Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1895-11-09

month which would have taxed the 81
ergy and ability of the national ADM ::
istration. They wrote to and asked 10.
the advice and services of every prem
nent woman from Winnipeg to Yucatan.
A bare list of the names would fill this
column. They then arranged series OF
woman's congresses on all subjects OF
feminine interest, from universal suf-
frage to soups for the sick, to begin with
the opening and run daily to the close.
The scheme was well managed, too, and
a surprisingly large number Of eminent
women agreed to be present, but the or
ganism was 90 per cent too big for the
environment.
Well, ON opening day the assembly
room was jammed full of lumber, and
there wasn't room in the place fit for
a lady to breathe in, much less to lee
ture. So they fell to and reconstructed
the programme for the first three weeks.
This necessitated a general change Of
dates. and SO they got the appointments
doubled and overlapped in confusion
which would have driven business
man distracted. The placid womanhood
of the south, however, rose to the situa-
tion, and they went at the tangle in a
way to remind one of that dame in the
Juvenile rhymes who feared the dread
full brute They ''sat on the stile" and
continued to smile in way that really
did 'ssoften the heart of the COW. Be-
fore the close of the third week, at the
cost of many headaches, they had the
system running fairly well.
The first suggestions and general
plan of these woman's congresses were
furnished by Mrs. Louie M. Gordon Of
Atlanta, so the board of woman man
ayers named her as chairman, with a
large committee of representative ladies
of the south.
go into the North Carolina room, I"
said my feminine guide, and see the
fine millstones.
"Millstones In woman's building?
What ON earth are they here for?"
"Well, the quarry they came from
belongs to lady"
This is an extreme case, but it illus
trates the logic of much of the arrange
ment. At first view the old knives,
swords and horribly clumsy pistols in
one case looked incongruous, but they
are part of the exhibit of colonial relics,
Mrs. William Lawson Peel being in
charge as chairman of that committee.
patents Of American nobility is
what we call these things" she said,
ssas the old families can be traced by
them. Here, for instance, are Tecum-
sch s pipe, captured by Kentucky vol
unteer and kept in his family since
1914; British swords picked up Jan. 8,
1915, at New Orleans; a tomahawk
brought from Tippecanoe by Tonnes
seean, invitation to Mrs. Finley Of
Memphis to attend ball in honor Of
Lafayette, powder horn used by the
donors grandfather at King s
mountain; spoons, tin plates, cups, ETC.,
handed down in like manner, and vast
array of old miniatures, letters, deeds,
commissions and fragments of old dress
es. 1t looks a trifie odd, however, to
see a bust of Darwin, photographs, a
Cremona violin. maps, richly bound
books and elegant modern jewelry IN
this collection, but we must remember
that the ladies have been greatly hurried.
Among the really unique and charac-
teristic exhibits in this building am in
clined to place that of Nine. Alexan-
drina Linoff Pogosky as first. She is in
charge Of the Russian cottage in the mp
per hallway, and has shown unusual
skill and Judgment in selecting repre-
sentative Russian work, so as to make
the most of the small space allowed. She
is an artist in all kinds of needlework,
and has therefore made the handiwork
of peasant women in that line most
prominent. THE industry and patience