The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-07-04

by the greeting they gave her. and
when she rose to speak, though her
voice could hardly carry beyond a few
rows, the silence to the uttermost cor
ner of the hall was as reverend a. IL
every woman heard her gentle message.
Perhaps the silence was the more
tense because from the feebleness of
this beautiful vision of lavender ana
old lace her listeners realized they
might not have many more chances to
receive the honor and benediction Of
ner presence. In the middle of her
speech she said suddenly. 1T must sit %
In a voice so faint that only the front
rows realized the significance of her
actlon ana the most of the audience
applauded, thinking her speech was
done.
She went on from her chair however.
and gave the pith of her message in
her final epigrammatic sentences of
suggestion:
Start from the present
Follow the straight way
seek for the good things
trust no easy going methods
AND may God keep your hearts"
Colorado Springs Gazette: In honor
OF Mrs Ruth Bryan Leavitt, Mr. and
Mrs. B. T. Napier of Glenwood SPRINGS
gave a reception at the Hotel Colorado.
on Wednesday evening, June "a. Mrs.
Mary c. c. Bradford, the recently elect
ed delegate to the national Democratic
convention, was also an honored ouast
IN the receiving line with Mrs. Napier
Mrs. Leavitt and Mrs. Bradford were
the various presidents of the Jane Jef-
ferson clubs of the western slope Over
500 people from the different towns OF
the western slope attended the recep-
ton. Mrs. Leavitt will be the puest n
Mr.. and Mrs. Napier until she comes to
Denver to attend the Democratic con-
vention.
Boston Journal: There was a Itt,a
clash of feminine temper at yesterday
afternoons session of the woman's
Federation. 1t was the first ripple on
the hitherto smooth surface of the hi
ennial
1t all arose over a discussion of
housenoid economies" and "euphe-
mics" Mrs. Sarah Plat Decker in
sisted that such titles were too high
sounding to be applied to such hon1eIy
things as washing and cooking.
On the other hand. Mrs. Burton Smith
of Atlanta, Ca, who is chairman of the
household economics committee flung
a few punches of sarcasm at Mrs.
Decker's head, and said that in the
south there were plenty Of women who
were willing to give their time to the
study Of household economics and Gu
phemics or anything else by any other
name that held out a promise Of light
ening their daily work.
Ottawa Herald: Mrs. J. s. Simmons.
of Hutchinson, president of the women's
Kansas Day club. is at the assembly
and talked before the women's council
at Prentis hall this morning. Mrs. Sim
mons is here in the interest of the
Women's Kansas Day club. This club
meets once a year at Topeka. 1t was
organized in 1906 by a few patriotic
Kansas women. The object Of the club
is to encourage and promote the coll
lection and preservation of the early
history of Kansas. to install patriotism
in Kansas youth and to establish a
comradeship among Kansas women. For
the past ten. years the women have
been trying to secure the preservation
of Pawnee Rock, owned by Benjamin
P. Unruh, and they finally succeeded
in their plans. Mr.. Uuruh Will give the
rock and five acres of ground sur
rounding it on condition that the club
will place improvements upon 1t to the
amount of $1,000. The women have
started in to raise this amount and
they are going to do it. The deed to
this rock is already made and held at
Pawnee Rock bank. Pawnee Rock,
club when the conditions are fulfilled.
The enrolment fee in this club Is 25
cents and every women in Kansas
should help in this work. Pawnee Rock
is on the old Santa Fe trail and has
been the scene of more bloodehed than
any other spot in Kansas. This club
is also preparing 2, record of Kansas
reference book and history. This will
be presented to the state when the deed
to Pawnee Rock is secured. Every wo-
man in Ottawa who wishes to enroll
in this club may do so by seeing Miss
Grace Meeker.