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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.