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From the cs~fsr.Jovynei
There are few persons who realize more fully
re rapid progress the colored people are max
belief wssss Rs Sns sraas
" Which ~ sxists sor a1nS N The cSlosd pCpns
The line between the four hundred" and the
q hs o.oIea |: A. Ssss
sliistip. preaching among them his theories
Of sooal distinction.
into one set and formed an exclusive circle OF
their own. OF the most influential OF them are
Mas%s ad the sccsed HIN SEX fS Who
srs ana ss'qsy nH.S q 4 ne aTsn @ss n
SAID SAID yssteraay in speaking q this THE s progress
slass Of colored people In tbis com muni,y would
greatly ,b spTnsea by tnSir mole OF lte ID
there is q sci, Of coiored people who pride
themselves on being exclusive: II is almost
5S who II not 81 tha
or, gain an admittance into It's clubs. be-
sides th. personal appearance and the char
tho best colored social circles. there are ctr-
,ain general principles 70 be taken Into con.
TGssoned smonS the chosen few In the first
nS' rssdsn nts so5ssd
SSfsd ss re nsD living certain Pfs s:
ys xsHt0 q
these neigh 6orhoods are supposed to live the
2ese ees are sasteuy and ns sandso@si9 %
iphInisheel. hIn and ear the imprint OF consider;
their social occasions are termed. is given,
every one Invited \ Is suppressed to appear IN fIl
Is issaoh OF etiquette for
weight; education being tho chief requisite:
iers q teachers Or are Teachers themssiyss;
necessars for him io be up in all points Of
The itsIeot OF the lower Class oi coIored peo:
pie. which is supposed TO belong to the colorsd
r%ace % IN ,, general, is never heard among the
Mill .oon 30 ruled out q good society. 4 by
class is tn be found in certain tocietes anu
however. In, which are represented the various
grades in the colored population, The most
sySs ami % II Is hs es 81
every colored man or woman to become .
G oo n hsG ps
The Piekwick Grs IS made NJ d's IN S 81 the fash
in colored society to the Pendennis Club The
members are composed chiefly Of teachers.
Presldent Of ne Giut Is Joserh Bynnm: wuo
waits at the LADIES' entrance OF the ualt House.
.ss snd az d. in Don G5s'o aS.s n: or ss
Is 81 eS Of fn ni
suS ars ooss
~ watched by outsiders. and are taken rs ex-
On inyestieaiion into the Pickwick Club it
was was found that m the organization n was formed
are all required to be dancers ana all-round
social fellows; No man can become member
10 p
msns He is .egpsed to sGeak
Of age, His rival u social circles is Henry 7.
Balm. the head waiter at the Pendenni- Club.
BnIn Is light mulatto' and. like his rival. is
Mex, in Importance and rank to the Pick
ary society. The S' club meets twice ga month.
and at every meeting some portion Of Dumas's
works l; rend ana DISGUISED. An effort is be-
cirty to lace ur"n the boards Tor the next On.
tainment + Of The 8, club the ICIemeneea1 Case" %
and is also its President.
The lasesa n in club ie Is nm ath.
Rent men and pa r"nnss ei Trot Gil!isrd. Among
the socnl ecions are. Prof. ". T. Peyton. J..t.
Of and aS Ss s as
and j. II. Lawson. the etiorary. b: IL Yorrm.
The nat man at the Louisville Hotel. and Jesse
pickwIck kians. 4. L. upshan. valet OF Mr.: p
Booker Reed. ls said to be one OF the weat h
lest beauN In the city. Charles Lewis. at the
Dennis Long foundry: Thomas r. Rodd. Prot.
Gilliard. and Drs. Claude and Arthur. on Pres
ton street. nre consDicnous social lights
Julius Cox is the President Of the Once
Again" and is said to preside over that b dy
tary ty I" tn the cab One f of the leading beles In
coI1rei society Is Florence Miller. living on
streets; Miss sammie Miller. sister Of MTs.
schools also has considernb!e social prestige
In her lot. Misses Maggie Taylor Lotta Bryant. |
In coloret society. The following are promi- |
nent m,nembers Of the Once Again Club: Misses
Prma Fitzbutler. and L. NJ. Burks
Among the families who have become lead |
ers OF fashion and who are held in high esteem |
by the colored population are those OF William |
Eleventh and Magazine streets; Prot. J.. NJ.
ace Pierce. on the corner OF Twenty ourh and |
Bninbr.dge streets. n the homes OF those |
social lights are made or forever doomed TO |
remain in their native darkness. To be in |
vlted 10 one of tho foregoing houses Ia to be |
placed in goo'! colored society and to be reck- |
oned among the co.orod arlstUcracy.