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SATURDAY JUNfcT t. 1#X
THE DENVER WOMAN'S CLUB.
I, article In tho June number of
IT Woman’s Home Companion, wrlt-
, hr Bertha D. Knobe, abe write*
Interestingly of club work In
JJtoa. Her article Is In defense of
.dub women, and ft very good de
rtotlon the Kork done by the Den
, i-tub Is here given:
rifhf ponderosity of the task In-
■ , when one uttempts to thor-
esplolt the work of even one
KLin's dub. Take the splendid Den-
Ejyoronn's Club, for instance. It Is
Jr twelve years old. but an unabrldg-
I book w ould not hold the record of
■ us doings, "dendly serious' and
Aerwlse. It has an Imposing new
atvflve-thousand-dollar club house
r. working center for Its one thous-
Ed members, dl»M4& far Working pur-
L, mt,, various departments. More
ls 'it bn an exceptional opportunity
C effect political reforms In the com-
Cgftltr because, Colorado being an
uil-’Uffrage state, its members have
a jd«i power of the ballot.
pThlnk of twenty-two laws, mainly
. the protection of women and chll-
- which It has placed on the statute
K k«' Besides, by way of briefest
inmary. It may be known that this
Eb has spent thirty' thousand dollars
I philanthropic work. At least ten
Urand dollars has been uhciI in plac-
* pictures In tho various public
.Jnols of Denver. It maintains a free
trail,nm-nt bureau, which annually
r position for throe thousand
■H it has a social settlement In
, poorer district, centering In League
old church fitted up for Ita
'Htre Is established a club for the
working women of that locality, a sew
ing school for the, children, a circulat
ing library and fi-ee baths. Near by
la the Woman's Free Dispensary, where
the needy are treated by women physi
cians, two hundred patients a month
being the common average. The club
has alao renovated the city jail,
launched a lunch club for business
women, promotes ‘club extension*
through a series of small outlying clubs
aggregating five hundred members,
conducts a free art class, also a physi
cal culture clasa that members may
gain a knowledge of the laws of health,
manage* Plngree gardens for the poor,
established ‘bird day* and 'arbor day*
In the public schools, opened a chil
dren's park and play ground, and so on
to the end of the chapter—only there
Isn't any end.
"This wide-awake Western club Is
only an Interesting sample. There are
clubs and clubs—so many, Indeed, os to
occasionally tempt the unwary Into be
ing almost ‘dubbed to death.' But auch
excess Is an lndlvldaul matter, and
the woman who overdoes a club life
would be Immoderate, whether ahe was
running the sewing society at'church
er the sewing machine at home. Prob
ably tub record as • a much-clubbed
woman belongs to Mrs. Esther Herr-
man, of New York, who Is a member
of fifty-one clubs: but Mrs. Herrman
has time and money, and, moreover, a
happy little way of giving one thous
and dollars to one of her clubs every
little while for Its philanthropic work.
So why should she be defended? Or
any club woman, for that matter?"
Officers.
President—Mr*. James Jackson,
3sst Unden s
First Vine P
coml*. Athens.
8<vnnd Vice President—Mrs. R. T.
Humphreys. West Point.
Recording Secretary—Mrs. Robert Tay
lor. Origin.
CorresiMindlng Secretary—Mrs. Hugh
Willett, Atlanta. .
Treasurer—Mrs. B; P. Dlamukes, Jr.,
Columbus.
Auditor—Mrs. Mallory Taylor. Macon.
PI rectors—Mrs. B. A. Peeples. Val
dosta; Miss I .unis M. Noes, Augusta;
Mrs. E. B. Heard. Mlddletou; Mrs. W.
P. Pnttlilo. Atlanta; Mrs. Lewis llrown.
Fort Vs Hey.
Mrs. Lindsay Johnson, director life.
Geueral Secretary for Georgia—Mrs. A.
O. Granger. Cartersvllle.
State Editor—Mrs. J. .Lindsay John
son. Rome.
Mrs. A. McD. Wilson elected president
of Atlanta Woman’s Club on May 14.
The tenth annual convention will be
held In Macon Noretnlier «, 1901
Federation Colors-Green aipl white.
List of Committees.
