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The club year Is rapidly drawing to a
close and the members are all regretting
that fact. The West Side Shakespeare
club will hold its final meeting on May
28th, the Woman's club on May 29th, the
Atlas club on May 31st and the Homer
club will close on May 27th. The Ethical
Culture, Saturday and Monday night
clubs will continue.
All the clubs will close with an open
session to which their husbands will be
bidden. The programme committees are
all working hard already on the calen
dar for next year.
The clubs of Butte need not think they
have a monopoly on troublous elections.
Feeling ran so high in the Woman's
club in Chicago preceding the election
last Saturday that the papers published
columns and columns of interviews and
surmises. Mrs. Ottow Matz and Mrs.
Robert £!. Farson were the presidential
candidates and in addition to the most
damaging stories alloat, anonymous let
ters were circulated regarding the latter.
She turned the matter over to the cluo
and they took the matter up but all
their efforts to ferret out the offender
failed.
The Woman's club of Chicago Is a very
influential club, the largest m Chicago
and on several elections there were
rumors of ballot stuffing. A long time
ago when the Chicago's Woman's club
was in its infancy and they were un
sophisticated a member came in on elec
tion day with a common ordinary band
box in lire hand. In one side a small
slit had been cut. ,
"What is that for?" asked a woman
Who is today a candidate for president.
"Why, that's for the ballots, of
course." f»pl'/tr the green member.
"We are jrot going to use anything of
the kind," exclaimed the shrewd one.
"I've sent over to the Union League
club and borrowed a good strong wood
en one that locks."
The bandbox woman declares that for
a long time she wondered why the lock
was necessary. It is a good while now
since she stopped wondering.
THE WOMAN'S CLUB.
The most enjoyable session of the year
Was held by the Woman's club Wednes
day afternoon. There had been rumors
of surprises, the music department hav
ing charge of the programme for the
day The calendar said "May Day Fes
tival,'' and that might mean a Queen of
May, a May pole, or just a festival of
May songs. So there was a goodly at
tendance, and all assembled early, all
in their spring attire. Pretty gowns and
picture hats were very much in evi
dence.
The regular business programme was
first disposed of. A meeting of the ex
ecutive board was announced for next
Monday at the residence of Mrs. A. H.
Wethey, 834 West Granite, at 2 o'clock
sharp. Tickets for the art exhibit were
given out to members to sell. The an
nouncement that Mrs. H. J. Robinson
was too ill to give her musical number
v.a received with regret. Miss Marga
ret Trask filled in that number, and
later Miss Skelley gave a piano solo and
an encore. It was unanimously decided
that tne club would in every way pos
sible aid and abet all efforts made to
entertain the ladies of the presidential
party.
Mrs. Cora Copenharve, as chairman of
the music department, presided. The
..paper of the afternoon was read by Mrs.
Copenharve: "Johannes Brahms— His
Relation to the Music of the Future."
She commenced by saying that with his
death passed the last of the immortals.
She told of the certain laws of art he
laid down and followed. She npoke of
his lack of clearness, his complicated
rhythm and general indirectness, his
leaving nothing to the imagination, to
which so many artists objected.
She spoke of the way Wagner and
Brahms were compared: that Wagner's
music and Brahms differed in every es
sential. Wagner is theatrical, while
Brahms i3 anything but that, and above
all. he is a German. A chilly friend at
first, yet artists learn to love him in the
end. "He feels with his head and thinks
with his heart," one critic said. The
reason his music is not oftener played,
Mrs. Copenharve thought, was because
It affords no room for display. The best
preparation for Brahms she thought,
was a course of Bach.
Mrs. Copenharve read extracts from
George Hanschell's experiences with
Brahms. One young singer told
Brahms he could not reach cer
tain notes, and asked him If It
were ever permissabie for a singer
to change a note. Brahms told him yes,
If the accentation did not suffer. And
Brahms also said there was no fame,
no results, without hard work. She de
scribed the ebony box given to Brahms,
with a silver laurel wreath on il, and
on each leaf of the wreath the title of
cne o£ his works in curious juxtaposi
tion. Once Brahms said he was sorry
he bad not married. "I ought to have
a boy of ten by now," he said. "But
When I was young I had not the incli
nation, and now it is too hrte." Mrs.
