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THE G0UR1BR. QiMMMMMMMMIMMHMOf Edited by Mbs Helen 6. Harwood. tllMIIMIHIIIHMIHIMMOIOOOOCMH Architecture is becoming a recognized profession for women in Austria. Frau lein Erska Paulas has juet received a commission for the erection at Bistritz of n residence for the official Forest Commissioners. Previous to this she has been entrusted wilh other import ant Government commissions. At first she met with much opposition, but passed a mason's examination at Klau senberg and afterward gained an archi tect's diploma at Budapest. The fol lowing article from the Chicago .Eve ning Post throws some light upon archi tecture as a profession for American women: Mrs. Burton Harrison very truly says in her article on "Society Women in BusineBo" that architecture offers a great Held for them. The real problem of that profession man never has suc cessfully solved. As it is not his busi ness to keep a house in order, he cannot know how it should be arranged. With him closets are merely necessary evils, whereas a woman realizes that the closets Bhould be outlined on the plans first, and the space that is left cut up into the number of rooms desired. In truth, Mrs. Harrison'6 comment on tha subject of closets leads to the supposi tion that she has heard of the Chicago woman who insisted upon planning her own house. "That is a tine large dining room you have," said the architect who was en gaged to attend to the details and su perintend the construction. "Dining room!'' exclaimed the woman scornfully. "It's mighty little you know about a model home. That's '.he china closet." "" "Don't you think,'' suggested the architect after he had recovered from the shock, "that ii would be well to have an alcove in this big bedroom on the second floor?" "That's the linen closet," returned the woman. "But there are two windows in it,' protested the architect. "It is of utmost importance that a linen closet Bhould be well ventilated," assured the woman. The architect went over the plans carefully before making any further comment "Ah, now I understand," be said at last., "Here is your room on the third floor." "That's the storeroom," she answered "I have only attended to the most im portant details on each floor. You can put the other rooms wherever they will tit in." At a meeting of the Worcester Wo man's club held December 12th, she following resolutions were adopted and ordered to be sent to the Board of Di rectors of the General Federation of Women's clubs: "Whereas, the board of directors of the Geueral Federation of Women's clubs at its meeting in Milwaukee in June. 1000, refused to admit to member-' ship the Wcman'e Era club of Boston without giving a satisfactory reason for its action; Resolved, that we, the Wor- ML rMHlUH lb bKCRffl y And Dairv fSn """" Manufacturers of the finest qual ity of plain ana fancy Ice Cream, Icee, Frozen Puddings, Frappe and Sherbets. Prompt delivery and satisfaction guaranteed. 133SO. I2UiSl PHONE 205. )WJO"M9" cester Woman's club of Massachusetts, regard this action as a direct violation of the constitution of the General Fed eration of Women's clubs and consider in this action the board of directors has taken an unwarrantable liberty. As the Worcester Woman's club is a con stituent part of the General Federa tion, it is, thereby, responsible for the action of its servant, the board of di rectors of the General Federation, wo therefore, hereby express our emphatic disapproval of the action of this board and request a satisfactory explanation of its course of action or a reversal of its decision." A little girl of the doll worshipping age received from Santa Claus on his recent visit a perfect wonder in the shape of a doll, even considering all the remarkable dolls that one sees every where now. The day alter Christmas the little miss took her dolly out to be seen by such of her playmates as had not called to pay their respects to it. One companion in particular, whose judgment on the doll question stands very high among her friends, had not Been it, and it was to her that she want ed most to show it. So her mother helped her to decide which street gown looked the most stunning for the doll and then let her go out in search of compliments knowing how like bliss these are to the mother instinct that is in every little girl even before she can walk or talk. But the doll and the girl were not gone long. They returned locking rather out of joint, perhaps, but still composed. "What's the matter," said the mother of the doll's owner, "couldn't you find Agnes?" "Yes, I saw her," replied the little girl "but she had a baby brother come last night, and shes so proud of it she couldn't think of anything else. She didn't notice my doll, bo I didn't say anything about it. Just told her that I thought the baby was lovely the nurse let me peek at him and came home. She'll get tired of him after a few days, when she hears him cry much, and then ehe'll be glad enough to see my doll." Later the father and mother of the little girl talk ed it over. The father prophesied all kinds of wonderful things bound to come to one with such tact, but the mother expressed the keenest appre ciation of the quality of the tact dis played by saying that "when that child comes to a clubable age she will be fit ted to be the president of a federation of ten thousand clubs, and never give offence to one member of one of the clubs, either by the thing3 she does or by the things she leaves un done," And the father allo-ved that it might be 60. Boston Transcript. Mrs. Henry Solomon, president of the Chicago Branch of Jewish women, is issuing invitations for the annual ex ecutive meeting of the National Council, which occurs in New Orleans during Mardi Gras week. Fifty sections of the council from large and small towns will send delegates. The committee appointed to appear before congress to apply for the grant ing of a charter for the General Federa tion is as follows: Mesdames Lockwood, chairman; Fairbanks or Indiana, Blount! Trautman of New York, and McNeal of Denver. Kansas City, Thursday and Friday of this week. Those bidden to the con ference were officers and directors of the Missouri Federation, St. Louis re presentatives of the World's Fair Com mission and the presidents of the fol lowing federations of states included in the old