The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1940-03-02

Hello folks =. here we are again
... with a spread of news anent the
social horizon the Dorothy May
nor. vocal debut at the Boston Sym
phouy Orchestra Pension Fund Con-
cert was a personal triumph for this
new race artist whose voice charmed
the famous conductor, Serge Kousse-
yitzkv and the staid music lovers at
Cafnggie Hall in New York she
repeated her success last Sunday be-
fore q capacity audience which re-
warded her splendid performance with
tUmulW0us applause among the
Hub cognoscenti present in the huge
auditorium were DR.. and Mrs. A NJ.
Gilbert of Maiden, DR.. and Mrs. John
Hall. Miss Afrcanus Hayes, Miss
Esther Wilson and Mrs. Gladys Nc
Adao, Miss Cora Reid MacKerTow, etc.
. the Pitman Academy Award Win
ners of wore are reorganizing to again
thrill The patrons of the drama
tn. Boston Players of 1910 will enlist
the services of such renowned thespi-
ans as Esther Wilson, Anne Quarles,
Mrs Theodore Brown, Mildred Mason,
Lorena Couzzens, Helen Robinson.
Marie Jo Brown, Thelma Foggie.
Betty ,wNal, Gertrude "Toki" SchaIk,
hr. 0Banyoun Robinson, Thelma
Thomton Eleanor Trent Wallace.
LoJe'.a coleman, Lorenzo Quarles,
Theodore Brown, Luoneal Mason,
Luaus Carter, Herbert Jackson, Jay
Powell. Bruce Brown, Raymond Tasco
and George SpeIvin all under the tai
eDyt direction Of Ralf "Orson Welles"
Coleman who has rung up high per
ceD.agc 0f successful theatrical ven
tures the rchearsals will be skulled
weekly at the Silver Box Studio, 522
columbus Avenue if you WOULD
care 10 ENJOY memorable evening in
the theatre, permit me to suggest your
attendance at the Colonial Theatre
durln these three weeks for the cur
rent engagement of "The Little Foxes"
starring the First Lady of the Thea
tire, Ia.IIah Bankhead and a small
5ut mighty company of royal dramatic
blood YOU cannot fail to sit abso-
'ujeiy spellbound for three full acts
OF tense duels Of personality between
an the characters in as brilliant a
piece OF writing that has ever graced
The iootllghts in summary. all 7
can do is voice the unanimous opinion
OF The local critics who knowingly CO.
I"DoEalcd on the same adiectives
rN>e laI To describe the PRINCIPALS
6a-llcl4 CoIlinge as the pathetic
bfdle Hubbard Carl Benton Reid
as the sadistic Oscar Hubbard
lJdn l0IF'E41ls n ,..a-L---1
oaFd Charles Dingle as the uncti-
Gus Benjamin Hubbard Eugenia
paws as the trusting Alexander Gid
gfIS 49,, Frank Conry as the valiant
horace Glddens our own Abbia
-"lOcneH as the plain speaking Addie
our own John Marriott as the
Iig ey -"ltted Col Lee Baker as the
7llIuent William Marshall and tbo
greatest OF them all, glorious TalulIab
a. Vhe vulpine Regina Giddens
oieIe you have the premise of the nlav
wherein some eat of the GOOD oar+I
Ihil {. others stand by and watch VI
ond 'IICIe foxes who destroy the vines
t ttlli our grapes are tender and do
o,.eSe members of the newer southern
f fb,lS1ocracy prey upon the people
10y 10y PIT the colored sharecroppers
fe So,iILSl the mountain hill-billies TO
III compromise of sweat sbon
l o and then they rob from tbei,
t"n FAMILIES brothers against sis
boIJ r :, THIS morally decadent house
in IY'o u u me Hubbard family is limned
, ~ q hIerclless portrayal of evil anJ
~ iouUioh and Talullab towors
rNe mountain of strength i, bo,,
ti91,a (,o o. oI moods as she fights like
nIsn voS IL Tor her share in the nefarious
s gs@l5S OF her relatives who fear b ber
vic;oUuJiy the scene in which She
ba,, J L, stands coldly aside and lats
csrs nISoand die of heart attack he
niec "e ne ne blocked her plans is a master
so 49, oi satanic emotion and ba, ELL
b he, When her daughter da,1o,,n ,l'o'l
- she sui holds her head hiob a.
d,, so'.SsiI.lhcent regal exit in hlo1o 10 %
tbo o''I ,,oI glory. Abbie Mitchell
fno 0eUeFan colored actress ie vow,
ba,. as a. Che patient servant Addio onJ
Of plg scene occurs when tbo ,1,os ,til.,
, ~ me house breathes HE Ias+ iii "a
have oa 4Iln the avaricious relatives
{fSS o below to be in at the kin
descendS a. OCCered daughter slowly
seei EerGS the staircase to gaze ,0m WY
are fs,ii, out INTO the darkness Yo,
as tho y ~ aware of impending TRAGEDY
silanoo o'herS become alarmed az Lo,.
Add;o 49,, but the stodgv fio.nre Of
the he st appears and dumbIy plods down WI
acro. s'airs slowly and nonderor ISL
abe oSS the living room IoLinm ou fas
the S into space and then 'J narsos 1at
or ore u44r without turning Se,s boa at
strat IISeerlng a single word ie A nITo
the e'cne enc; forth her arm and o. oron Aau ne
weari Taii for support as she 0p leans oo
head Eo, 70 one side and signs bea 1yfI,s
the a DSat lST h.. then one knows s%t tBst
Of fe Hidden Ghlfddens is dead that ;,o, nor.
She i sne plays it like the fine t .reroer
PAM = , few years ago VIII wben or Tfno1
lands nd was but visitor from T the b GaeIe
elbows S, l recall the memory Of rn uiSgry
HarI ,e Wells popular pIsisanca az a.
Ban5 gm I had dimly heard Of tb IN
s ~as more concerned with t tbo ' simhta l
''u sounds of the jungle chant Which,