Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-06-15
ACLUB FOR MOTHERS
THE HousekeePERs' ORGANIZATION
OF cocoANuT GROVE.

FLORIDA Women Who Have an Interest
Ing Way Of Securing Relaxation FROM
Their Home Dutios-somo Rule. aud
Objects Of the Society.
Away down on tho cast coast OF Flor.
ida, 800 miles south Of ST. Augustine, Is
tho pretty little settlement Of Cocoanut
Grove. II Is situated on the banks OF
Biscayno bay, one OF the loyolicst sheets
Of wator for winter cruising and fishing
that It Ia possible TO conceive Of for
those who aro not afraid TO 10 beyond
the daily mails and telegraph wires, for
at present there arc no railroads or
steamboats,, not oyon q wagon road, con-
meeting us with the outside world-sail.
boats only, but plenty OF those, and good
on.T, too, which Is very necessary, a. the
nearest market or source Of supply Is
Key West, 100 miles TO the south.
OF course there is a hotel, postoificc,
store and Sunday school building,
which, with tho Biscayno Bay Yacht
club house. the various winter residences
OF the northern yachtsinon and the prot-
ty little houses of tho pineapple growers
and cocoanut planters of the koys, each
built according to its owners fancy or
means, and SGT In the midst Of cocoanut,
lime, orange, banana and guava trees.
form n mos. attractive picture, 10 which
may DO added tho over changing lifo Of
tho bay, tho coming and going Of tho
yachts. tho arrival and departure Of tho
mailboats and freight schoonors. But
II tho plpco Is attractive, very much
more arc tho people who havo helped
make 1t, and this Ia especially so Of tho
women, whose husbands and sons nro
tho spongcrs, wrookcrs, carpenters and
boatmon Of tho reef, when not engaged
In truck farming or pineapple raising.
IL is'to these women and their club
n housckecper's club-that wish TO in.
troduco my readers. A woman's work,
Inc club In every sense Of the word. with
mn attending membership of twenty and
correspondence membership Of ten, tho
latter rcsidents Of New York, Boston,
San francisco, Brooklyn, Staten Island
and Key West.
To most Of the women born aud
brought up on tho koys OF tho reef or in
Key West, and Of English parcntagc-
for tho majority Of tho settlers camo
originally from tho Bahamas-tho TX.
poriencU Il belonging to society. how
ever simple, for women only, WAS nov.
city. Although tour club" is now q
frequent and proud expression among
them, and member, in talking It oyci
with her husband, assured him that tl,a
"bylaws Of her club wero as we'll made
and just as binding as those concocted
In tho capitol at Tallahassee"
And 80 thoy arc 10 tho faithful band
Of women who gather every Thursday
afternoon In the little Sunday schoo
building, and join heart and hand ii
helping each other to enjoy and i'm
provo tho two hours IA week rcscuct
from their household cares. For nearl,
every mombor is u mother, not Of one
but in several cases Of eight and ten
children, with no ono TO assist In tn
daily and hourly work attending such
household, so that tho first rule mad
and iigidly enforced, mo labics allow
ed at the meetingB," Is genuine relief
and gives timo aud freedom for mucl
that would be otherwise impossible.
Sometimes the children are takon TO
neighboring house, ten or twelve littl
tots from ono to three years old, and
husband or oldest son volunteers TO oycI
SEQ those that aro able TO walk, In whic
case, as 1t draws near closing time, on
little head after another will be see
coming, Indian file, along tho mario,
path, all OF thom barohoadod or uOnrl
80, in search OF mamma and general
in great gloo NJ having escaped q
course there follows y grand baby show
Tho originator Of the club Is H. pres
dent, Miss Flora McFarlanc, Of Ne,
Jersey, q woman who has proved hc
self IN every way capable for tho III
ahe intends leading having homcsieadc
u hundred and fifty acres Of goyernmoi
lands, which she has gone braycly
work TO clear aud improve.
Tho officers OF tho club aro tho pres
dent, secretary, assistant secretar
treasurer aud carotakor, who has cntil
charge of the clubs workbaslset, giyil
out the work aud collecting material
such as scissors, thimblos, needle bool,
patterns and button box, after ca,
meeting. These meetings occur eve
Thursday afternoon FROM o to5.
AZ tho organizing Of tho Climb Il W
N9sed that tho tsme be spent III MAXI