Daily Kennebec journal., 1901-11-28
I'd digestion and make you strong and well, because
1T PURIFIES THE BLOOD.
ACCEPT NO SUBSTITUTE.

! condition Of servitude calmly excluded
Ter from the assembly. And our as
sembled national representatives SUI
! Tered "A wrong which the meanest sIim
! politician in the states would not have
! dared TO attempt. We rubbed our
eyes a little, of course And we asked
If the assembled club representatives
of the women Of the United States the
htSt tifne they strike Il great moral
/ question could go so far wrong and
commit an indienity which no poll
tician would think of committing. lust
what the clubs Of women stood for, 50
far as the making Of moral opinion in
| thc tnited states was concerned. And
| We frankly admitted from our club
| standpoint that We had nothing 10 say.
| II was wicked and We had to forget
! the names Of Lincoln and Grant and
| sherman ana Lowell ana Whittier ana
! Harriet beecher Stove ana various
/ other more o. less well-remembered
/ persons. but there we We're And we
| have wondered since what would have
\ Happened at Milwaukee if somebody
had been sraceless enough to mention
these names with their malapropos
/ suggcstiveneSs
The unclubbed woman had hit us in
a tender spot. Or was ii the bachelor
or arts at war with the six weeks
dabbler in literature and history?
our degree certainly appeared TO be on
the side OF the unclubbed. And We ad-
mitted rather sorrowfully to ourselves
that on the first occasion in which a
really great question OF moral and
social had -,
national woman's assembly ii had 10
use Mr.. Lincoln's homely but express
i've phase, turned tail and ran" 1t
was then, too. that We We're led to
raise the question Of the relative
morale OF the dubbed and unclubbed
from the standpoint of the home And
here we must confess to rather dark
and treacherous ways. We committed
the very unclubbabl performance of
consulting our husbands and other
husbands. And after We had consult
ed Il number with beguiiing artlessness
into expressing their real opinions, we
found that almost to q man they con-
sidered our club predictions and per
formances rather as harmless amuse-
ments or innocent diversions than as
serious performances. II rather drew
the line" said one, when Jane insist
ed on wearing a mans clothes for
Browning show" and personally RI
think she does in the club what doesn't
creditably represent her brain power
but of course that is her own concern
Nor did | very much enjoy having
my wife get her ideas of good govern
nent from u fellow who was notorious
in the Legislature for being SEEN
when anything important was pend
ing, said another. And | don't dn- |
JOY seeing these women fooled by a |
fellow whose inside record on the |
school committee wouldn't bear an |
spection,' said a third. Our own hhs- |
band just laughed and said nothing. |
But he is a professional man and |
man of books. He clings to the old |
fogy notions that home is 4 womlns |
propere i sphere. ana rather incl ines
to the idea that women can do quite
as effective work in the parish work of
philanthropy and instruction for good
citizenship and the worlds good as in
the best club that ever was formed.
And he insists on going to the solls
with us when we cast our vote ! for
school committeeman, still holding the
ought to be embarrassing for woman
to appear alone in company of un-
known (and unknowable) ward officers
and politicians. 1t still looked blue for
the club woman and we changed the
course of the discussion. But the
of arts apparently was quite
willing to give US all the rope (ominous
suggestion) We wanted.
But you must admit" said the
dubbed one, that womans life has
been broadened since the advent OF
clubs, with the larger rela
tiOns which they suggest and the wider
outlook which they give" The bach
elor of art within US smiled. Let me
ask you she said. rather sweetly. 'if
Julia Ward Howe was a product OF the
club system or not? Or vas Harriet
Beecher Stowe club woman when she
wrote 'Unete Toms Cabin with her
children tagging at her apron strings?
Or was Fanny Kemble Il club woman
when she was working with such might
and main on the stage to make a name
and her daily bread? Or. my dear if
| mast use the argumentum IA
lominem, was it wOman's club or a
lome inspiration that sent you TO col
ege? Did you acquire your industry
rom a dabbler in current events or
rom well-read mother? And the
'amous books which your father wrote.
lid the inspiration and pure English Of /.
hem come from club woman or from
he quiet humble and home loving wife 4
n the country parish. trying to be
lappy and opulent on $500 year? Is
|
when she read with him the then
Ieshly discovered story of the cunei- !
orm inscriptions, the beginning Of that
'omance of the unearthing of new
world in the Tigres- Euphrates Valley? I.
And. seriously, my dear, do you expect y