Woman's chronicle. (Little Rock, Ark.) 1888-1???, 1890-06-07
OUR NEW YORK LETTER.
NEW YORK, May 81, 1890.

Ealtor Woman's Chronicle:
Again Memorial Day is past Columbia has put
her crepe bonnet back in the bandbox; the war
veterans have felt a hard lump well up in the
throat and dropped tear for memorys sake; the
national ordnance has been dragged out and fired
off; the war widows have lived over the sad past,
the present day politicians have examined the So
called sbloody shirt" and waved it with the cour-
arge of the barking dog within the garden fence
and the old Ratchet which time would fam corrode
and blemish as seems fit has been dug up again,
has been polished and sharpened, and then buried
again, and the only real, peaceful participants in
the occasion were the silent seepers over whose
heads have been planted flags and garlands to do
their memory honor. Sad indeed it seems that
politics must take advantage Of the fire to cook
unsavory BROTH sad that one day in the year set
aside for the nations dead shall be desecrated by
any unholy thought.
But it must be that offenses come There will
always be people to stir up strife; there will al
ways be some one to hate and some who love to
be hated
There is still type of American who hates the
British. He doesn't exactly understand the abb
normal uprising within his breast, but he is spoil
ing to hate somebody so by all means let it be
the British. He thinks it is patriotism surging
within his breast, but isn't it is only antagonsm
And while the grand old heroes of the Blue and
Gray clasp hands over regretted past, the petty
political antagonist pows up the earth and fancies
he is filling the roll of Patrick Henry.
In New York the corner stone of the Memorial
Arch was laid at the junction of Fifth Avenue and
Broadway with appropriate ceremonies and at
Gen. Grants tomb appropriate ceremonies were
held. Three United States men-of-War were sta
toned in the Hudson River opposite the tomb
and impressive firing of minute guns and booming
of cannon attended the ceremonies. The floral
decorations were elaborate. A large tablet in
scrbed "Chlna's Tribute represented the only
coincidence of foreign land. The New York Mail
and Express also was on hand with literally 1.-THE
Mail and Express" to do honor to the sleeping
cheftain.
This journal has done more seething and foam
ing over the Confederate flags at Richmond than
all the papers in the United States put together.
So it was on hand to advertise itself on this occa-
sion. Standing by the side Of the entrance to the
vault was huge tablet in green, with the touching
inscription ''The Mail and Express" done in i'm
mortelles. 1t seemed very much like sending
floral pillow to your bereaved friends with your
own name inscribed thereon. This pious publica-
ton should have furnished handkerchiefs to the
crowd to dry their tears that flowed on reading
their soul grieved sentiments.
Your correspondent knows one woman-one who
lacks not for patriotism either and has viewed
decoration day from the North and from the South
who thinks this country were better off without
day which seems to be nought but an occasion
for the probing of an old wound which time would
fain heal But the hand of this kindly healer of
all ills is rudely thrust aside each year, the wound
is opened up afresh, and the flower of forgetful-
ness, which would fain grow DER the graves, like
the grass, is moved down and we become apostles
of gloom for day, and then fancy we have done
honor to the dead. There is great deal Of SEN
tment, great deal of venom, and very few
tears, and we await another Decoration Day.
One of the finest institutions in New York City
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