Indianapolis Sentinel, Volume 34, Number 60, Indianapolis, Marion County, 1 March 1885 — Page 3

THE INDIANAPOLIS DAILY SENTINEL SUNDAY MORNING, MARCH 1 1885.

UOHAVÜ WORLD.

13 ft Intended that these columns ihall record xr. Vi werk In ail the varied fields cf usefulness, nlcci cplnlcn mpectln? worsen, and voice the Tim and thoughts of woceo. It la hoped that tC7 nay In some raeainre encourage and strength cn wonca la every worthy erort.ald them la aolv tzz tu probLm of self-support, protect thea threes fcaowluage of lomi of business and law Irr; Ire tLsxa to attain to their rlihtful position, tzl Ctna throuii enlightened, derated woman fisod ennoble the hone, the rsce, the Nation. 'T7cmia'i World" is wid As wire, u mother, U home-maker, as worker, m educator, as phUan ttrciLrt, u comrade. & cltlxcn. and as a hnmaajtctzz woman is eTerywhere tuiidln J for herself and Hex feneration, rroai an i cctiona of tnla world, trUI r porta of individual and organized wort, csws Items, uioniits. suggestions and inqalxlea are Invited fer these colamns. Address all saca communications to rLomcj M. AEXJSCS, lG-'i Ein St., Indianapolis, lad. Th' rfgnlarramthly meeting of the Tndlar; e a Equal Suffrage Society will bs held at 3 v. m. tomorrow at FJy month Church. 2Lrs. Z. G. Yallace "will lead tne discussion. The National T7oman Suffrage Association tare decided not to hold a convention in New Orleans this winter as wa3 intended. A booth for the distribution of literature will Le maintained in the Exposition. Mr. Harriet II Robinson said at the ra cent meeting of frage A!3ciitioi the National Woman 8 afo? MvsaciusttV.hat there 151,773 women witil gray disfranchised. Tht is a than the whole Republican a e in that State ti ad 8 who are 1 rer number vote cn an avera fcr the lait ten years. The e.'eventh anniversary of 'the Central "SV. C. T. U. will be held at Roberts Park church thi3 evening. The aanual report of the work of the Union will be presented by Mrs. J. K. Nichols. The address öl tHe evening will be delivered by Mrs. Mary T. I,throp, President of the Michigan W. C. T. U., whew eloquence, zesl and ability have made her one of the most successful workers in the Union. Leaflet No. 4. issued by the National Worcaa Suffrage Association cf Massachusetts, i) a valuable and unique traet thaagh it contains litilae!s3 beside names. It g'lvea a list of sotre by no means all of the avowed supporters of the 'Sentimental folly" of woman suffrage in the past and present; a goodly ccmpanv of 'cTanks'' including American and English Statesmen, clergymen and educators, philosophers and philaotbrcpists, authors and journalists; in brief a Itrge cumber of eminent men and women. Woman BniTrage has suffered four defeats during the past month ia Indiana, Idaho, Oregon and British Colnmbia. The bill to oren the doors of the State University cf West Virgin'a to girls pas ei the Senate, bnt was defeated in the lljase by a vote of GO :o 2S. Against these defeats there is one victory to chronicle, the passage of a bill extending school scürags lo women In Idaho. The armaments against co education and acainet w-cian suffrage bear a strong re3mblacc. To some of ,thp 7est Virginia legislators co education is obnoxious as won an ruffxage is to to some of the Indiana If gis'ators. If adopted the University would be ruined, every such attempt to make boya cf girls and gins of boys hart proved a nmerahle failure. If West Virginians wanted their daughters to be Dr. Mary Walkers, send them to ths University if this system were adopted, etc. And vet in every college and university in Indiana under Protestant control, save Watash College, both sexes are admtttel on equal tertrs, and the system of co education U a pronounced success. DniiEK the past week the question cf womau xuttraa haa been laid before the Indioca Legislature, and by the SanatQ laitl aside. It was thought fitting that this Lea:idlatarc like several of its predecessors stolid have opportunity to listen to the claims of the women who want the ballot, and to learn the reasons for that claim. Accordingly, meetings were held on last Monday and Tuesday evenings in the tail of the House to which fc'enafcr exd Hpreeentativs were invited. On the first evenipg; Mrs. Helen M. Gouar spoke on MTfce Relation the present Legislation Sustains io the State cf Indiana.' On the recced Mrs. Josephine It. Nichols gave a a a. ltlr 9 cn "The Equality of Mnhaad anJ Wcmanhcotfjnecessaryto true Government.' It i Leeditss to ay taat these adir33cs were earnest and Jible and forraaiaUd the vie of a large constituency.. U.i Thnrfeilay, Mr. Foulke's resolution fir nn ataecdment to the Constipation glvicc; wemen the right to vote came uo in tha d?nate lor cansidtriation. Senator Foulke rad it iraterly argument in its bsba!f. Mr. Campbell of St. Joseph and Mr. Thompson favortd the resolution while Mr. McCallouph and Mr. Faulkner opposed. The vo.e wss rather ruore favorable than was anticirtfd and resulted as follows: Yeas Adk nsjn, Camrbdi of Ileadricks, Campbell cf fct. Joseph, Davis, Day, Drake, Danca i cf Uarcilon, Enaley, Foulke, Hoover, Hasu n, Lindley. Macy, Magee, MarsialJ, Mojn, Overstreet, Taterson, Sblvely, hraith cf Delaware, Thjmpsa anl Winier. Total 21 Najs-r&iley. Betz, Brown, Bryant, Dunof Bartholomew, Ernest, Fnutkner, Fowler, H'll, Hilligass, Howard, Johns m, .v.ay, Mcriuxe, McCuUongh, Null. Bahm, SrlucJs