The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1939-07-29

EDITORS NOTE-I'm presenting
director, actor Social Welfare Worker,
Graduate Of Paul Quinn College,
Waco, Texas, and a candidate for
Masters degree at Columbia Univer-
sity. Mr. Campbell is pinch-hitting
fo. me In the .erve to give you a
different slant on things.
Observations
m no columnist. Before YOU finish
Gazing what | have to saw, Won will
p'o2aoiiy know. But l want you to
k'." that didn't ask for this assign
h,.aa5 1t was Snelson's idea. always
aa'aght he was a smart guy, until
now. Nevertheless he asked for it and
] hope he can take it!
1t Mr.. Snelson thinks | am going TO
Jay something about Mr.. and Mrs
W hosIs being in town, and taking in
me Worlds Fair and enioving the
hospitality Of Mr.. and Mrs. Whatsis
UL 0Ifiyer's Row and all that sort of
l,I4g, he's mistaken. | don't think 7
>AaI mention one single "Deb" al
l.ough must admit this YEARS attrac-
i've crop has made me want to ioir
Jna ranks of the society jitterbugs
haven't been to any parties recentIv
o'hrr than the ''freebies" to see who
wa Ms with who, because | am too broke
I !" 4aI with the great "White Father"
lung US all down, it looks like we're
III 1Qr hard winter. 1t will be mlrderI
haven't been to the Worlds Fair
w. because Pm bovcottino M,
y. TIhalen,s 75c admission. Now that
o o',5 pLiGe IS cut | might breeze on over
a. auo take IN the free exhibits. On
lre other hand I've been tbinl,inn
aoout getting a description Of The
o sr'IE from the out-of-town visitors
f f,.u ieCGlng 1t go at that. 1t seems
5 f'5"' b NOBODY who lives in New York
f t;o,, peen. Therefore l am in no posi-
WIZ, y-Il 10 tell you what's going on. or
WIZ TT VIII be there and WHY.
-; however, this business of tovino
t HiCn a column has its points. alWavs
oaoughC l would like to write ono i,,st
Iat ana say what I thought aboHt .
I"g l oi people and things. Now tba+
H,' pIg chance has come and Pm about
Ior, SeC lew things off nv chest tbat
LAY smoldering for years, 7 find tbat
W.. my waiting has not been in vol,
why? Because no nowsn 49, vi vain iii
nar VII MnaI think about some people
The ytt6So quarry some of the purveyors of
that " seat news. So l sigh and hone
Fo ,,L some G, day my day will come
V ~! Theatre Obituary
tbin ,gnC now am concerned with two
fro CLie state of the Colored tbao.
is ana what to do about it. 70 COW -
70 II d deplorable state does not booi,,
foi, describe conditions. There was =. q
dirn mo gllmmer of hope in tha riob+
Tb III eetion during the life of the FoderaT
F56%Tire' but that is gone now CTR
vo "DuiouS Invalid" (sick theatro i ~
2 yGT'i will have a relansa soon 10 W
bv tho "PpiLonounced dead or nearly so
sneci ,e G:neatre theorists" The latter
with H. III case you are not familiar
lono r Smelli, are those who DELIGHT in
thas+,,a aHilollng dissertations abont the
thin. instead of actively doino son,e-
dosn;. 70 remedy the situation Rnt
WI, G2piOe TINS apathy the Race Tboatre
oil" ~.li not die! | think it will live and
of DIS IL never has before because
v;4., me TRANSMISSION Of couraoeons
n.1aIlty and energetic interest IN Tho
feidi VI % ambitious Colored youth in the
''e,u OF dramatics.
act ~ IS regrettable that the Colored
m mars on W,P.A. have been so dor
en ". What a pity there wasn't
n nroegh vision among half dozen
70 ,C onass, on the theatre project
coo VI ganize themselves into a group or
in 'V Wna{.e theatre while the "angel"
and +" Lashln1gton paid them room-rent
tb tu board and schooled them in the
Jo saCre technique. They could have
doi ,e IL IN their leisure time. I am
'''s II without any substitution at