The National tribune., 1909-10-07

30th. In the harbor lay the great ships
of Great Britain, Germany, France,
Italy, Holland and Argentina, and from
them the jackies poured to take part in
the great procession. Not since the days
of 1888 has d British tar carried arms
In the streets of New York, and never
to any extent have armed man Of an
other Nation appeared in anY of our
numerous parades. The splendid PRO-
ceSsion of 5000 men, all bearing arms,
headed by the sailors of seven foreign
countries, made q magnificent pageant
such as has never before been seen on
the streets of any city in the country,
and while all of our visiting blue Jackets
were greeted with enthusiastic cheer
ing, none ELECTED the wild and Unre-
strained applause of the Germans. IS
they passed the revie% wing stan1 they
took up the parade goose step, while
their band played America" with such
an overwhelming outburst of the
brasses that the people seated on the
benches We're for a moment almost
stunned Then they rose, and the scene
that followed has seldom been equaied.
They cheered and cheered, and waved
handkerchiefs and hats till they could
cheer and wave no longer. One grand
stand after another took it up all along
the line of the parade, in which the
great tllS
curbstones Joined. The scene on the
grandstand was alone well worth the
price of admission, as the saying goes
Sir Edward Seymour, the Admiral of
the British fleet, in all the gorgeousness
of the full-dress uniform of the service,
was accorded the seat of honor on the
right of Gov. Hughes, while next to him
was seated the German Admiral, flash
ing with the jewels in the stars and
crosses of his numerous orders. The
other foreign Admirals were given
prominent positions on the stand, and
behind them sat a crowd of men in gold
lace and medals, cooked hats and
frogged jackets, while scattered among
them were many of our most distin-
guished countrymen in plain clothes.
Over all shone a brilliant sun, which
touched the jeweled orders on the
breasts of the foreign representatives
and the arms of the men in the parade
with almost dazzling effect. 1t was
sight worthy a great artist.
In this age of many and diverse ac-
tivities, when it is extremely rare to
meet a woman who is not RUSHED to
DEATH" the day at home" is almost a
necessity. Even women who by no
manner of means consider themselves
Fashionable, and who have no desire to
ape the ways of the wealthy and leisure
class, find it of the greatest convenience
and comfort, as they are thereby able
to accomplish much more and are freed
from the oppressive shadow of the un-
expected guest. Every woman who is
at home at all times and every day to
her friends and acquaintance knows
what il is to have caller announced
at the most inopportune moment, when
in the kitchen stirring up pudding
for dinner, for instance, in the midst of
house-cleaning, when engaged sewing
with a seamstress, or in the perform
ance of any of the thousand and enc
duties which occupy SO much of a
housekeeper's time. The day at home
does away with all this. The woman
who has adopted it prepares for 1t, and
sits down in her well-dusted and or
derly parlor Cor anywhere in the house
that she prefers), and awaits with
quiet mind the coming of some friend
She is not distracted by the thought of
the pudding in the oven, possibly burn
ing in the midst of conversation, nor of
any domestic duty left uncompleted,
but is able to perform her equally i'm
portant social duty with graceful cour-
tesy. Nearly every woman nowadays
has her day at home" This does not,
of course, prevent her close, intimate
friends from calling upon her at other
times, but it does save her from the
Interruptions of her more formal call
ing acquaintances. The day at home"
was originated over 800 years ago by a
French woman, Mile. De Scudery She
was plain little lady and had no for
tune, but she was very bright and clev-
er and wrote books which gained Tor
her much reputation. She lived in Paris
With her brother in a small house
which stood in a garden filled with fruit
trees, and being a very interesting talk
er, she had lots of callers. But Mile
Scudery was a very busy woman with
h Ft-ff fsra1r 8 ~
little home, etc, and she was therefore
obliged to deny herself to her friends
many times when they came to see her.
This troubled her, because she loved to
talk, and to have an audience when she
did so, and so she Set apart two days in
every week for the purpose of receiving
callers. On Saturday all the most bril-
liant men and beautiful as well as bril-
liant women of Paris came to see her,
while Tuesdays were reserved for her
intimate friends. On fine DAYS the little
circle would adjourn to the garden,
where the flow of brilliant conversation
was somewhat interrupted by the pick
ing and eating of cherries and other
fruit. Her Saturdays became known
all over the civilized world, and the
salon thus established by her has be-
come part of Frances history This
distinguished lady lived to the ripe old
age of "a, preserving her wits, her good
sense and her renown to the last, and
the women of the world, and especially
those of the 10th century, owe her a
debt of gratitude.
. There is no spectacle in the world
to-day more picturesque In a certain
way than the English suffragets. Their
pranks would fill three-ring circus
any time and all the time. The outsid-
er stands with mouth and ears open 10
be ready for their next move. They are
setting up a great howl now over the
treatment TO which some of their num-
her have been subjected in the Birming-
ham Prison. Being sent to prison is an
everyday occurrence with them, but in
the present instance in addition to this
horrible indignity has been put upon
these militant ladies. They refused to
eat, thinking, IL is presumed, to bring
their oppressors to terms by this means
and food has been administered to them
forcibly by means of a stomach pump.
The possibilities for dramatic descrip-
tioD in the situation are great. 1t is
easy TO imagine the scenes. 1t does, in
deed, seem to be very extreme meas
ure to resort to, even in the handling
of an English suffraget, but the au-
thcrities excuse IL by saying that it was
the only way they could prevent the
women from committing suicide. In
this country the statement made by
Mrs. o. II. p. Belmont one of the latest
acquisitions TO the ranks of American
suffragets, that possibly there might be
bloodshed unless women get the ballot
etc, has awakened a good deal of COM
ment and the more conservative mem