El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-02-28

z T you think women have not bust
ness acumen, it is because you have
never talked with any of the lead
ers Of the WOmen's club Of FL Paso.
They have a lot Of it and are using 1t.
Some Of these days Ell PasO is going to
have another club house and an audi
forum that 1t viii be proud or. ana
the members Of the Women's club viii
have to be thanked for it.
They already have a valuable piece
of property partly paid for and they
are paying it out steadily and expect
to have it free Of debt within the next
few months Then viii come the new
club house. When Miss Thirza l..
WestcOtt died a few years ago, she
willed the club a half interest in her
home at the corner of California and
North Kansas streets. The club at
once made arrangements with the
heirs to buy the other half and since
that time the members have been
steadily and with little flutter or fuss
about it, paying off the principal and
the interest. Last year the club raised
over $500 and applied it on the home;
this year they have started right in
raising money-nOt begging 1t, but
raising it by hard efforts and diligence
and they think they can pay off the
last $4,000 by the end Of 1914 and
start the Exposition year with clear
slate. The property is bringing in
$40 a month rent and when paid for
this viii be velvet for the club, If
the members do not decide to tear
down the building and erect their new
home on the lots. This IS probably
what viii be done. as the lots are
roomy enough and they are close IN
enough to make the location Access
sible to all parts Of the city and most
Of the car lines.
Building the Home.
Just as soon as we pay off the
debt then we can mortgage the prop
e-ty for enough money to build our
some" said Mrs a. p. AVeriu, the
club president-dOesn' that sound
business like enoush?-'and then we
can pay off the new mortgage Just as
we have been paying off the debt on
the other half Of our donation. We
want to build something that viii be a
credit to Ii PasO and we may only be
able TO erect the first story at first,
then the auditorium on top, after
wards, but we nope to build II at once.
We want some place for our meetings,
some place 20 hold lectures and art
exhibits and for our social gatherings
and business meetings.
Why not go out and make the men
put up for this club house?" I asked
her
men" she said. "They are bothered
to death now; they are asked to donate
for everything all the time. Of course,
we would like their help, but we have
not asked it. We are doing it our
selves"
I assured Mrs. Averill that if the
men of El PasO would look into the
work the club is doing, she would not
have to talk this way. 1 believe they
would be glad to help. The Eel PasO
Woman's club has been in existence
for G dozen years and what it has done
for FL PasO is worth something to FL
PasO. It has been instrumental in
revolutOnizing much of the teaching
in the FL Paso public schools; it has
encouraged civic betterments in I'll
PasO; it has helped to advertise the
cultured side of FL PasO at a time
when most of the world looked upon
US as village Monte Carlo, inhabited
largely by ruffians; it has brought
good musicians and singers here; it
has held frequent art exhibitions, such
as that at the chamber OF commerce
yesterday, and it is difficult to point
to any other organization in FL Paso-
whether composed of men or women
that has done as much for FL PasO as
the WOmans club, or that deserves
more in return.
The PettieOat Power.
The membership of the club is grow
ing annually and its influence is being
more largely felt every day. Its work
has grown with it. Its own members
have developed while they We're help
ing to develop others; while teaching
the children TO love beautiful things,
to appreciate better music, to be better
men and women by first becoming bet
ter boys and girls the members them
selves have naturally felt the effect Of
their own work. They have generated