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The Washington times., 1938-08-22
36O-Lb. Wrestler on Mat Card

Thor johnson, 800 pound Suede, considered one OF
the best of the uOrestling superdreadnanught' has
agreed to be one of the contestants the battle royal
at Griffith Stadium, Thursday night.
He uUiH appear the same bill lOith Ruby AHem;
worlds welterweight feminine champion, UhO vii
risk her title against Teddy Moore, of Boston Clhf
Olson uUrestles Bibber Mccoy in one OF the pre-
Iininaries.
The Washington times., 1938-08-22
Loose Bone Removed
From Pitching Arm
of Giant Southpav

MEMPHIS, Tenn, Aug. % GN.s)-seeking to restore
strength the lame of Carl Hubbe ouhpaw for the
New York Giants today removed loose bone from
the moundsman's left elbow.
Though physicians would make definite commitment Dr.
The Washington times., 1938-08-22
Dempsey to Second
New Heavyweight
Against Bill Mchy
By BOB ADDIE

For the first time since Max Baer fought Joe Louis Jack
Dempsey will second for fighter when Bill Boyd
boxes Billy Nichy in the feature Orounder Griffith
Stadium tonight Dempsey quit the toweswabbng brigade in
disgust when his Make doing perfect takeoff
The Omaha guide., 1938-09-24
IOTTE NJ - FIRST
IN MUSICAL
ART SOCIETY PROGRAM

Hampton Institute, Va, Sept.
% The Musical Art Society of
Hampton Institute presents, as its
first offering of the season, the
famous soprano, Lotte Lehman,
the artist, who according to the
Boston Herald, "has everything a
singer needs"
Coming to Ogden Hall on Mon
day evening, October 10, at S:15
o'clock, Madame Lehman will be
preceded, not only by highest
commendatory tributes of lang
uage, but by a record of achieve
ment which is above mere lip APP
praisals.
She has sung under the fore
most conduetoks. At the great
salzburg festival in 1895. Toscan-
mi chose her for his Fidelio per-
Torrance. Bruno Walter has put
aside his baton several times to
accompany her.
The Omaha guide., 1938-09-24

worker.
The people Of the world are
pround of Bill Robinson and his
achievements, a splendid person.
atty his loyalty and philanthropy
is known everywhere and appre-
ciated by everyone.
DR.. H. H. Towles was chairman
Of the Citizens committee in be-
half of Mayor Frank L. Shaw in
the coming recall election and
around the table was grouped some
Of the most prominent citizens of
church, social and political life of
Los Angeles and the cream of the
nations entertaining world render
ed a fitting program of song mu-
sic and dancing. Among them were
Miss Jeni LIE Con mistress of cere-
monies; Louie Armstrong, Eddie
Anderson and Johnnie Taylor, the
famous piano playing Beal Bro
theirs.
The Omaha guide., 1938-09-24

votions. AS a concert singer he has
appeared before distinguished audi
ences in Europe and America: and
twice sang before King Edward VII.
A tireless student, Burleigh is a
master of German, French. and
Italian. He has an honorary degree
of Master of Arts from Atlanta Uni
versity, and of Doctor of Music from
Howard University. When Victor
Herbert organized the American
Society of Composers, Authors and
Publishers in 1914 as an agency of
musical copyright protection, he in
vited Burleigh to become a charter
member.
Burleigh's first successful compo.
sition, "Jean," has been a concert
favorite for many years. His ar.
rangement of Deep River" was one
of his earlier efforts. John McCor-
mack sang his Little Mother of
Mine" the world over. His list of
original compositions runs into the
hundreds.
Burleigh leads a busy life, but
finds ample time to befriend many
struggling young artists. He gave
up the concert stage ten years ago
for more attention to his church
work and editorial duties with a
music publishing house. He shows
no evidence of advancing years, his
rich voice ringing out in solo parts
with the full vigor Of his early con
cert triumphs. Burleigh d~eprecates
his part in the New World SYM
phony, but musicians who know the
facts trace in Dvorak's impressive
symphonic creation the unmistak-
able influence of the young student
who himself was destined to achieve
fame as a composer long after
Dvorak had passed on.
Photo Syndicdte)
The Omaha guide., 1938-09-24

