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PAGE SIX pme. E. Azalia Hackley Is Dead After Months of Illness i'. Was Best Known Figure in Ranks of Race Music 'ians Her Remarkable Career Over Twenty Year Period Has No Parallel In the Race A telegram received on Saturday morning from the Rev. Everard W.

Daniel, formerly curate of St. Philips P. E. Church, New York, now rector of a church in Detroit, brought information of the death of Mme. E.

Azalia Hackley, who was stricken in Cali nf months aeo. and had been brought to her old Ihome in Detroit, where the most loving and unremitting care was of no avail in restoring to normal her mental and physical faculties. Mme. Hackley died on Wednesday evening, December 13, at 'the home of her sister, Mrs. Joseph Johnson, 436 Clinton avenue.

The funeral was held on Saturday following at 2 o'clock, p. m. As a singer and musician, no other member of the race occupied a similar position to Mme. Hackley, nor was there another. whether singer, composer, instrumentalist, or director, who was known so widely or loved so well.

y'' First coming into prominence musically in Denver, to which city she removed after marriage, and where she graduated as a Bachelor of Music from 'the College of Music of the Univcr sity of Denver, this gifted woman, in a career which extended over twenty years, had made herself known in practically every com 1 munity of any consequence in the United States. She travelled extensively as a soloist for a number of years, and then went to Paris where she took post graduate courses that marl Tir minnt1v fittrrl (nr ihr work which she later took lin "that of carrying to the masses a fundamental knowledge of correct principles in the art of singing, together with plain, simple rules by which health might be conserved. Through her community Folk Song Festivals she reached thousands upon thousands of the race, and as a means of musical missionary work reaching into the ranks of both races, there has been nothing to compare with her efforts in this direction. Iif this particular she has been very aptly termed "Our National Vocal Teacher." An eiron was mane Dy mme, nacKiey, at one time, to centralize her work in this connection by establishing the Normal Vocal Institute in Chicago, which she intended to utilize as a kind of headauarters. from which she could en out ovrr tin mmitrv to which she could send the most promising students encountered in her travels.

It was an idea broad and noble in its con cepG6hbuV unfortunately, her physical strength was not equal to the task. Failing health necessitated an abandonment of this project. In fact, those closely associated with Mme. Hackley really think that her work in this venture was the beginning of the strain which ultimately'brought about her physical and mental collapse. Mme.

Hackley was born in Murfreesboro, her mother, Beard, having married a southern 'manMr. Smith, who visited Detroit. Her parents returned to Tennessee and Mrs. Smith opened a school for the freed slaves, which she continued to teach until Azalia was born. Following this event.

Mrs. Smith, with her infant daughter, returned to Detroit, and the little southern born girl did not return to the section where she was born until after she was a married woman. As a child she attended the Miami school, the only colored student, and at thirteen she was a high school student. At the age of eighteen, the young colored girl had finished both the high and normal schools, appearing twice upon the high school commencement program, the first colored girl to be so distinguished She was also the first girl of the race to graduate from the normal school. In competitive examination she passed the teacher's examination, again pionecrine for the rare, and me smuoi system a.

a teacher this while her eighteenth year. It is a remarkable tribute to her ambition and determination that while she was a high school student she played in orchestras, often late into the inland gave piano lessons, to obtain needed money for the study of music. She took both voice culture and the violin but strange to say, she never had a lesson on the pianoforte. Not Yv.thstand.ng this lack, she had considerable pianistic technique Jears had advanced to the position first assistant at the Clinton School, and was in line for promotion to a pnnc.palship the following year, she married Edward II Hackley, and moved to Denver to live. Here she entered the College of Music and won her degree, and embarked upon a musical career which lasted from 1901 to the day she was stricken in far off California.

In Denver it was that Mme. Hackley laid the foundation for ner career ot usefulness and it was Jo this city in the high Colorado altitude that her thoughts always turned with loving memories I have no as to her wishes concerning her hurial ia THE NEW YORK ACE: SATURDAY, DECEMEER 23, 1022. h' THE STAGE AND ATHLETICS if .1 In The LgJJ I Realm Music I By Lucien H. White The Late Mme. E.

AZALIA HACKLE Y. "if! 'V 7 Who died at her old home In Detroit, on Wednesday, December 13, 1922. as expressed during recent days, but it was frequently wished by her in days gone by that "when she had entered npon her journey to "that bourne from whence no' traveler returns," her body would be laid away in Denver for its "long, long rest." The high altitude of Denver finally affected her health and Mme. Hackley came East. She became one of the best known artists of the race, bringing to the concert stage high ideals of artistic endeavor and lending to the profession a dignity which, unfortunately, it had theretofore too often lacked.

