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About The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 29, 1900)
THfe COURIER. .x. S V A f .6 I club on Tuesday, December il, it was voted by the executive board to send a copy of the following letter to the Bos ton Transcript for publication in its columns: To the Executive Board of the Massa chusetts State Federation of Women's Clubs: In reply to the letter of the executive board of the Massachusetts Federation to the Medford Woman's club, the lat ter club begs leave to state tnat, while the wording of the resolution of with drawal which was passed by the Med ford Woman's club maj justify your board in saying -'that the reasons given for this action are apparently based upon a misconception," nevertheless the Medford Woman's club labored under no misconception when it withdrew from the General Federation. It con siders, its reasons for withdrawal sufficient; it believes them sound. At the moment of passing the resolutions to withdraw its main object was with drawalthe wording of its resolutions was of secondary importance. Granting that the club failed to express itself clearly in the wording of its resolutions, it expressed itself clearly in the act of withdrawal. Stripped of all technical ity, it is a fact that Mrs. Ruffin, a col ored woman, representing a club of col ored women belonging to the Massa chusetts State Federation, a duly ac credited delegate from her club, was re jected by the General Federation. If the delegate of the Woman's Era club had been a white woman, representing a club of white women, it is probably true that she would not have been re jected. The action of the Medford Wo man's club may be wise or unwise, but it acted under no misconception of the situation. tion rooms may be rented for this pur pose. This relieves the hostess of the distress of having her home disarranged, and at the same time frees her from re sponsibility of directing the affair, as she simply gives an order at the office, and is sure to have every detail attend ed to perfectly There are times, more over, when the club unites in giving a big affair, as the brilliant reception on the opening evening in its new quarters last October. A GREAT WOMAN'S CLUB. The Empress Club of London, which owns its handsome quarters in Dover Street, valued at three hundred and fifty thousand dollars, is the most exclusive woman's club in England. It was founded three years ago, in commemora tion of the sixtieth year of the reign of Queen Victoria, and as a rendezvous for the smart set is curious in comparison with the "mixed" clubs which are so popular in London (writes Bertha Da maris Knobe in the Bazar). These clubs, most of them ith a fashionable membership, 9re apt to have some speci fie "raison d'etre." The Albemarle, however, is a mixed club, with purely social aims. The Bath Club, one of the ultra swell, has athletic aims. The Denieon Club has charitable aspirations, tne Sesame Club, literary purposes, and so one might, like Tennyson's brook run on forever in a "resume" of the mixed clubs that mark London as conspicuous. When it comes to the Empress Club comparing notes with a club exclusively of men, there are absolutely no points of distinction. In tnis connection it is noteworthy that the Empress Club is second in membership only to one man's club, the Constitutional Club of Lon don, which has the exceptional enroll ment of five thousand members. From these cursory comparisons it will be 6een that in this strenuous day the Em presb Club offers peculiar advantages to the society woman. It Ib not only an attractive abiding-place for the country woman who may come to town over night for a function, but it is a con venient social centre for the in-town member. Certainly nothing could be more alluring to the woman who dotes on social chit-chat than to indulge over a companionable little tea table in one of the elegant corners, or to have a cozy half hour in the privacy of her own apartment. For the hostess who enter tame much it is quite "the thing" for her to give her functions at the club. As mentioned, one of the large recep- THE WOLF. The wolf came sniffing at the door, But the wolf had prowled on my track before, And his sniff, sniff, sniff at my lodge door-sill Only made me laugh at his devilish will . I stirred my fire and read my book, And joyed my soul at my ingle-nook. His sniffs and his snarl were always there , But my heart was not the heart of a hare . I cursed the beast and drove him away, But he came with the fall of night each day, And his sniff, sniff, sniff the whole night through I could hear between the winds that blew. And the time came when I laughed no more , But glanced with fear at my frail lodge door , For I knew that the wolf at bay Sooner or later would have his way. The Fates were three, and I was one . About my life a net was spun ; My soul grew faint in the deadly snare , And the shrewd wolf knew my heart's despair. A crash, and my door flew open wide , My strength was not as the beasts at my side. That night on my hearthstone cold and bare He licked his paw and made his lair . John H. Boner, in January Century. Eton Jackets Box Coats And Forty-inch Cloaks In Black and All the Pop ular Colors. miiiiiiii in t Tailor Made Suits WalUirvg Skirts nnd Dress Skirts In the Very Latest Shapes. ! MIbLR.&PAlN mMIHMIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIll y.e.i A rA 1323 O t. Plone, 762. . m m MI HI NIK: i Gas Fixtures and Instantaneous Heating. Their Punishment Mrs. Hardup Of course, in pictures of heaven women woar white robes and crowns and things, but in pictures of the other place I can't seem to remem ber that they wore any clothes. Mr. Hardup That's why it's hell to them. Do you get your Courier regularly ? Please compare address. If incorrect, please send right address to Courier office. Do this this week. The Rock Island playing cards are the slickest you ever handled. One pack will be sent by mail on receipt of 15 cents in stamps. A money order or draft for 50 cents or same in stamps will secure 4 packs. They will be sent by express, charges prepaid. Address, John Sebastian, G. P. A., Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific R'y, Chicago. 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