Oct. 6, 1916. 
“MANCHESTER WOMAN'S CLUB 
First GatHEertnc oF SrEAson—Mnks. 
Mary CusHiNG PALMER THE 
: SPEAKER 
» Lo learn, to teach;*to serve, to 
enjoy,’ should be the mission of the 
club woman of today,” said Mrs. 
Mary Cushing Palmer, the first 
speaker of the year at the Manchester 
Woman’s club. Mrs. Palmer address- 
ed the opening meeting of the club in 
- the Congregational chapel, Manches- 
ter, on Tuesday afternoon on “The 
Evolution of the Club Woman.” 
“An old English encyclopedia gave 
this definition of woman,” said Mrs. 
Palmer, ‘“ ‘woman, female of man— 
see man.’ ‘Today that definition of 
woman has no application, 
woman of today is a different type 
from her. sister of yesterday. The 
American woman is the richest in the 
history of the world. Her wealth 
lies in her opportunities. One half of 
_ the human race cannot do all of the 
work; so woman must do her share. 
Her opportunity for service . today 
equals her opportunity for. education. 
1 “The old-time belief was that wo- 
man should leave her home but three 
times in her life—to be christened, to 
be married and to be buried.. Woman 
still is firm in her belief that her first 
_ duty is to her home, but home has 
grown to mean not only the little cir- 
cle housed within four walls, but the 
entire community. Today we believe 
not only in the Fatherhood of God 
and the brotherhood of man, but also 
in the motherhood of woman. And 
by motherhood we mean a community 
obligation rather than and individual 
obligation of motherhood. 
“The home used to be the workshop 
and the mother, a captain of industry. 
Today modern conveniences have re- 
placed the old methods of labor in the 
home and have given woman leisure 
and a surplus of strength and energy. 
Leisure has given her an opportunity 
to'help herself and to help ‘others. 
Leisure has been defined as ‘a chance 
to choose your own job.’ Besides 
leisure, sympathy has led woman to 
undertake work for the relief: of the 
unfortunate. Woman has found that 
she can do more good by combining 
her strength with others—hence the 
woman’s club. 
“They say there is nothing new un- 
der the sun—not even women’s clubs. 
The ancient Greeks had a form of 
woman’s club, and even the ancient 
Egyptians. Governor Bradstreet’s 
wife formed the first woman’s club in 
America and was banished for sedi- 
tion by the Puritans, who would not 
tolerate such an innovation. In 1818 
_Hannah Adams founded the first wo- 
r 
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men’s literary club in Boston. Other 
clubs were formed in the Middle West 
during the middle of the last century 
and in 1868 the first two women’s club 
in. New England were formed. ‘To- 
day the movement has grown until 
every town, city and state has its wo- 
man’s club. There is the National 
Federation of Women’s club, the state 
federations and a great international 
federation taking in the representa- 
tives of 22 countries. 
“The woman’s club has come to be 
a training school for women in com- 
munity housekeeping. At first they 
were organized for literary purposes, 
but women could no longer pass un- 
sightly billboards on their way to 
study Michael Angelo so they put 
their art study to a practical applica- 
tion and the ‘clean-up’ campaigns re- 
sulted. Some clubs devote their en- 
ergies to cleaning up municipalities, 
some. to children’s work, some to dis- 
trict nursing work, some provide for 
the education of girls, some for mis- 
sionary work among the poor whites 
and, in rural communities, they work 
for good roads and better farming. 
The ideal woman, described by Solo- 
mon in the proverb, is the ideal club 
woman of today, although of course 
we are not yet ideal.” 
Mrs. Palmer related the doings of 
the biennial convention in New York, 
describing the enthusiasm and _ spirit 
of the great gatherings which were 
attended by 20,000 women. She 
quoted choice extracts from the 
speeches of the nationally prominent 
men and women who addressed the 
convention.. The keynote of the con- 
vention spirit, she said, was “‘service.” 
Mrs. G. S. Sinnicks, vice-president, 
presided at the meeting in the absence 
of the president, Mrs. E. S. Knight. 
Mrs. Raymond C. Allen entertained 
with a pleasing solo, “The Hills o’ 
Skye.” 
Following the address the directors 
served tea. 
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the Mass. Highway Commission. He 
began work Monday morning under 
the chief engineer. 
Col. W oodbury Camp, Sof .V%, 
held its first meeting of: the season in 
G. A. R. hall on Tuesday evening. 
An entertaining lecture on the Boy 
Scouts of America was given by Rey. 
A. G. Warner, who exhibited some 
fine pictures to illustrate the work of 
the scouts in camp and at drills. A 
victrola concert was provided by 
brank Floyd. following the ‘lecture. 
Refreshments were served. 
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