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elected corresponding secretary in place OF MT"
T. Ellis. Of East Orange. Miss z. II. Eiire'n, =
Haddonneld. was made recordins-secre'ars. a.
Richards OF Chiselhurst. made a strong An'
fectng plea for reclaiming women who a.s
dcted drink referring to herself as rs'Slh ChTs.
woman drunkard. She begged the woman 81 , s ssA
tian Temperance Union to do special Work ''' ''
women.
There IS a Federation OF Womens Literat' -.
Educational societies In Western New-iosA
Is entirely independent OF the State feoc's'"
1t works In perfect accord with 1t. howeve., ~.
is n really strong and progressive adjunct 90 :,
larger and more pon6erous State body Inc an =,
the Western Federation is to put each eau, IA
close touch by an interchange OF papes m
speakers. 4 correspondent In every county
engage in the general work OF organlzin,bS onss
clubs and sustaining the interest In the o'u s.
Calendars year books and general pros!s"'-A
will be made up conformity By all the ciuos' 'hs!p.
the entire plan OF work is thought TO be mos nisH
ful and advanced. The federation was asr,nsf y, mar
last summer. and Is moving along In the mo'' -
monious manner. -
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vork and who was Superintendent. OF Relief at tho
International Congress OF Charities. Correction and
Philanthropy at the Worlds Fair. spoke feel'ngly
n the hepf, work being done by the various char
ny ana benevolent organizations OF the city. we
ana tha Saving Bureau is an excellent thing for
lievfne working women who cannot get away from
xhedr hosnea account OF having small children OF
hoeauss OF sickness in their families. The working
AZ ths bureau Is that Of practical sewing school
ana II the women 90 not already know how their
work should be done. they learn here the right
Vay.
.A competent cutter prepares all the material ana
sh> women are allowed to sell the garments they
spa,6e and receive commission Of ten and nfteen
oeats on each article"
sDo you nay the women IN money! asked tho
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ARCTT BOYS AND GIRLS.
SErTrE LovICA WHITE. OF WAslIINGToN'
n. C.. GIVES SOME ADVICE TO MOTHERS.

.ETTfE LovICA WHITE. OF "AslilNHIo"'
n. c.. GIVES SOME ADVICE TO MOTHERS.
BOYS" says Mrs. Nettle Lovica White. OF asn-
ington know more about things generally IMAM
girls. Why Because boys, from the hr3t' gee
from their parents moro opportunities fer seeing
and knowing. II there is but ono college privilege
for the family boy enjoys H. II there Is but ono
bicycle in the family the boy owns II, II there Is
fishing excursion tho boy goes. only o.o 'sNet lSl
the theatre o, circus &c afforded. the ooy GOES
If but che of the children can accompany t.e
father to tao neighborin2 town without an extra
fare, the boy IL his companion ,.,
Thus the boy gets more outdoor exercise. WIN
resulting muscle. strength and endurance; sees
more things. and consequently knows more aoou, a,
things than the girl, whose llfo iS narrower, YET
not from her own choice She may he ahead Of
him In book studies. but. Notwithstanding tnat
fact he soon realizes his superior general, practl-
cal knowledge and does not always hesitate 20
speak 10 her Of ir. without knowing that All mo
way along his father and mother have thought
lessy given him IN unfair advantage over his SIS
ter 1t may not even occur to him that he has PUT
forth no moro effort than she has. but that In
stead he has had many moro advantages pleas
urcs and invigorating recreation than have fallen
TO the lot OF his sister. ,
.'As the girl grows older and finds ambition In
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reporter or In clothing and groceries. as some OF
the other relief societies do:'
1--WE tried paying In clothing and provisions FOR
a while but we have gone back TO giving money.
We find. often. that the women can do so much
with a dollar that we do know how to do for
them, and ready money is given when we are GER
tain they thoroughly trustworthy women. And.
as 4 rule, flrd applicants ara OF that char
acter.
