The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-11-23

: play of school work in penmanship
drawing, etc.
More than ninety towns in Kansas
have already profted by these exhibits
Experience has demonstrated the great
value of the pictures in an educational
| way. They are alike helpful to teach
. ers, students and the general public
For normal Institutes, county teachers
meetings, and local entertainments of
various kinds, no more attractive and
meritorious feature can be introduced
/ Art and literature are so closely related
that a knowledge of pictures is neces-
sary adjunct of intelligent reading and
study. The cooperation of county SUI
per1ntendents, boards of education,
| teachers and club members is solicited
in extending the benefits and increasing
the usefulness of the trayeling art GAL
leries.
Full information concerning the pic
lures and their management may be
of the Kansas Travelling Libraries
Commission, Topeka, Kan. Requests
for the art galleries will be filled in the
order of their receipt, except that
groups of towns in the same locality
| will be accommodated in sequence.
whenever it is possible to make such
an arrangement.
Mrs. James Humphrey. president of
| the Woman's Kansas Day club, has ap-
! pointed Mrs. J. D. Mcfarland chair
man of the advisory board which will
meet in Topeka December 4. Among
the other members are Mrs. w. A. Nc
Garter, Mrs j: w. Going, Mrs. c. F.
Spencer, Mrs. H. o. Garvey, Mrs E. E. |
F'orter of Marysville, Mrs. G. e. Cod
| dard Of Leavenworth, Mrs. johnson of |
CORTLAND and Mrs d. G. Nellis. The |
members of the advisory board will be
special guests at the social hour of the |
annual meeting Of the State Historical !
society to be held December and at I
the December meeting of the city FED
1Inn,~ r.
discuss the suggestions which have I
been made for the celebration of KAN /
sas Day. All these things Will be dis I
cussed and the programme and enter
tainment decided.
Salina Journal: The program to be
given at the called meeting of the
Twentieth Century club held at the
Tenth street. Friday afternoon at 2:3O
o'clock, will be as follows: Piano solo,
Mrs. J. p. Bailey; paper from reci-
procity bureau of state federation,
Literature a Potent Factor in the
Development of Character" by Mrs.
F. B. Wheeler of Pittsburg, will be
read; vocal solo by Mrs. Madge Els
ton; paper. Influence of Literature
on Woman" by Mrs. Lila Day Mon
roe Of Topeka. will be read.
From Myra Willianas-JarrelPs ac-
count Of the First district federation
H0ellIlS III 11OlCOn, DuDllSheQ IN MT,
J. F. JarrePs Holton Signal:
The ladies were honored Friday af-
ternOon by the presence of Mrs. E. w.
Hoch. wife of Governor Hoch. who
was called to the platform She made
a few pleasant remarks. Mrs. J. W. F. |
Hughes of Topeka played most beau
tifully. "Hark, Hark, the Lark Miss
Helen Hogeboom of Topeka, an ac-
tions. Mrs. C. c. Goddard of Leaven-
worth, and Mrs. w. A. Johnston of ,
Topeka spoke on the general fedora
ton and the coming biennial to be |
held next June in - Boston. Many |
Kansas club women are planning to !
go. Greetings from Topeka federation
by Mrs. w. A. McCarter and read by ,
Mrs. H. o. Garvey was of much in
terest.
If Mrs. Eutace Brown were a
candidate for reelection, she could E
not make a better canvass that to visit i
personally all the districts. She is 5
charming and loveable,
and she is also capable. Her clear (
forcible paper on the Value of Fed i
eration," showed her to be a woman !
with depth and breadth Of character $
and mind. I
After Mrs Goddard's brief illustra-
ton of rugs In action and rugs in re- I
pose, every Holton woman who heard {
her. went home and Strengthened her s
rugs into the straight lines which sug- t
gest repose. We may look for a Won V
now. While we were wont to lay the c
blame of occasional frritability in our S
husbands to too much tobacco, we are
wiser now and know that our rugs
made them nervous, though they. did a
not know 1t themselves.
Those visitors whose hostesses s
gadded all the time and hurried them o
home just long enough to eat cold S
formed rather a poor opinion of Hol- o
ton women as cooks. but for that J
spread given by the busy Maids and d
Matrons at the Methodist church on v
Friday. WIN they soon forget the s s
pumpkin pie served on that occasion? p
Il trow not n
There was a reaI-for-sure parlia- ID
mentarian here, too. Mrs. Lee Mon Z
roe. of Topeka. Some Of us wicked s.
ones who believe that scrappiness is Il
The spice of life, half hoped that W
some of the leaders might go at each
other hammer and tongs, like they did
n Kansas City-so that she might be s
called upon to exercise her parlia- c
laws. She was called to the n
platform Just once, and made a most d
pleasing impression, but the trouble v
vas that the delegates were such Per- q
'ect Ladies that therewasn't much to p
decide, after all. 81
Nominating committee gossip: The 2
committee will have its final meeting p
donday at the home of Mrs. J, D. Nc l.
rarland HOO Harrison street. All clubs
re urged to have the names of their
andfdates for the offices of the city 1
ederation to be elected at the Deem y
,er meeting December at Unity D
hurch, in the hands of the commit a
ee before Monday. =. It is likely ft
IL the old officers could be reelected So
{ they would accept denomination, g
or many clubs have endorsed them. 81