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Km ia THE COURIER. thf mental and moral lifo. (b) Aa a moanB f retaining pupils, especially boys, in tho schools, and romoving that ropugnanco or IndilToronco to Bttily which Ib tho cause of bo much abnontoo lain, (c) For tho influonco upon charac ter in showing tho real dignity of labor and tho delight of labor in Hb homely phases. Third Vacation Bcbools. With tho closo of tho 6thool year begins a period of dangor to tho rnoralB and health of tho children of many localities. Thoy are loft without playthings or legiti mate amuBomonts, and aro loft for weeks exposed to thoteraptationBof thestroots. It has boon said that vacations aro tho dovil'a eoed-timo. Wherever tho vaca tion schools have boon introduced, tho immediate result haB boon to lesson tho per cent, of juvenile crimo. Tho import Hnce of these vacation schools, and also of evening schools, and parents' schools during tho year cannot bo overestimated Fourth Public free kindergartens. They socuro two or throe of tho most important formative years in tho child's life for educational purposes; they thus lengthen the school life, wbich now, for tho average child in the United States, is only four and three fourths years; they give to tho child's development from tho first, tho creative impulso, and tho right intellectual and moral trend. Fifth Mothers' clubs, parents' and teachers' unionB and all means for unit ing the homes to the schools. Sixth Tho improvement and enrich ment of tho four lower grades of all schools. Whore eighty per cent of, all the pupils in the schools now llnieh their Bchool education. Clubs can do no more important work in a community than to endeavor to secure for these grades good facilities and teachers of broad culture, noblo character,thorough education and professional training. Seventh The necessity 'for securing by request to superintendents and edu cators, by discussion and investigation of methods, and by every means possible systematic instruction and training in morality in all tho grades of the public schools. State federations and individual clubs are urged to appoint committees to co operate with the committee of the gen eral federation incarrying out these sug gestions. All questions or reports may bo sent to tho chairman of tbiB committee. Margaret J. Evans, Carleton College, Northtield, Minn. bo largo a part of thoir history is written on tombstones." Through this medium of later marriages sho boliovoa tho institution of marriago has prospored and further says: "If to ineuro early marriages tho contracting parties must bo "caught young'' and snared beforo tboy know what thoy aro doing, then thoro is a heavy premium on ignoranco as tho root of Eouial woll boing, and a curious rolianceon marriago as a satis faction for tho demands of tbo intellect. No honost believer in marriago will bo Battsliod with such thoory or such prac tico. Tho cullegjgraduato bolioroB that H is an institution founded of Qod nnd honorablo for women, but tho days of marriago by capturo, marriage by barter, marriage by sale, marriago by conven tion, murrirgo as tho last resourco, and oven marriage for a home belong to a past that is rapidly coming to soem dark and dreadful or picturesquo and prim itive, as the temporamont of tho student may dictate but in either case irro coverablo past." For a comprehensive discussion of this question this article by the Smith collego profosEor is tho best and cornea nearest tho truth of any wo have over road. Tho day has passod whon edu cated women feol thoy muBt marry for a homo or as a last resort. Tho inevit ablo result of this indopendonco moans greater deliberation and caro in chooB ing a mate, with tho consequent proba bilities of a wiBor and better choice. Though the ago of marriago iB later thoro is just as much marrying and giving in marriage aB thoro over was. 