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for domestic arrangements the mem
bers meet on alternate Mondays and
dine together en club. There Is no
reason why there should not be just
as many men's culture clubs as there
arc women's. The organization of the
"Candle-Light' will be followed !v
possibilities and the Isthmian canal, others until all the men who have
will stimulate southern development not considered the relation of culture
to such an extent that trans-Uarib- to life are actively engaged in the
bean ports will respond and a trade preparation of one of those profound
b3 established, the possibilities of productions called "a paper."
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which are so extensive that their con
templation is at present as unsatis
factory as a prospectus of operations
in Mars. English trade with South
America is very large. To American
ear. Colombia, Venezuela, Guiana,
JJrazil are far-otr foreign-sounding
appellations. U"c do not realize that
the bare feet of the South American
natives touch the same eartli that our
Not Yet.
Tiie Independent publishes a report
from Professor Edwin E. Slosson of
the university of Wyoming of his at
tempts to join a woman's club in that
state. By one oilicial he was in
formed that the members had no
prejudice against men as men, but
be signed by tne'full namo of the writer, not kindly.
publication if advisable.
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not engrossed in business she dis
missed him with the inconsistent
statement that if he were admitted
all the men in town would want to
join. The next woman he approached
on the subject replied that the mem
bers were so ignorant of parliament
ary law the men would laugh at them.
When he told her that the men would
be only too giad to tcacii the women
he was iliogically not i tied that she
did not know any man in town who
mpn ivffro sn nirrniisrl in litminivtK
Communications, to receive attention, must box-toed, calf skin clad fee spurn, less tl)at tliey would not join if permit-
.v.uu.j. a II...U .rum uiui-uui, oar- Whcn he explained that he was
quakes, volcanic eruptions and
I'lmntrnc if toi.mnrntiirn tutirlit t.-i1L
from Nebraska to the soutliernmost
point, 01 uooa nope wiliioul neeuing
anything more seaworthy than a ferry.
Just as soon as we get commercially
conscious of one great, American con-
The Isthmian Canal, tinent connected by an'isfcTimus which
The report of the Isthmian Canal is nothing but a thin tongue of land
Commission has not been made pub- connecting two larger bodies of land,
lie, though the commissioners re- we will begin to enjoy the benetits
turned last summer and made a com- of selling things to and buying things coul(1 teac,, the woman's club any-
plete and exhaustive report. It is from a country with latitudinal thin A third lady 5ajd that men
suspected that the commission is very capacities ranging between 15 and 53 coud notattend the meetings of the
much in favor of the Panama route, and longitude 47 and SO. To the cIut) because they were held in the
both on account of the canal winch equator and oeyona it in ttie next one aftcrnoon. when he suggested chang-
tias already been dug there ana on
account of the greater distance of
Panama from the volcanic region.
The Nicaraguan route seems to be
more in favor before, than after an
investigation of the comparative ad
vantages of the two routes. The
southern states are vitally interested
in the building of a canal. It is as
important to the future southern de- per, the latter prepared by one or its
velopmentas the great transconti- members. It is called the "Candle
nental railways, which bisect this light Club" and is composed of nine
country Into northern and southern professors, seven lawyers, two doctors,
halves have been tothedevelopmentof a minister, a priest, a journalist and
the north. Southern sentiment in fa- four business men, or twenty one pro
vorof an Isthmian shipcanal is almost fessional men and four business men.
Unanimous and senators from the Such evidence that the club move
south are beginning to be urgent for ment is spreading among the men
the beginning of this great water folks is very gratifying to club women
way which will mix freight rates all who have listened to fulminations
up and transpose classilications. from the pulpit against clubs and
. There is much to Le urged against their power to distract a woman's
subsidies and we are not backward mind from church entertainments,
hundred years the tide of business and
of American energy will How in in
creasing volume.
A Culture Club.
