The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-15

WOMENSS
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Mrs. Morris Sch1egel and Mrs. S. T.
Stevens will entertain the Ceramic Art
club next Friday afternoon at the home
of the former. 1118 West Sixth street
Mrs H. E. Lyman will have a paper
en- Practical Designing The club will
study Facts from Flowers with con-
naturalization adapted to- a vase.
There will be the regular lesson hour;
nature study-geranium or pear, by the
members.
The Good Government club met this.
afternoon with Mrs. Brown, 1923 Clay
street. Mrs. Lila Day Monroe had the
paper Of the afternoon on Session
Laws of 1907 with particular reference
as to how those laws affect women.
The Cosmos club met Thursday after
noon with Mrs. w. H. Wilson, 815 West
Tenth street.
The Monday Tourist club met Tues
day with Mrs. C. w. Wetherton at the
Virginia, Tenth and Topeka avenue.
The Vespuccian club met Thursday
afternoon with Mrs. J. S. Langston. SIT
East Eighth street.
The N. N. S. club will meet Tuesday
afternoon with Mrs. Cecil HoWes, 1918
West Tenth street.
The Ladies' U. c. T. club will meet
Thursday afternoon at the Commercial
club parlors.
The West Side Reading club will
meet with Mrs. George o. Wilmarth on
q a
A Kansas Day program will be given.
The Current Literature club met
Tuesday afternoon with Mrs. James
Brier in Potwin.
The Clio club will meet Monday af-
ternoon with Mrs. B. B. Smyth, 106
East Twelfth street. The program will
consist of short stories of New Or
leans.
The vignette club will meet Tuesday
afternoon at the home of Mrs. j. w.
F. Hughes. 305 Greenwood avenue. The
| following program will be given:
Roll call. Current events.
Cliff Dwcllers-Miss Flenpiken.
The Grand Canyon-Miss Gussie Full
Ter.
The ladies of the D. A. r. met last
Saturday afternoon at Gemmeu hall,
Y. NJ c. A. building, and elected the
following officers for the year: Re-
gent Mrs. A. H. Horton; vice regent,
Mrs. A. Marburg; secretary, Mrs. A. b.
McGiffert; historian, Mrs. M. w. Lau-
bach; treasurer, Mrs. Frank Klinga-
man; registrar. Mrs. w. A. S. Bird;
corresponding secretary, Mrs. A. M.
Harvey. The advisory board is COM
posed of Mrs. H. Ward Page, Mrs. A.
NJ. Petro and Mrs. H. L. Nelson. The
chapter will entertain the Sons of the
| American Revolution TueSday evening.
February %.
The committee which will have
charge of the Kansas day program
met Friday morning with Mrs. J. d;
| Mcfarland. 100 Harrison street, and
arranged for a business meeting of
the Kansas Day club Saturday after
noon, January %. at Unity church,
/ the 2sth at Unity church. Miss
| Maude Mary Kline will have charge
of the music for the evening enter
| tainment.
| At the next federation meeting,
| which will be held on the evening of
| February 8, the husbands of the club
| women will be entertained. There
will be speaker from the State uni
versity, who will talk on some sub
| ject that will be of interest to the
| men. A musical program for the
evening is being arranged by Miss
Maude Mary Kline.
| The Topeka Ad club had a dinner
and lecture at the Commercial club
rooms last Tuesday. The speaker was
Mr. C. F. Conner of Kansas City, Mo,
who represents the Thomas Cusack
Bill Board Advertising company. AT
the last meeting of the federation the
subject of bill board was discussed and
/ resolutions passed to boycott articles
so advertised. 1t was also decided
at that meeting that the federation
should work for legislation against bill
| boards. So the federation officers were
/ asked to attend the meeting of the Ad
4 club and to listen to what Mr.. Con-
nor had to say on the subject from the
point of view of the bill board man
His lecture in part was as follows:
'aThe women who are working for
legislation to abolish bill boards should
go slow. The outdoor display adver-
| Using man has some rights which
must be respected and the property
owner has rights which must be re-
spected. This question has been agi-
| tated from Maine to Missouri, and in
every instance the legislature has
stood for bill board advertising, or
the ground that property rights mus
not be violated. You have no right tc
shall put on his property. I think
may say without fear of contradiction
that you will find less Objectionable
features on the bill board displays
than you will in the newspapers. Reg
ulate If you please. the manner in
which the bill boards are constructed
but that is unnecessary, as they are Al
present all being constructed of steel
1t is useless for you to fight outdoor