The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-05-28
SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.


The Western Sorosis held its regular
monthly meeting Saturday at Mrs. L d.
Whittemore's on College avenue. The
paper by Mrs Gi1linRham on the "Posst-
bilities of Culture" opened up so many
lines of thought and discussion in the
minds of the hearers that il was with re-
| greet that the members left it and went
into the necessary business session
culture beginning with lady childhood
was particularly dwelt upon. One lis
tener felt that opportunities for culture
were growing less. The proportion OF
uncultured, unthinking people, growing
! greater and greater. hat child labor
formerly an unkno wn factor in life had
reduced the possibilities of culture to 3
most appreciate degree. She felt that
the speaker, however, in deciding that
desire for humane welfare was after all
the highest outcome of culture, had stat
ed the strongest of truth
Another speaker urged from her own
personal experience that culture was in
creasing. She pointed to the children of
workmen in the eastern part of the city
as out-stripping their parents in all ways.
She refused to include the @Fourth street
gang" She defined culture as the abil-
ity of self sacrifice, and said that our
constant effort should be to make the
best of circumstances, to adapt ourselves
to conditions. We are not able to change
and so obtain real advancement.
Another spoke of the essayist's state
ment that childhood was not the happiest
time of life. She was sure that our
capabilities for enjoyment grew with our
growth, and that the Joys of advancing
years, outweighed any amount of child
hood pleasure. Being a young and
pretty woman perhaps this statement
was not so much to be wondered at.
Another felt too much was expected Of
the schools. The counteracting influence
of unlovely homes did much to destroy
the growth of better things in the young
heart
The teaching profession is largely
represented in the Western Sorosis and
it presented a pretty solid phalanX in
defense of the present school system If
the haste with which much of learning
is swallowed by the pupils in our present
schools is detrimental, much of the blame
lies with the parents, who insist on
pupils making advance when they are
mentally and physically unft-unable
really.
The discussion warmed up as
CO. education of the sexes was spoken of
and its attendant spooning and Stiffness
dwelt upon, and how to keep up between
girls and boys the sense of comradeship-
and mutual benefit and enjoyment and
keep nonsense out of their heads. 1t was
agreed that it is best to keep the heads
reasonably well filled with more IL
teresting matters, and the optimistic
woman before mentioned who had raised
minded the members that they were
obliged to live in the world at it is, with
small hope of changing it, and that cul-
ture demanded that the girls and boys
should be taught to gather from their
environments only the elements of
strength and beauty, while weakness and
ugliness should be thrown aside.
While everyone had still word to say
the meeting went into business session
to consider the constitution. This prov
ing to be too long for thorough discus
sion, a business meeting was appointed
for the last Saturday in June to meet at
118 West Sixth street, and the SOrosis
adjourned
Notes in Society Circles.
Mrs. G. ]. Mulvane and children will
leave next Thursday for Chicago to visit
the family of DR.. p. 1. Mulvane.
A crowd of twenty-four young people
will picnic at Silver Lake Decoration
day.
Mrs. Robert Pierce will leave this
week for the east to spend the summer.
Rassie Bennett has been quite i'll the
past week.
Mrs. Arthur Orland OF Newton ia visit
ing friends in the city.
Mrs A NJ Gates of Kalamazoo, Mich,
is visiting Mrs. Dart at Oakland
Mrs. Fannie Beardsley returned today
from visiting friends at yelling ton.
Miss May Gordon will entertain about
twenty-four young people next Friday
evening.
Mrs. Harry Frost and daughter Mary
spent Sunday in Burlin game.
Mira. Merrick, who has been visiting
her sister, Mrs. Horace Hall, has return
ed TO Minneapolis, MINI.
Miss Kate Gunther will give card
party Wednesday afternoon for Miss
Minnie Peck.
Chas. LagerstrOm and r F. Garwood
spent Sunday in Burlington, Kas.
Mrs. n. Wemple and son Flint have
gone to New York to spend couple of
weeks.
Mrs. Richards. Mrs Covey and Miss
Edith COvey of Lawrance are guests of
Mrs. w. B. Wade.
Miss Hazel Mulvane will spend Sun
day near Hoyt
Thomas are visiting Mrs. G. F. Owens on
Clay street
Miss Madge Pattison has returned
from a three weeks visit in Chicago
Mrs. Dent of Newcomerstown. o., who
is visiting her daughter, Mrs. Byron Rob
erts, will return home Thursday.
Mrs. S. W. Wagner of Ottawa is visit
ing Mrs. E. Bennett.
Frank Bennett is expected home from
New York in about two weeks.
Miss Emma Grife has returned from |
companied by Miss Amelia WittenberR.
who will visit her.
Mrs. John Player has returned from
Chicago.
Miss Mabel Wood of BurIingame spent |
Sunday with Mrs. E. Bennett
Mrs. Chas. Alexander of Kansas City
spent Sunday with Miss Hattie Mills
The Gamma Sigma literary society of
Washburn college will give its annual
on T6zz