The Topeka state journal., 1914-01-31

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elaborate being strips of pink chiffon
shirred and joined together with the
edges left in tiny ruches. A double
ruche of narrow pink satin ribbon
cluster at the front.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles M. Hill will
entertain the following guests this ev-
ening at the home in Garfield avenue:
Mr.. and Mrs. F. Ritton, Mr.. and Mrs.
Jones, Mr.. and Mrs. J. L. Galbreath.
Miss Jane Long and Miss Kifhn.
Perhaps no group of women ever
assembled in Kansas that meant more
in representative or influential value
than was convened at the Y. w. c. A.
in Topeka, Jan. %, in the second an
nual meeting OF the Kansas Council
of Women. Membership in the coun-
Gil is limited to women who are pres
idents, or past presidents, Of state
wide organizations. About sixty wo-
that number attended the meeting.
1t is estimated that fifty thousand
Kansas women have representation
in the council.
The subjects considered showed the
demarcation Of the old and new club
standards and the influence of the
newer civic life for Kansas women.
with its stimulating influence. Much
interest was accorded the various
topics introduced, among them the
action of the Chicago club women In
securing the reinstatement Of Supt.
h0 In 4 tfrSv1
I of the work of the w. c. T. U. and the
public school teacher. equal oppor-
| tuntties for men and women alike in
Kansas educational councils and pro-
F; grams. the establishment Of halls OF
residence for the young women at the
J educational institutions Of our state
and the establishment of a state re-
fOrmatory for women. The council
| voted to go on record as favoring the
! last two mentioned. as the objects of
f, immediate attention.
Two new clubs were voted into
membership, the State Y. w. C. A.,
] represented by Mrs. w. r. Stubbs,
and the Kansas Dinner club, presi-
dent, Alberta Corbin. Lawrence. The
following officers were elected: Pres
ident, Mrs. Scott Hopkins of Topeka;
vice president, Mrs. J. 8. Simmons,
Graham, Topeka, and treasurer, Mrs.
Mary Vance Humphrey, Junction
/ City.
| Among those present were: Mrs.
Cora G. Lewis. Board Of Administra-
ton; Mrs. w. A. Johnston, Kansas
Equal Suffrage association and State
Federation of Clubs. D. A. r.; Mrs.
Scott Hopkins, Kansas Day club; Mrs.
A. H. Horton, D. A. R.; Mrs. ]. D.
Mcfarland. Woman's Kansas Day
club; Mrs. c. B. Walker. State Fed
Grafton OF Clubs: Mrs. Mary p. Van
Zu1o ~ ~ !,
Miss Efie Graham, Kansas Dinner
club; Mrs. Noble Prentis, State Fed
GRAFTON of Clubs: Mrs. Flora G..
Clough. Dean. of Women F,airmount
! college; Miss Nanon Herren, Wo-
mems Press club: Mrs J. S. Simmons
i Humphrey, Federation of Clubs and
Kansas Day club; Mrs. Lillian Mitch
ner. State President w. C. T. u: Mrs
Effie VanTyle, D. A. r.; Mrs. Flea
nor r. Christian. Dean Of Women Col
lege of Emporia: Mrs. Lila Day Mon
roe. Kansas Equal Suffrage associa-
ton: Miss Margaret Lynn, Dean OF
Women University Of Kansas; Mrs
Sadie P. Grisham, Kansas Equal Suf-
frage association; Mrs. Genevieve H
Chalkley, Kansas Good Citizenshif
league.
A technical magazine, School Sci
ence and Mathematics, published ii
Chicago, has a Topeka woman, Mis-
Effie Graham, as an associate editor
The magazine carries about a hundred
pages of reading matter on scientifi,
subjects for the benefit of teachers il
the branches with which it deals. tn,
list Of associate editors contains som,
distinguished names, among them
NJ. A. Bigelow Of Columbia university
William A. Hedrick of the McKinle.
Manual Training school, Washington
d. c.; c. A. L.aisant of Paris, France
H. S. Robertson of Stratford, Ontario
and c. T. Wright of Oakland. Cal. Mis-
Graham is the only woman on tn
staff.
The current number of the publica
ton contains an article by Miss Ora
hom. Needed: A Funeral of Alge
braic Phraseology,': which is writtel
in an entertaining way, and inteSestin
even to those who are neither student
nor teachers OF algebra, by reason o
{ the sound good sense it shows, its ap
} illustrations and its lucid dealing witt
subject usually buried beneath tech
Mrs. John ]. ingalls, Of Atchiso
came to Topeka for the meetings O
the Woman's Kansas Day club, an
> was a guest at the home Of Mrs r. T
MacLennan. A few Of Mrs. Ingall,
friends called at the MacLennan hom
, Friday to see her before her retur
:: . .
I Those who attended the Two
. dancing party Friday night at Kellal
hall were: Mr.. and Mrs James !
l. Hayes. Mr.. and Mrs. Russell Frost, n
~ and Mrs. Warrick Updegraff, Mr.. an