The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1903-06-12
Club Notes.


Wednesday afternoon with the newly
elected officers in theig places. The
club voted to tax each member one
dollar to raise fund for the food
sufferers, in response to the appeal
from the state president to club wo-
men for a contribution; also TO give
an entertainment as soon as possible
at the Congregational church to in
crease the fund for those who nave
lost everything by the devastation oil
the waters. Only twelve were present
out of the twenty members of the club
and each gave dollar and one alb
sent member sent hers in, making al
ready $13. The others will conts'ib butte
when the secretary, Mrs. Hobbs, calls
| upon them.
A subject was selected for the lee
/ ture reading to be given in November
| d. G. The evening will be from Ten
| nyson-Euoch Arden. A special price
of ten cents for school children will
be made by the Woman's Club to al
entertainments. given lin the future,
unless the price paid for the affair
prevents it. Mrs. Hine, Mrs. Erwi n
| and Mrs. Hills are the committee to
arrange for the entertainments.
After the transaction of -le busi-
ness, Mrs. ]. 'F. Marsh gave a very
Interesting paper on sSocial and In
dustrial Conditions in Germany
''W omen in Germany She had
given much thought and research to
the subject, and her analysis of con-
| ditions was unusually clear. One
| marked characteristic of German So
cial aft fairs is the distinct and impas-
sable line between the nobility Titled J
and the intellectual life. This has un-
dOubtedly bsen one strong factor in
making Gesnan thought along SO
many Fines the fnesto in the world.
There is nothing to be gained by
toadying to the aristocrats, SO the in
tellectual set up kingdom of their
own in which, we find those giants,
Kant, Hegel, Schilling, Won Ham
boldt, Tyndall, MaN Muller, Goethe,
| Wagner, Luther, Erasmus, Rubens,
Van Dyck and Durer. Their equals
can scarce be found in any other
country under the sun. They have
almost given the world the high
lights. There are thOs who haveo not
gone deeply into the writings of these
men whOo are went to say Gernfa q
philosophy is impractical. Kant said
| Progress by competitive rivaly is
( only feasible under one condition
| Lnab the OarOaf1LleS OF the struggle
for existence be curbed by the estab-
lishment of IA civil code where the col
| lective power of the community checks
any attempt to violate individual
honest liberty That is the vital
pri nciple of modern altruistic thought
which is trying TO work out uhe prin-
ciples of equality and fraternity.
| When ..egel said, We can only have
the highest happiness-such AS goes
| along with being great manly
having wide thoughts and much feel
rs ourselves" he said something
which has become so inextricably en-
tangled with the whole culture of our
time and so closely identified with the
general advance movement of though,
that its value is beyond our measur-
ing.
The years work in German has
been of great value to the club women
in stimulating and widening thought
A three months vacation will be fol
lowed by the beginning of work. il
September.
The Fortnightly Club of Kinsley
was the first to respond to the call fOl
aid for the food sufferers. with a con
tribution of So.
The Marshall Woman'so Club o
Usage City contributed $50 and twent!
barrels 'Of provisions to the relie
fund.