20 THE OMAHA DAILY BEE SUNDAY , MAY 20 , 189'i-TWENTY PAGES.
FEDERATION OF THE FAIR
Biennial Gathering of the Women's Olnb ;
at Philadelphia.
A MAN THEY COULDN'T ' TALK TO DEATH
Mnrkoii Improvement In Conduct of Arfnlrr
l with Hftinrt Talk mid
CJicuj ) I'llng * lit Mm Kn li-
lun hotrs.
It has been good to bo at Philadelphia al
the second biennial convention of the general
federation of the women's clubs , and It has
been lots ot fun. When all Is said there Is
probably no one who enjoys women mor < i
than n woman. Although she takes horsell
Individually very seriously , she has a hnppj
faculty of putting herself on the outside
when looking at the rest of her sex , says a
writer In the New "York Times , and she
finds them very amusing.
For example , almost every other woman
when idie went Into the room In the Ncn
Century club house , whnr * her railroad
tickets wore to be vised for the reduced
rates , found that the railroad had scut ai
ngont to receive them a man who was very
ilraf. No ( juistlonB were needed to be asked
the certificates ted : the story and theagenl
dltl his work with skill and dispatch , but
the women eaw the humor of It.
" ' " " delicious ! "
"Isn't It funny ! "Perfectly
"I suppose they thought we would talk him
to death" these and slm'lar comments be
lt trayed their appreciation and enjoyment ol
J ) the situation.
And at the hotel where most of the dele-
Kates stayed , when a woman rushed up to
the office- and eagerly asked If "Mrs. So-and-
So left a message for mo ? " It was the
questioner herself and the women about who
laughed genially when the clerk suggested
that a reply would be facilitated If he knew
who "mo" was , The clerk did not smile
then , or at any time when seen. He took
the women very solemnly and was every -
y heard once to groan out a wish , under his
breath , to a fellow-clerk , that the convention
would fait In' continuous session , taking no
recess to let .the women loose. In point ol
fact , the convention was Just llko a men's
convention , and the women did no more
foolish things than a similar assorted body
of men would do , but , being women , they
were subject to a keener criticism , and ,
being women also , they had u. much better
time than men do at conventions , for the
. llavor of novelty Is still in them to us.
Seriously again , It was good to be In
Philadelphia , the past week. Such a gather
ing , with representatives from the north and
south and east and west brings a social con
tact that the women of the country need
more than the men , because they do not got
it so often. That was ono of the great
benefits of the Columbian exposition the
extension of acquaintance among the women
of the nation , and If these national sessions
had no other aim they would still be good
things.
Perhaps this vivifying Influence was most
evidenced In the session on Thursday' after
noon In the Chestnut Street opera house.
This was an open discussion on what con
stitutes an Ideal club. The flrst clfect of
the big auditorium was to frighten the
women , but under the calm and easy demeanor
meaner of the presiding officer , Mrs. Brown ,
that quickly wore off , and women lose to
mid their three-minute bricks to the Ideal
structure so rapidly that not Infrequently
three or four would ba seeking recognition
nt once. These messages from women to
women , told now In the slow drawl and
pretty accent of the south , now In the earn-
o t western fashion , hero with the twang of
Now England speech , there with the flavor
of New York utterance , carried as much
significance perhaps In their manner as in
their matter.
Mrs. Julia Ward Howe was warmly ap
plauded when she advocated the existence
of men's clubs on the ono sldo and women's
clubs on the other , to be supplemented by
the mixed club , into which the best of the
other two should bo brought.
Ono thing the looker-on could not fall to
observe the development of women In the
imatter of conducting affairs. The sessions
were easily handled , and the business of
each was promptly conducted. There was
n pose nnd equilibrium to the body that has
' been wanting In women's gatherings , but
is growing to bo less and less missed. There
was an absence , too of the smart talk and
cheap flings-at men and other Institutions
, , that 'all women do respect nnd
i , - admire , but which some of them think It
f clever to poke fun at. The federation was
a dignified and well-bred assemblage , and It
Went about Its business In a self-respecting
way without self-consciousness or compla
cent Importance. There are critics even
among club women who question the use
fulness pf the federation , and some of them
doubted If the body could reach a second
biennial. ' It certainly has and passed it
fucccssfully ; 'and by Us demeanor at this
time demonstrated not only Its cause of be
ing , but Its right as well to many future
biennials.
The wjso .woman docs not expend large
Bums of money on velvet and silk trimmed
frocks If 'sho fully appreciates the attrac
tive qualities of dimities , dotted Swiss and
duck costumes" when the days grow warm.
