The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-08-30
In Woman's Realm.
THE CLUB CORNER.


The G L be desires to complete. so far as
| possible, roster of the clabs of Minnesota.
1t VIII be indebted, therefore, to the secre-
tar1es OF the organizations throughout the
state II they will forward to the editor of
the department, Statement of membership.
object OF associationi methods Of procedure
ana such other information as will form a
valuable sourcel 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 Min
nesota represented in The Globe club
column, which is, devoted to an interchange
OF news and views, and to an impartial deal
ing with all organizations.
Mrs. Stanton's 'Womans Bible" which is
in reality a running commentary on the
scriptures. has been repudiated by the Kan
sas Federation. This book has been pre-
sented by the author to several women's as
soclations for adoption and has been reject
cd 1or various reasons, the principal one
pelng that 1t does not represent the spirit
Oh progressive women. The board Of censors
OF the kansas Federation, in rejecting the
book, make the following statement:
we trust that the reading public will I'M
oerstand that in putting our censorship upon
oooK, we, OF course, do not expect to pre-
vent It's being read by any one; we simply
teciine TO SEND out such book through the
we take this action In regard to the
woman Blb.e, for several good reasons. 1t
Is mlsnaned. 1t is not Bible, but simply
a commentary on the Scriptures. It is not
the woman's Bible because it was prompt
ly repudiated by a national association of
adoption.
-. We feel It our duty to condemn 1t as a
literary work, since many of the contribu-
inelegant STYLE
Finally, we reject 1t because 1t is a fla.
grant attack upon things that the vast ma
!orlty OF the members of the federation hold
The Social Service League" is a new or
ganlzaton formed for a ponderous under
taking, namely to educate public opinion
and the popular conscience of the country"
IL Is the object Of this league to furnish to
those foreigners who cannot read English
instructive and patriotic literature In their
own tongue and to see that as many as can
learn the language of their adopted country,
The president of the organization is DR..
Josiah Strong, and among It's charter men,
bers are
Miss Jane Adams, of Hull house; the Rev.
DR.. Edward Everett Hale, of Boston; Presi-
dent Frissell, Of Hampton institute; Bishop
John F. Hurst, of the American university:
the Rev. DR.. Charles H. Parkhurst the Rev,
DR.. Richard s. Storrs, Mrs Theodore w.
1'AiAOJ, VI Iho .IictliSIS congress- margaret
E. Sangster. the Rev. DR.. Washington Glad
den. Of Columbus. o., and Bishop Potter, of
New York. =
A new philanthropic organization of con-
siderable interest will begin operations Jan.
1. 1t will bear the name of Baroness Hirseh
Philanthropic Foundation and have its
headquarters in Vienna. The Baroness, ac-
cording to the will of her late husband, has
for some time been conducting a without
Understanding organization for the benefit
of small business men and others. In honor
of the emperor's jubilee she has decided to
close the Office and substitute for 1t q
formulation" with a capital Of 1,5C0, 900
forms for the purpose of carrying on the
same philanthropy on larger scale.
Chicago has an organization known as
the Archie Club, composed of four hundred
women, banded together to encourage art
in the West. The Chicago Art association
Is an outgrowth of this club and yearly
art exhibit of no small merit. St. Paul is
not far behind the big city, for she has an
art class of nearly 600 members, as we'll as
two good art schools. TFNt--<