Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1913-06-15
AN UNJUST REFLECTION

appeared a drawing which was di- rect reflection upon the women Of the South. Not only did it grossly mis- represent their culture and refine ment but il breathed Q most invidious comparison with women Of the black race. The sketches and the words which accompanied them were of double-distilled venom because they purDorted 10 be humorous. 1 II is to be regretted that the cartoon cannot be reproduced in these colums that the people Of a Southern city may know the colossal calumny which has been heaped upon their daugh- ters.
 l glimmering Of the hideousness Of the islander may be had from the fol- lowing brief description.
 Tags is a baby. In each days cartoon he appears in a basket on the doorstep Of residence only to howl 10 be taken in. 10 find that if is not the home he wants and to flee. re- suming his journey, because, as We are parenthetically informed home is where the heart is, and unless Tags can put his heart into a home. he will not be satisfied"
 Tn this particular offense against the standards Of humor and a mans patience. Tags is discovered on the doorstep by woman, yelled and gloved, who is made to exclaim: '-Fo' Lan' sake. Nah goodness, Stakes alive. Bless yo' lil' ole heawt."
 She carries him into the house. cooing: Lii honey lam'-you's shoI jes what ah's always been a-longin'I fo.'
 Whilst Tags, in an aside: "J'm in the wrong house again."
 Then while her back is turned and she calls: Sam. Oh Sam, Come yeah honey an see what Tall got you. Lil' babe in basket"
 Tags slips out the window, re- marking: She probably couldn't sec thru her veil what color l am
 The elimax-yeil raised, disclosing white woman who is made to say Why he's gone. Someone's taken him. He was heah jes minute ago. lAn artist so entirely faithful to de- tail and so thoroughly consistent should not have overlooked the oppor- tunity of using has took instead of the perfect participle).
 Sam, who has appeared on the scene in the stage guise of Kentucky Col- onel, drawls: "Shucks, Cynthy-you all's tryin' to hoax me-you all nevah toted no babe in heah.''
 English as it is spoken ill the South.
 A comic supplement distorton of the dainty diction and musical murmur ings which fall from your lips, Mad am, and yours, Miss Lady.
 And most astounding, too, this ar tist is a woman-Claire Victor Dwig gins, for whose work the writer has had naught but praise until this un fortunate effort got into public prints. Her School Days which appeared sheet of the Columbus Despatch was commendable in that it was different from the usual Sunday comic-clevc- ly executed, and it's humor refresh ing, wholesome and unhurtful One of her earlier efforts, little volume of illustrated toasts, was a very bright and sprightly bit, as l recall it.
 It is no less surprising that suc:s an anomalous representation of the Southern manner of speech should ap pear in the Post-Dispatch, for among the readers of this paper are many Southerners. Had it been the New York Evening Post, under the old management, it could be accounted a manifestation of sectional hatred.
 As it is, it can only be reckoned as an editorial oversight and the result of monumental lack of information on the part of the artist. And under the. circumstances, one can not take the course one would take were the artist man. One can only recommend that she visit the 1 South and find out for herself that 1 it's women do not talk like 'yaller
 gals that they speak the language
 without perversion, and more clearly
 and musically than it is spoken in any
 part of this broad land.
 Furthermore, the speeches, above quoted. are totally unlike negro dia-