than three hundred unjust
personal property tax assessments.
81 secured the promotion and
appointment Of six (6) Of our boys tc
executive positions in the Post Office
in addition to many appointments by
Postmaster Lueder, both temporary
and permanent.
Al have for two years and am
now, protesting long and loud against
unlawful entry into our homes. Thi:
violation Of our constitution must BE-
stopped and the vicious state search
and seizure law repealed. No alder.
man can be responsible for the con.
duct Of the police department anc
never has been.
Isl have been on the job for the
people Of the ward at my Office, home
and place of business the entire two
years and what have not done d
could not do, no other alderman coulC
do Every department head in tn,
City Hall will back this statement ii
the interest Of your humble servant.
16.-I have served all the people 0
the ward without regard to race, re
hgion or color and did. the best
could-Angels could do no more.
| am for William Hale Thompsol
for the Republican nomination TO
Mayor and for harmony in our ward
J (SigneD Alderman Robert R. Jackson
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1927-02-12

wear rubber gloves when dressing rab-
bits, and thoroughly cook the meat of
wild rabbits. If you happen to be out
in the tularemia section, do not handle
rabbits or squirrels and protect your
self from the bites of flies and ticks"
advised the Commissioner.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1927-02-12

wise messages of congratulations. No
man in the cabinet is more worthy and
has rendered more service to the coun-
try and his party than Post Master
General New.
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EFFICIENT, FAITHFUL, CAPABLE

Like Abraham Lincoln: 81 Do the
Best I Can; the Very Best I Can;
And I Mean to Keep Right on Do
ing SO Until the End. IF the End
Brings Me Out AL Right, What Is
Said Against Me Won't Amount to
Anything. If the End Brings Me
Out Wrong, Ten Angels Swearing
I Was Right Would Make No Diff
ference"
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1927-02-12
CHARLES STE WART, JR.,
WRITES ON ABRAHAM LIN
COLIN AND THE POST MAS
TER-G ERAL OF THE
UNITED STATES

Today brings wildly to the history
of the civilized world the thought that
this is the birthday of the emancipation
Of the American slave and the chief
tain of the army of the 90 who did
battle that the proclamation might be-
come fixed part of the organic law of
this republic. Lincoln was known to
have been the man that dug out in
shorter paragraphs the essential con-
structive English which stood para
mount to lengthy arguments on any
and all propositions. His address
known as "Lincoln's Gettysburg
speech" will be read today in the
schools throughout the world, that the
pupils may drink in food for the build
ing Of letters which will represent the
monuments of reason. In the parks,
in the schools and in the halls of
fame stand monuments of every char
acter; they will live throughout all
ages. Each year historians find some
thing new but if new things could not
Be found, if new constructions could
not be put upon the paragraphs
already written the history of Lincoln
will stand as an interviewer thought in
the minds Of the men and women Of
this nation today as constructive pic
ture, that by the home freside the old
will tell the story which will be an in
spring thought to make the child a
constructive citizen Of that type that
will be BETTING for lesson of better
worth and character to become a log
ical teacher of the inspiring thought
learned from the lessons OF the life Of
civilizations greatest emancipation.
Harry S. New, Post Master Cen
eral Of the United States, after score
of years as graduate from Butler
college, took his old SLOUGH hat and
packed his grip sack and went down
where he once received a diploma and
met the faculty that bestowed upon
him the degree which adds to his life
the closing chapter Of the school he
had long wanted. His service to the
nation in developing newspapers and
his almost supernatural power de-
veloped the Post Office department
beyond the expectation of man
These half million men and women
when reading the telegraphic news
throughout the world Of the honor
having been conferred upon the Pos
Master General, felt the heights Of the
promotion and thousands Of his friend:
speeded on by air mails and other
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1927-02-12

the driver Of a vehicle is going to stop
to let you pass. Be sure of it, or wait
until he passes.
By your watchfulness for your own
safety, help the police department. to
cut down the appalling number Of
deaths and injuries caused by motor
vehicles.
Evening star., 1927-04-24
Rex Ingram S Technique.

