Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1903-03-28
BLOOD THICKER THAN WATER

OoI. heury abterSon, IN the Cou
rier Journal, notes the fact that the
newspapers are making an ado over an
incident which came to pass at Del
monico's the other evening, where, at
function of some members of the
Smart Set, colored woman became
the piece of resistance, as we Irish say.
Commenting upon the affair, Col. Wat
terson expresses himself rather forci-
bly, but to the point, as follows:
cit is due the truth of history to OBJ
serve that the co lored lady was not
among the originally invited guests.
In point of fact, she belonged toa com
pany of show people exhibiting in one
of the Broadway theaters and came to
instruct the swells in the mysteries of
the cake walk. They took such lik-
ing to her, however, that the line of
distinction was quickly obliterated, the
host leading the Queen of Midnight
| through the giddy mazes of the dance
and the lily white bellies of the court
circle making her at home and inviting
her to other entertainments booked
then and there and pledged in fagons
of foaming champagne.
''The Courier-J ournal is asked by
several of its esteemed contemporaries
| for an expression of opinion upon the
new departure.
''It is not, we take leave parentheti-
cally to remark, altogether a new de-
parture Several of the swells named
as of those present, are known to have
acted within their rights. Ifquestion-
ed, these might trace their own origin
back to the rich, red blood of Ethiopia
nor, in some cases, very far back
either-and they did but honor their
race in honoring the dusky representa-
tive of the vaudeville stage.
"The Courier-J ournal is not engaged
in the work of sensational specification
1t leaves that to the Yellow Journals.
If it had meant to reduce a great
ethical question to the dimensions of a
vulgar scandal, it had examples in
plenty. Without any effort, or con-
nivance on its part the truth of all it
has said of the self-elected Smart Set
is being constantly illustrated and en-
forced, and, if it thought it needed
any yindication, it might well rest up
on the continuous performances from
Cairo to Newport, from Dresden to
Buffalo, and all around the circle of
Swelldom, between He'll and the Iron
Works.
"Our appellants are hypercritical
That little colored stunt at belmont
co.'s is but trife. Odorous as it may
seem to outsiders, it was quite in the
family.
cit was hardly as bad as the Seeley
dinner, and, we are told, is to be re-
peated at Sherry's and the Waldorf
Astoria. And why not? Fashion
sometimes takes its cue from politics,
and, until the end of the National
Convention period of next year, the
colored brother will be in evidence
why not the colored sister? What is
sauce for the gander is good enough
sauce for the goose, Besides, the col
ored lady is yet novelty in society,
and the swells-bored with routine
naturally preferring a gamey diet
cannot be blamed if they establish the
cake-walk as regulation feature of
their functions, particularly when the
recognition of Dinah will fatter the
acial.predilection of Gwendolen and
Maud
'"Thus blood, which is said to be
thicker than water, promises to be-
come at least as thick as champagne. ;"