The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1899-11-09
THE WOMAN'S CLUB.
Mrs. ]. H. KimbaII Reads Very In
teresting Paper on the "COnser-
walton of Force.
rs A PRACTICAL TREATISE.

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tempting to Make Impossible Reforms
Field of Women is the Home and She Must
Practice to Conserve her Force.
The third meeting of the Woman's
club was held Wednesday afternoon.
The attendance of the club is steadily
increasing and the greater interest in
the club work is shown by the spirit
and ease of the discussions.
The ladies have decided to spend
fifteen minutes of each meeting in
practicing the lessons in parliamentary
law, given them by Mrs. Lee, thereby
keeping their own minds refreshed
and instructing the new members.
It was announced that on Nov. 18th
Miss Gill would give talk on '"The
Grand Monarch.
The essay of the day, on "Conserva-
ton of Force, by Mrs. Emily Kimba11,
was of very practical interest to all the
ladies. The conservation of force was
treated only as it referred to the daily
life of woman. Nature knows no loss
or unused force, but the very incom-
p1eteness of humanity often disturbs
the balance of power.
It is recognized fact by business
men that force must be protected,
hence the changes that have taken
place in business methods during the
past few years. The latest develop
ment of the recognition of this fact is
in the forma ton of trusts.
We are all endowed with bodily,
mental and spiritual forces. Our boys
are sent to college to develop and train
their minds and at the same time care
is taken of the development of their
bodies. Do we not as wives, mothers
and sisters, need the same training
and development of mind and body to
meet, not only Our own duties, but
those of the men which so often de-
vo1ve upon us by the death of the hus-
band or father.
Some one has said that it is not
orr gina1 sin that is the matter with this
world; it is the liver. It is too often
the case that the diseases of the body
hinder the fullest development of the
mind and soul. It is no wonder that
so many homes are not Cheeefu1, where
| the women are tired and nervous the
greater part of the time. It is ques-
ton whether our husbands, brothers
and friends will love and cherish us
more as a housekeeper, whose home is
kept without flaw at the expense of
ones nervous force, or a cheerful,
happy being, whose cares press but
| lightly. In the parable of the sewers
it is first, cares of the world; second,
the deceitfu1ness of riches, and third,
the lust of other things that choke the
word. So it is that few of us are over
whe1med by riches and few by the lust
of other things, but we are, many of
us, shut out from higher ife not by
''God sent', but ''woman taken" cares.
"Cheerfu1 bread and butter is better
than mournfu1 pie''. Men are often
cross at meals. The family is alto
gether and it seems a good time for
discipline, for the recital of cares and
troubles of the day, but women ought
to make it a law that there shall be
nothing but good cheer at the table no
matter what the meal or what the
troubles that crowd about. For the
conservation of our forces we are re-
sponsib1e to God only and only III a
minor degree to our husbands and not
at all to critical neighbOrs and friends.
If our strength of mind and body is
not equal to DIR neighbours, would not
our best motto be 'Fp1ain living and
high thin11ing".
The growing scarcity of servants
emphasizes this point and we often
find that our wants may be sirnp1iied
so that the absence of the servant is
not so great a hardship as it seemed,
Herbert says: 'Who sweeps a room
as for thy love makes that and tn &C
ton ine.''
Much of our force is lost by ''1icking
against the thorns,' not the real
| troubles, but the little annoyances.
Half of our worry comes from mon
ey; not the want of money, but the
misuse Of money either wi1fu1 or ig-
norant.
Just as we care for the forces of
mind and body, SO should there be
conservation of spiritual forces. While
we think that we would prefer staying
home from church, we ought to re-
where two or three are gathered to-
gether in my name there will 1 be
a1so.''
| A minister upon being asked wheth-
er it was wrong to stay home from
church replied ''It may not be wrong
not to eat your dinner, but you thereby
lose the power that that food would
have given your body Just so the
church. It will strengthen your spir-
| itua1 forces. In our club work, too, we
ought to use this same principle.
| Women in clubs are constantly vast
ing great deal of force in dabb1ing
in that of which they know compare
lively nothing The sending of petit
lions to Congress and to men III high
authority on different issues, concern
ing which they are all painfully ignor-
ant as compared to the men whom they