Education—Chairman. Mrs. J. Lindsay
Johnson, IUo Vista, Itomc; Mrs. It. A.
Peeples, Valdosta: Mrs. William Tift,
Ttftou: Mrs. A. O. Granger. Carters-
vllle; Mrs. A. V. Glide. Atlanta; Mrs.
M. It. Higginbotham, West Point; Mrs.
J. P. A vend, Atlanta; Miss Anna W.
Griffin, Columbus? Mrs. Lyman Arasden,
Atlanta; Mrs. G. H. Whaley, Jesup;
Mrs. J. L. Stewart. Athena.
Directors of Model Schools—Daniels-
vllle (Madison comity), Mrs. Eocene
Heard. Middleton; Cass Station (Bar
tow county). Mrs. M. L. Johnson. Csss
Station; Tallulah Falls, Mrs. M. A.
Lipscomb, Athens; Witters District
(Floyd coontyi. Mrs. C. D. Wood,
Rome; Free Kliidercsrtens. Mrs. Nellie
i,. »* ii.ic, cnnrrvTiiif ■ .»*•». minis
Brown. Augusta; Mrs. Rhodes Browne.
Aim. n URUii, wau a rm-mirr iiinii, AI-
Unta; Mrs. W. II. litre. Uarahallvtlle:
Mrs. L. B. Clark, Atlanta; Mrs. Robert
Zaliner, Atlanta; Mrs. Thomas Mills,
Griffin; Mrs. J. M. Talley, Macon.
Arts and Crafts—Chairman. Mrs. Nel
lie Peters Black, fftt I*e«chtrec street,
Atlanta: Mrs. Edwin Lang. West Point;
Miss Georgia Donaldson. Batubrldge;
Mrs. O. A.
Genien^’and*" V Ilia go Improvement—
Chairman, Mrs. W. L. I lino*. Calhoun;
Mrs. Godfrey. Covington; Mrs. C. H.
Spark*. Rome; Mrs. Pearl II. Edwards.
Norcross; Mrs. A. P. Ritchie, ltabun
Gap; Mrs. If. <’. White. Athens.
Uhrnrr—rhnlriuuti. Mrs. B. G. Mc
Cabe. 65? Peachtree street. Atlanta: Mrs.
W. O. Tift, Tift on; Mrs. It. A. Cnraon,
Jewell: Mlsa ltosn Woodbury, Athens;
Mrs. Minnie illlyer Cassln, Atlanta;
Mrs. J. c. Prtntup. Rome; Mrs. William
King. Atlanta: Mrs. Edward Brown. At
lanta; Mrs. Fleming dnBIguou, Atlanta.
Club Extension—Chairman, Mrs. W. P.
PottWo, 171 East Fair street, Attnuta;
Min Anna Henning, Columbus; Mrs. J.
K. Ottley. Atlnutn: Mrs. Mallory Tay
lor. Macon; Mrs. Eugene Heard, Mid
dleton: Mrs. c. C. Handera. Gainesville;
Miss Ixnilse Nee*. Augusta; Mrs. C. C.
Brantley, Valdosta; Mrs. J. Lindsay
Johnson, Rome.
Program—i'halrmnn, Mrs. J, K. Ottley,
187 Penehtrse street. Atlanta; Mr*. 11.
G. Swanson. Fnlrlmru; Mrs. Nichols
Peterson, Tffton; Mrs. E. J. Willing
ham, Mn'•*»»; Mrs. Ham D. Joue*. At
lanta: Mrs. Alice Muse Thomas, Atlanta;
Mrs. J. T. Moody, Atlanta.
TEACHING SHAKESPEARE IN AMERICA.
The open-sir performance of Shakes
peare which was given by the Ben
Greet corps of actors In Atlanta re
cently haa somewhat set astir the In
terest of people all over the country
to establish Shakespearean claaaea
throughout the tend and to present the
plays once a year at a recurrent
Sakespearean festival. It has been
suggested that the club woman take
hold and put this splendid work Into
action. Now Tork was named as the
suitable place to present the plays of
Shakespeare, the performance to be
given at the same time tho festival Is
held In England, at Stratford-on-Avon.
Hen Greet, the noted actor, could ca
pably present the plays to the public,
as he has made It a study, and Is well
versed In the srt of out-of-door plays.
