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TIIE OMAITA DAILY REE: SATURDAY". APRIL 1. 1J05.
Don't Forget
We have reduced the
prioe on all Butte rick Paper
Patterns that flold sf
at 250, 80c 85c,
! 40o and 60c, to... v
Boofc J Stationary Bargains
SATURDAY YOU CAN BUY
ZBc Novell
for
5c
11.00 Copywrlght A tin
Books, f.t
60 Envelopes
for ow
10 sheets of not pa- Ri
per for '
1 dozen lead pencils
1 bottles of Carter's Ink Rp
for ot
$1.60 Copyright Books fQ
for s.vhj
Bicycle Playing Cards 12JC
nn
Lru
THE RELIABLE STORE.
25c35c Neckwear tOc
A handsome line of the finest
25c and 35c Ladies' Neckwear, al
most unlimited variety of
Btyles special Saturday,
at
10c
25c Pearl Buttons 5c
All sizes of fine Pearl But
tons, worth 15c, 20c and 25o per
dozen on sale Sat-"
urday, at,
dozen '
s sw J v
5c
Special Sale Men's Hats
Closing out the remainder of ths tin
damaged hats secured from
The Msrtin-Cott Hat Stock
Kever before have such marnlflcent values
Sn strictly high grade, undamaged, stylish
men's bats been offered In Omaha.
MWnCOTT HATB-Worth to J.QO
11ARTJN-COTTHATS Worth to 7er
tX., Saturday
L, Ba
-OOTT HATS Worth to
Baturdar
nmnuAL
tor
num
for...
50c
NEWEST SPRING STYLES
.. 3.00
3.00
IN
CHAMPION- 2. 50
JHr "?Z !3. 50 to $5
EVERT HAT ABSOLUT ELY QUA RANTED.
Sample Suit Cases
AO solid leather oases, linen, satin
or leather lined and worth up to
&W.edaat! 4.98 to 3.50
Best Trunk Values
to b found In the olty all styles and
el2es see them before buying prices
m. 2.50 to $30
Stupendous Bargains in Men's Furnishings
The astonishing bargains we have offered during the past
have created widespread excitement among buyers in Omaha and
vicinity, but Saturday's money-saving opportunities eclipse all
past events.
1,600 DOZEN HOSE FOB MEN AND LADIES In pure German lisle, plain and
fancy colors, all-over lace, lace foot with Bilk crocheting and embroidered,
secured at a wonderful bargain from a large, hosiery Importer, worth lOf
up to 75c pair, divided Into three lot Saturday at, pair, 10c, 15c and. . . . I v2W
$1 Men's Shirts, 39c 39c Silk Ties, 10c
$1.00 MEN'S SHIRTS 80c Fine mad- 39c SILK TIBS 10c Just the proper
rasses and ginghams, some Bilk or thing for spring wear. Come In plain
pleated bosoms, separate collars and blues, blacks, browns, reds and
cuffs, or collars attached, and ties to whites, are 50 Inches long and 1 Inch
match your choice of 500 dozen In wide, suitable for men's or Indies'
latest spring patterns regu- wear choice of 100 dozen IQf
lar $1.00 value, Saturday C Saturday 1
GRIFFIN BRAND 8HU.TS In the latest spring patterns, worth up QRf
to $2.00 choice Saturday Uw
A Big Shoe Sale Saturday.
Newer and tetter bargains in shoes from the KIRKENDALL
STOCK than we have ever o.ered before. Every pair of these
shoes were personally selected and picked out by Mr. Kirkendall
before any goods had been sold to the insurance company. Hay
'den Bros, were the only firm In Omaha to secure the cream of the
Uudamaged and Unsoiled Stock of F. P.
Kirkendall & Co.
