The Saint Paul globe., 1898-11-08
In Woman's $ Realm.
THE CLUB CORNER.

The G b desires to make its club COR
ner clear and faithful reflector of Mime
sofa organization and to this end extends to
them an urgent invitation to its space
as an open parliament. The roster Of clubs
which is about completed, shows that many
have taken up the same themes of study for
the year. 1t will be helpful to the clubs
themselves and instructive and interesting to
others to compare the results of these various
discussions and researches. If each organiza-
ton will forward to the department the ques-
tlons discussed at It's meeting and the de-
cision reached, the information will be given
its proper setting by reference to this club
roster. This work will be further facilitated
Doth by the club secretaries and the depart
ment, if those who have not done so will send
to US copies of their current programmes
Address all communications intended for
this department to Club Corner, st. Paul
o b e." Copies Of club year books are So
licited.
The Mankato Art History club will devote
the whole year to the study of architecture.
The organization is limited to fifteen, and It's
object is the careful study of the history of
art and artists.
Mrs. Lille Devereux Blake inferred before
the New York Federation OF Clubs that wom-
an is bound to be supreme and her inference
was based upon analogy
ladies' she said, ''our national bird. the
American eagle, is a hen, and it cannot be
denied. Among most birds the male is larger
and has the finer plumage as our brothers
fain would have. Not SO the guinea fowl and
eagle. When they selected an American bird
they chose the finest specimen, white tuft on
head and white shirtfront, all these things
indicative of sex. Never forget. ladies' that
the eagle is the hen bird OF American poll
tics" wild applause.)
discussion of much interest before New
York club women was that on the drama
Mrs Edward Kidder struck The keynote of
the discussion when she asked:
Does not the morality or immortality of
society determine the morality or immortality
Of the stage? P!aywrights take their cues
from social life. Actors are misjudged, but
what you want are more White Cross socie-
ties and more social purity societies."
Miss Mary Shaw advocated the establish
ment OF a national theater This" she
said. should be a temple Of dramatic art
In the metropolis endowed by the nation
having competitive prizes and pensions for
those who become helpless and worn in the
service of amusing the nation; the board to
be chosen of men who are the master spirits
OF their time. 1t is not a visionary plan, but
one that has been worked successfully in
Europe. Here all we know, think or dream
In the theater is begged, borrowed or stolen
from cities of Europe. But the people may
be cultivated to demand a good and national
art, and make the national theater a possible
thing"
My idea of the legitimate work Of the club
movement is to broaden and develop women
in order that she may more diligently and
efficiently direct the affairs Of her home,
and lend a proper educational and refining
influence in the community in which she lives
Clubs are stimulating tne intellectual life
OF the church, the educational life of the
schools, infusing the human clement every
where. Let us learn the Importance of the
home in the progress and development of the
race. If need be, neglect the study of
Egypt, of kings of England, even Of Shake
speare, but do not Iegiect thu child. Mrs
Alice Frye Briggs.