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RICHARD B. HARRISON’S
RECITALS.
A large and appreciative audience
greeted Mr. Richard 13. Harrison, the
talented dramatic reader of Chicago,
at his recitals in St. John’s African
Methodist Episcopal church Tuesday
and Thursday nights. This was Mr.
Harrison’s first appearance in Omaha.
His reputation as one of the foremost
readers in America, irrespective of
race, had preceded him. The expec
tations of his audience were there
fore high. Not only did he meet, hut
surpassed, the highest expectations.
He captivated his audience and held
them by the masterful intei pretation
of each selection from the first to
the last number. Mr. Harrison is an
artist of the first rank. He is a man
of splendid physique, with a voice
deep and vibrant and under absolute
control. Add to this, wide reading, a
richly cultured mind, a charming per
sonality, sweetened and chastened by
sorrow, and hard, conscientious,
painstaking work, and you have the
secret of Mr. Harrison’s success in
his chosen calling. In his case, as
in that of others who have achieved
success, the truth of the poet has been
verified that
“The heights by great men reached
and kept
Were not attained by sudden flight;
Hut they, while their companions
slept,
Were toiling upward in the night.”
For those who are easily satisfied
with mediocrity, it may be well to
state that Mr. Harrison spent twenty
years in learning to recite "The
Raven," that weird psychological
study by Edgar Allen Poe, in the
manner in which he now recites it,
holding his audiences spellbound. He
puts the same painstaking work, in
corresponding degree, upon the sim
plest selections in his extensive reper
toire.
Mr. Harrison’s program opened
Tuesday night with the humorous se
lection, “Sam Mctiee,” by Service. As
an unconscious tribute to Mr. Har
rison’s power of interpretation, it may
be well to state that one of the audi
ence stated that so vivid did the
reader depict the ice and snow of
the Klondike that, despite the heat
of the room, he felt chilly. The next
number was “The Young Man Wait
ed,” by Cook. The audience was con
vulsed with laughter. “Little Hrown
Haby With Sparkling Eyes,” “In the
Morning” and “When Malindy Sings”
were the selections from Dunbar and
their interpretation and rendition
were faultless.
“Knights and Ladies," by Dungee,
was a selection in Negro dialect, de
scribing a lodge meeting, making ar
rangements for a funeral. It is inim
itable. It was in striking contrast to
the next number, with which the first
part of the program closed, “The
Raven,” by Edgar Allen Poe. In
this number Mr. Harrison reaches the
acme of dramatic art. His facial ex
pression and entire appearance under
cornet solo by Mr. Robinette and the
identity is completely lost in that of
a gifted sot, who, in delirium tremens,
sees the raven and mourns the lost
Lenore. It is a marvelous rendition
of one of the masterpieces of litera
ture. The second part of the program
consisted of six scenes from “Damon
and Pythias,” by Hanim. The inter
pretation of each character was in
keeping with all of Mr. Harrison’s
other work.
The piano solo by Mrs. McCoy, the
cornet solo by Mr. Robinette anti the
baritone solo by Mr. Rufus W. Long
were also features of the evening’s
entertainment.
Thursday night’s program consisted
of the following selections: “Brud
der Moses, Put dpr Ro’usements On,”
by Dungee; "Case of Caline,” “How
Lucy Backslid” and “Dp Party," by
Dunbar; “The Englishman’s Lament,”
by Cook: “The Wreck of the Julia
Plante,” by Drummond, and Shake
speare’s “Julius Caesar.”
The musical numbers, all of which
were well received and heartily en
cored, were given by Mrs. Stella Mc
Coy, Mr. Roscoe Miller, Miss Darline
Duvall, Mr. John A. Singleton, Mr.
Rufus Long and Mrs. James G. Jewel.
Mr. Harrison is assured of it wel
come whenever he may return to
Omaha.
The summer cooking school opened
at St. Philip’s Guild room Thursday
afternoon with an enrollment of eler
en, under the direction of Mrs. J. W.
Wallace. The school is held every
Thursday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock.
It is open to all who desire to attend.
A musical and literary festival will
be g ven by Mt. Moriah Baptist church
at Tabernacle park, 24th and Patrick
avenue, July 12th to 16th. A band
concert and other features each night,
.'•jupper and refreshments served. The
patronage of the public is earnestly
invited.
D. G. Russell returned last week
from a visit with his relatives, who
are prosperous farmers near Enid,
Ok la.
