The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1882-06-25
MEN WOMEN AND BOOKS.
EDITED IN THE INTEREST OF THE CAIRO
PUBLIC LIBRARY.

al the library, none will prove Of more in
terest and afford more genuine help to any
one who may be casting about for new in
terest IN life than the fascinating story Of
THE Hall IN the Grove" one Of "Pansys"
best and latest works. II is an attractive
presentation Of the great "ChautauQua"
question, and will be heartily enjoyed, not
only by the Chautauquans that Cairo now
contains, but many others who may find
THIS wonderful plan Of the peoples col
lege just the hint they need for help to en-
large their mental horizon.
Harriet Beechor Stoves SEVENTEEN birth.
day was celebrated by notable garden
party given at OK Governor Cla1in's resi-
dence IN Ncwtonville, Massachusetts,, un-
der the auspices Of Houghton, Mhln q
Co., the Boston publishers, June a. Many
OF the most distinguished authors in the
country were present. Addresses were
made by Henry Ward Beecher and others.
Poems were read by Whittier, Holmes and
others, and Mrs, Stowe herself made
brief, but heartfelt response.
1t is when we consider the service done
to humanity by the lives Of such women as
Harriet Beecher Stowe and countless 9th.
ers who, like her, for long years have
lifted up their voices and welded their
pens in behalf of the downtrodden or CD.
pressed, that one can hardly listen with
poIiteness and ill-concealed Impotence to
the utterances OF those youthful sages who
wisely talk of "woman's true sphere" who
glibly advocate the "clinging vine" theory,
and are 80 positive in their opinions, which,
like Betsy Bobbett's, may come to change
as they grow older.
A great cutlery was made when, a few
years ago, women's clubs and societies
OF different kinds began to be
formed, and all manner of evils
were predicted as sure to flow from them
Experience has proved that they were not
formed day too soon; the later develop.
ments of society absolutely demand them
sorosis, the New England Women's Club,
the Woman's Congress, aud the hundreds
OF other associations of women all over
the country for mutual benefit and i'm
provement, have proved by their success
how opportune was their conception ami
organization. In this respect indeed,
American women have reason to congratu.
late themselves that they have taken time
by the forelock that they have interests,
plans, hopes and projects of their own, at
which they can happily and useruly en-.
ploy their leisure time. H.E.T.
Mrs. Ole Bull is engaged in writing a
memoir Of her husband
1t is reported that Miss Alcott is the
author of the new aud far from striking
novel, "Aschenbroedel.n 1t suggests also
the hand of the author of "An Earnest
Triher."
"Aschenbroedcl' is the title of the latest
no name novel 1t is u record of one sum
mcr passed in Connecticut village, The
characters are mainly New Workers, but the
bright particular star of the story is the
heroine, the daughter of II well-to.do farm.
or in direct descent from the pilgrims. The
book is just in season for summer tourists.
Mr. Lowell's portrait has been painted in
his red doctors gown by Mrs. Anna Lea
Merritt, an American artist in London.
Nine. Honore de Balzacs house in Paris
was sold recently. For many years it has
been looked upon as most mysterious
mansion, for the lady to whom it belonged
hardly ever received visitors, and never al
lowed any one to penetrate to the apart
ments which had belonged to the author of
the "Comedei Humane" That Nine. de
Balzac should at the age of ninety years
consent to give it up to some one else is in
applicable. The purchaser is the Baroness
James de Rothscbild and the price agreed
upon between the two ladies 100000
francs.
Among the many pitiful things in life
that thoughtful minds observe there is
nothing more pitiful than the negative aud
often unrecognized injustice to be found in
many families towards some one member.
1t may be in case of younger sister,
who is always being pushed back in the
corner to make way for the elder one, who,
possibly with but year or two's seniority
IN her favor in point of age, aud nothing
else of real superiority, yet constantly