Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1891-06-04
A UNIQUE WoMANs clua.
Composed Of wives and lEothsrs-It nfs
oaasss PrsstfoaI 0usstions.

Compoeoa OF Wtve9 ana MotooHo-Al D.
eassss Prsstioal 0osstions.
The Bride, Wifs and MothsrI clnb.s
composed Of young matrons and motharz,
meets on Wednesday afternoons - tn =,
nous Working Girls club house In Thirty.
eighth street, and IL Is in a senss an ont
growth Of this very prolific club Soma of
the members Of the girls society graduated
into wifehood, and. forfeiting thus the
privileges of the girls club, they entreated
Miss Dodge to organize q 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 a society Of about thirty
members, with Mrs. James M. Cunning
ham as president and Mrs. Benjamin Nor
rison as treasurer.
Here aresome of the subjects: Choosing
and Furnishing Home" BEST and East
est Way Of Keeping House, !" House Clean
ing and Its Aid, )" "How to Dress, Amuse
and Train Children" "How to Make a
Home Pleasant for Both Husband and
Children" and "How to Be Neighborly
Without Being Cosby" A woman ply
sician has been hired to talk on "Babies
and Their Needs" Emergencies and How
to Meet Them, !" "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 atten-
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 children's clothes,
and at the last meeting kindergarten
teacher was showing them simple ways
of amusing the little ones
This club Is in no sense charity, but, on
the contrary, is self supporting, self gov
erning and cooperative, and meets the ex-
penses of all its professional teachers; and
the best thing about it have not told yet.
1t is not papa-rock-the-cradle-f r-mama's-
gone-to-her-club affair at all, for mamma
takes takes the baby with her, and COM
mittee of ladies take charge Of 1t 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 member,
and says the only reason she is allowed to
come at all is because she makes herself
useful. 1t 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 screams" "Do you believe
in breaking a child's will~ and "How do
you manage child when he won't eat his
breakfastp and perhaps it may interest
mothers not fortunate enough to belong to
such a nice club to hear what the sweet
faced teacher said.
"When child kicks and screams" she
answered, because he can't have the look.
ing glass, / should go away and leave him
alone to kick his ugliness out. He wants
you to punish him, to war with him, to
fuss over him. He is full 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 it, and,
above all, never give him the looking glass
or anything else he is kicking for. do
not believe in breaking child's will, and
do not believe it is ever done. Mothers
that succeed after battle royal in making
child give up, haven't broken his will at
all when he yields, but just exhausted him
physically, and he gives up because he Is
tired out l believe when child gets into
such a condition he is insane for the time,
and not at all responsible for what he does,
| Iwould treat him as would balky horse.
| You put dirt in the horses ear, and he Is SO
engaged in getting it out he forgets all about
| his determination not to go on, and trots
| along. If it is, for instance, a toy that the
| great battle is over, because the child re-
fuses to pick il uD, 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 remember,
do not pick it up yourself if it stays there
two Days, or you spoil the child. New
| York Sun.