The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-02-01

what is now Kansas avenue and Sixtl
street, and then contrasted conditions
| of that time and the present, noting
the marvellous growth of fifty years.
| Ihe addresses were given in the
auditorium OF the First PRESBYTERIAN
church, following the luncheon in the
basement. Mrs. E. w. Hoch, the out
! going president of the club. acted as
toastmistress. Mrs. James Humphrey
or junction City responded to a toast
! with an original poem, "T'he Joy
Bells OF Kansas setting out in a strik-
| ing way the victories Kansas had won
IN the past. and suggesting the bat
| ties of the future, the battle on at this
! time for justice and equality. Mrs.
e {. Goddard of Leavenworth who
is among the early settlers of Kansas.
spoke of "Our Mothers telling of the
| hardships the women of the early DAYS
| ENDURED, their fortituda and patience.
Mrs. d. S. Afford of Lawrence told
| the STORY of the Old Band" which
was company of musicians who
| brought their Instruments with them
/ from the east in territorial days and
organized the first musical society of
| the state. They had their part in all
| the early struggles of the state, play
| ing at the funerals, social gatherings
and making journeys to other towns
| that had no band. Mrs. Affords ia
| Their, uncle and two cousins were
members.
| ject of one of the brightest talks of
the afternoon by Mrs. May Belleville
| Brown of Salina. "The people of
Kansas have had Visions" she said,
of splendid things, some of them have
come true, and some of them are only
partly fulfilled. and the best way is to
| rear the castle in the air and then
i go to work to build the foundati ton
lunder it. John Brown and all who
worked with him or since his time for
freedom are representati ves off9-tf1e
Kansas spirit
Mrs. w. A. NcCarter took for her
subject Forgotten "Reminiscences and
| her address dealt with the mission
aries who came before the settler, the
sol :, or the trader. These forgot
| ten hearthstopeS are scattered
throughout the state-they are down
| in the Neosha valley, where the sisters
OF charity founded a mission when
their field was a wilderness. The
school at st. Marys is the survival of
one of those missions, and around the
crest of Martins HILL west of Topeka,
| is forgotten hearthstone in the old
stone barn on the Robert l. Lee farm.
lIhose men and women who came in
the early days made unnecessary the
| subjugation of the Indian
| Mrs. James NJ. Lewis of Kinsley.
Kan, the newly elected president OF
the club, took for her subject, Write
the Vision and Make 1t Plain on Tab
| let's Her talk was prophecy of con-
ditions at the hundredt,l anniversary
| She predicted the opening of the school
buildings and libraries evenings and
Sundays for the benefit of the young
-ople who now find their anus ement
| on the streets; improvements in teach
| ing methods; an understanding of po-
| litical questions with their relations to
the home and home economics, and an
extension of the rights of citizenship.
| The business meeting of the club was
| held in the morning, and the following
| officers were chosen: Mrs Cora G.
| Lewis, Kinsley, Kan. president; Mrs.
Ward Burlingame, Topeka, vice presi-
| dent; Mrs. Emma Murphy, GoodIand
secretary; Mrs. E. H. Greeley, Manhat-
tan, treasurer; Mrs. E. w. Poindexter.
Kansas City, auditor. and Mrs. w
A Johnston, Topeka. historian.
Following the business meeting a
luncheon was served in the basement
of the church. The long tables were
decorated with erlblems of the settle
ment days. / 'ttle covered wagons rep
resented the prairie schooners, and
| tiny areoplanes suspended from the
| ceiling signified the advance of fifty
years. At the speakers table at the
| head of the room were seated: Mrs.
w. r. Stubs, Mrs. E. w. Hoch. and
the women who made the addresses OF
the afternoon.