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hallooed good -humorcdly to each other
across the picket line and managed many a
time TO exchange tobacco and news and
jokes. When young Winthrop made his
last mad charge a cheer OF admiration
broke from the ranks OF the confederates
and Grant himself acknowledged Lees dis
%tinction as a great soldier.
But the women at home found no redeem
ing quality in their enemies. Excitement
and suspense, long continued, told ON their
nerves; they saw no hope for tomorrow nor
pleasure in today, and resigned themselves
to a permanent condition OF misery and
belligerency with a zeal which they felt
did their country honor. Men who wore
the blue and gray can meet now with hearty
good fellowship. II is among the women of
the north and south-especially women Of
isolated, uneventful lives-that the old hate
and distrust still linger, and. like snakes
left from the drained swamps In the fair
meadow, occasionally thrust up their ugly
heads to sting and poison.
Another war is upon us now. The cause,
let us agree, Is holy and righteous. Let
us send our medicines and money and
prayers; hang out the flag and sing the 'star
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Spangled Banner" but keep the temper and
venom of the war out of our own lives.
Another thing the girls are doing is max
ing small hair pillows to send to the men.
These were suggested to them by an old
regular army officer who has seen much
service, and who told them that a man could
make himself quite comfortable anywhere in
the open, with his blanket, If he only had a
hair pillow to lay his head on. These pill
lows are not stuffed very full, SO that
they may be easily rolled up in the blankets
They are about twenty-seven inches square,
and are covered first with ticking, and then
with a slip cover of denim or cretonne, which
can be taken off and washed. Some
Of the girls are embroidering dark blue ones
in red initials and monograms, brown ones
in yellow or blue, and SO on, in different
combination of color.
There is a certain set of well known
society girls in town who are buying
%luxurics and packing cases of them for the
men they know in the different camps. Each
girl has pledged herself to give so much
money every week, and a committee on pack
ing and shipping the cases has been formed,
which will attend to the sending of them
off every two weeks until the war is over.
The goods are all to be sent to one of the
girls house, which will be kept open all
summer, If the family goes away, and any
donations of sensible and practical articles
of food which are easily transported are
very gratefully received.
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About ten inches OF length has been Topped
on the old body crusher, its steel fangs
have been drawn, its tough, hot, contille hide
Is now reduced to plant sateen and its
n~ightmarish contours have been forced into
compliance with the outlines OF the human
frame. A soft, dear. dainty thing is the little
corset OF reformation. II fits about the
figure like the restful clasp of maternal
hands on an infantile body, and by giving
the hips and bust their proper freedom IT
enhances the sweetness Of the waist, without
in reality compressing It. More than all, it
has taught women to prize what is known
as the main line OF grace. This line used
to be absolutely lost sight OF, during the
reign of the old corset, when the shape OF
them forced the body to curve in below the
chest. 1t was this very curve that shortened
the waist and produced what is commonly
known as corset dyspepsia. With the ad-
vent of the short, soft stay the bend below
the chest has been done away with. Now
the aim and object of every woman is to
have an absolutely straight front line, run
ming from the chest to a point two inches
below the level of the hips. This is the new
line of beauty, the line that the Venus of
Milo's superb torso shows and that not
only adds to the grace and health of
feminine kind, but lengthens the average
waist line by an inch and a half. All honor,
then, be to the new corset.
Grecinn GracefuIness.
That is a goal toward which fashion seems
to be setting. Greek modes are noticeable
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ers at their parlors one trial bottle of their
Complexion Tonic absolutely free; and in
order that those who cannot call or who
live away from New York may be bene-
hted, they will send one bottle to any ad-
dress. all charges prepaid, on the receipt Of
20 cents (stamps or silver to cover cost of
packing and delivering. The price of this
wonderful tonic is $1.00 per bottle, and
this liberal offer should be embraced by all.
The Misses Bell have just published
their new book, Secrets OF Beauty"
rms valuable work is free to all desiring
IT, The book treats exhaustively of the
Importance of a good complexion; tells
now a woman may acquire beauty and
keep 1t. Special chapters on the care of
the hair: how to have luxuriant growth:
harmless methods OF making the hair pre-.
serve its natural beauty and color, even to
advanced age. Also instructions how to
Danish superfiuous hair from the face.
neck and arms without injury to the skin.
