The Butte inter mountain., 1902-03-08
The Woman's Club.

| noted at the Woman's club session
| Wednesday, Rumors of an address by
| Professor Hastings, an unusual good
/ program and some interesting develop
| mrnts in the way of business COM
bined TO bring about this happy state of
affairs.
The interesting business did not
come up because the womenwho did all
the talking on the outside and reused
everyone's expectations. as usual. sat
dumb even after the subject had been
broachcd in tentative way. The talk
by Professor Hastings and the program,
were given.
Current Events.
The first of the afternoon was DC
voted To business and current topics.
Mrs. Buzzo spoke of the recent meet
ing of the Louisiana Purchase delegates
and gave their recommendations. There
were eight delegates present All had
plans for some memorial to be paid for
entirely, by ciubwomen. The Colorado
delegate talked OF "A memorial house to
cost $l50,0o0. Missouri wanted a hall of
philanthropy. one suggested a monu-
ment TO be placed in the city raising
and giving the largest sum of money,
Another advocated the buying Of bonds;
putting In the money raised by club
women, the interest to be spent in edu-
eating talented people.
Other people and topics Of, were the
king of SPAIN" prince Henry"
What Congress is Doing at the Present
Time" "The Customs Duty Paid by
Chinese Treaty" and "The ,-ffort Being
Made In the South to Take Away the
Right of Women to Vote at School eec4
tons t'
The Program.
Miss Drea Johnstone gave a charm
ing voice solo, accompanied by Miss
Agnes Lavell. She was obliged TO re-
spond to an encore although feeling
quite III. Miss Trask accompanied her
the second time. Mrs. w. II. Cochran
rccited Foreign Views on the Bartholdi
Statute of Liberty" and for an encore
Setting the old Blue Hen" She made
a very favorable impression and re-
ceived quite an ovation. y
Mr.. Hastings spoke far more briefly
than those so deeply interested In what
he said. liked. He said that when he
care In, many asked him if he were
not afraid, and he replied no, that he
taught every day with II just such good
J looking people. He said he would try
not to be pedantic, the error of so many
teachers. and he kept his word admir-
ably. He told of newspaper articles
| IIIhlth III ftbANlh IAB't9 NhiN' AiS hA'
read before coming and how he thought
= with every one that suite was mining
camp: that Helena was the whole thing.
? He had found out by personal eXper-
. ience how erroneous such statements
We're. In no community had he ever
= found so large a percentage of the peo-
. pie so well educated. He found so many
- ! graduates of the best colleges and un-
;, universities of the world both men and
:, women.
II MI. Hastings Views.
Now he said that he wanted to call
these people together to work for q
!. common good-the boys and girls and
y their welfare. He said that If any ami
:" nal or fowl was found which could in
one day live in three atmospheres the
:" ~ scientists would declare it a wonder and
- put ii in museum. Yet boy lived In
: three: the home, the street and the
school. And he was expected to adapt
- himself to all three. One fourth of h z
- time was spent in school, the rest di.
-, - vided, according to the boy and his en-
- vironments, between the streets ant
y home, some regarding the latter simply
y, as IA boarding house or restaurant.
- Butte has the most uniqu, homes II
:, ~ the world, Professor Hastings said
r. and he proceeded to describe them, no
! the HDu5eS HoI ililS, pul lle tdpliS q
~ the novels. Places where there was !
'el privaey:r wheA a child could not stud.
:" his lessons in the one room amidst coars
~ conversation and where the smalle
- children all congregated to play. Thes
- - were the homes, poorly lighted, poorl
-, ventilated that he wished to speak OF.
~ Was it a wonder that the street
~ full of temptation, alured by contrast
w 1t was wonder the children of sue
~ homes, a large share of such being tn
- homes of the children or Butte, were a
"a good as they were, On the streets the
Nv nv ! found excitement life, the gilt an
glitter of the under world, the show
.o, windows, the gaudy bill boards, oldt
~ boys to show them vice in all II
-, aspects He contrasted the schools hel
" with such homes and put the boy
- -, position before the women. He COZ
,n W trasted the inside OF the schools wit
49, the outside as represented by the stree
tho and truancy People wondered why Il
~, child did not hasten; why he did II,
o 90 spend every moment in the school rooI
,itv His home life led him to prefer the ou
az oa, side, or else it was because inside vi
Ia work, outside was play.
urt. A Comparison.
Ma He showed the standpoint Of the chill
of the parent, of the teacher, the ell
lete woman and the citizen. He was!
life, favor Of parents meetings, some call
)m- them mothers meetings but he prefers
ma the former for the father is, or shOu
ex- be, as deeply interested in the chidr
Ca as the mother. Here teachers al
Ca parents could meet; then there We're t
un- round tables where the teachers al
ate. clubwomen could mea< where these d
ears ferent elements could mingle, could
he come allied where they could rene
red. evils.
rom He thought truancy was the gre
Em- thing at issue. He told how the need
,art, truancy laws and officers had been a
en- cussed for years. Last November