Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-12-20

was no ofncial bar to the appointment Of
women carriers Mr.. Payne objected Il
them Tor several reasons, each Of WHICH
For one thing, no matter how conscisn-
| tious woman carrier may be in the dis
| charge OF her duties, she Is not strong
enough physically to properly guard the
| mail. The Postmaster General Is respon-
| sible to the people OF the country for their
| letters, and he must take every precau-
tion to see that they are delivered safely
1 and time.
Again. a country mail route means bad
| roads and all sorts of weather and the
| women are few and far between who can
| stand the exposure that the service en-
tails.
The Postmaster General is kindly man.
VINO appreciates a womans rights in her
struggles for self support, and he feels
| that In Keeping her from that one field
| OF labor he is protecting her from illness
and possibly worse, for all know that a
country mail route on a lonely road has
been the theater for more than one tragic
drama that has found its way into print.
Mr.. Payne has taken strenuous action
against one class OF women clerks only in
the postal service-those who have able
bodied husbands attached. His objection
to the married woman clerk is weighty
that 1t is well for him, financially. that he
does not have to send 1t through the mail.
Superintendent Machin of the rural free
delivery service, who knows more about
the women OF the postal service than any
other one man, paid a splendid tribute to
them In an address which. he made before
the suffrage convention here a few years
ago, and which were published as a part
Of the proceedings.
Mr.. Machin stated among other facts
that not one OF the women employed In the
rural free division owed her position to
political influence. Merit alone brought
them where they and secured their
well-earned promotions.
The Capitol Hill History Club met on the
nhAp nj MrC Tarv
BIB East Capitol street. The subject was
The Madonnas' and the time was profit
ably and agreeably passed in the considera-
ton of different Madonnas and their ar
lists. The pictures purchased by the club
were presented to Mrs. Briggs. On motion
the club adjourned to meet January 4 1903,
at the residence of Mrs. T. N. Mclaughlin.
Oh b street northeast.
Mrs. Theodore B. Cunningham enter
tanned the League Of American Pen Wo-
men, of which she Is president at the
League headquarters Thursday evening.
Mrs. Cunningham gave her presidential ad-
dress, the occasion being presidents night.
Miss Eugene Deland read paper entitled
THE Art Student" and Mr. H. C. C. Stiles
gave talk on modern methods of Illus
trating. At the close of the program re-
freShments were served.
Among those present were ex-senator and
Mrs. Henderson, Mr.. and Miss Deland Cen
eral Hooker Mr.. and Mrs. Lincoln, Mrs.
Morgan, Mrs. Babbitt, Mr.. and Mrs. Cum
Beck Mrs. Baker, Miss Hughes, Miss Ran
some Mrs. Brinton, Capt. and Mrs Rhodes,
Mrs. Hamilton, Mrs. Triepel, Miss Duval
Mrs; Frye Miss White; Miss Patten: Miss
Miss Connor. Miss Mahoney, Mr.. and Mrs
Amber Mrs. Mitchell Mr.. and MIS-. Marsh,
Mrs. Burton, Miss Terrence, Mrs. Jones,
Miss johnson and the Misses Harris
The woman's National Press Association
held a well-attended meeting last night in
nr1a of ha ovir. Of tha
with Mrs Belva A. Lockwood, president Of
the association. in the chair.
The main interest Of the evening GEN.
tered in Miss Henrietta F. Muller of Lon
don, who gave an account of her travels
around the world, instead of the lecture
True and False Democracy" which she
had selected, but which was postponed until
later occasion. Several members made
brief remarks and Miss Frances Graham
French read dialect poem.
The District Federation of Women,s
Clubs Will hold Its next meeting Saturday,
December q, at Wimodaughsis headquar-
tiers, 14o2 New York avenue northwest.
The F. B. L. Club held its monthly meet
ing last night at the home of it's past presf-
dent, Mrs. f. E. Flint. The philanthropic
work done since the last session was dis
cussed, and individual members told of per-
sonal efforts in behalf of the poor. The
evening, as usual, closed with music and
Rotations and light refreshments were
served. The next meeting will be held at
the home of Miss Nellie A. Tucker, secre-
tary of the club.
Mrs. Fances Adams of Buffalo. who 10
prominently identified with the club inter-
ests of that city, is here for the Christmas
holidays.
Mrs. j. Ellen Foster. while abroad. gath
cred interesting data while in the land Of
the car, which she has embodied in a
lecture entitled AN American Woman in
Russia" and which she will give this even.
ing at the Portner. under the auspices Of
Constitution Chapter, ID. A r.
'"They tell me you have cured yourself OF
chronic insomnia"
Eyes; I'm completely cured"
''It must be great relief"
"Relief! I should say it was. Why, lie
awake half the night thinking how L used
to suffer from it."-C1eveland Plain Dealer,