Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-04
Organizations Of Women.

~ u uNty IN WomanB life, the ed
49, itor Of the Delineator saysi
RQ9iIPI Too little attention Is given To
- organizations OF women. More
and more every woman is being drawn
into some sort Of club or association. ana
as a result women are growing less NOR
ally and mentally near-siEhted.
The daily papers which lead us 70 he
heVe that women foregather simplv IN
wage a word war and display their m,ui-
merry are misleading, for those who know
can TESTIFY that such Is not the CASE
the war and the millinery being only fem
hhhe characteristics Of the most puper-
Iciai sort and Simplifying no more than
mems tobacco smoke.
The women's organizations have done
much In a moral and civic way. ana their
work Is marching on. For Instance. the
American people possess Mount Vernon
as a Mecca for patriotic pilgrims because
or a devoted group Of women. ana they
have to thank the Daughters of the Amer
lear Revolution" for most Of our other
historical landmarks. The buying in of
Washington's headquarters at Valley
Forge which otherwise would nave gone
under the hammer, Is nstanoed as only
one OF their good works. They carry on
a practical charity as well.
The Women's Christian Temperance
union Is one of the q~uietest, but most
efficient, Of women's organizations. What
they do for erring girls-and 10 prevent
young girls from treading the dark ways
is a beautiful story In itself, aside from
their warfare against intemperance. their
work in the Jails. etc.
The United Daughters OF the Confederaoy
have largely been the cause Of the union.
now so strongly cemented. between the
north and the south. II 'the women of
the south made the war;" as they have
been accused of doing. then have they
bound up the wounds they caused.
h Girl Who stays at Home.
With the passing Of June school life will
end for many girls. Some will elect 70 take
up a profession or business. Others will
stay at home. Those who 90 into business
Will give the matter some serious thought.
recognizing that such a decision cannot be
taken nor such responsibilities assumed
lightly. But the girl who stays at home
viii probably give the matter no considera-
tion whatever, But she should.
She has Just as important work awaiting
her In the home as has the girl in the
office, observes the st. Louis Globe-Demo-
crat. Her decision will affect her future
life quite az much as though she were
taking up a profession. 1t is quite impor-
tant TO the family and to herself what kind
of home-girl she will be.
II she is going to be the home-Riri who
comes down late TO breakfast, who idles
through the morning dawdllng in the shops
or gossiping with friends. who wastes the
afternoons and evenings In more gossip or
gayetles, home life will be a decided dis
advantage to her.
She will deteriorate morally and mentally.
She will GROW aaIfiah and Ia~,g No otrl
should permit herself to become this sort
OF home-Eirl, even though her mother may
want TO indulge her or circumstances may
permit of idIeness.
1t is not enough merely to live. An ami.
NAL can do that. One should live to some
purpose.
A certain amount of gayeties and pleas
ures is right and necessary. Girlhood needs
them. But not all ones time should be
given up to them.
Life demands OF a healthy, bright force
full girl something more worth while.
Pleasure should be gwen It's proper place
and proportion In the days affairs, like the
dessert on the menu. One cannot live on
1t without becoming flabby and unhealthy,
The girl who stays at home should take
her share OF the household tasks. The
time has come to lift some OF the burdens
from others shoulders, to give more time
and sympathetic attention to the interests
OF the younger members OF the family, to
add to fathers pleasure in the family circle
Of ar evening.
The girl who is home with mind free
y from lessons and time to study the home
life in all Its details will find plenty to do
to help and to make It happier. And the
girl who stays at home should do II.
= A study OF household economics might be
of greatest aid in lessening the household
expenses or tightening the burden Of its
toll. She will be a wise girl II she takes
this up.
She has elected to make home work her
life work. and she should bend all efforts
to do IL as intelligently as possible. She
will get far more pleasure out OF II also II
she goes about It in the most modern man
ner.
The girl who stays at home should take
an intelligent interest in the affairs OF the
community about her. Civic and charitable
organizations need workers. Business
women are too busy and too tired to dc
such work. Justice to themselves demands
that they rest and recuperate when theil
DAYS task is over.
The girl who stays at home should moi
shirk these responsibilities. They vii
broaden her life. make II more useful anc
happier. And whom she goes to a home Of
her own she is better fitted to manage Il
and to make It a peaceful, well-managet
abode and a power for good.
Dolls for Kindergarten Children.
Philadelphia his hit upon a way Of train
Ing the future mothers OF the race tina
sounds extremely attractive. In some o.
the kindergarten Of that city they hav,
regular doll sessions. and the little girl
are taught 70 take care OF their dolls as 4
the dolls were babies-to wash them, dresl
them. a them out to ride, and especial,
never to slap the waxen. rag or china in
fants.
The notion OF utilizing dolls in teaching
small girls things they ought to know whel
they grow up and have real children cam
to a certain Philadelphia woman one da!
when she CHANGED upon a tiny mother VIII
was giving her doll a dreadful scolding. /
was a dilapidated doll. in a rickety car
riage, and the embryo mother was slappini
It with vast enjoyment.
How many times. Dolly. have I told yol
not 20 sit like that7 Don't loll, I say
Hold your head up-no, not like that. oh