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II 1 f: 5 Tl "V*^ ^4,V"T ti 10 BEAUTIFUL CAPITOL CAY WITH FAIR DAMES 1 2 HftSITING LADIES ATTEND FOR- MAL RECEPTION. sr |$ttilding Is Ablaze from Basement to I Dome and Most Noted Women of the Magnificent Decorations and Appoint I ments of Structure. 5 Dr. Justus Ohage gracefully *told the clubwomen yesterday that they were a healthy looking lot of women, the high est praise he could give them in his estimations but last evening they were more than healthy, they were radiant, femartly radiant, when they attended Hie reception which was given at the new state capitol. No wonder the bag gage committee found it difficult to ar range for the huge lot of baggage brought into St. Paul last week, for many of the clubwomen have worn a different gown each day, and last even ing they donned their very best. The capitol was illuminated from dome to basement and it formed a fit ting background for the throng of bril liant, brainy women who surged thru the corridors or gathered in the rooms for a chat with friends from a faraway State. Men were in the minority, altho there was a goodlv sprinkling of mas culinity to countenance Governor John aon. The illuminated capitol was as much of a treat to the twin citv people as to thd \1sit01s, and the beautiful building with its maible stairways, its wonderful mural decorations and beau tiful finishings, was inspected and ad mired by thousands. There was a large Minneapolis representation, and the in terurban cars carried several hundred clubwomen and their escorts to the eainth city. Local Board Hostesses. The aftair was given by the local biennial board, and Governor and Mrs. Johnson were asked to receive with the general officers, Mrs. Sarah Piatt Deck er, president Mrs. Philip N. Moore of J8t. Louis, first vicepresident Mrs. May Alden Ward, Boston, second vicepresi dent Mrs. Percy Pennybacker, Aus 1an, Texas, treasurer Miss Louise B. Poppenheim, Charlestown, S. C, corre eponding^ secretary Mrs. John D. Sher man, Chicago, recording secretary. Mrs. Sarah H. Kendall, Seattle, Wash., and with Mrs. J. W. Edgerton, president of the fourth district, and Mrs., Russell R. Dorr, president of the local biennial board, Mrs. Decker was resplendent in a handsome gown of white and gold satin. &Ier ornament was a diamond cross, a family jewel that is probably over 100 years .old, in which the setting has fightr ieve been changed. Mrs. Moore wore a gray radium silk fashioned with real lace. Mrs. Ward was in black lace and Mrs. Pennybacker's gown was of lavender radium. The lace that trimmed it was given to Mrs. Pennybacker to adorn her wedding gown and was worn by a cousin when she was presented to Napoleon and Josephine at the im perials court. Mrs. 1 Pennybacker'sn orna- n^ent were pearls Mrs. Sherma wore a stunning gown of white satin, the severity of4 the cut softened in the bodice with cluny lace. Miss Poppen lreini -nras charming in a. Fariaiaa gown of white lace and her riewels were pearls. Mrs. Edgerton was in black Mrs. Doir woie white lace and dia monds and Mrs. Johnson was in black net, relieved with touches of blue. Miss Harriet Piatt, Mrs: Decker's attractive daughter, was" in white lace over a pink silk slip. Admire the Capitol. The guests were introduced to the Cheap Rates Southwest Enid, O. Chickasha, I. Ft. Worth, Texas... Galveston, Texas... RdGR Island Ipi^^f8"^ June 5 and 19 Round-Trip Homeseekers HERE ARE SOME OF THE RATES: R'dT'p $26.25 26.25 27.50 24.45 27.25 27.50 27.50 27.50 Oklahoma City, O.T. Limit 30 Days i et it i ft Colby, Kan i 4 Corresponding reductions to other Homeseekers' points in Alabama, Arizona. Arkansas, Colorado, Florida, Georgia,- Idaho, Indian Territory, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mex- ico, Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Oregon, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, yirginia and Washington. :.