EGG-LAYING COMPETITION

Dominion, Volume 23, Issue 199, 20 May 1930, Page 3

EGG-LAYING COMPETITION

TARANAKI SOCIETY. The following is the official report for the sixth week ended May 1-1 of the Taranaki I?gg-laying Competition Society’s competition :— WHITE LEGHORNS. Total

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COLf '’JRED DEITY IN NEGRO '• PLAY.

The Deity is represented by a coloured man iu the most successful play produced in New York for a long time, and in every circle praise, not protest, is being showered upon the negro cast of eighty persons, and on the white author, writes a correspondent of the London “Observer.” The play is “The Green Pastures,” at the Mansfield Theatre, and it is impossible to get seats of any sort for weeks ahead. The author and producer, Mr. Marc Connelly, a forty-year-old journalist and playwright, calls it “a fable.” It is a real “miracle play,” written in the twentieth century, that in spiritual power, in homeliness —I use the word in its English sense—and in dramatic force, represents all that was best in the “Miracles” of the Middle Ages. The general public has agreed with tiic dramatic critics that here is something entirely out of the ordinary, in which is presented, practically without an artistic flaw, the religion of the coloured race, revealing how much that is iu it of universal truth. The support given to “Green Pastures” is another sign of growing interest in the negro, while the play itself is a striking example of tlie manner the coloured actor has arrived as a serious dramatic artist. “The Green Pastures” is an attempt to present in living terms the religion

of thousands of still untutored negroes of tlie Southern States, whose spiritual hunger Ims led them to picture vividly to themselves tlie Bible stories in terms of their everyday life. If "fish frys” (or bean feasts) are the brightest events in their lives, then there must be “fish frys” in Heaven. If old Dr. Du Bois, the preacher in the township, is the figure they associate with, being more like the Deity than anyone else, then there is no incongruity to them in picturing the Lord as Dr. Du Bois. And, strange to say, the (audience feels no incongruity when it sees the Lord appearing as the kindly yet strong old preacher in frock coat and white tie. He takes part in His angels’ rejoicings, and lets the little black cherubs pull His coat tails. When He walks the earth He rewards Noah, the one righteous man in the negro community, witli a cigar—“it’s a ten-cent cigar, Noah”—in appreciation of what the patriarch is trying to do to keep tlie village straight, Man may make God in his own image, but there is somewhat of tlie true mystic about tlie negro, learned though suffering. The Deity who walks both heaven and earth may have a man’s form, and may be a God of justice, but lie is shown as a God of mercy and of loving kindness also.

Weekly to total, date. 1 M. Scanlon, No. 1 Ol) o 11. Scanlon, No. 2 3 21 M. Scanlon. No. 3 26 4 G. L. Gaylard, No. 1 4 27 G. L. Gaylard, No. 2 4 27 6 G. L. Gaylard. No. 3 G 34 7 C. N. Taplin, No. 1 6 15 8 C. N. Taplin, No. 2 o 8 9 C. N. Taplin, No. 3 ») 12 JO Barkers, Nolantown, No. 1 t> 24. 11 Barkers, Nolantown, No. 2 Barkers, Nolantown, No. 3 4 27 12 4 _<) 13 .1. IV. Carrick, No. 1 1 6 1-1 .1. IV. Carrick. No. 2 • I .19 15 J. W. Carrick, No. 3 4 26 1G Gibbons Bros., No. 1 ..... 6 39 17 Gibbons Bros.. No. 2 ..... .) 29 1 s Gibbons Bros.. No. 3 •i 30 19 R. Cannon, No. 1 .1 2b 20 B. Cannon, No. 2 *> 31 21. R. Cannon. No. 3 0 21 . G. Clark, No. 1 5 26 *>•» G. Clark, No. 2 0 0 24 G. Clark. No. 3 0 1. •1 IV. II. Barker, No. 1 4 28 26 W. H. .Barker, No. 2 ' i *’7 A. Millar 6 i 28 .1. Magill 5 2!) E. M. Galvin ,> 31 30 G. H. Cross •• o«» 31 O. Collingwood .> 32 G. Stubbs r 16 33 A. Ciirystal Jl 21 34 !•’. Williamson . i 31 ,», i C. -Hurray 4 i 30 G. Kent ; I 19 37 Gibbons Bros 4 J— 38 A. If. Williams 0 0 39 A. J. Davey ANCONA. 6 IS 40 W. R. Lee 5 27 41 E. M. Galvin 0 RHODE ISLAND BED. 0 42 A. J. Lacey, No. 1 4 27 43 A. J. Lacey, No. 2 28 44 A. J. Lacey. No. 3 5 WHITE W Y ANDO T T E S. 7 45 Gibbons Bros.. No. - ..... 33 46 Gibbons Bros., No. 2 4 4 47 Gibbons Bros., No. 3 4 BLACK ORPINGTONS. 4 4S M. Lareoin 1 1 49 I>. 11. Wndell. No. 1 f ( s 50 I>. M. Waddell, No. 2 7 10 51 D. .11. Waddell. No. 3 n 8 i»_ V. L. Gane, No. 1 0 0 it I V. L. Gane. No. 2 n 28 54 V. L. Gane, No. 3 6 3S S. Paterson, No. 1 56 8. Paterson. No. 2 c 19 *>< S. Paterson, No. 3 LIGHT SUSSEX 4 28 58 A. J. Davey G 31 59 H, Kirkwood 0 FAWN RUNNER DUCKS. 0 1 V. L. Gane, No. 1 0 »> V. L. Gane, No. 2 1) 0 3 V. L. Gane, No. 3 0 11 4 J. Magill 0 3 . > Tlios. Don th waitc 7 1(1 (j G. L. Gay la rd 1) 0 7 J. W. Carrick •» 8 F. A. Warren Wil PTE RENNERS. 17 <) .1. O. Law 0 0 ib D. IL Waddell KHAKI CAMPBELL 0 0 11 .T. W. Carrick. (l •17 12 J. W. Carrick THREE-Bl RD TEAM Light Broods. TEST. Weekly 8 Total to 1. 2 total. dat<>. 11. Seanlon, W.L 5 3 • > 11 80 g. L. Gaylard. W.L. .. 4 4 6 14 KN C. N. Taplin. W.L 1 5 Barkers. Nolantown, Id 35 W.L 3 4 4 11 7 6 J. W. Carrick, W.L, ..15 4 10 51 Gibbons Bros., W.L. .. 6 5 . i 16 98 R. Cannon. W.L 5 5 0 10 7S G. Clark, W.L 5 0 Heavy Breeds. 0 27 A. .1. Lacey. R.I.R. .. 4 5 5 It G2 FGibbons Bros., W.W. 5 4 4 13 41 D. 11. Waddell. B.O... 6 7 , i IS 26 v L. Gane, B.O 0 6 12 66 S. Paterson, B.O 5 G 1 15 79 The following abreviations re used .— 11' L.. White Leghorns; W.W. White Wyan (lottos; R.T.R.. Rhode Island Black Orpingtons. Red; B.O.,