The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-12-14

] haunt the libraries and crib from its
+ books wholesale, and those who listen
resignediy fold their hands ana sign
ito see the wonder grow" The put
| terflies of the club must censor the
| membership that no one may enter ex-
| cent those whom zone knows, OF
course" They are keen on social
work, for it is SO cute to go summing
and everybody in the cities lnVesti :
gates the .'other half" However, the
new ideas and purposes are taxing
root in the minds of women. and the
clubs are conforming their actlvltles;
looking toward their realization anu
this club of college girls and women
was organized, primarily, with the oO-
ject outlined in DR.. Fisks ADDRESS,
The Alumnae Owls will have a
dance at Steinberg's hall Monoay
Kappa Alpha Chi dance is set tor
Tuesday night December "a, and the
alumnae Lambda Alpha lambda De-
cember 81.
The Y w. C. A. will give a Christ
mas party Friday, December 20. Inc
affair will be a "book" party, ana the
guests are asked to bring pook 70
be given to the Association library.
The party will begin at 8 O'Clock IN
the evening, and at 1880 the same
evening a bushes meeting OF the
members will be held
At the Sunday vesper service tomor-
row Miss Marguerite Dice viii make
tha address. Miss Florence Rowe Will
sing two solos, Jesus Lover OF MY SouI,
and More Love to Thee, o Christ. All
women are invited to attend the ser
vice.
The washburn College Glee CLUB
x,,,iI sTiva concert Wednesday night
in the college chapel The first part
of the program will be classical
music, and the second part VIII pe
made up of popular songs. me cluo
viii % ON a concert trip to California
in February.
The Recreation club will meet Tues
day afternoon at the home OF Mrs
J. P. Kelley, 80 East Seventh street.
The Topeka Federation of Women
held it's first open meeting FRIDAY az
ternoon at the Y. w. c. A In the
absence of Mrs. A. H. Horton the
president, who is ILL., Mrs. c. ]. Evans |
the vice president, presided.
DR.. S. S. Estey made an address on |
the subject, Before and After" speak
ing chiefly on woman's new RESPONSE
bility as a citizen. In the aoInlnls-
tration of government" he said: Men
have emphasized the commercial ana
property advantages to the exclusion
of laws looking toward the conserVa-
ton of life and health. Women now
face the problems that nave peen
brought into being by the advance Oh
the nation in it's acquisition of power,
it's tremendous increase OF wealth. anu
the gulf between the very rich and the
very moor. The clubs that have been
studying literature and art will now
need to take up economies, SOCIOLOGY
and politics. They need to study ques-
lions of the present day and the trenu
I1rr hi nh Il
onward movement through past ages
toward a true democracy and a rec
ignition of the rights of the 1nolVlo-
raj Many women now read the Po-
iticaI news in the papers, largely 10
gain sufficient information to appear
Hereafter, If they are TO
ne good citizens, they must read with
, feeling of personal responsibility.
There is a need for women in many
IF the political offices of the state, and
f the women want those places they
nave got to go after them. School
boards should have some OF their
members women, and positions like :
3eloit Industrial school, and other
similar offices, should be filed by wo-
men, !
Mrs. Church, president of the I
Atheneum club of Kansas City, one
# the largest departmental clubs in I
"
york of her organization. 1t has 900 ]
members and is preparing to build
Tub house. Mrs. Church outlined the {
Iub's plan of organization, govern {
nent and purpose.
Professor w. E. Griffith, dean of the I
TT department of the state university, '
.ddressed the club relative to civic 4
,eatty and the commercial value of v
esign. kansas City, he said, has
ne of the finest park systems in the il
ountry, and it has been noticed by 4
oreign magazines. The buildings in
'opeka are beautiful and an ornamen- L
al as we'll as business, asset to the e
own. Paris has beautified it's streets il
nd buildings at a large expense that
yearly being returned to them in ii
he money spent there by tourists. h
Works of art in a city are enjoyed \
hief1y by the middle class and the p
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