The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-27

by not only the ladies of the club, but
the many who go there to read. A
Kansas corner will be a feature of the
room in the near future, containing
books on Kansas history and by Kan
sas authors.
THE TOPEKA CLUB WOMAN.
Two events Of importance win oc-
cupy the attention of Topeka club wo-
men this week, the organization meet
ing of the Womah's Kansas Day club
Monday and the February meeting of
the city federation Thursday at the
First Baptist church. Professor Charles
Graham Dunlap. of the chair of Eng
fish of the University of Kansas, will
be the principal speaker at the fedora
ton meeting Thursday and will lecture
on THE Bible as Literature The
AmphiOn quartette will give three or
four numbers. The auditorium of the
FIRST Baptist church has been secured
by the hall committee of the federation
for the meeting and all the Bible
classes of the city have been asked to
attend. This is the first programme
meeting of the new administration and
the chairman of the programme COM
mittee, Mrs. J. W. Going, is to be con-
graduated upon securing the lecture
by Professor Dunlap, who is too well
known to require an Introduction any
where in Kansas and especially in To
peka where he has so often delighted
lecture audiences.
Professor Dunlap will be the guest
of DR.. and Mrs. J. c. McClintock While
he is in town.
A Topeka club woman sat up half
the night recently to write a paper
about 'The Influence of Women's
Clubs on Civilization or something
like that While she was getting ready
for bed her husband rolled over and
woke up long enough to ask sIeepily
How did you get along with your pa
per?"
'All right. I guess" said she. turn
ing out the light. Anyway. I proved
that If there had been women's clubs
before the first century, the Saviour
would never have been sent into the
world just for lack of mission"
The Woman's Kansas Day club (W
K. D. c. will have to do hereafter, as
nobody has time enough in these busy
days to write the whole name) will
meet in representative hall at 2 o'clock
Monday afternoon. The programme
will include speeches by Congressman
Charles F. Scott of lola, Mrs. May
Belleville Brown of Salina. Miss Grace
Meeker of Ottawa, Mrs. w. A. john
ston and Mrs. Lee Monroe. The cleo
ton of officers will be held the first
thing and at the close of the pro-
gramme the club viii present the State
Historical society with an oil portrait
Of a famous Kansas woman, Mrs.
Monroe, to make the presentation
speech. The identity of the subject Of
this portrait has not been announced
and will be saved as a surprise for
the close Of the meeting. After the
programme the club members and
their guests will adjourn to the State
Historical museum
Thursday evening Mrs. z. ". Hoch
will give q. reception at the governors
house for the members Of the club
and their friends. The wives of former
Kansas governors and the officers of
The state federation who viii be guests
of honor at the meeting will receive
with Mrs. Hoch and the members of
the Good Government club will assist
Among the charter members of the
W. K. u. c. who have already en-
rolled are Mrs. Sarah T. D. Robinson
of Lawrence, Mfs. Clara Emerson
Clark of Lawrence, Mrs. Henry In
Salina, Mrs. Emily Haines Harrison of
Ellsworth, Mrs D. W. Wilder of Hia-
Watha, Mrs. G. F. Wilder of Manhattan.
Mrs. L. A. King of Plainville, Mrs.
James Humphrey of Junction City
Mrs. Mabel Banney Wheeler of Dodge
City. Mrs. Minnie c. Huffman of Co
lumbus. Mrs. Grace L. Snyder of Cav
ker City Mrs. Margaret G. Hill of Sa
lima, Mrs. W. H. Haskell of Lansing
Mrs. E. E. Marshall of Hutchinson
Mrs. J. H. Madden of Mound City, Mrs.
Nellie Y. Miliiken of Mcpherson, Mrs
G. w Mcknight of Junction City, Mrs
z. H. Greeley of Manhattan, Mrs.
George p. Griffith of Hays City. Mrs
Flora Bate Kinney of Emporia, Mrs
Charles w Smith of stockton, Mrs
Ella c. Trevert of Garden City, Mrs
F. w Wheeler Of Oskaloosa, Mrs. NJ
F. Young of Chanute. Mrs. Julia A.
Chase of EIiawatha, Mrs. Augusta l.
Simpson of Paola. Mrs. Mary North
rup of lola, Mrs. S. R. Peters of New
ton, Mrs L. H. Wishard of lola, Mrs
H B. Asher of Lawrence. Mrs. NJ. H
If & nTg-
Phee Of Anthony, and these from Man
haitian: Mrs Ellen NJ. KimbaI, Mrs.
Matte Toothaker Kimban. Mrs Anna
Day KimbaIl. Mrs. Mildred Foltz Kim
ball and Miss Mary Kimba1l.
Among the Topeka people who
have enrolled are; Mrs. W. A.
Johnston. Mrs. J. D. Mcfarland, Mrs
Lee Monroe. Mrs. A. H. Horton, Mrs.
D. H. Scott, DR.. Mary E. Stewart. Mrs.
E. G. Foster, Mrs. Dewitt C. Nel1is.