*No Dust No Discomfort If It Rains Entertaining Lecture En Route on All 8lght and Scenes News Section.! MRS. JOHN 9. SHERttAN of Chicago, the Reoording Secretary of the General Federation. rr-Ttv'stTmt'fTPftjnr'jesi&vji s\fi-T$: vvx t&vg receiving group by the ushers and after a cordial greeting they wandered at will over the beautiful building. Here and there in the large offices were groups of assisting women, women whose names everyone knew and whom everyone wanted to meet. Miss Helen A. Whittier of Boston, Massachusetts state president, who was a cousin of the poet Whittier Mrs. Jessie Bryant Gerard of Connecticut, who belongs to another poet's family, that of William Cullen Bryant: Miss Mary Woolley, president of Mount Holyoke college Miss Gill, dean of Barnard college Mrs. Mary Lockwood, Washington's "grand old lady," one of the organ izers of the Daughters of the American Revolution that bit of boundless en ergy, the founder of the first women's club, Mrs. Caroline F. Runcie of St. Joseph, Mo. In one corner was Mrs. Philip Car penter of New York, the first woman to argue a case before the supreme court. In another was the Countess di Brazza, who was formerly an Amer ican girl and who is known for her philanthropic efforts to revive lace making among the Italian peasants Mrs. Rheta Childe Dorr, who makes her home in a settlement house in the New York Ghetto Mrs. Cynthia West over Alden, the sunshiny organizer of the International Sunshine society, and the equally genial Mrs. Theodore Sew ard of New York, a vicepresident^ The new capitol will probably, never see such a gathering of women, the flower of the country, as moved thru the corridors, while above their chat ter and laughter sounded the music from a string orchestra hidden away up near the dome. WILL VISIT HAHA Club Women Plan Big Picnic for Tues day Afternoon. Tuesday will be play day for the Minneapolis club women have planned a gigantic picnic for the biennial vis itors at Minnehaha. The guests will be taken to Minnehaha at 12 'clock in carriages and automobiles thru the courtesy of the St. Paul Commercial club and after a luncheon there will be an informal reception in the pavilion. A band will furnish music and later Mrs. Cynthia Westover Alden will give a short adflreHa and then there will \m a trolley ride thru the city. Mrs. W. M. Hopkins, president df the fifth -dis- the district. The fifth district clubs haye beett asked to bring their luncheon and join the visitors, so that Minnehaha will see one of the largest gatherings of the summer on Tuesday. Dist. Pass. Agt. City Pass. Agt. S22 Nicollet Aye. NOTEMorning Car leaves West Hotel at 9:30 a. Trip now Includes MJnnehaha Falls. TO SEalso E TWIN CITIES In the Most Comfortable and Inexpensive Way Take This Fast, Clean, Handsome Cary Forty Mlies of Stmry Cf |c In 3& Hours. $aatt only Lnvts West Hotel, Exospt Sun day at 9:30 a. m. and 2:50p. m. Panoramic Trip Includes LAKE HARRIET INNEHAHA FALLS INDIAN MODNDS C0BI0 PARK trict, and the members of her commit-j^boastediplayfully, "and I- have it just tee will be assisted by the presidents' &s I wanted it, one large room with a and past presidents of-all the clubs in\ "h Minneapolis, Minn. m. As well as Loring Park, Lake Calhoun, Lakewood Cemetery, Soldiers' Home, Merrlam Park, Great "Views of River, State Capitol, State Fair, State Uni versity, St. Anthony Falls, J^lour and Saw Mills and most beautiful sections and environs of both cities. ideal Way to Entertain Your Friends. SET TICKETS AT 13 M. 6th ST. &Sft?*Bato E* I have R'dT'p| Limit $34.00130 Days 27.50 27.50 21.50 22.60 27.50 27.50 27.50 El Paso, Texas San Antonio, Texas Corpus Christ!, Tex. i it i$ 21 Colorado Sp'gs, Col. W. L. HATHAWAY, A. L. STEEOE, 4* tt i mm A$W^. *FM MOTHER OF CLUBDOM IS PET OF CONVENTION GIFTED MRS. RUNOIE HAS MANTIO HISTORY. BO- Is Educated by Teachers of Royalty in Germany, Becomes Preacher in Her Native Town, and Finally Marries BishopDescends from Sings Both Sides. on No one has received more of an ova tion at the biennial than Mrs. Con stance Faunt Le Roy Runcie of St. Jo seph, Mo., the founder of the first woman's club, who has been made an hpnorary vice president of the general federation. "And while the club women were still clapping some one from the press table sent up a slip of paper asking my age. I wanted to Write back, 'how old do you think?' laughed the 70-year- old woman who has more enthusiasm even than the average club woman. When she was 17 Mrs. Runcie went to Stuttgart, Germany, where she studied languages and music. Her tu tors were those employed by-^the royal family. As she herself phrased it: I knew .just how to rise from a chair, I knew just