Men's fine vici kid, patent colt and velours calf, Omaha custom
mad shoes made In Omaha and by Omaha workmen These
shoes were the best quality turned out of the Kirkendall fac
tury Mid absolutely worth up to $5.00
saje price ........ i vf
98c
98c
KIRKENDALL RAVEN shoe for women,
an advertised 2.E0 shoe see Jfl
name on top facing
Ktrkendatl'e $3.3 women's vlcl kid bhich
er a very 1.5Q
stylish shoe ... "
Klrkendall's $1.60 and $1.75
Praiie Queen dongola,
all solid shoes
Misses' and child's
$1.60 vicl kid shoes
Boys, youths' and little gents' QQr
$1.60 satin calf shoes
Closing out 6 or 6 lines of the celebrated
$g.60 ULTRA shoes, In patents and viol
kid, welts and turns, and all the ladles
$3.00 and $3.60 Klrkendall's tan and black
vlcl kid lace Oft
IIIIU tlUVMtia .1 1 1 . - ........ .
All of the 76c ohlld's 2- shoes
All the 76o ladles' slippers
Hrtra help engaged during this big sale
of KtrkendaJl's undamaged or unsoiled
shoes. "
39c
Advance Furniture Notice
The American public Is well acquainted
with KARPEN GUARANTEED FURNITURE.
Through extensive magazine advertising Karpen
has become a household name and stands for all
that's best In furniture style and construction.
WE HAVE JUST RECEIVED FROM KARPEN
BROS., of Chicago, a large purchase of their goods
that were used as samples in their mammoth dis
play at the furniture exposition In January.
800 SAMPLE PIECES, ALL REPRESENTA
TIVE GOODS. IN LATEST STYLES AND
FINISH, purchased by us at a great reduction.
ON SALE MONDAY, APRIL 3.
AT PRICES BELOW MANUFACTURER'S
COST.
NO TWO PIECES ALIKE; BUT ALL STUPENDOUS BARGAINS. What s
In a name? Ask any .of the best furniture dealers. They'll tell you what's In
the name Karpen. WATCH SUNDAY'S PAPERS for further particulars.
?9auriM(s fimxiivsj.
DOMESTIC ROOM
1.00
BARGAINS
16 yds. Bleached Muslin $1.00
soft finished Bleached Muslin,
worth 8 l-3c yd., spec
ial 16 yds for
65c Table Linen 45c Old fash
ioned home spun Table Da
mask, all pure linen, ACp
special, at yd 7rJK
25c Waistings 12c Brentford
Lace Stripe Waisting, fl
all 1905 patterns, at yd Ia2
15c Bastiste On 1 60c Ready-to-uso 4CP
yard otl I Sheets, each
19c Quersney Cloth for ladles' lOr.
waists, suits, etc., at, yard ,vto
DRUG DEPT.
....... 25c
. . . I IMJ
SPECIALS ON GOODS TOU NEED AND
WANT.
Beef,' Iron and Wine..
Tlnfrv'a Malt
Hood's Sarsaparllla 70c
Rubber Face Brushes.. . loc
Packer's Tar Soap . 15c
Cream Marquise 15c
Florida Water, bottle 10c
PRESCRIPTIONS A SPECIALTY.
Competent registered pharmacist always
lm attendance.
PURE DRUOS. QUICK SERVICE.
LOWEST PRICES,
SPECTACLES OR EYEGLASSES
Property Fitted bf ear
EXPERT OPTICIAN
At Popular Prices.
ALWAYS RELIABLE.
Cutting Down Grocery Prices
REDUCING OUR 1MME8E STQCK TO
NEW BU1LDINO.