This would be a decidedly Intereating
Held of work for prominent and well-
known women, who could be the medi
um through which all of the children
of America would grmv up In the per
fect knowledge of Shakespeare. The
result from such efforts would b* high
ly successful, and would also prove a
source of ever-gitlnlng results.
THE DAY NURSERY.
It has been suggested by some of
the prominent club women the value
und Importance of day nurseries
throughout-a large city like Atlanta,
a home where working women could
leave small babies and children to be
cared for by good women and matrons,
white the mothers may attend to their
business duties—with a heart and a
mind free from worry about their
little ones.
In all of Atlanta, there an but two
such homes that can be recalled, and
one Is the Sheltering Arms home, on
Walton street, which has been built
and le supported by as earnest a band
of workers—foremost among them are
the women—«a could ever be found
anywhere. A portion of the money
which goes to keep up an Institution
of- this kind may be subscribed yearly,
and the rest Is earned by hard work.
Each yoar the women of the Sheltering
Arms hold a restaurant during the
month of February, and they try to
reallxe an amount sufficient to run the
home until the following year.
The other Is th* Settlement home,
which has moat capable women at the
head of the organisation, where chil
dren are taken care of during th*
working hours of their mother*.
The club women are always dsslrous
of placing good rssults In a community,
and there Is surely no other grand
cause where splendid work onuld be
dor.o than along this lln* of action.
Take, for Instance, the Sheltering
Arm*, only a few working mothers
are easily within reach of this home,
where they can leave their children
for a day at smnll charge. Day nor-
scries established and run by the
Woman’s Club, of this city, for In
stance, could make It very helpful to
some poor tlred-out woman, who has
to work for her living and support her
children. ■ ,
The pries for housing n child during
the work hours of th* mother could he
same sum which st the end of the week
would not affect the pulse. A gUI**T '
should not necessarily be for young
babies, but the older children could
here recslv* the flrst training of child
hood In book sense, preparatory to
sending them to the public schools,
where their education may be glv. n
them. Many a child could bo taught
the alphabet, and also how to count.
Such a subject os a "Day Nursery"
Is certainly worthy of discussion and
of great thought.
Treasures Stored In Russian Churches.
The treasures of the various Russtnn
churches are of fabulous value. St.
Isaac's cathedral,' In St. Petersburg, la
said to have cost 150,000,000. Ita cop
per roof Is overlaid with pure gold. In
tho Cathedral of Kasan, the name
of th* Almighty tbloass In diamonds
from a cloud of beaten gold, under
which are solid silver doors 10 feet
high. There are 11400 churches In Mos
cow, many of which contain priceless
treasures. From the Cathedral of the
Assumption Napoleon took from the
church S tons nt silver and 100 weight
of gold, but Its most precious treas
ures were concealed.
Society, with
OUR NEIGHBORS
Continued from opposite page.
mut ten weeks In New York study-
j music.
lilies Elisabeth Jemlson entertained
luesday at a luncheon. She haa tw elve
Tuenis
I Mr. and Mrs. William Cutcllft have
|onf to Boston, and will sail on June
! for Europe. They will be gone about
lx months.
J Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Roden left Sat
urday for New York. They will at-
gml the commencement of Columbia
gniveralty of New York and of Vassar.
knjamln F. Roden, Jr., will graduate
rom Columbia in the mining engineer-
fcg department, and Mlsa Maybelle
toden will take her A, B. degree at
fassar.
1 Mlsa Lena Jackson and Mlsa Cornelia
Iheldon have gone to attend the house
lerty of Mra. Leavell's at Oxford,
kiss.
I Miss Bessie Jemlson was'the hostess
Ihursdny evening at a moonlight pic-
■!c and theater party In compliment to
ler guests, Miss Estelle Shook, of
■aatvvllle, Mr. Richard Barry,' of New
fork, and ,\trj William Cocking*, of
tansaa city. The visit of the special
lUests la In the nature of a reunion,
he four hnvlng met and traveled In
*ypt a few months since.
I Mr. Walter Drcnnen bas returned af-
rr spending some time In New York
fudytng voice.
