Indianapolis Sentinel, Volume 34, Number 88, Indianapolis, Marion County, 29 March 1885 — Page 3

THE INDIANAPOLIS DAILY SENTINEL SUNDAY MORNING, 31 ARCH 2) 1885.

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TTOHAVS WORLD.

rt ti Intended thatthee rolnnca shall record tsa&'a work In all tte varied Sc'.ds of usefulness, TtlteX opinion tcepcctlaj wemea, aud voice tie lsm and Honshu ol women. It Is r.oi-eJ;tljat tiry Bay la some ncasureencourtger r' trengthen women In every worthy trrort.aldl io t "tv 123 the problem cf self a irport, rroteo ttw tJarosch knowledge of forma cf business and law Irrplre them to attain to treir r!uh:fui portion, a3thu thronia en::gl:tcutd, elevated 'woman; feood ennoble tie home, the race, the Nation. Woman's '.Vor'.d' 1 wide. As wife, aa mother, aa bome-caicr. m worker, m educator, aa thilantar put. aa comrade, aa cltlrrn. aud as a bumanrtewcsiäa u everywhere billS for tcrstl! and fcer feneration. jrom all sections of tnis world, Uriel repotti or ladlTlJual n orsa.nlzed wor. era itenMLouK i-iecsuor.i ana Uicirlci are Invited fr thee cultasvu. Add reu ail sscb nnmunicA,.Iona to FlDRI.Vfl !. A. 01503, 1C" Elia Kt-, Indianapolis, lad. Tbere wa3 one Iad7 in the rad'-iating rlasa of the Indiaca l'nyfo-MpcJfcal Co'les? ibis je.r, üias Laura B. Jenaingi of Uasatec, ill. A bill has been introduced in the Illinois Home for the establishment of a State Prison and Reformatory lor wemen and girls, under the control of a board of trustees competed cf irciLea. A bill giving women the right to vote at fCLoM ejections has pasted bith branches of tte VicoL8in Legislature. Tae bill izz a rorttituticnal amendment giving women fnll tutTiage was pat upon psssse, March L't;, acd received 47 votes against 42, bnt lacked the constitutional xiiaj ority, 51 affirmative totes. A nrpiisinply larpjs voia has been given by t lie Kt ode Island Legislature hi favor of a isolation to sabmU a woman saifrae atterditcnt to the constitution. It pasied tbe Uoi;fs bnt tbere was a technical error in the bill. The Senate corree'ed and passed the bill and returned it to the House which a?an voted in its favor, M to 1J. Bat as ."7 vote, a n ajority of all members both preesEt and absent, are required to pi's, a measure (he bill failed. AneiTort will probably be mad to have it recon3iuered. The fall text cf Governor Pierce's veto of the Dakota Woman ballrao Bill is given in ai other column. The defects to waica us objects illustrate anew the inability of men to represent women. Toe bi 1 was prepared and ably championed by men who are firm believers in the principle involved, and yet it fell far short la its provisions of jastica toward the class it was designed to bmeür. Although it rendered women ineligible to hold cflice and did not inc'ude municipal scflcge, it was better than nothing. It bad been considered by the Legislature for weeks, bad passed the'llooss by a vote of -) to V.i. and the Council by a vote of 14 to 10, and bad recemd tte support of many cf the best citizen r. both men and women, in the Territory. Now tbt bo high authority hs declared that "If a woman is good enoagh t oie. aÄ is good enough to be voted for' it ia to be hoped that in the leverai States where wc men are eligible to certain otlice? and have been elected thereto, the Governors end Lfiislators will Rje that tbe converse of Governor Tiercb'a argument 13 equally logical. that it a woman is good enough to b voted for. the ia good enough to vo e. The asaerttcn that women do not want the ballot ia of all objections the most lUt, stale and unprofitable. None so bliadas tUose who will cot see. Daring the past jear petitions with about ."5,000 n!r'ca:ures twothirde women atkiog for womia suffrage, bavr been filed with the Massachusetts Legislature, yet it is solemnly averred that tec mass of women In that State are opposed to the 'imposition of political rtspon&ibllities." At tbe mas meeting held ia this city. May, 1882,at least 40,000 women through their lettela and delegates expressed a desire to vote, and jet numerous Indiana Legislators as tumm that a half dozan agitators constitute the woman suffrage element in this diate. A few j ears ago. a petiticn was presented to the Illinois Legislature esking for the "Home Protection Dallot" signed by 185,000 cremen, who have since largely declared for the full ballot, and yet the first and strongest demurjtotto woman suffrage argument made by Mrs. Haggart a short time C20 at Spiiugceld w Vhat the Illinois women were not desirous of tbe ballot. The tine objection was made when the question waa Tinding m Washington Territory, nevertheless nine tentts of the women there voted at tlo last election, and it ii alto Kcther rrd-able that tbe wide awake, pub-lic-splritt I women of Dakota would have ntf d the ballot as generally had the privilege teen granted.. A private letter received fiom the wife of a niembrr wbo strongly advecated the bill in tbe Dakota Legislature, says that the whieiy element" used every meacs in their power to secure its vrto. while a lütter fiOEB another lady says that ''the Presbyterian minister, Mr. Austin, end wife worked early and late for the defeat of the bill, Mr. Austin preaching a virulent mermen against it." It is not altogether a pleasing eight the church end the saloon clasping hands together to prevent the investuie of women with political is possible that Governor Pierce may become convinced that the women of Dakota ahould have been cocsatted previous to his action on the bilL A tpecial from Pierre as s that a petition for his removal is receiving numerous signatures in that looallty.and tbat"th woman-sullrage ladies will probably circulate similar ones in m&ny parts of the territory." The wemen who want to write are a legion. One wbcte daily wrrk lies within the precincts of rjewspapordoru naturally becomes acquainted with the number, desires and qualifications ri this class. Many recard writJEg for ae papers" as the most accesaible te enpa Uon wherein a woman who liods herself in distressed circumstances or in need of extra pin money can earn something with out iscrifctng her dignity cr leaving her rome to laDor, or possessing special qualmcatfens It ia pitifa', the letters thtkt come sometimes from women in delicate health or with little children, or Jn other circumstances which prevent tbera from undertaking wore arduous labors; from teacbtn tired of their vocation; from school girjs wanting money to cciapletc their education. The writers tall their need, their hopes and ambitions, icc.es samples cf their work easavs on threadbare themes, weak stories and weaker pceme, sometimes fairly written, ofttimes misspelled, ue grammatical and sketchy acd request a permanent engtgemeat as paid contributors " This phass of feminine elTort is worse than pitiful. - Jt is discouraging, because it shows to little comprehension of the requirements of the werk attempted, such utter Ignorance of the fact that in this as in other professions, only skilled labor, the products cf talent or of experience commnnd rtmnceration. It is true that occasional literary work of good quality, of the very best quality, is sometimes done by persons entged in other occupations. Pat they must ave an intimate knowledge cf some interesting subject acd sufficient education to make a readable article. It Is also true th&t ranch is printed which is no better than some cf the amateur efforts which ars "reepectfully declined." but it must bs borne in mind that numerous sentences and para graphs are put la type which never had any mooentary value, and that numerous other etattneesand paragraphs represent the extra ccrit cf tired editors acd reporUri who aeries ccaxtitnte alt the outlay that the oftto czn crcrd. Ttrra era httcra from another class of trczlJ-ta writs ra, young women who have C-Z"? c-tlrrülp as an occupation, who rrrr -3 tha ccc;ity cf fit tin 2 tbera i-z u;ir weis, cto t:x cos-

