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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.
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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.
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