El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-09-11
Written for the HERALD.

| of interest in the flower and nowadays
SO much art has been given to its Gull
tivation, that the stiff flower of the
| Eog lish conservatOries OF a half q CEN
tury ago, much less the little Mexican
blossom. would not recognize its gor-
geous descendants.
There is an easy and popular ar
gument agains. Woman's Suffrage,
used by the many who never think, to
wit, that the strong minded woman
the suffragist, does not make a good
| wife. On the contrary, those who.
know sey that some of the happiest
homes in the land are those Of the
ladies prominent in the vigorous effort
that has been going on for half Gen.
fury to secure the vote for women.
Mrs. Ltvermore had fifty -four years OF
happy married life and she worked
for equal suffrage all the time. Eliza
beth Cady Stanton had forty years of
happyEmatrimopy and yet hers is a
conspicuous name among the most
aggressive of the aggressive campaig-
ners in the suffragist ranks. Julia
Ward Howe has always been an inteD-
sely earnest suffragist and OF her, her
daughter writes very prettily. 'Our
mothers genius might soar as high as
heaven on the wings of such song as
tn. 'The Battle Hymn of the Repub-
lie, "but We always considered that she
was tied to our little string, and We
never dou bted our perfect right to pull
her down to earth whenever any matter
of Importance such as dolls funeral
or a sick kitten was at hand. Very,
very much our mother loved her books.
Yet how quickly were they laid aside
when any head WAS bumped or finger
cut. No child could be sad in her COM
psry."
Camille "The Lady of the Came has,"
is being played in China under the title
"The Lady with the Tea Flowers-A
Study of Partisan Manners" L. was
translated into Chinese by French
man and so popular has it been as
play that Chinese editor has offered
large sum for the privilege of publish
ing 1t serially.
Professor John Fryer of the Califor-
mia University, who has spent many
years in China, gives this pleasant pic
ture of the DOwager Empress. She
is still wonderfully vigorous. although
in her sixty-fourth year. Her hair is
noted for it's darkness and brilliancy,
OF most of her cOuntrywomen, being OF
a delicate cream color. Her eyes are
large, bright. and piercing, and her
feet are, OF course. of natural size, as no
Manchu binds the feet. To pronounce
her full name would afford days vo-
cal exercise for the bravest elocutionist
si-tuangu-ksngi-cha
heng--shokuug--ch inhien--chung--sin |
This is the way it looks 10 English let |
tiers. The Chinese of it must he fOrmi
liable indeed. How it sounds
we can only guess, but it is
not at all likely that her majesty would |
znow her owD name, spoken as An
American would try to speak it. Pro-
lessor Fryer says that the story of her
elevation from peasant girl to Empress, |
ike that of Catherine of Russia, is all |
; fabrication. Tsze-hsi is the daughter |
Of Manchu Tartar nobleman, and
what is remarkable for q woman of her |
is well-educated. The |
quality, as between herself |
and the nominal Emperor, seems to
belong wholly to the woman. Kwang |
5u, now a man of %, Ia her creature,
% make or unmake, and at present she |
has little use for him on the throne. |
Besides assuming the whole weight of
lime to encourage husbandry by per-
'ODal example, owning several walled |!
orchards near her capital, where every |
year she superintends the culture of |
and silkworms. A |
more capable and wonderful woman |
3 not to be found in the whole world. |
She is q strict disciplinarian, and con-
idering the seclusion in which she has
1ved possesses q surprising knowledge |
II the outside wOrld.''