y one-third of the
human family, die in infancy.

"Indoors, the handsomely furnished, beautifully decorated club rooms,
which are located in the kindergarten building, offer the maximum of
elegance and comfort to club members. There, in harmonious groups, they
may engage in conversation, study, writing, musical exercises, and other
varieties of club work. The esthetic tastes of the members are
quickened, and their pleasures much enhanced, by the fine display of oil
paintings, water colors, pencil sketches, etchings, and photographs,
which have been hung on the walls, by admiring friends from the art and
photography clubs. It has been the chosen work of the last named club,
to supply the center tables in the reading rooms, with a series of large
portfolios, containing a choice collection of finely finished,
beautifully mounted photographs. This collection is varied, unique and
valuable; and withal, exceedingly interesting. It embraces artistic
copies of the world's finest statuary, pictures of eminent men, noted,
historic buildings, rare landscapes and most picturesque scenery. These,
supplemented by an abundant supply of choice books, furnish excellent
conditions, and a most fascinating incentive, for a harmonious,
satisfying, self-culture, of the highest type. Under the able leadership
of Gertrude Gerrish, the interest shown, the enthusiasm awakened, and
the progress achieved, is something remarkable.

"Thus prepared, the members find themselves on a higher mental and
spiritual plane of existence, where they can appreciate the
possibilities, of what may be accomplished by true motherhood, as a
regenerator of society. They can understand the significance of the
great lesson taught by history, which is, that all progress for the
race, depends upon the elevation, education and refinement, achieved by
woman. With quickened vision, they can perceive, that with the dawn of
the twentieth century, comes the beginning of a new cycle in the life of
the planet; the commencement of woman's golden era! In the higher light
of such a vision, they become aware, that they must strive continually,
for more wisdom, that they may reach a higher consciousness of
individual responsibility, as keepers and guardians of the sacred temple
of human life.

"In the preparatory work for a progressive parentage, club members are
taught, that prospective fathers and mothers, must become familiar with
the sciences, the industrial, and the higher ar