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WHAT WOMEN ARE DOING. Ill' Some BY ANNETTE <M" tllc Unusual CRAWFORD, Oft . (<r ****** 01 the "Unquiet Sex." •v !l 1 - motbor from Creston, la., with seven children to look after was ing cars, the '20 feet of rope trailing behind the mother and the little ones fastened to it at every few feet. Mrs. William B. Lowe of Atlanta president of the General Federation of Women's Clubs, has been appoint ed honorary president from America of the woman's board of the Paris ex position. Mrs. W. Y. Atkinson of Georgia, wid ow of the late governor and well known in the best social circles of the south, has just become state agent of several fire and life insurance com panies. While it takes courage for a woman to enter fields where women are already in competition with men it calls for heroism for one to enter a line which has heretofore been assign ed to men alone. Mrs. Helen Morris Iladley recently started on a continental tour with her husband, Dr. Arthur T. Iladley, presi dent of Yale university, to arouse the alumni of old Eli to the need of rais ing $3,000,1100 for the bicentennial. She is a Vassar graduate and has al ways been at her husband's side in the preparation of his educational aud platform work. Mrs. L. Z. Loiter, mother of the vicereine of India, has just sailed for England. From there she will go to Cairo, where she will pass the winter with her two unmarried daughters. The wife of General Joubert, com mandant general of the Boer forces, has always campaigned with her hus band and not only looked after his mess arrangements, even to cooking his meals, but Is said to have inspired some of his military maneuvers. The beautiful ex-queen of Naples took to the field more than once with her husband and, donning an officer's uniform, fought as bravely as any of his soldiers. It is said of her that when bullets and shells were raining the heaviest she would infuse new courage into her soldiers by showing her con tempt for danger. Mrs. Charles L. Fair received as a Christmas pres ent from her husband a Rus sian sable even- Ing cape. The softness auJ silkincss of the 30 skins that were used in its manufacture can scarcely be excelled. Three years were re quired for col lecting and matching the skins, and their united value is in the neighbor hood of $10,000. Mrs. Emma Hull, wife of Representative Hull, chairman of the military committee of the house, is considered the best parliamentarian among the congressional women. She ■was constantly engaged in relief work during the Avar and has Just been ap pointed a vice president of the Cuban provisional Red Cross. The oldest known love letter in the world is in tlie British museum. It is a proposal of marriage for the hand of nn Egyptian princess, and It was writ ten 3,500 years ago. It Is In the form of an inscribed brick and is therefore not only the oldest, but the most sub stantial love letter in existence. Mrs. J. Yon Wagner is the first wo man in this country to pass a civil service examination for sanitary in spector. She is a New Yorker and a professional nurse. The beautiful Marchioness of Lon donderry, who turned the hisses of the mob directed toward her husband into cheers at the opera In London, is com ing to attend a wedding in Washing ton. Mrs. Winifred Sweet Black, a clever journalist of Chicago, is the only news paper woman who has ever gone to the leper settlement out in that gloomy is land in the Pacific. With Sister Rose Gertrude she traveled the length and breadth of th* island, writing graphic stories of the wretchedness and misery she encountered. As Annie Laurie B he is well known on the Pacific coast It was through her aid that the Chil dren's hospital in San Francisco open ed its dours to Incurable boys and girls a 1 ike. recently en route to Wichita Falls, Tex. She had read of the perils of travel ers in big cities,, so she provided herself with a 20 foot rope and separate pieces of twine against emergencies. On arriving in a city she fastened one end of the rope . about her waist and the other end to her eld est child. The remaining si x children were fastened to the rope with the binding twine. They attracted considerable at tention in chang- Among the most precioua possessions belonging to Mrs. Bertha Spitzy of San Francisco is an elaborately worded in vitation from the king of Slam request ing her presence at a festival given in honor of the