The National tribune., 1909-06-24

were erected, brass bands were going
| full blast everywhere. cannon doomed,
whistles shrieked, business was sus-
| pended, professions marched, carrying
| fiuttering banners with airships painted
on them, and in one of the parks of
the city, witnessed by great crowds of
people who filled the neighboring trees,
fences and housetops, as we'll as the
| park, sort of vaudeville turn was
given, in which man dressed in COLO
nial costume, represented as old Jona-
than Dayton, the founder of the city,
and prophesied the coming greatness of
the Wrights. On the next day the
Wright brothers received the three med
! ais which have lately been awarded
them-one by Congress, one by the Leg
| islature of Ohio and one by the city of
Dayton. The presentation ceremony
took place in the Fair Grounds, and was
witnessed by all Dayton and many dis
| tinguished visitors. Behind the stand
on which the Wright brothers sat-Sis-
ter Katharine by their side, of course
$500 school children, dressed in red,
white and blue, were arranged to repre-
sent Old Glory. Troops and brass bands
gave a martial air to the scene. Gen.
James Allen, Chief Signal Officer, rep
resenting Secretary Dickinson, present
ed the National medals, the Governor
of Ohio the State medals and the Mayor
of Dayton those given by the city. After
the brothers had received these, accom-
panied by many pleasing and fiattering
remarks, each rose in turn, to the utter
surprise of all those present, and made
a few simple remarks, which is the
first time either has said word in pub
| lie, tho frequently urged to do so. When
the brothers received their medals they
handed them right over to SISTER" who
| left the grand stand, carrying the six
and looking as pleased as Punch.
| A very dramatic and touching meet
| ing took place the other day in the Fed
eral Building of New York when the
| banker, Charles w. Morse, released on
bail thru the efforts of his devoted wife,
saw her standing before him. With a
single step the wife was in her hus-
bands arms, while the tears gushed
from both their eyes and the spectators
were obliged to turn away to hide their
emotion. Charles w. Morse, convicted
| for misapplying the funds of the Bank
of North America, was sentenced last
November to Is years Imprisonment.
Since then his faithful wife, who be-
lieved implicitly in her husbands inno-
cence began working for his release,
and finally obtained the consent of the
United States Circuit Court to admit
| the financier to bail in the sum of $125,-
900. Then the plucky little women tried
TO get the money together, and altho
Morse had several good friends who
came forward without any solicitation
on the part of Mrs. Morse and offered
financial help, yet she had considerable
difficulty toward the last in making up
the amount. But she succeeded, and
her husband owes his temporary free
dom to her. He is released for four
months, when he will have a new trial
and when his friends hope he may be
acquitted. To the credit of Mr.. Morse
t.. fa1 10 Of t1n fret a
yantages he made of his liberty was to
take steps to help several of the men
| Imprisoned with him in whose histories
he had become interested. Some of
these he feels have not been given a
fair show, and he proposes 70 spare no
June 16, for the. first time in seven
months, Charles Morse slept in his own
home and sat down at his own table,
and 1t is safe to say that there was no
happier woman in New York that night
than his devoted and energetic wife.
The persistent, determined, boldly
aggressive campaign which the English
suffragets have been carrying on foE
some months has had its effects on all
women seriously interested in the cause
of woman's rights. That this movement
is looking up wonderfully no one can
deny. The women of continental Eu-
rope, especially Italy and France, have
caught the spirit of their English sis
ters to remarkable extent. Women
| all over the world, from the Orient to
the Occident, seem to be thoroly
aroused on this subject, and have taken
their places beside those of their sex
who have thrown themselves heart and
soul into the cause. The boidness and
daring, the martyr-like spirit which the
militant English women have displayed,
has fascinated many of their mfIder
followers, and is no doubt responsible
for much of the present vitality and
enterprise of the movement and for
the renewed energy and determination
exhibited by the American suffragists.
Several women of large wealth and un-
questioned social position have recently
allied themselves with the cause in this
country, notably Mrs. Oliver H. p. Bel
mont, and at meeting held in New
York the other day. at which large
numbers of prominent society women
were present, hitherto either actively
opposed or Indifferent in their attitude,
| 1t was decided that the psychological
moment had arrived for a more decided
stand than had yet been taken. Radi-
Gals and conservatives are to unite un-
der a general board and all work to-
gether, as they have not worked before,
for this great end. Most of the Ameri-
can leaders in this reform have been in
held in that great city, and have re-
turned determined to make theirs the
battle cry of their English sisters,
Union and militant suffrage" Whether
next Winter will witness scenes in and
about our Capitol similar to those
which have been taking place in and
about the Houses of Parliament in Lon
don remains to be seen. II is hoped
however, that our suffragists will see
the mistakes which the English suffrag-
cts have made in this respect and will
profit by them. All the details for this
decisive blow will be worked our at the
National Convention to be held in Seat
+, tie this Summer.
| We have been so many times rudely
awakened to the fact that our doll was
filled with sawdust, SO many OF the
cherished illusions of youth have been
broken from our belief In Santa Claus
down, that 1t is positive relief to be
told that the beloved idyl of our nursery
days, Mary had little lamb" is really
true. Charles e. Cbadeayne, of Ossin-
ing, n. Y, vouches for this, and, what is
more. he can prove 1t If you want him
to. Mr.. Chadeayne has been prowling
iardurd among old books, etc, for years,
and has a very valuable collection Of
literary curios. He found somewhere
1.-THE whole story of Mary and her little
lamb. She was a Mary Sawyer, and
lived In Sterling, Mass, and her father
was frail delicate little bleater, to-
xf.l.