The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-04-09
Club Department
Kansas Social Science
Federation.

N0tS0S SSSsAt SStNUSS
Federation.
This department of The Wichita Daily
Eagle is devoted exclusively to the inter-
ests of club women ard the State Fedora
ton.
The cultivation of an interchange Of
thought cannot be too strongly urged. Re
ports of clubs and any special features Of
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. ......................
........Mrs. ]. NJ. Miller. Council Grove
Treasurer. Mrs. Hill P. Wilson. Lawrence
WRITE A POEM FOR THE CLUB.
Write a poem for the club;
If I can-"ay there's the rub
Write sermon or a song,
Make il short or make it long,
Let the thought be weak or strong,
And the metre right or wrong,
Only write it.
Sing of childhoods sunny day,
Or pessimistic lay;
Sing Of true loves" sad complaints,
Nymphs or naiads, satyrs, saints,
Pipes of Pan, or Pretty Prue;
Only sing them, sweet and true,
For the club
Sing Of daughter and Of dame"
Or Of names unknown to fame.
Don't forget the Womans clue,
How of life it is the hub;
Tell about the heights they climb,
On, so high, those heights sublime,
OF the club.
Never mind what critics say
OF the magic of our lay.
From the corners of the eartn.
We would bring all wealth and worth;
From the golden fields and woods,
Bring the draughts the gods have brewed,
For the club.
Shakespeare Club-Coumbus Kansas.
The Shakespeare Club of Columbus.
Kan, ranks high among the culture or
CARNATIONS Of the west. not alone for its
thoroughness along the lines Of study.
but for its practical work in other direc-
tions. Mrs. NJ. R.Crowley furnishes the
following brief history of the organiza-
tions: '"The Shakespeare Club, which
meets alternate Mondays for the study of
good literature in general and Shakes
peare in particular. was formed in 1891.
and became a member of the State Fed
Grafton in 1895 This year we have studied
the customs of the Elizabethan Age, as
depicted by various authors. and have
given especial attention to AS You Like
It. Midsummer Nights Dream. Ham
let King Henry VIII and The Winters
Tale This spring The Tempest is be-
ing considered in connection with Broom
ing's 'Caliban' and Tennyson's Elaine
We have also devoted a portion of each
meeting to current topics, and at stated
Intervals have had parliamentary drills
Two meetings each year are wholly Civ
en- over TO social enjoyment. one of these
being the annual banquet to which the
husbands or other guests Of the members
are invited. and where music selections
addresses and toasts follow one another
In agreeable variety Our club. 1 believe.
does not differ materially from numbers
of other organizations in small county,
seat towns Hindered as we are by the
circumstances of environment. much Of
the larger, more generous culture avail
able to the city inhahitant is denied us.
YET We find means TO make our home and
social life better and brighter. and to
establish centres Of refined influence that
viii benefit the children and afford them
f.r-r,. srs,- -#sg
ents. For several years We had Chau-
tauqua circle, and this gave an impetus
to study and created the desire to keep
In closer touch with all the good and true
Of life. three clubs being the result. A
book club has also been in existence for
two years. and through it we make our
selves acquainted with much that is val
liable in modern literature. The energies
of our ladies are not appended on study
entirely Last year We formed a Gene
terry association and have transformed
Gods Acre from dreary barren place
:nto a thing of beauty and rest"
American Woman's Club. in London.
woman's club has lately been organ
lied in London by Americans.
The American Club woman is not 10 he
eubdued merely because she happens TO he
somewhat far from the land Of her birth.
The latest development Of the woman's
club is the organization founded by the
women from this country who now live in
london. The club has been as carefully
organized as If il were in an American
CITY. and rooms have been engaged in one
Of the leading London hotels. In order
that the women may sc one another
frequently and not have time 10 lose in
'erest. an arrangement has been adopted
by which during nine months Of every
year the club members viii he certain
10 meet once every four weeks.
Then a luncheon win be given. During
the late SUMMER and AT other times when
the members are not likely 10 he in Lon
d72 she regular plan Of meeting Will ne
abandoned The object of the club is 10
provide for American women in London a
place Of meeting similar to those which
exist there now fer English Women --,,a