Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1922-01-25
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BARACABLbLE
CLASSBANQUEI
Representative B. G. Lowery
of Mississippi Deliv-
ers Address
MUSICAL PROGRAM
Thank All Who Helped to Make AT
fair a Success-Ofiicers of Class and
Executive Committee Given

Congressman B. G. Lowery, of Mis-
sissippi was the principal speaker be-
fore the two hundred members and
friends of the J. R. n. Curtin Me-
mortal Baraca Class, Of. the First Bap-
tist Church, who met last night in the
Westminster Building to celebrate the
seventh anniversary of that class.
After assembling in the Sunday
School room, those attending were
conducted to the dining room where
the feast was spread. Lined up be-
fore the tables and standing, silent
toast was observed in memory of the
deceased members of the class. The
invocation was then pronounced by
the Rev. DR.. E. B. Jackson, pastor
of the First Baptist Church, and the
feast began.
The banquet-a sumptlous one
was arranged under the supervision
of G. Raymond Gaines, and served by
the ladies of the church. The menu
was as follows; fruit, stuffed olives,
celery, waters, roast turkey, cold ham,
fried oysters, cranberry sauce, mixed
pickles cold slaw, reception rolls, po-
tato salad, saltines, orange ice, mixed
cakes, coffee and after r-dinner-mlnts.
Immediately following the supper
the program was carried out in the fol-
lowing order: violin solo, Alvin Fried
lander; Neutrality-suspicious. trio,
Messrs. Wells, Friedlander and Will
hanson; welcome address and intro
duction of Congressman B. G. Lowery,
of Mississippi, by the president of the
class and POSTMASTER /. s.. Carpenter
Address, Congressman 3. G. Lowery ;
piano duet, Mrs. EinWU0lf Nails and
Miss Ruby Bowman; humorous recita-
ton, Mrs. H. C. Clark; vocal solo, Mrs.
Walter Oliver, of Washington; Ha-
waiian music and humorous songs and
recitations, Messers Levin and Erwin,
Of Hyattsville, Md: recitation in
negro dialect, H. c. Clark; vocal solo,
Miss Susan E. Risheill; vocal solo,
Wallace Nelson; Duet, Miss Evelyn
Howard ad Miss Margaret Howard
vocal solo, Mr.. Clarence NJ. Wells.
! The benediction was then pronounced
by the teacher of the class, Norman L.
! Williamson.
| Congressman Lowery said / nthe be-
ginning of his address that he had
been asked to mix bit of philosophy
a bit of huQor and a bit of religion
into his speech. He explained that
this was no such hard matter as it
might seem, and that the requirement
of it was only to have been acquaint-
ed with the southern negro, for he
SAYS, they mix these things, uncon-
! sciously, in just the right proportions
His address throughout was of a
! humorous nature. lie cited incidents
with the southern negroes which were
at the same time witty, philosophical
and full of truth. His mastery of the
dialect was almost perfect.
One of his stories, which illustrated
the way in watch the negro may get
things bit mixed up, but at the same
time do much good, that particularly
struck the audience as funny, wa:
an old negro preacher in a reviva
meeting in one of the southern town:
swas talking along in Billy Sunday
kind of fashion, telling truths in ;
way in which they will be remember
ed. He was scoring them for thel
wrong doings and said, q tells you'll
dat you is all gwine to de bad. Purt!
soon you'll be wos'n old Jessubeli-
YOU know she tried to kill de Lo'd
profit. Well, one day she was a-sot
tin in de forf sto'y winder and VI
de street comes old Jehu drivi1
fuisly, and he sees hur and he says
seq. he. is dat Jessubell? and de-
sez, 1t am He sez, Fro her down
Dey does it. He sez, Fro her dow1
again Dey did. He sez, Fro he
down, yea, seventy times seven times
an also dev did. An when it was ODE
. de dogs dey come and licked her sore
and of what der. remained wa
pethered up-twelve baskets full. No,
I ak you'll breverin, whose wife WI
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