es, and combine this feature with pleasant
reception and lounging rooms, and often with various literary and
business courses of study.

There is one Ladies' Suburban Club--the Alexandra--the most exclusive
of London's women clubs. It is also the most successful. No individual
of the other sex above the age of twelve is admitted beyond the
doormat. Husbands, fathers, and brothers, are all ruthlessly excluded
from within its sacred precincts. It furnishes an admirable center for
shopping operations, and for lunches, teas, etc. It possesses the
advantages of bedrooms, let at the most reasonable rate, so that girls
and young married women can spend a night or two in town without any
trouble to chaperons or maids. Women friends, of course, may be
admitted into the club, and servants and tradespeople interviewed. It
is named for the Princess of Wales, and no one who has not been
presented to the Queen is eligible to membership.

There is also a Ladies' Suburban Club in Chicago that partakes of the
same features, save that it is not founded upon quite so aristocratic
a basis, and the suburban woman heartily appreciates its benefits. No
more does she wander aimlessly up and down the streets while awaiting
a home-bound train. She has a resting place of her own within easy
reach of the shopping district, one where she can be made presentable
for matinee or theater. Here, on one floor, she finds hairdressers,
manicurists, a cafe, a woman ready to repair damaged garments; and
should she miss the last train, comfortable sleeping-rooms, where she
can spend the night quietly. There, the club-shopper is ready to
attend sales and do all manner of purchasing--from ordering funeral
flowers to selecting a good seat at the theater, while the club
nursery is responsible for all children left there. Their membership
hails from many states.

Presiding at a Woman's Club.

The average woman is not so well qualified to preside over meetings in
which continual interruptions are occurring, through the members
rising to points of order, and other questions of privilege, because,
unlike the average man, she has not given much attention to the study
of parliamentary law.

The rules for conducting a meeting do not admit of any personal
feeling or individual taste on the part of the presiding officer. On
the contrary, there is a code of rules expressly laid down to guide
and regulate such matters.

The presiding officer is not supposed to con