The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-02-12
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The Current Literature club met
Bowman The following program was
given on the subject of dress:
Delineator-Mrs. Bone.
Story of Yard of Silk-Mrs. Bolmar.
Ancient Dress-Mrs. J. Brier.
Medieval Dress-Mrs Thomas.
Modern DresS-Mrs. Heath.
History Of a Spool of Thread-Miss
I;itchie.
The Ceramic Art club will meet with
Mrs. J. c. Strickler. 616 Harrison
street, February 49, The outline of
study is as follows:
Paper Designers of Today-Mrs. A. 0.
Wellman.
aHzation Adapted to Berry Bowl.
Motif, Blackberry or Cyclamen-Mrs.
M. NJ. Blinn.
Nature Study-Blackberry or Cycla-
nlen-Ry Members.
Lesson Hour.
Mrs. David E. Barton entertained the
Portia club at her home Thursday af-
ternoon.
The Ideal History club will meet Fri
day, the 18th. with Mrs. E. c. Fox,
All Fillmore street.
The w. t. K. club will meet with
Mrs. J. H. Gender. 1437 Van Buren,
street, Tuesday. February Is.
The West Side Reading club will
meet with Mrs. S. ]. Hodgins, 216 Ty-
Ter street. Tuesday afternoon
The Nautilus club will meet Tuesday,
February Is, at o'clock p. M, with
Mrs. E. B. Cowgirl. 1925 Clay street. 1t
| is Domestic science day. and the ladies
| on the program. Mrs. Wilson, Mrs. COW
gill; and Mrs. Holland have something.
| out of the ordinary to offer. A full
attendance is desired.
The Western Sorosis club will hold
| its annual Lincoln Day banquet to-
night at the First Christian church
The Cosmos club met Thursday after
noon with Mrs. H. x. Devendorf, 1884
College avenue.
| The Research club met Friday with
Mrs. c. w. Harlow. 1884 Topeka ave
nue. The meeting was led by Mrs. E.
| c.. Moore. The club is studying this
year American literature and history.
| The N. N. S. club will give a charity
| tea Tuesday afternoon at the home of
Mrs c. A. Bailey. 920 Lane street. The
guests will bring materials for an or
| iginal valentine. as it is to be valen-
| tine affair.
| The members of the N. w. club met
with Mrs. L. P. Bonebrake last Thurs
| day afternoon. Mrs. Van Vechten was
! the club guest. The next meeting will
be held in two weeks with Mrs. j. w.
Going, 900 Topeka avenue.
Political affairs of the city are oc-
cupying the attention of the club
| L .ar-I7x arlcs m n r. q
| than ever before, and Mrs. F. w. Wat
son, a former federation president, has
accepted the candidacy for position
on the board of commissioners under
the new form of city government. The
women are enthusiastically coming to
her support. A mass meeting for the
purpose of combining forces for the
| campaign will be held Monday after
noon at the First Methodist church.
| There will be some good speakers at
| the meeting and some good music is
promised All the women of the city
who are interested are asked to be
present.
The women who have books for the
| Oakland library are urged to leave
them with Messrs. Emahizer and
| Spielman, at their store. SIT Kansas
avenue The books will be delivered
| to the proper persons by those gentle
! men.
The delegate body of federated clubs
| met Tuesday afternoon at the Com
| mercial club rooms for the discussion
| of important questions that had been
taken up at the meeting of the board
| of directors last week. The subject of
i the boulevard was discussed, some adj
/ ditional names were proposed for the
/ committee and the matter of extend
ing the road to include Vinewood park,
the fair grounds and Gage park was
Il considered The federation will OBJ
serve Arbor day and a committee was
appointed to solicit the cooperation
of the schools in their observance OF
/ Arbor day in the work of identifying
the river drive. The meeting voted to
plant nut bearing trees along the drive,
with the understanding that school
children should be privileged to share
the fall harvest of nuts
the department of justice, which now
has two cases in charge. The school
. of law of Washburn college is contrib
uting the legal service for this de-
i. partment and they are also looking
up the law on the bill board question.
The federation has found new line
of work that is not least among its
many beneficent 1abors. This new plan
looks toward the betterment of the
| condition of the girls at the industrial
| school at Beloit. The girls at the schoo
need some employment to relieve the
monotony of institutional life, and they
| most especially need the money the
work would bring them with which to
, start their new life after they are re-
leased from the school. Many of them
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