Seller. Smith of Jenninqa Ktuith Of Jay. Weir, WlT.ard, Ycn:aa and Ziuimerman Tctat, 2". Meanwhile the W. C. T. U. hare been pres3ins their nea urs ;tbe s:leatino ternitrTice Instruction bid, Mrs. Nichols addies'iDg both branches of tha Legislature, and have secured its passage in the Houss. Tti Indianapolis Woman Olnb. F.etpocse to the tcaU, Oar Club ol ToDay," by Mrs. May Wright Bewail, at the decennial celebration of the Indianapolis "Woman's Club, February 17, 1S55 Sentiment: "Give me inslßht into toiay, and you nay hare ito antique and luiure worlds. Eraersoa, A knowledge of what the Woman's Clnb o! lcd!anapolis in its present status is, implies 4 comprehension of what it is not; and we haTe very hla authority among ancient philosophers and modern for beiievinz that the most cati'factory approach to the highest affirmation lies through a series of negations. First than it may be admitted that the I. W. C is not in popular phrase a social club; lor example it does not. like its oldest American sister, the Metropolitan Soros is, indulge in weekly lurchecns; nor does it, after the soiiab'.e fahionofits graver Boston relative, ths New England Club, dissipate its aeenmn- . lated surplus of gravity in tha aromatic Hf am of a monthly tea. Only at rare intervals dcer J. W. C. relax to social gaiety. ana even in tnese infrequent periods ox re laxation it is characterized by a somewhat formal decorum, which, to its rollicking relatives in Chicago find Milwaukee, nay, even to its prim, but well grown younger sister in Philadelphia, would seem chains and becdace unendurable. Tte I. W. C, is not, like many of its kin, hospitable rendezvous. This may te attributed to the fact that it has not vet attiined the drj.nity of a houe-ho!der: like the mre. it äs first itinerant, nomadic, and it still ccnunuf s to bs a Umpoiarylenmt, a sort of JT boardr. Unlike tha Century, the Fort?i ih'ßhode Island, ths Ls?eas a, t 3 'luartei.;, not s:u?ht as a plies ti meet People: it ! lankly mTrs to lion-baiting, ünoniy cnorcisica tQ its dcal of life .rs tii I. V7. C opensd k daors to wel-

ci a xenowned v ! f . aad thit evenlns: Lich was mar&fd b? th i presenti,f ibe octogenarian s-a of Couc ird is ptg by i'fclf in our hhtrf . Unlike manv of it kmEastaLd Vs 1I14 I W. C is not an aesthete by prefeaion or by practice .Vita riotous living and luxurious balongingsit aTso eschews all merely ornamental or decorative tbenif 3. holding itself rfg'dty to boh Bides cf that lofty model "low living and high thinking " Unlike mcst Women's Clubs of the graver tort the L W. C. Is not a University for the pursual cf pest graduate stady, or fir hs exctarge cf the reütc:ioas of maturity npon iuicllar:c3T:3 themes; It is rathr a supplementary Academy acd m such can compete with the best in the land, notab.y in T.c:nt of industry and discipline. The I. V. C. is not, like sorae of its older Bndvounjrer Eislers, revolutionary. Ey2ry now and then all Boston is stirred to its center by the announcement that the New England Woman's Club has resolved to run one of its members for a place on the School Committee; the Board of Health In New York is said to fear nothing but Sarosis, bat Its officers are cn the alert wheoever it is advertised that a committer from Sorosis has been eppointed to investigate the sanitary condition of the crowded districts. In none of these ways docs our I. Y. C excite the euspicion cf cur city council or incur the aniracsity cf lecal politicians. Kule out tcciety, 0cialitv,hc5pit ality and autheticism and with them is ruled out extiavagance; rule oat from society that meddlesome spirit which drives its pessejsor into philcnthropic and into 3CiiI aad political reforms, and with it are expelled a ho3t of dangers. Thoagü with what we have ruled out by thess negative propD3Üions our club may teem to have missed Borne apparent graces and Lome transitory virtues, It need not regret ther exclusion?, for what we are not is the indispensable condition, to what we are, end what we are Is sounder, greater than what we are not, Towhai affirmative do all our negitires thn lead? Firsr.ourclob i.ipra-eminent!yre3pectab!e. A clear tit e to this claim may be found In its apparent endorsement cf the Eentlmentj of that ancient and highly reputable authority who declared: "Saa is the beat worran of whom leaEt ia known." Thai it happens that of the women in our city distinguished for high public service, of the women in our city whose name3 stand cn the title f:zca at creditable volumes of verae and prose, cr arc found on th8 editorial staff or In the contributors corps of lealing magazines, very few are found within our club membership The validity of our title to this ühtinetien may be farther proved by the arguments which, on the lips cf Thackeray 's Country Gentleman were so irris sttble; it will be remembered that a3 final proof that his cla!m to respectability i3 Lsyond question he avers that no one can accuse hini of ever having feastsd a vagabond Lord, sheltered a diesenter, approved a Inform Bill or written a sonnet. 'Its I. W. C. is equally removed f rem the possibility of these iavilious accusations. To icspectability the I. W. C. adds balance. The Solar system is not a better example cf cenirilagal and centripetal fores in nice equipoise. lnoarmid3t are women whortacn ever toward the future; who wccla anticipate its revelations and precipitate its blessings; over sgainst there are they