territorial bounds: Nebraska, Minnesota, North Dakota, South Da kota, Oklahoma, Texas, Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Louisiana, Arkansas, Colorado, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Wy oming and Montana. Among the clubs united with the Maine Federation and members of the General Federation, is one composed entirely of young Indian women, in habitants of a small island off the coast of Maine. The purpose of this organi zation is the preservation of Indian tra ditions and folk-lore. It became a mem ber of the Maine Federation soon after its formation and this year paid its dues in Indian baekets, the work of its mem bers. The receipts from the baskets were considerably in excess of the dues and the surplus was immediately re turned to the club. Some of the work of the club was shown at the exhibit of Arts and Crafts committee in Milwau kee last June. Mrs. Charles Dennison, acting presi dent of the General Federation, will re presente the national organization and offer greetings at the conference of New England club women to be held in Bos ton in April. At a recent meeting of representative club women of or near St. Louis, reso lutions were passed, objecting to a wo man's department in the plans of a celebration of the Louisiana Purchase to be commemorated during the World's Fair in St. Louis in 1003. The opiniou of St. Louis club women is that such a classification as a "Woman's Departs ment" would be unjust to woman in that it would confound her sex with her work and that such method is exhibit ing woman's work would make it a nineteeuth rather than a twentieth cen tury fair. With reason they maintain that women are now the equals of men in some branches and that consequently the work of both sexes ehould be ex hibited 6ide by side. The whole there fore to be an example of the industry of the humanity of 1903 and not of the work of men as contrasted with that of women. meeting, which occurred at that time on New Year's day. The innovation proved so successful that the constitu tion of the club has been altered to al low the social meeting of this month to fall permanently on the first day of the year in order that the men may par ticipate. This year New York Sorosis celebrated the New Year with a lunch eon followed by a literary program in the ball room of the Waldorf-Astoria to which fathers, husbands, sons and broth ers were bidden. Mrs. Dennison, presi dent of Soroeie and vice president of the General Federation of Women's clubs, welcomed the guests. The day was in charge of the committee on Houce and Home. Mrs. Riley Smith, chairman, read the opening paper "Some Chorda and Discords in Our New Century Life." She emphasized the great in tluence of the home, quoting Sidney Lamer's exclamation: "Good heavens! how I wish the whole world had a home!" Her idea of the purpose of the higher education for women is in ac cordance with that of Helen Moody, "the higher education of women should aim to prove not that a woman can do a man's work as well as a man, but it should aim to fit her to do a woman's work as well as a woman can do it " She closed her remarks with a plea for good manners. "Would that some beau tiful contagion of good manners might sweep our land, and everyone who had not already had them should take it ' Other subjects were: "The Home:" "Prophecy or Fantasy the Religion of the Future;" "Wanted-A Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Speech;" "The Hope of the Century Our Girls and Boys," and "The Decline of Cour tesy" by Mrs. Grace Gallatin Seton ThompBon, a guest of the club. Mrs. Thompson gave to the definition a double meaning "courtliness of man ners and civility springing from kinaly feeling." She proved with convincing illustration, how if the "courtly servility of earlier days" has declined so have "brutalities." That though the demure ness of the Puritan maiden and the courtesy of Puritan manhood has more or less disappeared, the general level of civility has greatly advanced. Defer ence, she said was on the decline and for this parents, co-education and high er education are largely responsible. Among the many useful suggestions that originated at the Albany meeting of "New York Federated clubs was that of a traveling club. Mr. J. P. t'ann. who conducted the Federation Special to the Denver Biennial was requested to come to Albany and give as much information as possible as to desirable trips and their cost. As a result a Mexican trip of three weeks which ma; be extended to four has been planned. During the World's Fair that will take place in St LouiB in 1903, there will occur an extensive celebration if the Louisiana Purchase. The fifth biennial of Women's clubs adopted a resolution, making the Missouri Fed eration practically responsible for the woman's department in this celebration. In consequence, Mrs. Edwin Harriron president of the Missouri Federation' called a conference that was held in Queen Wilhelmina's joy knew no bounds not long Bince when the Kaiser Wilhelm appointed her Colonel of the Fifteenth Prussian Hussars, though it is not her first command. To be the honorary colonel of a regiment of sol diers is one of the great hobbies of a royal princess. The women colonels ' only number about sixteen, and these A f r C appointments are confined to Germany , I ll.rVlvix.IJ and Russia. There are only two women in the world who enjoy the rank of ad miral. The Empress Dowager of Rub sia is chief of the first establishmeLt of the Russian navy, besides being colonel of four regiments, and the Queen of Greece getB much satisfaction and a fair amount of glory from being chief of the second establishment of the navy. Czar Alexander III. was always ex tremely fond of his young relative, and knowing her passion for the sea gave her ships instead of troops. Chicago Tixes-Herald. No. !, Board of Trade, CHICAGO. 6F9 ST06KS -AND- The number of women's clubs that offer some special courtesy to men each year is increasing. In Lincoln several clubs have banquets and others recep tions in honor of the men. This cub torn doubtless prevails throughout the state. Ayearairo New York SoroeiB made a gentleman's day of its January BONDS Grain, Provisions. Cotton. Private Wires to New York Gty ana Many Cities East and West. MEMBER New York Stock Exchange. Chicago Stock Exchange. Chicago Board of Trail- I ,m.