The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-06-06
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ef Thcaa ORGANIZATIONS, Renamfk~.
"Ciub life. reviyes the delicious scf,*
of sympathy and warns us of tile t.a,
aers Of solitude and rcrulsion.
In describing the work of tho typieal
woman's club, Hrs. Frances a. Good
ME, president Of the New Century club
Of Utica n, X, says: VERY many are
the associations for the relief OF misery,
helplessness, poverty and bodily suffer
ing iii addition TO the vast amount OF
benevolent work done by organizations
within the churches These associations
enlarge the effective force Of their mem-
bers increase their social advantages
and teach them d some extent the value
that inures from union for q common
purpose. But these are results second.
airy to their main object. Their very
basis Id d limitation, s~ectarian, chart.
table, literary or otherwise, and neces
sarily circumscribed in sympathy 90
well as I'm the field and n OF work.
Here the woman's club steps in, and
antagonizing no conviction, n~eutralizing
no b~enefcence, bat offering opportunity
for Affiliations On grounds broad and
natural as womanhood and humanity.
From this ground the spontaneous har-
vest is help for every form Of human
need, and knowledge CLEANED from o
many points of view as there are iI,divid-
uals In the membership. Every branch
| and method Of education appeals with
| vital and mighty force to women Who
| better than the mothers and the house,
keepers can help along its beginning in
kindergarten and kitchen gardens And
who in the nineteenth century wonld
deprive woman OF her share n decline
her aid In the higher grades of science,
literature, music or art?
ssThe woman's club is designed to be
social, but not social ON compulsion
Those disposed to fraternize with old
friends only among club members could
be Just as reserved within the club as in
the world, and one whose mood was
solitary could indulge herself unques-
toned. But there should be fine and
constant opportunities to cultivate socia-
bility, and there should be q pleasant
welcoming spirit at its meetings both
formal and informal
I'm order to do the best work we wish
and we need all kinds OF women q
members - fashionable women and
working women. professional and liter
airy women, women active In charity
visiting and plain, quiet women who
find their own affairs all they care *
mind The theory of the woman's clul
should be to give and take. The very
largest mental horizon, the most gener'
Gus nature, is sure to expand, to receive
new ideas and helpful suggestions nov
and again, and TO bless itself still NOR,
bountifully by breadth of generous Civ
ing to the rest. This is the genera
theory. Under it, in practical working
every woman with a personal sorroy
too heavy to bear alone, or with o prob
lem in her own life or known to her 3
be i'm her neighbours, should feel tina
she has the right TO ask and TO find an
the ability to give help and good infiu
, ence in the woman's club"
The clubof which Mrs. Goodale 10 th
: efficient president ID q young but yer
! vigorous organization. Only . year old
&c has over 900 members and has incOl
porated into its constitutional methot
. many OF the best ideas for getting rid
friction and facilitating work. It has
!. board of 90 trustees, elected for terms
one, two, three and four years. II
trustees elect the officers, who are pres
|. dent, three vice presidents, recordir
J and corresponding secretaries and Urea
: urer. Six of the trustees, with these OF
]. GERS, constitute an executive board 4
the election of members and the tran
action of business of the club