The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-03-23
LlV ELY.
Meeting of Woman's
Club.
MUCH INDIGNATION
At the Construction Placed
On the Resolutions.

There was a lively time in the Wom-
ans Club at the meeting yesterday,
when the letter of the Massachusetts
state committee of correspondence reIa-
tive to the resolutions sent to that body
by the club a fortnight ago, was dis
cussed. 1t is a long time since debate
has been SO heated in the Woman
Club, and the display of feeling on the
part OF some of the members was I'M
usual, to say the least. A feeling Of in
dignation was observable in several of
the Observation-Disclosures in the first
place. at the manner in which the club S
resolutions had been misconstrued; and
in the second place, at the eagerness
with which the state committee on cor
respondence had hurried off to the
newspaper offices, without being will
ing to wait at least until the Worces-
ter club should have received the let
ter.
The Worcester club women iceland
their position is certainly not an extra
VACANT one-that they should have
been the first to see their own letter.
whereas they have been among the last
~ SSAlAA4AAbICt W DIS 30 fearful lGSL their
eplstle should be overlooked by the
club women Of the state, that they took
pains to have it appear in three Boston
papers, and it was in these and The
sunday Spy that the Worcester ladies
nrst mad the pleasure of reading their
letter
The committee seems totally to have
misunderstood and misconstrued the
purport and motive of the resolutions,
r-N,r t.,
transparent of terms, such failure to
read them correctly is the more extra
Ordinary. If women chosen from all
the club women in the state for their
general ability and club proficiency are
going to blunder and bungle like this
over perfectly simple and clear com
munleation, what will they not do
when confronted with something really
complex and blind2 They pitched up
on the concluding paragraph of the
resolutions, which spoke of the willing
ness of the Worcester Club to relinq-
ish its membership in the general
federation, if such action would facil-
itate q reorganization, and chose to
construe it into an indication of dis
loyalty to that body. This seems pc
culiarly unjust, as the clause, II words
have any value at all, was Indicative
of appreciation of the privileges of the
General Federation and a desire to as
sist it if possible.
At present the general federation
calls together when it assemblies bI-
ennially about HOO delegates Opinions
differ among the club members as to
the capability of a meeting of hoo
women when it comes to transacting
business, but those members who have
had the widest experience are conf
dent that the number is far too large to
admit of ease, thoroughness or speed
in attending to the vast amount Of work
that accumulates.
To diminish this bulky organization
to dimensions that will permit the
handling of business in the best man
ner Is the wish of those members of
the club who are most interested in
seeing this matter consummated. Either
the individual clubs can withdraw vol
unfairly from the general federation,
or the general federation can ask them
to withdraw. One way or the other it
is felt, must be taken to bring about
the desired reorganization
Yesterday the club voted to send the
resolutions to the Massachusetts State
Federation and to send its president to
the council which meets in Philadel-
phia, June 1-3. 1t may yet decide to
carry on itself the investigation with
regard to the wishes Of the other clubs
in the state on the subject Of represen-
taton in the general federation