The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-09-14
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people. would have enjoyed the satis5 FAC
tion Of hearing sermons from the Ups

people, would. nave tsIJoyCo 10
tion Of hearing sermons from tile ups
OF women.
Esing myself one of those stupid men
nnldtu:- ancient notions and absurd pre-
JUDGES, beng q man ever ready 10 itNs
Under tina sweet inIuepce OF woman nuN
never 20 allow her 20 lead hiia either ~
This world or in the next wolla L.Aye
voted against the petition u Is OILY On
the concert blatf3t1n Or on Eha stSee tSl.'L
love Ia. hear tste voice OF q woman IN
aubIic On the lecture pia tIoFm ara IN
tle p1rLr,tt can only stand the pefs13-
siYe accents CT 2 n1stie voice. fsEesl an
| aStsr-dianer speech delivered by q woman
ears rae WEIGHING GU r1y efIa!r n0Wevsr
GOOD the matter may be. or course. tnis
raay only be 4 fad which, however, IS
tudulEed in 10y the majority q men.
j confess il cartlidIy, L apo!isi2e tor IL
| hunbfy and hope to he forgiven ny
my iady readers for expressing my views
on the subject so frankly.
European Uniforms.
With the exception of . few regiments
lin Germany and in Austria. only three
| European countries remain 10 lhsiSt on
| making their soldiers easy targets Tor
| their enemies; England. who has soidiers
| with red coats; France, who has her
| whole army with red trousers and caps,
and Spain, who has one with red trous-
ers
! The South African war was targ4i. the
English i lesson by which all European
nations will profit. \ commission Is now
| citing in France wilict. will certainly
| decide that, in time Of war, the whole
! army will be dressed khaki color. and
the most useful recommendations will proc
ably be that officers will not De disun-
! eruisisabie from the soldiers.
| Considering that no infantry can ap-
preach the enemy except by running a
! ,,;cIrl " Or otal-
ling down to fire. the heavy knapsacks
| will be suppressed. and, like the Beers,
| will only carry j. blanket and belt full
| Of cartridges easy of access.
! When We also consider that smokeless
| powder will be used on all sides. all men
Interested in military matters are looking
! forward to the advent of the war between
| two great European powers.
| What is certain. however, is that. In
| time of peace. European armies will
| cease to be the spectacular show, that
| they used to afford to the ladies' maids
and servants Of the country.
Marshal Bazaine.
| General de Gallifret. in his memoirs pub
| lished a few days ago. throws a very IN
| teresting light upon the attitude OF the
| notorious Marshal Bazaine who In 1'V'
| surrendered Metz to the Prussians, SO as
| to be able to use his army for restoring
/
| he was tried by courtnartial, degraded
! and exiled.
| Before the writer started he was re-
| ceived by Napoleon ILL.,. who said that ne
| was displeased with the manner IN which
| Bexa;no treated the Emperor NlaXlnlilaii,
| adding that he was about to SEND cen
| eral CaStelean to make a strict inquiry
! into the matter.
! The result was go convincing that the
| General sent g, special message from
| Cueretaro to Galliffet stating that he
| had nearly decided upon removing the
Marshal and sending him back to France
| to justify his conduct, replacing him by
| General Douay.
| Galliffet strongly opposed the project
on the ground that it would lessen tho
dignity of the "Marechaliat.'
| "Bazaine," he added, "enjoys the full.
| confidence of the army. and General
| Douay does not offer the same guaran-
| tees
Tho letter was sent by General Castel-
| nau othe Tuileries. where 1t was
| found and afterwards published. The
| writer concluded:
II made a double mistake. for General
| Douay was very angry, and IL I had adj
| y,sed General Castelnau to send Bazaine
home the latter would have lost all chance
of high command. and possibly we
might not have lost Metz.
Old Drury Lane.
| Sir Henry Irving has decided on making
| the famous old playhouse in Drury Lane
lis home for the future. Everybody will
wish we'll to this great actor and artistic,
! who is not in the financial position In
which he ought to find himself at his age.
thanks to his talent, and perhaps as
pecja,iy to his Influence, which undouhted-
ly for the last twenty or twenty-five years
has steadily raised the English stage to
| th. standard 1t has now reached.
| Victorian Sardon is now writing especial
~ for him a. tragedy on Dante, which he
! will produce at the opening at Drury
Lane. and which will. no doubt. mako g
! sensation.
Drury Lane will be especially appro-
Jriate for q spectacular drama, but what
| should make the performance especially
realistic and interesting are absolutely
| these Of Dante. such as they have been
| transmitted to us by tradition: IN fact
| there are three protiles which Henry Ir
| wing could portray TO perfection, those
OF Dante. Savarenola and George Eliot.