The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-10-16

Rosa N. Darlington
Readinxs-Tennyson and Lowell
Read-'Iegend Of Fair Women
Ger.
Observation-Disclosures CharadeA
February IA. 1883.
Paper-'Tares and Penates," by Mabel
Eastman.
Paper-'Household Gods Of the Pres
ent." by Nettie Miller.
Open-DiscusEon-
Read-'FIASory Of St Valsntine"
Recrea 1on-Book CoaracterA
February q.
Roll-Firest Piece Of Architecture.
Paper-'-The Letter B." by Mrs. Emma
G. Wilmoth.
Read-"Seven Lamps OF Architecture"
-Ruskin-
on-Impersona1ons of Greek
Characters.
March IA.
Paper-'uiad." by Rev. Charles Nc
Mann.
Read-"Hypatia-" -Kngsley. Aspasia
The Worlds DeSre.-Haggard & Lang.
IIlustrated-'Drearn Of Fair women-"-
Tennyson.
The National Mothers Congress gath
cred at Omaha Saturday. and will con-
tinue over Monday. A business day after
noon a mass meeting Is to be held in the
First Congregational church there. Per-
haps some idea can be perceived of the
interest manifested in this congress-,
when It is known that since and before
the opening meeting every available place
fnr Lodi IN, 10 viz mi Of rhl frch
has been crowded to an extent not equal
ed at any time since the beginning Of
Omaha's exposition. Monday at the reg
ular session Of the Mothers congress. Nj :.
E. R. Weeks viii speak at 10 a. m. Ad-
, dresses Will also be made by Mrs. Birney.
of Washington. D. c.. the president of the
national congress, and Miss Elizabeth
Harrison.
Miss Harrison is the author OF "A stu
ey Of Child Nature" and there is prob
ably no book so much used in mothers
unions as this one. She is the president
OF Van Buren, Street Kindergarten Train
ing School. Chicago the most noted kin
dergarten woman in the world.
The custom among the ca stern club wo-
men is 10 enroll themselves under their
given names. with their husbands names
in brackets. The club women argue /,
this way: This form should be used:
First, because the custom is becoming
general among women's clubs: second, In
correspondence 81 relieves the memory OF
me necessity of holding two names In
stead Of one for each woman; third. II
win avoid mistakes where large families
Sr hA I'll
fourth. there is no legal right 70 any bu;
ones own name. and where contracts are
10 be made for clubs. the name signed
should correspond with the name enrolled;
and. fifth, in cases where the action IS
individual. only the individual name is
proper. and when a woman joins a club
she certainly becomes member as her
self and not as her husbands wife
These points have come UP gradually
as the work in clubs mas progressed. and
the large increase IN membership makes
necessary a reduction 10 the minimum
OF the amount of work in correspond ence
or enrolment.
This does not touch upon the social use
OF the husbands name In cases Of IN
married women, no titles are given what
ever.
Pittsburg. Oct s-Charies z Corne-
Illus. one of the most prominent attorneys
OF PittsourE. was killed by a train near
Zwickley. on the Fort Wayne railroad.
today. Mr.. Cornelius was waiting on a
train 20 come 70 the city yard. and when
j. was within ten yards Of passing the
point where ne was standing ne sudden
- fell forward and was instantly killed
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.