The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-12-04
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The Equal Suffrage league will hold
its convention in Topeka December 10
and IL. The morning of the 10th will
be devoted to a conference (Which will
be an open meeting) for the discussion
of the past years work in the interests
of the league at the home of Mrs f. f.
Guibor. In the evening meeting will
be held in the lecture room of the First
Methodist church, at which DR.. Lynch
will make a short address. Mr.. I. A.
McNeal will speak on issues of the day.
The president of the league will make
a report, and there will be a resume of
the work of the organization At 10
o'clock on Saturday an election of Of
ficers will be held.
This is the twenty-sixth annual con-
vention of the Equal Suffrage associa-
ton in Kansas. For all these years
the women of the league have been
working for the ballot SO it should not
surprise the public If henceforward
little more ginger is mixed with tho
sweetening and the whole dish favored
with strong spirit.
Any women who expect to attend this
convention from out of the city may
communicate with Mrs. J. D. McFar-
land, HOO Harrison street. Topeka, for
information about their entertainment.
The Federation will hold a sale at
Mrs. Morr1sons millinery store Decem-
bazaar-dolls, baby clothes, and odds
and ends from the various departments
will be Offer cd 10 purc1asers. Ee-
sides these things, more homemade
eatables will be up for sale. Mrs. kas-
ter will give some of her famous orange
marmalade, and a Quartiry of Mrs
Monroe's unrival7d brown bread, viii
be there with cakes ana pies and
canned fruit to be exchanged for the
dear pepul's good money. The sale will
ha iv, oh -
Miss Lucy Kingman and Mrs. Elan
HUMPHREYS
The City Federation meeting was
held Thursday afternoon in the Com
| mercial club rooms. The subject
presented was the matter of billboard
advertising, and the speeches cooked
up for the occasion made mighty good
stirring. The Rev. Charles M. Shell
don condemned billboards on three
| counts. e., that they are inartistic.
insanitary and immoral. He told
what a shabby, unkempt, untidy look
they gave to the town, how unattrac-
tive they appeared to visitors, and
how offensive they were to anything
resembling good taste. He says that
the filth, litter and rubbish that coll
lects about them harbor disease
germs and furnish a breeding place
for mosquitoes and flies. He consid-
ers them positive menace to the
public health. More than this (and
worst of alD the greater number of
them are degrading to public morals.
He spoke particularly of the indecent
pictures that are pasted up advertis-
ing certain character of theatrical
events. 81 would not bring these pic
| lures into my house for my boy to
see," he said, land do not want him
to be confronted by them whenever
he goes down the street" DIR. Shell
don pointed out to the federation that
it was the work of the women to
abolish this sort Of advertising. He
considers that they are best fitted and
best equipped for the job. Mr.. Ran
kin spoke next, and although he dis
approved of abolishing billboards
entirely, he believed that they should
be regulated and their influence made
less pernicious.
Mrs. Lee Monroe gave one of her
spicy talks and read extracts from
some books she brought up with her,
setting out the ideas of people of 9TH
ere cities and towns which have atol-
| ished the billboard pest. She said,
This town must look to outsiders
| like a mining camp or colony for
| the weak minded who are too Hitter
ate to read the daily papers and see
what advertisers have to say for their
goods and must be taught what to
buy by a picture language and a sign
method. Billboards are little used by
our local merchants, and the people
outside of our town who are reaping
the benefit of these advertisements
should give their advertising to our
newspapers. and thus help to build
up our own institutions. Following
the billboard discussion, resolutions
were passed to boycott all goods so
advertised and to call to the aid of
the clubs the sanitary and health Of
ficers of the city.
In the course of DR.. Sheldons ad-
| dress, he spoke of the class of the
theaters announced by billboards, and
suggested to the women of the fed
Grafton that they cut off from their
| list of amusements all plays that
contained in their performance any
thing suggestive and immoral. It oc-
| CURED to him that a woman attend
ing a play would do well to leave the
| house when things were said and
done to shock her sense of propriety.
Mrs. Travis, president of the West
| Side Forestry club, asked the Coop
GRAFTON of the federation in opposing
the bill in congress for the use of
part of Hetch-hetchy Valley as res
ervoir for the water supply of San
Francisco. 1t was decided that the
| Topeka clubs should present petit
ton to congress to protect our ma
tional parks from all future ravages
| of every variety of money grabbers.
| The names of some new individual
| members were voted on. and the fol-
| lowing people have become members
| of the federation: Mrs. Albert Niece,
Mrs. Frank Quinton, Mrs. J. Bressette,
Miss Ella Peacock. Mrs. c. N. Nell
son. Mrs. George H. Whitcomb and
Mrs. F. S. Savage Also Miss Flor
ence WEIGH and Miss Bertha Hemp
stead were voted in as honorary men,
| bers.
The West Side Reading club will
meet with Mrs S. ]. Crumbine, 1903
| Tyler street, Tuesday afternoon. There
will be music a magazine review by
Mrs. Van Vechten, and a magazine Sc
lection by Mrs. Hodgins.