WOMAN'S WORLD. MISS WILLARD WRITES TO THE METHODIST CONFERENCE. Putting Away Heavy Clothing—Women at Yale—The Alitor Will—A Little Sailor Hoy—lnteroNting lteniH About Women In Public Life anil at the Fireiiiile. Frances E. Willard, the president of the Woman's Christian Temperance union, was excluded from the Methodist #Kenral conference in 1888, with four other women delegates, because of her sex. A letter from Miss Willard to the Omaha World-Herald created a good deal of discussion at the recent session of the Methodists. She said in sub stance: If I did not believe that the co-working of men and women as the laity of the Methodist church wo u'tWkiU to the great advantage of the church as a whole, I should never have declared for that side in the great controversy. This goes without saying, I think, on the part of all the good Methodist people who have devoted thought and effort to the move ment in the last years. I have always believed that the word "laity" meant the men and women who * were in the church and were not minis ters, and that an explicit and clear ex planation of this definition was made in the Discipline. No argumentation has moved my mind in the slightest degree concerning this view, and 1 am confi dent that it will lie held by historians when the smoke and din of the battle Bhall have cleared away. The common ethics of the outside world would be sufficient to teach that it is not just for one-third of a church to exclude from representation in the making of the laws by which they are controlled the other two-thirds. I have never doubted the outcome in a church so large, open hearted ami clear headed as the one founded by Susanna Wesley's son. It is only a question of time, and I do not think that the time is going to ho long; tokens are on every hand to prove this, and the Omaha conference has giveu not a few (I already. It is my earnest hope that tlie conference will vote that the word "laity" means, in respect to delegates, just what \t has always meant in the common acceptation of the term, name ly, those members of the church who are not ministers. This is the very simple, reasonable and just way out of the presont controversy, which to my mind was wholly unnecessary, and is to be greatly regretted, except that it has caused a great amount of reflection, and has procured "an arrest of thought" among hundreds of thousands of well intentioned minds. Yours, for the Methodist of the future, etc. Putting Away Hruvy Clothing. The moth is the bane of the house keeper, but after all it is not difficult to escape its inroads. The mother moth t flies about in search of a suitable place to deposit her eggs, and she selects wool en fabrics or fur and likes it all the bet ter if it is soiled. The grnb once out of the egg feeds on what is nearest it, and so we find an assortment of holes where we left solid cloth. Now, if garments are put away cloan and absolutely free from moths* eggs and uro protectod from the flying moths, they are safe without camphor or any of the disagreeable odors that are resorted to. A numlie! of stout culico bags sewed up with dou ble Beams and tied tightly at the top with tapes are most useful. Let all be distinctly lubcled, and not be so large but that ouch one can he de voted to one class of garments. For in stance, imagine the convenience of a row of bags lmng up in your storeroom, one labeled children's woolen stockings, another woolen howls, tippets and mit tens, and so on. How easy to got them the moment they are wanted, without i diving to the bottom of a miscellaneous ly filled trunk. Coats, dresses, etc., that must not bo tumbled, may lie nicely folded, wrapped in newspaper and laid in largo paper boxes, labeled and put on the closet shelf. Long hags, the full length of dress or cloak, with hanging loops at top, save from creasing as well as from dust and moths. Blankets should be washed in the spring rather than the fall, and put away In hags, always leaving out enough for the cold nights that occur even in summer. They can he kept safe and neat ill pillow cases, always within reach when needed. The windows of a storeroom or closet should be protected against moths and flies by a fine netting. A good way to discover the presence of moths, and also to destroy them, is to place a lighted candle in a basin of wator. The moths will he attracted by the flame and will drop into the water. The burning of oamphor gum or sulphur will destroy insects. The basin of water is always necessary as a safeguard against fire. 11l that place your little iron pot, half filled with ashes, and the camphor or sulphur. Saturate this with alcohol and set it afire. Have the room closed tightly while the smoking is going on, and be surenoono inhales the fumes. Next in effacy to this is the Persian insect powder. But after all these precautions, one moth may find its way into a closet or chest, and the close hug or wrapper is the only safeguard.