The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-03-20
GOSSIP FOR THE LADIES
To Jem.

To Jem.
Good-by! That word how oft we have re-
peated
In Idlencss, without a passing thought
AS to It's ancient sense-that deeper hidden
With 1, tenderness and longing blessing
Goodby! May God be ever with thee. bless
Guide thee. console thee, bring thee safe
Oh: such the prayer, that as some nnscalcd
fountain
Rises spontaneous from heart Of pain.
Good-by! Though far in distant lands thy
duty call thee,
Though far from friends from home, and.
loving care
Oh, may his arm preserve thee In all dan.
His mercy shield. his low, protect thee
there.
Good-by. With aching heart, and tones
that shake and faltcr.
And tears that rise, and will not be con-
And yet with JOY, an almost painful sweet
ness,
Full oftentlmes that little word is told.
Good-by!, And We are left IN sudden desola-
tion.
One, pressure Of the hand-one look-and
he Is gone.
| A deathly Darkness wraps our souls In
darkness
The light Of day is fied-we are alone.
The Queen.
Useful Hints to Club Women.
Parliamentary usage seems to many
women such Il mass of detail they give
up all hope of ever understanding it, and
20 through their club life silent because
they are not sure that they know how to
speak according TO recognized form, or
else make themselves unwittingly rude
to tho assembly each time they address
the meeting. In all the larger clubs
ono hears Il great deal about parlia-
4 Wlsracrc knows very much about it,
For all pra ctical purposes a woman does
rot need to know the contents or any
large part of the contents, of q com
prehensive manual. Presiding officers
should be conversant with the best par
liamentary usage in detail, but the ma
| jority of the members Of any club can
get along with credit to themselves and
| their club if they know perfectly merely
| an outline of parliamentary usage in the
| conduct of societies.
Every woman should know that when
! she rises to speak she should address
the chair by saving Mrs" Tor Miss
the president calls her by name. It
| is Il polite thing to say "Mrs. President,
Miss Green" in order that the uresi.
dent may be sure of the name Of the
lady who has the floor
\ motion once offered proocrly by any
member need not be seconded in order to
be brought before the house for discus
sion and action. If anyone wishes to sec
ond the motion she should rise and say,
Mrs. President. Miss White''-Wait tin
| the president says Miss Whitc"-and
then say. Il second the motion" Very
! large assemblies of women. oven so
rosis," havc members who. sit rudely and
| say, "Second the notion without talk
ing the trouble to address the chair.
The presiding officer may speak % any
motion, as she is a member of the club.
| but the best usage is against her taking
| definite sides unless called upon to do SO
| in the case of Il tie vote. She should call
any member to order who is wandering:
| from the point at issue, and if she
midst of Il long sentence about soma
| side issue may rise and address the
| chair, and say she rises to point of
! order. Upon being asked to state it, she
! can do SO politely by saying. some of us
must go early and wish to vote upon this
! motion and therefore beg that discussion
shall be limited to the point at ISSUE
Another point whereon many club
women show lack Of courtesy to their
|
en- Of pronounced views have of sneak
ing two. three, five or seven times on
one question. No one is supposed to
! speak the second time on any question
until all have spoken once who wish lc
| do SO.
Club presidents are prone to consider
themselves the miStresses of the ,itla-
ton, when III reality they are the serv.
ants of the club, honored stewards
true: but put in Office for the best good
OF the order. No woman is fitted 10 be
president unless she has the firmness to
| Keep order, and the tact to do so without
| appearing to hr dogmatic. 1t is not pos
s1ble to plea everybody, so please those
who are right, and he as gentle to those
VINO are wrong as possible. Do not
; waste the time of ten busy women III
order to prevent giving o1fcnse to the
long wlllded woman, who has nothing tc
10 but meander through words. and talks
unlntermlttently upon every notion in
Producing all manner of cNtraneous mat.
terS.
common form of rudeness to the
presiding officer is for member who
has been asked. or who of her own ac-
another member. to talk directly to the
member whom she is answering. She
should say. Mrs. Prrsilcnt.' and make
her remarks direct to the chair.
Every ciubwomau groans at ut lcas,
every other club meeting over the loss
of time used up in disposing of at least
every other matter brought before tho
club by those club members. who, once
being recognized by the chair, proceed to
air their views upon a great many ma
tiers irrelevant. or. ut least. not peril
n'nt. to the precise question before the
house. TO begin with, there can properly
be no discussion upon any matter unit
there is a motion before the house. Miss
Brown may want to hold kirnlcss
Miss Green may object to the kirmcss
hut if Miss Brown doesn't know enough
to put her idea in the form of a motion
Miss Green may make the motion tC
bold the kirmess merely to put the matter
legally before the club. She can Their
speak against it and vote against it
Too many clubs hold long arguments fol
and against this. that or the other plar
when there is no motion before the house
and all those who speak are all out OF
or,lcr.-'Icnntss Miller Monthly.
The Trofe> siunal Chap ron.
Everyone is not aware that there are
society chaperons for hire. Society
women of high position but small in
| into kho rs,