The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-09-17

Western Soresis will meet Saturday
afternoon, September oath, with the
president of the club, Mrs A A God
ard, 1901 Boswell avenue. The fol-
lowing program will be given at the
meeting:
A visit to the Roycroft Shop, Miss
Lola Graham. art is the expression
of mans joy in his work.
Discussion: Mrs. P. II. Forbes. Miss
Ethel Aldrich and Miss Viola Trout
man.
The Searchers' club will meet Satur-
day, Sept. "a, at the home of the pres
ident, Mrs. s. D. Colvin. The club is
studying the countries of Europe this
year, and the subject for the first
meeting will be Scandinavia The
program follows:
Roll call-Items of Interest.
Geography and Government, Miss
Jessie Donnen.
Mythology and Literature, Miss
Mamie Schenck
Critic. Mrs. w. c. B. Heron.
Western Sorosis have issued their
year book for 1901 GIL 1t is a dainty
little book. artistically arranged and
printed. The cover design is small
red rose. the club flower, in the CEN
ter of the page. On the first leaf, apz
pears the club motto: mot as though.
I had already attained" Meetings
are appointed for the last Saturday
of each month. The officers are:
Mrs. A. A. GODDARD. president; Mrs. W.
W. Kitchell. vice president; Mrs.
Chas. F. Spencer, second vice presi-
dent; Mrs. Ida n. cellars, secretary
and Mrs. r. w. Watson. treasurer. I'm
The West Side Forestry club Will
meet Thursday. September 20, with
n
Mrs. Harry Forbes will be hostesses.
The subject for discussion will be
Putting the Garden to Sleep" and
the paper on that topic, which will
be read by Mrs. o. e. Walker, will
deal with the protection of the rose
and the perennial garden. Roll call
will be answered by the presentation
of specimens of shrubs.
have received from the Progress
sive club of Stafford, Kan, their year
book for the new seasons work. The
book is made up in the club colors,
white and gold, and the club has
chosen the appropriate motto: He
who does not advance loses ground %
On the second page of their book ap-
pears the following lines, setting forth,
certainly, what a women'S club should
be: What is a woman's club? Ameet-
ing ground; place where kindly,
helpful words are said; and kindlier
deeds are done, where hearts are fed;
where wealth OF brain for poverty
atones, and hand grasps hand, and
soul finds touch with soul. Each pro-
gram contains discussion of current
topics, music and a reading, and be-
sides these, there is at each meeting,
a paper on some subject of general
| interest or practical benefit. Among
these subjects discussed are: Fruits
AS food and medicine" Domestic
science Needs of the town, 1.-The
Passion Play" etc.
The following from a Kansas City
paper gives one woman's solution Of
the servant problem:
THE help problem could easily be
solved If all housewives would realize
that servants also belong to that par
ticular species of animals known as hui
man beings"
OF all women Mrs. Seward is we'll
qualified to discuss this important
topic. for she can boast of having had
the same domestic in service thirty-five
years and five months.
ST don't belong to that class of
housewives" said Mrs. Seward, who
think that servants, brooms, busters,
pans and dishrags should be INSOFAR
able except on the regulation day out.