The St. Louis Star and Times from St. Louis, Missouri • Page 51

Bv ST. LOUIS STAR WOMAN'S SECTION 4 OFF A it rowoMieiri ga og TH1 GaroEdfelefs From a Ounaoinilt, OHdr-ffaislhiioiniedl Village rae Sotiiitihera Snub mh fiHas Become an Ambitions Progressive Sectlom) of St Loms5 Largely Dune-to the Efforts off Caronndelet Womaou's Inn lb Members for Social Civic DeveSopemept--Beayty the 'New PnaMk' Library a Credit to These Workers $8 vfelw'f raised $1,000.00 through public subscription, entertainments and the operation of concessions at the annual school picnic. This sum -was, however, re- turned to the club by the Public Library Board, and ill eventually be ex- pended for the mural decoration of the structure. PIANO WAS INSTALLED. i A handsome $400 piano has also been Installed In the library by the club as an additional gift, to form a part of its magnificent urnishing-s.

Prior to this time meetings were held at the homes of the different members. There are forty members at present in the club, and the membership limit is fifty. About eighteen of these ar? school teachers and 7 per cent 111 Last year Missouri and the home was the subject which ran throughout the programmes. A miscellaneous programme, including many timely topics, will be studied next season. i The sentiment of the club is divided cn the suffragette question, and in 1 the interest of harmony it is not discussed.

A distinction is made between "general" and "'pecial" politics, and unprofitable controversies are avoided by-J tabooing the latter. It is one of the regular philanthropies of the club to entertain about one hundred children from the Ghetto district at an all-day outing once a year. 71 V- ft These are always gala days for the little folks, and the event is participated in by the full membership. One of the unique rulings of the club is that of never spending money to purchase floral tributes for deceased Instead, whenever a cieath takes place in the little circle, a donation is made to the Children's Hospital covering the amount that would have been spent for flowers. The underlying idea here is that of doing some good to the living, rather than bringing tokens to the departed.

Perhaps one of the best known members in the club is Miss Hattie B. Gooding, whose bright and energetic public career has made her one of the most conspicuous young women out in the local business field today. Miss Gooding was for two years connected with the general advertising department with Gardner Advertising Company, and for the last two years has been in business for herself as publicity expert. In this capacity she has handled "VTI sme the most ambitious public enterprises given at the Coliseum, and will assume management of the "Wednesdav Club Auditorium commencing next HAINES, fall. In addition to this Miss Gooding is chairman of a number of prominent rvTIUT' A7f committees, among mem Being the press committee or tne st.

louis society for the Relief and Prevention of Tuberculosis and press committee of the AVE. i I Loufs District of Women's Clubs, and is a member of the board of directors of the Consumers' League, secretary of the Women's City Club, and the only woman among ten men on the board of the Civic League, Committee of Public Safety and Law Enforcement. A FAVORITE MEMBER. The qualities which have made Miss Gooding's public career so uniformiy successful have mZso made her a general favorite in the club, of which she is a most efficient mC r. She has held various offices in the organization, uf which she was until last spring chairman of the press committee.

The active membership includes: Mrs. W. M. Kinsey 663S Vermont avenue Mrs. Hugh Romanowski 6623 Virginia avenue Miss Kate E.

Brown .....6807 Virginia avenue Miss Elizabeth Montgomery ,420 Kansas street Mrs. A. II. Blow 6712 Michigan avenue Mrs. Jonas Bloch 7622 South Broadway Mrs.

Walter Gray .....6914 Virginia avenue Mrs. David McPherson 6028A Michigan av. nue Miss Katherine O'Hallaran ....6604 Michigan -i venue Aitss i-cowena Brown usiii Virginia avenue Miss Maud Brown bSQ irginia. avenue Miss Louise Davis 5913 Minnesota avenue Miss Hattie Gooding 604 Virginia nveini-- Mrs. John H.

Walsh 7012 Virginia a -etnu? Mrs. William Buddecke .6727 Michigan avenue Miss Rose Cooper 6706 Michigan avenue 1 Mrs. Joseph Hardy Michigan avenje Mrs. Theodore Koetzli 5962A Juniata sfre. Mrs.

W. T. Nardil! 5701 Julian att.ue Mrs. W. J.

Huppert 6719 Michigan avenue Mrs. Li. ttoch uarger eiu.j Alabama avenue Mrs. W. H.

