Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1864-02-15
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Thomas Hood, the humorist and poet. a
1nsn Of the deepest and tenderfet feeling
or the waTmest sympathies with the IN.
fortunate and the lowly. as evidenced by his
Bridge OF Sighs,' and s. Song of the Shirt,
was also endowed with the gift-peculiar to
the writer OF keen humorous powers allied
with earnest feelirg-cf detecting and xposing
that sham seneihiiity and shoddy philanthropy
OF which the wo.ldba always so much afioat
In his p" Black bob" the history is given of
an undertaking BY q .sknot ct very charitable
men," to wash and hiten the African race
Bu, first money was wanted :,&as z.at ger
Money-theTooto of evil, -dross, and STUFF,
But Oh! how happy ought the rich TO feel
Wsose means enanied them to give enough
/ To bleach an African from head to heel.
HOW biessed-yca thrice blessed-to SAT-
scribe : EstEa r.. r. #apa
Enough to scour atribe. a1s
" lille he whose fortune was at besta brittle cue,
although he gave hut pence, how sweet 10
He helped to bleach n Hcttentet'a great toe,
Or little one ft9a I'd go = *-F
The money came, great were The sums col.
lectsd, and M
-. great results ID cor seq ueuce expected.
But somehow in the teeth of all endeayor, K
According to reports BIZ .aaa .
At yearly courts, as at.ss 4ar sa4...e F.
The blacks, oonfoand thsm were AZ black as
ever H'sa uagar vi. rgaas lus-aFsa , II. .sai..l +.
Nothing abashed, however by repeated fail
mes, the .as. - :.
s'court still met the chairman apd directors,
The secretary. good at pen and ink, .
Tee worthy treasurer who kept tine ehinS.
AId all the cash collectors; 49,. -. +
VIII hundreds Of that class so kindly credu-
, lous, sts.s -. ... r...z tr . ~ !
Withont who's help, no sharlataa alive,
t. bubble company could hope 70 thrive,
Cr busy chsSa ieT, however seduiuus -
and finally made 8 last grand cali for funds, af
nouHcing that fihdingit impractical BILE to bleach
tire negroes they slad decided 10 s'giid en-" III
ths cause Of Humanity! tT f,..,. .9
Hood, in the $ Black Job suggests that ths
rhi:anrhropists of the class under notice carry
their assumed " friendship to blacks TO the
extent OF "enZnty 20 viii esq ana were he a,iy1
10 the Aubpub created ny some OF them just . NJ
and just here IN Wa shiagton city, aprop5s to
r@rcu equality n the street GERS, he nigh have
occasion TO reaIrin the Oh MON x i'm eIap}tas;s
Del What art the merits ofiae ss.iSe. The Street
Railway CoTnpaEy, it'll an atteEtion to ths
COM enience Of the coiored continuity pr1e.
t;sed no where else in the country. not { zen III
. Dir. Sumoer's own city Of Boston, have fur
nisGed fully adequate supply Of Grst-ciass
cars precisely such cars as are us id by whitas)
foIr the use Of oolozsd people, and Of whites
wa do Tot object TO ridein Ihem. La thu same
sr3Ttt of consulting the convenience OF all
, CLASSES OF the, community, they provide other
. Gals iOE WINES eScluSifely.
= One "A. Z. Augusta M. b. "a >uiored m ~
Insiste that he viii not ride il the cDlorad cars
but that he s5'i ride in those specially set apart
for.whites; and, en- being ejsstsd, he writes
demand 10 the military authorities that The
conductor who eiec:ed him shall be sarresisk
ard brought TO punishment" Senator Sumner
rhe-eapoa intI oduces a resolution instruet!ng
the Committee on the District OF Coiumbia TO
consider the expediency of farther providing
by law agaiust the exclusion Of coiored per-
sons frcn the equal enjoyment Of all railroad
priyiieg es in the District OF Columbia.
city paper, the Republican,, follows in the
sans vein, but in temper of yindictIyencss
against the railway company that suggests
scne private animosity underlying its as
s"ults. In this, aud preceding article upon
TIE same topic, the Republicans curiously enough
Demands (aprcpos to Hoods philanthropists)
rat while the nee-o shall be admitted to the
fullest privileges of the ears certain classes of
v ate people shall be excluded altogether To
tie txtent OF couple OF columns Of editorial
e pc he Repatttcan there brrates the company
.ftl- submitting into the cars wouaon with mar
tss-basketa, ,schisfy Trish-perneps 1irtv md
. Sagged-eertaiaIy tat and Coarse All the r.
7E5Igcan'yi seIsibillues ara excited lest ,bess
b.blowsy fsmalesr {as the Republican terms
item, and who are .schiefty Irish,'' shon,a
soai Tie ydelicate muslin dresses, clean and
tender. colored, new and ancrumpIed'' las the
hpab.icdn sweetly phrases it,, Of ladies OF
Z hn' nent. Doubtless Tin the Republicans
4 eyes- these ladies' Of refinement would have
40 cause OF compiatnpfif robust and per.
spirtnz gentlemen OF The Ethiopian persua-
sieen were jammed aysins, them 10 the cars
Il leu Of rtsse "blowsy, females .schief.
l. Dish" But it Is not only the dirty
Ia. INV omen" that are objectionable in che cars.
TIE Republfcun is Disguised with .sthe biz
e.edginous females from Faderiand.". wh5
sSiilinsist on rioinG with g decent people. and
ssabmits" whether ga woman who is able to
carry easily a oushel basket rounding -fai of
potatoes. tomatoes, squashes, DC, Is not also
abe 70 "cIf Particularly as she 10 supposed