Show WOMEN IN WAR A Feminine Viciu as to the Part the Gentler Sex Might Play if Given theO the-O ortumty The old Idea that men mllst i wor1 IInd omO mnt wep ha gone out Cor women have long been doing thir shaie of tho working ns well ai tile weeping Just as certain seems the e Unction of the soldiers traditional girl I left behind me Very few girl nnt to be left behind l and the Amerlcto gOlernment III hovo 1I1t to thonk If It doeo not pro lit by th lces I n moll orm oC enthusloUc and darlllS nmnzons Mra Blan motherl lid vlco at Ihe Wohlllgton womenn con vnUon might jut o well hav bn spoken to the winds that blow for ull he attention her patriotic tountrs women wo-men paid to her tliade against wicked ortore Time Is something In the blood ot ev cr l1eolth wholomo woman tllllt I md always will be sllrred by the recital re-cital of martial deeds and the eight of i splendid uniform Inside ot whlili ot course Is I a sturdy broad shuuldered man not > afraid to walk up to the ene nys guns with n mile on his fat If sou fa-t believe this Just Inquire trong yt our female friends and > ou will IInd that more womn than mcn ndmlr Sheridana Hide Tho Charto of the Light Urlcade Horatius ut tho llrldge tho Halite of Iry and uch hrole rlc Tho torls oncrnln llorence Nightingale Moll Pilcher and Llara IIurton cnn command a larger emlnlne following any day than those rlttn b Lnurn Jenn Ilbbo Sarnh tiland Mra Hore or no oC tho dl tlnfculBhed ladles ho hnvo tollow1I n ivoetly feminine wa Military compaii comod oC woo men nre to b ure rather n nnvII One wo d gnnled ome eors ago In Plttbufl a nn ouxlllnr to one oC the local 1 regiments and the joung ladles wre said to display much aptitude In matrlng military tactics There nat n-at one time at least so says u loyal Oorglan n womnn mllltor eompnn In Atlanta and the Georgian sajs If that brigade had gone Into active service serv-ice there would probably be as many sonnets written about Us beauty us about Its bravery Nobody who knows the southern girt can doubt him Heading Po nt present has a military mili-tary band which Jms Its shirt waists chewing gum and toothbrushes all neatly neat-ly I packed awny In the company s lovely love-ly I shining leather knapsacks ready Corn Cor-n call to arm Thero Isnt II homel girl In the com pan and astute diplomats have suggested sug-gested that the reason the company will not bo sent to Cuba Is I because there would not be a whole heart In tho American army after the woman s brigade bri-gade had been 1 hours In camp The damage that they would do to the susceptible sus-ceptible hearts of the Spaniards Is I be ond computation nnd to end the bcautlful Spaniard hating damsels to the front might como within the proscribed pro-scribed limits of Inhuman warfare Iv cry woman In the Heading company hns solemnly sworn that the aversion which ho fel Cor a nke n tood n cow or a mouo Is I but a pale feeble wavering ohadown ot the undying enmity with I Late Parisian Confect lOll SIn S-In the Illustration will be seen four DC > the most fetching of recent Parisian hot The first Is a toque of black lace strnw veiled with jetted gauze having n large rOholto of the u me ond orno mnte1 with a cluster ot jetted quills Th cond la I of Molet straw Wth n drnp of turquoise blue ribbon veiled I HI tnlle The third hat Is tucked whil lulle with n I18rrolV hand oC black dvet going around the brim Thi talnlng hat Is of cream straw I 1th t te ee loh trills ot narrow black lac straw which the worJ Iranian Inspires her The company uniform consists of white vvnlsts blue jackets and red skirts The soldier maids have been drilled with real rilks and very few of the recruits now shut their eyes when they lire a voiles Ihclr Orlllmnster Is Colonel rase of the fourth regiment While they do not claim to be able to throw a rock straight set there Is I no question that elcn n fair range at n regiment of Spaniards the could do vre xecutlon Nono of tho oung women I or 25 e oC ng nnd mot DC them nr nearer 20 Ir Howard M Shilling Is I the captain of this gal Innt nnd 1001 bnnd oC potrlotlc omn EonNot Nat to be outdono by the Heading women the ladles ot Children Neb hno orgllnlzd a cavnlr compon nnd tendre < l to Governor 1I0icomh thl ervlc n horpshootro In tho rgu 10 nrm Th ca valr ladle are al < l lo bo daring horsellomn nnd dend shot nnd nil oro sworn to hoot a Spaniard on sight Mrs Marguerite Ilnymond of Chicago n teacher of voice culture has the distinction dis-tinction of so far being the only wo mnn ho ho ortercd hr lces a n muslo maker Mrs Itnymond has been ilgned ns bugler to Company H of tho Rcon reglmnt Nehkn notional guard Bhe la I the only woman