The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1897-10-15
BY MRS. GEORGE C. BALL.


designed many attractive houses in New
York and number of pretty homes on
the coast, but this is their first effort
at tenement architecture. In order to
design building that will be comforta-
BILE, and at the same time answer all
the requirements of that class of New
York citizens who are compelled to
count every penny, these ambitious
young women rented small rooms in the
poorer district and lived as the people
| of that part of the city did In this
| way they learned what was essential,
and arranged in their plans to supply
every necessity. The tenement Is SIM
pie, but adequate. There will be no
Railways, but a large courtyard, lighted
with electric lights, upon which each
suite of rooms opens to a balcony, 'front.'
| ing either on the street or courtyard.
| This model tenement will be six-stories
| In height. Ogden Mills, the millionaire
New Yorker, also contemplates building
substantial tenement houses for the
poor of New York. and thereby i'm
prove their moral and physical condi-
ton. Mr.. Mills has received his plans
from architects and will let the contract
shortly.
The club spirDt, the woman's club
spirit is spreading rapidly to all chimes,
and all nations. The latest female or
ganization heard from is the Womans
Klub of Klondike, which is thus de-
scribed by a correspondent:
Advices from the gold fields bring
news OF the Women's Klub of Klondilia.
Although just organized, the society
shows that it has already grasped the
spirit and intention of the great move
ment setting forth the practices and
preachments Of the klub, a few copies CT
which have found their way east, will
gladden. the heart of every alder and
abetter of organized effort. From the
list of subjects for discussion 1t will be
seen that nothing of the slightest rcle-
vance to anything nearer than the Anti
podes will be allowed. She who looks
for such topics as How to Cut lee
"The Way to Keep Warm With the
Mercury at Vanishing Point" and "A
Comparative Analysis of the Castro
nomic Merits of Rubber Boots and
Book Backs" will be disappointed. No
regular day or date for the meetings
of the klub is specified The motto Of
the klub is "Kulture in Koldest Klon-
dixie" The colors are yellow and white,
signifying the principal products of the
region.-gold and snow. The badge is IN
the form of a pin, and bears the design
of a gold pick rampant upon a field Of
ice. To this, its youngest daughter, so
heartily in accord with it's constitutional
aims and interests the General Fedora
ton of Women's Clubs, has already snt
cordial invitation to become a men,
Der Of the great body. 1t is really re-
markable that, in spite of all topograph,-
cal handicaps, these brave women of
Klondike have at once set about the
| nowadays imperative detail of feminine
eXistence-a klub.
The bedroom of the queen of Sweden
is large and airy, but is furnished with
the greatest simplicity. The walls are
papered with a cream-color paper with
a small gilt design, and the hangings
are of royal blue rep, with border of
gold ana Dlue. Ine Deu Is d nuSe ole
of mahogany, and the carpet is blue.
The walls are covered with photographs
of members of the queens family. The
book shelves contain many religious
works, as the queen is good and
charitable woman, interested in all be-
neyolent work. There is not an article
of expensive luxury in the room, and
in spite of its old-fashion air it has a
delightful tone of gentle femininity.
The recently published biography Of
the late Lord Alfred Tennyson is attract
ing much attention just at this time in
London 1t is obtained in two large
volumes, handsomely bound, and is full
of details that are of especial interest
to Americans, in that Lord Tennyson
was a great admirer of this country
and his blographer has made this fact
conspicuous in the memories of Eng
lands late poet laureate.
A singular marriage which occurred
| recently is that of Thunder Cloud,
| black Sioux chief, from Minnesota, who
supports himself posing as an artists
model and a cultivated young girl,
| graduate of Vaassar, who is achieving
| certain celebrity as miniature
! painter. Thunder Cloud is a man of