The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-04-14
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Julia M. Gordon. who was in Leba-
non and could not attend the meeting
and roll call was responded to by inn
portant gleanings from books recently
read. Mrs. J. p Rogers and Mrs. e.
II. Anderson gave musical numbers.
The next meeting will be with Mrs.
Leon r. Lane on Western avenue.
A party of between thirty and forty.
members of the West Side Forestry
club, their families and friends, will
visit the State Agricultural college at
Manhattan Thursday, April 20. The
Odd Fellows, who will go to Eureka
Lake to dedicate their home, made
over from the Dewey summer hotel,
viii take the same train The For
estry club made its arrangements for
the expedition Thursday afternoon at
a meeting with Mrs. N. H. Loomis.
The new president. Mrs. D. H. Forbes,
presided, and among other business
attended to was the appointment of
include: Park committee, Mrs. w. A.
Johnston, Mrs. N. II. Loomis Mrs. Eu-
gene F. Ware, Mrs. Walter L. Bates,
Mrs. Thomas c. Biddle; programme
committee, Mrs. O. 3. Walker, Mrs.
George w Tincher, Mrs. Thomas e.
Dewey and Miss Lucille McAfee; school
gardening committee. Mrs. F. G. W.
Travis, Mrs. Frank Montgomery and
Mrs. Wise. Mrs. Forbes and Mrs
Tincher will be the delegates to the
state federation meeting. in Lawrence
in May, and the delegate to the gem
eral federation in. st. Paul the last OF
May and first of June will be Mrs
w. A. Johnston.
The ladies' Music. club met Wednes-
day with Mrs. Frank p. MacLennan..
The following guests "a were presents:
Mrs George Harrison of St. Louis.
Mrs. Frederick Eyrnau Of Chicago.
Mrs. NJ. F. Laycock and Miss Irna
Doster. The next meeting will be held
with Mrs. J. ". Going Wednesday
evening, April %. The programme
Wednesday included:
'Serenade," op. 8. No. 5......
Mrs. J. w. Going.
Morgen' .....-...... Strauss
Gecllle Strauss
Mrs. Florence Fox Thatcher.
Prelude op- 10, No. [. .Liadow
Miss Gertrude Tracy.
'Idylle," op. 25-............. Liadow
Mrs. Diclie.
''Etude," op. 81. No. .s..s. 49,. .Lfadow
Miss Mary Harrison.
"Ach, web, mein ungluecklicher
''Nachtgang'' ........... Strauss
''Allerseelen' ............. Strauss
Mrs. George Parkhurst.
"Sehnsucht' ......... Strauss
MISS Nina ThomaS.
The Kansas Authors and Booklovers
club held its April meeting in the Ma
tional hotel last wednesday evening.
The literary programme was opened
by Judge Eldridge, who read a hymn
This poem brought up the discussion of
meter and theories on the advantages
and possibility OF a new meter. Mrs.
w. e. Mcdowell presented a dialect
story, beside All waters which was
discussion on dialect and the advisa-
bility of writing in it followed. DR..
Roby knows of a thousand different
dialects and attempted at one time to
familiarize himself with them for liter
airy purposes. A story or the civil war
entitled "F'ink'' was read by Mr.. G. D.
Nichols. Fink" the hero of the
story, was a comrade of Mr.. Nichols
He belonged to the Twenty-seventh IN
diana. and served under the late Cap
tain Burge. whose widow lives in this
city. DIR. Roby gave a poem in which
he attempted to define a kiss. The dis
cussion in this case was limited to those
familiar with the subject treated. An
other poem, on the subject of money,
was read by DR.. Roby- The Artistic
Temperamentf' by Elizabeth N. Barr
opened a discussion on the proper and
improper motives in literary work.
Many authors who work with improper
motives make fortunes. Those with
ideal motives generally starve to death
before they get chance to demon
strate the theory.
The Art clubs meeting Monday with
Miss Maud Bates was confined to
short and simple business meeting, the
programme being deferred out of SYM
pathy for Mrs. Norman Wear, who is
a member and whose mother, Mrs.
Dienst. died very suddenly that morn
ing. The next meeting will be with
Mrs. Charles w. Lewis, on Clay street.
Mrs. c. A. Mcclure is the hostess of
the Alta Vista club for the rest OF the
Mondays in April. The programme
this week was devoted to Eugene Field.
and Mrs. AcGuire's mother. Mrs. Ed
dy, of Chicago gave an Interesting talk
about Vesuvius and Naples, where ahe
spent most Of the winter year ago=
Mrs. A. B. Quinton was the hostess
Of the Calfdorean club Monday after
noon. Mrs D. w. Merriam read a
paper on sLiterati." and Mrs. H. C.
Root discussed Ceremonies of the
Church The next meeting, April %.
viii be an all-day social session at
Green Tree Lodge the Merriam coun-
try place.
Mrs. L. K. Eakfn entertained the
Vespuccian club Vvedn esliay ernoon.
The programme opened With the sing
ing OF an Easter anthem by the club
chorus and Included Easter sentiments
in response TO roll call: A paper. "OrI-