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About The advocate. (Portland, Or.) 19??-19?? | View Entire Issue (Feb. 13, 1932)
THE ILLUSTRATED FEATURE S E C T IO N -F eb ru ary IS. 1»S2 6 Salisbury Goes to Broadway in Drama Exposing Lynching “ Never No More” Cause* Blase Broadway Shudder as Man is Burned by Mob. Ilian excellent T h e acting of the part of Joe by William L. Andrews, war surprisingly gnod James Dun- more « o highly effective «.> the weak and misunderstood Ike. All of which leaves the '«rrtble Salisbury, Maryland's lynch town, has gone to Broad» V ay. A scene similar to that enacted on the night of Decem ber 4, when Matthew Williams was dragged from a hospital cot and hanged and later burned as a frenzied populace shouted with glee, comprises the whole second act of "Never No More.” the gripping drama of a lynching bee, that ran at the Hudson Theatre last month— but blase, hard hearted Broadway did not clap its hands and giggle. Broad way shuddered. performance aI Itudolpli Toombs t l III«* burn.nl Solomon, t hr* noi teo-good acting ol M l« Viols Dran as I-attra. the surcenaful blU p laved by Lelgli Whlpper as I hr* neighbor and ufi» U>|r plantation owner and (he al» must amusing Deacon of L r « IYy- ton The play wa-> produced by Itobert Spark*. with some richly Imaginative seta by Ju Mir lamer Ho If you would like to Ire Uirllled. horrified. amt tortured fot about one Ivtir and a , half, tee Never No Mure " It la a fine and distressing (day, beautifully acted line, actually witnessed a lynching J once It was such a terrible aiul heart-tearing sight to him that he gave up his life on the plantation, came North and turned to writing “ Never No More.“ la his first play Stark Realism And what a play It ts. Whether you like It or not, you will probably have to admit that It Is drama In Its most real and. at times, melodrama tic form Yet. there are some people and particularly certain colored folk »h o will say that this phase of life in the South should not be portray ed in the theatre Nevertheless, au thors seem to go on writing auch plays And when th»y are tine as thus one, they will often find a pro ducer As for the colored actors, they like a!I other players, must live There fore. whether you think so or not. It j ts not lor them to question the work of the author or the Judgement of the producer So. they are acting Never No! More ‘ with keen understanding sym- 1 oathy. and force. And it ts easy to i understand why they are doing so ! Kor it tells a story with which most ! of us are well acquainted It Is a story of a large family who live on an Isolated plantation In the! deep South The head of this family j is Mammy, a grand colored matrl- j arch She has raised her children to! he reverent, earnest and diligent. They have had a successful season ' The cotton has been picked and sold, j the garden crops harvested and stor- j >d and even the firewood has b een! cut and stacked Black Sheep Rut. as In most large families. I ther« Is a black sheep in thla one And. as usual, he Is the mothers _ favorite son. So it Is this son. Sol- Broadway shuddered aa a howling mob banted a man In “ Never No More." the gripping grams af the snath omon. who causes his family all the which ran loot month 'trouble and suffering Late one a f - _______________________________________________________________ __ 1 ternoon he meets a white girl In the 1 shady woods, yields to the cheap per fume and pungent odor of her body. * t atiiT the fear of discovery, and very soon the off-stage bloodhound 1 i e 1P a r m e r are heard chasing him through the Persistent coughs and colds lead to , woods, with the sadistic lynchers kerinu, trouble. You can stop them now with LreomuHion, an emulsified rreotote coining ever nearer. By W II CRAIG H EAD gether one ounce each of lead and And because of this disgrace, the that it pleasant to take. Oeomulsjon ia powdered alum, six drams of sulphate a new medical discovery with two-fold mother sends Colomon away fioin of zinc and one quart ot soft water Aa<l You'll Jump Out of Red in action; it Soothe* and heals ihe inflamed liter house But not until she ha., Sore Shoulders Idle lotion ts