Feliciana sentinel., 1892-11-05
LITERARY SOCIETIES.
How to Organize and Conduct Them !"
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Let no neiphborhood Of women COM |
plain that they have not opportunities
for self-culture. Why, my dear sisters,
you need not live in New York In order
TO belong to Sorosisl Have Sorosts of
your own. Suppose there are seven OF
YOU who like to read. Organize. Have
a president, vice president, secre-
tary and treasurer to take care OF the
dues. However, do not make member
ship expensive. With seven members
you can have three papers read at each
meeting, and the president can always
in some way contribute to the interest
of the occasion. This will bring each
member on duty at every alternate
meeting. Let your club meet once
month or tortnightly. IT thers are
only three women who 1.-Two at con-
venient distances, let them not be dis
! coura9cd, but if they have q nu tual
! love for literature and aspire 70 some'
thing above the idle chit-chat OF tieigh=
borhood gossip they can form union
which will be the means OF mental
growth and intellectual sslf-eonfi-
dencc.
There is in existence woman's liter
urv club which includes just seten-
] the mVSIlc uu"OSk. LSCAy y
of arliamentary rule is observed at
their meeting. They always rise to
their feet in making motions, and pre-
serve The utmost dignity in the most
trivial proceeding They mean bust
ue.s. and care not for the smiles OK the
casual observer. After they dispose o,
less interesting matters, they proceed
to the literary part OF the programme
and then q visitor who has beet dis
posed to smile will remain to respect
fullv admire. Their plan is to have
three papers treating in different ways
the same subject. One Of the papers il
} a story, one treats of the subject IRON
, historical standpoint, the third may b.
} biographical or critical. These ladie
, so surprise each other with their ablllt.
! to write we'll that they become at ever
, meeting warmer friends They hav
: two officers whom did not mention
t namely. critics. You will readily pei
s ceive that there are more offices thal
Q members of the club, and, as one witt
o ly remarked, it is an organization wher
= the office seeks the woman.
Il If the club be SO small rs to numbe
t ONLY three or four, it might meet mol
frequently and have one paper read
{ a meeting. after which there should
)" | q CONVERSATION, IOE "hiCA OLA AAe~N -
e pared themselves.
h Only little reflection will prove
c. any woman the great advantage OF
A. literary club such as we have describe
y Very many women from country hom
spend a few years at boarding scho'
n and on returning do not continue the
y habits of study. This is deplorab
Of mistake. The best antidotc to gossip
y thoughtful reading, which gives mat
IS rial for kind thoughts and good conve
y sation.
10 The Office of critic is not enviab
as but there must be good fellowsh
ill w ich warrants no undue sensltl'
AZ ness. You will probably find that
SIS dies sufficiently we'll educated to wr
a Il faultless essay will, in convcrsatlt
of use slang and other inelegancies. Z
m rect speech, like good manners, is IN
in pleasing when it seems spontaneo
L 10 insure this, constant practice is
he sential. An illiterate but origl1
de woman once said: Religion IS like
up old silver spoon; the more 1T Is used
nd brighter it gets The same may
,at said of every grace and accompli
.he ment. Therefore, bright women,
he eanize . society not for gossip ia
ely and EiresiGe.