The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-01-29

was read BY Mn, John James Ingalls,
days
Mrs Ingalls, outlined her departure
from New York with her father In
1859. and her trip to. Kansas by way
of the treat Lakes to Chicago. thence
by rail- across Illinois and by steam-s
boat doxn the Mississippi to Hannibal.
Mo-, thence overland t. Leavenworth
and later to Atchisqn, describing in 4
graphic manner the incidents OF the
journey. sssssass 49, ssssssss s /
The principal portion of her paper
was devoted to "reminiscences OF her
many years K ( life in Washington and
experiences at the White House with
the presidents and their wives, cover
ing many ADMINISTRATIONS. beginning
with that of President Millard Fill
more, whom she saw as a child in
New York, President Fillmore being
accompanied by Daniel Webster.
Mrs. Ingalls, related attending, as q
young woman, q ball given at the Sec
ond inauguration of President Lin
coin. Her escort wss the late Gov. s.
J. Crawford.
She referred to unusual incidents in
her experiences in connection with the
administrations of Presidents Grant,
Hayes. Arthur. Harris0n,- Mckinley
She said that once, when calling
upon President Roosevelt, after q
cordial greeting, with q bunch of mail
before him, he said to Mrs. ingalls,:
Let me read you this letter from my
dear friend Eugene Ware, a bright.
sparkling letter declining an appoint
ment. President Roosevelt pointed to
the mantlepiece on which stood a
framed copy of opportunity" the
only ornament there.
Mrs. James Humphrey.
| Mrs. James Humphrey had an adj
dress about the Kansas supreme court,
giving its history. and something of
the judges who had presided in it.
Tie paper will be filed in the State
Historical society.
| Mrs. Cora WeAhouse Billiard of
Tonganoxie spoke on Farmers Wives
of Kansas" She said, 81 first opened
my eyes in a cabin home on a Kan
sas prairie and my parents loved lib
erty and Justice better than ease in
an eastern home, and could follow a
right cause wherever 1t led. I was
born. reared, educated, courted and
married on Kansas soil. The most
precious privileges that are ours are
those that other men and women. have
won.
| The greatest need Of Kansas always
| is. not that her factories should run at
full capacity, her railroads loaded with
traffic and her cities expanding, but
that the vital energies Of higher civili-
l
that the state keep a. strong, hUme-lov-
ing rural population. The farmers wife
of yesterday gazes .wistfully through
pallOr and tan across the turmoil of the
years and deserves the highest tribute
in our power Of speech. 1t il not a
coincidence that the early life Of many
great men of affairs was spent upon
a Kansas farm. The wife Of the Kansas
| farmer of today helped to grow the
greatest crop the state has ever pro-
duced and she helped elect the Kansas
officials. The farmers wife of to-
morrow will be one of the most influ-
entail political factors in the state be-
cause Of her good digestion and sound
Judgment and her lack Of taste for fade
and lsms and because of her sincere in
terest In human betterment. All the
new ideas are in combination to bring
richer days to the farmers WIFE"
During the address a number OF farm
ers wives sat ON the platform around
the speaker.
"a ssss.ss MIS- F1Dnhs St1pne.s. H..
Mrs. Frank Strong of Lawrence
spoke on -'Kansas o" Tomorrow" I'm
the tomorrow of Kansas we shall find
women Is always, in the field of SER
trained server. Besides a broad gen
eral education, she must have techni-
cal training and the time of training
must be extended as fast as civiliza-
tlOn requires women are being edu-
Gated In the high schools more largely
than men, and it follows that women
must be decisive factors In our econo-
mic. life. In the tomorrow women
will be even more the protectors OF
our religious and spiritual life. Here
after the movement will be; not to-
ward industry, but toward the home
/ Women are going to see that those
| who are producers of wealth are en-
ployed at reasonable income and in
q way that does not undermine the
moral standards. The quality of at
tention now given to pure foods. etc.
will be given to the full protection OF
the home in it's intellectual and moral
aspects.
I'm order to- do this women must
learn to be impersonal and self con-
trOlled. In the tomorrow of the world
i women must have power to help de.
I termine whether their daughters shall
undergo the terror and agony of wal
and their sons become food for can
non.'"
dent of the State Federation of Wo-
mems clubs, spoke on kansas Of To-
day."
She spoke of Kansas women as cit
liens, and suggested that they remem-
Der than an invitation to ride with
the men in the political band wagon
does not necessarily mean an invita-
ton to drive. She took up the laws
that the women are asking to have
passed in the legislature. and conclud-
ed with a forward look toward uni
versal peace.
!; 1T IS GLOOMY TODAY
Cloudy Weather for Hundreds of Wis.
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