Omaha daily bee., 1907-02-17

each ID these cards the name and address
Of the owner are written
NJ question are asked The cashier
simply writes the name and address given
on the back Of The card and hands il TO Tbs
purchaser 50 she won't forget her own
name and place OF business. but he makes
No entry for the use Of the club.
Miss CeeT an6 the cashier state together
and separately that the ambition q The
newly formed club is 70 have q suite q
rooms somewhere downtown where the girls
VIII have more space and greater con-
venience. The parish house was never
intended for more than a temporary shelter.
The Clio club Of Chicago is cited as
successful contemporary having grown
and developed along very successful lines.
its object being. like that Of the ST. Paul
Chapel club, The good Of the girls who have
Joined. Already Dr. Geer has received
many letters from business men caEmend-
Ing his project; one or two have applied for
photographers and some checks have been
sent TO help in the prelirninHries-
I'VE never ask all questions q the girls
says Miss Geer. why should we They
cont ask any OF US We want the girls
70 feel that we are working toward q fu-
ture and II they are willing 10 help in the
beginning they VIII profit by whatever is
accomplished
The prices q food are On q COST basis
5 cents for q cup Of tea ccffee OF Cocoa
5 cents for q large sandwich and s cents
for cake or pie AL the money above the
expenses VIII be put aside for the new
club rooms.
After luncheon some Of the girls open
and play on the piano. Miss Geer and her
assistants 20 about with the latest maya
zines for distribution. Downstairs in the
reading room proper some Of the girls sew.
some write letters. others curl up and
lost TO their surroundings, finish some fRs-
cinaring work Of fiction.
isn't Il nice" says one OF these, that
we can come 10 a place where there are
no men? When you've been shut up in
an Office with the average man and seen
him In his business moods. with his bark
on, it's q question Of keeping yourself from
scratching his eyes out. This place just
irons me out
There has been an awful lot said re-
piled another smart looking business
woman. about q woman never being able
TO adapt herself 10 Office requirements,
that she is always too feminine. That is
AL rot
The women know are much more
adaptable than the men. The mere sight
Of a skirt IN an once toe often acts as an
unsstler. The business man who thinks
because he pays his stsnoErspher 81 d
week be is entitled 10 III up every one Of
her spare moments with accounts Of his
desperately unhappy home positively makes
me SisguEtsd- u wives only knew what
EtenoErsphers suffered from this they'd
Eympa1hi1s with EN-.
Jealous wives2 Wen, perhaps I know
one wife said TO me once when she had
come over 10 the ONCE, I son't SCI how
you stand my husband an day. II ! had
him I'd be out Of my mind
A little lady in q corner who toys SRintily
with q charlotte russo and whs has LIVED =
life Of business activity and preserved her
charming fernininity tells how the towsr
part sf the city has changed since she first
cane there
Of the big firms has their work osne Al ths
typewrfring Offices and never Thought q
having their own secretaries The wsmsn
who had charge o. these Offices made a
great zeal q -nsnev ] wss enc - them.
but ] lost al maze IN speculation
Now I am glad 10 get $40 q week for
prices are Fteadily decreasing and VIII
until women get the suffrage and learn 30
organize. There IL no sentiment IN q bUsi-
ness once. That Is proved ~ the few
marriages that take place Oven NV Il
fs considered a matter 81 newspaper cc1n-
merit when a man mar-ies a stsnogrsphsr.
There's another change very evident "a
any one who has Erud1eo this question
closely Women who are married ana IN
/ business no longer think Il necessary &c
I hide the fact IN order no1 10 offend The
sentiments o the head q the ONCE. who
might object 10 the married wornHn ~ The
ground that her husband should be able %
+ support her.
Husband and wife come downtown
= together. the woman going - her once
( the man 10 his: they take luncheon togeth
and 70 u town IN the Afternoon their
4 combined salaries allow them - i've and
Dress bette. than - They were dependent
on the mans salary alone
-I1o one ever thinks now q questioning
Z this arrangement TIE man 50 no longer 2
Fubjec- for ridiculs and ire woman one o.
raify Il is the natural evolution - wurner
IN the business weird and the comBronis,
with natural laws"