whoie arms encLc.e witn tenderness the pa3t, who?e affectionate veneration would nsurrcc; the prcstiate, exhume th3 baried, vitalize the extinct. By the exertion of thy powers of both the L W. C, Is kept just t bn at cf the best present. Tte current programme of the I. V. C. weil illustrates this nice ta'anca and slows how the progressive and the retrogressive in our ranks are made in turn t. a, hath roles In the programme pruper you snail find each subject followed by the writer's own naoia. Here the Mrs Johns, Mrs. Williams aid Mrs. Of orges who shrink from the grossly masculine fashion of exposing their own feminine signatures, boldly figure as Mirys, Elizas and Hannahs. Batwcen the same covers, however, that hold this Btartling array of women's names, advance to the member list acd yon shall iind that all, even thcee who think that Mary, Eliz and Hannah are sxeat and true womanly appellations, and who feel the wearing of men'a names and titles to be intolerably rnasculina and a crushing proof of social tyrannv. you shall find them labeled Theodore, Charlys and Gilbert. The I. W. C. adds to balance obedience. It is !ar abidintr, and 1 believe that ths iacredness anl inviolability of no instrument cr crgauic law known to historic nations ha3 ever fceei guarded with greater iiiality, reVised with greater caution, espaundad with rxcra logical clearness, defended with more moral earnestness, barricaded with more ingenious eaJe-ga&rds of provbo and by-law, or in caie of tical ned evaded with more diplomatic tact, and defied witn more cons:ieadons and scrupulous adherenca to form taan has tne constitution of I. W. C. To obedience we add courage The I. W. C. without misgiving wrestles with problem! of corernment and dnty which statesmen and Bistops, djins left unsolved; it hesitates sot to grapple with the mcst serious topics if only they belong to a dead time; it aL'ecuto revive.to discuss, aad to adjust national quarrels, whose causes are intangible, the parties to which with their cotemporay allies have been ddst for ages; without a tremor it sits in iudgment upon Kings, reversing with confidence or confiraiing with omplaoenc the verdict of historian and bicgrapner; nor is this th limit ncr this the severest test o its oura?;. The I. W. C, is a company of hroine3 wtiu a spirit before which the vaunted valor of tbe Amazon at the head of her troops, the Empress at the head of hsr army r'm its thrinking cowardice; for after all, Esipress and Amazon faced only dsmigodsand men; the members cf I. C, face each other.ani to-day dj this with a legTe of sangfroid which a aecaue since would have bsea at onte me envy ana the despair of every charier member. To ecu are we add indastry; no iervlc9 can be exacted for the Club's site f.hich is not willingly rendered; more than onc3 to elucidate tha subjects assigned in cur pro grammes have the libraries of discant cities been laid under tribute; and we have among cs women to wnota Lord liacon's feat of serving on twenty-eight committees at one time, wculd Eeem mere child a play. It is sometimes uttered as a complaint tnat the members of I. v. C. are so miscsllane ons; that they do not meec elsewhere: that they nave been brought hither Iromso many dnierent srronps, in oar scattered city. This simply illcstiates that as Club members we have outgrown neighborhood preference baye moved beyond sectarian affiliations; nave freed ourselves from that petty and contemptible geographic aristocracy which so frequently divides a citv into ssts and cliques; it proves that as club membr3 our judgment is stronger than the whims of personal agreeableness or the caprice of prejudice. Cause for congratulation is this indeed: better for all the purposes of erowth which a club is supposed to serve than any other possible element in club character. This is the mcst trustworthy sign of our p tential strength. It is this element in its membership which enables the I. W. C, to add to courage versatility; all the forms of talent and ail the tendencies of opinion which manifest themselves in senates and synods are here seen in little. We have our devotees of precedent and our innovators by temperament; this versatility is one of the guaranties of that most admirable quality, the nics equipoise already mentioned. There are among us the possessors of scales so delicate that a milli gram more cr less of sympathy is speedily balanced by a milligram of criticism, even the amiable hobbyists in our ranks so per fectly balance that no eccentricity can be discerned in the club as a whale; you shall find ccncjalcd in thamceful folds of the dreea of one a dainty volume of Parliament ary Law; but for as many such vol a me j as yoc find, there shall oe foand an equal nam ber of copies of the reigning Orthoepist. It is due to this .contrariety of ttsle and temperament, this diversity oi culture and

tfrdercr.thattbeT.W.C.rtaillitratd in Its