No matter how elegant may bo the ma
terial , If Its-texture } and general appearance
cannot bo approved on the score of sulta-
lilllty as far as the weather Is concerned ,
it looks uncomfortable nnd displeases the
eye , whereas , on the other hand , the 10-
ccnt muilln , with Its Inexpensive trimming ,
presents a rpstful and artistic picture far
moro In keeping , despite the vast difference
* in the cost of the two gowns.
I Now , to look well dressed at all times
during the heated term , says the Philadel
phia Times , n woman must have at least a
half dozen thin frockj. Of thcso two nt
least should bo white , whether they are of
duck or Swiss. A blue and white striped
sateen made with a white vest can bo com
fortably worn to travel In and will prove
n. blessing to the wise one who selects such
nttlro rather than n cloth with high velvet
collar and cast Iron linings.
The linen suits now so much In vogue are
always most genteel In appearance and are
among the least expensive of the summer
\ fittings. Those as well as the duck cost -
t tumes can bo bought ready made at mo&t
m.odcrato prices , any alteration necessary
being done nt a' very small advance on the
marked' price , and the advantage of excellent -
lent fitting and thorough workmanship thus
comes within the range f the most limited
purse , A woman arrayed In ono of these
cool , stylish looking affairs with the supple
mentary lUliigs * In the way of sailor hat ,
shoos and parasol , all In white , looks the
essence of rellned comfort on those days
when the mercury Is doing Its best to climb
out upon the- wooden frame of the thermom
eter ,
i The muslins , organdies and other sheer
I materials do not need the careful precision
V of fit so necessary In tailor made effects ,
I . therefore any woman possessing a modicum
of taste and ability can by her own hands
< fashlon several pretty dresses which , by the
i aid of lace- and ribbon remnants , become Ir
resistibly attractive to the masculine ad
mirer , who can Judge of effect but Is utterly
lost so far as detail Is concerned ,
A couple of cool white wrappers fop the
house are positive luxuries. Thcso need not
bo of the slovenly type that the word wrap
per usually Implies , nor need they bo over
whelmed with lace and embroidery and dig-
lUlled by ( ho title of tea gowns , but made
halt , fitting , with big sleeves and a ribbon
belt , they are neat and sensible , and not
oven the most exacting person could find
fault with a woman for adopting such garb
when In the seclusion of her own abode.
Summer silks , as n bit of special extravagance -
ganco that pays largely In the long run ,
can be niade to do 'if toast three seasons ,
provided the quilll" M the beginning U
nbovo reproach. V ' 'Hk never pays ,
fnenJ indeed , for when
int | a good one l a
it lias been used an long as possible In dress
L form It can bo washed and a very kervleea-
, Ii1 < ? petticoat for winter use evolved from the
Wtlh a tailor Jacket and a little wrap for
ctal wdnlngs n woman can defy the mo t
capricious weather , for It Is o very poor
4 "Wnlnlne Indeed who lias not ot leatt one
heavy left-over which she can don If ar
unusually cold snap demands heavier cloth' '
Ing than Is Included In the essentially sum
mery outfit , nnd with a lot of cheap beauties
for sweltering weather anil one or two re >
llablcs to fall back upon If the calendai
gets mixed , the warm season can b <
thoroughly enjoyed with the consciousness
that appropriate dressing ilocs not always
mean extravagance by any means.
The triumph of Miss Kate Wlndschlcd
In being graduated from the old Unlverslt )
of Heidelberg with the title o ( doctor ol
philosophy in a. triumph for all German
women. She Is the first woman to wlr
this distinction in Germany , and she won II
from the proudest nnd oldest university In
the Fatherland , and against the prejtnllcc
and traditions which heretofore had been
Immrmountablc.
The theory or fact , rather of the In-
tellcctual equality of men and women ha ;
never been admitted by Gorman- general
says the New York Tribune , although they
have read proofs of it In their c.iplos ol
Plato anil 'In the pages ot thousands ol
other writers. They kept not only the pro
fessional schools at the universities closed
to women , but the gymnasia , or college
and forced the clever ones to quench theh
thirst for knowledge In the so-called "f-cm-
Inarles , " whose curriculum was made ur
nhlcfly of history , literature and modern
laiiKuages. ' But German women who trav
eled In foreign lands nnd read of Uic priv
ileges of women In this country and ling-
land , especially In the educational line , be
gan to grow Impatient under the restric
tions to which they were ubject.
One of the first advances made In Ger
many was the establishment at Berlin ol
the Victoria lyceuin under the protectorate
of the 'ex-Empress Frederick , always one ol
the leaders In the movement for the higher
education of German women.
Then came , last year , the founding ol
the gymnasia at Carlsruho and Weimar ,
with the same courses of study as In the In
stitutions attended by the young men.
