The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-02-06

Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Dustin, who have
been visiting Mrs. D. Alexander, have
returned to their home in Horton.
Mrs. Geo. Furman. of BOB Branner
street, gave an old fashion quilting bee
Thursday; the quilt was pieced by the
elder Mrs. F'urman so years ago.
| Luncheon was served and the guests
entertained with a photograph pro-
Ash, Mrs. J. W. Gibbons. Mrs. Thos.
Ash, Mrs. Thos. Norwood. and Mrs.
Charles Steadman.
News of WOmen's Clubs.
MONDAY.
Atlantean club with Mrs. A W.
Lacey at the ManSpeaker.
The Parliamentary club at the Chris
tian Science reading rooms in the
Smith building.
The Ramblers with Mrs. Lewis, 1l19
Monroe street.
The Mutual Improvement club with
Mrs. o. N. Shepard, 1401 Sixth avenue
west.
Mcfarland, 500 Topeka avenue.
TUESDAY.
The Nautilus club with Mrs. F. P.
Baker.
TheJunior Atlantean with Miss Santa
Waters, 700 Buchanan street
The Ninde Chautauqua with Mrs.
Stokes, 625 Tyler street.
The Central Park C. L. S. c. with
Miss Eby.
The Ladies' Music club, evening
meeting at the studio of Miss Tracy.
THURSDAY.
Western Sorosis banquet at the resi-
dence of DR.. and Mrs. J. C. McClintock,
! 1913 Fillmore street.
/ The HelianthuS Literary club with
Mrs. Horn, APT Topeka avenue.
The Reviewers club with Mrs. F. A.
Rooster, ia Monroe street.
The Chaminade Music club with Mrs.
J. P. Wahle, 1858 Clay street.
| Many members of the city federation
of clubs will doubtless accept the cor
dial invitation of the Commercial club
| to attend its next meeting Wednesday
evening. The invitation was extended
| through Major T. ]. Anderson, the pres
ident of the latter organization, at the
meeting of the federation Thursday
been asked to address the club and her
subject is The Helping Hand. Dean
Kaye of Grace cathedral will also make
an address on his pet enthusiasm,
| civic beauty.
| There is strong hope among the
club women that the Commercial clubs
| invitations may lead to a resumption
| of the consideration of club house to
be built by the two organizations and
used by them conformity as was dis
cussed with so much interest and en-
thusiasm year ago. The project
seems since to have returned to that
darkness of oblivion and indifference
from which it emerged but there are
some strong club house advocates in
the federation still and they hope to
see the idea revived. Last year the
flood in the Kaw valley and the respon-
sibilitieS resulting therefrom both for
the Commercial club and the federation
occupied the time and energies of those
other matters but just now when the
i federation is not engaged in any other
particular line of work might be a good
time to bring up the question of the
club house again.
One of the gravest charges against
clubs and club women is that they are
given over to words rather than deeds.
It does seem sometimes that the fed
GRAFTON spends so much time discus
sing some great object that it negIects
to take any practical steps toward at
tanning it. But Mrs. McCarter in her
talk before the federation Thursday
pointed out the value of organization
and her remarks suggested; to some of
her hearers at least, the facility with
which the club woman may, through
; organization assist in many worthy
charities which she would feel unable
to help individually. For instance in
the matter of the offering for the
Christmas treat for the little children
of the poor" asked by Mrs. Thorpe, police
, matron, at the December meeting OF
every one is poor and has a thousand
calls for their money and few are able
to give lavishly to charity but the fed
Grafton by small individual contribu-
raised $35 for Mrs. Thorpe's small
charges. The federation now proposes
to furnish the luncheons for the Poor
Mothers club which meets at the socla
settlement building fortnightly. The
clubs will probably arrange to take the
, responsibility in turn and there are sc
many clubs in the federation that none
will have to furnish a luncheon oftenei
than once a year. Mrs. II. y. Garvey
made a motion which was carried tna1
the chair appoint a committee of three
to devise ways and means to carry out
this project and Mrs. Horton has ap-
. pointed Mrs. Garvey, Mrs. j. E. Nissley
and Mrs. c. W. Cook.
CONGRATULATIONS are coming to the
women of the CITY federation for the
promptness with which the Februar!
meeting at Unity church last Thursda.
afternoon opened and the regard which
the speakers showed for the time liml
set by the programme committee
was announced that the meeting WoulC
; begin at half after o'clock, and Wher
. the secretary called the roll almos
| every club RESPONDED through its dele
gates. Mrs. Horton held the business
, down to the time allotted for It, an'
refused to let it encroach upon the pro
: gramme's hour of beginning. Eaci
speaker showed a conlmendable REGARD
for the rights of the others. and no
: one exceeded her ten minutes or hat
to be reminded of the flight of tim,
by the sound of the presidents gavel
J Every paper and address was we'll pre-
pared, vet each was characterized b.
spontaneity and sincerity and an alb
t sence of platitude really remarkable il
! a club programme. No recent meeting
of the federation has served so well t
display the talent and ability of tn
Topeka women.
Mrs Horton called the attention o
the members of the federation at tn
meeting Thursday to the provisions o
the constitution respecting the election
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