are of both races and both sexes,
bands and orchestras both NUM-
cipal and private arc bi-racial, the
faculty of the National Conserv-
atory of Music is composed of the
outstanding musicians from both
races. The popular and much of
the classical music of Cuba rests
frankly and alluringly upon an
African base and many Of the pop
ular congas, rumbas, and danzas
proclaim the charms of the Negro
woman in the lyrics and the
charms of Negro rhythm in the
music.
All public places are open to
tho dark skinned Cuban and the
natives actively resent American
and British attempts to set up
their fetish of a color line. The
Cuban's standing in the commune
ty, is determined by culture and
by breeding rather than by race
or money. The traditions of old
Spain govern to a great extent
the social life of the nation.
The Omaha guide., 1938-09-24
CHILDRESS
GRIEVES UNNEC-
ESSARILY FOR A

New York City, N. Y, Sept. %
Little Jean Rosa Childress, age
3, whose father plays the role of
the crippled Jacques in the WPA
Federal Theatres producti3l of
Haiti at Dally's Sixty-third st.
Theatre, begged her mother to
take. her to see her dad do his
stuff on the stage.
In the last act of "Haiti," Al
vim Childress cher father) is
caught spying on the French, and
is swiftly sentenced to the wheel
1t was at this point, when Child
ress presumably falls dead, that
Jean Rosa couldn't take it, for
with a howl that rocked the thea
tire, she made it clear she wanted
her dad alive if possible. 1t was
not until Jean Rosa was taken
backstage and given a mello roll
by her dad, that she began to
smile.
The Omaha guide., 1938-09-24
BILL ROBINSON, TAP KING,
MADE HONORARY CAPTAIN

Los Angeles,-The banquet Hall
at the YMCA twenty-eight street,
Branch was the scene of an Ella
borate banquet given in honor of
the King of tap dancers, worlds
famous dancing star of stage and
screen, Bill "~Bdgangles" Robin
son.
The occasion was the presenta-
ton of a beautiful solid gold eme-
raid incrusted badge, making him
an honorary Captain of the Los
Angeles Police Department.
The presentation of the badge,
was made in person by Mayor F..
L. Shaw in a most appropriate adj
dress. Bill in his inimitable way
responded to the presentation and
honor in a short that seemed to
echo the sentiments of the people
of his race and in whose behalf
Bill Robinson is ouch an ardent
The Omaha guide., 1938-09-24
B~OJANGLES, 10 WHITE PLAY
ERS DROPPED AT 10Th CEN
TURY

Hollywood, Sept. %, (A.N.P.)
Bill "Bojangles" Robinson, worlds
greatest tap dancer, has been re-
moved from the yearly contract
list at goth Cenntury-Fox film
studios where he has scored many
successes with Shirley Temple, and
will work on a picture picture
basis. He is currently working in
lizard To Get" which started pro-
duction last week.
At the same time, it was an
nounced that 10 white contract
players had also been dropped, a
mong them Ethel Norman, Simone
Simon, Claire Trevor and Helen
Wesley.
The Omaha guide., 1938-09-24
BY Daniel I. Mcnamara

HCWING lot0, sUeet chdriotr
~ The stirring strains of this
Negro spiritual are mirrored in the
second theme of the first movement
Of Dvorak's New World Sym.
phony." Dvorak died in 1904, but
the young Negro student who first
revealed to the famous Bohemian
composer the beauties of this
refrain and Of scores of other
spirituals has lived to become one
of the most notable figures in Amer
lean music,-Harry T. Burleigh,
A.s.o.A.P., famous baritone soloist
and composer.
Burleigh had won a scholarship
in the National Conservatory of
Music in New York while Dvorak
was its head in the early '90's. Born
in Erie, Pennsylvania, December 6,
1856, he learned music first from
his talented mother, a college grad
uate whose cultivated mind lowered
in the genius of her son. Dvorak
often listened hours at a time while
the young student played the spirit
uals he had learned from his
mother. Their lasting impression
on Dvorak is seen in the music of
his New World Symphony, first per-
formed at Carnegie Hall in 1893.
While still a student, Burleigh
won appointment as baritone soloist
in st. Georges Protestant Episcopal
Church. Now, as the only Negro
member of a choir of 120 voices, he
is completing his forty-fifth year of
continuous service. Worshipers in
the famous institution long since
have come to regard Burleigh's sing
ing as an integral part of their de-
lMnSic Features {
The Omaha guide., 1938-09-24