Other.i are to be founded In various cities ,
Including one under the very walls of the
ancient Heidelberg Institution , from which
so many men have dilated upon "the In
tellectual Inferiority of women. " But with
the action of the university regarding Miss
Wlndschled all prejudlcp seems to have
been overcome , and by the time that the
first diplomas are granted by the women's
gymnasia the doors of every university In
Germany will probably be cpen to their
graduates.
Mies Wlndschled was born on August 2S ,
1S59 , In Munich , as the daughter of the late
Prof. Windschled , ono of I ho most famous
toiichers of law on the continent. She was
educated at schools In Munich , Heidelberg ,
Lelpslc anil Berlin , attending the Victoria
lyceimi In the latter city. Her course there
was supplemented by studies In England ,
where she worked much In the British
museum. In 1S90 , having been a teacher
in the meantime , she begun the study of
philosophy at the university , nnd was grad-
iiatejj a few weeks ago. The subject of
her theses was "Tho Rngllsh * Pastoral
Poetry from 1579 to 1C23. "
Miss Windschled has an Interesting face ,
kindness bcjiig expressed in almost every
feature. Her typo Is purely German.
"I was sorely tempted to allow a sail , "
said the resident , according to Temple Bar ,
spreading a dust cloth over our knees.
"Long ago , as I was making a tour of
Inspection , I camped near the castle of a
little chieftain. In the morning I heard
that he was dead. When his father had
died some ten years before his eighteen
wives had been burned. I did not wish
this accident to recur , remained in the
neighborhood , and took the necessary pro-
cautions.
"Next day after breakfast I was told
that a lady wished to speak with me , and
passing into my shemiana I found a tall
native lady , closely veiled , with two native
attendants. 'Sahib ! ' she cried to me ,
'there Is an order out In your name sepa
rating me from my lord. We have already
heard that the English Is a good and Just
government , which will not oppress the
weak , therefore I cannot believe this great
wickedness of you , For twenty years
have I been at my lord's hand to cherish and
comfort him ; never have I failed him In his
need ; now my lord has gone on his lone ;
Journey , today he yet llngereth , but he will
soon bo gone , whither , If I Join him not now ,
I shall never find him , and through all the
ages he will wander alone. Will you , who
are not of ouf people dare to do this thing ?
Ills father Is there and his father and their
wives , and they will mock , saying : "Weit
tliou on earth ot such small account that no
woman accompanies thce across the barrier ?
And that proud woman , the daughter of the
Sesodias , was she afraid of the fire , like a
Nautch girl ? " Sahib I shall teem unto
them as a coward and a deserter , and slmmo
will bo on my lord and on my father's
house and on me. Do not do this net of op
pression. '
"I longed , " he said , "to give Uic permis
sion she wanted , for Indeed It did seem tome
mo an net of oppression to lay a hand on
the customs , nay , the very heart beats of a
people , and say : 'Stop ! not your way , my
way ! ' The life and customs of a people
are built up together , depend on each other ;
take out one brick , the whole edifice is In
danger.
"My cheeks were hot as T explained my
Impotent sympathy , and It was a relief ,
when , with a gesture of tlespalr , she swept
out of my tent. She died that night ; there
was no sail. "
The old-time darkey butler and the well-
scrubbed , spotlessly white marble doorsteps
used In old days to bo almost universal ad
juncts of a well-kept establishment In Phila
delphia , says the New York Tribune. Even
now , among ( he old conservative people ,
the ancient landma'rks still exist. At cer
tain houses the matutinal maid can yet be
seen at an Impossibly early hour with her
pall and scrubbing brush , effacing the marks
of the previous day's travel on her mistress's
beloved doorsteps , and polishing up the brass
knocker on the big white door , which an
hour or so later will be opened by a grinning
old negro butler In a white waistcoat an
amiable functionary who converses affably
with his master as he helps him on with his
coat , and comes out on the step to watch
him walk away.
"It is like going back several decades to
stop at Sirs. A.'s , " exclaimed a New Yorker
who had recently returned from a visit to
the Quaker City. "Everything Is so pre
cise and well ordered , and so stiff and so
wonderfully clean. Every chair has had
Its accustomed place for years , and the
routine of the house Is like clockwork. All
the servants are colored , and from George
Washington Curtis , the butler , I down to
Phemlo , the kitchen maid , all are as black
as the ace of spades. The maids all wear
huge white aprons , with wldo , stiff strings ,
and snow-white turbans ; and as for George
Washington Curtis , ho Is altogether the motif
magnificent gentleman of my acquaintance.
Having lived since his boyhood in what he
considers the 'fust families of the country , '
he has a lofty scorn of modern fashions ,
and he'lgnores all the latest expressions en
tirely.