A8HEVTLLE, N. C.
| Colonel and Mrs. Charles W. Wool
fs left yesterday for New York, after
pending the winter In Asheville at
pelr country home. From New York
fey will go to Europe, where they will
pit their daughter, Mr*. Hewitt, for
pverai month*. The party will travel
pensively on the continent during the
Simmer. Colonel and Mra. Woolaey
llll return to Asheville In the fall.
1 The graduating class of the Aahe-
Pe High School last night repeated
|e class play, "Brlarwood Ghosts," for
i benefit of the seventh and eighth
ides of the Orange Street School. A
|J»e number of the friends of the
Fjng ladles attended the performance.
L Mr ,ln, l Mrs. John A. Burbling left
rmmiday for an extended visit to rela-
(”* at Trenton, N. J.
i 5,r j,,i m c. Lusk, of Jacksonville,
''ho has many-friends In Ashe-
• has been In the city for the past
pw days.
I Mr. E. T. Toome,’ of Richmond, has
armd to his home after a visit to
weds In Asheville.
[*r* ftavenel. of Atlanta, will ar-
f ln the city next week, to spend
pe Summer with Mra. Julian Rnvenel.
■ .Misses Agnes and Busla Carter have
E"*, 1 " South Carolina for a visit to
Ptattves.
I Mr and Mrs. William Henry Harrl-
PBtormerly of Richmond, but now of
£*'""•• hav ® gone lo spend a few
at Tnte Springs.
*■ I'. Pritchard, wife of Judge
pchard, of the United Staten court,
ireturned from a visit to her mother
" hauin. In Washington, D. C.
CAVE 1PRING8.
L°: Edenfleld has returned from
.. , W. Stringer, of Talladega,
t'* 'he guest of relatives here.
| Mh> i hristine Schuesifler, of Aseh
1* visiting her cousin, Mlsa
athle.n Wright.
I.™ * Katherine McDonald, Bessie
T.?,* 1 " 1 J °J r Harper, after a pleas-
to Miss Frances Harper, have
nSSr 1 '"""*•
iir,. ni " rl * ht has returned from
'here he has been at Mercer
I u ' hist year.
c . Ann “ Allen, a teacher at Oeor-
B •■'ho,i fo r Deaf, left today for her
I r n" Mlnnenot*. -
ke Jr '' ‘ntberly, of Chattanooga. Is
irki”" °* ***• Mrs. Linton
Mb* Kate Edwards, who has been
•ehwd at cmhterj College, arrived
to srcsn.1 k.. .
Chiffon notched: arWbilc
Met -wuh> lr>s<pt.lon apeNfiiUj,
Jay lo *p*nd her summer v&ca-
If R r " McCaffrey and two daughters,
»re th* guests of Mrs. F. L.
—Avenue Baptist Sunday
RE.. T. m P'ftlr here Friday,
k Hi,.*, row Watts and mother are
“fton, Ala., taking on outing.
AUGUSTA.
“tyjantheaium Fair Association of
DaufUtir* of Augusta harr s**nt
1 r*nr hi e Augusta hare sent
W {£*•& the prises to !«
ikrL,, **• saniial fill fafr. The as-
‘“Sjnnced tt* rales and reg-
.ynder Which tbs fslr will iw <k>-
U'lfsh- to he held thte fall will
ln u r ?rr scale than those held la
ik
“.J*! 1 he more widely advertWwd
, Ooe-half of the express
he pa hi foe all Cowers eo-
OTHINO annoys a woman
so much os to feel that the
wind Is playing havoc with
her hat or the arrangement of her
hair, and to obviate this difficulty
the long lace veils, much after
the style of those that "mother
used to wear," have been Intro
duced under the sobriquet of "wind
veils."
In black, white and brown, they
will be worn with all styles of cos
tume* thl* eummer, from the natty
suit of linen or lightweight mohair
qr suiting lo the elaborate lingerie
gown accompanied by a meet elab
orate chapeau.
Of fine Brussel* lace are th*
blacks, either plain or dotted, some
showing borders .if lace, others
finished with double rows of thin
black taffeta ribbon of Inch width
between which I* net an Insertion
of (Tuny or Valenciennes lace of
similar width.
In length, they are from 2 to J
yards, being draped around the hat
amI allowed to tall straight all
around like a curtain, the ends
caught up In the back shoulder*.
