Morning journal and courier., 1892-03-17
\ wOMAN,S CLUE.
With Critical sketches of the Eari-
 ous Members Thercunto Belong

With Critical sketches of the yari-
 ous Members Thereunto Belong
 ing.
 Miss Meander in the Boston Gszette.l
 The ardent young member who has just joined. She is 50 ardent. She has never had the pleasure of writing any statishcs before, and now she opens her mouth, eyes aud notebook over them. To her the hor- TOTS of Russia, the increase of crime, the tenement-house question, the race pro- blem, iheosophy, physical culture and drainage are delightfully."- alarming ques- tions, over which she werps and fiushes and applauds ss their many sides are pre- sented and discussed. She listens with respect and awe to every one who speaks, and trembles with delight to find herself a member of such wonderful club. She votes both ways with a feeble voice or hand, and then conscientiously wonders If she oughtn't to arise and explain, that a new count may be taken. She never miss es meeting; is always early; never gets up to go out before the speaker has fin ished and exhibits superfuous gratiica- ton if any one speaks to her. She is very careful to wear her good clothes to the club and always spends considerable time on her back hair.
 The tough old member is at once the ad- miration and despair of the ardent young member, who wonders how she ever dares to glare at the speaker as she does and have so little respect for him or her appa- rently. She is never enthusiastic over anything, frequently turns up her nose at things in particular or in general, and of ten rises and goes out while the speaker is in the midst of the most delightfully."- in tricate whirl of startling statistics. The tough old member has sized up every one | in the club. and, if the occasion demands, is not delicate about expressing her opin- ions. She stands in awe of no one, is not deceived over any one's age or intellect, never applauds, seldom criticises in any ! way, but has an I-know- -the-whole business | air which shuts up fresh members like the | camp chairs they sit in.
 The frivolous member is not always well | spoken of, but often relieves the meetings or the gloom that sometimes gathers about | them and makes a break in the mists of | monotony in which they are annually en- l gulfed. Though the majority of the mem | bers do not care to giggle, the minority that care to but do not dare to feel a sort | of safety-valve in the frivolous member and enjoy her presence. The frivolous member means to be frivolous; it is no uncomfortable and unexpected impulse that besets her. She premeditates and ar ranges her frivolity that its startling con- sure may be unmistakable and pronounced and gain for her the distinction which 8 | jerky and spontaneous frivolity would never bring.
 | And we have the ladylike member
 Women who fall over chairs and drop um-
 brellas have stinging appreciation of her and a sneaking hope that she doesn't know
 much. She is always composed and well
 attired, listens attentively, only smiles | with one side of her face at time and l avoids discussion. She has the same salu.
 tation for her twenty-five and fifty cent
 neighbors and people do not feel obliged | to draw in their feet when she passes
 them. The ladylike member is ladyliks
 way through. We do not feel that shs
 slams a door after her when she is out oi
 sight or unnecessarily twirls chair round
 like a top to relieve suppressed feeling
 We somehow feel that her conposure i,
 built on a Christian spirit and 8 gentl.
 heart.
 The grumbling member is another safe
 ty-valve for the other members. Sure thai
 every deficiency, from the bylaws to the
 frontdoor mat, have been or will be at
 tackled by her, the others can afford to as
 sume the amiable virtues which they hay,
 not, confidant that their battles will b,
 fought for them. The grumbling member
 is ever ready to fight bsttles-scents dan
 ger sfar of, and never gets over danger,
 past. Like the inebriated individual whs
 threatens to lick his wife if he found hel
 sitting up on his return, the grumblinI
 member approaches the club with frowr
 that makes even doughty director yearr
 for refuge in the coal scuttle or tsmpora
 ry perch on the top of an elevator.
 The vigorous member is divided int
 two classes-she who accomplishes some
 thing with her vigor and she who doe
 not The former is the leaven of an oftel lumpy club, while the latter is as madden . ing as twenty-four tons of coal slidin,