New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-02-01
THE WOuAN'S PRESS CLUB TEA.
DISCUSSION ON LITERATURE AND THE
NINETEENTH AND TWENTIETH CEN
TJ'RY WOMAN


! TURY WOMAN
The Woman's Press Club held It's usual monthly
/ social meeting Saturday afternoon. and tried TO
determine what the nineteenth century had done for
the twentieth century woman. The subject was
divided under the heads Of literature. science music.
art drama business Journalism home and educa
ton. the subdivisions being taken UP respectively
| by Miss Marion Smith, Miss Mary Proctor. Mrs. p.
| A. Wharton. Mrs. IZora Chandler. Mrs. Sidney
/ Rosenfeld, Mrs Haryot Holt Cahoon, Mrs. Carrie
| Stone Waite and Mrs. Catherine Davis.
| Mrs Cahoon speaking on women in business life
| said
business life has taught some OF the women of
| this century thu; home Is good place to stay In.
II has given the business woman view OF home In
perspective and she has discovered that there is
good deal Of business in the home that requires the
application o. the same business principles that
are used on the outside. The world needed the bus
irNss woman and she needed the world. Her neces-
sity Gods opportunity. She took her clean
hands and her clear comprehension and her brave
hear, ard hor ignorance CT methods and she went
out to battle with these weapons. She has woa the
battle What good has it done? Now, I'll tell you
what think the business womans century has doae
for the woman OF the next. 1t has just opened up
the way for the sons and daughters to be taught the
responsibilities OF lie.
THE business woman OF this century has been a
burden-beare- In the next century she will be able
10 teach others how bear burdens. Her knowledge
Of the world has made her stronger Intellectually.
stronger philosophicary stronger spiritually
think business has done great deal
Mrs. Margarc: Roverhll gave her views on women
and iteraturn and. referring 10 the sayings OF the
Sco:chman. said:
This Sco;ca professor, my sisters Is either sour
old bachelor who has been fitted by some partcu-
larry bright and witt specimen OF young woman
hood, or else the jealous husband Of wife whose
mental gifts have overshadowed the ponderosIty
and density OF his
"The fact that tho readers OF the best publishing
houses in this city women, whose Judgment IS
relied upon TO say what the literary merit Of
manuscript Is. refutcs his argument incontestably.
No newspaper of to-day is without Its woman writer
whose work must be OF a character TO suit the
diversity Of tastes she is called upon to cater to-
showing a breadth OF thought and Judgment for
which she Is indebted not only TO a liberal educa-
ton but 10 a careful system OF reading
THAT reads all sorts Of books IL true
That she IS 10 10 relied on for pretty safe judy
ment Of their worth is also true.
"Tha: many OF the Successful plays OF the day
ar from woman writer's: that numbers of the most
succcssfu, novel writer's Of this age women that
in the universities woman has been accorded equal
PRIVILEGES with hor brother IA true
Statistics show that has generally dis
tanced man in the intellectual. race for knowledge
She claims her place to-day beside him at the fcas,
where before she sat below the salt and was
content 10 gather up the crumbs that fell from the
table. All this canno; he doubted. No but the
bat and owl. in this enlightened age. deny her the
glorious gift OF intellectually that places her side
by side with her former lord and MASTER"
Mrs Mary Emily Coues. Of Washington not being
able to attend, sent her views the Literary
Taste OF Women OF the Twentieth Century" and
they road follows:
would like TO draw the attention: OF that Scotch
professor 10 others Of his kind whom We have enter
taned In the PASTOR example. TO Mr. Dickens.
.bo yrofe fhat 4
wore paper-socd shoes. rocked in their chairs, and
spite Of these faiirgs of our sex that American
women bore sons Of pluck ana endurance, whose
Of fI great men campares avoraby with that OF any
other nation, even II We do not show taste In
that courte persons often silent in order
to make a guest feel uncomfortable Had there
that American women would have expressed them
selves IN no uncertain tones on matters OF literary
dresses and good dinners are derogatory to liter
Nation vet, with a good digestion; when our youth
shall have been thing OF the past. no doubt the
eagles scream VIII be heard quite as far as the
IN Edinburgh many years ago 60 when Nor
Jewish dlspensation had been done away n, and
The Christ spirit had taken it's place l fancy that
was quite ss ready TO retract 1t ard say he had
been as AL mere TO ma have rss hm DO So Ter
tanned him at Windsor ! was amused when the |
or the Queen should prevail Loyalty and good |
sense carried the day. Being In Edinburgh again |
when he died made myself unpopular by contrast |
ing certain previous remarks about him with the |
eulogies that followed his demise
once when | visiting remarkably intellect |
nal family package OF books arrived from library.
I noticed one Of them that had only few leaves cut.
and said there wonderfully well written book,
abused by the press for telling too much truth and ad
y,sed my hostess read IL. Oh. no. she replied.
You see al, the twenty persons who have had IL |
already have left the leaves uncut and | should not
like any one know that they were first In this
house" Yet she was "A wise woman. She had her |
own opinions and kept them 70 herself. Just as we
do about some Of visitors. We agree with the |
professor however. In his remark that there
outs that ought be in" etc. have shrewd sus-
nicon that ne IL OF the outs" We have .aste in
literature as well as In dress. though IL may not |
agree with the professors own
An exiemporaneous discussion followed the papers.
and NJ ifs conclusion tea was served.
The meeting opened with the following programme
OF music
c,rcs "a, I'm Wearing Ava ..................F oote
M Thought sunrise ....-.............Co wen
Miss Mabel 7. Mackenzie
Song "Goodby Summer 'Tosii
Mis- Florence Dame.
Duo Freschdtz'
Misses Mackenzie and Dame.
Robert Gayer. accompanist