New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-06-26

these departments but exists for not one alone.
The important Thing Is 70 keep up the ac,N. en-
tho avenues must be opened ana kept In go0d Re-
pair by means OF healthy exercise. think the
club that is only literary. There is an intense up
rising toward better municipal conditions; IN
either the schools need attention or there Is de-
mand for free library. or there are city parks
club should have Is public interests committee as
lis agent in working up these needed reforms or
ments have their important place. but should no,
absorb all Of the club life think the women or
our country are no longer willing TO Walk dirty
thOroughfares on their way 10 their clubhouse. or
TO allow abuses in the schools or mishanag' incut
stiil and study Browning or Shakespeare over the
,a cups I us Ie"E ourselves , 9nfr nr""s ~
our club De not only self-improvement and seh,in-
diligence. but for improving and benehiing the
whole community in every way possible
But Just her Mrs. Longstreh sounds the note
Of warning DO not. she says to the cubwoman,
try 10 do too much.
] have seen women intoxicated with their club.
We nave too many meetings. often, and instead OF
selecting 90 Ia all Then there Is another i'm.
poriant point to be- noticed. The development Of
the individual members is one of the great bless
ings Of The club. vet we ignore home tai lent too
often and go abroad for tho lecturer and enter
tainer. believe either extreme faulty and dcstruc-
tive 70 the best growth To depend entirely upon
club material is weakening In the end. for IN" aid
OF the expert is necessary II good results are to be
reached. Tho fresh inspiration OF the trained so' T.,
ologlst litttraeur or whatever else, is worth all
the cost Of such importation. But no ciuDwofnhn.
however experienced. can lay down the law for
another club. Circumstances vary and each To-
cal.fy must produce the kind ii most needs.
Everybody can do some thing and # one cannot
actively contribute 10 the literary or business de-
partmcnts Of the club, she can ~ least be appTc-
cjative Of what others are giving. Loyal devotion
and unscl0sn kindlincss are contributions We all
can besiow and they Tighten the load that the
workers are carrying for our sakes.
One Of Mrs. LonGstrcth's strongest convictions Is
that the time IS coming when the duties Of munic-
ipaI affairs will rest upon womcns shoulders. and
she asks II men should hand over 10 women the
affairs Of civic government would the latter be
ready 20 undertake the labor OF reform and pursue
It to a practical and successful issue. She says
that the hitherto narrow limitations Of women s
lie have been both help and hindrance to
them as devotion 10 details has trained them 10
regard small things The handling Of small sums
Of money has taught care in expenditure. An In
door life has offered no temptation to their amb!-
ton which has slumbcrcd under the protection OF
curtailod opportunity for expansion Purity 81 mo-
tive tenderness OF heart and unsehshncss are no,
universal but are their possessions 10 large ex-
tent These united trained faculty. Judgment
and discretion should make them safe az admins
traitors OF municipal affairs
Can we see" asks Mrs. Lonestreth, what
an opportunity the club offers training school
joyously "A means OF grace. as a product Of ouI
present civilization for our ultimate uplift toward
a higher nobler. sweeter womanhood, a woman
hood broader and fuller than any yet known. Fol
the development OF fine humanity let US give ou'
deepest selves