| Show colored society in maryland mary laud colored society has rules as strict as I 1 the laws of the medes and persians it is full of circles and each succeeding circle holds itself its if proudly above the one just below it A colored aristocrat is one of the most perfect pi pictures coures of conscious sr icus exclusiveness that the world lias has ever known these aristocrats copy the white folks closely and readily adopt any now link kink that fashion furnishes their social enteria entertainments crimen ts are arc leally eally i very expensive afra affairs irs aid the dressing is on a scale of ina magnificence niti cence with a plenitude 0 of f color and an amplitude of corsage bouquets that the tha queen of sheba envy alia youths try to rival one another iu in the size of and expanse of shirt bosom while the maidens affect white satin slippers and swans down fans the society events are arc always described at length in tile the weeley papers published by the colored men for the alie colored people these accounts are noted for their thorough originality and big adjectives baltimore cor new york times the atlanta in pursuing in its crusade against the pistol tot ill ing coward arrives at the remarkable conclusion that more pistols are carried by nort beners than by sou throns and even makes this startling allegation one peculiar feature of tile the hip pocket nuisance of the north is the great number of g girls eirls and women who always appear to have a pistol pi stol handy whenever an emergency arises arises |