48-lb. sacks High Patent Minnesota,
Flour ....$1.48
10 bars Swift s Pride, Beat 'Em All or
White Paris Laundry Soap 25c
6 lbs. best hand picked Navy Beans for.lJo
7 lbs. best rolled Oatmeal for 16o
6 lbs. Pearl Tapioca, Sago, Barley or
Karala 19c
6 lbs. choice Japan Rice IBa
S-lb. palls pure fruit Jelly 15o
1-lb. Jars pure Fruit Preserves 7Vto
On Time Yeust, per package 2o
Sapollo Scouring Soap, per cake 6o
Pearllne, per package 2o
011 or Mustard Sardines, per can 4c
Bromangelon, Jelllcon, Fruit Puddine,
or Jello, per package
18-os. can Condensed Cream THo
Large bottle pure Tomato Catsup 7Ho
Large bottle Pickles, any kind you
want 7H
Quart cans Ooldan Table Byrup.' Tfta
1- lb. can Humford Baking Powder,. ...... loo
Xcello, Malta Vita or Egg-O-See,
per paokage 7Vo
CUTTINO DOWN CANNED OOOD3
PRICEa
2- lb. cans fresh packed sweet sugar
Corn So
3- lb. oans fanoy Wax Beans...., 6o
a-lb. cans fancy String Beans 6o
2- lb. cans fancy Lima Beans 6o
8-lb. cans fancy Gulden pumpkin 6o
3- lb. oans fanny Lye Hominy 6o
3-lb. cans solid packed Tomatoes 7Vo
2-lb. oans Early June Sifted Peas Ttto
MAKE ROOM FOR WORKMEN ON
1-lb. cans fancy Alaska Salmon 9c
1-lb. cans Cove Oysters 7Hc
CUTTING DOWN TEA TND COFFEE
PRICTS.
The best Tea Sittings from fresh Teas,
ner lb.: 10o
Fancy Basket Fired Japan Tea, per lb..25o
Fancy English Breakfast, Oolong, Gun
powder or Cylon Tea, per lb 85o
Fanoy Golden Santos Coffee, per lb 14c
Fancy Maracaibo blend, per lb 17Ho
Fancy Porto Rico blend, per lb 20o
FRESH FRUITS.
We sell nothing but the finest quality
fruits.
Fancy large Highland Sweet Navel Or
anges, sold everywhere at 40o per doxen
our price, this sale 26o
Fancy Colorado White Clover Honey
per rack 10c
The best Fard Dates, per lb 4c
Large, seedless, jutoy Lemons, per
dosen 10c
A GINGER SNAP SPECIAL.
Fresh, crisp, spicy Ginger Snaps per
pound , 4c
$2.50
Embroidered
98c I
ShMWaht Patterns
The grandest bargains ever offered
In this line of goods and probably
the last wh-'ch will be offered for
sale this season. They come In
P4 yard lengths of 40-lnch super
fine India Llnon with 27-Inch em
broidered fronts, also 2 yards of
finest material with embroidered
front collar and cuffs QNC
special Saturday J
Grand Display of Exquisite Costumes.
One Hundred and Twenty -five Sample Suits, garments of remarkable beauty and style eha
acter, sent to us for our opening display by throe of New York's best manufacturers will be
ON SALE SATURDAY AT 25 PER CENT LESS THAN
WHOLESALE FKCfc.
By permission of the manufacturers
we offer these garments the finest Hue
ever shown In Omaha t this great re
duction Saturday.
Prices $30, $35,$37-50'
$W, $, $50 up to
$85, less twenty-fie
per cent.
These Garments will
be sold for cash only.
NOBBY SPRING SUITS From our
own stock, regular 812.50, $16.00 and
116.50 vahies special leaders O OO
Saturday, at O.UU
Beautiful Silk
Suits.
The exclnslveness of design and elegance
of our Silk Suits are the talk of the
town. More suits than all the other
houses combined and at prices simply
unroatehable. Prices, $45.00, $40.00,
$80.00, $25.00. $20.00, 10 CH
$18.50, $15.00 and lat.JU
Saturday's Great Picture Sale
THESE BARGAINS FOB ONE DAY ONLT.
BLACK AND GOLD OVALS-16xl8, with beautiful water color facsimiles of fancy
heads, child studies and figure pieces grand bargains-while they 3QC
last, Saturday .
ALONE! A picture dear to everyone, 11x18, 45C
gilt frame, green mat special, at
ONE HUNDRED different styles of attractive 25C
picture novelties choice, each
JUST THE THING for den or cosy corner Dutch, Indian, Chinese ana jap
pictures swell frames. '
DINING ROOM PICTURES we offer a line of Fruit and Game pictures, whlcn
cannot be equalled In Omnha. .
