The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-03-05
News Of Women's Clubs.

Mrs. w. A. McCarter margaret HID
who is to represent the Kansas Social
Science Federation on the programme
of the biennial meeting of the fedora
ton in st. Louis in May, will appear in
distinguished company on the presi-
dents programme, the last evening
programme of the biennial Mrs. Nc
Carter received a letter from Mrs. Den
nisOn, president of the G. F. W. c.,
Friday in which she mentioned some
of the other speakers whom she had
asked for her own particular pro-
gramme. Among them are Octave
Thanet, Margaret Deland, May Alden
Ward, and two others less widely
known. Mrs. McCarter has not yet
chosen her subject.
/ The delegates to the biennial from
the state federation, elected at Wich-
tia last May, are: First district-Mrs.
| Taylor. of the Art league, of Leaven-
worth; Mrs. A. H. Horton, of Topeka,
alternate. Second district-Mrs. George
Kingsley, of Paola; Mrs. H. w. Wright,
| of Ottawa, alternate. Third district
Mrs. E. F. Porter, of Pittsburg; Mrs.
w c. Curdy, of Edna, alternate. Fourth
district-Mrs. J. M. McCown, of EN-
poria; Mrs. Thomas H. Gresham. of
| Cottonwood Falls, alternate. Fifth dis
| trict-Mrs. Alden F. Huse, of Manhat-
| tan; Mrs. G. B. Hoffman, of Enterprise,
alternate. Sixth district, Miss Elsie
Mcintosh, of Hays City; Mrs. Albert L.
Shire. of Lincoln. alternate. Seventh
district-Mrs. w. Y. Morgan, Hutchin-
son; Mrs. r. P. Murdoch, Wichita.
The Good Government club voted at
| its meeting last Monday to continue it's
| membership in the general federation.
The West Side Forestry club has also
joined the general federation.
The microbe of spring cleaning and
| renovating against which the normal
W0Tnan'G 4e
| doubtless largely responsible for recent
| manifestations among the local clubs
| of enthusiasm in the cause of civic
| beautifying and improvement. Mrs. w.
A. McCarter was recently asked to
read paper before the Commercial
club on this subject and the outcome
was the appointment Of a COMMITTEES
| from that organization to invite the
city federation to appoint permanent
| committee to confer with the CONNER
/ cial club on the important subject of
| making Topeka a more beautiful place
| this next summer than ever before.
This sounds like q good deal of red
tape but you know it sometimes re-
quires more than that to strangle a
| good idea, and the chances are that a
| step has been taken in the right direc-
| ton in this movement to join the forces
1 OF the two organizations which have
worked together amiably and effective
| ~ for other objects in the past, in the
cause of civic improvement. The Com
| mercia1 club has no definite plan or
purpose In view at this time in which
| they require the assistance of the fed
Grafton but the committee has been
/ appointed and stands ready to lend its
aid and counsel whenever it may be
needed. It includes Mrs. William A.
| Johnston. Mrs. H. w. Roby, Mrs. G. J.
Mulvane, Mrs. D. c. Nellis, and Mrs
/ NJ. a. Low.
1t was to receive this committee that
| Mrs. A. H. Horton, president, called
a meeting of the city federation at I'm
1ty church Monday morning. The Com
| n1ercial club committee appointed te
| wait upon the federation included Mr.
H. o. Garvey, Mr.. J. B. Larimer, Mr.
A. A. GODDARD, Mr.. John Abrahams and
Mr.. Fred B. Gillett, but Mr.. Abrahams
was made the bearer of the invitation
| It was unanimously accepted and Mrs
Horton proceeded to appoint the afore-
| mentioned committee.
The appointment of Mrs. William A
Johnston as chairman of the committee
was in recognition of the interest
| which she takes in the subject of civic
| improvement. She has made a studs
| of forestry and allied subjects and Il
president of the West Side Forestry
| club, a young but virile organiza tior
which has as its object the very cause
| which the Commercial club and the
federation wish to foster. It was large
| ly through Mrs Johnston's efforts thai
the club was organized. At the fedora
ton meeting Monday Mrs Johnston
made announcement of an illustrated
lecture to be given under the auspice.
of the club at the Auditorium March l.
by Mr.. e. G. Routzang, field secretar,
of the National League for Civic I'm
provement. The lecture will of cours.
be in line with the work of the leagu,
and is of especial interest at this tim,
when the near approach of the Topeka
semi-centennial, May 80, makes tn,
question of civic identifying more thar