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the liberal response made by the citi
zens at their meeting, not to give the
entertainment at present but to have in
preparation a program to be given in
the near future. The same urgent need
for assistance will probably continue for
Denver the last week of June, and be
fore then there is time for the clubs of
this state to join the federation and send
to Denver a delegation as strong in num
bers as it is sure to be in culture and
character. Such a delegation should be
some months and the club hope to pre- prepared to vote with intelligence on the
pare a program that will furnish a pleas- subject of the national president. The
ant eveniug's entertainment and bring two most prominent candidates are Mrs.
in some monoy to expend for the neces- Breed of New Jersey and Mrs. Flatt of
sities that they hope to provide. The Colorado. Though the latter is pre-
remainder of the evening was spend in vented from announcing her candidacy
discussing topics of inten st and the de- because she is the president of the
partment of household economics will hostess' club, eho is eminently well
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hold their adjourned meeting next Fri
day evening.
The growing fondness for whist among
women all over the country is of course
largely attributable to the formation of
the Woman's National League, whose
bead ;b Mrs. Emma D. Andrews, of
Philadelphia. That staid city may be
Baid to be a veritable hot bed of scien
tific whist, sixteen flourishing cluri ex
isting there. The annual meeting in
that city of the league in April is to be a
brilliant affair, and will differ from the
ordinary convention of women's societies
in that the election of officers is a simple
episode of the three days' session, and
will occasion little excitement. The real
interest of the convention centres in the
play, and arrangements are being per
fected to make of this a really imposing
showing. The beautiful horticultural
hall will be the card room of the session,
and in the evening players and lookers
on will be in evening dress. The old
slur upon women's whist-playing has
lost its salt, for there are hundreds now
qualified for the place. Of unusual ex
ecutive ability and dignified presence,she
made a most favorable impression on
eastern women at the Louisville con
vention. Other things being equal a
western president is desirable and of all
the candidates Mrs. Piatt seems to be
the mo6t expedient. Mrs. Henrotin does
not favor Mrs. Breed's candidacy and ie
very earnest in her desire and efforts to
have the right sort of western woman
put at the head of t'le federation, The
better class of women in New England
feel just as Mrs. Henrotin doss. The
fact is the western club women out
number the eastern club women fifty to
one and the two sections will probably
be represented in that proportion at the
Biennial. So that if the west has any
kind of a clear idea as to what it wantB
there is nothing in the way of attaining
it. As to Mrs. Breed an eastern cor
respondent says that she "is making a
great handling of the fact that she is an
eastern woman and deserves, the loyal
support of the neighborhood. At the
same time she is working Illinois and
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whose knowledge of the game is impres- the middle west by saying she is an Illi
sive. It is whispered in Philadelphia nois woman and has never been fully in
that whist devotion is carried to excess, sympathy with eastern wo-nen." My
and that two or three caBes of nervous correspondent says further that "Mrs.
prostration are traceable to a too steady Breed is a handsome, stylish and pleas
pursuit of the game. It is played there, ant lady, but the general feeling among
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as demanded by all votaries ot the
modern game, in absolute silence and
with grcBt deliberation. A quarte'.te ot
women engaged in playing out a set of
duplicate boards presents a picture of
serious study and thoughtf ull effort that
quite remove it from a scene otpleabure.
Ihe pleasure and interest, hoTever, are
keen, and, it is asserted by the partici
pants, not to be found in many other
forms of entertainment.
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Are now ready to meet their old customers and many new
ones at the old place, which has recently been fitted up
in a most pleasing manner. Everything is new and we feel
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those who have the best interests of the
federation at heart is that Bhe is not
broad enough to eucceed Mrs. Henrotin.
Either Mrs. Ashley or Mrs. Piatt would
suit the majority of women in this part
of tn country better than our eastern
candidate doe9. At the same time I
cannot tell you how they will vote, be
cause some of them feel that it is better
to vote against their own convictions
rather than be disloyal to .their state.
which is all nonsense. Mrs. Breed has vitine him to assume the presidency of of Unaaoailahtn vn;i:
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"the Right Honourable John Contee tions of dames or daughters. Hard
A resounding rebuff has just beeu ad- Barnn Fairfax," was to be "permanent working librarian- h. f.ui
ministered to a certain pushing member president and grand chancellor." of it in conseauenco Onlv t,, ,!
of one ot the many mushroom societies jjo answer was received fiom
modeled upon the Colonial Dames, Order Fairfax, so the pushing lady
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Lord stout woman, arrayed in trorrcoui. n.
wrote parel, dessencled from her carriage out-
of the crown and similar organizations. again. Ihis time she did actually receive side the Astor librarv 9h . .