" 'Is Mrs. A. In the drawing room ? ' I
asked the flrst morning of my arrival.
" 'Miss Sally ( Mrs. A. ) am in do parlor , '
he answered , rebuklngly. 'Do young ladles
dey take do drawing lessons upstairs In de
school room. '
" 'Let me help you wlf dem puffs , missy , "
ho said ono day , when I was vainly strlylnK
to poke my big sleeves into the armholcs
of my Jacket. 'I likes to see de young
ladles wlf dero wings all a-ipreadln' dey
looks like do angels , shuah , ' he concluded ,
with an elaborate bow and beaming counte
nance. He was very qiilck to resent any
criticisms of the existing order of things
In the establishment. One day , after hav
ing had to hurry away from an agreeable
tea to reach home In time for a C o'clock
dinner , I was rash enough to observe , when
he opened the door for mo and cautioned
me to make haste , 'How early you dine
here ! At home we never have dinner be
fore 7:30 : or & . '
" ' \Vhy , dot's Jlit like do pore folks' sup
per ; does your pore pa" have to work so
late ? ' was his quick and resentful reply. "
Dr. Paolo Montcgazza , a scholar of
Internationa ) reputation , has made an ex
haustive study of the human emotions. Some
of his conclusions recorded In "Tho Physiology
elegy of Love" are a * follows :
To tny that la life wo can love but once
U to utter one of the greatest effronteries
of which , Jove Is dally guilty.
To pretend that a prudent marriage gen-
crates love Is the same as to sow pumpkins
and wish them to produce melons.
To please u woman is a phraie that ex-
prcsse the sum of a hundred virtues and
a thousand artifices ,
He who has loved and has been loved ,
oven for a Jiy , baa no right to curse life.
To preserve tbo love ot a man or a woman
It Is necessary , after having won It , to wlr
It again every day.
One CAII love platonlcally .for life , as out
can be n great man without having cvci
won a battle , Invented n machine or written
_ a book , but In one case and the othci
humanity has a right to ask : "A quol bon ? '
It Is our own fault If we are not loved
This dogma Is eternal as the world , anclenl
as man , Immutable as the laws which gov <
cm the physics of the universe.
The woman we love Is always an angel
she Is mother , sister , daughter , wife. The
woman wo do not love U only a female ,
even were she as beautiful ns the Fornarlnn
as plastic as the Venus of Mllo.
Waiting cures capr.ces and strengthens
true love ; waiting kills false loves and
makes the true ones great and noble ; tc
wait means to bo sincere , prudent , good ,
holy.
To love for an hour Is natural to cverj
animal ; te love for n day Is natural to everj
man : to love for a lifetime belongs to the
angels ; to love for a lifetime and one crea
ture only Is of the go.ls.
The name of Miss Mary Bates Is a house
hold word In her native state. California ,
says the New York Gun , nnd her success
Is pointed to as the only ono achieved by
a woman In the especial line of work she
has undertaken , the decoration of home ?
for parties , wcdddlngs nnd funerals.
In tolling how she came to avoid the
conventional mrthods by which n woman
can gain a livelihood and adopt this original
mpins of support she once said : "I was
brought up , like lots of other girls , to think
that work was demeaning to womanhood.
My father died when I was quite young.
This was all very wo'l ' until I fell sink and
ran up a doctor's bill of $300 for mother to
pay. Then I said to myself : 'Se here ,
Mary Bates , If you haven't enough spunk
In you at least to buy your own gloves and
shoea for the next ye.ir you'd better die. '
So I went to work to think out a way. My
friends had always considered that I pos
sessed a pretty knack for grouping flowers ,
and could make up a bow or a bouquet more
quickly and successfully than most folks.
Acting on that remembrance , I dressed my
self and went to call on n woman who stood
high on thn social ladder. Of course It was
somewhat to my advantage that I knew
such a woman , and that she knew enough
of me to give me her Interested attention.
But I was perfect'y aware that the step
I was contemplating would forever bar me
from an entrance Jo her homo on an equal
ity of Eoclal standing , I said to her : - 'The
next party you have , lot me be the decora
tor ; If I fall nobody will know It , and If I
succeed it will be the flrst stepping stone. '
"Well , It happened that the lady was to
give a dinner party within the next fort
night , and she gave me permission to under
take It. 1 went to three or four of my
f i lends , and told them they must help me.
We made that woman's dining room and
table a dream. Wo avoided conventionality
and stiffness with an amazing result.
Everybody talked about Mrs. So-and-So's de
lightful party , and .my friend was kind
enough to give my name to all who Inquired
who the decorator might bo. The result
w-as that I had two calls within a very short
time to repeat my success. " Of course ,
after this Miss Bates' fame grew fast , and
she now has half a dozen helpers , and at
the end of seven years a good Income and
absolute Independence.