how far to advance to meet an acquaintance or just how far for a friend, if receiving in my own home. I learned how to approach the queeu. Oh, I was quite a model young woman.'' Returns to Her Home. Her studies finished, carefully reared, well versed in the conventions of life, possessing a splendid education, she re turned to little New Harmony, a free thinking town, where the Sunday was spent in card playing and dancing and things religious were not to be men tioned. When she arrived she found a small Episcopal chapel had been built by a young clergyman who had aban doned his work. With the fearlessness of youth Mrs. Runcie sent word to the townspeople that she would preach. I preached that night and I preached the next Sunday and then I preached three years in that little church'because the people liked it'and wanted me and they packed the fchurch," she said. "Finally a number ot them wanted to be baptized, so I wrote to a minister in a neighboring town and told him that I would do the preaching if he would do the baptizing. Then the bishop sent a man to see what the young lady he had heard of was doing." Here she hesitated and a gleam of humor sparkled in her eye. "He came down to see thia. young woman and thenwe got married. He was James Runcie." It was in New Harmony that the Minerva club was organized and its founder, Mrs. Runcie, was elected the first president. This club has now the distinction of being the first woman's club,in the United States. First Club Organized. The Bronte club waa organized in 1866 in Madison, Ind. Even now Mrs. Runcie is actively engaged in club work, and she occupies the unique posi-^ tion of perpetual president of a club. The Runciejclub in St. Joseph has about eighty members-and it holds all of its meetinffB at Mrs. Rjinfiie's home. The whole first floor consists of on* room. I was my own architect," she -big chimney int the center of Music has no been fotgottenit.*' even in her busy life. An opera figures among her achievements, and she has written many" shorter works. Sonie of these "have- been orchestrated and played by John 1 Phili Sousa. alwayssoundetold,"thshea been i saidn tat my music as ma had wrftten it." A few year& ago the Philharmonic club of Kansas City gave a benefit recital for Mrs. Runcie, the program of which was made entirely *rom her own music. Comes from Royalty. Mrs. Runcie has a romantic lineage, descending from royalty as she does on both sides. She is a granddaughter of Robert Owen, and related to the Earl and Countess of Breadalbone and the Earl and Countess of Hallam and, Lord Colin Campbell, governor general of Gibraltar. She is a cousin of Sir Guy Campbell, who married the beauti ful Pamela, daughter of Madame le Genlis. On her father's side she claims Viscount Lord Faunt Le Roy, who came to America in 1733. Her grand-aunt was the famous lowland beauty who twice refused the hand of George Washington, and her double cousin married one of the famous Pat terson sisters, one of whom became the wife of Jerome Bonaparte. Many honors bave come to Mrs. Run cie, but there is none stye prizes more highly than those conferred by the federation. Her portrait is now on its way to France, where it will be placed among the collection of portraits of the world's famous women in the Bib leotheque National at Paris. QUESTION OF SCHOLARSHIP Educational Conference Brings Up Mat ter of Sending Students Abroad. The club women are not shirking their duty and despite the fact that the morning session rarely adjourns until 2 o'clock," they are always back at 3 for the conferences. Yesterday the educational conference brought up the question as to whether the federa tion should adopt the suggestion of the Society of American Women in Lon don and establish scholarships for American girls in the English colleges and universities after the Rhodes plan. "Is it not possible for women to do for women what a man has done for men?" asks the president in her let ter. It would cost about $1,500 a year for each student and the federation is not extravagant with its funds. Miss Margaret Evans of Northfield said there was no doubt but the American girl would be of real benefit to Oxford. Miss Gill, dean of Barnard college, is not sure that the Rhodes method will be successful 'and will not form an opinion until the men have been home for a year or more. She thought the experience might be tried in a small way With perhaps one student. The matter was discussed but no definite' action was taken.