Omaha daily bee., 1903-04-26

was the unexpec' ed reply, and all
the fine theories Of deliberate cruelty TO the
future race we're dashed to the g ound. TITS
a mistake" she went on, "to suppose that
we unmarried women sit down and calmly
consider the pros and cons OF matrimonial
relations; that we deliberately discuss and
decide what attitude we will take in regard
to the appalling problem CT the future OF
the human race. 1t sounds wise and all
that to hear that we bachelor girls have
solved the perplexing problem of the age.
but we can't even take credit to ourselves
for that. Force of circumstances is re-
sponsible for the number of our kind In
existence.
Its my opinion that no girl is too busy
to think of men. The society girl who is
bent on having a good time wants to pro-
long her period OF enjoyment just as long
as she can before she deliberately curtalls
her freedom by marrying but she looks
forward to matrimony some day, and the
writer on economic subjects for the Denver
Post, has been appointed a worlds fair
commissioner for Colorado by Governor
Peabody.
Sister Donatile, superior OF the hospital
of Nancy France has been decorated with
the Legion OF Honor for her constant serv-
ice of thirtytwo years in caring for the
sick.
Only five out Of twenty-one Jails in New
Jersey have a matron or other woman on
cial, and in three out OF the five so many
other duties are imposed upon the matron
she has not time to attend to the women
prisoners.
DR.. Rachel ]. Davidson has been ap-
pointed by Governor Bliss of Michigan to
be delegate-at-large to the national and In
ternational good roads convention held in
st. Louis April 1873. DIR. Davidson has
made a special study of rural road making.
Mrs. Lydia Dyer Briggs who is the sew
Quaker, who was hanged on Boston Com
mons in 1861. for returning after she had
been banished from the colony, has just
celebrated her ninety-seventh birthday in
Rutland, VT
Mrs. BENJAMIN Harrison, widow of the
late president proposes to sell TO Mr.. Inger-
soil, the millionaire bachelor, her beautiful
home in the Adirondacks. Berkeley lodge.
The place has tender associa tiOns for Mrs.
Harrison, as she and the late general
riage and spent every summer there, but
she has, 1t Is said, received a tempting
offer and is considering It.
Mrs. ]. Pierpont Morgan was "the cyno-
sure of all eyes at the recent election of
the Colonial Danes at New York. Con-
trary to the expectations of those who did
not know her II was found that she dressed
simply and her cloth gown looked rusty.
Her black hat was small and shapeless and
a thick veil covered her face The decision
OF the women who saw her was embraced
I'm the word "frumpy." Mrs. Morgan's dis
position is exceedingly retiring and when
ever she appears In public she seems III at
ease.
Mrs. Lorillard Ronalds. who has been en-
tertaining the king and queen of England
at her London residence, Is a leading mem
ber of the American colony there and a
patron of every struggling. deserving musi-
clan who Is brought to her attention. Great
artists from the Royal opera house who
charge other folk large sums to appear at
private entertainments sing for friendship
ST Mrs. Ronalds' Therefore STRUGGLING
geniuses who need only a social lift to make
name for themselves feel that they have
as good as arrived when they can get Mrs
Ronalds to let them sing for her guests