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THE COURIER. I tm LHBS- LOUISA h KIOKKTTS. O0tlMMMMKMMMMMMC0 0MM Tho following are the officers of tho Qoneral Federation of Women's clubs: President Mrs. Rebecca D. Lowe Atlanta, Ga. Vice PreBidont Mrs. Sarah S. Piatt, Denver, Colo.' Recording Secretary MrB. Emma A. Fox, Detroit, Mich. Corresponding Secretary Mrs.Qoorgo W. Kendrick, Philadelphia, Pa. Treasurer, Mrs. Phillip N. Moore, St. Louit?, Mo. Auditor Mrs. C. P. Barnes, Louis ville, Ky. State Chairman Mrs. Louisa L. Rick etts, Lincoln, Nebr. Officers of the Slate Federation of Women's clubs; President Mrs. 8. 0. Langworthy, Seward. Vice President Mrs. Anna L. Apper son, Tecumseh. Recording Secretary Mrs F. H. Sack ott, Weeping' Water. Corresponding Secretary Mrs D. G. McKillip, Seward. Treasurer Mrs. H. F. Doane, Crete, Librarian Mrs. G. M. Lambertson, Lincoln. Mrs. A. B. Fuller, Auditor, Ashland. The "Don't Worry" clubs that have sprung into existence the past two years have a sound scientific basis for their teachings aside from their theories. It is being more generally recognized each day that it is not so much physical or mental work or over work that pro duces nervous exhaustion, as it is worry, anxiety or mental depression, to the ex tent which entails sleeplessness and dis ordered digestion. The article by William James on the "Gospel of Relaxa tion" in the April Scribners is replete with good gospel. It is based on the Lange-James theory of emotions, and places it within the power of every one to avoid the chief cause of nervous ex haustion. The person who can throw off trouble, can prevent insomnia, and digestive disorders, and therefore pre vent excessive expenditure of nerve force. Nearly everybody can do this. Nobody ever finds a trial so severe as he expects, and that we worry beyond all reason is eaeily proven, and that we of our own accord put ourselves in a condi tion of misery or unhappineep, became the misery is more the product of our idea than of the thing about which we are wretched. Delsarte says that if one simulates the appearance of sadness he will be sad. The doctrine of the gospel of relaxa tion is not to try to reason ourselves out of an anxious and worrying state of mind, for that only keeps the attention fixed on it, but to act hb it we were not anxious but cheerful and gay. By smil ing and laughing and singing a gay mel ody we are bound to become cheerful or gay; and there is little doubt that by cultivating a look of serenity and com posure one can become serene and com posed. Mr. James' "Gospel of Relaxa tion" developeB no uew doctrine but the presentation is new and helpful. It will do at least some good in enabling Americans to see themselves as others eeo thorn; with eager anxious strained countenances in making flighty, fidgety QOOOOOOOOOOOO ooooooooooc TURKISH CANDY KITCHEN MANUFAGTURKllH OF Fine Home Made CandieB j J Ice Cream and Fruit Ices. Wholoealo unci Rotnll 1321 O Str. ooooooo ooooooooooc movements, and possessing tompors that go off llko a parlor match. Tho llttlo kernel of ProfosBor Jiiiiioh' locturo that wo may each upprociato Is that we Bhoultl pay primary attention to what wo do and express, and notcaro bo much for what wo fool. That tho moro giving way to toars for example or to tlin outward expression of angor or anxiety will result for tho moment in making tho inner grief or anger moro accutolv folt; that by regulating tho action which Ib under thn direct control of tho will, wo can indirectly regulate tho fooling, which ib not. Put this philosophy into prac tice and wo shall bo proof against "bad days" and "bluo" conditions. Wo tbon shall soon loarn tho eocrut of a negativo ly happy lifo, which is a thousand times bettor than tho most splendid positively unhappy lifo. How email our Lion in tho path Boerus when wo draw near enough to discover it a kitten. In tho glorious sunshino of a morning like this it is hard to recall that tho world looked forlorn under a cloud yesterday. At times we fool voiy wieo, and agBumo that wo have pusBod far beyond tho wis dom of our childhood. But in fuct wo are scarcely moro philosophical than tho little follow who, tho othor day stopped short in tho midst of a cry and asked with sobbing voice "Ma what was 1 crying about?" At the National American Womon Suffrage Convention lately held at Grand Rapids, Mich., resolutions wero passed which give a birds-eye view of the