Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-08-19

was aWinEing IN hammock the other
morning ana dev3unng book one
passage evidently struck 10" for she
promptly marked Il with pencil.
This was the passare-it Is BY Lillian
whiting, by the way:
The IRE q a certain type OF indivld-
uaf-who suhsist on public meetings,
committee consultations. ciFt-lron and
Well-rcTulated work In the charities,
and strongly defined theories Of educa-
uon-is the life Of penal servltude"
Aiter a penslve minute this erstwhlla
animated club woman wrote That's
So on the margin.
Another thing the club woman Is
thinking about under the allurment Of
the midsummer sun Il her overstrained
intellectually.
THIS Is embodied in this episioiary In
qulry;
Dear Mine. Prcsidont;-Do you not
think the club woman. although she la
gaining q great deal that she needs,
may be losing some things that are
worth more than anything she may
gnin7
while she la Increasing her ability
10 reason. " which she has been woe
fully lacking. 10 there not danger of
dWaruuE her lutultivc powers, which
are peculiar 90 woman and which have
been such a helpful factor In the WORLDS
progrcgs9
This query was turned over TO Mrs
Mary =. Holmes. one Of the well-known
members 0f the Chicago Wumnn's CUB
and woman ~ wide experiences rms
"a what Mrs Holmes said In reply.
THE wuman'a hour has struck, and
she has heard the music Of the bell ana
responded. Like a child with "a new
toy. she drops tho old ones and catches
Ut the new feeling Tor the moment that
nothing o. % value but the new.
"But this o. one OF the natural mis-
takes OF transitional periods II ia the
pendulum swinging TO the other extreme.
Gravity and momentum, hgurhuVely
fpcakinr viii brine 10 back again 10 the
right position, all In the fullncas ot
time.
"rho Inquirer. however. has some rca-
auu Tor alarm. She doubtless belongs
Co wumun'H club. probably iu chicago.
n Ho she has noticed how anxious many
of our bright women are 90 uschcw all
sentiment ~ every kind.
Hard. cold facts seem 10 be- the pob-
ulum for which they have an appetite.
N any dear sister ln an ungusEdod mo-
ment, relieves her Hurchnrgvd nature
by expressing "a little sentiment she Is
cNcurc me. dear Mime. Preaiicnt-'ant
down upon until she feels that she Is a
back number ana what IL more dread
ful than thht9
IAN this Is a natural effect Of a cause
not hard 10 find Woman has been
oycratuCkod with sentiment even 90 the
gushing point, ana undcutuCkcd with
sound reasoning ability What she
needs now ~ TO unite the two Instead
lf casting the former away while she
develops the latter. Sentiment without
reason o. like the Old sailing vessels
that depend upon the Winds 90 prupel
them Sentiment guided by reason in
Ike the great ocean steamers that have
the prUpollinr power within them. Woo
man cannot nnprd Co have lees Honti-
msnt less spirituality. less intuition,
/ but she can un0fd 90 have all these
. powers modified and HtUndlod by rra-
SON, The French have dlEuinDd lutu-
. ltluu by calling 10 the sixth sense.
1t u true that the extreme cultlva-
Z ton % thH intellect ls detrimental 10
] this finer sense called Intuition, and
woman viii lose her bIrthright " she
I carries intellectually TOO far.
] II would be a great pity too. Tor our
} husbands ana sons, who work largely
l with material things, need 90 have us
I rlDar-sIghtcl ana strong on the aplrlt-
l uul Fldn 10 our nature To hold on 90 all
/ that o. good lu the old and 60 take all
| that o. good in the new viii bring the
perfected wumanhoOd for which the
The club woman In the meantime
falls Into another ~ 81 thinking.
The midsummer club woman without
I doubt o. also thinking about that uc-
cuHatlon that she Is becoming danger
I uusly "tcuud."
The accuser Of DR.. o. O. Cuey. a
BOSTON specialist VI nervous diseases.
After commenting upon tho nervous
hess % the American woman this mas
gulinc NJ. ID. assaults afternoon tea,
. which, az everybody knows, u as dear
90 the club woman'H heart as parlin-
mentnry tanglea and Ibscn tcte-atetes.
/ lie says
1t h the proper thing 10 go to afts,-
. noon teas, whore the huudaOmcat w0-
men are invariably selected TO pour.
These women would feel very much
hurt n guest refused cup Of tea,
and where there are several tables Il II
/ quite us necessary TO patrunizc each
one, A woman frequently goes to SOW
. yral OF these functions, one after an.
other, and the result Is that when she
gets home she Is thoroughly 'teaed,
There IL no question about this cXper'
fence. Tor ! have had u myself and Huf-
torCi from tho neuralgia pain Ia the
heart which Ia my case always fpllOWa
the use of too much tea"
OF course, the pretty women mny
have been the cause Nof the heart
trouble, but the distinguished doctor
would doubtless dlsclaim IT, Al ans
rate, De dlHCuursrH uu formidable liHl
~ ailments that follow tea drinking
and ln conclusion points out that on,
excessive trts ufinkcr-A WUmuu-ld nov
100 the insane asylum.
Al OF which the club woman cat
more seriously discuss over the tea cup
when the season opens In october.
Talking of tea. somebody suggests
thu cup Of tea may be the connecting
luk-rnthcr. the connecting drink be
tween the club man and nc club wo,
man.
THE traditional lord Of creation
says the writer In the Woman'H Hon,
| Companion, has ever acorned IT, TO b.
sure but the increasing regularity win
which he drops In 20 the feminine club
when invited, Tor the cheering beyorag,
shows he II cultlvatlng weakness fo
it-or the club women. Al any rate
like the dccp-dycd Englishman OF fash
ion, who has his o'clock tea served al
rcliglously IN his office AZ his wife doe
In her reception room, he la cgrtainl!
acquiring the Afternoon tea habit
IN this connection Il IL Interesting &
note. aa "a matter OF further encourage
ment TO the sterner sex, that no less
parsonage than that knight Of the ne,
school, Sir Henry Irving. always carrie
his own tea with him on his theatrlca
tours, lie has his kettle, what Is NOR
and brews the soothing beverage him
self.
Then there IS sidney smlth-here'