Evening star., 1902-02-22

other races finds time to admin.s4 % the
wants of her children. The chndren are
now of an age when their education con-
Germs her. She is not competent as
other mothers to assist in this, but through
her efforts teacher is secured and out or
the miserly pittance that she and her hus-
band earn, she manages by Stinting ana
saving to have her share of the teacher 8
money ready when due. To meet this one
obligation the last penny was often sacri-
feed. With the advent OF the public school
she was partially relieved, but demands
for Improvement in personal appearance
and home surroundings, to which she was
not Indifferent. taxed her sorely.
, And 50 she has shared and toiled 10 the
end. Her compe nsation has been to see
her sons and daughters grow up around
her endowed with the same honest heart
and purpose, and those same children form
the large army of teachers who are now
doing the work of lifting their children
from ignorance into a fuller life.
Must Be Educated
THE condition of the co,ored people In
this country makes 1t imperative that the
majority secure industrial training. Educa-
ton and industry have been the chief bull
warks in this grand civilization. BY them
and them alone will the great mass of ig
norance and poverty of . race be elevated.
This is true of all races. The masses must
be not only educationaliy and industrially
trained. but must be industrially employed.
l wish to emphasize here that the colored
youth is being trained industrally. Many
industrial schools are situated in various
parts Of our country. Tuskegees Industrial
and Normal School is the largest and best
known, but any number of similar schools,
though carried on III a smaller way, are
doing good and effective work, among them
the Hampton Institute. But the opportuni-
ty for using this training is limited, SO far
as the colored boy or girl is concerned.
Men and women of the Anglo-SaXon race
throw down their tools when the person of
color enters He is debarred because Of his
color from entering this great arena Gn-
dustriaD of which the American nation is
SO proud.
Appeal for Sympathy.
Il appeal tonight to the women of this
country for the sympathy and fellowship
which arises from a true recognition of the
fatherhood of God and the brotherhood of
man. l appeal to the women of this coun-
try because l believe upon them and upon
them alone rests this mighty question. 1t
is at the waving of their wand whether this
great prejudice shall continue not, for
the hand that rocks the cradle rules the
world
| look for the one great good that / see
standing out in bold relief against this
great wall of prejudice that has been built
around us in this country. | see the uni
fication, the solidarity of purpose and in
terest that it will surely bring to the col
ored American.
His only way of surmounting this great
wall of prejudice is by building ladder
made up of rounds of industry, patience.
sacrifice, truth and honesty. Built of such
rounds it will reach the highest wall of
prejudice and permit him to stand on the
top endowed with all the rights of ctizen-
ship.
Il know that it will take years to COM
plete such ladder, many of us will grow
weary and discouraged in the building, but
it can, must and surely will be built.
M diScOura gemeQtS that we VIII meet
on the way will be simply spurs to fur
ther action, stimulus to further resist
ance.
1.-The more rugged the pathway of
stream the greater it's velocity and power,
while non-ressted streams gather small
force. So it is with the inner faith of my
soul, that with your assistance me colored
American will out of this great stream
of civilization finally emerge a transform
ed being, endowed with every attribute and
prerogative that belongs to a citizen Of
this republic"
Mrs. Yates Address.
Continuing the discussion of the negro
problem, Mrs. Josephine S. Yates president
of the National Association Of Colored
Women, made an address, in which she
presented woman as a potent factor in
solving the intricate question. She spoke
at considerable length, and in the course
of ner remarks said:
AT present, for various reasons, the
negro, possibly, understands the Anglo-
Saxon far better than the latter compre-
hendS the negro, for as rule the Anglo-
Saxon meets only the illiterate or de-
praved negro. Here women may show
themselves strong factor In the solution
of this par, o. the problem A better un-
derstanding between the races and the
work accomplished by women's clubs will
do much in the way of counteracting this
lack of knowledge of the negro's real
status"
Work of the Kindergarten.
kindergarten work was next taken up in
an address by Mrs. Susan n. Murray, the
leader of an organization whose purpose is
to establish kindergartens in the south. She
said she was greatly in favor of the kinder
garten plan. that II had a great effect on
the character of a race, and was of great
value as aid to the negro. She declared :
the kindergarten would re-establish the
perfect family right, which had been broken
up by slavery.
She referred to the attempt to deprive the 1
negro of suffrage in southern states and
asked: "f statistics of the last census !
show that the colored people of the United
States have reduced the vote of hliteracy
of encouragement, while the white people
Of the south have not reduced their illiters
acy / per cent in fifty years. what right
have they to say We cannot govern our.
selyes?"
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