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Show achen tuffered by a woman in business. The stories told are not true. Only one man in a thousand would wittingly offend or insult her. The. average business man forgets sex entirely when he enters bis office. It is endeavor and results alone that count." Now, after reading such a logical argument as this, who will not believe that it is as easy for a woman to be a Vulcan as a Venus. Talk about Marie Corelli, why, some of our American clubwomen clubwo-men conceive ideas even queerer than the nightmares night-mares of this English authoress. But the story of the historic meeting of the Chicago Woman's club at which Mrs. Wynne spoke is incomplete. It should have euded with the statement that following follow-ing the intensely practical lecture, the 800 would-be-blacksmiths discussed the future over the teacups. tea-cups. In other wrds, they "woke up." As Easy to Be a Vulcan as a Venus. - And now the Twentieth Century clubwomen bave. discovered that there is a future for the fair sex at the smithy's forge. This statement may shock society leaders and the lesser lights in the fashionable world, but Mrs. Madeline Yale Wynne, Who addressed the Woman's club in Chicago, is authority au-thority for it. Mrs. Wynne molds metals, and has A the power of converting an old cook stove into a new art family clock. Her subject was "The Value of the Modern Movement Toward Arts and Crafts." aIsn't work among metals very hard on women?" asked a voice from the audience: "Possibly it might hurt the cuticle of the hands, and make a little more work for the manicure," replied Mrs. Wynne, "but from my point of view any woman can be a good blacksmith if she chooses. Usually she doesn't ' choose. She is afraid of the name metal. The heat will stifle her, and she will think she is fainting, but $he won't. She needs only to control herself, and she will do marvelous things with this beautiful art hitherto unknown to her. If a woman can drive up arjjook In a closet she can make a candlestick if she only comes to apply herself. The -secret of successful success-ful molding js work work harder work longer ijfork with your mind, legs, heart and hands. You can aaj nothing disagreeable to me about the heart- |