ION Saturday afternoons. from until IL o'clock
at night, there is unique and popular market open
in Ninth-ave, from Thirty-fourth 10 Forty-second-
st. where the poorer classes get their Sunday pro-
visions 1t is called TaGdy's Market. and It is an
interesting place TO visit.
Meats that VIC pay u and "A cents for the work
Ing women of societies can buy for . and 9,
and chickens that pay 25 and 80 cents per pound
for they get for and 6. OF course tho articles
are not in the best condition. by good deal. but
perfectly wholesome and poor women prefer gong
there to spend their money.
Tho various clubs and evening classes for pleas.
ure wholesome entertainment and study. begun
and conducted by the University Settlement So
ciety at No 90 Deiancey-st. and No. 200 Eldridge-
s, are among the most popular and fruitful sources
OF recreation and relief known among the united
charities Work OF various kinds Is given out here
to men. women, boys and girls. In cases Of ahso-
luto need The clubrooms we'll. comfortably.
and even prettily furnished. the furnishings being
given by workers and leaders in the movement
At Seventy e.shtk-st and Amsterdam ave, at
Ono.hundl ed nd-twenty-fifth-s and Firth-ave.
and at Fifty-ninth-st. and Madison-ave. are wom-
ems exchanges where all kinds of reedlework and
embroidery may be found and bought.
Neealewomen secure good employment at
One dollar and half IS charged for SIX months
connection with these exchanges. The Young
Womens Christian Association IN fifteenth1st;
and In One hundred -and-twenty -tourth-st; give
out work TO sewing women. and are prepared 70 ald
them in various ways. Indeed, New-iork has many
societies for relieving poor women ana girls VINO
are ca ger and anxious 90 help themselves. ana they
frequently secure good. paying, permanent posi-
tions for their workers who prove themselves cap
able and reliable ,,,,
The Benevolent Society of ST. Bartholomew Mission
was organized about fifteen years ago. and every
winter the ladies c. the parish meet once week
TO cut out and prepare work for The Door OF me
church Every day. in large. sunny room. women
sew there and are paid for every piece they finish
THO garments are made of material furnished by
the church The work, as paid Tor by the piece
comes 10 20 or % cents sarmcIt. The clothes
when finished. are given TO blind asy!ums, los
pias city missions and various charitable nstitu-
ticns in the city. =, -.
Connected with THIS same mission IS another sew
ing-room or tailor-shop. originated and superin-
tended by Mrs. NJ {. Hepburn. Inree w,ntcr5
ago, when many women Sere waiting ior en-
pioyr1cnt through the Bureau Of ST. Bartholomew
Yrs Hepburn talked with Dr. Greer, rector OF the
parish. OF possibility OF giving some worK 10 tiio
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NEIGHBORHOOD GUILD.

women 10 tide them over until situations could be
fSs fHr se Saa orend
at o'clock In the morning ana work un,n IN ui tie
em TO attend to tSer
and evening. and receive q cents day Ine TSSn n1
stairs IN the building for Ave cents 1 Ihe coinns a n
to get warm garments when heretofore they were
Clothing of al! kinds Is sent in and Mrs Hepburn;
with her two assistants gives 1t out to be mended
made oyer as the garrsnt reaures ih,s h snx
sober Industrious woman OF any nAtlonality or OF
any creed find work upon application TO MrA
When first this seving.room was opened It had e,
q few weeks there were forty-seven and as they
find steady employment Others take their places
the time given them IN which to secure permanent
work being one two or three weeks.
