Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-10-15
WoMAN'S DEP ARTMENT'
MABEL II. PoMERoY, EDITOR,
Art In Our Homes.

"Show me the pictures Oh houso'
hold, and / will tell you the family
status of education and refinement"
A fine philosophy underlies this state
ment for the family unconsciously
gives expression to its taste and In
telligence, in the selection OF its pic
lures. We ike certain pictures be-
cause they respond to something
within us, and they in turn reflect
and expose our inner nature to the
eye of an intelligent observer Art is
an expression of thought, just as lit.
erature is, and to this quality OF
thought alone is Immortality vouch'
safed. Thought, which is the gu
preme element Of painting, the
mechanical reproduction gives faith
fully, but pictures have more i'm
portsnt mission than the role OF tell
tale thought, they are education, does
1t not make difference, in The silent,
formative forces, that shape a child's
taste, what objects his eyes rest upon,
day by day, subtle influences are po-
tent, for the child's sensibilities are
keen and fresh, and quick to receive
impressions, for this reason all must
cal instruments are well tuned, that
the musical sense may not be vitiated
by false tones. The pictures which
the little ones see on the home walls,
should be silent helpers to develop a
sense Of beauty, delicacy Of percep'
ton, and a refinement Of feeling.
Home is the beginnings, even for the
love of art, a Latin writer said, "A
talent for art is rare; but it is gwen
to all to cultivate q taste for art"
VIZ
The state of New York once passed
the law, that no married woman not
living with her husband should be
employed for the Office of female fac
tory. Mr. Hamilton Wilcox the chair
man of the state executive committee
of the woman suffrage party, wrote to
the governor, saying, that it Is an as
sumption of legislative power by en-
acting penalties not otherwise provid-
ed by law, and an assumption OF judi
cial power by deciding on whom such
penalties shall fall. He did not deny
to the inspector the right in his dis
erection to refuse to appoint particu-
lar woman separated from her hus-
band, but he holds an arbitrary rule
disqualifying every such woman to be
unconstitutional and wrongful exer-
else of official authority which de-
mands the governors intervention. A
man may abuse his wife so as to COM
pei her to leave him. Is this abuse
also to disqualify her from honorable
employment.
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The preliminary meeting to the an
nual sessions of the Federation OF
Women's club of Denver was held
October 8. Among the new clubs ad-
mitted to membership, were, The
shaksperean club of Aspen, The
Grand Mesa of Grand Junction, La
Junta Womsn's club, Telford Parlia-
mentsry club of Pueblo, Monday club
of Victor, ri Pi Kappa club Of Den
yer, Four O'clock club Of Denver,
Twentieth Century club, Nineteenth
Century club, and Students Literary
club. Among the papers read was,
"Whst constitutes good citizenship"
while the points for discussion were,
"Best training for citizenship, parlia.
mentary training, business training,
home the preparatory school, are both
parents equally responsible, RESPONSE
bility Of our educational 81 stem, edu-
cational value of citizenship, ethical
influences Of this decade, present po-
lltical methods are indirect methods
necessary, ss good citizens wherein do
the duties of men and women differp
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Mrs. Margaret Sullivan, one of the
most celebrated woman editorial writ
ers, died at her home in Chicago.
Mrs. Sullivan has been on the staff
of one or more Journals for thirty
years. She earned the salary and did
the work Of the most capable man.
Miss Edna Waymack of Cleveland
Ohio, is the only feminine out of door
sign painter IN the United States.
George DuManrier, the artist and
novelist, the author of "Trilby," died
at his home IN London, October 8, Of
heart trouble.
The Methodist Women Missionary