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WORKING GIRLS CLUBS.
BY GRACE H. DODGE.

THERE are many club movements
for the benefit of busy girl workers
which hardly seem to have any right
to the name. These are governed by
Boards of Managers, who meet apart
and decide what the members should
do, and the latter have no part in the
deliberations or work. 1t is therefore
necessary to emphasize what has been
accepted in the New York Associa-
tion as club definition; that it is an
organization formed among busy
women and girls, to secure by Coop
Grafton means of self-improvement,
opportunities for social intercourse
and the development of higher, mob
Ter aims; second, that it is governed
by the members for the members;
third, that it strives to be self sup
porting.
Things to be Learned.
Women, Younger and older, whose
circumstances and inheritance differ
widely, learn in the clubs comprehen-
sion and sympathy. as they give op-
portunities for meeting many on COM
mon ground, all being actuated by
the same motives. When good
member leaves the club she takes
away with her much human sym
pathy; much appreciation of others,
and great desire to keep in touch
with womankind and help on the
progress of right and love.
The Holiday House.
Besides the regular life of the clubs
there have grown out from them some
practical and helpful developments.
First the Holiday House idea. This
sprang from the bright thought of
an officer, who said: "Why cannot
club principles be applied to our va
cations, and we by combination Sc
cure pleasanter two weeks than is
ordinarily possibles" and she added:
II will take all the care and serve as
House Morther, if only you will let
me try the plan" Permission was
quickly granted, and by chance
house was secured in an ideal local
ity, away from the railroad and nuis-
ances, yet with the advantages of
both woods and ocean. 1t accommo-
dated about forty guests, but was SO
soon overcrowded that another house
near by was opened. The idea spread,
and now these vacation or Holiday
Houses are springing up in ever in
creasing numbers. They are self
governing, cooperative, and many
entirely self-supporting, others when
full meeting all expenses. The op-
portunities offered for friendship and
interchange in these houses are great.
More and more are they being valued,
and those who have come to them
tired in body, mind and soul, go back
rested, and filed with new thoughts
and hopes. Says an earnest officer:
81 venture to assert that the found
ing and development of vacation
houses on distinct principles is one
of the greatest of the undeveloped
possibilities of the club movement,
and that ii will yet prove the best
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privilege. An outcome in the shape
OF Junior Clubs has therefore devel-
oped. These greatly differ, yet all
are upon the same principles, and
the young girls become accustomed to
parliamentary usage, the prompt
payment of dues and the co-opera-
tive idea, SO when old enough they
became valuable senior members.
A Mutual Benefit Fund upon
strictly business lines to provide for
illness and general expenses is anoth-
er valuable outcome. Others are
Church Unions, Combined Gymnas
tic Drills, Conferences for varied pur-
poses of instruction, and a bureau to
assist those seeking employment.
The Lunch Clubs form another out
growth of great interest. These orig
mated in Chicago and have been
most successful. Says one of the
early members: "Three years ago we
knew not how to begin. Two years
ago we were working for self-sup-
porting girls. To-day we are work
ing with them" The plan of the
association was not to make the sery-
ing of cheap and wholesome lunches
its ultimate aim, but to put forth
every effort to gain the friendship
and cooperation of those who
should frequent the lunch room. and
thereby to open the way for greater
work in other directions" The eff
forts have been earnest and the re-
suits surprising in not only their self
supporting basis, but in the cooper
ative friendship developed. Saws
another member: "The object of our
club, as stated in the constitution.
was to make, by mutual effort, the
noon hour pleasant and profitable to
all members" and the girls have felt
that without friendliness among them
selves nothing could be accomplished
toward this end. Gas natural resplt
of this feeling, frie ndliness and So
ciability have been we'll developed."
There are now in Chicago several
Lunch Clubs, and the idea has been
followed out elsewhere with more or
less of success.
The Jane Club of Chicago.
Still another elaboration is seen in
the Jane Club, which grew from a
Girls Society, at Hull House, Chica
go. This represents now group of
nifty wage earners, who live together
on the cooperative plan, paying four
from outside who serve as the house
keepers, and deciding every point on
strict parliamentary methods. Three
dollars weekly is charged each mem
her, and this covers all expenses, and
the table is excellent. The club has
developed a spirit of responsibility
among the girls, and the training
which comes to each in turn in the
management of housekeeping, is most
valuable.
Year after year the club idea is
growing; cooperation is the watch
word, and women as well as girls are
learning to work with one another,
and gaining in consequence many
valuable gifts. Not alone, but to-
gether, recognizing common sister
hood, and feeling the touch of close
ness. Why cannot the development
spread, and work out in new chan
nels?
NEW YORK CITY.
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CONTENTS.
CHICAGO, SATURDAY. MAR. .. 1895

