Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-04-25
WOMAN's WORLD.
v,oaprafuL GROWTH OF woMrws
CLUBS WITHIN A FEW YEARS.

ur, uurneirs NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
yaic-Mothcr Of aoi chiidren-Why
oi,i. succeed rs Cashirrs--airs. Low "
Morton onion soirces.
There is nothing more significant than
Che prcsent intellectual activity among
,go,nen. i, Is confined to no particular
LEGALITY. bnt IL widcsproading and al
most universal.
Abby sago Richardson is said TO have
r,fnnrked not long ago. aftor returning
,ron q tour in the far west, that tho
,-orrcss made within the past ten ycaili,
between the time Of her first aud last
,i.its. was almost incredible. She found
in the mining villages and in the larso
town everywhere that clubs for strly
and mutual improvement have been
cs-ablished beyond number. Tho tcnac'
itv of Ito Of Clubs IN general has been
a.toni.hing. There have been very few
,bat have not gone ON increasing In
rrr,bor. and usefulness and doing work
al tho most practical and improving
nature.
In the EOull -NtIe A"H Nv" h''"''.
awakening, and there, where perverted
ideas Of chiyalry have opposed tho
,non,sl development Of the weaker sex.
4, means much more than Ia the north
New Orleans las one Of the most able
and influential womcn's clubs IN the
Tuiod states. ono Of the leading news
nnpcr. Il owned aud managed by n
woman. and there aye many women cm-
Moved upon It's sta0 in tho most I'M
porian. capacitics. Elsewhere through
amt lic south women AFRO beginning to
asser, their mental power aud arc con-
tribu,ing TO the newspapers aud TO that
uhfuOmOnal literature which seems to
hayo como into existence full grown.
Ia tho north, whore there Is broader
liberty and larger opportunities, thoro
s,oim 10 BE- scarcely amy limitation put
upon intellectual aspirations OF women.
Tho Chaniauqua circle, subject to
criticism as IL may be, has been a trc-
mendoul pioneer. II has made II p 81
bio for those whose education WINS neg
lecicl or interrupted by household cares,
TO tako up nHystumnticc course Of reading
and pur8aoit diligently toward definite
aim. This has led to u desire for further
knowledge, and university extension
will afford siill greater aid for thorough
instruction.
Tho W. c. T. U. has also boon won.
dcrful educational force throughout tho
entire country. It's members have been
lifted out OF petty cares AMI layo been
brought into tho contemplation OF broad
1u,s,ionsoi ethics and ofnntional policy.
Even though they may be charged with
onosidcdne.s, there IS progress In tho
very desire 10 know, and there Is Away
thcpossibiity OF swinging back TO thcra
tlonnl means nom nn irrational extreme
Literary clubs, as has bcon stated, can
not be numbered. and innmnorahlo o,iCr'
have boon formed for tho study Of The
constitution. Of parliamentary laws. will
classes in art and the natural sciences
aud travel classes with their profuso II
Illustrations. The Daughters OF the Amer
lean Revolution hnye given nn impctui
tOthc consideration Of American history
and tho various pmlanthropic and re-
formatory organizations afford the brain.
and executive talent of women oxorcis,
In other important directions.
Tho question Is, How will all thi,
eventually be applied; knowledge wa'
never yet n passive power. That it viii
DO manifested In bettor homes aud In .
higher type Of the human being goci
without saying. But Il Is also possibl,
tlnt a crisis shall arise Ia which Il shGl
b. Of lasting aud even Of saving value 6,
tho sta,c.-Chicaso later Ocean.