Durango semi-weekly herald., 1903-05-04

u | '''aH5'- ah ihtAs even " tDt lulllaLtt
3 1t Is somewhat of a surprise TO see tn
| head of the English nation greete
with enthusiasm APPARENTLY SO genuine
l when the extreme pro-Boer attitude
, of the French during the recent Soutl
African war is recalled. But recen
moves on the European chessboart
have thrown England and France clos
er together and the welcome of King
Edward is merely a method chosen by
France to emphasize this friendly un
derstanding. Then again. information.
al politics aside. King Edward has al.
was been one of the most popular visit
tors to Paris. In his younger days
when Prince OF Wales. he made ire
quent visits to the French capital, and
his democratic ways and good fellow
ship. to use a slang phrase. made a
hit" with the Parisians
So it is that when the special train
bearing his majesty and his suite ar
rived at the Lyons railway station late
| this afternoon a cordial welcome
awaited them. The king was officially
greeted by officials of state and mil
itary escort conducted the party to the
| '''''oh NihDdoog, WHtIe
| VIII stay during the next two daye.
His majesty found the streets lavishly
decorated in his honor and in the shop
windows everywhere were displayed
his portraits. AT the top of the Rue
de la Paix, near the Place de rOpera,
there was magnificent triumphal
| arch covered with French and English
iiags and trophies, At the lower end
| OF the Rue Castiglone there was a sim
| liar arch and the immediate thorough
fares We're tastefully decorated with
flags and bunting and long rows of
posts strung with colored electric
| lights.
| The king is to remain in Paris until
| Monday morning. The program pro
| vided for his entertainment is as elab.
crate as that prepared for the enter
tainment OF Frances strong ally, the
ear. on the occasion of his visit to
Paris year ago. Tomorrow will be
| The big day and in honor of the occa-
sion many large firms have declared
general holiday for their employees.
The program comprises a review at
| Vincennes of 1000 troops of the gar
|
there will be grand special race
meeting at Longchamps, In which
crack horses will he ridden by Amer
lean jockeys, including Nash Turner,
O'Connor, Mcintyre and Jay Rausch
Al the Theater Franchise the best CO.
Medicines will appear, and with Jules
Claretie at the head will welcome the
king in the historic green room. A
| gala performance at the opera will be-
gin with the singing of God Save the
| King" the American soprano, Miss
Bessie Abbott taking prominent part.
The performance will include the cor
onation march. composed for King Ed
wards accession by Saint Saens, the
third act of La Statue. the trio OF
Faust and the superb ballet from lie
Cid.
PORTLAND Ore, May IA big
fire swept over the lumber district
along the water front today Many
dwellings, sawmills. and factories were
burned. Two men are reported killed
| BOSTON, Mass, May Before Tie
members of an organization called the
Mothers and Fathers club, Mary A
LiLvermore spoke of Child Culture, =
md took issue with President Roose
welt and President Eliot on the race
suicide question. She said:
i I'VE need to listen more to talk
about the culture of fathers and moth.
ers than we do to the culture of the
child it seems to me. There are two
mighty factors that enter into the
making of individuals and nations.
These factors are hereditary and en-
yironment. There are men and WON
en- who are unfit to be the parents of
children. At the present time we have
TO depend upon environment. In many
cases IL Is better TO take children
away from their natural parents, so
that they may have a chance to do
better.
The need is not more children, but
better ones. 1t would not be race sui
| eide II we were to have more homes
into which only two or three children
were born Quality and character
signify more than horde"
Mrs. Livermore said that the worth
or worthlessness of home depends
upon the woman first.
| LUZ oh' hho'
be supplemented by an enlightened
fatherhood. A man cannot make n
home. He can build palace. but,
poor creature, he cannot turn 1t into
a home. A woman can turn 1t into
a home. A woman can make q home
alone, but it is better for her to have
4 man il she can. Let your daugh-
ters grow up to think that they are TO
be mothers and home makers. All
women have an aptitude for mother
hood
| WASHINGTON, ID. C.. May l.
The twenty-three suspended members
of he National Red Cross society have
issued "a public statement denying the
authority of Walter +. Phillips com
mittee to suspend them, and declaring
that the committee Is proceeding un
der bylaws Illegally adopted. The
new bylaws, they say, violate the
purpose and intent of the charter
granted by congress in that they con
stitute "A system which invades tho
character rights, II 1t does not practi
cally disfranchise all the members OF
the association except the few whom