cernlcg preraration, qnal;la1ions,metbods c loitunitjeeaLdojeriiDe. Tottcaian open, letu r, or ratter several erobodjing the rjeults cf tbe writer's observation in this Ce.d may 1 e of value. As civilization advances, competition grows strenger, and training and skill bjccrxc eeiential to high succc. The womaa who ins mcst easily is she who is best pre jaied ferner work ard who concentrates her efforts. Whatever the line of work chosen, nothing is of greater advantage in the pu paraticn therefor ttan the acquisition of curdbealth. The middla ajei woman in ihe niüt of the beat and labars of the diy, fcrccd Tf-rbsps to f.ht tbe wolf from the dcor, or 'euine to falter lest sie should loe b-r fcctLn'ti so haidly caiocd, oca? not bs able o st'oid the time to bsild her physical sjsUr.i anew, and must counsel with th apotlrcarj and patch np with powderi aid I ills. r?nt tbe ytucg woman, with her life before her ehonld choose a moie wise and coremical course of bracing the back to the taicen. Iiefoie tic enters lor the race, let ter take a careful inventory of her phjsical conditions and then proceed t eliminate by means cf intelligent and suitable physical training nil th aches and pains, weaknesses .d allrsents with which it is allllcted. Drb; is abad burden to begin life with, but it will "pav" in the strongest senss of that expressive commeicial phrase, it will "pay" a

