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About The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 16, 1901)
I pools of activity. With life at sixty piles an hour come new demands. This parvellous, strenuous new world re- IMireS not only a uuivkci-, muie re- ourceful race 01 men unu women 10 control nature's rorces. hut also de mands a nobler energy, a higher pur pose in life to escape being crushed by tte modern car of Juggernaut. Ever since the world began, new times have Called for new men; but the present time is calling for a generation of new omen to transform and transmute within the home this debris of hurry into the nobler elements of pleasure mil usefulness. The so-called "club movement is toman's response to the call. A de sire to better understand her duties and responsibilities, and by mutual help to learn how to better perform them. The outlook is encouraging. The legacy which the nineteenth cen tury hands over to its successor is the force of an awakened womanhood en dowed with skill and wisdom to take up the homely duties of every-day life, t,ennoble them, and to deal unflinch ingly with life's problems. There is no common law for solu tion, no general rule that will apply in all enses any more than there can be a formula for building houses and pur chasing clothing. The first requisite for solving prob lems is a desire to find a solution, ami a desire that is not strong enough to arrange and adjust environments and overcome obstacles and discourage ments ned not hope to find a solution. No amount of college education or ad vice or example will help one who is satisfied and has no desire to change. In order to do, one must wish to do. kr.uw how to do, and will to do. A world of truth is sometimes packed in to the little bright paragraphs that are passed along from newspaper to newspaper. Here it one of them that echoes with significance: "Many fail ures in the world may be attributed to the fact that the hunter for success u-es blank csrtridges." There is a vast amount of noisy, spectacular, insincere ndavor in the world that is precisely like banging away with blank cart ridges. No one need hope for success in meet- ins the problems of life without strong, sincere, direct purpose, and in aldition to desire and purpose there must be the weight of responsibility. The home-maker must not for a mo ment forget that if things are not as they ought to be it is due to some re missness, and that it is her province to locate the remissness and set things right. If she be overtaxed, some one else is doing too little. If all are over worked, then the search-light of in vestigation should be turned on methods and management of doing work, or on the discrimination between necessary and unnecessary work. Most cases of alleged over-work have their origin in something else than com pulsory labor. In seeking solutions, search should e directed toward causes rather than remits. If children are disobedient, disrespectful or quarrelsome, subject to analysis the examples of parents. Cylinders in little ears record messages which are repeated again and again 'n the phonographs of daily life. Cameras of little eyes-are constantly taking snap shots of looks, actions. lmeanor. which are developed on the "nsltive plates of character. Sons and daughters do not belie parental influ ence. A lack of harmony, unity and sym pathy implies some form of subterfuge ,,r dishonesty which has destroyed mu tual confidence. If dispositions are Irritable or strength lagging, examine fod and sleep to see if both are Proper and regular. If vitality is low. certain if it has not been wasted in "Purts of irregularity or frittered away in doing things not really or fairly re Wired. Unnecessary and foolish Wngs are the little foxes that have "poiled many a vineyard of home hap piness. As a rule the thought and planning I Ven b" home-makers to their work s not commensurate with its im portance. It takes quite as much rea-son- Judgment, brains, thought and Planning to run a home as to run a T II K CO l' R I K K 5 COMING HORSE SHOW IN NEW YORK CITY TO ECLIPSE PREVIOUS EFFORTS The National Horse Show Association of Vmerica will hold its annual exhibition at Madison Square. Garden, N Y , through the week lieginuing Novcinlier 18. The show is expected to cclie those, of all previous years, nearly fifteen hundred entries U-itig now listed a marked increase over last year. The horse show is always regarded with a great deal of national interest on account of the high social stand ing of the exhibitors and the hundreds of licautiful and regallv attired women who visit the show. store or bank, and just the same kind of brains are used in cooking and clean ing as are exercised in working for a college decree. Less plodding and more planning; less guess-work and more in telligent contriving; less sacrificing and more climbing to the thinking levels, are needed. The question may arise. "If I attend to my own home, is not my duty end ed?" It is a rare gift to know just when, where and how much to help others. It is never necessary to go out of one's way to search for occa sions and opportunities to interfere with the affairs of others, and the power of example is more potent than precept, both to guide and to lead astray. A well-ordered, well-appointed home without friction or jar in its ma chinery, with healthy, cheerful, good-for-something inmates, is in a com munity like a light which cannot be hid. "No life Can be pure in its purpose, and strong in its strife. And all life not be purer and stronger thereby." -4 -t -a Next week's calendar includes the French department on Tuesday, from y to 11 o'clock: the Home department on Wednesday, from 10 to 11. the sub ject. "Dress." led by Mrs. Patrick: the Art department on Wednesday at -o'clock when Mrs. Greenlee will speak on the subject of "Etching," with illustrations if possible. At the next open meeting on November 2." the color question as it relates to Woman's clubs will be discussed with