tiae ah forms of gofmmfnt. TaeOiiiarchy, the Monarchy absolute and limited, to? approximate Eepibltc have at varions times served to point a moral to oar nutonc studies and have enabled us to see in this little world, our clnb. the reflection of all doctrines of Statecraft 8o remarkable has been the equipoise preserved in general by I. W. C. that more than once has been illus rated here that fairness and lmprtiality which pre-eminently distinzuishes our present happy administration; a degree of fairnees which renders it more impossible o guess who is the Prime Minister, who are he teeret counselors of our chief magistrate, than to divine who will constitute the Cabinet of the next National President. Seen Insight as I can apply to our club as t is revesls to me youth and maturity, radi cals and reactionists, devotees and investlgatcx, loquacity and silence, action aad rxccitation, wisdom and wit, gracs anddlzcity, judgment and sympathy, sense and tentiment.meeting in such jnst proportion as to make that intermingling of contradictions. whese end is the only perfect harmony; that golden mean where temperate methods reach judicions conclusions, that hapoy average of extremes extolbd by ancients, de spaired cf by mcderns and first attained, if my liistoricd knowledge bs not at fault, by the I. W. C. To such irsight as I can apply the I. W. C. reveals itself as a lease whereby are focussed upon problems cf permanent Interest, llnminaung ravs from Eeventy-nve distinct ecul centers; it is in turn a spectroscope by wnc?o aid the studious ot33rver is en abled to learn the elemental nsture, the ccope, the color, the boundaries of each separate ray and of it3 respective source. To such insight es I can apply, it is for us all the center of some of our rnsst helpful friendships; the conserver of our in tellectual respect for our eex; the witness to woman's capacity to instruct, to entertain and to enjoy women. with these convictions a3 to wnat l. w . C. is in its composition, its essence and its eervice, can I not indeed dismiss its put without regret, await its future without ha?te and without fear, trusting that future to be only this present, rounded, strength ened and matured? With this insight can I not assert that it is the present just a3 I know it which holds my confidence, my respect, my loyal love? that it is the present I. w. U. which com mands my devotion. General News Notes. Or.Enoy. Mrs. J. D. Le9 is a member of the Board of Trustees of Willamette Univeiverslty. This is eaid to be the only institution of high grade in the State which elects women as trustees. Noi:tii Carolina. The Legislature has been struggling this winter with bills rsducing the rates for marriage licenses, protect ing the victims of wife beaters, end broadenirg the financial rights and privileges of msrried women. Maixe Mrs. C. B. Widden has been re appointed lady visitor of the insane hospital by Governor Itobie. Ccssecticut. A bi.l is pending to permit mothers and grandmothers who are tax -payers to vote at school meetings. A hearing has been given Rev. Pnoebe A. Hannaford, Hon. John Hooker and others on its merits. Wisconsin. The suffragists had a hearing before their legislative committee on last Wednesday, Feb. . Mrs. Goagar was one cf the speakers. Kansas. The House committee on the political rights cf women has reported the municipal bill favorably. A minority report d:srents, alleging that the women of Kansas are not making a demand for ths propestd hgislation. Illinois. Tho "Home Committe" of the Chicago woman suffrage society under the chairmanship of Ada C. Sweet, meets each week, for the study of local politics and State laws. Iowa. Mrs. Hull, wife of Hon. J. A. T. Hull, tho retiriDc Secretary of State, has as sisted her husband in this office daring the eix years past. The wife cf the new Secretary, Mr. Jackson, occupies the position of Chief Clerk in this office. Miss Ella A. Hamilton, one of the editors of the Ds3 Moines Saturday Mail, has been appointed by Gov. Sherman to serve upon the State Beard cf Examiners.-Miss Grace Hebbard, a graduate of the Iowa University, has adopted the profession of civil engineer, aad is employed by the United States Government Survey in Montana to make maps. Massachusetts. Some prominent ladies in Boston are moving to secure an approoriaticn by Congress for the parposs of liquidating the present indebtedness of the Woman's Department at the New Orleans Exposition, and putting it upon a basis that will iisi-e its future success. At the Legislative hearing given the petitioners for municipal suffrage, Miss Lelia J. Bobinson, attorney at law, who is home on a visit from Washington Territory, where she is herself a voter, reported the successful and ussful results of woman suffrage there. Lucy Stone read a Woman Suffrage Catechism," which illustrated the unjust and ungenerous treatment given by the Legislature to women, as it will appear in history, W. C. T. U. Miss Frances WilJard'a last address to the "White llibbon Army" says: Your response to the appeal for help his been so prompt and ganerou?, that the W. C. T. U.. department at the ' World's Expjsition," New Orleans, is a splendid succ3. Now it is fitting that while this beautiful place illustrates the breadth of our work by elegant shields from ths forty-eight States and Territories, its variety by banners f roru the thirty-eight Departments, its beneficence by rest for ttiawearv, cold water for the tempted, and literature for all, ws should emphasize tb re ig:o33 and patriotic character of our work by holding public meetings. Let it be understood, therefore, that cn Saturday and Sabbath, March 11th and 15th, the National Woman's Christian Temperance Union will arrange for special meetings, to be addressed by our leading representatives. The