She has a storeroom and workshop , also
a delivery wagon. When word Is sent that
Mrs. A gives a party on such an evenIng -
Ing , the seven girls take possession of the
place at the appointed time. Each girl
wears a long white apron , a carpenter's
belt of pockets holding everything from
needles and thread to hammer and taeks.
When the tables are ready they arrange
them to suit themselves , avoiding bet floral
designs , using chiefly loose flowers , wreaths ,
ferns and branches. Weekly orders are sent
hundreds of miles into the woods for ferns ,
mosses and wild ( lowers.
Funerals are undertaken as well as wed
dings and parties. Not long ago they pad
ded the walls of a room from celling to sub-
base with lilies , and made a canopy over
head of the same pure blossoms. In the
center stood the coffin of a young girl cov
ered with a pall of maidenhair nnd violets.
Miss Bates Is the young woman who was
sent , with four others , to decorate the Cali
fornia state building at the World's far. (
The most striking feature of the mission
ary work at Kalsarleh Is the education of
the Armenian women , whose social position
seems to be even more degraded than that
of their Turkish sisters , says , a writer In
the Century. With the native Armenians ,
as with the Turks , fleshiness adds much to
the price of a wife. The wife of a mls-
slonaiy Is to thcm-nn object both of wonder
ment and contempt. As she walks along
the street they will whisper to one another :
"Th ro goes a woman who knows all her
husband's business , and who can manage
Just as well as himself. " This will gener
ally bo followed In an undertone by the ex
pression , "Madana satana , " which means in
common parlance a "female devil , " At
flrst It was a struggle to overcome this Ig-
noiant prejudice and to get girls to come to
the school free of charge ; now It is hard to
find room for them even when they are
asked to pay for their tuition.
The costume of the Armenian woman Is
generally of some bright-colored cloth , pret
tily trimmed. Her coiffure , always elabo
rate , sometlmej Includes a string of gold
coins , encircling the head , or strung down
the plait. A sliver belt Incloses the waist ,
and a necklace of coins calls attention to her
pretty neck. When washing clothes by the
stream they frequently show a gold ring en
circling an ankle.
A taste for sugar has been developed
in time among all fruit-eating and flower-
feeding species , says n writer In the Cornhlll
Magazine. So , also , has a taste for bright
hues and an advanced color sense. Where-
over In the animal world you find high deco
ration and splencHd or expanded ornamental
adjuncts as in the butterflies , the golden
beetles , the humming birds , the sun birds ,
the parrots , you will almost Invariably find
the species which display them are con
firmed sugar caters. The love for color
and the love for sugar go hand In hand
throughout the whole creation. The birds
of prey , the wolves , the carrion beetles
have none of either. They are dull and
dingy or else protectively colored. Strange
as It may sound at flrst hearing to say so ,
sugar and the aesthetic sense are bound
up closely together. Bright flowers are the
colored expansions which advertise honey
to Insects ; bright fruits are the colored pulps
which advertise seeds and their sugary
coating to birds and mammals. The im
portance of this conjunction can hardly be
overestimated. And Is It not even a sig
nificant fact that our confections themselves
are rendered moro attractive to the color-
loving eyes of ingenious youth by streaks
of red and blue and yellow.
Fruit , flowers , honey sugar , these form
the babls of all aesthetic development.
Miss A. M. Williams' Wilmington , Del. ,
has contributed a clever paper to the Ed.uca-
tlonal Ilevlew on Athenian girlhood. A
female child came Into the world with a
dark shadow hanging over her , for. her ex
istence depended upon the caprice of the
father. If ho willed It. on the fifth day her
existence was terminated.
If permitted to live , her early life had
plenty of Interests , She had all the toys
she wanted and as she grow Into youth she
might be called upon to perform honorable
offices in connection with religious'rites.
Marriage , however , meant a virtual Impris
onment In the gynaecontls , where she had to
spend her .days In absolute sqcluslqn , rarely
going out , except to some religious "festivals ,
and seeing little of her husband or father.
FASHION NOTES.
Chiffon veilings are In demand.
New white serge caps are piped with
moire.
Turn-down collars are a new feature of
capes.
Shephcrd's-chcck costumes arc In high
vogue. '
Light alligator belts are made to wear
with tan and white check ginghams.
The latest fad In underclothing Is white
silk garments trimmed with black lace.
Dotted Swiss muslin with lace and ribbon
trimmings makes an Ideal graduation dress.
Russet costumes Include gqwns , uhoes ,
belt and fancy straw-found hat or Dune
turban.
A novelty In lace Is made with a ground
of three different materials guipure , net
and gauze.
