The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-03-01
MISS FLORENCE BALGARNrE.

spent a pleasant hour the other day
with Miss Florence Balgarnie, who has been
| in attendance on the sessions OF the Woman's
National Council at Washington as the
delegate of the Womens Liberal Fedora
| ton OF England, of which Mrs. Gladstone
| is president. Miss Balgarnie Is vigorous,
rosy~cheeked, bright~eyed Englishwoman
with a simple, unaffected cordially Of
speech and manner and merry, contagious
smile. She pushes her brown hair Off her
forehead in soft pompadour rolls, she looks
straight at you and she talks with frankness
and Vitality.
Mis- Balgarnie Is at the head of the or
g0nized movement for woman suffrage in
England, and she is the bearer of addresses
Of congratulation from various English wo-
mems associations to the women Of Wyo-
ming on their possession Of the ballot under
the state constitution. She says woman
suffrage will MAKE no progress In Great
Britain until parliament has a breathing
spell in that day, not apparently close at
hand, when We have got home rule for
Ireland"
She thinks women reporters are multiply
ing 30 rapidly in London that 1t has almost
ceased to be Legitimate for a foreigner to ex-
press surprise at being interviewed in this
country by women. Like every true
daughter of Britain who ever crossed the
Atlantic ferry she feels as If plunged into
Turkish BATH in your hot American houses"
but unlike most Brit0ns she finds American
women not only more vivaeious tuan their
cousins, but on an average, as clear If skin
and strong and healthy looking.
SHE WOULD GIVE 81
heard little story the other day which
was said TO illustrate difference between
men and women; of that be you the judges.
There was delivered over to the tender mer-
cies Of q fine, brown-eysd customs INSPECT
ress a woman suspected Of smuggling, on
whose person, indeed, examination brought
to light silk enough for dress or two. and
no one will ever know why she thought it
necessary to conceal these-S300 In gold
pieces The culprit was overwhelmed with
modification.
"You won't expose me" she begged; "you
won't give my namep
The inspectress folded up the silk and said
nothing.
'For the love of heaven, you won't let It
60 into the papersp
Tho inspectress did not answer.
81 beseech you, / implors you" here she
cast herself upon the neck Of the inspectregs
"be merciful. will give you anything you
ASH, I'll give you all have on earth, I'll give
you dollarW
And where does the man como mi o,
nowhere, except that in the opinion OF the
inspeetress mau affected to such anguish
would have offered the $780,
1t il a more difficult matter for a woman
to conceal anything about her than It was
in the days Of the late lamented hustle
here one is tempted to allude to the hoop
skirt rumor-and this has Iightened greatly
the labors of the iuspectresses, who are nov
only searchers of the person; yet as they
stand at the gang plank watching pesaen-
gers come ashore there chances now and
then to one Of them something Of interest.
"Have you smuggled anythingg' asked
briRht-eyed, excitable little creature
bundled up in furs, Of the woman who stood
next her on the dock the other morning.
"No.n
"Well. have and do wish were out
of hsre.n
A little pause and then, "What is itY'
'It's just the loveliest lace wrap that ever
wac, aud | can't keep my eyes Off it single
minute am so afraid somebody will get
hold of it,
You mean an inspector ~
Eyes; its In that gentleman's trunk over
there, done up in his steamer blankets. /
do so hope shall get it through
well, am cory you told me about it,
for
''What n A start, a throwing up Of the
hands and then, YOU'RE not--have / been
talking to one of those dreadful creatures ~
And the wrap paid duty-hysterically.