The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-26
TILE TOPEKA CLUB WOMAN.

| The Good Government club. which
is the local suffrage club, and includes
most of the "Rebellious Susans" in To-
peka are interesting themselves q
good deal in local politics. The club
has endorsed the candidacy of s. A
! Swendson for mayor and will work for
his nomination and election. 1t got to
| the ears of some of the members that
people were saying the club had work
ed for the present mayor at the last
election. This one of the women
called up the club department of the
state Journal to deny strenuously.
woman said. 1--WE worked for Ber-
eundthaI, but not for Davis. We have
now endorsed Mr.. Swendson without
consulting the Ministerial union or any
body else and think we are competent
to take action in such a matter without
waiting for anybody's lead.
So there!
The child labor committee of the
civ Federation, Mrs. A. H. Horton,
chairman, met with Mrs. Lee Monroe
Tuesday and this morning. The com
mittee is investigating the child labor
laws OF the state and their enforcement
and is interesting itself in senate Bill
143 known as Senator Stewards bill, to
amend and strengthen the juvenile
court and child labor laws me com
mittee is working along these lines in
connection with w. L. A. Johnson,
state labor commissioner.
The club house committee of the
federation will have a meeting next
Thursday with Mrs. c. o. Knowles.
Mrs. F.. B. Wheeler (NIabe1 Ranney)
of Pittsburg, chairman of the legisla-
tive committee of the Kansas Feoera-
ton of Women's clubs, will be in town
her husband, who is member or the
Ie0iS1ature at the COpeanQ.
The Kansas history committee of the
CITY Federation met this week with
the chairman, organized with Miss Zu
Adams as secretary, and planned an
outline of work, to be commenced I'M
mediately.
Mrs. w. A. McCarter was the guest
of honor at the meetings OF the Mon
dav Tourist and West Side Reading
club this week Both had guest day
meetings with special programme and
social features.
The Current Literature club met
with Mrs. John F. Switzer Tuesday.
Mrs r. S. Magee reviewed Haw-
thorne's Scarlet Letter" and Mrs.
Switzer and Mrs c. r Bolmar re-
viewed the current number of Worlds
Work. The meeting next week will be
held Monday instead of Tuesday, on
account of the meeting of the Wo-
mans Kansas Day club TUESDAY.
Western Sorosis met today with Mrs.
T. r. Carver, the president. Mrs. ]. G.
McClintock read a paper On Browning
in Italy and the club devoted some
time to discussion of Mrs. -McCarter's
letter to the individual clubs.
The following legislative measures
which have been introduced at this
session of the legislature, were en-
dorsed by the Good Government club
at it's meeting last Saturday with Mrs.
Tallman Bailey: An equal suffrage
bill; a bill to strengthen the Juvenile
court law; the Sunday closing bill; the
w. c. T. U. anti-cisarette bill; the bills
for separate schools for whites and
blacks in a number of Kansas towns;
and a bill to prohibit public high
school fraternities. sororfties and sim
liar social organizations. The club en-
dorsed the action of Western Sorosis
in protesting against the existence of
Joints. clubs. dance halls and other IL