The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-06-18
WOMAN'S WORLD.
THE THREE WOMEN WHO HAVE DONE
so MUCH FOR sosToN,s CLUBS.

THE THREE WOMEN WHO HAVE DONE
so MUCH FOR sosToN,s CLUBS
Dress Reform I'm England-A Trne Hero.
ine-The Rssult I'm ITlanoss-Mrs. Cleve-
lands Gracefulncss-The aAnsis women.
A C-ler9ynaanis vieus.
II has been said that Bostonis one OF
the most clubable cities I'm the world
and since a women have coamet 10 their
larger discretion they have followed
their brothers In organizing clubs to q
surprising EXTENT The cluhs which they
have organised 20 carry out their ideas
Of reform and duty and self improve
raent r numerous and important and
IN pretty constantly discussed I'm the
daily papera The New England Wom-
ems Press club Il one Of the most not
able Of those and has done . great deal
10 advance women engaged upon the
daily press In their work. and In secur-
ing for them the prestige which 10 at
once q protection 10 them and an i'm
dorsement Of their calling. They have
become stronger a. a bodyo On account of
their association together. and thsy have
strengthened one another for their daily
Tasks. while their public meetings have
secured 20 them o cordial recognition In
the community. The Women's Indus
trial and Educational union has accom-
plished q great work In . hundred diff
ferent lines and has brought together q
large number Of competent persons
whose impulses and efforts needed wise
direction and proper opportunity to be
successful
Among the women who have taken
the lead in these clubs are two who
have been SO much before the public
that they deserve 10 DO mentioned In
this connection. The first al these Is
Mrs. Julia Ward Howe, who has been
foremost in this community In main
tanning the woman's rank an social and
Intellectual life. She has brought for
many years 20 her work both social
prestige and personal powec, and al
though entitled by length Of service 30
withdraw from the contest I'm these days
she Is still q name TO con1ure By, and no
woman In America fs more highly. hon
ored or appreciated for her public ca
reer. hrs. Ednah d Cheney "a q WON
an Of distinct personality who has been
identified with liberal and radical move
ments quite as much I'd with the cause
Of woman, but during q long and active
career she has always been 'strue to the
kindred points Of heaven and home, I"
and although many may not accept her
radical convictions all who know OF her
work for humanity and for the eleva-
ton of women have only the heartiest
praise for her efforts
Probably the woman who was lately
taken from ns-Mrs. Lucy Stone, the
contemporary of these two-was more
truly Q pioneer In the woman's cause
than either Mrs.. Howe or Mrs. Cheney,
and the influence OF each OF these per-
sons Is felt today far and wide in the
organization of women In clubs for the
better carrying out Of the plans which
they have in mind for the advancement
Of their w sex and Of the interests of
industrial and social life. 1t would seem
as il women had rushed into these clubs
with unusual eagerness They r
mp everywhere, not only i'm
Boston, but In the country towns. There
Is hardly o considerable village any
where In which the leading women are
not organized i'm some form of q social
club, and the better they are educated
the more they incline to this sort Of
As these clubs now exist the
In that they are . helpful
agency In concentrating and directing
the energies of womsn in1the best direc-
ions-Boston Herald rep 49,
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Dress ReGorm u Eagaama.uss
A meeting Of the Healthy and Arts
tic Dress union, which was founded i'm
London four years ago f6r the purpose
Of making dress 'fless hideous" and
more hygienic I'm its principles, is am