[Washington Star]; Baltimore Afro-American Ledger, July 11, 1903

Children at the circus,
   Children in the street;
Children in their tattered clothes
   And children fine and neat.
Children in the country,
   And children in the flat,
Gaunt and hungry little ones,
   And children fair and fat.

Children shy and gentle,
   Children full of play;
Children who have home and love,
   And children cast away.
See the mighty army,
   Come from every side! 
Who is apprehensive
  Of racial suicide?