The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-05-07
AMERICA IS
WONDERFUL.
Mrs. Redmond's Impression
Cleaned From Tour Of Nation.
CHICAGO IS A PUSHING CITY
A Great Help 10 Her Husband and kesnly
interested 10 The United
Irish League.
CHICAGO IS A PUSHING CITY

interesting listener at the meetlng IN
| Jersey City Monday night addressed by
william X. Redmond than the Irish men,
| ber OF Parllament's wife. and this not
| withstanding the fact that Mr.. Redmond
has addressed more than sixty meetings
since his arrival in America. and his wife
has seen and heard him on the platform
nearly every night
When a reporter saw Mrs. Redmond In
her apartments In the Hoffman House
yesterday she said she had enjoyed her
trip immensely. She is a very pretty
young woman with gracious manners and
will probably be with the Parliamentary
party in Rhode Island next week.
Her father was born In county Upper
ary. and after he removed TO Australia
was the first man 10 be decorated by
the Pope In that country. For services to
the Catholic church Mr. Dalton was made
knight of st. Gregory. Mrs. Redmond's
brother. James Dalton. was recently
member of the Irish party in Parliament,
representing the. county Donegal.
AMERICA is WONDERFUL.
liza while travelling In the West" she said
to the visitor but i wish my country
had your great rivers. Drought, drought
is the constant cry there. Your rivers,
like your distances. are on grand scale
America Is a wonderful country.
'I liked some OF the smaller cities bet
ter than the big ones. Peoria and Toledo
for instance. st. Louis is beautiful city.
We drove out to the exposition grounds.
But all your cities are beautiful, with
the trees just budding when we saw
them and the open lawns right down to
the street And such beautiful flowers on
the lawns! Americans must be very hon
est people 1t would be temptation 10
most women to steal those flowers. And
no walls around the houses-everything
open, no privacy! 1 couldn't get used to
that I want to be shut in when l am
home"
CHICAGO A PUSHING CITY.
did they show you the stock yards in
Chicago?" asked the visitor.
mo. did not want TO go. I went TO
the meeting where 1900 people gathered
under one roof. II was grand sight.
They took me up to the top OF the audi
torium TO show me the city and when /
got there I couldn't see anything but
smoke. But II is a pushing city, isn't II?
never saw such crowds. and everybody
was In n hurry. After a little while did
Just what the rest did. suppose the rea-
son is that the business district Is so
congested. But you can walk forever and
never get out OF Chicago.
"I don't notice the crowds so In New
York as in Chicago Why. when I first
came here New York streets seemed
empty compared with London. / suppose
the people travel on the cars more"
Mrs. Redmond said she mustn't be 'in-
terviewed" She told OF talking with a
newspaper woman In Philadelphia and OF
her surprise at seeing all she said print
ed In the paper the next day.
81 thought was Just chatting Wit
her." she laughed, 'and I said all man.
ner of flippant things In ST. Louis they
printed my picture. IL was terrible.
think like our newspapers at home best.
You seldom see a woman's picture print
ed over there, except perhaps. in one OF
the weeklies."
BIG HELP TO HUSBAND.
| Mrs Redmond attends to most OF her
| husbands correspondence. and says she
doesn't mind the work. Mr.. Redmond
| hates It, she says. Speaking OF their con-
| stant travelling and Mr.. Redmond's
| speech-malSing. she said
II tell Mr.. Redmond he can appreciate
| now what Bryan had to do In his cam
| paigns. And tell him. too, that II he had
to make the speeches had TO do the
listening. so we both shared in the work
| of the trip"
Mrs. Redmond is as keenly interested In
| the United Irish League and in the plans
| for ameliorating the condition OF Irish
| tenants as In her husband. but she does
| not care to talk on these subjects. She
| Is looking forward to n visit to her Aus
| tralian home this summer.