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Show TOR FEMININE READERS. Womon haT to stand tho chargew of many present day evil tendencies, says tho Lo.i Angeles Herald. If tho honvo la ne-gloctcd ne-gloctcd It is woman's fault; if tho Industrial Indus-trial world Is overcrowded it Is woman's fault; if eitravaganco U unlvorsal It is woman's fault; if Juvenile crime Is on the Increase It Is tho fault of thc mother. And now hero comes a clergyman who Jcclurs that woman's dominance in churoh work has a tendency to mako preaching and rollglous activity effomlnat. Tho Rov. William R. Notman of tb Fourth Presbyterian church of Chicago, In a Bcrmon on "Women In Modern Church Life," said recently: "Womon predominate In nxxSorn church work, and I fear tho effect of this condition condi-tion on tho standing of the church among men. Men oay the church is moro or lens offeuilnato; that It is run by women; that it Iim a womanly spirit and a woman's ministry. Men ask If It is posolble for a clergyman who preachea to more women than men to avoid ropuldinc his sermon to woman's nature. Will not tho proachlnc of tho GoHpeU it is mskod, lose soma of lta manly tono? I beliovo that th ministry needs to guard against this tendency. Tho church should bo for mon oa well ns for women." MrH. Ellen Wright, a composcrr of many awotjt songs, including tho now notorious "Violets," will bo married nhortly in Menton, Italy, to Baron Scaliol, a naturalized natu-ralized Englishman, also an accorapllnbori musician. Mrs. Wright Is onn of thiv dough tern of tho latn Carl Ronx, Sho has purchased a villa near Cap Martin. On April 16 the Vatican at Rome, presented pre-sented x spectacle unprccedimted for centuries, cen-turies, when Pope Plus and his court attended at-tended (at tho Solx Regia) tho performance perform-ance of Abbo Perosl'n now oratorio, "Thi Lost Judgment." The oholr. which Included In-cluded womon singers, was prsonaily dl-rAiUcd dl-rAiUcd Uc Uia cnjppfliutfu 'Shli'ixfii Sub time In four centuries that women's voices havo been heard at musical services serv-ices in tho Vatican. Tho Popo woo much pleased with tho Pcrosl work nnd led tho applause with' which It was received. Tho performance was attended by tho sisters of tho Popo, and Amurlca wa represented by Mgr. Kennedy, rector of tho American collego In Rome, and th Right Rov. John J. O'Connor, bishop of Newark, N. J. Miss Helen Gould has given UOQQ to a fund to protect glrlB Ylslting the St. Louis fair. For tho- bride who cannot afford to lay hor wedding gown asldo after tho core-mony, core-mony, but who wishes to, mako use of It as an evening gown, an excellent idea is to haro tha very long train. Which oil wedding wed-ding gowns should havo, made so that It can be easily detached, and not ruin tho tout onsmblo of tho costume. If tho train is cllhor of satin or lace, It may be fastened fas-tened to fall from the shoulders, and In this way bo entirely foparato from tho r8t of the gown, and very easily removed whiin dealrcd. Every woman has ribbon ornaments for tho hair, moro or loss elaborate, according accord-ing to the occasion on which thsy aro to be worn. Dainty rosetteo of long loops aro mado of'a numbor of loops of jrauzo ribbon, rib-bon, m soft coloro. Thc Idea In wearing so many of theao ornomorts; Ii to get a note of becoming color to tho faoo to off-sot off-sot tho effect ox the whlt gowns which aro worn i.iornlng, noon and ncht now. Tho flush of a pink rottattj, tho :!nw of a red on, the- bright gleam of a yellow ornament or-nament or thu warm tone of som other Color, lends a brlghtncBB to the wearer of a white frock. The-woman of taste elects the color that will boat bring out fho beauties of her complexion, tho luster nnd tint of her eyes and- the mora or bright lffijfjLh .iutz kulXj. . |
