The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-31
THE TOPEKA CLUB WOMAN.


THE TOPEKA CLUB WOMAN.
The April meeting of the city fed
Grafton at Masonic hall viii begin
promptly at half after 2 o'clock next
Thursday afternoon. The programme
Is long business Of Importance must
be attended to and the delegates are
requested to be IN their places on time
All the members of the federation are
invited but other invitations could not
be issued, owing to the limitations Of
the auditorium. offered through the
kindness Of the Beulah chapter of the
Eastern Star and the Toltec rites as a
compliment to the federation presi-
dent, Mrs. Clement Smith The pro-
gramme viii include an address by
Mrs. May Bellevils Brown Of Salina,
president Of the K. 3. w. c. on
James Whttcomb Riley, an apprecia-
ton of the late Susan B. Anthony by
Miss Olive Bray, vocal numbers by Mrs.
Florence BOX Thatcher and Miss Irma
Doster and pipe organ numbers.
All the state ohicers have been ask
ed to attend the meeting, but only
Mrs. Brown and Mrs. n. I. Mcdowell
OF Salina, corresponding secretary,
have signifed their ability to be pres
ent. Mrs. Brown will be the guest of
Mrs. J. ". Going and Mrs. S. s. Hstey
while she is in town, and Mrs. Mac
Dowell will be with Mrs. Clement
Smith.
Invitations for the reception to be
given by the executive board at the
home of Mrs N. A. Low, chairman of
the reception committee, Thursday
evening from to 10, IN honor of Mrs.
Brown and the other state officers
have been issued. They are limited to
the mem bers of the federation.
Tickets for the Gadski concert at
the Auditorium, April g. which the
I acr- 4r.v@ hal Tafe1
pipe organ association to get rid Of,
are on sale today and Monday at War
rem NJ. Crosby's and Tuesday and
Wednesday at Mills. The women who
have tickets for sale in their clubs
and among their other friends are re-
quested to meet Mrs. Walter I. Bates
at Mills Wedn esday afternoon, who
viii receive the unsold tickets and the
money and turn them over to Mr..
Frank Foster. secretary Of the organ
association.
+ The board of trustees OF the Flor
ence CTittendOn home, at its meeting
this week, framed a letter Of thanks
to the Ladies Music club, which gave
a benefit concert for the home March
81 and to the trustees Of Unity
church, who granted the use Of the
church free Of charge for the concert.
The receipts of the concert were over
S125, and they will be used to move
the cottage hospital building, which Is
at some distance from the home but
belongs to it. to the main building
where It can be Of practical use.
Under the auspices CT the Good
Government club the Susan B. An
thony memorial meeting will be held
Sunday evening at the First NJ. E.
church, the pastor, DR.. Evans, preSid-
ing. Beside the addresses to be given
by Mrs. W. A. McCarter and Mr..
James A. Froutman Miss Nina, Thorn
as and Miss IrTna Doster will eontri-
butte special musical numbers to the
programme.
The industrial committee of the G.
F. w. c. has sent request to the IN
dividual clubs to write letters to their
/ congressman and senators, requesting
them to vote for the appropriation for
an investigation of the industrial con-
4 ditions governing working women in
the United States movement IN
which the General Federation IS
greatly interested and which is q pet
project of the president, Mrs. Sarah
4 Plat Decker. In connection with this
movement a census sheet has been
/ sent to each of the federated clubs
with a list of questions pertaining to
| the members to be answered and re-
turned promptly. The question relates
4 to the social conditions of the mem
! bers, whether married or single II
/ self-supporting and in what trades,
]
they have children and how many.
and sc forth.
The West Side Forestry club which
/ had a meeting with Mrs. A. ]. Kelly
/ in Auburndale Thursday afternoon IS
! the first Topeka club to fill out the
/ census sheet and return It and to peti-
/ ton its representatives in congress re-
garding the appropriation for the in
yestigation OF the industrial conditions
! Of working women. The matter was
4 brought up Thursday, and the census
sheet returned showed twenty-eight
married members Of the club, with
1 eighty-three children, and two unmar-
ried women. Letters to Senator Long
and Congressman Curtis We're written
and sent in accordance with the re-
quest OF the Industrial committee of
the G. F. ". G. This was the annual
meeting of the West Side Forestry
club and the following officers were
! chosen: Mrs. D. Il Forbes, presi-
/ dent; Mrs. Eugene F. Ware. vice presi-
dent; Mrs. George Tineher. secretary:
Mrs. N H LOOMS treasurer; Mrs. F.
I G. Travis. corresponding secretary.
The club is interested IN school gar
dening and in order to stimulate inter