Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-08-14
DIVORCED MEMS CLUB.
Unique Institution Recently Formed
in San Francisco suburb.

in San Francisco suburb.
From the Chicago Tribune.
The world is running to clubs. Men and
women are enrolling themselves in all sorts
of aggregations for all sorts of purposes.
If anything, women have the club habit
worse than men. AT first their clubs were
purely literary and social, kind of eVoiu-
ton from the old-fashoned sewing circle
Now they include industrial, political, edu-
cational commercial and athletic purposes
There are young girls clubs, married wo-
mems clubs and spinsters' clubs, just as
there are young mems clubs, married
mems clubs and old bachelors clubs. The
spirit of the combine is over them all.
1t has remained for Alameda, the fashion,
able suburb of San Francisco, to organize
the most unique Of all clubs. the Divorced
Mems Club. There are many clubs of young
men who have resolved never to marry, ana
of young women actuated blythe same he
1oic purpose, and there are clubs which are
maintained principally as places OF soiace
for those who are married and have not
sufficient courage to break the tie which
binds. The Alameda club is composed en-
tirely of those who have found marriage
failure. and have succeeded in getting out
of it, The stories told by these victims are
pathetic. The president of the club is fond
of smoking, his wife was not The outcome
was a quarrel and separation. Another
member was divorced because his wife
made his life a burden by constantly re-
minding him she paid the expenses Of the
bridal trip Another was thrown out into
the cold world by his wife, who brought
suit for divorce on the ground of cruelty.
consisting of his making a clatter among
some tin pans one night in the cellar, which
led her to think he a burglar.
The secretary of the club, who has been
through the divorce mill several times, says
that the members hold regular meetings
and their first business is to congratulate
one another and then exult in their freedom,
much after the manner of the prisoners in
'F'ldellO' when they were led out to enjoy
the air and sunlight. They also profoundly
sympathize with those who We're married
feeling themselves qualified to do so by long
and arduous experiences. Besides these joy
full features of their meetings, they have
acted upon the lines of Punch's advice to
those contemplating matrimony: Don't
They have set up sort of bureau of infor-
nation, and are always ready to furnish
their narrowing experiences to the uniniti-
ated and impress upon them the dangers
that Turk In matrimony. The secretary
says: Our eli b is doing great deal of good.
we prevent men from allowing love to get
the better of their Judgment. We have
saved number of good fellows from mis-
cry, and the good work is rapidly spread
ing"
The divorce mills throughout the country
are turning out plenty of candidates for d-
Force clubs, and it may be that they will
spread and become popular. But it must
not be expected they will be confined to
men. Women are shrewdIy initiative and
as men, it will not be long before they will
have their club. Then we shall hear the
other side of the question and it will NOT
lack in interest.