The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-01-15
In Woman Realm.

l ever paid my own particular partner was
when l resigned from the woman's club
rather than keep him sitting silently, hour
after hour, IN the gathering dusk of a win
ter day waiting to take me home, I am de-
voted TO cubs but my idea of a perfect
specimen IS one composed OF two members
which meets at home; where the silent part
ner pays all the dues while the other men,
Der makes the bylaws And If l could not
be both things at once I would rather be
the wife of one man than member OF sixty
clubs lis not that I love clubs less-but
men more, and I want independence II
II goes hand in hand With loneliness and
responsibility. Men brave or they would
all be bachelors-club bachelors-rather than
club husbands: and so let US be industrious.
and ind time in the midst OF all our manifold
engagements. our lectures and committee
meetings our papers and our declarations, to
tell them once in a while that we love them
in the good. old-fashioned way For the
difference between men and women sh this:
They come from the club To marry while
we marry and go to the club"
For the cubs that are directing their
energies toward the discovery of the logic
in current events. reproduce from th.
Saturday Evening Post the following state
ment for consideration:
Our new real estate deal in Cuba and
the Philippines is likely 10 cost us $500, Co.,
COO This amount congress will be called
upon to guarantee within a few months
this is merely a preliminary investment
fund to put in order and improve our
new property. It VIII be sufficient TO start
the wheels of progress. to begin the Ameri-
carizlng Of the territory compelled Spain
TO give Us to reeompense Us for our Good
Samaritan work IN rescuing Cuba
A newspaper man whore wife Is a club
woman. and who did not relish Mr. Moody'a
| structure on women's organizations, expresses
| himself as follows: If my wife finds her
pleasure at the club it is my pleasure 10
have her there, and I would consider an
other mans criticism of her conduct in this
matter an impertinence. 7 believe in the
evolution of woman, intellectually and every
other way. This is best accomplished by or
ganized effort. and I consider the wonan's
club as an efficient and womanly means TO
this end
Through the generosity of a man interested
in lis work, the New York Household Eco
pomie Association is enabled to put iato prae-
tlce this winter IFS long-cherished plan of
augmented domestic-science instruction in the
tenement-house district. Harper's Bazaar says
that this gentleman. who is a phiIanthropist
we'll known in New York city, promises to
| pay teachers for as many classes in domestic
science as the association may be able to start
IN tenement districts He is convinced that
Is the only way 10 get at the tenem ent- house
women. Keep twenty-five teachers busy"
| he says; 1.-The more the better"
Mrs. Ledyard Stevens, who manages the
Bureau of Social Requirements in New York
city, has added new feature to her es-
adjustment. Several society people wto go
South for the winter get her TO take care Of
| their houses during their absence for a small
sum II servants are left she pays daily
visits to the house, directs them in their
duties and reports to the absent mistress by
letter. She provides servants also, and if
the house is TO be literally shut up" she
| takes the key. and has a burglar alarm put
| up that conracts with her house and office.
But it is the responsibility I assume that
| owners Of houses prize most" said Mrs.
| Stevens. though few society women ever re-
| altze what that Is I open houses for people
WHO are abroad. and close others for those
| who desire to remain there and direct en-
tertainments prepare menus, give letters Of
advice and introduction, and engage house
| keepers, governesses. companions secretaries
{ and household servants. I have blanks in
which all applicants for positions are required
TO state their occupation, nationality creed
wages required, and whether they are married
or single. as well as the questions about
character and references ttat mistresses
would ask for. l think the time is coming
when every bureau Of this kind will insist
upon having an applicants handwriting and
photograph. for these are the best indexes to
person S character
So much discussion has arisen over the per
capita tax. that the Club Woman mentions
the few withdrawals from the general fed
Grafton the past year FOR any cause what
ever. They are as follows: Arlington club,
Arlington. Mass; Current events club, Port
land, Ne; Entire Nous club. Winfield KAN
Hastings club. Hastings, Mimi Kindergarten
club. Chicago. Ill; Social Science Club OF
( Champaign. H.: Women's league. Mansfield.
o.; Womans Club and Reading circle, Cen
! traIia. H.; Womans club, GFeeneastle, Ind
+ -Four O'Clock club. Elyria. O.; Travellers
club, Shelbyville, Ky; Wednesday Morning
club. Columbus. o. Pennsylvania, Lexington,