The Topeka state journal., 1906-01-07
The Topeka Club Woman.


Two events of next week in con-
nection with the annual meeting of
the state board of agriculture when
should be of general interest TO cIub
women are the Thursday and FRIDAY
evening programmes. on Thursday
evening Mrs. W. d. Atkinson, of Par
sons, will read a paper on The Vic
tory of the Country Mrs Atkinson,
who is the recording secretary OF the
federation is we'll known in Topeka
as a speak of especial talents and
her paper is sure to be we'll worth
hearing. Friday evening Mrs. OTIS
L. Benton, of Oberlin, is on the pro
gramme with a discussion OF me
Farmer-Past, Present and Future.
All the meetings are open to all, but
these two evening meetings are of
especial interest to women, as two
we'll known and clever Kansas Wo-
men have a part on the programmes.
Another speaker Friday evening who
viii have a subject interesting to wo-
men is Prof Harry Snyder, of the
chair of chemistry of the state college
of agriculture of Minnesota Prof.
Snyder has made a special study of
-four. bread and breakfast foods, and
knows more about this subject, per-
haps than any other man in the
United States. He will talk Friday
evening on THE Bread We Eat" The
musical numbers at the meetings will
be furnished by Topeka artists. A
young ladies' quartette from Wash
burn viii sing Wednesday night, the
MOdOcs will sing Thursday night and
Miss Esther Watts, violinist, will play
Friday night. The meetings will be
held in Representative hall, and the
evening sessions will begin at half
after Z o'clock.
With the business meeting and cleo
tion held at the First Baptist church
Thursday afternoon the Topeka fed
Grafton of WOmen'S clubs starts upon
a new year and under auspicious
conditions. The reelection of the old
officers was in accordance with the
wishes of all the club women, and
was undoubtedly for the best interests
of the organization. Mrs. Clement
Smith has made a most satisfactory
president and another year in the
office will give her an opportunity to
carry out the policies of her admin
istratiOn so we'll begun in the past
nine months since she took the fed
GRAFTON reins The other old officers,
with the exception of Mrs. z. G.
Foster, who declined denomination,
were reelected. Mrs. Smith has re-
appointed Mrs. T. W. Watson CORE
spending secretary of the federation.
The city federation is to be con-
graduated on its new meeting place.
the lecture room of the First Baptist
church, corner of Ninth and Jackson
streets. The meetings have been held
at Unity church in the past but the
trustees of the church were not espe-
cially anxious to rent it for this pur-
pose, and did so rather grudgingly and
the change which the hall committee
has made seems to be satisfactory all
around. The new Baptist church is
the most notable building of the sort in
town and the use of its main audience
room or the lecture room is available
for the federaticn's use for the same
rent as was paid at Unity church, ten
to-. r7r,II.
in the summer. The lecture room
which was used at the meeting last
Thursday is best suited for small
meetings and is a particularly beauti-
full restful and satisfying room. I
think it ought to inspire the fedora
ton said Mrs w. A. Johnston ito
meet in such a place"
The reasons for the change from
Unity to the First Baptist church
were embodied by Mrs. j. B. Larimer,
chairman of the hall committee, in her
report to the federation Thursday.
Mrs. Larimer also announced that the
building are ODem to the federation for
small and short daytime sessions at
any time. and this kind offer was ac-
cepted by the federation fer the ad-
journed meeting next Wednesday
morning.
The brightest spot in the administra-
ton of the federation just closed is
commonly agreed to be the work OF
the civic committee. Mrs. J. p. Carna-
han. chairman of the committee, gave
an excellent report for the committee
Thursday The committee has held
sixteen meetings during the past nine
months and every member has put in
many days hard work. The estab-
lishment of a play ground, reading
room and kindergarten on the east
side in the old Parkdale school house,
a Boys club and Girls club in con-
3 -7e ion
cipal work of the committee About
$50 has been expended on this work
The board of education co-operated
with the committee in giving the use