poisonous, so keep It the Motninfl Ratin' lo (ia All who nave woiked hard with a labeled and away from children. jnembrmes and inhibits germ growth, lorced her eldest son. Tom. to give s Of all known drugs, creosote is rec him all of the money they have Itay-Ioik in the fields, know that the During Ihe hot slimmer months tr y«M M * m tend r is k »«4 IS - * "0 4 fricti in .""I bruising *o ceu cd tends ognized by high medical authorities as look« nunk. I • • l it • ! ■•11«, earned. Then barring themselves In to lonn blisters on the tender skin ol when many horses have to do hard mineral w«t*r, «41, Im sUffl randy . « rhrwm f one nf the gre.itrst healing agencies for and heavy work, mnrh relief ran be f« in iml i ip w » them to m «k « jronj t u d iM / the hands It ts less commonly known their cabin, they hear the capture per.¡»tent coughs and colds and other • » • * ( «a d buoyant snd lull <4 •unwhifu». that horses have simitar blisters, also given some of these animals with sore shoulders If the proper care U form* of throat troubles. Creomulsion con- of their son and brother, listen to his caused by Irlctton and bruiMng r«»r thwy i .1 . ,t TlMV n»..»* tha given Uicm. Wowc-4 anil • « r f a ngiwm m t ilmmi t * -t at taint, in addition to creosote, other healing hysterical prayers above the shrieks They lorm on the shoulders, where . »•» T I N i* M » n ( .r your d ow n an ! «fern-nts which soothe and heal the in I of the blood-thirsty lynchers, and the collar rubs and presses. These f-«ii«ff 1« y<>ur U f t r It akoul l pou r out l M fected membrane* and stop the irritation puunda o f liiyuid bit« in (a your b ow « la dotty. watch through a burlap covered win blisters are less likely to form If the Nearly Lynched If thla t>.U ta not flowing fr««ty. your t km ! and inflammation, while the creosote goes collar and hames lit perfectly. dow the flames of the fire the mob du*wn t «lifaat it ) not <t««-«ya in tbo Ip-w.-U. on to the stomach, is absorbed into the <*ao blonl« up your at »m ar it. You h a »« m Aside from a perfect fit. the collar has bunt around his body Jdood, attacks the seat of the trouble and flhi.-h. b«d loot« and *mir b ru th ta foul, hould be kept clean by rubbing otf Yet the rustful mob refuses to be akin »ft*n breaks out in Wmiahoa Your h»«4 checks the growth of the germs I satisfied with the burning of Hol- all dirt before putting It on the horse. •rtwa An 1 f*tl lt d wn and r i b Y m U who4o p Creomulsion is guaranteed satisfactory I onion So they threaten to do away Ihe horses mane should not be be n the treatment of persistent coughs and ; with the entire family T h !w l ffond Old C A R T r n * And It Is tween the collar and the neck; other I.IT T I.K I IV M l r i u . 4 lo g«t th— two olds, bronchial asthma, bronchitis and only when Mammy bravely opens the wise a blister ts apt to be mode pound« of hiU flowing fiooly at>-| moko ym| I have In mind a horse whose shoul- th< r f ,rms of respiratory diseases, and is I d<xir. holding a bundle of dynamite I « * ' up and up .** T b W ron twin «romlorful. dre was sore for two years. When xrollent for building up the system after above the burning coal pot that they harm!-wi. grotU »«get aid* n l r a - U , «mating ever any hard work was done Every when ,i mitiM *.o making tho tula flow fr«aly. olds or flu. Money refunded if any cough | lose courage and move away 1 [xisslble was used to heal this i II It .Ion i aab f -r 11 v-r p 11 « A»k I f Carter • r cold, no matter of how long standing, Rose McClendon itli* lev«*r Pills. I xh .W for tha nsm* ( artpr • •ore but to no effect Finally. It was] jin * l ifer N i l on tha rr-l lahot. ilaaont • I It Is a courageous drama of con decided to get a smaller set of hames I aubaututa. at all atorm. C 1991 ( . M. <*«. tinuous action. Inarguable honesty, No sooner was this done than the j I not relieved after taking according to I tiightfulness and horror. And. a» It mtv began to heal. ircctions. Ask your druggist (idv ) i is acted by Mrs Rose McClendon, it j TREATMENT OF HOKES I is at times almost classic In Its | There aie some common methods' istheme of sympathy and bitterness. of treating these sores which seem to I