The evening world., 1912-03-07
'MENSC[UBSCU|ED
/ down; WOMENS
CLUBS LAUDED
In the Former Shocking Sto.
ries Are Told and Gossip
/. Is Rampant. .

InDttudon q been hailed - o Toe to
oomesticity. a menacs 70 the home, .
gr5svous wrong to husbands. But the
c1ubwoman. like the worm, win turn.
Her champion has arisen In the per-
20 oe ArA w. Holden Weeks. the tail
end commanding lady who 10 leader Of
he Twenty-ssventh Assembly District
~ the Woman Suffrage Party. Mrs.
Weeks has carried the war into the
snsmy's country with . vengeance.
The mems club 10 ths greatest men-
70 the home.'i she declared at a
hrgs meeting in the State Suffrage
h~eadquarteu the other day. IAN the
Influences Of the mems club are an
Agouistio 10 domeStioity. It 10 psr-
Soeuy right for men TO have . place
- toungs and rwt AFTER . busy Day,
out ths busy men ere not the NAM
UtA1s q the club.
N u tAs others WAo ~ idly
~ ne club wtnAows an Aay long,
~ vac Ne resusoitatea o. In.
tssvA1s Win short stories, c1s~xs
"a liquids, especially liquids
011 ysu ever zee the members Of
WO08o8U OA0U WAN BoOxx 2O0OO
glued 70 Ne window paasS
why should there not bs . SORES Of
1ssturss every afternoon IN the Firth
avsaue msn's dubs. on how to become
, food husband and father7 D..
"And just the fact that that last idea
ossns % utterly iudicrous 10 . striking
eommentary ON the ideals and the per-
Gooells Of the average mems club"
Ma Weeks added yesterday.
not cRITicisINo THE AMCRi-
CAN MAN.
Y don't want to be construed as criti-
e1x1ng the American man." she contin-
usd. II admire him tremendously.
I think he's clever and energetic
and big and strong and broad-minded
md beautifully ohivalrous in his rela-
tons with American women. My chief
commentary on the present suffrage
tactics In England 10 that Englishmen
ought to be ashamed Of themselves for
having forced the women to resort to
such measures. And I am very sure
that our men would never treat us In
a way that would compel us to hght
them 80 bitterly.
"But. the typical clubman' Is not by
my means the typical American. And
I do feel very. very strongly that the
home faces a real danger in the mans
club, though It is the woman's club
and particularly the m suffrage
club which has had to suffer from the
bulk OF hostile criticism in the past"
Just In what way do you constdeI
the mans club a menace to the homer"
Mrs. Weeks was asked.
TN the first place II 10 often respon-
Gihe for q young mans delaying mar
rage too long or even giving It up al
t~ogether," she replied. HE yields to
the specious conviction that In his club
he can md all the comforts Of home.
without its burdens n responsibilities
Do instead of marrying and founding a
family and playing his proper part In
the social world he remains a selfst
and irresponsible bachelor. devotng al
his income to the iu1uries which hi
olub an furnish him. Before the clut
became such a prominent factor In New
York life q man naturally married a!
ooon as possible to escape the dlscom'
ferts Of hotel or boarding house. and N
md tho world were the better for thu
home which he set ~.
Then, aside from its deterrent efec
On marriage. I think that club life II
not rood for the habits tr the morali
Of the man who gives himself up to 1
wholly. The constitution Of the aver
age mans club says, Founded for 30
eial purposes only but n mans clul
isn't even a social institution. It's mem
bers will tell you that they go ther'
for q quiet chop'-s II any chop wer'
aver anything but quiet! There IL lit
tie social good comradeship. but a grea
Deal Of solitary eating. drinking AM
ioungtng.
MEMS CLUBS A HoTeED OIL
GOSSIP AND STORIES.
when men DO get together in a clul
their conversation II usually anythinI
but improving. The style and tenor o
The stories they tell 10 we'll known. An
aside from that. think Of thu gossip
Men accuse women of being such terri
Die gossippers! I venture to say tina
no gathering Of women can surpass
maa's club In that respect.
! ALSO a man with the club habit 1
far too likely to get into the a o
4 drinking more than Is good for hin
Z The influence Of the club can be read
fly noted from glancing at the faces o
the men who fill club windows regu
iarly. The unwritten law ~forbidding
woman to loo at club windows 4
really a very good bluff. I burned wit
! curiosity for years, but after attainin
an advanced age ! was SO scandalousl
4 unwomonly as to look.
"What a revelationl What a crushin
Disappointment! II any women wish I
preserve their illusions, their feminin
futterings and heart throbs. / advis
them not to look. They won't see tn
knights Of King Arthur. the Chevalie
d Bayards, whom they nave been fondl
= led to expect dwell IN clubrooms o
4 Fifth avenue.
"Ths man club stand more for
4 sslf-indulgsnoe; the woman's, for
ssl1-dsvslopmsnt.
In women's clubs and mixed club
there Is always something interestin
VI IN the way Of lectures and debate
This includes residential clubs. like III
Colony Club. l was never there In m