* Mrs. A. S. Rankin of Minneapolis read a paper on "Uo Our Public Schools Teach English?" in which she said that the public is responsible for the schools and if they do not teaeh English it is the public *s fault, Mrs. Edward E. Moultdn of. Cleve_ land was besieged with questions 5n the civic conference as to hoSVli civie, league might be formed. getherv, anwissue witho which the= public will be in sympathy, takefo* one and fight it to a finish,1' Defective Page CLUB WOMENrAT "THE BIENNIAL" DISCUSS DOMESTIC PROBLEMS MRS. MABY X. WOOD of Portsmouth, N. H., Chairman of the Bureau of Information. DEVOTE DAY TO TREES Tomorrow's Program Will Be in Charge of Committee on Forestry. Tomorrow will be forestry day at the biennial and the program will be in charge of Mrs. Lydia Phillips Williams, chairman of the forestry committee. Mrs. Williams is the only Minnesota woman represented, in the general fed eration directorate^ a'nd she is the only member ji the board who was re-elected at the St. Louis biennial. Minnesota clubwomen are prond of Mrs. Williams and what she has done for club work. She served the state as president of the Minnesota federation and during her term of office visited Aa'ny of the oth er state federations,, bringing home with her any idea that- would better the work of her own state. It was Mrs. Williams who intr^auced the ballot T)ox ,at the annualgmeeting of the state federation and it was also Mrs. Wil liams who took the' ballot box made by the pupils of- ^he^Mineapolis manual training school, to Louis and pre sented it to the 'jjg^eral federation. Be fore the last Dienniab ifag election of officer^ wis .almost laflious 4nd compli cated ajfeifrbutHaW^aiSt'-bpx^ simpli fied it a4 it 'did in fhe state meetin Mrs. &.<? Buchanan, a well-knowlf Mih&|apslis club woman, acted as chief, *rtr* of tellers at that first use of the^balJoX box. im* I, O "While Mrs. Williams is well known for her club work among many liues her efforts in behalf of the forestry^ Commission have rft^de her name faV 'miliar to all the lovers of the forests, '-Mrs. Williams has "Sot spared time or. strength and she has" visited most of the states, east and west, rousing inters .est and enthusiasm thru her own per-1 'sonalify.. She has *nad the forestry work almost fromreport rigation1 THE "MINNEAPOLIS JOURNAL. Sunday, June 3, 1906. S %%3 JUTS,JE ws:git:Ms*.Jt% e:,*/*.fA a pasage of a law forbidding the driv ing of nails into trees under penalty of a $5 fine. Maine has such a law in reference to pine trees. Mrs. Decker seemed much concerned in regard to general federation secre taries at the conference she called yes terday afternoon. I wrote to all of,them and there were thirty-one from whom I never re ceived replies. They must be dead," she said solem'hly apd everybody laughed and the secretaries sprang to their feet to explain that they were not*' motions of approval, dead, but negligent The conference had been called to emphasize the duties of the general federation secretary, who is regarded as the medium of communication from the clubs to the~- general federation. "We have her, what shall we do with hert" asked Mrs.-Decker. She suggested tlfat the general feder ation secretary be made a member of the state board, that she write one let ter a year to the bureau of information sending the club history and year book, that she take part in the program of the state meeting furnish at least one program to every club .and visit and correspond with the clubs in her state. ihe beginning althd the first forestr at the Lo An igeles biennial wa presented by Mrs. Mary Mumford of Philadelphia. Mrs, Mumford was the first chairman of the committee which was appointed as a result of her report, but her health failed and^Mrs. Williams was chosen* to finish out her term of 6ffice and at the next biennial was appointed her succes sor. She has held the office now for two terms. Mrs. Williams has planned a most delightful session with such well-known forest lovers as Enas A. Mills, Long's Peak guide of Este,s park, Colorado George H. Maxwell,athe well-known ir- advocate speakers A 5 p.m. there