ted ihe ihowi It outwardly. Red , while and
blue Is assuredly tomcwhcra about her , and
bo Is begging Insignia and ribbons , buttons
and buckles from every man she can.
War enthusiasm , Indeed , has taken full
possession of the swell New York girl. Some
of the new "war fads" In the kingdom ot
glrldora arc queer , but they all point to the
lame thing a universal patriotism and an
Influence that has huge weight among the
of "tho "
men sets.
Since war commenced luncheon and dinner
parties bare been at a decided discount.
Girls arc refusing Invitations these days at
n unprecedented rate , and , spurred on by
their example , men are likewise sending re
grets. A young New York woman planned
a dinner of twelve for one evening week be
fore last , and before she finally decided to
give up the plan wrote notes to twenty-eight
wen , and received twenty-eight regrets.
Entertaining of a formal sort has practically
topped among the very best people.
In articles of dress or adornment the new
est thing the New York girls have set their
cal of approval on Is the American sailor
shirt waist. Naturally , because of Its bril
liancy of color , this shirt waist Is not seen
on the street ( though It may bo when the
war excitement grows tenser ) , but It Is al
ready to be noticed In scores of homes. It
Is "built" all shirt waists are "built , " not
"made , " these days In true nautical fashion ,
with a low cut , rolling , true sailor's collar ,
and which Is , patriotically , red , white and
blue. It Is the proper thing for every glfl
now to have a shirt waist of this sort In her
wardrobe.
Those who are not purchasing red , white
and blue shirt waists have at least one shirt
waist blouse with a wide sailor collar of
dark blue. One girl has Just completed
what she calls a patriotic frock. It Is made
up of a blue skirt real navy blue and a
blue and white striped blouse , with a sailor
collar ot white satin , a plastron collar. In
the corners of thla collar are embroidered
red stars.
To the1 list of summer and spring belong
ings must be added n regular navy sailor
hat for out-of-town and country club use.
This will supersede the alpine and do away
with the soft felt hat of delicate tints that
bade fair to bo so popular.
Even more curious fads of dress and dec
orations have sprung up. The new petti
coats of girls are now ruffled with ( lags. The
latter make dainty ruffles and the girl that
wears them lifts her skirt a trifle as she
moves about. Tlicse are only for colored
petticoats , of course , and the entire flag Is
not used Indiscriminately. For a blue petti
coat only the blue and white , the "Acid" and
Its stars , or. better still , the union jack , Is
ruffled. On a red petticoat the stripes of red
and whlto are the thing ; they make a most
charming effect.
Out of the pocket of the jacket of the
"smart" Now York girl these days sticks an
Inch or so of red , whlU , and blue the pa
triotic pocket handkerchief. Another fashion
Is the wearing of a tiny silken flag on her
breast , a flag not more than an Inch long
and halt an Inch wide , held In Its place by n
stickpin. At a fashionable dance a few
nights ago every girl In the room was wearIng -
Ing a flag of this sort. Hardly less popular
are flog stickpins , with the flag made of
gayly painted metal.
There Is a rush on the navy yard , mainly
by letter , for It Is not the luck of cvfiy
girl to have a male friend at present sta
tioned there , for belt buckles , naval but
tons and gold braid. Somehow the Im
pression prevails that the government has
these articles to spare and In plenty and
will give them away for the asking. One
of the prominent officials there received a
letter the other day from a girl he had
never heard of that ran something like
this : "Could you let mo have six naval
buttons for my new spring Eton Jacket ? "
And , what Is more , letters like this are
by no means exceptional. There Is hardly
an ofllcer not already on active service who
does not get any number of similar requests.
Navy buttons on Jackets are the very
smartest things out. Itcal nautical gold
braid ( not Imitation , mind , but the genu
ine article ) Is fairly gloated over for trim
ming , and nothing Is now thoroughly
proper for belt clasps but the shining
buckles of sword belts. Around the sailor
hat too , should go the cap band of some
American war ship , and the more prom
inent the vessel the better.
These cap bands have yet other uses.
They make the most timely , popular bed
room decoration the girl ot the day can
possibly have. Every energetic young
woman who has an acquaintance in the
Navy department has been begging , bor
rowing and stealing these for several weeks
past. To make a showing she needs fifty
or more. Such a collection , to be In any
way representative , should Include the
bands of all the chief line of battleships
and cruisers. Every famous name In the
navy , as regards ship designation , should
appear on these bands.
