The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1895-04-25
KITTrE HUMMEL.

KITTIE HUMMEL.
Kittie Hummel, Sugar Grove, o., is daugh.
ter of q. F. Hummel, CO. /, 18th Ohio. and has
long been an interested reader OF THE Ma
TroNAL TRIBUNE. She has brown hair and
eyes, and weighs 40 pounds; IL years old, and
fond of music and flowers.
ON TO LOUISVILLE.
DEAR FRIENDS, BROTHERS AND SISTERS
The arduous labors following the Pittsburg Re.
union and the Inauguration of the changes
made have prevented me from writing you Of
the outlook until this time.
Perhaps it is as well. as l am now better able
to present our work in an encouraging light.
Opposition to the new form Of work has been
explained and overcome, and now the Tanks
of those who have stood firm for Progress and
Patriotism under better and simpler system
are being rapidly multiplied by those hereto
fore opposed or indifferent
To accomplish this work the sum of $3.50
has been expended for postage-not large
sum considering the thousands of questions
and inquiries TO be answered. The mailing of
the rules and regulations was o considerable
item. The night has passed, tho morning
breaks; the sun sheds its rays upon an
awakened earth. Discomfort has ceased. and
instead of refusal to pay dues the merry chink
of silver is heard. and from 80 to so receipts
daily re.now mailed.
Outside of regular expenses money has been
we'll spent; for instance, the assistance lent an
invalid sister to help her to a milder cline.
The gain in membership now compares
favorably with che period OF a year ago. when
divisions holding out inducements for C..
c. members TO join. From Maine to Califor-
MIA comes the glad news that the Loyal Home
Workers are alive and taking on new life ]
am more than ever encouraged with the pres
pect. and ready TO lead the loud hurrah for tho
l.. III. w.
Are you ready2 Hip! hip! Let rs this
year show that we true Americans, battling
for patriotism with renewed vigor. IL denying
ourselves of any pleasure will do SO let sacri-
fee il to meet at Louisville.
Our brightest of sisters, Georgia Martin, has
been appointed on a committee to look after our
entertainment. and already announces an en-
gagement of quarters at rates less by one-hslf
than at Pittsburg.
Let US make one great effort to participate in
the delcctabie pleasures of National Reunion.
On to Louisville! Forward, march,
N. Warner Hargroye, Secretary, Browns
Mills, N. J.
THE EMPIRE CIRCLE.
The Empire Circle held their last reception
at Dunkirk, n. Y, at the home of Retta Cole.
who was assisted in receiving by Katharine
Brown.
Each guest was provided with program.
Those for the ladies were tied with red, white
aud blue ribbon. Those for the gentlemen
were provided with pencils, some red. some
white and some blue. Following program was
given: Music, Empire Quartet; paper, sketch
of The NATIONAL TRIBUNE Conversation Club
and the Empire Circle, Alice Putnam; vocal
solo. Howard Putnam; reading. Helen Petit;
instrumental solo, Katherine Brown.
Refreshments wore served at three tables
decorated respectively in red, white and blue,
and the guests seated according to the
color of the pencil attached to the gentleman's
cards After supper a short conversation
held. which was quite entertaining, if not very
instructive.
WHY is TIP
DEAR c. G. FRIENDS: Why is it that men
and women SO often aspire to govern others
who do not know how to govern themselves2
That without temperance and activity in
matters pertaining to body, mind, and soul, life
is barren of its fullest enjoyment?
That no man likes to be reminded of his last
nights nightmare, or deafening snore, or of the
instance where once upon time be exercised
more stupidity than common sense in his juve.
nile love making affairs?
That men and women so often form into twos,
tbrees, fours, or skies and selfshly stroll up and
down some busy sidewalk Of city, and thus
impede the way of honest toilers?
That no device has as yet been invented
whereby may, under all circumstances,
avoid the painful ordeal of listening 10 the Idle.
shallow, and acrimonious prsttle of the gos-
sips?
That the sun of popularity of the Mary Leases
is SO palpably on the decline?
That the last Congress should have been
actuated by the principle of using up a half
million of our money to detect less than 81, 600
of fraud in PENSIONS?
That some persons will get drunk on cider at
seven cents gallon, and then the next day pay
a $40 doctors bill?
That some men will pay S. toward the thea.
ter and have only one cent for the charity con-
tribution- box the next day?
That M ral and intellectual excellence counts
for so little in the society of the so-called -Four
Hundred" as against the filthy lucre of the
train robber, the embezzlor the monopolist, or
the like2
That
A cheerful life is what the MUSES. love;
A soaring spirit Is their prime delightf
That chill air so generally surrounds those
who are down in the world?
That the infidel's conscience without an ALI
seeing God is a tribunal without Judge?
That so little heed is paid TO the cultivation
OF the pleasant virtue OF tolerance that quality
which softens the asperities of character and
smootbs over the rough places in private as we'll
as in public life?
lHat pcoplc Vi ordinary means Will persist IN
paying % or go cents for pint of half respect.
able Strawberries out of season. when the finest
Florida or California oranges can be had for so
cents peck? -
That some women get cross they get
cross at everybody?
That all dogs snarl and bark at the sight of
woman in boomers a bicycle2
That the s0-called new or up to-date woman
or bluestocking often despises her duties as
woman. and always begins by making herself
man?
That the high chancellor Of hades triumph.
antly grins whenever he sees silly woman
fondly embrace, kiss, carry or otherwise lavish
her affections upon some ugly, pug-nosed woody
or snappish canine, while the world is full of
orphan babies and while SO many children are
being beaten TO death by drunken parents?
That woman often manages a man by
making the vain hulk believe he manages her?
That for all of her being conundrum, and
IN spite of all her faults man will persist in
never giving her mp and loves her still?
Julius w. Gogarn, Ann Arbor, Mich.
An Asthma Cure at Last.
European physicians and medical journals re-
mort DOsitiye cnra for Act -, H. III.