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THE COURIER. H merit and the indictment a sentence with never an opportunity for the plaintiff to be heard in her own de fense. The vices that men have, such as chewing, smoking and drinking in defiance of women aod in spite of her universal protest indicate that her influence upon conduct is not unlim ited. Dr. Huntington charges wo men with the encouragement of gam bling by holding card parties where the players play for money. True there is an uninterrupted connection between prize giving aod finally play ing for the stakes. But there are few occupations by which men earn their daily bread that do not involve chance. Especially in New York and among the fashionable pew-holders of Grace church, how many earn their living by manual labor? which is the only kind of occupation, some what difficult and out-of-the-way to gamble on. Dr. Huntington's parish ioners are brokers, stockholders, deal ers in futures of corn, wheat, real estate, anything that can be bought or sold- a traffic made possible and profitable because from the beginning the future was hid from the present. All men who buy goods, stock or land I Edited by Miss Helen 6. Harwood. 0WnHH)0000t08000000l00O9Oa&o CALENDAR OP NEBRASKA CLUDS March !( Vs. c. Household Kconomics . .. IS. Ws. a. Uusiness Meeting IS, Monday c. Kdlciou rank In France IS. Matinee Musicale. I.rnore .I.u-l.-v. im. .s. c. .National soni;s A flap... I'J. Sorosis, Forestry 19. Century c. Kirvp " SO, New Hook He view. New looks . 21. Lotos c S2. tt c. Aboriginal America present school system" wa9 road. Mrs. McGrew in charge of the department of literature announced a talk on dialect writers by Mrs. Fisher. Mra McCarty sketched James Whitcomb Riley as a poet, and Mrs. McGrew read one of the Riley poems. Tho annual olection of ollicora occurred at the meeting on March 11. b:en expressed, committee on menta reported the petition of On March G tho joint constitutional amend "leave to wiahdraw" on Mary A. Livermore and Norfolk Omaha . Wayne Llnculn Waketleltl .. Lincoln . Lincoln . . Lincoln . .Lincoln Mlmlm . s-eii i uiiurec l'.irllamentary drill St. Paul 21, s. c . Civil Government North Heml S3, Ws.c.. Home Maklw; Fremont S3, History .fc Art a. Miscellaneous . .. Seward S3. Fin de Steele c. Ilenedict Arnold . . .Seward S3, Round Table. Prospect & Retrospect Crete The Easter edition of the Courier ac cording to its usual habit will issue a special Easter r. umber, on April Cth, this time a woman's issue. Plans were roude some time ago for this Easter offering and it was not until it was too Into that, the club editor lacking in experience and not very a Idept in gathering infor mation, knew of Miss Fdirbrotber's in- A lecture upon tho Roman Period was given by Judge Douglas Friday evoning, March S before the universal history department ot tho Woman's club of Plaitsmouth. Tho meeting was held at tho residence of Hon. Windham and was largely attended both by members and visitors, a number of 'ocal attorneys be ing prefect. The program was render ed the moro interesting by neveral reci tatious rendered by Miss Craig, vocal selections by Miss Street, instrumental music by Mr. Wescott and a recitation by little Mies Jackson of Denver. On Friday evening, March 15, the art partment met at the club rooms. Snyder of Tabor, Iowa, spoke of caroerof Rosa Bonbeur. others for the submission ot an amend ment striking out the word "mate" from the suffrage clause of tho stato consti tution. The vote stood G to 't as op posed to the amendment. Tho commit tee on election laws reported also on tho same day "leave to withdraw" on tho petition for municipal suffrage for tax pa) ing women. The matter was subject to discussion on Thursday of this week. de- Mrs. the vitation to celebrate tho birthday of tho to-day to sell to-morrow are gamblers Woman's Weekly by a specially illus and figure on a rise of value, and im- trated club edition. The'Joutier hoDes On Monday afternoon occurred the fortnightly meeting of the Lincoln Wo man's club. The program was in charge The Brooklyn League ot the New York State Consumers League has with drawn from the state league, as it did not feel as if its income warranted pay ing the tax of the state association as the levy is one fourth the income of eich league. The Brooklyn league also is of the opinion that while tho union labor label is the moat protective of tho rights of all that it is well to take a broader view and accept a manufactur er's name, after investigation, as guar antee ot manufacture under hygienic