The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-05-05
KANSAS CLUB WOMEN.
Annual Meeting of the State
Federation of Clubs
At Hutchinson is Very Largely
Attended.
Clever Women Who Say Clever
Things and Study Everything.
Hutchinson. May 4, 1897.


The sixteenth annual meet
ing of the State Federation of
Clubs took a large delegation from To-
peka. NIrs.J K. Hudson, the new pres
ident of the City Federation, Mrs. J. c.
AGcClintock who carries the united
vote of the Topeka delegation for the
new president of the State Federation,
representing the D. A. R. Mrs. w. S.
Charles, Mrs. Avery Turner. Mrs. D.
W. Nellis of the Atlanteans, Mrs. ]. D.
Mcfarland, Mrs. A A GODDARD and
Mrs. H. W. Rooy of Sorosis.
AT the depot Mrs. Noble Prentiss'
dear and familiar face greeted US and
on the train was a delegat ton of seven
from Leavenworth including Mrs
Byington, Mrs. Gushing, Mrs. Hopkins,
Mrs. Stone of Kansas City, Kan, four
from Ottawa and the numbers were
gradually increased until at, Emporia
when they sWarmed out with a college
yell to greet Mrs. L. B. Kellogg, there
were half a hundred on the train. The
yell did not materialize, however, as
train. The ladies visited tremendously,
recalled the days of the old Social Sci
ence club, when club reports did not
take up so much time and there was
more opportunity for discussion.
At Florence a glad cry arose of Here
comes our man, and Mr.. MOrehouse of
the Shakespeare club of Council Grove
put in his appearance as demure and
sure of himself and parliamentary
rules as ever. When Hutchinson was
reached an immense committee of
welcome was gathered on the platform
and amid enthusiastic greetings the
delegates were carried off to the COM
Portable homes of Hutchinson which
they left a little later to listen to the
following programme:
Organ Solo ..................N Miss Scott
Invocation Rev. Mr.. Irwin
Male Chorus-Prof. Phillips, Director.
(a) All Among the Barley Sterling
OBJ Legend Of the Rhine .......
welcome from Presidents of Clubs
acting as hosts; Domestic Science,
Mrs. Fontron; Hutchinson Commercial
Club. Mr.. J. s. George; Shakespeare
Club, Mrs. G. W. Hodges; Hutchin-
son WOmen's Club. Mrs. George W.
WinanS.
Aladams Henderson and Corrigan.
Response, Mrs. c. II. Cushing, Leav-
enWOrth.
Alto SoIo-Se1ected .............
Miss Minnie Wooden.
Address by President .........
Mrs. Willis Lord Moore
Piano SOlO-SelectiOn Observation-Disclosures
Miss Lalage Hall.
THE Decline of Friendship ...
Mrs. Scammon.
(a) Winds Gently Whistled 49,. Atwood
(b) Good Night Beloved. ....... Hatton
Male Chorus.
In behalf of the Commercial club Mr.
J. S. George made the following well
coming speech:
Ladies and Gentlemen: In extending
to you the welcome of the Commercial
club of our city, I desire to divest it of
the commercial idea and extend it as
the cordial welcome of club of gentle
men, representing our city, who appre-
cate the value to society of your or
ganization, who sympathize with your
efforts and objects, and who have con-
fdence in the future of your work
We recognize in your work the de-
velopment of a grand nineteenth cen
fury idea, that through your efforts has
found Judgment on Kansas soil-that
of associated effort in the direction of
intellectual, moral and physical culture,
untrammeled by prejudice or dogma
tism. The power and efficiency of as
ISOLATION work is becoming more and
more acknowledged along all lines. It's
utility has long been recognized
We welcome you in the beautiful
spring time, when all nature is radiant
with hope and promise, because we rec
ognize in your efforts and organiza-
lions instrumentalities developing all
those qualities in human nature that
are elevating. pure and noble, that give
to human life a higher standard and
nObler impulse