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Show Women of the Territories, Wj attended one woman's club meeting. meet-ing. It was in Gage, in the northwestern I part of the Territory, a. Utile, brand-new j town, bravely starting out to beautify it-seU it-seU by planting trees two feet high. Till-- I club baa thirty-one married members, and at present wilting three single ones; but by the time this goes to press probably prob-ably not one will bo left unmarried. Phere are too many bachelors a i und . A week's residence, the landlady 01 the hotel assured us, was enough to enable any wonjan to collect at hast one offer of tnarrlaRe The olub women study Shakespeare, Whlttler, Longfellow and other poets, and sprinkle In a very ew papers on practical subjects. Perhaps this Is because all tho rest of their lives Is so very practical that they want a change. All during the meeting 1 at-tended, at-tended, one sweet-looking, wholesome young matron nursed her sunburnt babv. I wished Grover Cleveland could see her as she sat under the one lamp. The husband of the president pushed I his head In at the door, and h r two ehll-dren ehll-dren broke (Tom his rest alnlng hands .md pari died up to lean against her knees .". jchr,'' ehe remonstrated, aloud 'I put those babies to bed before I lelt! What djd you bring 'em over here for? And barefooted' and In these old clothes!" John smiled easily and continued to watch our proceedings. Hi- n In favor of clubs," his wife went on. "So you needn't mind him. ladles. But l on wish he'd take these children home and put them ti bed." "I will, pretty soon." he said. "Grind tho coffee for breakfast, while you're about It," called one member. "Iut the eat out, ' cried anotlH i "Whatever you do, leave the lamp iiurning fur tne." laughed the president liarpi i s Basei |