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Declare Negroes Not Loyal to Their Actors

New York, Aug. 7—Producers who make shows with Negro performers, however large or small in numbers, believing that Negroes will patronize it chiefly because of its Negroid make-up—are learning some new points on Negro loyalty. They see that Negroes are conspicuous by their absence. They have many empty seats even in the $1.00 section of expensive shows. There arise no loud huzzas for the star in the cast—nor the fancy

dress and drilled ensemble, "What's wrong?" they ask. We-ve even given hundreds of dollars worth of advertising to the Negro papers—yet the people stay away.