—New York Ex aminer. AilmUalon of Women to Yale. . After a vigorous review of the ob stacles which have opposed the higher education of women in this country, President Dwight, of Yale, oxpluins that the graduate courses at Yale have been opened to both sexes, and is careful to add that by this action "the university does not propose to introduce changes iu the undergraduate life or to institute any new system which will in any sense establish what is called coeducation." Just what Yale has done, President Dwight explains as follows: Tho authorities of this university have not attempted in connection with their action to decide the question of the best possible method of carrying forward undergraduates' education for the two soxes under all circumstances. They have observed and considered the exist ing facts, and in view of them have taken what they believe to ho a desira ble course for all the highest interests in the case. The decision to which they have come is to open the graduate or, as they are frequently called, the post graduate courses of study leading to the degree of doctor of philosophy to candi dates of both sexes. These candidates are to be graduates of colleges, or, in ex ceptional cases, by special permission, other persons of liberal educalion. The number of such exceptional cases in the past has been very small, the whole body of students in these courses, substantially, being college graduates. No others have been admitted whose progress and attainments have not been ascertained to be abundantly sufficient to qualify them for pursuing the studies, and also for pursuing them on equal terms with their associates who have obtained the bachelor's degree. The young women, accordingly, who will be received will be of an age and at a stage of development and progress which are beyond the undergraduate period. They will be, like the yonng men of the grad uate department, persons who nre giv ing themselves to special studies much after the same maimer as professional students who devote themselves to the work of the professional schools.— Forum. Mm. Drayton and the Alitor Will. The ignoring of Mrs. Coleman Dray ton in the will of her father, the late William Aster, has been a severe shock to the lady's many friends. Jnst how it has affected Mrs. Drayton herself is not definitely known, but it is surmised that it is something of a shock to her. In any event, it has "set society agog." It has also created an immense amount of sympathy for Mrs. Drayton, and served to intensify the popular prejudice against the Astor system of will making. If it were any family other than the Asters the will would undoubtedly be contested, as it ought to be. It has not been proved that Mrs. Drayton is guilty under the indictment found against her, and how ever much the stories may affect her standing with the family, they do not greatly disturb her legal status as an heir. No act that the lute William Astor could have committed in the matter of disposing of his estate could have been more unexpected than this, and scarcely more unpopular. Mrs. Drayton, sud denly plunged from her exalted position in society, is staggering under a heavy cross, and this slight from her father no doubt adds to it a hundred fold. To be sure the $850,000 which she was to have received will go to her children, and Mrs. Drayton says she has already re ceived large sums of money "on ac count," and is satisfied. But lier friends know that she is putting as good a face on the matter as possible. It is well for Mrs. Drayton that she drew largely on her share during the lifetime of her father, otherwise she would have fared badly. As she gets nothing in the will, the clause which dis inherits the heir who makes a contest has no terrors for her. She is disinher ited if she does and disinherited if she doesn't.—John A. Cocke rill in New York Recorder. A Little Sailor Hoy. For the boy who hus left off skirts of all kinds, and feels that he knows a great deal more than his father, the sailor suit continues iu vogue. The regulation bine serge is used for it, and following an English fashion it is pretty enough brightened either by scarlet col lar and cuffs, or the regulation white ones. A gallant little sailor lad, who is dressed in knee breeches of dark blue serge, which, by the bye, the sailor does not wear, aud a loose blouse of the same material interests ns. The deep collar is of scarlet cloth, the ends of it hardly showing in front, although it extends far down in the back; where the sailor's bare neck would show a plastron of rod is set In. The knotted tie is of durk blue silk. The sleeves are comfortably full, and are plaited in at the wrists to cuffs of scarlet. The stockings ure very dark bine, and the shoes are good, sturdy ones, with flat heels, that will permit my gen tleman to take many a walk abroad. The hat which he holds in his hand as he makes his good morning to you is a Tarn of blue serge, like his clothes, and has on its bund in bright red letteas the name of the ship upon which he is sup posed to sail, but wliich is really dragged along ignominiously by a string. How ever, if he finds happiness iu this amuse ment, be very thankful, my friend, for illusions go from us only too quickly.