Something useful In belts consists of a
nickel silver frame Intb which a ribbon of
any color may bo Inserted.
Chambraya In pink , corn yellow , blue or
mauve are decorated with Irish guipure lace
with skirt Insertions to match.
A brownUU pink called clover color ,
flower blue , dull greens and cyclamen , are
among the most fashionable colors.
Street suits of halr-ntrlpcd or dotted pique
have a gored skirt , open Jacket and vest of
white linen duck cut double-breasted ,
Hair cloth and alpaca sklrtn made with
three rufiles up the back and a steel In the
bottom arc prophetic ot a crinoline scare.
Serge , which has been popular so many
years , has had Its day , and glossy satln-
flnlshcd cloth and tweeds are In great de
mand.
Pink linen shirt waists with trimmings of
white linen lace Insert'on on the collarette ,
sleeves and blt are stylish and becoming.
Black dotted [ jinwor silk crepon made up
over watered silk forms n beautiful toilet
for evening wear for -young ladles In mourn
ing.
ing.Timid
Timid women who eschew br'ght colors ,
but like n llttl ? color relief , find Ib to their
great satisfaction among the shot materials
of the season.
A picturesque "granny bonnet" for a little
girl was made of white bengallno xhtrrcd
over cords nnd trimmed with qullte.l pink
satin ribbon and rrctllngs of white lace.
Pink , ecru , whits and tan dimity dresses
are trimmed with cotton braids both wldo
and narrow , that Imvc appeared In wholly
now patterns particularly suited to this class
of goods ,
Hlbbon trimmings a lavishly usrd upon
very many of the dal'ity wash dresses which
nro made with round waist and full skirt or
bell skirt , blouse waist and Rton Jacket , with
trimmed revers and co larette.
The tall Spanish comb has reappeared
among other Spanish fabrics In the fashion
able world. There Is no more dignified orna
ment for the hair than this one , either In
real tortoise shell or M.ver filigree.
A peculiar Idea for hair decoration Is the
plumage of the white peacock dyed In any
required color and fastcncu at the bas ? with
n Jeweled ornament. The eye of the feather
Is sometime outlined with tiny emeralds.
/ : sor.ir.OQVr.
Nixon Wnlcrmnn In ChlcnRO Journal.
To move , or not to move ; tlinUls the ques
tion :
Whether 'tis better another year to suffer
The stingy incanncbs of our grasping land
lord ,
Or to take nrms against a sen of troubles
And by moving end them ? To pack ; to
move
Once morn , and by our moving sav WP end
In one fell swoop the thousand vile annoy
ances
Tbla place IH heir to 'tli n consummation
Devoutly to be wished. To pack , to move ;
To move , to a worse place perchance ; ay ,
there's tlic mb ;
For In that move what woes may come
When we have left this dear old Hat ,
JniMt give UH pause ; there Is the fear
ilmt makcrf calamity of so long lease ;
I' or who would bear the sights and sounds
and smellM ,
The dirty halls , the janitor's contumely ,
I he wild tin-pan piano Just next door ,
The neighbor's children shrieking night and
day ,
The trombone player In the room above ,
And all the temper-trying miteancc ; ' .
When he might p.u-k Ma Roods and skip
With n strong drayman ? Who would ever
live
In this run-down , dilapidated flat ,
But that the dread of something even
worse ,
The undiscovered woes we're sure to tlntl
After a lease is sealed , puzzles us still
And makes us itither keep the flat we have
1 nan ily to landlords that we know not of !
1 bus experience does make cowards of us
all ,
And thus the mad , rash vows of other times
Are sicklied o'er when moving day arrives ,
And the sweet , perfect home we swore we'd
rent
We quite forego , and In the same old Hat
Ilemaln another year.
President Andrews of Brown university Is
to deliver the oration before the graduating
class of the Attleboro , Mass./ High school
next month.
The alumni of Dartmouth college are lookIng -
Ing forward w'lth great Interest to the com
mencement on June 20 , when the college
will celebrate Its 125th anniversary.
Abundant opportunity is offered by Wcl-
lesley college for advanced and varied
academic work. In the twenty-two depart
ments of study 1GS courses are offered and
seventyrslx Instructors employed. 'i ' <
Prof. Edward Mlms'-'lm's < beeTi elecfed 'td
the obalr of English In'Trlnity college , North
Carolina , made vacant by the resignation
of Prof. Weber. Ho is n fellow and Instruc
tor In Vanderbilt university , Nashville.
Mrs. D. Hayes Agnew , widow of Prof.
Agnew , has given $ 5,000 to the University
of Pennsylvania , and the new wing of the
hospital is to bear- the professcr's name as
a .mark of appreciation of lur generosity.
