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

the length Of the program. Next
among the men was Rev. Enoch
o. Woodhouse who, in his own
inimitabie manner, preached as
he sang a hymn. Rev. Clifford
Miller, long time friend of the
Trotter brother and sister, re-
cited an original poem dedicated
to each and Albert 3. Cosby
sang What America means to
me-" Many were surprised that
he could sing so we'll. There were
splendid readings by Ruby Her.
derson and Gladys Marine Fuller
Mrs. Henderson coming direct
from a students recital without
having time to dress" Mrs
Fuller handsome in blue had two
numbers ann an original poem
on the Guardians 45th by st.
Clair Kirton and stirring race
poem. I can still see her grace
full gestures and hear her thrill
ing voice. Then you should have
heard Ellastine Broadnax sing
the Brown Bear" The dainty
lady really growled like a bear
several times and almost scared
everybody, Bow, Wow"
Say, just a minute, was q
paid patron and here I am try
ing to write like a reporter. l
guess it is in my blod. Yes folks,
Prof. O'Banyoun kindly had me
stand and take a bow from the
last seat in the church, since he
hopes to see me elected City
Councillor in Ward 9 in the
coming November elections. 1
expect to win.
While I took some notes l may
have omitted a few artists IN
Intentionally but I remember I
heard Mary j. Sheriden Davis
sing also Vera Garfield and Fo-
dora Manning, a second Marian
Anderson. Beatrice Mitchell sang
q You belong to me" so well that
I had to tease Wilhelmina Cros-
son who was near me about
those Mexican SWANS who, sing
while Strumming guitars. Also
Mary L. Brown, with the
rich thrcaty contralto, sang
when the World is on fire" SO
we'll that the photographer
snapper her picture. Yes, folks,
I have all the performers in
these few lines. Oh, I forgot to
tell you that Prof. Joseph T.
White was present and took a
bow since he was not able to
fill his number having but re-
Gently recovered from a sprained
ankle.
The accompanies were Prof.
OBanyoun, Gladys P e d,u e
Charles Rhinehart, Joenell Bry-
ant who also sang SO splendidly
'The Lords Prayer" by the late
Byron Withers, one of the early
Guardian music columnistS,
Harriet Jackson, the song bird
of 'Porgy and Bess," Mack Boa
wright, Mabel Adams Bennett
and Maude Woodruff. If l left
out any accompanist it is the
fault of the program. The pretty
ushers we're headed by Miss Ger
trude Smith as nice Boston
school teacher as you would
want to know, assisted by Thelma
Benn, Barbara Davis (unavoid-
ably absent), Marlyn TaSco, JAG
uueline Wellington and Murlel
wellington, all dressed in pretty
evening gowns.
There were nearly 200 patrons
listed on the program and the
management tells me that many
more coming in at the last min
ute could not be included.
Called to take bows were Or.
W. o. Taylor, Rep. Laurence H.
Banks, Walter ]. Stevens, Ansel-
mo Kruger, John S. r. Bourne,
DR.. C. G. Steward, Maude TroS-
ter Steward, Albert G. Wolff,
Gladys Holmes, Stanley Kirton,
Capt. Mildred Davenport.
That scarcely a person left be-
fore the close of the program
at 1880 p. m. was due not only
to the excellence of the program
I but, to my mind, the Snappy ana
humorous manner in which the
NJ. C. Prof. O'Banyoun, conduct
ed. Many highly paid masters of
ceremonies could get a lot Of
pointers from him. He led the
audience standing ii my Coun-
try Tis of Thee, Battle Hymn
of the Republic" and Lift Every
Voice and Sing" It made a hit.
On account of previous commit
mentS Gov. Bradford and Mayor
Curley we're unable to attend
and Roland Hayes was being
feted by friends on his Goth