The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-01-01

IN pv IL o'clOcko n hnturdayn night with brulSef
and scratches MI over the visible parts OF their
~anatomies. the desk Sergeant Is alarmed with
the fear that one ofthe worthy pair is ill For
feature o., policing IN Atlanta. and 4 one q!
them should happen 70 drop of IL would cast"
g g. rg FsSply 0 in.ct tss 9 IN iEsS 59T from T hSyi Gesl o 2 ssTt
Crazy Quilt Jane whose eccentricIty Of
nations, Is one q, the. street's. most faithful ba-
6isges and an 9ld friend of the police, She is
witsSts face that looks as though L might, be
vas Young beside her, With ths comine q the
rayed so eioriously. Joseph's coat hadn't half
Il Is the, work OF years. She has sewed into
the wonderful garment every bit Of bright
pSi9p ih 81 f itS e eonsf 1ss hSnaS s Hn 1 Sas fss S5 eeG
those larlnR bits upon the skirt and bodice
without Ia any y, other view than to achieve the the
. soldleT's tent, aha L stands out from Crazy
wears, usually. an odd mantle over her shout
deLs. rivallinR In its brilliancy, OF coloEing the
bodice underneath. Her kinky. woolly hair.
with gay feathers. She has stolen the plumage
Of the brightest birds to decorate her woolly
dom In her thick. matted wool in picturesque
Thus clad, Crazy Jane arrives. She is of
deeply religious temperament, and It is. her
habit to chant to the wayward members OF her
race awful warnings Of wrath TO come. Her
val. Here comes old Crazy Quilt Jane" and
snndry aEgravatlne reflections on her beauty
married are shouted at her. For a time she is
patient, but Crazy Jane is fallibie. like the rest
Of mankind. Finally she can stand Il no
longer, and with her sunken red eyes glaring
ielnSdishly and her wizened old face distorted
wIth S 5esf s.d sae u SnSbTsHils int r,tSe5 her sor to Q %sSson'
She winds up always, at the police station.
Sta1sSsaa are before tssSsnt sao the t dsy s alter q ihe Res somr
are quite good friends and she holds firmly to
Year after year old Jane has grown more and
more feeble. but her passion for brilliant
the devil in person would live on Decatur
stT'9Se at y ds its d %S5Hls sS wsFe s mot - bad q lbs .s.ovsr-
At about 10 o'clock the riot and revelry are
at their highest The pianos and the banjos
lighting has reached It's is highest I bitch Of the
SSy y ae.r me hed Patrol wagon n GoiSil Jangles
%S4iitedd t or ne any s %1' a 4 iittIe diI RSl,fSmff IS fare ARE
n nn,f;sa by q raj, raid On one s,t Of the typical dives,
Saturday, night. The inmates gamble at
sleepy: then the dive is turned into a lodging
house; The sleeping hunks are mere planks
placed. against the wall. one above another,
until there are four between the floor and the
ceiling. The prioe OF q, nights lodging Is 5
cents. Here the gambler. the tramp. the
and all manner Of turbulent negroes congre-
gate. Here they gamble, fight over their
games and their women. and are regularly
ralded without any reformatory effect.
SO. the. night runs away. with drinking,
lighting, buying, gambling. The cheap shops
do o driving trade. The negro rarely fails
to dispose OF his weeks earnings between the
storekeeper and, the bartender. When mid
night comes and the stores shut vi those who
too drunk. to travel go home or transfer the
scene OF their revels to some other SPOT.
There is Of course better side to the street.
It has its respectable negro merchants and
its respectable white ones. The thrifty negro
barber In his loud clothes and the shrewd ne
gro lawyer also prosper here. but the noisy.
drinking negro predominates. Overlooking
street is a tall seven-story building
that is an object lesson in negro business
ago by the negro Masonic fraternity. 1t was
for negro plays, dances and negro
gatherings generally. For q few months 1t
throve tremendously. Then 1t began to show
Of neglect. The window panes when
knocked out were not replaced. 1t had more
vacant rooms than rented ones. 1t fell into a
sort OF disrepute.. II became inside Of a year
and a hall an emphatic failure. 1t stands there
neglected.. INTENDED. with here and there n
cheap tenant, 1t was one Of the most ambitious
street ever started. IT doesn't speak we'll for
hose who managed it, which is not saying that
here is not plenty OF business talent, latent
and developed, In the race.