Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-04-24
WOMAN'S CLUB GROWTH.
EVOLUTION or THE NEW ORDER
OF THINGS ANALYzeD.

Relation Of Home to the steadily fncreas-
log Number Of Clubs and similar social
Organizations some Of the Various DE.
partm.nts Of the Club.
That significant product Of our day. tho
woman's club. has sprung 40 recently Into
notice that It's character and origi1arc Of.
ten misunderstood.
To begin with, the name itself was mis-.
leading, and the world at once jumped TO
the conclusion that Il was modelled upon the
only club Il knew--the mans club That II
wasa place of rcvcls was q natural Inference.
Even the mildest view was Of scene 81 gus.
zip and wrnngling. the assiimntionof man.
nish ways and indulgenccs. The most gen.
rruus critics looked upon II ~ u violent
departure from womanly ways and WON.
AMY traditions, aggressive In it, tendcn.
oics and one more disiastcfnl sign of the
rcstlcssncss of the times, while newspapers
delighted 10 ridicule aud the world 10 laugh
over the supposed or imagined doings be-
hind the sccncz. In truth N persecution
Of n sort particularly rcpngnant to women
could have Killed IL, II would have breaihed
It, last long ago
Happily. the club has outlivcd this phase
Of IT, existence and the truth II coming to
be- known TINT woman has simply seized
upon the club idea from woman. point
Of View, aud developed II la purely WON.
anly manner.
Home ia aud ever will b. the chosen king.
dom II woman. She could not II she
would eradicate the Instinct that makes
her the homcmakrr 81 the race. The
housewife Of lOO years ago, absorbed In tho
affairs ~ her small world. directing IT,
varied industries aud administering itt
laws, overseeing tho spinning and wcav.
ing. conducting the cutting aud fashion.
Ing Of garments, putting down H. years
provisions, from jars of Jam 20 barrels Of
bccf-ln fact, personally experimenting
the processes Of whit ARE now dozen dis.
tlnot trades-eycn this busy honsekccpcr
was the true ancestor Of her clubmaking
daughter " today.
wouAN's rowER
Beautiful and orderly homes all over our
land. from the Atlantic 10 tic Pacific, and
from the snow caps OF Alaska to the Gulf
~ Mexico, testify that woman has lost
neither her power nor her love for tho
making of homes. tNough hnr life Il 20 dlf.
fcrent from her grandmother.
Yet how striking the contrast between
than n moral earthquake could effect tho
transformation In thu live. u women. II
some prophetic soul had gone to our grand.
mothers. absorbed body aud brain Ia the
details Of housekeeping. and proposed th.
woman's club, what would have been their
horr1rl How, Indeed, did they treat every
poor soul who vcnturcd 10 whisper that
woman, too. Is m indivldual-Maf VOL.
stunocraft, FOR example.
II II Instructive ~ we'll NJ interesting 10
note the gentle processes Of nEtur In
evolving from the devoted hotsekecpcr of
past generation The club woman Of 10.
day; but while considering Il, let ~ not
forget that although housekeeping may b.
a declining art, homcmaking Is an adyano.
ing one.
Observe how gradually the change spoken
Of took place. First. the h0usekeepcr WINS
relieved OF her spinning aud weaving, mn.
chinery doing both much cheaper and hot.
ter; cutting and making OF clothes followed
for the same reason; tho Preservation OF
food became u separate branch OF Industry;
tin cans dc,hroned tho preserving kettle:
factories cmpticd the cheese press; dniric.
superseded the churn; every household
process tended TO consolidation.
These changes brought leisure into the
lives Of women, aud with leisure arose III.
desire for improvement Glasses aud read
ing circles, as giving better results than
solitary work, were III. outcome-the very
ilrst move toward union ON the part Of
woman. Indeed, the class. though Ii came
30 modcstly and met NO opposition, was
more significant step than the club IL
opened to woman the doors-,f college aud
university, and its best lesson was the
"sl,tcghood OF woman"
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