elf agreeably to her
own special aptitude, cheerfully and faithfully--not going
down to it, but bringing it up to her. We have proposed to
enter our protest against all idle gossip, against all
demoralizing and wicked waste of time, also, against the
follies and the tyrannies of fashion, against all external
impositions and disabilities; in short, against each and
every thing that opposes the full development and use of the
faculties conferred upon us by our Creator.

We most heartily welcome all movements for the cultivation of
individual thought and character in woman, and would recommend
the formation of such clubs throughout the country. The editors
of the New York press have made known their dissatisfaction that
no gentlemen were to be admitted into this charmed circle. After
a calm and dispassionate discussion of this question, it was
decided to exclude gentlemen, not because their society was not
most desirable and calculated to add brilliancy to the club, but
from a fear lest the natural reverence of woman for man might
embarrass her in beginning to reason and discuss; lest she should
be awed to silence by their superior presence. It was not because
they love man less, but their own improvement more. For the
comfort of these ostracised ones, we would suggest a hope for the
future. After these ladies become familiar with parliamentary
tactics, and the grave questions that are to come before them for
consideration, it is proposed to admit gentlemen to the
galleries, that they may enjoy the same privileges vouchsafed to
the fair sex in the past, to look down upon the feast, to listen
to the speeches, and to hear "the pale, thoughtful brow," "the
silken moustache," "the flowing locks," "the manly gait and form"
toasted in prose and verse.

This club has met regularly ever since the day of its inauguration,
and has been remarkable for the harmony maintained by its members.
Mrs. Charlotte Wilbour was president for several years, until she
went to reside in Paris, in 1874. Since that time Mrs. Croly has
been, from year to year, elected to that office. Beginning with 12
members,[211] this club now numbers 320.

The most respected live-stock reporter in New York is a woman. Miss
Middie Morgan, pronounced the best judge of horned cattle