The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-01-28
UNCLE MING0 ON NEGROES
AT THE WHITE HOUSE.

Dat las reception at de wife House
seem to hab glib rise to right smart
taIk." said the waiter.
ut hab for a fac" said Uncle Min
90. wy! De President. de people, de
pspers, de preachers-wot a pickle!
Hebben prescribe us! say old lady Co
I umbia."
Dis time" said the waiter, de
President hab raised 'em one better on
4 de Booker dinner"
RAISED 'em half-a-dozen better"
corrected Uncle Mingo. Il declare it's
too funny You jis ought to hear de
j Kunnel talk out to Postum Holler.
IVY blast it all, Mingo,' he say.
If dat Teller want to hab a niger set
down to dinner wild him cen his own
4 house or half-a-dozen oh 'en hobnob-
4 bin an takin' tea wild him an his fam
4 bly under de same circumstances, no.
4 body wouldn't hab no right to glib
dam, cause it amt none O. DER bust
/ ness; an sence his tas'e run dat way,
wv he's welcome. But he say, de
1 wife House don't blongs to him; it
blongs to de people, an he got bust
ness to turn it back to de people as
good as it was wen he move cen. Now
he say, he can't do dat no mo-. 1t
4 has always been call de Wife House.
ne say, but now dey jis as well change
4 de name an call it de Black House
81 would like to been dere," said the
waiter.
Me too" said Uncle Mingo. "I
4 would sho drop dead from laughin' {.
"A wy iis to see all dem wife gentlemens
an ladies' standin up cen line waitin'
DER turn to git to de .receibin' party.
4 One O. de ladies turn UP her nose.
Dear met she say; amt you notice a
rudder peculiar odor? Den somebody
else say No wonder! jis look ahead
yonder! So dex look, an sho 'nough,
dat splain it wot a inspirin' spectacle
it mus a been De good ole maumas
standin' dere snlilin' an GRIMM cen
DER night gowns" -..., .-.-
"Ebenin' gowns, de paper say" cor
rected the waiter.
Well said Uncle Mingo, Amt
night an ebenin de same ting? How
somebber, 1 blieve it does make some
slight diffunce wen you come to talk
bout close. Well den. dere .dey was
cen DER ebenin' gowns, shown DER big
ole fat arms an necks as wife as a
ton O. sof,< coal. III.
DE President grab de fus one by de
han.
wy hello, Dance? he say, Use ave-
full glad to see you to-nightt wy, 1
amt seen you cen a coon's age!'
81 hopes, Mr.. President, say Dance,
dat you doesn't mean dat for no puS-
sonal co1lusion.'
" Not at all, Dance: not at ALL say
de President, snilin. An declare if
here amt Mis- Dancy! wy, Mis- Dam
cy, how does you do? De sight OBJ you
Is good for so eyes!'
"Huddee. sah,' say Mis- Dancy, bob
bin down an up again. ..i...-.
Use very sorry say de President,
but defe is so much common wife
trash here tonight dat we can't hab
nice sociable time togedder as
would like. You mus come roun' some
day an spen' de mornin' wild Mis-
Roosevelt an bring your knittin'.'
Yankee. kin'ly, sah.' say Mis- Dan
cy, bobbin' down again, but ! don't
tote no mo- knittin' roun'. Ebber .sence
Central Dancy has been dom so well
cen de polite business an we has been
gittin' up cen sassiety, I has stop knit
tin stockin's, an been a buyin' dem
ready made. But she say, L kin bring
my darnin'. An talkin' bout darnin','
she say, you amt got no idee wot
hard man de Gin'ral is on his stock
ms! wy she say, he amt got one
but wot got two or tree holes big
'nough to pug your ifs troo.'
Wy, Dance say he President,
OATS pretty bad .i s.--
OATS right say Dance, but den
Mr.. President he say, you see | wears
EN- reg'lar all de time now, std O. jis
once vile like 1 use to-
Up come de mex couple. -..-..-
Wy, hello JUDI say de President;
how's your libber, ole fel?'
Fair to middlin, ole man. say
Jud; 'how's yourself?'
Bully, say de President; am
here's Mis- Jud. too! 'Scuse me maam,
he say, if 1 pears a leetle too onfa-
miliar, but you is lookin' jis as young
an pretty tonight as you ebber did!
hopes you an your family is all
WE'LL?
Yankee, sab; bless de Lord say
Mis- Jud, wild a very graceful per-
Torrance OBJ de bobbin' ac'. 'We'se. all
fairly, 'cep' one o. de chillih ,wot
plague wild de palate down --.
Too bad say de President, but
Wen dey is all well, you mus sen 'em
roun' some day to play cen de yard
wild our chillun.'
Much obiige, sah,' say Mis- Jud,
wild anudder bob III git dem some
new shoes, an wash DER face an han
an put some new kinks cen DER head,
so dey'll look all right .r
You know, say de President, me
an Jud is VERY ole frien's. Wen we
slts togedder, him am me has a great
,Ilhe' tells him bout now ! use TO
hunt Spaniards an he tells me how
ne hunts possums. tells him how l
hunts bears, an he tells me how he
hunts coons,' ,et-
Now, now, Mr.. President say Mis-
Jud' wild kin O. weekit look, I under
SANS you is a very good coon hunt
er yourself
An den day all laugh.
see said the waiter, some o
Gem cullud politicians is tryin' to git
ue PRESIDENT to let dem hab a commit
zee Wich shill had de power to say
amt"
SO see" said Uncle Mingo; IAN
members oh SIGH a committee like
u ia. would sho hab a snap, wy by de
uine a Teller would git troo comm
across to de different members OBJ de
committee. for recommending him to
W plntment, he wouldn't hab hardly
none OBJ his salry lef'."
Co., Does you tink," asked the waiter,
udt dere is any chance OBJ de Presi-
S SeHt agreein' to any sich a improper
Yes. I tink dere is, nit" said I'm
We Mingo. Day say DER objec is to
s@De de President from habin' so much
Itlggers comm to see him. wy bless
our soul, he don't want nobody to
S'op dat; he likes to hab 'em come"
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