The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-12-05

the Kansas building and which is to
have a trained nurse and a corps of
nursemaids to care for the Kansas ba-
bies while their mothers are doing the
fair. Mrs. C. r. W. Dassler, of Leav-
enworth, who has charge of the art ex-
hibit and decoration of the building was
in town for the meeting of the COM
mission and attended the December
meeting of the city federation of clubs
at Unity church Tuesday afternoon. She
was Mrs. c. o. Knowles guest. The
building is almost completed" Mrs.
Dassler said 1T was passed upon and
accepted by the commission last week
and I am sure all Kansans will be
pleased and proud of it..
The Rev. DR.. j. T. McFarland's
criticism of the woman joiner in his
address before the federation at it's
December meeting was answered by
Mrs. Urquhart Lee, of Chicago, in con-
nection with her little talk about par
Iiamentary law later in the afternoon.
DR. Mcfarland had left the meeting,
and Mrs. Lee apologized for talking
about him behind his back regret
ting that he was not present to hear
her defense of the woman who belongs
to more than one club. 1t is DR.. Nc
Farland's opinion, be 1t remembered,
that this is the proper limit. 1t often
happens" said Mrs. Lee, that one
club will not answer all our needs. We
may have many interests, and we all
know the advantages of organization
and how much more 1t IS possible TOR
US to accomplish if we join forces. The
trouble seems to me not to be that we
belong to toe many clubs, but that we
allow those clubs to take up too much
unnecessary time" Mrs. Lee thought
that a thorough knowledge of parlia-
mentary law would enable club women
to dispose of business and transact the
affairs of their clubs in a third the
time consumed without this training.
The good parliamentarian, sure of her
ground, knows the. value of punctu
atty, of brevity and conciseness in
speech, of promptness in action; she
learns to regard the rights of others
and to save other peoples time as well
as her own. The federation meeting at
which Mrs. Lee spoke was an argu-
ment in favor of her plea for more
thorough understanding of parIlamen-
tary usage. AS usual it was half an
hour late in beginning, on account OF
the hardness of the arriving members,
and there were the usual delays in dis
posing of the preliminary business, so
that several important matters had to
be neglected in order to get through
with the programme, which lasted as
it was until after o'clock. The presi-
call the fedora TONS attention to these
derelictions and to urge upon them
especially punctuality in attendance.
The Lakota club met Monday with
Mrs. Charles Pelham Adams The
programme included the following
papers on Mexico. which is the subject
of this years work: Laws and Man
ner of Government Miss Gunther;
Manners and Customs" Mrs. Will
liams; Mythology and Human Sacri-
The next meeting will be Monday, De-
ce1nber IA, with Miss Faith Andrews.
Mrs Margaret Hill McCarter's new
Christmas book, THE Cottonwood's
Story will be out next week, and
promises to be as popular as her pre-
vious publications. Crane & Co. are
the publishers, and it will be sold at
Halls and Zercher's book stores. 1t is
an unpretentious little story, but full
of the spirit of poetry and romance
and is perhaps the best thing that Mrs.
McCarter has done. The book will be
an especial value for Topeka people
because it is a strictly local product
Albert Turner Reid having done a
cover design and , Lydia Wehe Crabill
tied one. and the price SO cents.
The F'roebel Mothers union has been
making cofnforters at it's recent meet
Orphans home and is making two more
which will be given away at Christmas
time.
The Vignette club met Wednesday
afternoon with Mrs. Speed Hughes. Ed
gar Allen Poe was the subject for the
afternoon.
Mrs. NJ. E Better will entertain the
Ruslxin Art club next Monday after
noon.
The postponed meeting of the Portia
club will be held at the home of Mrs
B. f. McGiff1n, 521 Polk street, Deem
Der 10. 1903
The Central Park c. L. S. c. will meet
with Miss Eby, 1906 Buchanan street,
Tuesday evening. The programme fol-
lows:
Vocal solo-Miss Pond
Roll call-Quotations from Longfellow.
Chapter on Longfellow-Miss Silver
nail.
Review question box-Mr. Morton
Plano solo-Miss Aldrich.
The vespuccian club will meet with
Mrs Council, 222 Eighth avenue east,
Thursday afternoon, December 10.
The w. C. T. U. will meet at the First
NJ. E. church at 3 O'Clock Monday after
noon.
Lincoln circle, G. A. R., will meet
with Mrs. J. n. Hopper at 724 Polk
Tuesday afternoon
The Froebel Mothers union entertain
ed Friday in honor of Mrs. S. NJ. Rams
dell, who leaves in the near future for a
new home in Richmond Va AS a part
ing git the club members presented