ci nlitions.The Brooklyn league is taking great interest in a bill introduced at Al bany providing that no garments bo made in living rooms. The league en provement in conditions. Women, are not responsible for these condit ions nor for the habits of mind and conduct they have produced. If New York women give card parties where their guests play for money, and the papers say thev do, they are encour aging and setting the seal of their approval upon a dangerous and in creasing contemporary habit. They were doubtless induced to organize gambling parties by watching the ab sorbing interest the men exhibit in all occupations which involve chance and keen quick judgment aud New York women, being fond of the soc!ety of man, and unable to secure their share of his company have made the mistake of adopting one of his vices. It was a success so far as securing the company they desired, for the parties are crowded, and the men who gamble all day might as well gamble a little more Only woman has a historical, legendary monumental pose to main tain and this pose is all broken up, is made ridiculous when she appears to approve of vice. Even the pose is bet ter than nothing. It is a good deal of pother about a very few women in New York, Boston, Philadelphia, Bal timore and Chicago who give parties to which their guests are expected to bring their pocket books. With the multitude or American women virtu ous disapproval and active discour agement of vice is not a pose but a rule of conduct. The few women who choose to have nothing to do really do not have so much influence as their alarmed pastors believe. Aside from the weakness of playing for money, it seems a vulgar, sordid, plebeian device, for entertaining guests. therefore, not to repeat, but to supple ment Miss Fairbrother's good work. At the last meeliog of the boys' de bating club of Fremont, a committee cousistit.g of Supt Laird, Messrs. Mil liken and Noyes was appointed to ar range for an outeido debate. At the committee meeting it was decided to issue a challenge to tho girls' debating club of Fremont. of Miss Town, leader of the literature cou raged by the heads of large depart ment stores in Brooklyn, has endeavor e J to have the bill reported favorably by the committee on Labor and Indus try. If the bill passes the end of tho sweat shops will be at hand in New York. The New Century club is the name of a club recently organized by tho women of Rushville. Current topics are tho main themes of discussion. The club will also emphasize the social part of club life. Mrs. Nellie Keefer, secretary, reports that a spring like day brought out a full attendance of the Seward Woman's club on Saturdaj, March 2. to listen to the program of the general meeting whii:h had been arranged by the department of household economics. Tho pro gram: Remedies possible in domestic service, Mis. Strayer; Defects of chil dren, Mrs Betzr; solo. Miss Hedden; Value to the home of the study of home keeping and household science, Mrs. Stoner; Chemistry of cooking and an alysis of flour, Mrs Tiernay. Arrange ments are being made for an old folks concert March 12. where the members of the chorus class and others will ap pear in ancient costume and old fash ioned songs. department. The afternoon began with song. A duet, "Crucifix,", by Faurp, was sung by Homer House and Karl Frolich. For their bravo and bis they gave "O, Salutaria HoBtea," by John Wiegand. Miss Givens was the accom panist. Mexican music, "Las Cuerdas Majicas ' was rendered by tho Rhone quartette, who also gave an encore. Reverend J. L. Marsh of the Unitarian church gave the address, "New Eng land's Debt to Whittier." Mr. Mareh as a New England man and scholar was excellently able to picture Whittier's position in New England literature and history. He emphasized tho extent to which Wbittier increased a feelicg of patriotism and observation of beauty anJ by the reading of his poems im pressed upon all the grace of Whittier'B melody. The next meeting will be in charge of the history department. The Social Economics club of Chi cago has begun to take up some of tho problems perplexing the Educational Commission, a board consisting ot one hundred people whose mission is that of investigation and suggestion. At tho first meeting of the club Election vs. Appointment of Members ot the Board ot Education, was warmly debated by two well known educationalists. The next topic will be Evening Schools, as tbeyare in foreign countries and in the the United States. Miss Wilkicsoi, landscape gardener to the London Public Gardens Associa