royal birthday. Mrs. Spitzy attracted much attention while traveling in the east through her mo- Kieal talent. One of the most important educa tional developments of the present day Is being inaugurated in Chicago by Miss Mary It. Campbell. She is de voting her life to the study of weak and defective children. There are many slightly defective children but little below the normal who cannot without injury to themselves study In the ordinary private or public school. It is for these that Miss Campbell Is working. She Impes to overcome by her method many of the mental and physical peculiarities and to bring their minds as nearly as possible to a normal mentation. One brave woman who returned from idea is generally credited to Lady Ran dolph Churchill. She requested Lady Randolph to head the movement on ac count of her larger experience of Eng lish life. Mrs. Ray Devereaux, who was a spe cial correspondent for the London Post in the Transvaal, has recently publish ed a book the title of which is "Side Lights In Africa." Miss Claire Ferguson occupies the unique position of deputy sheriff of Salt Lake City. She is also private secretary to the sheriff. The "Old Maids' club" in a far west ern city, with the object of protecting its members "against the wiles of do signing young men who seek to enslave them," has recently met with a set back. The president unexpectedly be came engaged and married, another member followed her example, and now the few remaining girls of the "Old Maids' club" are looking askance at each other, and every one of them expects from sister members treach ery or elopements, while the fate of the organization hangs in the balance. Miss Fannie Mkklos is the new pas tor of the Christian church at Knox, Ind. She is said to be the only wo man minister of the Christian denomi nation In the central west. Tin this is her lirst charge as pastor of a congregation, she has shown herself capable of performing all the duties devolving upon one in her station, from performing a marriage ceremony to officiating nt a funeral. She is about 30 years old, but she looks ten years younger. San Francisco has a new fad. Box ing is listed as a womanly accomplish- ment Physi cians concede it the most scien tifically bene ficial of all exer cises for the body and mind. Several fashion able women are said to be quite skillful in "the manly art." New York so ciety is enthrall ed by the beau ty of Miss Thyl lls Langhorn, a debutante of the season. She is one of a group of beau tiful sisters from the south who have made notable marriages. Mrs. Chillies Dana Gibson, Mrs. Moucure Perkins of Richmond and Mrs. Robert Shaw. third, of Boston are all of the well known Langhorn family. Mrs. Edward Pearmaine, the wife of a Boston banker, has not only brought up three beautiful children during the seven years of her married life, but ; she has also found time to add the de grees M. A. and B. S. to hor A. P.. re ceived at Wellesley college in IS'JO. '•'-"•'■• ax ca/n-ri-:. cqlfax, wasiuxctox, april 27, moo. ° THE SPRING FASHIO the Klondike with a fortune in Capo Nome gold will go back to her home in Sweden to enjoy the fruits of three years' la bor, amounting to nearly $100, --000. (She went to Dawson with her husband, traveling many miles over the arctic wilderness on snowshoes. A Denver wo man, Mrs. A. A. Blow, has sud den l'y become the intimate of princesses and duchesses abroad. It is all due to her being the originator of the idea of equip ping the hospital ship Maine. The iRQt /- ~^ j I'eep* at the Thin Goods We Will Wear Next Summer. Every day is a new day, yet it is so like yesterday that one could scarcely l- tin.- the differ* nee in them, and tbia la just how it is with the new spring fashions. They are just like the fash ions of last spring with a very few points of difference. There are the dainty thin goods, and I these will be covered with delicate lue< s and such other trimmings as one j may desire. Organdies, dotted Swisses, plunietis, nainsook, dimity, khaki, linen lawns and zephyr ginghams, per cales and cotton crepons without end ;ire among the new wash dresses, and nil are old acquaintances in new col ors and rather new patterns. The percales are particularly pretty. White with black dots makes the pret tiest kind of gowns for morning and shirt waists. Polka dots are seen ev erywhere, even on the velvets and surah, china and india silk and sev i ral of the