The morning call., 1890-10-31
A WoMAN'S CLUE.


Some One In Washington Wants to Know
Why the Women Do Not Get Up One.
81 dent see why the ladies in Washington
don't get up little club of their own" said
a society woman the other day on flying
summer visit 10 her home in this city. "This
is great CLUB town for the men, and | can't
see any reason why we should not have
social rendezvous of the kind for ourselves.
Philad elphia, New York and other cities
have su cess!ul women's clubs, and there
is no doubt that we could get up a
first-rate one here. | understand that there
is already a project on foot, and the
scheme reduced to a basis of an incUrpOra-
ton with capital stock to establish gi-
gantic club for women ut the capital, to be
in a measure national affair, and to pro-
vide q headquarters for all the female
suffrage and other such organizations in
petticoats in the country. What we want
is a very different sort of tbing-a dis
tinctly private and reasonably select club
with modest but nicely appointed house
in a convenient location.
Such club need not be at all an eXpen-
sive affair. Fifteen hundred dollars Il year
would hire satisfactory house, or $1,000 to
modestly begin with, and the furnishing
once done expenses would be comparatively
small For service we would only need a
neat maid in cap and ribbons. We should
not want cafe, but only such small appur-
tenances as are requisite for making cup
of tea or coffee, and perhaps three or four
chatting fishes for little plcnics at hungry
moments. You car cook no end of good
things, you know, with chafing dish and
spirit lamp. A Welsh rarebit for two and
bottle of beer to go with it makes one feel
delightfully."- dissipated. OF course, in such a
club we would have no bar but there would
be no harm in having bottle or two Of
wine on hand, in case any one wanted
glass, and few bOttlesof beer in the ice
box for similar emergencies.
To start a club OF the sort would be so
easy that / can't understand why it has not
laready been done. Let dozen women who
like one anothe. get together and incorporate
themselves as club. At once there would
be ever so many applieati' Ms for member
ship-so many, in fact, that limit would
quickly have TO be set upon tie number.
Tween ty dollars for the initiation fee and $40
a year dues would be about right. Initiation
fees would pay for the furnishing of the house
and 50 would not be hard to pay each quarter.
Certainly the advantages would be we'll
worth the money to any woman. Women
equally with men find a social meeting place
enjoyable where they can get together
and gossip and read the magazines
and funny papers. Candy, of course.
ought 10 be on sale by the housekeeper and
the house committee should be particularly
chosen Tor the skill of its members in the
selection of confectionery. / should think
that great many ladies in the depar tments
would be delighted to join such a club-n
fact, there Is not the slightest doubt of it.
Necessarily. admission to membership
would be only through election by Board
of Governors. One hundred members would
run the club nicely on modest scale, and
the 200 members who would doubtless be
obta ned at once would provide an income
Of $4,000 year-quite enough to run things
handsomely. That is my opinion of what
ought TO be done in Washington. 1t is high
time that We had wonan's club here. and
/ look to see some suggestion as that l have
made carried out practically before long,
Washington Star.