This book will be mailed TO any address on
request.
FREE Trial Bottles Of Wonderful COM
plexion Tonic free at parlors, or 20 cents
tcost OF packing and mailing) to those at a
distance.
Correspondence cordially solicited. Ad-
dress
IS Fifth Ave-. New York City.
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Thousands have tried from time immem-
orial to discover some eficacious remedy
for wrinkles and other imperfections OF
the complexion, but none had yet sue
ceeded until the Misses Bell, the now fam
GUS Complexion Specialists, of rs Fifth
avenue, New York City, offered the pub
lie their wonderful Complexion Tonic.
The reason 80 many failed to make this
discovery before is plain, because they have
not followed the right principle. Balms,
Creams, Lotions, etc, never have a tonic
effect upon the skin, hence the failures.
The Misses Bells Complexion Tonic has
a most exhilarating effect upon the cuticle.
absorbing and carrying off all impurities
which the blood by its natural action is
constantly forcing to the surface of the
skin. 1t Is to the skin what a yitaIizing
tonic is to the blood and nerves, a kind of
new life that Immediately exhilarates and
strengthens wherever applied. Its tonic
effect is felt almost Immediately. and it
speedily banishes forever from the skin.
freckles, pimples. blackheads, moth patches,
wrinkles, liver spots, roughness, o%iliness.
eruptions and discolorations OF any kind.
In order that all may be benefited by
their Great Discovery. the Misses Bell will,
during the present month, give to all call
THE MISSES BELL,
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WOMEN AND PATRIOTISM.
Opportunities for Bcnehcent Work In
40 War Times.

Hospital and sanitary work will give EN-
ployment to but an infnitesimal fraction of
the patriotic American women. writes
Rebecca Harding Davis in Harper's Bazaar.
What shall the great majority of us do to
help our country?
What II we should each resolve to keep
the shadow of the wal as far as may be
out of our minds and houses and hearts?
Why?
Because, for one reason, We women are
more Incorporate haters than men.
Those of us who were old enough during
the civil war to understand its effects upon
the social life of the nation will remember
that one of its worst results was the dull
misery OF our home life in the north and
south. And this was due not so much to
poverty, nor to anxiety, nor even to grief for
the dead, as to the bitterness with which
the women took up the quarrel. The home
staying wife and mother in Vermont or
Georgia regarded her foes as monsters and
hated them accordingly. The non-combat-
ant is always more vindictiye than the man
in the fight. The lanks and Johnny Rebs
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MRS. GLADsTONE.S LIFE.
PhiInnthrOoic Works of the wife
BritRin's Grent S~tntesmara

Phi!nnthrOoic Works of the wife of
Britain's Great stntesman.
Had William Ewart Gladstone lived
through this year he and his wife would
have celebrated their sixtieth wedding an
niversary together, their marriage having
taken place at Hawarden in 1899. at which
time Mrs. Gladstone was nearly 30 years
old.
Mrs. Gladstone's entire life has been
passed in the pretty village of Hawarden, as
she did not consider her residence in London
to be really living. but merely a concession
to duties of state. She was born in
Hawarden castle, which belonged to her
father. Sir Steven Glynne, a paronet of fine
old family. Her mother, a daughter of Lord
Brabrooke, was a woman of remarkable
force of character, so clearly demonstrated
in her training of the two boys and two
girls, in which task she had no assistance, as
Sir Stephen died when his eldest child was
about s years old. Soon after, her brother,
Hon. George Neville, became rector OF
Hawarden parish, which had the reputation
of being one of the worst districts in Eng
land, and he and Lady Glynne set ener-
getically to work to reform the rustics.
Schools were opened and the parents bribed
to send their children, the children also be-
ing bribed to attend.
Presents of tea, sugar, clothing and toys
were the forms taken by these encourage
ments' and the two little girls accompanied
their mother constantly on these philan-
thropic expeditions. Neither ever lost her
interest in poorer humanity, even when
married, and claimed by the duties OF ex-
ceptiOnal social positions.
The two sisters were married on the same
day. the younger becoming the wife of Lord
Lyttleton, Mr.. Gladstone sympathized
heartily with his wife's views and helped
her plans in every way. The Newport
Market Refuge and Industrial school at
president for many years, with Mrs. Glad
stone as vice president. The Refuge is TO
help people who are out OF work and to
teach them useful trades when they possess
none. There Is little red tape about the
institution, and during every year about 49,
600 people receive a nights lodging. about
10000 meals are given and about 800 persons
find employment.
