The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-04-03

c. A. In st. Louis an arrangement has been
made for the free distribution of books to
street car employees and their families IT is
asserted that an agency is to be established
in very power-house or shed on the line
conductors and motormen will draw books by
ticket from these agencies and the volumes
VIII! III, De aellvered by carriers to their homes
me movement seems to be one Of the most
popular which has been instituted for wears
and will undoubtedly widen till the remotest
and most isolated hamlet will not be without
lbs library.-Success.
Mrs. William Tod Helmuth, president of
the New York State Federation of Women's
clubs has declared her intention of running
Tor the presidency of the National Fedora
tion or Women's clubs, at the biennial con-
| vention to be held in Denver June o. Mrs.
| Helmuth will be a strong candidate, but will
not have the supporter New York, which will
| probably be given to Mrs. Alice Ives Breed
There are now four candidates (perhaps
nVe) IN the held with others yet to be heard
from Should Mrs. Edwin Longstreth, of
Philadelphia, permit her name to be present.
ed, as she has been asked to do there will
be list of six candidates if not more, to
choose from.
| what is known the "Order of the
| crown is the latest sisterhood to come into
e cyl 1t had its origin, we believe, in
Philadelphia, though this is a matter of little
moment as compared with the Stiffness that
gave the idea birth.
The Order of the Crown" is composed
wholly OF women, and the test of eligibility
for membership is lineal descent from roy
alty--save the mark! Unless she can trace
her line back to some crowned head no wom-
an can hope to enter this exclusive society,
but must remain forever outside the magic
circle in lmpotent despair.
Just what good this new organization hopes
10 accomplish 1t is hard to see. 1t is cal
culated only to stir up envy and malice by
the exhaltation of the horn of a select few.
AND yet why sensible woman should envy
any sister who can prove she is of royal de-
scent is something quite inscruta ble.-Co-
lumbus Is. c. Register.
The action of Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt and
, her sisters in the Order of the Crown" in
. taking steps to place record those evidences
which will distinguish them from the COM
mon herd must commend itself to all admir-
ers of blue blood and aristocratic lineage.
Ih1s Is matter that should have been at
, tended to long ago If it had been neg
iected and permitted to go at loose ends much
longer the time might have arrived when it
would have been difficult to tell who the real
American nobility are.
4 2 There should now be Established q register
IN when may be recorded the genealogy of
the distinguished members of Mrs. Cornelius
tended to also in due time Future genera
tons turning its pages may read entries some
thing ike this:
} Hilda Oppenheimer 52s5) sire Hermann
knlckerbocker; dam Gretchen Won Bibber by
imp; Nick Gugenheimer, lineal descendant
Of King Sauerkraut, fe4 :
And this:
E Olga Ryewhiski t639D sire Juniboloski, dam
Duchess SawalogoH, descendant in a straight
line from Catherine empress of Russia.
Ite,li Monk (7S63) s.r Orgapdo Grindero
| dam Concertina Tambourino by Imp. Coal
m1nero, direct descendant Of Nero emperor
+ We Americans may be little late in start
ing but we can soon show the rest of the
world: including the Marlboroughs and the
Castellanes. that are not so slow after ALL
+ We not only have descendants OF most of the
kings and emperors of Europe, but we lay ex-
fb claim !, to the eny living branches Of
tan, OF America. May the good work 50
auspiciousy begun be continued.-Newspaper
Magazine.
!, Mrs. Rorer while lecturing in Baltimore
: complained that the women in her audience
did not seem accustomed to taking dictation,
did not seem used to classes at ALL in fact
Femininity in Philadelphia and Boston, she
said, had run mad on the subject of instruc-
ton on various subjects, and that in beth of
: these cities she had seen women ninety years
A old working away with the microscope with
an enthusiasm that could hardly be excelled
f in one of twenty-five 1t only here she
S insisted that she found lack of ease, which
betrayed the fact that her hearers were I'M
accustomed to handling a subject.
/ Baltimore boasts of two or three liter
airy societies whose numbers are limited and
{ whose scope-in at least case-is very
: narrow. Beyond these there is little in the
educational line fer women as compared with
Northern Western cities. The studies of
art architecture, chemistry, china, aye, even
! lace, are unknown unless in individual cases.
1t is well to be authority upon some subject,
and any one of these is Interesting in the ex-
l IRENE. To be able to distinguish the Rem
! absence from the Gothic, the Saracenic from
! the Norman, to tell the points of a Corn-
THAN column the perfectness of archi-
E trave would certainly be satisfaction to all
l ! of lfo-
FOR ALL WOMEN.
Evidently every English spinster is stand
ing around with her finger in her mouth wait