This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1913 edition. Excerpt: ... took you to, not long after your curls were cut off, first showed you the luxury Goin' to the Opry-House to-night? " of the sight of others' miseries (when they are feigned). It was in the old Melodeon Hall. That was before Judge Rodehaver built the Opry-House. All the comedy went by you, and you wondered and ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1913 edition. Excerpt: ... took you to, not long after your curls were cut off, first showed you the luxury Goin' to the Opry-House to-night? " of the sight of others' miseries (when they are feigned). It was in the old Melodeon Hall. That was before Judge Rodehaver built the Opry-House. All the comedy went by you, and you wondered and wondered what the folks were laughing at. But the afterpiece you understood. It showed how it would be away, 'way off in the future, in 1909, when the colored folks, so lately freed, would have the upper hand and would then give the white folks a taste of their own medicine. A lot of nig--Sh! How many times have I got to speak to you about that word? It's very low, and rude. Only Democrats say that--A lot of colored gentlemen were having a fine dinner, when in comes a poor white man all wrapped up in a quilt, his cold pink legs showing underneath. He begged them for something to eat. He couldn't have it. "What did you eat last?" " I had a peanut last week." Aw, the poor man! You felt so sorry for him. And just when you were wishing they would tell him to draw up and eat himself done, Bang! went a cannon or a pistol or something, and the curtain came down, shutting off the colored gentlemen, and the man threw off his quilt, and there he was all in pink tights and spangles, and dancing to the music. And coming home, your father explained to you that the man was only pretending. He wasn't really hungry. And then the pammer-ammer of " The Pilgrim's Progress" gave you an inkling of scenic effect. " Pilgrim's Progress" is (or was) a boys' book all full of fighting and adventures. It only had a few black and white pictures in it. The pammer-ammer was a whole, whole lot of colored pictures, big ones that they rolled past whenever the man clapped...
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