The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-12-09
SHE BOASTS The EDlTOR
Woman Vino Defends Her sisters Of
the -lmhs

% ALLE EQALUL OL LllC L<dE4Es ALdtN III ,
allowed one woman in Wichita to air
her opinions-or asked her to do So
anent club women in general, perhaps
you viii grant me the privilege Of say
ing a word for some club women in
particular
I had read your screed in a late is
sue of the Eagle, so [ determined to
accept an invitation to an open meeting
of Hypatia, coming as it did from a
prominent member thereof A lady
whom I have long known as the pre-
siding genius of happy home-a
model wife and mother.
I don't think the lady who wrote
that mild and conservative" letter
need to wish for "the pen Of a ready
writer, and a fluent tonguei" am
very contain that I had not the slight
est inclination to score, cut and slash
at" any of the women at that meet
ing, which, 7 suppose, was fairly rep
resentative Of all their meetings. No
loud voices such as have sometimes
been ascribed to many 'broad and
liberal minded" women. but as low
and softly modulated as one might
expect to hear in parlor. Indeed,
T could have wished they were a trifie
louder when the responses to roll-call-
some Of them neat little speeches
were made. and when the papers were
read Those papers were carefully
prepared and if [ am capable of judg-
ing, they were good ones. Of course,
they did contain some quotations, alb
sorptions." if that word please you
better, but weak dilutions," mol!
I listened to the paper on the ply
steal Development Of Women with
great interest When the evils of
facing" were spoken Of wondered
how many, if any. of those earnest
faced women had become emancipated
from the thrald0m of the corset.
Then when walking was mentioned
as an adjunct to healthful develop
ment, I could not help wondering how
many depended on their own feet as a
means of transportation.
From the paper on Intellectual De
velopment," one sentence so struck me
that 7 lost much Of what followed. tt
ran thus: What nice things women
can say-and what ugly ones" A can
did admission that. surely.
The program was agreeable varied
by vocal and instrumental music, and
the selections were fine.
The editorial scresd d. aforementioned
was referred to. but it did not seem
to affect ANYBODY. Of the letter APP
pended to IT,, one lady spoke in q very
regretfuJ manner She said: 'Is IT,
can it he true. that we are less svmpa-
thetic. less helpful to others. since be
coming club-members. than we were
before2" No further comments on the
letter. and none on the writer were
made
AS L sat there. my thoughts went
back 10 the infancy Of Hypata. when
Or Mamie Stephers and Mrs. Lease
were leading spirits i'm the young club
and involuntarily sighed.
heard a gentleman say. very lately
that those two ladies we're graduates
Of Hypatia." He declared that for her
brilliant work I'm Nebraska during the
late campaign. Mrs eIaSe deserves a
cabinet position. and as secretary Of
war she would make it hot for The
PHILIPPINES and he liable 20 give them
ants large doses If what she once
urged the Kansas farmers to raise"
Now. Mr.. EDITOR 7 don't want to
mount no nostrum" 10 sneak arairs+
any Of my sex believe In aeverv one
70 MS TASTE. Being a quiet. bome-Tov
ing body whose views have bean
Greatly modified by zine and expe~-
fence. T have little to say. But I do
think the world is large enough even
90 admit II women's clubs though 7