The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-08-03
lHE NEGRO'S FUTURE
r.xfined to Reach . High Place
n Civilization
aeAN PROUD or THE RACE.
-. uervvoOa Tells ~ 1ne ue9So
- q Mss Best In EasoDe-A
m~saeasn Frea the sou1an.
. NAN PROUD or THE RACE

- ~. r. B. HAywood. Q. r. b. pas
= f. the Jones Street African Aetnociss
S<6eeoca. church. came originally from
1870. ara has in his viens two dnlncs
49, Of blood. the Ceyaoness aun the
- He claims the latter - hss race.
s-.sr~ implicit confidence In ths sxalted
Sssflny Of that people. He receivea >
~sr~al and Industrial education In his
1870 Island and wzs then sent % Lon
~. H1 spent ave years as . stunen. AZ
wsnks cosIeec, and the two foiloNing
~~1vlnr theology af the divinity scnool
- rnmbrtfxe He spent number OK
100 traveIing on the continent OF ba-
-. where he had unusually good oppor-
s-sIfies Of seeing the negro living IN CIV
as-e6 lie under circumstances different
- those by which he IL surrounded In
4~~,,es. In an interesting paper In
rs~rrsI1en Chimes on The Negro From
! nrrocesn Standpoint" he makes the
srs.~tnx eammary Of his observations:
s1nA nov 10 make brief resume OF the
..sulfs OF my travels and reflections on
- coalition Of colored men I have met
I'm g the different parts of Europe ]
"a - happsness 20 visit, ! find that the
1870 = smphaticaily q man among men.
~ can hold bis own wherever he has en-
4eysd H. same advantages OF cultivation
ana ecaujsitIon a. other men, He be-
ssnllatne himself to, and becomes Of. the
1900 4 : respected and trusted cfti-
s.n Tor fnd him making and selling
rlne II Bordeaux. cloth At Lyons. thread
= fxale watches In Switzerland. toys and
Heer II Germany, building ships and max
~ cheese In Holland. while In England
y Il found at eyerything-sn the thickest
= The taelness places In the worlds great
r1tropolis. Yet Il pleased me most when
lxyt,@ s.vxA< -
Il he vast reading room In the library
= he British museum. to glance quietly
nuund and count score or more Of coi-
- gentlemen. mostly real Africans from
~ Cape OF Good Hope. engaged In study.
suoeofch and other intellectual pursuits"
After an interesting description OF yen-
~ and its historic associations. Mr.. HAr-
md C.ves the following story OF pleas
~ surprise which befell him there:
1T vas night when the writer employed
fondolier and noated over the broad
uaaI that skirted ancient Venice The
NOD moon fingered there. flooding Il
vifh light and glory, and as the warm,
eeod1 sephyrs swept down from Tie
neiG1boring mountains, flied with rich
rsffGne Of Italian summer flowers. they
~ far out and far along. over the
Qz11 canal and the quiet laxoons. the
on fich tones OF a melodiogs voice en-
enee6 h song. Night after night the
enger poured forth volumes of musical
~ Delightful songs to charm and en-
1hnl hy that subtle indefnabie power
which music mas upon the soul A STU
denl a. music could discern that tho
enser. who was seated at his piano, and
With opsn windows. was evidently a first-
eAp artist and q perfect enthusiast In
A!s art; with q touch that was fauitiess.
~ xxfa etp ,xy{TA "a ~
fost1sles OF Echumann or Khalnberger:
noW he would delight us with a more
classical selection from Lasxt. Again his
oone1 would be accompanied with q tech
niQus Almost divine. selection from tho
1feeqiaA' or revei In some dreamy piece
of C1optn. Weber or Gregg. Now an
ooofu<ic selection from Handel or Mozart,
nv ! symphony Of Beethoven's would
delight US. Never before had / realized
ths mystic charm OF the human voice
eeaected upon the quiet. eth waters a,
aighf: or the strange and powerful fas-
tiaalion II cultivated voice TO enliven
al hold a. by a mystic spell. All
eculd learn was that the singer was Prof.
Gsllo: and with this msager explanation
was obliged TO be content. But ona
tay In passing the house from which the
nusic was heard. our gondola touched
exalnsf another waiting al the foot OF thu
oairs. I looked around quickly and just
n time TO see q tall. dark man of African
excent and of refined appearance come
al OF the house. trip lightly down tho
eArbie steps, and. noddinz pleasantly to
kss gondolier. ne was rowed away.
asked my friend who the eolorsd gentle
nan was. ana he replied. soh. that IL Prof.
Rollr. whose singing has so charmed and
susaxed you. Thanks to cultured in
telert. We afterward met, and he did not
hush when ha said that he was born In
tAs soudan, captured by the French from
Arab slavers. and was subsequently, edu-
Gated In Paris and London