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About The advocate. (Portland, Or.) 19??-19?? | View Entire Issue (Sept. 21, 1929)
Sopì ember 21. 1»2'._______________________ 1K i n g ] P r e m ILLUSTRATED FEATURE SECTION i p e .. I’ ART II l h i a n d I h ___ e C t l f O . l I d . ...... l e n S t o o l -- ♦ IMF. gUF.ST OF TIIF G OLD EN STOOI. By J. A. R o g e r s . ( O iilin u r il hum l* a t %%rrk % KTKR King I’rrmpchV o 11111 - 11 <I<*i i in- invader« broke into his palate in si - mi ' i h of loot All they * I fouml of value » m about; $10. 000 in gold Hit cole brnted dinner service of Dutch silver was gone. So w e r e Ills golden hat ami h i ' golden chair of state; also the golden sword. Mponpon- so. on which the chiefs swore allegiance, and the Golden St ool / T h is , a b o v e t h e y s o u g h t. a ll, w as w h a t( For, the Golden Stool was| not only the emblem, par ex tellonce. of the Kings of Ash-| and. hut it was the symbol of Ashanti power. No matter what happened, the Ashantis felt secure so long as they had it. This was why the Ashantis had yielded. They did not wish to take the sacred stooi into a war which they felt sure they would lose C leverly C arved. The Golden Stool was a masterpiece of African art— ; that art which is the fertiliz 'la v - * ' ing force of European art to day It was carved out of The blazing houses, some of which the rebels had fired, cast a lurid light on the surging mass of humanity. teak, and overlaid with gold; and the African goldsmiths, lire C'rewiuoa Insult . the tent ot Opuku and drank fetish his wife, and the other Europeans who are among the cleverest i an flag was made, the Ash • they would submit no longer found themselves besieged in Coo- artists in the world, had lav antis had been using the Sir Fredericks words fell on a Uiat RliasUy silence The Ashantis could to British rule la te r Governor Hodg massle. ished their i liuu est skill on it. Golden Stool as their symbol. hardly believe their own ears To son declared that he had never ask Surroundmz the fort, tens of Jiou- It had been made three cen Some years ago *h en the Princess Klve this hated mvadcr I M r RIO 1 ed for the Golden Stool to sit on, sands of Ashanti warriors chanted: but Uir newspaper correspondent-, sacred emblem to sit on this symbol turies before, and its beauti Mary was to be married. Uie queen- In any event that "The governor came to Coomassie of all their pact glon tills sacred said th.v he did on a peace palaver. fication had gone on with the mothers ot Ashanti sent tier a sliver object which contained the spirits o f , was how his speech had been trans He demanded money from us and lated years. Almost every mon- stool as a present. TTvr senior queen - tlielr dead kings from Osel Tutu to) sent white men to bring hun The Ashantis Rebel Dua I t 1 tlie Golden Stool; ;u h since Osei Tutu had add mother In giving over the stool to j Kwaka A few days later, the Ashantis ros Lady Gugglsberg. wile ol the gover-l Verily. It was llw crowning Insult. That same night the chlels met m in rebellion and Governor Hodgson. ed some gem or hit of orna nor. said. Continued on page four' <-«1 "Tills stool does not contain our I ment. until its crude value soul as the Golden Hlool dOM. but it! stood at millions of dollars. contains all Uie love ol the queen ! Its most sinister hit of de mothers In short. tlie Golden Stool was to coration were two casts of the Ashantis what the Ark ol that the (lead of King Adinkera of Covenant was to the ancient Jew.. the Kantis. King Adinkera, It was tlielr mhi I. their rallyinx point, I and they fell that their God or Rod 1 hearing of the Golden Stool, wi lid I k - with Uienv as Ion* Os the • B y R u by B erk eley G o o d w in had had one made like it; had It It will be understood, therefore AN A W O M A N whereupon. Konsu, king of why tin- llriusli -vere so anxious to the Ashantis, made war on set It. but search as they would il bine marriage and a not be found On their coinimt him. and capturing him. cut could career? It is general- it had been hid in the bi^h with off his head. Melting down the rest ol the royal treasure ly assumed that she cannot, Hiding r ia e i lltseovrred the imitation stool. In* made and for that reason many l our i r « ! passed and 111 spile ol the death masks, which lie all reward-, and attempted bribery, it men marry professional wom hung, one on either aide of lav hid DurlnK these years, all seem en with the understanding ed quirt in Ashanti. Not even tin- tin- Golden Stool. bring fought by Ksmorv. Black , that the wife will give up, or So sacred was the Golden battles Napoleon ot the Soudan. a its Inst the Stool held that even the king, French, near by. seemed to disturb at least subordinate, her in tranquillity. himself, could not sit on it. the Tlien terests to those of her hus one day. news cam? that Uu At certain ceremonials, when Itiditnt place ot the Golden Stool had band. its power was to he invoked, ......... . ivered a lame boy named Mrs. A. C Harris BUbrew is the Knimi had come to Accra and ot- the king would make pre leicd to point out the spot to Oov-| daughter of the late Rev. S L Hai - rls. formerly o f Texas, but for the rrnor Sir Frederick Hodgson tense of sitting on it three tiost nineteen years she has been a The Rovrrnor sent an armed ex times, after which he would pedition resident o f Los Angeles alter P. but when the boy [ "Hearts in D ixie" is a disunc sit on (lie chair of state, rest neared the supposed place, he was paralysed with fear that they wen- triumph for Mrs Bilbrew. both as an ing In i arm only on the Gold so forced to return without It. actor and musical director. Appear- en Stool The rovernnr thereupon decided to i lutf for the tirs' tune upon tlie screen The “ Voodoo W om an" Speaks Stool a Sacred F m b lc m . A11-of which seems u lot of fuss to make over what we civilized folk will call a fe tish. But the Golden Stool was to the Ashantis what the Stars and Stripes is to the American or the Union Jack to an Englishman. Just us the President of the United Slates would not think of sit ting purposely on the Ameri can flag, so the Ashanti king held his stool sacrosanct. One hundred and eighty- e y ea rs b e fo r e th e A m e r i- Ko to Coomassie in the hope o ( pre vailing upon the Ashantis to turn 11, over to him ArrlvInK there with l a dv llodRson and his -dalT, he a ent-, bled the chiefs and exhorted them to he loyal, promising them British' Irlendsliiu and protection. But perhaps no peace talk in his- ] tort ever hail such opposite rtf re t. > lor in Uie course of his speech Itof] governor had said: "W hat must I do to Uie man. who-) ever lie is. who has failed to give to the Queen, who Is the paramount power In this country. Uie Golden Stool to which i.he Is entitled? - Where Ls Uie Golden Stool? Why, am I not sltUnR on the Golden Stool at. thU moment? I am represents- j Uve o f Uie paramount power, why. have you not relegated to me thl- , rha'r? Why did you not take Ui-J opportunity a t my coming to Caomas-: sie to bring the Oolden Sloell and B »* It to me (o sit on?" her role was the very exacting one of the Voodoo Woman Critics say that she gave a superb interpreta- i tlon of the part. i The Btlbrew chorus of sixty trained voices which furnished the spiritual« and folk songs throughout the pro duction are proof of her ability as i C m i i w i I Mrs A, l ria Hai • tm ) Do You Want Some BIH h - c w . ver- s a l il e a o u e a s . wl.<> EXTRA MONEY? p la y e d th e p a r i or I be “v o o g o o ' ' woman to k o Hcarta Look Over Our in In tit- " I Clawiiiecl Ade On Rage 10 ----------------------------- ---------------=5
