The colored American., 1902-03-22
--ur STRENUOUS LIFE"
reflections Upon Presi-
SON" Roosevelt. Booker Wash
'Sston and 66e Race

ITbs. 5ill'.. does 'strenyerus' mean? Siren
What the Pres'dnt IS =!
yeaLTp5r,a Roozvilt? . yes, why It
9 er- it means rough OF
mean Not no ways bad, you onder-
cOu,5N h,,r lust rough an easy. You see
:Il, SAM, ,aII, the Pes'd'nt strenyerous' be-
~, NJ. endurin' the Spanish war he had
-.oirnent of Indians, and cow
-. an ? lot of quality. They was
,.d ~ rough all the horses every day
US u, tba-', how come they was called the
Rough Riders" 49, D.,
NUT5,.u g1Rlu 7 beared man say that Pres
T.. thought a heap of our people an
-. ON to do a lot for us, but L am [
Wa a,b;n' he's done yet excepun ne
sec Rocker Washington one single
gN1, 3 ,.;ttles. Do you reckon he likes
m0-i .-loI,. ~ the way they let on Z!
oui ar PloP' H. nc Brother Hill? Of course he
LlNII H. d;dn't have Booker Washing
~ Wv "a the White House just TO give mn
w., nal of vittles. Booker WaShiligloL
n,;IIionaire an the smartest man III tilo
1LaIe .,- country an the Pres Int nad mn, !,
W - ask him about some politlCs, anu
VI W he had hearn what a big schooi nc
@o+ nm at Tuskiggy he wanted MIN 10
6vt in substitute an come an IedCI
he White House children tor PlGCe,
pnt Rocker Washington told MIN liley
-,ssr'r nobody could take his place. so II
h.d 70 he give up. If he had gone there
IIr rqckon Young Theodore, what's nome
s;,l might took some lessons from hlm
too SOS not to lose no time while he
ont his college up North.
Did the Pres'dnt's son come nome
s;cl,2 What's the matter with him!
20 blieve he caught bad colo ah
& settled on his chest. Lost his NAT one
dav ND at college an wrote to the FreS-
Tnt TO send HIM some money 10 Duy d
new one with, but the Pres dnt wanted
hin, TO be tough an wrote back Tor hlm
20 90 without one till the weather got
warm an then he'd send INN his straw
hat. But the boy couldn't stand II all
got sick an come home.
Well Brother JOshwy, l reckon the
Pres'd'nt's a nice enough man all right |
an mavbe he likes Booker Washington, |
but he don't seem to me to be dom much
four our people. Pears to me like all
the white folks in the country IS turned
against us an down South they klllln
us right straight along an the Pres d mt
nor nobody else amt dom nothln to
stop it. | tell you, Joshwy, they amt
but one thing to do, an that's to keep
on praying' an have the grace OF God
in your heart an bimeby the LOrdH rise
10 an squash EN- like He done when we
SaS set free" :.
Joshwy had been listening to his
friend calmly but now he took his pipe
from his mouth and shaking it impress
siyely at the other said:
Look here, Brother Hill, lemme tell
you Somethin'. You don't seem to sense
this thing in the right way. Prayln an
the grace of God is all right, but what S
the matter with the white people, SPECIAL
ly in the South, in spite an envoiusness.
That's what. Our people is getting up
too fast. Why man, just see how we
doin'. Look at all them recorders OF
deeds, and registers in the Treasury. an
congressman an senators, an all them
True Reformers an colleges an banks
an things we getting. That's what's the
matter. We are beatin' 'em an they
most run mad with spite, an when they
amt no other way they pass these I'm
Crow laws an all those 'franch1sin
clawses to keep us down an when they
find that don't do no good why they just
shoots us an burns us an lynches us.
'Tain't nothin' but enviousnesS, but that
amt never goin' TO- What's the mat
ter?'
o. nothin', but l don't want to meet
that man coming down the street. Me
an him can't never get along together
an don't yyaot m meet him SO long,