The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-01-11

tend the February meeting of the To-
| peka federation, at which she will be
the guest of honor. The reception
| charge of the meeting. This commit
| tee which includes the presidents of all
| the clubs in the federation had a
meeting with the chairman, Mrs. j. G.
| McClintock of the Atlantean club. Fri
day afternoon to make arrangements
for the meeting, which will be held at
Music hall and will be in the nature
of reception for Mrs. Brown, with
some interesting programme features
The executive board of the city
federation met with the president, Mrs.
F. w. Watson, Wednesday. About IL
members were present to discuss the
new administration plans. One OF
these is a series of lectures by Mrs.
Mary Hanford Ford of Kansas City, a
lecturer of considerable local fame,
who gave some lectures for the feder-
alton a number of years ago which
were a popular features. The fedora
ton will be asked to vote on this sug-
geustion at the February meeting.
The federation has about forty dol
lars raised for the East side settlement
doned. which the executive board will
suggest be turned over to the Wash
burn girls scholarship fund. This
plan was not unanim ously adopted by
which think the federation ought TO
continue the East side work or turn
the fund over to the Ramblers' club
which is trying to raise money for a
public playground on the East side.
Extracts from Mrs Lila Day Mon
roe's paper, Balanced Rations, read be-
fore the state board of agriculture at
Representative hall Thursday evening:
Kansas, agriculturally speaking, is
l. 80
balanced mental, moral and physical
rations for man. Is. We will think
a perfect animal man, whom we must
educate. What a boon to the
teacher did we always turn over to her
the capable, conscientious, ambitious,
active child. So few are balanced. One
is bright, but it is a shrewdness which
leads to cunning. Another has under
standing but lacks ambition to excel
another is bright and active but utterly
devoid of character foundation. Our
example, naturalized, John Doe, by the
application of Bacon's rule may become
full, exact, ready. Conceding all this,
how are we to proceed? What shall be
his balanced diet The approved, tried,
tested and reduced to figures intellect
ual and moral food.
Taking as a basis the table of the
celebrated Wolff-Lehman standard we
adduce that John requires: Dry matter,
15.03-R. r. r.; protein, .29. sacred his
tory, religion; carbohydrates, 10;
sciences, ether extracts, Is; products
of imagination art. music, making
total representing the balanced mental
ration. the desideratum: the last word
in building the perfect intellect, sensi-
bility and will of John Doe. In
olden times the DruiGs, conservative
people had a settled habit of making
great baskets into which they put those
who were different Kansas may be
ikened to a great Druidical basket into
which fate put the people who are diff
ferent. We do not want to carry the
simile further. But have you not many
times in your travels met those doubt
ing Thomases from down yonder'' who
.refused to believe that any good what
soever can come out of Kansas. You
were inpotent to convince. and filed
with wonder that 2 people Of the same
parent stem could be SO densely ignOr-
ant of us. SO different from US. You
were wrong. They are the same yes
terday. today. forever. We are differ
emit. Because Kansas was ever the
Mecca of those rest less souls who pray
ed toward the sunrise Of freedom and
untrammeled living. Are ven
thankful enough for the zephyrs? How
often have you stepped out of doors 20
let the wind Of heaven blow through
your soul! lAnd we of the west know
it rancor. prejudice peevishness. This
is our Standardization
The Forthcoming number of the
Federation Bulletin. the official organ
of the General Federation of Wonen's
Clubs. will have letter on how TO
start a country club for a farm COM
munity.
what are you going to do at your
evening club rneeting?" a reporter ask
ed a club woman. 20, it's just a So
cial evening the club woman replied,
s.to give US a chance to get acquainted
with our husbands. Most of US never
have time to see our husbands unless
we make regular engagement with
them If Mr.. Blank keeps this one it
will be the first time I will have seen
him in four weeks.
Mrs. Sarah S. Platt Decker in the
Presidents Letter in the Federation
Bulletin for February:
Space does not permit an account OF
the autumn federations visited, only 10
say that all were most encouraging,
showing increasing interest. and splen-
did team work" not only with sister
states but with the central body.
The journey closed with few days
in Boston, which were spent in consfd-