Illinois W. C. T. U., are working this winter for a constitutional amendment extending tha elective franchise to women, and for a scientific temperance instruction bill. A bill requiring scientific temperance instruction in schools has passed both houses of the Pennsylvania Legislature. Personal The Government of Venezuela recently conferred upon Mrs. Frank Leslie the distinguished decoration of "El Bisro del Libertador.' The decree says: "This order, instituted in memory of the herofounder of the five South American Republics, is an honor tbe more precious since the country confers it only upon its distinguished children and upon those, whether born in the republic or in other climes, who have rendered service in the causs of humanity, prepress and civilization." A news correspondent thus writes of Miss Middy Mortran, of the New York Times staff: "Miss Morgan's department is the cattle market, which she follows with great closeness. For her services in this line of work she receives a very fair salary, and she is also paid handsomely for her services in the interest of the Pennsylvania Railway. She does additional work for one other paper, and her income ranges close to $100 a week. It is said that she sometimes specnlates in stocks of various kinds. At any rate, peoI)le who know ber well say she has accumuated a fortune of close to $00,000, which is by no means bad for a lone, lorn woman. Among the lecturers at Chsntiuqua next summer will be Miss Kate Field, Mary A. Livermore, Mrs. J. Ellen Foster. Mtas Satan B. Anthony attained her six'y-fifth birthday on Feb.15. Miss Frances D. Prftley, a great-great grand-daughter of the celebrated Dr. Priestley, reads a select sermon every 8nnday morning to the congregation of the little Unitarian Church at Northumberland Pa, She also superintends the San-day-school in the afternoon. Her sisters help ber, one of them comprising ia her , own person both choir and organist. This

little church, made up of dee cndnts of tbe Society over which Dr Priestley presided, la managed exclusively by women. Miss Louisa Reed Stowell, the only lady Instructor in the University of Michigan, and the author of several treaties on microscopical subjects baa just been elected a member of thfe Royal Microscopical society ef London, being the third lady ever elected.

The Innermost Room. The linger tang the world a song. And soon in every tender heart It; melody, sweet and strong. Became a dear and lastly part Eat no one knew and no one cared. Ttat from snprernett crief and wron? Hi breaking heart had learned the notes Ttat trembled Into glorious song. A woman who from eery cap Had drank life's glad end bitter treams at down and wrote a wondrous tale. As sweet and bright as fairy dreams, let no one knew and no one care J, Fron what tumultuous eca of taought The f oul ia lonely voyages Its parable of life had brought. Tte teacher with a burnln? heart, v ith tongue as swift and not as Same, Led with a wise ana tender heart Tbe world into its highest aim. ut no one aked and no one knew Through what fierce conflict day by day, lie won the victory which cleared Tor weaker hearts the higher way. For each eonl has one Inner room Where alone It teets the grace To struggle wtth Its sharpest wee, It hardest destiny to lace. To lilt the duty wnen It fears, To love, to trust, tnroush every doom, And net the nearest, dearest heart, üoes with it to that lnaer rcora. Literary Notes. At the last meeting of the Missouri State Press Association, Mrs. Geo. E. Djgan, "May Myrtle" of the Sedalla Democrat, read a touching and appreciative poem entitled "Paper Suspended." Miss Susan Blow, who introduced the Kindergarlen system in St Loui?,coatribut s to the current number of the Journal of Speculative FhilcEophy, a popular I)ante3 Inferno which is one of the finest literary and critical papers of tbe day. Miss Blow and sister are located in Boston for the winter. "The Ideal Home" is beautifully portrayed by Mrs. Elizabeth Boynton Harbert in The JNewErafor February. Equality, justice, love and forbearance are the corner stones of this ideal home, and husband and wife are joint rulers and workers. Mary Danham writes of "Mrs. Gougar at Home," and Dr. Lelia G. Bedell discourses on "Evil Social Tendencies, and how to counteract them." Miss Frances E. Willard contributes a uslightfnl reminiscence of a journey in Egypt to the Woman's Megszine for Februaav. In a paper entitled "Free Schools'' Mrs. PJmma P. Ewing compares the opportunities offered by Vastar College, the Starr King School and the Iowa Agricultural College tor the practical education of the average woman, and takes the ground that instruction in domestic economy is essential. Hennk Ibsen, the Norwegian poet, supports the modern theory cf woman's rights and has preesed the staze into service. He has written two poweifnl and remarkable drama entitled, "Nora; or A Doll's House" end "Ghosts' which hava been translated find introduced to the English public oy Miss Frances Lord. The first installment of "Ghosts" is published in the January number cf tbe London "Magazine of Scientific Sccialism," ' To day." A readable account of the recent agitation at Cleveland. Ohio, over tbe proposal to exclude girls from Adelbert College, is given by Mrs. Sarah K. Bolton, in the Englishwoman's Review for January. This number of the Review also contains reports of