Ways White Part
critics Say Canada Lee's
Portrayal of De Bosola a
Success
... BOSTON, — The first attempt
of a Negro to portray a white
character on the American stage
was labelled a success today by
critics who witnessed Canada
Lee’s debut in the “The Duchess
of Malfi.”
SPECIAL MAKEUP
Lee, wearing a special white
makeup, took over the role of
the villain, Daniel De Bosola, and
impersonated a white man in a
near perfect manner
Because Lee took over the part
on short notice when McKay
Morris dropped out of the show
last week, critic Cyrus Durgin of
the Boston Globe made no at
tempt to analyze his performance
other than to say his voice and
makeup offered no clue to his
Negro origin.
Elliot Norton of the Boston
Post found Lee played the part
well, though not perfectly.
OPENS NEW FIELDS
Leee himself was jubilant over
his success and said the experi
ment opened wide new fields to
the Negro actor. “I hope this has
been a long step toward my being
known as actor Canada Lee—not
Canada Lee, Negro actor,” he
said.
Elisabeth Bergner, star of the
play, agreed with Lee that the
performance probably would lead
to other Negro actors being given
parts that formerly were restrict
to white actors.
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by Mrs. Roy Killinger
Hastings, Nebraska
The Making of Friends
If nobody smiled and nobody
cheered
And nobody helped us along,
If each and every man took care
of himself
And good things all went to
the strong,
If nobody cared just a little for
you
And nobody thought about
me,
And we stood alone in the battle
of life,
What a dreary old world it
would be.
Life is sweet just because of the
friends we have made.
And the things which in
common we share;
We want to live on, not because
of ourselves,
But because of the people
who care.
It’s giving and doing for some
body else—
On that all life’s splendor
depends,
And the joy of this world, when
you’ve summed it all up,
Is found in the making of
friends.
E. A. Guest
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Urban League Fair
The annual Fair of the Urban
League was observed October 4
& 5.
Special features included a
boxing match of the boys from
the Urban League and Belmont
community center. Gifts were
given to all the children partici
pating in the boxing. The second
night was an ameteur show di
rected by Weiland Tarpley. Of
special attraction was a duet by
Victor McWilliams and Weiland
Tarpley.
Door prizes were given each
night. Mrs. Betty McWilliams re
ceived the prize for the first night
and Mrs. John Irving the second.
Among the exhibits were can
ning, garden products and needle
work. Lovely prizes were award
ed.
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ANA Admits Race Nurses
ATLANTIC CITY—The Ameri
can Nurses Association last Fri
day in convention voted unani
mously to admit to membership
those qualified Negro nurses bar
red from their State nurses’ asso
ciations.
The convention instructed its
board of directors to devise a plan
and take steps in implement “this
action” by affirming its policy that
every qualified nurse should be
eligible for membership regardless
of race.
In the debate which preceded
the adoption of the resolution,
several delegates from the States
among the thirteen denying Negro
nurses membership, argued in be
half of the resolution and pledged
their support to lift the ban on
their return home.
The question of Negro nurses
came in for discussion a second
time when the house of delegates
adopted a program for a vigor
ous campaign to bargain exclus
ively for its members. On the
question of whether Negro nurses
would be included in bargaining
arrangements in States where
they cannot be members of the
State association, the delegates
adopted the rule, “all nurses,
whether they are State nurses’
association members or not, may
assign their bargaining rights to
the State nurses’ association to act
as their representatives.”
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