Loker 6609 Vermont avenue Mrs. Ed 0'iU 6641 Vermont avenue Mrs. Frank Michel 6716 Vermont aventu- BY' DOLORES SISTUNE. It Is significant of the appeal of the organized woman's club, that it invariably attracts the intellectually ambitious element of the community, or, in ether words, those progressive members of the feminine sex that think. Thee women constitute the live entities of our social system as it exists today, and collectively wield a tremendous influence upon modern thought and conditions of living generally, which is impossible to over-estimate.

Just as water seeks its own level, so this type of woman is gregarious, the common bond of sympathy being the lofty precepts and ideals crystalized in the Bentiment of the organization with which they are affiliated. Here, as nowhere else, like attracts like and unlike repels, with the certainty of the Bcientiflc principle of electricity, which is suggested in the reverse application. A SMALL SOUTH SIDE CLfB. It was through the manifestation of this spirit ten years ago that a small but exceedingly interesting coterie of women were brought together down in Carondelet by Mrs. A.

H. Blow for the common purpose of self-improvement and to promote civic enterprises for the public good. At that time had all the rustic pkturesqueness of a quaint, old-fashioned village, whose conservatism and simple, easy-going mode of life barkened back to the early pioneer days, before the strenuous ideals and methods of the present had invaded its limits, and the forming of such an organization was an innovation that amounted to a new epoch in annals. Hitherto the eoclal and intellectual life of Carondelet had centered exclusively in church circles and was much hampered by denominational barriers. This was the first concerted movement made to break down doctrinal distinctions and differences, and to bring together in a spirit of religious tolerance and good-fellowship representatives of every creed and sect in the community.

The unqualified success of its mission in this respect is eloquently attested today on all sides. The example set has bor-ne fruit in every walk of life, and with increased inhabitants and material prosperity the somnolent little hamlet has bourgeoned forth into a thriving, bustling section of the city, one of its important arteries of trade. There were about thirty charter members associated with Mrs. Blow in the early constructive work of the club, who were recruited from among the oldest settlers. A large number of these women are still active in the affairs the organization, but with the onward march of time the list has been reduced through death and removals from the city.

Xotably among the members at that time was Mis Kate E. Brown. Rose Cooper. Miss Mary Kennedy. Miss Madaline Hornsby.

Miss Daisy Hornsby, Mrs. John W. Waish. Mrs. Theodore Koetzli.

Mrs. John Ketalic, Mrs. Edwin X. "Webster, Mrs. William Beale.

Mrs. Ijzzle Shawk. and the mother and sister of the founder, Mrs. W. V.

Haines, and" Mrs. Edward Barnard. INTERESTING PERSONALITIES. Some interesting personalities were Included! in the original membership. Mrs.

Edwin Webster, a woman of broad humanitarian sympathies and of deep religious convictions, was most noted for her charitable and philanthropic activities. Later she became a member of the board of directors of the Old Ladies' Home on South Broadway, to the furtherance of whose work she devoted much of her time and energies. fn the club today recall the gentle, loving influence of Miss Daiy Hornsby. whi has since Womp a nun. No other institution outside, of the sacred precincts of the sanctuary itself appealed so strongly to sympathies and keetvntelligenoe of this nole-minded woman as the club, and it may be tha she received inspiration ronscrate her life to the of humanity from the associations and lisht which came t- her from this source.

The distinguishing qualities of the majority of the other members were such as fitted the early organization to survie the vicissitudes of time and become the parent of the present magnificent body. Mrs. unanes iteis ii- nvenje IVIrs TC Allard 6424 Vermont uv.n:icl Miss Delia Stackl 5S11 avtnuc Miss Ieonore Faulette 6319 Virnini.i avenue 3S83 Humpnrev' street 3962A Juniata 5319 Michigan frf Mrs. H. Reber $Mj I Miss Julia frviR 3C I 1 Miss Aimie YV t- X.

i- 'V I MiM Julia 7P Vvv i Mrs. i Martin Kfl '-V'W i Emma I Miss Laura pekj 1 Miss Mary Kenncdj MRS. HUGKROMrVNOWSKL 6623 VIRGWA AVE 6600 Vermont avciuis 5620 Minnesota a-. iri)e' West Haven street 663S Vermont avenue! 7012 Virginia avenue 1 Governing Children By WINIFRED BLACK. 1 mfr til KKf GOODING.

vll You've been ill, and now that you 1 are up and around you find that your four children have gone entirely oe-yond your authority. They are. you say. noisy, disobedient and wild: scarcely a day SOeS lv b'Jt yOtJ Mrs. Blow, who is a relation by marriaee to Susan E.