Copenharve closed with a dfJi: tuition of
his works, and their respecliCê quali
ties and values.
The paper and its subject was dis
cussed. One member said that Brahms*
lack of clearness was at once a charm
and cause for criticism. For that rea
son, many thought Brahms' music would
be the music of the future. At first,
like the school of impressionists in art.
h!s work was almost ridiculed, but as
y?a>-s passed it was more and more ap
preciated. Just as we have had a Wag
nerian period in music, so we would have
a Brahms period. Another spoke of his
friendship for Schumann and Madame
Schumann, and told of Schumann's pre
dictions for Brahms' future. Other facts
brought out was that it was said that it
would be 100 years before he was taken
at his true worth. He was spoken of
as a second Mozart. His excitable
method of playing was described. One
member heard his music played in
Switzerland in the 70's, where it was
said, "Brahms is the coming poet of
music."
The programme was ended by the
singing of a charming Brahms' lullaby
by Mesdames Hobbs, Paine, Majors,
Price, Kelley, Fulton, McIntyre and Miss
Pettibone.
Then the members of the music de
partment left the room, and everyone
knew something was going to happen.
Every member of the department ihad
lovely clusters of flowers in the hair and
a corsage bouquet, while on the presi
dent s desk was a network of smilax
with bright blossoms scatttered through,
and two magnificent bouquets. In one
corner of the room was a large table
similarly decorated, and holding an im
mense cut glass punch bowl filled with
lemonade.
Mrs. Donnelly arose and made a
prettty littie speech about the joys of
May Day in other places. She ended
with speaking of the delightful May
baskets, and how disappointed she al
ways was if she did not get a good
tnany. She spoke of the bowers the boys
used to erect, and said that while the
department could not provide bowers
"No How," they had done the best they
could to make everyone happy, and
make them remember that May Day and
flowers were synonymous.
Then the door opened and in marched
the music department, laden with floral
beauty, cunning little baskets made of
dainty-hued crepe with handles, and
filled with such pretty flowers nestlir
in beds of smilax. Every member and
every guest of the club received one, and
the whole room looked just like May
Day, the brightness of the faces match
ing the brightness of the flowers.
Then it was announced that to one
man, one to whom the club had often
been indebted, was all this happiness
due—Mr. Wharton. And if he could
have beard the hearty vote of thanks
ring out, he would have felt amply re
paid for his generous donation. A vote
of thanks was also given to the depart
ment. Then everyone ate cakes and drank
lemonade, and had a real social session.
ETHICAL CULTURE CLUB.
The Ethical culture club devoted the
entire session Tuesday night to the di&
cussion of "character." Many opinions
were given and the discussion proved
exceedingly profitable to all present.
One member came with a Century dic
tionary upder her arm to show that the
word character was derived from the
Greek word caret, meaning mark; so it
must be a distinguishing mark or char
acteristic. Another said that soul was
character, another that it was an ideal
in the mind of the individual, while some
contended that It was an accumulation
of actions Independent of the soul, and
one member thought it was Inherited
from parents and ancestors. Many of
the great ones of the world were quoted,
among them Dryden, who said: "A
character, or that which distinguishes
one man from all others, cannot be sup
posed to consist of one particular virtue,
or vice, or passion only, but it Is a com
position of qualities which are not con
trary to one another in the same per
son." F. H. Green, a writer on ethics,
says: "A character is only formed
through a man's conscious presentation
to himself of objects as his good, as that
in which his self-satisfaction la found."
MBS. J3AN I. INGHAM.
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Then Emerson was quoted as defining
character as reserve force." The largest
part of their power was talent. This is
that which we call character, a reserve
force which acts directly bv presence,
and without means. The rea
son why we feel one man's presence,
and do not feel another's Is as simple as
gravity. Truth is the summit of being.
Justice Is the application of it to affairs.
