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Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1897-03-21

These women clasped hands in aYow-
ed purpose. together and separately to
greater and sweeter service for the
weak and suffering of the whole human
family in the home. church and socie-
ty. and to do all in His Name"
They adopted the simplest form Of
organization. They called themselves
the Central council. from which might
radiate information and encourage
ment for every other band that felt
drawn within this new circle of serv-
ice and love. The two points most en-
phasized by this meeting were the OBJ
legation of every Daughter OF the king
to serve and the freedom of every soul
as TO the form of service 1t should
choose.
The order takes human hearts
high or low. strong or weak. educated
or illiterate, idst where they are and
begins at once its work of renoVating
and of outward succor and help. 1t
was thus the design of the society and
its innermost thought to move silently
and steadily upon human hearts, doing
it's blessed work with no herald and no
plaudit. It has given a new impetus
to the Christian movements Of the day.
It's extreme simplicity and It's adapta-
biiity to every phase and condition of
human life make it a UNIVERSAL help
and power.
aThe growth of the organization has
been most remarkable and far surpass-
ed the fondest hopes of It's distinguish
ed projectors. The little circle Of ten
has now grown to a membership of a
quarter of d million, scattered through
out nearly overy country on the globe.
The society has long passed beyond
such sentimentalism and sensational
ism as were born of its excessive and
rapid growth, and still the interest and
enthusiasm have not died. but have
been ever increasing, and the uplifting
purpose is dominant, and the training
of womanly character until it becomes
a quiet and helpful force is still going
on and will continue until the little
silver cross shall shine in every dark
corner of the land No class of people
has been forgotten in it's blessed min
istrations
The Kings Daughters are always or
ganized in connection with the church.
Fer example, in Trinity church New
York. there are nearly 40 of these Tor
ganized ten of "sisterhood of service"
each having it's special field and each
a mission of its own. The order In one
society in Washington contained 800
members, and each of the 80 little cir
cles of ten or more had its distinct
province.
The general work of this society
might best be learned from the names
and doings of some Of the local circles.
There is the Flower Ten. who visit the
sick and needy, carrying them flowers
to cheer their hearts and brighten the
sic1room. This Flower Mission circle
is doing a most excellent work among
the poor, pathetic and tender or vital
and interesting.
Each little circle. at first usually
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1897-03-21

intimate friends and working as we'll
as I could. In 1865 l was busy one aft
ernoon with my pictures. ] had upon
my easel the Stays In the Long Roch-
err when l heard the cracking of a
Positions whip and the rolling of
carriage. My little maid. Olive. rushed
into the apartment in state of excite
ment
'Mademoiselle, mademoiselle," she
excltedy exclaimed, her majesty the
empress'
Il just had time enough to put a.
petticoat over my trousers and to take
off my long blue blouse and replace it
with velvet jacket.
L have here said the empress. "a
little jewel which bring to you on the
part of the emperor. He authorizes
me to announce to you your enrolment
in the Legion of Honor
'The empress kissed the new knight
and pinned the cross upon the black
velvet Jacket. A few days afterward
received an invitation to dine at the
imperial court in Fontainebleau. On
the appointed day they sent a gala
carriage for me. 1 went to the wrong
door when 1 arrived and came near
losing my way, when M. Mocquard
came to my relief by giving me his
arm. / was seated beside the emperor,
and during the entire repast he spoke
to me about the intelligence of ami
mails. Then the empress brought me
out upon the lake.
"At Fontainebleau I live like a peas
ant | get up early and go to bed late.
Every morning at an early hour I
make a tour of the garden with my
dog and after that take a drive in my
pony cart in the forest of Fontaine-
bleau. AT o'clock | am seated before
my easel, and l work till half past IL.
Then / breakfast very simply, smoke
a cigarette and glance over the news
papers. [ take my brushes again at 1
o'clock, and at o'clock I make an
other excursion. l love to see the set
ting sun behind the great trees of the
forest. My dinner is as modest as my
breakfast. l finish the day by reading.
| prefer the books on travel, hunting
and history.
Before commencing a, picture
study my subject thoroughly. prepar-
ing myself for it by an attentive and
careful observation of nature. I seek
the kind of sky and land suitable to my
idea, and I never make a single fea-
ture before studying it. My only guide
is the desire to reach truth and SIM
plicity as closely as possible. Study and
work never tire me. They are today, as
they have been during all my life, my
greatest happiness, because assiduous
work is the only thing that will bring
one near the solution of the problem.
which is perhaps insoluble, of ever
changing nature. 1t is a problem
which more than any other elevates the
mind by filing IL with thoughts Of JUS
tice, goodness and charity"
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1897-03-21
An international Exhibition
of Sey1mg Sch0ol W/ork.

