The sun., 1905-11-21
AIINY LIZA BUSY AT POTHOOKS
.raRO UOHiN or SIN7I-FIlE
N \iGHT SCHOOL PRIMARY.
Hard Road to travel, hut she u He Able to
Read and write when She Meets Up
Nuh Peter nt the Gate The 'RiEinal
Trouhic Nnnar'S IiXorrIencr or Llfe'

Nuh Peter nt the Gate The 'RiEinal
Trouhic Nnmau'S E;NocrIencr OF LIE.
urr od negro woman-shc IL moro
,h,r 4, trudgcs from her home at "a
w., ,3;th street to Public School 1877. at
(, Nicholas avenue and l27th street every
,,obt INST before I O'Clock. Most of the
Lid. along the way, black and white, know
hpr and ~ she says, 1T jes' tlckles me,
chile when they call out, Hello there
NANNY, Got your lesson tonight
The woman is Mrs Eliza Milledge and
sbo l. learning to write and to read little
het,cr at night school. 1t is very probable
tina, she j. the oldest public echool pupil
=, ,,e ciry, The teachers whore she is
determ.nolly plugging away say they
never heard Of an older one.
Every school night she makes the trip
back and forth with a child's first reader
and copy book tucked under her arm
sbc gets her lessons afternoons when she
;s,,t sewing for white folk or taking care
OF the SICK -.
Nov don't you pesticate along with
mo said Aunt Liza yesterday, when
rsnorter asked her how she was making
art "I amt got much time to fool VIII
vol all. | got my readn' and writin' to
oct or woman amt got much time to
fool, when she gets round about Liza MILL
aJse,. aye. ,Jc, seems like folks banker
for takin up my time right now when l
done made up my min I'm goin' ter beahle
N read and write when | meet up with
Peter at the gate,
Aunt Liza's knotty fingers scratched
away at her copynooN ana sue "e"O oNei ~
a. a child bends, hunched up desperately
intent Her old cat purred away in corner
,,,dor the stove and a homely old dog that
,', ,ri,o nod resc,ed from the terrors
Aun' LMa ''.',' " ~, aaai,,t nu,i ha, Goo.
Of the street ru,nt,' dkainsv ar1 49, - road
Il nm siS'F yeanS JeH n.i'lst,m. ~ iea. az
an write eaid aullI ai,. Ia, "i.eti H,'e sot
her p0thooks an IlNra lileely' Ivy t,o" a,, uoa
you laugh at an oi @ woman f hi cause noreS ;tS
it's mighty serious piece oi GusIneSS 'ss WI, mi,n
me, done MAKE uohy mn,'u, % UoihG ran n;n,,
going OUT oi tIe "4rIn an %, h Ky, al,u9 ton.
You see money | an gov nIu,." ',atioe, G,1,',
Is bin de 'rlginaI truhbIe woman, seems
like every SICK hapy u yt.t NJ Yer XII ,oi
Aunt Liza. Any man what nag er SUM,
mick ache ne set up er now ,llat ne !es
had TO have me Ter ms Slnser slu ~ Iupp,'lS' h
Was that er way since Iohg ,elon C ue wan
Nevah give de oil woman any chance at all.
1t was always OF Aunt LiIa runi'ih er
race, vii de doctah ana oeatih MN 10 oe
truthe house, ,,. =,
Il mind once When Is rer fredonlus 1ei-
f'son, ol preaChah down IN .ahoilna regl-
lah oil Ha"dshell Baptist ne was, says TO
me; Liza, why don't you all Kho" yoah
readlns and yoah wrltmso I,l ,oo ou yes traipsy
w. ter my house an III teach you; :.
Hadn any moan 'han 5!tr s5ar!eG S1i,. ia "reh
long come de choera; "hackIh loiRs oVah
Ie head yes cIeahtn OUT de set'iemehtsi .h
WASH any DookS ler aunt iilld Iuen. l
was too busy takin care OF DE sick ana putin
away DE dald' "heh II tWasn de cholera
II was waller jack er measIes. er mumps' er
goodness knows what. any oi KIN KIN OF
sickness II Jes seem 10 screech' oeh Ter