The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-11-27


! reception will be given to which the
presidents of all the New Jersey clubs
will be invited. The visiting club
women will spend Sunday in New Jer-
sey, and Monday the board of direc-
tors will all go to New York City,
/ where they will be entertained at a
luncheon at the Waldorf-Astoria, by
the Sorosis club. the oldest in the
/ country. In the afternoon the Sorosis
/ club will have a meeting which the
| directors will attend. From New
York the members of the board will
go to Washington, where they will
make up the program and other en-
tertainment arrangements for the
tenth biennial to be held in Cincin-
/ natl, o., next May.
After the meeting in Washington,
/ Mrs. Johnston will visit friends in
Washington and Annapolis. and will
| then go to Westchester, Pa, to attend
a luncheon given for the club W omen
of Pennsylvania. Mrs. johnson will
spend the Christmas holidays with her
daughter, Mrs. S. j. Brandenberg at
Oxford, o., and will then return
| home
| The Minerva club was entertained
| by Miss Maude Kline and Mrs. j. D.
Heym Monday afternoon, November
| %, at Miss Kline's home. 401 Fill
more street. The members answered
| to roll call with the name of their ia
vorite magazine, after which Mrs. E.
G. Foster conducted the review of the
study for the next preceding meet
| ing. A sketch of Booth Harrington
was read by Mrs. w. T. Davis, fol-
| lowed by a review of Tarkington's
| G. Blakely. A very entertaining pa
| per on Journalism was read by Mrs.
George Mays.
The Minerva club studies music as
meeting, Mcdowell and Shelly were
the composers studied. Mrs. A F.
Grear read paper. giving brief
outline of the life of each. The fol-
by members of the club: Piano.
witches Dance (McDowelD, Mrs. N.
Albaugh. Vocal-''The Robin Sings
in the Apple Tree" I'm the Woods"
Mrs. E. G. Hughes Voca-To
sings Light Miss Blinn. Vocal
| Loves Sorrow (Shelly), Mrs. H. w.
Putnam
! Refreshments and the business
meeting followed the program The
| Monroe, Mrs. J. D. Mcfarland. Mrs.
J. B. Ames Mrs. C. F. Hall, Mrs c.
E. Burgson, Mrs. w. E. Bryan, Miss
Helen Hogeboom, and Miss Bertha
Hampstead.
The Music Study club will hold its
next meeting in Chickering hall De-
I cember 8. The meeting will be de-
voted to the study of Tschaikowsky,
and the following program will be
given: advertisement = 1. Thee
(Chinese dance): 2. Kaffee (Arabian
dance); 8. Trepak (Russian danceo;
Mrs. Tasker and Miss Rush. Violin
sole-Nocturne, Miss Whiting. Don
Juan's serenade. Mrs. Bair. (a) Noe
turne OPP. 10. No. 4; CD Capriccioso
Op. 10, No. 5: Mrs. Harshbarger.
Wiegenlied, Miss Levitt, (a) Romance
F minor; b) Humoresque; Mrs
AZ, No. 8. Miss Watts so Schnell
Vergessen, Mrs. Laycock. Valse-Two
pianos, eight hands, Mesdames
Harshbarger, Ritschard, Tasker, and
Miss Rush.
The meeting of the Current Litera-
ture club will be held with Mrs. H. A.
Heath. 915 Western avenue, Novem-
Der 80. The program will be re-
view of the ssWorld's Work. by Mrs.
Burlingame and Mrs Nesbaum; an ar
ticle on the Turkish Harem," by Mrs.
Ray Bone and an original story by
Mrs J. S. West
The West Side Reading club will
inject with Mrs. Ellen Humphreys De
cember 1. Current events Will be
given in answer to roll call Mrs.
Humphreys will have the paper of
the meeting following which will be
a discu ssion of the subject treated, and
music will complete the program.
The Nineteenth Century club will
meet with Mrs. E. A. Austin, SIS
Buchanan street Monday afternoon
at 2:3O o'clock.
The w T K. club will meet with
Miss Campdoras, 800 Harrison street,
Tuesday afternoon, November 80.
The Good Government club met
this afternoon with Miss Maude Kline,
4O1 Fillmore street Mrs. Ward Bur-
lingame read a paper on the Kansas
constitution.
The sorosis club met today with
Mrs. J. D. Mcfarland. 100 Harrison
street The paper of the meeting was
read by Mrs. Charles Spencer, on An
Era of Unrest
The Nautilus club will meet next
Tuesday afternoon with Mrs. Sanders
at her house on the Washburn college
grounds.
The searchers' club will meet De-
cember 4 with Mrs. Heron. Roll
call will be answered by quotations
from Van Dyke. Miss Schenck will
give a reading from Lew Wallace. and
Miss DonneH will have review OF
1.-THE Fair God
The Ladies' Reading circle of New
| ton is the second oldest club in the
! state. being now in its thirtieth year.
They have never missed a meeting;
! It's object is study, and good deal
| of charitable work is thrown III.
| The Athenaeum club of Kansas
I CITY is the second largest woman's
club in Missouri. having a member
ship of 500. 1t is divided into eight
departments. i. e.: art current events,
literature, history and travel. music,
philosophy and science, Bible study,
and social ethics Under the direc-
ton of the social ethics department
the club has aided and brought about
many reforms in the city. They start
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