The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-06-11

HOunce. Hat of cream straw and aig-
rette of white held by a jet ornament.
The Y. w. C. A. will open a camp
at Wakarusa this summer to furnish
an outing for girls who might wish to
spend their vacations in that way.
Lodging and board will be furnished
at a cost Of SIS a week, and provision
will be made to entertain those who
wish to go to spend Sunday, or a day
or two during the week. 1t will be
necessary that the camp be we'll filled
throughout the season, if the associa-
ton IS to succeed in making it pay its
own expenses. There is no money to
be made, and the only purpose of the
enterprise is to furnish a convenient
and pleasant outing for those who can
grounds chosen are pleasant and
hea1thful One of the association
secretaries will be at the camp all the
time, and the guests will be well taken
care of. The camp will open July 1
and will continue through August, if
sufficient numbers take advantage of
it, to make it possible to run through
the two months.
Mrs c. C. Goddard of Leavenworth,
president of the Kansas State fedora
ton, is spending a week the guest of
the club women of Fort, Scott, Kansas.
During Mrs. Goddard's visit in Gin
cinnati she was notified that a daugh-
ter mad Deen porn TO her son, Dr.
Brock Goddard, and Mrs. Goddard
of Leavenworth. The baby has been
given the name Clara Cecilia.
Mrs. w. A. Johnston. the Topeka
representative at the General Fedora
ton biennial. has brought back few
news items from the convention not
told in the press notes ard previously
reported to Topeka club women. Kan
sas has been represented in the Gen
eral Federation for eight consecutive
years, the last four of which Mrs. w.
A. Johnston served on the board of
directors. There are a number of
states, especially in the southern part
of the country. that have never had
one of their members in office; SO this
year Kansas graciously stepped out,
and gave her support to candidates
from such states as had not had any
representation. Our twenty-four dele
gates to the biennial gave their votes
to Mrs. Threadgill, Oklahoma state
president, for the office of treasurer of
the General Federation. and she was
elected. Mrs. Dawson. one of the can
didates for secretary, was elected by
an overwhelming majority, but with
out her knowledge that she was a can
didate. She Immediately resigned and
the board of directors will choose som
one to fill the place. 1t has not yet
been announced who will be selected.
Mrs. Gait, a noted suffragist of the
federation, was asked to present the
suffrage question to the convention.
She was unexpectedly summoned home
on account of illness in her family, and
the president, Mrs. Moore. telegraphed
to Miss Kate Gordon of New Orleans
to act in her place. Miss Gordon and
her sister are known throughout the
country as the persons who inaugur-
ated the movement for cleaning up the
city Of New Orleans, and to them is
given a large share of the credit in
arresting the spread of yellow fever
in that city. Miss Gordon presented
the suffrage issue in a very able way,
and Mrs Crittenden, president of the
anti-suffrage league, took the floor
against her The sentiment of the
convention was evidently strongly in
favor of the Acknowledgement of wom-
en- Apropos of the suffrage question,
a good many club women have the
impression that the president of the
general federation, Mrs Moore, of St
Louis is an anti-suffra gist. The truth
is that Mrs, Moore is a conservative
suffragist She has declared herself
in favor of votes for women, though
she is not an aggressive suffragette.
At least, it may be said that she is the
first General Federation president who
has had the question introduced into
convention, as Mrs. Goddard is the first
Kansas state president to present the
subject to our state convention.
Invitations were received from At
lantic City, Salt Lake City and San
Francisco for the next biennial con-