Show IT CAN BE DONE WOMAN can hold her tongue this lias has been demonstrated the statement may be received within credulity but it is nevertheless well authenticated A ladies society on the outskirts of the city of chicago being in need of funds and where is there a society of males or females or both that is not was promis promised pd by a wealthy gentleman a considerable sum for the treasury if ir the members could meet for one afternoon each with her own fc ewing and attend to her own individual business without speaking a word during the regular time for society work the ladies met and worked and triumphed the local paper reported the affair as follows though the sighs and groans were many and heartrending the laughing grew quite dangerous though af at times the quiet was quite funereal again the clink of the knitting needles the rustle of the fancy work or the winding of yarn yam would make it quite lively only the tongues were still though forced to literally place a marble or a lozenge or a thimble in their mouths though the strips of court plaster elaster were on hand though the tiie ottlo bottle of mucilage was several times passed around taking them P altogether nothing of the kind was required save the word and the will of the ladies who had llad pledged themselves to earn in that way the requisite amount for their treasury 11 now who says woman can ean cant it hold her tongue when she has a mind to |