The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1883-08-30

Felt and velvet bonnets viii be worn to the
exclusion of plush.
Blouse bodices and cutaway jackets are used
! for the richest silks.
Small shoulder capes and collars with pleated
rufiles are very stylish.
The new round hats have stiff crowns and
straight or rolling brims.
Heads breasts and wings Of birds are the
I fav.rite fall trimmings for hats.
Mother Hubbard dresses, suitable only for
young misses are now belted in at the waist.
Rough finished cloths in camel's hair of a
! single color are among the latest importations.
sashes for young ladies are most desirable in
] chele patterns on fowered centers with satin
edges.
Shot blue and plum colors are more fash
ionable than crushed strawberry, which has
! had It's run-
Oar Weekly Experience Meeting.
A WORKING coRPs-MEssAGEs OF CoNGRATU-
LATIoS-ALL ALONG THE LINE.
wEsrFIELD, Mass, August IL, 1883.
! To the EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE:
In reading your paper see the dongs of the
I loyal women much noticed that i thought
I would like to tell you of our work in Nestfield.
/ The 18th of December last started with a
4 membership OF twenty-five. -Four months from
Z
have a membership OF y-Bine. Comparing this
with The report given by Mrs i. j. Barns of Mari
boro. and think il is one of the many arguments
in favor OF admitting ali loyal women 90 Order
As fer our work, do all VIC 10 aid the @. a.
Z Ia whatever they undertake. and have just fur
nishsd the carpet Gor their new hall, at cost OF
We have open meeting with music and liter
4 ary entertainments At present We have a sewing
society connected with our Corps the meetings of
which are held weekly in The afternoon at hall
3 and we find IL a great social benefit as wei as q
pecuniary aid. We afford relief in every possible
I way. and haye relief fund of $500, to which we
hope 20 add materially during the coming winter
iFe have much to he proud Of in our most estiIn
Z able SssGe Derart.nezst President Mrs Florence
1 Barker aiso Nfs Fuller cur state Depaffment
Secretary. and ROW than ever, thst tie Ma
tiolal Association have elected them TO positions
Hoping at some future time to inform you of our
success and some good work we have been able to
accomplish, ana sa ever Z yours m r, G, and L..
S V. Lyon r. C.. No. -. Auxiliary Post No. Al,
Department of Massachusetts.
TIE GRASDEsr OF ALL PAPERS.
To The Editor NATIONAL. TRIBUNE:
DE WTrT NEs Aug 1888
Tour editorial on Bequests to the Grand Army" "
august I'd. moves me to write 10 you again in
gard TO tse work i have undertaken la behalf of
the Grand Army veterans The question " Why is
/ II no be{uests are ever made 20 the soldiers and
their institutions 81 has been asked in my own
nnd hundreds OF times, until the thought was
evolved 70 originate a fund TO which others quite
add. The recent organization of National Relief
Corps Of this q. a K. has made the feasibility of
under the title of ''Foo;falls of Loyalty instead
OF Loyal Women Of the Civil War; as al first
advertised
If could make our veterans and their friends
understand that it is their letters and diaries and
recoi!ectlons that / want. would soon have the
FIRST volume before them with extracts from letters
they had written and experiences they had recol-
leo;cd and endured 10 make this a Nation, instead
OF feudalism Of petty warning States fnd none
unwilling to give up their letters when they under
stand what want Of them. In fact, they are not
only willing. but anxious 10 let them be used. /
have just written 10 the new Commander-in- Chief,
asking his assistance and shall write TO each of the
Ehcanapnnent officers in the same way. have no
thought cl stopping turning back until my origi-
nal object has been accomplished. The weekly
visits of TEE TRIBUNE have an inspiring effect
upon me- Il certainly is the grandest OF all grand
papers. and every woman from one ocean TO the
other should go down her knees before il for
the fearless and honorable stand it has taken on
Mrs. MARY w. WEsTcorr.
a SOLDIERS SISTER AND LOYAL WOMEN.
To the Editor NATIONAL TRIBUNE:
MERRTaAc, MASS, Aug 1888
inciose dollar fcz TIE NATIONAL TRIBUNE.
II IS with pleasure mingled with sadness that i
read that delegates were successful In establish.
ing the National Corps the Massachusetts, basis
We soldiers sisters depiore any manifestation oi
. feeling against loyal women, but say have
yet TO meet the soldiers mother sister that has
ever, in nay presence, objected 10 the loyal woman
help in the Relief Corps or ON Memorial Day Do
those ladies who favor exclusive membership re-
member that we sisters have that deathiess Tie oi
blood. while many a soldiers wife claim nc
more than TO be a loyal woman-for at the time oi
they were little girls? There words oi
when hear objections to loyal woman, but there
is this. we hope TO convince those who object to
loyal women by our work when the loyal woman
Is one OF Us. Did not the soldiers face death fol
them as we'll as us? And shall not they be allowed
10 show that they appreciate the priceless gift?
! wish was able TO take thousand of your papers
nfal h,ltn -.aIytT
enjoy il so much. So shall lend my copy to all o
such that can.
Very respectfully, c. e. CLEMENT.
ALL ALONG THE LINE.
, Mansfield Post, Brooklyn, has fiourishint
: Auxiliary, to whose exertions the Post owes il
, beautiful flag.
The Woman's Auxiliary Of Henry, H., or
! ganized on the Toledo plan, are anxious TO b.
mustered IN under the National Relief Corps.
, We learn, through Mrs. General Gardner, o
, Denver, that the ladies of Farragut Post, tina
! city, have applied for charter under tn,
national organization. A sociely is also TO b
! organized at Le2dville.
The American National Association of th
5 Red Cross, of which Cara Barton, the well
!. known army nurse, is president, has expended
4 $4,000 since May in the work of relief. Th,
society has $4,000 on deposit.
Miss Mamie Colwell, daughter of the gallan
young Wisconsin soldier for whom Wilson Col
well Post, La Crosse, Wis. is named, is an activ
3 member of the Woman's Auxiliary in cennec
i ton with the Post Her father was killed il
5 battle while she, his only child, was yet al
! infant
a Matte B. Moulton, President of the Woman
Relief Corps OF the Department of New Hamp
i shire and the newly-elccted Chaplain of th
a National Relief Corps, writes her regrets a
d being unable to be present at Denver owing
= illness il her family. She sends assurances
: confidence IL New England representatives il
: attendance.
The ladies OF W. II. Lytle Post, Fort Scot
! Kan, are TO arrange an entertainment for tn
benefit Of their relief fund. In writing fo
5. information, Mrs. c. II. Haynes says: We ar
anxious 70 do something to start a fund for til
relief Of destitute soldiers and their families
y the demand being so great, our position her
,e on the border rendering it particularly So"
&c The officers of the recently organized Relic
= Corps st New Haven, Conn. are: Presiden
3 Mrs Baldwin; S. Y. p, Mrs. III. J. Dyer; J. !
ID p, MIS- C. B. Foster; See, Miss Ida p. Beechel
I'd Treas, Mrs S. c. Goodrich Chap. Mrs HAITI
e, Bncknam Conductor, Mrs. Emily Sharpe
~ Guard Mrs Lizzie Arnold. The society, whic
n organized with eighty-three members, is in
AZ ! ,,oet foup-icf inc condition