Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1896-1899, 1898-12-30

A BRITISH OPINION OF AMERICAN
SOLDIERS.
The American soldier is something
new In the worli. His nonchalance
is refreshing aud inspiring to men
OF other nations in the same business.
He is a citizen aud nota subject, and
this is observable wherever he goes
and 10 all he does.
That he neither knows nor cares for
the little social tyrannies that obtain
in the army and puts aside their OBJ
servance With reckless abandon 10 his
s0cial calls, Is laughably described by
an English marine.
The writer, belongs On board the
British cruiser Powerful, recently at
Manila and giving description OF
visit from a squad Of American SOL
diers. he says:
"Our men and the Yankee soldiers
are awfully friendly. Very few Of the
Americans were In uniform. They
often only had the number OF their
regiment written on jackets. IL
was a sight, TO see them come on
board speaking TO everybody, When
we saw them 20 up to officers without
salutlng them we felt as IL we must
drop on the spot. They offered cigar
cases to our men, with 'Haye cigar,
my boy and afterwards handed us
visiting cards saying, Now be sure
and look us up IL you are down our
way"
But TO see these same men, careless
10 their etiquette and generous to the
last penny, cigar or cracker, ln an
engagement gazing detantly In the
eyes OF death-then Is their contempt
for regulations establishing inequality
among men, forgotten.
ATLANTA CONSTITUTION (DEU H. on
BRAVE MRS. MINIS.
Those who attended the Christian
Science lecture delivered by Mrs,
Llvington Minis at the Young Mems
Christian Association Wednesday
evening must have been impressed
not alone by the subject matter OF the
lecture and It's clever treatment by q
woman, but by the personality OF the
speaker, and the Incidents that made
unusual her appearance before the At
lanta audience. At one time a rec
ognlzed leader ia society, she almost
suddenly became imbued with the
principles OF Christian Science, and, u
may be SAID, converted her own draw
ing-room from scene OF special gay
ETY. to the first meeting OF the Christ
ian Science church members.
From those friends TO whom she
had looked for continual sympathy
aud Endorsement, she met with
frankly expressed prejudice In her
new interests, and for the last eight
years she has only appeared among
them now and then, when the duties
OF her prominent position required IL.
When the lecture board OF the
Christian Science church was re-
Gently established MIRA. Minis was
one OF seven members appointed and
waS given the rather dlfiicuit task OF
lecturIng TO those very people from
whom she probably has met the most
prejudice, that Is the people OF the
Southern section, which required her
deliYerlRg lecture Ia Atlanta.
IL isa dlficult task at best for
woman to lecture TO people q large
majority OF whom are yet pref udiced
against woman ascending the ros-
trum, much less the pulpit, but when
II Is considered that the subject OF
Mrs. Minis lecture was one against
which all the Christian churches agree
Ia opposing, her appearance before
her own towns-peOple was demon
stration not alone OF the frmness OF
her conYicuons, but her determine
tlon 10 stand by them 10 public ex-
preston,
MIRA. Minis has but recently returned
from the hOme OF Mrs. Baker Eddy.