The Topeka state journal., 1903-06-08
WORK OF WOMEN.
They Have Done Valiant Ser
vice.
Some Of Those on the Honor
List.

To the women of Topeka is due in
very large measure the efficient work
of relief which has been carried on
during the past week Without them
I it would have been almost impossible
to accomplish what has been aceomp~
Some of the people that you would
not expect to see cooking coffee MAX
| ing sandwiches and tending the sick
babies of Russian refugees have been
! spending the past week at exactly that
! kind of work. Many of these were the
society women of the city: the women
who have plenty of money. With them
nave been working other noble women
VINO nave given generously of their
4 time and ability. and none of these
women have received a cent for their
services. No list can be printed which
VIII include the names of all these
women. for hundreds, and probably
thousands. of them did their part al
their homes by sewing or cooking.
/ Almost every church had from twenty
and in addition nearly all of them
cooked provisions and hunted up old
clothes to be taken to the relief stations
Tor distribution.
! One of the most effective committees
was the one which was in charge of
i the cooking and kitchen work at the
Auditorium. From here thousands of
POUNDS of provisions have heen sent
out. From here came all the provisions
winch were sent last Saturday. Sunday
ana Monday in boats to the hungry
people on the North side. A great deal
OF the food was sent in es1eciallyr At
first. But immense quantities had to h.
I n1ahufactured at the Auditorium
I hundreds Of gallons of coffee were
prewed and sent out when the chilling
rains of Sunday made the rescuers
SIateIul for something hot to drink
ne chairman of this committee was
Mrs. M. Snattinger. and she collected
her COOKS and helpers from among the
coloreo women who were brought f,vtr
from the North side. a conlDIete LIST of
the committee which worked with Mrs
i Snattinger is as follows Mrs NJ. Snat-
tinger, chairman; Mrs. L Tuckman,
MIS-. D. ]. GreenWald Mrs Rush Af1s
A. F. Treaklea. Mrs G. E Woolverton.
Mrs ]. Snattinger, Mrs w ]. Lewis
Mrs. j. A. P. Carnahan, Mrs. Green. Mrs.
Z. Currie, Mrs. c. H. Gaunt. Mrs. .Fea1ev.
Mrs. Harrison, Mrs Banks Mrs Reed
Mrs. Morse, Miss Laura Levi, Miss EN-
ma R.Bsnks, Miss Eleanor Wheeler. Miss
b. Crow, MIR. Irving Snattinger Mr.
Arthur A. Hamrell, Mrs Rhodes. Mr. B.
Kelley, Mr.. w. F. Davis. Mrs. L. Rad
ford, Mrs. Mason, Mrs. F. A. Norman.
MRS G. A. Winbourn, Mrs. c. E. Buhre,
MISS A. Vaughan, Mrs. J. E Maxwell
MRS. l. Garrett. Mrs. M. Philips, Mrs E.
EloodWath. Mrs. L. Laminson Mrs
Grant Howell. Miss Smith, Miss L.
Whittiker Miss Campbell Miss Samp-
son, Mrs. Whittiker, Mrs. NJ Marshall,
Mrs. Benner. Mrs. Rulings, Miss Crun.
Miss K. Putnam, Miss l. Kingnan. Miss
Crosby, Miss D. Keyser, Miss Anna
Kelnpton. Mrs Addie Jevreu Newton Mr.
Ludmune. Miss Jessie Campbell Miss
Grace Campbell, Miss Dot Campbell, Mr.
i Embree, Miss Oda Closson.
Besides the cooking committee there
IS general relief committee of women
who have been devoting their attention
to sewing, caring for the sick, and do
ing whatever there was for them to do
at the auditorium and other relief sta
tons This committee is as follows:
Mrs Robert Pierce. Mrs. W. ". Webb,
Mrs. c. k Holiday. Mrs. Walter Smith
Mrs G. S. Nichols, Mrs. Geo. w. Crane
Mrs. H. II Millard, Mrs F. E. Nipps
MIS- Whitaker, Mrs. J N. Green, Mrs.