Mr. and Mrs. Luther .1. Dillard en
tertained for the Williams Jubilee
Concert Company at their attractive
home, 501 South Twenty-fourth ave
nue, Wednesday afternoon, June .30.
Dr. and Mrs L. E. Ilritt were
pleasantly surprised by a party of
their friends to the number of about
thirty on Wednesday evening, June
30th, the fifth anniversary of their
wedding. A beautiful oak pedestal
was th<' appreciated gift of the vis
itors.
Frances Gordon, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. G. D. Gordon, 3916 North
Twenty-first street, was painfully
burned with fireworks Monday, July
5 th. -
Mrs. J. 1). Winfield left Sunday
morning for St. Joseph, Mo., where
she will visit her sister, Mrs. S. Smith.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry W. I51ack, 2923
North Twenty-fifth street, were given
a pleasant surprise on the evening of
June 23rd by the unannounced visit
of twenty friends, who came to ten
der them their congratulations on the
fifth anniversary of their marriage,
and to leave as evidence of their visit,
and good will a handsome dresser
scarf.
The Rev. W. T. Osborne, pastor oi
St. John’s African Methodist Episco
pal church, returned Tuesday morning
from St. Louis, Mo., where he went
to attend the services and exercises
incident to the celebration of the
seventy-fifth anniversary of the intro
duction of African Methodism west
of the Mississippi river. The celebra
tion was held in St. Paul's African
Methodist Episcopal church, of which
the Rev. W. Sampson Brooks is pas
tor. This is the mother church of
the connection in this section. The
congregation was organized by the
Rev. William Paul Quinn just seventy
five years ago. The Rev. Mr. Osborne
preached in St. Paul’s Sunday morn
ing.
Thomas Bass of Mexico, Mo., spent
Sunday in the city visiting friends.
Obee & Co., Unc’ rtakers. The old,
competent and reliable firm. 2518 Lake
St. Webster 218.—Adv.
Mrs. Jasper E. Brown of North
Forty-fifth street, with her daughter
Gladys, left Saturday night for Atchi
son, Kan f i a two weeks’ visit with
her .atb , Mr. J. C. Willis.
i.j .i Mary J. Goodchild, formerly
of Omaha, but now of Chicago, ar
rived in our city Wednesday morn
ing for a two weeks’ visit. While
here she is looking after repairs and
improvements on her Clark street
property.
Satisfaction always in handling your
dead, whether shipped in or out of the
city. G. Wade Obee & Co., the Race
Undertakers, 2518 Lake St. Web. 248.
—Adv.
Mr. and Mrs. Alphonso Wilson, of
521 North Thirty-third street, gave
a delightful reception for Mr. Richard
B. Harrison Monday night from 8:30
to 10:30.
During his Omaha engagements,
Mr. Richard B. Harrison has been
the guest of his boyhood friend, the ;
Rev. John Albert Williams, at St.
Philip’s rectory.
The barbacue and picnic given by
Zion Baptist church at Miller Park
Monday, July 5th, was a great suc
cess. It is estimated that the total
attendance was quite close to nine
hundred people.
Mrs. Edna January of Sioux City,
la., who was called to Ottumwa by
the illness of her mother, Mrs. Ellen
Martin, stopped over in Omaha on
Saturday for a week’s visit with her
cousin, John Bell, 1310 Howard
street.
Master Howard H. Allen, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Lee C. Allen, of 1410
North Twenty-sixth street, left Wed
nesday night for St. Mary’s, Kan.,
where he will spend his vacation with
his grandparents, who have a good
farm near that place.
The Progressive Age Printing Co.
(A Race enterprise.) Guarantees lirst
class work in printing cards, circulars,
bills and invitations. 2518 Lake St.
Web. 248.—Adv.
C. P. Wesin Grocery Co.
J. L. PETTBYS, M(fr.
Fruits and Vegetables
2005 Cuminp St. Tel. D. 1090
C. H. MARQUARDT
CASH MARKET
Retail Dealer In Flesh and Salt Meats,
Poultry, Oysters, etc
2003 Cumins’ SI. Dous. 3834
Home Rendered Hard. We Smoke
and Cure our own Hums and Bueon
T. I. Moriarty
PLUMBER
1344 N. 20th St. Tel. Web. 3553
Henri H. Claiborne
Notary Public
Justice of the Peace
Tel. Red 7401 .. . . ,
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Phone Red 2895 8 years in the same b«ock
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