The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1947-06-07
Carnival

NSollbilueu FROM rage Onel
have performed but for illness,
1T is a fitting tribute to my be-
loved brother, william Monroe
Trotter, founder Of THE GUAR
DIAN" His pictur con the printed
program showed what a hand
some man he was as a young
dany. He was smart, too. Trotter
was the first colored man to win
the Phi Beta Kappa key at Har-
ward College.
Miss Gladys Holmes who also
thanked the artists for Mrs.
Steward and also the large au-
dience. (Ebenezer Church was
nearly fulD, emphasized tile
fact that all now realize what a
force for good Trotter was and
how his sister Maude, with the
help Of her husband, DR.. Charles
G. Steward, are stalwartly car
rying on in Trotter's footsteps.
Miss Holmes, thinking that Ar
thur Furr's books, 'Democracy's
Heroes" - (ss she called it. not
wanting to say ''Negroes") had
not been given the publicity that
has been accorded Walter j.
Shoulder" praised the former
book and told in detail what the
book contained. (Mr. FUR was
not present to take bow ow-
ing to the severe illness of his
wife,
Prof, O'Banyoun, no doubt.
will tell you in his column of
the musical accomplishments of
the artists he introduced. This
writer will tell you that the or
gan in the church refused to
function properly, but all Of us
soon forgot that wheezy instru-
ment when Stanley Kirton be-
gan his number, the first on the
program, by switching to piano
solo, undaunted by the fact that
the piano was not a special
grand.
Well, there were tWenty-four
numbers by actual count. The
songs and readings were all in
understandable English. Mrs.
Matilda Birch Charleston wore a
Spanish creation that would
have won her first prize, if
prizes were awarded for style.
In addition she was in excellent
voice. Then Atty. Albert G. Wolf
who bears a striking resemblance
to Abraham Lincoln as regards
stature, without makeup, deliv-
cred Lincoln's Gettysburg adj
dress and showed how a deter
mined man car. overcome physi-
cal handicap. You and I know
how sick Atty. Wolff has been fer
years as the result Of an attack
of illness which caused him to
fall in the Egleston Square Ele-
waited pit a few years ago.
Of course, Miss Nan Snow,
BoSton's Nightingale, stole the
show when she sang The
Wrenn.9 Nan is so sincere and
unaSsuming ana sings in such
effortlsSs manner with sucn
clear bell-like tones that she
wins everybody. She also res
ponding to an encore, sang a
Spiritual just as + she were sing
ing a lullaby. Miss Snow won me
to her side five years ago when
she filled Symphony Hall with
her beautiful voice. Good as Han
Sno was, she was closely
pressed, in my estimation by
Viola Winbush who sang an
italian Street Song" Tin Eng
lish) so we'll that she was called
back for an encore. Similarly,
Marian McCree pressed Viola
Winbush when she sang Danny
Boy in a sweet, sweet voice. Ma
rian's encore was too dainty and
sweet for words. Danny Boy
was at the request of Mrs. Stew
ard an dsuggested by Mabray
Kountze, associate editor of the
Guardien. She is a striking
beauty.
Now, the ladies did not have
this musical carnival all &c
themselves even though Helea
Holiday, in a gorgeous black
dress with a gold sash across her
body, tried to win for the ladies
with Drink to me only with
thine Eyes" Oh, no, the me.l
were there strong with Rev. ]. E.
Jeltz who sang Who Knows
so well that he had to sing
an encore with his accompanist
joining him. Then, too, Newman
Smith, Bostons well known