The Topeka state journal., 1916-10-19

ton. and made her address on the
work of that department She is also
invited to speak on educational work
at Thayer, Kan.
Mrs Adrian Greene attended the
meeting at Independence and spoke on
the Kansas Travelling library
Mrs. James R. Kearney gave a din
ner party Wednesday night in honor OF
the twelfth birthday anniversary OF
her son Francis. Garden flowers were
used in the dining room decorations
The color scheme was red and yellow
Covers were laid for John Dillon,
George Carver. Ernest Dibble. Thomas
Kiene, Orhan Cobletz, Millard Rigby,
Charles Watson, Orson Mclaughlin,
William Walton, Harold Carter. Frank
Bradley and James Kearney. jr.
The first evening meeting of the
Woman's Rotary club was marked by
the clubs first big gift to a public
cause The club voted unanimously
to give $500 to the Washburn college
endowment fund. The case of the
need for the gift was presented by DR..
G. z. Soper of Boston. who is in Kan
sas to assist in the campaign Miss
Ida Patterson one of the members of
the club, proposed a gift of $500, and
the club agreed without a dissenting
vote The speakers set out the bene-
fit the college gave to the community
in a business. as well as an education
al way. and explained that an organ
ization of women, drawing good sal
aries in the town, ought to be pecu-
larly interested in the maintenance
| of an institution that contributed so
| largely to the stimulation of business
enterprises, as Washburn does.
| In the absence of Miss Nanon Her
rem, the president, Mrs. P. P. Womer
presided
/ The programs for the meetings will
| be given by the members. the speak
ers to be chosen in alphabetical order
/ DR.. Harriet Adams was one of the
| speakers for the evening. In accord
ance with the general rotarian Gus
/ tom, each person is to talk along lines
| of her own business or profession
! Doctor Adams emphasized the ad-
vance made in recent years in the
! science of hygiene, an aid to the
/ science of medicine and surgery The
prevention of disease" she said. has
more than kept pace with the cures.
/ Hygienic living is reducing disease
rapidly. Yellow fever has been prac-
tically stamped out in the United
t States. Diptheria is much less ma
/ lignant than it used to be, and a vastly
/ larger proportion of cases are cured
Topeka is really inexcusable in the
light of the knowledge we have of
prevention of that disease
Mrs. p H Adams, vocal teacher.
i nad an on the
| of a singing teacher She said: The
singing teacher must be born. not
| made; yet it takes years of dilligent
study to become competent. The
| teacher must have a gifted as well as
/ a schooled ear, clear conception of
| the requirements CT each pupil and
| the ability to apply the training ac-
| cording to the needs of each. The
/ teacher must also be able to irnpart
/ knowledge in the most comprehensive
way. He must know the construction
| of the throat, the action of the
! diaphram, correct breathing and
| breath control and the resonant cavi-
ties of the different registers. He
must know how to pronounce accu-
I rately. He must be firm but patient
and thoughtfully solicitous, tho SEEM
ingly unconscious, of the pupils ease
/ and composure. He must encourage
the student and create an atmosphere
calculated to inspire. ever stimulating
the interest of the pupil
with reference to method the old
Italian masters taught their pupils to
sing naturally. and this old italian
method is simply natures method
This method and no other, has pro-
duced the great singers. There are
! no fashions in singing. The methods
of Marchesi. Manuel Garcia and Lam
peril were the same as those of the
masters of two centuries ago and the
same methods adhered to in tone pro-
duction. MarcheSi's name is the best
known the world over as an authority
Her pupils. mbrich, Calve, Eames
Krauss, Gerster and Melba, and many
others evidence her skill in carryine