The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1898-08-19
A VISIT TO CANADA.
On the Occasion Of the Convention Of Railway
Surgeons. Feeling Tor Amer
lea. Beautiful Scenery.

Surgeons Canadian Feeling TOR Amer
lea. Beautiful Scenery,
Editor of Register:
In compliance with your request |
jot down few items of interest rs
they appeared to the wife of railway
surgeon while attending the recent
meeting of the International Associ-
alton held at Toronto, Ontario. / new
or supposed that / could have occasion
to thank heaven for being a railroad
surgeons wife. But as a matter of
fact, found it source of great pleas
ure to acknowledge myself such, on
that occasion.
Toronto, always generous, out-did
herself entertaining the association of
surgeons. The committee that had in
charge the selection of place Of con-
vention, made a happy choice when
it chose the, Queen City of the Lakes:
for aside from beng the best governed
city in America, and very beautiful
one too, and having within herself
many points of interest, notably, her
magnificent churches, splendid pu blic
buildings, fine parks, and extensive
street railways, she has easy access
by water and by rail to all points of
greatest interest, within the entire
province of Ontario.
She will show her guests her beauti-
full bay with its lovely islands filled
with summer pleasures; she will
gather them within her splendid
steamers and crossing lake Ontario,
will send them along by electric line
to matchless Niagara Falls. She will
carry them down the st. Lawrence,
past its thousand beautiful islands,
and returning speed them by rail in
her luxurious coaches to the pictures
que Georgian Bay country to the north
west
Most OF these things and more "did
they unto u.s."
A formal reception was given the
Association the evening of July 9Th at
Normal Hail. The ampitheatTe was
brilliant with bunting; the Stars and
Stripes aud Union Jack miugling in
friendly folds. The English lion and
unicorn and the American eagle look
ed placidly down on a smiling happy
audience gathered from the four cor
ners of the American continent, bril-.
liant in their best clothes and bent on
having a good time. Outside in the
anteroom 1.-The Queens own" the
most famous band In the province, dis
coursed sweet music. BY and by II
struck "Dixie's Land" and the mum
erous southerners present lost theii
senses and yelled like band of In
dams. Then the music glided into
the "Star Spangled Banner" and
that great audience fairly went wild.
They cheered and cheered, as only
people can cheer who hear their owl
loved national anthem in q land which
is not their own.-And 80 the crOwd
was in very good condition to receive
with enthusiasm the warm words OF
welcome which followed, from tn,
Mayor of Toronto aud other noted
men of the province, Every sllusiolr
to Anglo-saxon or International ALI
ance was cheered to the echo. The
Minister of Education in an eloquent
speech declared, "The Canadian and
British governments are with you
- Il Ia. 10 f.r h..
rights of Cuba, and il necessary Eng
land will do, what Canada in many
cases has already done-she will send
her sons to defend YOU Then such
cheers shook that ampitheatre from
"turret to foundation stone" as would
have made glad the hearts of our sol.
dier boys could they have heard them
And this was just one expression Of
feeling that is general among Brit
ish subjects. True, | met two OF
three persons in Canada who had the
80 blasted conceited that they would
like to see US licked just once, just to
show us that we can't wipe out the
whole world with one swipe rs we
seem 10 consider ourselves capable of
doing; but mark you they want to
see us clicked" just once. The posi-
ton that England has taken on the
question of the war, has created q
kindly feeling and a sympathy be-
tween the two nations that was fully
demon strsted at that meeting. When
at the close, everybody joined in sing
ing, "God Save the Queen" as they
always do at every public gathering
In Canada, those Americans sang 1t
with spirit and fervor that would
have been simply impossible year
ago. To be sure few Of them knew the
words, but all Of them knew, "God
save the Queen" and they came in
on that line with tremendous voice,