The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-09-07
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-os OF Garl--ld how biz p-4ce tL4t
wichita vas anyway. She asz-d Gar
land If there were any open s-.oons II
Boston. He said ne did rot have the
heart TO break the news 10 he- that. there
are about ca
II the morning Herald Ir- Fer s
Interview with carrie is given and II IS
rs f'IoWs:
MIS-. carrie Nation. with her little
ha-chet. passed through this city yes
teElay afternoon. she landed At the
so-,h station ION YOUNGSTOWN. O.. at
o'clock. anI ~ the Moth station at
2.3e, bound for Dover, 70 deliver a lect-
ure last night
when the train stopped an eager bunch
OF newspaper men ran through the gates.
and were followed by a curious throng.
The engineer called out. We've got her
and she has her Ratchet"
II the rear Of ali the passengers Mrs..
Nation sauntered along. she was
dressed IN a Ions yellow linen buster.
with valise swinging from q strap
across her shoulder. Her 1.-THE black
Bonnet bobbod on the back OF her silver
hair, and from II waved long steamers
OF black yelling.
Bless ne" she exclaimed % the
newspaper men. peering through her
glasses. viii you ever be able % see
re through the d.rt?'
Her linen bore traces Of the different
kinds Of soil between here and YouaSs-
town. O.. where she dhvered her last
lecture. She had travelled all night in
a dav coach.
While standing at the track gate.
waiting Tor her manager TO look after
her baggage the celebrated saloon
snasher stopped for a chat A man
smoking cigar edged into the group.
Make him put down that nasty
cigar" she said scowling through her
glasses These men think they have
carte blanche TO throw their dirty
breath in everybody's face"
Then throwing a gray shawl over one
shoulder and her valise strap over the
other, Mrs. Nation tramped resolutely
out Of the station across the street to
the Hotel Essex.
One OF the reporters had lived at Wich-
tia. Kan. and asked her ii she remem-
bsred the place.
Bless you, yass" she exclaimed.
throwing up her hands as II 10 push
away dreadful memory. can I ever
forget the place That was where I
began nv career really began at
Kiowa. but that was the first big place,
They had ne in Jail there three times.
Have you any open saloons in Bos-
tom" continued Mrs Nation. after
reaching I room in the hotel a trav-
cling man told me that in Boston they
have more drunken women than any
where in the world"
What kind Of womsn2" was asked.
Well all kinds. I guess.
She asked If there was any active pro
hibition movements in Boston. When
told that the city might perhaps show
soma improvement she asked about the
political features Of the question.
The Republican party IS in favor Of
anarchy. Il gives licenses, and that is
anarchy. Law never licenses. The Re
publcans always put ne in jail"
How about the Democrats"
Well. they never got chance; they
are never in power
II VIII never forget that town OF
Wichita. % repeated Mrs. Nation. Il was
il jail there once for month once Tor
. days. and then again for two days.
That was a dirty trick that they did
when they quarantined me in Jail for
three weeks. saying that there was
smallpox in jail. There wasn't nobody
sick Then I was in jail three times in
Topeka. and once in Wheeling. W Va.
In Wichita the Republican Judges tried
to make out that was insane They set
ne down between maniac and three
cigarette smokers
which were the worst?~ she was ask
ed
oh. the cigarette smokers were a
heap worse than the maniac. II catch
anybody smoking a cigarette, 1 will
snatch IL from their mouths. They are
slaves TO fearful habit. Did you know
that cigarettes are a narcotic poison
The reporters leaned forward earnest
". and Mrs Nation Flared through her
spectaoles. Yes. si-s. they are a narcotic
WHY ~ Srrirzdeid Knocked a cigarette
from a mans mouth. He came 10 ne on
.-s sile~4sS 20 bus a hatcnet. ard he
lad one Of the dirt things in his mouth.
ffter knocked It out Of his mouth he
stepped ne on the back and said. You
are all right Carrie
is it true ATS. Nation that you VIII
40 the same II you meet men smoking
cizars7~
Wen, II / don't somebody ought 70,
l. I get chance C snatch cigarettes
from. people in Boston. I viii do it
DO you know. ny own name inspires
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