bugler In tho service and la J sold 1 to be quite as I expert with the revolver ns with tho I bugle In thua discovering a new voca tlon Cor womn In mliltor ervlce Mr I lamond I conCerrlng nn itlmablii benollt 011 thoo theatrlcnl ladle who look on the war a fording a rich Held I tor pr igentlng purposes The woman bugler may prove n plc turequ rntllro In omuzonlon war Car No on In tho nrm ho n more exacting or dangerous post than the rcglmental trumt > cter or bogler a he Is I called In the nav y He or In thla cose she It la I who leads l the company In battle often carrying Ihe regimental color bld oondlng the n < lvonc nd retreat Many of the most heroic sto rle DC wartoro are told DC trumpter Tlmes out of number nn Intrepid bugler snatching up the shot riddled colors and dashing forward wllh them Into the very teeth of the enemys guns or recklessly reck-lessly leaping upon the ramparts of a hostile fortress has there planted the country Hag and thereby given the timely Inspiration which has urged l bat tallons on to glorious victory Every on know tho IIttio tor or Napoleon buglr horn h never Corgot even ami tho mmor erolng solitude nn In activity of St Helena Had I nn army of such aa he the captive would say I could l dara the eomblnd atmle oC 1urop to lattle Napoleon It seems had heard ot the skill of the young bugler and after n battle calling the joung man before him oIed tor ome pcclmen of the musicians ability After nslilns for fop the Reveille and the Ad vanc Nopoleon ald Now iund the lItrat Mrercplled theyoung huglerinoud ly I drawing his figure to Ita full height I cr A r t oJ fj 1 J61f J I I J i 1 rJ i i Lot firl WtJ r 1 Sr tdJ that la I something which I h never Itne < l While In camp the buglers ttorh li I restricted to Bounding tho different calls In battle ho Is I Etntloncd near the commanding olllccr and his shrill sweet notes waft tho orders over tha Teld where In the noise and excitement of conflict the human voice would he In nudllile A bugler pay In cash li 13 a month three suits of clothes a soar nnj his board at tho expense of the Government Govern-ment but tho reenue In poetry stnlu nry and undying fame Is I what thu nv erage woman I looking Cor nt this stage of the game rilthy lucr la I not likely to bo much of u consideration with such ot tho supposed gentler sex ns are willing to undergo the haidshlps nn prlmUon ot cnml lire In eVer elhr wnr In whlh Amrlca lias been lnoled I mans women falng to obtain recognition of the govm inent have slipped Into the service cln 1 In male attire There Is I no doubt tin t mans were never detected but others after a record for lighting which ontl lIe them to eommeo < tn tlon and Romo IIms een to promotion weie quietly dismissed from their regiments and sent homc And these were not bold limzen women hor < lened to humnn urrerlnt Mans of them were worm hearted crn tur s Inspired perhaps by the wish I ti b near nnd ateh or some one whu they loved 01 else they were IIctuatl I by e1eollon to tho cause In the Cubdn nimy nt the present tlmo arc snld to bJ many fair fighters who flnel It safer to follow the fortunes of tho camp than rink the savagery of the SpanIsh I Mrs George M Moulton ot Chicago wife of the colonel of the Second regiment regi-ment ot the Illinois national guard Intends In-tends to accomiany her husband to tho front because she thinks that the worit halhlp thot camp lit con orrer will bo moro tolernble than on1 wony nt home Colonel Moulton hai so far said nothing In opposition to his wlfos plan and tho men tf tie lecl 1 ment are delighted with the Idea and enr thot nu hom shnll omo to th enm ungel 80 long as there I nn In dividual left In tho regiment able to word or olIO n rille If worst should by nn > unforeseen circumstance como to wort with oue soldiers there Is I no doubt that like Molly Pitcher of glorious memorj Iho I camp angel wilt bo ready to faro tro nom Crom behind t1 gun rathr than that Old Glory should become the ene mys trophy for the American woman la a born lighter With all the odds against her sho has fought her way Into every other occupation Even If sho docs want to shoulder n knapsack and musket mus-ket In defense of her country It Isnt because she doubts the grit and martial mar-tial talent of the American man It Is I bocouo ho dmlre him eo much that sho wants to Imitate his gallant et ample even upon the battlefield She wishes to be In the thick of the fight t < > share his dangers as well as his joss nnd oorrow and It nn one ehollen tho wonmnllno DC hor nmbillon In Tho Homaunt of the Pogo Mrs IIrownlng has pleaded her case so well that there 1 n 0 need oC othr dten I CAHOLA LEIGH J |