young woman to pawn her most precious heirlocms, or to borrow the means it neceslary to enable her to devote tluea months, six months or a year, to such training as will ( ut her in the field untrammelled by bodily ills or weaknesses. To ba stronglinofd, tleet-fcoted and clear brained, to be in perfect pbvvcal tone, i3 to ba able to laoh at obstacles, to scoff at fatigue, to climb without slipping back. Alii org the qualifications that constitute a talent for authorship none ate mere valuable than an obsetvsnt eve, a retentive memory aLü a capacity for untiring labor, and t-ie esrly and ssiidious cultivation of these will be of immente advantage. To bs able to take in at a glance all the minutiae of a land scape, to catch the details, touches and asides of a moving street scene, to see the twitches and wrinkles, tbe deepening of lines, the ( hanging cf tintf, lights and shadows that make npa fleeting facial expression is to pctjcps the secret of strong and vivid deicription. To be able to remember facts, whethsr presented through reading or hearing, to repeat conversations, speeches and sermons, to oucte afsages and to tell where they can be found, to know who wrote this and who said that, in short, to retain the what, when and where cf everything that comes before you tbet is likely to be cf future use, is to save months of laborious research, nnd to possess an invaluable qualification for every branch cf literary work. To be capable of careful, tireless work and of striving toward perfection, to be willing to study, observe and experiment in order to obtain a thorough knowledge of a subject, to be willing to re write again and again, to cut, charge and csndense. to revise and poliK to setk and wait for the right word, is to be able to reach the excellence eeaeutial to true art. It was Gosthe's belief tnat genius is largely a capacity for sustained and unwearied labor. The methods and successes of Ml?s Mary Murfree (Charles Egbert Craddeck) are in illustration of this belief. Itistaid by those acquainted with tlis young author and Ler labors that her power for sustained elfort and cirefal finish is remarkable. She composes rapidly, striking off her tbeme at white heat. Tnen she revises and publishes. Her first notable story "The Daccin Party at Harrison's Cova,'1 was written in one dar, then sabjected to tbe process of finishing and polishing for three weeks. She condenses her manascript, relentlessly striking out redundant worl often reducing it one half. Ida rela'ed that in order to write the gambling tcene in on of ner bocks which the Literary World qooted as an example of Hoc realistic writing see sent for Schenck's Hand Iljok and with the members of ber family played poker for three months, her interest in that eed active game waning as scon as shs was satisfied that the was thoroughly prep red to write ber description. Inthabcok '"Where the Cattle was Pought" a law question was Involved. She was cot content with the information given by her father and brother, both able lawyers, but made a thorough stuoy of the whole subject pertaining to the statute of limitatiens. In the serial now being published in "Wide Awake," "Down the Kavine," she introduces tbe supposed discovery of gold, which turned out to bs iron pyrites. In testirg the find heat was used and a dejeriotion of its effects was given. To prepare this chapter she got all the books on metallurgy that tbe Public and the Mercantile libraries had on their shelves, and trade a clo;e and methodical study of the subject. That Miss Aim free has never had a M. S. rejected is due probably quite as much to her painstaking labor as to her maseuline pseudomym, acd masculine Chirographe, thongn the concealment of her sex doubtle33 secured her a quicker reading at first. General News Notes. Iowa. Mrs. L. B. Etevens of Cedar Rapids owns and controls two b&nks. It Is thought that she was the first woman president of a bank in the United States, though others oc cupy that position now. Conäectii ct. Miss Minnie 8. Seeley, of New Haven, has been appointed notarv pub lic, the second woman in the Stato to receiye this commission. Illinois. Miss Alice C. Nute, who for six or eight years has been a well-known steno grapher in tne Chicago courts, and of late in Judge Lawrence's office, was admitted a few days ago to practice as an attorney. Her long experience in the courts will give her a good tart in her near profession. PrFssYLVASiA.A progressive movement ban een made by the Epucopal Chnrch at i'hiiadalpbla. At the request of the bnnd&y School Association and with the approval of the Bishop of the J);ocee, Misi Sarah Smiley is giving a series of twelve Lenten Bible Readings. Kaksas There are three women notaries public in Toneka: Mrs. Tonrston. in a bank; Miss Anna Smith, in tha Capital of flee; and Mit Spencer, sister of ths County Clerk, and his deputy. Miss Ca.-r.eSaorU ia also a notary. Literary Not. The Woman's Tribune for March contains m. rft?f r t tnA nrronH J rt t f tSa tVaahlncr. ton convention of the National Woman Sufirage Association. The Womsn's Journal, Boston, Ma?., is the only weekly paper east of the Rocky Mountains devoted to on an Siff.a3 and and to the work, wages, and education of women. It is an eight-page weekly, editeJ Vi T T9 Cfna IT a t- f Ti ill Vf a! 1 Arts! A 1 ice Stone B ackwell, with Mrs. Julia Ward w- a . HO we, Mary a. evermore aia ouisrs as o casional contributors. It reports the pro gress of the work everywhere. Bondes ths special subjects of which it treats, it has al ways a story, a children's column, and po etry. Specimen copies sent free. The discovery that "Charles Egbert Crad w v-ä. jo uua ca utBU ayM wuiu w conceal the identity of a brilliant Southern :t I . iL - 1 A A - At L I ! kui, nas renewea me mieresi 01 ine puom in the collection of picturesque stories enti tied "in the Tennessee Mountains." Miss Mary Murfree, the author, cow of 8t. Louis, a uutu ana raisea lu xeanessee, uuca of her literary work was done there, and characteristic feature of her writings 13 the the descriptions of life and scenes in the Cam berland mono tains. About ssven years ago sne wrote The Dancin' Party," which Dnbliahprf in lh. At1ni MnntMv. was then but twenty years of This story auu tnexe mat ioiiowea in me same maga zine received complimentary criticisms on both sides of the Atlantic. None of critics intimated for a moment that "Cr id dock" was a woman, or that har writings re Enwa tfcc3 of a vrcnim. publishers corrtrrcsded with Her her two jeaxs as lit. Ucifxc irhilt

