The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-02-02
DANCING AT
THE CASINO, THUNDERB0LT,
FRIDAY NIGHT, FEB. Z.
Wiegand's Orchestra.
Light refreshments.
Tickets only % cents.

81 spent eight months in Berlin with
my daughter, who was studying mu-
Sic" she continued. 1--WE were at a
German pension, and / met great
many German women. One of them
took me one evening to the German
Woman's Club The club has a mag
nificent suite of apartments, including
auditorium, reading room, parlors. cafe
and smoking room. When she took me
into the latter / admit that 1t almost
phased me. / am used to women's
clubs in iris country. and have been
to a great rnany Of them in mnny diff
ferent ,ites. I,us n"vst haze saw
room filled with elegantly gowned
women all smoking. The air was blue
with smoke. These were the
wealthy, society women of Ber-
lin. titled. some of them.
They were cosmopolitan in their dress
and manners and din to present any
striking points Of difference from well
bred women in America, except in the
way of smoking.
II think American women are more
domestic than the German women. for
/ never heard Of an American club I'M
which the women left their homes to
spend their evenings at the club. Amer
lean women have clubs for the purpose
OF literary study and practical work in
philanthropy and reform. But the Ger
man womens clubs. like most of those
of the English women, are based on the
sam principle as mems clubs: they are
for social enjoyment and for the con-
venience of members taking their
meals. entertaining friends. and so on.
The club that | visited has literary
and musical programmes. but the MEM
bers never participate in them. The
programme are always given by pro-
fessionals.
But along some lines the German
women have done more. than American
women. For instance, there Is in Ber-
lin a working girls club which NUM-
bers $4,000 working girls in its member
ship. IL includes all the women clerks
in the city. and almost all clerks I'm Ber-
lin are women. The object is to better
the condition of the members. to secure
shorter hours better pay and maintain
an employment bureau and a sick BEN
eft fund. II is. in fact, nothing less
than trades union: but the curious
thing about ii is that IL was organized
and befriended by women OF the high
est social standing, some Of them wo-
men Of the nobility. The leading spirit
Is Frau Cover. formerly teacher. and
now editor of a woman's paper. She is
the moving spirit I'm the 'woman's
IlEUtn movement III 'ftIiilhu1s al lrtth
work. as the organization Of the work.
ing girls club. they call 'woman's
rights over there. Lunch clubs for
working girls. mothers meetings for
women of the poorer classes, and all
such -phiianthroplc work. they also
call 'omen's rights Two or three
years ago they secured a law empower
ing the appointment OF women as poor
guardians. But IN Berlin the men abb
solutely refused 10 recognize the wo-
men by any appointments. Frau Cover
told me that they had women In train
ing for those positions; ana that when
they were convinced that they were
perfectly fitted 10 nll the offices IN
way that would disafm All criticism.
that they were going % demand their
appointments. They have secured the
appointment 81 matrons IN prisons, nnd
~ fact. are vigorously pushing meas
urca which were taken w by Aneri~
can women twenty-five years ago.