Panels, In brown and black ovals 3 openings and 3 differont fruit and game Q5C
subjects In each special Saturday, at V';i,
LANDSCAPES In colors and new style framing Ebony frames, with Mahogany
veneer mats, very dainty and artistic 45C
hIgHc'rADE "SHEET 'picTl'RBS' hand 'tin'ted'in' water colors copies of the World's
best paintings. Just the thing to fit your 1.00
frames reduced Saturday to
SHEET MUSIC SHEET MUSIC
We will place on sale Saturday the following hits at 13c per copy; by mall,
14c: Jolly Me Along, Coax Me. I'm Trying so Hard to Forget You. Seminole,
Girl Who Cares for Me, Abrahom, When My Golden Hair Has Turned to Silvery
Gray. In Old Ireland Meet Me There, By the Dear Old Delaware. In the Sleigh
With the Girl You Love. Josephine, Sntisnod, St. I-ouis Tlokle, Fighting the
Flames, Field Day, Western Girl, Chicken Charlie. Arabolo, Yosan, Virginia Beau
ties, Jolly BlackRiulth, Dixie Ihjodle, Innocence Waltz, Isola, Merry Maidens, Ever
Thine Waltzes, Blue Grass Echoes, Dance to the Moon and Ragtime to the Moon
15c per copy, by mail 16c.
Garden Tools and Hardware Specials
14 Tine Qarden Rake,
this sale.
Solid Steel Garden
85c this sale
1J Tine Garden Rake, worth 25c j0C
worth 86c 5C
Hoe, worth 15g
Solid Steel Garden Spade, worth 'lflp
76c-thls sale OVfc,
3c
10 quart Galvanized Water Pall 1fn
this sale VW
12 quart Galvanized Water Pall iOn
this sale 1m W
15c
39c
49c
59c
14 quart Galvanized Water Pall
this sale
No. 1 Galvanized Wash Tub-
for
No. 2 Galvanized Wash Tub
for
No. 8 Galvanized Wash Tub
for
4 quart copper bottom Coffee Pots, OCi
never rust, eacn .
WE HAVE JUST RECEIVED A CAR
FINEST MAKES IN THE COUNTRY
BEFORE PURCHASING.
8 quart copper bottom Tea Pots, OQ
never rust, each jw
6 quart blue enameled Preserving 20c
Kettle
No. 8 granite Tea Kettle fQc
for J
Regular 16c Shoe Brushes Cc
each
Combination Ice Hatchet and Pick,
worth 15c this sale
3 quart tin Tea Kettles, 10C
Granite Sauce Pan Lids,
each
Feather Duster, worth 16c
this sale
5c
5c
5c
BROOMS. BROOMS. BROOMS.
3 tie Parlor Broom, worth 26c f SP
this sule ICJW
4 tie Parlor Broom, worth 30c QP
this sale iVW
S tie Parlor Broom, worth 85c
this sale ,
Odd length Garden Hose,
per foot ,
25c
3c
LOAD OF REFRIGERATORS. TUB
SfclE OUR BIG DISPLAY IN BASEMENT
As a Saturday Special.
85 SILK SHIRT WAIST SUITS-In
plain and fancy colors, sizes 32 to 4.
worth up to $20.00, O CA
cuoloe ..OW V
2.95
75
CRAVENETTR COATS That are
worth up to $15.00 special 7 CA
for Saturday I Jt
CRAVBNETTH COATS The hand
somest line of spring styles in the city,
at $35.00. $30.00, $'0.00. $20.00. $18.50.
ar.,.12;! 10.00
HANDSOME COVERT COATS 2,000
new garments to select from, at $25.00.
$20.00, $is.o, $io.oo, $.5o. enn
$7.50, $0 50 and J,Jt
WOMEN'S SKIRTS More in stock tlmn
a good many wholesale bouses.
Indies', misses' and extra sizes.
