The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-09-03
A wOMANS CLUB HOME
GRAND RAPIDS, Mo1., CONTAINS
THE ORGANIZATION.

1
Sketch Of It's Birth. Growth and Present.
suecess-rhsrsaehsy EqaIpped with
Building Beautifully Furnished - It
Meets weekly.
| One OF the most prosperous and useful
w0meR's chhs In the Uhitsd States Is To-
oased at Grand Rapids, Mica Grand Rap
/ ids Is one Of the haRdsonest cities in the
west, and contains hests q handsome
women. But the woman are not satisfied
| with being han dsome; they insfst on bsi1g
! cultivated as well Hence il IL that their
club is not a mere social orsfanixation. a
means for sxcksnaing choice gossip.
bat literary olths sud hence 1t Is, too,
that it has grown Until thars is no room
| for il to grow any aore- IN kast Il bocAms,
50 large several years aGo that tfurniahed'
an overflow peesing," and the West
Side Ladies' Literary club" another sim
liar and prosperous organization, was
formed. Now. again, it has goowu until,
Hike All athlete. Is must redeFcr IT'S proper
toms 20 secure 10 greatest efficiency
The LRdief Literary club, Of Grand
Rapids. - the outgrowth Of . elaAs In his.
tory formed saOOpg NE women Of Grand
Rapids by Mr.. l. II. stone. Of Kalarna-
zoo, q woman srho has been instrumental
IN forming several cher women's clubs in
the west. The history class WIS disb9nded
in the wfuter Of lsTI-e1. but the TASTE for
study had been sxSfte6- A meeting Of SIX
women was held at the residence OF Mrs
S. L. Fuller, wealthy woman widely
known for her originality and euIeurs az
web as for her clarity. These Eix women
formed themselves ineo club.
THE CRUZ Is ORGANIZED
Mrs. Fuller draw up = constitution aud
issued call 70 the women Of Che city who
were interested in the pro ect 20 Join the
club. About shktY rpsponded The first
regular meeting was held IN April, 1872.
The membership socp rszchsd 100 Since
that time the growth Of thu club IN nun
bers aud in influence has beSsn. steady. The
present membership Is over 200, and enl-
braces not emily nsny wcfnen q wealth.
but many without wealth, woman in
society ana chose not IN society. The aver
age attendance &C the naee4ins1. which are
held everv week, Is about 900 The ladies
believe that wiTh a maznbershfp Of more
than 500 the club cannot work TO 30 good
al advantage a. with a smaller numbsr
They have decided accordingly to Hruit IL
30 500. No new members viii Be received
therefore until the nurhhcr fAIls below 500.
Dec. 81, 1887, was red letter day for the
club. That day the Eadfes dedicated club
house, erected under sh1ir own direction
for their own exclusive use Up TO hat,
time, although they had library Of nearly
LOCO volumes, n large and ohCscs collection
of photographs. a PIANO. q coEsadsrsblo,
amount Of furniture aud other parapher-
MALTA for olub housekeeping they had 90.
cupied rented ruems. Living In rented
rooms did not saskny Chess progressive wu-
Hen. They decidsd TO buy = Bot and build
a house Of their own. The building flInd
comprised O, so ~. tbs trenszrY. an Runnal
income Of eco and n Tf1onfEsz deexr1utna-
ton. The last nEufsound ftzm was tho1
principal resoTcrsGnr - ws~ eOnveftfbis
into several times ns rzrrb -saah as both
the others combined Ah6was purchased
On Sheldon stress. one q tho dness strerts
in the city, and %nly ~, Lss7. ths corner
stone Of the now cllrb house wa laid. Five
months later the hOuzs was Dedicated
Tug Clue Houax
The club house Is two stories IN haight
at the front, with lofty Slns5a story in
the rear for the main bah 81 audiEoEfuHa
II is built Of Amherst (O.j bluustcus and
Grand Rands rvpressd brick, with tara
Gotta trimming. slate ruzsf, stained glaAa
and French pises elsm N1aAows. Al the
front on ths FIRST 1oof ths main entnanee
opens into . hrgp receptions hail. with a
handsome, broad. Winding staircase lead
Ign TO the 'slppcr .nnonA," - slls ladies'
designate wtiat clnb rszr VIOLIN eEu q
banquet hoh Back Of tks stains en- the
north side Is q commodioEw and ecnvwntxnt
toilet room At The lafk a the uaAfn an
TRANCE, on the fra hons zh4 1nDuefng the
street Is tho club library. a RON about
twenty five feet square Ths HAzaEy opens
into the auditorium. room about hffy
fset square, with a calling tEgIiy coz feet
high. embracing . dome and skytight at
the center. AT the ftrth&r or wef end Of
the auditorium - "A large sage, aanksd By
dFessiDg rooms. The nsor II tina E1liito-
rum is slightly inclined tozvard The stage
Il IL covered with handsoms body Brus-
sells carpet. " which soft. yslLpuiAh brown
Ia the PREVAILING TINT, harm0utHnax psrfnst-
ly with the beautiful dhcoFsfions VI ths
ceiling and dome The library h hDiNhed
in oak. and u Also elegantly decorated.
The coiors are aarker than thoae Of the
auditorium. bnt are c0EuSlcEsnnhAry 90
them Above rhs rSuts4 IA ths 9ndito-
urn - tnautiffll plate, glass nskEzaE % the
fun width u me maEtS1. While Ia che n
brary fhs oalIsa pAssl ab0ve The nlantsl
bears the word Docks in bold. ea<ved
letters. suSnopEGed hya scro'i. on which
Is the text, ''noaad sh1F cur psxtiss.s An9
our happrnoS wG grow"
rBK vExxLY sKYTgaGs
reRalsr Eoaettns u tbs club n held
every Saturday afternoon sJsd lsSts tive
hours. except d0Eibg To hSzted term.
when q VACATION IL ugnagg taken or the
meetings are EInred b Cha bur. A pro-
Vidsd BY the oolssst ution Of ths club. the
frst msssing IN each mopGh Il devoted 70
the confederation Of sahjects pertaining 70
art and llshratuTe. 70 b. broaghk before tbs
club by a cornEnfsl>e-Of Tires uao serve
for period Of Tires naOoktg. Fur ths 60
ond Saturday 81 tho. month a similar ooEn-
mites furnishes topfss 1p eduratioa. aud
for the third Saturday sBOcher esmmLe1sS
farpiEhes sobJoots ID history. Tia NEST
ing u tbs io1xt6 week 4 10 ek@rae q an
"en tersAinn eorDmIstc~." snd wken0zzr
this eon1ulittse furzHhos 40 sseEAEa's En-
tar1siHmsnt not ODlJds Al HagnbsnDoftka
ciub have q sLzadiEs tDsstStA1n. hrGt eAeA
msmber may inFste one paEson q AosDu1-
DaEY har The hDzzS for sntaF1AkHzasas
ara from : TO - 2 m TDs ea:sxt~4ansszs
generally ine3v6ss EI&Ts. music. FsA6inEs.
recltztion@. stc- Cartks san6 rsfrssbraszs8
ar~ prohlbitea Uhsn 9Th Saturday &C.
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