The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-10-01


the United States lying west of the
Hudson and north of Harlem. if given
to occasional journeys to this source
of all wisdom, will do well to arrange
his next trip to the metropolis SO as
to be here next Saturday Thereby
he may enjoy an experience that, in
the telling. will cause all of the citi-
zens of his native town to shudder
in amazed horror at his fooihardy
bravery and herioc devotion to his
cause of sociological research.
There will be great doings in New
York next Saturday night, although
practically all of the millions of peo-
pie resident mere may know nothing
about il. The occasion will be the ''har-
vest ball and fall reunion of Mother
Earth's friends and the place the
This may not sound exciting, out the
visitor is likely to find it So
Mother Earth it may be explain
ed, is a magazine published by Emma
Goldman, a middle-aged woman who
entertainS the theory that the govern
ment of man by man is tyranny. ]
would call her the nigh priesteSs of
anarchy" but the phrase is already
threadbare. Miss Goldman and her
right-hand man, Alexander Berkman,
and her first assistant editor, Hippo
lyte Havel, will grace the ball with
their presence, and the event
doubtless will be the great social event
of the season in East Broadway So
ciety-
If the visitor, having pad his two
bits for a ticket, expects to see only
the rough, violent, unkemrt anarchists
of popular fiction, ae will be disap-
pointed. Even at the gathering of the
revolutionary anarchists, this type Is
almost unknown. There will be ar
lists and physicians and professional
men in dress suits; pretty girls in ball
gowns; aged women, plainly clad, with
the light of a Semi-insane fanaticism
shining in their eyes; men and women
of every age and class and nationality
in this cosmopolis of anarchism
Some are sincere in their belief and
look upon anarchism as a great cause,
to which they would sacrifice Their
lives, IL necessary; to others the no.
government theory Is but a fad, an
affectation, entered upon lightly and
to be abandoned in the prospect of
any trivial inconvenience.
The ball will pIobahls maxi tina .f1st
public <appearance Of Miss Goldman in
New York for some time to come,
since she has announced her intention
to begin next month a lecture tour
or the country, to be followed by an
invasion of Australia
Since the American fleet has been
so royalty welcomed by the Aus
tralians, l feel confident that I will
receive no less a reception" declared
Miss Goldman, in her magazine
Which goes to show that even the
leader of the militant anarchists has
not wholly purged ner vocabulary of
words expressing conventional ideas,
since she hopes for a royal greeting
in the Antipodes.
That government, sometimes I'M
necessarily invasive. is yet a human
necessity, Is nowhere more apparent
than at the gatherings of anarchists
The sovereignty and leadership which
Miss Goldman so cordially detests, in
others, is exercised by herself over
her band of fanatical and dilettante
followers. Denouncing the law, Miss
Goldman speaks to her disciples with
all the authority of a law-giver, and
they obey with the servility of sub
1ects of the most despotic sovereign.
To the philosopher who studies social
questians without passion or prejudice,
the anarchists appear to have less lib
erty OF initiative than the Door dupes
of recommendation" and anarcnism
itself but new name for despotism
in petticoats.
Ban on Silk Hats.
A trip up the white way in the
evening, when the theatre crowds are
gathering, leads to the observation
that New York men are growing less
conventional in their observance of
the dictates of fashion. Perhaps the
most noteworthy evidence of this
change is the absence of conventional
evening dress and silk hats. The
tuxedo, with the accompanying der
Dy headgear, Is much in evidence.
and mas apparently displaced the
more formal style Of masculine even
sng dress. Even at the best the
alters only a small proportion of the
men wear the high hat that a few
years ago was almost universal. The
SILK tile is evidently headed toward
the museum OF ancient fossils, unless
the tide should be turned in its favor.
Dealers report that their sales of
silk hats have been muca smaller
than in former years, having been
constantly decreasing for the last
three years. There is still a limited
demand, however. as New Workers
have not yet reached the point of
veal uS UeTDY WIN Iull evening
dress, as in London. The frock coat
and the derby are often seen togeth-
er along Broadway and Fifth avenue,
but the high silk nat is likely to re-
main the proper headgear for formal
evening wear for many years to come
Eva Won't Wed
No Wedding Bells For Me- is the
" latest song in the repertoire OF
tfS inimitable vaudevil1ian and
Salomer. Miss Eva Tanguay. Some
time ago it was announced that Miss
Tanguay was to wed Julian EItinge.
the female inpersonator, and for a
time Broadway was plunged into
deepest despair, lest its fair head
liner should find matrimonial duties
so insistent as to cause her retire
ment from the stage. After a con-
siderable period of this heart-rendins
suspense. Miss Tanguay has definitely
and finally. once and for all. announc-
ed that married life IS not for her.