All English speaking people are
assumed to be Americans and as
such fair game for exploitation by
the Cubans. Because of the de-
plorable conduct of the non-Span-
ish speaking Americans who
swarm to Havana, the American
dollar commands respect where
the American himself does not.
OF all foreigners the Mexican
command most respect because of
the out and out Socialist program
of the President of Mexico, Laz-
arc Cardenas. The Cuban people
are ninety percent pro-Loyalist in
the current Spanish Civil War.
The Omaha guide., 1938-09-24
C "MIKADO"
E SUNDAY

CHICAGO, Sept. % (ANP)-
Sept. 25, is the opening date for
the Federal theatres all Negro
version of the "Mikado" to be pro-
duced at the Great Northern
theatre.
Ardent Savoyards who remem-
Der Gilbert and Sullivan's most
popular work in its whimsical Jap
anese setting, will see the same
setting, the same costumes, and
hear the same music, this time,
produced by the Negro unit of the
Federal theatre, they will hear,
also, a syncopated version of the
music. y
The opera, as it has heretofore
been known, is a typical English
affair. Without losing any of it's
charm the cast has made it as A
merican as a baseball game.
The Omaha guide., 1938-09-24
Current History
THE NEGRO IN
CUBA

LA W. ~ 1uDd, sept Il 10y
Ben Frederic Carruthers M. A.
for ANP)-Cuba, the baby repup-
lie of the New World, has had a
long and important history as a
colony of Spain and for many
years was considered the brightest
jewel in the Spanish imperial
crown. The abolition of slavery
of King Alfonso XII in 1880
marks the beginning of the new
day in which the Cuban Negro,
come into his own at last, was to
dutstrip all other American Ne
groes in his fight for justice and
a share in the political, social and
economic life of the republic.
During the War of Independ-
ance 1898, the ex-slaves joined
the armies of the Cuban Rebels
andby their loyalty and bravery,
won the respect and admiration
of the Chiefs of the Revolution:
Jose Marti', Maxine Gomez, and
others. Two of the most highly
respected Revolutionary comman-
ders we're the mulatto general,
Antonio Maceo to whom the Cub
an government has erected the
most imposing monuments, and
the Negro General Guillermo Mon
cada whose portrait hangs in the
magnificent 500, 100000 capitol
building in Havana.
The tradition of active partici-
patton of the Negroes and mezt-
izos in the political affairs of the
Nation in spite of American in
tervention in the affairs of Cuba
since the War of independence
persists to the present time. To-
day in the Senate four of the
thirty-six Senators are "hombres
de color" and fourteen of the hun
dred and forty representatives
arc the legislative voice of the
. ,500, 900 Negroes and Meztizos
who have the right to vote and to
hold office. In the appointive po-
litical offices there n many i'm
portant posts held by men of col
In the contemporary cabinet
of His Excellency, Federico Lar
edo Bru, President of the Repub-
lie the post of Bajo Secretario de
Justica in charge of the efficient
police force of the Island is held
by a Negro gentleman by the
name of Cespedes who is also
President of the Club Atonas of
Havana, one of the finest Negro
Clubs in the world.
In the armed forces of the ma
ton under the direct supervision
of the dynamic Chief of the Rev
olution, Colonel Fulgencio Batista,
the Negro is we'll represented in
every rank. The efficient police
force of the Republic has hun
dreds Of colored men enrolled
and they r not shunted off to
the Negro districts which simply
do not exist in the cities of Cuba.
In the hospitals and schools of
the nation the color line is virtual
~ unknown to staff and patient,
student and teacher. The magni-
ficent new Institute Ciyice Mill
tar has a student body of some
700 students of which one-third
arc colored. They all are wards
of the government and enjoy the
same privileges in the school and
dormitory life.
Bus chauffeurs and conductors
The Omaha guide., 1938-09-24