1T seems that as long as Alice Terry
remains the star of Rex Ingram
she is destined to play opposite dark
skinned leading men. Valentino, No
varro. Moreno and now Petrovich--
they're all dark-skinned and dark.
haired. With few exceptions Miss
Terry has played opposite them all
since she made her first hit in 1.-The
Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse"
Ingram, incidentally, brought them all
to stardom.
Their uniformly dark compilations
photographed in juxtaposition to her
light blond beauty has hardly been
coincidence. 1t is in truth the secret
of Rex Ingrams technique in casting
his players.
Contrasts" says Ingram, who is
now filming THE Garden of Allah"
for Metro-Goldwyn at his studios in
Nice, France. must be decisive but
simple. Put your central characters
down in black and white and with
such a foundation begin your shading
of values. That's my first principle
of motion picture production.
ut lis generally accepted that in
love opposites attract. Tall men pick
little women; little men, big women;
blonds, brunets, and so on. Even peo-
pie who don't believe this like to see
opposite types, who may feel hostile
to each other at first sight, become
reconciled and finally married." ex-
plains Ingram,
THAT, as a matter of fact, is what
happens between Alice Terry and
Ivan Petrovich in THE Garden of
Allah" 1t seems like a triumph over
nature to gladden. the hearts of peo-
ple."
Re-. Ingram strives for simple con-
fficts in motion pictures. Their cen
tral ideas can be expressed in a SEN
tence, and his chief characters move
forward from the first foot of film to
the final fadeout, with no wandering
into primrose bypaths, however inter
esting. No doubt he got this idea
from his study of sculpture at Yale
an ideal of the simple as being great
art and the complicated as being sec
ond-rate.
SO from the beginning he seems to
have held firmly to the type of man
and woman he wanted for his leading
roles. He may really believe attrac-
tion of opposites is a law of nature,
Evening star., 1927-04-24
Object to Contracts.

OTHER sensations are obscured in
Hollywood since Dorothy Phillips
declared a new emancipation procla-
nation for screen stars.
Miss Phillips walked away from
Metro Goldwyn Mayors because un-
suitable roles were assigned her.
Many Of the stars have followed her
example and pronounce themselves
well pleased with the new affiliations
and free lancing.
Is it better to work for a salary,
under contract, and be sure Of the
pay check, or to free lance and choose
your roles? This question has usurped
in Importance all others in the film
colony.
Greta Garbo fought for a new con.
tract, Dorothy Mackail would not go
to work until the right story was
found for her, Hoot Gibson has served
notice on Universal that he will leave
in the Fall, and so it goes merrily on.
Miss Phillips recently completed the
leading role for Fox Films in Cradle
Snatchers" and, it is declared, has
proved she needs suitable roles to dem.
onstrate her ability.
Evening star., 1927-04-24
Warnings Trunks.

Not the least of the worries of War
ings Pennsylvanians, the popular Vic
tor recording orchestra. while on con-
cert and dance tours of Pennsylvania
cities was found in the % trunks
which the boys must carry with them
at all times.
Handling II musicians is plenty, but
Bus Seeds, manager, and Fred War
ing, leader of the Pennsylvanians, are
given added cause for concern with
caring for all the baggage-none of it
excess!
The Warnings carry from so to 20 in
struments with them at all times, not
all of them small instruments, for the
bass tuba of Ray Dell takes trunk
in ITSELF The value Of the instru-
ments M placed conservatively at
$4,000, and it is vitality necessary that
they be well protected, carefully trans
ported, and especially that they be on
hand when needed.
Twenty Of the trunks are used for
instruments and the remaining eight
are filled with uniforms and personal
equipment of the boys.
Evening star., 1927-04-24
A Perfect Thirty"

THE president of Columbia preten-
tiously announces for the season
of 1928 from "a to 80 pictures, to be
known as ''The Perfect Thirty" which
viii transcend by far anything ever
before attempted by Columbia. No ex-
pense will be spared to have the quail
ity and entertainment value of the
productions live up to the slogan,
Perfect
The first of these is THE Blood
Ship" from the novel by Norman
Springer, thrilling story of the sea.
Others include Alias the Lone Wolf. !"
by Louis Joseph Vance; 'The College
Hero" from story by Willard Mack:
BY Whose Hand?" a story of tempta-
ton and regeneration. by Claiming
Pollock: "Stage Kisses" a comedy,
with Partisan flavor, from a story by
George Bronson Howard; Sally in
Our Alley" a romantic comedy; THE
Sporting Age" by Charles K. Ten
nant, drama of men and women who
take life lightly and spend money seri-
ously; Beware of Blondes" Pierre
Dumond's 'peppy" story; Nothing to
Wear" a story of crying women who
keep their husbands busy buying
clothes; Lady Raffles," drama of
diplomatic intrigue, by Alfred Henry
Lewis; THE Way of the Strong" by
Octavus Roy Cohen; THAT Certain
Thing" q sex appeal story; virgin
Lips" by Jack Lait; Come Back to
Aaron" an interracial melange;
Broadway Daddies," by Grace Atkin-
son; GA Womans Way" by Thomas
Buchanan, adapted from the famous
stage play; "San Francisco" conflict
with the forces of the underworld;
'The Tigress," adapted from an Alfred
Henry Lewis Story; After the Storm ,;
Say 1t with Sables," by Dorothy How
ell: 80 This Is Love-" by Gertrude
Atherton; Bridge" a story of the
humor, tragedy. vices and virtue of
the game; Golf Widows" by Henry
Clayton Cooper; "The Opening Night,
from story by Owen Davis; My
Wifes Relations" a comedy of marital
complications; THE Adventures, by
Frances Marion; Forgotten Women -
by Louella Parsons; THE Siren"
Modern Mothers" adapted from
"Perils of Divorce" by Rachel Gro
Tiers, and THE Warning" adapted
from a story by Edgar Rice Bur
roughS.
Evening star., 1927-04-24
Startling Camera Effect.

