The Topeka state journal., 1914-02-19

ne WILL 10 TO NGW 4OEAs Wn0k0 AA0 " 4e>
Join Mr. Randall Burrow, who has gone
to visit his grandparents in Providence.
r. I. Mr.. Jones and Mr. Burrow VIII
sail next Tuesday on the Franconia.
and will stop at Madeira, Gibraltar.
France. Fra Germany and switseriand.
They will spend some time in London
and rural England. and Mr.. Jones will
spend some time at his fathers OLD
home in England.
Miss Ida Wright entertained tho
members Of the Au Fait club this after
noon at her home. 7os Tyler street.
Mrs. W. F. Logan entertained at 1
O'Clock luncheon today for the mem
oers OF her e%0roiaery n clo0'
The Friday Bridge-Luncheon club
will he entertained at 1 o'clock lunch-
cor Friday by Mrs. w. E. McVey at her
home, s26 Buchanan street.
. . .
The party to have been given Friday
evening at the Country club by the.
Sigma Delta Psi girls of Washburn
college has been postponed week or
two.
The Kansas Authors club held its
tenth annual banquet Wednesday
night at the Y. w. c. A. Previous to
the banquet a business meeting was
QelQ. ana tnc Oll1CCIS CHOSC1A AL tAAS
coming year are: President, Mrs. w.
A. McCarter (re-elected); secretary.
Senator George p. Morehouse (re-
elected): treasurer, Mrs. b. b. Smythe:
Mr. William E. Connelley. critic. Mr..
Luther c. Bailey and Miss Anna e.
Arnold superintendent of Chase county
schools, were chosen as district vice
presidents. Other district vice presi-
dents were reelected as follows: Miss
Esther M. Clark of Lawrence. Jennie
c Graves Of Fttsburg. Mrs. Believille
Brown of Salina, Mrs. Eva Morley
Murphy of Goodland, Mr.. w. Y. Nor
gan Of Hutchinson. and Mr.. Samuel F.
Woolard Of Wichita.
Mrs McCarter presided at the meet
ing. and in her Introductory address
she sketched the history Of the organi--
zation, its past achievements and its
hopes for he future. She introduced
Mrs. Mary Vance Humphrey of juno
tion City, who was one of the first sue
, cessful story writer's Of Kansas. Mrs.
Humphrey responded to the toast Lit
erature in Early Kansas" She told
OF the determination Of the cary set
tiers to have good matter in their
homes and how it was their boast that
whatever they might lack, they at least
had good books. Later there came a
time when Kansas people began to
and to build up a literature Of their
own She spoke of the establishment
Of the Kansas Magazine and of the
early Kansas editorial writers.
Mr.. John Dawson. attorney general.
was the second speaker, his subject
being Literature and the Law" He
called attention to the excellence OF
the style Of writer's on subjects per-
tanning to the law. mentioning espe-
cially Justinian, Blackstone, and Judge
Cooley. He argued that legal writ
ings were not necessarily dry. and he
made an ingenious tracing of our pres
ent day law from the rules Of land
owning and inheritance from the
Levitical law Of the old testament.
At the opening Of the program let
ter from DR.. Frank T. Lee. was read
by Mr.. Morehouse. DIR. Lee is now
living in the south. and was formerly
dean of the Bible school OF WaShburn
college. His letter was an interesting
he met with in the south and frequent
quotations from the southern dialect.
I Miss Esther M. Clark. Of Lawrence.
| whose poem, the Call Of Kansas" is
the speakers. She asked her audience
to help her in correcting the state
ment. given out by reporter who be-
lieved what she told him, that her
famous poem was caused by an attack
| OF tOOthache instead of inconsistencies.
! 1t seems that she had been asked too
often why she wrote the Call Of Kan
sas. and when finally a reporter put
the question she answered him iron
ically that it was toothache that had
her in it's grip, and the story has been
coming back to her ever since. In re-
spOnse to her toast, she recited her
poem, and gave a second poem, "Good
Night My Dear" as an encore.
The Rev. DIR. r. B. Guild, Of Gen.
trail Congregational church, spoke
from the subject. 'Pruned Pencilings,' ''
in which he spoke of the necessity OF
shortening and concentrating what
one has to say to give it brevity and
force. Mr.. Ed Blair. Of Spring HILL
recited some Of his own verses. He
was followed on the program by Miss
Ceora Lanham, who gave some read
ings. among them an adaptation OF
Mrs. McCarter's "Cuddy," which was
illustrated with pictures.
In the absence of Mr.. Tom McNeal
who was on the program for a speech
Literature and the Press" Professor
]. w. SearsOn, of the chair of litera-
ture Of the State Agricultural college
Manhattan, made an address. Gov
ernor and Mrs. George H. Hodges
were guests at the banquet, and the
evening was closed with a short speech
by the governor.
Those who sat around the table were:
Mr.. and Mrs. William e. Connelley
Mr.. and Mrs. Luther C. Bailey, Miss
of Mcpherson. Sam F. Woolard OF
Wichita; Professor ]. w. Searson, Ag-
ricultural college, Manhattan; Senator
and Mrs. George p. Morehouse Cover
nor and Mrs. George H. Hodges, DR.
and Mrs. s. S. Estey. Mr.. and Mrs. Ed
Blair. Spring Hill; Esther NJ. Clark
Lawrence; Mrs. Margaret Hill McCar-
ter. DR.. and Mrs. Roy B. Guild, Mrs
|, Lila Day Monroe. Mrs. Mary j. Barr
Olathe; Mrs. Elizabeth Barr Arthur
G. F. Kimball. Martha c. Kimball
&Park B. Kimball. Eleanor T. Kimball
, D. s. Shepard. Mr.. and Mrs. H. W
Bomgardner. DR.. and Mrs. E. S. Pet
tyjohn. Mrs. T. J.. Myers, Mrs Franz