Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1891-05-09
A UNIQUE WoMAN's cLUe.
Composed o. 'y.yr. and Mother'-rt Dis

Composed of W.vcs and Mothrrs-It Dis
cusscs Practical 1uestiuns
The Bride, Wife aud Mothers club"
composed Of young ma rDus and mothers,
meets on Wednesday afternoons .t lhe IA
nous Working Glrls' club house in Thirty
eighth street, and il is iu 70 scL,2 an out
growth Of this very prolific clab. Some of
the memhcrs or tla girls society graduated
into witehood, aud, torfelting thus the
privileges OF tie girls club, they entreated
Miss Dodge to orgluize special branch
for wives. Once The organization was
formed and its officers elected, the mem
bers invited in their friends and relatives,
until now there is society of ABOUT thirty
members, with Mrs james NJ Cunning.
ham as president and Mrs. Benjamin Nor
rison MS treasurer
Here are some OF the SUBJECTS Choosing
and Furnishing a Home Best and Easi-
est Way of Keeping House, ""House Clean
ing and It's Aid" "lIow to Dress, Amuse
and Train Children" "Ilow TO Make a
Home Pleasant for Both Husband and
Children" and "How TO BE Neighborly
Without Being Cosby" A woman ply
stefan has been hired to talk on Babies
and Their Needs" Emergencies and How
to Meet Tbcm "The Medicine Box and
and Its Uses" a trained nurse has given
practical lessons in the care of the sick,
the making OF beds for invalids, the ban
daging OF simple wounds that are not Sc
rious enough TO need the doctors attep-
tion, and the preparation of food for the
sick A professional cook has instructed
them in the mysteries of her art, from
marketing to dessert. A dressmaker has
taught them how TO cut clhldrens clothes,
and Mt the last meeting a kindergarten
teacher was showing them simple ways
of amusing tie little ones
This club is IN nOsense n charity, but, on
the contrary, is self supporting, self gov
erning and cooperative, aud meets the eX-
penses of all its professional teachers; and
the best thing about it have not told yet.
1t is not a papa-rOCk -tha-Cradle-fOTm ama's s.
gone-to -her-club affair at all, for mamma
takes takes the baby with her, and com
mittee of ladies take charge Of it for her in
one of the big sunny rooms OF the club
house while she gives her entire attention
to the discussion of the day.
Miss Dodge helped organize the club,
but she is neither an officer nor n member,
and says the only reason she is allowed to
come at all is because she makes herself
useful. IL is she who thinks to put the
practical questions that the mothers them
selves haven't quite courage to ask to the
teacher: "What would you do with child
that kicks and scrcamsY DO you believe
in breaking IA chlds willW and "HOW do
you manage u child when he won't eat his
breakfast" and perhaps it may interest
mothers not fortunate enough to belong to
such nice club to hear what the sweet
faced teacher said,
"When n child kicks and screams" she
answered "hguause he can't have the look
ing glass, should go away and leave him
alone to kick Ills uginess out. He wants
you to punish him, to war with him, to
fuss over him He is ful of fight, and
wants some one to fight with him. Leave
him entirely alone and he won't Kick long
with no one to see him Then when he is
all over it punish him fOr acting So but
don't punish him in the time Of II, and,
above all, never give him the looking glass
or anything else he is Kicking for | do
not believe in breaking n child's will, and
do not believe it is ever done. Mothers
that succeed ailera battle royal in making
child give up, haven't broken his will at
all when he yields, lu just exhausted him
physically, and he gives up because he is
tired out believe vheU child gets into
such II condition he is insane for the time,
and not at all responsible for what he does.
Iwould trent him as would balky horse.
You put dirt IN the horses ear, and he lis so
engaged in getting it out he forgcts MI about
his determination not to go on and trots
along. If it is, for instance, toy that the
great battle Is over, because the child re-
fuses to pick il up take him away from it,
give him something else to do until he for
gets it, and then ask him TO come and help.
you pick up the room for papa; or play he
is the garbage man, and must pick up all
the toys, and he will pick it up without
thinking much about it, But remembers
do not pick it up Yourself if it stays there
two days, or you spoil the child. New
York Sun.