The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-10-15

American pianist of Omaha, whose
first. season is creating sensation
The concert is complimentary to
friends of the club, it being an invita-
ton affair and each member is priv
ileged to invite a limited number of
guests.
The club had its first meeting of
the season Wednesday afternoon of
this week with Mrs. Frank p. Mac
Lehman and Miss Mary MacLennan.
The program was one hOnoring the
National Federation of Music Clubs,
to which the Ladies' Music club be-
longs, and which held its biennial con-
vention in Los Angeles recently. A
report was read to the club from Miss
Ethelyn Harrison, who is in the west,
and who represented the club at the
biennial.
The following musical numbers
were given:
Elmer Steffen. ;. The Birth of Spring
Miss Elizabeth Anderson
HERBERT Butler. .6allaQo
Miss Helen Phipps
MADDOX Keene -. When 1t Was May
Mrs. William Wikidal.
Mcdowell. .Etude in F Sharp Majo-
Mrs. E. c. Winters
Jessie L. Peese.
An Irish Girls Lament
Mrs Robert Shoemaker
MacDowell. Scherzino
Mrs. Charles Kleinhans
Del Aqua. willamette
!
Miss Sara Quisenberry
Paganini-Liszt. Caprice in E Major
Schumann. -. -. Vogel ais Prophet
Miss Gertrude Mutton
A New York paper of Tioga county,
of that state, contains a brief account
of the work for suffrage done by Mrs.
Lucia o. Case of Topeka. Mrs. Case
went east in the late summer to lee
ture in the interests of votes for wo-
men. She was assigned to the terri
tory in and near her old home, which
was the home of her parents and her
grandparents. She is meeting many
of the people she once knew, and the
children of the friends of her grand
parents, and they are all giving her a
welcome.
The following is from the Tioga
Herald:
Newark Valley people are to have
an exceptional opportunity Saturday
evening to hear a speaker on the suf-
frage question who is recognized as
one of ability above the ordinary
Mrs. L. o. Case of Topeka, Kan, will
speak at an open air meeting at 7:45
o'clock. She will also speak at the
opera house for about fifteen minutes.
Mrs. Case was sent to Newark VAL
ley by those in charge of the county
campaign. She spoke at a meeting
of the Eastern Star, and those who
heard her say she is a speaker of un-
usual ability.
Mrs Case is a member of the bar
of Topeka, was a practlc1ng attorney
for years and one of the pioneers in
the suffrage cause-one of those who
worked with Susan B. Anthony. She
had personal letters from men prom
inent in Kansas, including one from
her pastor, the famous divine, DR..
Charles M. Sheldon, author of In His
Steps, A letter from Governor Cap
per said: L have known Mrs. Case
for many years. She is woman of
exceptional ability, forceful and en-
tertaining speaker. She was one of
the leaders in the campaign which
eliminated three years ago in the
granting of the ballot to women of
Kansas, and the earnestness of her
work had much to do with the sue
cess of that campaign
Mrs Case will work in Schuyler
county the next two weeks
Miss Jessie McCarter, who is a stu
dent in Baker university, has been
honored by election to the office of
letic association. She is junior in
the university at Baldwin. Her sister,
Miss Katherine McCarter, held the po-
sition of vice president of the associa-
ton during her senior e. !. year,
The Topeka Avenue club had a
bridge-luncheon today at the home of
Mrs. D. E. Barton, S21 Lincoln street
i. J. J.
Mrs H. P. Dillon has left for Jack
sonville, ILL.,, to attend Founders Day
celebration of the Woman's college OF
that city. AS a part of today's pro-
gram she presented the college with
a painting of her father, the late Mr.
William Brown, who was one of the
founders of the school. The painting
was made by Mr.. George Stone, the
| Topeka artist.
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