The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-02-18
PHILOSOPHY.
OF The | /. FOOT 0. Q
Distinctly New Science Pro Pro;
claimed by Colored Boy 83a
Lecturer. w
CAN CHANG &c FEET T:

5NEHnu G8f VAN OTlAlVGL X - - =
a philosophy decidedly bizarre in It's
extreme novelty, yet positively supplying
III the possibilities II unfolds. was deliV-
cred last night Into the Keeping Of an an
audience of downtown colorcd people
gathered in d church iii the East End
d 10 tell the negrotman that, his foot Is
an index to his character, and that II u no
would Improve tie appearance Of his
pedal organ he must elevate himself IN
telectually and morally Is to PROFOUND
doctrine "a tier new, but distinctly ahd
slnrtllngly valuable. The colored mans
font, rs one OF his own preachers limited
last night, h Is naturally large, unslshtliy,
,,ngainly. and to the rising and artistic
cratic generation Of negro folk somewhat vi a.
of an eyesore. Any wa vi TO Improve t ~.
appearance Of this foot lie will seize win
all eagerness. And when the dscipl ~ or
d new creed appear and proclaims; lt ne
doctrine Of tho foot, declaring that 70
change his foot a man must charge MS
character, there ought, IN the nature OF
things. to be something doing.
Colored Boy the Speaker. Az
The speaker Who pronounce these ne y, X
doctrlnes was James WASH on, tne
colored boy preacher, evangelist and leg
,t,rer. He is,fif any thing, m ore u em1rls 4
'alle than Ills subject proved. Fhe 1Doy
IL said to be only fourteen years OF age,
ana he IS spending some time ~ l,2!
turing. It IS said that he mas De -'ss
preaching siice he was four years Y q q
see. His delivery Is excellent; his Sc 4
~ n de- Il
"a construction OF; hts sentences almost
I'D wlcss, and his enumeration clear anu
aistinct, The congregation to whom nc
smoke, was large. 1t was gathered IN .
1he lecture-room Of the Fourth l,tlP ~
Church, atsTwenty-eighth and E Streets.
series of hymns preceded the opeH-E
Ing OF the service and then the pas.os
OF tho church arose. and hroached ll'e
subject OF the evening. lie saia INC
white people lad great lecture rs, famous
men who spoke to them upon various
SUBJECTS. What the negro needed was
something of this sort. They needed .l '' 2.
turers. They had preac cheers, put IT
va sn't the business Of the preacher e'7 !, to
lecture. He4 didn't have time to do It.
He had to make the people happy.
some rather fine and new distinctions
between featuring and preaching were
rung in here.
1--WE have with us tnls eHeH'iiS, III -,
tinued the speaker, "a lecturer fi,s
n slight stare Of surprise at this) TIE
foot is a wonderful thing, and he, VIII
To! You a lot about It. Then everybody
hers will 90 home and take off his shoes
and look at his foot. [. .
Washington's Foot Doctrine.
washington read his lecture from man \
suscript He spoke for half hour or
mere and what he didn't toll about ne r,
gro feet and feet in general lsn. t WORT
knowing. He said he had been study
inc the laws OF nature for ten years
ard lie had found out that the human
foot was the index to the chara ctcr OF
the human being. As Is the man so IS
tic foot and, by implication, as IS the
foot so Is the man. -. ), ~
With amazing zeal and facility, Wash
II, gton proceeded to locate every faculty
OF the mind and every element OF char
acter In the foot, so far at least as
indications go. a big foot meant this; a
little foot that; a thin foot something
else: and linked" foot fourth as
founding thing. If the little toe was
shapely, 1t meant that man or wo-
man was of a kindly and generous as
position; hut II this terrible toe was
crooked and bumped, Its owner was bad.
a.
nit murder If the third toe was con-
nccted with the second and the fourth
Nv thin nub. the mother had reason TO
be proud of her son because he would
some day be q great man. II man
wears his shoe out first where the big
toe u.s. he Is not much OF man; II ne
wears 1t out at the ball OF his moor, ne
lis all right, is man among men Other
Cine distinctions In the way Of shoes We're
drawn.
The audience snckered every now and
then and cast certain fnrtiye and uneasy
glances at heavily shod feet. The speak
or went on. He showed how tho ridge
In the bottom Of a mans foot Is the Zine
OF the affections" which affections arc
pronounced In a degree corresponding TO
the width and depth Of tho line. There
were. various other ways Of determining
the moral characteristics Of man py
consulting the lines in his feet.
Then the grand climax was reached !.
washington said negro man could
change the shape and texture OF his
feet II he wanted to. All that It was ne
cessary to do to accomplish this END
was to change his character y any.
body In the audience wanted to set ril
Of big, fiat, ugly foot, let him go home
and be good. Let him improve himself
mentally and morally and he would see
his foot grow shapely and beautiful fos
as Is the man so Is his foot.
| NOW 60 home and look at 70 rect
children" was the parting word OF the
pastor.
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