Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1875-07-07

Ine Aloemarle club I'm London IL an aSSo-
citation organized on the principle of ignor-
ing sex, and giving to men and women TO-
gefher The ordinary facilities OF q London
club. IL Is the first experiment Of the kind
ihere is club Tor women separf tely already
In existence on a small scale h,.t there never
las been one where the two sexes met on
even terms. 10 has the oouutenaace OF some
OF the beet women AMI men IN England and
~ begins with over So members haying a.
commodations for SOC. There il Separa,.
drswine-ro room fer ladi - anu a smoking room
for men. from which ladies are expressly ex
cludet, though smoking among ladies' il not
unknown. The dnin- room is ol,en N
both, but n lady likes cup OF TEA I'm tue
ladies' drawing room she may have that.
AT present there II nothing an the rules 10
prevent mcmber OF the club OF either sex
from asking niend of either sex b. lunch
or dinner. Tue only security taken on this
point IL that the name OF the guest and host
shall be entered together in a book omen To
inspection The ma ITage relation gave rise
TO some debate, bear. In connection with
the question OF membership. but 40 was de-
cided that the club had nothing TO do with
it-in other wonls, that wife might be n
member without her husband. and the huS-
band, OF course, without his wife. The eN-
pertinent Il made In Perfect good faith. and
The club Is entitlet-snce they would make
Ito fair treatment. But ~ Il difficult 20
see how its life can 10 much prolonged with
Out giving rise 10 so.ndal.-N d. Tl1,nlc.
A SINGULAR confession OF MURDER
One OF The most singular incidents in the re
cent annals oi crime il IN. con feSsioa OF the
Two biNii'Ge b.tltnn IN virginia. lust con
Nicted Of the murder Of their father Tue
document Is cool, calm and business Ike,
and gives the details % the preneil alton
and execution OF their awful purpose which
they had cilCri shed Tor two years vi thput
any apparent regret fCr the deed, or without
any Indication that they had looked upnn a.
sS anything but a legitimate transaction.
After saying thai ''ior the past two years we
Lave intended 10 take the lfe OF James Rat
ton, our father, whenever "a favorable oppOr-
tuniiy should present ITSELF" they recount
their plan FOR the murder. which l. itself
describe IN this nOlchalant way When
we overlook the wagon father was W.
ing down In tire bottom OF the wagon. on
his side, with his head toward the seat;
we rode up on the side OF tie wagon aud shot
him twice with a dOuhle-bsrrCiei shotgun,
the gun being fired 10y James r. Baton
After being shot he raised himself up in the
wagon, aud while In that position Albert 4.
Baton rode up 10 tle side Of The wagon and
struck him on the head two or three times
with a club which he hal carried from
home" This confession, made after these
young PARTICLES had been sentenced 10 Is
years Imprisonment, reveals two curious
facts, one OF which, at least, serves TO show
that the blacklist souls are not without some
ray OF light. The murder was committed TO
put an end To the fathers crnel treatment OF
their mother, and the full and degrading con-
feSSion was made ID free their brother from
ali suspicion of completely in their crime.