educational ailairs in England and Ireland; an account of the Norwegian Woman's Union, organized last June and now numbering nearly 600 members; a sanim-sry of recent inventions by women, a record of events and much other matter cf interest Miss Caroline A. Biggs is editor. A recent and valuable contribution towoman suffrage literature is made by Iiev. D. P. Livermore, The scope and purpose of Mr. Livermcre'a book are indicated by the title, "Woman Suffrage Defended by Irrefutable Arguments, and all objections to woman's enfranchisement cirefully examined and completely answered." The introductory chapters consider suffrage as a natural right and as a politcal privilege. Several subsequent chapters are employed to answer the arguments and objections presented about a year ago by Mrs. Clara- JT. Leonard, Mrs. Kate Gannett Wells, Hon. Geo. G. Crocker, Hon, Mr. Williams and Hon. L. P. Polard, and cover the ground completely. Mr. Livermore makes strong statements and forcible deductions and presents a remarkable array of facts regarding women In th9 industries, in public affairs and military service. Aside from its worth as an argument in behalf of woman's enfranchisement this bcok is valuable for the amount of inf ormation it contains and for it3 citations from numerous authors. It i3 published by Le and Shepwd, contains 225 pages, and its lowprice, fifty cents in paper covers makes it available fcr a large circulation. Expression. Oh. say, can you Bee, by the dawn's early light, Nkat you failed to perceive at the-twilight's lflfet gleaming A cranky concern thf t throa?h the long nUfct O'er the bed wher yoa slept was saucily streaming? The filk patches so fair, Kound, three cornered aad square, Give proof that the lunatic bei-qulit is there. Ob, tho crazy quilt mania triumphantly rave?. And mai l, wil and widow are bound as Its slaves. The Boston Lying in Hospital makes its report, year after year, with all its officers men. This yf ar it reports J1U women admit ted. with 325 children born, and all the phy sicians men. It would be easy to see the impropriety of an arrangement which pro vided only women physicians for an institution where men only were admitted as pa tients. who would require pereonal treat ment of 8s spec'al a nature as that which must be had at a Lying in Hcspita There was a time when women had not the advantages of a medical education, but that tims has past. This yearly report should surely include women as physicians, and only an outside cor suiting physician who is a man. Worran'e Journal. The Chicago Tribune now rises to declare that "Mr. Henry James sketches a class of g!rl3 so utterly ilat and silly that they are devoid cf interest. It may be possible that there are such creatures in existence, but who wants to know or hear of them? Why should they be dragged out of their native insipidity and dullness aad be placed before a public which cares no more for them in books than it does in real life? In point of fact, neither Mr. James nor Mr. Howells has vet succeeded in portraying the typical Bos ton girl; but there is this difference between them that Mr. Höwells is not malicious in hiswoik. He, too, is apt to fill his stories with very weak and uninteresting women who might better hove been left in their original obscurity, but Mr. James evidently intends to lampoon and caricature." Mr. George Bancroft and his wife have a beautiful home life. He is as tender of her as a mother of her child, and as gallant as a lover to his sweetheart Her health is greatly improved since last winter, acd while she can not receive visitors formally, she feels well enough occasionally in the middle of the day to see one or two of her friends in her own zoom. A lady who lately saw her in that way speaks of it as the prettiest pic ture she ever beheld, when Mr. Bancroft, re turning from a brisk walk In the sunshine, came up to his wife, and with a most courtly grace presented to her a pink camellia, which he had secured while out. saying. T have brought this to ray beloved." He, with Ms snowy hair and beard, and the fresh flower in bis hand, and she, with ner dainty morn Ing role cf gray c?shmer trimmed with wine-colored satin, and her cap, with rib bons of the same color, surmounting her gray hair, made a group, lays the lady. Ion; to be remembered, with the fire light unc

Ing in front of them. Mrs. Bancroft is an excellent talker. She reads a great dil and her crit'cjms of books are slways Jg geetive. Harper's Bazar. I once saw a first baby that was so tightly dressed it could not put its arms down. The young mother told me her nurse dressed it so, and said it would give it a fine form, straight and slender, when grown up. The little girl-mother was really afraid the baby would fall to pieces, after I had dressed it locsly. The poor little infant had on a flannel band, a linen shirt with lace sleeves, a pinninf blanket with a double linen waist, a long embroideried flannel Ekirt, with a double linen band, a heavy tucked and ornamented white ekirt, with a double linen band, white mull dress, low-necked and sfcort s'eeved, to show ita dimpled arms and neck; then a tiny little zephyr-wool sack, to kep its arms and neck warm! Nine thicknesses about tha child's body and but one on the arms acd ceek! No wonder the little one worried, and the pcor mother had to send for the doctor I Mrs. L. F. P. Herring, M. D.

