The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1932-11-03
Paul Robson
DOesn' / Need Her

matter" she said. what other wo.
men have been to you they have
never walked in my garden"
White Admirers
Mrs. Robson thinks that the
charge that her book was hurting
Paul was made by his white femi-
nine admirers = women who were
jealous of her, and who became an
grier yet when she laughed at them.
Platonic Friends
Another fact she made clear is that
IN spite of her suit. she and Paul
are still the verk best of platonie
friends. When asked whether she
knew that he also was in the city but
stopping at another hotel. she an.
swered: Yes, | see him every day.
Doesn't Need Her
She added: paul has arrived. He
does not need me any more. From
the age of five | have been hearing
the great voices of the world. and
today | say that Chaliapin is the
only singer who can be compared
with Paul.' Paul is at the top. Now
have my own career to make. Be-
sides there is Paul, junior, who is
making very good progress. He
speaks perfect German
She continued: Nov / am COM
pletely free to work out my own
career, and I am happy.f And Mrs.
Robson shows it too. She looks
younger; her cheeks are rounder.
and her eyes are brighter than when
we saw her four years ago in Lon
don. 81 can't look broken-hearted
when feel gay,' she laughed.
Perhaps we ventured, "you also
will be thinking of another marriage.
You know marriage seems to be like
strong liquor with some folks. They
swear off till the next time"
Finished With Marriage
Il am finished with marriage" she
replied, "it is out of date these DAYS.
No one who plans an artistic career
should ever get married. You can't
do serious work and be married."
At present she is working on a
play called "Uncle Tom. and His
Cabin, dealing with a very popular
Negro jazz-band, whose leader is
named Tom. The scenes are laid in
night clubs in New York, Paris.
Berlin, London, Moscow, and calls
for much action and wit and serious
thought. She also has a short story |
and scenario, entitled: "Black Prog
ress."
Lady Mountbatten
Two things seemed, however. to
have disturbed Mrs. Robson much
more than her divorce suit. One
was that Paul's name had been linked
with Lady Mountbatten and Miss
Nancy Cunard-rumors which she
believed had done him harm; the
other was that she heard it was being
said in America that she was "pass-
ing for white"
As to the first she said: GAS it
happened We met most of the lead
ing members of English society, save
Lady Mountbatten. We did not have
the pleasure of meeting her at all.
and Paul does not know her. 1t was
the same with regard to Miss Cum
ard"
Won't Go AS White
With regard to the second she
SAID: Il am always a Negro, and my
family traditions go back as one. A
public school at Washington. D. C.
was named in honor of my grand
father, Francis l.. Cardozo, who was ,
at Edinburgh and Oxford.
and won prizes for Latin and Greek. S
which am saving for my boy, Paul. |
further, | was one of the earliest r
Negro residents of Harlem, and con-
'ider myself part of the original
nucleus there. When | was at Co. /,
umbia | tried at all times to get the
tudents and the professors interest
I'd in the Negro. l am rearing nv
ION, Paul, with the same ideals, and
I'm already collecting for him a Ii.
rary with the works of all the Negro
uthors and all the books can get on p
Africa, many of which are auto
-raphed copies" U
Free to Wed :.
In English it is commonly said that
shen Paul is free he is to marry a 7
ertain very wealthy white lady of /
tiled descent, who, it is also said, ;,
as been telling her friends that she )
) to be married to him. Regarding ;,
MS Mrs. Robson said that she would :
egret it very much if Paul married d
white woman, though theoretically :,
ne is not opposed to mixed mar
ages. She added, however, that she
cit sure the rumored marriage was
OF going to take place now.