light flannels. Of washable goods the counters are full, and, as I said, there is nothing really new among them. Washable silks there are in abundance, some of them exquisitely pretty and some of them so ugly that they are "awfully swell and stylish." There are three or four new weaves in light silks and Innumerable ones in wool and silk, some of them thin and some thick, some firm and others flexible and so open as to appear like grenadine. There are also grenadines in dozens of designs, with the old favorite "iron frame" always leading the list. This made up over colored linings is one of the most pleasing of them all. In the black goods for summer wear there are china crapes, crepons, gauzes, chiffon, veilings and silk crapes made waterproof. These are mostly in black and are intended for mourning. Yet made up over bright colored linings nothing could be prettier, the shading brought about being very beautiful and the effects so elusive and chang ing. These are to be trimmed with a little lace, and here and there a sus picion of the bright color beneath shows to the outside. Veilings are to be among the most fashionable of all these dainty dark stuffs unless present signs fail. Veiling makes delieiously soft and graceful dresses, especially for the young. There are veilings in the pastel tints as well as black. Foulards bid fair to be the popular Bilks for next summer. They are print- /ST (iv'f nß*^ '^v^x-J Illiii>! 'Mill '° ft'BWaft I Ib 41i* i'ltil I b<lkSs m IcL'ii ilfiiii mll'V^bEm ICE li lljli I CNlKuJailwvlin 1 wMWfiHmm. ELABORATE SPRING SUIT. Ed in various designs, ou black or dark colored grounds. Foulard is not often seen in light shades, but there are a few, but this is not a silk that over commends itself for very dressy wear. It is more for every day, but it is serv iceable. Many of the Japanese wash silks have heavy cords. The new panne velvet in all sorts of pompadour designs is among the novel ties. It is not intended for full cos tumes so much as for separate waists, guimpes and fancy garnitures. Per sonally I do not like it, but it is thought pretty by most people. The spring woolens are in the main beautiful. However desirable for many things silk, satin and velvet are, there is nothing to take the place of wool for utility. This is produced in so many different weaves and manners as to make one think there must be hundreds of different kinds of woolen fibers. There are now in black, each one a distinct kind of goods, Venetians, tami.se, crape cloths, drap d'almas, claiuettes, mohairs, both plain and fan cy; sateens, prunella cloths, cheviots, serges, estamenes, camel's hairs, cov erts and cravanettes, the most of these, and especially the coverts and crava nettes, being waterproof. Whipcord is one of the prettiest &s well as one of the best wearing of the spring woolens. When In the best quality, it is handsome and resembles heavy, corded silk more than anything woolen. A most elaborate costume waa made of that. It consisted of a long redingote open in front over a dress of the same. The front of the skirt "was lapped in such a way as to represent three skirts with stitched edges. The panne velvet vest and facings were dotted with tan, and the whole was a stylish costume. It was said to be imported from a fa mous Paris house, but I take some of those statements with a large sized grain of salt. llenriette Rousseau. Au ambitious Tvoman who is an at torney at law at Helena, Mon., has also served a term as assistant attor ney general of her state. . i v GOODBY TO THE COOK. NS. **-* Haven Tryln* the Delivered ■teal Plan, With Succeaa. With the cud of the nineteenth cen tury the woman of many household cares welcome! the promise of freedom from letters which have bound her hand and foot, the dethronement of the kitchen demigod—ln other words, the family cook. Madam can now look for ward with enchanted hope to the time Mien there will no longer be in store for her hours of tedious questioning and unsuccessful trips for references and, worse still, the contention with wasteful and incompetent help. Edward Atkinson vowed to conquer the despotic female when he invented his device for preparing a course meal, Bufficient for a family of six, over a lamp's flame. Rut on practical appli cation the epicure found himself mis- led. Reluctantly he returned, a defeat ed victim, to the thraldom he had vain ly struggled to cast off. ZS'ow it is a resident of