The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-02-11

of officers vii be part Of the business
of the meeting.
In regard to the relation of suffrage
to the state federation Mrs. Goddard
says: "The federation is in no sense
suffrage Organization. The mann
bers are about equally divided in their
opinions on the enfranchisement of
women. and those who believe in 1t do
not pretend to force it upon the 9TH
ers, as a principle and aim of the
state federation.
In a talk with Mrs. Goddard a few
days ago she said: The support and
Kansas is a delight to the officerg of
the federation. The directions of the
administration are carried out with
exactness and with eagerness, and the
results have been more than crafty
ing. The enthusiasm of the women of
the state for every plan of betterment
and their efficiency in discharging the
work assigned them, has made the
burden on myself and my staff light.
and the results enormous" The club
women of the state are living up to
their motto: "And what they dare to
dream of. dare to do"
Mrs W. R. Stubs. who has been in
Wichita a few days this week, was in
terviewed on the suffrage question by
q reporter from Wichita paper. After
making a few complimentary remarks
about Mrs. Stubs Gin which her many
Topeka friends fully concurl. the re-
port gives her remarks on the matter
of suffrage as follows:
Wasn't 1t fine" she continued. "Mr.
Leahy sent me a telegram yesterday
telling me that he had won. And it
really came so easily, too, compared
with other places. Do you know. I
think what helped more than anything
else was the literature against Wom-
ans suffrage that came pouring in
from Boston. It made the men a little
bit angry to think that Massachusetts,
thought it should help Kansas man.
age the women, so they just voted for
suffrage to let Boston know they were
fully competent to take care OF their
own women And then what California
did helped out wonderfully, too.
1.-TWO other women of Topeka and 7
were put on a committee TO influence
the members of the legislature. We
waited until 1t was nearly time for the
matter to come up and then we sent
them personal letters. Oh. yes.
wrote every member letter, simply
asking him to do what was right by
the BILL didn't even ask them to
vote for it.
"But it is the right thing for the
women to vote--that Is, for the greater
class of women, those who work, and
pay taxes Why shouldn't they say
where their money is to be spent?
There is plenty of hard work yet to
do before the question is submitted to
the people"
The club women have taken a spe-
cial interest in the lectures on tuber-
culOsis that have been given this week
at the Baptist church. The meeting
Thursday afternoon, exclusively for
women, was well attended and the lee
ture was instructive. The women who
are interesting themselves in the work
of stamping out the white plague were
particularly interested. The State
Federation is devoting itself this year
to the anti-tuberculosis fight, and the
lectures that are given on the subject
have proven especially helpful to the
women in charge of the health de-
partment.
The Bible institute in session at
Washburn college is interesting a good
many of the club women Those in
terested in Bible study are enthusiasts
tic over the excellence of the addresses
at the various meanings