Show HAD TO JOIN THE PARADE Colored Taxicab Driver Was W. There But Rut Couldn't Be He Said to Have Enjoyed It There was waa o a Ku En Klux Klan Elan parade over In Virginia recently in which some colored men took an active and wholly unasked for part Colored Colore people like parades but Judging from the story of that colored lored taxicab er er that Is 18 still one kind of parade they will willingly mIB miss rales This driver was approached on the street by a group of well dressed men who hired him to take tako them over into Virginia The c car r went over the streets end over the roads 11 and into the country After Atter awhile the cars seemed to thicken More fore and more cars calS were encountered At last the tho taxi came cam cameto cameto to a fork In the road Ahead was a abright abright bright light Time TIle cars contained the strangest looking persons person all garbed garbe In white rob robes s. s with long pointed bat hats Boss exclaimed the colored driver ri looking ahead at the figures I III guess I cant can't take yo yo no farther tonight Look at dem ilem Ku Klux I 1 Turning around to personally protest protest protest pro pro- test to his fares his eyes were greeted b by the tIle sight of ten eyes peering at him biro from tram behind white cloth while white the white gowns seemed to fill fiU the entire car The fares had quickly slipped on robes and nd were vere all ready to participate participate pate In the parade Much Mach against his will the colored taxi man was prevailed pre pro upon to continue and thus become be come a participant nt in the parade Washington Star |