Bisbee daily review., 1904-06-25

Too Little Time After That for
 Church Duties.
 New York, Fricay York club
 women have already begun to act upon
 the latest Christian Science bylaw
 which requires that members of the
 Mother Church" be not members of
 clubs confined exclusively to one sex.
 Res. s.gnations are pouring in upon
 women's societies.
 Though Mrs. Eddy's edict was is-
 sued as late as the early part of May.
 it has accomplished an appreciable
 change in the complexion of feminine
 clubdom. and promises to exert a
 marked influence during the coming season While nearly every club
 adjourned for the summer before the
 beginning of June. some of the women
 who have stood in the forefront of
 club life have contrived to have their
 names crosse, off membership lists
 And they have, true to the scientific"
 doctrines. managed it so quietly and
 unostenatiously that very few of their
 fe,low-niambers suspect what had
 happened.
 l According to published statements 1t
 was the feeling that segregation of
 the sexes in club life initiated against
 domestic peace which inspired
 Mother" Eddy's suggestion. -'Scien- lists" do not admit that it is more l than a suggestion. insisting there is nothing mandatory about it. But
 though it was only a month ago. Mrs
 Sydney Rosenfeld, a member for if i teen years of Sorosis. has sent in her resignation. She has likewise re s.gned from the Woman's Health Pro tective Association and from the Pro fessional Woman's League.
 How dear to the heart of the club woman, is membership in Sorosis can only be realized by the numerous as pirants to that honor who have found the doors closed to them. The mother club. as the first of its kind. holds peculiar position. There is an afilia- tion among the women grouped under the mulberry banner felt perhaps mo- where else in the same degree. Many an ambitious clubite who has forged ahead in other organizations would give half her club titles for the privi- lege of mingling as one of the famib with that group of dignitaries. Soro- sis. if exclusive is. however. tenacious. She has notified Mrs. Rosenfeld of her desire to keep her name on her books But Mrs. Rosenfeld will be seen no more at her meetings.
 In the Health Protective Associa- ton Mrs. Rosenfeid was actively en- a fr. rh< rl- e.. ~t -ss. fare, which that association performs so faithfully ana so well. Mrs. Rosen- field was the Corresponding Secretary Here. too, her name was kept on the books, though she will no longer at- tend
 Mrs. George Finck, of the Eclectic Club. is another woman who has quiet ly withdrawn from the circle where she was so much in the public eye that she was named for candidate for the Presidency When the club was on the verge of division Mrs. Frirck was chosen as the woman to lea1 the opposition to fresh fields. The genu- inc regret of the ''best-dressed." as the Electic club is known, was ulavail- ing to change her decision. Another who has disappeared from club life is Mrs. Fred Ross, the sister of Lillian Russell. Like Mrs. Rosenfeld she is a member of Mrs. Stetson's church the First Church. Mrs. Ross confinet her activities to the Professional Woman's League, where she has hel1 many official positions. She was most recently a member of the Exc cutive Board. Her resignation from that office was followed by her retire ment from the league. in whose pro gress she was so deeply concerned. | Other well known Scientists" of the league are Miss Engel Sumner and Miss Velma Swanston-
 In each of these cases and many ! others the matter has gone forward with so little discussion that none 1 except those in authority was cogni- i Zant of the resignations. Women i have laid aside their ambitions of pre- ferment among their fellows, of work ! or pleasure without a murmur at | Mrs. Eddy's request.
 Questioned, Mrs Rosenfeld admitted yesterday that her action was in com | pliance with the requirements of her l Christian Science belief, though she | said Scientists" did not care to talk I about it. Mrs. Eddy believes that as- sociation in clubs. where gossip is | rife, and troubles, physical or mental. much talked of. gives the Scientists" too much to meet" She likewise | thinks it leaves too little time for their | church duties.
 The bylaw runs: Article XXVI. | Church Organizations-Sectio 14- Members of the Mother Church shall | not be made members of clubs or or ganiZations, the Freemasons excepted, | which exclude either sex or are not | named in the ManuaI of tha Mothar