The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-01-19
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he SYSTEM Of hiriag eoaoTe& bel boys
and waaseFs ~ the hoselS os the city and
Nnite SsTis tos pantry ard cAazsaheFssssists
throws the Een q ere race and the girls
Ana women 81 the other constantly IN ccsa-
tart Friendships arc this faTnlsa whseh
ftEea INTO closer Ties, and maTrsags u the
nsfsEss result 4 namaer ~ cAses have il
inis y ~ aeea brought about, and uhile -
hFst every Easssg Was smooth sailing, IA the
ezlsa ilsEs nase been mutual separations.
II Noa{G naturally BE- supposed that
na1ny q ne divorce cases nov almost
nAlay nFo1sAs ap hetore ths coziThs would
lhsassAae petitions iFem parties having con-
sfacisd these iii-2sserssss marriages, ba1.
GA ehe eoafTaTy, they are very rare. A
waite woman whefl separating from = col
orsd man. usually gives him parting
uiessaisg with = vaAiey OF NOT too we'll
CHOSEN Aorsis, packs up her things and de-
paris 4 black man, wnen he tires of his
white vile, u some flne day foslnd missing
and never turns up again. or, II storm
las been brewing. he usually leaves The
coioF q his hand upon her lace or eyes,
takes bis baggage and tnen departs
The offspring 81 intermarriages are
classed under the head Of eosoFe1 children,
50 thai it's difficlalt 10 ascertain just how
many 81 them are born each year 1hex
are pretty, as rule, although often they
are as aark a. the father. with why Or
eaIiing BAR.
Intellectually these children compare fav-
oFao'y wilh pure white and pure cOiored
ehiteress. Ia the schools at the West End
there are number Of pupils OF mixed
parenizge. Their mode Of life and the ex-
Simple set hem By the people with whom
they are thrown II contact daily make
them particularly clever aad slsrewsf. and a
good many Of theta are odd before tlaey are
Young. Where the parents are respectable
ana i've among respectable people sha chill
dyeh are different and live anu act IS most
pour but respectable children ordinarily do.
Tine Of she pTeisiest colored girls y tic
West Ead Is the daughter OF eos0rea man
and an Irish weman. she is about ssven-
teen years Of age aad nearly white, with
long laxariant hair and tine features, she
i well formed, ard bids fair g develop in-
70 a beaatifss woman. A few years ago
the grit mother died, and her father msr-
REC EEaan, his tinae he also chose al lr-
ish woman, aid tie ehlldaen oE this union.
while they are pretty, are darker than the
others. and look more Ike Spanish Or In
dian children.
There Is proReness among such chill
ufen, where they are so nearly white. 60 draw
themselves away from eolored people aud
make their associates exclusively white
people. The tendency Of the child in
making such move Is 70 overstep the
bounds and show spirit not unnixed with
supereilaoasness toward the members Of
bis own race. Indeed. instances OF Tin this
very city are common. Every day Young
men Of colored parsntage pass up ana down
Washington street, famiiiarly chatting with
white business men. or with pretty white
girls daughters OF their employers some
tlmesl who, perhaps. would be shocked II
they we're told that the men were etaored.
In their cowardice these yoaag men VIII
not even speak or look at Other eolored
men. and % &c seen with coiored woman
s not 70 ee ,thonght OF
The children Of mixed parents occupy a
very remote social position. In the best
circles Of eolcred socisty, where the pFomi-
nent business men Aita those having the