The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-01-30

4OE EhA SLATE JOOhN
The Monday Tourist club with Mrs.
Jones, 621 Tyler street.
The W. @. T. U. at the First Meth
odist church. Subject. "Our Neighbors'
Boys
The Clio club with Mrs. G. B. Stur-
geon, 1866 Buchanan street.
! TUESDAY.
The Ninde Chautauqua circle with
Mrs Stokes, 625 Tyler street.
WEDNESDAY.
| The Portia club with Mrs. w. NJ.
The Vignette club with Mrs. George
| B. Manning.
The Ladies' SHAKESPEARE club with
Mrs. A. w. Parks at the Manspeaker.
THURSDAY.
February meeting of the city fedora
ton at Unity church.
| FRIDAY.
Mrs. H L. P. Hillyer, S15 Fillmore
street, evening for the Art club.
| State meeting of the Equal Suffrage
association in Representative hall.
SATURDAY.
| The Vespuccian club guest day Thin
BILE party at the home of Mrs. Clyde NJ.
| Lawrence, 431 Tyler street.
! An event of interest to club circles is
1 the return of Mrs. Mary c. Bradford,
| of Denver president of the Colorado
was here in November and made a very
good impression in an address to the
women of the city federation and who
will come to make the principal address
at the state meeting of the Equal Suf-
frage association which is to be held
in Representative hall Friday night of
next week. Mrs. Bradford's subject will
be a Vision of Freedom" and of course
her lecture will be devoted to the cause
! of equal suffrage to which she has de-
voted the best years of her life with
marked success in her own state. There
will be other speakers and an excellent
programme is being arranged. A good
attendance from all parts of the state
is promised and the meeting will oc-
casion the visit of several women of
prominence. Mrs. ]. P. st. john OF
Versailles, Missouri, was expected but
has now sent word that she will be un-
able to come owing to the illness of
Governor st. John. Mrs. Laura johns
of Salina Mrs. Fred Dumont Smith of
Kinsley and Mrs. Thomas h. Grlshaln
of Cottonwood Falls will be among the
out of town club women IN Topeka Tor
this meeting.
Mrs. Bradford's father was a mem
Der of one of the best known families
of the SOUTH the Craigs of Kentucky
Her mother was Anna 7. Carroll,
granddaughter of Daniel Carroll, one OF
the Signers of the Constitution, and
grand-niece of Charles Carroll of Car
independence. Mrs. Bradford herself
is a delightful woman of charming per
sonality and marked intellectual gifts
and is a fluent and entertaining
| speaker.
The presence of Mrs. Bradford and
the other visitors who will be here Tor
the Equal Suffrage meeting and VINO
will be asked to plan to come a day
early for that occasion, will lend in
| terest TO the February meeting OF the
city federation which will be held at
Unity church Thursday afternoon, Fep-
ruary 4 The programme as arranged
includes a talk on social settement
work by Mrs. John c. McClintock ana
a discussion of Women in Club Life, led
| by Mrs. w. H. Roby and Mrs C. }.
Evans, which will deal with the ques-
lions raised and suggestions made by
| DIR Mcfarland in his talk on this sub
| iect at the last meeting of the fedora
ton In addition to these numbers MIS-.
| ] P White who has spent several years
! in that country will talk about Egypt,
Mrs bradford will give a shCFt address
land Mrs. Noble Prentis will speak ABOUT
| the St. Louis exposition. Mrs. Prent1s,
it will be remembered, has been ap-
pointed hostess of the Kansas pullolns
at the fair and in her official capaclty
| has visited the exposition several times
and is thoroughly equipped for an m
teresting talk on the SUBJECT Inc
music will include vocal NUMBER anu
! violin SOLO I
| accompanied by Miss Helen thompson
The business meeting which precedes
the programme at the federation meet
! ing will begin promptly at half after
! 2 o'clock Thursday afternoon, anu
members of the federation who have
! business to introduce are required 70
arrive early enough to plan for II pc
| fore the meeting opens. Mrs. Horton,
| president of the federation is detern-
| ined to begin the programme on time
| and for that reason can allow the m
| PRODUCTION of no unexpected business
| which might delay the meeting and
usJlrp the time of the speakers. Ihe
w T. K. club is the hostess club Tor
| Thursday and will preside at the socla1
hour which will follow the programme.
Mrs. Horton was the guest of honor
at a meeting of the Highland PARK
! club. which this week celebrated at one
and the same time kansas day. NC
| Kinley day, and the birthday anniver-
sary of the president. Mrs. John G.
Otis. The meeting, which was an all
day affair. was held at the Otis home.
conference of the members of the
EQUAL Suffrage association will be held
| on the morning of Friday February .,
\ but the place of meeting has not yet
been determined. 1t will be announced
| lata~-
Some of the equal suffrage enthu-
siasts among the local club women
have been relating with enjoyment this
little story from the Woman's Journal:
Rev Anna H. Shaw, at the recent
annual meeting of the Massachusetts
Woman Suffrage association, told an
amusing story of woman who once
urged her to leave the sufragists and
! Join the D. A. r. I'VE are better
class of women, you know" said the
| Daughter.
''Unluclzily, I am not eligible said
Miss Shaw, who is an Englishwoman.
us it possible? Were not any of
your ancestors in the war of the revo-
| lution?'-
''Oh, yes. they were there. and they
fought bravelv. but they were all on
| the British side"