The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-07-02
LETTER FROM NEW ENGLAND.

Boston, Mass, June H.-Boston people TAX
a pardonabie pride inantiquitiss. and II !
believed that every full crown man AM
wonian-in the city belongs to one or anothe
of the almost numherless historical societies
that abound In the vicinity. Tho one thin
which strikes an outIander forebly Is tina
not one of these societies seems to care to 81
beyond the colonial period. What the In
dians did, had or left IN New England. they
ignore utterly. Their pride begins and end
with the revolutionary days and heroes Some
day another set OF historians will begir
searching for Indian relics hereah,ut. and vii
meet with much difficulty.
One OF the most interesting collections Of
curios and relics in all New ENGLAND Is that
Of the somerville Historical society, whiei
has for Its headquarters the old Tufts House
! Itself relic Of the times that tried mems
souls. The old house still stands in It's orig
nal shape on Sycamore street, Somervillc. a
suburb separated from Boston proper by the
Mystic river. 1t was the Headquarters OF
Major General Lee. who commanded the left
wing OF the American army during the siege
OF Boston In 1775-Ts, and ore of its rooms
was used during those troublous times as
sleeping quarters nv General Washington.
and corridors for the display OF relies and
| the collection is rare and interesting, There
are autograph letters from General washing.
| ton. books OF priceless value because of their
age coins over 1000 years old guns used cen
| turtles ago. samples OF all designs ANTIQUE
china, hand woven linen. etc. In the Puri-
tan room are autographs and silhouettes ITO
TO 200 years old. bric-a-brac Of ancient date
colonial, the Washington aud the spinning
rooms are bow guns lace candlestcks chairs
that came over In the Maylower and many
ether curiosities. The Daughters Of tn, Amer
lean Revolution pay particular attention to
keeping up the display
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Horseless carriages are no longer novelty
in Boston, but the ability of their drivers TO
wiggle in and out of crowded streets oauses
pedestrians to stop and look and wonder.
The automobiles In use here are apnarently
cumbersome, and anything but handsome, but
they can go. and that places them in great
demand. The New England Electric Trans
portation company a 10000 concern with
Hon. George Won L. Never at the head. has
already placed a number of ooupes and han
sons In operation In Boston and expects to
eventually control the cab business OF the
Hub. This company recently raid 100000 for
the Cyclerame building, and is erecting
SEQ, 900 barn, or stable for the automobiles
and when completed will holi only $50 cabs.
The vehicles in use hero carry two batteries
one to be used in emergencies, There are
many automobile companies In New England
ard an effort is being made to combine all in
a huge trust, SO as to have uniformity in car
riages.
Pedestrians have no fear of the automobile.
Its bullying rubber wheels may bump, and
push aside or even run over person. but
the victim will not BIO injured.
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Being the headquarters of about every TAD
under the sun. 1t is not to BIO wondered at
that Boston is the head center OF the woman's
rights movement. / had tho good fortune to
he a guest OF the New England Woman's
Suffrage association upon the occasion OF their
annual banquet at Copley Hall recently. There
was 500 bright, intellectual and self-oonfdent
looking women and few men present. The
shrinking Of the sterner sex served as fol-
to a suggestively monotonous forest of waving
ribbons and feathers and aigrettes and flowers.
but the men felt 1t was not their day, and had
the &c cd taste to hold their peace--at least
until refreshments were served.
know the average reader will think II was |
n gathering of especially mature women. but |
nothing could be further from the truth. The
were there, OF course. but there
were enough pretty young women there to
make a mans head swim. The majority OF
them, / took It, we're still In or Just out OF
college. This was revelation to me. and
one-sex voters will shortly have new blood |
to fight in this franchise matter. Julia Ward |
Howe, who has been president of the asso-
citation for thirty-one years. was reelected, |
and there were reports from Mrs. Carrie
Chapman Gait, the National organizer, Mrs. |
Esther r. Roland, whose duties seem TO be
to spread the gospel of woman's rights In |
the women's clubs and others. Most of the
evening was given over to discussion OF
the past. present and future of the equal
suffrage movement The theme OF all the
speeches was that government in which both |
men and women participated was the only |
true one. the only government of our hopes
and our destiny. Mrs. Gait was accorded the
credit OF exerting much influence in securing |
he suffrage for women in Wyoming. Idaho
and Louisiana.
Tho closing paragraph of her address is
worm QuOtluR' lue Only Queslou toudy N
correction with woman suffrage is to show
hat man suffrage has been enough OF sue
less to warrant extending It to women be-
,ause they are also citizens. under the gov
Mrs Tillnghast. another veteran, after
luoting David Harum that Its a good thing
or dog to have a reasonable amount of
leas; 1t keeps him from broodng over the
act OF being dog" thought certain amount
4 encouragement salutary for women In
elping them to forget that they are women
The also said that our women are gradually
nut surely being made over" The exercises
losed with an original poem by Sam Walter
Toss. who said:
me man and woman make one man.
With self-same rights to be-
AXE off the haf-man shackles. then.
And set the whole man free
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Echo bridge where the Boston and Albany d
abroad spans the Charles river at Riverside, Ii
few miles out OF Boston. will soon be as
lmous In Its way as the blarneystone in
roland. At tnis noint the river dashes through h