During the cholera epidemic in London
in 1866 Mrs. Gladstone established a home
for the little ones left orphaned. She later
created a COnvalescent's Free Home, which
is now in a lovely house In Essex, sur
rounded BIZ lawns and shrubbery and with
a forest close behind. Every year more
than 1000 men, women and children enjoy
the benefits OF this beautiful home.
An orphanage al Hawarden is another OF
Mrs. Gladstone's good works. II was started
in a very severe winter when the poor were
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bellies, and a customer is asked to choose
the model after which her own couture shall
be compiled, there is only an adaptation
made from the heads of these Greek beauties.
The hair Is carefully waved on a new shape
OF iron and treated with a colorless liquid.
TO give the tresses a glitter and a certain
solidity of quality that the sculptured locks
show. Pins are so put in as to be almost
invisible and absolutely no are
used. There are in all at least half a dozen
decided styles OF Greek couture, adapted
from statuary, and there are few women.
wonderful to say, whom the simplicity OF
head decoration does not distinctly become,
Collars and Cuffs.
8 There Is no such thing as a golden mean
known in the finishing off Of the neck and
sleeves OF a dress in these days. Eccen-
tricity in little things is one of the needs
of the hour, and the short-necked women
must grin and bear the high neck bands
with what grace they can muster. A very
high tight collar, be it of ribbon or linen,
is not the most agreeable sort of yoke in
hot weather, but fashion is a question Of
style. not comfort. Exceedingly pretty
drawn neck bands are still worn, but most
frequently made Of white silk muslin or
tulle, bearing large and small black velvet
dots. These finish with one or two big
~rosettes right under the chin. Collars of
sbirred chiffon, mounted on stiff silk bands.
shaped TO run up in point high behind the
ears and hooking invisible on the side, are by
all odds the leaders for the present, They
cheat the eyes into thinking a short throat
is long and render their wearers utterly
miserable. To add another story to the al
ready tall collar the Medici Run is now
being set on behind the ears. Linen shirt
waist collars are all of white linen, turn
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CONVENTION or woMEN's cLups.
30 90 ~
Dicnsjnl Meeting of the Gem
cnrf Federation.

nIH an -
COMING Dicnnjni Meeting of n Gem
ess1} Federation
Interest in the forthcoming biennial meets
ing of the General Federation OF Women's
Clubs in Denvetathis month is nowhere more
pronounced THAN throughout Colorado. for
the Centennial Sthte has a larger number of
federated women's clubs In proportion to her
population thamany other state in the union.
Colorado has, forty such clubs. The women
of Denver atetd doing their best to entertain
their visitors. The program of entertain
ments fills up every hour OF the stay of the
delegates in Denver from jun 81 to June
"a. Besides the varied fessts of reason there
viii be no lack OF flow of soul.
The Denver biennial will be the fourth
OF it's kind. The first was held in Chicago
in 1892. the second at Philadelphia In 1894,
and the third a. Louisville in 1896. For
the first time the meeting is now to be held
across the Mississippi and in the shadow Of
the Rockies Should a fun delegation from
all clubs entitled TO representation be pres
ent. tho convention will have a membership
OF l, 125. Each state federation is entitled to
FIVE delegates-the president of the state
federation to be one of them. There are
twenty-seven such declarations. These, In
the aggregate, are entitled to 1876 delegates.
But the great mass of the delegates are to
come from the federated clubs scattered
throughout those states, each of which is
entitled to two delegates. OF these there
are 495. entitled altogether to 800 delegates.
While doubtless many clubs will fail to
send delegates. It, is expected that the deficit
will be made good by outsiders. The feder-
ated clubs are to be found in the states and
in the numbers following:
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PUEBLO WOMEN.
Place In the Community and
None of Living.

Their Place In the Community and
None of Living.
In the Century Magazine for May, sup
plementing an account of the ascent of the
Enchanted Mesa" there is an article on old
Mesa life by Fernand Lungren, who gives
an interesting picture of the modes of liv-
ing and of the Pueblo woman's place in the
community. When the men went down 60
the fields the pueblo was really in control
of its rightful owners, the women, says Mr..
