The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1939-06-24
CLUB WOMEN RESENT
SLUR ON DOUGLASS
Continued from Page II

my parents had been such as Won met
with those who objected to Douglass
for the stamp honor.
having grown broader in my views,
thank God, l felt it was an opportu,
nifty for me to make retribution for
my dear parents, and myself. There
Iore' lovingly set about my task and
sent eight quotations of Douglass for
the committee to choose from. Again
TO my surprise, they used each one
so YOU can imagine | never had a
| nFouder moment when | made NV adj
dresS and unveiled the bust of Helen
FlttS Douglass; for l had seen the
GOODNESS in her as God desires we ali
Should see the goodness in each other
and instead of being just "white
woman" which is now so nauseatino
to all, she came into her true worth
and as | heard her spoken of nv one
OF her admirers Gust this past week.
as the beautiful" estimable wife of
Frederick Douglass.
trust this (if read by those who
refused you) may help them see her
true light and instead of castigatino.
her, see a moral in that one particular
marriage
When one follows Frederick DONG
lass from his birth in slavery througb
his childhood, to his awakening to his
true plight, one is amazed at his will
power to rise above it. 1t was the
""Wer that carried him to the Hottest
helghts, one of which was advisor to
the lmartyred President, Abraham
Lincoln, through many a serious
crisis. Douglass was one of the few
who watched the ebbing of that noble
lie caused by bullet of cowardlv
,SSaSsln' He continued to carry out
the policies of Lincoln with another
treat and good man whose diving hand
ne held, the late Charles Sumner and
vet ne hesltated not but forged on for
justice until God crowned him with an
earthly jewel he little dreamt of in
the person of Miss Helen Pitts. who
+@lt proud to bear his name and whom
n" lovingly called "The wife of NV old
zoe, the first one, "The wife of INV
youth" How beautiful! Could there
be anything more sublime? The
moral. as | see it, is that the "white'
Face that embittered his childhood and
made his task so arduous through life
provided him in his later Years with
one OF the best of their women
Helen Pitt" douglass. To her mem
orv, the black women of the country
who have vision" therefore, twill moi
perish" and are striving to carry out
the mandate of our blessed Lord
Love We one another" bow in LOVING
remembrance to her and what have
omitted the N.A.C.W. Clubs will be
pleased to tell you when they con.
'Hne IN Convention assembled in Svno.
"honv Hall July 21-29 and will. ]
trust, also rebuke the besmirching OF
the lllustrious name of DOUGLASS b1
T"eplng 1t off from stamps of his Gov
eminent, for God ordained thing. a,
punishment to his prosecutors. tn,
honorable marrying of a "whit,
woman"
Be sure, Mr.. Whaley. and attenc
the sessions and invite all those whit,
and black who dissented to the staml
that you so thoughtfully suggested
let them see the black woman of thu
country in her true light who own tn,
nome and estate of their beloved
Douglass. They may have a surpris,
IN store for all and whom our Govern
m!ent have made very happy by max
ing the estate "Anacostia" a shrin,
for not only now, but after years. 1
may also recall to their minds. Mr.
Whaley, that each of those wome,
have a vote and all of them do no
live in the section of this great Ma
ton, where black votes are never cast
but nevertheless counted for siniste
purposes.
DIR. M. CHAVATH SIMPSON.
Pub. chr. of the Convention