eral theory is, first, the classification
Of the pupil according to skill and in
teliigence, and. second, the use of a
simple graded method of instruction.
including oral tuition, regular courses
in practical work and supplementary
courses in more delicate or difficult
work. In the lowest course the pupil
learns to stitch, to fold hens, TO hem.
back stitch and overcast. In the sec
ond she learns TO fell. gather. patch,
tuck, hemstitch and rutfle. In the third
she takes up buttonholing, sewing but
tons on. weaving. darning. catstitching
and feather stitching.
While the system works very well
with bright children. it is not quite as
successful as it might be with some of
the slower and more phiegmatic pupils
Of European birth. They apparently
require more time. III fact. teachers
and experts who have studied the
schools in America and in Europe have
repeatedly noticed the greater quick
ness with which American children
learn.
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1897-03-21

OF all the societies organized in the
United States during the past decade
for the personal culture and the devel-
opment of the nobler parts of woman's
nature and character the order of
Kings Daughters occupies an inpor-
tant position.
The origin of this orders may be
traced to a longing for reality in re-
ligion. In answer to this inward call
little company of ten noble women
came together for prayer and consulta-
ton and to devise a systematic plan
whereby they might become more use
full as children of the King. They met
for the first time at the home of Mrs
Margaret Bottome on the morning of
Jan. 10. 1886. After considering the
good to be gained and the good to be
done by binding themselves together
by a triple cord whose strands were
faith, hope and love they decided to
organize themselves into an order, or
"sisterhood of SERVICE hoping by this
closer union to increase their useful
ness many fold. and Mrs. Bottome was
elected its president and still remains
in office as its chief inspiration and
evangelical spirit
The founders of this order recognized
the universally on the part of women
to serve and minister to the needy and
that this impulse and aspiration needed
to be directed. They recognized that
human hearts everywhere were full OF
dormant or wasted forces and that hui
manity was groaning in pain for lack
of what those forces might accomplish
IL only rightly directed and judiciously
applied. The hearts of women every
where sprang to this new idea of sister
hood of silent service, this higher and
nobier type of Christian living
OF the various names proposed for
this order the one suggested by Mrs
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1897-03-21

American section, and will not have
any connection with the college for the
study Of ancient mysteries to be estab
lished in California under the guidance
of Mrs. Katherine A. Tingley.
There is rebellion now in progress
in this country among the theoso-
phists, and Mrs. Besant. upon whose
shoulders the mantle of Nine. Blavat-
sky is said to have fallen, comes to
America to quell the revolt.
When that eminent theosophIst Will
liam Q. Judge died. two years ago, he
named Mrs. Katherine A. Tingley of
New York city as his successor. While
he desired that her identity should re-
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1897-03-21

friends of Blavatsky and of Annie Be-
SAINT, while the other element Is COM
posed of the followers of Judge and of
Mrs. Tingley Thus two factions are
fighting for control of theosophical
matters in this country. both led by
women. Whether the Besant follow
ing or the Tingley following will win
the contest remains to be seen.
Mrs. Besant and the Countess Yacht
meister. another eminent theosophist.
will make a six months lecture tour
of the country, going first to the south.
as Mrs. Besant has recently been living
in India, and does not wish at once to
come to the colder parts of the coun-
try.
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1897-03-21

