A WOMEN'S CLUB.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 311, 25 September 1908, Page 3

A WOMEN'S CLUB.

. 'A correspondent writes as follows apropos of. .the women's club suggestions :— Dear Doininica, —The idea of a women's club has long been in the minds of many in our midst. Those who live in suburbs like the Huit, Lowry Bay, etc., often feel the need of a lounge and ■ reading-room after being tired with shopping, etc. There aro numbers of intellectual and often lonely women who, when their day's work of either office routine or teaching is over, would look forward to spending an hour or eo at a club free from cliquism or social prejudices. It should bo started in small premises as a beginning, owing to the prevailing high rents; ■■ Bridge playing should be strictly prohibited. The average housewife may not have felt the need of a club, owing to her time and mind being fully occupied, but what about the "bachelor woman," who is often college educated, of broad views' and intellectual tas'tes, who .with her small means boards at mixed lodgings, and has only a small bedroom to retire to after her meals, as the only living room is peopled with smoking men. This lias been the actual experience of many, and is not a supposititious case. The interchanging of ideas has a broadening effect, intellectual companionship is soothing, and-1 hope to see i. progressive woman's club soon started with a large membership.—l am, etc., Australian.