Lungren. In these old communities the
woman was an important partner in the
household. She was the owner of the house
and all 1t contained. She built it and
furnished it with it's utensils of daily use.
The children traced descent through the
mother and took her clan name. The mans
position, other than mere provider, was that
of an honored guest; and If he presumed
disagreeably on his position more likely than
not he was sent back to his own home. Far
from being the general slave and pack
animal that is her sister of the plains
tribes, the Pueblo woman's duties were
purely domestic, and if she ever worked In
the Held 1t was for the common good, to
save the scanty harvest in time of need.
The grinding of the many-colored corn for
bread, the weaving and the making of pot
terry were her principal occupations, and are
TO this day. The Pueblo Indians are, par
excellence, the potters of the southwest,
and 1t will be confessed hat they come
fairly by the title, as an examination OF
some of the old-time ware will prove, al
though in this case, as in some others, the
evolution has not been for the better.
Through these pottery forms and their dec
OratiOnS RIMS Dnn nf fha Strpnuaat chains
binding the old to the new. Near me are
two unajas, or water jars. One Is many
generations. perhaps centuries, old: the
other perhaps five years; and yet in shape
and general decoration they are much alike,
and II the newer one We're properly toned"
they would pass as OF the same period.
Near the potter, gossiping with her neigh
Dor, sits a woman weaving, and here a
change is seen. They had no wool then,
cotton and skins being, with the yucca,
the only textile. Yucca was to the Indian
what the bamboo is to the Asiatic. 1t gave
them needles and thread and cloth to use
them on and entered in a hundred ways
into the economics of daily life.
Near by young girls and old women hung
over the 'mealing box" OF stones, and with
the rubbing stone ground the bright red,
blue and yellow corn into fine grained. va
riegated meal upon the metate: and others,
mixing 1t TO a paste, quickly spread IL in
thin layers on a broad, hot stone, and then,
deftly picking il up. rolled or folded ii into
many-hued bundles of peckee (matsu). or
paper" bread. So the day wore on, and
when the sun had melted his way into the
mesas in the west, flooding all the valley
with a golden glory. barred at the horizon
by long lines OF blue and purple cliffs, uD
the trail, between great towering masses
OF rock. came the women from the springs
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MISSES BELL,

starving for lack of work. Mr.. Gladstone
gave occupation to as many men as he
could, in cutting fOotpaths through the
grounds and woods Of Hawarden, while Mrs.
Gladstone gave shelter to their %motherless
children in a large house loaned to her by
her brother, Sir Steven Glynne. When the
pressure OF that season relaxed the home
became an orphanage for boys who go 20
the village school until old enough to learn
a trade, which Is then taught them.
In addition to these most helpful %instltu-
tons, Mrs. Gladstone-always with her hus-
bands aid and counsel-has helped to form
and carry on almost numberless others. For
many years-for more than a quarter OF a
~century-wheh In London, she also visited
the London hospital every Monday morning.
Mrs, Gladstone Is said to have been sin.
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irregularities OF her monthly periods. 1t Is
a constant friend to the expectant mother;
q never-failing standby TO the nursing
mother. both for herself and her child, and
finally, when the change of life comes on,
no medicine on earth is OF equal efficacy to
the woman In this critical period. Surely
Pe-ru-na Is the woman's friend. This is no
maudlin hattery. but is the simple. plain
truth OF the matter. Mrs. Lizzie M. Brew
or. 1876 High street. Westerly, II. l.
Send for a book written by DIR. Hartman
especially for women. 1t contains much
valuable concerning many OF
the most common female ills, and should
be in the possession OF every woman. II
will be sent free by addressing The Peru
ma Drug Manufacturing Company, Columbus,
Ohio.
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"FIusT LADY" or ALASKA.

Governor Brad y's Wife Hns Lived
Long In the Territory.
Many years residence In Alaska has made
Mrs. Brady, wife of the governor, familiar
with a great many facts unknown to the
general public, Her extensive knowledge OF
territorial affairs was brought TO the notice
OF a publisher during a recent visit paid by
him to Washington. Mrs. Brady was then
at the capital. The publisher suggested that
she put her knowledge into book form ana
Mrs. Brady has about consented to uhuer.
take the work. In this she will receive great
Omaha daily bee., 1898-06-12

This table by no means expresses the
full strength of women's clubs. In the
state of New York, for instance, which has
only twenty-eight clubs belonging to the
general federation, the state federation has
n roll call of nearly 200 clubs. This dis
parity is easily accounted for by the
difference in the annual fees for members.