ment it can make of the greatest value
and use. In many places the order
works quite INDEPENDENTLY ana ct it.
self organizes new philanthropie rTove-
ments, such as hospitals. sanitatiurns.
free kindergartens, homes for orphans.
educational societies or clubs ana other
lines of work too numerous to cata-
logue.
While there is no creed requirement
for membership, the order is distinctly
and emphatically evangelical In doc
trine in the jaiis. hospitals. factories
and tenements OF New York and other
large cities.
There is the Fresh Air Ten. whose
aim is to take poor children to the
country and give them an airing dur
ing the hot summer months
There is the Sunshine Ten. whose
motto Is. Speak no evil but scatter
sunshine" In another village there is
an Antigossip circle, which has found
much more buness than 1t had antie-
ipated. In another town there is tho
Tongue Guard circle.
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1897-03-21

composed Of ten. hut l:ow ~. 2
any number. ever remains III le.t
in IT. choice of work and rees fsri g4.s.t
worl. only so far a. che r-aa~
stimulate and eiv0 iastrnsi' =
psopla. but avaids al boosts -
forts and successes which ccr.ta
eulated TO feed the vanity Of rs :4s....-
bers.
The lines Of work in many -lsEs
are as distinct and versatile a
are the circles, each bedna aAg -
choose the thing that in its best iu4s-
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1897-03-21

AUTOBIOGRAPHY

was a bunch of cherries Later on she
made copies in the Louvre, where her
strange costume and independent airs
won for her the nickname Of the Little
Hussar.
The Little Hussar grew rapidly. In
1853 Rosa Bonheur exhibited THE Horse
Fair" which was bought by M. Gam
bard for 40, coo francs. L was exhibited
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1897-03-21

Rosa Bonheur, the most celebrated
of women artists, will have reached
her sixtyfifth birthday Monday, March
p. Hers has been long and notable
career, filed with incident and adven-
ture. Her work as an artist and more
particularly as painter of animal life
has made her famous throughout the
world.
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1897-03-21

She has just published her autobi-
ography in Paris, and appearing. as it
does. about the date of her sixty-fift
birthday 1t attracts more than the
usual attention from the art and lit
erary world. From her book 1t ap-
pears that before Rosa Bonheur took
to painting she was apprenticed to
dressmaker. Then she began coloring
Kaleidoscope views. Her first picture
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1897-03-21

were disregarded, and 1t was publicly
announced that Mrs. Tingley was the
great unknown.
Mrs Tingley Is handsome, 40 years
old and possessed of abundant means.
The enemies of Mrs. Tingley are the
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1897-03-21

A famous English woman, Mrs. An
ME Besant, the theosophist. is now in
New York, She will remain in the
country six months, visiting the larger
cities. Mrs. Besant comes on the in
vitation of the Theosophlcal society,
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1897-03-21
TIE KINGS
DAUGHTERS.

Irving a well known educator of New
York city, was most favorably received.
The new order was therefore called the
Kings Daughters, choosing for its
badge a ribbon of the royal color. to be
worn with ar without the Maltese cross
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1897-03-21

in the United States and brought in
300 900 francs.
I'm 1885, she says. ct bought the
property of By in the heart of the for
est of Fontainebleau, where I still live
today. I gave $4,000 francs for it and
built big studio. The emperor gave
me permission to hunt in the forest
around my own park. 1 lived there
happily, receiving the visits of few
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1897-03-21

Rev Sara L. Stoner of Milford, o.
recently delivered an address at the
installation of officers of the Knights
of Pythias in that place. Mrs. s5toner
is an ordained minister of the Univer-
salist church and has two regular ap-
pointmentS.
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1897-03-21

Since to look forward is to trust and to
hope, and to look outward is to feel the
woes of others, forgetting our own, and
to lend hand is only love in action,
the members chose for their motto:
Look up and not down;
Look forward and not back:
Look out and not in.
Lend a hand"
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-09-03
THE LATE JOHN F. RATHBONE.