CHICAGO, SATURDAY. MAR. o. 1895.
Page One.
Editorial Briefs.
Church of the Divine Paternity, NJ Y
The Kind of Preaching Needed.
Working Girls Clubs.
Page Two.
Sermon: National Danger.
Brief Comments.
Responsibility for Sin.
Circular Letter.-W. G. A.
Notes and News.
Page Three.
The Sunday School Lesson.
Page Four.
Editorial:
Ch ristianity A Social Religion.
Government-Transient and Permanent.
Rev. Timothy G. Eaton.
Personal, etc.
Church News and Correspondence.
Page Six.
The Family Page, Farm. Garden and Dairy.
Page Seven.
Our Boys and Girls.
Page Eight.
Literary Vignettes-NO. XVI.
News of the Week.
Church Notices and In Memoriam.
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Our Special Contributors---ISo5.
WORKING GIRLS CLUBS.
Interesting Features of Growth and Development.
DESCRIBED BY GRACE H. DODGE,

President of the Working New York
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day. The aff1iction of the righteous
is something we are unable to ac-
count for fully. The fact bewilders
and pains us. The orthodox say, as
old Jobs miserable comforters," that
all trouble is chastisement from our
Heavenly Father. We do not accept
this theory. Job was right in disput-
ing it. We know, for we see it every
day, that the best people in society
fall into overwhelming misfortunes.
Indeed, the best people among us,
because they are the most refined and
most susceptible, often suffer the
most. The tenderest hearts receive
the deepest wounds. Sin is punished,
of course, but a great deal of the suf-
fering in the world is not punishment;
it may be and probably is, disciplin-
ary, all of it, intended by the Creator
for good purpose; but it is an evi-
dent mistake to consider it, in all
cases, as the result of transgression-
of conscious transgression, at least.
Jesus Christ was prosecuted and
crucified and yet he was without sin.
And how frequently those who wish
and strive to initiate his goodness in
herit his sorrows. Saints die as mar
tyrs. The noblest life is a life of
sacrifice.
1t is true the righteous are in a
sense happier and more prosperous
than the unrighteous, yet it is an
ever present occurrence that the vile
get the diadem while the virtuous
are put off with a crown of thorns.
Prometheus for stealing fire from
heaven was bound alive to rock,
denied the boon of dying, exposed
indefinitely to the prey of rapacious
vultures which tore out his vitals
pieceb by piece; yet the fire he brought
down to the earth proved to have been
the greatest blessing ever bestowed
on mankind. The discoverers of new
continents have been given the sad re-
ward of being loaded with chains and
| left to perish in prisons. Great in
ventors who blessed the world with
new mechanical appliances have too
often been compensated for their
study and toll with only the scorn
and contempt of the unappreciative
masses. But we must not for all this
doubt the goodness os~God or the
wisdom of his government If we
could see the end of these things we
would not censure the invisible sys-
tenn which permits them. God has
a complete and satisfactory explana-
ton of this life of ours, but he with
holds it until we enter the other world
and are prepared to understand it.
"Oh that | knew where / might find
him."
DR.. Eaton closed with these lines
of Tennyson:
II falter where firmly trod.
And falling with my weight of cares
Upon the worlds great altar-stairs
That slope through darkness up to God
stretch lame hands of faith. and grope,
And gather dust and chaff, and call
To what feel is Lord of all.
And family trust the larger hope"
j. HI. TuTrLE.
NEW YORK, Feb. 26. 1896.
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REV. SAMUEL g. JONES. the father of
Sam" Jones. the evangelist. who died
in Georgia the other day. was 80 years
old. Although having five sons in the
ministry, he himself did not join the
Methodist Church till the age of 60. and
late in life became ordained to preach.
Mr. Jones leaves l30 descendants.
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There are many too young to join
the regular club who yet wish the
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II falter where firmly trod.
And falling with my weight of cares
Upon the worlds great altar-stairs
That slope through darkness up to God,
stretch lame hands of faith and grope,
And gather dust and chaff, and call
To what 1 feel is Lord of all.
And family trust the larger hope"
j. I'll. TUTrLE.
NEW YORK, Feb. 26. 1895.
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2. l have given seven addresses; those
worthy of note, before the American
Temperance University at Hartman.
Tenn. and the Methodist Theological
School (colored) at Atlanta, Ga.
3. Assisted Rev. w. H. McGlauflin in
organizing a church at Knoxville, Tenn,
and organized church at Atlanta. Ga.
4. Received into church membership
%. Q. II. SHINN.
CoLUhBIA. S. c. March 1.
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OUR CONTRIBUTORS.
EDITORIAL BRIEFS.

