Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-02-19
IN nRIlgr

Mrs. Browning was dcbarrrd boy long
ycar Of innldism FROM active labor
doubtless she fct this 10 bc O wrpiou,
for no poet has sung more sweetly than
she of tie dpsirnhiliiy of work.
sect leave 90 work
In this world us the best you get at
all.
IS what she tella her follows One OF
our own poets says Ii b. hotter to stem
the roaring lido than to idly float or
$40 forcgo the godlike power To do
Yet there are many women wugr-carnew
10 whom active labor of whatever ma
ture ia anything but attractive, while
the power 90 do rs far from eodlike, aud
iu their minds never associated with any
thought Of cNnlAtion The majority Of
women w business work hocause there
Is necessity. they have uoithpr purpose
nor ambition. the young womuu has aus
ticlpations Of marriage os her way of
escape, and eldyny women either COM
plain at her hard lot on worl, on iu dumb
and martyrlike silcncc. with an uir of
grand DANES rather shan that of husl-
ness, One of tlc murkcd drawbacks
20 womnus usefulness n business is
supeneusitlycncss with tendency TO
tears, IN a word TO be- womanish rather
than womanly. 10 cry ut a reproof, and,
n she Is young and pretty. to pout when
Rhe is not smiled upon Too many OF
them expect that In the rush and Hurry
of business the forInplitios of the draw.
Ing room will be observed, aud that
forms Of speech peculiar 10 the reception
ought 20 he adopted on all occasions
a woman who Ia faithful TO her duty
wherever that duty leads, has a right tC
expect to receive coutesies aud ciyilhie'
from MI persons with whom she "a asso
oated, and these will hc given her u sh,
~ equally considerable of otLers More
ought not to be insisted upon. When ,
woman " found who gets ON la business
rs wen as man, &c ie MISC generally
found that she initiates the methods %
man; goes about work NoldH and sys
Dramatically and Il is safe to say sh
leaves her toars and exactions at home.
The fourth anniversary of the Womnn.
Wednesday, club nc Arlington uc.ght
Feb H. was not only e heautiml 0Gai
but was eminently suggestive Fou
Fears ago Il few earnest mutrops q,
tided that weekly reunion would b
made mutually profitable and that Oh
hour which wonld hc requisite coul
be better spared for that purpose tina
For any merely social duty; they aceort
hgly formed themselves into olul
Here, an organization Of women for N
lyowed purpose on self.impoycment Wi
On innovation, and thesn brave spirit
were IN many instances ridiculed
home and in public while by some pc
sous the move wus severely cmsureD
Time which adjusts So much, HAS VII
aeated Tie movement and the w w. ,
10 now recognized not only as usef
factor IN tie farther education Of WY,
aud mothers, hut as proper subject
ciy pride. and Is present standing
an cXemphhcatiop Of the success
success
Quietly and unomrndvcly this club h
worked on gathering knowledge throul
diverse chauneis. until from mo
modest beginning it now has handsome
furnished cluhrooms and library viii,
IS nor insignificant 81 quality on qua
tily Those who have intcrestedly waite
ed the growth Of this club from IA /
clplency until nov were more tiap era
fed TO see IA the reeepllpn given ~ Tic
ladica so large a company, nadn up
TIE very best cilaens 81 thls city. N
character aud pre-emneut sucpcsa
this function proves ,hat the club u
eventually give the tone Fort Wor
society and that society hae win *.
The hepoits neo'Ainy from lhe eood so
dos by The meubers d Tie Womal