All individual natures stand in a scale
according to the purity of this element
in them. The. will of the pure runs down
from them into other natures, as water
runs down from a higher into a lower
vessel. Character is moral order seen
through the medium of an individual
nature. Time and space, liberty and ne
cessity, truth and thought, are left at
large no longer. All things exist in the
man tinged with the manner of his soul.
With what quality is in him, he infuses
all nature that he can reach; he ani
mates all he can and sees only what he
animates." Still another celebrity
quoted waa Anna Besant, who, in an es
say on " Building of Characters," en
deavors to prove ehanmter as something
to be builded by the Tndividual, alone,
and not dependent on heredity. He says:
"The first thing perhaps that will strike
us. In this building of character is its
exceedingly deliberate nature. A de
h berate Laiiiding which begina with the
"f. t . er i® 1 already at hand, which begins
with the character as It is recognized
to exist, which looks, as we shall see,
quietly at all its strength and at all
its weaknesses, and sets to work to im
prove the one and remedy the other.
The man tht will carry everything
on which he makes; that if he finds a
d fo, C f. nCy and only P art, y Alls it up.
still it is filled up to that extent, that
part of the work is done;that if he makes
for himself a power that power is his
forever, a part of the Individual, not
again ever to be separated from him."
The following apt lines were read from
one of the poets:
"Builders of men are we as We stand.
With our lives uncarved before us
Waiting the hour, when at God's com
mand
Our life dream passes o'er us.
If we carve it then in the yielding stone
With many a sharp incision,
Its Heavenly beauty shall be our own.
Our lives an Angel's vision."
The club members are requested to
meet at 7:30 p. m. hereafter.
THE WEST SIDE SHAKESPEARE
CLUB.
The West Side Shakespeare club met
with Mrs. Georgie Nuckols on Tuesday
evening, and enjoyed a "Poet Night,"
Phoebe and Alice Carey. The feature
of the evening was the reading of a
paper by Mrs. Mary A. Gannon of Dil
lon on Ophelia, a very clever paper. Mrs.
B. Winifred Dickson, president of the
West Side Shakespeare club, was chosen
to send the paper to the Dillon club,
her subject being "Hamlet."
The paper on Tuesday night was by
Mrs. Charlotte Gossman on the two
Carey sisters, and she gave a most in
teresting sketch of their lives and w r ork.
Mrs. Georgie Nuckolls recited the "Order
for a picture." Mrs. F. A. Gilbert read
the poem, "Two Chums." Mrs. Alice
Cutting read a selection, and the club
sang "One Sweeetly Solemn Thought."
The club will meet with the president.
Mrs. Dickinson, at 903 West Copper
street, on Monday evening, instead of
Tuesday of next week. The art exhibit
opens on Tuesday night, and the club
members desire to attend that and help
in the good work.
THE ATLAS CLUB.
The Atlas club met Thursday after
noon with the usual attendance. The
usual current events discussion was en
joyed. The roll call was popular songs
of today. Mrs. M. Slater read a most in
teresting paper on the life of Gottschalk.
The club will be entertained next Tues
day by Mrs. H. R. Ricker, 420 South
Jackson. The hostess to be is planning
some novel surprises and the members
will have to put on their thinking caps
in earnest for it is some kind of a
guessing game. Mrs. Ricker will read a
paper and there will be a "short pro
gramme" given.
CLUB CALENDAR FOR NEXT
WEEK.
The members of the Woman's club
will enjoy Reciprocity Day at the club,
when papers from other clubs will be
read. Mrs. H. V. Winchell was to have
given a vocal solo, but as she is in Cali
fornia, some member will substitute for
her. There will be the usual current
topics discussion, this time on miscel
laneous events.
The Atlas club will be entertained by
Mrs. H. R. Ricker at her home on Jack
son street. There will be a current
events discussion and a paper by Mrs.
Ricker on the music of Gotttschalk. Thèd
roll call and other features will probably
be dispensed with, as the hostess has
provided social features.
The West Side Shakespeare club will
meet with Mrs. D. A. Dickson, club
president, 903 West Copper streeet. They
will read act IV. of Hamlet, and Mes.'
