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The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1898-02-05
CLUB WOMEN
ARE INTERESTED
They Are Discussing Already
The National Convention.
Several Candidates Have Appeared
for President of the General
Federation.

Clab women in the East, as well as
the West. are preparing already for the
coming biennial convention of the Gen
eral Federation of WOmen's Clubs,
which will be held in Denver. Col, on
June 81. The first meeting of the Cen
eral Federation took place in 1892 in
Chicago, and Mrs. Charlotte Emerson
Brown, of Orange, n. j., who had done
more than any other woman toward its
organization. was elected president. AT
the second meeting, in Philadelphia, in
1894 she was succeeded by MRS. Ellen
NJ. Henrotin of Chicago ILL.,, the pres
ent incumbent of the office. Mrs. Hen
rotin was reelected at the third meet
ing, in LOUISVILLE in 1886.
Who will be the next president is
question which is at present agitating
club circles throughout the land. The
Western candidates are Mrs. r.. NJ.
Ashley. president Of the state Fedora
ton Of Women's Clubs III Colorado, and
Mrs. Sarah NJ. Platt, president or the
Woman's Club of Denver. Mrs. Ash
ley was the first vice president of the
" GRID Fair board of managers. She
is an intellectual woman and has hosts
of friends both East and West, by
whom she is universally esteemed.
miH. <Alitt 1NtS NiC pitoNA
vice president. is considered the
strongest candidate for the office. She
was born in Illinois in 1855, but was
married in 1873 to an Eastern man,
Francis w. Breed, shoe manufac-
turer of Lynn Mass. She has been the
mother of seven children, five of whom
are living Both husband and children
are said to be interested deeply in the
club work of the wife and mother. who
never allows outside claims to interfere
with domestic duties or family life.
Mrs. Breed has a gracious personal
ity She has Travelled much. both in
this country and Europe. She is plan
ming now to go To China and Japan the
last of this month. returning in time
fo; the December biennial. Mrs. Breed
exrels as an organizer and has shown
rare executive ability in many positions
Of official responsibility. She is the
unanimous choice of the club women
of New England
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1898-02-05
MISS ANTHONY'S BIRTHDAY.
woman, tights Advocate l. Nearly
Seyen.y.eight Years Old.

Seven.y.eight Years Old.
Susan b. Anthony, the wGrldfamOus
advocate of equal rights for women, VIII
celebrate hcT seventy eighth birthday On
February -. Age cannot wither her en-
thusia SIN nor lessen her efforts for the
cause To which she so long dedicated
her life. Many years ago her close as
sUCiates began to call her A Unit Susan,
and now thousands of women all over the
worldlovinG : u.s. the appelatiOn.
Miss Anthony has been identified with
the suffrage and Temperance movements
for NY fifty years She first spoke
iii public in 1s47, and from that time
took prom nept part in organizing so
cietieS and "xpounding her view from
the pla tform
\ lone ana Inaided She called national
temperance convent ion at Albany in 1851,
after being refused admission tn a pre-
vOus convention on account Of her sex
Through aer eXertions and those OF
Mrs. +. C.. stanton women came to be
aduitted To- educational and other conveu-
tons, with the right to speak. vote and
serve on Committees an 1858 she made
a report at 4 teachers convention in Troy,
\. Y, in favor of the cO-edUcation OF
the sexes, 4nI from that time On was an
earnest adv cate OF woman suffrage.
This remarkable woman confidently ex-
poets TO vote before she dies Her home
city OF ROCh st er has become 30 permeated
with belief II woman suffrage that she
stands good chance to vote in municipal
elections. a least.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1898-02-05
p NEW WORK
FOR W0MEN
They Are Being Trained As
Attendants for the Sick.
The Young Noman's Christian Assoc
citation POUNDS an Occupation
for the Center Sex.

