The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1891-02-07

INDUCED in to a great extent although
dancing was the favorite amusement, es-
pecial'y to the young people, who s. en-
ed loath 10 give it up. Attwelve o'clock
we listened to an address on "The future
pr sperity of the Arjell Social Club, -
by VIM. M. Smith, after which, our wor-
thy president c. L Britton gave a re-
spouse. Mr.. A. B. Burris, OF St. Paul,
Then made short speech which was re-
sponded to by our corresponding secre-
tary Miss M. B. Boone. All,hen form
ed in line and marched into the dining
room where a goodly supper had been
prepared. p:
Among those pr sent were: Mr.. and
Mrs. G. J.. Bri,ton, Mr.. and Mrs. Scott
Blake, Mr.. and Mrs. John Watson, Mr..
AMI Mrs. VIM. M. Smith, Mesdames
Johnson and Robinson, Misses Florence
johnson, Mittie B Boone, Nettie Mod
Ell, Mamie Samue's, Carrie Young and
Oracle May Robinson, NJ essrs VIM. Civ
lngs, {. b. johnson, E: Stewart, G. Rich
ards"n, W. M. Turner, BENZ. Pier, D..
Parker, Low Spencer, Henry Nordman,
A. B. Bnrris, Of St. Panl, and Jesse Jack
son. Music was furnished by Watkins
Orchestra.
There were some sharp things said last
Monday ut rni g at the meeting OF the
orthodox minister's. After u most bril-
liant paper by Rev. S. j. ROGERS, on
The Relation of the Professional Man
to the R cn," lively discussions followed.
The following are some of the things
said IS reported bv the Minneapolis
Journal:
"Rev. VIM. Wilkinson was on his feet
as SION as the speaker finished, and he
procee ded to We the ministers scor-
ing. He IT called the big strike of the
400 girls in the ShotWell Clerihew case,
where he said some girls made shirts for
a cents apiece and SIS or S. pantaloons
for % Cents.
land yet,' said the speaker, when
this strike was on, Il delegation came to
this very minist er's meeting from these
poor girls and what did we do? We had
a splendid chance to exercise the golden
rule, but what did we do? We sent these
girls away pty-handed-the1r cause
Was one with which we had nothing to
do; it was matter entirely for CONNER
cial men to attend to. Don't let us
Halter ourselves, gentlemen, that we are
so much above other men. I know a
man that was getting his $4,000 year
preaching. told him l ought to have
more pay than was getting $500 I had
then. He said l ought to be glad to do
the WORK l was doing for the glory there
was IN it. told him I'd trade places
with him it he said SO, and that 1 would
swap future glory for cash down. Many
Of the rich men, gentlemen, do more
than the people give them credit for
"Several members present didn't re-
member the occasion that Mr.. Wilkinson
pointed out when the sewing girls were
80 coldly treated by the ministers, but
no one suggested going over the records.
Rev. John W. Dunjee spoke with much
spirit of the treatment Of the Colored
people in Minneapolis. He said that
some time ago he went to gentleman
with Colored young woman, who was
highly educated, intelligent, attractive.
looking, neatly DIR. ssed and nearly as
white as the man to whom he went.
The gentleman was one of the pro-
prietors of big store. He asked for a
place for the girl as a saleslady-a place
she was amply able to fill. He was met
with refusal, on the ground that the
white girls in the establishment wouldn't
work with a Colored woman. The COL
ored young women of the city were
driven to the wall; there was no Chris
tian employer to engage them in the
places which, by education and native
ability, they were fully able to fill.
Rev. M. Graham, another Colored
minister, spoke in the same line, saying
that the young Colored men and women
were made to feel this very sorely; they
were driven, no matter what their abil-
tiles, to be coachmen or servant girls.
| What they wanted was an equal chance
to earn their livelihood in all lines.