conservative old New Haven who is to promulgate a scheme for co-operative kitchen work such as Edward Bellamy dreamed of and dared to hold out as the millen nium of womankind. The many schemes that have been tried throughout the world to supply food to families from co-operative kitchens have failed because it has never been possible to keep the food warm. But this latest idea of Yankee inventiveness is the result of a success ful business man's Insight. It is back ed financially by over 20 practical busi ness men of New Haven. By the new plan soup, roast, vegetables, dessert and coffee can be delivered at your door piping hot as long as seven hours after cooking. This co-operative schemer not only proposes to deliver dellclously cooked food prepared after scientific methods, but he claims that, profiting by buying in large bulk, he can save to the pur chaser the price of fuel and other ex penses, including the labor of prepar ing and cooking, besides the enormous waste which is inevitable In the aver age kitchen. There are some special devices for cooking the cheaper portions of meat with resulting dishes as palatable as are served In the finest restaurants in the country. But the chief secret in the scheme lies In the method of re taining heat. The apparatus is a large bucket, copper covered and copper lin ed, with sides and bottom about two inches thick and a close fitting cover. The sides of the bucket are lined with a nonconductor of heat. Into this receptacle are placed por colaiu cans which have tight fitting lids. The bucket Is divided into sec tions, the lower division containing the dessert, then the meat and soup on top. This arrangement is for a dinner can. There are to be breakfast and luncheon cans also. The buckets are to be delivered in wagons which will have an arrange ment for holding them firmly in place, thus doing away with much of the jar ring occasioned by rough pavements, and will resemble tiie vehicles used by up to date bakers. A Horrible Outbreak. "Of large sores on my little daughter's head developed into « case of ecald head" writes C. I). Isbill of Morgantown, Term. r but Bueklen's Arnica Salve com pletely cured her. It ia a guaranteed cure for eczema, tetter, salt Hieum, pim ples, isores, ulcers and piles. Only 25c at the Elk drug store, F. J. Stone, Prop o Dr. Buck's Celery, SarsapariUa and Dandelion Compound, for that lazy feel ing. Purifies the blood; makes one feel good. Sold only at The Elk Drug Store o Hazelwood ice cream. Mra. L. E. Fuller, agent. ■P^CE ISA ifyT W. |& *ItCT!NC *^ A J| Karl's Gover Root Teal Beautifies the Complexion, Pnrines the I Bl'Tod,/jives a Fresh, Clear Skin. C'uresCon- I stipati.ia, Indigestion, a:id all Eruptions of ■ the skin. An agreeable Laxative Nerve I Tonic. Sold on absolute guarantee by all I lorugglsts at 25c, 50c. and $1.00. S. C. WELLS. & CO., LEROY, N. Y. I SOLE PROPRIETORS For sale by th<? ELk Drug Store, F.J.Stone, JPropr A MEAL CAN. Jeanxette ' Devoe. "I I I 1 Gen.T.R Tansatt, will contribute an article in "Whitman County Peoole and Maces." ■ ' MILLINERY*I9OO*MILLINERI Our Spring Opening of Ladies' Hats, Bonnets and Millinery Garniture WAS AN EVENT IN COLFAX AND CONTINUES WITH GREAT SUCCESS Mth. J. Fisher will take pleasure in receiving inn! attending to the calls of nor many lady patrons. The entire line in a very attractive one, selected by her exclusively in the various Eastern markets, and consists of many new and beautiful styles. Oar Spring and Summer Novelties in Dry Goods are being daily re ceived and placed on sale, and when all are delivered willconsisi ol Silk Waists, Silk Skirts, Si/k Wraps, Summer Silks for Skirts, Waists ami Suits, Ties, Belts, Buckles, Parasols, Ribbons, Embroideries, Matched Sets of Embroideries, AH Over Embroideries, Laces, All-Over Lues, Nets, Fringe*, Braids, aml many other Novelties in Ladies 1 Lingerie. Our many patrons are cordially invited to call mid inspect (>ur extensive lives before making their purchases. CHAS. PLATT. If/EBSTER'S fIpTERNATIQNAL IMiCTIONARY. vSPS^A Dictionary of ENGLISH, Biography, Geography, Fiction, etc. Successor of Iht Unal>ri<locd. Favorite in Washington, Governor J. R. Rogers saj s: "I <;m --not too strongly recommend ii for the family and the home." The State Supreme Court gays: "We consider it by far the best dictionary in existence." State Supt. of Schools, F. J. 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