Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-08-13
p,<rR-JEwETr COMBINATION,

Miss Lillian Clayton Jewett has or
ganlzed the greatest and most original
anti-lynching show on earth. As our
readers know. she has been to South
Carolina and carried away 10 Boston he
Baker family On wednesday evening
last Miss Jewett put the whole family
on exhibition At the Peoples Temple
where an admission fee Of 10 cents was
charged
Tho absolute novelty OF the entertain
rnent attracted a large crowd. and the
sum Of ST was taken In at the door.
While the audience was assembling ;he
organlst played Yankee Doodle"
America" and "John Browns Body
AS the last strain OF the last melody
was PLAYED the theatrical Miss Jewett ap-
pearcd on the platform. leading By the
hand wooIIy-headed Willie Baker. aged
T. and closely followed by the entire
Baker family.
We are told By the Boston Globe That
"a shout greeted their appearance,
and they were given the Chautauqua
salute by the audience" At one point
in the proceedings. Miss Jewett, in the
exuberance Of her affection, threw her
arms around Lincoln Baker. whose age
Is given at II At another point the
audience was very much edited by the
old colored womans parading the stage
In state Of religious exhild-
ration" condition which seems
20 have been new 10 the Boston
public. but which most southerners are
familiar with. 4 ridiculous person
by the name Of Adams presided, and
there were prayers. songs. and speeches;
a c6ngloneratlon Of '!gion patriotism
politics. and abuse Of the South and
lyncbers particularly.
Miss Jewett was the heroine of the
hour. 1t was considered that she hal
done q wonderfully great thing In going
South and getting the Baker family and
taking them TO Boston. 1t is true the
South Carolnians did not make the slight
est objection TO the Bakers leaving ana
II is true Miss Jewett had enough money
TO pay their transportation North. but
all the same her Boston audience ap-
her very much whenever any OK
the speakers made mention OF her bring
ing the Baker family North. II she had
rescued the old NANNY and her picka-
nlnnieg from a den Of roaring lions, size
could not have been more euloglzed ana
II is but justice 10 the good and sensi- !
bic people OF Boston 80 say that they |
are very much opposed 10 the Baker
Jewett exhibition, and this, too though |
Il IS advertised to be a free show here
after. They know full well that 50 far
from such an absurd exhibitions doing |
the colored people Of the South any good, !
it is far more likely to do great deal
Of harm.
The people who were at the Wednes-
day night meeting were chiefly negroes |
and fanaucal white persons, who never |
lose an opportunity to exploit them
selves in public. As for poor Miss Jewet-,
We can only say she is hardly responsible !
for what she IS doing She IS giody, |
rhapsodica. creature. whose health has |
not been Of the best, and whose balance |
Is easily disturbed II is true, as she |
states. chat she was for awhile resi-
dent o. Virginia. and attended a highly /
reputable school while here, but ner stay |
was not long. She soon went back 10 |
her friends I'm the North. for she needed |
their care. All the excitement through |
which she Is now passing must be very |
Injurious TO her. and we should not |
wonder If 1t Frustrated her again. But !
more serious aspect Of the case is that /
his poor sensation-loving girl is dong |
the negroes great harm. OF course 1t |
IS all very unjust to the South, but shs |
IS not bound to consider US, and We as
sure her that instead Of helping the |
negroes. whom she dOtes upon, she is !
doing more than any other person in the |
and 10 destroy what good feeling exists |
between the two races in the South. in |
short. instead of being the negro's best
friend. poor Miss Jewet; is their worst |