Bishop William Lawrence of Massachu-
sstts has been Invited and has accepted the
Invitation of the senior class day committee
to deliver the baccalaureate sermon before
this year's graduating class at Harvard.
The Maine State college has In President
Harris , who Is SO years ot age , probably the
youngest college president In the country ,
hut the name of thai much younger man who
knows he could run a college to perfection
Is legion.
Governor Werts hag signed the bill re
quiring the schools of New Jersey to give
Instruction on tha subject cf Intemperance.
This leaves Indiana the only northern state
that Is without a similar law. Perhaps they
think they know all about it in Indiana.
The Harvard college authorities appear to
be extremely cautious about granting young
women recognition at that Institution. The
hoard of overseers Is willing that they shall
take advantage of the post-graduate courses ,
but they cannct have the degree of Baclnlor
of Arts or be known as Harvard graduates.
Dr. Whltchorno nas given official notice
to the students of his resignation as dean
of the faculty of Union college nnd of the
appointment of Prof. B. H. Hlpton as hla
successor. Dr. Whltehorn has occupied the
chair of Greek for the last twenty-five years
and has been dfan of the faculty for the
last seven years.
Dr. Edward Everett Hale , the ycteran
writer and lecturer , will give a course of
lectures at the summer meeting of the
American Society for the Extension of Uni
versity Teaching to be held in Philadelphia
during July , upcn the colonial period of our
hlstory , having particular reference to the
mingling of the various elements of our com
posite population.
The announcement of courses In sociology
for TSai-5 at Columbia shows that Franklin
II. Glddlngs , who was reccnfly clcctsd to
the newly established chair In sociology ,
means to make Columbia the laboratory
for Now York statistical reports. InterestIng -
Ing courses will be given In this department
next year for the study of general sociology ,
the evolution of the family , pauperism , poor
lows and charities , cr'me and penalogy , the
theory and practice of statistics , the social
efforts of taxation and kindred subjects.
At the forthcoming summer meeting of
the American Society for the Extension of
University Teaching , to be held In Phila
delphia , In the bujldlngfl of the University
of Pennsylvania , during the month of July ,
there will bo one of the most notable con
ferences on the science and art of pedagogy
over held In this country. Dr. Frank Me-
Murry of the University of Illinois will give
twenty lectures to the students , taking 'the
courses of the summer meeting upon the
Herbartlan system of education now so prom
inently put forth by the majority of edu
cators. WlyU will he of prime Interest to
all those engaged In the work of practical
education will bo the application of this
theory of pedagogy to the actual problems
and difficulties of education In the United
States.
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We could not improve lifts quality If we
paid double the price , DeWltt'a Witch
Hazel Salve Is the best salve that experience
can produce , or that money can buy.
hlie Was IioiirnlnR to Ttltlo ,
A girl I know determined to learn to rlda
a bicycle Saturday evening , says the Buffalo
Inquirer :
She got on a whel from n horse block at
the top ot a hill am ant asphalt track , and
after bidding * her friends call an ambulanoa ,
If she didn't showiup In half un hour , she
started.
The wheel went Uown the hill at terrific
epced. The wouldVhu blcyclestrlennne grew
afraid and clung dotperutoly to the handle
bars by a superhuman effort , managing to
pass a buggy without running Into it.
She did not daro-Jelow up , for whenever
sh put on the brake the wheel began to
wobbl0.
She crossrd a tmlley track In a flash ,
barely escaping a car.
Then slip grew "Besperate " , and set-ing n
man walking ahead shouted , "MUttr , pleas' *
stop me , 1 m running away "
Mister grasped the situation , likewise the
handle and tbo girl and effected a flying
rctcue.
THE GRAND ARMY OF LABOR
Progress of the Military Movement Aincng
Local Labor Organizations.
IDEA IS MEETING WITH MUCH FAVOR
Wlmt the U'orKliignifii ix : | > rct to ( Siiln by
It DlfTi-rrnrcH ulth ( ( expect to A run
n ml Uniform * Note * from
the World of Toll.
The leading question now agitating loca
labor circles Is whether or not to torn
labor military companies , and , It formed
upon what method and basis shall the pro
posed companies be organized.
At the last meeting In April of the Centra
Labor union the committee on law was In
structed to make Inquiry and learn If there
was any law against labor organizations
forming Into military companies. At the
last meeting of the union the committed
reported having secured legal advice 'am
that the proposed companies could bo legally
organized If the members so desired. Tin.
question was then discussed at length , ami
to prevent hasty action It was decided to
lay the matter over for two weeks , which
would give all the affiliated organizations
time to discuss the question on all sides
and Instruct their delegates to the Central
Labor union how they should vote upon
the question. Since that time the subject
of military organization has been the chief
topic of discussion In all the local labor
organizations and now a "largo number of
the delegates have been Instructed tootc In
favor of the proposed military drill com
panies. Some of the members predict that
the Central Labor union will endorse the
plan at the next meeting next Wednesday
evening , and that if It Is endorsed Omaha
will see from 2,000 to 5,000 men drilling
within a few days.
