The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-12-10
THE BLEACHING OF THE NEGRO.
Bishop Gaines Thinks the White Race is
Gradually Absorbing His Own.

Bishop Gaines. the portie>t. broadcast
and most deeply colorod of all the bish-
ops of the colored church. has become the
prophet of a startling creed. which he
has evolved and embodied in book form
as his contribution to the literature of his
race His book. which is not yet out of
the press. is the frankest maybe the
brayest. that has yet appeared on the
subject. and it is aSSuredly the most SEN
Sa tional.
In presenting his view IF the situation
he has not minced words. has he
lodged conclusions as he sees them. The
result is something that may cause the
fastiliouS of the white race to shiver. Ina
word. Gaines presents the theory that the
black race is surely and gradually being
absorbed by the white: that in the run of
the years the black face will disappear.
the evolution being reached through Il
process Of graded mulatt" tint> and con-
stantly lc>$ening African characteri>-
tics.
This process of bleaching ont il race. he
declares. is going on year by year. and
will continue inrNorahly until the mira
Gle is wrought. In fact. he maintains it
is already. in great measure. accom-
pli>hed.
He marShals to his use the pitiless log
ic of some extraordinary facts t" sustain
his stand. The bishops warning finger
points to the figures which show that
there are over a million and a quarter
mulattocS in the South.-\ew York
Tribune
Titles for De Reszkes.
Jean and Edouard ReSzke. more recent
ly known as De ReSzke. have been emo
b!ed Ivy the Gar of Russia. and if they
come back to this country. ;,S all great
singers do. they will command salaries
larger than ever. thereby putting it out
of the power of the American multitude
to hear them any more and restricting
their audiences to members of the million
airc cotrrie. Other singers have been no.
bic. but they took their titles before they
had their voices. In this instance the
Car seems to have been moved to an
unusual act from admiration for the mn-
steal gifts of the two artists. 1t is a
refreshing change from the custom of dec
Grating people solely because they have
done some political service. which not
infrequently involves fa.sehood. or mill
tary service. which always involves blood
shed. If the Car keeps on doing that
kind of thing he will become more
esteemed than some of his ancestors. but
Of all subjects for these honorS he should
beware of singers. 1t is fairly safe to
tors. explorers. leaders of industry. phil
anthroriSts and even vinliniSt~; hut the
singer who is decorated has just much
more to carry in the way of greatness
than he can comfortably endure and is La
Bile to bt thrown out of balance. Jean
De RcSzkc has such an exalted opinion
Of his own maSnitud, already that as a
result of this concession to his talent he
will have to procure Il hat three sizes
larger than he has hten wearing. if he
does not ask the Car for his crown
Brooklyn Eagle.
Eel cctrlc Brakes on Trolley Cars
\ successful trial was made on the
22;l of October Of the new electric street
railway of Ramhrrg. Germany. The
trial was made before Il royal commits
sion of experts from Munich. Nuremberg
and Rayrruth. and the performance of
the cars under difficult conditions. up
STEEP grades and around sharp curves,
evoked the hearty approval OF the judges.
\ particular feature of the trial was the
application of the electric brake. which
seems to he popular abroad. The cars
are equipped throughout by the Walker