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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-09-18

of the species. The association decided at its
last meeting to form o midnight band of
mercy, whose agents will catch and chloro-
form homeless and friendless "kitties." The
club is also planning a cat show, for which
the London Cat club has offered to furnish
prizes. The president OF the Chicago or
ganiZation, Mrs. Leland Morton, owns nine
teen blooded cats. enc of which is the late
Frances Wizards famous "Toots."
Chicago has womans athletic club, which
is legally Incorporated and unique among the
worlds wOmans clubs.
The enterprise was started two years ago by
Mrs. William r. Lynn and Mrs. p. d. Ar
mour ST., who worked judIcously in carry
ing out their plans, and last month a license
was issued by the secretary of state permit
ting the organizing of the club.
The idea of this athletic club is to provide
home Of modern conveniences exclusively
for the use OF women. There will be swim
ming tank sixty feet long Turkish baths,
and hairdressing and manicuring. establish
ments. Indoor tennis, basket ball, bowling
alley, reading rooms, and library will be
other features of the club. Special instructors
in swimming, fencing and all athletic sports
will be employed, and ultimately 1t is intend
ed to found cafe and lunch room.
The swimming pool will be so arranged that
a floor can be laid over it, thus forming a
hall 100 feet long where all receptions and
dances will be held.
The selling of alcoholic beverages and card
playing will be strictly prohibited 1t is the
desire of the incorporators to conduct the or
ganiZation on the highest possible social and
moral plane. The memberships will be lin
tied to 800 women. The initiation fee is 500
and the dues have been placed at $40 a year.
This entities the members and their daugh-
ters to instruction in swimming, besides the
privileges of the club
Many of the most prominent social and pro-
fessonal women in Chicago are interested in
the club, and 1t promises to be as complete an
organization Of its kind as there is in the
country,
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-09-18
"GhOsts | Have Met"

Ghosts that Mr.. John Kendrick
Bangs has met are naturally. the kind
that people with an unperverted sense
of humor will go far to avoid. A sin
ful-or at least useless-life must have
been the poor Wretches' on this earth
that their punishment should include
the haunting of Mr.. Bangs, for we
can think of no fate more pitiable, un-
less it were to be haunted by Mr..
Bangs himself in one of his would-be
funny moods. May we not offer this
suggestion to Mr.. Bangs as the motif
for tale Of terror quite worthy of
his pen, should he ever turn from
mock heroics to real soul harrowing
tragedy?
In one Of Mr.. Bangs latest stories
he admits that his vein of humOr has
become "sclerOtic," an admission that
takes the wind quite out of the critics
sails and confronts him with the fear
that Mr.. Bangs is beginning to be
haunted by the ghost Of critical iudg-
ment. This would never do, for, should
MI. Bangs be Influenced, even slightly.
oy either judgment or real wit. thu
Joke-ioving American public would
wall its fate, and even the honest
critic mourn the loss of such easy
game.
Ghosts Have Met" by John Kendrick
Bangs. Harper G. Bros, New York. 81 *
For sale by the st. Paul Book and Sfo
tionery company. "'''-
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-09-18
THE RED CROSS ARMY NURSE.

The praises of the admirals are ringing
everywhere:
The p;audits of the generals are singing in
the air:
The men who sailed to sink their lives with
in the Merrimac
$50 dauntless they that even death was fear
full to attack.)
The hard marines whose tactics knew no sig
nal for retreat
In the rain of Mauser bullets and the drench
Of tropic heat,
All make our daily records continuous
romance.
We cry them in our stories; we chant them
But let US sing a stanza for the Red Cross
army nurse.
She is in the foremost battle, she is in the
rearmOst tents.
She wears no weapon Of attack, no armor Of
defense,
She is Drawer than the bravest she is truer
than the true.
She asks not if the soldier struck for red
and white and blue.
She asks not if he fell beneath the yellow
and the red:
She is mother to the wounded, she is sis
ter to the dead.
The victors' cheers ring IN her ears, but these
she does not heed:
The victims means and dying groans are
given her need.
And many a suffering hero chOkes his blind
and sullen curse
To smooth it to a blessing for the Red
Cross army nurse.
Work on, noble army, and the crown of
crowns be yours.
Not always shall destruction be the glory
which endures.
1t is coming; it is coming; you are helping
the day
When we learn the nobler action is to sue
cor not to Stay:
1t is coming; it is coming; you are aiding it
along,
When we know the feebIest nation is as DO
tent as the strong;
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-09-18
The CLUB CORNER.

