Telegram-herald., 1890-06-13
ABOUT JOINING.
- Little Logical Reasoning Upon
Home Lffa
Ora~toz : Lsssoa from the Plants and
Irsss Way the Oniy CIabs Joha
Gad 1 rave Joined Are EsriY
fI0Fains Clubs

"Johu." SAID I. are you and TO .oin
TIE aeN cll1?'
aDo y9u know" said John. "tha, in
some things vegetables have a decided
atgaalaze over usP They ioin nothing.
Zach tree has = SPOT that It belongs IN.
and 10 says there. leaves out there,
blossoms thore and bears fruit there
J Is never gltdiug about IL IL moves.
somebody must movo L. II a maple
tree stands 10 q grove 10 belongs 20 that
grove. and las no notion OF pulling up
stakes and loi1!ng half dozen more
There is nothing in the world that
cavT more than thls ability OF tho trees
u stand still an1 keep % themselves.
We think 10 must "a horn bio % be
rooted down % one spot We wish 10
have one root here, and another there,
and another somewhere else. The fact
"a. am tired out and Jagged out with
i0ining somebody. or something. No,
indeed, We are not going into this new
club You can go. ot course, II you
Will. bat intend 70 have my evenings
% myself; and as FOR the days. they are
already fully occupied
That is very queer. John" I said,
very queer. indeed You DO not mean
you would rather DO an apple tree than
manF'
oh, no, my dear. bat I would much
.rathee be q crAb-apple tree than q club
man. Society has organized itself 20
destroy sOciality The aim Of this clu b
To which you refer IS 20 study sociology.
The obisct Is well enough, and DO not
doubt it viii boneat some; but 10 will
% compulsory way Of spending two
evenings IN month, aad that, you
know. sn unwilling - DO bound 70
do. Then thero are the Rural Art Club,
and she Browning Club. and the
Historical Club. and the Farmers
Cluh and none OF those include our
average human Obligations as neighbOrs
ant friends"
John ia very emphatic about some
things, and ono IS that ho shall have
coatrol ot hl, own time, 80 least 70 a
large degree. Hs Is willing 70 oil his
place as Z nc,gbhor and q citizen, but
vflI not place himself under q for
ruidable array ot obligations 70
give up his nights 20 social Affairs
He seems - have q growing aversion 20
tho word club. and declares tho very
word an ahominsti0n, as it, original
moaning Is mass We are individ-
mails Nowadays DO says with indi-
vldual tastes and Individuality 90 build
40 We left the mass in the middle
ages This IA not an easy matter %
see through sometimes, especially FOR
us women. Social demands arc among
tho most righteo-ls, and our duty % help
On cooperative Affairs is clcs- enough
But u course there IS 4 rational Limit.
7 40 not SEQ that any ono Is the bottor
~ wiser for tagging ont In round OF
social improvement ass0cia tiOns any
uaore than in a race - 6utterflY psrtios
our frst dusy is ss aous, John be-
gan again NO one. can be worth much
% society who is.no>. frst OF ali. a good
1oue-naxcr and houe-koepcr. Men.
especially. feel too littie The homo-mak-
Ing 1bura 5ou. They ieave it to .ae
women T1s fin ny estimation Che
nan should have n full interest i-
oil ere ufnutip cf home Hfe. Bot shcre
s. another considcra si0n. Hone ohliT7-
lions a-a increasing A horne nova.
DAYS can Ard ourar .o bo Al epitome a
tas whole world Il sa'Ses IN more. and
need noe q ont so much. ono may
live inside hs ho1sa wslls. and live
rrr-o widely chan man who one hun
f-oa years aro sraTeled continually
LOOK AZ these rnsr1sincs and books and
uarars' WHAT neal = running about
g. ~ -ne 50 z,d alouS how san ha 81
--st al .he r1ateriFi hat goes 90 ma IS