The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-04-16
ST. Patricks Day at Harper.

J quested to respond with Irish quotations.
| The interior decorations were all appro-
| pirate TO the festive day. Each guest was
presented with a leaf of "old Erin's native
shamrock and then came the following
pleasing program:
Piano Duet-Mesdames Erhart and La
mar.
Solo, 'Wearin' the Green"-Mrs Dick
erson.
Reading, "Emmet's vindication''-Mag-
! gle Neff.
Quartette, THE Harp That Once Thro
Tara's Halls''-Mesdames Dickerson,
! Weatherly, Misses Fulton and Farwen.
A Talk About St Patrick-Mrs. Martin.
Solo, Kathleen Mavourneen''-Claric
Farwell
Solo, Little Bunch of shamrock"-Mrs.
Beeson.
Reading, THE Shamrock''-Mrs. Cole.
Solo, Gathering the Shamrock with
Mary'-Mrs. Weatherly.
''Why is it." asks Candida, chat all of
the organizations Of men are 50 inextri-
cably mixed up with the pomp of show
and parade? Is it that man is really more
primitive, more childlike, and less spiritual
in his nature than women, that his emo
tons must be tickled with object lessons?
Children and savages are ever pleased
with the noise of durms and the blazon-
ing Of tinsel and arms Is there really
any wide difference between the tastes Of
the South Sea islanders. the Dahomey-
ans. or the denizens of the streets of
Cairo, with their barbaric display of color
and noise and the pretensions of our own
royal order of Knight Templar, tricked
out in stripes and bands of finery? =
What is the use Of a sword that is
never meant to be used? A true Knight
Templar Of old would call it a toad
sticker Instead of helmet, before whose
sternness even the crows would fly in ter
ror, he has a cooked hat and plume, that
are in ridiculous contrast with his modern
attire. He wears cavalry boots and
gauntIets, who is never to mount a horse!
The boots are shams, too, of seeming
bootlegs made of glazed cloth strapped
down over shoes. Even the
names of the high officials of these orders
are so absurdly grandiloquent that they
inspire a sentiment of ridicule rather than
reverence. To be sure" Candida adds,
that there is beginning to grow a sort of
female annex to many of these mems
orders, where women who nave no other
method Of social intercourse, are allowed
to ape the doings of the superior sex;
where the Royal POcahontas, or High
Lady Fiddlesticks, or some queenly person
like that rules royalty over her sisters for
a brief day of circumstance, and then re-
tires to her daily occupation of cooking
and washing. But these an
nexes are half-hearted affairs at best,
and the women who compose them ought
to see that they are only a pretext in
vented to satisfy that old Unsuitable curl
osity which women have ever had for the
secrets of Freemasonry and similar or
ders. Women answer very
well. to carry out the entertainment part
of a program-the everlasting fetch-and-.
carry Of the social life Of these orders
but true intelligence, real philanthropy
tentions under the mummery of high
sounding names or phrases"
"BreadH' exclaimed the college girl.
BREAD. Well, I should say I can make
bread We studied that in our first year.
You see. the yeast ferments and the gas
thus formed permeates everywhere. and
transforms the plastic material into a
clearly obvious atomic structure, and then
49," But what is the plastic material you
speak OFF, ooh. that is commonly called
the sponge" But how do you make the
sponge?" "Why, you don't make it; the
cook always attends to that. Then test
the sponge with the thermometer and the
hydrometer. and a lot of other instru-
ments. the names of which I don't remem-
Der. and then hand it back to the cook;
and I don't know what she does with it
then, but when it comes on the table it IS
just splendid"
One very worthy club in the state has
collected a box of books for the travelling
libraries. but case of scarlet fever in
the house where the books are kept has
caused great delay in sending them. Not
until they are thoroughly fumgated will
they allow them to be sent out
The latest accession 70 the State Fed
Grafton is the Ingleside club, of Kansas
City. Kansas. of which Mrs. Agnes Nc
COllum is secretary.
international ". w. 4. 4. Convention
Milwaukee, Wis. April 15.-Miss Annie
NJ. Reynolds, general secretary for the
worlds committee, London. England. to-
day addressed the International Y. W. c.
a. convention on ''The Relation of the
International Committee to the Worlds
Committee" Miss Reynolds reviewed the
work of the worlds Y. w. c. y. and made
a special mention of the mutual informa-
ton and mutual help of workers in devel-
oping new fields, that the worlds com
mittee effected. She pointed out the alb
solute necessity of foreign missionary
department. There viii be three summer
conferences Of the Y. W. c. \. this year
one in Northield Mass, another in Ashe-
VILE \. c. and the third in Lake Gen
eva, Wis. The report of the committee on
the future policy of the International work
as adopted provides for the raising of ST.
0oo annually for the next two years; that
the name Of the International committee
be changed from International Y. ". t. /
~ 10 American y. W - \. IN the state
department. the report recommends tfat
especial emphasis be laid upon the davel- /
opment of members Of various state COM
Gittees. in the college department es-
pec.al emphasis Is TO be given TO Bible /
work and evangelical work throughout the /
United States and great care is 70 Zoe taken /
IN developing the missionary department /
and supporting representatives in foreign /
fields. IN the city department Bible work
and evangelical work throughout organized
cities OF the country. Il Is recommended I
that city travelling secretary be put in
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