will be a forest conference on the general topic, "Methods and Re- sultsWhat to Do and How to Do It." The sutopics will be on experiments in tree planting, tree protection, co-opera tion, advance in forestry legislation and the big trees.. The speakers will be Mr. Mills and the chairmen of the following state forestry committees: Mr* F. W. Gerard, Connecticut Mrs. Catherine Hoffman, Kansas Mrs. W. E. Murdoch. Ohio Mrs. A. L. Sioussat, Maryland Mrs. Warren Higlevv New York Mrs. A. C. Osborne, California. During 1905 172 cllpibers lost their lives on the Alps. But aa 150,000 persons made ascents the percentage of loss ^as small. Only 10 per cent of the accidents, fatal or otherwise! were due to unavoidable catises. The rest were due to carelessness or foolhardiness. i- Mr Charles Lewis, who has filed his affidavit of candidacy for 'the office of alderman of the fourth ward on the xepubMcanticket. Mr. Lewis has been a resident of the fdurth ward-for about twlmt^ years and, ha* taken a very active part in th^ work of, the repub ..,-_ liean party in^thfe city- He has en "Ini ttake a fe people meet tfr* tere th she'gavj^ a as her recipe. ^-n She stated that public sentiment was so thoroly expressed against the bill boards that at- the recent national meeting of advertisers in Detroit near ly every one of the men promised'not to place on the boards anything ob jectionable. Ohio is working to- secure ^fe'th earnest Bolieita- tion rjf'nisfi^d dnmihSuse friendr who real ize his worth, anoV he certainly deserves ihe hearty support of the ward. He is one of our most "successful Nicollet av enue business men, having been en gaged in the bakery business for" the past eight years, and has won many staunch friends, who assure him of their support. .& ...^-&- I^L d*. MODEL' FLAT LIRE THE HOME OF LUXURY ORIENTAL RUGS FOR THE BRIDAL 1 PAIR ON $100 SALARY. Exhibit Is More the Ideal of Art and Beauty than the Dwelling Place for a Young Couple Just Going to House keeping on Modest Salary/ With floors covered with oriental rugs, with straight-lined, beautifully designed furniture fitting into just the right places in every room, with a kitchen so equipped with improved ap pliances as to realize women's dream of household convenience, the General Federation of Women's clubs have placed an ideal before the young couple who are expecting to go to housekeeping on a salary of $75 a month in a modest flat which has been fitted, up for exhibition during the bi ennial convention in the old capitol, St. Paul. No accompanying^ scheme is posted in the flat which might suggest to the young man how many months' savings from his $75 or $100 salary it would take to accumulate enough money to furnish a flat in such "a way, and pros pective bridegrooms must figure that out for themselves. It is beautiful, it is artistic best of all, it is sanitary, and it moves the club women who go to see it to excla- butand here comes the obtruding question. Invari ably it comes: "Butis it practical? Can a man on $75 or $100 a month af ford to furnish a flat in such a man- ner!" Queries by Club Women. Question follows question from prac tical women: "Would a couple who expected to live on such a salary have tastes suffi ciently cultivated to care for such ar tistic things "If all these expensive articles are wedding presentsas some one has suggestedwould it not be quite a tax on the young people to buy return pres ents for those who were following their example in marrying? "Would a man in a' poistion paying such a salary be likely to have friends ture belongs to the flat, would the sal ary warrant the expenditure for rent?" I I the Ideal Flat? These are only a few of the ques tions which come surging forth to make one wonder whether this is not the ideal, flat for a wealthy young man and his wife who have resolved to lead the sim ple life, rather than a model for a man struggling under the burden of main taining a home on $100 a month. Mrs. Walter McNab Miller, chairman of the national pure-food committee, thru having lived so close to cultivated people on modest salaries in her uni versJtV- work, is fitted to speak authori tatively on the practicability of such furnishing on such a salary. "In my experience in various univer sity towns I.have often helped college women who were marrying