New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-11-10
UP-TO-DATE OLD WOMEN.
KEENLY INTERESTED IN THE AFFAIRS
OF THE HOUR.
INMATES OF HOME WHO WANT WAR WITT
ENGLAND RIGHT AwAY-A GRIEVANCE
AGAINST SPAIN. AS WELL.

II might be supposed that the aged inmates OF
the home at Ams,erdam-ave. and One-hundred-and-
fourth-st have little active sympathy with the af-
fairs OF the workaday world. That this is not alto
gether true learned one recent afternoon by
Tribune reporter who visited the Association FOR
the Relief OF Respectable Aged. INDECENT Females
in the City OF NewYork. to use Its full title. In
bright and airy room in the northwest corner OF the
building. the second floor live two maiden SIS
ters. eighty-nlne years old and the other only
a little younger. whose grandfather was among the
first OF the Revolutionary heroes 20 fall at Bunker
Hill. On the walls OF the room hang many old>
time portraits and the sisters are still sur
rounded with few of the relics OF former pros
perlty.
After being formally announced. the reporter
ushered into this apartment and as formany
presented. for although the sisters have lost nearly
all OF their worldly possessions, they retain all
their pride OF family. and demand all consideration
and respect The ancestors OF these maiden Iadies
among the first settlers on the Island OF Nan
tucket where they too. born. and to gratiiy
their vanity the matron introduced the Visi'or "
the old Misses c. OF Nantucket.
The unfortunate wording OF this phrase proven
a grievous offence for the older OF the sisters
arose from her chair with a great show OF agility.
she exclaimed: "Old. Why. that Is the hrst tme
have been called old In my me- ana rec
Just as young as any girl OF sixteen IL required
a deal OF apologzing and explaining on the par "
company that she had intended TO place the d'sa,
agreeable adjective before the word Nantucket
and not before her name as she really looked 10 DC
at least twenty years younger than her age
RECOLLECTIONs OF NANTUCKET
The reporter then seated himself in an old hisn-
backed char. and was soon engaged in CONVERSE
ton with his hostesses
The elder OF the two Immediately began 10 taiA VI
the place OF her birth.
Yes" said she. I'VE were both born anu oio'e
I'm in Nantucket How the old place must nave
so,ooa s,rcs ,he,, II ,s a fashionable summer re-
zor, NOW and pecple from all over the country go
tbere Folks weren't much for fashion IN oio
Nantucket. and then. too, our ancestors va.
stanch Cd Quakers for generations bacH' ou. ~
had the true Yankee blood in their veins in'"ss
have changed for u.s. too. since then though No
the old Nantucket saying puts II; III ~ no Din ~ -
moor. but It Is a great hamperment, ana tne
sneaker Sat bolt upright IN her chair ana ia"s"eu
aood-natlredly the younger sister joining III '"e
merriment W.
.Of course YOU have heard OF Squire C IL"
vas our grandfather and among the nrst 10
,oin the Colonial Army in Massachusetts. no" ne
hated the redcoatsi He was hghting ganan'y o'
the side OF General Warren at Bunker Hili "neh
the British soldiers finally broke through the o'eas
works and cut him down with their SWORDS.
our father was prosperous sea captain ana
for miles up and down the New-Ensiahd coa'.
known 9 Captain u ne
the ulohe three times and one OF his shorter
,,oroces vas shipwrecked off the coast OF south
America He was successful in nearly every voy-
age and lust before his death had amassed
small fortune The captain knew Henry 'lay "e'l
7 remember hearing father say that MI. Gay nau
told him tina, immigration 10 this country "ouid De
an The Increase all the time II Congress didn't pass
some law TO stop H. and that IT wouldnt Do many
wars before our American boys would be CROWDED
az, NJ their rightfui occupations by these foreign
ere And Henry Clay was right.
go don't wonder that you are proud OF your family
connections" said the reporter
"yes" rep!ed the younger and we are relateo
IN our mothers side to ex-Judse b, OF New
York. too.
THEY LIVE IN THE PRESENT ALSO
After the TWO sisters had acquainted the reporter
,,.h a fuu account OF their ancestors and famhy
Connections they at once began to talk OF current
topics. The reporter was Thoroughly suFpr'seu ~
hear these two aged women inmates o. an l"s'
tuition almost entirely shut of from the "orid anu
seeing few people except the other inmates 'd'''"
forth into a perfect TRADE OF Indignation ana ABUSE
sgain., Lord punraven and Mr. Rose for the yacht
iny nasco against Spain for her treatment OF Cuoa'
and against England. because. as they Expressed II,
she "wanted the earth
The conversation ran as follows: DuhraVen ~
fine example OF an English sportsman isn't ne
said the younger.
Yes" chlmed in her sister. land this man Rose.
mo latest challenger for the Americas Cup. is an
other one OF the same stamp. IL was pad enough
for Dunraven to withdraw from the third race Vi
the series like a sulky schoo.boy refusing 10 p'ay
any more because he couldn't win but II was SIM
plv ludicrous TO see Mr.. Rose playing into MS
hands Ike a dummy and Withdrawing his challenge
because Dunravens feelings were hur'. An Amer
lean would never have done a thing Ike tha'' VINO
il this Rose anyway? l never heard or MIN De-
fore"
To this inquiry the reporter returned no very
definite answer. 49,
England IS at her old game again. isn't she?'
said Miss C.. she always did want 20 own the
earth and now she Is figuring ont some way 10 ROD
Venezuela OF big slice OF her territory wth 9S
Son;t &c, f. though Il President Cleveland and
Congress do their duty. II England doesn't i stop
b n}tnd STa;es should hold up the Monroe Doe
r.ne in full sight OF those graspng EngHshineh
The ne thing that puzzles me- is why Enssnd
doesn't know enough py ms bsve e'', Zone 70 the con-
clusion finally that her memory must be detective
Yankees gave the British on and land in the
war OF 1872 but they seem 10 have rorsOen Inc
on he h ohfF or n coy 30 ons
other people mind their business, but when
SqT h rfn bs sTs In h@g back and hns hard
too and the wealth OF eurls ana rlngiets wnich
fairly shook with the vehemence OF her denuncia-
tons
WHAT SHE THINKS OF SPAIN
The younger woman then took her turn and fred
considerable hot shot at Spain for her treatment
OF Cuba. 1T would be shame and disgrace 10
any barbarous country treat its meanest slaves
the way Spain Is trying to grind down the
Cubans" sad she Several years ago | was in
cuba myself and tell you IT made the blood boil
in my veins TO witness the abuse and I'll treatment
that the poor Cubans had suffer at the hands OF
the brutal Spaniards who own plantations there
one day burly Spaniard made an insulting re-
mark about one OF the ladies in our party He
didn't tn nix any OF us understood Spanish. but |
did and le; him have II back. can tell you.
We've got the true hghtng blood OF good old
squire C. running In our veins, and | wouldn't
mlrd striking two good blows FOR cuba my
self II only a little bit younger.
There was only subject that these interest
ing danes Of Revolutionary ancestry declined TO
discuss and that was the Marlborough Vanderbilt
nld ding hen knd about they hOfh assumed