Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-07-09

Special correspondence
r ONDON, July Lit seems doubtful
If the really rather high ideal
which the founders Of the new
Lyceum club have set for them
selves has had justice done to It in
such accounts Of the club as have been
sent to the United states since its open
ing, the other day Probably It has been
stated that the Lyceum starts with a
larger membership and a finer club
house than any other woman's club in
the world and no doubt good deal has
been said regarding the strikingly large
number Of distinguished women-both
in this country and the United States
whom Miss Constance Smedley, the
bright girl who conceived the idea of
the Lyceum club, has succeeded In in
teresting i'm the project.
The "Iyceum' is, OF course, open to
professional women of every nation ana
aims 10 do fol its members "A lot OF
services such as no social organization
whether made up of men or women
ever has undertaken before; but the
scheme Of the young authoress who
founded II goes a good deal tarther
than that
MY IDEAL" said Miss smedley TO the
writer the other day, rs union OF
Intellectual women workers the world
over which viii advance the Interests Of
All of them. That the LyCeum club
starts, and for the present has It's chief
headquauers In London, Is merely nc
cidenta. though we hope to make our
club house here q meeting ground FOR
women workers NJ every nationality, as
we'll as n sort Of clearing house for
their work. our hope N 10 nave, eVen-
tually. lust as pretentlous quarters ana
equal facilities for aiding members ~
New York and the other great capl-
tails"
A WOMAN'S TRADE UNION.
"a woman's trade union" some ono
called the Lyceum I'm my hearing few
davs ago. and that really sums It all up.
when Miss Smrdleys idea Of an inter-
national club Of feminine writer's, art
gts. musicians and other intellectual
workers was FIRST mOoted, IL attracted
no end of attention. anr no sooner Was
IL known that Lady Frances Balfour,
the prime minister's sister-in-laW had
become it's chairman, and Mrs. Moberly
Bell. wife Of the editor or the Times its
vice chairman. and that half Of the M
telectual women In this country In
Guiding Mrs. Thomas Hardy Mrs, Grail
gle. Miss Beatrice Harraden, Mrs.
Humphry Ward and Mrs, Flora Annie
Steel were on the clubs provislonalcom-
mittee thnnuppllcatlo for membership
came I'm almost as fast as they could
be recorded No small number Of them
came from the United States, and every
other civilized country In the world In
GLIDING china, was represented, too,
ACTIVE WORK FOR PAY
At the outset It had been decided
that the essential qualification for
membership In this club should be- uc-
1.-Two work for pay on the part Of an APP
pllcant fthe idea being "a exclude FASH
ionabe amateurs ana beginners who
had so Far shown no special promlse)
and this rule has been adhered to, with
the result that over 80 per cent Of those
applying were rejected. The list 90
members includes the names Of two
duchesses several countesses and n
few ladies. IL ls true hut each Of them
is an actual woman worker For In
stance. the Duchess Of Sutherland and
her grace Of Leeds are both authors,
while the Countess OF Aberdeen's work
IN too well known 60 need any COM
ment Mrs Langtry's daughter,
Jeanne Is now, as Mrs. Ian Malcolm.
one OF the foremost Liberal hostesses.
bur she " a member Of the Lyceum
club. solely because she composes songs
that get published. The Countess Feo-