The National tribune., 1895-10-31

my duty to her, whose child servant. and civil
| soldier I am.
81 will do nothing to desecrate her soil, or
pollute her air. to degrade her children. W no
are my brothers AVID sisters. | will try to make
| her cities beautiful aud her citizens healthy
and glad, so that she may lie most desirable
home for her children in days to come
To local Councils we must look largely Tor q
vital ex position of wha: the National council
OF Women, either in Trienniai ConcaVe or
through its committees, may set in motion. ana
it is encouraging to report that the local Council
of Portland, Me-, under the direction OF Mrs.
| NJ. r. w. Merrill. President, inauguratod sue
cessful children's celebration on the Fourth OF
| July when by song and speech and story. and
the flag salute, new fervor of patriotism was
| engendered in the hearts of all participants.
| 1t is hoped that not only local Councils but
| associations affiliated in the National council
will cooperate in the movement to secure q
better observance of National holidays. partic-
ulary Wasbingtons Birthday Flag Day, ana
| the Fourth of July.
| 1t was my privilege to attend the National
Council OF Women of Canada, rs fraternai
| delegate from the United States. by appoint
| ment OF Mrs. Mary Lowe Dickinson. and while
| there became very much impressed WIN the
value of local Councils in securing legs
! OF interest TO woman, the home, and the school.
Through these instrumeRtalitiesm manual train
! ing has been introduced into the schools oil
one of the provinces and com bined EFFORT IS
| being made to this end in all the Provinces
also to introduce the kindergarten methods
| and vocal music, particularly OLA patriotic
order, and to cultivate O love OF art by I'M
| proving the now bare and barn-like school
houses in country places
All these things and very much more are
contemplated in our movement Tor patrlotic
instruction. When women North, South, East,
and West join heart aud hand in this benutl-
full crusade for intelligent American citizen
ship among the children, then shall we have IN
our high places and in our Nations councils
the broad minded, well-rounded, humane Amerl-
can patriot, the product of free thought and
free speech, consecrated to God and our
country.
"To these teachers" employing the words OF
q great educator, is given the task not only
of training pupils to be self supporting citizens,
but citizens capable Of controlling and guiding,
by the wise exercise of thoroughly trained
mind and will every intellectual power ana
moral force, every physical impulse passion.
aud desire, SO that all the powers OF both nina
and body shall contribute in their maximum
degree to the making OF a noble man or woman,
self-reiant, self-governing, citizen distinctly
and avowedly American-one whose mental,
moral, and spiritual training has been such as
to teach not only how to die for, but the nobler
purpose because moro difficult, how best to live
for ones country.
OUR NATIONAL SECRETARY.
Not only the Woman's Relief Corps, but the
clubs and societies in and about Boston thlnk
that National President Lizabeth A. Turner
made no mistake when she made Harriette L..
Reed National Secretary. Boston paper has
the following:
Mrs. Reed is woman of pronounced fnan-
cial ability, and one who has plenty of means
and leisure to devote to any project in which
she is Interested.
"Shs is member Of the following clubs, in
q good many of which she holds or has held
offices: The Dorchester Book Review Club, the
Wonan's Business League, Charity Club the
WRC., Ladies' Aid Association Of the Soldiers
Home Floral Emblem Society, and the Win
| tergreen Club. The latter is purely social
| club made up OF 20 ladies more or less. who
| are over so years of age. The club meets at
| the homes of the different members once a
| month"
THE TROUBLESOME CLARK CASE ENDED.
Judge Toney this morning at the joint session
| decided q suit the result of which will he re-
| ceived with interest in Grand Army circles
I everywhere. 1t was the action of Mrs. Ada +.
| Clark, OF Canton o., against the officers OF the
! Woman's Relief Corps. Auxiliary to the Grand
| Army of the Republic which was brought IN
this city during the recent q. A. Z. National En-
campment.
Mrs Clark was a member of the Relief Corps
and was expelled sometime ago on charges oil
embezzlement. AT each subsequent meeting oil
the GAR. she has attempted by legal process
to be reinstated in the Order.
When the Encampmeut was held here she
filed injunction suit, which was heard by
Judge Toney to compel the Order to renstate
! her. Judge Toney decided that the proo
showed that the women of the Order did not
desire Mrs. Clark as a member, and said he
knew Of no law to force them to admit her to
| their Order. He accordingly discharged the
temporary restraining order.
The case was argued very fully by some o.
| the most prominent lawyers i'll the country
who were attending the Grand Army Reunion
and Judge Toney took the case under advise
ment on its merits. This morning he sus
tanned the demurrer of the defendants to Mrs
Clark's petition. The case is said to have been
decided similarly several times by courts else
| where.-LOuisuiUe Commercial.