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About The advocate. (Portland, Or.) 19??-19?? | View Entire Issue (July 13, 1929)
»uly IS. 1&VÌ9 S IIJ.USTRATBD FEATURE SECTION Ila p p v M a rriage Ends? Blindfold Test? No, He Repairs Typewriters this Way Thin picture shown Koljcit Tnte Trotter performing the unique feat of repairing a machine blindfolded Mr. Trot ter ix very talented in the mech anical field, alxo. being an inventor See story below. tO l'N T E E CULLEN T h e married life of Countee Cullen, one of Am erica'» foremost poets, and Yolande DuBoli-Cullen. daughter of the well-known critic and author, W E. B DuBols. Is reported to be at an end. The wedding of this couple was one of the moat resplen dent social events In recent years. This marital n ft was quite unex pected and has shocked society. ago he settled In Kansas City. It is also Interesting to And that he has been associated with the same typewriter concern during these thirty-nine years, and Is today rec ognized as by far the most expert typewriter repair man In the city he has made his home. Just now he Is working on several other Inventions, some of which will undoubtedly make him known i he rever typewriters are used Of course, this will mean financial suc cess. although Robert T ate Trotter, who started without anything back In Mississippi in 1869. is a long way from the poor house today. He owns a comfortable home, has other property, and has reared a success ful fam ily Tate Trotter^he run put it together again.^ ♦ tlir money to his church, for. thoughbown. but one that he could handle ran go lo his work-! absolutely without asjUMtan- he Is proud o f his sklU. he 1» never with his short legs. So lie built him boastful self a bicycle—of the same type as bench, let aomeor.o of any kind from anyone, M r Trotter Is a natural mechanle. those In use today la te r he Invent blindfold him, andj This dum not seem possible, but Years ago while stUl a little boy In ed a hoist machine but lost It with highly «killed hand*, lie has dune It Ume and again Not Mississippi lie stood watching a man through the cunning of pateiit can tear down n .standard i0'!* ,lr P*r*,,rTOrd this feai ride one of the old-time big wheel li.irk- bicycles down the road Robert ne- before a large crowd who paid la Thls loss was really what started t Ilder wood typewriter; then ; htm at his work. Mr Trotter g a v e . elded he wanted a bicycle of his bun norUi. so that thirty-nine years ROBERT (C «* U m « 4 e ig h t » ♦ The Mao W ho Dignified Negro Music Dr. Nathaniel Dett Has Added an Operatic Dignity to Negro Music, and De veloped a Choir Which Compares With the Finest Choral Organizations in this Country. A MONUMENT TO DKTTS ABILITY Brilliunl Composer *■ Or Nathaniel Dett, our of the most brilliant of Uir new school of music, be gan his revolutionary chang es 111 the Immature and HR refined chords of Negro melody, N e gro music was Immensely crude and unfit for formal church service. Dr. Dett's aim In music, summed up In hla own words has been "to put Negro music on a truly dignified Mid artistic b a il.'' In this It Ls ad mitted that he has succeeded re markably well T h e nationally known Hampton Choir of specially trained voices. Among his many choral rom pnsl-«Practlrally all o f the material used inbedited Religious Folk Songs of the lions, based upon folk themes are. the development of the folk song Negro as Sung at Hampton Insti Listen to the Lambs," "Oh. Hear composition Is. as far as possible, tute." This work Includes an unus the Lambs A'Crying." "Don't Be drawn from tlie most original folk ual preface on Negro music by the Weary Traveller." "Babylon's F all song sources, or very closely follows editor. I t is looked upon as one of ing," "Somebody’s Knocking At Your folk song style the most concise and accurate state Door." and others using the highest T h e greatest musical critics of Eu ments of a widely discussed situa musical forms. T h e choruses, based rope and America have lauded tions in musical circles. on Negro folk themes, are not In Dr. Dett's contribution to American Dr. Dett's piano compositions in any sense, arrangements. T h e folk music through his Ingenious treat clude three suites: 'M agn olia." "In , rharartrr Is gained In some instances ment of Negro folk songs Uie Bottoms." "Enchantment." and from only n line of .'oik song serving Dr. Dett's musical genius has been a recently published sonatina. "C in merely as a theme upon which an noted In oilier fields closely associat namon G rove," in four movements entirely new cusnpnsitIon 1» created. ed with choral composition He also All of these have received the highest Nathaniel Dett. whose musical corn- positions and remarkable ability nave brought world-wide acclaim. ratings from the country's foremast musical critics. These compositions have been played repeatedly by such notable artists as Perry Grainger and many others. tContinued on page seven»