— Mrs. Mallon iu Ladies' Homo Journal. A Iloiton (ilrl'H High Note*. Miss Evangeline Florence hails from Boston, and her chief title to notice is that she possesses probably the highest voice of any singer now before the pub lic. If we allow for the enhancement of pitch which has taken place since the year 1770, the feats of Agujari have been fully equaled by Miss Florence. She touched the high B natural in altis sirno in the prosonce of a small audience a few days before the concert, and at the concert itsolf, In a "Russian Night ingale" song by Alabieff, sang the high (1 and A flat in the concluding cadenza without any undue effort. Quito as re markable as the extraordinary rango of Miss Florence's volee was her disin clination to make any special parade of it. Although she sang half a dozen times, it was only in the one song wo have met |'ied that she gave practical proof of the possession of this Eiffol register. And although the audience, which wus packed with singers and singing masters, would gladly have beard her again, she declined an encore. -Manchester (England) Guardian. Gruiluutlou Gown*. The very general liking shown for muslins has made the embroidered and printed muslin a favorite for graduation gowns. Those having pale pink or blue flowers sprinkled upon them and deco rated with ribbon In harmony are liked, because the dead whiteness that used to be peculiar to a commencement costume is no longer deemed necessary, and these faint bits of color come out most ef fectively in the goods. Fine nun's veil ing, cashmere and broadcloth are chosen among the woolen stuffs, and if a silk should be selected one of surah or China Is permissible. I do not advise tulle, aniens, indeed, it is to be worn at some celebration afterward, for, although it Is extremely pretty, it crushes very easily gnd seems to tear if anybody looks at it. Generally a white tending to cream will be found more becoming than the extremely dead white, which can only bo worn effectively by girls with dark hair and eyes and pronouncedly warm complexion.—Mrs. Mai lon in Ladies' Home Journal. A Woman ItllU a Panther. One day last week Mrs. D. M. Wil kinson, who lives on a ranch near the Hetnet dam, heard a long continued squealing among her drove of pigs and, suspecting some depredator, hurried out with a shotgun. She was just in time to detain a huge panther with a prompt salute of her shotgun as he was in the act of making off with a pig. Mrs. Wil kinson, being thoroughly inured to the ways of mountain life, is a good shot, and she si e reproduced several times in the scheme of decoration. Miss Rideout will | receive for her work.—Chicago j Letter. A WiMCoiitfin Innovation. 1 Some unique features were introduced at the wedding of Miss Angie May Par ratt to the Rev. Albert W. Bolt, at Oak field. Besides the maid of honor, best man, four bridesmaids and four ushers, Miss Frances Darling, of Appleton, act ed the part of Queen Venus, dressed in classic robes, with a jeweled crown on | her head. Her part was to bring the minister from some hidden retreat.— Milwaukee Journal. Her Laat Wish. Mrs. Harriet San ford, who died re cently at Plymouth, Mass., at the age of ninety, was, in accordance with her wishes, not to bo buried until the sun had gone down on the day set for her burial. Mrs. Sanford several years ago went to Bristol, picked out her tomb stone and had it lettered and put in ( place in the cemetery. \ Not Afraid of the Cnlucky Niiuibor. | Thirteen girl graduates from Mount Auburn Young Ladies' institute, of Cin cinnati, banqueted 011 Saturday night, defying in every possible way omens of evil. They walked under a bidder, broke a mirror, raised umbrellas in the house, had thirteen waiters and caused the orchestra to play thirteen pieces. The wearing of shoes with soles heavy enough to prevent a cooling of the feet is extremely important. The extent to which the wearing of thin soled shoes j prevails in the winter months, especial ly among ladies, is calculated to make us wonder at the endurance of human i life. Miss Sybil Sanderson, daughter of Judge Sanderson, of San Francisco, is the only soprano in the world who makes higher tones than Patti. She is a tall. I willowy girl, with a throat like a white pillar, gold blond hair and black eyes. Soon the frou fron and the faugh faugh of the untidy, unwholesome and altogether unsuitable pavement trail will be gone and, to whisper a secret, nobody will be quite so glad ns the wom en who wore it.—Exchange. Tlio wife of John Delunc, of the Lon don Times, suggested the obituary col umn, of which her husband playfully al lowed her the income that finally grew to an imposing sum. The swell girl buys a new belt as often as she buys now gloveH. Just now there is a fancy for very narrow bolts to be worn with silk waists and cloth dresses. The queen of Denmark is an enthusi astic musician, and passes her leisure hours playing piano duets with hei daughters. When the new elevated road is opened In Chicago the day ticket sellers are t) be young women of attractive appear, ince. SALE CHEAP. A good, stroll# horse, 1 JJ Apply to John If udak, 2d, Centre Struct. Freeland. BX)H SALE.—One two-seated phaeton, with I? pole and shaft; one top-covered serin# wagon; cheap for cash. Apply to A. W. Wash burn, corner ol Pine and Johnson Streets, Free land. "LpSTATK of John E. Sheaman, late of the Pj borough of Freeland, deeeuscd. 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