Cayton's weekly. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1916-1921, 1918-12-28
MUST BE FUNNY

even when cOlOred man takes himself seri-
GUS and insists on others doing likewise,
yet he is laughed out of court and told, if
you do not laugh and joke you had better
move on. No employment, generally speak
ing, no favOrs one way or the other if you
can not laugh and dance for the amusement
Of the alleged superior class. He, on broad
principle, is the kings jester and must make
good If he expects any royal favor. l am
at a loss for words to explain why the white
person is so DESTROYS of having the colored
person amllse him or her when to do so is
at the common sense expense of the cOlOred
person, but it is so and thereby hangs many
amusing incidents in connection Herewith
"Oh | am just crazy to see a colored baby
and so are we chimed in half dozen others
and there being one in that particular house
IN which the above remarks were made, all
kinds OF schemes were cOncOcted to have
that baby put on exhibition Once when
one Of the baby's family was carrying it
through the hall bunch of women went
perfectly wild to see it and it was just too
cute for anything. There was no more
about that half black and white baby to
attract ones attention than the average
white baby and yet it seemed an object of
great curiosity. Oh, there is coored baby,
exclaimed white woman of the underworld
and with her five others made a mad rush
for it. They in turn Rugged and kissed it
and went through other INSTALLATIONS with
it while the mother, almost horror stricken,
gazed at them without being able to protest
The women explained to the mother that
the colored baby would give them luck, but
in order to get the luck, they each left SIS
to dress the baby up
A little colored boy in company with
bunch Of white boys of like age strol1ed into
a work shop at the noon hour Nothing was
said to any of the boys until the coIored
boy was sped, whereupon all exclaimed,
Hello, Sambo can you dance? Get out
there, and by that time the men had formed
circle about him and, Sing song and
cut the pigeon wing and we will give you
dollar, but the boy was not of the funny
kind and looked bewildered. From money
standpoint his parents were better fixed than
the parents Of any of his playmates 1t was
some little time before the little colored boy
caught on and then he offered to fight the
entire bunch of men. They all denied the
accusation when the father inquired into the
affair." A case of eff the coon will not be
a monkey for the love Of it then pay him
to be-" Amt it funny.
a lone colored boy was fortunate to get
into a summer working camp with some
sixty white boys No, neither the boys nor
any of the bosses ever asked me to dance or
act any different than the other boys, but the
foreman over all the first week we were there
would always tell me to sweep the floor,
to run on errands or do all the bidding
work about the camps. | got tired of hav-
ing to act different than the other boys and
[ turned to the boss and asked, Why do you
always put me to doing this kind of work?
Why, because I have always heard that col
ored boys and men were looking for easy
jobs. Well, [ am no janitor and I want to
do the same kind Of work as the other boys
do or to home I 60. The foreman accommo-
dated him to the fullest extent and the
colored boy made so good that the superin-
tendent said to him on the verge of his leay-