progress of tho equal rights move ment in different parts of the world. They road in part as follows: We congratulate the women of Ireland who have just voted for tho first timo for municipal and county oflicere, and we call atteution to the fact that 75 per cent of the qualified women voted, and that the dispatches say they discharged their duty "in a serious and business like spirit, with a keen oye to tho per sonal merits of candidates. We congratulate the womon of Colo rado, whoso Legislature lately passed a resolution testifying to tho good effects of equal suffrage by a voto of 5 to .'J in tho House and 30 to 1 in tho Sonato. We congratulate the womon of New Orleans, who aro about to voto for tho first timo on a tax levy for sowerago and drainage, and we commend their patri otic activity in collecting tho signatures of 2,000 tax paying women of that city in behalf of clean streets and a pure water supply. We congratulate the women of France who have just voted for the first time for judges of tribunals of commrce, and we call attention to the fact that in Paris, of the qualified voters, men and women taken together, only fourteen per cent voted, but of tho womon .10 per cent voted. We congratulate the women of Kansas on the increased municipal voto of April 1809, over the entire stato, Kanabas City alone registered 4,000 womon and cast over 3,000 women's votes at munici pal election. We thank tho Legislators of Oregon who have just submitted an amendment granting full suffrage to women by a voto of 48 to 0 in tbo Houbo and 25 'to 1 in tbo Sonato, and wo hopo that Oregon will add a fifth Btar to our equal BufTrngo flag. Dr. Edward Everett Halo haB resign ed the pastorate of tho South church, Boston, where bo has Borved forty-three years. His resignation camo in tho form of a letter addressed to the stand ing committee and proprietors of tho church. In this letter, which Ib couched in tender, loving words to tho people among whom be has worked for nearly half a century, be says that ho realizes that the best interests of tho church need a man who can serve as minister as well as preacher. Tho resignation of Dr. Halo was entirely unexpected, and thuafar tho committee has taken no action. Tho rovorond doctor has for many yoarB occupied tho forumoat placo in liisjdonomiiiation in Now England, ovon of tho whole country, not only as a proachor, but hb a writer and author. Ho is qno of tho men whom this lattor half contury has produced who belongs to tho poople, and who in hia words, his deeds, hie lifo has truly been an inspira tion for higher living. During tho preBont BOHsion of tho bu promo court of Michigan, which conven ed last wook tho somowhat famous cbbo brought by Attornoy Gontral Oron to test tho right of a womon to hold an olectivo ofllco in that stato will bo hoard Tho lady who Ib directly intorestoil in the outcome of tho caeo is Mrs. Mirrio H. Abbott, who, last fall wan prosecut ing attornoy of Ogomaw county. Last Saturday her counsol, ox-Chiof Justice Allan U.Morso Hied his briof. After stat ing tho fact of her election and qualifi cation, ho says: "Now comes tho attornoy general of this stato and says that sho Ib an usur -por, and cannot bold tho ofllco. What is tho reason given? Doos the constitution of tlio United States or tho State of Michigan prohibit hor from exercising her duties? No. Does any law of tho Btato prevent her? No. Was thoro any irregularity in her eloction, or haB she failod properly to qualify? No. Is there any legal or moral reason why her election should be declared void, or affecting hor right to hold the office? No. Thoro !b only one reason assigned, and that is: God made her a woman instead of a man. ThiB might have been a good reason in tho dark ages of tho law when women wero a littlo better than sorfe but in the light of our day. and in our state, where womon aro now equal boforo tho law, not only in porsonal and prop erty rights; but in all tho essentials of freedom, it haB no foundation in com mon sense, justice or law. Does Mrs. Abbott require an onabling act from tho legislature of tho state to practice hor choson profession? Can sho defend a man for murder, but not prosecute him for stealing a whip? Whon sho was admitted to the bar of this state, when she received tho certifi cate to practice law in all tbo courts of this state, sho was the equal of any man in her profession. Sho was given the same rights and