The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-05-16

| to Oklahoma for a divorce. Mrs. Ma
gowan claimed that Mcgowan wanted
| TO marry Mrs. Barnes. Mrs. Barnes
also came 70 Oklahoma for divorce.
| The divorces secured New Jersey So
ciety has received the oklahoma Pill
grins TO its arms, as the following from
the Trenton paper shows:
! The Newark Field club, composed OF
| the Oldest and best families in the
state, opened their new club house and
| grounds Saturday afternoon with
| grand reception. Among the invited
| guests were represented the most prom
! inent families in the state, including
| Governor Griggs and wife and the gov
| errors staff, also United States Senator
Smith and other prominent citizens.
many were present from New York
and Philadelphia, and society was out
! in full force. 1t is safe to say that over
4 five thousand people were present in
/ the CLUB house and about the grounds.
! The fancy riding Of lie Fucere was
much admired. Ex-Mayor Frank A.
! Mcgowan Of Trenton, who was termed
/ by Governor Griggs as the apollo
! Belvidere and Prince of Good Fellows,
/ presided, and made the principal ad-
4 dress. The ladies evidently agreed with
/ Governor Griggs in his happy charac-
| teriZation Of TrentOn's young ex-mayor,
/ judging from the remarks on all sides,
| and all regretted that he was obliged
/ to depart imme diately after delivering
| his address, owing 10 important bust
ness engagements. His commanding
! appearance and fine figure as he walk
ed TO the front of the platform. fash
! ionably attired as he always is, and for
which he is noted, brought forth hearty
| 10 "a q
and the expression on mis- young face,
always fresh, indicated his full ap-
/ prevail of the warm reception accorded
| him. During the delivery of his speech,
which follows, he was frequently inter
/ rupted with applause:
Ladies and gentlemen-Let me con-
graduate you on this happy and alto
| gether satisfactory occasion. 1t is a
/ pleasure to. see your bright eyes and
J cheerful faces, and extend you greet
| ing and hail fellowship. There is
/ cOmradeship in field sports and espe-
] cially in equestrianism, that calls out
| the brotherhood in men. The Sour-mind-
| ed cynic, who should deny that such
! sports are beneficial, would cut a poor
/ figure in the presence of this audience
l would point out 10 him the bright
! eyes, the glowing cheeks and the beau
| tiful forms Of the ladies, as a crushing
refutation of his gadgrind theory.
know Of no more inspiring and exhil-
/ arating sport than horseback riding.
| When mounted and firmly seated in the
| saddle on a spirited but well-trained
steed, how every nerve thrills and ting
les with delight, as the horse spurns the
| earth with his powerful limbs, and you
are borne almost on the wings of the
4 I'D . 0rrTr-
blood bounds in your veins, your eyes
glisten with excitement, your spirits
rise on exultant wings, as you feel your
self carried swiftly forward, you be-
come one with the noble animal You
ride. You are in responsive and sym
! pathetic touch with his tremendous en-
ergy, his splendid stride, his blazing
and space-devouring eyes, his CULVER
ing and expanded nostrls, his wind
tossed name, his conquering pride and
glory and all the fierce joy of the race.
Your trained equestrian is never a
feeble milksop. The exercise develops
the frmest physical texture and the
highest mental fortitude of both man
| and woman. He or she draws in
strength of body and spirit with every
| breath in this noblest of pastimes. 1t
brings you into cOmradeshfp with nat
ure, it makes you the brother. the low
ing and familiar sister of the wind. the
sun, the fields, the woods, the birds. the
! flowers and all that is pure and beauti-
full in nature. The simple minds of the
ancient world, who worshiped the mys-
ferrous powers of nature, the sun. the
spirits of the air. of the forests. of the
sea, the rivers and the streams builded
better than they knew. Whom these in
their child-like simplicity ignorantIy
worshiped, declare 7 unto you for joviaI,
friendly, fraternal companionship.
There is happiness, there is health.
there is long life in this wholesome COM
pany.
ut has been justly urged that the
American people do not make a serious
business of pleasure as they should.
They are too eagerly bent on the pur-
suit fthe mighty dollar. In the fran
tic and killing pace they maintain In
this endeavor they wear out before its
time the machinery Of life In its fierce
heat the springs are dried up. The
heart, the mind, the whole nature be-
come withered and barren. All natural
impulses are choked in this sterile soil.
The eye sees nothing but dollars. and is
blind TO all more elevating and beauti-
ful sights. The ear is deaf to every
thing but the jingle of coin, the heart is
moved by other emotions than those
that spring from profit or loss. All the
senses lose their alert aptitude in the
dry rot Of such a life, and the victim
passes through the world oblivious of
its purest and most exquisite joys
But We are beginning TO learn bet
ter. The new man cocedes something
10 his higher nature. and is developing
into nobler being. The new woman
has scornfully repudiated the notion
that she is such a tender and dainty
creature Of such fragile and mincing
helpleSsneSs, as 10 be safe only under
the protecting wing Of lordly man. She
IS beginning 70 think that she can hold
her own in most fields Of effort with the
sex that has so long strutted the worlds
stage in assumed superiority She has
learned 10 compete with him with con-
ficence. She has not only learned TO
compete with him in commercial and in
dustrial work. but in those strenuous
so-called manly sports that put TO the
test every higher quality Of the being.
And II has been found. 70 the boundless
establishment Of the lords OF creation
that her confidence is not misplaced;
that re has the nerve, the seIf-reliance.
the GOODNESS Of head. the frlnness OF
mind and hand. even the strength and
endurance. 70 carry her successfully
through. In most Of the outdoor sports
o. summer. woman has proven herself
a pronounced and Interesting success
And how marked and satisfactory the
result II IS no longer interesting for
woman % be pale. delicate and feeble.
Wealth, visor. strength. bright eyes. red
cheeks. well developed forms-these are
the new and sound standards Of female
Seauty, and with them there goes a cor
responding mental robustness. Firm
ness Of purpose, resolution Of character,
ability 20 look the world in the face.