The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1905-05-17
Clubwomen and Mr.. Cleveland

Mr. Cleveland's. courage has been
shown again and again IN his political
and public career: but he must admlt
shat ne took his life in bis hands, SO to
speak, and crossed the boundary be-
tween yalor and rasbness when he
wrote the other day of 9 danger Of self
delusion's on the part of the clubs
belonging to the National Federation
of Women's Climbs, and of the vast
number of associations less completely
organized, bat not less exacting Of
time and attention, whose professed
purposes are in many instances the ip-
tellectual improvement or entertain
ment of the women composing their
mem bershib. -
With the courage or hardihood Of
mistaken root be walked right up to
the women's suffrage clubs and told
them that s it is thousand pities that
all The wives found in such company
cannot sufficiently open their minds to
see the complete fitness of the homely
definition which describes good wife
as women who loves her husband
ard her country, with no desire to run
ether . -
There are excellent conservative
sentiments, which prudent man keeps
locked in his own bosom. The utterance
of them is sure to bring stings and ar
rows and outrageous fortune and
bricks by the thousand upon :" the deaf
and desperate head,n as Mr.. Swim
burne would say, of the utterers
already the storm bowls along the
sky. From Sleepy Eye to Death Smith
County from Toad gill to DEVILS
Lake, from Chuguabugnamug to Clc-
ero from awful Shasta's ice shrine the
Three Shoat Creek, the "clubwomen''
are brissling like quil1s upon the fret
full porpentine. Chicago, first in war,
iabs and stabs Mr. Cleveland. "Club-
women gathered in groups in the rooms
of the CbicagoWoman's Club all vigor-
ously defended the club against whst
they characterized as Presidential
LIBEL g
Mrs. James Frake, president of the
Illinois Federation of Women S Clubs,
says that Mr.. Cleveland Should be
excused on the ground Of his ignorance
of the subject Mrs. Frederick
B6wes is sure that Mr.. Cleveland
doesn's intend to run for president
again or he would not be so reckless
about the friendship Of the clubwo-
ulen.'' Mrs. Elwood MacGrew asserts
that ''be has got the serious minded
clubwoman confused with the bridge
whist devotee. - Mrs. George Rene
dict Carpenter wipes out Mr.. Cleve-
land and all the schools and colleges
in one grand bow
..The woman's club is the greatest
ducator I know
Thirty thousand clubwomen in Oh!
cago gaze upon Mr.. Cleveland with
blazing eyes:
Feminine admirers of the former
president went back on him and re-
sorted to long, harsh sounding adjec-
tiyes and cruel knocks in giving voice
10 their contempt Of his vews Our the
woman's club. :"
It would be presumptuous to try te
screen Mr.. Cleveland from the volleys
of the serious minded, nor would we
lightly oppt SO ourselves to those ser.
ritd columns o: perticoated knock,
ers. - Yet for truths sake. we would
dare much. For instance what does
Mrs. F. W. Becker mean by those
| mysterious words:
sBe would do better to wr.te treatise
on ducks. -
Aren't the clubwomen ducks, every
mothers daughter Of them?
| Mrs Jane Lucy, an aged lady o1
| the TaXaha section. died Sunday. She