New-York tribune., 1901-09-02

bled that there might be some s'hatchttatfnr
done around here and then went into the ele-
Vator- Her last Injunction as she disappeared
was that Diana would have TO be dressed.
After dinner she visited several Broadway
'drunkard factories" called several men there
IN Understanding names. shook hands with the
dispensers Of drink and had a thoroughly good
time The tramp of feet of the army of the
curious which fringed her skirt ends caused
many TO think the mayoraIty campaign was on
A sixteen-year-old daredevil proposed to rush
her. but group OF newspaper men prevented
his making good the suggestion. They were
plotting her 10 when policeman took her
by the arm. saying:
You are under arrest for raising crowd and
creating disorder" The sixteen-year-old boy
was so pleased he raised a din that was not
without its echoes.
Mrs. Nation protested She said she was a
who had issued no invitations to her struggling
escort.
RESTING FOR HER LECTURE
"'Taint my fault they like me-" she said.
They want to see everything, too She was
permitted to go to her hotel. A blear-eyed loaf
er who asked her the tariff to her lecture at
Carnegie Hall received a ticket. A crowd of
children blocked the entrance to the Victoria
Don't touch one of them" she said They
are the glory OF the nation. they its jewels -
Then she rested for her lecture.
"Corsets must 60 drink must go and must
tobacco" she said TO six hundred people at Car
negfe Hall in the evening. gray-whiskered.
sOber-looking man. who introduced her. ap-
proved the sentiment. He was particularly in
tereSted IN everything concerning the health OF
womankind. He was a doctor and after Mrs.
Nation finished, he convulsed the audience by
his advocacy Of certain health food which he
manufactures as a restorer and preserver OF
rugged vitality. Before the reforner began her
argument, a band Of urchins entertained the
here comes Mrs. Nation" When the Kansan
stepped upon the stage she was greeted with a
tumult from a we'll lined gallery. She smiled
at the youngsters whose elbows hung low over
the rail. and then launched her initial phrase.
Two actresses sat just below her She eyed
them, and began:
grow up you should. Be women It's not
your fault, though. It's the sCheming corset
makers who force them upon you Young men,
write to your sweethearts and ask them TO De
satisfied with honest forms.
Mrs. Nation next told the women present how
she yearned to go forth with them on saloon
smashing crusade. She said that chey did not
realize how salutary would be the effect OF such
crusade. She explained that God Endorsed
her method Of doing away with sin, saying that
Moses smashed the golden calf with hatchet-
wOMAN's AWFUL LOT.
We poor women" she said are the ones IN
this world who are compelled to suffer. We are
bearing the burden Of the world We give birth
to man. We nurse him. we cradle him and care
for him Then he deserts US for tobacco and
rum He leaves US for his club. his den Of
iniquity his habitations Of hopelessness and
ruin Pretty sool we shall have 10 do his work
for him"
Mrs. Nation let il be distinctly understood that
her talk was entirely personal; that she had "a
finger on the ear OF every in the hall"
She said that lawyers were the greatest enemies
Of modern society. They encouraged the liquor
traffic, she said, in order 70 make criminals
whom they could defend. According 10 her
theory, policemen are against vice in all forms,
because If wickedness did not exist the bluecoats
could sit quietly and whittle through all the
livelong day.
Her friend on the platform, the health food
manufacturer, disagreed with Mrs. Nation re-
garding lawyers. He urged that bakers were
the most reprehensible breakers OF the physical
and therefore the moral law. His remarks were
not followed with the greatest attention, due 70
the fact that the boys in the gallery were rest
less. Acting upon a hint from Mrs. Nation 3
manager, the reforrner told the health food
manufacturer that his trades were losing IN
force he had better close. The audience left the
hall ringing with their merrtment