Publishers, Schubert's "Marche Mill
taire." But there is good reason
so much military marching going
on throughout the world. Aside
from its public r~ecitals, 1t is also
q pet OF piano teachers and their
students.
Next to this composition the most
favored classical marches are Bizet's
march Of the Toreadors" from
"Carmen"; Tschaikowsky's "Marche
Slav," Wagner's March from Tam
hauser" and Grieg's march OF the
Dwarfs."
The Omaha guide., 1938-09-24
A PERSIAN LOVE SONG

All, sad are they who knew not
love,
But, far from PASSIONS tear and
smiles,
Drift down a moonless sea, be-
you'd
The silvery coasts of fairy isles
And sadder they whose longing
lips
Kiss empty air, and never touch
The dear warn mouth of those
whose they love
Waiting, wasting, suffering
much.
The Omaha guide., 1938-09-24

ing their vocalists. There was a time,
not so long ago, when the batoneers
and their songbirds were generally
abiding by the spirit of the Tin Pan
Alley serenades which they were
performing. Notable examples OF
such romances were George Olsen
and Ethel Shutta, Ozzie Nelson and
Harriet billiard, Herbie Kay and
Dorothy Lamour, John Kirby and
Maxine Sullivan. In each of these
cases professional separation fol-
lowed. Their careers have profted
as a result.
The Omaha guide., 1938-09-24

George Bernard Shaw's "Androc-
les and the Lion"
Federal Theatre officials chose
the Shavian comedy for a Harlem
vehicle, bearing in mind the over
whelming success of Macbeth"
and "Haiti' in Harlem.
The play will have a cast OF
more than $50 Negro actors, in.
GLIDING Jack Carter and Edna
Thomas of Macbeth fame, and
Daniel Haynes, movie, stage anC
radio ar6ist.
The Omaha guide., 1938-09-24

uHW SCuF CttU u HtOfttft
passed that Tin Pan
Alley song-pluggers
didn't seek TO tie ap
H.R.H. aoith some neio
dittg. under such bill
ing as "the latest ia
uorite of the Prince
OF Wales" II meant
money at the sheet
1naSio counters.
That "Marche Militalre'
Leading classical
march as rated by the
number of perform
ances, is, according to
the surveys of the Am
erican Society of Com
posers, Authors and
The Omaha guide., 1938-09-24

given out by Queen Mary.
We remember the list, for promi-
nent upon it was our old rhumba
friend, "The Peanut Vendor" In
deed, it was the only modern tune
represented. The Queen, who chose
the pieces to be played, seemed to
believe that old tunes, like old wine,
are best; gave her chief approval to
the waltzes of Johann Strauss.
80"
The Duke of Windsor, as Prince
OF Wales, qcds an enthusiastic fol-
looer Of American popular songs,
-. ann.nnI.a anaaafh
The Omaha guide., 1938-09-24

the British royal
family rarely ex-
press themselves
concerning pop
ular music. The
last occasion the
world got an
mixing of the
tunes most pre-
ferred at Buck
ingham Palace
was several years
ago when a list
of the music for
The Omaha guide., 1938-09-24

elgn origin - SuCn dS
"Ti-Pi-Tin," "vieni. Vi
emf" that have domi-
mated America'ss popu-
lar music world in the
last two years.
Symphony 0rchestrds
and their assisting pidn-
lists haze for some iner-
plicdble reason prdctic-
ally overlooked Grieg's
Concerto this season.
Yet, for sheer beauty OF
melody there Is no con.
certo In Its class.
eT
Dance bandleaders
seem to have ceased
thar rttctrsa af frnarrV-
The Omaha guide., 1938-09-24

