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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
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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.
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