The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-01-20

! leadership of Mrs. Matte Kim ball.
president of the Fifth district.
Miss Effie Graham. chairman of the
department of education of the S. E.
s. A, is sending out circulars urging
school districts in Kansas to offer in
ducements to the pupils to write COM
petitive essays on equal suffrage. The
| best one of the essays in each rural
| district is to be sent TO county COM
mittee who will select the ones to be
| read at a county contest
This contest is to be carried to the
congressional districts, then to the
I state. As the time is short, school dis
| tricts are urged to begin preparations
| at once. To assist the pupils, the
State Travelling library has prepared
packages of suffrage literature to be
sent to students or teachers on the fol-
lowing terms:
F'irst-Packages may be kept for
two weeks.
Second Applicant is to pay post
age both ways.
Third-Address Mrs. A. T. Green,
{ Topeka, Kansas. Care Of Travelling
| Library.
Two more counties of Kansas have
\ been organized for campaign work in
| the First district by Cora w. Billiard,
! district president. The Jackson cOun-
ty meeting under the auspices OF the
city federation of Holton was held
] in the Bookman club rooms, Mrs
/ Iinscott presiding. The evening was
pretty cold. but the rooms were well
filed. After a delightful musical pro
gram given for the members of the
federation. Mrs. Billiard made an ad-
dress on fShe and Her sphere" which
was we'll received Mrs W. A john
ston followed with short suffrage
address, after which the county or,
ganization was effected. Mrs Billiard
of Tonganoxie, Mrs. Van Tuyler OF
Leavenworth and Mrs. Johnston OF To-
pelxa were the guest of Mrs Gable ana
Mrs Morris while in Holton.
Saturday afternoon a meeting was
held in the Methodist church at Val
ley Falls for the purpose OF organizing
Jefferson county. This meetlng vas
Falls, and although the extreme cold
weather continued about forty men
and women attended. Mrs. Keener,
who was elected president drove in
from her country home, distance OF
five miles, and with her sleigh met the
visiting women. A strong official
board was elected, and Jefferson coun-
ty will surely bring in good ma
iorifv for the amendment next No
vember.
The visiting women were entertain
ed at dinner Saturday evening at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs Neal Mcleod.
The New York Times recently inter
viewed the following women on some or
the political issues of the day. MISS
Elizabeth Freeman. Rev Anna Shaw
Mrs O. H P. Belmont, Miss 1nez Mil
holland Mrs. Ida Hustled Harper anu
Miss Harriet May Mills. The questlohS
involve nearly all the serious pro DOZENS
that confront the people of the United
states They are:
what do you think should be done
about the tariff
DO Vol think the trusts should DC
regulated; controlled abolished Or let
''' How DO You stand on the question Of
the closed shop?
.sD, you believe in the initiative, REFER
eudum, and recall2
DO you believe IN the ulie1O Sie0' LIN
The Times, though opposed to votes
for women, comments as 1cnoWs- 1liS
women we have named answered
brightly, coherently, indicating tI'al
thew had thought intel1igently, II not
deeply. on each subject and had form
ed opinions. Each was taken quite
l1nawares. and submitted to the oral
examination, without preparation,
cheerfuliy. It must he said that the
replies We're not only apt, but moder-
ate. obviously these suIragasts n5Ee
no. been Influenced by harangues. The
reporter confesses his doubt as TO
whether the interview will not constl-
tute an argument in favor of woman
suffra &c, and it proves that some OF tae
leaders CT the movement are as Well
qualified to express opinions on puoAAc
questions as Elen generally are
Mrs G. s. Thorp of Button, S. D.,
who has been visiting her sister, Mrs.
E. d. Day. has gone to Los Angeles,
Cal. to spend the winter. Mrs. Thorp
is a member of the Woman's Press
association of Washington, D. c.. and
an active club woman She has lived
in South Dakota the past IS years
Her opinion of Topeka is as follows;
ssIt is an up-to-date city filled with en-
terprising business men and intelligent.
hospitable women. Its buildings are
remarkably good for a city of its size,
and its greatest charm is the absence
Of saloons that blight so many cities.