The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1899-08-15
MISS JEWETT
AND THE BAKERS.
THEY ARE CREATING a FUROR IN
NEW ENGLAND
MISS Jcwrtt Embranccs tho Negro Chill
drrh In Public, and Dcclarea bsho hna
8rought them North that tho reC.
pie there May ECO for Them.
solves what Hnrbariana 1.-Two
In the SOulh-Of course I'm
Admission Fec Ia
Charged.
(Nows and Couricr, llth.)

land papers arc bent upon making a
! heroluu Of tho tho first calbro out of
Miss Lillian Clayton Jowett M y
day night sho exhibited tho Bakor
people before 5000 persons at Provi-
dence, and tho following morning
the newspapers all devoted much
space and big typo to show. And
Judging from tho brief press dis.
patch published yesterday morning
the entire performance was repeated
at Boston Oh Tuesday. Miss Jowett
contontod herself with having col
lection taken up mt tho first mentng,
but 1t is presumed that tho results
wero not altogether satisfactory, for
an admission fee was charged in Bos-
ton. If tho Southern people could
read the full accounts of thcsc meet
ings they would doubtless be greatly
odlficd, and they would assurcdly
havo much moro accurate estimate
of the truo spirit of that section than
somo Of thom at least now POSSESS.
When Miss Jowett was in Charleston
tho other day she was fulsomo in her
plHtitudinous protcstatlcn OF admira-
tlOn and affection for Tho South; in
Now England, with her arms about
tho Baker children, and in the pres
enco of hundreds Of excited negro
auditors, sho sings another tune
This circumstance is in itself sullic-
lent proof Of the young woman's
character to warrant distrust of tho
motives by which she ia inspired.
Not few of the better class of Bos-
ton colorcd people have repudiatcd
Miss Jowett IN no uncertain Ian
guago. Mrs. Ruilin, who is the
widow of colored man who was
very prominent in Boston somo years
ago and who is herself an educated,
strong minded woman, warned her
raco against accepting Miss Jowctt's
leadership. Mrs. Ruilin implied ns
strongly rs she could do that tho
modern Harriet Bcechcr Stowe was
not in private life tho kind of woman
to command the respect, much less
tho admiration, Of honest people.
Other people who have put thom-
solves to somo pains to acquire in
formation have como to tho same
conclusion, but in the meantime Miss
Jewett has the Bakers with her, and
appears to be billing them as the
star attractions Of Il humanit,. dn
dime museum. And tho negroes, to
whom Boston cplturo even seems I'M
able to impart common horse sonse,
arc paying their money freely for
front seats at tho exhibition.
at the Providonco meeting Miss
Jcwott expressed regret that shc was
too tired to mako such IN address as
she had planned. Tho fact of tho
matter is Miss Jowott has not sonso
enough to make an address any kind
to which any thinking person would
give, second thought. You cannot
sec al.! talk to hcr for ten minutes
and continue to doubt this statement.
If she over does say anything worth
listening to you may rest assured
that it was written out for her by Mr..
II. G. Larson or someone elso por.
sonally Interested in her and the
success Of hor present sensational
enterprise name Of Mr.. Larson
is used in this connection because he
isa newspaper man who seems to
have established himself rs the gon-
| eral factOtnm Of tho Jcwctt. Bakor
| aggregation. Whom Miss Jewctt was
being interviewed by reporter for
Tho News and Courier she was BEING
coached all tho while by Mr.. Larson,
and even with tho assistance and
constant encouragement OF her
promptor she did not succeeded in
saying anything worth reproducing.
Tho most charitable construction
that can be placed upon Miss Jowctrs
course is tho assumption that she is a
foolish young girl who has been put
up to q piece Of hurtfnl sensational
ism by designing persons. Tho
! other Wow Of her is u very simple