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Show Mrs, . Charlotte Emerson Brown, Presi- v dent of the Federation of 7 Women's Club3. A WOMAN OF AETISTIO ABILITIES. V ' ' Hiss Marshall and Her Dog Mrs, Shaw in Faris Other Hews for the Ladies, ' Mrs. Charlotte Emerson Brown, the wife of the Rev. Dr. William B. Brown, f East Orange, N. J., elected president pf the Federation of Women's Clubs, haa Just turned her 50th birthday, and is a Woman of raro social and artistic abilities. abili-ties. She is the youngest daughter of Professor Ralph Emerson, of the Audo-Ter Audo-Ter Theological seminary, and was born in that city. Mrs. Brown was educated at the Answer An-swer Young Ladies' seminaryk where she distinguished herself as one of the most brilliant scholars in an exceptionally exception-ally able class. She is one of the rare women who aro born linguists, and the ass with which she acquires the use of language is marvelous. She upcaks fluently no loss than seven languages, aud all so well that in the different countries coun-tries in which she haa been she has always, been warmly complimented. Among these languages are French, Italian, German, Spanish, Dutch and modern Greek. These she has acquired without the slightest difficulty, and indeed in-deed scarcely with any great study. Ber memory is phenomenal, and she never forgets anything that she has once acquired. ' But her greatest charm is her marvelous marvel-ous magnetism and the power that she possesses of drawing to her thosa with whom she is thrown in contact. Pro-Tions Pro-Tions to her marriage to Dr. Brown she held at different times chairs in the leading lead-ing educational institutions of Montreal, Chicago and at Rockford, Ills. 8ho is a Woman of rare executive ability. Mr. and Mrs. Brown wore married while Dr. Brown was a professor at the Andover Theological seminary in 1880. JBoon after their marriage Dr. Brown purchased a residence on Chestnut Htreet, East Orange, and they settled down there, but on account of his health he was compelled to go abroad. They spent three years in foreign travel. They returned re-turned home in 1885, and a year later Mrs. Brown was elected a member of the Orango Woman's club. Two years ago she was elected president, and hold the office until Aliis spring, when she declined de-clined re-election. Her wonderful executive ex-ecutive ability and personal magnotism were at once folt in the club, and to her more than to any ono else must be given the credit of bringing up the club from 1 comparatively weak position to that of one of the strongost in the country. New York Herald. Trouble Over Mls BtytraliaU'a Dog. : School Teacher Flora Marshall's dog, Which has so divided the residents of Wa-f Wa-f erford, Camden county, by biting Miss Abbie Rice, a popular young woman of the town, soveral days ago, is forward gain as a candidate for public attention. Four men with guns followed Miss Marshal Mar-shal in an effort to get a shot at her big shaggy friend "Nep," which she was taking across tho border of Winslow township to get him out of harm. Miss Marshall closed her school, at Bates' Mill, and came up to Camden, where she held a consultation with Lawyer Martin V. Bergen. "No one has a right to shoot your dog," aid Mr. Borgon. "Get a pistol, and, if they attempt it, shoot thom. " Miss Marshall Mar-shall has secured the weapon, it is said, and will defend her dog and herself. Hi nee the alleged biting of Miss Rice, over a week ago, the town of Waterford has been rent asunder, and the question of the lifo or death of the dog has entered en-tered into every phase of social and business bus-iness life there. Miss Rice insisted that as she was passing Miss Marshall's house the dog flew upon her and bit her hand. Bhe and her friends declare that the big brute must die, but Miss Marshall defended de-fended her pet, asserting that he was tender, gentle and brave, and that sho would as soon part with her own blood as see that of her noblo Nep shed. She was sure that he had not bitten Miss Rice, but may have jumped upon her in play and caused her a great fright. The trouble was discussed in all its phases, and Miss Rice's male friends xuude every effort to got a shot at the dog, but so far they have boen unsuccessful. unsuc-cessful. ' At last Capt. H. M. Jowett, chairman of the township committee, was appealed to, and, after hearing all the facts, he issued a decree of death upon the dog. Miss Marshall, however, , decree of .death by taking the dog out of the township. The four men who followed fol-lowed her f6uud it impossible to shoot, as tho plucky young schoolmarm kept so close to the dog that her own body might have received the charge intended for the dog. The closing of tho village school on account of a dog luvs added fuel to the fire among the brute's enemies, and there is no tolling whuro tho controversy will cud. Philadelphia Record. |