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About The advocate. (Portland, Or.) 19??-19?? | View Entire Issue (July 19, 1930)
Clean Fiction Human Interest ] True Stories The Advocate Feature« •». S i* < * . * « • ■ A d 'V fllb lM g Ü f s r N t M »•.. < * » . « * • Hr |»lr*»N l*IK M IIJ.l'NTRATKI) FKATI KK SECTION ___ July 19 , By J A M E S A. JA C K S O N " V f o lk « '. ’ W h e n * ilu I K) ari* dhow f< fr o m ? A n d Im w thi*y i'om r fr< HOW a h o u lll ilu they Uv** 'i n n r ri'k'iu d t h e m s o c ia lly ? p «u r- „ it u i i . r r . i o r « and not do The I ruth About Much Misunderstood ¿tage People! A r o tllSJf “all riirhi" ? T h u r «r r ly|ilr«l questions Dial huir brrn propounded a> Utr writer many -Imra by thine who «r r merely curious oilier» Inclined lo be I » tidlnti. and »till oilier p » « ’ ne who III vr a «tib- oluuTou» mental r o e r a t l u i that In an attempt to prove tile rhararter of people of the tliratre that the chame tor an arqualntam ".hip with «poruña ant romantic |ar*iblluir* will hr forth- con 1 Ilia Mime the latter Idea I» prevalent It U a pleusute to makr halrvrr arranaemrnt» and ro-ordinattona of movement« are needed to cre ate the opportunity for till» permit to meet a number of «elected nrople of til" «lade and plalform and «••me musician» from the pit. or Mime proplr off of ttir front door, (hr mechani cal «Ide of the amusement world tuarllwr with one or more from the allied orruimllon» There 1» a rrrtatn uncanny nort of dov 11 lid 1 Joy lo be taken in wltllevdlia tile lllr tumor pilosis of the notion» of a man who thought lie wt> going to .nrrl a aroup of »ubllinated Tender loin character# only o painfully Irani that hr I* tie 111« «ubjretrd (o a earelul scrutiny hlmsrlt ♦ advócala« of the hl|lm bJa O m feet« «Ireful a« he diowa up the |mor mental and moral «tuff ol which till* type ot mankind I» made of through the machination« of Ihuar for whom he had prevtoualv held «mall esteem. Any thfgtrtcal iafiinr nr Am m . In fan. anyiuir with an rxteiuilve acqualntanershtp In tile «how world. I» able to do that nwaty-nlcr nick by virtue ol the fact Uiat .«how people, like all people, dlffrr I I I type There «re a.» many gradation» anion« them aa may br lound in any cloMiinrallon based upon orcuimtlon which. Indeed, I» no barunirler lo the inner rhararterlallc* of human bring« Nome of oar m o«l hr lilla nl b «r r l« lr r » are a lh r l« !« Hank pre*ldriiU have hern found lo br rake«. Norlely women with every favorable InMurnre have been «octal d rrrllrU . and bod - carrier« have become leader« o f men In h !(h fln a m e No mnrh for ocrwpallon« ■« inea«nte- o f men and women T o ItlOM- who h a ir regarded show people * « a thing n|iart. Irl 11.« pass the information lha their are two hundred thousand |ieo|ile of all nationalities and nativities engaged In the 2ti dillercnt pha«e« ol »flow lite in tlie United Mlulr Nearly twenty-five thousand of these •re ol our M iela! group. .«peaking racially There are about Moon musicians among us IVrhap-. half of these are professional and the other ■ m - ih I professional In that (hey euro part of ilin r Incomes al other vocation- * I mi musical comedy, burlesque and the drama furnish the livelihood for about 3 500 |a*ople These 1 e more or lr*s InterchkiigeaMe position» Inasmuch a«, for 11», necessity pre cludes one always remainlnr In his or her pre ferred field of endeavor. Race restriction« compel our artists to show a certain degree ot versatility. The motion picture lot. and studios 1 niploy »bait six hundred person«. More than two- Hunts ot these are In California and down on tiling Island, New York, doing ''atmosphere amt 'm ob ' atirtT or servant and savage i haractei arilh white plctlir#crn-erns Those same eon- Stories 4 *p te t p rin c ip a l* a .,n o n • rr* posea, unW-- * so o p tio n