These bands are black and the names on
them are gilt , all uniform In style and
shape , as any one who keeps track of naval
matters knows. The "smart" girl , when
she has secured enough , tacks them up on
her bedroom wall with gilt-headed nails.
One favorite place Is over the mantel , an
other Is the center of some side wall. It
must be , at all events , where they will
show out vividly and where there will be o
good light at night. They are not put u [
"every which way , " but In set designs , at
effective one being a great wheel without t
rim , each band being a spoke , and with c
bit of gilt for a center , a crescent and t
itar. The designs that can bo made nr <
Innumerable.
GAIt1 > nIN A WINDOW HOT.
The FRNolnatlon of Wnchliiff ( I > <
Growth of SeedN.
There are few things more enjoyable or a
fascinating as watching the growth of sccdi
or plants that have been placed In the boson
of mother earth by one's own hand , and thi
delight Is often more keen when ono hai
the control of a spadeful of loam than I
the acres were counted by the hundred. Fo
city people even when living In a flat then
Is no need to be narrowed dow n to the grow
Ing of ( lowers alone , lovely as they are
when such delicious crisp possibilities a
radishes , lettuce and cucumbers may b <
frown In a box outside a eunny window.
The first weeks In May ( now la the ver ;
"nick of time" ) , Is right to sow the seed
Annual Sales ovorOOOO 000 Boxas
IOE BILIOUS AND NERVOUS DISOEDEE8
uch as Wind and Fain la the Ptomnch ,
Giddiness , Fulness after meals. JleaiU
Boho , IHzzlnobS. Drowsiness , I'liisulnus
ot llout , Loss ot Appetite. Co.stlvencss ,
Blotches on the Rkln. Cold Chills. Dls-
turbod Sloop. Frightful Dreams and all
Nervous and Trembling Bonsatlons.
THE FIRST DOSE WILL OIVE RELIEF
IH TWENTY MINUTE& Every sufferer
Will ncknowleduo thorn to bo
A WONDERFUL MEDICINE.
BKRCHAM'8 fll.fJS , taken us direct
ed , will quickly restore Females to com *
plota health. They promptly remove
obstructions or Irregularities of the sys
tem and euro Hick llcudacke. Fora
Weak Stomach
Impaired Digestion
Disordered Liver
IN MEN , WOMEN OR CHILDREN
Boecham's Pills are
Without a Rival
And bit * Ibo
_ LARGEST SALE
fftay Patent Medicine In I he World *
25c. at all Drug Storw ,
the earth , whether In yard or bok , Is first to
have been well turned over and left for a
few days to mellow In the sun , for unless
there Is a warm welcome for the seeds they
will not germinate. After this spread over
a tittle fertilizer , rake It In well and all is
ready , The packages of seeds usually con
tain minute directions for sowing their con
tents. Small needs , such as lettuce and rad
ish , require to bo under but a slight coverIng -
Ing of earth and the only tool needed after
the ground Is prepared Is a lead pencil , or
the like , Just to lightly spread the earth over
the seeds.
Drilling Is merely towing In rows , and
when the young plants began to peep above
the earth they .must be thinned out to leave
two Inches for each full-grown radish
planted. If the earth Is properly warm and
moist , radishes will peep up In from twenty-
four to forty-eight hours , and afterward
grow like magic , so that If the days have
been sunshiny one may have a dish of these
red crisp balls ready for the table In ten
days from the time of their first appearance.
The round radish Is much earlier than the
long , and should , therefore , bo chosen , and
as soon as used , the space should beagain1
sown and thus three or four sets may bo
grown before the lettuce will be largo enough
to need the room.
Lettuce should be thinned when two Inches
high and three Inches allowed between each
plant. Cucumbers may be eov\n between the
drills of lettuce and radishes , as they are
slower growing and will not need the room
until a goodly supply of the others have
been produced ; parsley , too , may share this
same wee space , as It grows close and a few
Inches of room will suffice for a surprising
quantity.
COU.\TI3SS OK" WARWICK.
CiiKlnnA'i Knnioun llcnuty on
Woninn'H Kilnciitlon.