Prices, $25.00. $20.00. $15.00. $12.50,
$ia00 $8 .05, $7.50 5.00
ejftrt T.nTF-S' SKIRTS ATOUl
garments to select from
special Saturday
CHILDREN'S COATS About 575 gar
ments, In ages from 2 to 14 years,
most beautiful styles, at C (1(1
$10.00, $7.60 and
A SATURDAY SPECIAL 175 child
ren's coats In cheviots, serges and
silks, worth up to $6.00, X 98
$5.00 Silk, Linen and Pongee 1 OQ
Waists, at .J
Early Shopping Inducement.
ROM 8 TILL 9 A. M.-$1.00 Sateen
and Vesting Waists. 49c
FROM 8:30 TILL 6:80 A- M.-$1.00
Wrappers, 39c
SENSATIONAL MUSLIN UNDER
WEAR BARGAINS
Again we offer to the bargain loving public a line of muslins unsurpassable
In beauty of style, quality of material or workmanship and at prices, which,
quality considered, have never been equalled ly any other Omnha house.
LADIES' SKIRTS Made extra full with deep, handsome flounce and dust ruflle,
garments, worth up to $2.00 choice r 20 timerem pauerua rj ft C
hnndsomely trimmed with
.19c
39c
39c
10c
at.
rnRSPT mvRRS-Made extra full or tight fitting.
laces, embroideries and tucks, latest styles, made of tlneat muslin,
worth twice the price we ask Saturday, 30c, 25c and
GOWNS Of the newest and most fasclnaOng designs, made extra.
long and full, regular $1.00 values, special at
DRAWERS Handsomely trimmed with tucks, laces or embroideries,
made extra full and In all sizes, special bargain, at
LISLE THREAD VESTS With silk tape and lace yokes, some with
short sleeves, worth 20c, at
FROM 10 TILL 11 A. M.
CHILDREN'S DRESSES Worth i.p to 9Sc, made of extra fine gingham,
trimmed with luces and embroideries, extremely pretty styles and
wonderful bargains for one hour Saturday :tJ
Limit of three to each customer.
FROM 11 A. M. TILL 12 M.
50c LADIES' DRAWERS Full fashioned and well made, trimmed
with lace tucks and embroidery great snap Saturday, at
SILK GIOVES A complete new line of latest spring shades In blues, tans,
modes, grays, blacks, whites, etc., with extra double' finger tips a CH
written guarantee with each pair Satirrday, at DUC
19c
Crockery Prices
Badly Broken
Surprising bargains In beautiful
Crockery and Glassware Saturday:
Underglazed Blue Decoration Gold
Finished Plates, Platters, Salads,
Bowls, Bakers, Trays, Sauce Boats,
Fickle Dishes, etc.. choice Saturday
ns Ions as they
last
7-plece Opal Berry Sets, A,t
Saturday
Art Glassware Vases, Rose Bowls,
Violet Holders, etc.. Satur- Iftp
day, each I vC
Decorated Salt and Pepper
Shakers
Handled Cups with Saucers, "Lp
per set Tw
Lace Edge Shelf Paper, In 10
yards lengths K
6-plece Cream Sets, Saturday Q
special JC
Meat Slaughter
MEAT TRUSTS DON'T
OUR PRICES
Pork I)lns,
pound
Pork Koust,
pound
Round Steak
pound
Shoulder Steak
pound
Shoulder Roast, fancy prime steers,
pound
Mutton Legs,
pound
3-pound pall pure
Lard
MAKE
fancy prime Steers,
fancy prime steers,
5-pound poll pure
Lard
10-pound pail pure
Lard
Armour's fancy Hams,
pound
Armour's fancy Bacon,
pound
Buck Wurst Sausage, (fancy),
pound
Headquarters for all kinds Salt Fish (or
the Lenten season.
...8c
...7ic
.... 8c
....7c
...7c
..8ic
..24c
..40c
..80c
..10c
104c
124c
CLUI WOMEN OF NEW YORK
Amaiing Growth of Organisations Devoted
to ths Welfare of the Fair Bex.
