The Washington bee., 1894-12-15
LOUISE TO CLARA.

DEAR CLARA: My dear sweet
girl, what time we had at the
literary last week.
was ever SO glad to see you.
Your trip abroad improved you
ever SO much. Of course you did
not believe all that was said to you;
men are such hatterers.
Well, you received an introduc-
tion to the Recorder of Deeds.
Well, girl. what do you think of
him? Give me your candid opinion
in your next letter to the house
hold.
Referring to the
LITERARY
[ want to say that our genial con.
sui to Santos, Brazil, read very
nice paper. He is a good observer
and the compliment the cold man
eloquent paid him was a deserving
one.
have just been informed that
one of the city teachers booked for
removal has defied the school au-
thorities. [ do think that school
officers should go very slow and
not make removals on heresay
evidence or from the evidence of a
preju0iced class of people.
The teachers in our schools are a
hard working class of girls. They
have enemies On the outside and
are very often charged with an
offence in which there is no truth.
You never hear of a scandal il
the white schools. If one should
happen to 60 wrong the authorities
have way of dlsposing of it with
out talk or publicity.
I suppose you heard Of the
FASHIONABLE WEDDING.
You will laugh when l tell you OF
it. Well, the invitations were
issued and only the pure in heart,
20 to speak, were invited. No
ginger cake color was allowed to
cross over the threshold Of the door.
1t was wedding of the yellow pine
and no one was admitted If he did
not belong to the yellow pine pile
1t was an invite to the house, but
the most amusing thing of all the
father made personal visits to a
few who were far beyond the shade
of yellow pine and asked them to
come to the bouse after the mar
riage. Yes, there was a reception
at the house, and to give it the
appearance of an Anglo-Saxon affair
the yellow pine was excluded.
Several of the invited guests to
the church, were Informed Of the
select company that was to be at
the house and refused to 60 TO the
church, nor would they even send
a present.
The father is a lawyer and
depends on the sons of ham of the
criminal class to give him a living,
The bride was the adopted
daughter of these two would be
| great people, who is fair ju COM
plex:on, not at all pretty nor very
intelligent. 1t was the color you
know that was to cut such figure
in this affair.
Not long ago this Same individual
or cousin of this party upbraided
his daughter for having invited
some young men darker than her
self. She said: "Papa, they are
not my company" The young
men overheard the conversation
and left the house Immediately.
The colorphobia is high in this
social circle. There are but a few
effected with it.
My dear girl, I hope the time
will soon come when our society
will eradicate this distemper and
purge itself of all impurities.
This wedding that was looked
forward to be one of the grandest
in the history of the household
resulted in ridicule. This class of
people cannot he said as being
members of a race Of people who,
but few years ago, wore the
shackles of slavery. You will find
a bastardy class drawing the color
line. They seem to boast of their
bastardy and attempt to ignore
people of an honest birth. They
are too white to be Identified with
the race and too dark to mix with
the white race. l would suggest that
they set up society of their own
and let it be known as a society of
accident births. We would know
who they are aud SO would the
white people. We would look upon
them with pity and consideration.
We would Rnow that they were
born out of lawful wedlock and
needed the tender care and the
watchful eye of the pure in heart.
Dear Clara, let us pray for them;
let US teach them that there is
difference between bastardy and
lawful wedlock.
| am interested in
OUR HIGH SCHOOL.
The trustee of that branch will
be IN tow soon and he will no
doubt be convinced that a change