The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-08-05
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ments that ever encountered. In his
cable enterprises Mr.. Field earned the
| friendship and good will of SO many
Englishmen that great many people
were half inclined to believe him un-
American in his feelings and sentiments.
| This was not the case Mr.. Field was
| grateful to the noble Englishmen who
had testified to their faith in him. That
was all. One phase Of this information
al friendship brought upon Mr.. Field at
one time much odium. His friend,
Dean Stanley, of Westminster abbey,
| filed him with the sentimental idea
that Major Andre, the unfortunate
young officer who sacrificed his life in
the Benedict Arnold episode, was en-
titled to monument on the spet where
he was captured by the three American
cowboys, near Tarrytown. Mr.. Field
very properly set up stone to COM
memorate the historic spot, but some of
his idiotic, and by no means patriotic,
fellow citizens in the neighborhood ex-
pressed their dissent by blowing it up.
This affair drew upon Mr.. Field great
deal of unpleasant criticism, but
truer, more sincere and more loyal
American never lived than Cyrus w.
Field. New York city is not much
given to monuments and less given to
anything that is purely sentimental,
but trust that there is enough civic
pride left here to secure for MIR. Field
in some one of our parks the statue he
SO richly deserves.
THE CHRISTIAN ENDEAvoR INCIDENT.
New York has just emerged from a
strange experience. Never before in
the history of the metropolis have 3d.
600 members of a religious organization,
mostly females, swooped down upon it
like SO many spirits from a better
world Only those closely in touch with
religious affairs had any idea of the
numerical strength of the Christian En-
deavor society. A new organization Of
religious workers, the general public
was not prepared to hear that it num-
bered over ], ZOO, 900 members, and was
represented by fourishing branches in
almost every civilized country. Yet
that is the Christian Endeavor society
which DIR. Francis E. Clark organized
up in Portland, Me-, in 1881. Includ-
ing those who came along with the
Endeavorers, to avail themselves of the
low fares on the railroads, not less than
$4,000 strangers were in New York dur
ing the week of their meeting in Mad
ison Square garden. Fifty thousand
people make a very respectable
city in the matter of popula-
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sion on New York. Had it not been
that all the members wore badges con-
spicuously displayed, and thus compelled
attention, they would not have been OBJ
served in the great throngs which
crowd the streets and the surface and
elevated roads. There was something
in their dress and general bearing
which marked them as strangers And
even casual observer was obliged to
take notice of the presence of foreign
element in the parlors of the big hotels.
Probably New York was never better
inspected than it was by these sight
seers. Part of their business here was
to see the city, and every minute of
their time possible was given up to
that instructive pleasure. They
crowded the big stores and stock ex-
change, the art museum, the galleries,
the churches, and not few of them
took furtive chances at the worldly art
treasures in the Hoffman house bar.
They took pleasure rides up the Hudson
to West Point and down the bay to
Coney Island, where the elephant
disports upon the beach. Many of
them from the interior donned
bathing suits for the first time and
took plunge in the insipid surf, such
as Coney Island affords. l mention it
at this point-but the observing report
ers had noted the phenomenon before
the Christian ladies had reached the
beach-that only few of them were
remarkable for their personal charms
Taking them as an entirety, they
lacked in rather notable degree the
quality of attractiveness of Chaucer's
lady whom he discovered piercing all
hearts with her pulchritude." This was
the verdict of the reporters who, it
must be confessed, had superior oppor-
tunities during the series of meetings
for taking notes as to the personal love
illness of the visitors. At the same
time, there were exceptions to the rule
if the reporters were not mistaken
about this being the rule-for there
were many handsome ladies among the
members who participated in the great
musical meetings in Madison Square
garden.
However, one could NOS neIp but note
the contrast between these audiences
and those, for example, which turned
out at the same place to witness the
horse show, or even the circus early in
the season. A comparison of the kind
must satisfy New Yorker that the
ladies here are not perhaps surpassed
in beauty, and certainly not in style, by
those of any other country in the world.
1t should be said for the Christian En-
deavor girls that they did not come here
on dress parade. They came for hard
and earnest work and were CARRIED ac-
cordingly. Most of them wore their
travelling gowns, and, if they did not
present the appearance of persons ar
rayed for Ward McAllister ball, they
were dressed neatly and appropriately.
And best of all. they were thoroughly
American, both in their appearance and
department. We witnessed their COM
ing in surprise, and. after week of
their agreeable society, we babe them
good-by with regret. We can well felici-
tate Montreal in securing these people
for next year, and Cleveland for secur-
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