New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-09-14
WOMEN WHO STUDY CIVJrs
THE CIVITAS CLUB AND WHAT 1T rs A.
COMPLfSHING.
MEMBERS or SOCIETY. NOT ANTIQUE rim
STOCKINGS. COMPRISE ITS WORKING FORCE

wEIGHTY PROBLEMS TAKEN Up
/ Time was when my lady blue-stockng from -.
vantage ground Of A woll-fed brain. and iu,, =.
! often a well-starved body. could sit at the n,,
scrbed distance from her companion the dysne,,,.
! sage and ptyingy speak OF the soul Of "a.
society girl that could find satisfaction IN frls ana
furbelows ana gossip. But thai MAS In the Ian,
ago.
You may still see my lady bue-stocking upon Al.
most any morning or afternoon that you nav.
! mind to study human nature in some near-at-hars
reference library. BY the books that the Librarian
is taking TO her you note that she is digging de-,
into some all-important topic Leave her 10 hsr
books and her reference pad and pencil and turn
around to note the young woman who has juv
entered.
She is thoroughly up-to-date young woman. n,
/ doubt about the chronology maker Of her clothes
/ II her coachman is not walking his horses up and
! down without you may feel that this younr
woman could have come IN her carrissr had she
desired. Her work this morning will likely be long
she has elected 10 take the trip 10 the library
| in the streetcars In the coming winter she may
/ lead the german with a young man in herogn circ.
But she is ar intellectual young woman, belongs
| 10 a club that has been formed for earnest hesr
and brain work not Of things long past and gcn.
/ but subjects that Of import to those who ly.
and struggle to-day. The time when the society
/
movements of her time has passed. To-day she car
/ hold her own in argument upon the topics d
vital interest that her brothers or the young men
| OF her set sharpen their wits upon. She will listen
to the speeches OF the most profound thinkers
OF the day but be certain that if the logic Of thes.
speakers is weak she will grasp the slender thread
with her bright young mind. strain IL ua,i II snaps
asunder, and leave Mr. Philosopher founderng
! around hopelessy.
OF such as these is the Civtas Club formed Az
an organization. it is in its infancy. Only three
! years old II is the Jutgrowth OF strong feeling
among some OF the women in Brooklyn who wished
/ to Identify themselves with reformation in the a.
| fairs of Brooklyn city. That women formed
! into clubs, societies. associations should have
definite object In their corporate existence WAS In
/ the minds OF the women who formed the Ciyiias
/ That there are too many things that need 10 BE-
/ done for any one society 10 grasp and accomplish.
the most obtuse will admit. They were glad to
know little about everything. bur they wished TO
know everything about some one thing. And they
elected that that one thing should be civic affairs
Hence they formed the Civitas Club
II started off right. and il has grown and pros
pered from the day Of It's organization IN NO
vember, 1898, to the present time. 1t was mrs.
thought that 80 members would be enough Ina'
number has been increased twice by twenty-five
There are now 200 members and waiting list
ne hummer, ~, VIII lOt DE lNcItdSfNf d :" -
judgment of the directors a greater number wouia
hamper and restrict the good work the club
is trying to accomplish rather than speed It.
Miss Katherine L. Maltby. OF No. 100 Joralemon'
ST.. is the founder of tie Civtas. and she is now
as she has been from the first, senior director
Miss Malthy has faith in women. in their abilV
/ to understand the affairs Of a city or nation
and more and essentially. their power TO INFLUENCE
for purity and better lives Ihat shs was no. ~, ~,
wrong will be manifest from the SUBJECT thdt the
club has taken in hand and brought to success
At the Charities Building in Flatbush there were
housed several hundred feeole-mihded Sh'u asr
Restricted by the poverty that 50 ciPs lle $40.
ing wings Of all charitable intents the ComisSVsn
ers were obliged to put the feeole-mlnded anu t ,s
hopeessly idotc all under one ROOF, ana no ~ y,
structions OF any kind were given TO any OF theia,
This state Of affairs came 10 the khoM.eus so "
Mis- Minnie Josephine Wooden in CONVEX sa tivs
/ With a man who was rather ridculing the CW.
tas. accusing the young women WHO We, n IN.
members OF seeking TO air what they khe" ~, from
subject of civ government. and shying on i've.
any actually repusiye nara WORK Aoi '"' w.
and alas, the ENJOYABLE . us.
'' TIE words of tha, Young did good Mis
! Wooden took the affair before the SFls"i !, must
the result that the WORK ,San n hand The club
engaged an experienced teacher anu s"e -, sd
sioners fitted up s ars r rear the Commissioners
Mid Six y month toward the expenses an ,bers
Civtas n T econJ year the Commissioners gave
a SIN larger proportion OF ne n nS 6urden on the
year they viii pracuGan' women one maintaining that
nam nav demonstrated the prscuGSoi'ES own on time
vnpinTe and that they can use '"'"
and money TO other purpose 49,, ,bsv must know
aiiu 'lo NO. ,ha they may do gooi thes IT,, are a,
In oiu1 needed in the way Of reform n5esd are
what Is and workers Ambitious; mae' i
the subjects they study y SnS Nations Any Longer
w Al one young woman mus o,rg woman
nsner II, the affirmative. ana anon noun IAN Arsisn.
.ahcS - So,,sty as II Exists IN LsrEe roe Cites
"a plea for Society as II hHsI nd senounce5 each
H. zane tonic is champloned anu Us Tor hono1
, me w, woman. OF course, being ahA'''
as rey are brooklyn girls and they wan Of city
Ihey are ~ the hghes. possible stahlS's goody
perfection With this in view ,S he 70 the Discus.
p1 or on oraucaton IN our city edueauSoi EDUCATION
schools education in prsNt'e ,anraces Of our ci'y
tn Pratt INSTITUTE TlsGa,l ;hn ssmuseents o.
Hrookiyn the clubs OF BrooNSni ne s Of Brookyn
ana rcSes and missions OF brooklyn o S me
thropc soc.eties and hospitals . % the hean,
orr sons and reformatores Of BToony al fea;ures@
pnd cleanliness OF Brooklyn and spsC" other citia
BROOKLYN which dinsrentIasS IL '''"
aR WSe 'iIS men visited The rooms had the Rs
St.. ana talked 70 them Theys n' Georges chu,ss
Sr City and S T. Hadey q tas ST. 81 Car
Auiey Mission. in Water-st. Ne"-'' -.
McElw saSt lu 70 is ether work and ,us ~
Cvl,as has free kindergarten n,s,nb~r 10 Aon.
c,nb meets twice a month from N0NSssrn"sober ThT
f pesive with the exception OF DeGs"Y lime wh
do not attemp to hold meetings u" -,,ions for ~
the members are busy with prep"FS'' =.
The club also supported a Red - sepemoS
tenement house district In july ""e"
and October of 1885. <.,.A ,r,. Miss Edns :,
The officers Of ihe Cviias cur arsssident may ne
poI Sald by t6e same person more than Two as
according 70 the bylaws Of , the Maud fap Hutton
Adamf selrr,ary Miss Mary Hewitt sc'Ss
secrsaTy Mis-. ls10. .enda 1T director
Hatherne L. MI, M snsie Woodford. Miss hrcrenc.
M"ns ISssDsnIe M Miss Helen r!a; e
v NJ, ,inIrs5 " Packard directors: Mrs ~ con-
y Pratt ai'tD and Mrs Edward Allen ehalr"'"
mittees.
A RACEHORSE REPORTED SfoN', ,.,.
-. O.. saa,er Of Weights and NC. -.