Show VIVID WATER COLORS WIN PRAISE Varied Arts Preserve Rich Negro Negro L Legends of Past rast r vS 4 fr g 4 ft V 57 5 VS S q V t I 2 Y YA A se Isidora Newman and her her painting IT The S el Birth rth of Ja Jazz v z V which h received b X v much praise in inv Paris Ne v Orleans ls WO Woman Keeps Keeps-Darky sJ Lore Lor Alive l ye 1 i With 1 B Brush ros h- h p Pen en an and d N Needle ee dl e J By JULIA BLANSHARD RD YORK June 15 rom 15 New Orleans via pars Isadora Now New Nowman Newman New New- man conies comes as as' a ch champion to save for fut future conc ie America the rier human dark lore of the theold old time time- southern southern negroes es MIgs Newman Newman hi n ri private pr life Mrs Frederick N was was b bor born r in hi New Or Orleans ans and lived ived as a a a. child In II the of ot negro and Creole legends When h her r own children were horn born bor she told them tal tales s. s in native Lter Later Later- she site began wring writing them hem down Visiting America Aerie Amer ica ie a a few years ago ago after living ar abroad ad for years years sh she s saw ww with th dismay dis- dis may the he changes that the old south w wis was undergoing OLD NEGRO IS PAS PASSING ING Modern civilization has set an a artificial Harlem standard everywhere everywhere every every- ever ever- where and it i is destroying all all- al' al the natural vividness of ot the old negroes ne no- ne groes Miss is Newman said They have a real contribution to make to America and the mach machine machine ma ma- ch chine e age There Is a peace in their souls a philosophy of life in their hearts and a spirit and vivid beauty in their their existence that th t If moderns should be be preserved only realized it those old time negroes ne negroes negroes ne- ne ne- ne groes could even give them a alot lot lotof lotof of valuable ide ideas s about the education education tion ton of othe the yo young ng Miss N s 's negro tales tales' not only appealed here and nd in England Englard but have been translated into int French Fench and nd German proving h her r that the negro is the kind of story sto teller teler that al all the world ap ap- preci predates tes Realizing the the- eye ss of ot this ag age u Wiss d to paint darld darkles darkies s t to illustrate te her her stories S So vivid vivid picturesque ue and amusingly natural were her things that they were ere called caled spirituals In water colors were exhibited in Paris Pars and Vienna and brought her herthe herthe herthe the Palm from the French government The latest medium medium brought into use by Miss Newman to portray portray her favorite subject is tiny dolls dols She has s made dozens of them none higher 1 than a a foot all different characters that show graduations of yellow in different types the different different dlf dif dif- dl- dl f ferent ent chaa characteristics of dress dres's In the different sections of of the the south s south uth and different different- gener generations tons Her collection of dolls dols was made f for the New Orl Orleans ans museum ws but has prove proved so authentic In detail who vho and s so so popular with children have seen them that oth other r museums h have ve asked i for r duplicates WRITES FAIRY STORIES In adi addition addition- J to all al thes these avenues of ot appeal that Miss Newman man Ne has ha opened up lip she has published a charming charing book on flowers towers In which sh she incorporates incorporates the f fairy r stories etries that hen herold herold old negro mammy told her hat about the little beings that lived In the tite violets daffodils and other otherl v her home l flowers rs ar pd Listen Listen- to isidora Newman Newnan lan Ne tell tel one of ot her stories stories say say y about the planting meaning burial bural of one of ot the brethren or the weddin where the bridegroom didn't show up and hearty laughter laughter breaks out spontaneously Hear her tell sell tel a a sad s story rY tears come as a easily For Miss Newman is as fine Une an artist artst at story stor telling as she is at writing rUng a So by writing p paintIng painting paint paint- Ing story telling and fashioning dols dolls this daughter of ot th the south Js s sp spaying p paying paying- with compound Interest t the debt she l e feels to those old ne negroes o s that made made her her childhood so o o gay so SQ happy and so meaningful meaningful |