The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-07-31

July and August. 1 supposed of course
they weere going to Vinewood to help
make the Federation Field day a sue
cess-but they got off at the ball park!
I wish you would just enumerate,
in this connection, some of the things
the city federation has done for the
public in the past ten years. never
asking for anything in return. Now
we are asking the public's help to
build q club house for women. We
don't want a home for the fedora
ton only. but a beautiful building
which will be at the service of all
the women of Topeka and which will
be a valuable social and comm erciaI
asset. If we had the money We have
given to other causes we could build
our club house unaided but as we
have given away our all and worked
unselfishly for others we must have
help with our club house fund. So
when we pass the hat, for the first
time, in the existence of the fedora
ton, we will ask people to bear in
mind the following things the fedora
ton has done:
Given over $1,000 for school room
pictures and decorations in Topeka
and started the local public school
decoration movement.
purchased and put into motion
the first travelling library and art gal
lery now taken over by the state, to
whom the federation donated the
books and pictures it had purchased.
Gave the flower parade and an
evening entertainment during the
GOVERNMENTAL celebration in 1904.
Both the work and the money were
free gifts of the federation.
'Inaugurated the movement which
resulted in giving over 500 employees
of Kansas avenue shops. weekly half
holidays during July and August.
PLACED the first and only seats in
the state capitol grounds.
Gave a banquet to the Twentieth
Kansas regiment at its home coming
in 1899.
supported free kindergarten on
the East Side one summer
Started the public playground
movement and kept a reading room
in the old Parkdale school house.
Helped to refurnfsh Holbrook
hall Washburn college
Secured the opening of the first
public manual training school In To-
pelba.
worked for the Manual Training
high school bonds. Worked in the
state legislature for the manual train
ing bill for the child labor laws and
the pure food laws.
Endorsed the efforts of the women
teachers for an increase of salary and
was largely instrumental in securing
the advances made in teachers sal
aries the past two years q didn't no
tiCe any considerable representation
of school teachers at Vinewood, Fri
dayD
Maintains a Washburn scholarship
and contributes to the state fedora
ton scholarship fund
Donated S25 to the Colored In
dustrial institute; contributed to To-
peka's Galveston and San Francisco
relief funds; has given more than
S10O to the Crittenton home and the
Orphans home; has given books to
the Girls Industrial school at Beloit
and to the Boys Idustrial school at
Topeka; gave 500 outright to the
North Topeka flood sufferers fund
and over 500 to the purchase of
school books for children in the !
flooded districts; contributes yearly !
to the Provident association Christ
mas tree and every two weeks for !
over seven years has furnished an az
-ernoon entertainment and refresh
nents for the Mothers club of the |
Provident association; contributed a |
library of fifty books each, to three
Topeka hospitals
A picnic supper was given at the
Vanci1 Friday in honor of Miss
Manita Stewart of Junction City. The
other guests were Miss Mary Clark,
Miss Maliesta Disney, Miss May
Tomlinson. Miss Neva King, Miss
Otta McCIuney Miss Violet Crumbine'
Miss Zola Plummer.
The little Church of the Good
shepherd in North Topeka is trying to
'aise money for a new chancel carpet
md will give a social at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. w. R. Barrett. 81
Horn street for that purpose Tuesday
evening. The public is invited The
Rev. Philip Warner who is the son
# Bishop Warner of New Orleans,
$ the rector of the Church of the