The G l o b e desires to complete. so far as
possible, roster of the clubs in Minnesota.
1t will be indebted, therefore, to the secre-
taries OF the organizations throughout the
state, if they will forward to the editor of
the department a statement Of membership
object of association. methods of procedure,
and such other information as will form
valuable source of reference to the depart
ment as we'll as to club women. The latest
year book of each organization will be gladly
received. 1t is desirable to have all Mime
sofa represented in The o b e column
which is devoted to an interchange of news
and views and to an impartial dealing with
all organizations.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-09-18
"News From the Birds. "

"A paragraph from its preface is so
characteristic of News From the
Bra and so clearly describes its mr.
pose that we quote it entire "This LITTLE
book of tidings from birdland has been
written with two purposes in mind. The
nrst IS to furnish actual instruction. to
tell some new facts about bird life thar
nave not been recited-that is, to give
little bird news For the most nart
1t contains record Of my own observa-
tons, and is therefore not a reiteratiop
or what others have said. 1 have gone
to the birds themselves for my facts
and have made very little use of books
The reader is taken into the actual ont
doors. The second purpose Of the book
Is inspiration. 1t is by no means q
Key. Instead of telling all that
IS or may be known about a particular
bird, 1 have sought only to recite such
incidents as will spur the reader to go
out into the fields and woods and study
the birds in their natural haunts. In
deed, II he should lay the book aside
and dash afield to see the birds them
selves, 1 should not feel in the least
sighted, but should regard it as the
highest compliment that could be paid
to my humble efforts"
News From the Birds" by Leander s, Kew
ser. Appleton's Home Reading Books; 80
cents. D. Appleton & Co.. New York For
sale by the st. Paul Book and Stationery
company.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-09-18
AROUND THE STATE.

The Woman's Literary club. of Litchfeld,
is endeavoring to secure for the town a pub
lie library. While the preamble of the con-
stitution states that the object of organi-
zation is the mutual Improvement of its mem
bers in literature, science and art. the club
has, nevertheless, brought to the community
several lecturers.
The Wells Current Events club has made
sure that its members shall live up to all
the name of the organization implies by in
dicating the sources Of study. The limiting
clause reads:
Its work shall be a consideration of topics
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-09-18

giving socials and is now ambitious to open
and maintain a reading room.
Miss Bessie Stein viii represent the Tracy
Current Events club at the Winona conven-
ton. The club is three years old and is
limited to thirty members.
The Window Tourist club has for its object
the cultivation OF the habit Of systematic
reading among its members. This means
much in view of the fact that women are too
prone to content themselves with the read
ing of head lines in newspapers and the sum-
maries Of magazines.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-09-18
BOOKS OF THE HOUR
SHORT STORIES AND LONG ONES,
BOOKS OF LEARNING AND
BOOKS OF FUN
LATEST THINGS LITERARY