J. Thomas, Mrs. Ed Sim, Mrs. c. p.
J Bolmar. Mrs Judge Pollock, Mrs. c.
w kouns Mrs. A. E. Prescott, Mrs
w A McCarter Mrs. Floyd Baker
Mrs DR.. Edward Esterly, Mrs. H. c.
Land, Mrs Frank Grimes, Mrs. A c.
} Morris Schlegel. Mrs. E. M. Cockrel
} Mrs. DR.. Agnes Wallace, Miss Helen
Morrow, Miss Florence Rossington. Miss
;, Geneve Goddard Miss Oda ClOsson,
Miss Alice Gentry. Miss Ethel Morton,
Miss Annabelle Troutman, Miss Eliz-
abeth Holiday, Miss May Ebright. Miss
Bessie Elder. Miss Florence Miller, Miss
Elsie Valentine, Miss Weiss, Miss Kib-
linger, Miss Carrie Goddard, Miss Sue
Gay, Miss virgilene Nulvane, Miss
Katherine Clough. Mrs. Judge Johnston,
! Mrs. w. H. Eastman, Mrs ]. D. Hur-
ley. Mrs c. n. Nelson, Mrs. James
Collinson. Mrs. W II schoch: Mrs G ".
Cain, Mrs c. W. Snyder, Mrs. Eugene
Wolf, Mrs. Charles Seagraves, Mrs @.
J P. Ashton, Mrs w S. Lindsay, Mrs. A.
T. Daniels. Mrs. L. NJ. Smith, Mrs.
Katherine O'Riley, Mrs Fred w. Free
man, Mrs. Pomeroy, Mrs. Mcknight,
Mrs. George w Veal, Jr.. Mrs. Geo. W.
Veal. Mrs J. w Thurston, Mrs. Frank
J Hobart. Mrs. Chas. S. Eagle, Mrs.
Frank P MacLennan, Mrs. A B. Quin-
: ton Miss Jessie Upton, Miss Bessie
/ Morrow Miss Mary Frost. Miss Ruth
Walker Miss Mildred Scott, Miss Mon
J teith. Miss Bessie BOughton Miss Nellie
) Baker, Miss Emily King, Miss Manel
: Knowles, Miss Villa Rodgers, MISS
, t Nellie Lescher Miss Lillian valentine,
! Miss Isenhour Miss Grahan1, MISS
! Samson. Miss Hoffman. Miss Ivan
) Davis Miss Elizabeth Sharpe.
} The following committees were ap-
} pointed at a meeting held in the Com
mercial club rooms at $50 SATURDAY
morning, May 30:
Executive committee-John E Frost.
chairman. president OF the Commerclai
club: W H. Davis. G q: blakely, ). .
Warner. E H Crosby. NJ c. Holman,
T. O'Rourk. E. B. H. Remley. F. NJ.
Newland. T J. Anderson, secretary
Finance committee-A. A. GODDARD,
chairman: w w. Mills. J. ". Thurston,
F. M. Bonebralze. treasurer: c. E. Haw-
ley, Jonathan Thomas, z. H crosby, II.
A. Auerbach. Warren NJ Crosby, F. NJ.
Bonebrake. T. J. Anderson. secretary.
Sub-committees of the f1nance-audit-
ing-W ". Mills, c. f Hawley. J: W.
Thurston. Lodge committee. G. BeaI,
W. A. S. Bird, L. NJ. Penwell, H. A.
Warner. NJ. ". Saxton.
Comnissary comuittee-H. NJ Philips,
chairman: Chas. S. Elliott Chas. P
/ Adams. ". H Eastman. J. E. Maxwell,
c. V. Wolf, Grant Howell. John S. Wa
ters, Ernest D. Karr. Fred Gillett John
J Y. Abrahams, A. F. Trekle. Fred Tomp-
kins. Fred H. Jewell. Louis O'Brien,