The sun., 1916-12-17

around the corner-it was a day school
and Inez ought to get there in i've
minutes.
She questioned Vida, who as always
in their lives was 1nez's i%nscparable
companion. Vida hesitated, but at
last confessed she thought IL must be
the cat.
The cat?" repeated Mrs. Milholland.
TITS just an alley cat" Vida ex-
planned. and Inez Inds II playing
round h corner and she sits down in
the gutter and plays with 1t and 90
she's late for school,"
A cat may look at a king, but Inez
Mi%lholland. who spent many moments
~cultivating a homeless cat, refused to
spare n for royalty when 1t came
TIM for her to be presented at court.
1t was when she was 10. after some
years Of schooling in Germany. where
h harassed teachers who had
confessed to Mrs. Milholland that
"Ines was a genius. but too much for
them" She had come away from the
German school. left a week ahead Of
time. In fact. made her way from Ber-
lin to the port and across the Chan
mel. and burst in on her astonished
mother. who was just arranging to
send an escort for her. with tho nom
Fchalant explanation that she Just
couldn't stand that school any longer.
So h was in London, and her
mothers heart was set on having her
presented at court. There is a picture
or her at that age She left few pic
lures behind her save snapshots taken
when she was leading a suffrage pa.
rade or something like that. for she
was always too busy TO pose. just as
she was too busy when her illness
came creeping on to give up and be
doctored till 1t was too late. But this
picture remains, a delicately tinted
likeness of a lovely, blooming girl who
would be sure to make n sensation at
court. Miss Milholland, however.
turned up her nose.
Kings! Queens" she observed in
scornful tones. II wouldn't be seer
with them"
Unpresented. therefore. she came
back to America and entered vasear.
The newspapers from time to time
during her college course bear witness
to the way h smashed idols In that
institution Of learning. She had
smashed any number OF English gods.
besides the court presentation custom.
before she came over. She insisted at
10 on riding astride in Rotten Row,
and Vida of course did as Inez did. and
he respectable British matrons shud-
dered at the sight. although in the
course OF a few years their own daugh.
tiers cast aside their riding skirts like.
wise.
1nez also plunged into suffrage.
Christabel Pankhurst had her first
parlor meeting In Mrs. Milholland's
house. and Mrs. Milholland's closest
friends. who CHANGED ( o be the family
OF the judge before whom Mrs. Pank-
hurst was tried. ceased to visit her In
consequence.
Her mother tells how inex at IL
came into the drawing room one bank
holiday. radiant in a white tailored
suit. and announced that she was
going or 70 Maidstone and down the
river speaking to the crowds on suf-
frage. There was an old Countess
there. one of the Irish O'Briens. the
family into which Marconi married.
and h demanded Of Mrs. Milholland
why she allowed that girf to DO such
things.
What can I do? What would you
do?" asked the mother.
dol" snorted the Counties. "I have
raised hve girls, and I would tell
1nez that she could choose between
Maidstone and me-"
But Mrs. Milholland. though IN some
measure like a hen that has Matched
a venturesome duckl!ng, would take
no such stand. What she really
wanted. she has admitted, was 10
have Inc 70 upon the stage. since she
declined tho social life. Beerbohm
Tree. meeting the girl one day in the
Savoy Hotel. asked her II she had
ever acted. heard that she had "just
done college theatricals,' and the next
day sent a contract for her signature.
II wasn't signed. and she went back 70
Vassar.
Girls Of tho class Of 90, her year,
will tell hoy lovely she was as
Hermtone. how dashing and romantic
as Romeo, In the outdoor plays on the
campus. but so startling were her suf-
frage stunts that they overshadow her
acting. There IL no doubt that she
led President Taylor q sad life. There
was. for instance. the time when she
wanted to have a votes for women
parade on the campus
"Parade?" said the president. Ger
tainly not. I forbid IT,"
A few days afterward word was
passed among the students that II they
would come to such and such a dormi-
tory corridor they might see some
thing worth while. They came. crowds
Of them.
Now the rooms occupied by Miss
M!lholland and other students had
windows opening on the corridor. and
in each window hat day a living pic.
ture was posed. One tableau showed
} a nobly formed Western woman cast
ing her ballot; n showed a factory
woman in rags. with text explaining
why she needed the vote. There was
a Susan b. Anthony tableau. an Eliza
beth Cady Stanton tableau. another
showing the evils OF child labor. II
was quite rs effective as a parade. and
, President Taylor was obeyed, in the
[ letter.
There wa the time Miss Milholland
at tho i~nstigation Of Mrs. Harriet
Stanton Batch led her classmates to q
graveyard to celebrate the anniversar,
, of the first suffrage convention. Prcsi.
dent Taylor having refused to let hel
! hold a meeting on the campus. Sc
much notortety did the graveyard
meeting get that the president mus
have regretted that ne didn't let II HI