The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1891-05-10
GOSSIP OF THE GIRLS.
Alice Confdes to Dear Louise the
Goings On in Washington.

My DEAR LOUISE: In one of my recent let
ters ! mentioned the fact that Mrs. Cleveland
was one OF the most enthusiastic members of
the Jane Welcb historical class, which num-
bered seventy-fve, and had been established
during the winter in New York In my deep
ignorance ! jumped to the conclusion that
the class had been chrstened in memory of
the talented wife of Carlyle. have since had
q talk with New York friend who gave me
an interesting account of the origin of the
class aud it's founder. 1t is distinctly anti
Anglomaniac, and derives its name from its
originator, Miss Jane Paul Welch, of Buffalo,
n. Y. Miss Welch commenced her work as
newspaper woman. Deep down in her soul
was an enthusiastic and abiding love for
America and an intense veneration for its
wonderful history and the men and women
who made It. She saw with patriotic sorrow
the growing fondness among the we'll
placed and wealthy of everything English,
and the indifference shown in instructing the
young in the glorious deeds of American in
dependence. The inspiration came upon Miss
Welch to begin crusade in favor OF America
among her own daughters-to make them
realize that this is the greatest country on the
face Of the earth, that under no other gov
eminent In the world is the condition OF
women SO best. It filed Miss Welch's heart
with grief to see the little tots trotting around
with The names of English war ships lettered
on their sailor-hat ribbons, and they them
selves hearing distinctly English names. She
recognized that this was simply the fad of the
day, but, for all that, with the increasing i'm
migration to our shores, there was danger Of
the rising generation becoming donation
allied. so Miss Welch entered upon
the cult OF -4mericanism She lectured
or the Chautauqua platform, where she
was enthusiastically greeted. subsequently
che Of Of nf0
School, near Philadelphia. This is one of the
most fashionable educational institutions in
the country. OgontZ is the former palatial
residence and estate of Jay Cooke. In the
minds of her listeners she endeavoied to plant
her own patriotic love by a vivid description
of the great deeds of the fathers Of the coun-
try; for romance she told the story of La
Sale who took possession of New France in
the name of "Louis the Great, King Of France
and Navarro. The deeds of the sanity
Marquette were thrillingly portrayed by Miss
Welch. The memoirs of Mrs Adams and
Mrs. Madison were presented to the interest
of the listeners, and Miss Welcb always has
felt that she sowed good seed in this fashion
able school, Going to New York she found
an enthusiastic coadjutor in Mrs. Cleveland,
in whose luxurious drawing-room the pre-
liminary meeting was held and the first
New York class formed late in January.
The lectures were afterward delivered at
the Berkeley Lyceum to a fashionable class
numbering seventyive, among whom were
Mrs William c. Whitney, Mrs Dan Lamont,
Mrs. Chauncey M. Depew, and Mrs. Joseph FL.
Choate. With the Daughters of the Revolu-
tion in full and prosperous swing and wealthy
and prominent women of New York giving
time and study to American history instead of
the Almanach de Gotha, there is surely strong
indication of a revival ofinterest in American
ism We may hope that next winter in place
of Ibsen and Browning readings fashionable at
tentlon may be diverted to the glorious pages
of American history. Society is ruled and
shaped by womans influence: opinions and
tastes are formed in the home circle which are
ever after factors for good or evil. 1t is surely
great work for the woman of this age, in the
heyday of the country's peace and prosperity,
to plant the seeds of patriotism in the rising
generation of boys and girls.
Land of the West. beneath the Heaven
There's not u fairer, loyelier cline;
Nor one to which was ever given
destiny more high, sublime
Do you remember the part in ''The Master
of WoodbarroW' where the hero tries SO hard
to get on a friendly understanding with the
dunkey waiting on him at table, his awe of
him and his valet? That piece is true to ma
ture, and saw an exemplification of it lately
in the case of the son of respectable trades
man who has sunk the shop since his fathers
death, and has recently commenced, under
the guidance of wife and sister, to try to be
''swell," | know that man is afraid of his
big, solemn, stocratic-looking coachman,
who sports that acme of new peoples ambi-
tion--a cockade! saw and heard this common
place man with lots Of dollars giving directions
to his stunning coachman, and | know 1T
would have comforted his nmost soul to have
had look of human recognition from the
grand-looking automaton sitting up on the
box! And fell to musng on the superior
adaptabllity Of the feminine character, for
with precisely the same ''rdiSi1g'' and home
influences, the sister of this man is able to act
with her coachman and footman pretty much
as though she were used to it,
we nave been warned not to take our dogs
into the Soldiers Home grounds. Can you
believe it2-the men sneak up and shoot the
dogs without word OF warning. And they
are upheld in this by standing order for
bidding the running of dogs through the
grounds gentleman is mourning the loss
of 1ne setter that followed his carriage into
the driYeways. Before he was aware that
anything was wrong his valuable dog was
shot to death. The gentleman was informed
that the standing Older justified the act and
that his only redress was in a suit against the
soldier who fired the shot, In this city,
where the recent dog show brought out the
great sympathy existing between men and
dogs, it seems almost incredible that a death
trap for our fine animals should be tolerated
at our very gates III the exclusion of dogs
from the Home grounds be necessary it is
only right and just that the public be in
formed of the penalty of taking dogs inside
The doctors have filled the city since Tues
day, and all the large social affairs have been
in their honor. The first reception given them
was at the Arlington, in the new suite of rooms
From to ii on Wednesday evening DIR. and
Mrs. Hammond sumptuously entertained the
members of the American Medical Associa-
tion and their wives and families. Belcourt,
always SO luxurious and elegant, showed to
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