The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-03-12
HZnm0ng the Club W0ner1.

in isolated places, of embroidery. rug
and linen weaving, lace making, metal
work and carving; the c.rcula tiGn
among them Of manuals of instruction.
To all clubs. the study of the history IF
art in connection with other matters of
contemporaneous human interest; the
encouragement and elevation of inhcr-
tied art Industries, such as rug and
basket weaving of the aborisinales: the
decoration of school rooms by works of
art; the placing on municipal boards OF
artists and architects, to influence de-
citsion on the artistic merit of plans for
proposed public buildings and monu-
ments; the systematic disapproval Of
the DETACHMENT of natural scenery by
advertisements and combined action
against purchasing wares advertised in
this offensive manner; the urgent ne
cessity of cultivating the ability to buy
correctly by a careful and systematic
selection of articles which shall be of
good design and harmonious in color.
The art committee will be pleased to
correspond with any member of the
federation in regard to art wOrk.-Mrs.
Herman ]. Hall. Chairman. 5545 Wash
ington avenue, Chicago, III.
An amusing incident occurred AZ
! the Woman's club on Wednesday whea
| one woman rose during the business
| hour and stated that an impression had
| been received by some people that the
! Woman's club was going to boycott all
| business houses who failed to secure
| spaces on the advertising screen re-
| Gently set up in the club room. The
! matter was considered too trivial to
notice, but the member claimed it was
| really a serious affair. Finally one
member, to settle all doubt on the mat
ter, rose to her feet, saying: Madam
| president I move that we do not boy
| colt the business men, Amid a roar Cf
! laughter the president put the motion,
| when it was decided the club is not in
| the boycotting business.
| The clubs of the state are invited t.
| send items of interest relating to club
affairs and meetings to the state chair
man of correspondence for publication
| in the club news The fortnightly clubs
will confer a favor by sending notices
| the same week of meeting. 1t is the
object, in conducting this department
| of news, to make the subject matter Of
! interest 10 all readers. to give the latest
news in club life and record the weekly
| doings of the state clubs, always pre-
| senting everything of general interest
sent out by the general federation of
| Women's clubs.
| In late number of the Club Woman
| appeared an article entitled Three
| Minutes on Style" by Cynthia West
over Alden, for many years reporter
on the New York Tribune. The paper
was read before the New York state
| federation and in printing it the Club
! Woman recommends it to the careful
attention of club correspondence every
where. We quote from the article as
! follows:
In reporting you must first write
nothing but facts. Therefore you must
spare no trouble to find out precisely
| what has happened. Short words are
better than long ones that mean the
same thing. Short sentences are essen
| tial. Adjectives should be avoided.
| Don't repeat yourself. Classical allus-
ions can be dispensed with. Learn also
to know few commas and fewer semi
| colons. This does not mean that your
style should be ierky and disconnected.
Every short sentence must have its
proper relation to the one that went be-
fore and the one that is to follow it, A
proper amount of the dramatic sense
will soon teach you what to tell first
and how to arrange the order of telling
| a story.
No hard and fast rule can be laid
down in this matter, but think gener-
ally a better effect is produced by writ
ing the first paragraph SO that people
may know precisely what you are talk
! ing about and get an linking of what
has happened from that paragraph
alone. James Gordon Bennett ST.. had
| a theory that a man who had landed
on a given morning from hamschatka
| and had not seen a newspaper for a
year should be able to fully understand
every story in the days newspaper. 1t
was a good theory, though often disre-
| garded. The writer must not assume
| that the reader has followed a contin-
ued story of several days. Enough mus,
be told of what has gone before to make
| the present narrative entirely under
stood for every reader. Make Kipling
your model, not Addison. Addison is
obsolete. Seek the virtuesof terseness
and all Things shall be added unto you.
If you will forget all save ciearness
and brevty, if you will ignore so-called
style entirely, l can assure you, in con-
| clusion, that you are likely to acquire
| the best style Of all, the style that
needs no prophet and no interpreter
the style Ithat everybody can under
stand and admire"
The Montana State Housekeepprs' So
ciety of Bozeman held their regular
semi monthly meeting Monday, Marcf
6. at the guild rooms. An unusually in
! terpsting programme was presented
The subject was Our Foreign Posses
eions" Mrs. Fell read a very CAREFUL,
prepared and interesting paper on "Tht
Philippines" Mrs. G.. NJ. Emery very
wildly described the Hawaiian islands
and had on exhibition quite a number %
relics gathered during her sojourn OF
the islands. The same subject will be
continued at the next literary meet
ing.
The Ladies' Social. Domestic and Lit
erary society of Bozeman met at the
home of Mrs. Mary E. Helinger on