The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1922-01-24
The Ladies of NOnta

AIDES Of the Zonta Club met in Detroit recently Did
ID you hear Of themf would do your heart good
to see them. Zonta is Indian word meaning ttrus
worthy" No better could be selected for typical
American business She is indeed TRUSTWORTHY,
every business testify If women disappeared
from business from the left elbows of male business per-
many would have to watch his cash. that now
safely trusts it all to q woman.
The ladies of Zona whose organization has spread
to eighteen cities will have great convention in Detroit on
May 26th and May 9th next They are sort of female
Rotary Club eectng only lady from each business or
profession.
The luncheon of Zonta different from the average
Rotary luncheon The food and the faces lighter
Pickles. OF and ice of Instead tho
usual Rotary slab of beef there was delicate VOL
aupen about substantial charlotte with the
crust missing.
1t interesting to hear the Zona young ladies-an
LOOKED YOUNG and most of them WERE Young
answering the questions "What would you have
rather bcen in all history if you had your choicei
One earnest young lady said Cleopatra of COURSE and
thoughtess young with blond hair Immediately inter-
ected, Then would like have been the asp Can you
imagine foolish remark' He should have sad Marc
Antony Better STILL Caesar who met Cleopatra when she
was younger before her little boy Caesaron
lady with a diamond dagger in her hair said she
would like to have been Lucrea Borga which means pre-
umab that she would enjoy poisoning gentlemen But she
visitor from the moving picture belt of California
and didn't really mean it. 1t just film idea
The heahies looking lady and of the beautiful
wanted to be Mrs Mary Baker Edy. "She healed me-
said she
Another wanted to be Joan of Arc another Queen Ez
abeth not bad choice, for she had gay lfe what with
Walter Raleigh and thing another wanted to be
Grace Darling another the Queen of Sheba
travelled Some of the ladies said they had distinct choice
but did not to mention it. Nobody suggested tie
mother of Gracch yet she had the job that every
ought to want Men inevitably first class in everyhin
except in creating and should concentrate
the ONLY profession in which she rules It's the creates
profession.
The idea of the Zonta Club is most excellent and viii.
surely spread to all cities of the country 1t is brin
business and professional together first that the
may discuss matters that interest them; second that b.
hearing about the occupations of other they
become too onesded concentrated their work
The Detroit zonta Club is thoroughly representative of
the best women's organizations in the country.
1t would surprise Puritan grandmothers if they could
back, the intelligent, alert young of the
club and learn how businesses and professions
represented by the officers of the club and members One
office manager estate manager lawyer DOCTOR
one life insurance manager jeweler senogapher
are included among the officers.
Seventy make up the membership fifty different pro-
fessons and businesses represented The
week to discuss matters that interest the OCCASION
ally but not always wasting their time listening while
talks at them.
Besides interesting themselves in their own business they
on young girls starting out In business
for themselves, supervise protect and advise them.
is disgrace to civilization that any woman should find
necessary to waste her years in business Men ought
do that and enough for two.
Men should do the best they considering what they
And womans attention should be devoted exclusively
to developing better race.
However called civilization makes it necessary
millions of to work. That being the case such
organizations the wellnamed Zonta Trustworthy CLUB
useful and should be encouraged One should exist
every city.