The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-02-11

pointment, but our luxurious special train
provided by Lord Aberdeen, brought us to
the castle too early and we had a long
wait in the broiling sun. When her ear
rage stopped she said, I am afraid the
ladies must have suffered intensely That
was human touch in her
This and the providing of refreshments
snow that royalty cannot kill out woman
hood. The latter is what any lady in
England would think of doing Afternoon
tea is so universal there, that the lack of
1t would be rather an inhospitality. but
for so large number 1t was most unex-
pected, as was the generous way in which
the tables were spread, with the large
dishes of dollhouse grapes. peaches, straw
berries, etc. Fruit is precious as gold
in England. l remember thinking what
pretty picture it was to carry home and
tell the children and grandchildren about.
But through 1t all did have such a long
ing and wishing the Queen would throw
the immense weight of her influence on
our side. This L never fail to have when
L meet any one of great power. 1t seems
TO me impossible for a Thoughtful person
to make a thorough study of this woman
suffrage gospel and NOT become a believer.
1--WE scarcely can realize what a ire
mendouS effect the approval or disap-
prevail of the royal family is in England.
1t is almost supreme. In this country it
does not matter so much what the Presi-
dent thinks on great questions. If we do
not like him we can clip him out at the
end of four years, but there royalty pro-
nounces the fiat and only death brings a
change of rulers. The Queens recogni-
ton of the council shows, as nothing else
could have done. how high the tide has
risen in the movement of equal rights for
women.
mo better illustration of this can be
given than the changed tone of the Lon
10 f@II.
reception of the international council.
The Times-the paper regarded as near
est to the. throne-had shown scant cour-
teSy to the council, giving very little
space and nothing worthy the name of an
adequate report of a single session; but
the next morning after we were at Wind
sor ii blossomed out with conspicuous
headlines and words of high praise. The
same effect was noticed in the entire
press of Great Britain. In this connection
we may consider what a very great dam
age it would have been to the council
and to the progressive movement for wo-
men in all coun tries IL the Queen, when
requested by Lady Aberdeen 10 grant us
an audience would have been such a great
set back to our cause, the granting of
it must be equally helpful.
The President Is Only Man.
Some of the American ladies said while
they were having tea in Windsor Castle
that this was much more courteous treat
ment than the council ever had received
from their own Presidents. Now, when
the National Council of the United States
and the International Council were form
ed in 1888 and expressed a wish to call
at the White House, they were cordially
received by President and Mrs. Cleveland
and a number of the cabinet ladies'. In
1891 the National Council was received
with equal cordiality by President and
L ,r+,ien To NOV Wa
Washington as a council, which was last
winter, no effort was made to visit the
White House in a body, but large COM
mittee met President Mckinley by APP
pointment in his library upstairs he leav-
ing a meeting of the cabinet waiting while
the ladies presented their request that
he appoint a commission of women to
visit our new island possessions and study
the needs of their women. Most heart
rending news had just been received from
Manila and the deepest anguish was writ
ten on the Presidents face. He would
have been entirely justified in asking to
be excused from his engagement with us,
but instead he listened with the most earn
est attention and accepted our papers
with the promise of giving them his per-
soual consideration"
But a cup of tea never has been offered
in the state dining ROOM
T TRUE but we never have had to travel
train and stand an hour in The broilne
sun waiting not for the clouds, but the
President TO roll by. Nevertheless" with
a laugh, 1--WE will admit ungrudgingly
that the Queen of England has scored
one better than the President of the Unit
ed States. But then the Queen is wo-
man. and the President is man!
The Queen as Moral Force.
"Victorias reign has also afforded
splendid object lesson in favor of the pos
sibilities of woman. The court of Eng
land has been lifted into higher moral
atmosphere than ii ever before occupied.
Although the Queen herself Is largely re-
sponsible for this result, yet in the prog
ress of civilization, there has been great
change throughout the world In the pop
Mar demand for chastity. temperance and
honesty, The English people themselves
would not stand to-day such rulers as
they had in the past. If there had been
n man on the throne of England these last
three score years the court still would
have been compelled TO move on IN the
direction Of decency by the force of civil
lization -
THE Queen is the most conspicuous ex-
annie which history offers 10 refute the
oft-repeated assertion that public life de-
strovs the feminine instincts and UNITS
woman for home duties. AS the mother
of nine children and the head OF the larg-
| est household in the Worlu sne away
has been distinguished for her wifely and
maternal devotion, and for her thrift and
ability in managing her domestic affairs.
| Not a servant in her employ but has had
| Dersoual recognition, not only during IRE,
| hut after death. This summer visited
the little church of Whippingham, close
| to Osborne, in the Isle of Wight. Here Is
| the magnificent mausoleum Of her favor
ita son-in-law. Prince Henry of Batten-
berg and the beautiful moral tablet to
| the Prince Consort in the Royal Chapei,
| bIt far more touching are the numerous
| sra,es Of the Queens servants in the little
| cemetery outside, with inscriptions on the
headstones, placed there by her order in
memory OF thirty forty or fifty years
| saitbfuI service. Those inscriptions show
| Cd me more clearly than anything else
why the common people of England love
| their Queen. II is this beautiful recognl-
| ,ion ~ those who serve her. And they do
| love her. with a real, true affection such
a. we feel for those of our own family. It
is genuine. personal devotion ana a
| to the great care