The Russellville Democrat. [volume] (Russellville, Ark.) 1875-1898, 1893-06-08
MRS. EAGLE Is ANGRY. F."
The Chicago Tribune Uses This For a
Headline June 1.
ABOUT KATE FIELD.
Mrs. Eagle Was Opposed to Sunday
Openings and Was Fighting
for the Right.

The Chicago Tribune, of June /,
in its report of proceedings in the
Woman's Building, says; "Mrs.
James p. Eagle, of Arkansas, the
blue ribbons in her big black hat
bris5ling with suppressed indigna
ton and her eyes flashing ominous.
ly, stepped from her position on the
platform to the table where reporters
sat at the close of Miss Kate Fields
address at the Woman's Building
yesterday morning. She took all that
trouble just to make few remarks to
the representatives of the press. In
the course of Miss Fields talk an
apple Of discord had been thrown
into the midst of an otherwise
peaceable gathering by the intro
duction of the Sunday closing
question. 1t came in the form of
suggestion from woman in the audi
ence as to the best method of popular
izing the fair. Miss Field was in
no way responsible for it, nor the
enthusiastic Sunday opening spirit
evinced by the audience. But Mrs.
Eagle did not stop to consider this.
She had things to say and she pro-
ceeded to unburden her mind.
81 want to ask personal favor"
she began, "tbat you reporters keep
out of the papers all mention of this
unpleasant Sunday opening epi-
sode.
Somebody venturea a mild protest
aud pointed out the fact that vera
cious account of the proceedings
must necessarily include the Incl
dent.
40, l don't mean to have you ig
more it completely" explained Mrs.
Eagle. III only don't want you to
say that the audience favored open
ing. This is my day. invited
Miss Field to speak, but had |
known that she would have willfully
walked up ON that platform and ad-
vocated breaking the Sabbath she
never should have had the chance of
addressing an audience from it.
And Mrs. Eagle emphasized her dis
pleasure by blow of her well -gloved
hand on the press table.
PAPERS HAVE NO REGARD FOR THE
TRUTH.
Having been convinced that it
was useless TO try to keep the Sun
day opening demonstration from
the public, Mrs. Eagle emptied the
vials of her wrath on the press.
"Of course everybody knows that
the newspaper will print everything
advocating Sunday opening that
they can get hold of, without re-
gard to truth" she said. "Every-
body understands why, too. The
agreement made between their busi-
ness managers and the directors of
the fair compels them to"
"Don't you think" interposed a
rash young person who happened to
be connected with a paper, "that
you are a little unjusti Are you
quite sure that you have sufficient
grounds for such statementf"
"Yes, l am" replied Mrs. Eagle
tartly. "You don't know anything
about the business arrangements Of
your paper. It's just as | say.
The people don't want the fair open
seven days in the week. There is
no strong popular demonstration in
favor of opening. The papers ara
just making it oil up to suit their
own ends"
Aud with this parting shot Mrs.
Eagle, of Arkansas, swept regally
away.
However Mrs. Eagle may have
felt toward Miss Field there was no
mistaking the cordiality of Che atti-
tude of the people who so crowded
the room devoted to the
board of lady managers that
the meeting had to be ad-
iourned to assembly hall in order to
give them all fair opportunity to
see ard hear her. At ii o'clock
every seat was taken. When, after a
short informal reception by mem
bers of the board Of lady managers
on the platform, Miss Field arose to
speak, men and women we're stand
| inc along the sides of the room