BY PRESIDENT I. M. ATWOOD. D. D.
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GENERAL CONVENTION.
Report of General Missionary for Feb.
1895.
NEW YORK CITY.

l submit report for February. the
first month of my engagement under the
auspices of the Universalist General Con-
vention.
l. l have preached during the twenty
eight days, twenty-seven sermons. as
follows:
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-03-26
ARCHITECT.
JOSEPH MARSHALL
Architect and Superintendent.
1904 KANSAS AVENUE

First published on the 22th day of March.
1895. in the official city paper.I
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freed by q Herd of Cattle.

. A very funny experience happened to
me while working up in Montana. said
George Martin. IA the time of which
speak / was repairing telegraph lines and
was frequently sent to an isolated region
where some trouble had occurred to the
wire One morning l received orders to
locate break some 50 miles away. Board
ing a freight, l arrived at the place in
question about 2 O'Clock that afternoon
and soon had the break located and re-
paired
1T being fine afternoon / started to
walk back, instead of waiting for the
freight, which would pass in about three
hours l continued to walk along enjoy
ing the exercise and completely absorbed
in pleasant thoughts, when all at once I
heard a roaring behind me which sounded
like thunder Imagine my astonishment
when, turning around, l saw a herd Of
cattle making straight for me. Without
wasting much time took to my heels,
and reaching the nearest telegraph pole I
quickly assembled and was soon out of inn
mediate danger In another minute the
entire herd completely surrounded me, an
grily paving the ground. l was held a
captive for over two hours. Soon the
whistle of the freight was heard, and upon
its approach the herd became frightened,
and following its leader ran of. at once
descended from my uncomfortable posi-
ton, tagged the train and was soon relat-
ing my experience to the crew. / was aft
erward told that the cattle will never at
tack man while mounted, but the un
usual sight of a man walking quietly
along will startls them, and their inquisi-
tiveness very frequently leads to disas-
trous results. Cincinnati Tribune.
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Novel Fish Plates.

For serving small broiled fish. or the
much-used fish scallops, very pretty
dishes are now bought at the china
shops. These are in the shape of very
realistically decorated small fish, of
natural coloring and just sufficiently
followed along the middle of the slen-
der form to allow the food to be in
serted there. A set of these are for
use only when the meal is served a Ia
Russo. Press.
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$50 you were playing cards for
money!" said the magistrate, severely.
mo, sir; we were playing for chips"
''Well, sir, It's the same thing. You
got your chips cashed for money at the
end of the game?''
mo, sir
''No! How's that?'
''At the end of the game didn't
have any chips, your honor"
You're discharged, said the Judge;
and he snapped it out SO quickly that
the sheriff turned pale.-Washington
Post
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Election Proclamation.

I. T. W. Harrison, mayor of the city of Tope-
ka. do hereby proclaim and make known that
an election will be held in said city of Topeka
on Tuesday of April End, 1895, for the purpose
of electing the following city officers towit:
Mayor. city clerk, city attorney, city treasur-
er, one councilman in each of the five wards of
the city of Topeka; also one member of the
board of education in each of the five wards of
said city; also three justices of the peace and
three cOnStableS.
All Of the officers above mentioned are to be
voted for in the city a. large. except council
men. who viii be voted for in their respective
wards only.
The election to be held under the laws govern
ing the same The polls 10 be open from 8
O'Clock a. IN. until O'Clock p. N. in the several
voting precincts III said city of Topeka.
In witness whereof l have hereunto set nv
hand this 22nd day of March, 1895, at Topeka,
Kansas.
lsEALl 7. w. HARRISON, Mayor
Attest: s. S. MCFADDEN
City Clerk.
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His Revenge.

