New-York tribune., 1897-08-29

Comparative Study Of Religion will be the sub
tect for lectures during This week at Greenacre-on
| the Pscataaua c. c. B,nney. Of Chicago presi-
dent Of the Worlds Parliament Of Religions. will
preside The Rev. Kenneth s.. Guthrie. IN. -: or
Philadelphia will lecture OH "Neo-Platohism 'his
afternoon.
The programme for to-day at the woman's mid
summer meeting of the Womans Christian rem
perance Union of Vermont. held at Lyndonviiie
Camp Grounds. is as follows:
Temperance love feast. at o'clock led by Mr.: ME-
Hannah j. Bailey 1879 a. m sSTmIHar WnrIa Womsns ANS
Christian Temperance Union secretary: 12 M. noon
r5asr MIS- @ p H. N sisyen hS@s pesasn ss
Maine Womans Christian Temperance zee ,tJr Enion'
borsna 3 Mann NS z E. ;s"is' ,:' sowshp meet
A series OF Salvation Army meetings an Inter
state council of war; under the immediate direction
of the National Salvation Army Headquarters
New-York CITY, will be held this week in the Cni,
yersity Temple Salonai frohip,9n I.sinr un;i Sem
tember g.
Bible class for girls will be started this morn
ing at the Young Womens Settlement. No los
Avenue Is.
Sarah Grand has spent most Of the winter and
snrine mast in the South OF France, working
steadily upon her new novel. which will be finished
this fall She says that It Is not another Hea'-
eny Twins.
Mrs Cragie C"John Oliver Hobbes') Is said TO
be in III health and is incapable Of much physi-
cal exertion She leads secluded life. spending
most of her time In the library, sometimes VIII
ing In bed
Tho rude pioneer's cabin at the Tennessee Gen.
tennal is a one-story hut of unhewn logs. about
twenty feet square, rooted with split poplar ana
having a huge chimney of sticks and clay us
rough floor is of earth. and its walls unceiled, II
spinning wheel which were actually touched by
tired hands long since dead T'GT pdo bed and
chairs all tell of what pioneer women endured
Near the old cabin is the womans Building TO
the decoration of which not artists alone pu'
collectors and dealers in ahnes aIe5 fpT
niture oriental goods and pottery; designers anu
iinns and furnshines elbroideres and ilumina
tions mosaic workers ard others have contrlDnleu
& me oiu and nabnet transport the behoider
The library is Of Flemish oak; its shelves are
crowded with choice volumes from the pens oi
women alone; its cabinets hold treasuIfs % oi be Ti
Colonial sittng-room is quaint and the Colonial
bedroom has mahogany furnishngs @ mou mhd s'ivi li
hangings tawny burlaps and light wood finish
ngs Carved Venetian chairs and tables sl Empire pr,
porceains and bric,a ,brac. are there. and antique
Italian oil jars and beautiful pictures
Emile Zola the French novelist. is a creature Of
superstitious fears and beliefs While many people
look upon the number thirteen as indicative Of
evil NJ Zola grows pale over the innocent number
of seventeen and will begin no work of importance
on the seventeenth day Of the month \ CAB mum
bered 50 recently ran over n Iola he imme1
diately exclaimed recovering his breath ana
learning the number of the cab. Eight ana nine
make seventeen"
Mrs Craig of Chicago has started with party
of thirty men as leader of expedition TO the
Kondike. She Is young woman ana wife OF a
well-to-do contractor.
Mrs. Chester c. Adams, OF Winlock. Wash. Is
the first seamstress to reach the Klondike. II Is
said that in thirty working hours she netted $p
from sewing in Dawson City