The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1898-12-24
EYES Own Corner.
Conducted by the ladies of Bay St. Louis
Woman's Work.


/ contribute my neagre efforts to
) the woman's corner of our city
. paper, and | consider every wo-
J man has a duty to perform in
helping along this much-needed
! work here-it's sign of progress
, sion to see even this allotted space
filled with good ideas for all by
, women. and upon the dawn of
. this comes the organization of a
/ Literary society or club by the wo-
men of the Bay, and if this is a
success it means much for the
place. n
Much good is being done by
wofnen's clubs, and women every
where are leaving home cares and
. labor and enjoying the exchange
of thought and the coming in con-
tact with intellectual women in
clubs. A woman belonging to a
club does not necessarily neglect
her home duties; if she were not
a member she would certainly de-
vote an allotted time to readiug
and charitable work. Why not do
this in connection with others?
A band of women can do more
good in many ways than they can
separately.
receatly rea'l of a woman's
club in large tv in which that
opened the doors of its beautiful
clubhouse, one of the finest in the
nation, to the business women of
the city, in series of compliment
tary entertainments, giving these
tired women, chained all day 10
desks or counters, the choicest
bits on their programmes, with
out money and without price"
Later on evening study classes for
! business women (withont fee)
were formed, and we'll attended,
and almost entirely in charge of
these business women-unity is
strength.
| Six young women who were eve
ry evening reading, talking and
discussing current events, and de-
irving great benefit by being to-
gether, said they wished to launch
out and do something in chari-
allie line o. work; SO when they
met again each one was to ad-
vance an idea for their proposed
work. They met, in the mean
time one of them had accidental
ly seen an old woman who had no
home or friends who would care
:. for her, and she was wandering
here and there, begging a place
to sleep and something to eat :,
| and this young woman proposed
that they help her; rent a room ,
and each one take from t heir
homes and furnish it.. AS this
one finished telling them her plans,
one of them jumped up on the floor
excitedly, apd said, Lets, start
an Old Ladies Home!" They
laughed at the idea of six young
Iglr!s even thinking of such a
thing, but they planned anay work
ed and in few deys the old, wo-
I man was comfortably located in
her room at the Home; and that
was the neuclus of large, we'll
kept home for old women in a
city of 10000 inhabitants. How
did they do it? They looked over
, the city for house suitable, they
asked the business men to give
them dollar apiece for their
present use; they paid tie rent,
paid to have the small house in
order, they. solicited for furniture,
carpets, stoves and: food, and it
was not long before they had a
I
number of deserving women to
care for. Then the business men
Edonated them the house and lot.
They enlarged and repaired the
building, and the Old Ladies
Home is controlled by those six
young women and in every way
acceptable to those, who assisted
Lin paying for it. Alone they could
have done very little, but togeth-
Ter they accomplished great and
good work.
l know of another club Of girls
who meet once week, and with
their fees buy goods and make
clothes for poor peoples children.
know of another club of girls
fwho are learning to cook without
la.t teacher, by following recipes in
Ia good cook book, and when they
| are finished their cake or what
ever. they cook each day they give
it out to poor families.
| There are clubs that look after
the sanitation of the place where
Ithey reside, clubs that furnish