It was IN 1890 when Arthur Balfour made his tour
through the west OF Ireland. lie desired TO see tho
most abjectly wrctched portion Of the congested
districts and was taken TO Foxford. in County
Mayo ard there found an object lesson OF grim
misery that could neither be surpassed nor forgot
ten In the tiny cabins OF loose stones rooted with
turf sods were hudded together three or tou'
adults half a dozen children. couple OF pigs oi ION
goat and il, tie case Of the more prosperous ,ors
sns ns Msy sns or s Sr ns Of
eouds ef years Seemed a L about over
the district whose Inhabitants had lost all nope
and even tho desire to live. $500,
The history Of the suffering inhabitants oeins
noised abroad brought help from an une%pec.,,eu .,
quarter. Far In distant convent the cry OF o 1is
tress had reached the OF Mrs. Morrosn Ser
nard and Inspired her with what was deemed on
all sides impossible and Utopian schemeotdhe no ds
reclamation OF ToXford. Accompanied Dy some Or
voted nuns she visited the village. and In april
time the National Schools were handed over TO her
care. and the once-deserted classrooms began 70
refill rapidly when II discovered that free
hot breakfast the first item on the daily pro;
gramme. Then began the mental and pnysicMai az
II said needed no moral training for In the length
and breadth of the land purer and more blameiess
lives could not have been found. To guard against
the distress which was the ineyitable aceompani-
ment OF the winter months in FOxford. Mrs. Nor
rogh Bernard determined that some permanent
means of employment must be found for the adult
The splendid water-power OF tho river Moy that
flowed by the convent offered solution OF the DIM
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her soul. she must work many times harder than
the boy TO make UP for the lost opportunities. IL
the mothers would carefully guard against this In
the gir.s and boys the college privileges. the
bicycles. theatre tickets exoursoni and athlete;
exercises, our girls would make women so we'll
developed physically and mentally. SO public
spirited. and possessed OF such knowledge Of
humanity and its doings. that their opinions would
command respectful recognition. and nobody's
brother would have reason to say that the city.
State and country would not be better with wom-
ans unprecedented voice in legislation and her own
patriotic interest In the public welfare OF her
country would prompt her everywhere 10 demand
steadily her right 81 suirage-forever laying in the
want the ballot they will get IT,"
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ment. which 10 carried in a practical manner
on sound commercial principles. nnd though the
heavy annual interest on the borrowed capital Is
didicuIt TO meet a proper percentage Is regularly
set aside for depreciation in machinery. etc. In
the mean time. fhe products OF the factory have
been making their way all over the three KING
doms and demonstrating their superiority. beauty
and durability. Nothing but the very best wool
is their texture superb. but In design and coorng
they have no rivals. - -
wholesome rivalry has sprung up among the wofn-
OF the poor az TO the neat apPeaTa,U,e 0I 'neis
homes and families: even the tiny cniidren ma
they can earn trfe out OF school hours, ana
in the penny banks with dirt and ideness nave
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woman daily throughout she year. the offered
work Ten collars annually Will entitlc subscriber
So the use of the rooms for month. Single tick
.ts viii he sold to individuals for 20 cents each.
sitInx the bearer 10 employment for one day. Last
year 1os women were temporarily employed. and
tventy-hve permanently. Tickets were sold to tho
amount Of $24s7 60 and the receipts from contribu-
lions were Sa3s So The sales OF garments and rugs
n the workroom brought in $6a A. and the tota'
expenditures for the year were $685. H.
In tho United Charities Building, No. 1o6 East
TVenty-secord-st Mrs Fullerton. who Is widely
known for her constant and active phiienthrop'o
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York C,,v and Mrs Gorrogh Bernaro's great re-
c,anaton movement In 1891 is not greater than the
hourly and daily active work for relieving 'he SUI
f@rnes Of the poor In which the phi.anthrop'sts OF
this city are row engaged.
As the cold weather approaches charltapio New
York Is busy with plans for clothing, feeoing a'io
warming the poor and providing the way for honest
work so that they will not feel like oeJects OF
charity Men, women. boys and girls are equaiiy
proyided for and scattered throughout the city are
many associations devoted to helping the unlortu
mates who show tho least desire to help themselves
Under the auspices Of the Charity ORGANIZATION
Society the workroorl for unslSi.ed women at No
N Prospect Place. between First and Second aVes.
