The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-10-23

ly for the benefit of Jewish children, yet the
poor, without regard to creed, are admitted
to al of the privileges. The council is by
theory and practice, opposed to almsgiving,
its aim being to help people 20 help them
selves.
Mrs. Sarah Platt, the new vice president
of the general Federation of Women's C ubs
and president of the Denver Woman's club,
will enlist the interest of Colorado. club
women in homemade goods. Her efforts will
be directed especially toward the encourage
ment of Denver manufacturers and her meth
Cd of procedure will be to organize a league,
known as the City Improvement society. and
pledged to buy only Colorado-made goods so
far as possible. At each weekly meat ng
some manufacturer will be invited to address
the ladies, explaining the process Of his par
ticUlar product.
While the idea Of calling women to the
rescue of home manufactures IS not original
with Mrs. Platt. her method Is unique d
of much interest to club women
Mrs. Margaret T. Greenleaf, of the Woman's
Literary club, of Savannah, speaking on the
subject THE Press" before the Illinois fed
Grafton, said: I'm modern newspa pers we
find disrespect breathing from every page
1t would seem as if the newspapers, instead Of
enjoying the honor of molding public opin-
ion, are bent upon creating public prejudice
1t rests with the people whether the newSpa-
paT3 shall print these things or not, for with
out demand for them they would fail Of
publication. Let the paper be the lovers Of
better public morals and better laws"
1t is not a question of what the papers
''love'' to print, but of what the public loves
to read. 1t is true that they mould public
opinion. but they do not make public
morals" The press simply registers the
moral and mental temperature of it's constit-
uents.
eff this war;" said Miss Jane Adams, Of
the Hull House Woman's club at a session of
the Illinois federation, "were, as we thought
it was and we think 1t is, for the liberty of
Cuba, We have come to love the war mu n
for itself. On our peace jubilee arches we
have placed the names and pictures of our
heroes and the names Of their battle fields.
We have said nothing Of the liberated Gu
ban. Our peace jubilee has forgotten the aim
OF the war in love of the war itself"
The Municipal Affairs Magazine has devot-
ed much space to the work accomplished by
women. in city Improvement 1t is a no
ticeable fact that in all the instances men
toned the good has come through organized
effort. The club women of Washington in
duced congress to give more attention to
street improvement and the sanitation OF
slum districts. The Boston clubs joined
forces with men for the lettering Of poor
houses, prisons, tenement houses and hospi-
tails. New York and Philadelphia possess
health and civic leagues that have waged
successful war on bad smells, dirty streets
and public nuisances generally The descrip-
ton of women's actual work covers 100 pages
of the magazine, and mention is made Of
clubs in Chicago, Indianapolis. Denver, New
Orleans, New York, Philadelphia, Boston and
Washington. What about the clubs in Min
nesota?
A society has just been formed at Vienna
= under the name of Verband der Wiener
tungkorrespondenten, the object of which
is to watch over the interests of newspaper
correspondents and to raise their literary ant
social status.
The Richmond chapter of the Daughters o.
the Confederacy has adopted a resolution pro
viding for the erection of a monument ovel
the grave of Miss Winnie Davis, "Daughtel
of the Confederacy." 1t is the purpose O
the chapter to award the contract early IL
January, 1899.
Mrs. Clara Larson, of Chicago was elected
president of the Illinois Federation of Clubs
Friday. The election seems to be heartily ap
proved, and much ia expected of the new ex