The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-10-17

HUSBANDS to Feast of Wit and Incl
dentaily, Something More Substantial
Able Papers by the Retiring President,
Mrs. Singer, and Her Worthy Successor,
Mrs. Hersey-Soloes and Duets Also
Have a Place on the Program.
Hypatia met in their tenth annual
session at the board of trade hall last
night and after the business of the
meeting was over INDUCED in an ele-
CANT spread of refreshments.
The program was short and sweet
and consisted principally of a vocal
solo by Miss Mabel Larimer, a paper
"a Money Standard" by Mrs. May
Engstram Hoss, duet by Mrs, Mccoy
and Miss Beatrice Thomas, a vocal
duett by Miss Mabel Larimer and Miss
Walker and addresses by the retiring
president, Mrs. Malvina A. Singer, and
the president elect, Mrs.Sara L. Hersey.
These two addresses, as can be seen,
were able and elegant. They are as fol-
lows:
MRS. SINGERS ADDRESS.
Ladies and Gentlemen; Members and
Friends of Hypatia:-It gives me pleas
ure 70 accept this insignia Of Office
which has been welded so gracefully
this past year by my predecessor. In
ans little emblem j behold both the
honor and the responsibility pertaining
no the office. AS you we'll know, it is
customary for the incoming president
before taking her seat, to make short
ADDRESS, but, standing before this in
delliSent body of men and women here
tonight, confess 1 feel almost at a loss
what to say: Perhaps it may turn out
q song; perhaps turn out a sermon
emerson has said "the true test of civ
slization is not the census, nor the size
OF cities, nor the crops-no, but the kind
of men and women the century turns
out. Just such a test has the club
proved-a test Of genuine quality-and
a wonderful school Some have found
an Hypatia stepping stone to public
career; others, a resting place from Ia
Dor and anxiety; and l believe l express
the sentiment of everyone present, who
has been for any length Of time a mem
Der of Hypatia, when ] say that the
debt we owe it is beyond our power to
estimate. Perhaps we have not all been
equally benefited, for our needs are as
various as our power to receive help,
but, for myself, feel that can not al
low this opportunity to pass without
saying how much 1 am its debtor. Am
ong the many schools to which this life
has brought me L reckon the club one
of the most valuable. Just here, some
one may ask, does not a love for the
club tend to diminish the love for the
home? No better answer could be given
than the rapid multiplication of wo-
mems clubs, and the high standard de-
manded Of the members. The home
lover and the home maker requires
something more than the four walls
of the home to make her fit compan-
ion for her husband and proper guide
for her children She needs the mental
pabalum she receives in the woman's
club; she needs the benefit of the OBJ
servation and the experience of other
women-She needs to know what is be-
ing done in the world of Industries, of
art, Of music, OF books-of all that tends
to improve and beautify the mind and
the home; she, too, as well as her COM
panion, needs, that contact of mind
with mind, without which the keenest
Intellect soon becomes dimmed. We
do not begin life as Eve began life
we have the experience of all ages, and
to not absorb the intelligence that gilt
tered in history is to live in perpetual
Infancy. The club is not an innovation
but has been evolved by the gentle
process Of nature, from the devoted
housekeeper of past generation to the
equally devoted andaccomplished home
maker of today. Holding with all their
soul to the home idea, that devoted
band OF Wichita women formed this
club-trembling with doubts and fears,
perhaps, but inspired by the convic-
dion of the greatness of their needs
and upheld by a power that was stron-
ger than they-the invincible spirit of
the age. In looking backward over the
past few years we can see that from a
small beginning much has been ac-
complished. We have added many new
names to our list of membership and
we count ourselves happy that we still
retain seven of the nine charter men,
beers.
Through our studies we have gained
insight into the history Of foreign ma
tons. We have wandered through the
fields of literature. science and the arts
Among other matters that have en-
gagged our attention are those connect
ed with public education, hygiene and
sanitary reforms, domestic economy.
and the practical results obtained from
the cooking school.
We have remembered the needs Of
the children, of the youth-not forget
ting the different ages Of man.
only one thing in the world, my
boy" said the man Of sixty.
True" said the man of forty.
True" echoed the man OF twenty.
And that Is rest, SAID the man or
sixty, softly. "It is success" said the
man of forty, grimly. ooh. no." said
the man of twenty, eagerly, 1T is love,
1t is love"
So we in turn have given our atten-
ton to the loves" of the young, to the
success" of the older, and in the dim.
distant future will heed the rest
which some day comes to all. We have
discussed women and the best means
of securing the ideal home. We have
even been ambitious to own club
house. and have had the audacity TO
consider the purchase of lots whereon
TO erect such a memorial. Thus far il
is built after the fashion OF Spain, and
only needs the foundation 10 make II
paruanent structure. During the past
wear. we have visited our English cou-
sin. taking time, as Shakespeare makes
Richard ii say
ITO sit upon the ground
And tell sad stories of the death OK kings;
How some have been deplored. some slain
Some haunted by the ghosts they dispos-
Some poisoned by their wives, some sleep
ing. killed"
IF all have not a more vivid realiza-
ton of the English people, il is not the
fault of those who took part IN the
program.
And now the question that has been
before us the last few weeks is. in what
way shall we continue our work 10 Ill