THEIR VARIED OBJECTS AND BENEFITS
Things They Have Hone and 'What
They Aro Doing; (or Women-
Some Facts About the Lead
ers In the Movement.
Jin Greater New York there are now 106
women's clubs which belong to the state
and the city federation, besides nearly as
many more which belong to neither organi
sation, and the majority of which are not
Incorporated. From the Atlantio to the Pa
clflo ocean, from the gulf to the Great
Lakes, there Is scarcely a city without at
least one woman's club.
As a result there aro more than 200 clubs
belonging to the general federation. Of
these, at least 60 per cent were organised
en strictly literary lines. The . remainder
are mostly clubs for educational purposes,
for the study of Shakespeare, for classical
study, for civic and political study. There
are also several patriotic societies, alumnae
associations and working girls' associations.
In the Isst four years twenty-three stats
federations have been formed.
Not long ago Mrs. Charlotte B. Wllbour,
president of Sorosls and one of Its founders,
thinking that the high tide of women's club
prosperity had surely been reached, and
that therefore the ebb had already set In,
wrote lo a statistical friend something llko
this:
"I am thinking of preparing a club paper
on the decline of the woman's club. What
Is your opinion?" "
"Well," wrote back the friend, "you may
If you can, but In consideration of the fact
that something like 4,000 new clubs were
started In the United States last year I'm
afraid you will find It hard work to prove
your point."
"And I relinquished my Idea In a hurry,"
confessed Mrs. Wllbour In telling the story,
"convinced that the high water mark in
feminine clubdom was yet to be gained."
In view of these facts It was suggested
by a mere man the other day that before
long It will be absolutely necessary for
prospective benedicts to make Inquiry Into
the club habits of the women they admire
before going so far as to pop the question.
They will want to know, for Instance,
whether she belongs to one or to ten clubs,
what her club dues are likely to foot up,
what proportion of her time she expects to
give to club engagements, etc.
Jio Cause for Alarm.
Mrs. Llllle Devereux Blake, president of
the Legislative league and honorary presi
dent of the Society for Political Study, who
attends more club meetings in a year thnn
perhaps any other woman in the country,
does not think there Is cause for alarm on
this score.
"There Is nothing to be gained by com
paring men's clubs and women's clubs,"
she says "They are totally different.
"The aim of a man's club Is always
amusement, whereas a woman's club gen
erally plans for Improvement. Then a
man's club usually means a clubhouse.
So far only one of the New York feder
ated clubs the Professional Woman's
league has a clubhouse. Why? Because
women are the pauper sex.
"Yes, It Is true to a certain extent that
women have as good a chance these days
to make money as men have, but It is also
certain that women are not paid so well
as men for doing the same work. A
woman may do her work as well or better
than a num. but she Is certain to get loss
pay for it. t'ntil that state of things Is
remedied women sre bound to be the pau
per sex.
"Women's clubs have done a lot to help
women. Why, until the Legislative lougua,
which was organized In 1!X, took hold of
the matter a mother In this state had not
the slightest right to her own child. The
league has been instrumental In the pas
sage of laws making father and mother
joint guardians of their children, granting
school suffrage to women, enabling a
woman to make a will without her hus
band's consent, providing that there shall
be woman trustees In all Institutions where
women are placed, providing seats for
saleswomen, and some others.
"And yet I can remember the howl that
went up when Sorosls was organized, the
dreadful word pictures of neglected and
disrupted families which appeared In the
newspapers and the cartoons illustrating
them. One picture which went the rounds
amid much applause represented a wagon
load of wild-eyed women drawn by horses
plunging madly toward a precipice and de
struction. The name 'Sorosls' appeared on
the wagon's side."
How They Started.