A new club was organized in Lin
coln last week, to meet once a fort
night and discuss a dinner and a pil
ing the time to evening she answered
that that was impossible because
there were no men in the club and the
women could not go out alone eve
nings. Professor Slossons last appli
cation was equally unavailing. He
attempted to prove how competent he
was to enter any department of ihe
club by reciting the list of his varied
accomplishments. When he finished
the lady remarked that if he knew as
much as he thought he did she didn't
see why he needed to join a woman's
club. The professor concluded his
"tale of woe"' with the simple words:
"I do not know to this day why I am
not a member of the woman's club."
The Vfaite Rats.
Mrs. Fiskeaud HenriettaCrosman
are the ouly two prominent actresses
who have refused to make terms with
the theatrical trust. Mrs. Fiske will
about stating the case of the people church decoration, church repairing,
against the shipowners who wish to the missionary society, the prayer- play wherever she can make the best
farm the people, but this matter of meeting etcetera. The Candle-Light terms and for the manager that offers
intpn-nmrrmnientinn between Anier- CI ub proposes to accomplish what all them. She is too exalted a theatrical
icaand Central and South America women's clubs announce as their ob
needs attention. Between the two ject: namely the sociable discussion
great continents of North and South of otherwise burning topics. Ihe
America there is scanty direct com- dinner which precedes the discussion
munlcation. Travelers from America serves to bring the men together and
to S. America take passage on a to keep the membership interested,
transatlantic steamer which goes to As seventeen or eighteen of the mem-
England and from there embark for
their South American destination.
The round trip costs an American
star to be forced to make terms. And
her independence has not reacted
upon her disastrously. Henrietta
Crosman is not so unique and man
agers in the trust can get along with
out her so she has had her troubles.
The White Rats is a combination of
bers are married, seventeen or eigh competent actors against the theat
teen wives will not have to order rical trust which has reduced their
meat for dinner on every alternate wages, while at the same time increas
ing the price in New York to the
patrons. The trust has also deprived
actors of freedom of action and
threatens their dignity and self-respect.
The association cahed :Thc White
Hats," is an offshoot of the English
"Water Rats," an organization found
ed to curb and it was effectual a
condition similar to that existing in
this country. Only performers are
admitted to its membership, Since
its organization, only a few months
ago, over tC0 members have been en
rolled. It is a secret society. Should
any member reveal any business he i
forever banished from the society, and
every "White Rat"' is under oath to
refuse to play witli the traitor in any
theater. In its treasury there is al
ready some W0.00Q. A system of ben
etits has been'deviscd to increase this
amount as needed. They have start
ed an insurance fund for the benetit
of the members. The whole plan lias,
been devised and carried out with in
tinitely more business tact than ever
before displayed by any body of iwr
formers. It is signiticant that such
men as Henry Lee, "Nat tJoodwin, l)e
Wolf Hopper, Peter Daily, .leffd'An
gelis, and a large number of other
widely recognized actors have joined
and are taking an active part in the
affair.
In the meantime the vaudeville
trust has been not! lied that after the
24th of -lune no member of the order
will book through the oulces of the
vaudeville association. They will
book thereafter through the exchange
to be managed by the Association of
White Hats. The Wtiitc Rats an
nounce that they will play where they
please, and will not submit to the per
centage system which the vaudeville
syndicate extorts from their salaries
for booking these people in the trust's
own theaters.
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Miss Anthony
Speakers of the W.C.T.U.advocatinr
equal suffrage have repeatedly asserted
that a.c soon as women were allowed to
vote, saloons would le closed. Mrs,
Nation's hatchet has demonstr.ited
the contrary. The women have equal
rights in Kansas with the men and.
yet, it appears, from Mrs. Nation's
forays that there are as many saloons
in a prohibition state, as in Nebraska,
or any other ,bigh-liecnse state. In
eoudpmninMrs. Nation's lawlessness.
Miss Anthony remarked very appo
sitely that the law is mightier than
the hatchet and considering that the
men of Kansas have armed the wo
men of Kansas with the suffrage they
ought to use it to elect state ollicers
who will enforce the Jaws of Kansas.
From her youth Miss Anthony has
been an earnest believer in law and
order. Her criticism of Mrs. Nation,
should therefore not have surprised
her followers among the W.C.T.TJ.
Lawlessness can not effect any per
manent reform and the city or state
wfcich permits saloons to run contrary
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