The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-02-26

ROILS OF cluDS ana special l6dLu4CS u
Club work are solicited.
All communications should be sent to the
PRESIDENT
OFFICERS OF THE K. S. S. F.
President. Mrs. s. R. Peters, Newton
Vice President. Mrs. H G. Toler, Wichita
Corresponding Secretary.
..........Mrs. George W. Puett, Newton
Recording Secretary OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
Mrs. J. NJ. Miller, Council Grove
Treasurer. Mrs. Hill P Wilson, Lawrence
Tuesday Reading Club of Chanute.
The Tuesday Reading club of Chanute,
With a limited membership Of twenty, has
Tor the past TWO years oeen givjns its at
t4nton 10 RI glish history and literature
Gnd current topics, meeting every Tues-
day afternoon. Every fourth Tuesday
evening an open meeting is held, when each
member is entitled to two guests. A liter
airy program and social time is enjoyed
The coming year vii be devoted 10 cur
rent topics and the study Of Shakespeare
Hypatia OF Wichita held a meeting on
the 10Th, devoted to Music" The pro-
gram was under the direction Of Mrs NJ
y. Singer, and was very entertaining
one. Mrs. Walden's paper on Recent MI
steal Compositions" and Mrs. Furleys on
Popular Cradle Songs" demonstrated
plainly against the fallacy that some wo-
mems clubs cannot combins culture and
the care Of babies. Miss Nettie Whey IA
v0red the assembly with two vocal selec-
tons, and a quartet Of club women, Mes
DANES Singer, Bryant, Wilson and Fuller,
sang two mighty taking negro melodies. /
The roll call was answered by items bear
ing on the topic Of the day, the style vary
ing from the instructive to the humorous. !
The Twentieth Century of Wichita is get |
ting its departments into working order as
fast as the bigness and newness of the |
club will permit. II has applied for men, !
5ership in the State Federation.
The Astrea club, Wichita, will con-
far favor by sending material for notes |
Reports about Astrea are very interesting. |
From the writhing Of a Chicago reporter
concerning the meeting Of the Congress
Of Mothers at Washington, it is suspected !
that he must have fallen under the no /
sue is only equaled by her broad mother
y spirit-old maid though she be- Not !
ali parents Of the tender sex are mothers
in reality. There are misfits and acct
dentals who answer to that endearing
name. Unless a woman is born with the
maternal instinct, not a score of children
can plant it in her barren heart A=ain.
there are old maids and wives whom heav-
en- has forgot, who have sheltered scores
Of deso-ate orphans; orphans Of living
mothers who felt their motherhood a bur
cen and a hindrance 10 the enjoyment of
The false and empty pleasures Of society.
Speaking Of mothers one is reminded
naturally Of children. There is a teacher
of little ones, a real born kindergartner,
IN this city who derives great pleasure
from her chosen field Of child study Their
temperaments. development and awaken
ting intellect are a constant revelation TO
her Their little plays and make-believes
are real things TO them, and never by any
chance humorous. That is one good of the
kindergarten method; the children are ac-
Customed to act naturally.
The children had prepared luncheon
al neatly laid out on little table. The
teacher suggested that it might be well to
ask Blessing. AS little Schuyler had
brought most of the material. he was Sc
iected for the honor. While the others
bowed their heads with decorum, Schuyler
folded his hands and said: BLESS sakes.
bless sakes. bless sakes-Amen" naiveIy
adding, 1T wasn't very long, but I guess
It was long enough"
Another time the teacher was talking
TO them about poetry and told them
man who wrote poetry was called a poet.
Suppose it was a woman who wrote
the poetry, she asked; what would she
be c2--ed?"
"A Doultice." was the answer shouted.
Tuesday Afternoon Club, Of Peabody.
The Tuesday Afternoon club Of Peabody.
Kansas. was organized in October. 1898.
and was federated in ~. Its meetings are
held every Tuesday from October to May.
The object of this club is intellectual i'm
provement and social intercourse The
first two years no definite line Of study
was pursued. no rules or regulations to
govern, the president making appoint
ments from week to week. the readers
choosing their selections History of Eng
land and the United States. including mis-
ceuaneous reading. was the work of the
third year. varied program was ar
ranged Tor the fourth year. comprising
brief sketches of the life, character and
writings Of some OF the most noted men
and women. These biographies were in
terspersed with magazine articles. and oc-
casional original papers upon subjects re-
lating 10 matters that were attracting the
attention Of the public. Last year French
history was the leading study, including
CantemporaneouS writer's of the period
y sketch Of each was given and reference
was made TO their powerful work. Alu
nicipaj government and parliamentary /
practice constituted part Of the study.
We found the miscellaneous programs re-
quired much time for research Exueri-
ence taught Us the greater va.ue Of d Sc,
course. with uniform text books which
was adopted last October. \ departure
from past years was inaugurated. making
this almost exclusively a German year.
We are a study club; each member is ex-
pected 10 he prepared with the history
lesson. and act as leader as arranged on
The program Select readings pertaining
L. the line Of the study are introduced. |
also papers on some OF the most noted
German writer's, viz: Richter. Herder.
Schiller, Goethe. Humboldt. Luther and {
others few book reviews gives rod
err color TO the lesson. The first Tuesday
Of each month is entirely occupied v-irb no
study OF Shakepearian plays. RoE call is
al