As many of the older generation remem
ber, Charles Dickens was Innocently re
sponsible for the breaking out of women's
clubs In this country. It happened In this
way:
Mr. Dickens arrived at this port to make
a visit and look the Americans over, where
upon the New York Press club scurried
around to give htm a banquet. Tickets,
naturally, were In demand. The com
mittee In charge of them was besieged
Among other applicants was Mrs. Croly
(Jenny June), who was met by a flat re
fusal. To admit women, however gifted,
to a public diner was unheard of, it never
had been done and It could not and would
not be done on this occasion. Women
must resign themselves to forego listening
to the great man's speech.
Naturally, Mrs. Croly and her Intimates
were highly Indignant. As Mrs. Charlotte
U. Wllbour tells the story, st a St. Valen
tino party given ly her soon afterward, a
woman writer asked:
"Why can't we have a club of our own?"
"We can, and we will," replied Mrs.
Croly. Alice Cury, Mrs. II. M. Field and a
few kindred spirits, with the result that
Sorosls was organized a few weeks later
with fifteen members. Before tiie year was
out there were sixty-two members, and
the club was Incorporated In December,
1868, giving as a reason for its being these
objects:
"The promotion of agreeable and useful
relations among women of literary, artistic
and scientific tastes; the discussion and
dissemination of principles and facts
which promise to exert a salutary Influ
ence on women and on society; the estab
lishment of an order which shall render
the female sex helpful to eaeh other and
actively benevolent to the world."
Quailed I'ndrr Criticism.
Miss Alice Cary was the first president
and served Just once; then, overwhelmed
by the adverse critic Ism poured out upon
her and the club, she resigned to make
way for Mrs. Croly.
"If we had announced an Intention to
start a soup kitchen, feed sick babies or
make flannel petticoats for the heathen
we would have had the country behind
us," said Mrs. Wllbour, "but the fact that
we proposed to meet and eat in a public
restaurant and conduct ourselves with the
independence of men' brought down upon
us the Jeers of the entire country. Even
the name of the club, which is a botanical
term, meaning many flowers in one, was
used as a handle for reproach.
" "There was a disease of that name,'
one newspaper declared, 'and the women
of Sorosls have caught it.'
"In those days women entertained almost
solely In their own homes. I think that
was one reason why some of us were eager
to go outside of the beaten traek, sit in
rooms we hadn't trusted and eat food to
whose cooking we had given no thought.
"Charles Delmonico, then In his Four
teenth street place, was very nice to us,
offering to furniHh a good luncheon at each
meeting for fl a iiead, und It was at tils
place that SoroslH gave the Hint public
dinner In this city to which men ami
women sat down on equal linns.
"Not long ufter an editor who In IiIh
paper declared that 'If a woman's club
held toKfthcr one year a good many people
would llnd it iicccisxury to revise their opin
ion of women,' was obliged to revise hm
opinion, which ho did handsomely In an
other editorial."
Mrs. llenrotln, long associated with
women's clubs, made this statement sov
eral years ago: "In no place In the world
can a woman come so easily to the front
as in a large woman's club.'
This being the case, It explains to soma
extent the amazing rapidity with .which
women's clubs caught the feminine fancy.
A desire to come to the front is undoubt
edly a strong American trait.
At any rate, from the founding of Sorosls,
which gathered to Itself at the outset some
of the cleverest, if not the most practical,
Women of the clt, the club movement
was In full swing. One year later tho
Brooklyn Woman's club, which now has a
membership of more than 230, was organ
ized, and almost simultaneously women's
clubs sprang up In several of the larger
cities of the country.
What was called by some the John Bap
tist of women's clubs was organized In 1S73
under the name of Association for tho Ad
vancement of Woman. For a long time
this club, for which Mrs. Wllbour was chief
sponsor, held Its meetings In the old Union,
Square theater, and the first club paper lta
members listened to was read by Mrs. Julia
Ward Howe, her subject being: "How can
women best associate their efforts for the
amelioration of society?" Although the
members of this club, with but few excep
tions, were living in New York, no fewer
than eighteen status were represented In
Its board of officers.
Miss draco Dodge In 1RK3 rung In a change
and stamped the club movement with her
approval by organizing what was prob
ably the first working girls' club In tho
world, under the name of the Thirty-eighth
Street Club of Working Girls. There were
six members at the start. Now the mem
bership of tho working girls' clubs of New
York counts up In the thousands.
