The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-10-02


A delightful entertainment given at
| the Country club last night was the
song recital of Miss Meta K. Legler,
| soprano, assisted by Miss Irma Doster,
/ violin, and Mr.. Oscar Carlow, flute,
| Miss Gertrude Tracy at the piano. Miss
| Iegler, who formerly lived in Valley
| Falls is sister of Mrs. T. r. Paxton
| of Topeka, with whom she now makes
her home. She is on the concert stage
with the Concert Favorites of the Chi
| cago Lyceum Bureau. A large COM
| pany, including many prominent MEM
| bers of the musical set were present
| and the programme was received with
| enthusiasm. Miss Legler, who studied
with Jean de Reszke in Paris last year
| has high soprano voice, clear as
| bell, of dramatic quality but with
| charming lyric possibilities. Her ap-
pearance and manner are pleasing and
everybody was delighted with her. Her
| assistants, Miss Doster, Mr.. Darlow and
Miss Tracy acquitted themselves as US
ual with much credit. Mr.. Henry Fay
Look, the new teacher of pipe organ
in the school of music of Washburn
and official organist of the Topeka Pipe
Organ association, who arrived Monday
from Boston, was one of the guests.
The programme follows:
April Morn. Francois
Love song from Romeo ct Juliet. 49,.
Gounod
Miss Legler.
Miss Doster
Doris (violin obligato) .Nevin
Berceuse from Jocelyn. GODDARD
Miss Legler.
Nocturne Observation-Disclosures. Behr
Miss Doster. Mr.. Darlow, Miss Tracy.
Aria from Salome Massenet
Miss Legler.
| r.
| Another mighty problem is about to
| be wrestled with by the city federation
of women's clubs. At the october
meeting. to be held at Unity church
tomorrow afternoon, the federation Will
| discuss among other Current Evils, the
| Sunday theaters and will try to find
some plan to close them or combat
| up at the meeting of Western Sorosis
with Mrs. H. w. Roby Saturday and
| again at the Nautilus club which met
| yesterday with Mrs. ]. H. Johnston.
| federation, is deeply interested in the
| subject and presented it at the Sorosis
| meeting where it was thoroughly dis
cussed. AS nearly as can be learned
now before the federation meeting,
which will doubtless crystalline the sem
timent of the club women on this ques-
ton, the members of the federation are
divided in their views. A majority are
doubtless opposed to Sunday theaterS
but those who are "agin' do not agree
as to the best method to fight them.
Some think the federation ought to
take decisive steps and active meas
uTeS, Whatever UeSTee Oh
those rather vague terms imply: others
are in favor of milder methods-some-
thing to combat and correct an exist
ing evil and still others advise, in the
words OF Bert Williams, Let it alone"
1t has been suggested by some club
women that counter attraction in the
way of a big free Sunday evening en-
tertainment at the Auditorium-a pipe
organ recital, a band concert or a kind
of worldly prayer meeting might attract
the crowd from the ten cent vaudeville
houses and accomplish the federation's
reform by a peaceful method. Other
women oppose the idea and say moral
suasion as a vaudeville feature would
not be popular unless combined with
at least moving pictures or a refined
singing speciality" They think SER
mons, hymns and prayers would prove
furnish keen competition for that sort
of Sunday night entertainment and are
inclined to think the federation would
be backing losing venture if it were
drawn into any such scheme.
81 don't know anything about the
Sunday theaters,' a club woman said
yesterday, because 1 have never at
tended them. Like most other people
in my situation 1 am usually at some
sort of a family gathering Sunday
night. But that is no reason why 1
should criticise people who are differ
emily situated and who have 20 find q
different way to spend their Sunday
evenings. L have gone to the vaude-
vile houses on week nights, however,