The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1889-09-17
TEsE DAUGHTERS OF EaEBUS.
They Weet and DISCUSS WciShty and
Interesting Subjects.

Kitchen larger crowd was present. The object
of the organization was popular Every cook
who heard ofthe movement approved it. Moth
ing like ruling the rOOst for niger. To pro.
mote the good of the couse, the meeting was
held at the hour when Tallahassee people are
supposed to have dinner. This, of course caused
greetintonvenience, and compelled these cooks
employers TO GO into the kitchen themselves and
get dinner or go without. Tallahassee house
keepers have noticed for a long time the char.
acterlstic way the colored cooks have of being
absent at the time meals should be prepared
and OF showing up suddenly when the cold
Vlctuals are being put away. 1t is sometimes
provoking, but is put up with as being a natural
habit OF these people OF course they always
have q good excuse They have been to
picnic, or a funeral at church or in the country
These little outings are of much more import
tance than the comfort of the white folks they
are paid TO work for. Besides, they know
that under present arrangements they are boss of
the situation
The big, tunnel faced Amazon who presided
at the previous meeting was still there. Her
open, beamng countenance seemed to pervade
the whole assemblage with sense of freedom
and independence.
DE ladies oh de order will please come to
time Dat is shut up your clackin' while de
chair-lady addresses ob you. is glad to see
some new faces here to-day. Dat is a good sign.
De more de merrier. Jes about dis time de
white women is huslin' up grub. Is it de cullud
ladies who is in de hot kitchen dis hot day :? No,
sab; de health OBJ US ladies is too slender to
work in de summer. Ladies an gemmen, we
should be at the seaside. Dat is where we
oughter be, bavin' in de coolin' surf OATS
what dem white women does. Jes' think of il !
Me foatn' on de ocean wild one OBJ dem abbre-
vated bavin' coschumes on. OH but dat's
what is comm. When we gets de white folks
| down fine on de coOkin' business, den we'll
make 'em send US to de seashore for de good ob
| our health durn' de heated term. 1t won't
hurt dem missus to cook while we ladies do de
summer resorts. De chairlady.is now ready TO
hear any remarks of interest"
This eloquent harangue left the chairman in a
subsided condition. The perspiration stood out
in great black drops on her intellectual brow.
The signing of the south wind through the
spreading branches of the overhanging oaks was
broken only by the monotonous crunch, crunch,
as the ubuiqitous billy goat attempted to demol-
ish tin can in the nearby distance
Mister chairlady. dem white peoples berry
obnoxious to de cuud race. My boy Tobe-he
kin read-he say de odder day some cullud
gemmen was goin' 10 church invenshun up
Norf, un in de railway couch dey took off dere
shoes-leavin dere socks on, mine you. dey put
dere feet up over de scat in front ob dem, un'
cause white women was on dat seat, un her
face run into de feet Oh desc gemmen, dem white
conductors trowed de gemmen outen de win
der. Dat am an outrage. But den de gemmen
has sent to de President an quested him to make
dem white women quit kickin' ebry time gem
men tempt to show his 'sperority."
81 got inter a fabrication wild de missus de
odder day" said vixen-vsaged disturber Of the
peace of some ones kitchen, as she held her pipe
aloft somewhat after the fashion of Liberty
Enlightening the World" ian de consequence
was dat de missus debolished wild my greeablc
company. She told me to git oat, un got mad
an quit de spot. She done 'cused me oh
stealin' de ham, Now couldn't stan dat
didn't steal de ham. My ole man was in dc
kitchen, an if he took de ham, it want my
fault, un if did take de ham, is dat any reason
why should be braned as a thief. Whateber
de white people has is ours if we kin git i,
widout dere KNOWN it. OF course, dey don't
like de theory, but de practice OBJ it is 0. K
De cooks club is doin' good work JUS think
ob de mad white women who am now cOokin
while we is bein' paid for it, un is enjoying our
selves"
Pears to me dis club oughter have a edd
cational feachure to it. We oughter discuss DE-
queschuns dat agitate our profession. We NIGH
have diff rent queschuns at de diff rent meetn's
Now at one meeting we might solve de perplex
ing problem of de best plan of putin supply o
corn meal in de buzzom of a moder Hubbard
widout maxim it bulge Den agin de mos
scientific mode of chokin' off chicken while
bein' snatched from it's ancestral roost oughtel
be settled All desc things hab ten'ency te
Tighten de cares Of de families of dose presen
and ougher have'pcrdom nance in 'sembly o
dis sort"
This brought the chairman to her feet.
docs dat lady in en- to insult dis club. Den
things has nothin' TO do wild dis organization. l
is a public insutiOn and has nothn TO do wild pus
nal complshments.
Others made speeches interesting and unin
teresting The general ambition of the crowG
seemed TO be to keep cool and have an easy time
This tendency kept many from talking. Th'
effort OF rising to their feet overcame the desire
of many of them to talk.
Ladies an gemmen don neglect TO forge
dat de constitutional orignation OF dis club wa
to de missus. l hope de ladies will keep di
in mind 1t is now about time for de cold wit