Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-03-26

congressional library and the COrcoran art
gallery: Thomas Crawford and w. w.
sculptors. For March q. the programme
VIII he siimpses of the following Southern
shires in Ensiand: Plymouth. Brighton.
Winchester. Gad's Hill and the Weald OF
Kent.
Modern books with plots bearing on
events IN early American history are stud
led by the history section i'll connection
with its work. May - is set aside for a
social entertainment day.
The present officers of the Art League
are as follows: President. Mrs. William
Dill: first vice president: Mrs. J. w. sprat-
GRANGER; third vice president. Mrs. j. G..
Tarr; secretary. Mrs. Frank Phelps; treas
urer. Mrs. J. C.: Douglass: auditor. Mrs.
u. D. Chaplin: librarian. Mrs. w. y. fo--
TER. The executive committee includes
Mrs; Charles Moak' chairman; Mrs. +: =:
Seeker and Mrs. a. J. Schilling.
The league meets Mondays at the league
rooms. rs Delaware street. The prosper
o oas,; a5s s %iiS ,S Mhi slnb is {; carried nasa on ON is s, ;"n-
days. Miss Clara George il the teacher.
members of Kansas Alpha of Pi Beta Phi.
a Greek letter fraternity for women which
has chapters at various universities of high
standard in the United States. to gather
at Lawrence. kas.. on April s. The occa-
sion is the send anniversary of the fra
ternity and it is intended to make it a
l III eNcut- Ills SAlDud udItlt
was organized at the Kansas university
about 1876 and has enjoyed Il marked pres
tige during all these years. II includes in
tinsuished in various ways. Miss Anne
Reese Pugh, professor of Roman languages
at Wells college: Hannah Oliver. assistant
professor of Latin ut Kansas university:
Mrs. Gertrude Boughton B~lackwelder. of
Chicago. a well known clubwoman and
liam Harvey Brown, wife OF the well
known naturalist. and many others are
former university students who nave worn
Of years. Many of these will be present at
the reunion. The banquet will be especial
ly a compliment to Mrs. William Harvey
husband for their home in Salisbury. South
l Africa.
A club which was organized several
years ago among. young women students
of the Philadelphia. Normal school is
unique in name and in character. me
not only to encourage specialization in
study. but by an exchange among MEM
hers Of knowledge gained to- prevent r spe-
The club was so successful that after
leaving the normal. a number or young
women organized the Hobby Club Aium-
nae. 1t has quite the same objects as the
original club.
shocked at the report of one of their rum
her who recently returned from London.
The Pioneer Club. of that city, Is certainly
novation in women's clubs-a smoking
| room-has been established in connection
with the , other ns slesantly ci appointed IN London od%n-
also has a luxuriOusly fitted up apartment
| where the women can smoke their mild
aayanas "a and sr syen i s'r coGn e,gase't With 'u am
| American club can hardly be Imagined.
The women of Camden. Pa, and DIVER.
l nai hay. J1nitpJ TO study parlllmert afS
law. Meetings are held in Camden court
house and the Misunderstanding Of the New
Century Club conducts the drill; Suffrage
matters are included in the drill.
The women of conservative old Phila-
women. are beginning to demand equal
suffrage. At the recent meeting of rep
resentatiye Pennsylvania women IN the
at Harrisburg. some very interestins pilis
were presented, on the outcome of which
forms that will be recorded in the history
of Pennsylvania laws on the woman Ques-
ton. The first was a bill by which a wire
| shall be enabled to testify against a nus
hand II she desires to do so in the courts.
Second, a bill to enlarge the property r!shts
OF n married woman pariicnlafiN nst rE n
relatives. Third, the widows or intestate
law. Under the present regime the dl1-
ference between the WIDOW anu ".uowS r
js ..fhe widow has less to support htrSei1
upon. and must sell the estate in order 10
Sivida il into halves, or thirds, as the case
may be. while the widower may cohtnnne 80
unmolested." The bill failed 10 pass inc
legislature.
The musical clubs of st. Louis are max
ing nlans to entertain the National Feiera-
ton OF Musical Clubs. which convenes IN
that city in May: The ph,lha IA Non 1: 10
thu, the y Psn t delegates. May > viii be given
Max Bruch's dramatic c%antata. -Arinehi-
us" for solo. chorus and orchestra.
ST Louis club women are going tn try
reforming the stage. AT the last meeting
OF the Afterthought Club in that city. Mrs.
Clarence F. Gill read a parer on the Up
o-Date Stage She brought out strongly
the growing tendency OF the stage t6wara
immortality. 4 warm discussion followed
the reading of the paper. and the hearers
all decided to ask the cooperation 81 the
women's clubs of the city in an attempt
| to correct the evil.
The Business Woman Club. of ST. Louis.
has found it necessary TO organize a new
! Spanish class. The demand for st.noS-
raphers who know Spanish continues to he
very great. and the employment bureau.
which is a feature of the club. has last
nographers. This bureau IS only TO- the
| convenience of members. and no fees of any
kind are charged.
Some changes IL The "hairmen OF COM
| mittees for the next conv.-t.cn Of the Kan
aas Social Science Federation. la Ju-rt!on
| City, next May. have been found reces-
sary. Mrs. c. Z. Murphy. Of the entertain
\ meut committee. will be In Califo pa. Mrs.
! George W. Mcknight Will take 81 place.
! Mrs. Genr6e W. Kendrick viii have charge
| Of the club exhiA:: ara Mrs. John Davis
| Will be chairman OF the reception committee
, at the evening entertainment
The PENNSYLVANIA Woman's Press Asso-
citation was favored last Thursday evening
with a lecture by Professor Frederic John
son, OF the University OF Pennsylvania, up
| on the subject of yellow Journalism" The
election OF delegates TO the national con-
| vent!on OF Press Clubs. which will meet
next month in Baltimore. took place after
the lecture. Mrs. Nesbit and Miss Berry
| were elected as delegates. with Mrs.
| Schimpr and Miss Elizabeth Storey as al
|
Some 'don'ts' FOR the club speaker:
! the encyclopaedia: 1t may be easy. but not
edifying. Don't talk forever because you
| have a good chance: there are enough cases
| Of nervous prostration as 1t Is. Don't Ego
all TO pieces" on the platform: it is better
to have Mysteries at home. Don't be afraid
TO start with a rafting good story: the
| problems can wait for q paper solution.
Don't talk back" to somebody from the
platform: always principles. not personali-
ties. Don't imagine the stunning gown will
make up for a stupid paper: you were not
invited TO be a dummy. Don't shift from
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