The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-05-17

| Noore's baritone solo. Natures Adora-
4 ton by Beethoven, and a violin duo by
Mrs. Hogan and Miss Clarke Of juno
ton City.
This afternoon the federation is lis
( tening to reports OF the state, district,
/ county and city federation officers.
! These are besides Mrs. Lewis, Mrs.
! Kate Arlington Of Council Grove, vice
/ president, whose report is mainly de-
/ voted to the travelling art gallery
which has been instituted during the
! present administration and of which
/ Mrs. Arlington has been IN chargei
/ Mrs. Eustace H. Brown of Olathes re-
! cording secretary; Mrs. F. 3. Hine of
/ Kinsley, corresponding secretary; Mrs.
! J. 7. Willard of Manhattan. treasurer
! Mrs. D. w. Wilder of HiaWatha, audi
| tor; Mrs. Dell Keller OF Topeka. state
] secretary to the General Federation OF
Women's clubs. the national organlza-
I ton; Miss Martha Beck of Holtons
! president of the First district fedora
/ ton; Mrs /. H. Wishard of lola,
! president of the Second district: Mrs.
/ NJ. w. Cowan of Parsons, of the Third;
Mrs. J. M. A1cCown, ETnporia, Fourth;
| Mrs N. / Mcdowell, Salina, Fifth;
| Mrs. r. Y. Chambers. HoXie, Sixth;
! Mrs. c. L. Engberg, Mcpherson, Sew
enth; Mrs. Emma Troudner, Carbon
dale, Usage county federation; Mrs. A.
H Horton, Topeka city federation; Mrs.
D. A. Stephens, Kansas City; Mrs Jno.
Kilworth, Lawrence; Mrs. Georgia
Notes.-The, Hiawatha- Mrs Emma For
/ ter of Marysvile, who is chairman OF
the legislative committee Of the gen
! era1 federation, gave an exhaustive re
port of the work Of her committee in
all the states.
Department of Education.
The federation work is divided into
committees or departments and the
department of education of which
Miss NLeddiu Hamilton of Paramount
| college, Wichita, is chairman, has
charge of the programme this after
noon. The speakers are Miss Ayra
! Albaugh of the state school for the
blind, Kansas City, Kan, Miss Louise
Rowe Atchison Of Paramount college,
| Wichita. and Miss Hamilton herself
Miss Albaugh will talk about the state
charitable and educational exhibits,
Miss Atchison of Classics for Children,
and Miss Hamilton of Literature as
Taught in the schools.
This evening the department of
literature will have the programme.
of Chancellor Strong of the University
of Kansas, is the chairman. Miss
Eugene Calico, professor of romance
language and literatures at the uni
versity, and Miss Alberta Corbin. as
sistant professor of German, will have
papers, Miss Calico on Victor Hugo,
and Miss Corbin on Frederick Schiller
The musical numbers for this AFTER
noon and tonight include piano num-
Der by Mrs. Charles kleinhanS,
vocal number by Mrs. Frank S.
Thomas, a piano duo by Mrs. ]. W.
! Going and Mrs. H. 3. Taskers a violin
duo by Mrs. Thomas T. Hogan and
] Miss I.ucelfa Clarke of Junction City,
a piano number by Miss Gertrude
Tracey, and a piano duo by Mrs John
Troutman and Mrs. Ada Harrington of
Kansas City, Kan.
Gossip About Candidates.
This contest for president" a First
district club woman said this morning,
| seems to be a contest between beauty
and brains. 7 don't mean by that eth
4 er candidate is lacking in either, but
/ whenever you hear the friends of Mrs.
4 May BellevilIe Brown discussing her
/ qualification for the race, you hear a
/ good deal about her mental ability, her
! speaking, her writing and all that and
they usually refer to the other Mrs.
+ Brown in terms like this: OF course
she's very pretty and stylish but as
though she might be nothing more. Now
as matter of fact Mrs. Eustace Brown
I is a good writer and speaker as well as
/ being a very pretty and we'll dressed
woman, and the Salina Mrs. Brown IS
/ attractive and good looking as well as
/ being clever and capable. But their
/ friends seem determined to make per
SOnal appearance an issue in this cleo
ton, the one faction talking as though
good looks and pretty clothes were the
= paramount issue and the other taking
/ the very superior stand that they are
/ considerations beneath the consideration
of the High Browed sisterhood."
Not Like Men.
They say these club women are just
1 like men when it comes tC politics, but
this morning a. reporter for the State
/ Journal found a number of delegates
who didn't know how they were go
ing to vote for president and were not
real sure WhO the candidates were. ct
Fourth district woman said. 81 have
not thought much about it. I believe
though that Mrs. - (naming a well
known townswoman) wants US to
vote for Mrs. Edward Brown or some
body. I believe her name was Brown,
but don't remember where she was
from"
e'Will you have caucus meeting
this EVENING"" the reporter asked.
Il don't know" she said helplessly,
lol6ing as if she'd like to ask what a
caucus might be.
Now the question is, what was she
here for? She didn't seem to care
anything for the programme either.
for she sat outside and gossiped with a
friend about a silk sale she had found
down town all the time the president
was reading her annual message about
reform and the Higher Life and
things. And such women are by no
means rare in the federation. There
are even Topeka delegates who did not
know this morning how they would
vote for president. Maybe Grover
cleveland was right after all when he
, thought woman's genius did not lie in
this direction.
That HaldeTnan Rumor.
u It has been said that the rumor that
Mrs Alice Halderman of Girard would
. be a candidate for president OF the fed
GRAFTON originated with Topeka women
IN the interests of Mrs. May. Beneville
Brown of Salina
It was the LADIES' Reading club of
Glrard to which Mrs. Halderman be
longs that sent out letters this week tc
prominent club women in all the dis
? trlcts that have no candidates askina
them to support Mrs. Halderman.
Mrs. Ha1derman is not a candidate ,
the letters said, but if she were elected
she would serve We are taking this