102 THE RIGHT TO BE WELL BORN 



Solomon and the Queen of Sheba. These 

 black Jews have followed the ancient 

 usages and customs of the Jewish race from 

 the date of the Christian era ; they wander 

 about only intermarrying among them- 

 selves. 



I met one of these jet black specimens. 

 He had a poise, a refinement and an intel- 

 lectual development at least five hundred 

 years ahead of the negroes we have here. 

 His facial features showed he was Jewish. 

 Breeding did this. 



I knew Booker T. Washington well, and 

 felt sure that he must have white blood 

 from ancestors of ability. I went right 

 down into the country where he was born 

 and soon found that his real father was a 

 white man of old Virginia ancestry. When 

 Mr. Washington next came to New York, I 

 invited him to my home. I discussed 

 with him how the negro race should be ele- 

 vated and told him who his real father was. 

 He did not deny it and stated that a lady 

 relative of this gentleman had been very 

 kind to him in early life, and he supposed 

 that was the cause. 



