The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1880-08-28
CHANGING COLOR.
4 Mnlatto Woman Turning White and
a White Woman to 4 DsrkerHue,
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Bridgeport. August with the
exception OF an irregularly. chapel
dark spot on each cheek, Mrs. Bamu.
et j. T. Miles. OF thta city, would
easily pass for q Caucasian. And ret
she was born q mulatto, a. scores Of
people who have known her al her
lite are ready to certify. Each Of
the spots % about tho size Of & allvNr
dollar. and about the color Of Q dark
copper cent. The rest Of her thco g
q positive whits, OF & oomeWhif l1od.
en- hue. while her hands ma arme
are unnaturally white, ohoWin4 not
the slightest trace Of either q dark
or ruddy tint. The case has excited
much Interest among Mn. Miles, 90.
quaintances. especially On tho mart
OF the c0lored people Who know her.
and among the doctors. They have
seen her gradually growing whittier
from year 70 year, until Il seemed 20
be merely q question Of time when
che should be transformed into ;
white woman. Some Of tho colored
people cay that they have heard Of
similar causes before, and that Il 4
an unvsrying rule that when ono Of
their race becomes wholly white
death speedily ensuee.
Mrs. Miles herself u not lee die.
ttessed than puzzled over tho mygte.
rious. change. She has repeatedly
consulted doctors since It began, to
0ee Il tho process could not be check.
ed, and has been heard to Say that
she would give $1,000, or any sum
she might over possess, Il she could
only be restored to her natural color.
Her husband, q full blooded negro,
10 q Whitewater and preacher. They
have two children, whose complex.
lon 10 Of rather darker shade than
that OF q mulatto. Mn, Miles her.
self 70 . pleasant. mild.spoken won.
% OF ladyllke aud int6lll0o0t %.
peetance, and % about - yooID Of
age. Her hair has Q slight klnklnooD,
but hardly enough to attract atten.
ton. She is very sentative shout
the color change che hae undergone.
aud can not easily 10 induced 70 talk
about It. Il began. che o9ys, about
twelve yearo ago, just after she had
recovered from & severe billions q.
tack, to which ohe Was subject. ohe
had suffered from these attacks since.
but her general health M good.
''How did the change como out, -
"Firat," replied Mn. Miles, ''there
came out q white spot on one wrist.
It kept growing. enlarging % last
that ! could eco Il spreading from
day to day. Soon . spot Of tho oame
kind appeared on the other wrist,
and both kept extending upward I'm.
til they spread completely over my
arms aud my face. except for these
two spots that you seo. Tho exton:
slon Of the 0pote over these parts Of
my body took only about two
months, but thu okln affected has
steadily been growing whittier. and
the dark spots On my teoe omalles.
I suppose those now left Will entirely
disappear II time.
Mrs. Miles aid that oxcepting her
arms her body below her heck %.
tanned ito natural color. u TIT hed.
" about tho change at alE" ehe
went on, mot only because ] Weotod
70 keep my natural color, but b.
cause / WaS aftan that & would q.
feet my health. 1t hasn't seemed %
do this, and tho doctoc1 told mo that
probably Il would not. But theY
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