The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-04-28
THE TOPEKA CLUB WOMEN.

A party of eighteen Topeka women,
m EN- bers of the West Side Forestry,
and a few Of their friends spent Thurs
day in Manhattan where they visited
the State Agricultural society, and
were royalty entertained by the Com
mercial club the club women and the
college faculty and students. It was
a perfect spring day, one of the best
of the month and things conspired to
make the expedition an unqualified
success. The party was met at the
station in Manhattan by carriages sent
by the Commercial club and a commit
tee Of club women including Mrs f. H.
Greedy, president OF the Domestic
president of the T. P. U. club, Mrs. 0.
H Halstead and Mrs. J. 7. Willard.
They drove to the college and visited
the domestic science department where
the seniors were preparing lunch for
the visitors. This was Of the delight
full features of the day--a perfectly
prepared luncheon cooked and served
by the charming girl students of this
department who lost none of their
grace and dignity in this personal SER
vice.
Following luncheon the party went
to the forestry class room where Pro-
fessor Popenoe of the forestry depart
ment told them about the original plans
of the landscape artists who laid out
the college grounds and how the gen
eral ideas of their design had been
followed persistently ever since in all
later improvements and additions.
Professor Dickens of the forestry de-
partment then conducted the party on
a peripatetic lecture-expedition
through the campus, showing them the
different trees and shrubs, explaining
their nature and habits and secrets of
their culture. An interesting detail of
his talk was the explanation of the
method used in raising the slow-grow-
ing trees not indigenous to Kansas soil.
These are planted in groups with ma
tive trees of rapid growth which create
q. forest atmosphere for the young
trees and protect them and after a
few seasons transform the prairie
soil to forest soil. Then when
the growing trees have been
given a good start the other
trees are felled. His hearers
took notes on his lecture for use
in their own gardening and forestry
experiments on their lawns, In Willow
park and in the Potwin school gard
enfng experiment which they are try
ing this spring. The walk continued
Through the college orchard and shrub
berry. In the latter many exquisite
/ Towering shrubs were in bloom and
there were hedges of lovely lilacs in all
the lilac shades, and they were re-
| quested to carry off as many as they
liked. an opportunity Of which they
eagerly availed themselves.
The carriages picked them up again
after their jaunt and they visited the
stock barns, saw the horses. cattle,
sheep, hogs, and chickens of the finest
breeds which are raised there. Then
| they went to the dairy and the college
! library, science hall, and other build
/ ings. and the carriages carried them
back to town again where the club
women had the Carnegie library open
for their inspection and where they
spent the remaining hours Of their
day
Mrs. Clement Smith, president Of
the city federation requests all clubs
to elect their delegates to the state
federation meeting in Lawrence May
Sill and send the names to the Sec
rotary, Miss Bishop, 1000 College ave-
nue.. The individual clubs are also re-
quested to send a complete list of their
fmembers. the officers and delegates
/ to Miss Bishop. The state federation
directories may be secured by applica-
ton to Mrs Smith, 721 Polk street.
Formerly" says a local club wom-
an who is a suffrage enthusiast, for
a club 10 mention suffrage was con-
sidered the worst kind of a breach.
/ But the latest report Of the industrial
committee of the general federation Of
which Miss Jane Adams Of Hull
House, Chicago, is chairman makes
the ballot for women it's best and
strongest recomm endation." The
4 general federation in its researches on
-hc subject of the industrial condition
of women has the support Of Presi-
dent Roosevelt who included among his
suggestions in his letter that congress
make an appropriation for an investi-
cation Of this subject-an end to
which the industrial committee of the
! federation and the president, Mrs.
Sarah Piatt Decker are working.
The local San Francisco relief work
has occupied the attention of the city
federation this week In the absence
| OF the president, Mrs. Clement Smith,
who was in Denver Mrs. ]. W. Going,