The countess of Warwick , one of the most
beautiful women In England , and mistress
PORTRAIT OP THE COUNTESS.
ot one of the most famous castles In the
world , has come forward as an authoress ,
ler new book under the title of "Progress
n Woman's Education In the British Em
pire" lo attracting wldo attention. "One
sees with rejoicing , " her ladyship says , "the
over widening Held which Is opening up for
women everywhere , giving to all those who
possess a trained capacity for work their
opportunity. "
SAVlXG-GIlACi : OF A IIOUUY.
It Revive * Hope ami Eiitliimlnmu and
Milken Life Wortli Llvliiif.
A priceless thing Is a hobby. The dally
tasks by which hosts of women support life
.
are favorless , barren , almost hopeless. To
such ones a bobby may offer the dearest
hopes of ultimate freedom from the unwel-
1 come dally task ; It will at any rate serve
to entertain and give point and flavor to
nn otherwise blank existence , " Is the posi
tion taken by Carrie E. Garrett discussing
'Woman's Dreams and Hobbles" in the May
Woman's Homo Companion.
"Hobbles have the power to concentrate
and absorb the scattered energies which
might otherwise be expended In purposeless
flirtations , building superfluous bonnets ,
reading cheap sensations , gossiping 'away
precious moments , picking out our friends'
foibles , dissecting our own emotions , and
: wishing vaguely for everything which Is at
tainable. If the hobby did nothing else
but prevent these frivolities It would be a
boon to humanity.
'Man found out the value of hobbles long
ago. Almost every man who Is good for
: anything has a purpose which ho thinks Is
quite the most magnificent ono which a man
could pursue. It Is no matter whether It
is law-making , pill-making or shoemaklng ,
ho pursues It with an absorbing enthusiasm ,
and strives to make the best laws or pills
or shoes ( as the case may be ) to * bo found
anywhere. And when he has notfelt this
sweeping enthusiasm which the genuine
hobby Inspires , but has been content to
languidly saunter along the path of en
deavor , It will commonly be found that his
laws or pills or shoes are not among the
best on the market. If our hobby Is a
power which wo feel within o'urselvca , and
which we determine to develop to Us full
est extent , how rich wo feel In the posses
sion of that power , even In Its most feeble
beginnings , and with what Joy and prldo
wo contemplate Its growth .and pcrfectlonl
Woman has found that It is not enough to
merely look pretty ; that love cannot bo her
'whole existence' ( the poet to the contrary ,
notwithstanding ) , and that even with the
richest plentlludo of gowns , Jewels and en
joyments life still needs a purpose. If It
Is at all a respectable purpose , and pursued
with general zeal , It cannot fall to thrive
and increase and bear fruit. "
Frill * of FfiMlilon.
The natural clover leaf bos appeared
mounted on garter buckles.
An appropriate mounting for a rabbit's
paw Is a silver rabbit's head.
This year there are many dress patterns
of Swiss muslin , linen lawn and organdie ,
which come with beautiful designs wrought
upon them.
Among the patriotic designs of the week
Is a silver match safe with the American
flax enameled on the side.
The plain sailor hats had merely a band
of Tartan ribbon around the crown , with a
number of up-standing bows at ono side.
Toques composed entirely of flowers will
be very much In fashion this summer. They
are uncommonly pretty , genteel and becom
ing this year , as the blossoms are daintily
veiled with tulle or flnc-mcslied silk net.
Laces and embroideries , In while and col
ors , aie prodigally used In the making up
ot "wash" gowns for next season , the ma
jority of which , however , are not Inlcmlcd-
to ever pass through the crucible ot Ibo
Iprndry.
Chain girdles are now shown mounted on
very bright striped ribbons. The stripes
run crosswise and all the colors of the
rainbow arc to be found In ono. The ef
fect Is Mmiewhat relieved by crimping the
rtbb n.
There has been an Immense sale this sea-
sou of genuine Scotch tweeds , as these ma
terials are In high favor for cycling and
traveling dresses. Ihe patterns are hand-
tone , and , besides the soft gray mixtures ,
show any number of pretty color Mendings.
While dresses , hatu and parasols will bo
In marked favor the coming season and
whr.ro color Is added on the hat trimmed
with toft white ostrich plumes It will , as
a rule , be cither yellow roses and satin rib
bon , or pink or mauve ( lowers and ribbon ,
If more becoming.
