The age-herald., 1902-02-23

E9o-O-s"o-e-s-s-e-e-s"s-e''s -e''s'e-s-'o-'s terday of her visit and of the many dis tinguished people whom she met.
 "A short while" she said, is amply sufficient to convince one that our ha- tional capital Is the mast charming ana fascinating of cities. There are years or travel in this one city, and meeting peo- pie from every section of the umted States one at least can know his own countrymen. The Virginia people, must confess, seem to have the principal right of way. NAw I do not say this be- cause my ancestry is all Nlrglhah put because it Is true"
 ''oing to call one afternoon on some Vir- ginia people who were receiving, as my cousin and I were announced we heard the hostess say We are all Virginia
 people, and as soon as we were recog-
 nized, my cousin as being from virginia,
 and as I said before my ancestry as be- ing Virginian it was indeed a pleasant
 gathering"
 Just by my side stood Helen Gardner, the reformer and writer, who Is also
 Virginian and near by Mrs. Pickett, wid-
 ow of the Confederate general One
 scarcely meets a handsom CT or more dis
 tinguished looking woman than Mrs.
 Pickett and none more interesting than
 Miss Gardner. She is the most womanly
 of women and yet she declared herself a
 woman suffragist."
 But back to the clanishness of Vir-
 ginians. l do not think they are mar
 row in this clannishness but they are cer- tainly proud of being Virginians and think just a little more of another Vir- ginian than of ordinary mortals In speaking of the western women
 prominent in Washington society, Mrs. | Francis said:
 "The western women entertain with great ease and you at once feel thorough 1 ly at home in their presence. l attended | an elegant reception at Mrs. Fairbanks wife of the senator from Indiana. They
 have a splendid home and Mrs Fair banks is the most gracious of hostesses
 and seems to take especial notice of each guest. I do not think the D. A. R.'s could have made a more fitting choice for president general.
 q am sorry to say I did not see Susan B. Anthony, but I did see Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catt and was present for a
 short time at one of the meetings over
 which she presided and to her credit I
 must say her rulings were excellent. She is lovely in her personal appearance and
 must be also in character notwithstand-
 ing she is one of the leaders of woman S suffrage Clara Barton was also upon the stage and a more glorified face l
 am sure I never beheld. One must be m ade better by a look at such a benign countenance. She was simply but be- | comingly dressed in black and wore | small red roses in her bonnet. Madame Wu's reception was a grand l crush but to me very interesting The | American womans curiosity was clearly
 in evidence. The little woman had a very
 pleasant smile for every one and a most | cordial manner. Her interpreter stood by her side as Madame Wu speaks very | little English but having such abundant
 practice in How do you, do? gets 1t off
 to perfection
 | Mrs. Francis referred to her visit to Congress. "The Philippine bill was up l in the Senate" she said, "and the Ole
 omargacine bill in the House. l enjoyed 1 very much the debates. I was introduced | fY my cousin Judge Wood of Virginia,
 to Mark Hanna and found him to be a man of great personal magnetism and very simple In his greatness. He express ed great faith ip the future of Brming-
 ham if we would open wide the gates | for northern capital.
 Senator Bailey being a friend of my | family, I had the pleasure to meet and talk with him several times. I think him by far the greatest man in the Dem. ocratic party not excepting Bryan. He if
 man of great and wonderful ability
 and should be the next Democratic nom. inee for President.
 Great is the fame of Birmingham. '
 said Mrs. Francis, "and I felt that next
 to being proud of my Virginian ancestry I was proud of being a resident of this
 most prosperous and greatest of southern cities.''