e d mi s DAMS fe a la r e W*- cei lie emp'oy about as many more as personal servants to stars; in dressing rooms, aa wig trimmers, dressers, e t c . not a few are actually star* Mi. - McKinney. Clarence Muse, Stepir, Fetchit. Dan Haynes. Farina and Noble John son are of this calibre Colored cast picture companies, of which there are but three at present, average a con tinuous employment tor lets than a hundred persons These three are the Mlcheaux FT!m Company of New York and Chicago; the Nor man film Company ol Jacksonville. Fla and the Colored Players Film Company ol Philadel phia These are what remain ot more than twenty such enterprises that have come and gone since Hunter Haynes, known in Chicago as a razor strap manufacturer went to New York and started the pioneer picture producing bus.nea8 that employed a colored cast. Tttbre ire more than 350 concert artists, rccal and instrumental, perhaps halt as many touring individuals and groups who play under auspices; that Is, they play churches, lodge halls, school houses and such places, under the pro motion ot a local organization that sponsors the engagement and sells tlie tickets. A dozen more are somewhat promotional in character They individually, or ui groups ot two and three, enter a town and train local talent tor ■hows pageants, celebrations and dramas All of these are show people, and this latter group are the instrumentalities lor the recruiting oi much new talent to the previously named brandies ol the business Then comes the ouldoot world with Ha twenty odd minstrel shows more than a hun dred plantation shows with carnivals a v ore of medicine shows a dozen circus sideshow bands, a halt hundred novelty acts and freak', Its animal trainers and caretakers, the several hundred decorators and concessioners, without whose sale» no holiday, convention, anniversary or c e lebrat ion would be complete. These, perhaps, total approximately two thousand mort show folks. Motion picture scenario writers, laboratory employees, operators, photographers and a few other technicians account tor a couple hundred more. There are morr than r hundred very active show people engaged in the business angles—owners, mana gers. advance and press agents, gen eral agents, promoters and billers There arc known to be more than a hundred colored bill posters in tlie country, some ol whom carry Union cards Then, to go back within the thea ter walls, we may lake cognizance of the stage managers, electricians, property men, programmers, ushers, cashiers and ticket takers. These add eighteen hundred to the list of those to whom show business Is a means of livelihood Outdoors again, we are confronted wttli the promoters and directors ot a hundred lairs und more than tr.irty parks and similar amusement < nntinurd on Pace T w o $r IF S N IF \l I.ISO N . p rrtlv daughter of the laic hartes Allison, for th irty year» th r Irrasurer o f \ew Y ork '« lareest con rretiitlon Jr I ditor I he Habits, Home Connections, Relig« ious Inclinations of the Traveling Entertainers Disclosed Jam r* % Járkw li, ltu>lnr.< « I Ih r I llllrd H|»|ra Urparlntrnt ul t iimmercr, M i nine 411 M llu r oil Ihr iU IT of I'lir Billboard mul hl« h u «in r«» lour* rnublr him lo ron l 111 or h l« frirn d lv tO B tw h with «how folk, II111« kerning ltr »h u.a observation» o f Ih r people hr know « «41 w ril mid w h o«r » « « l i o n hr lovr*. a0 1 7 W W I9 .‘{ 0 Achievement til.A D Y ’ N S C O T T, versatile und specialty daneer al Canton Palace in New York. Behind (h r beunliful (ace and ligare Is a «Im plr dignity anil modesty that those on (he other «Idr o f Ih r fnnl- ItgHI« are won! lo believe are not there F IJ IF I. .YIOHtCN. beautiful daughter o f Hrv Moses, a New York Baptist Divine. M is« H o w ha« been mu'ty tim e« acclaimed one o f the most beautiful girt« in Amert-a. \
