The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1911-12-16

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DE subject IT woman and ciuhs
= favor the Gibbs aud fads.
Clubs becRnse thesc Of nm intcliec.
'oai trend require mental cxertion
90 tho part Of the membera and thus
hiring back htudious hahllp when
may have been neglected while a..
tending 20 Young children anA the
duties Of y home | have belonged
Tor years 20 q club. tho Nineteenth
Century, which deserves we'll OF
every woman in our community,
that r., to those 60 whom intellectu-
al pleasures appeal We meet once
week.. we prepare our own papers
and follow with rigid fidelity the
Federation of Clubs. Apart from
the study and research necessary to
prepare paper. which In read be
fore your close friends and assocl-
ates and therefore subject to mi
croscopic criticiHm. | think clubs af-
ford women such n fine opportunity
to know each other. The trouble
with women IN that they do not. az
rule, kuNw or understand each
other IA men do. For ages past men
have enjoyed their clubs have pos
sessed opportunities from friend
ships in 4 business way, and thus
their lives have been enlvened ann
perfa I'd. Women in the refinea
strata of society have been more ro-
served. They have called on eacn
onher, chattod in passing, but never
except In rare instances have they
boon afforded n chance to really
get acquainted Clubs give them this
opportunity.
Now, | have pondered deeply on
all sides of this question, whether n
woman who frequents club really
neglects any of the higher obIiga-
tons OF lie. ! have read all those
indictments against the seflshness
OF the American women and | have
vainly endeavored to solve the pr b.
lem. Every one who thinks at all on
the subject Will acknowledge that
the American man is the hardest
worked mortal in the world. He
works from choice and he workh
from necessity. for be he million
ARE or small clerk the reproach OF
specting man can endure. The man
Iabors INCREASINGLY In order that his
womankfnd may enjoy the good
Things OF life proportionate to his
earnings. My experiences Is that the
bend OF xhps family provinces ay0ry-
thing for every member but Himself .
His womankind must of nec~ssity
become In measure responsible for
his happiness and comfort at home.
Getting away from the humdrum OF
life, cultivating the mind, exchang-
ing views with women with prob
lens Ike your own or perhaps even
moro complicated ones. all those
keep tho wife fresh and Interesting
and holm to Tighten the burden for
her husband. All this talk about the
clubwoman neglcctIng home affair
Ia nonsense The w)mnn without
stamina to do her duty at home 81
never an acquisition to club The
habit OF neglecting things comes ont
very giaringly In club life, md soon
relieves the professor OF II Of all re-
spopslbllty and honors IT Is the
busy woman who accompishos use
full results
There Ia another phase Of pres
ent day life which often causes mc
anxiety. That IL regarding the gem
Grafton OF boys and girls npY grow
benig an idlcr Is one which self-ro-
Ing up. They all seem pamperef
darlIngs of fortune with every wish
gratlfied. Take the way tie average
girl is dressed In my young days, q
now gown was an event, something
which fIuttcred the household No#
It ia such prosaic thing nat even
ones intimate friends nof longer
comment I frequently wonder
s.hcther this race u boys and girls
Used to every luxury INDUCED Just
as far as tho fathers parse VIII per
NIT and often beyond II VIII be as
strong and dependable az the pres
cnt men and women OF 'hc nation
We can only hope 80 ana BY cuitiyat~
ing the intellectual strength and the
moral sense TO do Nway with the en-
ervatinE Influence Of luxury"