The Young Womans Christian Asso-
citation graduated its first class OF
trained attendants a few days ago at
No. East Fifteenth street, New York,
and requests for their services poured
i'm SO fast from the doctors that every
graduate was placed Immediately.
Miss Nj. u. Aesmith, who is in charge
of the class department, spoke enthusi-
asucaliy about what she called "a new
occupation for young women" The
purpose If this department" she said,
lis the training of young women TO be
attendants in the care of ccnvalescents,
feeble or elderly persons and sub-acute
and chronic cases. There are many in
telligent women who are unable To give
to study the length of time required to
become a trained nurse, and there are
many families Who, for economic rea-
sons. are obliged TO do without trained
assistants in times of ILLNESS. Ii Is TO
enable such, Ipnlas 10 Obtain Deter
aid at a moder ala COMPENSATION ana 10
offer an horloBahleI sneaRs OF livelihood
10 women thatthis work is established.
IL win i'm no WAY interfere with the reg
ular nurses occupation. because one Is
a trained nurse. the other a trained at
tendant.
The course Of instruction embraces
period OF eight weeks, SHe CohtlA-
ued. and is devoted to practical nurs-
ing among the poor and class work,
including forty lectures The course
Of study is personal hygiene, siclIroom
hygiene. methods OF ventillatins,
sweeping. busting, care of utensils
temperature OF room. bed-making for
bed patients and for conValescents,
hftinE moving. arrangement of pill
lows care of patients, frequency of
bathinE. care Of teeth. hair and nails
and prevention Of bedsores. The at
tendants are taught all about foot
baths. when and how to use hot-waier
bags. hot bottles, Eanrels. salt bags.
poHItices. mustard plasters, stupes,
iodine and Hniment, and particular at
tention is given to the preparation and
serving of food. Ike temperature OF the
body. and IL reading aloud. Writing
notes and packing trunks are part
OF the last weeks course.
THE doctors want our graduates,
said Miss Nesmith, and we are hope
ful Of the future. our attendants must
not aceut more than s. week and
their board for the first Year nor
more than so and their board for the
second wear. Diplomas permit them
Ia register in the employment bureau
Of the association. We have had rev
ef-al physicians who wanted attend
ants and we were unable To- supply
them
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HE CONDEMNS GUN CHEWING.
Bishop Vincent Also Finds Fault
with Soda Water Drinking

WIN Soda water Drinking.
Bishop JGhu H.. Vincent delivered al adj
dress beforc 1e Kansas State Tempe IA nee
Union. at T ,peka. this week in which he
said:
we must begin at the bottom and not
wait until the habits of men are formed
before we attempt to teach them the
error into Which they have fallen. Our
boys and girls should be brought up
with a kno Wedge of cooking and bust
ness, of physical conditions and econ
omy and proper conception of evil.
We shOnld first do away with the
eXecra be aud inexcuSable chewing gum
habit, which makes milIionaires out of
a few men in a few years and does no
one any good.
The soda fountain habit is another
evil, as is that of using cigarettes
1T is waste of money, which. IN later
years makes slaves out of our
boys and girls. 1t Ieptives them Of
Self-control, he most important and POI
tent factor in opposing evil. Let us
cultivate III onr children the heroism which
ena hleS them to resist the assault of temp
tation. The agencies we should employ con
stantly are !! ne press, the pulpit the parIor
andthe schools. Let us retain our abuse for
the men who fail to perform their duties,
men in high .sffice who sanction the viola
ton or law and protect those who are
enga Ged in re traffic which will destroy
our very homes and Sc nd our children to
graves Of diSgrace.''
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4 WEDDING INNOvATION.
Rose Leaves. Instead Of Rice, Were
Thrown ut the Bride.


Thrown at the Bride.
A st. Louis belle, Miss Nellie Lee
Hull, introduced a unique feature on the
occa sion OF her marriage 10 Mr.. William
H. Missing. After the ceremony, while the
bridal party were making their prepara
tions for travelling, the bridesmaids were
not idle. They obtained several rose jars
full of the Tried petals Of all the AmeTi-
can Beauty Roses which the groom had
sent The bride three times each week dur
ing the period of their enga cement six
months These numbered 900 Roses in
all, and made a vast quantity OF rose
petals. As he bride and groom walked
from the stairway to the door they were
vigorously pelted with these fra grant
missiles. inste5 of the usual rice.
The Costliest and most unique gift
which the bride received was a square
box Of heavy glass, mounted in gold and
set on standard, Within il We're five
and ten-dolIar gold pieces To the amount
of 800, all in one corner was small
card, which read: PIN money from
GRANDMA Upn.'
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1898-02-05
DOES SHE EXIST On EARTH:
The Id eaI Wife, a. Described by a.
Romantic Kentucky Editor.