For millinery uses , for trimming hand-
EIUIC rummer gowns , capo ? and fichus , great
use will be made of point de Vcnlse laces.
Some of the patterns are of a substantial
quality , resembling guipure , and come In
widths from two- and one-half to ten
Irihcs. There are also edgings with Inser
tions to correspond.
Next to the American Beauty or La
Prance rose , and the pansy and violet , the
vo.'v popular flcwe. of the season Is the
poetic Narclssc called most often the daf
fodil , On account of the great vogue of
pale did deep yello-v tints It will retain
Its popularity nil summer , first as n favorite
gcnu'nc ' blossom , afterward as an Imitation ,
In tilhuto to the marvelous Parisian flower
woi kerb.
Althcngh passementeries , galleons , nra-
beniu-s trimmings , appliques and gimps can
nevof be culled nMcities as for as mere
names go , thry noi-i tucless deserve the
title re aldliiR their designs and combina
tions , and taey certainly never possessed
the litTi nance they have gained this year.
Not oi.ly ilii tbe latist Importations appear
In bdmltnblj Imitation of ancient laces and
embroideries , b-.t they are brought out In
a cDiihtan' succession of new and beautiful
devices
The creamy Leghorn hats are again
crinkled and bent Into very odd shapes and
trimmed with flounced , puffed and pleated
chiffon , Venetian lace , brilliant blossoms
and largo towering ostrich plumes , with
added ones drooping at each side. Pretty
Cuban straws In pale ecru are trimmed
with yellow lace , velvet loops and pink
peach blossoms , or with brilliant red tulle
popples and Jet ornaments.
The now plain and silk-striped French
challl fabrics are brought out In very many
of the beautiful designs popular In mate-
lasso silks. Pompadour satins , Indlas and
foulards. There are , besides these , small
brilliantly colored Persian devices , strewn
over pure white grounds ; also Empire gar
lands , chintz patterns -and richly shaded
foliage sprays , In tints of olive green am
gold. These soft , sheer , all-wool material !
make up very effectively with flouncec
skirts , tbe bodices slightly toned with vel
vet trimmings.
Feminine I'emonnlH.
The widow of Henry W. Orady has beer
made one of the directors of the Atlanti
Constitution Publishing company.
The princess of Wales has a tea servici
of sixty pclccs , and each piece Is decoratec
with a different photograph which she tool
herself while In Scotland.
Adelaide Rlstorl , the great actress nov
the Mcrchesa Capranlca del Orlllo Is plac
Ing the souvenirs of her stage career 01
view In the exhibition at Turin.
Boadlcca , the brave British queen , wh <
fought the Romans so fiercely , will sooi
have a statue unveiled to her memory li
London. Mrs. Browning and George Kilo
are tbe only other two women so honorei
by England.
Dr. Emma Sutro-Merrltt , eldest daughtei
of ex-Mayor Sutro of San Francisco , wll
ptobably bo elected president and dlrecto
of her father's electric railway In that city
Dr. Morrltt Is a graduate of Vassar colleg
and the Toland Medical college.
Mrs. White , wife of William Allen White
editor , poet , author , and editor of the Em
porla Gazette , fully understands her hus
band's newspaper business and takes can
of It In his absence. Some of tbe Gazette'
readers think there Is even more glngc
In the paper when Mr. White Is away.
Miss Alice Rusk , daughter of Colonel t
J. Rusk and granddaughter ot the lati
General Jeremiah Rusk , secretary of agrl
culture under President Harrison , Is th
most prominent candidate for the honor o
christening the battleship Wisconsin , whlci
will bo launched In September.
Among women who have offered thel
services as nurses during the war Is th
beautiful wife of Lieutenant Commandc
Marlx , Judge advocate of the Maine boar
of Inquiry. She Is best known to the publl
as Miss Grace Fllklns , the leading woma
of Charles Coghlau's company during thl
season.
Mrs. Day , wife of the secretary of State
Is the only surviving member of her fam
llv. Since she became a woman she ha
lost her mother , her father , a sister and i
brother. She was the eldest of three cull
dron and she Inherited the fine old home
stead In Canton where she was born am
reared.