Mrs. Field as leader. The Lincoln club has issued its year book for iy01-lD02. Enclosed in covers of violet, the club color, the book con tains outlines of the department work, a list of officers and special commit tees, the constitution and by-laws, to gether with the names and addresses of the two hundred and fifty members. Ten new clubs were admitted to the Iowa federation this fall. The Washington state federation will insist on the rigid enforcement of the ordinance against expectoration in public places. The Lincoln City Im provement society is waging a war against the same nuisance. To clubs that reply "We do nothing worth reporting." we would like to ask. Why did you organize? The smallest progress, even an endeavor, is a credit to yourselves and a help to others to know of. Even your fail ures may encourage those who have met with similar results, to persevere, if you let them know they have not been alone. The realization of de ficiencies is the first step towards progress. If you are not advancing, if you are doing nothing worth report ing, if the very spirit the incentive that prompted you to organize, has gone from you and you won't acknowl edge it disband. Club Journal. .' - c v v On Wednesday morning occurred the first monthly meeting of the depart ment of oratory of the Omaha Wo man's club. Dr. J. I toss Hill, of the State University, will address the club this afternoon on the subject, "John Locke." This evening Mrs. W. W. Keysor will give an art lecture in the First Methodist church. Her subject will be "The Artist as an Illustrator." She will be assisted by Miss Alice Howells of the State University. $ Sixty new members have been added to the Ottumwa. Iowa. "Woman's club this year. Every woman who is not provided with a membership card, or who forgets to bring it to the club meeting, will be required to pay twenty-five cents at the door, -'i At "- The Massachusetts Woman Suffrage Association has repeatedly asked for a law giving parents equal guardianship of their minor children. A petition to this effect is now before the legisla ture. The Massachusetts Federation of Woman's clubs has also appointed a committee with Mrs. Anna T. Hush, ex-president of the Melrose Woman's club, as chairman, to work toward the same object. Club women in Connecti cut are rejoicing over the passage by the last legislature of the following law: Section 1. The father and mother of every minor child are hereby consti tuted joint guardians of the person of such minor, and the powers, rights, and duties of both the father and mother in regard to such minor shall be equal. Upon the death of either the father or mother, the surviving parent of any unmarried child under the age of twenty-one years shall become the sob guardian of the person of such child. Sec. 2. Nothing herein contained shall prevent any court of competent jurisdiction from removing either or both of said guardians, or from ap pointing any suitable person to be guardian upon such removal, and the custody of any minor may be awarded to either parent by any court having jurisdiction. Sec. 3. Nothing herein contained shall affect the order or decree of any court as to the custody of any such minor. . . r r o" The recent meeting of the Michigan State Federation was one of unusual interest and profit. Many club women were able to visit for the first time the women's gymnasium, toward the erection of which the Federation con tributed so liberally five years' ago. The magnificent university library, art gallery and museum also were visited with interest. Seven hundred and nineteen women are enrolled tills year at the Michigan university. President Angell. In his address of welcome to the Federation, paid a high tribute to woman's progress in both club and col lege work. During all his life he had been just a little behind tin- women, he said. They were admitted to the university the year before he arrived. During all these years they have been conscientious and able students, doing creditable work in branches which even now a few educators declare are be yond their mental capacity. Espe cially commendable is the interest manifested in public affiiirs by modern club women. And not alone in out side affairs, but in the homes, is this broadening and ennobling Influence manifested. It was most fitting, de clared Dr. Angell, to have the Feder ation meet in Ann Arbor, the seat of progress and education along mor formal lines. A work of great merit has been un dertaken by the Chrysalis club of Weeping Water. They have decided to establish a library, and contributions of money, books and old or new peri odicals will be appreciated. ." , .. '? .c c The Auburn Local Aiil Society met with Mrs. Dreyer on Tuesday. Novem ber .". The election of officers resulted In the following: President. Mrs. Dreyer; vice presidents, Mrs. Curzon and Miss Miller; secretary. Mrs. L. C. Dundas; treasurer, Mrs. W. E. Oillan. Contributions of money, fruit, vege tables and second hand clothing will be distributed by the president and her assistants. . ... ... 'C "? .- The Columbus Woman's club will have the honor of entertaining the State Federation at its next conven tion. The music, art and Shakspere departments have begun regular work. The next general meeting will be in charge of the music department, and will be held at the home of Mrs. Heintz on December ". Following is the pro gram: Piano duet ".March Uomaine." Gou nod, Mesdames McAllister and Voss. Vocal solo "On the Wings of Song," Mendelssohn. Mrs. Tteeder. Piano solo "Loreley." Liszt. Mrs. Jaeggi. Vocal duet "Hear Me, Norma." Bel lini, Mesdames Garlow and Farrand. Piano "Kamenol Ostrow," Kuben stein. Mrs. Geer. Vocal solo "To Be Sung on the Wa ters." Schubert, Mrs. Gould. Piano "Theme and Variations." Mendelssohn. Florence Whitmoyer. Vocal solo "He Was Despised." Handel. Ethel Galley. Piano "The Trout." Schubert-Heller. Ira N. Becher. Vocal quartette -Lullaby." Mozart. Mesdames Freydig. Heintz and Nau man and Miss Kickly. ?' V ! il t i i I! I !