Show I II I I FOSTERING WOMANS WOMAN'S 1 I GENI GENIUS US II L II BY MRS fiS JOhN A A. A LOGAN The plans of ot tho the Lyceum club of ot London and its benefactions are aro to be extended all over the world Miss lIss Constance Constance Constance Con Con- stance founder of tho the club and Mrs Irs Kato Kate president of ot the International t Circle of A America merica deserve the thanks of ot all nil women for the splendid scheme the tho they have evolved and It Is to be bc hoped that It will be taken up with enthusiasm by American women With the constant Intercourse be between be- be tween the United States and Europe It seems eminently proper that there should bo International 1 relations between between be be- tween American and European clubs especially between English speaking ones Tho The advantage to be bo derived from Cram such cordial connections as club membership would naturally bring bring- about would be Incalculable Women omen could then go across the ocean feeling that when they landed on tho the other side they would have somo protection and antI opportunity to accomplish their purposes Many Mans go for study and work others for tor pleasure pleasure pleas pleas- ure uro in any case they could Immediately Immedi Immedi- get In touch with the people whom the they wish to know through the Indorsement of the circle of ot tho Lyceum Lyceum Ly Ly- Ly- Ly club to which the they Persons have complained of the time heat hesi tancy particularly of ot the tho English in taking up strangers strang To be equipped with Indorsements of ot this character would Immediately obviate this difficulty culty and put ladies ladles at ease case Lyceum signifies an association for Cor literary and educational Improvement and nd therefore Lyceum clubs can not 1 be e too highly commended being In Intended intended In- In tended for Cor Intellectual development they do good and not evil II They rhey do not Ignore the necessity ctt for recreation and social Intercourse e among anTong nil all people They encourage e edifying amusements but discourage e waste of or time by aban uban- to profitless dh diversions Gambling and It its accompanying evils which havo have so o demoralized tho the social clubs In all an countries are not ou on tho tue list of or attractions of ot any ammy Lyceum I club Members almost without exception ext ex ex- have havo some somo great purpose In t lira life and are ever ready to accept th the th helps often orten given by other members rs of or the tho c club who arc oro Int Interested in tho the same same lines or o. o extend h V VH H tow tho e they tiro ir abl r t l by BivIng Ing them the benefit of or their experience once ence consequently there Is a constant Interchange of or thoughts and ideas Meas tho the value of or which cannot be oar estl mated l International scholarship scheme for tor or women Is worthy of ot liberal support b by tho the many millionaires In tho limo world Her plan Is to raise mono money to endow In perpetuity perpetu perpetu- It ity E scholarships for the women of ot tho those thoo e English countries whose men benefit under Cecil Rhodes' Rhodes will These scholarships are I to bo be a two years' years post graduate i course courso at Oxford Cambridge or London Lon Lon- I don university as the student may choose and they also include a a. re reciprocity re- re side whereby English Ush women wom worn wom en graduates may be sent to Arnert America a for Cor whatever Is Ie found to be better In that country It would be a a. grand thing It If some American Cecil Rhodes Rhode would do something for tor American women that would be In a measure I comparable to the magnanimity of Cecil Rhodes Young girls and women of or the United States States' have demonstrated their I ability to achieve great grent distinction In varl various us lines when v offered and many times they 1 have havo O d created an opportunity by their own persistent effort when adversity ad laid almost insuperable In Insuperable in- in barriers across their path path- i way American women have deserved well of the generous wealthy men of or i our countr country and yet et but few have re received received re- re assistance to cultivate the unusual un un- usual talents many of ot them have but I which are lost to the world because i of inexorable limitations It If tho the i scheme of ot Mme Thayer succeeds soma som I women representatives of or tho United d States may be bo expected to carry off oft high honors from Oxford Cambridge C or London University We Ve should bo be proud proul to see the dau daughters of or some of ot our millionaires enter one of or these great t universities capture a diploma I and the honors In a special line to prove that Intellectually American women are the equals of or men In an any country I Ie e I |