The sun., 1894-12-16
NEaRoEA IN ErRoPE.
They Exsite Curiosity s.a Receive More
Nearly Equal Treat-e.t Thaa Here.

Nearly Equal Treat-,eat Than Here.
"A negro Is a good deal Of novelty all over
Europe. except In some OF the big cities on tho
Mediterranean coast and because OF this an
American is likely 10 see odd incidents and
Manifestations in connection with tho few ne
groes he may happen across" said traveller.
"lIe may not know, perhaps that most OF the
fcw weli-dresscd, cool-blnck negroes he may see
In London. or perhaps in noted public school
town in England, are princes. or at least sons Of
chiefs. but this Is generally the case. and often
accounts for the Difference shown to them. But
even tho colored cook Of = sailing ship stopping
in Liverpool or London, or any Continental sea.
port, Is made much Of by the people with whom
he comes In contact.
zone Of the odd things I saw In Liverpool last
spring was burly. coal-black negro. attired In
gorgeous and fantastic garb. who was being
driven about in an open landau by n liveried
white coachman. He was seated beside fash
ionably dressed Engllshman, who was showing
him the sights of tho town. The negro sat on
the right hand OF the white man. He was
dressed In flowing robe OF brilliant orange
colored silk, and had on his head smoking cap
Of crimson velvet embroidered in gold and with
q curious flap of yellow velvet hanging from the
cap over the back Of his neck. On the opposite
seat sat another negro, a young man OF about
lS years, dressed In the latest London style,
with silk hat ana white gloves. Evidently the
slder negro was an African chief Of some i'm
portance. and the young man his son, and the
old gentleman had been brought over to Eng
land to see the sights. l was told that such
sight was not unusual.
MANY sons of chiefs in British Africa are
sent to England now to be educated. They 20 TO
the public shoots for time. and very often spend
year or two afterward In big man ufacturing
city. like Birmingham or Manchester. seeing
and learning something of the commercial and
manufacturing side of civilization. Altogether
land. coming when little more than boys. so that
they may the more easily learn the new life.
land when they get back among their own
people. and especially when their turn comes to
govern. did not learn. Their associates in Eng
land are largely Of the middle class, aud often
they are made social lions
But the ordinary negro or colored person,
West Indies, or anywhere else where he has
lived among the white population. is treated in
prejudice against him because Of his color. but
rather he is an object OF especial interest and re,
gard; Alta big hotel In London where stayed
man from New Orleans, but originally from the
West Indies. and she was the object of much
EnsisSmen @ ne neglected I T ths white women s' to help
the young mulatto woman map out her excur-
best routes to take. the best things to see and as
10 the best Of everything generally. She seemed
10 me just an ordinarily lnttiuReut COlOreu WO-
man OF fair education, and all that attracted at
tention to her was her color.
Il noticed the same thing to some extent in
one or two hotels on the Continent, in Germany
and in Holland. And often in my travels In
Europe have been amused to observe the curl
osity with which q negro is watched by the
grown folks and followed by the children on the
streets Of European cities. A. big dry goods
store in Liverpool has imported negro from
Africa for doorkeeper He stands on the princi-
pal street in Liverpool. and always there is q
little crowd OF people on the sidewalk watching
him open-mouthed. True. he is something OF a
dandy, wearing his wool long and sticking out
at right angles for six or eight inches from
under the edge Of his cap, but the same curiosity
is evinced toward every negro. BY the way,
none of the young Africans saw had his hair
clipped close, as do those Of their race here.
They wear IL about as long the Englishmen
do, and look the better for It, think.
- am OF the opinion that much OF the stir
Miss Ida b. Wells, the anti-lynch law agtator,
created in England last summer WAS due to the
interest in her simply as colored woman.
have even heard OF marriages between negroes
and white women in England, and Of the latter
being very proud Of their husbands, but never
saw such couple. But the negro cuts differ
ent figure In Europe from what he does here"