The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-09-06
In Woman's Realm.
THE CLUB CORNER.

The g l o b Q desires to complete. so far as
possible. a roster Of the clubs of Minnesota.
II Will be indebted, therefore to the secre-
taries OF the organizations throughout the
state II they will forward to the editor of
the department a statement Of membership,
object OF association. methods of procedure
and such other information as will form q
valuable source OF reference to the depart
ment as well as to club women. The latest
year book OF each organization will be gladly
received. 1t is desirable to have all Mime
sofa represented in The Globe column.
which Is devoted to an interchange Of news
and views and to an impartial dealing with
all organizations.
A new organization, whose chief member
ship is in the public schools of Chicago and
New York is the Good Habit society. It's OBJ
Ject Is made evident In the name, and men
eligible to membership. Miss Jessie AcAer-
man, missionary at-large Of the Womans
Christian Temperance union is president OF
the society, and Mrs. Prentice Is vice presl-
dent. Among the prominent members are
B1shop McCabe Robert MacIntyre and John
Hutchinson. George Francis Train has also
signed the pledge and wears the badge. AL
though of recent organization, the society
numbers two thousand members.
Another new club in the northland is the
dent is Miss Olafa Johansdottir, of Kekiavik.
Miss Johansdottlr was delegate frome Ice
land to the Worlds w. c. T. U. convention
held last year in Toronto.
The Womans Klub OF Klondike is a novel
organization, whose colors are yellow and
white. typical of gold and snow, and whose
motto is 'Kulture in Koldest Kiondike." The
badge OF the club Is gold pick on a field
of ice in white enamel. The club has issued
year book or manual, and is already con-
sidering the question of Joining the general
federation.
"Harper's Book of Facts" is a convenient
c p09kGt %nnq o for S9R being
10000 club members of the country.
The Self Culture Magazine has opened a
new department called 'the Woman and tho
Home" In speaking of the influence of
the club 1t says:
No one, thing, the church always except
go, mas done more to bring about a sense
or freedom and aspiration among women than
the c!uDs. The clubs are not, as the young
bachelor poragraphers on the newspapers
dan1c spinsters and argumentative widows
with an enthusiasm for parliamentary law.
They are, to tell the whole truth, made up
Of nearly every kind Of woman that grows
narrow and broad-mnded, ignorant and learn
ed, rich and poor genial and disagreeable,
busy and idle, logical and Illogical, musical
ard literary, elegant and crude, from coun-
try and city, from churches Of all sorts from
the oldest and most honorable families in
the country, and from families no one knows
anything about. The club pin Is not worn
as g. badge Of learning superiority, or as a
declaration Of principles. It Indicates that
the wearer is a club membar-which, surely,
is no serious thing! III fact, it Is only when
the clubs take themselves too seriously that
there is any reason to complain Of them. The
too frequent superfciality of the study, and
the absence of humor which is so fatally
things which limos he
tray the clubs into being ridiculous TIE
woman who declared with pride that her club
he'd covered eleven centuries of history in one
winter Is only eQualed by the one who read
paper on Kipling, and said that no doubt
when Mr.. Kip,ing had reached years Of ripper
judgment he would refrain from the use of
were sometimes put in the mouths of his
characters.