The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-02-24
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( is Mrs. Monroe's and mine and we
cannot do It without your help. We
have arranged to give you a fine spe-
clal train with the best of service and
/ at the lowest rates. Now. we want
clubs to federate and send delegates
/ with us
Remember. 1t is 1oc per capita. for
CLUBS OF rs or over, $3.50 for those of
smaller numbers, and your dues must
be in the hands of the national commit
tee by March 2, so send them to Mrs.
Moneroe at once.
/ While we are speaking Of dues, I
want to say word more about our
state dues. 1t has been asked a num-
/ Der of times whether 1t is possible for
clubs to belong to the district and not
the state-that is, to pay 10c per cap
TIA to the district, leaving 15c per cap
tia optional
! OF course. this impossible. The dis
trict by virtue Of its membership An
the state, takes in all of its clubs. They
cannot go out of the state without GO
ing out of the district, too.
. 1 want the club women Of Kansas
I to consider this question for a few mo-
/ ments. The state federation organ
! lied the district federations- The work
was begun by Mrs. Peters, carried out
/ by Mrs. Humphrey and Mrs. Johnston,
and so occupied practically six years.
It was the best and biggest work Of
the Kansas federation. The Individual
clubs were coaxed out of the state and
into the districts-not to help the state,
but to build Up the local work and
make the clubs stronger at home.
The clubs took up the work reiuc-
family but soon found that the plan
was good one, and rejoiced IN the
broader opportunities in the subOrdi-
nate declarations.
Then, having found an outlet for
their energies, and feeling that they no
! longer have to have the state fedora
ton, some Of them begrudge the pit
lance that the state asks in order that
it may live and hold together this sys-
tenn Of district organizations, and wish
to withdraw their support from the
state
feel that, since the state has given
| of its own strength to make the district
strong, it has a right to expect-nay,
demand-the same loyalty in return.
do not think that there is a state
or district officer in Kansas who will
not agree with me in this matter-who
1 does not feel that the state federation
/ is necessary to the life of the district
/ federations. I viii go farther. and say
that I think the great rank and file OF
club women viii be amazed that such
a feelings exists anywhere. This state
ment Will strengthen the strong, and
/ through them, I believe we will reach
the weak in the faith.
Kansas club women do not need to
/ stint themselves to such an extent as
/ fifteen cents a year. And of those who
object to the payment Of this amount.
have not found the really poor in
/ pocket among them. They are women
1 who buy the new book. the latest mag
, azines, who enjoy dainty and becoming
/ things to wear, who will give literally
when some poor person touches their
sympathies. yet they Will object to the
/ payment of one and one-quarter cents
a month to an organization which
reaches out into every by-way of help
fulness, until Its influence is felt In
every city and town and village in the
state.
Knowing the real unselfshness of
our club women, I believe that where
! this feeling exists it is because the mat
ter has not been considered. It is in
deed true that
civil is wrought by want of thought
As we'll as by want of heart
Mrs. George Kingsley of Paola left
! for an extended European trip on Feb
ruary IT. She expects to visit places
hitherto omitted in her other trips
nean and then, as she is interested,
making her way to Northern Europe.
ending her travels in Wales. Mrs.
Kingsley formerly occupied the chair
of German and French in Rockford
seminary. when Jane Adams was a
/ student there, and had the opportun-
ity of renewing her friendship with
/ her former pupil last winter, when
+ Miss Adams visited Kansas. There
are many Kansas club women who will
send loving thought with Mrs Kings
/ ley who viii long be remembered for
her strong, fine work in our cause, she
/ being the organizer and first president
] of the Second District federation.
MAY RELLEVILLE BROWN.