The times., 1898-05-08

| the modern feminine mind wrestIes with
| valiantly and often successfully in ths
| privacy OF her club meeting.
The women OF Ohio lead or with va
riety in club study topics, and the fol-
/ lowing is a veracious statement OF their
| special interests and work:
| There are 46 clubs whose subject OF
study IS literature and this generally In
| cludes English. American or French lit
| erature; . clubs whose subject Is history,
| p of which are devoted 70 American his
| tory. 10 clubs studying current events,
| II study art. 10 Shakespeare, 3 are de-
/ voted to miscellaneous topics; clubs 10
/ Norway. Sweden and Denmark; 70 Ger
| many, TO Italy. to France; clubs
! consider Spain. are interested in civicss
| in household economics. and IL social
| science. clubs dedicate their study 20
Greece; ? to Russia; ] club to Rome.
| club to Scotland; l club to England: L
| club to the British isles. to astronomy
| 1 to bacteri0lOgy; to self culture. clubs
| to science: 4 club to England in the 18th
| century: 3 clubs 10 Egypt, clubs 10 Per-
/ sia; l club TO Babylonia and Assyria. 3
clubs to education; clubs TO the drama;
| / club to Robert Browning; 2 clubs to
| travel; l club 10 the poets. noveiists,
| statesmen and philanthrOpists OF the
/ United States clubs to parliamentary
| law; / club to Emerson; club TO the
| EliZabethan age Of literature; L club 10
4
| the French; 1 club to Tennyson. Lowell.
! Browning and Whitman. and clubs 10
1 the Victorian era. Tn addition 20 these
l 10 musical clubs Some Of the clubs IN
| cluded In the list study several topics,
/ for example. the SorOsis OF Toledo has
| wide program, embracing art. educa-
\ tion civics. literature music. the drama,
| philanthropy. etc. The Cleveland Sor0sis
i is similar in its scope. and sometimes
/ club will take for It's study two subjects
/ as far afield as Shakespeare and BAG
\ teriology which forms the work OF the
| Advance Club of Dayton.
| Looking over the field OF work in other
| States. literature invariably claims a
| leading interest almost IN every State,
| though in New York music seems Of first
| Importance to the club women Fifty
| one clubs alone are absorbed IN the study
/ of harmOnies and melodies, while for
/ music Massachusetts comes next. with
/ 26 musical societies. Illinois with q and
/ Wisconsin with H. Iowa leads in Etera-
| ture. having 80 circles; New Jersey comes
| next. counting 35 TO her credit. and Maine
| confesses to .. Besides music the Wis
! consin woman most dearly prizes
| knowledge of Shakespeare. and eight
| clubs give to the works OF the great bard
their almost exclusive attention
| The motto Of the Georgia wOE1en's
| clubs is Wisdom. Justice and Modera-
| ton and its lines Of work education,
prison reform, the travelling library and
| club reciprocity. The topics OF study
| embrace literature. the home, educa-
| ton, philanthropy. economics. finance.
! music and current topics. The Atlanta
| woman's club. with so members, has sec
| tiOns ike the Sorosis clubs on every one
| of these branches The WOman's Club OF
| Rome has also many departments. The
| lines Of study are as follows: Two clubs,
| French history; clubs. American his
1 . .Itr sfrr
| current events; clubs, literature. clubs.
| Shakespeare; club. civics; clubs. field
| and garden work. and 2 clubs town i'm
| provement. The federation cOl0rs Of
| Georgia are green and white. and their
| badge the State seal in gold, surrounded
| by wreath of Cherokee roses
| Pennsylvania work lies in village i'm
| provement. public health and civics-
1 There are a number Of good citizenship
| clubs political clubs. college clubs. press
| clubs and clubs that range from hteTa-
ture, which takes the lead OF all sub
| iects, social economies, current topics
and the drama. The Monday Club of
Warsaw studies the kitchen garden. a
quite unusua tCPlc.
New JerseT 8 thc only State that pos
/ sesses womans forestry club, while IN
| the District OF Columbia the bent OF he
cIubwomans miad IS largely in the d.
| Tection OF prison reform and all things
| educational and philauthropic- The club
| woman of Kentucky also possesses a mind
| pf large beuev0leuCe, and a great deal OF
attention IS given To the aid and establish
| ment Of public Libraries, also to the Wild
ening Of the public school infiysnce.
| Kansas takes for igs work a number Ot
practical and educational reforms, and
for its study topics literature far out
weighs all other subjects, there being
twenty-four clubs devoted TO it. History
comes next with sixteen clubs Shakes
| uearp vNwr with five 0Irrh= F,CVDrnIOey
two clubs, current events four clubs,
| travel two clubs, parliamentary Law two
clubs, while architecture. science, sOciOi-
ogy. education, child study and cookery
each have one club There are also sew
| en- clubs devoted 10 music in Kansas
! Michican'S ciCbwomau is chiefly OCCu-
pied with education and household eco
uOmiCs. Nebraska $ with educational and
/ village Improvement labors. while West
/ Virginia has three musical clubs and no
/ others.
Going to the Pacific states. we find
| California with great number of clubs
whose work is political Among them are
the Wonan's Parliament OF Southern
! California. at Los Angeles, which alone
| numbers / coo women.
In oregon clubs parliamentary drill IS
studied, and all social and political ques-
tions receive due attention. Washing
tons clubs are legislative and education
al Idaho has devoted many of its clubs
10 the study Of history, political and So
ctal questions. It's largest club is the
Woman's Columbian club Of Boise.
Arkansas studies education. state
methods. State laws, household ecOnOm-
les, reciprocity. etc. It's clubs include
the Aesthetic CLUB OF Little Rock. and
various clubs study social and ecOnOlni-
cal subjects. which take precedence in
this State over literature, history art
or music.
Woman's clubs are destined 20 pIav
no small part in the intellectual life and
political history OF this country and
even an enemy 10 the movement must
grant them this power. The figures that
l. are given here Will be of interest when
il is remembered that they stand for
women and the spread Of ideas; a cru
sade against aIn5elliShment and sanitary
Improvement OF cities, towns and VII
; lages; the establishing of libraries and
good endeavOr of all kinds. The club
= | women of the United States are a unit
an organized army OF q half million wom-
5 en-. working for the same end.
5 The Countess OF Warwick one Of the
n | most beautiful women in England. and
T mistress Of one Of the most famous cas-
n ties in the world, has come forward as
, an authoress. Her new book under the
S title of Progress in Woman's Education
5 in the British Empire" is attracting wide
n | attention. one sees with rejoicing" her
:, | Iddyship says. the ever widening field
= which is opening Up for women every
5 where giving 10 all those who possess a
trained capacity for work their oppOr-
= tunity."
5 An UnseemIy Rush.