New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-11-19
TRIBUTE TO JENNY JUNE
Memorial Volume of Club Beginnings and
Her Part in Them.

memorial volume OF more than ordinary inter-
est IS thu Memories of Jane Cunningham Crolv
Jenny june" recently published BY c. P Put
mans Sons. New-York and London 1.-THE Knicker-
booker Press Attractively bound in sage greer
with the front cover decorated with roses ana
sprays Of foliage in gold the volume is an impress
sive testimony 10 the charm and magnetic per
soaahty Of who Ieft her WALKING impress
upon the life OF the women OF her time. Some OF
-he secrets Of this charm and some Of the qualities
which made her effective Leader among IN.
women OF her generation ara revealed In these
pages They depict v,vacious often audzciOus.
woman uuseldsh and sincere. rigorous and practi-
cal in All she did with E.tlc Of 'ha typical blue
stocking about her. and an ardent ~woman's
woman
Side by side with amazing amount OF reu
work sEe managed 20 carry cEs .etios - a large
household which iEc.uded the bear ~ of Eve chu-
dren and the uDori1giag OF four. made her sunday
evening receptions one OF the social features OF
New-Yoriz, instituted the system OF synaicating
correspondent Invented Sorosis. and With IL
nOthe red the whole Eoruar's cub movement She
was The first president of the WOnan's Press Club
which she founded fn 1853. ENCOURAGED by the
Spouse which this pioneer club met az the hands
Of Nsw-Tors women. she started the general fed
Grafton. and later suggested the New-y0rk state
federation. The first of tae State decorations TO or
sarize
The story OF the beginnings % S1rosis throws a
curious light upon social conditions in Nsw-York
In 1s5s Tire Press Club gave reception and han
quet 20 Charles Dickens. 70 which Mrs C-Oly. be-
ing an active recognized force in Journalism. tried
10 buy ticket. But women were barred from the
function-an affrout which not 20 be tolerated.
Sorosis came into being as a protest against this
Indifference and any similar indifference In Year,
to come
Writing OF sorosis's early days. Mrs. Croly said:
The social events OF the first year were m-rno-a-
ticaIIy changed the custom OF conhnlng public
dinner giving 10 men The first was offered as an
Press Club, and consisted OF breakfast. 70
which the Press Club invited Sorosfs. but did not
invite il 10 speak or do anything but sit stn and
eat and be talked and sung to
Preas s sGPa az was Ebeh 'e versed the ore fur
nishing all the speakers. and allowing the men no
The third was a dinner-tho brightest and best
OF the whole-at which the ladies' and Ee1tis-nsn
each paid their own way and shared equally the
honors and responsibilities
This is said 10 be the first public dinner az which
men and women ever sat down on equal tsrrns
That Mrs. Croly's conception OF the mission Of
a woman's club was an exalted one Is shown ~
the following extract from letter written IN 300
10 the Voman's Press Club.
Remember that a well rounded club Is an
epitome OF the world That Il never can. alc
never ought. 10 be perfect according TO any one
individuals idea OF perfection; for every ones
ideal IS different. and It IS the unity II this d.
ve-sity which constitutes the spiritual ufs OF ths
club. the soul aninates and inspires the body.
''Exalt the club Bring your best the front
EXttngUiSh personal aims. Miro not al the urtls
picking and carpiGs OF human gaeHles whose desire
TO extract blood Is perhaps survival OF their spe
cies and an evidence OF their unatness for human
conpaniouship."
number OF interesting pictures Illustrate this
volume OF Memories" \ portrait Of Mrs. Croly
at the age Of eighteen shows a sweetIy ferdinins
head and face, quite English In tts general express
sion and character. Later portraits show Mrs
CrOly forty (about the time So7osts foundsd)
and sixty-one picture OF her husband David
Goodman CrOy. and a fac-simile OF resolutions
adopted by the Woulans Press Club upon the death
OF Mrs Croly. which occurred IN New-York in lSll.
also shown.
IN addition. a group OF Mrs Croly's letters and
essays. this memorial book contains biographical
sketch by her brother, the Rev John Cum CHAM:
various resolutions and tributes from clubs. ad-
dresses Of representative CUbwOmen az the Sorosts-
Press Club memorial meeting, sketch OF the
Crolys' connection with the POsitivlSt movement
and series Of tributes from personal friends The
book has been prepared under the auspices or the
WoTnan's Press Club by a committee composed %
Mrs Caroline NJ Morse, chairman, Mrs Mar
CONN Johnson. Mrs. HaryOt Holt Dey. Mrs. Miriam
Mason Greeley. Miss Anna Warren story and Mrs.
Margaret ". RavenhiI.