Journalist David S Adams of this city
 writes to the Norwich Record as fol- lows:
 As one of the closest journalistic and personal friends of the late John F. Rathbone, for so many years connected editorally with the Evening Record, will you kindly allow me to add few
 words of tribute to the worth of the departed?
 His death is so ,untimely, so shocking in its suddenness. that his friends sim ply cannot realize it, John Rathbone was an artist in a profession which he loved for itself. He was a broad-mind- ed, lovable and companionable man. never knew a better combination of kindness of heart, wit good judgment and great ability than that invested in this Wonder-w worker with his pen.
 He was loyal to, his friends, univer- sally and deservedly popular among his acquantances, and one of the most tall
 ented and graceful newspaper writers that Connecticut has ever produced In short, he was a Thackeray Gas has be- fore been said of him) among ordinary newspaper writers. and he leaves a memory as pleasing as was his own personality. DAVID s. ADAMS. 1 New Haven, Aug 30, 1897
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-09-03
1T. 1T. x.

Supplementary examinations for ad- mission to the high school will begin at the Boardman school at p, m, next Tuesday. The number of marks re- quired was 75 but the board of educa- ton voted that all pupils making 70 and upwards might be given another chance.
 MIR. SCUDDER'S RESIDENCE.
 Myron T. Scudder, the new principal of the Hillhouse high school will for the present live with his wife and two children at 3S1 Temple street,
 MT. Scudder was born in India in 1860, His parents were missionaries and they took him to San Francisco when quite young to get his early edu- cation, He attended schools in that place, in Ohio, in New Jersey and in New York.
 He entered Rutgers college and grad uated in the class of 1882. That was the same year that Superintendent Kendall graduated
 From there he went to Fort Plain and from there to Yonkers, always in the same line, that of teaching. He also ,rught school in the normal school at Plattsburg, N. Y.
 He was then appointed state inspector in New York under the board of re- gents. He remained in that position Tor five years. It was from that position that he came to New Haven. MT. Scud- der says that he has been in the habit of seeing about twenty-thousand pupils at work each year i'll New York state and in one thousand different class rooms.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-09-03
EPIDEMIC OF SUMMER GRIP.


 Influenza in New Form, and Hay
 Fever Make Many New Workers Mis- erable,
 New York, Sept. 2-The Evening Sun says; There is an epidemic of what is called summer grip in town, and physi- clans say it is very prevalent. In every part of the city numerous eases are re- ported, and one prominent doctor up
 town asserts that no day goes by With
 out his having one or more new cases of 1t to attend to.
 The symptoms are similar to the fa-
 miliar influenza except that pains in
 the joints are not an accompaniment. severe cold in the head and sneezing that is almost incessant are the chief
 characteristics. There is no immediate relief, the doctors say, but the patient
 has simply to bear with 1t until it has
 run its course. This is generally ac- complished in four or five weeks, as is the case with hay fever, much of which
 is also reported at this season of the year.
 Indeed, summer grip and hay fever are by no means dissimilar, the doc
 tors say and are liable to be confound- ed. There is a difference, however, for while mountain air will bring relief to
 the sufferer from hay fever it has no effect upon a person in the throes of
 summer grip. Much of the cause of the prevalence of the new disorder is at tributed to the open streets all over the city, Minute particles of matter and
 animalculae are disseminated from
 these trenches, which act upon the mu-
 cous membrane of the throat and nose,
 causing the irritation that is the espec- 1al feature of this grip. Another effect 1t has is to cause prostration, but while exceedingly unpleasant the disease is
 not considered by the physicians a l dangerous one.
 The fashionable hay fever, the mall ady which the late Henry Ward Beech
 CT, who was lifelong sufferer from 1t, made famous, is at its height just at
 this time. The first cases were reported August 20, and the disease will persist
 with those afflicted with it for one month. The White mountain region is the Mecca of its victims, and 1t was on- ly recently that the annual convention l of sufferers was held at Bethlehem, N H., to condole with one another and offer suggestions for the relief that does ! not usually come until the time limit set by nature has expired. But for summer grip there Is noth- ing to be done except indulge in copious
 doses of quinine and patiently await the time when the sneezing that threat
 ems to shake heads off shoulders shall have ceased.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-09-03

