The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-10-29
WITTY AND WISE WORDS FROM
KANSAS CLUB MEMBERS.

hhNDdS O1OO III LIZ DbQEs
Papers on the Management of the Home
and the Danger OF Over Decoration ant
characterization on English Literatur
and its characteristics, on Music and it
Charms, on PHILANTHROPY, its History
Its Successes and Failures and on Man,
Other Points of Interest to the Fair Sc,
the World Over.
The meeting Of the Federation Of Wo-
mems Clubs in Wichita, this week
was a very successful one. The papers
read and the discussions which followed
were exceedingly bright and sensible
In addition to the papers already puo-
Hshed in the Eagle, the following were
read:
Abuse of characterization
Mrs Eugene Trego Of Sedgwick, SUBJ
mitted the following on the essentials OF
a comfortable house:
One warm day two or three days
since. while sitting thinking over the
Essentials OF Comfortable House, "
end the Abuse Of characterization, L de-
cided ones own views would be rather
narrow, but by consulting others, and
harmonizing our molecules of thought,
one might be able when voice at my
elbow said abruptly: II can decide that
matter for you without further search"
was, OF course, very much started,
believing myself TO De alone in the house
On looking around, l found the speaker
TO be none other than Julian Haw-
thorn.
IF you were here in India with me-"
the speaker continued. you would fully
agree with me that good ventilation and
cleanliness were the essentials of a com
fo1aole house" and when in icy tones
another voice began, ''if you were in
these Arctic regions with me, you would
say that neither OF these is essential,
but wall OF ice many feet thick, and
a long low entrance, are the essentials
of a comfortable house
Now Mrs. Peary and myself, "allow
me-, ladies' and gentlemen" said calm,
SCI enc voice, Il prepare compound a
compound that is the essential, as twill
keep the mother, the light OF the house,
well and strong, 20 make glad and COM
Portable her home" And right in front
of me stood one whom 1 had never
hoped 10 see again. There was no mis-
taking that noble resigned countenance.
the hair arranged as she always wore
It,
I recognized her at once, and express
sef nv delight at once again looking up
on her familiar face, for You know we
ara always glad to meet noted women,
especially newspaper women, and who
has not gazed upon the portrait of Lydia
Pinkh.lm?
l must, however. right here confess.
that 1 did not tell the exact truth when
! said [ was delighted to see her, as il
times In years past when her face would
greet me When or wherever 1 picked up
a paper. ] have-I have, by an irres-
tible impulse said. I wish Lydia Pink
ham would die, but she seems 10 live to
a good old age. AT times since this last
meeting with her, my conscience has SO
troubled me on account Of my false
statemennt to her, that It has effected
nv nerves, 50 any appearance of never
BUSINESS DIN my manner please attribute
TO this deplorahe fact.
But friends, I'sSaid, l may perhaps in
time be able to harmonic your views
but time is passing and before others
appear with their ideas, please some one
say word on tine Abuse of Ornamen-
tation." Hawthorne FASTENED to say:
when you like us,have seen native
children with no clothing TO speak of
except ornaments of brass. etc. at throat
wrist and ANGLE, you will have no trou-
bic in deciding on the abuse of"--here
suddenly foun myself alone again, not
having gained much informatin. except
this fact: That the essentials Of a COM
Portable house differ in different lands"
30 will confine myself to our Kansas
houses.
If. one consider a house as merely a
place in which TO eat and sleep, be
warm in winter and cool IN summer, the
essentials were quickly named, but when
we consider the house as it is, but the
shell that encloses and protects (while
at the same time ii also form neces-
sary part of the house) 50 also a 5 the
body is but the shell ti1at incloses the
mind and soul Of the man, they all
must be considered Privacy is one
great essential giving an opportunity 10
consider and treat the family life as
something sacred and apart from tina:
great outside world, with its never
ending stream of cares and worries.
To make these homes all they should
be there must be some real privacy: A
fiat Is more private and comfortable
better than fiat;ani house With a bit
Of land. and that land quiet and private
Is best of all.
Privacy is an essential in the growth
home affections and associations cannot
noted for their air of restful beauty and
privacy. The second important item is
that the house should oe beautiful
whether /; be a simple cottage or
great mansion. This element Of beauty
No WASTE OF wORDS