Morton--Is Miss Casey in?
Butler-No. sir. She has gone out
walking with young man.
Morton-All right. Just tell her I
came around with four-in-hand to
take her for dxive.-Truth.
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Z. I. q 6. w.
EAST.
CLAWS roveka. via Meriden and 7,ssa.m
Arrive Leavenworth. ...................lIiOo an
WEST.
ieLsaye Leavenwerth. via Oskaloosa.. 4:Bo pm
Arrive Topeka. ........e 100 p.@
Accommodation daily ex. Sunday.
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SITUATIONS wANTED-FREE.

Are you in need of work7 II so, you are %
liberty to use these columns for assistance IL
that direction While this notice appears the
BTArR JOURNAL will publish free on Saturday,
Monday and Tuesday for Topeka or Kansas
people, all notices OF Situations Wanted" nos
exceeding FIVE lines, or thirty-fve words, In
length Provided that all advertisements Of
this nature arc handed in previous b
ten O'Clock Saturday morning; also on Wednes.
day, Thursday aud Friday, all advertising cE
this class handed in by ten o'clock Wednesday
morning.
No advertisements Of this nature to be started
except on SATURDAYS and Wednesdays No OBJ
legation is incurred on the part Of the adVertis.
er- No worthy and needy man or woman need
hesitate to take advantage of this offer No on9
IN business OF having employment is expected t.
take advantage Of it, but all others invited -
avan themselves freely.
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MISCELLANEOUS.

DROF. A. w. CONNETT teacher of hypno-
tism and psychic science. Private class in
structons given. Call or write $50 jackson st.
(1he professor has highest endorsement from
DR.. Flint)
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4Daily, except Sunpay All others daily
Train No. g. solid vestbule to Chicago. dining
car free chair cars, ETC., running over the
Chicago g. Alton from Kansas City. has through
sleeper for st. Louis via Missouri Pacific.
Train No. Z, solid veStibule for Denver, max.
ing direct connection for Pacific coast. through
Pullman car for Salt Lake; through colOniSt car
to Portland etc.. etc.
City ticket office. 525 Kansas avenue.
Arizona republican., 1895-10-18

The object of this offer is to convince the skeptical and prove to the people of Phoenix that we are not travelling doctors, fakirs, or anything that some jealous persons would have you think. We have come here 70 stay, we have the only well equiped medical and surgical institute in Arizona. We have our family here and will stay with you. The Los Angeles Daily Herald Says:
 No doctor ever came to Los Angeles who has performed such cures and made such wonderful record ss Dr. Prosser and associates have. Dr. Pros- ser has practiced over seven years in California, and has the support of the people and the press. He came to Phoenix on account of it's wonderful eli mate, the advantage of which is now considered of great importance fin the treatment of consumption. bronchitis, catarrh and all diseases of the air pas sages.
 The doctor treates no acute diseases but makes an entire speciality of chronic and long standing diseases.
 Latest Discoveries and Improve
 mentS.
 The doctor has received the most im- proved instructions in analytical and mlcroscopical examinations of the blood, urine, etc., which are now con sidered indispensable to correct diag- nosis in many diseases. He has also an extensive supply of the latest and best professional apparatus for the treatment of different diseases, by
Arizona republican., 1895-10-18
Prices Of Persian Brides.

A young girl in some of the Persian tribes costs her first husband one hun dred tomans, or about three hundred dollars Should the first husband die the second suitor must pay two hundred tomans before he can make the widow his own, and so on each time she marries, up to her tenth time. This ascending scale is because her value is supposed to increase as she gains greater experience as carpet weaver and housewife. The money is paid to her fa ger. and if he is not living, to her nearest u2cIc relative.
Arizona republican., 1895-10-18

