Alumnae Recorder . able events to remember. Here, too, we meet interesting Mrs. GeorgeKennen, who seems to embody the life-work of her husband, so earnestlyhas she toiled and thought with him on the thrilling question of theSiberian Exile System. One easily recognizes the bright, intelligent, though plain face of MissAnna Dawes. Complexion ? she said, to a group of girls at an afternoontea, who were discussing the injurious effects of tea upon the complexion, I never had one, so I dont know. But those who have read her de-lightful articles in Harpers Magazine, will feel that for such a deficie
Alumnae Recorder . able events to remember. Here, too, we meet interesting Mrs. GeorgeKennen, who seems to embody the life-work of her husband, so earnestlyhas she toiled and thought with him on the thrilling question of theSiberian Exile System. One easily recognizes the bright, intelligent, though plain face of MissAnna Dawes. Complexion ? she said, to a group of girls at an afternoontea, who were discussing the injurious effects of tea upon the complexion, I never had one, so I dont know. But those who have read her de-lightful articles in Harpers Magazine, will feel that for such a deficiencyshe is more than amply compensated. Whatever the charms of Washington life, in door or out, it has little in the way of climatic inducements to offer in the month of March, and let us hope that the present law-givers will follow the example set them by our sensible forefathers, and make April thirtieth, eighteen hundred ninety three, the day upon which President Harrison will be reinducled into office. M. S. ALUMNA RECORDER. 43 WitBin (& Cenfurg. Since the last issue of the Recorder, two notable events in connectionwith the history of the nation have transpired. One more exclusively local,one entirely national. The one, the celebration of the centennial of Alleghenycounty; the other, the centennial of Washingtons inauguration; eachmaking the rounding of one hundred years; each, in its surroundings,contrasting strongly with the past that they celebrated, and especially withthe social atmosphere environing womans position in life. There is possibly no century so crowded with events, tending so greatlyto the development of humanity, as the one indicated ; certainly none whoseresults have been so marked in their effects on the status of woman in theactivities of life. There were noble women a century ago who exercised,no doubt, their influence according to their lights; but of the influence ofthe women of to-day, in all the affairs of life, no dream had even vaguelyfloated t
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