The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-12-11

0AiO0i IalIiLHeHL 10 procure more funds for
the running expenses and to purchase new
books.
List OF Books in a Travelling Library.
The following is a list of books recently
sent to Dunavant and is printed in an
swer to the question so often asked
What class of books do you send out in
the travelling libraries?' It is a represen-
tative library, and, while no two are alike
general average is maintained: The
Last OF the Mohicans; The Corscan Bro
theirs; Bacon's Essays; Vanity Fair; Eu-
gene Aram; Westward Ho; The Tale of
Two Cities; David Copperfield; Scarlet
Letter; Able Constantin; Vicar of Wake
field; Library Magazine; Aesop's Fables;
The Late Mrs. Null; Ariadne; Stories from
Blackwood; A Master Spirit; Silas Mar
ner; The Testimony of Rocks; Mans Place
in Nature; Ireland Since the Union; The
Kansas Conflict; Sketches of English His
tory; Greville's Journals of the Reign of
George ", two volumes; Rob Roy; Heart
of Midlothian; SO Runs the World; Moore's
Poetical Works; Hemans' Poems; Story
of Conscript; Handy Andy; Kansas Mis-
cellanies; Romola; Harper's Magazine,
volumes X and XT; The Bloodthirsty Turk;
The Ball of the Vegetables; Uncle Her
bert's School Speaker; The Middle Period;
Life Of Empress Josephine; Rhymes of
Ironquill; The Price of a Coronet; Felix
Holt; Endyr1ion; The Holy Grail: My
Lord Duke; Donald Ross Of Heimra; Lu-
Gle; Tour of the Word in Eighty Days. |
The Art Union of Newton, Kansas.
The Art Union was organized in October, |
1895, with Miss Clara Lennon as director. |
The object of the club was the study of
art literature. Contemporary Art and
Artists were the first topics. The sec
ond year embraced the course of study in |
archaeology issued by the State Social
Science Federation. The Chautauqua
course in Greek and Roman art was stu
died the following year. supplemented by
general art news at each meeting. The |
club joined the District Federation and
has sent delegates to each district meet |
ing. The present officers are:
Director-Miss Clara Lennon
Secretary-Nrs. ]. D. Smith.
Treasurer-Mrs. B. +. Evans.
Apropos of personal adornment and the |
widespread influence of club members at
large. the Chicago Record says: The /
clubwomen of America carry into dress the 1
same intelligence that has made of them |
in other directions a power. the possibi- /
tiles OF which they themselves as yet only 1
dimly perceive. Consider. A large proper
ton of the most conscientious women Of /
the United States are now in touch with /
one another from Maine to California. |
Their organization IS of the loosest. but It 4
holds with certainty and without friction 1
Their meetings are devoted to an enormous 4
variety of unrelated topics-some OF vital 1
Importance to daily life, others OF no ap- /
parent consequence TO any but the most 1
qu!bbling OF closet philosophers. Make an
issue. push it-you may disrupt the body 4
But if ever an issue IS made. is pushed /
without disruption. there Is on the CONT !
nent no more powerful engine. Meanwhile /
happily OF unhapply, We Judge women 4
as much by their looks as by their pro-
ceedings. Tried by this test, the club /
women seem to have come near to solv-
ing one OF the most veXatious daily prob /
lems-how 10 put personal taste. indivi6- 4
uaIity and beauty into clothing withou; /
letting the matching Of gimp overflow and /
swamp every other consideration
Candida mas no sympathy with the crit 1
les who beNan The exhibition CT Sne toll
cts at the Denver meeting. The adjoining /
Of women. she says. is a development of 1
civilization IN the barbarous tribes she
man decorstes himself with paint. feata-
ers and fine colors. and denies these priv /
leges to me woman. Civilization changes
the order: the male becomes plain in at
tire. and the female gorgeous. This Is
part OF the evolution thai has lifted wo-
man cut Of ter low estate. 1, Is an
aesthetic Joy 10 look UPON well dressed
women. Next 20 being ro5ed like an 1
empress myself" gushes Candida. and
sitting in 4 box a. The opera. With a pink
satin cloak OF. I should choose the Plea
sure OF looking az another more fortu-
nate than myself I could look. admire
and enjoy. without the least feeling Ct
envy
A handy book 20 have for reference If
one IS fond % birds Is Florence A. Mer-
Rams Birds Of Village and Field
which is a Bird Book for Beginners"
The study Of birds is always interesting,