The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-03

community is the Improvement of the
public park, which, when the plans are
carried out viii be little gem. A IL
brary association has also been formed,
and the project has a promising start.
MAY BELLEVILLE BROWN.
GENERAL. CLUB NOTES OF INTER-
EST TO KANSAS WOMEN.
Mrs. Brown, president of the K. f.
Nv c., was the guest Of the Pioneer
club of Ellsworth yesterday.
/ Kansas clubs which have Joined the
General Federation through the efforts
of Mrs. L. D. Monroe. general fedora
ton secretary for Kansas, are:
The Zodiac club Of Lawrence, %
members.
The Current Literature. salina. %
members.
g,...... ..o.n. xicwzto sTHRDI, N
Shakespeare club, Cottonwood Falls,
Mrs Sadie P. Grisham delegate, %
Z members.
Twentieth Century club of salina is
| the banner club, paying for SIS mem
! bers and having two delegates
! The WOmau's Harmony Library
| club, Smiths Center, IS members
! Political Science club, Winfield, %
4 mem bers.
Portia club. Topeka, Mrs. Ell c. Fos-
! ter, delegate.
The Lincoln club, PIeasanton, 25
vignette club, Topeka. Mrs. H. o.
I Carney, delegate.
/ Ladies' Reading club, Girard.
/ Sterling Sorosis. Sterling.
MRS. MINNIE MCBRIDE SHAY.
Mrs. Monroe has written to ask per
! mission OF the powers that be in the
I General Federation for Kansas clubs
( to federate during the annual meeting
/ Of the State federation in May. "Our
state meeting which a lvyqXyz works I'm
so much enthusiasm for the general
federation. coming so late, indeed just
/ before the biennial, hardly gives US a
! fair chance" says Mrs. Monroe. land I
hope we will be granted a special dis
pensation allowing Kansas clubs to
come into the fold at the eleventh
hour"
The Illinois State federation. through
! its general federation secretary, Miss
! Grace z. Temple of Chicago, has sent
Mrs. Monroe one hundred copies of a
/ pamphlet written by Mrs. John Dick
insOn Sherman, recording secretary of
/ the G.. F. W c. and read by her at the
last annual meeting of the Illinois fed
Grafton, on THE General Federation of
Women's Clubs and What 1t Means to
Be Part of tt Mrs Sherman's
/ brochure has done lots of good club
/ missionary work in Illinois and is being
used by general federation secretaries
! in other states to stir up enthusiasm for
| the general federation and the biennial.
ZIG is an excellent paper and one that
fevery club woman might read with
profit.
Mrs. Monroe has found a cousin Cnot
necessarily a long lost cousin-but
cOusin) Mrs. LenOra Monroe BabcOck
Of New ork, who is one of the officers
viii attend the biennial The New York
delegation will join the Kansas delega-
ton On the Maple Leaf special for the
latter part of the journey
And by the way, the Maple Leaf lit
erature advertising the club woman's
special states plainly that no provision
has been made for cigarette smokers
among the biennial bound women.
There will be no smoking car on the
club WOman'S special and the cigarette
fends will have to stick to the smoking
( compartments on the Pullmans. But
SO far this is the only fly in the ONT
ment-
The officers of the Woman's Kansas
Day club viii soon be ready to send out
the badges to the members They are
getting their rosters completed and
have ordered their stationery.
The Mary Somerville Library assoc
citation of Mound City, which cele-
brated its twenty -ninth anniversary
]
"The Crown of Fame last week which
netted forty dollars for the library. The
4 association includes Il number of
Mound City matrons, school girls thir
" years ago when the organization was
started whose daughters, the school
I girls of today, are enjoying the fruits
I of their mothers efforts in a creditable
li1tle library which has grown from
year to year from very small begin
ming Mothers and daughters united
! in ~ ar tai n W
spicuCI,sly successful in every way.
The chairman of the biennial press
committee, Miss Lily A. Long, of st.
Paul, writes in the March Federation
Bulletin:
The press committee of the local BIZ
| ennial board has the pleasant task of
Announcing that the St. Paul hostesses
are preparing for the reception of the
! federation with an enthusiasm that in
sUres { successful meeting in May. I'm
der the energetic management of the
/ president, Mrs. Russell r. DOrF, sew
/ eral important preliminary arrange
ments have already been made. Among
these the following items will be of in
I terest to visitors:
The armory building has been Sc
! lected for the convention hall 1t is
/ large. new building, picturesque on the
outside and very conveniently arranged
] within. The hall will seat 1000, the
I acoustic properties are excellent, there
/ is every convenience in the way of tele-
phone service, etc, and the location is
/ central. We feel sure that speakers
and listeners alike viii Consider the
| choice of hall a fortunate one.
I The state headquarters will be located
/ in the old capitol which has Just been
vacated by the transfer Of the state Of
1 ficlaIs to the new capitol. This We CON
slider a peculiarly happy arrangement.
I The capitol is near the armory, near
4 the leading hotels. on the main street
/ car line. and the interior arrangements
are ideal for the purpose. There are
large and small rooms, with facilities
for teIegTaphing, tel9phoning. mailing,
resting, Iunching. We feel that the am
/ pie space and convenient facilities
!