Neither tall nor short , nor stout nor thl
Queen Maria Christina looks to be
woman who has had her full share c
trouble In this world , and has been oblige
to fight for her own hand. That , Indeed
has been her history. A foreigner In
nation ot people proud by nature and sua
plclous by reason of the events of thel
history , the new queen could seek In he
troubles but little consolation or guldanc
from her husband , but she set herself reso
lutoly to the task of gaining the rcspet
and confidence of the people and the al
fcctlon ot the brilliant but unsteady Al
fonso XII. In Madrid Itself there Is ver
llttlo real fervor for royalty , but tbe ii
reconcilable republicans are few.
HALF A MILLION CLUB WOMEN
What They Are Doing ( for the Benefit of
Womankindr
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It will probably astonish those people to
whom the women's cluUs'afe but A name ,
that there are more thani',410 clubs scat
tered throughout the country , with a total
membership of half a million women. Fur
thermore , this number Includes only clubs
hat are regularly organized and federated
, nd not the hosts of social , literary , educa-
lonal and musical clubs , or patriotic socle-
lea , which , from time to time , are absorbed
ute the federation , that Is ever Increasing
iko a gigantic snowball. This club move
ment , begun In 1852 ; with one or two small
ioclctlcs , has extended throughout the
United States , and has branches In Africa ,
outh America , India , England and Aus-
ralla.
Women's clubs may bo divided Into three
; rcat classes : Those organized for sclf-
mprovcment of their own members , those
whose object Is practical effort In the fur-
.hcrancc of some cause believed to be good ,
nd those which work for mutual Improve
ment and the advancement ot social condt-
lens In the homo and In the community.
The great department clubs , uhlch might
iptly bo compared to a pineapple , all of
whoso separate points combine Into a whole ,
Ike the sorosls clubs , are , perhaps , the most
yplcal. In addition ttf the study of art ,
Iterature , music and the drama , they nro
mgaged In practical work on the lines of
ihllanthropy , social economics , finance , par-
lamentary law , and nearly all of them have
landing committees on school legislation ,
raveling libraries , night schools , klndergar-
ens , sewing schools , clc. Maine was the
first state to take up the special work ot
education , and so great Is her power now
hot In 1897 twenty-two bills were passed
.hrough the Influence of the clubs by the
eglslnture for the benefit of the schools.
Minnesota , Iowa , Utah and Colorado have
been very active In the cause of education
and village and town Improvement , some
of the southern states , notably Georgia and
Tennessee , are doing much In the way of
ducatlng the mountaineers by means of
reading circles and traveling libraries ; the
Women's club of New Orleans has estab-
Ishcd night schools ; and the education com
mittee of the New York fedentlon , which
consists of 181 clubs and nearly 25,000
women , has the best plans for carrying on
Is educational work.
The organization of the women's clubs
Is like the llttlo nests Of Japanese boxes
that fit ono Into the other , or , perhaps , we
may say a wheel within a wheel.
The Individual club has Its officers , Its
line of work or study , Its badge , Its em-
blim , Its own character and Its own life.
It Joins the state federation ( or sometimes
the city federation ) , which has Its special
officers , committees , badges , emblems , etc. ,
and broad lines of work , and nil the state
federations again belong to the general
federation of women's clubs , which has Its
officers , board of directors and honorary
members , as well as Its committees and Its
chairmen of correspondence.
The president of thl" General federation
la Mrs. Ellen M. HenrjtJSTof tiblcago ; the
vice president , Mrs. AlJs , Ivcs Breed of
Lynn ; the treasurer , Mrs. Frank Trumbull
of Denver ; the auditor , Miss Annie Laws
of Cincinnati , and the _ secretaries , Mrs.
"
Philip N. Moore of .St" Louis , Mrs. C. P.
Barnes of Louisville. , , tar- ! " , and Miss Anna
J. Hamilton of LoulsvljleKy. The hon
orary members Include Lady Aberdeen of
Canada , Lady Emilia F. S. Dllke , London ;
Mmo. Isabella Bogelot , Paris ; Mrae. Yakoot
Sarruf , Cairo , Egypt ; Frl. Helene Langc ,
Berlin ; the countess , of Meath , Miss Anne
Swanlch , London ; Baroness Bertha von
Suttner , Austria , etc.
Southern Women in the Rear.
