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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
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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."
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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.
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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.
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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,
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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