Blow, mother of the kindergarten system of St. Louis, was the Prst president, and succeeded her how ill you have been and huw worried you are about the children; tell her the neighbors are caving you are a poor mother, and you know sho cannot bear to have her mother so spoken of. Tt 11 her you've noticed, how she's growing up and how womanly and bright she Ik; tell her you're proud of her soft hair and her bright eyes and her sweet. gentle manner, and toll her jou need her now as you never needed hr in your life. Talk 'jvr the youngsters with her; get her to fee their good points; rcie her family pride, the honert pride in an honert and th frst thing you know that little girl of your" will be your right arm, and a good, strong right arm, too.

Jt boy? That's better even. -v herself three consecutive years. Having intimately at heart the success of the project, as Its irtitAtor. and being a woman of lofty ideals and as pirations as well as general popularity, her administratis was one of lh jnost effective in the history of the club, and laid the foundation for future career. have to whip one of them, and ev-i ery time that hap-i pens 50U go back to bed half sirK i atain: the neigh Those who have succeeded Mrs.

Blow in occupying the chair are lies- rimes William Evans and Vc'ker: Kate E. Brown and Mrs. W. M. 1 1 bors arc beginning "WitfXFBEO BZACK 1 at to' Boys love to boss and hate to fc hosted.

Make that, boy the boss oS vo talk and you don know I do. the. children; tell hirn you're weals and ill and can't eet alinz without insey. At the election of officers, which was held in the spring for the comin; year. Mrs.

Blew was once again the popular choice for president. Others Who will serve with her are Mrs. John Walsh, first vice-president: Miss Katharine O'Hallaran. second vice-president; Mrs. Jonas Bioch.

treasurer, and Miss Mary Kennedy, recording secretary. The new executive board is headed ty the retiring president. Mrs. W. M.

Kirse and Mesdames Hugh Roman-ewski, William Loker; Misses Kate Brown. Rose Cooner and Louise Davis. A FEDERATION MEMBER. The club was admitted into the state federation in 1904 and a year later into the general federation. Poor little mother that's always ith th- little rascals whoUjs vim 1 i the way i w-i.

i J'lJii Jr nvn llLO-ll hold our hearts in the of their ly he's getting to be! ay something I hands. Two weeks of illness, even a about hie muFcle and his good ahoul- I aers, and ten mm you need him to few dayf of preoccupation, and. lean on. Get him interested In "his 1 brothers and sisters; talk thm over i hiff, the authority you'v been tak- Membership is ootamea by tne name of the candidate being presented to the executive board in writing, indorsed by the person submitting it and three sponsors, all of whom must have known the candidate not less than on year. The application is then announced by the beard at a regular meeting i cf the club, held on alternate Mondays, and the takes place two weeks later.

There are two kinds of membership, active and associate. Dues for the former are $1.50 per annum, and for the latter $2.00. Associate member? A have all the privileges the club except hold; and are not ins care of as a groctr takes care of i with him. a baslet of is gen-, and it look? Jlan- is quick-Umpered. how fchall Us 1 it were sone fore- er.

manajte that? Johnny is a run. I But i ifn'i; H'f only aay on a away, what' the best mean? to keej 1 acation: let'- send a t.ram and Mm at borne Lfttle Katharine is -ztt tt home asain righ lwas 2'ttin? into luarr! with How By whipping? the; the neighbors children, how phall whippins doesn't sn to I Ffop that? "We," rr-embr, not I. much rood tight now. Je it? I Tak the bey in as your partner; i don't teiteve it eTi os much real make Mm 'feel that he's a roan and good myself. Let try another i that you expect a man's Btrenztlt i VThat's the oldest a courar and etf-3nial from Take that sir! into your room, shut him.

It will make the tear3 come to the door and eit down and hae a i your eyes to see how quickly he will heart to talk with her. Tell thoulder the responsibility. to write papers. The qualiflcations are simply ability to do the work required and general good repute. The carondelet public Library, winch is one of the architectural achieve- i jnents cf South St.

Louis, was called into existence in June, 190, largely through the local pride and Intelligent campaign undertaken by the club." It was in recognition of the valuable services rendered in this connection that i one of the rooms in the building was set aside as a permanent meeting place tor the organization. In the interest of the fund for this purpose the club MkS J- Fi VAL5H. MSPY ROSCH PtiOt? MSlS. WW. K.

KINSEfV pes.