instructors to furnish their little homes, and col lege girls to make homelike places in which to live while going to school-. Then, too, when we were abroad was often interested i littlehoa"f,ftlI1 temporarv homes in"""^e who would give him $100 oriental rugs/ ed to make a home, there was no reaJ- or a $125 gas fixture, or, if the gas fix- GOWNS OF FINE MUSLIN AND NAIN- SOOKhigh or low neck, fine lace and em broidery trimmings worth to $1.50, special June Sale price .Q4C Worth to $2.50, special $1.19 Worth to $3.00, special $1.39 Worth to $4.00, special $2.39 Hand-Embroidered French Gowns at $3.75. upwards. CORSET COVERSgreat variety in cam bric and nainsook, elaborate trimmings of fine lace, tucks and embroidery. In this June Sale we offer 50c covers for i..-. Regular 69c covers for :33c Regular 76c covers for r.^43c Regular $1.25 covers for.... i--.. .1f5^ CHEMISEknee or skirt lengthy beautiful lace and embroidery trimmings at* thfe lowest prices ever quoted for the qualities. Special June Sale prices mvmmtMmtw^m*myxfV%%mrM%m^ MBS. WILLIAM THAYEE B&OWff of East Orange. N. J., Chairman of tho Literature Committee. I -W Ko ^n th American colonv, and ta S^hil-taste andL, inclination cries out io just such artistic and beautiful be longing, the pocketbook. on small in comes, (Joes not warrant the expendi- ture,'^- Trouble in the Future. Mr*. .Miller was asked if. with a lim ited education along esthetic lines, peo ple find taste and inclination at outs %rith the income, there might not be it t fjrvxjt ss ff trouble and extravagance in the future when this movement for estheticism has grown and thrived and come to bloom. "No, it will mean fewer belongings and more beautiful ones. Careful group ing and studied composition rather than crowding as many beautiful things as possible into a given space." Mrs. Sarah Elatt-Decker says she is proud of the work of the household economic committee in arranging the model flat. "Of course we must ex pect criticism from a first experiment, and criticism- is just what we need. It is my hope that we may have a model flat equipped just as we would have it as the property of the general federation.'' Best Ideal Expressed. Mrs. Mary Moody Pugh thinks that in this model flat the best ideal is ex pressed. The "straight lines, the sim plicity, the lack of useless ornaments, are all along the right lines, and with training and taste the same general effect must be obtained with less ex pense. She thinks the seeming extrav agance is due to the generosity of the St. Paul merchants who loaned the fur niture. Miss Anna Burrows of Boston said that, while the furniture of the flat seemed beyond the means of the aver age young couple when they first start- i son, i'* the young woman was trained in domestic art and science as carefully as the young man was trained in busi ness, why all these beautiful things might not come in time. HOLD SUNDAY MEETING Vesper program Will Be Given This Afternoon in People's Church. For the first time in the history of the federation, a meeting will be neld on Sunday. A delightful program has been prepared for the vesper service in the People's church at 3:30 o'clock. Mrs. L. A. Coonley Ward of Chicago will speak and there will be some good music. Professor S. H. Clark of the Chicago university will give a reading this evening of the Book of Job. Professor Clark was to have read "Ulysses," by Stephen Phillips laBt evening, but it was thought that the reception at the capitol would prove too big a rival and that few women -would attend both. CROOKED COPPER TRIES SUICIDE. New York, June 2.Following his arrest yesterday on a charge of extor tion, John W. Bryan, a policeman de tailed to the Charles street station, brke away from Deputy Commissioner Mathot. who had taken him into cus tody, and tried to end his life by throwing himself across the third rail in the subway at the Bleeker street station. POWERS Nicollet Ave....First Ave. So....Fifth St....Minneapolis. Monday*morning, June 4, we shall commence our great annual June sale of muslin underwear. pOR THIS ANNUAL EVENT we have prepared the most colossal stock of medium and high class garments that was ever gathered in one store, and offer them during this June sale at the most remarkable prices ever quoted on goods of such good qualities. The thousands of garments in this great sale mean almost unlimited variety of fresh, new stylesfar too many for detailed descriptions. Our sales are known to be as advertised always, so we will just quote kinds, values and special sale prices. Come expecting the best values of the season. 