HAMERAMEN at the Paramount
studio in Hollywood recently were
mystif1ed over the accomplishment of
Harry Fischbeck, Florence Vidor's
cameranhan, who exhibited to them q
picture of Miss Vidor looking through
her own shadow
The photograph is said to have re-
versed all precedent, for Fischbeck
used no light at the back of his sub
ject, all Of it being concentrated on
her face as she looked at the lens of
the camera. There was, however, no
shadow cast on the background. The
process is secret.
F'ischbeck declared that he will at.
tempt to get the same effect with
a moving picture camera in the stars
present picture, 'The World at Her
Feet"
Evening star., 1927-04-24
New Tiffany Productions
TIFFANY PRODUCTIONS, INC

TIFFANY PRODUCTIONS, INC,
announces the release of two new
productions this month: THE En-
chanted Island" and "The Beauty
Shoppers, which are now in the
final stages of editing and titling.
The cast in "The' Enchanted
Island" includes Henry B. Walthall
Charlotte Stevens, Pierre Gendron,
Pat Hartigan and Floyd Shackelford.
In THE Beauty Shoppers" the prin-
cipal roles are portrayed by Mae
Busch, Ward Crane, Dale Fuller,
Thomas Haines, Doris Hill. James
Marcus and Cissy FITZGERALD.
Evening star., 1927-04-24
Found Her Place Quickly.

ONE ticket, Berlin to Hollywood,
- one visit to one casting Office, one
test-one contract!
The verbless sentence gives a birds
eye view of perhaps the quickest leap
to screen fame on record.
Several weeks ago a player in Ber-
lin, Lena Malena, IS, ck-haired,
blaek-eyed, vivacious, sparkling, to-
day stands on the Cecil De Mile lad
der whence Gloria Swanson, Leatrice
JOY, Vera Reynolds. Bebe Daniels.
Jetta Goudal and others have stepped
to stardom.
In Berlin, where the pace is slower
because of smaller production, Lena's
eyes strayed longingly towards Holly
wood. And so one day, unheralded,
she arrived at the De Mile casting
office.
"A German Clara Bowl" exclaimed
one attache.
Colleen Moore with a continental
f1aver," chorused William Crothers,
casting director "A fiapper Pola
Negri." Reminiscent Of Lya de
Putti.' said others.
And finally, after a test, "A real
fiind"' said Cecil De Mile.
Evening star., 1927-04-24

