The National tribune., 1883-08-16

THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE
man Relief Corps, of Joe Hooker Post of this
place, which thus has the honor of being the first
Post in the State to have a Relief Corps. We or
ganized with seventeen charter members and at
our last meeting the following officers We're in-
Vice President, Mrs Mary A. Burnham; Junior
Vice President, Mrs. Emeline Smith Secretary,
Mrs. Mary A. Linglei Treasurer. Mrs. Sarah A.
Groves; Chaplain, Mrs. Czarinna III. Hyde; Con-
ductor, Mrs Addie Z. Carnish Guard Mrs. Susan
r. Wells. We expect soon to have q large Relief
Corps here, as our Post numbers about ninety
four comrades.
/ was very glad that the Encampment de-
cided to extend membership to all loyal wo-
men: had if been confined to wives, daughters
and sisters relatives .of soldiers only,
would have been obliged to admit some
who were at one time very dIsloyal, and are
the at the present writing. 1t may sound
strange TO you, sisters of the East and North
who may chance to read this, but it is nevertheless
true / could to-day count out at least half dozen
wives of comrades in our Post who are disloyal at
heart and have always been so; and, as natural
consequence, are wholly unfit to enter our Order.
Now you have my reasons for advocating loyalty
as the essential test of eligibility to our noble
Order. You see, there is q vast difference between
the East, Northeast and South We earpet-baggers
in Missouri have more obstacles to contend with;
you of the East have not got rebel element, as
we have, to struggle against. Yet trust many
noble and loyal women VIII rally around our new
Corps, and hope will eventually be able to
bring Missouri to the front. trust, too, that we
shall have the pleasure of holding the National
Encampment in our own State in the near future.
How should have enjoyed the meeting of all the
good sisters at the Denver Encampment but as
our Corps Is in its infancy yet, obliged to
remain at home and read the speeches reported
by THE TRIBUNE. MAMIE SHUT.
Our Weekly Experience Meeting.
OF VIRGINIA NURSE - VARIOUS TIMELY
TOPICS.
DE WITT, NEB., July, 1888.
To the Editor NATIONAL TRIBUNE:
Tell the soldiers little daughter who wants to
play the cornet, that way out here, in Nebraska
very creditable music for the time they have been
organized, and they never get drunk-unlike the
most OF cornet bands you see. We know OF a
young lady in one of the extreme Northern States,
| who is an excellent volinist, and she is morally,
far superior 30 her brother who is also violin
pert, and he proudly acknowledges his sisters fine
ability in music. There is no real reason under
| the sun why girls should not expand their lungs
and cultivate their musical talents any instru-
meut manufactured for such purposes. Boston
was Immensely shocked, sixty years ago, because
Hannah Adams had dared to enter a public read
ing-room TO crafty her thirst for book-knowiedge.
She declared out of her sphere and manish." }"
| Woman can elevate the world III but one way: By
ignoring entirely that whichis bad and taking hold.
with firm hand, steady nerve and conscientious am
bition of whatever tends towards goodness utility
| or the beautiful. BITTER SWEET.
HoNoRING A NURSES GRAVE.
An unavoidable delay has prevented an ear
! lier appearance of the following, but the in
formation it conveys is of a character that long
keeping will not spoil:
NATIONAL HOME, VA, june 1888.
| To the Editor NATIONAL TRIBUNE:
! Upon a neat marble head-stone, members of the
Memorial Day committee of our Post, found this
| Sacred
| To the memory of
Mrs. Mary Alexander,
/ A nurse, who died Sept. uth. 1865:
A friend TO the Union and the solder. Her dying
request was TO be buried by the soldier dead"
Say to the loyal women everywhere that her
| grave was decorated by that committee with q
beautiful cross and bouquets of flowers, and ere
the had set Memorial Day, her grave
among 5,52S graves-had the tribute of mound of
! flowers. 1t was done as 81 tribute to her memory
and in behalf of the noble women of the Sanitary
Commission and in the name of our beloved coun-
trywomen who administered to the needs of the
boys in blue.
I; F. MeagheE Post No, 3, G. A; R., Department
of Virginia will be faithful guardians of that one
A TP.
woMAN's WORK IN ILLINOIS
/ ROCKFORD, ILL.,, July, 1sss
To the Editor NATIONAL TRIBUNE
Seeing in your paper notices of the organization
of Ladies' Auxiliaries through the country, think
il is time you knew something of ours. We are an
| Auxiliary to q. l.. Nevius Post, No. /, G. A. II.
We organized the first of May, with twenty-eight
| charter members, now we have membership OF
| seyenty-ive and bright prospect of more Our
| officers are: President, Mrs J. b. Sine; S " p
| Mrs. Mary Sanders; j. " p, Mrs. A. NJ. Nanny;
Secretary, Minnie Owen; Treasurer Mrs. r.. ID.
| ductor, Mrs. Lizzie Stevens; Guard. Mrs. A. G.
! Spaulding. We are now under the Department OF
ment in State, there two other
| Corps IN Illinois. Yours, in F., G. and J.,
MINNIE OWEN, Secretary.
[Note.-The inquiry accompanying this let
ter has been referred to Mrs. Sarah E. Fuller
Secretary of the National Relief Corps.-ED.l
UNHAPPY SOLDIERS WIVES
BRADFoRD, Pa. July, 1885,
To the Editor NATIONAL TRIBUNE:
Please pardon this intrusion to your Experience
to the Maine Soldiers Wives " that ready
and eager TO have the promised story, and are truly
glad that their experience i'll the G.. A. X. has been
more pleasant and happy than ours, for 1t must bt
pleasant 10 know that they miss something, and
know what il Is and have not forgotten that we
had Our burdens to bear during the war as well as
they. But as we have never had the honor of at
tending one Of their Camp-fires can't say whether
we would enjoy them not, and we do not
enjoy being where think We are not wanted we
would prefer not To take our lunch baskets and
mingle with them unlimited | think that here
they would rather the Relief Corps of their Pos
would stay al home, relieving them OF home dn
ties and helping them thereby III many ways tc
go out and have good time themselves We
thank the Maine Soldiers Wives " for their zinc
and encouraging words and would be very glad tC
the bright side of the picture, if there is any
and feel very anxious to hear from them again. Ir
an article from Tap" iii TRIBUNE. June 2Sth,
think rather strong language is used against US *
which rather take exception. If there cases
OF petty meanness" thai thorns in the flesh o
the so-called sterner SEX it is not just or fair to
declare that it is woman's way particularly, for
do not think women any more giyea to petty
n1eaunesses' orconcocting Satan's mischief thar
the sterner and perhaps the utter inability
to hold its tongue and total lack of discretion
is confined TO the feminine sex alone. At least
we never heard of their congregatng in stores
groceries, bar-rooms, and street to gossip
and scandaliZe the sterner any other lnl
the thorns III the flesh of the weaker sex are non
the lass severe because they In the shape O
inebriety, imagined superiority, and boasttu au
thority of the sterner sex, to which oblige
TO submit, because we are the weaker sex. as bav
the weaker to the expressions of the stronger from
J the beginning Of time. First cast the beam from
thine own eye and perhaps it will be easier TO ge
: the mote from So say SOLDIERS WIVES
Mrs. Fuller TO Have Reception.
; From Tie East Boston ArguSl
The Army and Navy Veteran Association
will give reception to Miss Sarah E. Fuller
delegate TO the National Womans Relief Corp
3 of the G. A. r. at Denver, Colo, upon he