from East Forty-second TO East Forty -thrd-st. -
prepared to furnish nee6lework and to aid tnese
women in disposing Of it at a fair profit
The women are carefully and kindly dlrec'eo
With their work. and receive payment for 1t IN
clothing and groceries instead OF money. The oo-
1ect of the management is 20 give temporary en-
Dlovnent 10 women who ask pecunary aid. ana 10
train the unskied and dependent to work for their
own support
.In the majority Of cases." said the woman at
<endant at Is q mistake to give money and other
help as a straight charity. The principle is wrong
IN itself and true charity and kindness IS whcTc
friendly interest Is shown. and character Is devel-
nped by influencing the applicant to proper SELF
pride. which prefers TO give value received IN non
at open labor Kind, capable and patient instruc'
ton Is given when the is found 10 be totally
unskilled and awkward in the use of the neecie ana
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HAT tho up-tO-ddte wom'
an cannot organize into
q club she has very 'it-
tie use for. a refuge
FOR sick. aged. home-
less. lost and MANNED
cats and dogs was
opened in Indianapolis
last March. and the
Dog and Cat Club nigh.
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gathering Of CANNES and fel!ncs
/, is really n kindly charity. and tho place IS
named the Frances Power Cobbe RefUge. IN NOM
ory of +. r. Cobbe the 6enevoen; English woman.
and In being kind animals Since me reiuge
% & o sas ara ara fS Many % or the
were sent 20 people WHO wanted pets and were
known to be kind to them.
Some man has been scribbrg IN "The Boston
Transcript" and asking these odd questions OF tho
club women:
".,re you enough of ioeician 10 manas" to keep
somewhere near the subject under discussion whei
aking address"
Are you enough Of an artist 70 enjoy the pretty
frocks Of the rich members Of the club WITHOUT
envy haired malice and all uncherita oeness?
Are you enough OF Il gentle.omaa not 20 drag
IN family anecdotes when asked to say few words
on the Transyasl or the place of modern French
musicians?
Are YOU enough OF 4 scholar not to prepare
your paper tho classic varieties Of architecture
by the simple process OF copying word Tor Word
Are your children all so old TIN, nursery cares
need never interfere with the meetings OF me
Sow. who but mar would have dreamed Of
writing such absurd stuff as that?
Doc he not nOT b. IN aI e ;Aa' SpGen w2G7 sSos IS
struggle for her 20 be gentewoman anu II inc me
sa s bnS nst hsr gets ' %afm to
frazze as the dear old Southern 'rlammies'' say.
and that thousands and thousands OF club women
are unmarried and have no children?
Last May the Society OF American Authors.
numbt-in. over sixty members, and all OF thern
well-known and talented writers. was organized
in New-York on the plan as the writers
societies ot England and France. The object CT
the club IS for the protection, Advancement ana
development o. literary principles and tastes. and
airs 70 promote feeling OF good VIII ard friendly
.uteres. among the great bard 0. authors
There are about twenty thousand people engaged
IN literary work in the United States and at least
a fourth OF them may be appropriately st!ieo men
and women of letters. ,,.
/, .~thcre should be handsome, enduring club
home IN Naw-Y ori." said Charles Barr Todd. Sec
may meet an. grow and foster its interests there
should te O. Journal. owned by the club. and pup-
l!shod for it's Advancement There are many n,er-
arv questions that should be settled by II ana eit
10 IT, and the question OF copyright should be taken
from tho librarian al Washington ana managed py
the club" The women or the Board OF Managers
Iiowe and Mrs Ellen Hardin Wentworth. There
are quite as many women as men members ot th.S
guild.
Club women have already learned TO mark tick-
cts a, elections and TO conduct the balotting.
cordirg law. AT the recent election or new or
ncors OF the Daughters CO the American Revo-
luton ia Buffalo. the political air with which It
was ACCOMPLISHED was most inspiring. and showed
what woman can do when she has the opportunity.
The following are the officers: Regent. Mrs.
Mary ~ I Inompson frs; vice regent. Mrs Richard
J. sherman: second vce-regent. Mrs Edmund s.
Wheeler. third vicc-rcgeut. Mrs. Herman Mynter
registrar. Mrs Frank w. Abbot; recording secre-
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tary. Mrs. WILLIAM G. Lctshworth; corresponding dim.
Advsory Eosrd Mrs. Edward Atwater. Mrs, w.