tion, is expected f r tho annual meeting for tho Park and Out-or-door Art As sociation to be held in Milwaukee in June. Miss Wilkinson will visit the chief parks and gardens in the country. She has done much toward the further ance of her profession and many who know of her personal charm aro looking forward tc her coming with enthusiasm and confidence in her inspiration. The Century club met Tuesday after noon, March o, at the home of Mrs. Atwood. Mrs. Hill had prepared the paper for the afternoon, subject "Pha roabs of the Bondage and Exodus.' Mrs. Waite reviewed the "Reign of Law" by James Lane Allen. Mrs. Emma Bcoe Tucker B. S. of the class of 'DC of the University of Nebras ka has been awarded for the second time the Lucy S. Ingais Prize Scholar ship of the Northwestern University Woman's Medical School. The literature department of the Wo man's Research club of Atlantic City gave an original entertainment not long since called "Ten Centuries ot Toilette." There wa6 a lecture on the modes as directed by Paris for the last thousand years. The idea was gleaned from a book entitled. Ten Centuries of Toilette, and each decade of fashion was illus trated by tableaux eelected from tho book engravings. The club members in characteristic costumes of the various periods added greatly to the picturesque effect ot the occasion- This club is now actively planning to issue an invitation to the general federation for the bien nial of 1002. Mrs. Soak Stop drinking during Lent, just to please me. The forty days will soon pass. Old Soak I know they will, my dear. What I'm thinking about are the forty nights. I may as well tell you. doctor, that I am engaged and am sitting up late nights. That ought not to affect you. It's pleasure, isn't it? No, sir, business. "There may be no royal road to wealth," moralized Uncle Allen Sparks, "but after a man has got there he ip gen erally an Oil King, or a Railroad King, or a Steel King, or something just as royal." Chicago Tribune. The Woman's club of Auburn held an open meeting Thursday, March 7, at which time Dr. Tyler read a paper on, "Woman as a Helpmeet." and Miss Alberta Campbell spoke of the Colored Problem, and expressed the opinion that the southern people were the colored race's best friends. She also presented the facts relating to the admission of colored women's clubs to the national and state federations, a question which is agitating all clubs more or less at ihe present time. Mr. Pierson was called upon to discuss the paper and it was bis belief also that it was better to let tho southern people settle their own colored problem. A paper w.itten by Miaj Frericha on "Some good points in ou An English woman, Miss Smyth, has recently produced an opera "Fantasy,' founded upon De Musset's comedy of the same name. The opera was first given in Carlsrube under the direction of the famous Felix Motti and was re ceived enthusiastically. London critics say that musically Miss Smyth has a Miss Margaret Lake, superintendent of the Methodist Episcopal Rescue home and Miss Donald Cameron ot the Pres byterian Occidental Board Home of San Francisco, have begun an antirvice cru sade in the Goldon Gate City. The cru sade is especially directed against tho slavery of Chinese girls and women. It seems an organized slae trade is carried on in the Chinese quarters, women and girls being bought and Bold as much as merchandise. In early February Miss man's mind and that no woman com- Lake went to the Ministers' Union and poser, heretofore, has had her inventive asked them to assist her in preventing force and few her technical mastery and slave-girl traffic in the Chinese quarters, firmness of touch. As a consequence resolutions were adopted begging the legislative investi- Tho hearing given February 20th on gtting committee to find out the actual the elections laws ot the Massachusetts ondition ot affairs. The Commission legislature to the petitioners for a bill er of Immigration gave positive evidence giving women tax payers municipal suf- ot the traffic testifying that girls are sold f rage has attracted wide attention. The for domestic slaves and to houses of ill petitioners and the remonstrants were fame. The committee on investigation given opportunity to express their views found one girl who testified that she was and during tho debate and since then sold for $1,900 when fifteen years old. the best thought of both men and wo- Two little girls one seven and the other men ot the country on this Bubject hag five rescued from the slave dens l! m : i (' m 9: ri ;i m m it IS I! ,1
