The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-11-27
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The annual meeting of the State
Equal Suffrage association will be held
| in Topeka December 10 and IL. All the
| workers for equal suffrage of the state
are invited. and those who expect to
| attend may write about arrangements
| for their entertainment to Mrs. j. D.
| Mcfarland HOO Harrison street, To-
peka. Mrs. Mcfarland is the associa-
| tons state secretary.
| A meeting of the executive board of
! the city federation was held at the
| home Of Mrs. Lee Monroe. last Tuesday
| afternoon. After examining the reports
from all the clubs that assisted at the
Bazaar and footing up the accounts,
the board found that they had made
| about $500. There were still some bills
| to be paid which left a net profit of
something over $500. The club women
are so much encouraged by their sue
cess that they have determined to hold
another and larger bazaar next year
| and they have already received few
| donations for their sale at that time.
| They are planning to conduct next
| years bazaar on a little different plan
| and make it more on the order of the
| English fair, not only having articles
| Tor sale, but also furnishing entertain
| ment to the visitors. 1t is hoped that
| this will attract larger crowds, and it
| will, at the same time. mean the Civ
! ing of extra good measure for the
money they receive.
At the meeting of the Minerva club
Monday afternoon, Mrs. Eli Foster,
| who had charge of the del:catessen
| reported net profit of $1,000 for
that department. The meeting was
attended by Mrs. Lila Day Monroe
and Mrs. j. D. Mcfarland.
| Mrs Monroe gave little extern
poraneous talk on the need for a club
| house and the prospects of securing
one. 1T is time she said, that we
had our own home. We have worked
for every interest in the city but the
| interests of our own household 1t is
needless to expect that the men and
the institutions of the town are going
to give us house out of gratitude
for the efforts we have made for the
| good of the place in times past. We
| have given our attention to civic i'm
provements. to raising the standard
of the public schools, to boosting
home industries and helping the Com
mercial club; we have given large
sums of money to the Provident asso-
citation, the Crittenton home. to the
| Colored Industrial school-in fact, we
have responded to every call where
| it seemed clear that our help was
needed But the mill will never grind
| by the water that is past and if we
want a club house, the women of the
federation will have to provide it
and we cannot look to the men to
| ndnQl0 the enterprise Tor US.
There are a thousand reasons why
we need a club house. 1t is necessary
if the organization is to be dignified,
self-respecting and efficient. Meetings
| have been held here and there. and
| always high rent for a building was
nent place to keep our records and
our equipment. A club house would
| go a long way toward making this a
convention city. and the merchants
/ L I1n Re Of 6o -fY1O fIar
| ing of women in the town, and a club
! house would provide a meeting place
| for such gatherings. During the
| State Teachers convention the Mathe-
mates association could hardly find
place in which to hold their meet
| ings, and the people who found US
with such poor mmodations are
going out over the state with reports
discrediting to our town. Moreover.
Topeka has no place suitable for
private receptions, parties and dances
in cases where it is not desirable to
| hold them in the homes A club
| house would be just the place, be-
cause it would be more home-like and
| more exclusive than a public hall.
Then it will do much to advance the
| musical interests of the city. A good
piano would be provided. and the
musical clubs would have the use of
it without cost
'These are only few of the rea-
sons why we should build for our
selves a permanent nome. we Will
have it, just as we have had other
| things that we have set our hearts
on.
| A meeting of the board of directors
| of the General Federation of Woman's
Clubs will be held in Washington, d.
c., beginning December and lasting
| four days. Mrs. W. A. Johnston will
leave next week to attend the meet
| ing. Saturday, December 4, she will
attend a luncheon given by Mrs. Henry