The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-06-07
George MI. Stones Lecture to
Topeka Federation.
Tells the Members How to Look
at Pictures.
START LACE STATION.
Women Enlist i'm Cause Of
Russian Peasant Workers.
Club WOmen's Day at the Capt.
tai City Chautauqua.

Two hundred club women and Wis
itors attended the June meeting of
the city federation of clubs at Unity
church yesterday in spite of the rain
and remained until the close of an I'M
usually interesting programme. Mrs.
w. A. McCarter, president of the fed
Grafton, was In the chair. The feature
of the afternoon was a clever talk by
George NJ. Stone on How to Look at
Picture" This was illustrated by a
number of good copies of excellent
pictures, representative &C different
schools of painting loaned by the
Sullivan art store. Mr.. Stone was
listened to with interest and respect
for he talked clearly and with convic-
ton and authority. He advised his
listeners to look for the idea in a
picture rather than a story. He
dwelt upon the real points of a pic
ture, composition, values harmony of
tone and told of some of the diff
culties of execution which a painter
may deal with masterfully or the re-
verse. With regard to the handling of
the difficult problems of air and light
he referred his audience to Ridgway
which he considers one of the most
notable examples of a proper atmos-
pheric treatment in modern art.
Mrs. H. 0. Carney presented mat
ter TO the 1eOeraJ1On Wnlcn was en-
trusted to her by Mrs. Porter of Los
Angeles, who visited Miss Mary Chase
Chamberlain last week. This is the
Russian lace station movement intro
duced in America by a Russian lady
living in Los Angeles. The peasant
lace makers of Russia have had an in
crease of forty per cent in their
wages through the efforts of this wo-
man who has established stations
where their work is sold in many
The federation voted to support lace
station which will be in charge of the
art committee of the federation. Mrs.
w. +. Bowen now has a quantity of
this beautiful Russian lace left here
by Mrs. Porter which will be in the
hands of the art committee for sale.
In case it is not sold it will be re-
turned to the Russian patronness of
the lace makers in Los Angeles who
bears all the expenses of postage, ex-
press and so forth. The federation
will be under no financial obligation
in establishing a lace station but will
merely be doing a little to encourage a
movement which has accomplished
much practical good for a class of
women workers in Russia. 10y, =. +~-- +
Miss Effie Graham, chairman, read
a report of the work of the library
committee which recently gave
book social in the Washburn library
and collected $50 books which have
Christ and Stormont hospitals.
In behalf of the Ramblers' club
Mrs. McCarter presented their propo-
sition to establish a children's public
playground in the west part of town
and asked for contributions from other
clubs.
Mrs s. r. futile gave an amusing
report of the state federation meeting
in Kansas City. Kan, written in Bibli-
cal chronicle style and covering the
subject in an unusually entertaining
way. Others who reported features
of the state meeting were Mrs. Carney,
Mrs. ]. d. Mcfarland and Mrs. c. F.
Spencer. Mrs. Spencer dwelt especial
ly upon the state federation scholar
ships for girls in different schools and
COLLEGES to the support of which the
Topeka federation has recently
pledged twenty-five dollars.
Miss Viola Troutman talked about
the Topeka Chautauqua assembly in
Garfield park July 14-24. A club wo-
mans day will be a feature Of the
programme. Miss Troutman Is secre-
tary of the Chautauqua association.
An attempt will be made to change
the constitution and bylaws of the fed
election of officers may be held in
June instead of December. A year ago
the time of election was changed from
June to December. and now Mrs. Nc
Carter and others want it changed to
June again. This question will prob
ably be put to vote at the next meet
ing.
If the bounties paid by the county for
wolf scalps are any indication the small
boy who has been educating himself on
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