Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1901-01-26

different status of morality Many
declared that Queen Elizabeth was
great in every way.
The next question: "Why does the
average clubwoman join the club?" One
of the members aroused much merri-
ment by declaring that it was because
they wanted to talk, not having the OPP
rortunity at home. The concensus OF
opinion, however, was that the major
ity of the women joined clubs because
they We're in search of the higher ideals
and the higher education: because they
hoped to find congenial companions: to
give and receive pleasure. The discus
sion ended by one of the members terse-
~ remarking that the Scriptures said
that there We're three things past find
ing out.
Many of the members seem to he
interested in public schools, the first
question on that subject being, do the
mothers Of our school children ever
visit our schools" One eX-schoOi teach
er said that they did-to find fault.
Others testified that they frequently
made visits to encourage the teachers.
The next question was. What is the
sanitary condition Of schools?''
There We're only two schools which
seemed to have been visited-the High
school and the west side Broadway
spoken, while the latter was condemned.
The last question on this subject was.
How can the mothers best sustain and
second the teachers Efforts" 1t SEEM
ed to be the prevailing opinion that il
mothers would believe in the teachers
instead of antagonizing them much
could be accomplished; that the par
ents should uphold the teachers when
children bring reports of their mis-
cause of the trouble without the chill
dren knowing it. Several thought that
it was often to be attributed to 4 child's
health his good or bad department.
The frequent intercourse between teach
ers and mothers was recommended.
On member thought that if the break
fast hot cakes and coffee. too often the
steady diet of little children, was abjur-
ed, there would be less friction between
teacher and pupil. Not one present but
agreed that the teachers mean we'll and
the mothers mean we'll. and it was
thought that mothers clubs. such as are
doing good work in the east. would be
of untold good in Butte Thdre the
teachers ana mothers learn to know one
another through the medium of friend
ship, and not through the too often
oblique eyes of childhood. AS time rolls
on child study is advancing more and
more to the front in the march of I'M
| Erovement.
The next question was: .How many
| club women take the Club Woman?"
President Hobrool asked all those who
! did to stand up, and there was burst
! of laughter when six women stood up.
The last question out of the box was:
Would it be good idea for the club
to have a historian?" The universal
opinion was given in the affirmative.
Miss Voltz charmed the club with her
voice solo. "Entreaty" The members
/ insisted on an encore and would not
! take no for an answer, SO Miss Volta
/ sang a little French song. the words
Ivy Victor Hugo and the music by Mad
/ am Rothschild.
Then came magazine comment Miss
A. NJ. Reznor reviewed the one dollar
magazines. She said that Mcclure was
the first one to sell for that price. and
that in her opinion the Mcclure and Co.'S
mopolitan were the best of them all and
best adanted to the needs of the people,
These, with Munsey. Junior Munsey La
dies Home Journal. Ainslee's, Table
Talk, We're COMPREHENSIVE reviewed by
Miss Reznor. She spoke of many of the
articles contained in the January edi-
tions especially of the musical number
/ in the Cosmopolitan. Speaking of the
Ladies' Home Journal. she said that
many thought that it was detenriatine.
becoming mainly PANTY. Still. she said,
the publishers stated that 10 900. 900 con-
les were sold last year, which was $4,000
! short of the demand. She said the ques-
| ton was often asked if there was not
/ q tendency of the magazines towards
! newspaper style and a tendency of the
newspapers towards magazine STYLE and
shs thought that there decidedly was
Mrs. :. c. NeHill took I'M the higher
priced magazines. She started by stat
ing that nearly every magazine was
started by some unsuccessful author
who being unable to get his articles ac-
[ cepted by the publishers det led to get
them published anyway, and to that end
started magazine. She spoke of the
North American Review and the Atlantic.
Monthly. row defunct. and Scribners.
new merged into the Century. as being
started by famous, American authors.
She gave list Of some of the famous