The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-04-14

sion and promising support to that
commission; endorsing a plan for the
esta blishment of a detention home for
women and girls over eighteen years
of age and agreeing to work for such
a bill in the next legislature. Resolu-
lions also were passed favoring an
effort on the part of the club women
to strengthen the law of the mothers
compensation at the next session of
the legislature: also promising the
support of the league to legislation
aiming toward the appointment of
women probation officers. At the sug-
gestion of Mrs. L. L. Corbin, of Law
renee, the convention agreed to en-
dorse the work to procure halls of
residence for state educational insti-
buttons.
Mrs. Carrie Chapman Gait intro
duced resolution that was adopted
by the league. 1t read: Resolved,
that the Kansas Equal Suffrage asso-
citation reaffirms it's loyalty to the Ma
tional American Womans Suffrage
association. and pledges its most earn
est and active support to secure the
submission of the federal woman suf-
frage amendment
| A great joke is going the rounds in
| federation circles. This week a won
drous wise university professor gave
profound lecture before the club wom-
en-. Last winter another university
professor of equal wisdom gave be-
fore a local club the identical speech.
Many of the same women heard the
story word for word that they had
| listened to a few weeks previously.
Their interest in it consists in the puz-
zle as to which of the two wise gem
tlemen composed it.
I. + 4.
Mrs. J. NJ Miller, of Council Grove,
after the close of the convention of
clubs. went to the hospital, where an
X-ray examination of her wrist was
made. The fracture of the bone was
| located and the wrist set. Mrs Mil
| Ter is now at the home of Mrs. ]. c.
/ McClintock, in Fillmore street, where
she will remain until she is able to
return home.
Mrs. Miller fell and fractured the
bone of one of her wrists two or three
days before the convention convened
! in Topeka. Setting the bone neces-
STATED taking an anesthetic, which
Mrs. Miller knew would unfit her for
her duties as presiding officer at the
convention. She had the injury taken
care of as best she could, and carried
on the work of her office in every seq
sion of the convention. She is recov-
ering rapidly. and the injury is heal
| ing well.
/ Mrs May Belleville Brown. of Sa-
/ lima, who was elected second vice
president of the Kansas Equal Suf-
frage association. will remain in To-
peka for the meeting of the Kansas
Authors club tonight She is the
house guest of Mrs W. A. McCarter.
:! 4. J.
Mrs Alice B. Hall, of Mcpherson,
was in Topeka for the federation con-
vention. and visited Mrs. Carey J. Will
son. She spent Thursday in Lawrence
with her daughter, who is a student
in the State university. Mrs. Hall is
writing a burlesQue on women's clubs
! to be given in a minstrel show in Nc
! Pherson, and she has, it seems. been
gathering material at the convention.
She returned from Lawrence today.
and will attend the Authors club ban
quet tonight
Other guests of Mrs Wilson during
the convention were Mrs Smart. of
! Stafford: Mrs. j. E. Jones and Miss
! Mabel Martin. of Usage City.
+ + =
i Mrs. w. r. Stubbs of Lawrence. has
returned home after spending three or
four days in Topeka as the guest of
her daughter, Mrs. Robert Stewart.
! She combined a shopping trip to To-
peka with a visit to her daughter and
| granddaughter, little Martha Stewart.
The Ladies Music club will give a
recital Wednesday, April 90. at the
Elks club. Mrs Margaret Fowler
Forbes of Kansas City, violinist, will
give a part of the program.
4 Mrs. W. A Johnston entertained at
4 dinner Thursday night at her home
for Mrs Carrie Chapman Gait. of New
York, president of the National Equal