''Julie," play by Corning White is
announced for presentation by Ho-
meric Productions, Inc, producers of
''Set Thief"
ooh, Ernest" win be the name of
the musical version of THE Impor-
tance of Being Earnest" now in prep
aration. II has hitherto been known
as ''Tangles."
A new play by Don Marquis. "Out
of the Sea-" will be acted in Atlanta
the week Of May 16 by Charles L.
WaRner's stock company. The play is
controlled by George c. Tyler
1t is again announced that Florenz
Ziegfeld will resume the management
of Eddie Cantor next Fall in new
musical comedy. Cantor is now on
his way to Los Angeles to make an
other motion picture.
1--WE Living Dead" described as "a
sardonic revue" is announced for pro-
ciuction by the New Playwrights' The
ater next season. Aben Kandel is the
author.
Sidney Howard will adapt a Ger
man play by the Messrs. Bernauer
and OestrreicheT, to be produced by
A. II. Woods next season, The same
authors wrote THE Garden Of Eden,
also to be seen in New York next sea
son.
The cast of THE Lady Screams" an
impending production, includes Grant
Mills, Betty Weston, Dana Desboro,
Eleanor Daniels, John Campbell and
Ralph Cullinan.
a., ~
'Calais to Dover" as previously re-
ported. Instead it is announced that
the adaptation will be made by IAN
author now in Berlin, with whom Ar
thur Hopkins is concluding arrange
ments" Mr.. Hopkins will present the
play in association with Arch Selwyn.
Chamberlin Brown, having success
fully sold THE Tightwad" of Robert
Keith by producing it before an in
vited audience Of managers, is to at
tempt the same formula with mfr.
Butterfly" by Robert Middlemas. 1t
went into rehearsal last week.
1.-THE Imposter," which the Amer
tcan Stage Producing Co. tried out on
tour. IS announced for New York pres
entation next season.
Women at Four O'Clock" by Dean
Powell, is scheduled for production
next season by the New Playwrights'
Theater.
The Habima Players, who are now
touring the country, will terminate
their American engagements with
farewell performance in New York on
Sunday evening, May Is.
From London comes the report that
A. H. Woods has acquired the Ameri-
Evening star., 1927-04-24
IN THE SPOTLIGHT

can rights to Kong" which Oscar
| Ashe is planning to present in Lon
| don in the Fall. 1t is an elaborate
| spectacle drama and said to be better
than "Kismet"
Kenneth Macgowan, who has been
| associated with the Actors Theater,
will become an independent producer
this Fall. His first offering will be a
play by Ruth Hawthorne and Louise
Connell, tentatively called 1.-The Queen
Bee" which he recently acquired.
The original American operetta,
which Gene Buck plans to produce,
will be called Virginia" instead of
Edward Paulton are the authors and
its presentation is now scheduled for
September i.
Clare Woodbury., now playing in
New York with Broadway" will go to
Germany this Summer as guest star
of the Municipal Theater in Munich,
where she will appear in four plays by
Hauptman.
Howard Marsh, who is heading the
Cherry Blossom" company, will be
starred in a new musical play next
season, by Sidney Smith and Luke
Thomas, entitled over There"
A play by Herbert Halls Winslow,
tentatively entitled six Women" was
placed in rehearsal last week by pro.
ducers of the Might Hawk"
William Courtleigh, Charles Dalton
and Ralph Roeder will be among those
who will appear with Margaret Anglin
in her performances of Electra" at
the Metropolitan Opera House, New
York, May 3 and 4.
Lawrence Grattan, author of "The
Cosby Sex" which was only partial.
ly successful when first presented in
New York last week. has another play
ready called THE Pet of the Ladies'"
According to a cable from Russell
Janney, 'The Vagabond King" was
greeted cordially by its first London
audience when it opened at the Winter
Garden there last Tuesday night. Mr..
Janney also mentioned the personal
success of Dereck Oldham and Winnie
Melville.
The Mutual Burlesque Circuits sea.
son will end Saturday, April 80. At
that time practically all of the 36 bur-
lesque companies will have played an
average of 38 weeks over a chain of
theaters located for the most part in
the principal cities from Boston to
Omaha and Louisville to Montreal.
/. II. Herk, president of the Mutual,
states it has been the most successful
season burlesque has ever had, not
only from a financial point of view,
but as to the progress burlesque. as a
form of amusement, has made.
Mr.. Herk announced the Mutual will
next season have 40 touring companies
and four additional theaters.
Evening star., 1927-04-24
Ed Wynniisms.

I'D WYNN of Wyngate, Great Neck,
~ Long Island date of Broadway, in
a letter to 1900 leading exhibitors, has
cleared up the mysterious circum'
stances surrounding his entry into
the movies.
Wynns letter, which is self-ex-
planatory, follows:
"Dear Mr.. Exhibitor:
"You ask me why / gave up the
stage, to make Paramount picture.
You might just as we'll ask me
when did the Dead Sea die?
els a myth a female moth?
Where does the goods go when
you get hole in your stocking?
''If q boys name is Abe and a
girls name is Anna, could you call
them a-banana?
ION the other hand, IL you ask
me how / like pictures, / can hon
estly say they're great.
In closing, may / suggest in case
my picture, Rubber Heels" drives
your audience into the street, that
you put a screen up in the street
and put my picture on it and that
will drive your audience back into
the theater again"