Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1895-11-13
LOVES TO RESOLVE.
Interesting Study of a WOman's
Club Methods.
A BOOKLET OF IT'S RESOLUTIONS.
Resolving About Plano Solos, Christian
and Husbands Names and the Use
of "Mps." and miss

"That this resolution prohibiting
piano solos is rescinded, and that the
musical selections be left to the discre-
ton of the musical director" After
reading the above resolution no one
would suspect that Sorosis is its author.
Yet it is Sorosis's own. Sorosis has a
penchant for resolving. 1t has resolved
something new at nearly every business
session since its formation. Instead of
letting these older solutions be for
gotten, Sorosls has just dist ibuted
among it's members an annual booklet
in which some of these strange resolu-
tions are printed on fine cream paper,
making miniature edition de luxe.
Lesser women's clubs that have
looked ON Sorosis with becoming
humility will have their self-respect
restored by studying this little booklet.
Men who read it will wonder how
women make so much harder work Of
running clubs than men do.
The contingency that resulted in
boycotting piano solos occurred some
years ago. Sorosis members want to
talk. The officers can't even keep
members down to time limit now on
their speeches. Piano solos often alb
sorbed time when members yearned to
discuss and to make speeches. So
piano solos were resolved away. Later
the members didn't enjoy the stigma
that such a boycott placed on their
musical tastes Musical members felt
it's injustice keenly. So another reso-
luton was poured ON their wounds
and the unoffending piano solo was
restored by resembling the old resolu-
ton.
Sorosis began resolving in 1869, but
it was not until 1879 that the feminin-
ity of it's members began to Obtrude in
the printed resolutions.
In that year it was resolved, "That
the Recording Secretary shall call the
Christian names of members of SOrosis
on the roll-call. This resolution was
the outcome of the revolt in woman's
world against being known only by
ones husbands name.
In 1891 Sorosis fell into trouble
again over titles. 1t resolved. THAT
the titles of Mrs and Miss shall be
prefixed to the list of names printed in
the constitution and bylaws. Since
then the question of when and where
"Mrs." and miss and plain Mira
bella Smith shall be used has constant
ly agitated Sorosis.
A year later husbands really got
foothold 1t wasn't sufficient for Sor-
osis that it should be designated who
possessed husbands and who were still
steering their own canoes. but some
woman with husband of whom she
was really proud happened to want
every body to know this. So Sorosis
resolved:
"That after the names of married
members the name of the husband shall
be placed, in parentheses. in the men,
bership list of the constitution and by
laws" At the next to the final bust
ness meeting last year two more,,resolu-
tions on the same question were passed.
The first was "That the titles Mrs
and Miss shall not be printed on the
programmes on social days. The
second and final one, as it now stands,
was "That the club request the Cores
ponding Secretary to write husbands
names on envelopes Of all club notices.
Here is peculiar Sorosis resolution:
"Tbat the loving cup presented to
Sorosis by the Federation of Women's
Clubs shall be filled with fresh flowers
for the President and placed on the
table at each social meeting There
is possible suggestion in this to the
masculine possessors of gift punch
bowls.
In 1887 albums were in fashion.
Sorosis resolved to be in fashion in
these words: "That albums shall be
procured for the purpose of preserving
all printed reports, invitations. etc.
Ten years ago Sorosis showed that it
was not above the vanities of etiquette
and resolved: "That the notices for
social meetings shall be printed on
hhO Culd VI houO PoPOh' "A PSouAAuA
trick of Sorosis that men will declare
is entirely feminine is resolving that
resolutions which it has previously
passed "shall be enforced.
One of the droll resolutions that only
women would have found it necessary
to pass is this: "Thst a long table
shall be substituted for the round table
used by the officers on social days. and
that the speakers of the day shall be
seated ON the platform.
Sometimes Sorosis has had for
months no contingencies worthy of
resolution. For one entire year they
resolved only once, but that resolution
was unique. 1t was this:
"That when the pledge is admins
tered to new members all the members
present shall join heartily in the re-
sponsive reading" To the uninitiated
this is blind. But Sorosis has a pledge
which, if observed, would prevent all
secrets from escaping and members