The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1901-08-27
CARRIE NATION
Visits Cleveland and Pays
an Interesting
VISIT TO A SALOON!
whats the Matter with Carrie
Nation, She's All Right"

Carrie Nation visited Cleveland last
Thursday and had an interesting time
The Leader giving an account of the
visit. says:
The Kansas cyclone was denied to
Late in the afternoon Mrs. Nation de-
clared her willingness to meet the
s'boys" as she called the reporters.
They were ushered into her room and
the first thing that met their glance
was a keen edged hatchet lying on
top of the dresser.
"That's the official hatchet, boys"
said Mrs. Nation. SIT was presented |
to me by saloon keeper. It's good |
one, to-"
Another Ratchet not half as for
midable also rested on the dresser.
Mrs. Nation is motherly looking
woman, tall and large and weighs easily
| 200 pounds. Her attire showed that
she was not easily given to frivolities OF
fashion, for it was plain to severity. A
plain, loosely fitting dress was orna-
mented only by a white tie about her
neck. On her head was black bonnet
simply made. In repose her face has
kindly look, full of sympathy, but when
ever she becomes earnest, her eyes
flash, her mouth squares, showing two
rows of good teeth. A profile of the
Kansas hatchet wielder shows a small,
nose, rather fat. When she is ami
mated, her nose takes on a fierce ex-
preston that strikes terror to those to
whom she is talking.
swell, boys" she exclaimed, rising
lquickly from her seat, whats the pro-
gram for this afternoon? Can't we do
la little smashing. You have few
hellholes here that need it, haven't
you? This life is too tame for me. /
feel like conqueror of the earth this
afternoon. Oh, l want to smash every
hell hole in the city, Let's do some
lthing.
But she was warned by her manager
that she had been out of Jail only two
weeks, and she agreed that maybe it
would be best to be circumspect.
AS she went down street to see her
agent and the hall, several reporters
and a crowd of newsboys followed her
I Like a whirlwind she left the reporters
e and rushed into the cafe operated by
q Harry Wilson and Frank Skelly. Hur-
] rying up to three men seated at table
: drinking, she exclaimed; AREN'T you
t ashamed of yourselves? Don't you
: know that you are running your health,
e your home, and doing an injustice to
s your poor wives and children? That
e stuff is eating your manhood; taking
away from you all that is pure and
good"
e The men laughed at her. They did
g not know who she was. but it soon be-
J, came noised around that she was Car
g rie Nation, and large crowd collected.
Is She ran up to the bar and called out tC
IL the bartenders: "What are young
Is men doing here? Does your mother
q know you are here? Do they wan
J you here? What are you preparing
there?"
le ga temperance drink" answered
ID one of the bartenders.
e "Let me taste it," she demanded
Is But the barkeeper refused herrequest
id Carrie importuned a number of mel
III before the bar not to take their drinks
le but they didn't heed her. Then sh'
'e stood short distance from the bar.
D. s'Look out for your mirror" yellet
an excited man.
"Watch your glasses" said another
The bartenders stood as if ready t,
duck.
% "Oh, if I could only get about twelv
'n good women here with twelve goo
s. hatchets," she exclaimed. "Wha
H. couldn't we do to this fine gilded hell
hole. I tell you are all going to hell
y every one of you.'
An Englishman walked up to her an
'' said: 1--WE at any rate consider on
wives to be better women than you are.
tn swell, you can't be good to you
ip wife," replied Carrie savagely. "You
,g head is nothing but receptacle TO
booze"
The Englishman subsidized. Severa
more men endeavored to argue wit
her but sharp answer always compe
m led them to retire, while the crow
cheered Carrie. The last man who er
'" gagged her in conversation quoted Plate
t. Socrates, Aristotle, Dante, and other
e on Immortality. She answered wit
e. quotations from the Bible until he wa
IL guessing. He tried to corner her in he
10 arguments, but quick as flash woul
rn come passage of Scripture, which wa
r. accepted by the crowd, if not by tn
'sC man.
Ill She left the saloon, followed by larg
ID crowd. The newsboys soon found on
ID, who she was and they followed her IL
the street, shouting, "Carrie Nation
Carrie Nation"
At the entrance to the Arcade sh
saw a crippled newsboy without an
cy legs. "You precious little darling,
e. she said as she leaned over him. Sh
~. asked tenderly about the acciden
re which resulted in the loss of his legs
r. and then, picking up her dress an
ts. reaching into an old-fashioned pocke
as in her petticoat, she pulled out dolla