It's almost time for another sem
sationally successful American song.
We haven't had one since 1.-THE Last
Round Up" 1t is the tunes Of for
The Omaha guide., 1938-09-24
WPA. NEGRO THEATRE TO
OPEN SEASON WITH "AND-
ROCLES AND THE LION"

The WPA. Federal Theatre pro-
ject, in in%augurating its fourth
consecutive season in Harlem, has
selected for its 18th presentation,
The Omaha guide., 1938-09-24

WITH the exception Of the Duke
" of Windsor when he was the
Prince Of Wales, the members of
The Omaha guide., 1938-09-24

Most often heard of the oldtime
tunes are those associated with Blue
Ridge mountaineers, cowboys, New
England farms, the plantations OF
mammyland, the Broadway Of the
Teddy Roosevelt era.
Sentimental America ever has an
ear for its old songs. Yet they must
be well played, well sung. 1t even
calls loudly for the old airs of
Broadway, of the gay and brilliant
Broadway before it had succumbed
utterly to blatant ballyhoo, fruit
juice stands, cheap little stores, sec
ond-run movie houses. The old
Broadway inspired George M. Coz
han, Irving Berlin and a dozen
others. The Broadway of today
brings them nothing but a sigh.
The Omaha guide., 1938-09-24
M9s&Ss
- Pr Z0HZS REID
By Z0WS REID


Reply TO reader: Alfred Lee
icds the author Of the old comic
song, "The Man on the Flying
Trdpeze.'
The Omaha guide., 1938-09-24

Observation-Disclosures REE-l5p5u5u5u9u5uI
Evening star., 1938-10-16
New Artists
For Monday
MusicaleS
Australian Baritone
And Hungarian
PLAYER Listed.

Mrs. Lawrence Townsend will pre-
sent two artists new to Washington
in the first Of her current series Of
Monday Morning Musicales this sea-
son, December IL. They are Robert
Nicholson, baritone from Australia,
and Robert Virovai, brilliant young
violinist from the land of gifted
fiddlers-Hungary.
Robert Nicholson's story has dra-
matte Horatio Alger flavor, for in
his life to date he has accomplished
a tremendous span in both activities
and localities. From the coal mines
of Australia to the stage of the Metro
politan Opera House in New York Is
long jump. He was born in Sydney
and entered boys choir when 6. At
l3 he had lost both parents and faced
the world alone. He showed courage
and self-reliance and became worker
in the steel mills and coal mines.
But it was his destiny that he
should sing. He joined a chorus, was
promoted to soloist, won at several
Eisteddfods. and received scholar
ship to the Conservatory of Music at
Melbourne. There he began serious,
scientific study of voice Under Herold
Kyng. Soon he was singing in master
choral works as soloist with the Mel
bourne Philharmonic Society. But
a serious illness followed, by An opera
ton held his progress in check and.
once out of the hospital, Nicholson
returned to the mines for four years.
But again in 1884 he was declared
grand prize winner at the Sydney
Eisteddfod, and this led to professional
offers. He sang in musical comedies,
revues and for radio.
In 1886 came the triumphant tour
of the American tenor, Richard Crooks,
and while he was in Sydney a news
paper established contact between
Crooks and Nicholson. An addition
was arranged and the American urged
the Australian to come to the United
States and study under his sponsorship.
Nicholson was more than glad to try
to raise the money to make it possible
to follow Crooks over. He gave
number Of concerts and then found
himself job on cattle boat sailing
direct from the Antipodes to New
York so as to keep his concert money
intact
Arrived, he found Crooks true to
his word. The latter arranged that
Nicholson study with Edith Henry and
Giuseppe Luigi. Three months after
landing in New York, Robert Nicholson,
was engaged for the spring season OF
the Metropolitan Opera Association.
He also was engaged for soloist roles
with the famous Schola Cantorum and
for radio programs.
Evening star., 1938-10-16
Lhevinnes, Duo>P >Pianists,
To Be Heard Next Week

