Wichita eagle., 1889-11-07
HYPATIA,s GUESTS.
Meets Today in the Board Of Trade Rooms-rhe
Club the Guests OF the Hypatia.

The meeting of the Social Science club
today is an event of absorbing interest to
the cultured ladies of this city. 1t has
many members here and has been dis
cussed alike by them and every other lady
interested in the mental advancement of
her sex. All are invited to be present and
ample accommodations will be furnished
for their reception. Mrs. l.. B. kellogg of
Topeka, is the president of the club but
unfortunately owing to sickness in her
family cannot be present. Her
place however will be ably
filled by Mrs. Noble Prentiss
of Newton, first vice-presdent, who needs
no introduction to the people of Wichita.
Amongst the arrivals at the Carey last
night were the following members: Mrs
Noble Prentiss of Newton, Mrs George
T. Guernsey, and Mrs. L. A. Humphrey
of Independence Mrs. c. N. Sterry and
Mrs. E. Eskridgeiof Emporia, Mrs. George
Atwood of Manhattan, Mrs. James
Turner of Paola, aud Mrs. Charlton, Mrs.
Ward and Mrs. Atkinson Of Ottawa. Mrs
Atwood is the secretary of the club and
Mrs. Turner is treasurer. The club is
composed Of the brightest ladies in this
state and Western Missouri its member
ship numbering upwards of five hundred
About three hundred of the members are
expected in the city today to attend the
ninth semi-annual meeting which will be
held in the board of trade rooms The en-
tire club is the guest of the Hypatia. who
will spare no pains to make the visit both
profitable and pleasant In this case as in
all others more or less misunderstanding
has arisen in the minds of the public con-
corning the objects of the club. While one
has commended it was and offshoot of, and
fostered by the women suffragists,
another has conceived the idea that
its object is in some way con-
neeted with socialistic principles. As
matter of fact the objects of the club are
such that they can be readily endorsed by
every one. The following extract from the
constitution will correct any wrong i'm
preston and gives succinctly the work the
club has in hand:
"The women of Kansas and western
Missouri, recognizing the usefulness of a
society for the general interchange of
views on literary and social topics, called q
meeting on the 10Th of May, 1881, at Leav-
"oiohs NALL, ouA pCiiCSoSu OIL VI kdulLo-
ton under the title of Social Science Club
of Kansas and Western Missouri
''The objects of this society shall be to
promote better acquaintance among the
thoughtful women of this section, who are
most DESTROYS and best able to raise the
standard of woman's education and attain
ments, to enlarge their opportunities. and
by their frequent meetings bring the
highest knowledge of each for the benefit
of all, 1t is believed that the coming to-
gether of women from varied extent of
country, devoted to these objects and aims,
cannot fail to do much in removing the
limits and barriers of local prejudice, and
to promote intellectual growth"
The last paper of this evening by Mrs.
S. A. Brown, of Lawrence, entitled "Na-
tionalism, or Review of Looking Back
ward, " is anticipated by many as being of
particular interest. Mrs. Browns well
known ability and originality lends an ad-
ditional interest to the paper. Pockets"
a subject with which all are familiar from
the small boy up, will be ably treated by
Mrs. George T. Guernsey, of Independence.
Those who are in a position to know in
tend to be at the afternoon meeting
promptly at o'clock. Every subject on
the programme is interesting and the
meeting promises to be the largest assem-
bly, of cultured people ever held in the
city