The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-23

door Of the main floor, n point which is not Wis
ible from tho gallery, and absorbed it's con
tents. When he came down half an hour later
lery to take another pint from n waiter who
was waiting for him in the Same place, and by
tho time he reached his seat. again he bore
himself not only as q hero, but also ne one before
whom great. nations bow down In alteration,
b A,tS Sro asou H,f hsii n sn hG siTI Q, fho S onS To;i spS0G n
the dressing rooms, where he was seen two
hours later. sleeping on q lounge the sleep OF
as TO whom he saw tho two women next, and as
TO what he said 10 thom or they to him, depo.
nent hath neither Information nor belief.
Such tn ngs as these, OF course. are only side
incidents in the main interest of tho. dinner.
Tho main change in .ho form of this function
brought about by the presence OF the two gal.
lcrics filed with women in conspicuous evening
gowns was that, so far rs the speakers were
concerned. the women wcro almost. II not fully,
as prominent before their eyes rs the mon sitting
bio for any one OF them to forget for an Instant
was talking 10 mon. This consciousness OF the
presence of the women affected what he had TO
i fSy OF %T ,SS S mnTS 16aa m siorIey t Mb ,I%'' i 1h Sa ,iSiTsti
upon him to tell. 1t brought about u certain
polish and %softncss Of speech that are not uni.
among men. The speaking. in consequence,
sounded strangely. o Q couldn't help wonder
separated experiences had not run together and
This was particularly true when DIR. vnnao;
" ~ NFhA' nv WI w SEbJlNu w ~ NNioN btil
in addressing the toastmaster said:
II hope that II will not seem an altogether
discourteous thing for INC to say IL | confess
that for the last hour | have heard nothing and
have seen nothing that has happened in this
room beneath the level of the gallery
This was followed by cheers and waving of
napkins from the tables, and gentle clnpping OF
gloved hands and the waving OF dainty hand
kerchiefs from tho gallery. Similar scnti-
mcnts wc-c expressed in ono way or another In
almost every speech.
As to the attention with which the women
listened to the aftcr.dlnner oratory, II must be
SAID OF them that they were much more cour-
in the boxes who talked us much MS they would
have done IL they had been in the Metropolitan
opera House, theoretically listening to an opera.
They were much quicker to catch at patriotic
sentiments and to applaud them than were the
men. And at points during tho speaking
where tho men would solcipnly nod their heads
at their ncighbors and mutter Good, good"
or twice, the women would grab one another
by tho wrists and fiutter and coo and indulge
In rhapsodic clapping that must have strained
the stitches in many n glove.
When the toast list was half finished nearly
half the seats at the tables were empty, as is al
half n dozen women had left the boxes. This
statement must bc modified by the explanation
that some of tho mon who had left tho table
had gone to join their women folk in the gal.
leries. and. unlike the bibulous young man, had
stayed with them for the rest of the evening.
But even when. President Vrooman,rose after
the last speech :and said God bless us all"
Syne," tho women seemed still reluctant to
leave the gallery. 1t is established beyond all
doubt that, SO far as women are concerned, the
new order OF things Is q success.