The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-23

District Presidents
First District-DIrs, H. o. Carney. To-
Second District-Afrs D. S. Stephens,
Third Distrief@Miss Estene Dalton,
Fourth bistrict-1Grs Flora Sands OF
Peabody, president.
Fifth 'District-1irs. Catherine HoffE-an.
Enterprise president.
Sixth DisEict-AIrs. W. H Nelson,
Smith Center. president.
Seventh District-Mrs. 2. L. Pettijohn,
Dodge City, president
Usage County Federation-Nfrs. Emma
Iroudners Carbonate, president.
Topeka Omcers.
President, Mrs. Clement Smith. ri Polk
street Ind tel. 145-s.
peka avenue. md tel $50
Second Vice President, Miss Lucy B.
Kingman. 635 Monroe street.
Secretary, Mrs. E. G. Foster, 713 Topeka
avenue. Ind tel. 2S01.
treasurer. Mrs. E. D. Robertson. 4S
AUDITOR. Mrs. c. A. Huron. 221 Fillmore
street. Ind. tel. S67.
Kansas people are notably busy
people, but nowhere viii you find
them any buster than in Pittsburg,
and in that locality no class is buster
than the club women. Not cOntented
with conducting four excellent study
clubs, the city federation is accOmp-
fishing many praiSeWOrthy things for
the public good, The report of the
art exhibit recently held by this or
ganizaton will be remembered by
readers of this department as a most
businesslike trea tment of such an en-
terprise-bOth from an artistic and
financial standpoint, the receipts be
ing $91. The recent lecture of Miss
Jane Adams in Pittsburg may also
be charged to the enterprise of the
city federation. No lecture of recent
years has aroused more interest
among men and women alike, and
Pittsburg may consider itself fortunate
to have this gifted woman brought to
that city
Club and educational work should
everywhere touch, for the school and
club are closely allied. The city fed
Grafton has recently ordered two gold
medals designed. struck off and prop
erly engraved. One of these is to be
presented to the Pittsburg high school,
the other to the state manual training
normal school, for essays on patriotic
subjects. These medals have been re
ceived, and are appropriate and ar
tistic.
Another department of work taken
I'm hand by the city federation is the
conduct Of the club work of the Pitts
burg Chautauqua assembly. This was
most sattsfac tory last year and prom
ises better things for next summer.
The visit of the state president and
recording secretary to Pittsburg last
week was made the occasion of a num-
Der Of delightful gatherings. The first
was an informal meeting of a few
friends on December II at the home
of Mr.. and Mrs L. B.-Wheeler, in
whose delightful home Mrs. Atkinson
and myself were entertained. The
morning of the 18th was spent in Wis
fling the manual training normal
school where, under the guardianship
of Prof. Russ, the hours were much
too short Tor the many interesting
things that one might learn concern
ing the work. This school of itself
would deserve a column, although
club women should be, and probably
are, posted in regard to the work done
here. Be that as it may, when I in
spected the work of lathe and chisel;
when I followed the lessons in the
sewing and drafting room in the labo-
ratory, and entered with the house
Wifely interest ever ready to come up
permOst in the mind of every club
woman. into the demonstrations OF
the domestic science room, I wished