The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-04-18

! the W. c. T. U, the Y. M. c. A. and
| couragement. They propose the name
of the Western Women's Parliament
for the new organization which would
meet biennally on the "of'' year OF
the general federation biennial in or
| der not to conflict with 1t in any way.
The first meeting place will be Topeka
and the first meeting will probably be
| held next year.
Parliament" objected a woman
who heard Mrs. McCarter's speech
congress be better. Congress means a
place to congregate; parliament,
l place to talk
well, then parliament. by all
means" retorted another woman.
'since It's an organization for the
gabby sex"
| The women of the Kansas Day club
are perpetuating and making history
this year by securing and marking
| Pawnee Rock, near Hutchinson. This
rock and the land surrounding it,
to the Women's Kansas Day club by
Benjamin P. Unruh. The Kansas
women will improve the place and
present the deed to the state of Kansas
| at the coming session of the legisla-
| ture. The money to make the reQufr-
| ed improvements amounts to not less
than $4,000 and must be raised at
once. Anybody wishing to help in this
good work may send the amount Of
money they wish to give either to the
club treasurer, Mrs. B. r. Shumate,
Topeka, Kan, or to the vice president
of the district in which he resides.
The officers of the club are:
President, Mrs. ]. S. Simmons.
Hutchinson; vice president, Mrs. H. B.
Asher, Lawrence; recording secretary,
Mrs. N. 1. Mcdowell, Salina; treasurer,
Mrs. B. F. Shumate, Topeka; auditor
and corresponding secretary, Mrs. A.
H. Horton. Topeka; historian. Mrs.
Margaret Hill McCarter, Topeka.
The district vice presidents: First
district, Miss Lucy B. Kingman, To-
peka; Second district, Miss Grace
Meeker, Ottawa; Third district, Mrs.
w. D. Atkinson, Parsons; Fourth dis
Gil Grove; Fifth district, Mrs. Samuel
Forter. Marysville; Sixth district. Mrs.
Emma Faris, Kanapolis; Seventh dis
trict, Mrs Charles Hall, Hutchinson:
Eighth district, Mrs. S. r. Peters.
Newton.
The board of managers on Pawnee
Rock work: Mrs. w. Y. Morgan.
Hutchinson: Mrs. w. A. Johnston, To-
peka: Mrs. Elizabeth johnson, Court
land: Mrs. Ida Wilson Moore, Abilene;
Grace Bowman. Pawnee Rock: Mrs.
j. S. Simmons, Hutchinson.
A large delegation Of Kansas wo-
men will attend the biennial meet
ing which will be held in Boston, June
%. The eastern and western pas
senger associations have fixed the
! rate and one-third. which will make
the railroad fare for Kansas women
| amount to something under $40. The
Kansas delegation will join the wo-
men from Oklahoma. and several
| other states. in Kansas City, and they
will have a special train from Kansas
City to Boston. They will go over
the Santa Fe to Chicago and from
Chicago to Boston they will travel
over the Michigan Ce,irrai. Anyone
wishing to make reservations on the
train should write to Mrs c. c. Cod
dard of Leavenworth. Any club that
wishes to send delegates to the meet
ing must make application for mem
bership to the general federation be-
fore April %. through Mrs. Goddard.
Among the Kansas women who will
| attend are: Mrs. Eustace H Brown,
| of Olathe; Mrs. G. H. Trott, of juno
ton City; Mrs. F. B. Wheeler. Pitts
| burg; Mrs. c. G. Sholes. Olathe; Mrs.
! G. w. Lands. Osborne; Mrs. M. s.
Munson, Ell Dorado: Mrs. C. C. God
dard. Leavenworth: Mrs. Mackenzie
Malker' Kansas City; Mrs. Grace
NNAI On"ho1 lily MIS- II. r. Muir
dock. Wichita: Mrs. c. B. Hoffman.
Enterprise; Mrs. A. c. Stitch. IN
| dependence; Mrs. F. H. Lemon and
| Mrs. Fairchild. Leavenworth: MRS.
Eliza Sampson, Topeka; Mrs. w. A.
Johnston, Mrs. Eugene F. Ware Of
Kansas City. Mrs. Julia B. Perry Of
Beloit, Mrs. N: I. Mcdowell of sa-
lima, Mrs E. W. Hoch, Mrs. H. @.
Carney, Miss Anabel Garvey. Mrs.
Iayor and son. George Emmett, of
| Oberlin, Mrs. Lucia o. Case. Mrs. w.
d. Atkinson of Parsons. Mrs. Kate
Arlington of Council Grove.
Mrs. James Humphrey, who has been
spending the winter in New York.
will go to Boston for the biennial
meeting.
| The Golden Rule club met Friday
with Mrs. j. H. Savers Roll cali wa
answered with quotations from Eugene
Field. Mrs. June Chapman gave a talk
on kindergarten work The next meet
ing will be with Mrs. w. G. Tandy.
Hutchinson News: With the ,irt
OF Pawnee Rock from Mr.. Unruh an
assured fact, work will begin almost
| at once on the place. There is al
| ready In the bank at Pawnee Rock a
thousand dollars, with which the Dra-
nm1nary work can be done The
drive from the town to the old rock
is TO be made attractive, and the gen
berous gift of five acres surroundine
the stone is to be planted and beauti-