The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-10-29
now SOME HOMEy LIVE.
| Queer Occupations Revealed in n Meeting
| of a Philadelphia Women's Club.
From IN, Thifud,I mia R,corJ


There is II wUman's club tina. meets every Friday
and 10 be different from other women's clubs the
members Of this organization actually discuss the
affairs Of their own sex. They do no, waste long
hours in futile dissertations upon national
punsion. or the situation in South Africa or even
good government ut home. They attend strictly
to their own business So after all 1t is really not
typical woman's club. But in spite Of this they
are worthy Of some consideration.
At the regular meeting last Friday night the
subject under consideration was The Super
fluous Woman" or course, there urc great
many superiluOus women in the world and the
subject, ut first thought might not be regarded
u proper for the consideration Of the proper
members Of an cmincntly proper club But mas
much the members Of this club, as already
stated, do not discuss the broader questions Of
the hour the subject is not so terrible IL sounds
After three hours Of really entertaining exchange
of VIEWS which were neither crudte nor erotic
the club came 10 the conclusion, with the aid Of
CupOus drauEhtS Of tea and plates Of cake, that
there need be no supcrfluous woman II is
generally supposed that u woman in reduced cir
cumstnnccS who has perhaps given no thought
to the future, has little chance when diversity
finally ovrrtakcs her She can't learn to be n
typewriter Her soul revolts at standing behind
q
any business. What is she 10 do
This the line Of thought that seemed to he
inspired by the discussion on "The Supernuous
Woman" Then one young matron bethought
herself that there girl she used go TO choo
| with, whose father lost all his money. and who
! now earned n very good livelihood by teaching pei
! dogs fancy tricks.
Il saw an advertisement in one Of the Sunday
| papers, she said, and thinking Of my own stupid
| little Blenhcim, who didn't know thing, / an
| sweTed H. Imagine my surprise when was con
| frontcd by my old school friend. She has been in
! the business for six months or more, and Is doing
| very well at IT, You see she was always fond oi
dogs and seemed TO be able To do anything she
| pleased with them. She had little Maltese ter
| ricr Of her own OF course, this after hcI
| father dcd-and she had taught il some very Gun
ming little tricks It's name was Scraps. One
day she was wGlklng out Walnut street with
| Scraps when n lady came out Of one 81 the houses
| with another Maltese terrier Just like Scraps
| but OH 50 dumb,
| Well, Scraps was going through his perform
| anCe, and the lady stopped my friend 10 ask about
| him. J cant teach my dog anything she said
and would dearly love To have him do a few
tricks
THAT set my friend thinking She undoubt
cdly possesses n strong influence over animals
and she wondered IL she couldn't turn II TO account
| She eventually did, and she now has more canine
| pupils than she accommodate The dog
| must no left with her for three weeks. and sh,
charges twenty FIVE dollars for the course. ]
she cant teach them. for You know some net dog
are hopclcssly stupid. she returns them and de