Snmeonn had been hoaxing thia far dft- i l f;o- ,- ....:i. . . . """" Bna weBt putting
A lady who is a whist expert and de
votee has had a card room fitted in an gone to Japan to be gone all spring. If
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no other purpose than that for which it
is provided. The chairs were made to
order to suit the tables, which are all
alike, ano of a convenient height. They
are ot polished wood covered with felt,
and to obviate the slight unpleasant
feeling experienced by many who draw
their hands over felt, each table has a
olain cover of fine linen, beautifully
laundered, and tied on firmly by ribbons
that pass under the table. These are
renewed after every meeting of the card
club of which the chatelaine is the
capable piesident. One of the circles in
the aristocratic and exclusive ladies'
club in Washington known as the Wash
ington Club is the Cranford Whist club.
It was a happy thought to take the
name of the home of those redoubtable
players, and the Washington ladies have
further typified it in their large score-
card which bangs in the club room.
a reply. it contained ner typewritten Un theaters tn-ni ,. i:k..:.
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bcuucu iouj, uuiii u ""; uci.D.cu prospectus wun ine name or me "per- jDg,
nereeu me ngnuui neir oi an r.ngiisn manent president and grand chancellor"
peerage, described in "Burke" as having crossed out and the following unkind
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"I wish to see everything you have
about the Jones family. she nanip,l .
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this notion firmly embedded in what she
thinks her brain, she resolved to found
a new chapter ot her particular society,
Baid chapter to be wholly reserved for
American claimants to the peerages and
other titles ot Europe.
Now such claimants are few enough,
and, as a rule, their pretentions are
flimsy or ill-founded. But there hap
pens to be just one person, resident in
Northampton, Bladesbcrg, Prince
George Co., Md., March, 1808. Dear
Madam: As 1 have never formally
claimed any British title, I have no de
sire to sees an American one. 1 must
twenty minutes."
On another occasion a really charming
joung miss tripped into the American
ancestry section of the Lenox library
doubtl'ess well- " atartled the bashful attendant by a
request tnat he would "assist her in
therefore decline your
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nence which I neither seek nor admire. 1 "B up aer gyDMCOI!
You ask me if I approve of the objects
of your association. Frankly, I do cot. The Lincoln Woman's club had the
America, whom the cautious records of "Good wine needs no bush," and man of smallest attendance of the year on Mod-
Pictures of the four immortals of Cran- Dodd, Burke, Debrett and Forster unite long or distinguished ancestry has no day, owing to the fact that the program
ford are shown with a skill that admits in hailing as a iiritisn peer. In is is need to advertise his lamiiy history. naa not been advertised,
of their easy recognition. Margaret 'Lard Fairfax, of Prince George county, Believe me, etc., The absent members missed the
Hamilton Welch, in Harper's Bazar. Md. As is well understood among his Joh.n C. Fairfax. brightest meeting of the season, replete
s friends, Lord Fairfax does not assume This letter was a crushing blow to the with witty sayings, and mirth-producing
The question of the next president of his title, primarily because he has no descendant of nobility, but she did not argument. There were no papers,
the National Federation of Women's property in England upon which to sup- despair. She wrote toe British baronet In the first place the club were rejoic-
clubs is receiving too little attention, I port it, and secondly because it is only long domiciled in the vicinity of Canan- ed to have their president, Mrs. A. A.
fear, from Nebraska women. In the a Scottish barony, not conferring upon daigua, N. Y asking him to take the Scott able to preside once more,
first place the Nebraska clubs will not its holder a Beat in the house of lords place of Lord Fairfax. From this gen- Miss Youngopened the program with
have nearly their proportionate repre- sive by election as a Scottish repre6en. tleman she received a brief answer, to Raff's beautiful "Spinning Maiden" for
sentation unless they immediately take tative peer. the effect that a baronet was "not the piano; tho meeting then passed into
the preliminary steps to join the nation- The credulous heir presumptive to an strictly a nobleman," and that therefore the care of Mrs. Richardson, the leader
al federation. The Biennial convenes in extinct title wrote to Lord Fairfax in- the writer was ineligible to the "Society of parliamentary practice who conduct-
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