Democratic Sentinel, Volume 14, Number 42, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 November 1890 — FAIR LADY MANAGERS. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

FAIR LADY MANAGERS.

Women Who WIU Ansfet in Directing- the Columbian Kxpositi-'n. THE Chicago board of nine lady managers appointed by "C President Palmer, the National Commission, to act —-*s!^jSS£wit h the 106 in the conduct of the exj \ hibit of woman’s work in the World’s Fair are each of them women of attainments. says the Chicago Herald. More than this, they are also women of achievements, either as social leaders, organizers or prominent workers in some other avenue of effort. Mrs. Potter Palmer, who previous to her marriage, which took place in 1871. was Miss Bertha Honore, is a native of Louis vil’e, Ky. Her father was of French descent, and her mother belonged to an old and aristocratic Southern family. She was educated at a ' convent near Baltimore, and when she ! had finished her education and entered society she was an acknowledged belle. One of the most beautiful of >. women, Mrs. Palmer’s individuality is as charming as her personality. Miss Frances Dickinson, M. D.. who is the one representative of the Queen Isabella Association, received her medica’ education at the Chicago Woman s Medical College and went to Germany for instruction as to the treat-

ment of the eye, the specialty to which she devotes herself. She is a woman of indomitable energy and of unquestioned ability. Mrs. James R. Doolittle, Jr., is a native of Illinois. She graduated from Monticello Seminary, after which she went abroad to finish het education, spending between two and .three years in Paris and Geneva. She is an accomplished musician and also a fine linguist, as well as a person of charming presence and winning manner. Mrs. Myra Bradwell, after reading law in the office of her husband, exJudge James B. Bradwell, and thoroughly equipping herself at every point, applied for admission to the bar in 1869. Being refused on the ground that she was a married woman she did not continue useless insistence, but proceeded to develop a business in the

line of her acquirements which should depend solely on her ability for its success. There was no paper at that time in the West devoted to law matters and she started the Chicago Legal Lews, of which she made a pronounced success and which she still conducts. Mrs. Brad Well made no further effort to be admitted to the bar, but a few months ago, on motion of the Court, every member of the Supreme Court of Illinois cordially acquiesced in granting her a license as an attorney. Mrs Marion A. Mulligan, who was the daughter of the late Michael Nugent, was born at Liverpool England. She came with her family to Chicago when but a child. WTien barely 18 years of age she became the wife of the young Chicago lawyer, James A. Mulligan. When the war broke out and her husband was made Colonel of the

Presbyterian Church, of which she is still a member. Quiet and conservative in her tastes, the only public work in which Mrs. Gresham interests herself is philanthropic effort. Mrs. M. R. M. Wallace was married, at the beginning of the war and accompanied her husband. Colonel Wal-

lace, of the Foupth Illinois Cavalry, during the entire campaign. She is I an ardent Universalist and is presii dent of the Illinois State work of the women of the Universalist denomination.

Peasant and Plague. According to a legend, a peasant was traveling through a forest on horseback, bound toward the village, when he was stopped by an old woman. “Give me a ride behind you?” said she. “Who are you? asked the peaseht. “I am the Plague.” The peasant said not a word, but put his whip to his horse, which gave a big jump. “Stop! stop!” said the old woman, running after him; “do you think I shall not get to your village just the same, whether you give me a ride or not? I shall be there a little later on. never fear! Be reasonable, then, and give me a lift. I promise you that I will not touch you nor any of yours.” “Get on,” said the peasant, bringing his horse to a standstill. The Plague mounted behind him, and they rode on. Presently the peasant, growing bold, stopped and said to the old woman: “If you want to make me happy, you will spare Johnny Smith at the village, and Billy Weaver and Tom Joiner.” “A ery well,” said the old woman,” I will spare them.” The man whipped up his horse again, but had not gone more than a quarter of a mile farther before he begged the Plague to spare such an one, and such an one. “I will spare them,” said she. And this went on until there were not more than ten people in the village whom the Plague had not agreed to spare. They arrived in the village. On the following day a great many people were taken ill with the plague, and within a a day or two thirty of the villagers were dead. The peasant ran to the Plague in great indignation. “Look here!” he exclaimed; “you are a wicked wretch. You don’t keep your promises. Thirty people are dead already.” “I have kept my promise faithfully,” said the old woman. “It is true that thirty are dead, but only ten died of the plague. All of the rest died of fright.” The moral of the story is that, during an epidemic, people should live and act prudently, but should not be in a state of fear. Tliirty-six Years in Congress. Hon. Justin S. Mon ill has just been elected to his fifth successive term as United States Senator from Vermont.

Mr. Morrill is the oldest man in America in public life. He enjoys the distinction of having served in Congress continually longer than any other American statesman. He has now been a Senator for twentyfour consecutive years. Previous to entering the Senate he served twelve

years continuously as a member of the House, stepping from that body on the day of the expiration of his term into the higher branch of Congress. Thus he has an unbroken record of thirty-six years in Congress. Mr. Morrill is over 80 years old, having been born at Stratford, Vt., on the 10th of April, 1810.

Fresh Air. Fresh air is a necessity, and by some considered a luxury, it is free" to all. Therefore we ought to live out of doors as much as we can. It is the place for mankind to be. It is good for the health. We have heard a distinguished physician say, “However the air may be out of doors, it is always worse in the house.” Fresh air is good for the temper. People who are shut up in the house are apt to grow fretful and peevish. They are likely to acquire narrow views of things, and worry over things not worth considering. It is good for the whole character to live out doors. It strengthens hope, patience and fortitude. It expands and softens one’s nature and makes us more charitable. Safe with Only One Potato. Did you ever calculate the value of a single potato on the basis that that single tuber was the only one left in the world ? That one would, of course, contain within itself the possibility of restocking the world with a valuable article of food. If one potato would produce, when planted, but ten potatoes, in ten years the total product would be 10.000,000, which would stock the whole world with seed. If the world were reduced to one single potato it would be better that Londoner Chicago should be blotted from the earth than for that one tuber to be lost.— St. Louis. Republic. A German chemist has discovered that when a bottle partly filled with a solution of ozone in water is shaken a soft phosphorescent glow spreads over the surface of the liquid and quickly disappears. A second shaking gives a fainter light, but the appearance Cannot be obtained again until after an interval of some days.

MRS. PALMER. MISS DICKINSON.

HRS. DOOLITTLE. MRS. BRADWELL.

MRS. MULLIGAN.

MR S. LEWIS.

MBS. CARSE. MRS. WALLACE.

SENATOR MORRILL.