Escaping From a Lover, (Youth's Companion 1 Mrs. Barbauld, upon whese "Early Lessons" and "HymnB in Prose" our grandmother was brought up, once jumpsn up a tree t escape a too-persistent wooer. When a girl, she was noted for her lively spirit and bodily activity. She could climb and jump as well 88 the boys of her father's echoe . Her gymnastic feats and the roses on her cheeks made a deep impression upon a rich farmer. He called upon her father.Dr. Aiken, and begged bim to consent that that the youthful Letitia she was but fiiteen might beccme a farmer a bride. Go end ak her yourself," answered the dector, pointing to the young lady, who wa3 walking in the garden. He went, pleaded his case, and was refused. He remonstrated, urged, and bceame so importunate that Leti tia climbed up a tree by the gar len-wall, dropped into the lane, and left her suitor, astonished at her singular way of running from a lover. The disappointed man lived and died a bachelor. He wee net a reading man, and was never known to purchase any book but "The Works of Mrs. Barbauld," which, ele gantly bound, adorned his parlor daring his life. ALL AKUUfiD TUM HOUSE. Dainty Uishes Fancies in Picture Frame Suggestions. Among the deserts that can be prepared at a few moments' notice, the French pancake is one of the daintiest. Beat three eggs with a saltspoonful of salt and a desertspoonful of sogar until very light; add a saltspoonful of soda dissolved in vinegar, and a large coffeecupful of rich milk; etir in flour to make a thin batter; butter a hot griddle, and enocgh to spread the size of puddingplate; brown on both sides, lay on a hot plate, eprsad with any nice jam or preserve and roll up like jelly cake. Sift on some powdered sugar and dash of nutmeg. It is necessary that the batter should be very smooth and free from lumps, and in order to effect this it is well to stir in a part of the milk at first, then add the flour, about a large cupful, and thin with the remainder 0 the milk. Jelly cake fritters can be hastily made if you have the two necessary ingredients, stale sponge cake aad jam. Cat the cake into any fanciful shape, fry it a nice brown in butter, dip hastily in boiling miik, lay on a hot dish and spread thickly with straw berry jam or peach marmalade. Any plain cup-cake, if stale, may be substituted for sponge-cake, but a cake that is rich with butter will not do for this dish. FANCY IICTURE FRAMES. The framing of photographs is new an art in itself. Ingenuity is taxed to to provide suitable and original frames. With all their dash and tine etlect these frames are in fact simple and may be easily manufactuied by the clever amateur. The material in most frequent use is te3 chest matting, and fine wicker matting, and woven-matting. Tne ! rr ay be best illustrated by a few examples. J The first thing in choosing a picture is to consider the subject and adapt the fram accerdingiy. For example, here is a couple of lovers in the moonlight. A narrow strip of blue velvet surrounds the photograph, leaving no white as margin. On this is laid a a mat of tea chest matting, silvered. The reatting is laid on pasteboard, the edges teatly turned under. This requires a little dexterity, bat no more than i3 demanded in the covering: of pJush frames. Another strip of bice velvet overlays the mat, and the frame is addtc. This frame is matting cf another braid, stretched over a rounded wooden fcunc'ation. This is also silvered. A harvest seer e, on the contrary, baa a strip of old sold velvet and a mat of gilded matting. Another strip of old gold velvet precedes a frame of gilded matting, as described above. In other instances the outside frame ia painted red or blue as the subject may suggest. The fine bamboo striped matting tobe found at the Japanese stores makes beautiful mats. Among tho novelties o! framing 13 a large photograph oi C. D. Weldon's painting, "A Dream of Japanese Dolls." There is a wide mat of this shining malting, and on this at intervals are Japentse figures. The frame is covered with led and gold Japanese chim z, a material much used, that can be borjf ht for fifty cents a yard. Theie eeems to be no limit to whit caa be done with Japenese stuffs. Frames covered with Japanese stus are farther ornamented by tniall Japanese metal ornaments. The Japanese parchment papers are also used as mate, their colors, especially in reds, being admirably suited for this purpose. To us9 them the picture is laid down and tne required size is cut out of the mat, turning unaer the edees neatly. The Japanese stuffs by no means exhaust the amateur framer's resources. Acharmsea piece, wife a woman's figure on a ba!cony overlooking the waves, has a plain wood frame, over which is a white netting. Through silver lings ia tha corners passes a rope, silvered with excellent effect. 0:her marines have silvered nets. Ropes serve various ends. Another picture with a plain, rough wooden frame has three ccrds as thick as the little finger stretched over the wood, interlacirg at the corners into a pretty ornament. The ropes may be silvered cr gilded. Wooden frames" left rough or made rough are desirable. A harvest ecene, for example, has a rough frame, acd in the alternate corners is a small lichen which any one accustomed to artistic work, with a hot poker can readily make. sioc9 it is burned in. Another wooden frame has ileather straps and buckles across the corners, and is, of course, gilded. A third frame surrouncing a musical subject has a sort of bridge in the ccrners, acrcss which is stretched rice wires. Other fancy pictures ars draped. For example, there Is the photograph of a young girl, lightly dancing, holding her skirts in her hands. The frame is covered with a thick upholstery fabric of cadet-bine with a large, bold fioral design. On each side of the material is draped curtain wise, looped back. There are, of course, no flowing ends, everything being fiat and compact, Nothing is more distressing to a sick person, who is not quite ill enough to give up all worldly thoughts, than to have the doctor at his morning call find the room disarranged and the patient in a night-dress, not fresh and neat in appearance. It should be the first care of the one in charge of the house to see that this state of things shall not exist. As long as the room must be attended to some time daring the day, why not do It when the greatest amount of comfort would result from it? If you forget, as many a woman has and will, to put tbe Savoring extract in your cake, it is not too late. to remedy the matter, if you think of it while the cake is hot, for if yea wet your clean hand with the ! extract