Mr. Adlrich. cf 'the Atlantic. hi

lead all her manuscript without a snspicioc lhatit was tbe production of a woman's brain. The disclosure of her idectitv when she called upon Mr. Aldrich on Mirch 2, created a sensation in literary circles. "Drift s-Down Lost Creek," "A-Playin' of 0:d Fledge in the Settlemint," "The Star in th Valley," "Electioncerin' on Bg Injm Mounting," -The Romance 0: bunr:so Kock," ' The Dancin' Party at Harrison's Cove," Over on the T'other Mounting." and "Tae Harcf that Walks Chilhowee" the last a ghost story of peculiar power are tn? rpaint titles of the "Atlantic" studies published iu bcok form under the title of "In trm Tennn see Mountains," by Houghton, Mill! in ,t Cj., J'.oton. Written lor the Sunday SectlneL Woinen'i tVagts, "Prodcctie industry is now orzwteed on the assumption that women's work is to re ceive less compeniation than men's." Th?s is one of the "reasons" given for tbe Jew wages of women in the Manual of Politi cal Economy used in the Indianapolis High School. The author goes on to say : Tf tte rule is a false one, it can notba suddenly changed without deranging the entire sys tem of production and exchange." Imagine the use of similar language in reference to the wages of a large or an influ ential body of voters in the State! During tbe late political campaign how quickly was theexpns3ion of a certain clergymxn iebuked ard disavowed by the party of wh h he was a membar, not eo much that he wai alone in the ssntiments he expressed as that its utterance was "inopportune" offensive to a fcedy of men whose ballots were val na ble. Let woman become a political factor in the Stale and wage-equality may b trusted to a lapt itself to the altered condi tion of thin??. Why shoild the exclusion of woman from political pOTrer work discrimination against her in the struggle for existence? When her necessary expenses are as great as those of man, why should ehe be compelled to accept a fraction of his wage3 for performing the same duties? When in certain fields of labor the woman is confessedly hia superior, if in some rare instance her wages approximate the standard of the man's why is the equalization hailed as an act of benevolent condescension Instead of one of simple justica? . The answer suggests itself. When competing with tie other sex, woman contends against "The pressure of an alien tyranny. With its dynastic reasons of larger bones And ttroBger sinees." What would the political economists do if woaen usurped the male function of drawiegthe largest salary for the smallest aaioant ot work? So, though the Legislature of 18S3 enabled worr en to fill any school cilice in the State, one of the numerous circumlocution offices which Jn onr Jaw-ridden State are always ready to evade or retard equitable legislation, sent forth an opinion mat women can cot hold the cilice of County Superintendent because county officers must ba electors. Glancing over the Superintendent's report, we select a few items without comment. Tbe average wages of teachers per dy in tbe following counties: De Kalb Cjuuty Men Si . Women 1.T. elta 1.5. .!'.. Marlon j: .1; Teacher, Expresnlona. We look too high for our daily needs; God trust tbera not to the faithless air Our truest blcsaings ere those within Oar ctosest reacn, and are everywhere. The lutinlto hetveus refuse to hear Our eries, and the silence that bids retreat Should tend ua back with humbled hearts To oar own good world, here, under our feet. Julia U. Thayer. One cf the speakers announced In the regular course of the Chicago Philosophical Association, being prevented from meeting his engagement, the evening was assigned to Mrs. L. May Wheeler. When some of the fihilosophers, and doubtiag savants saw ths ittle, modest woman they prophecied failure, but when she had submitted her thoughts upon some phases of tne woman question, and also replied to her critics.soma thought a giant had spoken, while many earnest women earnestly congratulated taeir little champion. The New Era. The interests, tsstes,duties, and position of women have come to the constitute a saturate department of literature, and often a literature by itself. The time ha3 pasied when rueu wrote down to women; and it was the mile-stone of a new era when the greatest of modern poets put into the hands of woman at the close of his "Faust" the gaiding thread of the world's future Das Ewigweibliche ziehet uns hinan,' 'or, as Bayard Taylor translates it. "The Woman son l leadeth us Upward and On." T. W. Higsiusou. Many women voted at the school election last Monday. They came to the polls, deposited their ballots, and returned to their hemes. Among tbem were the wives of three men who have declared that under no clrcnros'accei should their consorts destroy their mcdeity ard ruin their characters by such brazen cocdcct. Not a woman was injured in the least. All deportci themselves as though stepping to a box offics to purchase a ticket for an entertainment, to a market to order a roast, or to a bank to deposit money. And it would bs the same were they to vote at a general election, where their presence would have an excellent effect on the men who gather at the polls, . The 7 arc needed ranch wone at general school elections. New Northwest. Women of the eToutli. I Mrs. E. B. Cheesboiough In Planter's Journal. Since tbe necessity has arhen for Soathern women as a class to join the army of women workers, there seems a disposition to blame the men of tbje South that the women ot that section were not enrolled sooner In that vast company. Tbe necessity did not exist for the majsrity of Southern woaien to earn their living, aad tbo-e that were compelled to do so met with co opposition from the men. That thesa ladies should have contented themselves with such occupations as teaching, eewiog and keeping boarding-houses, was not bscause man's prejudices barred the gates to something higher, but because women themselves had neither tbo training nor wish for anything else. As to entering the professions, ttey showed no disposition to do so It is a notable fact that the first woman physician in this country, E'izabeth Rlackweil. aa English woman, studied under Dr. John Dickson, of Ashville, N. C, and subsequently under his brother, Dr. Samuel Henry Dickson, of Charleston, 8. C. Theas gentlemen were refined, high-toned, and full of courteous chivalry to woman. They did not deny her the right to work in her own way and to pursue the bent of her talent; and these two Southern men it was who gave to the first woman who studied medicine in the United States her early instruction, and this in defiance of all established precedents. Did any other woman follow her example at the South? Not then, and np to this day very few have. It remained for the Northern and Western women to do what the Southern women shrunk from, and cow at the North there are many lady physicians in lucrative practi:e, while at the South there are very few. The Southern woman lacked independence. She would not, for the world, do what other women were not doing, and she tied herself to her grandmother's apron strings and would cot break loose. Beared in tne privacy of a charming and refined home, indulged in ft way that only southern fathers dreamed of doing, looked upon bv her brothers as not of common clay, waited on mad flittered by ths eld : family sir rants, who vrsBrtd aftrr her to school with her books.

