The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-31
GENERAL cLuB NOTES.

The Maple Leaf railway, the official
route to the St Paul biennial, has an
nounced round trip rate of sI6-15
Kansas CITY to St. Paul for the bien-
NAL. The sleeping car rates are SO
for the standard and $3.50 for the
tourist cars. Mrs. Lee Monroe, 9QS
Harrison street, viii have the diagram
for the sleeDers IN a. feEV=seefHs and Wo-
men who expect to make the trip in
the Official train are requested to write
and make their reser-a tons, stating
whether they want standard or tourist
berths.
Mrs. Monroe, who has all the ar
rangements for the official Kansas
train in charge. has received many re
quests for information. especially as to
whether others than club women can
take the trip and get advantage Of the
rats c,5fe red cn the Official train. Tie
answer T. IN the Affirmative. any wo-
man and even Mere Man wit he vel
come Some OF the club women are
stiA 81 far from emancipation that
they want to take their husband
along. and this viii be permitted them
if they Will vOuch for the good be-
havjour of the latter. In other words,
perfect ladies' Of both sexes viii be
admitted to the privileges OF the Off
cia. train. whether they are mem oers
of federated clubs or not. There viii
be more information later about the
side trips from st. Paul.
The Woman About Town in the
Washington Post: Miss Susan B. An
thony was q far cleverer woman than
most men realize" says q middle-aged
man. 7 always sconed at the wo-
man suffrage mOVeme nt, and had in
my minds eye pictures Of sl1fLra gists
borrowed from the caricatures I used
to see as a boy, but a number of years
ago, my wife persuaded me to go with
her to an evening meeting here of a
convention at which Miss Anthony
presided I saw a number of particu-
larly attractive looking women on the
stage, with Miss Anthony, looking like
a retiring lady Of the old school in a
dark velvet gown, and a lot of lace
that my wife said made her mouth
water. Several most entertaining ad-
dresses We're made BY different Wo-
men, There was no rant in any Of
them as I had expected. Evidently,
( these were well bred women of educa-
ton. When the last one had spoken
Z Miss Anthony rose and said that now
( the audience had heard from her girls,
she would call on one Of her boys to
7 speak. The boy was q man who was
at that time in public life. He got UP
there and made the silHest sort OF q
I stump speech. lie waved his arms and
yelled and murdered our mother
tongue IN every other sentence He
positively made me ashamed of ms
4 sex. Just at the end OF his speech
/ Iancied 1 caught Miss Anthony's eye
and I fancied. too. that there was q
/ look in It which babe me, as plain as
day, contrast that man who had a
] hand IN the making Of laws. with the
+ woman speakers who hadn't. I've al
ways believed she meant that man as
an object lesson. but I know he never
/ dreamed of such a thing. and q fearful
+ object he made Of himself. I blush
! yet whenever think OF it,
Sterling Bulletin: The reputation Of
+ the Home Culture club was most de-
lighHully maintained Monday after
noon, in their Guest Day given tc
their members and guests at the spa
/ cious home of Mrs. Lindsey. The
I rooms we're tastlIy decorated in The
J club colors, green and white. Wher
/ the company had all arrived the guests
were made welcome in very appro-
/ pirate remarks by the president, II
] which reference was made to a similar
I occasion a year ago; the profitable ad
4 dress Of DR. Strong and the club mem
Der who had passed away kindly re-
/ nembered. We were charmed with 6
piano duet by the Misses Strong and
I wishing It was said that IN other
years the friends were compelled tc
! be satisfied with historical references