The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-05-08


Home Companion" viz: "rhe new
prophets are worrying lest the devotion
10 club life should mean women from
the home. II woman Is so organized
that love of excitement desire for office,
eagerness to find constant entertain-
ment outside of her home control her
actions, she will find dissipation some
where and IL Is lucky for her family
that she stumbles accidentally into a
good club. She will learn 10 respect the
things which she hitherto sighted, and
home and its duties Will assume new
and moro important proportions az
she hears the questions of domestic
/ economy discussed by thoughtful wom-
en- who believe that the best they can
get from any outside scource should be
carried into the home and made part
of its life The sanitary conditions or
| the house, the best thought Tor the car
ing OF II, the management or children,
the surest ways OF developing helpfui-
ness in every portion or FAMILY lie are
discussed at the modern club. The en-
| tire time is no longer given TO the con-
slderation of obscure literature or the
study OF ancient history. In every
I working club or today rhe prom1nent
feature Is the domestic department. Ev-
cry new idea is presented. every m
yention which makes Tor the coiniort
OF the home rs exhibited and explained.
"If the woman does not gain a new
respect OF the kingdom over which she
Is set as ruler. IL Is because she Is TOO
trivial, too ignorant 10 recognize the
importance, and ii Is the misfortune
OF the CLUB that II should have so un-
worthy a member. IL VIII De a reseh-
Grated Kingdom over which the wiser
and stronger and mentally regenerated
member will rule, and she Will be the
salvation of it. But nothing will take
the place in her heart or interest which
her home and her family takes.
The events of events which looms up
on the horizon of the nineteenth centu-
nv woman's world is the Quinquennlal OF
the international Council OF women,
which occurs in London, commencing
June 2Sth and continuing through the
week. When IL is remembered that TINS
great International Council Is made up
OF women's organizations representing
more than a million OF women Some
thing Of it's Importance may De under-
stood The object OF TINS great sa.nsI
| ing is TO have the "broadest possioie
representation of womanes work IN or
| der TO widen the opportunity OF hearing
and meeting all women interested IN the
work of women up 10 date
Among the speakers already expected
| for the International Councli are MISS
Susan Il. Anthony. Miss Bates, Mrs.
peck Miss Sadie American. Prof. Bam-
berger. Mrs. Fanney Gaffney, Mrs.
Charlotte Perkins Stetson, Miss Emily
! Sartairf- -Mrs.-GyHthia- MISSIONER Alden.
Rev. Anna Garlin Spencer, or our city,
and others.
wear or more since. IL was the
"Denyer Bienniar' OF Womens CLUBS
| that was the topic of interest In every
| federated club. from the Atlantic 10 the
Pacific. Time flies. however, and even
now the milwaukee Biennial looms
UP I'm the distance with hints and plans
regarding the general outline OF H.
Mrs. Lowe, the president or the ,eh-
eral Federation, has issued the follow,
| ing call TO the presidents or Ieuerateu
\ clubs OF the United States:
"A council meeting will be held in
Philadelphia on June 2 and 3. The
business TO he discussed at this meet
ing is of such vital importance 10 the
General Federation that desire iuli
attendance i'm order that the questions
which are pressing may De presented
70 club women from stH -seet4ef4s,-afid
thus we may hope TO arrive ar such
conclusion as will further the best m
terests of our work. The meeting VIII
be full of interest since the program
committee will at that time present 10
the council some idea of what VIII con-
stitute the manner of procedure at the
next biennial.
The meeting of the Mothers club OF
| this city. on Monday, was an interest
ing and valuable one, when Miss Baker,
| a teacher at the State Normal school,
! spoke on the subject of Home Amuse-
ments." From her large experience az
| a kindergarten, Miss Baker was able
| to treat her subject in wise ana coih-
prehensive manner.
In beginning she emphasized the fact
that @almost all games are invented
| and carried out by children them
| selves" Even Froebei," she said.
| could find no better method than TO
| adopt the games of the children as he
| found them during his observation IN
nursery and play grounds.
Miss Baker discussed the first game
| taken up in the kindergarten. called
the family game" and said that "ali
me games OF the kindergarten
| played i'm a circle i'm order to create re-
| sponsbility and unity" She described
| also the trade games" the "represen-
tative games" and those for the train
| inc of the senses. IL was shown, too,
| how the imagination Of the child is de-
| veloped by the games which suggest
| the presence of objects, and the impor-
| tance OF the kindergarten games IN
training the character and the mind
was also dwelt upon.
A general discussion followed Miss
| Bakers remarks when the meeting ad-
| journed.
While we have been hearing OF open
| meetings among the Rhode Island
clubs, here and there. during these
waning days OF the club season. IL has
| remained for the Coventry Woman
| club TO announce one Of exceptional In
terest held on May 3. when Miss Susan
| A. Dodge. OF the Rhode Island Wo-
mans club, gave her delightful lee
| ture entitled "The Nature Poets This
| subject. always an intensely charm
| ing one including as IL does. so much
| of the beautiful I'm poetry was most
opportune at this season. when nature
| reaveals herself 10 her waiting dis
| cipies I'm all the charm OF n late spring
time.
In introducing her subject. Miss
| Dodge dcnominated this ape as one
| of realism ana spoke of the changes
| that had taken place I'm the past. sub