''The Queens Cup''-''GhOsts L Have
Met"-"Neyvs From the Birds"--
Nature study, "HaroId's RambIes"
'"Fhe Animal World" - 'FOr
Freedoms Sake" - ''Vfn Lucis,'
Etc.-NOtes of the Publishers.
"The Queens Cup" one Of G. A. Hen
tvs numberless romances, appears in
the Appleton's Town and Country Ii
brary In this series it is naturally
intended to reach a mature public, but
we are quite sure it will appeal to
young readers, mainly. The story is as
full OF adventure as an egg is of meat,
but resembles a scrambled egg rather
than one still in the shell. The hero
is a captain-English, of course-and
the heroine is quite as young and beau
tiful as Mr.. Henty knows how to
make.
Now. the hero, Frank Mallett, has an
enemy of long standing, a thorough
old-fashioned villain, whom it is
pleasure to meet after so long an alb
sence from the fiction one is in the
habit of reading. This villainOus Car
thew shadows Mallett from his college
days, and finally, out Of sheer mean
lICSSB 1cillo III lONe Will MISS SI6eA-
dale, the young woman loved by the
brave hero. Carthew kidnaps the
maiden and carries her in a private
yacht to Haiti. This gives the brave
Captain Mallett a chance to rescue
her, and Mr.. Henty an opportunity to
work in a lot of thrilling adventure.
Rescued and wed, one begins to breathe
more easily about the heroine, when
one is Mortified to find that Mr.. Car
thew is resolved to widow her as we'll.
This delightful villain hires out as
boatman to the wedding party, cap
sizes the boat and fastens his death
grip on Mallett. He is permanently
killed chow seldom are villains Of rO-
nance really permanently killed in
comparison with the occasions when
the reader is called upon to rejoice
over their violent deaths?), and the
heroine and hero rescued for posi-
lively the last time" in this volume.
The Queens Cup, by G. A. Henty. Apple
toms Town and Country Library. D. Ap-
pleton & Co., New York. For sale by the
st. Paul Book and Stationery company
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-09-18
FLYING EMBERS.

An American, having married into a refned
fr family of Paris. declares that his old
friends from 1.-THE other side make his flesh
creep when they use their elbows during
meals as II they were having a glove tried
On. a KIND Frenchman, who has been In
america, did not notice the misuse of ell
DOVE but laughingly confesses that they Oft
en- put their pieds dams le plat. An irate
american takes this literally, and denounces
the Frenchman who dares to assert that his
BILE. Va ~
Mrs Lsngtry 10 . beneficiary by the win
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-09-18

1t is coming; 1t is coming; you are bring
ing 1t to pass,
When the ships have shed their armor and
the fortresses are glass:
But in the stormy waiting till the arma-
ments dispense
Our blessings on the flower Of war-the Red
Cross army nurse!
COMPANION.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-09-18
The Modern Mnrringe Market.

Four women have written one book and
named it The Modern Marriage Market"
The authors are no less noted penwomeH
than Lady Jeune, Mrs. Steele, Marie Corelli
and the countess of Malmesbury. One might
suppose that they embodied their literary eff
forts into one book because they all agreed
They criticse each others views and it is a
matter of surprise that such antagonistic
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-09-18
WHEN THE SCHOOL BELL RINGS.

Here they come, the happy crew,
Merry monarchs through and through;
Laughing, chattering all together,
In the red-leafed autumn weather.
Once again the streets are gay
As gypsy's holiday;
Once again has life begun
Fresh and fair beneath the sun.
Yesterday the toilng town
Dull with care was bending down:
Now today ii lifts It's head,
For today dull care has fed.
Vanished for the moment quite,
At the sudden sound and sight
OF this needless, happy crew,
Merry mOnarchs through and through.
What TO them the cares that weigh?
IT'S the breaking of their day,
When across the morning skies
Only acknowledges arise.
Theirs to be the lot and part
or bold cOnquerOrs at the start;
Every dragon fear and doubt,
Lion-hearted they will rout.
Nora Perry.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-09-18

same book. One holds that it is a question
OF convenience, another that it Is, or should
a matter of conventional necessity but Marie
C0relli-the only Miss in the quartette, please
nOte-stands by the long wOrshipped Cupid
market too
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-09-18
CLUBS ELSEWHERE.

The Chicago Cat club Is the rather start
ling title of an organization effected among
cat fanciers for the purpose of protecting
mongrel and friendless felines as we'll as for
the purpose of perpetuating blooded creatures
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-09-18

OF a weeks visit by a city doctor and
MS FAMILY to suspiciously dilapidated
cottage. These happenings include rob-
Dery ana It's attendant mystery, bur
the end of the story straightens every
thing out with that simple but effective
wholesale righteousness characteristic
of this class of fiction.
Shifting Sands" by Frederick R. Ben
ton, Rand McNally & Co., Chicago For
sale by the st. Paul Book and Stationery
company.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-09-18

