The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-12-17

UIH1GT,
to give a country dance January IL for |
the legislators. The suffragists are |
busy and have a good deal of reason to |
hope that at last the sentiment of
equality and Justice that they have |
fostered in past years has grown ami |
spread until 1t has changed from q
dream to a reality and that the one
step still needed to make it the final
emancipation of Kansas women will be
taken at the next sitting of the states
lawmakers, when the clause Of the con-
sutton which bars women from the
| franchise, will be submitted for amend
ment.
club and other women interested in
| equal suffrage was called for today at
the home of Mrs. Lee Monroe, 909l
Harrison street.
The December meeting of the Sor-
| osis club will be postponed until after
| New Years.
afternoon with Mrs. Frank Hughes.
Mrs. George Plat read a story, can
cient History of the Golden Rule" and
Mrs. Beine read a story on 1.-THE Last
Seven Years of the Golden Rule
The Ramblers club will meet Monday
| afternoon with Mrs. F. M. Conwell, 322
| East Eighth avenue.
The Woman's Kansas Day club has
chosen January 81 as the date of their
annual meeting, which will be held in
the First Congregational church. The
( affair will be an important social event
for the month, as it will bring together
a large number of prominent women
over the state. Guests are expected
/ from Hutchinson, Emporia, Kansas
City, and other towns This Womap's
Kansas Day club is not exclusively for
eo1s.
although many of its members are ac-
tive workers in other clubs, but the
organization is open to any loyal wo-
man who has at heart the success Of
the aims for which it stands; namely:
t foster patriotism in Kansas youth,
to preserve Kansas history, and to
promote our comradeship among Kan
SaS women.
The club gives big place to the
work of women in the making of his
tory in Kansas. In the words of q
former president of the club: 'fWher-
ever the frontiersman has occupied a
place in western annals, his wife has
stood in the background, nor does she
figure largely in the overdone stories
of the romance of the West and the
adventures of the border; we owe it
to her memory and we honor our
selves, when We begin this tardy rec
ognition of her worth as builder of
| empire
The boy scout movement that has
lately become popular, seems to be
very little understood, Judging by the
frequency of the question What does
1t mean and what is it for?" The fol-
. lowing from the Woman's Journal ex-
plains the purpose of the society:
1.-The primary purpose of the or
ganization, to make good healthy men.
strong in mind and body. is indicated
:, by the scouts OATH which in reality
is a set of rules for right living. A
- Of hn int
"a scouts honor is to be trusted
Il If scout were to break his honor by
: telling lie. or by not carrying out ar
E order exactly when trusted on his
n honor to do SO, he may be directed t.
: hand over his scout badge, and never
: to wear it again. He may also be di
: rected to cease to be scout.
"a scout is loyal to his country, hi.
; officers, his parents, and his employers
He must stick to them through thicl
and thin against anyone who is theil
. enemy or who even talks badly o
: them.
: "A scouts duty is to be useful ant
: to help others. He must be prepared
: at any time to save life or to hell
e injured persons. And he must try hi
- best to do a good turn to somebod,
every day.
"a scout is a friend to all, and
brother to every other scout no mat
ter to what social class the other be
longs.
A scout must never De a SHOU
A snob is one who looks down upol
another because he is poorer, or VIII
is poor and resents another becaus
he is rich. A scout accepts the othe
man as he finds him, and makes tn
best of him.
"A scout is courteous. That is. he /
polite to all. but especially to womel
and children, and old people and fnva
lids, cripples. etc And he must no
take any reward for being helpful o
courteous.
"A scout is a friend to animals. II
should save them as far as possi5l
from pain, and should not kill any ami
NAL unnecessarily. Killing an anima
| for food is allowable.
"A scout obeys orders of his parents
patrol leader or scoutmaster, withou
question.
"A scout smiles and whistles under al
| circumstances. When he gets an orde
he should obey it cheerfully and readily
not in a slow, hang-dog sort of way
Scouts never grumble at hardships. no
| whine at each other. nor swear whe
put out. The punishment for swearin
or using bad language is for each offens
mug of cold water to be poure
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