Evening capital and Maryland gazette., 1913-01-30
0LDClnFEDERATES
MAKE A GREAT HIT
j polk Miller and Assistants En-
ter.sin at High School.
say DOWN sOUF BEFO' DE WAH.
s..,, and Slofis, Graphically Told
Real Southern Dialect
Everybody Pleased.

re.a privilege, such as one Sell
-.-.- 90 hear the two "Old
.a4--q and their real darkey
.,atte JAS. night at the AnIapo
Hg5 School Mr.. Polk Miller
+Es friend from down the coun-
rrs delightful and II was no
4. n. --t time that many of
r-.se1t aw and heard a banjo
..si n.ass like "a niger even
.,gs was played by the Two
.flea.as Nr Miller remarking
ia. nobody but niggers and poor
-st, trasH-c0mmon white, ever
sye3 the banjo.
Wbeu one realizes the fact there
10. orIy two other men throughout
=. -outh. besides Mr.. Miller and
r.. Tom Booker. that can play the
.srgfn ths old Southern way, and
.sst The other two are in d soldiers
.ane one can appreciate what a
ra, lasl nights performance was.
rhsra was no program and che
n-.alta 1g whatever Mr. Miller
Bed them o. or whatever seemed to
.raa 10 them In the true negro
fashion. Supplying in many cases not
.rs their own words, but their own
melody. Mr.. Miller says that they
are "Hke niggers" and that's the
vas De wants them to sing, because
shaa they start TO sing like white
aas. De won't have them.
The first song was given by Mr..
NHer "Rua Nigger Run" and was
greeted with peals Of laughter. Then
te various versions of "Swanee
River the quartette joining in the
chorus 1T IS no use TO describe the
1giug Of these darkey melodies, as
hey have TO be heard to be appre-
4'tl Then came a piece sung en-
rely 5y the quartette, of which the
chorus was "Ye Shall Be Free" and
hen The Naming of the Firstborn
>n' Each song was preceded with
Humorous anecdotes of the antebel-
Era aays which showed the natural
With of be old-time iarkies.
= Want 20 BE In Dixie" which
they don't know how to spell" was
aeH enjoyed followed by a bass solo
The 0'd Sexton which was wonder
w.lg uUE. The quartette then sang
Won't You Come Along With Me-
when 10 was necessary for them to
4se q rest. as Mr. Miller said, they
cag't sing all night
Colonel Tom now played the
11I0, just like a niger" and sang
4 Little mo- Cider" which was
aoi.y aFpauded Indeed, il was al
nos. impossible to keep a straight
ase ' the whole evening. After the
iarkles again sang cold Virginia
H'ttown Mr. Miller gave Old
Tan Tucker as it was originally
sng while hundreds of 6arkies
'l,sei the corn and Joined in the
aa-us
The oIi time singing, remarked
ar Miller has entirely disappear
@ adding that, as soon as a darkey
Qsssd The Potomac. he started to
a.'a,e the white folks, ana related
many little iucideuces of c0lored peo-
.e who had gone North TO work or
lie brought out the fact that
old time mammits' and "Uncle
lens loved their home just ms all
>-'aerners do, and themselves feel
c2aiempt foT those who 20 back and
.'a from Washington to Philadel-
-s ana Baltimore and Boston. He
.''. mat one Of his boys" had gone
.Ns" 1orA ana gotten contaminated
y anHag The new songs. but as they
-'l'3 pretty good, hey might
one They gave Waddle Along"
. That Yellow Rag, " which real
l.a sound pretty good.
'3e negroes have d style all their
II o' suddenly singing in very