Of the day of live and general interest, and
the work shall be carried on by a study Of
the leading magazines and newspapers"
st. Peter has a public library, thanks to
the enterprise of the Woman's Literary club,
an organization whose membership is limited
to forty.
Ada's young ladies' reading club does
something beside reading, judging from its
reports. 1t gives two entertainments each
year, looks after the sick and poor and takes
an active interest in the public schools and
churches. 1t is the only club in the town, be-
longing to the federation.
Among all the reports coming to the club
corner in response to requests, the st. Cloud
Reading Room society is the first to answer
mo" to the question, Does your club allow
press reports of its regular proceedings to be
made?" The club is eighteen years old has
a liberal number limit of sixty and the al
truistic purpose of sustaining free reading
room in connection with the public library
The course for this year is sociology, and it
is to be regretted that the study results of an
organization of such character may not ex-
tend beyond the club limit.
The Womans Club CT Pennington has
been in the habit of supporting lectures and
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-09-18
"The Animal World"

''The Animal World, It's Romances
and Realities" is q reading book Of
zoology. Mr.. Frank Vincent has care
fully compiled and edited selections
from various writer's on animals. The
book has nothing Of the dry text book
about 1t and should prove very In
spiriting reading in connection with a
more scientific treatment of zoology.
The selections are made from writ
ings Of diverse kinds, both in prose
and poetry. Books of travel and adj
venture, as we'll as recognized scientific
writings, are brought into requisition,
and as some very spirited poems have
been inspired by animals the book does
not lack for verses. The illustrations
are numerous and Of a superior char
acter.
''The Animal World. It's Romances and
Realities" compiled and edited by Frank
Vincent. M. A. D. Appleton & Co., New
York Price, 60 cents For sale by the
st. Paul Book and Stationery company.
"For Freedoms Sake"
"For Freedoms Sake" Is story
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-09-18
IN WOMAN'S REALM.

Chevalier Marcziang proved himself a lit
erary Bayard.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-09-18
Nature Study.

"Harold's RambIes" is one of the
nature study series published by the
Appletons. Mr.. John w. Troeger has
written this book to fit the needs OF
young children, which means that he
has made it at once simple and inter-
esting. While this book takes up all
the divisions of nature 1t is done with
out the rigid classification that might
readily weary immature minds ga
Morning Walk" include all the birds,
insects, flowers and trees likely to at
tract the attention Of wideawake little
ramblers. "a Visit to the Farm" is an
opportunity for becoming better ac-
quainted with fruit and vegetables.
domestic animals and fowls, while a
chapter on a visit to the stonecutter's
yard introduces the little reader to
various forms Of Inorganic matter.
Our Sleigh Ride" is a star-gazing
jaunt. The course is so arranged that
it corresponds to the school year so
that the material will be found in ma
ture at the same time that it appears
in the book.
'Harold's Rambles," by John w. Troeger.
Appleton's Home Reading Books; 40 cents
D. Appleton & Co., New York. For sale
by the st. Paul Book and Stationery COM
pany.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-09-18

Read about Hotel Empire. New York. on
another page; beautiful house, centrally 10
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-09-18

Nice Fitting Clothes Made
At right prices. E. G. Nordlin. 317 Jackson.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-09-18

Mrs. Lottie B. McCaffray, secretary of the
Womans auxiliary to the Ex-Prisoners of
War, is a regular member of the original or
ganization and is the only feminine ex-pris-
oner of the civil war. Her husband was kill
ed at Winchester his body being left inside
cover it. was captured and was sent to Belle
isle. afterward being taken to Castle Thun-
der She was exchanged with 1000 Union SOL
diers.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-09-18

The marriage of Princess Marie, of Greece,
to the Grand Duke George Michaelovtch of
Russia viii take place at St. Petersburg the
26th of November in the presence of the czar
and czarina, the czarina dOwager and most
of the members of the Russian imperial fam
lily. The king ami queen of Greece will be
present at the ceremony with their younger
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-09-18

of the late Prince Paul Esterhazy, just died
terhazy, but because of newspaper talk which
sprang up about that time the prince broke
it off and denied that there had ever been
engagement.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-09-18

Nearly all the telegraph, telephone and
postofhces OF Sweden are in the hands of
women: Lately they have invaded even the
steamship service.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-04-17
'But was a dyin' man and outer my