1 tsd wbca tla 'cac3 out" tool pride

in teeing her dressed for tbe bill, and surrounded by admirers thess Southern womea lived happy lives amid the sonny bowers of their own Southland. They tad leisure to cultivate tbe social amenit es cf life, leisure for self improvement and for tbe gentle charities. They had time to exercise a queenly hospitality, to rear their families, to minister to the sick, and to look after tbeir household. Why should they wiso. to find another fate? What gain could they rcmii e themselves, in tbe way o! hapoiness, in the forum, in the crowded marts of trade, or in the jcstlirg ranks of professional lilc? 'T have i:d tea deaths," eall a Southern tj of culture and refinement, "in going

through tre rew lork press." She was cournpi ous and resolute; she sought th-Titerary werk end prccurcd it, bit this s-tmt've wcrxan "died ten desths." tevertbeless, in ercoucteriDg the eurroan lings of tte newspaper cfiice. The Southern rran d:lnot force the Southern women into the position she occupied. It was in the natoral onUr of things that she should find this pesition, and it was in the raturat order of thtngs that she should keep iL When anew order arose her noii tion changed; and that ehe had made no preiaiation to meet the chanse was not her fault; nor that of any one else. She will learn a lesson, perhaps, from the past; and every Southern girl will learn some special branch by which she can maintain herself when the necessity ariics. The Southern woman of the past was by no rxems a nonentity; neither is ths Southern woman of the present. It wa3 a Southern woman, Anna Pamela Cunningham, of South Carolina, who started the undertaking, and who was chiefly Instrumental in csrryicg it out, to preserve to the country the home of Washington. Although an invalid, she wrote appeals and tent tiisr over tie country, and by her elcquencasucjeeJed In intereatirg such men as Edward Everett in her undertaking. It is the women, not the men of South Carolina, who ha7e raised the money to erect a monument to Mr. Calhoun, and which Is now being sculptured in Pome. The women of that State have raised several monuments to the Confederate read, and the women of other Southern State3 Lae carried out the same work. C In literature the Southern woman is not by any means unknown. The three tcoH popular female novelists, whose works sell the beat, are Southern women Mrs. S onthworib, Mrs. Wilson ( Miss Evans), and Marian Harland. Another Southern woman, Miss F;6her ("Christian Reid,")has achieved popularity by her novels. With the exceptfon of Alice Cary, who will ever remain "the Queen of American Song," Mrs. Welby, a Southern women, takes firat rank as a poet. Then there is Mrs. Margaret J. Preston, of Lexington, Va. There are several Southern women on magazines and newspapers in New Ycrk city, one of whom has edited two different publications there quite acceptably. The Southern woman has shown herself fully equal to meet the emergencies of her changed position. Throwing herself into the great conflict work, she has come off conqueror, by her ambition to excel, force of will and patient industry. Wrhen there was no necessity for her to be a money-getter she was content with her home duties, her social life acd her works of charity ; but when the necessity arce bbe did not shrink from it; and if not prepared to put on all the armor of work and to handle all the weapons of warfare, she has succeeded pretty well in Lighting the enemv poverty. "They who would be free themselves must strike the blow;" and the women who asrire to fill positions of trust and honor mustmake themselves capable before tney ask man's suilr8ge acd sufferance. Governor Pierce's Veto .Me sage. Executive Office, Bismarck, D. T., March 13. To tbe Speaker of tbe Hou-e of Representatives: 1 herewith return House bill No. 71 with my objections to its becoming a law. A measure of this kind demands carcfnl and car tlid consideration, hoth because of its importance and because of the acknowledged sincerity and high character of tho3e who favor it. There are certain n asons, however, why I can rot approve such a mearsure at this time, and other reasons why I can not approve this particular bill. It is desirable, in my judgment, that we act so far as possible as if if we were governed, restrained, and guided by a constitution adopted by ourselves. If we had a constitution modelled after tbe State an extraordinary proposition lite this would be submitted to the people. If Congress thinks woman suffrage wise it has tbe power to establish it. It is unfair to to shift the responsibility on the territories and then hold them rcsponsib'e for alleged imprudent legislation. I am assured the enactment of this law will delay our claims to etatthocd, and at so critical a period it is better that no pretext wh:t'.ever ho given for such postponement, it is doubted by many if a majority of the wemen of Dakota want the franchise. The pcint is made, and a very good one, that tbe fact that one woman doe s net want a right is not a justifiable reason for refusiog it to another who doe3. Yet it must cot be forgotten that the enfranchisement Of women confers not only a privilege, but a grave burden and responsibility. We cecdemn the man who neglects to vote as recreant to his duty. If women are enfranchised the right conferred becomes an obligation aa imperious to them as to men; as binding on those who oppese as these who favor this act. I think the women of Dakota should have a yolce in determining whether they should assume this burden or not. So much for the general proposition. There are two other features of this bill which I can scaicely think satisfactory to the advocates' of woman suffrage themselves. I am satislied that they ehonld appear in a measure claiming to advance the rights of women. If the vote of women is needed anywhere it is in our cities. In many existing city charters & distinct clause appears providing that males alone shall possess the qualifications of electors. In this bill the word male is only stricken out of one chapter of the code, leaving the disability still standing against hundreds of women equally entitled to recognition. The women of Sioux Falls, the women cf Mitchell, the women of Brooklegs, the women of Chamberlain, of Watertown, and a great n any of the most important cities in Southern Dakota would be disqualified from voting under these special enactments even though this bill became a law. At this very session charters have been created with that provision retained, and they would maks this bill aborative and largely inoperative. A still more objectionable feature, and one deliberately inserted, is tbe clans debarring worren fiom the right to hold ollice. If the word "male" had been stricken out of the cede, and no other action taken they would have teen eligible, and I believe there was a wide leeling that many offices, particularly those connected with benevolent institutions, could be most appropriately filled with women, but this clause practically forbids their appointment. If women ars good enough to vote, they are good enough to be voted for; if they are qualified to choose officials, they are qualified to be chosen. I do cot say I would approve this measure were it otherwise worded, but I certainly would cot indorse a bill which thus keeps the werd of promise to the ear and breaks it to the hope, which deliberately and avowedly debars and disqualifies women while assumirg to exalt and honor them. These objections are apart from the abstract right of women to the ballot, but they show how necessary it is to approach such a subject with deliberation. If women are to be enfranchised let it be done not as a thirty-day wonder, but as a merited reform resalting from mature reflection, approved by the public conscience, and sanctioned by the enlightened judgment of tbe people. U i leert A. PifRCE, Governor. The First Lady of the Land." Lilian Whiting In the Intcr-Ocein. The social evolution ef Miss Cleveland will be watched with considerable speculative interest. She is altogether a new type of woman to figure aa the first lady ot the laud. Btehis neither the charm and the romance of youth end beauty about her as hsd Miss Lace, screws the the dignity ot raatronhocd