Although Maine was the first state to
lead the way In an organization of feder
ated women's clubs for mutual benefit , Kan
sas claims the honor of possessing seventy-
one more clubs than any other state In the
union. Three hundred and one clubs In all
is her boast , with a membership of 2,543
women. New York state comes next on
the roll with 230 , counting 23,390 members.
Iowa Is the strong third with 194 clubs and
5,987 women on her. roll call. Ohio , Illi
nois , Massachusetts and Maine follow In
regular order , while Norlh Carolina , Soulh
Carolina , Virginia , Delaware and MlMls-
slppl bring up a very lame rear with only
ono club each.
Every ono of the far western slates
make a fair showing , for New Mexico , even ,
baa four clubs , Utah ncvcntccn , and Cali
fornia twenty-six. It would probably moke
the grandmothers of these club women
stare and gasp merely to read over the
amazing list of topics and problems that
the modern feminine mind wrestles with
valiantly and often successfully In the pri
vacy of hc-r club meeting.
The women ot Ohio lead off with variety
In club study topics , and the following Is
a veracious statement ot their special In
terests and work :
There are forty-six clubs whoso subject of
study Is literature and this generally In
cludes English , American or French litera
ture ; fifty-six clubs whoso subject Is his
tory , twenty-eight of which are devoted to
American history ; nineteen clubs study cur
rent events ; seventeen study art ; ten
Shakespeare ; thirty-three are devoted to
miscellaneous topics ; three clubs to Nor
way , Sweden and Denmark ; seven to Ger
many ; three to Italy ; three to France ; two
clubs consider Spain ; six are Interested In
civics ; seven In household economics , and
five In social science ; four clubs dedicate
their study to Greece ; two to Russia ; ono
club to Rome ; ono club to Scotland ; one
club to England ; one club lo the British
Isles ; one to astronomy ; ono lo bacteriology ;
ono to self-culture ; four clubs to science ;
ono club to England In the nineteenth cen
tury ; three clubs to Egypt ; two clubs to
Persia ; ono club to Babylonia and Assyria ;
three clubs to education ; two clubs to the
drama ; ono club to Robert Browning ; two
clubs to travel ; one club to the poets , novel
ists , statesmen and philanthropists of the
United Stales ; three clubs to parliamentary
law ; one club to Emerson ; one club to the
Elizabethan age of literature ; one club to
the history , art , Illeralure ; one club lo the
history , art , literature and science of the
French ; one club to Tennyson , Lowell ,
Browning and Whitman , and three clubs to
the Victorian era. In addition to these fif
teen musical clubs. Some of the clubs In
cluded In the list study several topics , for
example , the Sorosls of Toledo has a wide
program , embracing art , education , civics ,
llteralure , music , Ihe drama , philanthropy ,
etc. The Cleveland Sorosls Is similar In Its
scope , and sometimes a club will take for Its
study two subjects as far afield as Shakes
peare and bacteriology , which forms the
work of the Advance club of Dayton.
l.Her.-llllrr mill Mimic.
* Looking over the field of work In other
states , literature Invariably claims a leading
Interest almost In every state , though In
Now York music scorns of first Importance
to the club women. Fifty-one clubs alone
are absorbed In the study of harmonies and
melodies , while for music Massachusetts
comes next , with twenty-six musical socie
ties , Illinois with twcnty-ono and Wisconsin
with fourteen. Iowa leads In literature ,
having fifty-nine circles ; Nffw Jersey comes
next , counting thirty-six to her credit , ami
Maine confesses to twenty-five. Besides
music the Wisconsin woman most dparly
prizes a knowledge of Shakespeare , and
eight clubs give to the works of the great
bard their almost exclusive attention.
The motto of the Georgia women's cluba
is "Wisdom , Justice and Moderation , " and
Us lines of work education , prison reform ,
the traveling library and club reciprocity.
The topics of study embrace literature , the
home , education , philanthropy , social cco-
I nomlcs , finance , music and current topics.
The Atlanta woman's club , with 300 mem.
hers , , has sections like the Sorosls clubs on
every one ot these branches. The Wo
man's club of Rome has also many de
partments. The lines of study are as fol
lows : Two clubs , French history ; 3 clubs ,
American history ; 3 clubs , general history ;
2 clubs , current events ; 5 clubs , literature ; 3
clubs , music ; 2 clubs , art ; 2 clubs , Shakes
peare ; 1 club , clvlcsf 2 clubs , field and
garden work , and 2 clubs , town Improve
ment. The federation colors of Georgia
are green and white , and their badge the
state seal In gold , surrounded by a wreath
of Cherokee TOECS.
