The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-08-28

reception of 8lIt at the last line. 50. she often informed Mrs Davis. had she asked for favors in the old land of her birth. She said the song meant that all black races were born with hands 6pen for others to fli, e
 From a Christianized and educated African Mrs. Murphy gained several most interesting songs. one sung to the heat of drum ere the tribe started to war of pillage on another tribe went es follows:
 20. whine, whine.
 70. boltoni, balleh.
 20. whine, whine, ~
 20, boltoni. balleh.
 These words he could not translate. which seems 70 indicate a sort of sa- cred language among the leaders of youdou priests not known to the com mon people. have heard negroes In Alabama sing words whose meaning they professed not to know, for in- stance the well known old song whose variant is sung all over the South;
 .aTalies' tree In Paradise
 Members call 1t Tree of Life
 Bum- Bum! Bum-B Bum!
 Gt-she-li! Gi-she-lil'
 I have never had any negro suggest A variation of these sounds. though l have asked 1t of many. An African lullaby is given thus:
 "Amher in a wa,
 Keen yeh feenyah ma,
 Amher Tn a bamboo carr.
 Amher reka walloo
 ITrn-u -um !"
 The African was able to give trans- lation of this: "Amher (the name Of child to whom the Hush singers sung) be quiet and I'll give you something. I'm not going to fog you. You are quiet. so I thank you. Hush, hush. hush."
 Mrs. Murphy writes interesting and truly of the creatures of these lengthy "spirituals" of the negro. It Is well known to all who have studied the matter at the South how the negroes follow with a familiar refrain lead CTS improvisions. These improvised "spirituals' often carry congregation through a long Bible story. All this familiarity with Bible lore gotten of faithful teachers of the old regime Is fast fading from the negro mind. It never seems to occur to the pest or the negro teachers and leaders what a loss their people suffer by losing this old wisdom Mrs. Murphy gives no less than twenty-seven of these Slave Spirituals." transferring both the music and words faithfully. These will be of most inestimable value to future generations, so rapidly slips from us that weird old music.
 In Black Many Creditor" IFS Sorry Fo' Bits" "Uncle Jeter Churns the But ter" and Group of sinners. Mrs. Murphy gives some interesting bits of plantation sketch and picture.
 In Southern Thoughts for North ern Thinkers" Hands off the Negro.' and "Religious Education for Negroes, Mrs Murphy advances more novel ideas. Her view point is distinctly Southern.
 While all recognize the responsibility of s5e South toward the education of the negro, and deplore the charge that has taken the race almost entirely from reach of personal contact with white Southern training. yet few can desire all cessation of money help iron, the North toward the lifting of these dark masses. Doing all that can be done, each State doing nobly her part and Northern help (often given in . sadly mistaken way) coming to the rescue, how barely the great problem of educat ation Is touched on. How fear fully the waves of idleness and ignor ance beat up against our breakwater of progress. It would take thousands of industrial schools, several in each county, to half do work in industrial education that before the war was done on each plantation. It would take thousands of dollars to found these | schools, not likely to be founded. and where is the impoverished South to find funds for such a work? Tn tathe work done by these endowed schools is often of the worst sort must be admitted But surely 1t Is better to keep trying | that out of very mistakes Knowledge of the right way to work may at last | grow.
 The sheet music that forms the last page of the book is catchy and delight | full. The gay little song "Dhats What De Many Good For" will touch a chord in every Southerner's heart, and doubtless will be heard and loved from | end to end of our land.