Show THE WOMEN OF ENGLAND bishop spalding Spat ding says in lecture that aristocratic Aristocrat io women of england want only women of property to vote dishop bishop 1 r S spalding of the episcopal c church delivered at the vernal waid ljuke on monday evening last an ii ormal lecture on his bis recent trip to europe and despite the very severe weather a large audience was present to listen to this distinguished and eloquent chine the bishop apologized for speaking upon a subject familiar to many who had as missionaries visited the old world but justified himself on the wat mat he was a delegate to 3 conventions the ahe pan anglican con gress ri ress the lambeth conference and tie antei national peace convention to the last of which he had been appointed by the governor of the state As a member of these conferences he had special opportunities to meet celebrated people and visit noted places first the kings great summer garden party was discussed there thera WT wor people who assembled on the lawn which stretches from the battlements tle ments of windsor castle home of En glands sovereigns since william the Conque ier purchased it from ithe monks centuries ago edward VII is most particular about his receptions and the details of this one w aare ere perfectly planned and carried out the guests formed in two tao companies allowing an open space between about feet wide at the signal down this pathway walked the king and queen and the prince and princess of wales with the ladles ladies and gentlemen in waiting malting As aa the royal personages p lassall pas sall heads beads were uncovered and the women courtesies courte sled sied at the end of this avenue was as pitched the royal tent under which lunch eon was after being pre dented to a few favored persons the royal party sat down to lunch the crowds watching them for half an hour the other presentations were made and the king walked about chatting and shaking hands hand with many in an apparently indifferent manner but everything was carefully planned and only those men and women were spoken to whose names wr w r s on the list to an american citizen the affair seemed unreal and theatrical the bishop then discussed the pre sent sen atlon tation of himself and the other bishops attending the lambeth con ference to the king and queen in buckingham palace each visitors name was called out and h stood be fore the king and bowed his maj esty bowing in return lie ile then step ped before the queen and bowed her majesty returning the bow but no words were spoken the dignity and theatrical character of this affair was again contrasted with nith the simplicity and informality of a white house reception in washington the poorer parts of london were arc discussed and the speaker urged that citizens in a country of splendid privileges like this western part of the united states hane hae little excuse it if they do not live happy and nobles lives the crowded quarters the poor wages the deadly dullness of life in the poor quarters of london must be seen to be thoroughly un der stood the suffragist movement was as next discussed in the struggle for vio ao mans suffrage in england the wealthy women take the lead they do not delre un universal hersal suffrage for all women but only for women who own oven property they are taking curious was a s of gaining their end at the great macs mabs routing in princess hall in the interest of international peace llod george chancellor of the ex chequer che quor vas RS interrupted by twenty fhe women aomen who aho shrieked out ghe folio the women omen votes and you will have bave peace ono after the other had to be forcibly ejected from the building mrs delia beha A lockwood Lock who once ran for president of the united states on tile the comma and who was present at this mass meeting declared that tho the english women women were malting making tools fools of 0 themselves the lecturer then took the audlene aud lenc to france il parts paris and its environs vente florence naples witt its neighboring sights of pompel Sor vento and capri the speaker closed with these words worde god hat has given us the best conn try in the world and it Is our own fault if we do not keep it ever and make it wore more and more the homo home of tho the free and the land of the brave |