'sBut was dyin' man and outer my head"
 Wall, I'll see about it" sez Uncle silas, as he went out to hoe in his gar den, and nobody couldn't git any more satisfaction than that As folks got over bein' skeered they naturally want ed to go to lyin' agin and hev things move on as before, but with Uncle Silas holdin them written confessions it was too risky As Tom Bush1ick said to the crowd when they held a public meetin':
 Gentlemen, sunthin' has got to be dun. The fate of squan Creek is a-tremblin' in the balance. If we can't resume our lyin' this town will be a 3esolase ruin inside of two vars. We zugaz her them documents from the hands of Uncle Silas or perish in the attempt z
 T. was agreed to gin him an even hundred dollars for the confessions. bElz he wasn't to be bribed He felt t his dooty. be said, to change things over in Squan Creek and make q higher moral standard, and nobody could git them papers unless everybody would quit lyin' fur two hull vars. That plunged the public into despair, hut not fur long. Another meetin' was called, and when it broke up gang of men rushed into Uncle Silas' cabin and bound him hand and foot and sarched out the documents and took lem away. That was at Il o'clock at night, and as the clock struck 12 the bizniss of lyin' was resumed from one end of the town to the other, and even the infants of Squan Creek felt that a great calamity had been. es- caped by clus shave. It was giner- ally expected that Uncle Silas would appeal to the law and the grand jury. but he didn't do nuthin' of the kind At daylight next mornin', hevin, thought it all over, and wishin' to do his best far Squan Creek, he cum out on the street and said to Jabez Andrews:
 "Jabez, I was powerful sleepy last night, and so was the ole woman. If you or anybody else rapped on the door and wanted to borry camphor or mustard fur sickness I'm sorry we didn't wake up and hand it out!"
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-04-17

oars, three lobster-traps and ar anchor, and on top O them he particularized P whoppin big lies he had told about sharks and whales and sea monsters. Uncle Silas suggested that he had bet ter hold few things back and take chances, but Abner was in meltin' mood and he made a clean breast of everything, even to pizenin' a cat. It was all writ down on paper, and be signed it, and next day he said he feA heap better. The next man to send for Uncle SiIas was Nose Hepworth, and he rolled his eyes up to the eeilin' an said:
 'Silas Jackson, can't perish of this waller fever with all these sins 10 an swer fur. 1t was me who killed she Widder Scott's black hog with . csH5. It was me who lied about seein' q ghozt in the marsh. It was me who stole ttas bari O salt from in front 0 Riggs gro cery. Do you remember that story C mine about seein a sea sarpint 9s
 q dew remember" sez Uncle Sflas.
 q told it and made afIidavy to #, and lied all the way through. I've bin an awful liar. Uncle Silas-the awfulest liar in America. Last night l counted up over 400 whoppin' big lies I've told in the last two years, and l know 1 didn't git over half of 'em in at that. I sold that lie about the sea sarpint to New York paper fur $15, and now Pm dyin' man and will be shet out O Heaven"
 Uncle Sflas comforted him by adyisin' that he own up to all his meanness, and arter @ half days hard work it was all writ down and signed with his name. Then Tom Bushwick sent fur the old man, and was found with his legs all drawed up and his finger nails turnin' blue. Arter he had cried and sobbed fur a few minits he said:
 Uncle Silas, can't die till I hey made things right with sartin folks. Do you remember of losin' two-dollar bill one Fourth of July as you was yellin fur George Washington?
 T dew," sez Uncle Silas-"I dew"
 Wall, I found it and kept it, and l N"h' tC Sili SOu 1OuI UOiIdIS to make even. Three vars ago I told a lie about seein' a devil-fish down the bay. A Philadelphia paper gin me ten dollars fur my aflidavy, but wuz lyin' all the time. Last spring l got mad at Dan Green because he was better liar than was and sunk his boat in the creek. Everybody thought a tramp done it, but 1t was me. I've bin a bad man, Uncle Silas-a mighty bad man, and l want to own up to everythin' and see if I cant manage to git pardoned."
 Uncle Silas went out and got sum more fools-eap and writ down Toms dyia' statement and had him sign it. assd then he called on Aaron White and others. Aaron owned up to 360 lies. and to smashin' the windows of the; skulehouse.
 Caleb Perkins, who had passed fur q purity decent man, owned up to over