conferred by marriage. She is cot an ae(cmpliibcd and experienced woman of tbe worio, nor is she a beiuty and a belle. S:e represents a comparatively new type of womanbocd produced by sccial evolution the unmarried woman who hv intelligence and cultivation holds her individual place in the world and who has nothing in cornmen with the traditional "old maid" of the rast, but to whom the loss of youth has brought compensations of tbe deeper charms of eipicibion, of mental cultivation and int Uectual attraction. Now, what will she do .villi fcer position? Will she kive herself into tbe hands of fashionable women t be manipulated as tiey please, acd bs transformed into a poor imitation of the exclusive woman cf tec ietj ? or will 6te hold bravely her own standards ard set the seal of official approval on tbe Lv'gber intellectual life for wen en? It is a question that is Interesting as a typical one of society, and on it3 fulfillment will depend tbe estimation ia which Mi?s Cleveland will ba held in oc;al history. To be an elegant atd fashionable woman of the world even to lj that exclusively, if ore is born and bred to it may be all very well, as all genuine and unaffected attitudes have a certain value cf their own; but a cheap imitation of fashionable elegance is, of all things, the most to ba deprecated. Miss Cleveland has been a woman identified with intellectual life. A prominent New York journal has jost recalh i an address given by her before the alumnae of Elmira College on "Altwithic Faith." and the writer says: Of all the addresses given during the quarter cf a century of the ccllei by raiay of our men, such as Professor Upson, Dr. Walcott Calkics. Dr. Lyman Abbott, and the editor of tbe Evangel'st, this wa3 pronounced fecend to rone of them, and for practical ndaptstion to tho young laiie3 the best. Ehe illustrated her sbjet by Chadija, tbe wife cf Moharcmsd, who btPevea in him when all men despised him, and whose faith in him made him what hs became. Every ore must have his Chaiija. There is need cf faith in God, faith in eelf. tnd faith in hnrranity. She would be hopeful and net pessimistic. Since that time she hea given frequent lectures at the college, which have been very popular with the young ladies. Her name is found in the Ian catalogue in the faculty ss lecturer on medieval history. The country may congratulate itselt upon having 80 intelligent and public-spirited a woman in the White Houee. Miss Cleveland has an admirable opportunity for holding herself true to those higher standards of life which, while they include all tbe aesthetic effects of fashionable elegance, all the constant social interchange that is inevitable in Washington society, and yet rot limited to the mere current coin of csrds and calls and compliments, but hotd within tbemfelves some of 1 lis permanent, as well as tbe transient interests of life. The country will watch to see what Washington society will do with Miss Cleveland and what Miss Cleveland will do with Washington society. ALL. A1IOUNÜ THK LlOUSli.

