The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-12-21
Town Tales
Observation-Disclosures

Evidently there are some colored
people foolish enough to wish that they
We're white folks. Evidently, too, from
the advertisements that appear in jour
ored race, there are any number of col
ored people that are willing to pay out
their hard-earned cash under the delu-
sion that they can not only change the
color of their skin from black to white,
but that they can also take the kinks
out of their hair and have wavy, silken
locks.
A friend of mine who has position
in one of the municipal departments at
Boston city hall, sent me a copy OF an
organ OF the colored race the other day.
l was particularly struck on looking
through it, at the number of the adver-
tisements alluded to. One man in Rich
mond, Va, advartises q BLACK skin re-
mover" which he describes as a Won
derful face bleach. If used as directed,
it is guaranteed to turn the skin of a
black person four or five shades whittier,
and that of mulattoes perfectly white.
The change begins within As hours of
using the preparation. 1t does not do
the work in spots and patches, but af-
fects the whole skin. One box does the
job.
1t must be something of a catholicon
in it's way for it is also good to remove
wrinkles, freckles, dark spots and pim-
pies, so he says.
Other advertisers say they have found
the very thing necessary to make knot
ty, kinky, curly hair straight, rich, long,
luxuriant and wavy. There is consider
able opposition in these lines for col
ored papers fairly TEEN with the adver-
Using. It's strange that the editors do
not discountenance the humbug and eX-
pose it in their columns. chronological
distinctions, it strikes me, cannot be
obliterated by any quantity of DR..
Frauds preparations. Not in tousand
years. as Chimmie Fadden might say.
The week preceding Christmas usual
ly gives the hotel keeper and Snowman
a vacation. There is enthusiasm in the
patrons of a hotel during the holiday
season, and few nights ago / got
into the thickest of it at the Bay State
house. A commercial traveller, who rep
resents a Boston wholesale drug firm,
told of his experiences in early life
He had a longing for theatrical work,
and at the age of %, secured an en-
gagement with a transforming COM
pany that had been organized to fleece
state Of Manners" The trip down east
was a. the managers expense and the
young Thespian thought it sublime. AT
ter three weeks tour of the smallest
towns the young actor found himself
strapped, with no salary in sight, and
the manager lodging hotel proprietors
We'll" continued the story teller, 1.-THE
show got stranded, and 1 didn't have
a cent. My clothing consisted of a
dress suit tall hat and patent leather
- AL 10
i struck out over the road for there.
There was no snow on the ground
and / got along first rate until night
fall. l got hungry, and tried a back
door for lunch. / had just begun my
hard luck story when the woman who
answered my rap, said Go way. you've
been drinking At every house 1 was
turned down because 1 had gooC
clothes, until / met a farmer on the
road WHO gave me a ride, and wanted
to know where / was stopping. 1 TOLD
him l was looking for my driver witt
my carriage, and the old fellow invited
me to his house to wait for him. A:
/ had figured it out, supper would b'
nearly ready. The farmers wife wal
really ashamed, she said, to invite ms
to partake of their frugal fare, blu
maybe I didn't accept the invitation. 1
had told those people that / was on
hobo trip, they never would believe me
so 1 kept up the game. l got home al
right, footsore and weary, but I wa
cured of the stage fever
George Davis, the funny man who de
lighted audiences at the Park las
week heard the story and was amused
George. by the way, is playing at Ton.
Pastors in New York this week. Whel
George was Matching out a new stor!
to spring upon the party man witt
a white frock on, passed the front o
the hotel What do you suppose tina
butcher weighs?'' asked George Ev
erybody rubbered to size up the butche
and give an estimate Guesses wer
made, but none of them pleaset
George. well, do you know?" asked
salesman who has the reputation o
being closefsted. Why sure, it's meat,
answered Davis. and the crowd filed t
the cafe.
The bad results of two men ownini
one building is illustrated to no bette
advantage anywhere than on Washing
ton street in this city. About half wa,
down the street there is double hous
of the old fashioned pattern and, ap
parently from the looks, the owners d.
not agree as to the artistic effect of tn
same color of paint.
One half is painted a peculiar shad
of brown and the other is painted
spotless white and it produces strang
effect. The painters who did the worl
evidently spent much time measuring
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