Pure, chaste and refined, yet mot too
bright nor t,o good for human natures
daily food educated and fond Of good lit
erature. yet domestic and fond OF home;
amiabIe. gentle, nd in love with her has
band. yet spirited and not languishing
with love: neat. yet not fastidiOus; witty,
vet not saTca site, faithful, nder and true
through life to him. yet not gushing nor
selfish in her devotion: Considerable and
charitable in all things, yet not easily i'm
posed upon: cheerful and optimistic, yet
not flippant nor wanting in deep feeling;
self reliant a nd strong minded. but not bold,
mannish, nor obstinate; healthy and Wig
orous in Constitution, yet without the least
suggestion q: groSSHesS. Add to tins sym
metry OF form and beauty i'll feature, and
as the Diamond is to the ring. 50 crown all
these qualities OF mind and heart with an
unfaltering trust in aud devotion to God,
as incarnate1 in Jesus Christ, and to my
mind you have the ideal wife Louisville
Post.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1898-02-05
AN AGED WOMAN CAST ADRIFT.
Abandoned in "A Blizza rd. She Nca rly
Eroze to Death

BY window in a ward OF the almshOuse
at Flatbush, l.. L., sits woman hour in
and hour OUT of the dull winter days wait
ing and Watching for one who never comes.
! Ii is mother, snowy haired nd with her
frail form b-nt under the weight OF nearly
! a century OF wears. She is waiting for her
I son, this an lent mother: waiting for him
! to come and take her from the poorhouse.
| 1t was nearly three quarters of 4 century
| ago, when Rachael Sanford married the
man whose name she bears.
Timothy Sanford was a builder and a
man OF means. Theirs was a happy mar
ried life, an I the three children-two sons
and one daughter-were denied nothing
that generous father md loving mother
could provide for them.
TimothyS AFFORD, the husba nd .diedtwenty
years go. The children ha dan married nd
for a time the mother lived alone. Most Of
Sanford's small estate Ina d been devoted TO
charitable purposes and there was little
left for his widow at his death.
Timothy. the son. toilcd and struggled to
keep a roof over the heads of his aged
mother and his sister. Broken ia health
and unable 20 find a way To make both
ends meet, Ie was at last obliged 10 give
up. frie al helped him 10 get to Los
Angeles, Cal where he hoped to build I'D
his health aud obtain employment which
would enable him to send for his mother
and sister. That was three years ago.
Timothy's hopes of hetternent of his
condition have ieen unrealiZed. a nd he is
still fighting the battle of life out on the
Pacific ca0St
Mrs. Sanr rd had well-to-do relatives
in Brooklyn, and in her distress she
turned TO them for aid but they turned
cOldly from her in her hour of need.
Last spring one or Mrs. Sanford's
relatives was shamed into giving her a
home, but after month or so she was
carted off with her trunk 10 the home
OF another relative, and was passed
around IN this fashion until last Monday
On that lay the poor old woman was
taken through the raging blizzard out
10 the house where her daughter is living,
and was left lying on he doorstep in the
snow. A kind hearted man discovered the
haFfrozen creature there, and took her
into the house. This heartless piece OF
business caused him To report the old
woman's sit ration to the charities COM
misSionarS.
On Tuesda the centenarian outca st was
taken to TIL. aImshouse She is cheerful.
despite it al, and firmly believes that
her son Tin viii come To- take her from the
poorhouse aoon.
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of two or three delegates from each WON

of two or three delegates from each WON
ans club in the city.
The object Il the council is to aid reforms
and fight abuses. 1t is proposed TO hold
no regular meetings, but when an emer-
gency requiring action arises, call will
he issued by the president. The idea is
that in union there is strength, and that
body thus representative of the club
women of the city could act much more
expedt iously and effectively than could
the many separate organizations.
The promoter of the plan is Mrs. Eliza
Newcomb Alexander.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1898-02-05
MISERY OF INCONSTANTS.
Dorothy Maddox Finds Fault With
the Weak of Both Sexes.

What happiness do iBeonstants get out
OF life? They are wretchedly weak, and
TO be weak is surely to be miserable,
writes Dorodhy Maddox in the Philadel-
phia Inquir ar. III they were the only suf-
ferers from his weakness: but, alas, they
compel all whom they meet to drink to the
very dregs me cup of bitterness.
The faith of inConstant man and woman
is early stunned. Without faith what ma s
one to Cling to? Mythical, indeed, are the
props that support the tickle creatures
who lead Tn ,ir followers a wiIl-o-the- wisp
chase. BacSboneis lacking. The limpness
OF character hurries inconsta MT wretches to
misery-to .eath.
IDconstan5 persons weary OF friends,
or loves, of likes. The tie has never been
fashioned strong enough to bind them to
lasting affection. They are vehement
passionate, u the start. The end is indff
ference. Man niarries his ideal not the
actual wotldu. A woman worships at the
shrine OF her fancy. Her husband proves
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1898-02-05
SHE LIKES LIFE IN ALASKA.
4 New Yoik state Woman Writes a
Description OF Dyea-

