The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1916-11-19
TRUE QUALIFICATIONS.

affairs of organizations operated by
the ladies we would change that Gus
tom now obtaining which puts the
applicant for membership in the va
rious social organizations under the
microscope for examination ancestral
ly and otherwise. We would not per-
nit any woman to raise voice about
family tree. We would not stand for
single question as to what walk
of life the applicant might have come
from. We would not permit mem
Der to make reference in the slightest
to any occurrence in an applicants
past life.
II she is lady of culture and re-
finement now, that is the thing. II
she is in that strata Of society where
she is irf a way equal to the general
average intelligence making up the
membership of the organization to
which she has applied for membership
she will pass out examination. Il
she presides over the poorest house
hold in the world and yet has a de
sire to make that household better
for her little ones and her life mate
and her neighbors, if she cares to be
a good neighbor and tries to show an
interest in those with whom she
comes in contact, if she has "a single
spark of love Of humanity in her soul
she'll do for membership. She's ou1
definition of nobility.
In stuck up" little town not many
miles away, the ladies at their regula
meeting of one Of the organizations
had before them the name of a good
woman for membership. Family his
tory was delved into and the appli-
cant had a record that stood every
assault. The blood was there, royal
blue, and the evidence was authentic
All this was revealed in the applica
ton, but there were no especially con-
spicious frilIs about the social stand.
ing. The applicant did not know Mrs
Highbrow and Mrs. Highbrow didn'
know the applicant.
That organization with purpose
as pure and noble originally as eve
an organization had, stopped ON thlS
occasion. Mrs. Highbrow turned dow
woman whose shoe latches Mrs
Highbrow was not worthy to undo. /
is costing that woman's organization
it's usefulness. The world will have
to forget the act before it can agail'
tolerate the organization.
This is just one chapter. We have
not overdrawn it We have not tolc
all the things that fitted through tho
minds of the women who ran the
meeting that scrutinized the appli
cant. We say fitted through theil
minds, better say which made up th'
open discussions in that meeting.
There seldom is nobler instrument.
for good than a society whose affairs
are directed by Christian women
There are few organizations that car
serve in uplifting humanity better
than can the organizations over which
the ladies preside. But how neces
sary it is that the purpose be sure! A
single member with the love of hu
manity in her soul, with an uncolored
straightforward determination tc
make the world better so long as she
can work, is sufficient power to leac
not one but many organizations to
great usefulness and how the world
needs the work of the good women.
Have YOU ever seen the tragedy en-
acted as Mrs. Highbrow can enact il
in a social gathering? Have you ever
seen her blighting effect on the good
purpose of some woman's organiza
ton? Would you dare believe that
this kind of woman can spring up III
your community over night?
Away with her! Organized woman's
work is for a purpose too noble to be
blocked with frivolities. Forget blood
ed lineage! In its stead give us the
lady who works for social improve
ments because she has the interest
of poor, weakened humanity at heart
These are the true qualifications.
WILSON'S TERM.