The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-07-19
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Belle OF The Sixties
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SsRy MARTHA Nice uLLoUGH-WiL,
S LIAM
sfcT~$E bIckwheat cake was in
her eye. de tear was in
her mouf, 5;
Says 4. Susanna, don't you cry.
I'm; comm $frum de# souf-
80, Susanna, don't you cry fer me.
I'm just frum Alabama wild my
5si banjo on my knee
Billy sang the old mintrel mel
:aody In strong rough bass, as he
sDlunged down the wide ancestTa.
stair with the banjo he had re-
t-eyed sin@ the big garrett. ow |
Il dare@you to saysT shan't go to the
hcostuma ball, Mary.quite-con
#heghaH chented to his cousin. Ma
S#rxon. who laugh led, though sac want
ed to sigh, and shook her head, say
sing: Impossible, Bi1libin! You
%Sslothes-not with a. search warrant
5andga microscope-and time to go
Through every cabin in the coun-
fry, &c
Fl ow COM ~ from Bi1likin
WAR n cotton from Mistress
Mary 81 ii made the darkies the
ealaswe1l dressers. Ned. mammy's
sold lest grand son, bought himself a
sseVen-d o1lar silk shirt every Satur-
In full panoply he was
:gaSrtot- and all the rest are like
3 :ssghy. that ought to help. Billi-
must equal anything that went be-
fore
ou don't know anything" Ma
Il don't know much,
m Mrs. Solomon compared to
you. Listen-hard Paddy Solo
mon was our grandpa's valet. He
died at ninety odd and was buried
Unreal Sunday-go-to-meeti clothes
such as you need and can't hope
find. n
hat sort r. Billy dem anded. Ell
The accumulation#of nearly
century" Marion answered One
ofsgreat-grandpa's ruffled shirts
gfnest linen-cambric ruffled, and
laYelyet, scarlet embroidered; his
sEcoat bright blue broadcloth with
ssbrass buttons as bright as gold,
and q collar that rose up to his
ears He had nankin small
#clothes silver-buckled, buckled
shoes, too, but his long stockings
NWere&home knit, Of red, white and
blue yarn, in broad stripes. Nam
my had knit them herself; said
SsheY cou1dn't .ba'ar to think about
her OleSMan stannin' up at jedge-
&ment wild dest hem holey silk
OBJ Ole Marster ter keep
gdeSrheuma tiz outen his POI legs
They poiled the picture, but ut
INA kes me aim lost cry to think Of
them. m IA
sGg sssSstt..And they buried all that
sthings@I need SO terribly!''s Billy
But say, 'Trary
Mary, oaxingly, nobody else
KNOWS sthe real thing Can't L
beg; borrow, buy or steal an out
sit rom some body on the planta-
stf on=--one full of crumples and
cling OF cinnamon drops?''
ssuch an outf t. t, ~ Marion said de-
scidedly- IF you wanted to go
white, why you'd have truck
sl8ad OF finery thrust on you. We
ssEhnd Well with our black folks
W Ashleys-they stand by u.s.,
@and for US, because we have all
along done the same thing for.
them. But in blackface-why, a
scomplexion that rubs off is ruin
Gus. What a pity you can't bor-
Srowsaa complexion along with all
IASA Ou4u W LA Tie pl1Lc
especia1ly if you did cake
wal k,
IL go someh ow-bound to-
9kkIny protested. See If I don't
#GomeS with me back to the garrett;
There must be some clothes left
ssupsi4 all those big chests and
and bureau drawers
How ignorant you are! But,
then, you got your growth up
sSNorth,1n's Marion commented,
you'd know that real
Equality white folks-we'll say the.
kept clothes after
fthey$s:were through wearing them
st ey went to the cabins just as
the leftover victuals went out to
the kitchen. Nanny always i'm
pressed it upon us that keeping
oId8c1othes was a real poor-white
habit. She had for her burying
sSclothes granny's blue brocade,
and French bridal bon-
met don't grudge anything but
IL N4gslace-it was real Chantilly.'.
sshs1 see .5'$.I M learning "a heap this
Billy answered, looking
about the big room, from whose