A pretly table scarf is cf old gold Turkish fatin, with bands of rich autumn leaves m-h-ni1rcfS on lha eniSa Tuhirli tnnxr V fin. ished in plain cr single ball fringe of gold coior. A beautiful frame for a sea view in water color is of plain wood, over which is drawn a Bilver netting, while a silvered rope passes through silver nrg in the corners, and sus pends it on the wall. For dinner or supper parties small silver or china shells are pretty to put lobster saiacc or salade Russe in. or an oyster on a bed of'greenstcif. Little china ramaquin cases may be used in the same way; they are easier to serve, and look better than a large dksb. A handsome scrap basket is of fine straw, lined with gold-colored satin slightly shirred. Tbe outer hanging is of olive vlush, with a bunch of crimson poppies with half-open buds, and a few leaves embroideried on" it. Tbe fringe is of mixed olive and gold color, and a large bow cf olive ribbon is placed on cue side of the top of the basket. If flannel dresses of tl-.e children are soiled, and at all greasy, add borax to the water in which they are washed. Dissolve a largs tablespconful of borax in a pint of boiling water, put about a third of it in the first suds in which the garment is to be washed, another third in the next water, and the rest of it in the rinsing water, shake the garments thoroughly before hanging them up to dry. A comparatively inexpensive cream-cake is made of two cups of sugar, two cuds and three quartern of another cup of b ouer, half a cup of sweet miik, four e;;gs, a piece of butter aa large as two eggs, a tea?poonfnl of cream tartar, a half a teaspoonfnl of soda. This iray he baked in vhree or four layers. The cream is made of one cup of suar, "half a cap of flour, two eggs, the white aad yolks beaten separately, and tbe whites beaten to a stiff froth, and one pint of milk. Let this cook until it is thick, let it cool, and then flayer with vanilla. A dish which never fails to give satisfaction to yoang people is made by boiling half a cup of rice. When done and cold, mix it with one quart of sweet milk, the yolks of four eggs, and flour sufficient to make a stiff batter, beat the whites of the eggs to a 8 tiff froth, stir a teaspoonfnl of soda and two of cream of tartar into the flour, mixing thoroughly; acd after all the ingredients are well beaten, put in the whites ot the eggs; bake on a griddie in good-sized cakes; spread them while hot with a little butter and then with jam of any kind.Tbey may be rolled up and have the ends cut offsmootbly and have powdered sugar scattered over them, or they may bs put together like sandwiches and then nave the sugar sprinkled over them. FASHION AS IT FLIES. Spring Woolens Mew .Jerseys The Camins Bonnet, Tufted wools, serges, canvas cloths and mohairs are the various terms for the various wool stuffs used for epricg dresses. The tufted wools have the appearance of being very heavy, but are rea'ly of the light weight necessary for warm weather, as they are very slcazily woven, the bulk of the wool being laid in rough and fazzy cross-bars or stripes similar to those goods familiarly known as bourette, while others with still deeper fleece are called Astrakhan canvas because of their resemblance to that fur. The canvas cloths have sometimes square meshes precisely like tbe canvas used fcr embroidery, and are called etamine, while others are merely sheer, like scrim, cr like batiste. There are silk, wcol acd linen canvas cloths, and all these are made in a single co:or for the whole or for only a part cf the dress, while many are accompanied by striped fabrics in which velvet or satin, silk or moire stripes alternate with those of the canvas. ' These canvas stuffs are the novelties of tbe season, bat it is cot probable that they will take the place of the smoother woolens known as mousseline de laine, nuns' veiling, albatross, etc. However, to make the latter remain popular new features are introdRced, such as a silk warp, which, being added to the sheer fine wool of nuna' veiling, gives an exquisitely soft fabric, while on the slightly heavier wools are printed or embroidered figures in contrasting colors, acd still others are made of two widely different changing colors. What is called sweat pea color, showing first red and then blue, is in favor for young ladies' dresses either of wool or of silk, while brown with blue or gold with black, is shown for those who are older. The serges. Cheviots, acd bison cloths sold in sheer qualities for about $1 a yard in double widths are the popular fabrics for dresses for general wear; for the street they are chosen in quiet dark brown, dim blue, and biege shades, while for the hoase the preference is given to white, cream, or fawncolored ergea, and tailors are also making them in rose pick and pale blue shades. White braid interwoven with gilt or silver, acd white wool lace, are the trimmings for such dieises. In most shops there are pattern dresses, in boxes, made of eerge, or veiling that hz several yards of bordered

stripes' for trfmrolnr, or else It is accompanied by wcol lace to bs put on plainly or in flounces, or to represent a full skirt by 1?icg a single deep flounce. The mohairs aad allst acas that English tailors and fashionable ixxdistes import in fawn, biege, pearl gray, and ecru shades have appeared in the large dry-gocds stores, where they are a'so shown in white grounds with b'acx, red, brown, or bine diamond-shaped figures, or with itrtres. The colored mohairs are meant for travelling and walking dresses to take the place of cloth tailor suits, but last sprinz, when they were especially novel, fasnionab'c ycung worcen wore iheru to afternoon rect-p-tiers, and used them fcr visiting dresses. Latfst pietent seme patterns that are noteworthy. These are tne fantail, the Fedora front, the evening dress coat, which is very Bimilar in cut to a gentleman's full dress coat, the combinaticn coat and vest, the latter either to match or of a d i'.erent color, and a few others. The trimming used for tnesa usefcl articles is bread and rarrow braid or gold and silver cord, put on in military style and giva da:liicg appearance to the garment. Jerseys are made not alone of wool, but also of a new material known as "lisle thread jersey c!cth," which is of wonderful strength and has a finish and fineness approaching silken fabrics. This new material is likely to ba very popular. THE COMING LONXTT. Ihe coining bonnet is the sxall capote; tbe coming bat is high cf crown and narrow of brim. Inlinite variety is, howevsr, built up on these peneral lines, and thesaps are more numerous than ever. Some of the crowns are peaked, some pointed, others flat, oal, cr roucded. There are rolled brias, stiabt brims, flattered brims, flit brims, and brims tip-tiited back aga:nt th crown. There are nun's bonnets acd tar-