privileges, Is this quality to be destroyed because the legislature has not said in plain en actment that she can hold the oflice of prosecuting attornoj, whose chief, if not only, duties are hoBo connected with the practice of the law? This seems to bo tho contention of tho attorney gen eral. Would ho also hold that she could notHBsisttho prosecuting attorney of the county in tho prosecution of a criminal case, if not otherwise disquali fied, because sho is a woman? If not why not? If sho can do this, why can sho not prosecute a criminal cases her self as prosecuting attornoy? Tho decision of tho court will bo awaited with much intorost, but no mat tor what the decision, thoro will bo much condemnation for tho Justices. Iowa Stato Register. Mrs. Evelyn H. Beldon, of Sioux City, Iowa, was very activo last summer in volunteer aid work. Souding large sup plies of delicacies to the sick and wound ed soldiers. Finally she went herself to Chicamauga Park, having a son there among tho Iowa volunteers. In a recent address Mrs. Belden gave a graphic ac count of what shoeaw in the camp and hospitals. She said: "1 found tho con dition of things far worso than I had expected. Yet tbo camp was at tho end of a railroad, in tho midst of a land of abundance, whoeo peoplo wore oagor to contribulo every comfort for tho soldiors. I found tho boys yellow and hollow-eyed who had loft homo strong and rimy. Thoro wero plenty of supplies right at hand, but it was almost impossible to got an ordor to issue thorn. Sick mon lay for days dolirioiiB undor a burning sun, bocauBO it took aovoral days to got an ambulanco to carry a fover patient to tbo hospital. Do not discount any thing you hoar about tho horrors of Chicamauga or tho diviBion honpitalB; tho worst has novor boon told- Tho blamo doos not bolong to any onn man or to any ono party. Every dopartmont that was so conductod without tho aid of woman Iuib boon writhing for montlia undor tho probo of an olllcial investiga tion, and ia atill writhing undor tho lash of public opinion. If thoro had boon womon on tho commission, would thoy havo pitched tho camp five miles from walor? Or would thoy havoordorod tbo soldiorH to boil and Alter thoir drinking water, and provided no filters and no vobboIb in which to boil it? It ia said that woman suffragists do not know how to koop bouBo. If so, tho mon who managed this war muBt all bo woman BufTraglBtB." Mrs. Boldcn Ib ptoMdent of tho Iowa Equal Suffrago Association which do voted itsaelf all last summor to roliof work, and sho considers the mismanage ment of the army housekeeping an ob ject lesson of tho need of co-operation of men and womon whoro thoro Ib any question of housekeeping, or home mak ing, or hospital work, or camp locations, or questions of sanitation, in fact, sho is a staunch believer of woman's co-operation in general. Sho further eaid: "Clara Barton, Helen Gould and scores of other womon havo endeared them selves to tho whole country by their work for tbo soldiers. If any man had given a tithe of whtt Helon Gould did, ho could havo any oflice in the gift of tho administration. So could she if she had boon a voter. Sho might oven havo boon Secretary of War. We raiso our sons to die for their country, porhaps no woman grudges her Bons to thoir country-but we protest against having them dio unnecessarily of disease and neglect, owing to bloody red tape. At Chicamauga, only three women evor forced the lines of my son's regiment. The othor twoBtaved two days, and then Had; I stayed a month." Mrs. Balden thinks the real reason why Surgeon General Sternberg did not want women nurses, was because they aro not subject to the etiquette of silence that prevails in the army, and would bo free to tell what they saw. A novel ceremony was performed by the students of thn Woman's College at Richmond. After the closing exercises in the chapel tbo graduating class of twenty-flve young ladies marched out upon tho campus singing the claas songs and carrying bundles of papers and kindling wood in their bands. They built a pile of wood and paper, and formed a circlo around it, singing all the while. Tho president of the class then stopped forward struck a match on a stone and lit the pile.. As it burned she M000OOM (MM m I Restaurant Unique The Most Popular Dining Hall in the City v w For Ladies and Gentlemen J Wo mnko n specialty of bnnimotg. 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