Friends ~ Mrs. Ralph >Johnson, OF
Cauaudaigua. y. Y, who started for
the KIondika with her husband. have re-
ccivcd the 'onowing letter from her,
dated al Dyea, December %:
We arrived here yesterday -Four men
came to pyea over the Chilkoot Pass
day before Yesterday. They were forty
eight DAYS IN the road from Dawson.
They all nrin= Husky tEskiuol dogs, which
never leave he trail. In the deep snow
they know where the ;raI is.
IF vuu ca I'D see this town YOU would
not believe that three months ago there
was nothing here except one store, now
there arr ;. 100 persons IN il. Que lady
who left her" tbIs morning after an eleven
months - ;oUrn told me that during
that time she ana her husband had made
$4,000 keeping a restaurant, which sat
isried them. The whole valley bet tween
Dyea and sheep Camp is being built up.
u is not half - lad a place as expected
to find.
Men who have just arnvcd from Daw-
suu and repnr' hat probably 600 men are
now coming out fron the interior. Most
Of them went there expecting to secure
gold Wit bout eNertion, "a king neither food
nor cloi hing and when they found that
no one woIld provide either for them
they returned.
AT Fort Sellirk il is So degrees be
low zero, but because the air is perfectly
dry il is sad TO seem much warmer, and
goldSeekers ~ are Comfor ably clothed
do not suffer.
Many gU'dSeekers are coming in from
Ia wsun. -Four companies arrived today.
Mr.. Hoffman, went over to Lake Linde
ann one Iav 10 81 week nd on trying to
buy a loaf Il brea there was asked $50
for II. He refuse d to pay it and went with
out food mtil he returned To sheep Camp
the next nislt.
Many persons are likely to he sadly
diSa ppointed in cunning here. They will
not be willing to bear the privations neces-
Sary TO reach the inter- of Alaska. Hun
dredS Of Ia ,-ern men will sell their outfits
and turn back. Those having money can
buy these outfits al their own price,
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1898-02-05
A PhiJadeIDhian Sues for Divorce

Phila del pnia, Feb. 5.-Christopher L.
Bailey member of the firm OF John I Bailey
& Co., rope manufacturers, and wealthy
citizen, has ,iied libel in divorce against
his wife, Anna B., seeking absolute separa-
ton on sta sutory grounds. Among the
allegations in the bill are: Cruel treat
ment nd at Tempts to iniure the person OF
the ibellant, by which il is alleged By
counsel thai the defendant attempted to
poison her husband whose life is insured
for $4,000
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a chilling fact. 10 would be well II Inen
and women could lose their hearts and
not their heads InconStantS are not given
to such world y-wise tactics.
Sen-indulGence j. the favorite vice
OF these friv ,IouS beings. 1t brings them
ana ali VIII follow down 10 the depths "t
despair. 1t IS tire self INDUCED men ana
women who are false To every noble pur-
posa. The feminine butterfly. heartleSS,
Tightly. lea -es wherever she goes ruined
hopes: the masculine resther brain models
his existence from an original that levels
the fairest hopes. the pUTest ideals. to the
dust
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1898-02-05
Stewart Picture sale Over.

New York. Feb 5.-The sale of the
Stewart pictures is at an end, and after
all no records were broken. The highest
price realized was that pefd for FOrtuny's
The Choice of a Model II was among
the fifty-eight pictures sold last hight, and
was knocked down for $1,000, The next
best price vas paid for MadEazo's de
parture From the Masked BALL. which
was bought tpr 81 800. The ,AntiquaTy,"
by Fortuny, brought SIS, 200, and the
fourth, W 4eibIs Village Politicians"
went for $4,000.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1898-02-05
Astonishing Condition :of Affairs.

census, which has Just been COM
pleted, of Lost Spring and Ramona, two
towns of Kansas, shows an almost ideal
state of existence. There il not vacant
house, not Al idle man nor boy, and not
a dog in either town. "A crusade against
the use of tobacco will BE- the next move
by the WON m of Ramona. II the women
of these two cities KNEW be the quality
of ,Heurich's Maerzen beer, they would I'M
doubtedly introduce it as an aid in per
fecting the morality of Lost Spring and
Ramona. Phone Arlington Bottling Co.
for case, and you'll be happy at your
home on Sunday.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1898-02-05
COSY CORNERS IN THE HOUSE
Ingenuity Rather Than Skill Pro
duces the Best Results.

