The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-04-29

engage rooms for the meeting early as
a church convention is to held IN To-
peka the same week and the local com
mirtee fears it may be difficult for the
federation delegates to find lodging in
private houses unless they make their
arrangements in good season Write
Miss Gertrude Barnes, 1878 Clay street,
about rooms in private houses.
Topeka people who can rent rooms at
so cents a day to club women during
the meeting of the federation are asked
to send their names and the number OF
rooms which they can rent to Mrs. F.
c. Bowen, 209 Tenth avenue. west. In
dependent telephone 922
The lola Register says: Topeka wo-
men are making elaborate preparations
for the state federation meeting OF
women's clubs. lola viii be represent
ed on the state programme by two
members from the Unity club, Mrs. G.
T. Scott and Mrs. H. c. Culbertson.
Mrs. Scott, president of the Oklahoma
federation, who visited in the city re-
Gently, also well known to all older
residents Of lola appears on the pro-
gramme. The state meeting promises
to be the best ever held. Undoubtedly
the election Of state officers will create
much interest and many who are not
heard from viii be I'D before the fed
Grafton for Offices The seven districts
of the state will, of course, be repre-
scented on the programme, and Mrs. L.
H. Wishard of lola, president of the
Second district, viii speak.
The art committee of the city fed
Grafton met with the committee Of
which Mr.. George Barlow Penny, dean
of the school of fine arts of Wash
burn college, is chairman in the city
library Wednesday afternoon, to make
arrangements for a notable art exhibit
which is to be shown at the Manual
5T7iT1u l7io1 Seb00i for oOa month
beginning May Is and which will be
an important feature of the state fed
Grafton meeting next month. The pic
lures will be originals by 100 modern
artists shown at recent exhibits in New
York and Boston, and the Ceramic
Art clubs display of decorated china
which was shown in the Kansas build
ing at the St Louis fair last summer
will also be on exhibit. On the open
ing night of the exhibit the two COM
Inittees and the Ceramic Art club will
give an informal reception. The
m EN- ers of the committees are Mrs.
! Charles F. Spencer. Mrs. Edwin Lange,
Mrs. Harrison Morgan Mrs. A. M.
Petro, Miss Belle Swearingen and Miss
lI.andrigan of the city federation; Mr..
T. Reid, Mrs. Clarke, Miss Andrews
and Mrs. c. 0. Knowles. The Ceramic
Art club includes Mrs. c. o. Knowles,
Mrs. H. G. Bowman, Mrs. Charles Ben
nett. Mrs. L. BIOWI5 MIS- Il -
Bowen, Mrs. Darlington, Mrs. w H.
Davis, Mrs. w T. Eckert Mrs. J. W
Going, Mrs. Ross Gilluly, Mrs. S. D.
Hodgins, Mrs. e. J. Hadley, Mrs. G. 2.
Jordan, Mrs. Edwin LANCE, Mrs. W. 5.
Kale, Mrs. Harry Lyman. Mrs. w. F..
Schoch, Mrs. Maurice Schlegel, Mrs.
Clement Smith, Mrs. D. j. Greenwald,
Mrs. Thomas Stevens. Mrs. Swartz,
Mrs Frank Smith. Mrs. w. c. Webb,
Miss Jennie Bross, Miss Lulu Ewart,
Miss Kittie Lindsay, Miss Aline Lamy,
Miss Mabel McGiffin. Miss Elizabeth
Smith, Miss Belle Swearingen, Miss
Edith Snyder, Miss Marie Witwer and
Mrs J. G. Stricken. Season tickets
are to be had for one dollar. single
admissions being Is cents There are
few single tickets to be had at Is
cents if purchased early
Mrs. c. B. Hoffman of Enterprise.
state chairman of the forestry depart
ment of the General Federation of
WOmen's clubs. was the guest of hon
1 its meeting Thursday afternoon with
Mrs F. G. W. Travis. 1885 Park ave-
nue., and her brief address was the
feature of the meeting. The Topeka
organization is the only forestry club
in Kansas and Mrs. Hoffman express
ed her qualification in the work it is
doing. She also took occasion to m en-
ton the candidacy of Mrs. May Belle
vile Brown of Salina for president of
the Kansas Federation of Women s
clubs and gave her hearty and en-
thusiaStic recommendation. Mrs I.
D. Graham was elected a delegate to
the state federation meeting and Mrs.
Walter Bates alternate. and they were
instructed to recommend the election
of Mrs. May Belleville Brown of Sa-
lima as president of the federation.
The Ninde c. L. S. c. will meet
Tuesday evening, May 2, with Mrs. M.
z. Nartindale. 1882 Polk street. Pro-
gramme: Roll call, quotations from
Schiller; Berlin I. Mrs. NJ. E. Martin
dale; studies in German literature
(Schiner), Mrs. W S. Miller.
The Lakota club will not meet with
Mrs Charles Kleinhans at Granville
next Monday, but viii be postponed IN
til later in the season.
The Ladies' Music club met Wednes-
day afternoon with Mrs. Frank P.
MacLennan and the yearly election of
officers was held. The old officers,
Miss Ellen Parkhurst, president; Mrs.
MacLennan, vice president; Miss Mary
Harrison, secretary; Mrs. S. J. HOdg-
ms, treasurer; Mrs MacLennan, Mrs
John Kleinhans and Mrs. HOdgins, del
| egates to the city federation, Mrs. Chas.
Gleed, Mrs. George Stoker, and Mrs.