Waidr Il TEL Wson Mrs. Mrs. E arOS wScko ? MRS Eor
ence r. I.ooney. Miss Abbey Grosvenor. Mrs. Henry
Miss oxic re las, years historian f. ,s Working
ters ot the Buffalo chapter.
Miss Grace Cerew Sheldon. author OF recent
book OF travel In France. which Is said to be en-
cepuonaily entertaining. is Il member OF the Bur
fao Scribblers Club. She has done some strong
work In her book, which will be out In ten days
ready largely subscribed for. and is 10 be richly
hound in gold.co;ored silk. The ordinary edition
will appear in yellow linen covers.
Miss n v Mark A. NJ, N. D.. Il one Of tho
most enthusiastic workers IN the Association for
the Advancement OF Women. of which julia Ward
Howe Is president. She belongs also to every
woman's club Of any importance In Baltimore.
where she has practised medicine for the last
twelve years, and was Of the ATTY organizers
OF tho new swell social club the Arundel named
for Lady Ann Arundel wife OF the nrss Lord Balt'-
more.
Tho London Pioneer Club is composed Of women
who call themselves advanced" The method
they have adopted OF levelllng each member to the
common rank is peculiar. Instead OF calling
and knowing a member by her name. she is
known by a number. though there Is no set law
against addressing her 10y her correct name; Mum
her IS might be duchess or marchoncss,
but who knows II when she Is addressed as sixty.
sTe Sy ns h Is anS
women OF England.
The Swedish Americs6 women's Equality League
is one of the most popular clubs IN Chicago Mrs.
Emmy Evald Is the president. and seventy five
prominent Swedish-Amercan women constitute the
membership. Mrs. Evald is brainy. bright-eyed
woman who Is deeply interested In woman sur
A.,l nb t1,A 10. hat tl,A
women OF Sweden were the first IN the world to be
enfranchised. In Sweden. widows ana single
women hays the right to vote on church. state and
municipal affairs. MIS- Eva!d was at one time
president OF thc Lutheran Women's Congress,
which composed of representative women OF
the Lutheran faith from Norway Sweden, Dem
mark, Germany and Iceland. She also In.
vitcd to attend the women's recent congress- In
Berlin. Mrs. Felt Ia treasurer OF the Swedish
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1t pays to buy at Tonsiss'a
The largest
stock in the world
to choose from.

One advantage in buying ORIENT,
rugs here is that you have the laro.
est stock and the largest assortmeo,
in the world to choose from.
And we do the largest business
If our prices were not right ".
could not do business on so large
scale.
Tomorrow:
$50 VERY FINE SHISvAN RUGS in be,uh
coIorngs and designs; 3ex4 to 4s1.6 feet It >l5.0O
marked down from $500 tor the special sale ma,
going on.
blue colo:inas, al0x34 to 3.3xill 'set at $i7.OS
and $14.O0.
0J EXTRA FINE ANTIQUE PERSIAN HMI
STRIPS, 10 to 81 icet long, $4,000 to $4,000.
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y,
retary.
The womcn's clubs in Wisconsin number about
one hundred and thirty. and they have aeen
secretly organized into 4 State federation that vii
materially strengthen them. The Wisconsin women
are dccpiy Interested In united work and advancs.
meni and they aver that the end and aim Of their
banded forces may be Interpreted into one C1eat
abcng desire 10 De helpful 70 one another Ma
Charles Henrotin. tn" president OF the General
Federation OF Cubs % Inc United States was 10
attendance az the Wisconsin Union. and made
very happy address.
Al tie last monthly meeting OF the National
Council OF Jewish Women, held In philadelphia
at Keneseth Israel Temple. the following sua;ec.
was discussed: Resolved. That the Jewish woman
Of The past eNerted better influence than tas
Jewish woman Of the present" The question wu
affirmative side. and by Mrs. Greenbaurn. whose
paper OF the negative. DIR. Berkowi,z and
Or. Levy decided that both papers were go nearly
eCua! In excellence tha; it would be impossible 70
Choose one above the other.
