The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-06-12
Put ON q Dance for Federation
Club Women.
10 men But DANCERS LET m
Delegates Agree on the Beauty
of the Spectacle
But Are q Little Doubtful as to
Its Propriety.

Chicago June 1z.-Tno RevelS OF
Daphne" q Greek pageant. in which
girls and several male dancers In
similar classic freedom Of garb, was a
much discussed topic today among
members of the general federation of
women's clubs. The pageant was
given at the art institute. Aside from
the attendants and the male dancers.
no men witnessed the production.
While virtually all the club women
agreed as to the artistic beauty OF the
spectacle there was variance of opin-
ion in the propriety. Of the lack Of
drapery OF the dancers. Mrs. J. r.
Gordon OF Pueblo, Colo. delegate OF
large. voiced the Disappearing opin-
ions. g
TT was wrong. 1t should not have
been allowed" she declared. "Wo-
men who want reform in dress and
morals should not permit such
things The dancers classic cos
tunes, Mrs. Gordon declared. how
ever. were modest compared with
some Of the extreme fashionable eff
fects worn by delegates to the feder-
alton who were among the spectators.
Other guests gave unqualified
praise to the pageant. Mrs. Herman
Hall, one Of the dance committee.
said that after a dress rehearsal 1t was
suggested that the dancers wear more
drapery and that all but the youngest
girls wear stockings. These sugges-
tions were not put into effect, she
said.
While virtually all the club women
agreed as to the artistic beauty of the
spectacle, there was variance of opin-
ion in the propriety of the lack OF
drapery of the dancers. =
The dance represented the pursuit
Of Daphne by Apollo.
A demonstration in favor Of woman
suffrage was planned today by its adj
vocates that was expected to force its
endorsement by the biennial conven-
ton in session here. Although the
resolutions committee must pass upon
any question before 1t can be acted
upon by the convention as q whole
it was planned that a demand on the
resolution would be carried by such
an impressive majority that compN-
ance could not be refused.
A canvass of the entire convention
has been made, it was said, by the
Illinois delegation, under direction OF
Mrs. Grace Wilbur Trout, president OF
the Illinois Equal Suffrage association.
The result, according to the report
was that large majority desires that
the federation endorse suffrage.
Civil service reform. education and
legislation were the chief topics on the
program for today.
Professor Frank NJ. Leavftt Of the
University Of Chicago, in his address
to the federation. declared that voca-
tiOnal education was redeeming the
public schools from the aristocratit
trammels of culture.
'"The majority Of mankind must Ia.
bor," said Professor Leavitt. I'VE car
dignity labor only by giving it q rec
Ognized place in our system Of publ,
education
Vocational education, he explained, i.
not education for a vocation but educa.
ton that leads toward a vocation. In.
PRODUCTION of the vocational idea ha,
doubled high school attendance In tn.
past fifteen years. he said.
1T is a strange thing" asserted Pro
lessor Leavitt. that the school system
| is organized as If desire for q literar,
education were the common lot Of man
kind. This Is a fatal mistake. We mus
be willing to sacrifice some Of our glori
Gus educational traditions in order. t,
bring about something infinitely broad
| er and better, universal education"