The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-24
KANSAS CLUB WOMEN.
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AGGnT1nueC from EEeE6QlnB EdSG-y
brightest and most capable club wo-
men in town Mrs. Watson has some
thing Of a boom for president, and
would certainly have a large following
for any office should she become can
didate.
Mrs. A D. Gray, Mrs. J. B. Larimer
and Mrs. H. w. ROby have all been
mentioned for president of the feder-
alton Mrs. Gray is a member of the
Alta Vista and Conversation clubs,
Mrs. Larimer of the Chaldean club and
Mrs. Roby of the Ladies Shakespeare,
Western Sorosis and CalidOrean clubs
The executive board would be greatly
strengthened by the acquisition OF any
or all Of these women and their clubs
could not do better than to endorse
them for Office.
The West Side Forestry club has en-
dorsed Mrs. J. w. Going for president,
but she has positively refused to be-
come candidate. The club also en-
dorsed Mrs 1. D. Graham for secre-
tary but she pleaded a lack of time for
the service on account of many other
duties and would not accept a nominal
ton. Mrs. Walter L. Bates was en-
dorsed by the club for the Office Of
Miss Emma Wanace's name has
been mentioned in connection with
nomination for treasurer of the city
federation. Miss Wallace was form
erly deputy treasurer of Shawnee
county. She is a good business wO-
man and very capable in other direc-
tons and would add strength to the
executive board.
A suggestion for the Topeka feder-
atoms philanthropica1 departments is
found in the following from the New
York Tribune. The visiting teacher of
cooking and dieteties is the latest at
tempt to solve the problem of the I'M
dernOurished New York school child.
About a month ago the Association for
Improving the Condition of the Poor
decided to place in the field such
teacher, whose business it would be to
go TO homes where the chi Sren were
known to be underfed and teach the
mothers how to In the best in feeding
their families he malnutrition of
school children has been a pressing
question ever since Robert Hunter first
startled New York with his statistics
concerning the sO-called breakfast
less children of the city, and the ur-
gency of the situation has become only
more apparent with the closer study
given to it by the committee on physi-
cal welfare of school children. But
how to meet the need2 The charity
breakfast had not covered it-had not
touched it, even. The further the as
ISOLATION for Improving the Condition
of the Poor went in its analysis of the
phenomenon, the more apparent it be-
came that the underfed child was a
part of the bigger problem of the I'M
derfed family. as the underfed family
itself was the center of hundred so
cial and economic conditions. To help
the child it was essential to teach the
family. So that is the raisOn d'etre for
the visiting teacher of cooking.
The West Side Forestry club had its
last meeting before the annual mid
winter vacation Thursday afternoon
with Mrs. J. H. Lane on Lane street.
Most of the other clubs take their va
cations in the summertime, but as the
Forestry club is an outdoor club and
makes q specially of nature and plant
study, the summer is when it especially
thrives and its monthly picnic meet
ings at the country homes of its mem
bers are among its most delightful and
agreeabl occasions. Therefore it has
fixed its vacation period in the holt !