The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-11-12
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about taking the schools out Of poll
tics. There was never time when poll.
tics ought to be 50 well able to handle
the question. with the feminine eies
ment in politics. Teachers should have
interests outside Of the school. and
they should not be SO overworked that
they can nave no time for them.
Mrs. Woolman. the last speaker OF
the evening. told Of the distance wom-
ent place in the professional and lnous-
trial world. Her subject was women
In the Professions" She told OF "a q
woman's city club in Boston OF S.vOv
members and it's purchase OF la L.
old mansion for club mouse. ply
spoke Of the various walks OF lie IRON
which its members were taken ana tne
ease with which they WORKED tose'n g.;
Columbia university she saio'
fitting women for positions IN nous ,!x
try, in homes. and In professional me-
We teach girls how to manage Yea
rooms and iuncf, rooms; we teach them
secretarial work and we have a. graou-
ate working as financial secretary at a
salary of So, 900 a year. We teach ABOUT
textile fabrics and our graduates 20
out as buyers for the large stores We
teach women chemistry. and they take
positions in experimenting laboratories
in place Of men, because they are more
exact. We teach them photography
that better equips them for meolca'
laboratories. One Of our women IS IN
the Rockefeller laboratories at large
salary. In fact. practically all voca,
tional fields are open to women. anu {,
they are filling them with great creuit.
The tables for the dinner were oec-
grated with fern and chrysanthenuIIlS;;
After the program Of speeches the ron
was called and some OF the business
Of the club transacted.
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The Kansas branch of the soclety OF
the Daughters of Patriots ana rom
ders is having meeting in topeka
today. The organization was made
last year, and has held number OF
sessions in Topeka @ince that time me
order is one of The most exclusive anu
difficult OF entrance OF any OF the Or
Plantations founded on ancestral dis
tinctions.
The Topeka members who are
hostesses today are Mrs. N. F. Handy,
Mrs. John Shelton Mrs. Julia Farms
worth Soper and Mrs. c. A. Mcclure.
The out of town members who are in
town for the meeting are: Mrs. f.. 3.
Purcell of Manhattan, Mrs. Erie van
Tuyle and her sister, Mrs. Lloyd OF
LeavenwOrth, Mrs. Hill OF Salina, ana
Mrs Wilcox Of Abilene.
A morning meeting was held at the
home of Mrs. Handy and Mrs. shelton
in Topeka avenue, followed by
luncheon at the Topeka club. Th1s
afternoon the members Will nave a.
small, informal tea at the home OF
Mrs Julia Farnsworth Soper.
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Miss Phil Reel will be hostess at a
meeting of La Huite Bridge club Fri
day, at her home in Fillmore street.
Besides the members, there will be
two guest tables.
Miss Geneva Lichtenwalger, a well
known pianist, of Kansas City, is in
Topeka for the teachers convention
and is a guest at the J. c. Emahizer
home. She will make an address Fri
day afternoon at the First Baptist
church, and at that time some Of her
compositions will be played.
The May Flower society. which has
been in process OF organization in To-
peka for some months past, will
have its first meeting the latter part
of November. Mr. A. H. Bennett. who
has been one of the chief workers in
the organization of the society, has
procured the charter. A business
meeting will be held November 81,
when the organization will be COM
pleted, and in the evening of that day,
there will be a banquet at Mills Tea
room, at which the members will be
hosts, and the wives of the men mem