The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1907-07-18
Catastrophe in Church.
From the Youth,s Cnmnaninn

From the Youths Companion.
The most embarrassing thing that ever
happened to me-" said Mrs. Peters when
the Ibsen club was exchanging narrowing
experiences, happened, of course, in
church while I was wearing black for my
father-in-law 1 was leaning forward dur
ing prayer one morning, when my new
heavily-trimmed hat fell off, dropped to
the floor OF the pew ahead and rolled out
of sight.
Fortunately, I had an umbrella. Get
ting down as fat as I could 1 reached I'M
der the next, reached out with the
umbrella handle and fished for the hat.
When my hand finally touched 1t / knelt
in my place, closed my eyes-I suppose I
reasoned as an ostrich does that If I could
see nobody nobody could see me-and tried
to look as devout as If my mind had never
been off the service.
with my eyes still devoutly closed I
pinned that wretched hat in place, using
a hairpin because the hatptn was missing.
and feeling quite proud Of myself that I
had managed the affair so well.
when we stood up for the last hynn
I suddenly became conscious that all the
women In the congregation were staring
at me and trying hard not to smile. The
moment ! got outside I took that hat Off
and loked at it My dears, it wasn't my
hat at all. l had helped myself to little
Flossie Slocum's bright red sunshade
trimmed with %infantile white daisies-and'
me in black.'
A White Man With a Negro Woman
In the June American Magazine Ray
Stannard Baker tells more stories of race
difficulties in the south. He went to the
police court in Atlanta and sat on the
bench with the judge-so that he might
look into the faces of the prisoners and
hear all that was III Here Is one of Mr..
Bakers police court stories:
An old white man, much agitated and,
very pale, was brought before the Judge.
With him came a much younger, comedy
appearing woman. Both were well dressed
and looked respectable. AS they stood in
front Of the judges desk the old man
hung his head, but the woman looked up
with such an expression, fearless and
tragic, as I hope I shall not have to see
again. :
the charger asked the judge.
Adultery said the officer.
THE woman WINGED, the old man did not
look up.
THE judge glanced from one to the
other in surprise.
asked.
The woman said the officer, is a
niger"
''she was as white as / am. probably an
octoroon; I could not have distinguished
her from a white person and she deceived
even the experienced eye of the Judge.
Is that so?' asked the Judge.
The man continued to hang his head.
the woman looked ND; neither said a word.
It then came out that they had lived to-
gether as man and wife for many. years
and that they had children nearly grown.
Some nefghbor had complained and the
man and woman were arrested,
Is this all true?' asked the judge.
Neither said a word.
You can't marry under the Georgia
law said the Judge: TIL have to bind Won
over for trial in the county court
were led back 70 the prisoners,
rooms. "A few minutes later the bailifr came
out quickly and said to the Judge.
The old man has fallen in a faint
Not long afterward they half led, half
carried him out acrnsz the court room"
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Treating Him Like 4 Private.
Brighten Andrew s. Burt of the United
States army is an enthusiastic sportsman.
His hobby Is baseball. Prior to 1893. when
he became a ~brigadier, he was the COM
manding officer of a negro regiment OF
regular infantry. Each company had its
ball team and the colonel was an enthus-
tastic rooter at the games
4 One day a contest was on which was
.marred by the poor playing OF a member OF
one of the company teams. Burt, dis
gusted. volunteered to take the place Of
the incompetent. No one objected. AZ
the bat the colonel was given a base on
balls. He noted tina the men on the
coaching lines kept silent while he was
on the bases. and after he had made the
circuit he demonstrated
See here. he exclaimed, slipping ont
of his coat. 'iI'ye taken of my houlde
straps now and you fellows want to treat
me just as II ! was q private
Again Burt was at bat. He hit the hall
q nd afar ned for f7raf HEMSsNE4asI