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About The monitor. (Omaha, Neb.) 1915-1928 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 4, 1919)
THE SMARTER SET High ClaRS Race Production Makes Appearance and Is Well Received— Mr. S. T. Whitney Interviewed by Monitor. Whitney and Tutt’s Smarter Set company in Darkest Americans has eventuallv reached Omaha and every one who has seen it, agrees that it is one of the best Colored shows yet produced. Not only does it harmonize ; the intellectual and humorous into | perfect blend, but the entire produc- ■ tion shows a reaching out for the very finest elements of dramatic art j and a hint of the purpose to awaken the Negro to a sense of the beauty and delight of his own racial tradi tions and racial expressions. The synopsis of the play is as fol lows: Dean Kelly Miller of Howard University, goes upon a voyage of archeological research in the interest of his college. Abe and Gabe Wash ington enter Howard under false pre tenses. Dean Miller is lost. Abe and Gabe are commissioned to search for the missing dean. This search car ries them to all parts of the globe and they are the participants in many exciting and ludicrous adventures. The dean is found, all return home and everything ends happily. The first scene shows the interior of the Andrew Rankin Memorial Chapel, Howard University. The chorus under Lena Sanford Roberts renders some very beautiful numbers, among them “Sorrow Songs” and a medley of selections from well known Negro composers. The members of the chorus are exceptionally good singers and the musical numbers well chosen and excellently rendered.- The yacht scene in the second act and the Land of the Midnight Sun scene are artistically arranged and indeed pret ty. Julian Costello’s eccentric dance as the Snow Man is a bit of real art and secured great applause. The Mummy Dance, in the fifth scene, was most original and a creation unsur passed by anything ever shown here by classic dancing. Miss Estella Cash in her Egyptian dance is a marvelous revelation in orientalism and so true to the Egyptian hieratic code are the various poses and physical expres sions, that she may well rank among the highest exponents of the dancing ait in America, none excepted. Throughout the whole the inevitable humor of Whitney and Tutt interlaced exquisitely with the theme and hardly ; a moment passed that was not gar nished with a hearty laugh. The uhole company is fine and deserve the greatest commendation. In the interview with Mr. Whitney, The Monitor representatives had first hand history of the struggles through which the company has passed in es tablishing itself. It is a narrative filled with sunshine and shadow, most ly shadow, and the happy part of it ail oeing the manner in which the company has clung together through out all misfortunes. There were no sacrifices too great for Whitney and T itt to f.o through to help keep the company together and there were no privations so great that ever caused a .-ingle member of the ensemble to think of leaving and forsaking the company which they had learned to love. The story in itself is a drama with all the touch of human struggle, human affection and human feeling, Mr. Whitney and the company are planning for the future greater things and The Monitor's heartiest congrat ulations go out to them. May their fortunes increase. AMERICANS ALL Letter Sent Daily News Editor When our president spoke to con gress and again in France of our soldiers and sailors, of their great achievement, their courage and loy alty, calls them our men and our boys. He speaks for all. Why should one wish him to mention color? But rather let him drop the color line, as he is aiming to do. The fact that President Wilson called for more Colored soldiers after the first regiments were over in France was evident that they were making good. They were the stuff Pershing wanted. He said the only trouble with his Colored troops was to keep them back. They were so daring and the Huns knew it. They hated to face the Colored soldiers the worst of any, and you that have stayed at home have fought as nobly with your money and influence. To the Colored people we say: We are proud to know that the Ger man propaganda could not buy or coerce your press and your ministers as they have some of the whites. The Colored nurses have proved them selves 100 per cent proficient also. Don’t harbor the thought that such loyalty to your country will pass un appreciated. WILLIAM HOWE, Missouri Valley, la. ALIENS WELL TAUGHT Citizenship Classes Enable Them to Answer Qeustions About American Government That Puzzle Natives. Many aliens who enter the naturali zation courts as candidates for citizen ship are much better grounded in the knowledge of American government and institutions than the average na tive of this country. Indeed, some aliens are able to answer questions that the judges themselves are not able to answer off-hand. The reason for their excellent knowledge of the American govern ment lies in the care taken by the citizenship classes, now conducted in public schools throughout the coun try by the bureau of naturalization, department of labor, to inculcate through familiarity with the institu tions of the land of their adoption. The courses given by thsee classes are designed to raise the standard of citi zenship by insuring a preparation ade quate to meet the requirements of the most exacting state laws. Naturalization is a somewhat com plicated process at best, for not only must the alien satisfy the require ments of the state in which he ex- : pects citizenship, but he must also : meet the demands of the naturalize- ’ tion court, which has the right to re ject his application, at its own di.; cretion. The citizenship classes aim to make the way to citizenship as easy as pos sible for men and women who are willing to fit themselves for it. They cannot grant certificates of naturali zation, but they are now able to give the alien evidence to show that he has a thorough drill in the prerequi sites for naturalization. The effect of the citizenship classes has been that those who have properh ■ prepared themselves are able to pass satisfactorily almost any grilling that the court may set them. Those who are insufficiently prepared have at least the opportunity to go to school, and are generally instructed to do so by the judge. 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