The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-12-31
Pickanilly's Para(lica 4

'E hat q Apply go lucky creature the
Amerlcanized African is,'''lg said q mem
|SberS Of the Southern colony in New = ork. u
who KIN ows acolored people pretty WE'LL
3''I1Yen2 here he is fairly easy to- got along
with until NJ or unless, he becomes demon
allied z by too much New y ork. The darkyS
neyerSwas8fnt1nd ed ito be a city d weller
anyway, and when he gets into the 1ne-8
tropolts. he Shows igns of regeneration
very soon unless hegts too old to learn,
or too young. I saw, a young one one
warm evening In septemberEwh was still
in his natural condition. and L could al.
most gsce in him$ithe cotton ana tho
corntleldsE of his ancestry, twas in one
Of the African districts of the city, r,y
penny show place for monographs and
picture hines. The youngster was
black Il IS the ace Of spades, and about
seven or eight years OLD. Evidently he
was q 4 FREQ uenter OF the place, FOR. he
was chasing around among the machines
for. q box footstool kent for the accom-
|modatioE8of short-legged customers Eyi-#
IDENTIFY, also, he lived somewhere in the
neighborllood. Al I Is
ana the pic kanlnny was "a daisy. He
wasn't higher than the back OF a. chair,
wore no SFat t, no shoes, and HOnl two ar
sticles 6of apparel, not counting one gal
L lus IS as n an article Of apparel. The two
were a. shirtwast and thogFants, but tho
Kid had sagaclously and with modest
pre- caution buttoned theN tgnllus' III to the
shirtWaist hem at the back and the fas-
Istening of In front TO the pants made
n gap between waist and pants at the rear
which was Startling enough for a. living
picture, And specially SO when he gave
nshitchato tho snspender, which he did at
intervals as he lodged around for tic
box TO stand on. But his mind was not
upon material hings except as means
|stoEnn end, M 5i Is f3s} 5s5
"IIuvlng secured the box, he hurried
With tito the kaleidoscope showing some
stirring scene or other and slipping 1t
down bang. he hoped UNI street ohed out
his dirty little paw with n penny in 1it,
let the scolnbgo Into the slot With his eyes
glued to the glass md standing on, the
extreme upward limit of his small black
toes, he was q picture Of nervous energy,
enthusiastic eagerness, utter Ind ference
to the world, entire tfulness and sub
lime satisfaction that would 7 have served
for any master model, U w hen the cy-R
Under stopped and the show In the ma,
chine was over he dropped to tho floor
radiantly beaming as IL from q bath Of
10y, and hustled smiling over to the free
machine which carried n song and nlso
a sign to the effect that boys are not
allowed to hear the music, 1'ut TINS BOY
showed a total disregard for admonltlonsI
Of that sort.v Push the bottom, MI ster,
10 lis toe lImits In a vain endeayor to
reach 1t himself and the man appeal I'D
to offering no help. s.is. i8s Z J. ,s q
Then when taller boy started 1T. no
caught, with the Same y tense en GER
ness as before, the receivers and clappedtl /
them to his ears. At first there was
only expectancy In his face but as tho
iflrst notes of a familiar tune began TO-
SOUND and tho melod Y reached him, there
came as graphic smiles as II he we're
ga ing into the Promised Land and listen
Ing to the music of tho angels. His
eyes we're Just closing In ecstatic rapture
when he saw one Of the 'bolneers' Of the
place nnsing around, and saulc er,i than 9
fash he dropped everything end scooted3
like a streak of shadow for lle street
/ He knew what the 'bouncer lpeant, and !
he did not care to enlarge. his kno vile geg
along that limo s RI
II followed him and caught him as he
lodged around In the crowd about the
entrance, because was offering 2 penny.
instead OF what the sbouncer' he'd to
offer. talked to him long enongh--he
was SO eager to blow the penny--to learn
that he sold newspapers, aud every spare
penny shv gathered 'he lroppeds Into the