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We find them an excellent medicine in j fevers, eruptive diseases, and bilious! troubles, and seldom call a physician. Pills arc the only pills u?cd in oar neighborhood." R. C. Comly, Row Landin-, W. Feliciana Parish, La. Prepared ty J. C. Aycr & Co., Lowell, Mass. CHILDREN'S and rub it over the top of the cake it will penetrate the cake, and will give a very delicate flavor. Loss may be gain if you wish to llavor the cake with vanilla, for less of this extract will scswer, end vanilla flavor is to a great extent destroyed in baking or boiling. How many times in the year the mistress of the house need3 to be reminded of the admonition of a wise woman: "Drive yoir work, but do not let your work drive yoa!" That is, plan it all out, so that each day's work will clear something from your way. Do not let work accumulate until you live under a weight of uneasiness and of hurry, which is destructive of comfort. Deliberate and calm thought will help you. A strong belief in a future will help you that is, on a cold day not allow yourself to belive that ihe boys will not need cotton blouses in Jnly and August, or ttat you can get along without any summer clothes. And, on the other hand, cherish the thought that it ia of consequence that the woollen stockings aad wrappers are laid away clean and whole for use in acomicgDecemter. There are women who need to be reminded that to-day is not all cf time. FASHION A3 IT FLIES. Supurb Toilets to be Worn at the Inauguration Ball Spring Suits. Numerous elegant costumes are in preparation at Washington for tbe Inauguration EalJ. That of Mr?. Congressman Follett cf Cincinnati, for instance, is to be very handsome, a flame-colored Bengaline with brocaded flowers, the train cf heliotrope satin, trimmed with rare lace. Mrs. Congressman Stevens is to wear a heliotrope velvet with triin, over a foundation of old gold with llawers. Mrs. MiiJard is having made a light heliotrope eatin, with metillic trimming. Another tandscme drf-ss prepared for the bill is a white "uncut velvet" with train, the front cf heavy white satin embroidered with pearls, the cost of the dress being $500. Another very pretty costume Isyelloy ratio, the sairt and bodice entirely covered with Spanish lace, and the scarf draperies held in piace with bunches of chrysanthemum?. The bodice is similarly adorned, aad lor ornaments amber will be used. A RICH C0STUMB is of white eatin and velvet the froat of white satin, with embroideied figures of royal purple velvet, the train and pointed bodice also of purple velvet to match, the latter cut low and half-filled in with crushed rc?es of the mcst delicate pink shade. A necklace cf diamonds with pendants is worn with this ccstume, with loag gloves. A sappuira blue velvet, has a eolrt of pale blue duchess satin, trimmed diogonally with point Ja:e alternated with satin pleatings, ths traiu and bodice of velvet with point lac9. Another dress of especial beauty Is of heliotrope duchess satin. The skirt is trimmed with alternate flounces of point lace and satin, the front drapery caught up on one side and ornamented by a cascade of lace interspersed with bows of narrow ribbon and a cluster of pond lilies ornamenting the decollette bodice, which 13 trimmed with point lace. The train is eatin, with a mass of lilies at the side. A light red-ribbed velvet has velvet train, with front crossed by two scarf draperies ef pink silk gauze. One is looped high on the hips, meeting the other, which is caught up cn the left side and held very low on the right by a cluster of red ostrich tips. The bodice is trimmed with gaaze aad a bouquet cf ostrich feathers. A bunch of tips is also to ornament the hair of the weorer; diamond ornaments. A mauve dress which is very pretty has a skirt of pale yellow shot silk, 'with white gauze pleatings for trimmings. Its upper part is almost totally veiled in gauze aad trimmed with point applique laca, the draperies caught with large clusters of tea roses. The train and bodice are of mauve merveillenx eatin. Clusters of mauve ribbon and tea rcses adorn the bodice, and a small bunch of tea roses are to be worn in the hair, and an opal necklace. Another, fcr a blonde, is of pale blue silk, with white lace for draperies and trimmings. Red peonies are upoa the bodice, and knots of wide blue satin ribbon mingling with the laca upon tho train. The ornaments are of pearls. A very handsome dress is of blsck duchess satin covered with black tulle. The bodice is pompadour and ornamented with marigolds, a cluster of which are to hold the draperies in place upon tbe skirt. Amber jewelry. Still another is skirt cf white silk covered with point lace flounces on which are thrtwn dusters of black ostrich tips. The train, bodies and drapery are of pink coral brocade, a cluster of black feathers holding the drapery at the hip, the bodice having a high collar aad abundacceof lare. A bunch of black feathers are to adorn the hair. Peatl ornaments. From among tbe many testimonials raceivtd we Eelect the following, written by J. H. Carter, a resident of Phelps County, Missouri, who savi: mi have used Sherman's Prickly Ash Bitten to the best advantage, ard can honestly testify that it has done myielf and family an immense good, and from ray experience recommend it "highly to all sufferers.'

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