The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-02-08
COURTENAY, CASE & GRANVILLE COnPANY,

| advantages, and that until within late
years she had never ever travelled out of
| the South.
Besides her educational and literary ac-
| quirements, this very clever woman is
! gifted with considerable executive ability,
and has planned the work of this now
| organization over which she presides very
much after the methods of other woman's
clubs, at the Same time keeping in view
tho needs of her own race. For instance,
with the usual officers, there are 10
standing committees, whose work comes
under the following heads: Philanthropy,
temperance, hospitals, literature, history
and law, social purity, sclf-help for the
deserving poor, health versus filth, anti
cigarette and anti-pugilistic, free night
schools and newspapers and current
topics.
The committees not only make a study
of the special work assigned. presenting
papers and leading IN discussions at the
regular meetings, but in connection with
their subject undertake mission work. 60
ing among the poor and uneducated
blacks, giving them practical help and
teaching them better methods of living,
thus the committee on self-help Tor the
deserving poor teach sewing, darning and
following the plan of the American Needle
Work guild, donate n certain number of
garments yearly for the poor. The health
VS.. filth committee spreads the value of
hygienic laws.
The anti-cigarette and anti-pugilistic
committee exert their influence among
boys. The free night school committee
proposes to establish free night schools
TO teach merely reading, writing and
ciphering to boys aud girls out at service,
the members of the club who are profess
sonal teachers volunteering to take
charge of the class. The newspaper and
current topics committee read papers and
magazines of the day carefully selecting
any topic upon the colored race either
commentator or derogatory, presenting
same to the club for discussion leading up
to condemnation or approval. This keeps
before them tho thoughts of the world,
bad. good and Indifferent concerning their
own race.
All the various committees distribute
literature in connection with their work.
The literature, history and law commit
tees are doing regular class work, the for
mer having for their object "Contem-
porary American Literature" and the
latter the History and Law of Louisi-
ana"
the homes of members, the regular BUSH
ness meetings taking place in the base
ment of ono of the leading colored
churches. Thus there are few expenses,
which arc met by tho small dues of five
cents n month. This is tho only assess
ment attending membership, as there is
no initiation fee.
work that the Phillis Wheatley club,
or at least its president, has very near to
heart is the establishment of free colored
kindergartens. This will require, says
this progressive woman, who is deeply in
terested in the uplifting OF her own race:
"rhe making of an opportunity of train
ing in this primary method of the young
colored teachers, and for that tuition i
will have to appeal to the white teachers
of my own race at hand, that will find
sympathy and help from the Now ORLEANS
school board in establishing this work in
the lower grade of the colored public
schools