In a short while she changed from the ordinary concert program of arias, art songs and ballads, and developed the idea of lecture recitals, bringing to her audiences actual demonstrations, not only as an artist, but as a teacher, opening up the beauties of musical structure through' melodic and harmonic devices, with methods by which the untutored and undeveloped might beromc embryo singers. In this field, going from city to city, visiting schools and ,11 ii i ALPHA'S FIRST GAME ON CHRISTMAS NIGHT The Aloha Riir Flv champions, will make their first ap "TUCKER" WADDELL '0 i Forward on Alpha Bij ijmi ALPHA BIG FIVE ifimirm i i an eastern champions 1022 CASIN0 BOROUGH C. LIGHTNING 5 llil Alilrln Music by Gns Creagh and his Syncopators ililUU Just returned from Brazil Jfvl4 Preliminary Game ADMISSION 75 CENTS in any way pcarance this season against tbe Borough Lightning Five of Rrooktjn on Christmas night. There as been some question as io which is tbe stronceM amateur tr am in the city this season, and this question will probably be answered on Christmas night, as both the contestants in this game are geli erally considered the two strongest amaticur teams. The Brooklyn team is practically intact from and is playing a grade of basket au man ever before.

of the Alpha Moguls have been moved up to the Big Five, but this has 5trengthenel 'Oicir team instead of weakening it. Regardless of which side wins, basketball fans will be treated to a good game. The Alpha Cubs and the Oak Leaf five, two fast lightweight teams, will NEW YEAR'S NIGHT, HON. 1 JANUARY 1923 Commonwealths Win Second Time From Brooklyn Celtics Slocum Showed Great Improvement, Scoring 17 Points for His Edgers of Brooklyn Team, Outplayed Fial The Commonwealth Big Five icored thfir tccond victory over the Brooklyn) Celtics at Commonwealth Casino on Sunday night, December 17. Although the Brooklyn team put up a close fight in their prcivoiui game, they were a poor match on Sunday night, a) ihc local team scored twenty field goals to their five, and 'could have scored The final score of the game was 43 11 The entire Commonwealth team continues to show improvement, but Slocum showed up btt.cr in the game on Sunday niuht than in any previous game he has played this season, lie scored 17 points for his team and out jumped his man at center.

The outstanding player for the Brooklynitcs wa, "Dutch" Edgers. ho kept ticorge l''ial out ot the game during most ol the first half. In the latter part of the second half, the Commonwealth Five used up more than five minutes practicing passing and did not try to shoot. Af.cr several futile attempts to get posssession of the ball, thf Celtics practically gave up and quit playing. About a minir.e before the game ended, Kdgert secured the ball and ran around Fial until the whiMle ended the game.

Thr line up of the eamj was as follows Commonwealth Celtics (enkins F. McCarey Fial R. F. Bennett Slocum C. Hunter Forbes R.

(J. Day Hubbard L. G. F.dgers Substitute for Commonwealth; Monde for Forbes. In the preliminary game Hie Oak Leaf Five was defeated by the Greenwich Village Five 20 22.

On Sunday night. December 24, the undefeated Commonwealth Big Five will meet the New Jersey State Champions, the l'crth Amboy Five, in hat promises to the best game seen in Harlem this season. GIRLS TO HOLD BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT. Girls Basket Ball is being given a new ami did impetus. Tbcne arc more girl' basket ball teams and clubs I Uiin season than ever before.

And dim ucRrccs. snc rcnairo. tnousan.ls ot people. arc pkviK Very hiRh type of i The work along this pioneer Jinc done by Mine. Hartley has had t.an ball, and mostly, boys rules, much to do with the higher standards of musical culture which have been established among our people throughout the entire Later on she turned to the line of which found its culmination in the Folk Song Festivals' Shc'hnr'gonV'mto hundreds of communities, from Maine to Florida, from the Atlantic to the Pacific, and gathered together various sized groups of Xc gro men and women, which, after intensive instruction over periods ranging from a few days to a few weeks, she would present to audiences that usually overflowed the most commodious auditoriums available audiences composed of members of both races programs made up as a rule entirely of Negro Spirituals and compositions by Negro composers.

These programs invariably carried characteristic numbers by Harry Burleigh, Nathaniel Dett. Clarence Cameron White. Carl Diton, Manon Cook. J. Rosamond Johnson.

Clark Smith and other representatives of the race who had contributed worthwhile to the musical literature 0f the country hst i Tk Canic'Uhro h' Mme. Hackley to the very 7" the memories of tne race who has been benefitted through the unselfish efforts of Azalia Hackley. Just a ii of the more conservative clubs are plajing girl's rules. A bakct ball tournament is something entirely nrw to the Game, and the. ('oris, arc doing ibis.

From Tight to tin girls (eam havi Mgned up to play in a Tournament at the Commonwealth Camo Friday evening, December 29ih, V)ll. They arc composed of Imth white arul colored teams and clubs. be seen in action in the preliminary game. i A feature of the holiday night's en tcpvtinmrm will be the dancing with music furnished by Cus Creagh, who has just returned from Brazil, where his played for Secretary of Slate Hughes and many notable South American officials. EDWIN COATES i Arum or HARMONY, COUNTERPOINT, COMPOSITION (CUitra Now forming) Martin Smith Mule School 139 W.

136th Street Aud.8216 Dec. 9 1 HARRY LAURA Prampin School of Music 131 West 136th Street.N.Y.C. TELEPHONI AUDUBON 16(7 WILSON LAMB VOCAL STUDIO 105 V. MAh New York City. FIRST EMMANUEL CHURCH Saturdays at 2 P.

