The sun., 1900-12-08
A WHITE FOLKS CAKEWALK
THIS rs FOLLOWED nv 4 GRAND PIE.
EATING CONTEST.
All THIS Il at an Episcopsiisn Church Fair
In q Chapel In South Brooklyn. and
Some Members Of the Congregation Ex-
peTience . shock Louis Weber's Prize.

| Some Members Of the Congregation Ex-
| perience q Shock Louis Weber's Prize.
With the closing of the fair Of the Profess
| tant Episcopal Church OF the Atonemcnt
| in South Brooklyn last night came cake
walk in which a young woman Sunday school
| teacher took part There was also a public
| pie-eating contest between six young men
| Of tho parish who had regulations as pie
| eaters. While cake walks and pie eating
| contests are not novelties in Afro-American
society. the events that came of last night
! for the entertainment Of Brooklyn church
| congregation seemed to shock some folks
| As one member Of the congregation put
! IL. cake walks and ple-eatinG matches may
/ be all right among negroes. but they are out
Of place here among whites And to add
| fuel To the flames Of Indignation. the young
| men who ate enormous quantities Of pie
| under the impression that there were val
liable prizes to win, were thoroughly dis
| gusted when at the close OF the contest the
| announcement was made that the only things
| available to I've awarded as prizes were two
cranberry tarts that had been baked early
| in the week by charitable woman con-
nected with the church
For four nights the fair was carried on In
| the little brick chapel on Seventeenth street.
near Fifth avenue II was attended by many
| lyn. Everything went along smoothly for
the first three nights. The rector Of the
| church. the Rev. f. Homer Wellman. Ph. D..
| worked hard 10 make tho fair a success He
| attended regularly every night and looked
nfter the arrangements. He assisted in
getting out the fair bulletin and was credited
with writing the poem which was printed
| therein. entitled. a Cat Tale" The poem
was az follows:
A Cat came strolling to our door.
Wn' Weope.c % b,, said %i We 1e did no, know her.
She stretched and wnked and stayed.
She stepped within with feline care
she walked round "nAuwing" everywhere.
She saw where We would step andthcre
! she "sot and 'mauwed" and mauwed for fair
sh. had nes upon On her he, bead.
| We AIMED blow to stnke IT dead.
IL almost killed ths Cat Instead.
III. nsa h. lef, for pars unknown.
And none could tell where he bed down
tnn he nede his presence known.
As he pre- need round our form clone.
Imsr st,on takes srest nishu.
When spurrsd on by Plea -bltes bites.
Aud In It's visions sees great sghs.
or -!usuce" when feas get their rights.
Tose- Flea nce for his life.
To struggle ,sainsi great odds In strife;
To chase him till his fears are rife
Atlas, he springs far out In air.
II is a wonder declare;
He Jumps 40 far II makes you stare
u,..o,,,, ,,.., nj. ,,.,,oo.,.c,
or {" "N tys, pS his a. lea ofi in cfscs, -'
Or knock his brains out with rap.
When from such leaps he falls ca flap
IA liz. 70 ehase him cross the world
And DER Its rim 10 see him hurled.
And falling toward the noor Of space.
To strike Sphere and smash his face:
rdns. TO YAK. him in my hand a
And And Pitch ~ H. him haId n,s as y, ,i,, tsr can:
Against wall, and hear him Slam
hne q s,fSe 1n" ssadon 4'I''T upon I.1in ii, po
Or Hs.aea se or EVEN en- sun,. 'se az or a .iua
man could lump atlantic:
from hsrs 2 china ,siSosi guile
then should mink worm WHILE
Blu, for ,h. ugly nu,. bird
S ,ss' GS; ,sSsi.. sSSh aSHs nS anh9s .s,a absurd
And .. III. O., ,,,,, -m.ur,- for ,.,,
Her friend has gone, sh. knows NOT where
rl' quite appalling declare
The poem passed muster and the rector
nnd aa hrs ~Sud On Se
Ing night Some Of The prim people of the
neinhhorhood thought this was not quite
right 50 'hey STAYED away from the fair last
But early IN the evening the little chapel
was crowded TO me doors ne grab naR
patronized and the fortune teller prospered |
The e,owd, hoTerer, s,t ,, %as made , * OF youns
remsn.a aMay For o some 'ne fsnsnn