The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-07-27
SHE is BECOMING WHITE.
Emma Bryant IsGradually Assuming
Caucasian Skin.
From the New York World

Colored people who live in Hudson ave-
nue., in the neighborhood of Lafayette
street and De Kalb avenue, Brooklyn, are
much exercised over the fact that one of
their number is fast turning from a ne
gress into white woman. The woman
is Miss Emma Bryant, who lives at No.
ABB Hudson avenue. She is full-blooded
negress but from the wonderful change in
the color of her skin now looks more like
a white woman. The change is so marked
that many people who have known her
for years fail TO recognize her when on
the street.
The case has attracted much attention
from physicians who have seen her, and
she has been before the doctors in several
of the hospitals. She says the medical
men say her case is one of dominic" but
she has probably got the word mixed up
with some scientific term made use of by
the physicians.
Miss Bryant lives with her mother,
Mrs. Amanda Bryant, on the top floor.
She is married, but her husband, John
Stewart, having left her she prefers 10 be
known by her maiden name. She is 33
years Old and has two children, neither
of whom show any signs of the change in
the color Of their skins like that which
has become so apparentin their mother.
When reporter called at the
house yesterday Mrs Bryant was busy
over the wash tub. When asked if the
story about her daughter turning white
was true, she said it was. In reply TO
the question if she knew the cause of the
great change, Mrs. Brnant said she
thought it was disobedience to her
mother. Just then several colored peo-
PIE, among them Emma Bryant, entered
the room. Emma said she had heard
L.. IL, l.,
wanted to find out what he waited The
young woman was easily recognizable, as
her appearance was most striking. She
certainly seems to be turning white
about as fast as nature can make a
good and complete job of it. While
her natural skin Is dark, as can be
seen by several small spots that
are still left on face and arms, the greater
portion of her face, neck and arms are as
white as any Caucasian's in the land.
Her forehead has turned completely
white and also the right side of her face
The Rgreater part of the left
side of her face and nose, as well as her
neck, is also very light color. The palms
of her hands are as white as those of the
fairest woman, as are hers arms. Her
mother says her body is notified all over
in Just the same way. The white skin
notified with that of the color of her an
cestors makes startling and striking
comparison. The elder Mrs. Bryant, the
mother of the young woman, on the con-
trary, is very dark, ana she says the
father of the child was of the same dark
hue.
While the mother and daughter seemed
willing to talk of the strange case, they,
as well as the others in the room, seemed
to be labOring under state of suppressed
excitement. The cause was soon made
apparent when the young woman turned
to the reporter and asked him If he had
come TO carry her Off The reporter de-
MED the soft Impeachment. He soon
found that the party did not think it a
joking matter. Old Mrs. Bryant said
that she had to look hard at man who
went up and down the street looking for
her daughter. She then charged the re-
porter with seeking to kidnap her daugh
ter for the doctors. She was fully con
WINGED that the medical men wanted to
kill her daughter for the purpose OF dis
covering what had caused her skin to
turn white. The rest of the party seemed
strongly imbued with the same opinion.
The reporter said that he had never
heard of such a thing as kidnapping
woman in the city. Mrs. Bryant said
that she didn't know where he lived that
he didn't know that such things were Of
common occurrence. He couldn't whis-
per no such think in her ear"
Emma Bryant, the young woman. said
she know that such things had happened
but that she wasn't much afraid, except
at night. She would not walk out on the
streets at night for anything. The whole
party then began to ply the reporter
with questions. They wanted to know
who had told him about the case, and
how he had found out where Miss Bryant
lived, and also what he wanted of her.
In reply, the scribe said that the case
was such q wonderful one that it inter
ested the scientific men, and that he
wanted to find out if there was any
fraud about il.
You can see for yourself" said old
Mrs. Bryant. There she is"
During the vigorous cross-examination
that the reporter underwent he managed
to learn chat the young wOman's skin be-
gan to turn white about year ago. Be
fore that there had come but few white
spots, not much larger than pins head.
These had grown rapidly until they had
spread almost entirely over the young
woman's face body and limbs. The larger
the spots grew the faster they seemed to
grow, until at the present rate the woman
will not have a dark-colored piece OF skin
on her body in short time. When the
white spots first began to come, the young
woman became frightened and went 10 a
physician. lie gave her some medicine
but ~ MADE no adherence. OJneF phySl-
clans that she went to W ere very much in
terested in her case, but said they could
do nothing Tor her. The changing of the
color Of her skin has not, she said, affected
her health in any way and she is as well
now as ever she was. She is stout of
build, well formed and of medium hight
The young woman is now fully convinced
that she will become entirely white.
Old Mrs. Bryant does not view the
startling appearance of her daughter with
the same degree of complacency as the
girl. She seems to think that il is q al
rect visitation from some all-powerful
source in punishment for her disobedience
TO her mother. One thing that the old
lady insists upon is that her daughter
shall take no medicine or have anything
TO do with the medical men. She said, in
reply to the reporters question, that no
other member of her family had had any
anything of the kind. She said, however.
that she once knew colored man who
began TO turn white and that he went 10
doctor who gave him some medicine,
telling him that if he didn't take it he
would die. He took the medicine, and il
turned him blue blue as the sky. And
he was the dandiest niger she ever
knew"
whats all dis kickin bout arbitra-
tom" asked one man Of another on the
train which was headed for the race
track.
.Anr.rt 80. go. s.,. I'LL