Alice Stevens will read a paper on "The
Origin and Value of the Drama." The
paper will be discussed afterward.
The Homer club will hear a paper by
Mrs. D. J. Hennessy on "Young Ger
many, and Socialism in Germany." Mrs.
T'. E. Shaw will read a paper on "Joa
chim Reichert." Miss Busch will also
have a paper on "System of German
Apprenticeship" a week from next Mon
day.
BUTTE CLUB FEDERATION.
A meeting of Butte Federation of City
club will be held next Monday morn
ing at 10:30 in the Armory in the
Auditorium. Business of importance
wil1 discussed among other things
the naming of women to serve on the
Presidential reception committee.
SATURDAY NIGHT CLUB.
The Saturday Night club held no ses
sion this "week. The members will meet
with Mrs. W. J. Christie this evening
and an interesting programme is prom
ised.
The Affair of The Week.
The event of the week will be the Art
Exhibit for the benefit of the public
schools. All the club women are inter
ested, and many ladies not members of
the club are lending their aid to make
the affair a social and financial suc
cess.
MBS. JOHN J. McHATTON.
The Armory is first of ail being made
clean and then, by the aid of pictures
and draperies, a thing of beauty and a
joy for—a week—for the exhibit opens
Tuesday, May 7th at 2 o'clock p. m. and
will he open afternoons and evenings
unitl, and including Saturday, May 11th.
The financial committee is happy over
the opening sale of tickets. This is, es
pecial. y encouraging to the ladies as they
are relying mainly upon the sale of tick
ets for funds. The returns will be ma
terially increased by the revenue from
the sale of refreshments,
i The ladies have decided not to solicit
jany one attending to purchase pictures,
but should any one desire to do so either
fyr themselves or for presentation to the
Schools, or any particular school in wllich
(they may feel a special interest, orders
Will be received, but such orders, will be
■entirely voluntary upon the part of the
■purchaser.
, The entertainment committee has pro
vided the following programme for the
levelling sessions, which will add another
■element of pleasure and beauty to the
bnany other attractions:
Tuesday evening: Two numbers from
Silver Bow Glee Club. Piano solo, vocal
solo.
Wednesday evening: Piano duet, male
quartette, vocal solo, Miss Scott; man
dolin and guitar duet.
Thursday evening: Musical selection
by the high school orchestra, vocal solo,
Mr. Kitto; violin solo, Miss Whiting;
vocal f)Olo, Mrs. McFarland.
Friday evening: Piano and violin
duet, piano solo, Madam Sachs; violin
solo. Prof Hebaus.
Saturday evening: Male quartette, se
lected music, vocal solo.
In the evening small children will not
he admitted unless accompanied by
adults. Arrangerhents have been made
for the children to come during the
day, and it Is, hoped that they will take
advantage of the opportunity.
To add to the interest of the children,
and to incite them to an intelligent
and careful examination of the expihit,
the Art committee has decided upon a
prize essay contest for the pupils of the
public schools, the essay to be written
upon Art subjects which will call for
an expression of the results, of the child's
own investigation of pictures and statu
ai;'.
The composition contest committee has
formulated the following rul=s to gov
ern the writing of essays by the pupils.
The ladies of the Art Exhibit have d a -
cid' d to offer a series of prizes, one each
■for the third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh
■and eighth grades, and one for the high
school. The same to lie contested for by
tli pupils, of the different grades.
The prizes shall be given for the best
essay in each grade and the high school
on either of the following subpects:
1. "My favorite picture and why I
like it."
2. "If I were an artist, what kind of a
pit ture would I paint, and why?'
The contest will be governed by the
following rules:
1. Any pupil or number of pupils
from the above mentioned grades may
enter the contest.
2 . All essays must be written without
the assistance of parents, teachers or
friends.
3. For all grades below the sixth, th»
essays must contain not fewer than 200,
nor more than 600 words: above the fifth
land below the high school, not fewer
-than 400, nor more than 800; high school
students will be expected to write from
500 to 1.000 words.
