Reminiscences
Continued from Page One
sibilitk of heroism in the race
‘The highest is the measure of th<
man” was said by a white man anc
is accepte for white men. It shoulc
also De accepted for the Negro.
Ours was an abolition family. My
grandmother on my mother’s side
came from Brooklyn. Connecticut
where, as a young girl, she was un
der the preaching of Samuei J
May He nelped her to the highest
ideals. I was with her when she
died and heard her in her last words
repeat his benediction: ‘Help us t:
be more pure and holy, more de
vout and thankful, more heartily
inclinca to every go- ' v. ork." His
good works 'nrluded complete de
tion to the anti-slavery caus-. His
disciple ./as not an aggressive wom
an, but she went to anti-slavery
meetings and to’.d me of the mobs
she had encountered. I was a sym -
pathetic listener.
My father left Plymouth Church
because Oeecher had dealings with
the foreign missionary association
that in turn ha dealings with the
slavelio.der. That is as I remember
it. He oined the Unitarian Church,
in whicv> my mother had been rear
ed and sat under Samuel Longfel
low, whose abohvio-ism was of the
strictest brand. And the minister,
V -in White Cnadwick, who came
to our little Unitar'an Church
shortly after I was born, was always
a radical on the Negro question. He
used to lecture on some of the great
Americans and taught us to despise
Daniel Webster for his Fourth of
March speech and Henry Clay for
his continual compromising. George
Williams Curtis often lectured for
us, and I can remember his de
scription of how “Henry Clay, com
promise incarnate, left the Senate
when Charles Sumner, conscience
incarnate, entered it.” Garrison
was a personal friend of my grand
“REMINISCENCES,
OR GOING BACK
40 YEARS”
by
MARY WHITE OVINGTON
' One of the founders of the N.A.
! A.C.P., and for many years a di
rector, treasurer, president and
chairman of the board.
Back in 1890 she heard Freder
ick Douglass speak in Beecher's
Meeting House in Brooklyn.
She was in the midst of the
great Booker Washington-W. E.
B. DuBois controversy that re
sulted in the Niagara Movement
and the National Association for
the Advancement of Colored
People.
Then there was the Cosmopoli
tan Club dinner, New York's first
interracial affair at Peck's Res
taurant, which created as much
furor in the Southern press as
Booker Washington's dining at the
White House.
j "Reminiscences” answers the
i question, why does this white
woman take up the Negro's
cause?
BEGINNING THIS WEEK
MARY WHITE OVrNGTON'S
“REMINISCENCES"
mother this wife came from Brook
lyn, Connecticut) and was my
childhood’s greatest hero, with
Robert Bruce as a close second. I
knew how he was Jrr jged through
the streets of Boston by the mob.
We spent our summers in the
country, at quiet places, usually on
a hilltop. I had a passion for the
starlight. Evenings were nevei a
problem, for if nothing was going
on at the little boarding house,
t ’ere was always the open road and
the stars. The few horse-drawn
vehicles that went by were negli
gible. So I could study the con
stellations undisturbed. Emerson
said: “If the stars ; -ould appear
one night in a thousand years how
men would worship and adore and
preserve for generations the mem
ory of the City of God that had
been sho .” For three months this
City of Gcd was spread before me
save for the nigh.s when it was
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CAMERA CLICKS TOO SLOW FOR CHOCOLATE’S
MIT—The Keed is shown giving Steve Smith (white)
iii^A e man ciiuugn ill a llgnt
at Boston recently. Choco
late’s right is moving so
fast that the camera failed
to record its position. Note
Steve’s distressed look.
slotted out by the rain.
The North star I cared for most.
It embodied heroism. I saw the
slave creep through the swamp, his
:lotnes ragged, his feet tire. I saw
dim reach Canada, i always felt
ishamed that complete safety only
;jme outside the borders of the
United States.
I was a happy, he',lthy child,
olaying hard and enjoying school
;o the utmost. I was taught by a
family of great teachers. But be
ns sensitive, this abolition teach
ing made a deep impression upon
me. However, I never thought f
joing out into action. The eco
nomic depression of reconstruct 1,
like the economic depression tod -
monopolized men’s emotions. At
borne I never heard of any work
for the emancipated slave. Even
my minister took little interest in
Negro education. Slaver was end
?d. That was the great point. The
thirteenth, fourteenth and fifteenth
amendments had been passed. The
Negro was free and a citizen. These
iwo facts cast everything else in
the shade. So when, after a leis
urely private school education, two
years at Rndcliffe College, and .liree
years of what we called “going into
cociety,” I ; lrned to e: my living,
I never thought of the Negro. In
stead. I went among white working
class peor’e a 1 started a settle
ment in my own city.. But that’s a
Cory foi another chapter.
(To be Continued)
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Household Hints
Always put laces and other dainty
pieces of laundry inside of a bag
when laundering. These pieces are
seldom very dirty and should not be
rubbed hard. Putting them in the
bag will help keep them.
* * *
There are certain meats that
should be limited or avoided in the
diet of the small child. These are:
ham, bacon, pork, kidney, sausage
liver, or dried and salt meats.
* w *
Mustard can be removed from
linen by boiling in water, in which
washing soda, (a teaspoonful to one
quart of water! has been dissolved.
After boiling, rub until the stains
disappear.
IN BALTIMORE— Charles
3. Morris, Bluefield, W.Va.,
professor
Look and Learn
What is the most used let
ter in the English language?
ANSWER
The letter “e.”
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How Can I?
How can I preserve a new
clothesline?
ANSWER
A new clothesline should be boil
ed for about thirty minutes before
using it. This prevents stretching
It will not tangle readily and will
last much longer.
Embarrassing
Moments
Send your Embarrassing Moment
to the Editor and it will be
published.
MISPLACED
I went to the grocer’s, and, after
making my purchases, started for
the door, with my arms full of
bundles. Then I missed my um
brella, and went back to the clerk
to ask him if he had seen it. He
laughed and said: ’’ThCTe it is—
hanging on your arm!”
IT CAME BACK
As I could not decide exactly
what to give a friend of mine as a
wedding gift, I sent her a check,
with a note asking her to buy some
thing. A few days later, she ro’.e
to me, saying my check had been
returned by the bank, as I had
dated one month ahead!
Bright Sayings
of the Children
What Do Yours Say?
Send them to us and they
will be published.
Mae was crying. Her kitty had
strayed away. Brother came up and
put his arm around her. “Aw, your
cat will come back. Don’t you think
it has enough sense to look at the
house numbers?” R. E. K.
My little nephew, aged 4, climbed
upon his uncle’s lap all the while
giving said uncle, who is slightly
bald, the once over. When he was
comfortably seated, he said, “Why
have you got so much forehead?”
M. M. M. '
My little brother is spending the
Summer at an ocean resort. I re
ceived a card from him, which read:
“We are staying at a hotel which
is right across from the ocean!”
I took my young son for a long
walk. Suddenly, he observed that
none of the buildings and houses
looked familiar. Bewildered, he .
turned to me and said:
“I don’t see our house anywhere.
It must be lost!" JOHNNIB
After havin; a birthday party for
my 3-year-od nephew, I thought I’d
take him for a walk before bed
time.
We met a friend who said, “Happy
birthday, Sonnie.” Much surprised,
he answered, “O, I had my birth
day at home.” J. G.
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WAKE UP YOUR
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WITHOUT CALOMEL
And You’ll Jump Out of Bed in
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If you fed sour and sunk and the world
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mineral water, oil, laxative candy or chewing
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For they can’t do it. They only move the
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