The Woman's Health Protective associa
tion, which started up tho next year and
has always been conducted along club
lines, had a light for lis existence at first
and was antagonized nt every step, even
after Its hurt signal victory In compelling a
well known property holder to remove a
slaughter house from the Kast river front
In the vicinity of lieckman Hill.
To mention only a few of ths beat known
of the clubs which about that time cropped
up, there were the Society for Political
Study, organized In 186; the Clio club,
which now has a membership of 100, in
18X8, and tho Women's Press club, organ
ized by Mrs. Croly, who gathered together
forty young women writers In 1889. The
club's membership now has passed the 1&0
mark.
The Boom Period,
Between 1SS9 and 1MI women's clubs In
New York and In New York state multi
plied so fast that Sorosls again stepped to
tho front nnd scored another goal In her
record of achievement by organizing the
New York State Federation, of which Mrs.
Philip Carpenter is now president.
"You can have no Idea," said Mrs. Car
penter the other day In answer to a ques
tion, "how the womnn's club has helped to
develop woman."
"In what direction?" was asked.
"In every direction. It has taken her
out of the home rut, made her less small,
developed unusual talents, rained her above
gossip, helped her to lose self-consciousness,
taught her self-control, kept her
abreast of current events In short, helped
her to be a better home maker, a better
mother," and Mrs. Carpenter leaned back
and looked as If there were volumes more
which could be said along the mme lines.
It would certainly take volumes to describe
In detail the spread and Increase of clubs
since the national federation was organ
ized. Mrs. Dore Lyon, president of the club, In
a chat regarding the expense attending
club life, said frankly:
The I out'.
"If a woman belongs to a dozen or so
clubs, naturally the outlay would be con
siderable. I know many women who l -long
to as many as that, and tiieio 1 .4 Mr.
Blank, who I will venture to say : a mem
ber of at least fifty Hubs, and Mrs. Kinlih,
Who goes ahead of Mrs. Blank even.
"Now, in this flub the dues are I JO, .
less than they usk In Sorosls, and that sum
pays for the luncheon, which l a feature
of every meeting. Wo meet every other
week from November to May, and, as our
name Indicates, the discussions and the pa
pers read at the meetings are along mod
ern lines and more often than not deal
with Important questions of the moment.
"In clubs where no f.ct luncheon Is
served dues runge from 15 to J10, but, of
course, in no case does a yearly fee cover
traveling expenses, tho cost of a club pin,
if the club uses a pin, or other Incidentals,
like a yeurly banquet, say.
"The club movement has developed so
fast thnt nowadays none of us feels
obliged to apologize for belonging to a
club."
"Estimating from my own expenditures,"
said a woman who belongs to five clubs,
and la often a guest at as many more in
tho season, "most club women, and by
that I mean women who return club obli
gations nnd keep tip with club life, spend
at least T100 n year.
"A woman may belong to one small club
and pay out maybe not more than (5 a
year, but I am not speaking of that sort
of club woman. There are many small
clubs of a dozen or two dozen members,
who do not pretend to exchange club
courtesies or do things on a large scale
clubs which do not belong to even the
city federation, which was organized In
1i3 by Mrs. Belle de Hlvcra. Member
of these clubs I do not class as club
women.
"I have a friend whose club expense
last year were &t, and she belongs to but
five clubs. Of courso she was not taxed
that sum, but she chose to spend It, felt
herself obliged to spend It, to keep up her
end, us she expresses It."
The late Mrs. Croly, founder of women's
clubs. In 0110 of her uddrepses said:
"The woman's flub w.'is not an echo; it
was not the mere banding together for u
social and economic purpose like the clubs
of men. It has been lu every sense an
awakening to the full gjory and meaning
of life."
rf tills be true, it is pleasant to know
that In Hival.T New York there ure at
least 10,110 women who have experienced
this glory. New York Sun.
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