Women's Clubs

ïhu recent meeting in New York city of delegatea from all the women's clubs in the Union was an interesting occasion to thosc concerned. The delegates came together on the invitation of Sorosis, the women's club of New York. Sorosis eelebrated its twenty-first anniversary this Marcb, and invited the others to participato in the festivities. The New York club, founded twentyone years ago, was the iirst organization of the kind among women in America. There are now in the United States a little over 100 clubs of ladies. Forty of these sent delegates to the Sorosis anniversary. Steps have been taken to form a federation of such associations, with general offioers. The delegates were from every section of the Union, but principally from New England and the northwest. Massachusetts leads in the number of its clubs. Michigan and Colorado havo a goodly number also. So has Indiana, the state which added processions of ladies to the varied entertainments of the last political canipaign. And one delegato -was present from Fargo, in far off Dakota. Most of the women who are known in literatura and the professions belong to some of these feminine societies. The social idea is of course a central one. But to this most of the clubs add bencvolent work and studies for self culture.