The adjustment of these veil*
should receive most csreful at
tention, else the whole effect will
be spoiled. ,
Those of white are made from a
line white or cream net and bor
dered with-fine lace and Insertion,
either Duchesse or Chantilly. In
the white, the veil flnlshed with
the pointed Instead of the squsre
ends Is new. Of white chiffon, a
2-lnrh pleated raffle of chiffon I*
applied to the hemstitched edge.
Thl* I* worn the same as the thin
ner Vella, the long points reachlnr
to the waist line In the bark. In
brown, the bordered lace veils are
extremlr chic and go* with a cos
tume of any color.
Veil*-from 8. Koch A Son*.
Photos from Joel Feder.
l JIwh eonllal Interest renter* at present,
s the routines cement exercises of the,
srloits high school* of the 1-lty. prln-t
W ily all Of which will be lieM nex week.
eiHnioetteeijtent of the Tnbutsu nigji
nRtool for girls will tske pine,- mi th - even-
Inc of tVednesditr.
house. Hum. Thomas W. Hardwick wll ■
deliver the address of the el milt*. The
HnmmefrlUe Academy eloses Tnewtay. June
ind the grades ting exerctsre wl,, ^
ftdU f-
L
Aroortd. LiKe CurtZh-Lo.
aataan
sausBi
ran
BRIDAL CHESTS
USED FOR ROBES
Ero-arn VeLl> H«a.vily |
DonderedL are.i’nwrt.c.tiB
Orangrliiirg, whuri* *hf hits Ihmmi tlm guest
nt relntlviHi the past few dnjs.
Mr*. Jnnmui A. Bnffeker wilt fesre Kim*
liny for Blrmltiglutm, Ala., where she will
Miieiifl *<• vi 1 rnl w«fks with her sun, Mr.
George Bwleher.
Mr*, rharle* H. Holder will entertsln the
mr-tnlier* of the WofHlInwn Whist Club
Vienna nml
_ _ 1 rleiuli
Atlanta.
Mrs. Hpsrks W. Melton will leave shortly
the oeessloo. TW Catholic
where She hs« been studying
■put term.
Mis* Anita Fhfnlsy has ireturned from •
delightful visit to New Yorh.
Miss leeilse BothwHI will return this
week from M*«ia»ie \jeVerlie’s school In
MfnM
W. Je Henning will go to Atlauti next
. Hnsrks w. Melton will tesvs
visit to relstlves In Itlehmimd,
Miss 1.1111* Jones Is tho guest of tbs
Misses Wheeler, In Hsrsunsb.
COMMERCE.
Miss Fay Shannon has retumsd from
iAOrnnga.
After a very pleasant visit of two
weeks, Miss Annie Sue McKee has re
turned to Athens.
George Dicks, of LoGrange, was In
the city Sunday, the gueet of frlenda.
Mies Maude Pelham has returned
from Mayevllle, where she was an at
tendant at the Comer-Williams mar
riage.
Air. Ralph Carson, of Cornelia, Is
visiting his father, Mr. E. C. Carson.
Miss flarlda |* at Franklin Springs.
Miss Oetter spent Sunday In At
lanta.
Misses Nell* and Elisa Bright, of
Toccos, are the charming guests of
Miss Hettle Canton.
Mr. W. B. Burns spent Thursday
In Athens.
Davis Shannon has retumsd from
Mercer University, where he graduat
ed In the law department.
The Mlaaaa Carson entertained the
young ladles or fhs town at a delight
ful reception Wednesday afternoon In
honor of their victors, miss Ortfftn, of
Valdosta, and Mlssst Bright, of Toccoo.
Mlss Estelle Hood has been In Toe-
con for the past weak attending the
district meeting of the Foreign Mis
sionary Society.
Dr. W. B. Hardman has returned
[from New Tort.
tSt.OOe In damage*.
sits Is the stout tonrlfiring evldesre of the
leiwtlt)toll's prosperity, lest year the dr-
posits were IM-'.V-VtSV Th* total hat BOW
JW*.KThWr ,b "
Without s trousseau box or wedding
chest to hold all their dainty garments,
few brides nowadays consider their
wardrobe* complete. Yet they do not
select the provsrblsl csdsr cheats that
their grandmothers of a hundred year*
ago thought necessary.
