The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-09-29

with it a travelling art gallery. such as
! the Kansas federation supports, only
of course much larger and better. 1t
is the hope of the Kansas club women
who are lnteS ssted in our travelling pic
lures that the state will take the work
out of our hands, as it did the travel
ing library and make the itinerant art
gallery an adjunct to the travelling IL
brary. You know our state travelling
library Is the third in the United States
About the council of presidents at
jamestown next year: The meetings
are, as I have said, open to all club
women, although only the board of d.
reetors CT the G. 2. W. c.. the officers
Of the subordinate declarations, and the
I presidents Of clubs federated with the
! general federation have a vote. The
meeting next June promises to be a
most interesting one. The board meet
ing will be held on june 4th. the 9Th
will be General Federation day, on the
! 9Th the Council of Presidents will be
! held, and on the. 7th and 8th, viii be
board meetings again.
I'm my talks with Mrs. Sarah Plat
Decker, the president of the G. F. w.
G., had some light thrown on the
mystery OF why, although she lives IN
the eighhoring state of Colorado, sur
/ president has never attended a Kansas
club meeting. This she explained to
/ me- was due to the fact that our annual
meeting which is held in MAY con-
fiets with. her dates in eastern states.
which have their state federation
meeti gs all in the spring. too, and our
district meetings in the fall come at
i the same time as the western state
| meetings. Mrs. Decker's route is made
up for this fall and next spring.
1 invited her to come to Topeka for the
Fifth district meeting. and to Junction
City for the Fifth district, but she had
/ both dates taken in the east.
1.-THE club women are always inter-
/ ested in knowing who is chairman of
the programme committee of the Cen
| erai federation, and Mrs. Pennypacker
was appointed at Saratoga"
Those who have been classed as
Honorary Members in the general
federation list have shown such an ac-
| tive interest in the work that it was
j deemed wise and altogether pleasant
to offer such membership to others.
/ whose names were suggested by Mrs.
Henrotin and Mrs. Decker.
The following names have been add
ed to the list:
Fraulein Anna simons, Associate
Royal College of Art, South Kensing-
ton; Royal Kunstgewerbe Schulz, Dus-
seldorf, Germany
Miss E. E. c. Jones, Mistress of
Girton College, Cambridge, England.
Mile. Dick May, Directrice d Ecole
i des Hautes Etudes Sociales. Paris,
Miss Constance smedley. Founder
t Lyceum club bureau. London.
# Signora. Fanny Zamphinir- Salazar.
. lecturer upon Italian. poets and novel;
! lists and modern Italy, Rome, Italy.
Miss Alice Ravenhill member Board
Of Education. London.
Miss Agnes c. Maitland, principal
of 6omeryille college, Oxford. Eng
/ Letters from these new members ex-
press sincere qualification in the cour-
tesy, and interest in the work of the
federation.
Mrs. H. Q. Garvey. president, has
announced the following programme
of the Fifth Annual Meeting of the
First District Federation of Clubs tc
be held in Topeka, at the First Pres
byterlan church, october 8, 10.
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 8. $3.50 P. NJ
Music.
Invooation-Rev. S. S. Estey. D. D.
Words Of Welcome-Mrs. E. w
Hoch, Mrs. Clement Smith. Presiden1
Topeka Federation of Clubs.
Responses.
Presidents greeting.
Mary Tenney Gray memorial hour
Song.
Tribute-Afrs. ]. W. F. Hughes. To,
peka.
Department of Art-Mrs. F. H. Lem
on, Leavenworth, chairman.
Artistic Decoration of the Home
Mrs. c. c. Goddard, Leavenworth.
Education in Art-Mrs. De Forres
Fairchild, Leavenworth.
Art as Taught in the Art Schools O.
Today-Mrs. J. w. Young, Leaven
worth.
TUESDAY EVENING.
Mrs. 2. W. Hoch and the Topeka
Federation Of Clubs will give a recep-
ton to the First District federation a
the governors residence, on Tuesda,
evening, October 8, from to Il
o'clock to which all club members anc
their husbands are cordially invited.
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 10, 8. A. NJ
Business:
Reports Of officers.
Reading of minutes of last meeting
appointment of committees
Report from bfennial-Mrs. Let
Monroe. Topeka, State Sec. G. +. w. c
Department of Education-Afrs. "
A. Johnston, Topeka. directors G. +
w. c.. chairman.
The Purpose of Manual Training
Prof J. H. Mcbride, Topeka.
Recess to visit Manual Training High
School.
II A. M.
Election Of officers.
Vote on amendment to constitution
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 10. P. NJ
Department of Domestic Science
Mrs. w. F. Thompson, Seneca, chair
man.
Reserve Power in Housekeeping
Mrs. +. w. Lehman, Bern.
Liberal Living on Narrow Means
Mrs. J. A. Dock, Centralia, Discussion
Drive. and visit to the State Indus
trial School for Boys
WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER 10, P. NJ
Vocal solo-Mrs. Spaulding, Seneca
Department of Literature-Alrs. c
L. Hobart. Hiawatha.
Literature for Children-AIrs. ". A
BfcCarter, Topeka
Songs of Childhood-AIiss ElleE
Lowell. Holton.
Children in Literature@Mrs. Franz
farrell, Ho1ton.
Vocal solo-Nrs. Hurd. HoIton.
Kipling. the Cosmopolitan-Mrs
May BeIleville Brown, Salina, presiden
State Federation of Clubs.
Department OF Music=N6iss Adarthi
/ NJ Rert F4OffoT chairman