The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-05-14
MAKE GOOD REPORT
HYPATIA DELEGATES TELL OF
THEIR RECEPTION AT TOPEKA.

They Claim That the Ladies' OF the State
Capital Did Themselves Proudly the
Manner I'm which They Received and
Entertained Lady Guest From the En-
tire stste-Hypatia Society wastSPeciaI-
ly Hanored and Its Members!Given a
Prominent Place on the ProGraIn-Com-
ments on Papers Read.
Western Sorosis and the citizens Of
ropeka are to be honored foII the hos
pitaIity manifested IN the entertain
r,ent of a large band of representative
women from all over Kansas.
The Congregra tionai church was fill
edwith women, young'and Odd,rclub wo-
men. and those who. while not belong
ir.y to any literary Organization, are IN
terested IN the work of.their united SIS
fe-S
The warm welcome address by the
prssident of Western Sorosis was fol-
lowed by a hearty applause from her
appreciative audience. After a rev
graceful words Of welcome she address,
"a the company as a body OF represent
a,.iye women. She said: you are the
tyre of It's intellectually, its breadth
of thought, its culture. its refinement,
snd its moral strength and purity. An
~ aniza ton of this kind cannot from
IS very nature be made UP OF the heed
l-sc. the narrow minded, the se3hshiy
an -lition and the evil intentioned- You
a-a the thoughtful busy Christian wo-
r,-a,l Of the state. Woman of your own
rorse circle. You are the women who
icoi, well. not only TO the ways OF your
ror, 5ehold to provide dainty appetiZirg
G:sbee for the table, and dainty fash
Ten bic garments for the body, but for
rental growth and soul stimulus you
p-o,-ide a food. and strength and honor
ere your clothing Why should we not
val ONE you as royal visitors and feel
~ elves richer by your coming.
Lastly and mostly. we welcome you
hecGuse Of the purpose that brings you
here. Many times in the last twelve
mon tbs the question has been asked
ne OF what advantage to the indivld-
ual club is federation% To answer in
tell gently one must first comprehend
som ething of the scope and purpose of
the state organization. That ii reaches
ont TO meet every social need is shown
" the departments that compose 1t.
For what else is there in the whole
r3r re of social essence outside of art.
az aeology, history, civil government,
"a iral science, domestic and sanitary
sois ice, education, literature, philosO-
ply and reform. The purpose of the
c-c .nization is to stimulte the best wo-
r,ea of this state to uniform, orderly
Ia nonious action and progressive
iaeas in every line of its work: TO be
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where. to do something that shall give
10 society purer tone, more refined
be- ring, a more comprehensive grasp
CT -hought. This is your motive for be-
ing here. You have come to our city
tins to hold a conference concerning
vith things and because you nave come
here for that purpofe we welcome you
an expect great things of you. We
VIC I'D hold ourselves, not as though we
had already attai} ed. but in the atti-
-tule Of learners, believing that the COM
Ing twelve months may be richer and
more fruitful ones because Of this meet
in-"
frs. c. F. Wilder Of Manhattan
c. lirman Of the department literature,
slowed much discrimination in select
Ing such women to treat subjects of
broad and universal interest to the
r. aiding public.
Mrs. Curruth Of Lawrence read a
Iper on Something About Sander
man." which was one of the most en-
joyable that has ever been read before
the federation.
The next number on the program was
very strong paper by Mrs. Toler Of
Wichita on ''Silhouettes from Modern
wrench Fiction" Mrs, Toier cOnned
herself 10 study of Balzac, giving a
very interesting sketch of his life and
works. Mrs. TOler coupled Balzac's
writings with those of Tnackery. Both
have drawn so true TO life and vet in
vested their characters with such ro-
mantle naturalness that even now their
books remain as interesting mirrors re-
Meeting by-gOne manners and customs.
In the 'Comedia Humane" said Mrs.
Toler. BalZac scales every height and
sounds every depth of humane cnarac-
ter, from the GOODNESS and purity of
tne mysterious 'Seraphite' to the IOath-
come sinces Of the +Marneffs whose
deeds should find no calendar. The
Qualities of Balzac are his extraorl-
anary determination to draw every line
and shadow Of his subjects and his
keen analysis of character and conduct
His greatest defects are an over-insist-
enoe or detail, which hampers and be-
wilders rather than aids the magma
ton of his readers, and. like Racine
and Moliere, too much insisting on the
ruling passion" Mrs Toler's paoer
showed complete understanding Of
Balzac and his work. anu was most en-
3oyable.
Mrs. c. F. Wilder in her paper. The
Power Behind Literature" gave this
definition: Literature is the distilled
spirit of nation, of time II is the
expressed thought which lives
breathes, moves and Accommodates
Literature is thing of double life
human and divine. The humane side
speaks 10 our pleasure. reason. judg-
ment; the divine side is that inspired
thought which speaks to the inner life
No true literature is without this
double nature" No literary storm
ever perishes. said Mrs. Wilder. Books
die-lftersrture never dies. The
thought is created-burfed-llke the
a1-butus blossom-but hves-is dIscov-
cred. One rose bush needs the whole
universe 10 perfect its beauty. Writers
OF literature need their own strong in