23c -3* f*i rJ 84c $1.19 $1.39 $1.89 $2.19 upwards, French Hand-Embroidered O-emise pretty edge and yoke, unlaundered. Prices from 69c unwards. tj^i* A,I^*? SUFFRAGE QUESTION STUDIOUSLY AVOIDE0 INDUSTRIAL COMMITTEE REPORT WILL OMIT MENTION. Mrs. Rheta Childe Dorr, Head of Com mittee, Explains that Delegates Are Probably Mostly Suffragists, but for Reasons of Harmony No Mention Of Matter Will Be Made. The suffrage question will not be brought before the biennial as a clause in the report of the industrial commit tee tomorrow. Mrs. Rheta Childe Dorr of New York says so and Mrs. Dorr is chairman of the committee and will read the report. "The industrial committee never in tended to bring it before the conven- tion," said Mrs. Dorr, yesterday, "al- tho I think all the members of the com mittee are suffragists. Indeed, I be lieve that the majority of the women in the general federation are at heart suffragists. "But the industrial committee will not bring the question before the con vention for two reasons. If it was let it would hurt the cause of suffrage* and if it was won it would disrupt the con vention. The circular letter sent out by the advisory committee was only to start the women to thinking. It has unwittingly roused a tempest, but a tempest only in a teapot." MRS. DECKER A BLARNEY Genial President Has Right Word for All at All Times. "Monday will be champagne day," announced Mrs. Decker when she closed the session yesterday with a plea for an early attendance tomorrow. Mrs. Decker's expressions are always to the point and not a delegate left the hall in doubt as to her regard for tomor row 's program. Mr^. Decker has a wonderful person ality, magnetic^broad in sympatlvy and in heart, a keen intelligence, a real in* terest in everything and everybody and a tongue that must have touched the Blarney stone for she always has a felicitouf word for everyone who ap proaches her. She opens each session with praise for the delegates and sends them away at the close with a word of* commendation, not fulsome commendar tion, but as a mother would reward h'er children for good behavior. "Are you comfortable and happyf" she asks solicitiouslv, every morning. The exhibition of women's work at the old capitol has given Mrs. Decker a big idea for the next biennial and if it is carried out it will be one of the important enterprises of the period for it is nothing more nor less than an ex position of women's work. "Thi nk what it would mean," she said, with warm enthusiasm, "to be able to gather under one roof exhibits of everything that women have done! It would be an inspiration for the fu ture and a glory for the past." Mrs. Decker has with her in St. Paul her daughter, Miss Harriet Piatt, who is enjoying her second biennial. When the general federation went to Denver Miss Piatt attended many of the meet ings altho she was ~a jnere slip, of a ftirl. She has come, she laughingly as serts, to prove that her mother has do mestic interests. Miss Piatt has the proud title of "official hooker" and it is her duty, in this dav of buttoned-up the-back waists, to see that the officers are neatly hooked together. Clarfc RoBsell. who may almost be credited with haying created the sea novel, has about decided to stop writing. For rears he ha been an Invalid, suffering severely from rhen* matic afflictions. l^niSIJN SKIRTScut very full, with deep embroidered or lace trimmed flounces the best styles to choose from. In this June Sale skirts worth to _C_T__- $1.00, for 0"C Worth to $1.25, for 84c Worth to $2.00, for $1.19" Worth to $3.50, for $2.19 Worth to $5.00, for $3.39 DEAWJERSmuslin and cambric, plain tucked or elaborately trimmed. June Sale prices worth 25c, special at Worth 35c, special at 23c Worth 50c, special at 33c -Worth 75c, special at 43e Worth $1.25, special at 75c New Skirt Drawersof finest nainsook, at $1.19 $1.50 $1.75, upwards. Beautiful assortment of ha_vd-embroidered garments and trousseau sets at LOWEST PRICESspecial for this great June Sfle. te" rr- i i 17c