'lis said that for every Jack there is a Jill and tho collego education has yet to bo de vised that will ovorcomo tho influences of sex. revealed to along waiting constituency. Mary Augusta Jordan, professor of rhetoric and old English in Smith col lege, discusses in the Independent "Tho College Graduate and tbo Bachelor Maid." So much haB been said through the press about education acting as a bar to marriage and happy homes that we aro glad of this timely article. Miss Jordan admits that the marriage age is somewhat advanced, by tho collego women, but she does not beliovo it to bo a deplorablo postponement, nor does sho believe that tho college graduate is avoiding marriage to an alarming ex tent. In defence of later ago in mar riage sho sayti: "Tho college graduate who marries at twenty-six usually brings to her husband aBfroBh a lifo and heart, and as undiminished a zest for oxperionce as any society trained girl four years her junior can ofTor." Sho further says that the woman who de liberately chooiOB celibacy or who in common phrase devotes herself to a pro fession is rare. Speaking of collego graduates who have married she con tends that they make the best wives and motheis that we have. She says, "They have devoted themselves not only whole heartedly, but wholohoBdedly to tho nur ture and roaring of children, to the mak ing and keeping of homes. Thoy bavo not married as young as their grand mothers, to bo sure, but by no means Tho work being dono by club women is appreciated by moo as demonstrated by Mr. Morris JoHOph, of Clovoland, Ohio, who recently presented tho jewiBh council of women of that city with a beautiful club homo vuluod at 840,000. Tho object of this club iB educational and philanthropic. A committee had been negotiating with Mr. Joseph for this bhilding, upon going to him a sec ond time to further discuBs tho matter thoy were handed a deed of tho property. It is pretty gonerally believed in club circles that tho mixed club is to bo tho ultimate result of tho club movemont. Hero and thoro successful organizations of this kind aro springing into existence Tho latest of which wo havo word is "The Barnard" in New York, which has a membership of GOO men and women. There is doubt that tho mixed culb will devote moro time to social pleasures than to Borious Btudy, and still less doubt but that tho ultimate result will bo good. It grows moro certain each day that the congrees of women in London was pretty justly estimated in tho first tele graphic accounts wo roceivod, for as yot, no member of that congress has volun teered a word as to tho proceedings, or what the out.:omo haB boon, although Bomo of tho representative pres? womon of this country wero delegates. It looks as if our American dolegato? had been sworn to secrecy as to tho internal trials and tabulations of that gathering, and have oven entered into a collusion to keep the hoped for beneficial results a secret for the present. To be suro tho papers havo told us about the gracious condescension of tbo Queen in ordering tea served to tho delegates who wero permitted-to visit the castle. But that her most Gracious Majeety presided over that tea table or was oven present on that proud occasion seems impossi ble, for we read that she was starting for her daily drive whon she met the del egates at tho castle gate, said delegates seperating into two lines between which tho carriage of tho Queen slowly passod whilo she smiled bonignantly aB Miss Anthony and a fow other notables wore pointed out. This beautiful condescen sion only supplomonted tho order bug had left bobind that tho delegates should be served with tea whilo in tho castlo. It is hardly to bo expoctod that the class of American womon who wont to that convontion woro overwhelmed with this attention. Thoy hardly wont that far to attond that kind of a tea party, or to study tho 6tylo of English woman's dross, of which moro has boon eaid than of tho congress. As tho discussion of ro-organization is again opening tho question of taxation wo print by request of several tho fol lowing amendment to the by-lawB which woro made Juno 1898, at tho Denver bi ennial. KEPHESENTATION. Article I, Section 8. Each federated club of fifty members or less shall bo on titled to bo represented by its president or her appointee only. Eich club of betwoeu fifty and one hundred membsrs shall be entitled to be represented by its president or her ap pointee and one delegate. For each additional ono hundred mem bers or a major fraction thereof, a club shall bo ontitled to ono additional dele gate. Tho minimum representation of each state federation shall bo five delegates. Each stato federation of ovor twenty tivo cluba or majority traction thereof. DUES. Article III., Section 7. Tho annual duoB for clubs shall bo at tho rate of ton cents por capita. Tho annual duos for state federations cSir'bo at tho rato of twenty-five cents per club. Dues shall bo paid annually tho lirst of May, beginnidg with 1000. It is justly claimed that womon now demand the same otandard of