The Topeka state journal., 1906-01-07

One Of the Naggers, read by Mrs.
cellars, Mrs. Roby being out of town,
in her usual trenchant and
piquant style and was greatly en-
jOyed. Mrs. F. w. Watson, of the
domestic science department of the
club, gave a nut drop cake demon
stration, the recipe for which follows:
One-half cup of lard and one-haf
cup of butter creamed together, two
eggs, one cup of sugar, half granu-
lated and half Coffee A, one level
teaspoonful of soda and One-half tea
spoonful of baking powder dissolved
in two tablespoonfuls of sweet milk,
one cup of nuts broken coarsely, one
cup of raisins, two and one-half cups
of dry oatmeal, and two and one
half cups of flour. The clubs next
meeting will be with Mrs. j. D. Nc
Farland, the last Saturday in Janu-
ary. Mrs. Mcfarland will read
paper on West Point
Mrs Harry E. Lyman, 1884 Polk
street. entertained the Music Study
number of guests. The programme
follows:
Mrs. ARA Clark
The Merry Brown Thrush
Miss Ruth Sterritt.
Spanish Dance ...... Moszkowski
Mrs. S. A Scott.
Storm and Sunshine. -. Dudley Buck
Mrs. r. H. Morehouse-
The Trout Schubert
Miss Daisy Wellman.
The Virgins Lullaby ......... Buck
Miss Bess Elder.
Berceuse, Op. SO. No. 2. Moszkowski
Miss Vivian Rush.
Sunset Buck
Miss Elder.
Scherzo .......... MOszkOwski
Mrs. ". A. Harshbarger
Mrs. Woods
Come Where the Linden Blooms.
.----..-.- ..--.---- Buck
Mrs. Walker Combs.
Mrs. Ellen B. Loomis was the
hostess of the Current Literature club
at its meeting Tuesday. Mrs. Ward
Burlingame read a paper on THE
Aboriginal Americans" and Mrs. c.
T Mcclellan reviewed THE Worlds
Work. The club viii meet during
January with Mrs Loomis.
A memorial meeting for the late
Mrs. Stewart Sheldon was held by the
Nautilus club at the home of Mrs.
H. c. Bowman, on College Hill. last
Tuesday. Each member paid a loving
tribute to her friend. telling some act
of kindness or helpfulness for which
they remember her gratefully. The
next meeting of the club viii be a
social afternoon, Mrs. Charles NJ.
Sheldon and Mrs. J. c. Holland.
hostesses.
The w. T. K club held a meeting
with Mrs. A. NJ. Petro, 1918 Topeka
avenue, Tuesday afternoon. Mrs. III.
NJ Hale read a paper on The Yule
Log and Mrs. ]. Howard Stuart one
on Holidays in Aztec Land Mrs.
Fred Tompkins discussed "Co-opera-
tive Housekeeping" and told the ex-
perience of the first Potwin co-opera-
tive housekeeping CLUB. There were
fffty-three members in the club, and
although it was finally d1sbanded on
account OF lack of proper facilities
Mrs. Tompkins held that the expert
ment had proven that cooperative
housekeeping may be success
Financially the experiment was very
successful, and there was q saving of
labor and worry as well as of money
for all the members The servant
girl problem. which drove the Potwin
families to cooperative housekeep-
ing. was more easily met by the com
munity plan" than by single house
keepers. and the fact that a new club
is being organized to make another
try at the experiment shows that it
gave pretty general satisfaction.
There were fourteen members at the
meeting. and following the programme
a social hour was enjoyed, the host
ess serving refreshments The club
will hold a meeting next Tuesday with
Mrs Frank c. Bowen.
airs. Sarah Platt Decker. president Of
the G. F. W. c.. has requeeted all clubs
to give one afternoon this month to the
discussion of civil service reserm. The