Blue-grass blade. [volume] (Lexington, Ky.) 188?-19??, 1908-06-07

the lady A few more times and their indig-
nation was reused to such pitch that violence
was threatened them unless they left town
instanter. which they did.
For a white woman to kiss negroes on the
lips is not a crime per Sc, and it must be
placed act that comes within the cat
egory of simple taste. If Mrs. Schuman pre-
ferred kissing negroes it her right and
privilege to indulge in the pastime to her
hearts content. If Mr.. Schuman wished to
kiss his wife Immediately thereafter and thus
get the aroma second handed, it was also his
privilege to do SO, and we seriously question
the right of any class of citizens to interfere
with them in the exercise thereof. We have
read, somewhere, or probably heard it
ported, that old woman once kissed a
COW as a mere matter of taste, and it may
be that Mrs. Schuman denied the priv
ilege of kissing white folks and being over
stocked with osculatory desires, some avenue
had to be found for her to let loose her pro-
pensities This kissing business is usually
claimed by the male preacher as a religious
prerogative but this is a rare case and Mrs.
Schuman will find it out to her cost,
probably. when it is too late.
\
Religious worship may be all right in its
place. and altogether permissible provided the
demonstrations made are not accompanied with
too much noise. For many years that religious
SidHS, VI SCHelhe, as the SalVatlOu
Army has been in the habit of holding street
meetings at which the most hideous noises
were manufactured. Musical Instruments and
big drums, to say nothing of tamborines in
the hands of amateurs, the footing of from
bones by persons who know not how to toot,
attempted singers who cannot sing, may please
god but it has not always pleased men and
women who are compelled, much against their
will, to hear it all 1t is known fact that in
many cities these Salvation Army meetings
have been ordered to make a change in loca-
ton, and now Lexington has joined the ranks
This city, fortunately unfortunately is
blessed, cursed, with two Salvation Armies
One is known the English organization and
owes its allegiance to General Booth, of Lon
they are able to collect to headquarters. The
other branch styles itself the American Or
ganization and is peculiarly at home in the
United States. The meetings held by each
have brought them into serious conflict The
police and the Mayor Of the City had to be
called upon to interfere The complaints made
were all over the collection of cash and not
concerned with the saving of souls. One COM
planned that the other trading upon its
name and collecting cash intended for the
other. A struggle would take place for loca-
ton, each desiring the most suitable for get
ting money. One of the choicest spots
directly in front of the Phoenix Hotel and the
each struggling to get in first on the ground
floor, and for hours each night the guests at
tha hotel wearied with the continual
beating Of the drums the blowing of horns
shaking and rafting tamborines and the like
At last, persistent did these religious fan
atics become that the hotel authorities were
compelled to order both to stay away and keep
clear of the hotel, basing such orders upon
complaints made by guests In some instances
the Salvation Army may be doing fairly good
work, and to the extent that one human being
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