Southern women are organizing clubs In lares
numbers. The Georgia clubs meet in Atlanta this
week for the purpose OF being incorporated Into
State federation, and OF uniting with the General
Federation OF Clubs.
Mrs Charles Henrotin. president OF tie General
Feosrat.on. numbering nearly five hundred won
ems ciuos from all over the country, Is 10 preside
over the Atlanta meeting. and Mrs. VlnAn Bell
Low. president and founder OF the Atlanta
Noman's Club. Will give a large reception on ths
evening OF october q I'm honor OF Mrs. Henrotn
ard the delegates from tho various clubs Through
out the State.
A prominent Georgia club Is the Shakesp<ars
Club. OF Barnesvle. formally organized In i&. Tor
the purpose OF thoroughly studying Snakespeare
MIS-. Annie Sanford Cochrane. a bright woman.
the president. There are thirty members. Xfs
J. 4. Rounsaville. OF the Woman's Club OF Roma
Georgia y promiDenr delegate in Attendance upoa
the Federation OF Clubs Congress.
The Atlanta Woman's Club s not quite one year
old bu; IL Is a vigorous organization. and nrn.
bs.s already nearly three hundred Teprssentsavs
women.
The state Convention OF the New-Jcrsey Won
ans Christian Temperance Union. last week u
session at Brldge:on, reelected Mrs. Emma
Bourne. Of Newark. as president. Mrs. !. Ds1a''
est. OF Gloucester the recordins-secre'sry, NJ
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DOINGS IN THE CLUBS.
NEWS OF woMEN's ASSOCIATION 5 FROM
NEAR AND FROM FAR.

or STATE, socIETIEs-oRcANIZA. =.
TONS. NEW AID PHILosoPHic-sooiAi'
GUILDS AND EDUCATIONAL LEAGUES.
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boca banished tho misery ard llstless apathy tha
San thN Ufeblood cf a nation. and the advance OF
Foxford promises make the brightest RECORD III
n ,istAr
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American Womcr's Equality League. Mrs Han
secretary and Miss ForstroEn * corresponding ~.
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THE DISTRESS OF WINTER.
THE INEVITABLE ACCOMPANIMENT OF
THE COLD THE WORLD OVER.
NBREAT CHARITIES MAINTAINED BY THE BENEV-
oI.ENT WOMEN OF NEw-YoRK cITY-THE
NOBLE WORK OF MRS. MoaRocH
BERNARD IN IRELAND

teeming tfhe.
rent districts, draped with
nu,tering rags and darkened
by disease and dirt and des-
peration, are not too utterly
wretched and rcpulsive Tor
Charity TO steal into their
midst and scatter hope and
comfort. Balfour's tour OF
Ireland in 1890 could have
ecarcely revealed more need
for help and care than can
be found right here In New
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In the
silk department
this week.

1000 YDs. DRAPERY SILKS. in broken lot Il
d.s,ons that the line OF colors not complete in Th
are Our regular dollar quality To close out the II
quickly we say 4Oo. yd
SI.OO silks at 40c.
600 YDs JAPANESE HORi-ORl BRocADe
q ORA in dull old coorings; jus, the thing 70, pa.
ter.s and couch covers,
II in. wide, SIC. yd.
30 in. wide, 9+c. a yd.
MOORISH GOLD CLOTH; 80 inches wide;
.r;>,r,nsraren, fabric for cushions and dr,peieS
soft Eastern toorngs on woven 'insel ground,
sl.50 yG.
ESTIMATES TADE FOR FURNISHING AND
DECORATING ORIENTAL ROOMS AND cosEY
CORNERS.
.6aA A. A. VANTlNE & CO.,
IN MOI Iis Ln,gr,l Labanest CSisI. asj
Iad,a HonSe ~ h!s Dorld.
TX s77.S79 BROADWAY, N.Y.
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The Atlanta Woman's Club IL not quite one year
old bu. IL Is a vigorous organization and Nun.
bsgs already nearly three hundred geprssentsnw
women.