The colored American., 1902-03-22
MRS, JACKSON ON PRINCE
HENRY'S VISIT.

Henry dat de Nunlted States an Col.
Evans is des taking up an down de
kentry wild on speshal caws an spendln'
tbousan's of dollars fer?" asked little
George Washington Simpson Jackson OF
his mother.
"Humph," snorted Mrs. Jackson,
amt | done tole you, boy, dat dis heah
Prince Henry done coined ovah heah
frum Germ'ny on dat big wah ship 'Zol-
Iern an dat he tens 70 he leaves dis heah
kentry to make sich 'preshun on us
tyell aftah he has gone we'll have to
scratch ourselves to find out whether we
IS Dutch or still jes plain 'Mericans.'
You see, Honey, its jes like dis Desc
heah big kenturies way cross de sea
am les larnin' what a great, big dino
cratic kentry desc Nunited State of Mer-
lea IS. So one day de Emp'rer of Germ
nv he says to his bruther Henry
Bruther Henry, you members readin'
somewhar bout de Nunited States OF
'Merica, don you?' An Henry he says,
Yes, it ours to me | hab read some
thin bout it III my jorgaphy once An
de Emp'rer he says, lafin all de time an
winkin' de yuther eye, Dem Nunited
States of 'Merica des hates Roy'lt
das les so all fahd dimocratic dad da
don no what to do wild demsels. Why
da is so dimocratic dat even de niggers
tink da is bawn'd free an excl an has de
imperdense to eat wild de President. So
| think, Bruther Henry, dat you had
bettah go Ovah da an show dem dat 70
nevah heah'd dat da had to use asbestos
cloth to keep rOy'lty from glttln burnt
when it teched dem Den da bOf laf.
Den de Emp'rer he say, Bruther Henry,
Is gwine TO write to de Nunited States
Ill 1 I'M
sin fer me to leave home, but dat F1n |
gwine to sen my deahly beluv'd bruther |
ovah TO do de hOnahs fer me- And |
Henry he say, How you tink dey gwlne |
take dat self invitatiOn? And de En- |
prer he say, How dey take it? Law,
Bruther Henry, you don no nOthin'. |
Take it Why dem 'Mericans am jes so
plum stock full of dimOcracy dat da I |
jes fairly Jump outer da skins to get de
chance TO serve a real live Prince An
Henry he JeS shake hes haid an say he
don no Well, Honey, in a day or two
de Emp'rer he coined in wild a big smile
all Ovah his face an says, We'll, Brother
Henry, | don tOle you so. Dem Nu
nited States was so glad dat l took de
'neshiative an 'vited you Ovah dat da
went to da Congress next day an Con-
gress was jes so rip rOarin' glad dat da
was gWine to be 'low'd to fast da eyes on
a royl prince dat had 'vited hisself to
visit dem dat da jes propriated some
thin less dan a million marks rite on
de spot to tote you 'roun ovah de
kentry."
"Wah dat so, Mammy?" asked
George
Yes, indeed, Honey" said Mrs Jack
son. Why we 'Mericans was des so
tickled dat it spread itself to de 'Meri-
can eagle an he jes got so tickled dat he
stan up on his him toes an screeched fer
deah life. But you bah in min, Honey,
dat we was only glad cause we would
have a chance to show de Prince how
dlmOcratic we is an dat roy'lty don cut
no ice wild us. Well, Honey, he don
coined, as you see. He landed in New
Yawk an all de New Yawkers an Mr.
Anderson des laid da Selves out fer him.
Den he jeS switched hisself on dat spe-
chul cav, what de Nunited States guv
nm, down heah to de capitol an de So
JerS da was all dah-"
"Wah da eny cullow Sojers?" asked
George
Chile" said Mrs. Jackson, "Dese am
de Nunited States an everybody is
bawn'd free an excl an de cullard so
lerS didn't want to make it unpleasant for
Prince Henry by showin' dab dimocratic
Sperlt an how much da hates roy'lty;
SO, da Jes takes de persunal privilege an
goes to de President an says: President