The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-24
. INCE our own club Of business 5wo-
- men disintegrated. because we were
all too busy to be- officers and work.
- ers, we have most ofNus been ..:be-

A,tmen disintegrated, because we were
- all too busy to bes differs and work
~ ers we have most of &us been be
~. yond the pale.'s,&4The samoEer circle
does not; have nor seek, recognition in
clubdon, because it does nothing but talk
and does that only In the Quaker fashion,
when moved by the spirit. Nevertheless,
our little experience in clubalife Shas pre-
vented s-frorn Joining tte5zfa4a4lssse of scot
fers at clubs. for, if we can't share club
benefits, we haya had enough insight into
them to appreciate and understand. Then,
too, we still have few connecting links
In our musical nlen1ber, our schoolma am
and our doctor, whose special clubs keep
them in: touch with club life in Its wider
rcachs. And Patricia, as a. "Reminiscences
OF, the days: when she. toiled not. nor spun,
is still enrolled on the: list of AN indie
or three times year shuts up shop for an
afternoon and .indulges in thesdissipation
Of ,''sordello''~ or the Red Cotton Night
Cap Country -, NJ" r.
These Ladies Of the samover, aud Mir
anda whose, .reportorial duties take. her
eVelyWIilere. insure onr; keeping fairly in
touch: Withr club life, for, they are not
averse to- telling us about. things and we
encourage them to do so, as q salves to our
conscie1fces that have never been quite
easy about giving upspur business. wo-
mems oGganizatio ion: . {$$:.>f;E:. :, So I
That's the way we came TO Sbe interest
ed in the federation convention last' week
| and the way we happened to get into, a
club discussion after our club women Had
the convention from deadlockin the pres
! fdential situation caused by conditions
that seemed as if they might have been
foreseen and prevented. This was the one
weak spot in splendfdly managed meet
I ing and, as airs well that ends we'll, even
that. will not cause any continued dis
| Minerva started sour talk by her com
1nent on the value of, lively meetings and
even Enthusiastically SENSATIONAL reports OF
them in turning the strpng:light of public
| ity on the Club work for social betterInent.
| "Clubs have nothing to fear from critt-
cism or even ridicule; as in everything
else, indifference is what kills. we are
engaged in public work, and In order to
| make the peope!swe want to influence :re~
! alize' that we are force, we must keep
ourselves prominently before the public.
I don't mean as individuals, Of course.
| she added. hastily, 'altho." she isaid,
smil1ngly, II am: os,allgea 10 admit that Is a
professional: WoInan.4 lam not averses to
| Individual NOTICES. lhfn business prop
i ositions and ;1sn never should quarrel. with
the press unless it positively naHgfied
me, which it never has done. But Il have
! had to stand good naturedly for .s4me
position. =
| miranda brought me the other day the
finest defense of clubs that 7 have ever
/ seeh.i aa15h none better is needed. OH il
wasn't original, only a tiny scrap OF a
clipping about two inches long. 1t vas
one Of her freauapt. contributions to my
scrapbook record Of the evolution Of
woman. file, past1 AND index. all Of the
significant articles e pR ths wen7an question
! that + find in iieWsbapers and. periodicals
1t is carried out tchronologicallS, and .yol
! have no idea how curiously It reads after
! d. year Of two has passed: and one is Able
to+see things III perspective. :Then. 1T Il
| a perfect mine of Information. as MIRANDA
very well Knows She is inclined :f6 poke
FUN atAit, but she does ;not.seorn t0o,1ise
4 TT oftener than anybody else, and s71o pays
/ TOLL as it were, by enlarglilg2 theSsscopesn1
| my: territory bye ctrlii11s FROM her ex'
4 changes. .-.i.~ .:~'kas a.. 49, s>Gt3I $50
4 @r+.tProbably appreciated this masterl,
| defense Of club women a little more thar
! most readers, being physieian,s for
4 know Of my own observation and expert
4 ence that it is true.r The paragraph CON
i tanned the official statement of: the health
i department of Chicago showing the re.