The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-08-13

Grand Rapids, Mich, an Alebicc and fg-
drastl Sa- go-ye-wat-ha OF Seneca Falls
N Y. has proven quite as much a curios-
ity In name as Wimodaughsis OF Wash
ingtoh, n. b.
The day OF the week Is popular in club
christening, Tuesday leading In number
with Monday second. There are Browning
and Emerson clubs and an occasional
Bryant--many c. L. s. C.s. few Homers
and a multitude Of Tourists. The date OF
organization gives many club name
that tells the story OF its age.
Thought" wide Awake and Lend
a-Hand." carry sentiment along with them.
There are other names eloquent with tho
object OF the association-H Humanity.
Emergency. Art and Science clubs.
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The midsummer club woman without
doubt is now thinking about that accusa-
ton that she is becoming dangerously
"teaed."
The accuser is DR.. o. G. Cilley. a Bos-
ton specialist OF nervous diseases. After
commenting upon the nervousness OF tho
American woman. this masculine NJ. ID.
assaults afternoon tea, which. as every
body knows, Is as dear to the o,uo wy
mans heart as parliamentary ,anylss ard
Ibsen tete-a-tetes. He says:
1T is the proper thing to 20 TO alter
noon teas, where the handsomest women
are invariably selected to pour. These
women would feel very much hurt II a
guest refused cup OF tea. and where tnere
are several tables It is quite as neJeseary
to patronize each one. woman FREE
ouently goes to several OF these functions,
enc after another, and the result is that
when she gots home she is thoroughly
teaed, There is no question about this
experience for ] have had 1t myself and
suffered from the neuralgia pain in The
heart which in my case always follows the
use of too much tea"
or course, the pretty women may have
been the cause OF the heart trouble, but
the distinguished doctor would doubtless
disolaim 1t. At any rate. he discourses
on formidable list OF ailments that 10
low tea drinking. and in conclusion points
cut that one excessive tea drinker--a wo-
man--is now in the insane asylum,
All of which the club women can more
seriously discuss over the tea cups when
the season opens in October.
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Talking of tea. somebody suggests the
cup of tea may be the connecting link
rather, the connecting drink--between the
club man and the club woman.
says the writer in the Woman's Home
Companion. has ever scorned it. to be
sure, but the increasing regularity with
which he drops in TO the feminine club.
when invited, for the cheering beverage
shows he is cultivating a weakness for 1t
or the club women. AT any rate. like
the deep-dyed Englishman of fashion,
who has his o'clock tea served as reli-
giously in his office as his wife does in her
reception room, he is certainly acquiring
the afternoon tea habit.
In this connection IT. is interesting TO
note, as n matter of further encouragement
to tho sterner sex, that no less person
age than that knight of the new school,
Sir Henry Irving, always carries his own
tea with him on his theatrical tours. He
has his kettle, what is more. and brews
the soothing beverage himself
Then there is Sidney Smith-here's to
him who said in his memoirs; Thank
God for tea. What would the world do
without tea? How did 1t exist? am glad
! was not born before tea
And so say we all of us.
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Along with these summer reflections the
club woman might consider the adoption
of a club flower.
Individual clubs all over the country are
adopting a flower as religiously as they
would constitution. The Denver Woman's
club, for instance, has chosen the column
bine, which grows so profusely up In the
of Colorado. One club in Mas
sachusetts has appropriately selected the
little pink may1ower. The Daughters of
the Revolution in Vermont have declared
in favor of the red clover, while the
Daughters in New Hampshire have tied
TO the buttercup.
Out in California. for stir more interest
ing instance, one club has chosen the
green leaves and the brilliant pods of the
red pepper. Somebody ought 10 suggest
George Bliots:
There are times when the most majes-
tic person is obliged to sneeze."
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