The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-08-31
SUFFRAGE NOTES.

Plans are made for an automobile
| trir through the Fifth District of Kan
as by the State Suffrage league, with
Miss Laura M Clay, of Kentucky, as
| speaker. Miss Clay is daughter Of
Cassius NJ. Clay and the granddaughter
of General Green Clay. She was edu-
Gated at Sayre, Kentucky, finishing IN
New York City and the Michigan uni
versity She is a practical farmer,
managing about 275 acres of land which
belonged to her grandfather. She helped
to organize the Kentucky Equal Rights
association and has been its president
ever since, devoting most of her time
to the Improvement of laws for women
and children. She will be in Topeka
September 3, the guest of Mrs. S. A
Thurston and will speak at Garfield
Park in the evening at S:55. September
4, Mrs. W. R. Stubs and Mrs. w. A.
Johnston will take her, in an automo- |
bile, to Enterprise. and she will speak
az an Old Settlers day dinner at noon |
September 5. Senator G. r. Hodges, r. |
r. Rees, Charles z. Harger, of Abilene, |
and the officers of the Dickinson Coun- |
ty E. S. A. will be present. In Abilene
she will speak between band concert |
numbers at the City park Friday even |
iEg, September 6. Miss Clay, Mrs. john |
sIcn, Mrs. Matte Kimball, of Manhat- |
tan, will go to Minnea polls, Kansas, |
stopping at Solomon, Niles. Bennington I
and Verdi on the way. The party will |
be in Delphos the evening of Septem- |
her s, and in Beloit September 8, and IN |
other towns as follows: Sept. 10, Con-
cCrdia, Scottsville, Jamestown, and
Yuma; Sept. IL Clay Center; Sept. IL,
Junction City, and later in the lGonth,
at Manhattan, Blue Rapids, Marysville, !
Washington, Belleville, CORTLAND and
MankatO.
Miss Helen Eacher, secretary of the
State Suffrage league, addressed a |
meeting in Oak Hill Friday. Mr.. Henry
Green, spoke on suffrage before a meet
ing of the Fraternal Brotherhood in
Muscotah Friday.
Pioneer WOmen's Hour at State Fair.
All pioneer women of the state are
invited to visit the Good Government !
them a short sketch of their expert
ences in the early days. 1t is an in
teresting thing to hear pioneer wom-
an tell how she would make shift to
accomplish what fate, drouth and hot
winds cOnSpired to prevent. 1t isn't |
literature that is wanted, but simple |
experiences of the old days, showing
the difference between now and then.
These "reminiscences will be given |
every afternoon. Those who can not
attend, may mail their story to Mrs.
Lee Monroe, 900 Harrison street, To-
peka, and it will be read during the
daily program at the club tent.
The Auburndale club had a meeting
Wednesday at the home of Miss Har-
made the address, and the leaflet is
sued by the club, called the Gee-Gee
catechism. was used as text, and re-
sponses were made by all present.
Articles are being prepared for the
club bazaar at the fair. Mrs. Katie
Patel, Route 8, is chairman for her
neighborhood and will take contribu-
lions sent by North side people. Miss
Frances Lindsay, student at the Art
Institute, Chicago, is home on her va
cation, and will be one of the hostesses
at the G. G. club tent. Between pro-
grams she will make sketches of the
stock and prize animals. Fancy work
will be taught at the tent, and the
proceeds from the lessons, at rs cents
an hour, will go into the treasury of
the club.
The women will have party coun-
cil' on Derby day afternoon, and all
the women interested are invited to
be present.
The regular meeting of the Good |
Government club will be held Thurs
day afternoon at 3 o'clock at the Y.
w. c. A. building. All members are
welcome. The usual meeting will be
held tonight at the city park. Mem
bers of the club are urged to be pres
ent at the Labor day picnic in city /
park. The club will have a number
of the program at 4:30.
Sunday afternoon at 4 o'clock at
city park Miss Ethel Whitehead will
speak on woman suffrage and social
ism. Miss Whitehead is an unusually |
fine speaker and she will tell why the
Socialist party has espoused the cause
of woman. The lecture will be in
structive as it will set forth the prin-
ciples of socialism.
Mrs. Clara B. Colby, lecturer and
journalist and president of the Ne
braSka State Suffrage association will /
come to Kansas to lecture in the
Third district. She worked for suffrage
In the west. She attended as a dele
gate, the International Council of
Women in London, and remained to
lecture some months in England. She
began suffrage work as assistant to
Elijah Stanton, Susan B. Anthony
and Mary e. Livermore. She is an
officer in the Woman's National Press
association, the Universal Peace union
and the Woman's Equality association.
She is also editor of the Woman's
Tribune.