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chorines.What Colored WritersOught to Write AboutBy GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSONDRAMA iii the past has per-#of yesterday and bask in the sunlight traved the Negro farthest j 0f today or even trail the rainbow andsS.KctTXuieVjP^P lhe l)ink dawn 01 tomor-lv kind of play that would row!After the day's toil and the manyhave been welcomed or even received by the great universal public. Now, however, the time is about ripe for plays of a different nature. Stories that tell of the hopes, dreams, yearnings, heartbreaks and yes, even the joys and fulfilments of today—the history of our great middle class, jhculd be written.Present-day youth wants to see life depicted as he is now living it, he wants drama that gives him the familiar present with its highlights and shadows, its smiles and its tears. He wants to look about him and forward, not ever and always, backward.The fathers and mothers of today's youth would welcome something more modern in pattern, many of them would like to forget some of the trialsDon’t tok« Chances,SUREWhenVou buy Aspirin look lor the nameBAYERThere is a way to be SURE about the Aspirin you buy. Look for the name BAYER on package ond the word GENUINE printed in red. It's your guarantee of purity safety ond reliability.Genuine Bayer Aspirin is what the doctors prescribe. It relieves pain promptly, harmlessly. It does not depress the heart. Relieves colds, headaches, sore throat, pain from various causes.fretting cares, we turn toward the theatre as toward a fairy palace where a wand would be lifted and our cares vanish in a land that has allurement.Most of the plays in the past have had a kitchen setting, and around its drab center our thoughts are tethered. Now let us move for a while Into some other portion of the house or out of doors maybe—the great open-One reason for the long continued production of plays of this sort has been that a ready market was found. Dialect or broken English was accepted and welcomed as was poetry that delineates the popular blues. Writers are proverbially poor and naturally seek the paying market; but each forward step in art as in other fields, must have its martyrs—those who are willing to lose something for the good of all. These young writers must brush the dew from the path that the way may be safe and clear for the great procession that shall pass this way tomorrow.Our life today is so full of rich material. so pregnant with vital issues, so astounding, that the young playwright needs only leisure and the will to do. provided of course that he is a playwright.At this point it is well to leave excursions across the color line; rest for a while until the time ripens for that. Plays that deal with life within the race group will find a market, but those that touch too vitally upon issues that are as yet raw had best wait their time. Even this type of story, will have its day. but not just | now.i It would be an excellent idea for ! the young writer who is even now dipping his pen in great impatience to begin, for him to get the plays of the writers who have pioneered this field. He will find what has been done and calculate his improvements thereupon.The good old ignorant Negro, the poor old ignorant Negro, the bad old ignorant Negro, have served well as themes and shall serve now and then again, but now it is high time for a word and a picture of the children of these men. Surely thk new generation has some points of dramatic interest to be set forth. The world changes and men change but the human emotions remain eternally the same, and life is just as interesting, just as exciting and just as pulsing with emotional moments as in the long ago.Young writers have a new and virgin field wherein they may show their prowess with none to say them nay. Step into this arena, draw the lance of your ready pen and write of lifeas it is lived today—as you live it, as you see it lived with all of its tumultuous and throbbing conflicts.STARS OF “HALLELUJALight, holo, hearty, healthy •kin helped him reach thetop.DANIIL L HAYNES fays, “Tht dost-up rrveals even ibt slightest blemish. A movie star must keep bit skin healthy, light and smooth. There's nothing really as good as1. ' C L... ('■...... - mithe Palmer’s ’Skin Success mens!Treat■LET PALMER’S MNO matter what kind of su« social, business or a place e stars, a light, bright, smooth an going to help you get there. Haynes, that hearty handsome McKinney, that beautiful bit of w hat skin perfection did for then “Skin Success Treatment, find for you. Unknown but a shor gained over-night fame—now th good things in life.PALMER’SaSKIN SUCCESS OUsed for over 80 years by those lovely,silken smooth complexion and appearance so many times25c for !E. T. BROWNE DRUG COMPANY
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Richmond Planet
Richmond, Virginia, US
Sat, Aug 30, 1930
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