duceS tie Best Results.
Skill in designing a coy corner does
not lie in tile choice OF tints and textures
SO much as in the ingenuity exercised in
producing tbs best results with the fewest
opportunities and making the nook look
luxurious without sacrificing comfort and
utility. It's rery easy TO build "a coy cor
ner IL tie niche is already formed by the
builder of The house, but when one must
evolve the corner as well as the fittings it's
quite another story. Now, take q huge
dra wing room. How would an ordinary
corner look IN 1t? IL would be lost, so we
build a corne, out into the room, thus Civ
ing it the proportions necessary TO appeal
TO the artistic eye.
An awkwirdly shaped rooiu opening off
the parlor Dr a bachelors apartment i'm
this city, was fitted up not long ago in a
manner that would sDlve the ill-shaped
room question for many a puzzled
house-furnisher. On one side of the room
the wall Judges out, leaving only a
straight stretch of few feet between il
and the doors leading into the next
room- In thiS ready made nook carved
teakwood writing desk is placed cor
nerwise, affnrdiug the writer a certain
seclusion, 3Ht allowing the pretty bit
OF furniture o be seen from the adjoining
room. The 'ulging wall is covered with
dark green .urlap. and orDameuted with
artistically draped silks and stuffs caught
up by lo2g spears, glitte scimitars
and Warriors shield Of steel with gay
scarlet Srl1S. Beneath this barharic
display is a road, low couch, upholstered
with dull green-gray velvet, and piled
with pillows OF every niue, but few of
plain colors. Persian patterns and oriental!
harmonies predomnating. The head ana
foot of the couch are tall pew doors" or
blackwoOd, which extend "A bit beyond
the couch, forming an emraS,ge in which
the lover OF pillows ana SieSt as can have
some seclusinn. Near the foot of the
couch, on a ow teakwood table. 4 shining
sanovar an eggshell tea cups stand ready
for the 5-o'"loCk tippleI.
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SS8c
- 90 Briaatlne Skirts. SoC
EISENMANN'S, s SS5. s is,a F,lns St
DIED.


BCNCE IN loving memory Of our little
darling VIOLA, who died one year a 90 to-
day, February ., Ss7:
Fond hearts are drapeG in Sorrow-s garb
And parents mourn today
The cifi which God mad given US
lie came aud took away.
The tender bud. SO pure aud sweet
Now lives beyond the Sky,
There " altered toy the streams of love
That are never, never dry.
But dark aud cherries is the home
That once WAS bright aud fair.
The little pSattier's loving voice
Is heard no longer there.
Bul la the icy aims OF death
She doth SO sweetly sleep.
Aud close beside the little grave
A mother Oft VIII weep.
Though oth y trusting ones may lean
Upon tae faithful breast
That sheltered from the wind and storm
THE bud that's SUM to rest.
They cannot, cannot fin the place
OF one thai dwells above,
For there as caught upon the earth
To equal n mothers love.
nv tier parents, MIR. and MRS. K. j -BUNCE.
1t
HOTGH-On Friday. February 4. 1898.
at3 n. H.. MARY CATHERINE. daughter
of Lacy C. and the late Robert HOugh, at
her home, lBs9 : street.
Funeral on. SATURDAY. at 3 v. "a. from
tie above address. Friends and relatives
are i,,N-ited 1t
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\ MUSICAL PRODIGY.
New Haven Girl of Seven Astonis hes
All who Hear Her.

New Haven Girl OF seven A~tonlS mes
All who Hear Her.
seven year old Ruby Mason. daughter OF
Mr. and Mrs. c. q Mason. OF New Haven.
Conn. is considered by lfsr friends musical
prodigy. Folr years ago Mrs. Mason dis
covered the child had a wonderful taste for
music In = oy store in Waterbury she as
tonished her mother and the proprietor Of
the place b. picking ont on Il doll piano
tunes that she had hea Tdthe street organs
grind out. She continaed on a small nelo-
deon at honr. and no " her pcrrorna nee ON
a grand pia no is considered nothing short
OF wonderful. SHE has mastered dif ficult
classical works. and Il il said she may
soon make Ier appeara nee on the concert
stage here.
She is smaIi for her a. &c aud dOesn 'tdppear
to be more taan five years old As yet she
las not learned her alpha bet, having at
tended siICOUi only month. Sheis sweet
little girl, With light fluffy hair and
dainty roSeleaf Complexion.
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Fearrul Result of a Bath.

II is reported that Mrs. Samuel Smith,
OF WmSted, Conn, was washed, against
her VIII. week ago. and is now threatened
with death ~ pneumonia as the result OF
the enforced bath. Mrs Smith is rich,
and as called eccentric" by her neigh
Tors, her only companion for many years
having been a cat that stood on its hind
legs and danced. The cat died a little
while ago, and then il occurred to Henry
Cay. wtlstej's wealthy banker, that the
place and :he occupant needed a good
cleaning. -Four loads OF rubbish were
carried ava s. and then two nurses turned
their ATTENTION To the unwilling owner.
She had not had hath for twenty years,
and the scru5bing was too much for her.