The Walls of Jericho by Rudolph Fisher

The comments of the occupants of nearby boxes would have been illuminating to J. Pennington Potter's party, the box, for example, containing Cornelia Bond's guests. Among these were young Dr. and Mrs. Peter Long, Mrs. Hermie Boston, Conrad White, who was a writer of stories about Negroes, and Betty Brown, his fiancée. Miss Cramp would have found their comments vulgar, unforgivable of Con and Betty, who had a way of forgetting all about the fact that they were white. J. Pennington Potter would have classed them as "Preposterous! " Dunn would have taken notes and written an editorial on the passing of Nordic supremacy. Merrit would have chuckled inwardly with glee.

"Who's the scrawny neophyte with the J. Pop-eyed Potters? " from the reputedly wealthy Cornelia, who was tall and regal in bearing and thoroughly, beautifully Ethiopian in appearance.