The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-05-18

club meetings IS in the afternoon during
school Lessons. The children suffered no
neglect from attendance as you seem 20
think You can imagine the pleasure it
gave ne 10 find that the years OF read
ing had been fun OF Information could
be ard was easily impaired TO others
who had not that opportunity. The club
is the plane en- which the woman Of
wealth meets her poorer sister Brains
count, not cash One woman CO my ac-
quaintsnce was the eldest Of a large
family. Her mother. a selfish woman
Cwho calls herself a church WORKER,
God forgive herb kept this girl from
school 10 attend the household duties.
Between nsgging and overvork she vas
son q nervous wreck After = partial
recovery she married a man OF sense
and education He encouraged her 70
Join q reading club and his position pIac-
Cd her among people OF refinement She
has received her education almost entire
~ from TIE club and the reading supple
mentary 10 its work Had II net been
for the club she might have degenerated
into a Mother Grunbe or worse, instead
Of one Of the most helpful women OF
her home town
Another. the mother OF nine, was rails
ed on a hack woods farm Her education
almost nil. she married young. and the
first years OF her married lie devoted
as they should be 10 the raising OF her
brood. They are all educated and de-
IightfuI IS young folks can be. but their
talk was beyond tho mother OF world
strange 10 her. She had leisure Tow
bur could not form the reading habit
on account OF failing eyes. She joined
= club as associate member. She listens
but prepares no work herself she can
sometimes join in the conversation with
the children now. To her mutual delight.
she said cnce with tears in her eyes. You
doat know what this means 10 me"
She is not old. Do you blame her for not
wanting 70 be Shelved BY the ones she
loves the best.
For the club here. It is composed Of
twenty-five married women. We meet
alternate Tuesday afternoons. The an
nual receptions we tender our husbands
and the ones they give Us in return are
the social events OF the year here. Not
one husband would have big wife resign
on the contrary. she is urged 70 join rs
Babies are welcome 70 our circle. three
having come to our members last year
and the number viii be exceeded this year
II the reports be true. Some OF Us are
grandmothers. some brides. and some
mothers OF school children. We boast
two hired girls As 70 our housekeeping
IL you will come down next November
when we have 4 culinary exchange. we
viii Ter you prove our cooking. our con-
versation is not little tattie. nor is e
nigh falutin" We often find bits in
the Eagle which we discuss. Il is never
gossip. IN town OF this size. there is
club there would be nothing 10 break the
motouony, and all work you know,
sir Is neither good for Jack or
his mother When clubs in the
are more fully organized.
there VIII be less insanity among the
farmers wives. Go visit club once OF
twice. but please Mr. Murdoch, don't go
L blind any more. and don't confuse the
women's club with other organizations
zations. We are non political. non sec
.arian. non every thing that is not wo-
manly. Our only aim is the betterment !
n every way of our homes and those /
hat dwell within. Two Of our members /
we're urged by their husbands TO go TO /
California; both refused as they felt il /
lot the best. One Of them had a brother 4
here whom she had not seen FOR fourteen /
ears. but il was duty first Do you /
eally know of any woman who did not /
irst see TO the Well-beinE Of her family
'efore she liked out" for California? /
The writer of this came 10 Kansas in
o. the daughter OF a staiwart Republican
'ou can imagine the position the Eagle
nd its editor has always held for ne
. criticism of its methods seems Ike
stroke against p member OF the family
his long article Is intended for your OWN
erusaI. not for print.
Yours most cordially,