Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-04-26
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For two hours President Mckinley llstensd
while his special train (he was about 10 leavs
on his summer vacation) waited. He pardoned
the striker. As Mother Jones was Leaving
Secretary Alger asked. Mother, will you plead
for me like that when get into trouble?" "oh.
When you get into trouble you won't need ma
There will be 80 parasites to plead for Won"
The President and the Chief Justice Joined in
the laugh on the Secretary Of War;
Another woman pioneer, the Rev. Anna
Howard Shaw, the suffrage leader who has
been writing her memoirs for the Metro
politan (3), gives some thrilling stories Of
pioneer experiences in the Middle West:
To drive so or 60 miles in day to meet
lecture engagement was a frequent experience
Once during a 50-mile drive, when the ther.
mometer was 20 degrees below zero, I sud
denly realized that my face was freezing. I
opened my satchel, took out the tissue paper
that protected my best gown and put the paper
over my face as veil, tucking 1t inside Of my
bonnet. When I reached my destination, the
paper was perfect mask, frozen stiff, and
had to be lifted from the sleigh. I was due on
the lecture platform in half an hour, so drank
huge bowl of ginger tea and appeared time,
That night went to bed expecting attack
of pneumonia as result of the exposure, but
awoke next morning in superb condition, pos
sessed what Is called an Iron constitution" and
in those days I certainly needed it. s
That same winter in Kansas was chased BY
wolves, and though 1 had been more or less
intimately associated with wolves in my pioneer
life in Michigan. found tho occasion extremely
unpleasant During the long winters of my
glrlhood, wolves had frequently skunk around
our log cabin, and in the lumber camps we had
even heard them prowling on the roofs But
those were very different creatures from the
two huge, starving, tlreless animals that hour
after hour trailed behind the cutter in which
sat with another woman, who through the
whole experience never lost her head or her
control of our frantic horses They were mad
with terror; for, try as they would, they
could not outrun the grim things that traled
mi incl T1nf linz fR rn In
keeping always at the same distance with
patience that was horrible. From time to time
I turned to look at them. They were so near
that 1 could see their eyes and savering jaws
and they were noiseless as things in dream.
At last. little by little, they began to gain on
us. and they were almost within striking dis
tance of the whip which was her only weapon,
when reached the welcome outskirts OF
town and they fell back.
Art of Attracting Attention
Press agents ruses for attracting attention
are numerous and devious. Musical America
(4) tells an amusing story illustrating the
resourcefulness of Henry Russell. for some
years manager of the Boston Opera Com
pany:
During the last season in Boston, he displayed
the genius of a Barnum. Business was no.
particularly good. The scheme came lhlo nI'
head when he was about to produce Monna ' an
ma of getting Maeterlnck to come over 70 ep'i
pear In connection with its premiere. lie sn
nounced that Maeterlinck had made a bet tnsl s
he would come over to the United States win. WIN,
out being discovered, thus putting the entire
Boston press on the qul vive Reporters lIon
every paper were detailed to watch the steam, steam.
ers All kinds of good and amiaole people WIZ VIZ
looked like Maeterlinck, or who were suppos
to, were trailed for days, much TO their aa
tonlshment and disgust Finally 1t was artanssa m IS,a
that somebody who was made up TO looA ns las
Maeterllnck should get off steamer La,sr
Furope and 20 10 a small and secluded hoteL
about which the Boston reporters camped, Ins'
produced more columns and still more column. y.
Then Maeterllnck In Europe denied ss ths'
was here. His denial was denied. bostoh IN
sure II had him. The agitation was kep'2 2 y
for days. The result was that when , ths -
tain went up for Monna Wanna you eouln elnss -
have squeezed an umbrella into the auusH
The house was packed!