Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1898-03-03
NEW-CENTURY CLUB.

iByllS lulu or dramatic events past anu
10 come. Signora Duse advises and
predicts a return to the Crock drama
with its purity, simplicity and sincerity.
and is making strong efforts to interest
the Roman ruhlc in thu plan Of the
Italian author, u Annunzis, OF building
a theatre to be devoted entirely to the
classics. A recent presentation OF
Julius Cnsar' by Beerbuhm Tree, in
London, was potable for its realistic
details Of ancient Roman life The
classic costumes and stage settings
were designed by Alma Tadema. In
Paris, in literary salon, was produced
political satire by Sardou. No weapon
is more powerful for the castigation of
French officials thnn ridicule, and there
ia ample scope for welding il just
now. A woman'a theatre has been
established In Paris to give fair op
portunity 10 women dramatiats for pro
ducing their playa, Two of these that
have been lately presented won complete
approval. An Innovation has been in
troduCed in very retired community
of Philadelphia, that of dramatic per
furmances in the Eastern lienitentiary.
The warden planned this philanthropic
movement. The prisoners are to pro-
duce some original plays. This move
should accomplish good and the emu
lating prisoners may develop some meri-
torious work. The venture will mako
All interesting psychological study for
the philanthropists at large.
Mrs Is. ID. pUUle gave II general re-
view of the progress that has been made
in educational matters, particularly
in the liberal System of public schouis
for the colored people of the South, of
which industrial instruction ia promi
nent feature. Even the Chinese have
made improvements in their methods
OF education.
Mrs. Elizabeth Robinson, who had
been requested to report Woman
Work. y Haid: What is it? or rather,
what is il not? In Paris women clean
the strehts, in Holland they help the
dogs pull boats along the canals, in
California sons of them manage sheep
! ranches and ride daily over their plauta
tions to scare away the coyotes. and &C.
casinnally shoot panther or noun
tain lion. One woman lie hsrbor master
at Tacoma, aud keeps all OF the shipping
records: another ia clerk Of the Quarter
| Sessions in New York. Even Lii Hung
Chang has appointed Chinese woman
to take charge of hospital. Women
have even quilt railways, with Hetty
Gruen at the financial end and some
unknown ones at the other end with
pick and shovel. There is one thing
women cannot do, and that IL practice
law In Delaware; they are debarred
from this by the new Constitution,
which leaves women Just where it found
them. In the million dollar capitol at
Albany it was noticed that amnng the
noted people represented there no
woman's face appeared, so they sup
piled the omission by adding theee of
Molly Pitcher, Clara Barton, Harriet
Bseuher Stowe and Susan h. Anthony.
They meant TO honor them for different
achievements, but they all represent
the same quality, that Of outrage.
Molly Pitcher braved the cannon balls,
Clara Barton the dreadful scenes OF a
battle field, Harriet Beecher Stowe
dared all to set the slaves free, and
Susan b. Anthony patiently bore ridi
cule for the rights of her fellow women.
Frances 4. Willard, another among the
noble women who light our way like
stars, has just laid down her life for
the good of othsrs.
One phase of womau's work needs
our earnest attention; that done in
"swest shops. where, in order that
ready made clothing may be sold at
! temptingly low priCss, women are so
underpaid that ons Of them said in
! giving up the sewing, "If we must
starve. we can starve easier without the
work,
Mrs. A. D. Warner endorsed what
Mrs. Robinson had said regarding
sweat shops and added when we se-
ioice In bargain in rendy- made cloth
ing we must consider whether 1t may
; not have bean maize in some wretched,
} perhaps disease laden home. A Con
Humers' League" has been formed in
, Philadelphia, the msmbers of which
pledge themselves to buy ready mace
clothing only of reputable merchants
who are willing TO state that their goods
are made under fair conditions, ami
. white List" of these is kept for refer
I ence 10y the league.
. Several members of the class gave
| short book reviews. Mrs. Frickett read
come amusing examples of the uncon
] sGious humor of English advertisers,
= whose seriously mesnt statements, in
. which nothing is left to the imagina-
z tion, are excrutiatingly funny~r0 the
r quiuk-witted Yankee. who Ia ever seek
r ing for fun and humor.
: Alluaion was made to the bequest OF
4 S2l. QUO left by Washington in his will
= for the founding of national uni
t versity. The heguest has lapsed; in
: fact the money having been invested
i in Potomac Canal shares, il all melted
b away, but the pFolsct has been revived,
o and the suggestion made that il every
o public school pupil in the lnnd would
t give one cent, and every adult, five
= cents, enough might be raised TO found
@ one worthy to bear the name Of WASH
t ipgton. American students who wish
Q to complete their studies have to go
b abroad for what they cannot get at
I. home, and the project has been to foung
i an institution of very high order under
# government control that should resemble
the great German universities and the
: Sorbonne of France, but the difficulty
}. here is that it might become q political
u machine, especially if Congress- were
g asked to help by an appropriation.
0 A delegation Of seven members from
J. the club accepted the invitation OF the
. New Century Club of Kenneth Square
n to be present at it's second anniversary
II on February 22cl. The meeting was
/. had in the ROOMS of the club in the
a Bayard Taylor Memorial Library, and
h was very interesting occasion. The
il hall was adorned with the club colors
of white and green arranged as & frieze
!, around the walls. Excellent addresses
i, were mads by Mrs. Brock of Lebanon,
Il president of the Pennsylvania State
= Federation; by Mrs. Rose. president Of
9 the New-Century Club OF Philadelphia ;
n DR.. Sharplsss, president of tho West