While 81 a year will give a club a men,
bership in the state federation, the gen
eral federation exacts $40, and to meet in
creasing expenses is now agitating the sub
iect of an increase of this tax. 1t is prob
ably not a wild estimate which puts the
number of club women in the United
States today at 500, 900. The general feder-
alton is directly traceable to Sorosis. 1t
came about in this wise: Half a dozen or
more years ago Sorosis, having in mind to
celebrate its birthday, invited as guests the
presidents of women's clubs throughout the
United States. The idea of an organiza-
ton which should include women's clubs
generally was suggested at this meeting.
Mrs. Charlotte Emerson Brown of New
Jersey, now dead, was chosen first presi-
dent, Mrs. May Wright Sewall of Indiana
vice president, Mrs. j. c. Croly of New
York recording secretary, and Mrs. Phoebe
A. Hearst of California treasurer. This
was in 1890 AT the Chicago biennial in
1892 Mrs. Brown was reelected president.
In 1894, at Philadelphia, she was succeeded
by Mrs. Ellen NJ. Henrotin of Illinois, who
was reelected at the meeting in Louis
vile two years ago. For this post the east
ern delegates at Denver will come to the
convention divided in their preferences be-
tween Mrs. Alice Ives Breed of Massa-
chusetts, the retiring vice president OF the
federation, and Mrs. William Tod Helmuth
Of New York, the president of the New
York State Federation. Each will come to
Denver by special train, accompanied by a
party Of her boomers, very much after the
style of rival delegates to the state and
national conventions OF the great political
parties OF their former masters. the men.
But they will find a rival already on the
field, Mrs. Sarah S. Plat, to whom Colo
RADIO is principally indebted for pre-
eminence in the. progress of women's clubs.
Massachusetts, which backs Mrs. Breed,
stands at the head Of the list in respect
to the number of federated clubs. sixty-one,
while Illinois, with her ifty-seven, and
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lieye that every wo-
man In the world
& to have Peru
ma on hand all the
time; for. II she gets
tired. Pe-ru-na re-
freshes her; II she
& e I nervous. l t,
soothes her; II de-
spondent, 1t cheers
and ~invigorates. 1t
Is a panacea for all
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over deeply, and the smart women buy theirs
at the mems furnishing shops. There is
a cherished feminine theory that those coll
lars made especially for women are never
tall enough. nor of linen OF a sufficiently good
quality. AS to cuffs. those for the dress
waists are cut in the exact shape of five
pointed stars. Through the center of the
star the hand passes, and the five points are
either turned back and tackled to the sleeve.
or allowed to stick straight out. AS many
dresses are made with sleeves that only OK
tend a trife below the elbow, the cuff is not
a matter of importUce, but on longer
sleeves q cavalier effect Is much followed
Cuffs do not as a rule fall so far over the
hand as of yore. but the sleeve is still close
fitting at the wrist. On a number of sweet
little frocks the wrist of the sleeve Is slit
up for about four inches and then, through
tiny gilt or silver, brass or cut steel buckles,
the sleeve has an air of having been
buckled on.
! illustrations of
Semi-toilets for June naturally suggest
both muslin and o%rgandie, lace. ribbon and
flowers. With such material ii is easy to
! evolve much diaphanous loyeliness; as for
example the two dresses in the sketch. One
of these is the palest pearl gray in tone,
lightly decorated with sprays of small briar
roses. over a slip of Rose du Barry pink
silk or muslin the organdie Is made and
trimmed with nothing more elaborate than
black liberty satin ribbon. This decoration
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gularly beautiful in youth, a claim borne
out by a picture of her when a girl, and 10
a gracious and lovely old lady.
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THE wOMAN.s FRIEND.

Is Pe-ru-na In All Phases of Female
HIS.
Read what an experienced woman says
q woman who has passed through all the
phases, crises and experiences of girlhood,
w%omanhood and motherhood: 81 really be-
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at the base Of the mesa, each with graceful
carriage. pofsff9g upon her head an ola. or
tinaja. OF whtto for her households com