Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1901-10-02
FROM MONTREAL TO TORONTO.
BEAUTIFUL INLAND WATER TRIP.
Points And Things Of Interest Some Bx-
pressiOns By Carrie Nation Toronto
Is Beautiful And Healthy.


Correspondence Of the Evening Capital.
Mrs. Nation was pleased with the noto-
riety and after presenting The writer with
copy OF her paper, "The SmasheT' Mail. !"
and telling others that she gave it TO
newspaper folk. but sold it TO the laity,
she retired, expecting to rise at Toronto.
where she was to lecture the next night
at Massey Hall, the largest in Toronto.
The funny part was Mrs. Nation and
all on board awoke al Charlotte the same
place where they we're the night before.
Il was very rough on the Lake. and the
captain would not venture out in stormy
waters with a disabled ruddeT. Mrs.
Nation got herself arrayed in a linen
duster, and all OF her traps together
thinking she was al her destination. But,
woe is me the excitement she created
when she found she was not. She had
everybody answering questions, and con-
fusion past coniounded.
There was money in it, however, for
she sold hatchets by the hundreds, some
for z5 cents, and some for 10 cents. She
coined money on the boat, on the wharf,
at the depot, and did thriving hatchet
business, until everybody was provided
with her 'home defender" weapon. She
gave a few of US her autograph, and
seemed pleased with the notoriety. She
ate breakfast at our table, and shortly
after seating herself and giving her order,
arose and told US she mad promised the
Lord never to cat a meal without first
reading a portion of His Precious Word
and saying a prayer" which she had for
gotten in the excitement OF early morn
ing and lett the table TO fulfill her contract
with the Lord.
Mrs. Nation left by train for Toronto,
reaching :heTe in time for her lecture,
which she delivered TO a packed house
CT over thousand people, The Toronto
papers contained some caustic criticisms
OF Mrs. Nations lecture and OF herself.
1t is said some hotel proprietors in To-
ronto took out their plate mirrors, sub
s;ituiing cheap ones for the occasion, but
she is not on a smashing escapade now,
being under contract with her manager,
not to smash any thing. She says, how
ever, she can hardly contain herself. but
she must until her fines are paid. Here
are some Of Mrs. Nations expressions,
heard from her speeches at Charlotte;-
"Men's heads are full OF nicotine and
booze, instead OF common sense and de-
csncy," 81 don't believe in loving a
nasty man." "Look at that spittoon,
she said,- pointing to one, "you chew
and you smoke and you spit; you are a
nasty set, and you ask nice clean wo-
man to kiss you. Id as leave kiss that
spittoon. That's you.
Holding up the Bible, she said 81
use this more than any other Ratchet.
You've got to smash with that or it'll
smash you. The Bible tells you to de-
stroy the works of the devil. Moses
smashed the golden calf. When asked
what induced her to start to smashing
things, she said the Lord told her in a
vision to do it. Mrs. Nation was quite
an event of the trip. She is not quite so
course looking as her picture in our Bal
limore dailies, but she is decidedly erratic,
extremely nervous, easily excited, Graves
notoriely, and is making financial sue
cess of her smashing scheme.
We took another steamer at Charlotte
for Toronto, reaching there at 6 o'clock
next morning. Toronto is a beautiful
CitY-so clean, so well cared for, and so
much like our own fine cities. We went
10 the fdIudulSnt nouSc anu Sdt III the
Presidents chair. We visited the City
Hall, handsome building, on which is
the largest clock on the continent. 1t is
al feet across the face, the bell it strikes
weighs tons and it takes six hours to
wind 1t. twice week-making two day S
work at winding the clock. Toronto is
a wealthy city. We saw the residences
of numerous millionaires, one worth $40.
ooo. 900. Everything is cheap here. House
rent and living is especially cheap. We
saw houses, small but comfortable, that
rented for 50 and 81 per month. Beauti-
| ful furnished houses rent for from S35 to
| $50 per month. Two pounds of siTloin
or porterhouse steak sells for IS cents
almost as much as a single pound in An
napolis. OF all beautiful cities, affording
| advantages of education. culture. health
and cheap living, Toronto is the en-
bodiment. Z. A. G..