The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1897-03-26

sometimes it was remuneratlve
and sometimes not. That as large
percentage of women in the journals
tic field had made success of it AS
! men. She declined to have the ques-
tion .sDoes 1t Pay" considered with
reference to dollars and cents. 1t
must be studied as to Its development
for women and it's influence OIL human-
lty. and looked at from either stand
point it was success for women.
Then came the election of delegates
to the National Press association, the
Woman's Press Association being EN-
| titled to three. Mrs. J. NJ. Lewis. Jr.,
of Kinsley, Mrs. E. B. Newill. of At
Gibson, and Miss Eskridge, Of Emporia,
we're chosen.
The Association then adjourned UNI
til evening, when an informal recep.
| ton was held i'll the paIlor of the
| Copeland just before the banquet,
The banquet room was pleasant to
look upon after the ladies were
seated. Mrs. Royce presided at the
head of the table in Il dignifed
| manner. The tables were handsomely
decorated; an especia! feature being an
immense bunch of Easter lilies in Il
cut-glass vase, in the center. The
| favors were datfOdils. After the bus
iress sessions of the Association were
so successfully closed, every one felt
| in IL happy mood, while the mind was
| fed, as well DIS the taste pleased, 10y the
attractive way i'll which everything
WAS served. The brightness and
| sweetness of every woman present was
| at its best in this recreative part of the
| Association.
After the banquet the following
literary program was given: ''kansas
| Wolnan's Press Association" Dy Mrs.
| Royce. who gave Il short history of the
organization and felicitatsd it upon
! the success of the present meeting,
| much of which everyone felt was owing
| to l.er personal effort.
Women in journalism ty Miss
| Eskridge Miss Eskridee placed jour
nalism upon the high plane on which
! it was manifest all through the asso-
| citation the women believed il s!lotl;,;
ne placed She believed the most pu-
te!.t factor in making it an educator
along all progressive lines to be the
women VINO were connected with it
The New Woman and the Press"
hy Mrs. j. NJ. Lewis, Jr., was very
pleasantly received by the association
and its guests.
''The Old Woman and the Press
by Mrs. Morgai. was one of the bright
est numbers on the program ana full
of fun and the pathOs of the older
| women in the journalistic field in han
sas. When one hears Mrs. Morgan it
is easy to see where liei son, BILLY"
Morgan, Of the Hutchinson News, gets
his bright style of writing.
The Girl Prowler" by Miss Stacey,
| Of Iolella, gave an interesting account
of the ups end downs OF the society
| repolt ter's llie.
"Wil" by Mrs. G. f. Wilder was
one of the gems of the evening and
made one realize what an uplift wit
| really is in the uneven struggle for
existence of the average Kansas wom-'
| an. She gave us Il good idea of the
difference between wit, humor anc
fun.
The Cake Walk; was by Mrs
Diggs and everybody wondered how
she would treat the subject. Size
matte it typical of the "walh of HE,
aud her talk, while intersperced with
that humor we were SO ready 70 ;ppl"-
ciate after listening to Mrs. Wilder.
contained much of the phl'osopy oi
| life and was III Mrs Digs brightest
ard most Symp&tietic vein.
After the banquet gc0d-byeS were
said in rooms and corridors, and pre-
parations were made for re:Grn to
the ordinary avocations of life the next
morning.
Every woman carried away an III
| spiration that will help over many
rough places, as we'll rs IL new adlnira
tion for her own sex and for the esprit
! Gu cGrpS that exists among women. Ii
made us rroEd not only Of our own
sect AS Mrs. Partington says. hut
especially proud Of the women of Kan
sas. Many friendships were formed
whose invisible lines OF sympathy and
appreciation Will reach across the
wnd-swept and sun-lit prairies OF Kan
sas to strengthen. inspire and upIift
into the higher region of thought aud
work 10 which Kansas women aspire.
|
Joe Bristow, of Kansas, who was