3. For all grades below the sixtth, the
essays must contain not fewer than 200
nor more than 600 words; above the
fifth and below thé high school, not
fewer than 400, nor more than 800,
high school students will be expected to
write from 500 to 1,000 words.
4. All essays must be written in ink
and on one side of the paper only. The
paper must be that in the No. 2 tablet.
5. When a pupil lias completed his
essay, he will fold it into three folds
and place it, unsigned, in a long en
velope.
He must also put into this envelope
a small sealed envelope containing his
name, school and grade. He shall then
seal the large envelope and hand it to
the principal of his building.
The principal will leave the essays at
the office of the city superintendent of
schools, where the composition commit
tee will take charge of them.
6. All esssays must be handed in not
later than May 17.
7. The winners of the several prizes
shall have the honor of selecting for
their respective rooms a beautifully
framed picture, which shall be suita
bly inscribed with the name of the suc
cessful contestant. The picture shall
become the permanent property of the
grade and room to which the pupil win
ning the prize belongs.
SOME NEW
CARRIAGE GOWNS
FROM PARIS.
Special to the Inter Mountain,
Paris, May 4.—The later exhibits of
spring gowns shows bow inclusive the
term "carriage gorn" grows. At a re
cent impressive exhibition of carriage
gowns the models were grouped in
several distinct classes. There were au
tomobile gowns, trig and sveit, built of
the paler shades of light cloth; all of
them boasting an unmistakable tailor
finish. Victoria toilettes so elaborate as
to beggar description, tulle, mousseline
de soie, gauze, all brought to bear In
establishing the frou frou effect that is
tl eirs in its greatest petfectlon.
Between these extremes there were
"lunabout" models; all of them jaunty
gowns with a tailor finish, and yet they
veered away mightily from anything
like severity. To this category belonged
a smart little gown of castor canvas,
with the skirt alidost eclipsed by gradu
ating bonds of stitched taffeta in the
same shade. The jacket was a flaring
taffeta Eton heavily corded and trimmed
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Carriage cape of mauve silk, worked
in gilt designs, and trimmed with slen
der trellis of narrow black velvet ribbon.
with lappels and cuffs of suede in a
deeper shade of castor. These, to
gether with the narrow suede belt, were
embroidered heavily in steel.
Any one of the delicious Victoria toi
lettes might serve as an inspiration for
a lengthy article. The approved toi
lette includes so many fetching acces
sories, beginning at the crowning orna
ment. the parasol. They are more gor
geous this summer than ever before.
The picture hats worn with Victoria
toilettes are deserving of the same
praise. Mittens, the new feature of
these toilettes quite took one's breath
away when the innovation was heralded
but now one is safe in propresying a
brilliant future for these dainty lace
mitts. Now that the elbow sleeve is
such an especial feature they fill a much
felt need. When the shade of the gown
is decided on then one may turn her
attention to foot wear. Many women
are having their carriage shoes made
of corded silk that matches exactly the
prevailing color of their gowns. Black
panne velvet ties find much favor, too,
this season.
Silver is as popular this summer as
was gold through the winter months.
It shimmers on so much of the new
gauze ribbon. Threads of it traverse
most of the gauzy stuffs that the mo
distes employ. It is woven into silk
stockings and in fact is repeated on all
the accessories and trinkets dear to
feminine hearts.
One of the stage favorites whose af
ternoon dirve is an event in the modish
world has a gorgeous carriage gown
made all of silver gauze. The skirt has
a long tunic made with a decided dip
at the front and back. It is ornamented
with medallions of white gouze, painted
delicately in Dresden patterns, and
joined with narrow black velvet rib
bons. Below this there is a broad frill
of white gauze, ornamented with ruches
of the same.
The corsage is a blouse of the tucked
white gauze with a high draped silver
gauze corslet. Above this there rise
motifs of the band painted gauze, that
are joined by narrow black velvet rib
bons drawn through small strass buck
les. The close fitting silver gauze
sleeves are finished with short frills
of white gauze, mounted by straps of
black velvet ribbon. The velvet ribbon
crosses the high tucked gauze collar,
and is fastened at each crossing with
tiny strass buckles.
