The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-10-29

exerts a daily influence on ourselves am
our children. As it cannot be otherwis,
than harmful TO grow up in daily asso
| citation with what is ugly, coarse and
vulgar, so it cannot be other than bene
| fetal to- live in a beautiful house.
Kitchen, dining room and setting room
should be sunny and pleasant for health
| and comfort.
An essential of sleeping rooms seems
| to be q southern or eastern exposure
| giving warmth in winter and cooling
r breeses in summer.
We, Kansans smile involantar.iy wher
we think of that great essential of com
Portable house: Ventilation. Our gentle
| whispering zephyers and signing breeze:
settle that without consent Of king OF
council.
Take away from well-furrished
house ali of an ornamental nature and
now bare and stiff 1t would seem. Blu;
when we fill our room with ornaments
so delicate and fragile that most Of our
time is taken UP in caring for them, to
the neglect OF other more important
duties then We may rightly declare II
an abuse of ornamentation. We may
also sometimes 50 fill a room with orna-
ments one is almost afraid to use il.
had q friend visit me lately. She has no
children living, has a lovely home,
beautifully furnished, her rooms filed
with ornaments She spoke of an only
brother spending his summer vacation
with her. 1 said 20 her, did not mis-
wife come too?" "On, no." she replied,
they have a lite boy years old, and
brother said 1 would go wild if ne
brought him into my parlors, 50 ne only
brought his little year old daughter"
AS to ornamentation Of the exterior,
a mansion will admit OF much, a cottage
OF but little. beauty and simplicity are
moi homogeneous terms The most beau
tiful things are not necessarily complex,
neither does il follow that ugliness
should accompany simplicity. An apple
blossom is a simple flower out ii is de-
sign and color. Over and above all is
the mother. The gentle wife, without
whom the most luxurious house would
not be comfortable, Of she be the true
WON an her Creator designed her to be,)
and may all strive with His divine as
sistance to sos faithfully discharge the
duties assigned US, that we may well de-
serve the kind words of one Of our most
famous home-loving poets. now passed
TO those more stately mansions Of the
God bless all good women
To their soft handsand plying hearts
We all must come at last.
Clubs and Education
Mrs. W. N. Carson Of Wellington
spoke on: The Relation of Woman :
Clubs TO Education, Club Woman.
Standpoint
Womans Clubs. as a rule. are not
guided by lofty ideals and noble p'ir-
poses, they seek definite plans and mu-
tual inspirations 10 carry forward I'M
dertakings for their own advancement
and for elevating humanity. In fact,
these clubs represent educa ton, culture
along the various lines Of development
and progress; and the results everywhere
show practical improvements, broad
syDpathies, wider experiences in
thought inaction and in personal in
f1uence. until human life in all its pha ses
IS being uplifted to higher thinking and
better living. Culture for one own
sake alone. however. a low aim.
To keep up with the onward march
of intelligence, woman must use every
available means OF self-cuiture and then
seek 10 impart the benefits to others
''No life can be pure and true, but
some other life is made richer and bet
Ger thereby
In the club movements. | am glad
that woman is awakening to the con-
sciousness Of her personal power and in
f'uence. but does she yet realize that
this influence depends wholly upon her
Self? If that self be small, lean and
mean, her life work will be weak and
without results, but If that self be pun e
hig1 and forceful, her life work strokes
will be blows, the music of her life STAG
cato and in her aior tones-in short,
she can do whatever she undertakes TO
do.
Mrs. Henrotin claims that Women's
clubs are able to transform the physi-
cgl and intellectual aspects and condi-
tons of the entire country.
l like the idea Of depa, tments or aux
l4AdAg NtupS III ntlttlc-fl 1lfttS VI HUlh &.
viz, at. literature. physical culture, pub
lie schools, etc. with one central club
benefcert rays in all directions.
For We find very true the poets words:
"O1, many beam from the foundation
of day.
To ,esch US uncloudej must pass on
its wa-
Through the soul OF woman"
Florence Nightingale, ministering 10
the sick and dying on the bloody bat
;lefelds OF Europe, Clara Barton in the
Grand Red Cross movement. caring for
the suffering and distressed in ali lands
Frances Willard uplifting humanity
through the greatest organization Of all
tIe ages. are amang the women whose
names shall shine as bright. particular
sars in he Armament if illurtrious deeds.
a few OF thousands vino nave lived TO
passion and their strong, personal pow
bless the earth with their tender COM
e. and enieavor.
These examples are also proofs Of what
may be accomplished through organized
effort-Club. Il You Please.
But what Of the education % which the
Clubs OF the day stand 50 closely related
Is II an a-urafin-, NJ he head heart nv