judgment in their affairs as i" given to men, and no congress of men, would bo contont with so ephemual a 6Ucceso as a tea drinking with tho Prince of Wales and bo mo now ideaB about tho cut of his Higbnoas' coat. However, eomo of tho groat results of this congress which aro now hold 6trictly in reservo may yot bo sontimont of tho ontiro country on this question. Tho appointmont of Mrs. (lorace Brock as chairman of this committee is especially suitable. Mrs. Brock at tho recent council hold in Philadelphia, embodied tho sontiment of tho Wor cester club in conciso resolutions ask ing for an amendment to the con stitution whereby tho biennial should bo composed of representatives from stute federations only. Theso resolu. tions gavo detinitonoBR to a somewhat scattered discussion, and testified a knowledgo of tho question and breadth in considering it from which all may confidently expect that fairness which should be a prominent characteristic of tho chairman of so important a com mittee. Wo aro told sho is a capabl, loyal and broad mindod woman, and shall know for ourselves a year hence. President Lowo did not attend the International Council of Womon at London as Bho bad planned because of tho serious illness of her huEband, Col. William B. Lowe of Atlanta. But on tho tenth of this month they both sailed for Europe for tho express pur poso of consulting a physician in Paris in regard to Col. Lowe's health. Honco they will necessarily spend a good Bharo of thoir timo at this point. Mrs. Lowe will thus havo opportunity to advance tho interests of the General Federation at the coming exposition. Mr. and Mrs. Lowo will bo gone about two months and will carry with thorn hearty wishes for a pleaeant and beneficial voyage. Mrs. Lowe has appointed tho com mitteo of fifteen for the reorganization of tho G. F. W. C. as follows: Mrs. Horace Brock, state president of Pennsylvania, chairman; Miss Margaret J. Evans, state president of Minnesota; Mrs. N. M. Laudor, stato president of North Dakota; Mrs. J. Lindsay John son, stato president of Georgia; Mrs. Frederick Hangor, state president of AikanBHB; Mrs. Emma Van Vochten, ox-president of Iowa; Mrs. Lucy Blount, chairman of correspondence, District of Columbia; Mrs. C. A. Eldridgo, chair mon of correspondence, Colorado; Mrs. Edward Rotan, chairman of correspond once, Texas; Mrs. May Alden Ward, proaidont of Cantabrigia club of Mas sachusetts; Mrs. Ponoyor L. Sherman, preaidont of Chicago Woman's club, Illinois; Mrs. Dimios T. S. Donnlaon, preBidont of Sorosis, Now York; Mrs. Charles S. 1 lowland, club president, Dolowaro; Mrs. J. S. Tarkington, club prosidont, Indiana; and Mrs. Rebecca Douglas Lowo, President G. F. W. O. Tnis is a strong committoo and de monstrates tho democracy underlying tho club movement for the members represent all classes, stato presidents stato chairmen of correspondence, club presidents and tho laity; all sections of tho country aro represented thus wo may expect a correct expression of tho Martha Tho newspaper says that if you hold your breath, you can go to Bleep. Jonas You bold youra and let's see how that works. Record. Briggs What's the matter, old man? Griggs -Oh nothing but dyspepsia, prickly heat, mosquito bites, malaria and a Bense of utter Iosb. Briggs Why, I didn't know you had been away on your vacation. Cheatham's "Cut Price Store" hung out this now announcement tho othor day: WE LEAD, NEVER FOLLOW. But somohow it didn't exactly convey tho idea it was intended to. Town Topics. "I have nine invitations to dinner.' "What will you do with them?" "I am trying to trade somo of them off for invitations to breakfast." Record. AT EBB. Rosy-finger'd Eros, brought she Eros, chanting jubilate Eros pois'd on gola-gauze wings, Gleesomely Love's music sings: When burning mid-day on him shone, Shrank voice of Eros to a moans Just sad sound, nor aught besides, Woe such song such end betides. When Eros faded Eros died: After flow, at ebb of tide, On still night-winds dark ghosts glide O'er the gray sands to and fro, Ceaselessly, the shadows go, For these, no stay on Blessed-isles, Ocean beyond, where summer smiles: No pause soul-weariness beguiles, But rest, forever, spirit flies, I In whom, by whom, glad Eros dies. -IDYLA. h Edna Isn't it lovely here at tho ssa shore to see the silygr waves come tum bling in? y A bort Yes, and to see the silver dol- f lars go tumbling out. Record. y r? I fc-tii-TM t- uir'tfi I'lip i i -gaiMjji ih.ii -.!tf