Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1914-08-23
SOCIETY ITEMS

Low was her voice, but won mysteri-
Gus way
Through the seard ear. to which a.
louder one
Was all but silence-rree of aims her
hand
The hand that robed your cottage walls
with flowers.
Has often toipd TO clothe your little
one. -Tennyson.
@HE call of social service has &C.
H cupied a prominent place in
IL the affairs of the women of
Boise the past week. First the
49, vision OF the need came ur-
gently to the woman mind, the need of
extending the hand to the cast outs,
the little sisters, as great soul has
named them because they have not yet
grown to the stature of morality. Urged
on by the vision and with the beckon-
ing ideal,
IF one of these
Should as by some miracle grow
straight and fair"
the woman's meeting was called the
earlier part of the week and plans
made for the care of
'The poor child of shame,
The common care whom no one cared
for"
And thus many women worked
through the week, letting the social
energies follow the civic duties and
parties were a pastime only to be
dreamed of, not to be spoken of. The
value CT the woman life came into the
4x,N@ ,,.t @F h.
city's problem. With no loss of virtue,
OF that which really is the divine fem
inine, the scope of womanhood broad
ems. embracing the town. the state, the
nation, the world, as its greater home.
AS the woman has advanced in her
personal qualities, the narrow ties of
one little spot however dear cannot
satisfy the evolving life wrapped up
in her soul Kate Field, one of the
first women of the nation to accept
the broader life. in her girlhood said
in despair of lack of vision of what
she was to become:
"Oh. If ] were man. pity myself I
pity myself, indeed I do. There is not an
ambition, a desire, feeling, thought,
and Impulse and instinct that am not
obliged to crush. And why? Because
j. am a woman, and a woman must
content herself with indoor life, with
sewing and babies"
The state needs womanhood alike
as does the home. God bless the noble
women who are brave enough to give
themselves to the duties of the public
call, for only a perfect woman can es-
cape criticism when first she occupies
n position heretofore through the ages
held by her brother. But her ideal is
lRgain that OF Kate Field. who in wom-
anhood saw the urge of woman to off,
cial life "Who that sees her niche in
the parthenon will not strive to be a
goddess?"
Bridge and Lunch.
Mrs. F. II. Lemon entertained at a
bridge party and luncheon Saturday
Afternoon in honor of three out of town
guests. Miss Meaney of Chicago, Miss
SHILLING of La Grande and Mrs. Higgins
Eof Denver The favor was won by Mrs
EFarris Baker. Covers were laid for 10
Gard Party
Mrs. Christian Henkel and Miss Voss
were the hostesses at a card party Sat
Hrday evening for the guest of Miss
Gladys Evans, Miss Meaney of Chi
cago. The house was decorated witt
golden glow and ferns. Five tables OF
cards were enjoyed in the game of 500
Those present We're Misses Lille May
Sloper. Florence La Sale, Irene L.
Sale, Mack. Flora Hunter, Jane Skef-
11ngton, Grace Light and Studebaker
Mesdames Sloper, Hunter, Lemon
Grimm; and Messrs. Herbert anC
Harvey Evans. Grimm, Archibald
morris Sloper
Bridge Party.
Mrs Blackinger entertained a small
party at bridge Thursday Tables wer,
prepared for 16.
Roof Garden Party
Mrs. Leo j. Falk celebrated he
birthday Friday evening with Dime
in honor of her visiting father an,
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