Huntsville gazette., 1883-01-27
Washington C0l0red People.
How they Dress and How they Wor
ship.
rom the Ne,c York Weekly Witness.
sent troops

From the Ne.o York Weekly Witness.
1t is pleasant to saunter along these wide,
clean thoroughfares, compared to which
Broadway is lane. People Of color
abound. They are coachmen, solemn
stately, and responsible, each having a
grave dignity that would not be amlss III Il
bishop; they are d4ndies, dressed to per
fection, gloyed and jewelled, handling tie
slender sane and leaving trail OF perfume
Uehind them, as perfectly elegant ah the
white brethern OF that Ilk; they are port y
citizens. with respectable chain acr IS
tneir solid bosoms you know at one
glance that there is uhmlstakable monied
ability consciously connected with that
comfortable style OF curEorauon they are
working men, engaged at their daily WORK,
or going to and from it; they are ladies OF
fashion, got up i'll costly array; they are
Sasherwomeu; but everywhere they are Ill
good condition, we'll fed, we'll clad. shin
ing, and apparently as happy as their white
IeIlow-citiZens.
People mere, generally, seem happy, con
tented, easy-goiDg, not worn to an edge
with speculation as | have seen them tlse
Where.
Sunday moru,ng comes bright and clear,
nd l, young g-nti, man Of color pilots me
to the Presby I,llan church (coiUred) pas
TOR the Bev. Dr. Grimke- very pleasant
respectable chulch, one OF lhoae, 50 rare
now, HAT you hink more upon entering it
OF composing yourself to worship III Ia of
admlring the eiegaHce OF It's arch .tertnre .
1t was early. aud We found young lady,
every inch a lady, as hlack ~ posslb bic,
teaching a clts5 OF little girls OF eveIy
shade from black to white. That young
lady knew how 10 teach, and to keep or,ier
without effort. IN a little while she mar
snalled her young tribe away to so.Ie OF :
er place. where We heard the sounl
many singing voices as tne school vas dis
missed.
The congregation began to gather
Their splendor took my breath away how
shall | describe it? The Skinner Of sat
ins, the rustic OF silks the splendor oi bro
cade, veliets, aud lurs of the co5ttiest, like
eyeryw here else, an embarrassment of
plumts, everywhere waving, making bon
nets top-heavy Csru My feathers pre-
va tins wInIer, ana little birds nestle in
the most unlikely places Oh female head
gear, saw white pigeon oostin on
lie dge of hat.
This congregation SO richly dressed was
in exquisite taste. There was az absence
Ut the barharic spendor of overlooking
jrwelry Ii WAS pleasant to stranger to
feel the atmosphere of worship in the con.
1legation. 1t is unnecessary to say that
the music was excel at, but the beauty
it to a stranger Was this: The singers sang
as if singing was worship to them, and the
most easy and natural way in watch to ex-
press their devotion What q wonderful
gilt j. his divine gift of song bestowed on
whole people
Dr. Gimke did not give a regular SER
mon, but a New Years address on the
blessings and he obligations of the old
year and the new upon the followers of
Christ. Thy tesI me, and | thoroughly
believe it, that this gentleman i, highly
cultured "a eradnis- of Princeton Tneo
Logical Seminary, I think; but he IS more
than that hs has tle !Aasnage q Cal.....r,
ana has learned the secret of the Lord. It
is On event TO be rememb red, ny frs
time of meeting in worship with {, lored
When the service br, ke up
it seemed to me that they were more friend
Iv in their greeting to oue another than the
average white cUngr-g stiOn. AS to color
some were winter than myself, som 1lite
dark. Mrs. McDoUGaII
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