The concert and recital season Of
193839 will be formally inaugurated
at Constitution Hall next Sunday aft
ernoon at o'clock when Dorothy
Hodgkin Dorsey presents. as the first
of II musical attractions of the first
Importance, Josef and Rosina Lhe-
vinne, duo-pianists, in program for
one and two pianos.
The program which the Lhevinnes
will give here next Sunday afternoon
follows:
Two chorals, ''In Thee Is joy Tar
ranged by Vivian Langrish): 'Jesu.
Joy Of Mans Desiring Bach
Sonata in D Major" Mozart
'Impromptu in Sharp Minor" Ma
zurka, Opus SO: No. 81; .'Scherzo in
C Sharp Minor - Chopin
s5Se Gnomenreisen,n IG,.ss ~ La CAMP camp.nelia Mfaof
List, LisZt-Busoni
1ntermissien.
'Impromptu. Opus 66'' Reinecke
From Schumann'S "Manfred.")
"L'apres Midi dun Faune." "Fetes"
''The Blue Danube waltz" schulz-Evler
adapted for two pianos by ChasinsD
Next Sundays concert at Constitu-
ton Hall will mark one of the first
concerts Of the Lhevinnes' 40th ami
versary tour which they are making to-
gethsr this ssasoA TWO of the most
Evening star., 1938-10-16
Grand Opera
Season Here
At BelascO

The fall grand opera season in
Washington will open october 81 at
the Belasco Theater with the presenta-
ton of "Cavalleria RuSticana' and
"Pagliacci' by the newly formed Ma
tional Opera Co., according to Re
nouX Smith. manager of the T. Ar
thur Smith Concert Bureau. The Ma
bining the resources of the Columbia
Opera Co., which gave a week of op-
era here a year ago, and the Chicago
Opera Co., which also gave a week
of opera in Washington last spring
J. Franklin Viola is manager and Ar
mand Bagarozy, general director
For the week Of grand opera at the
Belasco the company will bring an
ensemble of singers whose voices are
still fresh and in the prime OF their
beauty. Adding to these principals
specially selected chorus, an expert
enced orchestra under a renowned
conductor, and scenery, costumes and
lighting effects will assure Wash
ington opera lovers performances OF
the highest standard commensurate
with the prices charged.
Following the opening performance
the National Opera Co. will present
Carmen" Barber of Seville" "Travi-
ata." Faust" Martha" Madame
Butterfly" "Rigoletto" and Aida. y
Tickets are on sale at the ofice OF
the T. Arthur Smith Concert Bureau,
9l0 G street NV.
Evening star., 1938-10-16
Music Year of Clubs.

At the recent board meeting of the
District of Columbia Federation of
Music Clubs, held at the studio of its
first president, Eva Whitford Lovette,
American Music Year" was formally
launched as one of the chief projects
of the organization for the coming
year.
The federation will cooperate with
the National Federation of Music
Clubs in the movement afoot to help
make the public American music
conscious" by promoting mass singing
in communities throughout America,
furthering the performance of opera
in English, creating additional Or
chestras to offset the great number of
bands. and sponsoring the presenta-
ton of the works of American COM
posers by American artists.
The American Music Year" activl-
ties will climax with the biennial con-
vention to be held in Baltimore May
1923, 1899.
Evening star., 1938-10-16
Series of Lectures
In Layrnan Study.

Harriet D. johnson, artistic direc-
tor OF the Layman's Music Courses,
Inc, Of New York City, associated
with Nine Samaroff Stokowski, found
er Of the organization, will open the
season of the Washington Layman's
Music Course with lecture at Barker
Hall Thursday evening. For this lee
ture, the first in series of TO- Miss
Johnson will use THE Fugue" as q
basis for study and illustration.
The object Of this series of lectures
is to present a course in music for
the listener. Lantern slides, phono-
graph records and piano selections will
be used as visual and aural demon
strations for the classes Practice in
listening actively is presented by
means of ear training and rhythmic
drill. Whenever possible the works for
illustration at these fortnightly lee
lures will be taken from the current
program of the National Symphony
Orchestra.