The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-08-02

mrs. Bryan. She knows the charm of
the wheel, although she does not ride
very much at present. She believes in
moderate amount Of wheeling. No
pIoomefs or advanced bicycle suits
nave captured Mrs. Bryan. She wears
an ordinary walking dress when she
rides. Next to her husband and fam
lily Mrs. Bryan's pride is the Lincoln
Sorosfs. 1t does not belong to the fed
GRAFTON Of clubs, but is in the Nebraska
State federation. The Lincoln Sorosis
has membership of twenty-five. to
which number it is strictly limited
Three or four names are always on
the waiting list. No one is admitted who
has not some claim to membership
through interest in current events, or
some special excellence in other direc-
lions.
Speaking and debate are encouraged
and given preference over the reading
of papers. The club has now adjourned
for the summer. That is Mrs. Bryan's
only club. In Nebraska many women
college graduates attend State Club
federation meetings, and in these meet
ings Mrs. Bryan finds enjoyment. A
movement that she has especially at
heart is a travelling library, recently
started by the federation.
In time this movement is expected
to furnish many a woman on a lonely
farm with late reading matter Every
club woman will understand the full
significance of such library in a state
of such distances as Nebraska.
THE BRYAN'S HOME LIFE.
The home life of the organs is not at
all complex. There is always one SER
want, sometimes two. Mrs. Bryan has
assistance with the family sewing and
the making of the chiIdren's dresses.
She is the head Of Well-ordered
household, in which she takes pride
and which she intends at all times
shall be the most attractive spot in the
world to her husband and children.
The organs enjoy music. Since her
marriage Mrs. Bryan has not kept up
her music, and now depends on others
to play while she listens, either to the
piano in her own home or to the play
ers that visit Lincoln during the sea-
son. Sometimes Mr.. and Mrs. Bryan
go to receptions and teas or to some
very good theater.
In addition to political and sociologi-
cal matters, Mrs. Bryan is thoroughly
posted on all current events She reads
from preference those magazines han
ding timely topics and events, both
foreign and domestic; things that make
history and would interest Mr. Bryan.
What she reads is thoroughly digested
Besides this she finds time to read
what critics place as "the" works Of
fiction of the year. 1t is an American,
Nathaniel Hawthorne, whose delicacy,
accuracy of expression and every char
acteristic most appeal to- her.
Mrs. Bryan doesn't care for fads,
such as hypnotism, palm reading and
theosophy But she does find out what
each means, and has taken an especial
interst in studying the different re-
ligions and creeds Of the world.
A GOOD SWIMMER
It is not customary to think Of salt
water bathing and Nebraska in the
same breath, yet the form of recrea-
ton from which Mrs. Bryan gets more
enjoyment than others is swimming
saltwater swimming at that. In Lin
coin there is natatorium which Is
filed with salt water from artesian
wells. The mornings are reserved for
ladies' and there is a very fine woman
swimming teacher in charge. Mrs.
Bryan learned to swim there, and when
at home is an enthusiastic patron of
the natatorium. She swims and dives,