Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1951-05-04
this
day and age
The Untold Want
BY Clyde O. Jackson, City Editor

quite bit of time to devote to reading lately
and contrary to the trend found each of the three
fiction books chose TO be highly informative and enlghening
we'll entertaining The first This Is My Story" is
part of the autobiography of Eleanor Roosevelt Il
know why but read the second part of this work. This Re
member before read this first part The second book
Howard Fass engrosng account of the infamous Peeksk
incident of years entitled "Peeksk, U. A." This
will tell you about in detail sometime Now, however want
tell you about realistically compelling work. His Eye Is On
The Sparrow which currently devourng which
the autobiography Of Ethel Waters first lady the Ame
stage.
Eye Is On The Sparrow" of Miss Waters rise
from poverty the sums of Chester Pennsylvania
of the worlds prominent actresses and entertainers of
time 1t is hardhing, account, yet in its
oWy moments it remains majestic in and power His
Eye Is On The Sparrow is not just Ethel Waters story it's
the Negroes story-your and mine 1t is all times
pretty altogether spiritual work rather porrays the
true life of great woman born out OF wedloek in of the
spots the world reared the vcerdden red light
district of Philadelphia and Chester 1t inspiring because
tells of how this who seeing the suffering of the sporting
the haro and the pmp of the neghborhood
Of her childhood proted by their mistakes in that she did not
allow herself to fall prey to such evils.
Although she born iegithmately, when her mother
little twelve years of age this not because her
mother bad girl but because n the slum ghetto where
she ved she raped and knowing what happening
her thereby conceived Ethel Because the child Ethel had
brought much humiliation and pain to her Miss Waters
her therefore left her be reared by relatives
What happens from that time until fifty hence which
makes for of the most realistic and hearendng
though at times vastly humorous moments IN readhg pleasure
Yet this the main His Eye Is On The Spar
important work Of today 1t is important believe
manfe clearly of the basic of the
government under which live. That system which
poor make the rich richer and the poorer To
me story of typical individual for typical indvid-
uals do not up such environments Miss Waters
heights from such simply because she exceptional
individual abiding faith in God vice and
neighbohood thee least among the Negro commun
city, is the shame of American democracy and
Eye Is On The Sparrow without fully intending TO- fully
shows ii
When say that Miss Waters from this poverty and
allow herself fall prey the evils surrounding her.
that she saint among sinners The book
absolutely clear that this atmosphere had its effect on
Ethel child explains that she had to shift for
herself almost BIRTH she learned the facts about and
sailor before she learned to talk walk well
time the leader of of child thieves who
simply because they hungry stated earlier also,
that this just Ethel Waters story but and mine as
the manifestation of the struggles the Negro
had endure establishing itself great people with
heritage and enviabe culture The hard knocks
fights Miss Waters to become great
much like those the Race general has had to encounter and
overcome in its pilgrimage into the sum-
keeny reminds of the grand lifting words Of Walt
Whitman The untold by life and land neer granted;
now yoyager sail thou forth. to seek and find. $50"
Certainly Ethel Waters suffered from untold numbers Of
not only wants needs granted by either life land
but equally certain like Whmans "voyager' she sailed
forth she sought she found the road and
glory everlasting. Is that not story too?