■ Instend, the majority of them, espe
cially those In the smart set, like tho
ones mode from mahogany or oak with
dark, dull Flemish finish. A fow
walnut wood boxes are desired, but
lack (he popularity of th* other two
kinds. Practically non* of the light
woods, bird's-sye maple, etc., are used,
because the first chests were
dark colored.
Unlike the old-time cedar cheata that
were as simply mad* as possible with
four plain sides, a top or lid to match,
nml no decoration, not oven metal hnn-
dies or a lock and key, those modern
one* are quite elaborately ornamented
with hand-carved designs, massive
handles and occasionally heavy brass
locks, with chains.
Homs of thorn are oven fitted up like
small chiffonier*, wltji one, two or thro#
drawers, whll* others have trays dlvld.
ed Into many compartment* and curi
ously shafted, to hold certain kinds af
wearing apparel. There la still another
development of the wedding box that Is
partitioned off Into sectlona the depth
of the chest.
With all th##* up-to-date Improve
ments, a troussenu box of today frscia-
hles hut little the ofd-fsshloned on##
that have been treasured and handed
down as htfriooms In many families.
They were always thought to b* par
ticularly valuable, because they pro
tected (ha clothing from attacks by
moths—the pungent scent of the wood
being objetdonable to moths—end for
that reason no other kind of wood was
selected.
This theory, according to a well-
known furniture dealer, has been en
tirely exploded, and now chests arc
bought because ef th# bsauty of tbs
wood from which they are made, or for
the handsome hand work used In or
namentation.
Though the average chest bought
now I* not any more expensive than
the old cedar ones that were mane ny
hand, ths hsnd-csrvsd boxes in mahog
any and Flemish oak run up Into largo
figures, especially those that are fltt-.|
with compartment*. Naturally, there-
are women who still want to buy cedar
cheats and are astonished to find tlmt
they no longer are considered extreme
ly valuable and ran be bought for from
five dollars up—or course, not hnn.l-
made ones—Wdlle th# Issst money thnt
will buy a small Flemish oak chest that
Is perfectly plain I* twenty dollar*.
Practically th* only point* that nr*
now the same between the new sml
old are the line# on which they nr*
made, for th* oblong shapes are still
used. The simplest kind of a chest
has a liny border of bending around
the edge* to relieve It from s.-vcrity.
nnd Instead of resting Hat on the floor
like a box there are small feet, plain
to harmonise. But that, Incidentally,
saves It from looking, as one woman
ild, "exactly Ilk# a tool box."
Th* carving ueed on these chest* Is
centered on Ine front panel and on th*
lid, anil In design Is either Horal. a
wedding wreath surrounded with dain
ty bunches of lilies of tha valley, or a
copy of an old-time wedding proces
sion. where flower* and fruit* »r»
shown In abundance and are sh >wared
on the happy bride ami bridegroom
Chests fitted with compartment* are
quite expensive, and one In which the,..
was a long tray to accommodate skirts
so that they would not have to be fold
ed, with nnother one In which the
ws* a box for hats, laces, ribbon*, etc.
A third one for waists, wraps, etc. In
mahogany, costa »1M. Th# wedding
box, made up of three drawers, rang-
In price from 150 up, according to Un
kind of wood and the decoration, while
the other new style box, with compart
ment* reaching from the Ild to the
bottom, can be bought from Its up-
ward. __________
Th* R«ar Guard.
Frew The American H|MJ-t*t,-r.
The Isle Getter*! kchofleld »»• en. e d~
•rrlMnit In WasMsgtsa * ferula re,r.-.it
“‘•PnTll’ft « retreat." h* said. Tret sh-eild
really tell it * root.
lie Moiled.
••In this retrret," h# weet on. th- rem
a trading general, a* Ms Harare rare apt
the wind el cos. tarwed to in sM* wh«
-ftllot—1 Iteslde him. sekl:
•• 'Wini nr#* iHir rmr n
Who ere oar rear go*rdf
“The tUa without erasing
ntsni to Maher hr
",V*~ •
who IMVO till*
Couldn't Dsvty It.