The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1895-12-10
the wosIAN's CLUB.
The Work and Purposes of the
Club

The club 10 now thoroughly organized
and firmly established, and its seventh |
meeting vas held last Saturday evening
q, the residence q Mrs. II. o. Boat !
right. The interest dsepens with each
lesson, aud the program each week is
made up with three essays, the min
utes Of the preceding meeting, discus
nions Of the subjects under study I;
questions on literature; questions on
characters Of al sges and nationa, 10
be answered without previous prepsra-
ton, finished with quotations from
special authors. These quotations
generally give the best thoughts Of the
best authors, and one good sentiment
from . noble mind siiTs the still waters
Of other minds in an ever widening
circle; one thought begets another
"a little leaven leayeneth the whole
lump" and catching the beauty Of q
noble thinker one holds II fast until
the influence becomes q lasting reality.
Ireland was FIRST studied and now
England is undergoing & careful study,
10 be followed lalsr by Wales and Scot
land. There is q plan Of work for
twenty women marked out and this
work is faithfully and conseieniiously
done.
In all our cities, and in almost all Of
cur small towns, these literary clubs as
slst and are sources Of much pleasure
and improvement. SO many people
will not do thing they can do well
unless they are made 10 do IL! We
heard the president ola fiourishing
woman's club in a north Texas city,
speaking Of the benefits Of a club In
compelling women 10 read, write, aud
work together for mutual improvement
when otherwise the houfehold duties,
the children, sewing bread-making,
etc, would engross all Of their time
aud leave none for the culture Of their
minds. One mnst keep abreast Of the
times and aid their mite Of brain work
10 10 the mass that makes mp the world
work the drops come first; the ocean
is but q mighty arcunulAtion Of drops.
These are the days Of organizations
OF all kinds. Organized effort is the
craze and politicians, teachers, musi-
clans, workmen, knights of"Pythias," "
Honor" Labor" and everything else
are In the van, and il has been sug-
gested that the Woman's Literary Clubs
all over the state organise into a cch.
federation Of clubs 10 meet once ysaI
TO advise with each other, and DO all
they can to promote the general inter
est and improvement of club workers
Whatever tends 10 eleya,e woman ele
Yates humanity. Woman is the true
mistress In the harmony Of the house
hold, and every upward step, however
small. vi,h the individual woman Is I
step to something higher and nOblss
for the mas Of woman kind. The Fea
new woman. the true woman eschew
anything like notorieiy. Bloomerism o
any other masculinism, but she 4
ready TO stand by her sisters to III
death ia all the strong viftaes that an
hers by right divine, and TO reach ou
h higher, better things that have beel
withheld from her In the past. A nea
future Is before the woman Of today
They are climbing upward, and II Is I
be devouily prayed for that the ma
may be dragged upward also 10 highs
and purer lives. A good woman VII
cultivates mind, heart and body, an
scorns the base, the ignoble, must me-
. essarily influence those around her
attain also TO the highest and bee
and II one influence is far.reacninI
what cannot united effort do? We .,
e no reason %hy our town cannot orgal
be iae several other women's clubs
,h twenty each. until all the thinking 40
=, ambition. women here are brought in
their share Of study aud an organiz'
effort 10 improve These clubs ne,
p not conflict; tastes differ, and VIII
IN. plcases twenty women may not plea
iorty. let each club work in its Ov
10 favorite way.
as There Il 50 be meeting Of the "
M mems clubs over Texas in Dallas ne
"A fall, We lhink, but In the mean ime q
women's club hele, the ~. / c., "
"a work steadily pN, We hope. The ne
IN meeting will be on Wednesday event
rm next, al 5 o'c'ock sharp, a. Mrs. Alb,
Buchsnsn's. X