Mrs. McClendon who has certainly j lx* quite effective. One method Is to j | earned the right to the title of first bath the sore regularly with a strong lady of the colored drama, gave it solution of warm salt water. After j distinguished and beautilul perforrn- bathing, It mnv be treated with a George Davis, who Is serving 18 years |ance There are those who felt that ten per cent solution of tyiy coal tar in the Maryland Penitentiary for a t n i t e r HO Y e a r * n f | her performance was a bit restrained product; or. If the horse Is not being K f f e e H ire Vme ( n r I Yet, I am certain she realized how worked, dust the sore over with tempted rape on an Eastern Hliorr 1 easy It would have been to overact B F I.,” (bismuth, formaldehyde and Maryland, whltr woman Shore molts j the part of Mammy. For at all times iodinei which Is exceptionally good B ltx l tie r tried several llmrs to lynch him. •he gave a believable picture of that for healing any sore. Another common treatment for ! anguished parent. Her magnificent a n d K lflln e y ! acting is among the finer things In sore shoulders 1» to cover the sore, When the streets are Icy. If a strip after bathing with some axle grease of adhesive tapr. about two inches the present Broadway theatre. T r « » u h le taken from the wheel of a wagon. wide. Is attached to the length of ( ast Excellent A t T o s r Draaaiat or S en t 90 s I f the sore Is of the nature of a fo r s T n s l B « i As for the others In the cast, Mor- blister. It Is claimed to be better not each sole of the shoes, or rubbers. It i i is McKenncy was forthright and to draw off the liquid by any means will help to prevent slipping H. P I.A X T F .X A BOX. I « C . SI H i s r ; Birsst. I r w i i i i X T . onvtncing as the eldest son, Tom until It becomes absolutely necessary Vhtlr M l « Dorothy Paul as htx wife. The serum may soon be icabsorbed T o remove ooflre stains from wear Susie, turned from the comedy part If the blister ts bathed with a m ix ing apparel, rub the slain gently die played In Porgy.” to give a ture of cold water and vinegar twice wltli a little purr glycerine. Then P R R A U B O O K * t O A I M T O N I AIOAM g V E dally and tlien saturated with white rtnae In lukewarm water, lay a cloth " X t.UOKT. I w f M n Jit Incanav, 1-11 HMy lo h n r;o n *u e ro r R oots. Rateili' P o o l tiaglcally beautiful performance Tile beauty and understanding at lotion of half strength Oil. Mall II M far teeth with 4lr«etl**» C h a r i* » Ss rupie P re s A C R X A IV m tR Bos over the dampened part, and prra* rs C o u rse S ta tio n , Mew York . Miss Endl Raphael s acting was more That kFion Is made by mixing to with a warm Iron. MO X t CO s u i B O etU gv O fevv. taucteg* J Brooks Atkinson, writing in the New York Times says; One of the most harrowing scenes ever put on the stage oc cupies the second act of ‘ Never No More.“ Outside the one-room shanty that fills the stage, a col ored man ts burned. James Knox Millen. who wrote the play, has mercifully spared us the grizzliest details. We know them at second hand We hear the roar of the lynching party and the pleading o f the Negro. We hear the raid ers building the pyre; we see the fiendish glow of the flames against the one window of the shanty, and we hear the screaming agony of the victim. AU this Salisbury heard and laugh- i Robert Coleman, writing for the N ew York Mirror, says: This reviewer trusts that never again will he be called upon to ait shivering and horrified through such a graphic, gruesome, harrow ing depiction of human suffering as the second act of James Knox Mitlens play about race preju dice. “ Never No More “ Author Lived Life For the details ofthe play let tu turn to to our own New York re viewer. Geraldvn Dismond. w h o Vrites as follows: James Knox Millen. the author of •■Never No More, was born in the South, and is the brother of G il- jnore Millen, who last season wrote n sensational novel of Southern col ored folk-life, called "Sweet M Ml And It ts said, brother James, who Was once a plantation owner some Where south of the Mason and Dixon BEWARE THE COUGH OR COLD THAHIANGS ON n WAKE UP YOUR LIVER BILE— WITHOUT CALOMEL E S {