M. Home Studio: Metropolitan Building. Orange, N. J. Phone Orange 714 BIO HOLIDAY NICHT DANCI MOONLIGHT NEW STAR CASINO, I07lh Strent and Lexington Ave.

CABARET AND SURPRISE NOVELTIES FREE MUSIC Bf ALLIC ROSS'S ORCHESTRA Cpt. Henry WiUon will pilot the Good Ship Walter Hunter Ceo. Bucltner, Floor Managers Bud Hewlett. Sergeant of Arms ADMISSION 75c BOXES S3 80 10GES $1.00 Boxes and Lori oh aale at Henry Wilson's, 116 W. 135th Morningtide 9125 WANTED MUSICIANS ENTERTAINERS MX.

KISS and PLAYERS for ORCHESTRA and ENTERTAINMENT IN AND AROUND New York City DEACON MUSICIANS I OHNSON EXCHANGE NEW YORK AGE B'LD'G New York Tel Conn. Write P. 0. Box 34 Station I 1 1 ti LINCOLN MfeEtS N. Y.

DEFENDER "5" FRIDAY (T(lrm to Tti Nw Vork Lincoln Pa. With but one Varsity player gone, Lincoln University, intercollegiate champion of last year, starts its ')12 2S basketball season agaist big opponent. Jn 'New Vork City, at the Manhattan Casino, on Friday, December 22, the Lionj will roar in basketball against the New Vork Chicago Defender five, headed Ly Sol. Butler. Lincoln's schedule includes games with llampton'j five pn January 12, and the "Vandals" at A lantic City on the 26th, February is opened with the Lightning five of How ard University in New Vork.

Washington's Birthday finds the Lions playing a second game with Hampton at Hamfjin. Then Manager Halliburton will take the Lincoln team on a short western invasion, when the powerful Loendi will be engaged. During the southern tour, which follows the western ramble, in February, games will be played at Koanoke and Ntwport News, and at West at Charleston. Orientals Win Another Game. 8pclat to Th Hm Vork g) New Kochelle, N.

Y. Saturday night, December 10, the Oriental Big 5 defeated the New York Post Office Uig from College Station by the score of il Zi. The game was slow and uninteresting from the start. The home boys held heir opponents too chetplv, hence the score was 18 13 in fivor of the visitors at the end of the first half. The finn was played under amateur rulei ia the first half and professional rules in the.

second half. Captain cotKinued his scoring, Hreak with, six field goals. 10 iinoitULO AT LAFAYETTE WM Harvey's Minstrels at the Theatre offers theatre goers in HaVlrm a novel evening's entertainment. Th; show begins with an old time minsire), which is mildly entertaining. In th? second part, however, comes a list of vaudeville acts that are among the ber the race Law the act of Johnny Woods, billed as the Kin of Ventriloquists, who is a real ant For fifteen minutes Woods was on the stage, rand they were without doubt the most entertaining minutes of tjia show, was a variety of other goo.

acts, such as re seldom seen in a colored show. Among them were the Ldwards, who presented a clever wire walking anj acrobatic act; Cross and Jackson, in "The Dark Town Circus," with Margaret Jackson singing sever il songs in a well traiivd soprano voice; and Alonzo Moore as a magician. The third para of the performance is a revue, which was well staged and which contained several new jokes. The singing of the Pckin Quartet, composed of Cross, Johnson. McFarland and Viney was also well received.

Whitney Viniy was master festnvties in 4he minstrel, and the following were end men: Johnny Woods, Noah Robinson, Slim Austin, Charlie Beechum, Lawrence Baker and Billy Moore. Others in the show are James Crosby, A. J. McFarland, Billy Moore, and Misses Walts McFarlamV, Williams and Moore. Harvey's Minstrel's will continue at The Lafayette during Christmas week.

Daly's 63rd St TheatregjB Midnight performance Wed. 11:45 p. m. Hat' Sato. Proclaimed by the crits as the "Greatest Singing and Dancing Show." 66 A 9 9 ii I LIAR Book by Irving G.

Miller Lyrics and Music by Maceo Ratal Extra lyrics by Nat Vincent staged by Walter BrooXs Special Midnight Performance New Year's Sunday, December 81, at 11:45 P. FAY ETT THEATRE DEC. 25th LAST WEEK te Hi3st. MsM ffion filCaj IU UtJUUV LTD Ji 50 Strutting Colored Artists 50 WHAT NEW YORK CRITICS SAY HARVEY'S MINSTRELS at the Lafayette offers an Ex cellent even'ng's entertainment. It is a Novelty in Harlem.

W. E. CLARK New York Ate II ARVEY'S MINSTRELS Has Pep, Class, Harmony and Comedy. What more may ono ask J. A.

JACKSON The Billboard A Novel Entertainment in every and will be enjoyed by all ROMEO L. DAUGHERTY N. Y. Amsterdam News HARVEY'S MINSTRELS Gives Harlem a Novel 1 Entertainment F. ACCOE N.Y.

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