The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-07-29
CARRIE HELD GLASS
But She Did Not Taste or
Smell Contents
SHE STUNNED ST. L0nlS
Looking At Pictures in the
Slot Machine.

| St Louis. July 2S.-Mrs. Carrie Natior
went Stunning last night in St Louis
When she had finished her trip through
the red light district she declared that
Il she were in authority in this city con-
ditions would be radically changed. She
said she would not have believed such a
state of things existed if she had not seen
and heard for herself.
Accompanied by an escort Of reporters
and two friends. she left the Lindel hotel
at $50 O'Clock. intending TO pass the two
hours before the trains departure in
visiting places at random along the route
to the Union station. She refused 70 eat
dinner in the hotel, because some guests
| drank beer at the table. and was advised
| to go to Nagles' restaurant on Seventh
| street. She didn't stay very long.
Crossing the street she went into the
mutoscope parior in the Columbia Thea
ire foyer. Dropping a penny in the slot.
she watched the antics OF a dancing girl.
were a study as she observed the pictures.
Turning about she addressed the crowd
on the evils of these exhibitions.
Then she went TO the hotel and pre-
pared for the stunning trip. AS she
passed Hotel Barnum a lad shouted
Good morning. Carrie" and she smiled
good naturally and waived to him.
In saloon on the northwest corner of
Sixth and Pine streets she shook hands
With the bartender and urged him 10 re-
form. She crossed to the saloon on the
southeast corner and went into the back
room. where a crowd was looking at stere
opticon pictures.
Here she delivered an earnest speech
against intemperance and pictures on the
wall which attracted her attention. Some
one in the room made rush toward her
to put her out, but was restrained by
members of her escort
In the saloon run by Edward Koelin
of the House of Delegates, she recited a
temperance rhyme and expressed her
opinion about legislators being in the
liquor business. BY this time the crowd
following her had increased TO about 400
persons IL blocked the street car track
on Sixth and Market streets Men and
women asked for her autograph. and with
a lead pencil she scrawled her name on
slips of paper
She was recognized everywhere. Now
and then she stopped 10 admonish some
one to stop smoking cigarettes, or dashed
into saloon and rallied against intern
perance. Delegate Cronin was not in his
saloon when she arrived there. and she
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red-light district.
At Nineteenth street the party got off
the car and proceeded up Chestnut street.
as far as Jefferson avenue. She stopped
in several houses on the way and the
women received her cordially listening to
her pleadings with attention. Her most
energetic speech was made in the Morgan
Club.
In the garden people were seated at the
tables. She hurried ahead OF her escort
and began a fiery speech on the persons
who were drinking. One woman angered
her with retorts and she fingered longer
than in other places and spoke more We
hemently.
over Jefferson avenue and east on Mar
ket street TO Union station a crowd OF
several hundred people hurried after her.
shouting her name and clamcring for a
speech. The crowd went along through
tho Terminal saloon, where she addressed
the bartenders and patrons. and followed
her through the Midway in Ueion Station.
IN the station were thousands Of ex-
cursionists. But she made her way
through the crowd without difnculty and
obliged the agent TO sell her tickets al
cnce. She boarded her train at II O'Clock
After getting inside the gates she said
few parting words TO the crowd on the
outside Of the railing.
Mrs. Nation went 10 Aurora. H.. via
Joliet. Her manager. James E Furlong.
vii meet her At Rockford, H.
The sight Of the waiter daring TO at
tempt the sale OF Devil Brew IN her
presence awakened her TO state Of furi-
Gus action She had been sitting piacidly
enough talking with friends. But the
exasperating spectacle brought her 10
her feet as II she had received an electric
shock
Take that stuff away" she cried.
THAT shall not be sold IN this stand as
long as am here"
The waiter was holding several glasses
by their handles above his head. En-
Unused by Mrs. Nation the crowd thieken-
Cd around him and took the glasses.
which were passed. still fun. around the
crowd EVERYBODY was laughing hear
thy. Vhhen Mrs. Nation spied another
waiter. also laden with full beer glasses.
Her wrath was again roused. and never
vas man 50 denounced as this second
waiter
But n the height % her distribe some
body placed ore o. the beer glasses 10 her
hand without fully noticing what she
was doing. she grasped the handle ard
waved the glass 70 and fro. with al the
appearance q an intention 70 take The
cooling draft. = dzyet decrying the wait
ers. the manager for allowing the walters
70 sell iiquor liquor drinkers ard isguor
brewers with al The vchemence her We
hement nature could command
Finally when the show vas over. she
sailed foTth and gave a public lecture
or National Prohibition she Sad nat
she vas an apostle = prohlhiflou. that
she bad worn the convlcts Esrb ogt -
martyr5om n TIE cs1se--aereiy because
she destroyed saiac- property g. Eanass
In conclusion she iaufed ~ Rational s.
sues and ratlonal political figures. 0he.
shs said. we're largely sustained - beer (
and the brevertes-
SoE you've got a D1t-a rrssltenf.~ /
sad shs- ard he's sspportinz IRE brew
srsss. too.