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brella with It. while she continued her mis-
sionarY work with her left hand.


sionary work with her left hand.
1t is fair to presume that she was carried
away by the very excitement che created. She
has been here week. has been at the West
Hotel dining room. and at the Convention hall
day after day. There Is no more modest
woman than she has seemed: there nro few
prettier ones- She has been almost always
occupied by ladies. Sho is womanly to tho
last degree. and 1t is safo to say that to- night
she will wonder how it ever came about that
she forced herself to 80 remarkable and con-
spicuous position before tho entire Ameri-
can public.
Fifteen minutes Of veritable randemonium
had Dassed.with the cheering growing heavier
and wilder every moment with hats. umbrel-
las. rarasols handke rchiefs. and oven coats
cleavinG the noisy air. Then a man came to
Mrs. Lake with glass Of water. She had no
time to bother with water. She waved the
man away and continued to stir up
the crowd like a pretty witch performing an
Incarnation. Another man cnme and gave
her flag twice the size Of handker-
chief She took this and firted it up
and down with her left hand. and
ut the Same time she brought her right
arm back into service and waved her
umbrella with it. Some one also came bring
ing her large flag fastened to POLE She
dropped the smaller flag and waved the big
one. Standing there apparently calm amid
the wild frenzy and uproar Of people enough
to found a city. she seemed n political Joan
d'Arc summoning war and vctory-a Venus
unframed and masterful amid Vulcan forces.
Diagonally across tho aisle Mrs. John N.
Durston. standing beside Kate Field. opened a
great white umbrella decked with the name
OF Blaine and waved 1t over the Tutoring
mere Of handkerchieis and hats as IL she was
beating back q swarm Of white mlllnrs.
All this time and for twice as long
the babel continued. Opened umbrellas null
tiplied. Those now standing on their chairs
waved their hnndkerchicfs. and every variety
OF noise. except laughter and crying. issued
from tho lips OF the twelve regiments. Old
Gen. Malone. made conspicuous by his buff
waistcont. paced UP and down ono aisle. and
the Wicked Gibbs. shining up with perspira-
ton. dropped his hands with fatigue.
The bounding Bureigh OF Whitehall. thus
nicknamed by Depcw stopped waving his
handkerchief and used 1t to wipe his neck.
man on tho platform waved a crutch above
McKinlcys head. flags were torn from tho
front OF the gallery. and still Mrs. Lake egged
on tho fury without mercy.
The correspondents. standing In silence
with their watches In their hands. announced
to each other that fifteen minutes had
minute Mrs. Lake sat down. apparently tired.
but one minute later she arose again. and
Mrs. Hit. the daily companion OF ex-
Speaker Reed. arose with her. Reed got
up and waved his straw hat. Mrs. Lake
commenced her oxertons. but tho movements
OF her arms were feebler now. BurleIgh forced
his way to Reeds side and begged him to
speak for Blaine. loed shook his head. Bur-
leigh kept begging. and Reed kent shaking his
head. The character Of the cheering changed
to the old campaign chant OF Blaine Blaine.
James g. Blaine" Every man and woman
could SEQ that Mrs. Lake took vocal part in the
chorus. Long before this the cheering had
become mechanical 1t was purely an effort
against time: twas perfunctory: it was partly
in obedience to beautiful woman command.
and 1t was largely gallantry that dictated 1t.
This was evident. for when Mrs. Lake reap
peared after sitting down. great cheer went
up for her The band tried to play. but could
not make itself heard.
Some ono gave Mrs. Lake great star made
OF motto paper and framing Blaine's portrait
ha hal liyI, no har