The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-03-26
News of Women's Clubs.

10 DIT Violet Elllds O4GIlQ6u.
News of WOmen's Clubs.
The attention of the clubs of the city
federation is called to article of the
bylaws:
Each club shall elect it's delegates at
least ten days before, and report the
same with their dues at least five days
before the annual meeting, to the re-
cording secretary of the federation,
who shall prepare an official list there
from. Clubs failing to comply with
this bylaw will lose their represent
tation at the annual meeting
Mrs. +. G. Bowen, recording secre-
tary of the federation. may be found at
209 Tenth avenue west.
The annual election of officers will
take I'D most of the time at the next
meeting of the city federation, a week
from next Thursday, but besides this
and the other routine business the fed
GRAFTON will vote upon the acceptance
of the Commercial clubs suggestions
for its part in the Topeka semi-centen-
NAL jubilee the week of May 80. Indi-
Vldual clubs are supposed to be dis
cusslng this question now, so that their
delegates may know how to vote at the
city federation meeting. The Com
mercial club wants the federation to
take sole charge of the programme
and other details of woman's day in
the jubilee week, and one of the fea-
eclipse anything of the kind ever seen
in the state. So many enticing sug
gestfonS have been made by the women
who are enthusiastic about this thing
in the way of decorations for floats,
carriages, etc, in club flowers and club
co1ors that the idea ought to appeal to
the aesthetic sense of all the club wO-
men and receive their hearty co-opera-
ton Mrs. A. H. Horton. city fedora
ton president is still in Arkansas City
and will not be home until next week
some time. so no announcement has
been made of the musical or other
number which may vary the pro-
gramme of business at the federation's
April meeting.
With the city federation annual cleo
ton less than two weeks off, there is no
talk of a candidate for president in
opposition to Mrs. A. H Horton. who
1T is thought will stand for reelection,
and al least two of the clubs, the
Shakespeare and the Calidorean, have
passed informal resolutions endorsing
all the present officers for reelection.
There was some talk to the effect that
there might be other candidates for
some of the minor offices, but nobody
has been mentioned and the present
executive board has given such gen.
eral satisfaction that all its members
will probably be rendered their offices
for another term if they are willing to
serve again.
The most important action taken by
the executive board of the state feder-
alton at it's meeting in Topeka Monday
and Tuesday, was the purchase of two
collections of pictures for the travelling
art gallery which the federation has
ton, of Council Grove, vice president of
the Kansas Social Science federation,
who first proposed the travelling art
gallery and has done a great deal to
! inn a int he DIV
men of the state in the idea, will have
charge of the gallery. which viii be
sent out by her to the clubs of the
state upon application. The collections
which the executive board has made
arrangements to purchase are the most
famous and characteristic works of the
Dutch and the Italian schools of paint
| ings. They are beautiful reproductions
and will be appropriately mounted and
cased for shipment. Clubs which use
them for exhibition purposes will be
required to pay one-fourth the proceeds
to the travelling art gallery fund of
the federation, with which it is hoped
| to add to this nucleus of collection
from time to time until good reproduce
| lions Of all the worlds best paintings
are in the possession of the federation.
The probabilities are that in time the
gallery will pass into the possession
and control of the state, as the travel
ing library has done.
! Twelve scholarships in Kansas col
! leges and business academies are at
the disposal of the K. S. S. F., and the
executive board this week agreed upon
a method of awarding them. They will
| be given annually to Kansas girls, rec
commended by clubs federated with the
state federation, and apportioned
among the congressional districts of
the state. The applicants scholarship.
standing in her community and neces-
sity will be considered in making the
awards.
The choice of the Santa Fe as the
official route to the biennial of the gen
era1 federation of women's clubs in st.
Louis in May does not mean, Mrs.
Lewis. president of the K. s. S. F.,
Kansas club women will be expected
to choose that road in preference to
any other. OF course many of the club
women have transportation on other
other reasons would find another route
more convenient. But the Santa Fe
as the official route will doubtless be
the choice of the majority of those
who pay their fare. as it will furnish a
special train in case enough Kansas
women arrange to go, and special cars
in any case, and these cars will be run
] directly out to the exposition grounds
! in ST Louis, thus saving the pas
! sengers any extra trouble in the Way
of transferring of baggage and similar
annoyances. The Epworth hotel, man.
aged by Mr.. c. l. Wood, of Topeka
has been chosen as the official head
quarters. 1t will make a rate of 81
a day for rooms, and this includes the
use oe a caucus room.
Kansas club women will be at hons
in their state building at the exposi-
ton on May 10, Louisiana Purchase