The Washington bee., 1911-01-28

| government clerkship. When he did
/ this he spoiled mighty fine future as
an educator, even if he has made a
good clerk. There amt a clerk. or
CHIEF, III ms office that's his equal in
/ mentality and education. The small
matter of color pigments III the skin,
or rather in the blood, however, has
! kept him back Had Lafayette been
a white man, with his ability and edu-
cation, he would have been away I'D
yonder in salary and dignity of posi-
ton. And at that Lafayette has more
seCOnd-hand-ClOthe dealer blood in his
veins than Aunt Jemima blood, for
one Of his forebearers was a descend
ant of Jacob, the son of Isaac and
Rebeka Everybody likes LAFAYETTE.
even those who dislike him. He's
always affable, and he always has
something to say 7yorth listening to.
II he would only see Nervo the
monk, and get sufficient nervine to
make him quit the government ser
vice, and get out in his rightful sphere,
he would make all Of his Niagara for
get-me-nots look like trailers that
have been hit by a limited express
tram at the crossing. One thing
about Lafayette Is, even if he disa-
grees with you he never abuses YOU,
and he's got so much Of that real
blood IN him that he never carries
stilletto to stab people in the dark.
You never catch Lafayette using
such a dirty thing as a spit-ball. He
may stammer a few lines, and he NAV
think Dubois is an embryotic Moses. |
and I'd Morris a Napoleon in fer
mentatIOn, but outside of that La
tayette Is eligible to sign in the big |
league, and if given half chance lie |
would soon be known as a Honus |
Wagner with Ty Cobb procliyities.
One thing we missed at the BethelI
meeting was hearing Miles c. AIa <
field talk. Discussion was cut off be-
tore Miles had a chance to peep, if /
he was there, and | suspect he was.
because he's a regular. Those Of us
who have attended Bethel know that
Miles IS the regular post-prandialI
speaker or discussiOnist. at everv
meeting. No matter what is the sub !.
lect under discussion, Miles is there
on both feet-and for long time, too,
and he rings in the changes on the II
Star Spangled Banner, and all the c. |,
A. K. boys who hung around the sut-l
ers tent back in OF to 65. He runs {
he Rebellion and My Country 'Tis 3
7t Thee in every speech he makes,
md makes the battles Of Fort Fisher. /
ort DOneison and Milliken's Bend .
1t in every discussion. The fact is, i
5ou can't floor the grand old man.
diles IS an intense race man. He {
buys everything that's cOlored. TheyI
ay he bought a coffee-pot once iustl
because the dealer said it was a coli
ored pot. When he got home he just
ound this INSCRIPTION on the bottom
.colored on the installment plan" 5
And books, well, all you have to DO J
o get him to buy, no matter what the d
tile or subject IS, Is just to tell him it I
; by cOlOred author, and immediate II
he dives into his jeans for the price il
)ne OF the inconsistencies about v
3rOther Maxheld is that he IS espe- 5
Tally partial TO short-haired cOlOred
'eOple, but you never see him in COM o
any with any but those whose hair, 0
Ike Ivory Soap, Floats" Brother T
laxheld will take the stump any time
n the defense Of a colOred woman
whose hair Clings to her skull in snail
Ike pinches that resemble mimic
alls, but he sees to it that he IS never 4
aught out with any but those who c
ave the long, wavy locks that floats" v
n the pillow. There are lot of freaks D
Tho attend Bethel meetings, in fact Z
ONE of them are more freaky than o
therwise, but when it comes to down n
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