The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-06-06
4. VOICE OF THE PEOPLE.


10 TIE tlituf ~ The Appeal
want 10 talk 10 YOU about clubs not
about gentlcmcn's clubs, for both the
press and the magazines, the Editorial
Column and the EDITORS Drawer" have
for long, weary yean made that subject n
chestnut" What mean 10 write you
about Ia ladies' clubs
There are organized and running In full
and energetic blast In this city, ladies
Book clubs, ladies Whist clubs and
Ladies' Progressive Euchrc clubs. These
clubs are composed Of our most accom-.
plshcd, beautiful and intellectual wives,
daughters and sweetheafts: aud dailythey
meet at some members house and spend
even whole day indulging in tho dissipa.
ton peculiar 10 these organizations. AT
these intellectual or lloyle tea parties no
masculine has ever been admitted. From
dainty cups they sip their tea; they discuss
literature, religion, politics, aud their ac.
qualnianccs not present, all day long. aud
In the beNiichng shades Of eve they
trip scfcnely home 10 tell us men
what a, lovely time they hadl Now. YOU
very well know, dear editor, that all this.
10 say the least Of Il, IL tantaliEing. ex.
asperaiing. We club men are not near 10
exclusive ~ this. seldom do any Of our
clubs have IAN evening but lhat our
doors are open wide TO all our fair ones.
We even have weekly ladies dav."
when our wives aud swccthcarts o'crfun
the premises, snag our billiard tables.
monopolizc our lunch.ruou,-. srratch our
plate glass with their diamonds and in.
wade the sacred precincts Of our bars aud
yet, forsOOth, We men are outlaws when
Their clubs meet Why, no longer than
last week pretty friend Of mine gave one
81 these Book club lunchcons, a. they call
them, and refused mo admitiance even
alter my imporluning offer 90 ~ in dis.
guised ~ a butler and do the carving ior
her.
Where Is this going 10 cnd9 our club.
are invaded, taken possession Of by these
sweet card-playing, toa-drinking literary
club girls, and We are ignominiously ex.
PEELED IRON oil Their entertainments. Some
oi uH, Who have sufficient adventure and
address, will either have TO black up. ~
did the Knight Of the Leopard" ami 70,
hire wait on them a, table OF else gain mo
admiiiance 10 their selfish recherche en-.
tertainmCnts.
For the married men, eve been 10 IA,
club, II no longer an excuse for us a
home. When We 90 20 our clubs our gifli
must all 80 too-and please undcrian,
me, there II nothing wrong about that
But talk not 10 me Of womcn's rights MOI
being an accomplished fact. They hay,
all we have, ourselves, our clubs and
possess, besides, their own, into which ",
dare not enter. Why, We are not even
permitted 10 read any Of their CAREFUL,
written paper-coyercd books, written
chiefly by Miss Ryos, Rider Ilaggard AM
Ouida, all Of whom are regular soul .stirrcn
you know, In which one sees printed
alp Of rules and regulations pasted OF
each fly leaf, that none OF the members O
The club observe, and fines and pcnaltic
which no member ever pays. Now, Mr.
Editor, what are We men going 10 do abou
this2 Shall we rise M Ia mighty rebel
> iion against II and some day well cap,ur
Ill these sweet ones In their dcns, or shal
We lie suninoly on our backs and grin an
bear our osiracismi loun, JACK.