Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1912-05-05


and go
The pace that the others do,
The future You need not heed, indeed
No wedding has she in view.
But once she says. "Oh, you muslin I
buy
Such heaps of presents that come so
high,
hut save your money"-it's time TO
shy,
For 81 e's baited the hook for you.
--BERTON BRALEY.
Amarillo
Club Life.
The wonderful story OF the prog
ress OF the Texas Panhandle is no
longer the treasured legend Of a fay-
ored few-it has crept into every
home OF the Union. The story OF
broad and sunlit land, stretching its
green pastures TO meet the sky, where
the buffalo and the red man fought
Tor supremacy. And then came into
this untrodden vista the white man
with his God-given. burning ambition
to conquer the unattainaBle. to bring
beneath his will the seemingly i'm
possible Finding his way TO this
plateau of the sky, with quick in
stinct he ealiZed that the mecca Of
life lay hidden in its soil So far
Tor the Introductory the page is
turned, and what of the next chap
ter? Hut a short space, and 10, no
longer the cry OF the king of the
herd echoes itself into oblivion. The
lmitless space. ileoked at even-tidc
with the lights of little hamlets and
the low and almost hreathless melody
that tells of endeavor and an ap-
preaching city. Another page and a
proud and vigorous metropolis rears
her steeples and public buildings to
greet the early sun The strength
ana vim of great city Is hers. Hut
what OF the women during this sea
son Of miraculous growth What
FsNli NiA WY ilte ~ '''' "'''ii'''
drama? II Is the old story of
Mans life the sterner graces show
While woman's part the sentler
graces know
And. while the husbands were out
breaking the soil TO bring forth rich
products that rival those OF any Sis
ter country. and to guard his herd
that browscd over the plains In lazy
contentment. The wives STAYED a.
homo TO tend the hearth. Was their
struggle In the pioneer DAYS a thing
10 be passed over lightly Wnh the
obstacles that always attend tho
Growth Of q new city. theirs was not
devoid OF hardships. end lust laurr Is
should be- extended bv an appreciativc
ponulaco And with the same geutlef
Instincts that might over be hers as
.hc sat like Mary Of old on a pack
and wcnded her way alonc 'ho trail
until the spot was ~oi,lcd 20 be
called home And DomiL-, she
BROUGHT with her her tea cups her
ruffles and her higher Inspirations
Tor n she docs love rufiies. u does
not show that she is one whit less
capabic 81 appreciation OF tho deeper
things Of life The touch Ct WON
ans hand made the hut hallowed
haven 10 manv strong and fearless
horseman. who. exposed N the law
iessnoss of the frontier NAV have
Income desneradoes. hut the visior
NJ a svee, face watching at sunset
Tor hif return kent him strcnr IN his
purpose.
And with tea and Guns, why no
-ather together and drink "" So
ne tho hamlets grew. the women be
ran heir social life and would rid
miles on horseback 10 drink n cpp o
tea nut these functions crew Will
tho times end today Amarillo an
the Panhandle can boast Of a. bril-
liant social events as 's sean IN TN
.oothor states \ little over n do1ol
wears AFRO twelve Girls dubbed 20
ge,her and called themselves Jus
Is Girls" forming what a. stil
knoWn as the !. I. = Club A. firs
their aim WIS 10 establish socia
standard 81 highest degree. hut late
fhoy developed into n literary clu
selectinr the broadcast and hes
COURSES Of study After being In eN
istcnoe but short while. the clu
lorated two hundred books 10 ~
city which laid the foundation a.
he Amarillo public library The
o.. G club was barely launched who
ether clubs spran- into existence
ths woman's Pierian Phllharmoni
Music Gull. countless social 'luDs 70
lowing Co tho wake and then ~
uoihcrs and Teachers Clubs. 2
whose efforts the teachers and pupil
8f the amarillo public schools are 60
l,bted Tor corutlcss benefits an
comforts tn, ONLY clubs so Ear ie'