modern methods, embracing many which are but seldom found outside of large cities. There are many diseases which physicians in common practice do not usually treat and are therefore seldom prepared with necessary and costly outfits to examine correctly or treat with success. Such cases, there fore, would do well to call at once to learn their true condition, and whether the doors of hope are yet open or for ever closed against you.
 Diseases of Women Such as have bsf1ed the skill of all other physicians ard remedies, we quickly cure. Cancers. tumors, fibroid and polynoid growths cured without the use of the knife-no cutting, no pain, no danger.
 Free Examination of the Urine.
 Each person applying for medical treatment should send or bring two to four ounces of urine, which will receive careful chemical and microscopic ex- animation. Persons unskillfully treated by ignorant pretenders, giving poison. ous and injurious compounds, should call and see us.
 List of Questions Free.
 Gases and correspondence confden- tial. Treatment sent to any part of the United States. Correspondence with invalds solicited All letters with stamp enclosed answered free.
Arizona republican., 1895-10-18
ALL OVER ARIZONA. News Culled From Vari- OuS Sources. What the Prominent People
 Are Doing. Their Movements and Investments Personal and General
 Territorial News.

Yuma Bee: United States Attorney Ellinwood has decided that the legal value of standing mesquite wood is 75 cents per cord. A man who was con- victed at Tucson of cutting mesquite wood on government land was com pelled to pay that amount but was all lowed to keep the wood.
Arizona republican., 1895-10-18

Flagstaff Democrat: The town was full of cowboys and cattlemen last week, and in consequence there was a revival of business all along the line. A jolly, free-hearted class are the cow boys, and it is always pleasure to meet them.
Arizona republican., 1895-10-18

Flagstaff Democrat: A car labeled Phoenix Hay and Grain company came up over the north and south road Friday. It was consignment of Salt river product billed for Babbitt Bros.
Arizona republican., 1895-10-18

though u IS not large IL pTOullS0S CO develop into veritable bonanza. He has a two-stamp mill in operation and in the last two months has taken out $2,2OO. We like to see such men as Joe Birchett prosper.
 Prescott Journal-Miner: It is not generally known but it is fact never theless that Arizona contains the larg- est unbroken forest area of any geo. graphical division in the United States. says the Star, there being from eight or ten thousand million feet of standing lumber. This is located in the northern part of the territory. There are now being cut from this forest area 35,OOO,00O feet annually, most of which is marketed in Califor- mia and New Mexico.
 Yuma Bee: Rev. G. F. Bovard, well and favorably known here, has been appointed superintendent of Metho dist missions for Arizona.
 Prescott JOurnal-Miner: Ed. Wago- ner reports some singular phenomena in connection with the recent storm and cloud burst which occurred along Castle creek. He says that at point on the Agua Fria river, above Frog Tanks, where prior to the storm, there was a small stream of water, only a few inches deep flowing, on top of the sand, there is now a beautiful stream of clear water, 100 feet wide and from eight to ten feet deep. The flood washed out the bed of the river and where it before percolated through the sand, it has now free course. Im- mense hail stones fell in many places along the track of the storm, which extended to the lower end of Walnut Grove At another place along Castle creek, a good sized lake was formed, which has remained filled with water ever since.
 Tucson Citizen: Editor Allen T. Bird of the Nogales Oasis, is in town in connection with the libel suit filed by Hon. Sam F. Webb. On a showing to the grand jury MT. Bird was dis charged and the suit dismissed.
 Wilcox News: The transfer of the troops from Fort Grant is being delay ed for some unknown reason. The quarters at the fort are inadequate for the accommodation of the soldiers now there and the two troops of the Tenth cavalry recently arrived from Texas are camping on the parade grounds awaiting the departure of the troops whose place they will supply.
 Tombstone Prospector: The present population of Arizona is placed at IT, 900 being an increase of 1000 during the year. 90 per cent of the immigra- tion locating in the mining districts of Yavapai county and the agricultural sections of Maricopa county.
 Tucson Citizen: Dr. Girard, now is the city has had the remains of his brother-in-law, the late lamented Frank H. Oury, removed to the family burial plot in the Catholic cemetary and had a suitable monument erected to his memory. Dr. Girard is a guest of MT. and Mrs. Wright.
Arizona republican., 1895-10-18

Yuma Bee: The whereabouts of Jacob Miller are desired by his mother, Mrs. Henry Miller, East Auburn ave- nue, Mt. Auburn, Cincinnati, Ohio. When last heard of he was at Yuma.