The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-01-17
cMb Cuttings.

Margaret Hamilton WEIGH gives it as her
opinion. in Harper's Bazaar, that much val
liable UNBIASED work is done by women's
clubs throughout the country. Sometimes,
in small town. 1t is the extension Of a
sidewalk towards some historic pleasant
outlying spot that may be interesting to
visit; again 1t is the response of some spe-
cial philanthropic call. or 1t may be the
presentation of town clock. or bell to a
village church. None the less Is it useful
because of the fact that 1t is not tabulated
or even recorded In the annals of the
ganfzadon. In some Of the smaller Western
cities lately the women's clubs have seen
and promptly supplied a need that does not
exist In a large metropolis, but is an i'm
portant one in other places. This has been
to provide in various places a comfortable
room where the farmers wives and families
who often accompany the husband and father
on his occasional trips to town may rest
and refresh themselves, Usually these women,
after doing the little shopping that they are
able to accomplish, find the period Of walt,
ing before the horses may be turned home
ward a tiresome, interim. Since the club
women have stepped in this tedium has been
relieved In large, comfortably furnished
cheerful room they may rest and easily look
after the children. cup Of hot coffee is
supplied to the mother and glass of milk
for the children. , The value of the service
is obvious. and it is one more happy thought
TO De put down to the credit Of club women
Mrs. George Camehl read paper before
the New York federation on the college
Woman" The following Is an extract from
her paper:
docs the college woman marry? Much
later In life than other women; often not at
all. When she does marry. Judgment as
bor chr
married life is usually very happy. Many a
college woman does not marry because the
multiplicity Of her interests, her strength in
ner own resources. make her very critical,
and marriage is not the only solution of a
woman's fate, as it once was. Besides this
she loves her independence. When she has
worked out her own salvation she does not
wish to surrender herself unless to one her
equal or superior Yet with all her con-
seriousness Of her own individuality. the COL
lege woman has not lost her Inheritance from
Eve. and deep down In her heart she knows
that the highest destiny for any woman is TO
merge herself in the lives Of those bound to
her by the strongest, hottest ties; for by thus
losing herself can she most truly find her
SELF
In connection with Mrs. Camehl's remarks
the following statistics on children are in
teresting:
AS result OF careful investigation of
$4,000 cases Dr. Jarosie presented to the d.
rector of the Hungarian bureau of statistics
the following conclusions The offspring of
parents between the ages of twenty and
twenty-five are likely to be weak and deli
cate but between twenty five and forty-nve
will probably be strong and thrive. The
mother bears most robust children between
her twenty fifth and thirty fifth year.
Today the democracy OF the woman's club
Is truly the most &yitaIly important fact Of it's
existence. 1t is the woof upon which the
whole fabric is woven. 1t is to the club
what the same spirit is to our country-Kate
Epson Clark in The Club Woman.
There are seventy eight organizations In
the city OF Paris composed of school chill
dren. The object OF these associations Is to
keep track Of the children after leaving
school. to bring them together for social and
intellectual entertainment. to assist the
needy. to endeavor to find positions for those
out OF employment, and in general to bring
the influence Of the graduate body to bear
upon the present pupils in the schools. Some
eight ten Thousand children were within
the past year more or less regular attend
ants at meetings of these associations, and
one VI the cOln1nltleeS OF the city council mas
recommended that 27,000 francs be appro-
priated FOR the expenses of the organization
According to the National Advertiser a
large department store, having branches in
New York and Chicago has set apart a fund
of $500, 900 for the purposes of pansioning for
life such employees of the company have
served ten years or more IA life insurance
policy was presented to all such employees
on New Years day. The fund of $500, 900 is
protected by an insurance policy for like
amount ON the life of one of the members of
the firm.