There Is considerable difference of opinion
as to whether uniforms and arms should bo
purchased by the Individuals or by the state ,
wlille a great many are In favor of doing
nothing but drill without arms and uniforms.
The objection Is rul-eil that If the btato
should furnish the arms and uniforms the
members of the companies would be subject
to call at any time and might be asked to
shoot down their fellow workers , and for
this reason It Is strongly argued that It
would be much better for all to simply form
In companies and elect drill masters who
would teach them the science of military tac
tics. Nearly every Knight of Labor In the
city favors the plan of organizing homo
guards and the leaders say they will be right
In line when the Central Labor union de
clares In favor of It and appoints It9 recruitIng -
Ing olllcers. One of the deta Is being widely
discus ed Is : Shall the proposed organiza
tions be made along trade lines or shall they
all mix up together ? The geneial opinion
prevails that no one should be elected to any
olllclal position who Is not a recognized mem
ber of some of the labor organlzatons and
whose record Is clear. This precaution Is
advocated to prevent any of the I'lnkcrton
detectives from getting In the lend.
One of the principal reasons for forming
Into solid companies now Is to financially
and morally assist the men who have gone
on to Washington and their families , many
of whom ara dependent upon the city for sup
port. It will be something new to see the
laboring people drill In the art of war , but
it Is ono of the sights that may be familiar
wthln a short time.
American i ; il\uiy Union ( irowtli.
The growth of the American Hallway
union in the country Is being kept pace
with In Omaha. The .employes of the rail
road companies in Omaha generally regard
the new union as the coming railroad or
ganization , and many of them are paying
moro attention to Its workings than to the
older railway orders. They regard it as
beng | organized upon better Hues than have
been followed heretofore , and every local
member of the union seems to place entire
confidence In Eugene V. Debs , their brainy ,
level-headed leader. The victory won on
the Northern Pacific is pointed to as the
result of united action upon the right lines ,
and It Is predicted that the union will soon
bo known as the leading railroad labor or
ganization of America.
I'Hliur Nott'ft.
A new union of slipper makers has been
organized In Brooklyn.
The International Cigar Makers union Is
.looming the blue label.
A national union of embroiderers has lately
jeen formed with six locals. *
Labor organizations In Jersey City have
established a labor lyccum.
United Machinists union No , 2 reports
ivork getting bettor In that trade.
The national platform of the people's party
tias been endorsed by district assembly 49.
The Lasters Protective union has sus
pended the publication of Its official organ.
International Furniture workers talk of
lolnlng forces with the union carpenters and
lolners.
The general officers of the International
hoopers union reports that one-half of their
Membership Is either Idle or working on
jhort time.
The Nebraska State Federation of Labor
.vlll . meet In Grand Island on July 9. Dele
gates from farmers alliance organizations
will be admitted.
Knights of Labor assembly No. 309 has de-
: ! ared a boycott against the Hill Brewing
company of Newark , N. J. , for refusing to
ccognlzo the union.
The newly el cted officers of the Textile
Workers NatlonuJ union are : President , B.
\ . Thornton ; vice president , M. Hart ; eec-
etary , L. P. Cahlll ; treasurer , James Ahern.
The National Silk and Fur Hat Flnlshcra
issoclatlon has sixteen of the leading cities
if this country thoroughly organized. The
issoclatlon lately celebrated its fiftieth an-
ilversary.
The ofilclal organ of the Knights of Labor
lubllshed at Philadelphia Is now edited
imlur the direction of the general executive
) oard , and John Schonfarber Is employed to
la the editorial work.
The Central Labor union of Now York City
ias grown to be the most powerful labor
irganlzatlon In the city. It has made a
; oed record for handling strikes , lockouts
ind other labor troubles.
District assembly No. 75 In New York op-
iQIntod a committee of eleven to visit the
nombers of Its local assemblies and advise
hem to unite with thejieople's party. This
llstrlct claims a membership of 5,000.
Cabinet Makers union No. 3 has joined
'orccs W'HIi the Iriternatfonal Brotherhood
if Carpenters and Joiners. It is thought
hat this entire organization throughout the
iountry will go In with the carpenters.
A national labor convention will noon bo
called at St. Louis for the purpose of trying
o form a basis for the amalgamation of the
\merlcan Federation of Labor and the
( nights of Labor. The leaders of both or-
; anlzatlons will attend the convention.
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