The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-01-17

mas passed a law providing that a
: small wage be paid to children whose
working wage is needed by their fam
lies, while they are in school. The
state has handled the child labor diff
flculty wisely, it seems, thus keeping
$3.50 children in school without with
drawing the income they would have
earned out of school. In this coun-
try six million women and girls earn
their living by manual labor. In New
York hundreds of children go to work
till at night" DIR. Sheldon recon-
mended that the women print posters
and placards and cartoons, placing
the facts before people in a brief and
comprehensive way.
He spoke of the white slave trade
saying that the time would come soon
when the women, who are the victims
Will not always be the only sufferers,
but that the men who make that traf-
f1c possible and profitable, will be
treated like other criminals and pun
1shed like house breakers and pick
pockets.
DR.. c. A. Finch spoke of the new
duties of women as citizens, urging
them to exercise their new privileges.
"A fine of five dollars should be i'm
posed on every voter who stays away
from the polls except for sickness. We
have no right to complain of our laws
or our officers if we do not do our
part in fixing the choice" He spoke
of the local political situation and
urged the women to register and vote.
Mr. Frank Dreaming sought to i'm
press on the women their political i'm
portance. You are stronger he said,
than any party, for you are half of
the people, and the other half is di-
vided up into various parties. You are
in a position to get anything you ask
for, if you stand together and make
your demands. y You should no longer
stand by to see what the men will do.
The men have been running govern
ments for thousands of years, and they
have not yet accomplished the SIM
pie task of protecting womanhood."
Mr.. Dreaming invited the women to
attend the Progressive convention to
be held in Topeka.
Mrs. Frank DoSter made a short adj
dress, urging the women to put aside
for the time, all secondary interests
and give themselves to the work in
hand. Leave your parties and your
novel reading to a later day. The leg
iSlation we want must be attended to
now, for our present lawmakers are in
q receptive frame of mind, and this
work must be done while they are in
session. Also, we must look farther
than our local affairs important as
they are. to the bigger issues. that will
count for us and for women all over
the country"
Madame Calve will come to Topeka
a
Torrance at the Grand theater Thurs
day night. Calve is woman of d.
verse powers, but she is best known
in the parts of Ophelia and Carmen.
The story goes that recently she had
her tomb designed, explaining that she
dreaded to think of the possibility of
being buried amid inartistic surround
ings. The principal features of the
tomb are two statues of the prima
donna, one as Ophelia, 1.-The hapless
heroine drawn towards the void by
the phantom voices" depicting the
ethereal side of her nature and the
other as Carmen, showing the mater
ial side. The tomb will be erected in
Pere la Chaise, or on her grounds
surrounding her estate in the Aveyrone.
+ j I.
fashion expert comes with the
cheering news that common sense
gowns and hats are set out in the
new spring models. Outlandish. freak
ish things are dead and buried Gowns
have never been SO sensible, and hats
are medium size and smart Dresses
look fuller. but they are not so. It is
their drapery that gives that appear
ance. The underskirt is cut close to
the figure, and petticoats, if worn at
all, are narrow and sheer. The slit
IN the gown that makes walking easy
is hidden by draperies. No woman
has hips in the stylish gown, and her
the natural size All the dresses are
made without collars. The uncorseted
figure, so much talked Of is an alb
surdity- The corsets are soft, but they
are there, and women will never dis
card them. Dress materials are soft.
and brocades are popular. The colors
for street wear are sombre, black. navy
blue, and brown. Brown will be the
leading color.
= = !.
The Clio club will meet Monday af-
ternoon with Mrs. B. B. Smythe. at her
home, 106 West Twelfth street.
= + I.
Notes and Personal Mention
Mr.. and Mrs. D. S. league. will leave
Saturday for Los Angeles, California.
where they will make their home Thew
formerly lived in Caribou, Maine, and
have been in Topeka about week
visiting Mr.. leagues sister, Mrs. Ros-
seau A Burch and Judge Burch
Mrs. Chauncey Dewey returned to
Chicago Wednesday, after a visit to
her parents, Bishop and Mrs. F. r.
Millspaugh-
DIR. W. F. Sawhill, of Concordia, is
attending the meeting of the executive
committee of the State Medical society,
and is the guest of DIR. r. S. Magee-
W. L. Brown, speaker of the House.
and Mrs. Brown. of Kingman, have