hare, peaked pokes, closs csps. and the won an who, amid all this abundance of dedftipn, can net fica something to suit her stjle must be hopelessly ignorant as to he; own requirements. Tbe bonnets, fcionce, sho more diversity than the hats, and it appears as though the French manufacturers had turned their designers loose, with the general order to produce all the novel shaps possible in straw or net and crinoline. The new shape is a veritable hemlet with spherical crown and visor brim; another has an oval crown, like a melon rind cut lengthwise; and yet another has tbe same effect, with the ends of the melon sliced off. Another vagaiy in crowns has evidently had for its inspiration the gable end cf a Pennsylvania barn, and the Bretcn camp, wlthstort wings standing out at the back on either tide, is the motif of another. Several cf last year's ehapes reappear, tbe high square crown being especially noticeable. The cloee capote, with either square t round crown, is the usual choice for cloth tunnets to match suits, the brims being covered with plain or shirred velvet, a cocVade bow of velvet ribbon forming the trimming. Many cf the new shapes have the crown at the back silt up or notched out to show the hair. Tbe general drift is for the accommodation ef hair piled on the very top of the head, although fashion, in a less exacting humor than usual, allows a few models with which the hair may be worn low. Some charming bonnets for the dem! rauon are shown of b'ack lace, embroidered m either gold or silver. Piece Jace forms tbe crown, and a double row of Muted lace edgiue the brim. A row of gilt braid diviaes tre two and no trimming Is needed beyct d a cluster of Mowers or Uavis on top in fr;nt of the crewn. Arrcng the late winter millinery are shown some pretty bo:cets sui able to weir until warm weatcer, whicn are made of many shades of brown cloth, the colors ran gJrgrrcm palest doe to dark wood brown. The cloth is cut in small-pointed leaves pinked at the edge, each leaf being laid over its predecessor without any special or set arrangement of color. The strings are of dark brown velvet, with narrow satin ones above cf a pale shade of cream. Black velvet bonnets are shown with the crowns overed with a network of fine amber beads, and at the side are immense bunches of shaded velvet daffodils and foliage. A Dying Ijuakereas aud Her Children. I Manchester Courier. A member of the Society of Friends.living a Settle, in Craven, had to take a journey to xhe borders of Scotland. She left her family, consisting of a boy and two girls, aged respectively seven, six acd four, behind. After an absence of three w&eks, and whan cn her homeward jourcey. the tuakeresj was seized with illness and died at Cockerniouth. The friends at whoe house tbo event o 't arred, teeing the hopeless nature of tbe attac, made cotes of every circumstanco attending the last hours of the dying wife and mother. Oce morning, on the nurse at Settle going into the sleeping-room of the children, sha found tbem sitting up in bed in great excite ment ard delight, crying out: "Mamma has been here;" and the little one said: "She called: "Come Esther." Nothing could make tbera doubt the fact, intensely visible as it bad been to them, and it was carefully noted down to entertain the mother on her spe edly expected return heme. The same morning, as she Jay dying on her bed at Cockerraoutb, she said: "I should be ready to go if I could but see my children." She then closed her eyes, it was thought tu recpen them no more; but after ten minutes of perfect stillness she looked up brightly acd said: "I am ready now; I have been with my children," and then at once peacefully pa?ed away. When the notes taken at the two places were compared, the day, the hour and minute were the same. A very homely man. finding his little nephew crying ono day, said to him: "Johnny, you shouldn't cry; it will make you look homely as you grow older." The little fellow gazed earnestly at the speaker for a moment, end then sa'd solemnly: Uncle ycu must have cried a great deal when you were a little boy." Grace seeing her aunt write a messaze oa a pcstal-card. called for an envelope, saying I'm going to write a letter, too. Aunt Jane, but I don't want it to go bareheaded like yours." WHOA! JANUARY! Remova of the Old Established H amess Shop or TO lo. CS Ea&tWaib. St and 71 Eait Court St., With the Largest 8tock of Darnesa, Horse Blankets. Clothing. Kobea, etc. ever sbown in tbe 6 Ute. Elegant Kooma and Elegant Goods. na. a. moiikv, 2T.yJi ioc firm, t iu'lt. O. I....... ff . j f.4 i Jt ai . cured. u.:.ujr tl.uU r yer:ll lntiui. c&larart. artificial I'riiil.mtmi'ium.ftrf'piuiu, c eccd in a Bimut; erti6rU- of tl.ouuiibi ff niurrei im Ohio. InhaDDlKfatu ky fureiabed ea rplietioii ; molt f f cum cured l tirt Ut tv f as, Ctabkh, Li rr iIlav aaw Ibwii e

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