The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-10-06
WOmem's Federation tOHeIp East
Side kindergarten.
Expense Will Be Divided With
the Patrons.
THEIR WORK SUCCESS
Free Reading Room a Boon to
the People.
An Interesting Meeting of the
Topeka Branch.

AT its October meeting at Unity
church yesterday afternoon the Topeka
federation o. womens clubs voted to
esta blish and support, for a three
months experiment. a public kinder
garten for the east side. The kinder
garten viii not be entirely charity for
a number of east side women VINO re-
allie the advantages Of a kindergarten
have pledged themselves to pay a nom
inal sum toward its support so that the
federation viii really have to supply
only about oue-half the necessary funds.
Fhe kindergarten idea is an Outgrowth
of the public reading room and play
ground established by the civics com
mittee Of the federation in the abandon
ed Pa1kdale school house this summer,
The board of education gave the com
mittee the use of the building for sucn
time as it should not be needed Aor its
original purpose and a public play ground
and a reading room We're started which
have met with such encouragement and
success that the federation felt justified,
on the report of the ciVics committee,
to go a step farther and establish the
Kindergarten which the mothers of the
Parkdale ueighbOrhood who have enjoy
ed HE eading room, have requested. 1t
lis estimated that it VIII cost something
like $50 "a month to maintain the kim
NFt eli lFll anu lidt1L Ql ALlAS tltC east 0tA
women VIII themselves subscribe The
rest the federation will supply from
its educational fund received from the
sale of the history of the Kaw valley
flood. THE Overlooking Waters by
Margaret Hill McCarter. published by
the federation two years ago
I'm connection with the discussion of
the kindergarten Miss Lulu Mckee of
St Joseph gave an interesting talk
bout the free kindergarten with which
fGnr7ffFp6 ST Tncenh
Mrs. w. A Johnston, Mrs Charles F.
Spencer Mrs. J. c. McClintock and Mrs
II. o. Carney spoke in favor of the kin
dergarten and the vote to establish it
was carried unanimously
DR.. 5yde-s Address
The principal speaker of the after
noon was DR. Ida NJ. Hyde of the chair
of German of the University of kan
sas who gave an interesting report of
the International Congress of Women
which she attended in Berlin last year.
DIT. Hyde is one OF the most brilliant
scholars among Kansas women and
her classes are among the most pOpu-
lar at the university. She takes deep
interest i'm all that pertains to the adj
VanCemeut of women and is an ardent
supporter of the principles of equal
suffrage. That the women OF the To-
peka federation share her views on this
question was evident yesterday when
her account of the enthusiastic recep-
Berlin congress. received the most
hearty ana spontaneous applause of
the afternoon.
Prof. L. D. Whittemore. superinten-
dent of the Topeka schools, addressed
the meeting at it's opening. asking the
continuation of the federation's inter
est in and support of the public
schools. There were two musical num-
bers by Miss Alice Tucker, pianist. and
Miss May Reddick, soprano
A committee appointed at the las
meeting of the federation to prepare a
revision of the constitution and by
laws made a report through its chair
man. Mrs. J. C. McClintOck. The prin-
cipal changes recommended are in re-
gard to an increase of the per capita
dues from twenty-five cents to one dol
lar annually, a change of the date of
the annual meeting from April to De
cember and the appointment by the
president of a nominating committee
to be "A standing committee and which