New-York tribune., 1897-11-16
WOMEN IN CLUB WORK.
KANSAS AND MISSOURI PROUD OF THEIR
PHILANTHRoPIC ASSOCIATIONS.
SYRACUSE AND ATLANTA VIE WITH EACH OTHER
FOR POPULARITY AS FEDERATION
AND REUNION CITY"


Mis.our! end Kansas fairly bristle with women 3
clubs and among the number in Topeka IS the CO.
operativc housekeeping club. which has official
name and wants ono badly. Its members are sug-
costing names at every meeting. The club is a
great success and the cooking is especially excel
lent Among the titles thus far advanced are the
Conmunlstc Club the Happy Family and the
Mastication Society OF North Topeka.
Among some OF the names OF the many women's
clubs in Missouri arc the Round About Club, the
Pleasure Hour. the Albanian. the Ladies' Music
Club the Twentieth Century the NJ. +. NJ, the
Columbian the Monday Club the History the
Athcnaum. the Portia, the Mothers Union. the
Aspaslan League. the Point Lace Club. the Ciionian
the Alternate Tuesday and the Every Other Week
Club
At a meeting OF the Executive Committee Of the
woman's Auxiliary of the Worlds Columbian Ex-
position OF Louisiana n resolution was unanimous
ly passed that the balance in the hands OF the
treasurer Mrs. w w. Care. be turned over to
the Charity Organization Society Of New-Orlcans
Tho amount was s203 81.
Tho Syracuse Rainy Day Club has begun Its win
ter's work. md the question Of physical culture
was discussed last week Mrs. Evelyn Benedict
Ayers said: The aim OF physical culture Is to
attain the highest degree OF health and beauty. in
order TO make tho body moro In harmony with the
soul. The vital organs must be IN a normal con-
dition. so that tho lungs must be in their proper
place held high that they may work properly. AS
a person grows old he is apt to relax and stoop.
thus letting the vital organs sink and 80 rendering
them incapable OF their proper action. This invites
disease. ss the organs are so cramped that they
cannot perform their proper functions
The nina has q reflex action on tho body and
II We allow our mind to sink to the level OF imas
mary Illness lazi1ess fatigue. II will produce
corresponding depression on tho body. Keep tho
head and the ches. high and the mind free and
good health will follow.
Joints. and many Ills follow bodily inacton and
tight clothes. Delsarte discovered through his
being expresses tho same emotions with a CORE
spending set of actions and gestures when acting
sarian modes OF expression. The different move
ments OF the hand expresses different emotions;
body and tho arms. and there il philosophy or
the opposition movement OF certain muscles. Well
energy. Grace is the avoidance OF effort"
Mrs. Charles Reade, president OF the Atlanta
Woman's Club. made an eloquent address the
occasion OF the fall reunion. held last week. She
said. among other good things: "Co-operation Is
the word. which had tho power. I would in.cribe
in letters OF gold upon the walls OF the meeting
room of every womans club In existence When
women. as a body. shall have learned the full i'm
port OF that word when the might and force OF
It's significance shall have penetrated 10 the depths
OF their consciousness. then will they have mas
tered one Of the grandest lessons which they have
10 learn.
Men have long since learned tho lesson Of con-
cert OF action. and are constantly employing II in
r-broadeninE fields. Witness It's application in
business. In politics. IN study. I'm research. In all
the multitorm activities Of civilized Ike. Lat
tcrly. the lowest class in tho body polite the
hewers OF wood and drawers of water have learned
the strength that lies In combination.
II wish could arouse the conscience Of every
woman in the matter Of her club dut.cs-for duties
they do become. and tho club will never evolve
better conditions. without the appro ciation and ap
plicaton OF tho law OF unity. not only Of aim. but
likewise OF endeavOr. An Indispensable quality Of
erd~avor s concentration indeed. that is the secret
OF success. in any undertaking. one OF the high
tho inquiry OF how he had been able 10 achieye
his discoveries by concentration was the reply.
"All OF MS, I know. have many distractions In
the way OF duties pleasures friends. private enter
iancous activity possible. and concentrate "a
much force as we can conscientously spend, upon
whatever phase OF club llfe seems 10 US most desir
able. We shall lrd that every stroke of faithful
work more than compensatcs FOR some il-drected
expenditure OF time and energy.
The Atlanta Woman's Club was represented at the
National Federation OF Clubs at Nashville. Tenn
by Mrs William King and Mrs. T. G. McCabe
alternate Tho club was represented az the State
Federation held IN Rome. Ga. by Miss Alice BaS
Ter: alternate. Mrs. j. A Chifs Mrs. John Ottlcy.
OF Atlanta read. Al tho Nashville convention pa
per on University Extension Among the Women's
Clubs"