City Court Criminal Side--Judge Bishop.
 In the city court before Judge Bishop the case of Daniel Healy, charged with assaulting John Lynch, was continued until Saturday in order that the state might subpoena witnesses. Healy was committed in default of $500 bail.
 Peter Caporol was fined S15.06 for the theft of gold locket and crucifix from Mrs. Mary Frank, his landlady, of 91 Oak street. Caporol went to jail
 Judgment was suspended in the case of John McGinn of Wallace and State streets, who was arrested Wednesday for drunkenness, and whose four and two-year-old children were found in a starving condition. Superintendent Preston of the Organized Charities has had the children placed in St. Francis Orphan asylum.
 Frank Nichlas was fined $5 and costs for the theft of eighty cents worth ( brass from the yard of the Consoli- dated road, and $1 and costs for tres passing there.
 The case of Urban Robertson, charg- ed with beating his wife, was contin- ued until to-day.
 John Sullivan was fined $11.24 for re sisting Policeman John Horan, who ar rested him for drunkenness. Judgment on the charge of drunkenness was sus- pended.
 The continued case of John Logan, charged with assaulting Fred Erickson, was nolled because of lack of sufficient evidence to convict
 The case of Edward Egan, charged with assaulting John Ford and Michael Curran, was continued until to-day.
 Giacomo Apicello was fined $10 and costs for violating the Sunday liquor law on August 6. The accused pleaded guilty.
 Mary Oliver, colored woman, was fined $1 and costs for assaulting a small boy named Charles Flynn, who lives at A George street,
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-09-03
List of Isntenis

Issued from the United States patent office Tuesday, August 31, lS97 for the state of Connecticut. furnished us from the office of Earle X Seymour, soliei- tors of patents, S6S Chapel street, New Haven, Conn: II. S. Frost, c. $. Kilborn and J. B. Woolson. WatertoWn, assignor to F. Dumuth & Co, pipe holder
 c. A, Bailey, assignor to J. S E. Ste vens company, Cromwell combination lock.
 T. G. Bennett, assignor to Winchester Repeating Arms company, New Haven | locking means for operating levers of | firearms. G. H. Dimond and w. F. Dial. assign ors to Wheeler X Wilson Manufactur- ing company, Bridgeport, friction driv- ing pulley for sewing machines. 1 J. B. Gossman, Hartford, trunk cot. | Same, ash sitter. | R. R. T. Grant, Westville, lace fas- taner.
 J. Gray and c. H. Case, South Man. l chester. making insulating material.
 J. L. Isbell Berlin, hanger for paint l pails. 1 G. F. Martin, assgnor to Pratt & Cady company. Hartford, sealed gate valve.
 w. A. Penfield, assignor to Bradley & Hubbard Manufacturing company 1 Meriden, bicycle bell,
 F. Rhind, assignor to Bridgeport Brass company, Bridgeport, acetylene | gas-generating lamp. two patents. 1 F. H. Richards. Hartford, weighing machines, thirty patents. | H. B. Sargent and. A. A. Page, New Haven. assignors to Sargent & Co.,, screw machine, two patents. c. Schoenberger, Bridgeport, billiard cue trimmer and tip fastener J. Swan, Seymour, ferrue for tool handles.
 1 T. Thomas, New Haven, combined drill and oyster dredge. | G. E. Witherell. assignor to Hartford Machine Screw company, Hartford, au- tomatic screw machine.
 DESIGNS.
 S. w. Babbitt, Meriden, silversmith's stock.
 c. F. Downey, Waterbury, clip for coffee-pot strainers.
 c. H. Hahn, New Haven. tray for ci- gars.
 A. G. Rogers, assignor to c. Rogers & Brothers, Meriden, handle for spoons.
 J. P. Smith, assignor one-half to E. r. Smith, New Haven, parcel carrier.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-09-03
MISS BEGLEY DISAPPEARS,

Bridgeport, Sept. 2.-Miss Ella Beg ley, eighteen years old, who lives with her widowed mother at 115 Pequonnock street, and disappeared from her home a short time ago, again left her home at S:15 o'clock last night. Miss Begley is slightly 6eranged and has the oelu- sion that she must go to New York at once.
 Miss Begley is tall. and very attrac- tive looking. When she left the house she wore a red hat, green waist and black skirt. Up to few months ago she was employed at Smith, Murray & Co.'S as saleslady. She has vast number of friends who wish her speedy recovery from her present condition.