The herald., 1894-11-03

IHe rOOm5 OF the FIluay morning cluD
were we'll filed yesterday morning with
the members and guests of the club, to
hear paper by Mrs. Margaret Collier
Graham, entitled A Western Woman's
Impressions of the East. Mrs. Graham
is writer of some note and much alb.
ility. She has most agreeable person.
ality and her point of view is so original.
her diction 30 graceful, that although
she went over ground that has been
travelled and written OF many times,
her paper was exceedingly interesting
and entertaining. In her opening SEN
tence she referred to the half familiar
air all places and things bear in these
days OF newspaper and magazine enter-
prise, of beautiful illustrations and
graphic descriptions; and went on to
say that one does not travel now to ro-
ceive new impressions but rather to have
Impressions verified; and gave as an
exception to this rule a visit to
Niagara which must give rise to emo
tions that no word or picture could ever
have hinted at, in that the magnifcence
OF sound and force and motion there to
be found, are entirely unconveyeble
Vhiio VIZ hhNh "oh W Ith tuoiI puuy ulDa
the curio vendors, and the display OF
the latter'e wares, eeem placed there
purposely to emphasize the pettiness OF
man. Her description of the place as
che saw it in early May, before the eea-
con opened, when Goat island was a
mass OF tender green, when violet, and
trilium, and budding trees, were pink,
and soft maroon. and pale yellowieh
green, when the sky was touched with
fleece, and the foam of the rapids was
white es the bloom OF the dogwood on
the islands, was SO poetic as 1t was
graphic.
She then continued her journey by
way OF the winding Allegheny river,
from the megniticens purity of Nisgara,
through the magnificent CRIME Of Pitts
burg to New York. The frst glimpse of
Pit.sburg, OF the poverty and squaloy in
the tenement district. was touchingly
related; the sorrow and limitations OF
the children; the city was referred to
as city OF belching chimneys and
roaring furnaces. magnificent spec-
tacls; and a visit to the works" was
described.
Mrs. Graham then told of her i'm.
pressions of Nsw York; OF the lavish
spring green in Central park, which
seemed to be used very little by the
poor. She drew a comparison between
the solemn procession of wealth, who
all looked deadly dull and uninterest-
ing, while the lookers.on from the
benches and paths we're all eagerness
and vivacity, pictures OF health and
reckless gaiety. She spoke ofthe poetry
and pathos in the poor district of the
metropolis; of the woman's suffrage
excitement which was then at its height;
of DR.. Parkhurst, the hero OF the fight
with Tammany. A description of the
college settlement in De Lancy street
followed; the mems settlement; tho
neighborhood club house, in which are
wage earners who recent suggestions OF
charity; in fact the settlements avoid
alms-givng except in cases OF direct
distress.
Journeying on to Connecticut the
contrast was drawn between the crowded
east side in New York and the purity OF
the country; the conservative atmo-
sphere OF Connecticut and the numer.
Gus girls to be found there in pursuit Of
learning; the need of competition with
men students to bring about the best
results and the improvement to be
found in the college girl of today over
the seminary girl OF 20 years ago.
In her remarks relative to her visit to
Boston Mrs. Graham was particularly
happy. Aftsr brief reference to it,