The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1901-03-22

nRdR0 VANITY REPRO VaD.
Tho uas Of Anti.K Ink, sHa air Washes
sss Il tiend Faoe Blesches, j
Tho Louisiana Uonfsrenoo 81 the
Afiican Methodist Church has taken
stepB 1to TO or tho attempts of tho me-,
groes Of Tho 8 Setithto get rid of their
black faoes and skinky hairs Besides
prehepding tho ilo0nduct Of Il negro es
who sock TO bleach ,thoirf faoes and
stfaighten their bairS The Conference
Voted that its smembsrs + should Il mot not
su6Horibo to any negro paper that pub:
lished adyortisements of fsc bleaohes
or hair Htraightenors. Tho Church
organs will bo Yoqdirod to canoeI suoh
advertising contracts. st'tfS
The tiaetion was, taken booause Of
the groat, inoroaso in tho sale Of suoh
ertiolos this year, Ga ACCOUNT Of the
high prico Of cotton tho negroes gen.
orally have moro money than eYer be.
fore, and they are spending it for,
luxuries, which include perfumes, hair
washes and face bloaohos. The sale of
perfumes in tho Southwest has il oroased
nearly = four-fold over last year, Tho
perfumes most in dom md arc musk and
petohouli, for tho negro likes strong
porfume and will not touch violet or
similar mild artiolas. r
Almost equ,lly in \ demand with
these perfumes arc tho face bloaohes
and the various anti-kipk remedies
There are several aooro Of those quaok
medicines, tho nsin constituent Of
which is somo strong aeid, Tho re.
sult, SEQ !, tho loading ministers at tho
Conferenos declared, has boon to rem rem.
der thousands Of young nogroos prema, !,
tuIely bald, their hair bong burned OF
by tho antikinkI aoids. As fort5 tho
face blosches they, 900 ocasionally raduooi
tho black color slightly, but only BY
burning off the. skin, giving the negro
an. unhealthy and diseased appcara. .,c,.
Tho U0nferenoo thought it time to
intetfere. and protect tho negro against
the evil effects Of this manifestation Of
Vanity, which is not only costing them
thousands of dollars absolutely thrown
away on nostfuns, but also aerion,ly
iLjuring the race. The negro is less
liable to baldness than the white man.
but the entire race would soon be bald
it tho anti kinks continued to increase
IL nse1 as they have done this yDsr.
Bishop y. 8. Smith, tho Rey. Mr.
Willard, and the Rev. u. White wore
tho leaders in the movement against
this this negro vanity. A special commit
too was appointed to consider the ques.a
ton and it brought in the resolutions
against anti kink and face bleach adj
veltisements. The committee will keep
up the war. against tho hair nostrums
and face bleaches, and each Louisiana
African Met hodist preacher will war d
his congregation against the nj. IA
Tho R.v. Mr.. Willard thought that
these anti kink advertisements were an
insult to tho negro race. Rishop Smith,
took tho religious s'de Of the mater,
NGod Know what Ho was about when
lie mado you, no said .'antd If He
wanted YOU to have hair like white
folks Ho would havo m ado it 90; ard iif
He wantod Your skin to be like that of
tho white 70 ks Ho would have bleached
IT Himself You no I'D not attemptto to
improve on your aIohite oturo God
nAs'NSSay ~ Sesn0 ~ " AuubG WOTk OUyt YOuT}
future in this country as He mad you,
Hnlld ~ lI oharaoter, Ahot
'cSii Y ou vii not be iableI, to got away
from yolrE Ade. Negro ;manhood is
what is needed today. :, =
Bishop s NTH a,so attack the no u
trurns to destroy odo1aS and tho per.
fumes to- conceal them. Use 1, soap,
lwater$an towels, he Bishop said
!" Tho negro who believes that 4 any Of
!hese quaok medicines orianythibg else
but soap and wator will keep down bad
odors is guilty of an abluId mistake, as
no will find out later. Keep your,
charatoer whito. Improve on it, and
you will do'your whole duty" Thoro
ia no doubt that the Conferor O, is in
carr e,t. How much it can. accom-.
plish in stamping out this racial vanity
romans to be- seen, but it has been
very au 80 ,ssful in most Of its oriusades