The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-16
. LET THE MEN IN.
Kansas Women's Press AssO-
citation Makes Concession.
Mrs. Annie Diggs Institutes the
Reform.
HOCH AT THE DINNER.
Will BE Guest of Honor at
Throop Tonight.
Occasion the Annual Dinner Of
Association.
IOCH AT THE DINNER.

| of the Kansas Women's Press club to
be given at the Throop at thirty
o'clock tonight will be the presence of
men. Governor Hoch will be the guest
| of honor and other men have been ask
| ed and are expected. Heretofore the
Women's Press club dinners have been
strictly for women and no husbands or
other "danglers'' were allowed. But
Mrs. Annie L. Diggs who was elected
president of the organization at the last
annual meeting suggested that the men
be declared in on the function and even
the strongest minded and most indie
pendent members of the club were en-
| Enthusiastically for it.
Only a small gathering of the club
members and their friends were present
at the morning session of the club in
the Throop parlors, but a larger repre-
sentation is out this afternoon. The
Womens Press club includes not only
Kansas newspaper women and other
writer's but the prominent club women
Of the state as well, most of the latter
being the authors of club papers if of
nothing else. Some facetious critic has
said that the Kansas Women'S Press
club is composed of women who do not
write for newspapers but of those pres
ent today the majority are practical
newspaper women and writer's. The
right of Mrs. Annie L. Diggs to mem
bership in press club would be ques-
toned by no one as Mrs. Diggs has sup
ported herself largely by her writing.
Other members in attendance at
this meeting are Mrs. Cora G. Lewis.
who writes regularly for the Kinsley
Graphic, the editor of which, j. NJ.
Lewis, is her husband; Miss Martha
Beck of the Holton Recorder-Tribune;
Mrs Fred Dumont Smith of Kinsley,
y hITe-IN nd i- n6i nf a
Mercury. to which she contributes;
Mrs. Olive l. Royce, whose husband,
John O. Royce, state bank commits
sioner is the editor of a Smith Center
for years in reporting and editorial
capacities; Mrs. Elizabeth Prentfs
Mack of Newton. a daughter of the
late Noble Prentis and club editor of
her husbands. ]. c. Mack's, Newton
Kansan: Mrs. May Belleville Brown of
Salina. president of the Kansas FEEDER
alton of Women'S clubs. and editor of
the federations official club depart
ment in the Saturday State Journal;
Mrs. Jennie Mckenzie Walker,
newspaper and magazine writer of
Kansas City, Kansas: Mrs. Evelyn
Marcella Hoadley of the Kansas City
Journal: Miss Anne O'Grady, a sister
of Stove O'Grady, of the Kansas City
Globe; Miss Helen w. Ball, editor of
the Indian Leader, the Haskell fnsti-
tute paper; Miss Constance Crowther
newspaper women; Mrs. Margaret Hill
McCarter, Mrs. w. A Johnston and
Mrs. H. o. Garvey. local authors of
some note; Mrs. E. r. Ridgley of Cof-
feyville: Mrs. Emma E. Forter of
Marysville. who is private secretary to
her brother w. A. Calderhead. con-
gresham from the Fifth district and
aside from Miss Dolly Curtis of To-
peka. the best known woman poll
tician In Kansas: Mrs. c. B. Hoffman
of Enterprise, president of the Fifth
district federation and author of many
and magazine articles.
Mrs. H. Harger of Abilene. whose |
son, C. NJ. Harger of the Abilene Re
1ector, is one of the best known news |
paper men and magazine writer's in |
Kansas and is dean of the school of
journalism of the University of Kan |
sas, is also attending the meeting. She |
is the guest of Mrs. March. 91S To-
peka avenue Mrs. H. B. Peairs, whose |
husband is superintendent of Haskell !
institute. Lawrence, and Miss Anna |
Triplett of Lawrence, are among the |
any newspaper but who are attending |
all the sessions.
The program this morning was de-
voted to civic beauty and forestry |
topics. Mrs w. A. Johnston talked |
about the West Side Fores-
try club of Topeka and its work ana |
Of forestry work in general and the |
good which may be accomplished by |
practical efforts in this direction.
Mrs. Cora G. Lewis followed with a !
carefully considered and Illuminating
paper on the Garden City movement,
q movement for better housing and
building for sanitation and beauty-in
fact a civic beauty movement started
in England where its promoters have
succeeded in making some model viii
lagos near manufacturing centers and
spreading to France, America, Ger
many and even Darkest Russia. The
Cash Register company's factories at
Dayton. Ohio. which are models or
sanitation and artistic beauty sur
most notable example in this country
Of what may be done to make the fac
.ory districts blossom as the rose.
Mrs. Lewis paper called out a general
discussion Mrs. Diggs spoke of her
of the Garden City
in England and France
Mrs Dumont Smith followed with ideas
Mrs Noble Prentis urged the women to
visit the mining districts of southeast
arn Kansas. wilderness of ugliness
and squalor, not on account of the pow
arty of dependence of the people, a
largely foreign population, but for lack
Of ideals and standards in home MAX
ng and see what could be done for this
part of our state in the way of improved
environment for the children, the future
citizens OF Kansas. growing up there
Mrs Prentis quoted the Rev Charles
N. Sheldon who has urged the young
people of Washburn and other colleges
% go into settlement work in Pittsburg
and the adjoining mining camps Others
who spoke in the general discussion
were Mrs. H. o. Garvey and Mrs. w. A.