A great many of the carriage gowns
are built on long flowing lines. The
most successful among them are a sort
of compromise between Princess and
Empire. A "white and black" model be
longing to this category was made of
a light quality of cream silk poplin. It
was trimmed for its entire length with
inlets of narrow black silk guipure, res
cribing undulating lines. The upper part
was ornamented with bands of black
panne velvet ribbon crossed over a yoke
of gathered white chiffon with panne
polka dots. These were carried up to
the shoulders, where they were held
with round strass buckles. The close
fitting sleeves had a puff of the dotted
chiffon at the elbow. Above this the in
lets of guipure ran in vertical lines, be
low it they encircled the eleeve. Inlets
of guipure trimmed the high straight
collar.
Cretonne appliques prove a delightful
trimming for gauzy summer gowns, an
item that surprises a great many peo
ple who have never seen the experiment
tried. When its great success as a
trimming for cloth was established this
winter women, fearful of its being "run
in the ground," used it only sparingly.
They have learned now that it only be
come effective in the hands of a master
workman, so much depends on the ar
rangement of cretonne motifs, the choice
of colors and the intricate darning over
the surface that is done with tiny
threads of gold or silver.
A gown of the palest gray open mesh
silk canvas owed much to its charm to
its rich cretonne ornamentation. The
skirt was made with five broat box
plaits, stitched flat for a short distance
over the hips. The spaces between were
trimmed with a border of the cretonne
and large pale yellow roses darned with
silver threads. A cross stitch of heavy
gray silk floss and silver threads banded
the roses. This cross stitch was repeat
ed three times at the top of the skirt.
The corsage of the canvas was scai
hped at the front where it opened over
a broad vest of heavy Flemish lace.
Between the lace and canvas there was
inserted a trimming of silver gauze laid
in plaits.
A single yellow cretonne rose was ap
pliqued on each scallop and closely
darned with silver threads.
The close filling sleeves the canvas
flared at the bottom, where they were
scalloped and trimmed with appliques
of cretonne. It showed a full puff and
narrow cuff of Flemish lace beneath the
flare.
The parasol design for this gowJf was
a pale yellow silk gauze affair literally
eclipsed by yellow chiffon rose petas,
spangled with strass. Thf white handle
was sheathed in crystal beads. These
dainty petal parasols are bound to ap
ical to feminine tastes, especially those
made of orchid petals in all their deli
cate varying shades of mauve.
The Victoria toilettes all attest the
wonderful popularity of flower trim
ming. They are used quite lavishly on
parasols, more lavishly on picture hats,
while not a few of the gauze gowns are
made rich with blossom borders appli
qued flat.
NINA GOODWIN.
In bis opening
officer at the tw<
of the Physical
the other day in
Sargent of Harv
that "lawn tennh
done more to win
clothing than all
turing and writin
from all sections
ed the idea
address as presiding
"Ifth annual conference
Culture association
New York Dr. Dudley
ard declared his belief
golf and cycling have
women away from tight
the past century"s lee
g." About 150 delegattes
of the country applaud
Mitfh to the surprise of the French
chaffeurs, the annual automobile race
meeting hel l at Nice unler the auspices
of the Automobile CClub de France re
sulted in an almost uninterrupted series
of triumphs for the Germans. After tha
tournament the infuriated and heart
broken Frenchmen proposed another
series of races, but the Germans wisely
concluded to rest on their laurels.
ORDER OF HERMAN SONS.
All members are requested to attend
regular meeting next Friday, May 3d. at
Elks hall, 8 p. m., sharp. Grand president
of the order will be in attendance. Sister
lodges invited. L- WOLPERT, See.
HENRY RECKSICK. Pres.
Kemmerer eoa! holds a good, hot fir«
a l night. It makes no clinhers and very
little ash. You might as well have tha
j best. It costs no more than inferior
j grades. Citizens' Coal Co.. No. 4 Kaot
Broadway.
The Hotel and Boarding Ho ist asso
ciation x'.ee: every Wednesday evening
at 343 E&Si Park street, at 8:30. J. P,
Tobin, secretary and treasurer Clarence
hotel.