Pennsylvania's work lies in village Im
provement , public health and civics. There
are a number of good citizenship clubs ,
political clubs , college clubs , press clubs ,
and clubs thai range from lllerature , which
takes the lead of all subjects , to social eco
nomics , curent topics and the drama. The
Monday club of Wcrsaw studies the kitchen
garden , a quite unusual topic.
New Jersey is the only state that pos
sesses a woman's forestry club , while In
the District of Columbia the bent of the
club woman's mind Is largely In the direc
tion of prison reform and all things educa
tional and philanthropic. The club woman of
Kentucky also possesses a mind of largo
A SYMPHONY IN PLAIDS.
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benevolence , and a great deal ot attention
Is given lo Ihe aid and establishment of
public libraries , alto to the widening of
the public school Influence.
Women In the Went.
Kansas lakes for Us work a number of
practical and educational reforms , and for
Us study topics llteralure far outweighs all
other subject ? , there being twenty-four
clubs , jlcvotcd lo II. History comes next
with sixteen rlubs , Shakespeare next with
five clubs , Egyploiogy two clubs , current
events four clubs , travel two club ? , parlia
mentary law two clubs , while archlteclure ,
science , sociology , education , child study
and cookery each have ono club. There are
also seven clubs devoted to music In Kansas.
Nebraska Is not far behind In the club
movement.
Michigan's club woman Is chiefly occupied
with education and household economics ,
Nebraska's with educational and village
Improvement labors , while West Virginia
has three musical clubs and no others.
Going lo the Pacific states , wo find Califor
nia with a great number ot clubs whoso work
Is political. Among them are Iho Woman's
parliament of southern California nl Los
Angeles , which alone numbers 1,000 women.
In Oregon clubs parliamentary drill Is
studied , and all social and political ques
tions receive duo attention. Washington's
clubs are Icglslallvo and educational. Idaho
has devoted many of Us clubs lo Ihe study
of history , political and social questions. Its
largest club Is the Woman's Columbian club
of Boise.
Arkansas studies education , stale methods ,
stale laws , household economic * , reciprocity ,
etc. Its clubs Include Iho Aesthetic club oi
Lltllo Rock , and various clubs study loclal
and economical subjects , which Uk
precedence In this stale over literature , hU
lory , arl or music.
Woman's clubs are declined to play no
small part In the Intellectual life and polit
ical history of thin country , and even an
enemy to the movement must grant them
this power. The figures that are given her *
will bo of Interest when It Is remembered
that they stand for women and the spread
of Ideas ; n cruxado against Ignorance an4
wrongs ; the aesthetic embellishment and )
sanitary Improvement ot cities , towns and
villages , the establishing of libraries and
good endeavor ot all kinds. The club womea
of Iho United States are n unit an organ
ized army of half a million women , working
for the same end.
Mnjnr (1. A. Stuilrr'n Opinion.
Tn a recent loiter from Washington , D. C. ,
lo an old friend , Major G. A. Studer , for
twenty years United Stairs consul at ftng -
pore , sajs : "While at DCS Molnra I becama
acquainted with a llnlmrat known as CV.am-
berlaln'o IVIn Halm , which 1 found excel
lent against rheumatism as well as agalnit
sorenrea of the Ihroat and clust ( giving ma-
much easier breathing. ) I had a touch ot
pcicumonla thle week , and two application *
freely applied to tlio throat anJ Uirat re
lieved me of It at once. I would not b *
without It for anything. "
To oack the salmon outwit of the Paclfia
coast reaulrcs uuward of SO.000.000 tin cana
a vear. The bulk ot the can factories are
In San Francisco.
i Take It Up Stairs ,
Too.
Nearly everybody uses Wool Soap down stairs
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woolens , and people must use it there. But you need
it up stairs more up in bathroom and , bedroom.
Ss Don't use on your face what you dare not use on wool !
is simply pure soap. Other soaps
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wool. They lack our secret. \
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I
soap you need Wool Soap. You
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That's where Wool Soap is important
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