The bee., 1883-03-03
OUR REVIEW.

THAT ENGLISH PRESIDENT OF THE
BETHEL LITERERARY-oTHER
THE CLOwN-IN JUSTICE TO yIsI-
TORS AND DMEMBERS-THEG GAG LAW
OF LAST TUESDAY EvENlNG-THE
MEETING OF THE VIRGINIA CIRCUS
THE GREAT RING FEATS- HORSE
BACK RIDING AND SUMMERSAULT
TURNING--THE NEXT PERFORMANCE
AT RICHMOND-AN ATTEMPT TO
JUMP OVER THE ELEPHANT-DIN-
WIDpIE LOST THE PRIZE-THE ELE-
PHANT TOO MUCH FOR THE VIRGINIA
RIDER-THE ADMINISTRATION AND
THE THIEvEs-PRESIDENT ARTHUR
TIE GREAT REFoRMER--IT Is NOT
THE NEGRO NOW.
The good people of this city have
been imposed upon long enough by
hlacklegs and blackguards. 1t seems as
if there is a disposition to bring
foreigners here to overthrow natural
ascendency, and thus put upon the
throne of justice an English Cock Spar
row, otherwise a natural born clown,
who, on all occasions, boasts of his
English inheritance, his trials in the
swamps of Bermuda, or some other
place which is obnoxious to the people
of the community. We now refer to
the president of the Bethel Literary
and the gag law which is practiced
upon certain members and visitors of
the Bethel Literary Association, which
is obnoxious to the appetites of respect
able people. On last Tuesday evening
there was a determined disposition on
the part of the president { p of the
Bethel Literary to gag certain persons
who desired to speak, and favor another
class who, ON all occasions, seem to play
into the fancies of the church salons.
1t has been manifested that, unless
your argument is not in accord with
the church, you must take your seat by
the authority of the clown, who at
tempts to preside over intelligent peo-
pie. Again,
MIR. GEO. +. COOK
offered a resolution to recognize the
institution, or something to that effect;
but the salons got together in one cor
ner and said, let it go to the committee,
there it will die. This is the system
of justice, by a certain class, governing
this institution. That committee was
created for the purpose of gaging re-
spectability to perpetuate aristocracy
among themselves, while the people OF
respectability and responsibility sup
port with brains and money. For the
good of this community and the society
this clown should be removed, or the
people should cease having anything
to do with the association SO long as
an English subject, by arbitrary powers,
presides over the Bethel Literary.
THE VIRGINIA CIRCUS
met at the Philadelphia House, on the
22d of February and had lively per-
formance. At 2 o'clock the doors were
opened with the ring masters from
"Dinwiddie" in the middle of the bare
back riders and "summersault turner's"
This was the grand entrance of "gaf"
that no Washington-Virginian should
be admitted to the circus unless he had
first passed the "civil service" board.
Well there were several Washington
Virginians who stood on the outside
to witness the performance, but were
found 10y statue" of limitation which
passed in the reign the "summersault-
ers." The second piece was the
ELEPHANT JUMP"
That is an attempt to turn double
handspring over the elephants back.
Hon. Wm. Mahome, who has made
passible for Virginia circus to visit
Washington, and show the people of
this great city what negroes can do
when they have been well treated.
There were three or four successful
Jumps made, but as the majority of
them were four Jumpers it was con-
cluded to give up that portion of the
program until some future time. The
second piece was an attempt to jump
from the circus ring to the
WHITE HOUSE,
but finally it was decided to walk there.
Well, they walk and a man by the
name of "Langston," from orfolk,
presented paper, which contained
wonderful developments. Something
was in that paper which surpassed
everything in the history of circus.
The president was well pleased( y
with the performance of the circus
and requested !? the managers to
call again; they then rejoined to the
tent or place of performance and
turned their circus into
4 MINSTREL TROOP .uz
with closed doors. They had all the