Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1898-02-24

the spring elections on Washlngt0n's
birthday and the fall elections on the
fourth OF July, by which Solomonic
movement the modicum Of patriotism
that always spills itself over on these
two days may be infused into a thing
that sadly needs it.
The Chicago Woman's Club Is al.
ways enterprising and successful A
line OF work added to it's already
large list is that OF a Students refer
ence bureau. The object Of this 10 to
furnish information on desired sub.
jects to women who have no oppor-
tunity for obtaining for themselves
such information. The notice an
nounciDg the work of the bureau
explains the work as follows:
All questions and answers will be
recorded and indexed, thus forming
a valuable accumulation of matter
for future reference ILquiries upon
any subject, art. literature, science,
history and religious and social ques-
tons, will receive careful attention.
Questions OF mere curiosity or those
designed simply to test the power Of
the bureau, will be returned with the
enclosed fee. 1t is designed to be
solely an efficient aid IN study, writ
ing Of papers and general lnforma-
ton, A fee of so cents will be re.
quired, and information will be
supplied at the end of two weeks
The Woman's club has appointed
Miss Garter, who was Mrs. II. M.
Wilmsrth's secretary during the
Worlds Fair, TO take charge of the
bureau She will be at the club
rooms daily, where she can be con.
suited personally.
And the "unquiet sex" whose com.
plants and mutteriDgs in recent
years have so surprised and shocked
and alarmed the worshippers of
Chings-Tbat- We're, their bitterness,
90, arises from a sense of being un-
appreciated We have been going
nto the nursery and the kindergarten
md the primary school for these
many generations and calling all the
title boys around us, saying:
"If you are good, and learn your
essons, and mind your parents fond I
nd dear, and don't tell stories, when q
ou grow up and become men, you d
7ill all be presidents or congressman 1
r alderman or something of the
ind"
And when the innocent, trusting
title boys, nothing doubling our
7ord, have fallen to with will that :
hey may prepare themselves for =
olitlcal career in the peculiar man {
er we have set before them, the {
title girls have come timidly forward, 8
nd have asked with a pathos we
ould not see:
"And il we are good, and learn our C
essons, and mind our parent fond 8
nd dear, and don't tell stories, what
7ill We be when we grow up9'
And we have said to them-what
ould we say to them but
"Why-why-of course, you'll be
God. You are girls and it's expected
[ you. And when you are grown up ..
QUILL be a good woman, and if you :
re also good looking and your
'arents fond and dear don't leave all !
heir money to your brothers who h
iced it in their business and to buy :
with, why, perhaps one {
t these little boys who is going to be
resident, will ask you to be his little
wife, and oh! won't that be nlce?"
And the little girls have gone back
o their dolls and their play houses, =
nd in half-hearted way have tried I
10 good for goodness's sake, but after
nany years of such object lesson
eaching, some of them have begun !
SIX: /
"WhV is it that the world pays men
nth honor and money for being
'ood-or seeming to be good-and
axes our goodness and devotion to
Iuty as a matter of coursep
And though their mothers have
Iurrled forward to tell them that that
> the highest compliment the world I
an pay them, they have not been !
atisfed. They are demanding Of
he world appreciation Of the good
Qualities they think they havs And :
hat ia Whv wa hava an "nnnuIalO sax /