The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-11-21
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VI. NJ. mURDOCK. Editor.
A Wichita Woman on women's Clubs.

While the editor Of the Eagle is aware attitude
towards woens clubs has been criticised. his out
spoken views severely censur by gads of that fad he
is just as fully aware that the far greater number of con
genial wives of loving beloved mothers Of con-
tented and happy home-keepers are with him. This
vomans club life is but the posing pretense without
and hollow mocery within hermaphraditie harem lack
ing keeper bazarrer1e irreguarity and mental dios
yncacy akin to sexual ALTERATION In background
stands house with its curtains down, make-believe
home from which all cheer has fed, from its cold
kitchen whose children II there should any left
to the care Of sattern hireing only
are destitute Of offspring and otherwise
support substitute in the way hired girl affect club
life. That club women are a menace to the home
rule or to society general we believe, for the
reason that comparatively few fish Of the
water that IS there are comparatively few who
imagine that their hearts have all brains while
society or those who delight life, dread
club woman as a ship breads derelict iceberg.
While it is fact that sane people sometimes visit
sane asylum to gain knowledge only
dersandng Of the irregular or curiosity wis
dom given out by womens wholly reflected wis
dom and generally very dimly unsatisfactory that
Their papers Of apparently thought are
times out Of ten simple absorptons given of
tons
We would not have it understood from the foregoing
TRADE which we concede is more earnest than innocent
that club life touches our own at any point Like others
Of course we have lady friends and acquantances and
not who affect such role; would soon
think Of laying bare the sympathes pHes aspirations
our heart to these as we would Of going in
refrigerator fact innoeuous abnonmaIty is only
alluded at as may happen to be casually
confronted by with grievance bent stirring
us up And So in this instance refined woman and
educated but a woman with withal mother, of
city having incidentally announced that she had
dentaly attended session of federation Of woman's
clubs 5ot down briefly her
rressions, in mild and conservative way And this is
what she says:
attended state federation meeting Of clubs
gifted with the pen Of ready writer and
a fluent tongue How would score, the
socalled broad and uber-mnded Of these clubs
What good what practical results come from them? They
get up before audience. thinking very much alike
nowery. stlted language talk about clubs broad
ening women, teaching them helpful to
other and and about the sisterhOod women
and holding out helping hand their unfortunate sister
etc Let that sister approach her in home
and the helping hand-socalled Perhaps she may be
poor creature work Of hands and brain to
peddle The helping all afflicted with
poor eyesght;" so little time;' already much
hand" other maladies and with your work
beautiful: enjoyed looking at it so much" etc Per
haps she may be little fortunate shade
less pride ability 60 to the back door and
solicit washing cleaning. Then the woman Of
vanced thought great out helping
hand can bring out old clothes and drive good
bargain and help the poor sister to that women
broadened and made by club work; and
can go and help iii her wash-tubs with scading
salt coed the color in the white
robes The dear Christian preparing world
One Of the good philanthropsts how they loaned
great deal of money in small did much good
True they blanket mortgage all their possessions
only charged per interest this often saved
unfortunate women "ortgagng themselves to the
devil and charity charity" tried in vain
to eliminate grain help comfort all their
golden chan an rainbow chasing just as all the
professions heard were Better be in home
the wlds Arkansas either read or
write Ut living death any woman to be in uncon-
genial surroundings if she has spark of feeling don't
know The remedy the existing conditions but do know
the clubs of today the home to marriage
80 motherhood health Right here in the family
neighbor death is peeping in at the door
The wife always "gsd about and she has grown
with years She Is fra naturally irritable
she up and PUSHES everything, be
club meeting getting home exhausted and so
disagreeabe shat one even husband dare
speak without taking his or sacrificing
ali the home atmosphere children and the
assduous attention OF husband for club
be attended if The go to hades hades
is al this home. as only too well this
club woman neishbor was reared in real home happy
home. presided 10y real honenaker and mother
who mother indeed"
While the foregoing arraignment not penned with
idea that 1t would appear in print and while it
constitutes which inspired sermon such as
would make the very cry cut might be preached
wherefore any farther appeal to the hearts Of such as SO
proudly boast the possession of brains only?