St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-05-13

devolves upon the man that their sue
cess in the work they are now engaged
in is not so much of wonder. But
to the ladies of elegant leisure in our
great cities this aplomb and energy and
self-reliance are little short of marvel
Gus.
To Mrs. Murdoch, more than to any
other one woman, is the auxiliary of
the b. of L. E. indebted for its success.
Left alone for days, and sometimes
for weeks at time in her Chicago
home, she devised this scheme of
betiering the worst half of humanity
and assisting him in his arduous toll.
She has spent literally of her time, and
her husband generously granted her
much of his large salary to fur
ther this plan. which all SAID at
the time would be failure. But by the
instinct so peculiar to women she drew
around her few chosen spirits of like
mind to herself, and by almost super
human efforts the present grand result
has been achieved.
GET TO WORK.
Promptly on time, as all engineers
VOuNCItlOu SIOulu, tiiC ID. vi -. lie dS-
sembled at Market hall. Much useless
labor and time has been spent in getting
the reading of the minutes and their
approval out of the way. This in fut-
ure will be simplified by having the
preceding days minutes printed and a
copy placed iii the hands of each dele.
gate on his arrival.
After the minutes were disposed of
yesterday morning discussion. the ap-
,pointment of committees and other
routine WORK which belongs to the Sc
eret working of the brotherhood, occu-
pied their attention.
An invitation to visit the Wood Har-
yester Works was received. and also
one to attend service at the Cathedral
today. Arrangements were also COM
pleted to attend the Peoples
church in body this morn
ing, in accordance with previous
invitations. Both the B. of l.. E. and
the e. l. A. delegates will mset at the
Windsor at 10 o'clock and march there
in body. Money was also appropriated
to procure suitable floral decorations
for the church.
Chief Arthur, Grand Chaplain Dor
rlty and others are expected TO speak at
this church tonight. No committees
reported during the morning.
In The afternoon comparatively
small attendance was present, owing to
the fact that over 200 of the delegates
went to Minneapolis to attend the fu-
neral of James Jeffreys. the engineer
ICct hi, liYn do ,,,t
railway accident. This took place at 8
o'clock, full account appearing else
where.
An early adjournment was had, little
being done during the afternoon of
general interest.
The convention formed itself into a
committee of the whole during most of
the session to discuss various plans for
the coming week.
INTEREST BEHIND THE DOORS.
If one could only get into the senate
chamber during the sessions of the
auxiliary it would prove rarely interest.
Ing. The reporter outside the door
hears the vigorous clapping of gloved
hands and the low murmur of women's
voices, but the doorkeeper is inexorable,
and admittance is denied any mem
Der of the sterner sex. The ladies' fear
he might tell their secrets. Yet il
doesn't so much matter, for as soon as
The meeting is over, this one and that
one lets out what has been going on,
That is, some of it, at least. But these
G. l. A. women have proven the falsity
Of mans assertion that no woman can
keep a secret. for only that which is
permissible ever gets to the ear Of the
waiting reporter.
AUXILIARY AT WORK.
During the morning session the grand
secretary, Mrs. st. Clair, occupied mos
of the time in reading her biennial re-
port. In this she fully reviewed the
history OF the organization anG
presented its financial and nu-
perical strength. During the last two
years 1853 have been added to the order
making the present membership 5,065
This statement ellcited rounds of ap