The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-04-11
SHE ISN'T BIT AFRAID.
Mrs. MeCarter Explains About
Newspaper NOtOriety.
Hiss MI. Doran's Bright Little
Toast.
New President is Mrs. Minnie ID.
Morgan.


the women began gathering in the par
lors ana enjoyed a social hour before
going to the dining room.
Quite an imposing spectacle was the
forty representative Kansas women,
seated at one long table which extended
the full length of the dining room. The
only decoration on the table consisted
of an exquisite centerpiece. Out of a
mound of ferns rose a tall cut glass
vase Of stately American Beauty roses
which shed a delicate fragrance through
the entire room.
The dinner was an elaborate affair.
served in five courses and the menus
We're arranged as very pretty souvenirs
of the affair."
Mrs. Cora G. Lewis of Kinsley, the
retiring president of the association
made a charming toast mistress. The
first after dinner number. a reading by
Mrs. Birdie Sprague Waggoner of Atch1-
son, had to be omitted as Mrs. Waggoner
was prevented from coming.
Mrs Lewis then introduced Miss Zu
Adams whose topic was, sWoman's OPP
portunities.' Miss Adams rather devil
ated from her subject, but in = II in
teresting manner. as she gave a compre-
hensive history of the active part To
peka women have played in municipal
affairs during the past year, and paid
glowing tribute to their ability as
politicians.
Mrs. Bertha b Whiteman of Lacrosse
followed with a paper on "A NeWSpa-
per Woman's Equipment, which had
been looked forward to with interest,
especially by the newer recruits in the
ranks Of newspaper workers Mrs.
Whiteman is an experienced newspaper
woman and qualified to speak on such
a subject but she summed up her SUBJ
ject by saying that the best equipment
of all is a husband who will furnish the
money and do all or the work. The many
successful newspaper women present
who are winning by their own ability,
made one doubt the truth of that state
ment, and pay more attention to the less
necessary qualifica tons which she had
mentioned previously, such as good
health. wonans natural inquisitiveness,
tact and a large fund of good humor-
Newspaper Notoriety." by Mrs. Mar
garet Hill McC,arteT was one of the
most interesting toasts OF the evening
AS a prelude she said: When [ was
given this subject last January, I had
but one idea in mind but that left me
long ago, and IL YOU hear of Chauncey
DepeW. Burke Cochran or any other
famous after dinner speaker talking on
this subject, you may know that he has
my idea" but she very soon convinced
her audience that she still had several
ideas. and very original ones, too. It is
such a common every day affair to hear
people belittling newspaper notOriety
that it is refreshing, especially TO a
newspaper man or woman to hear well
In part she said: When one first
sees his name staring at him from
printed page he feels panic stricken, and
feels that the eyes of the entire world
are upon him, but if he is doing what he
honestly thinks is right, it will give him
courage to live up to his convictions.
Every great person starts with news
paper netoriety; first his name gets into
the newspaper then into the magazine,
then into history, then into song, and
then he is immortal
THE woman who talks about the
sanctity of the home and is afraid to go
out into the world, is indolent and not
worth newspaper notoriety. The wo-
man who goes out and lives up to her
convictions Of what is right, loses some
of this sancfity. but think what she
gains in broad mindedness and Christian
living. She loses Eden only to take up
the work of Christ, and such woman
is not afraid Of newspaper notoriety.a
Miss N. L. Doran read an original
and humorous paper on kansas Odio-
SYneFa cies.' Miss DOran, VINO is q thor
oughly capable newspaper woman is
editor and publisher of the Maxwell Ar
gus, and is familiar with the work IN
every department of a newspaper office,
even down to type setting.
She said in part. The members of
this Kansas Woman'S Press association
seem to me like the rest of the Kan
sans. somewhat peculiar You are new
er satisfied to eat your dinner in peace
the fact fully established by medical
science. that dull leaden after dinner
speeches stop the process of digestion in
those compelled to listen, and are a
source of most Of the dyspepsia, apo
pIexy and paralysis that affect the
country, you still go right along invit-
ing these deadly maladies. Moreover
after dinner speeches are not a product
Indigenous to the short grass country
and I confess myself to be as a strang-
er in a new country. [ feel like the old
darkey down south who had lost four
wives After he had lost his fourth his
he bore himself under his affiiction to
which he replied: Well. Brother John
son / feel like ] was IN the hands OF an
all wise but unscrupulOuS Providence
Owing to the climate probably Kan
sas people look pleasant. smile and talk
to each other unless they belong to a
certain party that was buried in a po-
Iitical era veyard recently, and then they
howl But as I said nearly everybody
smiles at zach other though married
Kansas is a gritty state and the peo-
pie have nlenty of sand Grit of all
kinds and Quantities can be had On
short notice in this state. especially in
the spring Of the year when the gentle
zeDhyrs start the real estate to moving.
Crit is found in unusual quantities ia
that progressive section Of the state
known in song and story as the short
grass country whence comes our honor
ed president and another brilliant 50
IelHte Mrs Whiteman and another
member whom extreme modesty pre-
vents me mentioning.
kansas IS the cynosure of all eyes
and partly because of her idioSyncracies
hlaf in snife of all she is a grand old