New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-12-26
WASHINGTON GOSSIP.
.rr,,ps AT TIE NATIONAL CAPITAL.
1.-THE MAHKEr-THE PERvERsloN OF
,rer1cE IN THE ACoUITTL OF

ro"' s,d a better place for such study
ceniu nv w., ,be Central Market OF Washington
N'"' ,be holiday season. The market ~ ''e
du'"e "a !. crowded from end 10 end win eood
us nd busy purchasers. That interior picture
20, diAcr much from any 81 the eIea' H'''
Wv -, the world. But outside. between VIC
not and the great avenue. there Is P"'o"'
" ~ II genuine old-tme negroes, WHO come n''
VI eor virginia farms 90 sell greens III '''
~Iav time Here YOU rarely see WINE 'bcc'
~ =. arc nearly all back and that blulSh ol"cA-
=. ot the pure negro Inc people are "i'>9'" >"
pes - r,gs borrowed from richer trends
%, css,.oF uniforms Of the s0lGlerS a"""o Inv
ln e IF Woshineton are appropriated by the
-. bncksteIs. saw one black woman yes
Tvs sa, who would have made a study for Gerome.
tefU'' ,,,s Io,o her face was lined witt, marks
No nosurr 10 the weather, Her blae;, spark
Oh - - SWAN in large yellow.tntci orbs. Her
IDe ',,.l wool. lightly tinsed with gray hung dom
-, sides o. Lcr face from under p tightly
cu.,od bandapa OF red. Over her shoulders she
W." HIN. Army coat lined with yellow. Her
w.. underneath was black. She was crouchHd
u. beap of evercrecps against a background
ff.uv warming her long hands over shoulder
y, Are Back of her and to the RIGHT and LETT
- various members Of the family. ranging nom
-. s,aid son-in-lav. manly. coOd-natured Look
a.. NEGRO of thirty years OF ace, down through
M of oh ldrcu. the youugcs being black witch
:. NOT over six who WAS 9tt.rcd III a tuIl winter
sr;t made from tie flap OF tie Army oNercoU
AZ which tie grandmother wore the cape Up
md down this line Of negro vendors were sDS'-
,uely wonderful studies IN character ana Color
The older ones haG the sto.id.tv and easy pose 'i
Qrentas while the younger clajlc'' ar"
sang with all tie good nature oil the
negroes. who are Lever so happy rs wien
an q crowd in the hlanng light of
a warm SIN. There were TO he found there all
tie accessories Of picture. Tie sky overhead
WAS a. blcc as i'm A-ieTS There was nowhere
any sign Of tie rush of commerce. The negroes
WHO came t. sell never besouSht any one with
more than passing smile or chant of gooa nature
They were too contcnte with the nols' and chatter
Of the moving th.oug. with the genial warmth "
the early winter sun. 10 carc apparently whether
they sold ANYTHING or not
Their wares bad cost them nothing. for the
pesrocs who laukcl 20 market ~ the right and
left and were carlpcl in front hal Christmas trees
with holly and ivy and c.ipeing strands of green
stuff. gathered in tie woods br themselves. smart
little negro boys. alert ana active. watched tie
purchasers. and when once the purchase was mode
3 rriruing black boy would dart t, de front and
oher a. carry his broad shoulders the Christmas
tree or ric h Ky decorations sold in tins Snmicir-
ele Il was pleasant TO witness the easy III .-n"rS
tnd tie er1j good nature Of the negroes ne ri
one ccan-looaiu. negro say to a woman who had
lust rurch. sci Christmas ireland with great
respcct. although the language was familiar"
Bold y4u dlt tIcc for twenty-five cents. because
you were SO eood-lo'k.n-. Is would have been
r,iriy-i,e cents 20 any one else. tp aI, down
The i've we're zero IA SEE ans who contributed