The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-03-26

| a three months tria, subscription to the
Wichita Eagle, and those club items of
| most interest are read before the club
| each week. As a result a large number of
| our ladies are this week baking beans a Ia
AIr=. Carter.
I am glad to see that your trip to To-
peka was so satisfactory in its results
and assured the passage of the travelling
library bill Yours fraternally,
CLARA LEAGUE BURCH,
Corresponding Secretary Current Litera-
ture Club.
Candida is, in some respects an ad-
vanced thinker; in others she threatens
to bark back to the primitive ages. Orig
inal, and in advance Of her sister members
of her club in many radical ideas, she is
| deplorably lacking In the qualities which
many of them assert. TN not sure"
she says, that women were ever intend
ed for great things, like statesmanhip, for
for example; unless, perhaps, the single
ones. or those who have already reared
their own families The function of ma
ternity is in itself so absorbing to the
mind that woman must, in great de-
degree. evolve her ideas from her own
consciousness, rather than from outward
things. AS soon as the child is born the
mother puts herself on an intellectual level
with her babe. Nature has provided a
simple language for all creatures and the
tongue employed between mother and
child is infantile, and her thoughts dwarf
accordingly as she discourses in this glib
berish more or less. This is proved by the
fact that she so often takes the bizarre
motions and notions of her babe for
phenomenal intellectual brightness. She
requires the whole household to come
down to the same infancy of mind. and
admire signs Of prodigious genius in her
baby. No other topic can be introduced,
that is not quickly changed to something
baby does or says. Can a woman be in
tellectually capable of craftsmanship who
is liable six or eight times during her life
to be set back to n state of mental in
fancy? OF course. many women are never
mothers; but in the order of nature so
many women are that it rs natural for
all women to look 10 this destiny. After
all, it is a wise arrangement that her des-
tiny is governed by a natural law. which
makes her mans complement and helper,
and not his competitor
The Twentieth Century club of Wichita,
eager 10 accomplish practical work. made
a notable beginning in that direction by
employing Mr. J. Liberty Tadd. professor
of art and manual training in the Phiia-
delphia public schools. to give lecture
on his work All club women are inter
ested. most Of them are pledged to edu-
cational work. manual training in partic-
ular. An understanding Of the simplicity
that underies the system which Phila
delphia has adopted after twenty years of
careful experiment. is wonderful. when
the far-reaching benefits are shown
Drawing, designing. clay-modeling and
wood-carving are the four arts taught.
AIr. Tadd's demonstration of how the
youngest pupil may be taught free-hand
drawing. with both hands. was a revela-
ton. The whole system is so free from
the old method of rule measurement
Pupils are taught with both hands to ac-
quire deXterity first, and accuracy after
wards. praCticing until they learn to feel
proportion and form, and until drawing
becomes automatic. He showed how the
whole secret of designing in all forms IF
decorative art lies in the ability to draw
correctly in four simple rudimentary
forms After that the world of creation
les open TO the pupil The Kansas State |
Federation ought to employ Mr.. Tadd Tor |
a session.
Club presidents are requested to in
struct their secretaries 70 include in their |
to the state meeting in May. not |
only their courses of study and work. but |
also the number Of members and names Of |
officers. In order TO hear reports from |
all the clubs in the Federation they must /
he short. The reports Of state |
federationS were limited to minutes at /
the Denver Biennial. and We doubtless
can say as much in the same length Of (
time.
a club president of a Massachusetts
club says: Many 4 bright girl has be-
come a commonplace woman because Of /
her mental isolation. Women-s clubs have
this evil and the average vro-
man returns from her meeting wiser
mother. a more attractive wife. because Of
The mutual uplitt gained from an ex- /
= -tt--t-N "a ~4-ft-,tA- VIII -aE- equals. ana.
what is OF even more value. her SUPER
iors.'
The chairman OF the committee on /
Club Exhibit" &, Junction City would be
glad for the loan of club year books. cal /
endars. banners. pictures OF club rooms
etc. during the meeting This NIL ba
found an interesting feature for leisure
moments.
Two new papers for the Bureau Of Reel
proci;y have been received thLs week
from Stockton Twentieth Century club:
Heroes Of our War with SPAIN br
Ms Hart. and Have We as Nation the
True Standard Of Civilizations" by Edna
Pierce Hawkes..
The programs for the state meeting in
May are ready 70 be printed. ard Will be
ready FOR distribution the first week in
April
Blackwell has some in TO secure the ex-
tension Of the Frisco. The road II buI!c
viii be connlstsd 20 Blackwell By JuIv L