The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-01-17
NEGROES STAND IN
REGARDED with Curiosity, But Very
Well Treated.
colorsd People IN London VINO Cse
Something of . Dash No rev
dice lIanifsssed Because q
Their Coloe.

"a negro is a good deal Of novelty
all over Europe, except IN some OF the
big cities on the Mediterranean coast,
nad because of this an American Is
likely to see odd incidents and mani
testations in connection with the few
negroes ne may happen across" said .
traveller TO New York sun reporter.
"Ac may not know, perhaps, that most
of the well-dressed. coal-blsck 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
them But even the colored cook of q
sailing ship stopping in Liverpool or
London or any continental seaport.
made much of by the people with wh,o
ae comes in contact e
''one of the odd things saw in IN
erpool last spring was burly, coal
black negro attired in gorgeous ana
fantastic garb. who was being driven
about in an open landau by a liveried
white coaehman. He was seated be-
side fashionably dressed Eaglishmar.
who Was showing him the sights of the
town The negro sat on the right hand
of the white man He was dressed in
q flowing robe Of brilliant orange-col-
ored silk. and had on his head a smol-
Ing cap of crimson velvet embroidered
in gold and with n curious hap 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 eighteen years, dressed in tho
latest London style, with silk hat and
white gloves Evidently the older
negro was an African chief of some
Importance, and the young man his
son. and the old gentleman had beer
brought over to England to see the
sights. 1 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
schools for q time, and very often
spend year or two aftsrward In a
big manufacturing city. like Birming-
ham or Manchester. seeing and learn
ing something OF the commercial and
manufacturing side Of civilization. Al,
together the younG men spend FIVE or
fix years in England. coming when
little moro than boys, so that they NAV
easily learn the new life. Just what
is the result of their training in Eng
land when they get back among their
own people, and especially when their
turn comes To govern, dia not learn
Their associates in Enghnd are largely
of the middle claes, and often they
made socinl lions.
But the ordinary uegro or colored
person, who may come from thu
United States 70 Che West Indies, or
anywhere else where he has lived
among the white population, Is treated
in much the same way. There 10
absolutely no prejudice against hum
because of his color, but rnther he II
IN object Of special interest and rs-
gard At q big hotel in London wheru
1 stayed last September there was .
young colorcd woman from Eew Or
leans, but originally from the West
Indies, and sho was the object Of
much interest to.all the oeoer guests. In
particular Englishnen neglected the
white woman 20 help tho young
mulatto woman map out her excursions
for the day, and TO inform her a. To-
the best things TO SO, and as 10 the best
of everything generally. She seemed
TO me just an ordinarily intelligent eol$
ored woman OF fair education, and ali
that attracted attention 70 her was her
color.
II noticed the same thing 10 some
extent IN one or two hotels ON the oon-
tinent In Germany and Holland And
often in my travels In Europe have
been amused 10 observe the curiosity
with which a negro Is watched by the
grown folls< and followed by the chtL-
dren On tho streets OF European cities
A big dry goods store In Liverpool has
imported . negro frnn Afric. for door
keeper. he staDds On the principal
street In Liverpool, and always there
Is little crowd Of people on tho side
walk watching HIM open-nou,hed
True, be 10 something Of a dacdy, wear
ing his wool long and sticking ost az
right angles FOR ss1 or eight inches
from under the edge Of bis cap. but the
sans curiosity q svinesd toward every
negro. BY the way, none Of the young
Africans | saw had their hair clipped
close, as do thoss Of their race here.
They wear 10 about "a long a. the Eng
lshrnen do, and look the better fur IL
J. think