Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-11-25
People firing Of the Weak
ly Sentimental Spirit
IN MANY PL ICES
Christmas Boxes Being Prepared For
the S0ldiers-V Visit of the German
Emperor Not Only One of Pleasure
But of Business.


the Associated Press. Among the seri-
Gus minded, conservative English people,
there is a growing feeling of disgust at
the spread of the nauseating Mandy
pambyism which finds an excuse in the
war. The historical outbreak which has
ensued since Tommy tkins and his
officer became a full fledged society craze
has already been the subject of satirical
articles in the better class of British
publications and now all signs point to a
reaction from that unreasoning enthusl-
asm which is responsible for so many un-
dignified antics.
Never We're the old English army Off
GERS so aghast as when they read Of the
queens decision to SEND a box Of choco-
late to each man in the field as a Christ
mas present. Compared with her simple
speeches at her farewells to the troops,
this announcement appeared as a sud
den descent from the sublime to the ride
ulouS.
On top of this came the heroic acts of
Correspondent Churchill fighting battles
and controlling troops and regular officers
| poured in letters to the papers protesting
| against this. Though not belittlin5
Churchill's personal bravery in the Tran
| campaign, an officer was obliged to tell
~ tAAaN AAo @Ap '0p 49,
to command a Other instances
| of this young ex-otficer's readiness to in
j ~terfere have been printed since the glow
ing accounts of the armored train affair.
| While it is pointed out that he does not
deserve good treatment from the Beers.
having violated the usages of war, the
reports of his expected release is con-
trasted with the alleged action of the
! French and Germans who, it is claimed,
during the war of 1870, shot all non-com-
| batants found carrying arms.
While the big west end caterers are
| busy shipping hundreds of cases of cham
| payne and pate de fol gras to the regi-
mental messeS in South Africa, society
women are working feverishly making
plum pudding for these u~nfortunates.
Many of the buildings contain costly jew
elry, tin pins. rings and other mementoes
from a daring womankind. Lady Colin
Campbell has made no fewer than 105
plum buildings for the Dublin fusileers
and several buildings have been sent to
Winston Churchill, addressed to Pretoria.
Though the majority of such efforts are
doubtless prompted by genuine patriot
ism and a desire to alleviate the suffer-
| ings of the soldiers, the charitable move
ment is taken advantage of by notorious
self advertisers, both social and mercan-
tile.
Women who have not been received in
society, in spite of the efforts of years,
nave been untiring in their endeavors to
| get publicity for their particular scheme
to raise money or articles to send out to
South Africa. Incidentally it is an
nounced that the Duh of Aberdeen has
sent the Red Cross society 500 dozens of
Messrs. S~O-and-SO's handkerchiefs
(which are famous for their softness and
delicate texture" etc, and every theatre
cal press agent in the country is reaping
harvests by obtaining gratuitous adver-
! tisements from hitherto unheard of actors
and actresses, who are willing to recite
a war poem or do a turn to help the war
funds.
This fact, of course. scarcely applies to
the few leaders of the profession who
originated the idea of an American quota
of charity. a movement which eliminated
in Mrs. Brown-Potter's The CLAIMANT
though the latter has not ESCAPED criti-
cism. The Times set the example by Civ
ing it a meagre and uncomplimentary re-
port in it's news columns and since then
several society and other papers have re-
ferred Satirically to the excuses which
marked the tipping and other methods
applied at the entertainment to raise
funds. The amount of advertising some
OF the theatrical nonentities have secured
is not excused, ever by the presence of
royalties. Many prominent of
the American colony here freely express
in private conversation their d~isappoint-
ment and stronger feelings at this per-
Torrance. Mr.. Joseph H. Choate, the
American ambassador. was placed in an
awkward position by finding upon his
arrival here that he was apparently
actively associated with the CLAIMANTS
management.
On the other hand the hospital ship
Princess of Wales. fitted out at the insti-
CATION of and with the personal Supcrvi-
sion of the member of the royal family
after whom she was named, was dom
quietly and is now ready to sail. A grea
part of the cost was borne by the prin-
cess own pocket, but its complete cOn
troll is given to the army medical depart
ment.
A rumor has been printed that the long
existing and strong family friendship
between Mr.. Joseph Chamberlain arG
Sir Alfred Miner may eliminate in theil
becoming brothers-in-law. But Il repre-
sentative Of the Associated Press learns
that Mr.. Cha inberlain has only one sister
and she is married. So, unless Sir Alfred
Miner weds a sister of one of Mr.. Cham
berlain'S former wives, it is hard to see
how the tie can be effected. Those who
know Sir Alfred Miner say he Is rot OF
the marrying kind and his iNa dis
credit the rumor, saying 1.-The acquaint-
anceship of the governor of Cape Colony
with Mr.. Chamberlain is confined to a few
official Interviews"